The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

~~~>.. CHANCEttbIISHIP OF CAM _ BRIDGE UNIVERSITY. (From the Post of yesterday.) Committee Rooms, British Hotel, Cockspur street. b he Committe z f or con d uct i ng t h e e l ec ti on o f the Earl of , .4wil.beg that his supporters will come early to the poll on • nreda3', and also to call their attention to the list of special s advertised in all the papers. NELSON, Chairman. @EOM A PRIVATE LarrElt. CAMBitIDGE, TUESDAY EVENING. 1 40 nut eiaggerate the state of affairs in remarking that Zelnost intense excitement has prevailed in the University 15 g tb° w4ole of this day, in consequence of the course of oee edings• - wlaich Prince Albert's supporters have deemed it Lit to adopt with reference to the forthcoming election. - the day large numbers of members of the Senate Ye been flocking into the town, and even at this early stage "re e xhibited all the indications of a determined and vigorous • %as st. the election of a Chancellor of the University of 9.3 you remark in your leading article this morn s'Ae i!fi assumed altogether a new character. Since Prince a form a l refusal to be put in nomination quietness has 'flied throughout the University and town, but the de ation of tho Trinity men to persist in placing his Royal 114. !uses in the false position you so powerfully condemn, vada the unlimited disgust amongst the resident graduates e members of the University generally. This is suffi eiCtly evidenc e d b y t h e con d uct o f t h e Rev. Dr. Webb, who De withdrew his name from the committee so soon ;_ee, a scertained his Royal Highness's views on the matter. 7_r._tral other influential members of Prince Albert's commit ' have followed the example of the Master of Clare Hall, Dave expressed th e i r i n t en tion of withholding their votes ' l 7 tier i n the approaching election. oho ;meeting held in Landon yesterday, of which the Poet t w o contains the proceedings, has excited consider tethitrell‘sion, and without any desire to cast undeserve d ons on the conduct of some of those whose names for the first ti me i n conne xion with that committee, Ge'm Unified Ante that certain Right Rev. Prelates, who " have U n ig e dtheinselves to secure a result so honourable to the fti ra Y k enl itY," a 3 Prince Albert's return, have come in for a thi - " ar e of criticistn. The resident graduates feel some 12$ like anxiety to learn what circumstances have Maipted the feelings of deep gratitude with which the meet 'as affirmed in the resolution moved by the Lord Bishop • bypondon, heard that his Royal Highness Prince Albert b oo b een pleased to express the pride and pleasure he would zt,eitulkthlktatihtiengßtihsheocpffice of Chancellor of the University of oride, and still more surprise has been created by the boaly of the metropolitan diocese, who has Proved so lavish in his praises of the Earl of Powis, old at this moment so suddenly turn round, and oppose his . ZPoptment to that high office. to which the Noble Earl, in ti'ol:lleration of his untiring exertions in behalf of our na hut i t °m irth, has so strong a claim. Motives are imputed, .will not advert to them. t i :t iz nen one and two o'clock to-day it was rumoured that lu m r" o I of Powis had intimated his intention of resigning, with g„a Personal objection to being brought into collision de li b t r e Prince Consort. As the same false report . has not t " . „ been circulated amongst members of the Senate, cis suni rLeeent in the University, I may state, that under any the l sat "lcee the Earl of Powis will contest the election to Arra n , testern T — " a ate have been made with the directors of the Thurm.: „, Counties Railway for running additional trains on ne c -- ` o 4',the day of nomination, and on the following days, s °fl Thursd ay, .'"!tr Q the day of election, a procession will be 4. p h . pvttt: Catherine ßm. Hall, the Master of which, the Rev. for the ill , is the Vice-Chancellor of the University th e Present year, and will move at ten o'clock towards the 3 ,,,`"te House, on arriving at which the Bedell will read statute of Elizabeth, "de electioneCancellarn." The_n bip;.hancellor, the two Proctors, and the Junior Doctor D reoe ttY present (or, if there be no Doctor in will Ith, t r. then the Junior Doctor of Law or Physic will . supp 41 Co) will stand in scrutiny, and will give in their votes Nz following form . Th elegit —in Cancellarium nujus Academite." writt a o!nher two electors will then bring npth!iravLoteas tis su j u o l , the . same form, each of the candidates n standing at the table on his behalf. The otge . r "'ra of the Senate will then vote in the order of their oval. Am", _ere can be very little doubt, I apprehend, that tbe,,,re gLof the e l ect i on w i ll depend mainly upon th e n on-resident t i t - 11 1 r rs of th e S enate , an d as so muc h i n t e rest has been ex -111;1' W all quarters with reference to our future Chancellor , t o_ifie number of votes will be registered. I have not been 1.115 ' 5 0 ascertain precisely how many members there are of Senate —that is, persons entitled to vote—as the Univer ,:vealetuernanda.r for the present year has not yet been made up. 1.01 11 the last calendar I am enabled to make up the follow - 'be number of members of the Senate connected with the several colleges and halls are :- -- Trinity College 1,164 St. John's College 694 Queen's College 152 Gonville and Cahn College Christ's College l3B Corpus Christi College. l2B Emmanuel College 136 •••. -.--- St. Peter's College 122 St. Catherine's Hall Magdalene College Clare Hall Jesus College •••• ll6 Trinity Hall Pembroke College King's College Sidney Sussex College 59 Downing College Commorantes in Villa 3,454 During the last year the numbers have, of course, mate tetua!ly increased, and I think I may safely say that the littn.iner now exceeds 4,000. Of these it is confidently "t,lcipated 2,000 will vote in the course of the forthcoming tection. UNIVERSITY REFORM. (Front tlAjs 12414colning Oxford Magazine). whether it be thi dew of heaven or the springs . Pt adartb, doth sc a tt er an d l ose it se lf i n the ground, ex-' '7l4he collected into some receptacle, where it may by u tendon and sustain itself; and, for that cause, the in zssttry of man bath framed and made spring-heads, conduits, bea en . " ‘ an d Pools; which men have accustomed likewise to utlf7 g o l • t end ador n with accomplishments of magnificence `wiutiT' . am well as of use and necessity. So knowledge, Pr not preserved in books* u t i niai r 4 descend from divine inspiration or spring from 'Were seise, would soon perish"and vanish to oblivion, if it pt and condoning aces appointed, as Um • • Coll and SchooLs for this recei the satramdei.ti”ons, conferences, and 'versales, egest he trust- .ae trusty confer i iI: squire of Don Q u ixote had no misgivings what . „ al to uching his cap ac i ty f or govern i ng the island, which pve knightqounerhillntp ofLa Mancha was, in due course , resentati of ma n y hopeful ect and worthy well-meaning men a of Sancho is no bd •ii i e r se daYs- They think reform is "as easy as lying" to the on - The best men are often most open to these delusions. est themselves, and desirous of conforming everything t he'Z cw rule of right, they think, that it is only necessary to w that an evil exists, in order to secure the application of remed y. Experlence, however, has shown how visionary such 04' 11411 reti t r ex Pectations are. Wrongs are rarely, perhaps never, lkia e "ect by logic. Moral force is not yet so irresistible as be _ ble enthusiasts would have us hope and believe. If this ,„'_° in respect to the reform of glaring and notorious evils, more is it so with the less obtrusive, but more dan %trill?s which a ff ec t th e vitality of nations. Af t ,il'st , ce and exactions, which press upon the millions, otf b e long endured and struggled against, are thrown IV convulsive throes and a dangerous crisis. e i al ent e r which affect the moneyed interests, the commer uve.prise of wealthy classes, are comparatively short u• But evils against which the excited passions of the b on ged many, or t h e resentment o f a power f u l class cannot 7ptUntedly directed, are long-lived. ..!kad of this cl ass are t h e ev il s o f our p u blic schools and `"...l.3!_srsities. Parliament may be reformed, and being re lorrnia may be argued and coerced into the repeal of a law _ Jul as the sanction cf a bread tax. University reform — reform, is quite a different mat of " education," the meaning of Itood. What education can, and 'oral elevation of a people is by no is not yet felt, that the nation or what is required for its perfect that both the heart and the brain tutriment in order to give vital force to that the mere husks of educational tot a distinct appreciation of what. ' is not, yet the contineed dis , renders the present time most 'ement fur university reform ; and a , mmiision would be hailed with de ,pen to any who shall address it in aims, with an appreciation of the difil well as the glorious object to be Alm few nor small. The public enlightened on the subject. A large view public schools and univer medium. They see the school or youth was spent through an at _ poetry, _ them it is scarcely less than irre ' verence to think of defect tither iu the constitution or the working of institutions which, by a mischievous delusive . fignre, is personified to them as a mother. Then there is little to be hoped for from within the 'universities. It is not surprising that with possession, a 'feeling of absolute, personal, exclusive right should grow up :in the minds of the few who have, and the larger number who expect to have, wealth, honours, and social distinctions under ,this'exclusive system. There is also the further disadvantage, that the sense of r esponsibility, political and religious (using the terms in their N l argest sense and as almost synonymous), is deadened, if not 'Mt, in men who are associated as a privileged body : so that li k t nuu come to be a proverb, that corporations have neither u odj es to be kicked, nor souls to be damned. • let, as we have said, the times are favourable to the great .11 4 holy enterprise of making the universities and public -' e "ocis' national institutions in truth and reality, part of the national life, and working to the mere perfect develop :Talent of the national mind. A great preparatory work has been done, and that uncon sciously. Within a recent period the heriditary, instinctive coutidence of the nation in the universities has been broken by Painful revelations. The nation has been compelled to •believe, what once it would fain have rejected, as a mon strous libel. The nation has been compelled to accept as a fitctt that f or years t h e un i vers iti es have been the seat of a dangeroush: and too successful conspiracy against the faith of - I 'h they were supposed to be the bulwarks. Everywhere throughout the land a newly-ordained graduate is received .With well-founded distrust ; all the while no correcting or °PPosing influence is seen in operation ; and the faithfulness And the power of academical rulers is alike doubted. The Convicti on h as spread that there is not h ea l t h enoug h l e ft i n the system to throw oil' the fatal and pervading taint. The P ub lic is prepared to hear, and to assent to the declaration, that the leprous house must be taken down. _• This on purely religious grounds: but the idea of univer aft/ reform must be both comprehensive and minute. Organic Principles must be broadly laid down, and all details be wo rked out in ac cor d ance w i t h t h em. tithe It cannot be suffered that statutes of founders, which