The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-25 00:00:00

T}IE SUN,

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
CAMBRIDGE- HOUSE„Ittee '23, 1845.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased
to appoint the Rev. William Collett, 8.A., to be one of his
Chaplains in Ordinary.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 20
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General P. Fyers,
C. B , to be Colonel Commandant, vice Lieut.-General Parry,
deceased ; Second Captain J. E. Dupuis to be Captain, vice
Dickens, deceased; First Lieut. P P. Faddy to be Second
Captain, vice Dupuis ; Second Lieut. C. W. Grey to be First
Lieutenant, vice Faddy, June 14.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.
T. T. S. Carlyon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; F.
Howell, Esq., to be ditto, May 31.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
T. G. Ghborne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
R. Dyott, Erq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 17.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland.
Westmorland and Cumberland Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry—G. R. G. Rees, Gent. to be Cornet, January 20.
BANKRUPTS.
William Morton, gas-fitter, Fenchurch-street, City, to sur-
render July 4, at twelve, and Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Loveland and Beckitt, Symond's-inn.
William Rickman Lejeune, corn merchant, Southampton,
June 30, at one, and July 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall.
street ; Smith and Atkins, Sergeants' Inn; Mackey and Gir..
dlestone, Southampton.
William Mosaman, fancy stationer, Clarke's-place, High-
street, blington, June 30, at two, and Aug. 4, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street, London ; Wright, Smith, and Shepherd,
Golden-square.
George Bowles and Joseph Pain Pocklington, meat and butter
salesmen, Newgate-street, City, July. 9 ,at half-past one, and
August 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Young, Warwick-square,
Newgate-street.
James Walker, jun., butcher, Leeds, July 7 and 28, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee,
Leeds ; Mitton and Nealor, Southampton-buildings, London ;
Dunning and Stawman, Leeds.
Francis Rids!, surgeon, Nether Stowey, Somersetshire,
July 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt-
zel, official assignee, Exeter; Boyle, Clement's Inn, London;
Smith, jun., Bridgewater; Stogdon, Exeter.
William Hileilton, grocer. Denbigh, July 14 and 31, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Al‘Gregor, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall,
London • Evans, Denbigh ; D. Evans, Liverpool.
Matthew Colledge, coal merchant, Brinklow, Warwick-
shire, July 10 and August 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Smith, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
L. C. Lecesne, merchant, Fenchurch-buildings, Fenchurch-
street—first div. of Is. Mid. in the pound, any Wednesday, at
the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
R. Almond, coal dealer, Orrell, Lancashire--second div. of
bd. in the pound, June 26, and any following Thursday, at
the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. Johnson, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 3id. in the
pound, June 26, and any following Thursday, at the office of
Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
T. Wilson and W. Wilson, merchants, Liverpool—div. of
4s. 24d. in the pound, June 25, and any following Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
J. Blake, edge tool manufacturer, Sunderland—first div. of
101 in the pound, June 25, and any following Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
I. Hagg, Colchester—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound,
June 25, and any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Belcher, Coleman-street.
W. Attwater, slyer, Devonshire-street, Queen-square—first
div. of Is. in the pound, June 25, and any following Wednes-
day, at the office of Mr. Belcher, Coleman-street.
T. Pearson, builder, Liverpool-road—first and final div. of
lid. in the pound, June 25, and any following Wednesday, at
