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RAILWAX COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) GROUP IV. The Committee were engaged all day passing clauses in the LONDON AND BLACK WALL IMPROVE— IVIENT, and afterwards adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP X. RAR.WICH AND EASTERN COUNTIES 'UNION. The Committee met this morning—Lord Clive in tire chair— when Mr. Pilbreck was called to show the inconvenience of the number of crossings at a level. Ittshould be observed that the two opposing lines are the Ea. ern Union, from Manningtree to Harwich, and the Eastern Counties Junction, from Ardleigh to Harwich ; the latter laid out, for a single line, at an outlay of 200,000/. ; and the former, by Mr. Braithwaite, for a dou - ble line, at a cost of 180,000/. The Eastern Union line crosses no public roads on a level, while the astern Counties line crosses sixteen. Mr. Bryan, a land survey ,, r and valuer, who has had con siderable experience in his ;,rofeasion, stated that he valued the land, severance, and all consequential damage, at 40,1201. for the Eastern Counties line, on which there would be little residential property interfered with. His estimate for the land for the Eastern Union line was 31,400/., includ ing, he believed, every expense. Mr. Bruff, the engineer, stated that the line was of a very ordinary character. The cost would be 200,000/., but 30,0001. of that amount was to be spent in the construction of a pier and docks at Harwich, for which proposals had been sub mitted to the Admiralty, under whose superintendence they were to be made. GROUP XVIII. GLOUCESTER 11:ND STONEUOUSE 3VNC- TION. The Committeee met this morning at twelve o'clock; the Earl of Lincoln in the chair; and shortly afterwards the room wss cleared. After considerable discussion, on the re-admission of parties The CHAIRMAN declared that the preamble was proved, and the eommittee then went through the clauses. GROUP XXX. „,he Committee on this group met this morning in Room 1” . 1 r. Corry in the chair. GREAT NORTHEZIN (DEVIATION BE TWEEN GRANTHAM AND TORE). Mr. TALBOT opened the case on behalf of the promoters, and contended at considerable length that the deviation was required by the necessities of the country and the great want of accommodation which at present existed. GROUP XXXI. The Committee met at the usual hour this morning in Uoom No. 22; Mr. Shaw in the chair. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLN SHIRE (JUNCTION WITH MIDLAND VIA BARNSLEY, WITH BRANCHES THERE FROM). The Committee were occupied in the early part of the (lay with the clauses of this Bill. The whole of them were (iisposed of, and the Chairman was directed to report the Bill to the House. GROUP XXXIV. TILANCIIMSTEIL „SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLN SHIRE , (ASHTON CATOAX. PURCHASE). The Committee met at twelve, and were occupied for a considerable time in hearing evidence on the part of certain millowners, the object of which was to establish a claim on their part to compensation for the loss of their water power, which would follow on the sale of the canal, as proposed in the Bill. GROUP XXXV. xxvinzpooL AND NEWC aSTLE TUNC TION—ISITENLEY COLLIERIES' BRANCH -EAST LANCASHIRE DEVIATIONS. The Committee met this morning. Mr. Fitzroy in the chair; and the Committee having decided that the preambles of the sevaral Bills were proved, they went into the clauses of the Burnley Colliery Branch. GROUP XX_XVI 11. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW. CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION (ALTE RATION OP MAX 2,7 MINE, AND HAWES Zruizzcn). This Committee met at the usual hour this morning; Mr. Bouverie in the chair. The case ftlr this Bill having been closed, the Committee proceeded to the case of the NOILTEMIN COUNTIES UNION DEVIA- TION, vhich is a competing scheme to the former one. Major Beresford, M.P., gave general evidence in favour of the Bill. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIX. 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. WEAR VALLEY, BISHOP AUCKLAND (AND WEARDA.LE EXTENSION, AND WEAR. AND DERV/ENT RAILWAYS, AND SKIL DON TUNNEL AMALGAMATION.) The Committee were occupied nearly the whole of the day in disposing of the special clauses in this Bill. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour. GROUP XLV. The Committee met this day, but did not proceed to busi ness until half-past one o'clock, in consequence of the absence of the Chairman, who was supposed to be in communication with the Spgaker. No announcement was, however, made on his retunt, and evidence was gone into for the promoters of the EDAM:MEM:I AND PERTH. Mr. Andrew Christie estimated the annual saving in coals alone to the inhabitants of the country to the north of the Edinburgh and Perth line at 86,000/. Mr. Sidny, Lord Provost of Perth, said that the effect of the opening of the Edinburgh and Perth Railway would be to make Perth a large exporting town to the Baltic. The Committee adjourned at four o'cl,ck. GROUP X LVI. The Committee met at twelve o'clock, and were engaged all the forenoon hearing and arranging the clauses of the NORTH BILITISH. The Committee ad curried at fur o'clock. COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE BILLS. LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock (Sir J. Johnstone in the chair), when the clauses were again pro c.!aled with. THE TRIPLE MURDERS AT MIRFIELD. It is now proved that the soldering iron which was found at the bottom of Mr. Wraith's well, and which, from marks on the bodies of the victims, there is scarcely a doubt had been used in the commission of the murder, belongs to the father of the prisoner Patrick Reid, and that the prisoner fetched it the day before the murders from the house of a neighbour to whom it bad been lent. On Saturday morning last Reid, and the other prisoner, Michael M'Cabe, were brought before the magistrates at the Dewsbury Court-house for further examination. Mr. Superintendent Green produced the soldering iron found at the bottom of Mr. Wraith's well, and the first witness examined was— Thomas Kitty, hawker, of Daw-green, who stated—l lillhow the prisoner Patrick Reid, having travelled with him many days. lie lived within twenty or thirty yards from me. I have not seen the prisoner since the day before this occurrence, which was the day before Dewsbury fair. On that day I saw him in my own house. Reid said his father had sent him for the iron. There was a soldering iron lying in the corner of the house. Reid took up the iron, and took it away with him. I have had the same soldering iron several times in my possession, but the last time it remained with me a considerable time, six or seven days. I had a use for the iron in the way of my trade. The iron was Patrick Reicrs, to the best of my opinion. The prisoner Reid's father was the owner of it. The soldering iron now pro duced is the same soldering iron I burrowed from Reid's father. Catherine Ifilty, the wife of Thomas Kilty, corrobo rated the evidence of her husband. Mr. Richard Green, superintendent of the Dewsbury palice, stated—l produce a soldering iron. I received it on the 20th of May, from Jelin Leadbeater and John Howarth, constables. Thomas Kilty recalled—l used the soldering iron in the way of my trade. I know it by a particular mark upon it. There is a mark or hole on one side of the copper, on the iron, which required to be subdued by filing before it could be used. I have frequently com plained of the hole to Frank Brennan, who lived next door, and who has seen me use it. There is a hole burnt in the handle. If it was amongst ten thousand I could pick it out. Mr. "uperintendent Green here produced a dark green coat and cap. John Sheard, a boy of fourteen years of age, stated— I live in the city, at Mirfield, with my father, George Sheard, who is a blacksmith. I remember the day on which Nfr. Wraili was murdered. I know the prisoner Patrick Reid. I saw him on that day in our house. It was betwixt eleven and twelve o'clock. He had on a grey coat, and a cap like a striped shirt, only the stripes were bigger. I said to him " Your eap is nearly like tai lp, -- Patrick." I am sure he had a cap on. Patrick " Yes, lad." I live 400 or .500 yards from Mr. Wtlitile L The cap now produced is like the one Patrick Rei d wore on that day. Henry Clarke, of Mirfield—l am servant of Mr. Joshua Ingha • skid I live at one the m ag i s tr a t e , of Bl a ke-hall, Mirfield, the murder at tiro of the lodges. I remember the day of day, about ten minute I saw the prisoner Reid on that He had a gray coat an s d a pasttwo o'clock in the afternoon. black hat on. Jonathan Ashton, of Lee-green, one of the witnesses examined before Mr. Barker, the ( ra '(p 8 thewell solderingdiron and key at t he bottom of day, the 19th ult. Joseph Cowgill, constable of Dewsbury —I found th e cap produc ed last Tuesday morning in Reid's father's house. By the instructiors of Mr. Green, I Went with John Martin to search the house, and I was present , when Martin foun d a man's cap on the top of a box, an d he directly gave the cap to me. William Sheard, of Robert -town, pot hawker for Charles Flint, seated —On the day of the murder I had gone as far as Hopton, and, as I was returning, in Hopton, I met a w oman named Ellis , who asked me if I had hea r d o f th e murder. In conse qu ence cif what she told m e I wen t t o Mr. Wraith's, and saw Mr. Wraith lying dead in the front room. I saw him through the window. I saw blood running under the front door, and there was a great crowd about the house. I then went home to Charles Flint's, and found his housekeeper, Wary Scorch, in the house. I had been two or three minutes in th'e house, when I saw the prisoner Michael /Maio° come down from the chamber, with