inav have repealed, should sometimes be held to be bin ding by fellows of societies, and other times at their ca ?rice held t o be naught, to the deadening of moral feeling. St therecannot be, that instead of a university, we s h ou ld h ave a a collection of classical and mathematical schools, carried ,a „ for the a d vantage of the separate societies which hold Fie e stablishments. Professorial chair s cannot rema i n un tenanted,un ev en b y t h e g h osts o f t h e past. Revealed religion Thecl natural science c annot b e f or ever b an i shed from Oxford. universities wait for reform. Th e i nte l lect and the Piety, and th e p a t r i ot i sm o f th e nat i on say, Reform ! and there must, there will be reform, and perhaps the larger an d more complet e f or b e i ng d eferred. We can afford to wait. meQ There is a great work to be done, and itrtanuot be that was be wanting for the glorious labour. Publi CI a I c and gr ammar - school t er* Amidst all the talk the vtoril is not yet underst What it cannot do for the mi m eats strictly defined. It cannot live - on bread alone, deYelopmedt. It is not felt Sr the nation require nutria , t he 4ody olitic, and, the .44 tins are in p sufficient. . sollica though there is not tiolf is, and what it (Utai4Sn' of the subject r ;f,avoiirable to a movemen Ve ll - constituted royal com light. The public ear is of clear tones,, with lofty aims dies to tie overcome, as The dlculties ate neit luiud is ilt ,partially enli Majority of our legislators Pities, through a talse m university at which their mosphefe of poetry. To t -Colonels G. °motion, asid t, by Colonel d a C. 8., add and Gar•oek. r C. Halkett. • F. Smith la! Sir John ae, on return f Gosford Aurniog from a Warta Sir De be/ K.H. ary Secretary America, by B. Lord Wi llis )ni the Wilt .:ape of Got artier Major rt Arbuthnot. harks Rooky W. Doitni!ig mant•Grn l of the Bets C.R. Bruieba' , promotion. b$ ietun ther, GeneT ~ by roo°Bol her WOO Sir God° Smith. ICA y Major-at 'otion, by arlt India, by "11 3mith. 'ape Maar 3abingtogo V ; Lientenst Urban and AA P . nerals Culv" - Pitt, on pn iromotion al"„ ?romotioll, fohnstone,, ts, by Col°1"" t and: p 1. Grant, r pediard. Freert, e t urn fronoi ,,, Tyld c e: 4 `i nent); foreign tmenta), um ,,r" Dynely, Prit f. Williaaaa. G. Soren, 1 : forie tad P. Q Ogled ° n, on In, Bfoubrelo ntmentti ; forei pro mter, A. ,, dley, Bs". from Pot 'oder@ Sir ppointmentl ebray (of, r (on pro'," n return ire a, by C°l4ol t, by Go Wilts Wit on. Sr 1. . 4 Lievuos i/ L. ca Pr. ° 3. r Lionteassf• .ennos I. Draw .„ 1 ";• C C ' arl 04 byE .eiga ,we, by the Ea t al EnOei!' nd wen; by his fatbfre C.B. >ragoone, 111 pointment to ers, by cir tioa awl sr an service iS a Sir JO. .Gepertl Sir Lion, b 1 /Iv General Sit „lion Ili. tr .ushingtnis, Cofirl' ” hi I lIPP °IIII' to wley ;eller', ° !gado' /iv jir-Gen g— it, on bit f r the ailhl eturn fro° Voodford aPP °ill gineerh his 10 0r ' )wen. A• D' no MS / ;• 0, ke, a ti r y AN ° Grec s° his re tlifil , n d retilra - 1 the o°ll P. the Q 6 je p of H e :: House,• isited tb se. ro t Thur. f ies , s t e nr r e d l i , !e Lur and For Th° s. 1/2 4 ;lc) , (Leoi" ld Dg 3lt a i don '- n I r AL" ter/l e l t oo 0 THE SUN, CENTRAL OF SPAIN RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders in this project was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, to hear the report of the committee appointed on the 14th December last, to investigate the affairs of the company. Mr. GEOBOZ Ssvmoun., being unanimously called to the chair, proceeded to read the committee's report on the affairs of the company. It stated that a railway from Madrid to the frontiers of Portugal had been proposed early in May, 1845, and a company formed, with a proposed capital of 2,000,0001., in 100,000 shares, 50,000 of these being reserved for Spanish shateholders. In the month of June of the same year an advertisement from • tne secretary of the company ap peared, stating that all the 50,000 English shares had been allotted, and that it was not in the power of the directors to satisfy the applications, which had exceeded the whole amount of shares by four-fifths; and a second advertisement, in the same month, announced that the company had re ceived the royal concession of the Sovereign of Spain on 30th May. Capt. Pilkington, about the end of June, was dispatched to Spain to make the necessary preparations, surveys, &c., for beginning the line. From that time till June, 1846, the shaieholders had no communication with the directors; but in that month an advertisement appeared, stating that they had made arrangements to construct the half of the line to Toledo with Spanish capital. Such was the history of the company as it was known to the shareholders generally The committee appointed at last meeting, on coming to examine into its affairs, found every impediment thrown in their way; the directors refused to communicate with them ; the had indeed been allowed access to the minute book and the cash book; but the banker's book and most of the letters, the do cuments, in fact, which would have corroborated or otherwise the result to which the commissioners bad come, had been suppressed. But they called the attention of the shareholders to this, that on the 9th of June, 1845, the directors announced that all the shares had been issued, and that applications for shares had been sent exceeding the number of shares by four-fifths. Yet, what did they find? That the whole number of shares allotted was 27.785, out of 50,000, leaving a balance of 22,215 unaccounted for, retained in the hands of the directors. Tney found, moreover, that by a minute of the 7th May, 10,000 shares had been reserved for the special committee. The number of shares paid upon by the public was 10,003 ; 4,000 more were put down to Captain Pil kington as paid upon, and 4,405 shares appeared as given away gratis in different lots to different parties, seemingly for ser vices, making the total amount of shares, ranking as paid upon, 18,405. From the absence of the banker's book, the committee could not arrive at any result concerning the finances of the company ; but this appeared from the cash-book, that the whole of the shareholders' money had been expended, ex cept a balance, less than 8001., in the hands of the directors. It appeared that Captain Pilkington alone had had paid to him 20,9001. 3s. 6d., but on what account there was no means of ascertaining from the book ; and the Captain himself had refused the committee his accounts, or any assistance to wards understanding this part of the business. The other point to which the committee adverted in their report re ferred to the concession of the line by the Spanish Court. An advertisement appeared in June 1845 from the directors, stating that the royal concession of the company's line had been obtained on the 30th May that year; the feet, how ever, turned out to be, that negotiations for this pur pose continued to be carried on until the December following, when the royal concession was positively re "used, and refused, as it seemed to the committee, on perfectly justifiable grounds. All that had been ob tained previously was, the permission to deposit plans and surveys of the proposed line with the Government, and the promise that if these should appear satisfactory to the Government, the concession of the line would be granted. fhe committee had had the opinion of several gentlemen as to the worth of that preliminary concession, and especially of a gentleman who had been Minister of the Interior in Spain, and their opinion bad always been that that promise was neither definite nor binding—in fact, gave the company nothing. (The Chairman then read several letters sent to the secretary of the company, and read at the board, condemning, in the most positive lan guage, the plans and surveys of Captain Pilkington as being incorrect, imperfect, and unworthy of the company, or of any man of professional compe tency). The Chairman, in remarking upon some parts of the report, said he had little doubt but that the money of the shareholders had been used by the directors in rigging the market ; indeed, there were documents which, at least, excited a suspicion of something that could not be done fairly, plainly, and openly. The following two letters, out of many others, were read to the meeting. They were signed by Mr. Harvey, the secretary, and addressed to Cap tain Pilkington " July 28th, 1845. " As to the circumstances of 63 and 62, it is just as I ex pected. We must act accordingly. 41 krows 38, and by what I have heard and seen 38 does not stick at tr uly, 1845ifles." " 28th J. " The 34 and 35 informed me by letter yesterday, that 62 is not 59, therefore the (take the first word in 57) could not have been written as you were informed. Mark this. Be 104 and 107 to finish the business or the 53 as soon as possible." The committee's report concluded with expressing their opinion that the directors had injured the shareholder the s by not issuing all the shar es ; by proceeding with line when they had only ab out 20,000/. capital ; that they had been lavish in the gift of shares to to the number of 0 ng 8,00 to different parties , and of money Captain ton without his accounts being rendered; that they had issued false statements and mis-statements, and had been guilty of concealment, by the suppression of the bankers' book and other papers. The Crie.ramAra moved the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously. Mr. BULL stated that, as Captain Pilkington's legal ad viser, he had recommended him to send in his accounts without crediting for the money :received, and they had been sent to the solicitor of the company, and ought to have been at the meeting. The CHAIRMAN was of opinion that no combination should h b o e ld fo e rm rs i e n d te t o o de p d ro d se o c in u g te so the on di t r h ec e t i o r r o s w ; nsonireesouarcteteanshdatrheeh rest could take advantage of the result. There was good ground in the promise made in the prospectus, that unless the line proceeded the whole 21. would be return ed. The committee then resigned their appointment, and re ceived the thanks of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the papers of the com mittee might tics= 44. Messrs. Keatley Cunliffe, and Co.'s, _ Chatteery- lane.. . The meeting,. after a vote of thanks to the chairman, then adjourned. SOUIII-- - WALES RAIL WAY. The foarth alf-Yeirly nieitlng of the proprietors of this company waallald yeaterda}', at the Great Western Railway Station ;•C.ltussel, Esq„ M.P.; in tte chair. The advertisement convening the present meeting, and the minutes of the last meeting, having been read by the Secre- tary, The CHAIRMAN said that since their last meeting the subject of the greatest importance which had occupied the attention of the directors,was the arrangement made between the South- Wales Railway and the Great Western Company. He had not thought it right to take any part in that discussion, nor had he thought it proper to take the chair at their last meeting, but he felt that the interests of the company would be sufficiently and amply guarded by those to whom the negotiations were confided. Those negotiations had been now satisfactorily completed upon the terms which they would find stated in the report. It had also been decided by ther Great Western Company, that an application should be made to Parliament to enable an interest of 5 ._per cent. to be paid upon the paid-up capital for five years, and the agreement at the end of those five years would secure to them half of the surplus profits in addi tion to that interest. There was also a clause in the