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,t tr b 14, r 4 xi 4, SUN OFFICE, Seven o't lock. RAIL WA Y COMMITTEES (T Ms DAY.) HOUSE ()F LORDS. 2AILWAY. T he C • ommittee on this Bill met to-day at eleven o'clock, the Chichester in the chair. k r * JAMES opened the case for the promoters. c Hoerr and Mr. Fossil-1r appeared on behalf of the• Town th, of Briehan, and the Hon. Stuart Wortley, Chairman of Scottish Midland Junction Railway. r ' HoPE proposed that a clause should be introduced into the k . ' binding the promoters not oppose a line of railway which b h projected by the Scottish Midland Junction Company 4 4 1 brileton to Brichan. The Learned Counsel also claimed to ;atd against the preamble of the Bill. RJAMBS argued a ainst the claim to be heard against the 4, tab • • g g hh. , thasmuch as the opponents had on a tomer occasion ' 7 awn opposition to that stage of the Bill. He also could not 14 ,, -se bt er to te insertion of a clause relating to the construction of Niiteb4llline h of railway, as the general Act on such matters was ~„tly stringent. `nv room was t h en c l eare d. k 4 ,2 1, T a short deliberation the parties were re admitted, and in aiai„, ' rci by the CHAIRMAN that the opponents could not be heard 4, 4 the preamble of the Bill. The Committee had also agreed kw no clause should be introduced relative to the project of liner line by the rival interest. r • William Marshall, traffic accountant, was than called to ita 'ev that , re the traffic of the line, and in answer to the Noble Chairman, tho traffic increase in goods and passengers, but 'ci Oily in the latter, as the population had consideraLly in • the "ne wi during the List few years, in all the districts through which ll run. he ere was then cleared, and, after a brief deliberation, the p: lt s wcre called in, and informed by the Chairman that the k 'arn bie was agree.t to, as were also the clauses, without amend .,„tr and that the Bill could be reported. 411eir Lordships ti cr. rose. Ea AMID - EMI AND HAWICX, LINE. the Un reassembling of the Committee this morning, fi rus ' •acrr proceeded to make his general reply on behalf of „ he Pron3oters of the Bill. He stated if the Committee were of n that it would be advisable to make a double line of railway, - " 8 instructed on behalf of the promoters, to agree to such a e ilNition, and it could be done without raising any extra amount The line as at present laid out was intended for a Ingle nee but as lt would be connected with the North British d T ay. and the plant belonging to that line being sufficient for a to line, n o ex t ra e xp ense wo uld be incurred on the Edinburgh te .Rawick. The power which the Company possessed of bor tPg Money would be quite su ffi cient to enable them to lay down It:eablcluble line of rails. The Learned Counsel concluded his address t t Disc re on the Committee to allow the preamble of the Bill br anders were then ordered to withdraw, and on their re. 41 kion, , t h `at CHAIRMAN briefly said that the 'Committee were of opinion the preamble Of the Bill bad been proved, and inquired tl k eth et the parties interested intended to introduce any amended ug ic fir ' Burke, the Parliamentary agent, said that no amended tp, b 4 a Were intended to be proposed. When the general Rail -4'441 for Scotland, now before Parliamen", was passed it would ~,,assary to have an amended clause introduced into the Bill. i tut "a t clauses being unopposed were then passed, at:d the Com- Se adjourned. GLASGOW BRIDGES BILL. 0 1 t. .. Committee on this project met to.day at twelve o'clock, Itedesdale in the chair. AUSTIN, in opening the case, said this was a scheme for liC k lit "ting a new bridge over the Clyde, in order to replace the I: l ''''Ps' Bridge, which was now rendered imps ssable. and had 4 .'' closed to the pUblic for some time. • The bridge had Ittect for Sew years. aLd had been widened • and improved as far e Practicable by the late Mr. Telford. Mr. Walker, the Go. h t ' '' t ent engineer, had been sent down to survey the river, and k . h 4,1 prepared three different plans, all of which had been sub tt ed to Sir Robert Peel. He had selected one of which %,.. a PProved, a, it appeared the best adapted for the Isc 1417hodation of the Glasgow people, and which plan was then ill the the Committee. The .sclicroe met with the approbation of "' , C influential people in Scotland, and would prove a great benefit. Mr • t, e, • Stran g and other witnesses were then ex:'mlned as to the et teability and expense of constructing the proposed bridge. there was no opposition the Bill was allowed to pass, and the . "Nttee b ro k e up. "IZDEI AND WEST I-LIDING JUNCTION Th e RAILWAY. ttf,r. Select Committee to whom the above railway has been wi th 'ed re.assembled at the usual hour this morning, and proceeded N I th e oPposition to the scheme. r ' George Jackson, of the firm of Jackson and Co., carriers, of 44thester, was called to prove that when the Manchester and c 4 rli ci Railway was opened, its competition with the Aire and G 7 and other canals proved highly advantageous to the public, lh t s ' ne e an amalgamation had been made between the railway and tasi: h an d als, the advantages resulting from the competition had Suclifft, a magistrate of Huddersfield, deposed to the im • a 'ce of a line running through Bradford, and striking off lo 11,:°rtn-west, as the West Yorkshire woul d do. T he p eo p le of de rstield were decidedly opposed to the West Ridi ng line. Le hr ' J ohn Carr of Halifax, put in th e tra ffi c tables which had khe"rauelkerl for the use of the promoters of the West Yorkshire A t • . William • Round, a worsted spinner of Bradford, gave very Bties8 ties evidence against the proposed railway. The traffic round - Word was extremely heavy, and it was therefore highly essential 1 4 _ 4 a railway intended to accommodate th a t town should have e t best possible gradients. The statio c of the proposed rail wa y at idford was I'4 feet above the level of the earth, a nd considered people of Bradford to b e hi g hly o bj, ctio ‘ nahle. air Tr , • zienry Hartop, manager of the Bowling Iron Works in the wrhourho o d of Bradford, and Mr. Serjeant, of the Barclay Iron gave corroborative testimony. tt, NOULE CHAIRMAN here intimated the wish of the Commit • Pass from the traffic to the engineering evidence. They ' inclined to think the result of the inquiry would depe es ti nd i t elY upon the. force of that evidence. i tith r • Sergeant TALYOURD said he should be p re p ared to go into • e vidence after he had examined me or two other witnesses, :;e evidence would be of a general character. r . Abbott proved that the Leeds and Manchester Company in k 3 Undertook to make a branch to Halifax, but they failed to do they were compelled in 1843. Mr ' JorL7than Ackroyd, a manufacturer of Ha l i fax, p roved that dEb cr t Ptbc b et ,-ecn that town and Bradford was of the heaviest tt 4 ale io • Richard Carter, a surveyor, of Halifax , p roved that the tiokabt',' N°n the West Riding l in e were inconvenient and objec ie, Young, a civil engineer, who h.‘d been professionally em -449" en the Leeds and Manchester and London and Birmingham kt:',, an d who was the resident engineer of the Leeds and Brad proved that Mr. Ilawkeshaw's estimases were inadequate th the construction of the works of the proposed railway, while tskadient and stations were highly objectionable. It would trl s ,, ° erY littl e mor e money to make them favourabl The state ti in the report of the Board of Trade upon these line s rela t° tl•e expense of tunnelling in the West Riding districts of sho e rk e were i ncorrect. did e witness was closely cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN, but be f ' t appear to swerve from his former evidence. Lovel proved that the line between Loughmore was most ob ‘iPs',-'able. It was upon a very severe gradient, and elitered Bradford trtt,," unnecessary elevation. A better line could be cbtained , with ti t ,' f avourable gradients and a lower station, at very little addi. Let w "Pense. It would be extremely difficult to form a junction li r , : e n the West Riding line and the Leeds and Bra d f or d Valle y The line was decidedly ill calculated to accommodate the Niil l ,, tr attio of thedistrict ; and he was con fi dent a better one ue Obtained if time were allowed. Robert Stephenson, the engineer to the London and Bir. 4 tld 4 " a rn Company, confirmed the testimony of Mr. Locke. He . itt that he could lay down a better line then the West Riding i' h e were allowed. Committee shortly al erwards adjourned till to-morrow at 11. ROUSE OF COMMONS. Op GROUP A. "e meeting of the Committee this morning, Mr. Mellor re. he ex am ination of witnesses in favour of the tip)," ' 3l OD7, CROYDON(' CHATHAM, AND 0 4PrATGTozir (ATMOSPAIERIC LINE). Zefirst witness called was be t r ll eii Colley Sherrard, civil engineer , w ho stated that he had employed, in the course of October last , by the London and Comp an y to lay down a line from the present Croydon line ue ~- , s a louth, with directions to choose the most direct that could 447 9 without any gradient greater than lin 50. He con tlikt7 the line he heti laid down the best that could be made ttk e l ,g. h Kent. He was not prepared to speak of the merits or % in I ts of the atmospheric principle. He had examined the line ta te ,. Kingstown to Dalkey, and was satisfied o f the sp hi "linical success of the principle, but was not informed on the lip e ee t of its commercial success. The expense of the proposed Wolild be about 18,000/ per mile. Tim expense of the works, fr o l ens, atmospheric tube, electric telegraph, and land, for the line 44 44 fhe unction of the Croydon line to Chatham, would be Ir, , 8 41/, j The expense of the line from Chatham to Ch,lhani be 343 8551. This included all the items which were in- Vri t i l e d in the estimate of the line between Croydon and Chatham, • op o the exception of the atmospheric tube. The reason th s i was tip p , tted was, that this part of the li ne was to be worked by locomo. lip; ` l. actien. The expense of the Orpington branch (atmospheric) I h s ,nold be about 120,0001., and the total expecse of the line from "fiction with the Croydon line to Orpington would be 890,716/. • ele estimates all included the expense of p urchasing land. 11 ile1° 8 cross.examined by Mr. WRANGIIAM, the witness stated Isp; 'ere were three tunnels in the couise of the line, one oi 11 0 ; e k ° Would pass under Fort Pitt. It would be possible to blow krt , from the tunnel. He had never heard of such things htlij i done in time of war, f r om sewers or other passag es under -h gg• The atmospheric porti on of the line would not be fit • , :l ocomotive line. If ust das such it would be a very bad 4 T he • • cou ld be used as an atmospheric tie locomotive portion 41 would make a very good one. He believed the Corn b4447h. i : ne l _way had worse gradients than one in fift y , and was a loco- . k m,..1r 'Oteg . ""reeant WRANGHAM said that the Cornwall Railway had a hi t "eine, but Mr. Sherrard said he knew it to be a locomotive kr • c 1 11 .