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with the opinions of the proprietary at large, the directors
prweeded to call in the old scrip, giving to dissentients the
opportunity of receiving back the unexpended balance of
their deposits; and it is a gratifying fact that, out of a t tal
of nearly 90,000 share—, Ow if,)1,1. r. of n t,995
withdraw, which number W. 13 subsequently Wares
to 1,240
by parties asking permission to resume the Wares they bad
elected to resign.
" The unusual concurrence of opinion being ascertained,
the directors gave instructions to their engineers to have the
line resurveyed—firstly, with reference to certain alterations
either promised to landowners, or desirable with a view to
economy, or to the convenience of the towns passed through ;
and, secondly, in the hope that perfect accuracy in the plans
and sections would thereby be obtained. The first object
was se successfully carried out as to reduce the estimate by
no less a sum than 140,000/. ; the latter purpose unfortunately
failed of accomplishment, under circumstances the exp'ana•
tion of which the directors have thought it would be most
satisfactory to the shareholders to learn from Mr. Stephenson
himself.

siderably improved since our last report, and a rise in price
of 3d to 4d per gallon has taken place. Purchases to a
large extent have been made, and 3s 5d to 3s Gd are the
rates paid. East India met with a good demand, and prices
have risen. In Deinerara several purchases have been made,
and prices are on the ascendancy. For all kinds of Jamaica
there has been an extensive home demand, whilst exporters
operated with freedom ; prices have risen 34 to 4d per gallon.
Brandy is offered upon further reduced terms, still few con-
tracts have been entered into by exporters or the home trade,
whilst the stock is on the increase; the deliveries, however,
continue to be satisfactory. Geneva is wanted for exporta-
tion, and prices are higher. Fine for home use in good de-
mand. For British Corn Spirits the demand is very good.
INDIGO.—To-day 921 chests (all second-hand goods) have
passed the sale. During the progress, proprietors have again
withdrawn 438 chests. The few lots of good and fine quality
which passed the sale continued to be in good demand at
about 3d discount on the February sale's prices, whilst the
ordinary and defetive kinds were chiefly bought in at the
prices previously established, viz. from 4d to 6d discount on
the last sale. The quantity bought in to-day is 450 chests.
Oms.—lmporters of Southern Oil submitting to a further
reduction in prices of 20s per tun, occasioned a good demand
to prevail for all qualities, and 109 tuns at auction all found
buyers. Seal met with little attention privately, although
it can be obtained upon further reduced terms. The amount
of business transacted in Cod has been to a small extent
only. With Sperm the market continues to be well supplied.
TALLow.—Prices of Russian suffered no further depres-
sion, but the purchases made on the spot have been trifling
by soap makers and chandlers, who took only sufficient for
their immediate wants. Home-made met with a good de-
mand on the spot. There is a plentiful supply. For other
kinds of Tallow prices remain much the same as previously
quoted, but only a limited demand has been experienced.

"The shareholders will of course understand that the op-
position which has unfortunately checked the progress of the
undertaking, though conducted in the name of landowners,
had its origin with, and was paid for by, the Great Western
Company alone; the entire number of (nominally) opposing
landlords being fourteen, each of whom (with two excep-
tions) did not represent an average of two acres of ground,
whilst the majority of them, the directors have the best rea-
son to believe, had been induced incautiously to sign docu-
ments from which they afterwards felt themselves unable
(though in almost every instance when applied to they were
not unwilling) to recede.
"Of bona fide landed opposition, grounded on actual
grievance, there was virtually none. The few cases still un-
settled at the close of the last session, involving any sub-
stantial repugnance to the line by reason of real or sup •
posed annoyance, were all disposed of before the standing
order investigation commenced.
" The directors had come to a friendly understanding with
the South-Western Company, which has since been embodied
in a formal agreement, bearing the seal of that company, and
extending over the year 1848, by which nearly twenty-five
miles of the line promoted by this company will, in all pro-
bability, obtain legislative sanction in this session by means
of a Bill promoted by the South-Western Company, and will
become, as to the larger proportion of it, the joint property
of that company and the Manchester and Southampton Com-
pany. (This Bill has passed theCommons' Committee. )
" So complete and satisfactory indeed is the change of opi-
nion towards this railway, in the governing body of the
South Western Company, that, in the great contest now
pending between them and their broad gauge antagonists, for
possession of the country westward to Falmouth, the Man-
chester and Southampton line is placed in the foremost
rank of argument in favour of the narrow gauge series of
lines, on the ground of its affording a narrow gauge commu-
nication for the northern manufacturing districts to the
south and west. - -

