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London, England, 1846-06-24 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL

Pontsu FRONTIERS, JUNE 9.—The Citadel of War-
saw is to be considerably enlarged, as appears from the
purchase of several parcels of land in the vicinity on
account of Government ; the number or political pri-
soners increases, which probably renders an enlarge.
ment necessary. The editor of the Warsaw Library,
a scientific journal, which is rather popular, is said
to be accused of some political offence, which may be
an obstacle to the publication of the journal.
VIENNA,. JUNE 4.-It is said that the inspection of
the Prussian- contingent to the army of the German
Confederation will be given by his Majesty the Emperor
to an Austrian Archduke, arid that the Prince of
Prussia will inspect the Austrian contingent. It is
said that 30,000 men will take part in the autumnal
reviews near Vienna. After the review the levy
of recruits in the German province will begin. It
is said that the levy will amount to 50,000 men.
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Stephen arrived
here yesterday evening, from Prague.
BERLIN, JUNE 14.—The King and the country have
sustained a great loss. One of the most distinguished
of our statesmen, who has rendered the most important
service to the monarchy, Baron Von Nagler, Minister
of State and Postmaster-General, died yesterday at
half-past three o'clock, of an apoplectic fit, in the 76th
year of his age.

Since yesterday the report has revivf d that the city
of Cracow, and probably the whole of the ecuntry of
the R-public, will be given up, on certain conditions, to
Austria.

The day before yesterday, seven young Boyars, ac-
companied by a captain of the Hespedar of Moldavia,
arrived here from Buchareth, who are to enter as
boarders into the Academy of Cadets, to receive a
scientific military education.

A new ordinance fir the exercise of the PrussLin
army has been drawn, -and is already used by the
cavalry of the Guards.. Some new evolutions are intro-
duced, and all foreign words in giving the command are
to be discarded; which, at first, the officers will find it
difficult to observe. Many command,: hitherto given in
one short French word, which by long use has becomt-
naturalised in the German languagv, must now be ex
pressed by a paraphrase. •

BRESLAU, JUNE 13.—1 n the Second meeting of thr.
Christian Catholic Provincial Synod, it. wtss io
return to the Laptismal form-6% In the name of God thy
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." It WWl', reeog•
nised that the only s.*urce Of Chrn-tianity is the Slid,.
DUSSELDoRFF, JuNE.lo.—With respect to tt,e exhan
tion of relics in the Cathedral of Ant-la-Chapelle, which
is to take Owe 4,n the 10th of JO, sick pertoll. wll
desire to be touch‘ d with them are requi, ed to produce
a medical certificate of the state of th• it h altii,,and an-
other from their priest, resp-cting their moral 0.,n,i0n.
_ . _ . . _

The hopes of the approaching harvest are everywhere
fay.urahle. The weather has been extremely fine, an
we have had some rain, which has had a very beneficial
effect.

GALACZ, MAY 25.—A continued drought prevails it;
Wallachia, so that tears are entertained tbr the standing
crops, which in the Spring promised to prove so
abundant.•

The Moldavian clergy. went yesterday in solemn pro-
cession from Gal:icz to the cornfields. The sacred
banner was carried before them, and a vii,t crowd of
people to put up prayers for rain. The Governor fol-
lowed in his carriage. As no rain has yet come, the
fanatic Greek clergy ascrif • tho failure of their prayers
to the circumstance that the Governor was accompanied
by a Lutheran (Prussian) officer, his friend, and on this
account there is to- be another solemn procession.—
Eamburgh papers, June 19.

BILL FOR THE REGULATION OF

STEAM NAVIGATION.

A Bill with the above title has just been introduced
into Parliament.

The following are among its most important clauses:—
Steam vessels to be divided into compartments—That
from and after the first day of January ono thous:llud
eight hundred and forty-seven, all sea-going strata -
vessels', the building of which shall have been commeec..-
after this Act, shall be divided by transverse water tight
Partitions, so that the fore part of the vessel shall t e se-
parated from the engine by one of such partitions, and
so that the after-part of such vessel shall he separatec
from the engine-room by another of such partitions.
To be sufficiently provided with boats.—And be it
enacted, that fry m and a'",er the said first day of Ja-
nuary one thousand eight hundred and forty-,,, yen, no
sea-going vessel, the tonnage of whieh shall be tw
hundred tons or t.pwards, shall proceed to sea from :nj
port whatsoever, t nless it stall be provided with bout:
duly supplied with all requisites for their use, and ill
being fewer in number, nor less in their dimens:on
than as follow :—Each vessel of from 200 to 250 tons
burden to carry one long. boat of eighteen feet length
and six feet beam, and one boat a stern, of fourte .n
feet length and five feet beam :—each vessel of 350 to
550 Las to carry three boats, namely, one long IA at o
twenty feet length and six feet and a half beam ; on'
boat on the deck or quarter, of eighteen feet length and
five and a half feet beam ; and one a-stern, of fourteen
feet length and five feet beam ; each vessel of from
550 to 850 to carry foter boats, viz. :—one Ling boat
of twenty-four feet length and seven feet beam ; two
boats on the deck or quarters—one of twentp-two feet
length and six feet and a half beam—the other eighteen
feet in length and 51 feet in beam ; and one boat astern.
of 16 feet in -ltngth and 51- feet beam: each vessel of 850
tons and upwards to carry four boats, viz.:—one
boat of 26 feet length and 8 feet beam ; two on the deck
or quarter—one of 24 feet length and 7 feet beam— On
other 22 feet length and 6k feet beam ; and, one boat
astern, of 16 ftet length arid 5,+ beam :—and that no sea-
going vessel, the tonnage of which shall tie uneer 200
tens. and above tens, shall ; roeeed to sea unless i
shall be provided with a ding:, and with a boa. suffi
clearly large to reci ive and carry ten pr: sons (such ding;
and boat bung duly supplied with all rilitt sites for they
use); and, that in every tae one of sueri b..tsts, as mere
said, to be carried outside on the quarter or on the stern,
shall be fitted up as a life-boat : Provided always, that
when steam vessel shall be provided with such boats a,
are usually c tiled paddle-box boats, such steam vessel
shall only be required to take two other boats, !lamely,
the long-boat and the beat astern, mentioned as aforesaid.

