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London, England, 1844-04-24 00:00:00

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THE WELLINGTON STATUE IN THE CITY.— At the
list meeting of the Royal Exchange Committee on the sub-
ject of placing the statue of his Grace the Duke of Wellington,
by Sir Francis Chantrey, the trustees, Mr. John Masterman
and Sir Peter Laurie, and the executors, Mr. Turner, R.A.,
and Mr. Jones, discussed, at considerable length, the question
as to the most eligible position of the equestrian figure on the
spot selected in the front of the Royal Exchange. Upon that
occasion Sir Peter Laurie stated that Sir Francis Chantrey
always expressed a wish that the statue should face the
south, in order that it might have the advantage of the sun,
for which purpose the eminent sculptor suggested the re-
moval of the ugly upper storey of the Mansion-house, which
was accordingly taken down, to the manifest improvement of
that edifice. Mr. Jones confirmed the statement as to the
opinion and wish of Sir Francis Chantrey. The Committee,
however, came to the resolution, that, as the front of the
Royal Exchange faced the west, it would, notwithstanding
the impression upon the mind of so high an authority, be
preposterous to turn the face of the statue away from that
direction, and they accordingly egreed unanimously that.the
Duke should, front Cheapside. Mr. Turner, the other exe-
cutor, informed the Committee that the statue and pedestal
had long been completed; and he trusted that by the 18th
of June, the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, the public
would have a complete opportunity of judging of the merits
of the performance. The Committee seemed to entertain no
doubt that on the anniversary of the memorable event the
statue would be erected.
LIGHT GOLD.—The tricks, amounting to cheatery,
yet playing off upon the public, are as innumerable as they
are scandalous. Even a nobleman's steward, on receiving
Lady-day rents, just now, weighed gold, charged tenants
with deficiency, and then paid light coin away again, even
to their own workmen. The Government proclamation has
produced a feeling throughout the country (and still increases)
that will not soon cease. Those who could and can the least
bear the loss, suffer the most.—From a Correspondent. •
4-_, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE—CHATHAM, APRIL 22.
4 tri e _ ',REIT BRITAIN STEAMER.— We regret we
The following regiments from the provisional battalion of this
psarfable to state that any arrangement has yet been de-
garrison have this day received orders for embarkation, to
Rhein ur extricating the Great Britain from her difficult po- proceed to the three presidencies of India during the present
Net: The correspondence of the Dock Company with the
season. Those for Bengal are the 9th, 10th, 29th, 31st, 39th,
beta tors of the Great Western Steam-ship Company having
40th, 50th, and 62d, with the following officers of each corps,
saat
iliorsvaided to the Board of Trade, that Hon. Board have
ordered by Colonel Thomas Weare, K.H., of the battalion,
Nee reply, which, we are informed, is tantamount to are to hold themselves in readiness to embark for India in the
natteendation to the steam. ship company to comply with
ships as they are taken up for the conveyance of troops
de feints Proposed by the Dock Directors. The general in-
Lieutenant Creagh, Ensign O'Connor, Ensign Foster, Ensign
ing
t° those
required was the great obstacle in the way of acced-
Hawes, of the 9tl ; Captain Staunton, Captain Shandly,
no
es_, terms, and hew this difficulty is to be got over is
Ensign Angelo, of the 10th ; Ensign Francis, Ensign White,
eo nears,
to discover. Meanwhile time and tide, which wait f•T. Ensign Scudamore, of the 29th ; Major James Spence, Lieut.
vessel swill not easily admit of the liberation. of the majestic
Elmslie, Ensign Paul, Ensign Hutton, 31st ; ieut.L Wolfe,
raesa„aiier the beginning of May or early in June. . Unless Lieut. Reader, Lieut. Ensor, Lieut. Bray,
.Lieut.. Fitzgerald,
to b; are provided for that purpose within that period, it is
Assistant-Surgeon M'Gregor, 39th ; Captain Valiant, Captain
