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pARLIAMENT . SKETCHED on the SPOT. By the " STRANGER." To be continued Weekly during the Session, in the "LEADER' Newspaper. Office, 7, Wellitigton-street, Strand. Price Sixpence. ROYAL MlNT.—Messrs. HUNT & ROS KELL have the honour to announce that they have been BP - Pointed by the Master of her Majesty's Mint to DISPOSE of the MAUNDA.Y MONIES and PROOF COINS. The former are now ready for distribution. Due notice will be given wuen the proof coins are struck.-156, New 13ond-street, April 2, 1853. GUILDHALL, April 5, 1853.—The Committee for Letting the City's Lands will MEET at Guildhall on Wednesday, the 13th day of April imtant, at One o'Clock prec'sely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on Lease, for Fourteen and a half years (le=s three days), from Midsummer next, a HOUSE, No. 21, on the north sde of Hill-street, Finsbury. Further particulars and plans may be. seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Archi tect's office, Guildhall. THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller, Macaw CARBON CHARTERED COAL and IRON COMPANY. NOTICE.—At a Meeting of the Directors, held March 29, Sir ROBERT PRICE, Bart, M.P., in the Chair, Pr.'f. D. T. ANSTED, F.R.S., &c., was unanimously ELECTED C°N SVI.TING ENGINEER to the Company, and has signified his aceeptance of said office. By oraer of th 3 Board, 30 , nucklersbury, March 31. W. A. HOEBER, Sec M OUNT CARBON CHARTERED COAL and IRON COMPANY. No more APPLICATIONS tor SHARES in this COMPANY will be RECEIVED after THITRSDAY, April 7. Country applications Will close Saturday, April 9th. By Order of the Board, 30, Bucklersbury, April 2. W. A. !WEBER, Sec. PROFESSIONAL PROTECTION.- Solicitors, Medical Practitioners, and others, secured a Pro vision in the event of Permanent Sickness, or Disability from fo,low lug their Ordinary Occupation, by Payment of a trifling Annual Premium to the LAW PROPERTY ASSURANCE. artfl TRUST SOCIETY. *** Healthy and Disaisxn Livss Assured on Advantageous Terms. WILLIAM NEISON, Actuary and Secretary, 30, Essex-street, Strand, London. AGENTS WANTED. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church.—London, March 11, 1853 .-Irones is HERMIT GIVEN, That the BOOKS for Transferring Sba.res in this Society will be RE-OPENED on WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of April nett. The Dividends for the year 1852 will be payable on Monday, the llth day of April next, and oa any subse quent day (Teesdays excepted), between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock. 13 y order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. STRINI TO AUSTII2ILYK -- GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HraEar GIVEN, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron Screw Steam-chip ARGO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will leave Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on W EDNES BAY, the 4th of May next. The accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are f b. 11 3 , furnished. The rate s o f passage money—After cabin, first etas% 80/. ; Fore Cabin, second class.. 501. These rates are exclusive tvrines, beer, and spirituous liquors, which, however, may be bad board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced •Urgeon. A pplications for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2, Exchange-buildings; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs. amour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe. 8 0 13 . TH AUSTRALIAN _COPPER MINING COMPANY. r „ h e Committee of Management HEREBY Grvz NOTICE, that, in r susbee of the Resolution of the Board of 17th December last, Hwy. c have allotted the remaining unappropriated Shares of the ti°, - ;.,PanY among the Holders of such Shares as were Registe ed In , ost Book in the Mon'h of January last pursuant to Notice, and of with the Red Stamp. Such alio ment is in the proportion Th e 7„, ° ‘ , Bll ares for every Five Shares o Registered and Stamped. pany on production of Allotment will be issued at the Offices of the Com- P oducton of the Shares so Registered and Stamped, on or bef:_nare SA:rum:bay, the 16th day of April, 1653 ; after which the right to cm such Allotment will be, considered as forfeited. By Order of the Board. Of fices, 17 j , Gracechuch-street, 29th March, T ar li ch ° , 11 18 P 5 5 3 0 . N, Chairman. -pXCISE-OFFICE, .in Old Broad-street, FOR SA-U. —To be SOLD, by . TENDER, by order of the Com oners of Inl an d R evenue, in several Lots, or, if an adequate P r l e be offered, in One Lot, all those extensive, valuable, and highly important FREEHOLD PREMISES in Old Broad-street, in the city L Of London known for many y ears as the EXCISE-OFFICE, and, e cetlY, as the Inland Revenue-office ; comprising the elegant and ofnbseteantial stonobailding fronting Old Broad-street, and the spacious entranced inclosed yard contiguous, in the rear, with a carriage -way eighty frl nishopsgate-street, all of which have been for the last Extise Y ß ee e _ rs _ ° rd in the Crown, and used for the purposes of the Revenue The vast importance "this property, in regard as well to its loca lity as its extent, is of in —"ighest character. The Immediate neigh. bourhood of the Royal Exchange, the Bank of England, the Stock . Exchange, the Auction Mart, and the numerous other public and pri vate establishments for business renders its value peculiar; a nd no o PPortunitt of acquiring a site in' the city of London, in any decree approximating that now offered, will probably again present itself. may particulars and conditio ns o f sa l e , with a form of tender, ny be obtained at the offices of the Secretary, and the Solicitor of Board Revenue, Somersetouse ; and of William Herbert, Esq. , the 's Surveyor of Buildings, on the premises, in Old Broad-street. teiaders to be delivered on or before the 25th April next. Inla nd Revenue, Somerset-honk, 31st March, 1853. 11-En ICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF bk. Si. YOUTH AND MATURITY. b octo ';`‘..LlEL LI'DIERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, EdintL f I g l b ed Lelne, and Matriculated Member of the University of Society ..ionorary Member of the London Hospital Medic M' -eentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on resuitino. ti fire Yarious disorders of the nervous and generative system, duced invenile irregu'arities and excesses, which have pro- More misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture d k ey at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis h 7: losinwn to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience e treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exisi- DeFe. se cret causes of self- acqu i re d m i ser i es and d i sappo i nted hopes in !elice, trace a bl e t o certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous a-11tY, various forms of Insanity, U n h ap py an d U n f ru itf u l Marri -'"' Im potency, Local and Constitutio na l Weakness, and th e ir endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are u Principles of personal management which cannot be violated w si t c t ce o ec t incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and these regret penalties the heyday of inconsiderate self-Indulgence, ..- s ' s • may he remove 1, may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness n v e olderi, and above all, Slid how the evil and its con , equences be rtilY a C in , rin ity or functional that there is scarcely any deg ree of physical cannot apply a cure. derangement to which the timely aid ci DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a log ser i es of years been engaged In an extensive practice the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and s the only legally i qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct att en ti o n to theseslectig enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply raw a rded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign na mes an d t i t l es, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 25 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, ,of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free 0 3' pos' for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. am, in cloth, price bs. by post free, Ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, in relationwth the rea View tm to the Cue n re of wide-spread Errors o the Tent and Cu of Sufferers from Debility et the Generative System, 1r Sexual Hypochondriasis. . - - Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal co n t r i butions to German medical literature. This is the first - a time, be inf orms us, that he has addressed himself to the noa - rne di ~al reader.e trust this m a y W etect not be the last, if he shall any other equ a lly fl agrant evil wh i c h it m ay be in his rower to correct."—Loudon Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. 7We bronalsed i n a former number that we should recur t o this ow gr.. iii order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes . g r eat severity the impo s t ors w h o make a li ve lihood by preying a l _ th . e m er edulity of the pu b l i c. The tribe of ' Quiet Syma thisers,' could fin e d di its ;s7 l Frien ds are mercilessly exposed r and if this book plaint of w Way into the hands of those who stiffer from th corn be saved mug' it treats, we are satisfied that many h indreds wou ld less importance needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of much rponey.. . though it is that which the quacks most prize 14%,,,,,,pnitrita' ys •• • • f T t hi re s ati . s tent o 1,1, Upon a more rationalganSdP volume n is well qualified to put an end to the .. , 111 , to do much go od. e P rin hy a si th ol rr ogt hce cal a' b an as d is to . p l l t a i e s e , t t h h e e r t e r f e o a r t e, —Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. o in 140 II VIE A ° ( 1, elolll .,Pries ca . les a t— —, 'STRIC T —., b y post free, 45., P o nc eSimple, Safe, sentHE URETIIRA, on and apparently apparently Intractabl and Effl in even its most Inveterate e Foram , RNAY, Member of the Re . --' the history In pro o t of ,_ Roy College of Surgeons of England. the hi s t ory of ' .u. views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given _a z% great many cases successfully treated, as bad ,ItSunaknyarvrehich m Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. cases ix., xi., xii., and ay'''. No. ix. had res sted for a Leod of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, d ' i n °Yed in as many weeks. But eases xviii and ' xi an x. ap w p as ear fi , n il i th lY duraticn severity, and complication of symptoms, of a mor e ag gravated tharacter than any detailed by Mr- Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Conrtenay proved emine n tl y successful. . Lu.s on Liz the Treatment of Stricture. OR. . Cu _LVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be l ia d of Sherwood, Paternoster-row 23,. Pateoster-row , Carvalh o , 147, Fle ct - street , Mann, 39, Cornbill, Price One Shilling each ; by Post, Is 6, 1 • ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Ilse of Time." smNTEN'in :—Early rising — Spring and Summer Mornings—Ea pcurshils about the Environs of Lond on —The Parks, Lanes, Hills 7 , ( 'Tests, Fields, High- roa d s , an d other pleasant p l aces - Country SIN and Rambles — The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home !Waie—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, 'eat, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT 10 THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH. &c. Yol. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, , "That thre e score years and ten our course may run." lA popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of nor ic:utlY-debilltated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses c 3 cung. besets the man of bit «. pleasure, business or study, and ern , - , rs old age ; with tables and rulesfor the diet and physical regu cition re every -day life. TIIE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT —Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remedlative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that's the question." ritocitestmx:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and 7: l°l ce , on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and Sure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. l'hYsleal defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion Cases, & e , It. J C ( ILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R . C.S. (1827 ), (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forentie Referee in there !natters. Price is. each ; by post, is. 61. ,2ro be, ad,' of Mann od, a Patenoster-row ; o, 10"-street ; Corn 2 hill; or r of M. lt. Culvcrwell, m. 1)., sailArsyllpl Ite,eent.strect, who may be consulted daily from 44 4141 i Fiye, SeVen till sine. No. 18,888.] FAIRPLAY.—CONTENTMENT LOSES the METROPOLITAN—the Winner will be Snowden Dunhill, Peggy, or Richmond. Back them for a place as well as to Win, and you cannot Lose. Snowdon Dunhill has arrived the perfection of training. Peggy beat Evadne in a canter l a st night. Contentment has not a chance of winning. CITY AND Suarraneri.—Pancake beat Sharavogne, &c., in a trial she is worth backing likewise for a pace. JOHN FAIRPLAY, Ipswich. LADIES of DELICATE COMPLE XION, who . suffer from exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find immediate and soothing relief in the application of ROW LANDS' KALYDOR. This unique Botanical Preparation allays all irritation end tender ness of the skin, removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance to the complexion, and a delicacy and softness to the neck, hands, and arms. Perse verance in its application promotes a free and uninterrupted ex• r cise of those important functions of the skin, so essential for the preservation of health, and the attainment and continuance of a beautiful complexion. Gentlemen, after shavinr, will also find It allay the irritability and smarting pain, and render the skin soft, smooth, and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing propertics have obtained its selection by Royalty, and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the " elite" • lthe Aristocracy.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. ' CAUTION.—The words " Rowlands' Kalydor " are on the wrapper, and "A Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London," on the Government Stamp, affixed on each bottle. Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfumers. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta C iSPULES, approved by the French College of Physicians, and successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of Gonorrohcea, Gleet, and Lencorrhceal Discharges, on au average of six days (see " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from which will be forwarded immediately on application).—Prepared and sold by G. Jozeau, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London ; and Jozeau, Pharmacien, 161, Rue Montmartre, Pari ; and the principal chemists of France, England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of 100 capsules, 4s. 6d.; 50 do., 2s. 9d., with directions, and stamp with the name of Gabriel Jozeau printed thereon. TO AGENTS.- . —Life Assurance Agents in any 1 part of England may with advantage become Agents for Fire Insurance, and thereby greatly extend their Life business. The -Directors of the UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION—an institution established on new and important principles, and possess ing npwards of Two Thouseien SHAREHOLDERS, whose names and addresses are published with the Prospectus—are ready to receive applications for Agencies, accompanied by references. By looking over the List of Shareholders, applicants will probably find several to whom they are known. For terms, prospectuses, &c. apply to THOMAS H. BAYLIS, General Manager and Secretary. Chef Offices, 49, Pall Mall, London. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED, ILEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE 1.4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Be relay and Sons. Messrs Crease and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.8.--to guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. AUSTRALIA. MR. ROBINS be g s to inform the public, that he has received instructions from the Western Australian Land Company to offer for SA6F, by Public Auction, at the Mart, London, on THURSD k Y, May sth, in Lots, (unless previously dis posed of by Private Contract, of which due notice will be given) their ---- - EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT FREEHOLD ESTATES. IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EXCEEDING 130,000 ACRES, being the residue of the Estates of the Western Australian Land Company undisposed of, which the Directors are required to offer to Sale, by Public Competition, for the winding up of the affairs of that Company. A large portion of the Estate has been accurately sur veyed, and the present affords an admirable opportunity to enter prising capitalists to acquire a LARGE AND VALUABLE TERRITORY IN THIS BRITISH COLONY, for agricaltaral operations, with much probability even of AURIFEROUS PRODUCE, inasmuch as a portion of the Land forms a continued line or range similar in character to THE DARLING RANGE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WHICH HAS BEEN LITERALLY FOUND TO OVERFLOW WITH GOLD. Mr. Robins feels he may with every certainty recommend these Lands as - THE NUCLEUS OF A GRAND SCHEME for future development, which, under skilful management, must not only lead to a most profitable result, but ultimately become a MINE OF WEALTH to the lucky adventurers. Particulars and Plans are now preparing, in the meantime, every information may be obtained of Messrs. Few and Co , Solicitors, No. 2, Henrietta-strett, or Mr. Robins, Piazza, Covent-garden. LOWER CANADA. „ Four fine Freehold Estates, comprising 132,652 acres, deserving the attention of the enterprising Capatalist. • - - MR. ROBINS is favoured with instructions to submit to PUBLIC COMPETITION; at the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY, June 2, at 12, in Lots, _ . The Four singularly-important Landed Estates of the GASPE FISHERY and COAL MINING COMPANY, • Containing altogether 132,652 acres of land in Lower Canada, upon which the finest timber is growing, exempt from all seignorial rights, and held in free and common soccage, with indisputable titles. In these days of emigration to the West, which seems to offer the greatest attractions to the really industrious, these Estates present to the speculator an unusual opportunity to employ his capital (under the influence and protection of the British Government) with every certainty of a large return :- 1. The Estate of PA BAS consists of 51,840 acres, near the entrance to the Bay of Chaleur, the boundary commencing at the ',eat Palmas River, and extending three le. goes from the coast into the interior. Several extensive and substantial building have been erected at this station for carrying on the fisheries. and are nil in good order ; and the Estate produces pine, spruce, cedar. and biret. 2. The Estate of NEW POR r adjoins the Points Estate, and con tains 10,394 acres. A valusble water-power saw mill Im9 been erected on this property, which is near the fishing e,tablisliment of the Company, where capital build.ngs have been erected well ca:cu lated for the branch of the business. Pine, spruce, cedar, and oirch, are produced on the Estate. 3. The Estate of PORT DANIEL is a good harbour in the Bay of Chaleur, 18 miles west of Paha., comprising 4,000 acres, well covered with spruce, birch, and juniper. 4. The Estate of BONAVENTURA comprises 66,418 acres in the township of Cox and Hamilton, on the Great Bonaventura River, a fine tract of land with pine, spruce, birch, cedar, and juniper. Mr. Robins begs to add that plans of these truly important proper ties may be seen at his offices 28 days prior to the sale, and full par ticulars will be prepared as soon as possible, and will be given on ap• plication to Messrs. Amory and Co , solicitors, 25, Throgmerton treet, and Messrs. Roy, solicitors, 4, Lothbury ; at the Auction Mart ; and at Mr. Robins' offices, Covent-garden. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPA N Y. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet. cap. 9. CHAIRMAN— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER , Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. A table of increasing rates of pre urn, especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts. Half-credit rates whereby half the premium only is payable during the first seven years. Sum Assured payable at sixty, or at death if occuring pre viously. Orphans Endowment Branch affording tho means of haNlng children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to com mence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a son shall attain his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th year of age. BRITANNIA MIITuAr, LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Annual division of profits. Policy holders participate in profits after five or seven annual payments, according to the table selected. Premiums calculated for every three months' difference of age. Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable ; the unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits.. At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April, 1852, a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the current year's premium on all partici pating policies. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) Extract from the Half Extract from Table with Partici p ation Credit I:at , !s of I I in Profits, alter seven Yearly Premium. Payments. Half Whole o premium premium on Fir6t for Re -41 Seven mainder Years. of Life. Annual premium Half Qaar- Yearly terly Pre- Pre mium. mum. s. d. £ 3. d. 20 1 1 9 2 3 6 40 1 9 2 218 4 50 2 2 6 4 0 60 3 6 6 I 6 13 4 ----,---- 1 Years. Months 2 s. d. 2 s. d.l SO 0 2 7 3 1 4 21 2 2 7 6 1 4 4, 6 2 710 1 4 61 9 2 8 2 1 4 8, E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. HEtheir --- - - r ----- - - - = --- AREKTWI, to EVERYBODY. —It is now unnecessarycora complete, and magnificent ESTABLISHMENTS BUSINESSor B . MOSES Os PROFITABLE Es and SON to publish the fact of their commodious, world ; but it is right that their patrons arrangements for the first and most einsistianigipudisthheedpbuubslificiesshsolunldtlbree acquainted with the vast prepar ations tc supply the most fashionable and co thcoerytaabrlee p a e t r t p ir e e tu a al t ly th m e l a o k w ir e ig st , rn, prices, and to provide ladies and g entlemen with every k ilnitdieosf. cloth ingTh in the newest fashions, and th e most superior qua order department provides elegant sty les of MILITARY orNAVAL COSTUME in the most accomplishe d cut and workmanship, i or LIVERIES to any devise which may be desired —superior qua Idy-- e xcellent workmanship—dispatch and econ om y may be derended upon. The read made department is replete with n ew st y les of dress for daily wear o r special occasions and attire for juveni l e s not to be Y equalled elsewhere f or , novelty' , superior quality,. and economica l charges. Th e h at and cap section is replenished with every new style, and the b es t goods are charged very low prices. The hosiery branch displays articles of incomparable elegance suitable for ladies, gentl emen, embark k oS fb E r SON Em excel lgran thallaorthe ersprovided each article showing how f and children, the quality and price of far e the establishments of E. MOSES and with their outfits, or any part of them, at Wholesale 3 p a r b i o c u es t , t b o y em E b . age on small investments madsAaeunsidtnrBali(claloTthilianyg gmaahnsuafalcatrugreedperbcyenEt: MOSES and SON. All classes of passengers are furnished with the requisite goods and clothing for any voyage or climate, and the price of superior articles is much lower at E. MOSES and SON, than at any other house. Complete snits of outfits for ladles and gentlemen, and shipsailing information may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the un tradesrnan-like falsehood of " Being connected w ith ' heir Establishm ent , " or " It's the same concern," has been resort ed to in man y insta nces, and for obv;ous reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITII ANY OTHER HOUSE. IN ox OIIT OF LI:MEOW, except their own Establishments, as fellows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 34,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Far ate. _ Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Bootf and Lordln reply to Mr. DISRAELI, THE ADMIRALTY. Shoe Makers, and eneral Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will le exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned J. RUSSELL said it was desirable that the without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest motion of the hon. member for Marylebone should be dposed'o f da a y s, e t a h i a l n y as possible, price, from which no abatement can be made. is The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Thu p r o s s d a ay l s , but e,nni he could not name an earlier Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Sir B. HALL said he would fix his motion for that Emigraat's Assistant, fell list of prices, and directions for self mea- I day. snrement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of ORDERS OF Tnt BOARD OF ADMIRALTY. the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for tl,e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, In reply to Mr. Tußamx, . on application. Sir J. GRAHAM said arrangements had Men made Ici Pon parle Franca's. Qui si purls Italian. tiler spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol g. by Order in Coumeil to provide for promotions i n her . . --- i • , . sr•2l' '- • . .-*' . ''''' : ; 41- f:111 ' 1. ' /')' '.' - : -' - - ' ''''‘-11'.' . .. . . :' '' : ' . ; et 7 ' - \ . ' 7 .- - • _ ___......-,- .4,....e... . . . . ,_. . 7 '') t .---------- ... ----- . C:)_____-- - ` . ''..-- - -•' __. ---- 7 • t....-- - (_--C..-/ - e___-{9 - Z ) - • x ~• . __ ' ,/ X 7 . _ , .• • , . 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[PRICE SD• - improvements Parliament could make in the railway sys tem the public were entitled to require at its hands. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CARD W ELL—If I do not occupy at any great length the time of the house upon this subject, it will cer tainly be from no want of a sincere conviction of its ex treme importance ; nor will it be from the least desire to distract the attention of the house from a question so in teresting to the .whole community; but it will be out of a consideration for the position in which the question has been placed by the House of Commons itself. The late Government with, I think, very good judgment, deter mined that a most careful , inquiry should be made into the whole of the subjects connected with railways—that inquiry is now making progress. I had not the honour of being a member of this house at the time the house de cided upon appointing that committee ; but now, by virtue of the office I have the honour to hold, it is my duty to be in the chair of that committee, and we are taking the utmost pains to sift and examine the whole question of the management of railways. We have examined several per sons who, from their great eminence in the railway world, are most calculated to carry weight from their experience, and we shall proceed to examine more. We have also examined those who, by their official connection with rail ways, are most competent to give us their opinions. We have reported the evidence we have taken from time to time, in order that the House of Commons may have the best and fullest opportunity of judging the effect of that evidence. Upon the particular subject of accidents very comprehensive evidence was, a fortnight ago, laid upon the table of the hoiise and sent to the printers. It is only de layed by the pressure .on the printers,. but it will shortly be in the possession of members of this house. We have further examined into all the recent accidents in detail, and shall present the evidence to the house. Almost im mediately after I was appointed to office I sent a gentle man to examine what were the means employed upon the French and Belgain railways for the purpose of avoiding accidents. The result of that inquiry has been laid before Parliament, and has been considered by the_committee. The hon. gentleman who brings this motion forward has referred to a contrivance of great importonce, in regard to the prevention of accidents, for making a communication between guards and drivers. We have taken evidence upon that subject—we have a report from the "clearing house" on that subject—and several of us have seen the in vention actually in the course of experiment. I think, then, it is desirable that the House of Commons having appointed this committee, should be in a position to con sider the evidence taken before it, before they commit themselves upon this subject. (Hear.) The honourable gentleman has also referred, particularly, to a point which I must acknowledge to be well deserving of inquiry—that is, to the difference there is in the law upon this subject between different parts of the United .ngdom. Have the committee been indifferent to that subject? When hon. members get the report, which is now in the hands of the printer, it will be found that the committee have taken the evidence of the practical officers of the Boaad of Trade upon that subject that they have had before them the views of that very judge—a most able man, whom I have the honour of calling my friend—to whom reference has been made, the Lord-Justice Clerk of Scotland, for he kindly communicated them to me, and I laid them before the committee. My learned friend the Lord-Advocate of Scotland has just returned from conducting a successful prosecution under the law of Scotland against persons guilty of culpable negligence leading to accident and loss of life. I have applied to him to attend as a witness before the committee, and he has engaged to do so at the earliest possible opportunity. Certainly then we are making pro gress in our inquiry. Having got the opinion of the chief criminal judge of Scotland, we shall shortly have that of my learned friend the Lord Advocate as to what the law is in Scotland ; but it would be premature in us to pronounce any opinion upon such a subject before we have heard all the evidence. (Hear, hear.) I have here an extract show ing how severe the Scotch criminal law is. I will read it, in order to show that the subject is, as it deserves to be, under consideration, but not as passing any opinion, because I hold we should first examine the whole case and decide upon the evidence. At the trial referred to, the Lord-Justice Clerk said, in summing up, that, " after the disclosuras that had been made, it was plain that on ano ther such occasion it would be the parties responsible for maintaining such a state of things that would be put at the bar—directors or manager." That, we are told, is the law of Scotland ; but it is not the law of England. It may be right, or it may be wrong, that it should bo law; but before either the committee or the House of Commons pass any opinion upon the subject, they should thoroughly understand the case. When the House of Commons appointed a committee to go into these cases, and to con sider them, I am sure that they intended that they should be carefully considered ; that the committee should come prepared with their whole measure to the house, not that they should prosecute their inquiry under the direction of the house, or that the house should adopt some abstract resolutions. (Hear, hear.) During the last few days we have had a document laid before us through the public press of great interest. tt was the result of an inquiry which, by direction of the Congress of the United States, has been made by a committee for the purpose of ascer taining how far the interference of Government is desirable for the purpose of preventing accidents. There is a great deal well worth