And be it enacted, that if any such sea-going steam-
vessel as aforesaid proceed to sea without being so
divided as aforesaid, or if any sea-going vessel of one
hundred tons burden or upwards proceed to sea without
bring so provided with boats as aforesaid, the owner
thereot shall forfeit a sum nut exceeding one hundred
pounds, and the master thereof shall forfeit a sam not
exceeding fifty pounds.
To take a Certain Course in Rivers and Narrow
Channels.—Apid be it enacted, that every steam•vessel,
when meeting or passing any other steam-vessel, shall
pass as far as may be safe on the port, side of such other
vessel; and every steam-vessel navigating any river or
narrow channel shall keep, as far as it is practicable, to
that side of such river or channel which lies to the star-
board side of such vessel; and the master or other per-
son having the charge of any such steam-vessel, and
neglecting to observe these regulations, or either of
them, shall for each and every instance of neglect forfeit
and pay a sum not exceeding fifty pounds.
To Carry Lights.—And be it enacted, that the master,
or other person having the charge of any steam-vessel
which shall be in any river or narrow channel in
Great Britain or Ireland, or the adjacent islands, or
upon the sea within ten miles to any part of the coast of
Great Britain or Ireland, shall, whether under weigh
of at anchor, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit such
lights within such places, in such manner, and under
such circumstances as by the said regulations hereinbe.
fore authorised to be made by the said Lord high
Admiral or by the said Comissioner shall be required ;
and in default thereof shall forfeit and pay a sum not
exceeding twenty pounds for every night in which such
default shall be made ; and the owner of any steam-
vessel in which such light shall not be exhibited as
aforesaid, shall not be entitled to recover any recom-
pense or damage whatsover which may be sustained by
such vessel in consequence of any other vessel running
foul thereof during the night.
And be it enacted, that if any damage to any person
or property, shall be sustained in consequence of the
non-observance, as respects any steam-vessel, of the
rules contained in the two enactments lastly hereinbefore
contained, the same shall, in all courts of justice, be
deemed to have been occasioned by the wilful default of
the master Or other persons having the charge of such
steam-vessel ; and such master or other p-rson and his
employer shall be subject in all proceedings, whether
civil or criminal, to the legal consequences of such wilful
default.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen took an airing in the rides adjacent to
o,borne House on Monday afternoon, after the depar-
ture of her illustrious visitors.

The loyal Family went in the pleasure-gr Junds yes-
terday.
Her Majesty ani her Royal Consort took their usual
early walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess loyal, and the Princess Alice
went to the beach yesterday afternoon, and took their
accustomed exercise.
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans-
acted business yesterday at the Foreign•offiFe-
view Chairmanwith the
of
The Dean of Windsor had andianieruvtiersw
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rhessni-
eellor of the Exchequer yester
denee in Downirw-street.
the btamps and Taxes, had also % u
Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr.
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HOUSE OF r' 041 0 A'S', -Tune 23
The SPEAKER took the Chair at P.ur o'clock.
REPORTS.
The reports on the following Bills were considered and
agreed to, and the Bill, ordered to be engrossed. viz.:—
Blackburn and Preston Railway ; Dublin, Dundrum, and
Enniskeiry Railway ; Eastern Counties Railway Stations En-
largemerA ; East Lancashire Railway ( Deviation and
Branches); Enfield and Edmonton Railway , London and Bir-
mingham Railway and Birmingham Canal Arrangement;
London and Birmingham Railway (Aylesbury Railway Pur-
chase); London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry to
Nuneaton); London aid Birmingham Grand Junction
(Manchester and Birmingham Railway Amalgamation);
London and Birmingham Railway (Wcedon and Northampton
Branch); North Union Railway • North Wales Railway;
St. Albin's, Luton, and ()unstable Railway; Scutt) Eastern
Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford,
with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead); Shrewsbary,
Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway (Criikheath and
Wem Lines); Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junetion
Rail say (Extension and Deviations); Wath-upon-Dearne Im-
provement.

THIRD READING.
Thefollowing Bills were read a third time, and passed, viz:
Ardrossan Municipal, Police and Improvement—Forth and
Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improvement—lpswich
and Bury St. Edmund's Rahway (Norwich Extension)—
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, WAkefield, Huddersfield, and
Goole Railway—Stockton Gas—Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole Itailvvay, and Port, &c., of Goole.
COVENTRY, NUNe;ATON, BIRMINGHAM AND

LEICESTER itAILWAY.
The report on this Bill was brought up, and after a few words
from 41r. GREENE, who objected to the introduction of a cer-
tain clause, was agreed to.
GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY
BILL.—CONSIDERATION OF REPORT.
Sever..l petitions om Glasgow, Dumfries, and other places
in the west of Scotland, were presented in favour of this line.
The order of the day was then read, that the report be taken
into consideration on that day six months.
Mr. EW ART rose, and said teat in dealing with the im-
portant subject before the House it behaved them to be careful
how they interfered in expressing an opinion with respect to
the decision of the Corn Littee.—(Hear, hear, from Mr. P.
Stewart.) Notwithstanding the cheers of his Honourable
Friend, he ventured to state that the character
of the House would not allow the oderation of the
C mmittees to be changed to suit, the convenience
of more personal aggrandisement. A Committee had been
formed of gentlemen, selected particularly for their high integ-
rity, independence, and ability, arid they had, after due delibe-
ration and investigation, given in their decision, which was
now sought to be set aside by parties who had interested
motives. A powerful combination of parties was formed against
the progress of the measure. He altogether blamed these
parties. There was the Caledonian Railway, there was the
Grand Junction, there was also, he believed, the Carlisle and
Lancaster Company, who were all united with a special
object to defeat the int( ntions of the Bill in
order to promote their own special interest, and to
cause their own special notions to be adopted.
He would aek the House, whether they were prepared to lose its
character in the eves of the public by rejecting the Bill under
their consideration ? He considered that they were it' fairness
bound to resist this attempt to eppo•e the passing of this
measure, which was calculated to confer the greatest benefits
on the country through which the line would pass, and particu-
larly on that part with which he had the honour of being con-
nected. It the House were to overturn the di cisions of its Commit-
tees on ueh urounds as hart been alleged, they might he constantly
reversieg their theisiorts.—( Cheers.) It was very well for his
Right Honourable Friend to cheer him ironicalls, but he
hoped that that would nut pr vail upon the House. lie was
sure that his cheering would out prevent them from giving
such a decision es would be consonant with common setise, and
that they would uphold the well-considered and impartial deci
si ine of the House, If they did not the pu .lic would be
iijured—deeply injured. As far as regars ed the general
question, they were told that this line ought not to be
-an. ti..ned principally because it would be a computing line.
Why, he always thflugl t tt a. should he the very reason why
the shout, grant it. Hear. heap ) He had always
thought that the ery principle of ;he 1, gtslatim of that House
was the sanctioning of competition— ( Hear, hear)—be-
cause by doing so ha had always thought that they
were furthering the interests of the public. But
this railway was not a competing railway, eve.. supposing
that competition were to be discountenanced by the Heuse.
It was a railway which struck off at a consideraele angle from
the railway that it was represeetett to compete with by his
Hon. Ft iends near him, or, at least, the supporters o! that
relieve.; ; and in order to lead the House in,o the belief that
it was a competing railway. its supporters had been obliged
to distort the geography of the country. 'f hey had not, there
fore, a single ground to stand upon whets they represented
that ,his was a competing line. It would pour its tributar
streams into the Caledonian Railway. The people of that
part of the country through which it would pas, were certainly
in favour of this and against the other line. Ir was said that
a commission had reported in favour of the Caledonian line,
but, as a collateral branch, the line now under the considera-
tion of the House had certainly been sanctioned by the Com-
missioners, and the report of the Board of Trade
had, in tact, taken the same view of thi line as the
promoters had; it would afford a direct communication
with Edinburgh and Glasgow and England, and instead
of acting prejudicially to the interests of the proprietors of the
collateral branches, it would rather tend to increase them.
The traffic on the trunk line between that part of the country
with which he was connected and the north would be in-
creased. He contended, then, that as the Board of
Trade had distinctly reported in favour of this line,
it ought also to receive the sanction of the House.
The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway was admitted
to be a tributary to tee Cal. dower, The Committee ap-
pointed to decide upon that Bill wa- composed of persons for
whom he entertained the highest opinion; they considered that
the part of the country through which the line passed required
a separate and independent line for itself, in consequence of
the great mineral wealth which it posse.sed, and it was there-
fore of the utmost importance that a thr,•ugh line of commuaica
t ion should exist between it and this country. All these important
circumstance• came under 'he consideration of the properly •
constituted tribunal--,he Select Committee upon Hallways,
appointed by that House. Having gone before this tribunal,
consist-tog of perst et. of the highest abilities, his Hun. Friend
the Member for the 'Power Hamlets being chairman of the
Committee, and an unanimous verdict was come to in favour
of this railway—the Hoe se seas now called upon by three
powerful companiee to rei e?l this decision of the Committee,
and thereby to leave the whole ot' the valley of the Mai with-
out railway accommodation. The Honourable Member
who tepresents that district must know that there is a
gs neral ieeling an unaeitneus assent in favour of the line
It' the House were allowed to repeal the decision of this Com-
mittee, it would indict a great injustice upon tl at important
district throw_ h which the line would !Ass. It the House
were thus allowed to rescind the decision of its Committees,
when powerful companies cease down to the House
interest ed destives nod fee.ings, praying the House to do so,
it wauld be in vain that the Hon. Member fur Oxford (Mr.
Estcourt) exertt d himself to reform and improve the tribunals
of this House, entrusted with the management of railway
affairs. Pu,slic confidenc.s would become shaken in the
decisions of the Comnottees, especially when they saw
personal and local iteerest advocated in that House,
and the interest of powerful companies represented, as was the
ease with one by the Hon. Member for Renfrrwelore (Mr.
Stewart), who were not ashamed of stating their personal in-
terests, and declare their intention to vote according to those
interests. A powerful journal which exercised coosid,rabie
ieflaence upon the public minds, called the attention of the
public to this important question, and asked if these decisions
were to be always rescinded in this manner, and if so what
was the possible use of these tribunals. "this was an
ineication of the feeling of tee pubic mind on this
matter, and he called upon eviey Member of the }loose
to prevent this feeling becoming general out of the House.
He would move, then. that this question should be taken into
further consideration , and if this House should decide that
powerful companies should not prevail in the House because
they were powerful, he would further move that this report be
forthwith taken ieto consideration.

