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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, July 10.
~.„ Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
*** Messengers from the Commons brought up a large number
of railway and other Bills, which were severally read a first
time.
The Duke of RICHMOND etition frombthe 1
presented a p
scripholders of the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway
against the further progress of the Bill.
Lord DENMAN presented a petition from a place in the
county of Down, praying for the abolition of capital punish-
ments.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY
The Earl of CLARENDON laid upon the table of the
House a minute of the Board of Trade on the subject of this
Bill, and moved that it be printed, and referred to the Com•
mittee on the Bill.
• • ' is were then advanced a stage, and the House
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itit; t '• AY COMMITTEES
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(YETERDAY ).
HOUSE OF LORDS.

Room B.
OAT.RDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND
BRAN CBES).
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. John Miller, engineer of the Great North British
Railway, in his evidence said that the ground at Shiels•
bridge was already pre-occupied by the General Terminus
Company, whose Bill had been granted, so that the arrange-
ment come to by the Caledonian Company before the Com-
mons' Committee, to carry back their junction with the
Ayr Railway to near that bridge, could not be constructed
without- diverting the Paisley canal beyond the limit
of the deviations which this Bill gives them power
to do. That, assuming the Caledonian got this
proposed terminus in the City, their mode of carrying
along the through traffic would necessitate a break of the
train; that part of it might be carried along Bridge-street
by another engine, or they must give up the Bridge-street
branch altogether. Mr. M. considered that the whole
scheme was such as the engineer would not now, under the
altered circuinstances, propose to lay down.
Cross-examined by Mr. HOPE—There were altogetherlos
feat within the limit of deviation and the canal, and four sets
'of rails could be laid down in 53 feet ; but not so if these
sets of rails belonged to different lines, and much less if they
were on different levels, as was the case here, for the canal,
the Caledonian, the General Terminus, and the joint line,
would give four different levels.
Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C., produced three letters of the 6th, Bth,
and 28th of May last, to Lord Worsley, Chairman of the
Commons Committee from the Admiralty, the last of which
was accompanied with a report from Captains Bethune and
Denison, unfavourable to any crossing of the river Clyde, as
proposed by the Caledonian Company, south of the Stockwell-
bridge. The Admiralty agreed in this report, but their
letter of the 28th of May reached the Chairman of the Com-
mons Committee a day after the preamble of the Bill for the
Caledonian liine was passed.
Lord Belhaven having been called, said he was well ac-
quainted with Glasgow and the lines south and north of the
Clyde. He considered it very important that a junction be-
tween these should be effected, which would necessitate a
crossing of the river, but he thought one crossing, and one
only, should be allowed.
Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., proposed to call Mr. Walker, with a
view to lay before the Committee a full statement of all the
circumstances under which the report from the Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty had been drawn up, which, he ex-
pected to show, was not a final decision.
Mr. ANsauvis objected to Mr. Walker being allowed to
give evidence, as the case for the promoters was closed.
The room was ordered to be cleared. Parties, on being
re-admitted, were told that the Committee would call Mr.
Walker.
Mr. Walker, examined by the CHAIRMAN, said he had
been sent down by the Admiralty to examine this very cross-
ing, and he made his report on the 12th of March. He
understood that another company was to cross at the same
place. He believed that Captains Bethune and Denison
were sent down about the formation of the docks near
Glasgow. He said he had stated in his report
to the Admiralty that if a great public good were to be
gained, the obstruction would be very small to the river.
The Committee refused to hear Mr. Walker's report, the one
on their Lordships' table being later. He said he was con-
sulting engineer to the Clyde trustees.
Mr. ANDItzWs then addressed the Committee against
the Bill, on the part of the Glasgow and Ayr Rail-
way, the city of Glasgow, and the town of Gorbals,
and individual proprietors, contending that the approach
to Glasgow, and through it, should be confined to one great
general scheme, which would effect a junction with the lines
north and south of the Clyde without exposing the city
and private property to be cut up by rival and independent
companies. 31r. Andrews, in commenting on the evi-
dence, cautioned their Lordships as to the testimony given
by Mr. Walker, who admitted that he was consulting en-
gineer to the Clyde trustees, the Chairman of which was
called to give evidence in favour of the Caledonian line.
Mr. MOXTAGUE Small addressed the Committee on be-
half of the heritors of Gorbals against the Bill, and called
witnesses to show that damage would be sustained by the
Gorbals parish church, situated within 30 feet of the -Cale-
conian proposed line, at the corner of Carlton-terrace and
Buchan-street.
The Committee then adjourned till eleven to-morrow.

ROOM :C.
The Chairman (the Earl of Radnor) and the other mem-
bers of the Committee assembled in this room to-day.
MANCfI $T 7t, SIIMINVIELD, AND MID-
LANDS JUNCTION.

