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London, England, 1845-05-23 00:00:00

BANKING D;

Proprietors' capital 14,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings-
banks, Commis-
sioners ofNational
Debt, and divi-

dend accounts) 4,357,386
Other deposits 10,276,032
Seven day andother
bills

.03,435,595

M. MA
Dated the 22d day of May, 1

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woo
sack at the usual hour.

MAYNOOTH.

The Earl of FITZHARDINGE presented a great
number of petitions against the Crant to Maynooth,
from the Wesleyan Congregations of Gloucestershire
and Somersetshire. He could not conscientiously give
his support to this grant if he thought that it was only
calculated to excite anxiety and displeasure in England,
without being calculated to give satisfaction to Catholic
Ireland.

THE CHURCH ACTS' AMENDMENT BILL.
This Bill was read a second time before the public
were admitted to the gallery.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that to his
astonishment an important Church Bill had seen for-
warded a stage before he entered the House. He had
alwa-js understood that the hour for commencement
of public business was five o'clock. He had come
into the House at that time, and learned that
this Bill had passed its second reading, al-
though he had been in personal communication
with that Right Reverend Prelate's secretary.
This Bill interfered with the rights of the Crown, and
he was, therefore, surprised that it should have been
read at so early a period of the evening. It was an in-
terference with the rights of the House.
Lord BROUGHAM said that the House would find
means for defending its rights.
Lord CAMPBELL said that as the hour for public
business was five o'clock, any attempt to carry a Bill
before that time was a contravention of the standing
orders.

Lord BIiOUGHAM—Oh ! If it be only a contraven-
tion of the standing orders the House could recover the
point.

The LORD CHANCELLOR—The House is not in
.hat extreme state.

CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW COMMISSION.
Lord BROUGHAM said that he understood that a
report had been made by the Law Commissioners on the
10th of January, in which it was recommended that Li-
verpool should be added to the Northern Circuit.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—The Commissioners
have as yet mhde no report.
Lord BROUGHAM said he had certainly heard that
such was the case.

The LORD CHANCELLOR had heard so many
absurd things in the course of his life, that he was not
surprised.

MAYNOOTH.

The Duke of CLEVELAND presented several peti•
tions against the grant to Maynooth.
The Earl of RODEN presented sixty-six petitions
from Protestant congregations in Ireland against the
grant to Maynooth, several from the Isle of Wight,
and three from Jersey, to the same effect. The
Noble Lord gave notice that when the Bill for the
endowment of Maynooth College came to be read a
second time, he would move for the appointment of a
Select Committee to inquire into the doctrines taught in
that school, and that the Bill be referred to the Com-
mittee.

The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the first read-
ing of the Maynooth Bill, and that it be printed. He
meant to give notice of the second reading of that Bill
on Monday, the 2d of June.
The Marquis of NOR, NIANBY inquired of Lord
%Moment% whether any inquiry had been made as to
the propriety of admitting the public to hear the sermons
preached at Newgate before the condemned criminals ?
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the matter had
been inquired into, but the report had not yet been
received.

SANATORY CONDITION OF TOWNS.
A NOBLE LORD gave notice of a petition which he had
intended to present to the House this night from the
working classes at Manchester, praying that an inquiry
be made into their sanatory condition, but he would post-
pone its presentation until Monday next.
SMALL DEBTS BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM moved the first reading of a Bill
entitled "An Act for securing the payment of small
debt."
The motion was acceded to.

(LEFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF-COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
Mr. P. HOWARD moved, " That it be an instruction
to the Committee on the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railway Bill, to consider the petition of the Car-
lisle Canal Company (presented 30th of April), notwith-
standing the same was not presented three clear days
before the day appointed for the first meeting of the
Committee."

Some discussion arose, but the motion was ultimately
(as we understood) withdrawn.
The report of the Great North of England (Rich-
mond Branch), was brought up and laid on the table.
On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, the report on the
Wiltshire, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill was
further considered, and ordered to be printed.
Sir G. GREY brought up the report of the Committee
on Irish Railways, which was crdered to lie on the table.
The Lady's Island and Tacumshin Embankment Bill
was moved for a second reading.
It was opposed by Mr. REDINGTON and supported by
Mr. F. S. MURPHY.
The House then divided, when there appeared—.
For the motion
For the amendment
Majority
The Bill was then read a second time.
Mr. WODEHOUSE presented petitions against the
Eastern Union Railway Bill.
Mr. DEEDES presented a petition from the Earl of
Romney against the Rochester branch of the South-
Eastern Railway. Also a petition from the Earl of
Romney against the Croydon Railway Extension.
Colonel ROLLESTON presented a petition against
the Erewash Valley Railway.
Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to move a resolution, in con-
formity with that recommended by the First Report of
the Committee on Railways of last Session, viz.:—
" That the following clause be inseretd in all Railway
Bills passing throngh this House :—And be it further
enacted, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed
or construed to exempt the Railway by this or the said
recited Acts authorised to be made from the provisions
Of any general Act relating to such Bills, or of any
general act relating to Railways, which may hereafter
during the present or any future Session of Parliament.
And that the said Resolution be a Standing Order of
this House."
Lord HOWICK said he had already called the atten-

tion of the House to this subject, and he would now
repeat what he had already said, namely, that the House
should not pass those Bills without uefining the rate
of charges. lie did hope the House would interfere, fir it
was ridiculous that the Committee should have this
illimitable power. In some cases they fixed the maxi-
mum rate of charges at 4d. per ton per mile, and in
others at Id., while in some of the Irish railways
the rate was fixed at the extravagant. charge of
sd. per ton per mile fbr the transit of lime and coals.
Again he would call upon the House not to let these
Bills pass the third reading without remedying this
defect.
GISBORNE contended that the Committees were
the proper tribunals before which to decide this question,
and it was only five weeks ago that this House had made
a resolution to that ef-i'cct.
Mr. WARBURTON said he concurred in the views
of the Noble Lord (Lord Howick), and would support
his proposition.

(LEFT SITTING.)

THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDV

AT YA RMOUT I.