Mr. HAVES disclaimed I acing any interest in either of
the lines before the House, met said he rose simply to urge
~pen the House a few of those considerations whieh seemed to
bum to affect the subject before them. lie said the Hon.
Member (Mr. Ewart ) had stated this as a simp e case in which
a Committee having considered a particular line, and re-
ported in favour of it, that line ought to have the support of
the House. Now if that were the 6 imple consideration in the
case before the House, he (Mr. Basses) would certainly sup-
port it. But the House would be surprised to learn, after
hearing the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, who said that this
line was not a competing scheme with the Caledonian
Railway, that this line had been rejected by the
Board of Trade, and not only by the Beard of Trade, but by
the first Commission which was appointed to inquire into the
best communication between England and :Scotland. He held
in Lis hand a report from the Beard of Trade, in which they
distinctly stated that it was quite clear that the traffic from
Scotland to the south was not sufficient to support two con -
peting systems of railroad; that one must be adopted, and the
others neglected, and that the Caledonian and the Nithsdale
lines were two systems inconsistent with each other. He (Mr.
Hawes) owned, that after reading this report, he did not think
.hat the last Committee had adopted the most proper
course in their proceedings. Honourable Members
had in a full House rejected that line, the Board of Trade and
the Commission had decided against it, and he (Mr. Hawes)
would suppot t the decision of the House against the late Com-
mittee. Against the Board of Trade, against the Commission,
and against the decision of the previous Committee, the late
Committee, he thought, c me to an unwise decision.
He would simply ask the House whether the evidence of public
documents did not preponderate in favour of the Caledonian
line, and against the decision of the Committee on the Dum-
fries line? There was, for instance, a Committee of their own
House who had reported against the latter line—the Board of
Trade had done the same, anti a Commission appointed by the
Crown had given a decided opinion in favour of the Catedunion
line. He sa.d then this was no ordinary case, and tee House ought
not to allow the Dumfries line to pass, at least for the present.
Bet there W 23 another consideration which he would urge
against this decision. They were living in times. of wild rail-
way speculation, and he found from a paper which had been
laid before the House, that there were Bills before them
authorising railway companies to raise capital to the
extent of three hundred and sixty millions, while,
up to the Bth of June, the Mils in the
other House amounted to upwards of one hundred millions.
Now, he put it to the House, whether, under the circumstances,
it was not tit and proper that the Dumfries Railway should be
postponed till a more favourable period for carrying it out
Believing this to be the best that could be done fur the sake of
the public interest, considering that the evidence off
public documents preponderated against the decision of
the Committee, knowing that the House had
the autho-
rised'same an existing company to make a line in
district, and to raise two millions
an immense amount of labour,which was
now in operation ; and considering, last]}',
present state of
a large
_ y o.', of rttio meir" ofe )'' affording
3_ het, he thought it
railway speculation aad the moin,euyii
market,
postpone the passing of
-;
highly desireble that the House s e
opportunity.
the Dumfries Bill till a more favourable.line would accommodate
Mr. OSWALD said the Dumfries
of
district, most whose landed
an extensive and important - pro-
prietor the line. It would also afford great local
nr
supported. .
wouldprove a sourceof --
odation, while it
cone m
o a
convenience and advantage to Jame agricultural
interest ; and, under these circumstances, I- e
, for otie,
should -upport she decision of the Committee ( H
It was said
that the Nit h-dale scheme of last
Committee arts,
ear, hear.)
as the one in which the Committee adj (I
year,yelr,'l,via,:the same
that was not the case. The line of last- u 'cite
1 but
line from Glasgow to Carlisle; whereas year was an integral
started from Cuumock, and . lereas the line of this year
nated in the Caledonian line passing through Dumft les, termi-
have to pass along the Caledonian
Gretna, so that this line would
onian from Gretna to Carlisle, to
the great ativantege of that''
line.
The line under ihe conside-
ration of the House wouldgive great accommodation to the dis-
trict through which it
pass
He i passed, taking agricultural uroduce from
Dumfriesshire, and conveying coal and other minerals from Ayr-
shire to the south. 'hoped the House would confirm the
decision of the Committee.
Mr. BAILLIE thought the which
e course had been adopted
with regard to the present Bill most ohjee ionable. The ques-
tion had really been decided last Tuesday night, in ' a full
House. The
majority which then decided against the BM
was not a very large one, still it was a majority, and the House
was a very fill vne. It wa* met unfair for the promoter' of

