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..11.........m..............„, He wished to have particular information on funds. It was impossible to do that, without an appli-
the matters he had referred to. The present Govern- cation to the Court of Chany. The a ppli was
merit of Greece had shown an utter disregard of the made. A bill was filled, andcer referred, of course,cation to the
Imes of humanity and the rights of nations. They had Master, to ascertain whether the sale would be benefi-
established upon the frogntiers of Turkey a sys- cial to the charity. The Master reported in favour of
tern Of brigandege which would justify Turkey in the sale, which took place, and the proceeds were in.
Making war, or to require the three Powers to interfere vested in the funds. What was the cost of those pro-
for
heir Turkey against those marauders. ceedings Lordships were aware that there were three par- 481. a year, and the costs of the application amounted
ties in Greece—the English, Russian, and French parties. to 300/. or six years' income of the charity. There were
,T,Each party was supposed to have- its particular creed. numerous cases of that description. There was the ease
of4l* head of the English party was Mavrocordato, a man of a charity in Essex, which realised 601 per annum,
ntert!shops Europe placed the greatest confidence. But, and this property was let on lease. Some parties ques-
unately, that party was now down at the very tamed the propriety of that lease, and an information
ZittYbottom of the scale of p ditieal influence. The second was filed for the purpose of setting it aside. The pro-
was the Russian, which was represented by ceedings were commenced in the Court of Chancery and
etaxas, but he had so often wavered, that little confi- occupied a considerable period of time. At length both
deuce was reposed in him. The third party, the French parties became tired of litigation, and the result was,
catPertY, was headed by Colletti, a man who had been that the information was abandoned on condition that the
is °tie time a prominent member of the Pal- parties proving the information should pay their costs.
`all party, who acted entirely independent, and The costs of those proceedings amounted to 650/. It
at length sunk into a mere state of brigance. Such would be sort' therefore that in such cases as these
h,ot b
z 7, , een the nature of the measure which had air the Court of Chancery was ineffectual, and the conse-
oloect the union of the Greek Church with the Church quence was, that many of the charities were entirely lost.
abellesuBsia, and. which had subsequently brought about '!'here were 13,000 charities in this kingdom whose in-
Revolution of September, 1843. In the year 1841 dividual amount was less than 5/. a year ; there were
II Government, and also that of M. Guizot, expressed 18,000 which did not exceed 101. a year ; and there
' the Pinion that a' constitutional Government should not were 21,000 not exceeding 20/, a year. For the control.
"e peen; from that view Russia differed, but subse- of these the Court of Chancery was wholly inapplicable.
•11(eintlY the Three Powers coalesced, and by a coup In his opinion the interposition of that tribunal was in-
Wasconstitutional Government superseded a barbs- sufficient air any charity under 50/. a year, and there.
rule- At the advice. of England and France this were no less than 25,000 charities of that nature
in the
be- acceded, and it was anticipated that an end would kingdom, over which there was ne judicial control, and
anotootle to the existing feuds; but intrigues supervened, no practical
means of their being preserved to those who by
thed led to the present unhappy state of affairs. In the bounty of others were entitled to them. The principle
.... rof the dispatches from which he was quoting, it he recognised in this Bill was that recommended by the
eas s•
wealscitated that any extension of the Greek franchise Commission appointed under the Lower House to report
the give great umbrage at the Porte, and would be upon the subject. He proposed to create a tribunal corn-
..., cause of
[hen,
~ . great inconvenience and embarrassment. posed of three Commissioners, invested with a power of
ford Canning in
another dispatch—ooe from Sir Stria• adjudication, absolutely summary; that power should
that to Lord Aberdeen--it was stated extend over all charities under 20/. a year, although, as
bad the Pacha had called upon him, and he had before observed, in his opinion, 50/. would be
IverseuinPlained of this intended alteration. These the preferable amount. As to the limits of their
n,' souse of the strongest passages in the correspond- authority, they should, in the first place, be empowered
ttue. and the whole of the answers went to give the to call on trustees to render an account of the trust com-
pt.:44llc° that the Porte should be protected. Yet the mated to their guardianship. Secondly, of appointing
parti'eat Government had permitted the issue of various new trustees, of effecting sales, of exchanging and
to diPsisilets and proclamations, calling upon the Greeks granting leases, and, in fact, possessed of all those
zissees;:lileubuesisstit,ohnis question of the enlargement of the fran- powers vested in the Court of Chancery. . Such should
the ' even to Greeks who did not reside in Greece, and be their jurisdiction in cases of small charities, unlimited
was oven discussed in the House of and summary; but he proposed to extend their powers
to the 3' in Greece. Complaints were constantly made to other large amounts. They should be authorised to
St
te
of4LillEassadors of the three great Powers of the call on the trustees of such important charities to fur-
the Neh,tui,Dgs to which he had called the attention of nish returns elucidatory of the nature and due discharge
,metei thing -eater' (Aberdeen), but it did not appear that of the trust, but with no power to rectify what they
coped, 'lad been done to remedy it. Ile might consider an abuse. One part of the Bill related to
out she e'we'ver, that the Noble Earl would carry the directions of municipal eharities. When the municipal
Sittincp'd Promise which he had held out. Before Bill was passed, it had been apprehended that such
had mad he would correct one expression which he rights would have been dangerously interfered with.
~ceonjuonytrai ...e use of. He spoke of Greece as not fitted to Corporate bodies were then invested with the trust Pin
ectistitutional Government. There were few tempore, and, on the non-interposition of Parliament,
"nal rs-ess, which were at first fitted to have a Constitu- trustees were selected ; and, but for the expense attend
Was n°--"'verntnent, but nevertheless he thought that ing it, no better course could be adopted. But when he
tare w reason why they should not have one, if due remembered that in the case of the Shrewsbury trust
great 11;taken that they could not abuse it. The three 5501. was paid out of the charity for the appointment of
sowatch were should have looked over, and attentively trustees, in the Salisbury charity 4081., in the Exeter
t pold„the Proceedings of Greece. It was in a differ- 600/, and in the Hereford 7501., solely as tax costs for
tan lawa from other independent kingdoms. It was supplying the vacancies of trustees, he did
think that a
*ord. independent Power, in the proper sense of the measure was imperatively called for to rectify the abuse,
and its ' was the creation of the three great Powers, especially when two or three persons, in as many hours,
it was freedmu was guaranteed by those Powers. could settle the subject, without all that intricacy of
artn3, an absurdity then to think of their allowing an machinery and consequent expense.—(Hear, hear.) The
Tura, of marauders to assemble on the frontiers of Commissioners would hold their office contingent on
LiatennleY, under the sanction of this newly formed Go- their good behaviour ; they would, on appointment,
nder tnht' What, he would ask, was done by Turkey take an oath of the due discharge cif their
They b.
ha trusted
circumstances ? They bore it patiently. duties, and, in fact, would hold their office
lf the, ee
to the foreign Powers to interfere, and by the same tenure as the judges. Wholly independent.
