The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-22 00:00:00

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the New London Price Current of March 21.)
Suoaa.-The prices of last week have been fully supported
f,,r British Plantation, more particularly for the good and fine
yellow descriptions, the supply at market of which continues
very short, but the mark et has been very quiet, both the
grocers and refiners havii', purchased sparingly., more particu-
larly of the brown and ord. soft yellow d2scrirtions ; out of
the present stock in the Docks not above a third part is undis-
rosed of ; the deliveries for home consumption are still greater
than they were at this time last year ; the private purchases
have been confined to 1,200 hhds. and trs. ; there has been no
public sale of Barbadors, and node is announced to take place.
The stock of `Vest India Sugar is now 12,338 hhds. and
trs., being 1,251 more than last year. The stock of Mauri-
tius is now 63,588 bags. which is 860 more than last year, On-
eluding the East India Duck.) The delivery of West India
last week was 2,601 lilids and trs., which is 1.224 more than
last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 6,885 bag being
278 more than the corresponding week of last year (including
the East India Dock).
This afternoon, on account of the continued public sales of
Mauritius, there is still very little business doing in the West
India Market, but in the prices there has been no par icular
change, ord. and brown sorts have in some instances been sold
nn rather easier terms ; the private purchases have been only
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350 hhds. and Ire.
3.3 hhds. and 13 hrls. Demerara at public sale were all
taken in at 545. for dry brown.
The Refined Sugar state has been in a languid state during
the past week, both the grocers and shippers having; pur-
chased with some caution, and although there are but few 11
goods in the Market refiners have submitted to a decline on
former rates of Is. ; small parcels of Lumps have been taken
by the home trade at 78s. for those rather under the standard,
and 80s. for those that would pass, and 365. Gd. a 375. for
double Crushed for future, and 38s. for immediate delivery ;
for a smr:ll quantity of liambro Loaves free on boar:l42s. has
been paid ; Bastards have been good in request at unvaried
prices; in Treacle a steady business has been done, and the
prices continue firm. Dutch Crushed Sugar is neglected,
and offered at 345.
This afternoon tka Market was in a languid state ; the only
purchases reported are small parcels of double Crushed deli-
verable in a month at 36e. 61. to 375.
MAURITIUS.-The Market -has been quiet, the private
transactions having been very limited, and 5,150 bags at public
sale went off heavily at a reduction on former rates of 6d. to
is. on all descriptions; good and fine yellow sold at 625. to
345., ord. and mid. 575. 6d, to 605., and 55e. for good
brown ; there have been several arrivals, and there is much
disposition evinced on the part of the importers to sell ;
public sale of 5,000 bags is advertised for Thursday next.
This afternoon there was little life in the ,larket, and 6,919
bags at public sale went off without spirit, the good grocery
and strong refining descriptions went at about former rates,
but all other sorts sold at a decline on the prices of the for-
mer sale of Is. ; very ordinary brown went at 425. to 435. ;
middling and good 545. 6d. to 555. 6d. ; middling yellow
565. to 575. 6d. ; good 58s. to 595. 6d. ; and 58s. 6d. to
60s. for strong for the pan.
EAST Buta.-In the early and middle part of last week
Bengal was in brisk request by private contract from the
grocers at fully former rates, but towards the close the Market
became quiet, and 1013 bags at public sale went 6d. under
former rates, ord. and mid. white sold at 295. to 325., washed
235. to 295., low and fine brown 17s. to 255., the shippers
have bought sparingly ; for other descriptions under this de-
nomination of good quality there has been a brisk request,
and rather stiffer prices have been obtained, particularly
for white Siam, which are much wanted, and there
are scarcely any in the Market, but in the ordinary
qualities there has been little doing, and prices are rather
lower; at public sale 2,040 bags Manilla were only partly dis-
posed of, damaged brown at 15s. to 135., sound was taken in at
19s. to 21s. ; 1,240 bags and 40 casks Cochin China, also at
auction, a very indifferent and soft parcel was only partly
sold, brown to good white 15s. to 20s. Gd., very inferior and
wet 13s. to 13s. 6d. ; the private purchases have been 120
bags fine brown Manilla at 205., and 160 bags Cochin China
at 235. for ord. white.

