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PARLIAMENT SKETCHED on the SPOT By the " STRAIN GER." To be continued Weekly during the Ses.ion, In the "LEADER.' yewspaper. 0111ce,7, Wellington-street, Strand. Price Sixpence. ROYAL MlNT.—Messrs. HUNT -Ai; ROS KELL have the honour to announce that tbby have been pointed by the Master of her Majesty's - Mint to T)ISPOSE of the MAUNDAY MONIES and PROOF COINS. The former are now ready for " distribution. Due notice will be given wnen the proof coins are struck.-156, New Bond-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 instant. at One o'Clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on Lease, for Fourteen and a half years (lets three days), from Midsummer next, a DOUSE, No. 21, on the north sde of Hill-street, Finsbury; Further particulars and plans may b, seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Arch" tect's office, Guildhall THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller. MOUNT CARBON CHARTERED COAL and IRON COMPANY. NOTICE.—At a Meeting of the Directors, held March 29, Sir ROBERT PRICE, Bart, 5f.P., in the Chair, Fr_ E D. T. ANST E D , F . R.S . , & c .. .vas unanimously ELECTED CONSULTING ENGINEER to the Company, and has signified ids a cceptance of said office. By or.7er of the Board, W. A. 110EBER, Sec 30, Bucklersbury, March 31. MOUNT CARBON CHARTERED COAL and IRON COMPANY. No more APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this COMPANY will be RECEIVED after THURSDAY, April 7. Country applications Will close SaturJay, April 9th. By Order of the Board, 30, 13ucklersbyry, April 2. W. A. ROBBER, Sec. PROFESSIONAL PROTECTION.- Solicitors, Medical Practitioners, and others, secured a Pro• :vision in the event of Permanent Sickiuss, or Disability horn .o'low• 111 their Ordinary Occupation, by Payment of a trifling Animal r r , mium to the LAW PROPERTY ASSURANCE anfl TRUST SOCIETY. * s t Healthy and DISEASED LIVES Assured on Advantageous Terms, WILLIAM NEISON, Actuary and Secretary, 20, Essex-street, Strand, London. AGENTS WANTED. AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, , Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church. — London , March 11, 853 .--Troytca Is HEREBY OwEx, That the BOOKS for Transferring 3 S hares 1 ill this Society will be RE-OPENED on WEDNESDAY, the , daY of April next. The Dividends for the year 1852 will be , aYable on Monday, the 11th day of April next, and on any subse rent day (T uesdays excepte d) , b e t ween th e h ours of Ten and Three o'clock; By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. STEAM 10 AUSTRALIA. "GENERAL SCREW g r IEAM . - 111PPIlqG COMPANY. NOTICE la HEILEDY Grart, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron Screw Steam-ship ARGO, 1,850 tons, G eorge H y d e , Commander, wit l eave Southampton for PORT P HIL I P an d STDNEY on EDNES bAY. the 4th of May next. ' 1 he accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are fully furnlPhed. The rates of passage money—After cabin, first c lass 80 , ; Fore Cabin, second class, 501. Th ese ra t e s are exclusive ° t Wines, beer, and spirituous liquors, which, ho wev er, may be had on board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced Stirmn. .41 , 11 Cations for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2, Yal F. xchange-buudings ; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs Balfour, L aming. and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe S O UTH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING COMPANY. The Committee of Management HEREBY GIVE NOTICE. that, in klirsuance of the Resolution of the Board o: 17th December last, y have allotted the rerna.ning unappropriated Shares of the Company among the Holders of such Shares as were Registe ed in Lue Cost Book in the Mon.h of January last pursuant to Notice, and st amped. 7 with the R e d S tamp. S uc h a ll otmen t i s i n th e pro p o rtion Of Two Shares for every F.ve Shares co Registered and Stamped. The Letters of Allotment will be issued at the Offices of the Com pany on production of the Shares so Regt.tered and Stamped, on or beft.re SATURDAY, the 1 tith day of Apr it, 1853 ; after which the right to claim such Allotment will be considered as forfeited. By Order of the Board. J. THOMPSON, Chairman. Offices, 17, Gracechurch-street, 29th March, 1853. XC ISE-OFFICE, in Old Broad-street, FOR SALE.—To be SOLD, by TENDERby oder of the Com rniss'oners of Inland Revenue, in several Lo s ti, or, r - if an adequate Mice be offered, in One Lot, all those extersive, valuable, and highly Important FREEHOLD PREMISES In Old Broal-street, in the city 'or Lon nt don, kno wn f or many years as the EXCISE-OFFICE, and, recely, as the Inland Revenue-office; comprising the elegant and subs tantial stone b u ildi ng fronting Old Bros I-street, and the spacious offices and i nclosed yard contiguous, in the real, with a carriage-way e ntrance from Bi s h opsgate-street, all of which —ave been for the last eighty years vested in the Crow.% and used for the purposes of the Excise Revenue. The vast importance of this property, in regard s well to its loca lity as its extent, is of the higheit 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 pr.