The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-21 00:00:00

(LEFT •ITTINS.)

LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE LINE,
The Committee on this Bill, consisting of Lord Skelmersdale
(chairman), Lord Strangford, Lord Carrington, Earl Fitzharding,
and the Earl of Munster, met this morning at eleven, when, Mr.
Hill the counsel for the Bill not being present,
The CHAIRMAN ordered that the room be cleared, in order that
the Committee might consult as to what course should next be
taken. On our re.admission,
The CHAIRMAN said that Committee had Come to a resolution
that the solicitor for the Bill should be desired to open the case,
but that an Mr. Hill and Mr. James, who appeared for the pro-
moters of the Bill, were now preseut, the bu►iness could proceed as
usual.

Mr. HILL objected to the appearance of counsel on the part of
Mr. Dinsdale, a petitioner against the line. Mr. Dinsdale, he
said, had appeared before the Committee of the House of Commons,
and before the Standing Orders' Committeof the House of Lords,
and in each case it had been decided that he had no locus standi. The
land through which the line passed was a "slob," or piece of un-
reclaimed land, which had been the joint property of the petitioner
and a Mr. Robertson, up to the year 1841, when it had been
divided between them. Some time after this, Mr. Dinsdale sold
a part of his slob to Mr. Hemings, who was one of the supporters
of the Bill, but reserved to himself 100 acres. The land which
he had reserved was one acre and a half from the proposed line. This
Bill was for a double purpose : its nominal object was only to make
a line; hut the embankment which would be necessary for
the line would keep the water from the land, and se-help to re-
ciaim the 100 acres of slob which belonged to Mr. Dinsdale. It
was quite clear from this, that the petitioner's land would not only
not be crossed by the line, but would not even be injured by it,
and therefore that he could not appear before the Committee.
Mr. BUTT, who appeared for Mr. Dinsdale, replied, on the part
of that gentleman. There were three grounds on which Mr.
'Dinsdale claimed to appear before the Committee. The line
would certainly not cross his property, but it would shut him
out from the sea. At present his land was bounded by the sea,
but if this line were made, the nearest shore accessible to him
would be at the distance of a mile and a half. It was not the
line which would be that distance from him, but the sea. This
would injure his property by depriving him of a ready
means of shipping agricultural produce. But this was
not the strongest ground on which he claimed to be heard ; there
were two others much stronger. At the time when the land was
divided between Mr. Dinsdale and Mr. Robertson, the Bally-Kelly
Canal, which passed.through it, was taken as the boundary. But
the canal did not divide the land equally, and it was therefore
agreed that arbitrators should be employed to decide which was
the greater of the two parts, and that they should be empowered
to take a portion of the larger from the holder, and add it to the
smaller property, in order to equalise them. These arbitrators
had not yet come to any decision about it, and as Mr. Dins.
dale's property was, as he could prove, by far the smallest, some
portion of the property of Mr. Robertson must be attached to it at
a future time. The railway would pass through the property of
Mr. Robertson, and the land through which it passed might be the
very land which might be given to Mr. Dinsdale by the arbi-
trators. Mr. Dinsdale had not sold his interest in this land ; for
in selling the land which he did possess, he could not sell that
which he did not. The third ground on which he claimed a locus
standi was, that there was a clause in the agreement made
when the land was divided—there was a clause to the effect that
if any portion of the property of one party was unreclaimed on the
7th of June, 1646, it should become the property of the other.
Now, a large proportion of Mr. Robertson's land, through which
this line wou!d pass, was still unreclaimed. and if unreclaimed on
the 7th June next would become the property of Mr. Dinsdale.
On these three grounds, therefore, he (Mr. Butt) claimed to be
beard on the part of the petitioner.
Mr. JAMES replied on the part of the proinotrrs of the line, and
The room was cleared by order of the CHAIRMAN. The Com-
mitee having consulted for a short time, we were re-admitted, and
The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee could not admit the op.
position on the part of Mr. Dinsdale, but were of opinion that a
clause ought to be inserted in the Bill to protect him from injury.
It was then a quarter past one o'clock, and the Committee ad-
journed till three.

At the recent- Sumf-rsof.,3l.iire Si-sson, held at Bridg-
water, an old woman, 105 years of age, from Long Ashton,
near Bristol, gave evidence in an appeal ease. The venerable
dame Was cheerful, and appeared in good health.

IRPERIAL P kR.LI.V3IEN

(THIS DAY.)

OUSE OF COMMONS.
The House met at Twelve o'Cloek.
HIGHWAYS BILL.

The report was agreed to.
RAILWAYS SELLING OR LEASING BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be
read a third time on Tuesday.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENT (DUBLIN) BILL.
This Bill was read a third time, and passed.
THIRD READINGS.

The Fi-heries (Ireland) Bill, and the Drainage of Lands
Bill, were read a third time and pas6ect ; as was also the Mas-
ters and Workmen's Bill.
SCOTCH POOR-LAW BILL.

