The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-02 00:00:00

E&AILWAy COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The Committee met to.day at eleven o'clock, Lord Radnor in the chair, when the case of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, which is now brought forward in opposition to the Cale. donian Railway as a competing project, was gone into. Mr. ANDREWS addressed the Committee at considerable length n reply to the case in favour of the Caledonian, closed yesterday, and In favour of the competing scheme. After stating the routes which the two lines of railway took, he entered into a comparison of their engineering difficulties, which lie maintained were much greater in the C a l e d on i an li ne tha n in the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle. ln the former the gradients were much snore severe, and the tunnels, cuttings, and embankments, much greater, and mcre difficult of construction than in the latter. The expenses also in proportion to distance was much higher. The engineering pecu. R Rarities of the Caledonian were such, that he was persuaded that it could not be travelled without considerable danger, besides offer ing many impedimenta to speed and regularity. The difference o f length between this line of railway and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, he was certain ws.uld be more than compensated by the superior speed and safety of the latter. If there was difference in distance, it ought also to be recollected there was a great difference in the amount of population along the respective lines. The Cale. donian to a very great extent traversed a country destitute of culti vation, and with scarcely any inhabitants ; the other passed on all points through a comparatively thickly populated and well cultivated country. With respect to Glasgow and Lanark. shire the two lines were about equal. It was, therefore, said as a reason why the Caledonian should be preferred to the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, that it accommodated the north of Scotland, which the other did not. True, it was proposed to connect this line With the Scottish Central, but it was altogether erroneous to suppose that thereby the whole north of Scotl end would be benefited. All Scotland north of the river Forth contained 1,200,000 inhabitants. At present the only lines that traversed any portion of this tract of country were those to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. Now, of the 1,200,000, a vast proportion would receive no benefit from this line of railway. Argyleshire, with 100,000 inhabitants ; Fifeshire, with 150,000; and Forfarsbire, with nearly as many more; bc sides all the west parts of Ross-shire. Caithness.shire, and Sut her. landshire, Dundee, and the surrounding country and Fifeshire, would be supplied with a line of railway from Burntisland, in con nexion with Edinburgh, by which the southern traffic to those places would proceed, the great mass of which would come by the North British Railway and the Hawick line. Deducting, there fore these important items of population from the north of Scotland, there only remained Perth and trade, Aberdeen and trade, with the intermediate places on the lines of railway to be a ccommodated ; all of which pl aces would still con tinue to use to a considerable extent their former means of conveyance. Against these were to be placed the Mineral, manufacturing, and agricultural counties of Renfrew and Ayr, as also th e i mportant towns of Dumfries, Kirkudbrightshire, Vigtonshire ; and there the balance should be struck—a balance that would tell greatly in favour of the line of railway for which he had the honour to appear. As a proof of the decided feeling in the latter named places in favour of this project he need only inform the Committee that eighty-six petitions had been presented in its favour, from Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, Wigton, Ayr, Kilmer- Marnocii, Pore Glasgow, and other places ; as also from Belfast, Londonderry, and other towns in the north of Ireland. The Learned Gentleman having intimated that he was fully prepared to prove all his allegations by the amplest evidence, concluded his address, and the ex a mi nat i on of witnesses was proceeded with. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP L. LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH DIRECT, AND GUILDFORD AND CHICHESTER LINES. ibis Committee re -assembled to-day to define and pass the clauses of the remaining Bills before them. That of the Guildford Junction was first proceeded with, and no thing but mere technical arrangements or alterations made—each point, however trivial, met with the strenuous opposition of the rival Companies, and thus occupied the Committee with a most prolonged, but most uninteresting discussion. (LEFT SITTING.) G RO P. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. On the re-assembling of the Committee this morning at the usual hour, Mr. E. BULLER, the Chairman, announced that yesterday the Standing Orders' Committee were unable to form a quorum, and, in consequence, no business was transacted. According to the rules of the House, Mr. Escott was obliged to give notice for leave to sit for a quorum of three. He had given that notice, and the subject would be brought before the House to night ; the Standing Orders' Committee could not, therefore, sit until to-morrow, and this Committee would adjourn till Friday, in order to have the re port of the Standing Orders' Committee. Mr. Daniel, on behalf of various landowners on the line, and the corporation of Gloucester, requested the Committee to adjourn until beyond Friday, otherwise he would be perfectly unable to Meet any new case that might in the interim be set up. He begged an adjournment till Tuesday next. Sir T. PHILLIPS objected to any adjournment beyond Friday as unnecessary. To-morrow afternoon, at three o'clock, the decision on the standing orders would be known. General Johnson, M.P., refused to entertain the application. He had at great inconvenience to himself come a distance of a hundred miles to attend the Committee yesterday, and next week he wanted to be four hundred miles away. There was no instance of a Bill in Committee at so advanced a period as July being passed during the session, and he certainly should not agree to ad. bourn the Committee till Tuesday next. Th e CHAIRM AN o b served, if any case should arise requiring fu rther delay , there would be sufficient time to consider the ap plication, but under the present circumstances the Committee had distinctly decided that they must adjourn till Friday. The C ommittee then adjourned. GROUP X. MareaD GE P_ND LINCOLN LINE. The Committee sat this day at the usual hour, when Mr. Hitoraan proceeded to apply himself to the traffic evidence, and to comment upon it. Mr. Sergeant VVRANGHAM proposed to hand in certain clauses to be inserted in the London and York Bill, binding that Company stringently to certain conditions in regard to the navigation of the Witham, such as undertaking not to afford any obstruction to that navigation, and to be subject to a fine of 20/, per diem so long as any obstruction which may be put up should exist; also, providing that the Witham Navigation Company shall have a power to reenter in the event of the Lon. don and York Company not paying up the rent they undertake, or keeping the towing-paths and embankments, &c., in proper repair. Mr. HILDYARD said he would comment upon those clauses when he should arrive at that part of his case. He then proceeded to call the attention of the Com mittee to the evidence given in reference to the position of Boston. He said, a witness stated that Boston would become a great port for the Baltio trade, in case a railway communication should be given it to the interior ; and if that was to be relied on, he would caution the Committee against granting any line, such as that of the London and York, which would preclude the possibility of that railway communication being made with Boston as stated by the Witness, and which, he contended, would be prevented if the London and York scheme should be approved of, because that scheme proposed another mode of communication with Boston, na mely, by water, and a most circuitous route. With those ob servations upon that point, he would now roceed with his state. ment. He had already told the Committee that a Bill for making a line from Nottingham to Lincoln had become the law of the land. The Committee would see the importance of that line in connexion with the Cambridge and Lincoln line. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the evidence on the coal traffic, which he recapitulated at some length, and said he could not conclude that branch of his argument without once more call ing the attention of the Committee to the population of the town of Cambridge, and the importance of that fact, as well as the addi tional one of the University being there. He had re ceived his education in that University ; but until he had studied the merits of this line, he could not have formed any idea of the vast importance of the district of county about the town of Cambridge in reference to its position tor traffic by railway communication. And now, having shown the Committee, as he conceived satisfactorily, that the London and York Company had taken credit for an income of 293,9001. a year, as the result of their coal traffic alone, which, in his opinion, was an amount they never could realise ; and having also shown that the Cambridge and Lincoln Company had taken credit for only 14,0001 per annum, as the result of their coal traffic on one-fourth of the distance taken by the London and York Company having, as he said, adverted to these facts, and disposed of them, he would leave that branch of the subject, and proceed to comment upon another, (LErr sirnme.) HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal of yesterday.) MAIDSTONE, JUNE 30.—Again we have to report favourably of the health and vigour of the bine, and although there does not seem so many fly, there are a great many vermin, so much so, that should we not have fine hot weather we must go into a partial blight. In some grounds they are stripping the lower branches oil' the bine, digging, and what they call stinging them with manure. FARLEIGHS.—The hops are growing well. WEST MIN STER HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The writer in your paper of last evening about Mr. Barry and Westminster Hall is labouring untkr a mistake, or wishes to lead others into error, by stating that the large window at tl►e south end is the work of the eleventh century. It is true, or allowed to be so, which is much the same now, that the hall was founded by Edward the Confessor ; but for the present ed►fice, unless it may be a part of the foundations, we may give our forefathers, in the reign of Richard IL, the credit. You may possibly think me rather officious, and not any assistance; but I am induced to write these few lines that a good cause (if you should have occasion again to refer to the subject) should not appear as a tnat►er of great exa;:'geration by a mistake in the date of four hundred HADLOW.—The hops In this parish are going on Well ; there is abundance of trine free from ♦ermin. A good crop is fully an• ticipated. WROTHAM, PLAXTOL, AND IGHTFIAM.