The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-15 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ERRATUM in the Gazette of the 10th instant. For the order in which the names of the East India Company's Officers appointed to be Knights Commanders of the Most Honour able Military. Order of the Bath are placed, read those names in the order following : Major -General James Lillyman Caldwell, Major-General Alexander Caldwell, Major-General David Leighton, Major-General Charles Deacon, Major-General James Russell, Major-General Sir Joseph O'Halloran, Knight, Major-General Robert Houstoun, Major-General Robert Stevenson, Major-General William Casement, Major-General James Law Lushington. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCK S , ASURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. 'LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 14. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Shue, 1,760 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. 188. sh. 135 1,482 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch .- ...... Average 113/.Bh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 54 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150,. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 91. 98. Birmingham, I-16th share .........8 v. & 711. 217 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/. sh. 100 pd 31 600 • Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 4! Cheliner and Blzckwater 1001. sh. 102 500 48/. Coventry 1004 sh. 700 , 4,545 Croydon - Average 311.25. 10d. 81). 3 2,064 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. '7B 600 71. Derby 100/. sh. 122 20,000 3,575; 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. SO 231 40/, Erewash 1001. sh. 660 1,297 2m/. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.165. sh. 600 11,500 124 Grand June.- 100/. sh. 204 2,8494 11. Grand Union 1001. sh. 2 4 1.500 Grand Surrey 120,0001. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan - 100!. 10 3,096 ...... ... Grand Western 1004 sh. all pd 600 13!. 125. Sd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 230 749 10a. Grantham a.. 1501. sh. 202 6,238 1/. 15s. Hudderstitld Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 Keiisingf m 100 sh. all pd. 10 25,328 11. 2s. Kennet gid Avon, Average 39/. 183. 10d. sh. 22 2,8971 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 535 54.! 124 Leicester l4O/. sh. 195 1,897 41. 10s. Leicester and Northiunpton...Aver 531. 10s. 77 2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 50 In/. Melton Nlowbray 1001. sit. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1004 sh. all pd. 54 247 17/. Neath 1001. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 1004 sh. 580 2,44)0 5!. Peak Forest ... ..... Average about 78/. sh. 104 21,118 1.25. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. :a 5, 44,0 6/. per cent. ilochdale Average 85/. sh. 119 500 8/. Shropshire 125/. sh. 138 SOU 9/, 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153 3,6001. 41 percent. Ditto bock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 111 700 404 Stafford and Worcester 1401. sh. 730 500 91. Shrowobtiry 125/. sh. 243 300 81. Stourbridge .......... .............. 1451. sh. 263 3,647 21. ~s. Stratford-un-Avrli ....Average 791. 9s. lA. sh. 50 533 121. Swansea 100/. sh. 22)) 3,762 I/. 4s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 35/. sh. 194 2,60 0 15 ti. 82!. 1)9. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 1001. sh. 555 9,149 ......... Thames 4..nd Medway...Aver. 191. ss. Sd. sh. 2 1,0005h.l 151 Warwick aid Birmingham .. 1001. sh- 254) I,oooish.) ' SAO Ps. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 140 6,000 41. ils. Worcest gran. Birmingham...A v. 78/. Bs. sh. 82 5,000 22.4. Wilts an., Berke .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 21 800 31, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 1 ,26 „., Wisbeach 905 1/. Wey and Arms llO/. sh. 221 DOCKS. KENSINGTON-PALACE, MARCH 13. The Duke of Sussex has been pleased to appoint Harrison Gor don Codd, Esq., one of his Majesty's Deputy Lieutenants for Mid dlesex, and in the Commission of the Peace for that County, to be one of the Equerries to his Royal Highness. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Kincif 10. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain H. R. Wright to be Adjutant, vice Robertson, promoted, April 27 ; Second Lieu tenant. E. Wodehouse to be First Lieutenant, vice Hinchliffe, de ceased, Feb. 22. FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 14. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint John Rice Crowe, Esti., to be his Majesty's Consul for the province of Fin marken in Norway, to reside at Hamerfest. The King has also been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Sarell Ongley, Esq., to be his Majesty's Consul in the island,of Candia. WHITEHALL, MAncit 13. The King has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, empowering them to elect a Bishop of that See, now void by the death of Dr. Thomas Burgess, late Bishop thereof ; and His Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chanter, the Reverend Edward Denison, Clerk, M.A., to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. ROBERT KNOWLES, warehouseman, Trump-street, City. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JAMES NEWTON, linen-draper, Leicester-square. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM COATES WOOD, anchorsmith, Dean-street, Lower Shadwell, to surrender March 23, at half-past twelve, and April 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Thomason and Hewitt, Great James -street, Bedford-row. JOSEPH ROUITLEDGE, hotel-keeper, King-street, Cheap side, March 21 and April 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Fisher, Walbrook. JAMES RICE, saddler, Woodb r id ge , March 21, at half-past ten, and April 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ca naan, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Cletnenes Inn. CHARLES DOWSE, innkeeper, Northampton, March 30 and April 25, at eleven, at the George Inn, Stamford-Baron, Nor thamptonshire. Broughton, Peterborough; Tilsons and Co., Coleman-street, London. JOSEPH GARNER, innkeeper, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, March 29 at three, March 30 and April 25, at eleven, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry. Cox, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London; Wil mot, Coventry. ROBERT SEARS, engraver, Paternoster-row, March 28, at one, and April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gold smid, Ironmonrrer-lane, official assignee; Wood and Ellis, Cerbet- CTlrt, (iraceeliurch • street. LOUIS ENGLAND, builder, Shepperton-street, New North raail, March 21, at one, and April 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards. Pancras-lane, official assignee; Boulton, INJrthampton-square, Clerkcnwell. WILLIAM PILLING, common-brewer, Little Bolton, Lan caster, March 25, at twelve, and April 25, at two, at the Commis si.oers'-i-ttorns, Manchester. A'llington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Faett, Bedford- row, London ; Lees, Manchester. JOIN HAMILTON, merchant, Lancaster, March 30, and April 23, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Turner, Sharpe, and Field, Bedford-row, London ; Carson, Liver pool., 2,600& } 3 p c. Commercial 1 00!. sh. 1,00.15 h. - ' 49A,6e711. 0 per et. East India Stock 3,23V,3104/. sus. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 1,39e.000/. 51. per et. West India 2.t:0/ 2/. 19s. Brist - )1 M,3241. 51. per cent. Ditto Soles, various amounts ....... ......... 1,352,751 4 pr cent. St. Katharine Stock 5151,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bondi 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds or 10 years Shoreham 11. ii hour 2.500 .......• Deptford l'iet "0/. sh. 3/. pd BRIDGES. I,ttro 18. Haminersm.ti .50/. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. tOl. 2s. Sd. sh. 1,71'0 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 711 per cent. ..........50/. eh. 5,000 .... ..... Waterloo lOO/ sh. 5,000 lss. Sd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6Ol. pd 5,15 , 0 los, 41, Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pt) 80,000/. 51. tier cent. Ditto Bonds 6,000 17s Vauxhall Average 711. 10s. 3d. sh. AS , URANCP CUAIPAN:ES 2,000 3! ICs Albion 5001. sh. 501 pd 50,000 [ s ll r , ( i e , l l Alliance,lllitish& Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 50,000 A per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/ pd 24,000 1 I per sh. Atlas 511/. sh. 51. p.l 1,2 1 10 Ist,. 5/. Birmingham Ine 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 12, 0 00, 61. percent. British Cinniii-Icial 501, sb. 51. pd 5,000 Lk per cent. Clerical, Mcdi al,Sic. Life, 110!. sh. 12/111s pd 4,000 21 les County 1004 sh. 104 pd 2.4000 ss. Eagle cent. 230 E a s , p e ,, 3 „, bs. l Economic Lit:: lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 2,271 225. percent. European Lt. • '2o/. eh. all pd 50,000 t.s. Ditto, New . . •At. 01 24 p 4 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe 20,00) 51. Guardian.-- ............... ... 100/. sh. 0711 pd 10,000 6s. Id. Hope 50/. sh. 5/. ixt 2,40) 31. 