The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-09 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 9.

4th Dragoon Guards—Ensign and Adjutant W. G. Sutton,
from the 69th Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, May 9.
7th Light Dragoons—Cornet G. F. W. Miles to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Savile, who retires ; William -Vis-
count St. Lawrence to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Miles,
May 9.
3d Foot—Ensign E. Portal, from 83d Foot, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Cameron, who retires, May 8.
16th-Foot—Ensign E. N. Dickenson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wall, who retires ; C. C. Grant, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Dickenson, May 9.
18th Foot—Captain W. Evans, from 44th Foot, to be
Captain, ♦ice Staveley, who exchanges, May 9.
24th Foot—ll. F. harclay, Gent., to be Ensign, by pus•
chase, May 9.
31st Foot—Lieutenant J. B. Travers, from the 25th Foot,
to be Paymaster, vice Matthews, appointed paymaster of a
Recruiting District, May 9.
32d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon C. Scott, M.D., from the
36th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Bamptield, deceased, May 9.
36th Foot—W. M. Dowding, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Scott, prcmoted in the 32d Foot, May 9.
37th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. G. A. Spencer,
from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenact-Colonel, vice Bradshaw,
who exchangek;, May 9.
41st Foot—Lieutenant R. Portal, from the 3d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice C. A. Morshead, who retires on half-pay of
the 3d Foot, May 9.
43d Foot—Lieutenant the lion. C. 11. Lindsay to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, ;ice Wright, who retires upon full-
pay ; Ensign J. S. Kennedy, from the 45th Foot, to be En-
sign, without purchase, May 9.

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44th Foot—Captain C. W. D. Staveley, from, the 18th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Evans, who exchanges, May 9.
45th Foot—T. J. Grant, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Kenneth , appointed to the 43d Foot, May 9.
60th Foot—Lieut.-Col. J. Bradshaw, from the 37th Foot,
to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Spencer, who exchanges,
May 9.
BCith Foot—G. S. Nunn, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Macneill, whose appointment has been cancelled,
May 9.
90th Foot—H. M. Eager, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Thurston who retires, May 9.
2d West India Regiment—J. T. Shower, Gent, to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Robertson, whose appointment
has been cancelled, May 9.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign F. J. Hills, from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Smith, whose promotion) by purchase, has been cancelled,
May 9.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. J. M. Macdonald to be
Captain, by purchase, vice B. E. Layard, who retires ; Se-
cond Lieut. I'. O'Gorman to be First Lieutenant,by purchase,
vice Macdonald ; D. I). Greentree, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Gorman, May 9 ; J. Meade,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Muller, deceased, May 10.
BREVET.—Capt. G. E. Turner, of the Royal Artillery, to
be Major in the Army, May 9.
tisarracnEn.—Brevet Major J. .Algeo, from the 77th
Foot, to be Major, without purchase; Lieut. J. Hay, from
the 15th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, May 9.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Second Lieut.
Tinling, of the Rifle Brigade, are Charles William Francis.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 8. -
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—First Lieutenant W. 3.
Smythe to he Second Captain, vice W. Smith, resigned ;
Second Lieutenant R. IL Carlyon to be First Lieutenant,
vice W. J. Smythe, May 6, 1845.
Ordnance Medical Department. Temporary Assistant
Surgeon E. Gilborne to be Assistant Surgeon, May 1, 1845.

