The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-06 00:00:00

•••••••.... ranch ea ac,4: :1-ancellot Wow °( ch was e raselm icultursi Ni 0 de. the L O ' . Lon to re' having thei r In of ctice A idod ntlY C inJ airs,lid 3"a fer"" directed or, rse AI, 'lnd fun nel. be "'-- ,s oAV 17, 4d., 0 stro °l . dgP l ' n' ic cifl , t i ' n e ° 1 - Os' a IC ° v . [ ; el er ed if 0 oOr c rt 10 ' I, i n do .0- 0 ) 11 0,4 o ,o lo p %re , 2 • $ ' r r st t t oe,' obv• ' e . ; epo' slid(e were p ith go' , A 1 le 0 00 u'Pr°lle e r :pile" TrgO v cot 311 S' of Sq." 5/. ri irsD IP" : 1 0 1 ,rtu i~ ~' tbirZt SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Group U. GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD, AND HULL AND GAINSBOROUGH PROJECTIONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The other clauses were then proceeded with, as far as the clause Nuiring the Committee to tlx the maximum rate of charges as tolls. The CHAIRMAN asked the Counsel upon what principle he had Axed the rates at the amount stated in the clause A witness was called, who deposed that the charges were below Use average, taking into account the charges made by other ccnnimnies. The further consideration of the clause was then postponed in order to afford time for the correction of some inconsistencies. Th e Manuscript cla us es were then taken up, one of which was a Proposition from the Duchy of Lancaster claiming compensation for certain damages which the line would do. Ishe River Trent Navigation Company's opposition was arranged. rernedies in case of obstruction having been agreed to. tion r. WEBSTE R proposed a clause containing certain modifica wis. 1, 7 which t o l essen th e i nconven ie nc e th a t the Rev. Mr. line " 44 W ould sustain by having an embankment formed, and the ' v 'in thro ug h the lawn i n front of h i s sc h ool. oht ..°l' "" l appeared on behalf of the school; Mr. Willan was —1 rooster for life. before PloaltaiNG contended that Mr. Willful had no locus standi the Committee, he being only tenant for life. The school was ca lled the Fre e G rammar S c h oo l of Gainsborough ; and the cl4"c Proposed e i th er t h e f orma ti on o f a bridge, or that the COraPany should purchase the property within six months. None of the trustees of the school appeared before the Committee. Mr. PICE.ERING objected to the Company being compelled to PUrehase the property. r• William Bernard Hayton, one of the trustees, was then 1 ,1 1 ;ed, and deposed that the alteration would damage the pro ,. Y• The Rev. Mr. Wilian was not appointed for life, but ',lt'd not b e turned out unless for misconduct ; he had a fixed salary. t ."'" finally agreed upon to insert a clause compelling the Com- No / to build a wall, &c., if requisite, and the question of da -nes to be left to a jury. B E I ,* WEBSTER next appeared on behalf of the Gainsborough tiv °Re C ommissioners, who apprehended that their tolls would be tlL, Ured . hY the proposed bridge of the Railway Company cui-,arocre they demanded the insertion of a clause by which they even " laim compensation upon an average of three years, in the protected new bridge injuring the tolls by going through the m ee r ted property of the Bridge Commissioners. PleenarNo said the petition was upon the line of deviation, e Company would give up that line. Coul d e gi C 4 a ! aat N said the Committee were cf opini'm that they the limi t 0 compensation; but would insert a clause protecting t o j u ry of the Commissioners, and leaving the question of amount a Jury, pn s i ti : Ez id Commissioners' Counsel would not agree to th n, an d d it yeas postponed, and the Committee adjourned. e pro- NORTHUGroup E. MBERLAND ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Th 'l'4 Committee resumed the consideration of this line, in oppo on to th e Newcastle and Berwick locometive projected line. : Committee were occ u pi e d i n th e ear ly p ar t o f th e d a y in k . ti og a mod e l of the intended atmospheric line of railway, which was made by M r. Samuda, and was explanatory of his evi- L''''ci W hich was pr oceeded with. The power, he stated, of the :rZOgin lnes proposed f or use was filty horse power, two engines hesg at ea c h station. The diameter of the pipe would be fifteen e . throughout, the pipes may be supplied by "P'Pe at on e or two rises on the line. Changes of the weather wouldnot affect the atmo s ph er i c as i t di d the l ocomot i ve ra il ways. thalittiekat advantage possessed by the former over the latter was, sii ue Corn- a --- e ny were enabled to run more frequent trains at the f - .m2 th °e, which was peculiar to the atmospheric plan. An uni. I C"' velocity would be kept up for all the trains, which would be then great advantag e to the third-class trains. The witness ta corroborated what Ser, s eant Wrangham stated ycster.. *L n his address to ,he Committee. The expense of keeping a n i t ' i en arY engines in repair would be much less than with loco ampn• Witness was prepared to abide by the evidence given on ler oc casion by him b e f ore a P arl i amentary Comm i ttee. 4 ... run bles, prepared by Mr. Samud a , an d s li g h t l y mo di oe d:by 'Mr. trai n s ll vr tre then pr o d uced, containing an estimate of the cost of Per day. O t IR n cross-ex amination by Mr. HILDYAD, Mr. Samuda stated tha 5 001. - h -° was a patentee, and would have a right to the per mil e. He had not hail much experience in ki te d cunstruction and working of locomotive engines. e .Thatie to the road would be but very slightly dependent on tr a i; s4 eitY at which the line would be worked. The number of 14 -, intended to be worked would be in the first instance about s. each eh day, Th e number might afterwards be increased in con. ~ ---., th e , 'of an in creased demand frem the system of traction and trai n "- ; "e " of the fares. He calculated that the weight of the mo. Would be forty tons. The cost of the engines would be abou t 3,500 1 . each pair, exclusive of the buildings, which would i tos h c:et:bwdeot:eleon 5001. and 600/. each. One and a half tons of coal be required for each pair of engines per day. .. , gof the engines would be equivalent to that on the inchZ line, The vacuum to be used at starting would be twenty tb..ssi which would be maintained throughout. He believed mor e would be but one level crossing, but should there be tr a i es, kit Would not affect the practicability of the line. Coal as the 00 the proposed line would be carried at the same public $e Passengers, which he considered to be of great 1 /le ex am of th e ~:t ° ltted by Mr. ALEXANDER—When he calculated the cost Rt (vrinanent way he did not include the 500/. per 1, thralls Brtrriel was next examined by Mr. ALEXANDER—He t be c ,_ °t rolsorated the evidence given by the last witn ess 'oto the ch a ., .5., ,. at the ra:t...e:elleved that the proposed line was well suite Having ar instatgine; ai y .7 f the country through which it was to pass. Neville station, wa Weastle b 0 ,400 yards in length. By that it was proposed to pass under the town means th ey y av m o t i a d n ed s interfering with house property. Cross.oxexarnined by Mr. HILDYARD — The material difference of Au Penie was to be accounted for by the inability of varying the to tither of trains on the locomotive line without having recourse rainsof on the locomotive tine was not so excessive as that the trains on the atmospheric line, and it would require / alt . expense to increase the number on the former. Adding ll train to the usual number would make no very Material difference on an atmospheric line. of , the Northumberland line would be forty Tntheilesspeaedn hour; on the other line thirty Miles would be the speed. The inducements and cost would lead to the forty., rniles on the one serest and thirty miles on the other. The interest lines would be to run trains more frequently the atmospheric five on the eloccofm,ot tive lines. The number of atmospheric trains would emes not h b . importance to the through passenger. The system Would not subject the passengers, on arriving at NeviL e a r t i a c t s io y n. to I _ , .as: delay than Mr. Stephenson's line. He did cot know ttait Newcastle of passengers arriving at Gateshead on their way heawcastle. Thought it was a convenience to the town of Neville to have the a c ommunication by railway to the quay. He supposed !!.. a t e travelling population on both lines was about the same. 7it _Ms bad taken land for the double line. He was of opinion thatmotivetlat.gradients were advantageous on both atmospheric and loco ,) lines . The objection to Mr. Stephenson's line was that it 7 . 41 .. e t so direct. The inclined plane of I in 59 was at Berwick, ._"' y rossed the river. Towards the bottom of the incline "uvre was a slight curve. fir' TEM PLE then cross-examined the witness on the part of Mr. larotandling a nd several oth er landowners, through whose property the,N. cotthum b erland line w as i ntended to pass. .4 Committee then adj,rurned. Group B. WEST YORKSHIRE LINES. (Continued from cur Afternoon Edition.) mimes "wlek enson, a ci v il engineer, proved that the gradients and nth b'ore ere not of an o bj ectionable character, and on the whole The not than th ose o f t h e W est Riding lines, committee adjourned at Five o'clock. tO,, lat i Group F. -..."'11s 'WO RCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE 14 4 r, A RAILWAY. ---- Ile tr Ua lln (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said &nag e 1,-;°111d engage to show beyond all doubt that the narrow re tleiri ri - D aa , , on the whole, far better for all . general purp oses, cf lin es,°' seul extensive cuttings, less expense in the manage m ent . V I i di 'd as being much more economical in the construction t oos ta t tr C e s• lu a few great lines the broad guage might be nerrewlseable, but for branch lines, of which this was one, the divi c k d ''safie wall decidedly to be preferred. If England were s treisti. as it was during the Heptarchy, there w . o d uld be but a down on it. ,s,,_ iouPart celfQr vv ester: England with the broad gauge laid ii.i of the broad gauge was from D d or w ch n est t e h r e , °reat l ... 11 -astoke, up to London ; from the latter o Ginn. 11 1 3 to Oxford, from Oxford up to Vas A:" from thence to the western count ies. This Cl tr , , corornonwealth of Mr. Brunel, while all t h e i ic h s e t Otin,i, l ' an d and all Scotland had the narrow guage. , numb r,,,• die rit „ .. ,_ . ..lies of the broad guage laid down was 9 3 3 3 3 3 . miles; The -- ""? of miles proposed 600, making a total oi , wh w i a le s ),53uournber b.: of Miles of the narrow guage, already formed, Dosed ;f",.,'1!1 1,284 projected, making a total completedane h o d tad at 4, epiro thee, .h 9 4. Th e question, therefore, was, whether th l o th ° u' dbe erritory al lowed to div erge f rom t h e west into the north, he t of ths narrow guage. *how, d ', 3 _ sure front the nature of the evidence he would sai He . Austin) call dnohe; b read s ho w there w ere difficulties in the way of extending the th e i r page that would satisfy the Committee in i Pll keeeed eei . i f s s in his favour. The Learned Gentleman g t v l t ' i h en g e b read t - '"" ,how that the two points for the bre a k l fro in m stew °. : the l ' arr °w gau e ought to be Oxford and Bristo , rd of T t . 