reading in that report. The committee say it is very doubtful whether a more direct interference might not tend to increase the danger to the public, instead of diminishing it ; and they give the following reasons : "To divide the authority from which the regulations necessary to effect these objects must emanate, would give rise to confusion and embarassments, engender bad feelings and hostility on the part of companies, take from officers their responsibility, and might result disastrously for the safety of the public." Then, I say, give us time to know whether what we aro called upon to recommend will "result disastrously for the safety to the public," before we express any opinion. I have no objection to assume to the Government any responsibility which will tend to promote the public safety. I desire to say clearly and distinctly that we do not ask for power, nor are we anxious for responsi bility ; yet, if by casting responsibility upon us you can secure the safety of the public, it is your duty to cast it upon us, and it is our duty to undertake it. Only, do it well advised ; and do not come to a resolution to that effect until you have read the evidence. (Hear, hear.) The honourable gentleman who has brought forward this subject does not impute that the very limited powers of the Board of Trade have been neglected or improperly ex ercised; and I have heard him do justice to that able public servant, Captain Simmons, to whose assiduity I can myself bear testimony; but he complains of the state of the law. Well, as I have said, the House of Commons have appointed a committee which will into and report upon -that subject. We have not been negligent in our duty with regard to that inquiry ; but allow it to come to a termination. Not only the committee but the Govern ment are giving their attention to this subject. I under stood the honourable gentleman to say that in bringing forward this motion he was giving us the benefit of his ex perience ; but the time for making a practical motion will be when the committee have made their report. I have no right, however, to complain of the motion ' • but the question now arises, how will th e h ouse d ea l w ith it ? The honourable gentleman truly said that when he showed it to me I could take no objection to It. That is so. Ido not think that any more true proposition can be stated than "that is the duty of a good Government to propose to this house all such measures as may appear necessary Por the public safety." I shall not dispute that. Neither is it in my power to dispute " that the great increase in the number of accidents which have of late occurred on railways, demands the especial attention of this house," or that "it is the duty of her Majesty's Government to propose more effectual measures than now exist for secu ring the safety of the public while travelling on railways." That is certainly to do what we are doing, namely, most carefully to assist in the examination of these matters, and to ascertain the state of the law as it exists in different parts of the kingdom, in order that we may obtain one which will be effectual. It only remains, then, to consider what is to be done with the motion. Is it respectful in the house towards itself, or calculated to create confidence in the public, to pass a resolution which will stand upon our proceedings as a mere abstract resolution without any practical consequence. (Hear, hear.) I would advise the honourable gentleman to take the course I have just inti mated, because it is not usual to put on the books motions of an abstract nature leading to no practical consequences. If he is content to adopt that course, then it will not be necessary for me to make any motion upon the subject ; but if he does not, it will be my duty, with a view merely to keeping the proceedings of the house in conformity with the usual practice, to move the previous question. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JAS. M‘GREGOR said he could not allow some of the observations of the hon. member for Tewkesbury to pass unanswered. The honourable gentleman had taken the ground that the directors of railways had not per formed their duty to the public by efficiently carrying out the administration placed in their hands. In answer to that, he would call attention to the precautions now used daily over more than 7,000 miles of railway, which a few years ago were perfectly unknown. So far as human in genuity could secure the safety and convenience of the public, the whole body of men engaged in conducting the railway traffic of the country, were devoting their atten tion to the subject. Fog signals, distant signals, and the electric telegraph, all of which had only lately been brought into use, were a proof of the assertion ; and he asserted without fear of contradiction that such a number of persons as now travelled upon railways were never moved before with comparatively so few accidents. Mr. HUME gave the honourable gentleman (Mr. M‘Gre gor) credit for having stated that which he believed to be the case ; but he deemed it of importance that the whole subject of railway management should be brought under the consideration both of the Government and of the house. Undue powers had been given to certain persons, and it was the duty of the house to see that those powers were made useful for the benefit of the public. But after the declaration of the right honourable gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, than which nothing could be more satisfactory, he recommended his honourable friend the member for Tewkesbury t o w ithd raw the mo tion, reserving, as he had, the l i g ht o f b r i nging it on at a future time. Mr. WADDINGTON was convinced that on this sub ject the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, in his positio n as chairman of the railwayco:u inittee, would do all i n hi s power to arrive a t a j us t an d The fair conclusion. (H ear, hear.) hon. memb er , i n in troducing the moti on, h ad stated that the rail way i n t eres t or the director s o f ra il ways were indisposed to provid e , by every possible means for the safety of the public, and he could not allow ghat statement . to be made without giving it a most unqualified denial. Since the hon. gentleman took a part in ailwa management a very different state of things had arisen; Ind he could assure the hon gentleman and the house from thirteen or fourteen years experienc3, that he did not know an instance in which the Board of Trade had made suggestions with reference to the public safety, in which the directors had not either carried those suggestions out, or shown the Board that it was impossible to carry them out. With reference to the allusion which had been made by the hon.. gentleman to an accident on the Eastern Counties Railway, andtho report upon it, although exception was taken to that report by the chief officers of the railway, it had the effect of calling the attention of every member of the board to the consequence of negligence by a railw4 servant ; and from that time, now nearly two years ago, nothing approaching to an accideut had occurred on that line. Railway directors were sincerely desirous of insuring perfect immunity, if it were possible, from these casualties, and whenever an accident did occur, whether on eir own line or the lines of other companies, for the management of which they were not res ionsi . 4 ..._.... e same deep anxiety and regret. : ,41.M' ,: :, should leave the matter to the committ , ':.A • ifeslrs e . .-4 , \ right hon. gentleman (Mr. Cardwell) p :I'e_ike. '.ll s ilisT e , rah_ that on a careful review of allthe circum - . - .. , 2 et e se e s en sks V -fit present a report which would be benefi 4 +,` "the railway= '• ' interest, and, at the same time, conduceve . fi the greater .1 e „,s t safety of the public. ie.:, Mr. LAING rose for the purpose of correcting, as far as he could, an impression which might otherwise get abroad : : . 4 from the remarks of the hon. mover of the resolution, that zes 44 on the part of the railway interest, and in the mi , • ire? railway directors, there was any disinclination to sti , r. 4 to a measure of Government control, however' st ' : ' I which could be proved to them practically to conduce to public safety. However much the railway interest might justly complain of Parliament having put them to unnecs sary expense, when the public safety was involved every other consideration must give way, and if any measure were introduced with that view, there would not only be no factious opposition from the railway interest, but rail way directors would be the foremost to assist in carrying it into effect. (Hear, hear.) Independent of all considera tions of humanity, to which he hoped even rail way direc tore were not altogether lost, the pecuniary responsibility made it apparent to common-sense that the directore were anxious to do everything in their power to assist the Go vernment in any measure which should be really conducive to the - public safety. Bat the question.involved in this resolution, and more especially involved in the observations of the honourable mover of it, was the extent and nature of Government interference. He would not refer to the report of the American committee, which contained very sound views on this subject; but the question of Government in terference had already been investigated by a committee of this house. Soon after the railway department of the Board of Trade was first constituted, there were loud de mands for the most stringent Government control, and a committee, presided over by the right hon. gentleman the member for Taunton, at that time President of the Board • Trade, was appointed, and the result was a complete explosion of the potion that any amount of interference on the part of the Government would conduce to the public safety. It was obvious that if the Government assumed the practical control of the working of railways, all respon sibility with those who had charge of their management disappeared. Government interference might be invoked for increasing public sofety ; but it must resolve itself into three measures—either the Government must assume a superintendence of minute details, which, he was satisfied, would be attended with the worst possible consequences ; or give such additional security to railway property that the companies would be in a position to incur large ex penses in making experiments, so as to obtain the means of insuring the greatest possible security ; or, if the present state of the law was not e ffi c i en t , ma k e i t e ffi c i en t , t o bring home the responsibility to the pr o p er p ar ti es . (H ea r, hear.) He had read, with great pleasure and satisfaction, the recent judgment of Lord-Justice Clerk, and he believed that was the