The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-07 00:00:00

Vtirb Vilbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Group E. THE NORTHUMBERLAND ATMOSPHERIC LINE. The Committee resumed the consideration of this proposed line of railway this morning. At their sitting the Noble Chairman intimated that the Committee were willing to sit during the Whit suntide vacation if the counsel and their clients were inclined that hey should. Mr. ALEXANDEh said that, as far as he and his side were con cerned, they had no inclination that the Committee should be put to the trouble of sitting during the vacation. Mr. HILIDTARD said that it would be a very great convenience to his clients if the Committee sat till their part of the business was transacted. The final decision on that point was then deferred till Friday. The Noble CHAIRMAN, after the room had been cleared for a short time, said that the Committee had determined to ask leave to sit till five o'clock today, and to meet to-morrow at eleven, for the purpose of adjourning at two o'clock. Mr. Brunel's cross examination by Mr. TEMPLE, with regard to the passage of the line through certain portions of Sir Mathew Ridley's property was then proceeded with. The witness was then asked concerning the estimates, which had been already given. Mr. Brunel was then re-examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—tie stated that there were a great number of engines in the vicinity of Mr. Brandley's and Sir Matthew Ridley's property, none of which consumed their own smoke, as will be the case with the sta tionary engines on the proposed line. The opening of the Nor thumberland line would probably lead to the adoption of the at. mospheric principle on the northern railways. Mr. Brunel's evidence occupied the attention of the Committee for some time, and corroborated the principal statements made by Mr. Samuda. Mr. Cubitt was then called, and produced different diagrams for the purpose of illustrating the method in which the breaks, sidings, &c., &c., would be used on the atmospheric line. He had no doubt that the atmospheric principle could be easily carried out. He has recommended its adoption on the Portsmouth line, and on other railways in Kent. On cross-examination by Mr. HILDIARD, he stated that the North of England line carried a considerable quantity of coals, which lead to great derangements. He wonld not recommend them to give up any of their coal traffic. There were three or four coal depots on that line. What he had said with regard to coal-pit Lusiness would not be applicable to other mineral traffic. The Stockton and Darlington line, which he recommended, passed over several coal-pits, but his reason for re. commending it was, that it was a shorter line. He very frequently rcommended level crossings where making bridges would be inconvenient. It was not one of his recom mendations in favour of the London and York Railway that it would increase the traffic of manure. He believed they intended to bring coats to Londcn which were to come from Durham, and it was likely that manure would be taken back. If he managed the traffic, the manure would form no obstruction to the through traffic by being distributed in different places on the line. They had four miles and a quarter of double tunnel on that line. He did not recommend the Company to alter it for the purpose. of making a single atmospheric line. He was of opinion that a greater number of trains could be worked at less expense per train per mile according to Mr. Brunet's system than by the locomotive system. Mr. Cubitt was then re-examined—A given number of trains would be worked less per train per mile by the atmospheric than the locomotive system, and would afford greater convenience to the public. The gradients of the line were such as could be easily sur mounted by the atmospheric system. Sometimes it was cheaper to make a bridge than a land crossing Mr. Sopwith was then examined. —He surveyed the line in ques tion and approved of the plans adopted by Mr. Brunel. He be lieved it to be well adapted for the carrying out of his atmospheric plan. His evidence was merely a cenfirmation of what had already transpired. The Committee then adjourned. Group F. LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. ALLEN said that he wished to impress upon the minds of the Committee the distinction in the relative position of his Learned Friend (Mr. Whateley) and himself. His Learned Friend ap peared for some indvidual shareholders in the Birmingham Canal Extension Company, whereas he (Mr. Allen) appeared on the pe tition of the Company under their common seal. He wished to lay down this distinction, as he did not oppose the formation of the Company, but was there rather to elicit certain points relative to compensation to his clients He stated this much, es he did not know what course his Learned Friend intended to take. Mr. WHAT/MEV then proceeded to examine the witness re specting the damages which it was alleged the formation of the railway would inflict on the canal without leading to any material result. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—A considerable number of the great iron works are on the line proposed by the Creat Western. .This line between Dudley and Wolverhampton is more convenient to a great proportion of the works, than the London and Birmingham branch. This is a very thickly populated district. That portion of the London and Birmingham line from Dudley to Kidderminster is very circuitous. This is occasioned by a considerable elevation in the grounds in the direct route. The treat Western line, as far as it is proposed to be made through the same extent of country, is preferable. He knew Droitwich well. There are great salt-works there. The Great Western 'vent through Droitwich. The London and Birmingham proposed to take a branch there, but is not included in the present scheme. A great quantity of coal is consumed at Droitwich in the manu. factory of salt. The gauge of the small coal lines in the district is about four feet nine inches. Were at present using axles on our waggons, which have been purchased from the London and Birmingham Company. Mr. WHITMORE, who opposed altogether the formation of the extension line from Dudley to Wolverhampton, on the part of the canal between those two places, followed in cross.examination. The line of canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton is a very fine one, almost straight, and well adapted for a railway. The Canal Company has always been very well disposed to give ac commodation to the district, and very liberal in all its dealings. A great portion of the minerals raised in the district and moved from one part to another, would still he carried by the canal, as the canal accommodated many parts of the district that would not be leached by the proposed railways. Mr. ALLEN, before proceeding to cross-examine this witness, stated that besides appearing for the Canal Extension Company, I.e also appeared for Mr. H. Foley, and Mr. Hook, a gentleman rear Worcester, the latter of whom considered that no additional railway was wanted in that district, at least such as any of those proposed by the rival companies. He would, as far as the present witness was concerned, only confine himself to the case of the last. 'tamed gentleman. In answer to a question put by the Learned Gentleman, the witness stated that sinkings of the land sometimes take place in the district. I know the places where the minerals are exhausted and the sinkings have taken place. The greater portion of the mines surrounding Dudley belong to Lord Ward. The main trunk line from Dudley to Wolverhampton goes through a considerable portion of Lord Dudley's lands. The minerals are principally got under that portion of the line. The reads in this district have often been known to sink in a few hours. Turnpike roads nearly always sink, but after they settle down they are tolerably sound. The exhausted mines under the railway line have not been in operation for many years, and there Is no danger of rapid sinkings. Rapid sinkings only take place In recently worked mines, where the props have suddenly given way. Old mines are often filled with water, and this sus tains the surface, but any circumstance that would draw away the water would lead to the sinking referred to. Some of the bridges f the canal have given way, and fresh embankments have often ben made on account of these subsidences. I know of no district except a portion of Shropshire where so many pit shafts exist as in the space of country in the neighbourhood of Dudley, Bilaton, and Wolverhampton. Any portion of the line under which the coals re not yet extracted would be dangerous if the mines were worked after its construction, but the company would require notice before any such workings were attempted, and then have an opportunity of buying up the mines to prevent danger. Mr. HOPE re-examined Mr. Smith principally on the points r - iised by Mr. Allen, during which the witness expressed himself satisfied with the safety of the proposed line, as the principal shafts over which the line passed were old workings that had subsided. The company had full power to purchase any of the unworked portion. He considered that the stations of the London and Bir mingham line at Stourbridge and Kidderminster were much more e,nvenient than those proposed by the Great Western, the stations cf the latter being at the first-named place ninety feet above the level of the town. In answer to a question fr, m Mr. V. Stewart, whether the coal district south of Dudley, over which the line passed was similar in its character to that between Dudley and Wolverhampton, or w hether the whole of the mines would e thav to be purchased, Mr. smith answered that all that portion of rta called the Ten Yard Coal, would have to be purchased to a limited extent on both sides of the line. Mr. Williams, iron-'caster at Tipton, was next called. He was in the practice of sending iron by the canal to Gloucester and Bristol to be exported. It took a week and sometimes a fortnight so go there, and was often detained at Glouce ster by the goods having to be taken from the narrow on to the broad guage at the t reek there. A railway ought to take them in eighteen hours. 7he greater pennon of his goods in their transit to the ports from hich he exported would require the narrow gauge. Cross-examined by Mr. COCEBURN—He would prefer theshortest line of railway, providing the question of gauge was kept out of view. If a broad and narrow gauge were placed a'ong the line, his objection would be removed. Cross-examined by Mr. WHITMORE—He considered the best line for the district would be that proposed to be taken along the canal—the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Shrewsbury scheme. It would connect South Staffordshire in the most direct manner with London, and save 20 or 30 miles. Mr. ALLEN cross-examined this witness respecting the sinkings of the district, without leading to anything beyond what was eli. cited in the examination of the previous witness. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Group V. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. HILL then called one or two witnesses to speak to the de terioration of Lord Chesterfield's property •f Gedling by the pro -I,,,aed line. The evidence of the witnesses was proceeding at four o'clock, hen the Committee adjourned. CALEDONIAN, GLASGOGWroup DD. AND CLYDESDALE , JUNCTION RAILWAYS. (Continued from our Aft ernoon Edition.) Mr COCKBURN then dwe lt at considerable length on the present ie.eans of conveyance between e Glasgow and London, and showed line that if the propos e d were made, communication between these places would be conducted at a greatly diminished rate of ex -1 ease, and with a considerable sav ing of time. The importance a speedily transmitting th e ma would be obvious. He filen alluded to the subject of cattle, coals , &c., when it ap. ',wed that these articles of consumption could be supplied in much t otter condition, and at less expense, of the present jrodes of conveyance. The best coals would y b a e l ay reduced in price *rem 17s. and 21s. per ton to the comparative l ow rate of 7s. 6d. 1 er ton, and the price of lime and ironstone:ftcru touchingbe dim inished resultr on the ja proportion. The Learned Gedileman jireat local benefit which would gener'allythe ).caking of the lin!, said the estimated construction o f the gross to 2,100,0001 and it works would amount in the 'satisfactory to state that the whole of the works, inc luding .i every was possible contingency, had been contracted to be done by bight respectable and responsible contractors, and there was no doubt whatever that the railway would be completed within the estimate. A very profitable return was expected to be realised from the investment of the capital. The termini at Edin -1 urgh and Glasgow had heen laid out to suit the convenience and to meet the views of the inhabitants of the two cities. The engineer would satisfy the Committee as to the generally favourable nature of the country through which the line would pass. In the first place, there were no tunnels,(and secondly, the gradients, with one exception, were not of a severe nature. The exception to which he alluded was from a place called Beatock to the summit of the Clyde, a distance of seven or eight miles, on which the ov erage rate of gradients wou ld be 1 in 97 ; however, to obviate tie difficulty arising from this inconvenience, an assistant engine truuld be placed at this part of the line, in accordance with the plan pursued on many existing iines. The Learned Gentlem he an concluded this very lengthene d address by saying that t question for the Committee to consider would be as to w hich of the two competing lines no w before them was to have the preference, and read several extracts from the report of the Board of Trade, tending to show that the Caledonian Railway, for which he appeared, was the best that could be : elected for the commercial and private interests of the people of Sc ' , land. Mr. Tats proceeded to examine Mr. Buchanan, seer. chant at Glasgow. He said that the present population of Glasgow was estimated at 322,204, and it was still increasing. The number of British vessels which entered the Clyde during the last year amounted to 221, which 3ielded a total of 41,834 tons. Of foreign ships entering the same river, the number was 39, and amounted in tons to 7,950. The cus tom dues paid in 1842 were 562,100/., and the amount of harbour dues was 36,0001., which amounts had been increased at the rate of 52 per cent. on the whole estimates to the present time. The principal manufactures of the west of Scotlandwere in iron, woollen,cotton, flax, and silk, and the principal trade was with London and Lancashire. This witness was examined at great length, and his evidence tended to show that, if greater facility for communication with London and the western parts of England were afforded, the increasing commercial importance of Glasgow w , ,uld be still further improved, and :its trade with London and other cities very considerably in creased. Mr. J. G. Kinnear, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce at Glasgow, was then called, but his evidence was only corrobora tory of what was stated by the previous witness. Mr. COWAN next called Mr. Easton, calenderer and packer at Glasgow, who said he was habitually accustomed to send very large quantities of dry and other description of goods to Liverpool, Manchester, and London. He was strongly of opinion that the proposed Caledonian Railway was by far preferable to the Dumfrics and Carlisle line, as it was shorter, and the terminus was more conveniently situated for the accommodation of the inhabitants of Glasgow. If the traffic could be conveyed as cheaply by railway as it was at present by steamers round the coast, he would certainly transmit his by it in preference. The witness was cross-examined, but his statements remained unaltered. • " or, at all events, much less so than the W est Riding line. The West Yorkshire Railway could be worked at a considerably less expense than the West Riding. The advantage, as regarded curves, was nearly three to two in favour of the West Yorkshire lines. It was an absurdity to suppose that a line with a severe gradient could be worked without extraor dinary expense, or witbout a stationary engine. For instance, in the case of the Birmingham and Gloucester, which the Board of Trade in one of their reports dwelt upon at much length, a few days ago it took five locomotive engines to push the carriages containing the Queen Dowager aid her attendants up the lickys. The witness was cross-examined at some length, with a view of proving that a stationary engine might easily be dispensed with on inclines of a severe character. Mr. R. Nicholson, C. F., of Newcastle, had gone over the esti mates for the West Yorkshire line, and fully concurred with Mr. Bidder. He was engineer of the North Shields Railway, and was fully of opinion that Is. 6d. a mile was a fair price for locomotive power. Cross. examined—The cost per mile on the North Shields was 6 d., exclusive of depreciation and interest. Was not sure that the Manchester and Leeds could work this line cheaper than an independent Company could. His estimate for coke was s.lEths, or sd. out of the lSd., and his experience would lead him to be. hove that Mr. Cubitt must have been wrong if he said that the cost of coke was 1-12th of the whole. Several other witnesses gave corroborative testimony, and the Committee adjourned at fiNC o'clock. Mr. ESTCOTT said that he believed it was not right for tech a difference to be made between railways in Ireland and England. A great error had been com mitted by the House, which was likely to work very in juriously to many proprietors on this side of the Channel, and he should therefore wait for the second reading of this Bill before he offered it any opposition. Sir G. GREY said that there was a material diffe rence between the two cases, and there was a something peculiar in the Irish railways, which entitled them to a special reference to the consideration of the House. Fr, azn the general nature of Irish railways, it was impossible they could be regulated by the same standing orders as English railways. Sir R. PEEL said that he would not by any means vote for this Bill, if by so doing he was likely to throw the slighest reflection on the Standing Orders Com mittee. He thought there was a general impression on both sides of the House that the standing orders on this Bill should be dispensed with. There were certain circumstances connected with this Bill, which made it necessary that the rules should not be strictly applied. He would be the last man in that House to throw any r, flection on the Standing Orders Committc e, for he thought they had done their duty with respect to this Bill in the most praiseworthy manner, and he should, therefore, support them. But he thought that in respect to Irish railways, some of those standing orders should not be strictly construed. Many which worked well in this country would be entirely inoperative and injurious when they came to be applied to the projects of Irish railways, and which would under the circumstances of Ireland, work great injustice to many parties there. Ile had understood the Right Honourable Gentleman, that the peculiar po sition of Ireland should he consider( d, and that the ad vantages conferred upon them should be bona fide, and if that were to be the case, this Bill should ( njoy the benefit of an exemption from t h e s t an di n g orders, and was entitled to the consideration of the House. If this Bill worked any pat ticular mischief in consequence of the disregard of the standing orders, it would be easy to oppose its further progress at some future stage. It was a great work for Ireland which this Bill sought to ef fect, and he thought, therefore, it would be a great injustice to its promoters, and, opposing the general tense of the people of Ireland, if they threw this Bill out for a non-compliance with the standing orders, simply on account of some omission of a solicitor or Parliamentary agent. But he did not wish to throw the slightest reflection upon the Standing Orders Committee, and he should reserve to himself the line of conduct he might in future pursue, and vote for the second reading or not. Mr. .DUNCOMBE conceived that the feeling in Leland, in reference to haling railroads in that country, had had nothing whatever to do with this q uestion. 1 hat argument had never been used during the whole of the discussion, except upon one occasion, by an Hon. Member near him, who used it on the introduction of the question. He could not see how the public could have any confidence in the proceedings of this House, if upon one day they decide that a Bill should not be proceeded with, and upon another decide that a question should be referred to a Committee, to the elvect that an inquiry should be made to ascertain wile:- U - 1(r the decisions of this House ware erroneous, for that in reality was the question.— (Hear, hear.) The question was then put, and the motion agreed to without a division. CORNWALL RAILWAY. MAN v. HORSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your paper of last evening I noticed a report of the match between Mountjoy and Mr. Counsellor's Cob, your informant was wrong. It was the Cob that on, beating the man by two yards, after a very sharp race. 