The evidence in support of this Bill was resumed.
Mr. Henry Rangeley was examined, and stated that he
was an extensive coal-owner, and observed that coal could
be sent to Sheffield at a very low rate.
Mr. 'lmams, who appeared for the landowners' opposition,
here took an objection to the Bill in toto, on the ground that
when considered in the Committee of the house of Commons,
it had a Bakewell branch, and that it was on the express un-
derstanding of the convenience to be afforded by that branch
that the Commons' Committee had passed the project.
At this point the room was cleared, after a reply from Mr.
Talbot, and on the re-admission of parties,
The CHAIRMAN declared that the objection could not be
entertained.
Mr. Butcher, Master of the Cutlers' Company at Sheffield,
and his brother, the present Mayor, testified to the general
advantages of the railway.
Mr. Nall, a dealer in cattle at Chesterfield, stated that his
purchases and sales of sheep amounted to between 300 and
400 sheep a week, but his dealings in beasts were small. The
cost of conveyance to Manchester was 15s. a ton, the distance
being 42 miles.
Mr. Burkitt, a brown pottery manufacturer and a maltser
at Chesterfield, stated that the quantity of goods sent to
Manchester from his neighbourhood was 2,420 tons of
earthenware, besides molt. His own produce was about 720
tons. If this railway were made, the cost would not be more
than ss.
Mr. Hervey, a magistrate of Holmfirth, near Leeds, stated
that the population of the township was about 16,412, and of
the district 26,344. The witness stated the quantity of
wool brought to the township, and that as many as 80,000
pieces of cloth were manufactured within the precincts. The
district around Holmfirth is chiefly peat, and would be much
benefited by the introduction of lime.
To Mr. CALVERT'S cross-examination, the witness replied
that the limestone chiefly used was the Crick and the Bake-
well lime, which would come by the proposed line. The
manufactured pieces were in the first place sent in the rough
state to Huddersfield, where they were dressed and made
ready for " daylight." At present they obtained their soap
and oil from Liverpool and London, and one of the great
objects of the people of Holmfirth was to get as short a corn
raunication with London as possible.
To Mr. Hops the witness replied that the inhabitants in
his district were anxious to obtain the mountain limestone,
in preference to all other kinds.
Mr. TALBOT on re-examination, ascertained that the chief
object was to get the nearest route to London, and that the
line from Chesterfield to Sheffield was much desired by them.
Mr. Tomlinson, wood steward to the Duke of Rutland on
his Derbyshire estates, stated that he had heard of the aban-
donment of the Bakewell branch some time since. The pro-
perty lies chiefly in and near Bakewell, within the neigh -
bourhood of the line. The quantity of timber annually sent
to Sheffield was about 12,000 feet, exclusive of underwood,
for which this railway would afford great facilities.
On cross-examination, the witness stated that the quantity
he bad named was wood from the Barlow property, and did
not at all include the Bakewell estate.
Mr. Mills, agent of Mr. Arkwright, of Sutton, and also occa-
sionally engaged by the Dukes of Rutland and Devonshire,
stated that he knew Brierly Wood very well. It is the pro-
perty of the last-named nobleman, and that there was an
annual fall of copse wood and timber to the extent of from
fifteen to twenty acres. The formation of the Sheffield and
Chesterfield line would materially improve the value of his
Grace's property, and would give great facilities
to the trade of Sheffield. The road at present
is hilly and heavy, and Ile believed that although there
was A-probability of advantage by the Sheffiield and Lincoln-
shire line, and there were already advantages existing by
the Rotherham and Sheffield Railway, yet that, in his mind,
in no way obviated the necessity for the formation of this
line.
To Mr. CALVERT'S cross-examination the witness replied
that he did not conceive a tramway to be of any use what-
ever, and he thought that the formation of needless railways,
or, at least, of those not imperatively required, would be a
waste of public property.
To Mr. Paoxr, the witness replied that the Bierly woods
are directly south of Hunstone, and was aware that there was
a group of railways already in existence, but they would not
serve the purpose of transporting this timber.
To Mr. TALecres re-examination—The witness replied that
be considered the formation of this line of the utmost import-
ance in every point of view.
The Committee here adjourned till to-morrow.

SE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVII.
11MANCIIIESTRIL AND EIOUTICASTIPTON.
The Committee were occupied the whole of the day with
clauses of interest only to the pailies.
A number of clauses were prOposed on the part of the
South Western by Mr. Hope and Mr. Bircham, the solicitor
for the South Western, but as many of them proposed to
give arbitrary powers to that Company over the Manchester
and Southampton, they were materially modified by the
Committee.
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Mr. Edwin James, and Mr.
Cripps, appeared on behalf of the Manchester and South-
ampton Company.
The remaiMer of the clauses, with various alterations,
•
baying bit& completed,
Mr.44igeant Waa:jditAV applied: oinjitee to in-
sert a recommendationln their re. e use, to the
effect that as the progress of the *.l greatly de-
layed, from its introduction into Parlfam early in the ses-
sion to its coming before the Committee, was desirable that
it should receive the sanction of th Legislature this session,
and that it should be remitted to the House of Lords with-
out unnecessary delay.
The CFI/411MAX said, the Committee in their report would
simply state the facts, which would no doubt meet the views
of the promoters.
The Committee then separated. Their decision will be
',ported to the House on Tuesday.