• c iterrard was then cross.exainined by Mr. MErtnEwEriteit hl the Mode of draining those parts of the line cn which the • 1 h gradients occur. si tt : r Wataaa RIDDEL, who appeared on the part of the Commis kP - the Navigation of the River Medway , cross e xamined .1 1 ' n errard, but no important point was made out by him. tk u r . : M aaREWETIIER here stated that Colonel Cockburn was now • , and requested that his evidence be n ow ta k en. 41, L Se rgeant WiIANUHAM said that before the examination of • 4;tner witness he wished to make an objec t ion to t h e further 'tit t l e " of this Bill, founded on the evidence of the former biti d ;'' , who had stated the intention of the Company t o erect a kir.l"er the river Medway, for which the consent of the Ad art, - "`I had net been obtained. No bridge could be made over 444 P art °fa creek, river, ors rm of the sea, in which the tide flows 4 te, - j e c ti ,T v ii without the consent of the Admiralty. There .' • tot t ii i ' 'oe Bill were to pass through both Houses of Parliament, it Wr tt ,,,, n ," . be possible to make any use of it. He (Mr. Sergeant 0 %4 -5 " to) thought that the Committee must direct Mr. Mellor to 'thl I e the consent o f t h e Ad m i ra lty to the passing of the ri ver b y pn th tltid fle, and if it were not produced to put a stop to the evidence 14 7 Part of the Croydon Company. tll e .: WILMORE said that the objection was ent irel y new.ln i . 7," which the non.consent of the Admira l ty had caused t her, 3 -4ec tion of Bills the AdiniraAy had made formal objections to Itsso. But even if the tormat consent of the Admiralty weie it could not he eXpee.ed that the Committee would lejeCt T ha l merely because it was not produced on the Outwit. C itaIRMAN thought it was necessary to produce the consent At A dmiralty. • ItOktr:hi,::::::tt.g WAS willing to produce it, but could nit produce *h.: Se rgeant WRANGHAM would withdraw his objection if Mr. ore • satu he had the consent, and could Froduce it. q Mr • th e , i'VILstoRE said that he had not obtained the fiumal consent 44 VstiraIty • but that he had no doubt hut he could obtain it. The CHAIRMAN thought it was sufficient to produce the consent of the Admiralty any time before the conclusion of the case on the part of the Croydon line, but that it would give mote satis faction to the Committee to produce it at once. _ . Mr. WILMORE undertook to produce the consent of the Admi. rally to morrow. MERREWETII ER, on the part of the SOUTH-EASTERN EXNE, then called and examined, Colonel Cockburn, Royal Artillery, and head of the Laboratory at Woolwich, who gave evidence as to the danger to be appre hended from a railway passing by Messrs. Hall's powder mills. Mr. Wfiznaaz then proceeded with the evidence on the part of the TEM SUN, LONDON - , WEDNESDAI EVENING, JUNE 25 , mit •••••••••••...... _ . patiY,E orl d.) whole capital of that Company, the atmospheric line includ .?d, was 1A200,0031. ; the last dividend was Os., the'av,rage . divide ail Gs. on the whole of the paid.:up capital. The cost of the locomotive powe; was Is. 6p. per mile, and the rates and taxes 2/. '2E4. 4d. per mile. Tb a Committee then adjourned till to.morrow at twelvd. ' GROUP X. craivirazinGz AND LINCOLN LINE. 'Mr. Robert Hubbard, editor a the Smillifield Reporter, was the that witness ca'led this day at the sitting of the Committee. He produced returns of the number of sheep, cows, and other live stc ck brought to' Smithfield market frem the various breeding counties, in each year, for the last fourteen years. It had been his business for that time to attend that market regularly, and make tho se returns (Jr the information of. the public through h:s paper, and certainly not with any view to forwarding the Cambridge and Lincoln. Railway scheme, or giving evidence upon it, or for any other. Witness had also had means of ascertaining the quantity of slaughtered meat brought to the principal London markets in a year, namely, the Newgate and Leadenhall markets. The average was absut 130 carcases of beet; 1,200 of mutton in each week, from Yorkshire and Scotland; but in the present year this number had been greatly exceeded, the number of sheep being 3,000 in one week, of which 1,000 came from Lincolnshire. Cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—There was no fat stock brought to the Islington market. That market has been closed about six years. Has seen a good many lean beasts at the ers there, about five or six years ago, as many as 300 Had taken care to get his information as to the arrivals of, stock at market, from the salesmen and the drovers elso ; is quite sure of that. Did not apply to all of the drovers. Does not know many of them by name. By Mr. LANE—One of the parties who had been engaged in snaking out the traffic tables with Mr Parkes was next examined, and he corroborated that gentleman's evidence generally. His cross. examination did not elicit any evidence of importance The witness was not cross.examined at any length, and when his evidence had concluded the Committee adjourned. House. This was the ~t;cinpt to cart-) narrow gatfge in the north of . . Enghtild—he woul-1 not which - was the ) - r_st gang. ---pilher broad - or narrow wollid do very well, but he thought the opinion of the hest i- Deers should be tak n upon thepeint, which was the best gauge before it came into g' ral operation, so that a uniform pract'ce might be adopted. The Committee could likewise report where • tee line of demarcation could best be placed, so that both gauges might not.be mixed, which would subject the conve' ante of goods and passengers to great delay, expense, danger, -and incon venience. In the eastern c.enitie,, in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, the narrow gauge prevailed, and were they to introduce the broad gauge into those districts ? • Mr. MARK 'PHILLIPS seconded the motion. lie had felt great difficulty in deciding on • the question which was yesterday before the II Luse.. The C; emniteee on the Bills which had been before the House yesterday had been called upon to decide t h;• question of the gauges. Incidentally it was a most embarrassing subject fur a Committee to have to decide apo, and the Committee ought not to be held -te have denied in favour of the broad gauge against the narrow, -when the question enly caine before therri incidentally, an f they bad merely decided that ore line of railway was better adapted to the requirements of a •eartieular district than anether. It would he a matter for great regret if that should he considered to have decided the question of gauges. It appeared to him that the motion of his Hon. Friend- for a Commissien to examine the cetes!ioe was a most a ise one. They %stinted something to guide them in the consideration of this important question. He did not think that a Committee of the lleu , e of • Cot:amens was .a proper tribunal fur its censidera-ien— a Cemndsrlien would be a much better one. Great inconvenience would arise from the admixture f gangts in the .Midland Counties, and for that reason he had voted in favour of the narrow gauge line to Rugby. • He considered the question a meet embarrassieg one to be left to the decision either of Committee s or of the House, anti it was highly desirable, therefore, that the proposed commission of inquiry should be appointed. Sir G. CLERK would not obj• et to the -appointment of, the preposed commission, because the question had now assumed so mucll importance, that it was become abselutely necessary that it should be submitted to the decision of some tribunal, the decision of which would carry weight with the country. There was one point, hey.vev, r, kid] he would whsh to sul,m4 to the censiderstion of the Hon. Gentleman opposite, who had brought- fore ard the motion, and that was whether it would not to xpedient to withdraw that part of the re solution which directed the commission to consider how far it may be practicable to reduce all the geuges to one uniform gauge. • That part .of the resolution was calculated to ,produce unne cessary. alarm. liowever desirable it might hare been at first to ha •::: had all the railways laid dean upon one uniform _gauge he believed, that now it woul:t be impracticable. It would be impossible to oblige a COM.. piny who had led down their, either. upon the 7 foot or on the. 4 foot Si inch gauge to adopt now the other • gouge or seme intermediate gauge between the two. It was not necessary to prefer the adoption of one gauge more than the ether, and, in fact, it was at present im possible to say that it would be expedient, considering the vast number of railways that were now in progress, to lay .down any definite law on t:.e. subject. the gauges on existing railway s. were to be changed, it would necessarily lead to an alteration in the structure of wag gons and carriages, and thus an increasing expense would be entailed on the various railway companies. lie ,did not consuter that the superiority of one gauge over another was after all a matter of very great importance, He should liave 'no objection Whatever to the proposition of .the Gentleman, if it was considered how far it night be practicable to re-organise existing railways. Mr. S. WORTLEY quite agreed with his lion. Frieed and also with the Right Hoe. Baronet, that this question had, in efikt, been already settled. The enor mous expense that would be entailed on the country by changing existing guages, and the general inconvenience that would result would induce him to leave the matter as it now stood. He trusted also that the llonournble Member for Stockport would not persist in the terms of the motion of which he had given notice, but would be satisfied with the question as it had been already decided. He trusted, however, that as the ap portunity had been afforded for further inquiry into the prinCiple of the belied and narrow gauges some general pito fer the public convenience should be definitely adopted before the construction of any futu: e railway was coinmenc. d ,Mr. BARING quite agreed in what had fallen from the Honourable Gentleman who has just sat doWn, es pecially that which was contained in - the latter part of his observatious. He confessed that he was very un willing to interfere with the public convenience to the extent to which this alteration from ~he railway gauge would lead. lie would admit that it was a great principle, and one that ought to be decided be lore any other railway was formed. Mr. RICARDO thought certainly, before any Of the earthworks of new railways were begun, it was necessary to ascertain %%hat the gauge should be. Willi great resp . .ct for the. Hen. Gentleman and the Right lion. Baron( t, he must say that the object to be attained was the permute nt advantage of the country. Whmev, r might be the result, great inconvenience must be ex perienced wherever the two gauges sh...eld meet ; and it was absolutely re cessary that some rule should be adopted for avoiding the great impediment which was daily felt from the uncertainty in which the question was now left. Lord G. SOMERSET was willing to conc,de the motion of the Lion. Member for Stockport, and trusted the Commission would arrive at such a conclusion as to wake it reasoni.b.c fur them. toj•all upon all future rail ways' to adopt one particular gauge•. _ _ Str, WAIID w..s . glad Gov — et-11in ent had conceded the tnotion of his llon. Friend, ta-causit he thought it was highly desirable that the question of gaugr, setting aside the contest betwet n the two rival Companies, should be 'referred to an impartial tribunal, whose decision should 'guide the m !Or the future. In his opinion, neither the bread nor the narrow gauge was a security against acci dents, nor did he think sped had any thing to do with it. for trains had travelled at the rate of 60 tulles an hour wit tout accident or inconvenience, while the majority of 'the accidents which had already taken place, had occur red to what were t‘rmi-d slow trains. Mr. SHAW thought that if any Gentleman would take the trouble of reading over the evidence taken be fore the Committee, a hien was commonly called " The Broad G4uge Committee," h.! would find greatditliculty in arriving at any cert a i n conc l us i on ,—(H ea r, I ear .) H e believed that 111 ! " gu }go" of live feet three inches, which was ad , pt. d in Irel old, would be the be=t as a uniform guage.