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7:birte Ebttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Group X. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Captain Lawes, the manager of the Manchester and Leeds Rail. way, was called, and he stated that the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company and the Manchester and Leeds Company fre. quently carried manure. He thought manure could be carried on the London and York line without inconvenience to the passengers. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. HILDY&RD, to show that a manure depot at King's-cross would be a great nuisance. George Hunt, examined by Mr. DENIsoN—He was a draper in Bedford. He paid 3/. Ss. a ton for goods for Manchester. He had not made any calculation of what the cost would be by a railway. Mr. Whitbread was called to speak to the general advantages of a railway to Bedford. The London aid York was the most advan. tageous scheme that had yet been proposed. Mr. John Saville, a woolstapler at St. Neots, said he was in the habit of buying large quantities of wool, lie purchased it from various places within a distance of from twenty to thirty miles round St. `cots. The wool was sent principally to Yorkshire. The present cost of conveying it to the Yorkshire market was about 3/. per ton. He sent it to Leicester, and from Leicester to York shire. If the London and York Railway were formed, the cost would be 11. 10s. Sd. Mr. John Day, brewer, of St. 'Seots, was called, and examined by Mr. Pa GET—The population of St. 'Scots was about 3,000 The London and York line, if carried out, would be of great ad vantage to the town. About 2,009,000 bricks were annually made in the town. These were all sent to London by the railway. A large quantity of draining tile was also made in the neighbourhood. The brick.yards were situated immediately on the line of the pro posed railway. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT Was not aware that draining tiles were sent to London. He had never heard that bricks were extensively sent by railways. Mr. E. Geard said he was a draper at St. Neots. He get his goods principally from London. Frot■ Manchester the coat of the carriage of goods was 51. per ton, and to London 21. per ton. If the railway were to be made from Manchester, the carriage would be about 30s. per ton. A great many rags were sent to St. Neots to make paper with. The paper manufactured at St. Neots was principally sent to Lon don. About 400 tons of coal were used in the manufacture of paper. Mr. J. Carrington stated that he was an ironmonger at St. Neots. lie had been in business these thirty years. The means of transit, both north and south of the town, were very incon venient. The distance from London was fifty-six miles. The present coach fare was H. inside; by railway it would be about I:2s. The Committee were engaged up till four o'clock with similar evidence with respect to Huntingdon.—Adjourned till to-morrow. Group DD. GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH RAILWAY (BRANCHES TO ALLOA AND STIRLING). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. At.:STtN resumed. He contended that the principal ques tion for the Committee to consider would be one of comparison between two lines to the north by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, and the proposed line to the south. The opinion ex. pressed by the Board of Trade on this matter was en. titled to considerable respect. The principal point to be dwelt on was, which Company shall have authority to make the line to Stirling. He would willingly concede that it was necessary to construct a line to Perth, and it was not very material who should have power to make it. His present application rested entirely upon the formation of the line to Stirling; and he would show to the satisfaction of the Committee that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company had the most unqualified right to form it. The decision of th a House of Commons, which had been subsequently confirmed by the report of the Board of Trade, distinctly pointed out that the extension of any independent line would be inexpedient if an original line existed from which branches and ramifications might be extended, as its construction would tend to divert the course of traffic from the principal line. He instanced the Leeds and Man. chester Railway and other lines, being similar cases, in substan tiation of the course generally pursued by Committees. The traffic in the districts thwough which the Scottish Central Railway would pass would be much more conveniently worked by the branches from the Glasgow and Edinburgh line, and the point of rest at Stirling, as proposed by that Company, was immea. surably superior to any other that could be shown. Stirling both with respect to its numerous population and the great extent of its traffic was the best place for a central general terminus. An extract front the population returns would show that the number of inhabitants in the districts of the Forth and Clyde had increased in the course of 40 years from 660,000 to 1,300,000, , o that the population had exactly doubled. The total population of Scotland according to the present census was '2,000,000, and of this number more than one.half was found in the districts he had alluded to. Industrial activity prevailed to a greater extent in the neighbourhoods of the Forth and Clyde than in any other part of Scotland. All these considerations pointed out Stirling as the principal central point, and the general point for all the railway communication to the greater part of Scotland. The returns of the traffic of the Scottish Central Railway tables showed a comparative average of two passengers and two tons from Perth to Stirling to one pas. senger and one ton from Stirling to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and the portion of the traffic to be conveyed by their branches was as two to one in their favour. The calculations that had been made by the Scottish Central Company in estimating the traffic had been greatly ex aggerated. The difference, from their own showing, between Perth and Edinburgh was as 9,000 to 30,000. He submitted that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, as an existing line, ought to have the preference in electing to make the proposed branches, when compared with the meagre pretensions of a new and independent company. Stirling was the point which naturally developed itself as the point of railway communication for the country, and two boards of management on two competing lines were incompatible with the interests of the public. He would now allude to another important feature for the Committee to consider, viz., the construction of the branch to Alloa. The distance from Edinburgh to Stirling by this branch would be 37 .7i miles. By the line proposed by the Scottish Central the distance between these two places would be 36k. lie admitted that his line was somewhat longer, but this trifling in convenience was more than compensated for by the superior ad vantages it held out fur the public convenience. The Learned Counsel then dwelt at considerable length on the importance of having the central station at Stirling, and the im. policy of giving a new and independent company the power of having uninterrupted control over all the present appliances for developing the whole of the northern traffic. He concluded his address by submitting to the Committee that an es tablished company who had expended so much capital for the ac commodation of the public ought to have the liberty of establish ing their proposed branches, and, by them, of controlling the northern traffic. The room was then ordered to be cleared. On our return, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had come to the unanimous conclusion, in considering the Scottish Central Rai,- way Bill, that the preamble had been proved. With regard to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bill, that part of the preamble which promoted the construction of a branch from Stirling to Alloa had not been proved. The Committee considered, al.o, in respect of the Scottish Central Railway, that it was not at pre. sent advisable that Perth should be made a central station. It would be necessary that some subsequent arrangement should be entered into with the other companies, in order that their mutual accommodation might be considered, but that the Scottish Central Railway Company would be at liberty to proceed in the construc tion of their works until such arrangement was satisfactorily made. In answer to a question by Mr. Clerk, whether the South Inch was to be the locus of the station, The CHAIRMAN said that a special clause having reference to this would be introduced into the Bill ; and he referred him to the Chester and Holyhead Bill for a precedent by which he might know how to proceed. The clauses were then proceeded with, which were all passed with the exception of those relating to tolls and stations, the con. sideration of which was ordered to be adjourned. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to address the Committee on behalf of the Campsie and other branches of the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, but as the preamble of these Bills are ui.opposed, he only stated their general outline. The Campsie branch was five miles in length, and would cost 42,0001., and passed through very important agricultural districts; there were also four small subdivi. sional lines, one of which in its ramifications, would join the Monck land Railway, and the other would proceed from the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and combine with the Moncklatid Railway near a place called Claddens. An important alteration was also contemplated being made in the station at Glasgow, which would cost the Company 12,0004 It was to form an additional depot for coals, to accommodate the purveyors. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to call his witnesses, whose evi. dence tended to confirm the statements he had made, and to prove the advantages which would result to the public if the proposed branches were permitted to be made. The preambles of the Bills were admitted to have been proved. The consideration of the clauses was postponed, and the com mittee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow, Group I. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) . , The Lynn and Ely Bill was recommitted; and the Committee having passed the several clauses in the Bill, the Committee adjourned. Group B. WEST YORKSHIRE LINES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Brown of Halifax gave concurrent testimony. Mr. John Abbott, of Halifax, stated that in 1836, the Leeds and Manchester Company pledged themselves to make a branch to Halifax, but it was not until 1843, that they fulfilled their pledge. Mr. James Stead proved that the Halifax branch was exceedingly defective. Several other witnesses gave similar evidence. Mr. John Billing, agent to the Rochdale Canal Company, proved that the Caldar and Hebble Canal Company was under the control of the Leeds and Manchester Company. Mr. H. Stansfield, of Leeds, gave evidence in favour of the preamble to the Bill. The Committee adjourned at Five o'clock. Group 00. This Committee commenced its sittings at 12 o'clock today in rocm 17. Present —Th e Ri g h t Hon. H. Labouchere, Chairman, mr. . Divett, Viscount lngestre, Mr. Lindsay, and Mr. G. W. Hen cage. The Bills and projects referred to the Committee are the Hull and Selby (Bridlingtdh Branch), York and Scarborough Deviation Railway, York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington Branch), and Whitby and Pickerington Railway. The CHAIRMAN said it was almost unnecessary for him to call the attention of the parties to the rule of proceeding in the arguing of the Bills and pr o j ec t s b efore them. No doubt they would agree to adopt them. The Counsel and agents agreed to the Chairman's suggestion. The first Bill called on was THE WHITBY AND PICKERING RAILWAY. This is a Bill for authorising the sale of the Whitby and Picker_ mg Railway to the York and North Midland Railway Company, and for enabling the said Company to make certain deviations or alte rations is the line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway. Mr. BULMRIt appeared as agent for the Bill. He had great pleasure in informing the Committee that there was no opposition to the measure. Mr. Richardson, the solicitor to the Bill, was the first witness called to put in the Acts of Parliament by which the line was em powered to be constructed. Mr. Hudson was then called to prove the preamble. The CHAIRMAN—Are you the chairman of the Company to which you propose to sell the present line of Railway ? Mr. Hud son—l am. At present the Whitby and Pickering Railway i t worked by horses. It is not adapted to the traffic of the line. It would be of great advantage to the public if the Whitby and Pickering line were united with the Pickering branch of the York and Scarborough Railway. The proposed deviations of the Whitby line would be of the greatest convenience. To carry cut fully the advantages of the present Bill it would be necessary to construct a mr,oaclies, in the parish of Whitby. This was ehe bliglifthe preamble. The CRITE to NA lria4A put the question, the preamble was de clared be proi , The clauses were t 124 tone into and passed, with the exception of those relating to thwrates and tolls, which were adjourned for further consideratioa.' The pronaptirrpOsz that for coal, lime, culm, stone waste, Pig liclu ‘ ngtirilk tiles, slates, metallic ores, and potatoes, • a the sum of 3d. per ton per mile should be charged. For corn, flour, coke, charcoal, bar and hoop iron, castings, pig and sheet lead, timber, dye woods, hay and straw, the sum of 4d. per ton per mile should be charged. For malt, meal, sugar, soap, oil, and gro ceries, tallow, hemp, cotton, wool, leather, hides, mal' liquors, machinery, butchers' meat, provisions, fruit, and vegeta es, the sum of sd. per ton per mile ; and for goods, wares, and merchandise not particularised in the above, the sum of 6d. per ton per mile shall be the rats of charge. For every person conveyed, 2d. per mile. for each horse, mule, &c., not exceeding ten miles, the sum of 2s. 6d. ; and exceeding that distance, and undar twenty miles, 45. 6d. ; and above twenty miles, ss. 6d. ; and for every carriage, not weighing more than two tons, 6d per mile. The above rates will undergo some amendments on the re. con sideration of the subject. The next case taken was that of THE YORK and SCARBOROUGH RAILWAY DEVIATION. Mr. HOPE appeared as counsel for this Bill. He said It was a measure to enable the York and North Midland Railway Company to alter the line of the York and Scarborough Railway, near the city of York. There was but one petition against the clause, and that was from the Great North of England Railway Company. The only difference between the promoters and the opponents was the mode of crossing the Great North of England line. It was a matter of great moment to the promoters, inasmuch as the point of crossing the latter line drawn up by his clients was the one that could be used with advantage and safety to the public. The oppo nents proposed that a crossing should be trade, at a great disad vantage and with considerable danger to the passengers en both lim s. lie trusted, that after evidence which he would call, the Committee would declare that the preamble had been proved. Mr. Stephenson, the engineer, was then called, and his evidence fully bore out the arguments of the Learned Counsel. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Group S. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition Samuel Thorpe, carrier between the towns on the proposed line fur above thirty years, said that the traffic which would flow on to the line would be annually about 233,140 tons, and the total freightage would be nearly 62,0001._ _ Mr. Harley, eoach proprietor in Lincoln, returned the traffic of the coaches on the line at about 6,0001., and van traffic at 2,0001., the greater part of which would be absorbed by the intended line. William Filkins, laceman, Nottingham—Thought that the rail. way would be of the utmost importance to the trade of the town, and naturally diminish the alterations or fluctuations which had of late years proved so injurious to Nottingham. William Hardinett, residing near Nottingham—Was a maltster and thought that the proposed line would do a great deal of good to the district!. The examination of the witness was proceeded with till four o'clock, when the Court adjourned till tomorrow. Group 0. GRAND JUNCTION POTTERIES LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. COCKBURN having replied, the parties were ordered to with. draw. After an interval of some time, the parties were admitted. The CHAIRMAN informed them that they considered the pre amble of the Bill proved on the condition that certain clauses should be inserted in the Bill. Group E. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM then addressed the Committee to the effect that if, for the sake of the branches being made, the best trunk line is set aside, the moat irretrievable injury would follow to the public The question was, which of the two lines of which they had the plans would make the best trunk line. They were aware that there already existed a chain of railway communica tion between London and Edinburgh, passing through the western parts of England. By this chain the distance would not be more than 399 miles. The Board of Trade in their report on the case state that the line of eastern communication is not many miles loss than the western. He (Sergeant Wrangham) would prove that the eastern line would be the longest of the two. If the line recommended be adopted, the distance from Edin burgh to London would be 407 miles. It became then a matter of deep moment to the Committee to select the shortest, quickest, and cheapest mode of communication, and at the same time to retain to the eastern parts of the kingdom that advantage which it already possesses. His Learned Friend (Mr. Hildyard), in opening the case, had stated that it was connected with the shortening of the line at the south side of Newcastle, and claimed credit for the fact of his line being in conjunction with the former; but he contended that no efficient improvement could be made. The real line to be adopted was, to run the straight course which had been once sanctioned by Parliament, and had been laid down by the Great North of England Company, and which abridged the distance between Durham and Newcastle by no less than seven miles. If the Newcastle and Berwick line be adopted, the other could never be carried out, as it would be directly opposed to their interests. If the improved line of railway called the Northumberland line, which was now before the Committee, and denoted by the yellow line in the map, be adopted, they would have a great saving both at the north and south sides of Newcastle. The Committee had the best security for the advantage of the scheme of which he was the advocate. If the Northumbeland line be adopted, the direct line through Durham must pay, as a matter of course. On the line which he advocated there would be no level crossings, as on the other, which would be at the expense of paying 501. a year to 64 watchmen. The distance from Gateshead to Berwick, according to the proposed line from Newcastle to Berwick would be 67 miles, whereas the other line would shorten it by three miles and a half, by making it only sixty-three miles. The Committee should consider the importance of such line as regarded the different modes of traction, one being atmos. pheric and the other locomotive. He was surprised that the Board of Trade, in their report on atmospheric railways, did not seem to consider it all important gradient after the successful ex. periment at Dalkey. The Learned Counsel then entered into the superior merits of the atmospheric line which he advocated. The loss of power on the atmospheric line to acquire acceleration, he contended, was nothing— whereas the loss of power en a locomotive line was enormous. He then quoted from Mr. Stephenson's evidence before the Board of Trade to show that the more frequent the trains on an atmospheric line, the less would be the loss of power. If it be their interest to have a number of trains, it must be their interest to carry the public at as high a rate of speed and as low a rate of fare as they possibly could arrive at. At what cost would they propose to carry the public ? They proposed to have a greater number of carriages and a greater speed. The speed on the loco_ motive line was to average two hours and a half, and they pro posed on the atmospheric line to carry them f rem Newcastle to Berwick in one hour and a half on an average. Now as to cheap. ness, the locomotive