The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

M in li the curacy of Great Porin land Norfolk. The Rev. Edward Francis, BA., of St. John's Colle ge, to + ••m.y..j....,.....!P......' . IRELAND. ' SUGGESTIONS TOWARDS AN kVA _.I.LIVAY CO M 31ITTE ii.,' S. Poring land, • accu storo i Il THREATENING NOTICES. • IMPROVED SYSTEM OF VOTING AND OF' (YESTERDAY.) The Rev. John England Rudd, 8.A., of Trinity College, to it , k 4. , C A e un LIN, Matteit L-3.-Two young men, entered at Trinity CONDUCTING ELECTIONS. sof 1 30 c' s.lege h e _ erse the curacy of St. Mark's Church, Birmingham. teen • .e, and, therefore, socially in the rank of gentle- BY JAMES 15. KENT, SURGEaN, sTAN'roN, SUFFOLK. . HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Rev. Josiah John Prickett, MA., of Trinity C ollege, na , , have, I understand, been arrested here to-day by the In submitting the following plan of voting and conducting ?lit viii' - ' I K- Iler mice „ , on a charge Of having written and sent two notices to of elections to the notice of the public,l beg leave to state that GROUP IX. . to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Lonsdalc. i t he ( I la " e g a t t ntleinan in the vicinity of Dublin, threatening him with lam not so vain as to presume that it is a perfect one, but, on the ram GLASGOW manntruit rsnriEr..a.a. _....,.. of Wa le s , , , and his family with diet :route contrary, I offer it as the outline of a system which when per- TERMIN &S. LATEST PRICES OF SHARE'S. were taken' T , THE APPREHENDED SCARCITY. fcced. by wiser heads than my own, will, I believe, be found (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)' /N BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT) OTHER .0 Al d gIY• ri lg pl a i;:9 Cork Reporter of yesterday has a krz article ,, corn-_ to be far superior to our present system, and of great use to Mr. Andrew Gra • comptroller of customs, Glasgow, gave evi • ' ids yeste.,g h ,Ing of the "evils of delev," and asserting, to.n while the voter, the Member of Pai ',amen:, and . este for Prot a°tl ;,. , themselves in the state and e:*ewhere are ecriebbline =Ong ;.ere!. I flatter mveelf that the lovers et . peace and good Alice since 1842. To show the increase of the trade in the harbour, e; 1 Ireadily c uieece in a Ilan which has for its base o e t i i ni n sclyes al to what is to be deemed the starvation test, ordars..... a q , I 5 1 8 e , m 0 I 0 g o l i i . t st l a ie tetltat the customs, in 1812, were 3,120/. ; in 1545, From ele Official List, objected to the rails running along the quays, and was PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY A1".7,"D FRIDAY EN ZNIXO rebuilding t': .. ,„ e ," and famine are already doing their work. justice, peace, atin order; but those persons who are great 4 opinion that the laying of these down would so increase the mi- ' LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20. ness arrlv eal .,; T he i s.. oe afflicting spectacle," says the .oeporter, "of man admirers of the present. as they oeral traffic as to block up the harbour. He considered the Harbour r before lll rt r. e a ea "'re borne to the grave from fever was witnessed in term it, of conducting elections by bribery, treating, drunken - 11:neral much better for the purposes of the mineral traffic than the " pot; ad English system," ZOINT-STOCE 13.41.NR5. ward 13 ° r crv r abti:eets, yesterday. The melancholy procession, and the nos-, Tiot, and bloodshed, and forcing electors to travel Aber two lines. - at .111Ed' °11 ' 3 1- by which they were followed, sufficiently attested the miles to give their votes, amidst threats, insults, and as- In cross examination the witness admitted he had been a director Dividend Amount 1 0 c as, , 'Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price . nit*. Wr e ' Th.:_ ,o which they belonged-they were of the poor. satins from hired bullies, armed with bludgeons, to oeraweof the Grand - Junction scheme, and atteeded some meetings, but that, 5 00 . d eo . X s. d. Annum. Share. intimated, was before the harbour Mineral came on, wed ere he '`e of their orphans are struggling with the same malady, and intimidate the peaceable voters, will instantly reject a ;;new the merits of the two schemes. c ß o r mtn ash e ls re o i lli o A i n L ie o r i i id ean on sii;. - and re t • . !„ nain in the same building from four eel , which they were re- proposition from their " exalted minds," which is diarcetri- Mr. M'Leod, shipbroker, generally corroborated the evidence of ~ured the l* - , e. H o th e for _. w many, let us ask, must periSh before any of calls' opposed to their refined taste and sordid interests. the previous witnesses as to the superiority of the Harbour Mineral Au . stralasia ...• •• •• • • 50 20 0 0 0 0 1 2442% resence Ye s° . fe ed i tr, Bills lately passed is in operation, or any of the The fallowing is the plan which I would propose, which scheme over the other two, in separating the mineral from the general tc s traffic. b. 0 nand distributed ? Are we to haee nothing, and resembles, in some few respects, the system adopted for test- . . colonial.. •••••• .• • • • 5/ per cent. 190 0 0 25 0 0 ' 16 if the Coon i , ea r -, .Mr. Williamson, mining engineer, examined-Said he knew the soi l co ., et nothing I.nt precautions ? Will the Fabian policy ing votes at municipal elections:- Londn and Vecenninstr Cl. per cent. 100 0020 0 0 e 7 swan- ter , coal fields of the west of Scotland well -Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and London Joint-Stock ... . 14.'cluer hunger and subdue a pestilence? 'As yet no family 1. The registration of voters to remain as at present. itenfrewshire. On the cast side of Glasgow there were eighty-three Ditto, New......... per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan r al ov o n f e i l a r i e o la f a ß id n . i. 5 5 1 1 . . t p ) e e r r e ce e n n t t . . 6 5 5 /:.: pppeeerrr ccece7nnnttt:. 1:4g0 0 0 - 4 0 0 :1 26% ward B 00.? h• -.5 had th e , a meal of the state-imorted torn. It is here-it is on 2. That an office be established by Government called the i . . Iron furnaces seventy-six of them in blast-fourteen new ones were .• 25 0 0 710 0 ✓ Royal 10„ t o , %11 3'•-it is grinding-sailing-travelling from one estuary " General Electoral Register Office," to be conducted by a eroposed. A great number of new coal works were also opening up. Provincial of Ireland.. 8/. eTcent. 100 0025 0 0 49 t CIS° Y , a se e - , o ,° t her• It is talked of-one day it is off the harbour, suitable officer, or officers, for the purpose of annually regis- _VV . est of Glasgow there were fifteen furnaces, ten of them in blast-i Nat.Natio i n , 81. I })er cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17% twenty-phis new oars were proposed. He estimated the traffic nlooso 0 0 0 0 2 35 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 % .rio t d° Cher at the Quays; the next it is re f lea d e d and wafted bring the total number of all the voters in every county, w n minerals, on the Mineral Harbour line, to be 400,000 tone yearly, Ditto, New 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 art Of ae St lis' e oss , the river, and the last announcement left it off the city, and borough in the United Kingdom ; and also fur , which would yield 5,0001. Ile calculated that 7501. would be realised tof • , Union of Australia -• • Cl. per cent. 25 0 0i 25 0 0 25 *et)" 1 • 1 4 , 4 hii• o making, and distributing votingpapers and cave- e th _ . Dingle, where the ship that bore it loomed through printing, preferred the Harbour Mineral to the Union cf L0nd0n..... es 5O 110 0 0 12 . per cent. 0 0 treS.ente a . e ,o l toe 'nest like the flying Dutchman, disappearing, perhaps, lopes to enclose them for all the voters. other two. I 1.0 Ler P "' .1; attract the anxious gaze of the watchers on some other 3. The vo ti ng papers t o b e or na m ented with marks, &0., Cross-examined by Mr. HoPE, on behalf of the General Terminus- INSITILIINCE COMPANIES. b e w e: We have the substantial proof of food being really like bank-notes, to prevent forgery, and a blank space The new iron works in Ayrshire were opening up in districts, which Lie Hou e ' I Ai' to some extent would be accommodated by the Ayrshire ports ; Dividend Amount • C0 1011 : 111 sei .ri r a In the daily • • - it' c , of marines should be left in the centre of them for containing' the names Tae r marchings and counter -mare In e s . . T he re Mars but beyond that we bare no gratification. of the. candidates-and, if deemed advisable, the name of still, a considerable portion would come to Glasgow. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price ie, I)0 of n o air. Mild, civil engineer, was called and examined by Mr. Mere- Annum. Share. to ; P e ople do not well know how to apply or where to came the county, city, or borough, might be printed on the voting retr -u e had had extensive engineering practice in mines t e r G/al sw the diAtint parishes have heard rumours, but yet require papers, and a supply for all the counties, eitiee, and boroughs, and harbours, as well as in the making of railways. He - 0 s. d. X S. d. sift/ e infer n - Intim. The have received hints and read letters in the United Kingdom might always be kept printed, so had been employed in several mines in Ireland, and Albion .............. 31.10! eOO 0050 0 0 74 he stet, trans 3 eor twice, but there is public proclamation of the terms that only the names of the candidates whuld want to be recently by the French Government on the river Seine, at Havre. He Alliance Brit . . and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% te. whic , - .... 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6% a hey are to apply for sustenance. They have gone printed on them. In all other respects the voting for fe e/0 11i " eating - , lthe whole -' dshould . 1 papers years in all. His estimate of the present scheme was 101,2681~ of Atlas . inWrV ,,- .. i l if d isc ong or fasting on the tainted potato, imbibing morta - which the basin would cost 42,985/. Tile land in this estimate was British Commercial .. 7s pershare 50 0 0 50 0 7e4 ~,,da y a' t hi a s% and have sickened, died, or starved, while the ma- they are delivered to the voters, they should not contain the set down at 15,0001., but it lead since been contracted for at 19,542/. ; Clericl,Med.ec Gen. Life Si.. per i ceat. 100 . 002 10 0 6% I• 0 : 1 13 . Of grand jury and other intervention was preparin g . voter's name, initials,. residence, trade or profession, number •=o that this would . make a considerable deduction. There were no County .............. 3/. 100 0010 0 0 e ater H am , and employment ought to be afforded at once, in- of his house, or of hie registration; nor should the officer:: engineering difficulties. The severest gradient was lln 64, a descend- Crown .............. 10s. 50 0 0 50 0 - IterVieW J I t - 'Y• We have said so over and ever ;we repeated the appointed to deliver or collect them, or any other person mg one; amid the other lin 312. There were but two. The curves F.'agle Gs. 50 005 0 0 b 3( ••-te , rci el `ng until' we grew tired of the reiteration." affix the name, number, or initials, of the voter, or other li e e r e e e b n u e t rane slight,agreed the heaviest was on. of a radius of 1 furlong 2 chains. Economic Life. •• dan I.' f tll' t v'fter b • ' 0 et ,_ riefiv noticing the fever report recently laid upon mark, whether on . the voting paper or the envelope, the to with Captain Washington as to the objection laying down rails along the quays. The tidal harbour he pro • Eng.& Scot. Law • • •... t&3os.bs. he office 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% tine able of the House of Commons, the Repot ter thus con- purpose of roeognising them again, under snag) of tire, Int" Posed would accommodate, well packed together, bout from 8,000 European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 frOs ees ees ,. prisonment, and disfranchisement. The voter, also, shall not to 10,003 tons of shipping. The area is three and a third acres, with Freemasons' ..•• e s , frontage of 16 000 feet. The basin y evenlogknO e re U nsound potatoes have bred typhus. The sick are in affix his name, abode, seal, or other mark, to the voting e 1 6/, per cent.. Stock. - 138 of song c asesquintupled; contagion is feared; even the word papers or envelopes; but there shall be printed instructions er e fe_ the mineral veil . cat present in the harbour,- and it could easily be Guardian enlarged if required. 5/. per cent. i 100 0 0 36 10 0 49 Imperial Fire ••••• • • • 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 C• let IVC 4 r to write-cholera is apprehended. Why is this? given on each paper, directing the voter to draw a line with The cross-examination of the witnesses was then taken up, and Imperial Life it Georg e e od 7e is s it to end? Precautions were taken. Every wise a pen across the names of the candidates that he does not in- had not finished when the Committee r o se . The only point elicited Indemnity Marine.. - I/. sit. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 " fli a' etdt ', ll cient antidote was contemplated. The plans were ttnd to vote for. , was, that at high water large ships could not ship coals in the basin, Law Life.. --•• • • - It. ss. 100 0010 0 0 51 vete A 50 0 0 20 0 6% ed, bY se or oef e „% e ,a', the scheme of the campaign against the double foe A notice should be printed on the voting paper requesting but ships of from 150 to 200 tons could. • Legal and General Life - 7ourt re cce) ae se ""ne and pestilence was without a flaw. Sir Robert Peel the voter to have his voting paper ready by eight o'clock on give Sergeant BELLASIS suggested to the Chairman that he should London Fire ........ notice to-night to move on Monday next, for leave to the Grand London Ship ..• los. 25 0012 10 10s. • 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% is bed. t oa - ev ei a us he had foreseen all that was to happen, but how the morning previous to the day of election, as the officers Junction Harbour Bill to proceed in Committee. This arose from a Marine.. ......... N. per cent. 100 o, 0 is 0 0 10% e be im. Oe they who have gone to the grave through the might possibly cenect the voting . papers on that day if the standing order of the House, which required that seven days' notice Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4341. per et. 50 0 0 20 0 3 • ..r., , i r fi l l Of the hospitals while he and his colleagues were quar- high dieted' or mayor thought it expedient. should be given before proceeding in Committee. The notice had National Lean Fund 5l. par cent. 20 002 10 0 234 SO Ci 4 r epe •ng and pondering, resigning and resuming office? We The voter may seal up the voting paper in its -envelope been given, but it was before the second reading, and held to be in- National Life .. ,,t! ee n at our question, what is the number of dead we must - with a wafer or sealing-wax, but must not affix any seal to valid. A second notice, to make sure, had been given since the Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 21. 2s. ecinV ' Nlnt over before food will begin to be distributed?" .it ; and, in case of his not sealing it up, the officer who col- second reading, but the seven days' notice would not terminate till Phoenix - - 205 I last err ~,, A t ,next Thursday, whereas, by obtaining leave to proceed, they could Protector Life •• • d cathedralpef IN u , by way of bearing out the foregoing remarks, the fcl- lects . the voting papers shall seal it with his seal of office. enter on that Bill on Tuesday morning. Provident Life .• . ell n 0 ng With respect to the probability of forging the voting of Eng ,l e n correspondence is quoted :- No objection was offered to this course, and the Chairman said he Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% over a P, M Y " Mayor's-office, Cork, March 11, 1846. papers, it seems to me to be a matter of impossibility, be- would give the required notice of motion. Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - 180 by tee olf , l en g e Y eeord 4 _l t a k e th e liberty of addressing your Excel - cause the officers, who deliver them in company with the The Committee then adjourned till Monday, at Twelve o'clock. ?Of) , .1 by Id take s ecial care when col- In the course of the day, at Sun Fire ...• .• ••• .. • 61. 10s. the request of Mr. Talbot the Chair- Ditto Life .•••• • • . • • 1/. 6s. _ - 210 e_. conductee t , , t ee Y_ e in compliance with a resolution adopted by the true- friends of the candidates, wou p . 49 _ e we' re-° of the Poor Relief Fund of this city, and as the chair- heeling them to receive only the same number of voting man said he would apply to the Admiralty for the report'of Mr. Universal Life - , .pr cnt 100 0 6 15 0 18 sno ane ei i, en 0 , Walker respecting the Harbour A • ieetral itcor'otel' A e r ui . f their meeting held on Friday last. It is unnecessary papers, and at the same places where they delivered them. Committee in possession of the information it contained. DOGES. for them to be foroed would sto n e ster .0 4 te le in 4 c to go into the numerous and most painful details of Even supposing it to be possible ~, , e and gre a ' pr o "eP distress of the poor of Cork, and of its alarming not the fear of the law of transportation for forging operate ' GROUP XIV. Dividend Amount 1 , / Ili '`eta; but lam directed to lay before your Excellency powerfully as a check upon those whose dishonest motives Name of Company. per ef Paid. Price. eel Ae e able NORTH RENT LINZ. AMMIM. $ h are . anthem , . e- jso % los 'ode prayer of this committee, that immediate mea- might incite them to attempt it. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) - ---- it cont 4 ' . 1, 'De t, co b , 'nay be taken "for a general issue and sale of Indian 4. Wnen a writ is issued for the election of a Member or ..... e "..I a n . IN arty the whole of the day was occupied with similar cross-exa- X s. d. X s. d. for the eil l ' i , • el e ,, o oatmeal to the poorer classes, who are at this mo- Members of Parliament for any county, city, or borough, the minations. Commercial ••••• - • • 3/. per cent. Stock. _ Iv , 4 rno. ' for the most part subsisting on rotten potatoes, and high sheriff or mayor, as soon a.: he has ascertained the [tames Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said the next step East and West India... 6/. pr cent. Stock. was to proceed with the- . 140 Dite Exult e t be;! 44 1 1 Whom disease is already making fearful ravages.- of the candidates who intend to offer themselves for the South-Eastern cross-examination on the detailed estimates, but he London ..•.••••. • • . • . ..... 5 1 1 1. per shy 103 0 0 - - 21 aer ea ell' 4 se.rv, the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient humble choice of the voters, shall forthwith ' transmit the names of regretted to say, that although it had been arranged some ten days L ' ) - 117 wherepv ipt•• ••••• • • • 5 *P cent. Stock. 4 r i c' , r of Cork. such card dates to the eneral re isles officer who shall ago between Mr. Vignoles and Mr. Stephenson what items should be St Katharine •••• • • • • per 104% nit case; ' "et. F. ROCHE, binyo g g ,m v. S 41cent . 50 - Southampton ••••• • • • . . per 0 0i 50 0 0 30 Ofie'• 0 . To his given, r. ignoles had not yet had time to prepare his document. cause their names to be printed on the voting papers of such double 01, , ~ ExcellencyWilliain, Lord Heytesbury, .I..ie Mr. MEREWRATHER replied that the South-Eastern estimates were ions ( 161° e r te uten ant-Governor and General-Governor of county, city, or borough, and forward them to the high ready. WATZR-WORHS ter, it beD3° lreland, Dublin Castle." sheriff or mayor, which latter shall appoint a sufficient num- The CHAIRMAN suggested that under the circumstances the Cora- - ill" 4e, "Dublin Castle, March 14, 1816. ber of respectable 'officers to deliver a voting Taper in its en• mittee had better adjourn. Name of Company. , per , Dividend Amount of Paid. Price. at molt' 10' it ,„,', 1 % - -1 . am commanded b the Lord Lieutenant to so- velope to every voter six days previous to the day of polling, . 0 Ultimately e this suggestion was adopted, and the Committee ad- I Aumun. Share. ' tee ose or collecting the voting papers; and each candidate shall be I till twelve o'clock on Monday. . was a.'" - 4 t D %"'edge the receipt letter of ti 11th instant, and -__ -- e of your re allowed to send a friend with the above officers at the time £ s, d. . 5 . , (frO o e g Y to you, you, that by his Excellency's directions, your (Sub-Committee, No. 2.) 1 81. when they deliver out the voti g p pers, and likewise when East London..• ••••• •• 1 100 0 0 - 215 s Pa h-e be CI 0 tre„'nnieation, with its accompanying resolutions of the they collect - tk in a-- - a- that ffi CHEIMISFOHD AHD lIIIET. Grand Junction .• •• .. 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 - to iition, al s, zer l i s : e a of the Poor Relief Fund of the city of Cork, has been cute ei w n again, order to see then cers exe fessioll- di i sti ta th e c • • f inquiring • tall matters re-their doty pro a t ommissioners or in o with ustice and efficiency. Anthe officers (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Kent.... •• •• .......• • 2/. 108. 100 00 - Vauxhall .. ••- - - - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 - 65 57 Weld ..o t % a n to the potato crop, for their considera , the failure of , - I „ De n o 614 --- I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servapt, • political conversation with the voters, or persuade them to between sections 117 sits not sustained and 118, was not marked on the plans, which then' ee e e ee t e ~ T "RICHARD PENNEFATHER. vote for any particular candidate, under a severe penalty. ' The next allegation . was, that the boundary line of the pariah of LIST Or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PHICES nil ' l 4 ° ,,iterj ° the Mayor of Cork." Should the office; s find that any of the voters on the regis- mar w ith iell'• eV tired list are dead, in foreign lands, incapacitated from voting was sustained. be .. 4 To-o n Name of Company. per of Paid. Price ival of by "'III/LE li R OF A MAGIS OUTRAGES.--31 RDE by insanity, or by crime, or any other natural or legal pro- It was alleged that there was a similar omission with respect to Annum. Share. irnatiOn LeY i hibition, they shall return such papers to the high sheriff or the boundary between the parish. sof St. Peter, Thetford, and St. --------- - - 'le a TRATE. Mary, which was not sustained. 4 s. d. X s. d mayor, statino the cause of their returning them, and such 40), an d al, pow,e I ntelligence from the country to-day is of the most . b I voting papers shall then be destroyed in the presence of the allegations was, that there were inaccurac'es in Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 165 „co ate..., ehara , :ter. In the long catalogue of crimes reported, describing the owners, lessees, &c., of divers properties along the Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 159 Lie sani" d i 4 candidates. tine. British Linen company Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 224 ,_l. .r, hem ' ,ii kaa "e murder of Mr. Carrick, a magistrate, in the county bY P„''cl , , re.s. On the morning of the election or polling, the above officers, with the friends of the candidates, shall proceed to Pre In the following instance this allegation was sustained, viz., the Commercial Bank .. •• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162% property marked 8, 10, 13, 14, in the parish of Ackton. National Bank ..... .• • Gl. per cent. - 10 0 0 1434 he c ° ' iPq 2. AsThe next class of allegations stated that there were various inac- Union Bank of Scotland 7% 1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 93 residence to collect the voting papere ; the voter nd t , (Ol eo . e ow_ ttem 4. pi. to murder Mr. Smith Blood, who lies danger- each voter's . ' - curacles in the plans and sections, with respect to vertical height, Western Bank •••• - .• 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 Si) gr eat ' I s cee ri '.l' w e a.... unded, in the same county. must deliver his paper in its envelope to the. officer, and if levels, and other engineering points. Northof Seotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 734 Id be e ' op , . 4. Teturder of Denis Mean in the county Tipperary. not sealed, the officer shall affix his seal of office to it, and The first instance adduced was at the third mile first furlong of the Clydesdale Bank 6L per cent. - 10 0 0 13% pe toleea r 1 -put it into the box appointed for that purpose, which . box Stowinarket Branch, in which it was stated that there was an error Eastern Bank •••• •• • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 111 4 •el e . j le e fturder of Murphy, in the ' county of Waterford. • shall be locked, and the high sheriff or mayor shall keep the of three feet. Caledonian Bank ••.• • 7%1. pr cent. - 210 0 434 ry, th `! or -era kiti, ;. ,, I cases of firing into dwelling!, threatening.notiees, Two one of 1 1 1 3 o ti r , key of it • and a small narrow opening shall be made in the witnesses were examined in support of this particular allege- Edinle& Glasgow I3ank 6/. per cent. - 50 0 7 re S ( iie* 4 ity. - "mit assaults, make up the frightful_record for this lion, but the Committee decided that it was not sustained. • City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% , ems We lid - of the box just sufficient to allow of the voting paper be- There was a similar allegation with respect to the sth mile, 4th Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. ifs. Hobb.l, # % 11 all It now r d with some of the terrible details. ' ing slipped in. In county elections, or large townie in orderfurlong, and 5h t chain, on the same branch. Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0010 0 0 14% snag a bilit, aterf surdl,i,e___ p ocee Ennis,and try of of air• a, O f i ; l , l 0, un di 4 o rg that . a meeting of the gendeemed necessary for the officers to be supplied with horses adopted by the surveyors employed by the petitioners of checking the North British Incur.- 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 e 10 0 0 27% b id s fair,' i c e i ,l l l d i 4 re, fug district, was held at Spaniel Hill, - in the county and vehicles, and they might commence collecting the papers levels, namely, the two parties checking going together twice, would Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent, 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 • si g nor ' 1 :01 , ' ' l• in the stre ss the purpose of devising means for re .te . g on the day previous to polling, taking due care at night be likely to arrive at more correct results than when they went Edinburgh Life Insur. Cl. spore)pe can. 100 0 0 12 10 ss . in f the • • a lly ti , beg s'e th 4t people, and it was returning . from this meets that the boxes are placed in a safe place, under a guard ap- separately. Edin. 8t Glasg. Railway 1/.los. igin . , , moa t , one of its ,romoters Mr. Pierce Carrick, was shot Several witnesses were examined to negative the same, and the Ditto, ee Shares •••• • 78.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17% pointed by each candidate, to prevent their being interfered aiding O r 'OlO , by assassins I , .. a mile of his Committee found that the allegation was not sustained. Edin., Leith, & Grants - 20 0 0 20 0 0 21e, the soltoi , "ere e, ,T, .ins, He was in his car, within with or stolen. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. vaii 1 o ureen-house, when he was fired at from behind a Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 71 i eff e I , e. ', and a bulletCarrick jumped 6. Os the day of polling or election, efficient officers ap- Glasgsv & Green& Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 lilt/ - o°l 'nal the lodged in his thigh. Mr. ointed by the high sheriff or mayor, shall open the boxes Glsgw& Garrairk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. , 42 lances o v 55 ~ car, and with t moment delay a second shot P Sub-Committee No 4. ou amo one by one, and shall open each voting paper and proclaim Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Bible, W e rtlo2: top ired. Anotherhis groin, and passed in LONDON AND Ne,TixArnsort. Standard Life A.ssernce.lsl per cent. 50 00.2 10 0 8 chiefie' l'ore t ed towards the ball entered at f h . h h 00 evil lee yesterday . spine inflicting the wound ow ic e(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) )lent; c . of .1,.. mornin ' and the polling clerks shall enter each vote properly against CANALS. )arativel) l ,4i : 1 1 ,'"-r• Carrick was g* the name of the candidate for whom it is given. The evidence of Mr. Thompson was confirmed by two other :o be ecri' l ,'. 0 wr d Mane din which possessed of a considerable estate, The voting papers being all delivered in and written down engineers from the oft ces of that gentleman and Sir John M`Neill. I Dividend' l k te Qn ge such a Mgr 'to ive employ-, .ne. as g extensive ' The allegations were not sustained, and the standing orders were Names of i,.. 'Dividend Names of lOsitions • e e t , t. n the high sheriff, mayor, or their deputy, might proclaim the Price. per Prise. declared to' have complied been with. p e 4 ,, per Companies. es wm fast es' I 1,,, -r Y °t - ala e was also the receiver under the Court of Chan- state of the poll on the same day, or wait till the following in Annum. 4 Annum. us ,sir eacr ts • r or i!Ptilar Amon rge p st roperty, and he eared to be extremely was morning. HULL AND LINCOLN. teed fur Pe L it g the people. He also a Catholic and a Respecting polling booths, in consequence of the voters The object of this Bill is to construct a railroad from Barton-on- X I s 1 ~ A ti„°,f„ the second outrage-the the wounding of Mr. Blood- not appearing in person to give their votes, these places would mated u t m e rr eo t s z %tall,. The le e n n g i th of re , line is 36 miles ; the esti- Aslitn&Olah 97 51.55. pc: 72 • Monmouthsh 100 81. 160 f rom not be required, except in county elections, where the polling Messrs. Bulmer and Durnford ; g th ne e e s r oli s cito r r . , 7, . ,,.. Birkenshaw Ayre . u; H ag . agents Ashby -d-la-Z . 111, 41. . 70 eintgomrysh 100 Si. 98 )IVI '• . i ,• 13 1 4 imerick and Clare Examiner :-" We have heard thatßrnsley 160 1 121. 140 Macclesfield. 100 38 places are sometimes fixed in villages, and even here a_ good Mr. PARSES appeared in support of . a petition from Mr. Galneford, Ba s i ngs t o ke.. 100 _ Meath ...... 100 17/. 340 lILIV . P*' ; 44 I II: . r nith Blood, of Castlefergus, who also attended the large magistrate's room, or club-room at a publ -houee, a proprietor, within the limits of deviation. lerknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - I• ' ' ' eenSpaniel Hill, fire d atand dangerously rel c le 0 ~ at was - The first allegation, that the plans and sections deposited at the Cromford.... 100 14/. 150 Peak Forest. 78 3?. 68 t'° ,''tl a nded e ciently capacious. various offices required were not copies of each other, was sustained. Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's ••• • 33 11. ss. i 25 Selec 4 1 3 5 , o , Th e e e 7. The payment of the officers who distribute and collect Other allegations of the same nature were also sustained. Derby ... • • e jlway P sIP 04 4v, Lime rick Chronicle confirms th e above thus :-" There . , , . Mr. DUaNFOUD, on the part of the promoters, applied to the Com- Falsmr e &ch e 133 4/. 65 shropshins .. 125 Si. - ~. a, the voting papers, oiling Clerk?, and other expenses in- mittee to adjourn the case, in order that he to liou se 'fbe l f tee i count in town this day that another gentleman, a might be able to produce Erewash to titne , t ee lll4:trate, 4 was fired at last night, between Quin and New- curred in conducting the election on this system, to be paid . oar. Birkenshaw, the engineer, who could explain th i e dl b scr t epancies. Forth & Clyd 1001 4/. - Do.LkEd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 efereed t° fit i A comes by the county or borough where the election may take place. The CHAIRMAN said that there was no question in ra d sey hose alle- GrandJunctn 100 j 71. 95 Stferd &Wore 140 28/. 300 jh et/ 9 ,;s t h eorre 8. Candidates not to be allowed to canvass personally, or re o aliondent of the Evening Pachet says, that " A wait gallons which an engineer could explain. The Committee could Grand Union 10(a IL 10s. - S judge by their own eyes of the discrepancy between the plans and Glamorg Shrewsbury. 125 15/. 230 nth. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 280 NOeth o p ~, a, ri ,,,named Illolloney is in custody, and it is said that Mr. by agents, under a severe penalty; butvoters may upon sections deposited with the Board of Trade and those deposited with Glstr& Brkly iOO - Strtfrdon Av 79 1/. 105. - froni Gro t '' identified him at ,once." them to learn their political principles, or elicit the like In the Clerks of the Peace of the City of Lincoln and of Lincolnshire. Grantham •• •• 1150 121. 100 Severe and/ . Bs. 26 1/ 32 oil f' OANOTHER MURDER. formation from them. Other similar allegations were then gone into and sustained. Huddersfield. 57 - - Wye Rail. the 5 > l' de n snn 9. Bribery, on the part of a candidate, or one else, to Standing orders not complied with. leennt & Avu 39 7s. Gel. - Truth Mr-/ :hat „ reo p Cle te ~ day night a man named Denis Mean, was mur- any • • The Committee then adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock.,_ 50 30/. - troll' " '4 4 ,, 1 7 BiX miecreants, who broke into his house near be punished by a heavy fine, imprisonment, incapacitation Lancaster 47 11. 10s. - sey, % sn• I I; lie f eJordan, in the county of Tipperary. They dashed the on e for filling any office, and disfranchisement. Persons endea- Sub-Committee No. 5. Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 517 Thams kMed 19 - - Leicester .. • • 140 10/ 105 Worcstr is 78 21. 44 • ..... 1 29 Itiq,.,_ nate man's brains out with clubs and stones. An vouring, also, by dishonourable means, threats, treating, and II IHIVLINGHAM AND oxlsionD aUNCTION. Leicstr &Nth 83 41. * 60 Binning. 1.]1e 4 j :•1 e e " Was heldthe b d d • b• M Carroll, when _ - 1 - e b . t erei et _ , on o y next day, yr. the like, to induce a voter to vote for a particular candidate, Loughborogh 142 701. 850 Wilts Sc Brks 67 11. 11 tt. R oJt . 6 ' 4 u r , ed. .1 Wilful Murder against persons unknown was or demanding to see him sign his voting paper, or to see it (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) eresee..meerre after it is ' signed, or opening it after it is sealed up, or making Two or three minute discrepancies in the p l a n s w ere e x p laine d by St' f l , , any mark upon it, shall in each and all such cases be subject Mr. Brunel as being occasioned by shrinking of the paper. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. tb e o to? • The hater A THIRD MURDER. An allegation as to an inaccuracy in the mileage-a distance de. Jefore ~,,,e , ; N. ford Freeman of dcontains the follow - yester ay to fine, impnsonment, and disfranchisement. (Frost the London New Price Current of March 20.) ...., A. scribed as one mile being, according to the scale, much more than a o e , on .-inefeeone hte ris. ~A man named Murphy was so severely beaten on his • nfl s anners colours SUGAR. To -10 On the day of election oag , b , , d day previous rates were insisted upen for mile-was declare to be proved. redoes.) rto Ipso; di e t i „ 'rem the fair of Killedmund, on Thursday, that he music, or processions to be allowed °rotifer arty demon P . . It was next allege West India Su d that a field belonging to a 3lr. Wyse, and ad- gar, but the purchases made were trifling. , l ed s° ° ;eer l e 10"; 4 11 f 11 Sundaeofthe - t The deceased was one - tions tending to excite the passions of the people to dis- joining one marked No. 1, also his property, was not numbered in REFINID.-To-day the demand was excellent for Refined see eng i t$ 4' fast e n in th :.orderly conduct and breach of the peace. the plan. . 4 „ or tall, „el' C t tie % f e county, and attended the fair to take part . in a goods for home consumption, and higher rates were again paid. At elections conducted on the foregoing system every It was repres e nted by th e promo t ers o f th e Bin th a t this field and Manorrius.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with import 1 ," 0 6 ' , a t tfer e , l aid, which would have taken place but for the in -that mrk o. 1 were in fact the same, hat boundary • • ----t e lle el9f ltt ' nne e o n" of the magistrates and a large force of police. In - bed ridden, infirm, or absent from voter, whether sick, . . home, the petitioner to be the boundary • i pct at ,Nvaa nno iii attention, and 5,150 bags 423 casks 8 barrels at public sale would be capable of exercising his privilege of voting; and ,1" intendedwere all disposed of at an advance on former rates of 6d ends •te h e I "ith C" of the day sev e ral persons were arrested, charged The figure ' was to apply to the whole field. sil' ,t „ i ffi h' every voter would vote at his own house in a peaceable man- per cwt. . . .. 11'0 0 '" (IT il". Is Murder." A witness was called to prove that the brook served as a boundary, sea. There xvnill,l ho nn intoxicating of voters. feasting' Ana nravented the cattle from nasaine into one field from the other. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon five parcels of Bengal, 1,4 Rolt s Jefore .. . dE , 00 ';„,: or p t , r aiiwaY to lA nd $ 0 ree " i ro port o i, o o:; h t t r i . QAd on to d i s iote t pe ot , L•SI • 011 00 oP°9 ,hips. Jive, 0.14 the l ir,r to n' t ' e eri t o r;" ittee --I ,' 41, P, j i oridOn sb o ors f. files „it K o s a te r% t o it k. ": ; port 't be f °llll ord er :lN inding to be w, tyvrD o stabli 6 " d e to tbe t4c • IG ,-11 LE v ItIDAIC'dI6 4,0" 05, 1 Nan, i ft, l'sery / ..... ........ ....... o . oto pp i i s , vol 4it B e y ?core 5 ty 'lll3 EN ZL 10 , r e p, 1$ • ;, 1 t od o tt 1 fr t , 1 1 ° .. . 1, 0 )r7P' Y t its ., k t ., t") s t, joei", l Daroo'.tf . fie 13 40 . I ,l ° 1 olP e ' w ( I.r 1 00 to ce p st L 3cll d !) 1(' ' (1 ; , 0 0. Se o cl‘ cce v c; o f as tile > tr• V I ) ti ° f Ito 'O r ' 4 t i t . of k i t 4 ll , l ;PC:3 ll9 :* ° '"11, eo f ie e t;o r ?