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

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HOUSE OF, COMMONS.—Morten 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 Eniperor 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 trade and manufactures, and give
additional security for the continuance of the
blessings-cif peace."- Question again proposed :
—Debate resumed :=-Another Amendment pro-
posed, at the end of the Question, to add the
words " But' humbly to represent to her Majesty
,that, in the opinion of this house, Article XL
imposes on the Crown and Legislature of the
country unnecessary and impolitic restrictions to
which this house cankot assent ; and to pray her
Majesty to effect the omission of that article
from the treaty." Question put, " That those
words be there added."—The house divided ;
Ayes 56, Noes 282.

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Viscount
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Beach, W. W. B. Gore, J. R. 0.
Bent-hick; G.-0:- Greene, Capt. J. _pe
i Bond, J. W. Hartopp, E. B. Ridley, Sir M. W
Bovill, Wm., Hennessy, J. P. Rogers John W.
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Henniker, Lord Smith, Abel
Brooks, R. Hill, Hon. It. Spooner, 'lt.
Burghley, Lord Hubbard, J. G. Stirling, Win.
'Cochrane, A. D. Ingestre, Viscount Steuart, A.
Curzon, Viscount King, J. K. - Talbot, Hon. W. C.
Darner, L: S. W. D. Knightley, R. Thynne, Lord E.
Dawson, R. P. ' Leeke, Sir H. Trefusis, Hon. C. IL
Dickson, Col. Long, R. P. Valetort, Lord
Duncombe, W. E. Lygon, Hon. F. Vance, John
Dunn, John 3lanners, Ld J. Vansittart, Wm.
Edwards, Major H.' Newdegate, C. N. Vernon, L. V.
Egerton, Sir P. Nicol, William Way, Arthur E.
Eiphinstone, - Sir J,-North, Col.-- - -- •- --- - -
Fergusson, Sir J. Paking,ton, Sir J. S. TELLERS.
Gard, R. S. Palmer, R. W. Horsman ,E.
George, John Parker, Major W. Bentinck, G. W. P.
NOES-282.
Adam, W. P. Freeland, 11. W. Moody, C. A.
Adeane,t H. J. Gaskell, J. M. Morris, D.
Agar-Ellis, lion. L. Gavin, Major Mowbray, Rt. lin. J.
Agnew, Sir A. Gibson; T. Ti. Newark, 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
Brwell, 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, ik A. - - -Greville, Col, F. - Patten, J. W. -
Baxter,'W. E. Grey, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Paxton, Sir J.
Bazley, Thomas Grey deWilto,,Lord Pease, H.
Beale, Samuel Gurdon, B. Peel, Sir It.
Bellew, It. M. Gurney, John H. Peel, F. 4,
Berkeley, F. Gurney, Samuel Pete., Sir M.
Betheli, Sir It. Hadfield, Geo. Pilkington, James
Biggs, John Hanbary, R., jun. Pinney, Wm.
Black, Adam Hanbury, Captain Portman W. IL' B.
Blake, J. A. Handley, John Pritchard, John
Blencowe, J. G. Hankey, Thomson Proby, Lord. G. L.
Botfield, Beriah . Hardy, Gathorne Pugh, D. (Carmar.)
Bouverie, E. P. Hartington,lilarquis Puller, C. W.
Bouverie, P. P. Hayes, Sir E. S. Raynham, Viscount
Brady, John Headlam, Thos. E. Ricardo, O.
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, LordJ. 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. El'
Buller, Sir A. Howes, Edward Russell, F. W.
Butler, C. S. liumberstone, P. S. St. Aubyn, J.
Butt, Isaac Hunt, G. W. Salomons,Ahlerman
Buxton, C. Hutt, W. . . Salt, Titus
Byng, Hon. G. H. C. Ingham, R. Scrope, G. P.
Caird, James Ingram, 11, . Selwyn, C. J.
Calthorpe, F. H. Jackson, W. Seymour, Sir M.
Cardwell, Rt. lin. E. James, Edwin Shafto, It. D.
Castlerosse, Vist. Jermyn, Earl Shelley, Sir J. V.
Cavendish, Hon. W. Jervoise, Sir J. ' Sheridan, R. B.
