The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-03 00:00:00

LONDON,

Committees of the House of Lords, who introduced pro-
visions which ultimately lod to their being rejected by
this House. This brought them up to the present Bill,
which he was authorised to state met with
the approval of the great body of railway shareholders,
and which he might mention was nothing more
nor less than the Bill which last year Lord Stanley
introduced into the other House. A body of men who
had invested upwards of 100,000,0001. of money
in works for the benefit of the country,
ought not to be told that they were unfit to
manage their own affairs, and as this Bill met with their
decide approval he hoped the House would allow it to
be read a second time, so that it might go into Com,
mittee to hive its details discussed.
Mr. LAWRENCE HEY WORTH seconded the
motion.

Mr. LABOUCHERE did not rise to oppose the se-
cond reading of the Bill, but he was anxious to say a
few worth on this subject. He was afraid that when rail-
ways wore entrusted to dishonest and unworthy directors
the shareholders could have no effectual check over the
accounts. That end could only he obtained by an audit,
which should be independent of the company itself,
though not connected with the Government. He was
quite ready to admit that the majority of our
railways were managed by straightforward and
honourable men, but it was the extreme cases that re-
quired legislation, and he was sadly afraid that for the
purpose of meeting such cases this Bill would turn out
to be wofully dt festive. He had another objection to the
Bill, the schedule of ace quits that was affixed to
this Bill differed very much from the plan of accounts
embodied in Lord Stanley's Bill, but that was a matter
of detail; and again repeating that no system
of audit would be successful that was not inde-
pendent of the directors, ho had only to state
that ho should not object to the introduction of
the Bill, thcugh he could hold out no hope that it
would meet with the support of the Government.
Mr. HUME said that in an extensive pari.h they had
found the benefit of having auditors, and in such ex-
tensive undertakings as railways the benefit must of
course receive an equal advantage from the establish-
ment of similar officers. He only thought that the Bill
ought to have emanated from the Government.
Mr. BROWN said that in Committee he should feel it
his duty to raise a discussion, with a view to modify some
clauses, and to expunge others, with a view to protect
the property of a vast ntioabar of proprietors.
Mr. G. CARR GLYN said that he was inclined to
support this Bill on the ground that a great portion of
its provisions had already been adopted in the manage-
ment of railway property. He adopted this Bill simply
because it left the management of railways in the hands
of the proprietors themselves without the interference of
the Government. —(Hear, hear.)

Mr. FOX MAULE hoped that the Hon. Member
would withdraw his motion on the understanding that
many of its provisions would be amended in Committee.
Mr. B. DENISON said that with that understanding
he would withdraw his motion, with a view to amend it
in Committee.

The Bill was then read a second time.
EXPENSES OF PROSECUTIONS BILL.

Sir GEORGE GREY, on the second reading of
this Bill being moved, said that he only desired
the second reading of this Bill in order
to commit it, pro forni, for he believed that the
suggestions of the Hon. Member for Kent with respect
to two of the clauses could only be dealt with in Com-
mittee.

The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed.

FEE FARR RENTS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the second moving of this Bill being put, a con-
♦ersation ensued, in which Mr. Keogh, Mr. Hatch°ll,
Mr. Reynolds, and Sir George Grey took part, after
which it was agreed that the second reading should be
postponed, with a view to its being referred to a Select
Committee after Easter.
This was assented to, and the other orders of the day
having been gone through, the House adjourned.

GENERAL DEMBINSKI.
General Dembinski landed at Marseilles on the
29th ult. from Constantinople, and set out at once
for Paris.

GENERAL KLAPKA.
Sir,—Lord Lyndhurst, in his last speech in the House
of Lords, charged General Klapka with having issued a
proclamation from London in order to induce the Hun-
garian soldiers to desert the Austrian standards. Now,
Sir, General Klapka resides in France, not in England,
and for the last six months he has only been at London
for a very few days. It is true that ho issued last year
a proclamation, but just to the contrary purpose than it
pleases Lord Lyndhurst to assert, viz., that the Hun-
garian soldiers should not leave the Austrian ranks. It
is almost superfluous to observe that it is ridiculous to
style the gallant General " a man named Klapka;" he
has engraved with his sword his rank in the annals of
Hungary.—We are, Sir, &e.,
VETTER, Ling-General.
March 31. FRANCIS PULSZKY.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Tho advises from the
United States having disappointed the general expecta-
tion that they would prove more stimulating than those
of a week ago, there has ensued a degree of dulness in our
market (as well as in that of Liverpool) which shows how
very susceptible we are to impressions from that quarter,
just as the holders of cotton there appear to be to
any changes that take place with u.. We find that
both the home consumers of yarns and the exporters
have been less disposed to purchase than they were;
and that the producers, though betraying no anxiety
to sell, have so far modified the extreme quotations
of last week, that the buyers have mostly got what
they might want on somewhat lower terms. They
have not been able to do this, however, with all
spinners, nor in every description of yarn. The
business of the day has been altogether inconsiderable.
Goods have suffered from the same cause, and but very
little has been done in any kind. Prices ate conse-
quently rather against sellers, without being quotably
lower. Tho telegraphic report of the overland news,
showing a fair amount of operations in cloth at Calcutta,
and an increase at B imbay„has contributed in some de.
greo to sustain the prices of 40-inch shirtings, at the ad-
vance which the large transactions of last week enabled
the makers to obtain.
RoCIIDALE, MoNnax.—The flannel market is much
the same as it has been for a few weeks back. The
merchants purchase very sparingly, and are offering
rather reduced prices. The wool market is flat: the
manufacturers evince no disposition to buy; but last
week's prices have been fully maintained.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.— We are unable to record
any improvement in the demand for manufactured
goods; but, happily, stocks may, generally speaking, be
said to bo light; the unusually small attendance of
buyers on the part of the wholesale houses throughout
this spring having, no doubt, in a great
measure contributed to this. We have had
but one or two buyers down, whose operations
were very limited, and it is assumed chiefly
for "sorting up." In, thrown silks there is rather more
doing, manufacturers having been induced to become
purchasers by a concession, in some instances, of 31 to
6d. per lb. on previous asking rates. Should this spirit
continue, we may expect stocks of throwns to decrease
materially, with small probability of their receiving any
important accession for the present; prices of raw silks,
in moat instances, rendering it difficult to replace present
sales.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—On the whole, to-day,
we have had rather more done than last Tuesday. Busi-
ness has been rather brisker in the hall; fancy goods,
of light make and new patterns, go off pretty freely
for the spring trade. Mixtures and doeskins have been
inquired for. The business in the warehouses has been
about an average one. In the wool market a good trade
has been done.;at, if anything, rather easier prices.
HALIFAX, ATURDAY.—There was about an aver age
attendance in our Piece Hall to-day; and the worsted
trade remains in pretty much the same state, except,
perhaps, that there is a better demand for low mixtures.
The inquiry for listings, of low quality, continues; but
they are difficult to procure, as the weavers will not
work on them so long as they can get other descrip-
tions of goods to weave. In the yarn market there is an
improved tone, arising from an impression that things
have come to the worst ; and, consequently, there is more
willingness to operate, though as yet without any effect
upon prices. The same may be said of wool, in which
there has been more doing, at late rates.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market has again been dull,
and there is little or no change to notice in the woollen
trade since last week; but the prevailing opinion is that
business will improve during the present month.