--The hops continue free from vermin, and are in a very thriving state. Those about Crow. hurt, Crouch Ciagat's Cross, and Plaxtol, are generally in the most beautiful condition, growing rapidly, and throwing out their branches luxuriantly. Some fear has been entertained of the sharp northwesters with which we have been visited the last few days, as the bine, from its rapid growth, is very delicate and tender; but no damage is as yet done. In grounds subject to mould that dis ease has made its appearance, but not to any great extent. LAMBERHURST.—Our hops in this parish are looking well. EDENBRIDGE.—Our hops are stillgrowing nicely, looking healthy, and but little or any vermin. Duty has been laid as high as 180,0001. zea s. I fear we shall soon have to deplore the loss of the south end of the hall, which I know, in the Architect's design, is doomed to destruction.—l am, sir, &c. June 26, 1845. ZACCIIO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. you permit trie to direct your attention to in your leadiri article of last evening, which, if uncorrected, way possibly lead to misal , prehension. You say that Mr. Barry has encroached considerably on the water way of the river, and imply that the en cioachno nt is perina%ent. Now it is nut fair to that gentleman to say that the present projecting platform is only temporary, and forms the site 4 a range of work shops, fir which no other room could be found in the vicinity of the building - , and that the walls of the " New Palace" will be washed by the waters of the river. In rice Fame article I find the remark that the sun light of nearly eight centuries has streamed Cirough the window of Westminster Hall. I think two minutes' inspection of the wanlow referred to will convince you that it is in the style known among architects as the " Decorated Gothic," a mode of building not known, and certainly not adopted, till the latter part of the four teenth or beginnii , g of the fifteenth century. I depend on your impartiality, and on the sincerity of your desire to be in the right, and to ascertain and promulgate the truth even in the smallest matters, for a favourable in terpretation of my bold but necessary strictures. I am, Sir, &c., CANTERBUIM—The fly and lice have increased during the past week; and this week we have hA a little blighty weather, at tended by some high winds; though we could fain believe that they have not had a very prejudicial effect. The bine, on the whole, appears luxuriant, and gives indica ions of a good crop. General accounts state that the vermin has increased, but still not to an extent to prove as yet very serious. SEVENOAKS — The hops in this parish and neighbourhood have made astonishing progress during the past week, the bine strong, healthy, and clean, scarcely a fly to be reen ; pursuing the course of the Sandgate Ridge to Reigate, they are really beautiful, the "low hill" portion are also making gigantic strides. CIUCKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. THE GENTLEMEN June 26, 1845. [Hume, in his history of William Rufus, says:— " The monuments which remain of this prince are the Tower, Westminster Hall, and London-bridge, which he built." We prefer the authority of Hunic to that of Mr. Barry's friend " Zaccho," but regret that we must give him implicit credit, for he only confirms our suspicions, when he states that the south end of the Hall is " doomed to destruction." It is extremely probabe, as stated by "Delta," that the south window has been re constructed, and consequently the light of nearly eight centuries has not streamed through the same glass, but that is not material to our purpose.—ED. Sun.] RAIL WAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Errington, engineer, deposed to the: r i general correctness of the evidence given by Mr. Locke. He was examined at con siderable length on the gradients, in comparison with those pre. posed for the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line. With respect to these he considered those on the Caledonian line preferable, all things considered. It was only a choice between a leading gradient of one in 75 and another of one in 100, with this advantage in favour of the former gradient that it traversed a shorter distan,:e than the latter. There would not be a very great difference between working a gradient of one in 75 and one in 100 with the great improvement that had now taken place in the power of loco. motive engines. With the examination of another witness, whose evidence was not of a material character, the case for the promoters of the line closed. The case for the opponents of the Bill will come on to-morrow at eleven o'clock, to which time the Committee adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Lord SHAFTESBURY took the ehair in this Committee at four o'clock. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill was passed, having complied with the standing orders. The Liverpool and Bury Bill also passed the Committee. GREAT NORTH 01' ENGLAND RAILWAY (RICHMOND DRANCH). This Bill passed Standing Orders. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. LONDON, CFLOYTION, CHATHAM, AND 021.- PINGTON LINES, Mr. AUSTIN (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yes. terday) said—The first great absurdity consisted in Mr. Vignolles having calculated that he would draw off one-half of the traffic from the river, though he would not compete with the steam boats in lowness of prices; no man wishing to go from London to Woolwich, and knowing that he could go by steam-boat for a shilling, would pay two shillings to go by the North Kent line. Some idiot who had a right to live, and no more, might put his hand in his pocket and pay two shillings for a less pleasant passage than be could get for one, but let him take any rational animal, with a coat and shoes on, and there was very little doubt of the nature of his choice. But there was another absurdity. Mr. Vignolles proposed to take passengers coming to the station by land at a rate of lid per mile, and to carry passengers coming by water, at a rate of 4,1. per mile, though carried in the same carriages and at the same rate. Now, such a thing as this had never been done on a Scotch line, it had never been done on an English line, and he need hardly assure the Hon. Member on the Chairman's right (Mr. Roche) that it had never been attempted on an Irish line. He (Mr. Austin) was counsel for several Irish lines in other rooms, and he always found that if John and Peter, or to speak more appro. priatcly, if they took Patrick and Phelim the same distance, at the same speed, and even in the same car, they never thought of charging Patrick a penny while they charged Phelim only a halfpenny. There were many gentler absurdities in these traffic tables, but he would only dwell on the most prominent. Mr. Austin put in several tables showing the exaggerations of Mr. Vignolles' traffic tables, and alluded shortly to the traffic tables of the South_ Eastern line. He also entered into a detailed repetition of the evidence on the subject of the estimates of Mr. Vignolles, all the important points in which have beets published already in The Sun. Mr. Austin then said that he had but a very few words to say with regard to the South. Eastern line. His friends on the part of that line had no right to be there —they had no right even to oppose the North Kent line, as they had no Bill, but only a project. The objections to the traffic tables of the North Kent line all applied to those of he S . outh. Eastern line, and besides the objection to giving a decision in fa vour of what is at present only a project, it must be remembeted that the South-Eastern Company had five other Bilis be. fore the Committee, and the total e x p ense of these l ines was calculated at 7,500,0001., so that between seven and eight millions of money were to be expended in Kentish sp!culations. The Learned Counsel then entered into the question of the gradients of the proposed atmospheric line. The question now be fore the Committee was not whether the gradients on he pm. - posed line were greater or less than those on the Nor t th Kent lines, but whether, if a line through this part of Kent were necessary, these were, or were not, the best that could be had Mr. Austin then entered into a series of arguments as to the practicability of running locomotive carriages on gradients of 1 in 50, in case of the failure of the atmospheric principle. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM replied on the part of the NORTH XENT LINE, and also spoke at some length as to the evidence on the subjLct of the letters from Mr. Hignet, the solicitor of the Board Of Ordnance, and was still speaking when Mr. Speaker was announced to be at prayers. wou ld he The CHAIRMAN then asked whether Mr. Wrang ham able to conclude his address that evening, if the Co mmittee were to sit till five o'clock ? Mr. Sergeant WRANOHAM thought he would. of t h e Mr. Recut: said he was very anxious that this port ion case should be concluded that night, as, being in the hands of a physician, and having attended the Committee for five days, in direct opposition to his orders, he might not be able to attend the Committee if it adjourned till to-morrow. The Chairman then left the room, in order to obtain leave to sit till five o'clock. On his return, Mr. Sergeant WILANGRAM continued his address, and re ferred to that part of Mr. Austin's speech in which he said that it was intended by the North Kent Com pany to charge 1 lid. for each passenger by land, and lid. for each passenger by water. It was their intention to charge %d. per mile for third.class passengers, 1 lid. for second-class passengers, and 2 lid. for first-class passengers. It was for this reason that persons coming by water were set down at per mile, as such persons were most likely to go by the third-class cart iages. On the conclusion of Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM'S speech, The CHAIRMAN said, that as it was now five o'clock, and the Committee had not power to sit beyond that hour, the vote could not be given this evening. Mr. MERREWETHER suggested that the Committee might intimate their intention. Mr. WRANGIIAM said that it would be a great convenience to Counsel to know the intention of the Committee. Mr. ALEXANDER thought the Committee could give their votes with the consent of the parties. APPALLING MURDER IN GALASHIELS.