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cumstances, to [ENT. er) Billy A li ; ,ught ou I were read a mmittee, and several new vhich had not vas thereforc abundance of in the end, Lion. lion. Menr here was ani hands of the nt of a debtor ,ort, refusing ebts, he vi o Inicated both 3 suggestpa both parties. GENERA L or the same Wakley, and it more time Tnment 001 he Chairm&A morrow. ray intende d the payinent ance to tak, ,obedience 0, be inflicted, d unable to e judge, 10 ) 2d clo use ' ttee RV ad - a provisioo daily OP' he Honour" ling clause , e it enacted) herein coo' ter the paw the ton of en next 8 ie clause. o the Hou k men wou ld fessional ea' rs to be ren; ntinuance °' RPBY, the lON. re• ,moue, d indiree esting The er ;toms' dtl,' 498,94 40 31L Tae .venue t°, oss tots, redcoat i 974, anegf ',mount , imoullteu pealed in ,318,5 731 ' repealed 5741 , mount , and as, d the new pealed or unted to c, reclu; espec t oh and the )0,000/.), 3, &c. per eel!' was, i° )dical 0 s prede y Oaf )rk i 9 EIGIP people you can a yea r imper - Lent for h son e Dusan& a years i s soon rid, fo r far al re ar e is) car: Sam' ring i tld, 15 )le lose lisecl-- a cala' lid bu t ,lent. t t heir ) doubt here if ese )ps .land• y tO be e can oreigti leni in ur re- ice ill got s° i,ts it ) eat i 5 eCO' de 111 COURT OF INQUIRY ON COM MANDER GAYTON, R.N., OF THE COAST GUARD. The trial of this officer took place at Sheerness, during the past week on four separate charges: unofficer-like conduct in entering f a l s e vi s it s i n t he jour na l s i n manner following i—lst, by sending for the boats from the station at Sheerness, to mark his down visits, as if he had appeared personally, or sending word to the station for that purp ose ; 2d, f or sending for the chief boatma n at. the Bathurst station to com e t o hi s h ouse at Sheerness ; and 3d, for tending word from the Hensbrook station to the joining station, to mark him down visits, instead of going personally. Second charge—For employing men of the service of the coast guard as private servants. Third charge—For omitting to fill up the usual certificates of his examination and inspection on board the vessels at the stations. Fourth charge—For not assembling the several crews once a month, and asking them if they had any complaint to make. Commander George A. Halsted, of the Deal district, who Was both president and prosecutor, and although he allowed the Court to be open on the Thursday—after the Court was opened on the luesday, when he declared the Court was a close Court —he would not allow a single person to take notes of the proceedings, which lasted six days. Every officer and chief boatman on each station who had any control over the journals twh'eerecheaxraomesiled, and their evidence went entirely to di sprove and as regards the employing of the men in the service for his own privaie purposes, was contradicted ; and as regards emitting to fill up the usual certificates, was explained. The fourth charge was entirely denied. The case for the inquiry being closed, the accused was called to make his defence. He said it was with feelings of no ordinary kind that, after a service of many years, during which he could challenge the world to gainsay his reputation, he found himself brought before a Court of Inquiry on a charges for unofficer-like conduct ; he however submitted to the Court, that the evidence for the p rosecution had not born out the charges; and stated that he felt assured, that if he left the mat ter where it then stood, without offering anything in his defence, the Court would arrive at the conclusion, alai he had al ways actively and zealously attended to his duties. It was not his intention to occupy t he time of the Court by observations on the evidence of each witness that had been examined, nor the manner in which some of them had given it, as he felt that the Court would give their best attention to the case. He then observed, that respecting the first part of the first Ch arge the eviden ce o f th e p rosecut i on h a d en ti re l y t e butted it, a n d, t h ere f ore , it requ i re d no re f utat i on f rom ' i ro. That with regard to his sending messages to have false visits marked dawn to him, there was only one instance in which a message had been sent at all; and that in the Cases in which one of the witnesses had attempted to prove t he i visit s were mar k e d down fa l sely, b e should be able to s how to tha contrary, and convince the Court that never on 1 4 , 1 3 7 occasion had he had a false visit entered, as ch arge d aga i ns t Pm. To the second and third part of the first charge Captain Dayton referred the Court to the evidence for the prosecution to show that those charges were entirely without foundations and he made the same observation as to the second charge. Capt. Clayton then went on to say, that with r es p ec t t o th e third charge, that of omitting to till up the certificates, the evidence for the prosecution distinctly proved the contrary, and that from such evidence it was clear that at all the stations, except Rochester, the certificates had been regularly filled up ac cording to the regulations of the service; an d th a t w ith re !Peet to the Rochester ones not being all filled up, he submitted. ! f t Could not be called an omission or neglect, as it was a re -1 on his part to fill them u, because th duties and orders re had not been fully obeyed, and he referred to the certificates and the evidence of the prosecution to bear him out in that stat ement. He said, in answer to the fourth charge, he need oily remark that witnesses from every station had been exa 'Pined, each whom had refuted the accusation. Captain eaa vton then p ro pceeded to call his witnesses, the examination of Which lasted some time, and confirmed his defence. u , The decision of the Court will not be known u n t i l c on fi rme d y th e Hon. Board of Customs. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SO- CIETI c.►F EiNI3LAND. SATURDAY, JuLY 19.—The proceedings of , "18 Society terminated licre by a meeting of its members and f a ' al e by auction of a portion of the cattle and implements ex at the show. The meeting took place at twelve o'clock 41- ute Tow n Hall, at which Lord Portman presided. There strs'e but few m em b ers present. Apologies were made for the le e nce of th e D u k e o f R ic h mon d, vi ho had been obliged to , 5 , 5 to att en d hi s P ar li amentary d ut i es. "a the motion of Earl SeEscEK, the thanks of the meeting t e r T e gng to the Mayor and Corporation of Shrewsbury ; to Haycock, Esq and the local Committee ; to the 13ir taimA of o°am and Grand Junction Railways ; and to Mr. Taylor, 41unkmoor, for the J taciliies l the + ~had ; res r ectvelr . afforded , facilities they had respectively afforded, 4 earr Y out the purpose of the show. ZThariks were also - given to the Duke of Richmond, for his „ v t i ees as th e P res id ent ; an d L or d Portman, for his conduct th e chair that day. o' e T he sale of th e cattle and implements commenced at ten al ly ° ' l ( in the morn i ng , and last',: till a late hour in the . .fl i :"°"; but it scarcely presented a feature worth noticing. tti form of an auction was gone t h roug h, b ut t h ere were siv/ a fevv,,bo on fide sales effected. Two or three cf . the price Prot were, we believe, positively sold. The highest price ~ was 59/ f three year and eight months old bull, the e ro„,., • , or a . ha m of Mr. John Champion, of Carrington, near Notting- Is tt a Southdown ram, the property of Mr. Barnard, M.P., shireontfis old, was purchased for 20/. by the Marquis of Down -1Vac11; and one, the property of Mr. T. M. Goodlake, of ai so eY House, near Farringdon, Berks, 18 months old, was I,,PUchased for 251. by Lord Hill. t ended ball, which took place on Thursday evening, was at ilt, el by numerous and fashionable company. Amongst h se present were—Ladies Powis, Newport, Charlotte Lyster, Ai rs M Knyvett Leighton, Hon. .+irs. H. Bristow, Hon. Al; .„?enYOn Lady Smythe, Lady Corbet, Mrs. Adam, Ai rs Brist ow iv, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Charlton, Mrs. Dad, 1-1 - 0 - ' T. C. Eyton, Mrs. J. Freme, Mrs. Hope, Mrs. Airs. Hall, Mrs. H. Hicks, Mrs. J. Loxdale, Mrs. C. ir;","Ps, Mrs. Ryder, Mrs. Slaney, Mrs. Towers, Mrs. 11 -I `° , , Mrs. Wingfield ; the Duke of Richmond, Lord 0rf r ,..., aha dn; the Mayor of Shrewsbury, the Duke of Cleve vi-", Earl Spencer, the Viscount Hill, Lord Forester, the li: e° ',' l , l t Clive, M.P., the Viscount Newport, M.P., the w . n. I horna sKenyon, Sir W. E. R. Boughton, Bart., Sir It• Cockburn, Bart., Sir A. V. Corbet, Bart., Frede -..F.t.Pcueee, C• M. St Adam. E H. Botfield, Esq., M.P., J. Ackers, Esq , Jorin U. Charlton Esq., Sheriff of the County, t Es s q_ H. ' gas th E e ,g ße ' v. Burton, T. .1. Badger, Mr. W. Baker, H. B. Clive, Coop er , E 5.. ., Alr"J. Carline, J. W. Dod, Esq., T. ij o r •)ton, Esq., J. Frene, Esq , T. H. Hope, Esq., W. W. ju n w ', E `q. , H. Hicks, E.g., ' Mr. T. Hall, W. E. Jeffreys, 114? Es q', Henry Lyster, Esq., John Loadale, Esq., J. B. Rlinor, Esq., D. NlaYne' Esq. ' E. W. Smythe Owen, Esq., ya 3 J. Owen, David Pugh, Esq., C. Phillips Esq., W. T a "r; Esq.,Slaney, Esq., W. Stubbs, Esq., Mr. J. 1 1 °r, Mr. J. W. Towers, John Wingfield, Esq., &a. &C. o f but j ust i ce to all parties concerned in the management that and the general business of the Society, to say they afforded every facility for our obtaining informa- Ls These remarks apply with especial force to Mr. 1.);"°n; the S ecretary o f t h e S oc i ety; to M r. Gibb s, t h e PoTeetor of th e s h ow ; an d to t h e S tewar d s o f the different de nientL A body of the A division of the metropolit an go od lce, under th e comman d o f S uper i nten d ent O tway, did iir; ser vice on the occasion. They appr e h en d e d no l ess th an the '" thieves, several of whom were well-known members of a „,..,well mob. On one of the parties apprehended were Lund Rsa le gold watch and a pocket-book, the latte r of whi c h *ropr el en from th e p oc k e t o f a person w h om t h e po li ce h a d 4,23'ed to d e t ect o ff enders, and who on one occasion was a ill:10:r of the London police. atg oun , l 'ualber of persons that attended the show on Thursday k itted ted to nearly 13,000, one-half of which number was ad has at 28. 6d. each, and the other portion at Is. each. Thus tuil i e t n ded this show, which, whatever is thought of its practical heated e ,in advancing the interests of agriculture, certainly no l ittle excitement in this locality. T CO URT OF BANKRUPTCY. h— he 1°11 "Ing order relating to the Accountant of this Court -cell issued by the Lord Chancellor : " Wednesday, July 9, 1845. " IN p t " LORD CHANCELLOR. Jo ba —axxri t T PTcY.—l do order that the books of the Accountant ktoraaYk tu p t eY be closed f rom M on d ay , th e 18 t h d ay o f A ugust, to !Pat d u , the 4th day of October next, both days inclusive, and ' , eliv er ri ng that time no draft for any effects shall be signed and f B titl er eci O ut, nor a ny purchase, sale, or transfer of any stocks, se or or L " ot' eff ects, be made by the s a id Accou n t an t i n B an k rup t c y , 1,,"." acco unt of any b a nk ru pt' s es t a t e . 0 4 N'.ided that the said Accountant be at liberty to sign orders e(' wa rrants in ' such eves as may appear urgent. (Signed', " LYNDHURST, C." y r THE LATE EARL GREY. t he h i e demise of this venerable statesman was rather sudden at paralysis, -Although he had been some time suffering . th e j'lsi yet he had rallied considerably, and it was not until thud instant. that he was observed to droop. From this 'm he sunk rapntly. Lord Howick, who, up to f Co;;,.„4"daY, had been in attendance at the House o t 1j0w,,.",, wa s immediately sent for, and arrived a Th e 'A" in time to see his venerable parent before his decease. th e able Earl aly and without pain, and . await f e 1 %/lri P . P ,„ael , of his last moments with the resignatio . n o . a " 0 4- 'ti a -- ,; Countess was t. . ---ti who was the daughter of the first Lord Ponsonby) . Col onel' r-Ben ' together with her sons, Viscount Howick and r ltra G.reY, w henthe w venerable Earl breathed his last. 1% e %. , e Ys t p fr i . - „ r4 „ t h, e Observer the followirg description of Earl ' A d e -‘.1141. aPpearance in his younger days '— the „ i escription of the personal - appearance of Earl Grey, in only k' n ' e jur ,- . "f his days, will not be uninteresting to those w ho his !rnal when advancing years began to affect his ram / . e/ 0 4 fl‘d bearing were strikingly dignified. The ri_o Was ' ',filch men alninst instinctively associate with high birth , , tat e ;_glble in every lineament of his features, and . his w f ho z e s % Lint : . was decidedly patrician. The expression o and zaedit,'ance when in repose, was somewhat penserose e o! ' 4 the forehead lofty and well developed, as beseem d rti k i eqlPle sacred to noble thoughts.' His figure was stately voelnsttnadine, his action graceful and animated ; and his t ead t . , "g, flexible, and sonorous. As an orator, he ff wa . .. tatio', qnd.eorrect—his style classically pure, and void of a ec lio '`' his delivery such as to fix even fascinate,. the atten evnee,vv.hile his arguments were ' conched in dictr which utne well-educated and well-disciplined mind. , Ceilit„,, Ihttnir lNQUEST. —SuicrDE.