The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-19 00:00:00

Benjamin Bowden, a private of the 14th Light Dra goons, who last week accidentally fell off the seat of a van and broke his leg, when being conveyed with oth.r soldiers to the invalid depot, essetnate Barracks, at Brotupton, and whose leg was amputated the same afternoon at the general hospital, died yesterday. The deceased come home from India by dn. ship Ellenborough, on the 11th instant, to be discharg, , d ou a pension after twenty -tour years' servitude. Ilia age is tor ty. four. SINGULAR CASE OF SUICIDE AT INGATESTONE. An inquest was held yesterday at Ingatestone before C. C. Lewis, E,q., coroner, on the body of Maria Gutts, who destroyed herself under the following circumstances as detailed in evidence:— John Gotts, of Ingatestone, deposed—Deceased was my daughter, a single woman, arid twei,ty-seven years of age- Last evening at six she sat down to tea with me at my house ; - she had poured the tea out and taken about half a cup herself, when she said, Mr. Rolfe and Mr. Tweed would come in to me and tell me she was drunk- I told her not to mind that, I would not believe a word about it ; then she took the knife off the table and cut herself immediately. I did not see her take the knife off the table; I saw blood running from her throat, and I went for assistance. I first found John Lilting stone, who returned with me to the house. We found her lying in the passage against the pantry upon her face, and still bleeding from the throat. I then went a* a.Y, and she died. about eight the same evening. John Lillingstone went off directly for medical assistance ; Mr. Lewis returned with him. Deceased had not been right in her head for this week past or more ; she was addicted to drinking at times, which no doubt affected her mind. Deceased's mother was not right in her mind, and was once in confinement on that account. John Lillingstone, of Ingatestone, malster, stated:— I live next door to where deceased lived, and had known her about seven years and frequently saw her. I was called to her last evening between six and seven, by her father, who came to me with a knife in his hand and said his daughter bad cut her throat. He asked me to go to her, and I went directly; I found her lying on the bricks by the back door leading into the ard. She lay bleeding from the throat. I did not touch her, but went Off immediately for the doctor. I left a man of the rl itnie of Upson and her father with her. I returned to her in about eight minutes with Mr. Lewis; when I got back she lay as I had left her ; Mr. Lewis and myself then lifted her up, and I saw her throat was cut ; both her hands were all over blood. She always appeared to me to be right in her mind. I had not seen her since last Wednesday or Thursday, when I spoke to her, and she seemed very well in health and spirits. The knife her father had in his hand when he came was not the one she had used; but when I first went to her I saw one lying in the middle of the passage cevered with blood ; the knife produced is the one I believe I saw, but it was then covered with fresh blood. Richard Lewis, of Ingatestone, surgeon, stated—l was Villed to deceased between six and seven last evening 4 found h er lyi ng i n t h e passage on h er f ace near t h e , wick door. I lifted her up, and found her throat was C ut. There was one wound through the larynx, but there 11 ,..PPeared t o h ave b een t wo gas h es . I b oun d th e ; woun d :I ) * and she died in about an hour and a half atter I got to her, from the effects of the would. She was sensible, but could not speak. I told her there was no chance of tter r ecovery. I asked her if she bad done it herself, if she had to put up her fingers, and it she had not to keep ;rll still ; s h e put up one or two fi ngers. I t h en sa id, I think You must have done it more than once ; if so, to nt up one or two fingers; she then put up two fingers and wards„.!.er three. I found a bible open in her bed-room, Vtb pin in a certain verse. I asked her if she had re .a reading it to day, and whether she had put the pin tlllf.so to hold up her finger. There were several other e a s ~lo different parts of the Bible, and by signs from an l : l 4 found she had put them in. I had attended her attended her was some time ago, but she was then in a ,2_,excited tate. I should not say she was of unsound iru , but she was very odd in her manner. When I got to her I saw both her hands covered with blood. 13ible was open at Isaiah, a pin against the Ist and ,`Jdu pleo verses o f t h e last chapter ; other p i ns i n J eremia h , ee.t 4 th ve r, 23d and 24th verses ; 31st chapter, 3rd and Tilt and 34th and 35th verses. Char lotte,b oure wife of James Tweed, of Ingatestone, la bourer deposed :—I had known deceased about eight and frequ en tly saw h er . I saw h er yesterday .Tilg about ele ven . H er f at h er as k e d me to go an d 8„, to her ;h e sa id s h e was not we l l. I went di rect l y kit e ' I went up s t a i rs , and she followed me from the l ooe m e ll in her night-dress. She told me to go down and stt th e p i cture of our Saviour hanging over the fire, „liotwhat her h our was come and she must go. I said, said i t ea u You be so wicked as t o t a lk like th a t ?" She Ra i d „was no wickedness at all, it was the truth ; she the picture, and hear what he says to I h er was at thi s t i me stan di ng b y t h e p i cture w i t h umo :B_hee°Bl4aie to d," Don't you hear him call me now?—my a / tit Z ir. u us t I san t eci t t th h e e nl y about i 8 come, and it is of no use y o ur saying anything awoke me up in the night, and told me win aet go, and g o I must, and if you go up stairs you there." I went up, she stood on the W ks afraid was afraid to go into the room ; she said she don' t You ; she said, " There is something on the bed 2):ie to l e se e it?" I said there was nothing, and she told then s ee r„ r aY hand on the top of the bed, which Idid; she per t o go tu tl aatisfied, and went into the room. I then asked Tautly f or P r aYers with me, and so she did; she prayed tit tweet i ,t,quarter of an hour. I remained with her she said A h' "'"llutea and then lefeler ; before I did so was eleve n y ete ...„ in trouble. This was about half-past I had s eer , i ," l °Y morning, and I did not see her again. her m i na - ..er several times as if she was quite out of her mi n -3' Many times I had said she was not right in wou ru, and I had several times heard her say she cut her throat ; she prayed to God to forgive her, and that she might not have to go , she said she would do all she could to be saved. The coroner having commented upon the evidence, the Jury (one dissenting) returned a verdict to the effect that deceased destroyed herself whilst labouring under tem porary derangement.—Essex Herald. Ilzi MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Earl and Countess Howe, the Viscountess Falkland, the Marchioness of Ormonde, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, and the Hon. Captain Somerset, honoured the performances of Her Majesty's Theatre yester day evening with her presence. His Royal Hi g h ness Prince George was also amongst the company. In the Queen's box were Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley and the_, Honourable Miss St an l e y, Honourable Miss Lyt .'lton, Lord Charles Fitzroy, an . dHon. Mr. Fortescue. There W, ere also present—the Prince Louis Napoleon, his Excel 'enCy the Austrian Ambassador, his Excellency the Hano. V n erian Minister, the B aroness B r u n now and Mademoiselle M adame de Lechner, the Minister Plenipotentiary from Peru and , Yturegui, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the D uchess of Leinster ar,d Lady Jane Fitzgerald, the Duchess D owager of Cleveland, the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of b` tltttley, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marchioness of "eatrneath, the Marquis of Blandford, the Countess Dew e!' of Morley, the Earl and Countess of Morley and Lady l i e len Douglas, the Countess of Powis and Lady Lucy %nen, the Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power, l of Falmouth, the Earl of Lonsdale, Viscount Go me cleric Viscount and Viscountess Maidstone, Viscount So kttasten, Viscount Canterbury, Lord Fitzroy Somerset and e ars S ornerast, Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lord Ls t i,:. , '. Lord H ea dly, L or d A. G. L ennox , L a dy C o lb orn e, eler‘. Ross, Lord Brougham, Lord Aylmer, Lord A. Fitz tou .e 2Lord Cranstoun, Lord W. Graham, Lady W. Comp- NM Gardner, Lady and Miss Dleux, Sir E. Butler. Sir toton.—Zehby, Sir A. Woodford, M. C. de Koudriaffsky, Burgh , er e al Lygon, Captain Meynell, R.N., Mr. Hubert de 0 . Morgan, M.P., Mr. Parnth er , M r . H. G rev ill e , L 4( 1 3 , kris. B. Sh er id an , Si r S trat f or d and Lady C ann i ng, c ur ge lleY, Hon. F. Leviso n H on . G enera l U pton, H on. 11 at e _ ze n, Sir George Wombwell, C a pt a i n M art i n , M r. ,tto kp ee e c. R aj :AL ITALI AN O PERA , C OVENT -GARDEN.