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GROUP XXX.

AxgozaCE (PROM LEEDS AND SELBY).
The Committee met at the usual hour, and were oc-
cupied during the whole of the day in hearing evidence
in favour of the proposed line.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The following Bills were passed by the Earl of
Shaftesbury :
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improvement of the
ferry between Ferry Port on Craig).
East Lancashire (deviations and Rawtenstall Coal
Branch).
Midland Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Stations
Enlargement).
York and North Midland (Knottingley Branch).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway, St. Andrew's and
Newburgh Harbour, Branches and Ruad Crossings
(Newport Railway Extension).
Northern Counties Union Railway (Deviations).
East of Fife Railway (Markinch Deviation).
Swansea Harbour.
York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch,
Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Extension).
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Onset
Branch, and Dewsbury and Morley Stations).
Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction).

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL.—The 41st anni-
versary of this institution was celebrated by a public din-
ner on Wednesday at the White Conduit Tavern,Penton-
ville. The great and growing interest taken by the body
of licensed victuallers in this praiseworthy charity was
evident in the very large attendance en the present
occasion, amounting to nearly 1,400 persons. The large
and commodious gallery of " the saloon" was filled with
ladies. Mr. J. C. Wood presided, and was supported
by Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.; Sir W. Clay, Bart.,
M.P.; Colonel Wood, M.P.; Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P.;
Mr. Alderman Johnson, Mr. C. Cochrane, and many
other friends of the institution. The number of chil-
dren of both sexes now 'wholly maintained and educated
in the society's school, Kennington-lane, Lambeth, is
117. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman pro-
posed " Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' School,"
and declared his conviction that it would be impossible
to find an institution more replete with comforts to the
children, and more carefully and usefully conducted.
The cheerful and healthy appearance of the children,
who were introduced into the room during the proceed
ings, lent so much force to the chairman's appeal that
the total subscriptions announced during the evening
amounted to 2,0291., including a donation from the
chairman of 52/. 10s., Mr. C. Cochrane, 211., Zsc. The
meeting having been addressed by Lord Robert Gros.
venor, Mr. T. Duncombe, and the other gentleman
above enumerated, separated at a comparatively early
hour. Mr. Toole officiated as toastmaster, and did his
best to maintain order, a task which the vastness of the
audience, and the consequent difficulty of hearing the
speakers, rendered one of no ordinary difficulty.
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
An accident, which had well nigh been attended with the
most disastrous consequences, occurred on the above
railway on Monday afternoon. As the express train,
which reaches London at half-past 4 o'clock, was ap-
proaching Reading at its extraordinary speed, and when
near the Roebuck Inn, about three miles distant, the ash-
' box attached to the engine, a new one, came off, which
caused the upsetting of the ordinary luggage-van, which
fortunately was placed immediately behind the tender.
Strange to say, however, none of the carriages were
thrown off the rails, though from the suddenly-retarded
velocity of the train the numerous passengers were
thrown int 3 confusion, and as may be imagined the
greatest consternation prevailed. As soon as the train
could be stopped the affrighted passengers alighted,
when it was found that not one had sustained the slightest
injury, but all counted their safety a miraculous escape.
Immediately after the occurrence the first thing tie es-
saty to be done was to give the usual warning signals in
c,,nitquence of the near approach of the up-train on the
same line, which arrives at Reading at 10 minutes past
4 o'clock, An engine from the Reading station was at
once sent for, but the express train was delayed upwards
of an hour. The embankment on the up-line adjacent
to the spot where the ;;ccurrence took place is close to
the Thames, and had the carriages been thrown off the
rails, they must have been precipitated into the river.
An inquiry has been instituted into the cause of the ac-
cident, which was entirely owing to the fall of the ash-
box from the engine, and great blame is attached to the
authorities in the engineering department. Men have
since been employed in repairing the line, which was
torn up in a frightful mariner.
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Adam Black,
Esq., is to receive the honour of Knighthood.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 2s.
Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
ROYAL ASSENT.
Her Majesty's assent to the following Bills was given
by commission.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell.
Soap Allowances; Stage Carriage Duties; Lunatic
Asylums ; Out-Pensioners, Chelsea and Greenwich;
Newfoundland Government; Collection of Duties (Port
Natal; Loan Societies; Representative Peers (Scot-
land); Transference of Lands (Scotland); Burgage
Tenure (Scotland) ; Service of Heirs (Scotland) ;
Crown Charters (Scotland) ; Heritable Securities for
Debt (Scotland) ; Trust Money Investment (Ireland) ;
Prisoners Removal (Ireland) ; Destitute Persons (Ire-
land—(No. 2) ; Wilidsor, Staines, and South-Western
Railway (Staines and Ascot and Wokingharn Branches);
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway
(Richmond to Windsor) ; Cork, Blackrock and Pas-
sage Railway ; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway (No. 1) ; Waterford Wexford, and Wick-
low and Dublin Railway ; Liskeard and Cara-
don Railway ; Wexford and Valencia Railway
,
Norfolk Railway ; Dundalk and Enniskillen Rail-
way ; King's Norton, Northfield, Beverley, and Edge,
baston; King's Norton Harbour Rate; Liverpool Gas;
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Harbour and Bridge
Trusts ; Van Diemen's Land Company; British Ameri-
can Lands Company ; Ross and Cromarty Railway ;
Townshend Peerage.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Messengers from the House of Commons brought up
several Bills.

HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
Earl FORTESCUE presented several petitions in
favour of the Health of Fowns Bill.
QUA LIFICATION OF PEERS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Earl of ROSEBERY moved the second reading
of this Bill ; and in doing so took occasion to describe
the mode of electing representative Peers of Scotland.
After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, Lord
DENMAN, and Lard BROUGHAM,
The Bill was read a second time.
The Usher of the Black Rod having announced a
Message from the Commons,
The LORD CHANCELLOR proceeded to put the i
usual question, " that the messengers be called n,"
when

Lord BROUGHAM said that he thought the waste
of time called for by this absurd mummery ought really
to be put an end to. He thought that their Lordships
ought to adopt the same mode with respect to Bills com-
ing from the House of Commons as that House did with
respect to Bills from this House—viz., the mode of re-
ceiving Bills by a list. The Noble Lord also gave notice
that he would bring the whole subject before the House
on Monday.
The messengers were then called in according to the
old ceremony.
RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION BETWEEN
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM.
Lord REDESDALE postponed his motion, " That
the Railway Commissioners be directed to inquire into the
accommodation afforded by the several lines of railway
now open or in the course of construction, or projected,
between London and Birmingham, and :to report to this
House early in the ensuing session of Parliament in what
manner they are of opinion that the interests of the
public may be most effectually secured in regard to
such lines, and whether it is expedient that the broad
gauge should be extended to Birmingham ; and if so, in
what manner such an arrangement can be carried into
effect with the least interference with existing interests,
and with the system of railway communication as set-
tled by the Act for regulating the gauge of railways;
and what conditions it would be desirable to annex to
any permission granted to the Great Western or other
railway company to lay down a broad gauge contrary to
the provisions of the said Act.
OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION
RAILWAY BILL.
The Earl of DEVON then brought forward the mo-
tion of which he had given notice, to refer the petition
of the chairman of the Oxford and Birmingham Junc-
tion, and the Birmingham and Wolverhampton and
Dudley Railway Companies (presented to this House on
the 17th instant), to the Select Committees on Standing
Orders, with • instructions to the said Com-
mittee to report their opinion whether in the case
of the Birmingham and Oxford. and Birmingham
Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways Amalgamation
Bill, it may not be expedient, under the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, to dispense with the proof of the
standing order 220 sec. 6, which requires that the said
Bill should be submitted to a special meeting of the pro-
prietors of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, and
that the said Committee do proceed at their meeting
on Tuesday next, to ascertain whether the other stand-
ing orders applicable to the said Bill have been complied
with, and to report their decision thereon forthwith to
the souse." The Noble Earl who was heard most in•
distinctly in the gallery, was understood to say, that
from the information he had received, he was perfectly
satisfied that no shareholders in the Birmingham and
Oxford was prevented from voting at the meeting, on the
4th of December, by the withholding of the scrip certifi-
cates of the directors, and that, therefore, the statement
that had gone abroad, that they were withheld for the
purpose of preventing them from voting was without
foundation. At the meeting of the 4th of December,
Mr. Motley presented himself, and stated that he repre-
sented the North-Western. He produced an offer,
signed by persons high in office in the North-Western,
offering a larger sum for the line than that offered by the
Great Western ; nevertheless, the agreement was con-
firmed for the sale of the line to the Great Western.
The directors of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton and
Dudley also agreed to lease their line to the Great Wes-
tern, and the Great Western agreed to purchase both ;
but after these agreements had been deliberately entered
into they would hardly believe, because it was an un.
common thing in the ordinary transactions of life,
that disgraceful proceedings were resorted to by those
interested in the North-Western, in order to obtain pos-
session of these lines.
Lord REDESDALE said it would be his duty to re-
sist the motion of the Noble Earl, and in doing so he
must take leave to tell their Lordships, that if they did
not persevere in supporting the standing orders, it would
be impossible to carry on the business of the House. The
standing order in question was framed for the purpose
of protecting shareholders against the acts of the (Erec-
tors, and it would not be fair to deprive the existing
shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Railway of the privilege which it gave them. Besides,
it would be establishing a bad precedent, and to pass this
resolution, they would have company after company
coming forward to ask for the same indulgence. He
trusted, therefore, the House would not adopt it.
Lord ASHBURTON stated that he had no interest
whatever in either of the competing lines. But he cer-
tainly thought that the whole affair was one of the
grossest juggle on the part of a powerful company to
defeat the intentions of the Legislature, and deprive the
public of the benefit which they had a right to expect
from competition.
Lord W n ARNCLIFFE opposed the motion.
Lord PORTMAN denied, on the authority of Mr.
Glynn, the chairman of the London and North-Western
Company, that that company had had anything whatever
to do with the purchase of the shares as alleged by the
petitioners.
After a few words from Lord SHAFTESBURY the
House divided, when there appeared—
Contents .