- Tate establishments for busine^s, renthTs its value peculiar; and no s aPp p l ) ortanity of acquili eg a s i te in the c* ::y of London, in any de,:ree roximating that now offered, will p obably again present itself. Printed particulars and conditions of sale, Ncilli a form of tender, S lay be obtained at the offices of the Secretary, and the Solicitor of Ittiland Revenue, Somerset-house ; and of William Herbert, Esq., the °ari l's Surveyor of Buildings, on the premis^s, in Old Broad-street. All tenders to be delivered on or berbre tse T,th April next. Island Revenue, Somerset-house, 31st March, 1853. DICIL ♦DTICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF DR. ks ., TOUTH AND MATURITY. "`‘. I IEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctcr of Ain. -- .A.leine and Matriculated Member of the University of ioit ,.. Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic ety, Licentiate of Apothecs'ies' Hall, London, &c., &c. AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various di sor d ers o f th e nervoas an d genera ti ve sys t em , resultirp, f d emi rout juvenile irregu'arities and excesses, which have pro toreMore d misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prelim ecaY at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis r,the k nown to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience i 0 a tr eatment of these diseases has p rove d th a t th ere are i n exist en ,e se cret causes of sell-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in ittene e, traceable t o certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous 41 4, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Mani "FM I mpotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are pri ueirde3 of personal management which cannot be violnt e ec t i s without ccee nellirrlilg grievous penalties, and when wk - dom and these penalties the ,,, heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence , hoswnitahyese removel —4 3' be mitigated, how the sting of their bittern avoided, and above all, and how the evil and its con cquences mayb e that there is scarcely any degree of physic al lntlrmity or functional d erangement to which the timely , I, OCTOR LA'aiERT has for aido series of years been engaged in the long treritment of these delicate com m an extensive Pra cti— a ny qualified Physician who, regardless Matas, and s the only of the taunts and envy of to poet:U=l and mock-modest, has had the confidence, throu;lithe m-dium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous etas, from which no grade of society is rln selecting this depal tment of practice, he has been amply tree. by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cast, which are too generally confided to th e care of unqualified• and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assamed foreign names and titles, 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 rrom 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 eribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and e xcesses, The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their case 3, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, grenekrs and Dutch, Italicn, or German, of Messrs. Vipr rothe Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Bann, 3g Cornhill ; Storie, Titchboine-street, Haymarket; or free 07 (I,r for forty-two stamps, to any adtlye33 from the Author's resi -37, BEDFORD-BQUABE. LONDON. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Juit published, by 11. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. eve., in cloth, price is. by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA : with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Error In relation System,atmeat and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "pr. Pickford hi known to Eglish readers by his frequent practi al c ontributions to German medical literature: Tb's is the first ti Me• he Informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi cal reader. We t rus t t hi s may not be the last, if he shall detect any oth er equally flagrant evil which it may be in his r to correct."—Londo, (1. - -veLte, May SO, 1851. "We promised in a forme: camber that we would recur to this wart, in order to exhibit its aim more c'early. The author lashes With great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the pubre. The tribe of Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' ale me.cPessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into Ite ban. sof tl ose who stiffer from th com plaint of which it treats, vie are satisfied that many b mdreds would be saved much needless suffe - _lll ,- ; of body and mind, and what is of less lmnportance, though it is th a t which the quacks most prize— much money •.. Thi s volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrocea and to place the treat utliodno aminueohregroa:dio.,r,i_al_anedd " Medical basis. It is, therefore, Circular, June 16, 1852. Bvo., cloth , No. 3 ° 8 .11 6d 1. . by post free, 45., THE CURE OF STRI CTuRE * op .1," ußtrint andat once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Foams. BY F. B. COURTENAY member of the Royal College of SurgeoisitoeriEmy; has given proo' of h's siews he (Ai r. neland. the history of a great many cases successfully treated as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had opera bad such are cases ix., xi., xii.. and xi No.'s. had ands s tedic t ir ed. period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was 0 0,1 y a relieved in as many weeks. But eases xviii. and xia• aPPear, both '1 duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more the gravated character than any deta ' led by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful:, — Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. 