the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
M. Oxborrow, pawnbroker, Stockport—div. of 20s. in the
pound, June 25, and any following Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. 'Williams, wheelwright, Goudhurst, Kent, July 15, at
eleven—G. Barron, builder, Davies-street, Berkeley-square,
July 21, at eleven—J. Stevens and R. H. W. Drummond,
road contractors, Mile-end, July 21, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. Hill and 'l'. Hill, merchants, Wisbeach St. Peter's, Isle of
Ely, July 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—
J. Lamb and T. Lamb, engineers, Kidderminster, July 16, at
one, at the Birmingham District Court—W. B. Briddick,
dealer in iron, Durham, July 16, at half-past eleven, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Briddick, bookseller,
Durham, July 16, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court—W. Carr and J. C. Carr, merchants,
Sunderland, July 16, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court—C. Martyn, linen-draper, Durham,
July 16, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court
--J. Risden, bookseller, Exeter, July l 7, at one, at the Exeter
District Court—E. Pritchard, wine merchant, Liverpool, July
18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Abram,
merchant, Liverpool, July 15, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court—E. E. Robinson, grocer, Wolverhampton, July
18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
W. J. Taylor, grocer, High-street, Camden-town, July 16
—J. Brain, copper plate dealer, Winchester-place, Pentonville,
July 16—W. Westrup and T. M. Cocksedge, millers, New
Crane, Shadwell, July 16 —T. Johnson, sen., and W. Johnson,
bankers, Romford, July 16—A. H. Chambers, sen., banker,
New Bond-street, July 16—R. Barker, druggist, Manchester,
July 16—J. Gerrard, cotton spinner, Marsden, Yorkshire,
July 17—M. Humphries, joiner, Manchester, July 17—W.
Gadsby, jun., joiner, Manchester, July 18—J. Livingston and
T. Buttam, plumbers, Manchester, July 18—T. Millward,
Nottinghamshire, July 15—B. Webb, cheesemonger, South-
wark, July 15—R. G. Ward and J. Perry, meat salesmen,
Newgate-street, July 15—J. Weightman, wharfinger, North-
ampton, July 15—T, S. Dodd, innkeeper, Liverpool, July 15
E. Robinson, grocer, Wolverhampton, July 15—J. W.
Sprague, grocer, Poole, Dorsetshire, July 15-0, Robinson,
surgeon, Huddersfield, July 15.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. Willis, J. S. Willis, H. H. Willis, and A. Willis, jun.,
merchants, Crosby-square, City—A. Willis, J. S. Willis, and
H. H. Willis, insurance broke-3, Crosby-square, City—J.
Leach, sen., J. Leach, and J. Leach, jun., worsted manu-
facturers, Bingley, Yorkshire —W. Elston and J. Lidstone,
builders, Old Bailq—J. Davies and J. Fallows, cotton waste
spinners, Stockport—S. Bath and P. J. Bolton, coal mer-
chants, High-street, Wapping—S. Holdsworth and W. R.
Milner, surgeons, Wakefield---A. C. Harris and T. Bell, mer-
chants, Alexandria—T. Hunter and C. Smith, tea dealers,
Bishopwearmouth—H. Raine and R. Scholes, plumbers, Bury,
Lancashire—W. Halliday and Rhodes, worsted spinners, Heck-
mondwike —J. Turner and C. Turner, leather sellers, Church-
street, Bethnal-green—E. Withinshaw and J. Withinshaw,
leather dealers, Shelton, Staffordshire—C. Colledge and S.
Henningham, engravers, Warwick—G. Sangster and J. F.
Alelliss, cotton factors, Queen-street, Cheapside—E. Mere-
dith and C. Parker, linen drapers, Liverpool—C. Bedells and
W. Bedells, manufacturers of elastic and woven fabrics, Leicester
—E. W. Coalborn and R. 0. Coulborn, fustian manufacturers,
Manchester—R. Barlow and B. Edwards, ironmasters, Wrex.
ham, Denbighshire—J. Taylor and T. Taylor, gold beaters,
Kirby-street, Hatton-garden—R. Debenham and A. A. De-
benham, drapers, Upper Clapton—D. Gill and T. Wainwright,
iron founders, Leeds—J. Brittain and D. Smales, hop mer-
chants, Hull.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Young, merchant, Leith, June 30 and July 21, at one,
at the chambers of Mr. Wilson, Leith.
J. Stenhouse, brewer, Dunfermline, June 30 and July 21,
at twelve, at the Spire Hotel, Dunfermline.
A. Wharuond, grocer, Dundee, July Iland 22, at three, at
the British Hotel, Dundee,

