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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, July 14.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
SECOND READINGS.
The following, amongst other Bills, were reada second
lime :
Oxford and Birmingham Railway.
Midands Railway (Birmingham to Wolverhampton).
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
Birmingham Canal and Railway.
Leeds and Bradford Railway.
Caledonian Railway (Carlisle branch).
West Cornwall Railway.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway.
Louth Salisbury and Yeovil Junction Railway.
• London South Eastern Railway (Basingstoke Branch).
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester,
Airdrie and Coatbridge Waterworks.
North Wales Mineral Railway.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Dean Forest Canal
and Railway.
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway.
Bristol, Birmingham, and Midland Railway.
Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Rail-
ways Amalgamation.
South-Eastern (Greenwich and Gravesend).
Lord ASHBURTON brought up the report of the
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject of
the Metropolitan Central Railway Termini. •
THE SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.
Earl POWIS presented several petitions against the
union of these sees.
The Bishop of SALISBURY also presented a peti-
tion to the same effect, and another from the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Burgesses of Salisbury, in favour of the
Louth, SalisbUry, and Yeovil Junction Railway.
Messengers from the House of Commons brought up
several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table.
On the motion of Lord CANNING, the Spitalfields-
street Bill was read a second time and ordered to be com-
mitted.
The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition from
Lord Fortescue against the Taw Valley Railway.
SUGAR DUTIES.
Lord BROUGHAM said he wished t 6 ask the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade a question with reference
to the sugar duties. He saw by the Votes of the House of
Commons that the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern-
ment proposed to introduce a temporary Act, continuing
the sugar duties for a short period. There could be no
objection to that, but he trusted the passing of that Bill
would not lead to any delay in the introduction of the
further Bill.
The Earl of CLARENDON had no hesitation in
assuring the Noble and Learned Lord that there would
be no delay in introducing a permanent measure upon
this subject.—(Hear, hear.)
• SALARY OF THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE,
Lord BROUGHAM wished to give a general
notice of his intention to call the attention of
Government to a very important circumstance arising
oat of the appointment of Sir Thomas Wilde to the
office of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. A most
improper and unconstitutional negotiation had taken
place at the time of the appointment of Lord
Denman to the office of Lord Chief Justice
of the Queen's Bench between the Noble Lord and the
Treasury, by which the Noble Lord consented to 8,0001.
a year instead of 10,000/ , the sum originally granted to
Lord Tenterden by the 6th of Geo. IV. That negotiation
he contended, was most unconstitutional, and the Noble
Lord had no right to take less than the 10,0001. a year,
payable quarterly, nor had tha Treasury any right t
interfere in the matter. The Act, of Parliataei.
made the money payable to the individual, and
in his opinion it was highly improper to
bargain for jitzl:;e3!dps in this way.—( hear.)
trusted, therefana that no such arrangement had beca
come to with the present Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas. lie must acid, in giving this
notice, that he did not wish to impugn the character or
integrity of Lord Denman, than whom a purer and more
upright judge bad never sat upon the bench.—(Cheers.)
The Act says 10,000 i., and the financial statement only
8,000/. lie only wished that the matter should be
lookel into, and if there were no other Act found,
then that the evil should be remedied.
Earl GUTLY acknowledged that the Noble avid
Learned Lord (Lord Brougham) had called the attention
of the House to a very important subject. The fact was
that in 1830 a committee had bean formed for the revi-
sion of all the salaries of the several officials of the state,
and ,it was by them claiith-d that the whole Hat
should be revised, and that the several salaries of those
officials, including those of the judicial officers, should
be revised arid pi o:p etively required. It was a great
pity that alien Lord Aslibtalou's coir.miuee was sitting
the Noble and Learned Lord hail not turned his atten-
tion to it, and the more especially as he himself was the
chief authority by whom the charge was guaranteed.
Lord BRO LTG fiAM—I did not know it.
Earl GREY—Did not know it I Why, from his own
knowledge, he could say that the Noble anti Learned
Lord must have knowa it at the time, for lie was Chan-
cellor at the time, and certainly it was his dirty to have
inquired into the matter. But this he would say, that
his Noble Friend at the head of the Government would
take care, if' it was necessary, to bring in such a Bill for
rectifying the evil.
Lord BROUG 'IAN! was astonished to hear one No'ala
Lord contradict, on his. own knowlede, what he had jumt
now asserted on his honour that he was ignorant of.
What might be the Noble Lord's notion of discretion he
could not say, but this he would assert, that he knew
nothing of the matter until it was brought under
his notice by Mr. Justice Botanquet and Mr. Justice
Patteson, and not only did he not know of :it, but
it was quite contrary to his opinion. The Noble Earl
had stated that he ought to have done that under the
circumstances the Nob!e Earl was himself unable to do,
wiz, pass an Act of Parliament under circumstances
which it was impossible to do ; that is, to pass an Act
when he was, as the Noble Earl was himself now, in a
minority in that House. The truth was, that nobody
knew anything about that which concerned every body
and for which nobody cared, Such was the case, ac.
cording to' the Noble Earl's notion, but it was not his
notion ; and as he was not nobody, but somebody, he
believed that this was a matter which required a careful
looking after. Accordingly his own impression was that
10,00001. a year was a very proper sum to be given to the
Lord Chief Justice, and he thought that a judge ought
to be rendered independent of any Government. The
Noble Earl had contradicted him flatly in the first sen-
tence, but had dwindled down to a probable contradic-
tion in the last. Truly, the Noble Earl ought to have
better grounds to go upon than these.
Lord CAMPBELL must agree entirely with his
Noble and Learned Friend opposite that things should
not remain as they were ; and east, if it were necessary,
an Act of Parliament ought to be immediately brought
in to remedy the defect. The salaries of the judges
ought not to depend upon any arrangement be-
tween the judges and the Government. Now,
his Noble Friend who sat near him had
intimated no opinion on this subject—on the contrary,
be had stated in the most distinct terms, that the Noble
Lord, now at the head of the Government, would in-
quire into it, and that, if' it were necessary, an Act of
Parliament should be introduced for remedying the
matter. There could be no doubt that if there had been
an Act of Parliament passed, if Lord Denman, or any of
his executors chose to insist on their rights, they would
be entitled to recover tho balance of the whole of the
specified salary, but he (Lord Cam )bell) must declare
that he never heard of such an Act of Parlia—
ment. His Noble and Learned Friend opposite
ought, if he felt that these matters required
a remedy to have brought in an Act when he occupied
the seat on the Woolsack ; he was the party that
should have seen that all these things were right. His
Noble and Learned Friend had said that he could
not have carried such a Bill. He (Lord Campbell)
knew that his Noble and Learned Friend had carried
Bills despite of the large majorities with which his mea.
sures were threatened, and he also knew that if he bad
introduced a Bill on this subject, it would have passed
both Houses of the Legislature with perfect
unanimity. His Noble and Learned Friend could not
say that he disapproved of the arrangement, and he
continued to hold the Great Seal, and he (Lord
Campbell) knew his spirit and his courage too well
to suppose that had he failed in carrying such a
measure he would not have continued to hold office ; he
would not suffer his opinion on such a subject to be over-
ruled. The Noble and Learned Lord, therefore, ap-
peared to him to blame himself, after the manner of the
Pope, who said, "Judie() me cremari." He acknowledged
himself to be in the wrong.
Lord BROUGHAM said, that if he took a share of
the blame to himself so must his Noble and Learned
Friend now on the Woolsack, who was his successor in
office, and who had likewise failed to introduce such a

Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that he had been the con-
sulting engineer, and when he surveyed the country had come
to the decision that a line towards London would be best
carried out by Woodhouse Mill, and that opinion was con-
firmed by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line being sanc-
tioned by Parliament. There was ne opportunity
for the Sheffield and Manchester line to come
down by the Chesterfield line. The Bradford traffic
would come by the Sheffield and Manchester line, and the
junction would be best effected at Woodhouse Mill. This
line was certainly laid out inconveniently for the coal-fields,
running as they do through two deep cuttings. The esti-
mates of the opposing lines are certainly much higher than
Mr. Fowler's route, for which the amount stated is 867,0001.;
another was 883,0001., and a third 887,0001.
To Mr. TALBOT'S cross-examination, Mr. Locke replied
that he had executed works through rocks at a lower rate
than 40/. a yard, but of course the expense depended upon
the nature of the rock to be passed through. Certainly the
country was a difficult one.
Mr. HOPE cross-examined ; but previous to his addressing
the Committee the room was cleared, and on the re-admission
the parties, the Chairman inquired of Mr. Talbot, the
reading counsel for the promoters, whether he could inva-
lidate the evidence of Mr. Fowler, who had stated that
64,0001. per mile would be requisite for the formation of the
lines. To this Mr. Talbot replied that he could not speak
certainly.
By direction of the CHAIRMAN
Mr. HOPE then addressed the Committee, contending that
both from the expense of the sustaining walls and the alter-
nate expense of the spoil and waste, it would be altogether
beyond the power of any traffic to remunerate the proprie-
tors. Mr. Yignoles bad stated that he was the father of the
steep gradients, and as thewhole of the flat country had been
exhausted, that difficult country must now be attempted.
It had been originally intended that the Manchester
and Sheffield line should pass through this country,
but both Mr. Locke, engineer for that line, and Mr. Gee, wlio,
was also intimate with the country, thought the proper access
of Sheffield to the south was by Woodhouse. The line as ori-
ginally planned had been divested of five of its branches, and
was absolutely now a distortion, and quite incompetent to
satisfy that wart which was now felt for communica-
tion with the south. Mr. Vignoles had proposed five
objects, the shortening of the distance of Sheffield from
London by eight miles; the cheapening of the price of
coals at Sheffield ; the opening of the Dronfield and Burlow
coal-beds; a better communication with the south, and the
increase of the access to other coal-fields. After going
through all those points, and making reference to the evi-
dence which had been adduced, Mr. Hope went to the intrin-
sic merits of the line itself, which he contended were insuffi-
cient to justify its formation, especially on the ground that the
population was too small to create a traffic upon any line in
the neighbourhood. The local traffic thus failing, the next
consideration was the through traffic, and this, he contended
was also such as not to justify the expenditure of so much
capital. With respect to the saving of eight miles. which it
was alleged would he saved by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire
line, which was now sanctioned by both Houses of Parliament,
the greater distance would be only 34 miles, while if the line
were to be used as now projected, the trains from the north
would have to back fully a mile, and thus the distance would
thereby be actually reduced to 14 miles. Then with respect
to the transit to London, there was a distance by the Lon-
don and York Company of 160 miles, with a difference of nine
miles against the Midland Counties, with the superior advan-
tage if a united management; and if the Erewash Valley
were to be used, there would be a saving of a mile and a half.
Mr. TALBOT replied, resting chiefly in the outset upon
the opening made by the station at Brighton. The Sheffield
people were notoriously a persevering people; but it was a
fact which was patent to all the world, that just as the
London and York Railway had progressed to Parliamentary
success—a line which involved three hundred miles of rail-
way—so bad the worth of its capital decreased. He
would treat with the contempt which it merited the hardy
assertion of Mr. Fowler, that the whole of that line would
be made before this little line of thirteen miles long was con-
structed. He would assert that on the line of the London
and York there was not a single town of the slightest com-
mercial importance, while on the other line there was access
to Sheffield, Nottingham, and Derby, and the several other
places connected with the great manufacturing interests of
the country. After going through the evidence upon
the transit of coal from the neighbouring coal-fields to
Sheffield, the Learned Counsel stated that the projectors
had reduced their capital by 50 per cent., in order to meet
the necessities of the times and the emergencies that might
arise to the business people of Sheffield, and the considera-
tion for the Committee was not the amount of capital to be
employed, but whether it would be judiciously ex-
pended for the public benefit. With respect to the
estimates, it was well known that half-a- dozen valuers
might be brought on one side or the other, and all speaking
to different portions of the subject, might speak the truth,
and yet flatly contradict each other, but he had opened this
case as one necessarily involving heavy works. The pro-
moters were quite willing to take upon themselves the ex-
pense, so that no objection could stand on that account.
The North Midland Company, into whose hands this line
must eventually fall, were quite ready to take it up,
The people of Sheffield were equally anxious for its success;
and after the rejection of the line last year a meeting had
been held, at which the repetition of the effort was strongly
recommended. For himself, he regretted that the pro-
moters had no better advocate; but he felt that in zeal and
earnestness he had fully done his duty by his clients.
The room was then cleared, and on the re-admission of
parties the Chairman declared that the Bill was not proved,
and it is, therefore, for the present lost.

TOBACCO DUTIES.
Dr. BOWRING rose to call the attention of the
House to a return, No. 295, moved for by Mr. Hume,
and ordered to be printed on the 11th May last, exhibit-
ing, in a record of nearly one hundred folio pages, the
miseries and the crimes created by the enormous duties
levied on tobacco. The duties at present levied !tpon
this raw article were enormous, amounting to as much
as 300 or 400 per cent. A motion to reduce the duty to
a very small amount had been only negatived, upon a
former occasion, by a majority of one—that one was the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. He (Dr. Bowring) did
net dispute for a moment that it was the duty of every
Chancellor to attend to the revenue. There were far
more seizures of tobacco than any other article, for, by
the return of May 1846, there were 538 seizures of
tobacco, 171 of spirits, of tea 11, of silk 10, and 25 of all
other articles. With regard to the convictions before
magistrates, there were in England, from the Ist of
January in 1843, no less than 430 convictions. In 1844,
there were 583 ; iu 1845, there were 702 ; and in 1846
there were 872, being an increase of cent. per cent.
since 1843. In Ireland, in 1843, there were 61 convic-
' Lions ; in 1844 there were 149 ; in 1845 there were
132 ; and in 1846 there were 155. In Scotland, in
1843 there were 37 convictions ; and from that time to
1846 there were 204; giving, on the whole, an increase
generally of 250 per cent. during the last four years.
But he did not mean to trouble the House at any length
with the details of the cases of injustice he had cited.
If Hon. Members would turn over the leaves of that vo-
luminous and persuasive document which had been laid
on the table on the subject, they would be better con-
vinced than they could be by any language of his, of the
huge and increasing amount of offences which grew out
of the existing state of things. Then there had been a
great increase in the number of vessels engaged in the
tobacco trade. 19,564 vessels, of about altogether four
millions of tons, were engazed in the trade ; in the Ame-
rican and Baltic trade 145,386 tons of shipping ; and if
the sAilors engaged in these ships each took—and no
doubt they did-301bs. out of these stores, the amount
introduced, independent of the coasting trade, would be
nearly three millions of tons. Some was also brought
to the shore in boats, and landed in the various rivers ;
and no doubt large quantities were taken from the ves-
sels and landed in the night time. Even large quantities
were deposited on the banks of the Thames, and brought
into the very heart of the city in open day.
Smuggling existed in almost every quarter of England ;
it employed the wealthy and influential as well as the
poor. He knew it was very difficult to discover how far
it was carried on, but the general opinion was that the
amount of tobacco smuggled was fully eqqal to that
which paid duty. He believed that there was in this
metropolis 130,000 shops where it was retailed to the
public. and it was quite impossible for the exciF.e to
exercise over those houses a proper surveillance.
it was true that the number of seizures had
been latterly on an increase. The total amount
seized within the last two years was 266,321
pounds, which showed a great increase on former
years, but it was nothing in comparison to the amount
which was introduced into the country in an illicit
manner. In the evidence which was given before the
Committee of Investigation, it appeared that 40,0001b5.
of Dutch snuff was annually introduced which never paid
duty, and, indeed, he believed that Dutch snuff, of which
a great quantity was used in this country, almost
never paid any excise duty. He admitted that
the article of tobacco was a proper article for
the imposition of a duty; but he thought
these duties should not be so high as to have the effect
of maximising the motives and inducements of the smug-
gler. The continuance of these high duties had a very
injurious effect on the morals of the people, he believed
there was scarcely a sailor who was not either a user or
importer of illicit tobacco. The number of boatmen
who did not avail themselves of the opportunity of smug-
gling tobacco was exceedingly small. Altogether 478,042
persons were probably engaged in defrauding the revenue
with respect to tobacco. On these grounds lie
did think he had made out a case for a
searching inquiry by the House; and he appealed to the
Noble Lord, whose benevolence was proverbial, to turn
his serious attention to the subject when revising the
import duties, and he hoped the relaxatio❑ he recom-
mended would take place, although some loss might
ry,ssibly be sustained. He appealed also to the Right
Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give his atten-
tion to it, and concluded by moving the adoption of the
motion.