A public sale of 3,300 bags Bengal, which was to have
taken place this afternoon, has for the present been withdrawn.
FoaElos.--For all descriptions there has been a good re-
quest, and the prices previously obtained have been fully sup-
ported ; white Brazil of strong grain has been much sought
after, but there are few to be obtained; the supply at market
of all sorts has become very short and indifferent ; at auction
184 chests and barrels Penarnbuco sold briskly at Is. advance,
ord. and mid. white in chests at 225. 6d. to 253., low brown
and yellow 151. to 18z. in brls.,ord. and fair white 265. to 315.,
and 235. for good yellow ; the private operations have been
100 chests good white Havannah at 365., and 100 chests yel-
low at 265. for good quality ; a public sale of 250 chests and
250 brls. Brazil is advertised for the 31st inst.
This afternoon at auction 943 boxes Havannah, which went
readily at steady prices, good mid. white at 355. 6d. to 36:z. 6d.
mid. 335. to 34g., washed 295. to 355. 6d., low mid, yellow
245. 6d. to 255., fine 235. 6d. to 265., mid. and fine brown
21s. 6d. to 245. washed 225. to 245. 6d., grey gds. 6d. to
335. 6d. ; 70 hhds. Havannah Muscovades sold at their full
value, good brown at 20s. ; SO chests Bahia were taken at
former rates, ord. and mid. brown at 17s. to 19s. 6d., low white
265. 6d., soft 225., low yellow 21s. 6d. to 225.
MOLASSES.-The prices of West India continue firm, but
the demand has been moderate, and 297 puns. at public sale
only partly found buyers ; Antigua mid. at 275; the remain-
der was bought in ; Berbice of fair quality at 235., and ord.
Grenada at 225. ; a small parcel of good Barbadoes privately
has been disposed of at 295. to 30s.
The total deliveries of \Vest India Molasses from the ware-
houses fur home use for the week ending March 18th, amount
to 2,104 cwt.

COFFEE.-Demerara low middling and middling clean went
at 88s. 6d. a 91s. ; Berbice low middling 915., unclean 85s.
Mocha 575. a 595. for ungarbled, and 153 bales at auction
sold at 71s. a 735. for good and fine ordinary clean garbled ;
Ceylon at 465. for good ordinary. 147 bags Sumatra at auc-
tion were bought in at 355. a 38s. for low and good ordinary ;
Brazil at 435. 6d. a 475., and 150 bags fine ordinary flavannah
at 50s. This afternoon the only public sale of British Plan-
tation was that of 0-4 bags Berbice, which sold at 603. a 61s.
for very ordinary unclean. Mocha was taken in at 655. a 725.
for middling and good yellow.
RCM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-Jamaica Rum at 2s 4d.
to 2s. 63. for five to ten per cent. over proof; Demerara at
3d. for thirty over. The Government contract has been
taken at proof strength-50,000 gallons 2s. old. and
23,000 gallons at 2s. 21d.
SPICES.-For Pimento there has been a good request. Low
and good middling at 3d: a 31d., and privately 341 d. a 31d.
has been paid for middling and good middling quality. Malabar
Pepper shot at 3id. a 34d., half heavy 31d. a 31d. A few lots
were disposed of at 3W. a 3:id. for fair to good half heavy•.
Cassia Lignea at 345. a 58s. for ordinary and middling qua-
lity. East India Ginger went at 18s. a 21s. 6d. for inferior
wormy. Jamaica at auction sold at 51. ss. aSt Bs. for mid-
dling and good. The public sales this day consisted of 817
chests Cassia Lignea, and 55 bags of Pepper; the former was
all bought in, good middling thin at 58s. a 595., good ordi-
nary 545. a 565., the latter sold at stiffer prices, good light
Malabar, at aid. to 31d.

TA I.LOW. —The prices continue firm, but there has been
only a limited demand fur consumption at 445. 9d. fur P Y C ;
fs,r future delivery there has been rather more business doing,
and the price for the last three months has advanced to
200 casks Russian will be brought to public sale on Thurs-
day next.

Paovistoss.--The Irish Butter market has become quiet.
In Bacon little has been done, and prices have given way Is.,
small sales of prime made at 495. a 50s. landed. In Lard a
steady business has been done. ludia and Mess ProviaiL,ns
remain heavy of sale. In middles there has been no alteration.
RICE.—The transactions in. East India privately have been
iimited. White Bengal sold at 12s. 61. a 14s. ; good Patna,
153. 6d. ; Carolina, 313. a 345. The stock of East India is
now 21,263 bags. The public sale this day of 2,413 bags East
India was nearly all disposed of at steady prices, mid. white
Bengal at 13s. a 13s. 6d.
Cocoa.—This afternoon at public sale 2,410 bags Guayaquil
was all bought at 355. for fair grey.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon at auction 62 bags Honduras
were only partly sold at former rates, low and mid. silvers
6s. 4d. to 6s. 103., and is. 4d. to is. 10d. for inferior blacks.
SALTPETEM—British Refined has met with a good sale at
30s. 6,1. a 31s. To-day at auction 1,245 bags were all bought
in, Calcutta refraction 8 mid. dingy grey at 255.

