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I lls 7 13"4-4 0 10 Wiassi.raissowevelirmirsessissiesesemmisiamo 0 lea from L on d on, b y land, i s Bs. per ton f or Per ° ds• The freight from the former town to Leeds Is 2s. 6d. beightauet W L t er and to floole I s. 6d. per quarter for malt and grain. The t4,,oreen 13 eccles and Yarm ou th i s 2 s. 6,1 a last for corn, 2,000 ot, he ' w inch is annually conveyed to the latter port. The number 412 ' 0P 0 , Pa'aing through Rantham to London annually is 300 , 0, ta te bullocks If the Dim, Beccles, and Y ar mouth Railway k ke tonstru cted the t ra T c in those districts would doubtless Woet4P i t. The w id t h of the narrowest part of the r i ver ee ry a e Y is 98 feet, an d an embankment along its edge serves to ki d eft w aY the water from upwards of 800 acres that surround it, Croa"::_allY Prevents a ll poss ib ility of floods. ki joittin 4inin ed by Mr. GIRDEN—Has sometimes seen the road kpi !the river flooded two feet deep. During the last winter %et :_ th " flooded three or four times. Supposing that the t kbeb.tuatead of escapinr ,. by the marshes as at presen,t were no lisiu m ed bY the embanknent from overflowing, it would unques if"..Yß.flood the whale country round. hild r ent 'chard Thornton examined by Mr. WILDE—Is a brewer, 1 5,0 00 bat Y armouth, and sends annually between 10,000 and . !Nu ts of beer to London. During four years his 'tad car7onted to a total of 232,8031. Bs. 10d. The leakage . by rk,"age is very considerable, and by rail that and the objections .er,Zise would be avoided. 41/4:lBe3tanained by Mr. LEE—Has not carried on the business % edef , 34, at which time he became bankrupt. A Mr. Daykin . hi m, but not a twentieth part of the original trade is 41 14 04 `' . 4. Steamers are now carrying goods from Beccles to , the rat e of Is. 10d. per ton. kr; W. , . Metcalfe examined by Mr. WILDE—Is a soap-manufac b464 ; farm outh, sendi ng upwar d s of 260,0(10 tons per annum to te e , — d oer not send more than 30 . ton . s to . Diss, which is obliged b craft, butt he navigation is very uncertain, from h nt 11 " ding to which it is subject. All the present traffic it t. 2.. Would go on the railway, by . Diss, if completed ; and irTenal feeling of Yarmouth is consequently in favour of C44. x a , 144 bit, In fined by Mr. GIRDEN—Is sure that the feeling o f the h t tl la in favour o f t h e line; an d considering that it will nt, &'" great accommodation to the traffic from Yarmouth to 44 1141,; (14 1e satisfledthat its importance is palpab:e and un- Nio 4t .... lld flen and Mr. Charles May gave similar evidence of the adva ntages of the line ; end 4,raittee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP L. % he 811101:r mix ATMOSPHERIC LINE. iheett-clittee resumed this morning, Mr. E. B. Denison in the I,l4,theeltil arnitt r ination of the Hon. G. Norton was continued, respect , %„ e4 th a , tone to Lord Grantley's property, when it was a screen were erected at the place where the train t etdbe e' li Z _ . the cutting, the danger from frightening the horses i t ted • , I. ' • C Ino Q stated that there was no error in ne '" ta s ID the plans deposited with the clerk of the peace, to produce it, but apAx intimated that, as the plan lodged with the clerk VII of : c ould not be obtained without an o r der from th e Mt♦c House of Commons, the Committee would be satis fr Qq,„ Plans in the h a nds of the B oar d o f T ra d e. 44740 Na then ca ll e d itiff!efil ‘ ._ B l ) arkes, of Gosden House, who stated that he had lyltsb ii 7s of land there, and had expended upwards of 4,0001. lrs 4 l l l l4 i rr dl _ag and restoration of his house. The property w as / ° W, and the proposed line would entirely de s troy th e 4,7 Wonersh, and would greatly affect his other pro. 1• 0 4 t. 'WalMing, beginning at the first field and ending at IN the ere. Akt4liAtt, -r .-examination of Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. Sparkes IN N i t i :ri ' l e line laid down by Mr. Denton would , pass through and through a vale which was thickly studded with ts4444.'clidences, but the line would not cut off any of the kN i kte. ~,.l ate lY attached to the house, except through the devia yleitti•Lneere was a turnpike road about fifty or sixty yards ti,4ll', at or the house, and there was a parish road about 200 kt 714,544: there was no inconvenience whatever from either II„he he There was a field opposite his house in which kiln, but from that he experieneed no nuisance. kime:lirtie°-eXamination of Mr. GUNNING, Mr. Sparkes stated ) 4 1 1 vi,,.. l Goked upon the woods of the opposite hill, and com. kt5 . 4 1 4 . 0 „ - _ , of the country. , Cie, the engineer, stated that he had examined th e pl an Mr . Denton, and he was of opinion that the line was 1 11, lis e, gradients better, and earthworks less than on the pro )1,;t1 14 h Re h a d merely looked at the line in an engineering Vete ~e d, made an estimate of the expense of both li n e s . S t lhle:1 bridges on t h e d epos i te d li ne, an d 17 on the de 4t,:t4„eaell being 15 feet high from the curve of the to t It he , mrface of the rail. The expense would be 57,0004 lt i llat4 . 4 " on theother 45,0001., but this did not include the ate, The width of ballast at the bottom w ou ld b e 24 f eet. 11, ' L amination of Mr. GUNNING, Mr. Locke stated that le r Il k ...would be shorter, and would cost 12,0001. less. the case of Lord Grantley. 1 4s .gt 0 was t pas called by Mr. RavemssoN, but was interrupted 4 01 ee 'llsio. who s t ate d that Mr. Denten had returned, and 1 44 it ilitetake r tained that the plans deposited at th e P r i va t e Bill t lir k , e 11 ,4 f rom those dep os it e d w ith th e c l er k o f t h e peace, S et.t. N erefor e necessary to decide what course should be Ada Pla ns deposited with the clerk of th e peace were l atne 11,,k, co nversation it was ruled that the objection should 1 4:t d. hkri cat ion of Mr. Keane then proceeded; and he stated , h . l "eYedred tporno the operty at o Wnersh, an that if the line e adhe part of the residen d tial property of 61kilicaq4Zo Uld nulci be touched by the railroad. N o p or ti on o f be seen from the grounds or the house except ih th u nce from the second-floor windows. He had him 4111;tse/. e house and had sent two other gentlemen to the k) lain ' • , .whether it could be seen, but they were refused _ Sil a pr tie '"e railway was screened by lofty timbers, especially ble the railway and the viaduct could only be seen at a 4 41 ce. it h i lett rC a nd, of Albury-park, was called by Mr. RAWLINSON, , t \ p "'lt b t ,"` In front of his house there was a large conical rock, i sZnsd o — w i n n d a t n ha r t rock va t l h ie e y t , rain could not be seen, but it passed during its progress through which 4 44 t l il a t i tin een fr a om r" the house. ,54: 11 4t and was cross-examined by Mr. GUNNING, and ~ t s,iish"cat injured one house would, under similar circum qtZtlittlinother ; and, therefore, what was disagreeable to 4 at..114Z be very pleasant to Lord Grantley. He preserved * NiNZ 4 rn, and he did not think that his Lord s hip' s ph ea . Z a ,_ ll,l be any the better for the trains. '‘c then adjourned until to-morrow. Ivr ll oa, GROUP P. 80 0 -.k r° - WALES RAILWAY. 41 1 k kli 4 girth4rt ANT ADJUDICATION. 4.' 1 ' 4 opd ere eject a . - L.ei, aesembling of the Committee this morning the lee mer e 'to be cleared of strangers, and none but Counsel itZetrolelit.. emitted . During this interval, ‘,„ or ' th e a nnounced that, in consequence of . what had c l tly 0 oe tto :ecretary of the Admiralt) last night in the li t t ote,,,osed . 4 s. who had stated that the Admiralty were 1 0bi t Itte e `° the construction of a bridge across the Severn, ..I th . " 4. e°osidered it necessary to consult the Speaker on 0 e !et% t a, k : t i‘tin, / ,: f the Committee and the readmission of strangers, 0.,,,, he mi said the Committee, after much anxious delibe liitletote t g had the advice of the Speaker on the subject, 111 t°11 °Wing decision, which he would read— li,elit;iPreeed""ec are of opinion that although the preamble of i t i t , °, th e Nis, to ' the success of the whole scheme of the South lk i tiOettiir_.entirely depends on that part of the works to Nlve sti 41 tY have objected, they cannot consent to proceed lChd,.Ofe ep . gati4 n of a measure which the promoters have not NI,. `eiti „ -44 Plishin g ~ 0, i 1 ,11 4 4 C t. °1 . the Committee . was ordered to be reported to the Oh kaoe Ned ° hiee k tki t d i tee to this course, and requested that the Corn etikviskbeed4B44lb for a period to report the Bill to the House, as Slt *l C l le teti Or ar le to communicate further with the Admiralty, L tti.,, ra cgement might he made. After the great ex- SiSateor-erornoters of the Bill had been put to, a little delay cit.e k rtie e dt° them. A delay of a week, in order to ascer- Sath -..riv , t i. i t b i ,, : hat were the views of the Admiralty on the desirablethe 114 I ll ' it 't4 t. ile 1141 forxou mean for the Committee to abstain from % It , e t y r......,,e a certain period ? i tt h, t - o e oth . z 8 , Sir. To delay the report for a week, and if 4 .1 .le t4 tvi t ,, ln g should come before the Committee to alter ti ti los , A l' theY can make their report accordingly. 1 rtt ttee, Il b e observed that it was perfectly competent to ONtiietioi7 instruct any Member of the House to bring for- I . 4 Y.,_, rei ,_ °4 the subject, and the re-committal of the Bill, ',Cu.-vete 'get be effected ' llehmilt,;.,°lWersation, Mr.. TALBOT withdrew his proposition, e;:tO,l.l7a.:,uered to be reported to-night. . t4, 1 1,,, i t ether discussion on the subject is expected to kle t .: e ratie n or AL_ t w ean the Monmeuth and Hereford Railway will -''°, ar ,:achy week. `°•te: '' ai lway scheme will be brought before the rt. "? morning, until which time they adjourned. tr hoktoitk IIL III I GROUP SS. , 4 /r, XIEDWORTH, AND NUNEATON t t St iti tot D RAILWAY. tikkiti lie l tie , Mittee on this group re-assembled at the usual hour t 11444;41 Proceeded with the negative evidence against the .!:ii li V o i ttr ad art d b ov , L arld Nuneaton Railway. A t , d - Pos ed ..., a banker, and solicitor at Nuneaton, said li t , l'e t t lte , line would not benefit Nuneaton, in so far as it k 'Ot k of l i t ? t ii " i e carried on to Leicester ; and in the event of the " 4 117 th ll4 eal o - h bei ng thrown out , it would not come within three ,it t NOk l ie en - „,' In his opinion ' a better line could be marked ;it; 4 , uttlodation of the distrricts of Coventry and Ne' * li,. 4. Y1 le a ll ironmonger and manufacturer, at Nuneaton, Ile of thatNeainted with . the railway wants of the neigh. ~ t o to w , 0 ;se, to th . L A line which was intended to afford ac. t . Y, b e Op on, ' t o wn must run to the westward, and not to ,Vai t • Wi tr th io ground he objected to the railway. I,' 4 4 4 trob o I 'ms. a manufacturer of blue bricks and tiles, at e liti si teil ► de gat rative testimony. t'llt t 4, 4 t th t e ',,, k •P., owner of the Griff Colliery, had paid Ne ° lf oe : 0 - "e Proposed line of railway. He was made ac ielidit'bj eo es 4 id rB e it was to take just before the plans were de. b, i t t oriae t . e ed it then, and he still considered it to be a I , 4 Vi i i t def t t ` h 'lnt Beginning at the Trent Valley, he v NI 0 k t !lat ....