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been said that the system pursued at Dublin College was hos i:e to education ; but he would remind the Reese o' the names that had emanated from it, distin gut bed in every department of the classics, the arts, and the s , •ienees It would be in'idious to in-titute any corn per son with the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, but he could not help saying that there were at present more fellows in the tire, of mesa Universiti. s than had been in the Dublin (',o loge :rum ire very teutidation.—(Hear, h -r t The objeciions which Hon. Members hal urged ar , airrst- 'he Uoiversitv of Dablin was, that it e-as rt merely Protestant Colleee. But they shfiuhl remember that it was found d by Queen Elizabeth ; and if they recelleeted the character of that age, and the opinions which were prevalent, they would not surely express any surprise that it was founded for the purpose or extending the Protestant faith. There were certain offices to which Heiman Catholics were not eligi• We, het the% were ,;f that kind that the restriction could not be lo eked upen as a very great grievance. They w-•ri• the office,: of Provost, Vie , . -Provost, and certain fellowships and scholarships. The llon. and Learned Mernl er then enumerated the different classes in the college, in e r der to how that education was there taught on the most liberal princip'e. The only obit crion which the Hon. M tuber seemed to substaetiate, and the justice of which he (Mr. Hamilten) would not admit., was, !left the university was intended to propagate the dectritiee of the Protestant Establishment. He thought that if they interfered with the present system they would, in stead of conciliating Ireland, be rather adding to her dis traetions. Mr. WAR BUR I'ON thought that no objection multi reasonehly he e iso:n to a motion, which had only for its object the establishment of a Commission for the per p of inquiring if the intentions of the founders of the university had been carried out. They had to inquire whether the funds which had been given had been ap plled according to the terms of the cha-ter, and the) fervid the charter of Charles 1., in 1637, laid down th- scale of emoluments which the provost, and other officers, were to receive. There they found that the nrevost was to receive loot sterling., the senior fellow 9L 13s. 4d., and the junior fellows 3L Now, indeed, they, in consequence of the difference in value of morey, should be placed on a different footing ; but yet they had to look if a large amount of the available property of the college was not swal lowed up in the shape of salaries, instead of being expended in the way directed by the founders. And if they did examine into the history of the TJeiver sity. they would find that sncroachments had been made at different periode—encroachments which ern-pled the energies. and limited the usefulness of the Institution to a very great degree. And on this subject alone, the Go vernment ought to institute a royal commission of inquiry. Some of the arguments of the Hon. Gentleman who had ills . sal down, seem , d to hiu to he carried too far. Surely in this ineetnee, where the college was open to all stu d its of whatever persuasion, and where office and emo lument might he held by Roman Catholic gentlemen— sur-le, he repeated, at this time, and under present circurn statuses, the Government mieht cause inquiry to be made with the view of throwing the university open to all sects, and placing Cathelies and Protestants on exactly the same f tieing. He should he the very last p er ,e ) , to disert the property of the Colleg•• to other than th. objects to which the f Anders meant it to he erplted. hut in thee,- days, when they were builr'ine colleges in other pa te e t. I- la el, it might b • "ell to do away with th, jectienahle statutes a hich only restricted education. and he should, then fire. deeming he commission sought for by his Hon. Friend truly necessary, support the n. Sir 11. 11. IN'GLIS said that the foundation of the university of Dublin was as purely Protestant as any colt ge in this country. L. had been said by the Hon. and Gallant Officer who mar d the resolution, that tie statutes ef Elizabeth did nit c n ',kin the word 4- Pr. testent but did any Honourable Member niacin te s that that sovereien eontemolated other than thil es tension of Protestant doctrines ? Having heard nothing in the speech of the Hon Gentleman opposite it; its favour, he child resist any interference en the pat.t. the Crown with respect to funds left by certain pei seti tor privet.- purposes. Mr. HUME was sorry to find this motion opposed be her Mejest''s Government. He was -urerised at this s e ng that h. r M tjesty's Government had evineed a d-- si4-e to cotieili Lte the peup!e of' Ireland. He thought hi- Hon. and Gallant Fr;.•ntl, the Member for Wycombe. in introdu-ing the motion, had made ~at a very strong cae-. He thought that the m o t i on o f his lion. Frice was particularly well timed, seeing that her Majesty's Government had esked the House to G rant certain rams of money for educational purposes. He was right, under those circumstances, in asking what funds were at pre sent in existence fur such purposes, and how they were He did not see how her Majesty's Go vernment could refuse this, when they were asking the House to grant more money for education in Ireland. On a former occasion an application was made for mime:, to be voted for Scotland, and a precisely similar course hal been ad••pted to that suggested by his Hon and Gallant Friend. lie believed that his Hon. and Gallant Friend's argument had been very unfairly met 'fete Government, in opposing the motion, were not carrying, out the liberal view which they had lately ex pressed towards Ireland. It was his opinion, that all Irishmen should be placed upon the same footing with r. spect to education and relign in. He thought that Ire land was justified in calling for the inquiry which heel been demanded. It was the policy of the Government to grant such inquiries, for whenever a party had re course to concealment, the result would not he benefi cial to them. Upon these gr3unds, he should support the motion of his Hon. and Gallant Friend. Mr. LEFROY was opposed to this motion, beeausel - e believed the effect of it would he to op en t h e honors and emoluments of Trinity Colleg e Dublin, to other parties than Protestants. He thought they were bound to sup port that College in its present position. He did not believe that a single argument had been offered in favour of the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman, and therefore he should oppose it. Mr. M. J. (./VON'NELI, did not think that the Hon. Get - ilea - Jan who had just sat down had shown to th, lions- a very premising example of the logic taught at • Trinity College. lie (Mr. M. J. O'Connell) hoped that they would have sonae further exposition o' the principles' upon which the Government intended to oppose the motion.—(Hear.) They had. he th , ugh t, exhibited as much inconsistency in that 'water as they had in financial matters. In Scotland tests were to he imp tsed, in Cork they were not, but i; Dublin the G'tee nment were determined to maintai , the tests in full torte Ile hart supported this Bill it its early stage-,. because he believed it would, in its of ft c•. a ivance mix. d Bet mixed education. wool,' never suece• d while equality was no observed. T new colleges were to he thrown op n to all, while tt , c• old ones were to b• exclusive Until this in quality was abolished, discontent w uld etawitruc., and (eight to continue. He could not mid/ retand the inconsrstency that was shown by a. Givernn nt - with respect to this matter of education That which they b- ved to he good and es:ential it one ease, they repudiated in ano . her Their teinsciiiree appeared to vary with the position of the places respect jog which they attempted to leeislete. As he had -.aid betese, they never c iuld hope to conciliate Trebled th-• p•e-e'.t ins T.:4)4y was allo•ved to continue. Let tht m place eve-v creed upon the same footing v , it d rest, et to t. e honours and f.moluinents J,f the colleg.-- ii. 11,ib iit. and they might dip tal upon it that discer.- tent w ul t rapidly d o a , ay. Mr. SH 1W heliesed that this motion had heen brought forward for the purpose of alien eting funds lent the ohjeets for which they wt r , originally intended. Trinity College was founded by a Protestant Queen, Protestant fu rub:, and f r purely Prote,tant piirpre• s 'T'his hol often been repeat. d, and he would repeat it w e an, an d again, for this --imple reason --that the irro.;. could rot tuo o ften be repeated. There were as I: :u„ Reiman Catholics now in the University of Del•lin there were formerly, and he did not wish that the Ranier. Cethelics should be d•prived of the advantages of wade mical education. The Hon. Gentleman who had br ught forward this motion lied taunted him with being 'goo. rant at everything connected with the government or tilt University ..f t le lied, however, had eensiderable xp• rience in that University. He hied taken his degree Duet .r of Laws there, and hal two sons who entered ii. an! consequently he must he somewhat acquainted with its internal tnanagiennnt. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then a ens into details respecting the salaries of the prefes.ori and fellows, which he defended on the ground of the onerous duties they had to perform. The senior fellows had more ti ne for literary pursuits ; the time of the juniors was wholly taken up in teaching the s•udents, and every one of them was fictively en gaged in giving lectures and instructing the scholars. There was also another ditty which the junior fellows had to perform. The divinity students had to attend two peers, anti the junior fellows. besides their ordinary duties, had to instruct these students. He had, there fore,. disposed of two of the objections which had been raised aeainet the f. flows, lie would say that the Go vernusent could not violate the fusels, without &thee gross injustice to the intentions of the donors who had endowel the college. Mr. SH Kr f. entirely coincided with his Hun. Friend the Member frr Kerry that the members of the three Pr" • f.xsions of theology, I , w, and medi c i ne, shoul4 nut stard distinct. They started tog,ether in the same field of the sublime l anguage o f t h e life and, if he might e ' great p 'Pt w h , se remain. were now entombed in the ad jac nt l • att. , deal, he wonld say. " I.e,ving t'ae , with no blot on their name, L ke,t o rund yto H- avert, from the death-hed of fame." They I,.ved a,cl hey w.tdd di.. together. Surely, in the murai-eg of lsf., syr.en the sweetest, and finest, and most trie ,, dshp were formed, which would last e itodans for directing those fei-lings initzht r•jeeteil. %Without the atd of reli u jous 1• ' 1 " e '" 1 "" s cular edocati n aced(' he perfec , ly use c—. The y. u h was tran -f erre d frum his hom , , a.nd was no lone r und. r the care of that best or all sentinels, parental love, It was perhaps in ieligion that a little leaving was dangerou4, ror it was in silent monitions of a well ground d reheious fe..l:ne, proha' ly first incul cated by q. moth r, and sustained ty the exhortations of the , ccl• siatrcal advis r, that the rash and headstrong passions Of you. h were restrained, Thee statements and !he t;ov.-rntn nt had not pro were not Imaginary, • d fur them Toe) ha not guard e d ava i, st , it R, i„t tt onution, ',li g ht to have been made th e 13 , isis .h e '4‘ stein. Tho I ;or rhin nt 011 et I• a ,, ma d,. • .n 0 e ar ., ond , .ork on v , had-• the wire heme should be fund d The R ‘man Catholic bishop, had „..lce.l the Giivi rnirwit• t-, en-et Cow h , ii• ' , Tel, as n Protestant. Th- Right lion. G , mail the :-,ecre ta for the floir,e Depai tii.ent had sail that chaplains IntlNt he appointed for the Unitarians and other sects. Vt'a., he aware of the fact tl• at in Irel-nd there were only 500 000 Presb) terians, 40,000 Unitarians. 