The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY EVEXING, JUNE 29, 1847.

♦venge Amount.

Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williams,
Clinch, and Co 9,392
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 45,551
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 11,143
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—MAs.3rs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson 11,559
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
i Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—igmonas and Co 37,496
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co 35,211
Richmond Bank,Richmond—Stapleton and Co 6,212
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds,
and Co 4,635
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot-
ner and Son •
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 14,010
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 13,442
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 17,410
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co .. 13,670
Ross 6ld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway 4,375
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co 17,145
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co 22,295
Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews-
bury—Adams, Adams, and Co 7,725
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons,
and Co
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son 3,142
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
, ampton—Maddison and Son
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 2,064
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie 20,421
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and

8,227

8,58

King
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
-5,065
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 6,715
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Raiford,
Wragg, and Co 16,930
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 11,446
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co.
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co. 25,399
St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart 2,233
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 24,885
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gil, Rundle, and
Co 12,076
Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,126
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S

9,300

9,073

20,096

14,66

54,345

28,42

9,716

Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co 14,272
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co. 22,305
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 10,226
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Kelynge, Greenway, avid Co 27,198
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 45,527
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 13,650
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Baak, Winchester
—Wickham and Co 4,653
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe--P. and W.
Hancock ... . 6,737
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co. 12,330
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 75,762
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil-
kinson
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons

19,505

Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 1,791
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co. _ _ _ 4,5825

Yarmouth, 'Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and C 0... 10,694
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ... 7,284
York Bank. York—Swann. Clouzh, and C 0.... 41,625
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,500
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford ... ..„
Burton, Utt,-,xeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield :
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 16,342
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 25,297
18,350
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,322
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 145,755
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 16,839
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,129
Hull Banking Company, Hull . 27,860
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,762
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax 40,597
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,044
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 20,133
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 26,855
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,007
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 56,874
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,190
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Leeds and West Riding Banking Company,

33,792

- - -
Leeds
Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,250
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 24,057
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 72,630
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London

North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 55,134
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 77,445
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 54,110
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei-
cester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 3,204
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 36,326
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford. 53,128
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-

- ,
port - 307,311
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... 4,5440
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com
shp;nitieyeffii,aesladtnodurbßro,idge
Sheffield and rllalki.mshir© Banking Company, 55,590
Company,
shetriaham Joint- Stock Banking 22,186
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, 50,523
Richmond.. .
Stockton and .13;;Ii'a 48,970
Com-
pany, Stockton m County Banking
...Company,
Storey and Thomas's Banking
10,528
Shaftesbury ..............
Sheffielduaanndking Company,Retferd Bank,
isphsewtehi4... .
913
Suffolk
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking..6,-„,,:
pany, Wolverhampton
Baruiley Union Bank, Wakefield
Wakefield and 12,238
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, _

Whitehaven
Warwick and Letouir.gton Banking Company,
Leamington
West of Englanc-1 atL•d South Wales District
Bauk.l3n3t0l

Average Amount
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 63,947
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester , .. 7,132
York Union Banking Company, York 67,898
York City and County Banking Company, York $6,164
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds
P. DEaANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
stamps and Taxes, June 19, 1847.

5,630

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, JuN5 25.—1 n a convocation held this day,
the following gentlemen were admitted ad eundem:—
T. Chevallier, 8.D., Catherine Hall, Cambridge.
J. Challis, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge.
John C. Adams, M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge.
H. Moseley., M.A., St. John's College, Cambridge.
R. Dawes, M.A., Downing College, Cambridge.
H. Penneck, M.A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge.
J. Gildersdale, M.A., Catherine Hall, Cambridge.
F. Myers, Clare Hall, Cambridge.
G. Blake, Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
W. Hogan, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
E. I. Ireland, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
In the same convocation permission was given to
Charles Reade, Esq., of Magdalen College, to commute
the degree of M.A. to that of B.C.L.
In a congregation held at the same time the following
degrees were conferred :
DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Charles Lempriere, Fellow of St. John's College.
BACHELORS IN DIVINITY.

