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This case was next called on, but the petition not being
forthcoming, it was postponed until that document ww: found
in the Private Bill-office.
The Committee then adjourned.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Committee of the Standing Orders met this day, at
half-past twelve o'clock; present—the Earl of Shaftesbury,
Lords RcdeAdale, Hawarden, and Hood.
EASTERN COUNTIES (MARCH TO LINCOLN EX-
TENSION).
This line, which was strongly opposed, occupied the atten-
tion of their Lordships for the greater portion of the day.
The Committee, after hearing the usual evidence, decided
that he standing orders had not been complied with in several
respects. One of the objections upon which the decision was
founded was, that the plans had been lodged with the clerk
of the peace two hours too late ; another was, that some of
the plans had not sections marked on them ' • and a third
was, that two individuals had not been served with proper
notice.

MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, AND GREAT GRIMSBY
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
In this case the Committee decided that the standing
orders had been complied with save in two trifling exceptions.
They therefore reported favourably on the Bill.
MANCHESTER AND LINCOLN RAILWAY AND
CHESTERFIELD AND GAINSBOROUGH CANAL.
After hearing the usual evidence, the Committee decided
that the promoters of this line had complied with the stand-
ing orders.
EASTERN COUNTIES (CAMBRIDGE TO LINCOLN).
This case was adjourned till half-past twelve o'clock to-
morrow.
The Committee adjourned at five o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 12.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat On the Woolsack
at Five o'clock.

POOR-LAW.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition
from Kinsale against the existing poor-lacy.
The Marquis of CLANCARTY presented a petition
to the same effect from other places in Ireland.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr.
Nathaniel Herbert, in the county of Herts, against the
Direct Northern Railway Bill, complaining that the pro-
posed railway would pass for a mile through his estate
and orchards, and close by his dwelling. hours, and prayed
their Lordships not to allow the proposed Bill to pass
into a law.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH felt the greatest
sympathy with every word that had fallen from the
Noble Lord in reference to Mr. Herbert. There were
many other cases of a similar and even a more aggra-
vated nature in Ireland, and he hoped their Lordships
would take them into consideration, with a view to pre-
vent the evils complained of.
Lord BROUGHAM would, at a future period, move
for a standing order, which would give to parties circum
stanced as the petitioner was their expenses in opposing
railway Bills.
Lord CAMPBELL thought the best course for the
petitioner to have adopted would have been to bring his
case before a jury at Herts, and he would not only
then have had compensation for the timber which had
been cut down, but also damages for whatever other in-
jury he might have sustained.
THE IRISHI PACIFICATION BILL.
The Earl of ST. GERMANS moved the further con-
sideration of the report on the Irish Pacification Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM would observe, in reference to
the amendment of his Noble Friend (Earl Grey), that
if such a clause were to be made a part of the Bill, it
would be entirely ieoperative, for it would be contended
in Ireland that the house of a sick neighbour was always
between the offender's house and that of the clergyman.
The LORD CHANCELLOR would move the read-
ing of the amendment, which he wished to be made part
of the Bill.
The Clerk at the table having read the clause as
amended,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the clause
would require some slight alteration, namely, in reference
to the applicatiok of the words "proof whereof,"
he would have the word " whereof' so placed in
the sentence as to make it apply to the "law-
fulness of the occasion," of the absence of the
party from his house during the proscribed hours, and
not to the " suspicious circumstances." The Noble Lord
then suggested an alteration in the clause bearing on
the intimidation of witnesses, which, lie said, only
affected the grammatical construction of the sentence.
MAGISTERIAL AUTHORITY.
Earl CLANCARTY said that, on a late occasion, he
endeavoured to impress on the House the importance
of justices of the peace, in Ireland, being entrusted with
the authority to compel witnesses to come forward and
give information in cases where they were cognizant
of crimes being committed, On that occasion, he (the
Noble Earl) distinctly stated that such power did not
exist at present in Ireland, and that no person could be
compelled to conic forward and make a charge
or supply evidence. In calling attention to
that state of things he was met by a Noble
Lord opposite, who stated that he (Earl Clancarty)
had mistaken the law, as such power did exist with the
magistrates to compel witnesses to come forward.
Now, that Noble Lord being, in his opinion, a very
high and eminent authority on such matters, he
wished to know if a magistrate, on being informed
by a policeman that a house had been burned
or arms plundered, and that A or B were cognizant of
the fact, had the power to have arrested A or B with a
view to compel him to give evidence?—(Hear.)
Lord CAMPBELL replied that if there were not a
higher authority than himself present, he meant the
Noble and Learned Lord who sat on the Woolsack,
he would willin4ly answer the question. But he should
then content himself with advising the Noble Earl to
address his question to that quarter, where, he was
certain, it would be fully and fairly answered.—(Hear,
hear, and laughter.)
The Earl of CLANCARTY said that by the Noble
and Learned Lord (Lord Campbell) refusing to answer
his question, he had shrunk from the positioe he had
perseveringly maintained. What he (Lord Clancarty)
understood from the Bill was, that the magistrates had
not power to compel witnesses who were cognizant al
ei :me to give evidence.
Tie LORI) CHANCELLOR said he had been raj_
ferred to; hiTtt, IN did not think ho was bound to an'
the que,3tism7.
Lord .STO Dirt N said that no lan it I,re was too
strong to PYpres big (33tiviction that sr
-eh a state of
things which exi. ited in Ireland should be put down
by the Legislatuire. He wasthe
refore desirous
that no impeclire eat shauld be y' aaced in the way
of pes.:ing the mea enee. Still, ha t'ssught some exemp-
ion should be made favour of those who were going
S,r a pri,.st, so that Cif y might -not be Habit) to arrest.
'The LORD CHAN jElLg.ti. said that nobody could
(!oubt that a man going from one street to another, and
goin s to a bed of aid] tness, was a perfectly lawful net,
within the meaning of the Act of Parliament.
Lord STOURTO N wished to know, if a man, other-
wise guilty of crimes were to be found in the street,
going to a bed of sickness, would; he be liable to be
arrested ?
The LORD CITA ;NCELLOR said, of course a man
who had committed.
at all times. at woulc be liable to be arrested

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The report was then received, and the Bill ordered to
be read a third time to-morrow.
STATE OF IRELAND.

