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Lord G. SOMERSET should support the second ;,
et
but this must not be considered as a pledge tha.t
support the 13i1l in its present shape, as it contiune(l4
.fccilons. Forinstance, he considered that charioelti
mg to chapels of UN denominations should be excilla
the provisions of the Bill.
The House then divided, when there appeared--
For the second reading ............... .........
For the amendment
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Majority
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NE Vir MEMBER.
B'
Mr. COWPER took the oaths and his sea4. . if& ertt
having vacated his seat by accepting dice as °.%,.(
Lords of the Admiralty. The Hea. Member was
by Lord 2,larc.aa and anJther Hon. Member;
ORDNANCE SURVEY BILL. 44
This Bill passed through Committee.—Report
WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL. 00.
This Bill passed through Committee.—
Report tci
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BIL
This Bill was read a vcond time.
NEW ZEALAND LOAN BILL. of
This Bill pas-eel through Committee.—Report ft/-
BOOKS AND -ENGRAVINGS' BILL.
Sir G. CLERK, in Committee, obtained leave to,
Bill to amend the Act of 7 and 8 Viet., c. 75, Passed.ol Ire
Mr. lluyir, urged the necessity of introducing r
in the Bill to allow the importation of IndfLib
l:
which are extremely valuable, and afforded 'add'
which could not be obtained elsewhere, a$ the 03
other foreign books.
Mr. PARKER said the subject should receive tile
tion of the Government.
EJECTED TENANTS (IRELAND) MU.
The second reading was postponed.
BATTERSEA PARK BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
SUPPLY.
The report of the Committee of Supply was hroeo
and agreed to.
Mr. HASTIE moved for leave to bring in a BillA oe-
the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act of 1815, eau
panics Clauses Consolidation Act of 1845.
Leave was then given.
rea
The Bill was then brought in and read a first °
ordered to be read a second time that day week.
The House then adjourned at half-past Two 0,0""

••••••=, ipri
TWENTY-THIRD REPORT v
fil,lo
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ri'
BILLS CLASSIFICATION. •acitr
The Select Committee appointed for the Cl'Aolg
Railway Bills according to the resolutions adOole
House, have further considered the several Itlo/
ferred to them, and agreed to the following rer.tero,,
Your Committee recommend that the South-rl!briX
V% ay, from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerfdru
the Greenwich Railway, Bill, be referred to Grou,l3o'd.'
Your Committee recommend that the Stamford'
ing Railway Bill, and the Wisbech, St. Ives, and
Junction Railway Bill, be referred to Group No.
Your Committee recommend that the Dublin a„PY
mount Atmospheric Railway Bill be referred to GOs"

PARLIAM EN TA R Y BUSI—A4
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House 0.1ate-
TUESDAY, JULY 14.
The undernamed Railway Bill was withdrawn:"
Leeds Central Railway Station.
STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTFIijo
The following resolution was reported from
Committee :

That, in the case of the Argyll Canal Bill, alDAglet?;
on further proceedings on third reading, the anlemioll
of such a nature as may be adopted, if the llouse44
fit, so far as regards the omission of the names 01 of
Campbell, Knight, and of Alexander Downie,
basket.—Report to lie on the table.
dia
Messengers frOm the Lords brought up the folio-
to which their Lordships had agreed :
,orforA
Amendments made by the Commons to a"180,°2
ford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Bill—TeI!1P
Nenagh Railway Bill—Midland Great WesternryiLlP
Ireland (Lilly Branch and Longford Deviation) ril4!
amendment—Gloucester and Dean Forest ittl,'-Goi
Great Western and Wycombe Railway Bi"-glir
Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway (No. 2),:,10111,
castle and Darlington Junction Railway (V,"icli,
"
Sunderland Railway, and NVearmouth Dock ru
Branches) Bill— Condon and Croydon Railvvit, cto
Junction) Bill—Buckinghamshire Railway (Trivii•
bury) Bill—Birmingham, Lichfield, and Mancliesteollf
Bill—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding .nlno Tf4
way Bill—Ashburton, Newton, and South DO"„"c ti,
Bill—South Wales Railway (No. 2) Bill, with 353