the Bin to take advantage of the forms of the-Nouse, and g"
the debate adjourned so as to try and get the decision rescinded.
—( Hear, hear.) It was a most objectionable course of pro-
ceeding, and one that he hoped the House would not encou-
rage. He would conclude by hoping the House would confirm
the decision it had come to en the orevieus evening, when the
matter was tuly considered.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. J. HUME hoped the decision of the Committee would
be sustained. It was a question of great importance whether
they would deprive such an important district as Nithsdale of
railway accomn.odasion in order to please the Caledonian Com-
pany. It had been stated that the Caledonian would require
the whole traffic of the country in order to maintain it. 'Phis
he did not believe, but considered that Company
wanted to
maintain a monopoly. He had received a letter from
a person from Kilmarnock, who expressed great alarm
lest the Bill shouldbe thrown out by the House, as
it would be of the greatest advantage to the country
'through which it passed, and that feeling was general through-
cut the whole of Nithsdale and Ayrshire.—( Hear, hear.)
The writer said it would be the only means of preventing
.the
monopoly of the Caledonian Company. On every
principle
of fa,r play, and the granting of competition to the public, see-
ing that the whole of the inhabitants of Nithsdale were in
favour of the line, he trusted the House would confiral
the decision
of the Committee. On these grounds he supported
the Committee, and hoped they would be supported in what
they had done, so as to put an end to an injurious monopoly
Mr. BRIGHT said, that the Committee had been sitting
upon the Bill for three weeks, and that they had taken every
possible tact into their consideration, and they arrived at the
conclusion, that it was desirable that there should be a line
through the part of the country where it was proposed. The
committee had not even a divisisn in opion, and they were men
01 ordinrry intelligence he would presume. What then would
be the posi ion of the House if they reversed the decision of
the Committee? He considered that they should put that
question seriously to themselves. There had been a system of
canvassing with regard to this Bill, boa h in acid out
the House, which was most unfair, to say the least of it, to
those gentlemen who had been sitting upon the Committee•
He would remind the House that the line ran through forty
miles of a very important and populous district, and he would
say that by rejecting the Bill they would be destroying all con-
fidence for the future in the decision of Committees. If Mem-
bers were encouraged to give an upright, unbiassed decision.
the House ought to give them a more consistent support.
Sir W. CLAY said, as chairman of the Committee, he hoped
the House would gave him their attention for a few
moments; he confessed he felt a very great anxiety on the
course which would be adopted, not on his own account but
for those of the gentlemen with whom he acted; but what-
ever might be the result they would have the consolation of
being certain that, they had discharged their duties to the
utmost of their abilities. The public were beginning to have
already serious doubts as to the competency of the House to
legislate on private business, and on railway matters especially.
There were strong party and private interests represented in
that House, and they were about to appeal from a com-
mittee of gentlemen sworn to be no way inte-
rested one way or the other, who hart heard the whole
of the evidence, to a tribunal which had not heard any of the

evidence at all. They appointed a Select Committee- of five
Nlemhers, and they made each of them sign a declaration that
they were no way interested, and to give their decision accord-
ing to the evidence. They were pretty well aware that such
a tribunal was most effective,—but what were they about to do?
--why to reverse the decision given by that sworn Com-
mittee, anti appeal to a tribunal for a final decision which
had net heard a particle of evil,
hear. )
The members of ;he Committee, and the members of all the
C none tees on railway Bills, signed a written statement de-
clarine; on their honour that they had no interest in .he under"
taking assigeed to them to investigate and decide upon, they
siaeee in this case that they had no pecuniary interest
.. io_ll
either of the lines, and that they sere th refore in a pipts.l".
to give an unbiassed opinion. So far from agreeing with
the
House should lurk carefuliy into the decisions of Committees,
he considered that the House was, in its collective
capacity, unfitted to discuss and decide upon Bala
a this kind, as a Ceinmithee representing the Maio
was the proper tribunal to do se ; but he went to
this extent, that unless there were g:ounds for eon idering that
the Committee had not discharged its duty properly,
or that
fresh facts ef importance hail been obtained, the House ought
not to inter fere wi h its decision —( Hear. ) Unless this occur-
red, or even i: fresh evidence were obtained after the decision
of a Committee, they ought to allow the Bill and these new
facts to go to the Committees of the Lords, there to be dealt
with. Bat was the decision of the Committee on these two
Bills wrong? He solemnly assured the House that he had
the most perfect conviction, that if the House had heard
the evidence and the arguments which were adduced before the
Committee, that they would be unanimous in its favour.
What were the two grounds on which ;hey came to their deci-
sion? It was said it etas passed in accordance with the opinion 0.1.
the Board of Trade and of the Committee of last year.
.Bn
these suspicions were entirely groundless, and he maint:intest.
that there was scarcely a shadow of a reason for suchh amerta
F.
merit. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for
Maute) stated that the parties opposing the appliedßillPet
Committee to have the evidence given before the Committee
Now, the
last year produced, and that they had refused. . toe
ethoef
Committee never decided on that question, and stated
_o
the
that if
they did decide the qusstion they would d
irrespective of another question then beforeso
Committee ; hut the subject was considered of
little importance that neither the Committee, the commit.ee
clerk, or the short-hand writer recollected anything
about
and it' it was of so much importance, the able counsel .for
the
an
Caiedrinian would no doubt have taken advantage of itot
do
argued the subject before the Committee, but they did n
so. But the short-hand writer's notes of the evidence
the
year was taken before the Committee referred to
examination of every witness. There was not
Tl'
single point in the evidence given last year which
in or
was not brought fully before the Committee this year
to test the evidence produced. The main question
which occupied the time of the Committee was, whether
order
the new line would take any of the traffic from the Caledonian?
This was the main question. They had the traffic tables on
which the case of the Caledonian was grounded last year, and
also the person who framed them. They underwent the
most strict and complete investigation, but the case
completely b,olis down. So much for not having the
evidence of last year before the Committee.
The question last year was, which was the 'better trunk line
for Scotland ; but that was not the question this year. That
which the Committee had to consider this year was, which
was the best line north of the Tweed for the country? They
went completely into that question, and it was the main one;
and the opponents urged, in the must able manner, their ob-
jections, but in that they moat signally failed.—( Cries of
Divide, divide.") That cry showed the disinclination on the
part of lion. Members to hear the fates of the whole case.
Atter a few observations from Mr. B. EAST, which did
not reach the gallery,
Sir H. H. INGLIS said that his Hon. Friend, the Member
for the lower Hamlets, had said that they should not throve
~way the labours of the Committee. If it were true, as his
Friend the Member for Lambeth said, that Committees
were infallible, what occasion was there for the Ileuse to
have the trouble to move that the reports of these
Committees be received arid adopted ? The House did not
trust to the Committee the same discretion as they allowed to
an Election Comarit tee. The matters of which the Committees
were appointed to c,,nsider, were afterwards to be referred to
the judgment of the House. He did not know whether it was
the Hon. Member who had said, that if they reversed the (feel-
sien of the Committee this year, they would centirm
the decis.on of the Committee of last year. Under all the cir-
cumstances, unless they meant to make the House is
pepetual arena, it would be better to suffer the decision of the
eery small msjority they had :dread) obtained to weed, instead
of brineine down the large number of Members then in the
House to der & the question. Under ad the circumstances he
should epos, the motion.
Mr F. MAULE said that this was a question in which Itne
en the last occasion took some interest. That interest arose
tot from any count mien whatever with either of the
parties engaged in this warfare, but 'rem a desire
to see a railway communication extendine through his own
country, and to protect those companies before Parliament
who had invested their capital in these undertakings. What
the House had heard from his lion. Friend, the Member for
the Tower Hamlets, seemed to him to be a call upon them to
reverse the flecisien to which the House came on Tuesday last,
and he did so on the ground that they should depend
in entire security on the decision of a Committee eff
that House. The decision of the Committee might he
ruinous, and would be to the serious injury of those parties who
were interested in this matter. His trieed had observed that
the line before the Committee was the same line as last year,
and a competing line with the Caledonian. The Board of
Trade had already decided that the district was one which
would nit be likely to afford a competition when the line was
brought forward last year, and he asked if the circumstances of the
ease were altered one single iota. In this case the Committee had
first stripped the Caledonian line of every branch from the root up-
ward., and they then said that the line did not furnish an ade-
quate communication through the district. He would not
detain the House any longer. The present question involved
the fate of a company and the sum of 2,000,0001., which they
bad
already invested in the scheme. He trusted the House
would do justice to the parties by doing justice to the Cale--
(lonian line, and he should therefore support the motion.
Mr. S. WORTLEY had no interest whatever in the line,
but his constituents felt considerably in favour of the line. It
had been said that the House should be cautious how they gave
their sanction to railway schemes. There was no district more
deserving of railway consideration than the district through,
which the line passed. He considered that the present was
not a competing line with the Caledonian Railway, and untik
they could prevail upon Scotchmen to travel 24 miles round.
and to pay for 24 miles of extra travelling, they would not pre-
vail upon persons residing in Scotland to support the line. The
yeestion for the House was, were they to support their Com-
mittees? There was a general feeling in favour of the line,
and that was, he contended, a prima facie evidence° in favour
of the correctness of the decision of the Committee.