Bill which prohibited the payment of interest to shareholders whose calls were in arrear, and that clause had been found so harsh, that with the consent of the Great Western Company, the authority of Parliament would be sought in order to re move it. It was proposed, also, to render assistance to many of the Irish lines, from which their own railway would draw a very considerable amount of traffic, by taking some of their shares; but it would not be necessary to hold those shares longer titan the temporary pressure required for its abatement. The report of Mr. Brunel was very favourable and it stated that a very considerable portion of their line was completed, and the remainder would be finished and open for public traffic in the course of two years. ' A considerable portion of the line was already let out in contracts, and would speedily be in a situation to be counted as forming a portion of completed lines. lie was not aware that there were any other circumstances neces sary to place under their attention, and as soon as the report was read by the secretary, be would move its adoption. The SECRETA ILY then read the report, from which it ap peared that the terms of the lease of the South Wales Rail , way to the Great Western Company were as follow : The proprietors of the South Wales Railway to receive interest at five per cent. per annum on all paid calls, and also upon sums advanced in anticipation of calls. Such interest to be charged in the cost of construction until the line is completed. After that period the Great Western Company to pay in perpetuity a minimum interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum upon the share capital expended, besides defray ing all the current interest on loans taken up, not exceeding the sums mentioned above. " The lease to commence when the line from Gloucester to Fishguard and the Newport and Monmouth line shall be Company mouint . h s o h i bea moiety o also f finished, provid e d ( as respects the latter) the Great Western same p cmosieunrpl time, luetsep but t r l o i nt e il ir sot l a i to n t e thhe f e r r o we m nisde. ~nom ntGlouces ter to the t years after the lease comm e n ces , i s to b e divided among of the ee south Any partial t h opening e t d o s b a e p ioerdk toed o b i ye interest r G e s r t e a c h t a N r V g e e s d t e n n Wales shareholders in additi on t o t h e guaranteed interest. Com any South \Vales capital. "Arrangements for new lines to be purchased or leased, to be made subject to the consent of the Great Western Com pany, and separately provided for." The report also stated that " Under the terms of the above agreement, it had become necessary to consider, in co n j unction with the Great We stern Company, how far it would be attended with advantage to their mutual interests that s ome assistance should be g iven to carry out the undertakings s anctioned by Parliament in the last session, by contributing to the Vale of Neath, the f d Wicklow and W y aterford a , and the Waterford, Wex or , Llnvi Vlley, the Ten S by and aundersfoot, the Cork and Dublin Railways. the South Wales Railway, and it had been consiaer dby " All those measures were of importance to the . traffic e. of both companies most desirable to support them by taking . a t limited number of shares, and holding them so long as migh be necessary to secure the accomplishment of their objects, and the guaranteed rateof interest by the Great Western Com pany would consequently ext en d o v er any sum which might be found necessary for those shares, or for any difference when they were disposed of, over and above the cost of construct ing the South Wales Railway, as provided for in the original agreement sanctioned by the recent extraordinary meeting. "The purchase of a portion of line in the Swansea Valley partially constructed had been also agreed for, with a view to make an extension of it, as a valuable feeder, to bring the mineral traffic from that district to the South Wales line. The owners of the Swansea Valley line were to receive the sum of 70,000!. in a certain number of South Wales shares, to be created for that purpose, if Parliament should sanction the undertaking as a portion of the South Wales line; and the shares so to be created for, and to be taken by, the owners of the Swansea Valley line, would, when all the calls should have been made on them, be adequate to pay, not only the agreed purchase money, but to defray the addi tional cost of the portion of the line which was proposed in extension of it to the Other"works up the same N'allev, viz., to the Ystalyfera and Yniscedwyn works, and a short branch to join the Cumtwrch Railway." The receipts •of the company up to the 31st of December, 1846, were 301,503!. 18s. 9d., and the payments up to the same period, 277,659/. 7s. 3d., leaving a balance of 23,8441. lls. 6d. . , ..... The report was then received. The retiring directors on this occasion were—D. A Saun ders Davies, Esq. 111. P., David Lewis, Esq., David Morris. Esq. M.P., John H. Vivian, Esq. M.P., but they were re elected without opposition. B. Dobree, Esq. retired from the auditorship, but was re elected. After some further conversation, a vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting separated. THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WAYS. The usual half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Buckinghamshire Railways (Oxford and Bletchley, and Buckingham and Brackley Junction Companies) was he:d yesterday afternoon, at the Euston-square Station of the London and North-Western Railway ; Sir Harry Ver ney, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The report stated that the directors had to announce that they had let.their works of both the Oxford and Bletchley and Buckingham and Brackley lines on satisfactory terms to Mr. Brassey. The shares of the company, on which 2/. 2s. had been paid, had, in consequence of the proceedings in Parliament last year, necessarily been reduced in registra tion in the proportion of 1 to 2 each registered share. After such reduction was credited with 41. 45., as paid, and inchidihg the 21. call received on the Ist of March, 6/. 4s. per share would thus have been paid on each share of 17/. 103. each. The directors had determined to confine their southern extension to' a line from Claydon to Aylesbury (a distance of ten miles). It was also proposed to extend the line northwards from Brackley to Banbury. A Bill had been introduced into Parliament for power to construct the ex• tension lines, and in this Bill would be comprised powers to consolidate the two . companies into one. The total receipts up to the present time amounted to 169,359/. 125., and the expenditure to 35,544/. 4s. 6d. On the motion of the CIIAILMAN, the report was adopted, and the retiring directors and auditors re-elected. A resolu tion was then passed, placing 3001. at the disposal of the di rectors for providing moral and religious instruction for the men engaged upon the works. This closed the business of the halt-yearly meeting. SPECIAL MEETING. The proprietors then resolved themselves into a special meeting for the pug pose of considering and approving of the Bill authorising the amalgamation and extensions. The CHAIRMAN stated that the extensions would consi derably enhance the undertaking, inasmuch as one of them would place them in direct communication with the metro polis, through the medium of the proposed London, Oxford, and Cheltenham line, while the other would give them access with the Herefordshire districts. Buck inghamshire was famed for the fattening of Herefordshire cattle, and, of course, a line which gave them a direct com munication with that country, must, of necessity, prove of immense value both to themselves and the districts through which the line would pass. Besides these advantages, the construction of the Bedford line and its extension would open up to them Cambridge and Norwich, and the Norfolk districts. A PROPRIETOR wished to know how it was proposed to raise the capital? The CHAIRMAN replied that all the shares which had been rejected by the proprietors had been taken up by the London and North Western Company, and that was the means by which the capital would be raised. All the shares were offered to the proprietors in the first instance, but only 3,000 were accepted by them out of 20,000. A PROPRIETOR asked what the capital would be, and the length of the extensions. The CIrAImtA replied that the capital would be 450,0001. -and the length of each extension about ten miles. The Bill was then approved, and the meeting terminated, with the customany vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. NORTHERN COUNTIES' RAIL WAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this railway wes held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Major Beresford in the chair. The SECRETARY, having read the advertisement calling the meeting, submitted the report of the directors, from which we make the following extracts:— "At the meeting held last month your directors reported to you fully on the position of the company, and on the pro gress made towards carrying out the resolutions of the first general meeting; they have now to add, that the Deviation Bill then authorised is proceeding in the House of Commons ; and your directors look forward with confidence, after the strong expression of the shareholders in its favour, to the sanction of Parliament being given to the measure. Your directors have made the necessary arrangements for commencing active operations in the spring on the portion of the line from Wath up Wensleydale, and from Tebay to the junction of the main line. Your directors deem it advisable to execute the line from Wath to Leyburn (which is of easy construction) without delay, that advantage may be taken of the opening of the Leeds and Thirsk line, to secure the traffic from the district of Wensleydale to Leeds and the south, which your directors confidently trust will of itself afford you an early and remunerative return for the outlay. " To commence this part of the undertaking a call on the shareholders will be necessary, which your directors now propose at the rate of 1/. 10s. per share, payable on the 17th of April. The general Act requires that one-third of the directors E W s . q. B , i r . e p s r c d, h r E is s t q o . p , E P sq ea . se , J , oEhnsqwlWit.weßii., J. should retire by ballot, and the names ballotted out are— Other, h M er . Middleton, Esq. " Those who retire are, however, eligible, and the board recommend their re-election. "One of the auditors elected at the first meeting having also to retire by rotation, Richard Dutton, Esq., retires, but the Board recommend his re-election. " The deputation appointed at the last meeting to treat with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company have made their report on the subject of the amalgamation, which the Board recommend for yonr consideration. " The balance•sheet of the company shows a balance of cash in hand of 55,5101. 7s. Bd." The CHAIRMAN having commented on some of the points referred to in the above report, concluded by moving that it should be received, adopted, and circulated among the sub scribers. If any one had any questions to ask, he would be happy to answer them. A SHAREHOLDER then asked when the report of the deputa tion appointed at the last meeting to treat with the Liverpo Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, would be submitted to them? The Outman intimated, that if the proprietors pleased, that should be done before the motion for the adoption of the report was put to the meeting, and then proceeded to read the report of the deputation as to the amalgamation. 