HO'

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour, Lord Shaftesbury
in the chair, and present Lords Redesdale and Hawarden.
ISHREWSBURY, OSWESTRy, AND CHESTER JUNC-
TION (CRICKHEATH AND WENN LINES).
SHREWSBURY, OSWESTRY4 AND CHESTER JCNC-
TION (EXTENSION AND BRANC/J_ES).
The standing orders were complied with.' .
EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.
Standing orders complied with.
LONDON, SALISBURY, AND
.YEOVIL JUNCTION.
A similar docision was made in this case.

LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN (BASINGSTOKE
AND SALISBURY EXTENSION).
In this case also the standing orders were complied. with.
LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTiIt (DEVIA-
TION AND BRANCHES).
This Bill was also the subject of a favourable decision.
NORTH WALES MINENRA ES L (DEVIATION AND
BRACH).

So also was this Bill.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of July 10.)
Suoaft.—To-day all kinds of West India were sparingly
dealt in, only 300 hhds and tres finding purchasers, although
there are sellers upon rather lower terms, making the decline
in prices for the week is per cwt., and the total sales only
1,460 hhds and trcs.
REFINED.—To-day there was little desire shown to pur •
chase Refined goods for home consumption, and lower rates
are again taken, brown lumps according to quality selling at
66s 6d to 67s 6d, and standard lumps 68s to 68s 6d. Bonded
34s 6d to 35s per cwt for first quality.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was less activity in the Foreign
Sugar market; 4,703 chests of yellow Havannah were sub-
mitted to public sale, but nearly the whole was taken in at
nearly the previous value.
MAIJAITIUS.—Importers still refrain from offering any at
public sale, and the amount of business transacted privately
has been extremely limited in all descriptions, although there
are sellers upon lower terms.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 700 bags of Madras Sugar at
public sale were only in part sold at about the former value.
Privately there was very little business transacted in Bengal,
and none was offered at public sale.
TEA.—There has been an increased desire to operate in the
common descriptions of Congou this week ; a large business
has been transacted, without producing any advance in prices.
Pouchong is held with firmness, and the rates given have
been 3id to 9d low to fine quality. In the better
kinds of Twankay there has been little passing,
and sales can be made upon rather lower terms.
Imperial and Gunpowder are heavy of disposal, and prices
have a downward tendency. For Souchong the demand is
still limited ; although there are sellers upon easier terms.
Scented Orange Pekoe is little wanted. Hyson is wanted,
but at moderate rates. In Young Hyson several purchases
have been made, but prices do not improve. Scented Caper
has been sold to a fair extent at previous rates.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Mocha Coffee was only in li-
mited request, and 193 bales at auction were nearly all
taken in at about the former value—of Ceylon 2,459 bags
were submitted to public competition, the Native was all
taken above the value; but the Plantation, of which the
chief part consisted, all found buyers, in consequence of rather
lower rates being taken.
RlCE.—This afternoon at public sale 1087 bags of Bengal
Rice were sold at rather higher rates ; but 1350 bags were
taken in much above the value, viz., at 14s 6d to 15s. Pri-
vately 8000 bags have been sold ; 100 bags of Brazil at public
sale fetched 17s for good white bold grain, and 15s to 16s 6d
for sea damaged.
Sricas.—Although there are sellers of Black Pepper upon
previous low terms, still exporters and the home trade have
purchased with caution by private contract. Of 1,100 bags
of Malabar offered at auction, a small part only was sold.
Although White is cheap, still very few purchases have
been made privately, and none has been brought to public
sale. Nutmegs have been sparingly dealt in privately.
In Cinnamon a good business has been transacted in all kinds,
but the rates paid are not higher. The supply of Ginger is
less plentiful ; by private contract several parcels have been
sold at a shade higher rates for all sorts. Pimento is wanted
and the supply continuing small, prices rule firm
Although Cassia Ligna can be obtained upon moderate term
still there has been little passing privately, and none has
been brought to public sale. Mace is much wanted, and
stiffer rates are offered, but the supply is small.
Srntrrs.—There has been an improvement in the demand
for the better descriptions of Jamaica Rum, and stiffer rates
have been obtained. In Demerara there has been a large
business transacted, and at firm rates. Leeward Island has
been much sought after, and stiff rates offered.
Calcutta is held with firmness, and several pur-
chases have been made, and holders show firmness.
Brandy has been in improved request, and holders are less
inclined to sell, but the old sorts are yet the most in demand.
Geneva in fair demand for exportation, and sales at 2s to
2s 2d for common, and purchases of fine for home consump-
tion at 2s 4d to 3s per gallon. For Corn Spirits the market
is quiet, but prices remain firm. For Gin the value of 22 per
cent, under proof is 8s 10d, and 17 under prof 9s 4d per

