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London, England, 1847-07-19 00:00:00

LEITH HARBOUR.

Lord REDESD ALE moved for copies of the correspon-
dence which had taken place between the Commissioners
of this harbour and the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, in order that their Lordships might know
what sums of money had been advanced for this public
work. _

Lord CAMPBELL did not object to the return.
Lord REDESDALE said the Commissioners sought
enormous powers by the Bill. The cost of the work was
stated to be 35,0001., but they sought power to borrow
200,0001. As the Bill had been passed almost without
discussion in the other House, it was necessary that
their Lordships and the public should have the fullest
information on the subject.
The return was then agreed to.
COMMITTEE.
The following Bills were passed through Committee:
Canal Companies Bill.
Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill, No. 3.
Highway Rates Bill.
Militia Bill.
Copyright (Colonies) Bill.
Public Works and Drainage (Ireland) Bill.
London-bridge Approaches Fund Bill.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed:—
Post-office Bill.
Navigation (No. 2) Bill.
Recovery of Public Monies (Ireland) Bill.
Muscle Fisheries Bill.
COMMONS' AMENDMENTS.
The Commons' Amendments to the following Bills
were agreed to:—
Saint Aubyn's Estate Bill.
Tunstall Market Company Bill.
Sir Henry Willoughby Rouke's Estate Bill.
A considerable number of Bills were brought up from
the House of Commons by list, and not singly and with
grave and formal ceremony, as heretofore.
Their Lordships then adjourned at Half past Three.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 17.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AMEND.
MEN T BILL.

The House went into Committee on this Bill.
The clauses were read over and agreed to, and the re
port was ordered to be brought up on Monday next.
The House then resumed.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES (No. 2) BILL.

The Committee on this Bill was deterred till Monday,

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.

On the motion that this Bill be read a third time,

Lord G. BENTINCK moved that it be postponed
till Honourable and Learned Members who were not
present should be in the House to take part in the dis-
elusion.

Sir G. GREY acceded to the suggestion of the Noble
Lord, and postponed the Bill till Monday.

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
A message from the Lords brought up several Bills.
The House, at a Quarter past Three o'clock, adjourned
till Monday at Three o'clock.

IMPORTANT DECISION TO
OMNIBUS RIDERS.
On Saturday, at the Hammersmith Police-court, a
decision of considerable importance to the omnibus
riding public, was come to by Mr. W. Beadon, the sitting
magistrate. The question was mooted at the hearing of
a summons under the Metropolitan Carriage Act (6 and
7 Victoria, cap. 86), against Henry Tiley, a conductor in
the employ of the Hammersmith Conveyance Company,
for refusing to admit into his omnibus Mr. Robert
Cogan; for whom there was then room, and to whose
admission no reasonable objection was made.
Mr. Cogan stated that about eight o'clock on the
morning of the Bth inst., having occasion to go to town
on important business, he stopped the omnibus of which
the defendant was the conductor, at the Broadway, Ham-
mersmith, and on his attempting to get in the defendant
shut the door, saying he had other passengers to take
up, and would not let complainant into the omr.ibtis,
although there was room for four persons, if not for six.
The defendai.t, in answer to the charge, admitted hav
ing done so, and stated that his omnibus leaves Turn-
ham green IA a quarter to eight o'clock; that on starting
he has ;eleven inside and four outside passengers booked
daily, and therefore he had only two places for chance
passengers. On the day in question he had already
taken two chance passengers in at Black Lion-lane, and
therefore could not take in the complainant, the remain-
ing vacant places belonging to gentlemen whom he had
still to take up, and who paid for their places, whether
they went or not. To prove that fact he called
Mr. Cecil, of St. George's-terrace, Kensington, who
deposed that he had for the last three years paid for a
seat in the omnibus in question, whether he travelled
daily with it or not, and that if he was ill the next morn-
ing he should pay for his place. He also proved that to
his personal knowledge there were many gentlemen who
made a practice of doing the same.
Mr. Beadon said, the words of the Act of Parliament
) touching the question, were part of the 33d section, viz.,
who shall refuse to admit and carry, at the lawful fare,
any passenger, for whom there is room, and to whose
admission no reasonable objection is made."
Mr. Cogan contended that the objection meant by the
statute was a personal one, such as a drunken man or
other objectionable individual hailing an omnibus in its
progress along the road. His only object in taking out
the summons was the public benefit, in order that the
question at issue might be decidr d.
Mr. Beadon said it was for him to decide whether or
not the objection made by the defendant to the admission
of the complainant into his omnibus was a reasonable
objection within the meaning of the Act of Parliament.
• A public conveyance of the kind of which tht- defendant
was the conductor, was, in his opinion, of the nature of
a stage coach, and the rule laid down with stage coaches
was, that when a passenger paid his fare, or even a
deposit, the proprietors have the right to keep the place
open the whole of the way, or if they let it, to provide
some other conveyance for the passenger. He consi-
-1 dered, therefore, that an omnibus was a public convey-
ance for the benefit of the inhabitants along the road
which it travelled, and if any number of them contracted
to pay whether they went or not, the proprietors had the
right to keep the places for them. The statement of
that fact to a person wishing to enter as a passenger
was, therefore, a reasonable objection to their admission,
and consequently the summons must be dismissed.

