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ffsurtbXbitioil Gvi Qevan ,9 7 CZUL • f - t' EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Third Edition.) The MANoa 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 llb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 300 son. ; the second to re eeive back his stake. Heats. The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (7 Subscribers). The Emerald Isl.!! Glory Mick Three others ran. 3 2 3 RAILWAY COMMITTES. (THIS DAY.) ROUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IV. The Committee met at twelve; Lord Castlereagh in the chair. EA.STMILN COIINTIZS (ENZARGEBIZNT OP LONDON AND STRATFORD STATION). Evidence was taken in support of the Bill, but, as there was a difference on a point of compensation for land, the Committee adjourned till Thursday, in order to give the paities time for arrangement. GROUP VI. WZZ.TS, SOMERSET, AND WETMOUTH AMENDMENT (NO. II.) The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr, Diedes chairman. Mr. W. Gilee was the first witness called, residing at Frome, in Somersetshiae. He had lately carried 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 ing 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 OD the South-Western line between Salisbury and Exeter did nc.t amount to that of the four towns he had mentioned. 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 i f She.rborne, and so to NI evmouth. Large quantities of cloth weri. manufactured in the districts near Bradford and Trou bridge, a great quantity of which found it way to the towns of Shet borne, Yeovil, and the southern parts of the country. lie had given up the business of a carrier from the time that the Greot Western Railway was opened in that county. Mr. 01 :berry, carrier of Frome, gave evidence as to the importanC e of an unbroken gauge between Frome and the towns in t he south of England. Mr. E. iCocking, iron master of Frome, gave evidence to the same ,effect. Mr. J. White, cheese factor, of Axminster, Mr. LintirF, if the firm , of Lintirs and Son, cheese factors, of Hasham, Sussex, 1 1,1 r. J. Sym, grocer and general dealer, at Brighton, Mr. lien. ry, poulterer, at Portsmouth, and Mr. Butt, pig dealer, of ?erten:ollth, gave evidence as to the importance of Salis bury hat ling an unbroken connexion with the county of So mersets Lire. The (Jommittee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP IX. Ng/MST CORLTWALL nnaz.:CRES Awn anrinaTzota-s. Tfl Committee met at twelve o'clock in Room No. 37. Ross having been heard on the part of the promoters of th i 3 line, Th.e roo►n was cleared for the decision. On our re-ad rui<si On e CHAIRMAN said that he was desired by the Committee to st lie that the preamble (,f this Bill was not proved. Th e Committee then separated. GROUP XV. Th t t Committee met this morning at twelve; Mr. Bernal in the chair. ILO TSTON AND "(ITCH= (EXTENSION TO CAIVI33RIDGE). Evidi mce in favour of the line was proceeded with after the met sting of the Committee. Mr. Denison, chairman of the co.npany, was examined, and stated th a t the comp 'a line was leased to the London and Yot k at 6 per cent., t 11: payment to commenced imme diately I titer the construction of the line. Evidec lee for the Bill was being continued, when the Com mittee 'a ijourned. GROUP XVII. The (committee on this group re-assembled to• day at the usual 17 cur, in Room 11 ; Sir James Buller last in the chair. CRI LAT NonTazsarir (DEVIATIONS 1,12.0%-.3 ZONDO.:4" TO GZANTRAPS). Mr . DENNos. on the part of the promoters of the Bill, re plied, and closed the case with respect to the deviation from Carel ►3• to Grantham, and called upon the Committee to sanc tion i Jais part of the line. Th et room was then cleared; and on our re-admisssion, Tt: CMAIRMAN nr.nounced that the preamble of the deyia ti.m S•om Carehy to Grantham was proved, but Mr. Ostler's land' roust not be entered upon without his consent. Thu Committee then 'adjourned till Thursday next. GROUP XVIII. Thett Committee met this morning, the Earl of Lincoln it the el Lnir; and it being stated that the opponents were un• able cane to any arrangement, Mr.. Stephenson was called to show the engineering quell. ties o the line, and stated that the line was intended to prose xl by the present broad gauge line, but to avoid any jutted an at the stations, as is the case at the present. time. on the line of joint gauges between Gloucester and Chelten ham. lie intended to have the station at Bristol some feet above The Great western station at Bristol, \;:,use the com pany I mad already land in poSsession fir the station. Mn Sanders, inspector of the Birmingham and GlouCester, said a ent between 80,000 and 90,000 passengers had passed over the lira. to Bristol last year, and that there had been 47,798 tons oi . t." goods carried, of which only about 4,000 would have bean tcaz !shipped, if the Midland Company had possessed a stJiiot:: of their own. The trains had bean running over the • mixed gauges for the last two years, but no actual collision had con irred, although there had been several alarms, in con-1 sequenc e of which complaints had been made to the Great, IVe, , itorr Company, and some of their servants had been re tnorec!.. Mr. :ilolps was examined, on the part of landowners, re specti,g the relative convenience or inconvenience to pa2sen gers w ho go either from Wales or from Cheltenham, and stetted that passengers going to the north after their arrival from Wales would have to tranship themselves and their baggage sot to distance from the station of one gauge to that' of ,the other. The traffic, however, on the line is chiefly a ' Bristol and Birmingham traffic and no inconveniece practi cally would be experiniced from that circumstance. Mr. 3 'ayne, the trailic-manager of the line, confirmed this: evidencr, and stated further that a quantity of the goods which cow went by water would go by railway, and be Carried ;in a much better condition than that in which it now reached the hands of the owners. The quantity of goods no•x taken up or put down between Gloucester and Briol was very large, and at the present time great incon venience is experienced, in consequence of the great tragic which is brought from two thousand miles of narrow-gauge rail - .way into the joint station at Bristol. Air. Payne further gave evidence upon the dangerous cha- Tact , u• of the line, which he represented as being perilous from its :Ascents and descents. Mr. AUSTIN, Q.O , replied en behalf of the Midland Com pany, chiefly upon the terms of the agreement which h a d l A . entered into for working the line between Gloucester and Brie. ll on the broad gauge, and contending that so long as tha% agyeement subsisted, the Committee, according to the comm, cn Itc. , ,v of the land, had no right to violate its provi • Mons. The committee then adjournel till Thursday next. GROUP XIX. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Mr. Den nistoun in the chair. OZPoi% D, BANBURY, AND COVENTRY ;I'UNCI !lON (snisavics rsions SOUTHADI TO co VENTRY). ,On the as i ;embling of the Committee the clause= of this Bill were non sidered and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported t > the House. GROUP XX. This Comm :tee re-assembled at the usual hour this mom- . ing ; Mr. Gould urn in the chair. • • OXPORD, WORCESTER, AITD VATOWV333I— (CRELTZNECAPit AND EVE— SHAM ACNE). Mr. Vigno Les gave evidence at considerable length as to the practical and facility of working railways on the mixed gaup t. Mr. Mille r, Mr. Cubist, and several other witnesses, gave corroborativ a testimony. The rt.3t r )f the day was occupied with the landholders' op position. The Coin ntittee then adjoulzed. GROUP XXIV. MOLD. The Co rnmittee met at three o'clock, but did not proceed with the evidence upon this Bill. The Co comittee adjourned at half-past three. UP XXVII. This C taruniite.e tne G t ß t O his more at twelve o'clock ; Mr. Cardwell iin the chair. LYNN .41.75413 Exit. 3E . 13r 03 Ezzzaa inIT.V7 Air (LYNN AND NILITIGA.TIO N). Mr. St rant WitAagaHAuTeried the case on b e h a lf o f th e promotert, ..of the Ly nn and Railway (Lynn and Worme gay Navig talon), and Contenced great length that the it of the proposed line vinatard tend, in a great de sent ruetifl navigation which at pre gree, to :in prove the Wormegay in need of considerable sent st.:d : cos.:men ts. At the conclu,i'6n et the address of the Learned M. Ronda 11, C.E., was called, and gave ej sel ' ulenee upon the iflitlri ,, U3 natt re of the proposed line. 0:1;er m i c i e ace of a general nature was adduced on behalf of the 7. , n:ote I . S. Th,:c,, r ,-,, n il tee then adjourned till Thursday at twelve o'cluc...:. C,ROUP XXXI. HE— mo:zz", our . CtitiD YOZM GasyrriTzons MIEW )17C11.STZ1:7 .8.2773 mniznetunGn). The Cowan itt ea met this morning at twelve oVock, Mr. Shaw in th s A t •,.a.".ir; and the remaining clauses having been gone throug.\ - thACommitt2e ncljournecl till the 7th of June. GL OUP LXXV. The Commit tte,t re-assembled at the usual hour this morn ing, in Room 22 ; Mr. Fitzroy in the chair. 3316.14.CZ.331 73.20. Cl.l'3 l llE/LOE, AND NonTg. W 1 STERN. The early part 01 tha sitting was occupied with general evidence ha. £ 4vour of ,this scheme. The cas, , s;"for this scheme and the competing line of the East Lanc whire Company svas closed, but the Committee adjourned without giving any opinion, owing to the Railway Commissioners not having yet made their report on the lines compris:d in this group. GROUP XXXVI. CornryCttee on this group re-assembled to day in I. roiri 14, At the usual hour; Mr. Roebuck in the chair. LIVERPOOL. CROSBY, .9.ND SOUTHPORT, AND BR:II.NCEC. The clauses in thisliilthe preamble of which was proved yesterday, were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be re ported to the House. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT AND 814.aNCIEES. The consideration of this case, which was opened yester day by Mr. Hilditch, was resumed by Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the promoters. He objected to the East Lancashire Railway Company being heard in opposition, and maintained that they had no locus standi against the Bill. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIA3f, on the part of that company, contended that they had a right to be heard, as their interests would be materially affected, if the proposed line was made. After some further discussion it was decided that the East. Lancashire Railway Company had no locus standi. 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 FROM ()unmans 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. bitz.upo The Committee met at the usual hour. ,v4O/ am .1 The cases for the LEEDS AND TEITLSX (XNARESBOThOUGIE BRANCH TO BOILOUGHBRIDGE, and LEEDS AND THUMB. (VIELIVIERBT AND NORTHALLERTON BRANCH), were gone through. Evidence on behalf of both Bills having been taken, The decision of the Committee was postponed till the re ception of the Railway Commissioners report. The Committee then adjourned. G13.0 - UP 'XXV TY The Select Committee appointed:to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled 'at the usual hour this morning ; Lord Charles Wellesley In the chair. YOIZX AND NEWCASTLE (PURCHASE OP THE HARTLEPOOL DOC X AND RAILWAY). Mr. RosE was engaged the whole of the morning, in ad dre,:ing the Committee in opposition to.. the' scheme, on belp.lf of the Hartlepool West Dock and Harbour Company. The Committee adjourned, at the usual hour without giving their decision. GROUP X LIV. The Cor-mittee 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 XLV. This Committee met for the first time this day, in Room 41 (one of those placed under the leads). Present, Sir Denis Le Merchant (chairman), Major Beresford, Mr. Scott, the Hon. Mr. Fitzwilliarn, and Mr. Boyd. The railway Bilis comprised in this group are:— Edinburgh and Northern (Burntisland Pier, Ferry, Pur chase, &c.) Edinburgh 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 Bumtisland to Dun fermline Branch, kc.—No. 2.) The CHAIRMAN announced that the Edinburgh and Perth would he taken after the holidays. The Committee then proceeded to take the EDIZZELTR.GH AND NORTHERN (BURNT. X3LA.:-VD PIER AND FrIRRY PURCHASE). The Bill was unopposed. Sergeant BELLAsis very briefly stated the objects of the promoters. The proufs were pat in, and the preamble was de el.creci proved. The Committee then took THM MDSCNBUR.GH AND NortTanniv (BRANCHES TO ST. ANDUEWS AND NEWDUR.GII). Mr. BELLASII opened for the promoters. There was hardly any opposition. Mr. Anderson, banker, Newburgh, and Major Playfair, provost of St. Andrews, proved the advantagei which the line would give to these towns. Mr. Grainger, C.E., 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) Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ton 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 Mr. HorE 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 junetiol with the south branch at about a mile distance. The oppoL , ition to the line was not of a very serious nature. Mr. Jobi), 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 BATHGATE did not sit, in consequence of the absence of the Commis sioners' report. GROUP XLVIII. This Committee met to• day at twelve o'clock ; Lord Courtenay in the chair. GL.A.