The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY. MAY 12, 1837

THE NQRT il STAR.

A beautiful steamer, ealed the North Star, has just ar-
rived in the River, and the Commercial Steam Navigation
Company having a wish to purchase her, Tuesday was fixed
upon to make trial of her qualifications, in a trip to Graves-
end and back. She has been built by Duffees and Co., of
Aberdeen, engineers and builders, and is an exquisite model
for speed and beauty. The burthen of the vessel is 550
tons ; her length is 170 feet, breadth 48 feet, and she is
propelled by two engines of 20-horse power, upon the ver-
tical principle, with tube condensing and other improve-
ments. This arrangement of engines gives enlarged ac-
commodation for passengers and cargo, and removes the vi-
b:atory motion so much complained of in the ordinary en-
gines. The form of the ship is so constructed as to make
little commotion in passing through the water, put oil to
their full extent of power ; and the vessel immediately
proved that the character for speed which she had ac-
quired in previous trials was not in the slightest degree
exaggerated.

Soon after four o'clock a numerous company sat down to
a splendid dinner, prepared for the occasion, in the saloo❑ ;
C. BLEADEN, Esq., i❑ the Chair.
As soon as the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN gave
—" The King."
The National Anthem was then sung by Messrs. Blake,
Hunt, and others.

The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Queen."
Each toast was honoured with four rounds of applause.

The CHAIRMAN said that he was in doubt, in proposing
the next toast, as to the precise terms in which he should
give it, owing to the number of officers in both the services
present. lie was in doubt whether he should give the
toast as the " Army and Navy," or as the " Navy and
Army." Recollecting, however, that our King was a sailor,
and looking to his lion. Friend on his right, Sir G. Green,
he thought he could not be very incorrect in proposing the
" Navy and Army."—(Hear, hear.) He was sure there
was not an individual present who was not most ready to
accord every degree of merit to either service, and to join in
any tribute of gratitude as a small return for the benefits
which Englishmen must feel that their country has reaped
from their perils and their exertions..:—(Hear, hear.) He
would tell his Hon. Friend, who was, he felt prchlil to say,
one of their Directors, that the recollection of the exertions
of either serviee would in the hearts of Englishmen always
be accompanied by the kindliest feelings, and by sentiments
of the warmest gratitude.—(Cheers.)
Sir G. GREEN, in returning thanks, apologized for his
inability, as he was but little accustomed to address so
large an assembly as he then witnessed. As, however,
with the exception of Mr. Waghorn (who had not yet re-
ceived the reward for his services which a grateful country
ought to bestow upon him), he would say, in acknowledge-
ment of the toast, that he believed both the navy and the
army were ready at all times to emulate their former
achievements for the welfare and honour of their country.—
(Hear.) With respect to the company to which he be-
longed, he was of opinion that it only required exertion to
make it one of the first Companies in the kingdom—and,
for his own part, lie would do all in his power to forward
its interests. In conclusion, he most sincerely thanked
them for the honour they had done his profession.
Song—" Rule Britannia."
_

