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were not present were more favourable to the North Kent line teats the South-Eastern project. If these witnesses, however, spoke 1 the opliVon of a body of people expressed at a public meeting it he a very different thing. l',"itnesses were accordingly' produced from the various towns on th.: line, to prove that public meetings had been held at each place, wiiere petitions in favour of the North Kent line were unanimously s.!cpted. _ _ _ TlJ;ttvidence occupied the whole of the day. The Committee adjourne'l till to-morrow at twelve o'clocic. GROUP XV. The Committee met, for better accommodation, in the Vice- Chancellor of England's Court, this rournlin at twelve o'clock. Pi - es:cut, Mr. O'Connell, chairman, Sir R. Price, Captain Hatton, Mr. llindley, and Mr. Mackinnon. OIITH-EASTEEN. TUNBRIDGE WELLS 0 HASTINGS AND EYE. Mr. HILL, for Sir Godfrey Webster, proceeded to cross-examine the engineer. The line passes close upon Battle Abbey, the property of Sir Godfrey; but Mr. Barlow exhibited a drawing with a proposed deviation, sixty-Svc yards more distant from Battle Abbey, by which the embankment on the line wou'd be hid from the prospect of the abbey: The CHAIRMAN said, that the Committee were of opinion that the Company agreeing to lay down their line according to that deviation, r Godfrey ought to desist from opposition. Mr. ALEXANDER called several witnesses on behalf of the Com pany, and proved the assents and dissents of proprietors on the line, whirls were—of owners, assents 70, dissents 29, neuters 24, and 58 who had gi:•en no answer ; of lessees, assents 20, dissents 7, neuters n, and 25 from whom uo answer had been received; of occupiers, 94 assents. This closed the ease for the promoters. Mr. TALBOT, comisel for Lord Liverpool and other landowners on the Bath branch, addressed the Committee at length a , „ainst the line, contending that it was expensive; and through an id-populated dis trict, where the traffic would not be compensating, and that that district was already accommodated by the Brighton and Hastings 2tnilwsy ; so that the granting of the proposed line would be prejudi cial to both companies, and therefore to the landowners, through whose property they are to run. .7.1 r. HILL proposed to put in evidence of the insufficient amount •f traffic, and the proposed line being the same with that throws out in 1841, in the contest with the Brighton Company. The Committee decided that it could not be received. Sir Godfrey Webster, at this point, intimated, through counsel, that he withdrew his opposition. The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble of the Bill was proved. 331LEGEITON .FIND curcursTEn (STETNING BRANCH). Mr. ALEXANDED, counsel for Colonel Wyndham, stated he was in structed to withdraw the colonel's opposition. Mr. LAING called cyidence to prove the preamble of the Bill. The ClimaxAN announced that the preamble of the Bill was proved. The clauses of the Bill were then gone through, and agreed to. The Committee will enter upon the consideration of the London and Brighton (East Grinstead Branch) and South-Eastern (Godstone Station and East Grinstead) to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Sub• Committee No. 1. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Strait chairman. THE LEEDS CENTRAL. Mr. SHERWOOD appeared for the promoters, and the Bill being un opposed, the Committee said that the standing orders had been com plied with, with the exception of the promoters not haying given notice of their intention to amalgamate with existing lines, and a'so for not having given notice of their intended power in the Bill fer borrowing a sum of money sufficient for carrying out the intemled junction with the lines proposed to be joined. THE 11.21EVZIZEN. The Committee then gave their decision on a point in this case, which had been reser red from a former day. The CHAIRMAN said that the standing orders in this case had been complied with, excepting that the parties had not givers sufficient notice to the owners of property In a few of the districts through which the line was to run. EDINDURGH AND BATUGATE, WITH BEII,NCIZES. The Committee decided that the projectors of this Bill had com plied with the standing orders. Agents, Deans, Dunlop, and P. Forbes, Esq., Edinbnrgh ; Thomas Grainger, Esq., C.E. • GLAIS Govr, AXILITILIZ, AND IVIONNLANDS ;UNCTION. This Bill was, llke . thi former, unopposed, and it also passed the standing orders. GLASGOW, EAItRIIEAD, AND WEII.STON (73EANCIIES_TO DITNIaOP..STILMET, GLAS IGOW). The length of this branch line was stated to be about a mile and a half, and the estimated cost 180,0001. Neil Robson, Esq., engineer. The Bill was unopposed and passed. SCOTTISX MIDLAND EXTENSION. Tlii* Bill was for the purpose of constructing a branch from the parent line near Forfar, to Laurencekirk, in the county of Kincardine. This Bill passed the standing orders. BOLTON, STANZTORD, AND BIRMINGHAM (STAMPOED TO W/SISBACH). The line 13 intended to go from the Winstone station on the Syston and Peterborough Railway down to Wisbeach, there to connect with the Lynn and Ely, thus tilling up the ground left vacant by the Lou don and Birmingham and the Midlands Railways, and uniting the chain of the eastern and western communication. The total length of line is twenty-two miles, and the estimated cost 252,000/. C. Vig m)les, Esq., engineer. After some formal evidence had been received the room was cleared. On our re-admission, The CLIMUMAN said that the standing orders had not been com plied with, Inasmuch as in the notice inserted in the London Gaze.de and the country newspapers, no intimation was given of the power taken by the Bill to sailor lease the line to the Lynn and Ely Com paay, and also because the fixed point of the datum line was so far incorrect that the point fixed was on a level with the junction with the Syston and Peterborough line, whereas the terminus of the company wag at the distance of three or four miles, in the parish of Rel pstone. The Committee then actiourned. Sub-Committee No. 2. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; present, Sir Johß Yitrdo Buller (chairman), Mr. Bell. Mr. Kcmble, and Mr. Walker. NEWPORT. AZIERGAVENNY, AND DERE.. FORD. The consideration of this Bill, which was commenced on Thursday last, was resumed. A portion of the formal proof, which was not produced on Thurs day, was taken, after which the remaining allegations in the peti tion, which was part heard, were proceeded with. The petition alleged that at the ninth mile and fourth furlong the embankment was not marked on the county plans and deposits. The Committee found that the omission complained of had been committed. There was a similar allegation with reference to the third furlong on the line, which the Committee found to be sustained. An allegation with respect to the second mile and first furlong, of the same character, was sustained. Several similar allegations were abandoned. The petition then alleged that the'rate of inclination at the ninth mile and fifth furlong was omitted from the plans and sections in question. 'This allegation was not proved, but another to the same effect was sustained. The next class of allegations stated that the height and span of the bridges, &c., were not marked on the said plans. Mr. 6111tUBSOLE (agent for the Bill) said that it was not necessary to mark those points in all cases. Mr. GSCBSE (who appeared is support of the petition) contended that the Act was quite clear on this point, and requiredthat the points should be all marked. The Committee concurred in this opinion. The first particular allegation was, that the omission complained of had been committed on the fifth mile, second furlong, and _third chain, which was sustained. Several similar allegations were sustained. The petition then alleged that all the lands included in the line of deviation were not marked on the plans deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of Hereford. The first instance adduced was the section marked on the proof of reference in the Private Pill-office, 76a, which was not sustained. Other allegations to the same effect were not sustained. The next class of allegations was of inaccuracy of description, in several cases the parties set forth as owners, &c., of the property not being correctly represents::. On• or two instances of the alleged inaccuracy were adduced, but not sustained. This terminated the case for the petition, and the Committee found, that with respect to this Bill, the standing orders had not been complied with. xacHrxELD, AND MAN- CHESTER. Ibis Bill was next considered. The object of the promoters 1s to -construct a line of railway from Lichfield to Birmingham, the length of which 1 4 miles, 8 furlongs, and 80 chains. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dorrington and Co. ; engineer, Mr. 31 aclmn. . . . There was one petition against the Bill from Mr. George Edwards complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders. The. formal proofs having been taken, the Committee proceeded to considerthe petition, which was supported by Mr. Hoare. The first allegation was that on the 7th mile and 7th furlong the vertical height of the railway was not shown, which was sustained. There was another allegation to the same effect, which was not sustained. It was then alleged that at the ninth mile and twenty-seventh chain, though the public road was shown, the span of the arch where the bridge crossed was not given. which was amlinltted. The next allegation was that the space between 10 miles 58 chains and 11 miles 45 chains was not shown. This allegatiou was sus tpined. The_ketitiou further alleged that the rate of inclination at a certain point of the line was incorrectly stated to be 1 in 354. Mr. Woolsey, engineer, was examined, and stated that the correct rate was 1 in 130. - The Committee found the allegation to be sustained. There were some other allegations to the same effect, and the ("emir:Mee found, that at 11 miles 46 chains and 12 miles 45 chains the'rate of inclination was not shown on the plans and sections. Ar.:tllegation, that at twelve miles five chains there was no cross re,tien given, was sustained. t was next alleged that at certain points on the line, where the was crossed by the railway, the vertical height from the sur fiee of the river to the rails was not shown. Several instances of the alleged omissions were adduced and ad mitted: It was next alleged that no notice had bees& given to the Waterworks Company of their property, at section 8, being crossed by the railway. Proof of the consent of the Company to the peti tion being adduced, the Committee found that in this case the stand ing orders had been complied with. This concluded the case for the petition. The CuAtastaN then announced that in the case of this Bill the standing orders had not heen complied with. SITZLEET MON RAILWAY. This was the next Bill considered. There was one petition against the Bill from certain owners on the and adjoining the railway, which