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PROPOSED FREE TRADE CLUB.' By the following circular which we have received, we are happy to observe that what has always appeared to us a very desirable object is about to be realised. Free trade principles have made such rapid progress of late, through out every part of the country, and among every class of politicians and avocations, that a central metropolitan medium of association has been much wanted; and, from what has recently been apparent, it is not unlikely will be more than ever necessary. The leading enlightened pOliticians of the Liberal party in Parliament ;and in the country hare given these principles, especially of late years, their earnest attention, and among them are to be found many of the most accomplished political economists and free-traders. The speeches of such men as Lord Mont - eagle, Lord Clarendon, Lord Howick, and Mr. Labou chere, are, in themselves, the most perfect specimens of commercial legislative enunciations to be met with in the English language ; but, while we say thus much, it has often been made too plain that many of their professed followers have imbibed but little either of their know ledge or their principles on these important topics— topics on which every successful political movement in this country must be based for many years to come. We hear with great pleasure that the list is rapidly filling up with applications, both in town and from the country e.-- " Several of the most influential friends of free trade he long felt it desirable that some means shoulit be dyed for bringing into closer and more immediate con tact di those who are interested in procuring the eman cipation of British capital and industry from the unwise restrictions which have been placed upon their produc tjye powers. They are aware that many dis- Atguished advocates of commercial freedom are spread over the country at great distances from each other, and are anxious to have opportunities of intercommunication, both for the purpose of explaining the evils produced by monopoly in their several professions and localities, and for concerting the means of more effectually bringing their grievances be fore the Legislature and the country. They there fore propne to establish a Free-trade Club, which shall supply, at moderate charges, all the usual ac commodations of a club; and, in addition, afford the eulespiibers the advantage of a library of reference, comprising the best works on social and economic science, all the statistical documents connected with the external and internal condition, not only of Great Britain, but of all the foreign States with which we have political or trading relations, and the various documents issued by both Houses of Parliament. The want of such a library of reference has been long felt by every one interested in the eause of free trade; the col lection of it is obviously beyond the means and oppor tunities of many individuals, but is clearly within the reach of an association such as that which is now pro posed. " As this club is about to be formed for a specific pur pose, it must be well understood that no gentleman is eligible as a member who is not opposed to all protective and differential duties. To this principle he will be pledged by his application to be admitted as a member": " The following are the names of the gentlemen com posing the present committee: — The Earl of Radnor. 'John L. Ricardo, Esq., M.P. The Earl Ducie. Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq. Lord Charles Fitzroy, M.P. M.P. The Hon. Charles Pelham Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. Villiers, M.P. (James Wilson, Esq. " As the object of this club is to associate as many Free-Traders as possible, without reference to the profit of any person or party, the entrance and annual sub scription will Ise fixed at as low a rate as is compa- tible with securing the comfort and convenience of the members. " Office, No. 11, Parliament-street."—Economist. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS• FROM T} EVENING PAPERS OP YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle has reprinted from the Scotsman the following letter of Sir Robert Peal, written many years ago, when the Premier was Secretary of State for the Home Department : " Dec. 2d, 1-Wri. " Sir,--I am directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to ack - n . ow i l dge receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, containing an (4,prit of the fraudulent proceedings of a person of the of John Caldwell, late acting manager of the concern ° H o lm, Caldwell and Company, manufacturers in Paisley, who, it a l 2pears, has embarked at Liverpool for N'ew and whose letters, addressed as you describe, you wish to obtain an order from the Secretary of State for being stopped at the General Vast-office. And I am in reply to acquaint von, that Ur. Peel never gives such orders, except in cases of flagrant crime, nor to such an extent as to affect innocent persons. He canon, ther'eflire, comply with your request, because it does not appear that John Caldwell stands charged with any criminal offence; nor do George Caldwell, or !his -mother, the persons mentioned in your letter whose corre- B vondence youNvish to b e detained, appear implicated in John Cal swell's frauds. I am,' &c. Th i l . , l letter, we think, marks very properly the liniits within tv,lich the Home-otlice ought to act—and ought .us once , to silence those who pretend to bave believed ;that post letLers were intiolable. The S'cotsmarrproceds ask.of what .`lagrant crime was M. Mazzni accused ? . qUOSnon we are not in a condition to answer, but .shat. a very fla g rant crime has. 1 - xen committed Ihy n s ona with whom Mr. Maozini was in communicatiion I; Brit. -*h -rtain, namely, an invasion of .a friendly country filom a port ; the corpus &ilea is established boyiond -and though Mr. Mazhini was doubtless all doubt, apa, nuilt -ticipation i t—er he would not be no at less of p:rtieipation pubably :he flagrant crime such the foreign ministers. of w hi - eh he was .:'"" ed b y :.serve that the' case of the nn aid GLOBE. —we 0 e of Danish chtimautth is o ,:ee more to be brought under the Coalitions to-morrow, by c onsideration of the Hott..' .-„`(r. Christie. If anything couid apravate the hard;• rh _nial of justice, it is the s h li ‘ , of a thirty-seven years' eon d u - et of a number of members of the Tory p&iy, w h o , h:aving always supported these claims against the Tate Qd,v - e.Nment, kept away from the division, or v ted against thtny, when they were brought for ward last ear by ar. Eawes. Mr. Creswell's annual motions use I- to be annually .cariied by considerable majorties, in w ich ';Cory Members always_greatly predomiratted but w en, the Tories having.. come - intO power, the 1)a ish laimgnts,of , hspe,•,, once again bro - ;flit their case before the House of Commons, they d my ere - beaten, to their' grea t sur p rise, by fifteen- vots; an fifteet. members of the whole Tory party voted in the minority which supported Mr. Hawes. Many may aver been away by accident —we understand that the div sion took place on that occasion very much earlier in the t en ing t han hid been generally ex p ected; but, on the her .hand, ten. Tory members who had previ ouslysupporte l the ' claims then voted against them, and among the ten ere five- members of the Government—Sir E. Knatc •ull, -captain Boldero, Sir Frederick Trench, Mr. G. W. ~.:tiope, and the Hon. Charles Hope. Should not th- love '. their own salaries, so strikingly evinced, hav• led v ies 9 gentlemen to think wattle more seriously I. the imp or .ant pecuniary interests with which theycave played ?Or purposes of party ? _• of EMPEROR of BRA IL the -, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 8. Their Lordships having sat in Error in the appeal of Daniel O'Connell and others, from ten o'clock until four, resumed, for public business, at a quarter to five. Several private Bills were advanced a stage, and in the case of others the Commons' amendments were agreed to, and the Bills passed, but we could not catch their names. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. The Earl of SIIAFTESBURY presented a petition from a body of Unitarian Dissenters in favour of the Bill. A REV. PRELATE, whose name we did not hear, presented several petitions from places in Yorkshire, Surrey, and other parts of the kingdom, against the Bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented numerous peti tions to the same effect. CORN-LAWS. Lord ELDON presented petitions from numerous parishes in Surrey against any alteration of the corn laws which would diminish agricultural protection. The Duke of RICHMOND presented similar petitions from places in the counties of Sussex, Hants, and Somer set, against the Anti-Corn-law League, and in favour of protection ; also petitions from Exeter and other places, against certain provisions of the Bank Charter Act. Lord TEYNHAM presented a great number of peti tions from places in Staffordshire, Lancashire, Bucking ham, Northampton, and various other parts of the coun try, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. Lord SOMERS presented twenty•four petitions, in favour of agricultural protection. The Noble Lord pre sented also several petitions against the Bank Charter Bill. Lord ASIIBURTON presented several petitions from places in Surrey, praying for agricultural protection. The Noble Lord presented also a petition in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. THE POST-OFFIC LETTER OPENING. The Duke of WELLI•)TON informed the House that he had received a letter frOm Lord Burlington, de clining to sit upon the Secret Committee of Post-office inquiry ; and on the motion of the Noble Duke, the name of Lord Colborne was substituted. THE BANK CHARTER BILL. On the motion of the Earl of RIPON, it was agreed that the Bank Charter Bill should be read a second time to-morrow, and that the discussion should take place on Friday. BISHOPRICS OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPIL On the motion of the Earl of row's, the third reading of the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph Bill was postponed till Thursday. THE IRISH MAGISTRACY. Earl FORTESCLTE postponed till Thursday the mo tion of which he had given notice for this day, relating to Mr. O'Driscoll. He hoped he should be allowed to bring on the motion before the orders of the day, as it involved a question of personal character, which ought not to be kept suspended. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from Perth, praying that the provisions of the Brothels Suppression Bill should be extended to Scotland.—(A laugh.) Lord MALIIESBURY presented a petition from land owners of New Zealand, praying for further protection to colonial produce.- CATHOLIC BEQUESTS BILL. The Bishop of EXETER said that this Bill contained clauses of greater importance than had been contained in any Bill passed by Parliament for the last 300 years. He had come up two hundred miles to take part in the discussion, which stood fixed for to-morrow, and he hoped it would not be postponed, as he should have to return on Wednesday. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that the same cause of postponement which affected other measures to day would probably cause the postponement of this Bill to-morrow. The Bishop of EXETER would take the present op portunity of stating generally his objections to the mea sure, which were founded upon the effect the Bill would have of recognising the supremacy of the Pope in these realms. He should be most happy to support a measure for enabling Catholics to endow their religious estab lishments, if it could be done without endangering the constitution and the religious institutions of this kingdom. INCENDIARISM IN NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. Lord WODEH OUSE complained with great warmth of the calumnies which had lately been disseminated against the gentry and yeomanry of the county (Suffolk) over which ho had the honour to preside as Lord Lieutenant. He called upon the gentlemen of the press who were present to publish his contradiction.