11 R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORK To be had of Sherwod, 23, Paternoster-row , Carbo, 147, Flect-street , Mann, 39 Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by Post, is ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS : —Early" Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex eurshns about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hi n s Forests, Fields, Iligh-roads, and other pleasant places - Country Trips and Rambles—Tho Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home Music —The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, :sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. RAGMF.NTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. VISIT 10 THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c• Tol. TUE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DIIBLLN, &c. 111. " WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, That three score years and ten our course may run." rA Popular review of al m o s t ever y f orm (cause and cure) of ner ‘usly-debilitated health and enf ee bled cons tit u ti on th a t h arasses tf.tte Young , besets the m an o f pleasure, business or study, and em i ers old age; with tables and ru'esfor the diet and physical regu lation O; every-day life. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Trutks as refined as Athens ever heard." StrUJECT :e's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. Tbe ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties ofil eentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." Ploaluttatx :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion re garding marriage, to be o b served by either sex. Time and ce, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, , to s ecure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. hYsical defectiveness and Its removal. Sterility and its conversion , Cases, &c. Ity It. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M . E . C . S . (1827). L.5.A.(1824), Twenty-five years Medical And Forensic Referee in there matters. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. neTo be had Mof Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carmlbo, 147. et-street ; ann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, _ Regent•street, who may be consulted daily from Ten , WI Five, auk/Seven till Ni LOWER CANADA. Four fine Freehold Estates, comprising 122,02 acres, dese /In the attention of the en: erprising 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 C )24 L'A.NY, 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 tmigration to the West, which seems to offer the greatest attractions to the r, ally industrious, these Estates present to the speculator an unusual o,sportunity ti employ his capital (under the influence and protection of the British Government) with every certainty of a large return :- 1. The Estate of PABAS consists of 51,840 acres, near the entrance to the Bay of Chaleur, the boundary commencing at the t.treat Pabas River, and extene'ng three le gum from the coast Into the interior. Several extensive and substantial building have been I...cted at this station for carrying on the fishei:es, and are an in good order; and the Estate produces pine, so ace, cedar, and birch. 2. The Estate of NEW Polt r adjoins the Penes Estate, and eo,i tains 10,394 acres. A valuable water power saw mill has been erected on this property, which is near the fishing e,tablisinnent of the Company, where capital build:llp have been erected well ca cil iated for the branch of the business. Pine, spruce, cedar, and Direli, are produced on the Estate. 3. The Estate of PORT DANIEL is a good harbour in the Bay of Chaleur, 18 miles west of Pabas, comprising 4,000 acres, well coverad wills spruce, birch, and juniper. 4. The Estate of BONAVENTURA. comprises 66,418 acres in the township of Cox and Hamilton, on the Great Bonaventu ra River, a fine tract of land with pine, spruce, birch, cedar, arid 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 ba prepared as soon as pos,ible, and will be given on ap plication to Messrs. Amory and Co , solicitors, 25, Throgmortom treet, and Messrs. Roy, solicitors, 4, Lothbury ; at the Auction Mart ; a id at Mr. Robins' offices, Covent-garden. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 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. ADYANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. A table of Increasing rates of pre am, especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts. Hal-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 the means of ha\ ;ng children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to com mence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a son shall ate') his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 55th year of age. BRITANNIA MUTUAL 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 licitidated out of the profits.. At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April, 1852, a reductlel of 30 per cent. was made in the current yea's premium on ril partici pating policies. • A Board of Directors in attendarce 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. (PROPRIETA Extract from Credit Pat, Premim ►ar.) the Half ,a of (mur ye ) Extract from Table with Participation la Profits, after Seven Yearly Pa} ments. rrennum. -I __ _ --- _ Half Whole Half - Quar -4 (premium premium . es First for Re- Age. A n nual Yearly terly prern'um Fre- Pre -41 SeTen mainder rnium no.'um. Years. of Life. ---- ---'-.