line proposed to carry first-class passengers for I6s. 6d., on this atmospheric they would carry them for half a guinea. A prop3rtionate comparative reduction would be made in the second and third classes. He believed that there could not be a more favourable opportunity for confirming the success of the experiments already tried, and manifesting its advantages to the world. But if it were thrown out it would be suppressed, and the public would lose the benefit of it for some time. They had an op portunity which, if once neglected, would not be recalled. It was said that this was a mere experiment, and that that should be a bar to its trial ; but surely they had had time to see the ad vantages of the Dalky line. He then alluded to Mr. Stephenson's evidence, given in 1825, with regard to the velocity of locomotive engines, when he stated that eight miles an hour would be speed which it would be impossible to arrive at. It was rather too late in the day to treat this as an experiment, and to put it aside as such in favour of a system itself in its ma nority, and not to allow them to enter into competition with the locomotive system. He trusted that the Committee would not treat this as an experiment, but that they would listen to the evidence of the engineers whom be would call, and judge from that evidence whether it be not rroved to their satisfaction to be a practical benefit, and whether the evidence be such as to satisfy the Committee that they should pass the preamble of this Bill, by which alone a great benefit would be carried out, and by which the foundation will be made for extending over the rest of the kingdom the benefits of a system of cheaper and more rapid communication than any which had as yet been investigated. Mr. Samuda being first called, stated on examination that in 1839 he and his father laid down a half mile of atmospheric rail way at Wormwood Scrubs, and worked it successfully. In 1842 an arrangement was entered into between the Government and themselves to lay down a line of 11 mile in length, from Kingstown to Dalky. Dalky was 71 feet higher than Kingstown. It was constructed with a steam-engine fixed at the upper end of the line,tand a connexion between that steam-engine and the pipes, which were used for the purposes of exhaustion. Not having the Parliamentary power to seleet the most convenient place of erect ing the steam engine, they were obliged to extend the place for the engine house to the upper extremity of the line at the distance of about one-third of a mile from the spot that would be mcst fa vourable. The witness then entered into an interesting detail connected with the Dalkey and Kingston Atmospheric Railway. He estimated that the atmospheric pipe on the Newcastle and Berwick line would cost 4,3001. per mile. The electric telegraph would be about 2001. per mile. Cost of a pipe per mile, would with the telegraph would amount to 4,5001. They would undertake to take the mail trains from Newcastle to Berwick in one hour and ten minutes. The ordinary trains would travel at the speed of forty miles an hour. By the nature of the arrangements there could be no collision, for no two trains could come in opposite directions on the same tube. There would be no annoyance from fire or sparks or blow. ing off of the steam. It would give to the public a much more commodions and pleasant mode of conveyance than could be arrived at by the locomotive system. It presented a great advan tage with respect to surmounting steep gradients. A locomotive system had to sub-divide its powers, one portion for itself' and the other for the train, which would be useless. There would not be such a loss of power on the atmospheric plan. The examining Connsel having intimated that this evidence I would occupy some hours, the Committee adjourned. Group G. BERKS AND HANTS RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) To an inquiry from Mr. YORKE, Mr. Saunders stated, that on a line of ten miles he thought that the charge ought to be higher than on a long line, such as that between London and Bristol. On this point Mr. Yorke divided the Committee, and on the In. troduction of strangers, the Chairman intimated that the Com mittee had agreed to an amended clause which, instead of the pre vious rates submitted by them, enacted that the only increase of charge should be one of 15 per cent. additional on all goods carried not further than one-half the distance of the whole line. By another clause it was decided that the charges should be on the average of the charges made on the Great Western Railway, but that in no case should the charges be greater than the maximum stated in the previous clauses. An objection was taken by the agent of the South Western Railway to the clause which regulated that, should any difference arise b_tween the Great Western Railway Company, and the corn. parry of the South Western, respecting the junction of the literks and Hants Railway. The guages of the two railways are different, and the South Western Company were anxious to have the forma-. tion of the junction under their own control, while the Great Western Company were anxious to make the junction a matter of mutual agreement; arid should any difference of opinion arise, that the difference should be referred ;to the Board of Trade. The Committee conceived the latter plan to be the lairer of the two, and overruled the objection. By one of the clauses it was enacted that no station should be made within less than three miles from Strathfieldsaye, without the consent of the Duke of Wellington; but the distance was amended to five miles instead of three miles, and the alteration was adopted by the Committee. By other clauses all obstruction or injury to the Kennett and Avon Canal was obviated. The remaining clauses were then passed, and the Chairman signed the Bill. As the Chairman would have to report en a great many circumstances, Mr. Burke, the Parliamentary agent to the line, had prepared a report, comprising all the facts of the proposed railway, which he read to the Committee. This, after the intro duction of a notice of the principle of a graduated charge according to distance, for the first time legally recognised by the Bill for the line, was approved, and received by the Committee for presentation to the House. This concluded the investigation before the Select Committee, and it was agreed that the Bill should be reported accordingly. THE SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY. The consideration of this Bill was postponed till Wednesday morning. k th i e L ß l‘ il i l A , V end stated EEADW.IpLpTeaS, appeared for N Dt the promoters o R f Mr. S T mt El ti that the opposition of Mr. Ainstey had been arranged, Mr. GREENWOOD appeared for the Somersetshire Canal Com pany, and proposed a clause for securing th e i nterests of that Company. In doing this he alluded to the statements of Mr. Sly. head, and the inquiries of Mr. Entwistle, which we noticed in our report when this railway was last before the Committee. The ground of opposition then taken to making the Radsteck Branch was now abandoned, and the desire of the Canal Company was not, therefore. to interrfere with the carriage of coal to the south and south-West, but to preserve the monopoly of he iage of coal to the north and northeast. The preservation of this monopoly would preserve the property of about 19.0 shareholders, who held to the extent of 1,0001. and under, who were all people of small substance, without enhancing the charge to the public to any considerable extent. Mr. SLYHEAD thought that the Counsel for the Canal Company ought to have adduced some authority for his proposition, whereas there was not a single Ast of Parliament which can tained such a clause. It was a❑ unprecedented thing for any one to ask. There was no security whatever that these canal companies would not very latgely increase their tolls. The same principle cf public advantage which applied to the south and west, applied equally to the north and east. It would be introducing a precedent of great and injurious effect to the public interests. When the Great Western line was formed, it came into direct competition with the Dartmouth and Bridgewater and with the Kennet and Avon Canals, and no such plea had then been set up. The CHAIRMAN here interrupted the Learned Counsel, and stated that he thought it was impossible for the Committee to sanction any such principle as this. Mr. YORKE agreeing in this view, the proposition was immediately withdrawn, and the Corn ittee went into the clauses of the Bill. The rates of charge for the carriage of passengers and goods were precisely the same as these provided in the Bill for the Berks and Hants Railway. On reading the clause by which the Company proposed to take a power of increasing their charge for carrying goods less than the whole length of the line, Mr. Saunders stated that the length of the line from its junction with the Great Western Railway to Salisbury was thirty-eight miles, and to Weymouth seventy-flee mil s, but that the Company held thcse as one line, and in consideration of the distance, they conceived that this extra charge ought to be allowed. Considerable discus sion arose in the Committee, and Mr. Saunders was ex amined at considerable length, the result of his replies establishing the principle which he had avowed during the consideration of the Berks and Hants Railway. The conclusion was that an increased charge of 5 per cent. was al lowed on all animals and good carried not more than three-fourths of the length of the whole line ; 15 per cent. on those carried not further than one-half the whole length ; and '25 per cent. on those carried not further than one-fourth of the whole length. Provisions were made for protecting the rights of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Kennett and Avon Canal, as arranged at the sitting last week. A clause fer the protection of Mr. Ainstey's property was intro duced with that gentleman's consent. Provisions were also intro duced for saving any intrusion on the barracks at Fordington, near Dorchester, and the clauses were concluded. Mr. BURKC then read the report, which, atter it had been amended in some unimportant particulars by the suggestions of the Committee, was approved and adopted. The Bill was signed by the Chairman, who was instructed to present it to the House. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1845, Bills before it, and decide whether they would pass either Bill, or neither of them, or both.