---Her Shawn 7 , his Royal Highn ess P r i nce Alb ert, her Royal the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Eie ren "l'Lef Cambridge and the Princess nd his ) „. 15 Lighness the Prince of Leiningen n o nhred ho kil. a4 a ltalian Opera last night with their presence. Her u "sLY Was att en d e d b y Vi scountess Canning, Lady e o ftists Bruce, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Honourable Phipps, and the Hon. Captain Gordon. Her Royal fleas the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary e attended by B aroness H ammerste i n, B aron Knese ,and Captain Mildmay. There were also present : The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of A bercorn, the Marquis of Douro, the Marquis of Donegal, arl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Cadogan and the Cadogan, the Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of ,alanster, Earl Bruce, Viscount and Viscountess Castlereagh, ~viscount and Viscountess Newport, Viscount Cantalupe, Zlacount Exmouth, Viscount Dupplin, the Baroness Wil ughby D'Eresby, Lord and Lady Carrington, Lord and ' L CY Petre, Lord W. Beresford, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Zilliam Poulett, Lady Blanche Somerset, Lord George &Inners, Baroness de Goldsmid, the Hon. Miss Foley, Hon. '-,P• Willoughby, Hon. G era ld Dill o n a n d th e H o n. Miss I D. Willoughby, Hon. Mrs. Bathu rs t, H on . C o l one l C a th car t, H on . M. Anson, Hon. Miss Maynard, Hon. Arthur Upton, Sir mWebb, Sir William and Lady de Bathe, Sir John and , Campbell, Sir Willi am Abd y, Si r Bellingham and Ladyo! Graham, Si r J asper and Lady Atkinson, Lady Scott, 2n y Arabella Ratnsden, Sir Thom as H are , Si r Mi chael Menaa Stuart, Sir J o h n Fif e, S ir Charles Marshall, Sir H. BH, Mr. Wm. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., enry Baring, M.P., Mi ss B urdett Coutts, Mr. H. T. Bath Dlr. Horseley Palm er , G enera l W olfe, Captain de , Lady Jodrell, Lady Whichcote, the Hon. Captain Milks, Ste. MAJOR-GENERAL SIB, HARRY SMITH, G.C.8.-- The grand military banquet to this distinguished officer Wall, as already stated, take place on Thursday next, at Rooms, when upwards of 150 officers of the Light „D ivision are ex p e cted to m ee t th e G a ll ant Hero of Aliwal. There will be a strong assembly of old officers of the 43d Zd 62d Regiments of Foot, with which Sir H arr y w i tnessed 2 d u le cf his early dangers, as also of the Rifle Brigade of the ra ,,l'attalion of which Sir Harry is now the Colonel-Com ejnil,,dant• Several of the officers of the 16th Lancers, te rral returned from India, will also take part in the /esti lant °This during it will be recollected, served with the Gal °me Meer the Sutlej campaign. Among the list of ar e ,r B who have signified their intention of being present R e a , dle Duke of Richmond, formerly of the 52d Fe, t, the Ge n rci r 4is Ailsa, late Aide-de-Camp to the Governor con:tnaalnl India ; Lieut.-General A. F. Barnard, Colonel- General ant of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade; Lieut.- rormerly th 16th Lancers; eS*Rities Hercules Pakenham, Colonel of the 43d Foot, al Artillery ; ; Lieut.-Colonel Macdonald, of the General Sir H ir George Houlton, of the 43d Foot; Ali:jor- Macdonald, R ov ugh R es, Royal Artillery • Major-General Jo celyn, late " Major- General ' Ewan ; Viscount I3le . the Rifles; Major-General Brown, Lord Is7n Y g n p ek e. .Leech, Sir Andrew Hay, the Hon. G. hobrloitkheerh.to Chatham, who S ir Harry is not, perhaps, be generally known, that Major ' Smith, Barrack-Master at to the Peninsula and is brother, can boast of having served m embers of the during the Waterloo campaign; The grand Junior United Service Club purpcse giving entertainment to ensuing,.„ month , the Gallant General early iu the ,hate Robert Williams la tle, o f l, Esq., banker, of Birchin - the Dorche ster alnounting to 80 00 Old Bank, has left personalty fr" of d uty, toOL, and by his will has bequeathed 1,0001., 1604 to Mrs. G the Dorset Comity Hospital; an annuity of tta bghter • erard, a tritud of tut 10,UtJui. to 111 A hi 3 e , and the r es i du e re al. state, of his petsonalty, together with ve- • his leaves up to son, Robert Williams, Esq.,. MAC eZecuto r. 1 a PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, iIAY 18. BIRMINGHAM AN OXFORD JUNCTION, AND BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUD- LEY RAILWAYS AMALGAMATION BILL. Report considered; Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Amendments made by the Committee to the Bill be new read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the Ques tion, in order to add the words " Bill be re-committed to the former Committee, with an instruction to hear the petition of Sir Harry Verney and others, and the petitions of other shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway against the Bill," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, .214. Arland, Sir T. Fox, S. L. O'Brien, C. Adare, Viscount Fuller, A. E. O'Connell, M. J. Alford, Viscount Gardner, J. D. Ogle, S. C. Allix, J. P. Gaskell, J. Al. - Ord, W. Antrubus, Edmund Gill, Thomas Osborne, Ralph Arkwright, G. Gore, Montague Owen, Sir John Armstrong, Sir A. Gore, W. R. 0. Pakington, Sir J. S. Bagot, William Gore, Robert Palmer, R. Bailey, Jcseph Goring, Charles Pattison ' James Baillie, Col. Graham, Sir James Pk:ellen, Captain Baillie, li. - J. Greene Thomas Peel, Sir Robert Bailie, Walter I.lale,R. B. - Pendarves, Edward Baldwin, Barry Hallyburton, Lord Pennant, Colonel BLlfour, J. M. Halsey, T. P. Philips, G. R. Baring, Henry Hamilton, W. J. Philpotts, John Baring F. T. Hampden, Renn Plumptre , J. P. Barnard, E. G. Hamner, Sir J. Pollington, Viscount Barrington, Viscount Harcourt, G. G. Frotheroe, Edward Believe, h. M. Hatton, Captain V. Rashleigh, William Benne., Philip Hawes, B. Rice, E. R. Berkeley, Craven Hayter, W. G. Rich, Henry Blackstone, W. S. Heathcoat, John Richards, Richard Bodkin, William H. Heatlicote, Sir W. Roadlly, John Boldero, H. G. Hodgson, F. Russell, C. Bowles, Admiral Holland, Robert Russell, J. D. Bowring, Dr. Hope, Sir J. Rutherfurd, A. Bramston, T. W Hoskins, K. Sanderson, It. Brondwood, H. Howard, J. K. Scrope, G. F. Bruce, Lord E. Howard, P. H. Shaw, F. Buck, L. W. Howard, Henry Shell, R. L. Buller, Charles Hume, Joseph Sheppard, T. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hussey, T. Sheridan, R. B. Busfeild, W. Hutt, William Smith, Vernon Callaghan, D. lngestre, Visct. Smollett, A. Carew, R. S. Inglis, Sir R. Somers, J. P. Carew, W. I'. James, William Somerset, Lord G. Castlereagh, Visc. James, Sir W. C. Sotheron, T. H. Cayley, Edward S. Kemble, Henry Stansfleld, W. R. C. Chelsea, Vise. Langston, J. H. Stanton, W. H. Chichester, Lord J. Layard, Major Stuart, Lord J. Christie, W. D. Le 31archant, Sr D. Stuart, Henry Chute, W. L. W. Liddell, Hon. H. T. Stuart, J. Clay, Sir W. Lincoln, Earl of Strickland, Sir G. Clerk Sir G. Lowther, Hon. Col. Strait, Edward Clifton, J.T. Lygon, General Talbot, C. R. Codrington,.Sir W. Mackenzie, W. F. Tomline, George Collett, John Macnamara, Major Traill, George Colvile, C. R. M'Carthy, Alex. Trelawny, J. S. Courtenay, Lord M'Neill, Duncan Trotter, John Cripps, William 31`Taggart, Sir J. Troubridge, Sir E. Curteis, H. B. Mainwaring, T. Tuthell, H. Dalrymple, Captain Maitland, Thomas Turner, Edmund Davies, D. A. Manners,:Lord J. Verner, Sir W. Deedes, W. Mastennan, J. Villiers, Charles Denison, W. J. Maxwell, lion. J. P. Villiers, Viscount Denison, J. E. Meynell, Captain Vivian, J. H. Dennistoun, John Miles, P. W. S. Vivian, J. E. D'Eynceurt, C. T. Miles, William Vivian, Capt. Disraeli, B. Mitchell, T. A. Warburton, H. Divett, E. Moffatt, George Wawn, J T. Dodd, George Molesworth, Sir W. Welby, G. E. Drummond, H. Morgan, 0. Williams, IV. Duckworth, Sir J. Morpeth, Viscount Williams, T. P. Duncan, George Morris, David Winnington, Sir T. buncombe, 0. Muntz, G F. Worcester, Marquis Dundas, Admiral Neold, Joseph Wortley, J. S. Du Pre, C. G. Neville, Ralph Wyse, Thomas Easthope, SiraJ. liewport,:Viset. Yorke, H. R. Estcourt, T. G. Newry, Viscount Fielden, John Norreys, Lord TELLERS. Finch, G. Norreys, Sir D. Goulburn, Henry Fioyer, John Northland, Viscount Buller, Edward Forster, Matthew O'Brien, A. Staflord MINORITY-NOES, 62. Ackers, James Escott, Bickham Lockhart, W. Ainsworth Peter Etwall, Ralph Lowther , S lr, . J. Anson, Colonel Farnham, E. Mackenzie, T. Bell, Matthew Feilden, Sir W. Mangles, R.D. Beresforcl, Major Forbes, W. Manic, Fox Bouverie, E. P. Forester, G. C. Packe, C. W. Brotherton, Joseph Gishorne, Thomas Fagot, Colonel Brown, W. Godson,flichard Polhill, F. Cavendish, G. H. Grosvenor, Earl • Ricardo, J. L. Chaplin, W. J. Bostic, Archibald Russell, Lord E. Collett, W. R. Hay, Sir A. Scott, Robert Collins, William Hinde,,T. H. Scott, F. Conyngham, Lord A. Hodgson, Richard Trollope, Sir J. Copeland, Alderman Houldsworth, T. Vyse, H. Currie, R. Howard, E. G. Walker, Richard Dickinson, F. H. Hudson, George Wall, C. B. Duke, Sir J. Hughes, W. B; Walsh, Sir J. B. Duncombe, T. Ilumithcry, Ald. - Wilshere, W. buncombe, A. Johnstone, Sir J. Egerton, W. T. Johnstone, Hope TELLERS. Ellice, Edward Lawson, Andrew Thesiger, Sir F. EntiNislc, William Lindsay, Colonel Douglas, Sir C. E. ARMY ENLISTMENT BILL. (On the question of Limitation of Service.) HOUSE OF LORDS.