- -
THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.
YA RMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The inquest on the bodies of the
suf-
ferers was adjourned about a fortnight since, in order that applica"
tion might be made to the Secretary of State for the assistance of
some eminent civil engineer who should inspect the materials of the
suspension-bridge, and report thereon, in order to guide the jury to
a proper verdict as to the cause of the accident. On Tuesday lot
Mr. Walker, civil engineer, from London, arrived, and made all
due inquiries.
Yesterday the adjourned inquest was held at the Town-hall. The
mayor and nearly all the magistrates of the borough were present.
with many other gentlemen interested in the inquiry. Mur°l r. C
17
Evans appeared for the proprietors of the bridge.. All the i
having answered to their names,
The CORONER in addressing them observed, that at the cottn:
rwencement of this investigation he had stated that I.e had selec
o cases upon which to try the merits of the whole. It aPPore'll
however, from a recent dictum of Baron Alderson, that there had
been some informality in the adjournment. He had, therefore,
now taken a case in respect to rhich there was no informant'', as
the jury hail been summoned upon it for this day. This was the

_ .
case
Ch of Louisa Utng, one the ferers.
arles Walliesti was called; ; he issuf the writer of the extratudridnartol
narrative first published in the Bury Post. He came ferW.3,.„ the
the witness box and appeared to be a good deal confusea
..1.0
awkward and unenviable position in which he had placed in:yeo
Being sworn, he said, in answer to questions—I are ala2d of
clerk, residing in this town. I remember the evening of the 2d
May last, 1 wrote the letter that appeared in the papers
to the late accident. I wrote it in a very excited Oa*"
been drinking brandy. , der true?
The CORONER—Are the statements you made in that ,e
Witness—Certainly not. snorer t°
Mr. James Walker was then sworn—He stated• in to of the
questions by the Coroner, I am a civil engineer, and u'e,Trosident the
Society of Civil Engineers in London. I have bee° r- at ille
that institution for the last ten years. I resigned that cetbe Se-
commencement of the present season. At the reque" t. making
twcwnraisstua:trrbryteleecsotf 'State 1 came to Yarmouth for the purpose °
bridge that
teoadsdootvoes
rot
thean adruitvs,o,ce
river
000tfutte:thsehei,cr.
a:faetiltl i t:ef
north
end
of i
thisb r:0;11. i
a
have examined immediately.
the Ighlfe',3oßur
The CORONER'said,
you are, no doubt, prepared to give your own statement Ty your
own way without being interrupted ; after that the jury
so me questions to put to you." ~. bridge
Mr. Walker then described the materials of which the ~ bad
had been made, the nature of the contracts under which li`i o.j
been constructed, and the alteration by widening it wb,1,,c0 ecei-
been effected. He then referred to the mode in which "dd itt
dent had occurred, and said, I have only a few words to
'of the
conclusion. First, that I consider the immediate eause,,he bar
accident to have been a defect in the joint or welding o_, of
that first gave way. Secondly, that the quality of the ir? o treat,
the workmanship, so far as I have been able to exartlinbad the
have been defective, and would not have been permitted bit; O
work been properly tested. Thirdly, the widening of the rthe ori-
appears to have been made without sufficient reference M `rt, and
ginal strength of the bridge and the weight it had to suPPt;', being
therefore acted as an aggravation of the evil, the streng
en sup.
barely sufficient as the bridge was at first constructed, ev.ii, the
Foutth'Y , hod
posing the quality of the iron to have been good.
original construction of the bridge the contingency aan gr,„esolated'
being all on one side does not appear to have been co te"; love
If it had I think the link on that side WO% OS
consisted of more than two bars, either of vliceti te
unequal to the load that the bridgebacol
carry. I have only to add, that in this investigat _„
ots t
received every assistance from Mr. Cory, one of the pro ion, and
the bridge, in reference to all the documents in his posss:rived et
that has enabled me to come to the conclusibus I have 3,„ ice e'
with less loss of time, and with a greater approximates;
.'"/ of
peril r.ed with
racy than might otherwise have been the case.
add, that the whole weight of this bridge has been ascertrojition
great accuracy by Mr. Scholes, and the weight of t.ti_end 0113.:
made to the width, the latter being comparatively Wei!! oospeod_.
tpnTcahnat.Tbheelbwrheotlheewaedidgiltittoonfttohtehebprildagtfeo,tntinscwltinlg lona . lindecluisa.t.
3 qrs. 25 lbs. With the addition, the whole gross Welngn.ng °nil
ing the railway, was 20 tons 8 cwt. 9 lbs., the additio
.nv,'_, being
not we hole
2 tons 13 cwt. The great evil was, that additio,
...n.,,be w .
outside of the suspendin chains, and, therefore, P r °
laotinside of then
weight of the people ate he time of the accident. e
loin on the
chain, without any part of the weight being 00. 0 c_, .i, Janie'
north side. I may say, acting under the urY, have
Graham, if you, the Coroner, or any gentletruter them. ..,,
any questions to put to me, I shall be glad total::
AAn questions cod..
The CORONER asked the jury if they ha" . . wished te
but no gentleman answered. f the bring" . to the
Mr. Evans, on behalf of the proprietors 0 , attention
nor s that if the
ththoa
d quality
theb
ee7e,nfttparkaarectnt
..gfet:H:pg,
ezer
power
wdirl
eril°
ieyodliwni.lhd:aoen:
thugdapfiiivr.dd
properly
given
toi:thvtle
put some questions, and called lyfr. V" from him,
terms of the contract, with a view to elicit
Would not have
accident
contract had been strictly fulfilled the
occurred. had been
person
the
bad
Mr. Walker, in answer to questions, said If *
directioonfs of
the
j.,
placed to watch the welding of every link of the chain. Levying
oyae given
ttt this
tested,eh ithes u engineersurveyor,
aeisyno doner such:
sir,
.n.wii ;At::
eonu:t :bile
:.
tracts.m ieg it tpowerhAin kocfefirhtt.aat:
way that the contractor would resist the expense of "
think
kn
tdhiasctoevevreerdy•preclo:l;
iron, without a clause in the contract to that effect. te • 1 the
Alter some questions put by the jury, not very 013',,inis ' re.
Court was cleared, and the jury having consulted for an "-urstilig'
turned the following verdict :—" That the deceased, imu,i,;:,lit fail,
came to her death by the falling of the suspension-b"`'-olth'
the river Bure, on the 2d of May last, and that the falling
o •t nt
bridge was attributable immediately to the defect in the.: if
Pall,
welding of the bar that first gave way, and to the quality
emend
of the iron and workmanship, tieing inferior ID the requ'",-d be 01
of the original contract, which had provided that they eb°ll'
the best quality."
I _ ,A