° Population and the minerals, and failed ete l 01, 11 .,, - `o t — ` ° Mmodation to the manufacturers of the ` l :l l;44 :li t Zer. ° Y had a right to expect. The company , 14 "hive Pro to bind themselves by certain Zet % d h oti i; °4l d, in some respect, remove his public opposi- N i * lts m tk lli t ,: i t ii ° opposing the Bill in conjunction with the I t t i ti,‘ °,° p rou r am Company, who had obtained an agree- Me th, i 't teat cram that was not compatable with the pro ewthe pp arr angement were carried on, he was clearly of -"Ve4ittlatiok'esent railway could not be made within the Nit 4 ait le, ° all e 4, ei th, he t , 4 lf we sanction the line it is quite impos. t „ 4 gtle li ot ' r ade * ie. 4 4 1 1 1 Co ki ; the arrangements made with the London and 'e l ; b til ° had a i n , are carried. These arrangements involve st l i i iNt ll4. t at. h. 4 w aYs sought to obtain. tli, 4 ' OrreZ e U rged upon the Committee the necessity for d, ge e to ki ht eit t l ci i.lll o ° .. n is t , e disclosed. h ti * 4 4 vt,,,Nl e, fo b r "' they had better bring Mr. Newdegate's 1 11 1 , e t , tile %lit e .° they discussed that point. k i.. t oti. Netts weld the line, if it were sanctioned as laid le? 0 ,. 14 lie ) kii °4l,l not accommodate Bedworth and Schil- Ott; non e it , r e i. w of his own knowledge, that a better Ili, t q t. otis ebei,.. ' e ct out, and one too which presented i *4 to "eetin • • O oo, e t i ti re th e .fl difficulties. It would be more 1, re eti L and il district that the line should run to thi t int o Vi ol et to th e east, because a line running in the e 4 t/ti • Ist, 1 ° 444 . d Word no accommodation to a number of very I t NZ: 4 k: bi a obe l „ i; t hen, two lines were to be made, the one k i k,, I i , aae ti ''''`on, would become entirely useless. oe're ''ae 4 atie r , ti l esi ti Mish.2lee ett . the Honourable Member said the 1 0 4 ' ,C, th e 0 4 . ' 11 not to construct their line, unless OOle..orthl r litieh b lects which he had always been striving t olli t e ''' no t L 'o di d rutt ning thin Balkington to Schilvers Colon 4:4, , hell- tit e not think would attain those objects. From t . ‘° 4a, " the kish h ad ti ohr anc ..P e oPulation of the districts it might become Ot, o Ot t p ie vie u w os but not more than think main line. The W 4 14 ' a Le e r he was inclined to might be ac -1414.4 t a decide running to the east of Bedworth, but the te NI I tt"'fh, '''''ANT Yin favour of a line running to the west h . 14 t s aid it 1 ,14 11 -, t iel ae th e was become indispensable that the Com , e:. ghat,,,„e;feement. he knew nothing about it, nor had he kk : 14 t 414114 Nt l' A bt tla 41(1 the of LIN ellt. they could not pass the preamble without t hir... 41,1 k r „ .'llter4 r4t, ' -a lker was ready to state verbally the TRE SUN', LONDON,,TUESPA,Y ErEN'ING, juyie 17, 1848. cipally at 23s Cd per cwt. Java is greatly wantedpu a dvanced rates are offered, but few parcels are to be met.. holders of Bengal have manifested firmness, and none fr kind has been brought to public sale; by private trea good business has been transacted in all kinds at a small ad vance in prices. Of Dobah some parcels have been disposed of at stiff rates. Madras has been purchased freely, and very fall prices given. TE.k.—To-day there was a good deal doing in the Tea market, and 91sd to 10d per lb were the current rates paid for common sound Congon cash. The market looks very rims for nearly all kinds of Tea. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was less doing privately in good ordinary Ceylon, but holders were firm, and insisted - upon 48s to 49s per cwt. Jamaica is not so much in request, .and 51 tierces at auction were sold at barely former rates; .middling heavy colory went at 86s 6d to 87s 6d, low mid dling 80s to 83s 6d, fine fine ordinary 76s fine ord 61, good ordinary 51s to 525, mixed ditto 47s per cwt. RDII BP ANDY AND Hou.axus.—The demand has been brisk for Jamoica Rum ; very full rates have been given, . . . „ and the quantity sold has been 2LO puns. Leeward Island lots been in excellent request, and prices are advancing. Demerara is wanted, and stiffer rates are paid. For Calcutta much inquiry has existed, hut the reluctance of holders to cell upon former terms, checks business. Brandy is still .attracting the attention of buyers, and prices are advancing. .For Geneva prices remain at Is 8d to Is 9d for shipping, and :at 2s f2d to 2s 9d per gallon for home consumption. English Corn Spirits are lOs SPICES.—This afternoon 4,548 bags Penang Pepper were Brought to public sale, and chiefly sold but at rather lower :rates, half heavy brown free from dust and stalks went at .24d to 2id, sea damaged first and second class 21d to 24d, and third class 2Ad per lb.; 24 brls and 8 casks of Jamaica Ginger were disposed of at 5/ Is to 6/ 19s fur mid and good _mid, and at 3/ 108 per cwt for low quality, being cheaper ; 153 bags of Pimento went at 2id toad per lb for mid quality. SAGO.—There has again been a good business transacted ,y private treaty, and prices are still advancing, ; 140 boxes t.t public sales, this afternoon, were sold at 25s 6d to 27s 6d lor good to fine small white Pearl, but chiefly at 27s to 27s 1;d per cwt, which is higher. CWIIINEAL.—There was little desire evinced to operate to-day, and privately few parcels of Honduras ;vele disposed - of; at public sale 47 bags of Mexican black and 10 bags of F avers were offered, the tbrmer only partly sold at about the former value, viz., middling to good at 5s 5(1 to 5s Bd, fine .5s 9d to 5s 10d, the latter taken in at 4s 10d to 5s for un ,..arbled, but a few lots of siftings were sold at 3s 7(1 to 4s 53, and 17 bags of Cochineal garblings at Is 9d to is 10d per lb. SAl.Trorna—The demand for rough is on the increase, and by private treaty several parcels have been dispo s ed o f. Holders show firmness, and supp'y the market less freely : at public sale I,CW bags of Calcutta were offered to-day, and sold at full rates. N niGo.—The purchases made have been extremely limited by shippers and the home trade, and those parties that are inclioed to se'.l have been compelled to take prices rather under those of the last Quarterly sales for all kinds, with the cx.ception of fine Bengal. On.s.—This afternoon 30 tuns of Southern and 70 tuns of Elephant Oil were brought to public sale, and went at lower rates ; the former only partly sold at 291 15s fur line pale ; t; le latter was only in part disposed of at 261 to 29/ for mid to line, and low at 2515 s to 251 lOs per tun. TALLOW. —There has again been much activity in the market for Russian, and a further advauce in prices has taken place. On the spot numerous purchases have been made, and 40s 9d to 4ls per cwt. are the current rat es given for fine P.Y.C. For delivery the demand has been active, and 41s to 41s 6d per cwt paid for the last three months of the year, merchants show much firmness, and at St. Petersburgh prices are still rising with every prospect of the supply being much less than the previous season. difference between the competing lines—they called ups the promoters of the Central Cornish hoe, but they did not appear. Why did they not appear? Why did not the promoters, 110 repeated, com e forward ? He had seen a defence in print, which certainly was the worst defence he had ever met with. They said they did not come fortse.rdbecause of the extreme scarcity of money. Upon this ground they alleged they could not go on with the undertaking. If they could not find capital in May, 1845, when were they to find it ? ( Hear, hear.) The fact was, the Committee went much further into the merits of the proposed lines than was their duty. And as regarded the engineering evidence, the great mass of it went to say that the line selected was the best practical line. If the House thought this a case for their interference, they might have the evidence read over ; but he trusted they would not accede to the motion of the Gallant Officer. Lord G. SOMERSET said he thought the decision of the Committee was every way entitled to deference. He thought that by acceding to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman the House would form a very dangerous precedent, and would there fore oppose it. Mr. PENDA \TES thought, that notwithstanding the engineering difficulties, a proper line of railway might be carried through Cornwall. Ile believed there would be sufF.eient traffic to support a railway. The point of securing an advantageous communication between London and Exeter in time of war would he highly important. He felt perfectly satisfied that the line, as de,eribed in the plan, never could be properly carried out. Both the Admiralty and the Board of Ordnance were opposed to the line, and the authority of tiLe.se bodies constituted a strong objection. Let them seek their own line if they please, but at the same time let other parties have the opportunity of proving the ad vantages of anot her line. He felt persuaded that if the Com mittee had had a sufficient Opportunity of hearing the evi dence on the line which had been shut out, they would have conic to a different decision on the subject. Sir CHARLES LEMON observed that it had been stated that a line might be projected which would reduce the distance between London and Exeter to 60 miles less than the proposed line. His Hon. Friend came forward as a septuagenarian, and said that the distance might be diminished by seventy miles. The line at present before the House was supported by all the landowners in its vicinity, every one of whom were shareholders in it, and further his Hon. Friend was the first person who moved the adoption of the line which he now op posed. Mr. PENDARVES explained, and admitted he had ori ginally supported the line, but had subsequently seen fit to alter his opinion. Mr. R A SFILEIGH said that, as one of the ropresentatives of the other division of the county (Cornwall), he would say it was the unanimous opinion of the people whom he represented, that the railway before the House would be conducive to the interests of the country at large. He would not enter into details on the subject, although, if it were wished, he would go into a description of the entire line. It passed through one of the finest and most fertile districts in the county, and it was the general desire of all the influential per sons and landowners that the line shauld be adopted. Mr. TURNER said that he had been originally a member of the Provisional Committee upon the opposing line, but as that scheme was not properly carried forward, it was suffered to fall to the ground, although lie himself had subscribed one-fourth of the expenses. He was undeistood to say he would support the motion. After a few words from Captain PLUM RIDGE, Sir S. SPRY said he would withdraw the clause which he had proposed. The motion that the Bill be reported that day six months was then put, and negatived without a division. The report was then received, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. DUDDESTON AND NECHELS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. SPOONER moved that the time for receiving the report from the Committee on the Duddeston and Nechels Improvement Bill be adjourned until Monday, the 30th inst.— Agreed to. NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY BILL. Lord SANDON moved the adoption of the report of the Committee on the Newport and Pontypool Railway Bill, which was agreed to. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. PRINGLE moved the adoption of the report of the Committee on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. FACTORIES BILL. Mr. AGLIONBY presented petitions from the Messrs. Shaw, of Yorkshire, and other mill-owners, prayi ng f or th e adoption of th e T en Hours' Bill. Captain LAIRD presented petitions from Stockton, Bury, and Ashton-under-Lyne, praying for the adoption of the Len Hours' Bill. Mr. T. DUN COMBE presented a petition from Huclders. field, in favour of the Ten Hours Factory 13i11. SCOTCH POOR-LAW BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from places in Somersetshire praying for the insertion in the Scotch Poor. law Amendment Bill of a clause for the relief of the able• bodied poor. ' ll LATEST PRICES Ok 81-IATIARB IS RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, I'UDLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17. RAILWAYS. Amount Share. X Y. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 . 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 13 4 6 13 4 50 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 c 0 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 8 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 12 15 4 18 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 I 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 Paid. Price. £ s. d. 2 10 0 1 7 6 100 0 0 17 10 0 3 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 :3 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 14 16 0 4 13 4 0 13 4 10 0 0 1 10 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 ' 2 10 0 1 5 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 LOO 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 7 6 20 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 The CHAIRMAN ruled that a copy of the agreement itself oupht I to be put in, and eventually it was arranged that the agreement should be forthcoming tomorrow. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to morrow. GROUP W. wAzErzELD, a 2:7 T n P.II CT, AND GOOL 79,-fii /YU' , 11Y. The Bill authorising the construction of the Wakefield, Pontre fact, and Goole Railway, was recommitted this morning. for the purpose of introducing a clause into the Bill to prevent goods, which had not paid dock dues at Goole, from being taken upon the railway from within the first six miles of the Eyre and Calder Canal. The clause was agreed to, and the Chairman was directed to report the Bill as amended. GROUP X. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. The Committeee sat at twelve o'clock, Mr. Hawkes, of Spalding, merchant, examined—The chief im ports of that town were timber, oats, bricks, tiles, stone, linseed cake, linseed, barley, grocery, drapery, and sundry goods. Here the witness handed in tables, showing the extent of the traffic in those articles in Spalding fur the year ending January, 1 545. The goods were conveyed by the Welland navigation from Stam ford to Spalding. Has no doubt that the general trade of the town would be very much increased if the Cambridge and Lincoln line of railway should be made. Cross-examined—ls not aware that a petition was forwarded in favour of the London and York line from Spalding, arid also one in favour of the Cambridge and Lincoln. Mr. William Mutter, land-agent to Sir Thomas Witchcroft— Has the management of 12,000 acres of Sir Thomas's property, which is situate near Sleaford ; is of opinion that the Cambridge and Lincoln line would afford a great many facilities of intercourse with that extensive district. Mr. Kemp and Mr. Hobson, both of Spalding, were next called, and deposed to facts similar to those elicited in the examination of Mr. Hawke/3. Mr. Parker, ironmonger, of Spalding, also corroborated the evi. dente of Mr. Hawkes, and that of the i►on-dealers who had been examined before him. Cross-examined—Goods coming from Sheffield to Spalding, by Stamford, would cross the Cambridge and Lincoln line. Mr. John Beale, of Croal, dealer in wool and seeds, and all sorts of agricultural produce, believes that the London and York line would not be so advantageous to that district as the Cambridge and Lincoln line. When this witness's cross-examination concluded, the Committee adjourned. GROUP Z. THE DUBLIN AND GALWAY. This Committee met at the usual hour; the Hon. R. Clive in :he chair.! The first witness examined was Sir John Burgoyne, who ap peared on the part of the Grand Canal Company. He had reported in the year 1838, as one of the Commissioners, against a line to Galway, partly on the insufficiency of the traffic also, as it would interfere with the interests of the Grand Canal. He admitted that a line of railway to Galway was desirable, but a better line than the present might be selected. Cross• examined by Mr. DAVID LEAHY—He was of opinion that a conveyance from Athlone, by the Shannon, to the south of Ireland, would be more desirable than by a railway branch from Portarlington. Examined by Mr. WARD, M.P.—A line of railway to Galway must unquestionably interfere with the Grand Canal. He would recommend a combination of interests of the canal with the rail. way, which would be advantageous to both. The tolls of both would be lowered, and the public would be benefited. A line more to tha south by Parsonstown, or through Itoscrea, would be more preferable. By the CHAIRMAN—Has no great knowledge of the canals or the mismanagement which has been complained ef. Mr. Pim, banker in Dublin, Treasurer of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, and the largest holder of Grand Canal Stock, and interested in the atmospheric railway. The traffic on a line of railway from Galway to Dublin would be greatly increased if judiciously selected. The best line, in his opinion, would be along the line of the Grand Canal. The interests of the public would be far better promoted by a concentration of interests. The Grand Canal cost upwards of two millions. There are annuities to widows and public institutions to the amount of 28,0001. per annum. Mr. ROWE contended that the proprietors of the Grand Canal were landowners, and had a right to set up another line of railway which would equally benefit the public, and protect the interests of the landholders or canal proprietors. Mr. MURPHY denied that the canal proprietors were only techni cally landowners, and were not entitled to be heard against the present line. The room was then cleared. The Committee, after a quarter of an hour's deliberation, came to the following important resolution :—" That the Committee were of opinion that, as canal proprietors, they could pursue the pro posed course by hearing evidence in support of another lire." Mr. Pim's examination was then resumed by Mr. E. JAMES, as to the advantageous locality of the line proposed, and a hne along the canal. It was a very vicious principle for one company to invest money in another company in their corporate character. It was not so in their individual capacity. By Sir JAMES DUKE—Are yeu not aware of one railway pur. chasing and leasing another ? Mr. Pim—l am ; but Ido not think the principle a good one. Cross.examined by Mr. TALBOT—There were very few divi dends paid out to the Canal stock. Would not deny that the in terests of the Grand Canal would be greatly improved by railway. He suggested that the Cashel line should have gone along the banks of the canal as far as Salina, about forty miles, and then proceed across the country to Cashel. isfr. TALBOT—Did not the Government forgive you a large lump of money last year? Mr. Pim—No ; we paid the Government ten thousand pounds last year for that which was not worth more than ten pence. Mr. Tansar—Did not the Government advance to the Grand Canal 120,0001. to make branch lines ? Mr. Pim—They did. Mr. TALBOT—And you only repaid them 10,0001. Mr. Pim—Just so ; but the branch lines did not pay, and the Government put the screw upon us.--(Laughter.) This witness was re-examined at considerable length by Mr. _ _ E. JAMES. Mr. Mulvaney, engineer and commissioner of drainage, was examined by Mr. Muarity, of the Irish bar, in corroboration of Mr. Pim's evidence, and stated that the proposed line would cross the traffic districts of the country, instead of passing through it, and from his knowledge of the country, a more preferable line could be adopted. There is no engineering difficulty in the con struction of a railway along the banks of the canal. This witness was examined at great length as to which would be the best trunk branch, at Portarlington or Mullingar. The Learned COUNSEL asked the witness was not Tipperary a finishing county?—(Laughter.) The Learned Counsel intended to have said "flourishing." The CHAIRMAN—A very proper description of Tipperary.— (Continued laughter.) The Speaker being announced to be at prayers, the Committee ad. journed until twelve o'clock to-morrow. PIIE LONDON GAZETTE,. (THIS EVENING.) DUCHY OF CORNWALL, SOMERSET-HOUSE, JUNE 10, 1845. Commissions by his Royal Highness the Lord Warden of the Stannaries. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners' Regiment—F. Howell, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; H. H. Vivian, Gent., to be ditto. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. The King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia--F. F. Courtenay, Esq., to be Captain, vice Burrowes, deceased, June I I. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia.—W. S. Farquharson, Esq., to be Captain, June 10. WHITEHALL, JUNE 3. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Kentish Pro- Left, of Saffron Walden, in the county of Essex, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Thomas James Hill, builder, Retreat-place, Hackney, to surrender June 27, at eleven, and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Smith, Wilmington-square. John l'estell, corn factor, Beesten, Bedfordshire, June 24, at one, and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple ; Chapman, Biddleswade, Bed. fordshire. Gilbert Slater, grocer, London terrace, Hackney-road, June 24, at half-past one, and July 29, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Shear man and Slater, Great Tower-street. Afred Tallent, sm., provision dealer, Ipswich, June 24, at eleven, and July 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury, , Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate-street. John Peters, fancy trimming manufacturer, Kent-street, Haggerston, June 30, at twelve, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman. bury, City; Llewellin, Noble-street, Cheapside. Charles Dames Wilson, builder, Globe-wharf, Mile-end, June 28, at half-past twelve, and July 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ' • Overton and Hughes, Old Jewry. Joseph Bond, grocer, Reading, June 27, at half-past eleven, and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard.street ; Hill and Matthews, Bury-court, St. Mary-axe. Samuel Thomas, bullion merchant, Cornhill, June 27, at half-past twelve, and July 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard street; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street. John Simons, sen., coal-merchant, Camden-wharf, Camden town, June 27, at two, and July 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, officialassignee ; Cooper, Heathcote street, Mecklenburgh-square. William Lax Brown, merchant, Liverpool, June 27, and July 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, South Castle•street, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London; Evans, Liverpool. Mary Spence and William Whitaker Spence, woollen drapers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 8, at half-past one, and August 5, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakiey, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Henderson, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields, London ; Cram, Newcastle upcn-Tyne. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 17.) SUGAR. —To-day the market was well supplied with West India Muscovado Sugar; for refining brown and inferior de scriptions of yellow there was an extensive demand. In b r ight grocery a good business was done. At public sale 122 hhds and 3 tierces of Barbadoes were all sold upon rather lower terms , fine y ellow selling at 54s to 555, good 51s to 535, middling 48s to 50s, and low 46s ad to 475. 483 hhds 8 tierces and 56 barrels of St. Lucia were offered at auction, and all sold at very full rate s, exce p tin g the bright grocery kinds, which went a little cheaper. The total quantity of Sugar sold to-day amounted to the enormous quantity of 1,700 hhds and tierces. REFINED.—To-day the demand was as brisk as ever for Relined goods for home consumption, and a further . advance in prices took place, brown grocery lumps fetching/ 2s Gd to 735, standard lumps 73s 6d to 745, and brown melting lumps 71s to 71s 6d per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar fetching higher rates; sales having been made at 40s 9d to 41s per cwt for first quality. MAxurrius—All descriptions have been largely dealt in, and a further advance in prices has taken place of 6d per cwt for grey, brown, and inferior sorts of yellow ; whilst the better kinds fully sustained the former value. By private treaty many parcels have found purchases, and at auction 9,221 bags, and 15 casks were all sold, good to fine yellow at 49 s to 52s 6d, mid to good mid 45s to 48s Gd, low 43s Gd to 44s Gd, corn to good grey 43s to 495, low to mid brown 35s to 403, and good to fine 41s to 43s per cwt. FOREIGN. — To - day all kinds of Foreign Sugar were much sought after, and even stiffer rates were offered, but pur chases were restricted by the scanty supply at market; for 1,600 chests of low yellow Ilavannah 24 s Gd per cwt paid, and 26s Gd for a floating cargo ; of 2,000 chests of good mid quality, which is rather higher. EAST INDlA.—Manilla has been disposed of to a large ex tent, and at rather higher prices, the private operations amount to 14,000 bags of old quality at 23s to 245, but prin- HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY Their Lordships sat to.day in a Committee of Privileges. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount llawarden, Viscount Melville, Lord Camoys, Lord Castlemain, and the Earl of Devon. THE CRAWFORD AND LINDSAY PEERAGE The further consideration of this claim was resumed to-day. A considerable quantity of documentary evidence was put in, and the further consideration of the claim was adjourned sine die. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CuANcELLou. took his seat on the Woolsack al the usual hour. SCOTCH BANKING. The Earl of RIPON gave notice] that on Monday next he should move the second reading of the Scotch Banking Bill. SANATORY REGULATIONS. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that he had given notice of a petition to be presented this evening on tlai'subject of sanatory regulations, but before he proceeded to present it he might mention a statement which had been put into his hand connected with the same subject, and coming from a particular body of men—the journeymen tailors of the metropolis. The subject, he might add, had been greatly discussed in Man chester and Liverpool. It appeared from that statement four-fifths of the clothes made in London were made in the lower classes of dwelling-houses in the East-end. He (Lord Normanby) had himself seen in houses of that character clothes which were evidently not intended for the classes of persons who were likely to visit in those places, and he believed that they were made up for some of the West-end clothiers. If the Noble Lord opposite would allow him, he should put put a general question to the Noble Lord as to whether the measure promised by her Majesty's Government was likely to be•brought on in the other House. He should also wish to ask a question with respect to places of recreation, and parti cularly with reference to that piece of ground near the Peni tentiary—a place not far removed from their L3rdships— (Laughter)—and which he supposed might be applied to this purpose. Ihe Duke of BUCCLEUCH said that with respect to the first question he believed it was the intention of his Noble Friend in the other House (the Earl of Lincoln) to bring his Bill forward that evening; and as regards the piece of ground near the Penitentiary, it had been let some time ago to Mr. Cubitt for 3001. a year, and according to the provisions of the Act could not be diverted to another purpose. LEEDS AND WEST RIDING RAILWAY. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition in favour of the Leeds and West Riding Railway Bill. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the General Assembly of Canada, praying for some alteration in their com mercial relations with this country. LANDLORDS AND TENANTS (IRELAND) COM- PENSATION BILL. Lord STANLEY postponed the second reading of the Irish Landlords and Tenants Compensation Bill till Tuesday next. DEATHS BY ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. On the motion of the Earl of LYTTELTON, the Death by Accidents Compensation Bill was read a third time and passed. DEODANDS ABOLITION BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the Deodands Aboli. ion Bill was read a third time and passed. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. The report on the Newport and Pontypool Railway Bill was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. Shaw's Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed. The Manchester and Birmingham Railway Bill ( Ashton Branch) was reported, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. The North Wales Railway 13111 was reported, and ordered to be engrossed. The North Wales (Mineral) Railway Bill was also reported, and ordered to be engro:sed. The report on. the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Cumnock Branch) Railway was further considered, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. The Battersea Poor Bill was read a third time and passed. 'the North Union and Ribble Navigation Railway Bill was reported, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed, and re-com mitted to Group HH. The Falmouth Harbour Improvement Bill was reported, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill was referred to the Committee on Standing Orders. The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill was also ordered to be referred to the Committee on Standing Orders. The Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge . ,Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The Great Southe;n and Western Railway Bill (Ireland) was reported, and the Bill was ordered to be referred to the Committee on Standing Orders. The North British Insurance Company Bill was read a third time and passed. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAYS. The reports of the London and South-Western Railways, Nos. I and 2, were brought up and received. CORNWALL RAILWAY. The report of this Bill was brought up. On the motion that it be received, Captain BERKELEY opposed the motion. He was against this railway on several grounds. Falmouth was the first port which ships reached in coming from the westward, and it was neces sary that there should be telegraphic communication between that harbour and London. For such a purpose a railway was much required. But, according to the route which it was proposed to take, the present railway having to cross two rivers, it would be impossible to preserve at all times the telegraphic communication entire. This was a serious objection. The line crossed five navigable rivers, over three of which swivel bridges were to be erected. When it was high water they would require to be open ; when it was low water they would have to be shut ; so that great inconvenience would arise in the traffic of the railway. All these objections might be avoided by their taking up the Central Cornwall line. It was true the Boat dof Trade had reported against: that line, but that was no just reason why they should not take the subject into their considera tion. The central line would save a distance of sixty miles between Falmouth and London ; it would also save the time which would now be required to cross the Hamoaze by the floating bridge, which would be at least twenty minutes. The Central Railway crossed above the Hamoaze. The pro moters of the present Bill talked about making docks at Fal mouth. Why they had no power to make docks, neither had they any money to de so, and they were deceiving the House. Most of the engineers who had been examined said that it was not only a roundabout, but a dangerous line, and the railroad, instead of being a quick communication between Fal mouth and London, would be a very slow one. Under these circumstances he would not detain the House longer, but would at once move that the report be brought up that day six months. Mr. MACAULAY hoped that, as chairman of the Com mittee, he might be permitted to say a few words. If the House did not place confidence in the Committee, or if they thought that no prima facie ease had been made out, then they ought to move that the evidence taken before the Committee be printed.—( Hear, hear.) But he hoped that upon the strength of a series of assertions by an individual Member the House would not overturn the deliberate and unanimous decision if a .Committee. It was said that the majority of the engineers examined before the Committee had stated the line to be dangerous, and that had been stated by a gentleman who had not heard a syllable of the evidence. Now, speaking from his recollection of the evidence, he should be inclined to say that such was not the case, and he considered it rather too much for a gentleman to get up and read a printed paper, put forth by the opponents of the Bill, in opposition to the report of the Committee, which had carefully examined the subject. for twenty days—( Cheers)—and who certainly had not shown themselves the mere tools of the Great Western Com pany. Four schemes had been propounded by the Great Western Company before that Committee. Of those schemes the Committee 'had reported in favour of one and rejected an other, and had postponed the other two.— ( Hear.) The Committee considered that there were consi derable objections to the gradients of the proposed line, particularly if it were to be worked by locomotive power. But they thought that the county of Cornwall ought not to be without a railway ; that it was of the utmost importance to secure a railway communication between Plymouth and Falmouth, and that, in fact, this was not a mere Cornish, but a British question.