—Yesterday a long jEtO 3? IV" Opeded before Mr. G. J. Mills, Deputy Coroner for tr,„_l"eX, and a jury, at the Orange Tree, New-road, ,krrt to the death of AIL John Shepherd, aged 49, formerly to,:„.4Blnith and jeweller, of 7, Groat George.street, Hampstet. atirteoitlr. John Pratt said he was assistant to Mr. Harr , lii k ,cf Great George-street, and knew deceased by seeing 'ooek vi ' it Mr. Harris as a patient. About half-past six Air, t °a Saturday evening a servant came and begged 4 1,e r , h ° Carrie to No. 7, George-street, as it was feared Mr. t hat e i r ,,,l was taken ill. He went there; and was informed two 0,',1*. Shepherd had retired to his bed-room about lam e e)nek, and had locked the door inside, and he could not be b ade to hear. NVi•ness went to the deceased's bed.room, and on N0 4 e11 1 ,,.. . ° Pen the door, found him lying on his bac k . on the floor, twi in blood, which had issued from a wound in his throat. He Isi th een dead some tinae. On his dressing-table lay an open razor, IPa tte W-hlch . he had committed the act. The looking.glass was be. Smii,:,'d With Mood, leaving no doubt that he had cut his throat korn ,.. loot.; i .,,,. -.43 it. Had seen deceased visit Mr. Harris that a ett i , i ' l6, ands aw nothing strange in his manner, except that he Alat ri ,' 4 little more excited than usual. D:d not know what corn iit; ' he laboured under. Verdmt—" That deceased destroyed esi se n le • bat what state of mind he was in at the time there was no i 7 , ce to show , t j t h AT tr ,„ - • '-', ALEXANDER MURRAY, Esq., OP s,, t ioeo aTo --It is with extreme sorrow we announce the rather At th n d Whitef the above amiable gentleman, which took place 'Peht eth .House, Killybegs, whore Mr. Murray generally ' , N al , e soMMer months. The lamented gentleman, with his *i lli -. .., e la dy, had arrived from his Scotch estate at Broughton agaga "431 previosly, and appeared to enjoy excellent health up to ss lay night last, when, shortly after he had repaired to rest, he tlonit:en su,i(l,,,iy ill, and, despite the aid of several medical gen stilt, b.?, ealshred next day, Lady Anne is in a most inconsolate o."`allinhausross Iforald. V, ft " b l 'g t;-,,, ilalf-tear of 1845 there issued from the 'i 2 ta: kvi I "" 3,842 works In all languages, living or dead; . 778 1 :44. 6 „: 4 88 . and lithographs ;62 maps ; and 500 pieces of music.— THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDA y V* place, when, on passing under Southwark-bridge, the very light boat in which he was rowing shipped a great deal of water, in consequence of the wash occasioned by two steamers, and he was soon after obliged to give in. ST. JOHN'S (WESTMINSTER) REGATTA. The annual contest amongst the watermen plying at the Horseferry and the Middlesex side of Vauxhall-bridge, many of whom 1 a: e, both in the past and present day, distin guished themselves as scullers and oarsmen, came off yester day, and was most respectably and numerously attended. The prize was a purse of sovereigns, as usual, subscribed by the principal parishioners; and the race was in three heats, with sixteen pairs of sculls (two pairs in each boat). The distances in the preliminary heats was from the Horseferry up to Mills's, at the end of Thames Bank, down the Middle sex shore, round a boat moored off the houses of Parlia ment, and back to the Horseferry. After the two first heats the grand heat was closely contested, and the prize was won by W. Meekeff and J. Goatby, of Horseferry -stairs, sporting red colours. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) I have attended Liverpool races now for many years in succes sion, and I think I never witnessed a fuller attendance of cum. pany than were present last week. The sport, if not first-rate, was still very respectable, and I doubt not, after the comments which have been so properly made by the press, that an alteration will be made in the time of declaring the acceptances for the Cup. There is only one drawback, I am aware, attending the Liverpool Races, and that has been felt by almost every person I am acquainted with. I allude to the danger experienced in returning from the cot.rse to the town. The getting back from Epsom is nothing to it : and I can only estimate the danger by comparing it to that which is experienced by a passenger going or returning from London to Gravesend in a steamer on a Sunday, when eighteen hundred people are crammed into a vessel capable of holding only four hundred with any degree of comfort. The Croxteth Stakes was remarkable more for the re-introduc tion of the Lancashire Witch into the racing world, than any thing else. Upon her making her appearance she was much scrutinised, and the result of the race showed that the odds laid against her were not done so without great reason. Few mares have fallen offs° much frod heir two-yr-old running asMrs'Vs'or. h ngton's. Trueboy, the favourite, displayed again his "favourite trick" of " shutting up" directly he was called upon. It will be a long time, I think, before his friends will trust him with any snore money. The winner was not mentioned in the ring, and is a nice looking filly. Fur the Mersey Stakes, Princess Alice was again I beaten, much to the chagrin of her backers. Luminary is the first of Launcelot's stock that has been out, and her success will, no I doubt, give her sire a lift in the estimation of breeders. In the Plate that followed, the stable companion of Rowena played a very creditable part. It is somewhat remarkable that nearly all the Slanes that have yet been seen in public have been winners. For the Cup Nat brought Lothario in (as I told my readers last week he would) in front of sixteen others, including Hescl tine's crack Winesour. A great many apologies are made for this horse's defeat, but I never imagined he had the slightest chance. Although he was run against, surely in a race of two miles there was time enough for him to recover his position. Rowena's place at the finish, and the running of the Slane colt, deservedly raised Rowena in the betting for the Goodwood Stakes, and makes Daw son's lot a dangerous one to stand against. In the Derby Handicap, Sweetmeat, another of my selections, followed up her success at Ascot, beating Godfrey and eighteen others. Lothario was very foolishly started for this, and although much inconvenienced by being hung upon, yet was only beaten by a length and a head. After this they took 16 to 1 about him for the stakes. The Stanley Stakes were won by that game little animal, Mid_ lothian, beating, among others, Pluto, Hope, and the Lancashire Witch. Hope, my favourite, next to Pluto, was the favourite, at 7to 4, but was not even placed. Had the distance been longer I think Pluto would have won. Lord Warwick's Yardley has at last won a race for his owner, and beside putting a good stake in his pocket, caused a handsome salver to be added to the family plate chest. I know not who is the author of the inscription engraved upon it, but I must say, a better one I never perused. Such a tes - timonial must have been most gratifying to his Lordship. The Ironmaster's running today completely destroyed the hopes of his numerous backers for the Goodwood Cup. The Liverpool St. Leger was a most exciting race. Under an impression that Mentor would not run, I selected Pantasa for my winner, and he was only beaten a head, after a race three seconds and a half faster than the one between Ithuriel and Red Deer, last year. The betting, after it was over on the Doncaster St. Leger, was most unaccountable, Mentor being backed at 8 to 1, and the Welsh horse at 20 to I. I expect to see the latter's position, however, materially improved before long. The Baron, I hear, is gone to John Scott's to get that improvement he so evidently re quired; had he been ever so fit, the manner in which be was ridden was sufficient to have destroyed his chance of winning. The Newton Meeting, which may not inappropriately be termed the Goodwood of the North, commences to-morrow, with every probability of good sport. For the Gold Cup twenty-three horses have been left in, and the following are their respective merits : Robert de Gorham has the top weight, 9st, assigned to him; had he been obliged to have carried the Tower of London, it would have made no difference, as he broke down a fortnight, ago at Carlisle, and is now for sale. The Shadow, Bst 91b—looking at her running last week for the Queen's Plate--is too much stumped up to make me think she has any chance. Trueboy, Bst 91b, cannot be trusted for sixpence. Aristotle, Bst 81b, if all right, ought to run very forward. Winesour, Bst 71b, I cannot have, after his exhibition last week. Ratan, 7st 121 b, will find the weight too much for him, and Semiseria, 7st 81b, the distance too long. Parthian, 7st 71b, I think, will beat all the others. Erebus and Juvena', I consider, have no chance. Cataract's legs Ido not think will last him for such a distance as this. Little Hampton is well in, and will run in frunt. Fitzallen, 3 yrs, sst 31b, after his lung rest, will, if he starts, have, I imagine, a very fair chalice of putting into his owner's pocket the money he cost him at Chester. Sinbad, Cock Robin, Agriculture, April Noddy, and Winyard, I think, will not start, so entering into a discussion of their merits is use less. After a careful examination, therefore, of their qualities, 1 think, in the large field that will be sure to start for it, Parthian will be found first at the winning post, and Constable, Little Hampton, and Fitzallen in close attendance. In the Drawing-Room Stakes Thaliacan hardly find one superior to herself. The St. Leger will be a nice race between Pluto and Fitzallen, and will be won by the former, as the distance suits him better than it did at Liverpool. The Golborne Stakes seems booked to Lord Harry. For Sir John Gerard's Cup I prefer most Parthian and Godfrey July 22, 1845. TELEGRAPH TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, Stn,—The meeting at Newton, under the stewardship of Sir J. Gerard and Mr. Legh, commences on Wednesday with the Lyme Park Produce Stakes, which will, in all pro bability, be nothing more than a " walk over" for Lena. The Gold Cup, out. of thirty-eight nominations, has t wenty two acceptances; out of these about eleven will run, which, I suppose, will be the following, viz :—Winesour, Parthian, Juvenal, Cock Robin, Semiseria, Lightning, April Noddy, Little Hampton, Sinbad, Pedometer, and Trueboy. I shall look to Mr. Meiklam for the winner, expecting to see Little Hampton and Winesour close up. Stakes to Thalia, Proserpine handy. On Thursday the St. Leger Stakes will bring a crack field of four to the post, viz. !—Hope, Pluto, Fitzallen, and Iron master, who will no . doubt pass the chair as I have placed them. The DT-awing-I:mon The Colborne Stakes look well for Lord Harry or The Traverser, Brutus and Thalia being the next best. The late running at Liverpool for the St. Leger has dis closed a " great fact," and which ought to be borne in mind, with respect to the Doncaster, St. Leger, and that is, that Mentor, in first-rate condition, could barely beat Pantasa " a head," the latter animal being just now considerably too stout to run such a distance with ease to himself. I shall, therefore, advise my readers to give an eye to Pantasa for the great northern event.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Tuesday. THE sPhurr OF THE TURF. TATTERSALL'B.—YESTERDAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Kent's lot—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Pythia—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel 14 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning 15 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss—t. 