The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-25 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1848.

Manchester and Southampton 214 to
111 idiand.

Ditto, Consol. Preference...100
Ditto, 501. Shares l5 ...... 9W2... to
Midland, Et irm., and Derby 1(X) ..... 75 -
Midland, Congo]. Bristol and
Birmingham 6 per cent.... 100 ll4 ...... to 115%
Midland, Bristol and Gigue. 36 ... —
Ditto ditto 11/. 34.6 d... ...... to
Midland, Leicea. and Swan-
nington (8 per et. gua.)....100 .... .
41 Mid. Great Western (Irish) 35

bliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6
per cent. guar.
Newcastle And Carlisle lOO ......
Ditto Quarter Shares
Newmarket and Chestertora IPA — ...... to
Ditto Extension
Newport Aborgy., and Heref. 6
Norfolk
Ditto New 201.
Ditto Extension
Do. Guaranteed 5% per et. 5 .. ...
Do. Scrip, :647, N. of per
2 — to
Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2
Newry and Enniskillen ...>„ 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor
iiorthern Counties Union ....14
North British
Ditto Half Shares...— 12% ,% to
Do. Quarters siii —
-Ision
‘si

Ditto, Eaten._
..
Ditto Thirds ... ......... ....... 2 ......
North and South-Western... 2 .....
North Staffordshire...
North Wales ......... 3% ..... ,
North Western
Oxford, Worcester, and W 91-
verhampton -
Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% — to
Royston and Ilitchin
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 22% — ...... to
Ditto, New lO
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole
Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 4 ......
:_•hrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. VI . Min.)
Ditto Halves. Ditto... $ ... .. -- •
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto (New) ............ ...... 1 ...... --to
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref
Shrewsbury and Hereford ... 2 . — to
Shropshire Union . 4 ......
South Devon ....... ......... 40
Ditto, Preference 22 .....• -••...... to
South Staffordshire
South Eastern and Dover 33%
Ditto, New, No. 1
Ditto, New, No. 2 l7 -
Ditto, New, No. 3 ..... 20
Ditto New, No. 4. .. « 74 4W, to
South Wales
South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... .. 4
Thames Haven Dock aid
Railway 17% — to
Taw Vale Extension ...... .. 4
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny 1314.._..
Waterford and Limerick..... 40 ... ..
Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw,
and Dublin
West Cornwall
Alitehaven and Furness ..... . In ... .. to -••
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western... ............. ....... Vs.
Wilts,Somerset,ScWeymouth 710 ...... ... - to
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25

Do. Original New & Beck 15 .. ... 2811/2-14 .. to

Do. Exien.No.l (T. &N.) 16 - to
Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 16
D•. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 11 ••.
York and North Midland .. 60
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and West Riding
Extension ....— .... 25
FOREIGN RAILWAYS,
Boulogne and Amien5......... 26 .••••• 714
Central of France (Orleans
and Viercon)
Central of Spain
Ceylon ..
Demerara. ............ ........ ... A . ....
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras bs. ..- .
Ditch Rhoniek
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular 55....... „..., to
Italian and Anstriaa .......... 4
Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 to
Louvain Ala Sambre ..... -.. 6
Luxembourg
Lyons and Avignon (Con-
' stituted)
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege.............. 16
Northern of Franco.
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d , ...... to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans.... 2O
Paris and Rouen ..
Paris & Strasbourg ...... ... 8 ...... --
Rouen and Havre .. -.-.... 20
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8
Tournay, Jurbise, Linden,
and Ilasselt ...... .., 16 ...... ...... to
West Flanders
JOINT STOCK BANKS.

Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial
-
Commercial of London -
London ;Joint Stock .. -
London and Westminster... 20 -
National Provincial of Engld. 35 -
Ditto, New
National of Ireland 2214 — ... .. to •
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia
Ditto, New 214 — ...... t•
Union of London ........ ..... 10
Union of Madrid
MINES.
Anglo Mexican IOO
Asturian Mining Company... 12 ......
Australian ... .
Blaeuarven Iron aad Coal ... Me
Bolaaos Scrip
British Iron
Brazilian Imperial ••••• .. ... 24
Galvanized Iron
Ditto, New
Real del Monte, Unregistered, . .. 1t h.• ... to
Do. Black Debeatares ......
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam _..—• • •• gribraltar.. • • ........ • •
Ditto, at sight ••• • • • 12 2 Leghorn ........ ••• • • •
Itottsrdam .....• .. •• Genoa ...• •• .• .... •• ..
kntworp . ..... —• • Milan .. •
ELantburgh ......M.R. 13 14% Fea1c0........ •••• • • • •
kitona• • ...... •• • • Naples ............ • •
Parts, 3 days' sight •• •• Palermo, Naos-- —. •
Ditto, •• • ... •••• • • • • Lisbon.... • • .... . .....
Marseilles ••••••• • • • • • 28 0p0rt0....
Bourdeaux.... ••• • • • • Rio Janeiro •• ...••• ••
Frankfort on Maine.... 122 Bahia
................
Petersburgh, ill. Rble .• u... Ayres
..
..
..
Harlin....
Vienna, effec fio•• •• •• Philadelphia •••• ••••••
Trieste, ditto.... ••• • • • ?sums er suLLIox, rra, oz.
Rath id ••..••• • • • • • 45N Foreign Gold is bars...Z.B 17 9
Cadiz •• ••••• •• •••••• 473 t New Dollars •• —•• 0 0 •
Bilbao.. •• • •
Barcelona •• ••••• • •• • • aaish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
5avi11e.........• •• •• .* Yer in bars .......• 0 0 0

25 20

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 25.—Wind at noon N.N.W., light
breeze and dull weather, with slight frost.
TORBAY, MARCH 24.—The report of the Friendship,
Osborne, from Littlehampton to Llanelly, arriving here
with pumps choked, was incorrect, it should have been
the Providence, Gregory, previously reported.
PWLLHELI, MARCH 23.—The stern of a ship, marked
" Courier," and several pieces of wreck charred by fire,
have been washed on shore in this district.
DEAL, MARCH 24. Arrd. Elise, Volkertson, Ham-
burgh, for St. fotersburgh; Hendrika, Laurens, Batavia,
and sailed for Rotterdam; Jane, Goodwin, Patrss;
Harlequin, Blayn, Marseilles; Wave, Bell, Cardiff, with
cargo shifted, having experienced severe weather;
Union, Chapman, Shields, and sailed for Malaga;
Goohawk, Dobson, ditto, and sailed for Alexandria;
Majestic, Alexander, ditto, and sailed for Barcelona;
Nautilus, Finlay, ditto, and sailed for Constantinople;
Ythane, Mumford, ditto, and sailed for Oporto; Rims-
well, Brown, Hall, for St. John's, New Brunswick; Eli-
zabeth, of Belfast, and sailed westward.
FISHGUARD, MARcsr 23. The Erin, Burn, from
Wicklow to Swansea, with Fopper ore, put in here this
morning leaky, and with sails split, and must discharge.
A large mast (cut); has come on shore near this place.
HULL, MARCH 24. The Alert, Thompson, from
Liverpool to this port, whiclt got on shore off Grain-
thorpe Haven on the 21st instant, has been got off,
after discharging part of cargo, and has arrived here.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 24.--The Blacesterdakett Hall, ofassiste Sun-
derland, got on Barber Sand, yy, but was d
off to-day, and proceeded.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY
covzieT-GAznzar.
Potatoes from 41 9d to 55 3d per cwt. ; Onions, 2s to
2s 9d ; and Apples, 2s to is per kalf-sieve ; Oranges,
5s 6d to 125 per 100 ; Forced Asparagus, is to 7s,
and ditto Rhubarb, Is 4to 25 per bundle ; New Pota-
toes, Is 6d to ls 9d per lb ; Greens, Is 6d to 25 ; Tur-
nips, is 10d to 26 6d; Leeks, Sd to Is; and Carrots, 35
6d to 55 ad per dozen bunches ; Parsnips, 6d to is per
dozen; Celery, 101 to is 10d; Horseradish, 2s to 40
6d; and,Brocoli, 2s to 35 3d per bundle; Filberts, Sd to
10d per lb; Spinach, 4s 6d to 55 per sieve; Sea Keil,
Is 6d to 3s 3d per punnet; Turnip Greens, 2s; and
Brocoli Sprouts, 3s to 35 6d per bushel.
NIEIV7GATE AND ZDADENIICALM.
Primo Beef and Mutton were in steady request at full
prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state.
Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8s; Mutton, 35 4d to 4
10d;
Veal, 45 to ss; and Pork, 3s 8d to 55 per Blbs by the
carcase, These markets were by no means heavily sup-
plied to-day; yet the general demand was in a very
sluggish state, at barely last week's quotations. Turkeys,
3s to 9s ; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to
6s 6d ; Rabbits, 9d to is Sd ; Pgeons, 6d to 10d ;
aid roasting Pigs, bs to is each. Fowls, 35 3d
to Es 6d ; and Chickens, 2$ id to 55 per couple;
Fresh Butter, is Id to Is 4d per lb ; Pheasants, 3s to
3s 6d; Hares, 2s 3d to 3s ; and Wild Ducks,
Si each.