some mugs in his hand. Charles Flint was with him. I told .M'Cabe, in the presence of Charles Flint, that I heard be had been at the place where the murder had been at. He said he hatl, and I asked him which way he went. Be said, " Down the footpath opposite Mr. Wraith's house." He then said he went into the yard, and that the blinds were down and the shutters to. I went to Mr. Wraith's house, where I saw John Howarth, con stable of Mirfield. I remained there about 10 minutes. Half an hour after I left M'Cabe at Flint's, I saw him met on the road by Leadbeater, the constable, 7ho took him into custody. M'Cabe,at the time, was in the direct line from Robert-town to the Shoulder of Mutton. He was alone, and had the pots, mugs, and glasses with him. When I was going to get upon my galloway to g? home. M'Cabe tapped at the window and said, " Bill, come here." I inquired what he wanted, and he asked me to sell the pints and glasses to the mistress. I said I would not have anything to do with them. He then re peated, three times, striking his hand on the table, " I see where I have missed it, I see where I have missed it, I see where I have missed it." The Liversedge con stable heard him at the same time as myself. I asked the prisoner where he had missed it. He said if he had made an alarm the man would have been taken, and he said, " Now the man's gone, and I'm here." Ihe CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Green if he had any fur ther evidence to produce at present? Mr. Green—l have not to-day any other evidence. The CHAIRMAN then, addressing the prisoner, said— You will be brought up this day fortnight, and, if the case be then in a situation to be carried out, we shall probably take it from day to day till it is completed, if Mr. Green is in a possition to present it in that form, which he possibly may be. The prisoner then left the bar. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- 11 O USE. John Evendon and William Smith were brought before the Lord Mayor _upon suspicion of having robbed the house of a gentleinan in Southampton of a considerable quantity of plate. Mr. Pilbeam, of Eling, Southampton, superintendent of the constabulary force, said he charged the prisoners on suspicion of having entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Robert Wright, of Itchen Ferry, in the parish of St. Mary extra, Southampton, and stealing therein various articles of plate. Mr. George Attenborough, of 204, Fleet-street, stated that on the 10th of March the two prisoners pawned at his shop a dozen and a half of table spoons, three dozen table forks, one dozen and a half dessert spoons, two silver salt ladles, and one dozen of dessert forks, all of which had upon them a crest of a goat's head, and upon which witness advanced to them 401. He was to sell the plate at the end of one month, and at the end of two months he put it into his window. He ultimately gave . the articles to Mr. Pilbeam, the superintendent of Southampton. In his cross-examination by Mr. Clarkson for Even don, and Mr. Humphreys for S mith, the witness said the articles were brought to him after four o clock, and be fore tea, which he generally took at half-past five o'clock. lle had never seen the prisoner before. The superintendent produced the warrant signed by Mr. Bernard, a magistrate for the county, against John Evendon and William Smith for feloniously stealing the plate. The warrant was handed to him by Mr. Bernard. Witness only knew the prisoners by apprehending them on Monday last, which he did from information received from Mr. Attenborough, and no other information, as regarded their identity. Mr. Attenborough said, he saw Mr. Bernard sign the warrant, and he gave the information upon which the warrant was granted. He swore positively that the two persons referred to in the warrant were the prisoners at the bar. He made a deposition before Mr. Bernard. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Humphreys objected to the ap plication of the superintendent to be allowed to convey the prisoners to the place in which the robbery had been committed ; and contended, that if the prisoners were chargeable with any offence, it was with that of receiving, so that the case might be properly disposed of in London. The LORD MAYOR said, it was stated in the warrant that the prisoners were charged with feloniously stealing in the parish of St. Mary extra, Southampton ; and he should, therefore, send the prisoners to that place, the offence with which they were charged in the warrant overriding that to which the learned counsel and soli citor alluded. The prisoners were accordingly sent to Southampton in the custody of the superintendent. Several robberies have been complained of within the last few day., as having been committed on board steam vessels. Amongst them was one attended with a very gross outrage on board the Waverley steam-boat. Mr. Newington, solicitor, of Lincoln's Inn, accom panied by two gentlemen, waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of communicating to his Lordship the substance of a statement made by Mr. Rising, a gentle man who had been plundered and assaulted in a row on board that steamer, in which a gang of thieves had planted themselves. Mr. Rising was not present in the justice-room, but there were gentlemen in attendance to confirm his written statement. The LORD MAYOR said, the great probability was that the row was regularly got up with the object of plunder ing the respectable people on board, to accomplish which crowded steamers afforded unquestionable taci lities ; and his Lordship regretted that he could not apply any remedy except what might be administered by public exposure. He thought the statement would at any rate operate as a check ; and certainly if the trans action complained of had occurred under circumstances which would have placed it under his jurisdiction he would moat gladly have interfered for the protection of the complainants. He did not know, at• the same time, he must say, that the captain of the steam-vessel could have interfered at all. Mr. Newington said, the dreadful nuisance ho had described was daily occurring ; and the owners of the vessels ought certainly to be compelled to have some of the crew sworn in, so that they might act as police officers. TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _EVENIP , I6- 1 JUNE 8, 1847 MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Jacob Isaac Peret:, otherwise Baron Van der Pforte, a German, was brought up for further examination, charged with having stolen a quaintity of plate from Long's Hotel, in Bond-street, and also with having de frauded a great number of hotelkeepers. When the prisoner was first examined at this court he denied the robbery, and stated that he had been dis appointed of remittances from Frankfort, and this had caused him to leave his bills undischarged. The parti culars of the prisoner's apprehension having been made public, the police received information that a person re sembling the prison( r had left a carpet bag at Woods' hotel immediately after the robbery at Long's hotel. It appeared that the prisoner had gone to Woods' hotel, in Furnival's Inn, intending to take up his quarters there, but being fortunately recognised by Mr. Woods as a customer who had some time back made his appearance at the Castle and Falcon Hotel, Aldersgate-street, kept by his family, and from that hotel suddenly absconded without paying the bill, an intimation was conveyed to the prisoner that he was known, upon which he de o Imped, leaving behind him a carpet bag. The police were apprised of the circumstance, and police-sergeant Mount, who had the case in hand, was sent to the hotel to take possession of the bag. On opening the bag, among a quantity of rubbish were twelve heads of silver spoons, which were recognised as having been broken from the silver spoons stolen from Long's hotel. The prisoner, when asked what he now had to say to the charge, again denied all knowledge of the robbery. The tops of the spoons found in his carpet bag had been broken by himself from some spoons which were his own property. It was here proved th a t th e pi eces o f spoons h a d the I hotel marks on them. The prisoner was fully committed on this charge, but ordered to be brought up attain on Monday next. LAMBETH. As Mr. Elliott was about to leave the bench, Mr. Alfred Marshag a young man of respectable appearance, was brought into the court on a charge of " shooting a loaded pistol at Louisa Rofe, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm." Mr. James Bailey, a commercial traveller, residing at No. 30, Swan-place, Old Kent-road, deposed that on the preceding evening between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, himself, his wife, and step-daughter, were sitting in the front kitchen, when they were much alarmed by a loud noise in the back kitchen, and on going to see what was the matter he found one of the panels of the door forced in, and a large stone, which had evidently caused the injury outside. He then returned to the front kitchen, when he distinctly heard the report of a pistol shot, and one of the squares of glass in the front kitchen was broken by that shot He rushed up stairs, and upon looking out of the window saw the prisoner, another young man, and a young woman, in a court close to the house. The prisoner, at that time, had a pistol in his hand, and appeared to him to be reloading it, while his male companion was supplying him with the paper or wadding. At this time his step-daughter came up stairs, and, standing close to the window,was about to put her head out to look after the parties, and the instant the prisoner aw her, he presented the pistol towards her. His female companion, however, caught hold of his arm, and pre vented him from firing. Witness then went in pursuit of a policeman to give the prisoner into custody, and sub sequently gave information of the circumstance at the station-house, Locks-fields. In reply to the magistrate's questions, Mr. Bailey said that he was not acquainted with the prisoner, but knew his parents, who are re• spectable persons in his neighbourhood. He was not aware, until after the commission of the outrage he had before described, that any intimacy existed between his step-daughter and the prisoner, but since then he had ascertained that they had been carrying on a correspon. dente in secresy, and also of meeting frequently. He (witness) was sure his step-daughter was in the front kitchen when the shot was fired by the; prisoner, and a person from the court outside could see her there. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Games, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner, but nothing material was elicited from him. _ _ The next witness called was Miss Louisa Rofe, who, upon being sworn, deposed that she had known the pri soner for eight years, and during the whole of that time they had been very much attached. Mr. ELLIOTT—What! attached for eight years? ‘y hat age may you now be? Miss Role—l am eighteen, Miss Rofe—W e ll Ntr. .. v .LLIOTT—Very well ; go on with your statement. and I was , sir, I said we were very much at tached,advised by many p ers o n s who could he no f r i en d s of m so, an i a neto get married to him, but I de clined d o i ng about a mo n th ago I ma de up my mind and t o ld hi m to discontinue his acquaintance; and, without any qu arre l , I told The further evidence ofptflherahewsoit.ness went merely to stepfather. at by Irfr, Games the witness corroborate n her n ro t s h s a . e t x o a f m hr i e na ti said she would swear the prisoner ' held band when she loo k ed out to see if she couldapistol in his observe the pa., . rties a nd he presented it at her, but a y oung woman close to him held his arm. Inspector Valentine, of the P division, deposed that on apprehending t he p risoner that day he informed him of pistol when he strongly deni e d having ol in his possession, though the charge aunh a thing as a bpi he at the same time acknowledged throwing two or I three stones at Mr. Bailey's door. lie (Mr. Valentine) had examined the house, and found the brick work in jured about a foot above the kitchen window, in the same way as if a charge of shot bad been fired there, and the window, in his opinion, had been broken by the shot striking it after rebounding from the wall. He had examined the ground close to the wall, and found three grains of shot, which he then produced. Mr. Games here examined the grains of shot pro duced, and, after doing so, declared it to be his firm conviction that they had never been fired out of a pistol at all, and that at all events they had not struck the brick wall, for if they had they would be nearly, if not wholly, flattened, whereas they were in their perfectly rounded condition. Mr. ELLIOTT examined the shot himself, and ulti mately remanded the prisoner. CLERKENWELL Wm. AP William, aged 18, was charged by Messrs. Wheeler and Rushbrook, glass-cutters, of Nos. 79 and 80, Leather-lane, Holborn, with having burglariously entered their premises, and stolen therefrom a consider able quantity of silver plate. It appeared that yesterday morning, at half. past three o'clock, the prisoner was observed by Jeffries, 88 G, to drop from a wall at the back part of the prosecu tors' premises, and run away. Jeffries sprang his rattle and pursued the prisoner, as did also Walker, 33 G, who stopped him. Prisoner, on his way to the sta tion-house, said it was no good to conceal the matter. and admitted the robbery, at the same time producing a portion of the plate. On being searched, numerous articles of plate were found on his person, together with a life-preserver, a large knife, and a screw-driver. On examination it was discovered that the prisoner had entered by a back window on the first floor near the wall from which he had dropped. The place was found stripped of the property. The prisoner had left his own old coat behind him, and had put on a new coat belong ing to Mr. Rushbrook. He said nothing in his defence, and he was fully committed for trial. T. Truman, late collector of poor-rates for the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, was again placed at the bar for final examination on Saturday, when further charges were preferred against him. Mr. James, solicitor, and the clerk to the Board of Guardians, and the parish authorities, were in at tendance. Mr. Fear, cashier to Mr. C. R. Cox, of Hatton garden, gave evidence in proof of two separate payments of 11. 13s. 4d. to the prisoner for poor-rates. Mr. Adam Hamilton, of 73, Hatton-garden, paid 2/. 2s. Bd. to the prisoner on account of poor-rates. The cashier of Mrs. Elizabeth Ward, of Hatton- Igarden, said he had p a id th e p r i soner 51. 13 s . 4d. f or poor-rates. Mr. Juhnson, of Hatton garden, had paid 3/. 65. Bd. for the same purpose. Mr. Fortran, of Hatton-garden, said the prisoner had received from him 1/. 6s. Bd. on the same account. Mr. John Francis, Mr. Isaac Simpson, and Mr. Wil liam Jenkinson, residing also in Hatton-garden, proved similar payments to the prisoner. Mr. James observed, that on the last-mentioned eight charges, and one taken on a previous day of em bezzling 481. 16s. 101, which he had received from the Commissioners of Clerkenwell Improvements for rates due to the authorities of St. Andrew, Holborn, he would rest the prosecution. lie produced Mr. Mitchinor, the district auditor under the Poor-law Commissioners, who deposed as to inspecting the parish accounts with the prisoner, when the deficiency of 4461. 15. ld. was dis covered, and the prisoner represented that the payments by the last-named parties were then due and owing. Mr. TYRWHITT asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything? Mr. Wontner, his solicitor, said he would reserve his defence, and suggested that bail be taken for the pri soner's appearance at the Old Bailey. Mr. Tvrtwurrr said he should require very respon sible bail. He consented to take two sureties in the amount of 3001., and 48 hours' notice should be given to ascertain their substance and respectability. The prisoner, in the course of the day, was conveyed to Newgate. HA MBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL. SURICP., BELGIU3I, MAY 30.—A most fearful thunder storm visited the commune of Surice and its environs on the 29th, at 5 o'clock in the evening. Masses of dense clouds traversed the horizon from west to east, with astonishing rapidity, accompanied by violent claps of thunder which seemed to rend the heavens, and vivid flashes of lightning darted across the sky, suddenly all was still, which caused the greatest alarm among the in habitants, when about half past six, torrents of rain so completely inundated Surice and its environs that it was literally converted into a vast lake. The wind was so fearfully high that many of the largest trees were up rooted, the houses were unroofed, and every window broken, and enormous masses and large branches of trees were carried through the air. Such was the vio lence of the wind, that it even compelled the carriages along the streets, the losses sustained in the country is immense. The crops have suffered exceedingly. Seve ral places were completely destroyed, and the fine pro mising gardens are converted into ruins. These ravages seem the more deplorable at the very moment when all are looking forward to an abundant harvest. Tha con sternation of the inhabitants is very great, and even those who are little accustomed to recognise the sovereign power of God are humbling themselves in prayer. The approaching election in Belgium gives rise to continued polemics during the last few days in the am*, ous journals. The Ministerial press combats the nomi nation of the liberals with great violence, if we may judge from the article published in the Courrier d Anvers BAVARIA, MUNICH, MAY 29.—We learn from an au thentic quarter, that soon after the opening of the Bruchausen baths, it is the intention of his Majesty to make a stay of several weeks there. VIENNA, MAY 29.—Yesterday the Court left the capital for the summer palace of Schonbrunn. Accounts from Parma state, that her Royal Highness the Archduchess Maria Louisa will not come till the 11th of June. We regret to state that the prevailing sickness still continues here ; all our hospitals are so full, that by command of his Majesty, two large private houses have been hired for the reception of the sick. The prevailing disorder among the military is fever. FOREIGN CORN MARKETS. BRUSSELS, JUNE 4.—At the Antwerp market this day, while there is a general fall in all the markets in the country, some speculators spread the report that the stock of corn in the hands of our farmers was almost exhausted, in order to maintain the high prices. Their object was however frustrated ; as the falsity of the report was but too evident. Every week brings us in creasing supplies of corn, and on this day, our markets were even better stocked than heretofore. Rye, espe• cially, was more abundant than it has been for a whole year, prices did not however fluctuate much. Wheat was sold by the sack at 32 10 per hectolitre, and rye at 23 to 25. There was a good supply of oats which fell 50 cents. per hectolitre. Everything that was offered for sale found ready purchasers. As the new crop of pota toes is now brought in increasing large quantities to market, there is a decrease in the supply of the old stock, which has, in consequence, risen about a franc per sack. The price of butter fell 9 centimes. DORDRECHT, JUNE 3.