SIR ROBERT PEEL.—ESTATE OF Cr sEl3l3."ooloied
and irsi sobert
by us on Friday last, from a Glasgow paper,
paragraph has been going the round of the Pre"'
Dumfries:ooo
Peel had purchased the estate of Closeburn, in
belonging to Sir Charles Stuart Monteath, for the sum of `2s_u'a been
This statement we understand to be incorrect, and we bni;de
authorised to give it this public contradiction.—Edisihtelif.o3t
BRUSSELS, MAY 20.—This afternoon, at "tho'citi
four o'clock, a shower of hail, of enormous size, fell in
sr. Oa
This is a singular circumstance at this season of the 1.6 s'e
stating that Sir ore,
Sunday night the officer at the railway station at i•°el on 1/1,1,
sassinated, and the chest containing the money receiv „ken:"
Saturday and Sunday broken open and robbed. Tbe,.'r Ithe'
supposed to be about 3,300 f. The notes were not "--",.1014
supposed that several persons were concerned in thil IWO ..-
dot.snli orcell
cause the iron chest bad been removed to some
proper place, though it is so heavy that four persons c`gl
lift it even when empty.
IMPERIAL. PAILLIAMA-

The sameH NO
oUBSE OF :CORDS, May No.
NLEEWLOFRODUbNegDgLedA roPpr.
esent a
jo
rreltitiii°9°,
offhrrnuootmmoita. body, not of those who looked up to eithe'systiolh
of Parliament, but from an assembly of inferior j; of
h behalfe
eqGuoaefl
ntejhruearlisAdiscstei
Assembly
Assembly,i
y withoh theirfyNtehwe fosupLneoartisrhd. i, posia,.l 0,
155 e do fe
otofothloenßgrtiotisrheaedm,phiree wouldTh state the heads °f I`. 0101
th e
packetspetitioners statedp a
pass
s o tnhtaot
Halifax theirs
. had seen with
,ben t
wwasithth
had five hundred miles of sea to return. Thetli3rPiii'
harbour which was fit to receive the whole navY °` diaad j
It was only 1,800 miles from hence to Newf°;ll,lindWwt
but it seemed very odd that the Diew'lLivthe'
people appeared to think that they should go te tbeteo Old
point in order to reach the nearest. By this Br eortes-
- always a week, at least, in arrear with then. arrest
pondence. Sometimes they were a fortnight
dg s 0304
tehmeiols. t ancien!,4o6oo
in summer, and a month in winter, which w,,, 2, sap'
serious evil to a mercantile community. This wrre their
ject which he hoped to see their Lordship o give
serious attention to. or Si/
Lord STANLEY said he couldnot comPla"" low
- „ ,i.
manner in which his Noble and Learned end!t itse'
brought this subject forward, or that the 501VC_C., wOre
bsgnas:V%altilefii
was not an important one; but it would have be. 7.0 hito
notice of his intention to irtroduce it,
convenient. had his Noble and Learned Friend gird rhea
ash e WOW'
.110
hLord
turned his attention to it. O '-
BROUGHAM —wen, then, I will vcithdP
• petition, and give you notice. ; /4olir
Lord STANLEY did not wish to comPel hlptutril''',o;
and Learned Friend to make another speech.--",,„tt
ter.) His Noble and Learned Friend must reconvtia re'
there were various questions to be considered i
Jos!
spect to the various post -office arrangements. 11e,., for P
also recollect that the harbour of St. John's w:.'7.,,, tile
considerable portion of the year inaccessible, welitil'r. t 1
harbour of Halifax was open throughout the )
_too al
was, therefore, more advantageous to have the sa,
,i ;he
Halifax. This was not a subject which had eocil;their
attention of the Government, but it was now u u
consideration, and it would not be neglected._ f„rai was
Lord BROUGHAM said that his Noble 011.1, was,
rather premature in his pleasantry. There nature
of
pleasantry less founded in fact. It was the if.,, well
pleasantry to be founded in fact. Pleasantry, ryas Tba
entertaining when it was pot founded in leo9,niff
hter) lea'
was neither lively nor amusing.—
was the case in the present instance, Lau
t_he p Thera
(Laug'riend's Port
was neither fact nor joke in his Noble 1 , ,he rep,
wintry. Had his Noble Friend consideren t's a rea,
which was attached to the petition ? There w"
report, And
deal of importance in that most elaborate...,
lacono-
yet his Noble Friend called it only a I;clia little
rid
vience. He would ask whether it was if
convenience for the people of St. John'°sl,l Illf_ttrl' isaitct
Newfoundland to receive their letters one Ja" ",,,ent,)s.
—trier .- _tot
from the mother country during the oili- ,nino ,
It was not very likely curriedhis '?1).1,, "iintlre,c:
the mail bags would be lv.",, 1,0,in
11;
miles round by sea, and then be brought back
petition was acted on. He thought tlotu , lioya 'co ibt 101,.
the harbour, which would be in fact theurtleittinit,:f ttilic,
communication originally by Newfoun.dl '..ri accette
union 1
fax would be a most difficult operation,sty ,_,, opir:
had been very much confirmed by whatto .
.s
siierehhate,
the intervention of the sea. He con'
a
his Noble Friend in reply. Previously . 111.0%,,.. he
c,"
had seen only one side of the questioi!lenly'
veryfilltitly!
been made acquainted with both.
bun.!! 1031'ttee 0
.opir.
inclined to refer this petition to a C
Id give his b
. tamly wou
Lordships' House ; and he cer
port to it. EC E. ers•
TURKEY AND GRE nap . .
ve fUr certain rfor le
Lord BEAUMONT rose to xne , , last, . re-
of which he had given notice on Tue.sus.rahst inut
C 5
certain ettors ...- soot
formation with respect to Cartain circurn ~,,,
cently transpired in the east. vo, „ion in !_01.4:j
had occurred in Greece, since the renal; been restore)
and that country had
only very recej7:llo fri