84114 'lad done so he was satisfied that the Aisgraceful of the Crown they would be less open to political suspi-
%red. t° which he had adverted would not have oc- cion. The Masters in Chancery. at present performed..
eorr" Re would move, therefore, for copies of the these duties, but they were appointed by the Minister of
artet°,laLdence which had passed between the Noble the Crown, by whom their decisions could be set aside.
fora c the head of the Foreign Affairs and Sir Strat- Undue influence was much more likely, therefore, to be
fort.esCon!flg and Sir Edward Lyons, relative to the suspected, he did not say justly, under the present than
aes to which ho had alluded, but he would leave the proposed system. The first appointment he proposed
little
It
to t?.a discretion of the Noble Earl how much er how to leave to the decision of the Committee on the Bill : he
,i, ot that correspondence he would produce, should, when it was in that stage, name individuals for
ger4elloe_Barl r
ha the°-,_ABERDEEN—From the notice of motion the post, and it would be for the House to sanction and
easy for e. Aohle Lord who had sat down, it was not adopt their nomination. As to the means by which this
or to
giveawn to know the precise object he had in view, new-created tribunal was to be paid, three modes sug-
!'efesre, a correct opinion as to the evils to which he gested themselves to his mind, either, first, that the ne-
teerne`,"
theut from the speech of the Noble Lord he cessary sum should be taken out of the Consolidated
been 'reet certain incursions of Greek troops had Fund, or, secondly, out of a small per tentage on the
tie had entlY made upon the frontiers of Turkey. charities, or, thirdly, by a union of those two methods.
delareem no doubt that these exigencies, however to be For himself, he was inclined to suggest that one per
Btarltings e,d, were as much lamented at Athens as at Con- cent. should be levied on the charities, and if that
Sleth* "P'e, and that the Greek Government bad (contrary to his anticipations) were not found sufficient,
4,11114.AR' to do with the lawless acts of the banditti. The the remainder should be taken out of the Consolidated
~
_tteassnro 1:1:5 existence except in the Noble Lord's (Lord Fund. However, as that must depend on the will and
f: d ees,llt ii) imagination that the Greek Government pleasure of the House below, he would not dwell upon it
fitallibualut il,anay to the frontier. He was not prepared then. The principle of the Bill was to supply the last
, ree 0,, a ith the Turkish Government for sending a defeat, in the administration of justice as regarded.small
loeene to their frontier, for they had been persecuted by charities. Other propositions had been engrafted in the
for takLarY proclamations and they could not be blamed Bill, all tending to a saving of enormous expense, and
%seasinhg measures for their own protection. But the the remedy of palpable abuses.—(Hear, hear.)
ti ,;ad no means of preventing the provocation to Lerd BROUGHAM did not rise to make. any length-
aLoas w`ue Noble Lord had referred. These publica- ened observations on the measure so ably introduced by
"Over'ete issued perfectly independent of the Greek his Learned Friend on the Woolsack ; but having an
opirlin'44'ent. The Greek newspapers published the experience of thirty years in the entire subject, in
the •••„''s referred to, and the only remedy which all its bearings and its most minute details, he
Plied,-a,,tare of things admitted had been ap- had had occasion to see the working of:the pees
140114). 'ee the Turkish Government had strictly sent and the importance of the proposed system.
!.These Zs the circulation of these documents. The manner in which he intended to appoint the truss
ztildigt)rieiffiueraennttiofriaiiformation, except with respect to that tees would remove any supposition that there would be
ir, which was totally unworthy of being a wrong appropriation of the funds, and a fair distribu-
yeeriPart finn(eisii.ouse. It was te mere act of robbery on tion of the funds would result to all the charitable insti-
va. rei:v',,,,11013 quite unconnected with the Go- tutions of the country. Ile would agree with his Noble
Noblerile'r.7:4hwa; Cebrwec'huich
",Parties L''''t `3blo Lord had described at length the Friend as regarded the general principles of the measure
con] Greece was now divided. The he had brought forward, but he believed that the Court
:"Id ses
cr:ti ;II" tae, perfectly free to make any of Chancery was not the best constituted authority for
gilt fit
him
in .
.arcely cepe ~ upon that subject ; but he removing abuses in small charities, as it was ridiculous
el ilml (Lord Aberdeen) to follow to suppose that 200/. or 300/. could be spent in regulating
Has, as far 18111- 11.
betwe , .as he w Is (Lord Aberdeen's) business the proper distribution of charities of an amount not ex-
true en tins eauntaB able, to preserve friendly relations ceeding 101 per annum. The Bill provided for the re
ex-
true that had MinisrY and foreign nations. If it were newel of trustees when the trusteeships were vacant, and
Piiafovirtits the elisforters had been appointed in Greece, that was a most important point. For often great diffi-
seeit„e,fle to which tune of the country ; but it was a culties arose from the vacancy of that responsib.le
coup ater) /is
didother countries were also liable.— office.—(llear, hear.) „ No respectable
.parties
1if.,,,. expect ii,...e not know how the Noble Lord would have any objection to a full inquiry
eseste as Ito (Lord Aberdeen) to advise his Helenic into the receipts and disbursements of the charities the
respsete to the
Lord to the a.,
o•manner in which be should act with funds of which they distributed. It was inconsistent
to the that the ktm!nt of his Ministers. The Noble with the possibility of belief that there could_be any-
Ahem verY lowest degreenli party in Greece were reduced thing wrong ia
them courted inspection
.and he fulles
°n re,: es ngi i'3l-119sure the Noble Lord that he was mis- inquiry. He thought that these inquiries, under such
triethmrte weaith, liefluenee in Greece really depended circumstances, should not be made ; for they resulted,
esti nts, a Ittegray and enterprise of our more feequently the'? nlet, merely from the desire of gra-
theet.y. "tend our commercial oemings with that ta pug
• ' *f • 'an idle curiosity. It was for Noble Lords to
tee„Pterests could assure the Noble Lord that consider, first, the constitution of the tribunal, and then
might, be they British subjects would be pro- the expense of it. The constitution
. of the tribunal
tht ,i,he lNtirds,r
Minister in Greece whom he was all in all, and his Noble and Learned
q e Ptnver re
wsa no intention on the part of the Friend had stated his opinion on this head in a
s to tol
did"- agains erate any aggression on the part of most lucid manner. He had, however,. some doubts
bid not
feel t the Turkish empire. They, however, about the conveyance of trusts in a similar manner
heti °I. robbers upon to interfere because a small to that adopted in the management ofat corporations.ed
4/4:BBltot4tatehke: sa::coetally unconnected with the country, The appointment of such a tribuna as th suggesatite by. .
t Ilk The fud murdered three or four unfortunate his Noble and Learned Friend did not coincide
which the Turkish Government had ther with his opinion. It would not do to bring the gsue-
eoe,PaPees. I „advanced entirely against pamphlets and pervision of the appointment of trustees immediatelyo
IN.:khan,•
Ilea:here was no real necessity for it. In under the authority of Masters in Chancery. ne rteaa-t *liielt,lewspa,,er hoe was
assure the Noble Lord that there son for giving them these powers was stated.to be, that
%ea he,o,,a', s such as those to which he had referred, from the nature of the high offices they held in the jut !-
Ii Whier" prOdtleel and he must decline to hunt for cial administration they were not exposed to any poll-
seikrd 14141.trm.ght meet the NobleLord'sviews. tical influences, but he considered that they might be
drew his -11°NT said a few words in reply, and liable to be biassed in their selections in an indirect
r„....elotion
The r e•rt AR,- •
sseam seolth e eTA,„BLE TRUSTS BILL. manner. Much, in his opinion, remained to be ar.