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 67. lett*/
Mr. Cardwell discharged, Hon. E. Yorke fie
added to the Committee.
a ,11‘
Select Committee on Group No. stiv,
Mr. Power discharged, Mr. Estcourt select
.d
to the Committee.

n fr
HER MAJEST V'S VIsIT
to,
SALMON LEAP AT WOOD-M- esCikg
SOUTIIA3IPTION, WEDNESDAY NlGHT.—Great uot;fr,
prevailed to-day in this ancient port, by the rtire°,beS:t
Majesty had intimated her intention of visiting:be
at Wood-mill, for the purpose of witnessing 10000Pj
catching the delicate fish peculiar to that P°reeegZ
Itchen estuary. This locality in former times, tetAe;
brated for its salmon fishery, that it is on recorurt d,rit4,l"
tices of Southampton and Winchester had iesea. refs'
indentures that they were not to have saline° fiche° ti):
table more than three times per week. The
1 ' et°
however, has lost much of its celebrity, and, ogr, feel
construction of certain locks on the estate or opovdpl
Wood-mill has for many years enjoyed the 0.43001,i)
salmon supply ; but such is the demand for tilbristt
will fetch even higher prices than the eamed.sed
in the eyes of the epicures. The Fall is lea
jr,
tendence Mr. Miles, of this town, and it was underlie ,
• ;
tendence that the dragging of the pond at the
place.
Gay was the aspect of Southam ton at thearei-
,p 9dl
of royalty. The leading hots,s and houses /1-$,,. 6°--t
rated with :treamers; not a yacht or boat on t
ton water was without its flag all the vessels 1461:10i,
comprising the colossal West India, Alexandria, 3.21,0
steamers, &c., and innumerable small craft, e"oscl
colours of every nation. The Itchen estuary
with boats filled with the population of Southrolii
Northam-bridge was covered with spectators. 14.001
itself parties were seen at an early hour hurl-3'11'14
description of vehicle by lend to Wood
ride of some four miles, by Portswood, with the, irfetelool
village of Bittern on the heights. Whether h3ee fib
land, the approaches to Wood Mill are charto7pro
wooded banks of the Itchen are noble oaks in riceoptd
and cultivation is visible on all the plains. 7
Netley Abbey to the docks, the river Itc"" iase
scene of action, Wood Mill, exhibited one e°l:est eV,
of anxious visitors. At length the Fairy I. ( c't4 hailed with the royal emblems, ai:d a hurst,B
announced that it had entered the estuary. ,r
eecl
went up as far as Northam-bridge, and here the ye,"00,,'
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Prineaeateir,
and the suite, entered the royal barges, which '.00,1,
up to Wood Fall. At a few minutes after two °,oedi!:
royal barge arrived at the salmon-leap. The 551 y"
is quite romantic. There is the old Englist.oce 110;i
Fleming family at South Stoneham, now in tinotifilii[
of the Rev. Dlr. Becleford, at the summit of a b'e"efe,ril,'l
on the verge of a noble park. A wooden bridtig.lsid
of water connected the stream with a kind of o'4
which were placed a couch and chair, for the needld
the turf being carpeted and matted. To the
Majesty was the mill and the dam, and higher p lock. A central sheet of water concentrated el'„ 11
riches of the Wood Mill. Her Majesty, who vis4tir
by Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Desh-er
turned the greetings very graciously, and took
1,0%,4fr
the sofa. We thought that the Queen was 10",;slilio'
pale. Her dress was a green and white check ni-od iter
a slate-coloured silk polonaise. Prince Albert lie
Leiningen seemed to take much interest in t„ 01 td
of the fishermen, who, under the direction
Miles, made a complete circle of the ne',seeeyil
pond, and then, as this circle was nerrpy,es
nets were drawn up. The draw was by no 11).-,rtie,,,,
owing to the high tide, but some thirteen or 1°;-iisitirri
were caught, thrown into a tub and inspected by "rerr,4o;
who retained three of the largest, and ordered the
to be restored to the troubled water of the mill, r, 100,,J
emancipation for which they no doubt were gratefLu'reV
diately after the first drag of the nets, her Majest.rigi
to the barge, and re-embarked in the Fairy steets
Northam-bridge, for Osborne House, Isle of Wight'ebeS,,
As the vi; it of the Queen was strictly private, „"ot,„P,,
rities were not present officially. If the tide hed 1".
horses from the Dolphin Hotel were in readiness
looarfdTis:
eehosre.ul:RlhAae.esty.
luncheonlßa Stoneham-house
.Ihchfaoodruds
ev, e
rliberally
oo
inn el
nn eo dd theaot.t.i to
:10
fib/
been prepared for the r -he
,„
but the state of the tiee rendered the return to t,' OOP
necessary as soon as the drag had taken place. I,'l
Esq. (a brother of the owner of the property), t,a;t. ofj
Beader, the Rev. Mr. Beckford, Ste., attended P'yr" as
0c
on her landing and departure. The weather t del)
agreeable, and the only regret was that her Mail ?;brter
pass through the town, the loyal population of will°
her so enthusiastically this day.