ADMIRALTY, MAY-5.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieut. T. A. M. D. Pen-
nington, to be First Lieutenant, vice 11. Crispin, to half-pay;
Second Lieut. J. Elliott, to be First Lieutenant, vice J. P. N. F
Clapperton, deceased.
WHITEHALL, Arm 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Tucker the
younger, of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Arm 26.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Mitchell
Charlesworth, Gent., of Horbury, near Wakefield, in the
county of York, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, AriuL 29. - -
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Dendy Sadler, of
Dorking, in the county of Surry, Gentleman, to be a Master
Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery.
W lIITEHALL, MAY 7, 1845.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Simon Peter, of Lis-
keard, in the county of Cornwall, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery..
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Foot Piper, stay manufacturer, Cheapside, to sur-
render the 20th instant and June 18, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build-
ings, City . Cox, Pinners'-hall, Broad-street.
Edmund' Baldwin and Richard Garrett, grocers, Henfield,
Sussex, May 16, at half-past one, and June 11, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings, City; Hill and Mathews, St. Mary Axe, City.
William Harrison, pattern dyer, Woodhouse Carr, Leeds,
the 21st instant and June 9, at, eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Sudlow, Son, and
Torr, Chancery-lane, London ; Naylor or Tempest, Leeds.
George Walker Gee and John Fearne Gee, drapers, Leeds,
June 2 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Frazer, official assignee, Manchester; Sale and Worthington,
Manchester; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, London.
John Jones, innkeeper, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire, May
23, and June 20, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Heaven, Bristol.
George Rudman, mason, Bristol, May 23, and June 23, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official
assignee, Bristol ; White and Co., Bedford-row, London ;
Short, Bristol.
Thomas Cooke, glove manufacturer, Leicester, May 20, and
June 30, at twelve, at the Birminaham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Toiler, Leicester ;
James, Birmingham.
James M'Dougal, draper, Leicester, May 23, at half•past
twelve, and June 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hoskins,
Loughborough ; James, Birmingham.
Henry Pares, plumber, Loughborough, May 27, at twelve,
and June 13, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingliatn District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Brown,
Nottingham ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham,
John Mears, grocer, Leeds, May 21 and June 9, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee ; Rush-
worth, Staple-inn, London ; Sanderson, Leeds.
Jacob Newton, John Ward Newton, and Francis Jacob
Newton, spirit and porter merchants, Rotherham, Yorkshire,
May 20 and June 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee; Badger, Rotherham ; Blackburn,
Leeds.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
woek ending, May 6, 1545, is 295. 34d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

COURSE OF EXCHi
Amsterdam CF. 12 81
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam 2U. 12 9
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0
Altona
Paris,3 days' sight 25 90
Ditto, 3 months 26 10
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine
Petereburgh, 3Us —
Berlin
Vienna, effec. tl. 3M. 10 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Ltilbao
Barcelona
Seville

,NGE--(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar:— .• ••
Leghorn . ... .......... 31
Genoa .....
Milan ...... .....
Venice
Naples 391
Palermo, per ox ll9
Lisbon .... 59/
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Bahia .•..........
Buenos A vies
NewYoik .1! dys si
Philactl 1,1
rtuoc.s TIULLION, TER OZ
Foreign ;1.11, bars. .E 3 17 9
Portuga: G•Ad Coin 3 17 5
New PoublaOns 0 0 0
New D(,..A.is 0 4 91
Silver it, flats . 0 4 10i

BANK OF ENGLAND.

(From this Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,
cap. 32, for the \V eek exding on Saturday, the 3d day of
Nay, 1845.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ...... 29,167,095

£29,167,095
M.ll
Dated the Bth day of May, 1

BANKING DI
Proprietors' capita 114,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings.
banks, Commis-
sioners of National
Debt, and divi-

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities.•• 2,984,900
Gold coin and bul-
lion 13,088,142
Silver bullion .....

dend accounts) 2,712,041
Other dep05it5......10,355,640
Seven day and other
bills

£29,167,095
lIARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.
.845.

;PARTMENT.

£31,943,736

Government secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight
Annuity) ...... 13,616,966
Other securities... 9,857,686
Notes .............. 7,827,925
Gold and silver
coin ............... 641,159

£31,943,736
IiSIiALL, Chief Cashier.
[845.

M. MA'
Dated the Bth day of May, 1

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PROMISSORY NOTES.