ranged as to the constitution of the trustees. The mea-
litate Veadina nAiNcELLoR then rose to move the sure generally met with his entire approbation, and when
pose B.;orti ib, of the Charitable Trusts Bill, and to some few` alterations which he had suggested should
taie hypewelc e nature of the measure. The only pur- have been made, he had no doubt it would prove a.most
411(lee the oh' had in view at present,. was briefly to salutary one. He would, therefore, with great satisfac-
doehtltood iheet of the Bill, and to make it distinctly tion, give his support to the second reading of the Bill,
Ns ,: keeneY theira Lordships Their Lordships, no reserving however to himself the right of opposing the
SNial/Ptinte:te.,4 that in the Year 1818 a Commission details at a future period. He should like very much to
Ilkeed ti and ~,','. Inquire into the charitable trusts of refer the Bill tea Select Committee to b. e appointed by
h,_,IIP to 18,;tlest and this Commission was con- their Lordships to arrange the executive part of the
11,hisean oess,o"' • It was but due to the gentlemen measure, as he thought it was most important that this
,ty urged their ecl that Commission to say that they had should be attended to.
`Ots; ad publishesi s • • • • •
4 -niin e . with fidelity, zeal, and ability. Lord COTTENHAM said.he thought the suggestions
ill'etsd ,_ git aiosstirtyseven volumes of reports, of his Noble and Learned Friend should be acted on.
414441 th the" vtguable digest of all the matters con- Lord LYNDHURST observed that he would take
it. 4,0* Such subJeet into which the Commission had care that those suggestions were not lost sight of, and
lieu le Peblie wlie the effect of those reports, that that they should meet with every attention.
lesN 'aliety "non had tended to correct abuses in Lord COTTENIIAM continued to say that Masters
1 defile thoseL instances. It had always been be- were at present appointed by the Court of Chancery,
sZalstive tikusue.. reports would be followed by some and he thought that they should continue to. be ap-
al ,lt. o,tl west, ue• Ile believed that some attempts at pointed by it. In municipal charities trustees in many
aiaistri'ile hack Int,ade, but they ended in no practical instances had been neglected to be appointed, and it was
tasr'ist4s Geees nerefore, felt it his duty, as one of her only when the charities had been brought into the
tal•Plyi 8' to ba I?taent, in connexion with her Majesty's Chancery Court that they had been appointed. In the
ll' e.eri,?, that cit_Tee forward a Bill for the purpose of present Bill the ,Court had not been given power to ap-
L lei eeratioZiece and he submitted this measure to point trustees, land, therefore, he could not permit the
arjari°rdshi„" of their Lordships' mature deliberation. Bill to pass. The jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery
eh 411et* 's`'vere aware that the only tribunal which extended to municipal. charities. of all amounts, and it
4 4'4 113"ith
thltlY to Y Was t.,_ respect to breaches of trust in cases would be for the consideration of Parliament to decide
that o_,olittile,it,
from Court of Chancery. Now, he was whether it was advisable to restrict their power.
eol3lstot.t, that r°lll the experience that he had had in Lord ASHBURTON stated that he wished that
.t.he
toy h h Justine T2l tribunal was better calculated to do petitions for alterations in the administration of charities
e e in c
kt,_ to brad ref_ ases of charity than the Court to that had been presented might be referred to the
t. eshe
she „,_ erred,
it, th.d -quo of e A series. of decisions had been Committee.
11,40
,eptlit. Et syste_Fr at eminence, by which had been
Lord LYNDHURST said they would be so referred,
ilste?ioesePose ai.
(in ,to perfect, as it appeared to him, and that alterations provided for in this Bill had been
the 'Y £4 cf that ,-°"3g justice in cases to which tho intended.for all charities, both large and small.
th., 444, th, es_ e:ourt was applicable. But, unfortu- Lord. CAMPBELL said, he should protest against the
e4titiesre of thants.titution of the Court of Chancery, amid power of the proposed Commissioners on the appoint•
silrie yea In eas tribunal,
it was inapplicable to small moot of trustees in Municipal Charities. It was a sob-
t.,stria% thto, the eesxwnehere the charity was not more than ject of the greatest importance to the individuals who
NZkei „Tlee i whole t-' nses of a suit in Chancery might participated in those charities. The present source for
ratfer,,o that e, Every one knew that the mere appointing Commissioners rested with the Lord Chan-
!tiea'st coniatiees to ourt caused the delivery of briefs cellor, and he would call in the assistance of one of the
ii 't be ,`l, he rum the
ThosMater before a decree or final Masters in Chancery to make the selection, subject to the
?stp-Ce (178erhed. e•
.whole amount of the charity Lord Chancellor's approval. The only objection that
!ti "deee(Ligree to , Sir Samuel Romilly had attempted had been made to this course had been the expe.nr, and
JON the a hill, t2eSSen these expenses. In 1812 lie this was a serious objeotion. The three Commissioners
Itiii:dietioalar.eunlblZ object of. which was, as declared contemplated to be appointed were by the Secretary of
3' bi. Th 41 eas L° glove a more summary State. In the first instance they were to be named in kle -1,44 t 13ill proe:. ef breach of trust in cite- the Bill and then they were to be appointed by the Se-
ksettet th "In, the idsd that instead of proceeding cretary of State. Now there were three Secretaries of '
Ilst eon e Chan_ ,Parties should proceed by petition, State—one for the Home Department, another for the
tom he tmiappheafrallor should summarily adjudicate the Foreign Department, and a third for the Colonies, who
ks„ tdie,,!D the4s'l° •
.Tht word " summarily" should were all in a capacity to act one for the other, and were
f
.9w P' to ord
tipill, het gjos nary sense, but must be taken invested with equal powers. Any one o
4. .4 had h sar of the Court of Chancery. He them might appoint any person he pleased,
aa e es, en they
yO4 ba;;Penses ue, urse of proceeding under that without responsibility, to be one of the Commissioners..
is ahsa to b rtainly had been diminished, but The Commissioners, according to the provisions of the
1114
tie!illeci-ihtrved eonlarthe
Uted to the Chancellor, and a Bill, might go down to Liverpool or Warwick, or
.try
4,43 t tal, .Y of'o questio_ oPPosite party whose conduct other town, and appoint all the trustees as they might
, (aew()
opt t° ar te n• Th® case came into Court with think fit. They might nominate them from the Tory
q'ti Ihe ur thr urce
(~
to re
to ee da counsel on each side. It might side or from the Liberal side, giving a preponderance to
At re be r Ys—questions would arise which one or the other, as the motive might be.
N. tOf Port ref to the Master—the Master The LORD CHANCELLOR—They have no power
V'ht b Qs --that re 4 IN, taheancorv,
_Port would be returned to the to remove trustees, but to supply vacancies.
k'cl, lIs• nto it .41. Q. exceptions and objections Lord CAMPBELL differed from his Noble and
lta 4fkl. ' Il'IY • ' 4.°811'.13, the report would be con- Learned Friend. It gave them absolute power to add
loph,el
_4,4,41,11, whtnnnlght be referred back to the Master, to the number of trustees, so as to swamp the TOries on
lea
Zh‘v:cat ofeet be e a final order had been obtained, an the one. side, or vice versa. It
.was said that the Com, sauces--
uawllat h:nhattddeLo their Lordships' House. In missioners were sworn to exercise their duties honestiye
iiet 111 INA, a 110 sleets saying
he would refer to one and would be above doing a political job ; but could they
telhisde_titiaoecaae of.
ttw_pld. take diem as they happened. have the same authority as that belonging to the Lord
teli et ap aby st.. eilitrity at Battle, in Sussex, which High Chancelloref England or the Masters of Chancery?
the e. . --e.r, _it.,
me 1104- Year, to ?'(-1 • The charity was a house, Could they have the seine deference shown towards them,
353 and let, It was gh t desirable or the same amount of that high officers
-nvest the Proceeds in the public of the Crown possessed? confidence,
He should strenthose
.uously oppose