4 , 1 --Y and Birminghg and quoted the report of the Boa .d Skin e t ' s su PPort of this view of the matter, the reason assigne d fr o g th at far the transition of goods the the less confusion in t he f "e gauge to the other 4,frerorrner than the latter places, on the e lace at great Vii, next in their respective traffic. The question of competi tion awcacuouldnt take of Priseitt:xt coralmented on at great length. He cons i dered that and sit eninpetition between lines ought not to be . enco ur a ged, m al. 4.4,1 Q Ment to eati Ohl e d h several instances of its injurious effects, in wh i c h . a for nos prn a d to take place to prevent ruin. He though t . it bes t line, lay down a general principle regulating Is s giv .U . eted an offer made by the London and Birmingham line, tra . c, fo e th; Sitarantees for a permanent reduction of its rate of tolls )4 r. bate_ °Ontodation of the public. Lhet calle d a n an extensive ironmaster in South Staffordshire, was .... e d d examined by Mr. Sergeant WIIANGIIAM. He . knew 10%74 Of the district well. It was principally engaged in the *hi e ), rre• There were 145 blast furnaces in the district, of 4 6a, 000 ° 0 were in blast. They made in the district bout 'e clUir,,,,i 100 . a of Pig iron in the year. The quantity of materials 4,,,,._ Lo b e moved in making this quantity of iron, was about Seai 7 Irees more than the wki e eh quantity of iron produced, These were /serc oar d lime stone. The existing means of carriage air l and ,and they were altogether inefficient. In the canal c alm , Pa3s.ed through the district there was a tunnel beneath Dudley oft eti \: :In h delayed the boats very much in passing. There were tlef,„„,`‘ twenty boats waiting to go through, being detained from the tireZive means of Propulsion ; only one boat could pass at the if i rn The tunnel was about a mile long. He was satisfied that ope,edDravedctuanunbation was offered, many new mines would be n ut fr up. .Nt present, west of Dudley, many furnaces were dis trict -, l , he V an , ' of a Supply of Iron stone. The traffic of the While t he re amounted to many hundred thousand tons, the di....7 c r e was a great export trade. If the broad guage came into i ll `"1 t, there would iaive to be a break in the guage in send spirealaskts to be txportet!. He thought the South Stafford tUage) scheme (that group of railways with the narrow v etee rit v luld be preferable, as it would be much more con. intoi the n affording small side lines for bringing m inerals he d „, main . lines. There were a number of small coal lines i n I N I.•_Lrlt already in the narrow guage, but if the broad guage t.."'ssoled there, these would be useless, or else two sets of !ar 114"'d v uld be required for the conveyance of minerals, besides ekr,„"Qage they would suffer in being changed from one set of i t qes to another. th e Graenastwer to ques tions from M r . KiNcLaxe, who appeared for of Ilia dth f 'Western Company, the witness said he did not know the 440ut . the v ; .ange on the side fires in the district, but he thought tid e i i 3 f e et. The Grand Junction Company had promised them k,',.4% Wherever they would be required %tikWislTMolte appeared on behalf of the Birmingham Canal Zr er . 4 ~,ny against the Grand Junction Extension line, proposed r.vvolverhanapton to Dudley • and 14 , tier,4,k,LLZN, for Mr. Hook a nd i Mr. Foley , two gentlemen of 'Oel 'in th • ' ite.,, . e distract, who were opposed to all the Ili ''' Iri Sh ogroup. ere a two r _ ss..ex -,arned Gentlemen submitted Mr. Best to a lengthene atnlnation ila • 1 11 . W t out materially it'ect ng is evidence. TT/E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 6 1845. Mr. HAWES thought it would be advisable to refer the matter to arbitration. The great question was the protectic n to be afforded to the public against interested parties. It was evident from what had come out that the London and Birmingham Railway was stretching its hand over a great part of the line, and it was his duty not to act adversely to one party and to favour another. The subject was then adjourned until to-morrow. Group V. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Thomas Hawkesley, civil engineer, residing in Nottingham, thought that the level crossing over the Flood road would not be in the slightest degree inconvenient to the town of Nottingham. Any other mode of crossing would entail evils of great consequence; in fact, any other mode would be attended with such difficulties, as to be almost impracticable. Wm. Carter proved the traffic on the Wilfred level crossing over the Derby and Nottingham line near the latter town. In seven days' obseavation he saw 21,000 foot passengers pass, 523 on horse. back, 83 gigs, 269 carts, and 94 carriage.. Edwin Walter took the traffic on Trent.brige for a week. There was a very great traffic over the bridge, especially on market days. John Fox Bell, Secretary to the Midland Railway, said the Derby and Nottingham Railway had been opened for six years, and in that time not one single accident had happened at the Wil ford crossing. Had such happened he should have heard of it. William Hutchinson proved the traffic from Gainsboreugh to Nottingham, which would in a great degree come upon this line. William Liston Sharp, gave similar evidence, which the Com. mittee was proceeding with when the Speaker was announced at prayers. CROWN- OFFICE, MAY 6. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Woodstock—John Henry Loftus, Esq., coin monlg called Viscount Loftus, in the room of John Winston Spencer Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Blandford, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 6T15, 1845. EASTER TERM.— Bth Victoria. This Court will sit on Thursday the 15th day of May instant, and will proceed in disposing of the business in the Spocial Paper, and give judgment in cases previously argued. BY THE COURT. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. This Court will, on Tuesday, the 13th day of May instant. hold Sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the business now pending in the Special Paper, on the said 13th day of the said month, and on the two following days, namely, Wednesday the 14th and Thusdav the 15th days of May instant; and, on the same three days of the same month, will proceed in disposing of the business now pending in the paper of new trials.—Dated this 3d day of May, 1845. BY THE COULT. Read in open Court, Edward Bennett. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 16. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet Major J. "'unwell to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Walcott, retired on full pay • Second Captain T. A. Shone to be Captain, vice Hanwell; First Lieutenant W. Henderson to be Second Captain, vice Shone; Second Lieutenant P. W. Phillipps to be First Lieutenant, vice Henderson ; Second Captain J. Turner to be Captain, vice Stokes, retired on full pay ; First Lieuten ant C. J. Torrens to be second Captain, vice `Turner; Second Lieutenant E. Moubray to be First Lieutenant, vice Tor rens, dated 10th April, 1845. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAT 5. Name of Company. Aberdeen Birmingham & Gloster Ditto New, iss Dividend per Amount Annum. SI are. X s. d Brighton,Le;s,&liast. Bristol and Exeter.... Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian •. • . . '2ambridge and Lincoln Chatham & Prtsmouth Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton Churnet Valley .• • • • • • Cornwall • . • • • , Direct Northern.. • • • Direct Norwich Dias, Beceles, & Yrmth Dublin & Belfast June. STANDING ORDERS. No. 3 Sub-Cornmittee. The Committee reported that the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway Company had complied with the standing orders. Ditto mad Galway • • Eastern Counties . • • • • Do.,Perpctual, No.l 131. Ss. per sh 15s. 121.1 Gs. per sh. 4s. per sta. 51. per ct. . . Ditto, ditto, No. 2... Eastern Union Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Ely and Bedford Gran d C onnection Grand Junction ...... Ditto, Half Shares • • COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam CF. 12 81 Ditto, at sight l2 6i Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 15 Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona kNGE--(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar Leghorn 3l Genoa '26 10 Venice Palermo, lifiz oz . 119 Lisbon 523 Oporto . Rio Janeiro Bahia ...... Buenos Ayi.la NewYork.:22dyssight Philacoll , ll;a PRICKS GE* BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign G4old, bars...E3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9i Silver in Bare 0 4 10 Erratum in the Gazette of the 29th ult.:— Royal Regiment of Artillery—For Capt. Trevor, retired on " full pay," read Capt. Trevor, retired on " half-pay." 21. ss. p. sh. 11s. 3d. p. sh, (BANKRUPTS.(BANKRUPTS._ - William Thurnell, upholsterer, Leadenball-street, City, to surrender, May 20, at eleven, and June 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsagar, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Pain and Hatherley, Basinghall-street. George Warriner, victualler, Little Tower-street, City, May 16, at half past twelve, and June 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsagar, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Kiss and Son, Penchurch-street. Richard Robinson, wholesale spirit and bottle merchant, King William-street, Strand, May 20, at half-past twelve, and June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official aisignee, Basingliall-street ; Shirreff, Lincoln's Inn-fields. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 10/. per et. Ditto, Quarter Shares t. Southern &Western Great North of England Ditto, New. • . Great Western ....... Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Fifths Guilford Junction..... Ilitrwich • • • • dull and Selby ....... Ditto, Quarter Shares Kendal & Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford... Liverpool & Manchestr 3!. 58, Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3 Us... Berlin _ Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 2 Mesta, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona — John Batt ane Thomas Batt, silkmen, Old Broad-street, May 15 and June 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptoy. Pennell, official assignee ; Crowder snd Maynard, Cole man-street. Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares London & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto, New Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton.. Ditto, Loan Notes • . London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv.. London and S. Western Do., New Cons. 8 ths Seville — IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Edward Stone Darvell, colonial broker, Great Tower-street City, May 15, at one, and June 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Lawrence and Flews, 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. William James Taylor, grocer, High-street, Camden-town, May 14, at half-past one, and June 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Burton, Powis-place, Great Ormond-street. Robert Cross, corn merchant, Colchester, May 13, at one, and June 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur quand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Milne and Co., Temple ; Walsh, Sudbury. 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, Birminflham. William Start, lace maker, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. Henry Bent, chain maker, Brierly-hill, Staffordshire. George Lawrie, chemist, Fleetwood-upon-Wyre, Lan cashire. John Ward Newton and Francis Jacob Newton, spirit merchants, Rotherham, Yorkshire. Christopher Hall, grocer, Sheffield. James Haigh, clothier, Almondbury, Yorkshire. Thomas Forsyth, hotel keeper, Durham. Michael Cox, ironmonger, Weymouth, Dorsetshire. John Brown and Alexander Urquhart, carpet warehouse men, Manchester. Moses Humphries, joiner, Hulrue, Manchester. Ditto, New • . .• j.ondon and Croydon .. Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. c. London and Y0rk..... I•ynn and Ely Their Lordships assembled at the usual hour. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from Middlesex. Essex, and Surrey against the grant to May nooth ; also against the sale of intoxicating liquors upon Sundays. The Earl of BANDON presented petitions from Ban don against the Maynooth grant, and in favour of the national system of education. The Duke of BUCCLEUGH presented a petition from parochial schoolmasters in Scotland, praying for an in crease in salary ; also petitions against the sale of in toxicati❑g liquors on the Sabbath. The Bishop of CARLISLE presented twenty- one pe titions from places in Ireland against the grant to May nooth. On the motion of the Bishop of LONDON, the Church Building Amendment Act was committed. THE LAND COMMISSIONERS' (IRELAND) REPORT. 71. per cent, 71. per cent, 71. per cent, ,anchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths ... Manchestr & Birnaing. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland ..... • ....... Ditto, Fifths .• . 5/. ss. pr ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. I 3 . Os. per ch. 51. per cent. The Earl of DEVON presented petitions from Ennis and another place in Ireland, praying that a measure founded on the report of the Irish Land Com missioners should be shortly introduced. The peti tioners referred to the suggestions of the Commissioners as to the practices of grand juries, and particularly to the improvements effected by the tenants on the land, and they prayed that in any measure to be introduced a proper regard should be had to their interest. They all trusted that the suggestions of the Commissioners with regard to the constabulary would be acted on. Lord STANLEY said that the subject of the Com mission embraced points of great importance, and it would not be desirable to have any hasty legislation on the subject. He begged to assure their Lordships that all the recommendations i❑ the report would receive the most attentive consideration ou the part of the Government, wbo had not been idle in taking up and acting upon some of them which they considered of the greatest importance. One of them, which he considered of more importance than any, was the recommendation that some compensation ought to be given to the industrious tenant for the improvement he had made. A Bill on the subject was at present in a great state of forwardness, and he thought he should be able to lay that Bill upon the table shortly after the recess. The Duke of GRAFTON presented 44 petitions from different parts of Suffolk, praying for the repeal of the malt tax. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May G.) SUGAR.—To-day Importers, submitting to reduced rates for some descriptions, tempted buyers to come forward with more freedom, and a good businesswas transacted. At public sale 145 hhds 5 tierces of Barbadoes, and 511 hhds 2 tierces and 2 barrels of new Trinidad were offered, the former went off without spirit, at a decline on previous rates of 6d to is per cwt; the latter generally brought the former currency, and all sold. In the private market the rates accepted were in some cases rather under those of Friday. REFINED.— To-day there was little business transacted by the Home Trade, and prices are still drooping, brown lumps selling at 66s to 675, and standard lumps 68s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted, and the price is firm at 37s per cwt for the best sort. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there wastno public sale, and the few parcels disposed ,of privately, barely fetched former rates. EAST Ispra..—This afternoon there was a fair demand for Bengal Sugar, and 2,214 bags at public sale sold at the former value viz., fine yellow at 48 s 6 d to 50s, good 44s 6d to 46 5, middling 41s to 435, low 37s 6d to 38s, damp and washed 36s to 465, brown 35s Gd to 36s 6d, and white damp and washed 42s 6d to 47s per cwt. Mor.AssEs.—The demand has fallen off, and only a limited business has been transacted, although there are sellers upon further reduced terms; 15s to 18s per cwt according to qua lity. Bengal Treacle is wanted for grocery purposes at 15s 6d, but holders refusing to sell thereat. Madras Treacle sells at 13s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—Today there was much inquiry after Foreign, and Foreign East India Sugar, the private operations are 3,000 bags of old mid grey Manilla at 225, and three cargoes of Porto Rico consisting of 1,200 chests at 21s per cwt ; at public sale 463 boxes of yell, and 197 boxes of white Havan na!), all dam were brought forward and sold at stiff rates, fine yellow slightly damaged at 24s to 24s Gd, good 23s to 2386 d, middling 22s Gd, low 205 to 21s Gd ; damaged, low to fine 20s to 245, good white slightly damaged 30s Gd to 31s, middling 29s 6d to 30s, low 28s Gd to 295, and damaged at 27s Gd to 29s 6d for low to good quality. COFFEE.—To-day good ord Ceylon Coffee met with free purchasers at the improved rates of 45s to 45s Gd per cwt by private treaty. For Jamaica the demand was brisker, and 68 casks 12 lois at auction were sold at full rates. TEA.—The arrivals have increased, and amount to the i mme nse quantity of 72,598 pkgs since our last, nevertheless h o ld e rs have manifested firmness, and refrained at present f ro m offering at public sal e . 'Th ere h as b een a g ood demand for Congou, and the lower sorts which have been the most in request brought a small advance on the rates of the last auctions, but iti the value of the better kinds there is no im provement to notice. Twankay has sustained the former value, and several parcels have been sold. In Hyson there has been a good deal doing, in consequence of holders sub mitting to rather lower rates, there being ready sellers of Pouchong at the reduced rates of the last auction. Gun powder and Imperial met with a good demand, but mer chants are willing sellers. SFICES.—This afternoon Pimento met with less attention, and 515 bags at public sale sold upon rather lower terms, and went at 2%d to 2%d for mid. Of Malabar Pepper 605 bags were only part sold, half h eav y a t 34d to 3%d , light Eastern kind 2 4 d to 2%d per lb. 1,132 pockets Bengal Ginger went at 20s to 22s per cwt for rather wormy. ,Ruse, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For Jamaica Rum the demand has increased, shippers and the home tra de o p eratin g with more freedo, bnt h o ld ers have b een u nable to obtain any advance in prices; the quant i ty so ld h as been 300 puns, fair quality 30 to 36 per cent. over proo f& t o 3s 4d, better 32 t 034 34 over 3s 7d to 3s 9d, s u p er i or 38 10d t o 4s 9d per gal. Leeward has suffered a depres s i on of i d, st ill the demand has been good, and the sales am oun t to 260 pu ns at is 7d for proof to 1 per cent. over faulty, and at Is Id t o is 9d for p roof to 9 per cent over to c l ean qua lity. For Demerara rather lower rates having b een taken , o ccasioned 100 puns to be sold at 2s 6d to 2 s 9d f or 30 t o 38 per cent. over proof. Calcutta cannot generall y b e pur chased at any furt h er d e • cline, but only 100 casks sold at is 4 d t o is 5d p roof with certificate. For Brandy lower rates having been taken, has oc casioned a better demand, and many parcels have been sold. The stock is on the increase of Geneva, and at present there are not many orders ; Is 7d to is Bcl is the value of common shipping sort. In the v a l ue o f English Corn Spirits there is no variation to notice. RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice was sought after, and 2,042 bags at auction were all sold at steady prices. Ditto, Birm.& Derby Newcastle & Barwick Newestle & Darl. June. North British Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, iss,s/. d Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent . Norwich and Brandon . Ditto, New.. .. Portsmouth Direct • . • • Preston and Wyre itichinnd & W. E June. Ditto, 2d Pref., 1842 Sheffield and Lincolu • • Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares Shrws.,Wolv.,Dad.,Bir .3outh Devon South-Eastern & Dovr Ditto, New iss. 32t dis South Wales Stevenson's Prtsmouth Thames and Medway.. Trent Valley . • ... • . • . Yarmouth & Norwich Ditto, New York & North Midland Ditto, Half Shares.. Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip • • Ditto, Extension.... Boulogne and Amiens. Gt. Northern of France Orleans and Vierzon• • Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris &Lyons(Lafritte) Paris and Strasbourg.. Parts and Orleans... • . Paris and Rouen ...• • • lt,tzen and Havre • • • • 51. per cent. 3!. ss. per £h Name of Company. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions from St. Maly and St. John's, Limerick, against the payment of ministers' money. The Noble Marquis also presented petitions from Manchester and Rochdale in favour of the grant to the College of Maynooth. CUSTOMS DUTY BILL. Australasia Brash North American Commercial of London Colonial . Londe and Westminstr London Joint-Stock... Metropolitan ..... Provincial of Ireland .. Ditto, New.. .. . National of Ireland .. Sat : Provncial of Eng. 10s. per sh. 41.75, 6d. p. s, I/.l7s.Gd.p.s. 21. per share 141. 