_ _ ---- -
Viscount EBRI NGT ON :asmebteiriatofthethleinoeriwgainsaal
Committee. He did not think at the.
titmrunk line, and should
strengthened by the decision
competing line—he supported it
part he wished
asttilNivhdi)ch"the
not wish to deprive the num •
Mr. H. JOHNSTONE
ot
shi at
ito purpose u rt
ti)ni set
accommodationhyear, and he
and indeed two branch lines had been.
tfir,ieeys people, coeforwami railway second cotmi Imnniidtt:tiviedoee::l.ltaiadosa.rr dr
his
said, as. chairman. of the Committee of last
e
tEheßn certainly approve of the Caledonian line;
would
dsendo
not offer
rthe h
adio,
tneisatnofipr
ts
thatAi
rd:hrpee cAtdi
Riodn•
soar,
since that time they had come to a division in the House on the
subject, and he would to-night again, after having considered
it over, give it the benefit of his vote. It appeared to hint that
the two lines were competing, and that the traffic would not
.upp, rt both.
The House then divided on the question that "the report be
considered this day six months,"
when there appeared, AFogratiAnhies:
...........
.......
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1161
...........
against it . .....
After a few words from Mr. 60%
F. MA ULE, who dentined
pressing the matter further then, but intimated that the pre-
sent decision would not preclude him from taking the sense of
the House on the third reading,
The report was received, and the Bill ordered to be en--
groved.
DUBLIN, DUNDRIZUM, AND ENNISKERRY aAIL-
WAY.
Mr. GREGORY moved that the Dublin, DrAdrum, and
Enni kerry Railway Bill be re-committed. It appeared from
the statements made by the Hon. Member, thr..a in consequence
of some technical emir, the petition of Mr, Peter against the
Bill e-as not heard.
Dr. lIOWRING, chairman of the Committee, made some
explanations respecting the error, and stated that the Com-
mittee had unanimously determined upon sending the Bill to
Mr. Greene, no person appearing for the petition when calked
upon by the Committee.
Atter a few words from Mr. COLLETT arid Mr. J..tsurs,
who oppo ed the motion, on tl e ground that it Bills were to
be referred a second time to Committees, it was of no use
sending them to Committees at all,
Mr. C. POWELL hoped the Hon. Member would arte
divide the House on the question.
Mr. GREGORY said he would riot press for a division.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division
took place, as the motion was withdrawn.
Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from a deaniery
in the diocese of Peterborough against the proposed union+ of
tile sees 91 Bangor and St. Mapteli•

