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gines of each vessel; also copies of the reports of the sailing
and other qualities f her Majesty's sloops Mutine, Water-
witch, Pantaloon, and Osprey, whilst proceeding in company
to their several destinations on foreign service.
ANCTION DUTIES.
Mr. RICARDO wished to know when the duty upon auctions
was to cease.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that
the duty upon auctions was directed to cease from the time of
the report of the resolution, and that communication had been
given to that effect.

The House adjourned at Half-past Five.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
shortly after Five o'clock.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented petitions
from different parts of Kent against the grant to the College of
Maynooth.
'The Bishop of WINCHESTER also presented similar pe.
titions from Downshire and other places.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented similar petitions.
Lord STANLEY presented similar petitions from Bedford,
and other places, in favour of the grant to the College of May-
nooth.

The Duke of NORFOLK gave notice that on Friday he
would present a petition from the English Catholics in favour
of the grant to Maynooth.
THE SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH.
The Earl of PO WIS presented several petitions against the
grant to Maynooth ; and a petition from Chester and its neigh-
bourhood against the union of the sees of Bangor and St.
Asaph. The Noble Earl, in pursuance of a notice 'which
he had given on Friday last, stated that it was his in-
tention cn Tuesday next to move the second reading of
the Bill on the subject, which was now lying upon their
Lordships' table. He should reserve to himself the
power of making such alterations as the circumstances of
the ease might require. He would, at the same time, take
the liberty of moving their Lordships to order the report of
the Committee, appointed last year to search for precedents of
the case of the Bangor and St. Asaph Bill be printed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked that any altera-
tions ought to be stated to the House before the motion of the
second reading was matte.

The Earl of POWIS was not prepared at the present mo-
ment to state the precise nature of the alterations, or the
precise course be might hereafter be disposed to take. It was
his wish to give her Majesty power, by the advice
of the Privy Council, to appoint two Bishops, but,
nevertheless, he might only be disposed simply to
repeal the Act of union of the two sees. He was not, how-
ever, prepared to pledge himself to any particular course which
he intended to pursue, because he wished to reserve to him •
self the right of adopting what course he thought advisable.
Lord MONTEAGLE- asked whether the Government had
any objection to lay on the table cf the House, before the Bill
was read a second time, a return showing the exact state of
the parochial clergy in these two dioceses, and exhibiting the
state of the episcopal fund.
The Bishop of LONDON observed that the first Ecclesias-
tical Commission had already made such a return, and that re-
turn was printed some time age.
IRISH LAND COMMISSION.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE laid on the table of the House the
repot I of the Commission respecting the occupation of land in
Ireland.

RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the third reading of this
Bill.

Lord BROUGHAM had so often addressed their
Lordships on the subject of Railway legislation tha
the did not think it necessary kr him, on the
present occasion, to trouble their Lordships at any great
length. The mischief of the course they were now
pursuing was threefold. The first Has the very great
and almost unavoidable haste with which several of
the railway measures must be carried through the
various branches of the Legislature, inasmuch as it was physi-
cally impossible for those branches of the Legislature to be-
stow proper attention either on the principle or the details
of each measure, while there were two hundred and forty
Railway Bills in the same session before Parliament.
He thought that, to a certain extent, the two Bills which were
now before the House for third reading, and he thought it
might be judicious of the Government to select a number of
principles, as they had done in those Bills. At the same
time, it was his opinion that nothing could be worse contrived
than the Railway Board. He did not say that his
Noble Friend (Lord Dalhousie) was not well qualified to pre-
side over it, or that his Noble Friend had not sedulously devoted
himself to the discharge of his new duties. But then the ordi-
nary business of the Board of Trade was quite heavy enough
without this addition. And as it was admitted by all
astronomers that there were not more than twenty-
four hours in the day, every day in the year
1843, it was physically impossible that the additional business
could be done. Therefore, they admitted that they only heard
one part of each case, and on the information thus obtained
the House of Commons, which heard both sides, was
to be governed. That was not the blind leading the blind, but
the blind leading the seeing—( A laugh)--the blind railway
Board leading the seeing House of Commons. But it was said
that the decisions of the Railway Beard did not decide the ease.
But the fact was indisputable, that if they decided against a
scheme, it was one hundred to one but that scheme was re-
jected ; if they decided in favour of a scheme, it was
one hundred to one but that it was adopted. He
was almost ignorant of the practices of that Depart-
ment, but this was what an uninitiated understanding
would conclude from the state facts as they appeared.
Property was very much implicated in this. Here were
great shareholders vesting 10,000/. in a railway concern,
And another class, who did not vest more than 10,000 pence,
who had also an interest. These were the speculators.
And this Railway Board was of great importance
in determining the value of immense property, for a report in
favour of the railway would raise the value ten per cent.,
and a report against would tumble it down 10 per cent.
They heard only one party which was in favour of the railway,
and never heard the adverse side.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
MONDAY, APRIL 21.