180,000 Pro t, scents, and up lards of 7.000,000 of Rowan eatho- And re', looking at th-se facts, he said it was nee fisorV p-•, ide r he Unitarians. Why, ~;. d rohol . c c!‘splains • ught Priit ,, staot, to 4 1 1)"i • c • 0,1 6 t religion b, est cut, when, compared with which, every other object of secular education was evanescent and contemptible? He would now refer to the appointment of professors. He thought that the Cath die bishops, in seeking what they did, were perfectly ju-tifiable. They suggested that the professors of metaphysics, of geology, and ana tomy, . •11-tild be Cath.lics. The Government said such a proposition was monstrous. Those professors in Dub lin Univ,rsity were all erutestants, and he would con tend that the bishops were pertectly right in pursuing the course ~f refusing to rec..gnise the principle of the rrelsure. unlc , s -utfielent means for the instruction of the Roman C., th lie youth in the proposed cidleges, in their proper religion, were fully recognised and provided for. He would not complain of the distribution of offices, of the appointment of magistrates, of the neglect of the interests of Ireland, but he would content himself with a fact. Fiftet n years ago Catholic Emancipation was car ried—fifteen years had elapsed since that great measure passed the I,' g'slature, and he, who at that time led the way in carrying it, was now the Prime Minist r ofF:ng- There were eight millions of Roman Catholics in Ireland, and yet - not a single Roman Catholic held office under the Government—not one had the right of er.ttee at the Castle of Dublin or th- Hume-effice.— ( I lear, hear.) It was not so under the Whigs. Tin di r their Administration the claims of the - Catholics met A leas:t with some consider Ition. Under the Whigs these were appointed to office--Sir 'Michael 01,o , zhlen, and Judge Ball, while Mr. Pigott was the At ornoy-General for Ireland. The Whigs in their ap pointments to office consulted the interests and feelings of the great Catholic community ; the present Ministry had not. When proposing the present. Rdl. the Academical Education Bill, whom did they consult? Cer tainly not the feelings or the remonstrances of the Catholics of Ireland. The Hon. Member for Louth had told them that it would be inconsistent for Roman Catholics to support the Government so long as they adhe , ed to the present Chirch Establishment, and refused to open Trinity College. In that he perfectly agreed. There was neither reciprocity or jutice in such a system. He new came to the ameto;ment. 'I he Hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr. B. Osborne) had referred to the orlidnal foundation of Trinity College as not being of an exclusive character. He could corroborate that tact. was not intended for ecclesiastical or sacerdotal purposes, but as an institution for the education generally of the youth. This was the object of the establishment, as founded by Queen Elizabeth, who was a good Protestant, but who was, nevertheless, a very heathen in a carnal point. He held in his hand a book, descriptive of the state of Ireland, written 200 years ago, written by no less a person than Lord Bacon. The work was entitled the " Queen's Service in Ireland." That great man said, in the work in question, " to tolerate the Roman Catholic religion;" and then he went on to advise the people of Ireland in a state of contentment, to pursue an even course between England and Ireland, and to treat the people as one nation ; one great means of acomplishing which was by carrying out a liberalsystem of education.—( Hear, hear) Coupling this passage, which would be f mud in the third volume of the work, with the pas- sage in the charter of Queen Elizabeth, already quoted in the progress of the debate, he (Mr. Shell) contended that 'here was ne ground whatever far excluding Roman Catholics from the University of Dublin. But that was not the way to meet the questioi in 1845. What they wanted were just prin ciples and practices to conciliate the great majority of the people of Ir‘dand. Trinity College, even with its present de 'ective constitution, had produced a galaxy of great men, yet that blaze of literary glory had only emanated from 700,000 Iri hmen, a mere handful of the people.—( Hear, hear.) What then might they not expect if the whole waste mind of Ireland was broueht into the precincts of that institution, and 'hat instead of 700,000, there were 8,000,000 of people pro fiting from the mine oe intellectual wealth accumulated there. —'Cheers.) Let them not deny the great good that had been done, but endeavour to change the system for a better. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to notice the fellowships of Trinity College, which were at present re stricted to Protestants, particularising several instances of the emoluments and advantages, which Roman Catholics were altogether excluded from by the present constitution of the College. He considered it wt uld be of much greater srrvice 'o education in Ireland, instead of attempting to esta blish dwarfish colleges for academical education, to apply 18.000/. to improve Trinity College, and to throw it open equally to Roman Catholics with Protestants. This course %could be re•urned in full value to England in pacificating re ,ults and in the general welfare and improvement of the people 'rf Treland.—(Loud cheers. 1 He thought that those conces stons ought to satisfy the House, and the advantages which had been given to the Roman Catholic Church had been materially liminished. At tl.e conclusion of this, their fifth session, it should be a subject for the consideration of the Minis try that it was unwise to take such a measure as "this at the conclusion of the session. This was no time for halt measures, for he felt that if they longer delayed the set.. tlemr•nt of this dispute. the consequence would be that there sonld he a total disturbance of the peace of the community. and if this wee not cared for, he feared there would be a fatal eruption, and the measure would be altogether destruc tive of the object for which this Bill was intended. Sir R. PEEL said that the object of the Bid was to give a perfect equality between the several parties. The Govern ment had certainly been very desirous to meet the religious feeling of the country. Their object had been the liberal endowment of the Catholic Church. and it was a little unfair that the intentions of Government should he so misrepresented . . as they had been n this debate. There was no (lOWA but that the feeling of the people in Ireland would, by this debate, b. largely increased. The object of the original grant had b-en to increase the resources of that country, and he thought that the principle would be erroneous which made any differ ence between the honours. If they were to state any parti cular interest as being affected, they might say that the Pre-byterian interest was paramount in the north, and the Roman Catholic in the south. The principle of this had been allowed in the Bequest Act. The Right Hon. Gentleman had given a very excellent speech in favour of the opening of 4everal colleges. The circumstance of the religious principle being adduced, was sufficient to show that the intentions of Elizabeth had not been carried out. The Hon. Gentleman complained of a want of equality. Why, what could be a greater tiroof of that equality than the.circurnstance that the Government had invariably adopted those plans which were likely to in fluence public feeling. One of their objects had been to raise religious animosities, and he was happy to announce that those feelings of opposition had subsided. The object of the Govern ment had been to subdue religious animosities, and they suc ceeded. There was no sacrifice, however great, or however lasting, he would not incur, if, acting with justice to Protestants and Roman Catholics, he could promote he peace and harmony of the country to which the Right Hon. Gentleman belonged. Sir V. BLAKE wished to correct a statement of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite. The petition front Galway to which he had alluded was not in favour of the Academical Bill, but that of the Maynooih Endowment. The people of Ireland were almost unanimously in favour of the latter; would to God the former measure was similarly acceptable to them. Sir R. PEEL—Did not the Hon. Baronet call on me and requeqt that I would make Galway one of the localities in which the colleges should be established ?—(Loud laughter.) Sir VALENTINE BLAKE admitted the circumstance al luded to by the Right Hon. Baronet, but explained that, subse quently, the disadvantages of the measure bad become so pal. pable as to change his mind.—( Loud laughter.) The Right Hon. Baronet continued for some time the most emphatic gesticulations, but from the indescribable uproar which pre vailed during his entire address, not one word was audible in the gallery. Colonel SIFITHO RP said there was no one single act which he did not believe the Right Hon. Baronet capable of, nor was there a single measure, however monstrous, which he did not think the Gentleman at the head of her Alajesty's Government wou'd be disposed to carry in pursuance of that course which he called "expediency," but which he (Colonel Sibthorp) could designate by no other term than " disgraceful subser viency."—(Loud cries of "Order," and laughter.) Well, if that epithet , sere too strong, he would withdraw the word •‘ disgraceful," to suit the tender censvienees of the House, at id leave the &stoma!' , n "subserviency." The conduct of the Government had been of late so extraordinary that he should not feel a , all surprised to see the Pope himself introduced as Member of that House by the Right Hon. Bar-diet. or it that gentleman htm, e if took his seat some day as Mussulinan, Ma bemoan, or Jesv.—(Lourl laughter.) Lord J RUSSF.LL admitted there wore great merits in this Hill, more especially as it contained the distinguishing feature of wi , hdrawing reogioustests. But when became to the - general question of education for the higher el sses of Ireland, the University of Dublin was presided over exclusively by Pro 'estants, avid scholarships and all offices of distinction were im larly exclusive. This inequality might he remedied in two ways—either by endowing a Catholic college similarly Tristity College was sustained; a second way, by giving the rneacs of equality, as tar secular, if not ecclesiastical, benefits could be attained in the university. But if the Government Reilly wished to remove these obnoxious distinctions and dis abilities. it could easily be effected, whether the political, social, or religious equality of creeds was considered. The people of England would speedily recognise and assent to the principle, as it Ireland would at once be benefited and grateful. He should support the amendment of the Honourable Gentleman for the admission of Catholics into Trinity College, after which he would cheerfully vote for the third reading of the Bill, although it was not so perfect a Bill as he could have desired. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 9l Against it Majority against the amendment Sir R. H. INGLIS then proceeded to argue, that Govern ment would fail to make their system of education perfect and effective if they wholly divested it of religion. No man was a fit or competent person to be an instructor in natural philo •ophy. or, in fact, in any of the sciences, who did not refer to the name or the attributes of the Almighty, and he should, therefore, move that the Bill be read a third time that day six m inths. Lord EBRINGTON declared his intention to o pp ose th e third reading of the Bill,lecause Government had not suffi cii•ntly explained upon what principles these colleges were to be governed. The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member for the Uni versity of Oxford, that a former amendment having been moved upon the original motion, he could not put the amendment which the Hon. Member had just proposed. Sir R. H. INGLIS replied that he would meet the diffi cull by withdrawing the amendment, and dividing on the original question. fhe House then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading Against it Majority in favour of it —.451 The Bill was then read a third time arid passed. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. HAWES asked the First Lard of the Treasury whether he has any objection to lay on the table of the House the in structions recently forwarded to the Governor of New Zealand? Sir R. PEEL objected to their production. They were confidential, and could not, consistently with the public service, be produced. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for reading this Bill a second time being read, Arr. S. O'BRIEN suggested its postponement. Sir R. PEEL objected to such a course. After a few observations from Mr. Redington, Sir R. Fer guson, and Sir T. Fremantle, the Bill was read a second time. PHYSIC ANI)SURGERY BILL. The consideration of this Bill was postponed till next Monday. The Jiiint Stock Com; , anies Bill was read a se con d t i me; as . were also the Geological Survey Bill, and the Arta Union (No. 2) Bill MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL. NI/. CUR rEis moved the consideration of the ;eport on this Bill. !Ur. HOWARD hoped that the Bill would be postponed HI the eat .ession of P4' 'lament. It would inflict great hard .hio on constituents, and ought nut to be pa,ed without fu 1 e. , roidersii, r. \lr. A I.ION kY had no objection to the postponement of the Bill, if h er M a j es ty' s G...vernment thought than by so doing they i coul.t introduce the Bill in a more improved form next session. If it W. the opinion of the Government that by postponing the measure t,ll the next session of Parliament the interest of all part lee would be better attended to, he had nn objection to agree to that postponement. He did not wish to thwart h.tr M.,iestv's Govetnment, but to obt4in from them an as surance that in the next, session the suhject should meet their earlie-t ewns.derstmn, and a Bill wound be brought in on the , subject. Sir GEORGE CLERK fully believed that in the neon THE SUN, LONDON, _FRIDA I MORNING. JULY 11, 1845 the Government would be enabled to prepare a more satisfac tory and comprehensive measure, which would be brought for ward next session, and as the present Bill had not been re ceived favourably by the body whom it was intended most to benefit, he trusted the House would allow the matter to be postponed. Mr. IN AWN asked the House to read the reports of 1841 and 1t:344, to see the unjust way in which seamen were treated, and he would only put it to the Right Ho nourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, whether, after these reports, it was not absolutely necessary that some measure should be carried into effect to remove these grievances. After a few words from Mr. CURTEIS the Bill was postponed. The Speaker then left the chair, and Mr. Greene having taken his place, the House went into Committee on along the proposed line furnished sufficient grounds for the Bill to be brought before the House. If the Scottish Midland Railway were not constructed, he was of opinion that the east coast line would not afford sufficient accommodation to the pubic. In the valley of Strathmore a considerable quantity of cattle were fattened, which were principally sent to London and to the southwestern parts of Scotland for sale. Grain and potatoes were alio produced in the valley. The weavers chiefly cultivated the soil. The proposed line would give an impulse to the manufactures of the district, and he believed that the inhabitants and proprietors of land there were decidedly in favour of it. The Marquis of Breadalbane was the next witnesse called, and he corroborated, in every particular, the evidence which had been given by Lord Wharncliffe. Mr. Buchanan, merchant, residing at Stanley, spoke generally as to the traffic from that place, and stated that the coals which were obtained from Newcastle could be procured at a much cheaper rate than at present if the railway were constructed. Mr. Jamieson, the provost of Montrose, gave similar evidence as regards Montrose. Mr. Adams, of Blairgowrie, spoke as to the facilities which the railway would afford for the conveyance of the yarn and manufac tuted goods to and from Blairgowrie, Glasgow. and Dundee. The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow. WEST LONDON RAILWAY AND EXTENSTON. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords to as certain the merits of this scheme as.embled for the first titre this morning, in No. 2 Committee-room, attached to the House. The Committee consisted of Lord Brougham (Chairman), the Earl of Scarborough, Lord Sondes, Lord Gage, and Lord Hawarden. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., stated the case for the promoters. The ob ect of the Bill was to authorize the leasing of the West London Railway to the London and Birmingham Company, and to empower that company to construct a branch or extension from the present terminus at the Kensington Canal Basin to the river Thames, at a point near to Cremorne House, with a view of extending the traffic on the London and Birmingham and Great Western Railways. Mr. Bidder and Mr. Robert Stephenson proved that there no engineering difficulties on the line. It would be 1 mile 52 chains in length, and would cost 60,0001. Mr. Mills, the superintendent of the goods traffic on the London and Birmingham Railway, proved that the present want of access to that Aut. trom Clinden-town kt•pt a good deal of traffic away from the line. At present the traffic amounted to 165,000 tons annually, and of that 40,000 tons went to the banks of the Thames. Mr. Seymour Clarke, the superintendent of the goods traffic on the Great Western Railway, gave similar testimony as regard. d that line. This closed the case for the promoters. Mr. M. CHAMBERS then addressed the Committee on behalf of Lord Kensington, two-thirds of whose property would be destroyed by the proposed railway. He contended that the Kensington Canal ass amply sufficient and expeditious for the traffic to the river ; but, even if it were not sufficiently expeditious, the canal might be easily converted into a railway, without in. flicting injury on the property or rights of private individuals. Evidence having been adduced to substantiate the statement of the Learned Counsel, Mr. TALBOT replied, and the room was afterwards cledrcd. The Committee having deliberated for a few minutes, strangers were re-admitted, when The CIIAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the resolution to postpone their decision till Monday, and in the mean. time they recommended parties to come to terms. HOUSE OF COMMONS.. GROUP A. TENTERDEN AND RYE LINE. The Chairman, this morning, took his seat at the usual hour, and the Committee proceeded to the consideration of the above line. The first witness called by Mr. HILDVARD (on the part of the promoters of the line) was Mr. Hicks, a merchant at Rye, who spoke to the difficulty of communication between that place and other parts of the cot nty, and also with London. The required communication would be fully supplied by the proposed renterden and Rye line, but the Ashford and Hastings lines, proposed by the South Eastern, and the Brighton Company's would give no accommodation to the people of Rye. Corn, beans, and peas were exported from Rye to Glou cester, Liverpool, and other places. He raised a large quantity of corn himself, and would send a quarter of what he raised to Lon don, if there were an available railway communication. On cross-examination by Mr. D. HILL, on the part of the Ash. ford and Flutings (Brighton) line, the witness st.ted that Folke. stone had a great advantage over Rye, in the railways, and that the inequality would be increased by any such railway as the pro posed Ashford and Hastings line. Mr. Southerton, owner of fishing.smacks at Rye, spoke to the advantages to the Rye Harbour fishery which would ensue from the making of the proposed line. It was very difficult to get a market for all the fish caught. He himself had sometimes been obliged to sell as many as seven waggon.loads of fish for manure. A waggonload was equal to 125 bushels. All that he had sold for manure might be sent to Landon and sod as food, if there were a railway communication, He was frequently obliged to throw fish back into the sea, having no market for it. The fishery would support a much greater number of men than it does at present, if there were a line from Rye to London. The Ashford and Hast ings line would give no accommodation to the ft:4ler)% Mr. Wilsted stated that his father and himself had been super intendents of Rye Harbour for forty years up to the present time, and gave evidence as to the improvement which would be made in the harbour at Rye by this. and the injury which would be dune by either of the other lines. Mr. Meadows, a farmer and surveyor of roads at Bennington, spoke to the improvement of the roads of that place which would be caused by the cheapening of material, resulting front the proposed line, if the Bill were passed. The roads were ma J 1 "sea beach," that is, shingle obtained from the sea.shore. This "beach" was obtained at Rye Harbour, and would be carried on the proposed line. It might then be conveyed much cheaper by the railroad than it could by the present mode of conveyance. Mr. Thompson stated that he had been employed by Captai❑ Moorsom to take notes of the traffic which might be expected on such a line as the proposed Tente,.den and Rye. He had stationed four men at the following places —one at Playden, one at Rolvington, one at Bird's Isle, and one at Tentenden. Bird's Isle was about a mile north of Tenterden. He had repeatedly visited them to see what they were doing, and to copy the notes which they had taken. The witness spoke at some length to the precautions against error, and against noting down traffic such as would not be available, which had been taken by him, and by the persons he employed. Cross-examined by Mr D. HiLL—The four persons he employed were named Small, Goble, Fin, and Snow. Goble, who was sta tioned at Rolvington, had been master of the union workhouse; Fin, who was stationed at Tenterden, svzs a tailor. He might count nine of his own trade to a man, but would not be likely to count nine men for one tailor.—(A laugh.) Snow, was a gardener's labourer, and had been stationed at Bird's Isle, and Small was stationed at Playden. There was another man at a fifth station, but as the traffic at that place might be conveyed by the Ashford and Hastings branch line, it had beets struck out of the tables on the passing of that Bill Mr. Aviary, a coal merchant at Tenterden, spoke to the ad vantage to the coal trade which would be produced by the proposed line. Coal would be rendered much cheaper by the cheaper carriage, and the result would be that a much greater quantity would be consumed Mr. Hatch stated that from 3,400 to 3,500 tons of lime were imported annually to Tenterden for manure. This line would greatly facilitate the carriage of lime, and would therefore make it much cheaper. The present expense of carriage of lime from the Kent Chalk.hills to Tenterden was 15s. per waggon load, a waggon load being equal to two tons. Mr. Barnes, a land surveyor, said that the va l ue o f th e l an d h uro called " l Staving passed was 18,2881. 