The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

faurtt lZbittor 7 7 ‘.) F CE, Seven o' Clock EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The MANOR STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added ; for three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st lib ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 300 sova; the second to re eeive back his stake. Heats. The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (7 Subscribers). The Emerald Isle Glory Icicle Three others ran. 3 2 2 3 RAILWAY COMMITTES. (THIS DAY•) ROUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IV. The Committee met at twelve; Lord Castlereagh in the chair. EASTERN COUNTIES (ENLARGEMENT OP LONDON AND STRATFORD STATION). Evidence was taken in support of the Bill, but, as there was a diffirence on a point of compensation for land, the Committee adjourned till Thursday, in order to give the parties time for arrangement. GROUP VI. wz/Ts, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH AMENDMENT (NO. U.) The Committee met th:. morning at twelve o'clock; Mr. Deedes chairman. Mr. W. Giles was the' first witness called, residing at Frome, in Somersetshia. He had lately earned on the busi ness of a carrier in that town. The population of Frome was about 12,000; there was also a large population, amount lag to upwards of 20,000, exclusive of an immense popula tion composed of colliers and labourers, in the towns of Brad ford and Troubridge. The population of all the towns on the South-Western line between Salisbury and Exeter clll not amount to that t,f the four towns he had mentio , :ed. There was a coach running on alternate days from Bath, through Frome, to Poole. There was also a coach running between Frome and Weymouth daily, through the town of Sherborne, and so to Weymouth. Large quantities of cloth were manufactured in the districts near Bradford and Trou bridge, a great quantity of which found it way to the towns of Sherborne, Yeovil, and the southern parts of the country. He had given up t le business of a carrier from the time that the Great Western Railway was opened in that county. Mr. Oxherry, carrier of Frome, gave evidence as to the importance of an unbroken gauge between Frome and the towns in the south of England. Mr. E. Cocking, iron master of Frome, gave evidence to tb e same effect. Mr. J. White, cheese factor, of Axminster, Mr. Lintire, (,f the firm of Lintirs and Son, cheese factors, of Hasharn, in StlMex, Mr. J. Sym, grocer and general dealer, at Brighto:l, M r. Kerry, poulterer, at Portsmouth, and Mr. Butt, pig dealer, of Portsmouth, gave evidence as to the importance of Salis bury having an unbroken connexion with the county of So mersetshire. The Committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP IX. WEST conikruraLL 737eANCZE2 AND DZVIATION.S. The Committee met at twelva o'clock in Room No. 37. Mr. Ross having been heard on the part of the promoters of this line, The room was cleared for the decision. On our re-ad- The Cinarrtmix said that he was desired by the Committee to state• that the preamble of this Bill was not proved. The Committee then separated. GROUP XV. The Committea met this morning at twelve; Mr. .13tinAl in the (lair. aC.TSTON AND lIITCHIN (EXTENSION TO CAMEILIDGE)• Evidence in favour of the line was proceeded with after the ra eeting of the Committee. Yir. B. Denison, chairman of the co:npany, was examined, ands stated that the company's line was leased to the London amt York at 6 per cent., the payment to commenced imme diately atter the construction of the line. Evidence for the Bill was being continued, when the Com mi. 4.ee stdjouracd. GROUP XVIL The Committee on this group re-assembled to. day at the usual hour, in Room 11 ; Sir James Buller East in the chair. GREAT NORTHERN (Dmvx.a.Txonirs PRO7t4 3.ONEON TO GRANTHAM). Mr. DKquo - Ny on the part of the promoters of the Bill, re plied, and closed the case with respect to the deviation from Canby to Grantham, and called upon the Committee to sanc tion this part of the line. The room was then cleared; and on our re-admisssion, The CRAMIAX announced that the preamble of the devia tion from Careby to Grantham was proved, but. Mr. Ostler's land must not be entered upon without his consent._ The Committee then adj o u rne d till Tharsday,nexL GROUP X` 111. Thm Committee met this morning, the Earl of Lincoln h the chair; and it being stated that the opponents were un able to wine, to any arrangement, Mr. Stephenson was called to show the engineering quali ties of the line, and stated that the line was intended to procee I by the present broad gauge line, but to avoid any junctic n at the stations, as is the case at the present time. on tilts hue of joint gauges between Gloucester and Chelten ham. ii. intended to have the station at Bristol some feet abo we the Great Western station at Bristol, where the com pam had atready Yana in possession fcr the station. bt r. Santini, inspector of the Birmingham and Gloucester, said that between 80,000 and 90,000 passengers bad passed over the line to Bristol last year, and that there had been 47,798 toim of goods carried, of which only about 4,000 would have been. transhipped, if the Midland Company had possessed a station of their own. The trains had been running over the mix td gauges for the last two years, bat no actual collision had occurred, although there had been several alarms, in eon sequen ce of which complaints had been made to the Great Nester n Company, and some of their servants had been re moved,. Mr. ;Helps was examined, on the part of landowners, re spectin g the relative conver ience or inconvenience to passen gers setho go either from Wales or from Cheltenham, and stetc it that passengers going to the north after their arrival . from Wales would h ave t o trans hi p t h emse l ves an d t h e i r bagv Age some distance from the station of one gauge to that of thse other. The traffic, however, on the line is chiefly a Bristol and Birmingham traffic and no inconveniece practi cally 'would be experienced fro m th a t c i rcumstance. Mr- Payne, the traffic-manager of the line, confirmed this evidence, and stated further that a quantity of the goods which now went by water would go by railway, and be carried in a much bitter condition than that in which it now rea ched the hands of the owners. The quantity of goods wow taken up or put down between Gloucester and Bristol 'was very large, and at the present time great incon veniences is experienced, in consequence of the great traffic which is brought from two thousand miles of narrow-gauge railway into the joint station at Bristol. Mr. Payne further gave evidence upon the dangerous cha racter of the line, which he represented as being perilous from its as,cents and descents. Mr. .AUSTIN, Q.O , replied on behalf of the Midland Com pany, ri dying chiefly upon the terms of the agreement which had beet ► entered into for working the line between Gloucester and 'lris) of on the broad gauge, and contenling that so long as that al Teenient subsisted, the Committee, according to the common hew of the land, had no right to violate its provi • sions. _ The Committee then adjourned till Thursday next. GROUP XIX. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Mr. Den nistoun in the chair. ozroun, BANBURY, AND COVENTRY JUNCTION (BRANCH PROM SOUTHAM TO COVENTRY). On the assembling of the Committee the clauses of this Bill were considered and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported to the House. GROUP XX. This Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morn ing; Mr. Goulburn in the chair. OX3rOltD, 17.7012.CTISTER, AND 1:1701.17'ER.- HAMPTON (CHEZT3I3IIIIOX AND EVE SHAM LINE). Mr. Vignoles. gave evidence at considerable length as to the practicability and facility of working railways on the mixed gauge. Mr. Miller, Mr. Cubitt, and several other witnesses, gave corroborative testimony. The rest of th© clay cvas occupied with the landholders' op position. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXIV. MOLD. The Committee met at three o'clock, but did not proceed with the evidence upon this Bill. The Committee adjourned at half-past three. ....__ This Committee GROUP this GROUPCardwell in th e c h ai m r morning at twelve o' c l oc k ; Mr. wrarle awn avr NVOILACEILi mr (LYNN .BND R e c the case on behalf of the Mr. Sergeant WitAx‘nam ope — n d" —G4t.rx°N) * promoters of . the Lynn and Ely waY (Lynn and Worme- Jength that the gay Navigation), and contencteu at g r constru.tion of the proposed line wouldeat At the gree, to improve the Wormegay na v i ga t t r o ' n d , in !t great de sent ,stCind in need of considerable i at pre conchison of the address of the Learned Coni4rs' Mr. Rendall, C. E., was called, and gave evidence Ic e upon the injnrions nature of the proposed line. OthEr• evidence of a general nature was adduced on behalf of the pn)rnoters. The Comuli:tee then atljourned till Thursday at twelve o'clock. G Ti _: ~:~I ZONMON arm Yonr. (naITIATIOn S nE 39:7ZIEITT 3:IIOATCASTL'M a:LTD ZDZYIntraGEI). The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. Shaw in the chair; and the remaining clauses baying been gone through, the Committee adjourned till the 7th of June. GI; OUP xxxv. The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morn ing, in Room 22 ; Mr. Fitzroy in the chair. BLACIERATABT, CLITIZEIZOE, ELND NORTH WESTERN. The early !part of the sitting was occupied with general evidence in fi.vour of this scheme. _ The case kor this scheme and the competing line of the East Lancal hire Compauy Was closed, but the Committee adjourned w ithout giving any opinion, owing to the Railway THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1847 . Commissioners not having yet made their report on the lines comprivd in this group. GROUP XXXVI. The Committee on this group re-assembled to day in Room 14, at the usual hour; Mr. Roebuck in the chair. LIVERPOOL. CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT, AND BRANCH. The clauses in this Bill, the preamble of which was proved yesterday, were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be re ported to the House. MA.NCHESTER AND SOUTI3PORT AND SIi..A.TQC RES t daTyhbeycomnrs.idlleriakitijotcnb,o:f ashirsescuamse,eawbhy Mr. TALBOT,ich was opened partyester of the promoters. He o bj ec t e d to the East on the L a ncashire Railway Company being heard in opposition, and maintained that they had no locus standi aga inst the Bill. Mr. Sergeant WRANGILAM, on the part of that company, contended that they had a right to be heard, as their interests would be materially affected t if the proposed line was made. After some further discussion it was decided that the East Lancashire Railway Company had no locus stencil. Mr. George Ormrod, solicitor, was then examined, to show the great advantages which would be conferred by this line in opening up facilities of communication with the coal districts. Mr. Pieco, a coal engineer, and other witnesses, confirmed this evidence. It was then agreed that further proceedings in this line should be adjourned till Thursday next. EAST LANCASHIRE (BRANCH PROM ORIVISHIRX TO SOUTHPORT, AND EX TENSION TO PRESTON). Mr. BRANDT opened the case for the promoters of the line. Two witnessos were examined to show the great advan tage which would be conferred in giving access to the coal districts. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday. GROUP XXXVII. The Committee met at the usual hour. The cases for the LEEDS AND Timis= (ICNAILESBOROVON BRANCH TO BOILOUGEBRIDGE, and LEEDS AND THIESK (MELIYEEN.EIt AND NORTIELLTAIERTON BRANCH), were gone through. Evidence on behalf of both Bills having ben taken, The decision of the Committee was postponed till the re ception of the Railway Commissioners report. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIX. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits a the Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; Lord Charles Wellesley in the chair. PORN AND NEWCASTLE (PI3II.CILASIS OT THE HARTLEPOOL D OCH AND RAILWAY). Mr. ROSE was engaged the whole of the morning, in ad dressing the Committee in opposition to the scheme, on behalf of the Hartlepool West Dock and Harbour Company. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour without giving their decision. GROUP XLIV. The Committee met this morning, at twelve o'clock, but in the absence of reports from the Comissioners, especially after the vote of last night in the House, they could not proceed, and adjourned till Thursday at eleven o'clock. GROUP XLY. This Committee met for the first time this day, in Room 41 (one of those placed under the leads). Present, Sir Denis Le Marchant (chairman), Major Beresford, Mr. Scott, the Hon. Mr. Fitzwiliiam, and Mr. Boyd. The railway Bills comprised in this group are : Edinburgh and Northern (Burntisland Pier, Ferry, Pur chase, &c.) Edinburi,b and Perth Railway and Branches. Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and Newburgh Branches.) Edinburgh and Northern (Tay Ferry Improvement.) Edinburgh and Northern (Branch from Burutisland to Dun fermline Branch, &c.—No. 2.) The CHAIRMAN announced that the Edinburgh and Perth would be taken after the holidays. The Committee then proceeded to take the EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (BURNT . ISLAND PIER .11. ND FERRY PURCHASE). The Bill was unopposed. Sergeant BELLASIS very briefly stated the objects of the promoters. The proofs were put in, and the preamble was de clared proved. The 'Committee then took TZIE ZDINBURGU AND NORTHERN (EazANcEtEs TO ST. ANDREWS AND NEWBURGH). Mr. BELLASIS opened for the promoters. There was hardly any opposition. Mr. Anderson, banker, Newburgh, and Major Playfair, provost of St. Andrews, proved the advantages which the line would give to these towns. Mr. Grainger, C.F.., was under examination when the Com mittee adjourned. GROUP XLVI. This Committee met this morning at one. The following Bills are referred to this group : North British (No. 1) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith Extension) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton ( Union Canal and Caledonian Junction) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith and Granton Junc tion) Bill. Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amalgamation Bill. Caledonian (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Grantor, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow) Bill. The Committee was occupied a considerable portion of the time in the usual formal arrangements attendant upon enter ing the appearances on the various petitioners for and against the schemes. - At the conclusion of these preliminaries, The Committee decided upon proceeding with the NORTH ItruTxsz. Mr. HopE opened the case on behalf of the promoters. The proposed line was about a mile in length, and would leave the North British Railway at Piershill Barracks, and effect a jui:ction with the south branch at about a mile distance. Tiic .ppi)sition to the line was not of a very serious nature. Mr. Jubb, C.E., and Mr. Miller, C.E., were then called to give evidence in favour of the proposed line. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XLVII. This Committee, which was appointed to meet for the pur pose of passing clauses in the AIRDRIE AND DATHGATE did notsit, in consequence of the absence of the Commis sioners' report. GROUP XLVIII. This Committee met to• day at twelve o'clock; Lord Coartenay in the chair. GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONIELANDS 3 - UNCTION (COWLAIRS, CARMYLE, AND CENTRAL JUNCTION BRANCHES). Mr. Adie, C.E., was re-called and cross-examined at some length on behalf of Mr. Dixon, iron master, of Glasgow. Mr. Mills, C.E., was examined in corroboration of the 'evidence of Mr. Adie. He generally agreed with him that the junction over the river was attended with no engineering difficulties. Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, gave evidence to the same effect. Similar junctions had been effected under worse circumstances at Manchester. This closed tlhe case for the Bill. The case for the corporation of Glasgow was then pro ceeded with. Mr. S. Oswald, one of the Members for the city, was ex amined to the effect that he considered the Green would be injured by the crossing of the railway, and that the feeling of the inhabitaurs was generally against it. Mr. Patteson, of Glasgow, was examined to the same effect. The Committ( se then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XLIX. The Committf!e met this morning at twelve o'clock (Mr, Cripps in the ch air), and proceeded to take evidence on the EDINBURG IC AND GLASGOW (AMZND. WENT% 6.0.) An objection Iras raised by Mr. Andrews to the admission of the Scottish Central as petitioners against the Bill, but the objection wa s overruled by the Committee. Mr. Blackbun .t, chairman of the company, was examined. I The capital of the company was 420,0004 and besides the amount intender 1 to be sunk in this undertaking, they had also purchased it i other companies. Their present liabilities were from 500,0C40!. to 600,000/. Mr. Oppensha yr, a director, said that the value of the Edin burgh aid Glasp ow Company's stock, &c., was 692,0001, and the liabilities we re 950,000/., which left them a deficiency of about 250,0001., and they came now to Parliament to get Lowery to raise tl'at sum. Mr. TALBOT a rid Mr. Sergeant WRANGMAM addressed the Committee, the f brmer for the ISlonklands Mineral, and the latter for le St. trling and Dunfermline Company, against the preamble, anct Mr. Hodges for the Edinburgh and Bath gate. _ _ The Committees then adjourned till Thursday at twelve o'clock. COISIMITP.,CEES on PRIVATE BILLS. (THIS DAY.) LIArERPOOL WATERWORKS. The Committeps met this morning, at twelve o'clock, and were occupied during the whole of the morning with the consideration of clauses to protect the inhabitants of the districts intermet hate between the springs of supply and the town of Liverpo CROYDON COMMERCIAL GAS. The Committi ?e met this morning (Gene7alLygon in the chair), and the l 3111 being unopposed, it was referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of Parliamentary Committees. SUNDERLA.I STD IMPROVEMENT ANI3 MARKET AND BRIDGE BILL. The Committe on this Bill met in Room 16, at one o'clock, and, after briefly • hearing evidence, decided the preamble of the Bill to be pro ved. The clauses with several amendments were then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported to the House. SANDW, ICH HARBOUR (KENT) BILL. This Committ, :e met at twelve o'clock, in Room 17, and were occupied thi • oughout the morning with this Bill. The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble proved. The clauses wi t re read and agreed to, and the Committee adjourned. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMP TON RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) . A special gene •al meeting of the shareholders in this coin directors to court st:•nee3 which° P A :' , , Z ; Nr u as , held to (lay, shortly After two o'clock, at the King's result', e-street, Manchester, in order to enable the T a t uunicate to the shareholders the circum .7e brought their efforts to a sudden and un favourablebe expedient to p u a rs nd of advising upon the measures it may ;7:mtbeerpof shareholders were present. was in the chair. e puty-Chairman of the company, nollection of the readers mi o s ut by the Standing . 