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emir I, an y lee st ea s ob caun• even went. etc d ; Idlers ay, a Cra- re not a de their e the such )u ses sir lace IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 3. The SPEAEER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Busi- Dealt, however, did not commence for twenty minutes after ...wards, as forty Members—the requisite number to make a nouse—did not assemble till that time. RAILWAY BILLS. On the motion of Mr. STRUTT, the following resolutions for the regulation of Railway Bills were severally agreed to : I. That a Committee of five Members be appointed. to be called the Classification Committee of Railway Bills, aad that three be the quorum of such Committee. 2. That copies of all petitions for Railway Bills presented tothe House be laid before the said Committee. 3. That the Committee of Classification shall form into groups all Railway Bills which, in their opinion, it would be expedient to submit to the same Committee 4. That - its — s - o - on - as — tlie — do - mmittee of Classification shall have determined what Railway Bills are to be grouped to gether, they shall report the same to the House, and all Petitions against any of the said Bills shall be presented to the House three clear days before the meeting of the Com mittee thereon. 5. That there be no more than seven clear days between the, first reading of any Railway Bill and the second reading thereof, except by special order of the House. 6. That the breviate of every Railway Bill shall be laid on the table of the House, and be printed and delivered one clear day before the second reading. 7. That such Railway Bills as shall have been read a first time before the House shall agree to these resolutions, shall be read a second time within seven clear days thereafter. 8. That such of the standing orders as relate to the com position of the Committees on Private Bills, and the orders consequent thereon, be suspended, so far as regards Railway Bills pending in the course of the present session. 9. That Committees on Railway Bills, during the present session of Parliament, shall be composed of a chairman and four Members, to be appointed by the Committee of Selection. 10. That each Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill er. Bills, shall, before he be entitled to attend and vote on Such Committee, sign a declaration that bis constituents have 1 2 010 cal interests, and tl:at he himself has no personal interest for or against an y Bill re f erre d to hi m; an d no sucl Cin- Tn b ers ue shall proceed t o b us i ness un til th e w h o l e o f th e Mem .That the thereof a shall h ave s i gne d suc h d ec l ara ti on . Promoters of a Railway Bill shall be prepared to go into the Committee on the Bill on such day as the seven clear days (committee of S e l ection shall, subject to the order that there be between the second reading of every Pri vate Bill anti the sitting of the Committee thereupon, think proper to appoint, provided that the Classification Committee shall have reported on such Bill. 12. That the Committee of Selection shall give each Member not less than fourteen days' notice of the week in which it will be necessary for him to be in attendance, for the purpose of serving, if required, on a Railway Bill Com- Mittee. 1 3. That the Committee of Selection shall give each Member a sufficient notice of his appointment as a Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill, and shall transmit to him copy of the twelfth resolution, and a blank form of the de claration therein required, with a request that he will forth with return it to them properly filled up and signed. 14. 'That if the Committee of Selection shall not within due time receive from each such Member the aforesaid declaration, or an excuse which they shall deem sufficient, they shall report to the House the name of such defaulting Member. _ l 5. That the Committee of Si-lection shall have the power of substituting, at any time before the first meeting of a Committee. another Member for a Member whom they shall deem it proper to excuse from serving on that Committee. 16. That power be given to the Committee of Selection to send for persons, papers, and records, in the execution of the duties imposed on them by the foregoing resolutions. 1 7. That no Member of a Committee shall absent himself from his duties on such Committee, unless in the case of sick ness or by leave of the House. 18. That all questions before Committees on Railway "tooPs or Bills shall be decided by a majority of voices, in cluding the voice of the chairmen ; and that, whenever the voices shall be equal, the chairman shall have a second or Bastin vote. 1 9 - That, if the chairman shall be absent from the Com mittee, the Member next in rotation on the list, who shall be present, shall act as chairman. 20. That Committees shall be allowed to proceed so long as three Members shall be present, but not with a less number, unless by special leave of the House. 21. That if on any day within one hour after the time ap pointed for the meeting of a Committee three Members shall not be present, the Committee shall be adjourned to the same hour ou the next day on which the House shall sit, which had been fixed for that day. 22. That in the case ofa Member not being present within one hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the Committee. or of any Member absenting himself from his duties on such Committee, such Member shall be reported to the House at its next sitting. 23. That each Committee shall be appointed to meet on each day of its sitting not later than twelve o'clock, unless by the regular vote of the Committee. 24. That Committees on Railway Bills have leave to sit in the present session, notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, if the Committees shall so think fit. 25. That it be au instruction to all Committees upon Pri vate Bills not to hear parties on any petition hereafter re ferred to them, which shall not be prepared and signed in strict conformity with the rules and orders of this House. 26. That all Select Committees on Railway Groups or Bills be empowered to refer, if they shall so think fit, to the Chairman of Ways and Means, together with the Members ordered to prepare and bring in each such Bill, any unopposed Railway Bill submitted for their consideration, and that such Bills be severally dealt with by the said Chairman, and those Members respectively acting with him, as other unopposed Bills are to be dealt with. 57. That the following clause be inserted in all Railway Bills passing through this House:— And be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt the railway by this or the said recited Acts authorised to be made from the pro visions of any general Act relating to such Bills, or of any general Act relating to railways, which may hereafter pass daring this or any future session of Parliament, or from any future revision and alteration, under the authority ot Par /lament, of the maximum rates of fares and charges autho rised by this Act. Mr. HUME wished to know if the Government proposed to take any steps to carry out the principle agreed to by the Private Committee, which sat last session on Railway Bills— B`elt some responsible board, answerable for those 4 , shou h ld be appointed. He wanted to know, therefore, 'Whether any measures had been taken for the purpose of having preliminary inquires made with respect to the pro- Posed railways ? , Mr. STRUTT said that he himself was a member of the ‘;: m mittee referred to by the Hon. Gentleman, and con. take in the report that a local inquiry should previously e place before any steps were taken in that House. Such an in q uiry locally on the spot would be more advantageous 4 14 any that might be made before a Committee of that Il se. Since the report of that Committee an ct passed in the House to carry out the reco mmendation of that report, and, in accordance h d e „ that Act, preliminary inquiries had been made by two s zt r ar tments--namely, the Admiralty and tbe,Board of Woods orests. The department of railways was, he considered, naryin which it was especially necessary that these prelimi inquiries should take place, and he begged to inform the ti,f B6 that the question was at present under the considera- C, ef the Government. He hoped shortly to be in a con -"°,11. to state that a measure on the subject would be in mess to be placed before the House. He did not think -ee essary therefore, to make any further observations at rresent. CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAY BILLS. "r• STRUTT oved the nomination of the following - er °lll Mittee for the m Classification of Railway Bills :—Mr. t i le% Patten, Lord Courtenay, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir e ° l l Pakington, and Lord Dalrneny.—Motion agreed to. ~ r• • FIUME wished to know whether there was any pro that private Bills should be submitted first to a re arsonsible Committee, as during last session ? M r• STRUTT quite concurred in the propriety of the question. By such an arrangement more points would be satisfactorily arraned than if an Act had been passed, by n i c k / 1 preliminary inquiries on railway Bills should be made L e Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and by the Ad -... ty . Mr. DUNCOMBE moved for a copy of the information, and had left the Punishment inflicted on certain parties who their Masters' service in a manufactury. " 4r • BANKES presented several petitions in favour of the " nours' Bill, and for the amendment of the Poor-law Re lief Bill S ir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from the ship owners of Drogheda, complaining of the light dues. k r. S. CRAWFORD p resen t e d se ve ral petitions in f avour of the Ten Hours' Bill. POSTPONEMENT OF MOTIONS. Mr. HUME said he would postpone his motions for a copy Of the returns of corporal and other punishments on board each of her Majesty's ships in the royal navy, in each year, from the Ist day of January, 1844. to the 31st day of De cember, 1846, stating the name, rating, nature of the offence, date of punishment, the number of lashes, and remarks of com mander-in-chief or senior officer, as to any excess of punishments or otherwise, according to the schedules pub idled end ordered in the Admiralty Instructions, dated the t ist day of January, 1344, for the government of her Ma- J e2 itY's naval service; stating, also, the number of seamen and marines employed in each year,and the average number flogged, dis tinguishing the number of commissioned and warrant and Petty officers ; also, specifying the name of her Majesty's iPs and vessels, and the name of the commanders, in whic , f 40 corporal punishments have been inflicted in any of these Years—also for abstracts of the total number of men, rank and file, belonging to the Royal Marines, who, from the let day l of January, 1844, to the 31st day of December, 184 G, have suffered corporal punishment or imprisonment on shore, class such punishmentad showing showing the nature of their offences, in classes, for which has th b e een greatestaw ard awarded , and t and the the smallestnm be number in ea each fi shes inflicted ;awarded also as , the longest nement and shortest period of con average period of confin p ement for Cactieac prson, nd the class e of offen a ce, and the average number flogged, stating the total number of rank and file, and also the number of commissioned and non commissioned officers on shore in each year: of the total number of soldiers belonging to the Royal Artillery and Ordnance corps in Great Britain and Ireland, who, between the Ist day of January, 1844, and 1846, have an the 31st day of December,ffered corporal Punishment or imprisonment; showing the nature of the offences, in classes, for which such corporal ponishment or i mPrisonment has been awarded, and the number in each Class; and showing, also, the greatest and the smallest number of lashes • also, the longest and shortest period of . co nfinement awarded as punishment , the avera g e num ber fl ogged, and the average period of confinement for each class n r offences ; di s tinguishing also the total number of rank and file liable to be flogged, and also the number of commis - Ve i led and non-commissioned o fficers in the United 4, l edom in each of those years ; also, returns of same tenor, of the Royal Artillery and Ordnance s ' u serving t Ps abroad. R e t u rns of the total number of . • Greaten and ots in soldier s gin reim i .reat Britain belon and Irela g nd, to who from the Ist day of de January .