4s. per sh. 121.13;:persh, On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, th Cus ;oms Duty Bill was read a third time and passed. RAILWAYS. Lord BROUGMAM thought it necessary to state to the House a circumstance which had come to his knowledge, and at which it was his duty to express his great surprise. Notwithstanding the stsictness with which the standing orders of the House of Commons, a Bill had last night been passed in that House, in which there were no less than 300 breaches of those standing orders. He thought it necessary to state this circumstance to the House, because the public might be misled by the supposition, and be induced to throw away their money on a scheme which never could obtain the sanction of an Act of Parlia ment. W hatever might be the conduct of the House of Com mons, he should feel i t his duty to move that this Bill be referred to the Standing Orders Committee; and he gave notice that, on Thursday next (after the recess), he should make a motion to that effect. Lord CAMPBELL said, that whatever might be the proceedings of the House of Commons, their Lordships had nothing to do with them. It was sufficient that their Lordships had standing orders of their own, and his Noble and Learned Friend had only to abide by those orders to obtain his object. Lord BROUGHAM said, he never wished to interfere with the strnding orders of the other House. He did not care whether they abolished them or not. Perhaps it would be as well if they did so. Ho felt every respect for the other House of Parliamet, which could be ex pected of him. He would remind his Noble Friend that he had made no motion on this subject. Lord CAMPBELL—It must be either a notice or a motion. Lord BROUGHAM—It was neither ohe nor the other—it was a speech—(Laughter)—and more regular than yours. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented nu merous petitions, principally from Wesleyan Methodists, in various parts of the United Kingdom, against the Maynooth grant. ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK. Lord BROUGHAM said that a petition had been placed in his hand which he thought it his duty to present to their Lordships. He was ignorant of the facts of the case, but he knew that the petition was signed by several respectable individuals, by the church warden, and other parochial officers of St. Stephen's, WalbroOk. He said that he felt himself bound to present the petition, though he would not trust himself to make any observations upon it, but simply read the petition for their Lordships. It set forth that the affairs of St. Stephen's and St. Bennett's Sherehog, had been for many years conducted in a most unsatisfactory manner to the inhabitants of these parishes, and had consequently become a subject of dif ferencp betweem and Mr. Michael Gibbs, the present Lord Mayor. The petitioners went on to say that those proceedings were such that no man could see their ter mination, and that the church of St. Stephen's was falling to ruin, and thlt such was the state of the paro chial government that the state of the churches in those parishes was a scandal to a Christian country. On those grounds they prayed for some improvement in parishes governed by select vestries.—Hear, hear.) These ap peared to him (Lord Brougham) to be very sensible and rational representations, and he would leave the further consideration of them to their Lordships. FRESH WATER FISHERS (SCOTLAND BILL). Lord ROSEBERY said he would move the third reading of the Fresh Water Fishers (Scotland Bill) on Thursday. Lord DALHOUSIE corrected a misstatement he made a short time ago, in reference to the duties on hides. The Noble Lord then moved the third reading of the Auction Duties Bill, and also the third reading of the Sugar Excise Duties Bill, and the Colonial Pas sengers Bill, which were agreed to. on the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH the Privy Council Appellate Jurisdiction Amendment Bill wont through Committee. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti tion from the parish of Killeagh, in the county of Down, against the grant to Maynooth. The Bishop of LICHFIELD presented petitions against the Maynooth grant. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. There being but Thirty-four Members present at Four o'clock, the House adjourned. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, M 3, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint W. Ferguson, Esq., to be Captain-General and Governor in Chief in and over the colcny of Sierra Ltrne and its dependencies. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 3. .. - UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 2.—ln a Convocation ho lden this da y , the Rev. Carter Hall, M.A., of Trinity Colleg e, Dublin, was ad mitted ad eundem. degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts—Edmond Peel, Bras e nose, Grand Com- In a Congregation holden at the same time, the followin g Philip Chaber ' Queen's • Rev. John Merry, Queen's ; Rev. t Kidd, ehrist Church ; William Latham Bevan, Magdalene pounder; Godfrey Meynell, Brasenose; Rev. John Wallas Hall ; James Bateman, Magdalene ; Rev. James Peers Tweed, Fellow of Exeter; Rev. John Francis Kitson , Exeter; Martin J ose ph Routh, Scholar of Pembroke; Rev. Edwar d Hutton Burnett, Merton. Bachelors of Arts—William J. Evelyn, Banjo' College, Grand Compounder; Edward M. Evans, University Col lege, Grand Compounder; James Barmby, University Col lege ; James Riddell, Balliol College ; Charles Spackma n , New Inn Hall; Robert Ha ke, S t , Edmund Hall; Thomas o Hanbury, St. Edmund H all ; Sa muel Thomas Brandrarn, Wadham College ; Willi am De L ancy West, St. John's ; Tindal Turner, 8.A., ScholarofCol lege; the Rev. H. Po cock, M.A.Trinity College Henry John Ball, St. John's ; Qeorge John Blomfield, Exeter ; John Henry Brookes, Brasenose ; Joseph W. Bar low, Brasenose; Edmun d Swetenha m , Brasenose; Asherton P o T w h n i a s 1 d l, a ß y r a s E d e I n v o a s r e d . The ' Brasenose Public Examin ation, in Dis ciplinis Mathematieis et Physicis, will commen ce on the 19th, of May. The mExa miners are G. F. Donk in, Esq., .A. w as elected Fello w of , reilw ofCollege. University of Queens Co llege ; and the Rev. H enr y Re y nolds, 8.D., Fellow of Jesus College. DURHAM, MAY I.—At a Convocati on h olden on Tuesday last, the following pe rsons were presen ted and admitted ad eundem:— Masters of Arts—The Rev. John Clarke Dixon, University College, Oxford ; the Rev. Samuel Herbert Hawkins, Jesus College, Oxford. Bachelor of Arta --Henry Baker Tri s t ram, Li ncoln College, Oxford. of St. John Prideaux Selby, M.A., nap Cambridge, was ad mitted ad eandem, by vote of the house. The following degrees were _c_onferred ; Masters of Arts —Georg e IlaYton, B.A. ; Rev. William Sweeting, B.A. ; Rev. Christopher Edward Wyvill, B.A. Bachelors of Arts —Georg e Robinson Kewle 3', Edward Smith, John Cooke Tvlden Pattenson, Hugh Robert Cun -I o xham, Frederick I nyngharne, Thomas , - Harvey Freeth, U th • Hopkins liadnall, Thomas n ank Gibson, R. W. S. A. Alderson, Thomas William Wilkinson. Graces were passed for granting a term to four students on account of illness and other special cau ses ; f or setting the seal of the University to certain leases, and for the purchase of some freehold property. The following persons were nominated b y the Warden, and their eol approved by the house for respectiv e o ffi ces : To be Examiners in Th ogy—The Professor ofDivinity the Rev. Robert Hussey, D.D., Christ Church, Oxford, Pro fessor of Ecclesiastical Ilistory in the University of Oxford; the Rev. Thomas Leigh Clanton, M.., Trinity College, Oxford. To be E xam i ne rs in Arts—The Prof es s or o f G ree k ; th e Professor of Mathemati cs ; the Rev. Pi ces C a l ver l ey Cleugh ton, M.A. Un i vers ity College, Oxford; th e R ev . Edward Cockey, Af.A., Wadhant College, Oxford. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Abraham Carlton Cumberbatch, Esq., now British Vice. Consul at Con stantinople, to be her Majesty's Consul-General at Constan tinople. The Queen has also been gracionsly pleased to appoint Charles Duncan Wake, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Co penhagen, to be her Majesty's Consul at Charleston. WHITEHALL, MAY 3. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the most lion. John Marquis of Bute, K T., to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, MAY 5. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Rev. Samuel Wilberforce, Doctor in Divinity, to Dean of the collegiate church of St. Peter, Westminster, void by the promotion of Dr. Thomas Turton, late Dean thereof, to the Bishopric of Ely. Ir ro e p land, at so early a period wa3 never known to b l e o so r of the season, as in the p resent year. This important branch 9r Pl4sban4ry, used tp extend to the month Of June, will be completely finished before the second week of May.—Newcastle Journal, w fi i f izl t e 3 widely years sown in the tlie P son i t a b i° of e Ditto, New... Union of Australia.... Union of L0nd0n..... 2/. ss. 15s. 51. per cent 11. Is. 10!. per ct. 10!. per ct. 1100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 `-STOC; 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 8 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 Dividend per Amount of Share. Annum. G 2% 13 3 / 4 10% 24M 78% 25 ysf, , ”4 139 Si. per cent. 41. per cent. bl. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 5/. per cent, 5/. per cent. 51. per cent Si. per cent. 9 14 155 2 0 0 20 0 0 11 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Price X s. d. 4N 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10e 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 Mr. Wrn. Hancock said he was a partner in a large iron works near Kidderminster. The firm paid from nine to tell thousand pounds yearly. The articles they used were coal, coke, and iron. The coal was got from the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton, and most of the Iron from Shropshire. They also used a quantity of block. tin, which was derived from Bristol. Coal cost them in carriage about 3s. per ton. They had a large export trade through Liverpool, Bristol, Hull, and London. The freights he considered very high, It took them, by the present conveyance, three days to deliver goods in Man_ chester, and five days to deliver them in London or Bristol. He thought the South Staffordshire scheme the best adapted for the district, as involving less expellee than the broad gauge, in the loading and unloading of coal and coke, as these articles, after being taken from the collieries, would have to be unloaded into other wag gons before going along the bedy of the line. The reloading would cause considerable breakage, and depreciate the value. In answer to Mr. ALLEN, the witness said the firm manufac tured a great variety of articles in iron and tin. There were no coal pits around Kidderminster; the coals hid all to be brought from the neighbourhood of Dudley and Wolverhampton. The Committee then adjourned till tomorrow at twelve o'clock. Group N. WEST CORN WALL. The Committee met at twelve o'clock In room No. I . ; the Right Mon. T. B. Macaulay, Chairman. Evidence on the part of the promoters of the line was adduced before the Committee. Mr. Pierce and other witnesses were called, who stated, that the town of Penzance was a place of considerable trade, and that the greatest benefit would be conferred by the line from Penzance to Truro on the inhabitants of the mining districts. After hearing evidence of this character, the Committee adjourned. Group DD. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY BRANCHES TO CAMPSIE, &c. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) .. . . . . Mr. ANDREWS, in reply, said that the dues Ciich had been re ferred to by his Learned Friend, had been defined originally by an Act of Parliament, which had been framed in the reign of James IL, and the tolls were levied on all cattle and goods going orer the bridge. The dues were appropriated to keeping the bridge in sub stantial repair. The usual annual income derivable to the town from the levying of these taxes amounted to 2001. rail way was to be made through the borough ; one had already been constructed, for the purposes of which a viaduct had been erected. The bridge for which the toll was originally granted had never been used for the accommodation of the railway, nor had the road over the bridge ever been interfered with. The railway coin. pany were willing to give a perfect indemnity to the Town Council for all traffic they might have taken away from the bridge. It was proposed to pay them for all loss of traffic, and the bridge not being so much used, the corporation would be at much less expense in keeping it in repair. A clause had been specially introduced into the Bill which expressly provided that no diminution of the council's rights and privileges should be allowed to arise from the making of the railway over the Avon. If the clauses opposed were expunged from the Bill it would have the effect of giving the Town Council a power of stopping alltheir carrier trains, which would occasion great inconvenience and delay to the public. After further considerable discussion, The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had decided the clauses should not stand part of the Bill, and they recommended some arrangement or adjustment should he made between the parties. Mr. Burke, the Parliamentary agent, having introduced a clause for regulating the maximum rate of charges on the Campsie branches, and other clauses, . . Mr. Maxwail. rose, and !aid he appeared to support a petition against the Campsie branches, on behalf of the Trustees of the Inchbally Road. He introduced a plan showing the posi. tion of the road, and that portion of the railway which crosses it. In the Clauses Consolidation Bill the erection of bridges and viaducts over roads were generally provided tor, but, in the present case, that enactment was not sufficiently specific to meet the urgency of the demand. 7he Company contemplated erecting merely a single.span bridge of thirty feet in width across the road ; and he contended that this bridge would be inadequate to, and quite inconsistent with the convenience and safety of the inhabitants. The trustees would be sitisfied w ith a span of thirty feet of roadway, provided that an archway for the accommodation of foot passengers were to be erected on each side. After some discussion, the CHAIRMAN said the Committee re commended that a special provision should be introduced into the Bill for giving thirty feet of roadway, and two footpaths of five feet each for the convenience of foot passengers on either side, to the Inchbally road. . several other clauses, not of public importance, having been pro. posed and agreed to, The CHAIRMAN said he should report the Bill. The next Bill called on was THE SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY, When Mr. CLERK said he wished to submit to the consideration of the Committee a clause as to the expediency of erecting a station on the South Inch at Perth. The object of the clause was to re.. strict the powers of the Sc Atish Central Company for making that particular portion of their line which touched upon the South Inch, untilithe other proposed railway companies should have come to some satisfactorS arrangement for having a general central station. And as the el,gibility of the South Inch was doubtful, it was impossible to limit for a time the execution of the works. The clause, after some slight alteration, was agreed to. Mr. M`NEIL then said he appeared in support of a petition from the trustees of the Redburn Turnpike-road to introduce a clause for regulating the amount of compensation to be paid to them. The clause, however, after some little discussion, was negatived. The remaining clauses were then proceeded with, and were all passed. The Bill was ordered to be reported. A very lengthy discussion between the Committee and Counsel ensued as to tho course to be adopted in proceeeding with the Cale. donian, Clydesdale, and Dumfries and Carlisle. hoes. It was eventually decided that the Caledonian Railway should be taken first, then the Dumfries and Carlisle, and lastly, the Clydesdale. The Committee then adjourned till twelve to morrow. Group Q. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The preamble of this line of railway having been proved yester day, the several clauses came now to be examined. On Clause 8 being read over, Mr. Randall, engineer, was examined by Mr. ROBINSON, at great length, to prove the safety and practicability with which a bridge could be constructed over the Menai Strait, at the place stated. He had no doubt whatever that this was practicable. He also be lieved that the mode proposed to be adopted for carry ing the railway trains over that—of a circular tube of nine hundred feet long, stretching from shore to shore, and ,upported in the centre by a pier erected on the Brittania Rock— was also practicable, and from the mode of its construction, would in no way interfere with the navigation of the straits. Mr. Stephenson was next examined, and gave similar evidence to the last witness. This was the gentleman w•ho suggested the idea of the iron suspension tunnel, through which to convey the railway trains, in preference to the ordinary road way over a suspension bridge. And he explained at great length and minuteness the practicability and efficiency with which his plan could be carried out. He considered that a stone bridge might be more free from vibration, and perhaps more durable ; but he had some doubts as to the praticability of con structing a stone bridge over the Menai Straits, and even if it were practicable, he considered that the Admiralty would not allow its construction, from its likelihood to impede the navigation of the Straits. -.-. To_ a question from Mr. Encorr as to whether the principle of the bridge at Yarmouth, which had lately by its breaking down caused such a loss of life, was the same as that erected over the Manai Straits, he replied that the principle was the same, but there was only one chain ex tending over the Bure, Yarmouth, from which the bridge was suspended, and that in consequence of the increased traffic which had lately taken place over it, and which had never been contemplated by its constructors, it had lately be- Come quite ricketty and insufficient. He thought it quite prac ticable to alter and in prove the present Menai-bridge, so as to afford a safe transit for railway carriages, and this was the mode at first proposed; but the Government last year would not allow this, and it was in consequence proposed that the present plan should be substituted. General Pasley was next examined, and believed that Mr. tevenson's plan was practicable and sound in principle, and saw no reason for dispensing with the suspension chains, after the con. struction of the iron tubes. He thought, however, that the tubes would of themselves be sufficiently strong to support railway carriages with safety. Sir John Rennie thought the site (a mile below the present Menai Bridge), was an eligible one, but not having considered Mr. Ste.. phenson's plan, he did not feel himself in a position to pronounce an opinion upon it. The room was then cleared, and, after a short consultation, we found, on our re.admission, that the Committee had agreed to the clause. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY (No. 2.) Mr. AUSTIN went at great length into the relations which ex. isted between the promoters of this line and the directors of the Birkenhead and Cheater Company, and read the correspond ence which had taken place between them in the year 1844, from which it appeared that an agreement had been entered into by the Birkenhead Company, to connect themselves with the promoters of this line shortly after it had been first proposed, but finding afterwards that they had made a bad bargain, they sought to rescind the agreement, and to throw every obstruction in their power against the present undertaking. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to.morrow. Group 00. YORK AND SCAIMOROUdH RAILWAY DEVIATION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The evidence in this case was resumed. Mr. J. Stevenson was briefly examined; after which, Mr. John Hawkshaw was called—ls engineer to the Leeds and Manchester Railway Company. The crossing proposed by the promoters would be highly dangerous. Their object would be carried out by crossing in the manner preposed by the Great North of England Company, and the advantage would be as great as crossing on a level. The danger arising from the promoters crossing would be greater at night than in the day. Cross-examined by Mr. HOPE—Is engaged on the London and York Railway; that line proposes to cross the Leeds and Selby Railway on the level. Believes there is no rivalry between the Great North of England Company and the York and Scarborough. There is a rivalry between the London and York and the Leeds and Selby. The latter Company do not object to the mode of cross ing their line. Mr. Cubit, civil engineer, was of opinion that the promoters crossing on a level at right angles would be most dangerous to the traffic of both lines. _ ~ • ~Mr. Hope briefly replied, and the room was then cleared. After a a short deliberation the parties were called in and in formed that the Committee were unanimously of opinion that the cressing proposed %by the Great North of England Company was the most advantageous, and the one that should be adopted. The consideration of the clauses of the Bill was then postponed to a future day. THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY (BRID- LINGTON BRANCH). This Bill is to enable the York and North Midland Railway Com pany to make a branch railway from the line of the York and Scar. borough Railway, in the township of Seamer to Bridlington. Mr. HOPE briefly stated the case for the promoters. The scheme was opposed by a rival interest, who claimed compensation for interfering with part of their traffic. The Commissioners of the Bridlington Piers and Harbour, asked for a clause of indem nity. The promoters only interfere with their imports and exports like any other competing interest, and it was well known that no compensation had been given to any such interest. He trusted the Committee would look upon the opponents ie the light of turnpike and road trustees, who were never compensated. Mr. Hunts HILL addressed the Committee on behalf of the Commissioners of the Bridlington Piers and Harbour. Mr. HOPE replied, and the Committee postponed giving their judgment till to-morrow. The Committee rose at Four o'clock. Group 0. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Clauses up to 32 (with the exception of clause 20) having been agreed to, an amendment was proposed by Mr. COCKBURN, on the part of the Grand Junction, that the Trent Valley Company should execute the whole of the line between Stafford and Rugby accord ing to certain agreements entered into, and to prove which Captain Huish, and Mr. Swift, the solicitor to the Grand Junction Railway, were examined, and testified to certain transactions which had taken place between the Trent Valley and the London and fir. mingham Railway, which were contended to have broken good faith with the Grand Junction. After considerable discussion the clause was amended as pro posed. Clauses 40 to 46 were postponed. On clause 47, the question of leasing the line and tolls, was ar;"edill Fsidera ble length. .0.1.1.01.~ LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, ItrBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 6. RAILWAYS. 25 0 0 6 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 IGO 0 0 I 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 15 4 18 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 ,00 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 19 5 8 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 n.arc Paid. X s. d. 2 10 0 ,100 0 0 17 10 0 10 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 14 16 0 3 13 4 0 13 4 10 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 1 5 0 2 10 0 ,100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 '5 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 20 43 0 35 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 1 10 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 0 1 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion •... Alliance Brit. and For 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine. •• • • Atlas ......... .... British Commercial Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County .......... •• • . 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 r 9s. and 1 Crown ••••••• • • • • • • • 61. ss. bs. j 49 0 0 5 0 0 19 Eagle Economic Life SS per ct.,l leo° 0 0 250 0 0 I&3os.bs.j Eng.& Scot. Law Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life •••• • • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 An paid. 20 Freemasons' ..• .••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 142 Guardian ...•. • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 501 A Imperial Fire •.•• • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 195 Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine.. • • I/. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life .. ••••• • • • • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire •.••• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% Loudon Ship Marine .............. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Loan Fund.. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life. Palladium Life.. Phoenix • - - 195 Protector Life •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. A. Provident Life ••.•• • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life Royal Exchange .... • • 5/. per cent. Stock. - 182 Sun Fire .. ..... .. • 6/. 10s. - - Ditto Life ..... - - Universal Life . DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. , Share. -- —__ 1 X S. d. I•X B. d. Zommercial .... last and West India 6%1. pr cent. , Stock. 142 Zast Country ••.• • • • London —•• • • St Katharine ••••• • • • 5 per cent. Stock. 110 Southampton •••• • • • • 4/. per cent. l 50 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 WATEIL-WORKS. i Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- ______ — 1 £ s, d. East London.... •••• • • I 8/. 100 0 0 230 Grand Junction Kent ........ •••• • • • • 2/. 103. 100 0 0 65 Vauxhall .... ... . 51. per cent. 100 0 0 60 West Middlesex .... • . 41. IGs.pr ct. 63 12 9 . 127 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. — X s. d. £ s. d. 1 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 168% British Linen Company 8l• per cent. 100 0 0 228 Commercial Bank ... • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 170 National Bank 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 15% Union Bank of Scotland 7% /. pr cent. 50 0 0 97 Western Bank ..... •• • 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 81 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank .... • • 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank ... Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 5 0 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. 815 0 1415 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1 34 Hercules Insurance Co. 7/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Incur. Co. of Scotlnd • • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur. • • 91. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27N Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 4%1. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 63 Ditto, 4 Shares •. • • 4% L per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 1 5 % Edin., Leith, & Gillian 20 0 0 20 0 0 15% Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4%1. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 62 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37% Dundee & Arbrotk Rail. 51. percent. 25 0 0 All paid. 34 % CANALS. 4 I I Names of 15 Dividend Names of w ,Dividend Price. per Price. Companies. ~ ,,M 1 per Companies. ..2 Annum. co 1 Annum. u) .--.-- - £' £ Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. pc l 72 Monmouthsh 100 91. 160 Ashby-d-la-Zlll3 4/. 70 Miitgoinrysh 100 5/. 98 Barnsley.. 1160, 12/. 180 Macclesfield 100 - 15 Basingstoke: l loo' - 5 Neath ••• • . • 100 20/. 365 Brknlc&Abrg 1.501 5/. 85 Nottingham . 150 121. 260 Cromford .. • • 1001 181. 160 Peak Forest .78 31. 40 Dudley .•• . • • iOO 4/. 80 Regent's .•• • 33 11. 24 Derby ••• • .. 100, 8/. 103 Rochdale .. •• 85 41. 55 Elisinre&Chs,l33, 4/. 58 Shropshire • • 1 25 81. 120 E re wash •• . 1100; 321. 440 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123 Forth & C1y3 , 100 41. 105 Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctlllloo, 71. 124 Stffrd&Worc,l4o 28/. i 480 Grand Union,loo, U. 10s. 2b Shrewsbury.. 125 15/• 230 Glamorgnsb .1172', 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 20/ . • Glstr&Brklyi l oo. - 8 Strtfrd on Av 79 U. 10s. 360 Grantham • • , 150 , , 124 199 Severn p . nd , 30 u .... 1: -1 ",:irsileili 57 , - 20 Wye liall.l 26 11. 89. 2s l K ennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 7 Tnit & Mr-1 L a ncaster .•• 47 1/. 10. 40 v 4 ,, vi 41 4 . s ~ .v, 3ta. 450 Leeds& Livrp 100, 4i I. 010 Tliatni&Med 19 , ig Le wescor ...1.,140 Tor. 110 Worcstr &1 . 1' ' Leicstr&Ntlil 83 41. 70 Bi n . n u ic , t 7,, 50 Loughboroghl42 , 70/. 11050 Wil ts & ' 1 -I 41. 1111 w1 6 71 11. 4. 11 41. 1 1. 4s R*' - Paid SUMMARY OF NEWS AND - - Pubitt izotitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French Court, it is understood, will leave the Tuileries next week for Neuilly, where they will reside for the season. The Commerce says, M. Guizot's duties of office are distributed among three substitutes, General Sebastiani, holds levees, M. De Barante does the laborious work, and M. Duchatel signs documents. The Overland Mail brings news from Bombay to the Ist of April, China to the 7th of February, Calcutta to the 21st, and Madras to the 23d of March. Price. 4 s re 137 The expedition commanded by Sir Charles Napier, against the refractory tribes on the borders of Sinde, has been completely suc. cessftil. 4% 3% Oyi 3.3'4 The confusion in the Punjaub is greater than ever, and the EH. tish troops, which have assembled in large numbers in the neigh. bourhood of Ferozepore, will probably be invited to interfere to re store order and drive back Akbar Khan, who threatens Peshawur. The Grand Council of Berne, on the 2Sth ult., voted an indemnity of 105,000 francs to be paid to Lucerne for the Bernese prisoners, who are still in the power of that canton. The Grand Council of Argovia had also voted not only in favour of an indemnity of 300,000 francs to Lucerne for their 600 prisoners, but an amnesty for all political offences committed by the Catholic party in Argovia in 1841, on account of which many persons were still under punish ment or in banishment. &AU/ AND PDXICW. I 20 1 ,i 11 61). IY' 213, 16 At Guildhall John Glover was reexamined before Aldermen Humphery, Kelly, and Johnson, upon an information exhibited by the Solicitor of the Customs for assisting and being concerned in carrying and conveying thirty-five pounds of tobacco, unshipped from a vessel, customs and other duties not being first paid, whereby he had forfeited 100/. After a lengthened investigation 224 J the Aldermen inflicted a fine of 1001. 112 At Lambeth, Edward Armstrong, a mechanic, was charg«l with deserting his wife and three children, and leaving them chargeable to Lambeth parish. He was committed to prison for fourteen days' hard labour. William Ferguson, who has been before committed from Queen. square for annoying the Hon. R. Fitzgibbon, was charged with repeating the offence. Mr. Bond said that there was not the slightest excuse for defendant's conduct, in continually annoying Colonel Fitzgibbon in this way. He must call upon defendant to enter into his own recognisances of 201., and one respectable per. son in 10/., to keep the peace towards complainant for the next three months.