§GOVT, AIRDRIE, AND MONICLANDS 3171WCTION (COWLAIRS, CARBTYLii, AND CENTRAL JUNCTION BRANCHES). Mr. Adie, C.F.., 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 the case fur 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 inhabitants was generally against it. Mr. Matteson, of Glasgow, was examined to the same effect. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XLIX. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock (Mr. Cripps in the chair), and proceeded to take evidence on the ~3Dfl 3 uILGB AND GLASGOW (AMEND- MENTS, die.) An objection was raised by Mr. Andrews to the admission of the Scottish Central as petitioners against the Bill, but the objection was overruled by the Committee. Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the company, was examined. . . . - The capital of the company was 420,0001., and besides the amount intended to be sunk in this undertaking, they had also purchased in other companies. Their present liabilities were from 500,0001. to 600,0001. Mr. Oppenshaw, a director, said that the value of the Edin burg. r:::d Glasgow Company's stock, &c., was 692,0001, and the laxities were 950,000/., which left them a deficiency of about 250,0001., and they came now to Parliament to get powers to raise that sum. Mr. TALBOT and Mr. Sergeant WRANGNAM addressed the Committee, the former for the Monklands Mineral, and the latter for the Sterling and Dunfermline Company, against the preamble, and Mr. Hodges for the Edinburgh and Bath gate. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday at twelve o'clock. COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS. (THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS. The Committee 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 intermediate between the springs of supply and tho t,wn of Liverpool. CROYDON COMMERCIAL GAS. The Committee met this morning (General Lygon in the chair), and the Bill being unopposed, it was referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of Parliamentary Committees. SUNDERLAND IMPROVEMENT AND MARKET with the opinions of the proprietary . at large, the directors proceeded to call in the old s cr ip, giving to dissentient:; the opportunity of receiving back the unexpended balaece3 of their deposits; and it is a gratirvi „ , .g f..., .h of nearly 90,000 s:,a; iiviULio withdraw, which number was subsequently reduced to 1;240 by parties asking permission to resume the shares they had 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 sectiona4youid 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, undek circumstances the explana tion of which the directors have thought it would be most satisfactory to the shareholders to learn from Mr. Stephenson himself. "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 hest 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-WesteraCompany, which has since been embodied in a formal agreemeta, bearing the ssal of that company, and extending °vet 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 theComnions' 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- Mead= for the northern manufacturing districts to the siouth and west. a 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. "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 afforde ,, 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 under which it will be expedient, for those who so elect, to prosecute the undertaking." The CIiAIRMAN 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 lion, 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 Duneannon, 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 the 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 Dorche3ter 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 uhi mately be carried out to its destination.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ROBSILT STHEPIIENSOM, the engineer, stated that the surveys of such an extensive line as the Manchester and Southampton had been entrusted to a number of persons, ancl, 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 large shareholder, and that he still entertained the opinion that the line was as legitimate a one as had ever been brought forward—(Lond cheers)—because the country through which it passed must have a railway.—(Hear, 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. 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 London New Price Current of May 18.) SUGAR.—The home-trade ware desirous to do business in most sorts to-day, whilst some parcels were taken by the brewers and distillers. On the part of exporters, however, little desire was shown to operate. Importers of West India Muscovade evinced firmness, and insisted upon prices equal to those of Friday for all kinds, and at which a good business was transacted. REFINED.--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 Gd. Madras met with little demand, and 3,031 bags were only in part sold. MAumnes.—This afternoon there was a good demand for Mauritius Sugar for the use of refiners and grocers, whilst 1 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 Gd to is per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon at auction 416 hhds, 79 boxes, 11 trcs, 61 brls Cuba were offered, but a part only sold at barely the former value. CorFEE.—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 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 Gd to 2s per cwt; the whole offered soh!. CocaA.—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 94d to Is 3id. Souchong is 2d to 2s Id, and a faw chests of Im p:ineutrdtiliaeal Ilyson and Young Ilyson Is llid to 35 Gd. Rica=-.To-day there was only a limited demand for East i lic i e n . ess A d t o p n l e ib i l n ic a s n ale k 2 i , n 4 d l4 o b f a ß gs ic o e f . Manilla were sold, but at attakiaenthienr, lo u w t er th r e ate d s a . ma O g f ed l,B B 6 o 4 ld b . ag r s r ß iv e a n t g el a y l: t t h h e er s e o w un a d s S A tr p - daY, at p ublic sale 228 boxes of Pearl Sago sold at red rates. 