I

Mr. 111.7.MZ presented a petition from a persen of the nuns The Noble Duke had departed from his engageosentF t
of Daniel Stour, complaining of his dismissal by the Board of rearms were best known to himself, atid heil.no
Ordnanee. The petitioner complained that he had been the were sstisfactory to his own mind. At the thee else .
cause of leading to the exposuie certain mail-practice. ear- tam was made to ?tiro he iict.tised Mr. Shore, when he foetid
stied on by attic of the officors, for which, he believed, though that that gentlemen had received the leave et the incumbent;
another cause had been assigned, he had been dismissed. and their Lordships need net be informed what were the
-Mr. HUAlto postponed his motion relating to the Raja of rights of incumbents or of patrons. One clergyman cool., not
Sattara till this day lortnight,and his resolutions with reference go into a parish and officiate there without the leave of the
to sugar till the sneer duties came before he House. incumbent, and when the incumbent of 'the parish refused to
WAYS AND MEANS. grant leave to Mr. Shore. he did not feel himself at libcoty to,
On the motion for the oreer of the day for receiving the re- sanction his officiating. Mr. Shore then said be would officiate
port of the Committee'on the Ways and Means, in spit? of the refusal, and so he did. He remonstrated in
Mr. CARDWELL (in answer to a question by en Hon. the mildest manner, and called upon him by the oath which
Member which did not reach the gaVeri ) said that the only he had taken to pay obedience to the Church, but he hid nut
alteration which had been made in the Post-office communica- chosen so to do.
tion from London to Dublin, was made at the time that the Lord BROUGHAM said that his object in commenting
Grand Junction Railway was opened. The Post-offiee au- upon the matter at all was, to draw attention to the defective
thorities seized on the opportunity to secure a double communi- state of the law, with the view to have it amended. The °phalli
cation to Dubl 11, and the effect of that arrangement was to Lindsay, who had been twenty-fite years rector in the English
double the inconvenience, instead of convenience. Church, and who afterwards became an Unitarian miaister,
Mr. HUME inquired whether any further information had and founded the Essex-street Chapel, had never been proceeded
been received from New South Wales with respect to the de- against ; neither was Dr. Lardner, nor any of those who had
falcations of Air. Manning. He had asked last session fir recently left the Church arid become Roman Catholics, the
some information respecting the defalcations of that officer, and Hun. and Rsv. Mr. Spencer, Mr. Faber, and Mr. Newman.
the dispatch ought to have arrived by this time. i He thought, therefore, that their Lordships should pause before
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (es wet thee turned a deaf ear to the comrlaints of petitioner.
understood) said that information had been received, and the The Bishop of EXETER explained that Mr. Shore was a
money and the securities hail been recovered. Dissenter 'from the discipline, not from the doctrine of the
The report was then brought up and received. Church of England, and thus, repudiating the authority of the
SUGAR DUTIES. I diocesan, still continued the service of the Church of England.
Mr. B. ESCOTT did not know what necessity there was ; He stood in a very different position to those gentlemen who
for continuing the present duties for a month, because the pro- had seceded from the Church of England for that of name,
posed Government measure would reduce the price 3s. 6d. i Mr. Shore might have escaped this prosecution if he had cons
per cent. seated to deposition ; but this, by his counsel, he had expressly
Mr. HUME had placed a notice on the paper, with reference refused to do. The only relief the House could afford was that
to sugar duties, but as the Noble Lord the Member foe the city from costs, anti if this gentleman still continued obstinate, he
of London had a notice upon the paper, he thought it better to could not conceive that this was the right way to obtain the re-
postpone the case until the matter could come mote fully before lief which he apnea.
the House. Lord BRO CrG HANI said that he could cite the venerable
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made some authority of Lord Stowell for stating that when once invested
remarks on the subject of tie postponement, which were totally with the character, a priest could never be deposed, bat
inaudible in the gallery. could only be suspended.
Mr. MOFFATT thought it a great hardship on those per- The Bishop et EXEHER could cite an equally high autho•
sons who had taken large contracts that the present outy should rity, 'lamely, that of Lord Stowell himselt, in the case of
be continued f o a month. some one against Stone, in which the decision had been, that
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that the reduction of the after the sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court, the Bishop
duty to 3s. 6d. would be opening up the whole question. could pronounce the additional sentence, and depose an offender
Mr. THORN ELY said it was a most important tax, and he from the ministry.
did hope the Goverurnent would take the opportunity of reduc- The bishop o• LONDON thought that an interminable confu-
ing the sugar in price. sion ssouid arise if a party, after years of study and prayer, were
The resolution was then put and agreed to, and leave was to be permitted at once to act in contravention of the oath which
given to bring in the Bill he had deliberately taken, and resume the civil position which
PAUPER LUNATIC BILL. he had forfeited when he entered into holy ordere. The proper
Sir JOHN TROLLOPE wished to know whether it was the course to adopt under such circumstances would be the deposi-
intention of the Government to carry into operation the provi- tien from them nistry, but care should be taken not to confound
aims of the Bill. deprivation with deposition.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM replied that the opinion of the law After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL,
officers on the provisions of the Pauper Lunatics Bill had been CASE OF THE REV. ROBERT KYLE.
given, and it was considered necessary in consequence to bring. The Earl of RODEN prezented. a .petition tram the inha-
in an amended Bill. bitat.ts of Donnybrook, bear Dublin, complaining of the dis-
missal of the Rev. Robert Kyle from his ministerial duties by
the Archbishop of Dehlin. The complaint of the petitioners was
so earnest, that he thought it bis duty to acquaint the Right
Rev. Prelate with the contents of that petition He could not
but think it most harsh to deprive this gentleman of the office
which he had so long filled with great credit, for no 'other
fault, than joining the Evangelical Society. The petitioners
prayed their Lordships to take such steps as will prevent a ad-
oister being deprived by his diocesan .of his living, without it
could be shown that he etas guilty of heresy, immorality, or
impiety. .
The Archbishop of ARMAGH hoped their Lordships would
suspend their judgment till he had an opportunity of writing to
the Archbishop of Dublin respecting the complaint of the peti-
boners. The Archbishop of Dublin stated that he should have
beer, manifestly guilty of a dereliction of duty if he had not
acted in the way he did, however respectable the petitioner
might be. The Right Rev. Prelate here read a•communica-
tion from the Right Rev. Prelhte justifying she course he had
taken. It was in substance to the effect that the Rev. Air.
Kyle had acted in opposition to the discipline of the Church,
and adopted a course which he (the Archbishop of Dublin) did
net approve of ; hence, in virtue of the authority vested in him,
he bad caused the petitioner to be removed. He Acted in the
matter with the best wishes for the interests and prosperity of
the Church. He could not, with a safe conscience, have given
his censent to the movement which was going forivard, and in
which the Rev. Gentleman tank an active part. Such were
the sentiments of the Right Rev. Prelate, which he had now
pieced before the House.
The Earl of GALLOWAY entirely agreed with the senti-
ments of the Noble Earl oho had introduced the petition, and
if the allegations of the petition were true, he must conclude
that the eonduct of the Archbishop of Dublin had been most
reprehensible. The subject of evangelical alliance was one in
which there was great difference of opinion among the best
friends of the Chun h. If these attempts at union were to be
put down, it would lead to very serious results. In a free
country like this, such attempts toput down freedom of opinion
shotild net be euceuraged.—( Hear, hear.)
Lord REDESDALE should be sorry if the House should
be of opinion that the Right Rev. Prelate had not acted pro-
perly in the matter. He, for one,- thought, that the Right
Rev. Prelate had acted with great discretion, and ought to be
supported in such a course. It was said, that with regard to
all essential points of doctrine, there was no difference between
the members of this evangelical alliance ; but to that he re-
plied, that many of these parties were avowedly against an es-
tablished church. It was not prudent for young members of
the Church of England to be allied with them. 'I here was in
many respects a greater similarity between the Church of Eng-
land and the Church of Rome than between the former and
many Dissenters, yet would not the Bishops have a right to in-
terfere if the clergy of the Church of England united for reli-
gious purposes with the priests of the Church of Rome.
Lord RODEN denied the statement that the doctrines of
the Church elf England and the Protestant Dissenters differed
more than those of that Churh anti the Church of Rome.
After a few words tram the Duke of LEINSTER, in vin-
dication of the conduct of the Archbishop of Dublin, and
froM several other Noble Lords, the subject dropped.
• CUSTOMS' DUTIES BILL.
The House then resolved itself -into Committee on this Bill.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY proceeded to read the
schedule attached to the Bill.
On the articles butter and (+ene being read,
The Earl of 11 A RDWICKE moved that they be struck
out. He moved this as an act of justice to many of the
poorer classes. Butter and cheese were agricultural produce,
wised in many instances by persons holtimg small plots of
land, and by the removal of the duty they would suffer se-
verely. This was c•pecially the ease in Ireland, where .very
many depended—if not altogether—at least in a great
measure on the,. production t-tr ihota artielea—(lLaar,
hear ) By the course they .were taking they would not
lose a great deal of revenue, but those poor people would be
made to suffer very much. In 1844, the duty on butter was
166,666/. ; in 1845, it was 247,6041 Yet this amount of
duty they were about to sacrifice. They were also proposing
to give up the duty on cheese, which in 1844, was 117.272/. ;
and in 1845, 141,8181. The effects would be very mischievous,
and therefore he would propose that they be struck out.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE said the only obj.,ct in all the
reouctions in the tariff was to supply the poorer classes with a
full stipply of the necessaries of life. He believed the price
of butter and cheese would be reduced to the consumers, but
not, to such an.extent as to prove seriously injurious to the home
producer, while the price wi old be reduced, and thus a geed
e effected in as far as tl.e poorer classes were concerned He
thought the importation, would take place when the home
market would he effected in the least degree He considered
that a duty of 20s. per cent. was too much to be levied on an
article of so great a coosumption as butter, and of so much
importance to the lower classes, and therefore proposed to re-
duce the amount of duty to ten shillings per cent.
Lord STANLEY considered that either the Noble Earl was
right or he was not. This reduction in duty would either re-
duce the price of butter or it would keep up the price, and the
revenue would lo=e the amount they now received tor that ar-
ticle, which would have the effect of placing 127,000!. a year i
the pockets of foteigners; and would not bestow a propor-
tionate benefit • n the classes at home.
Earl DALHOL SlE—The Noble Earl who spoke before,
and to whose statements he ailuded, said the reduction in duty
woqilit not affect the price of the article to the amount of one
farthing per cwt.
Earl STAN H OPE—It was a farthing a pound.
Earl DA L HOU I E—Thedifferenee is of no importance If
however, there was rot a reductioo of prices, it could not be
considered a matter of blame to the Government. for they had
endeaveured to doso by proposing this reduction of duty.
After a few words fie,m Lord STANLEY, their Lordships
divided, when there appeared—
For the omission of the words
Against it
Majority -17
On our re-admission into the gallery, we found
The Duke of RICHMOND on his legs. speaking against the
proposed alteration in the item of hops. He considered that the
proposed alterations would materially affect the interests of the
home grower. The reason why great quantities of hops had not
been introduced into the country yet, was that it required three
years to produce a rood crop; the home produce also had to
pay the heavy excise duty of 17s. 9d., which the foreigner
would not have to pay; it would therefore be placing them in
unjust anti unfair competitlbn. The average produce of hops
in Austria was 42.00 per acre, while it had been proved that
the cost of cultivation was 25i. per acre. Now the cost of cul-
tivation in this country was 421. per acre, and he wanted to
know how the British producer could compete with the
foreigner under such circumstances as these?—( Hear, hear.)
In Kent there were 250,000 acres of land devoted
to the growing of hop-i, and the capital which
had been invested in the cult.vation amounted to two millions
sterling. Every sear an ad litional sum. amounting to upwards
~f 9u0,0110/., was invested in this land, and he believed
230,0 01 was for labour atm.•. Now lie wanted to know, whh
these facts staring tio m in the face, how they could justly re-
duce the duty imposed on foreign hops for the protection of the
British produce. —( Hear, hear. )
The Earl of DALHOUSIE said they could net rely upon
such data as that give them by the hieble Duke, and he would
there:ore pass over some of the Noble Duke's statements, anti
come to the real question at once. Now, the nearest point
from whence hi); could be brought tothis country was Belgium,
and they could not be imported from that country under six per
cent. When they arrived in England they would have to pay
excise duties to the extent of 60 per cent. more then the
British producer. Surely this, would be an ample protection to
the hbp :Interest of this country.—( fle.r, hear.) At all
events he was convinced they could not with any fairness carry
pretec ion further than 8, per cent.—( Hear, hear.)
The Earl of WICKLOW said Government, in carrying out
the free-trade principles, ought to repeal the malt tax. It
aepeared to him that they wished to abolish every other dcty
f(ewtie:vro'rdhe• from M hear.
) Lord 'ASIIRTON and Lord Coo-
bc tArl this.—(
who were opposed to the change,'
Earl tsTANHt)PE said, hip-grouting was a Very pre-
carious trade, and it Ought, therefore; be• well protected.
The Noble Earl the President of the Board -of Trade had re-, ;
marked that 69ereetonhobwtaasi prhonfeecgtinonsuep,npriliuegshin while'ur
it
w. old enable England( he .r, )
,Arelty•- • var. ""; Why, did the Noble, Earl khow
a thatr., thewer
neverhop intradeade
any
y pKentr,fi wt
as a
spt.ehrefe
certojungle, d and that
o.
et iu
abouthe
thr)eytiaakrrslplunpi eretrit,ceas.L..il(uHreetatrn,tteil
years was brought
" a rn't-t extraordinary theory as an argument against the
I of RIPON. observed that the Noble Earl had ad.
PrPosed change.
t I eTori was, 71. RI
(M 1
M ()ND
emart.h)ree
country,
applied to said,talinostevery trade in the couo
Gov,rnmet extraordirary. though.the
wi-h the thouoht
n''' consoling themselves r•
that they had piven tl
ttihscetaiio,nhi..tesrcv,ll,hlle lwas• to he pro-
Earl FITZ WILLI.AhI get up a ery of give the rreople
Y"f Poittatsthl7;d,threhe'd deiiffthrehltntriTththise,
(Hear, hear.) He
Noble Duke ini-ma
that the malt-tax ought to be ab.ilis'h
quite egreed with his Noble Fprenonpdletibfatthnios
vg.
reer advantage
vault be conferred upon the
ceat of the duties upon malt. and .f their leirtismvab.'arY "tam!" a re-
wou.- prr-
teit him to say so, he contended that ro greater boon could
co:Atwell upon the lauded interest. '1 he measure vilihihthebye
wete tins discussing, although it was teetinicaly called the
tariff, vas, in fact, the question of the repeal of the duty on
corn.— (No, no.) All these matters were merely hubsidiary
and contributory to that great- question. Very possibly the
Government could not have introduced the one without intro-
dociiig the other. ile was sure his Noble Friend would agree
with him that the question which they were then discussing
was, whether they should allow foreign corn to be imported
into this country free of duty, and he contended, that if they