Ito Peace, He • I .d to have particular information on
the matters hewlimide referred to. The present Gzv.etrp,•l
tient of Greece hail shown an utter disregard f b
4" of humanit and the rights of nations. They hat}.
et"
upon the frontiers of Turkey a Sys
4411. of brigandage which would justify Turkey in
il4,s'ing war, or to require the three Powers to interfere
r the protection of Turkey against those marauders.
Their Lordehi s were aware that there were three per-
' tie3ia Greec Pthe Entelish Russian, and French parties.ereei..
ir:l,'Yeh Party was supposed to have its particularato a
ma..l
1 head of the English party was Mavrocord ,
But,'
Ihom Europe placed the greatest confidence.
ver),
4t-IltirlatelY that party was now down at the
hhckoln waghe '"cale ofpelitieal influence. The
teseconbyd.
qt.LY the Russian, which was represented
cdonfi-
dez:as, but be had so often wavered, that
Pert was re Posed in him. The third party, thei French
it Y, Was headed by Colletti, a man who
th_aed beenpal
ik,arone time a prominent member of h
It ILPtajt./;, who
k‘d ip, a . eel( into a mere state
acted - entirely independent,
~areli(ll
ita..een the nature of the mea;snorfe NbN.rhircahncei3adsufor
,',l,lst the union of the Greek Church with the Churcuht
ari, );Darla and which had subsequently brought abo
i•liti;°,e'olution of September 1843. In the year 1.8e4,11
of 11 Guizut, express
the Mattao‘2pere and also that i .
he
..,..
aloo constitutional Governmentbse-
sheZt'L from that view Russia di& d_
.17t
asucoup
.re., should not
tete the Three Powers coalesced, and b
ti
i,
~.,coestitutional Government superseded a .harba-
wak; '''e• At the advice of England and France this
4 ai.2,eded, and it was anticipated that an end would
and imlead !et the existing feuds; but intrigues sup Iln
kuoe,6 'e_el to the present unhappy state of affairs.
wt, ~:4 the die present
from which he was quoting, it
''otild tit,. that ally extension of the Greekd franchise
Forte, the eat 7;." greet umbrage at the Porte, an
Thee e .of
.great inconvenience and embarrassment.
feel 'pie, in another dispatch—one from Swrrat
0.14 allaing to Lord Aberdeen—it was stated
and
had the Yach had called upon him,
wereZ°Plained oaf thi intendedea alteration. These.
eke ands of the strongsestpaesages in the corresponthde-
Iltin.re-atie4ethbe whole of -the - answers went to give
Yet the
Nein , at the Porte Should be protected.
eateioveriniat had permitted the issue of various
tbtstesssttl.l4 aatins, calling upon the Greeks
die:ite Is question of the enlargement of t
anti
te Zb, :fitieeysetniotoo Gwraeseks who did not reside in Greece, '
lY ia Greec evQ?
disc*Listssecsisgterreieuntcoptnhoswetaenrhsitioyoufse
ftt I
14aibassadare;
otioitnhplairinr
tmadehoetf.
the Aobtiehi;gB tO which he eltiadeecalled the attention or
that
1,ii1,/itiopyt
c,ttylii,ioll.4l:4l'ietvat.ll;(Abbtelieerclite e ntdu)4,, u
ebNu to
to
lte did
remedya erlotwaopuPßeelforlirrl),,,:
'lit-ling eel) "'use which li had held out. .
),4 down he weal, e
,11. made Ilse
oc
,‘,,, correct one expression which he
tiZtiby a C . . Jule spoke of Greece as not fitted_etwo
er onstitutionala.G.overnment. There were
.f
tir,es which were
*le h`j4ernment, but first fitted to
hheavethaouCohontstiihtuat-
ett4 o reason wit
L nevertheless
ii.,..,*43 tak nti Y
„bleY Should not have oTn
titek-thml'o,w,eeeei-s-hloantidtoey could not abuse it. heirthdrenee
have looked over, and attendtiiffvee.rly,
trot
N;itio"4 Proceed. have
of Greece. It was
e to led, I.'n'n other independent kingdomisn.
the
ord. It Pendent Power in the proper sense of .
41,1 ite Ns the , • ' e - 'Teat Powers,
alt was
It freeo reation or the three
h!ges an
ahu"..".111,. was guaranteed by those Pienw_earsn'
,:i;,'•el eft it__"Rot.Y then to think' of their allowe
0,
ratet and:rra!ders to assemble on the f frontiersrme t
d Go-
sed:sreht. wet_tl_e
_satction of this newlyo
by
Then ,theso ;at, he would ask, was done
it patiently.
Turkey
Go-
if
the
44,1 trti,,,num stances ? They bore. I
keet,hed e)Lett to the foreign Powers to inteF,
raceful
ete7* to wh.le s° he 'was satisfied that the drsg
have
00.
;44. 14,
Wouldlehhe had adverted would not. e re, and
PerlisiNdeee_
whet hove' therefore, for copitcheeo
Noble
topq the 117 which had passed between
Sir Strat-
f the
th,t, tittoill, ad of the Foreign Affairs and .
tt,-I.Nces",aild Sir Edward Lyons, relative to the
lite- the ',blab he had alluded, but he would leave.w
eetthatereflon of the Noble Earl how much or be
titZteritjet°lr,,,esporidence he would produce.
It the rom
it
was not
kw 'Y th '''' bilinEEN P the notice of motion
'Jr kb °I• hita
know rd who had sat down,
in
view,
tett the a he precise object he
he
ex
Butcorect opinion as to the evils to whichi,r _ he
;:4,4
t[t f
aa
i, 'rere the speech of had
the Noble d
of
.4111,-tke il-ettaht Incursions-the of Greek troopso had
le ;Nu 114" e kade U o frontiers Turkey.be
ital/4!tete,°doalit that 4•
r 1.410' were ~. these exigencies, however to e
°fietllle am 7.rauch lamented at Athens 44 114 loriodo with the
the Greekof
theaoe banditti. The
,rinismaesnatt Con-
(Lmoentt
harl4%ltig%tnee exiacwepht's'inactltise Noble Lord
G, k,s;rltaa
a_.l-eagierition that the Greek Go
tc)ree t'alt wr.illY to the frontier. lie was not
tiheendclto th Ithrthe Turkish Government for
sending
by
'or tc,-.,ry p,,,", troetier for they hid been s vern.iag prepared a
(11.Wl'llt ale"t44llsati'and they could not e r
be:
*filth thud ensures funs,.their own protection.
provocation litifli ,„t kilJl4:4-1.114 of Preventing the
publica-
qiiteee-*te ire, '44%1 had ltamthe
5 iiiir444nt. -4 Ptif referred. Tohfes
the
the es
r,,fe The
4reeeetjy independentvsa
p pers publishedd which
thee Greek
Hied:ll;4l.e tl'ot9 tte°,' andl newspapers
only remedy
Yen ap-
Nib., ' that
-ings admitted had
strict)
t'h l•tel • " 7'uree , a
ent had s
. ere . tile Ise Government thieh.,"as 11 . , eireetati h of these documents.
4:'4ll.'"eatit afr'?"n'tnatien ° except with respect to that.
part !he itiNzellieli ‘:Paiotally unworthy of being
'm ea irelivid . t "A'as a mere act of robbery on
tkri eat. The battle quite une ted with the Go•
t(4,l4'Plivties