°44 to the 31st day of December 1846, have suffered either cor poral punishm en t or imprisonment ; and, whenever either tereoral punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted on 1 same person more than once, specifying how often it has been so inflicted ; with abstract of the t o tal number of sol o!s, bel ong i ng to regiments in the colonies an d possess i ons °mina • kir eat Brit a i n , w h o , i n eac h year, f rom t h e I s t day of r ot —, rY 1844 to te 31st day Of December 1846, have suf yu cor poralpunishments or imprisonments ; showing the b a t ty _ _ .'e or the offences, in classes, for which such corporal .r.urnehrnent or imprisonment has been awarded, and the 'l.lupbers in each class ; stating, also, the greatest number Zhthe lowest number of lashes inflicted on any person in fine Year; also the longest and the s h or t es t per i o d o f con fio roent awarded as punishment, the average nu•nber • cFed, and th e average period of confinement for each o f r. _ in each year; also distinguishing the total number n ei rdt and file, and also the number of commissioned and soldi ers, who officers, in each year. Of the number of ai t r,rs, who, from the Ist day of January, 1844, to the n i .,Luay of December, 1846, have suffered corporal punish• tae s - n u t , roir imprisonment, and whether either corporal punish uto, ~r ivaprisonm en t has been inflicted on the same person " than once, specifying how often it has been so inflicted; and distinguishing the numbers in regiments in the colonies in pusseksion of. her Majesty. twin regiments in depots in Great Britain and Ireland; distinguishing, also, the total number of rank and file, and also the number of commis sioned and non-comtni3sioned officers in each year ; stating the number or name of the regiment or corps, with the names of the commanding officers, in which no corporal punishment has been inflicted in any of these years (in con tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 308, of session 1845). He would; however, move for a copy of the correspondence between the Consul of her Britannic Majesty and the Austrian Government relative to the annexation of (Ilracow. DESTITUTE POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. ROEBUCK said he would move to-morrow, in Com mittee on the Destitute Poor Relief Bill, that the powers vested in the Government to render valid a presentment shauld be expunged. TR 'YELLING ON SUNDAY. Mr. HUNIE said that certain railway directors hail inter fered with travelling on Sunday, which was considered ex-- tremely incommodious to the public. Now be desired a copy of the resolutions and orders of every railway company where the travelling on Sunday has been stopped wholly or partially, so as to show the accommodation afforded for tra velling to the public generally, and to the Post-office espe cially on that day. He would then consider what steps it might beadvisable for the House to adopt in reference to the subject. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY: 4, 1 . 847 MILBANK. PRISON. Mr. M. GORE moved that the report made to her Majesty by Mr. Escott, a Member of this House, on the state of Mil bank Prison, be laid before this House. Sir G. GREY requested that the motion should be with drawn. A Commission had been appointed of three Commis sioners, who were to make a joint report. Now he was (mite willing to receive it in the shape of a letter from the Hon. Member, the only way, he apprehended, that he could re ceive it, and he would then lay it upon the table of the House. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that his ideas of what was correct differed from those of the Right Hon. Baronet. He was com manded to report by the Commission of her Majesty, and he did not think he would be fulfilling that command by writing a letter to the Secretary of State. Though he was not anxious to stand on ceremony, he considered that a principle was involved •, and he was not willing to concede it. Sir GEORGE GREY said he did not wish the Hon. Member to change a single word of his report, but only the form it. Mr. B. ESCOTT replied. _ _ Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE was sorry that the House, instead of coming to the subject-matter itself, should be engaged with a mere matter of form. But, sneaking of a matter of form, he did think the Hon. Member (Mr. B. Escott) was in the right, for it was in accordance with precedent and the commands of her Majesty, that a report should be made by the commission. Such was the language of the document by which they had been appointed, commanding them to inquire into the matter, and make a report touching the same. In fact the duties of the Commissioners would not be completely discharged unless they made and brought up their report; yet, so far from doing this, they had kept their report open till another was ready to be sent in from another Committee. He recollected that in the case of a former commission, of which Sir Francis Palgrave was a member, that gentleman had sent in a report separate from that of the other commissioners, and he did not under stand how that should not rule -in the present instance. Indeed, without a report from the Hon. Member for Win chester, the papers of the commission would not be com pleted He at the same time could not help saying that he did not agree with that Hon. Gentleman in the opinion which he had formed, an opinion, as it appeared to him, which he could not have arrived at, if he had read all the evidence over attentively. But to return to the matter of form which was the subject before the House; it might be immaterial whether the result of the commission came before the •House in the shape of a letter or of a report ; but there could be little doubt that a report was the proper form for the commissioners to adopt. Mr. ROEBUCK said in the instance before the House a commission had been appointed, consisting of three per sons, and tower was given to any two of them, together to do certain things; unless two of them were together it was clear that they could not legally and in fulfilment of her Majesty's Commission do any act; that if the Commissioners instead of meeting tozether, should transact the business re quired of them, each in a• separate chamber, the Acts so done would be illegal. Brone clause-of her Majesty's Com mission, power was given to-Itny two of them together, and no fewer, to., discharge the ctnties of the Commission. But when they eame to another clause, requiring the Commis sioners generally to ream:4 the construction of that clause must be rulid by the former chute, so that the meaning must be t en to be that not "fewer than two of them to gether cnu legally : draw up a report on the transactions of .. . the Comm'E ,on. Mr. FOX'MAULE iias sorry that the House should pass their time on a matter which would really come to no issue. It was agreed that a report from the Commission ought to be laid before the House, and he was of opinion that a report ought to be made irrespective of the Hon. Member for Winchestef. He recollected that in the case of the Poor Inquiry Commission appointed for Scotland, one of the mem bers of thit Commission was a dissentient from the report, but instoad:of interfering with that re , ort, that Hon. Gen tleman sent in a separate report to the Secretary of State, and he thought that the Hon. Member for Winchester ought to follow the same p-ecedent. The motion was then withdrawn. _.- - MILITARY STATISTICS. Mr. HUME inquired of tke Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of the War Department ( Mr. F. Maule) whether the military statistics of India, which Major Tulloch had been formerly engaged in, would be resumed? These sta tistics were of the greatest importance, and ought to be forthcoming without delay. He would also ask tke Right Hon. Gentleman whether he had received the returns re garding the health of the troops in India, which he (Mr. Hume) had firmed for two years ago? Mr. F. MAULE said he was not aware that the returns referred to, by the Hon. Gentleman had been received, but he would inquire at the War-office. In reference to the sta tistics of Colonel Tulloch, the other engagements of that Gallant Officer had for a time interfered with their continu ance, but they would be resumed as soon as possible. Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Tuesday next he would move an address to her Majesty, if found necessary, that these statistics be continued forthwith by some public dicer, for which duty he knew of none better qualified than the Gallant Officer who had been referred to. _ The House then adjourned at Half-past One o'clock. PETITIONS. ON PRIVATE BILLS. . HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Sarum) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were completed, and the standing orders complied with : Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston, and Ware Line, with a Branch to the River Cam, and also a Branch to the Royston and Hitchin Railway). Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Bedford, with a' Branch to Royston, and two Branches to Biggleawade). London and Blackwell Railway Improvement and Branches to the St. Katherine and London D mks. East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth- Navigation Purchase). OPPOSED LIST. MIDLAND RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD, BARNSLEY, 'DONCASTER, AND GOOLE). This adjourned case was resumed. The inquiry occupied the whole of the day, but the allegations sustained were not worthy of note: - - - (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following cases the formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders complied with : London and. South-Western Railway (Widening thereof be tween Wandsworth and Nine Elms, and Enlargement - of the York,: road Station, and Ame ndment of the London and Soutly Western Acts). Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches. OPPOSED LIST. MIDLAND" RAILWAY (MASBOROUGII AND NOR MANTON STATIONS' ENLARGEMENT). In this case the opposition was withdrawn, and the standing orders-complied with. •• • CORNWALL AND. DEVON CENTRAL AND PLY-- MOUTH RAILWAY AND - BRANCHES. This adjourned case was then resumed. , Allegations were sustained impugning the accuracy of the books of reference, in as, far as particular roads on the route of the proposed line were misdescribed. Other allegations of a similar character were also sustained. The case was further adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes. Luse Proceethn,x,4f die House of Commons. ; TUESDAY, FEE. 2. The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time:— _ _ Midland (Systah and Peterborough Railway Deviations, and Approach to Manton Station)—" to autherise certain devia tions in the Line of the Syston and Peterborough Branch of the Midland Railway, and the formatioi of a road or ap proach to the intended Manton Station thereof." Clarence, and Leeds and Thirsk Amalgamation—" to en able the Amalgamation of the Clarence Railway and the Leeds and Thirsk Railway." . ..... Paisley, Barrhead. and Hurlet—" for making a Railway from Paisley to Barrhead, with certain Railways and Branch Railways therewith connected, to be called ' The Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet Railway." South-Eastern (Widening of the Greenwich Railway, and Arrangement and Enlargement of the London-bridge Station)—" to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company further to widen the London and Greenwich Railway, and to enlarge their London. bridge Station." South-Eastern (London -bridge Station Arrangement and Enlargement)—" for providing increased Station Accommo dation at the Terminus of the South-Eastern, and London, Brighton, and South Coast Railways, at or near London bridge, and for the arrangement thereof." Wakefield,certeinds,Lines‘Offothr emcoauknintf of Railwayand in Midland the Is, es J Junction—" n Ridingction— of York, to be called "rhe Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction Railway.' " Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway and Branch— " for making a Railway from the Liverpool and Bury Rail way, near Liverpool, through Crosby, to. the town of South port, with a .Braneb, to be called ' The Liverpool, Crosby, and f llleB—of-t4i.iteoclx Southport Railway.' " _ le Buckingham and Bradley Junction, and Oxford and o B_ It,chley JUnction Companies Amalgamation and Extension make Extension• Line authorise ford an d the 1 Consolidationetiey Junction Railway Under takingone Com pany, and to enablti the Company - so to be consolidated, to alteration of.the I:inaendlinttleltltuCi);73,;f.aondxfoArly " for maing a Railway from Exeter to Yeovil, with Branches and Extensions there fro m , t o be called ' Exeter, Yeovil Dorchester Railway and Branches— The l ,E Try, and an anisdiDidolarcnhdester Railway.