„ r t tife• lt i on„ F le, be . nr y t s tre' za , 1 1 : e 0o 04 p4 e„ 0 , 0 L f t I e oitO # 6usl it ai tri' oo St: D e crc'i o.a , ( it% L fro. / 3 1,0 : D el', e„if, rol l a° ,So re • • 10 1. ore° 0 0 0 0;0 1 lof i e :roclo t i o° De 4 l it ; °VI i t ar tVoi f e f :.:0 4 11 e f t(' , v iJe" 00, e of P br e ) 01:11 seV f .6(6j te, tha t 00 ,a „ of 01, p r , NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ANtorni, Maßcu, 19. The Herald, 26, Captain C are - ``' e •B•, and the Pandora, 10 (her tender), Lieutenant tile ;ruder NVood, arrived at Valparaiso, from England, on '45 1 tof November, and were there on the 26th. A pri g l etter of the latter date says-- A e 4 ni ,he Passage from the Falkland Islands to Valparaiso 'eelt e i n • " was intense, and the sea constantly washing the a id„: r e and aft made the vessel (the Herald) very damp thirts,'"nMfortable for about two months. I never felt any tas'ih'Ke it before, except my cruise in the —, but that -er e cid's isla'v to what I experienced in the old Herald. f • ever h • • boat—as are all the donkey !ails ~ 8 eis a capita sea !ails v e ; as they are called—but a slow sailer. * • ' erY ;lien by herself. We . have been her . e wine '''e 3.a h a d shall remain until the Admiral arrives, which will ara l ,,,""oht a fortnight, when we shall receive our further aid of an d start for Ca' llao—a run of about twelve days Vtil„a'ter remaining there about a week, go on to Acapulco, tr_ tile' our surveying operations commence. ',Ve had ae 'l4 ti ace of it getting round Cape Horn , ; for upwards f nothin g but a succession of gales. 4.14" President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag ' of Rear‘ Admiral baeres Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good 4 4 ,j u e station', arrived at Rio from Spithead on the 16th of fur rY, en route to the Cape station, which she was to sail 60 . the following Monday, to relieve the Winchester, k t .,,?Ptain Eden, flag, of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, k , r f ir u i niimander-in-Chief, who was anxiously awaiting her t ri e Vanguard, 80, Captai n Will es , i s com i ng f rom the C. station to this port, to h ave the disposition of her tanks, `•;? altered. %,;che Sparrow, 2, C omman d er O tter, surveying vessel for F it ' coast of Scotland, will, having completed her annual re 0. broc eed ent eats the sphere of her operations i n a d a y or two. ~,. ilyesterday. t y 4 t !le R e t r ib ut i on steam-frigate, Captain Lushington ; the %,'°Ps steam-frigat e , C a pt a i n L ap id ge; t h e El ectra , 18, at Ps Maitland ,• and the Palmyra, transport, remain the phead, from which anchorage, we most earnestly trust, , a N.-named s hip will not be permitted to put to sett hex e i l ) . `ice without having Captain George Smith's been refitted to her. The removal of them has been an permit— ross injustice to their gallant inventor, and if she is t e h" to go to sea without these invaluable auxiliaries the s alvation of human life in case of need, we repeat that ter e d ve sof all who go in the ship will be . wantonly . endan acd • The boats she cast off here were, in their appearance dia e°llB trUCtion, the most unsightly the mind can conceive— tohjerace to th e d oc k yar d w here they . were built ; added to o act t heir weight was monstrously increased, as it were A to the constructor of the vessel. A 9. Bribery, on the part of a candidate, or any one else, to be punished by a heavy fine, imprisonment, incapacitation for filling any office, and disfranchisement. Persons endea vouring, also, by dishonourable means, threats, treating, and the like, to induce a voter to vote for a particular candidate, or demanding to see him sign his voting paper, or to see it after it is signed, or opening it after it i 3 sealed up, or making any mark upon it, shall in each and all such cases be subject to fine, imprisonment, and disfranchisement. 10. On the day of election no flags, banners, colours, music, or processions to be allowed, orother party demonstra tions tending to excite. the passions of the people to dis orderly conduct and breach of the peace. At elections conducted on the foregoing system every voter, whether sick, bed ridden, infirm, or absent from home, would be capable of exercising his privilege of voting; and every voter would rote at his own house in a peaceable man cer. There would be no intoxicating of voters, feasting them at publichouses, shutting them up or stealing them away to prevent their voting. conscientiously; no bullying, insulting, and assaulting of voters when going to give their votes; no false swearing; no hiring of bullies armed with bludgeons to intimidate the peaceable voters; no breaking of windows, mobs and rioting, and calling in the aid of the police and miaary, because the public safety was endangered. The town and neighbourhood would be left in as quiet a state as before theelection • personal animosities would be lessened, and the injurious and malicious system of exclusive dealing arising therefrom would be much less frequent. There would be no mischievous and demoralising system of exciting the passions of the populace by music, flags, drunkenness, and processions ; and public-houses would not be opened for dining and treating of voters who came from a distance, thus incurring a double expense on the candidates for conveyance and treating. And lastly, but not least, the Members' ex penses incurred in elections carried on ia this way would be merely nominal, and their constituents would therefore have better grounds for hoping they would do their duty more honestly by them in Parliament, and not turn and sell them for pecuniary considerations or office, as it is feared has too frequently been done where the Member has been put to an unreasonable expense. The respect and good feeling between Member and voter would become real and not affected. All these advantages, and many more, would be gained by the foregoing plan of conducting elections and taking votes, and which are not enjoyed by the method of voting now in use, and which cannot be enjoyed even under the system of vote by ballot as hitherto proposed. It is likewise superior to the ballot, because it would have a double advantage of being exercised both openly and secretly. To his neighbour or friend, the voter might, if lie pleased, disclose his senti ments, and show him for whom he had voted ; the voter who needed secrecy or protection in exercising his privilege of voting conscientiously would be benefited by it, because the wretch who would like to influence him in voting dare not attempt to coerce the voter to vote for whom he pleased, nor yet demand to see his voting paper signed, or to see it after it was signed, for fear of the law which would fine, im prison, and disfranchise him. Besides, the timid voter might mark his voting paper soon after he received it and seal it up, and no one would dare to open it. It is superior to the ballot, also, in another respect—that is, the voter can vote at his own house; but by the ballot systerri the voter must go to the ballot-box which may be miles from his house, and in the confusion which prevails at elections, an ignorant or timid voter might as well put his ballot into the wrong as into the right part of the ballot-box, whereas at his own house, by the system proposed, he would have five or six days to reflect on before he marked his voting m pa u p e e i r l . n eßaryeradtooptitnhge so-much this s.m fo u re e g h oi v n a g o p a l t a e n d , , w p e a s r h it o y u e ld f approach ” than we yet have, or e ver can , b y our present ' disgraceful and unjust method of conducting elections. In conclusion, I would say to those who approve of the ballot, "Can you state any obj ec ti ons to this being capable of giving all the security to th e voter n which wh l ic o l t a the ballot offers, and that it does not secu re much greater benefits to the voter, Member of Parliament, and the public ?" To those who dislike the ballot, "Would you not prefer the method proposed to that of the ballot?"—and to those who so much admire the present manner of voting and conduct ' ing of elections, " Tell me why you prefer driving the honest and respectable voter to give his vote personally at the polling-booth (and, perhaps, driven up to vote against his own conscience and the interests of ,his fellow-subjects), amidst the yells, insults, assaults,'" riots, and bloodshed, of ruffianly and -fiendish mobs, hired for the unholy work of carrying the election by brute force, in order to get some corrupt Member returned, who, in return for the infamous support they have given him, will, as soon as he is seated, vote away their and their honest neighbours' birthrights?" JAMES H. KENT. Staunton, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, March 17, 1846. tlildt,„'4EVi. LUNATIC ASYLUM.—The noble and r s t p w a o c s i i o n u e s e 7 , 4, -6 in the Camberwell New-road, which a year t ); e 111, 4I ' le d bY the youths connected with the Roy Oek s e k - - roaster and hie numerous assistants, thin a feW al N a a . val School, A , __ 4 I); jig opened as an asylum for the reception of pa t u x pe u r ru ln u i u nt d - . , -, r, ck f y .:__. 11 .tibin, the proprie . tor of the infant schools a . :oreoZlle ,Bir'.,,,Twards of eighty patients are entered upon the books , and :::;.I.ias..thent.deft is capable of containing 250 persons. Perhaps a T t 'Y unit healthy situation could not have been se is le r c e t p e l d e t e w w h i i t l h e 'ver y ! itself, alluding to domestic arrangements, 141 t1 \,,llveitience Th d 'tories are extremely well fitted-up e , and the e day onm apartme . n i ts s for the inmates . a t l h lo u w gr az i p d i s , v 4 .0 ar ror wri . me w eathor is unpropi, ou , for exercise , I t e ecni es a muldant scope for recreation and amasement.W a e u w a ..i. 4 wi th s ' much pleased with the interior accommodation, en7t, -n,i, is --. the mild treatment of the poor creatures; there were no 4 4. , ie 1, M O :.. h t Mulaeles to be seen • uo handcuffs or feet-straps, which of --4 raCterlß e the whole disgusting and brutal system ; , 1 That dreldfol Trion, which formerly drove those raving VI the vh , ° had oul • l• te l .nr tes 4 re s e l t ul symptoms d oflun n acyabouttl d tenl. % ° alie.?.. r the Medical offi ee c r er ' an a d ch .- anlain, and indeed of every one , 4 ee '" with the asylum IN ' 'e shmild rejoice if the Hanwell prac th,, .vz I , ,„, th, ~° mr , adopted, as . we suspect it wi 1, for the poor will know clth ~ ' ends and rela•lors who may unfortunately be afflicted 'estralai"acY, wi:l then in ' treated with kindness and without harsh It. flu. k TRAc,,,, „ - , - , , i 1, 1 ,,,, - - ,, INARY SUlClDE.—Yesterday, a girl named I' Clcr, \i`'ett, aged IS, servant in the employ of Mr. Abbot, book ihcw-17),°1.,21,0, To ttenham -court-road, committed suicide under the ""rii I ''llle,ultir circumstances. It appeared that the deceased had '),ll4rvet ler situation for about two months, and bore an excellent ; - .01; ~e r• On Wednesday Mott she went to bed somewhat melon uld , 3 ,`,Tld the next morning p ' roceeded to her aunt's, in John-street, Lt hnled that she had had a very curious dream to the effect that e kJ:IZ got , bd„,, up and lighted the fire, and then went and hanged her -48.1it514: ti,lin kitchen door. Her . aunt, perceiving that she was l tive :_ a s ti r , , ,,, , ,, ,es;aegtatrihtto u ex su p a o l st t u i l m at e e , with her upon the folly of her fears, 4, aftards stained more cheerful. She went home, and re tbut,"eoN ered but the next morning (yesterday) suspended to the kitchen-door, with a rope fixed ktl44 . M uild her neck. A surgeon was called in, but life was quite The body n ow Await ; the Inquest. Two or three minute discrepancies in the plans were explained by Mr. Brunel as being occasioned by shrinking of the paper. An allegation as to an inaccuracy in the mileage—a distance de• scribed as one mile being, according to the scale, much more than a mile—was declared to be proved. It was next alleged that a field belonging to a Mr. Wyse, and ad joining one marked No. 1, also his property, was not numbered in the plan. It was represented by the promoters of the Bill that this field and that marked No. I were in fact the same, and that a brook, said by the petitioner to be the boundary, was in fact no boundary at all. The figure " 1" was intended to apply to the whole field. A witness was called to prove that tha brook served as a boundary, and prevented the cattle from passing into one field from the other. Ile knew the owner to he the same, but had " an impression" that there were two occupiers. Mr. BURKE said it was clear that the geld in question was num bered, but might be numbered improperly, being numbered as one. The Committee, however, confirmed the allegation, and declared the standing orders not complied with. The next point raised was one as to the omission of a certain house iron the book of reference. A witness was called to prove the exist ence of a house which he saw In January last, but it was then un finished, an I he admitted on cross•examination that it might have been begun after the 30th of November. The allegation fell to the ground. several ether allegations were then read and disposed of, the standing orders being declared not complied with in more than one instance. At fear o'clock the Speaker being announced at prayers, the Com mittee adjourned to Tuesday next. • STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.): ➢IIDLAND (SWINSTON AND LINCOLN). The Committee decided that the Company had complied with the standing orders as soon as they had inserted a clause fixing the datum line. X s. d. £ a. d. Australasia •••••• • • • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 26% Britshlsorth American N. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ;{ 44% Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 i 22 Colonial.. ........... W. per cent. 180 0 0 25 0 0 16 Londn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 `..7 London Joint-Stock ... GI. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan _ 25 0 0 7 10 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 8/. per c e nt. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49 Ditto, New- •••• • • • • SI. p er cen t. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17% National of Ireland .. 51. p er cen t. 50 0 0 20 0 0 18 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 35% Ditto, New. •••• . • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Anstralia ... • Cl. per cent. 25 0 01 25 0 0 25 Union of London.... • 51. pe r cen t. 50 0 01 10 0 0 12 x:asurtarkrem COXII 1 2 11.1'41'1ES. Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - - 0 e. d. £ s. el. Albion .............. 3/. 101 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and Fr. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine. Atlas . British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 14 Elericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. p er cen t. 100 0 0 210 0 6% County .............. 138.6 d. prsh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16 % 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown .............. 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle • Gs. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Economic Life. . t & 30s.bs. Eng.& Scot. Law ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe ••.••••• • • • • • • • 6/, per cent.. Stock. - 138 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. i 100 0 0 36 10 0 49 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 imperial Life •... . . . . 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine I/. eh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life.. ••••• • . • • Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire •••• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% London Ship .. • - 25 0 0 12 10 0 1534 Marine .. . .... •• • • N. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Lean Ftind• • 51. par cent. 20 0 0 210 0 234 National Life. Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. 2s. Phoenix 3/. p. et. & bs. - - 205 Protector Life •• • • Provident Life .• . Rock Life.. ••••• • • • • • 43. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - 180 Sun Flre .. .• .• • •• • • • 61. 10s. - - 210 Ditto Life . • • • • • • . • • I/. 6s. - ~.-. 49 Universal Life (Frost the Lando; Nero Price Current of March 20.) SUGAR.—To-day previous rates were insisted upen for West India Sugar, but the purchases made were trifling. REFINID.—To-day the demand was excellent for Refined goods for home consumption, and higher rates were again paid. MAuurrrus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with attention, and 5,150 bags 423 casks 8 barrels at public sale were all disposed of at an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon five parcels of Bengal, amounting to 4,195 bsgs 88 chests, were submitted to public competition; white, of which nearly the whole consisted, went at full rates and all sold. MOLASSES.—This afternoon at public sale 30 butts 20 hhds of Bengal Treacle were taken in at 20s per cwt. FRUIT. As some of the importers of Currants have shown a disposition to meet the view of the grocers, by sub miting to a reduction of is per cwt, a small portion of bu siness has been done. FOREIGN—There has been a better demand for Porto Rico Sugar, and fair market rates have been given. Notwith standing the considerable decline that has occurred in the value of yellow and b rown H avanna h of late, still the busi ness transacted has been limited. Comm.—To-day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, and pri v at e ly th ere was littl e rising, butholders not inclined to t a k e l ower ra t es . F o r good ordtiary pale Native Ceylon 46s to 47s per cwt are the rat es re q uired. COCOA.—Foreign is held for the previous va lue, but there has been little passing p r i v ately, and at auction 135 b a g s of p are i Bahia were taken in. British plantation has been purchased with more freedom, and the best redsorts brought stiffer rates. TEA.—Although there are sellers of Congon rather under previous rates, still the demand has been limited, low as prices are. Pouchong is held for 4d to 7d, and good to tine 8d to 10d, the stock being small, but there has been only a limited business transacted. Hyson is little wanted, and must be quoted rather cheaper. Of Young Hyson the trade have been tempted to take several parcels in consequence of rather lower rates being taken. Twankay has been spar ingly dealt in, and prices are on the decline. Scented Orange Pekoe has been in much better request at 2s 4d to 2s 5d for fine. Gunpowder aline quality has been purchased with more with attention, and freedom, Imperial can be obtained upon lower terms, still the sp tr l a c d Es e .— are o. d a cautions y in Penang their Pepperproceedings met 947 bags at auction were sold at full rates. RlCE.—This afternoon at public sale 2,642 bags and 900 pockets of Bengal Rice were offered; the trade evinced little desire to operate; although the merchants were sellers at lower rates, and the whole of the sound was t a k en in a t I s t o is 6d per cwt under previous prices. SPinrrs.—Therebas been little d es i re ev i nced to purchase any kind of Jamaica Rum, and the rates taken have been rather under those previously current. There has been a much better demand for Brandy this week, and an advance in prices has taken place. The business done in Geneva has been limited, and at lower rates. The price of British Corn Spirits is lOs 6d per gallon nett cash, and Gin 8s 10d for 22 per cent. under proof, and 17 under 9s 4d per gallon. Otts.—This afternoon of Sperm Oil 57 tuns at public sale from New York wer e taken in at 811 to 811 ss, but low sold at 741 10s to 76/. 3 tuns from Sydney, ordinary 75155, and Headmatter 751155. 4 PP Is s 167t1 for low to fine ; 386 casks 1 T A LLOW.—This afternoon the publi c sa l es o f T a ll ow wen t hhds 17 brls South Ame rican New South Wales, fine 42s to 42s 6d, middling and good rates; a t e t s; 633 28 t 0 5 39s 9d to 4 1 s 9 d , lo w soft and greasy 37s 3d to 39s 3 d ; 50 casks New York Butchers Melt ed 42 s to 42s 6d. at rather mosltolywseor ENGLAND. ight's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, oap. 32, for tel4th day of March, 1846. ..utraz NT. BANK OF (From last Ni kn Account, pursuant to the Act 1 the Week ending on Saturday, th ISSUE DE' X. Notes issued • • . • .. .. 27,117,805 127,117,805 Dated the 19th day of March, 18, _ BANKING D: X. Proprietors' capital. • 14,553,000 Rest • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3,767,623 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • 6,804,524 Other deposits • • • • • • 17,476,998 Seven day and other bills . • • • . • . • • • • • • • 887,487 X. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,934,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,407,524 Silver bullion 1,710,281 1 Z 27,117,805 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. , 46. SPAILTEIENT. Government securi ties (including, Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,136,440 Other securities 21,923,787 INotes 7,712,120 Qold and silver coin • • 717,285 *" Nothing could exceed the state of excitement Into which, throughout the whole of the day, the borough had been thrown by this severe contest. Every elector, as be came up to the poll, under went a severe hustling, and fights cam m e off aon the crowd every half hour. At one period the polling-booth was g invaded, and the august presence of the mayor, who presided at the thrther end, sur rounded by wine, decanters, and poll-boolu, rudely outraged, &c.'— Election at Brhlport —Times, Monday, March 9, 1846. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, yesterday afternoon, at a meeting of the Commissioners for Promoting and En couraging the Fine Arts in the Rebulding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal liighncss arrived at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. The Commissioners present were Viscount Mahon, Si Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. Wyse, and the Secretary, Mr. Eastlake. Tlie meeting broke up at half-past four o'clock. 43,489,632 43,09,632 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. \46. Dated the 19th day of March, 18, Dobler, the pianist, has been elevated to the rank of Voble by the Duke of Lucca. This renowned artist is about to marry the wealthy Russian heiress, Aidlle. Eliza Sehoremetjow. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 20. ••.; W ee k Last pg z week. ending NAME OF RAILWAY. a> ... 0 , gt. U ..9 --- -- --- X X Mar. 14 Arbroath and Forfar . • • • ... - • • • • • • 170 101 - Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • • • - - 13 Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • - • • • • 544 422 12 Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • • ******* ' • 631 547 17 Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • ..... • • • . 63S 541 13 Dundee and Arbroath . • ... ..... ... • • 259 220 14 Durham and Sunderland . • • • • • • • - • • • • 24 478 14 Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. ...... .. 8,1 6 63 2,160 15 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 6,920 3,578 14 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • 1,964 1,477 14 Gla,s,tow and Greenock.• • • • • • • • • • • • 765 653 - - Grand Junction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - - 14 Gravesend and Rochester.. • ..... .• 169 - - Great North of England • • • . • • ..... • - - 15 Great Western . • • • • • . • ...... • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 874 16 lfartlepool - - London and Birmingham, Btc. .• • • • • • .- 26,990 15 London and Blackwall .. 14 London and Brighton ..... • • • • • • • • • • 3,570 2,659 17 London and Croydon . • • • • • • • • - Loudon and Greenwich ..... • ..... • • - --- 14 London and South Western . • ... • 16 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • 913 664 13 Manchester and Birmingham.... • 14 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc • 5,792 5,563 14 Midland Counties .... ....... 14 Newcastle and Darlington .. .. • • • . 11 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • . • • • • • • 1,761 1,316 15 Newcastle and North Shields.. • • • • • • 442 308 13 Norfolk . • • • ........... • • • • • • • - North Union and Bolton and Preston - - 16 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans ..... 16 Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • • • 14 Preston and Wyre . • • • . • • • • • • • • • 577 355 14 Sheffield and Manchester • • • • • • • • • • • • 1,563 601 14 South Eastern • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... • • • • 5 , 566 3,764 14 Taff Vale • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1,193 835 ___ _ - Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • • • • • • • • ____ - 14 York and North Midland . • . • • • • .... 4,933 - The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bllls ordered to be brought in I•sy the underuamed Hon. Members : Inverness and Elgin —3lr. 11. Baillie and Mr. C. Bruce. Aberdeen, Banff, and Elln—Mr. Bannerman and Mr. Lockhart. North Wales—Mr. Mostyn and Mr. Hughes. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, SOUTHAMPTON-BUILD INGE.—On Wednesday evening Mr. Henderson delivered the concluding lecture on " Lyndon "!o one of the most judging from the applause, nume ancl r ous audiences of the scssien, the subject gave entire satisfaction. Various statistics were brought forward of considerable interest, and while informa tion was imported, a captivating cheerfulness, and healthful ness of tone pervaded the entire discourse. The pictorial illustrations exceeded in our opinion the last, especially " Bucklersbury in the olden time," which was worthy the pencil of the first artist in that particular line; we hope to become more familiar with the works of AIL Shalders. TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVItNING, MARTH`2I, 1816. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of March, 1846, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Rigla Hon. Charles John Viscount Canning was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, an took his place at the Board accordingly. WAR-OFFICE, 11 Ancu 20. Gth Dragoon Guards—Lieut. S. F. Jacson, from 54th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice 0. V. Jackson, who reverts to the half-pay of his former commission as Lieutenant of , the 85th Foot, March 20. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain C. Deacon, from the 13th c L h ig an h g t esi Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Nicholson, who ex changes, 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet C. H. S. G. Lord Garvagh to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pate, who retires; J. W. Clark e , G en t . , to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord Garvagh ; Surgeon M. J. M. Ross, from 44th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Murray, who exchanges, March 20. 13th Light Dragoons—Caot. G. T. Nicholson, from 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Deacon, who exchanges, March 20. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Capt. W. Eccles, from the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Ellice, who exchanges, March 20. 7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. Monck, to be Ad. , jutant, vice Dickinson, retired upon half-pay, March 20, 39th Foot— J. F. Draper, Gent., to be ens i gn , w ith ou t pur chase, vice Hume, appointed to the 62d Foot, March 20. 44th Foot.—Surgeon D. Murray, M.D., from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Ross, who exchanges, March 20. 62d Foot—Ensign B. J. Hume, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Cross, dece ase d, M arc h 2 0. 65th Foot—J. J. Dudgeon, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pemberton, appointed to the 94th Foot, March 20. 82d Foot—Lieutenant and Captain C. H. Ellice, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Eccles, who exchanges, March 20, 94th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Kirby to be Captain, without WP. vice Magee, deceased, Dec. 7, 1845 ; E ns i gn W . W. Campbell to be Lieutenant, vice Kirby; Ensign G. C. Pemberton ' from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Camp bell, March 20. 2d West India Regiment—Capt. J. St. Leger, from half pay Portuguese officers, to be Captain, vice E S. N. Campbell, who exchanges; Lieut. C. C. Roekes, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice St. Leger, who retires ; Ensign J. S. Gordon, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Rookee ; A. W. Dickson, Gent., to be Ensigt, by purchase, vice Gordon, March 20. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Paymaster S. Blake, from the 65th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Cameron, deceased. March 20th. Staff—Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. B. Gough, of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Quartermaster-General to the Queen's Forces in the East Indies, vice Colonel Sir B. II Sale, G.C.8., killed in action. BREVET.—Capt. J. St. Leger, of the 2d West India Regi ment, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838 ; Capt. T. Hurdle, of the Royal Marines, to be Major in the Army, March 20, 1846. WHITEHALL, llAncii 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Ho nourable Charles John Viscount Canning, an additional Com missioner for the purpose of inquiring whether advantage might Rot be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Par liament for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts. Commission by the Queen. Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Capt. T. Rose to be Adjutant, Feb. 27, 1846. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 14. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. To be Deputy Lieutenants—H. P. T. Aubrey, Esq. ; J. C. B. Borough, Esq. ; P. Broughton, E sq . ; G. Brooke, Esq. ; R. Burton, Esq. ; R. H. Cheney, Esq. ; St. J. C. Charlton, Esq. ; E. Corbett, Esq. ; Hon. E. J. H. Viscount Clive; J. W. Dod, Esq. ' • T. C. Eyton, Esq.; Right Hon. G. G. L. G. Earl Granville; W. 0. Gore, Esq. M.P. ; R. Gardner, Esq. ; R. F. Hill, Esq. ; Hon. G. F. Hamilton ; R. H. Kinchant, Esq ; Sir B. Leighton, Bart. ; R. M. Leeke, Esq.; J. V. Lovett, Esq. ; T. Lovett, Esq.; C. K. Main waring, Esq.; E. W. S. Owen, Esq. ; J. Owen, Esq. ; W. Oakeley, Esq. ; W. H. Poole, Esq. ; J. Rocke, jun., Lsq. ; R. A. Slaney, Esq. ; H. C. Taylor, Esq. ; T. Twemlow, Esq., March 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. To be Deputy Lieutenants—R. Bassett, Esq. ; H.A. Bruce, Esq. ; W. Meyrick, Esq. ; T. Powell, Esq. ; E. Williams, Esq., Feb. 28. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire--Richard Price Puleston, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions b the Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire. Harry Young, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir G. Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Wil liam Patrick Adam, Esq.. jun., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Ro bert Neilson, Esq.. to be Deputy Lieutenant. Stirlingshire, &c., Regt. of Militia—A. Black, Gent., to be Ensign. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. West Essex Regiment of Regular Militia—Captain Dick to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Houblon, resigned, Feb. 11; W. M. Tufnell, Esq., to be Captain, vice Rush, resigned, Feb. ; H. Bullock, Esq., to be Captain, vice Foaker, resigned, Feb. 12; J. Wright, Esq., to be Captais, vice J. J. Tufnell, resigned, Feb. 13 ; A. T. Schreiber, Esq., to be Captain, vice Stane, resigned, Feb. 14 ; A. E. Williams, Esq , to be Captain, vice Smith, resigned, Feb. 16; P. H. Meyer, Esq., to be Captain, vice Fortescue, resigned, Feb. 17 ; H. Edinboreugh, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lucas, promoted, Feb. 11. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. Brecknockshire Militia—W. R. Stretton, Esq., to be Major, vice H. Price, resigned; W. Bridgwater, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, March 17. _ _ _ Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the Comlty of Sussex. Arundel and Bramber Corps of Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry —Colonel W. G. K. Gratwicke to be Lieutenant, vice G. Rideout, deceased ; Lord B. I'. F. Howard to be Cornet, vice W. G. K. Gratwicke, promoted ; T. Evans, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice 0. Evans, deceased, Feb. 22. BANKRUPTS. John Kirkup, coal merchant, Rotberbithe to surrender March 31 and May 8, at eleven, at the Court Of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Hodgson, Broad-street-buildings. William Collins, tailor, Rugby, Warwickshire, March 31, at one, and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Burbidge, Hatton-garden. James Bryant, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, March 27, at half-past twelve, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Soles and '1 urner, Aldermanbury. Isaac Harris, clothier, Croydon, March 26, and May 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Jacobs, Winchester buildings, Winchester-street. Henry Ward, paper manufacturer, Ludgate-street, City, March 31, at two, and May 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Mardon and Co., Newgate-street, City. William Stone, laceman, Wood-street, City, March 2s, at one, and April 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. Ellison and Goodworth, linen manufacturers, Barnsley, York, March 31 and April2o, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Pocock, Bartholo mew-close; Mance, Barnsley; Bond, Leeds. Joseph Whalley and Charles Whalley, seedsmen, Liver pool, March 31 and April 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hall and Co., Yerulam• buildings, London ; Neal, Liverpoo. Richard Barnes Preston, coa dealer, Leigh, Gloucester, April 3, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Newman and Co., Cheltenham. _ _ _ _ _ Cornelius Brady, commission agent, Aston-nigh Birming ham, April 4, and May 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Changer and C'., Gray's Inn-square, London; Harding, Birmingham. Richard Edwards, woollen-draper, Huddersfield, April 6 and 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi cial assignee, Leeds; Robinson, Huddersfield; Bond, Leeds. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 17, 1846, is 353.31 d. per cwt. [Dividends, &e., in our Next.] COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 9 32 Ditto, at sight ..... . 12 6 Rotterdam ...... 2 U. 12 10 Antwerp. ...... ....... 26 15 llamburgh ......M.B. 13 153( 2 Altona.. — Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 80 S . GE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. ...... Legh0rn........ Genoa ..... Milan .. N...... • ..... Palermo, per ox 1193 Lisbon.... 52% 0p0rt0 , ,,,,, • ... 52% Rio Janeiro Bahia .. - Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia Ditto, 3 mouths 26 5 Marseilles • . • 26 80urdeaux.......... • Frankfort on Maine 122% Petersburgh, 3 Us — Berlin ...... .... .• .. Vienna, effec.flo .. 10 10% Trieste, ditto... ....... 10 10% Madrid .............. 3614 Cadiz .• •.. : ........ 36% Bilbao.. Barcelona ............ Seville.. ........ •• •... rarcss OF BULLION, PEE OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons . ..... 0 0 0 New Dollars • ..... .. 0 4 9% Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11 4 RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY Taal'Fic.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee :- 1. That, in the case of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway petition for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the sessional order ought not to be dispensed with. 2. That, in the case of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway petition for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the S 4 ssional order ought not to be dispensed with. 3. That, in the case of the Welsh Midland Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 4. That, in the case of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 5. That, in the case of the East and West India Docks and Bir mingham Junction Railway petitien, the standing orders ought to lie dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of the clauses giving power to the London and Birmingham Railway Company and to the East and West India Company to subscribe to the undertaking ; and that the Committee:on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. Fifth resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, NLARCII 23. Scottish Central (Denny Branch). Scottish Central (Alton Branch). Scottish Central (Crieff Branch). Scottish Central (Perth Termini and Stations). Stratiday and Breadalhane. Catalonian Northern Direct. Caledonian (Lang,hohne Branch). Stirlingshire Midland Junction. Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviation). Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches). Caledonian (Carlisle Deviation). Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Amalgamation. Caledonian (Glasgow, Garukirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase). Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Direct. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Bridge of Weir Branch). Caledonian, Polloc and Govan, S. Clydesdale Junction Amalgamation. Glasgow, Barrht:ad, and .Neilston Direct (Branches to Paisley). South Wales (No. 2). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amendment. Glasgow, Garukirk, and Coatbridge Extension. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. Banffshire. Select Committee on Group No. 12. Mr. Hamilton selected and added to the Committee, vice Lord Brooke discharged. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) • FRIDAY, MiißCif 20. CUSTOMS (TIMBER DUTIES). Question put, " That the House do agree with the Committee la the said Resolution." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 232. Acheson, Viscount Ellice, E., jun. Napier, Sir C. Adana, T. D. Ellis, Wynn Neville, Ralph A'Court, Captain Elphinstone, IL O'Brien, J. Aglionby, H. A. Escott, Bickham O'Connell, M. J. Ainsworth, Peter Etwall, Ralph O'Connell, John Aldan, W. Evans, Sir De Lac Ord, William Antrobus, E. Ewart, William Osborne, Ralph Archbold, Robert Feilden, William Palmerston, Viscount Baillie, Colonel Fitzrsy, Henry Parker, John Baillie, H. J, Fitzroy, Lord C. Patten, J. W. Baine, Walter Fitzwilliam, G. W. Pechell, Captain Baird, William Flower, Sir J. Peel; Sir Robert Baldwin, Barry Forster, Matthew Peel, Jonathan Bannerman, A Fox, C. R. Plutnridge, Captain Barclay, David Gibson, T. M. Powell, Caleb Darkly, Henry Gill, Thomas Price, Sir R. Baring, F. T. Gore,'Montague Protheroe, Edward Baring, W. B. Goulburn, Henry Pulsford, Robert Barnard, E. G. Graham, Sir J. Rawdou, Colonel Beckett, William Granger, T. C. Reid, Sir John Berkeley, Craven Greene,Jhomas : Reid, Colonel Berkeley, Captain Grey, Sir G. Rumbold, C. E. Bernal, Ralph Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, Lord John Blake, M. J. Hall, Sir Benjamin Russell, Lord E. Blewitt, Reginald Hamilton, W. J. Russell, J. D. Bodkin, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Ryder, Granville D. Botfield, Beriali Hamer, Sir J. Sandon, Viscount Bouverie, E. P. Hatton, Captain Scott, R. Bowes, John Hawes..Benjamin Scrope, G. P. Bowles. Admiral Hayes, Sir E. Bart. Seymour, Lord Bowring, Dr. Heathcoat, John Seymour, Sir H. B. Bridgeman, Hewitt Hill, Lord Marcus Sheridan, It. B. Bright, John _, Illudley, Charles Smith, B en j am i n Bretherton, J. Hobhouse, Sir J. Smith, J. A. Browne, W. Hogg, J. W. Smith, Vernon Brownrigge, J. S. Holland, Robert Smythe, George Bruce, Lord E. Hope, G. W. Somers, J. P. Buller, Charles Hernby, John Somerset, Lord a. Busfeild, W. Howard, C. W. G. Somerville. Sir W. Cardwell, Edward Howard, E. G. Stansfield, W. R. Carew, W. 11. Pole Howard, P. li. Stuart, Lord J. Carnegie, Captain Hughes, W. B. Stuart, Henry Cavendish, G. H. lltime, Joseph Strati, Edward Chapman, B. Ilumphery, Ald. Tancred, 11. W. Chichester, Lord J. Hutt, William Thesiger, Sir F. Clay, Sir W. James, William Taornely, T. Clerk Sir George James, Sir W. Tomline, G. Cobden, Richard Jennyn, Earl Townely, John Cochrane, A. Jocelyn, Viscount Trelawny, J. S. Cockburn, Sir G. Johnstone, Ilope Trench, Sir F. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Tufnell, Henry Collett, John Kelly, James Turner, Edmund Copeland, Ald. labouchere, Henry Vernon, 0. H. Corry, 11. Langston, J. H. Villiers, Charles Courtenay, Lord Lascelles, W. S. Vivian, J. H. Cowper, W. F. Layard, Captain Vivian, Captain Craig, W. G. Legh, G. C. Wakley, Thomas Crawford, W. S. Lockhart, A. E. Walker, Richard Cripps, William Macaulay, T. B. Wall, C. B. Carrie, R. M`Carthy, Alex. Warburton, Henry Dalnieny, Lord M`Gcachy, F. A. Wa.el, 11. G. Dalrymple, Captain lii`Neill, Duncan Warn, JT. Dawson, T. V. M`Taggart, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C. Denison, E. B. Mahon, Lord White, Samuel Dennistoun, John Mainwaring, T. Wilde, Sir Thomas D'Eyncourt, C. T. Marjoribanks, S. Williams, W. Dickinson, I'. F. Marshall, William Wilshere, W. Dodd, George Martin, John Wood, Charles Douglas, Sir C. E. Masterman, John Wood, Colonel T. 1 /oar°, Marquis of Mauls, Fox Wersley, Lord Duke, Sir J., At eynell, Captain Wortley, J. 5. Duncan, George MiLes, R. Monckton Wrightson, W. B. Duncannon, Lord Mitcalfe, Henry Wyse, Thomas Duncombe, T. Moffatt, George Yorke, H. R. Dumb's, Admiral Moleswortli, Sir W. Easthope, Sir John Morpeth, Viscount TELLERS. Ebringtoli, Lord Morris, David Young, John Egerton, Sir P. Morison, General Baring, Henry Ellice, Edward Muntz, G. F. MINORITY—NOES, 109. Allix, J. P. Fitzmaurice, C. O'Brien, A. S. Arkwright, 9. Floyer, John I'acke, C. W. Astcll, William Forbes, William Palmer, Robert Bagge, William Fox, S. L. Palmer, G. Bagot, William Fuller, A. E. Pigot, Sir Robert Bailey, Joseph Gaskell, J. M. Rashleigh, W. Baillie, William Gooch, E. S. Rendlesham, Lord Bankes, George Grogan, E. ' Repton, G. W. Bennett, Philip Halford, Sir Henry Richards, Richard Bentinck, Lord G. Hall, Colonel Scott, F. Bentiuck, Lord H. Halsey, T. P. Seynter, 11. K. Berthwick, Peter Harris, Hon. Capt. Shaw, F. Bramston, T. W. Heathcote, G. J. Shirley, E. J. Brisco, M. Ileathcote, Sir W. Shirley, E. I'. Broadley, Henry Henley, J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel Broadwood, 11. Hildyard, T. B. Smyth, Sir H. Brooke, Lord Hinde, J. H. Sotheron, T. 11. S. Bruce, C. L. C. Hope, Sir J. Spooner, Richard Bruges, W. 11. Hope, Alexander Stanley, E. Buck, Lewis W. Hudson, G. Stuart, J. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hurst, R. 11. Taylor, J. A. Campbell, Sir H. Inglis, Sir R. Thompson, Ala. Cayley, E. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Tollemache, J. Chandos, Marq. of Knight, F. W. Trollope, Sir J. Choimondeley, H. . Knightley, Sir C. Tumor, C. Chu; chill, Lord A. S. Law, Hon. C. E. Tyrrell, Sir J. Clifton, J. T. Lawson, Andrew Vyse, R. H. R. H. Compton, H. C. Lennox, Lord G. H. Waddington, H. S. Disraeli, B. Mackenzie, T. Walpole, S. H. Douglas, Slr H. Mackenzie, W. F. Walsh, Sir J. H. Douglas, J. D. S. Maclean, Donald Williams, T. P. Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord John Worcester, Marquis Duncembe, 0. March, Earl of Yorke, E. T. De Pre, C. G. Maunaell, T. B. Farnham, E. B. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Fcllowes, E. Miles, Philip W. S. Filmer, Sir E. Miles, William Finch, George Neeld, John Tsrl,Ezs. Beresford, Major Newdegaie. N. TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order far Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question put, That the Bill be now read a second time." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 45. Aglionby, H. A. Denison, E. B. Arasterman, John Antrobus, Edmund Douglas, Sir C. Osborne, Ralph Baring, Henry Duncan, George Peel, Sir Robert Bentinek, Lord G. Ellice, Edward Peel, Jonathan Borthwick, P. Escott, BickhaM Powell, Caleb Bouverie, Edward P. Greene, Thomas Seymer, Henry Ker Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, W. J. Somerville, Sir W. Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, Lord Cland Stuart, Henry Buller, Charles Hawes, Benjamin Tufnell, Henry Cardwell, Edward Iliadley Charles Vyse, It. Carnegie, Captain Hope, G. W. Wawn, J. T. Clerk, Sir G. Howard, Sir R. Worsley, Lord Cockburn, Sir G. Hudso n, G. Young, John TELLBRS. Hughes, W. B. Corry, Henry Craig, W. G. Jermyn, Earl March, Earl of Dahneney, Lord J o hnstone, Hope Mask, Fox MINORITY—NOES, 13. Baillie, William Mackenzie, T. Yorke, E. T. Cripps, W. M`Neill, Duncan Dennistoun, J. Rashleigh, W. TELLERS. Forbes, Wm. Scott, Francis Mackenzie, W. F. Graham, Sir James Waddington, H. S. Campbell, Hugh Lockhart, A. E. Wortley, J. S. THE CASE OF POISONING AT BROMLEY. The inquiry into this mysterious affair,the sth inst., was resumed yesterday, having g en b d ee e n d ftbe ad l j 3 o t u b rn t e in d ie, fro a n t i over severe the Swan T l a b v u e ur rn s , , B bu ro t m p le a y rily T o h w e in p g roc to eed it i s ng h s thought advisable to examine ce rtain witnesses privately, a nd partly to the fact that much of the evidence was merely of a corroborative nature, few facts were brought to light beyond those with which the public are already fa miliar from reports of previous investigations. At one of the late sittings of the jury, while the Court was cleared of strangers, a person named Barrett, who holds a responsible situation in the Bromley post-office, produced an anonymous letter, which he stated he had received a day or two previous. The letter charged him with having been accessory to the death of the deceased, and called on him to confess his guilt. The handwriting was not known, nor was any suspicion entertained as to who was the author of the communication. Subsequently to this letter being re ceived by Barrett, the coroner received two anonymous let ters in a similar handwriting, each describing Barrett as the guilty party. The authorship of the two latter letters was owned yesterday by a person who stands in a near degree of relationship to one on whom some suspicion has fallen. His object in writing the same was not satisfactorily explained, and the effect certainly does not tend to weaken that suspicion. A letter, which had been received from Miss Williams, in which she stated that Thomas Churcher had brought some biscuits to her house on the Monday night on which deceased was first missed, was produced. Several witnesses were examined, and questions having been addressed to Mr. Verrall, the minister of Bromley Chapel, and one o r t wo other persons as to the authenticity of a letter received by the coroner, signed " Chymicus" (in which it was attempted to be shown that the deceased had attempted suicide), without any satisfactory result, the pro ceedings were, at 4 o'clock, adjourned. BRUTAL OUTRAGE ItY Two ►SOLDIERS. Gunners Holloway Spence and Hansard Aulay, 7th battalion of the Roya lAr • tillcry, at Woolwich, were charged with committing a brutal assault upon Caroline Ship, Henry Bailey, and Charles Norman. It appeared that Caroline Ship was passing the night previous, about half-past ten o'clock, the Royal Standard, in High-street, when, without the least cause, the prisoner Spence knocked her down and kicked her. Bailey came up to her assistance, and was served in the same way. The prisoners went on, when they met Norman, and without saying a word felled him to the ground, and so continued on till Police-con stable Walker, 298 It, hcariag the cry of "Murder," ran to the spot. The prisoners tried to escape up an alley, but, after a most desperate struggle, were apprehended. Au officer of the Royal Artillery attended to watch the proceedings. The magistrate fined the pri soners 20s. each, or twenty-one days' imprisonment. The ofilcer said the fine for gunner Spence, and the other stood committed. GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, Mellen 17.—The market has remained in much the same state for the last week past ; the tendency is rather to a decline, which is the more surprising,as there are large shipments being made for foreign orders and coastwise. A sale was made, to-day, by an extensive maker, at 690. cash, which we quote as the price,—Olasgow Fatima,. 74.1ANIWPAiliT. 444:2 - PdiaLikE r"..! " I IMPERIAL PA HOUSE OF LOR D The LORD CHANCELLOR took his _ At& ad Five o'clock. FEVER (IRELANtaf IS,ll:ti ' The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the first reading of the Fever (Ireland) Bill.—Agreed to. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. The Earl of RIPON brought in a Bill to alter and amend the present laws affecting the relief of insolvent debtors. He moved that it be read a first time this day, and a second time on Monday.—Agreed to. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Red stock against the repeal of the corn-laws. PRINT WORKS BILL. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved the second reading of the Print Works Bill. In the Act of last session it was stated that the period for children attending school was limited to 50 days a-year. The present alteration corrected what was merely a clerical error, by making it 30 days in each six months. The Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Monday. INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from eminent stove manufacturers in St. Paul's Churchyard, complaining that certain persons were infringing on their rights loy copying the improvements they had effected in their articles of manu facture. COURT OF REQUESTS, MANCHESTER. The NOBLE Loan also presented a petition from Manchester, complaining of the processes of the Court of Requests there and the incompetency of the commi4sion. CORN-LAWS. The NOBLE Loan had further to present a petition, if the Noble Duke ( the Duke of Richmond) would allow him, from the landlords, tradesm?n, and inhabitants of Penrith. They com plained of the delay in passing the Corn Bill, and this everyone seemed to do, excepting the Noble Duke himself.—( Laughter. ) The Duke of RICHMOND did not wish the Bill passed at all. —(Continued laughter. ) Lord CAMPBELL, %011ie the Noble and Learned Lord was addressing the Noble Duke on the cross benches, rose, and amid much laughter said, in a " loud whisper," that he (Lord Campbell) also had some petitions to present. Lord BROUGHAM—The petitioners urged that the post. ponement of the petition was a compromise of justice, and they therefore prayed for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. (The pointed manner in which the Noble Lord addressed the Noble Duke created much laughter.) The Duke of RICHMOND was not surprised that those persons should complain. The Bill was hurried through Par liament to avoid the outcry which would be raised against it throughout the country. Lord BROUGHAM said that it was hurried on at the pace of the snail rather than of the swift-footed Achilles. Lord STANLEY said he had several petitions to present to their Lordships' House upon the same subject as that of the petition presented by the Noble Lord who had just set down. The first of these petitions was from the tenant-farmers of the county of Haddington, who stated that they viewed the contemplated change iu the corn-laws with alarm, and that . . grain should not be imported into this country from foreign countries without adequate protection to the home grower, and that at least they should he compensated in the event of such a Bill passing. He had another petition to present from the churchwardens and inhabitants of Newchapel, in Lancashire, which stated that the passing of the Bill would be attended with results the most prejudicial to the general welfare of the British empire, and that the manufacturing classes did not require the passing of such a law. He had another petition from the inhabitants of a parish in the county of Flint against the same Bill, and the petitioners hoped they would not be sacrificed. The next petition which he had to present, upon the same subject, was from two parishes in the county of Kildare, in Ireland, and the petitioners, in their prayer, drew rather a curious distinction. They stated that they viewed the contemplated change with consterna tion, as one calculated to have an injurious effect upon the agricultural interests of that country, and that, in the event of its passing, the Irish farmers should receive compensa tion, and that the general interest of tte Irish farmer should be protected.