it`Ziiiiiilrtl haednenseereibed at length the
Ske44)r.tadhettist,h (.4 an„4?;e:Z intnts now divided.. Theany
',l4ltt scarcely ee°pugleitt isti,t upon tilYatirseueb'toetm. ;:tiet he
11 his criticism. eVra (Lord Aberdeten) to follow
►ttt Is far Qs he was lls (Lord Aherdepo,s)
able, to preserve friendly relations
Ilt Z.ll this countr ;" °lt ht" I' ' '}' and ibrei nations. If it were
kilt wet the •'-',lntsters had beet'
e,_ e misfortune
of
thea
tajtahe to which AP tinted in Greece,
country • but it was-a
ettirphtee.) li
did other countries werealso liable.-
4k; expect e. e not .
t' k "141 (Lord AC know h
teet %to the er ow the Noble Lord
e
eel') to advise his Helern
4ei-, t.o the a banner ie which he should act with
It the"
that't PPointraent of his
IA/furl:ll' Minis should
Tehe Noble
,titti rid
iuwtahe English party
reduced
t4,,illen,P*4)collidst degree of degradatironee;ebwnetrhe (Lord
rt the eglish aisitflire the Noble Lord that he was mis-
Nile wealth • acute ill Greec really depended
fete, ere; , integrity d e •- our
'll !Y• Irki ellr co„' 111.1 ente.rprise of
that
ti;tl,,tipt.p., . e cow:, a s ercial dealings with
that
, t.:sts of 1i311,, Brits tare the Noble Lord -
eel, .w the itc.r.l'sb subjects would be pro
+4i. ))hail's •
'4 °it e virstt • in Greece whom he
1., eet, ere to , no Intention on the part of the
hi
fit' must tolerate :kfie .ireei
ealtihe Thritiashtleler
ruaggirrepssi?p.
eon the part of
h however,
1/21,1 itt4:theet, ted ?Pon to inPterfere.becyLse a small
kakt°4k pi amorally unconnected with the country,.
1,, (44 hailh eepeetokrdered three or four unfortunate
batilhpetl adeatt"l"aleh the Turkish Government had
„1.141,41• T4l, evil entirely against pamphlets and
kili"hh.4' he ,04 was no real necessity for it. In
'tiler eh 1, Pakrs das
the Noble Lord that there
s help
rsolltle,./1 as those to which he had re erred
41 A',4l4ii getti and he
thth, -40 ht raeet
Noblest decline to hunt t"
‘,:th'tr hi. NONT the Lord s views.
_,
e; reoehe said a few, words in reply, and
eijoei/441e.
to rea,l.6 0144e1,11/.4E TRUSTS BILL.
ittOhkit threading ott t•ier-4-4LOR then rose to move the
iehY the
as, le Charitable Trusts Bill, and to
k4f, h, 111 had LLY° of the measure. The only par-
°‘ t4t, jiSJN ll3 view
briefly to
,'ilbi -tbd h Of the
~,. at Present, was
..
'h ' ree /th • 4'lll, an to make it distinctly
I, kl''• Alect eir Lord
no
Otleet'''letee ed that • ships. Their Lordships, .
'tit, ea , to i -11 l the ear 1818 a Commission
'thelllll:44h..7lllVtllel;ltlire intoYthe charitable trusts of
lk'etrjtoeoB3:'' .I.t awri,(l this Commission was con-
re o`,l (it Bed the, Corn 3 but due to the gentlem _
s,,,,tri4titllei
h,s
ie!.e dot-ti,.taission to say that thae6viihitayd.
i rtitel 'tie kiZlishea " thirty fidelity, zeal, and
of reports,
4tilq'%th°e*lltattllle kgseevte.nofvaolluttesmatrs con-
Om‘Dp 1144 eieh U ,Ket into wt.'s* nCommission had
14,"iit khii !is the lc the)
eNtigt,teeiet ea.heo t,_ , effect of those repo_
us,es
in
‘t theY itts,'_4l tended to correct b
arts tbhea.t
,Reikt,'e th 4. ""oces. It bad always been
l'tllt, tore ports would be followed by soretsat
ittv.h. hno_, zaarle:e, buelieved that some
ki:Pli,,tJac° 401,4 th,ree t,‘the, ended. in no practical
itt:e 41
trnihotit, ri., telt it his duty, as one of her
majesty's
keeatit that"tlng f„ `ll connexion with her A ,141;tirtil;:stlhtiit,°!:_ feFtth'
eair°:(lv:Cide submitted hi3mi lilt tfeocir tthhies measurePnrPose to
),leilliti'tketioii"vere a 44ordships' mature delibeirwathilo.(ihi.
eitie 4„
._
teeth r -are that the only tribune.
cases
t.d..74 e esPeet breaches of trust in
lie was
4.ei,,Nlth.tet't,t,-Nthitt'ttfroth °tit:ll oftphancery. Now 2 .
__, in
oh h hiti An tribe-xPerience that he had btu,
..0
i.atrl" liki 4in was better calculated to (1
fr N• 1.1 Net of of charity than the Court to
t le, reee red.
In 4,,.%1 a e et' r A eeries of decisiorts had been
ekt:4,r'!Ysteth at eminence, by which had le!eun
tykt,l4.y cw-itie doir perfect, as it appeared tehtlie,
Ntltiti'pr 04
,seet Q'l4 jeatiee in cases to whichf
rtiu-
t.' et trhstitutio 'silts applicable. But, un o
al. a
oh'
s.' , ill
_Jttltt teth,,s_
al,
of the Court of.Chancery,a
e,'rpt) Itt , tia sea WhZ4., ~.Ito
c7asr.inapplicabtlemesmall
tore than
(I:lfiti tptltte, it.rt)h4aXpetts:eLoof tiaa,;ul
.wasn
le . Pee. thet ,„ teary •it in Chancery
'kilt' `''lll-''s ‘;elott
might
one knew that the merebriefs
!r, k it 4, ihe to the
~. caused the delivery of
It:tii4enewill'a4d. ii'lase teirlo before a decree
elsiir7tayl
'itie Il4:s,k'Nh te I,,ir SELMWUellellaoalualyithoafdt aettempted
phi' h` DZill, the'st_e!l these expenses. In 1812, he
he ;It .II r %le, °Teef of which was, as declared
till
,114114 et ihii, uses °_ give a more summary
,_ttLhkti‘e4tte,tt d ppovi, uf breach of trust in cha•
te hp
ele ~ thp 'ed that instead of proceeding
et, -.(,h4partie3 should proceed by petiti,m,
r4',niliatefielieatvioea'tor Shenk! summarily adjudicate the
ild*elikte lit its e .That word " summarily" should
‘ 1 . itti 41,
i, rdiriary sense b t must be taken
l'etithe.:ati g:,
hissaLrY of the c' °of Chancery. He
l'lt'kY t',ltlit Oteese,," tne course of "roreteedingunde that
tot
ttli t„,.ee._ to 1): cerrtairdy had
been diminished, but
qittirtk';'d 4:tyived
ollietehseented to tile Chancellor, and a
IN*,n4l4e,4tte claestieh ?Posite party whose conduct
h '4. t;), °Pthre • lie ease came into Court with
(!, 4, kw,,t4 ree
(i_ ! counsel on each side. It might
firj4'l4l 41,t, he 41.8--questions would arise which
tiN le (I'ra'-'l-het etered tO the Master arise
Master
Ane'll, t,t,elcellace.ry, two would be returned to the
e4h: lift; ritiill t'l It. il 4 exceptions and objections
1,,,7‘1 lee) reiott tc,''''"ly the report would be con-
'ertkt;ee rtee a 67
,referred back to the Master,
11,,_gti4. kiia.'n ad, ta' order had been obtained, an
t vre ose,_, he h„,, 0 their Lordshi s' House. In
ltl'etti, se:s4.--sh7wobtteeid°
es'lYilig he woPuld refer to on.e
kt 'ad et it eh • "ne them as they happened.
ill the
litk ykr
. tity at
tattle, in Sussex, which
hottattiertr, 41.413:,e. The charity was a house,
) and ; ' It evhought desirable
'avert
the proceeds in the public