37

Non-contents

Majority against the motion... —8
Lord REDESDALE then moved the resolution of
which he had given notice, namely, to refer the con-
sideration of all the lines existing, projected, or in the
course of construction between London and Birmingham
to the Railway Commissioners. The Noble Lord stated
that there had been so many disputes upon this point,
and the present system was so very scrambling and un-
cet tain, that he thought their Lordships could entertain
no objection to this motion.
which
he
wEaasrlaogfreSedlittF. TESBURY then put the motion,
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. June 25.
The House met at Twelve o'clock.
HIGHWAYS BILL.
On the order of the day for going into Committee on
this Bill being read,
Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought it was deeply to be re-
gretted that the Bill had not been discussed before it was
sent to the Committee up stairs, for no important altera-
dtiiossicasahaaiodn tahkaedn
takenplace thpelarceeinherethat it;fo and he
step.
thatebelievud thati fa
Committee would have had something to guide them in
its consideration, and much that was objectionable in it
would have been removed. He agreed with some parts
of the measure, but there were other parts which he
considered novel, dangerous, and unconstitutional. For
instance, when be saw the vast power which was given
by the Bill to the Highway Commissioners in England,
and Wales, as well as other objectionable parts of it, he
could not assent to a measure of such a nature. The
turnpike trusts, and the whole system of internal com-
munication required revision.
Mr. HENLEY thought if anything could show how
was carried
ridiculously the legislation of the country
on, the present measure afforded an ample proof. After
sending this Bill to a Committee up stairs, they now
came to consider it in what was called a Committee of
the whole House, and the empty benches around him
showed the farce of such a proceeding. He believed the
measure was far too important to be dealt with in such
a manner, for what was to prevent any Hon.
Gentlemt,n
from putting an end to the proceedings. at any moment,
by having the House counted? He objected to the Bill
on many grounds. It not only gave a taxing power to the
boards to the extent of 2s. 6d. iu the pound, but also gave a
power to mortgage the rates to an unlimited extent.
Another objection he had to it was, that the parishioners
had no effective means of checking the expense. It was
true they might appeal to the auditor, but of what use
would that be unless they had the accounts to
examine previously? He considered the Bill would be
most injurious in its operation, and he would give it his
most strenuous opposition.

Sir GEORGE. GREY said he had no wish to force
the 13i11 through Parliament, still less to blink discus-
sion. But this was not a subject which came before
Parliament for the first time ; yet any course which Par-
liament might think most advisable he was ready to
adopt. What they wished to do now was, to go into
Committee on the Bill, to consider the amended
clauses fully and calmly.
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The (louse then went into Committee on the Bill.
Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to.
On clause 3 being read,
giving the right
at quarter-
of Mrre.feNrellnLeeESinmodvisepdutaens amend, giving
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sessions.

After some discussion, the amendment was withdrawn,
and the clause was agreed to.
After some further conversation,
Mr. BUCK said that in his opinion it would be com-

pletely throwing away the time of the House to go on
discussing this measure, unless they came to some dis-
tinct understanding as to whether the powers given in
this Bill, and all its regulations, were to be under the
control of the commissioners or not. He moved as an
amendment, that the words, " and the said commis-
sioners" be left out, and the words " justices of the
quarter session" be inserted.
Mr. E DENISON said that it appeared to him that
the sense of the House was against the commissioners
exercising these powers, and it would be a waste of time
to discuss the measure, unless some alteration were made
in this particular.
Mr. V. SMITH said that it had been agreed to go
through the Bill, reserving that question. It would be
better to pass the Bill through Committee, and discuss
this provision afterwards.
Colonel SIBTHORP said that it had been rejuested
that any Member would suggest some course by which
this difficulty could be overcome. He could sug-
gest one, which he thought was the only one,
namely, that the Chairman should report progres, and
ask for leave to-sit again on that day six months.
He called, however, upon her Majesty's Government
to state the salary of the Commissioners, and of their
Waghorns, the assistant-commissioners.
Sir GEORGE GREY said the amendment did not
raise the question fairly ; he was ready, however,
to admit that the justices at quarter sessions
might discharge the duty of superintendence as well as
the commissioners—(Hear)—but if they were to agree
to it, the clauses of the Bill would, nevertheless, em-
power the enclosure commissioners to interfere. He
understood that the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Dor-
setahire intended to propose an amendment, which would
more fairly raise the question than the amendment pro-
posed by the Hon. Member (Mr. Burk.)
After a few words from Mr. CHRISTOPHER,
Sir R. PRICE supported the clause as it stood.
He did not wish to underrate the services of justices at
quarter-sessions ; but, at the same time, he considered
that a central superintending power was requisite, be-
cause he believed that they would go far to remove the
objections entertained against the old system of mana-
ging the highways.
Sir GEOIUE GREY was quite willing to divide
upon the question, but he wished to remind Hon. Gen-
tlemen opposite that the objection should have been
taken on the second clause.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said the clause was
agreed to when not more than twenty Members
were in the House. He certainly was not one of
them. Last night, or rather this morning, he
wished to induce the Noble Lord at the head of the
Government to consent to the House meeting at a later
hour than twelve to-day, as it was quite impossible to
worksit t
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till nearly three o'teo-day.
lock thi s
The Noblemorning, L
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tobeaet
Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer
strongly opposed any departure from the arrangement
which had been made, and as they were not in the House,
he supposed they were still in bed.—(Laughter.)
After a desultory conversation, the House divided,
when there appeared—

For the iimendment 5O
Against it .
Majority
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The clause, so amended, was then agreed to.
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In reply to a question from Mr. MILES,
Sir G. GREY stated, that in the course of the session
he said if it was the wish of the House, when the Bill was
further considered, that he should not proceed with it this
session, he would comply with such a wish. As it would
be impossible to carry the Bill at this late period of the
session, he wished, with the permission of the House,
to withdraw it.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. AGLIONBY said he was one of those who had
urged the Government to bring forward such a Bill, as
the highways were, in many parts of the country,
utterly neglected, and he trusted that the Bill would
be proceeded with early next session. Notwithstanding
the objection of country gentlemen to a central au-
thority, he considered that such a body was essential,
and that the highways would be better managed under
their superintendence than under that of justices at
quarter sessions and country surveyors.
Mr. V. SMITH trusted that the Government would
not be daunted by the result of the division, and that
they would next session bring forward a similar Bill.
Mr. R. PALMER said the division was the result of
fair discussion, and it was no party triu nph. He was
sorry, however, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had
withdrawn the Bill, as there was a great deal in it which
he believed to be useful.

After a few words from Lord G. BENTINCK,

Lord HARRY VANE hoped that the Bill would be
brought forward again next session, and as it was now
before the country, there would be a likelihood of a
measure being introduced which would be generally
acceptable.
Mr. BANKES regretted the course Government
adopted in withdrawing the Bill, because the com-
missioners were struck out.. He believed the Govern-
ment were themselves making this a party triumph. It
would appear that the principles of the Govern-
ment were no commissioners no Bill.—(Laughter.) He
thought the Government would understand from this
division how strong the feeling was against central
boards.

After a few words from Mr. MILES,

Mr. PHILIP HOWARD thought the Government
had themselves to blame with regard to this division,
in not securing a larger attendance.—(Laughter.)
Had the House adjourned at an earlier hour
last night, a different result would probably have taken
place now, and he hoped the House would not again
depart from the usual custom of adjourning at 12 o clock.
After a few words from Sir John Duckworth, Captain
Harris, and Lord G. Bentinck,
The House resumed, and immediately afterwards ad-
journed till Five o'clock.
The House resumed at Five o'clock.

The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar and
summoned the House to the bar of the House of Lords
to hear the Royal Assent given to several Bills (for
which sea Lords' report).
CROWLAND AND COWBITT DRAINAGE BILL

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
INVERNESS HARBOURS BILL.
This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
The Leeds Waterworks Bill (No. 2), and Lytham Im-
provement Bill were both read a third time and passed.
The report on the Eastern Counties Railway (Ilford
to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a Branch from
Vange to Battle-bridge), was brought up.
The reports on the Kingston-upon-flull Dock Com-
pany, and Liverpool Insurance Company Bills, were
further considered.
THAMES CONSERVANCY BILL

Mr. WARD rose to move the recommittal of this
Bill. He said a Bill on this subject was brought on at
an early period of this session, the object of which was
to disjoin the interests of the Corporation and the
Crown on the Thames Conservancy. The Hon. Gen-
tleman then went into the details of the Bill at con-
siderable length. It would be necessary to make an
outlay of 45,0001. on the improvement of the river.
The gentlemen who had been consulted on the ques-
tion in the City concurred in the terms proposed
by this Bill, but the great difference was as to
the constitution of the conservancy board. That
board was to consist of nineteen members, it being
proposed to infuse new blood into the management. It
was proposed that ten of these should be appointed by
the City, the rest by Government, but to that proposi-
tion the City would not accede. It was then pro-
posed that these should be appointed subject
to a veto on the part of the Crown. An Hon. Member
of the Committee had said, that that proposal having
been made, it was inconsistent • with the dignity
of that House to make a second proposal, but
he was happy to state that the City had wisely recon-
sidered that decision, and at a meeting at Covent-
garden, a resolution in conformity with such a change
of opinion had been passed.
Mr. HUME said that he did not think that the Com-
mon Council of the city of London were the proper
parties to undertake the clearing of the river ; he
thought that the responsibility ought to rest upon a
much higher power than that of a self-elected com-
muity such as the Common Council. It gave them a
control over the property on the Thames from the
mouth up to the Nore. It was proposed to the
Common Council that one-third of the committee
should be chosen by the Crown from parties in-
terested in the Thames, but, after a long debate,
the Common Council refused that offer. He thought
that it was beneath the House of Commons
to enter into any such arrangements as those which had
been proposed. For what was it proposed? According to
Mr. Walker's suggestions, to entrust the expenditure of
500,0001. to a self-elected body, who might, after
all, reject the proposition of the Committee,
and he did think, therefore, that it was un-
worthy of the dignity of the House to re-commit
the Bill to the same Committee as that which had pre-
viously sat upon the subject. In 1836 there had been a
similar Committee, and they had reported strongly
against the measures which were at that time adopted
in the government of the river, and it would appear
that considerable loss of life had ensued in consequence
of the mischief that then existed. The Hon. Gentleman
then read from a report of the Committee on the subject,
to the effect that the conflicting interests in the con-
servancy of the river were injurious to the navigation.
He, therefore, after what had happened, objected to any
concession being now made to the City. The river
ought not to be entirely left in the hands of the Corpora •
tine ; it was a public concern, and ought to be managed
for the public. But it had been hitherto entirelyneglected,
as the evidence given last year most fully showed.
The Hon Gentleman continued to quote from the evi-
dence of last year, to show the disgraceful state of the
river channel. lie added, that it was a disgrace to
London, and the City Corporation, the way they
had acted.—Hear, hear.) Time after time, impedi
ments and delays were being experienced, and
yet the City had done absolutely nothing.
If malt were imported by the river Lea it would be free
of charge altogether, but if it came by shipping it was
subjected to a heavy charge. Now, ho would ask, was
not that a monstrous absurdity, and ought it to be
tolerated any longer. It was an unanimous resolution
that one-third of the board should be elected by the
Crown, and he, therefore, did not see that it was of any
use whatever to carry out their proceedings, but the
better plan would be to wait until there was a new Par-
' liament, and then to open the whole question of the
jurisdiction of the city of London, and then they would
see how far the City would, in a matter which involved
the power of taxing the public to the extent of 500,0001.,
presume to set the House of Commons at defiance ; for
he believed that the whole of the difficulty would then
be obviated. He had put a notice on the paper to the
following effect :—" That it appears by the reports be-
fore this House, that, through the neglect of the Corpo-
ration of the city of London, who have been, and claim
to be, the conservators of the river Thames, the naviga-
tion of that river has long been, and now is, greatly im-
peded by numerous shoals and other nuisances in different
parts of that river ; and, therefore, it is most desirable