7s. 6d. Imperial r in) 5001 sh. 501. pd 7;410 Os. Imperial Lite .., 100/. sh. 10/. pd 13,458 I2s. per sh. Indemnity It-11010 110/. sh. 8!. pa 2,0: - :0 31 lOs Kest Fire 59/. sh. all pd 3/. Ditto.) Life 10, 1. 00 16s. Law Life 5 000 10s. lamilon, :'ir .• 25/. sh. 12/. Ills. p. , 1 3,900 10.±. Loner:A, SIIII , 25/. sh. IJ. 10s. pd 312,031 M. per cent. Pailadium Lir, 50/. sh. 31. ixl 50,000 Frotet for Fit.. °W. sh. 2/. lid 2,5011 1/. Provident 1.,,. 100,00 U 51. percent. Rock Life.... .01. it). D. pd 0 , 10,220/ 51. pier relit. Royal Exelt iie Sto. k... 0,000 5 per cent. University 1.15) ‘ool. eh. 5/. pd 50,000 4 per cent. Unit.-. 1 Kiwi; Win Life '2l. pd .JOINT sIuCK BANKS 25, 1 5 0 Agric anal's/mm.of Ireland 2'l. et. 101. pd 5,000 A ti;i l rala.l) 4O/. sh. 40/. pit 10,1105 1.1 percent. 11. u,..: of Ri: ienigham 5. 1. sh. Ito!. pd 10,410)) Id per cent. Bitmingham Bank . . 5O/. sh. 5!. lid 3',0110 4 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 20/. pd 3 . 0011 4 per cent. Lancaster..„, 100/. sh. 2'l. pd • 25,1)00 I.iverpool 11.101 sh. 10/. i d CHARLES HICKS and WILLIAM HICKS, mealmen, Christchurch. Southampton, March 29, at four, and April 25, at t wo, at the Angel Inn, Lyrnington, Hants. 'Thomson, Chancery lane, London ; Brown, Lvinington. JOSEPH MOORE, flax-spinner, Leeds, March 21, and April 25, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Roper and Son, Gray's Inn. Landon ; Dickinson. Leeds. CHARLES MARSHALL, victualler, Kingston-upon-Hull. March 22, at one, and April 25, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Ka: ,, ston-upon-Hull. Meredith, Li.:coln's-inn, London; srm, hull. JOSEPH SMITHERD. ta:lor, Derby. March 21, and April 2b, et eleven, at the New Inn, Derby. Taylor and Son, John street, Bedford-row, London ; Mozley and Plack, Derby. Jo;-1N HEA DL EY, hosier, Leicester, March 28, and April 25, at two, at the White Hai t. Hotel, Leicester. Dibben, Leicester; Dyneley. Coverdale, and Lee, Gray's lon-square, London. ,lOSEPII BETTRIDGE, silversmith, Birmingham, March 22, and April 25, at (me, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Aust . h and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn ; Palmer and son, Birmingham. CHARLES MEREFIELD, grocer, Bristol, March 23, and April 25, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Redford-row; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. JOHN WOODHAMS, victualler, Grange-road, Bermondsey, March 21, at twelve, and April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcv. Canaan, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street, official assignee; - Colley, Smith, Hunter, and Gwatkin, Lincoln's-inn. JOSEPH KING, plumber, Liverpool-street, March 22, at two, and April 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall- street, official assignee: :Maltby, Old Broad-street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Dubbing, plumber, Brighton, April 4, at half-past eleven-S. Barber, draper, Drury-lane, April 4, at half-past twelve-T. Brown, glazier, Bell-yard, Lincoln's Inn, April 4, at half-past one -H. Rowed and J. W. Greenshields, tailors, New Bond-street, April 4, at half-past two-B. Baker, tailor, Conduit -street, Bond street, April 4, at twelve-C. Friend, milkman, Mungllr-street, Regent's Park, April 6, at two-J. Bowring and W. Garrard, linen drapers, Exmouth -street, Clerkenwell, April 4, at half-past one--W. Rotherham, draper, Shoreditch, April 6, at half-past twelve-H. Nantes, merchant, Warnford-court, April 6, at half past two-S. and S. L. Sotheby, auctioneers, Wellington-street, Strand, April 6, at eleven-G. Southall and W. Milnes, coal mer chants, Pedlar's-acre Wharf, April 4, at half-past eleven-J. Hyatt, White Ferry House, Pimlico, April 4, at eleven-R. Badnall, banker, Leek, Staffordshire, April 4, at twelve-C. D. Hays, ship master, Meriton's Wharf, Bermondsey, April 4, at one-C. Adams, merchant, Pancras-lane, April 4, at one-W. G. Docking, cheesemonger, Hampstead-road, April 6, at twelve-S. Folkard, hackneyman, High Holborn, April 6, at half-past twelve-J. G. Lynch and J. Kite, coal merchants, New North-road, Hoxton, April 6, at eleven-J. G. Peacock, merchant, Allhallows -lane, April 6, at twelve-W. Whateley, merchant, Lawrence Pountney hill, April 4, at twelve-R. Smith, bricklayer, Gravesend, April 5, at o ne-T. Taylor, cheesefactor, Tooley-street, Southwark, April 8, at eleven-M. A. Pite, hatter, Beech-street, Barbican, April 8, at eleven-J. J. Brimmer, printer, Greek-street, Soho, April 8, at twelve-T. A. Gray, law stationer, Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, April 8, at half-past one-R. Wace, merchant, Castle-street, Falcon-square, April 6, at half-past twelve-S. Carter, surgeon, Newbury, Berkshire, April 4, at half past twelve-R. Clark, woollen draper, High Holborn, April 4, at twelve-J. Colling, grocer, Yarmouth, April 4, at one-J. Hill, hackneyman, Montagu-mews, Montagu-square, April 4, at two- E. Bowler, hackneyman, Paddington-street, Marylebone, April 4, at three-L. Bladon, tailor, Hanway-street, April 5, at twelve. In the Country. R. Williamson, saddler, Derby, April 5, at eleven, at the office of Mr. Moss, Derby-S. T. Probett, wholesale stationer, Derby, April 6, at eleven, at the office of Mr. Moss, Derby-J. Everard, ale seller, Naseby, Northampton, April 7, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Northampton -J. Bloom, coal dealer, Yorkshire, April 11, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull -J. E. Nicoll and J. Warburton, tailors, Liverpool, April 19, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool-J. Croser and Co., ship brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 7, at eleven, at the Commission Rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-C. Eldridge, builder, Brighton, May 25, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Brrighton. CERTIFICATES.—APRIL 4. J. R. Nicoll and J. Warburton, tailors, Liverpool—G. Perkins ; silk spinner, Booth Town, Northowram, Yorkshire—J. Harwood, share broker, Birmingham—C. J. B. P ons , h a tt er, Old Bond street—G. Ma and Co., tavern keepers, Collonnade, Haymarket. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Scholey and J. Holman, millwrights, Baalzephon-street, Ber mondsey—W. Brassington and W. Jelly, plasterers, Salford, Lan cashire—T. Foster and W. I. Okely, architects, Bristol—D. Cromwell and G. Gubbins, organ huilderst, Southampton —R. Heighingten and J. Slinn, linen drapers, Woburn, Bedfordshire— G. Cooke and Co., hearth rug manufacturers, Cleveland -street, Fitzroy-square —R. Hartley and Co., iron founders, York—C. E. Garman and J. Morton, chemists, Tottenham-court-road— T. M. Evans and Co., flax dressers, Birmingham —T. Ellis and Co., lead manufacturers, Chester—G. Black and J. Briggs, joiners, Carlisle, Cumberland—J. Canter and H. Archer, linen manufacturers, Barnsley, Yorkshire—W. Hardman and Co., machine makers, Farnworth, Lancashire (as far as regards W. Hardman)—J. Smith and J. Grierson, tailors, Liverpool—J. Parkyn and J. Barnicot, haberdashers, Ludgate-hill—A. Seymour and S. D. Rudd, milliners, "Stafford-street, Bond-street—G. D. Arnold and W. Pierce, brewers, Liverpool—l. J. T. Hayward and W. Hunt, hop merchants, Stroud, Gloucestershire—R. Clarke and W. Nickson, shipbuilders, Liverpool—J. Kirkman and T. White, seraphino makeFs, Soho-square—H. and J. Fisher, common brewers, Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire—W. and R. Burton, poulterers, Islington-green—J. Hutchinson and E. Nunnerly, paviors, Leices ter—J. Collie and R. J. Mincher, patent malsters, Liverpool—J. F. W. Brewer and H. Prockter—J. Benyon and J. J. Stocken, to bacconists, Gracechurch-street--D. and D. R Paramore, coal mer chants, Devonport--S. Worrall and Co., spindle manufacturers, Rochdale, Lancashire (as far as regards G. Ncwill.) 50,000 G per cent. Marrmestet and Liverpool/ 100/. . h. 151 pd Discount 2',000 7j percent. Manchester . 1001. sh. 251 pd 2d,000 , Provincial Sink of 1 reland...loo/. sh. 051. pd 211,. tio National Bank of Ireland ...5"/.sh 174/. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Privincial Eng. ...100/. sh. 231. txl 39,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 111/. pd 0,000 10 pr'r cent. Hampshire 50/. slt . 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s Bel Bath 2O/. sh. lrl. pi 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. MI. pd 5/ percent., f,OOO Li, m. 5 . 5. s Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 92 5/ lOs Birmingham 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2O . sh. 1,500 3 , 104 Brighton 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General .20/. sh. all pd 4,1)00 41. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 6201.1x1 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. ICs. Equitable ... . _ . . _... 4.1 :s,ce. 10,"00 2i percent. Imperial 50h. `SONS 5/. per cent. Isle of 'Diane& 0 5/. sh. 201. pd 2,3.50 6/. per cent. I n,lependent 3Ol. eh. all pd 0,000 31. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 301. pd 1,000 41. per cent. !latent!' 4,000 South ?letropolitan 50/. eh. 19/. pd 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 81. per cent I.Vaketield ./251. sh. 12,000 3/. Weqtmi ,, ster Chartered 6,001 12 8 . Ditto New .. .511. sh. 101. pd eco yar:,,onth *l. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. ..... .. —...—. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251. pd 24; 4,443 6/. East London lOOl. sh. 139 5,500 2/ 10s Or Ind Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 54) 2,000 21. Kent lOO/. sh. 43 3:2 101. Liverpool Itootle .204 sh. 3.6 1 ,500 2/ Ills Now silver London Bridge Water Annuities 3S 6,486 I/ 15s Mr.ochester and Salford lOO/. sh. 53 300 4 per cent. Smith Lon.lon lOO/. sit. 8 S 5,204 31. West Mid.llesex ....Average 631. I2s. 9,1. sh. 78 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. all. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 0,000 Birmingham and Derby 9,5011 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 9 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 13,000 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 5 pd II 001*. Calcutta and Saugur 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd 1 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...!ool. sh. 741 5 3,000 Clarence lOOl. di. 1001. pd 48 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/ sh 24 pd If 60,000 Eastern Counties 251 sh. 21. pd 01 ...... ... Grand Junction 1001. Ai. 50/. p I 107 Great North of England 7l. pd 54 25,000 ..... .... Great Western lOO/ sli. 401. pd 464 2,0 0 0 Ilartlepool 1001. sh. 1001 pd 100 8,000 Hull and 4 zelby 5O/. sh. 51. pd 24 10,000 ...... ... Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 7,11111 Leedq and Selb7 lOO sh. 44 1,500 Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh. all pd '7O 5,100 10 per cent. I.iverpool and Manchester...lo(l. sh. 1001. pd 285 Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61 10,000 ... ...... London and Brighton lOOl. sh. 51 pd 5: 45,000 Ditto ditto ((Gibbs') -.20/ sh. 11. pd 04 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so/. sh. 31. pd 94 8,000 Ditto - ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 3/. pd 04 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh. 31 pd 14 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 204 sh. 'lOl. pd 22 25,000 20,000 ...... 7,000 ... 12,000 London Grand Junction... .5 1. sh. 31. pd 1 10,000 North Midland 1001. sh. li./. pd 12 Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. W. pd 24 2,030 Preston and Wyre .50!. sh. £ll/. pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover.-- ........... .71. pd 44 1,000 6/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 9,000 'l'haines Haven 50/. sh. 21. 10s. pcl 2 1,400 6,000 MINES. 8,000 ...... ... Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 4,000 .„...... Alten 151. sh. 12/. lOs pd 1:" 10,000 ... ,„„,. Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd V. Ditto Subscription 45/. pd 4 2,000 Bolanos 1501. sh all pd 115 10,000 ii. 10, Brazilian Imp. iss. 54 pm. '351. sh. 201. pd 20 6,0 h ,0 /Me:tubas & Cocaes United...2s/.sh. 23 , 1/. pd 7 11,000 Chiba St. John 1./el Rey 201. sh. Bil. p 4 2 10,000 ...... .., L'llivar Copper Company 2O/. sh. 20/. pd S; 10,000 ........, ;Tato Scrip...... ..............» 101. sh. 84 pd 9 20,000 Britiki Iron ..................» 501. sh. 501 pd 41 6,000 ... ...... gritigh Copper Cata Branca 6 iL Pd 7 Candonga 10,000 14 C0piap0......... ........... .. ..... 20/. sh 1211 pd 15 8,500 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,8.50 31. English . 12/ Its. pd 02 2 0,000 ......... General Mining Assoclation...2ol. sh. 151. pd 10 6,155 ... ...... Mexican Cam; any 1001. sh 541/. pd 0 3,000 Polberou Consols 101. sh. 8/. pd 7 11,500 ..... .... Real del Monte, Unregistered l6 Ditto Loan Not.'s l5Ol. pd 150 90,000 United Mexican, iso. 2 pm..... 404 sh. all pd 2 Dittt. Scrip . 21 Ditto New Scrip West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1 , 0 00 ......... London, with Bronze Ticket.........75g5. sh. 20 1 1,500 700 .... ..... Russell 0 5gs. sh. 8 King' College 1001. Pd 5.2 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural...loo4 sh. Wil. pd 35 6,000 64 - per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 16 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Comp an y lOW sh. 24/. pd 38 200,000 54 per cent. Upper Canada Loan .... 95 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15,000 I/. os. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd 24 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock...,, 2,000 14 London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 1 9 8,000 ... ...... Caoutchouc Company _251 . i t,. 241 . p d 2A New Brunswick Land Company 281 pd 25 i 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd 126 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New ... 100/. sh. 454 pd 8 4,000 ..... .... Thames Tunnel .-. 50/. sh. all pd 7 i 10,000 -- Sir Edward O'Brien, of Dromoland, who repre sented the county of Clare for so long a time, is in such a dan gerous state of health as to render his recovery doubtful. The Earl of Uxbridge, while out with the King's hounds a few days since, killed a valuable hunter, said to be worth 500 guineas, while taking a leap near Blackwood, on Iver Heath. We regret to state that the account of the death of Mr. Davidson, the African traveller, is ascertained to be true. We' must defer the particulars till to-morrow. ft is settled that, from and after the sth of April next. a pair-horse mail shall run between Doncaster and the great port of the East, via Thorne and Boothferry, to leave Hull at four A. M. and return from Doncaster immediately on the arrival of the south bags.—Doncaster Gazette. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.—Mr. Clay has lately presented a petition in the American senate, from sundry authors of Gr"at Britain (same as that spoken of some time ,No by Mr. Adams in the House), praying such an alteration oi our copy-right law as will secure to them some portion of the. profits of their literary labour, derived from the publication ant! circulation of their works in the United States. Mr. Clay supported the petition with a few just and impressive remarks, and v.oved the reference to the Judiciary Committee. Mr. . pw.Ncyf i citimma lf d a favourable disposition towards the object pf.shel-petirs, but thought there might be constitutional tagAieepo!li triittly-lt:gislation on the subject. Mr. Buchanan fra ti*wort4lt\the importance th e quest i on i nvo l ved. Mr. Ari.-o,fittlake_d'ltAt! the petition should b e re f erre d to a S elect _, , c ; :4 1 'paxtfe47Eif 4.troihich was agreed to. :17 AL 11 S 1 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MARCH 9, 1837. BANKS. 1,500,00.1 t. 61. p. ct. ran': of SeoatllW S3l. 6s Bd. sh. all pd 201,1!. 2,000,0 X/. St p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1 1 ,644 500,0X•1. is p. et. Britisili Liuen Company 1001. sh. :di pd '2316./. 3,000,00 e/. 61. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1001. pd 1:4/. 5,000,0001. sp. ct. National lOOl. sh. 10/. pit 1514 2,00 0 ,0001. 51, p. ct. Glasgow Union 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 68/. 4,000,01;04 4p. ct. Western of Scotland .001. sh 301. pd sot/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. ___ 250 ___ . .000 sh. 63 p. et. Scottish Union 90/. sh. 1/. pd 25s ',NY.) sp. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 101. pa 131 54. 10/%000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. ob. all pd 8!. 50,0110 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 151. 1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 16/0s 5,000 ft p. et. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 101. pcl 14/5s 00,000 . West of Scotland lOl. pd 011.-,s MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 Elin. and (i'as. Un. Canal 50/. sh. all pd 2.21. Ditto Allocated 9431. , h. all pd 651. 5,400 .5 per cent. Eilinb.:Joint Stock Water •25/. sh. all pd 391. Carron iron Company 9 50/. sh. all pd 4(1. 2,11001 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founuery .501. sh 3 4 /. pd 461* 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & i.eith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd 'n!. 4,500 Riper cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sit. all pd CO/. 4,450 JO per cent. Glasgow Gal .51. sh. all pd 611. 750 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 451. 1,20; Edinburgh ,nd Dalke:th Itailway,..sof.sh. 501. 3,000 5 per cent. Egu: table Loan Company 251. sh. 91 pd 101. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1837. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, Harem 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack, at Five o'clock. CHURCH-RATES. Lord KENYON presented a petition from Crawley, in Kent, against the abolition of Church-rates. A Right Rev. PRELATE presented a petition from Welsh pool, and several places in Merioneth, to the same effect. He stated that some of them were signed by Dissenters and by Roman Catholics. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented similar peti tions from Weston, from Mitcham, Milton, Nether Stowey, Wellington, and a number of other places ; he also presented a petition from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, complaining of the pro visions of the Corporation Act. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition in favour of Veto by Ballot, and one from Llanelly, against the Poor Law Amendment Act. The Bishop of LLANDA FF presented a petition from Abergavenny, praying that their Lordships would not pass a measure for the abolition of Church-rates, without a substi tution of a fund out of the national resources ; he also pre sented a petition from Newchurch, in Monmouthshire, and from several places in Wales, in favour of Church-rates. The Earl of RIPON presented petitions from Pet worth, in Bedfordshire, and other places, against the aboli tion of Church-rates. He then said, that as he did not see the Noble Lord (Lord Glenelg) the Secretary for the Colo nies in his place, he would give notice that on Thursday next, he would ask a question from the Noble Lord as to the 'bourse Government intended to pursue as to the mode in which the subject of the affairs of Canada would be brought under the consideration of the House ; and also for an account of the ex panses of the Commissioners who had been appointed. The Duke of BUCC L E UG H presented a petition from Kettering, in Northamptonshire, against Church-rates. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the second reading of a Bill introduced by the Noble Lord opposite, in reference to the statutes of the University of Oxford, had been fixed for Tuesday next, and he wished to know if there was any objection that it should be postponed till after Easter. Lord L YNDHURST said he had already requested the Noble Lord to postpone it, but he had not said he would. It would be impossible for him (Lord L.) to attend unless it were postponed. The Duke of WELLINGTON believed an application had been made by his Noble Friend the Chancellor of Cam bridge to have the second reading of the Bill postponed. The reason why he (the Noble Duke) wished the second read ing to be postponed was, that it was always usual on sub jects of this sort to consult the views of those whom the measure was likely to affect, and he had had no opportunity whatever of consulting the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge on the subject. He had received the Bill yesterday evening, but bad not had time to exchange opinions with the Universities. A few days ought, therefore, to be given to afford the opportu nity to the Universities to consider, whether they would take any means that might be calculated to induce their Lordships to come to a conclusion on the question one way or other. Lord MELBOURNE said that the Bill did not affect the Universities, as Universities, at all ; but only affected the sepa rate Halls of the College!. He had sent a copy of the Bill to the different Colleges, but as there seemed to be this desire for delay, he wished to know what day the Noble Duke would name. Tho Duke of WELLINGTON did not know when it was proposed that the House should adjourn. Lord MELBOURNE believed that it usually adjourned from the Thursday to the following Monday week. Earl SII A ETES BUR.Y said that the House of Commons usually adjourned from the Thursday to the following Monday week, but that this House usually adjourned on the Tuesday till the following Monday week. The Duke of WELLINGTON would, then, propose that the second reading should stand for Friday the 7th of April. The Bishop of LLANDAFF hoped that it would be postponed to Tuesday the 11th of April. Lord RADNOR said that if he did consent to its being postponed to Tuesday the 11th of April, he hoped the Right Rev. Prelate r►ould give the measure hi:, support. The Bishop of LLANDAFF said that he could assure the Noble Lord he could not give it the slightest support. It was then fixed that the second reading should stand for Tuesday, the I Ith of April. Lord LYNDHURST presented petitions from Haselmere, F nn'ngley, East Gilbert, Woodbridge, Ipswich, Lostwithiel, Northampton, and several other places, against the abolition of Church-rates. The Noble Lord said that the petition which he had presented from Northampton was from the town of Northampton, and he understood that a contrary petition had been presented from the Corporation of Northampton, and which had teen carried by only a majority of three of the Councillors. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from stating the great abuses that existed in the Corporations in Ire. land, and earnestly praying their Lordships to take the speediest and most effectual means of thoroughly renovating those Corporations by passing the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, now under the consideration of the Legislature. The petitioners also prayed their Lordships' attention to the great grievances they laboured under in respect to the tithes of Ireland. They stated that in Cashel there were :16 parishes, the duties of which were done by two curates, who received a salary of about 2501. a-year, while there was Church property in land and tithes in those parishes amounting to 7,0001. a-year, to which they considered their Lord ships' attention ought to be called. The petitioners stated that the whole force of the British empire could not compel them to submit to a continuation of this sys tem ; therefore they prayed that while there was yet time their Lordships would accede to a settlement of the Tithes and the Municipal Corporations. The Noble and Learned Lord presented a petition from between 20 and 30 most respec table surgeons of Armagh, cemplainin - O th elifiiculties they laboured under in consequence of degrees they bad taken from colleges, other than that of Trinity College, Dublin, by which they were debarred of certain privileges--( Hear, hear) — and praying their Lordships to give their sanction to some measure calculated to relieve them from those disabilities. The Noble and Learned Lord next presented a petition from the Royal Burgh of Dumbarton, praying their Lordships to pass the Irish Municipal Reform Bill as soon as it reached their Lordships' House. Also a petition from Dunkeld, in favour of the establishment of Small Debt Courts in Scotland. The Noble and Learned Lord then presented petitions from a great number of places, praying for the total abolition of Church-rates. Lord RADNOR presented petitions from Peckham, Shad well, Maldon, Croydon, Wellingworth, Solihill, Bloomsbury Chapel, and about twenty other places, praying for the aboli tion of Church-rates. Lord STRANG FORD presented petitions from Holycross, Bridgewater, and other places, against the abolition of Church rates. Lord PORTMAN presented several petitions to the same effect. Lord RE DE SD ALE presented petitions from Gloucester, Wilts, Surrey, and other places, to the same eff ec t. Lord BROUGHAM said that perhaps there would be no obj(etion on the part of their Lordships to pursue the same course in respect to the petitions presented for and against this measure as had been taken when the Reform Bill was dis cussed ; he alluded to the enumeration of petitions and signa tures to them which had been presented on the subject of Church rates, by referring them to the proper authorities, who would report the numbers to the House.--( Hear.) In respect to the number of petitions, he had no hesitation in stating that more had been presented against the abolition of Church-rate than in favour of it.—( Hear.) But it was not immaterial that they should know the number of signatures also.—( Hear, hear.) Lord LYNDHURST—And the amount of rates paid by each. Lord BROUGHAM said that it would be easy to have a report furnished of the number of petitions and sig natures, but it would be very difficult to procure the information alluded to by the Noble Lord; and as to the other subject, he was sure that if the number of petitions against the abolition of the rate was three or four times the amount of those in in its favour, yet he was certain that the signatures in favour of abolition were fifteen or twenty times the number of those who had signed against the abolition of the Rates. A NOBLE LORD asked if the course suggested bad been adopted in that or in the other House ? Lord BROUGHAM—In this House. The Bishop of HEREFORD said that this difference existed in the nature of the petitions presented for and against the abolition of Church Rates ; that whilst those in favour of abo lition were presented from separate c ongrega ti ons , s i x or seven of them being frequently in one town, those presented against abolition were from separate towns, villages, and counties. Lord BROUGHAM said that what bad been said by the Right Rev. Prelate was in confirmation of his ( Lord Brougham's) statement, and he was sure that the number of siguatures in favour of abolition would be found greatly to ex ceed the others. Lord LYNDHURST—No. Lord BROUGHAM said that there would be no difficulty in making the enumeration, and he would merely mention one instance in favour of what he stated—it was that one petition had been presented from Birmingham alone which hal 19,000 signatures. Lord WH A RNC LIF FE presented a petition from a parish in Sussex, in favour of Church rates. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the rate-payers in a parish in South Wiltshire, against Church-rates ; it was signed by the majority, if the signatures were those of rate-p ay ers ; and the cir cumstances connected with the petition, proved that the Church, under the present laws, was not in that state of security which some Noble Lords assumed, or shich could be given to it. He denied that this security existed at pre sent, and he would further say that he would never consent to any measure which would not render it more secure than it was.