te following is the list fro:
lected to serve on those Rai
mence their sittings in the vie(
day of June.
Sir T. D. Acland.
Mr. N. Alexander.
Mr. Baine.
Mr. Ireland Blackburne.
Mr. Bradshaw.
lion. G. Cavendish.
Mr. Cochrane.. .
Hon. R. Clive.
Hon. H. Cholmondeley.
lion. A. Cole.
Mr. Raikes Currie.
Mr. Rice Clayton.
Mr. D'lsraeli.
Marquis of Douro.
Sir James Duke.
Rt. Hon. E. Ellice.
Mr. Etwall,
Mr. Forster.

Mr. S. Lane Fox.
Lord R. Grosvenor.
Lord Marcus Hill.
Captain Jones.
Mr. Kenible.
Mr. Mitchell.
Lord Norreys.
Mr. Pringle.
Cel. the Hon. E. G. Pennan
Mr. C. G. Round.
Earl of Shelburne.
Mr. Stansfield.
Mr. Granville Vernon.
Mr. Warburton.
Sir J. Walsh.
Mr. Ward.
Col. T. Wood (Middlesex).
Hon. Eliot Yorke.

Great Southern and Westerx (Ireland) Railway,—Com.
mittee on Bill, Monday, June 2, at half after twelve.
Taff Vale Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, June 2;
at twelve.

. RAILWAY BILLS BEFORE
PARLIAMENT.
The following return of the number of railway plans
in favour of which the Railway Board have reported was
issued on Tuesday by order of the House of Lords. One
hundred and eighteen railway plans, viz.:—
The Cornwall Railway (Plymouth to Falmouth).
Tho West Cornwall Railway (up to the Junction with
the Cornwall Railway.)
The St. Ives Junction Railway.
The Reading, Basingstoke, and Hungerford Railway
(Great Western).
The Wilts and Somerset Railway.
The Bristol and Exeter (Durston and Yeovil Branch).
The Southampton and Dorchester Railway.
The Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham
Branch.
The Metropolitan Extension of the London and South-
western.
The Richmond and West-end Junction.
The Staines and Richmond.

The Great Grimsby and Sheffield.
The South-Eastern (Maidstone and Rochester).
The South-Eastern (Branches to Deal and Walmer, and
Extension and Deviation at Margate).
The South Eastern (Ashford to Hastings).
The South-Eastern (Hungerford-bridge to Tonbridge
and Paddock Wood, and Branches).
The South-Eastern (North Kent, Hungerford-bridge to
Chilham, with Branch to Sheerness).
The Newcastle and Berwick Railway, with Branch to
Kelso.

this part of the Bill, and if a Member of the Committee,
he should move the omission of those clauses ; and if
that were not successful, he should use his best efforts
against it on the third reading. He thought the Bill
contained many salutary provisons, and he admitted
that some good tribunal was required to take cognizance
of such charities as those referred to, but he objected to
the introduction of such a principle into the Bill as that
trustees might be reduced or increased at the will of the
Commissioners.