After a few words from Mr. GREENE and Lord CLIvS
Dr. BOWRING opposed the Bill, and said that in his
opinion the appointment of a Bishop of Jerusalem of it-
self would lead to great di: satisfaction and disadvantage.
He contended that a reverend gentleman, because he had
been appointed to that bishopric, had no right to
come to that ll,Juse and claim to be naturalised.
Mr. HUTT also opposed the Bill, because he thought
it was framed in direct opposition to the spirit of the
Act of Parliament at present in force on the subject of
naturalisation.
Lord JOHN MANNERS advised the Hon. Member
who had introduced the Bill to withdraw it.
Mr. BOUVE !TIE was also opposed to the Bill.
Sir W. JAMES said he should be sorry, if the
reverend gentleman really wished to avail him-
self of the privilege possessed by British subj(c's
to give any opposition to the Bill ; but as long as the
rev. gentleman was not about to reside in England,
he could not see why he should seek for such privileges.
Mr. HODGSON said that' it was the first time he
ever heard any objection to the second reading of a
naturalisation Biil, and his Hon. Friend, before calling
on him to show his reason for such a Bill, should have
stated his reasons against it.
Mr. ESCOTT said that this case did not come within
the provisions of the Act, but still lie thought that no
obstacles should be thrown in the way of the reverend
gentleman.
Mr. J. COLLETT moved that the second reading of
the Bill be posponed until that day week, as the
Government should certainly know the object of such
a Bill.
Lord CLIVE seconded the motion.
Mr. lIUME regretted that her Mcijesty's Ministers
were not present to explain.
Mr. T. DUNCOMIjE said that it was desired that
the Swiss gentleman, who held office as Bishop of Jeru-
salem, should ba Bishop of Jerusalem for England; and
in order to effect that, it was necessary to grant letters
of naturalisation. He saw no objection to such a course.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that there were some inaccu-
racies in the statement made by the Hon. Member for
Finsbury. In the first place, the appointment of the
bishop did not rest with the British Government, but
with the King of Prussia. Under an Act which had
been passed power was given to the Secretary of State
to advise her Majesty under certain limits to grant letters
of naturalisation, and one was, that the party shoulii
be resident in this country. He cid not know the
circumstances under which the present Bill was brought
forward, nor the advantage which the rev, gentleman
proposed to himself by wishing to be naturalised ; but
he presumed that it could be explained by the
Hon. Gentleman who brought forward the motion„
He did not think the Bill should be passed as a matter
of course. Special reasons should be shown for grant-
ing this naturalisation. If
.those reasons were shown,
and appeared sufficient to him, he should not oppose the
Bill. The onus of proving these special reasons rested
with the promoters of the Bill.
Mr. EW ART quite agreed with the opinions of the
Right Hon. Baronet who last addressed the House ;
he thought the proper course would be to have the Bill
printed; the House would then be in a position to judge
of the merits of the question.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no
division took place.
After a few words from Dr. BOWBING and Mr. T.
D (INCOME,
Mr. HODGSON consented to the postponement cf
the question for a week.
Mr. AGLIONBY thought that the question should be
postponed, not merely for the purpose of having
the Bill printed, but that when printed, it should be
placed in the hands of some of the members of her Ma-
jesty's Government, in order to have from them a
statement of the course they would adopt with
reference to the Bill. He did not wish to see it
thrown out at once without any inquiry—
There could be no doubt that the rev. gentleman was
de facto the Bishop of Jerusalem. He would suggest
that the matter should stand over for a week, in order
that it might receive the consideration of the House.
Mr. HODGSON said as many Hon. Members had
expressed a wish to have further information on the
subject before the Bill was read a second time, he begged,
by the permission of the House, to postpone the motion
until Friday.
Mr. COLLETT moved that the Bill be printed, in
order that the House might be in possession of the details
of the measure, but as the motion was not seconded it
fell to the ground.
Mr. HUTT reminded the Hon. Member that the
House was fully in possession of the facts, and that no
advantage would be gained by going to the expense of
printing the Bill.
Lord Kinnaird's (Sir John Webb's) Estate Bill was
read a third time.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Mr. TGORNELY presented a petition from Bury,
:n Lancashire, praying for the abolition of the punish
ment of death.

Mr. FIUME seconded the motion, and earnestly ap-
pealed to the Noble Lord to give the tobacco duties his
most serious consideration. He should not consider the
principle of free trade properly carried out unless a re•
vision of those duties took place, a reduction of wh ch
he believed would prevent great immorality in the
country.
The motion having been put by the Speaker,
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN rose to address the
-House, when

Room D.

An tioN. MEMBER remarked that there were not forty
Members present. _ _

T embera of this Committee re-assembled to-day ai
elevenhe o'clock.rn

Strangei-s were ordered to withdraw, and there bein/
but thirty- four Members present, the House adjourne
until twelve to-morrow.

IPSWICH AND BURT ST. EDMUND'S
(NORWICH EXTENSION.)
Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., opened the case for the promoters, and
in the course of his address stated that the line which his
clients had projected was entitled to the favourable consider-
ation of the Committee, as it possessed all the attributes de-
sirable in a project of tL is description. It met a great desidera-
tum, was supported by the landed proprietary of three. fourths
of the whole line, was opposed only by the Norfolk
Railway Company—a competing: company, who had
themselves projected a similar scheme last year; was
favourable, as regarded engineering features, and could be
constructed for 550,0001., which was a very moderate es-
timate.

RAILWA Y COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY).

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Room A.

A select Committee on the Midland and Eastern Counties
Railway (Cambridge to Weedon) and the Blacksluice
Drainage Bill, met in Room A (New Houses of Parliament)
at eleven o'clock this morning. The members are Lord
Beaumont (Chairman), and Lords Foley, Penshurst, Ran-
furley, and Munster.
Their Lordships first took the case of the
BLACESLIT/CE DRAINAGE.
The case was opened by counsel for the promoters, and Mr.
Cubitt was called to give the engineering evidence. A
witness was also examined on general points, and the Bill,
being unopposed, was passel.

