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&AMWAY COMMITTEES, (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP I. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re •assembled in Room 30, at the usual hour this morning. Mr. W. O. Stanley, in the absence of Lord Granville Somerset, who was indisposed, took the chair. TEE BRIGHTON (MID RENT) SCHEME. Mr. TALBOT wished to be excused continuing his address, but The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were unanimously of opinion that they ought not to adjourn. Mr. TALBOT said he had no alternative, then, but to pro ceed with his argument. Having occupied a considerable time in justifying the gradients on the line between London and Maidstone, the Learned Gentleman went on to state that his opposition to the North Kent line of the South-Eastern Company would be of a mitigated character. He could not deny that it was strongly supported by local interests and perhaps it ought to be made, but unless the Committee took steps to compel the South-Eastern Company to carry out this North Kent scheme per se, he very much feared that it would par tially be abandoned. He had therefore to propose that the Committee should grant the Brighton line from Maidstone to Sittingbourne, and then allow it to join the South- Eastern North Kent line. If, on the other band, the Committee preferred the Brighton line in its entirety, why tlwn they could grant it accordingly. The Brighton would be found to be the better line of the two for continental through traffic, because the line pointed directly towards Dover, and might easily be extended in that direction. The South-Eastern line, however, did not possess this advantaie, and unless the Committee, by granting portions, or all of the Brighten Mid Kent '.iue between Maidstone and Canterbury, placed a control over the Suuth-Eastern Company, their North Kent liDe would ne ver be constructed p er se, nor would it ever find its way to Dover. If the Brighton Mid Kent Line were conceded, he should not ob ject to the loop from London to Dartford, or to the line from Chatham to Sittingbourne and Sheerness, and there to join the Brighton scheme, because such a result would give the whole of Kent the benefit of competition, and insure to it s people the realization of the ple4es held out by the two parties. The statement of the Learned Counsel occupied the whole of the day. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour till (this day). to-morrow GROUP XVI. This Committee met to-day for the first time, at half-pass twelve o'clock, in Room 23, New Houses of Parliament. Members present, Mr. Kemble, chairman; Viscount Newry, Mr. Wall, and Mr. Pulsford. The following Bills have been reflrred to this Committee : London and .North-Western (St. Albans, Luton, and Dunstable). Great Ncrthern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Albans). Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin, &c.) Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension. The Committee having waited nearly two hours for the attendance of Mr. Heneage, the; Chairman retired to con sult the Speaker. It then appeared that in the absence of "a Member, on the first day, the Committee was not pro perly constituted, and the proceedings were, therefore, ad journed until Monday, to give time for an application to the Committee of Selection. GROUP XVIIL The Committee on this group, comprising the Earl of Lin coln, in the chair, Sir W. James, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Cap tain Jones, and the Hon. G. S. Smyth, assembled to-day at one o'clock, in Room No. 25. Th e preliminary proceedings for ascertaining the Counsel fer the promoters and the opponents of the line having been gone through, ' The first Bill to be taken was, according to the rules of the House, THE LONDON, OXFORD, AND CHELTEN HAM RAILWAY (CRELTZATRAIVI TO THING). Before proceeding, however, the Earl of Lincoln inquired whether any arrangement had been made between the seve ral parties? Mr. AUSTIN stated that he was retained for this Bill, and had a right to begin, and:he should therefore decline to enter into any such arrangement. The Earl of LINCOLN then intimated that, according to the rules of the House, before any Bill could be entertained by a Committee it was necessary that a report should be made by the Railway Commissioners, that certain regulations had been complied with. Now, no such report had been made, and therefore it was at present impossible to go on. He had written to Mr. Strutt, the President of the Board, to ascer tain when that report was likely to be made, as it was bet ter to wait for the reply than to adjourn, as was their only alternative, sine die. After waiting some time, Mr. KEATING applied to the Committee for leave to argue the objections of the company for which he appeared, before taking the preamble. At this moment the reply of Mr. Strutt was received, and the Earl of Lincoln stated that the communication intimated that the report could not be made until Monday, and sug gested the adjournment of the Committee till Tuesday next. Mr. KEATING still pressed his request, that the Committee would hear the evidence and counsel, and defer the decision on the preamble until the report was made. He thought that application might be made for this to the House. After some further conversation as to the usage of Parlia mentary Committees, the Chairman sent to confer with Mr. Kemble, the Chairman of the only other Committee that was sitting to-day. The reply was that Group 16 was not in the same difficulty, for they had received their report. The Earl of LINCOLN then threw out the suggestion that application, if made, would in all probability fail, as he ap prehended that if he were to make the motion, as a matter of course, he would be stopped, and he thought, therefore, that nothing would be gained. It was ultimately arranged that, in the event of Mr. Strutt not being able to assure the Chairman that they could pro ceed on Tuesday, that his Lordship should to-morrow even. ing give notice for a motion, to be taken on Monday, tor leave to proceed on Tuesday. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Tues day next. READEiG, GUILDFORD, AND REI GATE RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this rail way was held yesterday at the effices of the company, for the purpose of sanctioning certain alterations in the line. Mi. Smale, in the absence of Mr. D. Salomons, chairman of the company, presided. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement, and the clauses of the Act which were intended to be brought before Parliament, The CHAIRMAN said that the main object of the Act was to facilitate the construction of the amended line at a less cost, and he thought, therefore, that no objection would be offered to it. He hid, therefore, to move that the approved of this meeting be given to the introduction of this Bill into Parliament. A PROPRIETOR wished to know, before the motion was put, whether this Act would alter any of the relations entered into with the South-Eastern Company ? The CHAlRMAN—Certainly not. Mr. MANGLES said, that as living in the neighbourhood of the proposed alterations, he might be permitted to say that the deviation of a few hundred yards would save a distance of three-quarten of a mile, and would save considerable ex pense, besides forming a better junction. They would not have been obliged to alter in any way their Act of Parlia ment, but the estate through which the proposed alterations were to be made was in Chancery, and there was no person, therefore. properly authorised to give a title to the land. The other alterations were of a somewhat similar character. The object would, therefore, save expenses to the Reading, Guildford. and Reigate, and, consequently, would contribute to the welfare of the South-Eastern Company. The Cictutsrast said that the interests of the South. Eastern and of this company were now the same, and, there fore, they could not be dissatisfied with it. A PROPRIETOR asked if the agreement with the South- Eastern Company was signed and sealed? The CHAIRMAN said it was not, but it was d rawn up and approved of by the solicitor of their own company, and was also approved of by Mr. Fearon, the solicitor of the South- Eastern Company. It had, however, been submitted to the counsel of the company, Mr. Earle, who was out of town, and had it with him. He was expected in town this week, but had not yet arrived. A PROPRIETOR would like to know how long the agree mept had been in that gentleman's possession ? In a matter affecting so much capital, it was not a slight affair that this should be allowed to lie over. Unforeseen circumstances might arise which might materially injure the interests of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company, and it was, therefore, proper that every means should be taken to bring this matter to a conclut,ion. A PROPRIETOR asked whether the 600,0001. capital, to be furnished by this company, would be the maximum amount; or whether, in the event of the cost exceeding that sum, they would be also called upon to subscribe it? The CHAIRMAN said that if a further sum were required the South-Eastern Company were bound to provide it. A discussion arose as to the propriety of adjourning the meeting until the agreement was forthcoming, and it was ultimately agreed that the motion should be agreed to, on the understanding that the directors should call a meeting within a fortnight if the agreement should not have been de• livered within that time. The motion was agreed to, and the meetinl apaiafe DEMERARA RAILWAY COMPANY The first general meeting of the sh are h o ld ers was held yes • terdy at the London Tavern, Bishopsgatesstreet, for the trans action of the usual business. CHARLES CtvE, Esq., occupied the chair. He said the committee of management had great pleasure in meeting the shareholders—first, for the purpose of giving an account of their stewardship ; and, secondly, that they might lay before them the report of the company's engineer. That report was cheering, for the prospect which it gave the com pany of successfully carrying out their object. The abilities of the gentleman who had drawn up that report, his accu racy, his discrimination and g reat professional talents, gave them full confidence in the hope which that report inspired. That confidence was increased by the experience the same gentleman had had in a tropical climate and of tracs-Atlantic railways. A s to the pecuniary affairs of the company, the deposits on share amounted to 25,000(., which was to meet all