The Bury and Ipswich.
The Ipswich and Norwich Extension.
The Lynn and Ely.
The Belfast and Ballymena.
The Dublin and Belfast Junction, with Branch to
Drogheda and Kells.
The Dublin and Drogheda (Howth Branch).
The Ulster Extension (Portadown to Armagh).
The Dundalk and Enniskillen (with the exception of the
Monaghan Branch).
The Newry and Enniskillen (with the exception of the
portion of the line between Newry and Armagh).
The Cork and Bandon.
The Great Southern and Western (Cork Extension only).
The Waterford and Limerick.
The Barnsley Junction.
The Leeds and Bradford Extension to Skipton and
Colne.
The Leeds and West Riding Junction.
The Manchester and Leeds (Heywood and Oldham Ex-
tensions.)
The Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch).
The Churnet Valley Railway Scheme, (from Maccles-
field to Tamworth and Derby, with a Branch to the
Potteries). •
The Birmingham and Gloucester (Deviation Line).
The London, Worcester, Rugby, and Oxford Railway,
with an extension from Worcester to Dudley (narrow
gauge).
The South Wales Railway.
The Monmouth and Hereford (Great Western).
The Newport and Pontypool.
The Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Bir-
mingham.
The Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Scheme.
The Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool.
The Liverpool and Manchester (Patricot and Clifton
Branches).
The Liverpool and Manchester (Parlcside Branch).
The Liverpool and Manchester (Extensions into LI
verpod).
Trent Valley (with the exception of the Potteries an
Alrewas Branches).
The Clydesdale Junction.
The Caledonian.
The Edinburgh and Hawick.
The Scattish Central.
The Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway).
The Londonderry and Enniskillen.
The Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Extension.
The Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton.
The Aberdeen.
The Dundee and Perth (Line on the North Bank o
tha Tay).
The Edinburgh and Northern.
The Scottish Midland.
The Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston:
The Whitehaven and Furness Junction.
The Kendal and Windermere.
The Lowestoft.
The Bedford, London, and Birmingham.
The Cambridge and Lincoln.
The Direct Northern (as to the portion between Lincoln
and York.)
The Eastern Counties (Brandon and Peterborough De-
viation).
The Eastern Counties (I.lereford and Biggleswade
Junction).
The Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough).
The Midland Railway (Nottingham and Lincoln).
The Midland Railway -(Swinton to Lincoln, as to the
portion between Swinton and Doncaster).
The Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension.
The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole.
The Aberdare.
The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Keymer Branch).
The Cockermouth and Workington.
The Dunstable (London and Birmingham).
The Erewash Valley.
The Manch( ster, Sheffield, and Midland Junction.
The Newark and Sheffield.
The North \Vales Mineral Railway Extension.
The Preston and Wyre (Lytham and Blacic pool Branches)
The Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester.
The Sunderland, Durham, and Auckland.
The Wear Valley.
The West London (Thames Extension).
The Newcastle and Darlington, and 13randling Junction
Extension.
The Ashton, Staly Bridge, and Liverpool Junction (Ard
wick Extension).
The Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham.
The Manchester and Birmingham (Macclesfield Exten
sion and Junction Line with the Sheffield and Man
chester).
The Midland Railway (Darfield to Warsborough).
The Midland Railway (Darfield to Elscar).
The Midland Railway (Cherlt to•Horbury).
The Midland Railway (Oakenstraw to Wakefield).
The Midland Railway (Ambergate to Crich).
The London and Brighton (Horsham Branch).
The Harwich Railway and Pier.
The Richmond (Yorkshire) Railway.
The Hull and Bridlington Branch Railway.
The Middlesborough and Reclean
The Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction.
The Chester and Birkenhead Extension.
The Blackburn and Preston (Alterations, Extensions,
and Branch).
The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton.
The Eastern Counties (Finsbury Extension).
The Iluddersfield and Sheffield Junction.
The Lancaster and Carlisle (Branch to Newcastle and
Carlisle Railway).
The Lancaster and Carlisle (Scotforth to Slyne).
The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields (Tyac-
mouth Extension and New Quay Branch).
The North Union Extension to the River Ribble.
Tho Sheffield and Rotherham (Branch to Sheffield and
Manchester Railway).
The Norwich and Brandon (Extension into Norwich).
The York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch).
The Lancaster and Carlisle (Deviation in parish of
Kendal).
The Porthdynlaen and Bangor.
The Chester arid Holyhead.
Tho Liverpool and Manchester Extension.
The- only powers of obtaining returns from Railway
Companies vested in the Board of Trade are those
defined by the Acts 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 97, sec.
3, and sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 55,
sec. 8, which relate
exclusively to returns of accidents, and of the aggre-
gate amount of traffic upon railways, and of tolls, rates,
and charges levied thereon.
amount
The railway department have not the information ne-
aessary to enable them to make the returns relative to
the different sums per cent. divided by the different
Railway Companies authorised by Act of Parliament ;"
and of " the sums paid per share on each railway already
authorised by Act of Parliament ;" and they find that,
in the absence of any power to call for the necessary offi-
cial returns, it would be impossible for them to obtain
such ,authentic information upon the points specified,
which relate exclusively to the internal affairs of the Rail-
way Companies, as they would feel justified in adopting
in a return to Parliament.
By order,
0

The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that the ap-
pointments would not rest with the Secretary of State,
but with the Lord Chancellor, and that care would be
taken that none should be appointed as Commissioners
but those of the highest standing.
Lord ABINGER made a few observations in reference
to the appointments made ender Lord Cottenham, and
to the effect that the appointments under the Crown
should be above all suspicion.
Lord COTTENIIAM defended the- appointments
made under him when Lord Chancellor.

After a few words in explanation from Lord
ABING ER. which were inaudible in the gallery, the
Bill was read a second time.

Their Lordships immediately afterwards adjournei
at a Quarter past Eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 22.
At Four o'clock, there not being 40 Members presen
he House adjourned.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS-.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21.
RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group K.
Mr. Colquhoun and the Hon. James Howard, discharged
from attendance on the Committee.
Viscount Sandon (Liverpool),
Mr. Ricardo (Stoke-upon-Trent),
selected, and added to the Committee; Viscount Sand= ap-
pointed chairman.
Select Committee on Group 88.
Viscount Sandon and Mr. Ricardo, discharged from attend-
ance on the Committee.
Mr. Colquhoun (Newcastle-under. Lyme),
The Hon. James Howard (Malmesbury),

selected and added to the Committee; Mr. Carinhoun ai
pointed chairman.
Select Committee on Group A.
Sir Arthur Brooke discharged from attendance on the
Committee.
Sir R. Philipps (llaverfordwest),
selected, and added to the Committee.
The Committee of Selection have referred the Group Y.,
comprising the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Bill, and
the Group XX., comprising the Taw Vale Railway Bill, to
the Select Committee on the Group CC. ; and the Select
Committee is postponed from Thursday 29th till Friday,
May 30.
The Select Committee on Group NN. is postponed from
Thursday 29th till Friday, May 30, at One o'clock.
The Committee of Selection have nominated the follbwing
Committees on Railway Groups :
A Committee of
1. Mr. Beckett (Leeds),—Chairman,
2. Mr. Edward Buller (Stafford),
3. Mr. Childers (Malton),
4. Mr. G. R. Philipi(Poole),
5. General Johnson (Oldham),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
in group P., viz. :
South Wales Railway,
Monmouth and Hereford Railway,
Monmouthshire Railway,
Gloucester and'Dean Forest Railway,
Newport and Ponty Pool Railway,
Taff Vale Railway, and
Aberdare Railway.
A Committee of
1. Mr. Henley (Oxfordshire)—Chairman,
2. Mr. Burroughes (East Norfolk),
3. Mr. Heathcoat (Tiverton),
4. Sir Stephen Glynne (Flintshire),
5. Marquis of Granby (Stamford),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
in Group AA., viz.
Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland),
Great Southern and Western Railway (Direct Cork and
Limerick), and
Waterford and Limerick Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Monday, June 2, at
Twelve o'clock.
A Committee of
1. Mr. Evans (North Derbyshire)—Chairman,
2. Mr. Philip S. Miles (Bristol),
3. Mr. Newdegate (North Warwickshire),
4. Viscount Grimston (Hertfordshire),
5. Sir John Owen (Pembroke),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects com-
prised in group GG., viz. :
Glasgow Junction Railway,
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Railway,
Greenock Branch Railway,
Ayrshire Branches (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and
Ayr),
Glasgow Harbour Union Railway,
Gla-gow, Dumbarton, and Lochlomond Railway,
Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway,
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, June 3, at
Twelve o'clock.
And a Committee of
1. Mr. William Miles (East Somerset)—Chairman,
2. Lord John Manners (Newark),
3. Sir Thomas Esmonde (Wexford county),
4. Sir John Trollope (Lincolnshire),
5. Mr. Edward Heneage(Great Grimsby),
to whom they have referred the Bills and projects com-
prised in group LL., viz :
London and South Western Metropolitan Railway,
London and South Western Railway (No. 2),
Richmond (Surrey) Railway,
Staines and Richmond Railway,
London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch),
London and South Western (Epsom Branch) Railway.
The Select Committee will meet on Tuesday, Jul% 3, at
half. past twelve o'clock.
The following Bills are appointed to go into Committee on
Thursday, May 29, at twelve o'clock :
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Extensions,
Stoke Branch, and Midland Railways Junction),
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway,
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway,
London and Norwich Direct Railway,
London, Worcester, and -South Staffordshire Railway (Dudley
and Sedgley Branch),
London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway (Ex-
tension from Dudley to Wolverhampton),
Gravesend and Rochester Railway.
The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select
mittees on the several Groups MM., QQ., PP., RR., and 1.,
and the Select Committees on the Groups TT., VV., WW.,
and the Eastern Union Railway Act Amendment Bill, to meet
in the week commencing Monday, the 9th of June.