alleged that they had not received the necessary notices. Mr. VENABLES (who appeared 111 support of the petition) said that he understood it was agreed between the agents on both sides that all the facts alleged here should be admitted, and that they were merely to decide upon the principle involved in the petition. - Mr. Watt:ol,m,, who appeared in support of the Bill, after some discussion, agreed to adopt that course. The point at issue Was whether in a Bill of the third class it was necessary to serve notice on the owners of land to be affected by any wcrk ? Mr. VENAELES said that the provision of the Act under which the Present case came was the 3Gth. Since last session another provision, 3, 1 A, had been added to the Act, and bP contended ttat the term apQm a n y did not, as was maintained on the other side, mean exclusively, and therefore that third-class Bills were Included as well as those of the second-class. Mr. WALMSLEY offered a few observations in reply. The room was then cleared. After a few minutes we Nere ye-admit ted, hut the Mull:max me rely announced that the C o mmittee would meet to- morrow, at twelve o'clock, leaving the matter a d we sub judire. Sab-Committee No. 4. The Committee met at twelve o'clock ; present, Sir W. neath "t. (chairman), Mr. Shirle y , Mr. hope Johnstone, and M r . C . Legh. They immediately proceeded to the consideration of the p e ti t i ons Against the veiralczpiczam, and MlDL.aign. The first allegation taken this day related to the omission or abstraction of the pa'._ es 115 and 116 from the book of reference de posited with the clerk of the pe ace of the West Riding of Yorkshire, those being the pages which onzlit to contain the references of the whole of the parish of Farnleigh. Mr. Conner, the 19th of Jan. from the office of Mr. Dixon, the clerk of the peace, stated that the missing leave:, were in the book on when it was inspected by Messrs. Taylor and Cumberland, the solicitors for the Bill. On the 13th of Iv,. the book was brought to London, and souls time after that the leaves in question were inisse I. The book had not been inspected between the Ifith of January and the 13th of February. Mr. GREGORY, for the promoters of the Bill, called several wit nesses, who traced the reference books to the hands of the binders, up to which time they were correct and perfect. The bookbinders also were called to prove that the books were perfect when they passed from their hands to the clerk of the peace's office. Mr. Haselton, reporter for the Leeds Times and the Leeds Mercury, stated that he copied for the reference hook the whole of the pages relating to the parish of Farnleigh. On examining the books to MI Dixon's office, two days after they were deposited, he discovered that all the pages which he had written had been torn out. Mr. Wright, clerk to the solicitors, Messrs, Taylor and Co. , stated that on the ilst of Jan., he went to the office of the Clerk of the peace to ascertain if it were true that the book of reference had been divided into three parts, and each part sewed up In cartridge paper. On that occasion he discovered that the leaves in question had been torn out. Mr. Hezeltun was present with him. The CHAIRMAN did not think it necessary to call upon Mr. ' Pr'tt the agent for the petiti o n e rs, to address the Co m mitt ee , as they were uoanimously of opinion, from the evidence and 1n book of reference,it never did eon t a i n th e whole of the s plri cti pariah of f of o lo a th e r - leigh. They attributed nothing like improper conduct on the part of the promoters. There seemed to have been an error on the part Of the bookbinders in resp ect to the: two parishes Of Far u l e i g h, one on the branch and the other on the main line. The 4 11.11.4194 WWI lustnlatd. The next allegation was to the effect that the properties situated near the Bradford cud Leeds and the Wakefield and Leeds Branches were not numbered in the book of reference deposited with the clerk of the peace of the West Riding. For the promoters it was alleged that the numbers were entered upon the pages, which disappeared from the book after it was depo sited with the clerk of the peace. The Committee decided that the allegation was sustained. The next allegation charged that the levels, as laid down in the sections deposited, were Inaccurate to an amouat from six to sixteen feet in the depth of the cuttings. After the engineering evidence in support of the allegation had been received, Mr. GREGORY, for the projectors, said that he would admit that between the pints set forth there was an error of about ten (bet, hoping that the engineer, Mr. Murphy, would give such an explana tion as would enable the Committee to report favourably for the promoters on this point. Mr. Murphy, being examined at some length, explained that the error was occasioned throughout by one mistake made in casting up the figures at the commencement of the levelling, that Is, at the Wakefield end of the branch.—Allegation sustained. Mr. Pazrr, for the petitioners, then said that this concluded their case. The Committee then proceeded with the BRISTOL. AND GLOUCESTER (GLOUCESTER, AND STONEHOUBE JUNCTION). The object of the Bill is to carry on the Bristol and Gloucester line from Stonehouse to Gloucester, a length of about tPA miles, so as to complete in that direction the railway communication between Bristol and Birmingham. The engineer is Mr. It. Stephenson ; the agent, Mr. ILrrington ; the solicitors, Mr. Carter, of Birmingham, and Mr. Addison, of Gloucester. The estimated cost is 100,000/. There was a petition against the Bill, bat Mr. Pritt, who repre sented the petitioners, did not propose to press it. The formal evidence having been gone through, the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. THE BIN XENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CUESIIIIitZ J►JNCTION. The object of the Bill is to connect the docks at Birkenhead, th., Mersey, with the manufacturing districts, forming a communi cation from Birkenhead and Chester to Manchester and Stockport. The length of the main line will be thirty-eight miles, and that of the Chester Branch will be eight miles. The cost is estimated at 1,400,0001. The engineers are Messrs. Rendel and Lister; the agents Messrs. Burke, Britt, and Co, ; and the solicitors are Messrs. Mal laby, Townsend, and Newdell, of Birkenhead. . _ The formal evidence having been gone through, the titles of se veral petitions against the Dill were read, and the Committee agreed to take the petition of a person in Warrington, who alleged that, being the occupier of a chop within the limits of deviation, which entitled him to receive notice from the promoters of the Bill, he had not re ceived such notice. Mr. PRITT submitted that the petitioner should have set forth that he was occupier of the shop in question on the 30th of November, and further, that the petitioner did not euticiently designate the premises in respect to which he complainel to enable the promoters to show that notice hail in reality been served upon the petitioner. Mr. COPPOCK contended for the admissibility of the petition, but The Committee decided that it could not be received. Sub-Committee No. b The Committee met at half-past twelve o'clock. Present, Mr. Horne Drummond (chairman), Mr. Compton, and Mr. Packe. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN I.NG, MARCH 18, 1846. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD (BIRDIEING- niS.MC EXTZ-NSION.) In regard to this Bill a question was raisod as to the sufficiency of certain notices, and was reserved for farther consideraftn by the Committee. It was objected that, in the sections deposited with the clerli: of the peace for Warwick, the standing order No. 25 was defective, inas much as it was not on the same horizontal scale as the plan. The agent for the Bill (Mr. Burke) said that the section was on the I same scale as the plan, but that it was not on the same scale as the " additional plan," which, lie said, was not the plan with which the section ought to agree. After a long discussion as to the meaning of the term " the plan," and whether it was necessary that the sections should be on the same scale as the additional plan, The Committee decided that the standing orders were complied with. The objection was next raised that the datum lino was not re ferred to any, fixed in, or near one of the stations. It appeared that the reference was made to the station of the Grand Junction Rail way. The agent for the Bill admitted that technically there was a non compliance with the standing orders. This line being but a part of a larger line, the datum line had been referred to a point which would be in one of the stations of the whole line, but he could not pretend that it was a point in this line. The CHAIRMAN observed that this was a very serious objection. The agent for the line was sorry the chairman thought so. He himself thought he could sufficiently account for the error before the Standing Orders' Committee. The fact was, that the objection only applied to this Bill when considered as a separate line ; but in the consolidated project, including the other Bill, the objection vanished. He must, however, admit that there was what, technically con sidered, was a non-compliance with the standing orders. The next point raised was a question of the sufficiency of the subscription contract. It was urged that there was but one sub scription contract for the two Bills, and that, as there was no suffi cient distinction made between the estimated cost of the two lines, the shareholders would not be bound if only one of the Bills were to pass. Mr. BintEtz argued that there was a sufficient distinction, and cited the case of the North British line, in which it was decided that oue contract was sufficient for four lines. _ . The CHAIRMAN asked whether Mr. Btirke considered that, If only a part of the Bill were to pass, the promoters could enforce payment of the who:e sum contracted for, or only of a part proportioned to the part of the hue for which the Bill had been obtained ? /*fr. Sung - Certainly, for the whole. The CHAIRMAN proposed to consult Mr. Aglionby, who was Chair man of the Sub-Committee In which the case cited took place, and who was now in Una Committee sitting in the next room. This being assented to, The Cnatamarr left the room, and, on his return, stated that Mr. Aglionby had no distinct recollection of the case, but, on his etatis4 the case, Mr. Aglionby gave it as his opinion that the contract was sufficient. The Committee were of the same *pinion, and decided that there was no non-compliance. These was in one of the petitions against the Bill an allegation that certain property " near No. 23 in the plans " was not marked in the plans; and there were several other allegations, stating that several houses were not marked in the plan. Mr. BURKE said that he could not tell what property was alluded to. The statement that property " near No. 23" was not marked was so indefinite, that the allegation could not be sustained. It would have been quite as easy for the petitioners to have stated that it was 23, and some other number. Again, it was not stated in the allegation that these buildings were in their present places before the 30th of November, when the plans were deposited. The CHAIRMAN said that the allegation must fall to the ground, as the houses alluded to in it were not near No. 23 ; if they had been near it, the description " near No. 23" would have been sufficient. Several other allegations fell to the ground, and some were with drawn. The last allegation of the petition under consideration was reserved for further consideration. . _ _ . .