9 thg_qt_testi9s having been proposed and satis -—" niottotc war then anunintotislyt acL r adopted. On the motion that — fhe retiring directors should be re elected, an objection was taken to the name of Mr. Other, and Mr. Tlmnipson proposed in his stead. A long and desul• tory discussion on the merits of the respective gentlemen then ensued, but the amendment was eventually withdrawn. The retiring auditor was also re-elected. Mr. Oxf.xv then observed, with reference to the report of the deputation appointed to treat with the Liverpool, Man. chester,and Newcastle-upon-TyneJunction liailwayCompany, that the terms specified for the amalgamation were fair and equitable to both companies, and considered that they should meet with the approval of the company. He thought that the amalgamation in question, if cm-tied out with prudence and economy, would have the effect of making their own line more profitable, and be advantageous to all parties. He would conclude by proposing a resolution, to the effect that the meeting approves of the terms specified, and authorising the directors to conclude the agreement. Mr. PEACOCI seconded the resolution, which was unani mously agreed to. SPECIAL MEETING. The meeting was . then made special, to submit to the ap proval of the shareholders a Bill to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway Company to make certain altera tions in their rallwav in the parishes of Aysgarth and \Vensley, in the North Riding of the county of York. An abstract of the clauses was then read by Mr. Baxter, the solicitor; and a resolution, moved by Mr. Glyn and se conded by Mr. Denyer, approving of the Bill, was then una nimously agreed to.. A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and direc tors, and also to the deputation on the amalgamation. The meeting then separated. • ,1 511 TILT LONDON, THURSDAY MOR:NINO; FEBRUARY 25, iSli. TREASURY W - N.RtiANT. (From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday.) Whereas by a w.frrant, tinder the hands of three of the Commissioners of her Mejesty's 'Treasury, dated the 16!h December, 1846, after noticing that, in consequence of a communication opened with the Post-office of Prussia, it was considered expedient to alter the rates of postage payable on letters and newspapers. and other printed papers, conveyed between that country and the United Kingdom yid Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium, certain rates of postage were thereby made payable on letters conveyed between Prussia and the United Kingdom, vie Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Bel gium, according to the weight thereof, and a scale of weight therein mentioned or referred to ; and it was thereby further directed, that British newspapers, and such British publications as were allowed to pass by the post as newspapers in the United Kingdom, sent from the United Kingdom to Prussia or to foreign countries, the correspondence of which was or should be trans mitted through Prussia, might be sent by the post at a rate of one halfpenny each : Now we, the undersigned, being three of the Commis sioners of her .I.l.ajesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the power or authority to us for such purpose reserved or given in and by the said warrant, wholly repeal the said rate of one halfpenny on the transmission by the post of all such British newspapers, and British publications allowed to pass by the post as newspapers in the United Kingdom, as are mentioned iu the said warrant ; and do hereby, in exercise of the power or authority in us for such purpose vested in and by an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the third and fourth years of the reign of her present Majesty, iniituled " An Act for the regu latien of the duties se Postage," and of all other powers and authorities enabling us in this behalf, order and direct that British newspapers, and such British pub lications as are allowed to pass by the post as newspapers in the United Kingdom, sent by the post from the United Kingdom via Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium, to Prussia or to foreign countries, the correspondence of which is or shall be transmitted through Prussia (the conveyance from the United Kingdom to Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Bele,ium, being by packet boat or private ship), shall and may be sent free of British postage ; provided always that no British news papers, and British publications allowed to pass by the post as newspapers in the United Kingdom, shall be con veyed by the post under the regulations of this present warrant, unless the same be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, nor unless there be no word or communication printed on the paper after its publication, or upon the cover thereof, and no writing or manual mark be upon it, or upon the cover of it, except the name and address of the person to whom sent, nor any paper or, thing inclosed in or with the same ; and every such news paper, or British publication allowed to pass by the post as a. newseaper in the United Kingdom, shall be forwarded under and subject to such other conditions, regulations, restrictions, and penalties, as by the said Act of Parlia ment of the third and fourth years of the reign of her present Majesty are directed in respect of newspapers and printed papers sent by post. Arid whereas by the said warrant it was further di rected that printed pamphlets and periodical publica tions (not being strictly newspapers, and not bearing British newspaper stamps), printed and posted within the United Kingdom, addressed to Prussia, and printed pam phlets and periodical publications (not being entitled to pass as newspapers), printed and posted in Prussia, ad dressed to any piece in the' United Kingdom, might be sent by the p os t v ia H am b urg h, the Netherlands, or Belgium, by p ac k e t b oa t or p r i vate s hi p, according: to the regulations and r a t es th ere i na f ter ment i one d ; and that the Postmaster-General might cause the postage on the same (if posted in the United Ki ng d om ) to be paid on the same being put into the post-office ; and that in case the same should pass through a foreign country, any foreign postage payable thereon should be charged and paid in addition to the British postage ; and that no such pamphlet or publication should be conveyed by the post. except under the conditions, regulations, restrictions, and penalties therein mentioned or re ferred to : Now we, the undersigned, in exercise of all powers and authorities enabling us in this behalf, do hereby wholly repeal all the rates of postage by the said recited war rant charged upon, and all the conditions, regulations, restrictions, and penalties in and by the said war rant expressed and contained or referred to in re spect of printed pamphlet sent by the post (not be ing strictly a newspaper, and not bearing a British newspaper stamp), printed and posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to Prussia, and upon and in respect to any printed pamphlet (not being entitled to pass as a newspaper), printed and posted in Prussia, ad dressed to any place in the United Kingdom, sent by the post viii Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium, by packet boat or private ship. And we do hereby direct that in lieu of all rates of post age imposed by the said warrant on any such printed pamphlets there shall be charged and taken on every printed pamphlet (not being strictly a newspaper, and not bearing a British newspaper stamp), printed and posted within the United Kingdom, addressed to Prussia, and on every printed pamphlet (not being en titled to pass as a newspaper) printed and posted in Prussia, addressed to any place in the United Kingdom, sent ! : by the post via Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium, by packet boat or private ship, and not ex ceeding half an ounce in weight, an uniform rate of British postage of sixpence. And we further direct, that on every such printed pamphlet, transmitted as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half an ounce in weight. there shall be charged and taken progressive asd additional rates of postage, according to the scale of weight and number of rates in the said Act of the thitn-atntitattetttryea of 'the De* --of her-presen s t-4ga tilb jesty, contained as t tters,eestunatiag and charging each additional-rate at c aim which any such printed pamphlet would be charged with under this warrant, if not exceeding half an ounce in weight. And we diriict, that as- to any such printed pamphlets as hereinbefore mentioned (pamphlets r egistered as let ters only excepted, in respect of which all rates of postage payable thereon, whether foreign or British, are to be prepaid), posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to Prussia, and forwarded . by packet boat from the United Kingdom via Hamburgh, the Nethes rl s a herendieor , Belgium, and as to any such printed pamphlet Kingdom I(except pamphlets registered as letter s a s aforesaid), addressed and to be forwarded to any foreign country through Prussia, by packet boat or privat e ship, from the United Kingdom to Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium, the Postmaster-General may, in his dis cretion, allow the whole of the postag e thereof, British or foreign, as the case may be, to be charged to the receiver of the pamphlet, or he may require the whole of such postage to b e paid on the same being put into the Post-office, but in no the 13 case shall the sender have the option of paying ` . . i d t rate and of leaving the foreign postage to be pal in Prussia. Aud we further direet, that as to any such as hereinbefore mentioned, posted in the United King dom, addressed to Prussia, and to be forwa rded from pamphlets the United Kingdom to Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or Belgium, by private strip, the Postmaster-Gneral may cause the whole of the postage (British au' foreig n ) o be paid on the same being put into the post-office. And we further direct, that nothing herei n contained shall be deemed or construed to extend to any printed and, periodical publications (not being strictly not bearing newspaper stamps), printed and .1 ) a t ri a ,. within the United Kingdom, addressed to Pruslt.ae,.. .a n printed periodical publications (not being newspaper o , s e .: Pass as newspapers), printed and posted . iodotn; and: addressed to any place in the United Kint, . gd m and sent by the post between the United Kie- Belgium' e n nt P t r i ns d si t a, Prussia via Hamburgh, the Netherlands, or os.age which are to be charged with the same rates of p t as the same are now chargeable with under or by virtue of the said recited warrant. And we further direct, that nothing extend to tained shall be deemed or co nstrued . the post be any newspapers or pamphlets passing . ii ' t via France, gtoherein con tween the United Kingdom and Press e which are to be charged with t he same rateseonft warrant if the said recited warran t and this pres had not been signed. tainted shall be deemed or construe Cons and And we further direct, that nothing he t r o ein an c n o l nd , • d and 'pprejudice, or affect any be rivileges granted by the said or by fourth years of the reign her present -ear of the reign of sa o i f d A th c e t o e r the mP ' tint . Br ' " 1 d firm Act tor the al:. ,tan Act, -made and passed in the Maje . sty' .of her present Majesty, intitu e d that all such extraf= 4. nagement cif the Post office," a . id tions and privileges stall trehiantatiarhin,i,ntefruntllstaornc.e;ex'llr .ess. lions used we furtin:r .. rmtpridesAencttManjatt ee as w,ulil liase:l4 - Th imeaning, in all respece ,_ in this . warrant ehall bee onstrued to . ha.ve,trike o a f they.third and foarth yeilrS of s ti e l r e te r t t i .ig i n n n t f h b ee warrant shall come And we furthtr direct, t this the first day of March, 18 4 7 . into operatlioina, and we hereby declare and direct, shall be; lawful for the Comm , is n s r ion a e n r y s t f b o r r ee th n e f thaPtrietvide(of w er M a jesty ' . s Treasury, any time here 'time being altered, or * made, and to athfteenrnt,b)yalwtearrratit nuntlicarnalteolfr herebythbeanrtalts,,.sat make and esta blishates or regulations in lieu there yu. 1 a n t e i cin g. n s ! r e h n - etteobratet timebryr• _ what time the torhatelensnriedtigbu far: tems y be 1 t canny Chambers, the 22d day of time payable are to be paid. WFhietberhuaallo, February, 1847. O'CONOR. DON. W. GIBSON CRAIG EBRINGTON. • • • TWEED SALMON FISIIING.