TELLER,

The following Bills were reported, and the report referred
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders:—
Newport and Ponty Pool Railway.
Preston and Wyre Railway Branches.
Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway.
Southampton and Dorchester Railway.
Tb

Im which Members will be se-
ilway Committees which com-
ek beginning Monday, the 9th

D. O'BRIEN.

'ne of the greatest impositions practised at the
present day by shopkeepers,
not only in London, but in
every city and town throughout the kingdom, is that of
forging the property of another, and imposing on the
public the forged article with all the assurance of inno-
cence. We allude in the present instance to those ad-
mirable requisites for the toilet, the Macassar Oil, Kaly-
dor, and Odonto, as prepared by the Messrs. Rowland,
and which, from their merits and reputation, are the
constant objects of fraudulent imitation. The parties so
imitating concoct some trashy compounds resembling in
appearance those of Messrs. Rowland, and by adopting
the very same names and copying the , labels and bills,
endeavour to pass off their trash as the " genuine " arti-
cles, reckless of the injury which they will inevitably in-
flict on those who are deceived by using them. We
should have imagined that an English tradesman, whose
reputation for honour and integrity is proverbial, would
not have stooped to the meanness of so base and paltry
an action. Nevertheless we know for certain that such
is the case, and we would advise all patrons of Messrs.
Rowland's articles to purchase only of respectable ven-
ders—and particularly to observe the caution in their
advertisement which frequently appears in our paper.
39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Newly-invented
Spectacles, Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes,
&c. Patronised by General Sir Edward Paget, Sir
Even Lloyd Maiston, Frederick Goodfellow, Clayton
Grosvenor Morrison, Dyott Robertson, Mackenzie,
Galway, Biggs, Woolf, Murray, Walker{ Fox, Price,
Lindsay, and Thackray, Major-General Sir 11. Elphin-
stone, P. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, Turner,
Weinyss, and Cock, Lieutenant-Generals Sir Henry
Bouverie, Sir J. Mecdonall, Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas,
and Sir Wm. Eustace, Admirals Lord John Hay, Sir G.
Cockburn, Sir David Milne, Sir George Munday, Sir
George Martin, Sir James 11. Whitshed, Sir D. Gold,
Ross, Alexander, Curzrs, Tompkinson, Hollis, and
Price, Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen, Rear-Admirals
Brown and Ribouleau, ike. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,
Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new
construction—lmmediately they are placed before im-
perfect vision, that mist and dullness which appear be.
fore the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes
clear and distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight
becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youth-
ful, natural, and original state. Also Achromatic Tele-
scopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible and all
kinds of Acoustic Instruments, fur relief of most extreme
-
deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, OptQ
clans, are not in any way connected with a person of the
name, in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any
part of the country. To prevent mistakes be cautious,
and Observe,—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street,
Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—BRUSHES.--NEW INVENTIONS.
—The Triple Hair Brush, One stroke of this is equal
to the effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs,
and one even-cut brush ;to be had in four sizes, No. 7,
si. Gd, ; No. 8,7 s. 61. ; No. 9,9 s. Gd. ; No. 10, I Is. Gd.
The Double Anti Pressure Nail Brush, which does not
divide the quick from the nail .no pressure being re-
qaired, and thoroughly
cleans and polishes the nails in
2. .
a tenth part of the time of any other method ; price in
bone, No. 1, 25.; No. 2, s Gil ; No. 3, 35, Gd.; No. 4,
53.; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. The New
Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the
- interstices of the closest teeth ; marks. full sized
brushes, No. I, hard;;No. 2, lsss hard; No. 3, middling;
No. 4, soft. The narrow brushes, No. 5, hard; No. 6,
less hard; No. 7. middling; No. 8, soft, at Is. each, or
109. per dozen in bone; and 2s. each or 21s. per dozen
in ivory, the hair warranted; never to come out. The
Medium Shaving Brush, between the usual badger hair
and bristly brush, being a selection of the strongest hair
only from the badger skin, in a variety of sizes, both in
bone and ivory. The above articles are the inventions
of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street,
London, and, being protected, any one imitating them
will be proceeded against.
CRICKET.--THE MARYLEI3ONE CLUB AND GROUND
a. Tea PETWORTII CLOD AND GROUND.--This first-class match was
brought to a conclusion on Wednesday afternoon in the midst of
somewhat heavy rain,-111aryiebone the winner,

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE

THURSDAY, MAY 22.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—An amendment to be
proposed on third reading, Friday, May 23.
Taw Vale Railway and Dock,—Committee on Bill, Friday,
May 30, at half after twelve.
Select Committee on Group 11. adjourned till Thursday,
May 30, at twelve.
dlasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway,—Com-
mittee on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at twelve.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway,—Com-
mittee on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at twelve.
Glasgow Junction Railway,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday,
June 3, at twelve.

Monmouth and Hereford Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Monday, June 2, at twelve.
South Wales Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, June
2, at twelve.
North British Railway,—Report, Monday, May 26.
Sheffield and Rotherham Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Friday, May 30, at half after twelve.
Richmond (Surrey) Railway,—Committee on Bill, Tues-
day, June 3, at half after twelve.
Aberdare Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, June 2,
at twelve.
Leeds and Bradford Extension (Shipley to Colne) Rail-
wa.y,—Third reading, Monday, May 26.
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway,—Third read-
ing, Monday, May 26.
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third read-
ing, Monday, May 26.
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,—Third
reading, Monday, May 26.
Trent Valley Railway,—A clause and amendments pro-
posed to be added on consideration of report, Friday, May 23.

TELLERS.
Young, John
Baring, Henry

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1845.