Carley, E. S. Johnstbue, Hon. H. Sheridan, 11. 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. King-lake, Serj. J. Somerville, Sir W.
Clive, George Kingseote, Lt.-Col. Stackpole, W.
Coke, W. C. Kiimaird, Hon. A. Stafford, Marquis of
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Knatelibull-Hugess Stanhope J. B.
Cowper, Hon. W. F. Knox, Major NV. S Steel, John
Craufurd, E. H. J Laing-, S. Stuart, Col.
Crawford, It. W. Lanigan, J. Sykes, Col. IV. H.
Crook, Joseph Lawson, W. Taylor, Hugh
Cross, It. A. Leatham, E. Tempest, Lord A.V.
Crossley, Frank Lefroy, A. Thompson, H. S.
Dalglisti, Robert Lee, W.— Tite, Wm.
Davey, R. Legh, 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, Joe. , Vivian, 11. H.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Locke, John Waldron, L.
Divett, Edward Lockhart, A. E. Walpole, 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. Wemyss, J.
unkalin, 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.
Emlyn, Viscount Marjoribanks, D. C. White, Luke
Ennis, Jelin Marsh, M. H. Wickham, 11. W.
Evans, T. W. Marshall, W. . Williams, W.
lowan, -Miriam Martin, r. w. - Wike, J. A.
Ewart, J. C. Martin, J. Wood, Rt fin. Sire.
Ewing, H. E. C. Massey, W. N. Woods, Henry-
Penwiek, Henry Matheson, A. IV$ Id, James
brinoy, Lord Merry, James Wynn, CoI.
Finlay, A. S. Mildinay, 11. Wynne, C. G.
Foljambe, F. J. S. Miller, William Wynne, W. W. B.
Forster, Charles Mitchell, T. A. Wyvill, M.
Foster, W. O. Moncreill; J. TELLERS.
Fortescue, Hon. D. Molise'-1, Rt. Tin. W. Brand, 11. 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 of 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 Comp any he did not view as an
increase to capital, as it was a good 5 per cent. in-
vestment, which had been provided for by money
increasingat 4 per cent.so rabidly
raisedtrade found their mineral
eythat no time must be
lost in providing for itsproper accommodation.
They were now working the Castle Douglas in ad-
dition to the Ayr and Maybole Railway ; the Gir-
van line they had agreed to work also. And all
these, with the growing demands of their own
traffic, rendered the addition to the plant absolutely
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. 7d. per cent. if they excluded some Dal-
mellington 5 per cent. bends 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 one-half of
the capital. They proposed to increase their sub-
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 annnm 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 i 5,000 ;em
powering the directors to subscribe an additional
sum not exceeding £410,000 towards the
Port-
patrick Railway, but at the same time expressing
regret at the necessity for such an increase in their
'
subscription
t
riprteioinri
The retiring
directors and. auditorre-
elected, and the proceedings were
terminated with a
vote of thanks to the

LEWESo AND UCKFIELD.
inTheeorrerpespertnof
the directors stated that they were
Brighton ltailawcanyeeComwiptahn ythe t
od itrheoc, tos rasie ooff
thet e
railway, and had received a communication from
the latter that, they were prepared. mbject to the
approval of their proprittor4, to become the pur-
chasers by issuing to the Uckfiald 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 uponit-
self the mortgage debt of the company, amounting
to £13,400. The directors believed that those
terms would be considered satisfactory, and they
intended convening a special general meeting of the
shareholders at an early period to sanction a sale
on such terms accordingly. They would in the
meantime receive their dividend at the rate of 4
per cent. per annum for the past-half-year.