the expenditusre pany, and starting T i c t essary to the formation of a new com expenses might be the execution of their object. The expected to have been great, but, tinder they were only the economy of cite committ when every shilling oefe, month, 5,822/. last le banker's account, was in remaining, after providing for debtt w" paid. The balance Lombard -street, on the the hands of bill discounters security of good bills of exchange, at a fair rate of interest, reminded the the whole remaining intact, tiWficthhet their Act with . The SECRILTARY read the report, . shareholders that the company had obtained ample powers for all the original objects wfixed company,at and as something more. It stated th a t t h e capital 250,0001., distributed into 10,00-) share ? , t h e wh able of svhe haa been subscribed for and paid up on a t 1 0 per cent. which, ; that Mr. Catherwood, a gentleman resident f or some years in North America, and employed there on public works, pr o _ seeded as the company's engineer to Demerara, and cora_ pleted a very careful survey of the proposed line, visiting after wards the western and Arabian coasts of the colony, where he made such general surveys of those districts, and drew up a report which would be extremely useful in the future con sideration of other lines of railway. From the report of the engineer the committee were of opinion that the railway might be made at a very low sum, the whole cost being 165,0004 or about 8,000/. a mile. Mr. Catherwood, having been re-engaged, had proceeded again to Demerara on the Ist of March, whither stores, and some able artificers con versant with railway works, had been sent out. The report, after mentioning that the expenses were 5,832/. Is. 11d., leaving a balance of 20,570/. 12s. 10d., stated that the com mittee did not anticipate the necessity of making any call upon the shareholders before the neat ordinary meeting, in October. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which passed nem. con. The committee of management, with the exception of the chairman, Charles Cave, Esq., who withdrew, we re then THE _t71 4 4. LONDON, FRIDAY elected directors of the company, and 1,000/. voted as the dent that the contest would remain between Mameluke annual allowance to the directors. and Victress. With the exception of The Roarer there w Stephen Care, Esq., and Jonathan Hopkinson , Esq ., were as apparently not the s li g ht es t c h ance t h at e i t h er o f elected auditors. completely did they appear to be knocked up. Mame- Mr. DGWAY then moved the re-election of the local co m- the others could oven thi t .k o f a tt a i n i ng t h e v i ctory, so mittee at Demerara t luke and Victress th e n h a d i t a ll to thems,lves down the lain and u y again, and at last the latter won by ab o ut It was then moved that interest , at the rat e of 5 p er cent luke should be paid on the deposits and c alls, co mmencin g on the P Ist of April current. a length. Their clearing of the different obstacles pre- Tue CiamaatAar, before leaving the chair, paid a very high Belated nothing worthy of remark. The incidents compliment to the secretary of the company, Henry Hill, in this steeplechase were more numerous than in the Esq., formerly the secretary of the Compensation Commission, other. Lord Strathmore was thrown, and M. de Perre and moved a vote of thanks to him, which was unanimously gaux fell three or four times—neither, however, sus passed. mined any injpry. Deodora went slap into the river, and Diveher rider a famous ducking. The CHAIRMAN moved that the thanks of this meeting be t i :en to Jonathan Hopkintoi, Esq., and the other share- .-..- holders, who had so handsomely come forward and offered So ended the great French Steeplechase of the pre the gratuitous use of their land to the company. sent year. The arrangements were admirable through- A vote of thanks to the directors and the chairman, out, and the vast crowd made the scene exceedingly in- Charles Cave, Esq., was then unanimously passed, and the teresting. The only thing to be complained of was the meeting separated. weather, and that was most abominable. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Smarms, APRIL 9.—A schooner, coal laden, making signals of distress, was seen on the Bth inst., about fifty miles off the land. COURT-MARTIAL AT CHATHAM. On Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, officers com posing a general court-martial assembled at the garrison, for the trial of James Flanaghan, No. 2,212, a private in the second battalion 60th Rifles. Colonel Samuel Bur don Ellis, Royal Marines, President, and Captain J. S. Wood, Major of Brigade of the garrison, officiated as Deputy Judge-Advocate, who read two charges against the prisoner; Ist. For having at Chatham, on the even ing of the 27th of March last, disobeyed the command of his superior officer, Lance Corporal Fish, by refusing to go on sentry; 2d. For insubordinate conduct at the time and place stated in the first charge, and wilfully drew his sword and thrust it through a pane of glass of the window in the officers' guard-room. The prisoner pleaded Guilty. Corporal James Fish stated that he assembled the re liefs at seven P.M. of that day. The prisoner being No. 2, when ordered to fall in for duty as sentry, refused, saying " he would be d— if he would go sentry► any more, or do any more duty as a soldier," and he imme diately drew his sword from his scabbard and thrust it through the pane of glass, and said, " to h— with all soldiery." The prisoner was then taken to the gar rison main-guard as a prisoner. In defence the pri= soner stated to the Court that be would never soldier again in the regiment, for since he had been in it he had had repeated punishments. He was sorry in one sense for what he had done, and not in another, and threw himself on the mercy of the Court. First Lieutenant Thomas H. Mitchell, acting adjutant of the corps, produced the regimental book, and read extracts of previous trials and convictions of the pri soner, who, it appears, was first tried by a regimental court-martial at Paisley Barracks, on the 23d of March, 1846, for habitual drunkenness; convicted and sen tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, solitary confine reent, and to forfeit Id. per day for three months. The imprisonment was remitted in consequence of the pri soner being so young in the service. The prisoner was again tried at Paisley, by a court-martial,_on the sth of May, 1846, for habitual drunkenness, and was twenty days imprisoned for the offence, and placed under stop pages of Id. per day for six months. And again on the 4th of August, at Chatham Barracks, the prisoner was tried by a district court-martial, for insubordinate con• duct and abusive language to Corporal Grey, of the same corps, for which he underwent a sentence of fourmonthsi hard labour. HUMANITY, &c., OF THE INHABITANTS OF ST. KILDA. Stanhope-street, Hyde Park-gardens, April 14, 1847. Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a paragraph in the morning papers of last Monday, which states that a letter has been received by you from Stornaway, setting forth the merit of the inhabitants of St. Kilda in affording aid and protection to shipwrecked mariners, and also intimating an apprehension that those islanders may at present be suffering extreme distress in consequence of the failure of the potato crop. I know something of the people of St. Kilda, and consider them fully entitled to the credit given to them by your cor respondent, for humane and hospitable conduct towards all who have at any time been cast upon their shore. My ob ject, however, in addressing you is not to support any claim which he may on that ground have advanced on their be half, but to assure you that they are not neglected and in the ue3titute condition which he imagines, and that no fear need be entertained for their safety, which is insured by measures taken for that purpose by the proprietors of the island.—l have the honour to be, &c. •••••••••....• W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyds. LOSS OF THE TWEED. It is understood to be the intention of the Committee of Lloyd's, with reference to the noble and disinterested conduct of Captain Camp, of the Spanish brig Emilio, in rescuing the survivors of the crew and pas,engers of the Tweed steamer, to recommend to the subscribers in general meeting, to bestow upon him the honorary medal of the establishment in silver; and to Don Vila Verde, his mate, the honorary medal in bronze; and a sum of money to the crew of the Emilio, as a mark of their approbation of the heroic and generous conduct displayed by those persons on the occasion of the wreck of the Tweed steamer. RELATING TO THE . NEW PINK _ _ A dispatch had been received at Lloyd's from the Foreign.• office, announcing that the New Pink, from London to Valparaiso, having foundered, after striking on the sunken rock of Sopocalma, 22d Nov., 1846. Crew landed at St. Domingo. i.A.W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER April 1.5. This being the first day of Easter Term, the Lord Chief Baron, Baron Parke, Baron Alderson, and Baron Rolfe took their seats on the bench at ten o'clock. Some tune since it was arranged that on the first day of Easter and Michaelmas Terms the judges should not re sume their sittings till one o'clock, and on Trinity and Hillary Terms at ten o'clock, but this morning the Court resumed at ten, and proceeded to business. The antient custom of the judges breakfasting, on the first day of term, with the Lord Chancellor, WAS on this occasion dispensed with ; and whatever may have been the cause of the departure from the old practice, it was productive of considerable inconvenience to many who were not acquainted with the change. There was a thin attendance of Counsel and clients at the opening of the Court. BROADBENT V. FEARNLEY AND ♦NOTHEIR The prisoner has been in the corps fourteen months, and when attested was nineteen years of age. His general character has been very bad. The issue of the trial will not be publicly known until confirmed by the Horse Guards. ID this case Mr. Martin obtained a rule, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict returned in their favour should not be reduced to such a sum as the Court should think fit, upon consideration of the circumstances. The action was tried before Baron Rolfe, at Liverpool, the declaration being a replevin to recover a large sum of money which the plaintiffs alleged bad been wrongfully distrained by their landlords, the defendants. The pre mises were taken for a term of fourteen