,2914
4%

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 3s to 38 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d;
Veal, 4s 2d to ss; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs.
VIRITZORAPEIL.
Beef, from 3s to 3s Sd; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s sd;
Veal, 4s to ss; aLd Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs.
MTN inuiromp.
Our markets to-day was well supplied with most kinds
of produce, the demand for which was in a sluggish state,
it but little Toriatiba iu prices.

BXIATANGSGATE.
Turbots, 6s to ins; B►ills, Is 6d to 5s 6d; Cod-fish, 3s
to Gs 3d ; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Mackerel, 3d to 8d ;
and Lobsters, Is 6d to 35 each; Soles, 4d to 2s 9d per
pair ; Smelts, is 3d to 2s 6d per dozen; Salmon, is 4d
to 2s; Eels, 6d to is; Crimped Seats, 6,2 l to lOd; and
Salt Fish, 2d to 6d per lb.
BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are
front 70 to Sd; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 41b3
loa

HIDE MAILICEPT.
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lfd to lid per Ib; ditto
6416 to 721 b, 2d to 21d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 3d:
ditto, 301 b to Salb, 3d to 3;d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, aid to
aid ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 4d ; Calf Skins (each),
4s 8d to 6s; Horse Hides, 8s 6d to 9s ; Polled Sheep, 3s
7d to 4s 3d; Rents and Half-breds, 2s 10d to 3s 4d;
Downs 2s 8d to Es 3d; Shearlings, 4d to 6d.

BAY VIILIIIILETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 155 to 31 15s; Clover,
ditto, 31 155 to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 2s to
li
85 per load. Supply very moderate, and trade dull.
CIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 16s to 31 161 ;
Clover ditto, 31 15s to 41 12s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 8s
per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand.
WHITECHAPPII.—IteadOw Hay, 21 15s to 31 14s;
Clover ditto, 31 13s t• 41 16s; and Straw, 1/ 25 to 11 7s
per load. Supply good, and trade very dull.

COAL BURKE]
Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d
Carr's Hartley
Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Odt
New Felten Main .. 133 Od'
New Tanfield l3s 6d
Ord's Redheugh
Tanfield Moor
Townley l4s Od
Wylam
West Wylam
Wall's End, &e
Bewieke and Co.
Medley
Braddyll's Hetten lss Oa
Haswell l6s 6d

.-YESTERDAY.

Hetton
Keepier
ILarabton
Russell's Ilettoa
15s 6A
Shotten
Whitwell
Carados ..... .. ..
Hartlepool lss Gd
Hudson's Hartlepool lss Od
Heugh Hall
South Durham l4l 9d
Tees
Abercrave Stone Coal 2ls 6d
wpm Hartley
Ships at market lOO

CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor heard appeal motions to-day.
CLIFFORD V. TURRELL.
This case was part heard yesterday upon an appea'
motion from the decision of the Vice• Chancellor Knigh.