COURSE OF EXCEL
Amsterdam ......C F. 12 8
Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 5
Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 8%
Antwerp • • ............ 26 30
ILumburgh .... —M.D. fa 15
Paris, 3 days' sight — 2$ 90 •
Ditto, •••• .. • • ...... 26 30
Marseilles •••• • • • ..... 26 40
Bourdeaux...... •.. .. 26 35
Frankfort on Maine.... 123%
Petersburgh, 3 Us ... • • •
Berlin
Vienna, effec.ilo.. •• .. 10 15
Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 15
Madlid •••• • • • • ...... 463 i
Cadiz .. ... :
........ 4714
Barcelona •

LINGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar •.•—
Leghorn ........ •• • . 30 90
Getioa .. • . ...... .. • ... 26 35
I .. • •
Milan .
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Naples .. .. .. • • .. .. 39N
Palermo, per oz.. .., . 119
Lisbon.... —.. .. .. .. 52%
Oporto .. .. ..... . .. .. 53%
Rio Janeiro .. .. .. ••
26
Buenos Ayres •• . .... ..
..• •
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .. .. .•• •

PRIM OP BULLION, PEE oZ.
FOrelgn Gold la bars .. X 3 17 9
New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 9%
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 10%

“ On the other hand, the Great Western Company, who
succeeded in obtaining the rejection of the Bill by a device
discreditable to themselves, and too easily adopted by a
Committee of the House of Lords—that device being no
other than the production, at the last moment, of a so-called
minute of their board, pledging themselves to lay down a
narrow gauge from Oxford—a pledge which they had dis-
tinctly refused to give in the House of Commons—that same
Great Western Company have not only failed to lay down a
single yard of rail in fulfilment of their promise, but they
have this year, through their leading Parliamentary Counsel,
denied that any such specific pledge (albeit recorded) was
given by them, thus evidencing the utter insufficiency of
the pretext upon which this measure was rejected by one
branch of the Legislature, after it had received the deliberate
sanction of another.

LONDOf UAZETrn

(THIS EVENING.)

ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, Aram 29, 1847.
The Qneen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
Flora-Clementina-Isabella Macdonald to be one of the Maids
of Honour in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of the
Honourable Anne Rapier, resigned.
WHITEHALL, MAY 13.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the
Right Hon. Maziere Brady, Chancellor of that part of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland;
the Most Reverend Father in God Richard Archbishop of
Dublin; his Grace the Duke of Leinster ; and Lieutenant-
General the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, Knt., Com-
manding her Majesty's Forces in that part of the said United
Kingdom, to be her Majesty's Justices and General Governors
of that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland.
CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, MAY 14.
The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the
Rev. John Houghton Ward, MA., Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge, to be one of his Royal Highness's Domestic
Chaplains.

"Of the two companies who constituted the only real op-
ponents of this line, the one has become its supporter and ad-
vocate, and the other now seeks to escape from the fulfilment
of the conditions (unjust as they were) by which its tempo-
rary defeat was secured.
" The directors are accordingly prepared, after gathering
so far as has been practicable the opinions of their share-
holders in various parts of the country, unanimously to re-
commend a renewed application to Parliament, on the ground
that now to withdraw would be to cast away the advantages
secured by a great outlay—advantages which they unhesi-
tatingly assert would have secured the success of the Bill in
this session, if it had obtained a position in Committee.
"They recommended this course, however, to those only
who continue to share their confidence in the undertaking.
To other parties it will be just, as it is expedient, that op-
portunity should be afforded to withdraw, receiving back the
unexpended portion of their deposits, and accordingly steps
will be taken, by dissolution of the company or otherwise,
forthwith to accomplish this object.