—Defendant was the►► locked up. 1864 103 42 T 34 no COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Archbishop of Dublinantifa,Qyia7efeTtTOwn for a short sojourn at Tunbridge Wells. The Earl of Harrowhy continues in rather a feeble state of health. The Nob.e Earl was well enough yesterday to take a carriage airing. Lady Augusta Fitzclarence and Miss Frederica Fitzclarence have left the Burlington Hotel, and taken possession of their new residence in Arlington-street. Earl and Countess Amherst are passing the season at Knowle park, near Sevenoaks. Viscount and Viscountess Holmesdale and family are expected at the Noble Earl's mansion, in Grosvenor street, in the course of the ensuing week, from Montreal, Kent. The Earl of Glasgow has left town for the north. Lieut. Howard Featherstonhaugh, Aide de Camp to his Excel. lency Lord Heytesbury, has arrived at the Army and Navy Club St. James's-square, from Dublin. The Earl of Clanearty has left town for his seat, Garbally-park, near Ballinasloe. - Viscount St. Vincent has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from his seat in Staffordshire. Sir George Warrender has taken a mansion in Upper Berkeley. street, for the season. The Earl of Cardigan's new purchase, the Reindeer yacht, is fitting eut at Lymington for summer cruising. MISCELLANEOUS. A deputation from the operative jewellers of Birmingham has arrived in town for the purpose of presenting to her Majesty and Prince Albert some unique and elegant specimens of cunning craftsmanship in that department of mechanical art. The articles intended for the Queen consist of an armlet, a brooch, a pair of ear-drops, and a cestus buckle; those for Prince Albert consist of a watch-chain, seal, and key. These peerless bijoux are of great value, not so much in respect to the gold and gems of which they are composed as for the artistic skill that produced them. These rare specimens of British ingenuity will be accompanied by respectful and loyal addresses, setting forth the grounds upon which they are respectfully offered. The artists pray that her Ma jesty may graciously be pleased to accept and wear these humble offerings, as the example thus set by the Sovereign may promote the revival of this branch of native industry, now in a depressed condition ; while it is hoped that the patronage bestowed upon the tine arts by the Prince Ct.nsort may be extended to that higher branch of mechanical art. In the execution of these elegant or. narnents, 22 different trades were employed. Shortly after midnight on Wednesday last a fire was dis. covered raging in the house of Mr. Payne, a baker in Faversham, and in an adjoining house occupied by a person named Sims. On an alarm being given, the occupants of both houses were speedily got out, but a servant girl of Mr. Payne, it appears, had returned to the house for something to cover her, and was suffocated by the smoke. The body was found in the morning but slightly burned. Upon inquiries being made by the agent for the insurance companies, and other official persons, Sims, the occupant of the house adjoining that of Mr. Payne, was taken into custody on a charge of setting fire to the premises. A coroner's inquest was held yesterday on the body of the servant girl, and was adjourned for further evidence. The grand dress morning performance, which is announced to take place on the 19th inst., in favour of the distressed needle women, is likely to be attended with complete success. Amongst the patronesses are their Graces the Duchesses of Norfolk, Su therland, and Bedford; as also the Marchioness of Abercorn, the Countesses of Sefton and Kenmore, and the Ladies Aylmer, Stanley, Campbell, &c. The following is the answer of Mr. Macaulay to another remon strance from some of his constituents against his vote on the May nooth Bill :—" I have no apologies or retractations to make. I have done what I believed, and believe, to be right. I have op posed myself manfully to a great popular delusion. I shall continue to do so. I knew from the first what the penalty was; and I shall cheerfully pay it." Yesterday the sale of the fifth portion of the library of the late Duke of Sussex, after lasting twelve days, was concluded at Messrs. Evans' rooms in Pall.mall. The number of lots disposed of was 2,956. The sum they realised amounted to near 2,5001. The sixth and concluding portion of the sale will shortly take place. The General Steam Navigation Company's favourite maii-packet Princess Royal, Captain Gibbs, which arrived in the river yester day from Hamburgh, accomplished the passage in a little above fifty hours, against a head wind and heavy sea. WEST INDIES. SOUTHAMPON, MAT 5. The Clyde, Captain Symonds, arrived at half-past nine, P.M., bringing the mails from Tampico to March 26 ; Vera Cruz, April 2 ; Havannah, April 10; Honduras, March 20 ; Jamaica, April 8; Demerara, April 4; Trinidad, April 5; Barbadoes, April 8; Grenada, April 10 ; St. Thomas's, April 15 ; La Guayra, April 3 ; Bermuda, April 20. On Freight-486,635 dollars, 176/. British coin, 150 oz. gold dust, 691 oz. of silver, 93 serons of cochineal, 13 serons of jalap, 300 oz. of plata brueta. She also brings 72 passengers and 13 invalids, amongst whom are—His Excellency P. P. de Oliver, from Vera Cruz, Spanish Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Mexico ; the Hon. Mr. Dakin, Speaker of the House of Assembly at St. Vincent; the Non. Mr. Claxton, Attorney-General at St. Kitt's. The Ex-President General Santa Anna was still imprisoned in the fortress of San Carlos de Perote. Two of the ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice had been down there to take his deposi. tion, and had returned to Mexico after executing their commis sion. The general opinion in the city was that he would be con. demned to death, but that the sentence would not be carried into effect, and in lieu of it he would be banished the country for ever. All his property had been sequestrated by the Government, and will probably be confiscated, with the exception of the estate Mange de Clavo, near Vera Cruz, which was bought with 11 e dowry of his former wife, and belongs to his children. It is believed that the present Government cannot hold out long, and that the old federal party will get into power. Gomer Farias, formerly President, and who had been banished for some years, has returned to the country, and may probably be elevated to the Presidency. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT WATERLOO-BRIDGE.— Yesterday forenoon considerable excitement prevailed on the centre of Waterloo.bridge, in consequence of a man, named Edward Armstrong, of Eaton-street, New.cut, making a most desperate attempt to commit suicide. It appears that he had absconded from his home for some time, leaving his wife and family chargeable to the parish of Lambeth. Information was forwarded on Saturday to the parochial officers at the workhouse, who directed Dunn, the officer, to proceed to Drury-lane, where he was residing. Dunn succeeded in taking him into custody, and when on the middle of Waterloo-bridge, he ran into one of the recesses on the western side, and attempted to leap over the balustrades; but before he could get over, Dunn seized his legs, and with assistance dragged him back again. He was removed to the workhouse, and subsequently to the Lambeth Police.court, in Kennington-lane. — DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday afternoon, be tween four and five o'clock, Mr. E. Turner, of the Rising Sun, Brooksby-street, Barnsbury.road, Islington, was robbed of a small cash-box, containing notes and gold to upwards of 1101. The robbery was effected by three men, who were hanging about the house for some time, and of whom he had received a quantity of silver, for which he returned gold, and having occasion to go to the cellar a short time afterwards the robbery was effected. He unfor. tunately exhibited his cash-box at the time of giving change, which the thieve. took note of, and having left it in the bar parlour, in his absence, they secured it and got safe off. We regret to announce the serious illness, from paralysis, of Lord Carbery, at his seat, Castlefreke, county Cork. His Lordship is a representative Peer, and in the SOth year of his age. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, May 5. AUCTION DUTIES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill for the remission of the auction duties, The Duke of RICHMOND said that he should move that this Bill go into Committee this day six months, on the ground that it was uncalled for by the country and injurious to the agricultural interests. The Government, by their late measures, had brought distress upon the agricultural interests, and he should like to know how the farmer was to go on, if they continued removing the trifling protection he already possessed. When he asked for a repeal of the Malt Tax, the Minister said it was impossible to get a revenue sufficient to make up for it ; and when the Minister was asked to contribute 300,0001. or 400,0001. to the county rates, he turned round and said it would be of no use to the agricultural interest. Thus, on the one hand, it was too little•'and on the other hand it was too much. Ibe landed inte rest had to pay for the maintenance of every prisoner a antod inflicted pay for on taken upon the land, and to pay for half his prosecution at the sessions or the assizes. Now, he should like to know upon what principle these werechargleaes.ryishha, the agricultural interest. Again, the support of clergymen in every p Government compelled them to zrovide a chaplainl.et the all their w h gaols e a n m d a w n u o t r a k c h tl o t u r i s n es . Now,interest he eouslhd o s u a l y d liketo tthis extent. They had to maintain the wives and children of prisoners, and when they were transported, if the prisoner had any property it went to th e C rown, and nweetretoanthyereecouognntyisratees; and, f . on the other h an d, if t h ere p l N e l n e a t l h t y e r . Now, h e should"lyted the C rown rece i ve d t h e it was ri g ht th t tiekaegitiocualtsakratihienirterLesotrdshshoiopfsd, bear'ahlietiwleouloksis,p‘rvohpiloesetah that Crown received all the profit? pay half of th e county rate, andacontonvheortnemartthoshsoautakel timey from 20 to 50 per cent. to the poor-rates of the It was not fair that tho whole of the er-- inflicted o n coo ,arty, " and to 4 -• - _ e ense should be would move that Ova '..- . country. ..,.m3tish that principle he months. .....iit be committed that day six I rn• xne Earl of DALHOUSIE said the auction duty was a most demoralising tax, and frequently led to the com mission of perjury. It was one, too, which pressed mol t severely neon the poor, while at the same time it was 'convenience to the rich. The poor man was obliged to pay the duty, but the rich man resorted to an auction to ascertain the value of his property, and then sold it by private contract. Now, let their Lord shipa add to these considerations the fact, that the tax was one of an entirely unproductive character, and he was sure the House would be ready to admit with him that Government was not to blame in seeking to remove it. He considered that the present was a tax which the Government was bound to do away with, and they had brought forward this measure for the purpose of doing so, on the grounds he had stated. He would not retort on his Noble Friend, because he did not wish any bitter ness of spirit to be introduced in the measure. lie was more anxious to prove to his Noble Friend that the attacks he had made on the Government were unfounded, than to retort upon him. He de fied his Noble Friend to show what were the articles in the tariff that had produced the results to which he had alluded. The Canada Corn Bill was not one of those measures that had been productive of the evils to which his Noble Friend had alluded. The importation of live stock could not have produced such an effect, for what was that importation? About 4,0001b5., which was but a sma ll quant i ty compared w i th •he con sumption of this country. The quantity of meat con sumed in this country was no less than 234,248,0001 b. per annum, while the importation was only about 3,800,0001 b. ; was, it therefore, possible that they could have the effect of driving people to a workhouse, or producing the evils which had been alluded to. Then with respect to timber, he defied his Noble Friend to say that the reduction of the duty on that article had not been productive of great benefit to the consumer of that article. Then, again, the reduction of the duty no cot ton ; was not that of importance, he would ask, to the agriculturist?