years, to be computed from the 24th of June, 1845, the rent being 1,4651. per annum during each of the first three years, and 1,260/. per annum during each year of the remainder of the term. According to the lease, the rent became due and payable in a particular manner, the con sideration of which gave rise to a question whether the money paid by the plaintiffs was rent pro perly so called, or merely a gross sum on account. Accordingly, the first plea in bar traversed the tenancy, and the second denied that at the time of distress any part of the rent mentioned in the plaintiff's first avowry was in arrear. On the first part of the case the Court granted a rule For the reduction of damages to 1,462/. I Is. 4d. The Court rose at a half-past three o'clock. THE GREAT FRENCH STEEPLE CHASE. (From Galignani's Messenger.) The great annual Steeplechase of France came off on Sunday at the Croix de Berny. In the early part of the morning the weather promised to be pretty fine, and the consequence was that a vast multitude of the Parisians wended their way on foot, on horseback, and in car riages, to the scene of the day's sport. A great many foreigners, especially English, were present ; and the country people of the villages for miles around went in great Lumbers. The gatht-ring altogether could not have been less than thirty thousand persons, and they comprised all ranks, from the very highest to the lowest. The nuteber of carriages was enormous, and they were of all kinds, from the dashing four-in•ha.nd, down to the peasant's humble cart. Such was the anxiety to witness the sport that many of the aristocratic vehicles took up their stations near the ground marked out for me chase at an early hour on Saturday morning. The whole length of the ground was l►ned on both sides by carriages, chiefly occupied by elegantly-attired and by ped• strians packed closely together. The stands, of which there were several, of prices to suit every purse, were full to overflowing. On the whole the assemblage of Sunday was the largest ever seen at any sporting event in France ; and it is specially wortby of remark, as showing the great enthusiasm of the people for the sport, that, though disappointed in their expec tations of fine weather, rain having commenced falling heavily on the opening of the day's business, and con tinued with ever-increasing violence until the close, not a score individuals, and scarcely a single carriage, quitted the course. The heroic fortitude with which they bore the pelting of the pitiless rain was still more remarkable froni the — fact thit the ground being naturally very marshy, one might almost say a swamp, they had to stand almost ancle deep in wet. Their good humour, too. was unbounded, the slightest incident being seized upon to turn into laughter ; and, Booth to say, such incidents were not wanting, for many an unfortunate Wight, anxious to show oil his skill in leaping ovtr some one of the many brooks, went souse into the water, or mea sured his length in th e m u d. Th e groun d selected this year was somewhat different from that chosen for the last steeplechase. Instead of running entirely on a flat, the horses on this occasion had to ascend a hill, on heavy ploughed land, they then descended it, and went to some distance beyond the road from Paris to Orleans, and, after describing a circle, came back nearly on the same line, passing the starting-place to arrive at the winning stand. The entire length traversed was about four miles. The obstacles to be encountered were not fewer than thirty-two in number, consisting of ditches, hurdles, walls, hedges, a river, and a brook. Some of them were rather serious, though not such as one is accustomed to see in an English steeplechase. In height none exceeded four feet, or in width ten feet. His Royal Highness the Duke de Nem. , urs was present Count d'lledouviile and Baron Leeontouix ably superintended the proceedings. The weighing commenced shortly alter two, and a few minutes after it was concluded the grand steeplechase began. It was a Handicap tor 12 5001. (500) acVed to a sweepstakes of suor., forfeit 2501., nut only 1251. if declared to the secretary of the Jockey Cub before the 12th of March. The second horse to receive 1,250 f. from the entry, and the third to save his stake. Distance about four miles. A weight of 51b. to be allowed to gentle. men riders. 42 subs. Lord Strathmore's b h St. Leger, 12st. 41b (Mason) 1 M. erianieux's b h Young Lottery, lOst alb Mr. Lambden's Discount, llst 81h Lord Strathmore's Switcher, 12st 6lh Mr. Stanlefs b m Mittchle.s, lOst 51b... Mr. Rult's Peter Simple, lOst 13th Baron N. de Rothschild's Hack, 9st 12th 0 Mr. Liingston's Commodore, 9st 121 b 0 Major Auslibrooke's lOst 71b M. Autnont's Waggs Fits, 9st 41b Odds at starting-6 and 7to 4 agat Switcher, Lord Strathmore's two asst the field. Tne start was good, all going together. At the brook, Matchless got over first. On going up the ploughed field Peter Simple took the lead, and kept it round the turning and down to the river. The others kept close to him, and all made the leaps, which were five or six in number, and two of them presenting some difficulty, remarkably well. Near the wall Discount got first, and kept the lead until turning beyond the turnpike to come home, Gaz_ly and St. Leger following close upon him. St. L.ger wnd Peter Simple then got in front, Discount, however, keeping close to them. On nearing the last obstacles coming home, Peter Simple dropped off, and in a few seconds after Discount dropped off too. Young Lottery then came up, and went over the last wall at the same time as St. Leger. They then pushed hard, but the latter contrived to get in first by about half a neck. It was a beautiful affair altogether. Experienced judges declared it the finest ever seen in France. and many said that it was not always equalled in England. Ca,fosuitdering the number of obstacles, there were remark , and tth t e : hu i , n ivo c ozie id s ent s — not one fall, and only three horses hO,OOO O roriders went into the river. The winner gained francs (1,2001.) including the forfeits e ridel e greeted gentlemen hi m di .:7 b e u rd t not running. Loud applause The above Wuaan his ar rival at the goal. by a second steeplechase, by five horses start, the second to n( receivet. L t ) o , c h ai i , : yef rst fro,y: .13 ; .s .1 0 ; baf 2 it , u s 3e o f sa . ot ( r l s: oo o 0( 1) r. ) a , d i d i ed 3ibs to . 3 i o f o a f t : (2001.), the win-1 2,500 f. (1001) 1361 h s. Dis'tance about four ........ (Mr. Ricardo) 1 • Montel's m Victress, 13:lb Mr. Elmore's Mameluke, 1371 b. Mr. Lawley's The Roarer, 1431 b. *************************** 2 Didier's Mary Jane, 1371 b. ********************************* 0 .......... Montel's Deodora, 1371 b. . _ _ .......... . .................. Mary Jane got over the first obsta c l es i n good style, and went ahead, keeping the advantage up the ploughed land. At the turning Deodora got first, and kept the advantage until arriPing at the hedge, which she re. fused. She had taken the previous leaps very we ll,: ll amad o then went forward, and it now became eri4 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, BRISTOL, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCRANGE.--The sales are—Caledonian, 434 dis. —Ditto, New, Bs. 9d. dis.—Great Western, Quarters, 5% p. —Ditto, New. 31. 3s. 9d. p.—Midland, New, 4,t, p.—Ditto, Bristol and Gloucester, 144 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, I Is. 3d. dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 84 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, Halves, 23 1 4 — Eastern Counties, 187 8 —Ditto, York Extension, % dis.— East Lancashire, ,4 p. Ditto, New, % p.— Ditto, New (Scrip), 13s. 9,3. p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 4 p.—Greut North ern, % dis.—Lancaster and Preston, Quarters, 13—Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2% dis.—Ditto, New (late West Lancashire), 2 p.—London and North-Western, 1721. 2 —Ditto, Quarters, 15 3 4 p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 10 1 A 5 p.—Ditto (Grand Junction), Quarters, 16 1 4 p. —Manchester and Leeds, 19 p.—Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extensions), 2 p.—Midland 116—Ditto, 40!. Shares, 3% p. —Ditto, New, 21% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 1 ,E p. —North Staffordshire, 2% p.—Preston and IVyre, 34!4 — Shrewsbury and Chester, New, ls. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 1 , 8 dis. —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, 1 4 p. —York and Newcastle, Preference, 3% p.—York and North Midland, Preference, p. MANCHESTER, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 11-16—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire Junction, V 2 —Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 81 —Bristol and Exeter, New, 14 —East ern Counties. York Ex tension, %—East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New (scrip), 1 /." 2 —East Lincolnshire, 2—Fleetwood, Preston; and West Riding Junction, 11-16—Great Northern, % c.—Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 9-16—Ditto, Thirds, '—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, New Exten sions Scrip (pink), 14—London and North-Western, New, 10—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, 67%—Ditto, Quar ters (A), s•) , —Ditto, ditto (B), 5-y B —Manchester, Buxton Matlock, and Midland, 1-16 p.— Manchester and Leeds, 32/: Shares (late Extension), 1 3 4—Ditio, Fifths (late W. R. U ), 1 1-16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby 501. Shares), 6—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 2 9-16 —Manchester and Southampton, 7 , B —North British, Exten ' sion, %—North Staffordshire, 2A—North Union (A), 210 —Oldham Alliance, A —Preston and Wyre, 34—Ditto, Halves (B), A —Di t to, Sixths, sY B —Scottish Central, 7% — Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 15-16 c.—Shropshire Union, I%—South-Eastern and Dover, 36—Ditto, No. 4, —South Staffordshire, %—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 5-16. LEEDS, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 20s. dis.-East Lancashire New Scrip, 124. 6d. p.- East and (Vest Yorkshire, 3s. 6d. dis.-East Lincolnshire. 2 p.-Leeds and Think, Preference, 17s. p.-Malton and Duffield Junction, par-Manchester and Leeds, 20s. c. p - Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 365. 6d. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union, 1 1 % p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 2s. 6d. p.-Midland, Preference, 2 1& p.-New castle and Berwick, New, 2t4 p.