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Venus—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Queen Mab 18 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's iEgis-20 to 1 taken freely 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's John o'Gaunt 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario 22 to 1 apt Mr. Parr's Europa 22 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet 22 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Cockpen 25 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Warp —taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Una 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne—taken The horses quoted may be divided into two classes—viz., those in and those out of favour. The first comprehends Boarding School Miss, Venus, 2Egis, Lightning, Miss Elis, the Laird o' Cockpen, and Wee Pet. It is right to add, how ever, that the odds taken by the Wee Pet and Laird o' Cockpen Commissioners were 20 to 1, two points less than were offered later in the day.—Very little was done on Pythia, and the dis position to lay against Rowena, Queen Mab, John o' Gaunt, Warp, Lothar►o, and Una, was unmistakable. GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mr Vane's Valerian 13 to 1 agst Mr. Gulley's St. Lawrence 15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Refraction 15 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster Offers to take 20 to 1 about My Old Hack. The following quiche met our eye on entering the room : " Mr. Forth has declared that Faugh-a-ballagh will not start for the Goodwood Cup, and states that he does not expect he shall have anything out of his stable to run for it." The an nouncement was made officially by Mes, , rs. Weatherby. Al though not formally declared, Stomacher, of course, dis appeared. Of her ailment we have heard nothing, and of Faugh-a-ballagh we only know by report that he has been under a suspicion of lameness for a considerable period. Va lerian, who was first noticed at Liverpool, became first favourite at 5 to 1 (takers of 6 to 1), and a few bets were made in small sums about St. Lawrence, Ironmaster, and Refraction. We give the prices as nearly as we could make them out, hut cannot pledge ourselves to their entire accuracy. . - ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gulley '$ Weatherbit 9 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam 50 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha—taken 50 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Rubin—taken Very little done. DERBY. 30 to I agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 33 to I agst Duke of Richmond's Tug Net 50 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Corumba colt. CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN V. THE PLAYERS OF ENGLAND. The assemblage of persons admirers and participators in the noble game, who yesterday visited Lord's to witness this match, were presented with such a treat as has seldom upon any previous occardun awaited them. The finest play in every branch of the game was exhibited. The following were scored PLAYERS. Lillywhite, b Bathurst ... - 0 Barker, b Taylor Martingell, b Mynn Pilch, c NappQr, b Bathurst Guy, b Taylor Bushby, b Taylor Sewell, b Myn❑ Durrington, b Taylor Box, b Taylor Hillyer, b My - nn Dean, not out Byes 7, wide (Mynn) 3, no balls (do.) 7 17 —127 20 GENTLEMEN. J. A. Anson, Esq., not out C. G. Whitaker, Esq., not out Byes 3, wide (Dean) 1.... -24 The match was resumed this morning at eleven o'clock. I3ANKSIDE REGATTA. The race among the watermen at Bankside yesterday, for a new boat and some good money prizes, given by the inha bitants of the Clink Liberty and its vicinity, was through out most spirited, and afforded much amusement to a vast assemblage of persons, who were congregated on London , Southwar, and Blackfriars bridges, Bankside, and the craft moored off there. The race was with six mailers, in three heats. First Heat—John Hicks (yellow) 1 ; Alfred Harris (brown), 2; John Harrison (pink), 3. The watermen started in this and the succeeding heat from Mason's-stairs, round a boat moored off the Phoenix coal-wharf, up round Messrs. Horne's road, and down to Thames-street-stairs, the distance being repeated. Harrison took the lead at a rattling pace, but could not hold it, and gave place to both the other men just above Southwark-bridge, Hicks then drew away and kept it. Won by four lengths. Second Heat.—Matthew Weed (green), 1 ; James Bush (eel), 2 ; William Knight (blue), 3. It was a capital race; Knight led, followed by Bush, Weed being in the rear of the others. He, how ev e r , soon m en d e d hi s position by gallantly rowing by the others above Thames-street-stairs. The race was kept up in the most spirited way, however, to the last, and won by 1 alf a length only. Grand Heat.—Bush, 1 ' • Hicks, 2; Harris, 3 ; Weed, 0. Bush went away w i t h the lead, closely pressed by Weed, who went to work very prettily, and bade fair to get the first HERMAJESTY'S NAVY. SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF HER MAJESTY'S NAVY, FOR THE YEAR 1845-46. An Estimate of the Amount required to provide for sums that may come in course of Piyment in the Hall year ending on the 31st March 1846, on account of the Retired Allowance of three hundred Captains in her Majesty's Navy, commencing on the Ist October, 1845 ; viz. VOTE NO. 14.—HALF AND RETIRED PAY OF OFFICERS OF TUE NAVY AND ROYAL 111ARINES. For the Retired Allowance of three hundred cap tains in her Majesty's Navy, for the Half-year commencing on Ist October, 1845, and ending on 31st March, 1846, at the rate of ss. 6d. a day to each beyond the amount of their existing Half pay, I 5,056/. ; but of which one.half only there of will come in course of payment in the period; viz. £7,528 0 0 The whole charge amounts to the sum of 7,5281 HADDINGTON. W. GORDON. Admiralty, July 15, 1845. The attention of the Admiralty has not now been called for the first time to the growing inefficiency of the Admirals' List, arising from the advanced age of the officers filling the highest rank in the service. This evil, necessarily increasing from year to year, has created great anxiety ; suggestions have been made from time to time with the view of providing an effectual remedy, and have been successively rejected, because on examination it was found that they did not meet the exigency of the case. The object of these proposals has been to bring officers still in possession of health and vigour nearer to the flag, by providing for the honourable re tirement of those at the head of the captain's list, and thus opening the succession to the highest rank to younger men. For this purpose proposals have been made at different times for the retirement of 100 and of 150 captains ; but it was found that the number of officers of that rank who had attained an advanced age was so great, that the retirement proposed would have left matters much as they were before; and that the succession to the flag would have still devolved upon men as old, or nearly so, as those now occupying that rank. The total number of captains now on the list is 714 ; of these 376 are above 55 years of age; among whom 50 are above 70, and 205 above GO; 171 are between 55 and 60, and 138 between 50 and 55; and nine only under the age of 45 are to be found of a seniority higher than 1827. The retirement of 100 captains from the top of the list would remove officers averaging 67 years of age, to bring up others ave raging 64. If even 200 were retired, the average age of those advanced to the top of the list would be 60 ; either of such schemes, therefore, would leave the evil untouched. This short statement is decisive as to the impolicy of retiring 100 or even 200 officers, with the view of bringing the flag within the reach of a junior class ()ernes). Former suggestions, moreover, went merely to the retirement of the number proposed, and to the maintenance of a Retired List of 100 old captains, to be recruited from the Effective List in death vacancies. They left all the causes in full operation which, by overloading the Captains' List, have created the existing evil. There is, however, no conceivable method, consistent with the practice of the service, of so disencumbering the list of captains of the old and more infirm members as to bring efficient men near their flag, but by resorting to the principle of retirement ; and it is necessary to make that retirement so large as to prove really effec tive, accompanying the project with other provisions calculated to prevent the growth of similar evils hereafter. In the conviction that any scheme of retirement, to be effectual, should be offered to 300 officers, it is now proposed that there shou:d be a Retired List of 300 captains, of 55 years of age and upwards, with in. creased half-pay, power being given to the Admiralty to allow infirm officers of 50 to retire, if the number required of the age of 55 should not be found willing to do so, and that the officers so retiring should be placed on a separate list between the Flag Officers' and Captains' Lists. That this list should be allowed to diminish, by death, to 100, and be hereafter permanently maintained at that number. iThet general promotions should no longer be resorted to as the means of recruiting the list of admirals, but be replaced by a system of continuous promotion, as death vacancies arise on that list; and general promotions be reserved for the celebration of important national events. Admiralty, July 21, 1345 That the Flag Officers' List should be limited to 150, and the Captains' List to 400, to be retained at those numbers by promotion to every vacancy. This limitation Is intended to be permanently applied to a state of peace, but it is impossible to say what the exigencies of a war might require. It is not proposed to place theofficers wishing to avail themselves of the immediate advantage of this plan on a retired Flag List, but it is intended that those retiring from the 14s. 6d. list should at once be permitted to assume the title of Rear-Admiral, and that the remainder should be permitted to assume the same title at the period when they would have obtained the flag by seniority had they continued on the Active List. It is recommended that the officers retiring should receive fis. 6d, a day in addition to their present rates of half-pay, and to those to which they would become subsequently entitled had they remained on the present Active List. Thus, officers retiring from the 10s. 6d. and 12s. 6d. lists would receive 16s. lind 18s. respectively, until the period when, had they remained on the Active List, they would have been entitled to the half.pay of 12s. 6d. and 14s. 6d., when their retirement would be increased to IBs. and 11. At present the 100 senior captains receive I4s. 6d. a day half pay, the 150 next in seniority 12s. 6d., and the rest of the cap. tains' list I Os. 6d. In consideration of the great change proposed, which produces throughout the whole list a nearer approximation to the Flag, and, by reducing the number of captains from 714 to 400, shortens the time during which each officer will have to remain on the captains' list, while at the same time it greatly increases his chances of em ployment, it is thought that the number of officers to receive the highest rate of half-pay, should be reduced from 100 to 50 ; and that those to receive 12s. 6d. should not exceed 100. To the widows of the retired officers it is proposed to allow pen sions of 1101. per annum, and to those of the officers entitled to assume the rank of rear.admiral the pension of a rear admiral's widow. Should any great national event render it right to grant the boon ofa general promotion, it is proposed that the two limited lists so increased in numbers should be gradually reduced to the numbers already specified, by a recurrence to the principle of restricted promotion, instead of filling up every vacancy, and that the same rule should apply to any temporary increase in the number of captains created by promotion awarded for brilliant or distin guished service. A considerable additional expense will in the first instance be necessarily incurred by the retirement of the large number of officers proposed, which expense, however, will be in process of annual diminution, as the officers whose vacancies arc not to be filled up, die off the list, whilst savings to a large amount, arising from various causes hereafter specified, will, by the operation of the proposed plan, gradually accrue. By a calculation founded on the average tables of mortality, it is assumed that the Retired List of 300 captains will be