funds. It was impossible to do that, without an appli-
cation to the Court of Chancery. The application was
made. A bill was filled, and referred, of course, to the
Master, to ascertain whether the sale would be benefi-
cial to the charity. The Master repotted in favour of
the sale, which took place, and the proceeds were in•
vested in the funds. What was the cost of those pros
ceedings ? As he had said, the value of the property was
48/. a year, and the costs of the application amounted
to 3001 or six years' income of the charity. There were
numerous cases of that description. There was the case
of a charity in Essex, which realised 601 per annum,
and this property was let on lease. Some parties ques-
tioned the propriety of that lease, and an information
was filed for the purpose of setting it aside. The pro-
ceedings were commenced in the Court of Chancery and
occupied a considerable period of time. At length both
parties beeame tired of litigation, and the result was,
that the information was abandoned on condition that the
parties proving the information should pay their costs
The costs of thosq proceedings amounted to 650/ I
would be seen therefore that in such cases as them
the Court of Chancery was ineffectual, and the conic
quence was, that many of the charities were entirely lost
There were 13,000 charities in this kingdom whose in.
dividual amount was less than 5/. a year ; there were
18,000 which did not exceed 101. g year ; and there
were 21,000 nos exceeding 20/. a year. For the control
of these the Court of Chancery was wholly inapplicable.
In his opinion the interposition of that tribunal was in-
sufficient for any charity under 50/. a year, and there
were no less than 25,000 charities of that nature in the
kingdom, over which there was no judicial control, and
no practical means of their being preserved to those who by
the bounty of others were entitled to them. The principle
he recognised in this Bill was that recommended by the
Commission appointed under the Lower House to report
upon the subject. He proposed to create a tribunal com-
posed of three Commissioners, invested with a power of
adjudication, absolutely summary; that power should
extend over all charities under 201. a year, although, as
he had before observed, in his opinion, 50/. would be
the preferable amount. As to the limits of their
authority, they should, in the first place, be empowered
to call on trustees to render an account of the trust com-
mitted to their guardianship. Secondly, of appointing
new trustees, of effecting sales, of exchanging and
granting leases, and, in fact, possessed of all those
powers vested in the Court of Chancery. Such should
be their jurisdiction in cases of small charities, unlimited
and summary; but he proposed to extend their powers
to other large amounts. They should be authorised to
call on the trustees of such important charities to fur-
nish returns elucidatory of the nature and due discharg(i
of the trust, but with no power to rectify what they
might consider an abuse. One part of the Bill related to
the directions of municipal ebarities. When the municipal
Bill was passed, it had been apprehended that such
rights would have been dangerously interfered with.
Corporate bodies were then invested with the trust pro
tempore, and, on the non•interposition of Parliament,
trustees were selected ; and, but for the expense attend-
ing it, no better course could be adopted. But when he
remembered that in the case of the Shrewsbury trust
550/ was paid out of the charity for the appointment of
trustees, in the Salisbury charity 4081., in the Exeter
600/, and in the Hereford 7501, solely as tax costs for
supplying the vacancies of trustees, he did think that a
measure was imperatively called for to rectify the abuse,
especially when two or three persons, in as many hours,
could settle the subject, without all that intricacy of
machinery and consequent expense.—(Hear, hear.) The
Commissioners would hold their office contingent on
their good behaviour ; they would, on appointment,
take an oath of the due discharge of their
duties, and, in fact, would hold their office
by the same tenure as the judges. Wholly independent
of the Crown they would be less open to political suspi-
cion. The Masters in Chancery at present performed
these duties, but they were appointed by the Minister of
the Crown, by whom their decisions could be set aside.-
Undue influence was much more likely, therefore, to be
suspected, he did not say justly, under the present than
the proposed system. The first appointment he proposed
to leave to the decision of the Committee on the Bill : he
should, when it was in that stage, name individuals for
the post, and it would be for the House to sanction and
adopt their nomination. As to the means by which this
new-created tribunal was to be paid, three modes sug-
gested themselves to his mind, either, first, that the ne-
cessary sum should be taken out of the Consolidated
Fund, or, secondly, out of a small per centage on the
charities, or, thirdly, by a union of those two methods.
For himself, he was inclined to suggest that one per
cent. should be levied on the charities, and if that
(contrary to his anticipations) were not found sufficient,
the remainder should be taken out of the Consolidated
Fund. However, as that must depend on the will and
pleasure of the house below, he would not dwell upon it
then. The principle of the Bill was to supply the last
defects in the administration of justice as regarded small
charities. Other propositions had been engrafted in the
Bill, all tending to a saving of enormous expense, and
the remedy of palpable abuses.--(Elear, hear.)
Lard BROUGHAM did not rise to make any length-
ened observations on the measure so ably introduced by
his Learned Friend on the Woolsack ; but having an
experience of thirty years in the entire subject, in
all its bearings and its most minute details, be
had had occasion to see the working of :the pre-
sent and the importance of the proposed system.
The manner in which he intended to appoint the trus-
tees would remove any supposition that there would be
a wrong appropriation of the funds, and a fair distribu-
tion of the funds would result to all the charitable insti-
tutions of the country. He would agree with his Noble
Friend as regarded the general principles of the measure
he had brought forward, but he believed that the Court
of Chancery was not the best constituted authority for
removing abuses in small charities, as it was ridiculous
to suppose that 2001. or 300/. could be spent in regulating
the proper distribution of charities of an amount not ex-
ceeding 10/. per annum. The Bill provided for the re-
newal of trustees when the trusteeships were vacant, and
that was a most important point. For often great diffi-
culties arose from the vacancy of that responsible
office.—(Hear, , hear.) No respectable parties
would have any objection to a full inquiry
into the receipts and disbursements of the charities the
funds of which they distributed. It was inconsistent
with the possibility of belief that there could he any-
thing wrong in the management of those funds, when
those who held them courted inspection and the fullest
inquiry. He thought that these inquiries, under such
circumstances, should not be made ; for they resulted,
more frequently than not, merely from the desire of gra-
tifying an idle curiosity. It was for Noble Lords to
consider, first, the constitution of the tribunal, and then
the expense of it. The constitution of the tribunal
was all in all, and his Noble and Learned
Friend had stated his opinion on this head in a
most lucid manner. He had, however, some doubts
about the conveyance of trusts in a similar manner
to that adopted in the management of corporations.
The appointment of such a tribunal as that suggested by
his Noble and Learned Friend did not coincide altoge-
ther with his opinion. It would not do to bring the su-
pervision of the appointment of trustees-immediately
under the authority of Masters in Chancery. One rea-
son for giving them those powers was stated to be, that
from the nature of the high offices they held in the judi-
cial administration they were not exposed to any poli-
tical influences, but he considered that they might be
liable to be biassed in their selections in an indirect
manner. Much, in his opinion, remained to be ar•
ranged as to the constitution of the trustees. The mea-
sure generally met with his entire approbation, and when
some few alterations which he had suggested should
have been made, he had no doubt it would prove a most
salutary one. He would, therefore, with great satisfac-
tion, give his; support to the second reading of the Bill,
reserving however to himself the right of opposing the
details at a future period. He should like very much to
refer the Bill to a Select Committee to be appointed by
their Lordships to arrange the executive part of the
measure, as he thought it was most important that this
should be attended to.