COCHINEAL, met with more attention, and several parcels
have been sold by private contract at full rates ; indeed, in some
cases, a small advance has been given. The market has bee❑
sparingly supplied.

COMMON HALL.
ELECTION OF SHERIFFS.
Yesterday the livery assembled in very small num-
bers fur the purpose of electing sheriffs for London and
Middlesex for the year ensuing.
It was expeeted that Alderman Challis and his re-
lation, Mr. Kinnard, would have been chosen without
opposition, no other name having been put up until the
morning of the day of election, when there suddenly ap-
peared upon the walls of the Guildhall, placards inti-
mating that Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Laurie, the nephew
of Sir Peter Laurie, were candidates for the office.
The Commox SERGEANT handed the list of the gen-
tlemen put in nomination for the office of sheriff to the
common crier, who read it to the assembly. As soon as
the name of Alderman Challis was uttered, it was quite
evident that too sanguine a calculation had been made
by his supporters, and the name of Mr. Kinnard, whom
the aldermen was well known to have been desirous to
bring in as his colleague, was the signal for still greater
disapprobation. Between these names, and the names
of Chaplin and Laurie. there was a long space, but the
moment the two latter candidates were mentioned, up
started a most decided majority of hands amidst the
laughter of the spectators. The sheriff with evident
reluctance announced that the election had fallen upon
Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Laurie, and no poll was announced,
although the election agent was present, ready to put up
votes, and to perform all the other profitable little
matters, arising so naturally out of a contest.
The return was then made to the Court of Aldermen.
The Livery then proceeded to elect the Chamberlain,
Bridge-masters, and other officers, after which the Hall
was dissolved.
COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A Court of Aldermen was
held after the election of the Sheriffs, at which much
routine business was transacted. Upon the motion of
Alderman Copeland, it was referred to a Committee to
consider the propriety of increasing the allowance to the
Inspectors of Weights and Measures—officers of great
activity', and whose exertions have rendered a vast service
to the community of the City of London.—Adjourned.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of June 24.) =
Ga R.—To-day West India Sugar met with less attention
but previous rates were sustained fur brawn grey and inferior
yellow kinds ; in some cases, however, a small reduction was
submitted to for middling good and fine grocery sorts, of
which the supply is still or, the increase. A good business was
transacted ; refining kinds being the most in request.
REFINED. —To-day standard lumps were readily disposed of
at 74s to 74s Gd, and brown grocery lumps 72s 6d to 735. The
market for bonded Crushed Sugar is firm at 40s 9d to 41s per
cwt for first sorts.
Mural-rms.—This sugar has been extensively dealt in,
and an advance on former rates of Is to 2s has taken place for
brown, grey, and inferior sorts of yellow, and 6d to is per cwt
for the better kinds. At auction 12,706 bags and 300 casks
sold with animation.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon of Bengal Sugar 3,684 bags
were offered at public sale, and chiefly sold upon former terms,
but not above ; fine white went at 578, good 54s to 54s 6d,
middling as to 53s 6d, middling greyish 50s 6d to 51s, damp
and washed 48s to 535.
TEA.--The market has a firm appearance, and the trade for
the most part inclined to increase their stocks. Congou has
been in excellent request upon former terms. Pouchong has
been largely dealt in at 4d to 9d for low to good quality.
Twankay has fully sustained the former value. Hyson is much
wanted, and prices are still advancing. In Scented Orange
Pekoe a good deal has been done, and 3s Id to 3s 2d paid for
fine. For Gunpowder and Imperial prices are fully as high.
FOREIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar of all sorts was much
wanted, and stiffer rates were paid ; a mixed cargo of white
Brazil afloat, consisting of Paraiba and Maceio was sold for
Trieste at 28s 6d to 28s 9d, and a floating cargo of white
Havannah at a high price, but the particulars at present have
not transpired. At Liverpool a cargo of brown Paraiba has
been sold at 28s per cwt.
and good ordinary pale Native fetched
COFFEE. —This afternoon there was no public sales of any
kinds of Coffee, but some parcels are advertised, consisting principally of Jamaica. In Ceylon a fair business was done privately at firm rates,
48s 6d to 49s per cwt. Foreign was inquired after, and 34s
6d per cwt paid for 500 bags of fine ordinary Rio.
Suces.—This afternoon at public sale 40 brls Jamaica Gin-
ger went at easier rates—low quality 3/. ss. to 4/. 6s, and mid
Si. to 61. Is. per cwt.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.— To-day several purchases
Is 9d, and a parcel of Jamaica 32 per cent
fweetorehemd aldseslnd Rum,to and stiffer rates given ; proof Leewards
over proof of high flavour 4s 3d per gallon. At public sale
200 hhds and puns of Cognac Brandy (bankrupts' effects) were
sold. Vintage 1843, 3s 8d to 3a 9d ; 1842 ditto, 3s 10d to
3s lld ; 1838 ditto, 4s 4d per gallon.
RICE.—To-day the demand was active for Bengal Rice, and
679 bags 2,278 pockets at auction were sold at very full rates.
Privately several parcels of sound were taken far exportation at
11 s 6d to 12s Gd per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—The market had a r improving appearance
for rough, several purchases have been made by exporters,
and the rates paid are fully equal to those previously esta-
blished ; the parcels disposed of by private treaty fetched 23s 6d
to 27s for low to flue quality, and at auction 847 bags of
Calcutta sold—very fine strong white large chrystals like re-
fined I per cent refraction at '2Bs, good grey fair chrystals 51
per cent 25s to 25s 6d, good middling dull grey 6i per cent 24
6d to 225, and 4i per cent good grey 25s Gd to 26s
per cwt.s In English Refined several purchases have been made, and 27s
6d to 28s per cwt are the rates paid.
Olts.—Southern has been in limited request, and a further
decline in prices has taken place. The market for Seal is
firm. Pale has realised 32/ to 321 bs, yellow and straw 291
10s to 31/, and brown 281 lOs to 291; 30 tuns at auction
fetched 321 to 32/ 5s for Pale Seal. For Cod
Prices are steady. Sperm is wanted, and prices keep firm.
In Olive many purchases have been made, holders accepting
low rates. Prices continue on the advance for Linseed Oil.
Rape is not much wanted, and prices are drooping. In Palm
several purchases have been made at firm rates. With Cocoa
Nut the market is yet sparingly supplied ; it is much wanted.
TALLow.—There has been a failing off in the demand for
Russian on the spot, and prices have slightly given way. For
forward delivery a small amount of business only has been
transacted, and quotations for the last three months of the year
have declined to 41s to 41s 3d per cwt.