1 AND BRIDGE BILL. The Committee on this Bill met in Room 16, at one o'clock, and, after briefly hearing evidence, decided the preamble of the Bill to be proved. The clauses with several amendments were then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported to the House. SANDWICH HARBOUR (KENT) BILL. This Committee met at twelve o'clock, in Room 17, and were occupied throughout the morning with this Bill. The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble proved. The clauses were read and agreed to, and the Committee adjourned. MANCHESTERTONlLwAAyrcniSisOitiATy.r)lAMP pa,il,3,s,pweasciahlegaenteordaal } -n , e s e h t o in rriy ot a . t t l h e e r A:ins Inn, Bridge-street, Mancliestcr, in order to enable the ,eh,ek,a i t n ti t i l e d i s c. e in om g, ; shareholderssyo o directors to communicate to the shareholders the circum st,nces which have brought their efforts to a sudden and un favourable result, and of advising upon the measures it may be expedient to pursue. Mr. Walkinshaw, the De puty - Chairman of the company, wlicno=:Pate nutnber of shareholders were present. It will, no doubt, be wihin the recollection oftitileiestr,enadd.enrs ol The Sun that the soma`as thrown out b Orders Committee, material mistakesy having been ed in the sections. ' . The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. John Wheeler, the Se cretary, to read the report, of whichthe followin g i s an an; i le ab:-.traet r The Npot t stated that — September, it was unanimously r eso l ved to ~ It ',you'd be remembered that, at the last assembling of s hareholders in p peal Lords. a..of the House Committee bow far that resolution accorded ag ain to Parliament against the adverse decision of a to ascertain ~ Anxious COCHINEAL—This afternocn- at- public sale 100 bags cf the por-law guardians of Londonderry against tho Mexican Cochineal were all withdrawn, and 334 chests Lac Dye were nearly all taken in at 6d to lld f or l ow to middlinz Pour Removal A c t f,,, r I ri ,l an d and Scotl,nd. The Uctiland fvr Let:ward Mend J utn has Loli sid,rably improved since our last report, and a rise in price of 3d to 4d per gallon has taken place. Purchases to a largo extent have been made, and 3s 5d to as 6d are the rates paid. East India met with a good demand, and prices have risen. In Demerara 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 trede, 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. Otss.—lmporters of Southern Oil submitting to a further reduction in prices of 20s per tun, occasioned a good demand to prevail for all qualities, and 109 tuns at auction all found 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 chandler; who took only sufficient for their immediate wants. Home-made met with a good de mand on the spot. There is a plentiful supply. For other kinds of Tallow prices remain much the same as previously quoted, but only a limited demand has been experienced. COURSE OF EXCH./ Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 8 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 5 Rotterdam 2U. 12 8% Lntwerp•• ............ 26 30 Hamburgh .... ••M.B. 111 15 • Paris, 3 days' sight .. •• 25 90 Ditto, •••• .. • • ...... 26 30 Marseilles •••••• •• 26 40 Bourdeaux.... •. •.. •• 26 35 Frankfort on Maine.... 123% Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... •• Berlin .... • .. . •• Vienna, effec.flo•• •• •• 10 15 Trieste, ditto.... •• .... 10 15 Madrid .............. 46N Oadiz .. ... : ........ 47% Bilbao Barcelona .......... LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar ....... .•• •• Leghorn • . 30 90 Genoa 26 35 Venice •• • •• 39% Palermo, per 0z.... 119 52% 0p0rt0.... 53!6 Rio Janeiro 26 Buenos Ayres ...... • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia ?SLICES OF BULLION, PEB. OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars ••. • • • 0 4 9 16 Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars • • 0 4 103',, rHE LONDON UAZETTi (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 29, 1847. The Queen 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 Eapier, resigned. WHITEHALL, MAY 18. 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 o f th e sa id U n i te 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, M.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to be one of his Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplains. DOWNING- STRE ET, MAY 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Robert Madden, Lg., 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 Hunter, 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 Bretton 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. 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 Hitchins, 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, - Albion-wharf, Blackfriars, cement manufacturer, June 3 and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhili ; Ashurst and Son, Cheapside; Vandercom, Cree Law, and Coymn, Bush-lane. Thomas Wallis, woollen draper, Oxford-street, June 3 and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Baainghall-street ; Sole and Turner, Alder manbury. Richard. Wade, tailor, Cheapside, May 26, at eleven, and June 29, at twelve at the Court of Bankrupt c y. B e l c h er , official assignee; Lindsay and Mason, Gresham -street. 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, of f icial 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 Adans, Old Jewry chambers; Pemberton, Liverpool. Jewry-chamb ers; F ox, g e, ne Poole.peee r , oa n l d d m Ge o rge Purton, innkeeper, Longfieet, Pool e , M ay 24 , at ilkman, Everett-street, two, and Julie 28, at twelve, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. May 29, a t one, and July 9, at eleven at the Court of Bankrupt cy. Follett, oficial as signee, 'Sambrook-court, Basi ng h a ll -street ; Carpenter, FTju J nrs o qb s u e ua p rnY h d: P cj i or c cf k llu e cs t i; t a , lW c o ase w l cs k hi Brunswick-square, Middlesex, 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 I..owndes 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 m anbury ; 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, Cole man -street-buildings ; Pavement, Finsbury. John Robinson, jun., manufacturing chemist, Fella urch 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-b u i ldings, 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. June 25, at twelve, at the Chest er District 'Court. Bird, Rock-ferry , Chester May 25, and Joseph gather, builder, 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-row, 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 Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester ; Clarke, Gray, an Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Whitehead, Bury. William Stanton, lace-maker, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, June 4, and July 2, at t en , a t th e Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Johnson and Co., Temple. London; Bowley, Nottingham. Charles Vyse, straw-bonnet maker, Ludgate-hill, May 25, at one, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Jlarcourt-buildings, Temple. Abel Quarterman, breeches maker, Oxford, May 25, at eleven, and June 29, at half-pa3t 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 3, 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. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOiIt;Ok 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 motion of the Earl of ST. GERMANS, This Bill was read a second time. FACTORY BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mac clesfield, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Also a peti tion from Inverne ss , against the Police Bil l. Also a petiti on from the Standing Committees of the three denominations, the Presbyterians, the Inde pendents, and the Baptists of London, against the Government scheme of education. printers of L HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. The NOBL E L ORD also p res ented a petition from the ondon Bill, and m a d e some observat i ons rospeet to the exemption of th e City from the operation of the B ill. Lord CAMPBELL sa i d that t h e tone of the Not)le , in favour of the Health of To wns Lord on this, and his tone on the other, side of Temple kir was very different.—(Laughter.) There 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 a t mosp h ere o f t h e o ther 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 Tart of WICKLOW presented a petition from any of the eight pine( s named in the Bill. Lurl FITZ WILLIAM beg g,l to give no!ice, thlit on the third reading of the Poor Removal (Ireland) Bil!, he would move a clause to the effect, that this Bill should be of a temporary character. _ AIIMIY SERVICE BILL. On the order of the day for passing into Cvmmittce, 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 tor certain information, but it so happened that he was necessarily absent at the second reading. He was cur, prised that o n th a t occas i an t h e N o bl e E ar l s h ou ld have taken so much no ti ce o f his speec' , hen a speech m uc h more a bl e h a d b eau made upon the subj ec t by a N o bl e L or d on t h e same b enc h 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 betn effecl;ed 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 Rail way, against the said Bill. The Non. 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• Lions 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 preser.ted to the House stating these !acts, 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 slL,re 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 persons 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 he 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 migkt 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 Cora hapeapreda.red IbieefoeroenCfeosmaemditttheeast, thisand were allowed t lowed o not the case of individual shareholders, but the h tPo i a m to nibees be an a fortiori ease, because it was ' 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 promoting 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 weredesirous 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 sill this, without calling any further evidence, the Committee passed the Bill us an unopposed measure. Now he did trust that lie had brought a case before the. Llouse 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 • Hon's) sendin , .. 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 Learnt elGentleman then related the pro ceedings which have been instituted in law and equity by the shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxtord Junction Company ; and concluded by moving that the Bill be recommitted, with instructions to the Committee to hear the opposing petitioner!. Mr. GOULBURN would not enter into the legal merits of the question, but as Chairman of the Com - 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:etlect. The ques tion upon this particular Bill a as, 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 ,by 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 net to be taken in the other direction, and that the Com tt€ e 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 t h ese gentlemen themselves ? They told the House that t h e y 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 se sion 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 Oa the part of the Liverpool railway, in which he openly stated , that the merits of the two comp:inies 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 ere wade accordingly to the Douse. He believed that Gat decision was premature ; contrary to public policy, and unworthy of the consideration of the Committee, and that tee 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 bad been made, he trusted that the House would hear him, as he believed the decision had been quite correct. Dad 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 a worse case to come before Parliament. What were the real facts of the case ? An arrangement had 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 cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 , 25 0 0 I 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 CANALS. . • Names of 1 4 2 Dividend , ~,,, Names of 5 ,4 Dividend/ Companies. , d per 2“-- 1 - Companies. per Price. ri: Annum.' 4 in Annum -- - tstitn& Ohlhi 97'51.55. p e 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - Ash by-d-la-Z 113' 41. ! - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - liarnaley •- • • 1601 121. i 180 Macclesfield. 100 - °- Basingstoke. 100 - - iNeath .... • • 100' 20/. 340 Ilrkiik&Abrgllso 51. 85 'Nottingham. 150 121. - Jrolnford.... 1001 14/. •• - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40 Dudley 104; 41. 1 - Regent's • ... 33 1/. 4t. 18% 1 -P.iri-4Y. ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale .. • • 85 41. , 54 Eilmirv&Clis 133 4/. 