—(Hear, hear.) Then, with respect to coffee ; was it to be said that that was not an article of great consumption among the agriculturists ? And, if it was so, could it be said that the reduction of the duty on that article was not a great boon ?—(llear, hear.) What was the fact? Why, the duly on that article, in the first instance, was 16d., fern that it had been reduced to Bd., then to 61, and lastly, to 4d.—(Hear, hear) —on colonial coffee. Then with respect to sugar ; had not a great Lenefit been conferred on agriculture by the re duction of the duty on that article ?—(Bear hear.) And the same observation might be made with repect to glass. The Duke of RICHMOND—We do not grow glass, but we do timber.—( Laughter.) The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that his Noble Friend might joke, bat notwithstanding that, he should not be deterred from his assertion, that the reduction of the duty - on glass had been of great benefit to the agricultural interest. There were other classes who were not in a condition to object to the im position of these duties whose case was equally hard with that of those to whom his Noble Friend had alluded, and who might bring the very same objection. But he was bound to maintain that the tariff had been instrumental not only in promoting commercial prosperity, but also in improving the condition of the agricultural classes ; and if a discussion were to be raised on the several items of the schedule, he was prepared to defend every one of them, and to show that the agricultural classes had not been neglected by the Government. The Earl of MALMESBURY said that, unwilling as he was to intrude upon the attention of the House, he could not refrain from accepting the challenge which the Noble Lord had just thrown out. He would not descend into particulars, but he would beg to draw the memory of his Noble Friend back for a period of three years. It would be recollected what were the principles upon which the present Govern ment began their reign, and what the expectations were which the country had formed on their first taking office. Three years ago they were told that the burden of the income tax would be unfelt because the remission of duties upon other articles would so decrease expenditure. There was another subject to which he thought it necessary to allude. The re. mission of duties on timber had been classed with the remis sion of duties on glass. The agriculturists might be benefited in some small indirect way, but that benefit would be very largely exceeded by the injury which they would have to en dure by the competition of foreign timber without our own. Lord MONTEAGLE must say a few words, for if the Noble Duke on the cross benches should divide the House, he felt bound to go out with him, though he should vote on different grounds to those which the Noble Duke had assigned. The auction duty was about to be remitted, not only without any pressure from without, but in the absence of all complaint. it was a duty not diminishing, or likely to diminish, for, during the last ten years, it had increased 50,0001. The Govern ment had calculated upon erroneous data for their surplus. That surplus was only about 150, , '001., and grounded on the assumption that the sugar duties would bring a large sum. It was expected that the greatest bulk of sugar would be in troduced at the higest duty, and would amount in quantity to 365,000 cwt.; but the contrary was the fact, for by a table now upon their Lordships' House it appeared that the sugar brought in was of the lower qualities, and the quantity was not more than 2,283 tons, making a difference of nearly 300,000/. a year in the duty it would yield. His objection to this measure was that they were parting with this revenue at a time that they could but ill afford it, and he begged the House to observe that he did not agree with the Noble Duke who had moved an amendment, because he was far from think ing the agricultural interest had any just right to complain of the Government. There was nothing in the conduct of the Government calculated to injure that interest ; and he was therefore somewhat surprised to hear the remarks which fell from the lips of the Noble Duke. He was prepared to contend that all the former measures of the Government, which the Noble Duke alleged inflicted evil on the agricul tural interest, had, on the contrary, a tendency to improve it. The Canada Corn Bill, which was one of the most important of those measures, had certainly lowered the price of wheat in this country ; hut this fact was no proof that it had inflicted injury on the agricultural interest. Then, on the other hand, instead of that interest having been neglected, Parliament had always evinced a onerous desire to entertain any proposition of a practical nature, which was calculated to improve or relieve that in terest. For instance, the duty, some short time ago, was taken off the leather consumed in making shoes for agricultu ral labourers, while the taxes were removed from all horses, carts, and dogs used for agricultural purposes. The Noble Duke had asked, why the manufacturing interest was not taxed to the same extent as the agricultural ? Now, in his opinion, it would be more wise in the supporters of the agriculturist to seek for a removal of the burdens imposed on manufacturers, instead of calling upon Parliament to augment them. The best customer of the agriculturist was the manufacturer; and t t r e a i r l p L r o o r d d u sh ce i E s a d m in i g o h r t e r ight d epend to upon complaint the f unjust consumertaxoaft taxation itchu than the producer. On these grounds he should vote for the amend ment. Before he sat down, however, there was another point which he wished to bring under their Lordships' consideration. The income-tax was introduced in a time of exigence, and it was, therefore, thought advisable that her Majesty should con tribute to it. Now, as that time of exigency bad passed, he thought the Sovereign ought not to be called upon to pay either the income or property-tax. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said the auction duties had frequently led to the commission of fraud, and on that account he was glad to see the Government were about to remove them. He did not altogether agree with his Noble Friend that the pre sent measures of the Government would be of no advantage to the agricultural interest. In his opinion, the removal of the duty on glass would prove a source of great benefit to the agriculturist. Lord STANLEY said great misapprehension existed on the effect of the import duties, and to prove his assertion, be begged to call the attention of their Lordships to the following facts In 1843 the quantity of salt pork imported into this country was 7,600 cwt., and in 1644 i t was !,090. In 1843 the quasi- tity of beef imported was 3,400 cwt., and in 1844, 999 cwt. In 1843 the quantity of bacon was 2,006 cwt., and in 1844 it was 280 cwt. Lord BEAUMONT declared his intention to sur g ed the measure, because he b e li eve d t h e varying and chanealsi e cha racter of the auction duties led not only to great inconve nience, but to the committal of immense fraud. The Marquis of NORMAN BY, as he understood the Noble Duke intended to take the sense of the House on the question, wished to state that he should vote with him, not because be objected altogether to the measure, but on the ground that these reductions in taxation were calculated to render the in come-tax perpetual. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and their 'Lord ships divided, when there appeared— Contents Non-Contents Majority —lB The Bill a third ßillth time. then went through Committee, and was ord ere d to be CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then moved the cow•mittal of the Customs Duties Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND moved, as an, tXnendment, that the Bill be committed that day six months. The LORD CHANCELLOR having put the question, de clared that the contents had it. The Bill then wen.: through Committee, and upon the schedules being r at, The Duyz of RICHMOND again urged upon the House tha 'necessity of protecting the agricultural interest. The Earl of DALHOUSIE denied that the interests of the agriculturists had either been injured or forgotten in the present measure. After some observations from the Earl of WINCHILSEA and the Earl of DALHOUSIE, the Bill passed through Committee. The House then resumed, and the report was brought up, When the Duke of RICHMOND proposed that bark and other articles of a similar kind be left out of the schedule. On this motion the Bill we:s recommitted, when, After a few words from Lord STANLEY, the motion was negatived. The report was then brought up, and the schedule was agreed to. The House resumed, the report was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 5. RAILWAY GROUP Q. Lord G. SOMERSET said that if any Member, whe ther from Ireland, Scotland, or England, did not attend when summoned by the Committee of Selection, he (Lord Granville Somerset) should certainly propose to the House that such Member be committed to the cus tody of the S ergeant -at-Arras.—(" Hear, hear," and cries of " Move, move.") Sir G. GREY begged to move that the Eon. Member for 'Winchester (Mt. B. Escott) be dirr. , .eted to attend upon a Railway Committee to-morrow. The SPEAKER having put the question that Mr. Bingham Escott be directed to attf,:nd upon the Railway Committee, Group Q, to-morrov;—(Laughter), Mr. ESCOTT said the Right Hon. Gentleman oppo site misunderstood the reasons which he gave for not attending the Committee. He did not re fuse to attend because be preferred !Ring on a public. Committee. What he meant to state was, that it was incompatible with hi s d uty on the public .ommittee attend upon a railway Committee also. Not only as it seemed to him did he exercise a sound discretion, in re fusing, but he took the only course that would enable to him to perform his duty to the House. The gallery was then cleared for a division but none took place. On our entrance Mr. HUME was addressing the lions?, and gave o tice that on Friday he would movc: for a call of the House, and that wry Member not present be requested to attend on tini day ten days. Lir,; - DON AN!) CROYDON RAILWAY. 'Lord JERMYN moved the F.. - eeond reading of the London and Croydon Bill. those towns There was a very large populationz would not object Dr. BOWRING said 7. few words in that had been named ; but t rn hey .ded no otlver line to the formation of the line, nf p vi town Newmarket . fi e con .onpposition to it. was to be rim near the Bill be read a second time that day 1 six mon conceived that that House should Mr. . 3 HOWARD not delegate its powers to the Board of Trade, and he eluded by.movinghtsh.at the