—(llear, ar.) He thought the inquiry was worthy the attention of the Govern• went.—(llear.) ;le hop. d they would undertake it, and carry it on lai.oriously.—(H t ar, and a laugh.) Mr. HAY I EH could not anticipate any advantage from the inquiry, but on the contrary thought that it would 1. ad to great inconvenience. Mr. COBDEN said, in explanation, that the object of the imptiry was not to find a new guage, but to establish some uniform p: - iliciple. The motion was then agreed to. Lord NEWRY presented a petition from the county of Down, complaining uf the expenses that were in curred in building union workhoust s in Ireland, and praying that a r eme d y m i ght be app li e d to t h e ev il . Mr. M. GIBSON p resented a pet i t i on , signed by the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester, praying the House to address the Crown fur the purpose of having the treaty entered into by the Government 01 Buenos Ayres to give free access to the River Plata enforced. A petit on was then presented against the abolition of tests in the Scotch universities. Sir It. PEEL said that he presented a petition the other niglit in favour of the colleges about to be insti tuted in Ireland, which he stand to be from London. It was not from L-andon, is came from Dublin. LUNATIC PAUPERS BILL. This Bill p7l,ted thmugh Committee. The Report was brouL;ht on and received, and ordered to be printed. Member for Perth would withdraw his cppoition, and Alt least allow the report of the Bil to be brought up. Alit HOME DRUMMOND was understomi to a.,.r•nt, and the report was aceorilirigly brought up. The Home then went into Committee on the Bill, and on the third effuse lit ing read, Mr. Gig - S ON CRAIG rose to address the House, but from the exe2ssire noise in the Housc, and the low tone of the Hon. Member, his remarks were wholly inaudible in the gallery. „ .. . TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZErI"I'E. -- DIVIDENDS DECLARED. L. C. Lecosne, merchant, Fenchurch-buildines, Fenehurch , srreet—first di v . o f l s. itr&d. in the pound, any 'Wednesday, at 1 the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. R. Almond, coal dealer, Orreil, Lancashire—second div. of 53. in the pound, June 26, and any following Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenoce, Liverpool. .1. Johnson, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 3d. in the ground, June 26, and any following Thursday, at the office of Sir. CazPnove, Liverpool. T. Wilson and W. Wilson, merchants, Liverpool—div. of 4s. 20. in the proud. June 25, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. J. Ilake, edge tool manufacturer, Sunderland—first div. of 103. in the pound, June 25, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Sir. Waklrty, New castle-upon- Tyne. I. Hagg, Colchester—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, June 25, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Belcher, Coleman-street. . W. Atty. ater, dyer, Devonshire -street, Queen-square—first div. of Is. in the pound, June 25, and any following Wednes. day, at the office of Mr. Belcher, Coleman-street. T . Wasson, builder, Liverpool-read—first and final div. of I ? i d. in the pound, June 25, and any followne Wednesday, at the office o• Mr. Follett, Strnbrook.court, Ita-inglial;-street. V— Oxborrnw, pawnbroker, Stockport—r:iv. of 20s. in the pound, June 25, and any following lVerlncsday, at the office of Sir. Follett, Sambrook-court. Ba.inghall street. 1)1 VIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy. Basinghall-street. W. Wii'd.ams, wheelwright, Gondburst, Kent, July 15, at eleven—G. Barron, builder, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, July 21, at elev.n -J. Stevens and R. 11. W. Drummond. road contrnctors, Mile-end, July 21, at twelve. In the Country. . • J. Hill and I'. Hill, merchants, Wisbeach St. Peter's, Isle of Ely, July 16, at eleven, at the Birmintham District Court— J. Lamb and T. Lamb. enrv ' ineers, Kidder minster, July 16, at one, at the Birmi ng h am District Court—W. B. Briddick, dea'er in iron, Durham, July 16, at half-past eleven, at the Ns•vveastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Briddick, bookseller, Durham, July 16, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court—W. Carr and J. C. Carr, merehants, Sunderland, July 16, at half-past twelve, at the N. vveastle upon-Ty ne District Court—C. Martin, lir en-draper. Durham, July 16, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court —J. Risdan, bookseller, Exeter, July 17. at one, at the Exeter District Court—E. Pritchard, wire merchant, Liverpool, July 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Abram, merchant, Liverpool, July IS, at twelve, at the Liverpel Dis trict Court—E. E. Robinson, grocer, Wolverhampton, July 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. J. Taylor, grocer, High-street, Camden -town, Ju'y 16 —J. Brain, copper plate dealer, Winchester-place, Pentouville. July 16—W. Westrup and T. M. Cocksedge ; millers, New Crane, Shadwell, July 16 —T. Johnson, sen., and W. Johnson, bankers, Romford, July I6—A. H. Chambers, sen.. banker, New Bond-street, July 16—R. Barker, druggist, Manchester, July 16—J. Gerrard, cotton spinner, Marsden, Yorkshire; July I7—M. Humphries, joiner, Manchester, July -17—W.• Gadsby, jun., joiner, Manchester, July 18---J. Livinvonond T. Buttam, plumbers, Manchester, July lii----Tr Alillward. Meting' amshile, July 15—B. Webb, cheesemonger, South wark, July 15—R. G. Ward and J. Perry ; meat sale: en s Newgate-street, July 15—J. Weightman, whartinger, North ampton, July 15—T. S. Dodd, innkeeper, Liverpool, July 15 —E. E. Robinson, grocer, Wolverhampton, July 15—J. W. Sprague, grocer, Poole, Dorsetshire, July 15—G. Robinson, surgeon, Huddersfield, July 15. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Willis, J. S. Willis, H. 11. Willis, and A. Willis, jun., merchants, Crosby-square, City—A. Willis, J. S. Willis, and H. H. Willis, insurance brokers, Crosby-square, City—:J. Leach, sen.. J. Leach, and J. Leach, jun.. worsted mann facturers, Bingley, Yorkshire —W. Elstotr and J. 'Lidatone, builders, Old Bailey—J. Davies and J. •Fallosys, cotton waste spinners, Stockport—S. Bath and P. J. Bolton, coal mer chants, High -street, Wapping—S. Holdsworth •and W. R. Milner, surgeons, Wakefield—A. C. Harris and T. Bell, mer chants, Alexandria—T. Hunter and C. Smith, tea dealers, Bishopwearmouth—H. Raine and R. Scholes, plumbers, Bury, Lancashire—W. Halliday and Rhodes, worsted spinners, Heck mondwike—J. Turner and C. Turner, leather sellers, Church street, Bethnal-green—E. Withinshaw and J. Withinshaw, leather dealers, Shelton, Staffordshire—C. • , Colledge and S. Henningham, engravers, Warwick—G. Sangster and J. F. Melliss, cotton factors, Queen-street, Cheipside—E. Mere dith and C. Parker, linen drapers, Liverpool—C. Bedells and W. Bedells, manufacturers of elastic and vt oven fabrics, Leicester • —E. W. Coulborn and R. 0. Coulborn, fustian manufacturers, Manchester—R. Barlow and B. Edwards, ironmasters, Wrex ham, Denbighshire—J. Taylor and 'F. Taylor, gold beaters, Kirby -street, Hatton•garden—R. Dehenhatu and A. A. De benham. drapers, Upper Clapton—D. Gill and T. Wainwright, iron founders, Leeds—J. Brittain and D. Smales, hop mer chants, Hull. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Young, merchant, Leith, June 30 and July 21, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Wilson, Leith. J. Stenhowe, brewer, Dunfermline, June 30 and July 21, at twelve, at the Spire Hotel, Dunfermline. A. Whamond, grocer, Dun,lee, July 1 and 22, at three, at the British Hotel, Dundee. COWES ? I. W., JUNE, 24.—A public meeting of the landowners and rate-payers of the Isle of Wight has been called by the Deputy- Sheriff of the island, to be holden at the Guildhall, Newport, on Thursday next, at three o'clock, which, It is expected, will be numerously attended, as the proposers of the railway, it is expected, will state their plans, and try to gain the islanders over to them. Her Majesty leases Osborne, with her suite, at two o'clock to-morrow. Ijoa STEALING.—The Commons' Committee on the Dog-stealing Prevention Bill is fixed for Wednesday text (this day). The Bill has been printed, and we really see nothing in its various clauses to prevent lion. Members attend ing in their places, and giving it their support by a majority that may have its influence on the Upper House. —John Bul2. The clauses, we hope, will be of such a nature as to check the system of extortion ; for whether we be threatened by a mis creant, and 'r the avowal of stealing our dogs or defaming our characters, money is the object. The election for the county of Edinburgh is fixed for today, when Sir John Hope, Bart,, of Pinkie House, will, it is expected, be returned without opposition in the room of Mr. Ramsay. LAW INTE L LIG ENC E. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. June 24. ;Nisi Prins Sittings, before the Loan CHIEF BARON ancr;Special Jury.) LACY V. BUNN. This was an action by Mr. W. Licy, the comedian, to recover damages from Mr. Bunn, the lessee of Covent-garden Theatre, for the breach of an engagement under which the defendant undertook to permit the plaintiff to perform the principal parts in light comedy, and the plaintiff' undertook to enact those characters at Covent. garden Theatre during the season of 1843. Mr. M&RTIN (with vhom were Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Saun. ders) opened the plaintiff's case. The real question that was to be submitted to the jury was, whether the part of Ferdinand, in The Tempest, was light comedy or not, and ridiculous as this ques tion might seem in the first instance, it became in this case one of importance to the members of the theatrical profession, and espe cially to the plaintiff. Mr. Lacy had undertaken an engagement at Covent-garden at a very small salary (we understood lit. a week) with the understanding that he was only to be called upon to per form the principal parts in light comedy. The engagement was entered into on the 9th of December, 1842, but Mr. Burin did not begin to perform on his own account until January in the next year. Mr. Charles Kemble resigned the manage. went early in ascember, and from that time until Christmas, . the performers acted for their own pri.fit and at their own risk ; but in January, 1843. Mr, Buhn's management com menced. The first part performed by Mr. Lacy, under his agree. ment with Mr. Bunn, was a character in a piece called The High wayman, written by Mr. Morton, a dramatic author of reputa tion. The plaintiff was next called upon to perform Ferdinand in The Tempest, which he declined, upon the ground that it was not a character within the terms of his engagement. Mr. Bunn in sisted that the character of Ferdinand fell