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STANDING ORDERS.

Mr. GREENE moved, that the standing orders N 05.121 and
122, requiring amendments proposed on the report on third
reading of a Bill to be referred to the Select Committee on
Standing Orders, be to the end of the present session sus-
pended.
After a few words from Sir George Clerk, Mr. Baring, and
Mr. Estcourt, the motion was agreed to.
Mr. GREENE moved that no amendment on the third
reading of any private Bill shall be received by the House
unless notice be given of the same at the Private Bill office
on the day before.—Agreed to.
SCOTTISH SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Mr. GREENE successively moved that the order (Bth of
April) reterringthe Scottish Southern Railway Bill to the
Committee of Selection be read—that the order be discharged
—and that the Bill be withdrawn.—Agreed to.
SLIGO AND SHANNON RAILWAY BILL.

Mr. GREENE moved that the Sligo and Shannon Rail-
way Bill, and the Australian Agricultural Company Bill, may
be read a second time, upon the breviate being laid upon the
table on Thursday.—Agreed to.
SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND SOUTH

STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.
Mr. GREENE moved that the Shrewsbury, Wolverham-
ton, and South Staffordshire Railway Bill be read the third
time.—Agreed to.

•SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.
Mr. GREENE moved that the South Staffordshire Rail-
way Bill report be considered this day.—Agreed to.
SALTHOUSE EMBANKMENT BILL.

Mr. TALBOT CLIFTON moved that the Salthouse Em-
bankment Bill be referred to Mr. Greene and the Members
appointed to prepare and bring in the same.—Agreed to.
LLYNVI VALLEY AND SOIIIH WALES JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

Dr. BOWRING moved that, in the case of the Llynvi
Valley and South Wales Junction Railway Bill, the standing
order, No. 121, be suspended, and that the following amend-
ment be made on the third rea,ing:—Press 2, line 29, after
"esquire," leave out "Francis Carnac Brown. Esq." Press
5, line ult., after "Esquire," leave out "Francis Carnac
Brown, Esq."
BRISTOL, BIRMINGHAM,- AND MIDLAND RAILWAY
Mr. R. HODGSON moved the suspension of standing.
orders 121 and 122, with reference to the BristA and
Birmingham and Midland Railways Bill.—Motion agreed to.
Mr. HODGSON then moved the insertion of a clause in
the BBL—Motion agreed to. Bill read a third time.
RUGBY, LEAMINGTON AND WARWICK RAILWAY.

R. HODGSON moved that the standing orders 124
and 142 be suspended, with reference to the Rugby, Lea-
mington and Warwick Railway Bill, and the London and
Birmingham (Birmingham Extension) Bill.—Agreed to.
Mr. HODGSON then moved that the Bill be read a third
time this day.
Mr. GREENE supported the motion.
Motion agreed to. Bill read a third time.
ARGYLL CANAL BILL.
_

Mr. LOCKHART moved, on third reading of the Argyll
Canal Bill, the following amendments, and that the Standing
order, No. 121, be suspended as respects the same :
Press 6, lines 3 and 4, leave out " Sir James Campbell,
Knight."
Press 6, lines 10 and 11, leave out. " Alexander Downie,
of Crossbasket," and insert "James M'lnness, David M'Ken-
zie, junior."
Motion agreed to. and Bill read a third time.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
Mr. LOCKHART, on bringing up the report from the
Committee on Standing Order-, moved, that the Caledonian
Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Purchase) Bill
be read the third time, with the amendments. •
Maim', agreed to; Bill read a third time accordingly.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY EXTENSION.