hefo feared the Great Britain may not reach the ocean Smith, Ensign Payne, 40th ; Captain Stapleton, Lieutenant
sisirl.eo,?e setting in of the high tides of autumn.—Bristo/
Malony, Actiug-Adjutant of the Provisional Battalion, Lieut.
Pg Montrnorencie, Ensign Venables, Ensign Vernett, Ensign
day "cri PLAYS.—These performances were on Mon-
whoattended by. a full and fashionable audience, amongst Regiment.
50th ; Ensign Roberts and Ensign Cox, of the 62d
Regiment. The officers for Madras are Captain Bell, Captain
kara• we noticed—The Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Teals, Lieutenant Bolton, Lieutenant Cumming, Ensign Col-
isad I°ness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, ville, Ensign Ellison of the 4th ; Lieutenant Peddle,
CoelY43'ndhurst, Lady Villiers, the French Ambassador and.
bassaA 88 St; Aulaire, 13:fron de Nieumann, the Turkish Am Assistant-Surgeon Webster, of the 21st Fusiliers ; Lieu-
tenant L. Trevors, Ensign Smith, 25th ; Lieutenant
Asha',r and suite, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord and Lady
liisinr• Count Chabot, Baron Talleyrand, the Belgian Frost, Lieutenant Ahmtity, Lieutenant Grant, 57th ; Lieu-
tenant Higginbotham. Ensign M'Cauley, Ensiem. Le Grand,
Issbilsier and Madame Van der Weyer, the Earl and Countess
Siea7,le, Sir Augustus and Lady Forster, Mr. and Mrs. 63d ; Captain Richardson, 84th ; Captain M'Csjel, 94th Regi-
ment. The officers for Bombay are Captain J. Carney, En-
, silk% David Lyon. Esq., &c. sign Al'Carty, and Ensign Engles, of the 2d Queen's ; Cap-
• ' CANADIAN
Ing ho HOAX.—At Montreal a very emus- tam Burslem and Ensign Hogg, of the 13th ; Captain Alaule-
Less, ax has been practised on the credulity of her Majesty's yerer, Lieutenant Armstrong, Lieutenant Johnstone, and
Tet'ssci The Gazette tells the tale in these words :—" On Ensign Noland, of the 17th ; Ensign Baldwin, Lieutenant.
were that the
jeu d'esprit was played off, and if we Miller, 22d ; Lieutenant Dane, Ensign Wright,
.Ensign Ellis;
ef....t0 sure that the fair publisher would not sue us for breach 28th ; Captain. Elvington, Lieutenant • Prettyjohn, Ensign
ilewe,PsYright, we shoeld certainly publish it in lieu of the M'Lean, Assistant-Surgeon M'Kinnon, and Assistant-Sur-
411d h— expected to-day. It consisted of a very spacious geon owie, of the 78th Highlanders; Lieutenant Wood,
test i business-like newspaper extra, containing the impor- Ensign Gerahtley, Ensign Robinson, and Ensign Stewart—
q thentelligence received by special' express from New York, making a total of 73 officers. The two following detachments
lend. arrival of her Majesty Queen Victoria in Yankee marched this morning from this garrison, as a convict guard,
iegais. It created quite a sensation, and numerous were the to Deptford, where they embark on board the convict ship
eredia`,Jes at the newspaper-office, and the Post-office, by the Barrosa, to proceed with convicts for Van Dieinen's Land.
ee,cou'T's. Mr. Porteous was, of course, unable to give any The guard comprised 1 sergeant, 3 corporals, and 31 rank and
set doll,'S of it, being by special express; but this was only file of the 58th Regiment, with 15 rank and file of the 80th,
St the 'n to official mystery, and his incredulity to vexation to complete the guard. Lieutenant William Birch, of the
it
„ Post-office being beaten. The Particulars were full, 25th, formerly Adjutant of the 6th Royals, commands the
eis',.'ne whole narrative could not possibly be more minutely guard, in lieu of Lieutenant Page, of the 58th, who enters the
t‘tia_linstantial. As a sample of the style_ of the thing, we 7th Hussars, by purchase; Ensign St. John, of the 80th, and
esa,s'stoh,e following paragraph :—' The Royal party dined at 4 women and 1 child, belonging to the soldiers of the 58th,
Chas'nurelock. The following gentlemen had the distinguished proceed with the detachment.
a odof being present—Majors-General Scott and Wool, DEATH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL SIMSON, K. 11.—
Gur
of
Dallas, Major Jack Downing (commanding This Gallant Officer, who had held the appointment of