within the description of light comedy, and upon this misunderstanding refused to suffer Mr. Lacy to complete his engagement. The consequence of this was, that Mr. Lacy not only lost his salary for the season, but also was deprived of the advantage of being admitted upon the ' Theatrical Fund, which he would have been entitled to had he completed a second engagement at Covent garden. In support of the plaintiff's case it was proposed to call many performers of great eminence, who would give their opinion as to wh wet e properly ca.led "light comedy" parts. If the jury had visited the theatres occa. sionally, they were probably not Lnacquainted with the characters of Charles Surface, in the School for Scandal, Captain Absolute, in the Rivals, and Lord Trinket, in the Hunchback. these were properly described as " light comedy." Characters of this description were usually performed at the great theatres by Mr. Jones, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Vining, and Mr. Wrench. Some of these gentlemen would be called before the jury, to state whether such a part as that of Ferdinand fell within the range of their line of characters. There were in every theatre a class of characters which properly fell to the "juvenile tra gedian " and the " walking gentleman. "—(A laugh.) Ferdinand, he understood, war always performed either by the juvenile tra. gedian or the walking gentleman, and the only exception to this rule was in the case of Mr. Charles Kemble, who belonged to a gifted family, and was himself a performer of great versatility. The Learned Counsel then read Arie:'s description of Ferdinand, and other passages from The Tempest, to show that Ferdinand was a grave and serious character, and not one well adapted to a light comedian. Before the plaintiff's witnesses were called, Mr. Jsavts, who appeared fur the defendant, appeared to the Lard Chief Bsron to say if he did not think this cause would be better disposed of else where, though by so doing he felt he was somewhat marring the amusement of the Court and the puklic. The Loan CHIEF BARON certainly doubted if this was the fittest place or the fittest tribunal for deciding whether Ferdinand was light or heavy comedy. He did not know how it was to be proved to the jury, unless Mr. Martin produced one performer who would enaet the part in the most lugubrious tones, whilst another would perform it with the greatest vivacity, and then the jury might judge which was nearest to nature.—(Laughter.) Mr. MARTIN said the plaintiff was most anxious to adopt any suggestion from the Lord Chief Baron, and it was finally agreed (apparently much to the disappointment of a crowded Court), that the case should be referred to a gentleman at the bar, on the usual terms. LONDON AND CROYDON LICE• ➢ir. Wright, civil engineer, corroborated the evideuce of Mr, Sherrard. Mr. Maurice, contractor, gave ein filar e v idence. Mr. J. A. Samuda gave evidence in favour of the atmospheric ptinciple. On cross-examination, Mr. Samuda stated that he was a civil engineer, and had contracted for the works of several lines, but had never been the engineer of any line. He constructed the Kingstown and Dalkey line. In experiments made by him, with a tube of about three inches diameter, he had drawn thirteen people, and thirteen cwt. of iron up a gradient of one in thirty. Mr. Gibbon, acting engineer on the Kingstown and Da!key line, gave evidence as to the success of the atmospheric principle on that line. The line was 30 yards short of If mile. There was a gra dient of lins7 on the last l mile, which was ascended by car riages impelled merely by the momentum they had previously ac quired, and not by the force of atmospheric traction, as the appli cation of that principle ceased at the commencement of that gradient. It was usual to have one train every half.hour, or when necessary four and sometimes ten trains in an hour. The further evidence of this witness was in favour of the atmospheric principle. After the cross-examination of Mr. Gibbon the Committee ad.. journed to twelve o'clock tomorrow. GROUP GG. SCOTCH Z.II.XLVZSIYS. THE GLASGOW, NEILSTON, AND me Ann.- sax) LINE.-R.ENPRENTur DISTIZICT. The Committee, ebrisisting of Mr. Evans (Chairman), Mr. Mullis, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. Miles, sat at twelve o'clock, in the Guildhall, Westmintter, to hear traffic evidence on the above Mr. Notman, manager of the Hurlet Works, was again examined this morning, and staled that the total goods, coals, iron, &c., sent on the line to Glasgow from these works was 62,477 tons, and to Paisley, 9,809 tons. The witness was cross.examined at some length, without altering the above result in the slightest degree. Mr. M'Lintock, owner of certain atone quarries on the pro. posed line, was next examined as to the tragic from his district. The result was includcd in the traffic tables. The traffic tables were then put in by Mr. Pare, and showed a total of goods, minerals, and passengers, to the extent of 16,9821. 10s. 9d., which, after deducting working expenses, would leave a remunerating profit of six per cent, to the promoters . on their sub scribed capital. Mr. William M`Creath was examined In corroboration of the mineral traffic evidence. The CHAIRMAN then stated that the Committee. in order to avoid loss of time, had decided that of the two competing lines the Direct, or Glasgow, Neilston and Barrhead, was the preferable one, and they would, therefore, wish to hear the evidence against it if the opponents were inclined to adduce any. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP K. :BURY ST. EDMUNDS AND CAMBRIDGE R.A.XLIATAY. The Committee on this line sat this morning at the usual hour, Mr. Austin, Q.C., appearing on behalf .of the promoters, and Messrs. James, Girden, and Rawlinson representing the Duke of Rutland, Sir T. G. Cullow, other landowners, and the Commi►sioners of the Board of Trade, who bad entered appear ances against the line. Mr. AUSTIN, Q. C., in opening the case, stated that the line was one projected for the purpose of connecting the towns of Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's, by traversing a distance of twenty-five wiles through Swan ham, :Moulton, and the important agricultural districts between the termini. The country presented no engineering difficulties whatever, the ix orst grsdients were] in 100, two very short distances alone requiring even thosesteep inclines. As to the opposi• thus he could scarcely understand its character or intentions; the Duke of Rutland had entered an appearance against it because he thought that the noise of the trains passing the paddocks at NeWmarket would frighten the racing mares when in foal, and injure every mid in ventye suoe "'twirls —(Laughter)---this was carrying to railway legislation a point long discussed by lawyers respecting the rights of property, and he could not imagine that the Noble Duke feared lest the mares .should foal their precious offspring with a locomotive marked on the right shoulder I—(Loud laughter.) Why, if the proximity of the trains would affect anything, it would most likely impress the lucky colts with an emulation to vie the railway speed, and thus enhance their value to the owners. —(Laughter.) But the Noble Duke had actually assented to the line, had attended a meeting of the Jockey Club, and expressed his approval there ; and so, after passing . the select committee of that body, and coming before the present tribunal, it was met by a most violent and unaccountable opposition. He would, in the present stage of the proceedings, say no more, but immediately call witnesses to prove his case. Mr. Ranson, examined by Mr. AUSTIN—Is an ironmonger resi. ding at Ipswich, employing upwards of three hundred hands. The great proportion of his wares at pre.ent go to West Suffolk, Lei cester, Oxford, Cambridge, Lincoln, West Yorkshire, and other consuming counl les. The cost of conveyance between . lpswich and Bury is 18s. a ton for closely paektd, and 275.. for engines. Be. tween the former town and Cambridge the cost of transit was some. what about 365. a ton. By the construction of the line in question he should Om:. a saving of 75 per cent over the present mode. Con. siders the line most advantageously laid out, especially in reference to the town of Ipswich regarded as a port. By Mr. MaitriN—The import duty at present levied on mer chandise at Ipswich is Is. 6d. per tun fur coals, and proportionably high for other merchandise . . ' ' ' Cross-examined by M. RawLiNsoN—A shorter route might be selected for the transit of his ware to Warwick and the Eastern counties, by Thetford, but as the trade is chiefly to the north, Cambridge wo,ild be the more valuable point of divergence. Cioss.examined by Mr. (41RDSN—Sends upwards of 300 tons of good, annually to Bury, and more than 1,000 through Cambridge. Does not think a line northward from Ipswich would be a means of conveyance preferable to the water navigation. Mr. May, examined by Ar. Illmovastro, QC. (who appeared in conjunction with Mr. AUSTIN)—Is a toll.collectoi and coal-men. chant at Ipswich, and considers the line from Ciimbridge to Bury would materially benefit the trade from Ipswich to the eastern counties. Cross-examined by Mr. Glaortx—The freight between New. castle and Ipswich is fis. 9d. a ton; besides Is. 6d: for dock dues, and lid for corporation dues. The best coals could be put upon a line at Ipswich at 17s 6d. a ton. Charles May, examined by Mr. HILAYARD, Q C.—ls a cheese. mongi r at Ipswich, and director of the line now Projected between Bury and Cambridge. From Derby and holland the great propor tion of the cheese is procured, but the water navigation from the former town is a very objectionable means a conveyance, and if a railway communication were established with the Eastern or Mid land Counties, it would be far better than the present mode. Mr. Bryant, a farmer and drover, resident near Newmarket, deposed to the value of the proposed line through that town, and to the produce and consuming population of the district. The former witness alone would pay 1871. 