On the order of the day for the third reading of the Bill,
Mr. H ASTIR said that the Bill, considering the importance
of the measure, had been passed through the House with inde-
cent hate, consist ring the importance of the alterations intro-
duced into it, and he should, therefore, move that the Bill be
read that day week.
The LORD ADVOCATE objected to any delay, on the
ground that it had been largely discuFsed.
Mr. WA KLEY felt that he had reason to complain that the
index to the evidence that had been promised had not been fur-
nished. It was necessary, for the mass of evidence was such that
it was impossible to wade through it, and the alterations were of
so much importance that they ought not to be introduced with-
out knowing the evidence on which they were based. He had
himself inquired that morning at the poorhouse of St. Pancras,
and he found that an ablebodied Scotchman if he applied fur
relief might come into the house, but whether he had a wife
or whether he had not he was to be sent to Scotland, and
there cast on its shores helpless and destitute, and where the
poor law officers had no power to relieve him. He thought
therefore that it ought to be reconsidered.
Mr. DUNDAS thought that the alterations were of such
importance that he wished the Lord Advocate to postpone the
Bill.

Mr. LOCKHART supported the Bill, as he thought it
would be of advantage to Scotland.
After a few words from Mr. R. YORKE, who wished the
postponement, and from

Mr. HENLEY, who was anxious that there should not only
be an unifcrm law of settlement, but also an uniform poor-law
throughout the kingdom,
The House divided, when there appeared—
For the m0ti0n...........
Against it
Majority —26
The Bill was then read a third time and passed
EXCISE DUTIES ON SPIRITS (CHANNEL

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ISLANDS) BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
COAL PORT (LONDON) DUTIES BILL.
• _ _

On the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
The Earl of LINCOLN said that as some misapprehension
had arisen respecting the third reading of this Bill, on the part
of the Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) who was not
present, he should postpone the third reading till twelve
o'clock to-morrow, when it would certainly come on.
GAMES AND WAGERS BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, •
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that the object of this Bill

was two-fold. Firstly, to regulate the entry-of those houses
avowedly kept open for gaming ; and, secondly, to amend the
laws respecting wagers generally. As the law now stood, no
house could be entered except on an information signed by two
householders. It was proposed to transfer the power of
laying the information from these parties to the inspectors
of police, who, on evidence received, were to lay informa-
tion before a magistrate, and on such information
the magistrate was empowered to grant a warrant, on
which the police might act. With respect to the second por-
tion, its object was to define what were and what were not to
be wagers recoverable by law. With so useful a purpose, he had
no hesitation in proposing the second reading of this Bill.
Mr. HAWES said that. the Bill did not confine itself to the
recommendation of the Commissioners, for it interfered with
licensed victuallers in a manner that was not contemplated.
There was an attempt in the Bill to define an unlawful game,
but that definition was so extensive as to include any innocent
game added to this they were going to, do that by the Bill
that would operate as a further heavy tax upon the licensed
victuallers if they had a billiard table—a body. he thought,
that was sufficiently taxed already. The Bill, in fact, cent
beyond the description of it given by the Right Hon. Baronet,
and beyond what was contemplated by the Gaining Committee.
Unless the Right Hon. Baronet would insert a clause exempt-
ing the licensed victuallers from the operation of the Bill, he
should vote against its second reading.
Mr. HENLEY would oppose the second reading, unless some
alterations were made with respect to the powers of the in-
spectors of police.
Mr. SPOONER had strong objections to several clauses of
the Bill, but he trusted the Hon. Member for Lambeth would
not object to the second reading of the Bill, as its principle was
good.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM denied that it was the object
of the Government, in brineing in this Bill, to meet
the case of certain individuals ; the mea.ure had
been brought forward for the purpose of putting an
end to gambling in the metropolis, that had been productive of
the worst of consequences.—(Hear, hear.) He denied
also that the Bill was intended to operate only
against the lower classes, and that it passed by the
higher. The second clause was levied against play, not
only by the lower, but the higher classes. That
clause was most stringent against hazard, a game,
he believed, not much indulged in by the lower classes.
A 4 to the licensed victuallers, the Bill would not operate
harshly against them. In conclusion, he trusted that the second
reading of a Bill to prevent gaming would never be opposed in
a British House of Commons.

Mr. WARBURTON thought the Bill acted unfairly with
respect to informers, in preventing them from recovering any
but taxed costs.

Mr. B. ESCOTT said that the Committee that sat upon
the question of qui tam actions were clearly of opinion that
the statute of Anne was never intended to apply to betting on
horse-racing. He trusted that the Bill would be allowed to go
into Committee.

Mr. C. BERKELEY would give his support to the Right
Honourable Gentleman Übe would strike out all the clauses in
the Bill, except those that related to qui tarn actions.—( A
laugh.) He thought the Bill would act most un-
fairly towards the licensed victuallers, and he should not be
content unless all the clauses with respect to them were
struck out.

Sir G. STRICKLAND considered the Bill as the foun-
dation of a good principle, and, although some of
its clauses were too stringent, he would vote
for the second reading, in order that those clauses might be
amended in Committee.