" The amount remaining for distribution the directors can-
not now definitely fix. A very short time will enable them
to specify the sum to be returned, and to determine the form
and terms unciar which it will be expedient, for those who so
elect, to prosecute the undertaking."
The CUAIaMAN expressed his deep regret, and the regret
of the directors, at the fate 'which the line had met with in
the Standing Orders Committee ; and also at the unavoid-
able absence of the chairman of the Company (Mr. John
Barker Mills) from indisposition ; and after adverting to the
different feelings under which they now met the shareholders
than on the last occasion, when the Bill had been rejected
by the House of Lords, he proceeded to say that if the share-
holders entertained the same enthusiastic feeling as they
did on that occasion, they had as much, if not
more, reason to entertain them now, as the Bill
had not been rejected on its merits, but simply
through a mishap. They had suffered shipwreck ; they were
like a vessel which had been stranded through the inac-
curacy of their charts; but with the aid of a strong resolu
tion, such as the one they adopted at the last meeting, it
was quite capable of being again launched into deep water,
and by their enterprise conveyed safely into port.—(Hear.)
The expressions of feeling in favour of proceeding with the
Bill in the ensuing session had surprised himself and the di-
rectors, as letters had come in to this effect from various parts
of the country. The Honourable Gentleman then
read a number of letters. The first was from
Lord Duncannon, the son of ' the late Lord Lieu-
tenant, dated before his lamented father's death, and the
others were from Mr. Burt, of Manchester, from shareholders
in Glasgow, and from a number of shareholders holding 650,
500, 300, and from 100 to 200 shares. The directors had
therefore come to the resolution to recommend the share-
holders to.proceed with the Bill. Mr. Croskey, the Consul at
Southampton for the United States, stated in a letter, which
was read by the Chairman, that the American trade with
Southampton would shortly be materially increased, and
urging the shareholders to proceed. They were aware that
they had always considered it a desideratum to enter
into a friendly alliance with the South-Western
Company, they had entered into an arrangement with
that company, which he believed had received its common
seal, which would 'in all human probability secure to the
Manchester and Southampton upwards of twenty-five miles
of the line which they had proposed to construct—namely,
from Andover to Southampton (in connexion with the Dor-
chester, the Bishopstoke, and Basingstoke lines), which had
received the sanction of a Committee of the House of Com-
mons. The South-Western proposed this Bill with
the best faith—they were anxious to promote the object
which they had in view, but it was understood that it should
only be proceeded with in the event of the Manchester and
Southampton failing—(Hear)--and the whole line north of
Romsey would be held as joint property between the Man-
chester and Southampton, if it should go on, and
the London and South Western Company. They
had also made arrangements to run over a portion
of the Dorchester line at an equal mileage rate, and to have
the free use of the stations of the Company, and every other
accommodation which they could afford. These arrange-
ments, at least, found that the directors had not neglected
the interests of the shareholders, as that they had already
secured a portion of their line, which he trusted would ulti-
mately be carried out to its destination.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ROBBUT STHEPHENSOW, the engineer, stated that the
surveys of such an extensive line as the Manchester and
Southampton had been entrusted to a number of persons,
and that unless they all worked in unity and with ac-
curacy, the final plans stood a chance of being in-
correct ; this, he regretted to say, had been the
case in the present instance, as the assistants had not worked
in unison, and consequently mistakes had occurred, which
had caused the defeat of the Bill in the Standing
Orders Committee. It would be unnecessary for
him to enter into the details, as he feared that
he could not make them comprehensive to the meeting.
He would state, however, that he was a large shareholder,
and that he stidentertained the opinion that the line was as
legitimate a one as had ever been brought forward—!Loud
cheers)—because the country through which it passed
must have a railway.—(Bear, hear.) It must not
simply be regrrded as a local, but as a national line
having its termini in Southampton and in Lancashire—
(Cheers)—and any line achieving that in the best possible
manner, and economically, as this line would, must be sue-
cessful.—(Hear. ) With the view, therefore, of redeeming
what had taken place to the utmost of his power, he had pro-
posed to the directors to forego all engineering expenses for
the future survey of that line—(Loud cheers)—and also, at
his own cost, to reinstate the line in the position it should
have occupied this session, by carrying the Bill through the
standing orders next year, without any further expense.
The report was then received and adopted, and resolutions
were passed desiring the directors to proceed with the Bill
next session, but allowing any one to withdraw who might
think proper to do so; also thanking the directors for their
exertions during the past and present year.
In reply to questions, ,
The CHAIRMAN stated that a small additional deposit
would be necessary, but that it would not exceed ss. or 6s.
All the accounts had not been sent in, but those who
thought proper to withdraw could receive the amount to
which they were entitled as soon as possible, and
the remainder at no very distant day, he could not, however,
state the exact amount.

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 15.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Rubert
Madden, E.g., to be Colonial Secretary for the territory of
Western Australia.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 15.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—• Brevet Major Francis
Warde to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Arbuckle, retired on
full-pay; Second Captain John Henry Francklyn to be
Captain, vice Warde ; First Lieutenant Hugh Archibald
Beauchamp Campbell, to be Second Captain, vice
Francklyn ; Second Lieutenant, Charles Bunter, to
be First Lieutenant, vice H. A. B. Campbell, May 7;
Brevet Major William Bates Ingilby to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Freer, retired on full-pay ; Second Captain
Henry Thomas Fyers to be Captain, vice Ingilby ; First
Lieutenant Richard Bratton Adair to be Second Captain, vice
Fyers ; Second Lieutenant Robert John Hay to be First
Lieutenant, vice Adair, May 7.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

John Chettle, linendraper, Warminster, Wiltshire.
George Woolcott, jun., and Edward Woolcott, builders,
Doughty-street.