'rime of the Cub twelve seconds. P.S. The reason I Lave troubled you with this is, that the wrong report has caused some slight altercation in reEpect to paying over the bets made.—Tour's respectfully, Charing-cross, May 7, 1845. J. H. P. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM proceeded to call Mr. Cogan, mer chant at Glasgow, who briefly said that he apyroved of the Cale donian line on account of its direct course, and the consequ( nt diminished difficulty of the mode of conveyance, and also 6n ac count of the time that would be saved in the transit. Mr. Anderson, manufacturer at Glasgow, was then examined, but his evidence was precisely similar to that of the last witness. Mr. Dixon, merchant at Carlisle, was next called—He said it would be of very great advantage to the northern districts of Scotland to have a direct connexion between the Glasgow and Liverpool markets, as the existing modes of conveyance were ex pensive and tedious. He considered the Caledonian Railway ought to have the preference, and he was supported in his opinion by a large majority of the people of Carlisle. Mr. Steal, the mayor of Carlisle, was then called to prove the extensive advantages which would result to Carlisle and the neighbourhood from the making of the railway. He was corrobo rated in his evidence by Mr. Mouncey. At the close of the examination of this witness a messenger from the Commons entered and announced that the Speaker was at prayers. The Committee adjourned till twelve to.morrow. STATE OF TRADE Al 111ANCIIESTER.—Ow1flg tO the near approach of the Whitsun holidays, and the expected arrival of news from ludia and the United E.tates, the market, both for goods and yarn, was quirt yesterday, but prices were perfectly firm..- —RocrinALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY s.—There has been a better demand for flannels to-day, but no advance in prices. Little has been doing in the wool market, as the dealers are holding out for better prices.—Monehesier Guardian. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. FITZGERALD took his scat for Tipperary, in the place of the late Mr. Otway Cave, deceased. HUDDERSFIELD WATERWORKS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. Group N. WEST CORNWALL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Captain Moorsom, civil engineer, was examined, and said the plans and sections had been executed under hts direction. The line between Truro to Redruth would be best worked by atmospheric power, but might be worked with equal safety by locomotive. A train might be worked by the locomotive system at eighteen or twenty miles an hour in perfect safety ; by the atmospheric traction at fifty or sixty miles an hour, but thirty miles an hour would be about the average. There are no peculiar engineering difficulties between Redruth and Truro, except that the ground is very hilly. Having regard to the character of the county and the towns in the neighbourhood of the proposed line, he was of opinion that it would afford efficient accommodation to that district. There is no tunnel in the line. The line between Trevascus and Penzance would be better worked by locomotion. In that line there is no engineering difficulty. 180,0001. wi:l be a sufficient sum to construct all the works in connexion with the line, and to get it into working condition. The annual expense of working the line when completed he estimated at 401 per cent. on the traffic. He estimated the total amount which would be re. ceived from the line as 24,3581. He had estimated this from the existing traffic, and in doing so had rather reduced than increased ir. 10,0001. a year would be required to maintain the line in efficient condition, and there would be a net profit of 7i per cent. on the outlay. The witness then described the nature of the gradients and curves of the line, and stated that the trade of Truro would be much benefited by carrying it to Garrad's wharf, If it were made to the north of the town it would not be so advantageous. It would be more expensive, and would not accommodate the trade. The line would run at the back of Mr. Thomas's house in an old cutting. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. BIRCHAM at great length, as to the general construction of the line, the bridges which would run over it, the weight of the engines, and their probable effect upon the gradients. The witness was under examination when the Committee ad. ;ourned. RAILWAYS. - Mr. GREENEmoved "That it be an instruction to the Committee on the York and North Midland Railway (Doncaster Extension), and Lewton and York Railway Bills, to receive ar.d consider petitions from the prorrie tors of land on the north of the river Dun, against the ' London and York Railway Bill, and against the York and North Midland Railway (Doncaster Extension) Bill," which was agreed to. Mr. W. PATTEN then moved, " That the Report of the Sub-Committee on Petitions fur Private Bills, on the Great Western (Ireland) Railway Bill, be printed," which was agreed to. Mr. W. PATTEN also moved "'I hat it be an In struction to the Committee sitting on the Railway Bills comprised in Group G and G 2, that they entertain and consider the petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Parrett Navigation, which was presented to this House of the sth day of May instant, against the Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches Bill." Mr. GREENE said that this question had been re peatedly asked him—viz., whether petitions against a railway project should be presented three clear days before the first reading, or three days before the consi deration of the Committee. It was important that a decision should be made on this subject, as it would materially affect the interests of many parties. The SPEAKER said that if the petition was against the project of the Bill the petition should be presented three clear days before the first reading, but if the oppo sition was only to a portion of the project the petition should be presented three clear days before the Bill went before the Select Committee. _ _ _ Sir CHARLES LEMON presented four petitions in savour of the Cornwall Railway. Mr. M. GIBSON proposed the second reading of the Manchester Courts of Review Bill, which was agreed to. Mr. GREENE presented 14 petitions against the Edinburgh Northern Rails ay. Sir J. TYRRELL moved that six petitions which he had presented on a former occasion be referred to the Select Committee.—Agreed to. Mr. DUNDASipresented a petition agains!, the Edin burgliNorthern Railway (as we understood its prayer.) Mr. B. BALI)WIN presented a petition from Surrey, against the London and Portsmouth Railway. PUBLIC PETITIONS. The SPEAKER called on the notices of motion. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that private business now took so much time that it was almost impossible to present public petitions within the time prescribed by the House. He thought, therefore, that the pub lic business had better be, postponed for half an hour to admit of the public petitions being presented. The House acquiesced in this suggestion. Mr. EVANS presented petitions against the May nooth grant. Lord DALMENY presented two petitions, one from Stirling and another from Inverness, against the May nooth grant. Mr. TURNER presented a petition from a place in Cornwall to the same effect. Mr. 11. F. BERKELY presented a petition from trades men in Tewkesbury against the Insolvent Debtors' Bill of last year. Captain BERKELEY presented a petition from Gloucester, against the Insolvent Act passed last ses sion, and praying that it might be altered end amended. Also a petition from Nottingham against the Maynooth grant. Mr. SHAW presented petitions against Maynooth. Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from the medical practitioners of Rochdale in favour of the Medical Reform Bill. Mr. DUNCO MBE presented several petitions against the grant to the College of Maynooth ; also a petition, signed by 10,400 inhabitants of Lancashire, praying the House to institute an inquiry into the regulation of coal pits. The Honourable Member also presented a petition from a female named Price, complaining of the conduct of a Worcestershire magistrate, named Briscoe, who refused to grant her a summons against a common informer, who had assaulted her, and who afterwards obtained a warrant against her signed by Mr. Briscoe, under which she was sent to prison, and otherwise ill-treated, although she was far advanced in pregnancy ; and that upon the case coming before two other magistrates and Mr. Briscoe, although the latter gave evidence against her, the two other magistrates dismissed the case. It was his intention to-morro w to move that the petition be printed with th e Votes, and afterwards to found a motion upon it. Ar. ).ncih and COMPTONot presented petiti ons aga i nst t h e grant to 1111arailway travelling on Sundays. Lord DUNCAN presented a petition from the sur geons of Bath, praying . the House to institute an in quiry into the manner in which the Royal College of Surgeons was governed. Colonel T. WOOD presented a similar petition from the county of Brecknock. The petitioners, the surgeons of this country, ought to have power to elect their own governing body, a n d p raye d th e House to inquire into the effect and operation of the last charter 'granted to the College of Surgeons. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from a medical practitioner res iding in Bath, pr a yi ng f or i nqu i ry i nto th e m anagement of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr. WAKLEY p resented p etiti o n s from the surgeons of Wellingboroug h ; also from ; and from the surgeons organshire, praying for an surgeons re s idi n g in r so a i d e an inquiry into t he effects produced by th e l as t c h ar t er granted to the Col le g e cf Surgeons. in p g lac i e n in so N w e e ir p th ia ar e p i t . o n n G sh ia i r m e Mr. HUME presented a petition from an individual named Johnson, aho was at present a prisoner in the Queen's Bench . prison, f or p ena l t i es i ncurre d by him for smuggling. Ile had been examined before a Committee of the House of Commons, and a re solution had been come to that whatever . acts of smuggling persons might hav e been guilty of, if they gave evidence before that Committee they should be held harmless. This witness had been examined, and had given evi dence, but notw ithstanding that he had been attached which for acts of smuggli n g of he had been guilty. He knew that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would say that he was not attached for acts of smuggling which he had detailed to the Committee, but for acts of smuggling of which he had previously been guilty. Still the case was a hard one, and was well worthy the attention of the House. The peti tion prayed fo , r ,. inquiry into his case. Th e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, but was met with loud cries of " Order, order," in the midst of which he sat down. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would on an early day draw the attention of the House to the subject, in order to give the Right Hon. Gentleman an opportu nity of giving some explanation on the subject. The HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN then presented petitions from the shipowners of Durham against certain clauses in a Bill for regulating the shipping of the port of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; also a petition from J. A. Wilson, M.D., praying for an inquiry into the st a t e o f the law regulating the practi of medicine. Group X. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. W. PATTEN said that as the petition had only been presented on the sth of May he should withdraw the motion. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. LEE. Mr. Bishop, examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE —He resided at Hackney, and was conversant with the mode of taking traffic tables. He had prepared the traffic tables for that part of the line between London and Hitchin. He handed in his returns. ....- --- GLASGOW BRIDGE TRUST. Mr. P. M. STEWART, in moving the recommittal of the Glasgow Bridge Bill, said, tl , at the object of this Bill was to incorporate the trusts of three bridges over the Clyde. On one of these bridges there had been an outlay of 20,000 L, and there was a surplus revenue of 1,800/. a year. On another there had been a similar ex penditure, but there was an annual deficit of 1501. Both these bridges had been built for the purpose of improving the private property in Glasgow. The Bill had been passed through Committee by the casting vote of the Chairman, six of the Committee being for the Bill, and six against it, and there were ten of the proprietors of one of these bridges who wished to be heard on the Bill, and on these grounds, he moved that the Bill should be recommitt , ..d. Mr. FOX MAULE thought that his Hon. Friend had stated a very bad case very well.—(A laugh.) But the louse ought to bear in mind that all the six Mem bers who voted in favour of the Bill were locally inte rested, whereas the opposing six Members were the selected Members. • Mr. lIASTIE thought that a fair opportunity had not been given to certain parties to be heard in Committee on this matter, and he should, therefore, support the motion that the Bill be recommitted. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion 27 Against it .52 Majority The Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension-Bridge Bill was read a third time. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND). Mr. F. FRENCH moved for leave to bring in the Great Western Railway Bill. Sir. WARBURTON said that this Bill was one which the Standing Orders Committee had reported against, and the lion. Member for Roscommon had induced the House to go against the Standing Orders Committee. It a as proposed that a Select Committee should be appointed to inquire how far the existing Standing Orders with respect to Irish Railway Bills should be dispensed with. It seemed to him that, when the Standing Orders Committee had reported against a Bill, and a Select Committee T.' as appointed to consider the subject, they ought to have the report of that Committee before they pro: ceeded further. He should therefore move that the sub ject should be adjourned. Sir G. GREY did not see why the standing orders Mr. J. Badley, a cattle dealer, gave in certain re:urns of the cattle traffic. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. Group U. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD, AND HULL AND should be dispensed with. At the proper time it was his intention to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire whether any, and which of the standing orders in force with respect to railways in Great Britain were unnecessary, and ought to be dispensed with with respect to railways in Ireland. He thought that the House ought not to adopt the pre sent Bill until the notice he intended to give had been considered, and the Committee had come to some decision upon the subject. He thought they should read the Bill a first time, and then postpone the second reading to a future day. Mr. F. FRENCH said that all he wished was that the subject should be fairly considered ; and for that pur pose he was anxious to introduce the Bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought it desirable that the House should have the Bill before it. It was absolutely necessary to ascertain whether or not the standing orders which were applicable to English Railway Bids were also applicable to Irish Railway Bills. Nothing could be so absurd or so unjust as if there were standing orders applicable to Irish Railway Bills not to adhere to them. Under all the circumstances, however, he hoped that his Honourable Friend would not press his motion, but would permit the Bill to be read a first time, and then the second reading could be delayed until after the report of the Committee, to be moved for by his Hon. Friend the Member for Devonport, should be presented. ' Mr. WARBURTON had no wish to give unnecessary trouble, and he would, therefore, not object to the first reading of the Bill, but before the second reading came on, he hoped the House would exercise its jurisdiction over it. Mr. GREENE thought that great inconvenience would result from delay. He thought it was hardly fair to the promoters of the Bill to keep this threat of oppo sition hanging over them. Ile would rather that the House should vote that all further proceedings should be suspended until the report of the Committee to be moved by the Hon. Member for Devonport should have been made. He thought it would be much better to ad. j.,urn this debate until after that report should have been made. Lord G. SOMERSET could not see how any incon venience could arise from permitting this Bill to ba reid a first time. But he hoped the house would seriously consider the subject before they consented to the second reading of the Bill. Before the y did that they should have it determined how far the standing orders which applied to English railway Bill: applied also to Irish Railway Bills, and the second read ing should be delayed until the report of that Committee should have been made. If it were attempted to p:ess forward the Bill to a second reading until that report should have been made, he should feel it his duty to op pose any such motion. Mr. WARBUIITON wished to be again permitted to address a few words to the House. Suppose the Com mittee should report that certain standing orders did not refer to Irish railway Bills, would it be regular in that case to refer that Bill back to the Standing Orders Committee to see if the modified standing orders had been complied with. He wished to ask the Speaker if it would be al lowable to refer this Bill back to the Standing Orders Committee after it had been read a first time. Ile apprehended that it would be too late to do so, and therefore he thought it would be better to suspend the further progress of the Bill until the report should have been made. Mr. S. WORTLEY thought that if the Bill was read a first time, they wculd be precluded from referring it back again to the Standing Orders Committee. Ile thought the proposition of the Honourable Member for Devonport was hardly sufficient, and was not of general application to Irish cases as far as the standing orders were concerned ; and he gave notice that in case the Right Honourable Gentleman should succeed in obtaining his Committee, he (Mr. Wortley) should move that the report of the Standing Orders Committee on this Bill be referred to that Committee. arefiLa.Trarohshrateed first G. SOMERSET apprehended that it would be no breach of the or d ers o f th e H ouse to refer this Bill back to the Sta n di ng O r d ers C omm i ttee a f ter it h a d been read time. m S o P titoi A mn Keoit w E t h a i t i bne th re at u u flarfeltide was a satchk tlaet oe ßill i h st h a t da d nr been adwitn. g Orders Committee. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, MAY 7 1845. an opportunity offered. (Mr. Wakley's motion was : " To call the attention of the House to the petitions from members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, complaining of the unjust distinctions which have been created by the charter of 1845 ; and, to move for the appointment of a Select Committee, to in quire into the operation of that Charter, and into the system of Government pursued by the Council." Mr. COLLETT postponed, till the 22d :of May, the introduction of the Bill for consolidating the dioceses of Bath and Wells, and of Salisbury, at the death of present Bishop of Bath and Wells, and in doing so, observed that he hoped the time would soon come when all these dioceses would be consolidated into nothing:: LEFT SITTING.] TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTS. William Meeson, innkeeper, Aston, Staffordshire May 15 and June 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee; Bowen, Stafford ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. William Start, lace maker, Snainton Nottinghamshire, May 16 and June 9, at eleven, at the birmingham District Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Birmingham ; Cowley, Nottingham ; Motteram and Knowle, Birmingham. Henry Bent, chain maker, Brierly-hill, Staffordshire, May 14 and June 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rylands, Bir mingham ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. James Haigh, clothier, Hogley, Yorkshire, May 17 and June 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Cumming, King• street, Cheapside, London ' Brook and Freeman, Huddersfield. John Ward Newton and Francis Jacob Newton, spirit merchants, Rotherham, Yorkshire, May 17 and June 12, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Badger, Rotherham ; Blackburn, Leeds. Christopher Hall, grocer, Sheffield, May 21 and June 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official as signee, Leeds. John Brown and Alexander Urquhart, carpet warehouse men, Manchester, May 20 and June 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manches ter; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tidswell, Manchester. Moses Humphries, joiner, Manchester, May 20, at twelve and June 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court., Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, London ; Bell, Man chester. George Lawrie, chemist, Fleetwood-upon-Wyre, Lan cashire, May 15 and June 13, at eleven at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, Chancery- lane, London. Michael Cox, ironmonger, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, May 15, at eleven, and Jur.e 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Phillips, Wey mouth ; Combo, Staple Inn, London ; Terrell, Exeter. Thomas Forsyth, hotel keeper, Dinsdale Spa, Durham, May 15, at half-past two, and June 26, at two, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Griffith, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Trotter and Hodgson, Bishop Auckland ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Edward Stone Darvell, colonial broker, Great Tower-street, City, May 15, at one, and June 17, at twelve, at the Court o Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Lawrence and Plews Bucklersbury. David Ceaser, victualler, Woolwich, Kent, May 20, and June 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. PIVIDENDS DECLARED. S. Bateman, factor, Birmingham—second div. of is. Sid. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Bir mingham. M. Hadley, druggist, Walsall—second div. of Gid. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Bir mingham. N. Beard, leather seller, Beech-street, Barbican—div. of lid. in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. E. Turmaine, porter merchant, Canterbury—final div. of lid. in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. S. Skinner, brewer, Thatcham, Berkshire—div. of id. in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. C. Dotesio, hotel keeper, Slough—div. of 4s. in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basiugnall-street. W. C. Thompson, merchant, Liverpool—second div. of 15-16ths of a penny in the pound, May 12, and any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. Broughton and Garnett, bankers, Nantwich—fifth div. of 3d. in the pound, making with previous dividends 18s. in the pound, May 24 and 31, and any following Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. B. Sayle and T. Booth, iron masters, Sheffield—second div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, and, upon new proofs, a first div. of 7s. 6d. in the pound, May 6, and any following Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. T. Burton, shoemaker, Bramham, Yorkshire—first and fin'll div. of 2s. 5(1. in the pound, May 5, and any following Tues day, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. t. L. Aarons, oilman, St. James's-place, Aldgate—first div. of Is. 10d. in the pound, May 3, and any following Sa turday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's -place, Old Jewry. D. Roderick, victualler, St. Martin's-court—second div. of 2d. in the pound, May 3, and any following Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. T. Berridge, tobacconist, Manchester—second div. of 84d. in the pound,May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. C. A. Bradbury, draper, Stockport—final div. of Is. 2id. in the pound, May 7, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Whitlow, laceman, Manchester—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, May 7, and any foll Owing Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. C. Johnson, merchant, Lawrence Pountney-hill, City, May 29, at twelve—J. Johnson, builder, Abingdon, Cam bridgeshire, May 29, at twelve—A. 31. Soulby, wine mer chant, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, Mai 29, at twelve— S. Jackson and T. F. Jackson, woolstaplers, Bermondsey-street, May 29, at twelve—G. Winning, upholsterer, Dover-street, Piccadilly, May 29, at half-past eleven—C. Teesdale and R. Toulson, furnishing warehousemen, Westminster-bridge-road, May 29, at eleven—H. Turner, cowkeeper, Theobald's-road, June 4 at two—H. Bundy, builder, Upper York-place, Portland' Town, May 28, at half-past one—W. Meek, ironmonger, Southampton, June 6, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. Potter and W. Maude, calico printers, Manchester, May 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—W. Hegin bottom, cotton spinner, Ashton-under-Lyne, May 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Jones, fell monger, Chester, May 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court—H. W. Blackburn, woolstapler, Bradford, June 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Prior, brush manufacturer, Hull, June 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District court—J. Prior and H. Brady, brush manufacturers, Hull, June 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Wood, W. Wood, J. Wood, S. Wood, G. Wood, and J. Wood, ma chine makers, Birstall, Yorkshire, June 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—R. Elliott, merchant, Sheffield, June 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Harris, Tut bnry, Staffordshire, May 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—Mr. Ambrose, timber merchant, 'Awre, Gloucestershire, May 29, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—W. Adamson, butcher, Hexham, Northumberland shire, May 29, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court—J. Brown, cooper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 29, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. CERTIFICATES to be grauted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Taylor, carpenter, Market-street, May-fair, May 29 W. Meek, ironmonger, Southampton, May 27—R. Kipling, warehouseman, Wood-street, Cheapside, May 30—J. Bur rell and T. Hall, iron founders, Thetford, Norfolk, May 28— 11. Turner, cow-keeper, Theobald's-road, Bedford-row, May 28—W. Henderson, mercer, Sunderland, May 28—W. Fer guson, draper, Liverpool, May 27—J. Jones, fellmonger, Chester, May 27—T. Robinson, lime burner, Eccleston, Lan cashire, May 28—E. Brown, merchant, Birmingham, May 30—R. Champion, furrier, Friday-street, May 27 —J. For rester, barm manufacturer, New-cut, Lambeth, May 27—S. Smeeton, cattle salesman, West Smithfield, May 27—C. S. Haward, grocer, Colchester, May 27—H. Bentley, commis sion agent, Liverpool, May 27. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Williamson, H. Anderton, and P. Harrison ' dyers, Pendleton, Lancashire—W. G. Winnan and R. George, woolstaplers, Penzance—S. Reed and T. Walton, goldsmiths, Fetter-lane—R. Cameron and J. Dow, surgeons, Almond bury, Yorkshire—J. Fringe and G. Bland, wine merchants, Change-alley—J. Jones and IL S. Marsh, apothecaries, Liverpool—L. and A. Heyman, outfitters, Liverpool—E. Charlton and J. Green, size manufacturers, Ardwick, Lanca shire—J. and R. S. Wilson, builders, Birmingham—H. P, Fischer and F. Lous, merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tvne— J. Lugg and B. Shaw, surgeons, Upper Queen's-road, Cam bridge-road, Mile-end—J. Bloxsome and J. S. Carr, linen drapers, Woodridge, Suffolk—E. Simpson and J. Kendell, cabinet makers, Lancaster—P. C. Toker and W. F. Gostling, proctors, Godliman-street, Doctors'. commons—H. J. F. Toplis and H. Butterfield, foreign merchants, St. Paul's Churchyard—J. Cunningham and H. Robley, West India merchants, Bristol—J. D. Bertolini and A. Christie, hotel keepers, St. Martin's-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Davidson, painter, Aberdeen, May 9 and 30, at twelve, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. Alexander APArthur, jun., merchant, Tarbert, Argyleshire, May 15 and June 12, at two, at M‘Calma - n's Inn, Tarbert. GAINSBOROUGH LINES. The Committee assembled this day at two o'clock pursuant to ad journment, when— Mr. PICKERING said he was happy to be able to state that the ob jection in reference to the question of the Gainsborough-bridge Tolls Commissioners had been arranged, the Railway Company having agreed to give the Commissioners of the bridge a sum of money. Mr. WEBSTER, on the part of Mr. Duckle, said he was also happy to be able to state that on arrangement had been made by which the Committee would be saved all further trouble in refer ence to that Gentleman's petition. Clause 17 was then agreed to, it having stood over for considera tion from yesterday. Mr. Cootes, Parliamentary agent, then proceeded to read the amendment made in the clause, fixing the maximum rate of tolls for the carriage of goods along the line by the Company's loco motives, and those which should be made to parties who supplied their own carriage or locomotive, or both. This concluded the labour of the Committee on this Bill. Group Q. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD COMPANY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. King, Secretary to the Chester and Holyhead Company, was next examined—He read extracts from the books and minutes of the promoters of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to confirm the evidence of the last witness as to the existence of the alleged agreement. It appeared that on the 18th of March, 1844, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chester and rlolyhead Railway, the pro posal of the amalgamation of the two Companies was dis cussed, and a Committee was in consequence appointed to consider the policy of negotiating with the proprietors of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company for the sale of their line. This Committee recommended that the sum of 500,0001. should be offered as the purchase-money of the line, to be paid either in cash or in shares of the Chester and Holyhead line at the option of the Directors of the Chester and Birkenhead Company. This resolution was then communicated to the latter Company, and a reply was made on the 30th March following, approving of the proposal made by the promoters of the Holyhead and Chester line. On the 30th August next following the formal ratification of the shareholders was obtained to this agreement, and it was generally understood by the proprietors and shareholders of both companies that the negotiation and agreement had been finally settled. On the 15th of March, however, of the present year a communication was made by Mr. Cockerill, as the Chairman of a Committee appointed by the Directors of the Chester and Birkenhead Company, to the promoters of the Chester and Holyhead line, and enclosing a series of resolutions in reference to the agreement, and requesting an interview with them. A reply was made agreeing to the interview, but before this took place another letter was sent by Mr. Cockerill containing the following proposal :—That the 501. shares of the Chester and Birkenhead Company should be paid in shares of the Chester and Holyhead line, at the rate of 601., and the half shares not paid up in proportion. Also that! seven, instead of three, of their number (as at first agreed upon) should be elected on the Chester and Holyhead Board of Direction. The Directors of the Chester and Holyhead Company immediately passed a resolution that they should adhere to the terms of the original agreement, and would not entertain any proposition for opening up the matter anew, as they considered the matter finally settled. Mr. Wm. Potter, of Liverpool, who had been a Director of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company, was next examined. He resigned his situation at the last meeting of the Shareholders of that Company. in consequence of being outvoted in a proposition he had made, to amalgamate that line with the Chester and Holyhead line. He believed this junction would confer great advantage upon the public generally, and he considered that the arrangements for that purpose had been completed, and that the agreement entered into and ra. tified by the two Companies respectively, was binding. He re ferred at great length to the negotiations that had taken place in reference to the alleged agreement, and in which he had taken a part, for the purpose of showing that a distinct agreement had been entered into between the two Companies. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Group 0. TRENT VALLEY. The Committee met at twelve o'clock, Mr. Hawes, chairman. The greater portion of this day's proceedings before the Corn. mittee were occupied in discussions with respect to the introduction of certain clauses in the Bill, the Trent Valley Company contend. ing that, if their line were used by the Grand Junction Company, it should be at the usual rate of 2d. per mile; and the Grand June tion Company contending that clauses should be introduced allow ing their carriages to run on the Trent Valley line without such payment. The Committee at length came to the resolution that in case of any dispute arising between the Trent Valley and the Grand Juno. tion, as to the use of the Trent Valley line, or any part of it, and the amount of toll to be charged, the settlement of such amount should be left to arbitrators appointed by the Board of Trade. Mr. MEREWETHER wished to know what construction the Corn mittee intended to put upon the word " use ?" The CHAIRMAN said they intended to put the same construction which Mr. Austin put on the 85th clause, which he quoted. They had no power to tell the arbitrators to put the same construction on it, but they used the word as they found it used in the 85th clause. It was understood that clauses based upon this resolution were to be prepared. The Committee then wer.t on with the other clauses, after passing several of which they adjourned. Group 00. YORR AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. AUSTIN, for the promoters, agreed to insert a clause in the Bill protective of the existing rights of the Bridlington Harbour Commissioners. The clause was agreed to, and the Bill went through Committee. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. Mr. Baines appeared for the promoters. The Bill was opposed by the Turnpike Road Trustees on the grounds of the line cro ss i ng p u bli c rea d s on a level. Th b. allowed The agreed that the crossings complained of were to There was also a petition from Thomas Denton, Dn., a land owner, asking compensation for the injury that would be done to his property by the construction of the line of railway. The parties agreed out of doors to the amount of compensation that should be given. The preamble was then adopted, and the clauses were gone through. The CHAIRMAN said all the Billa comprised in the group would be reported on Friday. The Committee then dissolved. Group B. The Committee re-assembled this morning shortly after twelve o'clock, and proceeded with the engineering evidence in the case for the WEST YORKSHIRE LINES. Mr. Geo. Parker Bidden, a civil engineer, had gone through with Mr. Dickenton the estimates for constructing the works of the West Yorkshire Railway, and considered them reasonable. The railway was unobjectionable in respect of engineering features, THE ARMY. The 70th, under the command of Lieut -Col. White, have arrived at Newry, head-quarters from Manchester. Two companies have been detached to Armagh. The sth Fusiliers have, at present, three companies detached—one at Omagh, one at Charlemont, and one at Carrickfergus. The company at Charlemont will, we presume, shortly rejoin head-quarters; and we under stand that the depot stationed at Londonderry will, ere long, be ins•ructed to supply the detachment for Omagh. Colonel Rowan, As.istant Quartermaster-General, left Belfast on Wednesday last, to take the command of the troops stationed at Newry and Dundalk, during Mr. O'Connell's sojourn in the latter town. A company of the 70th has been dispatched from Newry to Drogheda. It is likely that the half-yearly inspection of the troops serving in the Belfast district will commence next week. (From the Limerick Chronicle of Saturday.) Colonel Mansell, K. 11., will proceed henco on Monday morning, to inspect the troops in this district—viz., a company each of the 24th, 33d, and 72d, at Tipperary, Cashel, and Thurles ; 4th Dragoon Guards, at Caher ; 33d depot, Clonmel ; 72d depot, Templemore; and 35th depot, at Nenagh, on his return. Major Doyle, 24th, has joined head-quarters in this garrison, f rom s h or t leave in Dublin. Major Stoyte, 24th, has leave to the 14th July. Captain Ward's company, 61st Regiment, at Bandon, will march for Cork, head-quarters on Monday next. The 16th Re g i men t, a t C or k, will supply the detach ments of the 61st, ordered into garrison from Buttevant, and out quarters. Captain O'Halloran, 19th, and lady, have left this to join head-quarters at Canterbury. Major Dino'', 18th, or Royal Irish, is ordered to pro ceed in command of a draft for Hong-Kong next month. This veteran, after forty years' service, embarks to re join his regiment in a distant and most ungenial clime. He is the senior officer of the 18th, and was engaged with the regiment in the hostile operations against China. Changes of Depots.—Second Battalion Royals, from Enniskillen ; 7th Fusiliers, from Plymouth to Kinsale ; 19th, from Jersey to Cork ; 48th, from Hull to Cork ; 81st, from Kinsale to Jersey ; 88th, from Glasgow to Belfast; 89th, from Dublin to Whitehaven ; 90th ? from Cork to Hull. The 26th Regiment will shortly embark at Liverpool, fur conveyance to Dublin The 41st Regiment, at Brecon, will procet d to Bristol, to embark, per steam-vessel, next month, for Cork. The 10th Hussar:, at Newbridge, are ordered to Dublin. The 11th Hussars will move up to Dublin the first week in next month from Dundalk, and be quartered at Island Bridge Barracks. Major Thomas Power, who was brought into the97th from half-pay of the 60th Rifles, last week, to sell out, succeeded to the''command of the 47th Regiment at the siege of St. Sebastian, for which he wears a gold medal and clasp, and was present at the passage of the Bidassoa, the Nivelle, Nive, and Adour rivers, and blockade of the citadel of Bayonne and sortie. Preston Barracks have been surrendered, the detach ment of the 47th Regiment, stationed there, were re moved to Bolton, and the two companies of the 56th at Bolton are detach( dto Ashton, the new barracks at the latter post being fit for occupation. Head-quarters of the 56th move to Bury this week, to occupy the harm , ka recently built there. The Pompa dours have now two companies at Bury, three ditto at Burnley, under Major Norman • three at Ashton, under Major Passy; one at Colne, under Captain Smith; and one at Oldham, under Captain Conran. Surgeon Battersby, 47th Regiment, who broke his leg by a fall from his horse at Weedon, having recovered sufficiently to resume his duties, Assistant Surgeon Law son has been detached to Boltcn, to take medical charge of the detachment there, under Major Gordon. Captain Johnston, 33d, and family, have arrived in Dublin on leave of absence, his Grace the Commander in- Chief having grintvd him the indulgence of leave to find his private passage to New Brunswick, receiving the regulated allowance. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday, a Court was held for the dispatch of public business. As it was understood that the subject of the late proceedings in the chapel of Newgate, when the condemned sermon was preached, in the presence of Rocker, the murderer, Connor, the person accused of murder, the other prisoners confined in the gaol, and several strangers of both sexes, would be brought for ward, the Court below the bar was densely thronged. THE CONDEMNED SERMON. Alderman and Sheriff SIDNEY, after having presented the usual Sheriffs' returns of the state of the prisons, said the Sheriffs thought it right to inform the Court that some remarks had been made in the House of Peers on the subject of the admission of the public to hear the condemned sermon in the chapel of Newgate, and also with reference to the public execution of the convict murderer, Rocker. The Sheriff's had deferred makin ,, any reply to these remarks, knowing as they did know that the Secretary of State had directed an inquiry into the facts and circumstances attending the matter, and when the report which would be the result of the in quiry should be laid before the Legislature, and fur nished to them, the Sheriffs would be ready to enter fully into the case, in their own defence. Sir PETER LAURIE observed that he for one could not but thank the House of Lords for interesting themselves upon that which he thought was a most nefarious course of preceeding. Alderman and Sheriff HUNTER rose to address the Court, but resumed his seat. Alderman CHALLIS here interposed, and called upon Sir Peter Laurie to retract the expression he had made use of. Alderman Sheriff SIDNEY observed that he should have thought Sir Peter Laurie's sense and gentlemanly conduct would have induced him to recal the expression to which he had given utterance, since that the Sheriffs had delayed and deferred a reply to the grave charges made against their conduct, pending the inquiry set on foot by the Secretary of State. Sir Peter Laurie had been a magistrate sufficiently long to know that expa: ; te statements were not always to be relied upon. Sir PETER LAURIE —I know nothing to recal. I merely , meant to say that " thank God there is a House of Lords. ' Sheriff HUNTER said he was not aware that his col league had the slightest intention of making any obser vations in reference to the proceedings in another place, but he was prepared to express his opinion as to the pro priety of the observations which had been made in the High Court of Parliament He felt that his colleague and he were placed in a certain position from not having been aware of the nature of two orders which were on