Captain ROUS would vote for the second reading. He
was as anxious to put an end to gambling as any man ;
he did not desire to protect the rich, and he trusted that the
first information would be against Crockford's Club-house.
(A laugh.)

(LEFT SITTING.)

MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-(MONDAY.)
The past week's arrivals of English Grain and Flour were
on a very moderate scale, while those from Scotland were
extremely limited. Of Irish and Foreign Oats the receipts
were unusually large, amounting to upwards of 60,000 quar-
ters. Other articles came slowly to hand. Fresh up, very
little English Wheat was received, either coastwise or by
land carriage; hence the stands were poorly supplied with
samples of both red and white. The accounts respecting the
growing crops not being considered favourable, and the at-
tendance of buyers being rather numerous, the demand for
Wheat of home produce was active at an advance on last
Monday's quotations of from is to 2s per quarter, and at which
nearly the whole of the parcels offering were disposed of.
The show of free Foreign Wheat was small. Holders remained
very firm, and would not sell except at is to 2s per quarter
inure money. That advance, however, was not generally com-
plied with. For Wheat, under lock, there was more inquiry,
at extreme rates. Scarcely any English Barley was on
show, while the supply of Foreign was limited. Grinding
parcels were held at more money, but other kinds were a
slow inquiry. The Malt trade was in a very sluggish state,
yet we can notice no alteration in value. Owing to the large
supply of Oats, the Oat trade was heavy, at a decline of 6d
ner quarter. Beaus, Peas, and Flour went off at very full
prices.

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE
Wh eat— Lsse.s. & lent, Malt—Chevalier.
Red . .... •• • • 44s to 528 Oats— Yorkshire and
Ditto, White.... • • 49s 61s Lincoltish., Feed. 22s 23s
Norfolk and Lin- l'otatoe •.....
coin, lied... • . 403 47s Youglia., and Cork,
Ditto, White.... • • 42s 55s Black ...• • • . 20s 22s
Irish, Red .. .... • • —s —s Cork, White ..• • • 21s 23s
Ditto, White.... • • —s —s Scotch, Feed. .. • • 228 23:•
I ive--o'd
N cw. •••••• • • • • • • 355 3Gs Pigeons.. •.•. • • • • 36s 39s
itarley —Grindin,g .•. • • 23s 28s Pease--Grey. •••• • • • • 36s 38s
Malting . ........ 32s 34s Maple. •.
Chevalier .... •• • • 36s —s White ... •••• • • • • :38s 40s
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 40s 42s
folk •• .. .. ••• • • . 58s 63s Flour—Town-made .. . 42s s
Brown s6s GOs Suffolk •.••• • • • • • 33s 35s
Kingston and Ware 60s —s Stocktn & Norfolk 338 35s

FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND.
Wheat—Dantzic sos to 60s i Beans
Hamburgh
Barley • .... —•••• • • • • 20s 24s 1 Flour—American ... • • 19s —,
Oats- —New .
I eed ...... ••• • • • 19s 22s 1

SMITH:MELD,
A very large importation of live stock from abroad for
our market has taken place during the past week, the Cale-
donia steamer having arrived from Harnburgh with 29 Oxen ;
while the Ocean, Columbine, and Batavier have been re-
ported from Rotterdam, with 140 Cows, 90 Oxen, and 13
Calves. At Hull 190 Oxen and Cows, and at Southampton
12 Oxen have come to hand—the former from Rotterdam,
the latter from Spain. In to-day's market we had on sale
130 Oxen and Cows from the above quarters. Generally
speaking, the supply was of full average quality; indeed,
scarcely any of the Cows were in any way out of condition.
Nearly the whole were disposed of at somewhat drooping prices.
The arrivals of beasts, fresh up from our various grazing dis-
tricts, were, on the whole, moderately good. Although there
were many most useful animals amongst them, their general
quality was not to say first rate. Owing, in some measure,
to the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering, the
Beef trade—as was the case on Friday last—ruled inactive,
at a declince in the currencies obtained on this day se'nnight
of 2d per 81b., the highest figure for the best Scots not ex-
ceeding 4s 2d per 81b., and at which a clearance was not
effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridge-
shire we received 500 Scots, homebreds, and short horns ;
from the North of England, 300 short horns, &c. ; from the
western and midland counties, 400 Herefords, runts, Devons,
&c.; from other parts of England 400 of various kinds;
from Scotland, 300 Scots; and from Ireland, 80 Beasts.
Compared with those exhibited at corresponding periods last
year, the number of Sheep were small, the falling off in them
being about 7,000 head. Prime Old Downs commanded a
steady demand, at fully last week's quotations. In other
kinds only a moderate business was doing, at late rates.
In the quality and condition of the Sheep a slight improve-
ment was apparent. The supply of Lambs were but moderate ;
while the Lamb trade was tolerably steady, at previous
figures, which ruled from 5s to 6s per 81b. For Calves, we
had a very slow inquiry, and, in sonic instances, the prices
had a downward tendency. The Pork trade was very ,
dull at last week's currencies.