—(Order, order, and great laughter.) Those calumnies would never have been fabricated, if it had not been to suit the purposes of those who availed themselves of opposition to the poor-laws for party objects. If the gentlemen of the press would go down to the neighbourhood of his owri estate and examine the union workhouses — (A laugh)—they would see that they were well ma naged, and if they asked the paupers themselves they would be told that they were better off than under the old system. He thanked their Lordships and apologised for the warmth of his manner—(Hear)--but he felt that he was as much iaculpated by those calumnies as any farmer in the countv.—(Cheers.) The Marquis of N'ORMANBY considered the warmth of the Noble Lord perfectly natural, and f. , lt cer tain that no part of the' accusations to which he had alluded could apply to that Noble Lord.—(l-rear, hear.) lie (the Marquis of Normanby) would take this opportunity of moving for returns of the number, age, and sex of the persons who had been committed for trial at the last assizes in Norfolk and Suffolk, on the charge of incendiarism, with the result of the trials. Lord WODEHOTTSE could have no objection to the n-turns, which were accordingly ordered The Parliamentary business being concluded, the House then adjourned for a quarter of an hour—that is toi six o'clock—when the arguments in the appeal in error on the Irish State Trials were resumed. . Moatt7o4,,st "and Worthy Representatives . iPx l 7 , • is; With the gzeateat iatisfaction that I have col open. the third ees.si.ou of the present legislation, a .announce to: yen the marriage of my. greatly be sisteri . the Imperial Princess, .with his Royal " nese- Prince of , the, Two Sicilies, the Most-Nappy &Risme,- which proves an - 117inal plodge fOr the continuance of 'My imperial dyx 4nd fulals the most ardent . desires 'of niy.heart. • - The empire is at peace with all foreign conntriet Aot,c,eas9,to:einpley the means in my pas /R eserve it, Without compromising the national' dig] Jam sorry to communicate to you that the civi ,i ts the province:of ,S.,.redro do Rio Grande do Sul y e t rally extinct, but in all the others tranquillity, vans, and to render it more consolidated in those • ) Paoli:wand Minas Geraes, I have deemed it expedi rant an amnesty to all whe were concerned in ttl ai * oiders therein. ,OAK finances - Continue to: require your most a consi •;: ration and it is not of less importance to t ;to' o ration and commercial improvement. ,gy . Miaisters,„ the Secretaries of State, will lay _yon..t.he9stimates of . their respective departMents. .51.T . ,orthy and August Representatives 94i4korty:.-- • , • , „ : • -Ivo happiness. of_Brazil and the aggrandisem itwety.'tire are the o?ntinual- objects of my care, rely on vour cordial ILA loyal co-operation. r}w Irite.-16.Filon deepened., . ..3144 •-. TIARATBE.—It will ber !i4 tepid thav-AvaL , ort - tiztia;sinee.certain parties were im , a ft atom's-; tolcseatil 4 disturbance at the Italian t , rwithAiseiedlieged:aibe to JO-yes-an ,engagement of Signo ~ .Thi3 patties behag•Arrestedlont the- spot and taken be ~ ,Asagiatrute; were .bound. over;, rat answer the charge , • €i Batley- Sensions, anddhetgrand jury returned a t -',..Whe,atfair;lloweV.er, has terminated, as the followin addressed to . Oats - lessee, will show Sin—We -beg.te - express. to you-,our great reg:j e et u that 9- We sh6nia h ave c atioed you any annoyance by distribultin t _ the Operaehou.9e the hills relative to an engagement offS'eno g a _Salvi, 4he tendency. of, which was to create serious i in i? coo- r • .kbaiencele.the.publie; We are fully aware of the ser ious ce oulitsitithAvhiclt. we should be visited 'were you, to ptesTithe ~:-!jr9sent.proceedings. against us, and we have to exptess our '• Alwanks:ter the i&-deut terms on which you have cnnseinted to ~,OrefinabandOnnient,,yiz., the payment of 501. to ten lialties, fsebkled by you...We Arei bir; your obedient servants • eGisonofr.lianwxtr London. „to . . Rom FitattE, Brash Ilutel, ~,,Tirar fano/wing is the list ot'. charitable institutions benefited. i rt j u ruibove-arrsingeraent : li,ospita for Consumpti on , w est . „ Th i nste rt i ocapitaL Charing-crest: Paddington ITos: -pitel,,,i3azspritan Fund; Refuge for the Bouseless Popr, a. Benevolent Institution, Royal. Disponsar,y ffn Diseafes cif the Ear; ereverneeses' Institution, and.'tio3 st. Johl4e-wdOi.l Atm o Saes: Attin STY's TitEITEN.—On Saturday ; night • iff:Laii4aa withor etas repeated, by her Majestyra corn .. %i; ft idr,lft§teati of Oirlto, which had been first announced. Her -ivapsiertutteked bier box at the commencement of the second rerititinect till -the conclusion of the opera. We are .ha y _ L`9the state tbatt, she looked remarkably we 11.... ller Royal Bllv t i nceavAugustt of Cambridge was Also present. The following adventure," j • I bryne, " will cause a , thrill in the hearts of our Xoisc: iv b Olympic Circus. Towards the middle of: last -month,' in the neigftbourbood of Ak-Ilyssar, six Zey- bearg . ~ t 1 three •or - four persona forming part of,A. : l uestrien troop, who were proceeding fregi k;iuuitatt. *. 4 la - to Smyrna. The robbers having attempted • 'to. . on ittett lice on 'Ala_dernoiselle Romanini, she seized a o ue of the Zeybecks, whom she killed with her owti h and, and - 'let the others to-flight. Mademoiselle- 2o- affanini was Vroll 1:14 . 4 in the arm.'.' Turti - ±„iR I ';,;•OrceTiow.---Some- time since it was stated - that a e. Ircreliman • resident at Manchester, had, ti ?A I.)r[Viagiraii, principal of Lancashire "1416 - efideht Uorf" age, - tffered the mlinifteent sum .of 100/. ,for 'the best essay xl tivl.subjett - Of Popular Nuratioh. , Several" i reperit were s. in, and the adjudicators have at length alwaretrl the pi ize to the Rev. B. W. Hamilton, D.D., Inde pendent minist cr of Leeds. ae to Id to loved ;ount Tious ttend ,f the • • After their Lordshins nict from the adjournmeutond before proceeding to the argument on the writ of error, the fallowing business was gone through : PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The Irish Presbyterian Marriage Bill - passed through Committee. •-- - THE PCIST-OFFICE. - On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, a message was ordered to be sent to the Commons for leave for Lord J. Russell and Sir J. Graham to be examined as witnesses before the Secret Committee of the House of Lords.— Agreed to. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Lord SANDON and others, from the House of Com mons, appeared at the Bar with a message, requesting their Lordships' consent, that the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Viscount Melbourne should attend to give evidence before the Secret Committee of the House of Commons on the Post office inquiry. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY.(presiding for the Lord Chancellor) informed the Messengers, that their Lord ships would send an answer by Messengers of their own. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 8. I The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. MIDDLE LEVEL DRAINAGE BILL. -On the motion for the further consideration of the report on this Bill, Lord G. BENTINCK moved that the Bill be recom mitted. After some discussion tha Houle divided, when there were — For the amendment Against it Majority The report was then ordered to be brought up and engrossed. - . POST-OFFICE. On the motion of Lord SANDON a message was sent to the Lords, requesting that Lords Melbourne Nor manby, and Aberdeen, might be allowed to give evidence before the Post-office" Committee of the House of Com mons. :nt of and I em rcated pera, re the at the Pie hill. letter, r T TT frr, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY FVENING, JULY 9, U 344. tee who were themselves railway directors. This was con- ' sidered by many Hon. Members as an undue leaning towards railway companies, and the consequence was, that two of those gentlemen were withdrawn. The list of that Committee in cluded gentlemen who were known to be conversant with rail way matters. He would, first of all, address himself to the charge which had been brought against this Committee of partiality. He could not conceive/ how the gentlemen who had framed the petitions which had been presented against this Bill could descend to the assertion than the evidence which had been taken was ex parte evidence. They would deprive words of all meaning if they were to saaction such words as these to be applied to this Bill. Why, the witnesses exa mined were persons themselves connected with railways. Twelve witnesses were examined, and two of them were per sons connected with the Board of Trade. The whole of the other witnesses were railway directors. There was Mr. Glynn, the Chairman of the Birmingham Railway ; Mr. Hudson, the Chairman of half-a-dozen railways in the north ; Mr. Baxen dale, one of the largest railway proprietors in the kingdom ; Mr. Swift, the Agent of the Grand Junction Railway ; Mr. Saunders, the Secretary to the Great Western Company ; Captain Lewes; the Hon. Member for Clitheroe (Mr. Card well) ; Mr. Wilkinson, Chairman of the London and Croydon Railway; Mr. Rowland Hill, who was known in connection with another question, and Mr. Harding, the Secretary to the Glasgow and Greenock Railway. These were called ex parte witnesses. How, he would ask, could such words be applied to such a subject? His Hon. Friend the Member for Read ing, in the Committee, said, that railway companies ought to be allowed to call witnesses. Why his Hon. Friend himself was on the Committee as the representative of railway companies. Mr. C. RUSSELL intimated dissent. Mr. GLADSTONE did not say that his Hon. Friend had been chosen by the railway companies, but he was an active supporter of the views of those who entertained opinions of non-intervention with respect to railways. NVhy did not his Honourable Friend the Member for Reading in Committee, complain • of the e. parte evidence In entering into tne consideration of the subject which was submitted to them, of course one of the first questions upon which they deliberated was the question of accommodation for third class pasengers. The Committee felt that on this question they were justified in introducing a clause into the Bill, which to a certain extent might be called interference. It would be recollected, that those parties whose avocations led them to different parts of the country, who were compelled to travel in third class carriages, were persons ill calculated to bear exposure to the weather, and a clause to protect them had been framed and introduced into the Bill.