Mr. BROTHEItTON moved, on the third reading of the
Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions Bill, that the
standing order, No. 121, be suspended, for the purpose of
inserting the following amendment and clause :—Clause 33,
in the sixth line from the end of the clause, after " shall
and may," insert " subject as after mentioned." "And be
it enacted, That, from and after such union or amalga-
Lion shall take place, the same tolls, rates, and
charges, and no other, authorised by this Act, and
the provisions herein contained in reference thereto, for the
use of the railway, and for the passage and conveyance
thereon of passengers, cattle, animals, carriages, goods, wares,
merchandise, articles, matters, and things respectively, shall
be applicable to, and be calculated, charged, and imposed
in respect to the use of the Preston and Wyre Railway, and
the conveyance thereon of passengers, cattle, animals, 1'
carriages, goods, wares, merchandise, articles, matters,
and things respectively ; and in estimating the tolls,
rates, and charges to be taken for short distances and
fractional parts of a mile, the same shall, with reference to
passengers, cattle, articles, matters, and things, conveyed by
the Company, as well upon the North Union Railway, if then
leased to or purchased by the Company, as upon the Preston
and Wire Railway, be calculated and impost d in such man-
ner as if the said last named two railways formed one litre of
railway. Provided also, that from and after such union or
amalgamation as aforesaid the Company shall and are hereby
required to provide locomotive power on the said Preston and '
Wyre Railway, in such and the like manner as they are
hereby required to provide the same upon the railway hereby
authorised."
Motion agreed to; Bill read a third time.
TEMPLE MORE AND NENAGH. RAILWAY.
Mr. W. COLLETT moved the third reading of the Tem-
plemore and Nenagh Railway.
Motion agreed to, Bill read a third time.
STANDING ORDERS.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Standing
Orders' Committee.
Mr. T. DUTIINCEODMULKE 'ni)ovFedß,RtUhNatBNthrleCpKetition of his
Sovereign Highness the Duke of Brunswick be printed with
the votes.
Mr. HENLEY wished the Hon. Member for Finsbury to
postpone the motion till some ofher Majesty's Micisters had
taken their seats in the House.
Mr. T. DUNCOPIBE submitted that his motion was not a

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question for the Ministers at all; he claimed as a-right, ort
the presentation of a petition, to have it printed. It was a
question of practice and form of the House. Ministers had
nothing whatever to do with the qt,,stion. He did not pro-7
pose to go at all into the merits oc the subject. Such
a course would be highly improper t. the absence of
Ministers; he would, therefore, insist upon tt.A. petition being
printed, and was quite content to leave the h.qter in the
hands of the Speaker.
The SPEAKER having intimated that the course which
the Hon. Member proposed to adopt was perfectly in ord,r,
Mr. HENLEY then moved that if the petition be printect
it should be printed for the use of lion. Members only, as it
contained set ions charges against the personal character of
persons very high in station.
The amendment was then agreed to.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY (RIMING-

HAM EXTENSION). -
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
BATTERSEA PARK APPLICATION OF MONEY BILL.
On the question being put that the report on this Bill be
brought up,
Mr. BROTHERTON said he was not opposed to Bills of
this descrivtion, but he thought it rather unjust that -they
shouhl be confined to the metropolis.
Mr. f:',POONER entirely coincided in the observation of the
lion. ;.,iember for Salford, and thought there were mat!),
large manufacturing towns which stood quite as much la
need of these parks as the metropolis.—( Hear.)
The report was then brought up and agreed to.
BATTERSEA PARK BILL.
This Bill went through Committee, an.l the whole of the
clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed, and the
Chairman reported accordingly.—Report on Monday.
CHELSEA •BRIDGE AND THAMES EMBANKMENT.
This Bill was read a third time and passed. -
BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLANDS

RAILWAY.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
The Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat'
bridge Railway Branches) Bill was read a third time, and
passed.
WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY (No. 2).

This Bill was read a third time, and passed. -
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
On the motion of Mr. PARKER, it was agreed that the
House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL.
Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition, very numerously
and respectably signed, from parties professing the Roma,
Catholic religion in Bolton, in favour of the Roman Catholic
Relief Lill.
The remaining orders were then disposed of, and the House
adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room B.
CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AN,

BEANcums).
Their Lordships met at the usual hour in the above rooms
Lord Bathurst taking the chair as usual. The cases for 00
petitioners were proceeded with.
Several witnesses were called and gave evidence in care
boration of that heard yesterday.

Room D.
PORTIVITRY PIER AND RAILWAY (No. 2).
The Committee m, t this morning at eleven, in Roorn , ;
(New Houses of Parliament), and proceeded with the Os"
on the part of the opponents against the Bill.
Several counsel having spoken on behalf of the petitioners'
The Committee ordered the room to be cleared. that
our re-admission, they announced their decision
the preamble was proved.
After reading over the clauses,
Their Lordships rose shortly after one o'clock.

THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—A public meeting was held at
the Cotton Sales-room, in the Exchange-buildings, to-dal
for the purpose of raising funds to present Mr. Richaf;
Cobden, M.P., with a suitable testimonial for his untio;
and successful exertions in the free-trade cause. The Mee,
ing was convened by circular, signed by thirty-five oft_:,.
wealthiest and most respectable mercantile firms in the to
will be seen by the following list :—Brown, Shipley, '7* .
Co.; James elellor ; Mather and Co.; Robert Mather; Je,:t.„o9
Sons, and Co.; John D. Thornely ; John Finch, jun.; Je"ige ,
Mullineux •, Hughes and Ronald; Henry Romiily; Gee,ll, .
Holt; A. Denistoun and Co.; James Ryder; James P'rige
Son, and Co.; Duncan M‘Vicar; Thomas Bolton • Ge° tee
Maxwell ; Ridvard and Leicester; Thomas and John'Broc.
bank ; Samuel Blackburn and Co.; James Crossfield,
Joseph C. Ewart ; Lawrence Heyworth ; James'jtyley ; toe
lins and Son ; Charles Holland ; Charles Robertson; W"`
Blain ; James Harvey ; Grote, Tomkinson, and Co.;
Cooke ; Tenrauts, Clow, and Co.; Thomas Hibbert,._,,a
ham Stewart ; and Richard Johnson. Representatives 1_1;0,,
all thee houses, and a great many ce hers, were present /11_,..
meeting to-day, and very great enthusiasmwas evleie,
Suortly after one o'clock, upon the motion of Mr. Josef
Swart, the chair was taken by Mr. William Brown, ei-of
firm of Brown, Shipley, and Co., American merchants,
future Member for Smith Lancashire.
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by passing 1,4 06
eulogium upon Mr. Cobden for his eminent services
cause of free trade, and said that some great national -1' bse
monial ought to be presented to him for those serviceslstiot
cause, had it not been for the untiring industry and P_oer
exertions of that gentleman, the desired object would
have been achieved. He called upon every gentler/104e 0
wished well to his country, and who desired to prol?`l,o9
prosperous home and lot eign trade, to come forward lib cop
and give honour where honour was due, remarking, .1, the
th
elusion, that Mr. Cobden's pecuniary sacrifices, dun:T.oly
several years he had been agitating and discussing
tion, could not have been far under 50,0001.
Mr. RAWLINS, the secretary of the meeting, here reaclotb;
address trom the Mayor of Manchester to the people TO
land, calling upon them to subscribe to the testirnonie"
address has already been published. eed
Mr. T. THORNELY, M.P. for Wolverhampton, Pr°P°
following resolution : •oo that
" That this meetin fully concurring in the oPti• con'
the eminent services; f Richard Cobden, Esq., 31
a`"„atioe!
nexion with the cause of free trade, entitle him to :.f thy
gratitude, hereby pledges itself to the earnest supper'
national testimonal which has been already common sett'
a fitting tribute to the untiring energy, the unhesitatoTistise
sacrifice, and the unrivalled wisdom with which that:o. is
guished man has condacted the struggle for con:Mier' O.
dependence." •rito
In moving this resolution, Mr. Thornely entered I.to erf
history of the various efforts which had been made otlf
taaniir,tuaal motions
nosfstuhbemucortne-dlatows.
the
}Hioeuasleluodf ecdopmnaartoicnuslbaryl bi ode
league, ooter,
league, Mr. Villiers, ever since the year 1835. At that t"- oe
he said, it was often a difficult matter to make a K°-the
some occasions; Hon. Members had to be induced to leal'otg I
library in order to listen to a debate on the corn-laws 5,d oe,
make a House—so uninviting was the subject, s-100;
miserable the hope of its ever being brought to a trial
issue. But, now that free-trade measures are aelopte2
the credit of their adoption is due, and justly due, °GO
Cobden and the excellent men who acted in con the
with that gentleman.—(Applause.) He then referred tsar'
distress in Ireland, and the manifesto from Lord. Jobsoisr
sell before the opening of the present session, and Vela PI
Sir Robert Peel for his policy in having sent to Anteri.o6o,
supplies of Indian corn and corn-meal, in order to IN„ciol•
the potato-holders in Ireland from charging exorbitan,t
during the period of the famine. He thought, that I,rla'fitlO
ing a well• merited compliment to Mr. Cobden for P,,",licee,
repealed the corn-laws, they ought not to forget the sChe
rendered by Lord J. Russell, who, by his influence 'sq" f tb
Peers at Lansdownellouse, had made the passage of
free-trade measure through the Upper House comps°
easy.—(Applause.) 041/1
Mr. J. C. EWART seconded the resolution
Mr. Thornely, which was put and carried nem. con. ica
Upon the motion of Mr. George Maxwell, seCono_A
Mr. Mather, an influential committee was appoiln'iele
carry out the object in view ; after which the following4tle
scriptions to the testimonial were handed in by the g`
men present :
'Pennants, Clow, and Co X2°°
204
Mr. J. C. Ewart
Mr. G. Maxwell
50
Mr. W. Stewart
Mr. J. D. Thornely
Mr. William Jackson
Mr. William Mellor
Mr. R E. Harvey lo°
Mr. James Stitt - 10°
Mr. James Crossfirld, jun - 50
Mr. James Tiolam ..
•• ••• 0
Mr. William Cressfield
Mr. It Johnson 25
50
Mr. T. Pennington ......... 50
Messrs. R. Sheil and Co.
Messrs. Hughes and Ronald o°
Mr. James Rider
001 •
Mr. J. H. Rigby
Mee, King, and Co.
Rawlings and Son •• .........
besides a great number of lesser sums. clieT
Mr. Brown, at this period, was obliged to vacate t.pb;of,,ls
in order to proceed to Manchester, to address a ntelgi, at
election committee, at the Albion Hotel in that te”
o'clock this afternoon.
The second chair was taken by Mr. Thornely, MY' to ilotr'
Mr. RATHBONE moved the thanks of the meeting
.„,1
Brown, fur taking the chair on the present occasion, ;04
his advocacy of the principles of tree trade.
Mr. Ceow seconded the motion, which was put and GS
toifllitnheeuxteastitidmolVnlria.
testimonial
wart
and
wmerr.e
lavPrgtlitro;
by acclamation.
joint-treasurersesi‘
Ai r jal'
bone was elected chairman of the committee.
Mr. Rawlins was appointed secretary; and the 00°
the meeting were given to Mr. Thornely, M.P.
subscriptions at the close of the Meeting am-- vr,,
2,1T50he1., oarf,
which, added to the Liverpool subscriptions Pnrileltfe':',
handed in and sent to Manchester, make the total tcii,
Liverpool subscriptions alone to amount to the 1i513
sum of 5,250/.