—(Hear.) Sir G. GREY hoped the Standing Orders Committee would he spared the investigation of this subj ,- et, and the parties the expense of their doing so. He thought the standing orders ought to be relaxed with respect to Ireland. Lord G. SOMERSET said that if his Right Hon. Friend would propose that in future all railways in Ire land should be exempt from the ordeal of the Standing Orders Committee, he would give the subject his con sideration. Sir R. INGLIS never saw a case in which compliance with the motion of his Right Hon. Friend ought to be more resisted throughout than the present. The statements of his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for Kendal, had placed the subject on a proper footing and completely decided the question. If they agreed to adopt the present proposition they would be called upon to do so by every railway in the kingdom. Strangers were then ordered to Nvitht:raw, and the House divided, when there appeared— 97 For the Motion Against . —l6 The announcement of thJ division was received with loud dueling by the Opposition. The South Eastern liailway Extensions were read a second time. Mr. BUSFEILD presented a petition from Bradford in favour of the Leeds and Think Railway. The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Works Bill was read a third time. The Royal Naval School Bill, and the Warwick Rec tory Bill, were read a third time. Mr. MORRISON wished to know on what principle the fares and rates on railways were regulated by the Committees ? Sir G. GREY said that there was a very great.diffi culty in fixing any principle on which the fares :and raets of railways should be determined, but the Committee of which he had the honour to be Chairman, had endea voured to ascertain the existing rules on several lines of railway, and had founded their decisions thereon. Ile would suggest, before passing the Bill before the House, that it would be desirable that this point should be COMMON PLEA.-(THIS DAY.) BURGESS V. GRAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition). The COURT having heard the arguments on both sides at grew length, refused the rule. TATTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. CHESTER Cur. 4 to 1 agst Fitz-Allan 6 to 1 agst Semiseria 8 to 1 agst Ould Ireland 9 to 1 agst Obscurity 12 to 1 agst Era 12 to I agst Cataract 14 to 1 agst Sorella 25 to I agst Intrepid 40 to 1 agst Aristides DERBY. 9 to 4 agst Idas W to 1 agst \V eatherbit 3,600 to 60 agst The Libel IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. Earl FrrzwlLLl A 3,1 presented petitions from Bing ley and other places against the sale of spirits un the Lord's day. Lord COTTENHAM presented a petition from 300 tradesmen of Bristol against the Act which abolishes im prisonment for debt under 201. Lord MONTEAGLE presented petitions from Cain bridge against the Maynooth grant. Lord FAVERSHAM presented petitions from York shire against the grant. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions to the same effect ; aiso petitions against the Act which prohibits the imprisonment for debt or debts under 201. Lord AION.L'E/-V .LE wished to put a question to the Noble Duke opposite on a very important subject, of which he had given notice. He wished to know from the Noble Duke opposite, whether it was the intention of the Government to introduce a measure into Parliament for the renewing of the Usury Laws ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was the inten tion of the Government to propose such a Bill during the present session. _ _ The Earl of WINCIIELSEA presented petitions from different parts of Yorkshire, and also from Leamington Priori, in Warwickshire, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. The Duke of RICHMOND presented 169 petitions from different parts of the country, praying their Lord ships in any reduction of taxation not to lose sight of the agrieulzeral interest. The Noble Duke also pre sented a petition against the Customs Bill. The Earl of St. GERAIANS presented a petition from Cornwall against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. PRIVY COUNCIL. The Earl of RIPON moved the {,second reading o' the Privy Council Appellate Jurisdiction Act Amend• ment Bill. Lord BROUGHAM thought that the East India Company were entitled to the highest credit for their desire to promote the ends of justice. They were ready to spend 40,0001. or 50,000 l for improving the appeals from the native tribunals. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that some means should be taken for making these alterations to the natives and the tribunals of India, and it would be well if the interests of the people of India were to be so largely affected, that every portion of the subject should be well inquired into. The Earl of RIPON said that he proposed to defer the operation of this Bill until the Ist October in the present year, but, if that were not sufficient time, he was quite ready to extend the period. Lord CAMPBELL suggested that it would be just as right for Government to defray the whole of the costs of appeals from Scotland, as to take the expense of those appeals upon its shoulders, and ho thought it would be better that another Court should be established to con sider those appeals. The Earl of ELLEN - BOROUGH had understood that these appeals were heard before a Committee of the Privy Council, and he thought it was strange that no one acquainted with India was a Member of that Council. Lord BROUGHAM explained, that though none of the judges were persons who had been in India, yet the Privy Council had the advantage of such persons in the capacity of assessors. The Bill was then read a second time. AUCTION DUTIES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill fur the remission of the auction duties, The Duke of RICIINIOND said that he should move that this Bill go into Committee this day six months, on the ground that it was uncalled for by the country and injurious to the agricultural interests. (LEFT SITTING ) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKEn took the Chair at the usual hour. On the motion of Mr. HODGSON HINDE, the New castle upon Tyne Port Bill was read a third time. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. FRENCH rose to move that the Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin and Galway) Bill be per mitted to proceed. He was glad to see the Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee in his place, for he wished to show that there were peculiar circumstances in this case which might make it expedient to set aside in its favour the general rule. The Hun. Member then read from a document the opinion of the Government landed proprietors on this line, that the railway should be proceeded with. Mr. ESTCOURT opposed the motion. Mr. REDINGTON thought that, important as it might be that the standing orders should be observed, there were occasions, and this was one of them, on which th2y ought to be dispensed with. Mr. WILSON PATTEN opposed the motion. If the standing orders were worth anything they ought parti cularly to be enforced in ewes like the present. Mr. STRUI7 said that the present case was one especially in which the standing orders ought not to he dispensed with. The errors were quite evident upon the face of the drawings and documents, and required no ex amination of witnesses to expose them. He opposed the motion. Lord PALMERSTON hoped that if the standing orders were to be dispensed with on this occasion, a similar indulgence would be extended to the Mullingar, Dublin, Longford, and Sligo Railway Bill.—(Hear, and a laugh.) Be did not think that any irregularity would be found in the management of that Bill.—(Hear.) But he hoped that, if it should so happen, the standing orders would be waived as well as in the present case. The Cashel and other lines to the south were looked upon as so important, that questions of form were not permitted to obstruct the passing of those Bills. The Dublin and Longford line was of importance equall3 great, particularly as it was to have branches to the im portant seaport town of Galway on the one side, and Sligo on the other. On these grounds, then, he did hope that if the present proposition should be carried, the House would act in the same way towards the Dub linland Longford line, that had been reported against— (Hear, hear)—for the formation of lines of railway in Ireland would be attended by the best possible results, in giving employment to a large labouring population. Mr. WARBURTON said, that if the House indulged in such acts as those—namely, rescinding votes which would have a prospective effect—they might as well also let their votes have a retrospective effect—(Laughter)— in order that all Bills reported not to have complied with the standing orders, might be approved of, and thus throw the standing orders overboard altogether. Mr. II ANIILTON would not be willing to do anything contrary to the standing orders ; but still he did think that with respect to railway property in Ireland, the House ought to pause before they rejected such Bills, for railways in Ireland might be looked upon as national works. Sir T. FREMANTLE said that, owing to the public position in which he was placed in reference to Irtland, he felt an anxious interest in that country, and was 47x • trenaely desirous that railway projects should be carried on there. Being a member of the Standing Orders Com mittee, he would not be unwilling to advise the House to reverse those orders—(Hear, hear)—but when it was remembered that the capital had been subscribed, and every other st e p t a k en b y which to exped i te the Ir i sh particular yi la o r w in ci t b er e e w st e inu if any User a Committee raza Hay lines,it would b e we ll to consider the Bills seriously before they were rejected.—(Hear , hear.) Ho had nu i p: y Ptrteojeecht,o4bubtohtil those e would e RAILWAY GROUP Q. Mr. SOTHERON reported from the Select Commit• tee on the Railway Bills comprised under the letter Q., that the Committee met at tv..elve o'clock, and that Mr. B. Escott was not present, and did not attend tho Committee. Mr. B. ESCOTT said, if it was the pleasure of the House, he would state to them the reasons why he did not attend the Committee to day. He had in his possession some correspondence which, it he had been informed of the intention of the Hon. Gentleman, he would have brought to the House. Lie could, however, satisfy the House that he had not only done his dnty, but had taken that course, which alone was consistent with his duty as a Member of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Creed. an officer belonging to the Committee of Selection, wrote to him, asking him why he did not attend the Committee in question, and he wrote back to say that he could not attend, inasmuch as ho was en gaged in- - - two other Committees, and that attendance on two Committees was full as much as he could attend to.