that these impediments to the navigation and com-
merce of the Thames should be speedily removed.'
But in order to save Hon. Members from any false posi-
tion, he would waive this part of his notice, and simply
move, " That an address be presented to her Majesty,
that she will be gracieusly pleased to take immediate
measures for carrying into effect the requisite improve-
ments in the river Thames, and to assure her Majesty
that this House will supply the means for carrying into
effect these most necessary improvements."
Mr. STEWART WORTLEY said that he should be
sorry to stand in the way of this Bill, but he would feel
it his duty to oppose the motion of his Hon. Friend op-
posite, and support the amendment of his Hon. Friend
the Member for Montrose. He thought that if the mo-
tion of his Hon. Friend were carried, the five persons
nominated would be so under the beck of the Govern-
ment, that the City would still be able to rule the whole
of the conservancy board. The City of London
had not attended to their duties as they ought to do, for
they let out piers, bringing in an enormous revenue to
the City, but at the same time impeding the progress
of the navigation in no ordinary d gree.—(Hear, hear.)
The Corporation were called upon in the year 1836, to
remove the shoals in the Thames, and their answer was
that they had no power to do so. What excuse had they
for not doing so ? There was a very large fund amount-
ing to 54,000/. accumulated upon tonnage on the river,
and yet none of it was attempted to be applied to these
purposes. Capt. Beaufort when examined, said that every
day's experience convinced him of the necessity of the
conservancy of the river being placed under thecontrol of
some such board as the Admiralty, or the Board of Con-
trol. Such was the opinion of the Crown officers in 1836.
Could it be doubted that if there were due economy, that
the city would have sufficient funds for the management
of the river?
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK doubted whether the
Learned Attorney-General would acquiesce in the law
as laid down by the Learned Gentleman who had just
sat down. The Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Hume) had
to-night appeared in a new light—as the champion of
the rights of the Crown. He (Lord G. Bentinck) saw
that the river Thames was in the conservancy of the city
of London since the days of William the Conqueror, and
he saw no reason why that jurisdiction should be now
changed. As soon as Mr. Walker made some pro-
posals to improve the navigation, in stepped the Go-
vernment and made a claim which they had never before
exercised. The Navy-office, the Trinity-house, and se-
veral ether public offices, held the titles of these pre-
mises from the corporati6n of the city of London, which
he thought, was a, strong proof of the right of
the Corporation with respect to the conservancy. The
Corporation, however, were quite willing to refer all their
proceedings and their works to the inspection of the
Board of Admiralty and the Government, and it ap-
peared to him to be a degradation to the House of
Commons to proceed in the manner proposed, and to
attempt to interfere with the jurisdiction which the cor-
poration of the city of London had always exercised.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said they were now called upon
to recommit the Bill on the motion of the Secretary of
the Admiralty. After detailing the whole state of the
case up to the present stage, he said that the Corpora-
tion ought to approach the House by petition, and not
by proposing the recommittal of the Bill. This he con-
' tended was not a respectful way in which to approach
the House. He said that this was a measure of national
importance, and the city of London ought to have
nothing to do with it.—(Hear, hear.) Was it to be
supposed that the aldermen and councillors of the city
of London going floating about in their barges—
(Laughter)—were proper conservators of this great
river? He denied that they were so, and he therefore
called upon the Government to postpone the measure
till next session, when a proper measure would be
brought forward.
Lord MORPETH said the ground which influenced
him in support of the Bill was the opinion of the Board
of Admiralty, who believed the measure would be pro-
ductive of great public utility. He was willing to believe
that the result of this Bill would be great public im-
provement ; and as a competent officer, under an efficient
board, would have the superintendence of the river, he
anticipated that the greatest benefits would accrue. The
Corporation had latterly showed a desire to co-operate
with the House and the Government, and be did not
think the present proceeding was an act of degradation
on the part of the House of Commons. Nothing that
had passed in the Common Council influenced him in
this case, because the conduct of the Common Council
did not entitle them to that consideration which some
persons seemed to claim for them ; neither did
he consent to it at the sole request of the
city, but simply because he was desirous of
improving the navigation of the Thames as speedily as
possible. He should, therefore, consent to the re-com-
mittal of the Bill, in order that the improvements which
the Bill was proposed to carry out, might be effected
with the least possible delay.
Colonel WOOD adverted to that portion of the Bill
which provided that one third of the Commissioners
should be appointed by the City, and said, that if this
were to be so, what would become of the great shipping
and trading interests which surrounded the metropolis ?
Where were there interests represented? It was with that
object that the Committee reported that it was desirable
that the Crown should represent one third of the Board,
but the pusillanimity of the Government had placed them
in the ignominious position in which they had now
found themselves. The Crown claimed a right to the
soil of the river ; but this power the Bill would destroy,
as it would have to be sold to those who were the pro-
prietors of land on its banks ; and that was one of the
principal means of raising the funds for the navigation
of the river. He should support the motion of the Hon.
Gentleman, the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume),
because he considered that they ought to have an en-
tirely new body, appointed by some other means. He
did not say that the City ought not to be represented ;
but he said that the persons engaged in trade in
other parts of London, had an equal right to be
represented. Fourteen shoals now existed in
the river, but if the City had properly
performed their duty, this would not have been the case.
Believing that the evils which existed in relation to the
present navigation of the Thames required a more ex-
tensive remedy than that provided by the Bill, he should
support the motion of Mr. Hume.
Mr. WILLIAMS rose amid loud cries of "Divide."
He said the whole subject of the conservancy of the
Thames was referred to a Committee of that House, and
they, after mature consideration, reported in favour of a
scheme, but the authorities of the City rejected it. He
was sure, however, that that House knew its duty to the
public better than to truckle to the City. Many of those
who sat in its Councils, were the lowest kind of shop-
keepers, and far from capable of being entrusted with the
affairs of so great a city. In the inquiry into municipal
corporations in 1836, the greatest evils were found to
exist in the corporation of the city of London ; but,
although more ancient corporations had been abolished,
they were still entrusted with the management of their
affairs, and they still managed them improperly.
Every vessel that went up the Thames paid a tax
for the purpose of keeping the navigation in a proper
condition.—(" Divide, divide.") If they gave the Cor-
poration the power of nominating five of the members of
the Corporation, they had better give up the Bill altogether.
If the Bill were referred back to to the Committee, he
was confident that they would come to a similar result.
Alderman HUMPHERY said, after considerable liti-
gation between the Crown and the City with respect to
the navigation of the Thames, the Corporation brought
in a Bill to cure the evils which were complained of—
one result of which was, that they should clear away the
shoals, and make other improvements in the river. The
Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose said that the
coruoration received 56,000/. a year for corn dues;_ but
the amount was expended upon 250,000 freemen of Lon-
don—(Cheers and laughter)—they were the constituents
of the Noble Lord—(Hear, hear)—and it was right that
the country_ should understand that the corporation ex-
pended all the money which they received in
the shape of dues in improving the navigation;
and let them show him a city which had been so
much improved during the last twenty-five years as
London. The Hon. Gentleman might not have the Bill
sent back as he wished ; but whether this were so or no,
he thought they ought to give the Corporation another
opportunity of showing that they left nothing undone
for the improvement of the navigation.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the re committal 92
Against it _ . 24

Majority for the committal... —6B
Sir DE LACY EVANS then asked the Noble Lord,
the First Lord of the Treasury, in pursuance of notice
given. First—Should the supporters of an existing
national school, in a parish where Non-Conformists are
not sufficient in numbers to form a separate school, desire,
in consequence, to adopt a rule of management which
shall admit the children of Non-Conformists, with
exemption from attendance at Church and from
instruction in the Catechism, and should the
National School Society refuse their sanction
to such rule, will the Committee of the Privy Council on
Education consider the desire on the one part to adopt
this rule, and the refusal of the National School Society to
sanction or grant aid under such circumstances, as
reasons sufficient to form a " special case?" 2d. And in
the event of the Committee of the Privy Council deem-
ing a national school, adopting such tolerant rule and
practice, to be within the class of " special cases," will
the loss sustained by such school by reason of the refusal
of assistance from the National School Society, be taken
into consideration in determining the proportion of aid
to be granted by the Committee of the Privy Council ?
ad. It having been intimated that individual minutes are
contemplated by Government to meet the case of
Roman Catholics, will the Noble Lord at the head
of the Government inform the House, whether Con-
gregational Dissenters, who approve the principle of
Government aid to education, have a similar measure
of liberality extended to them which is thus so justly
intended towards their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects,
and to which they are equally entitled ; to the effect,
that additional minutes may also be hoped for, to en-
able Congregational Dissenters, upon special applica-
tion, and without touching the previous minutes, as
affecting Church of England Schools, to accept Govern-
ment aid, without being constrained to render any ac-
count to Government on the religious knowledge or
duties of the monitors and pupil-teachers ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would answer the
questions which his Hon. Friend had put, but he could
not of course go into detail with regard to the general
principle on which the Committee of Council bad- deter-
mined to act. In such a case as the one stated by the
Hon. Member, the Committee would think themselves
at liberty to extend their aid. With regard to the
second question, it was a case which would be taken
into consideration upon its own merits if it occurred ;
and as to the third question, these Congregational Dis-
senters, who should, from a'strong religious feeling, ob-
ject to the examination of the Government inspectors,
would have a proper indulgence extended to them, and
that
the statements of the principals of the school
were satisfied with the progress made init would be
considered sufficient.
Lord G. BENTINCji moved All Address to her

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Agreed to.
Mr. EWART wished to put a question to the Chief
Commissioner of Railways. He (Mr. Ewart) bad heard
that large quantities of gunpowder had been conveyed by
different railways, for the purposes of blasting. He
wished to know whether it were true ?
Mr. STRUTT said that he had only heard of one
instance, and then the produce was conveyed only by*
goods train. He considered, however, that the Matter'
was one of the greatest importance to the community,
and it should receive the early attention of the Govern-
ment.

On the motion that the order of the day be read for
going into Committee of Supply,
Sir H. DOUGLAS moved to be permitted to amend
some clerical errors which had crept into the returns of
shipping presented to that House.
CAPTAIN WARNER.