1 le. H e k ne w Mr ttaving Den," and which was th e wors t l an d oStntouhng' h sfield le h a e l w i e h e i . cc He thought the part of this land which would be left by the railway would be more valuable than the whole field was at present. He thought Major Curtiss's land would be much improved by the railway. Mr. Curtiss (a relative of Major Curtiss, a petitioner against the line) was then called, and gave evidence of the advantages de. rivable from this line. He thought Major Curtiss was mistaken in opposing this line, which would greatly increase the value of his property. Mr. HILDVA RD then said that his evidence was now concluded. and there being no evidence to be produced on the other side, the Learned Counsel proceeded to addrtes the Committee in favour of the proposed line, atid dwelt at great length on the evidence as to the truths which had been given by the various witnesses, and which has been published at length, from time to time as it oc curred, in the columns of The Sun. Mr. D. HILL addressed the Committee on the part of the Brighton Railway Company, and in reply to Mr. Hildyard, he pointed out shortly what he considered the advantages of the Ashford and Hastings ai br ch, and th e d isa d van t ages o f the Tenterden and Rye line. The object of the Learned Counsel's speech was principally to show that the greater length of the Tenterden and Rye line was not sufficient to account for the excess of the estimates of the expense of that line over those of the Ash. ford and Hastings branch line. The expense of the former we estimated at 500,00 0 1 That of the latter would be 140,0001. There was only a difference of 11 mites between them, the difference ofex. pense being 360,1,00/. Mr. CLattssoN then addressed the Committee at some length on the part of Major Curtiss, after which the Consinitte adjourned at Five o'Clock. GROUP NN. EPPING. RAILWAY. At the sitting of the Committee it was announced that Lord Lincoln, on the part of the Woods and Forests, had given his con sent to the line passing through the Crown lands, subject to certain clauses. For the purpose of allowing time for the completion of these arrangements, the Committee adjourned until tomorrow. We believe it is the intention of the promoters not to carry the line beyond Old Ford, where it will form a junction with the Eastern Counties line. cutout'a. IMPORTANT DECISION. YORIC LINES. The Committee met at half.past twelve, and retired to consider the point which was raised yesterday respecting the evidence to be adduced by Mr. Cockburn After a considerable time, Lord Coultrunsv said that the Com mittee had Instructed him to state that they had come to a resolu tion that the Direct Northern Company were at liberty to offer such rebutting evidence as would show any errors In the London and York sections, which might, under the standing orders, prevent it from being constructed. Secondly, that all those parties who desired to invalidate the sections must give notice to- morrow mo rning of the points which they intended to contest, and that no evidence would be received of which notice was not given to-morrow morning; and thirdly, that the Com mittee would proceed to take evidence against the sections imme diately after the conclusion of the case of the Farringdon-street station. Mr. AUSTIN said that he bad only one object with Mr. Cock burn, and that though the parties were not otherwise conjoined, yet they had a common object to defeat the London and York line, and he should, therefore, only offer evidence supplementary to that produced by Mr. Cochburn. The Committee then proceeded to the evidenee of land value; but, from the position of the witnesses and the peculiarity of the room, It was utterly impossible to hear the early portion of the statements. The tlrst witnesses spoke to the value of the land on the line. The result was that Messrs. Padley and Moore who had valued the land from the one hundred and twenty second mile-stone to the River Trent, stated that the total worth of the twelve miles seven furlongs, which they had surveyed, was 17,949/. Mr. ATKINSON valued the land from the River Trent to the Don, a distance of 18 miles, 1 furlong, and 1 chain, and he found _ _ the whole of the work to be 28,3421. Mr. John Oliver took it from the River Don, to and including Brayton, and his estimate was 24,2434 Distance, 11 miles, 7 fur. longs, 8 chains. Mr. George Alderson valued it from Brayton to York, and his total was 24,136/.:for 12 miles, 4 furlongs, 3 chains. The aggregate amount was 94,6721. Total distance, 55 miles, 4 furlongs, a n d 2 chains. Mr. Padley produced a model showing the level of the River Witham, and the fail of the Delft drain into it, the object being to show how the line would pass over the country when the water was out, the criterion being the timid which occurred in 1828. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIUM objected to the model on the ground that part of it was constructed on the horizontal principle and other parts on the vertical principle. On Mr. WEBSTER'S reexamination, Mr. Padley stated th a t ,hi s was conceived to be the best plan to construct a model, as it showed hrnh the surface and the slope of the banks of the river and the drain. Air. Nancell was recalled to aptak to the traffic.t3bles, and .tated that he had taken one quarttr of the trMlic bt tween Lincoln and Torquay he due to the railway between Lincoln and Gains borough. He had taken one.third of the traffic between Gains borough and Thorne, and ane.tbtrd between Thorneand auto. The Goole traffic by canal he had omitted altogether. He had taken one.sixth of the Crowle traffic for the railway. In the Selby district he had divided the traffic, and the total a►nount was 67,2041 He bad tested these calculations by those of the London and York line, and taking all the calculations te_ gether he found the whole of the expense of the line from Lincoln to York to be 978,3121., and the net returns would be 67,204/., including coal with the other goods. The cruss-examination of Mr. Sergeant Wrangham occupied a considerable time, and he succeeded in very much shaking the evidence of Mr. Mancell. . . Mr. Webster's re examination, however, tended to restore the confidence which should be placed on this evidence, although no new facts were elicited. _ _ The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, PARLIAMENTARY DI V ISIONS. (Front the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 9. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Question pro posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques tion to add the words " upon this day six months:"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The Rouse divided _ _ _ _.____. • MINORITY-AYES, 108. Aglionby, 11. A. Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. 0 de, S. C. Millie, 11. J. Ellice, Edward Ord, William Bailie, '-t alter Escort, Bickham Oswald, James llannerman, A. Esmonde, Sir Thos. Peehell, Captain Baring, F. T. Etwall, Ralph Philips G. It. Barnard, E. G. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Plumridgc, Captain Bellew, It. M. Forster, Matthew Pulstbrd, Robert Berkeley, Captain Gibson, T. M. Ravr don, Col. Bernal, Ralph Gill, Thomas Redington, T. N. Blake, M. J. Grey, Sir George Ross, I). R. liorthwick, Peter Grosvenor, Lo , 'd R. Russell, Lord J. Bouverie, E. I'. Hallyburton, Lord Scott,•Robert Bright, John liastie, Archibald Seymour, Lord Brotherton, Joseph Hawes, B. Sheil, R. L. Itrowne, W. Ilindley, Charles Shelburne, Earl Buller, C. Horsman. Edward Smith, Vernon Buller, Edward Howard, Henry Smythe, George Chapman, B. Howick, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Christie, W. D. Hume, Joseph Stansfield, \V. R. C. Clay, Sir W. liumptiery, Alderman Stewart, P. M. lolebrooke Sir T. Jervis, John Stuart. Lord J. Cowper, W. F. Labott ;here, H. 'faltered, M. W. Craig, W. G. Langston, J. H. Towileley, John Crawford, W. S. Lemon, Sir C. Troubridge, Sir E. Curteis, 11. B. Loch, James Villiers, Charles Dalmeny, Lord Macaulay, T. B. Vivian, J. li. • alrymple, Captain M`Taggart, Sir J. Wakley, Thomas Denison, John E. Mangles, R. D. Wall, C. B. Dennistoun, J. Marjoribanks, S Warburton, H. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Marshall, William Ward, H. G, Duncan, Viscount Mitcalfe, Watson, W. 11. Duncan, George Mitchell, T. . Wawn, J. T. Duncombe, Thomas Morris, David Williams, William Dundas, Admiral Morison, General Yorke, H. R. Dundas, Frederick Morrison, James TELLERS. Dundas, David O'Brien, J. Hill. Lord M. Ebrington, Viscount O'Connell, M. J. Tufnell, Henry MAJORITY-NOES, 116. ♦'Court, Captain Forman, T. S. Lygon, General Acton, Colonel Fox, S. L. Mackenzie, T. Alford, Viscount Fremantle, Sir T. Mackenzie, W. F. Arkwright, George Fuller, A. E. Diecan Ashley, Lord Gaskell, J. M. Meyncll, Captain Austen, Colonel Gladstone, Captain Mildmay, H. St. Joh] Bailey, Joseph Gordon, Captain Neville, Ralph Baillie, Colonel Goulburn, 11. Newdegate, C. N. Baird, W. Graham, Sir J. Nicholl, John Barkly, 11. Granby, Manptis Northland, Viscount Baring, W. B. Gretnall, Peter Packe, C. W. Bentinck, Lord G. Greene, Thomas Palmer, George - Bernard, Viscount Grinaston, Viscount Patten, J. W. Blackburne, J. I. Grogan, Edward Peel, Sir Robert Bowles, Admiral Haltord, Sir-11. Pringle, A. Brisco, M. Hamilton, C. J. B. Rashlelgh, W. Broadley, henry Hamilton, George A. Repton, G. W. J. Bruce, Lord E. Ilan ;.ion, W. J. Ito Heston, Colonel Bruges, W. H. L. Hamilton, Lord C. Sanderson, Richard Buck, W. L. Hampden, Renn Seymour, Sir H. Buckley, Edmund Harcourt, G. G. Shaw, Frederick liurgell, Sir C. Harris, Captain Smith, T. ft. C. . _ Campbell, Sir Hugh Henley, J. W. Somerset, Lord G. Cardwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Spooner, lticliard Carew, W. H. P . Hogg, J. W Sutton, 11. AI. . lerk, Sir G. 11 , 1 mes, W. A'Court Taylor, Edward Clive, It H. Hope, Sir John Tsiment, J. E. Cockburn, Sir G. Hope, Charles Trench, Sir F. W. Corry, Henry Hope, G. W. Trollope, Sir J. limner, Colonel Hughes, W. B. Trotter, John Darby, George Hussey, Thomas Varian, J. Ennis Denison, E. 13. Inglis, Sir It H. Waddineton, H. S. Douglas, Sir H. Jertnyn, Earl Wil!osley, Lord C. Douglas, Sir C. Jocelyn, Viscou , t, Wortley, James S. Duckworth, Sir J. Johnstone, Sir J. Wortley, .John S. r:inlyn, Viscount Knightley, Sir C. Wynn, C. W. W. Estcourt, I'. G. It. Lennox, Lord A. Farnham, E. B. Lincoln, Earl TELLERS. Fitzroy, Henry a. , ekhart, William Toun- John THE BANKRUPTCY DECLARATION BILL. The House then resumed, and the Speaker reported progress. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the MERCHANT SEAMEN'S BILL. Mr. HENLEY objected to the first clause, con-idering the principle of granting licences to boarding-houses fur the recep tion of seamen, as undefined. afoot pernicious; and he thought that before the House acceded to it, it should learn from the Government what was the definition of an " honest crimp." After an explanation from Sir George Clerk, and a short conver.ati , in between Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Wawn, Captain Corry, and Mr. Lambton, that and the other clauses were age: el to, anti the Bill was ordered to be printed and re ported to-morrow (this day). The House having resumed, Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue expiring Turnpike Road Acts in Ireland. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue certain Turnpike Acts; a Biil to continue an Act for authorising the application of higlawri rates to turnpikeeroads ; another, to continue the Act to amend the law relating to loan societies ; another, to suspend the making •f lists and the ballots and enrolments for the militia of the nhited kingdom; ani another, to continue the exemptiopf inhabitants of parishes, townships, and villages from liablity to be rated as such, in respect of stock in trade or other pro perty, to the relief of the poor. Mr. M. SUTTON then asked leave to introluee a Bill to continue two Acts, relating to the removal of poor persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to parishes in England. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN intimated his intention of opposing the introduction of so pernicious a Bill. The Acts who , e con tinuance was now sought for, had been found to work most prejudicially to Ireland; the power of removing paupers, even after long industrial residence had entitled them to a settlement, was a hardship alike weighing heavily on the pauper and the country to which he vas removed. He therefore should strenuously resist the in troduction of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. Robert Palmer, Sir James Graham, and the Attorney-General for Ireland in support of, and from Colonel Rawdon, and Mr. Morgan J. O'Connell, in opposition to the Bill, it was eventually postponed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the (louse adjourned at Two o'clock. RAILAIAY COMMITTEES ESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CORNWALL RAILWAY. The Committee met at eleven o'clock in the Lord Chancellor's Court, the Earl of Ellenborough in the chair. Sir Charles Lemon, M.P., was the first witness examined this morning —Knew the county of Cornwall generally, and thought the projected line the beet practicable one. Several other lines had been projected, but this he considersd the most feasible, and, under all the circumstances, a useful and a good one. Cross.exa►nined—Had heard the line would cross several creeks, some of which were navigable. Mr. Tremain, formerly representative for Cornwall, was adverse to the Bill under the consideration of the Committee, and rather in favour of the central line. To the CHAIRMAN— Thought the line would answer all the pur poses of the peat le of Cornwall. Mr. Praed, M P. for St Ives, thought the principal population of Cornwal would be much benefited by the proposed line. The people of St Ives were in f.ivour of it. Cross-examined—Petitions had been presented to Parliament in favour of the Bill, and one against it, from the inhabitants of St. Ives. Thought the line the best practicable one, but had not gone much into investigation. Mr. Whiteworth, towu.clerk of Plymouth, was next examined. Mr. Praed was examined as to the feeling of the district it passed through, which he represented to be favourable to the line. Captain Moorsom, the engineer of the line, entered into a statement of the engineering peculiarities of the line, gradients, tunnels, cuttings, and embankments, which he represented to be favourable. He put in the plans and sections, and explained them in detail, the particulars of which have already been given in the report of the Commons' Committee. Mr. Miller, civil engineer, was examined generally respecting the line, which he represented to be well laid out. His evidence was adduced principally in corroboration of Captain Moorsom's evidence. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. THE °xi:4mm, WORCESTER, AND VTOL. VE3HAIVXPTON aa.3XLWAY. This Committee resumed its sitting to-day at eleven o'clock, Lord Radnor in the chair,' when the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. Mr. England and Mr. George Hickman Bond, of Kingswln ford, were examined in corroboration of the evidence of tr.-4U and railway accommodation adduced by the witnesses yesterday. The evidence of the latter was principally confined to the coal trade, in which he Is engaged, and stated that the railway on the broad gauge would accommodate them to the south much better than the other proposed, and open up, at London especially, an important market for the disposal of coals, that might be taken to London at Id per ton per mile. The witness was subjected to a very rigid cross-examination by Mr. AVsTIN, with the object of showing that the estimate the witness had formed of the expense of carrying coals was incor rect. He admitted that he did not know whether it was possible to carry coals at the price stated, as be had never made the neces sary calculation. The coals of Staffordshire he considered superior for household purposes to either those of Leicestershire or Derby. shire. There was a quantity of coal sent at present by canal to Oxford, which sold at Kingswinford, for from ss. to Hi. the ton. The best W 35 sold for 12s. the ton. He could not say what its price was at Oxford. What he wanted was a competing line for the purpose of coal traffic. That was the ground of his supporting the present Bill. Re-examined—lt was not true that Derbyshire or Leicester- Shire coals were superior to the Staffordshire coals. The price of Derbyshire coals was ss. 6d. or 6s. per ton ; and hence it was ne cessary to reduce the carriage on the Staffordshire coal, in order to enable them to compete in the south with the former coal. They could not do so if they had to pay ls. 7d. per ton for carriage. On the grounds of gauge, of the route of country, of the places it touched at, of expense, and of entrance into London, he preferred the Great Western scheme. Mr. Leigh, High Sheriff of Worcestershire, and carpet manu facturer in Kidderminster, was next examined. He employed 350 looms at Kidderminster, or nearly one sixth of the whole trade. He knew both schemes of railway. He had examined them on the map, and also gone through the country for the purpose. Taking the schemes as a whole, he was decidedly in favour of the Great Western scheme, though there were many considerations that went in favour of the other. As far as Kidder minster was concerned, the approach as well as the station of the Great Western scheme were much superior to those of the London and Birmingham. The latter line crossed several turnpike roads in its approach, and the station was in a low and disadvantageous situation. The other only crossed one turn. pike road, and approached as near !de town as possible without doing any mischief to property. The witness then explained, by the map before the Committee, the relative po..ition of the two stations, and their respective advantages and disadvantages. Cross-examined by Mr. Hors—He had not been examised before the House of Commons. A line through Birmingham to London was very desirable, yet he considered then_ ought to be another entrance into Lonlon than by the Lotelon and B►rming ham tine, as then the public would be much better provided for by the Competition. tie considered, as far as Lindon was concerned, two lines—one through Birmingham, and another by Oxford— would be about equal in advantage to Kidderminster. He sent out annually in goods from 400 to 500 tons, and received in return from 700 to 800 tons, exclusive of coals. The goods he sent out were about 60,0001. in value. tie used a boat of coals weekly, or 1,000 tons a year He understood that the low land on which the London and Birmingham station was to be placed was to be em banked ; that would cause flooding. If the railway was carried upon arches a good deal of his objection on that score would be re moved, though then he apprehended there would still be danger of water accumulating. He attended a meeting in Kidderminster, on the Sd of April last. He proposed the first resolution. An amendment was proposed in favour of the other line, but It was negatived, and the resolutions of the Great Western scheme were carried. Mr. Aidia at the meeting, he (Mr. Leigh) believed, represented the advantages of the London and Burning. ham line, iss bringing the Banbury wool market in connexion with Kidderminster. He did not himself think there was much advan. tag, in such a connexion Mr. Paul Matthews said he was manager of fire-clay works near Stourbridge. They produced about 7,000 tons of manufactured articles yearly, principally fire• bricks Dud crucibles. They sent a considerable quantity of these to the south. The Great Western scheme, as far as the town and suburbs were concerned, would afford the greatest amount of accommodation. The cross-examination of this witness did not elicit any point of material importance. Mr. Hill, town clerk of the city of Worcester, deposed as to the feeling of the people of that place in respect to the proposed tine. He recollected being present at a public meeting of the borough in the City-hall last year, when resolutions were carried by a large majority in favour of the Great Western scheme. The schemes were fully explained on both sides before the vote was taken. The vote was almost unanimous in favour of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. The scheme of the London and Birmingham then pro posed was from Weeilon to Worcester. That was afterwards abandoned, and a new one brought forward. A meeting of the Town Council took place on the 3d of September, at which the sckemes were again submitted, and the Council decided by a majority of twenty to three in favour of the London, Oxford, and Wolverhampton. A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held the same day, and a similar resolution passed. In November another public meeting of the inhabitants was held, at which the Tring line was submitted, with the other parts of the London and Birmingham scheme, along with that of the Great Western, when a great majority, in fact nearly all, voted for reso. lutions in favour of the latter scheme. Mr. Samuel Price Edwards, collector of customs at Southampton, deposed to the great increase in the trale of Southampton, and thought the present line from Staffordshire and Worcester would enable them to be supplied with the produce of Manchester, the north, and the midland counties. Mr. Thomas Lister Foster, of Evesham, gave evidence as to the convenience the line would afford to that town and neighbourhood. The feeling of the people was generally in favour of it. Mr. Miller, civil engineer, was examined as to the comparative engineering peculiarities of the competing lines. The expense of working the inferior gradients on the London and Birmingham scheme would, in his opinion, counterbalance the expense conse. quent on the break of gauge by the transhipment to the other line. The witness was cross-examined at some length respecting the construction of the Scotch railways, but it did not seem to bear much on the subject.matter of the examination in chief. The Committee then adjourned till to morrow at eleven o'clock. THE SCOTTISH MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Committee on this scheme, consisting of the Earl of Devon, Chairman, the Bishop of Landaff, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Camoys, and Lord Charleville, assembled this morning at eleven. Mr. COCKlitlitT4 briefly opened the case for the promoters, and stated that the line proceeded from Perth, through Strathm.,re, to the town of Forfar, pabsing by Cupar Angus to Glamis. The length of the line would be twenty miles, which was all new rail way, and ten milts railway already existing would be added to it. (here were ho particular engineering difficulties on the line, and the benefit to the district which It traversed would be very con. siderable. Mr. Blackener was the first witness examined. He deposed ge. nerally as to the traffic in coals, cattle, slate, lime, and potat( es, and stated it to be his firm conviction that the proposed line wculd be of great advantage to the country. Tt e exemindtion of the witness was continued at coneider ~ ble length, but the entire of his evidence has already appeared in the reports which were published in the proceedings of the Cornmwte in the House of Commons. Lord Wharncliffe was then examined by Ur. Fortairrn.