—( Hear, hear.) There was an Elustration of its pre sent insecure state, in the s t a t ement o f the petitioners, that they the majority of the rate-payers had for seven years successfully resisted the payment of rates for the maintenance of the Church. He would not say whether they had acted properly or judiciously or not in resisting that payment, but he con sidered it to be his duty to call the attention of their Lordships to this fact, which proved in this one parish__ and the case was similar in many others—that where there was any disinclination on the part of the rate-payers to maintain the Church, it need not be maintained by them, and it was therefore a delusion to suppose there existed under the present laws that security for the maintenance of the Church, which ought to exist in every parish in the country. —( Hear, hear.) It was furth er s t a ted in the petition that these circumstances had engendered party-feelings in the parish, and it was to put an end to these contentions arising from such a source that he desired some means to:be adopted; but he would again say that he would not consent to any measure, unless it 4vould secure the maintenance of the Churches in every parish in the empire.--( Hear, and cheers.) The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from Chor ley, and other places in Devon, against the abolition of Church-rates, and in support of the Protestant Church. The Right Rev. Prelate was proud to say that every labourer in the parish of Chorley had joined with the clergyman of the parish, in imploringltheir Lordships not to interfere with their sacred rights. WILLS BILL. LORD L ANGDALE brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Wills Bill ; and gave notice that he should move the third reading on Monday next. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table two Bills, one to amend the law relating to trial by jury in Scotland, and the other to authorise the Lord Chancellor to take affi davits in Ireland and Scotland. MUNICIPAL REFORM (ENGLAND.) Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Cor poration of Leeds, praying the House to make certain alte, rations in the English Municipal Reform Bill. Mr. Crowther presented papers from the Court of Exche- quer in Ireland. Mr. Payne presented the Report of the Committee of the Millbank Penetentiary. Gardiner's Divorce Bill went through a Committee, and was reported. The other Bills on the table were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCII 14. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour, Mr. BAIL LIE appeared at the bar and presented the an nual Report of the Committee of Management of the Peniten• tiary, CARDIFF IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. PALMER brought up the Report of the Committee on the Cardiff Improvement Bill, which was read a first time. GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY. Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from Kilmarnock against the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Bill. Referred to the Committee. CONDUCT OF MEMBERS. Lord G. LENNOX had been desired by the Brighton Railway Committee to state to the House that the Chair man had been instructed to call the attention of the House to a resolution of the 26th of March, 1830, which prohibited a Mem ber of that House being in partnership with an agent, and begged to give notice that he should to- morrow call the at tention of the House to the subject. LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY. Sir W. GEARY presented a petition from Rochester against the London and Dover Railway Bill. SOUTH UNION RAILWAY. Mr. WIL KS presented a petition from Manchester South Union Railway. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Mr. GASKELL presented a petition against tho Man chester and Leeds Railway. WESTMINSTER AND DEPTFORD RAILWAY. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Directors of the Wmtminster Bridge and Deptford Railway, denying the allegations brought forward against them in a petition presented last week by the Member for Finsbury. He hoped the House would allow this petition to be printed and circulated with the votes. After a few words from Sir S. WHALLEY the petition was ordered to be brought up and printed. Mr. FORSTER presented a petition from the Borough of Walsal against the Manchester South Union Railway Bill. Mr. WALL ACE presented two petitions in favour of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail 'say Bill; also two petitions against the same Railway passing through Ayr, and a petition against the Edinburgh and Newhaven Harbour Bill. Mr. HALL presented a petition from the Cheltenham and Gloucester Railway Company against the Trine. line. WINFORTH AND WOOL INCLOSURE. On the motion of Mr. H. HUGHES, this Bill was read a third time and passed. SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. MORRISON moved the*second reading of this Bill. Mr. WARBURTON said, that though generally friendly to Railways, he felt that there was a strong objection to this Bill, and an objection upon grounds the validity of which had already been distinctly acceded to by the house. The House had refused to pass the second reading of a Bill fo r a branch Railroad proceeding from the Southampton Rail road to Portsmouth. The present was an application for a branch or communication Railroad, leading from the South ampton Railroad to one proceeding westward from Northamp ton. In the former instance of the Portsmouth and South ampton Railway, of the two termini, one was distinct, namely that of Portsmouth ; but as the Railroad was not yet com pleted, and as the other terminus was yet undefined, the House refused to agree to the second reading of the Bill. The same objection applied also to this Railway. He thought until the terminus was defined, it would be most unjust to proceed further with the Bill ; he should therefore move that the second reading should take place that day six months. Mr. C. PELHAM thought that those who opposed the Bill ought to allow it to go into Committee. Mr. PO ULTE R thought that the argument that had been urged, that the Bill ought not to proceed further until the terminus as ascertained was extremely fallacious, inasmuch as 'such an ch;ection would necessarily apply to the case of every Railway. The Southampton Railroad was certainly notyet com pleted, but any body that was aware of the large sum that had been paid for compensation, and the works that were com pleted and the works that were going on upon the most ex tensive scale down to the latest moment, could have no hesi tation in saying that line would be completed. There coulal be no reasonable doubt of that fact; and therefore it might safely be considered as one of the termini.—( Hear.) The Exeter and Bristol Railroad was in the same situation ; and the objection which arose to the line by that Bill was, that the distance from Exeter to London would be 20 miles shorter than by the Great Western Railway. He hoped the House would not consider the present like the Portsmouth Junction Railway Bill, and would not allow it to be defeated in this stage. Sir ROBERT INGLIS said that on entering the House a paper was put into his hand the contents of which he would take the liberty of stating to the House--it con tained this allegation :—" The Bill to which the motion refers is a Bill, in respect of which, out of a line of 87 miles, the assents are only three, and the dissentients 6, making a propor tion of 1 in 20." Therefore he would contend that private interests ought not to be sacrificed. But he would go farther and say, that unless a strong , prima facie case were made out, the capital of the nation ought not to be sacrificed in the way proposed. It would be time enough to make this application when the ter mini were completed, and he should give his vote in support of the motion of the Hon. Member for Bridport.