—The fall in other markets bas also caused a reaction here in spite of the small arrivals. Wheat fell 50 cents., winter barley 70 cents., and sum • mer barley 60 cents. HAMBURGII BORSE: , .TUALLE, Jusa 4. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents • • • . • • • •• .. 107 Bank Shares • ...... 1590 Anglo-Russian Loan •••••• • • • • • .... 106% 106 M Russian 5 per Cent., Ifamb. Certificate. 102 101% Ditto Ist serieslnseription............ 102 1 4 Ditto,Plope and Co., 3d and 4th series— 97 Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• .• • • 98 98 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 88 88 Ditto Stleglitz • • • • • ...... ... 88 88 Spanish New 5 per Cent.... • ••• • • • 16% 16% Ditto 3 per Cent . • • • • ••••• . ..... 28 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • 57% Ditto 3 per Cent. .. Polish New 4 per Cent. lkan, 1844.. • • 77% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • 83 82 National Bank Shares.— ••••. • • • • • BELGIAN FUNDS.—BSCSSELS, JrNE 5. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •••• Ditto Three per Cent.... •••• •• •• ...• .. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto,ditto,lB4o • . 100 1 4 1842..................100 ... • . Ditto, 1844. ••••••..•• .• • • • • • • •• • 97% Ditto, 1838 .. •• • Ditto of the City, 1832 •• • • ..... ...... . Ditto, 1843 .. . 97 Bank of 8e1gium...... ....... .......... - -Brussels Papers. June 6. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 29. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • • • • • • • • • • .. • . • • • . 106% 4 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 97 3 per Cent. ditto.... • . • •• • • • • • • •• • • .• 6834 Loan, 1834 • . ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • . 154 Ditto, 1839 ••••• • • • • • ......... . Bank Shares ........ • „ „ 1596 Estarhazy's Loan • • .• •• • • • • ........ „ RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • ••• • • • • 165% Gloggnitz •.•• • • • • ••• • • • ••••••• • • • • .• 12331 Vienna—Milan • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • ..... • • • 109% Sienna Oldenburg ...... ...... ••••.••• • • • • • • Pesth Bridge .. • ....... •••••••• • • • • • • • • Apenninen • • PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bsatiii, JUNE 2. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3 per Cent •••••• •• • • • • Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges.... •.. • ....... ..... • • Exchange on London. £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 213 i SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—Sunday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, a youth, aged fourteen, son to Mr. Hump!try, of No. 10, St. Anne-street, Blackfriars-road, was climbing up the back of the brougham of Mr. Jansen. of Brixton-hill, as it was passing near the Horns, at Ken nington, when his foot slipped, and his right leg passed between the spokes of the wheel. The leg was shockingly crushed before the driver could stop the horse. On being extricated, the bone protruded through the leg Of his trousers. The boy was taken into Mr. Kennet's surgery, and, from the serious nature of the injuries, he is not ex pected to survive. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma of this college, were admitted members at the meeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 4th inst., viz.:— Messrs. Richard Denny Larke, Stow-in-the-Weld, Gloces tersh ire; Henry Fisher, Hatherleigh, Devon; Thos. Thomp son, Upper Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood ; John Pierce Bowling, Hammersmith ; Edward Davies, Dean-forest Gloucestershire; John Holmes Perry, Worthing, Sussex; Frederick Horace Ransom, Sudbury, Suffolk; Charles Oak ley, Stapleton, Shrewsbury ; William Ellery, Bolton-le- Sands, Lancashire; and Christopher Irving, West Burton, e former gentlemani Yorkshire. At the same meeting Messrs. James Henry and Henry Richardson passed their examinations for naval sur geons. College, his dipl oma b ear i ng d a t e M a y 17, 1831 ; the latter gentleman Th is a member of the sa Edinburgh Col member of the London College. PAPERS RESPECTING THE STATE OF IRELIIND. Extract from a letter from Sir John Burgoyne to Mr. Trevelyan, dated 29 th May, 1847 : " There is a greater tendency to keep down the expen ditura and the evil consequences of encouraging a loose system than I expected. 'The number of destitute to be provided for will be, I think, much less than I at first calculated ; and our inspecting officers are generally working with zeal, activity, and in many cases with success. Extract of a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Stokes to Mr. Trevelyan, dated Lasinagh, Tralee, 28th May, 1847. " The ration system has, certainly, one most im portant effect. Its support, by the levy of poor rates, brings home taxation more immediately to the land owners and landholders than the road system did, and their minds will, in consequence, be sooner impressed with the conviction that the period has arrived when they must either employ the people on their estates or farms, or support them in idleness from the produce of them." _ Extract from a report from Mr. Burrowe', inspector of the Baillieborough Union, under the Act of the 10th Victoria, c. : " May 16, 1847. " At a meeting of the Kiag's County Relief Com mittee, held on the 14th, the lists of those receiving re lief (which commenced last Tuesday on credit) were strictly revised, and the rate-payers evinced the most laudable zeal in unmasking any imposition that existed. They came forward in a body, and in consequence of their statements, which are fully substantiated by proof, the committee were enabled to strike off at least 100 persons improperly in their lists, being possessed of stock or money. The rate •payers retired, announcing their intention to protect their own interests and assist the Government by keeping a strict surveillance over appli cants for relief; and immediately reporting any imposi tion." Report from Count P. E. Stryelecki to the Committee of the British Association. "May 5, 1847. "I have the honour to lay before you the original of a letter from the Government inspector Lynch, of West port Union, in which he supplies me with information that I think worthy to submit to the consideration of the committee. "Mr. Lynch accounts for the second grant of 4001. which I have transferred to his credit; he also transmits the gratifying intelligence of the new Relief Act being in full operation in every electoral division under his charge, and concludes by conveying to the committee his best thanks for the assistance afforded to the union, by which he was enabled to complete the machinery of the out door relief. " That part of Mr. Lynch's letter which refers to the population of the union, the numbers of men that are ac tually and will be eventually relieved, is very important. " It shows that out of 78,000 souls 26,350 are actually receiving daily rations, and that the double, but most probably 55,000, will compose the number of the next tortnight's daily issues. " However surprising these numbers may be, the admirable adaptation and working of the administrative relief machinery created for the distribution of the rations required is not less so, for notwithstanding the deficiency in activity, energy, and experience of the parties employed, the issues such as I have witnessed at the different depots are conducted without much con fusion, and, improving daily, the joint action of both the recipient and the distributor will become eventually as easy as a simple task. " The cost of the system of relief will he half of that which preceded it, for 55,0001. rations of Indian meal at 151. per ton amount to 2,275/. weekly, which with other contingencies may reach 2.5001., while the relief through the public works was 4,7001. or thereabouts (weekly average of March), which, with the grants made in money and food by the Government, the British and other associations to five relief committees, and with the not less considerable private charities poured from England, will make a total much above 5,0001., of weekly expenditure. But the great recommendation of the present system, independently of its comparative economy is, that be sides being more systematic and capable of contracting and extending its issues from fortnight to fortnight, and thus of adjusting and adapting itself to circumstances, it is more effective ; for since it came into operation the afflicting and heart-rending crowds of deetitutes dis appeared, and Westport, the receptacle of misery, assumes daily a more cheering aspect. " I have deemed it right to lay before you these par ticulars, as, owing to the completion of the system here, and to the machinery by which the effectual relief is afforded, the assistance of the association to this union should, I think, be discontinued." Mr. Lynch to Count Stryelecki:— " Ist May, 1847. " In returning you thanks for the second grant of 400/. which you have placed at my disposal for the union of Westport, I have much gratification in communicating to you, for the information of the British Association, that through your timely interference the new system of relief is now in operation in every electoral division under my charge, except Achill, where I trust it will be commenced either on this day or on Monday. "I annex a return, by which you will see the date we commenced, the number of rations daily distributed in each division, the amount expended from the funds of the British Association, and the estimated cost of the current fortnight. " I annex also a return marked No. 2, in which you will find the sums I have felt Called urn' to advance to districts where the lists were not prepared, and in other cases to relieve some destitute persons who are not in cluded in the lists furnished. I felt warranted in thus deviating from the condition on which I generally acted, of requiring the names of the parties to be entered upon the books provided by the relief commissioners. In the first distribution you will find that daily rations were received to the amount of 7,8893., and since Monday last, the 26th, this number has increased to 26,380, and I feel must still be increased to nearly double this amount. Such is the distressed condition of this union numbering about 78,000 souls. " For the last three days the rations are being sup plied from the merchants stores, on account of two con tracts made by the finance committee for 250 tons of Indian meal at 141. 