—His Lordship stated generally the traffic which might be expatai Flower, Sir J. Low :her, Colonel Baring, Henry ROMAN CATHOLIt, RELIEF BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do HOW leave the Chair:"—Amendment pro posed, to leave out front the word " That" to the erd of the Questiiei, in order to add the words, " this !louse will upon this day three months resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof: Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The house divided : MINORITY—AYES, 47. Aglionhy, It A. Forster, Matthew Ross, David R. Arundel, Earl G ill, Thomas Russell, Lord J. It. M. Hawes, 11-mjamin Shell, R. L. Blake, M. J. Hill, Lord M. Smith, J. A. Bouverie, E. P. Hindley, Chartes Smythe, Brotherton, J. Hume, Joseph B. , merville, Sir W. lirownv, IV. Je: vis, John Stansiield, W. it. C. Chapman, Benjamin Labouchere, Henry Tuniell, Henry ilwistie, W. D. 31 aindes, R. D. Wakley, T. Craig, W. G. Marshall, Will am Warburton, 11. Crawford, W. S. Mitealfe, Ileury NVawn, J. T. Curteis, IL 11. 3litehell, T. A. Williams, William D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Brien, J. Yorke, Henry It. Duncan, George 041 e, S. C. tundas, Admiral Philips, G. It. TELLERS. ott, Rawilon, Colonel Watson, W. H. I.s:nond,, Sir I'. • Reilingtou, T. N". O'Connell, 31 J. MAJORITY-NOES, 89 •eland, Sir T. D. Darby, George Lennox, Lord A. %mon, Colonel Denison, E. B. Lincoln, Earl of Alford, Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Lowther, Sir J. IL .trkwright, George Farnham, E. B. Lygon, General Austen, Colonel Fitzroy henry Mackenzie, W. F Ilaillie, Colonel Flower, Sir James M'Neill, Duncan Baird, William Fremantle, Sir T. Mastermau, John Balfour, J. M. Fuller, A. E. 3leynell, Captain Barkly, Henry Gaskell, J. M. Nichol', John Baring, Fleury Gladstone, Captain Packe, C. W. Baring, W. B. Gordon, Captain Patten, J. W. iientinck, Lord G. Goulburn, Henry Peel, Sir R. Bernard, Viscount Graham, Sir J. Petulant, Colonel Rlackburne. J. I. Granby, Marquis Pringle. Alexander Itoilkir, W. H. Greene, 'Ph, as Rashleigh, William Borthwick, Peter Grimston, Lorl RoHeston, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Grogan, Edward Shaw, Frederick Brisco, M. Milford, Sir H. Smith, T. B. C. Broadley, H. Hamilton, G. A. Somerset, Lord G. Broadwood, H. Hamilton, IV. J. Spooner, Richard Bruce, Lord E. Hami,ton, Lord C. Sutton, H. M. Bruges, W. H. i"urrell, Sir C. Henley, J. W. Tenneut, J. E. Herbert, Sidney Trench, Sir F. Cardwell, Edward Hodgson, F. Trotter, John Carew, W. 11. P. Hope, G. W. Waddington, H. S, Clerk, Sir G. Houldsworth, T. Wellesley, Lord C. Clive, Robert li. Hughes, W. R. Young, John Cockburn, Sir G. Hussey, Thomas Cole, H. A. Jermyn, Earl TELLERS. Corry, Henry Jocelyn, Viscount Inglis, Sir R. H. Cripps, William Knightley, Sir C. Newdegate, C. N LAW INTELLIGENCE HoUSE OF LORDS, Jule 10. The House sat to-day to hear app ale. The Peers present were—Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, and the Bishop of Ely. GRANT V. FINDLEY. The further arguments in this part-heat d case occupied their Lordships the whole morning. COURT' OF (:11 , INCERY, Jail 10. The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day. BARKS V. JACKSON—JUDGMENT. The. LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to.day in this case, which was heard some time since upon appeal from the de cision of the Vie.-Chancellor Knight Bruce, directing the trial of an issue. The facts may be thus shortly stated : Harriett M. Smith died unmarried and intestate, and a suit vas instituted in the Prerogative C:•urt for the administra tion or her estate by the defendant. Jackson, eaiming as the second bui•band of the sister of the inti.state. Mrs. Harts also claimed as rice and next of kin. The Court decided in favour of Is , kson, the sentence of the Court be;og that admi • nisi ration sLould be granted to him as next of kin. A suit wa, afterwards instituted in the Court of Chancery by Mrs. Barr-, claiming, as niece and next of kin, the residuary estrue of the intestate. The defendant, in his answer, insisted upon the sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court, stating that the very ques tion now in issue was the sole question in the Ecclesiastical Court and that that question had been decided in his favour. The question, then, was. whether, under these circumstances, the point having been deci-led between the same parties in the administration suit, it was conclusive in favour of Mr. Jackson. The Vice-Chancellor had ordered an issue to be tried, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. It was stated in the arguments that the point had been decided in the House of Lord, in 1776, in Boucher v. Tajlor, and if such was th e f act, t h at d ec i s i on would be binding upon the Court. His LORDSHIP, after going at sorne length into the facts of the caiie of Boucher v. Taylor, stated his opinion to he, that the question had been decided in the House of Lords, that the judgment of the Ecclesiastical Court was conclusive. Upon the whole, therefore, his Lordship was o f op i n i on t h at. the appeal ought to be allowed, and the judgment below revs-r-ed. The Court then procetaied to hear petitions and appeals. ROLLS' COURT, ,July 10 . ORD NELSON LORD BRIDPORT, The further arguments in this case occupied the Court the whole morning. 17(7E-C/1.-I.I . CELL(M.S: COURT. Jiffy 10. Nothing particular occurred in any of the Vice Chancellors' Courts. COURT OF QUEEIV B ENCII..I4IyIO. ( Nisi Prins Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. FORBES THE YOUNGER. This was an indictment preferred by Messrs... Little, mer chants in the City, against the defendant, an extensive ship broker, also of the City, for an alleged libel upon the characters and solvency of tie prosecutors, contained in certain communica tions and correspon lence with a mercantile house abroad. and of which the defendant was charged nsbeing the author, which is denied. The whole matter formed the subject of inquiry and investigation at the Mansion. house before the Lord Mayor in January last, the particulars of which were fully published at the time. There was also a second indictment, arising out of the same transaction. The Court was crowded with merchant, and others connected with the shipping interest. Mr. John Jervis, Mr. W. H. Watson, and Mr. Clarkson appeared on the part of the prosecution; and Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. James for the defendant. . . On the jury being called, and taking their places in the box, an intimation was given to the Learned Judge, before taking his seat on the pe r ch, that the parties,were,anxious to retire, with a view to. enter • into an arrangement by which the truth of the defendant tieing the author of the libel complained of could be more satisfactorily ascertained than by an appeal to the jury ; and Sir Thomas Wilde and Mr. Jervis, after the jury bad patiently waited nearly two hours, entered the Court, and his Lordship having taker, his seat, Sir THOMAS WILDE said, on the part of the defendant, he was happy to state that the parties had succeeded in entering into such an arrangement, by the execution of certain bonds to carry out that arrangement, by which a full and satisfactory inquiry might be made into the truth and accuracy of the de fendant being guilty of what he characterised as a most scan• dalous and wicked libel against the character and credit of the prosecutors, as also a facility afforded by which to tace the true authors of the libel in question. Mr. JERVIS, on the part of the prosecution, expressed him self sattsfiett with the arrangemeo t that had beet! entered into, and that the prosecutors were most anxious to facilitate in every way possible, any proposition to enable the defendant to prove he was not guilty of the charge wade against nin, Lord DENMA N congratulated the parties Jpon the arrante_ ment that bad b. en entered into, which was certainly more satisfactory than an inquiry in Court. His Lordship thanked the jury for their attendance and patience, and discharged them, this being the end of the sittir.e. C' )6 7 Br (11; E 'du 9. ( 6i rrius Sittings in Lord, IleforQ the Loup CLIILF BARON and a Special Jury- ) HAYWOOD U. 2,11)01V ALL. This case involved a question of some importance between the compositors and master-printers, namely, vrhethtr the former, when working by " the piece," were entitled to have 1 that description of printing work, known as "appeal cases," " cast up" at 8.1. a thou,and, or at 7d., the compositors con tending for the larger, and the masters for the smaller sum. The case was commenced yesterday, and resumed this morn ing at the sitting of the Court. After some witnesses had been examined on behalf of the plaintiff, The CHIEF BARON interposed, and observed that since the case ws opened last evening, he had given some consideration to the subject-matter of tilt! action, and it struck him as quite clear that the jury could do nothing more than decide whether the plaintiff was entitled to the sum of 21, or 31, for which this action was brought. Whether the compositors, as a body, should receive 7d. cr Bd. a thousand, would remain as much an open question after the verdict as it was before the action was brought. One of the jurors observed, that in hts opinion no evidence had yet been adduced by the plaintiff to establish anything like a custom. The LORD CHIEF BARON said that no verdict could pre vent the matters from refusing to give more than 7d. a thou sand to-morrow, or the workmen trom refusing to work under Bd. The rood ' s-nse of the matter was that the parties should mutually agree beforehand at what price the work %las to be done. MARTIN. on behalf of the defendant, was ready to ac ceoe to any suggestion his Lordship might throw out. The Loan ( lIIEF BARON said the ac , ion, no doubt, was brought bona fide. It aas a pity so much expense should have been incurred ; but, in his opinion, the proper course was to withdraw a juror. Alr. Sergeant TALFouR.n said, the gentleman who in sti ucted ham for the plaintiff was, in fact, acting for the body of printers, and felt a great difficulty in taking on himself the responsibtlity of adopting the Chief Baron's suggestio.i. In debted to, and as Lie might say, personally bound as he ( Sergeant Talfourd) was to this body of workmen, he felt, after the intimation thrown out by the Learned Judge and the jury, that he could not refuse to accede to the sugges tion, and that be might take upon himself the responsibility. With mutual expressions of respect and goodwill, a juror was then withdrawn, and an arrangement made for entering a stet processus in similar actions brought by other workmen against the same defendant. SHERIFFS' CGUIIT, July 10. (Before Mr. Under Sheriff BURCHELL. ) RUTTER V. PATFIELD. The plaintiff in this action is a stage-coach proprietor, at the Bolt-in-Tun, Fleet-street. and the defendant is a licensed victualkr. at Hounslow. The c!aim was 41. I ls. 6d., the amount of a cheque cashed on his account, but dishonoured. The facts of the case were these—that on the 3d of May last a pet son named Arnold, a butcher in Hounslow, received a cheque from a person named Binns. He took it to defendant, and asked him to send it up by the coaehman to get it cashed at the binker's, and bring down the money in the evening. Plaintiff, on the return of the coach, handed the money to the defendant, and said it was all right, and defendant paid him ls. 6d. for the trouble. It was several days afterwards before anything more was heard of the cheque, and then it was stated that the cheque had been dis honoured, and the money demanded back of defendant, who raid he would speak to Arnold upon it, and see if he could get the money from him, and he would hand it over. Arnold, however, declined on the ground that the loss had been occa sioned through the non-presentment in due time. The evidence as to the time of presenting it was very obscure. A clerk