—(" Hear," and cheers.) If they rejected this line, what line could they take ? The plan was brought before the Board of Trade. and re ported against by that Board. They examined the NEW ZEALAND. Captain ROUS gave notice, that he would withdraw the addition of which he had given notice on the motion of the Hon. Member for Liskeard, and that he would move an amend ment instead, to the effect that the proceedings of the New Zealand Company were a violation of the rights of the Crown. PLAY-GROUND AT MiLLBANK. Letd R. GROSVENOR said that he wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department, respecting the ground which had been lying waste for a number of years near Millbank Penitentiary. When he left London last year he had understood that tbis piece of ground which consistedof about five or six acres, in con formity sith sanatory regulations recommended in the report of the Health of Towns Commissioners should be left unbuilt upon for the rem eation of the inhabitants. The banks at that spot was washed by the tidal water, which had always been considered greatly contributive to health. But he was surprised at being subsequently informed that the Noble Lord at the head of the . Woods and Forests, and the Secretary for the Home Department, had decided on letting the land on building leases. The whole loss would be not more than 1,0001. in the first instance, and about 3001.' a-year afterwards. Ile wished to know whether it was still determined to withhold this advantage from the inhabitants of that populous neighbourhood. Lord LINCOLN said that the circumstances were these : the land consisted of sixteen acres, and was let on lease about five or six years ago. All this ground was let on bull ing leases, and was now covered with b u ildi ngs, except about five acres, constituting the open space alluded to by his Noble Friend. With respect to these five acres, when it was proposed to build upon them, the inspectors of prisons expressed an apprehension that such a proceeding w. old be injurious to the health of the prisoners. But when the plan supported by his Noble Friend for improving the space for public recreation, and not for building, was submitted to the inspectors, they withdraw their objection, upon which, in fact, the answer of his Right Hon. Friend (Sir J. Graham) had been grounded. Subsequently he (Lord Lincoln) consulted Mr. Cubitt as to the value of the property, and the cost of improving it as pro posed. The estimate of the eminent engineer was, that the expense would be about 2,0001., with the sacrifice of a rent of 1001. a year. In the first place, then, he must say that he did not think the locality had so much claim upon the Government for such an expenditure as other neighbourhoods in the metropolis, and, besides, the expense could not be incurred by the Woods and Forests without an Act of Parliament. (LEFT SITTING.) DOVER, JUNE IG.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours arrived about half.past two this afternoon, by special train of the South-Eastern Railway, and went to the Ship Hotel. About five o'clock they embarked in the Prin cess Mary steamer, and proceeded to Ostend, where they will ar rive about ten o'clock. They were received with a guard of honour, and royal salutes fired from the western heights at their arrival and departure. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is expected this evening at the York Hotel, to proceed in the morning by the Princess Alice, Captain Smithett, to Calais. FORTUNATE Escm.E.-0n the evening of Sunday an occurrence of a most serious character took place on board the Eclipse, Richmond steamer. It appears that the Eclipse left Rich mond-bridge at its usual time, with 0 00 passengers. She proceeded down the river until nearly opposite Hammersmith whets it was dis covered that the boiler bad become red hot, and that if an explosion did not take place the vessel would take fire. The crew imme diately poured water into the enginc.room, and the consterna. tion amongst the passengers was so great that the steamer was run to the nearest shore, on the Barnes side, where the whole were disembarked, several jumping into the water and wading ashore. Several of the females were nearly in a fainting state from fright, and were conveyed to the Boileau Arms public-house, in the Hammersmith Suspension Bridge-road ; and eventually the whole body crossed the bridge to Hammersmith Broadway, where the Hammersmith Conveyance Company provided omnibuses for their conveyance to town. THE MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 16.—The Ori ental Company's steamship Royal Tar, Captain Evans, arrived at 3 A.M. this day from Gibraltar, and landed the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails, which were forwarded to London by the 9 o'clock morning train. llere dates are—Gibraltar, June 6, Cadiz 7, Lisbon 9, Oporto 10, Vigo 11, Corunna 12. The Royal Tar brings home 90 passengers, and a small cargo, and 14 packages of specie. The Montrose, Captain Wilson, will leave the ducks to morrow for Gibraltar, taking out the regular mails. The Clyde steamer, Captain Symons, will also take h er departure to-mo rrow, carrying out the West India mails, 30 passengers, a moderate cargo, and 5,0001. in money. The East India and China Association have re ceived a communication from the Government, stating that the Governor of Ceylon has been instructed, if he sees no objection to the measure, to direct the postmaster at Colombo to make up mails by way of Marseilles for transmission by the direct Calcutta line of packets. The brig Isla, of Aberdeen, has sail e d f rom Strom ness for Davis' Straits, in search of black lead an d other minerals abounding in that icy region. She is furnished wi th a mineralogist. l f ' o h 2 e o l h sl a a n is s. also prepared for whaling, having two b oa t s an d a crew at Baths, West. DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Saturdaye young man,evetlillg, a J g o e h d n 2 B 2 o , w w e a rs s , drowned of 30, York.stree t,while bathin g Yo i r n k t .r e a N d ' a fin National minster.road. He sank suddenly, without apparent cause, and is supposed to have been seized by a fit. p a respectable FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR ANDOVER. —On Monday morning, 16th inst., at seven o'clock, an inquest was h e ld a t E n h am, r t p near the town, and in the borough of Andover, b e f ore H arry Foci es n e e c r t , Esleg yeoman,. 'Coroner, bodythe rsmat . w of a spEn h Mr. hin g, y to am. The jury Samr preparatory p e a l r at Guyatt, or ap pointed Mr. Charles Dale their foreman, and, f rom the evidence of witnesses, it appeared Mr. Guyatt had been at Ch ar l ton, near holding u pon a fa Andover, the whole of Saturday, h his annual sheering, and, from the fatigue and extreme heat of the day, had taken more beer than he had been accustomed to. He left the Royal Oak Inn at Charlton, on horseback, about ten o'clock at night, for his own residence, riding very fast. His wife, sitting up for her husband, about twelve o'clock, heard his horse in a meadow behind the house, and, on calling the carter, the h orse was found there, with saddle and bridle, and without his master. The carter then commenced a search, and, about a mile from the farm, found Mr. Guyatt lying insensible under a hedge. Mr. Westlake, surgeon, of Andover, deposed that he saw the deceased about three o'clock on Sunday morning, at his own house, and, on examination, found a severe contusion on the back of his head, which, lie stated, caused death. The jury returned a verdict of A cc id en t a l D eat h . The deceased was about forty, a plain English farmer, and much respected in the neighbourhood. DEATH IN WHITECROSS-STREET PRlSoN.—Yester day afternoon Mr. W. Payne held an inquest in Whitecross-street Prison as to the death of Mr. Edward Milford, ag e d 35 years, l ate a prison er . The deceased had been in the above pri son s i nce t h e 9th of May for a debt of 300 /. H e was in very good health when first admitted, an d remained so until the morning of Tuesday last, when lie was se i ze d with violent pains in the head. Mr. W. Ward, the prison surgeon, was called in with great p romptitude, and pre. scribed for the deceased, wh o m he found in a s t ate of insensibility. He was subs e quently placed in the infirmary, whe re h e con ti nue d i t u o n g g e s t . worse , x, er d i ri e n t _d died Natural ra l Saturday deat h . , , THE W E LSH IRON T RADE.— We are to find last, from inflammation of the that there i.• a continued re actio n in the price of iron. sorry The Ynis per ton. We apprehend th e f a il ure o f a l arg e cperdic‘evsynfnarnndalst'sintaglsyfiefr.a Iron Companies have thi s week lowere d t h e i r speculative broker and dealer has operated prej u di c i al l y .. on the mar ket ; but if the fear entertained rather generally, that Parliament will stop the progress of many of the railway Rills for this session, should prove groundless, we ho pe the re wi ll be sufficient demand for iron to prevent a return to the old rates of wages, which, we fear, must otherwise take place.—Cambrian. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 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 50 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 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 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Name of Company, Aherdeen • • • • • Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush • • • • • • • • Birtningliam & Gloster, Ditto, New,iss. 7i dis. Do. half Shares .. Brighton, Lews,& Nast. Bristol and Exeter • • Do. New I)ittu and Gloucester Caledonian .. - 2ambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton Citurnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, & Nuneaton Coventry and Leicester Coniwall ......... . Direct Northern Direct Norwich Diss, Beceles, & Yrmth Dublin & Belfast June Ditto red Galway Do. and Mullingar Eastern Counties Do., Perpetual, No. 1 Ditto, ditto, No. 2... Eastern Union . . .... 1)o. Extension Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New Quarters .. Ely and Bedford :hand Junction ...... Ditto, Half Shares .. Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern & Western Do. Extension...... 1)o. Additional ...... Great Northof England Ditto, New Do. New .......... Great Western Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Fifths. ....... Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmouth ........ Harwich .... Ilull and .Gaius:ioroegli Hull and Selby ....... Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Half Shares .... Kendal & Windermere Kentish Coast .. Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto. Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares London & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto,New 5 ,4 Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton.. Do. Consolidated Bths :.ondon and Croydon • . Ditto, Guarntd. 5 P.C. London and Greenwich Do., New Cons. Bths L ) 1, d i t o t I ° l r d e S. Ditto, New • ••• • .. r v Western . Do. New .......... London and York ..... Lndonderry & Coleraine Do. & Enniskillen .. Lynn and Ely . . Do, & Dereham Manchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths . • Manchestr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland • • • • ..... Ditto, Fifths .• • • • Do. New Ditto, Birm.& Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & Carlisle. • 41. Os. per sh. Newcstle & Dan. Junc. 1/. per share. Do. New Brandling 1/.145.10d.p.s Newry & Enniskillen ' Newark and Sheffield North British Do. New .... Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, iss.sl.d. Ditto, Quarter ShareS North Kent.......... North Wa1e5.......... Norwich and Brandon. Ditto, New ..... Oxford & Worcester .. Preston and Wyre Richmnd & W. E. June. Rugby ••.• • • • Scottish Central ...... Do. Mid1and........ Sheffield and Lincoln.. Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares. Shrws.,lVolv.,Dud.,lllr. South Devon ......... South-Eastern & Dovr. Ditto, New iss. 32/.dis. Do. New, No. 2 .... Do. New, No. 3 South Wales ... Staines and Richmond Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall.... .... Yarmouth & Norwich. Ditto, New ......... York & North 311dhuid Ditto, Half Shares.. Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip .. Ditto, Extension .... Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. and Cette Boulogne and Amiens. Dieppe and Pails June. 6t. Northern of France Lyons and Avignon.... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) Do. (Ganneron's).... 1)o. (Calon's) Paris and Strasbourg .. Paris & St. Quentin • . Paris and Orleans..... Paris and Rouen .... Royal North of Spain.. 11,uen and Havre Sambre and Meuse.... Strasbourg and Bale .. Tours & Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ......... Do. (Levevres) 4/. Os. perch, 11. 12/.l6s.Per sh Bs. per sli, 2/. 5s p. sh. Is 3d pr. sh 161. per ct 10/. per ct. 10/. per ct. 61. O. p. sh, 1/. p. sh. 81. per et. 81. per ct. 81. per ct. H. 10s. pr. sh. 17s. 6d. pr sh 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 131. Os. per sh 16s. per sh 41. per share 10s. pr. sh. 57.125. per sh, 21. 2s. per BM 121. per share. Gl. per cent k/.125 — .6d.p.c. 2/. ss. 15s. 1 1/ lOs 6d p s 1 2s. 10d. p. sh 4s. 6d. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 10/. per ct. 2 0 0 2 0 0 JOINT-STOCK BANNS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ s. d. s. d. Australasia ...... • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 36 Brash North American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 49 Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 Colonial .•..... Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2714 London Joint-Stock 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.— 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 51% Ditto, New......... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 203( Nat. Provncial of Eng. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 V 38 Ditto, New......... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 263 Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12% INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ S . d. Albion ......... ••• • • 31. IN. 500 0 0 50 0 0 723¢ Alliance Brit. and For 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine,. . Atlas ... British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County ............„ 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown .... .. 6 9 1 5. 5s ai b id s.} 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 Eagle ........ ...... .. GB. 50 0 0 50 0 sii Economic Life ........ 5 , p 3 e o r s ct. ,I 1000 0 0 250 0 0 Eng. & Scot. Law Life.. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 European Life.. ••• • • • 5y 2 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 503 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 200 Imperial Life.• •••• • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. ah. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 29% Law Life • ... •••• • • • • IL ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire ••••• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 153 L ', London Ship ••.•• • • • • I Os. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1514 Marine ........ ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% sled. Invild & Gen. Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life. Palladium Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 234 Phoenix .. ........ .. • • 3/. p. ct. & bs. 195 Protector Life... ••• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 2s. Provident Life• ... •. • • 1/. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life •• • • ... Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. 188 Sun Fire . • ... • • • • • • • 6/. 10s. Ditto Life Universal Life •• .•. • • 10%1. pr cnt. 100 0 615 0 14 DOCKS. Dividend 1 Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. I Price. Annum. , Share. —. — --- ; 4 s. d. :4 s. d. Jommercial .... e,ast and Nast India 5%1. pr cent. i Stock. 140 East Country London . • St Katharine .... ••.. I 5 per cent. I Stock. 109 Southampton • • ...... 47. per cent. ! 60 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- X e. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland • • ... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 177 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 171 British Linen Company 61. 81' p er cent. 100 0 0 170er cent. 100 0 0 228% C o mmercial Bank . • • . p National Bank. ..... .. 6/. per cent. —. 10 0 0 16 Union Bank of Scotland 61. 7% 1. pr cent. 50 0 0 98 % Western Bank ••• • • ... per cent. 50 0 0 84 North of Scotland Bank 61. p er cent. 10 0 0 17 1 . er cent. 5 0 0 7% Clydesdale Bank.... • . 6/. p' Eastern Bank • • Caledonian Bank • • Edinb.& Glasgow Bank W. per cent. 50 0 7.% City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. 815 0 15 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1m Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scotlnd • • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur. • • 9!. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 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 5/.percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Ditto, 4 Shares .• • . 5/. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 19 Edin., Leith, & Grantu i.O 0 0 20 0 0 15% Glasgw & Ayrshi r Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. GG /2 it Glasgw & Greene]: Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 1 9 Glsgw&Garnicirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37% Duhdee& Arbroth Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 1 36 Standard Life Assurnce.l Si. per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10 0 1 8 g Dividend per Aziuum. Sir ROBERT INGLIS wished to ask a question of the Under Secretary for the Colonies, viz., whether the represen tatives of her Majesty's Government in Ceylon had paid honours, or in any way countenanced idolatrous worship in the island of Ceylon. Mr. HOPE in a few words replied that no such countenance had been given to such worship. The Government offi cers had given directions to discountenance the idolatrous cere monies referred to. Sir ROBERT INGLIS was satisfied with the explanation. An Hose. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, put a question to the Secretary for the Colonies, whether he had seen an edict issued at Hong-Kong, for the suppression of Secret Societies there, awarding a sentence of three years' imprisonment and hard labour, and branding on the right cheek, after the manner of deserters 'The following remarkable words concluded the edict, that if any member of that society should be slain by the people in any disturbance, no inquiries should take place as to the manner in which the death of the individual had been occasioned. Mr. HOPE was aware that stieh a society existed as that mentioned by the Hon. Member. It was a society consisting of a considerable number of persons, who were ail bound so lemnly by oath to obey the directions, whatever they might be, of one person, whom they regarded as the head of th e i r establishm en t. he society was a band of robbers and assassins, and was a terror to all well-disposed Chinese, upon whom the confederacy were in the habit of levying a species of black mail, for the rreservation and protection of their lives and property. It was also true, that the members of this society possessed power to brand on the cheeks any persons who withdrew from their association, hut it was not comet to say that the punish ment of deserters in the royal army consisted of a visible brand on the cheek—it was only a secret mark, by which they might be ident,fied on inspection. In all the jurisdiction of the Tryad Society over the Chinese subjects their powers were re ported to have been supreme, and no notice would at present be taken with respect to the power they posses-ed. CHALLENGE TO MR. ROEBUCK. Mr. ROEBUCK rose and said he had a very important matter to bring forward with regard to a question of the privi leges of that House. He would wish to call the attention of the House to a letter which he had received on Saturday last. A carriage drove up to his door, and a person having knocked at the door, the letter which he held in his hand was left at his house. The letter was addressed to him personally, and was dated from the Reform Club. The letter was to this effect, that the writer wished to know if he (Mr. Roebuck) had used these words as reported in the Morning Chronicle, or words to that effect. Here the Hon. Member read the passage as enclosed by the writer of the letter, the substance of which was, that he (Mr. Roebuck) had said that the parties to whom he had alluded, under the peculiar cir cumstances, deserved very little respect for their position or their intellect. The writer then went en to say that if he (Mr. Roebuck) used those words, the insult to him, the writer, was plain. His second question, then, was, was be (Mr. Roe buck) prepared to justify them ? He (the writer) presumed that he(Mr. Roebuck) was too well read in the history of chivalry to misinterpret the meaning of this word, which the writer had underlined three times.—( Loud laughter.) Sir V. BLAKE rose to order. He was ready to admit that the Hon. Member (Mr. Roebuck) had an undoubted right to express his opinions in the House, upon any measure brought before it, but he had not a right to catechise or to lecture any Hon. Member who—( Loud cries of Order, order.") The SPEAKER said that the interruption of the Hon. Baronet was most irregular.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK thn proceeded to read the conclusion of the letter, which was that the writer enclosed the Morning Chronicle, and had marked the passage. In answer to that letter he had written what he would now read, and which he delivered himself. The Hon. Member then read his answer, which was to the effect that he would answer the Hon. Mem ber's letter in his place in the House of Commons : that the House should not be coerced in his person—(Cheers)—and that he would take the proper means of punishing such threats. (Cheers.) He concluded by expressing a hope that the writer of the challenge was sufficiently read in the law of his country, not to misinterpret this.—( Great laughter and cheers.) Sir, I am now about first to move that the letter be read by the clerk at the table.—(Cheers, and laughter. ) The SPEAKER asked whether the Hon. Member for Sligo was in his place ? Mr. SOMER . 'S rose in his place, and bowed to the Speaker. The Clerk at the table then read the letter at length. The following is Mr. Somers' letter, with Mr. Roebuck's reply:— " Reform Club, June 14, 1845, 6 p.m. " Sir—Unfortunately I was not in the House of Commons last night when you spoke in committee on the Irish Colleges Bill. If I had been present the necessity of addressing to you a letter like this, which is one of inquiry, would not have existed. But having been absent, lam compelled to rest on the newspaper reports, and I wish to ask you if the following words were spoken by you, or words to that effect :—' Those who follow such a leader deserve little respect either for their position or their intellect.' [So we understoed the Honourable and Learned Member's reading► of the letter, but he spoke in so low a tone, and se rapidly, that we followed him with some difficulty.] If you did use these words the insult you convey to me as a repealer is plain. My second question is, are you pre pared to justify these words. ( These words are underlined.) The meaning of the words I have underlined I am sure you are too well read in the old histories of chivalry to misinter pret.—(Loud laughter).—l have the honour, &c., " J. A. Roebuck, Esq. "J. P. SOMERS." " Sir—You shall receive the answer your letter requires in the House of Commons on Monday.