Bruce.
The LORD CHANCELLOR this morning, on taking his
seat, gave judgment, discharging the order pronounced
by the Vice-Chancellor.
TOMLINSON V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY

COMPANY'.
This case came before his Lordship upon an appeal
motion from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor of
England, ordering an injunction which he had previously
granted to be dissolved. The injunction which had
been granted exparte restrained the North Stafford-
shire Railway Company from proceeding with
an embankment over certain glebe lands belong-
ing to the plaintiff, ;in the parish of Stoke-upon-
Trent, and from doing any other act for the purpose of
carrying their railway over a part of such lands upon a
i
solid embankment instead of upon a viaduct, and from n
any manner constructing their railway otherwise than
they were empowered to do by the Act of Parliament.
The statements in the Bill upon which the injunction
was granted were to the effect that the railway company
were acting contrary to the powers of their Act; that
from the original plans laid down by the company the
plaintiff was led to believe that no embankment would be
made, but that the railway was to be carried across by
means of a viaduct, and that upon this understanding
the valuation was made under which the plaintiff was
to receive the sum of 1,6001. The principal reason the
plaintiff had for supposing that an embankment was not
to be made, was that only so much land was marked
upon the place as intended to be taken as world enable
the company to construct a viaduct of the same width
at the base as upon the top. The defendants asserted
that it never had been their intention to make a viaduct,
and that they had given the plaintiff notice in July last
that they should require an increased quantity of land,
which would enable them to form the base of the same
width as other parts of the line where embankments were
made. Upon the motion being made before the Vice-
Chancellor of England to dissolve the injunction,
his Honour ordered the injunction to be (dissolved,
considering that a sufficient case had not been made out
for maintaining it. Observing, also, that there was no
question that the company had a right at law to make
the embankment, although some misunderstanding ap-
peared to have taken place. At any rate there had been
no binding agreement between the parties, but the whole
affair had originated in a mistake; and he thought the
injunction ought never to have been applied for. From
this decision the present appeal was brought.
Mr. Rolt and Mr. Lake Russell appeared in support
of the appeal motion; and Mr. Bethell and Mr. Malins
supported the decision of the Court below.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, without hearing counsel in
support of the decision of the Court below, dismissed
the appeal motion with costs.
THE ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. MUNRO.
In our report of this case, yesterday, we stated that
Mr. Grant was the trustee who forcibly took possession
of the church, it should have been Mr. Shepherd.
BARKER. V. THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.
This case came before his Lordship upon ap-
peal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor
Knight Bruce, refusing to dissolve an injunction!
which had been granted ex parte. The plaintiff
is the owner of land and saltworks, at Sandback,
in Cheshire, and the North Staffordshire Railway Com
pany having given him notice of their intention to take
nine pieces of land belonging to him, and then having
entered upon the land, tendering a bond for
the value of seven pieces only, an injunction was
granted restraining them from further entry upon the
land, or continuing in pobsession of, or constructing
theit railway works upon, any part of it. Upon an
application on behalf of the company to dissolve the
injunction the Vicc-Chancllor refused the motion, and
from that decision the present appeal was brought.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, without hearing counsel in
support of the judgment of the Court below, dismissed
the appeal motion with costs.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)
RYE.
The Select Committee appointed to try the merits of
the Rye election petition, complaining of Mr. H. M.
Curties' return, met for the first time this morning; Mr.
Divett in the chair.
Mr. James appeared for the petitioners ; and Mr. M.
D. Hill, with whom was Mr. Johnson, for the sitting
Member.
Mr. JAMBS said the petition contained allegations of
bribery and treating, but probably, when he took a
preliminary objection to the return, the Committee would
see that they could declare the election void without
his going into those more serious charges. The objec-
tion he had to take was that the Mayor of Rye, who was
the returning officer, neglected to give a proper notice
or proclamation of the election. The attention of his
worship was called to the defect by a formal protest,
signed by several electors; but notwithstanding that
caution, the poiling was proceeded with on the day nomi-
nated for the purpose in the irregular proclamation. The
law required that four clear days' notice should be given
of the election, but as in this case the proclamation was
issued on the Monday, and the election took place on
the following Thursday, it was clear that the election
was not legal.
Mr. JOHNSON said he was prepared to admit on behalf
of Mr. Curteis, that the objection was good, and that
the election must be declared void. He.should be glad,
however, to know if it was the intention of his Learned
Friend to proceed with the allegations of bribery and
treating.
Mr. JAMES intimated that it was not, and that he
only intended to prove the irregularity of the election.
Witnesses were accordingly called to establish the
allegation of informality in the return.
Mr. JOHNSON applied to the Committee for costs on
behalf of the sitting Member. There was no foundation
for the allegation of bribery and treating. Mr. Curteis
was far away from Rye when the election took place, and
the Hon. Gentleman was nominated and returned
without his knowledge and consent.
Mr. JAMES resisted the application, and called a wit-
ness to prove that it was usual and customary to put
into these petitions the two allegations of bribery.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that if that were so it was
time the custom was put a stop to.
The room was then cleared, and after a lapse of a few
minutes strangers were re-admitted, when
The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had unani-
mously come to the following resolutions :
"That Henry .Mascall Curteis, Esq., was not duly
elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for
the borough of Rye.
" That the last election for the said borough was a
void election, due notice not having been given by the
returning officer for the holding of such election.
"_That in the petition there were certain specific alle-
gations of bribery and treating, on the part of the sitting
Member and his agent, proof of which no evidence was
offered to the Committee, and the Committee are of '
opinion that such allegations are unfounded, and were
made without any reasonable or probable ground, and
were therefore frivolous and vexatious; and the Com-
mittee do hereby order, that all the costs and expenses
of, and referring to the said allegations, shall be forth-
with paid by the petitioners, or their sureties, to the said
Mr. Curteis.
" That the defence of the said Mr. Curties is not frivo-
lous or vexatious."
This closed the labours of the Committee.