A vote of thanks having been passed' to the chairman and
directors, the meeting (which was the most numerous one we
ever attended) broke up.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Leaden New Price Current of May 18.)
SUGAR.—The home-trade were desirous to do business in
most sorts to-day, whilst some parcels were taken by the
brewers and distillers. On the part of exporters, however,
little desire was shown to operate. Importers of West India
Muscovade evinced firmness, and insisted upon prices equal
to those of Friday for all kinds, and at which a good business
was transacted.
REFINZD.—To-day refined goods were in excellent request
by the home trade, and prices ruled firm. Bonded Crushed
Sugar sells freely for exportation.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar did not meet
with much attention, and the parcels offered at public sale,
amounting to 4,175 bags and 76 casks, went at a fall on for-
mer rates of 6d. Madras met with little demand, and 3,031
bags were only in part sold.
MAumnvs.—This afternoon there was a good demand for
Mauritius Sugar for the use of refiners and grocers, whilst
the brewers and distillers were buyers to a fair extent. The
parcels offered at public sale amounting to 11,238 bags 500
casks were nearly all disposed of, but merchants were com-
pelled to submit to a reduction on the rates of Friday of ad
to is per cwt.
FOREIGN.—This afternoon at auction 416 hhds, 79 boxes,
11 trcs, 61 brls Cuba were offend, but a part only sold at
barely the former value.
COFFEE.—This afternoon the quantity of Ceylon Coffee
submitted to public competition amounted to 1,206 bags ; the
Plantation was only in limited demand, and prices declined 2s
erthreatedln"Og,
to 3s per cwt, but the Native was in excellent request, and
went at a rise on the rates of the last auction of is ad to 2s
per cwt ; the whole offered sold.
COCOA.—This afternoon West India was not much in re-
quest ; and 664 bags Trinidad at auction were only partly
sold, but full rates were insisted upon.
TEA.—To-day at public sale 620 pkgs Assom Tea were all
sold, and at prices above what the proprietors expected to
obtain ; Pekoe fetching is 10d to 3s I lid. Congou 94d to
Is aid. Souchong Is 2d to 2s Id, and a few chests of Im-
perial
attakenin,
rather
lower litß-tlieChlusrnes-
perial Hyson and Young Hyson Is llid to 3s 6d.
Indisi Rice. At public sale 2 414 bags of Manilla were sold,
d adyo there
ne was
in an land only
ofa limitedßice.
demand for East
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db. a gps
rßi
veantge al
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at re aced rates.
Y. at public sale 228 boxes tthheerseowunasd
of Pearl Sago sold

BANKRUPTS.
Edwin Wood, tobacconist, King William •street, City, May
27, at half past two, and June 25, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ;
Thorndike, Staple Inn, Holborn.
John Hitcbins, leather seller, Chichester-place, May 29, and
June 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official
assignee ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
John Simpson, common carrier, Cropwell Bishop, Notting-
hamshire, May 28, at eleven, and June 29, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Birchin-lane ; Farrar, Doctors'-commons.

John Marriott Blashfleld, Albien-wharf, Blackfriars,
cement manufacturer, June 3 and 29, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane,
Cornhill ; Ashurst and Son, Cheapside ; Vandercom, Cree
Law, and Co n, Bush-lane.
Thomas Wallis, woollen draper, Oxford-street, June 3 and
29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi-
cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole and Turner, Alder-
manbury.
Richard Wade, tailor, Cheapsicle, May 26, at eleven, and
June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee; Lindsay and Mason, Gresham-street.
Thomas Fitch, hop merchant, Duke-street, Tooley- street,
May 25, at half-past two, and June 29, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Oldershaw, Tokenhouse-yard.
John Dickinson, bookbinder, Manchester, June 2 and 23,
at one, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester; Cornthwaite and Adans, Old Jewr) -
chambers ; Pemberton, Liverpool.
George Purton, innkeeper, Longfleet, Poole, May 24, at
two, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Fox,
Finsbury-circus; Welch, Poole.
Joseph Pickett, cowkeeper and milkman, Everett-street,
Brunswick-square, Middlesex, May 29, at one, and July 9,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official as-
signee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Carpenter,
Staple-inn.
Frederick Berner, tea dealer Birkenhead, June 1 and 22, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as-
signee, Liverpool ; Sharpe and Co., solicitors, Bedford-row,
London, and Lowndes and Co., solicitors, Liverpool.
Robert Graham, lodging-housekeeper, Brunswick-house,
Clapham Common, Surrey, May 29 and July 9, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Turnley, Ludgate-street.
James Phillippo, horse dealer, Cross-street, Finsbury,
May 26 and June 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Taylor,
Pavement, Finsbury.
John Robinson, jun., manufacturing chemist, Fenchurch-
street, City, May 25, at two, and June 29, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury-circus.
William Harris, mineral agent, Aberystwith, June 1, at
twelve, and June 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Maples and Co., Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry ; Hassell, Bristol.
Charles Tabor and William Clarke, lace manufacturers,
Nottingham, June 11 and Tune 25, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ;
Wadsworth, Nottingham.
Joseph Mather, builder, Rock-ferry, Chester, May 25, and
June 25, at twelve, at the Chester District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Parker and Co., Gray's-inn,
London; Reade and Co., Birkenhead.
George Webster, nail and bolt maker, Staincross, York-
shire, June 1, and July 24, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Smith and Co.,
Bedford-low, London ; Tyas and Co., Yorkshire ; Blackburn,
Leeds.

