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London, England, 1860-03-10 00:00:00

PARLIA

IVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—IVIAnerr 9.
TREATY WITH FRANCE.
Order read;, for resuming Adjourned Debate on
Question (Bth March), " That an humble address
be presented to her Majesty, to assure her Ma_
jesty that, ' having considered the treaty of
commerce concluded between her Majesty and
the. Emperor of the French, this house begs-.
leave to approach her Majesty. with their sincere
and grateful acknowledgments for this new proof
of her Majesty's desire to promote the welfare and
happiness of her subjects . to assure her Majesty
that we shall proceed to take such steps as may
be necessary for giving effect to a system which
we trust will,promote a beneficial intercourse be-
tween Great Britain and France, tend to the
extension of itrade and manufactures, and give 'll
additional security for the continuance of, the ,J
blessings of peace." QuotionAgaiti _proposed
—Debate resumed :—Another 4mendment pro- 71
posed, at the end of the Question, to add the I
words " But humbly to represent to-her Majesty,
that, in the opinion of this house, Article XI. ;1
imposes on the Crown and Legislature of the.
country unnecessary and impolitic, restrictions to
which this house cannot assent; and to pray her A
Majesty to effect the omission of 'that Article,' T
from the treaty." Question put, " That those frft
words be there added."—The house divided ;:"
Ayes 56, Noes 282. L. :2114;

Beach, W. W. B. Gore, J. R. 0. .• ~. : ,4,1417,11 171113 .1,47u.r,
IP,eacocke, G. M.
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Beninck. G.C. Greene, Capt. J
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Bond, J. IV;----H„.topp;_E..B. ___Aivrensep ,Viscount -
Bovill, Wm., Hennessy, J. P.
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. 'Henniker, Lord ogers, John
Brooks, R. Hill, Hon. It. Smith, Abel
Spooner It
Burghley, Lord Hubbard, J. G. • Stirling ' W.ln ,- (r• MT
Cochrane, A. D. Ingestre, Viscount Steuart, A. • •' •' slf
Curzon, Viscount - king, J. K. .
D. . ~, Talbot, Hon. W. C. '1
Darner, L. S. IV. 44. Knightley, R. Thynne, Lord E. - ~II
Dawson, R. P. ' ' Lee -e, Sir H. U.'refusis, lion. c. IL , •
Dickson, Col. Long, R. I'.: Valetort, Lord '.L
Duncombe, W. E. Lygon, Hon. F. Vance, John ~7-17.1(r..„4"„:
Dann, John Manners, Ld J. Vausittart, IViti.;",- ,i;;Zi-
Edwards, Major H. Newdegate, C. N. Vernon, L. V. ~-_ it,,,,t
Egerton; Sir P. Nicol, William Way, Arthur E. i,: „Id
El'phinstone, Sir J. North, Col.
Fergusson, •Sir.J.- --Pakington, Sir J.-S-- -TELLERS:—
Gard, R. S. Palmer, R. W. Horsman ,E. • - ,
George, John Parker, Major W. Bentinck, G. W. P.
NOES-282.
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Adam, W. P. • - Freeland, .H. W. Moody, C. A.
Adeane,‘ll. J. .- ' Gaskell, J. M. Morris, D.
Agar-Ellis, Hon. L. Gavin, Major Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J.
Agnew, Sir A. Gilison, T. M. Neivark, Lord
Alcock, T. Gifford, Earl of Noble, J.
Andover, Lord • Gilpin, C. Norris,.J. T. ' - '
Angerstein, W. Gladstone, Capt. North, F. '
Antrobus, E. ' Gladstone, W. E. O'Brien, P. - •
Arnott, Sir J. - Glyn, G. G. Ogilvy,,Sir J.
Atherton, W. Goddard, A. L. Onslow, Guildford
Bagwell, J. Goldsmid, Sir F. Owen, Sir J.
Bailey, C. Gordon, C. W. Packe, G. H.
Baines, E. . Greaves, Edward Paget, C.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Greenall, G. Paget, Lord C. E..
Bass, M. T. Greenwood, J. Palmerston, Visct.
Bathurst, A. A. Greville, Col. F. Pattcn, J. W.
Baxter, W. E. - Grey, Itt.- lin. SirG,P-axton,-SirJ.- - -
Bazley, Thomas Grey deWilton,Lord Pease, H.
Beale, Samuel. Gordon, B. Peel, Sir R.
Bellew, R. M. Gurney, John 11. Peel, F.
Berkeley, F. Gurney, Samuel Peto, Sir M. •
Bethell, Sir R. Hadfield, Geo. Pilkington, James
Biggs, John Hanbury, R., jun. Pinney, \l'm. -
Black, Adam Hanbury, Captain Portman W. H. B.
Blake, J. A. Handley, John Pritchard, John '. •
Blencowe, J. G. Hankey, Thomson Proby, Lord. G. L.
Botfitld, Beriah Hardy, Gathorne Pugh, D. (Carmar.)
Bouverie, E. P. ..Hartnigton,Marquis Puller, C. W.
Bouverie, P. P. Hayes, Sir E. S. Raynham, Viscount
Brady, John Headlam, Thos. E. Ricardo, 0.
Bramston, T. W. Henley, Lord Ridley, G.
Bright, J. Herbert, H. A. Robartes; T. J. A.
Bristow, A. Herbert, S. Robertson, D.
Brocklehurst, John Hervey, Lord A Roebuck, J. A.
Brown, James Hodgson, K. D. Rothschild,BaronL
Browne, Lord J. T. Holland, E. Roupell, W.
Buchanan, W. Hope, G. W. Russell,- Lord J.
Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Hornby, W. H. Russell, Hastings
Buller, J. W. Howard, Hon. C. Russell, A. J. E.
Buller, Sir A. Howes, Edward Russell, F. W.
Butler, C. S. Ilumberstone, P. S. St. Aubyn, J.
Butt, 'lsaac Hunt, G. W. Salomons,Alderman
Buxton, C. Hutt, W. Salt, Titus
Byng, Hon. G. 11. C. Ingham, R. Scrope, G. P.
Caird, James Ingram, H. Selwyn, C. J.
Calthorpe, F. H. Jackson, W. Seymour, Sir H.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. James, Edwin Shafto, R. D.
Castlerosse, Vist. Jermyn, Earl Shelley, Sir J. V.
Cavendish, Hon. W. Jervoise, Sir J. Sheridan, R. B.
Cayley, E. S. Johnstone, Hon. H. Sheridan, H. B.
Childers, H. C. E. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, J. B.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Kendall, N. Smith, M. T.
Clay, James Kershaw, J. Smith, Augustus
Clifford, C. C. King, Hon. L. Smith, Sir F.
Clinton, Lord R. Kinglake, Serj. J. Somerville, Sir W.
Clive, George Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Stackpole, W.
Coke, W. C. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Stafford, Marquis of
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Knatchbull-Hugess Stanhope, J. B.
Cowper, Hon. W. F. Knox, Major W. S Steel, John
Craufurd, E. H. J Laing, S. Stuart, Col.
Crawford, R. W. Lanigan, J. Sykes, Col. W. H.
Crook, Joseph Lawson, W. Taylor, Hugh
Cross, R. A. Leatham, E. Tempest, Lord A.V.
Crossley, Frank Lefroy, A. Thompson, H. S.
Daiglisn, Robert Lee, W. Tite, Wm.
Davey, R. L'egh, G. C. Tollemache, Hon.F.
Davie, Sir H. R. F. Lewis, Sir G.C., Bt. Turner, J. A.
Davie, Col. F. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Vandeleur, Col.
Deasy, Rickard Lindsay, W. S. Verney, Sir Harry
Denman, G. Lindsay, Colonel Villiers, Rt. Hon. e.
Dent, John Dent Locke, Jos. Vivian, H. H.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Locke, John Waldron, L.
Divett, Edward Lockhart, A. E. IValpole, S. H.
Douglas, Sir C. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Walter, John
Duff, M. E. Lyall, G. Warre, J. A.
Duke, Sir James Lysley, W. Watkins; J. L. V.
Dundas, Frederick M'Cann, J. Wemysg, J.
Dunkcllin, Lord Mackie, J. Western, T. S.
Dunlop, A. Mackinnon, W. A. Westhead, B.
Egerton, A. F. Maguire, J. F. Whalley, G. H.
Ellice, E., jun. Mainwaring, T. Whitbread, S.
Emlvn, Viscount Marjoribanks, D. C. White, Luke
Ennis, Jelin Marsh, M. IL Wickham, H. W.
Evans, T. W. Marshall, IV. ' Williams, W.
- Ewart, William Martin, P. W. Wise, J. A.
Ewart, J. C. Martin, J. Wood, Tit Hn. Sir C.
