The Express. — London, England, 1850-02-14 00:00:00

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Id. seek MUM veldt dove. • And west nabs, Led niter* two from Ws or ••1 SALE, at the athow-raesto ot WILLIAM IL , •si fpm 3ml Iturtosi, SA. 9sfeed-elprs (anal II Sinasa• , • ..,„ . sad No I, thertoiesatreet, old& are the bowel if the where may also * two the Wave libarsift fa my ken •.: lioL abet Is applicable abbe to hes awl rfalkellanda sotald. R 4 ,1131 as xilLary to perhet Net. seprier Sift • .!c r Iwl INSUOOn W boiteacts at lb. IL GDP. ars „♦ •ab ealmrmrs of every irduseapry uric* (pr • reabWied la Wells-street, LA, 11,11. " TEA-PLANT" TEA-POT, so oaatal from •• 1.,-,oe elaborately ornamented 'egg Um Massa Mam af ham juet been added to done mass rat air the aind.t.... Ns!, which have during dela WO Via laggag ath w ie,...oresil repularire, truth tha gang % voll ohm. De% ,n is than from titir mast i t *mg Wais ei...t•optatrd with a sow raft of Mks tote Fatima tea awl cabs at wmaplola tl II ,ittiaso do. do. do. maga, do. do. do. .rekneh do. chattel do. da . quo 4J. plata do. de. ...... 0 ttlatlite pater% io. O. .. It. Trapou, IS. emit; coffee pots, 10s. tub, of tie Oottage pat. 'ern.; teapot*, 42.. molt ; cotfee.pots, 33a. early ct the SS LT sets. to. ....her artlale singly la tie suns propertice. lagravlap seat 40 friii• st I LLIAM R. ilellTo3l (late Almon and Auriga), 19, Word , ry.t..nd I, Ninnwaralnet (corset X liewsostreet).—Ditablierd • tl e&snot. In& LONG EVENINGS MADE SHORT.—MECHI'S •a•, tat BAGATELLE TABLES mossfoetured opos,ths ..teshollotrcet, Looks, make Imo tontines appose ealeulatkr with seausement, price Si 114., LI 10s., Z 3 100., IZ. bold atm by Ids toms :--ttpeiro u.otl Itou, Oatted; Powell, .41soe. T Lee* Ow ea, Liverpool : Oleogow ; Ault, ; . haapsos Nottioghona Stephenson, Hull ; hooters, s:eel, owl Norwish. Mae are genuine without 'wars I oHN simmrr. 18. HieberLsBo4troet- within, t 14' . TM %KER. having Nit Mama' Paris, waft the • the nobility, dewy. awl lissioallis ID Ws claim sank d i s • .0 and Enichsh manufsetared IOOU sad MOPS. which he is - • Ac eqoal.ed k depose ad dislipt sad quail% coss. +INS I IT calls ;Merida; lo to estirtly M liesom d the -s, - of es-unelled troths% whereby it is nadevM Isestifolly 3.4b1e..0d to smelt aim/td to its MU,' as sot rued® .n 4 , .1 l ; they poirmay ezperimmil luserft new .nt.hoto; they beer lismiltsl poll* repleivig ; . ha: er.e.Y or become hard. sod Hill att bona Ora say :IN •••ININITT uker till,. opportunity at nasisigs Geis to Ids • potroae toe their kind support. sal imam sada dr ,t; ter it rutin, Lamm villa Asti sods, Ids but sissa. • a:ro nth &motion es dr SOO Ms bike supplied wlik Math, ' &net trout dr banks usaguarsis. I. omit :mom& to tho tort by I. IL tdrostit. l I oW to KEEP a HORSE for LESS than ..% 4811.11x4. pet D %I' sad nate the salmi loot better sad Ito per out. Ocesidor the saormoos •'.,. brd ttow.— nee. of (tenant Allay yerseally Of • • . 414% O. 41.1. II.L sae Co% leeelt, Oat .• • . .11.aftszaue useability, istabbated upwards of 40 CtLvER,TLL'II ti t " / - "NjoTNI T of LIFE. r, • • Uwe." "I,2l—spring sad Itsmaim Maraiiclasa r.. Th Un Lotam—elfiesi• do. Poss= a1..1 .:`bwr plisoset plesse--esmry ps lr : illtt se Hassi—Muslis— m PraLog, Estbing, Air, Mast, r.~. I;;4iSio . trozo — ibe NOUNTAINIL I otdo. L. boob ; by post, rkt t. the LAtee- 4 keteh ei Wsbusk he. - the Wes K : ,they—Kembliessers of Dublin, M. Al.), ed - tlan, le.; by yid. 116 et irithT to LIT. PRIX AVOID. won ma, al trairat IMMO vial MO a mute of a'smrt emry (OMMI Mid tit,) Of WM amt tr.ta',.ed amosticadint , Uist Immo the tht m a a els...?re, bu , oces or MMIly and esilithis . . . . . . with Latin and italo for v •:..e cl:ti and phieegd repdasina of Paterfic•tcr.row ; Mn 2n, 39, Corakill Catcathe, ...T7Oll .c &met tram the mutlior, 10. Arryll-plast, LA it INTELLIGENCE. TIIIS DAY. QUEEN'S BENCH. Pain.:fiii..aa W.Jarmo ZILI era Sruvi. Jram. _ 11.170. I'. Tile ATT - 0 - 1;;iT OrtInAL,4IIIIMI ur CHANCIAT! ' Thssieer, with wii7mSers kr. *tetanus Clan . . Errk. , sal .!i. Mostseue Smith, statist that the • 13 is.sw dinetal b the Vh.t.Claateellor, to try whether r J fhtk r 31:11, Irl of the gasser of Millbrook, arse • .aptoo, was entitled to a plus on the estuary of the • tiros rim. r, the lon Shaw or Madame& be- Lie 4 wri low ; wain mark, which boltaded the manor. six ruin snot a railL,4 company, called the Dm •,• r and S ,utban pt it Railway, riquired a portion chti Mira lead ad a!so of this Madland, whbh be The crown, however, laterpored. • .t•torney•Oca..al hematite' that if the ease were opened • ' , nee gm* Into into title, he should apf ear for the oppose; bat if the Woe item °mined vainly to .1 neat of a certain sum of money out of the Court of y, he should coeiwat to a verdict. This was seceded s millet was found, by conseat, foe the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. BOW !ITRZET. or AsaAvs.i.—sr. 7l.fhompon described as • •• . 3.n. r.tiding at No. 10, Albany-street, Regents. • •k, rebarrri with assault: l /4 Horhon, a footmen in t.• tree of Mr s . A i li ng , r • at No 4, Eadeleigh ere.- Easton square. Tim somplameat stated, that I st ...et 01, seas closing his mistress's house for the night, when t creeird at heU was rung. He looked up the erea, and asked who was there. A. nswestd. "Ie rat mistress within ? " on which vote r Liked hue whet he wanted.. He mho& '• • .1 ady is a cab, at the d•iere, wished to me bar." ••• • e is west eat to the al:-doe,, sad found the defendant (.male in it. The latter athed him if she could see Mrs. Alliter, cud 'MIMS maimed that she was from home. 1 . 114 scirerly tittered the words, when the defendant, • itt, reth, struck him a tremendous blew on his face. I .. • •-f..ndent then called to the driver to drive on as fait as • . i. 4. The cabman did se, and witame ran after the • tr.s 4 succeeded in stopping it. Tne defendant jumped . tr. vehicle and ran t If, pursued by witness, who gave ..re in charge. I' eras-examination, the witness mid be could not as r f r the awash, es he had sever seen the defendant '4f re. He had mason to Imbues that it was through a annoyances, which his aitress had been subjected •or roma time post Oa Eirtarday last the female is quo& corms In his mistrie.'s house with four men ' end having ..n-4 a forcible entrance int* a MOM wherelgts. Ailing a *Ant, sod befora he c.uld prevent them, they as. ri her. e deft seder, is defence, told a long and mystified story smiderally meeting the female, and, as he was in the cab she said she wished to call at No. 4, 1.13 h strew', and when they asked the complainant if e!'r. resa was at home, he answered impudently, end he ALE, !Ir. 11.11 regretted the law did not allow bins to deal sum .sh the cam on its sari's. If &fine were inflicted on ,aet, be would be able to pay it and be released. r, :poet of the complainant's counsel, Mr. Hall 1: It fine the defentlaet 51, and, in default of par ' • mprisoned for two months. A' cer.clusion of the proceedings, an application was the complainer's counsel, on behalf of Mrs. ". ter a 1.111101003 against a female named liealy, who SAL . urdey last eemmitted a gross as sau lt on that lady in her 'my). !1 , 415e. Sne was given in charge at the timer, bat Mrs Ayonit wee too ill to appear on the following day, and e'e w di.ehused. Mr 11.11 raid he heal no difficulty in granting the sum mows uts: r the vrcumetances. - - I tE. KEY OE H. M. MAIL PACKET ONTX.—By a. rival of the G enera l S team Navigation Company's • •. Sr' Edward Bank+ at Bt. Katherine' s , last night, • bcisterlas passage /rose Ostend, the gratifying Intel . • of the tbatiag of her Majesty's mad steam packet, . s. whit'. was drives ashore near Ostend harbour, during ✓Y. .hat gels at test week, has been received. As soon as hor andante*, eke will be towed to Woolwich, . 4 ^1 , 14 t% make good her damage. Considering ths " pasties whi.h she was plead for several days, AI. cc weather, her maim may be deemed most surprising. Eattuou) Lan Sourn wu formed in Bath on wars 41 14 '"Aw; the nous of members wars enrolled, and up . 700 skarn have a/readLbeen taksa. A IiII•IthINTENOEN2 of roma HAS ABSCONDED fr TA Weuunittna, Shropshire. liar nano I Buts, and he + 'a` ...dimly missed on the 23rd nit., and hi s where , • not yet S. en discovered, although hand-bills have • ll';- n k.awaa , lrtulitted throughout the iklAims with • view to his h eopm e d mai dotakalials an avy .—lNtirhaaPeele H. PAUPERISM AND THE POOR LAW. - . 1116 male a /instal Pere o the Poor-law &lard hen just hem hosed, sad 'Mode the following itch. The sum speat lath. rend of the poor is the veer elided Lady-day, 1849 (the latee .i l ar =retunt), wee 6,792,9634 This wee less that the n of the Envious year by 387,11021 ,or IL per There has bees ea Menem M memo sitsat la five ens tier, navel Is Werwiskshire, Westmorelead, the West of Yealksidts, and Aa#moy ; but in all the other emanties hem be.. a ilsseeme. Although the expemillime peerwate for all the pur poses connected mita the relief el the pew caanet, as already stated, be 'WOG for a later ported tin Ike year ended at Lady ,day remise are is pcosessisa ef the board, show leg the anteast espandod la east, both in-door sad oat doer, far the killer Isla at 30shoslam last, in 668 wanes. The nesenne tithe neminks galena sad perishes am Ifni/ es pat bees audited, se sack Mess have been recolved de seem then Prom the Mane for the 668 In unless it that no anent evened in relief the sr waded Itineeleus last, was L 661,01114 a redastioa, es compered with the expen diture Mike some aellseefer the halt pear ended at Michael ass, 1848, of IRAK, er di per seat. It is setheaston to *beano that there gem A rehectiou is the analog elpasseni of seek elms retinal-ea the lit 3111, 1849, as compared with the slumber relieved ea the lit July, 1848. la the aaraber of the imams relieved, there was a decrease of 101, vagrant, 8 062 „ • other demo of paupers, 67,871; la all • diereses ell %OK wr 7.4 sit NIL Anna* the nu ebeg due of the thlressame tells population es is skeine is a gaol gine:WNW " aasaber relieved la itegisad Weiss, would stand thee: Nog= aft* retirosica ici ill Jul .11Ida 1110,74 S Kaaba alinemed to bavalisia ' cad's " ter! tut pats der blogissrvarW;s•l MAN Totsl sl pomp= tellessi se Lt 12111 ---1,077,102 Number satsally Mimi as do Ist J j,l9a 827,919 Nosier odsisisil Is is mem' sa Y... 9 ay Is prim et dr Wpm sum 1911,677 Mad of wpm Moeda Wall. - 907,796 The Marrs, of which the foregoing table is a summary, Wow, however that the number actually in receipt o f rate( on all Ist of July, 1848, woo 893,743, out of • population of 14,501,000, or hine thin one pauper in every 16 of the population. A minute, who the late president of the board issued in the month of August, 1848, on the subject of vagrancy, urged on boards of guardian the necessity of discnminating be• tween reel and simulated destitution, in order to stay, if possible, the rapid inarease Of vagrancy. The recommenda tions of this minute were very generally adopted, the cilia/- queues of wrieh was a narked demean in the number of vaerants applying for relief. The number relieved on the Ist July, 11348, before the issuing delta minute, was 13,714, but the number relieved cm the Ist of July, 1849, was only 6,662, being a decrease of 8,052, or 581 per cent. Reports received from the inspectors show that vagrancy still continues to demesne in the unions generelly. That received from 3lr. Fantail enstially, shows the beneficial effects arising from the prestige of sabjectiog all vagrants' seeking to be admitted rate the union workhouses to the strict regulations for demising and searching prescribed by the poor-law commissioners, under the authority of the late statutes; and, on the other hand, the unfavourable cease gammas which result from the want of a union workhouse, or of proper vagrant weeds for the reception of this clam of patipen. Much of the reduction in the number of vagrants relieved is doubtlem attributable to the fact that the immigration of Irish poor, which had tended so materially to the incense of vagrancy in this country, is now reduced to its ordinary avenge. The sera ordered to be: expended on emigration in 1848 was 8 4661. lls. It iunounts in the present year to 12A011. 13.. While emigration to Canada has greatly diminished during the year, that to the Australian colonies and to the Cape of Good Hope has much increased. The aid which the peen meat affords to emigration to the latter colonies has been the min cause of this incense, se by such aid the cost to the parishes or anions has been brought below that of emigration to Canada. Auether cirrumstence favourable to emigration to the Cape and Australia it, that it is open during the whole year, while that to the North American colonies is limited to nine months of the year only. On this abject the report says: " Ic 1948 reference was made to the inconvenience which resulted from certain for. mantles required to be obeervel before we could authorise the expe nd iture of parish funds upon emigration. Thu Inconvenience has been removed by a provision in a statute of the last elision (12 dt 13 Vie., e. 103. P. 20), which enables ua to haus the requisite order upon the reeolation of the guardiaus of the parish or of the union comprising it (pro- Tided in the latter case the guardians of the parish interested concur in the expenditure), without the holding of a parish metier, as required by the Poor Lew Amendment Act. A limit of 101. per head so, however, imposed upon the expen diture, where the proceedings are under the new statute. Another provision of the same statute (s. 12), enables persons to whom the orders of the board are addressed, to an upon them forthwith, Instead of waiting until the expiration of fourteen days, es was pre viously required, and thee the cause of much delay, which, in emigration case', was often attended with serious iIKOSTUIIIPIIOI, has been removed. We have deemed itright to make ao exception to the practice, long established, of de clining to sanction the emigration of wises or children to join their husbands or fathers in the colonies, in favour of the Wallies of convicts, to whom the government are willing to grant a passage, either wholly or partly free. The trans portatlos of the couviet is not a voluatary desertion of the family ; sad when the government promotes th e sending out of the family, we consider that the expenditure of the stem mata is furtherance of that object may properly be sane. tioned." From the Ist of October, 1848, to the end of the last parochial year-26th of March, 1849, the salaries and paid by the hoards of guardians to the schoolmasters schoolmietresur workhouses', were whol'y refunded out of the grant of 30,0001. annually Toted for that purpose by parAament. Daring the eurrent parochial year, the distri bution of this grant has been regulated, not by the stipulated salaries of the teachers, but by certificate) awarded to them by the Cemmitcce of Council on Education, and founded on reports of the examination of the teachers by their lordships' Inspectors. There is little doubt, that by the appointment of teachers possessing higher qualifications, the salaries of teachers and the BUM specified in the certificates awarded to them, will ultimately be so adjusted es to render any payment from the rates in respect of their missies name:meaty. The arraneenient made for supplying workhouse schools with suitable books and amps at reduced prices is found to work satisfactorily. Schools which were formerly 'may sap plied, and others when hooks of an unsuitable character wan used, are now well furnished with books and maps selected from those moommeaded by the committtee of On the subject of the accommodation of pauper children belonging to the metropolitan perishes and meiose s the report sap Up to the elms of 1848 these children were main. tamed ender contract in the two large establishmenta of Mr. Aabia, "at Norwood, and Mr. Drouet, at Tooting; or in wh ee l s 'kept up in the country by the several perishes or unions to which the children belonged, such a+ that for the parish of St. George the Martyr. at Lewisham, or that for the West London Union, at Edmonton; or in work. houses, apart from other inmates, as in the Unions of Stepney and Whiteehspel: or in workhouses, together with other inmates, a+ in the Greenwich and Poplar Unions. Upon the repeal of the two statutes (2 Geo. Ili. , e. 22, and 7 Geo. 111., e. 39), ocesmonly known as Jonas Hanwaya Acts, at the panne of the 7th and Bth Viet., e. 101, in 1844, it ceased to be maapedsery on the metropolitan parishes to send their you Andrea into the country for nurture and maintenance ; and in plies of that obligation, there was sub. stituted a series of provisions for promoting the establish ment of district schools. When, therefore, the condition of the metropolitan children was brought under our more im mediate notice, by the sudden out-break of the cholera at Mr. Droaet's establishment at Tooting, in January Mat, we deemed it a fitting opportunity to make tense el efforts for the establishment of district schools No progress had beau previously made in this desirable undertaking, partly owing to legislative restrictions as to size of district and amount of expenditure, which have since been removed by the llth and 12th Vitt,, e 83, partly in emsequence of a reluctance among the unions and parishes to enter Into a new kind of combination, and partly perhejs b.cauae guardians were satisfied with the arrangements of the schools at Norwood and Tooting, where the children of no leas than 24 parishes and unions were maintained. In dealing with this subject, we have been anxious to carry with us the convictiocs and feelings of the guardian(,; and although we are empowered to form school districts without the assent of the guardians, we deemed it Important that their cordial cooperation should be secured. No school district has, therefore, been declared, without the expresslid concurrence of the Inge majority of the guar diens concerned in it being first obtained; indeed only one union, that of St. Olave's, has been comprised in a school district without such consent, an exception which we were compelled to make, in order to secure for the poor chil dren 'huggable to that union the benefit of being well edo. catod in • healthy situation, which otherwise there appeared no immediate prospect of their obtaining. The coons taken In the lonisation of school districts has been this—we have set before the guardians what we coa -1 weed to be the advantages of district schools; we have allowed the guardians the alternative of entering into& com bination with other parishes or unions, or of establishing, tingle-kudos, a school which would insure to the children the MA femeleint thole edematous, namely, salubrity of sitaideni separation from *dolt paupers, and suitable la rerneelan mipparly blended with laduetrial training. Owasso* la the establishes. at of district schools bap net bees ee peat as we could desire; but the efforts made have loot altogether been unavailing, three very impo r t an t sc h oo l districts having, w ithin the ear, been formed in and near the testrepalle. Theme are : let. The Ceetrel Leaden Schnol Districo, comprising the City of London Union, the East London Union, and the fit. LONDON, THURSDAY EVEND(G, &Mar's Union. The bout of ineneguaut of WI ll} ,-", • .7f !undated ell their aeolgemmits end WS* --' red;reLroestiop. They nave proracie.." 4 of Kr. Al.ub his premises at Norwood for the Mon i s t acted, 114M111 8 6. Mil la the saposity of steward or superiatendent of liol SOW ia every partment Tito school hMesseet t and have apietated aa efildeut staff of inshore de is new in fall mentrity, ta upon aa mad oved ted footin it. g, sled nearly 800 shildrem are main ined hapr e duca in lei. The Booth Metropolitan School District maprised, es forme d, the Un'on of St. Caves and the not In slalom, of Bermsadsey, Camberwe nen* time, It Itlt • . After all board of a t wan an ll, stiuted, it appeared &Wank that ere pop us aad impor tant Cafes et °newish should be added, and with the mean of all parties interested this was atoor4agly done. Although some delay has osuawed in carryin out ate nem school easy arrangements, we believe that a for 1,000 chi im will shortly be provided in this Warta. led. The North Beaty echoed district %eludes the Unions of Woodworth and Clapham, Kingston, Croydon, Rich mond, sad Lewisham. The wagers have purchased 60 ems of land near Norwood, and have comanced the erection of a bedding capable of accommodating IMO children. Another parish or solos might he advantageously added to this district, and the Board are prepared to take the neemsery step toe that purpose whenever the manes may arise. It will Ouse be sues Iltat previa= has. been made in and mood Ludes Is, Mt I mar Ideation and training of mere Um UN pee eltildree. We have, moreover, saw tionndearengemenle whereby, when c.ompisted, the state Mat Widow of stbee metrepriltos withal will be very W t' be the at t o t t e th B er eT F:t k tim are e Lime as beta for many years carefully and cut. , _ eapholed. _ _ _ ThiTienTdiaosc7 the Stread Ilelea hare parehued a been God grenade well adapted for the purposes of a school at idimatios. The guardians of the parish of St. Georg* in the Rest bathe their children temporarily la a hired house at have resolved upon buying laud end building Wog mains on the most approved dean. Tim guardians of the parish of Lambeth are enlarging and greatly improving their school near Norwood. The directors of the poor of St. Pancras are, with OUT es• sent, erecting a detached building for their children upon a portion of their extensive workhouse site within the parish. The director and guardians of St. James's, Westminster, are :negotiating for lend at Hanwell, which has been viewed and approved by our inspector, whereon to build a school. The 'sardine of the parish of St. Martin's-ie•the- Fields, having remised upon buyiog land and banding • school, bare, pending their inquiries ter • cite, placid their children under the care of the managers of the Central London District School. This trustees of Islington, and the guardians of Clerken wall, hams temporarily lodged their children in separate premises, situated in the suburbs, until permanent schools aan bo established for them. All these arrangements, which are more or lem matured, have been entered upon under our evident* or with our con curvenee, and under the superintendence of cur inspector, Mr. Hall, who has charge of the metropolitan dutrict. It cannot be doubted that from the year now ending will date a general and important amelioration of the condition and prospects of a large proportion of the peeper children of the metropolis. Besides these metropolitan school districts, three districts have been formed is the country. The first is the Farnham and Hartley Wintney school district, canal-tine of the two Unions of Farnham sod Hanley Wantney, which are site stead in Surrey and Hampshire. This district was formed on the 19th of June last, and the board of management, who entered on their duties on the 28th August last, have pur chased a workhouse at Aldershot', to:lousing to the Farn ham Union, as the school for the district The second is the south•enst Shropshire school district, and comprise , the Bridgnorth, Cleobury Mortimer, Seiedon, and Model, Unions, in the counties of Salop, Woree,ter, and Stafford. This district was formed on the 7th of July, and the board of management met, fur the first time, on the 23rd of August last. Thee propose to take the premises belonging to the Bridgoorth Upton, hitherto ooeupiei by the school of that union, and known as the Heal Sc! aol. The third is the Farricradon and Reading school district, which comprises the Farringdon and Raiding Unions, in the county of Berke . This district was formed on the 28:11 of November. The practice of fermi ig out the poor, as it is termed, has been very limited in its operation since the passing of the Poor-law Amendment Act in 1834, to that scarcely any contractors' establishments existed at the passing of the 12 & 13 Vict., c. 13, except in the neigh bourhood of London ; and theme are now all extthet, with the exception of one. The school at Tooting was finally broken up in the spring, on the death of the proprie tor. That at Norwood is become the school for the Central I London district: the two establishments at Peckham and Bow, wherein the adult poor of the City of LOlll/011 Union exclusively were maintained under contract, have been abandoned by the removal of the poor to the new Union workhouse. The icontes (belonging to St. Saviour's Union) of a small establishment near Dartford have been taken away, the Union workhouse being rendered by enlargement capable of containing them. The remaining establishment is at Brixton, wherein a limited number of poor persons belonging to the parish of Newington are contracted for. Besides this metropolitan eCabliehment o there are two at Margate, to which paupers, chiefly children who are afflicted witkeerofulouadistasee, are sent from London for the benefit of sea bathing. In the course of the year, five new unions have been formed, namely, the Bedwelty Union, in the county of Mon. mouth, the Samford Union, in the county of Suffolk, the Penistose and Barnsley Unions, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the Baton-upon-Irwell Union, in the county of Lancaster. 'a us miaow yid* I Considerable progress has been made during the year, in providing workhouses for unions, where hitherto great re luctance had been felt for then erection. The cholera does not seem to have prevailed in many of the union workhouses, although several cases of persons attacked with the disease in a state of destitution, or under other peculiar circumstances, have occurred where the patients have been removed to workhouses, and there died. The ordinary Inmates have generally escaped. The exposits incurred by unions in the execa'ien of the regulations of the Board of Health ere, under the provisions of the Hutsances Removal and Dingus Prevention Act, 1848, made a cheep, upon the common fund. But the Amendment Act of let session (12 & 13 Vie., C. 111) em powers boards of guardians to chugs money expended in the removal of a nuisance from any private premises, or from any public place. to the 'parish wherein:the premises shall be situate. Where, however, the amount exceeds 205., an order of two justices may be necessary to 'whorl's the charge. The boards of guardians generally have taken very active step to procure the removal of nuluncts by the per 601s individually responsible. It has been found in numer ous instances that the giving of the notice required by the statute was sufficient to effect the object, without an order of justices. In the last union of puliament various amendments and alterations were made in the p .or law with reference, for the most part, to matters of detail. By a recent decision of the Court of Quetele. Bench it appeared that in boroughs and other municipal places the mayor had, by the operation of the statute of Elizabeth, and the late acts for the regulation of those corporations, exclu sive power in several important respects In reference to the apporatment of overseers and other matters relating to the management and relief of ;the poll-. Inconveniences of a serious nature had resulted from this deeision, and it wu deemed advisable by two seta of the session 12 & 13 Viet., ce. 8 and 64, to pruvide teat the justices of the peace in boroughs mould have the exclusive right of appoin.ing over set rs therein, and should have (*neon-int authority with the mayor on other matters relating to the poor law. Another enactment was passed (12 and 13 Vict, e. 6-5), affecting certain parishes which are divided by the boundary lines of boroughs and enmities, wherein there had previously been some practical difetulties in the levying and collecting of county, police, and borough rates, which are only charge able upon parts of the parishes so divided. 'satiates have been given, by the 12 and 13 Vict., e. 14, for the collection of paroehisl rates, by the power which is conferred upon the justices, of compelling defaulters to pay the outs which the overseers or collectors incur in pro eeediugs taken to enforce payment clam rates ; and certain regulations and forms are prescribed, which will be round very convenieut and useful in such proceedings. At the steno time ea important mitigation of the penal consequences of default in the payment of the poor rate hue been effected by this statute; oaustueh Si the indefinite imprisonment until payment, which was ..he penalty to be awarded by the justices under the statute of E lizabeth, Is now lignite d to a term not exceeding three months ; and it is leR to the die melon of the justices whether they will award that penalty at all. The proviaiona of the s'atute 12 & 13 Vict. c. 45 ! for improving thwoceduro of the courts of quarter have for their act the removal of frivolous, vexatinu,, and purely technic objections which have o ft e n impeded the progreu of jetties and the simplifying of the practice edemas courts, as well as the introduction therein of certain conve nient proceedings which have long prevail. d, with much I practical benefit, in the higher courts of law. So many matters arising out of the poor law are brought before court , of quarter Indus that any amendment of the prae• ties must nestuarily be of great importance to all persona engaged In the a Iminietration of that law. The statute (12 & 13 Viet ,e. 13), for regulating the establishments where paupers are ree ived to be lodged and hoarded for hire has been already referred to. By the 12 &13 Viet.; e. 61, the act for th e exemption cf stock Ix trade from essertment to the poor rate was extended for another year—namely, until the let of October, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of parliament. The rat which rendered the cost of the relief of the poor who wero cleared from Whig removed to the parishes cf their settlement, by the statute &TO rot., c. 06, a charge upon the common fund, would los explrod on the Ist at October last. let It has bus eostlated by the statute 12 ,FEBRZTARY 14, 1850. ler soothe year. This atatall !!"2:"..ti ot the pear ism is asthma of &Mil, tdto ragmen inmersaimass end is ai d ether promo etgagei is tho administration Th. ! Qum :swag to vesciaatioa skew that doe sties- tics is bmiewed ups. ibis isorteat Babied by the boards otitis/41ms sad their radial damn. inaTTOZI of the law. MONEY MARKET. WZDNISDAY RVINDIG. Beekeeper Bills of all kinds marked 555. and 685.; and India Bonds, 89s. and 86s. pm. Long Annuities wen dose et 8 and 9-16; Ditto, 30 years, 1889, 81. Dais Bach, 265. m The Boman governent commission has officially &minium' that the importation of oorn, oil, soap, cattle, led a few minor articles duty free at Anomie and Civita Vecchia is abolished. The Tanen government, which has a monopoly of salt, kee'reeently iscreased the price of that commo dity. It has oleo doubled the duties on corn and mer shandies 'repotted into Leghorn. The tines of the new Smile tariff, of which the publlcelleir has been for some time expected, hive only reached London, though the n e w 11 M411 1110 into let in s t. It is provided that all ar- ticle"% ills, or exported hook BiritzerhUsik, or crossing the Swiss territory,in course of transit from one foreign state to another, are subjected to a certain fixed rate of import, export, or transit duty. Articles subject to the import duty are divided into nine classes. On Class 1, which includes seed., rice, and a few otter articles, the duty on import is four kreutzers per quintal of 60 kilogrammes weight. Class 2 comprises alum, cotton, lead, iron ore, dye woods, tallow, fish oil, wool, skins, resin, madders, glue, common oils, sulphur, articles the du.y is fixed at 8 kr. per quintal. Iron, ground dyewoods, acids, tin, and zinc, which are in cluded in clan 3, are subjected to a rate of 20 kr. per quintal. Classed tinder the 4th head, on which the Import duty is 40 kr. per quintal, are chemical pro ducts, coffee, unworked metals, wine in hogsheads, and spirits of wine. Clue 6 includes cot ton and linen handkerchiefs, indigo, machi nery, unworked steel, leaf tobacco, worsted, tin and zinc in plates, and sugars of all kind'', and on these the duty is 111. per quintal. On raw silk and sewing silt, which are placed in the sixth class, the rate us 18. 20 kr. per quintal. On class 7 it is 18. 40kr., and subject to this rate are drugs, articles made of iron and steel, books, colours, common cloth, , coarse woollen, utensils of zinc and tin, varnish, iron wire, and steel. Class 8 includes the following: cotton manufactures dyed and printed, coloured twist, spices, vanished leather, leather manufactures, linens, utensils of brass, h a rdware of all kinds, cut tobacco and snuff, handkerchiefs, dyed thread, l and manufactures. On these the impart duty is 38. 20kr. per quintal. On class 9 the duty is fixed at 611. 40kr. It comprises cigars, provisions, articles of dres., liqueurs, articles of luxury generally, per fumery, cutlery, manufactures either partly or solely of silk, carpets, and wine in bottles. The following articles are exempt from import duty, viz., articles of clothing belonging to travellers ; carriages passing through the country; the pro duce of estates belonging to Swiss citizens, and situated beyond the territory of the Confederation ; the produce of estates lying not more than twc leagues from the frontier ; samples of articles subject to duty, not weighing more than sixteen ounces; rough materials in general ; manures ; gold and silver coin. Unheevn stone is specially exempted gross export duty, and the Federal Council is moreover authorised to introduce into the rates of the export tariff any reduction which it may consider necessary and calculated to increase the exportation of the produce of the country. The above are the most important provisions of the new law. 'Y'r - OM= 01100116.fte. If:- 8 per Ont. Ousamda 81 per Cent. Steak 9757 6/ Bank Ptak 2Ol Hoyal Bank ... (101. pall 111 Maio, Copier Las (M. paid 13 COll/111111Me Gas ( 3 4 PIM, 0 Itilland Gt. Western sad Royal Caul Com. i Mums 5 Waterford and Limerick II EXCHANGES AND STOCKS ABROAD. Hamm, Pm. O.—Hamburg Three-andn-Halt me Cents., 67 bills, 601 mossy; Luber* Loan, 1630, 96 bills;:llanwerian Fire per Cents., 1 1 4 bills, 104 money; Prussian Fire per Cents., I bills, 1061 money; Russian Five per Cent. CatiL, 100 bills, money; English Loan, 1061 bills, lOC money; Ne , glitz, and Co., i.KI. Cents, 64i money; Danish English loan, Three per Cents., toi bills; Ditto, in 1001. Sham, 71 bills; Ditto, Fire per Cents., 1134 bills; Norwegian Your per CenU, 99i bills; Spanish Flee per CenM., 111 bi ll s, II money; Ditto, noon p-r Cents.. :inland, Mk bills, 261 money; American Six per Cents., 1031 bills, 1031 money. Lairmo, Fem. 6.—Exchange on London, 6.261. Babalec, Fes. 7. —tiscoange on London, two sion'its, 613, Cniuma:4*, Lis. 31—Exchange on London, three months, 1.7!. THIS DAY. Two O'CLOCK. The English funds have experienced a-consider able decline to-day, in consequence of the political news from Greece, which has caused more excite. moot in the Stock Exchange. Consols opened at 941 to for money, being a decline of since yesterday; they then touched f, and again declined to 941. For account the 13th March they have oscillated between 941 and 951, and were but &neat 941. They are at present quoted 941 to 1 for money, and 941 exactly for the 13th of March. The Three per Cent. Reduced mark 93, a, and 941. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 971 and 1. Exchequer Bills have declined Is. They mark 56e. and 345. premium. Bank Stock 2061. India Stock 263. The settlement of the account is progressing satis factorily, and no failures have been announced. Not much business has been transacted in foreign stocks to-day, and the market is rather flat, especially for Mexican, which have declined to 291 to 1, and for Russian scrip last done at 11 premium. The dealings up to the present time include : Brazilian Bonds, at 89. Buenos Ayres, GO and 61. Equador, at 4 and 31. Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents., at :41; the Four per Cent. Certificates, at 87 and 861. Grenada, at 18. Mexican, at 291 and 1. Peruvian Four per Cents., at 82 and 1. Portu guese Converted, at 341. Russian Scrip, at 11, 11, and 11 pram. Spanish Tone per Cents., at 381. ENGLISH FUNDS.—Tine DAY. Bank Reek, 2055 CI 3 per CL U. Ace.. March 13. 91i 3 per Ct. lied. Arms. 041 5 Si Per OW. WI 4 I per Ct.Coa. Anne., NI I Lachman, Ms, Ma. to Ws. 1011131013 FUND& 6 per Ct. Austrian Bends. 1 par Cl. Grenada Sae., 13 11 4a por Cl. Hely. lkode. V 3 ei °Mak Deferred rids.. 44 It per Cent., 6 pee P. Iles.. le, hi, zn i h'.., Cl. Brailllan Bds., 18 90 4 pee Cl. Peruvian lids.. 112 3 'Ditto New, YT 9 Ct. I per Cl. Meatus Ayres, 80 2 Pompton Cony., 35 d 6 per Ct. Bus. 8d0..109 11 Illito Chilies Bds., 94 101 Ditto Preolsh lids.. 144 f Nita Coloreb. Def. lids.. 3 per CL Newish Ida .347 Celunablan Brom ler lids., 32 4 %ankh Deferral Ihls. , 4 per Ct. Dahh , lt Ihk, 72 4 Platt No el,. 11d5..31 4 25 per Ct. Ihitch ( Rda, 665 I 1 per Oh Venezuela Ida. 34 3 3 per Ct. Dutch Carla, t 63 75 iratmela Deferred 8i5..13 14 MINCING-LANE.—THIS DAT. Scow.-4 000 bags Manilla (washed) were offered in public sale and withdrawn at previous sues. 2•00 boxes o ilatacnah, chiefly damaged, partly sold fr Sis. to 40s. 6d, dut paid ; sound bought in 40s. to 42.. 6d. 300 boxes washed sold 18s. to 225. 6d. in bond. R-lined steady.; fair to good grocery, 495. to 61s. 62. Correa.—The small public sales brought forward to-day were partly bought in by the importers, and did not alter general quotasinns. Abaut 2,000 bags good ordinary native Ceylon reported sold by . privato contra°. at 594 . COCOA.-600 begs T rinidad offered in public sale, and • small part sold at 453. to 465., which scarcely supper:of previous rates. Cassia. Lionza.—The large public sale of 4,ooo;boxes attracted a full room ; it went off with great spirit, and all knurl buyers at very high prices, at 51. Os. to 51. COTTON continues dull. linioo.—The sale is progressing at about the laze prices as yesterday, but without spirit. TEL remains steady. Ries.-400 bags sold in public sale at Ps. 6d. to 10s., which were lull prices. VALOR MARKET.-THIS DAT. .... The market is dull to-a . y, an arrival Iberian talon place of about 600 casks from Sydney. Petersburg T. C. on the spot is quoted 371. 64 • February and Much, 375. 3d.; October to December, 39si. 9L SMITHFIELD RAY-MARXEL—THIS DAT. Mows. Coops+ and Davis report the &Dories quotrions: Prime Meadow Ray, 66% to 72e. I, inferior ditto, 600. to 60%; Boom, 10. to 00.; Okra. 50s. to 75. ; Straw, 21.. to 25. RAILWAYS. Taw DAT, Two o'Croar. Th. share market vaned this morning, in symp athy with the English stock market , at a comiderab e de pression, andd though prima ham since rallied a little, the quotatioos at present ruling are below them of gr,with the single exception of Y or k an d N or th all ay ds, which continue to improve, and were last done at 20. A statement published by a mooing eontemporary, whichgives the net profit of the London and North Western apang for the half-year end ing the 31st December last at 633,0001., and shows that, if a dividend at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum be declared, the balance to be carried forward to assist the Jane half-year (which balance has hitherto amounted to about 70,00014 will probably not exceed 46,0004, has had a strong effect on the miss of the stock, which has been done as low as 109, though it has since rallied to 111. Great West erns fell to 624, but a ft erwards partially recovered, and were last done at 64. Midlands mark 43 ; Cale donians, 111; North Stafford*, fn. Ban= Liman. YwtrZr lake twday to 1 deism*. lAbiedses : 6 4L. P r i t, _We.'LW" 12 U. - 07dIsehirypd.,avaTitnira Do. witabat a guazantme StourValley Wolv., and Dudley canodolypdLorwithguar. Do. vitiation a gnuantaa Boston, Slam, and Bristol and Enter _ DP!Tblrds ... ... ... .1 - i 44:: I°ll • • — DO.Ticono Do. SIO Probroaooros. Chester and Holyboa.l Do. hafenaa Doblis and Belfast Joao— Par M 27 24 24 2 1 II 6 I pa. 4 f pn. la 26 Es. 14 9 als. 17 17e 11$ 111 De. ais I D0.(21.10a.)6 p. CL PreL daatarn Cocottes Do. New Pref. t p. Ct I Do. lit., 6p. Ct., No. 1 I Do. do. N 0.3 Do. N. Pt 6. 6 per Ct Do. do. 5 per Cent Do. New Sanas Unkai, - Zia (kb I. U. Do. thee B. sad C. kids De.=: p. Ct.) gent Du. New I Do. New aki;res Lest Lineetanstre and w Faster, & Dorob . Lister and &smooth Great Northern Do. t sharer., A,Deferred Do. 'harm B, 6p. Ct Do. 5 per Cent. Pref 131.8outh. and Want. (be ) Great North of kaglakl De. New, EP) Do. Now, £3O Do. New, NIS Do. Now, 908 end *Ay_ I Do. shares Leneaster and Carnal, Do. Mir& Lane re end iorkshlre Do. do. IL B. &B. Do. Thirds . . Do. New (nce p.Ct.) Do. Lieerpool and Dory West Until Union Do. i P s res kans ton (sAn) .. .Vfyre Leek and Crsdfurd Leeds and Think .l Do. Pref. 6 r i. Cont N o .l I Do. Ns.2l Do. no. N 0.3 Do. Quarters 101 l . ILondon and Blackwell D, Lou., Brighten ,: B.ooitel 0 Do. New gam. d p.Ct. Do. paaranseed 3 p. Ct hate Croydon Thirds._ Do. Pref. 5 per Cent Do.Conert. 6 p.Ct.,1652 I London and Greenwich Do. Preference Leaden & North - Western Do. do. New I shares Do. !tithe Do.Blo ah.,li.ancill.(6 London & youth-Western I De. New, CSO Do. New, £4O Do. New Preference .- Loanntort Gusz.4 per Cent. Maack. Bus.,aittloek Mauch., Sher.,&Lincolosh Do, i c s , harm, No. 1 Do. shares, No. 3 I Do. ebt. No. 3 Do.. aw £lO Pref. Do., Great Utinaaby Do. do. . Do. &et and. Lineeln Do. Grircaby Dock I, Do. Lincoln Union Midland 1 7 0 1 1 7 01 9 9 13 113 13 3 - o i l so so so 96 01 3 11 30 LO 43 U 1 I pm. I IPa Pa 63 60 o pa. 4 S 24 3 136 146 106 I t 106 11 ii 5 1 ids II I k l 131 Ws 3 34 We 10 104 29 31 2:36 235 52 SI pm. 19 fl 19 21 pm. 61e 61; 32 32 1,5 i 15t Is , Is se 7 3 dli. 48_ 60 so ho 121 so too 2 . 20 50 13 ee Bt. AS Do. S5O shares Do. Bina. and Derby.. . Do. Cons.B. & R. GD. Ct , Do.ErewashralleyPref. 'Neweartle and Carlisle . . Do. New .Li Do. Extension Do. Gunn. pa . Ct.. North British . Do. a bates l a a tss .. Do , . 11 Do. Preference North Startereldre Word, Wore., & Wolesz. Read„Quild., and Rents& Royston and Uttehln Scottish Central kottish Midland Clase'd Do., New Owinnlied.. elrewsbary and Chow b N o. or. W. Km.) alw D.. New.. Da. 5 per emir. Pe s t. Da. Prsensees " ttowth itallbrdabirs... .. pSonth torten .„ Do. No. .„ De. No. 4 Re,detersd I Do. No. 4 damp Month W.des .. Tara., Don., & Goole. 1611•Mealeld, Rotherham, ani Goole, N. DI. NM 5 p.Ct. I 20 Waterford and Kil k enny.. $0 War Valley, S p. CL sua. 35 Do. do. do. 00 Wily, Somerset, &Weym.' 55 York,Neweastisee Esrwlet 1.1 Do.lizt.(Yoeit&Newea.!l Do.O.N.R.Pueshor Prut 60 i Tort 1114 North midland.. 10 Do. Pratmenes j li ii pm. 00 81 par ipa 48 44 di& 2$ 22 die. 121 II db. 7 7( dia. 9 9 di. 2; 21 mei til i i 71 CI fit dls. 41 43 6 61 I pm 63 2i 4 154 24 23 dis 4i ri di.. 12i 1 2 q 2 6i I I' par I pat 10i dIL 161 161 61 lit dim 61 6 di. 111 i 19f 4b S db. 13e 3 Y 13_181 18 151 10 1 i 6 1911 4 20 1 i pat. eu 101. II 5 4y die. fy 1165 t ir It Pal 60y Sly 1134 ' 130 104 11 5 19 S 59 1 .1 11 n S 11 US Pa• 1/ pm. 1 m. 6 p !! dY 14 is diTs. 2 26 pea. 16 17 43 44 da. 13 17 3 10 4 44 11 2e 76 7 9 S 34 2 2 4 46 1 6 4 31 dim 431 44 24 131 20 21 1122 123 49 61 2 11 7 f 11 2 691 9 , 14 13 dls, 0 I I 21 2 3 8 10 101 al PM• to 11 13 1 i Pm 13 13 61 71 dla. 6j 6i di.. le pa. e 6 die. 4 3 die. Il 9 die. 1 dim 151 151 Pi Sidle. 5 7 i +.a s. '9 19i 701 MON ILAILWATS. :.inilp4tallap Rata 1t51142 &Warn. .. zkl Angela .. Canna Frame ( !lamp ) 1 Dutch Menial ... ...1 41 41 dis. 1;1 1 7 2, 6f lof die i i PM. Do. do. Ott Indian rordnards DT). : : : . . . . . . . . . . Madrid sad Valratis Manor aaa Limo Northers of Fraser ... (Maas and Bordeatts . Pub and Strasbourg ... Somas and Havre tioatbro &ignitor Tours sad Nantes 1 sad 7 7 3 3 dfs. II SS • dis gi 1 21 94 9a dla LITIRPOOL, Feb. 13. egeog-ixoßalrox—Tbe martet to•dat was exceed ingly heavy, both in the morning and evening, and prices In queue wen Quoted lower.—Linewitire and Yorkshire (fifth sham) Ti d.—Loodoss and Notth.Witstern, 1121 12—Ditto (new I sham), I 19. 3d., Is. 3d. c., Is. 3d. p.—Ditto (fifth 'burs). l 1 e. p.—Ditto s res, ha Ch 4 le. tee. fid. p.—Midlood (1 dumb 13 18e. 18e. ▪ It e. d. 2 3outh Eastern god Dover (No. 4. M. on =Akre geese 6 j d.), 6k. ed.—Dutch Rhenish, 60. BRISTOL, Fob. 13. Ehrotrt-BaCiamera. The market was a shade firmer than y, although Stu% amount of htteinens done wn. not s table. Untat Western qtnuter Ounce, iu which the priucE dealings teak place, left at at 15i, being an imam...went ham r u ing price. Sown awl Wye Canal shares were dealt In at 14 per [THREEPENCE. "" ' IL -••a. doing, ead -- -tA was ILANCIIIISTER, z"' - x: 6l- EiCurspron.—tner: wa. ht. prier WM Tattler lower. Coweldarable un;:ou i ttrets to op.. salads!, awe meow for wblets may be that to.noortow la the anent day. BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 13 Bracz-kaazaaraa.—Ther• is a continued demand for Birmingham end Orford and Birmingham and D u dl ey shares, with h (mile paid) have riles from 11. to 81. Ina. pm. I n a month • ut7 and Birmingham' are heavy, and done at lower prim a Today Birmingham aid Dudley. Malls not duly paid) were dam aM 14 pm.; Birmingham and Stuar Valley% at 9l; Landon and North Westerns new quarters. at If and If. Is. 9d. pm. ;) ishrewsbury and. Birmingham A's, at 8 die.; and Shropthire Unions, at 31. Os. 9d. di'. LEBDS. Fe& 13. erocialicarawon.—The market WWI perfectly Mani - mil tbla rlalubbl. not a alngle kanl Ode transaction taking place. YORK Feb. 13. STOCK EICHANON.--EtoteTti C .untie', 71; Y, Ek, New outto, end Berwick. le; Ditto (G.N.P.. Purchase), di; York, and North Midland Pref., OS. la. HAMBURG, Feb. 9. BOI9II3tHALLII. limb. Boma.. 934 money; Din*. riority, 1041 ; Berlin rissab., 80 0 bill., 90 money; Ditto. Priority, Four•and.a. per Cents., 100 bills, SOO monT en htslol4. Wig Wittmburg. UMW, RI looney ; Cologne Minden, 93 'bills, 941 money; Ditto. Priority, 100 money •, Ditto, Five per • tO3 money ; Iffseklattnargh, 334 bills ; Ditto, Priority, Four-00144-11•11 pet °Ma, tool 1004 way Altana Klal, 924 ; Predetid4 Wilaas4 niMs, 444 =sty; 0414;41;ape4 40 YOU. RAILWAY MEETINGS. LEEDS AND BRADFORD. Yesterday the half-yearly ordinary general me e ti ng of the Leeds and Bradford Railway wee veld at the White Horse, Boar-lsne, Leeds. The chief point of interest attach ing to the proceedings was the leasing the line to the Midland Company at 10 per cent.-501IN WADDINGNAM, ER., the chairman of the board of directors, took the chair. The formal Wilkes. of reading the notice calling the meeting, and affixing of the seal to the register of proprietors, having been gone through, Mr. BEST, solicithr, read the statement of the accounte for the put hall-Tear, which showed that the disburnments during teat period bad b , en 42 7941 16s. 3.1 , which being added to previous expenditure, made a total of 1,419.6071. 7s. 9d. The receipts during the same time were 35,1671. 19e. 6d., which bring added to the previous receipt, made a total of 1,419,3961.6 x. Id. There was likewise a balance of 2111. le 84. due to the bankers. Oa the motion of the chairman the statement of recounts was approved without discussion. The CHAIRMAN then moved • resolution for the ap pointment of a director io the room of himself, he retiring ny rotation. If, however, the shareholders were of apinion his sersthea would be of benefit to the company, he should be glad to continue there. As soon as everything was wound up, and they had got into a more clear and settled state he should he very glad to be relieved from the labours and r^- spoosibilities of office, but in the mean time, it was for the shareholders to determine whether it wee desirable or not that he should continue his services. Mr. MUROATROYD moved that Mr. Waddingtam be re-elected as direetor. Mr. JOHN GOODMAN seconded the resolution, and it wee adopted rum. con, by the meeting. The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. George, one of the auditors, now retired by rotation, a..d he moved his re-election, as well as the election of Mr. Miles lilingworth to the office of auditor, in the room of Mr. Robert Milligan, who bad refused to serve. This resolution having been seconded by Mr. George Goodman, a dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, at the rate of 21 10s. per share (lees income tax) was declared, payable on the lot of March next. The CHAIRMAN then stated that since the last meeting the directors had appointed Mr. Best, solicitor, to the poet of secretary, iu the pl.u.e of Mr. Gatlifte, wi.h a view to save expense. The office was ohs in which there was no little to do, and Mr. Best had taken charge of the register and the distribution of dividends for a very small sum. The three ton had also elected Mr. John Rhodes a director ia the place 1 of Mr. Hudson. M.P., and Mr. Win. Henry Ripley in place of Mr. John Wind, who had retied.