-North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 1 1 4 p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 10s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 21. 6s. 3d.-Northern Counties Union, 425. dis.-North-Western, 21s. dis.- Sheffield. Rotherham, and Goole, 20s. dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), ss. p.- Wharfdale Junction, lls. 6d. dis. HULL, APRIL 15. Szocx ExcHasox.-The sales are-Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 51 1 4-North British, Quarters, 683.-Ditto, Eaten sion (scrip), lls. p.-Ditto, Thirds, 605.-Amberg ‘te, Not tingham, and Boston, 11 195.-North Staffordshire, 2% p. -Northern Counties Union, Bs. 6d.-West Riding Union, 215. p. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Not tingham, and Boston, % dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and L•ucolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 211/. Shares, 445. 6d. di=.—North-Western, 16s. 6d. dis.— West Riding Union, 235. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster, 1 / 4 dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, 15. STOCK EXCHANGL—The sales are—Fleetwood, Preston, and %Vest Riding, 14s. 6d. dis.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 112 —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p.—North British, 32 North Staffordshire, 2 1 4 p.—York and Newcastle, Exten sions, 4% p. EDINBURGH, APRIL 14. SirocK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian, New, 43s.—Dundee and' Perth, New, 191. East Lothian Central, 51s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Bathgate, 674—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 71%—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 14s.—Edinburgh and Northern, 15%—Ditto, New, 725. Ditto, Newport, 7%—Edinburgh and Perth, 635. 6d.— Ditto, Halves, 233.—Great Northern, 60s.—North British, Quarters, 70s.—Ditto Quarters (scrip), 22s.—Ditto, Thirds, 62s.—Scottish Midland, New, 774—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d.—East India, 7s. 3d:—Great Northern of India, 2s. 9d. GLASGOW, APRIL 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 425. 6d.—East Indian, 6s. 6d.— Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70 3 4 — Edinburgh and Perth ( New Co.), 60s. 6d.—Ditto, Halves, 21s. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2,6/. IN.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5 —Manches ter and Southampton, 25s.—Monkland and Kirkintillocb, 24 1 4—North British, Thirds, 62s.—Scottish Central, 251. REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE. —On Saturday evening fait :e.eral of the inhabitants of Penzance wo re not a little startled on witne ss in g an otter marching down Chapel-street, with the utmost sang froid. He approached a female, who was unconscious chat she was in such compiny, and by getting in contact with her et, nearly threw her to the ground. A man who lodged at the Turk's Head Inn brought out a large and powerful bull-dog, whin a severe encounter ensued be tween the dog and otter, the result of which was for some time doubtful, but ultimately terminated in the death of the latter, which was subsequently purchased by John Richards, Esq., of Poltair, wno, we understand, intends presenting it, after it shall have been stuffed, to the Museum.— West Briton. INTRODUCTION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH INTO LIVERPOOL.—A gentleman was in Liverpool, on Satur day last, making arrangements on the part of the Electric Telegraph Company for introducing that wonderful mode of communication between this town and the me tropolis. He had previously made similar arrangements in Manchester; and from the information which he gave us, we trust that both these capitals of Lancashire will be connected with Lond, in, and with each other, by means of the electric wire, within three months of the present time. As the same company has already communica tions with most other parts of the kingdom, Liverpool will be at once connected with a great variety of places, including most of the sea ports on the south and western coast. The manner in which the information received in Liverpool, from London, Manchester, and other sta tions, is to be made available, is as follows:—A large room is to be taken near the Exchange News Room (if possible in the same building), into which tee wires and the while apparatus are to be introduced. Here all information of public interest will be received, and be immediately deciphered, and posted up. for the informa tion of the subscribers to this telegraphic news room. 'Fhe yearly subscription will be from two to three guineas, and for this sum the subscribers will be entitled to see all intelligence relative to the arrival of the East and West India mails, markets, to political events of importance, as decisions in Parliament, to the arrival of Liverpool vessels at other ports, and whatever else mey be thought deserving of transmission by telegraph. The company will also convey private communication, at so much per dozen words.—Liverpool Times of yesterday. St. Petan u A dispatch has been received by the Board of Tradeor announcing that, in accordance with an imperial of g e e i om the Emperor Nicholas, dated January 24, the general meeting yeaterdsomy,miastsitre inspection or timber prepared for exportation from The Eceleriisfaksitleaaalbejn abolished. e ir rs offi fo ce r , E iu ng w lan h d ite h h ad ail a . Whitehall place. EVENING. •A i r * 14 le, „MO,. - IMPERIAL YA kIA A MEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 15. THE NEW HOUSE. The Second Estate of the Realm assembled for the first time this evening in the Chamber appropriated for their use by her Majesty, in her new Palace at West minster ; and certainly we feel ourselves compiled to say that it is an apartment %sell worthy of the appro priation by the Sovereign for the use of her Peers—one eminently adapted for the accommodation of their Lord ships, and one eminently calculated to add grace and dignity to their proceedings. If he had done nothing more, the interior of this chamber would immortalise the name of Barry. We have already given at considerable length a description of this most gorgeous apartment, but we cannot allow so excellent an opportunity as the first night of its being occupied by their Lordships to pass by without again calling the attention of our readers to some of the principal parts of this splendid building. The New House of Lords is 50 feet lone. by 45 feet wide, and it is 40 feet high. On entering this spacious apartment the stranger will be struck with perfect amazement. The ceiling will, d o ubtl ess , fi rs t a t tract hi s attention -; it is not arched, but perfectly horizontal ; massive ribs, carved and gilt, divide it into eighteen compartments, and each of these is subdivided into five minor compartments or panels, the ground of those panels being azure, enriched with heraldic devices. The ribs are supported by corbels and by spandrils, perforated. At each point in the ceiling where the ribs intersect each other there are p ndauts, which greatly enhance the beauty of that portion of the building ; but there are no depending lights—no lustres, no chandeliers swinging from the roof, to conceal elegance or cover deformity. The length of the House of Lords extends from north to south, and during the day it will be lighted by twelve windows, six on either side, which nearly reach to the ceiling, but do not approach within twenty feet of the floor. These apertures are to be doubly glazed, the inner portion being stained glass. One of this number has already been fini-hed, and the completion of the windows will, doubtless, add much to the elegance of this apartment. Upon the same level with the windows, but on the northern and southern walls, are six compart ments, three on each extremity of the House, five of which are now temporarily covered w ith figureddamask. They are ultimately to be filled with fresco paintings. One of these six .which stands immediately over the throne has been completed ; the subject is the baptism of Ethelbert. The spaces between the several windows and compartments are fourteen in number, and they contain niches which are yet to be filled with statues of the barons who obtained Magna Charts. Having now disposed of the upper portion of the House, we descend to the galleries. That which is in tended for the admission of strangers bearing Peers orders occupies the north wall, and contains accommo dation for about one hundred and fifty persons. The throne and the reporters' gallery fill spaces of pretty nearly equal extent, but at opposite ends of the House. With the exception of those spaces there is carried round the entire apartment a light gallery. consisting of only one line of seats, and capable of containing about one hundred and eighty persons. This portion of the build ing will, be appropriated to a few ladies, and to Members of the House of Commons. The railing which protects these seats is a ery beautiful specimen of brass work and enamel. The only other gallery is that Jor reporters, which is placed in front of that for strangers, but con siderably nearer to the floor, and immediately over the bar. The situation thus appropriated for reporting is certainly in the most favourable position that could be assigned for that purpose, consistently with the accom modation of the Peers and the architectural arranginents of the building. The floor of the House presents to the eye of the spec tator three principal divisions, which extend transversely, viz., from east to west, each occupying the full breadth of the apartment, but unequal parts of its length. In the upper or southern division are the throne, together with the spaces assigned to distinguished finteigners and eldest sons of Peers. The boundary of this division is fifteen or sixteen feet from the south wall. Next comes the central region, or " body of the House," which seems capable of containing the four hundred and forty Lords spiritual and temporal. The table and woelsacks occupy the middle portion of the floor. At either side of these are placed, on ascending steps, five lines of benches, co vered with scarlet morocco leather, for the use of the Peers. The throne is a work certainly of great magnificence. Hitherto this portion of the House of Lords has been more like a great window with gold lace and velvet cur tains than the place intended for the seat of the Sove reign, when she appeared among her Peers, and was at tended by her faithful Commons, in order either to prorogue or open the proceedings of the