Lord COTTENHAM said he thought the suggestions
of his Noble and Learned Friend should be acted on.

Lord LYNDHURST observed that he would take
care that those suggestions were not lost sight of, and
that they should meet with every attention.
Lord COTTENHAM continued to say that Masters
were at present appointed by the Court of Chancery,
and he thought that they should continue to be ap-
pointed by it. In municipal charities trustees in many
instances had been neglected to be appointed, and it was
only when the charities had been brought into the
Chancery Court that they had been appointed. In the
present Bill the Court had not been given power to ap-
point trustees, and, therefore, he could not permit the
Bill to pass. Tht jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery
extended to municipal charities of all amounts, and it
would be for the consideration of Parliament to decide
whether it was advisable to restrict their power.
Lord ASHBURTON stated that he wished that the
petitions for alterations in the administration of charities
that had been presented might be referred to the
Committee.

Lord LYNDHURST said they would be so referred,
and that alterations provided for in this Bill had been
intended for all charities, both large and small.
Lord CAMPBELL said, he should protest against the
power of the proposed Commissioners on the appoint-
ment of trustees in Municipal Charities. It was a sub-
ject of the greatest importance to the individuals who
participated in those charities. The present source for
appointing Commissioners rested with the Lord Chan-
cellor, and he would call in the assistance of one of the
Masters in Chancery to make the selection; subject to the
Lord Chancellor's approval. The only objection that
had been made to this course had been the expense, and
this was a serious objection. The three Commissioners
contemplated to be appointed were by the Secretary of
State. In the first instance they were to be named in
the Bill and then they were to be appointed by the Se-
cretary of State. Now there were three Secretaries of
State—one for the Home Department, another for the
Foreign Department, and a third for the Colonies, who
were all in a capacity to act one for the other, and were
invested with equal powers. Any one of
them might appoint any person he pleased,
without responsibility, to be one of the Commissioners.
The Commissioners, according to the provisions of the
Bill, might go down to Liverpool or Warwick, or any
other town, and appoint all the trustees as they might
think fit. They might nominate them from the Tory
side or from the Liberal side, giving a preponderance to
one or the other, as the motive might be.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—They have no power
to remove trustees, but to supply vacancies.
Lord CAMPBELL differed from his Noble and
Learned Friend. It gave them absolute power to add
to the number of trustees, so as to swamp the Tories on
the one side, or vice versa. It was said that the Com-
missioners were sworn to exercise their duties honestly,
and would be above doing a political job ; but could they
have the same authority as that belonging to the Lord
High Chancellor of England or the Masters of Chancery?
Could they have the same deference shown towards them,
or the same amount of confidence, that those high officers
of the Crown possessed? Ile should strenuously oppose

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.

The following is the list frc
lected to serve on those Rai
mence their sittings in the wei
day of June.
Sir T. D. Acland.
Mr. N. Alexander.
Mr. Baine.
Mr. Ireland Blackburne.
Mr. Bradshaw.
Hon. G. Cavendish.
Mr. Cochrane.
Hon. R. Clive.
lion. H. Cholmondeley.
Hon. 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.