'N 't. ir Con Vi si a d i e k r i a n l s )l ia : It will, no daub .t, be wThin the of The Sun that tl to Bill was thrroewe Orders Committee, some material proved in the sect i ons, takes having been The Cuktnmas called upon Mr. John Wheeler, the B cre tary, to read t be report, of which the following isane ample abstract : nembered that, at the last assembling of " It would be rat it was unanimously )tember, resolved t o s h ar eholders in Se] . The report stated I that— nt against the adverse decision of a appeal again to Pat 1l d 4 Anxious to arc ,ertam how far that resolution accorded Committee of the I louse of Lo rds. with the opinions of the proprietary at large, the directors prweeded to call in the old scrip, giving to dissentients the opportunity of receiving back the unexpended balance of their deposits; and it is a gratifying fact that, out of a t tal of nearly 90,000 share—, Ow if,)1,1. r. of n t,995 withdraw, which number W. 13 subsequently W ares to 1,240 by parties askin g p erm i ss i on t o resume t h e Wares they bad elected to resign. " The unusual concurrence of opinion being ascertained, the directors gave instructions to their engineers to have the line resurveyed—firstly, with reference to certain alterations either promised to landowners, or desirable with a view to economy, or to the convenience of the towns passed through ; and, secondly, in the hope that perfect accuracy in the plans and sections would thereby be obtained. The first object was se successfully carried out as to reduce the estimate by no less a sum than 140,000/. ; the latter purpose unfortunately failed of accomplishment, under circumstances the exp'ana• tion of which the directors have thought it would be most satisfactory to the shareholders to learn from Mr. Stephenson himself. siderably improved since our last report, and a rise in price of 3d to 4d per gallon has taken place. Purchases to a large extent have been made, and 3s 5d to 3s Gd are the rates paid. East India met with a good demand, and prices have risen. In Deinerara several purchases have been made, and prices are on the ascendancy. For all kinds of Jamaica there has been an extensive home demand, whilst exporters operated with freedom ; prices have risen 34 to 4d per gallon. Brandy is offered upon further reduced terms, still few con tracts have been entered into by exporters or the home trade, whilst the stock is on the increase; the deliveries, however, continue to be satisfactory. Geneva is wanted for exporta tion, and prices are higher. Fine for home use in good de mand. For British Corn Spirits the demand is very good. INDIGO.—To-day 921 chests (all second-hand goods) have passed the sale. During the progress, proprietors have again withdrawn 438 chests. The few lots of good and fine quality which passed the sale continued to be in good demand at about 3d discount on the February sale's prices, whilst the ordinary and defetive kinds were chiefly bought in at the prices previously established, viz. from 4d to 6d discount on the last sale. The quantity bought in to-day is 450 chests. Oms.—lmporters of Southern Oil submitting to a further reduction in prices of 20s per tun, occas i one d a good demand to prevail for all qualities, and 109 tuns a t auc ti on a ll f oun d buyers. Seal met with little attention privately, although it can be obtained upon further reduced terms. The amount of business transacted in Cod has been to a small extent only. With Sperm the market continues to be well supplied. TALLow.—Prices of Russian suffered no further depres sion, but the purchases made on the spot have been trifling by soap makers and chandlers, who took only sufficient for their immediate wants. Home-mad e m e t w ith a goo d de mand on the spot. There is a plentiful s u pply. F or o th er kinds of Tallow pr i c es remain much the same as prev i ous l y quoted, but only a limited demand has been experienced. "The shareholders will of course understand that the op position which has unfortunately checked the progress of the undertaking, though conducted in the name of landowners, had its origin with, and was paid for by, the Great Western Company alone; the entire number of (nominally) opposing landlords being fourteen, each of whom (with two excep tions) did not represent an average of two acres of ground, whilst the majority of them, the directors have the best rea son to believe, had been induced incautiously to sign docu ments from which they afterwards felt themselves unable (though in almost every instance when applied to they were not unwilling) to recede. "Of bona fide landed opposition, grounded on actual grievance, there was virtually none. The few cases still un settled at the close of the last session, involving any sub stantial repugnance to the line by reason of real or sup • posed annoyance, were all disposed of before the standing order investigation commenced. " The directors had come to a friendly understanding with the South-Western Company, which has since been embodied in a formal agreement, bearing the seal of that company, and extending over the year 1848, by which nearly twenty-five miles of the line promoted by this company will, in all pro bability, obtain legislative sanction in this session by means of a Bill promoted by the South-Western Company, and will become, as to the larger proportion of it, the joint property of that company and the Manchester and Southampton Com pany. (This Bill has passed theCommons' Committee. ) " So complete and satisfactory indeed is the change of opi nion towards this railway, in the governing body of the South Western Company, that, in the great contest now pending between them and their broad gauge antagonists, for possession of the country westward to Falmouth, the Man chester and Southampton line is placed in the foremost rank of argument in favour of the narrow gauge series of lines, on the ground of its affording a narrow gauge commu nication for the northern manufacturing districts to the south and west. - - COURSE OF EXCEL Amsterdam ......C F. 12 8 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 5 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 8% Antwerp • • ............ 26 30 ILumburgh .... —M.D. fa 15 Paris, 3 days' sight — 2$ 90 • Ditto, •••• .. • • ...... 26 30 Marseilles •••• • • • ..... 26 40 Bourdeaux...... •.. .. 26 35 Frankfort on Maine.... 123% Petersburgh, 3 Us ... • • • Berlin Vienna, effec.ilo.. •• .. 10 15 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 15 Madlid •••• • • • • ...... 463 i Cadiz .. ... : ........ 4714 Barcelona • LINGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar •.•— Leghorn ........ •• • . 30 90 Getioa .. • . ...... .. • ... 26 35 I .. • • Milan . ' • • • • • • • ..... Naples .. .. .. • • .. .. 39N Palermo, per oz.. .., . 119 Lisbon.... —.. .. .. .. 52% Oporto .. .. ..... . .. .. 53% Rio Janeiro .. .. .. •• 26 Buenos Ayres •• . .... .. ..• • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. .•• • PRIM OP BULLION, PEE oZ. FOrelgn Gold la bars .. X 3 17 9 New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 9% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 10% “ On the other hand, the Great Western Company, who succeeded in obtaining the rejection of the Bill by a device discreditable to themselves, and too easily adopted by a Committee of the House of Lords—that device being no other than the production, at the last moment, of a so-called minute of their board, pledging themselves to lay down a narrow gauge from Oxford—a pledge which they had dis tinctly refused to give in the House of Commons—that same Great Western Company have not only failed to lay down a single yard of rail in fulfilment of their promise, but they have this year, through their leading Parliamentary Counsel, denied that any such specific pledge (albeit recorded) was given by them, thus evidencing the utter insufficiency of the pretext upon which this measure was rejected by one branch of the Legislature, after it had received the deliberate sanction of another. LONDOf UAZETrn (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, Aram 29, 1847. The Qneen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Flora-Clementina-Isabella Macdonald to be one of the Maids of Honour in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of the Honourable Anne Rapier, resigned. WHITEHALL, MAY 13. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Maziere Brady, Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland; the Most Reverend Father in God Richard Archbishop of Dublin; his Grace the Duke of Leinster ; and Lieutenant- General the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, Knt., Com manding her Majesty's Forces in that part of th e sa id U n it e d Kingdom, to be her Majesty's Justices and General Governors of that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, MAY 14. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. John Houghton Ward, MA., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to be one of his Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplains. "Of the two companies who constituted the only real op ponents of this line, the one has become its supporter and ad vocate, and the other now seeks to escape from the fulfilment of the conditions (unjust as they were) by which its tempo rary defeat was secured. " The directors are accordingly prepared, after gathering so far as has been practicable the opinions of their share holders in various parts of the country, unanimously to re commend a renewed application to Parliament, on the ground that now to withdraw would be to cast away the advantages secured by a great outlay—advantages which they unhesi tatingly assert would have secured the success of the Bill in this session, if it had obtained a position in Committee. "They recommended this course, however, to those only who continue to share their confidence in the undertaking. To other parties it will be just, as it is expedient, that op portunity should be afforded to withdraw, receiving back the unexpended portion of their deposits, and accordingly steps will be taken, by dissolution of the company or otherwise, forthwith to accomplish this object. " The amount remaining for distribution the directors can not now definitely fix. A very short time will enable them to specify the sum to be returned, and to determine the form and terms unciar which it will be expedient, for those who so elect, to prosecute the undertaking." The CUAIaMAN expressed his deep regret, and the regret of the directors, at the fate 'which the line had met with in the Standing Orders Committee ; and also at the unavoid able absence of the chairman of the Company (Mr. John Barker Mills) from indisposition ; and after adverting to the different feelings under which they now met the shareholders than on the last occasion, when the Bill had been rejected by the House of Lords, he proceeded to say that if the share holders entertained the same enthusiastic feeling as they did on that occasion, they had as much, if not more, reason to entertain them now, as the Bill had not been rejected on its merits, but simply through a mishap. They had suffered shipwreck ; they were like a vessel which had been stranded through the inac curacy of their charts; but with the aid of a strong resolu tion, such as the one they adopted at the last meeting, it was quite capable of being again launched into deep water, and by their enterprise conveyed safely into port.