The CHAIRMAN next gave as a toast " Prosperity to the
City of London and its trade." It was a happy circumstance
for England, and it must give great satisfaction to well-re-
gulated minds to perceive that notwithstanding all the glory
which her warriors had achieved, her children should still
look with complacency to the arrival of that peace which
brought increased commerce in its train, and could view
with pride and pleasure our ships wafting to other shores
the products of our industry and our skill, and receiving
from every country in return a commensurate reward. No-
thing could so much tend to the promotion of civilization as
the commerce of nation with nation—(Cheers)—and he
sincerely hoped and trusted that we had as yet but seen the
dawning of the blessings which it was to shed upon the
world.—(Cheers.) He was quite sure that no Englishman
could refuse to drink the toast with every mark of enthu-
siasm.—( Cheers.)
Mr. WHALLEY claimed permission of the Chairman to
give a toast which he was sure would be responded to by
the good feelings and the good wishes of every one then
present. It was one which in all their future meetings should
be given next after the healths of the Royal Family. He
could not suffer the line of demarcatioq which be bad thus
drawn to be any farther violated, and he should therefore
propose, " Prosperity and success to the Commercial Steam
navigation Company."—( Loud cheering.) The metro-
polis, he must say, was greatly indebted to the Company
for opening as they had done communications between port
and port, and bringing places far apart so close to our shores
as to confer an obligation on London which entitled them
to the thanks of that city.—(Hear.) It might at first sight
appear a matter of indifference when looking at the reduc-
tion in the rate of travelling as connected with national in-
tercourse, whether the charge for passage was five shillings
or three shillings, or whether it was two pounds or five
pounds. This, however, was not the fact, as practically ex-
perienced, fur when the fare which had been five pounds
was reduced to two pounds, the increased communication
was not in the proportion" of five to two, but was much
nearer fifty to two.—(Cheers.) This it was that the Com-
mercial Steam Company had achieved, and in doing so had
led to the increased development of the skill, resources,
and energy of the country, and had opened up new dis-
tricts to the commercial enterprise and daring of our
countrymen.—(Cheers.) For his own part, he hoped
they would be rewarded, not according to their deserts,
but tenfold beyond them, according to the grateful feelings
of that country which benefitted by their exertions.—( Hear,
hear.) He would conclude by wishing prosperity to the
the undertaking, and health and happiness to every indivi-
dual concerned in it.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN again rose, and said that his brethren in
the direction had requested him to attempt to thank the
Company for the cordiality and sincerity with which they
had drunk the toast. It was now somewhat less than two
years since a few individuals had placed a small portion of
their funds to fit out two vessels, to be called the
property of the Company, with a view to give the in.
habitants of the metropolis an occasional day's journey
down the river and back again, taking with them such
means of recreation as their funds would enable them
to enjoy. He little expected then that they should
have been so soon enabled to invite men of such
respectability and character as he then saw around him to
join in th4t, the first festivity in which they had allowed
themselves to indulge.—(Hear, hear, hear.) In making
this observation he had two objects ; one to let the share-
holders perceive that the Directors were as discreet in the
management of their funds as they themselves could pos-
sibly be, watching over and attending to it from the time it
was a little undertaking, calculated to give but small advan-
tages to the shareholders, until the present moment, when,
instead of a couple of small vessels, they had twelve sail of
as magnificent ships as navigated the ocean—(Loud cheer-
ina)—bringing constantly to our ports the productions of
other countries, and bearing away our own manufactures in
return ; and now that it had thus swelled into an important
Corporation, he trusted that the Directors would be found
to attend to it not with less care nor with a less sacrifice of
time, and that they would be found so attentive to its ex-
penditure that the charges should not be more than those of
other parties engaged in similar pursuits, whoever those par-
ties :night be. In order to show that such an undertaking
was necessary, he need only refer to the manner in which
the public had poured in to join them, so as to make the
Company that which it now stood.—(llear, bear ) In re-
ply to his lion. Friend's observation, he would just ob-
serve that he trusted the Directors would always- deserve
what he had said of them, and whatever might be the
funds entrusted to their care he was sure they would en-
deavour to deserve the confidence reposed in them.—(Bear.)
Their first endeavour had been to obtain the confidence of
the mercantile world by not entering into any engage-
ments with any port or nAion which they did not mean to
carry into effect.—(Cheers.) With the merchants both in
this country and abroad the credit of the Company had
been upheld. For the early proprietors he would only ex-
press their gratitude to those who had since joined them ;
and to those who should hereafter join them, he could only
make the same promises which had been held out at start-
ing. The Directors never would deceive, and he trusted
never would disappoint them either.—(Cheers.) He could
safely promise that they would exert all the care that
men could, and availing themselves of all the know-
ledge they could acquire from gifted and experienced men,
they would endeavour to act with such prudence as would
be calculated to benefit the undertaking, and prove to
those who confided in them, that they were incapable of
doing anything unworthy of that trust.—( Hear.) It was
natural that every Company should seek to extend itself,
and the Commercial Company had done so ; but it had
never been instituted for the purpose of the destruction or
injury of' any other.—(Cheers.) They persuaded them-
selves that steam navigation was so much called for by the
advancement of knowledge, that the advantages of the cer-
tainty of conveyance had become so apparent, that while
willing to give every credit to those who had preceded them,
he still felt sure there was a field for all ; for the time had
now come when steam conveyed in a few hours what for-
merly occupied as many weeks. For this purpose they had
embarked their capital, and those who should embark with
them might justly reflect that they were promoting the cause
of civilization ; and if they desisted from joining, they would
be withholding the performance of a duty. 1-le had occu-
pied their attention too long, but his heart was warm to-
wards those who thought well of them ; and in thanking
his Hon. Friend for the handsome way in which he had
proposed the toast, he assured him that he spoke the honest
sentiments of several hundred persons who were in the Com-
pany. lie hoped,thery were VA Tani gentlemen present