—MAY 18. CONTENT. DUKES. BARLS. BARONS. Bedford i Fingall Bruce Norfolk Fitzvrilliam Byron Wellington Grey Camoys MARQUISES. Shaftesbury Campbell' Anglesey Suffolk . Cottenham Headfort Verulam Erskine Zctland Foley Clanricarde Wicklow Montfort EARLS. Galloway Monteagle, of Bran- Auckland don Burlington VISCOUNT. Mostyn Falkland Camperdown Strafford Chichester manors. Leigh Clarendon St. Asaph Churchill Devon Peterborough Beaumont NON-CONTENT. 111710 ES. EARLS. Bolton Beaufort Mountcashell Boston Cleveland Ranfurly Clancarty Newcastle Rosse Colchester MARQUIS. Eglintoun Colville Downshire Longford De Ros • LAZZA. Romney Kenyon Brooke& Warwicke Ellenborough Redesdale Cardigan VIISCOUNT. Sondes Desert Combermere Southampton Hardwieke EAmoris. Stanley Lucan Blayney Forester PAIRS. Earl Malmesbury Lord Wrottesley Lord Willoughby d'Eresby Earl of Leicester Earl of Tankerville Marquis of Con yngham Earl of Charieville Earl of Granville Earl of Orkney Earl Fitzhardinge Lord De Lisle Lord Crewe Earl of Orf rd Earl of aefton Duke of Richmond Earl of Yarborough Earl of Winchilsea Earl Dade Lord Templemore Marquis of Lansdowne Viscount Lake Bishop of Durham Bishop of Lincoln Marquis of Ailsa Viscount =den Earl of Munster Lord Denman Lord Wynford Lord ileytesbury Lord Howard de Walden Earl of Somers Bishop of lferefbrd Lord Killllaird Enrl Digby Earl Stradbrooke Viscount Melbourne Viscount Canterbury Lord Beauvale Duke of Manchester Lord Colborne Earl of Sheffield Lord Glenelg Marquis of Exeter Lord Lilford Earl Delawarr Marquis of Northampton Viscount Strangford Earl Waidegrave Earl of Eldon Lord Sudeley Lord Ashburton Earl of Rosebery Marquis of Ailesbury Bishop of Salisbury Duke of Montrose Earl of Ripon Marquis of Winchester Marquis Camden Earl of Kinnoul Earl Morley Earl Leven Earl Spencer Viscount Beresford Earl of Effingham Lord Saltoun , Lord.Vlviaa . . Earl of Lonsclale Lord Hatherton Viscount Sydney 31 arqu•s of Westminster ":7? Lord Walsingham Lord Wharncliffe COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Thurs day) afternoon at Buckingham Palace. ' The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback yes terday,colone l t a h t e t d Ho e n d . C b . y ß. t hpeli Phipps, n h d l i C s s a p S t t a a i n a l ley, the L H i e o u e t . e A n a . n i l Gordon. I e e s3 r t Royal,jesteHrdiagy.hness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Maj i audience of the ibsertßovyisatiteHd Highness e P ss au w l's as Ca on:lin:Lee Prince of Wales, the Princess Lord Marcus Queen Hill , yesterday Comptroller a of f ß t u h e e k Household,nßuckingham Palace. ha d a n i Ar ei ll it.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. A. H. Gordon. p t at tendedhhTeHi d ph i r p s e a a o r Ry yesterdaynYo Viscount li CasHighness ui g tina h git n hn a c e f n t t s ie e h s i s r fes P d n eHe o r sn o i Royal, and the Princess Helena took airings yesterday in the n Royal Royal pn open pleasure-grounds. eg g by au the n d s* Their Prince Alfred, an d th e P r i ncess Alice, Dowager Lady Lytt e lt on , t oo k an and four yesterd a y. airingaccompaniedia e a sue- Highnessesarr carnage and Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, honoured the Royal Italian Opera House with their presence yesterday evening. Th e R oya l su ite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Honourable A. H. Gordon. Iler Royal Highnesi the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Baroness de Speth, also honoured the performance with her presence. The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Countess of Charlernont as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. The Mar quis of Ormonde has succeeded Lord Waterpark as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty; and Sir Frederic Stovin has suc ceeded Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left his re sidence at Kew yesterday for the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy- Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands Minister,trans acted business at the Foreign-office yesterday. Mr. W. P. Robertson, Consul-General of the Ecuador, ht;d an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign. office. The Rev. Sir Henry Dukinfield, and Mr. John Buller, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Mountcashell, Lord John Chichester, M P., Sir Horace Seymour, M.P., Mr. David R. Ross, M.P., the Hon. George Handcoek, Mr. Alexander Shaft° Adair, and Mr. John M'Neill, had an in terview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A deputation, including Mr. Hudson, M.P., and Mr. G. Carr Gil n, had an interview with Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of the North American Provinces. Archdeacon Durham had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller• General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yes-. terday. EPSOM RACES TUESDAY.__ The Summer Meeting commenced yesterday with very in viting weather, and there being a similar series of engage ments to that which filled Mr. Dorir.g's " broad sheet" of last year, it may be calculated that the sport, unless the Plates should be less abundant in heats than usual, will be terminated not very far from twilight on Friday evening next. With respect to the importance of this meeting to the racing community, at any rate, there can scarcely be two opinions. Every one must allow it still stands preeminent over all other great racing assemblages, chiefly and perhaps solely, in consequence of the universal interest excited by the great events of the week—the Derby and the Oaks. The programme of yesterday's racing exhibited no very marked feature, scarcely any in fact to stimulate the public appetite, or to attract more than the passing attention of the betting men. This, we conceive, may be attributed to an iniudicious arrangement of the stakes. Had the Grand Stand Handicap been included in the first day's amusement, it would have "told" with the majority, and, as a consequence, the attendance would have been more numerous, and specu lation would have taken a wider range; but coming off as it does on Thursday, when the minds of betting men are distracted by the one great event that has just been decided, and by the other almost on the eve of being so, and when, moreover, the pure votaries of pleasure are recruiting themselves from a day of excitement and fatigue, we do not think we are asserting too much in saying that the money so liberally granted in the shape of a bonus is comparatively thrown away ; and that the strength of the " off " days, such as Tuesday and Thursday are, ought to be thrown into the former, in order to make a good solid com mencement. Enough, however, of mere matter of opinion. The sport afforded yesterday was upon the whole up to " par, and, touching the Woodcote Stakes, was vastly superior to any opening day on record, an entry of 31 horses having produced 15 starters; none of them, however, possessing such superior public pretensions as to mar the betting. The same can be said of the characters of the competitors for the Craven Stakes, a more ordinary lot than which could scarcely be seen in a race, which heretofore used to be witnessed with interest. With reference to transit from Landon to the course to-mor row (Wednesday), we advise these who start from London bridge by train direct to Epsom, to book themselves by the early express trains, for we are confident that the later trains, and particularly the ordinary ones, whether early or late, will, on account of the cheapness of their third-class carriages (3s. there and back), be incon veniently crowded, to predict nothing worse of them. The route by Nine Elms, though longer and dearer, may be found in the end shorter and cheaper. In terminating our notice of this first day's proceedings, we have merely to add, that the "select " more than averaged their usual numbers, and amongst them we observed the Duke of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox, Duke of Rut land, Marquis Exeter, Earls of Chesterfield, March, Granville, Strathmore; Lords Maidstone, G. Manners, H. Lennox, Burghley, B. Cecil, C. Fitzroy, Suffield, G. Lennox, G. Ben thick, W. Powlett, E. Russell; Count Batthyany ; Sirs C. Cockerill, W. W. Wynn, G. Heathcote •' Honourable H. Rous, G. Byng, Colonel Anson, H. Pitt, F. Villiers, H. For rester; General Charrittee ; Colonels Knox and Peel; Messrs. Greville, Payne, Shelley, Nevin, Fitzroy, Jaques, Bowes, Delme Ratcliffe, Graham, S. Stanley, J. Stanley, Batson, &c. In the afternoon an unfavourable change in the weather took place, and the wind shitted from south-west to almost the opposite quarter, and was accompanied with somewhat cold but not very heavy rain, which continued to the close of the racing at half-past five. Having on a former occasion spoken of the arrangements of the meeting, we have only to observe here that they were satisfactorily carried out, with one exception, viz., the time of starting, which was very badly kept. The racing commenced with— The Craven Stakes of 10 soya. each ; for three yrs old 6st 81b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b. The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. Mr. Mostyn's Crozier, 3 yrs .... . ........