--- --- ---- --- I s. d. £ s. d. Years. Months I s. d. I s. d. A s. d. 30 119 2 3 6 30 0 27314 2 0 12 3 40 1 9 22 18 4 3 2 7 6 1 4 40 12 4 N, 2 2 64 6• 6 1 10 1 460 12 5 60 3 6 56 13 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8, 012 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. THE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE KNOWN EVERYWHERE, and their BUSINESS Is PROFITABLE to EVERYBODY.—It is now unnecessary for E. MOSES and SON t) Publish the fact of their commodious, complete, and magnificent arrangements for the first and most distinguished business in t-te world ; but it is right that their patrons and the public should be acquaint;d with the vast preparations they a re perpeturly making, . . e z . ; B _ t _ I PPIY the most fashionable and comfortable attire a t the lo vest , ' , Fs, and to provide ladies and gentlemen with every kind of cloth lin the newest fashions, and the most superior q ualities. The or er departm CoBT tr n_ ent provides elegant styles of MILITARY or NAVAL LiNtEra/ t i o n the most accomplished cut and workmansh p, or excellent w daily wear o s anY devise which may be desired—superior quelity— upon. ork manship_dispatch and economy may be depended The ready r as e e department is replete with new styles of dress for equalled elsewherV °cc-lions , end attire for juveniles not to be style, and the best charges. The hat for novelty, superior quality, and economical go n o aP section is replant-hed with every new The hosiery b ranch .. are charged very low prices. suitable for ladies, gentled's/4a" articles of incomparable elegance Em.grants are providemdowsizths each ex c els showing how far and children, the quality and price of SON excel all others. r the establishments of E. MOSES and their outfits, or any part of them, at ark for Australia SON. Persona may gain a large per tent ageu clothing manufactured by E. wholesale araoa3 p a ri to c u es t , t b o y em E b . passengers are furnishe,dawith the requisite goods on small investments made . MOAllEeSlassandeaSOofN. and clothing for any voyage or climate articles is much lower at E. MOSES and the price of superior house. SON, than at any other _ _ .. Complete suits of outfits for ladies and gentlemen, and shipsailing information May be had on applicat on, 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 untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected Is ith their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, A idgate, opposite the Cht—ch, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxfo, d-street, 1,2, 2, Hart-street, all co mmunicating- Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Ratters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitt ers for Ltalies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT —Should any article not give satisfaction, It will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'cl oc k. entitled " The World's Ph aros, " containing the full list of prices, and di rec ti ons for self mea- Em A ig n ra e . w rs ß A o s e s k is . tant, surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for tl,e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, sp application. Id Pon parle Frances. Hier *richt man Deutsch. Qui 81 parla Italian. Aqua se hstbla Espanol 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 last night. Contentment has not a chance of winning. CITY AND SIIBURBAN.—Pancake beat Sharavogue, &c., in a trial ; she is worth backing likewise for a p'ace. JOHN FAIRPLAY, Ipswi ch. LADIES of DELICATE COMPLEX ION, who suffer from exposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, w:11 find immediate and soothing relief in the application of • ROWLANDS' KALYDOR. This unique Botanical Preparation allays all irritation rnd ten ler- nese of the skin, rem oves cutaneous disffgurements, freaks, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance to the complexion, and a Celicacy and softness to tha neck, hangs, and arms. Perze verance ih its application promotes a free and uninterrupted exi r cise of those important functions of the skin, so essential for 'he preservation of health, and the attainment and continuance of a beautiful complexion. Gentlemen, after shaving, will also find it allay the irritability and smarting pain, and renter the skin soft, smooth, and pleasant. Its pnrifyiug and refreshing properth s have obtained its selection by Royalty, and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the " elite" • Ithe Aristocracy.—Price 4s. 6d. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. CAUTION.—The words " Rowlands' Kalydor" are on the wrapper, and " A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Batton-garden, I ondon," on the Government Stamp, affixed on each bottle. Sold by them, and by Chemists and Perfumers. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta C A.SPULES, 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 DLscharges, on an 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 Jozean, Pharmacien, 161, Rue Montmartre, Part ; and ihe 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. TAGENTS.—Life Assurance Agents in any A_ part of England may with advantage become Agents for Fire Insurance, end thereby greatly extend their Life business. The Directors of the UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA.TIQ/I—an _lnstif i atkin established on new and3ml a P i;fFi,and possess ing upwards of Two TUOTIBAND 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, 40, Pall Mall, London. APEIT/Tll AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Grovies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly dige-t the food. Tho daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to herith. Sold by the proprietors. Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-strcet, London, and GS. Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs Cresse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—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 begs to inform the public, that he has received instructions from the Western Australian Land Company to offer for SALA', by Public Auction, at the Mart, London, on THURSD 1 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 IY WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EXCEEDING 130,000 ACRES, being the residue of the Estates of . the Western Australian Laud Company undisposed of, which the Directors are required to offer to Sale, by Public Competition, for the winding up of the affairs of that Comrany. A large portion of the Estate has been accurately sur veyed, and the present affords an admirable opportunity to enter prising capitry 1.3 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 _ . ------ iiii'liiiKiNia 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 skil,ul 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 prepving, in the meantime, every information may be obtained of Messrs. Few and Co , Solicitors, No. 2, Henrietta-street, or Mr. Robins, Piazza, Covent-garden. 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'• 4. :1t -..-., ,-'• j - ; - ' ll* ... ..- 1 • \ . ...01.- - .., ',,,1 Z.. ~., N..., ...V.... - . • ' ' " q ' 't .4 , .i• S V or 4 . • 4, 7 'Z , i Il k -4*, - .v Dir. *u: - • - 1',./ez~' -t li• 47 -- tkal .. '‘'*- 41-.-' ._ .Awell) Trended, _ , - -' 4 ;:..•4 '::.•- ••' they felt 444, "•$' • . ~.. _ .4. , . should right hon. gentleman (Mr. Card. ') presided, co winced that on a careful review of all the circumstances thog would present a report which would be beneficial to the railway interest, and, at the same time, conducive to the greater safety of the public. an a p ro re se sa f i o o r n t w he hi p c uj m o i s g e h o t from the remarks of the hon. mover of the resolution, that he could, LAIN d, on the part of the railway interest, and in the minds i f railway directors, there was any disinclination to submit to a measure of Government control, however stringent, 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 f otherwise correcting, e a t Ei a f b a r r o s a d 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 ha hoped even railway -direc tors were not altogether lost, the pecuniary respenslbility made it apparent to common-sense that the din (-tore were anxious to do everything in their power to a:mist:the Go vernment in any measure which should be really conducive to the public safety. But 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 411-Jvernment 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 •7 Trade, was appointed, and the result was a complete explosion of the notion that any amount of interference - on the part of the Government would conduce to the public ifety. It was obvious that if the Government assumed f s o i hr increasingi ty with p h u o t hose o w s h o o f e t had y; b utchargeit musto f their resolve itself the practical control of the working of railways, all respon sibility three give iv e m s o u t: disappeared. Government interference might be invoked m easures —either it:itnhaelr security to v to ern r m ail en w t ay must into superintenden ce of minute details, which, ho was satisfied, would be attended with the worst possible consequences ; property assume t h a a t 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 efficient, make it efficient, to bring home the responsibility to the proper parties. (Hear, 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 loccur. (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 traffie was intrusted. He believed they were keenly alive to the responsibilities which attached to their several situations and 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 ort 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 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 [ PRICE SD. improvements Parliament could make in the r&ilway sys tem the public were entitled to require at its hands. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CARDWELL—If I do not occupy at any great length the time of the house upon this subject, it will cer , . _ _ tainly b e f rom no wan t of a sincere conviction of ito ex treme importance ; iior will it be from the least desire' to distract the attention of the house from a question io 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, clleter mined that a most careful inquiry should be madelinto the whole of the subjects connected with railways—lthat inquiry is now making progress. Ihad not the honolir or 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 wo are taking the utmost pains to sift and examine the whole question of the management of railways. We have examined severallper 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 tim6 t o time, in order that the House of Commons may havel 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 uponthe table of the house and sent to the printers. It is only de layed by the pressure on the printers, but it will shdrtly 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 hak_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 Kingdom. 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 n eg li gence l ea di ng t o acc id n t 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 t o wh a t th e 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 aro 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 be 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. It 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 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 ear, 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 li. a 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 tho committee now presided over by the President of the Board of Trade. He did not look fcrr 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?" (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 College of Christ, in Brecon, explained that the management of ecclesiastical endowments, in deaneries in which Brecon was included, devolved upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and in 1846 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 be 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 mutital consent it was agreed that a bill should bo 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 tho 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 b e tt er t o defer an 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 college establishment worthy of the monarch by whom it was founded, and that an institution would be established in that part of the principality which would be highly conducive to the advancement of letters and learning. (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 ho 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. Ho 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 those who had charge of it for the most improper purposes, olgsa t itfbr h eaeu s a tas t etae, placeiiwtaniointerest which ecclesiasticalo of property. worship. If principality, i h ty av , e a b s een so much cahnadrgdeurmingaafeairfsorhothrsees hadaccommodation.becn take n toth the funds stand, and a had those funds i b g e n e o r r i a p n r ce ope in rly thi a a l t )p p l ar ie( t l there mostpreb prebendal stalls were amply sufficient for the educational as well as the a ec p cl a e n s e ias of tic g alzrs t e h s e . Abusihkrngt,imtehesinweeatethrerwe wasasruhilanirty.. f P who h is ak gr l a t c a e k i e ui n er the m p ig r i i i n t college of Brecon roof, a th n iiou at gh th t e h a e lta irnh. toh a mle n ta ( m l sm p s at l sh matter e ar p i, t ohp were e e at r h e e in t n h a e a ' d published a book, in which I c Se h tshitr e e xisted in the appropriation and management combined m b delivered,ined almostaand no se every r re pair. No lectures or sermonsThe w ch er urch was not kept in vices were performed._ . Th e co ll ege church, a handsome building, wa s so dilapidated. that the roof would have fallen in, had not a layman who received his education at the college made th e necessary. repairs • and public worship had not b een performed i n i t s i nce 183' 9." The property, as he had sa id , was worth 7,5001. or 8,0001. a year. The laity had not enj o y e d 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 1,6001. less than 4,5001. a year, and therefore 1,6001. a year was paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to the Bishop of St. David's to make up the supposed deficiency. That deficiency (lid not exist, as the income of a prependal stall was more than 1,6001. a year. The reason he had alluded to this was that the Bishop of St. David'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 4001. 