Coha,'i. t I,Ionour), the Mayor of the city, and the British Town-Major of Hull, as reward for distinguished ser-
sveni—ag The greatest good humour prevailed during the vices, for upwards of twenty years, died at his quarters in
Astor g• none elicited more praise, or seemed to be more heartily his age. The deceased entered the service of his
delleuaveleslss fern ajesty and the Prince, than the national country at an early period of the present century,
llajest.s., oPapkin-pie and apple-sauce; and upon her as an ensign in the 81st Regiment, and with which
k5a...1.y1 s retiring, Prince Albert enjoyed with great gout a he first did duty in Sicily in 1805. Subsequently he ob-
astiii,i
Highness
Major Jack Downing, who guessed that his Wined a lieutenancy in in the 43dLight Infantry, then form-
al Highness had never liquored so well before:"
err the in g, with the 52d and 95th Rifles, a crack brigade, under his
Petted . Staudigl, eminent German singer, is ex- relative and patron, Gen. Sir John Moore, at Thorncliffe, on
first `° arrive in London on the 10th or 12th of May. His the coast of Kent. In 1807 Lieut. Simsoq embarked with his
appearanceenailicl will be at the fourth concert of the Millar- regiment at Deal, in the expedition ufidee the late Lord
soeiceetrts
beet Society on the 13th of May. The services of Staudigl Cathcart, against Copenhagen, and was present at Sir Ar-
Con also been already secured by the directors of the Ancient thur Wellesley's gallant affair in the island of Kioge. In the
for three occasions ; by the Sacred Harmonic following year Lieutenant Simson was again afloat with
alie orY' at Exeter Hall, to take part in the performance of a force under the orders of Sir John Moore ; but on their ar-
ehteartorio, The Death of Abel, and for the Oxford, Man- rival at Gottenburgh, it being found their services would be
,SS , and Liverpool Musical Festivals. unavailing, the expedition was ordered to Portugal. From
t3UsT
lytzin
solvis•—in consequence of the great increase of this period he was identified with the fortune of Sir John
thees at Folkestone. it has become necessary to augment Moore, in his advance on the Spanish frontier, and subsequent
Customs establishment at that station ; which will in disastrous retreat. Capt. Simson next served through a con-
futuretereb _ consist of a sub-collector, a sub-controller, one siderable portion of the Peninsula campaign, was present at the
number els, landing and coast-waiter, and a proportionate battle of Vittoria, and at the last ffght before Toulouse. On
as Se of tide-waiters and boatmen. Officers of experience the preliminaries of peace being signed, the 43d, and other
ia't
.!i...eervice have been selected to fill the superior situations regiments of the light division, were ordered to America,
tiaectoik stone. It is not proposed to make Folkestone a dis- where they took part in the war of reprisal for the outrages
uildernsirt, but it will still remain as a subordinate station committed in Canada. At the attack on New Orleans, Cap-
s, the control of the Customs at Dover. tarn. Simon, leading the storming party against the principal
5... lazistArinewesELLE .RAcueL,......A melancholy piece of redoubt ef the enemy's position, was thrown into the trench
5..11,e, -which we would most willingly contradict, was last
pitting by.a round shot, causing the severe wound which resulted in
sisaseniti.
eelurrent at the theatres. It was said that Mademoiselle
retires from the stage, the state of her health per- the amputation of his lett leg and thigh, and rendered him
unfit for further active duties. received then retired with the
paringea.her no longer to exercise her profession.—Moniteur rank of Mbt afterwards his staff appoint-
ment, and the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel, with the
11.
..I)EPLORABLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A Hanoverianr
bGe ifitelphic Order, as an acknowledgment of his
tin
a_ A most deplorable accident occurred yesterday (Fri- Tuesday last, andnetrhalereall the gallant officer took place on
man,
afternoon, at the parish of Upton, by which a fine young •' •