will ~r
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 10-night
grand night at her Majesty's Theatre.
Taglioni—the Taglioni makes her debtit for the season
beautiful ballet " La Gitans," and this season SO 0
say will be the last avatar of the Deesse de
clOi'd
In addition to Taglioni, however, we have, in the see
graphic department Cerito in her most celebrates) rj
i,
(including the Feast of Roses and the Pas de ntrolirof
la
the splendid ballet of Latta
.Rookh
the grandpas de masque from Catarina., and
It Luci
islleth° or 'ff e d
ot
spaeyaranitce
itsh i s
alsosers
the of T
st 4 glipoetriif,ermbuetneewe are asCut~
the most perfect of
cotnic oeras—ossini's Bark &Ivor'
this ems, yl
as no other theatre in the world can -R
cast it, Wit' PI,
Rosina, Mario as the Count, Lablache as the Docter'eariZr
sari as Figaro, and F. Lablache as Basilio—a part gieso°loo,
awarded to an inferior artiste, but which in the rofod
F. Lablache becomes one of the principal charaetectielY
piece; but we have not yet mentioned all the attretbs
this glorious Thursday. We have, in addition, AV
scene of the Sonnambula, with Castellan es pefi,
We remember the time when this alone would but ee
considered a great and a sufficient attraction ci PP'
former mar.agerswere content with a single star, "`t. O
will have a constellation. -
IBRAHIM VACUA.— The territorial posse- to PllO
Ibrahim Pacha are immense. He has introduced ilitt4i/
sugar cultivation on a large scale. Besides cot of hi!
benefit of which production Egypt owes to Mehe is e'tV
the vine and the olive have been especial olileciajlf ,ta
attention. The gardens of Ibraham esPeeVielititti
of Rhoda, on the Nile, are eminently beautiful. bed
under the care of Scotch gardeners ; they are eerii,cl°oo
a boundless variety of fruits and flowers; and the
the r
spared no expense in collecting from remote regionSoot,eoV
the magnificent, the useful, and the ornamental. so 1'",„p14
no properties in Egypt so well administered, non es 4 e541;014., able, as those of Ibrahim Pacha. They afford as oil' of successful administration, and lead to a COn" eiclei
that the same spirit of order and enterprise may Prrnartjje
the political future destinies of Egypt.—Peoples 0111`,;t10
COUNT D'ORSAY.—Eugene Sue has reeentlY rs•iireori
a new romance, entitled " Martin • ou, l'Enfant Tree
op
eloquent dedication of which, to Count D'Orsanises a toff
as follows :—" Accept, my dear Alfred, this work
be
mony of the long-continued friendship, and of tgiater.A
affection I entertain towards you ; for you, the P; 1)0;
friend of Byron, one of whose immortal pages be-rt, _1 1
voted to the celebration of the nobleness of your hewserfoil
the brilliancy of your genius; for you, whose 13°8 of
_AP 0t1f,4
accurate chisel has sculptured on marble the figu—• by" •tiv
lle
leon ; for you, whose singular generosity has au
rodor,ftiol)lo
national museum with one of the most wonderfulPchar'epl!,
of Indian art; for you, in fact, the founder of that *ad.; yoo
institution, in which every Frenchman, when PocS v
rated from his country, may find at least a ternlV.ririgiOvi'l
succour. Adieu, my dear Alfred; rely ever 0126,n' •Ow
of gracll94. XVOANIt
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