(Rxtensioirom near Leicester. rid et l e 3e r d ' f Y or e d e , v t il : Hitchin, and to Northamptor! En largement of the Leicester . Station)_"dl - Inntingdon, and Company to make a Railway fromneatro Leneaiebelsetetrh,evMiaidßlaendd. Hitchen, eni ar a g n e d th t e o LNeoice r . 'Station on the Midland Railway, and Bedford, woh Bed ford, es, to Railway, and-for other purposes." Midland (Leicester and Swannington, Widening , Devia tions, and liranches, Enlargem en t of Le ic est er)7 Station , and e L h of the L e i ces t er emxitdeinadnidnftapoihywaeyrscaosmptoanlutsotoacikte-rßtrha:ine to enable th e and Swannington Railway, and, to. make c er t ain B ranches therefrom, and fOr other purposes." The folloWing Rail Way Billi were read a second time, com mitted, and referfed to the Committee of S e l ect i on : General Terminus - and Glasgow Hathour Railway Branches. BirminghamtAVolverhampton, and "Stour Valley (No. 1— Smethwiek , Deviation): • •-- • • Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the London and Northr . .We.steru. Railway Company). Liskeard and catsdnn. Norfolk (Yarmouth Extension, Lie.). . Lynn and Efy, Ely and Huntingdon and Lynn and Dereham Amalgamation. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee:— _ _ _ 1. That in the case of tho Norfolk Railway (Branch from Norwich to 4.yl*hitin, with a Branch to North Walsharn) petition, the standing orders ought to he dispensed with That the parties be uermitted to proceed with 'heir Dili. 2. That in the case of the North British Railway (No. 1) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. _ 3. That.in the case of the Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railways Amalgamation petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per mitted to proceed with their Bill i on the insertion of a Clause restrieting them from altering the rates and tolls leviable under the Act 1 Vic. c. 117, s. 223. 4. That in the case of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway Acts Amendment (Weymouth Branch) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on depositing in the Court of Chancery such an amount, in addition to the one-tenth of three-fourths of the estimate already de posited, as will make the total sum deposited equal to one tenth of the amount subscribed." 5. That in the case of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on the insertion of a Clause re stricting them from taking any part of the property No. 11 a on the plan, in the parish of Spettisbury, and on depositing in the Court of Chancery such an amount, in addition to the one tenth of three-fourths of the estimate already deposited, as will make the - total sum Ceposited equal to one-tenth of the amount subscribed.—Resulutions agreed to. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time on Monday, Feb. 8: Aberdeen (Brechin Branch Deviation). Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Junction Con- and West!Riding Junction (Burnley and netting pr ßailway. eston Fleetwood,, Colliery Branches). RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FERRtrART 2. STOCK Excaawoc—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, dls.— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, % p.—Bir mingham and Oxford, 8% p.—lloston, Stamford, snd Birmingham, 1% p.—Buckingbamshire, % p.— Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, % dis.—Eastern Counties, 21% —East Lancashire, New, 2 p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.—East Lincolnshire. 1% p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 75—Ditto, Quarters, 18N Great Northern (Nos. Ito 108,000), % p.— Ditto (Nos. 108,001 and upwards), par—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% p.—Lancaster, and Preston, Quarters, 14% — Leeds and Thirsk. Preference, 235. 9d. p.—Leicester and Bedford, dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, % p.—Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle Junction, % dis.—London and North- Western. 192—Ditto, New Quarters, 113 p.—London and York (Direct Northern), 3s. 9d. p.—Manchester and Leeds, 25 p.—Ditto, Extensions, I p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quar ters (No. 2). 22%—Midland, 123%—Ditto, New, 3% p.—North Bri tish, Quarters, 41s. 3d. p.—Ditto, New Thirds (scrip), 2% p.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A).11. 18s. 9d. p. —Ditto (B), % p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, dis. ex int.-1-outh Staffordshire, Junction, 4 p.—West Riding Union, 13s. 9d. p.—York and Newcastle, New, 7%—Ditto, Preference, Newry and Warrenpoint,..l . ;‘, p.-Dutch Rhenish, 2% dia. MANCHESTER, Fnuatltaly i. STOCK Exerts:var.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 7.16 ells.— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 4 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 6% p.—Blackbum, Clitheroe, &c., % dis.—Eastern Counties. York Extension, p.—East Lanca shire, 1 15-16 p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1 3-16 p.—East Lincolnshire, p. —Ely and llunting,don, p.—Great, Northern (late London and York), Scrip, 1% c. p.—Hudderstled and Manchester ltailway and Canal, 2% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2% dis. —Liverpool, Manches ter. and Newcastle Junction, % dis..—London and North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 6% p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, % p.—Manchester and Leeds, Exten sions, 1 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. Eighths, % dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), lb-16 dis.—Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 13-16 p.—Oldham Alliance, 7-16 p.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), I% s c. p:—Ditto, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (II), % p.—South Staffordshire, % Trent Valley Midland, % p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 1-16 p.—West Riding Union, 1 9-1 G p.—York and Newcastle, Pre ference, 5!4 p. _ _ LEEDS, FEBRUARY 2. STOCK Excuxwm-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 7s. c. dis.-Buckinghamshire, 5s - Eastern;Counties,York Ex tension, 153. p.-East Lancashire, 11. 18s. 9d. p.-Ditto, New, IL iss. Gd. p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 245. Gd. p.-East and West Yorkshire, ss. dis.-Great Northern (late London and York), 4s. p -Leeds and Dewsbury, Extensions Scrip (green), 15s. p.-Leeds and Tirirsk, 2% n. dts.-Ditto, New, 15s. dis.- Ditto, Preference, 245. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. 6d. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 3s. dis -Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 7s. Gd. dis.-- Manor' and Driftield Junction, IBs. p.-Manchester and Leeds, Ex tensions, 235. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 12s. 6d. p.-North British, Thirds, 2% p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 14s. p.-Northern Counties Union, 235. dia.. -North-Western, 83. p.- South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 4s. Gd. p.-W est Riding Union, 334. NEWCASTLE-UPON -TY 3 E, FEBRUARY 2. STOCK EZCBANOR.-The sales are--Armagh, Coleraine, and Port rush, 1% dis. - Eastern Counties, York Extension, p.-East Lan cashire, New (scrip), 1 1 4 p. - Newcastle and Carlisle, 116-North British, Extension, I6s. 6d. p. -North Staffordshire, 34 p.-York and Newcastle, Extension, 8 p. iiULI., Frfuttufty 2. STOCK ExcrEktmr.--The sales are-Hull and Selby, Qturrters,sl% -North British, Quarters, 4% - Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, Pref. (5 per cent. guar.), •p.- Great Northern (late London and York), - North-Western, Bs. p.-North Staffordshire, 21. , ,186.- Northern Counties Union, 295. cash-Shropshire Union. 13se dis. ' SfII•;FFIELL, FEBRUARY 2. STOCK Excasasos.—The sales arc—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 6s. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, I Ss. p.—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 4% dis. —Ditto 201. Shares, 265. dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), I9s. 6d. dis.— Midland (Sheffield and Rotherham), 33 1 4 —North-Western, 9s. p.—West Riding Union, Ili p.—Leeds, Wakefield, a..d Midland. % dls.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % p. EDINBURG ti , FEBRUARY I. STocc EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, W.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 4‘. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 55.-Ayr and Galloway, 21.-Caledonian, 261. 103.-Ditto, New, 21. fis. 68. - Caledonian and Dumbarton, V. U.-Clydesdale Junction, 391. 53.-Deeside, 31 ss.- Direct Northern, 21. 15s. 6d.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 11. 155.-Dundee and Arbroath, 421. ex new-- Ditto, New, No. 1, 321. ex new-Ditto, No. 2, 251. 15s. ex new- Dundee and Perth, 261.-Ditte, New, 12/. 155.-Eastern Counties, 211. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, York Extension, 5/.-East of Fite, 2/. 10s. d. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 155.--Edinburgh awl tila 4:ow, 55.-Ditto, Half Shares, 19!. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 19!. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 191. 108.-Dltle, rreference, 211. ex new -Edinburgh and Northern, 161. 15s. ex new-Ditto, New, 31. 175. -! into, Newport, 51. 15s. ex new-Ditto, ditto, New, 21 15s.- Edinburgh and Perth (Old), 11. 18s. 68. -Ditto (New), 21. 10s.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 651. ex new-Ditto, New Stock, 341. ex new -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. 10s. 6d. ex new-Ditto, Halves, 71. 15s. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. 2s. 6d.-Glasgow and Dun dee Junction, U. 165.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 401.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. IN.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New, 9/.- Ditto, Preference, 81. ss.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 61. 10s.-Great North of England, 2381.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. ss. 6d.-London and York, 31. 12s. 6d.-Manchester and Leeds, 1051.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 321. 155.-North British, 341. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, _l6/, 17s. 6d.- Ditto, Thirds, 31. 168.—:Ditto, Quarters, '4l. Ts. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), IL Bs. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 2s. 6d.-Scottish Cen tral, 211. 155.-Scottish Grand Junction, 11. ss.- Scottish Midland, 281. 55.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 95.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 10s.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Wishaw and Coltness, 501.-York and Newcastle, 361. 10s. ex new-Ditto, New, 111. lbs. -Ditto, Preference. 61. lbs.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6 d. -East Indian, 7s. 6d.