—A murde r under was committed here on the e v enin g of Th urs d ay week, und most distressing circumstances. The deed was commi tte d on Mrs. Le e s, an old wom an o f e i g h ty-two years of age, by her daughter, Euphe. mia Lees, wh o f or a num b er of years had been residing with her, and at no f ormer per i od had she ever exhibited the least severity foror harshness towards her aged parent, but had always be en esteemed ti h er which kindness and d evo ti on t o h er mot h er ' s wants. From inqui. we h ave ma d e we h ave ascertained that the daughter Was subject to fit s o f me l ancholy and lowness of spirits ; and also that she was periodically afflicted with paroxysms of rage. On e th Sunday morning previous on e o f h er ne i g hb ours observed ". er :untenanc e an d manners to wear a different aspect, and enuevening of Thursday she became viol e nt and Outra gs tragic ev fact, her whole conduct previ ous an d su b sequent to . the s the n ine 0 en,e leaves not a doubt but that she was insane at --an the c ommitted the deed. From what she admitted m Put mortem examination of the body confirms the st d ate Was in ent—she pounced on her mother while the l a tter oed, and thrust her hand into her mouth and throat, producing lived . n 6 death by suffocation. When some of the per so n s wh o the same house obtained admission, the scene was appal. The body of th e o ld woman l ay on the m i ddle of the floor, steepedin blood, a blood vessel having been ruptured in the death struggle ; and in the bed sat the insane murderer, with her hands ! mt arms reeki ng with blood, singing at th e t o p o f h er vo i ce, Highland Laddie." On being as k e d w h at i nduced her to kill her mother, she answered, " I have killed the devil; had I not done so I would have been in hell to-morrow" —words which at once indicate her insanity. Early on Friday morning the authori ties,t were on the spot taking precogni t i ons, and inq u i ri ng in to the circumstances connected with the melancholy occurrence H ith e rto the woman has borne an irreproachable character, and her attention o to her mother was exemplary. She has been committed to prison, since which time she has been rude and noisy. —Kelso Chronicle. WILFUL AND MALICIOUS ACT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A most wicked attempt to injure the pas. sengers travelling in one of the first-class carriages of the train which left Paddington yesterday at noon, was made by some la. bourers working on the line between West Drayton and Slough. When the train arrived at Langley, close to the spot were the accident occurred by the upsetting of the carriages a fortnight ago, a white earthen pint pot was thrown at the door window of the carriage, the train proceeding at the time at the rate of between thirty and fcrty miles an hour. The pot struck against the side of she wit do v, and was in in instant dashed into fifty pieces, the broken fragments flying into the faces of the passengers, but for. tunately without any of them sustaining any serious injuries. Mr. John Seeker, the town clerk of Windsor, received a violent blow on the temple, and another gentlemaa and two ladies were severely struck on the head and face. Upon the arrival of the train at Slough, information of the outrage was given to Mr. Howell, the kiperintendent at that station, who lost no time in instituting the necessary inquiries to discover the guilty party. Upon his name being ascertained he will be prosecuted by the Company under Lord Seymour's Act. CURE FOR DIFFERENCES.-7'he Builder remarks, ro mire to the squabbling in she Archreological Society :—" It is sat d to be common in one part of India, when there is any dissension be weer' Church and State, for a man to go to the top of a certain pagoda, and vow that if the quarrel be not termi nated in twenty-four hours that he will return and throw him. self off; and they further relate that, sooner than have the blood of the man upon their heads, both sides usualy yield a little, and so the difference is adjusted. Can we not find some one revnted to peace and quiet to try this move cm Westminster Abbey, and thus lite rally precipitate an amicable result ? If it succeeded, we should claim a daily allowance of milk and honey for the rest of the year." IHE EUSSIAN MARL LT FUR I;.EF:NE.I) SUGAR-- . - The CHAIRMAN desired that the room be cleared. After a short consultation strangers were re-admitted, and the CHAIRMAN said that the Committee would not give their formal vote until tomorrow morning, but it was their intention to vote that the preamble of the London, Chatham, and North Kent Bill was not proved, nor was that of the London and Croydon BilL The Committee gave no vote as to the South-Eastern line, as it was on►y a project. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. The Russian Government tai thrown open the markets of that country for a twelvemonth, and it is said thut the English refiners are preparing 4 . refined goods," that is, sugars, for that market With so much vigour, that they will be able to send in a supply for two or three years. This is one cause of the present activity of the lulu relining trEle.—Liverpovi Times. TI-1 1 17 STTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN'M 2 1TTLY 2, 1845. all parties who had Onuses to propose would be ready to proceed without delay, and they should in the interim mutually exchange clauses, so that no difficulty might be presented. At the close of the day's proceedings. Mr. Davis, who appeared for Sir T. C. Bovey and the Rev. Mr. Jones, complained that the overweening influence of the Great Western Company had deprived his clients of many advantages to which they were justly entitled, and he strongly reprobated the course which had been adopted by the promoters of the Bill. The Committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. div. of IP. I Lid. in they pound, any Thursday, at tt:e office of Mr. Valpy, Leeds. W. and J. Lost), calico printers, Manchester—final div. of qd. in the pound, July 9, or any following Wednesday, at the ctfice of Mr. Pott, Man6'les'er. ROUP X. CAMEMEDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. THE LONDON AND YORK CRISIS. R. Blockley, linen drat er, Market Drayton—first div. of 6s. 41i. in the pound, July .9, or any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. VIDENDS. At the Court of bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Crisp, wine broker, Great Tower-street, July 25, at eleven—W. Underwood, grocer, High-street, Southwark, July 25, at twelve—G. J. Carter, carpenter, Ilornsey-cottage, Hornsey-road. July 24, at one—E. Baldwin and R. Garrett, grocers, Henfield, Sussex, July 23, at eleven. In the Country. J. and T. Lamb, engineers, Kidderminster, Aug. I (in stead of July 16), at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court —G. W. and J. F. Gee, drapers, Leeds, July 23, at one, at the Manchester District Court—W. Bower, cotton spinner, Levenshulme, Lancashire, July 23, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court—E. Burdekin, banker. Manchester, July 23, at twelve, at the itlanchester District Court—T. Waller, S. Waller, T. Waller, jun., W. Waller, and R. K. Waller, cotton spinners, Manchester, July 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—C. Lewis, innkeeper, Bath, July 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District. Court—J. E. Warden and V. Wano strocht, merchants. Liverpool, July 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Coates, sen., and W. Coates, jun., wine merchants, Newcastle-upon Tyne, July 23, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon• Tyne District Court—J. J. Ayton, draper, South Shields July 23, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Shields, Speeden, spirit mer chant, North Shields, July 24, at the Newcastle. upon-Tyne District Court—J. K. Myers, vietuall-r, Sunderland, July 24, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upnn-Tyne District Court—E. Heron, butcher, Hartlepool, July 24, at eleven, at the I'Veweastle-upon- Tyne District Court —W. Gibb, currier, Alnwick, July 23, at two, at the Nzwcastle-urn-Tyne Dis trict Court. Mr. continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) proceeded to read portions of the evidence of his witnesses as to the engineering difficulties on the Cambridge and Lincoln line, and contended that they should be re garded as nothing compared to those on the London and York line, on which, it hal been deposed, that there would be 80,000 yards of cutting per mi!e, besides many other difficulties, of which no person could be aware until he had cor,:meneed entering into the bowels of the earth. Then let the Committee renumber, also, the fact of the immense amount of opposition by landowners to the London and York line, and contrast it with that on the Cambridge and Lincoln line, which amounted just to one, and that a more trumpery opposition which he would scarce notice beyond a single ot.servation or two. He begged of the Committee to look at the gigantic scheme of the London sad Yot k Company, which could not be completed in less than three years, even supposing the contractor had his own way in ev,rything, while the Cambridge and Lincoln line could be completed in eighteen months, owing to the superior fat ilities the nature of the country afforded With these observations he would leave the case in the hands of the Committee, confident that they would be guided in their deci 4c,n only by that which should ap pear to them to be most beneficial to the public service. The Learned Counsel having cyncluded his observations upon the general merits of the two cases, then said he would proceed to deal with the respective merits of other comiieting lines, and then he would address himself to the traffic evidence he had elicited, and show how superior it was to that of the London and York. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee would not sit later than four o'clock, at which time the Learned Counsel stopped, and said he would resume his address to-morrow, and the Committee then adjourned. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Richards, plumber, Deptford-bridge, July 25—W. John son, wine merchant, West Smithfield, July 28—J. Y. Betts, grocer, Cardiff, July 25—J. Jones, innkeeper, Aberystwith, July 24 —J. J. Ayton, linen draper, South Shields, July 23 J. Blake, hardwareman, Sunderland, July 22 —J. Thackrey, dyer, Leeds, July 24—J. Riky, merchant, Liverpool, July 22 H. Pures, plumber, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Aug. 5 A. Atkinson and F. Atkinson, colour manufacturers, New castle-upon-Tyne, July 22—T. Ovecend, maltster, Staindrop, Durham, July 22—J. Nield, J. Nield, .J. Nield, jun., and J. Holt, cotton spinners. Glossop, Derbyshire, July 22—L. D. Dolbell,4er, Lower Mitcham, July 22—D. Holdforth, grocer, Stratford, Essex, July 22—J. Jones, butcher, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, July 22—C, Till, linen draper, Salisbury, July 22—P. Wright, grocer, Leeds, July 22. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 1.) SUGAR.—To-day there was an increased disinclination manifested on the part of buyers to purchase British Plantation Sugar; the business transacted in every kind for the scale and pan was extremely limited, and the rates accepted exhibited a decline of 6d per cwt for all sorts. REFINED.—To-day reduced rates were taken for Refined good:, and the home trade operated with caution ; brown melting lumps were sold at 695, brown grocery 70s, and standard lumps at 72s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar met with little attention, and there are sellers at 40s per cwt. for first quality. MAORlTlus.—Previous rates have generally been sustained, but the demand has fallen off. At auction only 485 bags were offered, which went rather under former prices, low soft yellow selling at 42s 6d to 43 6d, and low foxey brown 38s per cwt. EAST It4nra.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was purchased with caution, and 329 bags at public sale only partly found buyers upon easier terms ; fine strong bright yellow Dobah kind at 55s to 575, good 47s 6,1, middling 465, low 445, damp 45s to 555, washed 435, low damp grey 40s 6d to 42s 6d, and middling 46s 6tl per cwt. FOREIGN. —1 his afternoon at public sale 736 boxes of damaged white Havannah were sold at the full value. 391 boxes of damaged yellow went at stiff rates. COFFEE —This afternoon the demand was less active for Berbice Coffee, and 166 casks 35 barrels at public sale, a small part only sold at the former value. With Ceylon the market was much better supplied, and the quantity offered at public sale amounted to 3,149 bags and 30 casks; the trade were leis in elined to operate, and a part only sold at a decline of Is. Mocha met with attention, anti 169 bales at auction were sold at full rates, and mid yellow clean garbled brought 60s to 61s. TEA.