Lord INGESTRE rose to move the appointment of a
Select Committee to consid,r the report .1 thw commis-
sioners appointed to investigate Captain Warner's inven-
tions. He said he could not forget the dictum of the
Gallant Member for Liverpool (Sir H. Douglas) that
these inventions were the greatest impositions ever
palmed upon the public. He would not inquire on what
authority he said so, but yet the dictum of the Gallant
Officer was just that with which he (Lord Ingestre)
felt himself called upon to contend. The Gallant Officer
ever since this subject was introduced, seemed to have
treated it throughout as a personal matter. But he
(Lord Ingestre) defied the Gallant Officer to achieve
one tithe of what could be performed by Captain Warner.

The Right Hon. Member for Tamw-orth from certain
questions he put, and papers he called for early in
the session, seemed to participate in the sentiments of
the Gallant Officer. Still he (Lord Ingestre) felt him.
self called on to bring forward this subject if none should
stand by him. The Noble Lord then proceeded to read
a letter from Sir John M. Doyle, setting forth Captain
Warner's conduct in Portugal as honourable, ingenious,
and brave, in contradiction to a letter formerly read by
the Hon. Member for Salford. The Noble Lord did
not think it fair in the Right Hon. Member for
Tamworth to have said that Captain Warner
would not proceed to test his inventions until be should
be guaranteed by the Government for a compdtisation of
400,000/. ; for Captain Warner, in his last two letters to
persons in the Admiralty, dated previous to that debate,
distinctly said that he left the whole question, as to
money, to the arbitration of the Government. In the
whole, the Noble Lord said, that no full opportunity was
offered for that investigation which the subject deserved,
and which would have satisfied the public. Instead of
that, he was treated rather as an impostor, and the ques-
tions put to him were petulant and absurd. Shortly
after the Noble Lord took office, he (Lord Ingestre)
waited upon him, and met with the greatest kindness.
Two officers were appointed as commissioners, whom
Captain Warner at once accepted, and all the stipulations
and the instructions were fair and able. He had nothing
to complain of in these. It was agreed that an
experiment should be tried. An estimate of the ex-
pense was furnished by Captain Warner, and the money
was given. The place chosen was Heywood Park,
granted them for the purpose by the Master-General of
the Ordnance. But the report was exceedingly short
and unsatisfactory. They reported that the experiment
WAS a decided failure. That was not his (Lord Ingestre)
opinion, nor would it have been theirs if they had suffi-
ciently investigated the experiment. It was also said
that Captain Warner had chosen the place where his
experiment was to be tried. Now, so far from this
being the case, he believed he was the party who first
suggested the place, but he would not deny that it was
approved of by Captain Warner.—(Hear, hear.) A
great deal had been said about an old oak
tree which was supposed to be the object aimed
at, but he denied that Captain Warner ever said he could
operate upon single objects, nor was he ever called upon
to fire at any particular object. The day before the ex-
periment was made, the commissioners wrote a letter
suggesting that the trial should be pat off. Such a
course would have involved Captain Warner in a good
deal of expense, though it would have accommo-
dated the impatience of the commissioners, and pro-
bably to that impatience was to be traced the partial
failure of the experiment. The truth was, the arrange-
ment of the commissioners were not only badly managed,
but exceedingly hasty and hurried, while they took no
trouble to ascertain where the shells fell which dropped
from the balloons, or they would have found that they
fell with great regularity. True, the Government were
in possession of a report and a diagram on this part of
the subject, but having gone over the ground
himself, he was prepared to say that the shells
fell with regularity, and in a continuous line.
Admitting that the whole of the experiment was all
moonshine, it was unprecedented that the invention
should be condemned on one trial. Captain Warner
said that the wind was unfavourable, and that with any-
thing like a fair wind, it would be seen that his opera-
tions respecting the efficacy of his baboons would be
established. The expressions which he (Lord Ingestre)
uttered, and which were made so much use of, were de-
livered without a thorough knowledge of the matter of
which he spoke. (The Hon. Member here read a letter
written by Captain Warner to Lord John Russell.) Now
supposing that that invention was a failure, were all the
other inventions to be ranked in the same category.
He did not think the Noble Lord (J. Russell) had
acted fairly in reference to this matter. He was always
desirous, on public grounds, that this invention should
be kept secret. Shortly after the experiment was made,
a connexion of his came to town, and said he heard of
the balloon at the Ordnance•office. Now he regretted
that so much publicity had been given to the matter.
Notwithstanding that, he did contend that with those
balloons, taking advantage of the elements, there was
not a town in Europe that might not be taken. He
must revert to the other invention, that of invisib'e
shells, and he would stake his professional reputation, de-
spite the assertions ofa Gallant Gentleman, he maintained
that if one of these shells struck a versel it must send it
to perdition. The efrect of this invention would be to
prevent bloodshed.--(Laughter.) He could see that if
those shells were properly used, that they would effec-
tually destroy a fleet. He had been told that it was im-
possible to compress the gas in these balloons in different
atmospheres, but that he denied. When other inven-
tions in science of a more peaceable character certainly
were introduced, they also encountered considerable op-
position. For instance, to illustrate his observation, there
was the modern discovery of ether, which was proved to
be of the greatest advantage in surgical operations. Se..
veral high authorities concurred as to the practicability
of the invisible shells. There was Captain Harvey, who
spoke in most favourable terms of the balloons. He
feared that he had trespassed too long on the time of the
House. He must repeat that those inventions had not
had a fair trial. There were a great many
persons who condemned all inventions from
ignorance, and there was another class who
were actuated by professional jealousy. He was
no lawyer, but he should like to hear if the penalty
that had been threatened by the Noble Lord (John Rus-
sell)—a charge of high treason —would be inflicted upon
a person who might make any other invention, and sell
to another country. Under these circumstances, he would
move for a Select Committee to inquire into the sub-
ject, and to examine the report of the Commissioners.
The Committee would be as competent as any other
body to investigate the matter, and would, moreover, be
free from any professional jealousy, and he was certain
that he would be able to prove to that Committee that
Captain Warner was entitled to the trial which he
solicited. And that if opportunity were afforded to
Captain Warner to test his experiment, such for in-
stance as on Scilly Island, that that gentleman would
give most satisfactory proof of the efficacy of his inven-
tions. He would conclude by moving for that Select
Committee. On the motion being put,
Mr. BROTHERTON rose, but gave way to
Mr. HOLLAND who said that he would only make a
few observations. He thought that the motion for the
appointment of the Select Committee ought to be
granted. The Hon. Member read several paragraphs
from a letter from Mr. Green, the celebrated aeronaut,
stating that he had been called upon by a gentleman to
prepare a balloon capable of carrying 400 or 500 pounds
weight, for which he was to receive the sum of 2501.
He had constructed the balloon, and it turned out that
it was required for the purpose of Capt. Warner's long
range. The whole experiment, as far as he (Mr.
Green) could judge, turned out a decided failure. He
had not received payment for the balloon, nor was any
of his apparatus returned to him. He believed that the
whole subject was a gross deception upon the public, and
he hoped that a Select Committee should be appointed
to inquire into the subject, and that report would no
doubt expose the whole deception.
Mr. BROTHERTON explained what be had stated
to the House upon former occasions when the subject
was before the House, with respect to the statements of
Col. Shaw, that the whole affair was what might be called
" humbug."
Lord J. RUSSELL hoped that the /louse would not
have heard anything more of this subject; it was through
the persuasion of others that the Government were in-
duced to appoint a commission to inquire into the sub-
ject A commission had also been appointed under the
late Government, the decision of which was, however,
objected to by Mr. Warner. In the commission ap-
pointed by the present Government instructions were
given to inquire into the " long range," that being con-
sidered as the most important invention. The impres-
sion of the commissioners was unfavourable to the
success of the measure, but they considered it their
duty to allow the experiments to be made. The ground
was selected by, or with the consent of. Captain
Warner himself. There was a certain spot fixed called
" The Fair Oak," and the gallant officers who formed
that commission planed themselves close to the mark.
It was his (Lord John Russell) fear, not for the
safety of the gallant officer, but for something
might said
and
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which might be very wide of the mark, some village or
some other property, perhaps, at the distance
or so from the mark..-.(Laughter) Captain ce.ot a inlet
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road twice
Lord, it wabbled—(Laughter)—and
twice ; and in short the balls were not
found to fall at certain spots, and at fixed distances, as
had been expected. With regard to the two points,
certainty of aim, and the power of using the invention
under all circumstances, neither of them bad been
realised. There was no certainty of aim, and there was
no power of using it under all circumstances, for the
alteration of the wind, and several other circumstances,
rendered this impossible. With regard to the testing of
the experiments, every precaution, he believed, had
been takes ; but notwithstanding this, it was impossible
to prevent some parts of the secret from escaping, for
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pin 7to the long range, which had attracted so much the British nation, because the Rajah had FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 22, 1847.
- oetion, he had no hesitation in saying that it had been unjustly deposed, and had, moreover , The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Guiseppe
•1 to do what was promised respecting it. It ap been the victim of the grossest forgery and perjury ; Folliero as Vice-Consul at Malta for his Msjesty the King of
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xoeeetion, for a t the commencement of the late war, strongly demand his punishment, as he now strongly
The Queen hasNS,tojUNrEese2n4t. the Rev. John
11PLaren to the united churches and parishes of Larbert and manufacturers, Kidderminster-H. Bu'nn and W. J. Durham,
e•ers of a Opener kind had been made to the Government ' demanded for him his rights. All he wanted was, that
Dunipace, in the presbytery of Stirling and county of Stirling, commission mrchants, Manchester-T. Labrey and R. Ent-
expended regard to the money which had been he might be confronted with his accusers.-(Hear, hear.)
of that day.
vacant by the deprivation of the Rev. Francis M`Ceill, late
expended in its invention, .he did not regret it, for. it He was not in a condition_ to go to a division, as he hadwistle, provision dealers, Manchesfer-J. Travis, J. Travis,
(nigh Captain Warner had no intention been disappointed from time to time as to the period
proved, that alai'Minister thexeof.
2d Regiment WAR-OFFICE, ALRif-eoGFuFalrCds_E, kfefis and G. Travis, cotton spinners, Oldham, Lancashire (go far
of deceiving the elovernment, be had every opportunity when he should be enabled to bring en his motion. He, as regards J. Travis)--J. Stananought and W. Blackey,
builders, Aigborth, Lancashire-S. Cornea- and E. Davidson,
•eas of his experiment. The Noble however, appealed to Englishmen to see justice done to
of testing the succ 21lexander George
Lord Loughborough to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by Lord (Lord Ingestr•e) asked for a steam ship in order to the injured ; and so impressed was he with the belief dealers in ladies' and gentlemen's wardrobes, Little Cross-
have a further trial, but he (Lord John Russell) did not that the Rajah had been cruelly and deceitfully used, purchase, vice the Viscount Nevill, who retires, June 25. street, ViTalworth-road-A. Cameron and W. Longford, fringe
think this was at ail) necessary. It had already had that he should continue to support his claims as long as 2 Dragoon Guards-Lieutenant James Ley to be Captain, makers, George-
yard, Crown-street, Soho-W. Hastings, T.
every facility for being tested, and the result had been ahe (Mr. Hume) Was allowed to live.-(Loud cheers.) by purchase, vice Knox, who retires; Cornet Leycester Hib- Rowley, and J. Steains, merchants, Liverpool-R. Redfern,
complete failure in the promises which had been made Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE said that when he ben to be Lietenant, by purchase, vice Ley ; Thomas Beisey J. Taylor, and S. Taylor, cotton manufacturers, Oldham,