RECORD OFFICE.
Mr. BULLER moved that a Select Committee be appointed
to consider the propriety of establishing a General Record
Office for England and Wales.
The motion was econeed, and read from the Chair.
After a few words from Mr. C. WYNN,
PROTHEROE thoUght nothing could be wiser aan
the object of the motion of his Hon. Friend, and he should
willingly support it. It was highly desirable that a general
public office for the pre.crvation and consultation of the records
should he established.
Mr C. WYNN explained, and wish td it to he generally
understood that he had not the slightest wish to, check the.
motion of his Hon. Friend, but it appeared to him that there
were two concurrent objects in the proposition, .which could
slot conveniently be carried out together.
Mr. HAWES hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman would
agree with the general proposition for the record office, and
that the motion of his Hon. Friend would not be opposed..
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would give
his consent to the formation of the Committee proposed by the
Hen. Member for Liskeard (Mr. Buller), hut there would he
several points for them to decide on, and ho was very much
afraid that the result of the inquiry would not be attend, el
with the effects anticipated by the Hon Member. He sin-
cerely hoped, however, that the Committee would point out
some adequate means to accomplish the objet of the motion.
After a few words from Mr. Christie, Mr. Protheroa, and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. C. BULLER wished to call the attention of the Right
Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the necessi y of con-
structing a public building sufficiently large to hold the future
ncreased number of reports, as well as the present large
quantity. He thought that the public would be better yetis-
ed if a commission were appointed to arrange and select the
records, than if the inquiry were entrusted to a Committee of
the House.
The motion. was then put from the Chair, an agreed to
without a division.
• MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
- Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills,
Which their Lordships had agreed to :—Arbroath and Forfar
Railway Bill ; Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Pettycur
and Perth Harbour Branches and Deviations) Bill; Great
Grimsby Gas Bill; Leith Paving Bill ; Portsmouth Har-
bour Pier Bill ; Bromsgrove Improvement and Small
Tenements Bill ; Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Bill ; Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Rail-
way B. 11; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Rail-
way (Humber Ferries) Bill ; Liverpool Improvement Bill ;
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Bill; Hamilton New Gas
Bill, without Amendment ; Alford Valley Railway Bill ;
Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Extensions) Bill; Edinburgh
and Northern Railway (Newport Railway and St. An-
drew's Branch) Bill; Great North of Scotland (Eastern
Extension) Bill; Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway
Bill ; Liverpool, Manchester, and N‘ wessile- upon-Tyne
Junction Railway Bill , York and North ktdland Railway
(Leeds Extension) Bill ; Birkenhead. Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junctian Railway Bill ; Great North of England and
Boroughbridge Branch Railway Bill; Great North of England
and Bedale Branch Railway Bill, with an Amend-
ment ; Explosive Substances Bill ; Liverpool Sanatory
Bill; Midland Railway (Erewash Valley Extension) Bill ;
Dundee and Perth Railway Bill; • Burnley Improveme. t
and Waterworks Bill ; Slamantan and florrowrtnuness
Railway 8,11 ; North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley
Line) Bill ; Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Bill ;
North Western Railway Bill; Boston, Stamford, and Bir-
mingham Railway (Stamford to Wisbeeh Lire) Bill ; Glas-
gow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway ( Harbour Branch) Bill ;
Northumberland Docks Rill I Eastern Union Ilailixny (Arc-
ieigh to Colchester) Bill; Rye and D,rwent Drainage
Bill, with Amendment,. That they have passed. a
Bill, intitaled, " An Act for snaking a railway from
the proposed Sheffield and Lincalnshire Janction Railway to
the city of Lincoln." Alio, a Bill, i,tituled, " An Act for
Carrying in•o effect an agreement respecting the Estates of
the Corporation of the borough of Ludlow, and other
estates vested in the said Corporation in trust,
-either partly or in whole, for certain c! aritable
uses, and for appropriating certain estates to the chatity
hereinafter mentioned, and declaring the trusts thereof, and for
',linking provision for payment of the debts of the saiil corpo-
ration, and other purposes. Also, a Bill, intituled, An. Act
to incorporate the Gc.vernors end Managers al pointed wider
the trust, disposition, and settlement of Robert P'nitp, of
Zdenahead, decca-ed, and to explain and extend the pose a
and provisions con ained in the :aid di.ed."
TRADING IN SEDUCTICN.
Mr. SPOONER then moved foi. leav, to bring in a Bill for
the more effec'ual suppression of trading in seduction and
prostitution, and for the better protection of females.
.• Mr. HUME saw no hope of such a Bill passing the House,
arid should oppose its introduction.
Mr. SPOONER resumed, and said it would be then incums
bent upon him to make a statement to the Hou-e. The Bill
•was not his (Mr. Spooner's), but it emanated from the Society
for theProteetion of Females, of which society the Archbishops,
•Bishops, and several Islobleim-n and Gentletney wero i übsc r i ber s .
•It was suzgosted by the Association that a Biil of the nature
'of that which he proposed, should be presented to the House
,by an independent Member of that House. He had been
.applied to to present the Bill by that Association, and should
:endeavour to promo'? their object.
• An Hoe. Mearasa here moved that the House be counted,
when there not being forty Members present, the House ad-
eurned at a Quarter pact Seven.