common sense view of the subject. He should be exceedingly happy if those principles were the general law of the land, so that every one in all grades of railway management might feel that, in the event of negligence, they would be made responsible should any accident ;occur. (Hear.) He thought it only right to state, in confirmation of the testimony borne by the hon. member for Sandwich, and as the result of his long expe rience, that a more zealous and intelligent body of men it would be difficult to bring together than the class of offi cers to whom the working of railway truffle was intrusted. He believed they were keenly alive to the responsibilities which attached to their several situations an in the dis charge of their duties were deserving of ali praise. Indeed, if it were not so, it would be absolutely impossible to con duct the great mass of traffic on the English railways with even the number of accidents which was now thought to be so large. (Hear, hear.) This led him to remark, in comparing the accidents on English with the accidents on foreign railways, on the greater speed and greater number of trains in this country. In Belgium there were few ac cidents ; but by the Belgian trains they did not travel much faster than by the old stage coach. (Hear, hear.) In France there were few accidents ; and in America, until lately, their number was very limited. The speed, com paratively speaking, was slow, and the number of trains would be totally inadequate to meet the wants of an Eng lish community. Where in England ten or twenty trains were run, in France or America the number was only four or five. As the speed was increased, the number of acci dents increased. In a recent letter from Berlin he saw an account of five serious accidents on the Prussian railways, and in America the son of the President had lost his life in as frightful a casualty as had ever been reported. (Hear, hear.) By the last official return from the Board of Trade, it appeared that, while the number of passengers in the half-year ending the 30th June, 1852, was 39,249,605, only one passenger was killed from causes beyond his own con trol. He did not dispute the fact that accidents had oc curred which ought not to have occurred, and that they ought to be prevented by legislation, if legislation could prevent them. But no later than the last half-year, it was shown by an official return that, with the multiplicity of trains, and the high rate of speed to meet the public wants only one passenger had lost his life from causes beyond his own control. In conclusion, he would observe, that in common with all who were interested in the subject of rail way accidents, he hoped some good would result from the committee now presided over by the President of the Board of Trade. He did not look for that good in any exclusive benefits to be given to railway companies, because he be lieved, if railway property did benefit indirectly, the public advantage must in the first instance be consulted. (Hear.) Mr. H. BROWN denied that railway management had improved of late years, and asserted that the common question now asked at every breakfast-table was, " Are any railway accidents reported in to-day's paper r (Hear.) He begged to withdraw the motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. BRECON COLLEGE. Mr. GOULBURN, in moving for leave to introduce a bill for the future regulation, management, and permanent endowment of the Calm et Christ, in Brecon, explained that the management' or . ecclesiastical endowments, in deaneries in which Brecon was included, devolved upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and in 1845 their atten tion was directed to the nature of the property and the obligations of the trust of the College of Brecon. It ap peared that the original constitution was under a charter of as early a date as the thirteenth century, confirmed in the reign of King Henry VIII. The college was to bo established for the encouragement of letters and divinity, and extending the benefits of education throughout that portion of the principality of Wales. From the antiquity , of the grants, there were difficulties in the way of ascer taining the precise purpose of the donors, and the extent of the property applicable to the collegiate and ecclesiasti cal part of the establishment, and with a view to deter mine those questions some gentlemen at Brecon proposed to file a bill in Chancery. Upon examination it clearly appeared that, from the number of parties to the suit, nearly the whole of the property would be expended. That being a course which it was not advisable to pursue, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners proposed a compromise, and by mutual consent it was agreed that a bill should be brought into Parliament to give effect to an arrangement by which the ecclesiastical management devolved upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 'and by which a permanent endowment of sufficient amount was assigned to the colle giate or school establishment, and a college would be esta blished at Brecon calculated to fulfil in every respect the purposes of the original charter. It was in conformity with that arrangement that he proposed to introduce the bill of which he had given notice. The subject was one of considerable complications, and he thought it better to defer any explanation of the details until the house should have had an opportunity of seeing the bill itself. It was enough for him to state that in the proposed scheme sub mitted to their approbation, the rules and ordinances by which the college would be governed were fully set forth. He was glad to be able to add, that when the present leases fell in, an amount of property would devolve on the c Togo establishment worthy of the monarch by whom it o t f h t e h e a dvan principality was founded, and that an i ns tit u ti on wou ld b e established en t o w f hi le c t h ters woul an d d be highly in that iv p e art to (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME thought more information should be given before any further proceedings on this bill took place, to satisfy the house that the scheme proposed would be of the greatest possible utility to the community, and carry out the will of the donor to the greatest possible advantage. He should object to any new clerical establishment, till he saw how far the funds were applied to the community at large, for whom he understood they were originally in tended. (Hear, hear.) Sir B. HALL said the object of the bill, as he understood it, was to make that useful which had hitherto been useless, and to apply funds which ought long since to have been ap plied to the education of the people. As an inhabitant of that part of the country, and knowing something of the circum stances, he was very much obliged to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for having turned their attention at last to this establishment, and he hoped ample time before the second reading would be given to enable the residents in the principality to master the contents of this measure. The property belonging to this establishment was of enor mous extent. He believed the property was worth nearly 8,0001. a year, and the house would hear with some sur prise, that although this 8,0001. a year had been enjoyed by somebody—not by the laity—a short time ago there was hardly a boy in the school ; and from 1839 down to a very recent period, not a single prayer had been offered up in that place of worship. The building had been used by those who had charge of it for the most improper purposes, and during fairs horses had been taken in to stand, and a charge made for the accommodation. If the funds had been properly applied there might not have been so much ignorance in that part of the principality, as those funds were amply sufficient for the educational as well as the ecclesiastical-purposes. A short time since there was hardly a pane of glass in the building, the water was • running through the roof, and sheep were in the prebendal stalls and at the altar. It was altogether in a most disgrace ful state, and Sir Thomas Phillis, a gentl eman who ' had taken great' interest in the matter, had published a book, in okon which he said, "the college of Brecon • abuse which existed. in the appropriation combined almost every of ecclesiastical opert. The and management urc as h w not kept in re pair. No lectures or sermons were performed.. The college were delivered, and no ser vicesbuilding, was so dilapidat e d that church, a handsome fallen in, had not a layman that the roof would have the colleg( made the n ecessary who received his education at had not been performed i n ; and public worship in i -since 1839." The property, as he had said laity i , was worth 7,500/. or 8,000/. a year. The had not enjoyed it. Somebody must have * enjoyed it. (Hear, hear.) By the act of 1836, all the bishops were to have certain fixed incomes, and the Bishop of St. David's was to have 4,500 a year. His predecessor sent in an ac count of the income of the see, by which it was proved to be 1,600/. less than 4,503/. a year, and therefore 1,600/. a year was paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Bishop of St. David's to make up the supposed deficiency. That deficiency did not exist, as the income of a prebendal stall was more than 1,600/. a year. The reason he had alluded to this was that the Bishop of St. Pa lid's happened to be dean and treasurer of this collegiate church, and the property of this collegiate establishment formed a portion of his income to the extent of 3001. or 400/. a year, for which he performed no duty whatever. He wished the right hon. gentleman would tell them whether there had been an communication with the Bishop of St. David's as to giving up the money he received over and above the income assigned to the see, and particularly that portion for which he did nothing whatever. (Hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY thought further information should be laid on the table of the house. It would be still snore valuable if the Ecclesiastical Commissioners accompanied it with some report of their own on the necessity of the bill, and any correspondence which had passed between them and the bishop of the diocese. Mr. GOULBURN still thought the bettor course was to postpone detailed explanations. The preamble stated the general facts, and if any explanation was desired there would be no difficulty in affording information of the grounds on which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners thought it better to forego a suit in Chancery, which would absorb the whole of the property. The honourable member for Marylebone seemed to represent to the house that the pro. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1853. 