Charles John Crawford, Wadham.
Lewis Gilbertson, Fellow of Jesus.
THE INSTALLATION.
CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 26.—The following distinguished
persons have at this present moment accepted invitations
to be present at the installation of Prince Albert; they
will, during their stay, reside in the colleges set against
their names.
Trinity Lodge—The Queen, Chancellor, and suitel
Chevalier Bunsen and Lady; Belgian Ambassador and
Lady; Marquis and Lady Northampton, Lord and Lady
Monteagle, Bishop of London.
Trinity College—Prince Waldemar of Prussia, Bishops
of Gloucester and Bristol, St. David's, and Norwich;
Earl Nelson, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Ernest Bruce, Sir
Harry Smith, the Dean of Canterbury, Sir J. Johnstone,
Sir E. F. Buxton, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, M.P., Mr.
J. Shaw Lefevre, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord William
Russell.
St. Peter's College—Bishop of Tasmania.
Magdalen College—Bishop of Oxford, Sir Robert and
Lady Peel.
Corpus Christi College—Viscount Palmerston.
St. John's College—Duke of Buccleuch, Vice-Chan-
cellor of England, Hon. C. E. Law, M.P., Right Hon.
W. Yates Peel.
Christ's College—Duke of St. Alban's, Marquis of
Bute.
Trinity Hall—The Attorney-General.
Catharine Hall—The Duke of Wellington, Lord John
Russell.
King's College—General and Lady Thackeray.
Queen's College—The Earl of Hardwicke.
Pembroke College—Sir T. G. Cullum.
Caius College Lodge—The Bishop of Durham and
Lady, the Hon. and Rev. H. Pakenham, Dean of St.
Patrick's, Dublin; Sir E. H., Lady, and Miss Alderson,
Vice Chancellor of Oxford and lady.
Sidney Sussex College—Lord De Lisle.
Downing College—Hon. Monckton Milnes, M.P.
Bull Hotel—Lord and Lady Waldegrave, Sir J. Low.
ther, Sir John Eustace, Lord Godolphin. The Bishop!
of Lincoln and Ely are also expected.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. I
HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY declared that the follow
ing Bills had complied with the Standing Orders :
Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Grantham
and York).
Eastern LTnion Railway (Branch from Manningtree to
Harwich).
Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches
to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way).
The following petition was not allowed:—
ABERDEEN RAILWAY (BRECHIN BRANCH
DEVIATION).
The petition (presented to the House on the 24th of
June), praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill,
was referred to the Committee to inquire whether the
petitioners should be heard.

IRELAND.
THE RELIEF. MEASURES.

DUBLIN, JUNE 26.—1 t appears that fever and dysen-
tery are much less prevalent in those districts where
meal and rice, properly cooked, are given out as ra-
tions ; but unfortunately a most unreasonable prejudice
exists in many places against cooked food, and forcible
opposition has been given in some places to those com-
mittees who have adopted the system. The Govern-
ment, however, have most properly determined to carry
it out in all cases, as well on account of the health of
the people themselves as to prevent petty frauds in the
administration of out-door relief, as none but the really
destitute would be likely po apply for food in a cooked
state. The relief commissioners have just issued a cir-
cular containing directions to that effect.
THE DISTRESS—ORANGE PROCESSIONS.
Mr. H. G. Johnston, grand master of the Orangemen
of the county of Monaghas, has issued an address, ear-
nestly admonishing them to abandon their usual proces-
sions on the approaching Jtly anniversary, on account of
the deplorable condition of the country, and the spread
of fever among the populttion. The address of Mr
Johnston, which is excellent in tone and sentiment, con-
tains the following passage which shows how deeply
even the Protestant popnlaton of Ulster have suffered
from the present visitation:—.
" At this hour of tribulaticn, I would deem any outward
display unseemly, indiscreet, and ill-timed. It would be
unseemly to behold a political flag, even though one of our
own loved colour, waving oTer a famine-stricken land,
where hundreds are dying of starvation, where fever racks
the brain, and the grave-yards are teeming with the
early dead. It would be indiscreet to hear the sounds oF
joy and of musical instruments, and political exultation
in a land whose people are existing upon public charity'
and it would be ill-timed to see a procession marching in
review past the soup-kitchens to which our poor country-
men are obliged to resort for sustenance. There is
scarce one amongst you that has not some dear friend to
mourn after. There is not one among you that does not
less or more feel the pressure of the present times—that
does not look forward with deep apprehension to the
future. We have all just now enough to do in the dis-
charge of duties which are and should be totally distinct
from politics or party, in every relation of life—as land-
lord, as tenant, as cess-payer, as relief committee-men,
&c.—we should all pull together for the regeneration of
this land, and I therefore deem any outward display at
the present, to say the least of it, ill timed. But there
is another cogent reason which I would lay before
your consideration. The spread of fever is rapid, and
contagion exists almost every where. It would be, there-
fore, highly injurious and very dangerous to assemble
together large masses of people amongst whom one per-
son infected, though at the time unconscious of the in-
fection, may spread the malady amongst hundreds, by
which we may lose the very best and most useful mem-
bers of our s(,ciety; and so impressed am I with the
force of this reason, that I have postponed the calling of
our usual county meeting until the times present a more
cheering aspect."
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAXENT.—The Evening Post
says—" We have reason to believe that Parliament will
not be dissolved until after the 30th of July, and that
the elections will take place after the assizes."
ARRIVAL OF TIIE LORD•LIEUTENANT.—MS Excel