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—and I now give you the following warning for your guidance in the meantime. lam determined that the free expression of opinion shall not in my person be coerced or checked.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches.) I shall, therefore, use the most stringent and effectual means to punish your present menace, and to put down all future violence. I trust you are sufficiently well read in the laws of your country to understand this.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers from the Ministerial benches. )—I am, &c., "J. P. Somers. Esq. " J. A. ROEBUCK." Mr. ROEBUCK said, fir, I am exceedingly sorry to be obliged to adopt the course which I feel it my duty to pur sue. 1 feel it, however, a paramount duty—not as regards myself, but as regards the privileges of this House—to make the following motion, " That J. P. Somers, Esq., having sent a challenge to a Member, for words spoken in this House, is guilty of a contempt and breach of privilege." My reasons for taking this course I shall state as calmly and shortly as I can. If it were a question that regarded only myself, the law would have afforded me instant protection, and I would be quite prepared to throw myself, in such a case, on the law's authority. But this is not a matter in which I am concerned. It is the House that is concerned—and the privileges of the Members—and the most valuable of those privileges is the free expression of their opinions as to the conduct of public men. Under these circumstances I claim the right of availing myself of the privileges of the House, certain as I am that I myself have committed no breach of its privileges. I thought proper to refer to the superiority in intel. lect of some of the Hon. Members in this House, and I have received in consequence a letter suggesting that an Hon. Mem ber should be allowed to shoot at me.—( Laughter and cheers.) I do not think that that shows any superiority or that it proves any superiority of the intellect. I throw aside all other consi derations. I feel as a Member of this House that lam acting in a proper manner when I pursue this course, and, therefore, assuming that Hon. Members will not deny my right to do so, I shall move the motion which has already been received by the House, Lord ASHLEY said, I rise with great satisfaction to second this motion with the most heartfelt thanks, not only for my self, but also for, I am convinced, a great majority of the Members in this House, and of right-minded persons through •ut the country—the thanks of those persons who look with alarm at any breach of the privileges of this House. The motion will go far to establish not only a social, but a very great constitutional privilege. I can foresee, Sir, the time when, if this system which the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath has called our attention to, was introduced into this House, and into a deliberative assembly—l can see the time when liberty of speech would be at an end, arid when we should meet here as our ancestors met here, not for the exhibition of reason, but for violence and for the sword.—(Chens). In seconding this motion, 'therefore, Sir, I tender to the Honour.. able and Learned Member for Bath, in my own name and in the name of many gentlemen of England, and as I said be fore, in the name of thousands of his fellow subjects, I do tender to him my most sincere thanks for the manly, the cou rageous, and the constitutional course which he has taken.— (Loud cheers). Mr. SOMERS then rose and said—Sir, seeing the feeling of the House, I have no hesitation whatever in withdrawing that letter which he has read. It was merely a letter of in quiry.—( Great laughter). The Honourable and Learned Aletnber for Bath did not condescend to answer these in quiries. Ido not call in question his motives for not doing so. I am here, Sir, in the hands of the House, and I bow with unaffected deference to the decision of the House. am little inclined to play with the authority of the House. The sense of the Speaker is paramount on all occasions, and the sense of the House I conceive is on all occasions para mount. I certainly do deeply regret this matter.--( Loud cheers). I do deeply regret that any matter so personal to myself should has , e occupied the attention of the House for one moment.--(Cheers). If the Honourable and Learned Member for Bath is satisfied with this explanation I trust the House will be satisfied. I think I can add nothing to what I have said. I trust, however, that the House will bear with me for one moment, while I call the attention of the Honour able and Learned Member for Bath to the observations which he frequently makes, and the gross imputations which he occasionally casts upon certain Members of this House. I will take the liberty of saying that the Hon. Gentleman's observations do not always correspond with—(Here the Hon. Gentleman hesi tated for a moment) —I must take the liberty of saying it—do not always correspond with the truth so as to entitle him to permanent respect. I beg to apologise to the House generally for intruding on its attention. and for being the cause of en croaching so considerably on its time.—( Loud chem. ) Sir. G. GREY assured the House that he felt deeply for the Hon. Member who had last addressed the House.— (Cheers.) He understood him to say, at the commencement of his explanation, that he retracted the letter which had been the origin of the present discussion; a more satisfactory line of conduct could not have been pursued, still he confessed he should not be doing his duty did he not deprecate the practice too often adopted of resenting supposed injuries. He thought the course adopted by the Hon. Member for Bath was the only one consistent with his duty to the House and to himself which he could have pursued ; and he at the same time hoped that this, the second example presented to and by that Hon. Member, would teach others to value a similar course, while it warned himself to be more regardful of the feelings of others. —(Loud cheers.) He agreed with all that had been said by him against the immoral and unchristian practice of duelling; but his approval was limited to that one sentiment, and was not extended to the unwarrantable course he pursued on Friday night. While Hon. Gentlemen made it a point of conscience not to give or accept a hostile measure, instead of yielding to the feelings of indignation or resentment, they should at the same time be particclarly sedulous of preserving the language of gentlemen.—( Reiterated cheers.) He did not wish to give offence to the Hon. Member for Bath, but he only felt he was doing his duty in reminding him that there was a tone and a gesture calculated to give offence.—(Prolonged cheer ing.) He heard his speech on Friday last with that attention which the addresses of the Learned Gentleman inva riably demanded, but he felt at the time that it was calculated to produce needless irritation. Truth might be spoken with plainness and with honesty without wounding feelings or pro od nu adopted c F in r g i d a o by f f y e l n tah c s te e .; Member c e h hr , ifloe h r o hß w e a e dt v he e p r ; r , ei vt et - a a tw s eads n o ni tte not the e h t h e e couldtt o o u ne e sa u cda s o u rpe a te l e li wonder at the emotion of feeling on the part of the Hon. Mem- E ( L C course observed b s e ce rs orn; bheardf R o ta r k S e.o lig pa o E .— s e ) Sir idstetnhtatw with H h e tru a e n. Ae courage, lreb c a r t tfloier sameßath time he'; willingly admitted that the Hon Member for Sli g o h a d made every r e p arat i on i n his power.. —(Cheers.) He had retracted the letter which had given cause to the present un fortunate discussion, he had regretted the hasty course he had adopted, and had apologised to the House. A more complete reparation could not possibly have been made by any man.— ( Loud cheers.) At the same time he thought, as the Hon. Member had made the fullest reparation in his power, that the Hon. and L earne d G ent l eman s h ou ld b e satis fi e d with the ex planation which had been made. AIL B. ROCHE did not rise for the purpose of prolong- PARLl.Ailtizti 11U USE OF COMMONS. June DI..NDEE WATERWORKS. The Dundee Wa , eru orks Bill was read a third time and passed. IDOL ATRO4IS WORSHIP IN CEYLON. 135 32 1(); 474 5 '74 21 1 3 4 p. % Pm. 21 lilt 2► p 224 112 2! 1% 105% 21% 25% 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 t ' rtit . 4 l c , :ql: 1, 11 4 , ttertq l i t tis tipa, sr/said k, ROWS had given all the reparation in his peer. Ho could not. how. ever, sit down without remarking that it would be very well if the Hon. and Learned Member did nut use such severe language, and if the House would, by a strong intimation, show that it was determined to discountenance all such attacks.— ( Hear, hear.) It caused irritation and excitement not only in that House but out of doors, and the repetition of such lan guage was by no means calculated to raise the character of that House in the opinien of the public. A pledge bad been given to the House of withdrawing the offensive words, but he considered the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath would not be justified in withdrawing his motion. Lord HOWICK agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet that the matter should not be withdrawn, in consequence of the full and ample apology tendered by the Hon. Member for Sligo. If the matter were withdrawn it would appear on their minutes that a Member of Parliament was justified in sending a hostile mes sage to another Member for expressions employed in that House on public business. He was not prepared to consent to the withdr awa l o f th e mo ti on . H e cons id ere d t h at t h e motion hating been confirmed, the next course would be to form a second resolution, to the effect, that after the full and ample apology of the Hon. Member for Sligo, the House would not take any further notice of the matter. Lord PALMERSTON submitted that, in his opinion, a resolution pointing out a single individual would necessarily imply some opinion on the part of the House that blame and censure had been incurred by that particular person Team it in that resoluti on . I t appeared to him that the apology which had been made to the House by the Hon. Member for Sligo was a sufficient amendment on his part to restrain the House from any further proceedings. It further appeared to him that the objections of his Noble Friend might be fully answered by permitting the proposed resolution to lie withdrawn, and to have, as a substitute, a general resolution, to the effect that it was a breach of the Parliamentary privileges of the House, fog any Member to take notice by a hostile message of what had pissed from any Member in th't House. He quite agreed with other Hun. Members that the Hon. Member for liath deserved their thanks for the course he had pursued in bringing the matter before the House. The effect of such challenges gas to strike a blow at the constitutional functions of Par Lament. There were many Hon. Members wlio if similarly treated, might have been driven to the destruction of them selves and to the injury of their families. He thought that the House ought not to try the Hon. Member (Mr, Roebuck) with respect to his speech the other night. He ( Lord Palmerston) wished to show the hue courage of his Hon. Friend in coming forward in the way in which he did. There was many an Hon. Member in that House whose courage had not been tried, who had not been put in a situation like his Hon. Friend, and who could not come