great council of the nation. It was reserved for Mr. Barry to cast these tawdry trappings to the wind, and erect in their weed a throne worthy alike of the monarch and the greatest nation upoa the earth Though retaining abundant gorgeousness, the new throne is distinguished by an airy, light, and graceful character, which harmonises with the building. The platform, on which her Majesty's chair stands, is ascended by four steps, and constitutes a central compartment, on either side of which, forming two wings, are minor eleva tions, where chairs for Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales are placed, the latter on the right of the Queen, the former on the left. -The frame work of her Majesty's chair of state is marital and studded with crys tals. Ip other respects the structure of these seats is conformable with the established fashion of such furni ture, namely crimson velvet and gold embroidery. tee arms of her Majesty are emblazoned on the central chair, those of the heir apparent on the chair appropriated to that interesting young personage, while Prince Albert's is adorned h his own shield, surmounted by the mul titudinous crests which Germans of gentle blood are usually entitled to display. It is impossible, finally, to conclude our description of the throne without stating . that in its most elevated and conspicu us parts there are five niches, in which figures will be placed, fully armed, each in he costume of one of the five British orders of knighthood. The House is lighted by large gas burners placed on the side walls and on candelabras springing from the floor, and the effect of the whole, when fully lighted up, is gorgeous and magnificent in the extreme, such as to defy description, and such as must be seen, to be appre ciated. As a whole the House of Lords forms an ap propriate and pre-eminent feature in our great temple of legislation, and assures us that the work of erecting a new Palace at Westminster, so ably commenced, and so successfully proceeded with, under the superin tendence and guidance of Mr. Barry, will, if his life be spared, be brought to as equally successful a termination, and will, when completed, stand as a monument to future ages o f the liberality of the people of England of the nineteenth century, and of the taste and chaste designs of its gifted architect. It was announced that. the Lord Chancellor would take his seat upon the woolsack at half after four o'clock. It was expected that the gal leries (more particularly those appropriated to la the.) would have been fully occupied, and that there would have been a large attendance of Peers. The gal lery was opened at twenty. five minutes before five. The Lord Chancellor was on the Woolsack, and there were not more than a d , zee Peers in the House. The only Cabinet Minister present, with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, was Lord Campbell. The ladies' galleries were unoccupied, and not more than twenty persons were in the strangers' gallery. There was a large gathering of sons of Peers and Members of the House o f C o mmons at the foot of the throne; among them Lord John Russell appeared for a short time. His Lordship afterwards visited the galleries and the other parts of the House. The carpet (of the old Star Chant • ber pattern), blue, powdered with stars, was laid down, in the course of the morning, arid its light appearance contrasts beautifully with the deep red colour of the bunches. The coup d'ail presented by the appearance of the interior of the House is gorgeous. It is indeed a fitting palace for the proudest aristocracy in the world. In consequence, however, of the immense extent of the hall, and its peculiarity- of construction, the echo is so great that it is extremely difficult to hear distinctly in the gallery what is said in the body- of the House. Prayers were read by the Bishop of ST. MANI. Shortly after the LORD CHANCELLOR had taken his seat on the Woolsack, Lord CA MPBELL rose for the purpose of address ing the House. His Lordship s however, was, by an accident, deprived or tfie honour of being the first per son to bring forward any business in the new House, for before he could commence his address, the Usher of the Black Rod anneunced MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Whereupon Mr. Greene and other Members were called in and brought up several Bills. This was the first public business transacted in the new House of Lords. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCHEME. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition in favour of the Government education scheme. The petition stated that the plan was likely to be of great service to the cauntry. POOR REMOVAL AND POOR. LAW SETTLEMENT. Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions against both of these laws. Lord LYTTELTON also pre sented a petition against the law of sett l ement, and i n favour of a national rate. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from ao a Aberdeenpetuoiaga n in fr s o t ua ansyuffolk, alteratiporna)inintghe Navigation Laws; for an alteration in the Law of S e t t l ement . Earl FORTESCUE presen ted a petition praying for the aboliti on of capital punishments. Lord BROUGHAM rose to present a petition, but the noise in the House rendered his Lordship's voice in audible. He said, addressing himself to the bar, "My Lords, I sh a ll b e under t h e absolute necessity of having the bar cleared, in order that the business of the House may be proceeded with.—(A laugh.) My Lords, I beg to move that the bar be cleared. I shall certainly persist in that motion if my warning has no effect. lam about to ask a question of the Government, but if they cannot hear my question, and I cannot hear their answer, I may as well let it alone."—(Loud laughter from the Members of the House of Commons who were present.) The Noble Lord then went on to state, that the pours' rates in various parish s had been more than double since the Ist of D ceinber, and that a proportion of nine out of tee of he persons receiving relief were Irish paupers. Last Sunday 3,714 persons ha I arrived in the port of Liverpool, and on the next day 2,386 persons, making an aggregate of about 6,000 persons. The ques tion which the Noble Lord proposed to found upon the subject, did not, however, reach the gallery. GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. The NOBLE LORD then presented a number of petitions against the Government scheme of education, but was understood not to support the prayer of the petitioners. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE' made some observa tions in reply to those of tee Noble and Learre.d Lord, but not even their purport could be caught in the gallery. Lord BEAUMON'r coold not trip expressing his con.. currence in what had -fallen from the Noble Lord. If it was rendered imperalive that the authorised version f ti a Setiptures should be used in the schools to whieh Government itid was to lee extended, the Catholic clergy would not permit Catholic children to attend them. This being the case, it was necessary that some In ia sure should be adop ed to extend to the Catholic children the hen' fit of education. He little expected that his Noble Friend would make the statement he had just made, as he considered from the opinions the Noble - Lord had at various times expressed on the subject of educa tion, and as he knew the Noble Lord had often expressed the most liberal opinions upon it, he was little prepared to expect that the Government would proceed so far as to exclude entirely one class of her Majesty's subjects from the advantages conferred by this education grant on the others. He saw no possibility of there being an uni• formity of religion, and as long as that was so, perfect toleration should be given to all. Lord STANLEY presented several petitions from Dissenting congregations against the Government scheme of education, but added that he did not concur in the petitioners' prayer. STANDING ORDERS. The Duke of RICHMOND said, that as a Member of the Committee of Selection, he begged to call the attention of the flou3e to a case which had been re ported to them by the Railway Commissioners. It ap peared that in one of the Bilk which had been sub witted to them one of the parties had an action pending in the Court of Chancery. This appeared to him to be a very dangerous precedent to suffer, and he should be very far from recommending to their Lord ships' House to suffer such a practice to prevail; and he trusted, therefore, that some directions would be given to the Committee of Selection not to entertain the Bill, or any Bill which was affected by such acireutustancc. Lord LYNDHURST conceived that it would be un wise to stop a Bill on that account. Lord BROUGHAM—Supposing they were to allow such a proceeding, any man, by filing a bill in Chancery, would be able to stop any Bill whatever that might come before their Lordships. The Duke of RICHMOND said that he had no per sonal interest whatever in the matter, but thought it right to call the attention of their Lordships to the subject. WASTE LANDS 1N IRELAND. The Marquis a WESTMEATH brought in a Bill to restrain the sale of waste of lands in Ireland, which was read a first time. The NOBLE MARQUIS also gave notice that he should, on Monday next, move a resolution to the effect, that in the present state of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, and after the decision come to the other day in the House of Commons, it was inexpedient to impose any further burdens upon the landlords of Ireland. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their Lord ships then adjourned. HOUSE 01 COMMONS. April 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. PINNEY took the oaths and his seat for East Somerset. BREACH OF STANDING ORDERS. Sir W. HEATHCOTE stated that Mr. Heneage had not attended in his place on a Committee, but as he believed that there had not been sufficient r.otice, and no doubt he would be in his place on Monday, he did not think it necessary to make any motion on the matter. GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. Colonel REID presented a petition from the Sunday school teachers and others against the plan. COLCHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. C. BERKELEY presented a number of petitions in favour of the Colebester Railway. ROCHDALE CANAL PURCHASE. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from fron manufac turers of South Lancashire against the purchase of this canal. The Hon. Member also presented two petitions against the North-Western Railway Extension. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. Mr. SEYMER presented forty-eight' petitions in favour of the Bills for these extensions. LLANILLGOLLEN AND CARDIGAN RAILWAY. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition against the Bill for this railway. LONDON, OXFORD. AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY. Captain BERKELEY presented six petitions in favour of this railway.__ acres under tillage; of the estimated number of deer kept in the New Forest during each of the said years, and the number kilted in each of the said years, stating the cetimated number of deer kept and killed in each walk ut the foreq; of the numb rof livens, a grant. d, or ie force, for hunting or shooting in the forest, in the said years, by whom such licenses are grained, and the total amount of fees peel, i.: eat h of ,ne said y ears, for thi satire.---Agreed to, couitT OF CHANCERY. Mr. HUME wished to ask a question of the Noble Lord at the head of' the Gv.,r;tment, a question et' which he had given notice. It was re-peeling the Court of Chancery. He had melee; oit a former day !or copies of the evidence and the report made by the Commis sioners wh.. hail been aitpeinted to examiee into the proceedings of the C , -urt of Chancery. Since the time of the appointment of the Commiseitmere, however, it would appear that. no absolute report. had been made, though certain recoinmendatioes had beta made by them. What he wanted to keew frem her MejeAy's Government wte e whether any al teration in the plait reeommended by the Coin inksi.tners had ben come to, regarding the abolition of the Master in Chancery, and the other otfieeN connected therewi, h, and the appointment of two judges instead. The Act of 4 and 5 Victoria gave the Lord Chancellor the power of making the changes, but five years had elapsed and yet no ' thing was done. Lest year but one a res lution on the same subject had been come to, and though two years had elapsed since then, nothing was accomplished. He wanted to know from the Noble Lord when the changes would be made ? ' Lerd J. RUSSELL said, in answer to the first point of the Hon. Member, about the abolition of the Master in Chancery, the Lord Chancellor had considered the matter, and the result was the duties of the Master in the Exchequer had been added to those of the Master in Chaneery.—(Hear, hear,) This arrangement ren dered the original one, recommended now, unne cessary. The Honourable Member might thence infer that it was not the intention of the Govern ment to fill up any vacancies that might arise. He trusted, also, that with respect to the intentions of the Lord Chancellor, changes of a beneficial character to the interests of the suitors would be introduced into ' Chancery processes very shortly. Mr. HUME suggested whether, as no official report had been laid on the table of the House, any abjection could be raised to the Lord Chancellor's collecting the information required, and so bringing it in a tangible shape before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think that any objection could be urged against such a course. JEWISH DISABILITIES. Mr. SPOONER, said that, as the answer of the Noble Lord to the question of the Hon. Member for Tavisteck with respect to the civil disabilities of the Jews was very generally misunderstood, he begged to repeat the question. He wished to ask whether it was the intention of the Government to remove those disabilities which prevented Jews flow occupying seats in that House? The answer of the Noble Lord wae ' that it was not the intention of the Government t o bring in such a measure, but he stated that he did not mean to say that he should oppose the bringing in a general measure in reference to the subject. He wished to know whether it was the intention of the Ministry to bring in a mea sure involving the repeal of these disabilities? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Hon. Gentle man was quite right in saying that his former answer had been mit-understood, although at the same time it appeared that the Honourable Gentle man had collected its substance very correctly. He did not mean to say that the Government would bring in a specific measure, but if a general mea sure were introduced with respect to a change in the oaths, he did not consider that any opposition need be given to such a measure. All he could say now was, that it was not at all probable that ameasm e would be introduced by the Government in the course of this session, but neither would he pledge himself that such a Bill would not be introduced.—(Laughter ) EDUCATION Sir JAMES GRAHAM wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government the two questions of which he had given notice, with respect to the minute of Council en the subject of education, which had been laid on the table of the House in the course of the session. Tire first question was, whether in the minute. of Coun cil, it was intended that, as heretofore, Co aid should be given to schools that are not in communication with the one or the other of the two societies—the National School Society, or the British and Foreign School Society ; arid if the Noble Lord's answer should be in the negative, that it was not the intention of the Government to give to other schools as will, then his next question followed, occasioned by a statement made by a reverend member of the Church of England, at a public meeting. that Government aid was to be confined to those schools in which the authorised version of the Scriptures was used. fie wished, therefore, to auk the Noble Lord whether any such limitation was to be introduced? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, in answer to the Right Hon. Baronet, in the first place, that there had been no alteration in the minutes 44f Council of 18416 which had been laid on the table of the House, to the effect that no grants should be made except to schools in connexion with the National or the British and Foreign School Society, or iu which the authorised version of the Scriptures were used. But inquiries had been made in reference to that point by different parties, and the President of the Council had in answer referred them to the minutes of Council of 1839. Pre vious to 1839, the view was that Government aid could only be given to schools in c.4nnec ion with these so cieties. But in 1839 it was intimated that the Committee of Council would consider other applications made, not through these societies, but as special cases, and they would be considered as special. It had, however, been intimated by Lord Lansdowne, the President of the Council, that the Committee w Council would not insist that such applications should be considered as special cases, but that if they should seem deserving of aid, aid would be granted, although they were not in connection with these societies. Re ference having been made to the minutes of the year 1839, when it was made necessary that the authorised version of the Scriptures should be used in the school the impression seemei to have been made that that limitation still continued. But it must be recollected that Roman Catholics since then had received Govern ment aid in their schools. Tnere might be some altera tions made with respect to Roman Catholic schools. Lord J. RUSSELL in reply to questions from Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Ewart, said that everything that was required would be found to be contained in the minutes. With respect to the minutes of 1832, they had long be fore been presented to the House. RELIEF TO IRELAND. Mr. HAWES presented a ilispa , ch from British Guiana, in which it was stated that 1,2001• were col lected for the distressed Irish; also another tram Barba. does, where 2,000/ w,is collected tor the smm. purpose. WRECK OF THE THETIS. Viscount INGESTRE moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the circumstances relative to the re tovery of treasure and public stores sunk in her Ma jesty's late frigate Thetis, off Cape irl 1830 He would preface the observations, which lie was about to make, by stating that be did not want the trea sury to pay away money as a gift, but to ren. ler up that which had been unjustly obtained from a body of men who exerted themselves most laudably in saving a vast amo u nt o f treaiur. from the wreck of ht.rMajesry' s frigate Thetis. She wis sunk in water from six to thirteen fathoms deep, and had it not been lor the exertions, bravery, and mechanical skill of Captaiu Dickenson. 157,0001. would have been lost. It was his intention so long ago as 1844 to have brought this subject under the attention of the House. But he was prevented by his Hon. and Gallant Friend the Member fur Ripon, who was of opinion that discussion might prejudice the cause, as he believe I that the Board of Admiral:), would do justice to these brave men. In the correspondence which had taken place upon the subject, when several officers had volunteered to recover a quantity of the treasure, it was stated that no expense would he entered into on the public account, beyond the use of the crews of those ships on the station who might not otherwise be engaged. That permission having peen given, it was most unfair to charge the expense of the provisions of the crews and their pay upon those who had attempted a public service. It was shown that there was no other service in which to employ the crews, and it was merely a little extra work. It was said that the treasure in the ship was 157,0001, and the stores were estimated at from 2,000/. to 3,000/. An adjudication was made on the question in 1834. after a long investigation by the Commissary Ge neral, that the decision did not give satisfaction. In this case there was recovered not less than 157,0001 and there was scarcely anything like a fair proportion given for the recovery of it. lie did net wish to press any particular course on this, but he did suggest that a Committee of inquiry should be appointed in this matter. He must say on behalf of those hardy seamen employed in the servi ce t h at t h t i t remuneration was miserablyinadequate to their services, notwithstanding their praiseworthy conduct and the hardships endured. He thought it was bad encouragement to those who had risked their lives to recover property, and save human life. He thought 161. or 17/. a head would not have been tout great a remuneration for their services. He hoped that the House would not sanction such an unprece dented act as the present. The Hon. Gentleman con cluded by m ov i ng f or a C omm it tee o f I nqu iry. Captain PECHELL thought this to be of all the cases he had ever heard the most extraordi nary. One of her Majesty's ships, when on a cruise, was wrecked on a dangerous coast, and the stores and specie on board were at risk. The admiral on the station gave orders that every exer tion should be made to save the specie an: I stores, and Capt. Dickinson was the officer who had the duty in charge, and who had exerted himself in a manner the most exem plary. After several months' suffering and privations of the extremest kind endured by the crew at work on the wreck, a very considerable sum o f money was saved from the ship. The Board of Admiralty handed over one third of the whole to Captain Dickenson and his officers, who felt in some degree satisfied with the decision. But now came a most extraordinary charge : the board sent in a bill, which the Admiral did not tax. The other night the excessive charges and extortion of the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, had been exposed, but he would say, this bill of the Board of Admiralty, of 1831 and 1832, he did not know who they were, was of a worse character. It was not only abo minable extortion, but gross robbery.