AMALGAMATION WITH THE MANCHESTER, BOLTON,
AND BURY RAILWAY.
A special general meeting was called at the same place, fa the
purpose of authorising the Directors to enter into certain arrange-
ments with the proprietors of the Manchester and Bolton Railway.
The CHAIRMAN entered at some length upon the advantages
arising from the union of lines which formed a link in the same
range of traffic; after which, en the motion of the Chairman,
seconded by Mr. J. B. BINGLEY, the meeting unanimously autho-
rised the Directors to enter into any arrangement with the Bolton
Company which was •f equal benefit to both.
The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to the
Chairman and Directors, amidst loud applause, after which, the
meeting separated, about half past one o'clock.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In the latter part of the evidence of Mr. Henry Pearson
on the York and London Railway, your reporter states "that the
goods coming to Selby were unshipped there, and sent on to
Leeds, where they were reloaded for London." It should have
been that "carcases of sheep were sent from Selby to Leeds,
thence to London," after having been unloaded at Leeds, and re•
loaded there for London.--Yours respectfully,
HENRY PEARSON.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21.
MAYNOOTH COLLEGE BILL.
Clause (And be it Enacted, That the powers and provisions of this
Act shall not continue and be in force longer than the first day of
August one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and fl•oin thence
to the end of the then next Session of Parliament) brought up, and
read a first time ; Motion made, and Question put, " That the said
Clanse be now read a second time." The House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 144.
Ackers, James Eaton, It. J. Maxwell, J. P.
Acton, Colonel Egerton, Sir P. Morris, David
Alexander, Nathaniel Entwisle, William Muntz, 0. F.
Allix, J. P. Ewart, William Napier, Sir C.
Antrobus, Edmund Farnham, E. B. Neeld, Joseph
Archdall, Captain Fielden, John Neeld, John
Ashley, Lord Feilowes, Edward Newdegate, C. N
Astell, William Ferraud, W. B. Newry, Viscount
Austen, Colonel Filmer, Sir E. O'Brien, A. S.
Bailey, J., jun. Fitzroy, Lord C. Packe, C. W.
Bankes, George Ffolliott, John , Palmer, Robert
Bannerman, A. Forman, T. S. .Fattison, James
Bateson, Thomas Fox, S. L. Pechell, Captain
Beckett, William Fuller, A. E. Plumptre,J.,P.!
Beresford, Major Gore, W. 0. Polhill, Frederick
Blackstone, W. S. Gore, W. R. 0. Rashle gh, W.
Illewitt, It. J. Goring, Charles Rendlesham, Lord
liouverle, E. P. Greenall, Peter Rice, E. R.
Boyd, John Gregory, W. IL Richards, Richard
Bradshaw, J. Grimsditch, F. Rolleston, Colonel
Bright, John Grogan, Edward Rushbrooke, Col.
Brisco, M. Hamilton, J.III. Ryder, G. tr.
Broadley, 11. Hamilton, G. A. Shaw, Frederick
Brocklehurst, J. llanmer, Sir J. Sibthorp, Colonel
Brotherton, J. 'tulle, Archibald Smith, Abel
Bruce, C. L. C. Hawes, Benjamin Smyth, Sir IL
. liruen, Colonel Heathcoat, John Spooner, Richard
Bruges, W. H. Henley, J. W. Spry, Sir S. T.
Buckley, Edmund Hornby, John Stanley, Edward
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hughes, W. B. Stewart, P. M.
Burroughs, IL N. Inglis, Sir H. 11. Taylor, Edward
Campbell, J. H. Jervis, John Taylor, J. A.
Chetwode, Sir J. Johnson, General • Thompson, Alderman
Cole, 11. A. Jolliffe, Sir W. Tollemache, John
Colqulicam, J. C. Jones, Ca,,tain Tower, Christopher
Colvile, C. It. Kemble, Henry Trollope, Sir J.
Compton, M. C. Knight, F. W. Turn..r, Edmund
Copeland, Alderman Law, C. E. Tunior, Christopher
Crawford, W. S. Lawson, Andrew Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
Curteis, 11. B. Lefty, Anthony Verner, Colonel
Dawnay, W. 11. Legh, G. C. Vyvs an, Sir R.
Deedes, William Leslie, C. P. Waddington, 11. 8
Denison, E. B. Loftus, Viscount Wakley, Tliomas
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Lopes, Sir R. Welby, 0. F., Douglas, Sir H. Lowther, Sir J. H. Williams, William
Douglas, J. D. S. Lowther, Colonel
Duke, Sir J. Maclean, Donald
Duncan, Ge6rge M'Taggart, Sir J.
Duncombe, 0. Mainwaring, T.
Du Pre, C. G. Masterman, John

Dun combe, Thom!
lllndley, Charles

MAJORITY—NOES, 243.
Acheson, Viscount Ferguson, Sir R. A. Owen, Sir John
Aclaud, Sir T. D. Fitzmaurice, W. Pakington, J. S.
A'Court, Captain Fitzroy, Henry Palmerston, Viscottn
Adderley, C. B. Fleetwood, Sir P. Parker, John
Ainsworth, Peter Flower, Sir James Patten, J. W.
Aldam, William Forster, Matthew Peel, Sir Robert
Archbold, Robert Fox, C. R. Peel, Jonathan
Arundel, Earl Fremantle, Sir T. Pendarves, E. W.
Begot, William French, F. Philips, G. R.
Baillie, Colonel Gardner, J. D. Phillpotts , John
Baine, Walter Gaskell, J. M. Pigot, David
Baird, William Gill, Thomas Pigot, Sir R.
Barkly, Henry Gladstone,
es W. E. Power, Jam
Baring, F. T. • Gladstone, Captain Pry' W. T.
Baring, Thomas Godson, Richard
Ba Paw Pip
ring, W. B. Gordon, Captain Kawdon, Col.
Barnard, E. G. Gore, Montague Redington, T. X.
Repton, G. W. J.
Hrtenry Roche, E. B.
J. I. Granby, Marquis Ross, D. R.
kito,ni..,o24Vrdis. Viscount
GaGrooakaeb,ußmron,be,sir
J.
Roebuck, J. A.
Granger, T. C. Round, John
Blakemore, Richard Greene, Thomas
BBBBleearrallktieeiwni,l gtc,si r
Blackburne,
V.
Bodkin, W. H. Grey. Sir George Rous, Captain'
Boldero, C. E.
J.
Boldero, H. G. Hale, IL B. Russell, L Borthwick, Peter Haiford, Sir 11.
Russe Lord E.
Bowles
Botilel, Beriah Hamilton, W. J. Russell, Charles
Bowes,d John Hamilton, Lord C. Sandon, Viscount
, Harcourt, G. G. Seymour, Lord
Bowring,:Dr. Hatton, Captain
Seytnour, Sir U.
Bramston, T. W. Heneage, G. H. W.
Shell, R. L.
Browns, W. Heneage, Edward Smith, Benjamin
Browurigg, J. S. Henniker, Lord Smith, T. B. C.
Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sidney Somerset, Lord G.
Buller, Charles Heron, Sir Robert Somerville, Sir W.
Buller, Edward Hervey, Lord A. Somes, Joseph
Butler, P. S. Hinde, John 11. Stan.sfield, W. R. C.
Byng, George Hobhouse, Sir J. Stanton, W. IL
Cardwell, Edward Holmes, W. A'Court Staunton, Sir G.
Carew, W. H. P.
Castlereagh, Viscount Hope,e Charles Stuart, Lord J.
,G. . Stuart W. V. Cavendish, C. C. Horsman,W Edward Strutt,, Edward
Cavendish, G. 11. Howard, C. W. Sutton, Henry
Chapman, B. Howard, E. G. Tancred, H. W.
Chelsea, Viscount Howard, Philip H. Tennent, J. E.
Childers, J. W. Hume, Joseph Thesiger,
Clayton, It. U. Hutt, William Tollemac Sir F.
he, F. J. Clements, Viscount Ingestrie, Viscount Tomline, George
Clerk, Sir George James, Sir W. C. Towneley, John
Clifton, John T. Jermyn, Earl Trelawny, J. S.
Clive, Viscount Jocelyn, Viscount Trench, Sir F. W.
Clive, R. H. - Kelly, Fitzroy Trevor, G. R.
Cockburn, Sir G. Labouchere, Henry Tuite, H. M.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Lambton, H. Vane, Lord.H.
Collins, William Lennox, Lord A. Vernon, G. 11.
Corbally, Matthew E. Liddell, H. T.: Villiers, Viscount
Corry, Henry Lincoln, Earl Walker, Richard
Courtenay, Lord Listowel, Earl Wan. C. B.
Cowper, W. F. Loch, James Warburton, 11.
Craig, W. G. Mackenzie, W. F. Watson, W. H.
Cripps, William Macnamara, Major "%Yawn, J. T.
Damer,:Colonel M'Geachy, F. A. Wellesley, Lord C.
Dawson, T. V. M'Neill, Duncan Wemyss, Captain
Denison, W. J. Mahon, Viscount Westenra, J.
Dickinson, F. H. Manners, Lord J. White, Samuel
Divett, Edward Marshall, William Whitmore, T. C.
Dodd, George Martin, John Wilde, Si T.
Douro, Marquis Martin, C. W. Wilshere, W.
Drummond, H. 11. Martin, T. B. Winnington, Sir T.
Duncan, Viscount Matheson, James Wood, Charles
Dundas, Frederick Mitcalfe, Henry Wood, Colonel T.
Dundas, David Mitchell, T. A. Wortley, Lord
Easthope, Sir J. Mordaunt, Sir J. Wortley, John S.
Eastnor, Viscount Murphy, F. S. Wrightson, W. B.
Ebrington, Viscount Neville,;Ralph Wynn, C. W. W.
Elphinstone, H. Nichol!, John Wynn, Sir W.
Emlyn, Viscount Norreys, Sir D. J. Wyse, Thomas
Escott, Bickham O'Brien, J. Yorke, E. T.
Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, M. J.
Estcourt, T. G. B. O'Conor Don
Etwall, Ralph O'Ferrall, R. IL
Ferguson, Colonel Oswald, James