Mr. W. Barnard, a mill occupier on the line, was examined,
and deposed to the merits of the line in affording greater
facility for the transit of the traffic between Norwich and
Ipswich, which was very considerable.
After bearing some further evidence to the same effect,
Mr. Stewart, of Norwich, was examined, and stated that
the present mode of transit was quite inadequate to meet the
wants of that town, and
_that the proposed railway would be
very advantageous to the inhabitants.
Evidence was also given as to the feeling of the inhabitants
along the line, as well as in other places affected by the rail-
way, and which was represented as being very favourable to
the project. _ _ _

MIDLAND AND EASTERN' COUNTIES
(CAMBRIDGE TO WEEDON).
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. E. James, appeared for
the promoters; Mr. Austin and Mr. Calvert for seventy-two
petitioners against the Bill.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAISI opened the case for the pro-
moters. Their Lordships were aware that the network of
railways which was now spreading itself through the eastern
counties of England, concentrated at Cambridge.
They were also aware that the lines connected
with the London and Birmingham line con-
centrated at Weedon. Now, the object of this line was to
connect these places with one another by the most direct flue
possible under the circumstances. The length of the line
was thirty-eight miles. Commencing at Cambridge, it
crossed the London and York at St. Neots, and joined a
branch of the London and Birmingham at White-mills,
at somewhat less than ten miles from Weedon, to which
place that branch afforded a direct communication. It had
originally been proposed to early the line up to Weedon; bui
this being objected to by the London and Birmingham Com-
pany, it had been given up, and the making of the line from
White Mills to Weedon was left to them. The line would
afford an almost direct communication between Oxford and
Cambridge, which had been proposed by a line that came be-
fore a Committee of their Lordships' House a short time
ago, but which could not be effected by that Bill, it having
been reduced by amendment to a mere local line from
liitchin to Royston. The present Bill was only opposed by
one petition, that of seventy-two owners and occupiers -of
land, for whom his Learned Friend Mr. Austin appeared.
That opposition was, in reality, on the part of the Eastern
Counties Railway, as, he thought, their Lordships
would very soon perceive. Many of the petitioners
had been settled with, and many (he believed thirty)
had signed a petition, in which they begged leave to
withdraw their opposition, saying that they were not aware
of the Contents of the petition when they signed it, and
indeed they thought at the time that it was a petition in
favour of the line. That petition had not yet been presented,
but would be in a day or two.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM then proceeded to call witnesses
on the part of the promoters.
Mr. Blyth, engineer to the line under Mr. Miller, gave the
usual engineering evidence—the works were all of a light
character, and there were no considerable engineering diffi-
culties,

A-flexsome further evidence in corroboration of the preced-
ing, Mr. TALBOT said that the case for the promoters with
reference to the traffic was concluded, and that they would
defer entering upon the engineering evidence till to •morrow.
The Committee then adjourned till eleven o'clock to-
morrow.

TANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour, Lord Shaftesbury
in the chair.
The business to-day was rather heavy, there being 25 Bills
(24 Railway), besides 27 Bills (13 Railway) on the merits.
The following Bills were disposed of on standing orders :
SWANSEA VALE.
The amendment for which the case had been adjourned
having been made, the Bill passed in its amended form.
STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE.
Standing orders complied with.
SOUTH DEVON AMENDMENT AND BRANCHES
(No. 2).
The promoters of this Bill had complied with the standing
orders.
HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
AND CANAL (OLDHAM BRANCH).
The same was the case in this instance.

NOTICE OF MOTION.
Mr. B. ESTCOTT gave notice that on Friday next,
he would move for a return of all persons who had been
committed for vagrancy in Ireland, or who had been
sentenced to transportation or subjected to any other
punishment for the last twelve months.
WINDOW TAX.
Lord DUNCAN begged to put a question to the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the ExcheqUer.
It appeared from a circular he held in his hand that the
Metropolitan Buildings Act came into operation on the
Ist July last, and by that Act certain penalties
were inflicted for not having a sufficient number

The LORD CHANCELLOR disclaimed having any
share in the blame; and the subject then dropped.
ROPEMAKERS' BILL.
This Bill went through Committee, and the report was
ordered to bo brought up on Thursday.
CORONERS' (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill went through Committee, and the report was
ordered to be brought up on Thursday.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS' BILL.
The adjourned debate on the second reading of this
Bill wits postponed.
Lord CAMP.BELL had the authority of the Chief
Justice of the Queen's Bench for this Bill, but thought age
should be an element in the consideration. And this
because the law on felony and misdemeanour got into
very fantastical conclusions. If a few hairs were to be
taken from a cow's or a horse's tail, and away carried,
that was a felony ; but if tett cart loads were to be taken
and brought back again, that would be only a misde-
meanour ; and the subject was one of great importance,
and one requiring much consideration.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought was clear
that a Bill of this importance could not receive its due
consideration, and he thought that the Noble Lord had
exercised a due discretion in withdrawing it. Of course
he could not be expectad to give any opinion as to its
peculiar advantages now, but he would assure the
Noble Lord that it would receive the careful considera-
tion of the Government.
BATTERSEA PARK AND CHELSEA EMBANK.
MENT.

FURNESS-EMNTAY EXTENSION.
Their Lordships declared the standing orders complied
with in this ease also.
MANCHESTER AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION
AND RAILWAY.
A similar decision was made in this case.
BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR
VALLEY (BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON,
AND DUDLEY LINES).
The same applies to this case.
OLDHAM, MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, AND
BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION.
A favourable decision was made in this case also.
MONMOUTHSHIRE.
Standing orders complied with.
Several other Bills were part heard and adjourned, and the
Committee proceeded to the cases which came before them
as a Select Committee on Merits.
Their Lordships decided that the promoters of the
HUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD, AND MAN-
CHESTER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION
had proved the preamble of their Bill.
GRAND JUNCTION (HUYTON AND ASTON, AND
OTHER BRANCHES).
Rie preamble oft his Bill also was Proved.
Their Lordships, after disposing of several other Bills, ad-
journed at a late hour.

windows in any cellar or building used
as a habitation. Now a party with whom
he (Lord Duncan) had been in recent communication,
had seven windows in his house, and by the Metropolitan
Buildings Act he should have eight. If he added an-
other window he would incur a duty of eighteen shillings
and a' penny, and if he neglected to comply with the
provisions of the act, he would be liable to a penalty not
exceeding 201. a day for every day he remained without
complying with the provisions of the act after due notice
had been given to him. Under these circumstances, he
(Lord Duncan) wished to know from the Right Hon.
Gentleman if such a person would be exempted from
payment of the window-tax?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who
was almost inaudible in the gallery, was understood I Room B.
to complain of having received no notice of the Noble The Committee met this morning at eleven, the Earl of
Lord's intention to put such a question. He was not Lonedale in the chair, Lord Hawarden, the Earl of Warwick,
aware of the particular provisions of the Metropolitan the Earlof Ellenborough, and the Duke of Grafton present.
Buildings Act, but he would make inquiry on the sub- LEICESTER AND BEDFORD.
jest, and communicate the result on a future occasion. Counsel proceeded to call further evidence in favour of the
POOR-LAWS (IRELAND).
Onanadndcoßmi
Bill, and most of the witnesses examined on the subject of
Mr. HUME moved that a message be sent to the traffic spoke of the transit of grazing stock from about
Lords, requesting a copy of the evidence taken before a
olatrke.twfalnatrboof raocucgoluntowdSa7tiiiotab fioenl dthienaLrokneat prmlaiinnged.
Committee of their Lordships respecting the working of
limn line.
the poor-laws in Ireland.—Agreed to. -Lir. "HILTIYARD took an objection to The line which had
SUGAR DUTIES. been raised before two Committees of the Co.cm
Mr. BAILEY wished to know from the Noble wl_l,ll sat on the 'Rugby and Huntingdon Bill,.andGnos'e
l one
Lord at the head of the Government if it was the Leicester and Bedford, the Bill before their Lordnslipcsil,
his intention to bring forward on Thursday no % t It was founded on an agreement come to between the Rugby
a distinct measure in reference to the sugar duties? The and Huntingdon and the Leicester and Bedford Companies,
reason he asked the question was, a great many Mem- to the effect that one or other of these companies
would
hers were desirous to leave town, and the Noble Lord's construct a
part of the line common to both companies, between deviation from the defeated plan on that
answer to the question might to a great extent affect
their determination.
the Thorpe-road and the Wellingborough-road, if the con-
'from
sent of the landowners can be got, and powers P li
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had stated on the inent to make it, and meanwhilesuspending their-en
preceding evening that on Thursday next he would statecompul-
sory powers for the construction of that part of the line.
the precise day when he would bring forward his measure
Mr. Hildyard argued that the consent of certain parties on
relative to the sugar duties. He would name
that portion of the line was of no avail, that only ent
the earliest day consistent with his public duties, but could sanction the alienation of glebe land or the passim of a