—(Hear, hear.) Thirteen thousand pounds was charged for the wear and tear of these vessels, and they also charged for the time the ships were employed on other service for the vic tualling of the men. The ships were back wards an 1 forwards, and on other duties, yet, not - withstanding, they were charged for. He disputed the principle of charging at all. 2,1934 was charged 'HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. On the motion of Mr. WARD, the following Members were nominated as the Select Committee for the Holy head Harbour Bill:—Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Ward, Mr. W. 0. Stanley, Admiral Dundas, Colonel Pennant, Captain Berkeley, Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, Mr. Parker, Sir Stephen Glynn*, Mr. Tufnell, and five Members to be added by the Committee of Selection. Mr. GILL suggested the appointment of Lord Sandon as a Member of the Committee. Lord SANDON said that it was incompetent for the Committee to proceed until they had received the report of the Commissioner;, and that the Committee therefore would be useless at least at the present time. Mr. WARD said that this Committee was simply in tended to inquire into the objections which had been, and he believed very needlessly, made against the plans of Mr. Bendel!. The Noble Lord was aware that a very large sum had been actually voted for the formation of the harbour, and if he would serve upon the Com mittee there would bp a great facility given to the labours of the Committee. Mr. WILLIAMS was astonished that the Hon. Se cretary td the Admiralty had brought forward this mo tion at the present time. A very large sum was to be devoted to this subject, he believed upwards of a million and a half, and he thought that the least that could be done would be to wait until the report of the Commis sioners had been made. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY thought that the observations of the Hon. Member for Coventry were quite out of place, for this was no new measure. It had been amply discussed at the time, and the Government hal given every information in reply to the many inquiries which had then been made. The whole of the plan had been stated, and he thought that the Noble Lord the Member tor Liverpool had given circulation to the most gro-s and injurious fabrications. Lord SANDON utterly denied that such had been the case. Mr. W.O. STANLEY—WeI ',those fabricat ions had been circulated with facility among the Members of the House, The Committee was for nothing more than to enable the Crown to purchase land at Holyhead. Mr. WARD was quite willing to postpone the motion till to-morrow, as well as the other matter connected with it. The motion was accordingly postponed. _ _ USE OF GRAIN IN BREWERIES. Mr. BROTHEItTON presented a petition from the inhabitant,: of Leeds to prevent the use of grain in breweries and distilleries. EDUCATION. Lord EMLYN presented six petitions from various congregations of Dissenters in Pembrokeshire against any further grant for educatioral purposes. Petitions against the Goverment scheme of education were presented by Mr. Mitchell ; by Mr. Duncan, from Dumfries ; by Sir G. Staunton, from Portsea ; 25 peti tions by Mr. Barkly, from inhabitants of Bristol ; by Mr. P. Bennet ; by Mr. Christie, from Weymouth ; 13 petitions by Sir B. Hall, trom diff:rent parishes in Wales ; by Mr. Aldam, from Leeds ; and by Mr. Muntz, from inhabitants of Birmingham. ABUSE OF CHARITABLE FUNDS. Mr. 1 1 .DUTITCOMBE presented a petition, numerously signed by inhabitants of Pontefract, complaining that the stun of 1,2001. per annum arising from lands, and 6004 per annum arising from other sources left for thp purpose of sending scholars to - St John's College, Cam bridge, had been grossly abused, and praying the House to inquire into the management of the funds. Mr. P. HOWARD presented two petitions in favour of the Bill that was lost yesterday.—(Laughter.) Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the town of Sheffi,l4l, agreed to at a meeting where 5,000 or 6,000 persons were present, against the Government scheme of education ; also a petition to the same effect, signed by 100 Dissenting ministers in London and Westminster. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Coventry ;o the same k-lfct. M-. BANKES presented a petition from a place in the county of Carnarvon against the Holyhead Harbour Bill ; also a petition from Dissenters in the county of Dorset, against the Government scheme of education, and a petition from Saltash, against the Poor Removal Act of last s:ssion. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY presented a petition from Aberystwith against the Government scheme of education. Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition from the merchants and traders of London, praying for the con solidati,n of the bankruptcy and insolvency laws. Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition, signed by the High Sheriff and other landed proprietors in the county of Roscommon, ag ainst out-dolr relief. Mr. M. GIBSO N ' presented three petitions from Man chester against the Government scheme of education. Mr. P. SCROPE presented several petitions from Stroud against the Government scheme of education. Captain HARRIS presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition from Edir burgh to the sameuff ct. Viscount NEWRY presented a petition from the county Down praying Government to give a system of railways to Ireland. TRADING IN- SEDUCTION. Mr. GREGORY presented seven or eight petitions from various parts of the country in favour of the Hon. Member for Birmingham's Bill against trading in seduc tion. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that the motion which he had been compelled to put off that day, in consequence of the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he should brim: forward that day fortnight. FREE TRADE IN JAMAICA. Mr. HUME gave notice that, on that day week, he should call the attenti9n of the House to a petition signed by 4.000 people from Jamaica, praying for free trade, and ~ n additional supply cif labour to that island. WARDEN, &c., OF THE NEW FOREST. Mr. TREE, WNY moved for returns of the names of the warden, verderers, regarderers, surveyors, deputy surveyors, masters, or keepers of walks, lodge keepers, and of such other officers who have residences within the New Eirest, by WhOln and when v appointed, - their fees, emoluments, and perquisites, the name of their places of residence, and the quantity of land attached to their residences, during the years 1844, 1845. and 1846 ; of the names of the courts held within the New Forest, the usual time and place of holding them, the names of the judges, stewards, and all other officers of the said courts, by whom and when appointed, the amount of the lees, per quisites, and emoluments of the slid officers, during each of the said years, and the annual other expenses of hold ing the said courts ; of the number of acres of which the New Furest consists, the extent of land en closed, and the extent unenelesed, and the number of 1 for the use : ilie ships, and let the ID,: n te ; only hear wises was chargsd for the use of a gun brie, let thew think of the conscience of the Adesingy to chur l )" , for the use ef the Algerines r! gun-blig 1,4631., which was f,,urteen hundred tol ies s more than -.tie was e orth—a vessel which it i w e ' s d ; disentes re tla. e had ever been 2,543/. was slisr e ed f or t h e excess of y ie tuie w fg Why shsulei these offiess's charged for their . nauce during their exreditl:n. If Captain Disee, e , g is had nor been sucsesSful, would t h e) h ave •ctiarge"L' i d, this 13,0001. Certainly not. S uc h a proceeding "i s mon . ei sity in future ca. , es, induce the par-ties to k. ep the their own hands, ins of risking it on any Adr e L u ld C. urt or proeceding.. On the face of these bills he '" rate , s. e a/it 6,861/. fisd b en ever-charged, and, at ell, s o that reductiou should be aa.ale. He hopsd th,a's vis s Noble Lord would concede the metien ehi eu „ s at sought, to see if the 13,0001 which had been ta; l ";', s ;, of the Admiralty C. , urt ea, fairly spent. It was, at V on but right that they should know how the money had s e applied, and an endeavour mad e to m ake them di s g o.. , the money, who bad got i t so unjustly. Whether be n al culprits were connected with the Admiralty ° itts • Treasury, he could n o t sa y, b u t at l eas t the C"m, m at to, should be appointed t o l earn w h ere th e m oney Wag e s', Mr. PARKER said the case came on in 183° D 'itbs therefore, a long ti me h a d trans pired since then a i r y present peri,,d. The case, w h en rarose, came for in% oil before the ordinal.) tribunals, and was adjudica te d. by those of the hi g h es t em i nence i n th e co untry. 