forward and throw himself on the House to vindicate not himself alone, but the privileges of the Home. Ile thought the remarks of the Hon. Baronet misplaced, and truly inapplicable on this occasion. He wished to know whether this was a breach of privilege, and if it were, what should be the way of dealing with it. The Hon. Member, in the commencement of his address, made every re paration it was possible for map to do. It was not a question in which his Hon. Friend (Mr. Roebuck) was alone eon , cerned, it was a question of the privilege of the House. If his Hen. Friend was sorry he ought to have been set right on Friday, and they then ought to have tried him for his impru dence, and for the manner in which he expressed his opinion on that subject. Had he not been held up in a way in which the characters of others had not been ; and was the Hon. Baronet to lay down a rule as to how he was to express his feelings in that House. If they were to conduct themselves peaceably and quietly they should above all have freedom of opinion, and every man should be allowed to express his feeling of the injury her eceived, and if he acted wrong he (Lord Pal merston) hoped that they would call him to order. They were not now to try the Hon. Member for Bath, when the question was as to the conduct of another Hon. Gentleman. He thought that his Hon. Friend deserved the thanks of every gentleman in the House. Sir R. INGLIS thanked his Hon. Friend for the Christian manner in which he seconded the motion. He observed a strong and concurrent opinion on both sides of the House, that, if it should be the pleasure of this House that the motion be withdrawn, the Honourable Member on the other side of the House should express his regret. He hoped he would not be misunderstood—namely, that he should apologise to the House, and to the Hon. and Learned:Member for Bath, and express his regret that the letter in question had been sent. Less than that would not satisfy the House, or secure to any Member of the House, as well as to the Hon. Member for Bath that privilege, which he (Sir R. highs) regarded th e most essent i a l of all their privileges—namely, the free expression of opinion is that House.—( Hear.) He entreated of the House to attend to the observation of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Devenport, and he hoped that if Hon. Members could not be held responsible for language used in the debates of that House, neither should they use those irritating arid offensive epithets —( Hear, hear)—which gave unnecessary pain. With out taking upon himself the task of acquitting the Ho. nourable and Learned Member, he thought that the Ho nourable and Learned Gentleman would, on reflection, feel that observations were made by him, not only on Friday night, but in other debates and on other occasions, upon the conduct of Irish Members, which the necessity of the case did not demand or justify. He did not mean to say that the conduct of the Irish Members was justifiable, on the contrary he was disposed to agree in the general view that they were not acting properly in absenting themselves from Parliament. He did hope that whilst on the one hand the House would interfere effectually to prevent such pernicious conduct, Hon. Members would feel the propriety of acting in a manner so as not to give unnecessary offence, and with a view to maintain the character of that House in the opinion of the public.—( Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER then read the minute which bad been made on the books of the House containing the offensiv e ex pressions before stated, and the apology of the Hon. Member for Sligo already mentioned. Sir W. SOMERVILLE expressed a hope that, after the full and ample apology which had been mas!e by his Honourable Friend, the House would permit him to pass without further censure. During the time that he ( Sir W. Somerville) had been in the House he had never known his Hon. Friend to have been gully of a single offensive or unparliamentary expres sion.—( Hear, heae.) Mr. ROEBUCK said, he had set. out with stating that it was not upon his own account he brought this matter for ward, but in order to vindicate the privileges of that House —( Hear, hear)—and therefore, when the House declared that its privileges had been satisfied, it was far from his wish to interfere, or throw any impediment in the way of the matter being brought to a close. But he should be doing an injustice to himself if he had admitted in any degree that charge which had been made against him by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Devonport. He had expressed an opinion. that the conduct of certain Irish Members was most mis ' chievous to the interests of the country—be then used that language, which accurately described his own feelings and opinions. He had done no more—he had a right to do that—he repeated it—what he said was accurately true. His language had been gentle and guarded—(Laughter) —yes gentle and guarded as compared with the language of others who spoke of that House and its Members individually else where.—( Hear, hear.) As, however, the privileges of the House had been vindicated, he would say no more on the matter. That was all he asked. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said the Hon. Member for Bath had used insulting language to him, and treated him with " perfect contempt."—( Order, order.) The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member for Limerick could not refer to language used in former debates at which he was not present. Mr. ROEBUCK said he had been accused of using lan guage unfit to be heard in the House, and he thought the Hon. Gentleman ought to be called upon to retract those expres sions.--( Cries of " No, no," and " Hear, hear," and great confusion, in the midst of w hi c h) , Mr. TURNER rose, but not one word the Hon. Member said reached us. Lord J. MANNERS was understood to express a hope that the House would not call upon the Hon. Member for Limerick to retract the language he had used. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN rose, evidently labouring under great excitement, and •aid that which had been 'conceded to the Hon and Learned Member for Bath had been denied to him. He had used most offensive language towards him, and had not retracted a single offensive expression which he had used towards him in the debate on Friday night. Was that so or not ? The Hon. Member sat down, expecting an answer from the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, but the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, assum i ng a particularly derisive look, turned his back to the Hon. Member, and did not stand up. There upon Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said the position in which I stand before the country is this, that I have been insulted, and the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, whose offensive ex pressions still remain unretracted and unexplained—( Order) . The SPEAKER—If the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath had made use of language of an unparliamentary cha racter, it would have been my duty to call him lo order.--. ( Hear, hear.) It did not appear to me that the language used by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman in the debate on iyiem unparliamentary, ber: and on th tahteornenfoarsei occasion, id calledot callthe hFirmidatoy order. night wa N s o Hon. Hon. and Learned Gentleman to order, or in any way signified that he was using language of an unparliamentary character,— ( Hear, hear.) I cannot, therefore, admit that either then, or on the present occasion, the Hon. Member for Bath used un parsliiarm H. en language.—( Hear, he ar .) t W ary . BARRON—When language, sa id t o b e of an offensive character to Hon. Members of this Meuse, was used by the Hon. Member for Cork ( Mr. O'Connell) — Just at this moment Mr. O'Connell himself entered the House, amid loud cheering and waving of hats from Hon. Members on the Opposition side of the House, and derisive laughter from the Ministerial benches. Mr. Brotherton, Al derman Humphryes, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Roche, and others came over and shook hands with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, as soon as he took his seat. There was great excitement for a moment, or rather the excitement which previously existed was increased. The Hon. and Learned Member seemed in excellent health and spirits, and laughed heartily, apparently at the coincidence of his name being mentioned just as he en-. tered. Soon after Mr. S. O'Brien went over to the Hon. Member, who shook his hand warmly. Sir H. BARRON went on to say that when Mr. O'Con. nell had used offensive language to Members of that House, Hon. Gentlemen opposite took a very different course from that which they now pursued. The Hon. Member for the University of Oxford told the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, on that occasion, that he should be cautious of using lan guage of an offensive character towards Members of that House ; but the Hon. Gentleman had not given that caution to the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, which would be quite as well placed; for it was notorious that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman was in the constant habit of using offen negHedtuvo aeAn n gii. o eye np occasionn, Member e rs dr o n bn a yr l sive and dictatorial language tow ar d s Hon. 'Members.—(Order.) The SPEAKER interfered, upon vrloicb others, oßv, f fahe S tonh i er, used offence. H . au n . g dhW Whats tut . enh hoaßtt languagehAt oneoe R mb R ewe o ahs N nooa st c e ts htoh x ho p esei act a yeeti i nr was, sheltered .oa . :ua tnlnt H nhts e ahe Lt le himself aaol n r an Learned under the privileges of that House should not use language calculated to wound the feelings of Hon. Members._( Hear.) Sir R. PEEL again interposed. He thought the privil eges of the House h a d b een v i nd i cated, and regretted that the Noble Lord (Lord Howick) was resolved upon pressing his motion. The Right Hon. Baronet instanced the case of Mr. T. Hope,. * now the Lord Justice Clerk, who had in similar acted a manner as the Hon. Member fur Sligo, and whose apology was accepte by the House. After a few words from Lord SANDON and Sir V. BLA K the resolution expressive of the approbation of the House a the course pursued by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, and condemnatory of that taken by the Hon. Member for Sligo, and also the amendment expressive of the satisfaction of the House at the apology of the Hon. Member for Sligo, were put and carried. The subject then dropped. Mr. OSBORNE asked whether the Right Hon. Baronet th Secretary of State for the Home Department would bring o the Academical Education question, in case the hour a which the Irish Banking question concluded was late. Sir J. GRAHAM said he would not pledge himself to the House, buto would not certainly bring up the report on the Academical Education question at a very late hour. ANNUITY TO SIR _FI. POT !INGER . . - - Sir R. PEEL said that he believed that the unanimous feeling of the public, the appreciation of the conduct, character, and public services of Sir Henry Pottinger were such, that independent of the personal question of merits which were universally acknowledged, his claims upon the gratitude of his country were equally well appreciated. He proposed that thegreat services which Sir Henry Pottinger had rendered to 5 1 ,E 2 24% 61, 72 44 251 i 1814 B V 6 191/6 20% 11114