William Wild and Robert Wild, bleachers, Gigg in Heap,
Lancashire, June 4, at one, and June 24, at twelve, at the
111ancliester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man-
chaster ; Clarke, Gray, an Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields;
Whitehead, Bury.
William Stanton, lace-maker, Lenton, Nottinghamshire,
June 4, and July 2, at ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Johnson and Co.,
Temple, London; Bowley, Nottingham.
Charles Vyse, straw-bonnet maker, Ludgate-hill, May 25,
r at one, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street;
Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple.
Abel Quarterman, breeches maker, Oxford, May 25, at
eleven, and June 29, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
John Berkley, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 8,
at twelve, and 30, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis-
trict Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-upon -Tyne ; Chisholme, Hall, and
Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

-
The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the wool-
sack at five o'clock.
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Messengers from the House of Commons brought up
several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table.
COUNTY BUILDINGS BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL.
On the motiln of the Earl of ST. GERMANS,
This Bill was read a second time.
FACTORY BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mac-
clesfield, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Also a peti-
tion from Inverness, against the Police Bill.
Also a petition from the Standing Committees of
the three denominations, the Presbyterians, the Inde-
pendents, and the Baptists of London, against the
Government scheme of education.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from the
printers of London, in favour of the Health of Towns
Bill, and made some observations with respect to the
exemption of the City from the operation of the Bill.
Lord CAMPBELL said that the tone of the Noble
Lord on this, and his tone on the other, side of Temple-
bar was very different.—(Laughter.) Ti ere was: some-
thing in the atmosphere of this House which induced
the Noble Lord to declaim with respect to the Corpo-
ration of London in terms of censure, and there was
something in the atmosphere of the other side of Temple-
bar to induce him to speak of them in the most eloquent
terms in their praise. —(Much langhter.)
Lord BROUGHAM said that of all the misrepre-
sentations ever uttered by the Noble Lord—(Laughter)
—of all the misstatements ever made even by him—
(Laughter)—this was without exception the farthest
removed from truth.—(Laughter.)
POOR REMOVAL BILL.
The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from

COCIIINEAT--This afternoon at public sale 100 bags of the poor-law guardians of Londonderry against the
Mexican Cochineal were all withdrawn, and 364 chests I_,,x Poor Removal Act fur -Ireland and Scotland. The
Dye were acarly all taken in at bd to lid for low to middling 4,41. end, its he thought
. .1•15 . _

arty 01 ii.e eight 11.::L'5 ill the Bid.
Earl FITZ\VILLIAM begged to give notice, that on
the third reading of the Poor Removal (Ireland) Bill,
he would move a clause to the effect, that this Bill should
be of a temporary character.
ARMY SERVICE BILL.

On the order of the day for passing into Committee,
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to move that
the Bill be committed this day 6 months. He expressed
his opinion on this Bill at a time when he moved fcr
certain information, but it so happened that he was
necessarily absent at the second reading. He was sur-
prised that on that occasian the Noble Earl should
have taken so much notice of his speec' , when
a speech much more able had been made
upon the subject by a Noble Lord on the same bench
with him. He (the Marquis of Londonderry) asked the
Noble Earl whether he could support all these changes
by the opinion of able officers in the army. He had
brought none of these forward. The great majority of
the army—nine-tenths of the officers—were opposed to
it. But the Noble Earl, far from answering the speech
of the Noble Earl, had employed his eloquence on more
popular subjects—the minor improvements that had been
effected in the army.