--( Hear, hear.) There were two clauses in the Bill relating to the conveyance of the military and the mails. There were three clauses re lating to the prosecution of railway companies who exceeded the powers which had been conferred upon them by Parlia ment, and there were two clauses relating to loan notes. The remaining portions of the Bill were relating to the general sub ject of railway reform. They were about now to discuss the great question of option on the part of the Government with respect to the general management of railways. And now he had to complain of the gross misstatements which had been in dulged in with respect to this Bill. Those statements were, that this Bill had been brought forward to enable the Execu tive to purchase or revise future railways, upon certain terms, if they thought fit to do so. Now this was a perversion of the real objects of the Bill. The Bill gave the Government cer tain powers with respect to future railways, but the policy of using these powers was entirely vested in the Parliament itself. The express object of the Bill was to place the whole matter at the discretion of Parliament. The ground taken by the Com mittee was this, that even if it were politic to purchase or revise, were they now in a condition, with reference to existing railways, to entertain the question ? The two questions they had to consider was, the policy of the step, and whether the maintenance of public faith would permit them to make the purchases or revisions. The Com mittee had scrupulously adhered to the maintenance of public faith, and had adopted no measures which might be deemed unwarrantable with respect to existing railways. With re gard to future railways they had reserved certain powers, and having done so, they reserved the question of policy with respect to carrying those powers out for the deliberation of Parliament. There were some gentlemen who recommended the purchase of all railways by the State. The Committee were not prepared to adopt this recommendation and opinion. He (Mr. Gladstone) would certainly oppose such a proposition. Ile did not think that in the present state of the railway system, there were grounds sufficient to warrant the adoption of such a measure. This Bill left the question of policy en tirely open. To purchase any railway, the Government would have to come to Parliament for the means, and then the question of the expediency of the plan would be fully en tered into. It was not too much to expect, that in a very few years as much as 15,000,0001. sterling annually would be spent by the people of this country in the shape of fares to railway companies; and therefore it was important that the Government should have the powers which this Bid conferred, if by that means a saving to the public could be effected. Under the prese nt system of railways the experiment w hi c h th e G over nment proposed never could be made. They might have it tried between London and Greenwich, or between Glasgow and Greenock, but not on a large and general scale in the country. Now he did say, for those reasons, that it was politic and wise in them as states men, to retain in their hands a power to be used at an after period for the good of the public, if they found it politic to do so ; 'or not to be used if circumstances did not require it. He had a most strong objection to any measure that might incline the scale either ono way or another; but that before them only called on Parliament to maintain its own free agency. It was perfectly impossible for the Executive to alter or revise, with out first resorting to Parliament. It had been said that it was the object of the Government to keep that a close question. He denied that such was the desire of the Government. They rather wished to open a question that was now closed, and to put Parliament in such a condition that they might decide upon and settle it. It might be wise to try the working of this mea sure, or it might not ; he was not going to say how Parliament ought ultimately to to proceed; but, in the meantime, Parlia ment only enacted that, at some future time, it might be law ful for Government to purchase railways. But the opponents of, this measure may say, " Tell us, first, when you mean to pur chise,thena, and on what terms." It would be impossible for Government to make any veservatiost in that case, and they had thought they were bound to reserve a certain power, in order to show those who might be afterwards disposed to invest capital in improvements calculated to do much good to the country, what would be the terms on which Government should take those railways under their own protection. It was a very singular matter, and the question was an amusing one. How happened it that this Bill, affected io w on , : only m t e h e it,he a prospective iked , railways, had been unopposed by those having Bills at present before Parliatnesst ?—( Hear, i that the opposition arose altogether from the old companies, and ey a s the I,tsh. m haisos e :w a s n u tth r ht e haa : att GGt O hoo t rr i r nNi reason whose rights the Government had paid every attention to? He wanted much to know on what possible grounds of reasoning he believed b f e e l u iQ n v tl ed ed . d Bill. a u lr s e e a d dy ultimittely be drivendriven t to w u e l v ( e .l r tr y language cw_)l,ad they might .find. it. Belt how could Government force them s t could - do nothing towards forcing them into it; and could it believe' that the; would be drawn into any suck ruinous a n d op pressive course... Surely they mistrusted themselves too much. —( Laughter.) They might surely have exhibited a little more confidence--s—( Laughter. ) This he would say, that if _any course could tend to weaken those companies, it was the course' they were, then.. pursuing. He was addressing a ma jority of railway.proprietors in that House...._( Hear, hear, and laughter.) lie was himself a railway proprietor ; his family were most extensively connected with r a il way compan i es ; and ho repeated that nothing could weaken rail way com p an i e s like. an undue use of their present great power.—( Hear, hear.) Had Parliament shown any wish or inclination to oppress and thwart public companies ? Had it evinced a disposition to second the clamour raised out of doors against the management of railway companies? Yet those railway companies whose power was so strong, stronger perhaps than any other in commanding the votes of Members —(Cries of " No, no") —he imputed no: motives to Hon. Members, but it seemed odd, with respect to their opposition to this Bill, how, if they had no confidence in a future Parliament, they could place any confidence in the present; one. They objected that Government might at a future period buy up some poor railway, and so make use of its resources to injure a rich one. His answer to that was, that Government could not do that without first coming to Parliament for the means ; and he thought they would he able to combat then and to defeat the unworthy Government, which would enter the commercial lists with a stronger purse for the pur pose of ruining other parties. If Government were inclined to pursue this unworthy policy then, what was to prevent them from doing so now ? Why this, that Parliament would listen to no such proposition. Ho thought those were the two objections on which this Bill had been opposed, first, that Government might bay, and secondly, that sufficient time had not been given to the House and to the country to consider its provisions. With respect to the first, he had already stated his opinion upon it, and with regard to the second he would briefly say a few words upon it. And first, he at once admitted that if the House were called on to affirm the policy of the Government purchasing railways, this objection would be a strong one ; but that objection did not apply to a measure of definite legislation. That Bill ought to have been denominated a Bill for reserving the discretion of Parliament—he repeated reserving its discretion, and he had no hesitation in saying that, if those notes of the Committee had been lost, he would not have scrupled to recommend the Bill to the consideration of Parliament. But he asked, how stood the objection with respect to the ques tion of time ? On the 30th of March, the Com mittee recommended, and on the 3d of April the report was on the table of the House. More than three months bad, therefore, elapsed since the recommendation had been intro duced to the notice of Members. Why they (the Government) were the pers°" who were taken by surprise in the matter. The report and the Bill were published on the 3d of April, and, therefore, when Hon. Gentlemen spoke of being taken by surprise, he imagined that himself and his colleagues had the most right to complain. They might say, probably, that no one thought of the report ; but he said that fewer documents had been the object of greater atten tion either in that House or t h roughout the country. It was ad verted to, and printed in all the London newspapers, and in the majority of the Irish press. The principal railway newspapers I, had also referred, and extracted from it, and they had praised rthe moderation and cautious tone of the report, and all that was done three months ago; and nothing then but the utmost con cord was expressed for the measure; and until other matters came on, to which he would not then advert, that report main tained its interest with the public. He c om p lained that they (the Government) were misre presen ted, and that , t oo, in the petition from the Di rectors of the London and Birmingham Railway. They stated that the report was not laid on the table of the House till the 24th of May, and that most we re not voluminous P a r" pro duced till a fortnight afterwards. lie complained of this as a misrepresentation. What were the facts ? The Bill was founded upon the report which had been laid before the House on the 3d of April. The Hon- Gentleman then read the answers given to the Committee by the Chairman of the London and Birmi ng h am Railway , in w hich that gentleman 'expressed his opiirion that the present Bill should be intro duced without dela y. He d e precated the esiesequences of de lay. By the begin n i ng of next session, they would have one or two hundred Railway Bills before the House, arid it would be July before they could get at the second reading of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) rhe opposition to this Bill was composed of different elements, but he apprehended that the reaoppose *tion was th at set on foot b y parliamentary agent s and solicitors . It had been stated, that the competition between rival lines of railway would preserve the interests of the public without the necessity for this mea sure. They would perhaps allow him to introduce something by way of episod e . The London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction Railways quarrelled some time ago, and the rival companies proposed new lines of railway for the purpose of opposing others, and so lowering the rates of transit to the public. Like lovers' quarrels, however, they became friends again, and th e pu bli c were no longer thought of, and so it would be, if this m easur d was no t carried, in future and similar cases. He (Mr. Gladstone) seeing the w ay in which the opposition to this Bill was going on, had written to the parties whose petition had, a 'tight or two ago, been presented, to know if they were authorised by the diff erent railway companies to do so. The fact was that the movement against the till! was ori ginated and solely carried on by those who lived and thrived upon the abominably lavish expenses which attended every Railway Bill on its transit through the House. It was those parties who thronged the lobby, persecuting Members for their votes—the agents for the Bills —the men who iive . d on making expenses out of them—these were the real parties who, for them; uwn selfish and sordid interests, now got up the oppo. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. F. BARING .aid he wished :to put a ques , tioni-to-the.-Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade which he had mentioned on a former oc -castOti., It was whether the sugar of the Danish colo nies was "to come in tinder the lower duty in the Sugar Bill. ; • • Mr. GLADSTONE said there were established. and settled rakes to govern our commercial intercourse with Detxiark; and those would be abided by. He did not see any casein which it was at all necessary to ask the opinion t t he law officers of the, Crown. ALGIERS.. Mr.-SHEIL said he,wished to put-three questions to the Right Hon. Gentleman at the-head of her Majesty's Government. The first question was, whether Lord . Aberdeen - had received any answer from the French Government to his 'dispatch of the 28th of January, 1842, and if so would there be any objection to -lay that upon:the table of the House; the second was, had the British Government aPplied . for an exequatur for our Consul at Algiers ; and the- third Was, had England done anything-to allow France to entertain the opinion 'that she-was entitled to the possession of Algiers? " Sir- R. PEEL thought it would be much better to leave the matter entirely between the Executive Go vernments of the two countries. No answer had as yet been rec eived to the • communica tion which had been 'forwarded 'by the Earl of Aberdeen to. the Minister na, France.' With respect to the question regarding the Consid-:General' in Africa, he. could only say that he..liatt acted under the same. in structions . which had, been .forwarded to, hipi during the tenure of office of .the. Government with Which the, Right Him. .Gentleman was himself connected. Sir CHARLES NAPIER, . after alluding to the naval .Strepgtli in - the 'Mediterranean and at home, said he wish4d to put three questions to the Right Honourable Iltuvilet. He wished to know, in . the: f 4 it. P ll 4, viiether- it was true, as had b een stated in .§.(44 ,of, 111e.SPitiiish . p - ap - er.ii; that 'Spain had consented to allow France to send troops into MOroeCo through Ceuta? `His 'second questionnwas whether the Emperor o f Mo rocco bad refused all mediation the part of this country? And lastly, he wished to ask whether it was the intention of her.Vajesty's. Government. to increase the naval force of the country? Sir ROBERT -PEEL said that there never was a period at which this country could make a greater naval. demonstratio n within a- short space of time thin at the present moment. With . respect to. ' the- second question of the Hon: and Gallant Officer, as. to the permission by the Spanish Gov,4rnment - to France to- allow troops to pawl through Ceuta to MoroccO, he could only say that he had never beard of such an arrangement 'having been entered into. The. next question of the Hon. and Gallant Member Was whether. all mediation on the part of this country had been refused- by _the Emperor of Morocco, and in answer to that question,' ho ( S ir R. Peel) had to state' that the British Consul-General at Algiers was no* zthe Emperor . of -,Morocco,. acting under if 4 instructions of her Majesty's Governmen.tolind;,therefore it could not be said that the Emperor of Morocco had re- I fused al) m ediation. In answer to the last question of the Hon. and Gallant Officer, he had to state that her Ma jesty's Government had already taken measures to place such an amount of naval force in the Mediterranean as would be sufficient to protect British interests in that part of the world should their interests be at all menaced. Mr. C. WOOD said the question of his Hon. and Gallant Friend ( Sir C. Napier) was not whether it was the intention of the Government to increase the naval force in the Mediter ranean, but whether it was the intention of the Government to increase the naval force of the country ? It was the constant practice of the present Government when in opposition, to up braid her Majesty's Government with the paltry amount of the naval force—with the weakness shown upon the seas in com parison with other Powers, and with the defenceless condition of our coast. But never had the Whigs left the shores of Eng land—the interests of England—so utterly at the mercy of the foreigner as they were now left by the Tory Government, by the crippled state in which they allowed the British navy to re main. He asked the Government, then, if it was their inten tion to put the naval force of the country ira such a condition as to command confidence at home and respect abroad? Sir It PEEL said he would not give any answer to the question. Her Majesty's Government were responsible for the safety of the country—for the honour of the country ; and whenever one or the other were endangered, they would have no have no hesitation whatever in instantly coming down to Parliament, and asking for the amplest means of repelling pro vocation.—(Hear, hear.) He had been used unfairly, for the notice given to him by the Gallant Officer was simply whether it was the intention of the Government to increase the naval force in the Mediterranean. Lord PALMERSTON said there was no ground at all for complaint on the part of the Government, especially when their attacks of the year 1838 were remembered. In his opinion, a Government ought always to be ready to state the amount and distribution of the forces of the country, and whether increase was intended or not. The amount of the naval force of England was less now than ever it was, and it W 65 the duty—the absolute duty —of the Government—to satisfy Parliament that it would be so strengthened and increased as to be prepared for any emergency that might arise.—( Cheers. ) Sir R. PEEL said, the proceeding altogether was a most unfair one. Why, even if he had had notice of a question, whether or not he was going to increase the naval estimates, he would not have answered that question. Every question that he had had notice of, and it was proper to answer, he had answered. But beyond that he would simply repeat what he had before said, that her Majesty's Government was respon sible for the honour of ,the country, and were not likely to shrink from the obligations which office imposed upon them. Lord HOWICK utterly denied the unfairness complained of, and it was absolutely ridiculous, coining from a quarter where so little of punctiliousness had beers shown in former days. RAILWAYS BILL. Mr. GISBORNE said he rose not to continue the discus sion which, perhaps, had gone far enough at that moment, but to offer some observations before the Speaker left the chair, upon the Bill for the regulation of railways, which they were that night called upon to read for a second time. The Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade could not have failed to observe that, from the moment his Bill had been brought forward, opposition had sprung up against it, and that opposition had so increased and strengthened as to justify him (Mr. Gisborne) in saying that the whole railway world was in decided array against it. He was far from saying that the present laws regulating railways were perfect, but better far have their imperfections than such regulations as the Bill then before the House would impose. He might certainly carry the measure, backed as he was by the power of Govern ment, but no measure passed hostilely would ever work well, or tend to the good conduct of railways. He therefore hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would withdraw the . Bill for the present session, and save him from the necessity of dividing the House upon it. If the Right Hon. Gentleman could not, or would not, do this, he should move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. C. RUSSELL said he would vote for the adjournment. Railway companies felt that they had not been fully and fairly heard before the House, and he was of that opinion too. Every advantage had been withheld from them, and every obstruction thrown in their way. Every advantage was taken by the Government in the examination of witnesses, and railway companies were excluded from the investigation contrary to custom and to precedent. Notwithstanding all the pains which the Government had taken to force their scheme, their case had completely broken down, even according to the testimony of their own witnesses. The whole proceedings were based on a principle of reciprocal interest, which was necessary in order to obtain support. The President of the Board of frade ad mitted that his scheme had failed, and up to a few days before the Committee had closed its labours, the Right Hun. Gent'e man had not determined upon any particular plan of operation. On behalf of the railway companies, who were perfectly unani mous in opposing this Bill, lie offered his most decided opposi tion to it. Universal alarm had been felt regarding the scheme proposed by the Government, and a deputation, consisting of some of the largest railway proprietors in England waited upon the Right lion. Baronet at the head of the Government, but their proposal was rejected. On be half of all. the railways in the kingdom—on behalf of one hun dred millions of property—he begged of the House to give them time to consider this important measure before Parliament. The evidence, which was so voluminous, had riot been on the table longer than since the middle of June, and had not been perused even by the Ministers themselves. Was the House prepared even to discuss the propriety of so important a change in rail. way speCulatiou ? They asked for time till the early part of next session to consider this Bill, and lie hoped the House would not refuse the prayer.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. GLADSTONE said he did not think the Non. Member for Nottingham had well considered his motion ; for the effect of it would be a refusal to entertain or even consider the measure. The Bill must be first explained to the House and to those out of doors who had petitioned the House in suchi 'numbers. The Bill proposed to the House had the sanction of the Govern ment and of the Railway Committee, and was, in fact, grounded upon the reports of Railway Committees. He felt that it would he necessary to explain the objects and nature of the Bill. Mr. HAW ES said he did not think it had been reasonable to promise an opinion upon the Bill when the body of evidence that had been laid on the table of the House had not been perused. Since the evidence had been laid upon the table, various most important measures had been under the considera tion of the House. They had been discussing a Joint-Stock Company's Bill, a Bank Charter Bill, and other most im portant subjects. Besides, he did not think the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government had acted fairly toy them, for on a previous occasion he said the House should be very cautious hew they interfered with existing railway com anies. He thought the Vice-President of the Board of crude had failed to make out a case to resist the motion of the Hon. Member for Nottingham. Mr. COLQUHOUN said he thought it would be wrong to refuse to enter into the discussion at prevent ; however, he must say, that they had not as yet sufficiently pe rused the -report of the Committee. He considered the present step a moat dangerous one, and one unprecedented in the history of British Legislature, transferring almost all the power from private capitalists to Government, and yet 'that - same Government had refused to interfere with factory labour on the very mine principle on which they now attempted to act. The idea of passing such a Bill at such a period of the session was absurd, and the provisions of the Bill were most unfair c injurious, and of an unprecedented nature. Mr. WALLACE said he believed the railway interest had come down to that House for the purpose of stopping the pro gress of this Bill upon the ground that the Legislature at tempted to interfere between railway companies and the public. The Railway Committee upon which the report on the table was founded was composed for a great part of railway capitalists; and a great number of witnesses were examined on behalf of the railway interest. He protested against those Hon. Mem bers who were directly interested in railway speculations voting on this Bill. He would support the second reading. Mr. GISBORNE was averse to discussing the Bill at so late a period of the session, and before Hon. Members had time to peruse the evidence. Mr. H. HINDE denied, in the most positive manner, that the railway interest had, in any way, attempted to obstruct the Bill of the Government, but due time had not been given for the consideration of the evidence. If the Right Hon. Gentle man would postpone the decision on the measure till next ses sion, he would offer no opposition to a full discussion, and a second reading of it during this session. At the same time, even if the Government persevered, he would offer it no unfair opposition. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the question now before the House was not whether it should affirm the principle of the Bill, . but whether there was anything in its nature to prevent its discussion in the present session. He thought they should dis cuss the measure fully during the present session. The mea sure was as mu-h the offspring of the Committee as of the Government, and he would vote for its second reading. It had been said that the evidence on the table had not been fully known or promulgated, but according to the statements of railway companies them selves they seemed fully acquainted with the evidence, and with every principle the Bill introduced, and they gave it their unqualified condemnation. He did not think the interests of the companies and those of the public were distinct and sepa rate, hut were altogether identical. He thought the Bill be fore the House would be eminently beneficial to both. He hoped they would now proceed to discuss the Bill in the usual way, and trusted the Hon. Gentleman would not press his motion to a division. Sir R. PEEL said he thought there was a growing opinion among the public that railway companies were becoming mo nopolies. The Hon. Member was still worse than the Athe flan, for the Athenian said ‘ 4 Strike, but hear," but the Hon. Member would strike but refuse to hear. Must there not be something Very errot,ecnis in the system when the Hon. Mem ber for Nottingham Inoved'that the Order of the Day be read, merely beeause his Right HOW Friend, the Vice-President.of the Board of Trade; had attempted to explain the principles of the Measure to the House? The object of the Government was to - prevent undue exaction and to make these great public concerns as beneficial both to the - capitalists - and to the public as "possible: - It had been said that the present period of the ses sion was too late to ' introduce any measure on the sub jeet of railways, but they had had . sixty new applications for railways during the present session, and they would in all probability hats sixty more. He could never believe that the House of Commons would so far protect and shelter monopoly, as to prevent his Right Hon. Friend, the representative of the Government, from explaining the objects and nature of the Bill. The Government, he re peated, had and could have no other object in view but the pub lic good. They offended a large and influential body of capi talists, many of their strenuous supporters, so that they must, at all events, get credit for perfect disinterestedness. Again, the Government only adopted the suggestionsand recommenda tions of the Committee ; they were, in short, only carrying out their recommendations, and acting in accordance with the evi dence brought before them. Until the four tellers declared at the table of that House that the motion of the Hon. Member opposite was successful, he never could believe that the power of monopoly was so strong in the House of Commons, as to refuse, not only to pass a useful measure, but to deprive the Govern nient'of the power of explaining its principles, nature, and ob jects. All the Government wished was a full , fair , and impar tial discussion ; they would be ready to hear suggestions from any Hon. Member, and give them their best consideration. The sort of strategy which had been resorted to by railway 'directors was rather of an u nusual description. The Right Hon. Gentleman read a • circular from the railway directors • which had been received by a grocer at Deptford, requesting of him, as an elector, to request of his representative to give -the Goeernmont Railways Bill all the opposition in his power. • but the grocer replied that if he had a vote himself he would give it in favour of the - Government measure, so that the rail- , way directors did not further impress on this individual the necessity of communicating his opinions to his representative. ( A laugh.) No ; let the measure-be judged upon its merits and utility, and by that test the Government was prepared to abide.— (Cheers. ) Mr. R. YORKE recommended the-Hon. Member for Not • tingharn to withdraw his mo:ion. Mr. GISBORNE 'then withdrew his motion. Several petitions against the Railways Bill were presented fecn-verions railway vompeniee. i , 'BIT. GLADSTONE then rose to move the second reading of the Bill.. He asia that this was not a question of party, on which the Government could appeal to the sympathy of their supporters: Everything that could be done to throw .opposition i.n.the way of this Bill had been adopted on the part . of, many of the. railway companies in the country. The statements,•however, upon which, that. opposition was founded_ were all at , variance ;with facts. No Bill that had -ever come before Parliament had eyer, met .with. geater representation. So anxious were the bovernment to secure to railway companies a full and fair representation in the Com mittee, that four gentlemen were appointed on that CoMmit- sition to this Bill.—( Cheers.) No men were happier at draw ing up petitions and other documents, just steering clear of absolute falsehood, but misrepresenting everything which, as it appeared to them, militated against their own interests. then n ld re c c om om e me t n o din h z is i l i a a s d t topic. The Th eh e eer ß s. Bill been represented as an attack upon railway property. Wh y , ) since the Committee had been sitting , since the reports had he But was h e been made—yes, since that very Bill had been brought in, rail way property had been rising in value. — (Cheers.) The shares of the Great Western Railway had risen fit The r ail w a y market had never been mere buoyant ; and at the present mo ment there were no less than fifteen new railway schemes coming to Parliament, whose united capital would not be less than 20,000,0001.—(Hear.) But he would argue the question no further. Neither the Committee nor the Govern ment had done anything, or contemplated anything, to the in jury of existing railway property, or to shake public eonfidence in it. All they wanted was, to legislate for the remote future. After the statements he had made—the facts he had cited— the motives he had laid bare—he was sure that House was not to be deluded, and that nothing would induce it to defer this Bill to next session. He knew the power of railway compa nies, and had ever felt satisfied that with justice on their side they were irresistible. But knowing that justice was on the side of Government, and feeling it was its duty to interfere now, rather than later, or when obstacles would be increased, he did not shrink from the encounter. And he approached his task with the better heart because he knew the object of the Government was to secure and to strengthen property, and not to loosen or undermine it 7 • and also because, whatever noise or byboast might be made certain interested parties, he was satisfied that railway power had not yet risen so high, and that Parliamentary authority had not sunk so low, as to endanger the success of a Bill which looked only to the great, and general, and permanent interests of the country at large.—(Cheers.) Mr. ENTWISLE said he felt the great; disadvantage of following such a speaker as the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade, especially after the very able and comprehen sive speech which he had just delivered.—(Hear, hear.) He felt it his duty, however, in this early stage of the proceeding, to protest against any measure which might have the effect of ultimately bringing the Government into the market as competitors with the railway companies. The Bill, too, gave a complete power as to future railways, and he doubted the propriety of giving so extensive an authority to any Govern ment. By and bye, the country would be one complete net work of railway, and to grant the Government the powers now sought by the Government would be to increase its patronage and influence to an almost fearful extent. It should he recollected, too, that most of the railway proprietors were interested in several lines, and to his knowledge it frequently happened that the most successful of the railways only re turned to those proprietors sufficient to pay a very moderate per tentage indeed upon the aggregate capital they had em barked in them. He did not deny that the powers given to railway companies were extensive—very extensive ; but the question was, were they excessive—were they unnecessary— were they uncalled for; and, above all, were they badly used? He had had some years' experience in the working of a railway, and he would assert, most confidently, that these confessedly large powers were not abused, and that their ex istence was indispensable to the safe and prosperous conduct of those undertakings. He cared nothing for the control of Go vernment—that might be a proper thing to vest in a Govern ment; but he protested against interference with the property of railways—against anything, i n d ee d, save superv i s i on . Th e Right Hon. Gntleman (Mr. Gladstone) had alluded to the evidence of a friend of his (Captain Lewes) as to the economy that would be exercised in the ma nagement of railways should Government hereafter become the purchasers of some of them. But the Right Hon. Gentleman's argument was based upon false pre mises. For the witness alluded to had spoken of the economy that might be introduced on the supposition that Government was to become the purchasers of all, and the managers of all, the railways in the kingdom. Great stress was laid upon the accommodation that ought to be pro vided for the poor man. But for his part he be lieved that those who clamoured so loudly about the poor man were in fact but striving for themselves. Many and many were the gentlemen he had seen travelling in the third class carriages, aed they, in his opinion, were the parties who were really agitating for this cheap and comfortable transit, having these thoughts about themselves, though their words were all about the poor and the hard-working. It was improper, in his opinion, that Government should have such a power vested in them as would enable them to cripple private capital and useful speculation. He would give his most stedfast opposition to the Bill. They ought to allow time for the railway public to speak for themselves. He would move that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. The amendment having been seconded, Colonel SIB I'HORP complained of having been erro neously reported in the morning papers. It was represented that he said on a late occasion—the Poor-law debate—that he had no confidence in her Majesty's Ministers. That was not true—he had the greatest confidence in them, and believed the Bill they now brought forward would be productive of great public advantage. The fault he found with the Bill was, that it did not apply to existing railroads as well as to those which wore to be still formed. He did not drive in railroads—he hated the very name of railroads.—(Laughter.) He did not think the present railroad speculations would be beneficial ; he thought they were dangerous, delusive, and unsatisfactory, and opposed to the constitution of the country.