— (Laughter.) He agreed with the petitioners, and regretted that they had not gone as far as he could wish. He deplored the introduction of this Bill, and trusted it would never receive their Lordships' sanction. IRISH BISHOPS' REVENUES. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the bishop and clergy of the diocese of Kilmore, praying that the poor-rate should not be deducted from their incomes. The petitioners therefore prayed that they might be assessed to the poor-rates upon the gross profits. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition in favour of the Great (Irish) Western Railway. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from the grand jury of the city of Limerick, praying the Government t afford the people the means of improving the harbour in that locality, and whilst he did so he wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Admiralty whether it was probable that the Government re port respecting the harbour in question would be shortly laid on the table of the House ? Lord ELLEN BOROUGH said that the report had been signed that day, and it would be laid on the table of the House in the course of next week. It would have been brought forward at an earlier ,period, but there was a natural desire on the part of the Government to present the reports respectng the other harbours of Ireland at the same time. The Earl of CLARE entirely concurred with what had fallen from his Noble Friend. BRITISH AND IRISH UNION RAILWAY. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition in favour of this line of railway. THE CASE OF MR. GULSTON. The Earl of CL aN CA RTY said he took that opportunity of stating that Mr. Gulston had produced the documents which had been referred to last night. That gentle. man considered that he had no right to produce the papers without an order from the Commissioners. That had been ob tained and the papers given up. Led BROUGHAM did not think there had been any irre gularity manifested on the present occasion. He had read the letter of Mr. Gulston to the Commissioners, for leave to produce the papers, and thought he had acted in the matter with due consideration. He was glad to hear that the Commissioners had seen the propriety of not setting themselves in opposition to the pri►ileges of the House. The Earl of CLANCAIIT Y %souk' be the last person in that House to accuse the Learned Lord of irregularity.—(Loud laughter. ) Lord MONTEAGLE said that Mr. Gulston had written from Ireland asking for certain letters, for the purpose of using them for his own case. The answer that was given was not for one moment to withhold the documents. It was therefore no objection, but still he considered the question put by the Noble and Learned Lord was a very proper one. Lord BROUGHAM—The better way of judging the ques tion would be to see the letters of the Commissioners to Mr. Gulston. Lord CLARE said that the very moment the letters were sent for Mr. Gulston received the authority of the Commis sioners for their production. He might produce them if he liked; he, however, considered he had no right to produce them till he had the order to do se from the Commissioners. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills, requesting their Lordships' assent. —Ordered to lie on the table. FEVER (IRELAND) BILL. The Earl ST. GERMANS stated, with reference to the Bill which the Noble Duke had introduced that evening, that he trusted their Lordships, considering the very important nature of the provisions of the Bill and the pressing demand for its speedy operation, dispense with the usual standing orders of the House, and allow the Bill to be passed into law wih all possible dispatch. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT. Their Lordships then went into Committee on this Bill, and several clauses were gone through and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday neat. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that is reference to petitions he presented last night, he would wish to call their Lordships to postpone his motion, and send the parties to the petition before the Committee on Standing Orders. The reason he made this request was, that the petitions were placed in his hands only on Monday last, and the fact of those petitions not having been presented in time, was owing to his hav ing held them over, with a view to consult other Noble Lords, and have Noble and Learned Lords' opinion upon the nature of their contents. Therefore, the blame of the parties being too late in the presentation of them was en tirely attributable to him ; on those grounds, then, he had no hesitation in requesting their Lordships to permit the peti tioners to go before the Committee on Standing Orders on Monday next, when they could be heard, and no injury would be done to any party. He, therefore, begged to move that the petition be referred to the Committee on Standing Orders. Lord BEAUMONT said he would object to this proceeding as being quite irregular. He could not see why this request should be granted in favour of one party and refused to , others. . _ _ _ _ _ _ L i te t o i r o d n , M p O r a N y i T n g E A t o G L b E e said d that f h o e r e h a t d h e s ref used tan d to ng p r o e s r e d n e t r s a p. Committee, because he thought that i f their rules were de parted from, the standing orders of the House would be ren dered worthless. But there was a distinct difference where the parties interested did all that in them lay, and the rule was laid down absolutely in the other House of Parliament that a petition which was requested to be printed through a Member of the House, if in consequence of his absense from town that Member was unable to be in his place, the House uni formly extended the period of indulgence in those cases ; although not in any other, because it would be a great hard ship indeed if these parties were defeated by a casual accident, which deprived any Member of the power of presenting it. He called their Lordships' attention to the very great diffe rences which existed in the cases. He (Lord Monteagle) had refused to present the petition yesterd a y, b ecause t h e parties by the negligence of their agent had committed the fault, but it would be very hard to deprive a n y su bj ect of the realm of the power of presenting a petition, because on e o f th e i r own b o d y had, either through negligence or absence from town at the time, no power of doing so. Earl GREY saw no objection to the motion of the Noble Lord, for he thought that the parties petitioning had a perfect right to see if the contract deed was good or not. He could net see the smallest objection to the motion, because it would not interpose the smallest delay to the progress of the Bill. Lord CAMPBELL did not see that any degree of blame could be imputed to the Noble Lord beside him. He had been intrusted with the presentation of these petitions, and he thought the course he was at present pursuing was the proper one. He repeate d that no blame could be imputed to the par tics who were promoting the Bill, because they had done all in their power. This application seemed to him ( Lord Campbell) a very just one, and deserving the attention of the Hou se. The Earl of SHAFTS SBURY, w h o was ver y indistinctly heard, was understood to say that the Noble Lord had be tter give notice to suspend the standing order, when the petitions would come on in the regular course on Monday. Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday. - HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 20. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes to Four. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered t o be committed : Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement Harrogate Gas York Improvement Sutton Harbour and Docks (Plymouth) Commercial Road ishaw and Coltness Railway (Greenhill Branch) Sheffield Markets New Zealand Company Hartlepool Gas and Water Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford Railways Amal gamation Manchester and SouthEmpton Railway. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed, Aylesbury Small Tenements Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas Downpatrick Gas. , , A ~!, Nuinerous petitions in favour of and against various railway Bills were presented and ordered to lie on the table. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. Petitions in favour of this line were presented by Mr. Milner Gibson, from upwards of 3,000 merchants, traders, and inha bitants of Manchester, representing one-fourth of the entire assessment of the borough ' • by Mr. G. W. Hope, from the mayor and corporation of Southampton ; by the same Hon. Gentleman, from upwards of 2,000 merchants, bankers, tradesmen, and burgesses of Southampton; by Mr. Craven SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS, Their Lordsaips then formed themselves into a committee onmerits, and after hearing evidence setting forth their advantages, declared the two following Bills to have passed on the merits—viz., The Sligo and Shannon Railway, and the Galway, and Kilkenny Railway. The Bills will, therefore, be reported to the House and set downier third reading. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Room No. 8. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The formal proofs were given. In_ the case of one notice, it was found that it had not been served till one hour and a half after the time; the circumstances appeared to justify the non-compliance, but the Committee felt themselves bound to notify It to the Standing Orders' Committee. Petitions in opposition were put in by Mr. Thomas, Parliamentary agent ; the first from owners of houses in the parish of Honiton, who complained that no application in writing had been made to them. This objection was not sustained; but on reference to the sections and plans the numbers of the houses were not found, although they appeared in the bcok of reference, and the Committee decided there had been a non-compliance with the standing orders. The Committee adjourned, at four o'clock, till Monday, at twelve. No. 9, Room. (Continued from our Afternoon Editi6n of yesterday.) LONDON AND WARWICK RAILWAY. Not allowed to be proceeded with. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Allowed to be proceeded with. The Committee rose at four o'clock and adjourned till Tuesday next. UNIVERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE. - - CAMBRIDGE, AI Red 18. The following appointments have taken place : The Rev. Thomas Coombe, M.A., of St. Peter's College, to the rectory of Girton, Cambridgeshire—value, 4201. The Rev. John Strcatfield, M.A., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Baxted, with the curacy of Uckfield, Sussex — value, 71V. The Rev. Edward Budge, 8.A., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Dratton Clovelly, Devonshire—value, 4121. The Rev. Abraham William Bullen, 8.A., of Trinity College, to the vicarage of Great Beddow, Essex—annual value, 4021. The Rev. Edward Augustui Carlyon, 8.A., of Trinity College ' to the vicarage of Limerton, Devon—value, 314/. The Rev. Charles Cook, of St. Catherine's Hall, to the curacy of the Mariner's Chapel, Hull—annual value, 2001. The Rev. James Bromley, 8.A., of St. Catherine's Hall, to the perpetual curacy of Lye, Worcestershire—value, 1841. The Rev. Cecil James Green, MA., of Pembroke College, to the rectory of New Fishbourn, Sussex—value, 1891. The Rev. Robert More White, M.A., of St. Peter's College, to the perpetual curacy of Churchstoke, Montgomeryshire— annual value, 1511. The Rev. James John Merest, 8.A., of St. Peter's College, to the curacy of Brettenham, Suffolk. The Rev. Thomas Sherlock Nelson, 8.A., of Clare Hall, to the curacy of Christ's Church, Woodhouse, Leeds. The Rev. Charles William PalM, of St. Catherine's Hall, to the curacy of Conington, Hunts. The Rev. Samuel Silver, S.C.L., of St. Catherine's Hall, to the curacy of Barnwell, Cambridge. The Rev. Edward Wilson, BA., of St. Catherine's Hall, to the curacy of Christ Church, Leeds. The Rev. John Arthur Jeaffreson Roberts, 8.A., of Christ's College, to the curacy of Potterspury, Northamp tonshire. The Rev. Daniel Winbam, 8.A., of Christ's College, to the curacy of Soham with Barwav, Cambridgeshire. The Rev. William Barker, 8.A., of St. John's College, to the curacy of Heptoustall, Halifax, Yorkshire. :3 id 'N :'~~ ~` ~~ ~ ~ 1 7 ""Til