111 HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, JIL No. CI:XXXIV., is Published this day. CONTENTS :- I. Apsley House. H. Serope's History of Castle Com%e. 111. Human Hair. IV. The Old Countess of Desmond. V. 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After a few words from the Earl of LIMAN, The Earl of WICKLOW expressed his entire approval of the bill. _ _ _ Lord ST. LEONARDS expressed a doubt that some parts of the bill, as it at present stood, would lead to farther embarrassments of land and property in Ireland. After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT and Lord CANNING, The bill was read a second time. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL. On the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL this bill passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes to four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. FIELDEN took the oaths and his seat for Black burn. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Blackburn Railway Bill was read a third time PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. Mr. C. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bris tol, in favour of the Crystal Palace being opened on the Lord's Day. Several petitions were also presented against the ad mission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. J. ANDERSON presented a petition from Fife shire, against the Scotch Public-houses Bill. Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition from Wis beach against the taxes on carriages. Mr. GLYN presented a petition from working men in Kendal in favour of an alteration of the Combination Laws. ELECTION FOR THE BOROUGH OF ATHLONE. The SPEAKER said he had received a letter from Mr. Baker, Parliamentary agent, stating that it was not intended to proceed with the petition against the return for the borough of Athlone. Lord H. VANE presented a petition from coal owners, &c., of the city of London complaining of cer tain irregularities on the Great Northern Railway, and praying for inquiry. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from Southampton, in favour of the repeal of the soap duties. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition from Here ford, praying for the removal of the Jewish disabilities. CHURCH RATES. Mr. PHILLIMORE gave notice that, on this day fortnight he would ask for leave to bring in a bill for making certain Alterations in the law respecting the levying of church rates. Sir J. CLAY - gave notice that on this day fortnight he would propose a motion for the entire abolition of church rates. (Laughter.) APPOINTMENTS TO DOCKYARDS. Sir B. HALL gave notice that, on this day fortnight he would call the attention of the house to the contents of two Parliamentary papers of the present session (Nos. 271 and 272), entitled dockyard appointments and promotions. (Hear.) Mr. STAFFORD wished to make an appeal to the noble lord, Lord J. Russell, on this subject, and though ho was somewhat irregular in doing so, he trusted he he would receive the indulgence of thehouse. It was that the noble lord would give every facility to the hon. bart. to bring forward his motion, because the mat ter to which it referred affected not only the board of Admiralty who had retired from office, but also those mem bers of it who were also members of the present board. He trusted that the hon. bart would give notice of the nature of his motion as soon as possible, and that after he had done so he would adhere to it. (Opposition cheers.) UNIVERSITY OF 0 X FORD. Mr HEADLAM gave notice that on Thursday week he would propose that the administration of oaths in the University of Oxford be discontinued. RESIGNATION OF MR. W. PATTEN. -- -- - Mr. W. PATTEN said at the commencement of the present session the house did him the honour of electing him Chairman of Ways and Means, and he regretted now to state that his health and strength were not ade quate to the proper discharge of the onerous duties of that office. He expressed his grateful sense of the con fidence which the house had reposed in him, and gave an assurance, that in order to prevent any public incon venience, he would willingly render any assistance to any member whom the house might appoint to the post which be now vacated. (Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL was sure the house heard with very great regret the statement of the hon. member. During the time he had held the office the hon. member had displayed much judgment and temper, and enabled the house to carry on its business so far as regarded him in a most satisfactory manner. (Cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI also bore testimony to the efficient manner in which the hon. member had discharged his duties,.and thanked him on the part of the late Govern. ment for the readiness with which he had come forward to fill the office of chairman of Ways and Means, though at the time he was fully sensible of the injury it would occasion to his health. (Hear, hear.) DESERTION FROM THE ROYAL NAVY. In reply to Mr. W. WILLIAMS, Sir J. GRAHAM said he was bound to state that since the month of January last a considerable number of desertions had taken place from her Majesty's squad ron on the home station, but it ought to be remembered that a squadron on so large a scale had not been as sembled on that station for a great length of time. He was not aware, un til the hon. member mentioned the fact, that these desertions were imputed to the infliction of any increase or severity of punishment. From the inquiries which he had instituted, it appeared that the cause of the desertions was to be ascribed to other 1 reasons—to the unusual high rate of pay in the mer chant service, and to the most improper solicitations from various quarters to induce the men to leave her Majesty's service. (Hear.) He had great satisfaction in stating that in consequence of more frequent leave of absence, after the payment of the wages of seamen on the hoine station, and other arrangements, those of most experience on board a ship had returned to duty with extraordinary fidelity. (Hear.) The right hon. baronet then stated that the man alluded to by the hon. member as receiving corporal punishment, and to whose treat ment the desertions were alleged to be owing, had been found guilty by a court-martial of using insulting lan guaee on the quarter--deck, and of knocking down a sentry on duty. He need hardly point out that it was necessary for the proper discipline of the navy to severely punish such offences. (Hear, hear.) Th e c ircumstances were consid ered b y the Board of Ad miralty, and in one case the sentence was commuted from 12 months imprisonment to 3 months, with leave to re. turn to the service at the expiration of that period. Majesty's dockyards, and on no account would that order be departed from. THE EXCHEQUER. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should lay the resolution which he intended to move on Friday before the house the day before. WINDSOR AND MALDON ELECTIONS. The evidence taken before these election committees was ordered to• be printed. COPPER COINAGE. In reply to a question, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no intention to make any change in onr copper coinage, but the subject of a decimal coinage was now under consideration. A select committee would, no doubt, be appointed to inquire into the whole subject. gentleman's reports, reference was also made to the use upon one of the railways of coal-trucks of an improper and dangerous character, but the Board of Trade had no power to compel the use of a better description of traffic waggons and trucks. Upon the London and North-Western Railway the great majority of the accidents had arisen from the heavy goods trains, and it was most important that some supervision should be exercised over the line in that respect. In the case of an accident on the Midland Railway, Captain Laffan reported that it had occurred in consequence of the engineer not sounding his "whistle, which had been out of order for three days. This accident was therefore owing to the laxity of supervision and want of shiet enforcement of the rules of the company, and showed the necessity for a great change in this respect. From the reports of the commissioners it appeared that twenty-three out of forty-one cases of accidents had arisen from inattention to the regulations and the carelessness of servants of the company. Accidents of this nature were divided into two classes—occasional, including those caused by inexperience ; and habitual, or those occasioned by general inattention on the part of the servants of the company, and, as a natural consequence, exhibiting a great laxity of discipline. In a report upon the Eastern Coun ties Railway, it was stated that a dangerous practice pre- ' nailed of sending off swift special trains, at a moment's notice; depending for their safety upon the electric tele graph, which at many of the stations was not at work, and it was even stated that at one of the principal stations the station-master had neglected his duty to the maid servant. Captain Wynn, reporting on the Midland Railway, stated that three accidents had occurred in the course of a month from the want of proper supervision over the servants of the company. Captain Huish had spoken in his report of the danger of using carriages of different sizes and build, and the " buffers of which did not coincide, in the same train. He also recommended that the footboards of the carriages of a train should be extended, in order to afford the means of communication with all the carriages of a train. Such a plan, however, could not be carried out, unless all the companies con nected with the " clearing house" agreed to it. These were instances in which the Board of Trade might exer cise a very salutary power in compelling uniformity, and -thus-increasing the safety of the travelling community. As the case stood at present, the report of the inspectors merely had the effect of removing the responsibility from the shoulders of the engineers connected with the line, without placing it upon other parties. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member then referred to the report of Captaini Wynne on a fire which had occurred in one of the trains on the London and North-Western Railway, upon which occa sion had it not been for the exertions of Mr. Crampton, who at great personal risk had passed from one carriage to another, the results might have been most distressing in their character. Had the footboards of the carriages been extended in the mode suggested there would have been no difficulty or risk in making the required commu nication with the guard of the train. Captain Huish, in answer to the recommendation in this report, that the footboards should be extended, stated with regard to the London and North-Western Company, that they were willing to consider it ; but he added that such a plan could not observed unless it was generally adopfed, as the carriages in nearly always the property of different com panies. This was a case in which he (Mr. Brown) con ceived that interference might readily be made effective. He need hardly remind the house that two lamentable ac cidents had occurred within the last few weeks, which showed the inutility of the present system of Government inspection. In the first case there was a most distres sing loss of life ; and he thought the verdict of the coroner's jury would read her Majesty's Government a lesson which ought to show them that if their inspec tion was to be good for anything it ought to be effective for the safety of the travelling public. This accident occurred on the lines between Manchester and Bolton, and this was the verdict of the jury :—" We find that the deceased, Thomas Creston, Richard. Simmons, and George Barbour, were killed, on the 4th day of March inst., by the engine No. 13 running off the rails, and up setting, near the Dixonfold station, on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, caused by the excessive speed at which it was driven by the deceased Thomas Croston, against whom we return a verdict of manslaughter. And we state that, although the rules of the company furnished to the guards and drivers limit the speed of express trains to thirty miles an hour, the train has usually far exceeded that speed; and we think this cannot have so constantly occurred without the knowledge and approbation of the directors of the com pany. We find also that the engine No. 13, from having only four wheels, and the length of time it has been in use, was not a proper engine to attach to a train running at thirty miles an hour, even on a railway in good and effi cient order. That the permanent way of this railway, as regards sleepers, chairs, and rails, in material and con struction, is generally very defective, and by no means safe ; that the speed at which the points at the branch lines are passed is highly dangerous ; that the quick suc cession of trains on the line from Manchester to Clifton Junction with the East Lancashire Company is also very dangerous ; that - the general arrangements of the company as to the maintenance of way and nianagement of trains do not conduce to the safety of the public ; and we cannot too strongly condemn the management of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company on that portion of their line known as the Bolton and Preston district. We are also of opinion that the speed at which express trains travel on all railways is so great that a stringent investigation should be instituted by the Board of Track as to the con struction and present condition of the permanent way, en gines, and carriages, as well as working arrangements ; and we fear it will be found that the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway is not the only one on which such a system of economy prevails as seriously to endanger the safety of the public." In the other case the jury returned the following verdict :—" The verdict of the jury is, that William Ste phenson came to his death by the engine No. 104, running off the line of rails and falling over the embankment at the west-end of Willington viaduct, en the Newcastle and Tynemouth Railway, on the 2d of March, 1853. They also find, from the evidence brought before them, that the line was not in a good and safe state, and that gross neg ligence in the management has been ma,nifsted in allowing ballast taken from the north line of Willington-bridge, while under repair, to be laid upon the south line, so as to render it dangerous. They are of opinion that a strange engine ought not to have been sent down the line without some caution given as to the repairs going on at Willing ton-bridge. They are also of opinion that some legislative measure should be passed, making it compulsory on rail way companies not to remove a single vestige of destruction of the line, carriages, &c., but that everything remain in tact until inspected by competent persons.' He would put it to the house whether these were not lamentable cases, and whether the circumstances did not fully justify the findings of the juries. But what was the use of the present system of inspection, if, as was here shown, the poor people who had lost their lives perished from a want of care and an absence of due arrangement ? (Hear, hear.) Was it right that the Government should see these things occur day after day and not interpose ? Was it right they should thus see the safety of the public disregarded, and not propose measures calculated to procure secu rity and create confidence ? Certainly not. They seemed to suppose that these accidents were wearing themselves out ; but the public were fully roused to the necessity of some active interposition, and they would not be satisfied until it was provided. Now, what was it th a t he asked the Government to do ? Why, nothing more than that they should - provide for the public travelling along railways the same safeguards as they required in steamboats, emigrant ships, and factories. (Hear.) Pass ing from this immediate subject, he must say that the pro ceedings of some railway companies certainly required the exercise of some control. The South-Eastern Company had provided carriages of such a description that they were actually obliged to bar up the windows in order to prevent the passengers from putting out their heads lest they should come into collision with the walls of the bridges. They were under the necessity of providing this precaution in order to guard against accidents from the use of those car riages and the narrowness of the bridges; for it happened that a passenger, who had put his head out of the window, was killed upon the spot. In such a case as that, why, he asked, was not the Scotch law made to apply, by which the directors would be criminally responsible ? If the Scotch law had applied there would have been far more care taken to secure the safety of the public. He held, further, that there ought to be a tribunal to which the public might forthwith appeal—where the accommodation was not quit able, where the traffic arrangements were incomplete, and where hostilities existed between rival companies detri mental to the public service. At present we had nothing of the sort. In bringing this subject under the notice of the house, he had no party or private purposes to serve. He was moved solely by a desire to discharge his public duties. (Hear.) If, he would add, the circumstances he had detailed pointed out the fact that there was a great disregard for the public safety on the part of the railway companies themselves, then the house, in his judgment, was bound to affirm the resolution he should move ; but if they thought these things were incidental to railway tra velling, and beyond all remedy, then the resolution would fall to the ground. But he was sure the house would ar rive at the conclusion that they were not beyond remedy, and that the railways of this country must be put under such a system of inspection as would provide for the public safety. The select committee now sitting, he feared, would lead to no practical result, and therefore he hoped the house would give the Board of Trade effectual powers. If, as he expected, nothing should result from the committee, and no proposition should be made on the part of her Majesty's Government, he should, at a,future time, think it his duty to propose some effectual remedy for the evils he had en deavoured to point out. In the meantime he begged to move—" That it is the duty of a good Government to pro pose to this house all such, measures as may appear neces sary for the public safety. That the great increase in the number of accidents which have of late occurred on rail ways demands the especial attention of this house ; and that it is the duty of her Majesty's Government to propose more effectual measures than now exist for securing the safety of the public while travelling on railways." Mr. FRENCH seconded the motion. His honourable friend had shown most conclusively that there was no ap peal against the maladministration of railways except to the public through the press. He had also shown the evils which arose from the want of a tribunal of reference such as was established upon the Continent and in America. Without some such tribunal it was hopeless to expect any improvement in the railway system calculated to secure the safety of the public. In his opinion the resolution was per fectly unobjectionable, and his hon. friend had applied to the proper quarter, for it was to the Government that all the evils of the present system of railway travelling fairly and legitimately belonged. At the same time the railways had to complain of the proceedings of Parliament itself. They had been called upon to pay a sum of 11,000,000 for Par liamentary expenses in England alone—a sum sufficient to have executed 1,100 miles of railway. They had also been subjected in some localities to excessive demands from landed proprietors. They had paid sums varying from 5,0001. to 14,0001. per mile. Under such circumstances it was not possible they could maintain a sufficient staff and pay a remuneration to their proprietors. But, after put ting them to these vast expenses, Parliament had actually granted in many cases competing lines. Ho repeated then that both Parliament and Governm en t were t o blame for the existing system. The evil of it was apparent some Lears ago, and a committee w as a p po i n t ed, over which ord Abernethy presided, to wh om a ll projected railways were to be referred. No tribunal ever arrived a t more just conclusions than this the interests or 4 of a t , conclusions more calculated to develop h they had been attended t o; b u t th e late Sir ia e ß ee ob lui ert tr & if el n threw over its reports, an d no thi ng was done. U der these oircinistancer s be had no hesitati on i n saying that whatever CEYLON. On the motion of Sir R. H. INGLIS, an address to the Crown was agreed to for copies of any dispatch from the Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington to the Governor of Ceylon, dated in December, 1852, on the subject of the connection of the Government of that island with the idolatry of its native inhabitants ; together with any reply thereto which has been or shall b received from the governor. ELECTION COMMITTEES. In reply to Mr. PHINN, Lord J. RUSSELL said, considering that the rights of the boroughs whose writs were suspended were in volved in the commissions .about to be appointed, the inquiry must take place as soon as possible after the House of Lords agreed to the commission. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. In reply to Mr. W. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON stated that those estimates which would be taken on Friday had already been laid before the house. HULL ELECTION. Mr. LABOUCTIRRE then rose to move an ad dress, to her" Majesty, for a 'commission ofi inquiry into the borough of Hull. The house would remember that the member returned for Hull had been unseated on the ground of bribery and treating, and since it came out in evidence that the cor ruption complained othad long prevailed in the borough, the committee felt that there was no alternative but to recommend the house to adopro. ition like this. It was painful to him to' have -to make such a motion as this in reference to so important a place as Hull, one of the greatest shipping ports of the country ; but neither the extent of its population nor the position which it held in public estimate ought to shield it from ,a proceeding of this nature, if the merits of the case called for it. It appeared, then, that it had been a practice for some years past to pay the free men of Hull for their votes at the rate of 30s. a-head. Several of the poor voters were also bribed in smaller sums, and one of the witnesses exam ined before the committee stated that these latter were far more troublesome to the candidate than the freemen, because they did not know their price. (A laugh.) In addition to this, several voters were bribed with very large sums, while it was clear that at most of the contested elections a system of extensive treating always took place. He therefore thought it was highly desirous that the whole case should be inquired into by a commission on the spot, and hence he had no hesitation in moving the resolution of which he had given - notice. Mr. WALPOLE said he observed by the report of the committee that the bribery appeared to have been both extensive and systematic, and he could, therefore, offer no opposition to the address, but he thought they ought to postpone the nomination of the commission until a future day. Mr. LABOUCHERE did not think there was any necessity for such delay. After a few words from Mr. BANKES, the motion was agreed to. Z Y. d. O 12 3 O 12 4 O 12 5 0 12 6 NORWICH ELECTION. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had given notice of his intention to call the attention of the house to the. report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the withdrawal of the Norwich election petitions, and to move that so much of the sessional order of the 11th day of November last as requires that all persons who will question the return of any mem ber, do question the same within fourteen days then nett, be read ; and that the said order, so far as the same relates to the last return of Members to serve in Parliament for the city of Norwich, be sus pended ; it appearing to this house that the two peti tions of John Phillips, John Abel, Henry Hindes, Peter Thomas Scott, and William Mackley, electors of the said city, presented on the 22d day of November last, complaining of an undue election and return of members to serve in this present Parliament for the said city of Norwich, were on the 14th day of February last, with out due authority, abandoned or withdrawn, whereupon the order referring the same to the general committee of elections was discharged, he begged leave to postpone the motion until this day week, when the members of the house would be more conversant with the evidence bearing upon the subject. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Mr. H. BROWN said he had to propose a resolution, at the suggestion of a large number of persons who had asked him to be their instrument, in calling the attention of the house to a subject of which he admitted the difficulty. He had some reason to expect that his motion would be met with two exceptions—first, that it was idle ; and, secondly, that it was unnecessary. He would be told that a select committee was at that moment sit ting up stairs who would make such a report as would satisfy the house on tho subject. If ho thought the carrying of the motion would be offensive to the railway interest or embarrassing to tho Government, lie should be the last person to seek to bring it forward. But he sub mitted his motion was of such a character that, if the com mittee should make a report that it was necessary to have a tribunal to insist on the regulation of railways, it would only tend to strengthen the hands of the Government. The right honourable gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, had done him the honour to say that there was nothing in the terms of his resolution in the slightest de gree objectionable. If that were so, he would ask the right honourable gentleman to adopt the resolution, If there was anything more marked than another going on in the committee up stairs, it was that they were all agreed on the necessity of what he (Mr. Brown) now asked the house to do. The house would recollect that when the late President of the Board of Trade moved for that committee, he had only in view an inquiry into the general amalgamation of railways, and that another hon. member followed np the motion of the right hon. gentleman by a proposition for 'extending the scope of inquiry of the committee. But what was the result ? The committee was now sitting, and the evidence given before them was just a repetition of statements with which the house was already familiar. He would refer the house to the evidence of a great authority in matters connected with railways; Mr. Seymour Clark. That gentleman stated that, in his opinion, the result of the proposed amalgamations and arrangements would be that, without some superintending authority, the public would be deprived of those advantages which they now possessed. Capt. Huish, the superintendent of the London and North- Western Railway, in reply to a question put to him, to the effect of whether all just complaints made by the public against the companies might not become a subject, of arbi tration, said that it would require careful consideration, and the assistance of men who were conversant with the details of the working of railways, who would give judg ments which would be acceptabl e t o the companies. Each of the five witnesses already examined had stated, in the most marked manner, that the supervision of the railways, to be effective, must be •placed in some central power. He would be the last person to advocate any interference in the fiscal arrangements connected with railways, but he contended that, until they made some better arrange ments, until they had some authority to which the public could appeal, or some power to enforce such regulations as might be deemed necessary for the public safety, they would have the colirmnS of their daily papers constantly filled with accounts •of 4 fatal accidents on railways. The comparatively small nalmber of accidents which occurred on the Scotch railways was attributed by some persons to the low rate of velocity ;: he considered, however, that it was owing far more to, the wholesome state of the criminal law in that country. [At this part of the hon. member's re marks Mr. Labouclaere appeared at the bar, and stated that the House of Lords requested a conference on the subject of the commission of inquiry into the borough of Hull.' Several hon. members named by the Speaker proceeded to the Lords, and after short absence returned and reported the result of the conference.] The lion. member then pro ceeded to state that under the Scotch law there was a pub lic prosecutor, by whose exertions justice was secured to the peasant as well as to the peer. This state of things were very different from that of the English law on this subject. Under the 9th and 10th Victoria (Lord Camp bell's Act) a right of civil action was given for damages, which unfortunately, however, practically valued - the use ful man at pence and the ornamental at thousands. He remembered that when this bill was under discussion a noble lord in the other house asked whether, supposing the Lord Chancellor on the woolsack was killed, any jury would dare to estimate his value. The rejoinder of the Lord Chancellor was, that he could conceive a much more difficult case, which was that of esti mating the damages of a noble lord in expectation of a seat on the wo o l sac k. (A laugh.) At a recent accident on a bra nch of the Midland Railway, in which a passeng er carria ge drawn by a horse was s s r arion for the death s into byaneeangino? a poor man r ece i ve d 3/ . as com his wife, while a lady travel ling in the same carriage obtained W. as compensation for damage done to her dress. What was wanted, therefore, was a public prosecutor, who should take care of the in terests of the poor and working classes who might suffer from accidents on railways. 'The larger proportion of ac cidents which occurred on railways arose from disregard of arrangements and regulations, and from the inefficiency of the staff of servants. If this case could be made out, it was clearly the duty of this house to become the conser vators of the public safety. • Former Governments had thought it right to introduce, measures providing for the auditing of railway accounts, and it surely could not be contended that while Parliainent ought to interfere in the fiscal arrangements of railways, it should not attempt to do anything to secure the safety of the public travelling upon them. (Hear.) Whenever a railway was to be opened, the Board of Trade always sent down a surveyor to report upon the state of the railway and the works previous to the public opening of the line. It was a requirement for the public safety that no line should be opened till a satis factory report of its condition was made by the inspector. As soon, however , a s this re p ort was made, the authority of the Board of Trade ceased, and however much the line might hereafter be,come disordered, and whatever acci dents might occur, the Board of Trade was powerless, and could only send down an inspector to report upon the cause of the accident. Upon looking over many of the reports made to the commissioners by the inspectors, he could not fail to be struck with the necessity which existed for ves ing in the Board of Trade, or some other central body, the power of enforcing regulations calculated to prevent the occurrence of accidents. Captain Simmons, in his report upon the Ulster Railway, stated that there wore no signals upon a portion of the line, and that the company never used tiny, and, so recommended that the company should be " coinpellei"—to adopt proper signals, and requested—not abandon a method of working their line which was evi dently attended with so much danger. In another of that I