85 . Shropshire • • 125 81. - Er6vasii . - ..1100 321. ' - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10i. 130 Forth & ClydLl 601 . 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. - ,GrandJunctniloo, 6/. , 7.5 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275 Grand trnionloo; IL 10s. - Shrewsb ur y.. 1 25 151. -- Glamorgnsh .1172' 13,0. -- Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 305 44-Istr & Tirkly -- .00 1 - Strtfrdon Av 79 1/. 10s. - , ,:ranthain • • 1 150 12/. I - Severn and liud.lc.rsileld.; 57 - - Wye Rail. j 26 IL 88. - Komi& Axil! 39' 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt & Mr- Lancaster 1 47, 1/. 10 s . - sey j .... 5O 30/. - Leeds& Livrpiloo 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - - Laicestcr .. • . 140, 10/. 75 Worcstr &"1 Leiestr &Nth 83' 4/. 36 Birming. j 78 2/. 42 Lougliborogh 142. 70/. 530 ill Tilts & Bike 67 11. - INSITIMANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Pric . Annum. Share. --- ' .Z s. d. X s. d. Albion .• --.••• • • •• 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 - ',. Atlas ... .. .. ..... .. . • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14 ' British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 6% ' Oleriel,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 22 Jounty .............. 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle 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. - F 7 eemasons' .-•• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 4:'obe ......... •••• • • • 6/. per cent. Stock. - 128 Guardian ....... ••• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47% imperial Fire .... •• .. Gl. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 226 imperial Life --•• • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Eademnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Life.. • . - ,egal and General Life - 5(1 0 0 2 0 0 - ..andon Fire •.•• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 London Ship ..•• • • • • 10$. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Marine - ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 9% Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Yational Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 National Life......... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - 'alladiuni Life. • ..... . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd 'ficenix .. - - - 'rutector Life.... ... 5/. par cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s. 'rovidentLife ••- . . -1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0.0 - lock Life.. • • ........ 4s. 5- 0 0 010 0' 4% loyal Exchange ...... 5/. per cent. Stock. - 180 ion Fire. - _ - Ditto Life . - e- Universal 6s. - --.: Universal Life • • lONi. pr cnt 10 0 0 6 15 x ____.. d . 11000X0 s o . dot, 115603 LIST Or SCOTIVISIE COMPANXES' przzcz S. Dividend Ju n o l- unt Paid. Price. Name of CompanY• per Share. Annum. --- Bank of Scotland • • . • • Royal Bank of Scotland 61. p cent. - 100 0 0 200 ----- 61. p:r r :Z.. - 100 0 0 159 Commercial Bank • • • • L per cent. - 10 0 0 13/.13s British Linen CornPstnY National Bank • ..... • • 7%1. pr sent. - 50 6 0 90% Union Bank of Scotland - 81 / . per cent. 50 0 0 81 50 0 83i North of Scotland Ban. f4 , :i r • cent. t. ..... 10 0 0 12% Clydesdale Bank • • • • • 51per cent - 10 0 0 111.14 s Western Bank ...... • • Bank •••• • • - . cent. Eastern 6l. 6 6 1 1 . . per cent. - ed 2 10 0 41 . 9 s Edinb &Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 61. lOs o y f n sg . oawnk ..... 7% 1 . pr cent. - Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 121.128 • Ins. 1. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 225. Od Caledonian 13 ns. S co ttish Union Co.. Hercules Insurance Co. 7 1 . per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 2 % fnsur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% north Itritish Incur... 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 i Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent.,loo 0 0 10 0 0 22% F .di n b u rgh Life Insur. 6 /. per cant. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 3 Ed i„ . sy Giasg. Railway 11.108. pers. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69% i Ditto, 14 Shares •• .. 78. 6d. p. 3. 12 10 0 All paid. 16 i.. Edin., Leith, & Grautn - 20 0 0 .10 0 0 261 q Lila w & Ayraliir Rai l . 7/. p er cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61 N - hu s e r l w & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18 1 ,;,f,,.. w & Gurnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39% t I •uni,ee&Arbi oth Rail. 61. percent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37 i -4.indard LiteAssornee.l 51. per cent. 150 0012 10 0 9 ------. --W. DiviATEßucl-VlA(Moo:unt . Pail--. Price. t 1 N.inie of Company. per Annum. Skare. 1 f fast London 00 0 0 - - P 3/ grand Junction 5/. 102 3 . 1 p. r cnt. 11( 6 0 3 00 12 00 9 00 / ----• 90 8' 4 7 '' '' ' ' , 1 x t 1- ;i a l 1 1 . 1 14 • 1 ie • s • e • x • :•• : • : - it 15n el Price. ben proposed for an amalgamation with the Great V.estern Rail my Comnany. rpqnireo tit., v 4 Ilk: I .;e Wo;verhearipton Railway. In pursuance of this, a meet ing was called, whichtook place on the 30th October. ; At this meeting one Gentleman, and one alone, ob . jeeted to the proposition submitted, though he made no amendment, and the resolution for an amalge ; cation was unanimously carried, giving directions to the dir- ctors of the company forthwith to enter into 1 negotiations web the Great Western on the subject. An agreement with that company was the result, and a meeting was announced for the -ftit of December to ratify that agreement. In the meantime an offer bad been made by the London and North-Western Company to the of that where the Great Western Railway Company only proposed to give 101, the London and Norelt Neste in offered 151. The directors, however, telt 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 fauouralle to the London and North-Western Company. The panics purchased shares which were subject to all the liabilities and contingencies to which the shares in other lines were liable. He should, therefore, feel it his duty to.oppose the motion.—(Loud cries of " Divide" " Order," an d great uproar.) , Mr. BERNAL rose amidst great demonstrations of impatience on the part of the House. He said it was net 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 ?—(llear, 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 'rouse to destroy that opinion. If , this were done would that tribunal be respected either by themselves or by the eountry 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 Hon. 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 follow that such was the 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. Lore] ROLERT GROSVENOR said, that if the House would hear him, he had something to propose which he thought was worthy of its attention. His pro position was, the t all those Members who had a pecuni ,try 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 and Laughter.) After a few words from Mr. R.. D. MANGLES and Capt...ite LIAYTER, who declared their intention to vote according to the dictates of their own consciences, Mr. MUNTZ complained that his name bad fre quently been taken in vain, for, the real truth was, he aid not hold a share in any railway. The town, how ever, which he represented was particularly anxious that this reilway should pass as a 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 mit tee on this Bill. The house then divided when there appeared, For the amendment 62 Against it Majority for the Bill —ls2 The re port was then agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVRNING LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18. JOINT-STOCH BANKS. Sarre of Company, • tustralasla .......... aritsh N orth American - ,'ommercial of London 3olonial.. .......... Loiidu and Westininstr . 1 ...0nd0n Joint-Stock Ketropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New. National of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New... Union of Australia.... Union of London. .. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. I Price DOCHS. Name of Company, Dividend per Annum: Amount 1 of I Paid. Share. 1 I Comm 4 s. d. 4 s. d.ercial •••.• • . • • : 3/. per cent. Stock. 1 Eaat and West Indi a...' 61. pr cent, Stock. East Country ... ••• • . 11. per sh. , 100 0 0 I Driclon ••••••. • • • • • • ' 51. pr cent. ; Stock. St. Katharine ••.•• • • • 5 per cent. , Stock. —.. Southampton ...... 21, per cent. 150 0050 0 0 THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS• —in order' to , .t. , • , :I the t,tate the growing crops, we have recuntV made very extensive tours throughout this entire district, and find that in the north clays the crops was nerer recollected to have a more promising appearance. At Grove, Treswell, Rarer 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 sp:rY, 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 of this. In April the stems seemed to lower to the ground, and this has enabled the plant to stool in a remarkable de gree, se that no tear 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 earn and commons of Gringley, Ever ton, Misternn, and Misson, there may ultimately be .a superabundance of straw, w hi c h may prove a drawb eeL to the general crop, s h ou ld th e f orc i ng weather contcontinueas at the present ti me . O n t h e f ores t lands, we bea m some time back that the pl an t was som ewhat thin on the extremely light soils ; but our recent visit enables us to state that a finer prospect never presented itself. Eat west, north, and s ou th th e eye is gratified with the mos luxuriant crops ; an d, we say it without fear of contra' diction, that a spring so promising of plenty of food for. man and for beast ha s no t b een w it n essed for sev eral years. Within the last few days such a stimulus bas been given to all descriptions of growing crops, an d su i c ; t a change has been eff ec t e d i n th e f ace o f nature, tbs' • may truly be said " the clouds drop fatness." BARLEY.—The long-continued and somewhat eve tremely severe winter prot rac t e d th e commen ceme nt e spring sowing to a somew h at l a t er p er iod than us ual ' but such was not with ou t th e mos t b en eficial influence! upon the state of th e so il. Th e lengthened frost we bad experienced c n n pl e t e ly p u l ver i se d the soil, and a fit , dry weather setti ng i n , t h e b ar l ey wen t in in capital condition, condition, and finding a dry bed and a loamy soil, ht sufficient troisture in the sub-soil, it was remarked ths" no sooner was the *seed deposited than the blade was visible ; and this very circumstance, in the view of a practical farmer, augured well for the future wellebelng of the plant. Subsequently we had a succession of frosts. which it was greatly feared would damage the r un e l plant. This, however, it did no t d o ; but on many of the lighter soils, the hurricanes of wind towards the en of the mo n th had a more d evas t at i ng e ff ec t. Being °Wf felt here and there, its baneful influence cannot be very extensive. Our accou n t s f rom a ll parts now speak (l the prosperous state o f th e grow i ng crops ; t h e land is well covered in, and thus the moisture will be presett: iii the soil, es hich last season w as abstracted before eee plant could cover the surface. A large crop is therefore now reasonably anticipated. OATs.—Many of the remarks made relative to the barley crop, are equally applicabl to this description et, grain. Soon after the bl a d e ma d e it s a pp e arance abov e ground, it was asserted that o n man y o f the soils wm had recently broken up the wire-worm was perfortn ie h t its unhallowed functions, much to the a nnoyance of t farmer and the detriment of the crops. The rain, 10 '5 ever, .coraing on most opportunely has had the effect. _ stopping the ravages of this destructive insect, and r 1 complaints are now heard of its causing further misch% The plant generally looks healthy and strong, but ts breadth occupied with this description of grain in thle district is more circumscribed than usual, its place helot occupied by a more extensive growth of wheat. , BEANS.—It is sev era l years since our north clay farmers have reaped wh a t may be called an everag e er g of beans, a n d th e f a il ure is now startlingly a pp arent ?..1 the great paucity o f t h ose now b roug h t to market. 1 r : our rambles we h ere an d t h ere see a s traggling s tae bat these are exce e di ng ly t hi n ly s t rew ed, and we be lieve fl the stock in th e h an d s o f t h e f armers to be very salt; indeed. A better prospect now lies before th em, plant everywher e having come up most regularly, con' trary to general anticipation. In addition to thi s, I !