who would not join them in this undertaking ; and in ren-
dering to them each annual account, he trusted they would
never have cause to say that the Directors had done any-
thing to forfeit their confidence.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WIIISSON hoped the Chairman would pardon him
for reminding him of one thing which he had omitted to
state, namely, the extraordinary passage which had just
been made by one of the Company's vessels named the
Ca/pa. She had arrived in the Pool at twelve o'clock of
the preceding day, having been twenty-four days absent
from London, during which brief period she had been to
Malaga and back, calling at Falmouth, Lisbon, Cadiz, and
nine other ports on the way.—( Hear.)
Mr. TICKNER having received permission from the Chair
to give a toast, said that, although he had a considerable
interest in a Company which was in some slight degree a
rival to the Commercial Steam Navigation Company, yet
he had witnessed the astonishing, and rapid progress of the
latter with feelings of unminglcd delight. There was room
for all of them, and he hoped to sec steam navigatimi yet ar-
rive at a pitch of magnitude which was not at present contem-
plated. There was, he had already stated, plenty of room, and
he did feel indignant at the uugeuerous treatment which
the Commercial Steam Company had experienced from an-
other Company, which had cherished, it would a2pear, the
idea of monopolizing the trade.—(Hear.) This Company
was originally like a small cloud no bigger than the hand,
but it had gone on increasing to such overpowering magni-
tude, that it showered down benefits on the country. The
Company had begun an honourable and fair competition,
but they had been met by an unfair and dishonourable op-
position. It was difficult to awaken the public to a sense
of their interests—they were too apt to patronise the very
cheapest mode of conveyance, but they should remember
that if this Company should go down they would have
high prices again, so that if they desired the continuance
of moderate charges they ought not from apathy to suffer
the Commercial to be crushed by the Leviathan Company,
which coveted a monopoly.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
Nothing tended to bring things to their proper level so much
as honourable competition, and the progress of this Com-
pany was wonderful, indeed almost without parallel. One
cause of this was the great confidence that men of character
and capital had in their worthy Chairman—(Cheers)—and
a more amiable and at the same time able man of business
he never had the good fortune to meet with. He
was the nucleus which had attracted together the capital
of the Company. He (Mr. Tickner) had had the pleasure
for many years of enjoying his friendship, and he could
faithfully declare that he had not said one word which he
did not to his heart's core feel. He looked forward to the
day when the intercourse between nations, by means of
steam, would put at end to the brutal destruction of our
species, for nothing was so likely to promote civilization
and a good understanding between countries as rapid inter-
course by steam. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by
proposing to their kind and affectionate notice the health of
their Chairman.=(Loud cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN said he would in truth declare he was
grateful to them for the honour they had done him as
Chairman of that extensive Company, for he could not
appropriate to himself personally any of those compliments,
which were rather paid to his public station.—(Cries of
" No, no.") When the hive lost its queen, its inhabi-
tants took the bee whom they thought most agreeable to
them ; and he felt that he was what he was only by their
having distinguished him by their choice to fill the sta-
tion he then held, and he could assure them that it
always had been, and ever would be, his aim to fill it to
the best of his ability.--(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He
had always entertained the wish to preserve peace and
cordiality with the Companies which were opposed to
them. The end of war was peace—the end of quarrelling
agreement ; and, although, as men of capital, their oppo-
nents might feel annoyed at their embarking in the same
field, yet he hoped the day was come when better feelings
would prevail, and that they might hereafter go on in an
honourable and friendly warfare profitable to each, in,
stead of seeking to injure and destroy, as had been so pro-
perly remarked by his Hon. Friend. He hoped that the
opposition which had been raised would only contribute to
their success as much as it had already done to public uti-
lity. He did not purpose to say one word to wound the
feelings of any one, or to mortify those who had built up
Utopian expectations, that the monopoly of foreign steam
communication was to be theirs and theirs only. They
should have known that they must sooner or later have
competitors, and if that competition was just and honour-
able, they had no cause whatever to complain.—(Hear.)
He did not speak of himself more than as their representa-
tive in the Direction, for there were men in the Direction
of more exalted acquirements, and mere capable of confer-
ring benefits on the Company by their abilities. Cir-
cumstances had, however, placed him in the position in
which he stood, and the humble abilities which he
possessed should be always at their service, and should
be exercised with the utmost honesty and cordiality.
—(Cheers.) This Company, he might observe, had had
its origin with that class of tradesmen amongst whom he
was born and bred, and in which trade a bond of union had
grown up which had its first origin in charitable feeling.—
(Cheers.) It gate him great pleasure to see before him
the Governor of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Vic-
tuallers, and he also believed the greater part of the Com-
mittee and Trustees. He had no words to express how
grateful they felt for the support they had had from that
class of tradesmen ; but it might be a gratification to them
to find that they had no purposes to serve but such as men
of opulent means and of the highest character could em-
bark in.—( Hear.) The worthy Chairman concluded by
proposing as a toast, " The Governor and Society of Li-
censel Victuallers."