(From this Night's Gazette.)
An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis-
sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been
in circulation by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ire-
land, and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the four
weeks ending the 26th day of April, 1845, pursuant to
the Act of 4th and sth VictOria, cap-
scoTLANm.
Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks £3,001,240
IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland ................................. 4,036,400
Private and Joint• Stock Banks .......... 3,016,231

.......... £10,053,571
Total . IL L. WICKHAM

Stamj

and Taxes, May 9, 1845.

(From the London New Price Current of May 9.)
SUGAR.—Today there was more activity in the Wea
MARKET IN TELLIGENCE.
India Sugar market, a large business was transacted ; 850
hhds and trcs finding purchasers, but holders were unable to
obtain any advance in prices. The total sales for the week
are 2,330 hhds and trcs.
REFINED.—To-day there was a much better demand
for Refined goods for home consumption, and many parcels
were sold at 66s to 67s for brown, and at 675 to 68.8 for
standard lumps.
MAURITIUB.—By private treaty there has been little doing,
and at a public sale yesterday, of 7,304-bags and 38S casks,
prices gave way Is Gd to 2s per cwt for Refining descriptions,
and Is fa other eorts, a part only was disposed of, but nearly
the whole Wit;
EAST Ismik,—This afternoon Bgn;al Sugar was
ptirchased more freely" and 530 bags at public sale wets sold
at very full rates. fine white at 57s 6d, good 54s to 54s 6,i,
middling 51s, damp.sos Gd to 53s 60, and washed 48s to 52s
per cwt. Manilla is wanted, but higher rates being insisted
upon, checked business, and 1,686 bags at public sale, with-
out certificate, were taken in Is per cwt above the value.
FoitistriN.----The market is yet -sparingly supplied with all
descriptions of Foreign Ftupr, And Importers are still san-
guine in their expectations ; at public :gin only 463 boxes of
yellow and 197 boxes of white Havannah have bej:: offered
this wee 7, which went at stiff rates. Porto Rico has met
with increased attention, and three floating cargoes, consist-
ing of 1,200 hhds have been disposed of at 21s per cwt for re-
fining here in bond. In Brazil Sugar an extensive busi-
ness has been transacted at advaoeed rates ; a cargo of brown
Bahia has been sold at 21s 6d, deliverable at Konigsburg ;
swo cargoes of Pernambuco, one brown of 280 tons at 26s Gd
for a near port,'tho other 300 tons white at 27s 3d for the
Mediteranean, and 300 chests of bailie on the spot at 20s Od
to 21s Gd for brown, and at 24s to 278 per cwt for white.
Yellow Havanna!' much wanted, and stiffer rates
offered. By private contract 600 chests of fine fetched
26s 9(1, and 120 boxes ditto 26s 6d, and 400
chests good 25s 60. In white business is prevented by the
stiff rates that are insisted upon, 328 to 39s per cwt being re-
quired for common to fine ruality. '
rho business transacted
privately in other kinds of loreign Sugar has been at further
improved prices.
aloi.a.,,NEs.—The purchases have been extensive by pri-
vate treaty this week, amounting to 500 puns of Antigua at
17s, 250 old ditto 15s, 100 Demerara at 18s, and 20 Funs of
Dominica at 20s.
28 puns 4 casks of new Trinidad at auc-
tion went at lis per cwt. Bengal Treacle is worth 163, and
Madras 13s 6d per cwt.
Fitt:LT.—For Currants there has been rather an improve-
ment in the demand; prices, however, are much the same,
but in Raisins there has been a further decline. Red Smyrna
• and Chesme Raisins selling at 38a, and Black Smyrnas at
275, Valentias 425, Dennis in baskets at 3ls to 325, Sultanas
58s to 60s, and a parcel of Lipari Currants, 400 barrels, now
landing, has been sold to the grocers at 41s.
COFFEE —This afternoon Ceylon was less in request, and
the sound of 864 bags Native at auction was -nearry all taken
iu at the former value; there were buyers of the best