—...-------- Shortly after four o'clock, tho Committee, having cleared the room to consult as to their further proceedings, adjourned to Thursday nest, without announcing what conclusion they had come to. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee met this day at half-past twelve o'clock. Present the Earl of Shaftesbury (in the chair), Loreto Redesdale, ilawarden, and Colborne. STAMFORD AND SPALDING. After hearing the usual evidence, the Consinittee decided that the Committee had complied with the standing orders in this case. DIRECT NORTHERN (LONDON TO YORK). The formal proofs were entered in this case, and the Committee adjourned to three o'clock, for the purpose of hearing the allegations against the Bill by the opposing companies. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND FAREIIAII RAILWAY. The Committee, after a lengthened investigation, cle:dded that the promoters of this line had complied with the standing orders. TAW VALE RAILWAY. The hearing of this eass was adjourned to Thursday next. THE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY. This most importantcompctln7scheme for a line of railway from London to York was resumed at three o'clock. The greatest in terest was manifested by the crowds of persons that surrounded the passages to the Committee-rooms. - Meism Webster's, Farquhar, and Leech, appeared for the pro moters. Messrs. Dyson, Hall, and Coates, attended for the London and Tork Company, who opposed the scheme. A large number of allegations were submitted against the engi neering points of the plans and sections, none of which were sustained. The first allegation of any importance brought forward, stated that the line at certain points, commencing at the 49th mile and on towards York, was five feet out of the level. The Committee an nounced that they had come to a determination to require that tile promoters and the opponents should each send down a surveyor, accompanied by a third disinterested party, to resurvey five miles of the line, with an understanding that the surveying should continue further if that were considered necessary. The case was then postponed till Monday next. . . The Committee adjourned at five o'clock, to Thursday next, at twelve o'clock. lIOITSE OF COMMONS. The members of this Committee assembled as usual this day at One o'clock, in No. 9 Room, and decided in the cases of the Corn. wall Railway, the Preston and Lancaster Railway, and the Berks and Slants hallway—that the standing orders should be dispensed with, and that the promoters should be allowed to proceed with their Bills. In the cases of the Shrswsbcry and Hereford Railway, the Edin burgh, Glasgow•, and Dumbarton Railway, and the London and Man chester Direct Railway, it was decided that the standing orders should not be dispensed with, that the Bills shoul4 not be allowed to be Proceeded with. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - -- • LONDON, MAUCH 17.—Wind 11. W., moderate breeze and tine. RAMSGATE, MARCH 16.—Arrd. liaraxonle, Beckmann, Rotterdam for St. Cbes, leaky, bows stove, loss of bowsprit, St.., having been in contact in the Downs. _ LivzarooL, Maacu 18.—Wind W.S.W., a gale.—Arrd. Maggie, Spence, Shanghai ; Inglewood, Hong Kong ; Herculean, Gibson, Bombay ; Anne Armstrong, Graham, Bombay ; Delhi. Horner, Bom bay; England's Queen, Sheddings, Bombay; Hannibal, Guthrie, Valparaiso ; Princess Victoria, Thorns, Maranham, sailed 12th ult. ; John Farmoitth, Gibbs, Jamaica ; Belle, Crutchfield, Tampico ; Ara bian, Hav% kins, New Orleans, lost rudder, sails, bulwarks, &c., and threw part of cargo overboard during a heavy gale from 11th to 18th February. PORTSMOVTII, MARCY! 18.—It has blown a hard gale all day from W., with very heavy squalls. At 11 ♦.at., the men-of-war at Spit head struck top-gallant masts; 7 p.m. more moderato YOUGHAL, MARCH 14.—The Ai.cnora, Stevens, of Cork, from Newport, is reported to bo onshore at Knockadoou near here, but ex pected off next tide. WHITBY, MARCH 14.—A light brig is said to have capsized this morning off Robin Hood's Bay. RAMSGATE, MARCH 16.—Arrd. Elliotts, Gascolgne, Newcastle for Dublin, with loss of bowsprit, having been la contact in the Downs. FALMorTH, MAii.CH 16.—Wind W. to W.0.W., strong gales.— Arrd. Peterel packet, Rio Janeiro, sailed 25th January, on freight about 10,0001. in gold; Mystery, Williams, Porto Rico; American Lass, Cumming, Demerara. The Devenport, M'Kenzie, was fallen in with on the 14th inst., In lat. 48, lon. 11, water-logged, with loss of foremast, bowsprit, &c., and ono man overboard ; supplied with water and provisions by the Peterel packet, arrived here. A. large throe-masted steamer, supposed to 132 one of the West India mail boats, passed up channel yesterday afternoon. MARGATE, MARCH 16.—The Richard, Pernshon, of Newcastle, from Liverpool to London, came on shore on the Pall Patch Sand to day, and sunk, Crew saved. SPECIAL Punmc NOTICE.—At precisely ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, March 24, 1846, the entire range of E. Moses and Sons' new premises—Minories and Aldgate, City—will open for the transaction of business —E. Moses and Sons, tailors, drapers, clothiers, hosiers, hatters, and general outfitters, March 16, 1846. LADY lIEFrEit bTANIIOPE.--We understand that Mr. Colburn has in his possession three other volumes of memoirs of this extraordinary personage, which are said to be still more curious and interesting than those which have already appeared. MARY HOWITT'S NEW WORE, " THE CITIZEN OF Pit, ouF.," has already reached a second edition. " The Univer s ity Aln yaz i ne ) pages of this very remelkable work (says the D u bli n abound with an intimate knowledge and just apprec i at i on of all the finer and subtler feeli ngs of the human heart. The plot of the story is well conceived, and excite the attention, a t e n rs d , a r hi l c r h ab l u Tught out; besides the principal charac ters, to satisfy the mostnpages of ~ ,Ari , e a rt from all this, there Prominently forward to engross the feelings , there is also abundance of by- ' i ie s c • a o l rons appetite for love, mys tery, and me. 7 vel. found in the I matter. The book aht°isinto:. in structive es it is entertainin g . :milts, conversant with great m inds teems with true and beautiful ill just portraiture the princely wisdom Citizen of Prague' far better anlitdlll will be great events, it high-minded love for the people, whichdistinguished minded of Austria's most illustrious sovereigns —Maria The a one of enabling us, when we lay the work down, to feel we have been profitably as well as pleasantly employed." so vi e ws I : e historical; and, dkolfaebnita as lyadn'Astk.lictnitobilse a s s ent. ARRIVAL OF BONAPARTES BROTHER IN LIVERPOOL. the Cambria, steam-ship, on S aturday, from l ' ffl e X1,8181)'1):5 J ose ph Bonaparte, the broth er of the —Am iolnosgtsoin the ft nd pa lra e l distinguished Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph, who w Prince at one ti me i King of Spain, and whose proper title s n owthe de Musig renowned brother in height, expression of countenance, and general nano, is nearly eighty years of age , a nd ver y much resembles his appearance. His manners are very unass umin g . He was accom panied only by his secretary, Moos. Maillard, and a fte r staying at the Adelphi Hotel until yesterday morning, train for London.—Lirezpool Albion. he started by the mail. THE METROPOLITAN Pooß-LAw AsIrLTIXS.—MOIIday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras took place in the Vestry-room, Gordon-square, for the purpose of opposing the Metropolitan District Asylums for the Houseless, and the formation of parishes into Union Districts for that purpose. Mr. Churchwarden Howarth was called to the chair, and the resolutionS in accordance with the ohieet4 of the =toting were panned wiltaimeutilY. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROUSE OF LORDS, March 17. The House sat to-day to hear Scotch Appeals ; the Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. RISK V. MUIR. This case came before their Lordships upon an appeal from the decision of the Court of Session in Scotland. The principal question in the case was, whether the ap p anent, a grocer in Dumbarton, under a statutory pro vision exempting the resident burgesses of Dumbarton, upon certain conditions, from p tyment of the river and tonnage dues imposed by the Acts for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Clyde and the Harbour of Glas gow, was exempted from tonnage dues on two puncheons of whisky: (amounting to Is. 6d.) carried from the Broomielaw to Dumbarton. The Court of Session de cided that the appellant was not exempted from payment, and from that decision he brought the present appeal. Mr. Turner and Mr. J Anderson appeared for the ap pellant, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Bothell sup ported the decision of the Court below. Their Lordships. at the conclusion of the arguments, gave judgment affirming the decision of the Court of Session. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, March 16. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. HoDcsoN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) h is floNot:rt, at the conclusion of the case, gave judgment allowing the demurrer, considering that the gift of Christo pher Flaherty came within the provisions of the law of mortmain. BANKRUPTCY COURT, March 16. (Before Mr. Commissioner Small MM.) IN BE N. BOUCHIER. The insolvent in this case, who was a captain in the navy, now on half-pay, applied for his interim order. His debts were stated at about 10,0001., and he offered to set aside 25/. a year out of his half•pay, which was 2181. per annum, for the gradual liquidation of his debts. Mr. Tucker, as solicitor for the insolvent, said that 7,000/ odd out of the 10,0001., stated to be debts, were liabilities. He was captain of a certain vessel, and he undertook to take care of a cargo for a person. The ship was wrecked, and an action was tried and decided against the insolvent. The cargo was worth about 5,0001. Captain Bouchier has been residing abroad for some time, and he came here at the request of his creditors, all of whom, with the exception of one or two, to the extent of about 3001., were willing to accept the proposi tion of 25/. a year. The insolvent, on examination, stated that he took the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act in 1835, with debts to the amount of 9,0001, which were all paid, with the exception of about 9001., by gradual payments of 40/. a year out of his half-pay. That sum was etopped by Government. His daughters never kept an academy in France, and they wero never in one. He had resided in France, where he hired a house and furniture at 80/. per annum, but there was no furniture in France of his own. The insolvent had made voyages to India, during which he had been very unfortunate. He had resided in Ostend, but he had no pro perty there. His wife had a private income some four or five years since, and she sold it to pay off an over-due bill upon which an action had been brought; and in conse quence of it the insolvent had suffered eleven months' impri sonment in France. Mr. RYDER, as solicitor for a Mr. Yates, said he appeared to oppose upon the ground that the insolvent had contracted a debt of 50/. with his client in Belgium, without any reason able means of payment. Mr. Tuctutt said the insolvent had no indea of taking the benefit of the Insolvent Act when he contracted these debts, and his son, who was second mate in a ship, would have paid Mr. Yates. Had the creditors not requested his client to come to this Court, he would not. Under all the circum stances of this case, he (Mr. Tucker) hoped the Court would grant the interim order. The Learned COMMI — SS lONIA, looking at all the facts of the case, granted the interim order. The insolvent will pay 251. a year to his creditors. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) IR RE BURLEIGH. The Learned COMMISSIONER yroceeied to give judgment on claims put in by Pyke and Norfolk Burleigh, sons of this bankrupt, who had carried on business as an at' orney. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that the claims were to a large amount, and were alleged to be founded on debts in • curred many years ago under a breach of trust, anti suppos ing that to be the fact the statute of limitation would not operate. On the marriage of the bankrupt with his ife some large estates were settled on them by the parents of the lady, for their use during their lives, and to be held in trust by the bankrupt for their children. Pyke Burleigh came of age in 1817, and in 1821 he joined with his father in a deed for the sale of part of the property, and in 1825 the remaining was sold by the consent of Norfolk Burleigh, who had then come of age ; they did not insist on the terms of the trust being carried out by the investment of the purchase-money, but consented to its being retained by the bankrupt. His Honour said he was clearly of opinion that they had waived their right, and could not now come in and claim in prefer ence to the other creditors. It, in fact, stood precisely as though they had lent the money, and could not be regarded as a breach of trust; they would have had the benefit of the father's speculations had they proved fortunate. He was most strongly of opinion, in the case of Pyke Burleigh, that he had no ground of claim, for he was one of the parties in whose names the money ought to have been invested—there was in that respect therefore a shade of difference, and barely a shade between his case and that of Norfolk Burleigh's. In some cases the father had exercised undue parental influence, but in this there was no such excuse, both the claimants were of mature age, and Pyke had been clerk to his father, who was an attorney carrying on a large business, and, therefore, not likely to have been deluded into a waiver of his rights. The claim was disallowed. IN RS HR .70FIN ROSS. This morning was appointed for the adjourned choice of assignees and last examination of Sir John Ross, the well known voyager. The meeting, however, had not been advertised, but the hour set down in the list as well as in the books of the official assignee, was eleven, ;ma some of the parties were present. The case, however, in consequence of this mis understanding, was adjourned till one o'clock. At that hour, Mr. 13uchannan, the solicitor to the fiat, said that Mr. Gillott, tailor, of the Strand, had preyed his debt, and undertaken the office of assignee; he had had the accounts before him several days, and was quite satisfied with them. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he could not recognise Mr. Gillot's having had the accounts before he was appointed assignee; a short adjournment of ten days must take place. The last examination was, therefore, again adjourned. ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Dorchester, March 14. The commission was opened here yesterday at three o'clock, with the usual formalities, and the Learned Judges attended Divine service immediately after. The cause list showed an entry of six causes, of which one was marked for a special jury. The common juries were taken to-day, and were got through before two o'clock. The special jury was then post poned until Monday. The calendar contained a list of 56 prisoners, of which 2 were for murder, 3 manslaughter, 2 arson, 1 concealment of birth, 6 burglary, a nd 3 highway robbery. The other offences charged were all of a light character. Of these 56 prisoners, 4 were stated to be able to read and write well, 10 imperfectly, 19 could read, and 18 could neither read nor write; of 5 no account was given. CROWN COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice EiILE.) Joseph Way was indicted for having wilfully and mali ciously set fire to a wheat-rick, the property of Mary Ann Biles, at Milborn St. Andrew, on the 31st January last. Mr. Slade appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Ball defended the prisoner. _ _ Mr. Sr_.DE having stated the facts of the case to the jury, called William Mosea—l was at the Oak inn, at Milborn St. An drew, on the evening of the 31st of January. The prisoner was there. There was an alarm of fire; this was about half past eight. I then missed the prisoner from the house. I had not missed him before. Sarah Bishop—l keep a small shop at Milborn. I know the prisoner. I heard an alarm of fire on the evening of the 31st of January last. About ten or twelve minutes before that time the prisoner came to my shop and bought some con greve watches. I know the barley-rick that was burnt on that night; it is about 250 yards from my house. Cross-examined by Mr. BALL—He asked for lucifers. I asked him whether he would have the silent or noisy ones. He said he did not care which. lie took the noisy ones. James Strickland—l was standing outside the Oak public house on the night of the fire with the ostler. The prisoner came up and said, How are you?" I said, pretty well. He then said, " Here's a light in the road." I looked and saw a light. I said, It is the coach coming down the road, or the moon." He said, "There is a great fire up here ;" he then cried " Eire:" and I then saw a fire, and went to assist. Cross-examined—The prisoner went also. I saw him at work assisting. This was about half-past eight. William Prince—l was up at the fire on the 31st; this was of a barley . stack, and was assisting there " d ous i ng " th e fire out. Way, the prisoner, was there. He made a remark to me: "This is enough to open any farmer's eyes. They turn men away who have a wife and family; they had better give a man a sovereign then turn him away." Cross-examined by Mr. BALL—There were two fires that night. This wa3 at the first fire of the barley rick. It was said before all the people. I remember the prisoner watch ing his master's (Mr. Simmons) premises. He said I took a a bit of wood therefrom. He never saw me take any; but he said he did. I was discharged in consequence. Henry Symonds--I saw the prisoner at the second fire, the one at the prosecutor's rick. He said, "How's the time to speak out. I suppose this fire will be blamed to people out of work, when they may have nothing more to do with it than other people." By the JUDGE—The wheat rick, whore the second fire was, belonged to widow Biles, the barley rick to John Biles. Themes Biles—l was at the first lire of the barley rick. War, the prisoner, was there. I saw him g o awa y t owards the water. He had no bucket. About ten minutes after there was a fire at widow Biles's. That is about 300 yards from the first fire. Cross-examined by Mr. BALL—When I saw him at the first fire, he was trying to keep the fire off another rick. I anano relation to widow Bites. William Simmons—l was at the barley rick of Benjamin Biles when it was on fire. While there my attention was drawn to another light. I thought there was another fire. I said to Mr. Stanfield, who was there, " You make one way to the fire, and I will go another, so as to cut off the retreat of any person who might be running away from the second fire." I came to a gate leading into the road from the field where the fire was. The fire had taken considerable progress on the rick on one side. The wind blew nest, quite in a contrary direction from where the first fire was. The first fire was away from the second tire. Cross-examined by Mr. BALL—The prisoner worked for me two years. I cannot say I h ave not chastised him. He was a boy when he worked for me. I would rather not answer questions-as to his character. Isaac Stanfield—l was at the first fire. I saw the light of a second fire. Mr. Simmons was there. He gave me some directions, and I went up a lane towards the second fire. I came to a gate, and heard footsteps coming from the second fire, as I was in the act of opening the gate. I saw a man running in a direction from the second fire. He ran towards where the gate opened. I stepped through and met hint. I stopped him, and said, " Halloo, my friend, who are you ?" He made ne answer. I took hold of him. I said, "Do von see that?" poi n ti ng to the light of the second fire. He said,- "It's a fire." Two persons came up from the first fire on horseback ; one said, " For God's sake, open the gate." This was know an who. DunT. said," I s h a ll not open the gate until I this man is." He then said, "My name is Joseph Way." When I first took hold of him he was out of breath and agitated. Upon this, I let the prisoner go and ran to the fire. When I got there, I saw the two persons on horse back who had come to the gate. Wee the third perecm at the fire. It had begun five feet from the ground. It had begun on the side farthest from the first fire at Benjamin Biles's. Cross-examined—The wind bore from the second fire to wards the first. The man was coming from the second fire to the first fire. By the JUDGE—I knew the prisoner when we came in con tact. By Mr. BaaL—The prisoner was at the second fire, twisting during a part of the time. William Dunman was called, and corroborated the last witness. The Rev. Mr. Headley--I am vicar of Milborn St. Andrew. I was at the fire at widow Bile.s's. I had occasion to speak to the prisoner, and admonish him f or hi s b a d b e h a viour there. He swore and used bad language ; he also had a pole, knocking the fire about so as to cause danger to the other ricks. I threatened to give him in charge of the constable if he did not behave better. I afterwards went with the con stable to the prisoner's house. He found some lucifer matches in his bed-room (producing them). I bought some matches of Mrs. Bishop, of the same kind that she stated she had sold toe the prisoner. Mrs. Bishop was re-called, and stated that the matches found were of a different kind to these she had sold to the prisoner on the night of the fire. The prisoner's statement before the magistrate was then put in and read. It was to the effect that ho had bought the matches for his wife. Mr. 13Ai.a then addressed the jury for the prisoner at some length, and contended that there was no evidence at all in this case on which a jury could act to juslifx a conviction, and that although they might have some lurking suspicion that he was in some way connected with the transaction, yet they were not to act upon suspicion, but must have direct proof that he was the man whose hand fired the rick. Mr. Justice ERLE then summed up the case to the jury, who, after deliberating for a short time, returned a verdict of Guilty. • The Learned JUDGE then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. The unfortunate man was then removed from the dock protesting his innocence of the crime laid to his charge. Much surprise was expressed in the Court at the verdict given in this case. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottinyhant, March 16. CLAUSE V. HUGHES.' This was an action tried in the Guildhall this morning be fore Mr. Under-Sheriff Swann, in which Mr. Richard Clarke, surveyor, of Middlesex, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Hughes Hughes, a wealthy Alderman of the city of London, and barrister-at-law, the defendant, to recover 18/. 16s. 10d. for work and labour done. Mr. Miller appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Macauley for the defence. The action was simply to try whether the defendant, Mr. Hughes Hughes, who was the chairman of the Sheffield Nottingham, and London Direct Railway, was or was not liable for the services of the plaintiff. In October last Mr. Brees was the engineer, and in the month fol lowing a quarrel arose between him and the company, and he was dismissed. Mr. Borsley succeeded ; but during this period the plaintiff and others continued their work, and it would be shown that Mr. Cann, solicitor, of Nottingham, a local agent of the company, assured the plaintiff that he and the other surveyors should be paid their arrears, and for their future work. After the panic things did not go on pros perously, and the plaintiff found it necessary to apply to the board of directors, of which Mr. Hughes was the chairman, and the answer he got there was that he should be settled with. This had not been done, hence arose the present action. The witnesses would prove all the circumstances. Edward M‘Dermot, surveyor, living in Middlesex, said he was employed in November last to make a survey of the Shef field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway. The plain tiff (Mr. Clarke), a surveyor, was also engaged on the same line. At the first he (witness) worked under Mr. Brees' direction. lie was an engineer. Afterwards he received in structions from Cann (solicitor),a local agent of the company. Mr. MACAULEY thought that they were not in a state to bear what Mr. Cann had said. Mr. MILLER produced the prospectus, in which Mr. Cann's name appeared. Mr. MACAULEY said the account was for work and labour done, and certainly the prospectus of the railway company had not yet been made material to the issue. Mr. lifaxna said he should not only prove that Mr. Cann's name was on it, but that Mr. Hughes was at the board and acted there. Examination continued—The plans were completed before the 30th November, and were deposited by witness and others with Mr. Cann. He saw Mr. Cann take the plans out of the office in which they had been working. After that, said he, I was at the office of the company, in Moor gate-street. The plaintiff was with me on several occasions. I went into the board-room. The committee was sitting. Alderman Hughes was in the chair in the month of Febru ary. I spoke and also Mr. Clarke. He sail he wanted to be paid for his survey. Mr. Hughes replied he was very sorry that the committee had not paid his arrears before, that it was a distressing situation for Mr. Clarke and the other surveyors to be in, but the shareholders bad not paid up their last deposits, as was expected. The committee had come to a resolution of dissolving the company, and they would take steps to inquire into the amount of the liabilities of the company, and that we were to send in our accounts ; that he (Mr. Hughes) had himself subscribed 100 guineas already, an having ascertained the amount of their liabilities, we should be paid, and each member of the provi sional committee would be called upon to pay their propor tionate share, which he stated would be about 50/. a piece. He then stated if we could call upon him that day week we should have some money ; if the whole was not settled we should have some on account. I then went away. Mr. Clarke did not deliver his account at that time. He did not state the amount. I called afterwards in company with Mr. Clarke, on that day week. I did not see the alderman. I saw the secretary, and he then referred us to Messrs. Amory and Sewell. I did not call any more. Mr MACAULEY said he should have no objection to Mr. Miller calling that witness again after he had called Mr. Cam''. It would be far more convenient if the plaintiff would show that he was employed by Mr. Cann. Mr. MILLER was not going to call Mr. Cann, who was the company's agent, but lie was going to show that the com pany's agent had employed the plaintiff. Examination continued—After I had been working under the direction of Mr. Brees, Mr. Cann, in answer to a question put by myself, in the presence of Mr. Clarke, to the effect that we could not go on any further, and we wished to know who we were to look to for payment, said the company was desirous of getting the plans done, and whatever claims we had against Mr. Brees should be paid, and also the work done on behalf of the company. Mr. MILLER—What are the exact words? Witness—The words were, that we should be paid not only the arrears from Mr. Brees, but for any work done in future. Upon that in timation I and Mr. Clarke proceeded with the survey, and we acted under the direction of Mr. Borsley, a surveyor. Mr. Cann said we were to take our instructions from Mr. Borsley. Borsley had been acting before that under Mr. Brees; but when Mr. Brees was dismissed we took our in structions from Borsley by order of Mr. Cann. These direc tions were for the plaintiff and myself. Cross-examined—lt was on the 20th of November when Borsley came. I was employed under Brees at the latter end of October or beginning of November. I had been serving under him on another line. My agreement was a verbal one. He was to pay me three guineas a day. I did not say Clarke had been employed under Brees. I have heard from Clarke that he was to have three guineas a day. If I have slid Clarke agreed with Borsley it was inadvertently said. I have received money on account. I received 15/. from Mr. Cann, and some money from Mr. Borsley. I first made ap plication to the office of the committee on the 3d of December. I did not apply to Mr. Borsley. I know Mr. William Pratt. He is not here. He is a surveyor, and worked on this line. I have never seen his handwriting. Ido not know Clarke's handwriting. Mr. MACAULaY handed two letters to witness, but he said he did not know the handwriting. Cross-examination continued—l have brought an action against Mr. Alderman Hughes for 30/. Mr. MACAULEY---I suppose, when you have got this ver dict, you expect Mr. Clarke to help you. Are you subpoenaed? Witness—l am. Mr. MAcaer.ny—There is this action and Clarke's; how many more are there ? Witness—l do not know. Mr. Macauetv—l dare say you sue Alderman Hughes as chairman ; why don't you sue some one in Nottingham—for instance, Lord Ranch& ? Witness—l did not k now that Lordßa in ncliffseueliinvg a Peer. edin re Nottingham ; besides, there is some difficulty Re-examined—l applied to Borslev. I applied to Mr. Cann and to Mr. Hughes. I would fake money from any body connected with the company. Henry Stubbs, varnish-maker, a friend of Borsley's, came down to assist on the line from Nottingham to Tibshelf, and overlooked the men. Attended at the board meeting of the 27th of January last at the office in London, with Clarke and others, and heard them ask for money for surveying on the line. Mr. Alderman Hughes was in the chair, and he said that it had not been in their power to remunerate them for their services, but they were to call hi the course of the week, and they would endeavour to settle with them; that he was vexed at the position they were placed in, but they would endeavour to pay. Cross-examined— I did not go to varnish the surveys, but as Borsley's confidant, and to see that the men kept to their work of levelling, instead of drinking champagne in a morn ing to breakfast. I went to be a witness at the board-room. I went at Mr. Borsley's request, to ascertain what was going on in the board-room. I have no claim against the company. George Wilson, surveyor—Was on this line, and recol lected Mr. Cann giving directions, about the 19th or 20th of November. Mr. Cann stated that Mr. Brees had received 1,900/. of the company's money, and had not done them jus • tice, and that whatever instructions Mr. Borsley gave us we were to abide by, and that what had been left unpaid by Mr. Brees should be paid. We were at work in a room at the George the Fourth Inn, and Mr. Cann said if Mr. Brees should force his way into the room we were to tumble him out, and we were not to let him have the plans. I was pre sent at the board meeting. on the 27th January, end on seve ral other occasions, and I beard the promises of payment. I saw Mr. Alderman Hughes there. Cross-examined—l am sorry to say I have my action. When Brees ceased to b e eng i nee r to the company he owed me a balance- I was not there when Clarke first came. I was to have 303. a day. Re-examined—Clarke was employed when Cann gave directions for us to receive instructions from Borsley. Clarke was at work in the room when Mr. Cann came in and spoke about the plans. _ _ Mr. MACAULICT addressed the jury for the defendant, as suring them that Mr. Hughes did not wish the plaintiff, after earning his money, to lose it, but he considered he was not the party who ought to be applied to, as it would appear in evidence that the plaintiff had made an engagement with another person, and not with the directors. He would call Mr. Borsley, the engineer, who would show that he con tracted with the plaintiff, and he was to pay his account. Mr. Borsley would give his evidence so clearly as not to leave the shadow of a doubt. _ _ James Atkin Borslei, - Wvil engineer, said—l have been in practice :four years. I was employed by the company to complete the survey, and 1 became responsible from the 221 or 23d of November. There was only a short space of time to complete the survey, as all must be finished by the 30th of November. I contracted with the company to do the necessary work. I employed Mr. Clark. I received no in structions front the company to employ him. He was in London unemployed at the time I engaged him ; he had been employed by me previously on the Oxford and Salisbury line. He had been in my employ about a month. Had always paid him before. When I had him in my employ before he was employed on my own account. I employed the surveyors, Clarks Pratt, and Wilson. I engaged them by the mile, not at so much a day. They were to have 10/. a mile for the survey. I had no authority from the company to employ Clarke, or to fix particular sums. The line was up on the 30th of November. I paid them from time to time sums on account. I had engaged with the company to do the work for a fixed sum. Mr. MILLER objected to the question which obtained the last answer, and a note was taken by the Under-Sheriff of the question objected to, namely—" Had you engaged to perform these surveys for a fixed sum ?" The UNDER-SHERIFF was of opinion the answer ought not to be received, as it did not furnish any evidence as to the terms made with the present plaintiff. Mr. MACAULEY—In your employment as an engineer by the company, was it a part o f y ou r em pl o yment to eng age persons for le company? Witness—No, I engaged them entirely at my own responsibility. iiA9MTLlTywrill hay Old we that you piaci uulue. roils sums on aceount ; let me ask you, whatever the sum may be that you may have a claim upon the company for, whether that claim has been settled ? Witness—No, it has not. Mr. MAcAuLEv—When you undertook with the company to complete the surveys, did you receive any money on ac count ? Witness—No, I did not. I have since received a small proportion on account. Pratt and the ether two were engaged at the same time. MA,cAuLET—In the first instance, when you engaged them, did you engage each one to do so much work? Wit ness—No, .1 looked to Pratt. He was to do so many miles of survey, at 101. a tfiile. Wilson and Clarke were to assist him in it. The money paid was paid over to Pratt, and the throe divided amongst themselves. I paid them in one sum. A letter dated Ist of February, after the action had been brought, written by Pratt to Borsley, stating the account due from Boraley to be, to Pratt 251. 12s. 6d., to Clarke 15/. 6s 9d., and to Wilson 221. I is. 6d., was put in evidence. Mr. MILLER objected to it, but the Under-Sheriff over ruled the objection. Cross-examined—l wrote to Pratt, and he furnished the letter in answer. I have threatened the company with an action, but I think I shall get my money without proceeding. Mr. Rymington was the first engaged by the company, and then Mr. Brees. I worked under the latter for two months. Re. examined—Mr. Rymington received 1,000/., and re turned it to the Company. . Mr. MacAuLEv, Oil closing his case, submitted that he was entitled to a non-suit; which Mr. MILLan objected to, and replied. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and in a few minutes the jury returned a verdict for the plaiatiff—Damages 181. 16s. 10d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-BOUSE. Joseph Myers, who was on Monday brought up on a warrant, in which he was stated to have been, together with other parsons, found feloniously in possession of a number of ten-pound notes of the Warwick and Lea mington Bank, was again put to the bar yesterday. Mr. Mullins, of the firm of Bosh and Mullins, ap peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler attended for the prisoner. . _ _ The evidence of Superintendent Roby, of the Lea mington police, was read, and Mr. Ruby stated that he had a witness to produce who could swear to the identity , of the prisoner, so that he should be justified in remov ing the prisoner to the place in which the robbery was committed. Thomas Archer, of No. 6, Cullum-street, Lime-street, bootmaker, was then called upon the part of the prose cution. He stated that he had been examined before Mr. Russell, the magistrate at Leamington, when the warrant which was produced had been granted. In the examination which till n took place he had spoken of a person named Myers. The prisoner watt that person. Mr. Mullins intimated that the identification just es tablished was sufficient to justify the Lord Mayor in sending the prisoner to Leamington in the custody of the superintendent. Mr. nobler submitted that a more accurate identifica tion was necessary, as the warrant upon which the pri soner had been apprehended charged him with having been feloniously in possession of stolen notes. The LORD MAYOR expressed a desire to have satisfac tory information as to the identity of the prisoner. Mr Mullins (to the witness)—Are yon sure that he is the person mentioned in the warrant ? Witness—l swear that he is the same person. Mr. Nobler—How do you know that he is the man ? Witness—l saw him in a certain transaction upon money and bank-notes. They were Leamington and Warwick notes. I detailed about them to the magistrate. Mr. Mullins—Was the transaction relating to the parcel of notes specified in the hand-bill? Witness— Yes. I saw the notes counted and taken to the prisoner up-stairs, at the prisoner's house, and I heard the pri soner say, " We can't give more for them then we have offered, for they are all following numbers, and on that account not so valuable, or words to that effect." I had had the notes in my own hands, and I know they were part of the notes referred to in the bill offering the reward. Mr. Hobler—How came you to have the notes in your hands? Witness—Because the party who had them, who was a clerk in the Leamington banking house was in distress, and he came to me. I had known him, having been myself in business at Leamington. He came to me in the early part of last spring. I first of all met him promiscuously in the streets. A man named Blaney put the notes into my hands, and 1 saw them counted. A man was going to sell them to the prisoner. I can't swear to the exact number, but I understood they were to the amount of 1,0001. in 101. notes. They were old notes, all looking as if they had bean in circulation for some time. Mr. Hobler--You never saw them in Myer's hand Witness—Never. Mr. Hobler—Why, then, did you say that you saw them in his hand ? Witness—No. I never saw them in his hand. I never meant to say so. I went with a man of the name of Jennings to Myers's house, and Jen nings had the notes in his possession when we went to the house. Jennings is one of the parties named in the warrant. Mr. Hobler—Pray, have you ever been in trouble your self ? Witness--I don't know what you mean. Mr. Hobler—Have you ever been in any difficulty ? Witness—l was once in a difficulty about a half sovereign, but I received damages for that. Mr. Hobler—Have you ever been at Worship street Police-court fur an assault ?- Witness —Yes. I was there for an assault upon a child. It was brought against me by a woman of the town for the purpose of extorting money from me, and I was honourably ac quitted. Mr. Hobler contended that the witness's statement was not sufficient evidence upon which to send his client to Leamington on such a serious charge. The LORD MAYOR—(to the witness)—Are you sure the prisoner is the man of whom you speak ? 'Witness —Certainly ; I know him perfectly well. The LORD MAYOR—I am satisfied, and deliver up the prisoner to the superintendent. The prisoner was then taken away. The case excited a great deal of interest, and during the examination the Justice-room was crowded to excess. BO IV-STREET. A young man, in woman's clothes, named John Travers, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged withfrequent ing the public streets for an unlawful purpose. This was the second or third case of the kind which has been brought under the notice of the Court within the past few weeks. It was proved by constables A6G and C 140, that the pri soner had been seen in the public thoroughfares near the club-houses in Pall•mall East, and the neighbourhood, for some time past, at about the hour of midnight. The latter officer stated that he had seen him upwards of twenty times lately, and that he generally resorted to dark courts and narrow passages. Having always supposed him to be a woman, he had merely spoken to him occasionally, to desire him to " move on," upon which he generally walked in the direction of Leicester-square. On Friday night he was in conversation with an elderly gentleman, and at about one o'clock on Sunday morning he was apprehended by A 56, who, having heard that there was a man in woman's apparel in the habit of frequenting his beat, approached and spoke to the prisoner (after he had left a gentleman), and took him into custody. The prisoner legged him, and denied that he was of the male sex ; but when called upon to account for his conduct in court, he attributed it to a mere frolic, stating that he had made a bet with a friend that he would pass un• detected in his disguise. Inspector Partridge said, that from what had come to his knowledge, he was satisfied that the object of the prisoner and his associates, in frequenting the streets and parks, was either to steal or to obtain money by practices of the most re volting and unnatural character. An officer stated that he had made inquiries respecting the prisoner at a public-house where he lived, but the man to whom he applied assured him that "he was not born yes terday," and declined giving him any information. Mr. HALL remarked that this case wat open to a great deal of observation. It was impossible, after hearing the evi dence of the inspector and the two constables, to suppose that the prisoner had assumed the garb of a woman in a mere frolic. He had been seen upwards of 20 times lurking about in dark and narrow passages, and fraquently in conver sation with other men. Every one who had had any ex perience in life, and knew to what extent vices and crimes of the most abominable nature prevailed in this large town, must deduce from these circumstances the most unfavourable conclusions. To protect the public, therefore, from the in juries which these men inflicted ou society, lie should require the prisoner to enter into his own recognizances for 501., and to furnish two sureties of 251. each, to be of good behaviour for six months, or to be committed in default. The prisoner then put on his bonnet, leaped out of the dock, and retired amid the execrations of the Court. W OR SHIP-STRE.ET. Two lads, about seventeen years of age, named James Mallow/ and John Brown, alias Elliott, were placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with being concerned in stealing a quantity of plate, the property of a Miss Beaumont, in Finsbury-square; and also a gold watch and some silver spoons from the dwelling-house of Mrs. Lemon, a widow lady residing in Hoxton-square. It appeared from the evidence that on the morning of the 7th instant the prisoner Mullany called at the house of Mrs. Lemon, and, having informed the servant he had been sent by his master, Mr. Walker, in the