ail Johna Robert Fisher, the son of Mr. John Fisher, cornave been few occasions of this de-
day) in Hull where the public feeling and sympathy
Mrbee, ur dealer, Northgate-street, Rimester, lost his life. haveearnestly enlisted. Thousands of persons at-
n so •
Fisherwiii_t occupies the fifth flour-mill at Upton parish, to tended the ceremonial. Almost every window in the long
line of procession was occupied ; many persons were congre-
t, cu a small farm is attached, and his son, the unfortunate'
deceased,
.was in the habit of going over to assist in the .e roofs of houses, and nearly the whole of the shops
About gated on tl
were wholly or partially closed.—Ha/ Packet.
s'----- 0111 the
to three o'clock he and the miller went to clean
boar's stye, and with this view the miller endea-
s , vatlred ROBBERY OF BONDS,
BANK-NOTES, &c.—On Sun-
. but
the animal out of the sleeping-house with a 'day evening, between the hours of seven and eight, the dwelt-
*,
' Psiisnlio t did not succeed, the hoar refusing to stir. Mr. lug-house of Mr. James Dearlove, No. 2, Bartholomew-ter-
, than was
this, opened the door of the stye still wider race, Bethnal-green, was entered by means of skeleton keys,
;s7sa V:
~s,, and holding a stick in his hand said to his corn- and plundered of property to the amount of 10,0001. It ap-
erneileAlcr,in.
ca"afs s
.1.3111 drive him out ;" but no sooner had he ad- peered that Mr. Dearlove, who formerly was a brewer, and
ittesele his riht leg than the ferocioes animal rushed ont latterly has been in the habit of doing some business on the
Inge and shortly after six o'clock a lady, who is his hous -
bun by the thigh with his teeth and tusks. The Stock Exchange, had left his house in the course of the even-
stantly attar the boar with the shovel, and sue-
keeper and niece went to chapel, leaving everything safe, ande
. feted
,y 1 driving him off, and when released Mr. Fisher at-
lainutes.
ln. I,,eangtnhad.
from the
walk towards the house, which is about 50 yards locking the door after her, and on her return home she ound
tye, but fell ere ha reached'it, and died in a few the front door locked as she had left it ; and so well had the
two hours after to awaken the slightest suspicion that any
-se iss . , A large quantity of blood flowed from the wound, thieves executed their work that nothing occurred for nearly
._ • unavailing.
a jagged appearance, and was about four inches
it was medical assistance was speedily procured, but rdoibacboevrayryhaadfhtebeen
robbery was
aTaheearfierbstflt)hrintgbatifitpltalteed,
wtobtichbe
—Gloucestershire Chronicle.
"lent states that •
. Ais keeper was in the habit of taking to her bed-room with her
oke 't, an inquest was held on the body b John , had been used in the course of the day, and which the house-
' dent ,' 'Sq, coroner, on Saturday, when a verdict of ec •
it a cup-
.. .• he i 5...!, gentleman who
_et • zi, Death was returned. Two deep- ashes appeared on i every night,- and which could not be found. This fact being
Int th; h .
' . allelic i' •at that part popularly called thg y and the communicated to Mr. Dearlove, hehastened up stairs to
was &lied in stearePed t'shaetea;lthough board, in which he kept his cash-box, and, finding locked,
---ssa;."S! been present when thethought all was safe. On unlocking it, however,
W;a been impossible t have accident occurred it would, _ he dis-
ceyered that the cash-box, with its valuable
„ s A., t adds to the o saved the life of the deceased. contents, waa
well as hisgold watch and appendages,
,k,...) (sane fea.es. calamity is that the animal was known to gone, as
tcl'i ,ssatro•ste ions, and ought not to have been kept. It was del other property. - Amongst the property carried away were
rs •, g in the course
litt,,, 'TEAM of Saturday evening.] colonial, and other bonds for 3,0001., bills of exchan fge or
Veiests,, AnOVE BRIDGE.—There landed from the: nearly 4,0001., two Bank of England notes for 100/. each,
2,46 .*" °ls Sunday three Bank of England notes of 501. each, and two of 51. each,
i Puthtqi 3.4,32 - —at Chelsea, 5,743 ; Wandsworth,
; .Kew, 2,619 ; Richmond, 4,8241 - h .111 valuable ro rt -
sificetF:
.._ vti 1 ex.ss for
p pe ~s .

