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INSOLVENT BILL.

The Hort. MEMBER also presented a petition from twc,
persons, who stated that they were interested in som 6
proceedings in the Court of Chancery of Irelan,
against the assignees of an insolvent debtor, which h ad
been pending for some years, and praying that the r ,ew
Insolvent Bill might not pass into a law, or it wi Jim
materially affect their rights.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Mr. HUTT presented a petition, signed by a 'lumber
of the colonists of South Australia, complain'tng that
the Government had alienated the " Royalti
.or," con.
nected with the colony. The Hon. Member, said that
the petition was one of considerable imp o,:tance, and
that it was a matter for regret that a petit: ova which had
come so many miles across the ocean sh',Tald attract no
mere attention than an ordinary petitiorj,.
The petition was then laid on the table.
CHINA.

Sir G. STAUNTON give no'iirce that, on the motion
for going into a Committer: o'i Supply on the China
estimates, he should call the, attention of the House
to the services of Mr. "i.tora at Ning-Po, and suggest
that some reward shoo!id be given to his family for the
services which he he'a rendered to his country.
PrJRTUGAL.
Mr. T. DUNCC;MBE presented a petition from
Aberdeen, pre.ying, the House to address her Majesty to
prevent any interference of this country in the affairs of
Portugal.
Mr. HUME presented a petition agreed on at a
public mee'dng at the institution in John-street to the
same effect, but stating further, that the Government
in 1132 had refused to aid the cause of the
I oppressed Poles, that they were ever ready to
aid " Kings;" that the Queen of Portugal bad forfeited
any right to the protection of the British from her un-
constitutional conduct, and that her Majesty ought to
dismiss her present advisers, who had induced her to
consent to the perpetration of so barbarous an act to-
wards the people of Portugal as the sending of a British
fleet amongst them.—(Laughter, and hear, hear.)
The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were
agree to:—Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration
near Iteedham); Great Southern and Western Railway
Extension (Portarlington to Tullamore); Dublin and
Arogheda (Branch from Navan to Dells); Glasgow,
Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway; Glasgow,
IBarrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow, Southern
Terminal Railways Amalgamation; Maeduff Harbour.
HYLTON'S ESTATE BILL.

Mr. GREENE moved that the examiners of petitions
should have leave to sit and proceed on Hylton's Estate
Bill on Tuesday, the 29th day of this instant June.
Motion agreed to.
MORTALITY ON BOARD EMIGRANT SHIPS.
Lord J. MANNERS wished to know whether the
Government were aware of the great mortality which
had taken place on board some of the emigrant ships
between Ireland and Canada?

Mr. HAVES was sorry to have to state that the
Government had received several communications from
the Governor and authorities of Canada, informing them
of the state of things; but every step had been taken by
the Government to mitigate as much as possible the dis-
tressing results of such a state of thing•.
BRITISH PRODUCE.

Mr. HASTIE moved, That there be annually laid
before this House, a return, made out in parallel columns,
showing the principal articles of British produce and
manufacture exported from the United Kingdom, with
the duties on such articles in the principal foreign
countries to which they are exported, expressed in foreign
monies, weights, and measures. Similar return, with the
into
English monies, weights, and measures converted
English ditto, that the differences in the duties on the
same articles in different countries may be exhibited at
a glance.—Motion agreed to.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
In answer to a question put by Mr. HUME,
Sir G. GREY said that a Bill was prepared on this
subject by the Lord Chancellor, and would he thought
be brought down to this House in a few days.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAWS.
In answer to a question put by Mr. HUME,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was the in-
tention of the Government to proceed as quickly as pos-
sible with the bill introduced in the other House, on the
subject of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Laws, and the
proposed alteration in the Court of Review.
MEDICAL OFFICERS OF UNIONS.
Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would to-morrow
put a question to the Government with respect to a
statement made by the Hon. and Learned Member for
Bath, with respect to the allowances made to medical
union officers by the Poor-law Commissioners.

NAVIGATION LAWS.
In answer to a question of Lord G. BENTINCK
relative to certain returns laid before the House,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he had no opportunity of testing the accuracy of
the returns, because no notice had been given of the
question, and he could not, therefore, speak with that
confidence which he would otherwise have been able to
do. He had ordered the returns of corn imported since
the suspension of the navigation laws, and the Customs
had furnished them. He would again apply to the
Customs to-morrow to ascertain if the returns were cor-
rect, and report their answer to the Noble Lord.

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BOARD OF TRADE.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to put a question to
the Noble Lord at the head of the Government—Was it
his intention, if Mr. M`Gregor were returned far
Glasgow, to continue him in the office of Secretary of
the Board of Trade?

Lord J. RUSSELL said that Mr. M'Gregor, in noti-
fying his intention to stand for Glasgow, had stated to
to him that, in the event of his being returned as a
Member, it was his intention to resign the situation
which he then held.