(Kitchener) 1 Mr. Greville's Spider, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Worley's IV intonia, 3 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr Os baldeston's Vice Consul, Mr. Osbaldeston's Giselle, Lord Glasgow's The Provost, Mr. S. Hawke's New Era, and Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam. DR. REID. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ventilation Office, House of Commons, May 18. 1847. Stn,—An extract from the Observer having been copied into your paper, according to which an impres sion is conveyed that I stated recently, at a lecture given by me at Willis's Rooms, that I was to commence an action against her Majesty's Ministry, allow me to state that I never used such words, nor any expressions that could be construed into such a meaning ; what I did say was, that Dr. Faraday having attributed to Mr. Barry the invention of plans which it is considered he never would have adverted to in the terms he used had he previously heard my side of the question as well as Mr. Barry's, I deemed it my duty to the cause I have ad vocated at the Houses of Parliament to reply to Dr. Faraday, particularly from the nature of the communi cations at present in progress between her Majesty's Government and myself. As to the nature of these, not one word was said, though I certainly stated the great injustice done to me by three referees, viz. :—Mr. Philip Bardwicke, Mr. George Stephenson, and Professor Thomas Graham, whom I challenge to meet me before any proper tribunal, to show cause why they retain a document which, when produced, will show that I was deprived of the ventilation of the House of Peers in consequence of an address to the Crown, moved on the consideration of a report which was founded on evidence not consistent with the facts of the case. Betting— 10 to 6 agst Crozier, 4 to 1 agst Spider, 5 to 1 agst New Era, and sto 1 agst Wintonia. New Era took the lead at starting, and, with Spider, Wintonia, and Bedlam in attendance, made play to the distance ; it was then taken up by Spider, who carried it on to the stand; Crozier, who laid off in the commencement of the race, and did not get through his horses until round the turn, here went up, headed him in a few strides, and won cleverly by a length. The same distance between the second and third. Run in 2 min. 16 sec. The Woodcote Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 aided, for two yrs old colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 31b. The second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. (31 Subs.) Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher Mr. Payne's Woodcraft . ..... Mr. Nevill's Dovor I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, D. B. REID. SALE OF THE METROPOLIS ROADS. •-•••• Yesterday the annual sale by auction of the metropolis roads, north of the Thames, took place before the Commissioners of Turnpike Roads, at their office, No. 2, Whitehall-place, the Earl of Lonsdale in the chair, when there was a full attendance of lessees, from all parts of the country. They were to be let from the let o f J u l y nex t, f or th e t erm of one year, subject to such conditions as the Commissioners produced at the meeting, one month being paid in advance of the rent of each lot, as a d epos i t. The following are the prices which the several lots fetched :—The Tyburn and Uxbridge-roads, put up at 8,5101., were sold for . 8,550/. ; the Kilburn and Edg• ware - roads, offered at 3,2631. 17e. 6d., bought for 3,273/. 179. 6d. , ; the Highgat e an d H amps t ea d- roa d s k noc k e d down for 17,5401. the sum asked was 17,5301., and one bar to be taken off; the City-road, th e pr i ce d eman d e d 3,0501., disposed of for 3,060/. ; the Hackney and Lea-bridge-roads purchased for 5,7201., an d 5,7101. was the sum named by the Commis sioners. The following were among the lots, but there was no offer for them :.....The Kensington, Brentford, and Isleworth roads, 16,1701., b e i ng the Commissioners' price ; the Stam ford-hill, upper a n d l ower division, the Green Lanes and Seven Sisters- roads, the sum proposed for them being 10,2001.; and the Harrow-road s , th e tolls of which the Noble Cha i rman said, in consequence of certain circumstances which had come under the notice of the Commissioners, would be re duced one-half, an d which were valued at 1,1101. ' The lots were bought by Mr. Levy, and the re was competition but for one of them. The following also started but were not placed Bateman's Bacchanalian, Count Batthyany's Eg - remont, Sir C. Cockerill's Brother to Auckland, Mr. Death's The Moor, Mr. Francis's Little Red Riding Hood, Mr. Godwin's Sis. to Dexterous, Mr. Gratwick's Awkward, Mr. E. Grif fith's Dinedor, Sir G. Heathcote's Bro. to Khorassan, Mr. M'Keller's f by Metal, out of Mrs. Beggs, Mr. Mostyn's Daughter of Toscar, and Mr. Worley's Caversham. Betting-6 to 4 agst Flatcatcher, 7 to 2 apt Dovor, 7 to 2 agst Woodcraft, 6 to 1 agst Daughter of Toscar, and 8 to 1 agst Dinedor. This was one of the hollowest races ever seen. The start a good one, all getting well off, but, in an instant, Awkward and Flatcatcher singled themselves out, and ran in company for about 300 yards. Flatcatcher then took a decided lead, went right away from his horses, and won in the commonest of canters, by three lengths; Wood craft second, beating Dovor by two lengths, the Moor and Little Red Riding Hood fourth and fifth. Run in one mi nute 17 seconds. The Manor Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 40 added; three yrs old, 6st 41b; four, Sit 71b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st 11b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b, the winner to be sold for 300 sous., andt he second to save his stake. Last ACCOUCHEMENT OP THE MARCHIONESS OF WOR CESTER.—We have great pleasure in announcing the safe ac couchement of the Marchioness of Worcester. Her Ladyship gave birth to a son at twenty minutes to one o'clock this morning; and we are happy in being enabled to add that both mother and infant are going on most favourably. TIM ARCHDUKE CONSTANTINE OF RUSSIA.—The arrival of his Imperial Highness the Archduke Constantine of Russia, who was expected to reach this country to-morrow, is delayed for a few days. At the date of the last advices received yesterday, his Imperial Highness was at Hanover, whence he intended to proceed to the Hague in a few days, and thence by way of Rotterdam to London. PREFERMENT.—IN e n rclnested to state that the Rev. W. a West, 8.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, and curate of Presteign, has been appointed to the Head Mader ship o f the Church of England bchool at Hackney. mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (7 Subs.) O'Brien's Emerald Isle, 3 yrs.. ..... --(Duncan) 1 1 Mr. C. Liley's Glory, 3 yrs Mr. Parr's Icicle, 4 yrs Mr. Balchin's Selina, (h b), 3 yrs ..............»......... 3 2 Count Bathyany's Master Stepney, 5 yrs Mr. G. Hobson's Binnacle, 4 yrs ..... Ist Heat—Betting— 6 to 4 agst Emerald Isle. 3 to 1 agst Icicle, 4to 1 agst Glory. Won by a length. 2d Heat-6 to 4 agst Emerald Isle, and 4 to 1 each agst Glory and Icicle. Won by a neck. The Hooton Stakes of 3 sots. each, with 30 added; for three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 120 sous. Heats. Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (5 Subs.) Mr. R. J. Shafto's Captain Pepper, 3 yrs...(Myers) 4 1 1 Mr. Minor's Carissima, 5 yrs .... . 1 2 2 Mr. Dawson's Bretwalda, 5 yrs Sir G. Heathcote's cby Caesar, out of Gipsyana,3 yrs 2 dr Mr. Drewitt's Clemanthe, 3 yrs First heat-6 to 4 agst Carissima, and 7to 4 agst Bret walda. Won by a length. Second heat —5 to 4on Carissima. Won by four lengths. Third heat-5 to 2on Captain Pepper. Won in a canter. it. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS FOR THE DERBY. TRAINER. JOCKEY. Lord E.Russell'allottingham—Smith E. Edwards. Mr. Ford's Clarendon Smith G. Edwards. Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin Blenkhorn Calloway. Lord Caledon's Wanota Wadlow Marlow. Mr. Mytton's Miles's Boy Wadlow Unknown. Lord Glasgow's Chainbearer Dilly Holmes. Lord Strathmore's Signet Messer Crouch. Mr. Meiklam's Deloraine ..... Dawson Unknown. - .. -- Mr. O'Brien's Liberator Dawson Cartwright.. Mr. Merry's Limestone .. J Anson S. Darling, jun. Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle Marson Boyce Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp Fobert J. Marson. Mr. Greville's Mermillo M. Dilly Nat. Lord Warwick's Aliwal ... Carr Wakefield. Sir G. Heathcote's Bellerophon, Sherwood Chapple. Mr. Lowther's The Admiral Rogers Bartholomew. Mr. Bowes's Epirote .. Colonel Anson's Bingham J. Scott Butler. Mr. S. Conway's Christopher (doubtful) J Scott W. Scott. Mr. Osbaldeston's c by Panta loon, out of Retort Warrener Mann. Mr. Irwin's Oxonian Forth Sly. Mr. Robertson's Good Coin.. Forth Unknown. Mr. Worley's Old Port Forth Robinson. Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham J. Day, jun. A. or S. Dly. Mr. Pedley's Cossack D. of Richmond's Red Hart Kent W. Abdule. D. of Richmond's Halo Kent W. Howlett. Mr. Mostyn'e Planet ... ....... Kent H. Bell. 'IITENIN G, MAY 19, 1847. Mr. Mostyn'sstys Gabbier... .. n Crozier Kent Cotton. • ' mr. Isio Kent ' Kitchener. Mr. Hyde's Will-o'- the-Wisp T. Peck Whitehouse. Mr. Sainsbury's Questionable Treen J. Sharpe. Capt. Deline ns Resolution Pettit. Mr.R.Buikeley's Montpensier C. Peck Bumby. Of the above, Christopher and Miltti's Boy, are doubtful starters, and it is more than probable that there will be some change in the order of the Goodwood horses.' The •genekal impression is that twenty. eight or thirty will ' show at the post. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 9to 2 apt Cossack—t. 1 20 to 1 agst War Eagle to 2 agst Conyngbam-t. 20 to 1 agst Mcreptnaier 7to 1 apt Van Tromp —t. 40 to 1 agstßitigham . 15 to 1 agst Mirmillo—t. 40 to 1 agif NOttingbam 15 to 1 apt Planet—t. 1,000 to 15 apt Clarendon 15 to 1 agst Oxonian—t. 3,000 to 10 agit Resdiution • 16 to 1 apt Red Hart—t. 18 to 1 apt Wanota—t. The two favourites, Van T were backed for large sums. Oxonian, and Red Hart Glentilt broke doWn in his f o'clock, and was immediately ;allop about a quarter-past ten declared not to stii,rt: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA: MANCHESTER, 1847. Acceptances for the Manchester Trades cup. _ . _ st. lb. • . . ' st. lb. St. Lawrence, aged ... 8 7 Alliance 4 yrs •bf 6 10 Cranebrook, 4 yrs Annandale, 5 yrs ... Miss Burns, aged Sharston, 4 yrs 7 7 Romance, 4 yrs 6 7 Fitzallen, 5 yrs Marquis of Conyngham, Erin-go-Bragh, 4.,y5e... , 6 4 4 yrs 7 2 B m byTalleyrand, 53 . rif , 6 . 0 Sheraton, 4 yrs The Crown Prince, 4 yrs 7 0 Deloraine, 3 yrs ... ..:.:. 5 3 Slayer's Daughter, 4 yrs 6 10 F ac t or y Girl, 5 yrs . 5 2 The highest weight accepting being untler 84 . ilb, it has been raised to that weight, and the others in ptv3Ro!tion. The Salford Borough Cup Aceeptati4:.: st. lb.l ::. (1 st. lb. Lightning. 6 yrs ...... 8 12;Romance, 4 yrg, 6 8 Mentor, 5 yrs ........... 8 9'Cossack Maid, 4grs !: 6 7. Cranebrook, 4 yrs 8 OlSoftstone, 4 yrii . 6 6 Miss Burns, aged Ratcliffe, 6 yrs ... 7 9 / Golden Bee, 4 yrs Lady 1v ildair, 5 yrs ... 7 9 Alice, B'-y, Sharston, 4 yrs Spithead, 4 yrs Fitzallen, 5 yrs Sheraton, 4 yrs Princess Royal, 5 yrs... 6 12 Mary Stuart, 3 yrs 5 6 Slayer's,Daughter, 4 yrs 6 10 Deloraine, 3 yrs 5 3 Jack Cade, 4 yrs Shelforth, 4 yrs 6 8 Factory Girl, 3 yr 5..... 5 0 RAILWAY COMMITTEES, HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) • s GROUP IV. The Committeis met at VWelve; Lord Castlereagh in the ' • ' EASTERN COUNTIES (ENLARGEMENT OF 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 parties time for arrangement. GROUP VI. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND V/ETMOUTZ AMENDMENT (WO. Zr.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Oxberry; carrier of Frome, gave evidence as to the importance ,of an übbroken gauge between Frome and the towns in the south of England. Mr. E. Cocking, iron master of Frome, gave evidence to the same effect. _. Mr. J. White, cheese factor, of Axminster, Mr. Lintirs, of the firm of Lintirs and Son, cheese factors, of Hasham, in Sussex, Mr. J. Sym, grocer and general dealer, at Brighton, Mr. 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 CORNWALL ERANCRES AND DEVIATIONS. The Committee met at twelve o'clock in Room No. 37. Mr. ROSE having been heard on the part of the promoters of this line, . . The room was cleared for the decision. On our re-ad mission The CHAIRMAN said that he was desired by the Committee to- state that the preamble 'erthis Bill was not proved. • The Conimittee then separated. GROUP XV.. , The Committee met this morning ;it twelve; Mr. Bernal in the chair. ROYSTON AND =TOWN (EXTENSION ..r r o CAIRBRI,DPE). _ . . Evidence in favour of the line was proceeded with after the meeting of the Committee. Mr. B. Denison, chairman of the co:npany, was examined, and stated that the company's line was leased to the London and York at 6 per cent., the payment to commenced imme diately after the construction of the line. Evidence for the Bill was being continued, when the Com mittee adjourned. ASCOT HEATH, 1847. Acceptances for the Ascot Stakes (up to the close in London and to the evening of the 17th at Newmarket). et. lb.! st. Br c by Vclocipede,dam by Emilius 4 yrs 6 11 Morocco, 4 yrs The Nob, 4 yrs Alkali, 5 yrs Maid of Motherwell, 3 . _ _ Annandale, 5 yrs PineAppla,aged.. Footstool, 4 yrs Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs Humdrum, 4 yrs Crown Prince, 4 yrs Glory, 4 yrs ...... 7 10 Secundus, 6 yrs ' Bravissimo 4 yrs The Mangler, 5 yrs Giantess, 5 yrs ...... 6 Plaudit, yrs 7 5 Plantagenet, 6 yra 7 51 Priscilla Tomboy, aged 7 5 1 The Attorney, 5 yrs Flahowlagh, 5 yra The Polka, 4yrs 7 1 Scartet Runner, 5 yrs 613 Hydranger, 4 yrs NEWCASTLE-C The Members' Plate Handi st. Lightning, 6 yrs Mentor, 5 yrs Best of Three, 6 yrs Sheraton, 4 yrs ..... 7 4 Erin-go-bragh, 4 yrs ... 6 4 Plaudit, 5 yrs 7 2 Kingof the Forest, 3 yrs 5 Blackie, 4 yrs 612 Deloraine, 3 yrs ...... 5 5 Marian Ramsay, 5 yrs 611 Themis, 3 yrs Sister to Flambeau, 4 yrs 6 11 yrs Crozier, 3 yrs 6 3 ; Correct Card, 5 yrs l‘tirniillo, 3 yrs ... 6 3 Clermont, 3 yrs ... ..... 6 3 ;Geraldine, 4 yrs 6 3 iAliwal, 3 yrs Vanity, 3 yrs B f by Elis or Venison, out of Odessa, 3 yrs 5 3 Vampyre, 3 yrs .... Tanais, 3 yrs )N-TYNE, 1847. icap, to declaro on the 31st. st. lb. THE GUY'S CLUB BOAT RACE. A very spirited boat race took place yesterday evening amongst the gentlemen of this highly respectable aquatic club, for four silver oars and a radder, presented by Dr. Lever. The race was from Putney-bridge to Chiswick Eyot, with tide, and was accompanied by the Thames Club eight and other boats. Messrs. Hewiißstroke), H. C. Brenchley, F. R. Cox, A. Poland, and P. W. Thompson (steerer) (Red) 1 Messrs. G. F. Cooper (stroke), J. W. Howard, Smith, Manthorpe, and Raby (steerer) (Green) 2 Messrs. J. Squire (stroke), C. Gruggens, J. Henley, J. B. Hicks, and Greenwood (steerer)... ...... (Dark Blue) 0 The start was taken at the same moment by the whole of the crews, and they went away prettily together at a very dashing pace. After a few strokes red and green went away together, and a long and lasting struggle ensued between them for the " pride of place." Red took the lead, but could scarcely do more, notwithstanding the exertions of the crew, than keep their boat clear of their adversaries, and in this position they continued up to Hammersmith-bridge; red, after this, slightly improved their advantage, winning by three lengths only. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 18.) SuGam.—TO day no advance occurred in the value of Raw Sugar. The home-trade were deli routill4 l • l4 . l nesa in most sorts to day, whilst some parcels Nitta ta en . by the ' brewers and distillers. On the part of exporters, however, little desire was shown to operate. Importers of West India Muscovado evinced firmness, and insisted upon prices equal to those of Friday for all kinds, and at which a good business was transacted REFINED.—Io-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. dt, Maxiirrina.—This afternoolt ere was a good demand for Mauritius Sugar for the use of efiners and grocers, whilst the brewers and distillers were buyers to a fair extent. The parcels offered at p u bli c sale amounting to 11,238 bags 500 casks were nea r ly all disp ose d o f , b ut merc h an t s wer e com pelled to submit to a reduction on the rates of Friday of 6d to is per cwt. bacreolyFrtithEe._forTmheisr value.FOßElGN.—This aft ernoon at auction 416 bhds, 79 b oxes, 11 tres, 61 b r l s C u b a were offered, but a part only sold at submitted to p u bli c competition amounted to 1,206 bags; the Plantation was only i n li mited demand, and prices declined 2s C d o: b o u n t . full T 1 r h a is teafternoons were insisted es d t afternoon the quantity of Ceylon Coffee to 3s per cwt, b u t t h e Native was in excellent request, and went at a rise on th e rates of the last auction of is 6d to 2s per cwt ; the whole of fered sold. quest ; and 664 bags Trinidad at auction were only partly sol u l p n o d n ia was not much in re . TEA.—To-day at public sale 620 pkg s Assom Tea were all sold, and at prices abov e w h at the proprietors expected to e l l: t 3 aln d. ; Pesokoocehofentgcllion2gdltso 1 2 0 o d I d t o , a 3 u s d l a l i. few Co o o h n es g ou of d i m t o . perial Hyson and Young Hyson Is ll4d to 38 6d. RICE—To-day there was only a limited demand for East India Rice. At public sale 2,414 bags of Manilla were sold, but at rather lower rates. Of 1,864 bags Bengal, the sound was taken in, but the damaged sold. Privately, there was little business done in any kind of Rice. Seto—To-day, at public sale 228 boxes of Pearl Sago sold at reduced rates. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon at public sale 100 bags of Mexican Cochineal were all withdrawn, and 364 chests Lac Dye were nearly all taken in at 6d to lid for low to middling quality. SPIRITS.—The demand for Leeward Island Rum has con siderably 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 3d 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 hi g h er . Fi ne f or h ome use i n goo d 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 haveagfin withdrawn 438 chests The few iota ofgood 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 defective 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. OH-S.—lmporters of Southern Oil submitting to a furt 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 term s . Th e amount m p u l e e h n plentiful same anpply as' previously oth er y quoted, but only a limit ed demand ha s been experi of business transacted in Cod has been to a sma ll extent onl i y. With Sperm the market continues to be we ll suppl i ed. ALLOW.—Prices of Russian suffered n o f urther depres sion, but the purchases ma de on th e spot have be en tr ifli ng by soap makers and cha ndler!, who took only sufficient for their immediate wants. Ho me- made met with a good de. enced. - In ki a n n d d s o n f la T t a h l e lo a r pt.riceTshreerme a s Lord held A a e t h t l e h - y e „.----- Chweheanbothvee Right society r, o w n! RAGGED SCHOOL UNION.-11.1UNIFICENT DONA- Tim( OF A LADY.—Yesterday evening a very numerously took the choir. Amongst the number on the platform, the Lord Bishop of Norwich, Lord Kinnaird, Hon. W. Cowper s m qu ee ar ti e n ß g oo o m f M.P., the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the Hon. and Ifev attended Henever - Baptist Noel, and a number ?f cler gymen. Th e N o b le Lord briefly, but very emphatically addressed the meet ing, and called on Mr. Leaks, the Honorary s eere _ tary to the society, to_ _ re ad the report, which stated that there were 16 schools open, daily, morning, and afternoon, 33 open on the Sabbath, morning, afternoon, and „ en i ng ; 44 buildings comprising 80 schools of both sexes, which are situated in the lowest an d most wretched locali ties of London. The total number of these are about 5000 c hildren of both sexes, and u p w ards of 540 teachers. Aspe cial fund had been estab lished for a school of industry or juvenile refuge, in,one of the most wretched and low locali ties in Westminster, to which a lady in the first instance subscribed 200/., and subsequently 3001., wi t h a view under the latter donation of receiving 50 girls. A legacy of 200/. had been bequeathed by Strut Avery, Esq., t. the univer _ in "ty Club. the report was_ adopted._ The financial state ment showed the receipts to be for the past year,B24l. 6s. 10d., i nc l u di n g expenditure and grants to schools, 461/ . 1 8s. lld , leaving a balance of 172/. 18s. 11d. The special fund for the juvenile refuge fund, on., which after defraying all expenses, and a contingent fund of 3001., left a balance of 2011. 133.7 d. The thanks of the meeting having been voted to the Noble Chairman, the meeting separated. For the fullest and most correct report of Epsom four days' races, with a portrait of the Winner of the Derby, see Bell's Life in London, of May 23—A s i xpence sent to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand , will insure a copy, by return o fpost, to any part of England, Scotland, or Ireland. The average sale of Belts Life exceeds 26 ,000. B e ll' s Lif e of May 9, which contained the explanatory chart of Newmarket race courses, can be had all this month of May. GROUP XVII. GREAT NORTHERN (DEVIATIONS PROM LONDON TO GRANTHAM). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The room was then cleared; and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble of the devia. tion from Careby to Grantham was proved, but Mr. Ostler's land must not be entered upon wit.hout his consent. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday neat. GROUP XVIII. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Payne further gave evidence upon the dangerous cha racter of the line, which he represented as being perilous from its ascents and descents. Mr. AUSTIN, Q.O , replied on behalf of the Midland Com pany, relying chiefly upon the terms of the agreement which had been entered into for working the line between Gloucester and Bristol on the broad gauge, and contending that so long as that agreement subsisted. the Committee, according to the common law of the land, had no right to violate its provi sions. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday next. GROUP XIX. This Committee met TO-da at twelve o'clock; Mr. Den nistoun in the chair. OXFORD, 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. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON (CHELTENHAM AND EVE— SHAM LINE). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Miller, Mr. Cubitt, and several other witnesses, gave corroborative testimony. The rest of the day was 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. GROUP XXVII. LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY* (LYNN AND WONDIECIAT NAVIGATION). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Other evidence of a general nature was adduced on behalf of the promoters. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday at twelve o'clock. GROUP XXXV. BLACKBURN. CLITHEROE, AND NORTH- WESTERN. (Oxttinued from onr'N'fleitlion Edition oryetteidat!).‘ The case for this scheme and the competing line of the East Lancashire Company was closed, but the Committee adjourned without giving any opinion, owing to the Railway Commissioners not having yet made their report on the lines comprised in this group. GROUP XXXVI. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT AND BRANCHES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After some further discussion it was decided that the East Lancashire Railway Company had no locus standi. Mr. George Orinrod, 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 ORMSICIRIC TO SOUTHPORT, AND NM 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 THIESS (NNARESEONOUGE BRANCH TO SOROUGHBILIDGE, and LEEDS AND TNIESIL (MELMERBY AND NORTHALMERTON 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. GROUP X LIV. 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 XLV. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Committee then took THE EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (BRANCHES TO ST. ANDREWS AND NEWBURGH). Mr. BELL asts 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.E., was under examination when the Com mittee adjourned. GROUP XL VI. (Continued from on;Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) no 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 BRITISH. __ __ --- 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 junction with the south branch at about a mile distance. The opposition to the line was not of a very serious nature. Mr. Jobb, 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 AIRDRZE AND 33ATHGA.TE did not sit, in consequence of the absence of the Commis sioners' report. GROUP XLVIII. GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONILLANDS JUNCTION (COMPLAINS, CARDITLE, AND CENTRAL JUNCTION BRANCHES). 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 for the Bill. The case for the corporation of Glasgow was then pro ceeded with. Mr. S. Oswald, one of the Mem bers for the city, was ex amined to the effect that he cons idered the Green would be injured by the crossing of the railwy, it d that the feeling of the inhabitants was generally against. Mr. Patteson, of Glasgow, was examined to the same effect. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XLIX. EDINDURGEE =N AND GL , & ASGOW (ABIEND. TSc.) _ (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The capital of the company .was 420,0001., and besides the amou nt intended to be sun k in this undertaking, they had also purchased in other companies. Their present liabilities were from 500,0001. to 600,000/. Mr. Oppenshaw, a director, said that the value of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Company's stock , &C., was 692,000/, and the liabilities were 950,0001., which left them a deficiency of about 250,0001., and they came now to Parliament to get powers to raise that sum. •... ~ . . Mr. Thu POT and Mr: Seigeant Wlitionr.tafaddressed '' Bth Committee, the formei fdr!the 'Monlltaidsaliheral, and th latter for tl le Sterling snd.punferinlitiif Company,flat the preambl t, and Mr. Hodges for the . Edinburgh ind gate. . The Contimittes then adjourned till Thursday at tw e l ve o'clock. . • COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS. • (YESTERDAY.) . • ' • SUNDERLAND IMPROVEMENT AND MARKET 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 , De proved. '1 he clauses with several amendments were then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported to the House. . • . . • SA_NDIVICH HARBOUR (KENT) BILL. This Committee met at twelve o'clock, in Room 17, and were occupied throughout the morning with this BilL . • The CIIAIRM.AN declared: the . preamble-proved. • ' The clauses were read and agreed to, and the Committee adjourned. „ MANCHESTER' AND SOUTHAMP . TON -RAITAVAT. A special general meeting of th'e shareholders in this com pany, was held s esterday, shortly after .two, at the King's Arms Inn, Bridge-street, Wesiminster s in order,te enable the. directors to communicate to tli t e . shareholders the circum-, stances which have brought their efforts; to a sudden and un favourable result, and of adviaing upon the measures it may be expedient to pursue. Mr. Walkinshaw, the Deputy-Chairman of the company, was in the chair. . • A considerable numb er o f s h are h olders were present. It will, no doubt, be within the recollection of the readers of The Sun that the Bill was thrown out by the Standing Orders' Committee, some material mistakes having been proved'in the sections. The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. John Wheeler, the Se cretary, to read the report, of which the following is an ample abstract : Thdreport stated that— . • '" It would be remembered that, at the last assembling of shareholdera in September, it wits unanimously iesolved to appeal again to Parliament . agairkst the adverse decision of a Comniittee of the House of Lords. *2 ' • "Anxious to ascertain hOle far • that resolution accorded with, the opinions of the proprietary at large, the directors proceeded 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 total of nearly 90,000 shares, the holders of only 1,905 elected to withdraw, which number was subsequently reduced to 1,240 by parties asking permission to resume the shares they had elected to resign. " This 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 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, i c h a o d m i p t a s a y or i a g i o i n n e w : t t n h , e an en d tir w e as n upnati b d e f r o o r f b y en t o h m e n G a r l l e a y o lh p r p e o s s t i e n r g n 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 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. " 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 p_onenta of tl4litle, tixt ores4..becoTaity supporter and ad- N .- W.lo;lnd the . owe} nov) 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 bf 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 under which it will be expedient, for those who so elect, to prosecute the undertaking." The CHAIRMAN 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 Mill) from indisposition; and after adverting to the different feelings under which they now met the shareholders to those 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 bad 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-Wee Company, they had entered into an arrangement w ith that company, which ' he believed had received its common 1e 1, which would in all human probability secure to the l a anchester 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, proved 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. ROBERT STEPHENSON, 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 correcte ; this, he regretted to say, had been t h e case case in the present instance, as the assistants had not wneel in unison, and consequently mistakes had occurred, k hinh had caused the defeat of the Bill in the Standi ng for Orders' Committee. It wou ld be unnecessary him to enter into the details, as he feared that he could not make them comprehensive to the meeting. He would state, that he was a large shareholder, and that he stilf however, en tertained the opinionbrought that the line was as forward—(Loud legitimate a one as had everbee bee n ught cheers)—because the coun t ry through which it pass e d must have a railway.—(Hear, hear.) It must no t simply b e regarded as a local, but as a national li ne 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 th e li ne in the position it sh ould have occupied this session, by carrying the Bill through the standing orders next y ear, w i t h out any further exp ense. The report was th en rece i ved 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 Over attended) broke up. ~ '.J IMPERIAL PAI tLIAMEITT • HOUSE OF LORADS, May 18.: The LORD CHANCELLOR tOOk his seat upon the Wool• sack' at f ire o ' c l oc k . 1 M ESSAGE FROM THE HO. USE OF COMMONS . , which were ord ere d 1 'o lie on th e t a bl e . ," S Messenge rs f rom t h e H ouse of C ommons b r ought up several Bill s ...COUXTY BUILDING,' BILL. This 13111 was read a second time., DRAINAGE OF LANM: BILL On the motion of the Earl of ST. CERMA:NS, this. ,Bill was read a second:time. • •,. , clesfield, in favourFoAf t C h T e () T R en Y ' H B o li urs L. 'Bi \ ll.' Als4 ) a peti ; : Lord BROUGH AM presented a petition fni m Mac--, .tion • froth Inverness, against the Polio a Bill ii, and a petition from the Standing Commit tees of, 'the three denominations, the Presbyterians, the Inde • pendent', and the Baptists of London, agal nit th 4 Government scheme of e d ucat i on. l : . HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL eneration of the Bill . \ns with respec g to tilt: The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition :FromtiO' printers.of. London, in favour, of th e H ealth o 4 Tows, o fr b o s m erv th at • Lord CAMPBELL said that the tone of tile Nolio Lord on this, and his tone on the oi,her, aide 0f,T en3p h...4.. exemption Bill , end madeo f lh es some t e v bar was very . different. —(Laughter.) \ There w.es sow! 'thing ,in the atmosphere of this Howe which jinducei -the Nfile Lord to declaim with respee,t to the COrptl, ration of . London in terms of censure, ;and tWere ,„ 4 something in the atmosphere of the other sitie of Templ e . 4 bar to induce him to speak in the most eloquent Deans i t their praise. —(Much laughter.) ' \ - • • 'Lord BROUGHAM sa id t h a t of all the 1 Misreprca sentations ever uttered by the Noble Lord—( Lukaghtel —of all the misstatements ever made' even by him '- '(Lsughtei•)—tliis was without exception the ‘ farthest ; remoVe:l - froxii iruth.—(Laughter.) :. t , . .POOR .REMOVAL BILL. . * . The Rail Of WIcKLOW. presented, a , petitien fronli the poor-law guardians of . Londonderry ..agaiitst the , Poor Rep:royal. Act - for Ireland and: Scotland. The, irtitioners coMplained, and, as he thought justly, of the yosier Chat was given by that Bill to remove pasr . pets to ;ny of the eight places naw.din the Bill. Earl FITZWILLIAM begged to give - notice, that on the third reading of the Poor Removal (Irelan fa) 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 fir going into Commititee ort this Bill being read, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to moi e the, the Bill be co mm itt e d thi s day six months. He expresses )f his opinion on this Bill at a time when he moved foto, certain information, but it so happened that be we k, necessarily absent at the second reading. He was stmt. prised that on that occasion the Noble Earl shotai have taken so much notice of his speed - , whete a speech much more able had been mad 4 upon the subject by a Noble Lord On the same benc'W with him. He (the Marquis of Londonderry) asked the Noble Earl whether he could support all these change by the opinion of able officers in the army. He ha brought none of these forward. The great majority (1 the army—nine-tenths of the officers—were opposed re it. But the Noble Earl, far from answering the speee4 of the Noble Earl, had employed his eloquence on MOT t popular subjects—the minor improvements that had becti effee:ed in the army. The Earl of CARDIGAN said it Ras