_f. rank and gross, and of a capital colour ; and the ins petus it has received from the late rains is almost Prd belief. In the strong clays at Rampton, Treswell, ► the Wheatleys, thi s is pre-eminently the case, tho:_eu should the season f or bl oom i ng prove favourable , never was a prospect of a more abundant produce. PEAS.—These are not extensively grown in this iT, mediate locality, b u t t h ose cro p s we have seen are 0 1,1 1 ; promising with any other. The colour is good, a nd ine stamina of the plant as stro ng as the most sa n g ° agriculturist could reasonably desire. 011th GRASS.—At the commencement of the present in _ it was affirmed that such was the backward state of the pastures and other grass lands, that there would be.:. grass for the cattle at Old May-day; but wi nature effected since then? Why, that the fieldsree; now covered with verdure, and in a few more days g r . will be most abundant. Everywhere it is highly wising, but on the Warmer soils it is more than or narily so. On some of the higher and colder soils, as about Grove, it is later, but even here the beneficial change of weather is fast taking effect. POTATOES.—If we may judge from what has already happened in Ireland, and the want which has been experienced in our own country from the partial failure of this valuable edible Tor 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• antes and future prospects. At present it would be pre. mature to offer any decided opinion upon the subjeet. 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.. r 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. HOPS.—It was exceedingly late before the bines made .their appearance above the surface this spring, and even 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 ape pearanee of having been scathed with fire. This state of things was followed by another of more serious im port—via , the appearance of the flea in considerable numbers, which produced immense mischief. Till s , species of insect generally appears in the early part el the year, when the nights are cold and frosty and the days hot and dry, and this was especially the case two or three weeks ago. The insect on the occasion of which we are speaking actually eat off the tender tops as fast as they came to the surface, and left the rest of the bine in the most shattered condition imaginable. During 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.—Aottingharn Journal. +,i Nottiag- STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, 1 ~. • 28s. 9 d. ' l ' RAILWAY SHARE MAY RE 17. STOCK ham,:and Boston, 30s. n. dis.—East Lancashire, . s _....... —Ditto, New, 1% die.—Ditto, New (scrip), 9d. di s• East and West Yorkshire, 38s. Gd. n. dis.—Great Northern._, Wakefield, and ee p d r s ef a er n e d ne D e e , w l s s b . ur 9 y d ,. 1 p 0 . 5 .... , d L is. ee — ds Leeds and Thirsa 52 M :834 i s i d a Di n s d .i—t , t 19s. 6d. dis.—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 51 5 / B —Ditto, Fifteenths, is. p.—Malton and Driffield June" lion, 19s. n. dis.—Manchester an d L eeds, Fif t h s , 3 1 ,4:i Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extensio ns ) , par n.— Ditto, ''' Riding Union, par—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1 5 4 V' North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 1 3 s. 6d 4 . --a l n U ._ LL G , re lk a l Ditto, Extension (scrip), 2s. p.—North Staffordshire, 17a n' p.—North-Western, 395. dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncast er, and Goole, 12s. 6d. dis. ham, and Boston, 245. } STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Amber ate, Notting' ' t &Y No l r 7 t . hern, 2 and ' Leeds West Riding Union, 2s. 6d. p.— l lsTorth an irr ieetilebr ' Quarters, 798.—York andNeweaatle,_Preference, 2 3 ,4 P• EDINBURGH, MAY 15. News STOCK EXCHANGE. —Th e sales are— Caledonian, , 395. 6d.—E as t L ot hi an Central, 40s.— Edinburgh and Glsci gow, 69—Edinburgh, L e i t h , and Granton, Quarters, lls• —Edinburgh and No r th ern , New, 628.—Ditto, Newport, New, 38s. 6 d.—Edinburgh and Perth 358.—Glasgovi , D u . . rn b . * fries, and Carlisle, s—Great Northern', 50s.—North Halves, 14% ex int.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 15 s . 91 Ditto, Thirds, 50s. GLASGOW, MAY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—C a l e d on ian, 23 .5 . 111— Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 55s.—E ast I n di an , 2s. r-sr.-- Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 36s.—Glasgow, —Ditto, IC I nock, and Ayr, 354—Ditto, Halves, No. I, gbh Halves, No. 2, 61. 6s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle , —Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 19s.—Manchester and South ampton, 10s. 6d.—North British, New Quarters (scrip), 165. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, May 17. Messengers brought up Bills from the House of Corn• MOW. 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 Berry 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 sortie voice more familiar to your Lordships' ears, and by sot" authority to which your Lordships were more scouts 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 bye numerous body of those who are directly interested, rn the fate of this m e asure, and who earnestly desn e its success. I must also state that lam ae 6 , ing at the earnest desire of a Noble Friend of mine, o_l whom I may say, as was said of certain great w e ! whose images were missed in the procession of theROW triumph, that with reference to this subject his absen t® from either House of Parliament makes him evesmore conspicuously present to the mind than if he wer e present in either.—(Hear, hear.) My Lords, originated t he mee t mee sures now proposed for your acceptance have,., lo in far different quarters than in the mind of one entitled to your Lordships' attention as myself. un,e_Y . n have originated in the crowded receptacles of buteen bour; they have been elaborated in the factory o,f_ alley, amid the whirl of machinery, and in thoseiFtt rows of lodging-houses which grow up around th e g 1 1 1 1 ; n e chimneys of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Th i s .. l its root in the stern experience of the husband and tbe father. From this lowly, but lam sure in your Lord ships' view, not contemptible seed, the idea has ui own 4 tca upwards in the shape of such petitions as those have encumbered your Lordships' table. Men oz 4 1 • kdg;4o,,a THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1847.