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manent way. Reductions would also be made in
the locomotiye and carriigo departments ; and he would
suggest that in future the accounts of the goods be
kept separate from thozo of the pa,..senger traffic.
He insisted that the company was morally bound
t) carry out the steamboat guarantee, but he had
no objection to the appointment of the committee
if it were agreed that the guarantee should be carried
out, upon the committee binding that it had been le-
gally carried out.
Mr. PUNCHAND jvrs Opposed to the steam-boats.

Mr. Sergeant GazALiicalled un the chairman to state
what was the meaning of the paragraph in the report
relating to the late secretary. Did the directors mean
simply to pay him a compliment, or were they going to
make a grant of money to his representatives?
The CIIAIEMAN explained that the directors paid Mr.
Campbell before his death three months' salary in ad-
vance. Anything to be done for his widow would be
left to the benevolence of the proprietors.
Mr. Sergeant G UZELEE then addressed the meeting
at great length against the steam-boat guarantee. They
were neither boun in law or morality to accept the pro-
position.
Mr. TaTE supported the guarantee, and controverted
the opinion of the Learned Sergeant. He maintaieed
that 82,0001. worth of Stock was held by the general
Public in the Steam-boat Company, and only 18,000/.
by parties connected with the Great Western Company.
Mr. HOWE opposed the amendment.
After some further discussion, the amendment was
put to the vote and carried. A poll was demanded and
deferred.

The dividend was then declared, and the two retiring
directors re-elected.

Upon the question of the election of a director, in the
room of Sir John Easthope, Bart., a poll was demanded
and deferred.
The shareholders then resoived themselves into a
special meeting, and agreed to the proposals recom-
mended in the report, after a long and stormy discussion.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the
meeting broke up at a late hour.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
PETITIONS.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
the Bath Church of England Association, praying that
no measures endowing Roman Catholics in Ireland or
in any other part of her Majesty's dominions might be
passed by their Lordships.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from a
Board of Guardians at some place in Sussex complain-
ing that the unlimited establishment of beer-shops,had a
demoralising effect upon the labouring classes, and pray-
ing that in future no beer-shop be established in any
parish unless the majority of the inhabitants were of
opiniont hat it was necessary.
THE SEDUCTION OF WOMEN.

The Bishop of OXFORD presented several pe-
titions from places in Hereford and Sussex,
praying their Lordships to pass a measure to
prevent fraudulent seduction of women. The Right
Rev. Prelate laid on the table a Bill to effect this pur-
pose, which was read a first time ; and gave notice that
he should propose that it be read a second time after the
Easter recess.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.

The RIGHT REV. PRELATE gave notice that on Thurs-
day next he should move the appointment of a Select
Committee to consider the best means which Great Bri-
tain could devise for the final extinction of the African
Slave Trade.

THE CRIHINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL,
AND THE BANKRUPT LAWS COSOLIDA-
TION BILL.

Lord BROU:GHAM moved the second reading of
these Bills. The Bills proposed to alter to a certain ex-
tent the law of arrest, and in order to effect that object
it would be necessary to repeal six sections of the Act.
Ile desired that the refusal to pay the amount of a
bond in judgment should constitute an act of bank-
ruptcy. if there was any compulsion in the
matter, it was already an act of bankruptcy.
out if there was no compulsion, the refusal was no act of
bankruptcy, and this anomaly he proposed to do away
with. I❑ the next place the power of assignees was
extended under the new Act. lie further proposed that
power should be given to executors or other persons—
say creditors—to administer the estates of deceased par-
tite under the bankrupt-law. He felt the greater
confidence iu making this alteration, inasmuch
as during the years in which the "law
had been administered by the present Commissioners;
at least between the years 1842 and 1848 there had
been as many as 1.800 decisions; there had not been
more than five appeals that had been sustained.
These Bills were then mid a second time and ordered
to be c.,mmived.
LARCENY ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.

Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this
Bill.

After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBURY
and the Duke of RICHMOND,
Lord BROUGHAM agreed with the principle of the
Bill, which he considered was a most important one.
Lord STANLEY thought that a measure like the
present ought to have had more attention givtu to it
than appeared to have been awarded to it by the
Noble and Learned Lord who bad introduced it.
He thought the Government ought, before the intro-
duction of this Bill, to have enunciated the principles
on which they intended to act with respect to transpor-
tation generally. He did not forget the argument
which was used a few jeers ago by the Noble Earl
that they were about to try a new series of
punishments. He did not forget either that that was
an experiment, and ought not to be judged of until
it had been fairly tried ; but after eighteen
months' experience he did think that some decision
should be made as to its success. He therefore asked
the Noble Earl whether be intended to lay upon the
table of the House any mrasue for the settlement of the
matter. He had been strongly impressed with evil of
the excessive number of male convicts in the colonias,
and the evil which that disproportion with the number
of the female convicts.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock.

After the lapse of about ten minutes, during which no
business was done, with the exception of some private
petitions being presented, an Hon. Member moved that
the House be counted, and there being only twenty-four
Members present, the House immediately adjourned.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENMAN and a
Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. KENDALL AND OTHERS. _

This was an indictment against persons named Mr.
K.-ndail, Mrs. Binks, Mrs. Linley, Mr. Bickley, and a
Mr. Morre, for having conspired together for the procu-
ration and sale of a cadetship in the East India Com-
pany's service.
The Attornev-General, with whom were Sir Frederick
Thesiger, Mr. L. Wigram, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Peacock,
and Mr. Forsyth, appeared for the prosecution;
and Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Sergeant
Wilkins, Mr. Daudeswell, appeared for the defendants,
who, with the exception of Moore, pleaded Not Guilty,
he having pleaded Guilty of the offence.
It appeared from the statement of the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL that Mr. Morre, a shipowner of Plymouth,
being desirous in the year 1645 to get his son, Mr.
Henry Morre one of his sons, a cadetship in the
East India Company's service he applied to a Mr.
Lavers, of China-walk, Lambeth, to assist him
in Lthat purpose. That peron introduced him
to a Mrs. Linley, who introduced him to Mrs.
Binks and a Mr. Kindel], the former represent-
ing that she could obtain the required appointment
in consequence of her connexion with Lady Ripon—
Lord Ripon being at the head of the Board of Control at
the time. Several negotiations took place on the subject
which ended in the young man being appointed to a
cadetship, the gift of Lady:Ripon to Mrs. Binks, Lord
Ripon having several appointments of the kind
in his gift. 1,0001. was paid altogether, 800/.
to Mr. Binekley for Mr. Kendall, 50/. to Mrs.
Linley, and 1501. to Mr. Bickley for the part he had
taken in the affair. The young man went to India, but
shortly afterwards died. The transaction having be-
come known to the East India Company, the present
prosecution was instituted.
'the Earl of Ripon was examined, and deposed to the
effect that not the slightest consideration was received
by him or Lady Ripon for the gift of the office. Lady
Ripon conferred the appointment upon the nominee of
Mrs. Binks as a favour, he (Lord Ripon) having permit-
ted her Ladyship to do so.

Several other witnesses were examincd, and the
notes, of which a portion of the purchase money con-
sisted, were produced.
The case was adjourned until to-morrow.