-Great North oflndia, 3s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 45.-Madre, Nellore, and Arcot, 2s. 9d. GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 1. _ . STock EXCLIANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 455.-Cale donlan, New, 495.-Caledoniau and Dumbartonshire, 453.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 48. 3d. -Direct northern (Scrip), 575.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 51.-East of Fife, 525.-East Indian, 95. Gd.-East Lothian Central, 455. 6 d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quar ters, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), 5% --Edinburgh and Perth, 535. -Glasgow General Terminus, 113-Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ayr, 652.-Ditto, 351.-Ditto, Naives, No. 2, 91. Gs.-Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 3s. 6d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 18►,{ -Glasgow, Airdie, and Monkland Junction, 5% -Great Southern of Madras, 4s. 3d.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 495.- Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 25.-Manchester and Southampton, 345. 6d.-North Bri tish, Thirds, 745.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 315.-Paisley, Barr head, and Hurlet, 615.-Scottish Central, 221-Scottish Grand Junc tion, 245.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 725. Cal.-Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 505.-Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness, .._wisnaw and Coltness, 493¢ -York and Newcastle, Preference, 71. 75. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.— Ile Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Earl of Liverpool and Captain Francis Seymour left the Castle to -day. _ - - - - Ihe royal dinner party . at the Castle this evening will in clude her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alex ander MensdortF, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, and the Baroness de Speth. _ _ _ The band of the Scots FUsilier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. A deputation from the Distillers of Scotland, consisting of Mr. Felt, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Colville, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation of paper makers, consisting of Mr. John Ca meron (Chairman), Mr. Charles Cowan, Mr. Edward Collins, Mr. Alexander Pirie, jun., Mr. Thomas Wrigley, and Mr. T. B. Crompton, had ar. interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The deputation was headed by Mr. J. Oswald, M.P. Mr. H. F. Young had an interview with Earl Grey yester day, at the Colonial-office. The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improvements bad a meeting yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. There were present Viscount Murpeth, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Millie, the Hon. C. A. Gore, and Mr. Charles Barry. The Ecclesiastic d Commissioners fur England had a general meeting yesterday, at their office in Whitehall place. Mr. Wilson Patten, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great George-street. Mi. H. Lushington had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. - I;frCharles Napier had an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. Ward, M.P., had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the Council) gave a grand dinner last evening at Lansdowne House to all the Cabinet Ministers (with the exception of Lord John Russell), and also to the great officers of state of the Queen's household, and the clerks of the Privy Council. During the evening the roll of sheriffs for the present year was settled by the Noble Marquis and the Lords of the Privy Council present, preparatory to its being pricked by her Majesty in Council. Dispatches were sent of yesterday evening from the Co lonial-office for the Govet nor-General or Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American provinces. Mr. Lambton, M.P., arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave- street, yesterday, from Brighton. HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-SLOOP SPHYNX. gts. vbfinrc.eGnte,olwitehßdidispleacttohmebset,oß.r3tNiz Poirrs?lonTif t TUESDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK, P. M.--The R Masterpacket, o i f us t t h a e t fi ri a v g ed -s , h i b p ri Commander-in-Chief at this port, from the senior officer operating at the wreck of the Sphynx, and the welcome in telligence that the Sphynx had been moved this tide 100 feet nearer deep water. She would, doubtless, have been got off further, but one of the " camels" burst, and the hands were consequently compelled to leave off heaving. If the 80 tons of coals now in her can be got out, and she can be farther lightened 30 or 40 tons more, success is looked upon as certain. Wind and weather continue favourable, although the tide has not risen so high as had been anticipated. The Medea steam-sloop, Commander Mason, arrived this morning, and came into harbour . to fit for t rear eception of Sir H. Seymour, the newly- appointed Minis t Lisbon. Mr. WALLACE'S NEW OPERA. —The libretto has been read in the green-room by the author, Mr. Bunn, and the opera is now in daily rehearsal. The scene is in Bohemia, and the subject has been taken from history. BANK or ENGLAND.—Accounts of the amount of all Exchequer-bills purchased by the Bank of England in 1846, and of.balances of sums issued for the payment of dividends due and not demanded, from the sth of April , 1846, to the sth of January, 1847, have been presented to Parlil ment, pursuant to the Act. The ainutn.t of Exchequer-bills and other Government securities so purchased, or on which lo3t advanced sums were advanced in the year 1847, altogether amounted to 4,66 0 ,919/ , remaindera l in ie d i e ' r bei ng 3 5, all of which has been paid off and discharged. The gross t o t a l amount o f t h e di v idends due and not de tunded amounted, on the sth of April, 1846, to 1,108,118/., of remainedtointhehaml!; Government;of t o h n e Btc sth o k,the t July, 1816, 1,093,5561 ., o f w hi c h 100 . 0001. r emained in the hands of the Bank. • on the 10th of October, 1846, 10,017,980/ • ~ of which 100,000/. remained. in the hands of the Clank; and on the sth of January last p ast 1,088,8.91., of which 170,838/. remained in the Minds of the Bank. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. Yesterday being appointed for the election of a Membea for the county of Middlesex, in the room of the late George Byng, Esq., who had represented the county for upwards of half a century, a considerable degree of excitement pre vailed in the "lengthy town" of Brentford and its neigh bourhood. Old banners, which had figured in the eventful days of the Reform, agitation, again flaunted in the breeze, and groups of eleetois and non-electors, the one partyequally interested with the other, disported themselves with favours of buff and blue (the old Whig colours). The better-clips farmers of the district bestrode horses which, judging from their spirit, had erewh ile figured in the ranks of theyeomanry, while numerous carriages, containing the aristocracy of the country, followed the open chariot in which Lard Robert Grosvenor, with the Chairman of his Committee and other friends were seated. Some short time before his Lordship arrived at " the Butts" (the name reminds one of a former day, when the peasantry of England had their fre quent and appointed holidays), Lady Grosvenor and family drove up to the hustings, and were accommodated with places, whence they could see and hear everything that passed. Among the more distinguished personages present, we observed the Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie • Sir Edward North Buxton, B ar t .; S amue l Charles Whitbread, Esq. (chairman of the committee); the Hon. Frederic Bvng ; Sir Walter Stirling; Sir William Clay, M.P.; Sir be Lacy Evans, M.P.; Mr. Armstrong; Mr. Rotcla ; Mr. Riches, of Uxbridge; Mr. Sherburn, &c. &c. Although the day was by no means favourable to out-door exhibitions, the enthusiasm of the electors had so far over come their repugnance to a wetting, that not less than five hundred were assembled in the open space (the Butts) behind the Three Pigeons Tavern. These were backed up by the banners already alluded to, on which were inscribed certsin weighty and not to be contro verted apothegms, such as "The Queen and the People," " A fair day's wages for a fair day's work," " Liberty and Free Trade," &c. Seve ra l assoc i a t i ons exhibited their pecu liar standards, among whom the Brentford Reform Associa tion figured pre-eminently. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Messrs. Challis and Kennard, with the Under-Sheriffs, Messrs. Baylis and Bur chell, appeared at the front of the hustings, while the sum moning officer of the district read the proclamation. The candidate then retired, and the usual oaths were ad ministered to him. On his return to the hustings, Mr. BAYLIS, the Under-Sheriff, read the writ of election and the oaths against bribery and corruption. Mr. Sheriff CHALLIS then came forward and said—Gentle men, we have now introduced to your notice, with the usual legal forms, the important business which has brought us together: It is impossible 'f , r us to be assembled on any matter more connected with the interests and happiness of a people who are guided by wisdom and experience, than on the present occasion. —(Cheers.) It is impossible for us to attach too much importance to the opportunity now given of electing our representative, and in the proportion that we seek integrity and propriety of principle in the man we elect so shall our interests be cared for and attended to— (cheers)—by expecting and exacting the same honour, the same industry, the same integrity, from him.—(Cheers.) I feel that on such an occasion it would ill become me, in the character of your presiding officer, to detain you with any ob servations of my own. lam anxious that we should proceed to business, and that while you moderate any feeling of your own—that while you express your approbation or distils prahation—that you should at the same time give all parties a fair hearing, so as to do justice to alt parties who may be anxious to make any observations to you. We should not be doing our duty to ourselves. we should-not be honouring the memory of our late lamented representative —Mr. Byug—who, with so much honour to himself and advantage to his constituents for half a century, spoke our sentiments in Parliament. When we recollect that during the time he represented this county almost every question of pressing moment, and of gravest importance, occupied the Legislature—when we recollect that when our late representative held a seat in that Home it was difficult for any man to hold by the test of con scientiousness, through which he had been elected.— ( Hear, hear.) The public, after examining the career of such a man, might exclaim with justice, that he was " the pilot that weathered the storm."—(Cheers.) And now we should see that the person whom we elect should preserve these principles in their utmost rectitude.—(Cheers.) In conclu sion, we must always, however, admit thus much, that however we may differ from the politics of the Noble Candidate, in no measure which involved the be nefit of the country has he ever been the last to lend the sanction of his name or influence. —(Cheers.) My duty now is merely to call upon any c a h n e di d is a t vk e , , a a rt n h d y i t : a s s ucceed your late representative. — (Cheers.) f g o e r n t y l a e a m , a i g i e here nt l e ta t e o n propose,ta consider n ev e he a t s h e a r The Hon. E. P. BOUVERIE then came forward to propose Lord Robert Grosvenor. He said,—Friends and brother electors of this county—gentlemen, the proposal I am about to submit to you, the name of a gentlemen to represent you in Parliament, is so likely to be received with general and unanimous approbation that I don't consider it necessary to detain you at any length. The gentleman who has preceeded me, and who has presided over this meeting, has brought under your consideration the importance of the object of your meeting on this occasion, and he has also alluded to your choosing a fit and proper successor to the gentlemen who had formerly represented this county, and who had some fourteen or fifteen times been adopted as your representative. During the whole course of Mr. Byng's political life he had proved himself the friend of civil and religious liberty, and be thought that the duty of the Government was to legislate for the welfare of the people. If this principle actuates us, then are we bound to find another person who entertains these views. and who will endeavour to carry them out in the Parliament of the country.