—(Hear, and laughter.) He received another letter from the same gentleman, saying that his letter had been laid before the Committee of selection, and that they did not consider it sufficient excuse for his non-attendance. He (Mr. acott) did not wish to be excused from doing any duty, but he thought he was himself the best judge as to whether he could dis charge those duties in a proper manner. He wrote a second letter to Mr. Creed, to this effect—after making that secoul statement he mentioned the matter to his lion. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford. who took a prominent part in the Committee of Selection, and told him it was utterly impossible for him to attend. Ile was in hopes that this exilanat'on was sufficient. It was quite impossible that he could do duty upon both these Committees. Mr. ESCOTT was not sorry that his Hon. Friend had brought this matter before the House, because it was of considerable importance with reference to the carrying out of that plan which they adopted, for the purpose of forming a Congress to investig a t e railway project s . Hi s H on . F r i e nd had most accurately stated all that had passed on the occasion. When the letter of his Hon. Friend was laid before the Com mittee of selection, they found that what he had stated was that he had served upon two Com mittees, and that he could not discharge both duties. He apprehended that the Nouse would consider whether the being appointed upon a public Committee exempted a Member of that House from his Parliameßtary duties. If his lion. Friend, however, had stated, on a similar occasion, the facts which now appeared, considerable difficulty would have been avoided. Ile was very glad that he had an opportunity of stating to the House that if an Hon. Hember felt reason for considering that he could not serve, it would be attendee with great con venience if he instantly informed the Committee of his inability to act. The Committee of Selection did not consider the explanations of the Hon. Member sufficient excuse, and, therefore, did not excuse him. The same circumstance occurred in several other cases, and they were dealt by in the same way. However, the Com mittee of Selection would, of course, adopt whatever mea sure the House might think proper to adopt in reference to this rule. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was quite obvious that the fact of an Hon. Member serving on a public Com mittee could not excuse him serving on a Committee of this House. ' Mr. HUME differed altogether from the Hon. Gen ' tleman. The duties of the Committees were twofold. One of those duties was of national importance, the other related to private interests. He could not under • stand why Committees on measures of great public and national importance should be neglected for the business of private Committees. Attendance on public Committees was not compulsory. It was com pulsory on Committees on private Bills. He himself was at the head of a Committee was a s u bj appointed to investigate a subject of great national importance. Several Members who were appointed o n t h at C omm i ttee h a d been asked if they would attend, th ey h a d a ll rep li e d t h at they should be most happy to attend, b ut th at t h e y were on Committees on private Bills, whi c h t h ey were com pelled to attend. Now there wa s th e C omm i ttee on Prisons subject of had h national een importance appointed en that Committee had b een s i nce drafted ; several 111 a b e r s who off into private Committees. Now, he thought the public business ought not to be neglected in this manner. Members should be compelled to attend on public Committees in the same manner as they were compelled to attend on private Committees, and Members who were placed on public Committees ought not to be compelled to servo on any others. His Honourable Friend had stated that there were up wards of one hundred Members serving on Railway Com mittees, but there were five hundred Members still to be chosen from. Ile did not know whether or not there was a scarcity of members, but if such was the case they ought to have a call of the House, and compel the attendance of , Members.—(Hear.) There were many Members absent. upwards of 100, as far as he knew, without any reason. Their attendance should be enforced, in order to compel them to attend on Parliamentary Committees. Str J. TYRRELL had great satisfaction in seeing a large number of Irish Members present. They ought to call upon the gentlemen of Ireland to take their fair share of business. Lord J. RUSSELL could not agree with the Hon. Member for Montrose that the fact of a Member being appointed to a public Committee was an excuse for his not attending a railway Comrninteo upon which the at tendance was compulsory; because everybody knew that a member upon a public Committee might leave London altogether, and go to reside in the country without being missed. But he agreed with the Hon. Member for Mon trose that as the House had adopted a compulsory course, they ought to require the attendance of Members who kept away without leave of absence, or any justification.— (Hear, hear.) It was obvious that the absence of those Members rendered the duties more onerous to others. —(Cries of "Hear, hear.") He thought, therefore, that the House ought to be obliged to the Hon. Member for Montrose for calling attention to the subject.—(Hear, hear)—and he hoped that the House by a call or other wise, would enforce the attention of the Members who absent without excuse. Lord GEORGE SOMERSET said that as he was the person who proposed the compulsory resolution, the House might expect him to say something upon this question. It certainly was not intended that the resolu tion should be enforced without any modification.— But he thought that the attendance of his Hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, when the public Committee Ras of that constraining character which should excuse him from attending to the Railway Committee. which he (Lord G. Somerset) considered of as much importance to the public as the business of Committees called public. Dr. BOWRING thought as the House had come to a resolution on the subject of Railway Committees that regulation ought to be enforced. The questions for the consideration of the Committee were of the utmost im portance, and it wits quite impossible they could be attended to if Hon. Members were not compelled to attend. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said it would be impos sible to admit the excuse of the Hon. Member for Win chester without neutralising the effect of the very regu lation passed by the House. Mr. P. M. STEWART said he had been appointed Chairman on a Railway Committee while he was serving on two public Committees. He had applied to the Hon. Baronet, the Chairman of the Cornmitte of Selection, to be relieved from the Railway Committee, but he was informed that no locus standi before the Com mittee of selection in making such an application. Ile was therefore obliged to leave the comparative repose of the two Committees to consider ten Bills and listen to twenty lawyers. If the House should come to a de cision in favour of the Hon. Member opposite, he (Mr. Stewart), hoped it would be made retrotpective. Captain BERKLEY said the Members who thought proper to attend the Repeal Association had never been summoned on any Committee. Mr. SOTHEtiON thought the Hon. Member for Winchester had better be relieved from further attend ance on this Committee.—(Cries of " No, no.") Mr. F. SHAW said ho had served upon a Committee at great inconvenience to himself. He understood that ab, ut forty Committees would be appointed, so that a constant attendance of about 200 Members would be absolutely requisite. Sir GEORGE GREY said there ought to be some motion on the subject, He would suggest to the Nobl e Lord that the Honou ra ble Member be directed to attend the Committee to-morrow. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that after the general expression of the House he thought no motion on the subject would be neeessery. Viscount CASTLEREAGH wished to know whether, if those Irish Members did not attend, the Sergeant-at- Arms would not be sent over to Ireland to compel the I attendance of such . Members.—(Hear.) He agreed en tirely with his Hon: Friend opposite that some under standing must be come to on this matter, and he could not help expressing his surprise that none of the names of those gentlemen had yet appeared on the list.—(llear.) Ile regretted that the Right Honourable Gentleman (the Recorder of Dublin) should have made such a friendly attack.—(Laughter.) Yes, a friendly attack on the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford. He seemed to say, "I will excuse you for non-attendance, and put you to serve upon another." If a preference was extended to one, it ought to be extended to all. Mr. M. MILNES wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman what would take place if an Hon. Member re fused to attend the summons ? Mr. HUME said, that if this were made a compul sory matter, he hoped that a call of the House would take place immediately, so that every Hon. Member who could not furnish a sufficient apology might be compelled to attend. Lord CASTLEREAGH said he had put a question to the Noble Lord, and he hoped he would answer him. Lord G. SOMERSET said be was not aware that , the Noble Lord had put a question to him. He conceived that any Member who bad been selected by the Committee of Selection to serve on a Railway Committee would, if he had not obeyed that call be committed, by order of the House, to the en tody of the Sergeant at-Arms. The case had not yet arisen, and the House expressed no opinion upon it. He hoped, however, when the case did arrise, that the House would nut allow their resolntions, emanating from a Committee, to be considered as so much waste paper. He was afraid if the attendance of Members was not forced, that they would not attend at all.