gallon. -
SALTPETRE.—The market has a firm appearance for Rough,
there has been a good demand from exporters and the home
trade, and the parccels sold privately were at rather higher
rates. At auction 1,292 bags have bean offered, the Calcutta,
of which the chief part consisted, found buyers at stiffer
rates, but Madras was bought in 6d above the value. For
English Refined a good demand has existed. In Nitrate of
Soda the operations are upon a more extended scale.
OlLs.—Prices continue to decline for Linseed Oil, the sup-
ply being on the increase. For forward delivery several
contracts have been entered into at 24s to 24s 6d per cwt.
In Rape Seed Oil several purchases have been made, but not
at better prices. In Palm a good business has been
transacted, but holders have submitted to rather lower rates.
Of Cocoa-nut Oil there is little in the market, but a better
supply may be looked for shortly. Olive has been sparingly
dealt in. Southern has been purchased with caution, not-
withstanding the low rates that prevail. For Seal rather
lower rates have been accepted. Sperm is not offered at any
further decline in prices, but only a moderate business has
been transacted.
TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 100 casks of New
South Wales Tallow went at steady rates; good to fine
at 39s 6d to 41s 6d, low and middling 37s 6d to
38s 3d. 207 casks Palm Oil fetched 23s to 28s per cwt for
low to fine.

COURSE OF EXCHA"
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 8141
Ditte, at sight • • .... 12 5
Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 9
Antwerp • • • • ...... 26 10
Uamburgh ......M.B. 13 15
Altona ..
Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 75
Ditto, 3 months...... 26 5
Marseilles • • • • •
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 122,i
Petersburgh, 3 Us Us
Berlin
Vienna, effec. do • . lO 9%
Trieste, ditto • • .... 10 10
Madrid • •
Cadiz • • • . : ........ 36!,6
Bilbao... ..... • • .... • •
Barcelona ............
5evi11e................

gGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar.. • • .. • • .. • • .•
Leghorn .............. 30 45
Genoa ........ .•• .. 26 le
Milan .. ••

Venice. ..... ..........
Naples .. ............ 39:4
Palermo, per 0z........ 119!,,,
Lisbon.— .... .... .... 521
0p0rt0.... ..... ....... 52;9i
Rio Janeiro • • ...... • • 21

Buenos Ayres _ .. ......:.

New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .... • • .. ..

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5
New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0
New Dollars • • ...... 0 4 91,4
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, N
the Week ending on Saturday, the 4th day of July, 1846.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes Issued.. •• .... 29,322,200

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .... '2,981,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,905,074
Silver bullion .. 2,417,126

£ 29,322,200

4 29,322,200
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 9th day of July, 1816,

ASSIZE INTEL GENCE.

HOME, CIRCUIT, II erqford, July 10.
(Before Mr. Justice et-..-.ILTMAN).
George Pallett, aged 4S, was ccapitally indicted for
feloniously cutting and wound, tn Mary Ann Pallett,
his wife, with intent to murder Ler.
In other counts, the intent of the prisoner was laid to
be to maim and disable, or to do, previous bodily harm.
Mr. Rodwell prosecuted; Mr.- Marsh defended the pri-
soner.
The prosecutrix, who appear red to be very weak from
the effects of the injury she h:sd received, deposed that
the prisoner was her husband, Ir.nd they resided at Great
Munden, where they kept a baker's and general shop.
On Thursday morning, the 25th of June, they were
sitting at breakfast together, when the prisoner asked
her whether she intended to bake on the next day or
Saturday, and she replied that it would depend upon
when she could get some good yeast. The prisoner then
told her she had better bake the next day, for she would
not be alive on Saturday. She replied that she supposed
her time was God's, unless he intended to murder her.
He then said, that there were two persons he should
like to be the death of, her, and her brother, The
prisoner then went out and did not retnrn till between
ten and eleven o'clock, and she then saw him go into a
shed and get a bill-hook, and he commenced sharpening
it. Nothing took place between them after this until one
o'clock, when she was engaged in the shop serving
a customer, and the prisoner came in with
the bill-hook in his hand. He then, without
saying a word, threw some dour in her face, and
upon the customer saying that he nlight have
thrown the flour in her eyes, the prisoner, with an oath,
said that she ought to have her eyes pet out for wasting
his flour. A few minutes after this, she was in the act
of scraping up the flour at the bottom of a bin, and
while she was in a stooping position, with her head
partly on the bin, she received a blow from the bill• hook
on her neck, which rendered her instantly insensible,
and she fell to the ground, and knew nothing of what
happened afterwards.
In cross-examination, the prosecutor said that they
had been married 22 years, and some years ago the
prisoner was attacked with erysipelas, and went out of
his mind, and continued in that state for several weeks,
during which time he was under restraint, She also
said, that a few months ago he had a similar attack, but
as it was not so bad as the former one, he was allowed to
remain in his own house. He was in the habit of
drinking to excess, and while in that state, was very
violent, and she had at times heard him talk very inco-
herently. Upon another occasion, the prisoner had
attacked her with a carving knife, and she was forced to
run out of the house to save her life. He was quite
sober when he told her she would n)t live till Saturday,
and he said it quite quietly. They had not had any
quarrel on the day in question, and although she saw the
bill-hook in his hand, she bad not the slightest idea that
he intended to strike her with it until she felt the blow.
Some other witnesses were examined, and from their
evidence it appeared, that after the occurrence the pri-
soner had walked deliberately out into the village,
with the bloody weapon in his hand, and stated to se-
veral persons what he had done.
Mr. MARSH, on behalf of the prisoner, addressed the
jury at considerable length, contending that the circum
stance of itself, and the other evidence as to the former
state of the accused, left no doubt that he was an irre-
sponsible agent, and that he ought to be acquitted on
that ground.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN having summed up, the jury,
after deliberating for more than an hour, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity.

SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT BY THE LORD
MAYOR TO THE PRESIDENTS OF THE SCI-

I!',N I IFIC AND LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave a splendid enter-
tainment to the Presidents of the royal, and other distin-
guished scientific and literary institutions, at the Man-
sion-house. The Egyptian Hall was, upon the occasion,
a crowded arena, and there certainly never were as-
sembled at the great civic board, within the last century,
such numbers of individuals of high literary and scientific
attainments. . _

The dinner was appointed for a quarter before seven
o'clock, but long before that time many places were
taken in the Hall. The greatest curiosity was excited
among the crowd of persons who assembled about the
doors, and several of the distinguished guests of his
Lordship were cheered as they entered the building.
Amongst the company we noticed the Marquis of
Northampton (the President of the Royal Society),
Lord Colchester (the President of the Royal Geo-
graphical Society), Dr. Paris (President of the College
of Physicians), the Rev. F. W. Hope (the President of
the Etymological Society), Mr. J. E. Grey (the Pre-
sident of the Botanical Society), the Bishop of Norwich
(the President of the Linnasan Society), Mr. W. H.
Wilson (the President of the Numismatic Society), Sir
John Rennie (the President of the Institution of Civil
Engii:eers), Sir R. J. Murchison (the President of the
British Association for the Advance of Science), Dr.
040,,,ney (Professor of Botany), the Rev. Robert
Walker (the Professor of Experimental Philosophy at
Oxford) ; Mr. J. Kidd, M.D. :(Professor of Medicine
t Oxford) ; Mr, Travers Twiss (Professor of Political
Economy at Oxford), Professor Sedgewick (Professor
of Geology of Cambridge), the Dean of Ely, Prin-
cipal McFarlane of Cambridge, Sir James Clarke,
Bart., M.D., F.R.S. ; Mr. J. G. S. Lefevre, Vice-
Chancellor of the University of London ; Mr.
Neile Arnott, M.D., of the Senate of the University
of London ; Dr, Loco& ; Mr. James Walker, F.R S. ;
Mr. Warburton, M.P., M.A., F.R.S. ; Mr. Richard
Potter, Professor of Natural Philosophy in University
College ; Mr. De Morgan, Professor of Mathematics
in University College ; Mr. J. Donaldson, Professor of
Architecture, in University College ; Mr. T. Graham,
Professor of Chemistry in the University College ; Dr.
Sharpey, Professor of Anatomy and rhysiology ; Mr.
Bell, Professor of Zoology of King's College ; Mr. W.
Hasking, l'rofessor of ArtS of Construction ; Mr. Part-
ridge, Professor of Anatomy of King's College ; Mr. R.
B. Todd, M.D., Professor of Physiology of King's Col-
lege ; Dr. E. Forbes, Professor of Botany in King's
College ; Mr. J. F. Royal, Professor of Meterm Medica
in King's college ; Dr, G. Rudd, Professor of
the Practice of Physics ; Mr. W. M. Guy,
Professor of Forensic Medicine; Mr. W. Ferguson,
Professor of Surgery in King's College; Mr. Clarkson
Stanfield, Royal Academician; Sir Richard Westma-
cott, Sculptor; Mr. E. H. Baily, Sculptor; Mr. John
Carew, Sculptor; Mr. C. R. Cockerel], Architect; Mr.
Barry, Architect of the Houses of Parliament; Mr.
Philip Hardwicke, Architect; Sir Henry Ellis, Principal
Librarian of the British Museum; Sir Frederick Madden,
K.H., Keeper of the MSS.; Professor Owen, M.D ,
Vice-President of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science; Lieutenant-Colonel Sabine,
Foreign Secretary R.S., General Secretary to the British
Association for the Advancement of Science; the Dean
of Westminster ; the Rev. H. H. Milman ; Professor
Barlow, of Woolwich; Major-General Pasley, Inspector-
General of hallways ; Mr. I. K. Brunel, Civil Engineer;
Mr. W. Cubitt, Civil Engineer; Mr. W. Tite, Architect
of the Royal Exchange, &c.; Mr. ;Benjamin Disraeli,
M.P.; Dr. Bowring, ; J. Brand, Mr. Charles
Knight, of Ludgate-hill, Captain Sir James C. Ross,
R.N., Captain Sir William Simmonds, Mr. G. Baker,
Mr. T. Grissell, Mr. P.,Rolt, Mr. R. Monckton Milnes,
M.P.; Major-General Trench, M.P.; Sir W. Molesworth,
Bart., M.P. ; Sir C. Lemon, Bart, M.P.; Sir Harris
Nicholas:; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. F. Smith, R.S. ;
Mr. Charles Palmer, Mr. James, Mr. W. Johnson,
(brother to the Lord Mayor), Mr. Harmer, Mr. T. Wood,
Mr. Pugh, Mr. George 1)olland, Mr. John Shaw, Mr.
John Britton, F.S.A. ; Mr. Deputy Brown, Mr. John
Bethell, Mr. G. T. Doo, Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P. ; his
Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Colonel Colley, R.E.;
Sir Benjamin Brodie, Professc r Samuel H. Christie, the
Rev. G. R. Gleig, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Mr. G.
Beckett, the Rev. John Bullen, the Rev. Samuel Birch,
Dr. Southey, the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, the Rev. Mr.
Hussey, the Rev. Dr. Russell, Mr. M. Gore, M.P. ; the
Rev. J. W. Hughes, Mr. R. Kilsey, Sir James APAdam.
Mr. J. R. Gardner, Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Mr. John
Lee, D.L. ; Mr. George Rennie, Sir Robert Harry Inglis,
M.P. ; Mr. H. Lawson, F.R.S. ; the Reverend
Mr. Ban (of St. Paul's School) ; Mr. R. Bethell, Q.C.;
Mr. J. Pulman, Mr. J. H. A. Poynder, Sergeant Mere-
wether, the Recorder, Mr. W. F. A. Delane, Colonel
Hamilton Smith, F.R.S ,• Sir J. H. Pelley, Bart., Deputy
Master of the Trinity House ; Mr. C. E. Michell, Cap-
tain Beaufort, R.N., the Admiralty Hydrographer ; the
Right Hon. H. Goulburn, M.P. for the University of
Cambridge ; Mr. Estcourt, M.P. ; Mr. W. Jerdan, the
Editor of the Literary Gazette ; Mr. G. Whiting, Mr
James Anderton, Mr. Richard Taylor, F.S.A. ; Mr. W.
Johnston, Mr. S. Cousins, A.R.A.; r, Brockedon, Mr.
Rendle, Sir John Herschell, Dr. Grant, University Col-
lege, London ; Mr. Poynder, Mr. H. Colburn, Mr. John
Murray, Mr. Horace Twiss, Mr. W. Walker, Mr. P. L.
Simmonds, Mr. Dilke, Professor Carlton, Professor
Thawton, Professor Tullberg, Professor Holmboe, Mr.
T. Gautier, Mr. Behnes (Sculptor), Mr. Inskip, Mr. L.
Hayhe, Mr. Cundy, the Rev. Mr. Plow, F.R.S., Mr. W.
Cotton, the Rev. Dr. Rice, Archdeacon Hale, Mr. T.