Immoo.—The quantity of East India declared for public
competition on the Bth of July has been increased to 16,431
chests. The business transacted has been extremely limited in
all descriptions, but no reduction in prices has taken place. The
deliveries continue to be as large as rm.

stated that it was precisely on that ground
that the Committee had come to their decision. That
Hon. Member, who was the Chairman of the Committee, had
asserted that if the Great Western project had not been
started, the line to Oxford and Rugby would:necer have been
constructed. That was an a.ssertion which as Chairman of that
Committee ought never to have been made, and was mere in con-
sonance with the conduct of a partisan than of an impartial
judge• Opposed to this there was the declaration of the London
and Birmingham Directors, that they would apply the
thole of their revenues to the formation of this
line, rather than that it should not be formed. In addition
to all this, they had the decision of the Board of Ttade.
It appeared that on this Committee there were two
Scotch►nen and two Irishmen. The two Seotchmen
voted one way and the two Irishmen the other, so
that it was the vote of the Hon. Member for Essex that had
decided the case. :Cow he had a greater opinion of the Board
of Trade than he had of the opinion of the Hon. Member for
Essex (Mr. Darby ), and as this decision was in decided op►pesition
to the Board of Trade, be thought that it might be reviewed.
without any impropriety. The decision of the Board of Trade
was in his mind entitled to respect, yet, notwithstanding all this-,
lie could net but. come to the conclusion that the Board ef
Trade in this matter might. be altogether dispensed with.
Looking at the opinion which had been exp.essed by the Hon.
Member for Essex, and at the reports of the Board of Trade,
he thought they would pursue the safer course if they were to
postpone the Bill until the next session.
Mr. SHAW rose to exi lain. He had said, and he repeated
it, that it had appeared to him, as a Member of the Committee,
that it was not to the interest of the London and Birmingham
Company to make a railway from Oxford to Rugby. He had
said that that was his opinion, but to say that he had been in-
fluenced—( Cries of " Order, order," " Spoke, spoke.") He
was aware that he must confine himself to explanation. He
had said, and he would repeat it, that the evidence which had
been brought before that Committee had satisfied his mind that
it was not for the interest of the London and Birmingham
Company to make that line.
Mr. 'F. DUNCOMBE explained.
Mr. LABOUCIIERE considered that it would be more
satis'actory if the Committee had been unanimous, but he
thought it would be a most dangerous precedent to discuss,
except under very particular circumstances, the decision of a
majority of a Committee in that House.—(Hear, hear.) Hs
should, by his vote, sustain the decision of the majority of the
Committee. With regard to the report of the Board of Trade.
lie did rot consider it worth a straw in opposition to the report
of the Committee.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 24.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock.
THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER-
N .
Mr. BARNEBYHANIPT movedO the tdRAILWAYhir reading of the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill.
Mr. GISBORNE believed that the double line of rail pro-
posed to be laid down by the Bill could not be adopted with
safety. Unless the clause which gave the power to make the
line was struck out, he should oppose the third reading of the
Bill.