—( Laughter.) With these feelings he would give his fearless and cordial assent to the Bill. He did not wish to have the measure postponed to the next session of Parliament ; he would say beware of man traps and spring guns.—(Laughter.) The Bill ought to be at once discus.ed.—( Hear, hear. ) Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would trespass but a very k a e n t i t t h h ofra el tae3,l . Hon, riirse A ec Members tdi who ieray railway :t h y ai a ny d ee o proprietors—h at evinced, short time on the attention of th e H ouse . H e did no t agree with e night p reat :c h o tr : t i al l i e ne m n set nrin i g t ti cal r which they carried it out, most creditable to themselves and advantageous to the public.—( Hear, hear.) In point of fact, the railway companies of the eountry possessed a vast mono poly. That monopoly the Government ought jealously to look to, and he felt regret, therefore, that the present Bill had not been introduced before. The principle of this Bill was to un fetter the Legislature with respect to railway companies. .This, he thought, they ought to do with respect to those railways which were still left in their power—he meant those compa nies who, in future sessions, should come to Parliament for power to construct new railways. He must say, how ever, that lie thought that a very strong ground ought to be shown before the Government took the management of any railway in the country. He looked upon the revision of fares as an experiment more likely to be successful than that of the purchase of railways.—( Hear, hear.) He must, however, confess that it was highly important that the power of purchase should be maintained. He thought that less injustice would be done to the railway interest by the interference of the Government, than any other interest with respect to which the Government might attempt to legislate. Ile was of opinion the principle of this Bill was one which the House might safely adopt. Lord SANDON said, he had certainly, on the reading of the Bill the first time, come to the conclusion that it was in tended to give the Government the absolute and unconditional control over all the railways. He was glad, however, to hear the explanation of the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, and after what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, he should certainly feel justified in supporting the principle of this Bill, and he should, therefore, vote for the second reading. Mr. M. PHILIPS could not feel himself justified in voting for the second reading of this Bill. He thought it was a Bill which interfered with private property, and was one which was likely to embarrass commercial operations, and to limit their extent. He fully participated in the opinions which had been formed out of doors with respect to this Bill, al though he was not a railway proprietor, except to so small an extent as to preclude the possibility of its iniuencing him in giving a vote either far or against this Bill. He found him self therefore compelled to give his opposition to the Bill, as nothing could ever induce him to give the Government of a great commercial country like this, a power in such a matter. He could not see the policy, either prospectively or at present, of the Government taking any power in the matter. • Mr. PARKER rose amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide." fie objected to this commencement of a principle for giving tho Government a power to enter into railway affairs, in the cha racter of commercial speculators. Mr. SHEIL rose to ask whether the Dublin and Cashel Railway would come under the operation of this Bill? Mr. GLADSTONE—Yes. Mr. SHELL did not think it was equitable it should. The money was invested by the shareholders without cognisance of the intentions of the Board of Trade. He contended that money already invested, as in the Cashel Railway, was to be re garded as a railway already in existence. Every railway in Ireland, with the single exception of the Dublin one, only five miles in length, would fall within the operation of the Bill. In England there were above 2,000 miles of line excepted'; and in the sister island every railway, with the single exception he had stated, would come under its operation. By the Passing of this Bill they would be covering the country with anomalies. --(Great laughter.) The whole Bill was a monstrous ano maly.—(Great laughter.) It was giving more power into the hands of Government 17 founding a principle copied from con tinental countries. They could not in the commercial history of this country, show a single case of a similar charac ter to the present to the present time. He would therefore oppose the second reading. Mr. CARDWELL said that the last speaker had risen to ask a question respecting the Cashel and Dublin Railway, which he (Mr. Cardwell) from being connected with that railway, would be enabled to answer. The Bill in question was not yet passed through Parliament, and lie thought they had no reason to complain of the operations of this measure. He was certain that if the interests of these great railways, which were valuable, not only on private but on public grounds, were to suffer from the operations of this Bill, it weal(' be more from the jealously of the parties themselves than from any bad tendency in the mea sure. He would give the measure his cordial support. Mr. F. T. BARING said though it had been called a shallow and a miserable excuse by the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade to attempt to throw this Bill over on account of the lateness of the session, he should not shrink from stating that as his reason for desiring delay, more espe cially, when he could, with truth, state, that through that large blue book, then upon the table, it had been impossible, with all his industry and best efforts, to wade.—( Hear, hear.) For his part, besides wishing, on the ground of the late ness of the session, to have the Bill postponed, he did not hesitate to say that he differed with the very principle embodied in it. That principle was totally at variance with all the rules which had hitherto been re cognised as the guides and guardians of British enter prise. If the Board of Trade was to have this extraordinary control, let it be upon cause shown; but cause had not been shown—necessity was not proved. Ho would certainly vote against the second reading of the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adjournment of the debate. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it Majority The debate was then resumed. lIINDLEY thought more time ought to be given to consider this question. Mr. BRIGHT then moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir It. PEEL expressed his regret that the minority should not defer to the opinion expressed by a large majority. Of course, it was in the power of the minority to defeat any motion, by moving repeated adjournments. Ile thought, however, that it was a bad practice, and quite indefensible on the present occasion. After some discussion, the debate was adjourned to Thursday. The Charitable Loan Societies (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Drainage of Lands Bill was read a second time. The Canal Companies Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday week. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord ELIOT moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue for one year the Act 2d and 3d Will. IV. intitled an Act to restrain, in certain cases, party processirAts in Ireland. The Bill was only to extend to neat June, and he had hopes_that ultimately they would be enabled to do away with the Bill altogether. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL expressed his satisfaction at the Bill being limited in its operations to so s hort a period. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill; and the House adjourned at Half-past . One o'clock. . At the Liverpool Police-court, the other day, one man was fined Os.td., and another 55., for smoking in the street, opposite Warehouses stowed with cotton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--YEsTERDAY. The settling of the Epsom accounts was resumed yester day, and notwithstanding the large sums that were hedged between Running Rein and Orlando, proved one of the most unsatisfactory ever known. Several parties did not appear either in person or by proxy, nor, except from one, who, a heavy loser, attributes his inability to meet his engagements to a mercantile failure, was any communication whatever re ceived from them. The absence of two or )hree of those persons is good-naturedly attributed to ignorance of the• time fixed for settling, although made public in all the daily papers on Friday last, and copied into most of the weekly and provincial journals; this plea, therefore, cannot be allowed, and for their neglect to make any provision for the settlement, no excuse whatever can be made—it is in the highest degree reprehensible. Of two other cases no hopes whatever are entertained ; it was well known long ago that they would be "wanted " if Orlando won, and no one Is in the least surprised at their absence. Their deficiencies, and the state of abeyance in which the late Mr. Crockford's book remains, had a most disheartening influence on the settlement (all the accounts having been more or less dis arranged, and several parties—good winners on the race— obliged, in consequence, to leave the room considerably out of pocket. The only way to prevent this very usual conse quence of extravagant and indiscriminate " book-making" is, without regard to rank or station, to adopt the "black board," and post, not only actual defaulters, but all who fail to attend or make arrangements for paying and receiving, on the regular settling days. The betting commenced late in the afternoon, and, limited as it was in extent, led to two or three important changes. JULY STAKES (THIS DAY). Old England the favourite, but no price fixed. • LIVERPOOL CUP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam.'s Aristotle—taken GOODWOOD STAKES. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil 12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—taken 14 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Canton—taken 15 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Parthian • 18 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Lucy Banks 18 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Elegance filly 20 to 1 agst Sir. S. Spry's Subduer .25 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poussin—taken GOODWOOD CUP. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Salvia's Alice Hawthorn 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire 12 to 1 agst Mr. Herbert's:Antler ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Williamson's The Cure—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Irvine's Foig-a-ballagh—taken DERBY, 1845. 30 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Virago colt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Minikin colt—taken '4O to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus—taken 'Bastion, who was quoted by us last week, is, and has for considerable period been, the property of Mr. Hook, not of Mr. Gregory, in whose name he appeared by mistake. THE Loss OF THE MANCHESTER.