A letter from Milan confirms the rumours which
have been afloat respecting a projected marriage between an
accomplished young English lady and a German officer of rank
and distinction. The young lady is Miss Charlotte Strachan,
second daughter of the late Admiral, now living under the
protection of her guardian, the Marquis of Hertford. The
bridegroom is Count Zichy, a Major in the Austrian service,
and Aide-de-Camp to Count Radeizky, Commander-in- Chief
of the army in Lombardy. Count Zichy is also brother-in-
law to Prince Metternich;whoie third wife is the Count's sister.
The Count is to receive from his father an annuity of 400/.
sterling in addition to his pay and appointments in the army,
but the lady's fortune, including her inheritance, and what the
Marquis has promised to hestow upon her, will amount to no
less than 200,0001. Immediately after the marriage, which is
to take place after the close of Easter, the bride snd bride-
gro3m will go to Vienna, and the Marquis of Hertford will re-
turn to London.—Galifinaiii.
CRUEL ROBBERY.—On Monday evening, between
five and six o'clock, a decently dressed man arrived in breath-
less haste at the house of Mr. Widdersley, carpenter, Gray's
Inn-road, and begged that he might see Mrs. Widdersley im.
mediately. She quickly came down stairs, and was informed
by the stranger that her husband, while crossing the road in
Wood-street, had been knocked down by a cab, the wheel of
which had passed over his leg, and crushed it in a shocking
manner. He succeeded in obtaining from her a half-sovereign
and a suit of clothes, which he alleged he had been sent for;
and had not gone many minutes before Mr. Widdersley re-
turned home in perfect health, to the great joy and astonish-
ment of his wife, who had fainted after the communication of
the sad intelligence alluded to.
‘Ve regret to learn that some of the largest manu-
facturing- houses in Glasgow are restricting their works to a
great extent. Several Steam-loom proprietors have shut up
whole flats of their factories in consequence of the depressed
state of trade ; and it is said that one of the largest manu-
facturing houses in Glasgow has dropped nearly 1,000 of their
workers. —Glasgow Chronicle.
On Thursday last Peter Campbell, a confidential
clerk in the employment of Messrs. Duff, silk manufacturers,
of No. 20, Spital-street, abs6onded with above three hundred
pounds. He had beck engaged about two years. On Sunday
last he returned to the firm about two hundred pounds in ckecks.
It is thought that his deficit is to a greater extent.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. MARCH 21.