eye? the astonishment of all present, this was the case,
katY particle of egg, flour, and the other gastronomic
td ter with which the hat was bedaubed, had disappear •
and the brilliancy, yet smoothness of the chapeau,
Ilato_ l scarcely have been greater had it but just left the
" of the most fashionable of hatters.

and Servants Dig.
Mr. HUME; presented a petition to the same effect
from the County of Furcar ; atso at peitiun praying fur a

reduction of.the tobacco (titles.
Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition, praying for
a repeal of the duty on the iiiipottation of foreign wool.
Mr. AUDI' A presented thrue petitions against the
Leeds and Bradfold Railway Bill.'

NOTICES OF MOTION.-COMPENSATION IN

THE COURT OF CHANCERY:

Mr. WATSON gave notice that he would postpone
his motion relative to compensation to officers of the
Court of Chanvery till the 7th of May.
'TIE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he would
move in Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill,
that it be an instruction to the 'Committee to abolish all
ecclesiastical courts, and to transfer their jurisdiction to
the civil courts of the country.
QUARANTINE.
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that on this day fortnight
he would call the attention of the House to the subject
of quarantine.
On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were ordered
respecting the sums paid on account of the New Houses
of Parliament.
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND GERMANY.
Dr. BOWRING said he wished to know from the
Goverment whether they had any knowledge of a treaty
between the United States of America and the German
Zollverein, for the mutual admission of articles at lower
rates than if imported from Great Britain or
other countries. On the 23d of March this treaty was
signed by the representative of -the German Union and
the Minister of the United States. It had been stated to
him that under this treaty tobacco, the produce of Ame-
rica, was to be admitted into the States of the German
Union at a duty of four dollars. He was informed also
that the German States' Union entered into an arrange-
ment that they would not raise the duty on rice, and that
cotton wool, which was imp ftted from the United States,
should be imported without the payment of any duty;
that in consideration of the advantages obtained by the
Americans in Germa Prussia, on behalf of the Ger-
man Commercial Union, had agreed that tobacco should
be admitted into Germany from the United States at a
duty not exceeding 15 per cent. ; honey at a duty not
exceeding 20 per cent., and other articles, which hewould
not mention, at a duty not exceeding 10 per cent. He
begged, therefore, to inquire of the Right Hon. Baronet,
whether 'he was cognisant of the facts which he had
stated—whether those facts were correct—and whether
it .was the intention of the Government to make any
arrangements on the subject in consequence
Sir R. PEEL said the statement of-the lion. Gentle-
man was substantially correct, and that a treaty had
been signed by Prussia, on the part of the German Zoll-
verein, and the representative of the United States, sti-
pulating that certain duties should be paid on certain
articles introduced from either country as the Hon. Gen-
tleman had stated ; but at the same time that treaty bad
not yet been ratified.,
Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that from - the treaties
that existed between the United States and this country,
it would be impossible for the United States to admit the
productions, of Germany on more favourable terms
than they adthitted the manufactures of this country.
Of course, then, any reductiou made in favour of Prus-
sian manufactures by America must be equally .advan•
tap,-eous to the productions of this country.
Sir R. PEEL said the attention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment had been drawn to the subject: The treaty
existing between this country and the United States
stipulated for the admission into America of produc-
tions, on the footing of the most favoured nations,
on condition of conceding equivalent advantages. HoW-
ever, as the treaty to which allusion had been made by the
Hon. Gentleman had not been ratified, he thought it bet-
ter to abstain from making any observations just now
upon it.