reduced to 100 in about 17 years ; consequently, the expense of retire ment, which in the first year will amount to about 30,0001. will diminish annually till in the 17th year it will be reduced to a little more than 10,0001., which will be the permanent charge re. quired to be maintained. And further, as the 200 officers who will thus be removed from the Retired List, without being re placed, will not contribute to promotion on the Active List by the usual promotion of one officer for every three vacancies, an annually increasing saving will accrue, which in the 16th year will amount to above 5,000/. per annum. A further saving will also result from the reduction of the List of Flag-officers to 150, from the number at which, of late years, it has been maintained, and to which it would be restored by another brevet promotion. In addition to these savings, there are some others which form a considerable item in the calculation of the savings to be effected by the adoption of the foregoing plan ; the general result of which will be, after a few years, an excess of saving over the cast, amounting to many thousands per annum. It is believed that the terms on which this retirement is offered are consistent with that due regard to economy which should ani mate every public department in the consideration of all questions involving an expenditure of public money, and at the same time sufficiently liberal to induce the officers to whom they are offered to accept them. Such is the plan of retirement which, after a full consideration of all difficulties, has met the approbation of the Admiralty, and is, by that deppartmeut, recommended to the favourable consideration of the Government and Parliament. It is quite impossible to calculate with certainty on its success, founded as it is upon the principle of voluntary retirement, but it promises to be as effective as any plan can be made, from which the principle of compulsory retirement is necessarily excluded. Its superiority to former proposals consists in the great number it withdraws from the Effective List, and the precautions it recom mends, in order to prevent the recurrence of a state of difficulty and stagnation hereafter similar to that which now s exists ; its ulti mate adoption, however, must be dependent on the reception which the officers interested may give to the plan. It is too obvious to require explanation,that unless the number required (or nearly so) should accept the offer made to them, very little good would be effected, and the country would be put to a heavy charge for increased dead weight, without deriving any cor. responding benefit. It is only necessary to refer to what has been said of the former proposals, and the reasons for rejecting them, arising from the state of the Captains' List, to show that by no retirement less extensive than that proposed can we hope to see a class of men advanced to the head of the Captains' List. who, from their time of life, are likely to be fully qualified for the active duties of service in the highest ranks of the profession. Unless, therefore, we can remove from the Captains' List the number now proposed by voluntary retirement, it would not be advisable to persevere with the plan ; but in that case it will be the duty of the Government to consider what ulterior measures may be necessary in order to provide for an efficient list of Flag Officers. A vote in supplement of the present naval estimates, amounting to 15,0001., the estimated cost of the retirement for the half year commeecing the Ist of October, will be necessary to enable the Admiralty to take the first steps towards carrying their arrangement into effect. Should it not succeed, no portion of the money voted will be expended. It is therefore for a conditional vote only, that the naval department will have to ask. HADDINGTON, EMALE CONVICTS FOR VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.— The Woolwich Company's steam-packet Fairy brought down the river, from Millbank Penitentiary, on Saturday, 100 female con victs, and put them on board the Lloyd, hired convict-ship, at present moored opposite the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to embark female convicts only for Van Diemen's Land. The Woolwich Company's steam.boat Nymph brought down 120 female convicts yesterday, and embarked them in the Lloyd for the same destination. TIIE UNITED STATES.—LIVERPOOL, JULY 21. — The packet-ship Montezuma, Captain Lowber, arrived in the Mersey last evening, bringing advices one day later, and a large number c f passengers. These advices contain no intelligence worthy of notice, neither do thoie received from Canada. Alechi's chessmen in ivory, bone, and wood, No. 4, Leadenhall-street, the best and cheapest, which may also be said of his backgammon, draught, and chess boards, cribbage boards and pegs, cushioned bagatelle tables, Pope Joan boards, work-boxes, desks, pocket-books, writing and envelope cases, dressing-cases, tea..caddies, table cutlery, Sheffield plated ware, penknives, scissors,' clothes, hair, and tooth brushes, combs, razors, strops, &c. Quality of all articles first-rate. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE :AT FINSBURY.—Last Light, shortly after eight o'clock, a fire of a very alarming character was discovered burning upon the premises belonging to Mr. Hall, a cabinetmaker and carpenter, situate in Bath place, Tabernacle square, Finsbury. Whilst the neighbours were engaged in pour ing water on the fire, it extended to the adjoining workshops, in the occupation of Mr. Rynar, a French bedstead maker. The stock in trade deposited therein was of quite as inflammable a nature as that in the premises of Mr. Hall ; and in the brief space of ten minutes both buildings and their contents were completely enveloped in flames. The firemen were unable to get the complete mastery over the flames before half-past nine o'clock, and not be fore both workshops were gutted, and the whole of the stock in trade consumed, EVENING, JULY 22, 1845. RAILWAY CO . A.LV T TEES. ( YESTER)A Y.) per cent. on the capital of 6000,0001. Surely, with such a prospect of reimbursement, the Company had sterling reasons for raising the large capital they proposed, and in representing their treasury as a bona fide and inordinarily good means of investment. Then their opponents bad attempted to impugn their traffic tables, well knowing that nothing but such a course would give them the least chance of making out any case whatever against the London and York. Mr. Parkes, a gentleman of at least some cele brity as a traffic taker, was put into the witness box, and, at first, by his Wausibility, almost terri fied the London and York. He adopted a system, however, which, on cross-examination, proved so novel, shallow, and erro neous, as to preclude it from the danger of ever becoming vulgar by general adoption. He had first halved all the traffic he met with at different points, and then doubled it, and yet affected that by these means he halved the traffic anticipated by the London and York, who took the entire without increase or reduction T The gentleman had for.IIII that once one was exactly the same as, and no more than, half two.—(A laugh.) Nevertheless by some unintelligible , contrivance a reduction of 75,0001. was made by Mr. Parkes in the computed traffic of the London and York. His Learned Friend, Mr. Hildyard, had, however, thought it more exl edient and more wise to omit ail mention of that reduction in • the speech with which he closed his case, even in neg lect of the challenges of the Committee. But what was the character of the estimate made by that eminent, honest, and un rivalled engineer, Mr. Cubitt, on behalf of the London and York line ? Why, despite the array of talent and animosity opposed to them--despite the log which the Board of Trade had, on insuffi cient evidence, cast around their necks—and despite the defiance be himself had at the outset thrown out--not one single solitary attempt had been made by any one party, surveyor, counsel, or engineer, to controvert or deny it. There was a certain part of the case for the London and York which had excited no small spleen and dismay among their opponents, and that was their coal traffic. One attempt, and one only, had been made to disprove it, and that was a notable failure. Their own witnesses showed that the Derbyshire coal presented a remarkable equality of indifference in price, between the highest and lowest. They contended that they would bring that coal into successful competition with the produce of the Durham mines; but it was shown that whenever the latter was brought into the same market as the former, it invariably corn. manded a higher price by Os. per ton, no matter how distant that market might be from Durham. It had, moreover, been proved by Mr. Dundas that four tons of Durham coal were equal to six tons of that from Derbyshire. Their opponents had never suc ceeded in showing that they could convey the coal at such a rate as to save the difference in cost, the utmost amount of saving that they could show being is. fid. a ton, and that only on two hypotheses —one improbable, the other impossible— the first being an assumption that all the divided parties north of them would carry it at the rate which the Landon and York bound themselves to do--td, per ton per mile. That certainly was im probable. The other was, that as the London and York proposed to carry It at the stipulated price according to the geographical (not the lineal) distance, being a complete direct route, some means could be adopted of determining the geographical proportions of the distance for which their project, consisting of variuus lines, not parallel or continuous for them also. That was impossible. In no part of their case was the advantage of continuity, integrity, and undivided management so visible as in respect to their coal traffic. The London and York took credit for 26,000 head of cattle from the very same district for which the Cambridge and Lincoln claimed 43,000. Passing over " the gap" at Lincoln, supposing it to be filled up, he came to the Direct NoVhern. The London and York was cheaper, and afforded mere accommodation than that portion of the antago nist system lying north of Lincoln. The great features in favour of the line lie represented might be summed up in a few words :—thcre was its entire independence, a vast and invaluable advantage, and by its unity of property and unity of management conduced to conve nience and economy. Another, and no slight feature in the scale of the London and York was, that it took the old route through every market town between the termini : an advantage of this kind was pre-eminent, when the ancient market towns were regarded, and the important trade concentrated there. Again, it afforded a connexion with every single town of consequence in the neighbourhood, affording advantages even to Wakefield as well as York. Cambridge only had been omitted, but the Company had the choice of taking in either that town or Lincoln; and could any one doubt that in selecting the latter a right judg ment had been evinced? The witnesses on the other side spoke even energetically of the importance of Lincoln as an agricultural district, and one, Mr. Healy, went so far as to say, that it was the finest arable or pasture land in the world. But if the people of Cambridge were so anxious for rail. way communication, the London and York Company were most will. ing, and had pledged themselves, to construct a line both with Lincoln inter se and inter terminors. But before he sat down, he could not but advert to the charges proposed upon the line, charges he believed unexampled for their lowness. First-class passengers were to be conveyed upon the line at the rate of 2d. per mile; second class, ; and third class, Id. per mile. Baled goods were to becarried at 2d. per ton per mile, and coals at %d, per ton per mile. And as to parcels —a department of traffic to which he wished to cal the most particular attention of the Committee, as a method both novel and satisfactory had been proposed-- parcels under a stone weight would be carried for sixpence, if for a distance rot exceeding twenty-five miles, for all other distances over that there would be one uniform charge of one shilling, benefits to the neighbourhood which could scaretly be over-rated. Such were the advantages which this Company pos sessed over its rivals. He had now done his duty to his clients and the Committee, and he now closed the case with confidence and satisfaction, because be believed that no other course