with regard to it. told the Hon. Member for Montrose that it was inexpe. Tomlin, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hibbert, Lancashire (sofar as regards J. Hartley)-T. and R. K.
Mr. AGLIONBY thought the Noble Lord had not dient to produce the secret papers of the East India June 25. Penson, architects, Oswestry-W. H. Kell and W. J. Tindley,
the slightest chance of getting this Committee. He Company, he did not anticipate that the private con- 2d Dragoons-Cornet Edward Am hlett to be Lieutenant
by ur • vice Carruthers, who Pretires ; Devereux P.
tallow chandlers, Camden-town-E. A. Milligan and L.
Aylett, milliners, Piccadilly-J. Willey and G. Sheen,
-thought, however, that the arguments of the Noble Lord versations he had held with the Right Hon. Gentleman Cockburn,chasbutchers, Leicester-R. W. Hodgson and H. Nelson, stone
who had just sat down were more fair and more honour- would be made the subject of discussion before the June 25 Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Amphlett, merchants, Newcastle- upon-Tvne-J. Barker and G. Chat-
able to Captain Warner than those which were in the House. The Hon. Member founded his allegations on 6th Dragoons-Lieutenant Robert Moore Peel to be Cap- t erley, grocers, Heywood, Lancashire-R. Harmer and I.
fain, by purchase, vice lotbit of being used against his invention. He depre- a document stolen from one of the public offices, and Denny, who retires ; Cornet Robert Boyd, silk manufacturers, Spital-square-G. Gray, C. Gray,
steed the tone of ridicule used in the House towards found-wonderfully found-on the table of Mr. George George Manley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel; and T. Gray, manufacturers, Sheffield-J. Rayner and It
Vaptain Warner, for he thought the subject was not one Thompson. When the documents came from India he Arthur Rot's, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Manleyß. Palmer, woolstaplers, Russell-street, Bermondsey-
of ridicule or absurdity, but one fully deserving of in- would be prepared to justify the course of the Govern- June 25. ' R. Smith, S. Smith, and J. Bridge, cotton spinners, Bury,
quiry. Mr. Green himself would not say that the expe- meat.
14th Light Dragoons-Cornet James Wentworth Ben- Lancashire-T. and J
J. Twist, hat manufacturers, Ormskirk,
nett to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Ramsay, promoted Lancashire-T. and J. Bough, carpet manufacturers, Kid-
ritnent was an absurd one, and he thought it not at all Lord JOHN MANNERS said, that not one charge
in the 3d West India Regiment ; I,Villiam Spilling, Gent., derminster- R. T. Lilly and E. Qreville, auctioneers, Bristol.
creditable to him to have his own case brought before brought by the Hon. Member for Montrose against tie%
the House for the paltry consideration which it involved. Board of Control, had been answered by the Right Hon, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bennett, June 25. PRICE OF SUGAR.
Gentleman, who a3d Regiment of Foot-Lieutenant Frederick George Sy ms, The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS opposed the motion.ppeared to think that his violent de- from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice John
Lukis, who retires upon half-pay, June 25. from the returns made in the week ending June 22,
He said the balloons which would be required would clamation would_ answer all the purposes of argument. 1847, is 295. 31/4d. per cwt.
cost about 3,0001. each ; and those who had been When the Hon. Member. for Montrose chose to press 15th Foot-Alfred Todd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
-appointed to investigate their value had reported that his motion to a division, he (Lord J. Manners) should vice Browne, who retires, June 25.
the experiment which they had witnessed was entirely cordially support him. 30th Foot-Captain William Colt, from half-pay Unat- LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
Gentle- tached, to be Captain, vice Alexander Macdonald, who QM- IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. AND OTHER COM-
laxative, as the balloon took a tortuous course, and came Mr. WAKLEY said, that if the Right Hon.
aseetionly to the ground, without having discharged all man felt it necessary to exhibit such boiling in- changes; Lieutenant Thomas William Wilkinson to be Cap- PANIES' STOCK.
the "missiles attached to it ; and that missiles discharged dignation because a few hard words were ap- tain, by purchase, vice Colt, who retires; Ensign Arthur From tie Official List,
from tt balloon would be utterly useless for the purpose plied to him, what must he conceive that Wellesley Conolly, from the 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant, b
purchase, vice Wilkinson, June 25.
It had been proved beyond dispute that the the Rajah of Sattara should have felt?-(Hear, hear.)
of warfare.LONDON. FRIDAY, JUNE 25.
riddle
euseless on land, and at sea he He was despoiled, of his possessions, tarnished
.in his 51st Foot-John Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Conolly, promoted n the 30th Foot, June 25.
Dividend Amount
long range War;JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
100 holes in one of the balloons fair name, committed a prisoner to a fortress in a dis-
would undertake rrirdl
It
.was monstrous to taut country! and deprived of every opportunity of 66th Foot-Captain Charles Edward Michel to be Major,
by purchase, vice Goldie, promoted ; Lieutenant Arthur Name of Company. 1
at 1.500 yards front a 32-pounder.
of Paid. Price
Say that those balloons would be of use in any case; their proving his innocence. He remembered many acts of Blount to be Captain, by purchase, vice Michel; Ensign Annum. Share.
expense and the combustible nature of injustice of this sort. There was that, for instance, of William Robert Fyne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
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large size, their exlelle materials would prevent them from being of any use the Baron de Bode ; but he hoped the House would Blount; Richard White, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, . £ s. d. £ I. d.
tustralasia ........ • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
whatever. After adverting to the experiment made by have sufficient firmness now to support the effort of his vice Fyne, June 25. BritshNorth American Si. per cent. 50 0 o so 0 0 -
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Capt. Warner on " John of Gaunt," he produced the Hon. Friend to do justice to an injured Prince. 3d West India Regiment-Captain Thomas Pakenham tommerciat of London 61. per cent. 100 0 o 20 0 o -
model of a ship which, he said, had been destroyed by a Mr. P. BORTHWICK said the Rajah of Satara was Vandeleur, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice
-Ttomciii,is.t.r
:lo loni a 1 . .
rerr cent.
cent, . 11020
000 0?)
1050 0(0) 0(
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barrel of gunpowder, and said he would undertake to do a deeply injured prince. He was deposed by a foul Charles
June _o
who exchanges, receiving the dif- tss 4 a
uoinloinonaJodi."ntr
the same thing to-morrow morning. Powder was conspiracy, and in order that justice might be done to Terence, metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 7to o
Lieutenanet-Ba.lcarres Dalrymple Wardlaw Ramsay, from Priognocial eo,clreland.: Si.i peer
cent. 10100 0 g /g
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most one of the destructive missiles that could be in- the injured party he should support the motion of his 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Van-yented-a small quantity placed in a rick would Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose. deleur, who retires, June 25. National of Irelan.d. : • Si. I;)err cent. 50 0020 0 0 -
al:latter it to atoms, and it was only the other Lord PALMERSTON said the motion did not involve UNATTACHED.-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Leigh sat. Provncial of Eng. i 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 o -
daj
)' that they blew the Royal George out of the water, the merits of the Rajah of Sattara's case. It was
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Goldie, from 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by fur- Ditto, New.- •••• •. 5/. per cent.. 20 0 0 10 0 0
' ly by its means. Then, with respect to the spark merely for the production papers relating HOSPITAL e
simr, of , to that chhieanser,yJFurnaenk2lsi
John Frederick Clarke -rGe
teinreesra lo
no f Hospitalshait.p ay ,
25. Anion
to be Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Onion of Australia.... Gl. per cent. 25 0025 0 0
union of London... •. ' Si. per cent. 50 0 o 10 0 0 -
of lieit, why, if he were to consult Professors Braude case, and at that late hour of the night, he would not
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and Faraday, they would declare that there was no detain the House by going into it.CANALS.
The motion was withdrawn. - -
novelty in it, and that the preparation was one of those June 25. i
The House then went into Committee pro forma, and a a Dividend
chemical compounds so well known and so dangerous.. _ . Dividend Names of .
Deputy-Inspector-General, with local rank, John Kinnis Names of ''' Price e per Price.
•mmediately afterwards resumed.
The man who could believe that he could accomplish all 1 , Companies. 2 per 1 ' Companies. A am.
1 The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and '
I.D , to be Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals vice re Annum.' .4
he had stated must be mad-(Laughter)-that was the Franklin, promoted, June 25.
House adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. - -
most natural and charitable conclusion to which he could the Staff Surgeon of the First Class Andrew Fergusson, M.D., £ .£
arrive. He (Sir H. Douglas) had offered to throw aside to be Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, with local rank, 13stiiir &
_olauth 97 51.53. pc 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. -
nil hie opinions in favour of the present system, if Cap- ROYAL COMMISSION of FINE ARTS vice Kinnis, appointed Deputy Inspector General of Hos- Ban d-Z 113 41. - Mntgomrysh 100 51. -
Iy•• • • 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - •-
tain Warner could prove that he could accomplish all he --vs- pitals, June 25.
a_ Basingstoke.. 100 - i - Neath ...... 100 201. 340
and ha
lad stated, but he had utterly failed to do so ;
.The exhibition of the oil paintings sent in ursuant BREVET.-Captain Thomas Pakenham Vandeleur, of 3d Brknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. -
feared he was labouring under a hallucination nearly of notices issued by her Majest 's Commiss.l3 West India Reg., to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838.
Commissioners of , •:;romford...• 100 14/. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Dudley 1100 4/. - Regent's .... 33 1/. 4s. 20
faked tO madness. Fin Y Captain William Colt, of the 30th Foot, to be Major in
e Arts in 1844, will be thrown open to the public on the A November ' Derby •• • ••1100 6/. 63 Rochdale.... 85 4/. 54
Army, 9. 1846.
after Hon. Gentlemen had Mondaysaid, next, Ellsmre&Chsll33 41. 51 Shropshire .• 125 81. -
to the conclusion that Captain Warner s invention MEMORANDUM. Erewash • • •1100 32/. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130
come The exhibition, as on former occasions, will take place The Christian names of Lieutenant Gilded, of the 81st Forth & Clyrllloo 4/. - Do.LkFdSt 12 6/4. c. -
of no use whatever, he warned them not to be • was - Foot, are John Aurthur. GrandJuncthloo 6/. 79 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/. 275
deceived, as there were many Captain Warners ,rand Unionlloo 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. -
Id•to
in this town, who would claim have propriately fitted up for the reception of the paintings. The Christian names of Cornet Boynton, of 6th Dragoons,
Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 305
The notice issued by the Commissioners required that are George Heblethwayte Lutton.
invented something very extraordinary, and also would a - • The tam eof the Gentleman Cadet, appointed to the 87th -,lstr&Brkly 100 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 105. -
11picturessent in for ' • anon should be delivered
week competition
this C.'rantham - 150 121. - Severn and
seek to be placed in the position in which Captain Foot, on 22d June, 1847, are Francis Joseph Harrisson. Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye• 26 1/. Bs. -
'Warnerduring the first in June, 1847. The terms of Lieutenant Sir
had been placed. Colonel Richard Henry Bonnycastle, upon genet& avn 39 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt &MI
notice were strictly observed, and the intervening periodso 301. -
Lord INGESTRE said that, seeing the tone andhalf-pay of the Royal Engineers, has been allowed to retire Lancaster 47 11. 10s. - set' •• ..
has been occupied • • in • by the Commissioners arranging from her I , t eedisaLivrp 100, 341. 505 Thams&Med 19 - -
temper of the House, he should not trouble the House • determiningtheir respective lt ajesty s service, by the sale of a Lieutenant- - .
Leicester ..• • 140 10/. 75 Worcstr & / 78the various subjects, and on
to die ide, but would at once withdraw his motion.Leicstr &Nth, 83i 41. 36 Birming.j
merits. The final arrangements were only completed on in Canada, June 25.
The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Wednesday last, and Thursday afternoon the judges met Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxford. Loughboroghll42 701. 530 Wilts& Brks 67 11. it
TRANSMISSION OF MAILS. to award the premiums, which, as our readers are doubt- Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry DOCKS.
Mr. FREWEN, in proceeding to call the attention of less aware, consist of- -Cornet Winiam Evetts to be Lieutenant vice Lord Alan ,
a „ . •••