—SaImon fishing in the Tweed comm ences on Monday , and from the large quantitie s in the bay , hop es are entertained that the r of we ti e s a h seen in "take," at least at the commencement, will be more th an an averag e one.—Edinburgh A( i r . rer Lser. A Polish journal gives some details relative to the number of Poles who have emigrated to foreign countries. In 1846 it amoun ted to 8,180, of wh o m 4,739 were in France. and 3,449 ia Englan d, Belgium, Switzerl an d , Algeria, &c. Of those in Franc e . 3/70 received aid from th e G overnment, ~! the average allowa nce being about 30f. a month. There are '494 decorated with the military cross of Poland, and 36 with that of tbe Legion of Honour. he number of emigrants • &Ceased since the commencement of the exile is 755 men and 28 women. There are 11 Polish officers in the foreign i and 17 in the Belgian army, 'legion of Algeria, of whom two are generals. The number of persons whose property has been confiscated by the Russian Government amounts to 5,362, and the value of the whole may be calculated at 100,000,000 f. IM+oRTANCE OF SPACE IN WORKSHOPS.— " Awcong 104 men (letter -press printers) having less than .500 cubic feet of air to breathe, there were 13 who had spit • blpod• 13 who were subject to habitual catarrh, • and 18 to other dise*ses, making a total of 44 invalids; of 105 men. who had :f 500 to 600 cubic feet of air to breathe, 5 had spit blood, 4.were subject to colds, and 23 to other diseases •making in I all al invalids; while out of 100 mgt . ' having more LAM ___ MO cubic feet of air to breathe, 4 only hadsiifferedfiOni apktting o f blood, 2 from catarrh, and 18 from other diseases) making a-total 'of 24 invalids." IRELAND. DUBLIN, I'En. 22.—Famine and pestilence are sweep ing off the population in several of the western and southern counties. The reports received this day are still more horrible than any that have yet appeared. In the extent of mortality Sligo now appears to surpass any other county, and it is asserted that the police, finding the deaths from starvation so numerous, refuse to send for the coroners, probably because it would be physically impossible for those functionaries to hold in quests in so many cases and in different localities. And yet, in this very county of Sligo, the local journal, the Sligo Champion, makes a most startling exposure of an infamous system ofjobbing.on the public works by land lords, for the employment, it is alleged, of their relations and dependents at high salaries, to the exclusion of the destitute and famishing labourcri. . . The recirts from the county of Cork describe the destitution as daily becoming more desolating, extend•. ing to the better class of farmers, who, it is stated, after paying their rents, are now consuming the grain they had reserved for seed, whilst the peasantry, all through that extensive county, are dying by hurelreds. The police throughout the country have received in structions to furnish returns of the deaths fn.in starva tion and disease. Tie- number reported, up to the close of the last week, at the Constabulary office in Dublin, was FIFTY THOUSAND. But there are many deaths from) want and disease of whlch the police in the country could have had no knowledge. The actual number of deaths from starvation is probably isuch larger than the amount reported by the police. INFAMOUS JOBBING ON PUBLIC WORKS. The Sligo Champion contains the following :—" We cannot in decency, in conscience, refrain any longer from denouncing the gross and infamous system of job bing going on in this county, with reference to the man ner in which the public works have• been conducted and managed. We have been silent too long. In the midst of the calamity which ha. fittlsn upon us, we find the lsndlords trading upon the miseries of the people. Ile Board of Works is humbugged, the government cheated, the poor defrauded. We must speak out; a gigantic swindle is now carried on in the county of Sligo. The poor are not relieved by the vast grants of money given by a liberal ministry, but the sons of magistrates, of grand jurors, of parsons, rich farmers well to do in the world, comfortable tradesmen, all these are quartered upon the public. We saw, for instance, two men over seeing seven labourers ; we have inspectors, paymasters, overseers—officials of all ranks end grades in every locality: not selected for their ability, but because they have interest—because they can command the voices of the landlords of the county. The jobbing that hereto fore existed was but a joke, a mere trifle to what is now carried on. It exceeds all bounds and all limits. It is monstrous ; we proclaim the tact to the world. We proclaim that here in Sligo—the very focus of misery— where famine is the daily guest at the peasant's table— where pestilence and death hold their ghastly revels— we proclaim, openly and publicly, that in this doomed locality, a set of men, removed from want themselves, possessed of means and resources beyond the reach of cheerless penury—are enjoying, and have been from the c o m mencement enjoying, the fat of the' spoil. They get, and have been getting for montlis,' thelion's. share. The poor are neglected, plundered, - robbed. In Many instances their miserable stipend of 8d: a day is so lung withheld that they sink down exhausted-4..0e wayside and die government creditors, while the sons of grand jurors and of parsons with good livings, are drawing their two or three pounds a week." REPRESENTATION OP NEW Ross.—The Wexford Independent gives an authorised contradiction to the re port that the Hon. Captain Gure is about to resign the representation of New Ross. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the association was held this day. Mr. J. H. Dunne in the chair. Mr. Steele con gratulated the association that the rumours regarding the state of Mr. O'Connell's health were extremely ex aggerated. It was true Mr. O'Connell was slightly in• disposed, and he (Mr. Steele) regretted to he obliged to say that his illness was in a great degree increased by the awful state to which the country was reduced. The rent for the week was announced to be 431. 2s. 2d. oa. JM 'ER.IAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve &deck, but it was nearly tt qUarter . past Twelve before a sufficient number of Hon. Members attended to constitute a House. Pipers from the Poor-law Commissioners were presented. • SECOND READINGS. • The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed : Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Wisbech to Sutton Bridge, lac.) • Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham. Railway (Branch to Wisbech Harbour and Wisbech Harbour Improvement). Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Ilitchin). Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Rail: ways Amalgamation. East Lancashire Railway (Southport Branch and Preston Extension). East Lancashire Railway (Burnley Connecting Line). East Lancashire Railway (Deviation& and Rawtenstall Coal Branch). - • - East Lancashire Railway (Bury to Manchester). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Burntisland Pier, &c.) Great Northern Railway ( llertford, Hatfield, and Sr. Alban's Branch). Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Grantham and York). Great Northern Railway (Deriatigins between Peterborough, Boston, and Doncaster): Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway (Partial Alteration of Levels, 8r7,. ) Direct London and Portsmouth Amendment, and a great number of Railway Bills wete brought in, and read a tir.t time. LIGHT DUES. Sir J. JOEINSTONE presented a petition from Scarbo rough against the light dues. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. An Hort. MEMBER presented, petitions from Suffolk, Leices ter, Kent, Surrey, and other places, against this Bill. Petitions to the same effect were pre , ,ented• by Sir R. 11. Inglis, Mr. Pludiptre, Lord Brooke, and Mr. Greene. NATIONAL RATE. Mr. PACKE presesented a petition from Worcester (as wei understood), praying that the poor might be maintained by a national rate. LAW OF SETTLEhIENT. _ Captain PECHELL presented a petition -from Brighton; complaining of the law of settlement. .i - i POOR REMOVAL BILL. 1 An Ilox. MEMBER presented a petition against the! Poor Removal Bill of last session. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from some place in Dur ham against the Poor Removal Bill. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Sir JOHN DUCKWORTII presented a . petition against the Catholic Relief Bill, signed by upwards of a thousand persons. REFORM BILL. Mr. 'l. I)UNCOMBE presented.two petitions, agreed to at a public meeting in Leeds—one .for•the repeal of the rate payintc clauses, and the other for the alteration or amend ment in the Reform Bill itself. -Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a petition from Fording.' bridge against the Poor Removal Bill. . RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. Colonel VERNER presented a petition from the county oft, Wexford, praying the House to pass measures for the pur pose of promoting railways in Ireland. POOR-LAW IN IRELAND. Mr. NEWDEGATE presented it_petition praying for , an efficient poor-law for Ireland. • GREAT- NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Mr. FORBES 'presented a petition in favour of the , Great North of England Railway Bill. I CASE OF ROBERT LANGSLOW, ESQ. Mr. £SCOTT moved that the petitipn Of Robert Langslow, Esq., late judge-of the District Court of. Colombo, No. 1 South, in the Is, pd of Ceylon, be printed with the Votes.— Agreed to. CURING-HOUSES IN IRELAND. CoIoneICONNOLLY moved for a return of the cost of the Governmer4 curing-houses at Killibegs, Belmullet, anti Soundatone; the quantity of salt imported at each station ; the cost of the salt per ton, how much salt sold, and the price received per hundred; the quantity consumed in curing fish; the quantity of fish purchased at - every station, distinguish ing each kind; the price paid-to the fishermen per thpusand for herrings,and per dozen fot -nod, Sing;-ltaidock and other round fish, and the price -teeelved for any fish sold; the nett profit or loss at each= station, up to the 28th day of February, 1847. Mr. LABOUCHERE trade! That the Hon. and Gallant Member would defer pressinthre motion at that tiure. (The Right Hon. Gentleman was proceeding. when it was inti mated (as we understood) that Colonel . Connolly had with drawn his motion). FILE-CUTTERS OF WARRINGTON. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the petition of the file cutters and tradesmen of Warrington (presented 23d Feb.) be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to. TARIFF RETURNS. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved for returns of alteration in the tariffs of foreign states since the Ist January, 1846, 'with the alterations made in the terms and con ditions on which raw produce goods or merchandise were imported or exported into or from such foreign states ; of the exports in manufactured cottons, woollens, silks leither, hardware, pottery, and glass, specifying the coun tries or states into which they bad been exported in the years 1844, 1845, and 1846 respectively ; of the number of cotton, woollen, and silk mills, working short time, or that had stopped working on the Ist March,lB44, 1845,1846, and 1847 respectively; of the corn, grain, flour, and meal • measured in quarters of corn, and of the quantities of the fol lowing kinds of provisions, namely, buttet, cheese, biscuit, and cured or fresh meat, which had been imported into this kingdom 'in the years 1843, 1844, 1845,'.and 1846 respec tively; of the foreign states which had altogether prohi bited or imposed additional duties on the exportation of corn, giain, flour, meal, potatoes, or other provisions, stating the amount of such increases duties, and the date on which they were imposed, in the years 1844, 1845, 1846, and . 1847 respec tively.--Agreed to. THE CONSTABULARY IN ENGLAND AND WALES. Mr. FREWEN moved. for a re , :urn showing the number of police-constables in each county, or division of a county, in England end Wales, under the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 93, distinguishing each class or denomination ; ircluding, also, a L return of the number of police-constables stationed in each petty sessions district in said - contitlmirttli-she population of said district, and the amount paid to the county police rate by each district; together with an account, in detail, of the several items of expenditure for the year 184. —Agreed to. . . PRESENTMENT SESSIONS IN KINSALE. Mr, WATSON moved for copies of the corre,ponderice which bad taken place between the committee of the town of Kinsale, the Board of Works, the Treasury, and the Secre tary for Ireland, on the subject of certain reproductive works presented at the sessions held for .the barony of Kinsale, on the sth day of. October last, under the Labour-rate Act.— Agreed to. MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. Mr. BOND CABBELL moved that the petition of the Military Knights of Windsor - on the royal foundation in Windsor Castle, relative to and for tho inquiry, and the le gislative redress required in their case (presented 23d Feb.), be printed with the Votcs.Agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. GREENE brought up the report of the Committee on Ways and Means. ' •LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. S. O'BRIEN wished to know whether there were not some districts in Ireland in which the people were receiving only Bd. per day from the Board of Public Works in that country ? • Sir It. INGLIS wished to ask the Right Hon. the Se cretary for Ireland whether it was the intention of the Ge yernment to press any temporary •Bills for Ireland before the whole of the Government measures were brought under the consideration of the House ? Mr. LABOUCHERE said that it was the intention of the Government to proceed with the Indemnity Bill and Labour ing Poor Bill as quickly as possible. In answer fo the Hoe. Member for Limerick, he begged to say that he did not think there was any foundation for the rumour, and he would add that in no instance had the cost of the management of the:Board of Works exceeded ten per cent. - on the whole outlay of the Government, inclusive of the implements of labour provided for the people. .Mr.. SHAW said, that it was understood that the two Billareferred to by the Right. Ron. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland should be proceeded with first. Ile believed that 'a great deal of unjust obloquy had been cast upon the Board 'of Works. He would suggest to the Government the im propriety of throwing at once out of emplOyment. all those persons who had been employed on public works. Sir G. GREY said, that; precautions -had been taken to .avoiditim evil consequences alluded to by the - Hon. Member for the University of Dublin(Mr. Shaw). Mi. HENLEY thought it would be satisfactory to the House if it were furnished with a monthly statement of the expenditure in Ireland and the expenses of the supervision. Mr. LABOUCHERE would not, on the part of the Go vernment, Object to furnish Inch returns. Mr. S. CRAWFORD hoped the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland would Undertake to see thatitacient Wages were given to the people employe . ..don the public works. Mr. LABOUCIIERE said i thei ,the chief portion of the iwork was. dentiby what was Balled task work, and the money ; paid to , the people so employed was nearer I4d. per day than Bd. pei'day, as stated by_the Hon. Member for Limerick. O'CONNELL said that the present system of task work was inapplicable to the people of Ireland, in con !sequendenf their havingliecomaso weakfrom want of nourish ing food. He thought that day work would be better for the people. The Bill was then read a third time. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) ADVANCES BILL. Mi. GREENE brought up the report on this Bill. • TREATMEN I' OF - CONVICTS (WOOLWICH). Mr. T. DUNCOSIBE moved for copies of the correspond ence between the "Government and the officers in charge of the convicts at Woolwich respecting the charges he had made against the conduct of that establishment. He begged to call the attention.of the House to the proceedings which land, taken place at a coroner's inquest recently held at Woolwich, on the bodies of two convicts. The proceedings were post singular. The coroner had departed from his proper duties, - and the accused (Dr. 11)ssey) had been the only witness in the cause. He wished also to know why the annual report of the establishment at Woolwich was not laid upon the able of the House ptiOr to this time. ~ • . Sir G. *GREY had not yet received the annual report from Woolwich. The day after the discussion On the subject of the treaiment of the convicts at Woolwich, lie sent a letter to Mr. Capper, and also a copy of one of the morning journalacontaining an account of the statements made by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, and had received a report from that gentleman in reply to his letter , whic h was then wat e Hon. Member of the House. As to ti , e rema rks which the I on. Member had made upon the proceedings at the late inquest, held by Mr. Carter, the corone r for Kent, he was not in pos session of any of the facts of the case, the only in fo rm ation formationtie h a d received being from the ordinary- c h a nnels o f i n forma tion UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. In answer to a question put by Lord J. MANNERS, Mr. CHRISTIE said it was his intention to postpone his motion relative to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge until after Easter. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. On the order of the day being moved for the second read • ing of this Bill, Mr. WATSON presented a petition, signed by several thousands of Catholics in the West Riding of 'Yorkshire, in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. , Mr. SPOONER presented a petition fruit the Birming ham Church of England Lay Association against the Bill; also a petition from the Churchwardens of he y St. be James'sbe li eve d th e Church, Birmingham, to the same effeCt. T • Bill totally uncalled for, and of a highly. dan g e rc i uS racter. .. • Mr. WATSON said he had introduced-the Bill without explaining its • provisions, and h e would. therefore ' wish gkve an outline of the objects of the Bill on the present occa sion. The principle on which he sou ghs; t o p was, that-no man should be • liable t o a.n s a u w p s ;? o r the Bi ll was, the pro fession .. fylsiou of his religious faith._ The ix tstory of penal enact mdlits was exceedingly curious, wen .. .t h ey.. considered the circumstances under which they had Origi nated. They had had their commencement with the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. Eatoot. STK PLE CHASE.-7 to 1 agst Brunette (taken) —lO to i agst St. Leger (take 11 to l)-12 to 1 agst Th. Roarer-12 to 1 agst Saucepan (taken)-12 to I agst Red Lancer-14 to 1 agst Avoca. CHESTEitCUP.-22 to 1 agst Mendicant-25 to 1 apt The Lamb-30 to 1 agst Camera Obscura-30 to 1 apt Antler (taken)--Q0 to 1 agst Punch-35 to 1 agst Mickey Free— 40 to 1 agst Solo —4oto 1 agst Crim. Con.-50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond-50 to 1 agst Intrepid-50 to 1 agst Inheritress-1,000 to 10 agst Robin Burns (taken) — Very lit tle.doing. DEttllv.. 7 -7 to 1 agst Van Tromp-10 to 1 agst Epirote -12 to 1 agst Planet-25 to 1 agst Glentilt-25 to 1 agst Conyngham-33 to 1 agst Horn 01 Chase-40 to 1 agst Red Hart-40 to 1 agst Mr. Martin-1,000 to 15 agst Will-o'-tbe- Wisp-1,000 to 15 agst Black Dwarf. OAKC.-8 to 1 amt. Farmer's Daughter-8 to 1 agst Cle mentina-12 to 1 agst Slander-14 to 1 agst Nerissa (taken) —26 to 1 ag-t, Ellerdale. ASIIDOWN PARK CLUB COURSING MEETING.— .. TUBSDAY. THE CUP. Ir. 'King's Willing Bee, beat Mr. Lawrence's The Libel. 31r. Etwall's Etonian, beat Mr. Parkinson's Syringa. Parkinson's Seidlitz, beat Mr. Gordon's Ca►nlet. Cordon's Cocktighter, beat Mr. Etwall's Wanton. Mr. Goddard's Bracelet, beat Mr. King's \Vast►. Mr. Etwall's Enfurd Lass, beat Mr. Brookes's nine aut Nunquitin. Mr. Parkinson's Stockton, beat Mr. King's_Warrior. Mr. Lawrence's Lighting ran a bye. THE CtAVEX STAKES. Mr. Parkinaon's Sarah Bate, beat Mr. Lawrence's Lucy Neale. „ ...... Mr. Etwall's Eaglet, beat Mr. Goddard's Woodpecker. clear, frosty L w . 1 fo rk LLOYD'S SHIPPING. SHIPPING. Westminster, New s C A l l l . i i i i l l e a L ; a l i s n a g b , e o lla r E.N.E.. fresh breeze and fine .ONDON, FEB Isabella, been N E r : s o e l a r I' w , i F t h E B a . 23. —Sid. —S, Madagascar, l Mar} d j . o Sir n. cßobert Craig, iEllen,g, o Peel, f c Boston; Bombay a New d e im w gAaol l nhy - , a o s wo r h k r kae ; s: PoRTSMOUTII, FEB ; 23 d 2 e 3 a . l o N f iVi 13-205 n E.—Sld. Circassian, Grenada; damage to hull, decks blown up, Havannah. ingap : i e e . d arrive l'c ati a E n i d iN i s s a d i i-se , Fan. 22. Several bales bales of cotton, tharke I 3 — iciirr e j sel f l ; Avon, c B do 4 wl 4-- leoriel a : n i d iai s i oz , J 0 13 } —:Z y V A . R C 310 I u 3 Tl a r n ( d is J LE :I ' i l z d a el) Burns,. un. Burns, f Wind romA E llr - a, beams, have been picked up by v bore away Johli:usCuacAkt: li F e a n ß n . in 2 g o , ......M T on h t e e for Bull. was off this port, 9th hist , but from since e ce beavy sea to the southward. As she has not been heard of, it 13 feared that she has foundered. Cong., FEB. 21.—The Aristides, from Calcutta to Cape Good Hope, abandoned , an d with six feet water in the hold, of wa s boarded, Nov. 30, b y the Senator, arrived here. rrl ~ ensign was flying, union down, and the royal studding-sails ' . & c ., were flying. The p um p -boxes had all been drawn ; the foreliatch was off, and a cask of ru i n in it, with a square hole cut therein. The Senator remained by her three days, d ur i ng which the water only increased three feet, the principal part of which went down the hatchway. T RAL IE,Fsu. 19.—The Effort, M`Gowen, from Glasgow, got on chore in the Bay, `. - i4th ult., and . is much strained. CARLISLE, FEB. 23.—The John Wilson, from St. John's, New Brunswick, is ashore three miles from here, and is dis charging. MUMBLES, FEB. 21.