THE IRON TRADE. 006:0
BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.—The usual quartelhro Se
of the iron and coal masters of Staffordshire and
was held in the Waterloo-rooms of this town to-doqu'orr:e
attendance was numerous. Subsequently to the last 4efo;i4
day, there was an inclination, amongst the second-roOA,
ters, to reduce the price, and in many instances, needi.i,
did not sell at rates below those agreed upon in AP:o
day, however, the prices of last quarter-day were I :dr
ported, bar iron went at about 10/. ; hoop, 101. 10s.; 0.
fetched from 51. 10s. to 41. 15s. i 4 e°Tbe
The anticipatory statements which have appeared
.... of
of the London papers, are, in some respects, fallaelo'i-0 let
demand for iron for railway purposes is not so gresore,
been represented. The only orders reported to-day,
the North Staffordshire Railway Company, distr
eio3oo,
follows :—The Chillington works 10,000 tons; gn.
to
nail's, of West Bromwich, 10,000 tons; and Messrtfee
ter and Co., of Stourbridge, 10,000; making an SE F 4$
30,000 tons. Alto,
This demand, although considerable, is not of theol,o,
likely to create any material alteration of price in thepot PO3
The attempt made to change the quarter-day has ntlff,
duced the effect intended. Accountswere paid prollar
the settlement passed off very satisfactorily.
,ssTif
PiODI
DIVORCE OF THE PRINCE REGENT OF _ .- tie
The Weser Gazette says that the divorce of L.. 06°00
Regent of Denmark has been decided on, and tbatig
tions have been commenced for a marriage with them joil
of the Landgrave of Hesse. t Kft):
DEVONPORT, THURSDAY.—Up to the pre—ontba-,00
Sir George Grey remains the only candidate, Id Ott."
general opinion now is, that he will be return a„.,00'"
opposition. The nomination will take place " 40
(Friday).
at The vessel Numa, which has arrived •y 0 th_t
Liverpool, from the Island of Sunda, has brouga-li
other 0
of timber, 70 wainzcoat logs, 70J spars, as tbg
goods, saved from the ship Amazon, wreck&
mentioned,