Hackney.road, for some boots to repair, she showed him into the parlour, and went upstairs with the message to her mistress. On returning to the passage with an intimation that no such person as Mr. Walker was known there, she found the prisoner had disap peared; and learned from the daughter of her mistress, a child five years old, that the moment witness had left the parlour the prisoner ingratiated himself with the child, and having asked her if there was no pretty watches and spoons about the place, had been led by her into an adjoining room, where she pointed out to him her mother's gold watch and saveral spoons, the whole of which the prisoner instantly transferred to his pocket, and darted out of the house with. On the following Monday morning the prisoner presented himself at the residence of Miss Beaumont with a similar message, but the servant refused to admit him, assuring his there must be some mistake, and he went away, but renewed the attempt three times the same evening, and finally, on the following morning, called with a letter, which he said bad been sent by his master, and in an authoritative tone de sired the girl to give it at once to her mistress. On re entering the kitchen, the servant saw the prisoner hastening up the area steps, and, on examining the place, she found that six silver forks and two spoons had been carried off. In formation of both robberies was communicated to the police, and as City-policeman Haydon, 274, was passing through Field-lane, Holborn, a few days since, observing the two prisoners making signals to a Jew, who accompanied them into a neighbouring public-house, ho followed them in there, and detected them bargaining with the Jew for the sale of the gold watch and two dessert spoons, which he instantly secured, together with the prisoners, and conveyed to the I station. The articles produced were identified by two of Mrs. Lemon's servants as their mistress's property, and the pri soners, who expressed th e i r i ntent i on to reserve the i r de fence, but who were recognised by sergeant Brannan of the (1 division as old offenders, were fully committed for trial on both charges. CLERKEN WELL. Martin Jennings, a young man of athletic appearance, was placed in the felons' dock, charged with the wilful murder of Mary Murray. The prisoner was undefended. A mass of evidence was given, but that of a few witnesses will be sufficient to explain the occurrence. It appeared from the evidence of Elizabeth Tye, who re sides in George's-yard, Golden-lane, St. Luke's, that ou Saturday night the prisoner, who had been drinking with others/ we into witness's bowie, where ho had au altorcaticat same of Company. with the deceased, he alleging that she had taken Is. from his pocket. The woman, who was quite s o be r , positively denied it, and the prisoner struck her twi c e on th e upper part of the body. The prisoner was not drunk. Witness remon strated with the prisoner, and opened the door so that the deceased might escape. She ran out, the prisoner immedi ately followed her, and witness saw no more until she found the deceased lying insensible in the dust-hole at the end of the passage. That was about three o'clock. Mrs. Sarah Angelina Hewett deposed as follews—l live on the second floor at No. 2, George's yard. I was in bed on Saturday night, and was aroused by the dreadful screams of a woman in the court. lam sure it was a female voice. I heard her say, "Martin, don't kill me." It was then a quar ter to three o'clock. Mr. GREEWWOOD—How do you know the tima have three rooms, and a clock in each room. There is a clock at the foot of my bed, and I saw the time by a light which was burning on the table. Soon after the first cries I heard the same female voice again exclaim, " I have not got ycur shil ; don't murder me ;" and then dreadful screams from the same woman. There was silence, and in some minutes after I heard a person say, " The woman is dead." Elizabeth Tye, junior, swore she saw the prisoner strike the deceased on the head at the dust-hole. The deceased fell immediately, and did not say a word. John Waldron swore he saw the prisoner strike the de ceased. About ten minutes after he saw deceased lying in the dust-hole at the end of the passage. She was quite insen sible. She turned up her eyes, and there was a gurgling in her throat. She never spoke. _ Police-constable 81 d swore he was called off his beat in Golden-hue to George's-yard. He saw the deceased in a house there. She had been carried from the dust-hole and seemed insensible, but life was not quite extinct. She was removed to the station on the stretcher, where she died al most upon arrival. The prisoner came np whilst witness was standing by the deceased in George's-yard before her removal, and said he wanted to give her in charge for stealing a shilling. Several persons present said aloud that it was the prisoner who had struck her ; the prisoner did not deny it. He was arrested and attempted to escape on his way to the station. He found is. 3d. in the pocket of deceased. Police-constable 62 G swore that the woman who held the head cf the dying woman in her lap said to the prisoner, who was standing by, " Ali, you vagabond, you have given her her last blow ;" the prisoner was silent. Mr. J. B. Mather, a surgeon, merely deposed, that upon his arrival at the police-station, at a quarter to four o'clock on Sunday morning, the deceased had just expired. He did not make any post mortem or other examination of the body'; but there did not seem to be any mark of violence on the head. He did not examine under her dress. Police-constable 226 G deposed that the woman gave signs of life when she reached the station. She vomited, blew her nose, and wiped her face ; suddenly her colour became livid, and she died in a moment. The prisoner, who. was twice about addressing the Court, fres stopped by the Magistrate saying it was not the proper time, and that he could not be too cautious.—He was re manded. WESTMINSTER. Emma Shepherd, a decently dressed young woman, was charged with shoplifting. There were no less than three robberies committed by the accused on the same morning, at different linendrapers' shops, two of which were distinctly proved against her; the third was equally conclusive, but the prosecutor was not in attendance. She commenced operations at Mr. Parton's, Queen's-row, Pimlico, where she requested to be shown some ribands, but left the shop without making any purchase. She next visited Mr. Smith's establishment at Pimlico, on a similar errand, and lastly repaired to Mr. Foot's, Warwick street, Pimlico, where she was shown a number of articles. Whilst the shopman was occupied at the other end of the premises in getting down other goods, she was observed by one of the customers to place a bundle of artificial flowers under her dress; but finding herself closely watched, after remaining about ten minutes, she replaced the property upon the counter. A policeman was sent for and she was searched, when two rolls of riband were found upon her, which upon inquiry were found to have been stolen from the ether linen drapers named. The prisoner had no money in her posses sion to make a purchase with. She made no defence, and was fully committed for trial. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER C M- PAMES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17. jOXIITT-Sa`OCIL EZA.INTELS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. ?rice. Annum. Ihare. .---- X 5. d. £ a. d. Australasia ...... -• . 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 26% Britshhorth American 51. per cent. 50 6 0 50 0 0 44% Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 colonial.. 51. per cent. 100 0 9 25 0 0 16 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0' 0 49 Ditto, New. ••••• •• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17% National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 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 Australia- -6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 2b Union of L0nd0n..... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 INSURANCE coraparriEs. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion •••.••• • • • • • • • 3/. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine -• • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% Atlas . 13s. 6(1. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1634 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7% Clericl,Mexl.& Gen. Life 51. per 6ent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% County •• • ......... _ 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 . 10s. 50 0 - 0 5 0 0 - Eagle • 62. 50 0 0 1 , .0 0 5% Economic Life. -5 per ct., 1000 0 0 250 0 0 j& 30s.bs.} Eng.& Scot. Lair. !• •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2 N European Life ••••• • ' 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per ocnt. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe ..... ••••• • • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. -* 138 Guardian ... •••.• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 49 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 125. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life.. ••••• • • • .' 1/. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51 Legal and General Life - 50 9 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire .. .. .. .. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% London Ship Marine.. ......... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Mod. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life • Palladium Life ...... Phceuix - - 205 Protector Life •. - Provident Life ..'.. Rock Life •.•••• • • • • . • 45. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 180 Sun Fire • - - 210 Ditto Life . 11. 61. - - 49 Universal Life XIOCIMS. Dividend Amount per of I Paid. Annum. Share. Price. 1 X a. d. 1 £ s. d. Commercial - East and West India 6l. pr cent. 1 Stock. - 140 East Country - 21 Landon N. pr cunt. ; Stock. - 117 St Katharine ••••• • .. 1 5 per cent. I Stock. - 1043 Southampton ••••• • • • ! 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 30 IIiT.A.TEIL.MIT 0 3Zlr./3 Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 per of i Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - I X s, d. East London..• •..• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 215 Grand Junction ...• • • 3/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 90 Kent •-•••••• • • • • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - 65 Vauxhall ••••••• • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 - b 7 West Middlesex ••• • • . 5/.58. pr cnt. 63 12 9 -• 130 .-- LIST OF SCO'I'TISII COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price Annum. Share. ------------ .S a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland .61. per cent. - 100 0 0 159 British Linen Company 8/. per cent. - 100 0 0 224 Commercial Bank •• • • 67. per cent. - 100 0 0 16231 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 1434 Union Bank of Scotland 7% 1. pr cent. , -_ 50 0 0 94 Western Bank •••. • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 83 North of Scotlnid Bank 61. percent. - 5 0 0 734 Clydesdale Bank ••• • • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 1331 Eastern Bank •• • - 10 0 0 11 1 4 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 43. Edinb.