could be adopted by the Committee than to grant the preamble of the Bill which he represented, inas much as it was calculated above all others to extend social and moral improvement, to spread prosperity throughout the country, " to bless her fields with increase, and satisfy tier poor with bread." The Learned Counsel sat down amides a slight demonstration of applause, which was, however, immediately checked. Mr. Wells, on behalf of the Cambridge and Huntingdon line, having enquired if the Committee could name a day when that B could be proceeded with ? The Chairman and his colleagues withdrew, to ccnsider when their decision on the lines already discussed would be given. After an absence of some few minutes, • The CHAIRMAN said that as the subjects for investigation were very lengthened, and would take tome time fully to delibertte on, the Committee would adjourn till two o'clock on Wednesday, but without pledging themselves to give their decision then. The Committee then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, JULY 21. The Epping Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. ' The Lords' amendments to the Wear Valley Railway Bill were agreed to. Message from the Lords,—That they have agreed to Fal mouth Harbour Bill, without amendment; Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway anti Bury Extension) Bill; Westminster Improvement (No. 2) Bill ; West London Railway Bill ; Newport and Pontypool Railway Bill, with amendments; Foreign Lotteries till, with an amendment. That they have passed a Bill, intituled "An Act for re lieving high constables from attendance at quarter sessions and assizes, and from certain other duties, and for amending the laws relative to jurors and juries." Also a Bill, intituled "An Act to authorise the sale of set led estates of the most Hon. the Marquis of Donegall in Ire land, in order to pay off mortgage and other incumbrances." Also a Bill, intituled "An Act for vesting certain lands and other hereditaments devised by the will of Sir Thomas Coxhead, deceased, in trustees, upon trust to sell the same, and to grant leases thereof for building and other purposes." Also a Bill, intituled "An Act for authorising the sale of certain portions of the real estates devised by the will and codicils of John Bowes, late Earl of Strathmore, and for au thorising the purchase of other real estates, including lands held for long terms of years, to be settled to the uses of the said will and codicils, and for extending the power of grant ing mining leases given by the said will, and for other pur poses." NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Manchester and Leeds Railway, —Third reading, Wednes day, July 23. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement,—Third read ing, Wednesday, July 23. Select Committee on Group X. adjourned till IVeclnesday, July 23, at two. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an open pony phaeton on Sunday afternoon, in the grounds adjacent to Os borne House, Isle of Wi g ht. Th e i r R oya l H ighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken airings on Sunday afternoon. Yesterday the unfavourable state of the weather during the , forenoon prevented her Majesty and her Royal Consort taking their accustomed early walk. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay took his departure yesterday from Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George left town yesterday morning for Paultons, near Romsey, Hants. A deputation, including Mr. Masterman, M.P., and Mr. Alderman Copeland, Al. P.. had an interview with Sir R. Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had an interview with the Chancellor of :he Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Timm, Solicitor to the Stamps and Taxes, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Jamaica, and also from the Governors of the other West India Colonies. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, arrived in town yesterday from the Isle of Wight. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General had an in erview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The will of James Balfour, "Pi,!..q., late of Whiffing ham House, Haddington, North Briton, and Grosvenor-square, London, lately deceased, has just been proved in England. The personal estate within the province of Canterbury, sworn under 80,0001. ; that in Scotland sworn to as exceeding 1,000,000/. The executors are Dame Weanor Balfour, the widow; James Maitland Balfour, and Charles Balfour, the sons ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Lauderdale, the Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, Edward Stanley, Esq., and John Balfour, the nephew of the deceased. The will was made in February, 1844 ; and there are four codicils, the two last were made in February, 1845. The testator has bequeathed to his wife, Lady Eleanor (the third daughter of the late Earl of Lauderdale), an annuity of 3,760/, charged upon the estates; also a legacy of 31.000/., with full permission to re. side at either of the mansions, Whittingham, Balgonie, or Grosve nor-square. To his eldest son, James Maitland Balfour, he has devised the lands and barony of Whittingham ; and to his son Charles he has devised the Balgonic estate, and has bequeathed to him a legacy of 47,0001., and the stun of 20,000/. to rebuild the mansion at Balgonie, and to refurnish the same. His daughters are provided for under their respective marriage settlements. He has left pecuniary bequests to his grandchildren, nephews, nieces, and others, and legacies and annuities to his `servants; and has ap. pointed his eldest son residuary legatee. - - LOCAIOTIVE LITERATURE.—III triS " iron age" of seam-brats and railroads, the "locomotive interest" has a class of literature entirely its own. Amongst the various pub lications of this class, there is one little unpretendinc, yellow book, put forth every month gratuitously by th e General Steam Navigation Company, which ought to be in the h an d s of evz,ry one who leaves England for any other part of Europe. This little monthly publication, in 32 pages, contains not only a list of the times of departure, from the various ports, of the mighty fleet now formed by the vessels of this important and most re gular Company, but also the departure of the Rhine steamers, as well as a great mass of useful and indispensable information, including amap of Central Europe, indicating the various rail roads and the track of the several steam-vessels • the regula tions and charges for the convey ance o f goods, bullion, parce:s, &c. ; the distances between the p:incipal continental cities and towns, anti their distance from London; instructions for ob taining passports; the reduction of English money into the various continental coins; and a condensed mass of other in formation, the possession of which is indespensably necessary to the tourist. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A witness in the Crown Court, on Monday, twice gravely told one of the couwel for the prosecution, in a case of cattle-stealing, that he could not identify the prisoner at the bar as the person of whom he bought the heifer at Beverley fair, as he could not see him distinctly, when he made the purchase, " because it rained so fast."—Yorkshire Gazette. HOUSE L'oRDS. olirozn, V.7O37.CrZEZZIZ, D T3L V~ _- xxaxalvrolv (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Q.C., then rose to address the Committee against the Bill, on behalf of Lord Ward. The Leaned Gentleman then proceeded at some length to describe the inconvenience which the line of the Great Western would impose on Lord Ward's property. The line in question cut his estate in two, and did great injury to the park, while at the same time it gave the most imperfect accommodation to his mineral produce. The main line was generally either above or below the level of the branch lines con nected with the pits and works, and between Dudley and Stour_ bridge it took a much inferior route for the accommo dation of mineral traffic to the Tring line. He then addressed himself to the subject of tolls, contending that the Great Western had broken faith with the iron-masters and mineral_ owners of South Staffordshire, in altering their traffic clauses as they had done. Having amplified en these points, the Learned Gentleman concluded by eal.ing witnesses in support of his case. Mr. Smith, Lord Ward's mineral agent, already examined on behalf of the Tring line, was called to speak to the damage that would be done to Lord Ward's property, and as to the effect the difference of level between the main and branch lines, the tolls, • transhipment, &c., would have on the mineral traffic. The Committee then adjourned. 7.'ZIE /I :MOW ETEZCT ZZLIIIWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Captain Johnston, sailing harbour-master, corroborated the evi knee of the previous witness. Mr. Potter, merchant and shipping agent in Glasgow, was next examined. He said that the harbour was not sufficient for the ac commodation of the trade. He had sometimes counted no less than ten vessels in it, six of which would be loading or unloading to gether. He thought that having railway carriages on the quays would occasion considerable danger to the passengers, and inconve nience to the traffic. He was sure that to Fend his goods !I the railway would cost hint more money than at present. He did not consider the line would afford the ast accommodation for the trade of Glasgow, and that was the opinion of the entire mercantile com munity. The Committee then adjourned till eleven tomorrow morning. IRISH GnEAT lATZsTintiv (DuOLZIV AND GALWAY) ILLSILVT.IIO2'. Mr. Rowe (in continuation from our Afternoon Eli. tion of yesterday) said—The Grand Canal, as it is called, traverses Ireland from east to west, and is a great public national work. This important Company was oomsed to the Bill. Their petition was drafted, and the last day for pi esentation, the Bth day of July, came, when suddenly a notice came that cer tain Directors of that Company, who acted without the con. currence of the great body of the shareholders, had entered into a compromise with the promoters of the Bill, and, for the sum of ten thousand pounds, had agreed to withdraw all oppo sition. Mr. Pynn being a large shareholder in the Grand Canal Company, and averse to the Bill, was taken by surprise, but still resolved upon giving it all the legitimate opposition in his power. Mr. Pynn teen presented a petition to the Standing Orders' Com. mittee, praying for time to present another which would detail at ength the grounds of his opposition. He said lie was prepared to show that the standing orders had not been complied with, that forgery had taken place, and that other frauds had been committed. This petition was taken into consideration ; and, on the following Thursday, the Duke of Richmond moved the op pointment of a Select Committee, of which Lord Bcsborough was at the head, to inquire into the allegations of these petitions. Th report of this Committee contained several allegations of gross im propriety, but that to which he would immediately call their attention was, that a large number of the signatures to the contiact!ng deed were fictitious and forged. The law required that three fourths o lthe capital should at least belong to parties si,:ning the contract ing deed. The capital was said to be 1,080,000/. The deed of contract showed signatures to the amount of 81 9,500/., being, in fact, 9,5001. more than thelaw required. Ho w ould call abutment evidence to show that several of these' signal t;; - es were fictitious, and that, in point of fact, nothing like three-fourths of the signatures were genuine. The Learned Coinisel then read a body of evidence, from which it appeared that in many instances the names of persons as shareholders had forg whilst in others men of no substance had been represented subscribers to a very large amount. In one case a parish paup,', Margaret Meredith, was represented on the contract deed, as a si!Liseriti,ir to the amount of 3,5001., and as having paid 170/. into the ha,:;;. He likewise read from the evidence before Lord 13estirmilli's Committee se veral false places of abode : one of these " men of straw" had the address " House of Commons" affixed to his name. It was further stated by the Learned Counsel, but denied on the other side, that on Christmas -day the promoters of this scheme kept an office open in London and were actually receiving shares and transacting business on that day. He quoted the evidence given before the same Committee to show that in numerous cases the names of shareholders had been forged to the deed for various sums, or fictitious places of abode given, or both He mentioned the names of a clergyman of the Church of England for 1,500/. ; Mr. Eastgate, 1,250/. ; Vincent Allpipe, 5001.; John Emanuel, 750/. ; and John H. Lowe, 1,250/. On the whq,li, he summed up fictitious subscriptions to the amount of 35,000/., which would invalidate the contract deed. Some of the largest subscribers to the deed were mere hired officials. The clerk to the secretary, by name Charles Freeman, a person not worth 000/. in the world, was put down as a shareholder to the amount of 10,000/. He could prove cases of insolvencics, &c., to the amount of 100,0001., besides the cases of absolute fraud, but he trusted their Lordships would considerit unnecessary in him to go into the case at such length. The CHAIRMAN—I told the Learned Counsel he must take his own course. Mr. Rowe proceeded with his case, and went into other evi. dence, given before Lord Besborough's Committee, of a like nature. He concluded by calling on the Committee to quash the Bill, and not allow so dangerous a precedent to be established as that which would be infallibly set up by going into the merits of the Bill itself, after demonstrating the frau dulent manner in which the scheme its If had been originated and supported. The Learned Counsel was praceeding to cell witnesses in sup port of the Bill, but it was found that they had not been sworn. Their Lorshipa adjourned till to-morrow morning, at eleven. MONDONDMIZRY AND COLEIZAZZVZI 7.21,7 Z Z. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of 3 - Pistol - tiny.) On the re-assembling of the Committee at three o'clock, Mr. BUTT proposed a clause for the protection of the rights of his client, Mr. Dinsdale, which was agreed to after some discussion. Mr. Turner, the solicitor for the line, then said that there was but one witness whom it would be necessary to call to prove the preamble of the Bill. Mr. William Leathern, merchant at Derry, spoke to the truth of the statements contained in the preamble of the Bill. The Committee then declared the preamble to be proved, after which they separated at a quarter before Four o'clock. WAKEPXELD, P OI'XTEMIT.ACT, AND GOOLM 11 . 1 1.XL - V.TA - i: _ - The Committee re assembled at eleven this morning, Lord Mont. eagle in the chair. The opponents of the Bill proceeded to call further evidence against the direct line from Goole to Wakefield. Mr. Birkenshaw, civil engineer, had examined the proposed line and the opposing project by Brayton, and he considered that though the latter was three miles and three-quarters longer, yet the gra dients being so much better, trains would be enabled to run in the same time with the ollpir. The steepest gradient was lin 330, while on the other, or direct line, the steepest was 1 in 150. Neither slid he think the estimate of 360,0004 sufficient to make the line. That only gave 16,0004 per mile for construction, which he thought was totally inadequate. The estimate fur the Brayton branch was under 9,0001. Mr. HILDYAILD was preparing to examine the witness on the part of Mr. Smith, an opposite landholder, with respect to the merits of some line not before the Committee, when Mr. WILKINs objected, and after some arguments pro and con, The Cumin/AN decided that the examination should not be pro. cecded with. The witness was the n examined generally as to the practica bility of a better line b e i ng f ormed from Wakefield to Goole. Ile had advocated a line b e f ore the Commons, which was shorter, ' cheaper, and more lev e l t h an the other, and it s, turd to him that it was scarcely Possible to lay down a worse line than that which had been adopted. The witness was subsequently cross-examined at great length by Mr. WILKINS, with respect to theminor details. Mr. T. L. Gooch corroborated the last witness. Mr. Swanick and Mr. M'Connell supported the same line of evi dence. Mr. Robert Stephenson gave similar evidence. The improve ments in locomotives Were neutralised by the adoption of steep gradients, so that, in fact, as far as mere quickness of transit went, they were in the same position that they had been ten years before. Thei Lordships than adjourned till tomorrow. ------, HOUSE OP COMMONS. GROUP.. DX!ECT NOICZTHErtie ZAZTE—raitnnvomorz- STREZT EXTZNSIOnr. The Committee met this day shortly after twelve. Members present—Viscount Courtenay (Chairman), Mr. Darby, Mr. Scrape, and Mr. B. Wall. Mr. Sergeant WRANGITAM then commenced to sum up the evi dence adduced on behalf of the London and York line. lie said that he congratulated the Committee on the important event that had taken place, viz , that after having travelled in the wilderness for seventy days, they had at length arrived nearly at the end. He Attempts s n h o a t d retu r n bcei, it. made had ,itaa l od : i l i i n e t: y l: l: g a in d n aitt:esdseid acc uracytflalri ol,rgeoh.f would not complain of the attacks levelled against them by Mr. Hildyard. That gentleman had received a blow, but was not the l'a)anatrendqUestion. After a discussion proved abortive; the m m a an il y t a o peril. res t qu A ie tt t e t aß l t i ut e at i c r tko s t e 7r c ao t s i c o e i e r f s od , usni b ido u er t dt , I y a us with io i e t,h, a tc : re t r i o c mr i of seventy days, they were ailed on to decide whether the line that he represented as the most Cirect, or the Farringdot,-street Exten sion, in connexion with the Cambridge and Lincoln line, should construct a line of railway between the metropolis and Cambridge. It is admitted on all sides that a trunk line to the north is abso lutely necessary. The ma i n question is then resolved into the one, which company is the most fitting to construct it ? And, first, Lord Winchllsea has transferred his favour from their opponent to the London and York, and indeed no one could help concurring in his evidence that the present enormous tratEe of the districts would be all forced upon the route which that Com pany proposed. The Mdla nd Co mpany appeared to fancy that their traffic would r eceive a check, an d viewed W i t h, an eye of jealousy and dislike an• competition in the fi e ld . Mr. Ste phenson, in fact, when under cross-ex amination admitt e d that his services had been secured by the Midland Company against the London and York Lime. Mr. WEBSTER dissented from this statement. s u ti l s 'i t t c r i o r e t s u g c t its line could a ta o t t th efr e ee c t on i: was notorious. Sergeant Wrtaxotram continued, by observing nTheect i on Londonbetw Lincoln to York at 968,000/., while the Direct Northern, though ee a n n d the y o E r a k s t e c r o n m a p n adnAyeight u n i d dni C iel e oe i from London to Huntingdon the line of roil could be completed b u tr n a d v e e r lling 97 oz o r o a o kess dAisstaairnic,e by by the London and York for 2,1C0,00 01 ., including the cost of the London station, white the Direct Northern admitted that they could net construct the same distance under 2,250,000/. But, commencing at the metropolis, and . criticising the schemes throughout—as to the Farringdom.strect Extension, lie urged in the first place that the Committee could not pats th at Bill this session, inasmuch as its construction depended on the authority of two companies, three-fourths of the members of whom must sub. scribe to its necessity. But while lie contended thus, that the pi o ject could not be carried out in its present stage, he felt no animosity to it, if its promoters chose to carry it i nto effect without interfering with the other station at King's cross. If that project was considered valuable for the traffic frc.•in Cam. lsridge and Norfolk, his frie.wis had a perfect right to his consent to its construction, but that consttuction must be independent of the station at Kitig's-cros. With respect to the lateral opposition which, it was cssertal, the London and York held out, he con tended that it was Mr. Hudson and his adherents that were open to such an objection, rather than the promoters of t h e di rec t li ne , a nd be would instance the case of the Goole and Wakefield line, at this mo ment before the c,,r, s id er “ t i f ,,, of ,t par. liamentary Committee. The London and Y , rk line were not their opponents, they did not accuse it, nor were themselves accused of competition, but the followers of Mr. Hudson were prosecuting the mostvirulent resistance to it. Their computation thus remain ing undisputed, showed that the entire iriecnne derivable from the traffic on the line would be 1,100,0001., deducting 70,0004 for the alleged overrating in the carriage items, mid 60 per cent. for the ordinary contingent reductions, there would be a clear return of 600,0001., giving a dividend of ph IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF Co w- MMONS,Ig 21. GAMES AND WAGERS BILL. (Continued from our Afrernoan Edition of yesterday.) Mr. WAKLEY considered that the Bill would operate most harshly on the licensed vktuallers ; as to the informers, he looked upon them as pests to society, end as such they ought to be treated as strictly as possible in legislation. Sir J. GRAHAM did not wish to press harshly upon the licensed victuallers, further than to prevent the growing evil of gambling. When the House went into Committee, he would carefully consider what had fallen from the Hon. Members for Lambeth and Finsbury. After a few words from Mr. HAWF.S, the 13111 was read a second time, and it was arranged that it should be committed pro form i to-morrow, and another day appointed for its dis cussion. The business of the House was then suspended till half-past four o'clock. The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at half-past Four o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT—SUMMONS FROM THE LORDS. Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod. summoned the House to attend the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given to several public and private Bills (fur which see Lords' report). The SPEAKER, accompanied by several Hon. Members in obedience to the summons, immediately left House. The SPEAKER returned from the House of Lords at a quarter past five o'clock, having been absent about forty minu.es, when the House resumed. DUDDESTON AND NECIIELLS IMPROVEMENT BILL. The report of this Bill was taken into consideration and agreed to. GRIMSBY DOCKS BILL. The report of this Bill was also considered and anreed to. EPPING RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW ZEALAIND. Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition from persons re sident in Edinburgh, and having friends and relations in New Zealand, praying for an inquiry into the state of that colony. Mi. SPOONER presented a similar petition from Bir mingham. Air. DUNCAN presented a . petition from Dundee com plainirg of delay of the mails in Edinburgh. LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from inhabitants of tha county of Surrey, praying for the postponement of this Bill, and alleging that the petitioners had important informa. turn to communicate to the House on the subject, if time were allowed. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Mr. HAWES begged leave to take that opportunity of putting a question to the Right Hon. Baronet opposite ( it Robert Peel) on the subject of the matters which had transpired respecting the South-Eastern Railway. He wished to ask whether the Government meant to act upon their own responsibility in reference to the report of the Com mittee of the House? His question was, whether they had taken into consideration the report of the Select Committee of the House respecting the conduct of Mr. Benham, Captain Boldero, and Mr. Wray ?