10s. to the railway for the carriage of barley, at the proportion he at present consumes, but this amount would be considerably increased. Mr. Bottom, postmaster of Newmarket, confirmed the evidence of the last witnesses as to the importance of the line to that district; and, the Speaker being announced at prayers, the Committee ad. journed, at four o'clock, until twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP L. CHICHESTER AND BRIGHTON LINE. The Committee on Group L, having arrived at the termination of the cases of the Atmospheric Direct line and the Guildford, Chichester, arid Portsmouth lines, this morning took the. Chichester and Brighton line. Mr. E. B. Denison was in the chair, with the other Members of the Committee present. Mr. WIikTELEY appeared for the promoters, and after stating that he would reserve his observations until the close of the case, called _ _ _ _ vY Mr. Bose, a member of the Town Council of Portsmouth, and an owner of considerable property in the borough, who staied that he believed that this line was quite in accordance with the feelings of the people of Portsmouth, and was adopted, after the expression of much feeling, by the greater portion of the inhabitants of the town. Mr. HILDICARD stated that this line had been adopted after a public meeting of the inhabitants, convened in consequence of a larger equisition. In addition to this fact, also, there was the circum stance that a petition had been presented to Parliament, signed by more than 3,000 of the mast respectable inhabitants in the town and neighbourhood. The construction of this line would open up a great convenience to the inhabitants of the whole of that line of coast. Coals, for instance, would be brought more readily and and cheaply than by the custom now adopted of bringing them coastwise to Chichester. Colonel Williams, of the Engineers, stated that this would, in his opinion, be a most im,ortant line for the connexion between the several ports. Troops could be conveyed by this line, and con dented on any particular spot, in the course of a few hours, and on this coast, just opposed as it was to the coast of France, this was an object which ought never to be left out of sight. The electric telegraph was a feature of as great importance almost of as much importance as the line itself. For the general objects of the Government no better line could be laid out, and as a military man he would say, that this line was of Inca culable importance, and likely to be of great benefit to the country. • Mr. Rastrick, the engineer of the - Brighton Railway, Mated that the railway advantages of this line were pre-eminently great. It was in fact a merely surface line, and offered no engineering diffi• culties whatever. The main line would be 17 miles 7V, chains in length, and there was a branch laid out to Fareham of something more than six miles. The earthwork w ould cost 27,9611.; the crossings of the public and turnpike roads he estimated at 33,6191. ; for the permanent way, stations, and plant, 127,383/. 155., and for con• tingences he had allowed 29,9371., making for the engineering ex. pensis a ter al or 258,5001. In addition to this there was a charge of 61,500/. for laud, m..king the aggregate expense 320,0001. The revenue front passengers would be 19,6931. 88., and from goods 8.4451. Os 10d., making a total of 25,138/. Os 6d., gni deducting from this 40 per cent. for working expenses, there was left a ba lance of 16,8831. Is. Bd., which would give a return of more than 5 per cent. on the capital of 320, MIL, the aggregate expenses of the line. _ . . Mr. Driver, the eminent land surveyor, testified to the accuracy of the land valuation. After some cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant Wasminsm, Mr. WIIATELEY replied, and in the course of his observations, stated that petitions fur this line had been sent from Portsmouth, Havant, Bognor, Little Hampton, Worthing, Shoreham, arid Brighton ; that from Portsmouth signed by more than 3,500 persons, while only two had been presented against it, one, from Bognor, and the other from Farehatn. This, he thought, was a sufticie.it indication of ti.e public feeling on the subject, and of the sense of their own interests which the inhabit. ants of that great district entertained. With this observation, lie would readily leave the decision of the case to the fairness, inde fatigable industry, and excellent judgment and intelligence of the Committee. The Committee then adjourned till tomorrow. GROUP LL. The Committee met at twelve o'clock, Lord John Manners in the chair. THE LONDON AND ER.IGUTON RAILWAY (WANDSWORTH BRANCH. Mr. Gregory, engineer to the Croydon Railway, was the first witness examined in opposition to the Bill. He stated that the Croydon line was nearly a level throUghout, with the exception of two miles five furlongs. The atmospheric line from the Dartmouth Arms to Croydon would be ready to be opened in about six weeks. The object of .he atmospheric line wast.i supply transit for the short traffic only, and to keep the present trunk lines uninterrupted for the long traffic,. The span of the arch on the proposed line crossing the Croydon Railway wi..7 thirty feet. which did not allow sufficient room for lay.ng down three lines of rail. The help; of the arch was eighteen feet. Did not consider that height sufficient for all the purposes of t(e line. The witness was cross.examintd by Mr. Hitt, and admitted that he knew of no reason to prevent the promoters mAkmg the span of the arch thirty five, instead of thirty feet. Conside red it an en gineering blunder to allow oply eighteen feet for the hei g ht of the arch, which was. to be brick built. Did pot know of PPy rea s on why the arch should not be otherwise than brick Wilt. Mr. Wilson, chairman of the Croydon Railway, .was cress, exam tied, but his evidence was chiefly of a speculative character, and did not materially affect the projected line. Dlr. James Dudson, accountant to the Croydon Railway Coin- GROUP Z. The Committee on this group re.assen - .bled to day at twelve o'clock, in Room 17, the Honourable Mr. Clive in the Chair. 'RIESZ G .EA 'WESTERN (DUEL iN AND GiILWAY). Mr. Roive said that before the clauses of the Bill were proceeded with, he wished to address a tew. . words to the Committee. He had come that morning on the part of the proprietors of the Grand Canal Company, to rsquire the insertion of a clause for the protection of the canal, as it was the intention of the promoters of the line to construct bridges over it - at several points. His clients, however, had come to the conclusion of refraining from makin,l such an ap; lication, as it might prejuoice their case before the Lords' Committee. He himself felt great pleasure that such a cour►e had been resolved on, as it would prevent further branching, and save the Committee all further trouble. The clauses were then considered, which, with a few unim portant alterations were agreed to, and the Committee broke up. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. SOUCII WALES RAILWAY, Mr. VIVIAN moved, pursuant to notice, that this Bill be returned back to the Committee that sat upon the 13111,r.nd that the Committee should have kave to sit and proceed with the measure on Monday text. Captain BERKELEY opposed the motion,c.,believing that the interests of the public were not consulted in the formation of this Company, but only those of - the Great Western Railway Company, who had bought up ttie line. Ile believed that the bridge that was prop Hied to be built on the line would be a total annihilation of the River Severn. The present measure wa= a com pletely new Bill—it was nut the measure that was first introduced into Par! ament. The populous districts of Qlouces'er and Cheltenham were entirely thrown over board by the measure. Lord G.. SOMERSET supported the motion. He admitted that he was not himself:An impartial person with respect to this measure, but while he did so he must confess that he did not think there was much impar-- tiality in the speech of the Gallant Member opposite. 'All he seemed to think was that the interests of the city of Gl. ucester were paramount to every other. The interests of the city of Gloucester, it should be remembered, were not the representatives of the inte rests of ihe public at large. He believed that the pro posed .R.tilway would be a great national benefit, and the Committee were of the same opinion. because they had unanimously voted against the preamble of the Bill. He hoped the individual interests of the City of Gloucester would not he allowed to supersede a great national undertaking.—(Hear.) As far as he was concerned, he should support the preposition, in order that the merits of the measure might be fully gone into and considered. _ _ Mr jH. BERKELEY trusted that the House would no - , no. ion such a principle as would be set up if the motion was agr, ed to. Mr. -HODGSON HINDE thought the present was a question essentially of standing orders, and not one be - iwe,n the city of Gloucester, the public, and the Great West,rn Railway Company. The question was, when parties brought one measure bvfore Par. liament, we e they to be allowed to proceed with another of a totally &Greta description ? If the present motion was carried the Howe would in effect be ordering the Committee to take a course which they !it clued to tolopt. They had deti, , rmined.that they would ni,t proceed with the Bill,, and the present motion was to compel them to do so. Ile should thtrefore oppose the motion. Capt. OSBORNE supported the motion. Mr. ESTCOURT also supported the motion. Mr. C. WOOD considered the question to be whether the Committee were justified in discontinuing to , proceed with the , Bid ; he thought they were tot justitiad in so doing, because the course they ought to hay , ad pled vv,s to have brought their proceedin;s ► o a close, and then have report.d them to the House. Alt that the motion of the liont,urable Gentleman (Mr. Vivian) required of the floue to do was to direct the i'ot►,mtttee to renew Its inreatigation and report the re sult. Mr. VILLIERS made a few remarks, which were perfectly inaudible in the gallery. Mr. W. COLLETT said he should support the mo tion of his -Hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester, that the ma he referred back to th . e Committee. Captain BERKELEY withdrew his opposition to the motion of the Hon. Mewl) -r for Gloucester (Mr. Vivian), with the understanding that he (Captain Berkeley) would be under the protection of the Standing Orders Committee. .After a few words in'rePly from Mr. VIVIAN, the LWAY BILLS. too ion was a greeidtkoi Mr. GREENE postponed his motion for the further consideration of the report on Railway Bills. Lord G. SOMERSET said that he would, under those circumstances, postpone the resolutions he had given woke of till such time as the report was brought un‘h r consideration. COVENTRY, BEDWORTII, AND NUNEATON • RAILWAY. The report of the above Bill was brought up and re ceived, al-o the reports of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2), the Norwich and Brundon Railway- Deviation and Di,s aryl Derenam M-anolies, the London and South Western (No. 1) (Metr.polnan Ext,nsion) Railway, the Great Western Railway (Irolunil) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone), the Cocke,'mouth and Work ington Railway), and the Middlesborough and Redcar Railway. FALMOUTH HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT. This Bill was read a third time and passed. WEXFORD AND CARLOW RAILWAY. . _ Mr. Sergeant MURPHY moved that the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway all be re committed. He said there was a very essential dill rtnce between this railway and the one which bad previously engaged the attention of the House (the South Wales). The grounds upon which the Conuni'tee rejected the preamble of this Bill was that it did not provide tor the improvetne, t of tit- harbour of W. xford, and further, that if any tiiture railwal was to be constructed into the town of Wexfird, it should provide for the improvement of the harbour. The promoters of the Bill Lad no idea of this difficaLy being started, and therefore, under the circum stances to which they.were placed, thy had no power or opporunity of meeting it. Henow, ho, ever, was in :,truct eil to say, that it' the Hom,e agreed to the recommit tal of ell Bile, , teps would be taken to meet the objecting. The Hon Meinkwr fir Newcastle-under-Lyne (Mr. CJI - cool say w hedier what he htid staled in re :erence to the d. cision of the Committee was correc-- win titer the preamble of the Bill had not been rejects d on aecount of the ditheulies ri:specting the harbour at W, xford. The iir-lito!er, of the Bill prayed for its corn ttal in o, der to carry out, if possible, that portion of the joint .ith , me for the construction of the line from Carl , iw to Enniscorthy. Hinter these circumstances he thought the Hone ought to agree to his motion, as in the event of the r‘ corn iiittal, they were prepared to grapple with the gce,t on Wexford harbour, and t i provide for its tii,!ent con itrueti4 Mr. W. coLLErr Kas opposed to tit. A-commitsil of the Mr. COLQUHOUN informed the House that he lion. and Learned Member for Cork had nut stated cur ; eetly the grounds upon which the Committee had de. cided , the cast-. The construction of a harbour at Wexford was nut the reason of the rejection, but the gelieral insufficiency of the estimates.