Mr. SHAW defended the course pursued by the Committee.
Mr. GODSON remained of the same opinion he had for-
merly enter'ained with respect to this measure.
Mr. 0. STANLEY thought there ought to be some clause
introduced by which a certain maximum rate of charge
was established. At present the company would be at liberty
to make any charge they pleased. He believed that the report
was not the same as it was when it was laid on the table of the
House. He understood it hail been altered in many essential
particulars by the chairman. lie should therefore move that
the Bill be read a third time that day six months.
Mr. SHAW said that he had merely corrected the report
far the purpose of making it sense and grammar, but he had
altered it in no important particulars.
Colonel WOOD hoped the Hon. Member would not perse-
vere in his motion that the Bill be read that day six
months, after the House had expressed its opinion so strongly
in favour of the measure as it did the other night. If the
clause objeeted to by the Honourable Member opposite (Mr.
Gisborne), was struck out, the Midland Welsh Railway would
have no means of access at all. He believed that the Govern -
merit would have to interfere, and make a uniform gauge
all over the kingdom. He hoped when the Bill went into the
House of Lords a clause would be introduced to make the Com-
pany adopt a narrow gauge.
Mr. 0. STANLEY, seeing the feeling of the House, would
withdraw his motion that the Bill be read a third time that day
six months.
Lord HOWICK thought it would be of the greatest public
importance to establish a uniform gauge all over the kingdom.
He was aware that the change of gauges would be attended
with great expense, but he thought that experse might be
well incurred. He hoped Government would take the matter
into their own hands, because, if a change was to be made, the
sooner it was done the better.
Sir GEORGE CLERK said the question to which the
Noble Lord referred was one of very great importance, and
t•ertainly required the serious consideration of that House. He
h .ught that he had observed, when last this question was before
the House, that it would not be possible to expect
those parties who had laid down railways on a particular gauge
would be at the enormous expense of changing their line, and
changing their whole stock of carriages and waggons, and
making an alteration in their tunnels, embankments, and cut-
tings. He thought it was most important to inquire whether there
was any inconvenience, and to what extent that inconvenience
would prevail in different gauges bring established. He thought
this should be the first inquiry they should make. The Com-
mittee upon this Bill had come to no decision with respect to
the gauge necessary to be adopted. They had reported
merely as to the facility of transhipping goods.
An inquiry ought to be instituted as to the degree of danger
that would attend the establishment of railways on different
gauges, and whether there would be any inconvience to the
public generally lay a differen 'e in the gauges. He was ex-
tremely harpy that the Noble Lord had raised this question,
and thought it of the utmost importance that, it should be fully
considered and discu•sed.
Mr. BRIGHT wished to say, on behalf of his Hon. Friend
the Member for Stockport, that it was his Hon. Friend's
intention to submit to the House, as a distinct proposition, the
resolution which he had submitted on Friday night, as an
amendment to the motion for the reception of the report on
this Bill.
Mr. BARNARD thought it was highly important that
this question of gauges should be settled. It appeared
to bim that no surveyor or engineer had given his
opinion as to whether the gauge might not be placed
between the narrow gauge of 4 feet 81 inches and the
broad gauge. This was a point well worthy of consideration.
He believed that some persons held the opinion that a gauge of
4 feet 81 inches, was too narrow, while the broad, or 7 feet
gauge, was too broad, and the point, therefore, which be
thought they had to consider was, what would be the best
gauge between those two limits.
Sir G. GREY thought it was rather extraordinary that
the Board of Trade had not come down to the House with a
clause to provide for the establishment of the narrow gauge
upon this line. He thought this was the more extraordinary
after what had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman
opposite (Sir George Clerk) on Friday night. The Board of
Trade now recommended the promoters of this Bill to adopt
a clause compelling them to do an impossibility—an impossibi-
lity —when the report of the Board of Trade upon this sub-
ject :was considered—for they now called upon them to lay
down the narrow gauge to the satisfaction of the Board
of Trade—the same Board of Trade having reported
that to lay down the narrow gauge, under such circumstances,
would be impracticable. Ile must say that he thought the
Board of Trade had another duty to perform than coming
down to that House, and in plaintive tones endeavouring to
smooth down their own reports.
Sir G. CLERK said that after the majority of Friday night,
and the decided expression of opinion given by the House, be
had not thought it necessary further to interfere.
Aftera few words from Mr. V. STUART, which were quite
inaudible,
Mr. HODGSON LUNDE suggested that the further pro-
ceedings on this Bill should be postponed, in order that clauses
might be introduced compelling the broad gauge company to
lay down the narrow gauge in addition to their own. (He
was met with loud cries of" No, no !")
Mr. COBDEN understood that the Right Honourable
Gentleman opposite had no objection to a commission being
issued on this subject, as it would be preferable to a Committee
of that House. He (Mr. Cobden) would, therefore, frame
his motion upon the subject accordingly.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
Captain BERKELEY then presented a petition from the
inhabitants of Gloucester. The petitioners stated that they
had heard with alarm that the Great. Western Company in -
tended to carry their line under the River Severn instead of
over it, and they therefore prayed the House to afford them
protection.—(Laughter.)
The London and South-Western (2) Railway was reported
to the House, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday.
OXFORD AND RUGBY RAILWAY.
On the order of the day for the third reading of the Oxford
and Rugby Railway Bill,
Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS moved that it be postponed,
as a great number of lines were at that time before Parliament,
which would be affected by the passing of this Bill. A de-
cision had been come to by the House the other evening,
and he thought that the reconsideration of the question migh.
be attended with considerable advantage, as he was well aware
that many Hon. Members had voted on the question without
having at all considered its merits. He considered that this
inquiry would be attended with advantage to all, and he should
therefore move the postponement of the Bill.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK opposed the proposition of the lion.
Gentleman, arid contended that it was inconsistent and in-
expedient of the House not to sustain the decisions of the Com-
mittees, which were governed altogether by a regard for the
public interest, to which all merely local interests ought to give
way. He could not consent to follow the example of those
Hon. Members who supposed that they promoted the interests
of their constituents by opposing thegeneral interest of the public.
Mr. NEWDEGATE said that no one more deeply re-
spected the decisions which the Members of those Committees
came to than himself; still he did not think the House should
always bend to them. Such decision* should not preclude
those who had local informatio❑ from stating their
views to the House before the final adoption of
any railway scheme. He had no objection to every com-
pany doing its best to forward their particular plans ; still,
before the House agreed to any of them, he considered a full
opportunity should be atlorded to Members of local experience
fur laying that experience before the House. Ho should sup.
port the motion of his Hon. Friend for the postponement o:
the