—(Hear, bear.) The whole political life of the Noble Lord will prove that he is pre-eminently that person.—(Cheers.) For twenty years he has shown himself the friend of civil and religious liberty, he has shown himself the friend of the civil and the practical reforms which have agitated the country—(Cheers)—and he has been found always enlisted on the side of the people.—(Cheers.) I entirely agree with the sentiments of the Noble Lord from the many years experience of his past life, and I have now, therefore, no hesitation in recommending him to your choice—(Cheers) —as your representative.—(Continued cheering.) But I cannot close without in some degree re ferring to a correspondence which has been extensively cir culated within these few days. I may refer to the Noble Lord's truly noble conduct, to his straightforward answer to the insidious question. The person who has written that letter is a particular friend of mine, but I repudiate all the sentiments contained in it.—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Lord, I repeat, has answered that letter in a straightforward manner, and we may conclude from thence that his is the very sort of honesty we want in our represen tative.—(Cheers.) I do not know that it is necessary for me to enter further into this subject, but I think that it is rather unfair to ask a question on any subject without at the same time reciting the contingencies which might materially affect it. If you choose the man the rectitude of whose political life you acknowledge, then I think you will do well, and you ought to leave it to him to carry out his principles in the way most consonant to his own feelings. The man you re quire is Lord Robert Grosvenor, and it is with great pleasure that I propose him as a fit person to represent you in Par liament.—(Cheers.) Sir E. N. BUXTON said—l have a great deal of pleasure in seconding the nomination of Lord Robert Grosvenor as a fit person to represent you in Parliament. I cannot, however, address the electors of this great county w ith o ut expressing my feeling respecting y our late represe n t a tive. lam sure that no one was acquaint e d w ith his character and virtues . who entertained not th e highest respect for Mr Byng , and 1 am convinced that no man whatever cou ld throughout such I a lengthened political life—a life extending over 55 years — have preserved such a cor di a l f e eling with his co nstituents, unless he had b een ac tuated by the hi g hest, the best, and purest motives. (Loud .-1 on ) You ars aware that du r i ng thi s p e riod questions o f vita t 3 • ou portance to the world were di cussed—(Cheers) Fheer . s. bu arc also aware, that whate ver might be the inducements to h o nourable overlook your interests, yo u had an honest an d gentleman to see to your int e rests. I feel t h a t we are met this day on a solemn occasion. If we consider th e state of cions that man to Parliament without being cons erform we have a great and solemn duty B to 's death I this country and of Ireland, we cannot send a and I confess that when I beard of Mr. Byng thought place—(Hear , county io find another man to supply - and to the coon bear)—with equal satisfaction to yourselves find a man better try. Ido think, however, that you cannot representative than the thought it would be a difficult matter for the eTegctors of this qualified to fill the place of your late ur suffrages. — Noble Lord who now offers himself to a man who 1 of the poor.—(Cheers.) We know him to inimical to will not sanction any measure which he ! ed cheering.) the people or their constitution.—(Cont i t of Lord Ro (Cheers. ) We know Lord Robert Grosvenoynrotboebe the friend Although I do not concur in every senthimate ; therefore, better qualified to represent us; d thew li o p r h e a s d e n a n t y session h er and the nomination with great pleasure that I raee:ent us in Parliament. itt/17,e is no man Ro bert Grosvenor, still I am of opinion that of Lord tiobert Grosvenor to rep e o rciand do so, and no per candidate to propose to co crt e o take the show of hands. A son responding, proceed The sheritlshaving requefstedra:.ar heldein favour of the proposed candi • forest of hands was up against it. The sheriff declared Lord date, and only two dul - elected as a member to serve in Robert Grosvenor to be ,y t for the county o Parliament of Parliament. Middlesex, Per s i o n n GROSVENOR then came forward, and Lord. ROBERT was received in the mos t enthusiastic manner. When silence w as somewhat restored, the Noble Lord said, Mr. Sheriff and the of county of Middsex Imut b g gentlemen, electors t kindlef ' h S e-, to thank you most or tue kind and in the first place, warm reception which you have been pleased to a ccor d to me casiots. I am happy also that, notwith upon the present oc bleness of the day,youhav 11 standing the unfavoura e a preserved good humour.—(Cheers.) (A voice—lf they such perfect I will keep them in one.) are not in good humour duet • h that I cannot nt singing a with gentleman in the propose at present singing it is not the first crowd.—(Cheers.) hustings. (A • time that d upon the voic.:—lt won't be I have appeared not. 13tit, gentlemen, this is the f t • the last.) I hope honour of appearing before irs time that I have ever had the you in a and, pentlemen, when I think of public character, the e —Meer hear) mag nitude_and of the constituent Y for whiCh I am —and of the vast importance of that county I thank th t now a candiate-- (A voice—A Member)"- g a gentleman for has cor hat I am nearly overwhelmed with a Sense of my own insufficiency.—(A andiii e- . - Keep your spirits up.) Gentlemen, lam but a and simple man, h av i ng oratorical talents, I no pretence to . must therefore en deavour your kind and to obtain indulgent attention during the address which it will now be my dut to y s ) Gentlemen, nothing, make to you.—(Cheer • to h you, would have induced rae t ave ob on truded myself upon your notice upon the presen occasi, h a d 1 not been assured that I was called upon to do so by the whole • lamented Mr. united strength of the late lamer Byng's supporters, and the assurance conveyed to inc by my Hon. Friend behind me, Mr. Charles Whitbread, the chairman of the committee of which he was the originator and supporter—than whom no person could be more capable of appreciating the sentiments and feelings of the electors of Middlesex —nothing less han than those appearances would have i nduced me to sever that con nexion with my attached fri ends — the city o f Chester— (Cheers)—who, during a period of more than twentyyears have honoured me with such unwavering kindness, and such implicit confidence —nothing less than the assurance that you would give me the same kindly co-operation and assist ance in the performance of the arduous duties upon me, would have induced me t o undertake the serious duties attaching to the representation of the , county of Mtd dlesex.—(A voice, " You are worthy e e i t. ceed to say another word about myself; 3 ., ') Before I pro to discharge a duty I owe, and also to o must permit me feelings, by saying something with referenceeo t nsult my own re spected friend, Mr. Byng, the late Member for othtenylate Middlesex, whose memory is county u o so justly dear to (Cheers.) Ido not know how, in a few words, I can s bitter lt sum up my feelings than by using the words of the friends of that lamented gentleman, who would inscribe this proud opitaph upon his tomb, " That, ha v i ng f or upwards of fifty years represented not merely the rural and suburban portions of the county which I hav e the ho- nour now to represent, but nearly the one-half I of the metropolis, besides, during the most eventful and the most critica. period of the history of the British nation had at length dexended to the tomb full of years, without a single enemy, and with the respect and attachment of all parties and all classes, among his great and enlightened constituency.—(Loud speakiutl,• ja u a stranger among y cheers.) eers. ) Although, comparatively p a h r a u t r i e, v e hope 1 am not altogether without some local claims upon your notice. I was born ; bred, and educated in the very heart of the city of West minster, and within the sounds of the Abbey bells.—(Laud cheers.) I have always endeavoured to show my sense of what was due to the great city in which I was bore by en-. eeers.) T de h a e v s o e u d r u in t g ies to h a d l i , s e ch be a e rg u e ul t r l e i R e d d; t t i o e u s who have proposed and seconded my nomination.—(Cheers.) in too precticel a manner spoken o f f oafv b o y auer th aitbi e zl; H nu a t . CeC F en rie a n r d d s But Jam quite aware that my political conduct has in general been in unison with the feelings and wishes of the great ma jority of this great and influential connty.—(Cheers. ) Al though I might in truth have some claims to your good-will, I have also some claims to that political confidence which has enabled me to appear before you upon such an occasion as the present. Now, gentlemen, when I entered the House Commons, &bout 25 years since, I found the House of Commons unreformed, not in any way such a House as would be said to represent the people of Rngland.—(Cheers.) I found the criminal law full of anomalies —(Cheers.) I found civil disabilities and penal laws in existence against our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects.—(Loud cheers.) I. found laws in force, pressing most unjustly and most unsatis factorily upon the consciences of those denominations of Christians who sincerely differed - from me in the opinions which I, as a member of the Church of England, must conscientiously maintain. I found slavery existing in the Colonies; I found our trade and commerce fettered by the most unjust monopolies also; and I found —what was the worst of all—that it was impossible to ob tain any redress of the grievances, however clearly those cases of grievances might be established, and however indisputably the existence of those grievances might be proved.— (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I hesitated not to attach myself to that small but increasing band of men who had joined themselves together for the purpose of obtaining the amelio ration of that which we thought to be a most pernicious system of things.—(Cheers). Ido not intend now to go into the details of those measures which must be familiar to you all.—(Hear, hear.) Sufficient to say, that we never relaxed our exertions until we obtained that better state of things under which we now live.—(Cheers.) Now during the whole of this period I believe that I may say, that political consistency—at present at a discount— (Cheers)—was not much relied on. I do not attach any exaggerated notion to the idea of political consistency. I am not so presumptuous as to say that during the time I have been in Parliament that I never modified my opinion upon any political questions. And that was the secret of the great confidence which my former constituents reposed in me, that during the whole of that time I never was compelled entirely to alter my opinions "upon any great measure brought before the House of Corn mons.—(Cheers.) And to which I have' lately referred.