from Williams, Deacon, and Co , deposed that Binns formerly kept an account there, but it was closed on the 14th of April, but opened again on the 3d of May, and the whole amount with drawn the same day, he believed at the request of the firm, as he had always been irregular. The cheque came through another banking-house, but it was not possible to say on what day, as it was returned. On the 13th information was given that the cheque had been dishonoured. !The UNDER-SHERIFF said that, although he did not mean to ty that ihe plaintiff was bound—as by the strict law of merchants he was bound to give notice as on bills of exchange—but he wat bound to give notice in reasonable time. He did not think it was reasonable to suppose that a cheque given at Hounslow on the 3d could be expected to be presented the same day at the bankers ; and it appeared, therefore, that no loss had arisen through the fault of plaintiff, as the money was drawn out of the bank the same day, and very likely before the cheque got up to town. Mr. Arnold bad indemnified the defendant. The jury instantly gave a verdict for the plaintiff. SURREY sESsIoNS. Jai / 9. ( B , fore Mr. PucKLE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) Charles Henry Viscount Dillon was indicted for unlawfully assaulting George White, a toll-collector in London, on Sun day, the 6th ult. There was a second count charging the nobl defendant with a canton assault. Mr. Waninger attended as counsel for the prosecution, which was instituted by the lessees of the turnpike trusts, in whose employment the rosecutor is engaged; and Mr. Ballant)ne and Mr. Knapp, on the part of the defence. Mr. Wallinger briefly stated the facts of the case, and then called _ . George Whi?e, who stated that he is a toll-collector, and that on the night of the Bth ultimo he was engaged in col lecting the Sun ;ay tolls, at the Ketit-street-gate, in the Old Kent road. That about eleven o'clock on the night in ques tion he heard the blow lug of a horn, and that shortly after wards a carriage and tour, Kith lamps, came along, and on ar riving at the gate he called out for the toll. The gentleman, however, who was driving, paid no regard to the intimation, anti as he seemed determined on passing through without pay ing. he (prosecutor) then seized the reins of the near wheel horse. The moment, however, he did so, he was struck several times over the hat and on his shoulders by the driver, who was Lord Dillon himself. The blows were very sharp, and he saved being struck in the face by holding down his head and having two coats on at the time, he suffered no injury from those inflicted over his back. After having been assaulted in the mintier described, the servant then got down from behind the carriage, anti his Lordship said, " t'ay him the toll, for he has got a good eight pennyworth." Prosecutor then let go the reins, and the ser vant, instead of paying the toll produced, a ticket, which he was told did not clear that gate. Lord Dillon then called out to his servant to give his name and address, after which the car. riage was driven through the gate, the toll not having been tendered at all. In answer to the CHAIRMAN, the prosecutor said, that when his Lordship found that he had hold of the reins he pulled up the horses, but he (prosecutor) was dragged about twenty or thirty yards before the animals stopped. Mr. Walton, one of the lessees of the turnpike trusts, was called for the purpose of proving that the prosecutor was ap pointed by the Commissioners of Pavements, and that he had been for some years in the situation. An objection, however, was then taken by Mr. Ballantyne on the ground that it was not proved the prosecutor was a collector of tolls, as averred in the first count of the indictment, his appointment in writing specifying that fact not being laid before the Court. A lung discussion ensued on this point, which was eventually decided in favour of the Learned Counsel's argument by the CHAIRMAN, who observed, that as the objection was held good, the defendant was therefore only liable on the second count in the indictment, namely, that for the common assault, and that the case was to be treated in the same way as that of any other person not a toll collector seizing the reins of the horses under the circumstances above described. Mr. BALLANTYNE said that his objection being ruled a valid one, he trusted therefore that the case would stop where it was, for he could assure the Court and jury, on the part , •1 Lord Dillon, that his Lordship regretted the circumstances that led to the transaction, and that they never would hay occurred had it not been for the danger to which he and his friends were exposed by the manner in which the prosecutor acted on the occasion. Mr. WALLINGER expressed a desire on the part of the lessees that the case should proceed, their object being to protect the men in their employ from treatment such as that experienced by the prosecutor. Mr. BALLANTYNE then proceeded to address the jury on the part of Lord Dillon. He said the facts were that on the might in question Lord Dillon, who was driving his own car riage from Greenwich, on approaching the turnpike at a slow pace, and having no reason to suppose that a toll was to be de manded, on not pulling up immediately the reins of a spirited horse were seized by the defendant, and his Lordship merely did what any other man so circumstanced might have done that was, to whip at the aggressor in order to make him let go and not cause a serious accident hy his over zeal in the discharge of his duty. He (the Learned Counsel) had asked for the production of the prosecutor's written appointment, but it was withheld ; and if it had been brought forward, he had reason to believe that it would be then discovered that the lessees had no legal right to take tolls at the gate in question. which were only demanded on Sunday, when the tradesmen and other per sons who wanted a jaunt with their faintly were called upon to pay this illegal demand. The CHAIRMAN having summed up the evidence, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and Lord Dillon retired from the Court with a number of his friends, who were anxiously waiting the result of the trial. POLIcE INTELLIGENCE. Bo iv-s; pEET. ROBBEAY BY A ;ERVA NT:— Wednesday Charles Robins, a groom, was brought up in the custody of Inspector Shackle amt other t ffieers of the detective force, charged with stealing from the dwelling- house of Lord James Stuart, No. 6, White hall-place, a steel sword, a pair of epaulettes, a coat and cape, a dozers of soda water bottles, and other articles, the property of his Ltrilshii. Lord James Stuart said —The prisoner has been in my ser vice as groom, and since he lett I have misted a gold snuff-box, having a miniature in enamel upon it, a very handsome steel sword, a French cane, several small silver articles from my dressing-case, such as those produced, and an old great coat, upon which was attached a stuff cape. The epaulettes do no belong to me, but are the property of the Earl of Bute, who is colonel of the Glamorgaoshire Milit►a. Mr. JARDINE—Are you certain that these articles were missed while the prisoner was in your service? Prosecutor— They might have been missed for anything that I know, but I entertained so high an opinion of the prisoner, that I not onl) gave him a good chara'er to another place, but also gave him more money than the wages due to him. John Ashton, sergeant of the Ist battalion of the Grenadier Guards, said he knew the prisoner, and about the 9th of Ja nuary last saw hiin sell the epaulettes produced. He had offered them to him in the first instance for sale, and as he hail no use for them, he said he would take them to a person who was in the habit of purchasing such articles, which he subse quently did, and he was present when they were sold. Wit ness knew that the prisoner was in the service of a member of his Colonel's family. Abraham Harris, 30, James-street, Westminster, said he purchased the epaulettes from the prisoner, and gave him 1/. Ifs. He then said that he had got more things if witness would call home, at the same *ime writing down No. 6, White hall-place, and witness having called, he purchased the sword produced for a guinea., and two dozen of soda water bottles for a i bout is tid.—The prisoner was remanded. THREATENING THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. —John Dillon, a naval officer on half-pay, was brought up on a warrant, charged with having, some years back, sent several letters to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, containing threaten ing language. Mr. Hayward, from the office of the Solicitor to the Trea sury, said that s ) long back as the month of March, in 1843, a warrant was granted by Mr. Hall for the apprehension of the defendant, for having used threatening language, and sent letters of a threatening character to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The warrant was then lodged in the hands of a constable, by whom it was ascertained that the defendant was confined in the Qieen's Bench prison, but as it appeared that; he had since thought over the matter carefully, and had writ ten that nothing could justify his adopting such an i n t em p erate course, the Chancellor of the Exchequer hoped that the ex pressions of regret were genuine, and had no objection to with draw the charge, upon the unaerstanding that the defendant .hould enter into his own recognizauces for his future good behaviour. The deiendsnt said he felt rn , st grateful for the clemency shown to him by the Chancellor, and could not 6n et words to express such feelings; but he hoped the Court w.:uld allow him to offer a few words in explanation, to show that he was not altogether to blame for the intemperate course he had adopted. .ir. Hayward i nterpoFel, and said there was no necessity to enter into details of past transactions, his instructions being that the eight of justice would be answered by the course pro posed. The defendant unwed the Court that he felt the most un. cel bcun led gratitude shown to him, not only by the Cha y. _ uste j of the Excheuer, hut by r Robert Peel, and he • that Mr. Hayward would give his best regards to them to tlift effect. The defendant was then ordered to enter into his o we r e r ee' edi ' nizancas in the suns of 1001. to keep the peace and be e l g A i r i behaviour to the Right Ho n . H en ry Goulburn and all he r Aor jetty's subjects for the next tw e l v e months, which being c plied with, he was discharged. QULEIV-SQUARE. ire! RECKLESS DRIVING.— Joseph Clark , th e • of the cab 1,560, w a s fi na lly exam in e d, - Wednesda charged with hi g . reck;essly driven ag a i ns t one o f M r . Mivart's earriaget:tair was returning with a f ore i gn P r i nce from a recent entel3l4l ment given by the Marquis of Londonderry, at I le " se e: Fulham. Mr. Mivart's coachman received some ver y c,is o injaries, independ en tly o f w hi c h, the carriage was damThaged. 