lency the Earl of Clarendon is to as rive in Dublin on
next Saturday, the 3d July. His Excellency has ap-
pointed the Hon. Gerald Ponsonby, as assistant private
secretary.
REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF FOOD.

The provincial papers generally announce a fall in
the corn and provision markets, owing to the large
foreign arrivals, the fine prospects of the harvest, and
the increasing supplies of fish and vegetables in many
places. The Cork Reporter of Thursday contains the
following gratifying paragraph :—" Our market was
most abundantly supplied this morning with fish of all
descriptions in season, amongst which were turbot,
hake, plaice, sole, lobsters, crayfish, and salmon, the
fine spring fish of which was selling for 6d. per pound.
It must be gratifying to the citizens to learn that the
price of almost all descriptions of food is fast coming
down, and it is expected by the time harvest has set in
everything will find its former level in price."
THE TENANT RIGHT.

Mr. Sharman Crawford has forwarded the following
communication to the Secretary of the County of Cork
Tenant League :

" London, June 18, 1847.

" Sir—l did not receive your letter and petition till
the day after that on which the fate of the Tenant
Bill was for the present decided. The public pa-
pers will announce to you that this Bill was re-
jected on its second reading by the power of a Go•
vernment and landlord majority. This defeat, how-
ever, will not, I trust, be devoid of utility. The people
of Ireland have been deluded by the expectation that
a Government Bill would have been brought forward
for the protection of the tenant class, in securing to
them the value of labour and capital expended. I hope
they will now be satisfied that they have nothing of this
kind to expect from Lord John Russell's Government.
The excuse for throwing out the Bill was the late period
of the session--this was the excuse—but the real cause
was, that the Bill was too honest in its details to meet
with support. lam glad to find that an effort has com-
menced in your county to give effect to the public voice
on this great question.—l have the honour to remain,
Sir, your obedient servant,
"WTI. SHARMAN CRAWFORD.
" Wm. H. Trenwith, Esq.
" P.S.—I shall present the petition the first oppor-
tunity."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 28.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
Messengers from the Commons brought up several
Bills, which were read a first time.
CLERGY OFFENCES BILL.
This Bill went through Committee pro forma, to enable
the Bishop of London to introduce several amended
clauses.
PRIVATE BILLS AND BUSINESS OF THE
HOUSE.