Mr. WI:L.I.s, in returning thanks, said that be was moat
willing and happy to substantiate all that had fallen from
the Chairman, and lie entertained no doubt but all parties
would do their utmost to give satisfaction to the share-
holders and the public.—(Cheers.)
Mr. COATES said that whatever they might do upon an-
other element, they were then afloat, and impelled by a
new and extraordinary power calculated to promote the
beneficial effects of civilization to a greater extent than the
moralist could have ever dreamed of. The late Mr. Canning
described a steam-boat as winning its way upon the waters,
beautiful in strength, and connecting in one bond of bro-
therhood nations heretofore separated by time and distance.
They had heard of peace societies in America, but every
steam-boat Company was a peace society. In fact, what-
ever brought man and man together tended to soften preju-
dices, and united them together in harmony ; and it was
the glory of the Licensed Victuallers that they had ori-
ginated one such Company.—(Hear.) He remembered the
early beginnings of the Society, and he must confess that
he anticipated no such results as he then witnessed. It
had been said that if the horse only knew his strength he
would shake off the dominion of man ; but he would say
that if the Licensed Victuallers only knew their strength,
the Commercial would be second to no steam Company in
the kingdom.—(Cheers.) It was no small honour to per-
sons in their humble avocation to find that others in a more
important sphere of life had not thought it unimportant to
unite their interests with theirs. The worthy gentleman
then gave as a toast, " Sir G. Green, Mr. Barry, and those
gentleman belonging to another Company, who had done
them the honour to attend upon that occasion."—(Cheers.)
Mr. BARRY returned thanks for an honour which, on his
part, he said, was little expected. Ile trusted the junction
which had been recently made would lead to a happy result.
and he hoped at the next annual meeting the Directors
would be enabled to give a good account of their steward-
ship.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave " Prosperity to Steam Navi-
gation," and said that the Commercial Company never ex-
pected to establish a monopoly. They wished well to their
brethren engaged in similar pursuits. They did not run
against other Companies ; they only run in juxta-position,
endeavouring, as in other trades, to obtain custom by sell-
ing the best article.—(Cheers.) And if anything which had
passed had excited their anger for the moment, they could
forget, and they had minds large enough to receive the fa-
vours of the whole world, if the world was only kind enough
to confer them.—(A laugh.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave as a toast, " Prosperity to
the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum." In giving the toast,
he paid some well-merited compliments to Mr. Larby, for
the share he had taken in establishing that most excellent
Institution.

Mr. LARDY returned thanks.
The healths of Mr. Anderson, the Editor of the Morn-
ing Adverii4er, and of Mr. Waghorn, and other toasts,
were subsequently drunk, and the above-mentioned gentle-
men severally addressed the company, after which, the ves-
sel having arrived at her moorings, they broke up.
The engines of the vessel made twenty-one revolutions
in a minute, the paddles being twenty-five feet diameter.
Her average speed is over eleven knots en hour, but in
this trial she averaged over thirteen. On her voyage from
Aberdeen to London, she had an accident to• one of her
engines, which caused a delay of six hours, and obliged
her, at last, to continue the voyage with one engine only—
notwithstanding which, she accomplished the voyage in
fifty-one hours—including the six which were lost in the
delay.

_ --
A singular work has just made its appearance in
Germany, and is attributed to the pen of one of the diplomatic
corps. It is a thoretical treatise upon kings de jure et de
facto. The author attempts to prove that gratitude towards
an established monarch is only binding as long as he lives, so
that the engagement with the father does not create an obliga-
tion with respect to the son. The above work contains diplo-
rrtatip documents as far WA as the treaty of Ilyswick. As to
its object, it seems to he a piece of Ovum given to the Duke
of Orleans and to Leopold of Belgium ; for, as the work
observes, " the acts of perturbation which have agitated
Europe for the last seven years are only recognised as matters
of necessity and the results of circumstances ; permanent
order, on the contrary, was that re-organised by the treaties of
1835,"—Npuvale 4inerve,

LIST OF NEW PATENTS.

Ffem Newton and Berry's

To Michel Berand Lauras, of Lyons, but now residing
in Leicester-square, in the county of Middlesex, merchant,
for his invention of certain improvements in steam navi-
gation ; sealed April 4—six months for inrolment.
To Henry Booth, of Liverpool, in the county of Lan-
caster Esq., for his invention of improvements in the
construction of engine boiler furnaces, applicable also to
other furnaces ; sealed April 4—six months for inrolment.

To Win. Wynn, of Dean-street, in the pari4i of St.
Anne, Soho, in the county of Middlesex, cJockmakcr, for
his invention of a certain improvement or improvements
in apparatus for diminishing the evaporation of vinous, ai-
coholie, acetic and other volatile vapours, and for preventing
the absorption of noxious effhti I, in vinous, spirituous,
acetous, and other fluids, such as wines, spirits, malt
liquors, cyder, perry, and xinegar ; sealed April 4--six
months for inrclment.

To Joseph Amesbury, of Burton-crescent, in the paiish
of St. Pancras, and county of Middlesex, surgeon, for
his invention of certain apparatus fur the relief or corroc-
Lion of stiffness, weakness, or distortion in the human
spine, chest, or limbs ; sealed April 4—six months for
inrolment. •

To William Weeks, of King Stanley, in the county
of Gloucester, clothier, for his invention of certain improve-
ments in the dressing or finishing of woollen and other
cloths or f►brics requiring such a process ; sealed April 4
—two months for enrolment.

To Joseph Lincoln Roberts, of Manchester, in the
county palatine of Lancaster, merchant, for a certain im-
provement or certain improvements in looms for weaving,
being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad ;
sealed April 11—six months for inrolment.
To Reuben Bull, of Adam-street, West, Portman-
square, in the parish of St. Marylebone, and county of
Middlesex, ironmonger, for his invention of certain im-
provements in chimney-caps to facilitate the discharge of
smoke and to prevent its return ; sealed April 15— six
months for inrolment.

To Horatio Nelson Aldrich, of Rhode Island, in the
United States of America, but now of Cornbill, in the
City of London merchant, for certain improvements in
spinning, twisting, doubling, or otherwise preparing cotton,
silk, and other fibrous substances, being a communication
from a foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 15—six
months for inrolment.

'Fo Henry Stephens, of Charlotte-street, in the parish of
St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman,
and Ebenezer Nash, of Buross-street, in the parish of St.
George in the East, and county of Middlesex, tallow-
chandler, for their invention of certain improvements in ma-
nufacturing colouring matter, and rendering certain colour
or colours applicable to dyeing, staining, and writing ;
sealed April 18—six months for inrolment.
To David Napier, of the York-road, Lambeth, in the
county of Surrey, engineer, for his invention of improve-
ments in letter-press printing ; sealed April 18—six months
for inrolment.

To Thomas Hancock, of Goswell-mew•, Goswell road,
in the county of Middlesex, waterproof-cloth manufacturer,
for his invention of an improvement or improvements in the
process of rendering cloth and other fabrics partially or
entirely impervious to air and water, by means of caout-
chouc or India-rubber ; sealed April 18—six months for
inrolment. _

To William Crofts, of New Radford, in the county of
Nottingham, machine-maker, for his invention of improve-
ments in the manufacture of figured or ornamental bobbin
net or twist lace or other fabrics ; scaled April 18—six
months for enrolment.

In pursuance of the report of the Judicial Committee of
his Majesty's Privy Council, to Edmund Haworth the
younger, of Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, gentleman,
of the sole use, benefit, and advantage. of the invention of
William Southworth, formerly of Sharpies, near Bolton-le-
Moors, in the county of Lancaster, bleacher, of certain im-
provements in certain machinery or apparatus adapted to
facilitate the operation of drying calicoes, muslins,
or other similar fabrics, within England, Wales, and the
town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the further term of five
years, pursuant to the statute in such case made and pro-
vided.

To Charles Farina, of Clarendon-place, Maida-vale, in
the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for his invention of an
improved process, to be used in obtaining fermentable mat-
ter from grain, and in manufacturing the same for various
purposes ; sealed April 18—six months for enrolment.
To Lemuel Wellman Wright, of Manchester, in the
county of Lancaster, engineer, for his invention of certain
improvements in machinery or apparatus for bleaching or
cleansing linens, cottons, or other fabrics, goods, or other
substances ; sealed April 20—six months for inrolment.
To William Gratrix, of Springfield-lane, Salford, in the
county of Lancaster, silk-dyer, for his invention of certain
improvements in the process of bleaching or cleansing linens,
cotton, and other fibrous substances, and also improvements
in the process of discharging colours from the same, either
in the raw material or manufactured state ; sealed April
22—six months for inrolment.