Allason, Mr. Charles Presley, Mr. George Coiner, Mr.
A. W. Hofman, Mr. Bransby Cooper, Sir John Bur-
goyne, Major Shad well Clarke, General Fallon, Dr.
Roget, Secretary of the Roy al Society, Mr. C. Babidge,
F.R.S. ; Mr. Rymer Jones, Professor of Comparative
Anatomy in King's College, London ; Mr. J. S. Buck-
ingham, Director of the British and Foreign Institute ;
Mr. Saull, Proprietor of the Geological Museum in the
City ; and Dr. Reid, Professor of Chemistry in the
University of Edinburgh, &c. &c. &c.
The banquet, which was extremely recherche, was
supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, of Cornhill. Mr.
Harker officiated as toastmaster, and gave the esta-
blished civic toast of " The Loving Cup," and the other
toasts of the programme, in his usual able and impres-
sive style. The following comprised the bill of fare:—
Turtle and iced punch.
Salmon, turbot, fried fish, &c.
Side Board—Petit pates, chickens, capons, turkey
poults, larded ; hams and tongues, ornamented ; ribs
lamb, raised ornamented pies, lobster salads, prawns,
Chantilly baskets, ornamented trifles, Nopeau and Maras-
chino jellies, pine, strawberry, and Italian creams ;
Genvoise pastry, Swiss and Venice marangs, Chantilly,
tartelets, creamed tarts, Nesselrode puddings, &c.
Removes—Haunches venison, currant jelly, &c. ;
chines lamb, ducklings, goslings, leverets, turkey poults.
Dessert—Pines, hothouse grapes, peaches, strawber-
ries, cherries, oranges, dried fruits, Savoy and almond
cakes, mixed cakes, brandy cherries, preserved ginger.
The following toasts were then given from the chair,
and responded to with all the honours:—" Her Most
Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria," " the Queen Dow-
ager," " Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the
Royal Family."
The LORD MAYOR then gave,
Bishop of Norwich, and the clergy."
The Bishop of NORWICH returned thanks for the coin,
pliment paid to him in having his name coupled with
that of the Established Church. He hoped and trusted
and believed that the Established Church, supported as
it was by the loyalty and increasing zeal of the clergy,
was rising day by day in the estimation of the country;
and so long as she did her duty, she would, he felt satis-
fied, meet with the confidence and esteem of every re-
spectable man who boasted of the name of a Christian.
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The Chevalier Bunsen
and the Foreign Ministers."
His Excellency the Chevalier BUNSEN returned thanks.
He felt greatly honoured at having his health proposed
in so illustrious an assembly. He believed he was in-
debted to it partly from the feelings of attachment and
affection evinced by that country towards his royal
master, the King of Prussi‘who was second to no other
monarch in his estimation of science and literature, as
being the brightest ornament's of his throne. He con-
gratulated the meeting that the first magistrate of the
first city of the world had called around him all that was
illustrious in that country in science, in art, in literature,
and in philosophy. It was the first occasion on which
such a reunion had taken place, and he hailed it as an
additional acknowledgment of the pre-eminence which
was so justly due to their professors and savans. He
believed no country in Europe had furnished so many
able and illustrious men as England, and he knew of no-
thing that would contribute more to its advancement
and prosperity than the honours thus paid to literature
and science.—(Cheers.)
LORDmTphtoenand the
M tYR°
Soc'ety."
The Marquis of NORTRA.MPTON returned thanks. He
agreed with his friend the Chevalier Bunsen that the
01 then gave " The Marquis of North-
present meeting formed a new era in the festive assem-
blages of the City of London, the chief magistrate hav-
ing marked distinctly the sense which the City of Lon-
don entertained of the importance of science and litera-
ture. He must express his surprise that such an assem-
blage had not taken place long ago ; and he must only
-upp ise that those who had preceded the Lord Mayor in
dispensing the civic hospitality had by some accidental
circumstance overlooked the matter.—(Hear, hear.)
There were few persons who were not aware of the great
importance of science and literature in a commercial and
trading country like theirs; it was equally important to
their navigation that the science of astronomy should be
encouraged and promoted, and it was unnecessary to
p Ant out the intim • ate connexion that existedbetween
the various branches of their manufactures and the im-
provements that were daily taking place in mechanics
and chemistry.—(Cheers.) In a country whose menu-
:acturing and commercial greatness was unparalleled,
they need
not he, therefore, much surprised at thetribute paid to literature .g and science. The Noble Mar-
quis concluded by propolin The health of the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor,' which was drunk with great
enthusiasm.
The LORD MAYOR, in responding to the toast, said
that if the Noble Marquis had felt pleasure in proposing
the last toast, he (the Lord Mayor) felt equal pleasure
and gratification in finding himself surrounded by the
distinguished 'company by whom he was this day ho-
noured. To assemble that company had been a subject
which had occupied his mind for some months past, and
he had only delayed it because he had discovered that
the present would be the most convenient period of the
year at which to meet. Ho felt additional pleasure that
he had been the first who had gathered together the men
of literature, of science, and of art. in that hall; and he
trusted his successors would not forget the compliment
which had been paid him by their company, but that
similar invitations given by those who might follow him
in the civic chair, would. meet with in. the .same honour
as those which on this occasion he had acquired.—
(Cheers.) His Lordship concluded by proposing as the
next toast, the 6. Royal Society of Literature."
The Rev. Mr. 01.4Z10 briefly acknowledged the coin-