Mr. FREWEN, in proceeding to call the attention of
the House to the very inconvenient arrangements that
exist for the transmission of the mails in various parts
of the kingdom, said that great inconveniences arose
from the ignorance of post-office officials in different
parts of the country, and great irregularities in the
transmission of the mails had arisen in consequence.
He trusted that the attention of the Government would
be given to the subject.
Mr. PARKER replied in a few words, which were al-
together inaudible in the gallery.
CASE OF MARY DAWSON.
Mr. FERRAND said that not receiving any commu-
nication from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for
the Home Department, on the subject of the case of
Mary Dawson, he was necessitated to bring the subject
before the House. Mary Dawson had been employed in
a manufactory in the town of Keightly, as a weaver, and
was set to a loom where a web was half woven. She
finished that web. She was employed upon another
equally good. She finished that. She was employed
upon another, a very bad web. She could not finish it,
and she left. Another, and another, and another girl
was employed, and none of them could do so. The
girl, Mary Dawson, left, and was employed by another
employer, Mr. Mitchell, but the former employer
took her from that employment, and got her imprisoned
in the gaol of Wakefield, where, for three weeks, she
was associated upon the treadmill with thieves, vaga-
bonds, and prostitutes. He (Mr. Ferrand) had been
communicated with by the father, and he had at once
represented the case at the Home-office. The Right
Hon. Burt. (Sir G. Grey) had, at once, instituted an
inquiry into the subject, and ordered the girl to be set
at liberty. He must say, in justice to the Right Hon.
Bart., that he had offered him the whole of the corre-
spondence between the magistrate and the Home-office
on this subject. He (Mr. Ferrand) knowing that this
yetis out of the usual routine of the department, did not
take advantage of the Right Hon. Baronet's courteous
offer, but as the case was one well worth the considera-
tion of the House, he should move that the correspon
dence between the Secretary for the Home Department
and the local magistrates on the subject be laid
on the table of the House.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir GEORGE GREY, who was scarcely audible
in the gallery, was understood to say that he could not
accede to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, although
he admitted that the girl had been illegally committed.
Immediately aft,r the case was brought under his no-
tice he ordered the discharge of the girl. The magis-
trates, however, seemed to think that they acted in strict
conformity with the law, and so they were advised by
an eminent gentleman at the bar, but whether they had
acted legally or not, they committed the girl from a
sense of duty, and without the remotest intention of
doing her injustice.
Lord MORPETH agreed with his Right Hon. Friend
that the magistrates had acted from a misconception of
the law, and not with any vindictive feeling.
Mr. WAKLEY said, under former Governments it
had been the practice of the Home-office to produce cor-
respondence like this, and as the Right Hon. Baronet
admitted that the magistrates had, unintentionally no
doubt, acted illegally; the correspondence ought not to
be withheld.—(Hear, hear.) There were plenty of
lawyers who would hold the greatest commiseration for
these parties.
Mr. HIT ILE wished to know whether this was to be
denial of justice. The Hon. Gentleman had said that
the law was open. So was the London Tavern, for those
who could afford to pay for going there. He thought
the House ought not to be satisfied without those papers
were produced.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted
that this was an illegal procedure. It was by no means
clear that the committal of the female was illegal.
Colonel SIBTHORP said that he thought it was but
fair that the House should have the correspondence. It
was not fair to suppress that correspondence.
Lord J. MANNERS said that it was asserted by the
female that she was placed on the treadmill. That was
denied ; and it was fur the House to judge to which
statement they were to give belief. He thought the best
way would be to lay the papers before the House.
Mr. HENLEY said this case clearly showed the
evil effects of bringing the case before the House. No
judge could refuse a habeas corpus to take the girl out
of prison.

After a few words from Mr. FERRAND in ex-
planation, strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no
division took place, as the motion was negatived without
a division.

Three prizes of 5001. each,
Three prizes of 300!. each, and
Three prizes of 200/. each.
The following is a list of the successful artists:—

Ia the First Class, 5001.—Mr. F. R. Pickersgill, 8,
Leigh-street, Burton-crescent; Mr. G. F. Watts, 46,
Cambridge-street, Edgware-road ; Mr. Edward Armitage,
13, George-street, Adelphi.
In the Second Class, 3001.—Mr. John Cross, 85,
Fetter-lane; Mr. Paul Falconer Poole, 1, St. John's-
place, Lisson-grove North; Mr. Noel Paton, Wooer's-
alley Cottage, Dunfermline, N.B.
In the Third Class, 2001.—Mr. James Eckford Lau-
der, 35, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square ; Mr.
Charles Lucy, Tudor Lodge, Albert-street, Mornington.
crescent ; Mr. John Calcott Horsley, The Mall, Ken-
sington Gravel-pits.
Only two Royal Academicians, Sir William Allen and
Mr. Henry Howard, have competed on the present
occasion, but there are many contributors whose names
are a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of their
works.

The exhibition contains altogether 120 paintings,
many of them of very large dimensions. The pictures
excluded by the Commissioners are understood not to
have been very numerous.
No official announcement of the awards having as
yet been issued, we are unable to give a complete list of
the successful subjects. A few have, however, trans-
pired ; and among them we may mention those of Mr.
Pickersgill, who has chosen for his subject " The Burial
of Harold, at Waltham Abbey, A.D. 1066;" of Mr. Ed-
ward Armitage, who has selected "The Battle of Meeanee
(Sinde), fought on the 17th of February, 1843;" of Mr.
Cross, who has delineated the incident of " Richard
Coeur de Lion forgiving Bertrand de Guerdon ;" of
Mr. Poole, who illustrates an historical incident in
the life of King Edward during the siege of
Calais in 1346 ; of Mr. Lucy, whose picture de-
scribes " The Departure of the Primitive Puritans,"
or " Pilgrim Fathers" to the coast of America,
A.D., 1620 ; and of Mr. Horsley, who has chosen the
incident in the life of Henry V., when he, while Prince
of Wales, believing the king his father to be dead, takes
the crown from the cushion, and places it upon his own
head.

" The Banishment of Aristides, illustrative of the
injustice of Democracy," the latest effort of poor Hay-
don, has been admitted to the exhibition by the Com-
missioners, though not strictly within the conditions of
the notice.

The exhibition also contains three pieces of sculp-
ture, executed respectively by Messrs. Marshall, Fo-
ley, and Bell, who, it will be recollected, were suc-
cessful in that department of art in the competition
which took place in 1845. Mr. Marshall's work is the
only oue completed, the two others being merely plaster
models.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—Fous LIVES LOST.—AD
explosion of fire-damp took place about nine o'clock on
Tuesday evening at Felling colliery, near Gateshead-on-
Tyne. Three men and a boy were killed, and several
others who were in the mine at the time were injured
severely.

THE WEATHER IN BERWICX.—The weather up to
Thursday continued fine and agreeable, but on that
morning heavy showers of rain fell, with the wind north-
easterly and a low temperature. No injury to the crops,
however, is anticipated ; on the contrary, the land will
be materially refreshed, and should warm weather follow,
vegetation would again take a great start.—Beru.,ich
Warder.
ENCROACHMUNT ON THE THAMES.-(From a Cor-
respondent).—The quiet parish of Twickenham has
lately bee❑ thrown into a state of great excitement by
the attempt of a Noble Lord, the proprietor of a man-
sion on the bank of the river, to shut up one of the
thoroughfares on that favoured and much frequented
water way. Those who have enjoyed the delight
of a boating excursion up the river from Richmond to
Twickenham will remember that immediately below
Orleans House, formerly the residence of the present
King of the French, there is a small island, the channel
between which and the north bank of the Thames is by
far the pleasantest and safest course (when there is a suf-
ficient depth of water) for those proceeding upwards
who would avoid the strength of the current
and the chance of collision with the steamers
which now ply in numbers in that locality. This
channel has from time immemorial been open to
the public, and, from what has been said above, its
value is sufficiently obvious. A few weeks ago the in-
habitants of Twickenham were astounded at seeing
labourers at work driving stakes and constructing a dam
or causeway between the Orleans house bank and the
island in question, and on inquiry it was found that they
were acting under the directions of the Noble Lord
alluded to. The work has proceeded, and the channel is
now effectually blocked up. It appears that without an)
previous notice to the parishioners the Noble Lord ap-
plied to and obtained the sanction of the Conservators
of the Thames to this very vexatious infringement on
the rights and comfort of the inhabitants of Twicken-
ham. The work appears to be ore of pure wantonness,
unattended with any possible benefit to the projector,
and is regarded by the parishioners with the most in-
tense disapprobation—as, independently of the stoppage
of the right of way hitherto enjoyed, the dam is sure
to cause an accumulation of filth and to prove a serious
nuisance. All attempts made by the parishioners
to induce the Noble Lord to stay the progress of his
vexatious work having failed, the inhabitants met in
vestry, and, after strongly reprobating the proceeding,
agreed to forward an energetic memorial to the Conser-
♦ators of the Thames, praying that the consent so hastily
and unadvisedly given may be withdrawn. This memo-
rial has been signed by nearly all the respectable inhabi-
tants of Twickenham and its neighbourhood, and there
is little doubt but that it will produce the desired effect.
—7 imes.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxford.
Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry
—Cornet Wiliam Evetts to be Lieutenant, vice Lord Alan
Spencer Churchill, resigned ; Henry Barnett, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Evetts. promoted, June 21.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Parr, of
Poole, in the county of Dorset, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, JUNI 16.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Phillips the
Younger, of Stanford, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to be a
Master ><xtraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

i Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
— ---
X s. d. I X s. d.
Commercial .. .. ••.• • 3/. per cent. Stock. 71
East and West India ••• 61. pr cent. Stock. 130
East Country ....• .• . 1/. per sit. 100 0 0
f andon ••••••• • .• • • . 51. pr cent. Stock. 104
AL. Katharine ..
Southampton ••.• • • • . 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 0 0 , 25

w.ivrzl -V7OIiGKS.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price,
Annum. .Share.
£ s. d.
East London.. • ... .... 8/. 100 0 0 - 195
Grand Junction .... •• 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90
3/. 100 0 0 - _-
Vauxhall -- - ...... 100 0 0 - -
West Middlesex . . . 51. 10a.prent. 63 12 9 - 121
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount 1
Name of Company, per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. '
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Albion .. ••••-• • • • • • 3/. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74
Alliance Ptrit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18%
Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Atlas ... .••.-• • • • • • • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15
British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7
Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 2034
'county ---- - - - 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
12s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11
Eagle . 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5%
Eng.& Scot. Law •. • . AL per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
European Life ••• • .. 5% per cent. 20 0 0 AU paid. -
Freemasons' ..... •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe - 128
Guardian - . ... ••• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 47
Imperial Fire •.•. • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 220
Imperial Life ........ 12s. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 -
Law Life............ 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
,egal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
.Jrulon Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1434
Landon Ship •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 14%
Marine.. ........... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 94
Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
National Lean Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 -
National Life.. - • .... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
isalladitim Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 41s xd
"hcenix .. .. ...... .. 3/. p. ct. & bs. - - 185
'rotector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 3s.
'rovident Life •.•• • • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
lock Life .... .. .. -• • 43. 5 0 0 010 0 4%
loyal Exchange ...... 5/. per cent. Stock. - 180
Sun Fire.. - - -
Ditto Life it. Gs. - - -
Universal Life •• -
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
---- -
£ s. d. £ a. d
Bank of Scotland • • ... 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 IGS
Royal Bank of Scotland Si. per cent. - 100 0 1 151
British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 200
Commercial Bank .• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 IG4
National Bank . ..... . • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 141 2s.
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr sent. - 50 0 0 88
Western Bank .. ••• • • • GI. per cent. - 50 0 0 82
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 6%
Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 61. per cent.l - 10 0 0 13%
Eastern Bank.. ••• . -5/. per cent.] - 10 0 0 11l lie
Caledonian Bank - 210 0 41. 9s
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 7
City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. - 10 00 1 13%
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ,233. Od
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12%
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd• • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9
North British Incur. ••5%/. pr cent. ,200 0 0 10 0 0 26%
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. ,100 0 0 10 0 0 22%
Edinburgh Life Insur. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. pers. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69%
Ditto, 4 Shares 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 ..J0 0 0 204
alasztv & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 61 y 4
'ilasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 18
qlsgw& Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 AU paid. 39.'4
Dundee& Arbroth Rail. Gt. per cent. ,25 0 0 All paid. 37
Mandan). LiteAssarnce.l 61. per cent. 150 0 0 1 2 10 0 9

MASONS PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—A public meet-
ithgeaOtfre°Portalitei"Wmesatsnalsastar 3sl
s
the purpose of more fully disseminating among the trade
the objects and advantages of the above invaluable in-
stitution,
which has been recently established for the pur-
pose of supporting and relieving the aged and infirm
members of the trade, their widows and orphans, the
funds to be raised by members' contributions of 10s.
per year each. The meeting was very fully attended.
Several ladies were present. In the unavoidable absence
of Mr. Alderman Johnson, the treasurer, W. Freeman,
Esq., presided, and on the platform were several influ-
ential members of the building trade. The Chairman,
after alluding to the absence of Alderman Johnson, and
also to T. Wakley, Esq., M.P., and General Sir De Lacy
Evans, M.P., readieg letters of apology with expressed
good wishes from each, that of the Gallant General con-
taining an enclosure of 51.55., observed, that although he
did not doubt the ultimate success of the society, it at
present only numbered 123 annual subscribers out of the
whole trade, but he trusted, nay, was confident—that if
proper exertion were used the society must flourish.
The Hon. Secretary, J. T. Whitehead, Esq., read a long
address, pointing out that from the nature of the trade,
its members were subject to great vicissitudes and risk
of life, and by omitting to join such an institution they
are compelled, when in distress, to appeal to the charity
of their fellow-workmen for mere temporary relief, when
they might, by a small annual contribution, secure to
themselves a permanent relief, and be independent of
such charity, and not necessitated to resort to a union
workhouse. The address was enthusiastically received.
Mr. Roper, Mr. Salisbury, and Mr. Traice, and other
gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and resolutions were
unanimously carried, recommending, on the principles
of philanthropy, and as a duty they owed to their
families, that the trade should support this institution by
enrolling their names, and also thanking the gentlemen
and employers who had already contributed to the funds
upwards of 2501., recommending prompt application to
those who had not contributed, concluding with thanks
to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. Several
additional subscriptions were previously handed in.
THE EARL OF DUNDONALD.—We understand that
at the approaching general election there is every pro-
bability that the Earl of Dundonald will be proposed as
one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland.
Apart from all political considerations, we should ear-
nestly hope that the brilliant, though, alas! chequered
history 01 this hero, combined with the recent and em-
phatic tribute to his merit received at the hands of his
Sovereign, will influence our Scottish peerage to follow
it up by placing his honoured name on their illustrious
roll to the Imperial Parliament. Sure we are that such
an act will be duly appreciated by the nation, and more
especially by the fellow countrymen of the renowned
Cochrane.—Caledonian Mercury.
DISTILLATION PROM SUGAR.—This process has
been commenced on a large scale by Messrs. J. Stewart
and Co., at the Saucel distillery, Paisley,
an establish-
went which was formerly in the habit of consuming the
greatest amount of malt of any single work in Scotland.
We learn that the Saucel Company are at present
mash-
ing from forty to fifty tons of sugar per week. The spirit
produced is very pure and agreeable to the palate, but it
falls short by ten per cent. in quantity from the amount
which, by the Excise calculations,
it was expected to
produce.—Edinburgh Wibusr.

THE RAJAH OF SATTARA.
Mr. HUME said that he was now about to bring
forward the case of a very ill-used individual—he
meant the Rajah of Sattara who had tern
hurled from his throne, and hurried into cap-
tivity in a foreign land, without having that advantage
common to the meanest of men, namely, a public
trial ; and now that do mments had been produced,
which clearly proved his innocence. The Government
of Bengal and the East India House at home
refused an investigation into them. Mr. Baring
returned the documents to him with an official
note, saying that all such communications must
he sent to the Governor General. He (Mr. flume) ac-
quainted the Rajah of Sattara of the circumstance, and
requested him to comply with the rules laid down. The
Rajah of Sattara did adhere to them and sent a letter to
Sir Henry Hardinge on his arrival in India, detailing the
ease, but up to the present time no answer whatever had
been returned. He said it was of the utmost importance
that the facts should be laid before the House, and the
Right
Hon. Baronet (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) was bound to
give up the papers, which he refused. The Right Hon.
Baronet said he could not give. up a secret dispatch, on
the ground thatbacscwoapzteof it had been surreptitiously
obtained. All
never been tried, althou hd e
had
The Rajah had
an i appealed to the British
Parliament to enter into
investigation of his claims,
and of the charges which bad Ceveenstimg against him.—
(Hear.) Many of the witnesses to the claims of the
Rajah were in India ; but there were also masantyisgf iranacnttohteriyes
who
countrywere able to furnish
evidence of his claims, and if the House
a Committee, he should produce them before it.
'Why, what would the House think if a Peer were tried
for an offence, and that documents were withheld which
would prove his innocence ? The case of the Raja was
not unlike a case of this kind, as the Hon. Baronet (Sir
J. C. Hobhouse) notwithstanding the recent vote
of the East India House, that the papers which the
Rajah claimed should be produced, refused to produce
them. Why was all this secrecy observed, when they
had deposed the Prince and exiled him, and when he
sought nothing more from the British Government than
a fair trial ? Notwithstanding them, the Honourable
Baronet was treating the East India Directors
like so many Hottentots (Laughter)— and the
conduet of the Board of Control in this matter, had in-
duced the people of this country to look upon it with
suspicion. Whenever the claims of the Raja had been
made known, petitions had been got up in favour of his
claims, and already forty-one had been presented to that
House. The case of Earl Dundonald, and the Rajah of
Tangore, were memorable instances of persons who had
been unjustly used, being restored to their rights,
after a number cf years, and he trusted that the

PRESENTATION OF NEW COLOURS TO THE SECOND
BATTALION OF THE FIRST ROYALS.—On Monday the
ceremony of presenting the second battalion of the First
Royals, now stationed in this garrison, with new colours,
was gone through in the usual manner. That day was
chosen for the presentation in consequence of its being
thethe battalion anniversary of the battle of Vittoria, in which this
gallant regiment bore a distinguished part. Lieutenant
Colonel Bell, commanding the regiment, was present with
colonel of the
, ion on the occasion. We understand that the
DOW colours have ve. been supplied at the expense of the
be disposed
Sir James Kempt, and that the
old ones will
wilt b© of as he may think fit to order.
of ladies
—ancuestgere
w as
so
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interesting
someng rel i e castlerelics.
Notwith-
standingor other
Probably they
place for the reception
uannaavourable there was a
the day
n.l.oemen at the numerous attendance
Robert
pre-
sentation of the colours.— Al L
fßrorMst°dsiisetairarle"d*tusabye;s I
To SAVE INFECTED POTATOES, Ir.
I:oosenpehxßamigignsin, tstearrtisointhge
have seen that the rottenness of the Cuticle does
ginshaoolet
;lot
always extend up to the top, and I have cut away the
lower part diseased and replanted the shoot ; I find that
it takes root, and will, no doubt, bring good fruit. it
must be well earthed up.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1847.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 25.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord DENmAN.)