Lord BROUGHAM, in rising to bring before the
House the motion of which he had given notice, said he
felt that he was not premature in introducing the subject
to this House. It was well known to their Lordships
that latterly the private business of the House had
increased to an enormous amount, and in order to
facilitate the progress of that business it was indispensa-
bly necessary that some change should be made in the
mode of conducting it. After referring to those who
held the office of receivers and " friars," and to the
alterations which had been made in their duties from
time to time, he proceeded to say that although these
offices had become almost obsolete from being delegated
to others, persons had been appointed to fill
them even at the commencement of the present
session. Twenty years ago he introduced a measure
into the other House of Parliament for the purpose of
simplifying the private business of that House,
and great good arose from it; but as the
private business of their Lordships had now in-
creased to an almost incredible extent, he thought
their Lordships would agree with him, that some
further alterations were now necessary. In the courts of
law the proceedings were not taken without chart and
compass, and the chances of misdecision and corruption
were more guarded against than:in the decisions of the
House of Parliament. The amounts recovered in them
did not generally relate to large sums of money, but to
exceedingly small sums. For instance, when he attended
the Spring Assizes of Lancaster in 1827, he found that
out of two hundred cases tried there in fourteen days
the average amounts recovered did not exceed 131. 15s.
These courts, nevertheless, tried cases of the utmost im-
portance to the great mass of the people; they pre-
vented whole neighbourhoods from being de-
stroyed ;by the rapacity of powerful or tyrannical
individuals ; they prevented the poor from be-
ing wronged without an appeal to a jury
of their countrymen, and prevented an innocent man,
charged with crime, from being punished from motives
of revenge—in fact, the entrance of evil through any
chink or cranny was far more guarded against in the
courts of law than in the proceedings of their Lordships'
House. Why had their Lordships confidence in the judges
of the land? Why, because their Lordships knew that
they possessed great professional skill; because they
were far removed from the common affairs and strifes
of life, and even abstained from taking a part in the
political proceedings of the nation. Why, then, should
not their Lordships trust them with the power of adju-
dicating in certain matters connected with the private
business of their Lordships' House, and bearing directly
upon the sacred rights of private property?—(Hear.)
It was a course which had long been recommended by
Committees of their Lordships' House, and he confessed
he could see no reason why such Bills as those which
relate to canals, railways, and roads, should not be re-
ferred to a tribunal of this sort. The very constitution
of the other House of Parliament precluded it from
always acting with the strict impartiality of judges; or
rather, he should say, its Committees from always
acting with the impartiality of judges, who had placed
between them and the suitors a brazen wall of incor-
ruptibility. The Members of the House of Commons
could not help being influenced by their constituents
upon questions relating to local Bills; and if it were
only upon that ground alone, private business ought to
be removed from their jurisdiction. Nothing could
by possibility prevent a member of a Private Committee
of the House seeing his constituency. He represented
them, and they had it in their power to give him advice
and information which might influence his decision upon
matters which ought to be dealt with according to the
evidence and testimony which might be brought before
him in the usual formal manner. Again, Members of
the other House of Parliament might bring about parti-
cular results by mutual arrangements. For instance,
the llember for Yorkshire might be appointed to consider
a Bill connected with Cornwall, and the Member for
Cornwall might, on the other hand, be selected to ad-
judicate on the Bill relating to Yorkshire. The two
Hon. Members, therefore, were those placed in a po-
sition to influence the decision of each other, and by
means of a mutual understanding between two, the
views and wishes of the circumstances of Yorkshire and
Cornwall were carried into effect. Referring, however,
these private Bills to judges, appointed by the
Crown for that especial purpose, would ob-
viate all these objections ; and what reason
was there why that course should not be
adopted. The few Members of the House of Commons
who formed the private Committees, had to adjudicate
upon the evidence of witnesses, and the statement of
counsel, without themselves being learned in the law.
The various counsel, therefore, who appeared before
them, often found no difficulty in misleading them upon
points of law ; and very often their decisions, if not
opposed to reason and common sense, were en-
tirely at variance with the justice and equity
of the case upon which they had to adjudicate.
All this required to be carefully and fully considered ;
he, however, did not then intend to propose any remedy.
The great proportion of Private Bills consisted of Rail-
way Bills. There were 400 before them last year, and
nearly 300 during the present session, and as the country
had not yet " been covered with a net work of railways,"
they might look forward to a considerable number of new