14s. and 151. per ton. E,timates have been forwarded from all the electoral divisions, and as the guardians have resolved on striking' a rate of 10s. in the pound, I do not apprehend any difficulty in con tinuing this relief so auspiciously commenced. " May I request you will convey my sincere thanks to the British Association, not only for their unbounded liberality to this district, but for the important services, through you, rendered to me personally, in enabling me to put into operation the extensive relief so much needed in this union." DISCOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF THE REV. H. W. STARR ON SNOWDON.-It will be in the recollection of our readers that the Rev. Mr. Starr, of Northampton, who was making the tour of North Wales in September last, after leaving Carnarvon to ascend Snowdon, was missed. Various rumours were circulated to account for Mr. Starr's disappearance, but the assertion of one of the guides, John Hughes, that he had met a person on the summit of Glyder Fawr, had conversed with him, and had received sixpence from him for pointing out the way back into the Llanberis-road, put an end to all other conjec tures, especially as Hughes's description of his person and dress seemed to correspond so entirely with the de scription given of the ill-fated gentleman; and the general supposition was that he had perished in one of the terrific gorges of that mountain. It is now, how ever, well ascertained either that Hughes's story was a fabrication, or that the person whom he saw closely resembled Mr. Starr. On Monday last, William Hughes, the huntsman in the service of Mr. Williams, of Penrhos, as he was descending the vale of Cwm Brwynog, picked up at the foot of the precipice of Moe! y Cynghorion, or, as it is locally called, Clogwyn Llechwedd y Llo, a red shawl and a piece of linen. These he took to the Dolbadarn Inn, Llanberis, when Mrs. Evans, the landlady, identified the shawl as having been the property of Mr. Starr. It was then discovered that the oil case used by Mr. Starr, as a knapsack, had been found a month before close to the river, by John Edm,rds, the tenant of a small farm in the mountain hollow, below the spot where the shawl was afterwards found. On Tuesday morning the huntsman was sent for, and he accompanied Mr. Edw. Humphreys, son-in-law to Mrs. Evans, of thd Dolbadarn Inn, and David Davies, a quarryman, to the place where he first saw the shawl. They then directed their course to the cliffs of Moal y Cynghorion, along the dry bed of a mountain torrent, and had not gone more than two hundred yards when they . espied the mangled remains of the unfortunate tourist—that is, the body from the waist to the knees, and near it a white cambric handkerchief, the e d a a arm m the and n o marked in red with the letters " 11.W.5." They proceeded upwards for about three hundred yards, and at the foot of the precipice they found the blade bone, top of fethepeprrfeeceitp. hanging over. At this spot,ice one of the shoulders, w ith also, they found a hair brush, a small spy glass, a map of North Wales, a small theological treatise, and a pocket book, containing tweezers, scissors, a compass, and various papers. We have the gratification of bong well assured that with the exception of any gold or silver coin the unfortunate gentleman might have had about him, and a silver pencil case, every article in his possession when he left Carnar von, has b een f oun d. There is every reason to believe that whatever may be missing, if the search were worth the time and expense, might be found among the loose tones and earth carried down by the torrents. It is a mel anc h o l y sat i s f act i o n to know that the suspicion hinted a ga i nst our moun t a in peasantry had no founda tion ; and it i s b ut j us t to add that nothing can exceed the alacrity which, from the first , has been shown throughout the neighbourhood in endeavouring to un ravel the dreadful mystery ; while all of all classes, whether rich or poor, have shown the deepest and ten derest sympathy in the distress of the bereaved mother and sisters of th e un f or tunate deceased, who is known to have been an exemplary clergyman.—Carnarvon Herald. TIIE CROPS IN WEST KENT. —The heavy rain on Saturday morning appears to have cleared the fruit trees, particularly the filbert trees, of some of the in sects ; still the Lent corn is much in want of more rain. The beans are in many places in bloom , alt h oug h no t sixteen inches high. The wheat and potato crops look ve-y promising. —Maidstone Gazette. The will of the Honourable Sophia Margaret Stuart, relict of the most Reverend and Right HonlWilliam Stuart, D.D., Archbishop of Armagh, and grand-daughter of the famous William Penn, of Pennsylvania, was . made by her in 1840, and a co di c il i n A u gust last. She wasp her eighty third year. She has thereby left several annuities, and among others an annuity for the life of her foster-brother, the elder Mr. John Weir. She has bequeathed to her daughter, the Countess of Ranfurly, all her jewels and a sum in the con sols, also a pecuniary bequest to her son William ; the residue of her property she leaves to her son Henry, and appointed her two son s execu t ors . The personal estate in England was valued at 7,0001, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, June 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills, which were read a first time. IRISH JUDGES. Lord BROUGHAM begged to ask his Noble Friend on the Woolsack whether there was any truth in the report that the Irish judges had refused to go their cir cuits on account of the infectious fever ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he was not aware that any such report had been made, but he be lieved that the greater number of the prisoners in the gaols had recovered. Lord BROUGHAM would then wish to ask of his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what had been the course pursued within his district? Lord CAMPBELL said, that although it was under stood that the prisoners in the gaols, which were not fifty yards from the Courts where the assizes were held, at Stafford, were dying by dozens, none of the Judges had refused to take the circuit. ARMED INTERVENTION IN PORTUGAL. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wished to ask the Noble Marquis opposite (the Marquis of Lansdowne) what system it was intended to pursue in the armed in tervention in Portugal, if it were necessary; whether the command of the combined fleets was to be committed to the senior officer; in other words, whether the com mand of the British fleet was to be given to the Prince de Joinville? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he could not reply directly to the inquiry of the Noble Earl, and all he could say was that the British fleet would be com manded by their own officers. POOR REMOVAL (ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this Bill. He said the present Bill proposed what was but equitable justice to both countries—England and Scot land. The law for the removal of paupers first originated in the reign of Charles 11., when power was given to remove paupers out of the parish on which they had no claim. In the reign of George 11. the necessity was felt of a law giving the power to remove the paupers that had come from the Channel Islands, Ireland, and Scotland, and had become chargeable to England. Laws more stringent had been enacted from time to time after wards, until the enactment of the law as it at present stood. But there was great difficulty in putting that law in execution ; for, first, the pauper must be brought before a court by summons ; if the pauper did not heed the summons a warrant was issued against him, but before that could be done the pauper was out of the way, and the law could not be carried into effect. The Noble and Learned Lord read a statement from a private in dividual to the effect that up to the 31st of May last 176,462 Irish paupers had gone over to Liverpool, and that previous to January there were already 160,000 in Liverpool, making in all 236,462. Lord BROUGHAM was understood to say that he entirely concurred in the view which the Noble Lord had taken of the subject. After a few words from Lord ELLENBOROUGH and the Marquis of LANsDoWNE, Earl FITZ WILLIAM said that there was an ambi guity in the Bill which he would wish to see removed ; the Bill did not state where the paupers were to be re moved to. Lord CAMPBELL was understood to say that pro vision would be made to meet that case in some clauses which it was proposed to introduce into the Bill. Earl FITZ WILLIAM thought that considerable diffi culty would arise in carrying out the provisions of the Bill even acceding to the proposed clauses. Irish paupers would be removed from Liverpool to Belfast, and upon Belfast would devolve the duty of forwarding the pauper into the interior of the country. It was quite cleir, therefore, that the Bill did not treat with the Irish pauper in the same way that it did with English paupers. Lord CAMPBELL said, the case suggested by the Noble Earl was provided for by another Act. Earl EITZ WILLIAM wanted to know whether the whole of the expense of the entire removal was to fall upon the parish of Liverpool. His Noble and Learned Friend had not answered that question. The Earl of WICKLOW contended that the Bill was most unconstitutional, and ought not to be passed. His Noble and Learned Friend who had introduced the Bill justified it by producing a letter he had re ceived from certain magistrates of Liverpool, who found it too much trouble to carry out the law as it esent stood. Under an existing law a man could not be removed from one place to another unless it could be proved before a magistrate that he had become chargeable to a parish,:and he thought it would be extremely dangerous if not impolitic to repeal that pro vision. He deeply regretted that Liverpool had suffered so much from the influx of Irish paupers ; but looking at the immense advantages, the great wealth that town had derived from the importation of corn from all parts of the world, for the use of Ireland, he did not think, after all, that the people of Liverpool had so much cause to com plain. This Bill arose out of the clamour and pressure try which the Government were now subjected, but it was a Bill which would not have the slightest tendency to promote the objects which the parties had in view It had been said that the existing law had become inoperative. The Bill was inoperative, solely in conse quence of the misconduct and neglect of the magistracy, and it was not right, upon that account, to pass a mea sure so unjust and unconstitutional as the present. But he contended that the existing Bill had not alto gether failed in carrying out the objects for which it was passed. He begged their attention to the effect, of this Bill on Londonderry. That town and district was as much unprotected as any part in England now was. After the passing of this Bill, therefore, swarms of Irish paupers from the west might come in upon that district and swamp the wealth of the place. The Bill was un constitutional, and gave powers over the pauper which were never allowed except i❑ the case of felony. He must oppose the further progress of the Bill. Lord BEAUMONT said the question was how an Irish pauper stood now in England, and how he would stand if the Bill passed. A pauper now applied for relief and obtained it. The guardian, if he chose, complained to the magistrate, and got a summons against the pauper, who forthwith appeared under the summons. After this Bill, all that would be effected was the doing away with the formal ceremony of complaint to the magis trate. In all other things the proceeding was the same. If this was the result they were encouraging mendicity of the grossest kind, and thus by travelling ingeniously through the whole of England the pauper might live on the alms of the poor-house, without being removed to the place from whence he came. This Bill, therefore, only prevented a great evil by dealing with it summarily, so that a pauper might be passed at once to the parish from which he was entitled to relief. In his opinion the poor law of Ireland and England ought to be placed precisely on the same footing as the poor-law stood between town and town in England. He had not, therefore, entered at all into the spirit of the complaint of the authorities of Liverpool, for it stood upon entirely dif ferent grounds from those on which this poor-law was built, and ought not therefore, in his opinion, to be en tertained. Yet this did not in the slightest degree effect the serious question which had been so seriously and so forcibly put by the Noble Lord, as to that where the instance showed that there was no means of subsistence whatever, and where the pauper would have to be passed to the place where the means of a livelihood might be obtained, for he thought that such a case was far out of the pale of all minor considerations. Neither would he enter into the sanatory state of the country, although it was intimately connected with the question. For these reasons he thought that the observations of his Noble Friend were needless and uncalled for. The House then went into Committee without a division. EDUCATION. The Bishop of EXETER rose, pursuant to notice, to ask a question of the Lord President of Council respect ing a communication with deputies of certain bodies of dissenters, relative to the minutes of the Committee of Privy Council on Education. He should not feel justified in enquiring what might have passed between any Mem bers of the Cabinet and a deputation from the dissenting body, but what had occurred at the interview to which he alluded had been disclosed by a colleague of the Noble Marquis in another place, and he therefore felt no difficulty in putting his questions. He wished to know whether any interview had taken place between the Noble Lord at the head of the Government and the Noble Marquis the President of the Council, and a deputation from the Wesleyan body? Whether any, and if any, what promise of an alteration in the minutes in terview? and Council on Education was made at that and whether any record had been kept of the same? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said soon after the minutes of education were laid on the table of this House, communications connected with the minut es were made to his Noble Friend the First Lord of the Trea sury and himself, as President of the Co unc il , f rom various bodies, and a deputation from the W es l eyan body, attended upon himself and his Noble Friend, to be informed upon certain particulars relating to the minutes. The explanations were given as required, and a record of the explanations was kept, which would be ul timately laid upon the . table of the Hous e . I n pursuance of that communication, a slight alteration was made in the minutes, but not in their spirit. One of the chief ob jections urged by the Wesleyan body was that those who filled the office of schoolmasters under the minutes, ought not to be allowed to exercise ecclesiastical functions, and to that extent an alteration had been made in the mi nutes. The Bishop of EXETER hoped the Noble Marquis would have no objection to lay on the table of the House a copy of the paper or communication to which the Noble Marquis had alluded. Very likely, when that paper came before them, it might be necessary for him to pro pose to their Lordships the expediency of considering the propriety of expressing an opinion upon some part of the contents of that paper. It would be found that the paper contained a distinct declaration that no person holding any ecclesiastical office, or performing any eccle siastical functions, should be eligible to the office of schoolmaster ; but nothing was said about Dissenting Ministers boing excluded from the same office. It was extremely desirable that their Lordship's should have an opportunity of expressing their opinion upon this ques tion of education in all its bearings ; but, before they could do so, it was indispensably necessary that they should have this paper before them. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to promise the production of the paper. Lord STANLEY did not clearly understand the ex planation of the Noble Marquis. The Noble Marquis had told them that Ecclesiastical Masters were to be debarred from exercising Ecclesiastical functions. Did thr Noble Marquis mean that no schoolmaster must have taken up holy orders ? If so, he thought the con cession highly objectionable ; what the Church most wanted, in his opinion, was the services of aninferior class of ministers, and he thought no better persons could be found to perform the functions of such minis ters, than those who had filled the o ffi ce of school masters' under these minutes. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the funds raised for the purposes of the minutes, could only be applied to education. Besides the dissenting body would entertain strong objections to such an arrangement as that sug gested by the Noble Lord. Lord STANLEY reminded the Noble Marquis that he had not answered his question, namely, whether a per son's being in holy orders would be deemed to be an ob tion to his filling the office of schoolmaster. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to say that it would, but exceptions might arise. The Bishop of EXETER did not wish to prolong this discussion, but the Noble Marquis having stated one thing as a fact, he was quite sure the Noble Marquis would allow him to set him right upon that score. 'lb° Noble Marquis had stated that it had always been understood that a schoolmaster should apply himself solely to the care of his school. Now he held in his hand the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education for 1839, in which he found the following question:—" Does the schoolmaster devote his whole time to the office or not ? If so, state what occupation." Now, so far as he could understand the English lan guage, that question implied that schoolmasters were likely to fill other occupations. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not object to a schoolmaster holding another occupation which did not interfere with the business of schoolmaster. The Bishop of EXETER trusted the Noble Marquis's reply would not be forgotten when they came to discuss this question a. ain. PEERS OF SCOTLAND (BILL) The Earl of EGLINTON moved the second reading of this Bill. 