THE POLISH BALL AT ALMACKS' ON FRIDAY, THE
137 m JUNE.—A meeting of Lady Patronesses took place yesterday
at Willis's Rooms, at which, amongst others, the Duchess of Bed-
ford, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the
Viscountess Palmerston, the Viscountess Pollington, the Hon.
Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, and the Hon, Mrs. Dawson Darner, at.
tended. It was determined that the ball should be, as usual,
a fancy ball, and that the ladies should wear the dresses
in wich they will appear at the Queen's bal costume that will be
given only a few days previously. It was also resolved that
minuets, as well as mazurkas, polkas, &c., should be danced; that
Jullien's band should be engaged. and that the price of the tickets
should be, in the first inctance, 11. Is. each. As the application
for tickets have already been extremely numerous, not the
slightest doubt is entertained that the brilliancy of the ball will be
worthy of the chivalrous exiles whose sufieriugs it is designed to
alleviate.

THE ROYAL FREE 1103PITAL.—The anniversary
dinner commemorative of this institution took ylace yesterday at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate- street, The Duke of Cambridge
presided. There were also present Lords Ranelagh and Dudley
uart, the Hon. Mr. Addington, Mr. Peter Borthwick, M.P., 'Mr.
W. Blackstone, M.P., Mr. Petre, the Rev. Dr. Wolff, Dr. Mars-
den, Dr. Weatherhead, Mr. C. Pearson, &c. The room was
crowded with the visitors and patrons of the hospital, and the gal-
lery at the end of it wa, crowded with ladies. The total amount
of subscriptions and donations was stated to be 2,3471. 7s. 10d.
TIM BANK OF ENGLAND.---MY. Fitzroy Kelly,
Queen's Counsel and M.P., has received the appointment of stand.
ing counsel to the Directors of the Bank of England, in the room
of Mr, Justice Erie, their late counsel.

MANCHESTER AND LEEDS
RAILWAY.
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—Yesterday a special general meet-
ins of the Shareholders of this railway was held in the Pa'atine
Hotel, in this town, " For the special purpose of having a draft or
copy of a proposed Bill now before Parliament, intituled • A Bill
for amending the Acts relating to the Manchester and Leeds
Railway, and for making a branch • therefrom to Burnley, and for
extending the Oldham and Heywood Brances,' submitted to such
meeting, for the approval of the Proprietors then present; by
which Bill it is proposed to authorise the said Company to make a
branch railway from the main line of the Manchester and Leeds
Railway to Burnley, and also to extend the Oldham branch from
the present terminus in the township of Oldham to Mumps, in the
same township, and also to extend the Heywood Branch Railway
from the present terminus in the township of Hopwood to Bury.
And also for the special purpose of having the draft or copy of a
proposed Bill, now before Parliament, intituled ' A Bill for
amending the Act relating to the Ashton, Staleybridge, and
Liverpool Junction Railway, and for making branches there-
from to Ardwick and Guide-bridge,' submitted to such
meeting, for the approval of the Proprietors- then present;
by which Bill it is proposed to enable the 'Manchester
and Leeds Railway Company .to make a branch railway
from the intended Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liverpool
Junction Railway, in the township of Newton, and parish
of Manchester, to the Manchester and Birmingham Rail.
way, in the township of Ardwick, in the same parish ; and also
another branch railway from the said Ashton, Staleybridge, and
Liverpool Junction R•dilway, in the Audenshaw division of the
pariah of Ashton-under-Lyne, to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne,
and Manchester Railway, at or near Guide-bridge, in the same
division and parish. And also for the special pm pese of obtaining
the authority of the Proprietors present at such meeting for the
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to subscribe towards or
purchase, or take shares in, and to lease the proposed Leeds and
West Riding Junction Railways, and of having a draft or copy of
the Bill for making such last-mentioned railways, intituled A
Bill for making certain Railways in the West Riding of the County
of York, to communicate with the Manchester and Leeds Railway,'
submitted to such meeting for the approval of the proprietors then
present. And also for the special purpose of obtaining authority
of the proprietors present at such meeting, for the Manchester and
Leeds Railway Company to subscribe towards, or purchase, or
take shares in the proposed Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole
Railway, extending from the Manchester and Leeds Railway at
Wakefield, to Pontefract and Goole, with certain branches there.
from, and of having a draft or copy of the Bill for making such
last-mentioned railway and branches, intituled' A Bill for making
a railway from the Manchester and Leeds Railway at Wakefield,
to the towns of Pontefract and Goole, with certain branches
therefrom,' submitted to such meeting for the approval of the pro-
prietors then present."
The meeting was numerously attended, having excited consider-
able interest, not only among the Proprietors of the line, but
also among the railway public in this district.
HENRY HOULDSTIORTH, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided on the occasion. Having briefly opened .the proceedings,
he called on the law clerk to read the advertisement calling them
together, which having been done,
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the Bills referred to in the
advertisement, and they were agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then stated that the amount of share capital re-
quired for their new undertakings amounted to 1,4911,000/. to corn.
plate 72 miles of railway.