Bills in the ensuing session; for instance, the existing
companies would seek powers to sketch out branches, to
connect them with other lines in all directions;
but he wished an improved supervision to be exer-
cised over all Private Bills, and not exclusively
over railway Bills, because the same imperfect system
was pursued with respect to all. What he complained
of was that a Railway Committee was not responsible for
its actions. Cases had occurred in which Bills had
been passed by Noble Lords or Hon. Members who,
although members of the Committee, had absented
themselves until the Committee came to the vote. He
did not wish, however, to exclude legal gentlemen from
blame in those proceedings, as many of them took
ten briefs in as many Committees (Hear,
hear)—so that it was quite impossible that one
barrister could discharge his duty properly even to
one company. Sir William Follett, for instance, fre-
quently received briefs when the parties knew that he
could not attend, and he was only retained because the
other side might not receive his services ; but where a
counsel received an enormous fee for the express purpose
of securing his attendance, and did not attend, such an
act met with his entire disapproval.—(Hear, hear.)
He did not believe that this was done when it
was stated to him, and he did not believe it now.
Then again persons intimately connected with railways
were, in all directions, seeking to get into Parliament,
as appeared from the number of advertisements which
appeared in the newspapers from gentlemen connected
with railways, and those railway men would, when they
got into Parliament, lose sight of the interests of the
public in their anxiety to promote their own interests,
their closely serried ranks would be invulnerable against
the voice of the public, the grossest jobs would continue
to be perpetrated, and in everything connected with
railways they would follow their leaders like sheep.
The conferences with the other House, the mode
of sending Bills to and receiving them from the other
House, and many other minor details of the business ?f
the House, required amendment. He had felt- it his
duty to bring the subject before the House, and he
begged in conclusion, to move that a Select Committee
be appointed to inquire into the mode of conducting the
private business of the House, and for the purpose of
suggesting a remedy.
Lord REDESDALE did not object to the appoint.
ment of the Committee, but he considered that, at that
late period of the session, and from the great
demand for the Noble Lord's time on other Committees
no good could arise from its appointment.—(Hear, hear.)
The Noble Lord was not correct in stating that Com•
mittees in that or the other House of Parliament were
appointed by arrangements amongst the Members, as
they invariably consisted of Members who had no in-
terest in the Bills which they were called upon to
investigate. He feared, however, that the plan of
the Noble Lord would not remedy the present sys-
tem. lie was ready, however, to admit that evils
had grown up in the mode of adjudicating
private Bills, but he considered that the best mode of
remedying them would be by revising the standing orders
of their Lordship's House.—(Hear.) The recommenda-
tions to the Committee appointed to consider the desira-
bility of suspending the further progress of railway Bills
this session advised that Committee to consider the ex-
pediency of revising these orders. He confessed that he
could not agree in all the decisions arrived at by that
Committee, but he doubted much whether a better
tribunal could be devised. It should not, bethought, go
forth to the public that they had no confidence in the
Committees of their Lordship's House.
The Duke of RICHMOND advised the Noble Lord
to withdraw his motion, as it could lead to no practical
result during this present session. At the same time,
he was prepared to admit that the standing orders were
defective in many respects, and :that they required re-
modelling, which, he conceived, could be done early in
the ensuing session.
The Nlarquis of LANSDOWNE agreed with the
suggestions of the Noble Duke and Noble Lord that the
Noble and Learned Lord should withdraw his motion.
Inconveniences had, no doubt, arisen in the mode of
legislating upon Railway Bills, and their attention should
be directed as to the best mode in which they could be
remedied. In saying this, however, he wished to pay a
deserved tribute to the ommittees of Selection, who
had performed their duties in the most satisfactory
manner. No doubt the review of the standing orders
referred to would remedy the defects in their legislation
with respect to private Bills, of which the Noble
and Learned Lord had complained, the new railway
board was, in his estimation, a great step in this direc-
tion. During the short time it had been established, no
less than 70 or 80 reports on the financial condition of the
companies had been presented to Parliament; and many
inspections of lines had taken place. The question of
whether a new tribunal (independent of Parliament,
whose decision should not be final), should be appointed
for the purpose of dealing with Railway Bills, would re-
ceive the attention of the Government, but by careful
watching, he apprehended that evils might be avoided.
Lord BROUGHAM said, after what had been said by
Noble Lords, he would withdraw his motion.
The motion was accordingly withdrawn.
LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
IRISH CONSTABULARY.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented returns
on this subject.
BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed,