The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-28 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRMAI

In committee on the Sugar duties continuance Bill,
Lord G. BENTLNCK moved, as an amendment, that the
existing duties should continue until July, 1847, instead
of the sth of September, 1846, according to the provi-
sions of the bill.
After a short discussion, the committee divided, anJ
the amendment was defeated by a majority of 121 to 38.
The bill then passed through committee.
Mr. C. BERKELEY moved and address to her Majesty,
praying that she would be graciously pleased to withdraw
her consent to the placing of the statue of the Duke of
Wellington upon the archway at the top of Constitution-
hill.

A-Aliscussion ensued, in the course of which
Sir F. TheNeu, the chairman of the committee, de
fended the site ; but finding the sense of the house ag_
,him, asked to have the motion withdrawn in order to giv,
nim time to consult with the committee, which was
agreed to,
Mr. P. MILES moved for a select committee to inquire
into the Circumstances connected with the granting of the
present contract for the conveyance of mails from Eng-
land to Halifax and Boston, and also into the circum-
stances connected with the granting Of any new, or the
extension of any existing contract for the same purpose
This led to some discussion as to the propriety of r'
the Public the benefit of competition in making s;—
trac,cts; and
ir K. Peer, expressed a hope that no objection would
be made to the appointment of the committee, as The

con-

Sir Andrew Agn,

drivers on the No'r:t-h-litistoTria"ii;
ling: The sheriff' postponed the cas

r Sunday travel-

for a few day

Railway Company will be on the 7tlaof iugust"n—ex7
George Carr Glynn, Esq. is chairman, and Charles Law-
rence, Esq, deputy-chairman of the company.
LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING.—The travellers on the
Dutch railroads being much annoyed by the dust during
the hot weather, an expedient has been devised for the
purpose of preventing the annoyance, by attaching a car,
pierced with holes, behind the tender. The car is filled
with ice, which being melted during the journey, effec-
tually lays the dust.
The Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway,
through unavoidable delays, was not able to be got into
committee on Monday—the latest the Lords decided to
go into committee on private bills. The'Lords will, how-
ever, no doubt, from what transpired in the house on
Thursday, rescind the rule in this case. The delay until
another season would incur an additional expense of
£60,000.

RAILWAY SUBSCRIPTIONS,—On Thursday a volumi-
nous return, communicated from the Commons to the
Lords, in the foian of an alphabetical blue book list, was
issued, of the names, descriptions, and places of abode of
all persons subscribing for any sum not less than £2OOO
to any railway subscription contract deposited in the
Private Bill Office during Session 1845. The return oc-
cupies nearly 550 folio pages, and the general total of con-
ion for less than £2OOO by each person, in
t £21,386,703.

tract subscrip
269 railways,

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—The first annual meeting Was held at
Birkenhead on Friday, J. Laird, the chair.

With the st

lotted and t

*eranol

)0, the whole number, were disposed of. The
sent to the bill had been obtained on the '26th ult.
ments had been made with other lines that would
advantages of integral lii
ks to Manchester, and all

give tho company tt
the Birkenhead c

,ortant

towns connected with it

Direct cc

untcation %you

also be obtained with the Chester and Holyhead line,&c.
These arrangements rendered rival lines unnecessary. On
the shares allotted £l6 13s. 4d. had been paid up, and