The following Bills were read a second time, and committed,
and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway.
Direct London and Portsmouth Railway.
Chester and Holyhead Railway (Mold Branch and Purchase
of Chester and Birkenhead Railway) (No. 2).
Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool
Railway and Bury Extension).
Southampton and Dorchester Railway.
Lynn and Dereham Railway.
Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway.
Northumberland Railway_
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2).
Saint Ives Junction Railway.

The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee
on Standing Orders :
South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings).
Kingstown and Bray Railway.
London and South Western Railway (Epsom Branch).

Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2),—Report from Select
Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be
brought in by Colonel Rolleston, Mr. Gaily Knight, and Mr.
Evans.

South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester),—Re-
port from Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills
read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Plumptre and
Mr. William Henry Bodkin.
South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal and Extension of
the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate
Railway),—Report from Select Committee on Petitions for
Private Bills read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr.
William Henry Bodkin and Mr. Elphinstone.
Harwich Railway,— Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE
•
SATURDAY, APRIL 19.
Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Committee on petition,
for additional provision, Tuesday, April 22.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North- Welds' Railway (Tyne"-
mouth.Euxtension),--Committee, ,ea Bill,-Tuesday, April 29,
at twelve. . , •
. • ,

Itull and Galnaborough Railway,.,-Committee on projeet;
Tuesday, April 29,, at twelve. . • •

'Dcre4.NOrthern-lla Coimnittee on_ projects
April "28, at . - • • •

MONDAY, APRIL 21.
Newry and Enniskillen Railway,—Second reading, Friday,
April 25.

Dublin and Belfast Junction. Railway,—Second reading,
Friday, April 25.
Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway,—Second
reading, Friday, April 25.
Midland Railways Company (Birmingham and Gloucester
and Bristol and Gloucester Bailway Purchase),—Committee
on petition, adjourned till Friday, April 25.
Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester
Railways,—Committee on petition, postponed from Wednes-
day 23d till Monday, April 28.
Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Committee on petition,
postponed from Wednesday 23d till Thursday, April 24.
Cork and Bandon Railway,—Second reading, Friday,
April 25.
Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Old-
ham and Heywood Branches Extension),—Report, Wednes-
day, April 23.
Guildford Junction Railway,—Committee on petition, ad-
journed till Monday, April 28.

WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF EFFINGIIAM.,—nPnrOti;
bate of the will and codicil of the Right Hon. Kenneth
Alexander thee
Alexander Earl of Effingham, late of the Grange,
countyl6tli in
instant,
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executory:—The
tecutu r Brighton,:— i ,be wasii i granted onl
Henrythe
testator, the Right Hon. the Earl of Rose ery,
Esq.
The
Howard)Hun. Lord Dalmeay, and William Hervey,
Lordship died on the 13th of province of Canterbury, sworn
under
personal2lo7otbaotel.witHhii
Feb-
ruary last. within
the
1,000/. for her immediate use; alwsoi felLiieLadYherEffil,n2gohoaLina'
Bequeaths to his
year, 4001. a year by power of appointment under the
will of the late Duke cf. Norfolk, and 8001. a year by a
like power under the will of the former Earl of Effing-
ham. Directs that the sum of 4,000/., which his Lord-
ship received with her on marriage, should be distributed
by the trustees among his younger children equally. By
the will ho bequeaths to his three younger children
12,0001. each, and a legacy of 100/. each to be paid with-
in one month. By the codicil he
nbequeathshd tt ou his
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daughter, Lady Baring, a sum of
4,0001.,
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younger children a further legacy .
daughter, Lady Charlotte, an a tintiity
plate, jewels, and books shall descend as
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codicil July 31, 1844, signed "Etfinham."
EXPERIMENTS WITH LARGE GUNS AT LONG
RANGEs.—Lieutenaut.•Colonel Chalmer, Assistant-Director.Gene.
n 1 of Artillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Roya
Artillery, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Harwich, to inspect th
grounds or sands on the sea coast in that quarter to ascertain if
an eligible long range can be obtained for carrying on practice
during the summer with large guns, on Lieutenant-Colonel Dun.
das's and Mr. Monk's principles, Lard Guildford, the lord of the
manor on which the practices were formerly carried on at Deal,
having objected to any further experiments being carried on there.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered that a
number of guns be made on Mr. Monk's principle for the use of
the navy. One of Monk's long 56-pounder guns, of 97 cwt., has
been required for the use of the Excellent gunnery ship, at Ports-
mouth, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Knt., and it will shortly be
put on board. The present Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have invariably shown a desire to render the Royal Navy eilictiheenit,
by introducing new inventions of a meritorious nature,
1 utility being proved, without reference to the
country
or
cy
foi
1
of the inventors, and deserve the asprobati m of tht t
their strictly iniparliilcolduct- coanueecer