with great pair he opposed the present measure, supported, as it was,' by the authority of the Noble Duke. But that sanction had been given to it with such qualifications and in such a modified manner as to lessen very materially the value which he would be otherwise inclined to attach to that authority. The measure tright do very well for any European army, but for the British army, dispenied as ) it was, over every quarter of the globe, he did not con sider it would be found at all applicable, and if it were carried into effect there must be very great changes in troduced with regard to those in the colonies. He believed that with regard to the pension, that two pence was an addition to the original sixpence, and he thought it but justice to the soldier that he should obtain a fair reward for his services. He thought there should be some change in the present system. He thought that the two periods of service should be altered to fourteen years ana seven years. That would enable those who entered the service to retire at a proper period of life. Earl GREY said that he did not understand the Noble Marquis, or the Noble Earl, who had spoken that even- • ing, and intended to oppose going into Committee on that Bill. He would, therefore, mention only one facts' which bore strictly on the question before the Rouse. An officer in her Majesty's service, who had been pro-' moted from the ranks, when he heard of this Bill v warmly approved of it, for, as he stated, he had been " man for seven years. After a few words from Lord Ellenborough, Vitt* count Combermere, and the Marquis of Londonderry the Rouse went into Committee on the Bill. On clause 1 being proposed, The Earl of LUCAN moved to substitute twelvc years in the infantry for ten, and fourteen for twelvo years in the cavalry and artillery. He considered tho. term fixed by the Bill, as it at present stood, was tool short, granting the soldier his discharge just at the period when he was best adapted for the service. The period which he proposed was, he believed, the very period originally intended by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary-at-War. The only argument which he had ever heard urged in favour of the provisions of the Bill was, that it should populairise.lllelfrviee. -- He was at a loss to know what they meant by popularising the service. Had they not tried to popularise the service ? By means of large bounty and larger pensions, but it failed ? Let them look at tho year 1807. In that . year they bad 19,144 men in the army ; but i n 1846 they employed actually 1,600 more than they did in 1807. This sho,ed that the service was popular. The same might be derived from the number of deserters. He , aould not detain their Lord ships, but he begged to assure them that he was actuated by no party spirit. He was too much attached to the army as a service to be so actuated in speaking on such a measure. Earl GREY said the speech of the Noble Earl was not a speech in favour of a particular amendment, but against the whole Bill. As their Lordships had already affirmed the principle in the Bill, he would not, in con sideration of their Lordships' time, do more than ad dress himself to the amendment of the Noble Earl. This Noble Lord, after speaking against the whole principle of limited service, concluded by - eying that he was in favour of it. And why ? Because it would enable them to get rid of those who were vicious in a regiment, When he (Earl Grey) moved the second reading of this Bill, he did say so much ; he considered this to be a most desirable advantage to every regiment. . But limited service carried this other advantage with it, that a man, when he left the service at the end of his enlist ment, would not be useless for any other employment. If they were to adopt the present Bill at all, he could not consent to the Noble Earl's amendment. He would rather that the Bill was rejected altogether than incor porate it in the measure, as it would cause the principle of unlimited 4 enlistrnent to be tried under every disad vantage. If the principle was to be fairly tested,.the Bill must be carried through in its integrity, instead of its provisions being frittered away. Viscount COMBERMERE, as an old soldier, must support the amendment proposed by the Noble Lord (Earl Lucan). He would ask their Lordships what would become of that nondescript person, a discharged soldier, who would thus at the end of ten years be thrown out of the service ? Ile would be cast, with his wife and chil dren, a burden on the community, and the greatest evils would ensue. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that on a former occasion he had fully stated his views on the principle of the Bill, and why he considered it would be for the benefit of the service. He did not apprehend an _y diffi culty in retaining the service of the men at the end of the en years. of T yw t future. would be an effec tualmeans He advised their Lordships to agree to the Bill as it had come up e securing incre aseof them th in eir the p a fu from the other House, and recommended by her Ma jesty's Government. He did not think the Noble Earl (Lucan) had made out a case for the alteration to twelve years. He considered ten years would be as effectual in retaining the soldiers in the army at the end of the period of their service. The law had hitherto autho rised the raising of men for six, seven, fourteen, and twenty years, as well as for unlimited service, and it had been found to operate well.—(Hear, hear.) He saw therefore, no reason whatever for the adoption of the present amendment. Lord STANLEY thought the Noble and Gallant Duke had misunderstood the purport of the amendment proposed. His object was precisely the same as the Noble and Gallant Duke, and so, he believed, was the object of the clause proposed by the Noble Lord (Earl Lucan); and the sole question they had to consider was, the best means of securing the service of the soldiers after they had been the proposed ten years in th : osuetid vice. The simple question for them to consider was, sh ould they service the old soldier at th e expiration of ten 3 d not, and therefore it was that he He apprehended they be able under this Bit!, as it at present stood, to retain and his Noble Friend s who acted in concert with him were so anxious to introduce t hi s amendment. Now, he h o p e d their L or d s hips would adopt the amen dment, and th ere b y o ff er some inducement to the o ld and efficient s ol dier to remain in the army after a long term of servitude. o o r v i e t d y ag bn a ara inst en it d . m .. Com mittee divided, when there appeared— S trange rs were then crdered to withdraw, and the Far the Amendment 3 en - t - p r . ovi 3- Ing ß that Th A e g E si ar ns l t o i f t LUCANAIajm the soldier should be allowed to decide upon • 1 . anytime during the la s t twe l ve months ofamendment,evvirte-dien itement at servitude. Earl GREY saw no objeetion to the the time was li m i te d to six instead of provided twelve months. Lord STANLEY thought if the suggestion of the Noble Earl opposite were adopted, a distinction ought to be drawn between troops engaged on home and foreign service. Earl GREY said it would be better to let the clause stand in its present form, and to add a proviso to carry out the view of the Noble Lord who had just sat down. The clause so amended was then agreed to. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII proposed an amendment to the third clause, to the effect that any person whatever to whom the Secretary at War might issue his warrant, should have the power to enlist soldiers into her Majesty's service- Earl GREY had no objection to the amendment, which was agreed to. The Earl of ELLENBOBOUGH proposed another clause after clause 4ill—" That it after the expiration of such first or second term of limited service, or of such term of prolonged service, any soldier entitled to his discharge, being on a fo reign station, shall not be willing to re-engage or to continue in her Majesty's service, or in the service of the East India Company, the commanding officer of the regiment in which he may be serving shall, as in the case of soldiers invalided, take the usual measures, with all convenient dispatch, for the conve yance of such soldiers to England, and on the arrival 'of such soldier in England, he shall be finally discharged. provided always that during such time as may elapse between the expiration of such term of service as aforesaid and his final discharge. In England, such soldier shall remain subject to all the provisions of the Army Act, which may then be in force for punishing mutjny and desertion as fully as ho may have been subject thereto before the expiration of such 6 terms of service ; provided also, that if, at the expiration of F laf e ; nOt bleb erl Mile s toe ire* goo sal I in bis i t o f ilso, Lally lea the qr. sr)