—After a short pause, The CHAIRMAN mate some remarks in, reference to the lease of the line to the Midland company. ef which he was at the time a director. He said, I expected tome gentleman would have asked some question respecing the lease, as I observed the ofit r da) that the Clercs went down considerably, though they have niece auvacced to the point at which they originally shawl. There is not a shadow of doubt as to the validity of the lease. As I said at the hit meeting, to-day I say again, the lease was prepared with the utmost care, and has been looked upon as • model for leases of • similar nature; end perhaps I may be allowed to say further, in reference to assertions which have been made elsewhere, diet the lease is not only valid in Ipoint of law, and valid in point of equity, and honour, but that no undue influence or mhiepresents lion was ever used by one section of the board of directors to induce the other section to agree to this lease. It was a fri.r and unblessed act of the whole board at the time. We undertook the lees* ot the Leeds and Bradord not with a view to profit, as the line was not at the time open, but with a view to the protection of the Midland aimpany in this district, just in the same way as the Laudon and North- Western Company took the Leeds and Dewsbury line, and as the Manchester and Leeds would have been glad to take the Leeds and Bradford. Whether we were wine or not is not the question. Very exaggerated notions of the profits of nal ways existed at that period ; and what I wish to convey is, that with the knowledge we then pi sussed, this transaction took place with the boriajide intention of serving the Midland Company. (Hear, hear,) There was another point that had hem urged against the lease—not that lI,TLY undue delusion was practised U2OO shareholatra, ;NOW what in fluence was practosed upon the Mo t ilit' directory, but that, IWu Ult'answer to that ? Tide question of the lease wet before the Midland shrreholiers fully three months. At the meeting in July, 1816, a resolution was passed, which recapitulated the substance of the lease, and that resolution was sent by circular to every Midland shareholder, and the lease itself was not &tally sealed and confirmed until the 28th of October, when it was sealed in the presence of • very large special meeting of shareholders. (Hear, hear.) New, if the Midland share holders had all that time to think about it, it seems to me meat inconsistent, meet unreasonable, to talk now of de lusirn being practised upou them. I do not In an to say that the whole railway world was not under delusion at the time, but I do mean to affirm that the directors did not practice any delusion upon the shareholders. It ought to be borne in mind that the leer was entered into for the protection of the Midland interest, and not with a view to mske a profit ; though if the notion of railway pro perty then existing Lad been correct, that was not then im probable ; for it must be remembered that the Midland was paying 7 per cent, and the Manchester and Leeds 10 per cent., and it was believed at the time that the Leeds and Bradford would be •12 per cent. line. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GEORGE GOODMAN said that in July the direc tors bad the power to attach the seal to the lease, but very wisely they gave the shareholders of the Midland another opportunity in the ensuing October (three months after wards) of considering the lease, and then affixed the seal in the presence of a meeting of the shareholders. This he thought important, to show that no undue advantage wry taken. (Hear, hear.) Thanks were unanimously awarded to the chairman and the directors, and the proceedings terminated. RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING °amts. Tne select committee of the Douse of Commons at their usual fitting, declared that tut standing orders ought to be ilirpensso with, and that tt e parties be permitted to proceed with their re spective measures in the following CAS , ' :—Watertord, Wex ford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway ; North Staffordshire and Manebeater, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ; Mid land Great Western Railway of Ireland ; and Dublin, Dandrum, and Rathlarnham Railway. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—It appears from a parliamentary return just issued, that the tr. Hie receipts on all the railways in the United Kingdom, during the twat year ending J une 30, 1849, amounted to 5,435.9371, et which 2,822,6471. was for Passengers, and 2.033,2631. for goods, cattle, parcels, and mails. The 'lumber of passengers conveyed was 28,767,887, of which 3,335,088 were tirst•clasa passengers, 11,200,901 second-clans passengers, 7,194,344 third.class, 6,981,834 par liamentary el,ss, and 55,700 mixed. The receipts wire : first claw, 686,1291.; s coed clam, 1,142,1201. ; third claw, 330,5031; parliamentary, 462,7141.; and mixed,l,2oB/. Total, 2,822,6741. The oomparative nutriment of the trallic receipts on all the railways in the United Kingdom for the tire years tailing 30th of June, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849, were 6,209.7141., 7 0 :63,5691., 8 0 510,8861., 9,933,5521, and 11,200,9011. teapectively. The receipts for passengers amounted, for the year ending 30th et June, 1845, to 3,976,3411. ; in 1846, to 4,723,2161. ; in 1847, to 5,148.6021. in 1848, to 5,720,3821. ; and 3 0th of June, 1849, to 6.105,9751. The receipts from goods, cattle, parcels, mails, &c., were, for the year ending 30:11 of June, 1843, 2,238,3731.; ending 30th of June, 1846, 2,840,3341.; end ing June, 1847, 3,362,8841. ; ending June, 1848,4,213,1 691 . ; and ending June, 1849, 5,094,9621. Toe aumber of pamen gen cinveyed during the respeative periods were 33,791,233, 43,700,983, 51,352,163, 67,985,070. end 60,398.159. The length of railway open in June, 1845, was 2,313 miles ; in 1846,2,763 wiles; in 1847, 3,603 wiles; in 1848, 4,478 miler, and in June, 1849, 6,447 miles. llELGicit.—Baussma. Fs& 13.—The exchange of the ratification of the trestle§ of commerce and naviga tion, concluded on the 17th of November lut between France and 13.Igium, took place on the 7th of this month. The pewee verbal was signed by General de la Hine and M. Roofer rUNKll.ll:4 IN nlti. ORKNETS.—TIIE Sandi meta annoenes that a hearse has meetly We introduced into the Orkneys for the lint time. 110 9 11 14f 14