01 et cupied the- time about sixteen or eighteen In" 11 ,' o bt least, and the res u lt was sue . i as t h e Ad m iralty ta ° de just and fair. Before the decision, the AdreiraltY,:i s a every necessary inquiry. and he believed the cone' b l, they had come to was a right one. The vestiell /be therefore, been settled in the due course of tne id g adjudications were m a d e i n 1833, an d it was deessieei that 17,0004 should be g i ven to th e ca pt a in and ga l 13,0001. to the Admiralty ; an d 12,000/. tor iec l "„ e d tp expences. After what had been done, he was h" e " ool s. say that it was too late to bring forward the motio.ehth It turned out that the parties were dissatisfied with to decisions of the Admiralty, and an appeal was g e l it the highest court in the country, the Privy Coen boa was thus, then, that the matter now stood. It had sr moved in 1842, but the then Chancellor of the, h ol chequer, in answer, just cited a ga i n th e a nswer tha t as. been given in a court of law. S uc h a d e cision th or vernment was not of course, inclined to overture review. hi m+ C. NAPIER said that it a pp eare d t o h.133' hi t if 1, y understood the case rightly, th a t a certa i n sum of 0- • was given to the captain, b u t h e never h ear d of 511„creS thing as salvage being to b e d e d uc t e d f rom suc h et be as the wear and tear of a s hip ; an d h e must s ay t"" - _ thought it was a most shabby proceeding. fair Sir J. GRAHAM said he was bound to state theta, the decision, of which complaint was made, he wa, B o, cially responsible. Th a t d ec i s i on was come to ' f or and that the Hon. Gentleman opp-sqe, the gem be ,: o ted Dorset, and the Secretary for Ir e l an d were setl ell 'biab with the particular s o f th e case . Th e d ec i s ion at .. , l* h ol the Board of Admiralty h a d a t th at t i me arrived IV not been come to without the utmost deliberation. boo Board had at that tim e , in addition to the parties ! i l l y he had already named, t h e assis t ance o f two most th' iro l guished naval officers—Sir Thomas Hardy and i t a l:rgtr Dundas. Now, what were the circumstances ? quantity of t reasure h a d b een s hi ppe d . i n a single v-'for from some pla ce i n th e P ac ifi c, and ha d beentirsall tunately wrecked some w h ere on t h e coast o f Bras' sill orders had been sent out bsr the Admiralty to 111 e D y e r, officer on the st a ti on t o sen d same one to a-- icsi, if possible, the large treasure which had hee ll d oe and Admiral Bak er , w h o was t h en in cote o3s ' sbel the station, dispatched Captain Dickenson v er duty. Captain Dick enson , h e must say , had ; t . fo: med the duty in a very efficient 11 D ea It occupied, he believed, somewhere about o : 7i i tbe months, and no fault co u ld certa i n l y b e f ou nd wlw oil' admirable way in which C a p ta i n Di c k enso n h°" O ,4lY charged that service, and when the treasure wa s aat ed recovered, the Government h a d awar d e d to th,,a, i netiP the vessel sn ample salvage f or th at serv i ce . 111 4 s ti0 0 sion of the Board of Admiralty h a d no t g i ve n sati!W i ef to the salvers, and they app ea l e d to t h e Curt 01 v et Council, by whom an addi t i ona l sum o f 12,0001. b ad ttl awarded to them. On ascertaining this award, the or Admiralty deemed it b u t r i g ht that there sh(wi t Tblid some compensation for the exsenditure of the P stores, which had been used in the service. i r n e exercise of the discreti o n w ith w hi c h they Il e so . vested, they had deducted a sum of 1,400/. for of besides an additional amount for the vie tu i , o aitht the men while occupi e d i n t hi s d u t y . Thi s they t" one the) were called upon to do for the protection of t heP f sder' service. The matter had fi r s t come un d er the Con seig ation of the Board of Ad m i ra l t y in 1832. It w , sli t . 1 00 la brought under the notice of th e New Adreilli e ' r ; a fter 1834. It was again considered in 1836. It 'a aessag wards brought under the consideratio n of the r in 1839, and it was subsequently decided upon by Sir see Peel's Government in 11,42 ; and all these several ties had confirmed the decision that had been come ' u rea the first instance. For the original decision, he a ha peated, he was responsible. In the first instance o f salvage had amounted to 17,0001., and the Cour t Privy Privy Council had subsequently given an additional Bit of 12,000/. ; and he must say, without wishing in . 1 1, smallest degree to detract from the merit of Capt. p ie' enson, or those connected with him, or without wish% to throw the smallest imputation on the way in ro bin' ` they had performed the service, that they had receiree sufficient reward. Mr. WAKLEY said that it was unfortunate thef anti! h a d the Right Hon. Baronet who had just sat down 4,1 risen to address th e H ouse, scarcely ten sentencesl, bsen heard during the w ho l e o f t h e d e b ate. The Pp, Lord who introduced the measure had not been he, the Hon. Member who f o ll owe d hi m h a d no t been ha rd.; and the Gallant Officer oosite had not been h e ; 3 J, but the Right Hon. Gentleman had such a quiet, hlO ... 0 4. smooth, gentlemanly mode of s p ea ki n g, that he to en ably had great weight with th e H ouse , and very the/ carried the Members with him on questions whe i. n , jos did nut agree with him.—(Hear, hear, and a latlg u ' a site the IlSght Hon. Baronet h a d no t s t a t e d the cas e d ou se fairly, and h e b e li eve d th at t h e M em b ers o f 11° otitis had no mo re i mportant d uty to do than to invt the cond u ct o f any pu bli c department, arid to ingu l— f the the pre meedings o f t h e execut i ve, for t h e benefi t the t he public service. ,Th e Ri g h t H on. Baronet h a d stet 00r case, hut he had been wrong ; but instead of ac jaseas !edging th e wrong, he had simply rested his had upon the fa c t th at those wk ► had followed him tilled his p rocee di ng. T he Right Hon. Bal.?„n-ii et isfy been in office and it was a s toni s hi ng how 11- 2 (1 those who were in office as sen t e d to the ear , / sions of those who had been in office.--(Hear ' b T e h t e w r e e en wa t s he al i w n •a s ys a , m i i n t t h r e u: h o , u a ts. n der fa I ag re e The __ ( L aug hter.) won wlthigichht heH o h n it e d iu g r i a .v b e l n e , f ß er ar h o e s w et as h t a lt d th s e ta b se e d ad t o h f e the d ro e i c osrd ie of Admiralty at the time, but he had been he llghl egregiously wrong ; and, for his own part, hv 1 : -° e fa it was al vays the best plan, when such was the c h a : wig a man to come forward manfully and say th at been wrong, rather than to persist in it; and it would 101 7., 00 far letter for the Right Hots Baronet to have S. for the present occasion, han to persist in a P 1-bt deeteV,3sts, which no redress had been obt aine d f or the 813 ere for it had received none but o ffi c i a l answ ers. NO W " g erl. was a remarka!de similarity in all official answe rs for his ..wu part, he thought that the better plan 7 o i be to stere. i typ e t h an' at once, to cast them i n leets' c ial to say in r e ply to an app li cat i on t h at t hi s wa s an oft h , be e, answer.—(Laughter.) Th e w h o l e case l a y in a er Fie but the Right Hon. Baronet had not fairly s tated At e o n represent , 'd it as if Capt. Dickenson had happened to bi the South A mer i can stat i on . an d t h at h e h a d been sen' s y Admiral Baker, who was in the command of the gl, hs dron to receiver the treasure which had been lost il l ;To Thetis, and as if this was a common official duty 10 course of the service.—(Hear, hear, from Capt. Pechez Why, G.ptain Dickenson was the whole author of tt, fore. When he had first named it to Admiral Wa r that officer had considered it as only a wild eche _ i ntof i p t la w n aL all planned. Nobody had e ve r thought of it it was his capacious and scientific mind by wh i he ' c" which was never likely to be brought into any practiS effect, or likely to be of the slightest use to the count s ' , at large, and it was entirely through Capt a i n Di c keen that the immense aneount of treasure had been recore7 from the wreck, and that, too, from a depth under Pr% varying from 35 to 79 feet—(Hear)—and th a t, too, e h P'To distance of many thousand miles from England. wi t ' v t, appliances but those furnished by his own ingeeetjlo, without any assistance from the Government but the bed as the Gallant Member for Brighton (Capyt. et R h elith o.s 'Pese properly called it, this " horrible b r i g ." ea Per means only Captain Dickenson had personally 124,000/. out of the 164,0001, which had been los t , oho d in ls ol 7, e oO se O r t v ; ie f e or ha t d h e gentleman - h h a a d d in r. succeeded tctree o h v i e m re liO We e the plans laid down by Captain Dicke e n li so ti n . tt owning to his plans alone that it was ever recur i i r The Government bad but rendered the srnallest_ease lance beyond the services of this horrible brig; a l l and rest had been effected through the energy, be ability of Captain Dickenson, even his fire eog,T;ark• had been compelled to convert into an earth ha d He said that the Right Honourable Baroo o ., the not stated the case fairly; for instead of suppera l3 l ,. o o l . Gallant Officer, the Admiralty of that day had t"" s ea the whole of the responsibility on his shoulders' h od when at length success had crowned his efforts, ibeYsil come in with a huxtering, mean, contemptible, 00d fle hick kind of prosecution, fo rob him of his rewer'" le 10 0 : 0 1 could not say how, but he deeply regretted that the entirely dfo Lord who introduced this question had not been A li pOS by the House, and especially that the House hai„.oi heard the two letters whi c h h e rea d— a letter 10'1,10 for a hawser to h e lp C a p t . Di c k enson i n his labour,,* i s the reply that was ma d e to t h at app li cat i on. The "Jd'hie Was lost in Decembe r , 1830; the captain commenc ed labours a t th e c l ose o f D ecem b er, 1841; an d the cation for the hawser was made in the June folio it The letter was signed by Lord John Townsend , 1/11 stated of "Sir,—l am directed by my Lords C om missioner o o the Admiralty [the Right H on . B aronet was Fire,.tateeet at that time] that n o expense can b e su ff ere d by the public in the endeavour to recover the t e ;seft from the Thetis. The requ es t was f or a 6i -it eh' and cannot be complied with. "Signed, "JOHN TOWNSEF;fte% The second letter was dated August 11, and noticing the application of the 11th of June, leo declined the request for this 6i-inch hawser• is second letter was sign e d by Si r J o h n B arro w, 0° mot if was plainly evid e nt th a t th e B oar d o f AdnairaltiLlhe diated the whole concern —(Ch eers )— an d yet, wij`-seao treasure had been recovered—when the money ...4$ safely lodged in th e B an k o f E ng l an d , t h en they bronP r , in this claim o f th e new sa l vers, an d at t h e e leventh a ‘ and tilt. , fifty-ninth minute of th e eleventh hour, w o is came forward with their nasty bill o f costs.--(Ctindoehew and laughter.) And this, be it remembered, wag es the sanction of the Right H on . B arone t. ItAb bo a searched all their dirty journals f or a precede."gel found one, there might have been some exoti*