—( Hear.) Mr. SANFORD said he had a petition to present signed by 250 owners and occupiers of land, all of whom were dissen tients from the Bill. He thought the objection of the Mem ber for Shaftesbury did not apply. That lion. Gentleman had stated the case as an application to extend a line of railway, whereas the present was a new operation, and neither of the termini was as yet completed. He trusted the Bristol and Exeter Railroad would be completed, but as yet there was not more than ten or twelve miles of it even commenced, and when he was aware of the great amount of damage to the pro prietors of land to be done by the Railway then under con sideration, he thought it unfair to drive a large body of pro prietors to the expence and annoyance of going before a Committee to defend their interests. Mr. BENETT thought the present railroad was one of great public importance, indeed none towards the south-western counties was of so much public benefit. The Southampton Rail way would shortly be in operation as far as Basingstoke, and this would connect with London the vast district beyond Southamp ton. The liae would be of the greatest advantage to the agricul tural districts of Somerset, Dorset, Devon, &c., and he had the authority of that eminent engineer, Mr. Stevenson, for saying that it was the best line of railway he had ever been on. Now it had been asserted that there was no probability of the Southampton line being completed, but he had the assurance of the Engineers and Directors of that Company, that that line would be completed. It was absurd to object to a railway because it terminated in a line not yet completed, but it did not follow that the line in which it terminated would not hereafterbe finished. Ile must complain of the system of papers being put into the hands of Hon. Members coming into that House, for the purpose of prejudicing their minds, and which con tained statements it was impossible to contradict, unless some Hon. Members aware of the facts took the trouble of doing so. Ho hoped that the statements in that paper were not true. There was a gross perversion of the facts relative to the number of assenting and dissentient landowners, and as regarded the in terference of the line with pleasure grounds and privateproper ty. Another falsehood was, that the Southampton line was four years in progress, with no prospect of its being completed. Why the Bill had been only obtained on the 25th July, 1834, two years and a half ago, although the paper stated that it was four years in progress. He hoped the system of putting such documents into the hands of Hon. Members would be put a stop to. All that he asked was for an investigation before the Com mittee, as be thought the adoption of that course was not only due to the public, but to the parties themselves. Mr. B. WALL opposed the Bill. Lord EI3RINGTON had come down to the House to sup port the Bill, but unless the statement respecting the num ber of assents and dissents was contradicted, it was impossible for him to vote in favour of the Bill. If that statement were true they would be doing a great injustice to the proprietors of land along the line if the House agreed to pass the Bill. Captain BOLDERO saw no reason for rejecting this Bill on the second reading. With regard to the assents and dis sents, if the statement were true the Committee was the proper place to inquire into it. He would pledge himself in Com mittee, if he found that this Bill did injustice to any individual, most strenuously to oppose its farther progress. Mr. BENETT would vote against the motion of the Hon. Member for Bridport, notwithstanding the line would go over his property to the extent of four miles. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Gallery was cleared for a division. During our exclusion from the gallery, we understood the House divided on a motion for postponing the further consi deration of the second reading for a week. Ayes Noes 76 Majority for the postponement — 6 Petitions were presented relative to Railway Bills by Mr. Sanford, Lord Dalawny, Mr. Baines, Mr. Kelly, and several other Honourable Members ; but from the great confusion prevailing in the House we were unable to catch the particulars. CHURCH-RATES. The SPEAKER inquired if there were any Church-rate petitions ; when about 100 Members rose, amid cries of " Order, order," and great laughter. Petitions relative to Church -rates were then presented by Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Wilks, Sir A. Leith Hay, Mr. Miles, Mr. A. Trevor and other Hon. Members. About 40, from the Opposition benches, here rose, and proceeded to the table with petitions on the same subject. The unusually crowdcd appearauco of the floor of the House, occasioned much laughter. BORTHWICK presented petitions from Evesham, and other parts of Worcestershire against the abolition of Church. rates. Similar petitions were also presented by Captain Alsat er, from different parts of Surrey ; by Sir C. B. Vere from Fr; in lingham, and other places in the county of Suffolk ; and by Sir W. Geary from different places in the county of Kent. Mr. GROTE presented petitions from different parishes in the city of London, praying for the total abolition of Chui ch rates. Lord G. SOMERSET presented petitions from Mon mouth against the abolition of Church -rates. Mr. B. HOY presented petitions from Southampton against the abolition of Church-rates. Sir R. VYVYAN presented a petition from Bristol, signed by upwards of 5,000 persons, against the abolition of Church rates. The petition had received that vast number of signa tures within two days after the Government plan for the re duction of Church-rates had been brought forward. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from certain lessees in Durham, praying the House to be careful of their interests. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J. RUSSELL would take that opportunity of stating to the House the course he meant to pursue in respect to the public business. It would be necessary his Hon. Friend should move the Navy Estimates on Friday, and it was his intention to move that the House should go into Committee on the Irish Municipal Bill on Monday, for which day the Bill stood fixed. An Hon. Gentleman opposite had yesterday put a question to him as to the resolutions on the ailbirs of Canada. He ( Lord John) was as anxious as that Hon. Gentleman could be, to have an early day for the further consideration of that question, and he hoped the House would allow bins to bring it on upon Tuesday next.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. ROBINSON h a d a mot i on which stood first in the paper for Tuesday next; but he considered it of such paramount im portance that the House should come to a determination on these resolutions, that he would willingly give way to the Noble Lord. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that the Order of the Day for the consideration of the Canada question be postponed till Tuesday next.--Agreed to. DUBLIN AND KILKENNY RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. MORGAN O'CONNELL, the Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. Mr. HARDY presented a petition against the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the motion of the day, for the House resolving itself into a Committee of the whole House on the adjourned debate relating to Church -rates, Mr. G. PA LIVER having referred to the sentiments ex pressed by Lord J. Russell on the passing of the Bill relating to the see of Durham, and to the assurance that a certain amount should be paid over to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in the event of the income becoming reduced to 11,0001. per an num, wished to know from the Noble Lord what had induced his Majesty's Government to alter the determination then ex pressed, upon the assurance of which he and other Hon. Mem bers consented to the passing of the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said the lion. Gentleman was right in the fact stated by him, respecting the obligation on the Bishop of Durham to pay over a certain sum to the Eccle siastical Commissioners. As to the reasons which induc©d the Government to take their present course, that was a ques tion which could best be answered by argument in the course of the debate. CORONERS (DURHAM). In answer to a question from Mr. ARTHUR TREVOR, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was under the considera tion of Government what might best be done with regard to the change in the condition of the Coroners of the county of Durham, which had been effected by the passing of the Bill of last year respecting the see of Durham. Sir ROBERT PEEL wished to state that consi derable anxiety existed to know the determination of Government on the subject of maps and surveys con .nceted with the arrangements for a voluntary commuta tion of Tithes.—( Hear.) Considerable uncertainty was felt as to the nature of these maps and surveys, and he knew that the intention to enter into a voluntary commutation was for some time suspended, until the determination of Government had been known. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the question was under the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury. The Commissioners had laid certain papers before them, with the viewof inducing the Government to come to some determination. On receiving the deputation he explained to them the best courso to be pursued, which, in his opinion, was to move for a Select Committee, to consider the papers, and to have them printed.—( Hear, hear.) The inquiry would not be a protracted one; it would simply be respecting two or three plain questions, and the Lords of the Treasury did not feel themselves justified in deciding upon the ques tion, without submitting it to the consideration of the House. He would, therefore, now give notice of his inten tion to-morrow to move the appointment of such a Committee, and he hoped in a few days to have the opinion of the House, upon which they could act. THE MISSING WHALERS. Sir ROBERT PEEL said it would be in the recollection of the House that a few evenings since a conversation took place, on the occasion of presenting a petition from Dundee, respecting the missing whalers, and certain papers with the correspondence which had taken place with Government were promised. There was a strong feeling in the country on the subject, and lie hoped there would be no delay in laying the papers on the table of the House. Mr. BARING said he had already moved for the produc tion of the papers, and he thought they had been already laid upon the table ; if not, they should be so without delay. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's resolutions respecting Church rates. Mr. Cayley, Mr. Gisborne, and Mr. Brotherton, then rose to address the House, each gentleman insisting upon his right of precedence; ultimately, however, all of them gave way, for the purpose of allowing Sir W. FOLLETT to address the House. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that he felt himself indebted to the kindness of the Hon. Members for allowing him a precedence to address the House. rt was not his intention, in entering into the present discussion, at all to embark in any obser vations upon the financial statement of the Right Hon. Gent. opposite. He should abtain from doing that for two reasons, partly because it was impossible for him, or any other man, to add anything to the clea • and convincing statements of his Right Hon. Friend which remained un answered, and he believed them to be unanswerable ; and also because the objections he felt to this resolution would be equally strong, even if the financial statements were as accu- rate and correct as he believed them to be incorrect and in accurate. His objections were founded upon higher consi derations, because he thought that this measure involved a principle which, if carried out to its full extent, would be dan gerous, and, he might say, destructive, to the basis on which the National Establishment rested. If the Right Hon. Gen tleman brought forward this plan on principles of anxiety for the interests of the Established Church which he was so anxious to get credit for, surely, then, there would be no oc casion for taking so much trouble to convince or conciliate that side of the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman was a member of his Majesty's Government in 1834, when Lord Althorp brought forward his plan for the abolition of Church rates. That plan was a portion of the present proposition, in so far that it proposed to put an end to the present system of collecting Church -rates ; but it had this distinct variance from the plan of 1834, namely, that in that measure it was proposed to provide an equivalent, and that the sum should be paid out of the Consolidated Fund by a vote of Parliament. Now, did the Right Hon. Gentleman find that side of the House opposing the plan containing the principle of an equi valent ? No such thing. The opponents of that plan were some of the foremost supporters of that now before the House. Indeed, the Hon. Member for Middlesex boasted that the plan was his.—( Hear, hear.) Nay, even more, the very arguments by which the present plan was supported were the very same arguments which the Hon. Member for Middlesex had unsuccessfully urged against Lord Althorp's plan in 1834. The Hon. Member for Middlesex boasted that his Majesty's Ministers were his converts. Might not those on his ( Sir W. Follett's) side of the House be pardoned if they refused to be come converts also, and did not consent to accompany the Chancellor of the Exchequer into the camp of the Hon. Mem ber for Middlesex ?_( Cheers.) The avowed principle of the supporters of this measure was hostility to the Established Church. The Hon. Member for Middlesex stated that he had converted his Majesty's Ministers three years ago ; but until he had heard the speech of the Noble Lord the Member , for Northumberland last night, he thought the conversion of his Majesty's Ministers was of a more recent date. He did not know whether the Noble Lord was in the House when a ques tion was put by the Noble Lord the Member for North Lan cashire to the Noble Lord, who was a Member of his Majesty's Government when Lord Althorp's plan was brought forward, and in answer to that question that Noble Lord stated that he would never yield to the demands of the Dissenters for the abolition of Church-rates, unless upon the principle that the State should be bound to provide an equivalent.—( Cheers. ) Yes, the declaration was that no alteration would be con curred in unless an equivalent was provided, not from the re venues of the Church, but from the revenues of the State.— ( Cheers.) The impression, both in and out of the House, cer tainly was that his Majesty's Government still adhered to Lord Althorp's plan of 1834, and that they (lid not intend making any alteration in the present system of Church -rates, unless on this condition, that the repairs of the edifices of the Church were to be provided for by the State. Such was the general impression. He would ask, if the plan now proposed was in conformity with that generally received notion ; and if not, if it must not be in entire hostility to it ? He ( Sir W. Follett) must declare himself most emphatically to be altogether op posed to the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that Church-rates were not compulsory, or that any body of men could legally enjoy the privilege of taxing themselves or not, as they thought fit.—( Hear.) It was on the non-recog nition of that principle that the Opposition to Lord Althorp's proposition had been founded—for it was expressly denied that the repairs of churches ought to be paid out of the revenues of the State. The Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool (Lord Sandon) had denied that the assertion of the Hon. Gentleman could be correct, and he appealed to the Hon. and Learned Member 'for the Tower Hamlets ( Dr. Lushington) for the truth of his denial. That Learned Gentleman did not reply; but the Noble Lord oppOsite ( Lord Howiek), rising from the side of the Chancellor of the Exphc•quer, adopted that Hon. Gentleman's assertion—nay, repeated and defendetl, and gave it as his own opinion also, that " it was not compaz sory on the people to pay Church -rates, but that they legally possessed the privilege of taxing themselves."—( Hear, hear.) If it could be a s ser t e d t h at the law of the country gave coun tenance to that declaration, no doubt it would be a strong argument in favour of the plan now brought before the House ; but he (Sir W. Follett) would maintain that such was not the law, and that it never had been.—( Hear.) Ile would main tain that by the common law of the land Church-rates had been always imposed. It was true that, in order to obtain payment, it was sometimes necessary to enforce the decrees of the Ecclesiastical Court. —(Cries of " Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) When Honourable Gentlemen cheered so loudly were they aware that the mode of recover ing Church -rates, by an application to the Ecclesiastical Courts, had been expressly provided by Parliament itself ? Did they know that, by the 13th of Edward 1., it was enacted that the Ecclesiastical Court should take jurisdiction over Church -rates, and that though they were slow in their operations, they possessed the power of compelling a rate to be levied, for repairing the Church, should the parish refuse ; or to compel another if that which had been levied was in sufficient ?—( Hear, hear.) The law of the land, therefore, was distinctly in favour of the Establishment and enforcement of Church-rates. Once indeed the Court of King's Bench had refused to interfere by mandamus in order to enforce a Church-rate ; not because it was not strictly legal, but be cause another mode of recovering it should be resorted to, namely, the ecclesiastical Courts. The collection of Church rates was certainly attended with great difficulty ; but it surely , was an illogical conclusion to come to, that because the pre sent system was bad, therefore the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be adopted. It should not be forgotten that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not trouble himself to prove that his plan was a good one. He directed all his arguments to show that the present system was objectionable. —(l:ear.) He (Sir W. Follett) would ask, was there no other mode except that suggested by the Right Ilonourable Gentleman by which the evils of the present system might be removed ?—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He would put that question in particular to the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets, if he were now in his place. He would ask him if he thought no other plan could be brought forward to settle the Church rate question. That Learned and Hon. Gentle man's conversion to his present opinions must be of recent date, for, in the year 1832, he recommended on paper, in an opinion given by him and the Hon. Member for Kirkcud bright, that " Church-rates should be enforced in the same manner as Poor-rates—( Hear, hear)—that he saw no distinc tion between the Poor-rates and Church-rates, which called for a difference of collection ; nor did he anticipate any incon venience from that mode of proceeding."—(Cheers from the Opposition.) Such was'the course then recommended by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and whether it was good or bad he (Sir W. Follett) would not say; but it was the opi nion of one who had long studied the question, who had long held a seat in that House; and who, in 1832, was not averse to having Church-rates collected in the same manner as Poor rates. But what was the opinion of the same Hon. Gentle man in 1834, when Lord Althorp's plan was brought forward? Did he vote for or against that measure? He voted for it.