— (Cheers,) I, as a Member of that small but determined band, aided in giving the first blow to those systems which I have described to you, by assisting Sir George Canning in his great struggle in 1838, and also by assisting Sir Robert Peel upon a very late occasion. —(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, during all this struggle, continued with various successes, I had always the distinguished satisfaction of finding myself upon every occasion side by side with your late lamented and respected representative, Mr. G. Ityng.—(A voice—"He was a trump; I hope you will make a better one.) That is the title, and the only title, which I can bring before you on the present occasion.— (Cheers.) But do not suppose that, because we have al ready obtained so much success, that therefore I shall fell back, and not continue my endeavours to obtain a further amelioration of the condition of the people—(cheers)—or that I have the slightest disposition to'repose myself beneath the laurels already obtained. There are still many social fiscal and educational reforms to be accomplished, and which will require the most unwearied exertions to bring about—reforms which those whinn I now address will, I doubt not, if their lives be spared, live to witness.—(Cheers.) I am truly at tacheit to the working classes. I feel deeply what I owe to them.—(Cheers.) I feel deeply what we all owe to them, and especially to the working classes of the Metropolis. Mr. Cobden, than whom no person could be supposed to be a snore accurate observer, said," that however great might be the industry of the working classes of the manufacturing districts to which he belonged, still he must fairly state that he artisans of London were far superior to them." Ido not think that those working classes have been fairly treated ; they have been most sadly neglected. lean assure the electors of Middlesex that any measure which may be brought forward having for its object the amelioration of that class will have my most earnest support.—(Cheers.) But whatever may be the opinions of the electors of Middlesex as to the reforms still necessary, I earnestly trust that all seeds of minor differences will be laid aside, and that we may all unite to support the Government and to support each other, in endeavouring to enable this country to pass through that crisis upon which we are now entering. Dopend upon it we must assist the Government and each other; for, depend upon it, that, in spite of every effort that we are so ready to make, we are as yet but on the threshold of difficulty, and that every effort of private virtue will; be necessary in order to stem the crisis land the diffi culty upon which we are now entering, even if it should please God to give us, at an early period a plentiful return of the fruits of the earth.—(A. voice, " When do you mean to come to Popery?") We shall come to that presently. Another question which I was about to allude to was the subject of the suffrage. Suffrage is now nearly universal.—(A voice, "We are all suffering now.") Upon such a day as this I should be sorry to trouble you by a long speech on that subject. (A. voice, "Oh, it is no trouble, my Lord, don't mention it.") I must beg to say a few words with respect to certain opinions which I am reported as holding, especially as upon the present occasion I; have% been told that I am the " Pope's candidate" for the greatest metropolis in the world.—(Cries of " No, no.") Now I am sure, sir, that before so enlightened an audience as that which I am now ad dressing it is quite unnecessary for me to say that I am not " the Pope's candidate," neither is it necessary for me to say that lam nobody's candidate. I believe that anybody thrust forward by any class or profession would be perfictly unsuccessful in his endeavours to obtain the suffrages of the electors of Middlesex. He who would aspire to that honour must be none other than an independent person.—(Cheers.) I beg to say, that considering the enlightened sentiments of the sovereign who now fills the chair of St. Peter, that I would rather be the nominee of that potentate than of that gentleman who first applied the epithet of " Pope's candidate" to me.—(Cheers.) You are all familiar with the correspondence which has recently taken place between some gentleman and myself—l allude to Mr. Hoare. Copies of that correspondence have been most unfairly sent to every elector of the county of Middlesex. I must beg to explain the manner in which that correspondence has been carried l e tter itself. They pub lished two letters to my one, that wa s two to one , and Cheers.) They have was decidedly taking an advantage •—( on.—(Hear, b utheyhandea notr.) p T u h b e l y ish h e a d d thepublished my reply to a letter to the letters so publish . ow, f n who u r' g y published r u e r m a a m rk a es u d t w w h N t u i c c l h v o a r might consider necessary use—(" Never mind that, I call that rather shabby„ beca , p l like e that u ee unfairlyo of ei dd e u s p e u x u — a stick to it !")—I think those persons,f d has been so much deprived me ofthe haroa respondence should ex cited of late.—(Cheers.) I must beg, therefore, to express my feelings and opinions upon the subject. What I meant to say was this—that should any measure be proposed having powerl it of making l o a r k e i s subject u r ( 1 3bhj t ee r c i e a tr l sti) b p_ e o f before e wa n a b it i cu a h r pgtuehbelsphubalcorrespondence constituencyrmind eins for its object the endowment of the Roman Catholic priesthood of Ireland, I would hold myself at liberty either to oppose or to acquiesce in such a measure upon its own merits— (Cries of "It won't do")—but tharhaving no religious objec tions to the proposition, I would hold myself at liberty either to consent or to oppose the proposition.—(Cries of "No Church allowance; "The separation of the ,Church and State.") I think, gentlemen, that you will perceive, with me, the inconvenience of being questioned as to conduct upon measures not at present before the country or the House, or as to opinions upon which the House knew nothing declaration Roman are, priesthood in; consequence; o f t n of t (e flow about Mayn oo th ?") M y opinion on the subject is, that considering the: s t a t e o f t h e: country and, the; excite ment in which the alarming defectio n o f some members of the Established Church the from ou r re li g i on , and considering also the reiterated of thepeople Catholic they would no t accept of an endowment—(Crieslrel a nd, of" Try a 'em —won't they ?")—if any Minister were to come forward and propose such a measure, my confidence in his discretion would be materially abated.—(Loud cheers.) Now, I am told that I was rash in the answer which I gave to Mr. Hoare's letter.—(No, no.) Had I been in clined to temporise, I might have framed a cautious • diplo• matic letter which nobody could have laid hold of • I dis. dained, howe ver , to d o so. I never voted for the Maynooth Grant, and for th e b es t o f a ll reasons, the opponents of that measure never put the question to the vote, they never ventured to come to a division on the subject, Although I voted for the motion of Lord Francis Egerton, I did it twenty since • years under circumstances wholly different from the present. I have written a letter to Mr. Hoare in the same spirit in which I speak— in a spirit of perfect freedom, and in a spirit in which I always intend both to speak and to write. Gentlemen, I'am no political adventurer, seeking to obtain a seat iu Parliament by flattering prevailing prejudices.— (Hear, hear.) I have neither ambition nor private objects to serve. lam here to defend my own consistency ; and it I am to sit for Middlesex, I trust it will be on a satisfactory statement of my opinions.—(hear, hear.) What I shall ask in return on your part is this : I have twenty years' cha racter from my last place.—(Cheers and laughter.) Now which of yon can produce a better?—(Continued laughter.) And what I say is this, " Don't endeavour to tie and fetter my hands with pledges and promises, especially with respect to measures which are not before Parliament."—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, give me your confidence if you agree with me in opinion, or, at all events, put a fair construction on my words and arguments.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, there is a great deal of talk about " endowing truth and en dowing error." Is the state to interfere in such matters as these? —(Cries of " No, no ; no interference.") Now, gen tlemen, I appr oac h the subject to which the latter part of the correspondence to which I have alluded has reference; and I have alluded to it with very great unwillingnese, and I should be extremely sorry if any expression whatever should fall from ins which could be supposed to Partake, in the smallest degree, of an irreve rent character in treating so serious and so sacred a subject. It is far from my intention to speak of my cor respondent in terms of ridicule or disparagement, least of all should I feel inclined to speak of a class of gentlemen who have, I think, been grievously mistaken on the present occa sion, but also, I am sure, considered they were doing their duty in putting forth such statements in disrespectful terms; but I am compelled to notice that particular part of the letter because I wish to point out, if possible, thincen sistency which those who support s uch views . are attributing to Divine Providence.—( Hear.) l am sure if for them to they will only reflect, that reflection would render it impossible lay such a document again before the Providence is public.—(Cheers.) What they attribute by inference to Divine this :—They assert that we ought to draw from certain events which they have pointed out , that wehave been visited with the wrath of Providence, for e ndowin g the College at May nooth e that, although we have for many years endowed t h e the college at May- Veen Canada, Roman Catholic clergy o f and unsca thed by Divine neoth in Ireland, we have Men Providence, yet in the progress of time we could that we have not expect to go unpunished, and now been visited, in consequence of all those dreadful calamities which have lately f upon us.—(Cheers.) That allen assertion, if it means anything, i s equivalent to this—that it i al of crime, that and amount, and not the p is the degree • e in the eyes of Omniscience.—(Hear, increases crime my entertainin g d em on, that in consequence of I am told, gentlemen, these sentiments that my connexion will be very short with the county of Middlesex. -(Cries No,no,"andcheers.) of " Now, gentlemen, if that be the case, I shall undoubtedly be high and distinguished honour extreme ly mortified to lose the upon me; shall but I which you have this day conferred the electors o f h ,ut a murmur to the decision of this bow wit county, because I sin well aware L ow ver y im per f ectly qualified I am to discharge the duties of the high station in which you have this day placed me. But, gentlemen, thin I ever aball say, that this is die proudest day of lay exist- :'~~'t` ~~~~ enee.— ( Hear, hear.) That after four-and twenty years of public life, during which time I have <neither altered nor concealed my opinion', I was called upon to succeed such a man as your late representative in Parliament by a re quisition, the most numerously and respectably signed, and supported by men of all parties, that was ever presented to a public mau.—( Loud cheers.) Now, gentlemen, sincerely thanking you for the very great kindnssa with which you have been pleased, en such a day as this, to listen to the observations which I have addressed to you, and most cordially thanking you fur the honour you have •centerred upon me—and I shall, I think, value it most highly. KnoWitig that liball very shortly be called upon to tell you iri What WaYrhave fulfilled the trust which you have confided to me, I respectfully, for,the present, take my leave of you. (The Noble Lord then retired, amidst loud demonstrations of applause. Sir WILLIAM STIRLING then came ferward to address the electors. He said, after the very powerful and straightforward address which they had heard from the Noble Lord, whom they had proclaimed not only as a fit representative for the vast and enlightened constituency of the, county of Mid dlesex, but as one of the fittest persons to represent them, he would venture, as a freeholder, merely to address a few observations to them. He was particularly anxious to do* So as he was nearly connected with that respectable gentleman, their late Member, whose life was extinguished, but who by never deviating from his early political opinions had gone to the tomb, carrying with him the regrets and affectionate gratitude of the con stituency he represented—( Hear, hear)—and who was an instance in his person—a remarkable instance of public favour during a great number of years ; and who had left behind hiin a noble example to all who might suc ceed him as a representative of the people.