the records of the Court, and which were made, the one so far back as the year 1825, and the other, an exptanation of the former order, in 1842. It was due to the public, as well as to themselves, that he should at once express the reasons why the Sheriffs were not aware of the exist ence of any such rules or laws as these orders to which he referred, being in force. He fuund,however, that in the books of the Court there was to be seen an order which, with the permission of the Court, he would now read. " Court of Aldermen, March 29, 1825. The Court proceeded in the adjourned consideration of the report of the Committee in relation to the several gaols of this city, recommending the public to be ex cluded from hearing the condemned sermon at his Ma jesty's gaol of Newgate, and the said report, as delivered in and read in this Court on the 18th day of January last, was now again read in these words . "To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen, we whose names are hereunto subscrib-d, your Committee, in relation to the several gaols of the City, to whom, on the 30th day of November last, it was referred to consider whether it may or may not in future be expedient to exclude the public from the chapel in Newgate on the Sunday preceding the day on which any convict or convicts may in future be ordered for execution, and to report our opinion thereon to this , Court, do certify that we have taken the same into our most serious consideration ; and, after due deliberation, are decidedly of opinion that in future it will be expe dient to exclude strangers altogether from the chapel in Newgate on the Sunday preceding the day on which any convict or convicts may be ordered for execution, in the same manner as they .are excluded on other Sundays ; and we recommend to this Honourable Court to give the requisite directions accordingly. " All which we submit. Dated this 18th day o January, 1825. " M. WOOD. " J. J. SMITH. " A. BROWN. " Which report was well liked and approved of by this Court, and ordered to be observed accordingly." The next order yvas to the following effect : " Court of Aldermen, June 24th, 1842, " Resolved and ordered, that the practice of ex cluding strangers from the chapel in the gaol of New gate, during the performance of Divine worship, on Sunday, be henceforth adhered to' on every Sunday previously to the day that may be appointed for the execution of any convict or convicts, as well as on other Sundays, conformably to the spirit of a resolution of this Court, passed on the 29th day of March, 1825, after consideration of a report from the Committee, in relation to the several gaols of this City. " Ordered that Mr. Town-Clerk do deliver a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of the future Sheriffs of this City, immediately on their being sworn into office. " NIEREWETHER." Their esteemed friend, the Town-Clerk, since this affair, had addressed to him (Sheriff Hunter) a letter, stating that he was not aware of the necessity imposed upon him, of sending copit s of these orders to the Sheriffs, and conseque qtly they had not been furnished either to Sheriff Sidney or to himself.—(Hear, hear.) He assured Sir Peter Laurie that he did not at all flinch from, but rather approved of the expressions to which he had given utterance. Several Voices.--You did not hear them. Sheriff HUNTER resumed—They might not have been quite delicate or proper, but he hardly knew what it was the worthy Alderman had said. Of this, however, he might rest assured, that the Sheriffs were gratified with the reference ordered by the Secretary of State for in quiry into the whole matter. At present, however, he only wished that the Sheriffs might stand right with the Court and the public when they were ignorant of the existence of any such orders as those which he had felt it his duty to read. If they had been in possession of such documents, then he should have been disposed en tirely to agree with Sir Peter Laurie. He repeated that he was not sorry the matter had been made the subject of reference for inquiry—into that inquiry he would not at present enter. For the present, he was content to mention the fact that the Sheriffs were not aware of the existence of these, or any other orders, regulating the manner in which they were to proceed on these affecting —to him, deeply affecting—occasions. He deeply re gretted that any circumstance should have arisen to call for any observations, either in that Court or in any other, upon the conduct of the Sheriffs. The TOWN-CLERK hoped the Court would be kind enough to indulge him with an opportunity of saying a few words on this subject, which, in substance, he had already stated to the Prison Inspectors, and to the Gaol Committee of that Court. The order of 1842 was mad' on the very day that he was sworn into office, and upot it he had acted within three or four days afterwards, by sending copies to Sir William Magnay and Mr. Rogers, the then sheriffs. In his cffice there was kept a book in which were entered all matters which were to be done annually or periodically; but, unfortunately, these orders had been omitted to be entered, and undoubtedly the fact was, that copies were not sent either to Aldermen Musgrove and eloon, the preceding sheriffs, or to Alders men Hunter and Sidney , the present sheriffs. The neglect or oversight undoubtedly rested on his (the Town-Clerk's) office, and for it he was afraid he must take all the liability which attached to it. He was bound to say that the Sheriffs had no knowledge of the order of 1842, as they ought to have had furnished to them. With respect to the order of 1825, it was not necessary, by its terms, that it should be communicated to the Sheriffs ; and on searching the books, he could find to memorandum to the effect that it had ever been com municated to the Sheriffs or to the keeper of the gaol. Sir P. LAURIE said that the statement just made went very much to exculpate the Sheriffs. Indeed, he might add that there existed such a morbid curiosity in the public, even of the higher class, that he believed it was scarcely possible for the Sheriffs to withstand the appli cations made to them for admission. Some idea of the extent to which this diseased feeling of curiosity ran might be formed by a circumstance he would mention. There was at present in Bethlem Hospital a man who had been tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity. (Sir Peter Laurie was here supposed to allude to the case of Oxford, who fired at her Majesty in the Park.) He would not mention the man's name, but he pledged his honour to the fact that a lady of title was anxious to procure that individual's autograph, and upon being refused the favour she actually employed a solicitor, who was : well known, to obtain it for her. He would say such was a morbid curiosity, the exhibition of which was very disgraceful to the party. He had been now twenty years connected with the Corporation, and he had heard but one condemned sermon, and be never bad been, and he never would be, a party to torturing a con vict under sentence of death to confess to him (Sir Peter Laurie) his guilt. He never— The LORD MAYOR interrupted—That is not the ...,..—__ question before tie Court, and therefore it is irregular to pursue it. Sir PETER LAURIE said it might be so, but still it Ivo a good opportunity for him to remark t hat these ws ean of making a felon notorious ought to b e avoided, when the less that was estid about him the better. tio T n l l i ‘ e .a L s o c a lo n se llA to yo m a ai s i a e id a , v h e e r3 w . i f s e b w ed re b m e a fo r r k e s. the ln co t n h v e e ti rs r a s s t place be begged to observe, that some of the observe does which had been made elsewhere had been calc a u : lated to bring in the whole of the Corporation as liable re en' to blame, whereas the body of the Corporation we tirely innocent of the whole affair. H e begged also 0 state that when he held the office of Sheriff, he had Deer received a copy of the order of 18 42 , w hich bad men read that day. At the same time, it appeare d to the that that the order left the admission o f the public on ed' ver y occasion of the condemned sermon being preach much at the discretion of the Sheriffs for the time beiog, Forex him' the words being as well as on other Sundays • self, he would add, he had never been presen t at aa ,i r e e c ti s: lion except upon one occasion, when h e was Sheo l ' e ha d That was at the execution of Courvoiseer, whose case i st excited great interest, and a strong manifestation of t ° ti morbid curiosity which had been allud ed to.Be a,'ht felt it his duty to attend, fearing that °Tit be called on to perform a similar duty he t t ot discharged by the gentlemen who were at a time Sheriffs. Happily, however, he an d his colleegh; went through their shrievalty, and we re spared that pain. At the condemned sermon preache d to Courvol vis i t or, he saw °tie of the Prison Inspectors prese nt as the 5 ra° mo rn' and the same gentleman was also present on $ ing of execution, having introduced into the P gentleman, who was said to be a Noble Lord, but c tuinly he introduced a friend.