—( Hear, hear.) lie wished to know whether the Ministers, in the case of those gentlemen, had acted upon their non responsibility, or were waiting for further proceedings in the House ? Sir ROBERT PEEL begged to state to the House, in an swer to the question of the Hon. Member, that the course taken by her Majesty's Government was this : After the consideration of the report of the Committee ap pointed to inquire into the matter hail been laid be fore them, a communication had been received from Mr. Bon ham and Captain Boldero, surrendering the offices which they respectively held. They stated that although they had been exonerated from any suspicion in this transaction; although their characters were completely cleared, and although in their official capacity they had not been influenced by any suggestions of self-interest, yet, at the same time, they felt that their efficiency as members of a pub lic body was likely to be impaired, and therefore they tendered their resignation. With respect to Mr. Wray, who held one office of Receiver-General to the Police establishment, his Right Hoeourable Friend beside him directed a communication to be forwarded to him, ceiling upon him for an explanation, and, as re garded Mr. Ilignett, his Honourable and Gallant Friend the Master-General of the Ordnance had informed him (Sir R. Peel) that he had been formally dismissed her Majesty's service. Captain BOLDERO felt truly the painful situation in which he was placed before the House, and he would endeavour to inform them, in as few words as possible, of every circum stance connecting his name in any way with these transactions. The House was, of course, aware that the South-Eastern Railway Company had presented a petition to the House, in which charges were brought against Mr. Bonham and himself. The matter had been referred to a Committee of the House for inquiry, and after mature deliberation and the strictest inquiry—after witnesses had been examined, and after the do cuments connected with the transaction had been received and perused, that Committee hail presented a report to this House, to which he would briefly refer. The report stated ‘. Your Committee, upon the ev id ence b e f ore t h em, cannot, entertain a doubt that the paragraphs in Mr. Hignett's letters of the 3d of February, 1845, which refer to Captain' Boldero and Mr. Bonham are altogether false. But your Committee find that Capt. I3oldero and Mr. Bonham have trafficked in the shares of a railway company, the progress of whose Bill depended upon the consent of a public board, of which, at the time, they were members ; and they are of opinion that such transactions are inconsistent. with the maintenance of that strict impartiality of conduct upon all public questions which is to be expected from every servant of the Crown, and are calculated to impair the confidence of the public in the integrity of members of Government departments." And then went on to say--" Your Committee entertain no doubt that the decisions of the Master-General and the acts of the Board of Ordnance in re ference to these railway companies, were the result alone of a desire to p.otect public interests, and to afford consistently with them a reasonable and proper aceommodat on to the public in the districts through which it was proposed that these railway s should pass." Ihe Committee in that report stated that nothing had transpired which led then to suppose that the Master-General or other of the higher officers of the Board of Ordnance had been influenced by other motives than those which depended solely on the meres of the question of railways itself. When he ( Capt. Boldero) was examined before that Committee, lie exposed every private transac tion of his connected with railways without any hesitation, and in the course of his evidence lie stated that he had purchased some shares in the North Kent, but he was not in the slightest degree implicated as a member of the Board, nor would any decision of the Beard be affected by that circumstance. After finishing his explanation he had not had an opportunity of hearing the short.hatid writer read his notes, nor did he get a sight of them on the next day. The real facts which induced him to sell those shares were these. On Satur day the ith June after the business of th e d ay was over, h e found by the Times newspaper that a military witness at tached to a powder establishment.at Feversham (the pro perty of the Board of Ordnance) had been examined. It was evident to him that he might be called upon, in his character as a Member of that House, and as holding a special situation in the Board of Ordnance to explain the act of the Master- General (who had not a seat in that House), with respect to the passing of a railway line close to that work, and he decided on disposing of the shares he had in the rival line. On Mon day, then, the 9th of June, he disposed of them on the principle that if called upon to give an explanation to that House, or to take part in any debate on the subject, he might do so, without being impressed in any way; by the fact that he was interested in the matter. This was the impression made upon the minds of the Commit tee. He could assure the House that it was entirely inconsis tent with the mode in which the business was carried on in that department. There was no power whatever, either negative or affirmative, in his hands. The decision rested entirely in the hands of the Master-General.—(Hear.) If there should be a doubt about what he stated, he would undertake to say that both those gentlemen would corroborate the statements which he had made. There was the paragraph as it stood, and he would ask the house if such a paragraph were published to the world, what course there was open to him, except that dictated by an honourable mind ; and he put into the hands of the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury his resignation as clerk to the Ordnance. In doing that he thought it his duty to read the letter which he communicated to state his only grounds for the course which he took. The words were to the effect that he acted under a clear conviction and perfect con sciousness of the utter groundlessness of any imputation which might be thrown on his character, either in his public or his private capacity. This was all he wished to put forward; and he would conclude by thanking the blouse fur the patient manner in which they had heard him, at the same time hoping that the words uttered by him had given offence to nobody. Mr. HAWES wished to understand frees, the Secretary of the Home Department, whether Mr. Wray was still continued in office after the report was made ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that as soon as the report which the, Hon. Gentleman referred to was presented to him he thought after mature reflection, that the transaction of 1836 had no connexion with the subject -matter which gave rise to the in quiry. He thought that it was then his (Sir J. Graham's) duty to animadvert strongly on his (Mr. Wray's) conduct in 1836, and he was deserving- of serious animadverson. His ap prehension up to that time was that he (Mr. Wray) had no right to employ himself in any other business than that connected with his office.—(Cries of " Hear.") Since that period the official labour which had devolved on Mr. Wray had considerably increased, and there had, in conse quence, been an augmentation of his salary. Mr. Wray had, . therefore, been called upon to give his time exclusively to the business of his office, and he had been informed that any employment that he might enter into not immediately connected with his office, would be considered as a ground for his immediate removal from the situation which he held. He (Sir James Graham) had looked at this matter dispassionately, and, in his humble judgment, the course which he had adopted was the proper one. Mr. HAWES—Has the Right lion. Gentleman any ob jection to lay the letter to which he has alluded on the table of the House ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM—Under the peculiar c i rcumstances of this case—although I have before refused in such cases to produce the terms in which the Secretary of State has thought fit to discharge his duty—yet, in this case, lam prepared to lay the letter on the table of the House. Mr. ROEBUCK —lf lunch rstood the Right Hon. Gentleman rightly, hese id that in the appointment of Mr. Wray, that gen tleman was not restricted from applying himself to other busi ness. Was it understood that lie was to employ himself in the character of a barrister—that was, that he was not to withdraw himself from Westminster-hall? I want to know whether it was considered that this was a palliation of the proceedings of Mr. Wray, and whether he was justified in employing himself in the business of canvassing votes for the private purposes of the South-Eastern Railway Company ? Sir J. G ItAH AM-1 conceive that no circumstance would be a palliation of the particular transaction to which the Hon. Gentleman refers. I consider that to be indefensible ; but considering the lapse of time which has taken place, and other considerations which 1 have specified, on the whole, wishing not to act with und ue sever i ty, b ut to do an act o f j ust i ce , I have thought it best to take the course I have stated. He del conceive that a great deal of misapprehension s Air. WARD begged to say a few words i on ~t hn i se .s i u s tb t j d e ci t r ; e i . e s n ai l d in regard to to Mr. Wray, and if anything could t c io o n m s i i n f it t s co o r i li a l:ic e t. z !t ste w:a l siiitltileiedyisegariaciss-f3u6l.mode of forming the , I, said a,i d h t h e had a d .s theardcitl stateth at explanation things a as the con i Tid rd er j a . bl ß e U su S rp S r E is L e thst had been spoken of here this Hon. Member had described as existing in 1836 was no excuse whatever for the conduct . e . evening. Ir.fewßii he h words ai i in neverhad explanation. a Sir communication with Mr. Wray on this subject, but he had wei g h e d t h e evidence 1 .1 : WARD GRAH sa iv said a ,„ that had been elicited verve carefully, and had, upon his own responsibility, and without consulting anybody, written a letter of severe animadversion to Mr. Wray upon the subject. Colonel SII3THORP said, th a t t hi s discussion only con vinced him of the necessity that existed for having every Member of this House called up and examined.—( Laughter. ) He could take his oath that he never had had any connexion with any railway schemes ; but these transactions only con vinced him the more of this fact, that though this was called the reformed House of Commons, he conceived they were more in the mud and dirt than ever.—( Laughter. ) Mr. F. FRENCH said that as his name had been mixed up in this tranaction by a Noble Lord, and as an attack had been made upon him, he would take an early opportunity of again calling the attention of the House to it. The subject then dropped. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. WARD presented a petition from the New Zealand Company praying the House not to separate until they had adopted such measures as would remove the occasion for fur ther controversy. SUPPLY. On the order of the day being read for the House ping into Committee of Supply, • Mr. C. BULLER said he entirely concurred in the prayer of the petition which had just been presented to the House. He now was about to bring the subject again before the House, impressed with the importance and necessity of the case. The facts he had to state were very few, but they were of great im portance. The newspapers had put the House in possession of events which had occurred in New Zealand of late—events which had excited deep consideration for what had passed, and anxious apprehensions for the future. Those events had been predicted three years ago.--( Hear. ) Due notice was given of the attack which was made on the 7th. The Governor sent all the available forces at his dis posal, and what was the result? All that force was com pletely routed.-.-( Hear, hear.) The most ancient settlement of Europeans in the South Seas was completely swept away from the earth.--( Hear, hear.) The settlement of the Bay of islands was pillaged, and every human habitation therein was destroyed. —( Hear, hear.) But it had been said, a short time ago, that the news from New Zealand justified the ex pectation that the attacks of the natives would end there. But on the contrary, it appeared that this was ()lly the commence ment of a war, to be caeried on against all the settlements. —( Hear, hear.) The chief, John Heki, who, to do him justice, carried on war in a chivalrous spirit, end with all the refinement of European warfare— with a refinement of which, at least, one European nation could not boast—( Hear, hear)—ltad given notice of the day when he would take the seat of government —acting, ; erhaps, upon the;Lacedemonian maxim, that to tell the enemy your real intentions is the best mode of deceiving him ( Hear, and laughter. ) He had taken advantage of the dis sensions in New Zealand, and had declared that lie would not carry on war against the peaceable settlers, but against the Government. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then read extracts from recent letters from New Zealand, to the effect which he had stated, as to Heki's conduct and intentions. The lion. Secretary to the Ordnance said it was satisfactory that, at the Bay of Islands, the church of the missionary settlements was not interfered with. That was not the ease. The only mission which was not disturbed was that of the French missionaries, who (and he said it without any invidious in tention), had not availed themselves of their influence with the natives to secure lands for themselves. But the British missionaries were looked upon as a part of the Government, and they were, therefore, revolved in the hostility of the natives. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then read a letter from Auckland, describing the deplorable state of the colonists there, and attributing all the evils of the settlement to the policy of the Government. The settlement was crowded with con victs. and those white savages were worse than brown.—( Hear, hear.) The settling of convicts there was, on the part of the Government, a gross breach of faith, and there had been nothing but mischief in Auckland ever since. Their lawless nduct in the present crisis created more alarm in the minds of the settlers than the threats of the natives.— (Hear, hear.) The property carried off by Heki was said to be of the value of 30,000/ , and the last accounts from the colony stated that the Governor was alarmed on account of the effect which th's fact might have upon the conduct of the friendly tribes. It. was not in the north that the prine'pal settlements of the Eng lish were located. In the south the settlers had expended 2,000,0004, and the New Zealand Company 600,0001. But the Government had withdrawn from the southern settlements almost every means of protection.—( Hear, hear.) At effington, where there were'between 2,000 and 3,t00 settlers, there was not a' single soldier. And New Ply where the popul a ti on was composed of English agricultur mouth ists brought out by a Commit tee o f which Lord St. Germans was et the head, was in the neighbourhood of the most powerful of all the tribes, and was entirely unprotected.—( Hear, hear.) He did not think it was justice to poor Captain Fitzroy to throw all the blame upon him. He believed that the policy of the Government was to blame.—( Hear, hear.) He attributed all the evils to the policy of Lord Stanley, and he read nume rous extracts from the correspondence of the settlers, altogether inculpating Lord Stanley as the cause of the disasters which had befallen the colony. He would ask any calm and con siderate man to lock at the position of New Zealand, and the results of those measures, and then say if all those disasters might not have been avoided by firmness on the part of the Government, and by a wise and humane policy.--( Hear, hear.) But to turn from this evil to another point, and a far more im portant one, namely, what was the remedy proposed to be sup plied by the Government? What hope was there that any effectual remedy would be applied ?—( Hear.) lie really feared that there would be no real satisfaction afforded by merely making Captain Fitzroy a scope-goat, unless the Go vernment gave a satisfactory proof of their intention to pursue a different course. The Government had removed Captain Fitz roy, but had they dealt in the same way with some of the subordi nate:?—( Hear.) For he (Mr. Buller) would contend for it, that it was not Captain Fitzroy alone, but every member of the Government in New Zealand that should have been removed ; yet they had not heard of a single removal of one of those subordinates ; on the contrary, they had heard that the very last act of the Government was in reference to Mr. Sliortland, who, though his acts in his official capacity in New Zealand, were anything but praiseworthy, yet he had been rewarded by an appointment in the West India Islands. Now, he would refer to some circumstances which had occurred in the late debate ; he did not mean the words, but the general tone of the speeches—he would refer to words hereafter.—( Hear. ) The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite on that occasion made use of sentiments which he ( Mr. Beller) believed to be in con formity with his feelings, and he believed he intended to give them effect. —( Hear, hear.) And, now, let him ask what was the general effect of those sentiments? Upen that debate he (Mr. Buller) had been reproved by some of his friends for pies_ trig the House to a division, because it was alleged that he had gorte too far in doing so.—(Hear, hear.) And it had been said that some Hon. Members opposite would vote with this side of the House if the assurances then made by the Govern ment should not be carried out.—( Hear, hear.) he and those who voted with him held out; and the result of the last debate on this question was now before the House in the shape of Lord Stanley's instructions to the new Governor of New Zealand—(Hear)—and it was quite apparent that there was to be no more stable assurance that a satisfactory or ^ re( o, would be made th an th ose i nstruct i ons.—( Hear, rsment . hear. ) Here the Hon. Member read a short extract from the preliminary instruction, which generalised the nature of the duties of the Governor, and he then went on by asking what especial security there was that even these instructions would be carried into effect ; or under what circumstances they had been issui d ?—( Hear ) These instructions had been issued with out the Government knowing whether he to whom they were addressed would accept all the responsibility they involved, and the wretched salary and painful task of repairing all the blunders of his predecessor.—(Hear, hear. ) Yet this was time present state of the colonial Government. —( !fear, hear. ) If these instructions should have miscarried in their way out, then there was the chance of the Government, of the Co lony being intrusted to the Colonial Secretary, of whom he would only say that his speeches in the Legislative Assembly of that colcny were specimens of the greatest absur dity he hail ever heard.—( Laughter.) Well, now let him (31 r. Buller) contrast those instructions with the declarations of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite in the last debate on this question. The Right Hon. Baronet, in his speech on that tic casion, said that a representative government would be suitable to the colony, coupled with municipal institu tions and a regular system of local taxation. Well, that would be satisfactory if it were granted. But did it mean that there should merely he mayors, and aldermen, and paving boards, where they were not wanted; or did it mean that, like the institutions of America, those municipal insti tutions were to supply the places of larger and more compre hensive bodies?—(Hear hear.) Before he entered further upon this question let him call the attention of the House to the fact that the present governing body of New Zealand con sisted of a few individuals appointed by the Governor, and removable at the will of the Governor, in case they should vote against him,--( Hear, hear.) Yet that was the system which Lord Stanley, by his instructions, would propose to keep up.—(Hear, hear.) Now, let him ask, what did all this mean ?—( Hear, hear,) Was this what the Govern ment were prepared to call a boon to this new colony ( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had said that " New Zealand was in a fit condition for receiving a re presentative Government ;" and this, then, was to comprehend the fulfilment of all his promises to this colony ?—( Hear, hear. ) NI, hat had become of the question as to the settlement of the claims for land ?—(Hear, hear.) According to the instruc tions of Lord Stanley, it would appear that that question was to be left in precisely the same position as that in which it stood before._(llear, hear.) There was only one-third about which an award had been taken. The remaining two-thirds were not adjudicated upon. What, after all, was the present state of affairs with respect to New Zealand? Why, it was nothing but the old story over again, of one set of instructions being shown before they were sent nut, and another set shown after they had been forwarded. He did not mean to say that there had been bad faith on the part of the Government, but the New Zealand Company had suffered as much as though bad faiths had been practised to wards them. It was a most singular thing, however, that Lord Stanley had made two similar mistakes with respect to the New Zealand Company, within two years. He had con ducted the business of a great public department in a very loose manner. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman here read lengthy extracts from the correspondence which had taken place between the Government Commissioners in New Zea land and the representative of the New Zealand Company, to show, that it always was the intention of the Government Commissioner to recognise the claims of the New Zealand Company.—(Hcar.) He did not mention this matter it, consequence of the amount of land which it involved, that amount being not more than 25,000 acres. But to show that Lord Stanley was carrying on the controversy in the old spirit ; and, refusing to agree to the award of his own commissioner e that Noble Lord had, since the last debate on this subject, taken a public opportunity of expressing his views upon this subject. Now had that Noble Lord, as his speech evinced, any disposition to follow the course laid down in the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite on this subject? No, he feel not. What was the tenor of the Noble Lord's speech ? Why, simply a declaration of obstinate adhesion to the very worst principles of th e o ld co l on i a l policy. In a word, the speech of the Noble Lord might be taken as an answer to the speeches of the two Right Hon. Baronets , opposite. In that ,Z,reda John l ( I =7 . never down to that ria o t i t o h n e of laleiteteexr: h ipe d e b eh ee t n he gt N li.l o ty ble of Lo m r i d lisra,(Tr id beesee t n i n ia ta t nti t iao li n e te, N t3o,e e t v iL ; Although this charge limir had it been attempted to be proved. Another remarkable. point in n tl t ie o a N t r e l n u t .aim sow, by that treaty, the land in New Zealand was de. dared to be as much the right of the natives es was the land in dohbelreetlioortdh'es speechtreaty o ' f va N s l t ' . s h i e ta t ti le g c a l ? ye e et a nd or Scotland the property of it s owners. What did Lord' Stanley do ? Why, he sent out instructions to the Governor to impose a wild land-tax, with the distinct view cf confiscating the land. He said that the treaty of Waitangi should be religiously and sacredly adhered to. The words sacred and religious ought , not to b e p l ayed with in such a way.. If they thought the New Zealanders were competent to make treaties, those treaties ought to be observed as much as though they had been made with any European power. —(llea r beenik]a rt i que, imposed or up Canada on te fort)a have hear. ) What wou l d the people of Guedaloupe, or the s a p i u d r p i n t' se a o fi s wild lg had a c n a t d i - n t g a their hard ? This teal merely the old story told in Roderick Random of the ring -dropping system. Every means had now been exhausted for getting redress from her Majesty's Government, and while the present spirit animated the Colonial-office no hope could be entertained. The New Zealand Company therefore, were compelled to come again to that House to laer their case again before them. 'What he had to ask the House was, whether they would leave for the next six months the colony of 'sew Zealand to be subjected to the operation of the spirit which animated the officials of the colonial department. Would they back up Lord Stanley by refusing to vote with him (Mr. Buller)? He was sure that no one would think that he. had ()taught forward this motion in any party spirit. He vies indeed sorry that a me l anc h o l y event h a d deprived him of the a assistance of many who would have rendered him great service, more especially his N o bl e F r i en d (Lord Howick) of v e h O ' se presence a recent melancholy event had deprived them for ew er. In the recent division he had had the support of many F,on. Gentlerinn on the opposite side, and he would have had 'more but that assurances had been rested upon which were deemed satisfactory. He believed that in such a question as this there were gentlemen opposite who would not allow party fee/ ing to operate, and he called upon them not to sacrifice an may ~ ortant eolany merely for the purpose of bolstering up the policy , of any Minister whatever.—(Cheers.) The Hon. and Leariv ; d Gen. 13 43 -30 feCI st reA 0C