WAKEFIELD CORN AERKET, JULY 16.—We have
moderate arrivals to this day's market. At prices
rather exceeding those obtainable last Friday, we have
a retail demand for wheat ; the fineness of the weather
preventing extensive operations. Little passing in
barley, and no change in value. Oats and shelling fully
as well sold. There is an improved demand for beans
at. 2s. to 3s. per quarter more money.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.—REJECTED ADDRESSES.—
Through the kindness of a " friend in court" we have
been favoured with copies of several applications for the
post of clerk of a relief committee, forwarded to the
Finance Committee in reply to the advertisement which
appeared in our last publication. We select one of these
applications for the edification of our readers. We
regret to learn that the candidate was " disapproved of"
on a division, by the Finance Committee.
" . Bavium non odit, amet tua Carmina, Itoevi."
Virg. Eel. lIL, 90.

Ego sum—l am
Parvus homo—A little man,
Aptus Vivere—Fit to live
In quod dabis—On what you'll give;
Per totum diem—And, the whole day,
Familiariter—" In the family way,"
Distribuere—Out to deal
Farinam Indicam—lndian meal,
Aut jus Soyerum—Or Soyer's soup,
Multo agmini—To many a troop
Mulierum et hominum—Of woman and man
Stanneo vase—With a tin can,
Hoc tibi mitto—l send this in,
(Ne pecatum—No murtherin' sin),
Nam locum quxro—For a place I seek,
Ut quaque hebomada—That every week
Fruar et potiar—We may " hob and nob"
Quindecim " Robertullis' —On Fifteen " Bob."
CAIUS JULIUS BATTUS, Philomoath
Ballinahown, V. Prid. Id. Maii, MDCCCXLVII.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF MONEYS.—Saturday's
Government Police Gazette contained information of the
following robberies:—On the 13th, from the Dolphin
public-house, Hungerford-market, the property of Mr.
Johnson, of Newbold, Yorkshire, 551. in Bank of Eng-
land notes. On the 6th, between the post-office at
Melton Mowbray and the one at Grantham, a parcel
tlaantd forMonaghan,112/. 10s.
Ireland
containing twenty-seven 5/. notes, of Messrs. Hardy's
bank,
uke of Rutland
Grantham, and a cheque on account of the
Ab,
• scoonndtehde
14th±ro
William R. m
the
public works
De Rimy, stealing 6004 in provincial bank-
notes, which he changed at Dublin for English bank-
notes and post bills; 504
reward
is offered for his appre-
hension