Several other witnesses were called and examined, but the
case was suddenly checked by the absence of witnesses, and
the Committee rose before three o'clock, and adjourned till
to-morrow. r

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
SELECT COMMITTEE.
LARNE, MarxAsT, AND DAucrmEzra..
The Committee re-assemblecgat one o'clock to-day, Mr. E.
Denison in the chair.
Mr. Baker, one of the opposing petitioners, stated that, al
the rising of the Committee yesterday, and also this nioin-
ing, Mr. Lambert, on the part of Mr. Carr, had offered to re
lieve him and the other dissentient shareholders of the ccm.
pany of the shares they held. He (Mr. Baker) held thirty
shares, Mr. Drewitt twenty shares, Mr. Cohen thirty,
opposition should cease.
and Mr. Marshall twenty shares. He replied that he
could not enter into any agreement except before the Com-
mittee.
Mr. Lambert corroborated Mr. Baker's statement.
The object was that Mr. Baker's
Mr. 11.1.'Donald also stated that Mr. Carr had informed him
that he was very anxious to obtain shares in the company,
and therefore was willing to take Mr. Baker's shares and
those of the other opposing petitioners.
The CHAIRMAN,: said the Committee would not lose sight
of the fact that Mr, Carr was not a member of the company,

Viscount CANNING begged to move the second
reading of the Bill for the embankment of the north
bank of the river Thames from Vauxhall-bridge to
Battersea-bridge. With this embankment there was to
be a suspension hridge somewhere about Chelsea hospital
in connexion with Battersea Park as it i 3 now intended
to be formed. The whole cost of these improvements
Was estimated at 160,000/., but this was not to
be all a loss, or a cost, to the ccuntry, for
the Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Westmin-
ster) and other owners of property, had agreed
to subscribe to it to the amount of between 40,0001. and
50.000 Z The tolls on the bridge were estimated at
6,0001. per annum, which would give ten per