—By the ar rival of the Duchess of Lonsdale, General Steam Navigation Company's steamer, with the Hamburgh mail of Wednesday, it is ascertained that the wreck of the ill-fated Manchester steamer, which was discovered lying at the extreme end of the Reissen Sands, to the northward of the Elbe, in about twelve feet of water, has gradually• disappeared by the breakers making over it and destroying it by piecemeal. Two bodies, one a female and the other a male, have been cast on the beach, and are supposed to have been part of the unfortunate creatures who perished with the vessel. Mrs. St. George Smith, of Drogheda, her daughter, and the stew ardess, being the only females that were on board the Man chester at the time, it is, presumed that the body is one of them. It was only attired in a night-dress and chemise, from which circumstance it is inferred that she was at rest when the loss of the vessel took place. The other body is that of a man, and is judged to have been one of the crew. The Directers of the Hanseatic Steam Navigation Company, to whom the Manchester 'belonged, are still instituting a strict inquiry concerning the deplorable catastrophe, but as yet have not been able to trace out the exact bearing where the unfortunate property was sacrificed. That she was lost on the end of. the Meissen Sands, where her wreck was seen, there are considerable doubts, from the fact of her anchors and chain c4ble, which, from their massive descrip tion, would not drift, being not found on the spot, and the singular circumstance of her lying in twelve feet of water, the extent of her draught when, laden. It is, however, very evident to most mariners, that the primary cause of the loss was by . her going too far to the northward of the harbour, a conclusion which the most experienced pilots on the Elbe have arrived at. It has also been Esaid that her being formed what is termed "wall built," ' thereby being doubly difficult to bring round in Stormy weather, prin cipally occasioned her speedy wreck ; in answer to which, her builder LS firmly of opinion that her loss did not occur through: any fault in her construction. She was only launched in 1841, and the .repeated excellent passages she made in bad weather, between Hull and Hamburgh, clearly proved her to be a sound and expeditious sea-boat. THE Box JONES AGAIN.—The following is an ex tract from a letter received in this town from an officer of her Majesty's ship,Warspite, dated off Gibraltar, 16th June. The writer was formerly resident 'in Lads, and there is no doubt of the authenticity of 'the letter :—"One little incident oc curred between Tunis and Algiers, the relation of which may perhaps 'proire interesting.:: I think- I have never informed you that the boy Jones (the interesting chimney-sweep, who so ingeniously contrived to secrete himself in the private apartments of her Majesty, at Buckingham Palace), is, and has been for two or three years, on board the Warspite, in the capacity of A first-class boy. After contrary winds during nearly the whole of ourpassage between thetwo places above named, we were one night becalmed (at all events the ship was only making a knot and a half an hour). Now, on fine nights, I very frequently remain on the upper deck during the greater part of the first watch, listening to the various songs with which the men generally beguile away the monotony of the time in calm weather, and on this night I was thus en joying myself, when about seven bells (half-past eleven o'clock), we were startled by the soul-stirring cry of A man overboard !' which was immediately followed by the usual hoarse bawls of the boatswain's mate of the watch, Away, first and Second cutters.' A general rush aft took place, some seizing the bight of, a rope, others springing on the ham mock netting, and straining their eye-balls tocatch a sight of the - unfortunate individual.- A marine is usually stationed .on , the.poop at the life-buoy, but the after part of the watch had been called to alter the trim oft he spanker, and as is usual, he was assisting.' Fortunately, however, our Captain's clerk, Mr. Hall, was'enjoying the coolness of the night air on the.poop, and he promptly jet go the life buoy, which blazed away with a steady, beautiful light, and dropped considerably astern immediately. The cutters were lowered after a little con fusion, and pulled for the buoy, where they found no less a person than. Master Jones, who was holding on with one hand, and dashing the sparks (arising from the port-fire) from his face with the other. As they approached, he sung out— , Here lam ; look lively.' They quickly succeeded in - getting him into one of the boats, the other taking the buoy in tow. When brought on board, he was questioned by the lieutenant of the watch, and stated that he had fallen out of the mizen rigging accidentally; but. the ship's crew are of opinion that, if it had been a rough night, young Jones would not have gone overboard at all—they all think that he jumped overboard. and that for no other purpose than to see the life buoy light burning, and this is in some measure confirmed by the fact of his bawling out when falling ' A man overboard,' and again, when immersed, Let go the life-buoy.' How ever, he is-. a singular character, and the thing is not at all unlikely."—Leeds Mercury. , • SPACE ANNIIIILATED.—THE MAGNETIC TELE . GRAPH.—The magnetic telegraph is now in full opera tion between the cities of Washington and Baltimore. The following examples will show the manner in which this instrument annihilates both time and space Saturday morning the batteries were charged, and the regular transmission of intelligence between Wash ington and Baltimore commenced, as we learn from the Baltiniere Patriot. A large number of gentlemen Were present' to see the-operations of this truly astonish ing contrivance. Many admitted to the room had their names sent down, and in less than a second the appa ratus in Baltimore was put in operation by the attendant in Washington, and before the lapse of a half minute the same names were , roturned plainly written. At balf:pa'st eleven'o'clock, tt..H., the question being asked What the news was at Washington ?" the answer was almost instantaneously returned—' Van Buren stock is rising'—rneaning, of course, that his chances were strengthening to receive the nomination on Mon day next. The time of day was also inquired for, when the response was given from the capitol, forty-nine minutes past eleven. , At this period it was also asked how many persons were spectators to the telegraphic experiments in Washington ? The answer was six teen ;' after which a variety of names were sent up from Washington, some with their compliments to their friends in Baltimore, whose names had just been transmitted to them. Several items of private intelligence were also transmitted backwards and forwards, one of which was an order . to an agent in Baltimore not to pay a certain bill. , The electric fluid proved too slow, for it had been paid a few minutes before. At half-past twelve; the following was sent to Washington :—" Ask a reporter in Congress to send a dispatch to the Baltimore Patriot, at two P.m.' In , about a minute the answer came back thus—'lt will be attended to.' Two o'clock, P.M.—The dispatch has arrived, and is as follows One o'clock ; there has just been a motion in the House to go into committee of the whole on the Oregon territory. lie jected ; Ayes, 79 ; noes; 86:—Half-past one : The house is now engaged en private Bills . "—" Quarter to two : M,r. Atherton is, now speaking in the Senate. Mr, S. will not be in Baltimore to-night.' So 'that Bal timore papers are thus enabled to give their readers in formation from Washington up to the very hour of going to press. This is indeed the annihilation of space."—New York _Daily Sun.---[The distance between Baltimore and Washington is 34 miles.] DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN ST. ,JOHN'S CHURCHYARD, WATERLOO-ROAD—Yesterday afternoon, between three :and four o'clock, a dreadful occurrence took place during the ,usual hours for interment in the ground of the above church, antl while the Rev. Mr. Irvine was performing the burial service, and a number of persoits were waiting for the performance of the service over their deceased relatives' and friends, the funeral procession of a child belonging to a poor Irish labourer entered the grou n d, accompanied by a vast ntimber of Irish Roman Catholics, as is their usual -custom, and proceeded to the grave which had been allotted fdr its interment. On arriving at the spot, the Rev. Mr: Johnson commenced the usual service, a sa e practice ver h t i t h e is not in these grounds permitted to be pas Reverend Gentl eman h a d no soon e r uttered the first o sentence than a number of I r i s h men rushed using terrible and terrible oaths and di sgust in g language, seized a number of shovels, and declar e d i n ' v i olent langu' age 'that no service shOuld be read over the corpse, and that they would split the head of any one who a tt emp t e d-i t. The Rev. Mr. John son, from th eir exc i te d manner, being apprehensive f vio lence, left the grave, the boards were torn up, and one man thrown upon, the ooffin, and .a violent struggle commenced between the authorities of the ground and their assailants, during which the grave was nearly filled up, and it was not until the police had interfered and removed the most active and violent of the party that anything like order could be obtained, and the Reverend Gentlemen enabled t 6 proceed with their sacred duties, when the parents of the deceased and their followers permitted the Rev. Mr. Irvine to perform the service, and the parties quietly retired, finding further resist ance useless. BOAT TTPSIST.—FIVE. LIVES LOST.--On the even ing of Monday, the 24111 'ult., one of the boats engaged in the cod . iind ling fishing at Ness, Island of Lewis, was upset, and five. of .the ,crew perished, only one being saved. Three of them..have left wives and families to lament their loss.—lnverness Courier, NOT 'TO BE GRAHAMED—is the inscription on a dozen different varietiei 'Of fancy' wafers,' agached to the. loiters We' !slave' 'reeklivettifrdnvour eorreep`otibuti in parts to-dagr.—Harnyshire Independent. ROWING MATCH. The great boat race for a purse of sixty sovereigns , by the Duke and D uc h ess o f B ucc l euc h, who have frequ en T Y; been the donors of l arge sums o f money for competit ioa . o the Thames, took pl ace y es t er d a y. Th e task of selec t l such men as would afford first-rate sport had been entriltd to Castles, one of her Majesty's watermen who very ably it, impartially discharged the duty, by picking an equal nr; from above and below bridge, and lotting them togetber.:,, pairs. In the list w e re t o b e f oun d Ch ar l es Campbellfrt ex-champion ; Robert Newel, who rowed against It o r r d, Coombes for that enviable distinction ; F. Lett, B. Afallihlio and others, with whos e names as fi rs t- ra t e men the puw are familiar. The anticipation of good sport produced the largest ‘:)/3.i course of persons that we ha v e w it nesse d for a lengt! 