'He did not think that there would be any opposition to the measure, and would not therefore trou ble their Lordships with any lengthened remarks upon the Bill. The Noble Earl then briefly stated to their Lordships the objects of the Bill, which appeared to be a provision for the revisal of the roll of the Scottish Peer age, and certain enactments calculated to prevent fraud in the case of the elections of Scottish Peers. The Noble Earl considered that the whole subject was one which required to be made the subject of a legislative enactment, and ought not to be left to a mere resolution of the House. Lord CAMPBELL thought that the proposed Bill was unnecessary; the objects sought by it being attainable by a resolution of their Lordships House. Lord REDESDALE supported the second reading of the Bill. Earl of ROSEBERY thought that the subject was one which required legislative interference. If a person presented a petition to that House claiming a peerage, and, on the strength of that, presumed to vote at the election of a Scottish Peer, the returning officer would not allow the vote. He thought that the measure would prevent the evils at present complained of. The Duke of IIICHMOND said, from the experience he had had in the Committee which had been appointed on the subject, he had come to the opinion that the defects in the election of Scottish Peers could only be corrected by an Act of Parliament. He should, there fore, not only vote for the second reading of this Bill, but support it in its subsequent stages. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. IRISH VAGRANCY BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that he should move the second reading of this Bill on Thursday next. POOR-LAW SUPERVISION BILL (IRELAND). This Bill was postponed for a few days. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. This Bill was read a third time. NAVAL PRISONS BILL. This Bill was read a third time. LUNATICS ASYLUM BILL (IRELAND). This Bill was read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF G'OMMONS. June 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. NV ARWICK COUNTY PRISONS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. On the motion that the Bill be committed, Mr. DUGDALE opposed the committal of the Bill, and moved that it be committed that day three months. Mr. WILLIAMS supported the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE also supported the amendment. Lord BROOKE was in favour of the committal of the Bill. He thought, instead of the Bill having been hur ried on, it had been too much delayed. Mr. R. SPOONER, supported the amendment moved by Mr. Dugdale. Mr. ADDERLEY opposed the amendment and sup ported the Bill. Sir R. H. INGLIS supported the Bill. After a few words from Mr. NEWDEGATE and Sir C. DOUGLAS, The House divided, when there appeared-- For the amentment 6O Against it Majority against committal The Bill wa, consequently lost. HORNE'S (FERGUSON'S) ESTATE BILL. This Bill was read a second time. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up : Ashton Gras. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Deviation -19 of Line, &c.) Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway (Stonrbridge and West Bromwich). Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Chester and Alteration of Levels). - Dnot. , rn Countiow P . iilway (Lynn and Ely Railway, and Ely and Huntingdon Railway, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Lease). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the North Shore of the River Tay). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith Exten sion). Edinburgh and Northern Railway, St. Andrew's and Newburgh Harbour Branches and Road Crossings (Newport Railway Extension). Kilmarnock Police and Improvement. Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railway. Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Eaglescliffe and Stillington Extension). Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Knaresborough and Bo rough bridge Branch). Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch from Melmerby to Northallerton, &c.) Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrowgate and Pateley Branch, &c.) Liverpool Guardian Gas. Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railways Amalgamation. Norfolk Railway (Branch from Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Walsharn). Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Ra lway. Stockport Manorial Tolli and Bridges. Wolverhampton General Cemetery. York and Newcastle Railway (Wearmouth Dock En largement). York and Newcastle Railway (Pe law Tyne Dock, &c., Branches). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— East Lothian Central Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branch to the Caledonian Railway and Diversion of Canal). Shropshir.e Union Railways and Canal (Lease to the London and North-Western Railway Company.). Scottish Midland Junction Railway (Branch to Lau reneekirk). The reports on the following Bills were further con sidered and agreed to:— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail way, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Purchase or Amalgamation. Direct London and Portsmouth, Brighton, and Chiches ter, London, Brighton, and South Coast, and London and South-Western Railways. Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Rail way, &c.) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Manchester and Lincol❑ Union Railway, and Ches terfield and Gainsborough Canal Amalgamation. Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease). Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge Trusts. THE CASE OF MARY DAWSON. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on the House going into a Committee of Supply, he would move that copies of the correspondence which had passed between the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the magistrates in the case of Mary Dawson be laid upon the table of the House. SPIRITS (IRELAND). Sir ROBERT FERGUSON moved far a return of the accounts of the produce of the Excise duty received on spirits in Ireland during each of the years ending the sth day of April, 1846 and 18 4 7, and the number of gallons brought to charge, showing the increase or de crease in gallons and in duty. Also of the number of gallons of spirits brought to charge in Ireland, and the duty paid thereon, in the quarters ending respectively April 5, 1846 and 1847, showing the increase or decrease. Also of the number of gallons of proof spirits (distin guishing the quantities produced from malt, an d f rom a mixture of anti unmalted grain) o n w hi c h duty itu re was paid for home consumption in Ireland in each quarter of the years ending respectively the sth day of April, 1846 and 1847, and in each of the years. Also of the number of detections, and of the number of persons prosecuted for offences in Ireland against the laws for the suppression of illicit distillation, in each quarter of the years ending respectively the sth day of April, 1846 and 1847, distinguishing those con victed. Also of the number of persons confined in each gaol in Ireland, for offences against the laws for the sup pression of illicit distillation, on the sth day of January, the sth day of March, and the sth day of April, in each of the years 1846 and 1847 (in continuation of Parlia mentary Paper, No. 361, of Session 1846). Motion agreed to. HULKS AT WOOLWICH. Colonel ROLLESTON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the report and the evi dence taken before the Committee respecting the hulks at Woolwich would be laid b e f ore t h e House ? Sir G. GREY said that t th a e t, r a e s po s r e t en an a d s t h h a e h e a v d id t e im nc e e , were very voluminous, and h he would examine a n d see i f all, or what part of it, should be printed an d l a id b efore the House. NORFOLK ISLAND. Lord MAHON asked the Under-Secretary for the Home Department whether it was proposed that Norfolk Island should b e reta i ned as a penal settlement? Mr. HAWES said that instructions had been given to the Lieutenant -General to use his discretion regarding it, but in case it should not be continued as a penal settle ment, care would be taken that the Government build ings should not go to ruins. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. Lord G. BENTINCK said, seeing the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) n his place, I with to press upon him the desirableness of p ostponing his motion with respect to the affairs of Portugal from Thursday to Monday next, if it can be done with the consent of the Government; but I doubt not but the i Go ' vernment will willingly exchange the day for which t has been fixed, as there appears to he every reason to expect that the correspon&Lce in the report will prove very volumnious; and it is only right as that corres pondence has not yet been placed on the table of the House that a postpo nement s hould tak e place, in order that Hon. Members may have an opper" amity of perusing it. If it should be placed on tbe table of the House to-night, it would not b e in the and' of Hon. Members before Wednesday mornings !I d as there is an early sitting on that day, hitt time would be afforded to Honoura ble Meow' to make themselves acquainted with their contents. This is a question on which it would not be well for the House to come to a decision without h avin g all th e papers before it. This short Bala y wou ld not be a m atter of serious consequence, as the troops of the insurgents had been arrested in several attempts, in r order to obtain a day in which his motion could be bronzht fo: ward, Thursday was fixed upon by the common conseni of the House—(Hear, hear)—and no party was mora anxious to have the motion brought forward on Thursday than the Noble Lord and his friends.'" cElear, hear)—and as he was not awa re orrespondence was beyond a research of 24 or 48 y on eargtl he should persist in bringing forward his motion tlit. t day ; in fact, he had made an arrangement w hich wen on ! makeit utterly impossible for him to be in the House Monday. The House had fixed Thursday. Se wish to continue to it. The conversation then dropped. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. f o ll owing Mr. WARD moved the appointment of the Committee on this subject:—Mr. W. 0. Stanley, My Sandon, Colonel Pennant, Earl Grosvenor, Mr• roles, ton (Dublin county), Mr. Goulburn, AdmiralDoiye Lord Morpeth, Mr Parker, and Mr. Ward, wi.,tb Members to be chosen by the Committee of Seleellthe Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the appointment o mittee Committee until they had the report of the Coin° i t , on the harbour, and the evidence adduced beforeasie„ Without meaning any disrespect to the g i. e • it men nominated, he could not help stating te st appeared to him that they had a direct I f the in the carrying cut of the undertaking. apes Committee were appointed, it would be aPra had before the Committee to which he had rate estimate made their report, wh ch would show that the _ ts of 600,0001. for the cost made by the Government ant. neer was egregiously wrong, as it would be sbe w oo t the testimony of Sir John R e nnie, and some of the lest eminent engineers, that th e cost would be tease 2,000,0001. The very names which the H on. Gen very had suggested showed that he did not think highly of the scheme ; and as a proof that the Wight hers of the Committee were interested , state that Mr. Stanley held 120 u ° aid which would be required for the harbour•resso, some of the others were equally l et° b e ree He moved that the consideration of this ferred to the Committee this day fortnight. m itts. Mr. WARD said that he did not wish the Corn we e appointed to ilivestigate the matter to begin their 14 0 7 0 . 0 a until the report was before the House. He had Ocer to believe that it would be printed and before til e r , t he mittee as early as Thursday next, and there fore Housewould have ample time to consider tbe .. „, 0 00' before it was placed under discussion, and ev e '', slist elusion come to upon it. He thought, hoWeLeloeion there ought to be no attempt to pospone the of the the matter by a waste of time. vel be s ubject Lord SANDON thought that they ought to ba d Os evidence before the House before they alWe iata itiee la Committee. He had no objection to the COO boa itself, but he did think it would be advisable tf used to that document before them before they Pre aeu take further evidence. edit° Mr. HUME said that matter involved the orP e . th tte of half a million of mon e y. H e fully agre ed wi o inn° Noble Lord who had last spoken, that this d: 100, to should be in the hands o f Hon. Members. 000 a previous session moved for certain returns ce a „. lo to with the Holyhead harbour, but he had lin t thon g Ile til e ° , s al follow it up, and others had not done so. they were premature in appointing the Conw 3itte s . ' l4 that the evidence, it before them, the House. 001. b id Mr. W. COLLETT said that a sum of 150,0 sots already been expended on Holyhead harbour. Ibree that had already been adduced on the subject i we he ficient to warrant a Committee being appoint"' a t , hoped the House would sanction that appointmenio s p Mr. BANKES said the question was not •r narrow in its character as some Hon. litemusib e e or peered to think. In fact, it was a question w he h tor no Holyhead was the best harbour for Ennl ie oof chants that could be formed on that part of the o pts Ireland. If large sums of money were expend eu in might possibly lavi sn eers to g that harbour it might prevent shipo this country having the most desirable harbolirsol could be established. He did not deny that Beier,. was a very desirable harbour ; but it was , i n real1;01i question whether it was the most desirable that ether be constructed for the merchants of Liverpool an d °we, ports in this country. The question was not, there as he had already observed, quite so narrow 0 imagined. s e; 0 0 ; Mr. vs, ARD had never heard of the evidence ti l l D but, in his opinion, the question simply was, the present Government would carry out an arre7d meat entered into by the late Government. If bro. d ; the allegations of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. were correct, the House, he believed, would not car t / out; but, if they were not, he thought they would. 0 1 Sir ROBERT PEEL said, the question was, a ee s port was the best for facilitating the intercourse bet Ica this country and Ireland. Several inquiries bal l d aft made on the subject. An eminent civil engineer, aa s or officer of the Admiralty, hid made a report on tbevor ject, and they concurred in reporting in favour of lie head. Another inquiry had been made with tli_ A e be ets result, and, if he did not mistake, a third lia"seren made, all of which took place during the last '- years, and were in favour of that harbour. fro Mr. ORMSBY GORE said that he was awe t° isce the indentations of the coast, that at the other floes there was a muck better position for a harbour Ott e ro e could be at Holyhead. With regard to the 01 he had taken great interest on the subject, :daeoten taken the opinion of many practical men,_ who b •Oa that the anchorage was much more free from rock that of Holyhead. al Whi ch After a few words from Viscount SAN D% ' n - did not reach the gallery, Mr. WARD said that it was the height of abbsotirdisl' to go over the whole of the examination which „,oet tee ready been taken. His sole object was t o pre,-.4 be Bill from being got rid of by a side wind, aß re eis thought that these objections were raised for the p a of getting rid of the measure. s• e 0 i O O l Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said that theinfee had been appointed in a very unusual manner; eteee• it was one Committee appointed to appoint a rl . ieet He thought that the same rule should be observed hit:tee instance, as was observed upon railways, an d t b ° Member at all interested in the sale of land sbe ll e t he oi e aTi wnt x sf obfl p apueu e ri eo n dponu d upcag i obetthslu, Committee,i eat expenditure . would erno o vuo f eialtidiinhnt y e sen , rot consent Therefore, fdfno o boe sr , err e l eehm o o ts:t ahtaht l at . ti sctoofiatnpherho carried public oispeitnHefdpdoot appointed upon the Committee. The case invoireuaid e l , t hnu h ees o h e ec u its s h t mo u en: b .Hg j a b i n ec hop y tnipt t .oo : oo ll x .vr i ve,.. . i so ll 7 ol:oooo.; rtioner' d •tect evidence of the Commissioners in its hands, who no m do r. u vi bt Amite appealed e a a b l l e e d t to report. the course. not adopted the proper been before the House, with respect to whi ch /l e e ha d Sp T e w a o ke o r r , whether B o o r ob ba :01 , mittees had been nominated in the same way. " -- bsiff consulted the Honourable Gentleman in the e seho ie and mention e d t o hi m th a t one of the Gentleme n bet he proposed to nominate was locally connecte d e tee he over-ruled his doubts, and he placed his name 0 list. The SPEAKER said the Committee had Wel e pointed strictly in accordance with the forms %beef P aro bl° House. When Bills came before Parliament of and partly of a private nature, som e Honoebooe, Members representing l oc al interests wert e Con!: whilst the remainder were appointed by the eolw mittee of Selection, under the ordinary rules Ow by the House. COP SI L b, Lord CLIVE said it was for the House -,..f o re -„ whether they would appoint this Committee e' d bet report and evidence of the Commission ba r ti! A sl printed and laid before the House, whea l : viD g o ; would appoint a tribunal before they Woe? they would hare to decide. The question 0 simply whether Holyhead harbour wool a a led packet station, but whether it might be s — , that ;d national harb our o f re f uge , or w h e ther, spy' „ 0 spent all thi s money t h ey h a d n ot been Ipwv . a space full o f roc k s an d utterly useless for fer He thought th e H on . G ent l eman the Membe r for _ of • try had adopted the proper course. somber..Al Sir DE LACY EVANS said he was a i n , • Committee on which there were members bil g '„,,ligeto and personal interest in tne matter under int - rt .tr, The Right Honourable Baronet (Sir Ron b y tb l ",,, had stated that the report had been investige_Atma eminent engineers, which he thought was g uy- ° in favour of their p rocee di ng s. go aalli s ide rr Mr. S I'ANLEY sa id th a t he had been p er dicta' ferred to in the course of this debate, and be, hit rose to express his desire that he should no ; he the Committee, but he rose also for ," of ' b l pose of adverting to some words made of 6.1;7 0 the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool. h a orn o that his constitu e nts wished to see the reP0",,0100,4 that they might see what further steps were Il s el t bet w, be taken. He would remind the Noble I,ol' distinct understanding with the HonOtalbi_e.by-mils tleman near him was, that the Committal' ro es „, see the end of the matter. There great misunderstanding upon the subject of al The point for the Lords of the Treasury an i a I ;, e re of the Admiralty to ascertain (for they °n o d sve i l e countable to Parliament) was, whether Hol a n fit and proper harbour for a packets tatiottl.nd ate Commissioners appointed by them had reP r r o - ey the subject. That report had been detnur the inhabitants of Liverpool and other places, andDtw pose of this Committee was to see whether pas• plan was a proper one or not. •1 1 t the IS ; Lord SANDON, in explanation, said t s meat distinctly was that no farther ste p s . taken until this report were in the han ds of t h e of this House. t he 006 Mr. WILLIAMS said that he cou ld assure se i • • bi that they did not wish to get rid of this on u s iso wind. He was as anxious as any oth er Perils be Ire a harbour of refuge on that part of the coatis where Holyhead was situated. -saw). 0 04 The motion was agreed to without a di , :y ow . Mr. HUME said—He wished to task@ 1 / 4 r , be the ord. toe Td, 11lei the G A' B~