RAILWAYS (IRELAND, No. 2) BILL.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the order of the day
for the second reading of the above Bill.
Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII would ask, whether
it was just to risk the increase of taxation, in order to
give Irish railways an opportunity of borrowing money
at 31 instead of 6or 7 per cent. It was said that rail-
ways would be a good 'thing for Ireland, so they
would be, but why should loans of money be
granted to Ireland if not to England also.
After the signal defeat which the measure had sustained
on a previous occasion, who would have thought that
such a measure as the present would have been pro-
posed by her Majesty's Government. The present popu-
lation of this country were suffering from the effect of the
measures which had been passed to avert famine in Ireland.
and was it fair, was it just to lay an additional burden
upon the people for the construction of railways in Ire-
land? It assistance were to be granted to Irish railway
companies, why was it not to be granted to the
distressed artisans and manufacturers of this
country. The master manufacturers were fully
prepared to offer more valuable security for such ad-
vances than any Irish Railway Company could propose,
and they could also employ a considerably larger amount
of labour. But it might be said that there were some
special reasons for proposing this grant. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer had said that he should not re•
quire the whole of the 8,000,000/. which he had
borrowed for the purpose P3r which it was obtained, and
therefore he appeared I think it his duty to spend the
money in some way, good, bad, or indifferent. It would
be better to let tte 620,0001. of surplus loan find its way
into the PP,ekets of the English people, leaving
it to to tuctify there rather than squander and waste
it uPo-a Irish railway companies, thereby doing no good
to .any person or company whatever. Entertaining these
opinions, he felt it to be his duty to move that this Bill
be read a second time that day six months.
Mr. 'WILLIAMS thought that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had done sufficient mischief already during
the nine months he had been in office without
incurring fresh risks and courting fresh dangers.
He had already reduced the balances in the Exchequer
from the sum of 9,000,0001. to 5,450,00/., and had added
8,000,0001. to the national debt of this country. The
railways which it was proposed to assist had not made
out a ease to warrant such assistance being rendered to
them. The state of the money market was not such as to
afford the expenditure of so large a sum of money
as was proposed by this Bill. The Bank of England
and the commerce of this country was just emerging
from a most dangerous crisis, and this measure would
only hare the effect of bringing about the same disas-
trous state of things ; and why was all this danger to be
run for the sake of assisting or speculating in some Irish
railways ? Believing the measure to be wrong in prin-
ciple and injurious, he should give it all the opposition
in his power.
Lord J. RUSSELL had More stated that the pro.
posed measure was not at variance with the course
usually adopted by the Government. The Government
had felt it their duty to oppose the plan of the Noble
Lord opposite on two grounds, one of which was,
that there was before the House the prospect
of an immense expenditure for Ireland, and
the Government thought it unwise at that time to pledge
He thought tt
House to the expenditure of 16,000,0001. of money.
Another reason was that the measure would not have
afforded the requisite relief for the people of Ireland.
calculated tol, and still did, that railways were lot
affordhad, such
v e reliefr was then required.. The
Government
and other public
the house u
works, , admitted that railways
g epuotrs t aunsceed. b There was
in, were the legitimate
objects of public
nothing either in the ar
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was to preclude the House for ever from
ac-
tionvances
invariablytoany
application The of- large sums of
public money tßheailway;
to the promotion of public works; the Bill
before the House was therefore in perfect aecordancevvith
the practice of the House, and it was needless for him
to enter into any arguments in order to show that this
was not an exception to the ordinary rule. Looking at
the course of Legislation of Ireland for the past century

it would be found to be one calculated to degrade
and b depress the people, and, as in the present
case, thrown into a state of misery and starva-
tion in consequence of the failure of a single crop.
It was idle to say, leave the Irish people to themselves ;
the English people have done well, let the Irish do the
same. That was an unfair argument ; there was no
doubt that if the government of the two countries had
been cc ducted on the same footing and in the same
spirit, the Irish poeple would have been enabled
to eqa'al England in its prosperity.—(Hear, hear.)
(LET!, SPEARING.)

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, JUNE 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 suite;
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. I'. 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 o
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 Bishops
of Lincoln and Ely are also expected.

- THE CHURCH.
The following preferments and appointments hare re•
cently taken place:—

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.

The Rev. Septimus Henry Lee Warner, B.A. (1843),
to the vicarage of St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury.
The Rev. W. C. Fearon, M.A. (B.A. 1834), to the
vicarage of Hunstanton, Norfolk. Patron the Bishop
of Ely.
The Rev. Richard Allen, B.A. (1845), to the Gray's
Inn-road district of St. Pancras. Patron, Rev. T. Dale.
The Rev. E. Gretton, B.D. (B.A. 1826), to the rec-
tory of St. Mary, Stamford. Patron, Marquis of
Exeter.

TRINITY COLLEGE.

The Queen has appointed the Rev. A. F. Phipps
(Hon. A.M. 1831) to be Chaplain in ordinary to her
Majesty.
The Rev. James Bedingfield, B.A. (1831), to be Do-
mestic Chaplain to Lord Henniker.
The Rev. George Curteis Luxford, M.A. (B.A. 1834),
to the rectory of Middleton, Sussex. Patron, the Lord
Chancellor.