—(Hear.) The expressions of feeling in favour of proceeding with the Bill in the ensuing session had surprised himself and the di rectors, as letters had come in to this effect from various parts of the country. The Honourable Gentleman then read a number of letters. The first was from Lord Duncannon, the son of ' the late Lord Lieu tenant, dated before his lamented father's death, and the others were from Mr. Burt, of Manchester, from shareholders in Glasgow, and from a number of shareholders holding 650, 500, 300, and from 100 to 200 shares. The directors had therefore come to the resolution to recommend the share holders to.proceed with the Bill. Mr. Croskey, the Consul at Southampton for the United States, stated in a letter, which was read by the Chairman, that the American trade with Southampton would shortly be materially increased, and urging the shareholders to proceed. They were aware that they had always considered it a desideratum to enter into a friendly alliance with the South-Western Company, they had entered into an arrangement with that company, which he believed had received its common seal, which would 'in all human probability secure to th e Manchester and Southampton upwards of twenty-five miles of the line which they had proposed to construct—namely, from Andover to Southampton (in connexion with the Dor chester, the Bishopstoke, and Basingstoke lines), which had received the sanction of a Committee of the House of Com mons. The South-Western proposed this Bill with the best faith—they were anxious to promote the object which they had in view, but it was understood that it should only be proceeded with in the event of the Manchester and Southampton failing—(Hear)--and the whole line north of Romsey would be held as joint property between the Man chester and Southampton, if it should go on, and the London and South Western Company. They had also made arrangements to run over a portion of the Dorchester line at an equal mileage rate, and to have the free use of the stations of the Company, and every other accommodation which they could afford. These arrange ments, at least, found that the directors had not neglected the interests of the shareholders, as that they had already secured a portion of their line, which he trusted would ulti mately be carried out to its destination.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ROBBUT STHEPHENSOW, the engineer, stated that the surveys of such an extensive line as the Manchester and Southampton had been entrusted to a number of persons, and that unless they all worked in unity and with ac curacy, the final plans stood a chance of being in correct ; this, he regretted to say, had been the case in the present instance, as the assistants had not worked in unison, and consequently mistakes had occurred, which had caused the defeat of the Bill in the Standing Orders Committee. It would be unnecessary for him to enter into the details, as he feared that he could not make them comprehensive to the meeting. He would state, however, that he was a l arge s h are h o ld er, and that he stidentertained the opinion that the line was as legitimate a one as had ever been brought forward—!Loud cheers)—because the country through which it passed must have a railway.—(Bear, hear.) It must not simply be regrrded as a local, but as a national line having its termini in Southampton and in Lancashire— (Cheers)—and any line achieving that in the best possible manner, and economically, as this line would, must be sue cessful.—(Hear. ) With the view, therefore, of redeeming what had taken place to the utmost of his power, he had pro posed to the directors to forego all engineering expenses for the future survey of that line—(Loud cheers)—and also, at his own cost, to reinstate the line in the position it should have occupied this session, by carrying the Bill through the standing orders next year, without any further expense. The report was then received and adopted, and resolutions were passed desiring the directors to proceed with the Bill next session, but allowing any one to withdraw who might think proper to do so; also thanking the directors for their exertions during the past and present year. In reply to questions, , The CHAIRMAN stated that a small additional deposit would be necessary, but that it would not exceed ss. or 6s. All the accounts had not been sent in, but those who thought proper to withdraw could receive the amount to which they were entitled as soon as possible, and the remainder at no very distant day, he could not, however, state the exact amount. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Rubert Madden, E.g., to be Colonial Secretary for the territory of Western Australia. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—• Brevet Major Francis Warde to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Arbuckle, retired on full-pay; Second Captain John Henry Francklyn to be Captain, vice Warde ; First Lieutenant Hugh Archibald Beauchamp Campbell, to be Second Captain, vice Francklyn ; Second Lieutenant, Charles Bunter, to be First Lieutenant, vice H. A. B. Campbell, May 7; Brevet Major William Bates Ingilby to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Freer, retired on full-pay ; Second Captain Henry Thomas Fyers to be Captain, vice Ingilby ; First Lieutenant Richard Bratton Adair to be Second Captain, vice Fyers ; Second Lieutenant Robert John Hay to be First Lieutenant, vice Adair, May 7. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Chettle, linendraper, Warminster, Wiltshire. George Woolcott, jun., and Edward Woolcott, builders, Doughty -street. A vote of thanks having been passed' to the chairman and directors, the meeting (which was the most numerous one we ever attended) broke up. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Leaden New Price Current of May 18.) SUGAR.—The home-trade were desirous to do business in most sorts to-day, whilst some parcels were taken by the brewers and distillers. On the part of exporters, howeve r , little desire was shown to operate. Importers of West Indi a Muscovade evinced firmness, and insisted upon prices equal to those of Friday for all kinds, and at which a good business was transacted. REFINZD.—To-day refined goods were in excellent request by the home trade, and prices ruled firm. Bonded Crushed Sugar sells freely for exportation. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar did not meet with much attention, and the parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 4,175 bags and 76 casks, went at a fall on for mer rates of 6d. Madras met with little demand, and 3,031 bags were only in part sold. MAumnvs.—This afternoon there was a good demand for Mauritius Sugar for the use of refiners and grocers, whilst the brewers and distillers were buyers to a fair extent. The parcels offered at public sale amounting to 11,238 bags 500 casks were nearly all disposed of, but merchants were com pelled to submit to a reduction on the rates of Friday of ad to is per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon at auction 416 hhds, 79 boxes, 11 trcs, 61 brls Cuba were offend, but a part only sold at barely the former value. COFFEE.—This afternoon the quantity of Ceylon Coffee submitted to public competition amounted to 1,206 bags ; the Plantation was only in limited demand, and prices declined 2s erthreatedln"Og, to 3s per cwt, but the Native was in excellent request, and went at a rise on the rates of the last auction of is ad to 2s per cwt ; the whole offered sold. COCOA.—This afternoon West India was not much in re quest ; and 664 bags Trinidad at auction were only partly sold, but full rates were insisted upon. TEA.—To-day at public sale 620 pkgs Assom Tea were all sold, and at prices above what the proprietors expected to obtain ; Pekoe fetching is 10d to 3s I lid. Congou 9 4 d to Is aid. Souchong Is 2d to 2s Id, and a few chests of Im perial attakenin, rather lower litß-tlieChlusrnes perial Hyson and Young Hyson Is llid to 3s 6d. Indisi Rice. At public s a le 2 414 bags of Manilla were sold, d a d y o there ne was in an land only of a limitedß ice . demand for East f e d l,B s ti l d b . a g p s r ß i v e a n t g e a l Slo—To-da at re aced rates. Y. at public sale 228 boxes tthheerseowunasd of Pearl Sago sold BANKRUPTS. Edwin Wood, tobacconist, King William •street, City, May 27, at half past two, and June 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Thorndike, Staple Inn, Holborn. John Hitcbins, leather seller, Chichester-place, May 29, and June 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Simpson, common carrier, Cropwell Bishop, Notting hamshire, May 28, at eleven, and June 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Farrar, Doctors'-commons. John Marriott Blashfleld, Albien-wharf, Blackfriars, cement manufacturer, June 3 and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Ashurst and Son, Cheapside ; Vandercom, Cree Law, and Co n, Bush-lane. Thomas Wallis, woollen draper, Oxford-street, June 3 and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole and Turner, Alder manbury. Richard Wade, tailor, Cheapsicle, May 26, at eleven, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Lindsay and Mason, Gresham-st ree t. Thomas Fitch, hop merchant, Duke -street, Tooley- street, May 25, at half-past two, and June 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Oldershaw, Tokenhouse-yard. John Dickinson, bookbinder, Manchester, June 2 and 23, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Cornthwaite and Ad ans , Old Jewr) - chambers ; Pemberton, Liverpool. George Purton, innkeeper, Longfleet, Poole, May 24, at two, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Fox, Finsbury-circus; Welch, Poole. Joseph Pickett, cowkeeper and milkman, Everett -street, Brunswick-square, Middlesex, May 29, at one, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. F ollett, official as signee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Carpenter, Staple-inn. Frederick Berner, tea dealer Birkenhead, June 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as signee, Liverpool ; Sharpe and Co., solicitors, Bedford-row, London, and Lowndes and Co., solicitors, Liverpool. Robert Graham, lodging-housekeeper, Brunswick-house, Clapham Common, Surrey, May 29 and July 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Turnley, Ludgate-street. James Phillippo, horse dealer, Cross-street, Finsbury, May 26 and June 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Colem an - street-buildings ; Taylor, Pavement, Finsbury. J o h n R o bi n son, jun., manufacturing chemist, Fenchurch street, City, May 25, at two, and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Taylor, North -buildings, Finsbury-circus. William Harris, mineral agent, Aberystwith, June 1, at twelve, and June 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Maples and Co., Frede rick's-place, Old Jewry ; Hassell, Bristol. Charles Tabor and William Clarke, lace manufacturers, Nottingham, June 11 and Tune 25, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Wadsworth, Nottingham. Joseph Mather, builder, Rock-ferry, Chester, May 25, and June 25, at twelve, at the Chester District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Parker and Co., Gray's-inn, London; Reade and Co., Birkenhead. George Webster, nail and bolt maker, Staincross, York shire, June 1, and July 24, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Smith and Co., Bedford -low, London ; Tyas and Co., Yorkshire ; Blackburn, Leeds. William Wild and Robert Wild, bleachers, Gigg in Heap, Lancashire, June 4, at one, and June 24, at twelve, at the 111ancliester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chaster ; Clarke, Gray, an Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Whitehead, Bury. William Stanton, lace-maker, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, June 4, and July 2, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Johnson and Co., Temple, London; Bowley, Nottingham. Charles Vyse, straw-bonnet maker, Ludgate-hill, May 25, r at one, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple. Abel Quarterman, breeches maker, Oxford, May 25, at eleven, and June 29, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. John Berkley, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 8, at twelve, and 30, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-upon -Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. - The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the wool sack at five o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table. COUNTY BUILDINGS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. On the motiln of the Earl of ST. GERMANS, This Bill was read a second time. FACTORY BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mac clesfield, in f avour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Also a peti tion from Inverness, against the Police Bill. Also a petition from the Standing Committees of the three denominations, the Presbyterians, the Inde pendents, and the Baptists of London, against the Government scheme of education. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from the printers of London, in favour of the Health of Towns Bill, and made some observations with respect to the exemption of the City from the operation of the Bill. Lord CAMPBELL said that the tone of the Noble Lord on this, and his tone on the other, side of Temple bar was very different.—(Laughter.) Ti ere was: some thing in the atmosphere of this House which induced the Noble Lord to declaim with respect to the Corpo ration of London in terms of censure, and there was something in the atmosphere of the other side of Temple bar to induce him to speak of them in the most eloquent terms in their praise. —(Much langhter.) Lord BROUGHAM said that of all the misrepre sentations ever uttered by the Noble Lord—(Laughter) —of all the misstatements ever made even by him— (Laughter)—this was without exception the farthest removed from truth.—(Laughter.) POOR REMOVAL BILL. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from COCIIINEAT--This afternoon at public sale 100 bags of the poor-law guardians of Londonderry against the Mexican Cochineal were a ll w ithd rawn , an d 364 c h es t s I_,,x Poor Removal Act fur - Ireland and Scotland. The Dye were acarly all taken in at bd to lid for low to middling 4,41. en d, its he thought . .1•15 . _ arty 01 ii.e eight 11.::L'5 ill the Bid. Earl FITZ\VILLIAM begged to give notice, that on the third reading of the Poor Removal (Ireland) Bill, he would move a clause to the effect, that this Bill should be of a temporary character. ARMY SERVICE BILL. On the order of the day for passing into Committee, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to move that the Bill be committed this day 6 months. He expressed his opinion on this Bill at a time when he moved fcr certain information, but it so happened that he was necessarily absent at the second reading. He was sur prised that on that occasian the Noble Earl should have taken so much notice of his speec' , when a speech much more able had been made upon the subject by a Noble Lord on the same bench with him. He (the Marquis of Londonderry) asked the Noble Earl whether he could support all these changes by the opinion of able officers in the army. He had brought none of these forward. The great majority of the army—nine-tenths of the officers—were opposed to it. But the Noble Earl, far from answering the speech of the Noble Earl, had employed his eloquence on more popular subjects—the minor improvements that had been effected in the army. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. On the motion for taking into consideration the re port of the Committee on the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Amalgamation Bill, Sir F. THESIGER moved that the Bill be referred back to the same Committee, with an inten tion to hear the petitions of Sir Henry Verney and others, and the petitions of other shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, against the said Bill. The Hon. and Learned Member entered at 'considerable length into the details of the proceedings which had been taken by the shareholders and the directors of these lines. The Birmingham and Oxford Railway, he said, was passed in the last session of Parliament, and power was given in the Act to sell or lease the line to the Great Western Company. It appeared that the shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford line were dissatisfied with the price which the Great Western Company gave them, namely, 101. ss. a share, and a meeting was called, at which resolu• tions were passed expressive of such opinions, and requiring the directors to repudiate the agreement, and a requisition was signed, calling upon them to convene a meeting under the clauses of the Dissolution Act. This, however, received no attention, and ,the allotted number of days was allowed to pass over without the meeting being called. The shareholders, however, then called it themselves, and the shares represented were no fewer than thirty-five thousand ; the directors were present also, but they only represented one thousand shares. It was proposed at that meeting and carried unanimously, that the proprietors wholly disap proved of the amalgamation, and the sale of the Great Western Company ; and that they did not consider themselves bound by the proceedings of the di rectors. A petition was then presented to the House stating these facts, which was referred to the Committee, who in their turn refused to entertain it, considering that the petitioners had no locus standi. It was stated also that there was a rule that share - holders should not be heard against their directors. There was no such rule, and if there was, the sooner it was abolished the better. Let him suppose a number of per::ons in a canal company, and that a general meet ing resolved that they should turn it into a railway, by a small majority ; did they think the minority ought to be bound by such a decision ? Would it not be a very hard case that they should be so ? Now, he should hardly have thought it necessary to cite precedents from the Courts of Chancery on this point, but he could also quote from precedents of their own, and ho would in the first place instance the case of Henry Smith v. the Exeter and Falmouth Railway in the year 1837. The petitioner objected that his money should be expended on the con struction of a portion of the line for which he had signed the subscription deed, and the Committee, after due deliberation, decided that the petitioner having signed the Parliamentary contract which empowered the provisional committee to make any, or such portion of the line as in their decision they might think fit, they could not grant him redress. In 1842 Mr. Harkhurst was heard on his petition against the Bolton and Preston Railway, and there the decision was in his favour, be cause the provisional directors had extended the powers with which they were in the first place invested. Thus the House would see that the same prin ciple was affirmed by two very opposite decisions. In 1844, in the cases of the Northern and Eastern Railway, and the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway Com • panies, petitioners, being shareholders in the two Corn panies, appeared before Committees, and were allowed to be heard. He confessed that this appeared to him to be an a fortiori case, because it was not the case of individual shareholders, but the case and petition of the whole company. It was the unanimous petition of almost the whole body of shareholders, holding upwards of 35,000 shares. Would the House for one moment permit him to call attention to the mode in which the parties who were pronioting this Bill were compelled to proceed under the ex traordinary circumstances in which they were placed. Allow him to call the attention of the House to a recital contained in the preamble of this Bill. Of course it was the duty of the parties promoting the Bill to prove the whole of the preamble. Now the preamble stated that the Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway Companies were desirous of being united into one company for the purpose of jointly executing the two lines aforesaid. It was a most material element in proving the preamble to the Bill that it should be shown that the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Company were desirous of forming the amalgamation for the purpose of being afterwards sold and transferred to the Great Western Company ; but what was the course pursued by the counsel promoting the Bill ? Why, he called 'Mr. Phillip Henry Muntz, the chairman of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Company, to prove that it would be highly advantageous to unite the two lines; but he never asked him whether the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Company were desirous of uniting the two companies, or he ' must have answered that question in the negative. And yet, in the face of all this, without calling any further evidence, the Committee passed the Bill as an unopposed measure. Now he did trust that he had brought a case before the House which demanded its serious attention. He had stated the facts as clearly and distinctly as he possibly could, and in his opinion they were more than sufficient to justify the House sending this Bill back to be re committed. Perhaps, before he concluded his observa tions, the House would permit him to advert just for one moment to certain proceedings that had taken place, both in law and equity, in connexion with this matter. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then related the pro ceedings which have Veen instituted in law and equity by the shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Company ; and concluded by moving that the Bill be recommitted, with instructions to the Committee to hear the opposing petitioners. Mr. GOULBURN would not enter into the legal merits of the question, but as Chairman of the Corn mittee on this Bill he would simply state the course which the Committee had teken in the matter.. Their duty was to consider how far the provisions of that Bill were consistent with public justice, and how far its provisions could be carried into:effect. The ques. tion upon this particular Bill was, whether the share holders were at liberty to impungn the Acts of the ge neral corporation, or Acts which affected their interests. He was far from admitting such a preamble, and the result of a contrary doctrine must appear to be per fectly inconsistent with the conduct of a railway Bill through' Parliament. It might in such a case be in the power of the minority to come before that House, and delay and obstruct the progress of the Bill iby their petitions. His Right Hon. Friend informed him that rule must not be taken as a general one, but he thought that the general rule ought not to be taken in the other direction, and that the Com mittee be at liberty to entertain the peti tions and complaints of the shareholders. It was upon this ground that the petitioners against this par ticular Bill were not allowed to proceed with their oppo sition by the Committee. Whatever the existing law applicable to the case as existing before the Committee An Act of the previous year gave the Birmingham and Oxford Company powers to lease and sell themselves to the Great Western Company. The Great Western Company had no concurrent right in the provision, for the power was to be entirely in the hands of the Birmingham and Oxford Company, to exercise the provisions of the Act of Parliament. An agreement had been entered into by the directors of the Company, under the authority of the shareholders, but the shareholders state that they were precluded from ex pressing their opinion at the time that the reslutions had been passed, and, therefore, that these resolutions were passed in defiance of the wishes of the shareholders. Now how stood the fact upon the very statement of these gentlemen themselves ? They told the House that t hey were precluded from voting, not having received the sealed certificates. But if Honourable Gentlemen would look at the Acts, they would find that share holders were permitted to vote under certain conditions. He thought that this question ought never to have been discussed, after the decision of the Committee. In the last session of Parliament there was a decision in a Committee, of which Mr. Edward Buller was chair man, on the merits of which Mr. Hope was heard on the part of the Liverpool railway, in which he openly stated that the merits of the two companies were the same.—(Loud cries of "Divide, di vide." It had there been decided that the petitioners had no locus standi before the Committee, and the reports were made accordingly to the house. He believed that that decision was premature, contrary to public policy, and unworthy of the consideration of the Committee, and that the amalgamation should take place in opposition to the votes of a majority of the shareholders. He thought, therefore, that the House ought to abide by the decision of the Committee.—(Loud cries of " Divide, divide." Mr. EDWARD BULLER said, that having been Chairman of the Committee to which reference had been made, he trusted that the House would hear him, as he believed the decision had been quite correct. Had they agreed to what their opponents wanted it would have been almost impossible to proceed with any Bill. Having said these few words respecting the peculiar circumstances which it was stated made the present case an exception to the general rule. In his opinion no body of shareholders ever had 4, worse case to come before Parliament. What were pe real facts of the case ? An arrangement had been proposed for an amalgamation with the Great V.reEtorn romp-, ay. Powers were required to . • Woivornamptoil e, ay. In pursuance of this, a meet ing was called, si hick took place on the 30th October. At this meeting one Gentleman, and one alone, ob jected to the proposition submitted, though he made no amendment, and the resolution for an amalga mation was unanimously carried, giving directions to the directors of the company forthwith to enter into negotiations with the Great Western on the subject. An agreement with that company was the result, and meeting was announced for the 4th of December to Taffy that agreement. In the meantime an offer had been made by the London and North-Western Company to the effect that where the Great Western Railway Company only proposed to give 10/, the London and Nor."' Western offered 151. The directors, however, felt as men of honour, that their agreement was binding, and they determined to give it effect. This led to the proceedings in the railway market, which led to the transference of the shares into the hands of parties fauourable to the London and North-Western Company. The parties purchased shares which were subject to all the liabilities and contingencies to which the shares in . other liees were liable. He should, therefore, feel it his duty to oppose the motion.—(Loud cries of " Divide," " Order." and great uproar.) Mr. BERNAL rose amidst great demonstrationS of impatience on the part of the House. He said it was not his intention to travel through the facts of the case —(Cheers, and cries of "Divide.") He repeated it. No doubt those Gentlemen who had been canvassed, and who were prejudiced one way or the other, were anxious for no delay—(Cheers and groans)—but in the face of them he would say, that on former occasions he had objected to that tribunal deciding upon railways ; and he asked the' House if his views had not been confirmed ?—(Hear, hear.) The fact of Honourable Gentlemen who knew nothing of the case coming down to vote on this subjest, was an evidence of this.— (Cheers and counter cheers.) He asked the Right Hon. Gentleman in the chair, who was the representative of the honour of that House, if he considered that that branch of the Legislature a fit tribunal to decide upon railway bills.—(Hear, hear.) The-Committee, of which the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Cambridge (Mr. Goulburn) was the chairman decided in a particular way, and Hon. Mambers came down without any par ticular allegation against the decision of the Committee, to ask the Touse to destroy that opinion. If this were done would that tribunal be respected either by themselves or by the country at large ? They were about to set aside the decision of a Com mittee up stairs, after that decision had been arrived at after a careful examination of all the facts in the case. This, if it were nothing more, would be .suf cient to determine him to vote against the motion. of his lion. and Learned Friend. And what was that motion? It was to refer the question back again to another Committee; but although such was the wording of the motion it did not f o ll ow t h at such was th e intention of •the Honourable and Learned Gentleman. This was not the Hon. and Learned Member's first attempt to thwart this measure, for he had on a previous occasion moved that the Bill be read that day six months. He thought that this was a most improper tribunal to decide the matter. and he called upon the Right Hon. Baronet opposite to support the decision of the Committee. That decision should only be set aside where corruption or improper conduct could be proved against the judges, and where such could not be adduced they were bound by every principle of justice to uphold their authority. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said, that if the House would hear him, he had something to propose which he thought was worthy of its att en ti on . His pro position was, that all those Members who had a pecuni ary interest in either the Great Western or the London and North-Western, should leave the question to be decided by those Members who had no such interest.— (Cheers aed laughter.) After a few words from Mr. R. D. MANGLES and Captain HArraut, who declared their intention to vote according to the dictates of their own consciences, Mr. MENTZ complained that his name had fre quently been taken in vain, for, the real truth was, he did not hold a share in any railway. The town, how ever, which he represented was particularly anxious that this railway should pass lase competing line to the London and, North-Western, and he should therefore oppose the' amendment of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite. - Mr. STRUTT said no case had been made out to in duce him to oppose the unanimous opinion of the Com mittee on this Bill. The FlOuse then divided when there appeared, For the amendment 62 Against it Majority for the Bill —ls2 rii rc port wall then agreed to. (LEFT BITTING.) LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANIE.S, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From 't'ze Official List, PUBLISILED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18. JOINT-STOCIE BANIES. Name of Company. Dividend per. Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. ♦ustralasla .......... aritsh orth American ;:onnoercial of London Londe and Westminstr London Joint-Stock Metropolitan ..... Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New...... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, 7. Union of Australia.... Union or L0nd0n..... X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 51. per ant. 6/. per cent. Si. per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent: 51. per cent: 51. per cent. 5/. per cent: Gl. per cent. 51. per ceni. 4. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 Names of Dividend Companies. A per U Annum. X Ashtn & man, 97 5/.55. p Ashby-d-lall3' 4/. Barnsley.. • . 160 , - 12/. Basingstoke.. 100', I.leknlt&Abrg 150 .5/. :iromford.... 100 ' 14/. Dudley 100 1 4 t. Derby •• .. 100 61. F.llsmre&Chs . 133 41. E:evva,ll •• • 1001 321. Forth &Clyd 160 4/. tirandJuuern 1001 • 6/. t.rund Union 100! 1/. 10s. Glamorgnsh .1 1721 13)41. Ilstr &13:1:ly 100 Jrrantham • .1150' 12/. iruddarsdeld.l 57; 'Ceuta & Aml 39. 7s. 6d. Lancaiter 47 li. 10s. Leeds& Livrp'loo, 34/. Leicester • 'l4O 10/. Leie2tr &Nth, 6.1' 4/. Loughbort,gli ; 142; 70/. CANALS. Price Namos of Companies. Monmputhsh Mntgomrysh Macclesfield. Neath • • • • • • Nottingham . Peak Forest. Regent's • • • • Rochdale .. • • Shropshire.. Sornrset Coal Do.LkFcl St StiTrd &Wore Shrewsbury.., Stourtiridge.. Strtthi on Av, Severn and/ Wye Bail. j Tnit & Mr-1 sey !Timms &Med Worestr &•1 Binning. Wilts Sc. Bike (Dividend! per Annum. 71. 10s. 61. p. c. 281. 15/. 201. 1/. 108. li. 8s 1 'INSURANCE COMPANIES. . . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per- - of Paid. Prie . Annum. Share. -__ - 1 31.. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 a Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto marine... .. -6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - 4 .• Atlas . 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14 ' British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 6% V i Icricl,Med.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 22 • .:',ounty •. •.••..- • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 _ Crown -••--•• •• •• 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Eng.& Scot. LAW •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - • European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. I - 2 Freemasons' ... .. •• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 1 . ''?o be ... --••• • • • • • 6/. per cent. Stock. - 128 Guardian - 1 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 229 ? imperial Lith •• •••• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% , Indemnity Marine.... 1/. sh. & bs. 100 o'o 513 1 - Law Life ............ 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - ..egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - - .3ndon Fire •••• • • • • 105. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Landon Ship •.•••• •• 103. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Marine .. ........... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9 Med. Invlid &Gen. Life 43 /. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Sational Lean Fund.. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life.... - l'allailium Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd "licenix • - - - 3 rotector Life.... • -5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 38. 'rovideut Life-- -• • 1/. 55. 100 0 0 'lO 0 0 - lock Life .. ...... 45. . 5 0 o 010 () 4 % .__ loyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock- _ 180 Sun Fire .......... . 61. 103. -- _- Ditto Life . - 6 15 Universal Life .. lo%l. pr cnt 100 0 ___ LIST OP SCOTTISH COIVIP.A.XEXE S' ParCL 53 ' Dividend amount Paid. Price. Name of Company. per Annum. Share. --.. ------ ------- ----.£ 5. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland ••• • • -- i • per cent. _ 100 0 0 163 - 100 0 150 !loyal Bank of Scotland :11. per cent. c c e e n n t t : - 100 0 0 200 C ommerc ial Bank • • • • British Linen Company 61: per cent. - 100 0 0 159 N a ti o nal Bank• . . . . . . . 6/• per cent. --10 0 0 131.13 i Union Bank of Scotland 7 6 % 1. p l. er cent. pr sell - 50 0 0 81. - 50 0 0 90% W es tern Bank . • • • • • • • North of Scotland Ba nk 61. per cent. - 50 0 634 51. pr Cly d es d a le Bank • ..... a e P E as t e rn Bank • . • • .... P e cent. - 10 0 0 12% r cent. - 10 0 0 111.14 s Caledonian Bank ••.• • 7%1. pr cent. _ 210 0 41. Os Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. - 50 0 6/. lOs City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 121.12 s Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 225. Od Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd.. 5/. per cent. ;10 0 0 All paid. 9% North British Insur... 5% / .pr cent. '2OO 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69% Ditto, 4 Shares.. •• 7s. 6d• p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 16 Ellin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 204 ' 3111 4w & Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 50 0' 0 All paid. 6134 'flasgw tic Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 'lis;;w& Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 393 1 , ulidee & Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 •:tandard LiteAssnrece.l V. per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10 0 9 WILTIEX-V7O RIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. I ----- - ---- . £ s. d. Si 100 0 0 -I'...ist Landon.. ••••• • • •- Grand Junction •• •• •• 31. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90 3/. 100 0 0 - Vauxhall •• •• •• •• •• •• 100 0 0 i - - West middies , . . 5/. 10e. pr cnt. 63 1 2 9 1 21 121 ' DOCKS. 1 Dividend ' Amount I Name of Company. per I o f Paid. Price. i Annum. Share. --- ----__ - ! £ 8. d. .£ a. d 1 Commercial ••••• • • • • 3/. per cent. Stock. • I 132- f - East and West India... 61. pr cent. i Stock. - East Country 1 3ndon - - - 104 t St. Katharine •••••• • • I 5 per cent. I Stock. - - i SDuthainpton • ...... • L 21. per cent. 150 0 0 50 0 0 30 THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. NOTTINCETAMSHIRE.—WEEATS.-- ortler-to correct information as res Able en the state of the gi u clops, we h.tveicc,thily . wade very extensive tours throughout this entire district, and find that in the north clays the crops was never recollecterd to have * more promising appearance. At Grove, Treswell, Ramp' ton, North and South Leverton, Sturton, North and South Wheatley, Bole, &c., all concur in this opinion. In the early part of some years the plant becomes spill', or what is commonly called " prick-eared," in which case an abundant yield need never be calculated upon. But the present growing crops are the very reverse cf this. In April the stems seemed to lower to the ground, and this has enabled the plant to stool in a remarkable de gree, so that no fear of a thinness of stem need be anti cipated. On the loamy and calcareous soils, too, the plant is equally strong and luxuriant; and it is to be feared that in the carry and commons of Gringley, Ever- ton, Mistertin, and Misson, therelmay ultimately be a superabundance of straw, which may prove a drawback • to the general crop, should the forcing weather continue as at the present time. O n th e f ores t l an ds, we hear d some time back that the pl an t was somew hat thin on the extremely light soils ; but our recent visit enables us to state that a finer prospect never presented itself. Ea st ; west, north, and south the eye is gratified with the ate" luxuriant crops ; and, we say it without fear of contra diction, that a spring so promising of plenty of food for i man and for beast has not b een w it ness ed for sever years. Within the last few days such a stimulus he! been given to all descriptions of gro w i ng crops, andsu, a change has been effected in the f ace o f nature, tha t " may truly be said " the clouds drop fatness." BARLEY.—The long-continued and somewhat eS i tremely severe winter protract e d th e comm encement : 1 spring sowing to a somewh a t l a t er period than u sual, but such was not without the mos t beneficial influeal upon the state of the soil. Th e l eng th ene d frost we ha d experienced completely p u l ver i se d t h e so il, a nd a fit dry weather setting in, the barley went in in ear w condition, and finding a dry b e d an d a l oa my soil, with sufficient woisture in the sub-soil, it was remarked tbas no sooner was the seed deposited than the blade Wa g visible ; and this very circumstance, in the view of * - practical farmer, augured well for the future wellbeing of the plant. Subsequently we had a succession of frosts, which it was greatly feared would damage the young plant. This, however, it did not do ; but on many the lighter soils, the hurricanes of wind towards the en d ! . of the month had a more de v a s t a ti ng effect. Beingnw felt here and there, its baneful influence cannot be ver a ,,Y extensive. Our accounts from all parts now speak, r. the prosperous at. , te of the grow i ng crops ; t h e lane well covered in, and thus the moisture will be preserved in the soil, NS hick last season was abstracted before fhe plant could cover the surface. A large crop is therefor ° now reasonably anticipated. OATS.—Many of the remarks m a d e re l a tive to the - barley crop, are equally applicabl ., to this description of grain. Soon after the blade made its appearance above ground, it was asserted that on many of the soils whirl had recently broken up the wire-worm was performing its unhallowed functions, much to the annoyance of rho farmer and the detriment of the crops. The rain, ho w ; ever, coming on most opportunely has had the effect us stopping the ravages of this destructive insect, and fel complaints are now heard of its causing further misekit. The plant generally looks healthy and strong, but t"." breadth occupi e d w ith thi s d escr i pt i on o f gram in this district is. mare circumscribed th an usua l, its place bei n g occupied by a more extensive growth of wheat. , BEANS.—It is sever a l y ears s i nce our north slay fatm be e a r n s s h , andavt:rtehae failure pedwh is now atmaybe st c a a r l t l l e ily d ng an average crop of the great paucity of tho se now b roug h t t o m ap a p r a k r e e t. nt our rambles we here and there see a straggling stack' but these are exceedingly thinly strewed, and we believ!..- the stock in the hands of the farmers to be very sat: , indeed. A better pro s p e ct now li es before them , plant every where having c,rac up most regularly,.!gt trary to general anticipation. In addition to this, it rank and gross, and of a capital colour ; and the nu t petus it has received from th e l a te rains is almost a s , „. belief. In the stron g c l a y s a t Itampton, Treswell, an?, the Wheatleys, this is pre-eminently the case, aiLci should the season for blooming prove favourable, there never was a prospect of a more abundant produce. PEAS.—These are net extensively grown in this n i t mediate locality, but those cropi we have seen are Wag promising with any other. The colour is good, and to stamina of the plant as strong as the most !w i g ° agriculturist could reasonably desire. th : it w G a a s A a s ffi g.— rm A ed t thetha that such commencementipa was the b o a f k t the p r d resent pastures and other grass lands, that there would h 0 grass for the cattle at Old May-day; but !‘• nature effected since then? Why, that the w fi b elde .. ar as : now covered with verdure, and in a few more days g` will be most abundant. Eierywhere it is highly Pro' wising, but on the warmer ,soils it is more than oral narily so. On some of the higher and colder soils, as about Grove , it is later, but , even_,here the beneficial a t e aof°01;n1 change of weather is fast taking effect. POTATOES.—If we may judge from what his already * ial fail ure t happened in Ireland , an d the want which has been ex perienced in our own country fr om the p a. of this valuable edible for the last two or three years, its • future well-being and prosperity must be of the highest importance to all classes ; and it is most important to have some accurate information as to present appear' ances and future prospects. At present it would be pre mature to offer any decided opinion upon the subject, but we may state that these prospects are much brighter and more favourable, and present appearances indicate that the disease has either passed, or is fast passing away. The young plants in the open air look remark ably vigorous and healthy, and even those already arrived at maturity in the frames have been found almost en tirely, if not altogether, free from disease. Bops.—lt was exceedingly late before the bines made their appearance above the surface this spring, and eTen when they did so it was only to suffer a loss. The severe frosts of April had a most telling effect upon the young shoots, and left them in such a plight as to have the ap pearance of having been scathed with fire. This state of things was followed by another of more serious im port—viz , the appearance of the flea in co nsiderable a numbers, which produced immense mischief. This_ species of insect generally appears in the early part of Is the year, when the nights are cold and frosty and the ‘; days hot and dry, and this was especially the case twotl or three weeks ago. The insect on .the occasion of ,) which we are speaking actually eat off the tender tops as ~r) fast as they came to the surface, and left the rest of the ;ti bine in the most shattered condition imaginable. During st r the last few days, however, they have nearly vanished, . and the plants are showing signs of great improvement; yet we have frequently observed in former years, they leave the plant more exposed to the attacks of other diseases.—Nottingham Journal. . r! RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LEEDS, MAY 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting hamn,dNßewos, 1% dis.-Ditto, New (scrip),' 9d. dis. s.- Boston, 30s. n. dis.-East Lancashire, 28s. 9d. dis. -Ditto 610 d; n.d dis .d . e G e d s r e a and t T Northern, hi r s 28s. k 53 j 4-Ditto. Preference, Is. 9d. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Eastand dis.-LeedsWest Yorkshire, Dewsbury, Midland, 19s. 6d. dis.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, 51% -Ditto, Fifteenths , ls. p. - Malton and Driffield Junc tion, 19s. n. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 3% p.- Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), par n.-Ditto, West Riding Union, par-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1% p.- North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 13s. 6d. Ditto, Extension (scrip), 2s. p.-North Staffordshire , 1% n. Ar I 7 p.-North-Western, 395. dis.-S out h Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 12s. 6d. dis. STOCK EXCHANGE R .fi L h L e , al es a re- Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 24 5 . n. -G reat Northern, 2 A Manchester and Leeds West Riding Union, 2s. 6d. p.-North British , Quarters, 795.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 21,i p. EDINBURGH, MAY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, Ne Yr ' 395. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 40s.- Edinburgh and Glas gow, 69-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, Its. 6d ' -Edinburgh and Northern, New, 625.-Ditto, Newport, New, 38s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 355.-lasgow, Du na " fries, and Carlisle, 5-Great Northern, 50s.- G North British, Halves, 14% ex int.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 169 . 91--- Ditto, Thirds, 50s. GLASGOW, MAY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 2 33 4 - Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 555.-East Indian, 2s. 9d. ar : Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 365.-Glasgow, nock, and Ayr, 35 1 A-Ditto, Halves, No. 1 , 8 %. _ e v ET; Halves, No. 2, 61. 65.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and , DA -Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 195.-Manchester and South .- _ ampton, 10$. 6d . - North British , Now Quart ers (scrip), 11.01 • IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, May 17. Messengers brought up Bills from the House of COM tuons. TOWNSHEND PEERAGE BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The Bill passed through Committee. FACTORIES BILL. In moving the second reading of this Bill, The Earl of ELLESMERE said—ln rising to dis charge the duty I have undertaken of moving the second reading of the Bill now before your Lordships for limit ing the hours of labour in factories, I should be sorry to waste your Lordships' time with any prefatory matter of a personal nature. I must, however, take permission frankly and briefly to express my regret that a subject which has of late years excited so much interest and discussion elsewhere, but which has little occupied the direct attention of your Lordships sitting here, should not have the advantage of being introduced to it by some voice more familiar to your Lordships' ears, and by some authority to which your Lordships were more accus tomed to defer. My apology to your Lordships and myself consists in the circumstance, that having taken, in the discussions which the subject has undergone in another place, a part which, however humble and occa sional, was not inconsistent with the task I have now undertaken, I have been invited to its performance b 1 a numerous body of those who are directly interested in the fate of this measure, and who earnestly desire its success. I must also state that lam act ing at the earnest desire of a Noble Friend of mine, of whom I may say, as was said of certain great men whose images wore missed in the procession of the Roman triumph, that with reference to this subject his absence from either /louse of Parliament makes him .31 00 more conspicuously present to the mind than if he were present in either.—(Hear, hear.) My Lords, the mea sures now proposed for your acceptance have originate d _e in far di ff erent quarters than in the mind of on e so litt l e entitled to your Lordships' attention as myself. They have originated in the crowded receptacles of hum an the hour; they have been elaborated in the facto r y and long rows amid the whirl of machinery, and in those rows of lodging-houses which grow up around theje. __g chimneys of Lancashire and Yorkshire. T his Bi ll D." its root in the stern experience of the husband an! ! father. From this lowly, but lam sure in your 140 e 7, ships' view, not contemptible seed, the idea has mou nte d f o f, upwards in the shape of such petitions u those . b l 2. have encumbered your Lordships' table. Men of lu g " :~ t :._ .~. Price, 7 63 1001 'loo' 100 100 150 IL 4s. }