" The Church, the

pliment paid to the learned society, of which he had the
honour to be a member.

The following toasts were then severally proposed by
the LORD MAYOR, and duly honoured by the company :--
"The Royal Astronomical Society" (responded to by Sir
John Herschell); " The Royal Geographical Society"
(acknowledged by Lord Colchester); " The Royal Geo-
logical Society," for which the Dean of 'Westminster
returned thanks; " The Royal Linnean Society," spoken
to by the Bishop of Norwich; " The Royal Society of
Antiquarians," for whom Sir Henry Ellis, of the British
Museum, returned thanks; and, " The Earl of Auck-
land and the Royal Asiatic Society," briefly acknow-
ledged by Dr. Bowring. The toast of " Prosperity to
the University of Oxford" followed.

Sir R. 11. INCUS, M.P., said that an the part of the
members of that University, and of his Hon. Colleague
in its representation (Mr. Estcourt) and himself, he had
to return thanks for the kindness with uhich the toast
had been proposed and received. This was not the first
occasion on which under that roof his Lordship and his
predecessors had been pleased to pay that honGur to the
religion and literature of the country which he believed
to be associated most happily and indissolubly with both
the universities. It was not necessary in that place that
he should remind his Lordship of the munificent assist-
ance which the City of London had afforded to maintain
the ancient literature and religion of the country. In
Oxford one of the colleges had been founded exclusively
by a munificent predecessor of his Lordship, and there
was not a single other college in that university which
had not participated in the bounty of some one or more
of the wards and companies of this great, wealthy, and
important city. It was therefore most fitting upon the
partof the representatives of the University to take every
opportunity of acknowledging `gratefully and respect-
fully the benefits which the learning of lingland had de-
rived from the liberality and boinity of the citizens of
London.—(Cheers.)

The LORD MAYOR next proposed, "Prosperity to the
University of Carrioridge," and coupled with it the names
of the Right Trion. Henry Goulburn, and the Hon. the
Recorder.
Mr. GOTILBURN returned thanks on behalf of the
University, and of his learned colleague and himself. It
was most difficult for him to follow adequately the speech
of his Hon. Friend near him (sir R. H. Inghs); but he
could repeat, with regard to Cambridge and the City of
London, all that had been stated by his Hon. Friend
with reference to the University of Oxford.—(Hear.)
The subjoined list of toasts was then gone through
with all the honours. " The University of London,"
acknowledged by Mr. John Shaw Letevre, in the absence
of the Earl of Burlington; " The British Association for
the Advancement of Science," replied to by Sir Roderick
Murchison; " The Learned Professors present," for
whom Professor Sedgwick returned thanks; " The
Royal College of Chemistry," spoken to by its president,
Lord Newry; " The Royal Colleges of Physicians and
Surgeons," acknowledged by Dr. Paris; and lastly,
"The Army and Navy," in whose behalf Sir John
Burgoyne expressed his thanks and esteem of his
brethren of both services.