455. 50 casks 86 brls Berbice found purchasers at fair mar-
ket rates ; 69 brls coloury Rio went rather cheaper-mid at
528 to 545, and low mid 49s to 51s per cwt.
TEA.-The market has a quiet appearance, and only a
limited business has been transacted privately in Black and
Green; at the public sales yesterday of 6,700 pckgs the bid-
dings were languid, only 1,800 were actually sold upon firmer
terms, excepting Hyson and Gunpowder which went a little
cheaper; Twankay but middling coarse Is 2d to is 21d, but
mid rather strong flat is 21c1 to is 3d, mid strong is 70 to
Is lid, Hyson Skin, but mid flat Is Id to is 2d, but mid-
rather sourish Is to is Oid, Souchong rather strong 2s 10d to
2s 1 lid, but middling is id, Hyson middling good Tea fresh
2s 5d to 2a 50, middling fresh and rather strong burnt
2s 10d,- Gunpowder, but middling rather strong scented 2s 3d
to 283 id, Canton kind 2s 2id to 2s sd, Young Hyson good
fresh and strong burnt 4s Id to 4s 30, Scented Caper 2s 3d
to 2s 3d.
COCOA.-To-day Trinidad Cocoa met with little attention;
138 bags 86 brls at public sale went rather cheaper-good
mid red at 42s 6d to 435, mid 41s to 425, low 38s 6d, and one
lot of good 48s Ed per cwt.
Smcns.-To-day Malabar Pepper was in limited demand,
and 550 bags at auction were nearly all taken in at the-
former value, half heavy brown at 30, good light 3d, and
fair 3d per lb.
RUM, BRAFDT, AND HomAiins.-The market quiet for
Jamaica Rum, and the limited busine,s has been at a slight
decline; 30 to 36 per cent over proof selling at 3s to 4s 4d,
and superior 4s 6d to 4s 8d per gallon. In Leeward Island
a good business has been done, rather lower rates have been
taken, 300 puns having been sold at is 7d to Is. 7d. proof
strength. Demerara brought former prices, the sales are
130 puns at 2s 8d to 2s 9d for 34 to 37 per cent
over proof. Of Calcutta 180 casks have been sold
at Is 5d proof with certificate. There has been more
life in the Brandy market, and many parcels have been
sold:at full rates ;-Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838,
!Ms 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; do 1839, hhds 4s 12d, pulls 4s; do
1840, hhds 4s id, puns 3s lld ' • do 1841 hhds 4s Id,
puns 3s lld ; ditto 1842, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d ; ditto 1843,
hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d ; ditto 1844, hhds 3s Bd, puns 3s 6d ;
middling and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to
3s 6d, low 2s 5d to 2s 7d, and Bordeaux 2s 5d to 2s 6d per
gallon. The stock is on the increase of Geneva, and at pre-
sent there are not many orders ; is 7d to Is 8d is the value
of common shipping sort.
RICE.-I'o day a good desire was shown to purchase Bai-
-1 gal Rice, and 1,975 bags at public sale all sold at the former
value, viz.-mid white dusty rather small grain at Ils to
Ils 6d, sea-daMaged first class lOs 6d to I Is, second class lOs
to lOs 6d, third class Os 6d, and sea-damrged and repacked
10s per cwt.
Ofts.-This afternoon the market was much better sup-
plied with Southern Oil, 180 tuns were offered at auction and
sold at 2715 s to 28/ 15s fur fine, and at 261 to 2715 s for low to
good, being, however, a little cheaper; 90 tons Sperm of Fo-
reign Fishing 851 per tun.
Tii.Low,-This afternoon, at. public sale 542 casks of New
South Wales Tallow sold at 35s 9d to 38s 9d ; 5,486 pkgs
American 345-6 d to 3Ss ;45 knapsacks Cape 40s 3d to 40s 9d ;
and 8 casks East India 38s to 39s per cwt.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.

NEW MEMBER.

Mr. F. Ma cxENzIE took the oaths and his seat on his
re-election for Peeblethire.
The London and Brighton Railway Extension Bill was read
a second time.
The Boddam Harbour Bill and Stoke-on-Trent Market
Bill were read a third time and passed.
The Guildford Junction Railway Bill was read a second
time.