TAE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1846.
. . . .
but as their Lordshi
1 TI
RLIAMEN T. cent. on the cost of' the bridge. The Bill had been 1 certain inquiries had to be made previously, whikne- 1 pq,blic road; Psycould not.be certain that but had only come forward as an individual anxious to obtain
' I the next Parliament would give thie Sanction, and the rouse- the forni ctin .if a fir,: , eie't, 1,, ; o,i..in,n, leelnd bee tilt
brought in under the sanction of the Board of Woods cessarily caused a slight delay.
WS, July 14.
line with a chasm in the middle of it to ' the
country through which it passed.
I The
and Forests, _ _
and he trusted therefore that it would pass Mr. BAILEY understood the Noble Lord to say
the length of about two miles, he was sure that their Lord- After some general evidence
his seat on the Wool-
he would proceed with the measure on Thursday next.
passed
without opposition.
ships would not pass such a line. The Committee adjourned to Friday, at one o'clock. peintit
Lord KINNAIRD would suggest that, as the report Lord J. RUSSELL-Certainly not. I stated that I
that quence would be a
Mr. Sergeant WBANGHAM, in reply, said that the agree-
DINGS.
Horse
of the Committee of the Metropolitan Termini had been would name then the precise day when I would bring ment was misrepresented, for though the deviation could
LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
Bills, were reads second
laid on the table, the proposed bridge near Chelsea forward my measure.
not be constructed for want of the sanction which would be
necessary, those compulsory powers to construct the dope- IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- Int
Hospital might be made to serve the do ,ble purpose of Mr. BAILEY-Will there be a temporary Bill in
ay. a Metropolitan passage of the bridge, and of a railway the meantime.
sited line were merely suspended, and remained to provide PANIES' STOCK. Bon
to Wolverhampton).
Lord JOHN RUSSELL - What I propose is to against any chasm.
communication across the Thames.
-.0-......._
Bur
Viscount DUNCANNON believed that if there was bring in a temporary Bill for the continuance of the Mr. HILDYARD replied, and the room was ordered to be From
tie Offi E
cial List,
LY• to be a railway communication at all, it would be far existing duties for a limited time, but at the same time cleared.
ÜBLISKED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. vacate
The Cit.tutausr informed parties on their re-admission that
westward of Chelsea Hospital. to state the nature of the measure which I propose to
LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 14. Tow
ranch).
Committee saw nothing in the objection to prevent them
The Bill was then read a second time; and their Lord- bring forward for the permanent regulation of the sugar
Bon
ships adjourned. duties. proceeding with the Bills.
XOINT-STOCIC BANHS. Chanc
r Railway'.
some Traffic evidence in favour of the line was continued.
WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE AND NEW PALACE The Committee adjourned till eleven to-morrow.
the .
-.
Dividend 1 Amount Bon
action Railway. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 14.
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Bon
COMMITTEE.
(Basingstoke Branch). The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to Four.
Annum. Share. Es q.,
Sir R. H. INGLIS moved that Lord John Russell, Room C.
ster, NEW MEMBERS.
- - City
works. Mr. MILNER GIBSON (Vice-President of the Viscount Ebrington, and Colonel Fox be added to the The Committee re-assembled this morning, Earl Radnor .z s. d. Xa. d.
Australasia -....-•• 6/ per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 21 Eitzha
Westminster-bridge and New Palace Committee. in the chair, when
the M
Board of Trade), took the oaths and his seat for the GENERAL POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Fowler, the engineer of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Brashly orth American 51.. per cent. 50 0050 0 0 4314
Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23% City
/lid Manchester Railway. borough of Manchester.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Noble Lord line:was cross-examined by Mr. MERE/MI-IER, and I stated n'oionial .
and Dean Forest Canal Lord EBRINGTON (one of the Lords of the Tree-lent in the line would be lin 84. Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27% Bore
at the head of the Government if he would be prepared
sury), also took the oaths and his seat for the borough leaving Sheffield, it would have to be worked London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 14% Cecil I
Canal and Railway. of Plymouth. to state, on Thursday next, to the House and to the On .
h assistant power, and as this would be ver, metropolitan - 25 007 10 0 of her
and Railway. Messengers from the Court of Chancery and the country upon what principles it was intended to --y • rather than •such
a design itthemineral
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 36 of Stet
L Gravesend).
NEW WRIT. some information upon the subject. had been proposed, but it had been dropped in consequence Ditto, New.- ••• •• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Bore
ht up the report of the Mr. TUFN • •
ELL moved a new writ for the election of Lord J. RUSSELL did not think it necessary to of a breach of engagement. Union of Australia.. .• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 251 Bart., ,
Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11%
quire into the subject of btreic tbs
make any statement upon that subject. The principles Mr. Gee, civil engineer, gave evidence against the Bill toßore
aMember for the county of Sutherland in the room of
ay Termini.whichintendedconduct the the
upon he to
Gibson
INSITEANCE COMPANIES.
Mr. Dundas, who has accepted the office of her Majesty's
Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that he had been the con-
?Il AND were the same as those which he hadpreviously
upon
• Bore
BANGOR. Solicitor-General.
sulting engineer, and when he surveyed the country had come Dividend Amount called
acted.
ral petitions against the
SECOND READINGS. TOBACCO DUTIES. .to the decision that a line towards London would be best Name of Company. per of Paid. Price of her 3
The following Bills were read a second time :- carried out by Woodhouse Mill, and that op' • unon was con-
Dr. BOWRING rose to call the attention of the '
r also presented a Peti" Lord Kinnaird's (Sir John Webb s) Estate Bill. firmed by the Sheffieldand Lincolnshire line being sane- - East
nother from the Mayor, Spalding's Estate Bill, House to a return, No. 295, moved for by Mr. Hume, boned by Parliament. There Xs. Xs. 8.
was ne opportunity Albion -....••• • • • • • 31. 103. 500 0 50 0 0 74 be Capi
and ordered to be printed on the 11th May last, exhibit- for the Sheffield and Manchester line
ilisbury, in favour of the Yeovil Borough Estate Bill..
to come Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 11 0 0 18% COMmi
ing, in a record of nearly one hundred folio pages, the down by the Chesterfield line. The Bradford traffic Ditto Marine. •.• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 50 0 51
motion Railway.
REPORTS.
miseries and the crimes created by the enormous duties would come by the Sheffield and Manchester line, and the Atlas . • 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 50 0 16% Nort'
if Commons brought up The foll • Bills consideredand
owing reports on were
Ito lie on the table, adopted:-
this raw article were enormous, amounting to as much line was certainly laid out inconveniently for the coal-fields,'
Clencl Med.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 210 0 6% be
NING, the Spitalfields- Billingsgate Market.
as 300 or 400 per cent. A motion to reduce the duty to running as they do throughtwo deep cuttings. The esti- Crown •.•••.•• .. • . • . 31. 100 0 10 0 0
10s. 50 0 50 0 - Co
Derb
e and ordered to be corn- Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and a very small amount had been only negatived, upon a mates of the opposing hoes are certainly much higher than Eagle •••
Laugher Railway,
former occasion, by a majority of one-that one was the for which the amount
Mr. Fowler's route, . stated is 867,0001.; Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 20 0 2% Commi
wesented a petition from Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Chancellor ofthe Exchequer. He (D B • •
r. °wring) did another was 883,0001., and a third 887,000/. European Life .. -•• 5% per cent. 20 0 All paid. 20
s' ......... 51. per cent. 20 0 Freemasons' 3 0 0
Valley Railway. Railway.
net dispute for a moment that it was the duty of every To Mr. TALBOT'S cress-examination, Mr. Locke r lied epGlobe - 136 Dula
that he bad executed works through rocks at a lower rate Guardian .......• •• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 36 10 0 48 -J. P.
DIES. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway. Chancellor to attend to the revenue. There were far than 40/. a-but of c
}aid,course the expense depended upon Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 50 0 0 240 Co
wished t 6 ask the Presi- Tunbridge Wells Improvement. more seizures of tobacco than any other article, for b
, Y.. the nature of the rock to be used b p t-rough. Certainly the sal Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 ig o 0 16% Royi
question with reference York and North Midland Railway (widening and en- the return of May 1846, there were 538 seizures It Indemnity Marine. .. • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 13 129
a of .
.. of country was a difficu one.
Ramsa,
ae Votes of the House of largement). tobacco, 171 spirits, of tea 11, of silk 10, and 25 of all Mr. HOPE cross-examined; but previous to his addressing Law Life............ 11.55. 100 0 10 0 0 52 R. Trol
the head of the Govern- THIRD READINGS. other articles. With regard to the convictions before the Committee the room was cleared, and on
, there-admission
Legal an IGe neral Life - 50 0 20 0 6%
aporary Act, continuing The following Bills were read a third time and magistrates, there were in England,from - parties,Ch • • •
the Ist of .e, ( the the airman inquired of Mr. Talbot, the London Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 12 10 0 14%
London Ship .. ..
od. There could be no passed:-
January in 1843, no less than 430 convictions. In 1844, reading counsl for the promoters, whether he could inva- Marine.. ..... •• • •
the passing of that Bill Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway there were 583 ;iu 1845, there were 702 ; and in 1846 lidate the evidence of Mr. Fowler, who had stated that Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4341. per ct .50 0 20 0 3 the Cei
i the introduction of the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improve- there were 872, b • increase of
being an
64,0001. per mile would be requisite for the formation of the National Lean Fund Si. per cent. 20 0 210 0 234 lane CI
ment.
since 1843. In Ireland, in 1843, there were 61 convic- • Mr.
lines. To this Talbot replied that he could not speak National Life....
Palladium Life B/. per cent. 100 0
51. per cent. 50 0 50 0 934
Fredi
2 0 0 2/. Os.
T had no hesitation in MANCHESTER AID SOUTHAMPTON RAIL- certainly.
July 2:3
tions ;in 1844 there were 149 •in 1845 there were Phcenix . - - 205
d Lord that there would WAY. , By direction of the CHAIRMAN Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 10 0 1/. 3s. Court o
9 • and in 1846 there were 155. InScotland,
13- , . in
ermanent measure upon Ali.. HOPE moved the consideration of the report onMr. HOPE then addressed the Committee, contending that Provident Life - ...... 1/. ss. 100 0 10 0 0 23 hall-sty
1843 there were 37 convictions ; and from that time to
both from the expense of the sustaining walls and the alter- Rock LiM............ 4s. 5 0 010 0 4% tegbury
this Bill. The report was then considered and agreed • •
Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 198 Willi
CHIEF JUSTICE. to without discussion. 1846 there were 204; giving, on the whole, an increase nate expense of the spoil and waste, it would be altogether
Sun Fire ......... •. . 6/. 10s. - - 210 ,:A
generally of 250 per cent. during the last four years. beyond the power of any traffic to remunerate the proprie- Ditto
49 onuge,
I to give a general CURTIS'S DIVORCE BILL.
Life ..
But he did not mean to trouble the House at any length tors. Mr. Yignoles had stated that he was the father of the Universal Life • - -
10% Lpr cut 100 0 615 0 22 21, at cm
all the attention of This Bill was read a third time and passed. with the details of the cases of injustice he had cited. steep gradients, and as thewhole of the flat country had been
it circumstance arising PLYMOUTH GREAT WES TERN DOCKS BILL. If Hon. Members would turn over the leaves of that vo- exhausted, that difficult country must now be attempted. LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Adam'
Thomas Wilde to the This Bill was read a third time and passed. luminous and persuasive document which had been laid It had been originally. intended that the Manchester 20
Dividend Amountof July
:lemon Pleas. A most WEXFORD HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT BILL. on the table on the subject,
they would be better con- and Sheffield line should pass through this country, Name
, of Company. per Paid. Price Bankru
negotiation had taken This Bill was read a third time and passed. • winced than they could be by any language of his, of the but both Mr. Locke, engineer for that line, and Mr. Gee, who Annum. Share. Lombat
appointment of Lord SLIGO SHIP CANAL BILL. huge and increasing amount of offences which grew out also intimate with the country, thought the proper a'cces°
was
of Sheffield to the south was by Woodhouse. The line • s £s.d..£ s. d - Robe]
Lord Chief Justice This Bill was read a third time and passed.
as ori
Strand,
of the existing state of things. Then there had been a ginally planned had been divested of five of its Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 170
he Noble Lord and the CAMBRIDGE IMPROVEMENT BILL.
branches, and Court
areal increase in the number of vessels engaged in the -
was absolutely now a distortion, and quite incompetent Royal Bank of Scotland 6/per
to.. . cent. - 100 0 0 156
ord consented to 8,000/. The report of the Committee on this Bill was con- '
British Linen Company Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 223 Craven-
tobacco trade. 19,5 64 vessels, of about altogether four satisfy that want which was now felt for communi
in originally granted to sidered and adopted. e
millions of tons, were engaeed in the trade ;in the ®me- lion with the south. Mr. Vignoles had ca- Commercial Bank -.• per cent. - 100 0 0 163 Fred(
proposed flee National Bank 6/. per cent. lO 0 0 15 Middle:
to. IV. That negotiation BISHOP OF JERUSALEM'S NATURALISATION r• •' "
shipping - 50 0 0 02% Court e
itutional, and the Noble BILL. the sailors engaged in these ships each took-and no London by eight miles; the cheapening of the price of Western Bank - ... •• • 6/. per cent. - 50 00 85 court, I
hen tl'e lO,OOOl. a year
' , Mr. HODGSON moved the second reading of this doubt they did-301bs. out of these coals at Sheffield ; the opening of the Dronfield and Burlow
stores, the amount North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 71,4
Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 131 Thom
Treasury any right to Bill.
introduced, independent of the coasting trade, would be coal-beds; a better communication with the south, and the Eastern Bank-. .- • • 5/. per cent. 10 00 1 i at elev(
le Act, of Parlian:e7.t After a few words from Mr. GREENE and Lord OLIVE, nearly three millions of tons. Some was also brought increase of the access to other coal-fields. After going Caledonian Bank - 210 0 4 Follett,
i the individual, and Dr. BOWIIING opposed the Bill, and said that in his to the shore in boats, and landed in the various rivers ; through all those points, and making reference to the evi- Edinb.& Glasgow Ban 6/. per cert. - 50 0 7% Taylor,
h i4ll ly improper to opinion the appointment of a Bishop of Jerusalem of it- and no doubt large quantities were taken from the ves- dence which had been adduced, Sir. Hope went to the intrin- .:ici toyttoLf 'i ;bl;silonwi
its Bank.eo 55/1: pe r centt.
. 20 -0
0 10 0 0 1394 willi,
sic. merits of the line itself; which he contended were insuffi•• 6
71. lieerr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 241.49;1 street, J
iy.-( Hear, hear.) IL self would lead to great diesatisfaction and disadvantag,e. sels and landed in the night time. Even larcre uantities
e 1
Hercules Insuranc'e. Co.
the Cou
arran,_crenacnt, had been He contended that a reverend gentleman, because he had were deposited 0.1 the bnl- of the Thames, acs and brought population was too small to create a traffic upon any line in North of Scetlnd 5/. per cent. ,10 0 0 All paid. io q
Brit!sh Insur 5% 1. pr cent. ;200 0 0 10 0 0 28 manbur
Fief Justice of the been appointed to that bishopric, had no right to int -.„ , '
9 the, eery heart of the city in open day, the neighbourhood. The local traffic thus failing, the next Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent.lloo 0010 0 0 22 Gerar
ast add, in giving this come to that Heuse, and claim to be naturalised.
Edinimrgh
Smuggling existed in almost every quarter of England ; consideration was the through traffic, and this, he contended Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% G ld e
'T alee opposed the Bill, because ipugn the character or Mr. 111.51. ..s
was also such as not to justify the expenditure of so much Eden. &Maw. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 2ou -e
it empleyed the wealthy and influential wellas the
.as
2, at h
Ditto, % Shares- • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18
whom a purer and more it was framed in direct opposition to the spirit of the "if it.
capital. With respect to the saving of eight miles. which it
. official a
poor. e knew was very difficult to discover how far Ectin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 15%
the bench.-(Cheers.) Act of Parliament at present in force on the subject of i was alleged would he saved by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire
t was carried on, but the general opinion was that the GI as,„r w & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 7'
a Pounten
inancial statement only naturalisation.
line, which was now sanctioned by both Houses of Parliament, Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/ per
cent. 25 0 0 _lll aid 1W Willis
amount of tobacco smuggled was fully (lied to that
the matter should be Lord JOHN MANNERS advised the Hon. Member the greater distance would be only 34 miles, while if the line Glsgw& Gamkirk Rail. 5/: per cent. 25 0 0 All p 2
paid. 40% Henry
which paid duty. He believed that there was in this
Dundee&
no other Act found, who had introduced the Bill to withdraw it. were to be used as now projected, the trains from the north Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. i 37 h h-, c urc .
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TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, Jutv 11, 1846.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, ap-
pointing Henry Charles Duke of Norfolk to be Master of the
Horse to her Majesty.
CROWN- OFFICE, Jinx 14.
MEMBIRS RITURNXD TO SERVE IN THIS PRESINT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of the Tower Hamlets—Charles Richard Fox,
Esq , Surveyor-General of her Majesty's Ordnance.
Burghs of Leith, &e.—Andrew Rutherford, Esq., Lord Ad-
' vocate of Scotland.
Town of Perth—The Hon. Fox Maule, Secretary at War.
Borough of Halifax—The Right Hon. Charles Wood,
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Borough of Taunton—The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.
Borough of Greenwich—James Whitley Deans Dundas,
Esq., one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
- City of Gloucester—Captain the Hon. Maurice Frederick
Eitzhardinge Berkeley, one of the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty.
34 City of Chester—John Jervis, Esq., her Majesty's At-
torney-General.
35 Borough of Evesham—The Right Hon. Arthur Marcus
NI Cecil Hill, commonly:called Lord Marcus Hill, Comptroller
of her Majesty's Household.
y Borough of Tiverton—The Right Hon. Henry John Vis-
) count Palmerston, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State.
Borough of Devonport—The Right Hon. George Grey,
Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
Borough of Manchester—The Right Hon. Thomas Milner
Gibson, Vice President of the Board of Trade.
Borough of Plymouth—Hugh Fortescue, Esq., commonly
called Viscount Ebrington, one of the Lords Commissioners
ice of her Majesty's Treasury.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk.
East Suffolk Regiment of Militia—J. N. Walker, Esq., to
I be Captain, June 19.
1% Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of
•A Yorkshire.
Li North York Regiment of Militia—J. J. Robinson, Esq., to
'7
be Captain, vice E. Turton, resigned, July 2.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
• Derbyshire Militia—M. Brooks, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
,% April 20.
34 Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
Palatine of Lancaster.
Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
—J. P. Lord, Gent. :to be Cornet, April 24.
Commissions b'y the Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain W. R.
Ramsay to be Major, vice Aitchison, deceased; Lieutenant
R. Trotter to be Captain, vice Ramsay, promoted, June 27.
BANKRUPTS.
14 George Swaine Whitchurch, hosier, Fleet-street, to surren-
-36 July 21, at two, and August 28 at half-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birehin-
-14,, lane, Cornhill ; Lawrance and Reed.
4'2 N Frederick Belloni, clock and watch maker, Shaftesbury,
.
July 23, at half-past one, and August 23, at twelve, at the
. Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Gilbert and Co., Philpot-lane ; Chitty, Shaf-
tesbury.
William Bundey, builder, Stamford-cottages, Stamford-
bridge, Fulham-road, July 21, at half past twelve, and Aug.
21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as-
signee; Husband and Wyatt, Gray's Inn-square.
Adam Gilfillan, draper, Pomeroy-street, Old Kent-road,
July 20, at one, and August 26, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Surr and Gribble,
Lombard-street. , •
Robert Spooner, licensed victualler, Buckingham-street,
Strand, July 21, at two, and August 26, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Bell,
Craven-street, Strand.
Frederick Clement Gray, lodging-housekeeper, Dalston,
Middlesex, July 23, at two, and August 29, at three, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street ; Young and Son, Mark-lane.
4
Thomas Wallis, builder, College-street, Chelsea, July 22,
at eleven, and August 29, at one, at the Court of Bankrutcy.
Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ;
Taylor, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
William Henry Osborn, jun., silversmith, St. James's-
street, July 23, at twelve, and August 25, at half-past two, at
if 4
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder-
(' manbury, City; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside.
Gerard Polden and Antonio Hipolito Lafargue, shipowners,
154 Gould-square, Crutchedfriars, July 22, at eleven, and Aug.
22, at half-past two, at :the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Aldermanbury; Phillips and Son, Laurance
Pounteney-lane.
William Henry Pease, John Robert Pease, and William
Henry Thompson, wine-merchants, Ingram-court, Fen-
church-street, July 24, at eleven, and Aug. 29, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman-
bury; Bird, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
William Groves, tea dealer, Huntingdon, July 28, at one,
and August 29, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, 18, Aldermanbury, London ; Fox and
Britten, Basinghall-street ; Martin, Hunnybun, Huntingdon.
Donald Maclean, dealer, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-
square, July 24, at twelve, and September 3, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street Buildings; Innes, Billiter-street.
Joshua Garsed, sen., and Joshua Garsed, jun., flax manu-
facturers, Leeds, July 27 and Aug. 14, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; - Sud-
low, Sons, and Torr, Chancery-lane, London ; Lee, Leeds.
Thomas Read, cigar dealer, Manchester, July 24 and Aug.
27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Abbot, Charlotte-street, Bed-
ford-square; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester.
James Smith Walters, surgeon, Bakewell, Derbyshire,
July 28 and August 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Falcon, Elm-
court, Temple, London ; Hacker, Leek; Oliver, Manchester.
Edwin Cox Nicholls, broker, Bristol, July 28, at twelve,
and August 25, at _eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Savery, Clark, and Co.,
Bristol.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
L. Reis, J. Power, and G. Koenig, merchants, Fenchurcli-
street—first div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, July 13, and two
following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane.
R. Eusoll, draper, Broad-street, Bloomsbury—first div. of
2s. in the pound, July 13, and two following Mondays, at the
office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane.
J. Chrisp, winebroker, Great Tower-street—second div. of
bid. in the pound, July 13, and two following Mondays, at
the office of Mr. Alsager, Birchin-lane.
S. Pilling and R. G. Watson, wine merchants, Gateshead
—first div. of ls. Bd. in the pound, any Saturday, at the
office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
T. and G. Snaith, ironmongers, Bishop Auckland—first
div. of ss. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Bulmer, shipbuilder, South Shields--first and final div.
of 20s. in the pound, any Saturday after July 15, at the
office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
H. C. Carpenter, clerk, Coborn-road, Mile-end—first div.
of Bs. in the pound, July 15, and two following Wednesdays,
at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
J. Gibbs, grocer, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire—second div.
of 2s. sd. in the pound, July 15, and two following Wednes-
days, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
H. Fricker, innkeeper, Southampton—first div. of 2s. 6d.
in the pound, July 15, and two following Wednesdays, at
the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
DIVIDENDS.
_ _