The Lord Mayor, attended by his distinguished guests,
then retired from the Egyptian-hall to the Drawing-
room, and at a late hour the party separated.
On Thursday last the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress
gave a splendid banquet in the Egyptian-hall to the
members of the Common Council, their ladies and
families.

MR. MONCKTON MILNES AND

THE NEW GOVERNMENT.

TO THE ELECTORS AND INHABITANTS OF
THE BOROUGH OF PONTEFRACT.

Gentlemen,—The course of policy adopted by Sir
Robert Peel having entirely dissolved the powerful
political party which raised him to that direction of
public affairs in 1841, I think it right to address to you
a few remarks as to the part my sense of public duty
inclines me to take in this peculiar juncture.
As I never anticipated either the great immediate
benefit, or the extensive ultimate injury from the repeal
of the corn-laws that many others have done, I should
have preferred a settlement of the question which
should not have been attended with so great a
sacrifice of revenue, and with so much painful feeling
on the one hand, and so much triumph on the other;
but when all hope of compromise was past, I
could not consent to reject a measure which so large a
portion of the community believed to be just, when the
loss, whatever it be, must, as far as our part of the
country is concerned, exclusively on my own class of
society, the demand for labour being abundant, and the
tenant-farmer free to make new terms with his landlord,
as altered circumstances may require.
But the greater part of the late Ministers had been the
staunchest: advocates of the protective system ; and we,
acting under the advice of Sir Robert Peel in 1841, op-
posed the considerable advance in the direction of free trade
then proposed byLord John Russell ; and thus, however
conscientious may have been the change of opinion in the
late Government, it was impossible that one party could
forgive the suddenness of their conversion, or that the
other could forget their long persistence in error. They
have, therefore, incurred the natural consequences of in-
firmity of purpose, and their opponents, whose free-trade
tendencies Parliament has accepted and confirmed, are
now the Ministers of England.
This occurrence is surely not to be regretted, when
we consider that the alternative must have been the un-
certain maintenance in power of a Government too ex-
posed to insulting reproaches from former friends, who
believed themselves betrayed, and to impediments from
opponents who believed themselves overreached; and
only able to retain their places by continual appeals to
the meanest interests and the basest passions.
Lord John Russell is at the head of the most numerous
of the three parties in the House of Commons, and has
thus the fairest claim to form a Government, but it
is clear that he cannot sustain that position with
honour to himself and benefit to the nation, unless
supported by some who have hitherto been opposed to
him. It appears improbable that Sir Robert Peel,
hiving retired to his wealthy privacy and his hopes
of fame, will, for some time at least, attempt to organise
a new opposition; and it is not certain that the colleagues
and followers, who have already endured and sacri-
ficed so much, would invite him to a fresh competition.
The Protectionists, to whom the present Government
owe their accession to power, are not the men to have
raised an Administration for the mere pleasure of over-
throwing it, and sport with the institutions of their
country without prospect of advantage to their principles
or their party. Every man, in fact, is free to act as he
thinks best; and I cannot conceal from you my convic-
tion, that it is the present duty of every true Conserva-
tive to give a fair and independent support to the Go-
vernment of Lord John Russell.

An opposition may—nay, must—form itself in the
course of time ; but let it be a real and not a nominal
one—an opposition either to the practical mismanage-
ment of the executive, or to an illiberal and exclusive
distribution of the offices of state, or to an attack upon
some institution which we reasonably value. Let us, in
a word, oppose measures which we believe to be wrong,
and not the men who have been placed in a difficult and
responsible position, almost without an intentional effort,
by a series of singular events, and the rapid change in
the political views of a mature and experienced states-
m an.

In the limitation of the hours of factory labour, in the
amendment of the tenure of land in Ireland, in the im-
provement of the poor-law, in the prosecution of public
education, and in the wisest treatment and reformation
of criminals, Lord John Russell has before him ques-
tions sufficient to call forth all his energies, and on which
it would be indeed grievous t 3 see good intentions and
sagacious plans thwarted by the blindness and violence
of Parliamentary faction.
Old party distinctions have passed away, and it would
be well if old party names could be extinguished too.
Let the new Government distinguish itself by a truly
liberal, temperate, and judicious policy, and by patent,
practical reforms, and the country will forget that it in-
chides men who once offended it by their exclusive pre-
tensions and oligarchical traditions.
With these hopes, and, I may add, expectations, I
trust that I shall find myself representing your feelings
and desires, in supporting, as long as I conscientiously
can, the Admini.tration of Lord John Russell.
RICEIARD MONCKTON MILNES.
26, Pall-mall, July 8.