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

Mr. S. Lane Fox.
Lord R. Grosvenor.
Lord Marcus llill.
Captain Jones.
Mr. Kemble.
Mr. Mitchell.
Lord Norreys.
Mr. Pringle.
Cel. the lion. E. G. Pennant
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.

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, it half after twelve.
,_
Select Committee on Group 11. adjourned till Thursday,
May 30, at twelve.
Glasgow, 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.

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

Monmoutli 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,—Conunittee on Bill, Monday, June 2,
at twelve.

Leeds and Bradford Extension (Shipley to Colne) Rail-
way,—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.

RAILWAY BILLS BEFORE
PARLIAMEtT.

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).
The 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.
Tho Richmond and West-end Junction.
The Staines and Richmond.
The Great Grimsby and Sheffield.
The South-Eastern (Maidstone anti Rochester).
The South-Eastern (Branches to Deal and Waliner, 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
Chilhan3, with Branch to Sheerness).
The Newcastle and Berwick Railway, with Branch to
Kelso.

:',^7k,l‘A;!;! v.r

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

The Bury and Ipswich.
The Ipswich end Norwich Extension.
The Lynn and Ely.
The Belfast and Ballymena.
The Dublin and Belfast Junction, with Branch to
Dro ,hecia. and hells.
The Dublin and 'Drogheda (Howth Branch).
The Ulster Extension (Portadmvi 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 Bendon.
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 ana 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 Tnmworth 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 Pontypotd.
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 (Parkside Branch).
The Liverpool and Manchester (Extensions into Li-
verpool),
Trent Valley (with the exception of the Potteries and
Alrewas Branches).
The Clydesdale Junction.
The Caledonian.
The Edinburgh and Hawick.
The Scottieh Central.
The Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway).
The Londonderry and Enniskillen.
The Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Extension.
The Blackburn, Darwea, and Bolton.
The Aberdeen.
The Dundee and Perth (Line on the Nerth Bank of
the 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 (Hereford and Biggleswade
Junction).
The Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough).
The Midiand 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 Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction. •
The Newark and Sheffield.
The North Wales Mineral Railway Extension.
The Preston and Wyre (Lytham and Blackpool Branches),
The Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester.
'The Sunderland, Durham, and Auckland.
The Wear Valley.
'rho West London (Thames Extension).
The Newcastle and Darlington, and Brandling Junction
Extension.
The Aehton,: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 Bedew-.
The Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction.
The Chaster and Birkenhead Extension.
The Blackburn and Preston (Alterations, Extensions,
and Branch).
The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton.
The Eastern Counties (Finsbury Extension).
The Huddersfield 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 (Tyne-
mouth Extension and New Quay Branch).
The North Union Extension to the River Ribble.
The 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 and Holyhead.
The 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.
The railway department have not the information ne-
cessary 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,

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 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 under Lord Cottenham. and
to the effect that the appointments under the Crown
should be above all suspicion.
Lord COTTENIJAM 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 adjourned,
at a Quarter past Eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMOiVS, May 22.
At Four o'clock, there nut being 40 Members presen
the 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 Sandon 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. Colquhoun ap-
pointed chairman.
Select Committee on Group A.
Sir Arthur Brooke discharged from attendance on the
Committee.
Sir R. Philipps (tlaverfordwest),
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 following
Committees on Railway Groups:—
A Committee of
1. Mr. Beckett (Leeds ),—Chairman,
2. Mr. Edward Buller (Stafford),
3. Mr. Childers (Melton),
4. Mr. G. R. Philips (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),
e whom they have referred the Bills and projects comprised
n 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,
Glasgow, 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, June 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 Z.
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.

D. O'BRIEN.

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the very same names and copying the labels and bills,
endeavour to pass off their trash as the genuine " arti-
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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 H. Elphin-
stone, P. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton, Turner,
Wemyss, and Cock, Lieutenant-Generals Sir Henry
Bouverie, Sir J. Macdonall, Sir R. Barton Sir T. Dallas,
and Sir Wm. Etistace, Admirals Lord John Hay, Sir G.
Cockburn, Sir David Milne, Sir George Munday, Sir
George Martin, Sir James H. Whitshed, Sir D. Gold,
Ross, Alexander, Curzons, Tompkinson, Hollis, and
Price, Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austen, Rear-Admirals
Brown and Ribouleau, &c. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons,
Opticians, have invented Spectacle Lenses upon a npw
construction—Immediately they are placi d 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, for relief of most extreme
deafness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Optic
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.
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—The Triple Hair Brush, One stroke of this is cqual
to the effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs,
and one even-cut brush ;to be had in four sizes, No. 7,
59. Gd, ; No. 8,7 s. 6d. ; No. 9,9 s. Gd. ; No. 10,
The Double Anti Pressure Nail Brush, which does not
divide the quick from the nail .no pressure being re-
quired, and thoroughly cleans and polishes the nails in
a tenth part of the time of any other method ; price in
bone, No. 1, 25.; No. 2,2 s. Gd.; No. 3,3 s. 6d.; No. 4,
5g.; 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. 1, hard ;:No. 2, lsss hard; No. 3, middling;
No. 4, soft. The narrow brushes, No. 5, hard; No.
less hard; No. 7. middling; No. 8, soft, ut Is. each, or
los. 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 bristle 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 MARYLEHONS CLUB AND GROUND
v. THE PETWORTU CLUS.AND GROUND.--This first-elan match was
brought to a conclusion on
Wednesday afternoon in the midst of
somewhat heavy rain.—Marylebone the winner.

7 MANCHESTER AND LEEDS
RAILWAY.
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING.
MANCITESTER, THURSDAY.—Yesterday a special general meet-
ing of the Shareholders of this railway was held in the Palatine
Hotel, in this town, " For the special purpose of having a draft or
copy of a proposed Bill now before Parliament, intittiled • 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 Ileywood 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, its 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, int:tuled ' 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 Railway, in the Audenshaw division of the
pariah of Aahton.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 purpose 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 anti
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 '►lanchester 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 tnaking
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 HOULDSWORTH, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided on the occasion. Having briefly opened the proceedings,
be 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 1,490,0004 to eom..
plete 72 miles of railway.

AMALGAMATION WITH THE MANCHESTER, BOLTON,
AND BURY RAILWAY.

A special general meeting was called at the same place, Lr 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, on the motion of the Chairman,
seconded by Mr. J. B. BINGLor, the meeting unanimously autho.
rised the Directors to enter into any arrangement with the Bolton
Company which was of 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.
Sra,—ln 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,