Ewing, H. E. C. Massey, W. N. Woods, Henry
Fenwick, Henry Matheson, A. Wyld, James
Ferinoy, Lord Merry, James Wynn, Col.
Finlay, A. S. 3lildmay, 11. Wynne, C. G.
Foljambe, F. J. S. Miller, William Wynne, W. W. K.
Forster, Charles Mitchell, T. A. Wyvill, M.
Foster, W. 0. . 3loncreitr, J. TELLERS.
Fortescue, Hon. D. Monse'l, Rt. lin. W. Brand, H. B.
Fortescue, C. S. Montgomery, Sir G. Dunbar, Sir Wm.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was
held in Glasgow on Wednesday; Sir Andrew Orr
in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said there was a fear last half-
year, on the part of some o 2 their more prudent
shareholders, that the directors in paying 5 per
cent. had rather overstrained matters, thereby
going a little beyond their ordinary prudent course.
The results had removed all these doubts, as they
had now not onlypaid 5 per cent. on all their stocks,
with nearly £6,000 to begin the succeeding half-
year with, but the most liberal and ample provision
had been made for contingencies. (Cheers.) If
the traffic had not been so seriously affected from
so many furnaces being temporarily placed out of
blast in Ayrshire, to the extent of over £5OO a
week, they might have considered the propriety of
recommending even an addition to the 5 per cent.,
but the directors deemed it more prudent to adopt
the course they had taken. During the last half-
year the addition to the capital account had been
only £6,500 for additional plant and outlay at the
new station at Dumfries. The payment of £lB,OOO
for one half-year of the issued preference shares in
the Castle Douglas Company he did iot view as an
increase to capital, as it was a good 5 per cent.
money
cent. in-
vestment, eantt ,4w
perhich
cent.
. beenThe
They
providedh
found bfor
their mineral
trade
lost i
n increasingproviding s of rapidlyor ta
proper at n oaeteinminerameudsattiobne.
They were now working the Castle Douglas in ad-
dition to the Ayr and Maybole Lailway ; the Gir-
van line they had agreed to work also. And all
these, with
rendered the growingthe addition detmoatnhdesplaonft
athbsenirluotlywen
I indispensable. Although the loan capital during
the half-year had been some £12,000 more than in
1859, still the charge for interest on mortgage was
actually £l,OOO less than in the six months, owing
to the reduction in the average rates of interest
which had been effected by bonds falling in.
Their rate of interest at present was only about
£4 ls. Id. per cent. if they excluded some Dal-
mellington 5 per cent. bonds which they had
to take over with that line. (Cheers.) The Port-
patrick Railway would add 60 miles to their sys-
tem, besides being the means of greatly increasing
their traffic on the Castle Douglas line, on which
they were interested to the extent of halfone- of
the capital. They proposed tc increase the
scription to the Portpatrick from £60,000 to
£lOO,OOO. He then alluded to the proposed amal-
gamation of the Caledonian, Edinburgh, and Glas-
gow, and Central Companies, to which he was fa-
vourable, and thought it should be further extended.
A long discussion ensued, in the course of which
the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate
of 5 per cent. per annum was declared on the ordi-
nary stock. Resolutions were also passed autho-
rising the purchase of a portion of the new prefe-
rence shares created by the Castle Douglas and
Dumfries Company,' also of shares in the Maybole
and Girvan Railway to the extent of £5,000; em-
powering the directors to subscribe an additional
sum not exceeding £40,000 towards the Port-
patrick Railway, but at the same time expressing
regret at the necessity for such an increase in their
subscription.
The retiring directors and auditor were re-
elected, and the proceedings terminated with
vote of thanks to the chairman.

LEWES AND UCK-F1EI.1).
The report of the directors state;l that they were
in correspondence with the directors of the
Brighton Railway Company as to the sale of the
railway, and had ree(dr
the latter that 1 cid a communication from
they were prepared .object to the
approval of their proprietors, to become the pur-
chasers by issuing to the Uckfield Company, as the
consideration for such transfer, preferential 4 per
cent. stock of the Brighton Company to theamount
of £33,900, the Brighton Company taking upon it-
self the mortgage debt of the company, amounting
to £13,400. The directors believed that those
terms would be considered satisfactory,
and
intended convening a special general meeting of the
shareholders at an early period to sanction a sale
on such terms accordingly. They would
meantime receive their dividend at the rate of 4
per cent. per annum for the past-half-year.
theyin the