SLIGO.
The Committee appointed to try the merits of the
Sligo election petition, against the return of Mr.in P.
Soines, met for the first time this morning ; Mr. Grager
in the chair.
Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Merewether appeared for the
petitioners, and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Pearcy
Banks for the sitting Member.
Mr. HILL opened the case for the petitioners, re-
marking that the petition contained three allrefuegatisedons—
to
first, that the sitting Member neglected or
' make the declaration of his qualification within twenty-
four hours after he was called upon to do so; secondly,
want of qualification; and, thirdly. that the election was
carried by fraud, force, and violence.

EasrviLLE.—Mr. James Ingamells has three ewes
that have yearned ten lambs within the past week,
viz.—two three each, and one four lambs.—Lincolnshire
Chronicle.
Guizot has taken a residence in Brompton-
square, and has removed, with the Mesdemoiselles Guizot
from Mr. James Broadwood's mansion in Bryanstone-
square. Madame Guizot, the mother of the distinguished
exile, is wittl M. Guizot and

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 24.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.
JEWS.
The Bishop of LLANDAFF presented several peti-
tions against the admission of the Jews.
QUEEN'S PRISON BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
ODD FELLOWS.
Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the
Odd Fellows of Durham, praying that they may be
placed under the provisions of the Friendly:Societies
Act.
AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS' BILL.
This Bill, on the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE,
was read a third time and passed.
CRIMINAL LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of this
Bill, with respect to which he would not occupy their
Lordships' time, as he believed it would not hare to
encounter any opposition. Its object, as their
Lordships were aware, was for the purpose of
establishing a court of appeal in criminal cases.
He objected to the measure which had been proposed
some two years since for the purpose of establishing a
court of appeal in criminal cases, before which convicts
could, as a matter of right, move for a new trial, because it
would give a most unfair advantage to the rich man over
the poor man. In no country in Europe was such an
appeal admitted. In France, the Court of Cessation
merely decided on matters of law, not on matters of fact,
but still he admitted that some alteration in the criminal
law on that point was necessary, and he should not
object to have the matter referred to a Select Committee.
The Marquis of SALISBURY defended the manner
in which justice was administered by the county magis-
trates and in Courts of Quarter Session.
Lord CAMPBELL had no intention of
,casting the
slightest slur on the administration of the criminal law
by the Courts of Quarter Session.
After a few words from the Earl of DEVON and Lord
STANLEY, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered
to be referred to a Select Committee.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, Match 24.
The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before
Four o'clock.
PATENT GALVANIZED IRON COMPANY.
Mr. BROTHERTON moved that leave be given to
withdraw the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbold
(presented 28th February), and of Henry Pattison
(presented Ist March), against the Patent Galvanized
Iron Company (Incorporation of Company, with powers
to hold lands to raise money by loan, and to purchase
Letters Patent) Bill. That leave be given to withdraw
the petitions of John Chevallier Cobbold (presented 28th
February), and of Henry Pattison (presented Ist March)
against the Patent Galvanized Iron Company trading
under the style or firm of " Malins and Rawlinsons'
Bill.—Agreed to.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Railway Bills were read a second time
and, ordered to be committed.
Aberdeen (Additional Capital).
Airdrie and Bathgato Junction (Amendment and De-