To John Gottlieb Ulrich, late of Nicholas-lane, in the
city of London, but now of Red Lion-street, in the parish
of St. Mary, Whitechapel, and county of Middlesex, chro-
nometer-maker, for his invention of certain improvements in
chronometers ; sealed April 22—six months for inrolment.
To Sir George Cayley, Bart., of Brompton, near Mallon,
in the county of York, for his invention of certain improve-
ments in the apparatus for propelling carriages on common
roads or railways, part of which improvements may be ap-
plied to other useful purposes ; sealed April 25—six months
for inrolment.

To James Pim, jun., of College-green, in the City of
Dublin, banker, and Thomas Fleming Bergin, of Westland-
row, in the same city, civil engineer, for their invention of
an improved means or method of propulsion on railways ;
sealed April 25—six months for inrolment.
•To Miles Berry, of the Office for Patents, Chancery-lane,
in the county of Middlesex, patent-agent, for certain im•
provements in machinery or apparatus for making or manu-
facturing bricks, tiles, and such other articles, being a com-
munication from a foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 27
—six months for inrolment.

To Mils Berry, of the Office of Patents, Chancery-lane,
in the county of Middlesex, patent-agent, for certain im-
provements in machinery or apparatus for .making or ma-
nufacturing horse-shoes, being a communication from a
foreigner residing abroad ; sealed April 27—six months for
inrohnent.

To Henry William Craufurd, of John-street, Berkeley-
square, in the county of Middlesex, commander in the Royal
Navy, for an invention of an improvement in coating and
covering iron and copper for the prevention of oxydation,
being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad ;
sealed April 29—six months for inrolment.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAr 11.

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.
Sir E. WILMOT brought up the Report of the Corn
mittce on the Birmingham and Derby Railway.
Dr. BOWRI NG presented a petition from the Magis-
trates and Council of Renfrew against certain parts of the
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Bill.
On the motion of Mr. PEASE the Great North of
England Railway Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. BAINES brought up the Report of the Commit-
tee on the Barnsley Water Works Bill.
BRIGHTON RAILWAYS.

Sir S. WHALLEY rose to move that the resolution re-
specting the Brighton Railways, of the 9th inst., which was
carried by a majority of five be entered on the Journals, as
negatived, in consequence of the following six Members hav-
ing voted for it, who have subscribed the Parliamentar)
contract for Stevenson's line, viz. :—M. Attwood, Esq.,
4,0001. ; A. Hastie, Esq., 2,000/. ; Joseph Pease, Esq ,
20,000/. ; J. Scholefield, Esq., 8,000/. ; W. Tooke, Esq.,
1,0001., and Sir A. L. Hay, who had subscribed Gibb's
contract for 5,000/.

Mr. PEASE said it was a relative of his whose name
appeared in the List, and not his. He could assure the
House that he had never given a more honest or impartial
vote than on the occasion in question. He was with the
Hon. Member last night for an hour, and be complained
that the matter was not mentioned to him.
Mr. HASTIE was a shareholder before he was returned
as a Member of that House ; but being returned in March
1836, he sold out all his shares in the following April. Had
the Hon. Member for Marylebone given him notice of his
intention to bring forward this motion, he would have been
happy to have given him the explanation.

Mr. TOOKE could also assure the House that lie
had no interest, direct or indirect, in any of the lines.
He was formerly a shareholder in one of them, but after
the Bill was thrown out in the House of Lords, he parted
with all his shares.--(Hear.)
Mr. C. BARCLAY did not think it was possible for
the Ilouse to come to a satisfactory resolution upon the
subject. The matter ought to be left to the honour of in-
dividual Members, who were interested in any measure
which came before them.

Sir J. WHALLEY had not mentioned the matter to
individual Members, because he brought the matter for-
ward entirely on public grounds ; therefore it was that he
most carefully avoided mentioning the subject to any of the
Members who were interested. He, in justice to himself,
ought to inform the House that he gave notice in the Com-
mittee of- his intention to bring the matter under the notice
of the House,
Sir JAMES GRAHAM could not assent to the doc-
trine laid down by the Hon. Member for Surrey, for Mem-
bers might have a pecuniary interest which might tend to
influence their vqteß,
(L LLNNOX said the Hon. Member for Ma.
rylenone had omitted dig names of many Member who