The LoRD CHANCELLOR sat at Fve osalock.
On the motion of Earl SHA FTESBURY the Newbold
Enclosure Bill, the Transfer of Aids Bill, the Worcester As-
size Bill, and several others, were read a third time and passed.
The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from the
Dean and Chapter of Norwich, from the parish of St. John,
Hackney, and from two parishes in the county of Gloucester,
against the abolition of Church-rates.
Lord DACR E presented petitions from various parishe; in
the counties of Monmouth and Essex, ali Fraying for the t ,tai
ebolition of Church-rates.
Lord RIPON moved for certain returns, the nature of
eleeli was not distinctly heard in the Gallery.
Earl SH A FIESBURY presented a petition from the
Deanery of Shaftesbury against the abolition of Church-rates.
The Marquis of QUEENSBERRY presented a petition
front Carlisle against the abolition of Church-rates.
The Bishop of LLANDAFF said that he held in his hand
several petitions all against the abolition of Church-rates,
signed by nobody but rate-payers. Some persons considered
that petitions upon this subject front rate-payers only were en-
titled to especial attention ; but in his opinion that was
a mistake, because the poorer the persons were, the
lower in point of education they might be, the higher he
considered their claims to the attention of their Lordships,
and this was what he stated the other night, which occasioned
an observation from a Noble and Learned Lord (Lord
Brougham), whom he saw in his place. The petitions of
those who did not, and could not pay Church-rates, could not
fail to add weight to the petitions of those who did pay them.
And as to the petitions in favour of the abolition of Church-
rates, they complained only of a local grievance, and the more
that grievance was diffused the less would be the weight of
it—consequently he was not disposed to attribute great
importance to the circumstance of any great number of per-
sons signing such a petition ; and if the Noble and Learned
Lord's petition from Birmingham, which he stated was signed
by 19,000, had been signed by 90,000, he would have consi-
dered the grievance of which they had to complain the less
from its extensive diffusion, and consequently not adding im-
portance to the petition. 'The first petition he bad to present
was from the boroufh of Newport.
Lord BROUGHAM said that the Right Reverend Prelate
seemed to have entirely mistaken what he stated the other
night, in reference to uneducated persons being less fit to give
opinions upon abstract questions of State policy than educated
persons. He ( Lord Brougham) had never said one word
on the subject; but in answer to an observation from
the Right Reverend Prelate, that uneducated persons
were not the fittest persons to give opinions upon such ques-
tions, he had said that the very last petition which he had
looked at, presented on the Right Rev. Prelate's side of the
question, did not appear to have been signed by very educated
persons, inasmuch as they had not been able to write their own
names, but signed their names as marksmen. What the Right
Reverend Prelate contended fur, therefore, was that the
signatures of 90,000 persons were less valuable than the sig-
natures of 19,000.—e Hear.) If a certain given sum were to
be paid, and if it were to be spread over 90,000, of course each
individual would feel it less than if it were confined to 19,000 ;
but if the sum to be paid increased in proportion to the num-
bers by whom it was to be paid, then the amount of rates to be
paid by each individual was the same in a large as in a small
place.—( Hear.)
The Bishop of LLANDAFF said that the Church did not
increase in that ratio. The Church did not grow, and he
would contend that a distinction should be made between the
petitioners on his side and those on the other. The opinions
of those who paid rates were more valuable than those of non-
payers; but it was only fair to establish the distinction that the
rate-payers who petitioned for the abolition of the rates were
biassed by a pecuniary interest, and therefore this interest,
pro tanto, detracted from the weight of their opinion; whilst
the rate-payers who petitioned for the continuance of the rate
gave weight to their opinion by the fact, that notwithstanding
the weight of the burden, they were willing to bear it.
Lord BROUGHAM said that, pro tanto, this, of course,
had weight, but no farther titan it was worth.
The Bishop of LLANDAFF then presented a number of
petitions from parishes in Monmouthshire.
The Bishop of BANGOR presented petitions from Beau-
maris and other places to the same effect.
The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented petitions from
the parishes of St. Pancras, St. Margaret, All Saints, St.
Olave, St. Peter the Less, St. Andrew, and St. Paul in Chi-
chester, in favour of Church-rates. The Right Rev. Prelate
concluded by presenting a petition from Chichester against the
Poor-law Amendment Bill.
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented a peti-
tion from a parish in Bedfordshire, against the abolition of
Church-rates. He also presented a petition from the
Rector and inhabitants of Cumber, in the county Down, stat-
ing, for the information of their Lordships, that the parish
Church was in a ruinous and delapidated state, and praying
that they would take the state of the Church in that county
into their consideration, and that the Commissioners should
have power to rebuild the Church in question, which had been
condemned by the architect of the Commissioners.
Lord REDESDAL E presented a petition from Lea, Stafford,
and other places in favour of Church-rates.
Lord WIIARNCLIFFE presented similar petitions from
Whitby, Newmarket, and from several parishes in Nottingham
and Sussex. 'The Noble Lord then presented a petition from
the medical practitioners in a union in Nottinghamshire, de-
precating the system of medical relief adopted under the new
Poor. law, and also the inadequacy of the remuneration given
by the guardians to their medical officers. He had never
shrunk from any portico of the unpopularity which might have
accompanied the 13111. He considered the principle of the
measure an excellent one ; hut, on the other hand, lie thought
that the point referred to in the petition had been too much
strained by the Board, who appeared to have too great a ten-
dency to save money.—( Hear.)
Lord RADNOR said, that as regarded the system of medi-
cal relief under the new Act it was infinitely superior to that
which existed under the old Law.
Lord HARDWICKE, in a few observations, expressed his
approbation of the Poor Law Amendment Act.
The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from Corn.
wall, Ilenbury, and tilt, Paul's. Oxford, against the abolition
of Church-rates. The Right Rev. Prelate gave notice that
on Friday, the 7th of next month, hit should present certain
petitions on the subject of the Poor-laws, wising had been par-
ticularly entrusted to his care.
Lord FALMOUTH pica-eded petitions from Penryn,
Truro, and various parishes in the county of Norfolk, in sup-
port of the privileges of their Lordships' House,
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented petitions
from the chapelry of Attwurth, the Grevcoat School (West-
minster), and St. Margaret's Hospital ( Westminster), against
the abolition of Church-rates.
Lord MELBOURNE presented petitions from North-
allerton, Minster, Elsemere, and Bangor, in favour of the abo.
lition of Church-rates.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions from
Horaltam, 3,larket-Lavington, and Ditehling, to the same
eff,:ct.
Lord BROUGHAM said lie held in his hand a petition
to which he was desirous of calling the attention of the
House. He would not press the statements in the petitions,
nor did he mean to say that they threw discredit
on all the petitions which had been presented against
the abolition of Church-rates ; but they certainly did
cause a good deal of suspicion to attach to some of them,
The petition was front the inhabitants of Wheatley in the county
of Oxford, and expressed their indignation at the means
resorted to by parties hostile to the abolition of Church-rates,
to procure the signatures of persons to petitions to that effect.
—( Hear.) They stated that those signatures were procured
under statements that it was intended to allow the
Churches to go into decay.—( Hear.) The present peti-
tionus expressed their disapprobation of such conduct, and
highly approved of the proposed measure of his Majesty's
Government for the abolition of the burden of Church.
rates, which was calculated, in their judgment, to remove
the odium that was at present thrown on the Church, and to
support that Church in a manner the most likely to render it
useful and respected.
The Earl of FALMOUTH—WouId the Noble Lord allow
me to look at the signatures to that petition ?
Lord BROUGHAM—Oh, certainly,—no marksmen.—
( Laughter. )
' The Earl of FA LMOUTII-1 see there are about 29 or
30 signatures attached to it.