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 more valuable if the Ecclesiastical Commissioners acconipanie , Mt with some report of their own on the ne c essity of the and any correspondence which had passed between them and the bishop of the diocese. ble stated the P t n r w ea as desired there Mr. GOULBURN still thought the better m course was to postpone detailed explanations. The general facts, and if any explana information ds on which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners thought grounds ' would be no difficulty in affording of the 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 pre. for thi; 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 those objects must emanate, would give rise to confusion and einbarassments, 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 the house deal with 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 fbr 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, wore 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 Tewkesb ur y t o withdraw ti mo tion, reserving, as ho had, th e r i g ht of bringing it o n e at future time. Mr. WADDINGTON was convinced that on this sub. ject the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, in his position as chairman of the railway cow- , mittee, would do all in his power to arrive at a just and fair conclusion. (Hear, hear. ) The h on , mem b er, in in y troducing the motion, had stated in.thi!t the interest or the directo rs of railways were disposed railwa to provide, by every possible means for the safety of the pnblic, and he could not allow that statement to be made without giving it a most unqualified denial. Si nce th e hon. gentleman took a part in railway- management a very different state of things had arisen, and he could assure the hon gentleman and the house from thirteen or fourteen years experience, 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, andthe 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 railway servant ; and from that time, now nearly two 1 years ago, nothing approachi ng t o an acc ident had occurred on that line. 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Admission, Is.; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS._ Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fv'hitm road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, "The Thistle," "Shamrock," "Rose," and "Amine" Weitzes, the "Napoleon" Galep, "Le Cirque' 'Quadrille ; "La Valerie," " Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas.— Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, and tciminate at Half-past Eleven. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS -t fESTERDAY.) The LORD-CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at.s o'clock. . - - - LEONARDS presented a petition from cei Lain solicitors of Birmingham, against the Registra tion of Assurances Bill. The Duke of A RGYLL presented a petition against the admission of Jews,into Parliament. The Earl of MILNitSBUR.V prooonbccr petftiVir from Southampton, praying for an alteration in the law of settlement. BAIL IN ERROR BILL., On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, the bill was read a third time and passed. LAND IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. Lord CANNING moved the' second reading of this b . 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 bil passed through committee. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS— YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a few m;nutep 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 he was somewhat irregular in doing so, he trusted he he would receive the indulgence of the house. 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 OXFORD. 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. PATrEN. 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 he 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, until 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 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 home 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.) The circumstances were considered by the BoardC of Ad• miralty, and in one case the sentence was commuted from 12 months imprisonment to 3 months, with leave to re- I turn to the service at the expiration of that period. 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 be received from the governor. 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 strict 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 vailed of sending off swift special trains, at a moment's netice,.dependina 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 Akitajp,=,An , L the safely __of tie_travellin& copanaunity. As - tlie - CiTsi) at present, Ma 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 Captain 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 it)f 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 withoat 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 management 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 Trade 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 lino of rails and falling over the embankment at the west-ond of Willington viaduct, on the Newcastle and Tynomouth Railway, on the 2d of March, 1853. They I 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 manifested 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 that 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 o f th e w i n d ow, 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 suit able, where the traffic arrangements were incomplete, and where hostilities existed between rival companies &RH 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 tie 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 lie 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 wars 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 11,003,003 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 5,00 D/. 