QUEEN V. MORCEAU.-PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY.

The prosecutor in this case was Monsieur Eocoutier,
a merchant residing in Paris, and the defendant Monsieur
Fonteine de Morcean, who carries on the business of a
patent agent in London. The indictment charged the
defendant with having on the 18th February, 1846. com-
mitted wilful and corrupt perjury, by inaki:lg an affidavit
in which he stated that the prosecutor was indebted to
him in the sum of 64/., knowing at the same time that
there was no ground whatever for such a statement.
It appeared that in 1344 the prosecutor had certain
transactions with the defendant, relative to the procuring
of some patents in this country, and also relative to
the disposal of some brandy which had been entrusted
to the care of the defendant. A dispute arose between
the prosecutor and the defendant concerning the charges
made by the latter, particularly with regard to two
items of 271 2s. 10:i. and 11/. 12s. ld., the expenses in-
curred by landing the brandies at Nicholson's wharf,
and for which the defendant contended he was liable.
It was agreed by the parties that the brandies should be
entered in the name of a third party, a friend of the pro.
secutor, who should become liable for those two
amounts, and with that and some other reductions the
prosecutor settled the detendant's account. Subsequently,
however, a claim was made by the defendant of 541.,
which included these two sums, and when the prosecu-
tor visited this country again in February, 1846, the
defendant made an affidavit for the purpose of holding
him to bail for the amount.

The jury, after an investigation which lasted the
whole of the day, returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence
deferred.

FINING JURYMEN.
No less than eight special jurymen were ordered by
Lord Denman to be fined 101. each for non-attendance.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 25.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief Baron
PoLLoc K.)
No case
.of any importance occurred in this Court
to-day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 25.
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION RAIL-

WAY TO DAVENTRY.

This was an adjourned meeting for the choice of
assignees under the hat issued for the purpose of wind-
ing up the affairs of this Company.
It will be remembered that Mr. Weiss, who had been
nominated to surrender under the fiat, had not done so,
and the books were not forthcoming. It was now stated
that a petition had been presented to supersede the fiat,
and an application was now made for a postponement on
this ground.

MR Lawrence appeared on behalf of Mr. Wyld, map-
engraver, of the Strand, and, in the absence of Mr.
Sergeant Allen for Mr. Pritchard, the engineer ;
Mr. flumfrey appeared for Mr. Markham, an engineer,
who had been engaged on the line, and who had come
over from France to make his proof.
Mr. LAWRENCE and Mr. ASHURST, on behalf of the
petitioning creditors, objected to the proof being re-
ceved till the books were put in.
Mr. ASHURST said Mr. Weiss' solicitor, had intimated
that the latter did not mean to surrender, and that he
would riot be seen until after the supersedeas was ob-
tained, and that the books would not be forthcoming.
Mr. LAWRENCE said he must give him more credit
for candour than judgment. He (Mr. Lawrence) had
seen the petition, and he did not see that there were
many conflicting interests; the question was one of law.
Mr. Pritchard's claim was likely to swamp all the rest.
Mr. HUMFRY, Q.C., then proposed that the evidence
of Mr. Pell, the solicitor to the Company at North-
ampton, and of Mr. Markham, should be given, reserv-
ing the decision as to whether the claim could be admitted
prooE
Mr. Pell was then examined, but as the minute-book
could not be produced, showing the authority to appoint
Mr. Markham,
His IloNotra declined to go on with the case.
Other proofs were tendered.
_ _

Mr. LAWRENCE said iu would be very unfair to the
general body of the creditors if proofs were admitted
now in order to go to a choice of assignees, as it had
been generally understood that it would not take place
till the books wereprpduced.
His HONOUR said that an adjournpleni Aeuld tike
place.
Mr. LAWRENCE said that no doubt the petition would
be disposed of within a fortnight. As the sth of July
was appointed for the last examination, the adjourn-
ment could be till that time. It should, however, be
understood by Mr. Weiss that if he did not surrender
he would be liable to an indictment the same as any
other bankrupt—there could be no doubt of that.
Mr. HumFaEr —Certainly he will.
The meeting was adjourned to the sth of July.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION• II 0 US E.

On Thursday a young roan, named Henry" Hubbard, was
brought before the Lord Mayor, in the custody pf John
Forrester, upon suspicion of having committed forgery
upon Glyn's banking-house. .

Mr. William Thomas, clerk and cashier at the banking-
house, stated that on the 19th of June, at half-past four
or a quarter to five o'clock, a cheque for 1401. was pre-
sented to him over the c, unter by a youth who appeared
to be 15 or 16 years of age. Witness paid the cheque in
two 50/. notes, the numbers of which were 90,858 and
84,837, and the date 6th January, and in 40 sovereigns.
Mr. John Fenton, of 79, Mark-lane, wine merchant,
stated that he kept an account at Messrs. Glyn's, and the
prisoner was his clerk. Witness had been in the con-
stant habit of seeing the prisoner write, and believed the
writing in the cheque to be the prisoners.' No portion of
the cheque wa.; in witness's handwriting. The prisoner
frequently filled up documents for witness at the Cus-
tom-house, but could not have access tohis cheque• book,
which he always kept locked in his drawer. Witness
frequently left out a cheque in a drawer in the counting-
house, filled up for any person to whom it was to be
deliv, red.

COURT OF EXCISE, June 24.
(Before T. ilartarsorr, Esq., C. J. ITEurtfEs, Esq., and
CHARLES Roes, ESq.
PRIVILEGES OF THE VINTNERS' COMPANY.
Lipman Lipman, of No. 21, Brydges-street, Covent-
garden, keeper of the wine and supper-rooms known as
" the Elysium," was charged with having retailed fereign
wines, having no license for such purpose.
Mr. Waddington, Q.C., appeared on behalf of the
Crown; Mr. Kinglake for the defendant.
The court was this day crowded to excess, from the
knowledge that the important question was to be raised
as to whether the privileges enjoyed by members of
the Vintners' Company could legally be used by the
keepers of the various night saloons throughout the
metropolis.

Mr. It.. J. Sykes, clerk in the issue department of the
Bank of Eugland, stated that he paid gold for the note
numbered 84,837, for 501., to a youth, who, he believed,
wrote the name on it at the counter.

John Forrester, the officer, stated that he apprehended
the prisoner in Mr. Fenton's counting-house, and found
on him some pieces of paper on which Mr. Fenton's
name had been imitated in pencil and in ink,
At the request of Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Com-
mittee of Bankers for Protection from Felonies and
Frauds, the prisoner was remanded.
Thomas Smith was charged with having stolen a
number of coffee-warrants.

The prisoner was remanded.
LAMBETH.

Mr: WADDINGTON having shortly etailed the facts,
Mr. Sillifant, a supervisor of excise, stated that on the
sth of May last he went to the premises named in the in-
formation, where he was served with foreign wine by a
female behind a bar, for which he paid, and drank it on
the premises.
Mr. Coghill, the poor-rate collector for St. Paul's,
Covent-garden, proved that he received the rates from
Mr. Lipman. He never knew such a name as Harper.
He had lately been applied to to change the receipts for
the rates, to have the name of Harper inserted, which he
refused to accede to.

This was the case on the part of the Crown.
Mr. KINGLAYE contended that no case had been
made out against Mr. Lipman, as it had not been proved
that the defendant had anything to do with the sale of
the wine.

RAISING THE WIND TO ATTEND A MA SQUERADE.—
Mary Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor, two well-dressed
young women, the former the wile of a respectable
engraver, and the latter her sister-in-law, were placed
at the bar, befora Mr. Norton, on the following charge:
On the preceding afternoon the prisoners entered the
shop of Mr. Frazer, a baker in the Wandsworth-road,
and called for two half-quartern loaves, and tendered a
sovereign in payment. Mrs. Frazer gave change of the
sovereign, keeping a shilling out of it in payment for
the bread. The prisoners objected to pay 10d. for the
two halt-quartern loaves, and also said they preferred
country bread; upon which Mrs. Frazer gave them back
the sovereign, and they returned what she conceived to
be the whole of the change she had given them, and
left the shop. They had not gone many minutes, when
Mrs. Frazer, suspecting all was not right, she counted the
silver the prisoners had returned, and found it to be five
shillings short. She then went in search of the prisoners.
and saw them about to enter the passage leading to the
steam-boat pier, Nine Elms. She charged them with
robbing her of five shillings, when one of them, ad
dressing the other, exclaimed, " You know you have
taken it by mistake, give it back to the lady." They then
gave Mrs. Frazer two half-crowns back; but a police-
constable coming up at the time, took them into custody,
and took possession of the two half-crowns. After
leaving the shop of Mrs. Fraser, the prisoners went into
the shop of Mr. Walters, a cheesemonger in the same
neighbourhood, and by a similar trick " pinched " half-
a-crown, but Mr. Walters having discovered the fraud
immediately after they left his shop, brought them back,
and one of them placed a half-crown on the counter,
where it was fund. Having no doubt, however, that
they were dishonest cha asters, Mr. Walters sent a con-
stable to watch their proceedings. When taken into
custody, the prisoner Mary charged Elizabeth with tak-
ing the money, ai.d therefore that it was her fault, and
the latter retorted and said that the offences had been
committed by Mary for the purpose of enabling her to
have a dress in Oakley-street to appear at the masque-
rade at Vauxhall Gardens.

Mr. Games addresstd the magistrate at some length
on behalf of the prisoners, who, he said, were very
respectable, and had no necessity to resort to dishonest
practices.
`sergeant Emmerson here informed the magistrate that
the prisoners had been brought to the Clapton station on
a charge similar to the present, but it seemed they ma-
naged to settle the matter with the prosecutor, and the
charge was not pressed against theta.
Mr. NORTON thought the case was one which he
should send before a jury, and committed the prisoners
fur trial.

The certificate of a member of the Vintners' Company
was put in, but it proved nothing, Mr. Martio, the clerk
of the company, stating that there were several Harpers
belonging to the company ; but he was not prepared to
identify Mr. Harper who was alluded to in these pro-
ceedings.

The" Court gave judgment in the full penalty of 1001,
but, on the recommendation of Mr. Waddington, con-
sented to stay the warrant.
THE VICTORIA SALOON, LEICESTER-SQUARE.
Joseph Phillips, keeper of the Victoria Saloon and
Supper-rooms, 16, Leicester-square, was charged, on a
similar information, with retailing foreign wines without
license.

Mr. Emmaus, rate-collector, proved receiving the
rates for the house from Mr. Phillips.
Mr. Commissioner HARRISON gave judgment, and
said that they believed the defendant had carried on his
business fraudulently for six or seven years ; they ad-
judged the full penalty of 1001., and they saw no grounds
for mitigation.