—There has been a good business transacted by private treaty in Congou, and full rates have been obtained. Pou chong has been largely dealt in by the home trade, still there is little improvement to notice in prices. In Souchong the operations or upon a more extended scale at previously quoted prices. Twankay is held with firmness, and is still much wanted. Hyson has been in good request, but a trifling decline in the value has taken place. In Young Hyson a good deal has b-en done at slightly enhanced rates, hut Hyson skin and Plain Caper barely sustained the previous worth. Hors.—The advices from the Plantations being very favour able for the bine, which is growing rapidly, and looking well and strong, cause the market to be in a dull state, buyers only taking sufficient of any description of Hops to supply their im mediate wants, and former rates are with difficulty sustained. There is every prospect of the yield of Hops being large this season, and the quality of the principal part superior to that of the former one. The duty for the kingdom is estimated at 170,0001. to 180,000/. SPIRITS.— Jamaica Rum has been in excellent request, and the rates given show an advance on those last quoted of Id to 2d per gallon ; the sales amount to 330 puns. Demerara met with a good demand, and rather higher rates have been given. In Leeward Island a good deal has been done at a shade higher. In Calcutta purchases were made at Is 7d to Is 8d proof with certificate; holders show firmness, and still supply the market sparingly. For Brandy the demand has fallen off, and a slight decline in prices has taken place since our la t report. Geneva has been in excellent request for export at is 8/c1 to is 9d, and fine fit for duty is fetching 2s 2d to 2s 9d. RlCE.—Bengal has been largely dealt in by private treaty at the advanced rates previously established. Madras is held with firmness at lOs to lOs Gd per cwt. Of Java there is none in the market. Cleaned Rice is fetching 15s to 19s for Patna, 24s to 28s for Carolina, and 21s to 22s per cwt for exportation. On.s.—Palm has been purchased with increased freedom at fully late rates. Cocoa Nut Oil is firm, and file must be quoted at 28s to 28s 6d. Previous rates have not been main tained for Olive Oil. Rape is dull of sale, and 36s 6d to 37s for pale, and 35s Gd to 36s per cwt for brown is with difficulty obtained. For all sorts of common Fish Oils prices have taken a downward turn. PARTNERSHIPS - DISSOLVED. R. M. Holborn and R. Deuce, tea dealers, Mincing-lane— F. Vaucher and G. Barns, schoolmistresses, Rushelme, Lan cashire—J. Dobson and J. R. Dobson, hop merchants, St. Thomas's-streer, Southwark—F. E. Paynter and W. L. 011ard, attorney., South-square, Gray's Inn—H. Hayne and:G. Hayne, timber merchants, Old-street, St. Luke's—J. Becket and J. L. Kennedy, Scotch agents, Farringdon-street —P. Shaw, S. Shaw, and S. Shaw, jun., cotton spinners, Alossley, Cheshire (so far as regards S. Shaw, sen.)—H. Ridley, G. Ridley, and W. Ridley, wine merchants, Ipswich—J. Chivers, F. Chivers, and C. Powers, breeches makers, Conduit-street, Hanover square—D. T. Johnson and D. H. Johnson, hop merchants, Aldermary-churchyard—S. Yerbury and 0. Stride, plumbers, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire—D. Godwin, R. Godwin, and H. Godwin, grocers, Winchester—H. J. V. Long and G. W. Edwards, wine and spirit brokers, Mark.lane—W. Tunley, J. Simpson, and R. S. Potts, general dealers (so far as regards J. Simpson)—J. Keith and W. Keith, merchants, Strichen, Aberdeenshire—T. C. Medwin and A. Waylen, manufacturing engineers, Mark-lane—H. Marriott, F. Marriott, and S. Crowe, ironmongers, Fleet-street—E. A. C. Tozer, S. K. Tozer, and J. Tozer, milliners, Exeter (so far as regards E. A. C. Tozer) —R. Suttaby, G. E. Suttaby, and A. Suttaby, booksellers, Stationers'-court, Ludgate-hill (so far as regards G. Suttaby) —J. W. Burrows, C. Burrows, and M. A. Burrows, con fectioners, Houndsditch. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. . Alexander Moffatt, farmer, Keir, Dumfriesshire, July 4 and 25, at one, a'. the Inn, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. W. Lonnie, spirit dealer, Glasgow, July 7 and 28, at :welve, at the chambers of Mr. Gilmour, Glasgow. IRELAND. TALLow.—Prices have further given way for Russian on the spot; 40s to 40s 3d 13er cwt having been currently taken for fine P. Y. Candle. Fur delivery in the last three months of the year several contracts have been entered into, but upon lower terms ; 40s 6d to 40s 9d per cwt having been taken. Otikr 'hinds of Tallow met with little attention. DUBLIN, JUNE 30.—There are no accounts of further serious outrages in the disturbed districts. Reinforcements of military continued to arrive. The excitement in Cavan was gradually sub siding, and it is likely that the county meeting, to be held on Wed nesday, will produce a very salutary effect on the state of the dis trict. The Roman Catholic Bishop, Dr. Browne, and several of the clergy of the diocese are to attend the meeting. Lord Farnham is to submit the reply of the Lord-Lieutenant to the address of the magistrates of Cavan. e repot" reports ccuracl• ished 0 Iterested 8 of ant lER. had 011 Drrect i? :e;ersed• ce in ac• 48! ton' 1 alweir teamed , . h it doe. 3 stowed of the passag e of vied rigatioa. C. C. returns toted fig occupy rer three occupiel _ Eve!! king, are iy other to 1 9 ° is. The nnage t° N. 0 s:r uire an/ Vickionit eply Ws . ,e charge h afford ce to the autao ll there , is to re it tinier Teivio% C. rettill' tuber Tavy.• ga ve dente ::racy lesebei' no vel Et is v e m • Fe Pn n ' It ice, that. he Pn r. e i n thg takes nigh th e id gra g ` ' porte d lin th e b. Tb I, on 1.- spe ctin! d i re ct iota D J go of r e eing the produce thre e ,he I ° A g lighte n fe ll able to of her bow' 'e dove id corn' moclei f iJ sre r4 pro , "er •ut her Mon' ;arrant forat et, and rai tO ii reature Iceecied femtve e chil d of the t; the e child table' rehr W3o' Thia is idge t ° day o n part of last M . r when S we , Ulle at TOO' r ieve-$ 1 were roe, 3oring Terer& -Man re the Ln ac' t, an d , y that o hies le e%' ;en 0 , ende r incie 4 re. OF KENT. The match was resumed yesterday at " Lord's," but the day from its commencement was anything but one for cricket. Fine play, in the strict sense of the word, was out of the question, not but what there was some magnificent hitting in the course of the game by Mr. Seddon, Mr. W. Nicholson, and Sir F. Bathurst on the part of England ; and by the Messrs. Banks, Mr. Felix, Mr. Whit. taker, and Captain Wood, of Kent ; but whilst the rain, which had f,llen in torrents until nearly twelve o'clock, had made the ground far worse than it was on Monday, there was in addition a hurricane of wind blowing so as to render it a matter of the greatest difficulty for Sir F. Bathurst even occasionally to run up and deliver the ball against it. The consequence was that there was a vast number of beautiful hits which, under a different state of things, would not in all probability have been made; these, however, elicited repeated demonstrations of applause from every part of the field. The batting of the Messrs. Banks especially was admirable. Mr. Felix is himself alone, and all who have ever seen him play will easily conjecture that he could not have contri buted 47 runs to the score without the exhibition of much bril- liant hitting. We have, however, seen him hit batter, and with much less " putting up.'' Upon the present occasion, too, he was extremely fortunate in placing his balls. He was eventually bowled by a splendid ball from Mr. Yonge, who, it should be mentioned, bowled in as fine a style as has this year been seen at Lord's. The heaviness of the ground, however, as in the cases of Sir F. Bathurst, Mr. Cr..vel, and Captain Lautour, all of whom bowled excellently, took the ." devil" out of the ball, and made it ineffective. lt, nevertheless, with all, demanded great steadiness of play to keep it out of the wicket. England headed Kent in the first innings by 22 runs. Kent went in for their second hands, and a reference to the score will inform our readers of the state of the match when " time" was called : KENT. W. Mynn, Esq., run out ... ... 8 c Haygarth, b Yonge 0 Captain Knight, run out ......... 7 s Nicholson b Bathurst 4 W. Banks, Esq., b Yonge N. Felix, Esq., b Denison E. Swann, Esq , b Denison ...... ... 12 lb w, b ditto C. G. Whittaker, Esq., run out ... 35 not out Captain Wood, b Bathurst C. Harenc, Esq., b Bathurst l7 run out E. Banks, Esq., not out F. Gale, Esq., b Bathurst.... l3 F. Parker, Esq., b Yonge 3 Byes 8, wide (Lautour) 2 J O Byes 17, wide (Lau_ tour 4, Craven 1, Bathurst 1) 6, no ball (Craven 1) 1 24 116 190 ENGLAND. Sir F. Bathurst, b Parker ... 7 W. Denison, Esq , not out ... 0 G. Yonge, Esq., lb w b Harenc Byes 19, wide (Parker 12, Whittaker 6, Harenc 1, Banks 1) 20, no balls (Banks) 3 A. Haygarth, Esq., b Parker 12 T. Craven, Esq., c Harcnc, b Whittaker C. Gordon, Esq., b ditto Capt. Lautour, b Parker 4l E. M. Dewing, Esq., 1 b w, b Whittaker R. Kynaston,Esq , b ditto 3 R. Seddon, Esq., b w Banks W. Nicholson, Dq., 1 b w, b Harebc It should be added that the viol vented good fielding on many sumed this morning at eleven o'cli lence of the wind completely pre occasions. The match was re- REPORT OF THE TITHE COM MISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. Tithe Commission-office, May 31 and June 18. Sir,—lt is our duty to report to you the progress of the commutation of tithes in England and Wales to the close of the year 1844. We have received notices that voluntary proceedings have commenced in 9,594 tithe districts; of these notices 39 were received during the ) car 1844. We have received 6,964 agreements, and confirmed 6,616 ; of these, 87 have been received, and 121 con firmed during the year 1844. 4,545 notices for making awards have been issued, of which 674 were issued during the year 1844. We have received 2,324 draughts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 2,821 ; of these 643 have been received, and 646 confirmed during the year 1841. We have received 8.338 apportionments, and confirmed 7,919 ; and of these 813 have been received, and 1,034 confirmed during the year 1844. In 9,437 tithe districts, as will be seen from the above statement, the rent-charges to be hereafter paid have been finally established by confirmed agreements or confirm(' as arils. We have in our possession volur tary agreements and draughts of awards, as yet unconfirmed, which will in clude 851 additional tithe districts ; and make a total, when completed, of 10,288 districts in which the tithes are commuted. We have to repeat our regret that no decision has been given on the disputed points arising out of the sta tute:of the 2d and 3d of William IV., c. 100, commonly called Lord Tenterden's Act. In the numerous cases which must be determined by the final interpretation of that Act we are at present unable to proceed with any confidence in our own deci sions, or any hope that such decisions will be ac quiesced in by the parties, or confirmed by the courts. This difficulty, of which we pointed out the exist ence and the consequences in our last report, becomes of course of more urgent importance as our labours in other respects draw nearer to their close. The disputes which existed as to the recovery of rent charges due from railroads have been removed by a clause of the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 85. On the other points recommended for legislation we have found no reason to alter our opinion. We are glad to be able to state that the power we now possess of legalising exchanges of glebe lands and ex changes of rent-charges for a limited portion of land are found extensively useful. We venture to recommend, that before the Tithe Commission expires, similar power, perhaps slightly mo dified, should be invested in some permanent public body. The superintendence of the operation is attended by very little labour or difficulty. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your faithful and obedient servants, W. BLA MIRE, T. WENTWORTH BULLER, R. JONES. To the Right Hon. Sir J. R. G. Graham, Bart., &c. REMEDIES FOR THE PREVALENT DISTEMPER AMONGST CATTLE.—An old farmer says that he lost several cattle before adopting the following method, but since, every one re covers that is attacked :—As soon as the distemper appears, sepa. rate the sound cattle from those affected ; neither let hay, litter, nor vessels used by the sick come near the sound cattle ; also keep them away from the dung of the sick ; give the sick cows warm water to drink, with a very little ammonia, and a handful or two of salt in it ; let them have plenty of air and exercise, but don't allow them to stand in a draft or current of air ; it will be all the better if tar is put in their shippon ; they must have no gruel or soft hay ; good wiry hay is best as food for them, and an occasional mash ; they must have no clothes on. If the hoofs are bad, dress them with rectified spirits of tar. By timely attention to the above plan of treatment, no cattle need be lost. —Boss -shire Advertiser. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, OLD KENT ROAD.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the governors of this institution, which was established for the reception of decayed members of the trade, who are aged and infirm, and their widows, was held in the Bridge.house Hotel, London bridge; Mr. Wallis in the chair. The report stated that the institution was progress ing most successfully. At the late dinner 2,4001. was subscribed, including 1471. from J. Coding, Esq , who presided, and his esta blishment. The several brewers of the metropolis subscribed 20 guineas each. The funded property amounted to 6,565/. les Rd. Three per Cent. Consols, and 6171. 6s. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, which realised 2091. 4s. a year. At the last election five inmates were elected from forty-five candidates, and a fancy fair was getting up on a large scale in aid of the funds. The re port spoke most gratefully of the exertions of the board of manage ment and out-door committee. On the motion of Mr. Gaines, tha t t he seconded by Mr. Proctor, the report was adopted. After which a and the long discussion ensued on the propriety of building twelve houses ofn addition to the 103 dwellings at present erected on the grounds asylum. It was the unanimous opinion of the governors cha H irm E a ß n they increasedshould increase oom fof comforts h o o f s t e fi e p resent dwellings, recipients pi soon ent s as of t t h h e ei c r ha fu ri n t d y s ,s , chairman, and j th u e sT m y e , etin separated. bounty, enabled them so to do. Thanks were then voted to the the Lords ofthe Admiralty together with Captain o e NEW STATE YACHT. — Yesterday Secretary, Sir F. to L o ord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and a dis tinguished party, inspected Eau her l Majesty's new state yacht, the Fairy, now lying in the nd a Dock, where she has been for some time past completing h er fi ttin gs, preparatory to her Majesty's examining minutely the internal proposed continental trip. arrangements of the vessel, the visitors pressed themselves highly MARY, LAMBETIL—Last night, a satisfied ; mid in fact the only complain tex we have heard respecting the Fairy is that the accommodation s for her crew are not so good as i)theyAumLigutit OF ST. sT. vestry meeting of the inhabitant ratepayers of this extensive was held, to take into consideration the result of an interview parish communications had by a deputation, appointed at a vestry hel and January last, with the Poor-law Commissioners, on the suldec d in the parish being divided into wards for the election of guardia n s. On the motion of Mr. Wiles, the following resolution was unanis. mously agreed to :—" That it is the opinion of the parishioners of Lambeth, in vestry assembled, it is expedient, desirable, an d in every way calculated to promote the best interests of the poor anti the rate; ayers, that the parish should be immediately divided into wards for this election of guardians, agreeably to the scheme sub mitted to the Poor-law Commissioners, dated May 15, 1845, by th e Board of Churchwardens aid Overseers." The scheme for th e separation of the parish into wards was stated as follows :—The Bishop's Liberty, three guardians, 17,380 population; Prince's Liberty, four guardians, 24,400 population ; Marsh and Wall, se, en guardians, 34,400 population ; Out Liberty, six guardians 44,000 population. On Sunday morning lasi - , upon the cong re g ation assembling at the Independent Chapel, Swansea, they found the doors fastened wi h a padlock, which had been put on by five indi viduals of the church, who disagreed with their preacher as to certain points of doctrine, and were, moreover, averse to him be came he we; a teetotaller.—Eriatei ',Tolima, GROUP L. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER., AND PORTS MOUTH—DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS MOUTH, AND BRIGHTON AND CHICHES TER EXTENSION LINES. The Committee resumed the consideration of the clauses of these various Bills this morning, and commenced with those of the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth line. On the clause which provided for the erection of a station " at or near Godalming," some discussion arose, the Chairman wishing something more definite ; but the subject was eventually left to the settlement of Messrs. Talbot and Gurney. The provisions of the London and Portsmouth Direct (atmo spheric) line, were then discussed, and the Committee were en gaged the remainder of the day in fixing the tolls and other formal arrangements for the rail. The time allowed for the construc , ion was named at five years instead of seven, as originally required. A few technical alterations and additions were made, and the Com mittee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP P. THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The CHAIRMAN said that it was the opinion of the Committee that the clauses should be proceeded with. The 21st clause, which affected theloassage of the Severn, must be postponed until the Bill had been before the Standing Oiders' C, mmittee. Mr. DANIEL wished to be heard, in pursuance of a notice of motion made on Thursday last, in the House of Commons, by Can tons Berkeley, to the effect that the petitions of Mr. Cambridge, Mr. White, Mr. Colliers, and of the Corporation of Gloucester, against the line of the Soufh_Wales Railway, be referred to the Committee on Group P, and that the several petitioners be heard by counsel against the Bill. He wished to know whether he was competent to be heard ? After some conversation, The CHAIRMAN said it was the opinion of the Committee that the Learned Counsel could be heard in opposition to the clauses re lating to the passage of the railway across the Sevens. The clauses of the Bill were then proceeded with. The 21st to the 27th clauses were postponed for consideration till tomorrow. The CUAIRMAN observed that he expected to-morrow morning REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart., in the chair. Mr. M. O'CONNELL having announced the receipt of 291. from Ardagh, proceeded to advert to the late murder in the county of Cavan, and expressed his conviction that it was the duty of every individual to use his best exertions to hunt out the perpetrators of that atrocious deed. On concluding his observations, the Hon. Gentleman read a letter from Mr. O'Connell to Martin Crean, Esq , dated London, June 26, announcing that he should not be able to attend the meeting, as he considered it incumbent on him to attend the Committee on the Irish Academical Bill. He thus concludes his letter:— Can there be found one single rational being in Ireland to deny that there is but one remedy, and that only to be found in the re storation of our Irish Parliament. No man can be loyal to the Monarch, or attached to the connexion with Great Britain, who does not see that the only means of preserving the connexion be tween the two countries is by the restoration of the Irish Parlia ment. " I return, therefore, to Ireland, more deeply convinced than ever of the necessity of the repeal of the union. I return to that struggle with unabated ardour and continuing perseverance—to seek for it by legal, peaceable and constitutional means, and none other. But to seek for it with a determination and continuousness that before long must ensure success. THEN, FOR THE REPEAL! I h ive the honour to be, your very faithful servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL." Captain BRODERICK moved the adoption of a petition to Par liament on the subject of the relations between landlord and tenant. The document detailed several cases of oppression which occurred on the estate of J. Kavanagh, Esq., in the county Carlow, and urged the equity of giving tenants compensation not only for future improvements, but also for those which have been already made. Mr. M. O'CONNEEL called the attention of the meeting to the attack which Mr. Roebuck had madu on the repeal Members in his place in Parliament, and observed that "the man who lives in glass houses should not throw stones." Mr. DOHENY moved the adoption of the address of the Associa tion to Mr. Smith O'Brien, for the admirable manner in which he repelled the attack made upon him by Mr. Roebuck. Mr. GnArrAN, in a vigorous address, seconded its adoption. After the disposal of some routine business, Mr. O'CONNELL announced the rent for the week to be 3824 I Is. 3d. THE ARMY. The first division (two companies) of the 61st Regiment, under the command of Major Jones, embarked on Friday, at Cove, on board the Duke of Bedford, East Indiaman, for Calcutta. The 61st is the first corps which ever left the Cove of Cork direct for India, the usual port of embarkation being Gravesend. The second divi sion will embark on Tuesday, on board the Westminster, and the head-quarters on Monday, on board the Alfred, one of the finest ships ever seen in Cove harbour. The 66th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Dames, march from Birr for Cork, June 26, and arrive at Cork July 4, to embark on board her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance for conveyance to Gibraltar. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. TUESDAY, JULY 1. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway. Newport and Polity- Pool Railway. The York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch) Bill,—Lords' Amendments agreed to. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway),—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Glasgow Junction Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Norwich and Brandon Deviation and Diss and Derehain Branches Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Manchester and Leeds Railway,—Third reading, Thurs day, July 3. St. Ilelen'sCanal and Bailvray,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Aberdare Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP K OF RAILWAYS. DISS, BECCLES, AND YARMOUTH RAILWAY BILL. Viscount Sandon reported from the Select Committee on group K of railways, that, in the case of the Piss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway Bill, they had proceeded to examine the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, when the promoters intimated to the Committee that it was their desire to withdraw the Bill. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP TT OF RAILWAY BILLS. GREENWICH COLLIERY RAILWAY BILL. Mr. Pringle reported from the Select Committee on group TT of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the Greenwich Colliery Railway Bill, together with the report of the Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that, in the case of the said Bill, the agents had attended and stated that it was their intention to apply to the House for leave to with draw the Bill, and they therefore tendered no evidence to the Committee thereupon. Henry P. Richardson, Esq., the newly appointed auditor of the City accounts, consents to become a Vice- President of that admirable Institution, the Metropo litan Benefit Societies Asylum, in which Alderman Copeland and Lord Robert Grosvenor are so warmly interested, and he likewise promises to attend the next festival, awl render pecuniary assistance. SWIMMING MATCII.—Last evening a swimming match took place at the National Baths, No. :US, High Holborn, between Messrs. George Poulton, Samuel Hounslow, of Oxford, G. Pewter, Robberson, Allen, and others, before a numerous corn. pany of subscribers and other spectators. The umpires, three in number, Messrs. Pugh, Snelling, and Laver, were appointed to decide the contest. The match consisted of swimming, diving, and floating, and occupied upwards of two hours, during which the competitors dismayed a great deal of science in the various depart ments of swimming, &c. During the match a dispute arose between the antagonists, which created a little disturbance and noise amongst the spectators ; and whilst Mr. Horace Kenworthy, one of the pro prietors of the baths, and teacher of swimming, was endeavouring to pacify the company, a drunken fellow from behind addressed some violent language to him, and gave him a push, which im pelled him into the water, to the great indignation of all assemlYed. Fortunately the police were in attendance, and the man was im mediately conveyed to the station-house. The umpires eventually awarded the prizes, which consisted of a silver cup and medal ; the cup to Mr. George Poulton, and the medal to Mr. Samuel Houns low, beating Pewter, Robberson, Allen, and others. The success of Mr. Poulton was hailed with much applause, as he was formerly a pupil of Mr. Kenworthy. Pilch: or GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 181 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 61 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 671, it follows that gold is 0.25 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises front Hamburgh, the price of gold is 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94 ; and the exchange at llamburgh on London at short being 13 111, it follows that gold is 0.79 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of ex change at New York on London is 1094 per cent.; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of June, 1844, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honourable William Bingham Baring and the Right. Honourable Henry Lytton Bulvver were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. Her Alajesty haring, been pleased to appoint the Most Nvble Richard M trquis of Westminster to be Lord Lieu' enant and Custos Rotulo um of the county of Chester, and of the city of Chester and county of the same ; and Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Bart., to be Li e ut enan t an d Custos Rotulorum of the county of Fiint, th ey th. s d ay t oo k t h e oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and su. premacy. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 1, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Caroline Margaret Dawson to be one of the Maids of Honour in Ordi nary to her Majesty, in the room of the Hon. Clementina Ha 'stilton, resigned. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Trinity Term.-Bth Victoria. June 28, 1845. This Court will hold a sitting on Wednesday, the 9 th day of July next, to giv e j u d gmen t s i n cases that have been previously argued. BY THE COURT. FOREIGN -OFFICE, JUNE 27. The Queen 11..‘s been pleased to approve of Don Juan Jose Garcia. as Vice-Consul, at Sierra Leone, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WHITEHALL, JUNE 28. The Q ueen h as been pleased to grant unto P e t er St a ff or d Carey, the room o f J o h n Guile, Esq., deceased. EN-, the office of Bailiff of the island of Guernsey, in BANKPTS. Thornton Dental!, stock broker ßU , Copthall-chambers, City, to surrender July 9, at halt-past twelve, and Aug. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Thomas, Lepard, and Williams, Cloak-lane. Thomas Clarkson, jun. upholsterers' warehouseman, Charles street, Middlesex Hospital, July 9, at twelve, and Aug. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Ford, Bl ooms b ury - square. William George Flinn, merchant, Lower Thames-street, July 8, at half..past twelve, and Aug. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Amory, Sewell, and Moores, Throgmorton-street. Christopher Wakefield, licensed victualler, Hampton-wick, July 10, and August 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghalhstreet ; Parcel!, New North -street, Red Lion-square. James Ceusens Welton, ironmonger, Halsted, Essex, July 8, at eleven, and Aug. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Gale, Basinghall street ; Parker, Chelmsford. Thomas Brown, manufacturer of grylls whelp, Billiter-street, City, July 15, at half -past two, and Aug. 6, at twelve, at the place, Old Jewry ; Faw cett , Jewin-street, Cripplegate.'Frederick's Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official Joseph Haycock, jun., assignee, corn factor, Wells, Norfolk, July 8, and Aug. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Co., Queen-street, Cheapside. William Coleman, victualler, Crediton, Devonshire, July 8, at eleven, and Aug. 7, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Davies and Son, War wick-street, London; Francis, Crediton ; Stogdon, Exeter. John Bindley, hosier, Atherstone, Warwickshire, July 10, Jackson, Field court, Gray's-inn, London. at twelve, and .\ugust 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham a m ; James \Vachon, stationer, Carnarvon, Carnarvon shire,uly 15, and August 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Clarke and Old Bailey, London ; Lowudes, Robinson, and Bate- Cooper, son, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. G. A. Cater, wool merchant, Leeds—third and final div. of Id. and 11-16th parts of . a penny in the pound, July 1, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. Birm e J. Ct. Cottingham, merchant, Lawrence Pountney-hill-- Nov. 30, at the offi ce of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall 1, or after second div. of 4(1. in the Pound, any Wednesday before Aug. straet. Wednesday before Aug. 1, or after Nov. 30, at J. Hextall, draper, Re gent -street—first div. of Bd. in the Pennell Basin ,i n the office of Mr . . , lasing hall-street. iron-master, Parkfield, Sedgley—first div. of W. Bishten, 6d. and 9-16ths of a penny in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Ir. Christie, Birmingham, c t Julyual l e rar. or any Gray's lnn-lane—first subsequent-1 ane— firs Sa turday,t pound, any J. G. Todman, M ;See of r. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old at the o Jew. y S. and T. F. Jackson, wool staplers, Bermondsey-street— final div. of ld. in the Ito un , d any Saturday, at the office of div, of G anbury, lice: the pound, sed vi upholsterer, Dover-street, Piccadilly—final div. G. Winning, pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, of 4,1. the r l e 4 en , 6 A d . 1 d i n r m AIG . r dvmanbury. E. Leefe and J. Yates, wholesale haberdashers, Fore street—final div. of Is. b b d. in the pound, any baturday, at the office of Mr. Gr een, Alderman bury. J. Yates, wholesa le haberdasher, Fore - street—a div. of 2 0 s. J. Peters, innkeeper, Godstone—fi rst d i v. of 3s. in the dinermthaettPbUuryb.d' an y Saturday , at the offic e o f M r . G reen , Al pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Alderman bury. J. Bear, draper, Ramsgate —a di v . o f I s. i n the poun d , any Saturday, at the office of , ‘lr. Green, Al uerman b ury. pound, July 2, and two following Wednesdays. at the office of Mr. T urquan d, Old J ewry . A. Winton, D. Winton, and J. W e bb er, ware h ousemen, Wood street, Cheaps ide—final div. of 6 id. in the pound, July side—first and di, J.. of 20s. in the Webber, w are h ousemen, Wood-street, ChAea.l Winton 2, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Tur quand, Old Jewry. W. Harris, brick maker, Castle Hayes, Staffordsbire—third IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, ..Tuly 1. Their Lordships met soon after Five o'clock this evning. CORNWALL RAILWAY. _ _ Lord FALMOUTH presented twenty-five petitions in favour of the Cornwall Railway. NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. Wntiley, of Sergeant's-inn, barrister-at-law, against the North Wales Mineral Railway. GRANTING LEASES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord BROUGHAM moved the adoption of the three fob. lowing resolutions : I. That any Bill which is included in the second class, under the standing order of the 16th of August, 1838, and which shall he before thi: House in the present session, but shall not pass for cant of time, shall be marked by the Chair mar, of Committees, and s h a ll b e p rocee d e d w i t h i n the ensuing ses-ion, if such Bill be br..ught from the Commons in every re si,ect the same Bill as that which shall have been so marked by the Chairman. t 2.. That any Bill of the said se - ond class which shall have been stopped in its progress through the House of Commons in the present session by reason of want of time, and which shall be brought up to this House in the ensuing session marked by the Speaker of that House as having been so stopped, shall be in like manner received by this House. 3. That those Bills which shall have been stopped in this [louse, and so marked as aforesaid by the Chairman of Com mit tees, and also those Bills which shall be brought up for the first time next s ess i, m marked by the Speaker of the House of Commons as aforesaid, shell be proceeded with upon the same notices as would have been required by this House under its standing orders during the present session, and upon no other aotice. They had been reported, after full consideration, by the Select. Committee appointed by their Lordships, and the object of them was to facilitate the performance of the private business of the House during the present over-burdened session of Par liament. He would, therefore, move the adoption of the first resolution. The Earl of WICKLOW was willing to admit the justice of meeting the case slated by the Noble Lord, but he apprehended that the end would be better attained by an Act of Parliament than by those resolutions. The resolut ions would not accomplish what a Bill would do. An- Act would enable them to introduce the Bills in the next session of Parliament, ad eundem, at the same stage precisely where they were left off in the present session, and with less expense to the promoters. After a few words in explanation from Lord BROUGHAM, The Duke of RICHMOND said that a Bill would not save expense to the parties. By a different line altogether more advantages in every respect might possibly be chalked out, and he considered it would not be doing justice to the public to bind down Parliament to one which, perhaps, would not afford so much public accommodation. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that it appeared to him that, even if they could close in the present session of Parliament any of these transactions, this would not prevent their Lordships from taking into consideration even the repeal of any Acts having reference to them in a future session. Lord HATHERTON agreed with his Noble Friend op posite (Lord Wicklow) that it was better to proceed by Bill than by resolutions. The difference that would arise in pro ceeding by these methods was this. By adopting the resolu tions, the House would have to go through the same trouble some, tedious, and expensive forms with every one of the Bills, as at present. By proceeding by Bill, their Lordships could commence, in the next session, at exactly the same stage where the Bill was left off. He did not think that they were alto gether without precedent in adopting such a course, for in Divorce Bills, if he was not mistaken, a similar proceeding had taken place. Lord CAMPBELL was in favour of proceeding by Bill, instead of by resolution. The real object to be obtained was to provide that any railway Bill before the House should be treated as if the House had only been adjourned, not prorogued. In fact, to consider the two sessions as only one, an far as this class of Bills was concerned. Lord BROUGHAM said that, at. present, whether they should proceed by resolution or Bill was not the real question. It was as to the principle which the Committee had recom mended in the resolutions now before the House relative to giving Bills the benefit next session of alsy progress they might have mitOe in the present. He did not, however, believe it was possible to draw up a Bill sufficiently intelligible to meet the case. Lord WICKLOW briefly explained the reason why he thought the course by Bill was preferable to proceeding by re solution. Lord BROUGHAM said there was no precedent for pro ceeding by Bill in such cases. On the other hand, the House had proceeded by resolution in 1817 and in 1831, under some what analogous circumstances. Lord STANLEY said the resolutions would only apply to Bills that stood exactly in the same position the next sess:on as they did at the period of rising in the present. If any altera• tion was made in the Bill it would deprive them of theproposed benefit. Lord BROUGHAM said this matter had been fully consi dered in Committee, and it was there the general opinion, after mature examination, that no Bills but those which re mained exactly the same, without amendment, should have the benefit of the resolutions. Lord REDESDALE, as one of the Committee, defended the view advanced by the Noble and Learned Lord. He ob jected to proceeding by Bill. Lord HASTINGS argued that the resolutions infringed upon the prerogative of the Crown, and, in his opinion, they ought to proceed with this mat ter by enactment instead of resolutions. He could not conceive it possible that there could be any difficulty in adopting this suggestion. Lord BROUGHAM had never heard anybody express him self with more entire ignorance of the subject.—(Laughter. ) He quite agreed with the Noble Lord that their course would be unconstitutional if the resolutions should have the effect of passing the Bills, but they would only allow Bills to pass through the Standing Orders Committee, which had teen stopped short in the House of Commons by the termination of the present session. In a word, the object of the resolutions was to enable the preliminary notices of those Bills which had been given in 1844 to serve for 1845. . _ Lord RF:DESD ALE thought that his Noble and Learned Friend was in error respecting the orders of the House. The House had the entire controul of its own orders, and these were frequently set aside to facilitate the passing of a Bill in one night. Lord COTTENHAM said it was not necessary for their Lordships to pass any new regulations respecting Bills sent up from the House of Commons. After a few words from Lord ASHBURTON, _ The LORD CHANCELLOR said that any Bill which came up from the House of Commons would be received by their Lordships as a matter of course. Their Lordships could not decide upon any course, until they saw what resolutions the Commons might pass. He, however, agreed with his Noble and Learned friend, that their Lordships should proceed by resolution, and not by Bill. Lord BROUGHAM said, the Bills to which his resolu tions related must commence in the House of Commons. But that House was waiting to see what their Lordships would do. The Commons would continue doubting, as to their own resolutions, until they saw how their Lordships were re solved.—( A laugh. ) The resolutions were then agreed to. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY BILL. Lord WIIARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM observed that he thought it hardly worth while to pa,:s a Bill of this nature. If an action of tres pass had been brought in the case which gave rise to this Bill (the injury to the l'ortland vase,) the person who was guilty of the offence would have been quite sufficiently punished. Lord CAMPBELL would be sorry to see the penal code extended, but he believed the public was shocked to find that no punishment could be awarded for such an outrage as that to the Portland vase. He reminded his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) that this was not a civil injury, for which the recovery of damages was a sufficient recompense, but a crime which ought to be punished. The LORD CHANCELLOR—As he read the Bill, a per son who broke the finger of a tlaster of Paris cast exposed for sale in a shop window, might be imprisoned for two years. That was too severe. _ _ _ Lord BROUGHAM hoped this was a House of Lords' Bill.—( Some Noble Lords said " No.") Well, he was really ashamed to see that the House of Commons sent up a Bill pro viding that a person found guilty of the offence charged, might be imprisoned, with hard labour or without, for such a period as two years. Lord CAMPBELL—Why, this Bill was introduced in the other House by the Solicitor-General ; and it was a somewhat strange course that his Noble and Learned Friend on the wool sack should endeavour to throw a slur on it. The LORD CHANCELLOR—It was new modelled under the superintendence of his Noble Friend ( Lord \Vharncliffe). He thought that the punishment should be restricted to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, or with private whip ping, but not both. Surely that punishment was quite enough. This amendment was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time. _ . The West India Relief Bill went through Committee. DOG STEALING. The Duke of BEAUFORT moved that the Dog Stealing Bill be read a first time. The motion was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. CORN FROM CANADA. The Duke of RICHMOND—His Noble Friend the Secre tary for the Colonies had said some time back that it was im possible to state what quantit, of corn came from the United States to Canada, as no return had been received from that country. He wished to know if the return had been received since, and if so, when it would be produced ? Lord STANLEY promised to make inquiries, and if the return had been received, he should not have the slightest ob. jection to produce it. Their Lordships then adjourned to Thursday. 1I()USE OF COMMONS, .July 1. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four o'clock. Sir JOHN HorE was introduced by Mr. Smollett and Mr. Pringle, and took the oaths, and his seat for Edinburgshire. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway) was reported. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the York and North Midland Railway ( Harrogate Branch) Bill were agreed to. RUNCORN AND PRESTON BROOK RAILWAY. The Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway Bill was read a third time and pissed. EREWASH VALLEY RAILWAY. Lord HARRY VANE moved the turther consideration of the report on the Erewash Valley Railway Bill. Sir HENRY HALFOR.) moved that the Bill be re committed. He considered that the Committee, in the course they had adoi , ted, had gone out of their way, and had not thoroughly sifted the measure. Mr. R. SPOONER seconded the motion. Lord HARRY VANE defended the course pursued by the Committee. _ . Lord G. SOMERSET considered that the Committee had come to a sound conclusion. Mr. ENTWISLE said that the railway was intended to confer a benefit on the manufacturers in the neighbourhood, yet it had stopped short a mile and a half from the most im portant of them. Mr. HUTT defended the conduct of the Committee. After some observations from Mr. GREENE, Sir H. HALFORD withdrew his amendment, and the re port was received. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Capt. MANGLES moved that the report on the Landon and South-Western Railway (Metropolitan Extension, No. 1) Bill be received. Mr. WARBURTO I% objected to the high ra t e o f c h arge agreed to by the Committee for carrying cords. Lord G. SOMERSET considered that some modification oug ht to be made in he charge f ur carry i ng coals, and suggested thempro.stpo nementof receiving th e report. MANGLES, in postpo n i ng t h e rece i v i ng o f t h e report till to-morrow, said that, although he was not one of the inern hers of the Committ ee , h e un d erstoo d t h ey were unan i mous on the subject of the charging for carrying coals. The report IN as then ordered to be received to-morrow. AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF I)IMDESTON AND IsiECHELLS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Sir. T. TROUBRIDGE brought up the report on the Duddeston and Nechells Improvement Bill which was agreed to. GLASGOW BRIDGE. On the motion of Mr. J. OSWALD the Lords' amendments on the Glasgow Bridge Bill were agreed to HEAVISIDE'S DIVORCE BILL. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER, this Bill was read a second time. THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY AND THE RAIL WAY COMMITTEE. Captain BERKELEY then moved, " That no private Bill for the construction of railways, or other public works, to which the consent of the Admiralty is required, will be committed, until the decision of the Admiralty shall be communicated to the House," be made a standing order. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought the House ought not to agree to this proposition, because it was, in fact, asking the House to suspend its proceedings until a Govern. went board gave its opinion on the railway schemes brought before it. This was the most extraordinary pro. position he had ever heard.—( Hear, hear.) Certainly the Committees had the means of arriving at a more correct esti mate of the value of the Bills before them than the Board of Admiralty could possibly have. He was quite in opposition to the moli,n of the Hon. and Gallant Member. Mr. WARBURTON did not see why the House should be precluded from going into the evidence on any railway project until they had received the consent of the Board of Admiralty. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY opposed the motion. Captain BERKELEY replied. His argument wa.. that the Admiralty should have the power of protecting the public, and individuals also; and he would give the House an illustration. Supposing an individual had a right to a ferry over a navigable river, and that a projected bridge would destroy his interests as well as the nav,gation of that river. He was too poor to prosecute an opposition before that House, but he memorialised the Board of Admiralty, and they took effective measures for that purpose. He should take the sense of the House on the subject.. After a few words from Sir G. CLERK, The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Ma'iority 4B NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. DARBY, this Bill was read a third time and passed. NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. COBDEN, the report on the Norwich and Brandon Railway Bill was received. GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY. The report on the Glasgow Junction Railway Bill was also brought up and received. ABERDARE RAILWAY. Dr. BOWRING brought up the report on the Aberdare Railway Bill. RAILWAY COMMITTEE. Mr. GREENE brought before the House the further con sideration of the report on Railway Bills. Their Lordships had similar resolutions under their consideration, and as it was important to carry out the intention of both Houses in a har monious manner, he would not press his resolutions at present. Instead of this, he would move, that the Committee on Rail ways be revived, that the resolutions be referred to it fur censideration, and that they report thereon to the House. Lord G. SOMERSET said that under these circumstances it was not - his intention to press the resolutions of which he had given notice. lie would postpone them till the report of the Committee was brought under the notice of the House. Mr. LA BOUCHERE thought there was no better course that could be adopted than that recommended by the Hon. Member fur Lancaster (Mr. Greene). He thought the resolutions of the Noble Lord would be of very little use—mueh delay had occurred io consequence of the want of a proper understanding with the House of Lords, which would have much facilitated the progress of railway business. Sir GEORGE CLERK thought very considerable pro gress had been made with these railway Bills, and that there was no great reason to complain of delay. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the difficulties in which they had been placed suggested the propriety of estab lishing some uniform rule to be acted upon by both Houses of the Legislature. He would take this opportunity of asking his Hon. Friend whether he intended to pursue the course, of which he had told the House not long since ? He had proposed to suggest an inquiry into the railway business of the ensuing session of Parliament, and among the points which he had proposed to inquire into, none perhaps were of greater import ance than the continuance of the regulations connected with the Board of Trade, as at present administered. He thought it extremely desirable that during this session some definite reso lutions should be laid down, whether it was prudent that the railway projects already in existence should submit their cases to the Board of Trade in the same manner as those which had passed during the present session. His Honourable Friend would readily admit that now was the time, but he would ask, were the railway projects that should be proposed during the present session to be included in any ulterior regulations that might be applied to the Beard of Trade ? Lord SANDON said it would be better to postpone to ano ther session the proposition of altering the regulations of the Board of Trade as to the projected railway schemes, as they had not yet come fully before the House. It would, however, be perfectly competent to consider, ulteriorly, the schemes which had been already projected or contemplated, as much as those which had been disposed of. Lord G. SOMERSET said that he did not think that the decision of the Committee ought at present to be taken into consideration. The moment at which the question could be answered had not yet arrived. But as his Hon. Friend the Member for Lancashire (Mr. Entwine) had said, it was of the utmost importance that the matter should he duly con sidered, and when the time should arrive he would be ready to give a proper reply. SMOKE PROHIBITION. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition, signed by nearly all the inhabitants of Birmingham, in favour of the Smoke Prohibition Bill. Mr. E. ELLIS presented several petitions, and amongst them one from the county of Fife, against it. TEN HOURS' BILL. Lord ADARE presented several petitions in favour of the Ten Hours' 1311. ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the news agents in Londun, praying for a better adjustment of the ad vertisement duties. TEN HOURS' BILL. Lord ADARE presented several petitions from places in Ireland praying for a ten hours' Bill. WRIT FOR EXETER. A writ was moved for the city of Exeter, in consequence of the dcath of Sir William Follett, late Attorney-General. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. The order of the day for receiving the report on the Smoke Prohibition Bill was read, on the motion of Mr. MAC KINNON, for the purpose of being postponed to Wednesday, the 9th inst. IRELAND. On the motion of Mr. GROGAN, the Lords' amendments to this Bill were agreed to. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Lord ARTHUR LENNOX moved for leave of iibence fur Mr. W. Forbes for six weeks, on account of dangerous illness in his family.—Agreed to. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Mr. CHRISTIE moved for several returns relating to lunatic as)lums.—Ordered.____ CUBA SUGAR. Sir R. PEEL, by command of her Majesty, presented copies of the correspondence which had taken place between her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Queen of Spain, on the subject of the importation of sugar the produce of Spanish colonial possessions. —Ordered to be laid on the table. LUNACY BILL. Mr. WARBURTON wished to know iChethcsr it was th© intention of the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshire to proceed with the Lunacy Bill to-morrow ? Lord ASHLEY intended to bring on the Bill to-morrow at five o'clock. Mr. WARBURTON asked when the returns would be ready by which the compensation to parties, provided for in the Bill, was to be regulated? The answer of the No➢LE LORD was inaudible in the gallery. Mr. CHRISTIE wished that the Noble Lord (Lord Ashley) would lay on the table of the House a return of the expenses incidental to the Lunacy Bill. Lord ASHLEY said that he would undertake to-morrow to state the expenses in every department respecting this Bill. as far as it was possible to do so. Mr. M. GIBSON said that they were in the habit of leaving a great number of Bills on the paper till the end of the session, and then abandoning them. He would ask the Right Hon. Baronet if it would not be convenient to state, on some early day, the measures which would be abandoned and those which would be proceeded with. He received letters every day about measures that he did not know would be proceeded with this session, which he could not reply to. Sir R. PEEL said that he would take the earliest oppor tunity this week of stating the measures which would be pro ceeded with this session. REDUCTION OF THE PERIOD OF SERVICE IN THE ARMY. Captain LAYARD, according to notice, moved—" That an humble address be presented to her Alajesty, praying that she will be pleased to direct inquiry to be made how far the reduc tion of the period of service in the army, from the present un limited term to ten years, would tend to procure a better class of recruits, diminish desertion, and thus add to the efficiency of the service." He would ask, not only the indulgence of the House, but its kind attention, while he detailed to the House the immense amount of crime, and particularly that of desertion. which existed at th's period, and which would be prevented by the institution of this inquiry. lie wished to bring it forward, as much as possible for the benefit of the army to which this country owed so much. He would now read, from the same document, a list of the number of desertions that had taken place from the British army in Grcvt Britain, in the last three years ; they were as follows :—ln the year 1342 the desertions amounted to 2,154; in 1843, to 1,432; and. in 1844, to 1,592; making a total of 5,208, of which 2,086 had been retaken, or rejoined. In Ireland the desertions had been as follows : —ln the year 1842 the de. sections amounted to 631; in 1843, to 426 ; in 1844, to 518, making a total of desertions in Ireland of 1,594 in three years, of whom 1,159 were either retaken or rejoined; or, making a grand total of Great Britain and Ireland, of 7,537, from which. however, were to be deducted 4,638, as those who had been retaken or had rejoined. But still that left 2,899 men who were still not forthcoming ; and if he had no other argument to support his case, this alone would be sufficient to warrant him in bringing forward this motion. The same return showed that 23,190 men had been imprisoned in the same period ; but of course many of those were persons who had been im prisoned several times ; and he had heard of one instance where a man who hat been but six or seven years in the army had spent the greater part of that time in prison.-- (Laughter. ) The great cause of complaint in the ai:oy m en who entered it were under the impression; that that youngthe they entere d for life; and few, indeed, listed •ro s n a love for the service , but from distress, or from having had a quarrel with their families. The Honourable and Gallant Member then read an extract from a work on the army, which gave many i nstances o f t h e grievances soldiers laboured under, and the artifices resorted to by parents to prevent their sons enlisting. The Hon. Member then quoted a case from the United Service Gazette, where a woman, fearing her son would carry his threat of enlistment into effect, by the assistance of her daughter bound him, when in a state of intoxication, and chopped off the thumb of his right hand. The ratio of suicide in the army was at the rate of 1 in 20, and could the House wonder at the despair which would prompt the men to such acts, when it considered the number of years for which they were retained in the array ? Why, he did not believe that any general in that House —no, nor any Secretary of State, would undertake the duties of his post, if he thought he would be compellel to remain there for ever !—(Loud laughter.) How much, then, should they pity the man who, destined to toil and hardships, was elated by no hopes of its termination or relief ? From these large numbers it might well be supposed that there would be a great deficiency, but it was well known that though the strength of each regiment was nominally LOCO men, the real number authorised to be borne on the books was 1,100; and in the army at home the recruiting-sergeants were autho reung service, it was men relight be rised to enlist thirty men more than the c o mpl e ment of the corps. Most men whose term of service b ad n e a rly expired_, might sen tboen foreign retained i s n er t v h i e ce. depots, ti thes,wiehriulslteaof t established that there should he p e nsions according to the length of service. To those who had served the longest time there was to be a pension of 7s. a week, but there was an equalisation of pension according to the rate of service for mnty• tying cation• 100 4 1 r, a" d •bt ot" a, an d aidlcd