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. Feaver, mercer, Ludgate-hill, Aug. 6, at one—J. Frost,
goldsmith, Grafton-street, Soho, Aug. 6, at one—W. Cooper,
hardwareman, Bury St. Edmunds, Aug. 5, at twelve—E.
Arnatt, baker, Oxford, Aug. 6, at half past one—J. Vena-
bles, artist, Beaufort-terrace, King's-road, Chelsea, JulylB,
at eleven—A. Bremner, clerk, Bromley-street, Commercial-
road, July 18, at eleven.
la the Country.
S. Rhodes, worsted spinner Bradford, Aug. 6, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court—J. and S. tOwen, merchants,
Sheffield, Aug. 17, at eleven, at the Cutler's Hall, Sheffield
—T. Tatham, lime burner, Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire,
Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Har-
disty, whitesmith, Wakefield, Aug. 11, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court—J. Neivton, J. W. Newton, and F. J.
Newton, spirit merchants, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Aug. 7,
at eleven, at the Cutlers'-hall, Sheffield—J. A. Boden, razor
manufacturer, Sheffield, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Cutlers'-
hall, Sheffield—W. Bull, cloth merchant, Leeds, Aug. 6, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Bulmer, merchant.
Hartlepool, Aug. 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court—H. Kendall, E. Kendall, and J. Kendall, per-
fumers, Deritend, Warwickshire, Aug. 15, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court—T. Nash, jun., builder, Stour-
bridge, Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court
—T. B. Daft, button maker, Birmingham, Aug. 5, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court—B. Spencer, baker, Not-
tingham, Aug. 7, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court
—j. Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Philips, and T. Smith, bankers,
Leicester, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court—. F. Cannel!, bookseller, Liverpool, Aug. 6, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
W. Cooper, hardwareman, Bury St. Edmunds, Aug. 5
J. Avery, dealer in plate, Manchester-street, Manchester-
square, Aug. 5 —J. G. III:1.°rd, common brewer, Holloway,
Aug. 5—R. C. Capleton, grocer, Cheltenham, Aug. 6—E.
Cooban, common brewer, Liverpool, Aug. 4—W. Kelly,
common brewer, Chester, Aug. 6—W. and T. Edmond, mer-
chants, Liverpool, Aug 6—J. Harlow, tobacconist, Leicester-
square, Aug. 4—S. M. Wade, cotton dealer, Liverpool, Aug. 4
--W. Thompson, wine merchant, Cooper's-row, Crutched
Friars, Aug. 4-5., Barwise, watchmaker, St. Martin's-lane,
Aug. 4—H. Fowkes, sharebroker, Manchester, Aug. 4—J.
Knox, carpenter, Black Horse-yard, Bond-street, Aug. 4
E. R. Hall, iron founder, Colchester, Aug. 4—J. Timmins,
brickmaker, Caynham, Shropshire, Aug. 4—W. Stearman.
builder, Princes-street, Cadogan-street, Chelsea, Aug. 4—J,
Davies, mercer, Shrewsbury, Aug. 4—C. J. Bond, tailor,
Tranquil-vale, Blackheath, Aug. 4—A. Crossfield, scrivener,
Whitechapel-road, Aug. 4.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

