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TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 11318

chair and would most likely occupy it many hours after
the House resumed. lle should on Monday mention a
day for proceeding with the Bill.
M. B. OSBORNE deprecated the speech of the
Honourable Baronet the Member for Clare (Sir Lucius
O'Brien), as a party " move" and quite foreign to the
subject before the House, as he had related anecdotes
to the House which had no relation to the subject
before it, and then concluded with an amendment. Ho
hoped the House would decide on that amendment
before they rose.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. GROGAN suggested that the Bill should be re-
ferred to a Committee up stairs, where all the minute
points in the measure could be discussed.
Sir G. GREY hoped the House would consent to re-
lieve the Speaker. As he believed the Hon. Baronet
did not intend to proceed with his amendment, he hoped
he would withdraw it.—(No, no.) Well, ho could re-
new it before they went into Committee, if he thought
proper.
Sir L. O'BRIEN declined to withdraw his amend-
ment.—(Cries of "Adjourn," "Divide.")
Mr. HENLEY moved the adjournment of the debate.
The SPEAKER put the motion, and as there were a
great many " ayes," and a number of " noes," the gal-
leries were cleared for a division, but none took place.
The House than adjourned until Five o'clock.

The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at a Quarter past
Five o'clock.
LEGAL EDUCATION.
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON asked the Attorney-General
whether steps have been taken by her Majesty's Go-
vernment, or by the Inns of Court, or the King's Inn,
Dublin, to give effect to any of the recommendations
with respect to the improvement of legal education
contained in the report of the Select Committee on that
subject, presented 25th of August, 1846. Also, whether
it is intended to introduce any measure by which Irish
barristers may be authorised to practise in courts in
England, and English barristers in courts in Ireland,
in which they are now by law competent to preside, or
by which a reciprocity of practice in the profession in
both countries may be established.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that it was
not the intention of the Government to introduce any
measure on the subject, and that it was not a matter
which came within the province of the Government.
THE WEST INDIES.

Mr. HUME gave notice that he should to-morrow
ask the Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of the Colonies
whether any dispatches relating to the condition of the
West India Islands, and the number of labourers brought
from Africa in the course of the year, had been received
by the packet which had arrived to-day.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS.

Mr. COLVILE inquired whether it was the inten-
tion of the Right Honourable Baronet to bring in a
Bill in the ensuing session relating to turnpike trusts;
and if not, whether he would have any objection to
introduce any clause in the general Turnpike Act to re-
lieve particular districts, one of which he mentioned,
from the stringent operations of the Act?
Sir G. GREY had intended to introduce a measure
in the present session, but the vast amount of other and
more urgent business had prevented him from doing so.
He should be sorry to give a decided opinion with re-
spect to any particular district; but, at the same time,
he should be extremely happy to consider any parti-
cular case that might be laid before him.
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.

Mr. BANKES then rose to ask for leave to intro,
duce a Bill to abolish the Railway Commission Act. One
of the Ministers had stated that the House of Com-
mons was entirely to blame for all the extravagance
into which the Government had been driven. It this
were so, the time surely had arrived when it was in-
cumbent upon the House of Commons to redeem its
character in this respect; if so, the House of Commons
should exercise a greater degree of vigilance than it had
hitherto done. He did not admit the charge on the
broad ground on which it had been made. The Go-
vernment were responsible for adopting the sug-
gestions that were made to them. It was gene-
rally admitted that the railway board had not
given satisfaction to (the public and railway companies.
It was necessary that he should direct the attention of
the House to the manner in which Government had ex•
ercised its authority in reference to railways. The
power was first given to them in 1839, and the Act giving
the power remained in force down to 1844, when it was
repealed, and another Act passed establishing a railway
department of the Board of Trade. From 1839 to 1844
the cost to the country of Government interference
in railway matters was only 13,70/. ; from 1844 to 1846
it was 3,3601. In August, 1846, an Act was smuggled
through Parliament almost without discussion creating
the Railway Commission, and it appeared that the ex-
pense of that Commission from the period of its first
existence amounted to no less a sum than
17,0001. The office, however, of president was vacant
and he understood it was not the intention of Govern-
ment to fill it up, which would reduce the annual charge
of the commission to 11,8001., but that now, in his opi-
nion, was much too extravagant, and he called upon
Government to show what benefit the commission
had conferred upon the public. He for one was
ignorant of the good of tho commission. True
it had published seven very bulky blue books, but their
value would have been greater, and probably more ap-
preciated, had the pages of these blue books been much
fewer than they were. Issuing these blue books was all
the Commission had done, and he maintained that the
fact of its being able to do so little, fully proved that the
Commission was unnecessary for the interests of the
public.

