The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-24 00:00:00

bill.
After a few words from Lard MONTBAOLE an the same

CATTLE, &e.-I)Ettev, May 23.—There wan not
so many fat Beasts shnwn in oar rawly*. to-day as there w
last we. k ; the quali.y was equilly gcod, l.ut higher pricesas
were asked, and wcr, obtMned :th ose from the or ot
F.ngland, 'Liverpool, and Rotheram wore in excellent th
con-
dition, and were readily disposed of. Fat Sheep were not
quite so plentiful, but mare than egad to the demand. Fat
and store Calves, nut numen,us. Beef made from fa to GI&
button, fid. to 7d. Veal, sd. to 61. per !1:1.
LIVERPOOL, Kay 22.—We had rather a small eup ly of
fat stock for sale to-day. The attendance of huyere
was
numerous, consequently eyerythir.g sold up early. Bret',
6d. to GO. Sheep, ild. to hd. Llmb, Sid. to 914. per lb.
Sr. IVES, Kay 22.—There was a good supply of fat
Beasts in this market to-day, prices the same as last week ;
the start. market to-day mused vet:- busy, there was a great
quu+lily, and appears.: s. if I.t: "4:6, ..•usin:Ps doing.
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side,
Lord ItEDESDALE, while disagreeing with tho bill as it
stood, would is..t divide the house upon it, as by so doing he
would disarrange the entire qUP*6OII.
Alter a few words from -he Hort of I)r.vow,
The bill was passed through the committee, and ordered to
be reported, with amendintuts.
Thar lordships then sojourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUF.SDAT, MAT 23.
The S
tack the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
HIRD KEADINGE.—BristoI Docks 'relearn.; Tolima and timid-
Tton C Muse ao,l coun Woes , Midland &Muer p
ourtater., sin of
the line and breaches rie.)rty Wellingborough, and approach to the
Wellingborough station); hilts.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY (POWER
TO PURCHASE, Ac ) BILL.
On the order of the day for the (wither consideration of the
report nn thin h II being read,
Mr. GROGAN alerted, on the ground that the object was
to give pow. r to the railway company to become steam-
packet proprietors; and moved that the report be Nether
considered that day ail months.
Idr. HUME seconded the amendment.
Sir It. PEEL, as ebsirmen of the group to which this bill
with others had been referred, explained that the General
Railway Cummi-tee, the Board of Trade, and the 0,011111.-
non es of Railways, all concurred in opinion with the
commit on the hill that teis wan • case thin the interests
of the p tee
üblic requited should be made an exception to the
general rule.
Mr. Brown, Mr. Bernal, and Sir W. Heatheote having
made a few ohserviviune, the home divided
For the original motion .. • 166
For the amandmeut
46-120
Report arreed to.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (EXTENSION OF
THE BERES AND HANTS RAILWAY FROM
HUNGERFORD TO WESTBURY (WITII A
BRANCH. TU DEVIZES) BILL.
On the quoitinn, that the report on this bill be considered,
Mr. BERNAL said that there was an important omis-
sion in this bid, to which he felt it his duty to call the at-
tention of the bonne. The General Railway Committee re-
commended that committees on railway bills should cite
increased attention to the money clauses, and refuse the
power of raising money, unless it, general application were
stated in the hill. Such was not done in this cue.
Mr. CABBELL recommended that the consideration of
the report be padonned.
Mr. LABCHICRERE said that it was no fault of the com-
mittee that the omission star d by his loin. friend, the chair-
man of committees, occurred in this bill. But as it was
desirable to rectify it, he should move that the bill be c.'
umnitted, erith:sn instruction to the committee to state in
the hill the gent ral purposes to which the money sought to
be raised, was intended to be applied.
Alter a conversation, in which Me. Ili totoN declared the
such a cour-e would be attended with the greateg inenrice•
nitnee to railwity companies,
The C HANCELLUR of the EXCHEQUER sail that the
report of the whet committee on railways) oil wlii,)ll the
motion of his right hon. friend (Mr. Labouri was
founded, had been unanimowly adopted •, and the hon.
member for Sunderland (Mr. Hudson) had himself been a
member or that committee,
Aft) .r a few words from Mr. Hudson, Mr. Bernal, and
Mr. Ellice, the motion was put in this form: that the hill be
recommitted, in order to introduce a clause setting forth the
general purposes for which the money authorised to be raised
by the bill was to be applit d.
Mr. CABBELL moved to add to the motion, by way of
amendment, " that the memorial presented by the inhabit-
ants of Devizes to the Lords of the Treasury be et (erred to
the committee on the bill, to report thereon to the house."
Lord VILLIERS opposed the aineedrnent on the ground
that the memorial had been already dispotesi of, at the close
or the lest sea ion of parliament.
The amewilatent was then withdrawn, and the original
motion put 01. d agreed to
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST
EAILW AY (LONDON-BRIDGE AND NEW-CROSS
STATIONS, &e.) BILL.
Mr. C. P. °RESPELL moved the adoption of the
amendments made by theca% nittee in this bill.
Capt. PECHELL availed himself of the only I,ppor.
trinity affnrdet him of stating, on' behalf of the iab•Aiiit-
ants of Bright-.n, the grievances to which they hail been
et,ioeed by the coulee pursued by the directors, who now
sought for additional powers by this bill. Duthie the last
sit months the ili.ectors had deprived the poorer classes of
the accommodation of third-class carriages—they had wholly
dosed many of the stations—they had removed the goods
station brans London-bridge to New-crow., Deptford—they
had mind the rates of carriage and had also deprived the
poorer classes of the benefit of ;lay tickets. These proceed-
ing hail given so much dissatisfaction, that at a public meet-
ing just held in Brighton the inhabitants had passed reso-
lutions which were tantamount to ailing upon
the house to la ject this bit. He neither had the power nor
the desire to reject the measure, but he hoped the house
would give such an expression of opinion on the acasion as
would induce the company to do away with that grievances
of which his constituents so justly complained.
Mr. C. P. °RESPELL, who spoke in so low a tone as to
be scarcely audible, was understood to defend the conduct of
the director', who had been
.harassed by the most un-
reasonable demands made up:in them by the public. The
removal of the goods station to New cross had arisen from
the insufficiency of mum at London-bridge to transaccom -
t the
bueinega ; but this bill, when paned, would enable the
pany to remedy that inconvenience.
The amendments were then agreed to, and the bill ordered
to be engrossed.
ATTENDANCE ON RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
Sir W. HEATIICOTE moved that the hon. member for
the county of Dublin (Mr. J. 11. Hamilton) might be allowed
to attend on the Dublin Improvement 13111 committee, on
which he had been appointed, without signing the declaration
required in such cones, the hon, member being absent, and
it being possible that the committee might meet to morrow
(this day).—Agreed to.
LEICESTER ELECTION.
The members appointed to serve en the owlet committee
to inquire into Ili' merits of the petition against the re,'"
of Sir .1 Wahru.l. y and Mr. R. Gardiner at the lAte • b
the borough et Limater wise sworn at the tables'. were