—(Hear.) Lord CASTLEREAGH said tbat the Noble Lord bad not answered his question. He wished to ask him distinctly whether, in the event of certain Members from Ireland not attending, they would be compelled to do so. [-LEFT SITTING.] SPORTII G INTEL LIGEN CE. CHESTER. RACES. CHESTER, SATURDAY NIGHT. The entry closed this evening as follows : FIRST DAY. Grosvenor Stake—Lothario, Corranna, Alaniode, Miss Holbrook, and Poussin. Queen's Plate—Mainstay, Manasseh, Bastion, Cor ranna, Alice Gray, Trueboy, Poussin Freeman, The Witch, Agriculture, Dog Billy, Lothario, Naworth, Alice Hawthorn. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 50 added—Psalm singer, Mainstay, General Nott, Bastion, The Helms man, Alice Gray, Freeman, Sister to Yardley, and The Persian Lady. The other races this day will b 3 a match between Outcast and The Witch, and The Produce Stakes. SECOND DAY. The Members' Plate—Ambition, Mainstay, Frances, Bastion, The Helmsman, Alice Gray, Freeman, Yarrow, Teresa, The Witch, The Hermit, Ada, and The Dog Billy. _ _ The Trade Cup, and Two-year Old Stakes, will also be run this day. THIRD DAY. The Dee Stand Cup, Lord Westminster's Plate, the Chester St. Leger, Cheshire Welter Cup, all standing engagements, and the Selling Stakes, for which the entry takes place on Wednesday evening, constitute the bill of fare. FOURTH DAY. The Worral Stakes—Frances, Andrew, Brandy, The Javelin, Malt, The Hermit, and Hope. Besides this race there will be the Cheshire Stakes, the Free Handicap, the matches between Extempore and British 'far, and Nix•my-Dolly and Morpeth, and the Ladies' Purse, for which the horses will be named on Thursday evening. Arrivals—Dawson, with twelve horses ; Peck, with four; John Scott, with four; Fobert, with four; Clarke, with three ; also Cataract, Ould Ireland, The Hermit, The Era, and Dog Billy. Nearly one hundred are ex pected altogether. St. Lawrence and Sorella arrived in town on Saturday and left yesterday for Chester ; four from Goodwood, viz., Princess Alice, Miss Elis, Naworth and Strathspey were in town yesterday, and start this day. My Mary will go towards the middle of the week. LATEST BETTING IN TOWN. sto 1 agst Fitzallen (taken)-6 to 1 agst Semiseria -10 to 1 agst Ould Ireland (taken)-12 to 1 agst Ob scurity-20 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne-30 to 1 agst Intrepid-33 to 1 agst Aristides-33 to 1 agst Winesour --33 to 1 agst Counsellor-8 to 1 agst The Irish lot (taken)—Offers to take 20 to 1 about Cataract. No others mentioned. No change in the Derby betting. THE DERBY.—IRONMASTER'S QUALIFI- CATION. The following protest has been forwarded to the stewards of the Jockey Club:— Sir,—We, the undersigned, owners of horses engaged in the Derby Stakes at Epsom, beg leave, through you, to address the stewards of Epsom Races in reference to the qualification of the horse Ironmaster. We understand that the question of his qualification has been submitted by Mr. Hill to the stewards, and was to have been determined by them last week, but we are now informed that he has withdrawn the case from their jurisdiction, and consequently that no question has taken place, or is likely to take place, thereupon. From the tenour of the communication, which we un derstand has been made to the stewards, we infer that Mr. Hill intends to bring Ironmaster to the post, and to start him for the Derby, without the question of his qualification having been decided. We therefore protest against the right of any person to start a horse under such circumstances, and we hereby require the stewards not to allow the horse to start unless his right to do so shall have been primarily ascertained; and we give this, the earliest possible notice of our objection, in order that Mr. Hill may have time to establish his case. Our objection rests upon the following plain and simple grounds :—We find in the Racing Calendars for 1843 and 16344, the following entry for the Derby, 1845: —"Mr. Marshall's ch c Ironmaster," &c. Mr. Marshall, the admitted owner, and for all that appears to the con trary, the namer of this horse is dead, and no horse, the nominator of which is deceased, can start for any race ; of course, if Ironmaster was not named for the Derby by the Mr. Marshall who died last year, but by some other person of the same name living, our objection falls at once to the ground; but this is pre cisely the matter in dispute, and the question is, not whether Ironmaster would be entitled to the stakes in the event of his coming in first, but whether he is entitled to start at all for the race—a question which must of necessity be decided before the race, and be determined according to the laws and usages of the turf, in respect to nominations. We therefore submit that on the face of the nomination it is void, and that, unless the owner of Ironmaster can prove that it is good and valid, he has no right to start, and ought not to be permitted to start, the horse for the Derby.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants, C. C. GREVILLE, CHESTERFIELD, VERULAM, W. S. STANLEY, GLASGOW, J. GULLY, Newmarket,, April, 1845. S. WItEFORD. This letter has been communicated by Mr. Weatherby to the owner of Ironmaster, with an intimation, we believe, similar to one given in the Craven !Meeting, that they are prepared to depute certain members, having no interest in the event, to hear and determine the case, which they shall Le prepared to go into on Saturday next. Mr. Hill, we hear, intends to rely on the legal opinion. THE NEW LAW Commisstoiss.—The Lord Chan cellor has giveh notice of his intention to move for a com mission to inquire into the law of insolvency and impri sonment for debt. In the year 1839 a commission was issued on bankruptcy and insolvency, from which re sulted the present Bankrupt Act, and the new Insolvent Debtors' Act, as administered by the Court of Bank ruptcy. A very great improvement has been effected in the bankrupt law by placing the allowance of the certificate in the hands of the Commissioners ; and one of the principles of the new Insolvent Debtors' Act was the power given of hearing parties without going to prison, and notwithstanding the abuse of the privilege, the provision has had a beneficial effect. But last session a sudden alteration was made in the same Act, which has produced a great change in the law of debtor and creditor—namely, the abolition of im prisonment oa executions for debts not exeeeding 20/. It is complained that no remedy has been provided for the boon granted ; and it is understood that one of the objects of the commission will be to inquire whether a remedy can be suggested, so as to su persede the repeal of the clause in question. Prisons have been emptied, and debtors have defied their creditors to take proceedings against them, as they cannot tquch their persons. A diminution of about one-fourth in the number of writs issued by the law courts, since the ope ration of the last Act has taken place. There are two laws (besides the Debtor and Creditor Act) relating to insolvent debtors, and the Commissioners will have to consider their assimilation ; and they will also have to consid.r, before they recommend the full repeal of the 20/. clause, the instances of oppression by creditors, as recorded in the last report of Captain Williams, the prison inspector. FATAL ACCIDENT ABOARD SHlP.—Thursday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Bull's Head, East Smithfield, on the body of Thomas M. Forbes, aged 20. Deceased was a seaman on board the barque Crusader, now lying in the St. Katherine Docks. On Monday night last, as the vessel was passing the North Foreland, the deceased was ordered to the mast head to unfurl the topsails, and whilst doing so, the gasket he had hold of broke, and he fell headforemost on to the deck, and fractured his skull, from which injury he expired in a few minuted afterwards. Verdict—" Accidental death." =ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—The following yachts have arrived during the week : On Sunday the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter Dream, Captain George Bentinck, from Malta ; schooner Esmeralda, T. Fleming, Esq., from Wey mouth, and proceeded to her moorings off Binstead. On Monday the Royal *Yacht Squadron schooner Louisa, Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., from the westward, and proceeded for Portsmouth ; on her arrival off the harbour she showed her number to the naval autho rities. There are several yachts of the squadron cruising about the Solent, and many up the harbour refitting ; among which are _the Will-o' -the-Wisp, Captain Williams; Jack-0 1 -Lantern, Earl of Orkney ; and the Nautilus, belonging to Mr. Wardle. The Kes. trel has received her foremast, and it is said that a spar is expected round daily for a mainmast. She will be hauled off next spring tide preparatory to fitting out, It is said that Mr. Weld contem plates altering his Alarm into a schooner. She will will be hauled up in a day or two to be re-coppered. The Reindeer cutter, lately purchased by the Earl of Cardigan, has sailed from Lymington for Dublin. A new cutter, of about 90 tons, intended for the Hon. Mr. Hare, will shortly be launched from Inman's, Lymington.— Hants Advertiser of Saturday. PAROCHIAL NATIONAL SCHOOLS. Yesterday mornin g a sermon in behalf of these educational charities was preached at the Church of St. Bride, Fleet-street, by the Rev. Michael Gibbs, M.A., of Christ Church, Newgate-street, before the Lord Mayor, Sir James Duke, M.P., and the Common Council. After a very Impressive discourse, a collectio4 Was made, highly b!aggicial to OgiAtereet of the shoe% COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, th eDuchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court ;yid the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The Bishop of Norwich preached the sermon, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated at the service. Her Maje.•ty and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the Royal Gardens. Prince George visited his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice were taken airings in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace, yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Vis countess Jocelyn, Viscount Sydney, Lord Charles Wel lesley, and Colonel Wylde, visited the Colosseum on Saturday afternoon. His lioyal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday afternoon, attended by the Equerry in waiting. _ Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the Italian Opera Kith their presence on Sa:urday evening. The royal suite included the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount Sydney, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Colonel Wylde. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kt.nt (attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson), and their Royal Ili i ghnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz (attended by .Mr. Edmond Mildmay) were also present at the perform ance of the Italian Opera on Saturday evening. . Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Prayers were read by the Rev. J.- V. Povah, the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, from Philippians chap. 4. verse 5. The anthem was, " I will sing a new song" (Knyvett). Mr. Knyvett presided at the organ. Tier Majesty was accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and was attended by the Countess of Sheffield. The Dean of Hereford was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Among the Nobility present were the Marquises of Normanby, Northampton, Salisbury, and Ormonde, the COuntesses'of Wilton and St. Germans, , Lords Cawd,r, Cathcart, Essex, St. Germans, 'Sheffield, Mansfield, Al ford, Ebrington, and Wharncliffe: The Dukes of Wel lington and Rutland, and the Duchess of St. Albans, at tended the early service yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley offieiated and preaChed the sermon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended the afternoon service yesterday in the Chapel. Royal, St. James's. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yes terday morning in the Foundling Hospital. Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on his Royal Highness. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strrelitz attended Divine service yesterday afternoon in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley- street. Mr. Edmond Mildmay wits in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel of the Austrian Embassy. Baronesi de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein were in waiting on her Royal . HighneSS. Viscount Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Philip Howard, M.P., and a deputation, had an in terview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Bramley Moore, Chairman of the Liverpool Bra zilian Association, Mr. Astley, and Mr. E. Johnston, as a deputation respecting the peril in which the property of British subjects is placed in Brazil by the interference of the Juiz dos Orfeos, in 'cases of death, had an inter . - view with the Earl of Aberdeen on Saturciay, at the Foreign-office. The deputation was accompanied by Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., Mr. Brotberton, M.P... Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., Mr. P. Ainsworth, M.P., Mr. Thornely, M.P., and Mr. Duncan, M.P. The interview was highly satisfactory to the parties. The Attorney-. General for Ireland, the Bishop of Derry, and a deputation, had an interview with Sir R. Peel on Saturday. Mr. Bent and Mr. Milnes, Churchwardens of St. Mar garet's, and Mr. Rogers, Vestry Clerk, had an inter view on Friday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in llowning•street. The Ecclesiastical Commissieners for England had a meeting on Saturday, at the office in Whitehall-lace. There were present the Bishops of Bangor, Lichfield, . and Salisbury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Besborough, and the Right Hon. H. Honhouse. Dispatches from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and of Sierra Leone were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent off in the evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor-General ot Canada and for the Governors of the other North Ame rican Provinces. The Earl of Devon had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. The Marquis of Exeter had an interview with Sir George Clerk on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. J. Strettell Brickwood, Public Works Loan-office, South Sea-house, and Mr. Barnes, had an interview on Saturday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir William Heathcote had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's. _ _ Tho Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden visited Her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Kent, Prince George, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, visited the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden on Saturday, at tne Duke of Hamilton's residence, in Portman-square. Count Potocki paid his respects to Her Royal Highness. FRID.A.Y NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Newstead and J. Hextall, lacemen, Regent-street, May 23, at half-past eleven—G. E. Leefe and J. Yates, wholesale haberdashers, Fore-street, May 23, at twelve—J. Bear, draper, Ramsgate, May 23, at eleven—S. Glyde, grocer, Southampton•row, Russell-square, May 27, at twelve— T. K. Gorbell, bookseller, Bedford• place, Commercial-road, May 29, at half-put eleven—R. Evershed, timber merchant, Pulbo rough, Sussex, May 29, atone. In the Country. J. Greaves, ale merchant, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, May 26, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Ward, engineer, Manchester, May 30, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court—J. Thorp, merchant, Manchester, May 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—G. Crofton, glass dealer, Manchester, May 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Metcalf, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield, May 30. at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Ilegginbotham and G. Peck, machine makers, Manchester, June 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—N. Roskell and J. de P. Ogden, merchants, Liverpool, May 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—G. NV. Travis, joiner, Sheffield, May 27, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court—W. Moss, woollen draper, Hull, May 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Brawn, wholesale manufacturing perfumer, i;Skinner street, Snow-hill, May 23—W. Green, cattle dealer, Gorleston, Suffolk, May 23—E. Glossop, stationer, Lower llolborn, May 23—J. Richardson, boot maker, Fish-street hill, May 30—R. Greenwood, bookseller, Bradford, May 27 J. S. Rowe, draper, Newcastle-under-Lyne, May 30—E. Brown, May 30—W. Daniel, cabinet maker, Manchester, May 30—J. I'. Birley, plumber, Brompton, May 23—J. B. Rayner and T. S. Carter, lamp manufacturers, Coleman street, May 23—W. E. Gould, carver, Finsbury-place South, May 23—J. Thorley, glass dealer, Northampton, May 23 E. S. A. Findlay, milliner, Grafton street, Fitzroy-square, May 23—R. Allinson, ironmonger, Whitehaven, May 23. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Hawcroft and S. Pearson, razor manufacturers, Shef field—J. Iron and W. Bateman, printers, Leadenhall• street— A. Ward and J. Lyon, auctioneers, St. Helens, Lancashire— B. S. Slipper and E. Slipper, millers, Blue Anchor Mills, Ber mondsey—W. E. Robson and T. M'Gregor, warehousemen, Cheapside—W. Holmes, T. Sansom. and J. Holmes, grocers, Preston—J. Kirkpat r i c k and J. H. Burgin, linen drapers, liudderstield—B. IL Robson and M. A. M. Robson, paper hangers, Piccadilly—E. Mortimer, W Small, R. Mortimer, and W. Mortimer, stock brokers, Shorter's-court, Throgmorton street (so far as regards R. Mortimer)—R. Parks, J. Parks, and J. Parks, surgeons, Bury, Lancashire (so far as regards R. Parks)—E. Finlayson, and E. W. Jenkins, wine merchants, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street—E. M. Adams and H. Barber, Ilighworth, Wiltshire—J. Heywood and W. Hope, railway contractors, Kendal, Westmorland—E. H. Burton and J. R. Heard, boot makers, Red Lion-passage, Red Lion square—J. Gibbons and W. Read, tailors, Clifford -street, New Bond-street—G. Hanson, T. A. Hanson, J. Hanson, and G. Hanson, jun., stuff-merchants, Bradford. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Arthur Connell and Co., commission merchants, Glasgow, May 6 and 27, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. [ ADVERTISEMENT. 1-A PERSON SUFFERING GREATLY FROM IMPAIRED HEALTH, WEAKNESS, AND DEBILITY, CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS I-Th e fol lowing is a statement made by the wife of a General in the army as to the following facts :—" A person, whose constitution appeared so decayed that pins might be run into her ancles without feeling any pain ; her legs swelled to the size of a child's body, And then burst and became ulcerated to a fearful degree ; in other respects she appeared like one in the last stage of dropsy, yet was completely cured by giving her Holloway's Pills. when every other means had failed." Mr. Bosley, the proprietor of the Exeter Chronicle, can give the "awe and address of Mrs. General B—, who witnessed this cure. Sold by the proprietor, 244, Strand, and all chemists. [ADVERTISEMENT 3—The Gentleman's Real Head of llair, or Invisible Ventilating Peruke. is so close a resemblance to nature as to defy detection ; and to enable any gentleman to see the effect, a large assort ment is always kept for inspection, any one of which, if approved of, saves the purchaser both time and trouble. These splendid specimens of the perruquean art, supe rior to anything to be obtained elsewhere, either in Paris or London, have only to be seen to be admired, and are the sole invention of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. N.B. Splendid hair cutting apartments on the ground floor, the whole of the walls being lined with looking-glass, a la mode de Paris. Is is rumoured that a key to the characters in the new novel of " Self," by the author of " is pre paring for publication. The number of individuals al luded to, obviously prtraits of living or lately deceased persons, certainly entitles the work to that distinguished honour, though it will cut short the pleasure now being enjoyed by so many of finding out the originals of the various portraits exhibited in its pages —the brightest of which, however, according to the Athenmum, are its humorous ones. " When all is said and done," says the same acute critic, " the reading world would be truly blind to its own interests were it to refuse to welcome one of this worldly, clever, and entertaining family of novels. Lon,?; live Gci!, ;:- nip ink, promised in th e mot t o, and performed in ' Self,' hold bitterly out," PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFF I C FRIDAY, MAY 2. Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Tues day, May 6. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2) —Committee on petition, adOurned till Tuesday, /daY 6 . _ A The Railway Bills or projects comprised in Group 15, Au' till Tuesday, May 6, a.t. twelve. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction RailYiray,—Ber?" Monday, Ma 5. Harwich Railway,—Committee on petition,. postponed, from Monday, sth, till Thursday, 75.1a8. Belfast and Ballymena Railway,--Report, Tuesdep ,11Y Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Coins EXtejrt Railway,—Further consideration of Report, Tuesd a Y; slay SATURDAY, MAY 3. • • ' Leeds and Dewsbury Railway,—Report, TuesdayiMAY Lancaster and Carlisle Railway,--Comraittee, 91 1134 11 _ _ Tuesday, May 20, at twelve. Kendal and Windermere Railway,—Committe e on Bill. Tuesday, May2o, at twelve. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway,—CoMmittee on Bill. Monday, May 19, at twelve. Epsom and Dorking Railway, Committee on Bill, Monday, May 19, at twelve. . , our York and North Midland Railway (Goole Branch,; mittee on Bill, Monday, May 19, at twelve. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS. TUESbAY, IdAy' 6. Sunderland, Durham, ani Auckland Union . Railway. and Great Western Railway (Deland) (Dublin to Mullingar Athlone.) Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (110. 2.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 7. Midland Railways Company (Birmingham and GlouceSter and Biistol and Gloucester Railways Purchase). Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Acts Amendment. RAILWAYS. Select Committee on Group N. Sir Charles Douglas, discharged.• of The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, appointed Chainn the Committee. - Captain Gladstone (Ipswich); selected and added Oa" Committee. Select Committee on Group V. Sir Thomas dischar w), ged ; Sir Denham Norreys Esmonde, (Mallo se l ec ted, and added to the Committee. Select Committee on Group 00. Mr. Hussey (Salisbniy), - selected, and added to the COmmittee. The Committee of Selection have nominated the fo llCl Select Committees on Railway groups:— A Committee of I. Mr. Gibson Craig (Edinburgh), 2. Viscount Clive (North Salop), • 3. Mr. Monkton Milnes (Pontefract), • • 4. Mr. J. H. Vivian (Swansea), 5. Mr. Alexander Oswald (Ayrshire), oar to whom they have referred the Bills and prole!" prised in group L., viz.:— London and Portsmouth Railway, Guildford, Chichester, and. Portsmouth RailwaY, „„1 0 0), Brighton and Chichester Railway (Port sm outh Exte'" - Epsopa and Dorking Railway, London and Brighton Railway (Redhill andDorkiggßr South Eastern Railway (Reigate to Dorking), Horsham Railway, Guildford Junction Railway, Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. M ay 19,,5t The Select. Committee will meet on Monday, Twelve o'clock. A Committee of 1. Mr. Beckett Denison (West Biding of York) , 2. Mr. Ludlow Bruges (Devizes), 3. Mr. Packe (South Leicestershire), 4. Mr. Talbot Clifton (North Lancashire) , 5. Mr. Repton (St. Alban's), acts Or a. to whom they have referred the Bills and p ro d • prised in. group R. viz Dublin and Drogheda Railway ) , Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway (Branch tO sens, Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, Great North Western (Ireland) Railway, Ulster Extension Railway, Northern Railway (Armagh and Dublin), Newry and Enniskillen Railway. Mei )9, * The Select Committee will meet on Mond Twelve o'clock. A Committee of 1. Mr. Pakington (Droitwicb)—Chairm an, 2. Lord Seymour (Totnes), 3. Hon. E. P. Bouverie (Kilmarnock, acO' 4. Mr. Whitmore (Bridgnorth), 5. Hon. James Maxwell (Cavan County), A SP"' to whom they have referred the Bills and projec i- • in group W., viz : a , _ go o Goole and Snaith Railway, Jell u " Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield and Men' ll -- -ester Railway, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, c b), York and-North Midland Railway (Goole Bon t a Manchester, Barnsley, and Goole Railwa_LT• 3faY 19 ' The Select Comuatee will meet on Mond* One o'clock. A Committee of ) --Chsirn'lrb 1. Right Hon. F. Baring (Portsmouth 2. Mr. Protheroe (Halifax), 3. Mr. Gill (Plymouth), 4. Alderman Copeland (Stoke upon Trelit)' 5. Mr. James (East Cumberland), pr ojects cornrrised to whom they have referred the Bills and pr in group EE., viz : Dundee and Perth Railway (South Line), Dundee and Perth Railway (North Line) , Scottish Midland Junction Railway, at Aberdeen Railway. _,A e r Mai 2° ' The Select Committee will meet on Tuvv---,' Twelve o'clock. A Committee of 1. Lord Ashley (Dorsetshire)—Chairman , 2. The Right on. R. Lalor Shell (Dungarvouo 3. Mr. Blackstone (Wallingford), 4.. Capt. Osborne (Wycombe), 5. Mr. Curteis (Rye), 14 04 W c on to whom they have referred the Bills and proje."- in group IT., viz.:— Edinburgh and Northern Railway, Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, at North British, Edinburgh, and Dalkeith Railway' The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday' Twelve o'clock. And a 1. Viscount Barrington (Berkshire)—C haim'in' 2. Mr. Bannerman (Aberdeen), 3. Mr. Christie (Weymouth), 4. Mr. Botfield (Ludlow), rie S to wh 5.0 m Mr. Leader ( refe e r sW red the Bills and P ro J ect , • ' c amp theyhave in group :1., viz..— i Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (Carlisle Extenvisstr4 Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (Lancaster De viat i o n • Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (I.ltrklands P e Cockermouth and Workington Railway , A ss Whitehaven and Furness Railway. Pa' The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday' • sr One o'clock. 00 1 "sacs Mem be j l h cO Ol/11 The following is the List from which v,„,c lected to serve on those Railway Committees g a y NU • bliA their sittings in the week beginning bloadaY, ;It o ( P ° Viscount Acheson !Mr. J. H. Sadm Mr. Adderley Co.) Mr. Baskerville Sir B. Han -... Capt. the Hon. F. Berkeley Hun. Cliarlei 11°13 0 8 d 0 81131" (Gloucester) Hon. James goW Sir Arthur Brooke bury) Mr. Briscoe Mr. llorsmall Col. Bruen Mr. Hutt Mr. Buck Mr. Knight The Hon. R. S. Carew Mr. Lawson _.. .. Viscount Castlereagh Sir Charles Lev'. Mr. Cobden Earl Listoviel f ait Air. Coiquhoun Mr. Wvkeharn I. Mr. Wiggett Chute Earl of March_ro_4o ~ Capt. Dalrymple Mr. Octavio N. Ps Mr. Dennistoun Lord Alfred P ~ tigt' . • , . Sir Charles Douglas Sir Richard ralluP'. Admiral Dundas Mr. Ricardo Sir David Dundas - . Sir David R Mr. E. Ellice, junior Viscount Sand Col. Ferguson Mr. i Spooner, th La. Sir E. Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 3 5 1 1 r 1' . Filmer Mr. Milner Gibson leErn.oirniavrni,....fi crrisroi 4 10 11 -;:............J,_..............."' , 0 1,P - for PRESERVATION OF THE Si ---- IN A Sln ili. tio a° .° n - b: 11141 .a OF INFANTS. —Evt-ry mother is natura,./ond ;,,,elan her offspring to be freed from " the t l3 l otO P pct slit. oks that fl, sh is heir to," and it canuut,st o n I s p ro' feelings of inexpressible delight to learn ', ti p to ct i of' i t remedy has been found for some a mongs t ' u taila ° :itet minent of our varied ills. We allude O r c o eetkrio 1 other visitations of the skin, which to° Ire 'os l3gl 'og , 0 from neglect in early life. The remedfr„°°r fi asb, l , See l constant and immediate application, ti l l lied 1 ,,, irl the justly celebrated Chinese copraetin, la olwatt 9 y, Fun," or, Celestial Skin Powder, Pr e to I t o ,, b ee Oriental herbs, most harmless in their ' - .11 PO,. he• - 10 in the nursery of royalty. Sold retail bci r j, Ow tie d chemists and perfumers in town and c°, t ,Ao bi. a n, 01) ,,, price 3s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. each; and wbole.'-y0b17,011- proprietors, Fabian and Co. (late Wats 01 1: 0 0 air 0 Co.), '24, Mark-lane, London, without It':' f at bet a ( on the labels none are genuine. AST INIA STOCK. --- A b 0 ,5 ~1 / f l p , 0 01 n °tic - tro tur of posted at the In D dia House to the effect that tb ; jaae , ei.-- ~- -( ifi7 f, t oe the company will be shut on Thursday, the sth: he 00 1- 0 0P, e Da again on Tuesday, the 15th of July; mid that ' of jolit, al" dividends on the said stock, payable on the It! o p. 9 ' 11th section of the Act 3 and 4 William t''' Of ready to be delivered on that day. lec i f _______, _____ 1, tile On the let inst., in Sussilexi-BgaTrlidegne% Ar d . e-Pilf li " e r . al. ill° R. F. White, Esq., of a daughter. Da - 'ver On the 20th ult., at Floronce , the O. " I ' ill Iremonger, Esq., of a son and heir. ~,, o f riff• lo af On the 22d ult., at Limehouse, the wife 0 16 l i sta( e say, of a son. Plicate° ..- of th On the 25th ult., at Oxford-parade, v.• lag of Matthew Lys Esq., of a daughter. et , the the On the 26th ult., at Garry give], s ° lner9 of Of Rev. C. S. Grueber, of a son. the s On the 26th ult., in Manchester -square' t. tb ° Ite l - pa Rev. 11. R. Fowler, of a daughter. /30 1,31 , __,, pi. On the 28th ult., at Bridgend, n ear lte r ' 11641 " of William Prior Johnson, la f of On the 29th ult., at Clifton, the lady -e, Jones, Esq ,of a (laughter. ark, the 31P 1 ' e On the 28th ult., at Highbury-P-- toll , Esq., of a da g e'd of ''' $. Dri% of Saxton, Esq., of a daughter. NTorth 110 On the 29th ult., at Grove-road, •,-- tbe - Flower, of a daughter. up-ott erl ' 0 ir• f 5. On the 29th ult., at the Vicarage , a the Rev. George Lowe, of a son. the if et 11- Ptsj On the 5011 ult., at I3rompton, . ‘Vardroper, Bengal Army, of a sou' 1: 5 00q.n, of Gray's iG e er l a s y t inst., at St. jamees 031003, bter ‘o.f • : ell' of Great nti Yarmouth, to jiSuAs anj,"t:;r9d-dsagilif FTSF::71111:: COW% 13Y° 11. 3oth ult., at Meresvorth Church, coolia :1400 Hall, Royal Navy to the lion ailare .„trforri third daughter of the late Vice-.Adioiral ------"------------- OOP' 3.fr. /bv- osots, t Ehl' of Ga o ip a ine t , h b e oo k9 s t e h lie u r l . t., at Lyiniugto sober Jt1313-85,ice'S°t Oa the 30th ult., at Bridgewater, ovtlies- On the 24th ult., the Rev. John is 0 Bagendon, Gloucestershire, aged 85. ilf ---, ,- ,70 " No 11 01 tk e ~,- ' t . SO Oill.o r.,010//, ........ ... L., ~,:..2:.u.:,, 1.--nui.e.s, a t :I he in ya• ‘ l "— , Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoit iit4iddleses, Mondry, BLit/ 1845 e i I zb ttv 4 hal e , 1 Y). Y