—Wear., hear.) The 'anti and engineering expenses being under-rated. On these grounds the Committee had decided to reject the preamble of the Bill before the question of the harbour came before them. After they had decided to reject ths.-I3ill they agreed to recommend :hat in any future trill the construction of an efficient harbour at Wexford should be a prominent feature. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said it e pplirvd he had misconceived thy• grounds upon which th, Committee had c sine their decision, he would, th,refute, withdraw the motion. The motion was accordingly w Lhdrawn. Mr. COBDEN then moved,—" That, it haVii,g b een teprt sentud to th;s flott,e •by petitions from various pahlic bodies, as well as from Merchants, manufacturers, area. oda!, 8, that serious imp! dinaents to the internal traffic of the .country are likely to arise from the " breaks" that will occur in ailway c oin .. ninnicatbms from the want of an uniform gauge ; and these representations not having bet n fully inquired into by any of th , . Ciannilttees o f this: use upon Privatc Bills, and it de,ir..ble that the subject tiould be furtin r investigated, an huu.ble address pres.nted to her Majesty, praying r l `)sty be graciously pleased to issue a Commission to inquire, whether in future private Acts for the construction of railways provision ought to be made for scenting uni form gauge, and whether it %ould be expedient and prat. ticab'e to take measures tobring the railways already . con structed Of progresp of co istroction in Great Britain, into uniformity of gauge ; anl' to inquiru whether any Other mode of obviating or mitigating the apprehended evil could be adopted at4d to report the same to this S UTE LABOUR SCOTLAND) BILL. The repo r t of the Com m ittee sas brought up. Mr. tiSiOI.I.ETT moved that the Bill be re-com wittsd fix th" purpose of adding the fdlos ing clause : "And shi seas it is expedient to abolish the personal perform:thee of sta' ute service, and the ley) ins.; of the eoversion thereof in money, or any assessment in lieu of such conversion, as a personal or poll tax ; end lB 4 5 : 7 te i d t , s h t a h l a l t a T f i r c :s i sn t i n a3 an b d e t ia ft:. , •r ful ti f i , i ) s r a p il re s 7 te n h t y b -e e ar, it trustees, at a general niestimg sasssubb is, if they shall think tit, to order isid direct that in is y aunty, or iii,- triet of a ciituity, all such performaace of statute stn . vice, and all such lev)ieg of ciinversists or asestnerit in li u therefore, shall cs ase awl d-ts rmino. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for alt such trustees, at a general meeting as,eilibled, if they shall think tit, to assess any sure not excie ding the amount of the cony( r• slog or other miiney which by the reason of this Act shall suill;ents id i l iot ia er s :inb b e u b : ) i r d t! ng e. s xempt e d from ' cease to be exigible, and to Caus e th e same to and other to b e added 0) the s ams ot h erw i se as s Act ; and all suc h , urns so ass , shed b h e erit l ii e b vi l ' e 'd li a ' s s e' ab s Z e b n y t-' a tr y (man di!ed, shell be levied and applied in the same buildings, (Sr other heritable ner as the money might have been levied and applied in lieu of which the said sums are assessed ; Provided always, that all such stuns shall be payable by but iota oc •upiers shall be en titled to di duct one half of such sums from the rent pay tsltiltio, c e c ts up s ie: ) rs a s , i s f us tl: e e ti l , ands, able to the owns rs or other parties having right to such rent. And be it enacted, that in the case of such assessment being laid upon lands, buildings, and heritable subjects, as aforesaid, the annual value thereof shall he ascertained by such, trustcss, in wanner prescribed by th e l oca l A cts now i n force, Sir in such arid like manner as t h e annua l value of b ln4:: and heritable subj ec t s , i s author i sed andbe ascertained iu cou n ti es and burt..!lis ii d directed t lrei3P'etivest tinier surd by virtue of an A ct passe d ii the second and third year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, " An Act to improve Pri,ons and Prison Discipline in Scotland ;" f . ~ and it shall be lawful for su ch trustees, if they shall think fit, to a ss ume the amount ascertain a s e 4 as toe annual value of such lauds, buldings, and heritabl e su bj ects i n count i es. snd boroughs ma spectively, under th e sa id rec i te d A ct, to Is; the amount o n whi ch the assetstnent hereby authorised to be levied , may be levied for the' purposes of this Act." :iN petitions had been p 1.e1t(3. 111. n3 th . em by himself, from env rness, sgvinst the Bill ; and a s a cons id era bl e °pp s skim, was exhibited towards tic principle of the Bill, hp trust?. thW' , s lr. 1 i. (.S from Li Scotland, (a acid ,ai, that sonic n as i,, Ta under these circumstances, the lion. Member would not press his motion. from Its, 11. DRUMMOND said th a t t h e op p os i t i on from i n s, m e s s ors oust sbsuid, and he could not think of withdrawing the motion because of it. Mr. P. M. STEW ma thought the Bill would confer great b nefits OD Scotland generally, especially if in formation as sp propured trolls the nitf, rent oounties and islands threatening to orpose it, He hoped, therefore, the THAMES GRAND REGATTA. The first day of a regatta, like the first day of a horse-racing meeting, is generally but the introduction to greater events ; and, although that at Putney yesterday did not materially differ in this respect, yet there were great contests on the list,—quite, indeed, as many as by nature of the various engagements which many racing men had made would with a judicious arrangement admit of. Independently of the trial heats therete oa were mrefaoy be orurdeecenidsiidnegred light, gr g a h n t d , heats; and, although the sport of the it is only so in comparison with the many other great matches comprised in this Leviathan regatta. The village of Fulham at an early hour presented a very bustling, and animated appearance ; and as the hour approached at which the sport had beets appointed to commence there was •an immense assemblage of spectators. The various steamers and omnibuses had emptied themselves at quarter of an hour intervals, and the vast extent of ground between Putney.hridge and Chiswick Ait was lined with spectators. The attendance at the first glance from any given spot did not appear so considerable as it really was, but a walk down the towing path proved that there was a vast concourse of persons so disposed as to be very comfortaale. The committee boat was moored nearly facing the Star and Garter, on the Fulham aide; immediately beVw it was a very handsome state barge, which had been chartered by the spirited lessee of Vauxhall-gar_ dens, who had liberally presented a wherty to be rowed for, and which was thronged with fashionable company. A number of other boats with highly respectable company were also afloat, and the mansions on the terrace at Putney, the Bells, and other taverns, added their portion of spectators of the most select order. The weather was very fine throughout the early part of the day, but shortly after the commencement of the sport the rain descended, at intervals, in torrents, and obliged many reluctantly to leave the scene. Th a sport commenced at a little after 3 o'clock, with • The Apprentices' Race (in three heats).—The first_ two boats in each heat to be in the grand heat for a coat .and silver badge; presented by Mr. E. Maires. • . , The Apprentices' Match was won by Mackinney. The Tradesmen's Plate for four oared boats followed..' • Lambeth Aquatic Club—Purple, H.-Haines, C.Newhana, D. Harrison, J. 131enkhoe, and K Kemble. • The Confidence Club, Richmond , ....Yellow, Joseph Hudson, Neville, W. Warner, J, Neville , and S, Peden, 7 . nu.:(131 1 - .~ I- ~......... s phere it 33 a third crew In t'ae raw, oall,d the A? o, whit rnia.o4 in the very heautitui and unique boat brought to London by the Clasper, wind] was the ,dinir.eloti of every beholdr ; hot the Avon crew did not sit her wet!, arid It was evideiit could not lay out their stret.gih well In her. They all went away together at the same instant, and after a few strokes the Lambeth drew in advance, yellow hung close . on their stern, and all about a length cleLr of each other; as they passed the committee's boat the winners drew gradually away and came in first easily. . . GRAND HEAT. This was composed of the first two boats, and was won by the same crew, but was a closer rare throwshout. (LEFT SITTING.) 4HIPPING.-4THIS DAY.) LONDON, .TuNE 25.—Wind West, moderate breeze, and cloudy. FALMOUTH, JUNE 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Off • port, St. Dcshaides, Cape Coast t ast,e. Sld. 23d April, and proCeeded for London ; Funchal, Sayers, Siert a Leone. Off port, Ocean, Mon serrat ; Dolphin, St. Thomas, Mr Amsterdam ; Oscar, Dahl, Bahia. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 22.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W., fresh. 24.—Arrd. Henry Curwen, Vickers, Barbadoes ; Burlington, Crawford, Mobile ; Cambridge, Bars ow, New York; Caledonia, Brandes, Deccan, ditto; Barnstaple, Hall, Boston. Off port,' 24tb, Fernandes, and , the bade -, fatigable. id. 23d, Lord Nelson, Griffiths, Africa - BELFAST, JUNE 20.—Arrd. Argyle, Butler, St. John's, New Brunswick. • DOVER, JUNE 24.—Wind El;zabetti and Mary, Santa Graz. JuNE 24 —Aral. Marquis of Breadathane, Reid, St. cent's ; Comet, Davis's Straits. CLYDE, JUNE 21.—Arrd. Atalanta, Leitch, Tr:nit ; Wanderer, Reid, ditto ; Zebulon, Jupp, Newfoundland Sid. Eliza Loislunan, Dickson, 31auritius ; Grtuige, Marshall, Boston ; Ilclen , ltiske, St. Joint's, New Brunswick ; Affglian, Black, Qusbec. LONDONDERRY.—ArId. 9th, Ann, Maxwell, lrinidad; and sailed 19th on her return. - (`owls, •JUNE 23.—Arrd. Geory Ryan, Singapore, and not the Wellman, Ryan, as reported. PonTEAND, JUNE 19.—Arrd. off, Hentietta Klasina, Hoffinau, Ba tavia, for Amsterdam, out 141 days. SEAFORD, JuNE 21. —Arrd off, Sara Maria, Batavia, for Amsterdam. CLYDE, JUNE :1.-•—Sld. St. John, St. John's. New Brunswick. DEAL, JUNE 24—A.M., Wind N.N.W. light; P.M. W.S.W. strong; 9 3J P.M. S.W. moderate.—Arrd. Libra, Batavia; Alcyon, New York ; Carmeneita, Osiniga, Havannah ; Albion, Saldanha Bay ; Chamois, Buenos Ayres; Union, limo Grande; Reserve, Cousins, Jamaica ; 'Ann Welsh, Magna, Mobile, for Amsterdam. Arrd. from the River and sailed for, Brightman, Boon*, Antigua ; arrd. front the River for, Wm. Bailey, Tyack. Valparaiso; Minor, Brightman, ditto ; Neptunus, Wissing, Rh} Janeiro ; . Perthshire, Drake, St: John's, NeW Brunswick ; Malay, Smith, Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, JusE 24.