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Lord BIM GII AM—I did not know there were so many.
—( A laugh.) I thought there were only 20.
The Earl of FALMOuTti—Only it was introduced with
an air of such importance.
Lord BROUGEIAM—I did not say one word about
the numbers of signatures—l did net even say, as some
Noble Lords do in presenting petitions, that it was nume-
rously signed, considering the place from whence it came.—
( Laughter.)
The Nont.E LORD then presented another petition, praying
for the abolition of Church rates.

THE SUN, LONDON, AVEDNI4_74SI;,__YI MARCH 22, 18,11.

parish of St Pancras, and it al impossible it could b brou ht
into operation withiJut a sii th Bill, inasmuch as the rates in
several districts of the parish Varied very much. A more se-
rious objection was the insecure ty it would create in property,
as the mortgagees under the oil .Paving Bill would be put in
jeopardy by any alteration in the races. The object stated was
to consolidate all the districts in the parish under one board,
and yet the Foundling hospital and the Woods and Forests,
two very important interests, were to be exempted, as they
objected to have their tenants placed under the operation of
a Bill which that House was now called upon to pass. It
would further have the effect of involving the parish in endless
litigation and expense, as it would place the whole dominion
in the hands of the vestry.
Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY rose to order. The Bill
would not confer any extravagant power upon the vestry.
Mr. TOOKE resumed—There was nothing to prevent
vestrymen being elected on the Board. It the promoters t,f
the Bill had attended to the suggestions of the Com Mince
which sat last year, they would have acted wisely,
for they had been urged to divide the parish into four districts
at least, to suit the wants and accommodate themselves to the
exigencies of the parish. It would be very hard upon the re-
spectable inhabitants of the various squares throughout that
parish to be placed under the dominion of perfect strangers, to
have their residences placed under the controul of, and to be
compelled to pay rates to, persons whose conduct was not calcu-
lated to inspire confidence. Under these circumstances, he
should move that the Bill be read a second time that day six
months. _ _

Sir S. WHALLEY thought the case had been so clearly
made out before the Committee, that he would be wasting the
time of the House if he now argued the case.
The gallery was then cleared for a division.
The House divided, when the numbers were,
For the Bill
Against it
Majority
The Bill was accordingly lost.
TANIWORTH AND RUGBY RAILWAY.