HOUSE 11' toRDS, Tyne 2:3.
Their Lordships met at ten mil.tre- to Five o'eeck.
k Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several
Bills.
THE SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.
- A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from Lincoln against
the union of those two sees, and praying for the immediate ap-
pointment of a 13ishop for Manchester.
The Bishop of EXETER presented several petitions to the
same effect. The Hight Rev. Prelate also presented a peti-
tion from the magistrates and other inhabitants of Wolver-
hampton, praying their Lordships to pass some measure which
will make it penal to carry on the trade of prostitution. He
was Very glad to find that an Hen. Member of th. other
House of the Legislature had given notice of his intention to
bring in a Bill to the same effect.
SOUTri DEVON RAILWAY.
Lord DEVON presented several petitions against this
Project.
LORDS HARDINGE AND GOUGH.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to know what the
intentions of her Majesty's Government were with respect to
the Annuity Bills of Lords Harilinge and Gough. He thought
that the time had come when the sulject should be taken into
cons:deratton.
The Earl of RIPON said tact, on Tces,!ay eveninv next, hr
should move that the report be brought up, and the intentions
of the Government would be announced.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY.
Earl BARD WICKE presented a petition from Mr. Frede-
rick Brown in favour of the Oxford and Comb-ridge Railway Bill ;
and the petitioner requ -sted to withdraw th, petition presented
• from him a few nights since against the line. The Noble Earl
presented a petition from Aylesbury and other places in favour

Of the railviai.
in Lincolnshire,
A petition from Spilsby, , was pm.,ente.
against the Charitable Trusts Bill.
SCOTTISH (RAILWAY)
CONSOLI ATIONS.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. H.
Adie, solicitor for one of the competing lines for connecting
England with Scotland, stating that a notice had been served
' on him to deliver up the papers which had been enttuited to
him in his capacity as solicitor, and for the possession Of which
he was responsible. He prayed, therefore, that he mig,tt be
protected, and rot be convicted of a contempt of their Lord.
ships by withholding such papers.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that in his cha aeter of
solicitor, he was perfectly ju•tilied in withholding the papers.
Oct the motion of Lora 13ROUL4 II AM, the petition was re-
ferred •o the Committee.
THE REV. AIR. SHORE AND THE BISHOP OF
F_ X tt:TER.
.Lord BROTIGHAAI then presented a petition from the Rev.
was
that
time
to
Mr.. Shore, who had been for ten Years in o
time he wait' conscieottously convtnced that ii
leave the Chalet'. Plevisousiy, however,hrsi .
asis edif'7ste• 1!. dutyg
the
Church, he had been licensed to a certain chapel, meld, w„
:afterwards e• now. 4 by the Duke of Somerset ; having ob-
tained tisat license from the Bishop of Exeter, unoer the awl,
city of a certain incuitibent, where he performed the serviee
• according to the rues of the Chinch of Eng and. After-
• wards, however, the living under which lie was
licensed passed into a her hands, and Mr. Shore visit deprived
.of that license, hue the chapel had then passed
• .alt of connexion with the Chad) of Ert;land. Mr. Shore,
who had in the meantime been converted to the orinciples
of
the Protestant Dissenters, and under the impre3sion that hit
sionnexion with the Cnurch had ceased administered the
Sacrament, under the auiliori yof the Teetreiti.en Act. Y.l
4ad, e,,,erehetess, been dealt with in the 4iritu il court as if
lie weye still under the cogieiz :nee of the ecclesiastical law.
This petition was rons the Leart.el Seigeant who c.diducted
the case for Air. Store, an it com;ilain d that there was a
detect in Om law, hick to In- re met ed.
The Bishop of EXETER 11,, ma, I.tt ft w
xeisaiks which he hal to offer to their Lordship. wilt the
Statement that nothi.eg could have been rnere fair and sraight-
, f_?rward, or liberal. than the conduct of his ,tit bie Learned
Friend. The facts were these :--Previous to the endowment
of the chapel. he had received a c•einmunication from the Duke
9f Somerset, inquiring what was the smallest sum that would
neeessarie to endow the chapel. He frid r plied that 100 /.
or 1,5001. wouid be a sullititsw sum to justify hint in comet-rat-
lag the chapel thotlgh, of emirs.'., his Grace would not think
of attaching so small a stipend to a chapel of that kind.