—A part of the hull of the Brechin Castle, and the body of a man, were picked up near here this morning. STKANRAEA • .VEB. 22 —The Mazeppa screw steamer, Glasgow to Liverpool, got on shore last night about ow water, between Barncorkrie Bay and Dunman Head; crow YARMOUTH, FEB. 23.—The Jane, Johnson, saved. Goole, has been b rou ght in here a direiict. BEL • IAST, FEB. 22.—The John French, Jeffery, from Ne w York, arrived here leaky, decks swept, loss of sails , b ulwarks, L o westoffe to spars, &c. RUSSIA. THE GRECO-RUSSIAN CHURCH. The Emperor of Russian has recently issued a decree, the object of which is to prevent proselytism in favour of any other religion than the Greco-Russian. The first article declares, that any person abjuring the Greco-Russian religion shall be placed at the disposal of the ecclesiastical authorities, shall be disinherited by such of his relations as profess that religion, shall have all his fortune placed under con trol, and shall not be allowed to reside in the district in which his property is situated. If he returns within the bosom of the Established Church, these penalties are to cease; but if he does not return within the time fixed by the ecclesiastical authorities; he is to be cited before a criminal tribunal, which cannot inflict a penalty less than that of perpetual detention in a convent, with unceasing acts of penitence and contrition. The fourth article pro vides that whoever shall deliver discourses, or publish writings calculated to cause persons who below , to the Greco-Russian Church to abandon their faith, shall lose the prerogatives of his rank, and be condemned to from one to two years' imprisonment. If the same offence be committed twice, the delinquent is to be con demned to the loss of civil rights, and to hard labour in a fortress tor from four to six years ; if a third time, he is to be exilcal in Siberia, and, in addition to all this, he is to receive the knout if he belongs to the classes sub ject to corporal punishraent. Article 5 declares that iathers and mothers belonging to the Greco-Russian Church, who shall cause their children to be baptised in another form of faith, shall be punished with two years' . • , , and shall have their children .o pken from them, and educated by maelia& - ii other of - their family of the Greco-Russian religion ; and in case there be no relations of that creed. then by persons nominated by the Government. Any person preventing a member of another religion from embracing the Greco-Russian, is to be imprisoned for several months.—Galignard. TEN PERSONS DROWNED IN AN OMNIBUS. BRIDPORT, FRIDAY EVENING.—A most melancholy occurrence took place in this town on Tuesday last (a brief account of which appeared in T he Sun a few days • since). On Tuesday evening last Bovrden , s om nibus, which plies between Bideford and Torrington, and designated the " Safety," drew up opposite the quay, and at six o'clock started for the latter town. The. vehicle was full of passengers, eleven persons being inside, and one on the roof. It had not gone many yards before one of the horses became restive, and after making two or three plunges the pule and splinter broke asunder from the carriage, which instantly went down the declivity of the quay, and with the whole of its passengers was pre cipitated over into the river. The night was dark, and there was upwards of 20 feet of water, the tide being up. There was a terrific shriek from the passengers, but it was only momentary. A woman, who was on the roof, fortunately got ashore, and Mr. Michael Chapple, a glove-maker, of Torrington, by a desperate effort, burst open the door of the omnibus and swam ashore, assisted by a soldier, who bravely jumped in to his rescue. Ile was the only one of the inside 'passengers who escaped; the remainder all perished. Grappling irons were im mediately procured, and every effort made to save some iof them, but all in vain; it was nearly two hours before ithe omniims was brought ashore. When raised on to the quay the sight was truly horrifying ; the sufferers were lying in a mass at the furthermost end from the entrance. It was evident they had struggled earnestly to escape. The inquest on the bodies took place yester day, before Mr. fridlan, the borough coroner. Their names were given out as follows:—Mrs. Fanny Friend soip, aged 40 (left five c hild ren ) ; A nn N orman ( a widow), aged 65 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Friendship, aged 35, (left six children); Mary Ann Friendship (daughter of the last deceased); aged 11 ; Mrs. Attn 'Page, aged 40; Mr. John Chapple, aged 60 (brother .of the gentleman who escaped); John Passmore, aged 30; Miss Elizabeth Oriffey', aged' 60 ; and two other females, names un known. The burden of the, evidence went to prove that the melancholy affair arose from accident alone, for although the driver Was . charged with being drunk, and incapable of taking charge of his horses, the whole was proved unfoundkl. After a lengthened inquiry, which lasted several . hours, the jury returned the subjoinen verdict:—" Acciderital death, and the jury strongly recommended ate. indictment being laid against the authorittes' of the town for allo,,ing the quay to remain in the dangerous state it was." .CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. - Tuesday his Royal Righneis the Duke of Ca ess o m f bri,.accotupanied Whet. Royal High g ri ceit e i a n s eg t o h dt e ht D hee u m c p ti odrinelee.p Cambri dge, the Princess M eo a it ry e, Frederick of Hesse, o a f ft t er am in b s r pe id at Pentonville, paid a visit to this institution, j which is adac•lnt, and to which his Royal Highness his long been a benefactor. The Royal party, who were escorted by the governor and other officers treasurers; pied, one w of er t e h r e ec t e r i e ved t ; he D g r. at G e e b e y rg C e a o pt w a e in o of the Lantot t il t , 6 l7.N en ., Rees and Dr. John Allan, two f o tart/ and the other officers • t he physicians; the secre the Royal Natio n al vet would Anthem . be o the institution, the band playing that thelt having become known the pa asylum l e o -I n a:f o e w co it n o c e o s u s r t s h e e o s f c p en eo e - . peo ple was assembled in front of The children of the schools ' rto the umber of HO, were formed on each side of the carriage way. ' extending f the : lodge to the principal entrance, and the juvenile ro band, in their .new and handsome uniforms, having been placed in a prominent position, attracted much notice. Before entering the institution , the ro y al party honoure d the band with their particular attention for some time, and expressed' themselves mach gratified with its efficiency. The pipers, also, came in for their share of praise, and at the special request of his Royal Highness, the Reel of TullochgOrurn," and other Celtic dances, were executedlin good style by the boys,' in the national costume of their country. After inspecting the inte rior of the buildin g with much interest and attention, and expressing the gratification they felt with its order, cleanliness, and general arrangements, the Royal Duke graciously condescended to become a vice president, and her Royal Highness vice-patroness, of the in stitution; and her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cam bridge, very graciously bespoke a holiday in honour of the visit, for both schools. A GREAT IMPOSTOR.—On Thursday last, a smart looking young lad, who rejoices in the imposing title of James Henry Christopher Hunter, was brought before Mr. Sheriff Douglas at Cupar, on a charge of falsehood, fraud, and wilful imposition-Ist, By having taken lodgings from a lady in Kirkaldy, which he occupied fur some days on the false pretence that be was a commission agent. 2d, With having imposed on the managers of the Assembly-rooms of Kirkaldy by engaging and taking possession of these rooms on the false pretence that he was going to exhibit General Tom Thumb, the Ethiopian Serenaders of Virginia, and the Indian chief, Tongo Mongoro. 3d, By imposing on Mr. Birrell, printer, Kirkaldy, and inducing him to print a large hand-bill, and five hundred Admission cards. 4th, By pub lishing this bill through the town of Kirkaldy, and thereby inducing the lieges to purchase tickets. • And, lastly, After the Assembly-rooms were lighted up, and the people had partly assembled, by running off in a gig for Burntisland, and failing' to pay- any' of the parties above mentioned. He was caught at Edinburgh by the very of f icer who had been engaged by him to takecharge of the ree,eipts of tue door at Kirkaldy. He pleaded-guilty, awl was sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment. —Edinburgh Advertiser. Reformation of Henry TIII. A few were p asse d i n the reiem of Edward VI.; but the reign of Queen Eliza• beth was the most prolific of those laws. A great number were • also passed in the reigns of James 11. and Charles 11. 'Up to the Revolution of 1688, not a reign passed without 'witnessing the enactment of penal laws to protect what was called the Protestant • faith. In 1829 a great improvement, however, took place iu the passingbf the Catholic Emancipation Act; still. even that measure did not repeal many drain' Penal statutes which were left as protective measures for the - Estab lished Church. In 1814 the subject was ..fnither considered, and about one hundred ditThrent - penal enactments. principally against Ronian Catholics, were_ repealed. That was a great step in the right direction, and he felt tench indebted to the Right Hon. aronet,• the late Prime Minister, for the assistance Which he rendered• on that occasion in the abrogation 9f those laws. With out further preface, he (Mr. 'Watson) would is ow proceed to explain the provisions of the present Bill. Not tong ago a full inquiry was made into all the pedal statutes relating to. Roman Catholics which then existed The inquiry was conducted by Mr. Edward Ryan and several other eminent laws-ers, unconnected with politics, and in the r•-port which they had made to the House, they recom mended the repeal i,f all these ,penal enact inents.—( Hes r. ) The first Act lie wished to repeal by the present Bill was the lst Elizabeth, cap. 1,• - whiele provided for the supranacrof the Kimr, and cont:nined clauses ordering severe punishment to all these who il:d trot .reeegniee his authority. The first ofreness. was fine sintl'iiiiprisonm en t ; the second offence banish ment ; and the third* offence death. Tlie penal pro visions of this law were repealed in 1844, but the power remained to puni-h the offence as a misdemeanour, and renderi, q r the party ode:Wing liable to be proceeded against by information. But it was said this law was neces sary for the ma ntenance of the - supreinccy of the Crown. This subject, hoWever, was fully ciiscussed in 1844, whan Lard Lyndhurst completely established the fact that the su premacy oftheCrown dependedoti the common law alone. The most eminent law authorities corroborated this view of the matter.' Sir Matthew Hale and other great judges had so laid it down, that the supremacy of the .King was the com mon. law of the realm. If so, what was the object in passing the law now under consideration ? It was passed in order to operate against the Roman Catholics,and was directed against tliferecognition of the authority of the Pope;, for any Reiman Catholic who admitted the authority of the Pope wai guilty of an-infraction of this Act of Parliament. Ttse Commissioners who had made the inquiry into these penal •laws had unanimously decided that this state ought to be -repealed. The next law to which he would refer was that - regarding bulls. He proposed that this Act should be repealed, as he could not see what danger there could arise from the importation of these bulls. He also proposed to repeal the Uniformity Act, and several other Acts of a similar character,' that 'had relation ea reli gious worship. Thele Acts were the 25th Charles 11., 80th Charles 11., 7th and Bth William 111., 31st George 111., and the two first clauses of 10th George .IV. The latter had relation to religious processions, and while he had objections to great religious processionS, like those on the Continent, taking place, he could not see why any procese Monti ceremony of the Roman Catholics, respecting burial or any such rite, should be disallowed.