.Ur. MUNTZ thought it quite ridiculous that the House
should be frightened from its propriety by the statement of act
engineer, as to the cost, lie bad previously voted in favour of
the narrow gauge, not because he considered it better than the
other gauge. but because it had been mote generally used.
Mr. HATER thought it a little hard that his Right Hon.
Friend should have expressed so vehement a determination
to obstruct the progriss of the Bill. He complained of curb
a proceeding. He did not wish to enter into any discussion at
present. In the Bill which he now held in his hand for the
Oxford and Rugby Railway, there was a clause to compel the
proprietors of that line to bear all the expenses of transhipping
in whatever case or to whatever extent it might be necessary.
—( Hear, hear, and loud cries of "Divide, divide.") There
was another clause which further compelled them to adopt the
narrow gauge if the Board of Trade should disapprove of the
broad gauge.—( The cries of " Divide, divide," were renewed
with increased vehemence, and the Hon. Gentleman coneluded
by supporting the Bill.)
The Horse then divided, when there appeared,
For the motion
Against it

1:32
9,5

Majority —37
The St. Helen's Canal Railway Rill was ordered to bo re.
committed.

The Preston and Vyre Railway Branches Bill was ordered
:0 be recommitted.

Newry - -
The N and Enniskillen Railway Rill was ordered to ha
on the table.

UNIVERSITIES' ITSTS ABOLITION (SCOTLAND)
BILL.
Mr. FOX .MAULS presented a petition from the General
Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, and from several
other parties in favour of the Bill for the abolition of tests in
the Universities of Scotland.

Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition from Glasgow with
a similar prayer.
TEN HOURS' BILL.
Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the West Riding
of Yorkshire in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK presented two petitions to the same
effect.

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
Messengers from the House of Lords brought up severe,
Bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table.
SALE OF ARDENT SPIRITS IN IRELAND.
Mr. ROSS postponed his motion for the repeal of so much
of the Act 6 and 7 William IV., cap. 38, as prohibits grocers
in Ireland from selling ardent spirits.
DEODANDS BILL—ILLEGAL COMMITTAL IN THE
ISLE OF MAN.