40' e facts of the case are b r i e fly these; at about cie o'clock on the night of the 30th ult., Henry jeffrith cottsP man to Mr. Mivart, was driving from Rose Ban k , c coa t through Brompton, when he heard a vehicle coming 'w s o d. trary direction at a furious rate. The coachman ar pre of tb , ing. from the dirk and consequently dangerous alte,triet. road, that some accident might occur, althoug" r.,n his own side of the road, drew still closer to the foe rot , vi hen, on a sudden, defendant's cab came t./f violence against the carriage, and at the momen t a Tql bt collision defendant whipped his horse until he ext rica ' ' r wheel from the carriage, and then drove off at a furiol v ‘ V . and, in all probability, wou'd have escaped with inW ne „g;bii for the circumstance of one of his wheels coming off bel (w i t 5 driven many yard s . Th e f orce o f th e co llision was s" :h i throw Jeffries on to the groun d, h ea d f or emost, and rend „tt insensible. Independently of being much i f ijured ariveb. hed, he had sustained sever e b o dil y contusions. Lor t, O vert's carriage was close b e hi n d a t th e ti m e of the eel ° the gentleman was p o lit e ly i nv it e d t o ta k e a seat therein' of t j, damage to the carriage was considerable. The wh wte w at‘ evidefice distinctly went to show that the defendant 401/1 the wrong side of the road, an d th a t M r . Mivart's Oa' was in no way to blame. dedtbjit° The defendant, in a n s wer t o th e c h ar ge, preten carriage had run up against him. re ci ' r. BuRKELL said it was a gross case of careless o,nl‘ less driving, and convict e d hi m i n t h e f u ll es t penalty 0 ' Ib i ,f Defendant was committ e d t o h ar d l a b ou r for two O n default. worts!! IP- sTr? E PT. Ita r l STABBING BY AN ITALIANBOY.—WedtIeSdaIt a ba r boy, who had a box con t a i n i ng a racoon slung ate s r est' was charged with s tabbi ng a l a d name d Edward W°' it.g at Hackney. The prisoner's name could not be ascertained, for Ist of not speak, and made signs that. he did not understand said, although it was stated that he had previously sPw'e lish plainly enough. The young complainant, who had his arm in a sli0;b91:1P7; that about half-past thrce yesterday afternoon he ga : c o . ots soner sitting in Navarino-place, Cl a pt on , w ith his bo - Mg the racoon, and he expressed a wish to look at the .000 but the prisoner, he said, flew into a violent Plots ran at him with an open knife, which he dre g ' ;free, pocket. Th e com pl a i nant sa id h e tr i e d to ge t the s n ' to aiswr the prisoner's hand, and he then made a stab at his ° o de He, however, put out his arm to ward off the WO, ceived a cut upon his hand. her /I :ti The waiter at the Red C ow , D a l s t on , an d two 1 t ,111 0 ,,1 nesses, stated that they saw the pri soner m ake a D a r stab at the compl a i n a n t, an d th e k n if e , a roug'.,o r Spanish knife, with a blade ab ou t fi ve i nc hes long , "" duced by the police. t 1 46 et; Mr. likouctiTox remanded him for the t?°' prese W nit sired the police to commun i ca t e w ith hi s mas ter, u stated, lives on Saffron-hill, CORN AVERAGES. 00 5 0 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH-. artt s,, ol o 4, For the Week ended July 5, I ,45, ma d e up f rom the R d ; 0 41 , Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eng les per Imperial Quarter. 1 01 :/ I WHEAT. I BARLEY. i OATS. I RYE. 1 BEA'snri 139 1 PRICE .. 47s lid 29s 10d 22s 8d 3ls Od 38s 1 0 DUTY. —20 s 9s Od Os Id lOs 6d 4s .`''7,, VIA RKEI' NE W :_4—(YESTERD A 4 , 0 SMlTtlFtELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/15sii1; 10., 4/ 16s to 5/ 8s; fine Upland do., 51 lOs t, ° 10 1 Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 183 to 2 ' ; Straw, 2/ to 21 2s per load. A moderate supP l P „ pi steady trade. CUMnEELAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3118 s to 4 / as ; 61 0 - 0 1 ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5116 5 ;, Ich,„l Hay, 41 lOs to 61 ; O a t St raw , 11 18 s to straw, 21 to 2/ 2s per load. Supply rather /in' trade firm. 1 14 ' ~,., N.ViirrEcHaPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s useful ditto, 4! 16s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, t oi 5/ 14s; Clover Hay, 4/103 to 6165; Oat. Straw, 111 ,4 Wheat Straw. 2/ to 2/ 2 s per l oa d . B ot h Hay a" met a slow inquiry, at late rates. p 11°° New Meadow H a y so ld at f rom 3/ lO s t o 4/ 10' 3 • e PAEATNIELA K. MT S. ar t SOUTHALL, JULY B.—Although we had a fu ll , ka number of fat stock on sale to-day, the ge nera' , 4, 9.1 1 ruled steady, at full prices. Beef from 3s 4d , W g c ll'r, 6 l Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s • Veal, 4s to 45 84' Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s per Sibs. Nearly the whole of "" found buyers. . 10:1 R UMFORD, JULY B.—P r i me b eas t s , s heep, 8.11 „r ' f rg moved off freely ; o th er ki n d s o f stoc k s l ow l y , at o g - a to.; lions. Beef; from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3 s 55 ) Lamb, 5a to 5s 10d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and r (4. : r ofj 3s 8d per 81bs. Sucklin g C a l ves, 18s to 30s; w i ,'", t . Store Pigs, 16s to 20. s ; and Mali Cows, with tu— (WI, 16/ to 191 each. lAILSITAM, JULY 9.—For each kind of fit 5t0e 5 ..„,.. e f, P;s very steady demand at full rat e s o f curre ncy : ---Pe ;co o ' :3s 4d to 4s 8 , 1; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s to 6 3 ; af t ` 4 : to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Blbs itt ARUNDEL, JULY B.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s e`', o :3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 5 s 10d ; V e al, 3s 4 a ` ~ 4,' and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d pe r Blb s . A f a i r av erage sul )r . o a steady trade. d P r oc CIIICIIESTER, JULY 9.—Prime B eas t s , Sheep, an t t ifi sold freely at full pri c es , otherwise the demand ruio . tive:—Beef, f rom 3 s 6d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 4s to 5 : 4 ,4 1 01 4 48 10t1 to 5s 10(1; Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; an d Pork, '45 1 .4 per 81bs. Sookling Calves. 18s to 30 s; Q ua rter - 0 * la Pigs, 16s to 20s; Milch Cows, with their small Calv eS. 20/ each. II 111°1 CAUTION. —Royal patronage and general c) , P. 0 1 0 11 has well retarded the efforts made to introduce Lls° l s ,lo, into this country, the sole manufacturing of the sarner, a o l l in the Registered Paletot, beii.g restricted to the exo t K i t of Messrs. Nicoll, who are protected under the new A c d . tor mirable qualities are enhanced by its being welladaP l Lte/ 01 1 the sudden changes of the climate of this country as t'i n o, tial article o! dress, a coat—light in weight, dark In yet equally applicable over another in bad weather , in the fair or sunny days. The great success attev 00 0 , 0 sale of th e R eg i stere d P a l etot, h as induced manYl e ifol l i attempt to foist upon the publi c a b a d i m i tat i on , whic - 'gti'A time corrected, would inj u r e th e Ll ama W oo l as a ll ,:bett commerce, its reputation n o w b e i ng s t ea dily establ! 0 0 1 0 , caution to the public is perhaps unnecessary that call N it o 4 the first respectability have been appointed countri,,asy But unprincipled persons unlawfully attempting to e l y hereby warned that they are subject to a heavy pen din g t, ° , offence, which, after this date, will be enforced accorcl7 P' provisions of 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65 —Signed July I" Ot and D. Nicoll, 116, Regent-street, London. - CADv E rs i :z y N rao - r s d . —SPLENDID ARRANG O O I -GLASS, in London or in old Rome. tci i c• n aU cause eaeldF7utbotfwahetilalrg;°ll°fl "Arch follows arch, and pile succeeds to uoique apartment is devoted to cutting an", - , 4 0P, he li.tir in, and with another having a W . Naples, are on tho' ground-flour. In turn to heir es t a bl is !linen t, I loss and ,ufl' iri g to notice tly, advantages of their system- ---v 4 i . ° ; t o loser app,.entices nor youno• men 4 1 , sP d , country, nor ohject to customers asking; for k h e oll] , inan to wait upon them ; every person has ch'an .„ -r f or g j , bey liver being used twice, without being '',lo - arid parti es are not presse d to b uy things 001450 Naot. Address, R o ss and S ons , 119 an d 120, m" / gate-street IS 6. 4 [AnvERTIsrmENT.] SIGHT AND 1 - 1-- " o. 39, Altoltilric-stroet, l'icca.•illy, Newly ""). d .car,,j pect-icks, Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Mier l t,, v :0 &c. Patrohised by Gvneral Sir Edgard rag c e l e fi e , Ll 'ilaiston, Frederick GootFellows,,i 4 el lsl .,e ;ro,v,roir Morrison, Dyott Robertson, Ni" . " Yr i '3 , aki ay, Riggs, Voolf, Murray, Walker, F.," 2 "flab i d Lin= 4,- iy, and Thackray, Nlajor-General Sir 11 * 1 : 0 1 .0 ,; •4 . lti*, P. F‘ ers, 1 M rade( id, Hamilton. pel i " e!nys,, and (.7 , ,c1c, Lieutenant-Generals Si r pall Sir J. ALA:clonal', Sir R. I3arton, Sir '1 . % sit,o f and Sir Win. Eustace, Admiral, Lord John 111 1 3,',, a , , A) , •kburn, Sir 1) old Milne, Sir Ge o rge iguilu'•'ooj `lcorge Marti ,, , Sir James H. Wiiiishtd, Sir 0 . 1 , le :antler, Curzon:4, Tompkins 101 4 — c l ' ll': ['rice, Vice-Admiral it F. Austen, Hear 00 0 1 03 0 1 Brown and Ribottleau, &c. Messrs. S. an d B. S° lo , Opt:ei'inss hove ia vented Spectacle Lenses 0i )° , 11 ,- . ¢ l e g onstruciion—lnimediat,,ly they are plat,: d befog r I v! p-rfect vision, that mist and dullness hich ttP l9 ,:can k fore the eyes is at 01,00 removed, every object t $1% .1 ," wear and distinct, • 0 that the most aged imperfac o ity b.-comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to it- 4 Yffel: l l Ail, natural, and original state. Also 21chromaticd • s , opes, Opera Gl asses , Mi cr oscopes, Invisible trelo. kinds of Acoustic Inst r u ments, for relief of most e % Of/ S , (I•.afriess. Caution—M essrs. S . an d B. Solonl° 85 : l'; /1 4 mans, i.re io any way c.•nriece,l with a perS o '., o i fel name, in their imnis•diate neighbourhood, part of the country. To p revent m i sta k es ,c%tte e and Observe,—Drily' to be had at 39, Albetnarv' Piccadilly, opposite the York idotid. P IS ; [ADVERTISEMENT].—Da. DE DASSEL OF Ar t of o f MAN'S LAND AND HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS!—Extra , Ist leter from J,lin Knight, Esq., dated Launcesto n, O t ; \l arch, 1845.—" Professor Holloway, dear Sir- -1 Nl ° , thorissd by Dr. 1)e l)assell, of this colony, td inf l) t r ha 0 : 1 4 that, h a ving witnessed here in sev era l in s tances ij ae, l „ traordinary effect of your pills, he, in consequ e o ttet" induced to say that you make use of his name a l }lil y ing their efficacy.—Signed, J o hn K n ight, Grote ., late proprietor of the Lau nces t on Ad ver tiser . ill ( pills act upon the found a ti on o f t h e system , thu: .a c othf the most deep-rooted compl a i n t s , even w h e n eir°:'oli' treatment has failed.—S o ld a t P ro f esso r 11011 oecle Establishmelit, 244, Strand, and by all respectable tine vendors throughout the civilised world./ BIRTH o f the S. On the 4th inst., at R oc k, near Al nw i c k the la d f Rev. R. W. Bosanquet, of a son. 9 44 Oa the sth init., the lady of J. C. Dowdeswe a son. .11A Hill On the 2d inst., at St. Mary's Church, Chelten b9 t i i ‘ t° gnstus Ilailes, Esq., to Elizabeth, second daughter oft", w Rev. J. C. Green, of .North Grimstone, Yorkshire. rte'' On the 7th inst., at the BritiA Embassy, Brusseu" 4 rick Rowell, Esq., to Mrs. Prissick. F•Ptt;° On he Bth inst., at St. John's, Hackney, of- Rowton, of Kingslaud, to Mary Ann, eldest -daugh'e" late Hubert [)au -,on, l:-q., of Snrwic± 7 ________.-- .ir Oa the 13 - h of May, at Madras, the Rev. Wl ll ' 3°l94' ' Burford, M.A.ll;th wioa jog Oa the ult., at Bedford, the Her. W. 13 * e t' .A., late o'"Frinity College, Cambridge. .. s tre CI Oa the 11 in James Bushnell, Esq., of Go wer Bedford square. .......,:l;;00 al the 4th inst., at Hythe, James Watts, Esq., 8 • .4 -- - ----- - --- --_-frrft.-,7m._.___.—kr, , rr_t.-: , :n . r='----: --- t ,:.; ~1 ) , 1.,,n , .; , ,- . , ',.:.0,...6 te, ...uht!,,a.,., ~ IclUttP (l 1 ' - ' O . 1 0 1 i V.::, ,•;..:•1,.; , . , ~ .'rint,sr, dit Tio. SU'S 011i"l o oti Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Middlesex, Friday, July 11, 1845. . ~) T) On e of "Ys, at 7 at 7, 7 ,, : I 'lna, 4i, 3 41 4 % , 7, an * Obsel f theSe ti r 11 , CI I . I HE , ° f has ~— Y 4ble at ller t o v Cur re4 ( bla de far ( For the a.ther at t' Lothburyl, St, j ay ; 213 , nigh TO * no,: iz),(1 1„ . tha t that Y i cal th_o4ll. W avin 7 , 130yg 5 . 1)4 WI • k Mor "( hanate l e: ead Th om Th sou 1 T4tds Yens ~s o Bule2; WIWI Ditt o ~itto