RAILWAY COMMITTEE.
Mr. GISBORNE moved, " That in all cases in which the
Members of a Committee on a railway Bill, or group of
Bills, shall be reduced to four, the proceedings on such Bill or
Group of Bills shall be suspended until the Committee of Se-
lection shall have discharged one of the said four Members
from further attendance on the said Committee." In doing
this he should merely state to the House, that from his own
experience great inconvenience had been suffered by the diffi-
culty of coming to a decision in the Railway Committees which
were now sitting. In the Committee of which he was a mem-
ber, there were projects submitted which involved the ex-
penditure of 5,000,000/., and he thought that was too great a
sum for three gentlereent to decide upon. He certainly saw great
difficulty in adjusting the matter, but he believed that it would
be advisable to return to the plan of the Election Committees.
By a resolution of the House, passed on the 26th March, 1836,
it was agreed that the Chairmen of Select Committees should
have double votes, but as in a Committee of four only, this
would not answer the purpose, he should propose that the
Committee in such cases should be reduced to three. This
course, he was aware, was a very exceptionable
course ; but still it was, under the circumstances,
he thought, the best that could be devised. He
did think that the House ought to be careful how it inter-
fered with the influence of the Chairman, or with his votes.
Let the House remember that the Chairmen of Committees
were not appointed by those Committees, but by a Committee
of this House, which feet alone showed the importance the
House attached to that office. He had brought forward this
question with no other object in view than those he had stated ;
but he did not mean to say that it was the best remedy that
eould be proposed; but he had, at least, the satisfaction of
knowing that he had called the attention of the House to it,
and with these observations he begged to propose the motion of
which he had given notice.
Lord G. SOMERSET said he was not by any means pre-
pared to contend that it was not a misfortune that the business
of the House could not be reduced to a smaller amount ; but
in the present state of the public business he was bound to
admit that this question was one of a very serious character.
He did not recollect whether the Hon. Member opposite was
present when the subject of the Chairman's rote was discussed ;
but amongst those who were present there appeared to be but
one opinion, and that was that each Committee should be com-
posed of five Members, and also that the Chairman of each
Committee should have a double vote when a necessity should
arise for a casting vote. But what was the remedy proposed
by the Hon. Member? It was this, that when a Committee
did happen to consist of only four Members, the proceedings of
that Committee should stop until the Members had been
reduced to three. Now he ( Lord Granville Somerset) did
think that such a course would be extremely inconvenient.
He did not propose that three should be an absolute quorum.
Now, if they took one member off, and the Committee should
be reduced to two, that would be, in point of fact, giving the
decision to the Chairman. In cases where property to the
amount of several millions was concerned, that
would not certainly be right or judicious. How.
ever talented and honourable the Chairman of a
Committee might be, what respect, he should like to know,
would the House be inclined to pay to the decision of one gen-
tleman ? Besides, it was asking a gentleman to take upon him-
self such a responsibility as they had no right to ask
from him. It was exposing him to all sorts of mis-
representations, and if he were chairman of a committee,
he should hesitate long before he ventured under such circum-
stances to come to a decision. The House ought not to place any
Hon. Gentleman in such a position, and he considered that it
would be most unfortunate if the House were to adopt the pro-
position of the Hon. Gentleman.
Mr. LABOUCHERE agreed with the Noble Lord who
had just sat down in opposing the motion of his Honour-
able Friend. At the same time, he thought that the House
ought to be much obliged to his Honourable Friend for
having brought forward the subject. The case to which his
Hon. Friend had referred was not a mere speculative one.
It actually occurred; and one of the most important of the
Railway Committees had been reduced to four Mem-
bers. Now, what was the course which, under such cir-
cumstances, the House ought to pursue ? He thought that
the Chairman ought to be deprived of the power of voting.
He did not think that a Committee should be left in such a
state as that it might be possible that a question involving mil-
lions of property should be decided by two members of the Com-
mittee, in opposition to the opinion of the Chairman. He
was decidedly of opinion that the best course which they
could adopt would be to allow the Chairman to have a
double vote on such occasions.
Mr. WARBURTON thought that the very best plan pro-
posed was allowing the double vote to the chairman, but he
should support the tertium quid, as the determination of the
Committee was not final. He did not think that the chair-
man should be deprived of that influence which he would pos-
sess on other occasions.
Mr. G. VERNON ventured to say, that in no other as-
sembly was there such a practice as that at present followed
in Railway Committees.
Mr. WARD thought that whichever of the propositions were
carried, some means should be devised for rescuing the Chair-
man of a Committee from the position in which he would be
placed in those circumstances, if liable to such accidents. He
did not see why the Chairman should be prevented from ex-
pressing his opinion because two gentlemen expressed their
opinions before.
Sir G. GREY said he would propose an amendment to the
motion of his Hon. Friend—that upon all questions before
Railway Committees, on which there was'a difference of opi-
nion, those questions should be decided by the majority of
voices; but where the members on the Committee were even,
_ _