Mr. TA N CliEll rose to present a petition, praying for
leave to bring in a Bill to make certain alterations in this line
of Railway.
Mr. W A SON suggested to the Hon. and Learned Member
that he ought to have given notice of this motion.
The SPEAKER said that no notice was necessary to pre-
sent a petition.
Mr. W A SON said that the Hon. and Learned Member
was about to make a motion.
The SPEAK ER understood the Hon. and Learned Member
to say that he was about to present a petition, asking for leave
to bring in a Bill.
Mr. TA NC RE D said that he certainly was about to pre-
sent a petition, upon which lie intended to found a motion for
leave to brinr, in a Bill. The object of the Tamworth and
Rugby Railroadb Bill was two-fold. In the first place it
was introduced for the purpose of making a branch railway
from Tam,,vorth to Rugby. There was another object, which
was totally independent, namely, to make certain amendments
in the original Railway. The House had disposed of one of
these objects, viz., that with regard to the branch Railway ;
and he had now to move for leave to make some cor-
rection in the original line of Railway. Under these
circumstances, lie would sit down, merely moving for leave to
present a petition, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for this
purpose. The only object of the petition was in favour of the
original line of Railway from Birmingham to Derby, and had
no reference whatever to the branch line to Tamworth.

Lord G. SOMERSET, though he did nut object to the pe-
tition being referred to the Committee on Private Bills, could
not sanction the course it proposed to adopt.

Mr. WASON and Sir E. KNATCIIBULL took a similar view of
the subject.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said there were two objects con.
templated by the Bill; one was a new line from Tam-
worth to Rugby, in respect of which the Sub-Committee
and appeal Committee had reported that the Standing Orders
had not been complied with.—( Hear, hear.) The House
had confirmed that report, and there was no wish to disturb
it. Another object contemplated by the Bill was an amend-
ment of the line which the House had sanctioned last Ses-
sion. —( Hear, hear, hear.) It was hard, therefore, to say
that objections taken to a new line should prevent the consi-
deration of the amendment of another line. He apprehended
the object of the Hon. Member opposite was merely to have the
petition referred to a Select Committee, and he did not see that
the House could object to it.
Sir ROBERT PRICE concurred in thinking the proposi-
tion that had been made was a just one.
EXETER AND FALMOUTH RAILWAY.

Mr. AINSWORTH presented a petition against the Exe.
ter and Falmouth Railway Bill.

IPSWICH lI7IPROVENIENT BILL.

On the motion of Mr. WA SON, the Ipswich Improvemen'
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed.

Mr. HIND LE Y presented a petition from certain noblemen
and gentlemen, resident in Lancashire, against the Bolton and
Preston Railway Bill ; also a petition from an individual, com-
plaining that the Bolton and Preston Railway Subscription
List had not been properly filled up ; and a petition against
the Gloucester Railway Bill.
The Bolton and Preston Railway Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed.
On the motion of Sir 11. PA RNEL L, the Dundee Im-
provement Bill was read a second time.
Mr. PATTISON presented a petition from several inhabi-
tants of the city of London against the Commercial Railway
Bill, and praying to be heard by their counsel and agents.
Mr. EWART presented a petition against the South Mid-
land Railway Bill.
Mr. W. PRAE L) presented a petition from Richard Lile,who
had formerly petitioned against the Hammersmith and Richmond
Railroad. The former petition contained charges against indivi-
duals of whom ho knew nothing. He had signed the petition,
thinking it one got up by the proprietors on the line, and he
was not aware of the personal charges which it contained. He
therefore prayed the House to allow him to withdraw the for-
mer petition, as he did now withdraw those charges to which
he was formerly a party.
Mr. BAINES thought the conduct of the petitioner was
most reprehensible, and required explanation.
Mr. ,WIL K S thought that it was desirable that the peti-
tion should be printed, in order that the subject might come
properly under the consideration of the House.
The SPE A K Ell made a few observations, the purport of
which we could not hear.

Mr. HUM E said, the rule that had been laid down as a ge-
neral rule was a good one; but the present appeared to him
to be a ease particularly deserving of the consideration of the
House, and he would state what tint eireumstanees were.
The facts of the case were simply these i—a Committee was
appointed to inquire into the Bill, and a petition was presented
by Mr. llepnell, which Counsel appeared to support, and the
Committee was obliged to adjourn over till after Easter. Four
days had now elapsed, and the parties promoting the Bill
were put to an enormous expense. Now, however, a petition
was laid before them, contradicting the assertions in the former
petition. While matters went on in Committees as at pre-
sent, the House was bound to protect the partial against all
attempts at injustice. He hoped the House would allow the
petition to be printed, and circulated with the Votes.
The petition was then ordered to be printed.
Messengers from the House of Lords brought down the
Wills Bill, to which the concurrence of that House was desired.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the Wills
Bill, just brought down from the other House, be read a first
time. It was precisely sirialW in principle to the Bill of last
year,