viation).
Arbroath and Forfar (Additional Capital).
Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Deviation from
Leamington to Warwick).
Bristol and Exeter (Glastonbury Navigation and Canal
Purchase).
Direct London and Portsmouth.
Drumpeller Railway.
Dundee and Arbroath (Dundee Junction).
Dundee and Perth (Dundee Juuction).
Dundee and Perth (Lease of the Dundee and Arbroath
Railway).
Dunfermline and Queensferry (from Dunfermline to
North Queensferry, with a Branch to Inverkeithing
Harbour).
Edinburgh and Glasgow (No. 2—Amendment of Acts,
New Branches, Abandonment of Branch, and Increase
of Capital).
Edinburgh and Glasgow, :and Glasgow, Airdrie, and
Monklands Junction (Amendment of Acts).
East Anglian (Ely and Huntingdon Railway, Extension
of Time).
East Liacolnshire (Alteration of Great Grimsby Branch).
Furness Railway.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Revision of
maximum Tolls and Charges on the Glasgow, Paisley,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railways).
Great Western (to confer additional Powers on the
Company with reference to the Purchase of the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, &c., Railways).
Great Western (Loop Line from the Birmingham and
Oxford Junction Railway through Leamington).
Kendal and Windermere Act Amendment.
Leeds and Thirsk (Alteration of Levels of Leeds and
Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, Preston, and
Stockton, &c.)
London and South-Western Railway Company's ;Acts
Amendment, Extension, Deviation, and New Works.
London and South-Western, Exeter and Crediton, Taw
Vale Railway and Dock, and Bodmin and Wade-
bridge Railway Companies Arrangements.
London and South-Western Railway Company and
Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company
Amalgamation.
London, Brighton, and South Coast (London-bridge and
New Cross Stations, &c).
London and Blackwell Connecting Branch, &c.
Londonderry and Enniskillen (Relinquishment of Line
between Omagh and Enniskillen, &c.)
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshirc., (Humber Fer-
ries Improvement at Hull and New Holland, &c.)
Midland (Branch to Ripley, tke.)
Midland Great Western of Ireland (Deviation Line from
Mullingar to Athlone).
Mi
Wdlandell (Alteration ot the Line and Branches near
ingborough, and Approach to the Wellingborough
Station).
Newport and Pontypool Act Amendment.
Norfolk (Amendment of Acts and Extension of Time
for commencing Reedham and Disc Branches).
North British (No. I—lncrease and Division of Capital).
North British (No. 2—Junction with Leith Branch of
the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, &c.)
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Extension of
Time, &c.)
South Wales Amendment of Acts.
Vale of Neath (Power to the South Wales Company to
subscribe, and Amendment of Acts).
Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Extension or Devi-
ation Line from Silecroft to Foxfield, &c.)
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Great North of Eng-
land, Clarence, and Hartlepool Junction Railway, and
Hartlepool Dock and Railway Leasing).
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Deviation and abandon-
ment of part of the Thirsk and Melton Branch).
The Burntisland Harbour Improvement Bill was read
a second time, and ordered to be committed.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY
(POWER TO PURCHASE) BILL.
On the motion that this Bill be read a second time,
Mr. FORSTER rose to move, as an amendment, that it
be read a second time this day six months, on the
ground that it would place in the hands of a railway
company the monopoly of the traffic between Dublin and
Holyhead.
Mr. H. BERKELEY seconded the motion, and said,
no doubt, the President of the Railway Board, if he were
in the House, would also join in the opposition.
Mr. GLYN then said the Bill was not now brought