—(Cheers.) He was unwilling to.: havej recourse to backnied terms, but he could not well help saying, that they " should not look upon his like again." The Noble Lord at his aide was gifted with all those attributes and all those public virtues for which that lamented gentleman was so distinguished.- -(Hear, hear.) And if the whole country was searched he doubted whether any man could be found who was so dis tinguished for honour, purity of motives, and philanthropy. He could attest to the possession of these virtues by the Noble Lord, becausehe had leen acquainted with him from the earliest period of Lis boyhood, and had ever found him as he had stated.—(Che4rs.), He did not dwell unnecessarily on this, because he consideied that in the possession of these virtues rested the basis of all true patriotism, and without which patriotism would be an idle boast and a shallow pretension.—(Hear, hear.) It was on these grounds that he claimed the election of the Noble Lord as the advocate of that pure love of national liberty—of those temperate, mode. rate, and liberal principles, in which he considered the true happiness of the community rested—and which were equally removed on the one hand from the wild proceed ings of democracy, and on the other from the grasping and cupidity of aristocratic dominion.—(Loud cheers.) He looked upon the Noble Lord as the faithful ex positor of the feelings of the great bulk of the middle classes—those who, in his opinion, were the fittest possessors of political power, and the surest guides and guardians of the commonwealth.—(Cheers.) That was not the time to undervalue the importance of this great class, because they were living in wh a t be mi g ht d e fi ne a political interregnum, in which they were called upon to exercise wisely the great power they possessed. The ab sence of au2h a class from the sister country had caused the great distress under which the people laboured at the present moment. 'lt was on these grounds that he looked to the Noble Lord as the fittest man to be trusted with all those difficult questions which both now occupied, and at a future period would occupy, the attention of the - Legislature. Whether this question was that political paradox, the social improvement of Ireland—the equally important question connected with the education of the people—or that still weightier question, the rivalry of the Churches of this and the sister country.—(Cheers.) It was on these grounds that he congratulated the electors on the choice 'they had made in electing so fitting a representative for that vast constituency, which had within its scope and sphere the metropolis of the nations of the world.-(Cheers.) LorOBERT GROSVENOR said it now became his pleasing duty to propose a vote wide.' he was sure they would adopt with the same unanimity as they had the one proposed on the former occa sion. They had that day witnesed the manner in which the Sheriffs bad presided over the assemblage, and the anxious desire which they had evinced that every elector should have a fair opportunity of expressing their sentimen;s. He, therefore, begged to propose a vote of thanks to the Sheriffs for the way in which they had presided over the proceedings on that occasion. The vote was carried by acclamation. Mr. Sheriff CHALLIS felt much indebted to his excellent friend, and their excellent Member, for the manner in which he had introduced his name, and the name .of his colleague on the present occasion.—( Hear, hear.) It was a source of con gratulation to him th a t the very first act of this kind which he had had to perform he had been instrumental in giving the freehokers of Middlesex an op portunity of selecting so excellent a member as his Noble Friend.—(Cheers.) He should be glad it the general election should fall within his year of office to find all of them at their posts to do their duty as well as they had done that day.—(Cheers.) Three cheers having been given for the ladies, the pro ceedings terminated. CITY OF LONDON tORPORA TION REFORM. On Tuesday a very numerous meeting of the members as sembled in committee of the whole court, for the purpose of adopting resolutions, the tendency of which was to reform, in an essential manner, the Corporation of London. Before the committee proceeded to business Mr. R. L. JONES asked whether the Lord Mayor had any communication to make to the Court ? The LORD MAYOR replied in the negative. Mr. ASHURSY (chairman of the sub-committee) brought up the report, containing sundry recommendations. Alderman WILSON objected to the reading of the report, which he contended was quite at variance with the reference to the committee. Upon this subject a very angry discussion took place, tes tifying that there was but' ittle chance of unanimity in the committee. It was at length determined that Mr. Asnurst should proceed. Mr. Asrronsr then proposed the first resolution, of which he had given notice, and which formed one essential portion l of the report. It was a recommendation that the Court of Common Council request the Lord Mayor to restore the Qualification Bill to the paper of business to be brought on at the next Court. It was very properly observed by Alder man Wilson that the Court of Aldermen had become the laughing-stock of the public. The conduct of that body upon the late attempts of the Common Council to effect a salutary reform was a strong illustration of the truth of that observation. Seeing, however, that the Common Council was resolved to adopt a system of reform, that Court had determined to apply to Parliament for beneficial changes in its constitution. Nothing, he contended, could be more monstrous than the idea that the Lord Mayor had the power to remove from the paper of business any motion of which a member of the Court had given notice. After several re marks upon the assumption of such a power, Mr. Ashurst moved the resolution. Sir P. LAURIE felt great pleasure in seconding the motion. A great misconception existed, he said, as to the power of the two Courts. His notion was that the pocket-Book regu lations constituted the only guide to the Lord Mayor, who did not represent the Court of Aldermen in the committee, but was merely the chairman, and it would be intolerable that a Lord Mayor should attempt to dictatate to the Court of Common Council as the representative of the other Court. He was proud to say that he had been in a minority in the Court of Aldermen since the journey to Oxford, and he ad mired the spirit with which the Common Council was show ing itself to be master of its own proceedings. If his Lord ship did not think proper to do his duty, the Court would, as a matter of course, apply to the next officer, for it was not to be supposed that the great machinery of the corpora tion was to be stopped by the caprice of one man.—( Hear. ) Mr. W. LAWRENCE said that if the Lord Mayor had a right to remove a notice of motion from the paper of business he might claim the right of saving there should be no paper of business at all.—( Hear, hear.) It was an outrage upon common sense to suppose the possibility of the existence of such a power. The Court of Common Council would create their own paper of business. They were willing to do it through the Lord Mayor, it he happened t o b e so di spose d, but it he refie,. d to sit they would create their own business. —(Cheers.) It would be placing the Town Clerk, he ad mitted, in a disagreeable position, to require of him to what the Lord Mayor 'dined to accomplish; but in a case of such extreme importance there could be ne objection to such an alternative.—(H ear , hear.) Mr. PEWTRES9 declared that an end would be put to all corporation business if the Lord Mayor posses6ed so ex ' traordinary a power as his Lordship had attempted to exercise. Alderman SIDNEY wished to see unanimity existing be t wean the Courts. He believed there was scarcely an Eng lishman to be found who wished ill to the aldermsn of Lon don.—(A laugh.) A little might be slid in Punch deroga tory to them, but they had no hostile feeling directed against them.—(Cries of Oh, oh.") If the Court did any thing calculated to destroy so ancient and honourable a cor poration, upon their heads would fall the blame of frittering away the privileges which they had sworn to defend. The Lord Mayor bad acted upon the advice cf the Recorder, the Common Sergeant, and two eminent counsel. Mr. R. Tast.ort—Who are the eminent counsel? Alderman SIDNEY could not at that moment say. To put the question which th , t Lord Mayor had refused to put might be erroneous in law, and would not the Court be de serving of blame if they asserted a privilege without know ing whether they had it or not? lie thought there was a way of getting out of the dilemma with honour, and he should propose that way as an amendment. He then moved that the opinions of the Attorney and Solicitor-General, to gether with the opinions of the Recorder and Common Sergeant, be taken, whether the Lord Mayor had a right to put the question. Alderman Wirsost seconded the amendment, because he thought it the only mode of carrying out the reform of the Court of Common Council. No one could read the whole of the resolutions on the paper without feeling that, so far from hailing the differences which existed, they must tend to widen them, and lead to the great detriment cf the in terests, rights, and privileges of the corporation. The Court assumed to itself more exclusive power than belonged to the House of Commons; and be was inclined to think that, so far as the city of London was concerned, they had those extraordinary powers when acting as a vested body of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council ; but in passing Bills for levying taxes on their fellow-citizens, extending the elective franchise, and altering the qualifications of the mem bers of the Court itself, surely it became them to carry such measures in a manner worthy of a deliberative assembly, claim ing and exercising such extensive powers as those now con tended for. Of what value would a Bill be if not passed legally according to tie customs and charters of the City? How could they expect that the Court of Aldermen, as a ' judicial bode, would or could take notice of Bills or laws passed io the way proposed? Did they suppose that if the Lord Mayor declined to comply with their request, and they attempted to place the Town Clerk above his Lordship, the latter would remain in the Court, and if the Lord Ma‘ or left the Court, what would any Act passed in his absence be worth? He implored them to take the adviceofcfcem u nsel upon a matter involving the great pri v il eges of their citizens. He concluded by informi ng the Court that The counFel upon whose opinion the Lord Mayor had acted, were Mr. Peacock and Mr. Wilde, as well as th e R ecorder and Common-Sergeant. Mr. W. JONES said the speeches of the mover and seconder or the amendment were conclusive in favour of the original motion. He thought it was only necessary to give th e al dermen oppord to the Common- Council rope enough and they would certainly hang thems, lees. It s. was easy to put a case in such a manner as ofto insure the delivery of an opinion favourable to the views the party interested. He con sidered it would be the extreme of impolicy to adopt the amendment. Alderman CHALLIS, at the same time that he advocated the original motion, defended the Court of Aldermen from the charge of wish ng to.interfere with the itelependence of the Court of C.oramon Council . Mr...LowE aci if d he bad me n ti one d t o th e L or d M ayor t h at is Lordship assured the committee that he would restore the Bill ott the paper of business, and allow the question, tha thetill be read a third time, to be put, he would move, as an amendment, that the Bill he re•committed.--(Hea r , hear.) If such a course should be adopted, the cpinion of counsel could be taken as to the legality of the Lill , and the court could act upon the advice. _ The LorD MAYOR, having been called upon by several members of the committee, said he always wished to see unanimity established between the two Courts, and a ki n dly feeling perpetuated. He had been advised that he could not legally put the question, and he had acted upon that advi . ce, for he was not so presumptuous as to hazard an opin ion upon such a subject, when men of high legal education and experience suggested the course for him to pursue. He lamented the disagreement which existed as much as any one, and he would suggest a mo ti on t o th e ex t en t t o which he could conscientiously go. It was, that the Lord Mayor be requested to insert the Bill to declare the qualification of freemen of London to be elected members of the Court of Common Council in the paper of business for the next Common Council, in order that the said Bill should be re committed, and its provisions reconsidered in committee of the Common Council.—(Marks of disapprobation ) Mr. ANDKRTON said the Court could not think of such a compromise of its dignity. The question of the legality of the Bill was to he decided elsewhere. The Court would take upon itself the responsibility of passing it. Sir JAMES DUKE complained that the advice of counsel should be taken by a portion of the aldermen unknown to the rest of that body. The objection to the Bill ought to have been taken on the second, and not on the third reading. Mr. H. TAYLOR said he rose to address the Lord Mayor personally. His Lordship's ear had been abused. He was led by a small clique of the Court of Aldermen, and two or three other officers. That was a degradation to the mayor alty, and it was the duty of his Lordship to retrace his steps, and put the Bill upon the paper of business to undergo the necessary discussion. Mr. H. L. JONES, and other members, also implored the Lord Mayor to act independently of the clique by whom it was evident he was influenced in opposing the wishes of the great majority of the members of the Corporation. The question was then put, and there were a few hands held up for Alderman Sidney's amendment, which was ne gatived, amidst acclamation, by an immense majority. Amongst those who voted for the original question were Al dermen Sir Peter Laurie,Humphery, Wood, Sir James Duke and Challis. , There were four aldermen in the minority. The following resolutions were afterwards carried by great majorities : That in the event of the Qualification Bill not being placed on the paper, this committee be recommended to assert and adhere to their right to bring on the same for, discus sion, and to have the question that the Bill be read a third time' put to the Court. "That the Remembrancer be requested to lay before the grand committee a copy of any Bill intended to be presented to the House of Commons to repeal or alter the Act of the 11th George 1., as soon as it shall be proposed." Alderman HUMPIIRRY said if the Court agreed to go to Parliament to alter the Act alluded to, he should so arrange the support of the Bill that there would be no interference whatever with the privileges of the Common Councilmen. Sir PrrER LAURIE quoted the opinion of Sir Francis Pal grave against going to Parliament. Mr. R. TAYLOR said Sir F. Palgrave bad not only given the opinion just quoted, but an opinion diametrically opposed to it. Mr. Asburst's last resolution, which was carried Enani mously, was that a report founded upon these resolutions be prepared, signed, and presented at the next Court of Com mon Council, and that the same should have precedence of all other business. Mr. AsuunsT then gave notice of several motions, assert ing the rights and pr ivileges of the Common Council, secur ing the periodical election of aldermen, diminishing the number and equalising the wards, and comprehending a great variety of other essential changes in the Corporation. 'The committee broke up at a late hour. THE METROPOLITAN SEWAGE MANURE COMPANY. A special meeting of the shareholders of this com pany, was held yean.day, at their offices, 7, Waterloo• place, Pall mall, to receive the draft of a Bill presented to Parliament by the directors, to enable the company to make an alteration in the line of their works. Mr. Warren, chairman of the company, in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the standing orders under which the meeting had been convened, then read the report of the directors, from which it appeared, that at the last adjourned meeting of the shareholders the plan fit which application had been made to Parliament was approved of by the shareholders then present, and it was only necessary then to give an outline of that plan. it was proposed to construct an aqueduct in the pariNh of St. G Hanover-square, near Skew - bridge, on the King's Scholar's Pond sewer, in the Vauxhall. bridge road, end terminating at or near the Broadway in Hamniersmith, together with the neces sary works by which the aqueduct or conduit would pass through the parishes of St. 'Luke, Chelsea, St. Mary Alkbot's, Kensington, through Fulham and Ham mersmith. The tunnel here proposed was stated by their engineer to be preferab:e to iron, and would re move the opposition that existed to the erection of steam works in the metropolis. The direction of the works was most judicious, as it passed through dis tricts where there was a number of market•gardens. The report further stated that the engineers and solicitor of the company had promised, in the event of the pre sent Bill not passing through Parliament, that they would not el( mend any thing for their services. There were no competing schemes before Parliament, and public opi nion was greatly in favour of the undertaking of the company. Tice SECRETARY then read the draft of the Bill, which stated that 30,000/. was the sum intended to be applied to the construction of the works. Mr. Nasorr, in moving the adoption of the proposed amendment, said that as some of the gentlemen pre sent had not attended the former meeting, and there fore had not the advantages of hearing the statements then made, he trusted that some gentlemen competent to de so, would state the advantages that would result from the alteration in the works. On the chief points raised by the report he might mention that the impression left upon his m i n d at th e f ormer meeting was most satisfactory. With respect to one point, namely, as to the increase in the expenditure of 6,0001., it was extremely small in comparison with the advantages it would produce. He had a right to inform the meeting that he had received a letter yesterday from Mr. Martin, the original projector of this company, which he would take the liberty to read to the meeting. There certainly was nothing in that letter to change the opinions he had already expressed, and he was sorry that theobjections in that letter, had not been made before. (The speaker here read the letter, which deprecated the proposed alterations, en account of the expense and the departure from the original plan, which, he contended, would be fatal to the interests of the company.) He did not agree with the statement of Mr. Martin with regard to the expense, for the reasons he had already stated, and the departure from their origi nal plan could not be injurious to them with Parliament or the public. He would conclude by moving that the Bill then read be approved of, and that the directors of the company should be authorised to take the necessary steps to carry the Bill through its different stages in Parliament. Mr. Wulsniw, in seconding the resolution, said he could not approve of the objections raised by Mr. Mar tin, or that there shculd be any postponement of the proceedings. A protracted and tedious discussion followed, but the resolution was ultimately carried with but two dissen tients. The ordinary general meeting was then held ; Mr. Warren in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the accounts of the company would be open for inspection at the offices of the company for the next month. 806 shares had been taken, and there had been applications for 1,200 shares more than were re quired tor the capital. 3,700 of the shares of the com pany were not taken up, owing to a depression in the money-tunrket. The report also stated that the director s and auditors had refused to receivQ any remuneration for their services till the works were commenced. From the auditors' report it appeared that the receipts of the company wore 3,6041., together with 140/, which had been received that morning, and that the total balance in hand was 1,645/. The Rev. FRANCIS lIEWSON moved the adoption, printing, and circulation of the report. Mr. BONDMIN seconded the resolution, which was pnt and carried. Thanks were vott,d to the chairman and the directors of the company, and respectively acknowledged. The meeting then separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.- LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mendicant (taken)- 25 to 1 agst Camera Obscura-25 to 1 agst Flitch-30 to 1 agat The Lamb-30 to 1 agst Erin-go- bragh-35 to 1 agst Punch-35 to 1 agst Bedlam-500 to 30 agst Duke of Rich mond (taken)-1,000 to 15 agst Delo (taken). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. ICO to 6 agst Bandon (taken)-100 to 6 agst Pink Bonnet (taken)-100 to 5 agst Meesnee (taken). DEaBY.-15 to 2 asst Van Tromp (offered) -11 to 1 agat Epirote-16 to 1 agst Planet-20 to 1 agst Utentitt-35 to 1 agst Wanota-33 to 1 agst Allertonian (taken) -40 to ec t net Lunedale— , lo to 1 agst Bing ham-40 to 1 agst R Hart-50 to 1 agst Projectil&—l, ooo to 15 ag st colt o u t of Calypso's darn (taken). OAKS-20 to 1 agst Flier (offers to take). NEWMARKET CO PEURSING MEETINIELD. G.—TUESDAY. CHIPNHAM FIELD. THE DERRY. Mr. Fyson's Fireawa beat Mr. B. Smyth's Steamer. Mr. Fyson's Farmer's Boy beat Mr. Dobede's Director. Mr. Buckworth's Buonaparte beat Mr. Dobede's Doubtful. Mr. King's Rhadamanthus beat Mr. Buckworth's Bachelor. Mr. Arabin's Auricula beat Lord Stradbroke's Mentor. Mr. Vipan's Valiant beat Mr. Gillett's Gentilt. Mr.' Vipan's Vampire beaTtillElL CU A P r . abin's All's Luck. Mr. Dobede's Dowager Queen beat Mr. Gillett's Gold Finder. Mr. Dobede's Damask Rose beat Lord Stradbreke's Mills. Mr. B. Smyth's Spinster beat Lord Stradbroke's Mawworm. Lord Stradbroke's Mealey beat Mr. Fyson's Feuella. Mr. Vipan's Victor beat Mr. Buckworth's Backsheesh. Mr. Fyson's Fancy Boy beat Mr. King's Rosetta. Mr. Moody's Regina beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sherwood. THE OAKS. Mr. King's Silesia beat Mr. Dobede's Diana. Mr. Arabin's Ales beat Lord Stradbroke's Moss Rose. Mr. Moody's Revoke beat Mr. Gillett's Gil-Bey Girl. Mr. Dobede's Daisy beat Mr. B. Smyth's Sorella. Mr. Buckworth's BathfuT beat Mr. Squire's Odessa. Mr. Vipan's Viola beat Mr. Fyson's Fatima. THE PORT STAKES. Lord Stradbroke's Mac beat Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk. Mr. Gillett nd Foxhunter beat Mr. B. Smyth's Surrey. Mr. King's Rhea beat Mr. Fyson's Fair Maid. Mr. Dobede's Destiny beat Mr. Fyson's Flash. Mr. Buckworth's Brutus beat Lord Stridbroke's Mintman. Lord Stradbroke's Mainmast beat Mr. Vipan's Vulva. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Tuesday morning, nearly all the bakers in the Metropolis reduced the price of their bread from 914. to 9d. best quality, and from Bd. to Bd. for horsebold. Some few of the tull-priced bakers are still charging as high as 10d. and 11d. for bread of a similar quality. Tne price of the best flour is 10d., and that of a second quality 9d. per quarters. IN = ■