The Bill tray then read a first time, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. W. DU NCOM B E moved the further consideration of
the Report of the Whitby and Pickering Railway Bill.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE presented a petition against
the Great Western Railway Extension Bill. Nothing could
be more dangerous than where two railways crossed each
other, as fatal consequences might ensue from two trains pro-
ceeding with great rapidity corning in contact.
Mr. HALL begged to ask the Hon. Member opposite who-
ther the sums of 23,0001. and 7,0001. which were to be paid to
the Bishop of London, were intended as compensation for the
land to be occupied by the Railway, and which he understood
to be public property ?
An HON. MEMBER said the legal estate was in the
Bishop of London, and the money was intended as a compen-
sation.

Mr. TOOK E was in a situation to state that the Bishop was
only a joint occupier, and had only one-third interest in the land.
He could assure the House that the Bishop had not received
one shilling as fine or compensation—all the benefit he had
derived was in common with the others, and merely as an in-
creased rent, and not otherwise.
Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE would not consider that
he was discharging his duty if he did not call
the attention of the House to a circumstance which
had taken place in the Committee. A decision had there
been come to which, in his opinion, would tend very
much to cramp public inquiry into such matters. in the ob.
nervations he was about to make, he begged the House distinctly
to understand that he bad no connection, either directly or in-
directly with the Company ; nor did he make his observations
in any unfriendly feeling, or the motion with which he should
conclude, with any hostile view. On the contrary, he thought
that the extension of the line of this Railway would be pro-
ductive of great good, and he hoped it would be at-
tended with a proportionate advantage to the Com-
pany. The facts of what occurred before the Committee
were that four miles being proposed to be added to the great
Western Railway coming up to Paddington, it would have to
go through the Paddington estate, belonging to the See of
London. To effect that four miles of railway several little
cottages, besides those which had already been pulled down,
would have to he removed, and on those oottagevo, who held
leases under the Bishop of London, coming before the Com-
mittee for compensation, Mr. Harrison, in behalf of the Bishop,
resisted their claim. Ile ( Mr. Dimeombe) thought the peti-
tioners ought to be heard. A discussion took place in the
Committee upon the subject, and it was ultimately decided
that the petitioners should be heard, and that Mr. Austin
should defend their claims to compensation. Upon this the
promoters of the Bill and the Bishop Of London instantly
turned round and said, there was no necessity for the
case of the petitioners being advocated, as the
Bishop of London had a sufficient sum of mo-
ney to give them adequate compensation. Upon this
Mr. Austin withdrew his opposition. The engineer was
then called and asked what amount it would require to com-
plete the line of four miles. lie answered upwards of 250,0001.,
and that 175,0001. of that would have to be appropriated for
the purchase of land. He (Mr. Duncombe) then asked what
proportion of that amount the Bishop of London would receive
in order to enable him to give adequate compensation to the
cottager s? The Learned Counsel for the Bishop cif London
refused to answer that question, declaring that it was one that
ought not to have been put.—( Cries of " Hear, hear hear.")
He maintained this was public property, and therefore it di4

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or not. Thera • vas a sum of money to be paid to the Bishop
fur tha land to the great prejudice of the public ; and he
-thought the co Iduct that had been pursued on the part of a
great publ;PL
.actionary like the Bishop of Lindon, would hare
a Vet'b bark appearance with the House and the public.—
Tin Hon. Member concluded by moving that the
be re cot omitted, with an instruction to the Committee
to inquire 'jute • the grounds on which the Bishop of London
had agreen, to dispose of the land to the Great Western Rail-
way:

Mr. R.. WA SON seconded the motion.
Mr. II A s
.imagined there never was such a reason
given for opposing a Private Bill as that which had been as-
signe.d by the lion. .Member for Finsbury, and to come to a
dec.,sion on this qu,stion, the House would have to decide
w'nether Church prov.erty was public property or not.--( Loud
cries of Hear.) The Bill was to be re-committed in order
that the Right Hon. Member for Finsbury might put one
single question. He dr. Hawes) begged to put in his dis-
claimer as to any interest directly or indirectly in this or any
other Railway ; but he th ought be should be able to show from
the enacting, clauses of the Bill itself there was not the
slightest foundation for ()posing the further progress of the Bill.
It was provided that the 30,000/. should he appropriated in
sums of 23,0001. and 7,000/. to the Bishop and trustees, and it
was made lawful for the Bishop and trustees to receive the
same only for discharging the mortgages or other liabilities af-
fecting the land. lie (Mr. Hawes) was as decided an advo-
cate for the cottagers as the Hon. Member for Finsbury, but
it was admitted on all hands. that they had no legal claim to
compensation, and therefore lie thought it better for them to
raise up some equitable consideration in order to pro-
cure for them some remuneration. The question
of compensation, however, had nothing to do TIM' the case ;
and he trusted the House would not stop the further progress
of a measure which the Hon. Gentleman who brought forward
the motion for the recommitment of the Bill admitted to be
one of great public importance.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY thought the House was bound to
protect those who, from their poverty, were unable to protect
themselves, before a Committee. It appeared that the Bishop
of London had agreed to demise a portion of land to
certain cottagers, for a term of seven years, with this
defessance, that the lessees should be at liberty to deter-
mine the demise on giving three months notice of
requiring the land for building ground. The ques-
tion then was could a Railway be considered a house?
The land was now required for a Railroad, and these parties
said that they should not ba compelled to quit at
three months notice, without receiving some com-
pensation. As the sum of 7,0001. had been allotted, it was the
business of that House to see that it was really divided among
these parties, who were not satisfied that the Bishop of London
should be their stakeholder, fearing that he might consider
them only entitled to a tenth.—(A laugh.) He thought the
present was a case in which the House was called upon to in-
terfere.

After a few words from Mr. T. DUNC 0 M BF,
Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY said the parties were some of
his constituents, and lie hoped their rights would be protected,
and that the House would express some decided opinion upon
the subject.
Sir T. FRE NIANTLE made a few observations, which
were inaudible in the Gallery.
Mr. PEASE said if he understood the question properly,
there had not been one argument put forth which would induce
him to vote for the recommitment of the Bill. Any one
who knew anything of Railroads would at once know that
they would lose half their value if, between this and Edin-
burgh, one line was crossed by six or a dozen others—it would
be preposterous that they should be obliged to cross upon a
different level.

The amendment was then negatived without a division, and
the Bill ordered to be engrossed.

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, TROU-

BRIDGE.

The Report on this Bill was brought up, and ordered to be
engrossed.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Mr. CHARLES HULLER begged to make a few
remarks connected with the business of the House. The
Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) signified his intention
yesterday that Wednesdays should be reserved for Go-
vernment Orders. He remonstrated with the Noble
Lord at the time ; and the Noble Lord had since put a notice
on the book, that he would move to-day that the Canada busi-
ness should take precedence on Wednesday. If this were the
only Wednesday that had been taken for Government busi-
ness he wouldnot complain, but it was the fourth Wednes-
day ; and he must tell the Noble Lord that that was a game
at which two persons could play ; and though the Noble
Lord might beat him by a majority on the occasion, he had
it in his power to adopt a course to render that majority
of very little use. His plan was, when the Noble Lord
moved the Order of the Day for going into the Canada busi-
ness, he (Mr. Buller) would move successively, by way of
amendment, each of the other Orders of the Day. Thus the
Noble Lord would take no benefit from exercising the power
which he possessed. This was a roundabout way of bringing
the House to follow the course it had itself chalked out. He
did not want the House, for his convenience, to follow any
particular course ; but he wanted to understand what course
was really intended to be adopted.

The SPEAKER said that the Hon. and Learned Member
must be quite aware that he had got the car of the House, by
stating that he had something to say with reference to
its business.—( Hear, bear, hear.) Ile was sure that
the Hon. Member would, on reflection, be persuaded that the
course he was pursuing was not consistent with the rules of the
House.

Mr. HUME thought that Members ought to be informed
what the course to be adopted was to be. He had himself a
motion for Wednesday, and if the course alluded to by the
Hon. Member were pursued, he did not know but that he might
be thrown over that day. He thought the Noble Lord ought to
give Hon. Members one day in the week at the least.

Mr. C. BULLER said that on Thursday next on any mo-
tion standing in the name of Lord John Rnstiell, ha should
move as an amendment, that it is the practice of the House,
that Notices shall have precedence on Order-days, and Orders
on Notice-days, and that Government Orders should have
precedence on those days erroneously said to be for the Orders
of other Members,