in for the first time, as it had been on a former occasion,
before the House. The Commissioners of Railways at
that time allowed the Bill to proceed, and the Committee
to whom it was referred declared that its carrying out was
expedient; but it was withdrawn simply on the ground
that the session was near its close, and that it could not
be completed before the prorogation. The Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company, so far from wishing
to establish a monopoly, were perfectly ready
to treat with the established companies if they
were disposed to undertake the service ; if they
were prepared to do so the promoters of the Bill were
prepared to withdraw that portion of it. The c
condi-
tion, however, on which the company proposed y-
ing out the steam-boat communication, with the terms
they proposed to charge, were before the House, and
were to be rendered subject to the approval of the Board
of Trade. The rates were extremely low.
Mr. F. FRENCH opposed the Bill, on the ground that
it would utterly ruin the existing companies.
After a few words from Sir W. lIEATHCOTE,
Mr. GLYN stated, in reply, that the company sought
power to raise further additional capital, and that they
would be put to much inconvenience if those provisions
were not assented to.
Sir H. VERNEY considered that the Bill would
create a monstrous monopoly, and that therefore the
House ought not to consent to it.
iMr. GLYN said that, acting upon the suggestion of
the Hon. Member, he would withdraw his motion.
The second reading of the Bill was then postponed.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (BRANCH
FROM SLOUGH TO WINDSOR).
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill,
Mr. GLADSTONE said that he much regretted the
absence of a Member of the Government of whose -
ser-
vices the House was at present deprived by tho late de-
cision of a Committee—he meant the Right Hon. Gen
tleman at the head of the Railway ard, the late Mem-
ber for Derby, because the suggestißoon he (Mr. Glad-
stone) was about to make was_ ono which could have
been offered with peculiar propriety in presence of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, but in his absence he should
address himself to the Noble Lord at the head of the
Woods and Forests; and while stating to the House his
regret at the absence of the Right. Hon. Gentleman, be
might perhaps be permitted to express a confident and
earnest hope that the Noble Lord would permit himselt
to be appointed a medlator between the two great com-
panies interestedin this question, with the view of pre-
venting :the enormous expenditure and harassing liti-
gation which had taken place heretofore. In the last ses-
sion of Parliament both the South-Western and
Great Western introduced Bills to enable
them to reach Windsor. The Bill of the
Great Western was rejected, and that promoted by the
South-Western Company, extending their line from
Richmond and Staines to near Windsor, was adopted.
That being the case, the South-Western had seen proper
Bill
to introduce in the present session a for the purpose
of connecting Eton and Windsor with Slough, as well as
with Richmond and Staines. This would be done by
means of a single terminus for Eton and Windsor, and
that would be of course the best terminus that the case
could admit of. The South-Western were obliged to
run their lino at a vast expense, a bridge having to be
constructed over the Thames at Windsor, yet the line
they now proposed to extend, although as good a one as
in the circumstances they could get, was still a
very objectionable one. He did not think that
the competition that existed between the com-
panies to the town of Windsor would benefit
either party. He could not imagine for a moment that
three lines to London could exist even if they were sanc-
tioned. A Dill of the South-Western Cciaptuy's had