Earl GREY gave notice of his intention, on Monday
week, to move an address to her :Majesty on the state
of Ireland generally.

RAILWAY BILLS.

The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the suspension of
the second, third, and fourth sections of the 233 d stand-
ing order, requiring Select Committees on Railway Bills
to take traffic evidence.—Agreed to.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMON VS, March 12.
There being only thirty-four Members at Four
o'clock, the House was adjourned till to-morrow.

NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA

SCOTIA LAND COMPANY.

The general meeting of this Company was held yester-
day, at the offices of the Company, in Oopthall•court; J.
Moxon, Esq., Chairman of the Company, in the chair.
The advertisement having been read, the Chairman
called upon the Secretary to read the report, the sub-
stance of which was that a considerable advance has
already been made in promoting the interests of the
Company. But as the several points are comprised in
the observations of the Chairman, it would be useless to
state the contents of the report here.
The report having been read,

The CHAIRMAN said, that before he read the cash
statement, he wished to observe that some eight or ten
years ago the expenditure had exceeded the income of
the Company by about 1,5001. or 1,600/., but last year it
had been reduced to 9001., and now it was only 321/.,
much greater diminution than was anticipated last yea!,
Had all the property been realised which the Company
had to dispose of, there would have been a balance in
their favour, while there was at present a small balance
of 38L against them. But in 1846 he fully
anticipated the difference would be on the
other side to the extent of two or three hundred
pounds. There was another topic which he ought to
touch upon, and that was the possibility of a war with
America, the commencement of which would subject the
Company to the force of public opinion. He believed,
however, that a war would in no way affect the pros-
perity of the Company, except to stay for a while the
tide of emigration, so that instead of eight or nine thou-
sand emigrants in their territory, they would have only
eight or nine hundred. Nova Scotia offered no oppor-
tunities for military posts of which the Ameri-
cans could take advantage, and the descent of
troops from the upper provinces would, as had
been the case with Belgium during the last
war, where the presence of large bodias of troops, who
had paid for what they consumed, had conduced very
largely to the prosperity of the country. Then, as to
the project of the military road, he believed that since
their interview with Lord Stanley last year, the Govern-
ment had given it up, and were very likely to render
their assistance—probably advance or guarantee the
capital for a railroad from Quebec to Halifax, which was
sure to be of great advantage both to the territory of
the Company and this country generally.
By the cash account it appears that the balance of
money in hand is 1,314/. 7s. 2d., including the deposit at
Wright's, on which dividends are still expected.
The cash account having been read,
The CHAIRMAN intimated that he had received notice
of a meeting to further the interests of the Society for
the Promotion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and he
would suggest that some of their body should attend
there to show what the society had done. They had
built a church, and paid 521. a year to the resident cler-
gyman, besides several other advantages, which they
conceived was the best mode of advancing the inte-
rests of any community. They were reedy to do the
same for any other Christian body to a prudent extent,
and the application of a respectable body of the Roman
Catholic population was now before the board.
To the inquiry of a SHAREHOLDER,
The CHAIRMAN replied that they had probably done
more in this way than any other body connected with
our colonies in North America. The outlay had been
about 300/. in money, and 1001. in land, besides the
stipend.

The report was then adopted, and Mr. Philip Gowan,
Mr. George Nicholls, Mr. Thomas Newnham, and Mr.
Newman Smith, who went out of office by rotation,
were re-elected directors, and Mr. John Norbury was
re-elected to the office of auditor.

Mr. Butts was then elected a director in the place of
his father, deceased, and Mr. Richard Blanchard in the
place of Mr. Ambrose Humphreys, also ciccea3ed ; the
former was known to be a good man of business, and
the latter, in addition to that quality, had considerable
knowledge of the colonies.
In consequence of a suggestion of Mr. HANKEY
The CHAIRMAN explained that the deputation was
only suggested to show the feeling of the proprietors,
and not intended to commit the society to any grant of
money. The church establishment has arisen in conse-
quence of a proposition from the Society in Pall-mall,
who had given 1001. towards the pews and the paint-
ing of the church, and had proffered to give 1001.
a year to the minister, provided the Society
would pay anything like half, and that was the reason
why the society had given 521. a year, believing it to be
wise that there should be a religious society of some
kind.—(Cheers.)
To a further suggestion of Mr. llatisEr, that there
should be an equality of religious communi ies, it was
explained that the Society had been particularly careful
to preserve that equality, and to prevent any difference
of position whatever between the different sections on
their territory.
To an inquiry of Mr. COPE,
The CHAIRMAN replied, that in the event of any
other religious community coming forward, as the So-
ciety for the Promotion of the Gospel in hereign
Parts had done, that to the extent of their means the
Society would render the same assistance.

After some further conversation on this subject, it was
decided that there should be no formal deputation of the
Society to the meeting at the Mansion House, which was
called on behalf of the Society for the Promotion of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman and directors,
for their services during the last year, as also to the
Chairman for his services this day. The latter returned
thanks, and the meeting separated.
At the close it was announced that Captain llayne,
the American agent of the Company, would leave
America about the end of April, some time before which
there is to be a meeting to consult with and take leave
of him.