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. He repeated then that both Parliament and Gove rnmen t were to blame for are the existing system. The e v il o f it was a years ago, and a committee was appointed, over some over which Lord Abernethy presided; to whom all projected. railways were to be referred. No tribunal ever arrived at more just conclusions than this committee, or at conclusions more calculated to devel o p th e interests of the country if they had been attended to ; but the late Sir Robert Peel threw over its reports, and nothing was done. Underthese circumstances he had no hesitation in saying that whatever THE ADMIRALTY. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord J. RUSSELL said it was desirable that the motion of the hon. member for Marylebone should be disposed of as early as possible, but he could not name an earlier day than Thursday se'nnight. Sir B. HALL said he would fix his motion for that day. ORDERS OF THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY. In reply to Mr. TUFNELL, Sir J. GRAHAM said arrangements had been made by Order in Council to provide for promotions in her 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 MALDON ELECTIONS. was The r d e e v r i e d d en to ce be ta p lt r e in n t . e b d efore.these election commlittees COPPER COINAGE. In reply to a qUestion, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no intention to make any change in our copper coinage, but the subject of a decimal coinage was now under consideration. .A select committee would,_ uo doubt,be appointed to inquire into the whole subjeCt. ELECTION COMMITTEES. . . In reply to Mr. PIIINN, . . 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. WILLIAMEI, — Mr. WILSON stated that those estimates which would be taken on Friday had already been laid before the house. HULL ELECTION. Mr. LABOUCHERE then rose to move an ad dress to her Majesty, for a commission of inquiry into the borough of Hull. The house would rempnber that the member returned for Hull had been unseated on the ground of bribery and treating, and since it Ome out evidence that the cor ruption complained ghad long prevailed in the borough, the committee felt that - thxelwas no alternative but to recommend the house,to: t phi t 4 moticut-li this. It was Fiinful to ' re 'o` ma tin& motion as this in reference to so impol cant 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 smaner 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 node:. 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. 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 Hitides, 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, lie 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 the subject. If he thought the carrying of the motion would be offensive to the railway interest or embarrassing to the Government, he 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 Lave a tribunal to insist on the regulation of railways, it would only tend to strengthen the hands of the Government. The rioht honourable gentleman, the President of the Board of Wade, 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 ri„elit 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, ho had only in view an inquiry into the general amalgamation of railways, and that another hon. member followed up 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 acceptable to 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 columns of their daily papers constantly filled with accounts of fatal accidents on railways. The comparatively small number 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. Labouchere 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 hon. 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 estimating the damages of a noble lord in expectation o f a seat on the woolsack. (A laugh.) At a recent accide nt on a branch of the Midland Railway, in which a passeng er carnage dr awn b y a h orse p w o a n s s ari in ino theof into sameor b they an death carriageetd his wife, while a l a d y travel ling engine, compensation for damage done to her dress. What was wan ted , therefore, was a public prosecutor, w ho should take ca re of the in terests of the poor and wor kin g classes wh o might suffer o a poor man received 3/. as com pensation 5/. as 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 Parliament ought to interfere in the fiscal arrangements of railways, it should not attempt to do any thing 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, as this report was made, the authority of the Board of Trade ceased, and however much the line a to o r d f e T r e r d a , d e a was whatever s a andcc i inspector to report upon the cause dents in 0 fi couldgthh might aan h iclg e ych r i e dts a eeo f nn t odt e o. r o rd o b ,rw e t c pnh o oo m annß e looking over many of the reports which ecth e rs lise he t d couldfor notvex ing in the Board of Trad e, or some other central body, the power of enforcing regula tions calculated to prevent the m fa a il d t e o to be the struck commissioners occurrence of accidents.h Captain Simmons, in his report with the necessity b y th e n s upon the Ulster Railway , s tated that there were no si g nals upon a portion of the line, and that the company never used any, and he recommended that the company should be requested—not " compelled"—to adopt proper signals, and abandon a method of working their line which was evi dently attended with so much danger. In another of that ' A ,-~ ;,~' y