Lord HATHERTON presented a petition, signed by
the heads of eight firms in the iron trade, in Stafford-
shire, in which upwards of 5,000 men were employed,
praying that no limitation in the hours of labour should
be enacted by their Lordships, but that the work people
might be allowed to exercise their own discretion. He
concurred in the prayer of the petition.
Lord BROUGHAM, after a few remarks upon the
truck system, again deprecated any restriction of the
hours of labour ; for, he said, if legislative interference
was necessary, he should rather exert it against the ca-
pital of the large manufacturer than against the labour
of the artisan.
Lord BROWNLOW thought it would be much better
if they were to defer any discussion upon the subject of
the Factories Bill until it came regularly before their
Lordships.
The Bishop of LONDON presented several petitions
from Presbyterian ministers and congregations in the
north of Ireland, in connection• with the General As-
sembly, against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a number of
petitions from places in the county of Ross, agamst any
alteration in the corn-laws.
BHURTPORE.
The Marquis of NORMANBY, after presenting a
petition from a Presbyterian congregation in the north
of Ireland in favour of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, gave
notice, that on Monday he should ask the Noble Lord at
the head of the Board of Control if any further extracts
or communications had been received from the Gover-
nor-General of India respecting the treaty of Bhurtpore.
THE IRISH POOR-LAW.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to ask the
Noble Duke opposite whether it was the intention of her
Majesty's Government to propose any alteration in the
Irish Poor-law Act ?
The Duke of WELLINGTON, who spoke very indis-
tinctly, said a report had been received from the Com-
missioners appointed to inquire into this subject, and
that, after consideration, it had been sent back to them
to make certain emendations. The report would soon
be laid upon the table of their Lordships' House, and
until such information was before them he thought it
would be better to defer framing any legislative measure.
If they thought it would be better to appoint a Com-
mission, he, for one, had no objection to such a course.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE, from what had
fallen from the Noble Duke, supposed that there was
no intention to make any alteration.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, what he stated
was that he thought it best to defer any measure until
they should have had time to consider the report.
The Marquis of NORMANBY said he wished to Call
the attention of their Lordships to one point, which, in
the present state of Ireland was one of vast importance.
He alluded to the manner in which the juries empannelled
at the last assizes of the county Monaghan ha been con-
stituted in the Queen v. Hanlon, and odthers. In
that part of Ireland this matter had excited
the greatest dissatisfaction, because a feeling-
prevailed there that many of the jurors had
been struck off because they were Roman Catholics,
and certainly he thought that there were certain circum-
stances which were calculated to excite those suspicions.
Many of the jurors whose names had been struck off the
panel were most respectable, and not the slightest impu-
tation could be cast upon their character which justified
their names in being removed.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he held in his hand a
letter from the Crown solicitor, in which this matter was
fully explained, and which completely proved that no
man was removed on account of his politics or religion,
but the fact was, that all those names which bad been
struck off the panel were either relations, near neigh-
bours of the • traverser., or were in some way
or another unfitted for acting as jurors. The
first name which had been set aside by
whose
the
Crown solicitor was the son of a person
father had been tried at Armagh for Ribbonism
—the very crime of which the traversers were accused ;
another was a near relation of one of the prisoners, and
a third was a neighbour of another.
Lord CAMPBELL 'gave the Government credit for
every good intention, but still he was not at all satisfied
with the explanation rendered by the Noble Lord the
President of the Council. He thought the slightest
suspicion of partiality, on account of religion, should not
be allowed to remain upon the public mind.
After a few words from the Earl of Wicklow, Lord
Wharncliffe, and the Marquis of Clanricarde, the House
adjourned at Seven o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 23.
The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. T. BARING took the oaths and his seat for
Huntingdon.
COLCHESTER AND HARWICH RAILWAY
BILL -

Mr. C. ROUND moved, " That it be an instruction
to the Committee on the Colchester and Harwich R di-
mly Bill (No. 2) and the Harwich Railway and Pier
that it be at liberty to deem the line of railway
from Colchester to Harwich, projected by Mr. Hosking
(as mentioned in the petition of Sir Henry Webb, Bart.,
and William Adams Smith, Esq., presented to the House
on the 19th day of this instant April), a competing line
in contemplation, and to hear the said petitioners, as
prayed by their petition, in support thereof.'
Sir A. L. HAY thought that, as the petitioners prayed
to be heard in support of their petition, it v 4 ould be only
just to them to grant their request.
After a few words from Lord G. Somerset, Mr. Beres-

ford, awl Mr. Smith,
Sir GEO. STRICKLAND thought that the Standing
Orders on the subject of railways were much too
stringent. Parties were now enabled to get up a railway
line without any due notice, and so suddenly were those
projects brought before the house that they had no op-
portunity of fairly considering the respective interests of
the several parties. Thinking it to be the duty of Par-
liament tti protect the public against those wild schemes,
he should be glad to see those rules in some degree
modified.
Mr. JERVIS supported the motion.
Sir GEORGE SMYTH said that he did not think
the Committee was the proper tribunal to investigate
the claims of competing lines. He would oppose the
motion.
The House then divided, when the numbers were—
, For the motion 27
Against it
Majority against the motion —7l
Mr. MACKIN NON presented a petition against the
Leeds and Bradford Railway.
Col. WOOD presented a petition from a parish in
Cardiganshire, praying that if the County Courts Bill
should pass into a law, the judges to be appointed under
it should be gentlemen well versed in the Welsh lan-
guage.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BATESON presented a petition praying that all
marriages celebrated by Presbyterian ministers in Ire-
land might be at once legalised.
Mr. ROSS presented a petition from Belfast praying
fer a measure to legalise Presbyterian mixed marriages;
also, a petition from the same place praying for a reduc-
tion of the duties on raw cotton.
Mr. WYNN ELLIS presented a petition against the
County Courts Bill, praying that it might not pass into
a law:

Captain rEcum presented a petition from the