4 , ll % time at any correspo n di ng ex hibiti on . I n d e p e ndently ot his brilliant and fashionable assemblage on the lawn of Grace's mansion, the craft on either shore was covered via'. spectators; there were hundreds of boats of every denonaT tion afloat, and Westminster-bridge, to the imminent ri g many of the most venturesonv, one mass of anxious sPec tators. The race was with eight jar of oars, in three heats, _„ 1I , (1 0 was, we regret to say, what is termed a fair wateruilpt wager, or, in plainer words, one in which fouling is al l° m y a practice reprehended of ate by leading gentlemen ty teurs, and from very good reason, as it but too frequ e e ll i e occurs that under its conditions indifferent men carry (o " in g prize, whilst those of more pretensions are engaged in 01 their skill at fouling. Shortly after four o'clock the sports commenced. FIRST BRAT. Frederick. Lett, Lambeth, W. Robins, Battle-bridg e f. Horsleydown, crimson .......................................... ' Francis Braithwaite, Hungerford, Thomas Baker, nor , 2 leydown, stripes ....................................... . ...... • 3 Thomas Cook, Hungerford, Richard Robinson, ellow -• 4 David Coombes, Millbank, J. Morgan, Horsleydown, The men started from off the Earl of Liverpool's, uP r o e Lucas's barge road (just below the Horseferry), down t 9. ect Bail of Liverpool's, up again to the b ar g e roa d, and thl l P,, e a by returning to Montagu Hou s e. On th e s i gna l being P, OO blue took the lead at a rattling p ac e, f o ll owe d by cr wi be , and stripes. After a few strokes the two leading boats e j came oar and oar and in the return down from Lucas's r ° o ; crimson had the lead, and maintained it throughout, w i l e ta easily. Blue, despite the efforts of the rowers, dropped as after the first round, giving place to yellow. SECOND HEAT. Charles Campbell, Westminster-bridge, Percival soot I Battle-bridge, white R. Newel, Battle-bridge, G. Saunders, Hungerford, gfe e , j 7 G. Maynard, Lambeth, Wm. Whitl oc k, W a ppi n g, bla'' Edward Maynard, Lambeth, Edward Stocks, Limehouse, 4 pink ................................................... . ............. ' f o r A good start was effected, and they were oar and °d, by a few yards. Green then took th e l ea d, c l ose ly f o il ` c hic k white, and a gallant race followed fo r th e fi rs t place, w o o white obtained off the Duke of B ucc l euc h' s , o n the re lo d, down against tide for the first time. Whit e held the winning by two lengths. The thi r d b oa t was half a d lengths astern of the second. GRAND HEAT. apd This was a most indifferent affair. They were oar ree , oar for a dozen yards ; then crimson showed ahead' g the ir and white being abreast of each other. Immediately oute arrival at the barge head for the first ti me , the two P' rel y fouled, and continued together, while crimson rowed leis u oi ahead, followed by stripes. The fouling between gre ell o ile white continued for some time, but within about half• of the winning - post, green shook their opponents off. oil son won easily, stripes second, green third, a larg e astern. ; t' We had almost omitted to state that Newell and 1 1 . 5 D a ner will receive the second prize, although stripes c an l.ipes next to the winners ; the reason fo r this being that did not come to the starting post at the time the other s off, and are, therefore, not recognised as being in the race • FATAL ACCIDENT AT WATERLOO-BRIDGB. - 1,0111 evening, Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Green p_r7 g ea Villiers-street, Strand, on the body of Albert Walk er ' five years. William James Myers, a waterman, w,,, u 100 0, at Waterloo-bridge stairs, said that on Saturday st,''' - n ier , between three and four o'clock, he was on the floating PO an d, near Somerset House, when a boy came to himof him a child was in the water near the north-west Sl*Nst the bridge. He went to the spot, and getting into tn_e fo oti of another waterman, and assisted by th e latter, 'Toes the body within twelve feet of the s t a i rs . It was ally go. 'got out of the water, and they rowed to the Savoy, a vino ashore and took the child to . M r. Scott, a surgeon, ._ed, close by. Mr. Scott looked at th e c hild, an d exels'r T he " Be off with you—take it to Charing Cross Hospita l 'a c atel witness added " The child was alive when under Dr- It dies roof, and he might have saved it in ten minutes." I T he whilst the witness was taking it to the hospita . r ness added that he was "an experienced eked e l e these matters, having since the year '9B picked 11 f n d tea Thames forty-four persons whose lives were saved, '"" 00 , 0 bodies that were lifeless. Mr. Golding,- house-sag pia , Charine-cross Hospital, said the child was brough,t boa a little after four o'clock, and that for upwards of every means were tried without effect to restore aniu t ' we ati He was of opinion that the child had been dead" Doc minutes or half an hour when he was brought to t' rt t i es pital. The first witness said that the child's hr 0 5 0 ', er , when it was taken to Mr. Scott's. Mr. Golding 03 ell tP wb b u t to a juror)—lf there was pulsation of the heart cc ! ; Tt child was at Mr. Scott's, it might have been rea liv o p a ` t , whether it would have lived ultimately, I cano ° , t g yisg t ijo was proved by another child that deceased was,vio a - the steps of the stairs, and accidentally slippy who ,„:0 water. The jury here sent the beadle for Dr. SO' 'lll O ,' i d, alined coming, but sent Mr. Pine, a medical 111 01 ' e ue . a bOyf in his shop when the witness Myers brought s Mr. Pine said the child was dead when brought to 1 0 .. es tor. and that Dr. Scott having at hand no convenience e t ' o _„itirr o whitheranimation, w child, and Myers was drunk. Myers denied that 1 0 1?Ai. iatndevsissedaccAolymeprasnticodtaitk.e tpher.chsiclolttoextahmi;4loo drunk, and swore that Dr. Scott did not examine the Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." 1 11 , 6 PICTURES FOR THE NATIONAL GALLEILA iv Government has for some time had it in contemPla, t -, p' " purchase some sterling works of th e o ld masters, for t,ueS tional Gallery, and, acting u n d er th e advice of an ern" s ale artist, the opportunity was offered on Saturday, lirk en i e s.o of some choice pictures took place at the rooms 0 1 the 14 , 1 , 0 Christie and Manson. The first pi c t ure se l ec t e d for tional Gallery was " Lot and his Daughters leaving o . n d. 110 by Guido, for which the sum of 1,600 guineas was 1 01 ,,9 09 0 companion picture, "Susannah and the Elders," fetes , oi guineas. An " Interior," by Ostade, was bought f 0 w i der' guineas. The " Woman taken in Adultery," generallY`4 s te stood to be by Titian, but which Mr. Christie candidlY; T he was doubted by some connoisseurs, realised 600 guineas' other splendid picture bought on account of the Go v 4r was the "Judgment of Paris," by Rubens ; for this guineas was paid.—Evening Pe er. . tv 130' REVOLVING DIOPTRIC LANTERN FOR T.-- bee: iIUDA CAST-IRON LIGHTIIOUSR.--The above loaders constructed under the direction of the Honourabl e itds .House Company, and will shortly be shipped for 13e'^-,3,i Il The lantern forming the light-room is, 10 feet hig h feet in diameter, supported by and is a polygon of 16 sides ; to "rihich an iron P er ,i s anc l 4 ° platform is fixed, with an ornamental scroll at one e% s'e' t flight of steps at the other. The lantern is glazed w ' - coPP e m -- fr olloiiedestals of 7 fee, t at ir thick plate glass, and the roof is formed of strong - iol'" 0 Plates, supported by iron rafters. On the top a large ti 4- head and vane is mounted, for the purpose of ventiltl lantern. In the centre is fixed an iron column supPf rtl po; dioptric apparatus of the first order, consisting of eight cl gonal lenses of great power, mounted upon a frame t nl tol ) / paratus revolving by means of machinery. Around t r il t e ier; or platform is a large iron frame, which supports fou r mirrors at bottom, and eight tiers above the polygonsisglB7, fixed at correct angles for exhibiting the light, which by a powerful lamp fixed in the centre of the aPP ir cis t ,, which consists of a concentrated burner with fou r cd pI~ wicks. There are altogether 384 mirrors of silver e ti ptil l ; , glass. The whole is mounted with an improved ven i pte apparatus upon Professor Faraday's principle. Th e e ,restl / pedestal, apparatus, and machinery form a most in work of art, and does great credit to the skill and ingot/ of the manufacturers. 1 / 7 HORRIBLE DEATII. -- ENSHAM, OXON, ..- 11 We had a dreadful occurrence in the village last vr, e r - 01 0 ,1 wild young fellow slightly stabbed two men in s "01 0 „, , quarrel, for which he was put in the cage ; he h e gf l oofip", , entreated he might not be locked u alone and offered to any one who would sit up with him, but in v i . tuli v 'fouj h locked him in, and had not left him long when til e ,; n sti i t the cage was on fire. It was some time before the c- os at who had the key could be found, and when the door last opened the flames rushed forth to such a degr e ard : e d they could not ge t t h e poor wretch out till water 118 thrown in to extinguish them, The man was the n arci / ail out quite insensible, though not dead and dreadfully ec - 1)- Dr. Hitchino, from Oxford, arrived in time to o ce expire. ce 9lof , BRISTOL, JULY B.—. The Bristol and Gl (3 , ll ro ug,i line of railway (37 out this morning, and the event was marked with to i! 0 , miles in length) was opened tf e ' t oo demonstrations of rejoicing. On Saturday the direeZ their friends made an excursion on the line in a sP ecj- s By the opening of this line the inconvenience which h c lO l O 'hitherto experienced from the disseverance of En. obviated. of !railway between the west and the north of x4w. obviated. 0 .6 11' SIX POUNDS of TEA, and upwards, sent, carriage fre- ' part of the Kingdom, at the Wholesale Price, on re ceipt of twice, or Post- o ffi ce order. I °5 Black, 2s. lid., as., 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 48., 4s. 4d., 4s. 11, ,,,. Green, 3s. 4d., 38. Bd., 45., 48. 4d., 58., 58. 4d. 6 5 - , '7, 0'0; Coffee, 9d„ Is. Is. 2d., Is. 4d., Is., 6d., Is. Bd., 100 . : 0, 00 1 G. T. MANSELL and CO., Wholesale Tea Dealers. r 4 o pec LERSBURY, CHEA.PSIDE. Agencies will be given to parties 0. BIRTHS. lit 'On the 27th u lt., at Darlington, Mrs. W. O'Brien' of ,us, 50 e' On the I s t i nst., at Leckhampstead Rectory, Pt' ip ,1 ' lleneage Drummond, of a son. „t On the Ist inst., the wife of John T urn er, orb— oo, t o Wycombe, Bucks, of a son. ...fig? On the 3d inst., at St. And rew ' s - p l ace , Regent's - r - e l lady ofJ. R. Maude, Esq., of a son. OW' On the sth inst., at Toft Hall, Cheshire, Mrs. LeY c )( 1. of a son and heir. ire On the sth inst., in the Wandsworth-road, the W . 0. fa Andrew Surgeon, of a daughter. i., o On the 6th inst., in Hyde -park-street, the law Skelton, Esq., Madras Civil Service, of a daughter. . 4 , MARRIED. A F•nik On the 3d inst., at Bovington Chunk Herts,l„ 0,, ( 1/ ,$' ward, Esq., 8.A., of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford,, c 4, P fr youngest daughter of the late Thomas Morton , -r -- ' Ile C.S., of her Majesty's service. , ha rd tr eo ,On the 27th ult., at St. Pancras Church, Bi ch`- r.„-03- 5- / Esq., of Crediton, Devon.: to Miss Jones, of Gra.- o' Fitzroy-square. ile ci tio j On the M inst., at Alt on , William Thomas, sew' see the late Captain Clement, R.N , t o Mary Alin e ' di rt' daughter ofJ &rots White Clement , . Esq. in vt On the Gth 1114 , at St. John's,Paddin ton, CaP t l tbe' t tO land, Royal Artillery, to Clara Mary, onlygdaughterroal to Edward Dance, Esq., Deputy Commissary-Ger Forces. I , DIED. 10 e On the 23d ult., at Onnskirk, Ann, the relict of tb pie lf Bridges, Esq., of South Lambeth. pg . ' On the 27th ult., at Plymouth, James Freeth , he s.° a Lieutenant -Colonel in her Majesty's 64th Foot. viiov On the 29th ult., at Hermes House, Pentonville, - I. ' to re: relict of the late Ad am Alderson, Esq , solicitor. b t..scloil On the Ist i ns t. , iu Cambridge-str ' eet, Connalfoo o Mary, the wid ow o f the late Rev. H. Crowe , or J‘ ,D° , Norfolk, aged 95 . „heo On the 4th i nst., at the Rectory House, pat'''. lido ° Richards, Esq., aged 82. . , .., 4 ‘On the 4th inst., at Benfield, Mrs. Mary Riv e ' doff' ' the late Francis Rivers, Esq ., of Spring-gardens, 1, ,,,, la On the sth inst., at Kithra , Hannah, relict of '"" 4 0, Chater, Esq., of St. Dunstan's-hill, aged 85. vs inst ., a aged On the sth at Putney, George Ogf, —4-- •2.n...--.f_- __________ re . a, p-- , - • - iondon: _Tinted and Published b 'No: 112, Strand; - Printer, at T he cdt,iutow Strand,_ 11 1 . t_ he Precinct of Savor is th*. aliddetiez,Tueei uiy MSuU:11:90;60 14)14112'1 G+ R, Dai ly Stu At Sere n . 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