PRICES OF SHARES.

IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-

PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List,

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

LONDON. TUESDAY, JULY 4.
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Name of Company.

Dividend
per

APL- CM.

...,ount
of
Share.

Australasia ..........
Britsh isl orth American
Ceylon • • • • • •
-Jommercial or Loadoia
Gloucestershire .. •• •
lonian • • • • • • •
Lowin and Westminstr

London Joint-Stock . • •
Provincial of Ireland..
Ditto, New..• • • • • • •
Kational of Ireland .•
Nat. Provncial of Eng.
Ditto, New... •• • •
South Australia . • • • • •
Union of Australia....

Union of London. • . • •
Union of Madrid

Name of Company.

Charing-cross . • • • .. • •
Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av.
Ditto Nw of 7% p . c.
Waterloo •• •• •• • • . • • •

Ditto Old Ann. of 8/.
Ditto Nw ditto of 71.
Vauxhall Av.

INS'

Name of Company.

51. per cent.
7/. p6r cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
151 per cent.
61. per cent.
6/. per cent.

Albion .. .. • • • • • • • • • •
Alliance Pirit. and For.

Ditto Marine.•• •• ••

61. per cent.
81. per cent.
8/. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent
Si. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent

Cl. per cent

355. per cent.

Mias . • • • • • • • •
British Commercial • •
Cleriel,Med.& Gen. Life
Caunty • . • • • • • • • - • • • •
Crown .. •• •• •• •• •• ••
....... ..... • • • •
Eng•Sc Scot. Law •• • •
European Life ••• • • •
Family Endowmn t Soc.
Freemasons'. • • • • • • • •
guardian • • • • • •
Imperial Fire . • . • • • • •
Imperial Life • . • • • • • •
Indemnity Marine.. • •
Law Fire .. • • • • • • • • • •
Law Life • . • • • • • • • •
Legal and General Life
Lzindcn Fire .. ••• • • •
London Ship .....
Med. Invlid & Gen• Life
National Lean Fund.
National Life • •
Palladium Life.••.• •
Pelican • • • • • • • • • • .. • •
Plicenix • •
Protector Life........
Provident Life
Rock Life•...........
Royal Exchange
Sun Fire • .

Ditto Life ..........
Universal Life........
Vi.itoria Life .........

11. ss. 4d.
11. 2s. 2d.
it. 17s.

'CE C'

Dividend
per

Annum.

X s. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

31. 109.
6 per cent.
61. per cent,
139.6(1. pr sh.
7s. per share
spr ct.B4 Us.
31.

51. per cent.
5 per cent.

41. &
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
12 per cent.

11. slt. & bs.

11. 16s.

Amount
of
Share.

£. s. d.

632 12 8
50 0 0
100 0 0

,141. per ct.
51. per cent.
8/. per cent.
51. per cent.

70 10 3

X a. d.
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
4 0 0
20 0 0
Stock.
100 0 0
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0

Paid.

X. s. d.
25 0 0

19
30/2

Price.

3/. p. sh. &bs.
52. per cent.
11. ss. •
4s.
5/. per cent.
61. 10s.

20 0 0
100 0 0
5 0 0
Stock.

1/. Gs.
1014 pr ent

Price

DOC:

►OO 0 0

Name of Compaay.

Dividend
per

Amount
of
Share.

115
44V,

Annum.

C3inmerclal •....• •
East and lir¢st India...
East Country
London •• •• ••

41. per cent.
61. pr cent.
255. per sh.
51. pr cent.
B. per cent.
4 per cent.
1%1. pr eent.
21. per cent.

44
41 Os.

X s. d.
Stock.
Stock.
100 0 0
Stock.

Ditto Bondi•• •• •• ••
St. Katharine

36%
154

Paid.

Stock.

Ditto Bonds. • • • .. • .
Southampton • • •• • • • •

4
l62}i

Price.

50 0 0

£ a. d.

50 0 0

Committee, or any Noble Lord appointed by the House
in his place, shall be absent (unless by leave of the Com-
mittee), the House be resumed.
A long and uninteresting conversation followed, and
ultimately the alteration was agreed to with various
altandments.
The Bishop of OXFORD gave notice that he would
to-morrow (this day), move the third reading of the
Protection of Females Bill.