Mr. COLLETT—It appeared that the opinions of the
Committee were by no means unanimous, and it was also
evident from the evidence which had been adduced, that the
traffic of iron and minerals was much better served by the
narrow than by the broad gauge. He did not see that the
House would at all be interfering with the judgment of the Com-
mittee in reconsidering the motion which had been put be-
fore them. The intercourse with Brighton and Norwich was
carried on with the narrow gauge, and he wished that this
principle was carried out on all the railways in the kingdom.
Sir GEORGE GREY wished to say a few words on this
subject, and should not have been induced to utter them, but
that it was evident that the Committee were by no means una-
nimous in their decision. It appeared that the decision
of the Committee was the difference of twe end
three ; and he thought, therefore, that it might be reviewed
without any interference or disrespect. All, or most of the
passengers who went by the Birmingham Railway, either pro-
ceeded to Birmingham or went on by the Midland Counties
Railway, and it was therefore manifest that Rugby would be
one of the very worst places at which the alteration from the
narrow to the broad gauge could be made.
Mr. SHAW did not think that the question was between the
relative merits of the narrow and broad gauge. The question was,
whether it was the London and Birmingham Company or the
Great Western Company who were to construct this line of rail -
way. He was of opinion, if it was not made by the Great Western
Company, it would not be made at.all. It would not pay the
other Company, and it would very little more than pay the
Great Western Company, but as it would draw the traffic to
their trunk line it would be their interest to make it. The
Committee thought it was their duty to grant this line. He
would not enter again into the broad and narrow gauge
question, which had been already fully discussed.
Mr. GISBORNE thought the Right Hon. Gentleman
was wrong in approving of the narrow gauges. Rugby was
the most inconvenient place in the kingdom to make a break
of guage ; besides the inconvenience to the passenger by this
break, it would greatly increase the expense of the convey-
ance of goods; and, in the case of coals, very much
damage their quality ; the question of delay should
be likewise taken into consideration. lie considered
that this plan of transhipping coals would form a
complete bar to any traffic in that article.—( Loud cries of
"Divide, divide," and " Oh, oh,")—and so also of lime, and
he could speak from experience on the subject, having been
one of the largest lime burners in England.—(" Oh, divide.")
By giving this branch to Rugby. they would prey. nt lime
being carried beyond that tewn.—( Cries of " Order, order.")
With respect to the broad and narrow gauge, he was not much
in the habit of eulogising the reports of the Board of Trade.
but in this case he thought their reasons were
most cogent.—(Cries of " Divide, divide," " Order, order.")
The Hon. Gentleman at length gave way to the loud and re-
peated calls of " Divide," and concluded by supporting the
motion for postponing the Bill.
Mr. LOCKHART, who was also interrupted by calls for a
division, said that the Bill was brought in by two Members con-
nected with railways, against the expressed wishes of all the
inhabitants of the locality. He supported the amendment.
Mr. TANCRED, as Member for the most important bo-
rough on the line, hoped the House would hear a few words
from him. He had presented a petition against the Bill from
the Mayor and 747 of the principal traders of Banbury.
Taking Banbury as the centre of the district through which
the proposed line of railway was to be taken, in a radiusof ten
miles there were 70,000 of a population, who consumed
annually 60,000 tons of coals. With the narrow gauge line
they would be brought from South Staffordshire, but
if the present line were constructed they would
have to be supplied principally from Leicestershire,
at a much dearer rate than if they were supplied from the
former place, besides the great inconvenience that would arise
from the change of gauges. Ile did think, under all the cir-
cumstances, the motion for the postponement of the Bill ought
to be acceded to.
Lord VILLIERS briefly supported the third readill of the
Bill. He had been through that portion of the midland
counties where the line was to be constructed, and there had
been great rejoicing when the news was received respecting the
o
recent3ir . decisionßA os f T theN Housesasaid
onwi t thh e
Bill.
regard to the gauges about
which so much had been said, the House should recollect that
the Board of Trade had power to enforce double lines of rails
on both the broad and narrow gauges, at any time whenever
they should think the traffic would require it. He would sup-
pert the third reading of the Bill.
Mr. T. DUNCOM BE said that they were told by one
Member that the question of the broad and narrow gauge had
nothing to do with the decision of the Committee. On the
other hand, the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin

This Bill was read a first and second time, and ordered to be
committed.
Mr, BOWRING rose to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the
Secretary of the Home Department three questions of which
he had given notice. They were—Whether John Walters Col-
dicett was committed, on or about the 9th of September last, to
Castle Rushen, in the Isle of Man, on a charge of assault.
without any examination or hearing before a magistrate ?
Whether, on complaining of the irregularity and hardship of
his commitment to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Island, the
case was referred by the said Lieutenant-Governor to the com-
mitting magistrate himself? Whether the original committal
was not to compel the prisoner to keep the peace for six
months, and whether the six months being passed, he was not,
and is not now detained in gaol ?
Sir J. GRAHAM thought that he must be discreet in the
reply which he was about to give. The party of whom the
Hon. Member had spoken had been committed on the 9th of
September. He had then been required to enter into his own
recognizances, and to tind sureties of 40/. each. This was
agreed to by the parties, but a detainer for debt wan lodged
against him on the 16th of October. Even this had been set
aside, and lie would have been ready to accede to the petition,
but he believed that the lion. Gentleman was not aware of
the character of the person whose cause he had advocated. The
detainer for debt had been set aside, and another, and more
serious charge had been preferred. In the whole of these pro-
ceedings the utmost regularity had been observed, and he could
not ascertain that any detect had been permitted in complying
with the rub,. of the island. The character of the individual
was best developed in the circumstance that the individual foe
whom the Hon. Member pleaded had been convicted and im-
prisoned ter two years on a charge of attempting to commit
rape on his own daughter,
ISr. 1101VNING—.1 hat vas not a committal, which he
ought to recognise in his observations.
Sir J. GRAHAM was perfectly aware of that circumstance,
but still he muse affirm that, as the rules of the island had
not been violated, the charge could not be preferred.
MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
'their Lordships agreed to the following Bills
Monkland ant Kirkintilloch Railway Bill ; Battersea Poor
Bill, without amendment ; Taunton Gas Bill ; West of Lon•
don and Westminster Cemetery Bill; York and North Mid.,
land Railway (Bridlington Branch) Bill ; Hall and Selby
(Bridlington Branch) Bill ; Whitby and Pickering Railway
Bill ; Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley, Oldham, and
Heywood Branches) Bill; Kendal end Windermere Railway
Bill ; Lynn and Ely Railway Bill ; Midland Railways ((5 stab
to Peterborough) Bill ; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail.
way Bill; Midland R.ilways (Nottingham to Lincoln) Bill;
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Coal Turn Bill ; Brighton, Lewes, and
Hastings Railway (Ke}mer Branch) Bill; El; and Hunting-
don Railway Bill ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction
Railway Bill, with amendments.