—Wind hard and squally.—Arrd. Mediator,. Chadwick, New I% rk. Sid. 2d. inst. and proceeded for London, Great Liverpool steamer, Alexandria. JLNE 24.—Arrd. Regalia, Lawson, Sierra Leone. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUV. Sin,—Would you allow me, through your journal, to call the attention of the chairmen of the various com mittees -ou-radways to strongly enforce, in their reports to the •Mouse, of such lines as they may think wor: by of adoption, the •positive necessity of compelling all future lities to have sa!ky flango•rails, on the old-fashioned tram-rail principle, thereby avoiding all possibility of accident by - the trains getting off the line, and Moreover preventing most serious consequences, should two traits meet or run into each other. The present rate of velocity, thou,gli it may - be 50 miles an haul., is but slow work to what it will be, some five years hence, and as such something' o u ght to be done to compel the • eimpanies to make the lines safe, without the least possibility of aceident-thereby ensuring confi dence in the public mind and a corresponding increasing. traffic for the benefit of the shareholderi. It is no joke to travel in fear, and be only 'at ease when you arrive safe at yotir journey's end. A day will come when some most disastrous accident will happen to the Iti4bly born, and then, no doubt, amendment will folliow. Few—very few—are aw..,re upon what a narrow edge or brink they - are travelling,. and that a mere flauch, not more than an inch and a quarter deep, from the sole of the wheel, is all the security they have of the train keeping within the rails. Moreover, the wheel, in its rapid revolution, is exerting itself with all its might at every oblique movement of the carriage, to get this narrow flinch over the rail, and were it not for the . downward pressure, it would very soon accom plish. . . Engineers prefer edgerails to traairails, because they look nicer to the eye; though they know full well the tramrails may be made quite as strong—l say stronger than the edgerails. Now, Mr. Editor, as I cannot give you a diagram, I will explain myself thus briefly:-eTake a bit of paper, the length no matter, but the width must he, say 28 inches. Now, told the paper longitudinaily, • 12 inches from the outer edge ; turn the pap r over and fold this side also 12 inches from the outer edge. Now, the two folds will be back to back, and if you open theie fidds you will have a settee-like form of rail, consisting of a back or flange 12 inches deep, a seat or level'sur f.tce 4 inches wide, and a bottom or lower .flange 12 inches deep. Now, if you turn the paper over you still will have the same form preslented t you ; thus proving that the rail' will possess a most everlasting wear, as, When the upper side is injured or worn it may be turned over, and what was underneath will in like turn ,be come the future rail. Upon the 4-ineh level surface or ledge the soles of the wheel wid rest or travel, having a high flange facing their outer side, and a cor responding one downward inside. These rails may be either fixed in chairs, or else fastened to the sleepers by screw bolts. There must be on the Outer side of the upper flange brackets or stays, kstened at their upper part to the flange, and at their lower part to a cross sleeper ; and thus we shall have, as it were, a trunk or Channel railway, with an utter impossibility of the train ever getting or running off the line, as it will be kept from swerving to the right or left by the upper flange. The outer edge of theaole of the wheel need not touch the upper Hinge, thereby avoiding friction, but the upper flange will present to • the wheel, should it be inclined to swerve by iti rapid progress, a butt, or throw-off, which the wheel would merels play, • as it were, again -t, but over which it could not go, fur the want of a direct bite. These high flanges may be, either erect or outwardly inclined a little.. This ctian net railway, as 1 shall call it, is not intended to sup( r•• sede the flange of the wheels, but they ought to be made a little deeper ; their present depth is quite inadequate to their eurpose, viz, keeping the train on the line. Now, should this channel raiiway be nut approved of, then let the present flimsy rails remain ; hut, for the safety of all, let there he flanges bolted on to the inner side of each wheel, full .12 to 14 inches in depth. Never mind. the look, so we. the travellers, are safe. These flanges may be slightly tsp, - ,ring towards their outer edge, so as to avoid unnecessary friction. With these remarks we will have done, exe,pt to draw the following conclusions :—First—That with these alterations there will be an utter impossibility o' the trains leaving the line, either by jumping, jolting, hopping, or bounding, or oscillating. Or sh ou ld two trains meet, their headlong butt will be in a straight line, nut as it is at present, sideways ; but one thing will happen with the se alterations, through the present imp-I.feet mode of placing the buffer-swings. The two engines, the mo ment they meet, will rear up, ram-like, both by thir own impetus, and that of the hinder carriages pressing hard upon them ; but if the buffer-springs were plac -d flight r up, say two-thirds &mu the ground, they nit only would not trip or rear up, but could not run into or over each other, but each carriage would receive no more than the amount of shock due to that carriage, accor ding to its distance from the point of collision, as it will be no more than a very severe thrust, and not an overturning shock. This part deserves very great attention, as the buffers, which are intended to ease, if not avoid, a casualty, are the very things, through their being misplaced, that cause the overthrow of the carriages. Again, I do not see why there should not be eight buffer springs to each carriage, four in front and four behind, placed thus—two in front, one on each side, one-third from the ground, the other two front ones, one on each side, one-third from the top, but these top ones ought to be a little longer than the bottom, so that they may receive the shock first. Now the hinter ones are to be placed in the same manner, and if these buffers are furnished with a plug and key sort of adjustment, they may when a severe shock takes place become firmly keyed or locked into each other, and thus the whole line of carriages, at least those who are in the vicinity of the shock, will become as one body im movable ; no running over each other or overture ing, as they are as one carriage firmly united with the buffers, but which may be instantly disconnected by suitable gear. Note.—The accident that happened this week on the Great Western Line to the rapid train, was canted by the jumping, or hopping to and fro swerve of the car riages through there being no stay fl inch to the rails, but merely the foolish inch flanch of the wheels. Many will say the flange rail will be too expensive for the companies to adopt. I say, no ; a very great saving will arise front it, not only by no accident ever happening of any moment, and, therefore, no eypense in repairs, but a very great increase of passengers will take place through the 4reat confidence the people will have in the Channel fiai;way. I tan, Mr. Editor, yours respectfully, JOHN SUTTON. 14, Crown-row, Walworrh, Juno 20, 1845. REPORTED DEATH OF AIR. COMES, M.P.-It was reported in the House of Commons this afternoon that Mr. Somes, the celebrated ship.owner, and M.P. for Dartmouth, died sud denly this morning. We hope that this report will prove in. orrect. _ _ _ 'FHE QUEEN V. GREGORY.—In this case an attempt was made by Mr. Cockburn, upon the authority of a dictum in Coke's 2d Institutes, sec. 109, to show that the indictment was bad, in not describing the Duke by his own name as Charles Frederick D'Este, Duke of Brunswick, but by his title of honour. Lord Denman said he wou'd make a note of the objection, and after briefly addressing the jury lett them to decide upon the mean ing and application of the passages complained of. The jury im. mediately found the defendant Guilty upon all the counts. THE WEATHER. ON THE CONTINENT —AS a proof of the violence of a hurricane which lately visited the department of the Aisne, and which was most severely felt at Guise, it is stated M. Wanet, a candlemaker of that town, having gone out to close the shutters, in order to save his windows from being blown in, was driven by the whirlwind with such violence against the corner of a house ten yards distance, that his neck was broken and his skull fractured, so that he survived only four hours. Many other persons were severely injured, either by being blown down or by fragments of houses falling upon them, but no further deaths are mentioned. Within the last few days the river Marne has in. creased so much that it has overflowed its banks, and so completely flooded the meadows that nearly all the hopes of the hay harvest are lost. We also learn that the Loire and Thouet rivers have also broken their bounds, and caused similar disastrous consequences.— French: paper. AIURDEIIING IN JEST.—A very singular circum stance, involving a duel and death, took place at Cincinnati last Tuesday. An Englishman, named Robert Bland, kept a tavern in that city. On the afternoon of Tuesday (as we learn from the Commercial) Mr. Bland got to arguing with one Samuel Powell, on the subject of shooting at a mark, and each had been boasting of his skill. From shooting at a mark the subject turned on duelling, when Bland went behind the bar in his tavern, and took up a pair of pistols, let ting Powell take his choice, signifying that they could determine the point by a trial of skill. As they both went out of the tavern door, Mr. Bland said to Powell—" The pistols arc loaded." They had agreed, it appears, to tire at a distance of twenty steps, but after taking their positions, in the manner of duellists, they each walked two or three paces, wheeled, and both fired! The result of this was, that Mr. Bland was shot, the ball entering the right side, and then passing through the iegion of the chest to the point of the shoulder-blade, where it lodged. He lingered till about halt past eight o'clock next morning, when lie dies, having a wife and two children. Both parties in this tragedy were natives of Eng land, :•.nd what led to it is a mystery. During the night knowing Mr. Bland stated that " lie had not intended to kill Powell. and was glad he did not."—.Neu, 1 ork Paper. THE AMATEUR PAIR-OARIED RACE FOR TWO SILVER COPS. FIRST HEAT. Messrs. Arnold and Mann (pink)....... ........ I Clowes and Hill (sight blue) o Julius and Bumsted (red) 3 Pink took the lead, and carne by the committee's boat half a length in advance of red, blue being well up, and shortly taking the second place. It was a very pretty race throughout, especially between the first two boats. Won by two lengths. SECOND DEAT. Messrs. Chapman and Wain.ley (green) Wallace and Peacock (black) ..... It was a very close contest ; at one time black was slightly is advance after passirg the committee's boat, but green chal:engtSl there, and a beautiful race followed. Won by a length only. GRAND HEAT. This heat was started downwards, anti was composed of .the &el two bunts of the previous heats : Messrs. Chapman and Walmsley ...... 1 Clowes and Hill Wallace and Peacock . 