—(Hear, hear.) He now came to the clause which respected the safer guards of the regular clergy. But what were these safe: guards, or how this Act provided such, he could not con ceive. 'The Act of Parliament of the 10th George IV., for the gradual Suppressinq ,of Jesuits and other religious order; bound by monastery' vows, provided that those person; whether British=born subjects or not, should. be pro ceeded agaiiist-IsS; • common law, and if convicted tiatisported • 'for life.. He' knew; that when the word "Jesuit" was mentioned on the hustings of Birmingham, tarighlened all the oldlidies of that town into convulsions bat 'Mier had had many of the persons connected with mo nastic:-orders most . learned and intelligent, 'abounding in works of 'Wire and charity, diligent searchers into history and philosophy; and if it was said that the'Jesuits had done some evil; it Must also be admitted that they had'done much good. The Legislature had already, in the Acts which had passed the Remise, removed many of those bigoted and penal enactments, and he now asked the House to finish the good work by repealing all that remained of them. It we; argued that those Acts were now obsolete; but that was no argument, or, if one at all, it was in favour of the abrogation of them. He asked their repeal, not as a concession to the Catholics, but as justice to the Protestants, who boasted themselves the friends of toleration and of liberal measures, To them he would appeal on this question, and he hoped & that in support of their principles, they would give their consent to the second reading of this Bill. Sir R. H. INGLIS admitted that the Hon. and Learned, Member had claims upon the attention of the House as a sound lawyer, but he thought he could lay no claims to the character of an accurate historian. He asserted that penal laws arose with the Reformation, but he forgot theta was not till long after that m an y o f these laws passed. But the Hon. Member was also inconsistent With-himself, for, by the terms of the Act of Elizabeth, if the supremacy of the Crown over matters ecclesiastical were based on the common • law of the country, the Protestant aewell as Catholic subjects of the Crown would be equally liable to punishment. .The Hon. and Learned Member was obliged to go back to the early rigour this reign was o p f r E e l ss i zeadbeatghafionrs against instance.o 110 i n subject,whichanthas, he was very certain that if the Hon. and Learned Member had had a later illustration he would have given it. Tha d - Hon: and Nft Evhnli ac hnc e I.N a vp r ea n rt Ledei given ecn, b mu but, toe rhthohwaede however r esrt e a a sb t l l i ii y gs hh d te e ld p y r C e e c t i u a e t nr c e th, t ei hi st , ei u t t r e i t t H i e s o . Inglis) might view them, they were tendered and aopetrtel set securities, and therefere the Hon. and 'Learned Member should not have alluded to them in terms sp ,uefitting. lie contended that there was no country iu. ghriatian into which the Jesuits were .admitted without a direct jaw. being passed subjugating them in numbers; reai‘s domes, and objects, to the powers at the time ' being. The Jesuits had greatly . increased in this' country since the first foundation of their establish.. ; ment at Stoneyhurst, and in Ireland ; and, therefore, he thought that, instead of removing these securities, they should rather strengthen the hands of Government, to enable them to suppress any further extension of their dangerous opinions. The present Bill prohibited any Catholic subject from assum- . lug the title of Archbishop of Canterbury or Bishop of Lon don, which made 'lt less obje c ti ona bl e t h an former Bills brought in • by the Hon. and Learned Member; but still so 'much remained in the me a s u r e as t o ren d er it objectionable. iHe objected to' it on principle—the Church of England firee Ilse. Established Church. of .the realm. in t . lreland . Le thenabers of the Protestantrhurch were prohibited from processions, and it would be most unfair to allow to a hostile ! church that which was denied to their own Protestant Church. Was the Hon. Member prepared to see the pro cession of the Host through the streets of London ? If such scenes were to be introduced into this country it would be great cause of regret to the passers of such a measure. The Hon. Member for Cork (Mr. O'Connell) said that he would not allow the procession of the Ilost to be paraded through the streets of London, it was a suhject of too much veneration. It was then for the Hodge to prevent the ,public exhibition of this ceremony, and not to leave it to the will of the Catholic priesthood to:adopt it if they thought proper. • If the present measure **re to pass, • it would make this - country the only one in the world where Jesuits were allowed to carry on their profession without some • restraint. He regretted to see that a law prohibiting the in- . troduction of bulls and rescripts had been already repealed. In nc country in the' world was any hull of a foreign potentate; as was the Pope, allowed to be introduced without the previous consent of the,_Government of such country. It 'was his in tention to support the great cause of Protestantism in the t country; and he begged to move that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Colonel SIBTFIORP seconded the amendment. -Mr. B. ESCOTT said that the lion. Member for the Uni- • versity of Oxford (Sir R. H. Inglis) did not ground his op position to the Bill in the last session upon the necessity of these so-called securities. What was then the real cause of the opposition, and the great cause which the Right Hon. Member was determined to maintain ? What was the use of these pains and penalties ? They brought no money into the Exchequer, or. into the Church. He believed the only reason they were desired to be kept on the•statute-book was to gratify the pride of some persons who were never happy except when they were teazing or aggravating their fellow-creatures. He did not believe that one man in a hundred, out of doors, could be found to standup for a continuance of these pains and penalties. But it had been said that these enactments were securities to the Established Church; btit the Right Hun. Baronet had .. not shown it to the House how it -was that these penalties acted as securities. It had been further said that these were preserved •in the great Act of 1829, and ought to be now preserved. He (Mr. B. Escoit) thought that the Emancipa tion Act of 1829 was a great measure of justice. and he looked with pleasure to the good that Act had done, rather than to that which' it had left undone. L e t the Right Hon. Ba- , ronet look to the Sovereign who now filled the chair of St. Peter's, who was setting an example to all the other Sove- , reigns of Europe by his liberal and enlightened principles. He hoped the Noble Lord at the head of the • Government, , the members of the late Government, and also the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, who he belieked waa Considerably ahead of his party, and whom be had no doubt *ad be a , Peel of 1847, would all givd their support to ttie Bill', and be resolved to give no quaeter to these penal enactments.' • Mr. SHAW said the 'Hon. and Learned Gentleman had stated that these statutes had done no gOod, and that they had brought no money into the EXchequer. Now he (Mr. shaw) could not agree with the.ll6n. and Learned Gentle man in the conclusions 'he had come to, and he would shortly stele the reasons for so thinking. The Bill under consideration had his decided objection, because it . unsettled the arrangement come to in 1829. li would not•go into the policy or impolicy of the settlement then made, but he would certainly oppose any attempt to disturb' it in the manner which the Bill before the H ou se _ would do. He thought the reservations of the Catholic Emancipation Act should be maintained as the safeguards of the Established Church.—( Hear.) He would, , support the amendment for the rejection of the 8i11.7-(Hea -Hear.) Mr. MACAULAY could not allow the diseussion to pass over without expreising to!'r,ject the second restdidg of the Bill--( Rear. his opinion on the merits of the , Bill before the House. He confessed he bad for suffi cient l t i h e e ard rei,eal of enactments which at present gave the owned the The first • portion of the' Bill prisoning and fining every person w ho : s l ed t e e House , providedd least 'allegiance to the Pope. .INI d for his relienous opinions? for might be lined or imprisoned He maintained that there was oprower of im that was the real question. . would they sanction the . principle that any Roman Catholic no Roman of his Church but who was liable of the hierarch , (here was not a priest nor bishop but who, to punishment. Catholic who admitted the spiritual authority in the essential teaching of his religion, might be proceeded. ag ainst, and fined andimprisoned. The spiritual authority of the bishops of the olt man Catholic religion was a leading e lement' of the Catholic religion; so all who acted on that v iew of the faith were liable to the oppression of these_penal' stgt ates.—( Hear, hear.) Now, he put it t o the Honatt• whether they would consent to tht . i . carrying out of such laws. Would they agree to the- Justice of the principle, and were they prepared to give it effect? If they would not, and he believed net one of them would, why then retain them on the statute-book ?By the Emancipation Bill the oath of supremacy, as it regarded Roman Catholics, had been altered to •anolider, and 'yet they. retained this penal enact ment about lb recognition of the supremacy of the Crown. Was not - this prdceeding most absuid and contradictory? He en— tertained similar.objectionsto the existing statute against the imp ortation of bulls. It was admitted that these were perfectly_ innocent; for whatever their instructions might be, they. could not be carried into effect. The law against them should not therefore be retained. :With regard to the othei laws referred to, he considered they should also be repealed; . but .respect ' to 'processions,. however, he could nett consent to their celebration. He did not think that decency or public order could allow of these nubile' processions ; nay, he was sure that if such a pro-, cession as was often seen Oq the Continent was to paw,. up Fleet-street or the Strand, there would be ever y probe'' fore, give his consent to a stringent Jaw in regard probe'' Oita- of some •distnrbance 'taking place. -,He-wou to such processions. But, regarding Jesuits, he amid n ot support the •He could not see restrictions that were imposed on any reason why the Franciscan should a as any other party. practice - Isis system of worship tbre_sam d' on the part of the the' not be allowed to He was against any secret proceedings Jesuits, which the present state o t _ tions. as it regarded registrations would, under proper reglila- - . f the "law encouraged, but he, • and publicity, give them the same ci vil and religious P&L 1 •