RAILWAYS.
Mr. GISBORNE wished to ask the question, of which he
had given notice, as to whether any new regulations had bees
introduced into the House with respect to railway Bilis.
Sir R. PEEL was not at the present moment prepared to.
answer the question of the Hon. Gentleman to its full extent.
The Government had been occupied for some time past in con-
sidering this subject, and he wished to have the benefit of erpe-
rience with regard to the working of the railway system be-
fore they decided upon any plan whatever.
THE TARIFF.
Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to bring under the consi•
deration of the Government the fact that the Spanish Govern-
ment bad endeavoured to have Spsnisb tiger introduced at
the same rate of duty as that on which the most favoured nation
was introduced, He thought that there was a great necessity
that there should be some alteration in this respect. He did
not wish to enter into the old question; but if it were inconve-
nient to the Government to lay the whole of the correspond-
ence on the table, or the decision at which they had arrived,
they might lay the decision without the correspondence, or
the correspondence without the decision.
Sir R. PEEL did not think that it would be either wise or
right to separate the decision from the correspondence. In
the course of a few dabs he would be able to lay the whole of
the correspondence on the table of the House, and then, if
necessary, the decision might be discussed.
OPIUM.

Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to ask another question, as
he saw the Vice-President of the Board of Trade in his place.
Was there to be any alteration in the duties on morphine?
He knew the difficulties which would arise from the alteration
of this duty. Morphine was a peculiar preparation, of which
opium was the raw material ; and he had heard, from an
eminent chemist, that the trade in this article was likely to be
altogether destroyed. The whole duty on the article was only
from 3,0001. to 4,0001. a-sear, and by its remission a great
benefit would be conferred upon the public, and no injury done
to the trade. He would, therefore, hope that that duty would
be remitted altogether.
Sir G. CLERK said that the duty was only Is. a lb., and
that it had been reduced some years ago. In 1842 the duty
was Itis. a Pa., but in that year the duty was reduced to ss. a
lb., but yet there had been no reduction or increase in the
amount of the drug imported. Drugs of this nauseous and
unpleasant kind would not be admitted at the same rates
as those which were necessary for the comfort and enjoyment
of the people, and be should have been glad to propose a redue-
ti in of the duty if it had been for the welfare and interest of
the people.
Sir R. PEEL said that his Right Hon. Friend the Chin•
collor of the Exchequer would, in the course of a few days,
lay on the table a modification of the tariff, and he trusted,
therefore, that the House would wait until they saw the alters.
tions there proposed.
The subject then dropped.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
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Great
Britain,said
sinceh he r o elst
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simo. 0
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slave trade, has been attended by large expenditure of the public
ds
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attempt
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htltolodi
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had
He was still
of opinion that the attempts to abolish this trade would
mttoinhet
bear his testimony to the zeal and energy with dnn
wdwhbhhi eciet ach' hank
and
derne navy,
had been an immense expenditure, both in the army
attempt had been prosecuted on the part of the Admiralty.
y, and he must say that nothing more important could
be hreught under the consideratiou of Parliament. Foreigners
looked with a great distrust upon the attempts of this country
to liberate the slaves. Since 1814 the attempt had be in..
creasing, and every Government had used its utmost endeavour
to carry this out with varying success, but certainly with un-
tiring perseverance. For nearly thirty years this country bad
busied itself in nothing more than in efforts to put down
the slave trade. Fleets employed to guard the coasts—diplo-
rntraadetic.put down the slave
headmpsluoyeeeededteod. We had put down
energywel
of unparalleledcourse
we
the slave trade. We had done no such thing—we had com-
pletely failed, and we had only attained this, thnt our failure
whandicbeh ewneastotengndhetdtowistuhppthreesms.ostsfurcighhwtfausl
tihneernepaisie,inonf
ntfl
heaevi
the
most sincere and ardent:enemies of slavery. It was the opinion
of Sir Fowell Buxton, of Dr. Lushington, and Lord John
Russell, and of the venerable Mr. Clarkson.—( Hear, hear.)
To show the opinion of Sir F. Buxton, he read very long ex-
tracts from that deceased gentleman's pamphlet, to show that
the measures which we had taken for the suppression of the
slave trade had only served to stimulate the dreadfcl traffic,
and to increase its horrors. The slave trade never could be
pat down until sleTery itself was abolished.—(Hear. bear.)