—(Hear, hear.) an Sheriff SIDNEY was sure the Sheriffs were most a be ous to pay deference to the proper authorities, h ilt no t was anxious it should go forth that the Sheriffs (It the y admit that they had committed any act of wht ( r iff were ashamed. He could safely assert that .tlO e" -bad had been better advised by the Under-Sheriff th en b a d been his -colleague and himstlf, and everything that (iv. been clone was clone after due reflection, and furthereverything to Having :add thus much, be hoped all that was h tbe be said upon the matter would be deferred, until ,Yete, t i ro n er. report, which no doubt would be supplied to the ' l , it a cretary of State, they should know what c harge °p a. made against them. In the meantime, let Pu hhe en e to nion be suspended on the subject. He defied folcoirg say on the case as stated, they h a d done eisa" wrong. All that had been done he was preParee:'ill fully to defend. copes 4 the ioc tle a - te e ath a s o t Alderman HUMPHERY thought that a c °,' e f te order which had been brought under theNne Court, should be sent to the Governor of had just now informed him (Alderman HunWhr)?orcler he had never before known of the existence of a n, son dperomhnibeditinsgertmheona.dmiiisesiown was s f s s t o r r a i h y g; to rs h t: ar b ;fled ° Sheriff declare publicly that he was still deterime-taing carry out the opinion he had expressed until sol e like condemnation of the practice should be cae cl i e l ' a eoPe r Sheriff SIDNEY—I said I shou'd respset a '' ' authority. A i-uad er i Alderman HUMPHERY said he perhaps haue.ate-6,0 but stood the worthy Sheriff. However, Sir J. Grwr a 5 eOC informed him (Alderman Humphery) that he„' i a titi eiel clown one of the prison inspectors to make a full t i , that into the circumstances, and it was to be prestinuLajo to when an inquiry was made, a report would he iv rat ioa• the Home-office, and sent ' down to the C4rP° vith tbe Then it would be seen how the Inspector dealt $ matter. , xst , t he bear ' The LORD MAYOR observed, that on SaturdaY:ooers Committee of Aldermen had directed c opies of t a t) av atar read to be sent to the Sheriffs as well as to the "' of Newgate. the matter dropped. STATE OF THE CITY POISONS. itte e ea A report was presented from the Gaol & oleol , l36d ng the s Ho übject of a conference with the G o vern % 0 b e i well pital,relative t o a dditional accorno 3 n det of tbe afforded there for prisoner' i n c oneequ eriee t her r e ' crowded state of the City Gaols, ' and also ferarebase port on the subject of the means taken to 11, 0 w ee ground adjoining Newgate for the erection c u ~n ' t i et Compter. itl aVV- 0 The first report stated, that upon the Oc a g e l de esalla nt , Captain Kincaid, the Superintendent of, -'''' t here ''' appeared that there was only aCCOMIROdatiOII. in no seventy males and thirty females, and tuba su l ly quence of the lengthened imprisonment lov a % g ene sent to vagrants and others, the .priecin was 't a pas , ' - t kept full. Notice was sent round daily of th e n s esig h it cells vacant, in order that the ascot tro t fl wiebe:, regulate the commitments there wt ts further stated that there was 15.inteed the neither had the Governor tunds to extend arisoltrt; building and increase the accommodation of tiih;:a The second report recapitulated the procee stt orse s with reference to several plans which had been aotioo for the increase of the present Conspter, IV t he ris° l3 ' , Fleet P re , to be made to it on the site of the late I , e re port r Both of these plans had been rejected, and t h e the r h e j commended the erection of a new CoroPteF - r efe" e ' on a si te 1) • 0. upon of Newgate and the Sessions -house, - ouse, win e t hat 'on the score of space and situation, an d a s tatiog t • Warwick-lane. The report conch by t w as in' , is that ' e for i n io- su res the Committee were decidedly of op i . te r oes r d magistrate ,y. dispensably necessary to adopt in:11130-1'a a r to ea and, in order in re fs' the accommodation of prisoners ; out the provisions of the statute recently Pe tion to their classification and empleyroe rit " that th e f e e' Sir P. LAURIE thought it extraot &BATY aotA , - „I t: port did not contain a single syllable as to the,r Os cost of carrying its recommendation into effee' was the estimated cost ? Sheriff HUNTER: W About 100,0001. d o 0e 11 b Sheriff SIDNEY thought the Court would - i pot - inquire whether a much more eligible site eou a t° found out of the city? Ol l,l f. The LORD MAYOR remarked that the be tt ers as'-c adopt, would be to print the report, and 6x the c° .e ation of it for another day. di " lee e O O O Sheriff SIDNEY: The subject has been been mouths under consideration, and nothing lig e a 0 yet. a, 0 The report was then ordered to be printed' consideration of it was adjourned. of COMMIT MENTS TO BRIDE rd ot iOP ., whist he had given notice, to the effect; Court' be pit Sheriff SIDNEY rose to bring forward,, thasteleforsaitae Lion having come to the knowledge of tne, - eae ll hl io et prisoner committed to the prison of jericla be fer . 4 to James Duke, had been liberated contrary to CO' o f of commitment, it is the bounden duty of i ; t , vie'', o f inquire fully into the circumstances, Yi d ! 0 1 1 ° ' remedying such an infringement of the ell° 'ea ass the country." .., t he e tbe The LoRD MAYOR inquired whether, " 1 esti :Ol e of Sir James Duke, the Sheriff would not P e 't 1 ' motion. think it sheriff SIDNEY replied that he did not stance s Or eessary to have any delay, as the circutn 0 ,0,, , o f well known to the Court. By the course 90 0 10 b et had taken in the matter,. the power floc lied cod'been of the magistrates of the City of London t th e .0 0. at nought, in a manner calculated to deleft, t he e n i a th e justice. He had taken pains to asset th es e ;•••"`" ee rt t ° stance, and he believed them to be are e weeit i Ist of March, Sir James Duke committed If_ teo eer e t wo to , 0 , ~ the treadmill, House of Correction— 1" - t ake"eitlea days, and cne for seven daya• by the police-constable, two, named ()n S b t e e lns ie! ol .:Ci re ' son, were received, but the third, Morris , to t heJ e tt iril , admission, and consequently brought hu ck oa h' r i c e l be room, by police-constable Barnes, 32 4 . s to eke Sir James Duke gave Barnes strict orde r i r tar e,t s ill; prisoner again to Bridewell, and leave hirn be - e ed P e i c ere' they would receive him or not. Barnes °.: discy or de r structions, and on the following daY it w a a" bY fal l ' that the prisoner had been diseh ar ; g a - 0 .0,5, Boa' of the Governor, because the Pr' s- „d , ta r , h" and on this discovery being lu'acriesneadreos' stable was dispatched to retake th e ~r t alse i ' il 0 1 :i failed in securing him, as lie had give n a - fer e ese ise I) s True, the man had only been corimitteu 0 if ' 0 4, 1 s but the same could have been whichel heee''';', been committed for an offence for tioo. ,Alt ovit'a trtiasportao the P is ,0 have been liable to seven years' sufficient encroachments bad been mad e t iPtiol, i , ti' be f o c ; of the Court with reference to the RoY a „ tha t 1:0 p it to without saying more, he would move he to tp tat e, a Petted to the Gaol Committee, to inquirie 0 to eq Ol e of the magistrates of the City of 1 -4 °n ` lt a all a y' i o n a.' , to Bridewell, and to report the i ns tancesa l ii s ebarF' - o tie n 0 the warrants of commitment have beent'bo (M e a d be e Sir PETER LAURIE said there cool that it ,littee the motion, but he must complain James ' 1 brought forward in the absence of Sir u er .it e., o The motion was then agreed to. 111 0155. tai ° i tee% NAVIGATION OF Tag „ 1 eel' be 0 , Alderman FAREBROTIIER presenteu a y te nr see o . tions proposed by the Watermcn's•C°rl St ei' ;* er e r in the bye-laws for the regulation oresa ls ed. navigating the River Thames. The P e it ajour u -ed to the Navigation Committee. (e fern Vl° n e ° oi -------------- e'l er P e(' of For fifty years the potato crop vvil s , io n c oll„,0 0 0 to be so widely sown in the south of Ireland, st" t ont" 01 1 is of the season, as in the present year. Ib is i L P O; lleso c°l husbandry, which used to extend to the Mont.. 50.....- comp'etely finished before the second wee) , °I -- 7 Journal. n BIRTHS . o f A t .O O ‘ On the sth inst., Lady Charles 'Wellesley, ut oto , I , On the 22d ult , at Gibraltar, the lady o f 1,10 .... i r It b i ni. Brown, Royal Regiment, of a daughter. rear ,oe o p. ° f , o On the let inst., at Kirkconnell Housei,, w,fsri•libor), Dumfries, the lady of Robert Maxwell ly.l plini , . , i f On the 3d inst., at High Holborn, 3 ' ll ' 0 81 a son. toil, an3P— bie, On the 4th inst., at Albion-terrace, s o uth pr o of Mr. Roller Driver, of a daughtr, still-berriholeas _ On the sth inst., at Leggatts, the wife ° Esq., of a son. mr, 0 0 1 , l ii ieg On the 3d inst.. at St.iff rhfial;,l4.reeewieboi Cr°°lll Ellis, of of the Minories, City, Pto Miss poole , Robert ` of J . Greenwich. •rieton, Ate On the 3d inst., at St. Mark's, ICeenl tj dnev bons, Esq., solicitor, Wisbeach, to Eliz 3 ',. ° -Ving t°ll. Taylor, Lsq., of Camberwell New-road, I>e° 00001°41j' 111. ED. , A ,.,, u 0d ta rt On the 2d inst., the Very Rev. ..r•u— jO l l O S ° D.D., Dean of Wells, aged 61. On the sth of January, at Victo r i a , Cotton. Bu O rn n e3 t ,, h il e e4ntghaolfAbrlnalyrc.h, at sea, i- , loe el Y. ant'' . ° ° rl LieUtel 2 i ei pe, f oni Sie"s;1114: rim At sea, on board the brig Royalist, -r -.404 , f fi/g the .6th of March last, Lieutenant Irwin iv _ eli a, o tb, ' d, On the Ist inst., at Brornpton, BliZabeeo. 60001-10$ Warner, Es , of Old BrOMptoll, Middles _• Liv t he On the 2d inst., at Cloudeslerterraee, . ad o f Islington, Mrs. Mar Evans, aged 69. o ulf c ° On the 2d inst., It Kingetewn, Caroline, late Rev. William Agate. ... 0 . 4 , of ice,yOt 11115, ----_ tigp $O., o f Lon,kon: Printed and Published by P ‘ .' . OOPY No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The 4 14? ` ;,, tbe Stroud, in the Precinct of t l ' 1 845• '— Middlesex, Wednesday, may 7,1845 e SCHOOLMASTERS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. lIUME also presented a petition from the Pres bytery of Forfar, praying the House to take the case of the schoolmasters in Scotland into consideration, with a view to the ameli ora ti on o f their condition , and an in creasein their allowance. PAROCHIAL SETTLEMENT BILL. Mr. IIEATIICOTE presented a petition signed by the chairman an d every mag istrate but one in the county of Rutland, against the Parochial Settlement Bill. Mr. J. PARKER presented a petition from several persons connected with the iron trade, to the contrary tffect. CORN-LAW S. Mr. VILLIERS gave notice that he would postpone until the 20th of May, his motion in reference to the corn-laws. PIIYSIC AND SURGE RY BILL. Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that upo n the House g oin g into Committ ee on th e Physic and S ur g er y Bill, he would move a c l ause o bliging all practitioners to write their prescriptions in plain English, and all druggists and apothecaries to have their jars and bottles labelled in plain English, from and after the Ist of January, 1846. WAR IN CHINA. Sir C. NAPIEI gave notice for an early day, that he would move for certain returns in reference to sailors who had been engaged in the late war with China, and who had got leave of absence, and prize-money. DROPPED NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. WAKLEY said lie would wish to renew his motion for any day upon which he. thought that he would be able to bring it on.—(A la u g h.) He con ceived he had much reason to complain of the Govern ment not trying to make a House last night.—(A laugh.) last night the House adjourned, there being only 34 Members present. Not a single individual connected with the Government being at his post. He considered this conduct as most unfair. Instead of throwing any obstruction in the way of any individuals who had im portant duties to discharge, the Government should do all in its power to facilitate them on such occasions. Surely there ought to be some new arrangement adopted. He could suggest many, but he feared they would not meet with the favour of the House. H e must therefore indefinitely postpone his motion, and bring it forward when