3 Arnold and Mann took a slight lead, all being at a moot dashing pace, and shortly afterwards Climes and IEII chal.enged them, s.nd some tine rowing resulted. Arnold and Mann kept a: work very fairly, and then Chapman and partner rowed level with the leafing boat;and a most de.errnitied struggle followed, wlaeli tersninated . by the winner coming in first by a length only. WATERVEN SCULLEMS. FIRST HEAT. , Leach (purple) Pocock (light blue) .... . t 2 There were four others , who contended, and Goodwin ca t tne In. third. Purple led well from the first, and won by two lengths. SECOND HEAT. Cook (red and white) T. Coombes (red) There were also tour others in this heat. 4ubitis, of Hiatsey. down, of whom much had been expected, t..ok the lead, but c.aild not keep it, and was passed in the bight near the Crabtree by Coombes, and Cook. Cook then went in front, and a capital race followed for second place. .. GRAND IJEAT, nicock . Leach Conk ~- 2 T. Cuombes . 4 , Coombes went away with the lead, could not hold It s and lave place to Pocock, who almost did as he liked with the whole party. Cook was waited upon eventually by Coombes, but was Lirty out rowed at last. • Inspectors Evans, Judge, and Luton. with a large party of men 'on the river, preserved very excellent order throughout'. as 4i4 the constables on shore. We are happy to say that we 41 not hear of any accident in the course of the. day. , IMPERIAL PARLIAAIE/4 T., HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 24. The St. Helen's Canal Railway Bill was ordered to be re committed. The Preston and Wyre Railway Branches gill was ordered to be recommitted. The Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill was ordered .to lie on the table. UNIVERSITIES' TESTS ABOLITION (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. FOX MAPLE presented a petition from the General Assembly of the F re e Ch urc h o f S cot l an d, an d from several other parties in favour of the Bill for the abolition of teas in the Universities of Scotland. BOUVERIE presented a petition from Glasgow with a similar prayer. ... TEN HOURS' BILL. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire in favour of the Ten Hour s ' Bill: ~, Mr. P. BORTH WICK preaetated two petitions to the same effect. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. . Messengers from the House of Lords brought up several Bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table. ... , SALE OF ARDENT SPIRITS IN IRELAND. Mr. ROSS postponed his motion for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 William IV., cap. 38, as prohibits grocers in Ireland from selling ardent spirits. DEODANDS BILL—ILLEGAL COMMITTAL IN THE INLE OF 111A14. This Bill was read a first and seeond time. and ordered to be eomtr.itted. Mr. BOWRING rose to ask the Right Hon.. Baronet the Secretary of the Home Department three questions of whiob he had given notice. They were—Whether John Walters Col dicott was committed, on or about the 9th of September last., to Castle Rushen, in the Isle of Man, on a charge of assault, without any examination or hearing before a magistrate? Whether, on complaining of the irregularity and. hardship of his commitment to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Island, the case was referred by the said Lieutenant-Governor to the ,eoco mitting magistrate himself? Whether the original committal was not to compel the prisoner to keep the peace for six months, anti whether the six mouths being passed, he w as. not, and is not now detained in gaol ? Sir J. GRAHAM thought that he must be, discreet. in the reply which he was about to give. The party of wheel the Hon. Member had spoken had been committed on the 9th of September. He had then been required to enter into his own recognizances, and to tind sureties of. 40/. cacti. This. ; warn agreed to by the parties, but a detainer for debt was lodged against him on the 16th of October. Even this had been set aside, and he would have been ready to accede to the petition. but he believed that the Hon. Gentleman gas not aware of the character of the person whose cause he had advocatid, The detainer fir debt had been set aside, and another. and more serious charge had been preferred. In the whole of these pro ceedings the utmost regularity had been observed, and he could not ascertain that any defect had been permitted in complying with the ru l es of the island. The character of the individual was best developed in the circumstance that the individual for whom the Hun. Member pleaded had been convicted and im prisoned for two years on a charge of attempting to commit a rape on his own daughter. 1)r. BOWNING—That was not a committal, which he ought to recognise in his observations. Sir J. GRAHAM was perfectly aware of that circumstance, but 5.t.11 he must affirm that, as the rules of :be istaxid bad not been violated, the charge could not he preferred. , MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Their Lordships agreed to the following Bills : Monkland an I Kirkintilloch Railway Bill; Battersea Poor Bill, without amendment ; Taunton Gas Bill ; West of Lon don and Westminster Cemetery Bill; York and North Mil land Railway (Bridlington Branch) Bill ; Hell and Selby ( Bridlington Branch) Bill ; Whitby and Pickering Railway Bill ; Manchester arid Leeds Railway (Burnley, Oldham, and Heywood Branches) Bill ; Kendal and Windermere- Railway Bill ; Lynn and Ely Railway Bill ; Midland Railways (Sutton to Peterboroegh) Bill ; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail way Bill; Midland R .ilways (Nottingham to Lincoln) Bill; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Coal Turn Bill ; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway ( Keymer Branch) Bill; Ely. and Hunting don Railway Bill ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junetiots Railway Bill, with amendments. RAILWAYS. Mr. GISBORNE wished to ask the question, of which he had given notice, as to whether any new regulations had hoes introduced into the House with respect to railway Bills. Si; R. PEEL was not at the present moment prepared to answer the question of the Hon. Gentleman to its lull extent. The Government had been occupied for some time Pat it► con sidering this subject, and he wished to have the benefit of expe rience with regard to the working of the railway system be fore they decided upon any plan whatever. THE . . • • Mr. L A BOUCIIERE ;Nished TARIFF to bring under the consii; deration of the Government the fact th't the Spanish Govern ment had endeavoured to have Spanish singer introduced at the same rate of duty as that on which the most favoured nation wss introduced, He thought that there was a great necessity that there should be some alteration in this respect. He did not wish to enter into the old question; but if it were inconve nient to the Government to lay the whole of the correspond. ence on the table, or the decision at which they bad arrived, they might lay the decision without the correspondence, or the correspondence without the di cision. Sir ouldeithrwise la be or right R to . PEEL separate didthe not o thinkthdec i sioneta bflreo that of w m th e . e correspondence. House, and th en , if the course of a few days he would able to lay the whol e o f the correspondence OPIUM. necessary, the decision might be discussed. • Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to ask another question, as he saw the Vice-President of the Board of Trade in his place. Was there to be any alteration in the duties on morphine? He knew the difficulties which would arise from the alteration of this duty. Morphine was a peculiar preparation, of which opium was the raw material ; and he had heard, from an eminent chemist, that the trade in this article was likely to be altogether destroyed. The whole duty on the article was only from 3,0001. to 4.0001. a-year, and by its . remission a great benefit would be conferred upon the public, and no injury done to the trade. He would, therefore, hope.that that duty would be remitted altogether. sir G. CLE R K said that the duty was only Is. a lb., and that it had been reduced some years ago. In 1842 the duty we.. 16s. a lb., but in 41181 year the duty was reduced to ss. a lb., but yet there had been no reduction or increase in the amount of the drug imported. Drugs of this nauseous and unpleasant kind would not be admitted at the same rates a. those which were necessary for the comfort and enjoyment of the people, and he should have been glad to propose a reduo ti in of the duty if it had been for the welfare and interest of the people. Sir R. PEEL said that his Right Hon. Friend the Chu. collor of the Exchequer would, in the eourse of a few dap. lay on the table a modification of the tariff, and he trusts* therefore, that the House would wait until they saw the aliens. tions there proposed. The subject then dropped. THE SLAVE . TRADE. . - Mr. HUTT said that be ruse to move "that the course pur sued by Great Britain, since 1814, for the suppression of the slave trade, has been attended by large expenditure of the public money, and by serious loss of Life .to the naval forces of the country, and that it has not mitigated the horrors of. the middle pas , aee, nur dimini s h e d th e ex t ent o f the traffic slaves." In doing this, he could not but express his surprise that a subject so important as this should so long have gone onuniniestigated. It was known that since 1814. an immense sum had been 'ex pended in the attempts to.abolisla the slave trade. He was still of. opinion that the attempts. to abolish this i trade would prove utterly futil e . D ur i ng the forty year's which the attempt had been, followed .up, there.. Lad been an energetic attempt, to put dow n th e il a t e trade, and he must bear his testimony to the zeal and energy. with,. which that attempt had been prosecuted on the part of the Admiralty. There bad been an immense expenditure, Whin the army and navy, and he must say that nothing more important ,ould be brought under the consideration of Parliament. Foreigners looked with a great distrust upon the attempts .. of.this.country .to liberate the slaves. Since 1814 the attempt bad been in creasing, and every Government had used its utmost eitge,crogr to carry this out with varying suecess, but certainly . smith un tiring perseterance. For nearly thirty years ibis coil:. y b ad busied itself in nothing more than efforts t go t. .hadiut demoun! the slave trade. Fleets employed to gnarcl u t t he . o t at, matte energy unparalleled employed yi d ! do s s attained this, our failure pletely failed, and we had only f htful increase of the evils t t r h a e de slave W trade.el of l e i ,o 'e ur b s a e d w d e o b n a e l n s : t u . c fa c rc c.ll th had been attended with the most g ch Was the opitiOn s of all the most sincereand.ar! lenten d Dr. Lnshington,:apii LZird John which-we ' ought IQ suppress, s a l ir -)i f it was' the opinion of Sir Fowell Boxtpn.. Sir. F. Buxton, he read very long es t , To show the opittioe of ir. the v ener _ abl e 111 r. Ciarkson.— ( Hear . hear.) pamphlet, to .ho t tracts from drat °f deceased geroleman.spamp , w. hat we had taken for the stiPptession of the only served to stimu.ate the dreadf. I traffic, slave trade had :1 1u: ra se:l as , and to increase horrors. The slave, trade never.could be ,down slavery jtsalf W 45 004114Cd07-(Ree. I w o put and d es w hich t•- , rich ;ton. len . 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