E. Kenworthv and J. Ridgway, corn dealers, Stalybridge,
Lancashire—J. gidebottom, J. Ridgway, and E. Kenworthy,
cotton spinners, New.mills, Derbyshire—W. Gilbert and R.
Fargher, engineers, Milton-street, City—E. Cooper and W.
Heap, grocers, Lutterworth, Leicestershire—W. Nelson and
E. Markendale, fellmongers, Manchester—S. and G. Hodg-
son, timber merchants, Sunderland—W. S. Wheeley and J.
Davis, glass manufacturers, Kingswinford, Staffordshire--
S. France, and T. Smith, wine merchants, Warrington, Lan-
cashire—T. Gill, J. Child, and W. Barker, railway con-
tractors, Manchester—B. Savage and J. Nock, wine mer-
chants, Wolverhampton—J. and D. Clarke, silkmen, Hurds-
field, Cheshire—T. Hinton and W. H. Taylor, silk throwsters,
Chalford, Gloucestershire—H. S. Hammond and H. Biddle.
surgeons, Edmonton—A. J. Bruce and R. C. Moore, medical
shop- fixture dealers, St. Mary Axe—A. Birrell and T. More •
croft vinegar manufacturers, Liverpool—J. Robson and J.
A. Etches, millers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Humble and J.
S. Collins, surgeon, Newnham, Gloucestershire--T. and G.
Sheppard, bootmakers, Portsmouth—E. Ellis and R. Carr,
jun., manufacturing chemist, Ossett, Yorkshire—J. S. and
T. 11. Williams, milk dealers, Liverpool—H. and T. Wardle,
silk manufacturers, Manchester—T. Mac Gill, J. 0. M'Call,
J. M'Call, and T. M'Call, merchants, Liverpool—J. Mills
and H. Smith, die sinkers, Birmingham—S. Sutcliffe, J.
Rawson, and W. M'Clellan, cotton-warp manufacturers,
Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards W. M'Clellan)—
T. Parish and S. Gunn, butchers, Banbury, Oxfordshire—
W. and G. Magnay—B. Storey and J. Butterfield, flour
dealers, Leeds—E. and L. R. Watts, wine merchants, Bath
—J. and J. Selkirk, printers, Newcastle-upon-Tyna—F.
Mackie and A. M, Meredith, tailors, Southampton-row—
M. Norgate and I. M. Laing, schoolmistresses, Tavistock-
square, St. Pancras.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
William Robertson, jun., merchant, Glasgow, July 16 and
Aug. 6, at one, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.
Isabella Renny, Falkirk, July 22 and Aug. 12, at twelve,
at Cay's Rooms, Edinburgh,
William Provan, sen., and William Provan, jun., spirit
merchants, Paisley, July 20 and. Aug. 13, at twelve, at
Dean's Tavern, Glasgow.

MUMMY WHEAT.—Last year four grains of the fir-
famed mummy wheat, procured by a gentleman in the north
from a friend in England, were dibbled in a garden in Loch-
broom, and the produce now amounts to 94 ears; 23 ears
have sprung from each of three grains, and 25 ears from the
remaining oxic—,rnvernen Courser.