— (Hear, hear.) Did he now mean to that the opinion he entertained in 1834 was to be ' a ected in 1837 ? ( Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman in his speech last night had said, that "if the plan which provided for the payment of Church-rates out of the Consolidated Fund had been carried into a law they would have had the same part to play over again ere long, as was the case with the Test and Corporation Acts." He (Sir W. Follett) would ask if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman really thought that the Dissenters would make the vote which ordered the pay ment of Church-rates out of the Consolidated Fund a question. of disapproval ; or that they would demand its repeal ? He could not suppose that the Dissenters, who did not oppose the grants made to Maynooth or to the Church of Scotland, could make a test and corporation matter of a vote for the repairs of churches; or, if they did, he did not believe that their con duct wculd meet with the concurrence of the country at large, as it might do if they were afflicted by a real grievance. Ile must say that, conceiving that the Dissenters would not have objected to Lord Althorp's plan, the Government of that day were responsible for the evil consequences of not having car ried that measure.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Noble Lord opposite ( Lord llowick) said that he would not consent to any plan for the abolition of Church-rates unless a full equi valent was to be forthcoming. By the present plan, the equi valent was not to be furnished by the State, but from a better mode of managing the Church property. Now, how was this to be effected ? It was proposed to take from the Bishops all control over the Church property, and vest it in a body of Commissioners appointed by the Crown. If lie understood the plan aright, it was to apply to the present bench of Bishops as well as to their succ essors . H e wou ld o bj ect to any Com mission for such a purpose ; but here was one appointed by the Crown, in whom all funds were to be vested, and who were to pay those funds as Parliament should direct. The Noble Lord opposite (Lord Howick) told the House that he did not disapproie of this vesting the Church property in the hands of Commissioners, for he thought it wise and good to deprive the Bishops of all worldly cares.—( Cheers from the Ministerial side)-:--and leave them only their religious duties to attend to.--(Renewed cheers from the same quarter.) But lie would ask the Noble Lord if it was a good plan to sti the Bishops of their property and rights ? If it was advisseble to take away by the Bill the ostensible grievances of the _Dis senters, was it also his intention by the Bill to alter the whole constitution of the Established Church ?—(Cheers.) But, speaking for himself, he had a decided objection to the plan. The Commissioners were directed to apply and pay the sum of 250,0001. to purposes not before intended. He should like to know what security he had that, if in one session the sum of 250,000/. was paid, the Government might not in another direct a larger sum to be appropriated, and for far different purposes ?—( Hear, hear.) He could not see where the plan was to end. He did not know that this English appropriation clause, supported as it was by Govern ment, might not, like the Irish appropriation clause, pro ceed session after session increasing in demands,iuntil it stripped! the Church altogether of its property, and left it to depend for support on that voluntary system which was so strongly re pudiated by the Honourable Gentlemen opposite. The con duct of the Bishops in objecting to this Bill at so early a. stage had been termed indecorous._( Hear, from the Ministe rial benches)--but he thought it might with more propriety be applied to the King's Ministers, the servants of the Crown, who had come down to Parliament and proposed a plan for altering the whole constitution of the Church, and to strip the - Bishops of their property.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") He would ask, as the Hon. Member for Middlesex had already done, how were debts to be paid ? If 800,0001. were left a charge on all parishes in the kingdom for debts, were not the Dissenters as much aggrieved as before ?—( Cries of " No.") No I If the Dissenters had to contribute to the payment of debts already due by the parish, were they not still to suffer —(" No," from Mr. Baines.) Well, he would be glad too hear the seeming contradiction explained by the Honourable Gentleman. The debts now due were, it was said, to fall on the Poor-rates and not on the Church-rates--in fact, on a. !dif ferent species of property. In many parishes these two taxes did not fall on the same person. If the transfer took place how was the difficulty arising from this to be surmounted ? (Hear.) It was said that lessees had no right to compel the renewal of their leases, and that they were subject to the op tion of the Bishops whether the lease should be renewed or not. He (Sir W. Follett) admitted that a lessee had no right to go into a Court of Equity in order to compel a renewal of his lease. This he admitted ; but looking a little further into the position in which he actually stood, it would be found that although against the lessor the lessee had no legal. right, he was in a very secure position as against all the rest of the world- Let them look at past experience, and th , ;:y would find that Church leases had been held for centuries by the same families by clearer titles in many instances than freehold ; that in this light they had been made mat ters of settlement from generation to 'generation, and that they fetched in the market a price very little inferior to that of the fee-simple of the land.—( Hear, hear.) But not this only. Was the Right Hon. Gentleman aware that, ley the statutes restricting leases, lessors might be bound and com pelled to renew, and that the deans, arid prebends, and dig nitaries o f th e Ch urc h, if t h ey w i s h ed to retain the profits of their lands, bad no other alternative but to do so ? But again : if the lessee lead no legal right to compel a renewals of his lease, bad we a right to step in between the lessor and the lessee to prevent the lessor from renewing, and thus 'in terfering with the rights and prospects alike of the lessor and the lessee ?—( Hear, hear.) Was it pretended that the case of the Crown lands was any precedent here ? The Crown was the landlord, and had a right to do as it thought proper with its leases as they fell in, and it came down to this House for its assistance in making a more beuefissial ar rangement on the subject. But in the case of Church-lands the House had no such assent from either party ; neither the lessees nor the lessors were before them ; and y e t the House, in their absence, proposed to compel them to do what Parliament thought right and beneficial—beneficial not to themselves, but to another party who had no claim nor in terest otherwise in the property in question. He did not mean to say that this property was always to remain in the same state ; he was aware of the disadvantages of the present sys tem, but he did not think there would be any insurmountable difficulty in altering a plan so as to remedy the existing de fects, but at the same time not bs the adoption of any com pulsory regulations in their stead. The Chancellor of the Exchequer asserted that the new plan would operate to the advantage of the lessees. If so, what necessity was there: for making it compulsory? The fact was, however-10d it could not be denied—that whilst the proposed plan would tend to the advantage of the lessees in some districts, it would have a contrary effect in others.—( Hear, hear.) W as the Right Hon. Gentleman aware that there was no property in the country on which money could be so easily obtained a! on Church lands ?—( Hear.) He could assure the Noble Lord and the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there was no bet!!: security—at least till thi s measure was b rought forward. ti e . . had put a ques ti on t o t h e Ri g h t H on. Gentleman, an d f r om , the courtesy which he usually displayed he was quite sure erg answer would have been given, could it have been given co . e sistently. The questio n was whether fines arising from the ' renewal of leases of mi nes were to b e i ncluded i n the 25 0,000 1 The Noble Lord the Member for Northumberland said net but surely the Right Honourable Gentleman ought to tell mg!" really was his intention on that point. He confessed that position in which the lessees would be placed was a decidedo objection to the measure. He did not deny that the valueeeet the land might be increased ; and by doing so both the lessee and the lessor might be benefited ; but what he denied was the- right of the Legislature to make such a change by compsa 2S means.—( Hear.) He wished also to have some explanati on_ with respect to another part of the plan—that by which part _ 0 : the money was to be raised out of the pew-rents. !1 w as sure if any part of that plan was to extend to country parishes, s It would create more dissatisfaction among the friends of th e Established Church than satisfaction among Dissenters. Ha would ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer—who admitted that it was the duty of the State, nay, a . hi g her and more important'