;hat the Chairman should have two voices, or a casting voice.

Mr. F. SHAW seconded the amendment. He entirely con.
curred with the Hon. Gentleman opposite. Under all the cir-
cumstances, he believed that the best way to meet the difficulty
of this question was to give a double vote to the Chairman.
Any other mode would only lead to irregularity and confusion.
Mr. GISBORNE conceived that those Hon. Gentleinen
who had done him the honour to attend to his few remarks
would not be surprised at his proposing to withdraw the mo-
tion which he had submitted, in deference to the strong opinion
expressed on both sides of the House.
Mr. BROTHERTON thought that the analogy proposed
by the amendment was in accordance with the analogy of the
House, and be should, therefore, support it.
Mr. GRANVILLE VERNON said at the quarter sessions
it was the custom for the Chairman to be deprived of his casting
rote when there were only three beside himself, but when the
numbers were equal the Chairman retained his casting vote,
and he thought this plan ought to be adopted in the Select
Committees.
Lord EBRINGTON said, that in the Committee on the
affa'rs of New Zealand, of which he was a member, this prin-
ciple had been adopted, and Lord Stanley had so arranged
that there should always be a majority of one.
Lord H. VANE said that as the opinion had been so
strongly expressed on both sides of the House, he hoped the
Noble Lord would accede to the request which had been so
strongly expressed.
After a few words from Lord G. SOMERSET, the
motion was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. GREENE the Gravesend and Ro-
-- Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to
Xstt-
be comnutft-.1 : ^/4 brought up the report of the Great
Mr. LANGSII,... •-n Railway Bill.
Grimsby and Sheffield Juhcc..._ from Perth in
..
Mr. FOX MAULE presented a "111.
favour of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway
The Great North of England Railway (Clarence and ru...
pool Junction) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Sir R. PEEL moved that the House at its rising should ad-
journ to Thursday the 15th of May.--(Cries of " Friday,
Friday.")
In answer to a few observations from an How. MEMBER
(inaudible in the gallery),
The RIGHT BON. BARONET said he had given notice of his
intention to move the adjournment of the House to Thursday,
and he felt bound to adhere to his original notice.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said the Hon. Member opposite ap-
peared to rely upon the fulfilment by him of a promise upon
this question ; but he feared he should postpone doing so until
after the holidays, the Government business was so heavy.
The O'CONOR DON asked for leave of absence for three
weeks for Colonel White, which was granted.
MR. WALLACE'S PETITION.

..,_tle

Mr. DUNCOMBE said he would beg leave to move that the
petition he presented from Robert Wallace, Esq., last night be
printed, with the votes.—( Laughter. )
Mr. FOX MAU LE wished to know if the. Hon. Member
for Finsbury was really serious in pressing this, with a view to
found a motion upon it ?—( Laughter. )
Mr. DUNCOAIBE said it really..v,•as his intention to found
a motion upo4 the petition, but he would promise that it