& Glasgow Bank il. per cent. - 50 0 7 City of Glasgow Bank . si. per cent. - 10 0 0 1334 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. p.Nr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per !tent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scetind• • 5/. per ce.nt. 10 0 0 All paid. 9\ . North British limn 54 /. pr cent. 1200 0 0 10 0 0 273 ' Caledonian Fire Insur lO/. per cent. :00 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cunt. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1831 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73 Ditto, 1 4 Shares 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 1714 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 21, Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/.percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 71 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 .I,:i paid. 19 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 42 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Standard Life As , 'surnctB. 57 per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 8 C.II.IVALS. 1 % of e; Dividend' Names of . 0, Dividend 1 , r ,„„ . ames it per Price. Ctrinpanies. A per '" Coiripanies. A Annum. n Annum. rn - - - -. £ 1 £ Ashtn& Oldh 97 5/.55. p c 72 Monmouths'i 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113' 4/. 70 Ibintgontrysh . 1 00 51. 98 Barnsley.... 1601 121. 180 Macclesfield. 109 - 33 Basingstoke.. 1001 - - Neath ...... 100 171. 34 0 Brknk&Abrg 150 j Si. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. 1 - Cromford -• . 100' 141. 150 l'eak Forest. 78 3/. 68 Dudley lOO 4/. - Regent's.... 33 11. ss. 25 Derby .• •• • Ellsinre&Chsl33; 4/. 65 Shropshire .. 125 8/. - Erewash . • .11001 32/. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd j 1001 41. - Do.Lk I'd St 12 61. p. c. 11 GrandJunetnjloo, 71. 95 Stfird&Worc 140 28 /. 300 Grand Union 1100; 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury- 12.5 151. 230 Glarnorgnsh.;l72; 13%/. 210 Stourbrldge- 145 201. 280 Glstr & Brkly ' 00 1 - - Strtfrdcn ..4.v 79 11. 10s. - Grantham Huddersfield 57 --- Wye Rail. Kennt & AVii 39 7s. 6d. - Trnt 8s Mr-1 50 30/. - Lancaster 471 1/. 103. - sey , 4 eh. _S Leeds& Livrp 100; 341. 1 517 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester Lelestr &Nth 8.41 4/. I 60 Birming. 3 Loughboregh,l42l 701. 1 850 Wilts& Brksj 67 11. 11 STAINED GLASS.—Mr. Wilmshurst, in a paper lately read before the Freemasons of the Church, observed, that " upon the general introduction of classical architecture, we find very little stained glass was used for some time, and la mentable mistakes were commtnittecl, such as removing the mullions of SL George's Chapel, Windsor, in order to intro ducA a window from a design by West, which was painted by Jerv:.kis and Forrest, and the window in New College Chapel, Oxford, painted from Sir Joshua Reynolds's de sign, is, exceediogly poor in effect, and quite inappyopriate in character for the tielvitiful building in which it is placed ; but, on the other hand, with our better knowledge o these subjects, there is less excuse f or the glaring absurdities petrated at the presen t time, as, for instance, placing a Go thic window in the Roman chu rch of St. George s, Hanover square.— The Builder. At three o'clock on Saturday last individual , as threw himself off the Queen of the F renc h was returning from Neulliy, an the Triumphal-arch at tho Barriere de Comp l'Eto lete.e. The Queen esty Her Ma ordered her coachman to stop , but the suicide was j was deeply affected by this incident. 41.iticIvAL c“ , :1.1 helm bark, thirty-nine days from New Orleans, has arrived at tin). port. The cargo consists of 3,250 barrels of flour, GOO sacks of maLles, aza a %WOO of eat Ina; a4ct p0rk.:747.0n0w0 facko. LONDON AND DUBLIN BANK The generalmeeting of the Company o f t hi s B an k was held reateniall the at two o'clock, at the Lo n d on T avern , i ns t ea d o f a t the offices o f Company in Piccadilly, as first advertised, it having been &WA' s / that the meeting, if held at the latter place, would be illegal' Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, b y The CHAIRMAN called on the Secretary to read the rePnee which it appears that the expectation of i nc reased Prof its e " ,, ' 011 were held out have been fully realised, the advantage being " the what was expected. The amount of the credit belonging t° fits shareholders is 58,9001., and the securities and (I,l) : eth e owing to the public is 166,495/., - the benefits ,00 4,1301. Ids 6d. The amount of assets from P l ; th es capital is 30,196/. Ss. 4d., and in Government Se,r u 36,7861. 19s. Id. ; the whole amount of th e cap it a l being 1" e 15e. I Id. The gross amount of profits have been 13,385/. 1 35 •;,0 deducing from which the expenses, the net peal; s left which had just been stated. During the year ,e„, dividend of 4 per cent. had been deel r. rase" lii sum of 1,0351. 11s. 10d., stud showing a total of 3,0961. ' n riel paid prior to the time at which this statement was 'nude. the past year the bank and its branches had been generallYPO" h gre with the exception of the establishment in Dublin, in witic u ,4ll had been a deficiency. But it was hoped that this defect e be remedied by the exertions of M r . F erre t, th e Secretary, W",;;;,eted joying the full confidence of the shareholders, had "been apP te inspector of the Company's concerns. New branches have be en fy tablished at Athey and Kinsale, a n d th ere was ever y prospec t tureh CHAIRMAN, et' T in putting the adoption o f th e re port to the w ade, ing, said that the very satisfactory report which had just been in os precluded the necessity of any observations from him, but ther!eLli, one point to which he ought t o re f er —th a t was t h e paym ent 0 11 n of rectors. Hitherto the directors had refrai ne d f rom asking —t remuneration for their services, and were s till rea dy to defer tje remuneration to a future period, but he thought it had now b ee t ?this Incumbent on the shareholders to make that office sat e. like a return . for the efforts of the directors. To ",? et . the it would be requisite to set aside a sum, say 500/. a Year , "There directors, whose number they might restrict to live or a l t melte 0 was another point to which he would refer, and that was .. 7 4 Oa branch. They there obtained only the refuse of the bustaall the establishment in Dublin might be done away with, bat tineoe a matter for consideration, and with this suggestion he would the adoption of the repor se t. sa ges doing Acros, M.P.,seconded the adoption of the report, sages doing so he thought that it was worth while to notice the aely° of the management residing in London. # rote Mr. FARRELL, an auctioneer in Dublin, wished to sugges" r'f" to the adoption of the report, that a charge should be made so d A De vide a directory in Dublin, which he was c o nv inced - w tietn eft great advantage to the company, and he thought that four g- eser ought to be appointed in addition to Mr. Guineas and ih e . ot tr gentleman already in sake there. To give his objection" stantive form he would put it In the shape of an amendment:,ditt Mr. °MANNY, before Mr. Farrell's amendment was put, w ax ing that an observation was necessary from the directors. In 1 a P t ilsr one of those observations, he had to mark that it was very # OO that Mr. Farrell should make this objection, when only thr" a ii t esi ago he had signed the deed of settlem nt, which expressly gu 3r , the direction being in London. The business of the bank 113 7 50 0 prudently and carefully arranged, and there was every advar„,.ineo, be derived from the direction being here, and a very good ri o rre , might be done in London. The only loss that had been 03 40 had been suffered in the Dublin branch, aid there was ili c " no necessity for the change. etio° Captain Cox, although he did agrpe with some of the obserc f oe of Mr. Farrell, yet he could not assent to such an a l ter ation f constitution as that which would ensue by the appointmen t Dublin directory. ID tile Mr. FARRELL suggested that there should be an increas. c doo directory, so as to give a preponderance to Irishmen in the ai r of this hank. 0 Mr. Guititss thought there was a great difference beils' i . e o c r to/ bank and the Bank of Ireland and the Provincial Bank, i,cr e were banks of issue, which this was not. These banks lr it , highly valuable in eliciting the resources of the country, and till as au Irishman, he rejoiced. But the cases were differeut , ' , thought, that although the gentlemen in the London director) De of the highest respectability and ability —no men more se — ,2Lttilf thought that a benefit would be derived by increasing the ..u: o ry' in Dublin. He did not wish to do away with the London dire age" far from it ; but an increase might be made in the Dublin•l e ld r sre i ment, and he thought it advisable that the directors here she e nu i,l o ,.. in private, and calmly and dispassionately consider wilet,!, g the results of such a change. He km w that if this °Pelf, - , s •OP made he was aware that certain men of influ nee and propel .01 be ready to render their assistance and cerns which was likely to be of great service. But he Was get that no difference should be made, and he would therefore that Mr. Farrell should withdraw his motion. give an impulse to t w o A conversation then ensued, in which Mr. Guineas, the C t i it Col Acton, Capt. Cox, and Mr. Farrell took part, in whi v ent, Stated that an apprehension that the deed of settlement P the giving of such a guarantee, and during which it was eon ill! Mr. Farrell that the last thing he desired was a dissociation4o l l; London board, but be did wish to have the whole of the bill ment left to the Dublin directors. During this eonversatiom. b e was stated by Mr. Humphreys, one of the directors. tha t losses wl - ich had been incurred on bills, was suffered front discounted by the Dublin directors. e t. se Mr. F. C. Buowie said that he was the o'dest director Pre, mo°p i had been present from the very first meeting, at which Lord found'' cashell presided, and he could say that the very principle en e dir icto P tion on which the Bank was founded, was that of having the e 4 in London. a ss Mr. FARRELL read a set of resolutions which had been P ut to 1 5 - a private meeting of the shareho'ders in Ireland, which sr e ir elsa press a desire on their part to make the chief directory He had the power, from the proxies which he held, of d quastion, yet out of respect to Mr. Guiness, if he could ea o "' eiro assurance from the directors on the point which he pressed attention, he would withdraw his amendment. P I TO After some further observations from Mr. Brown, --* a y, - Captain Cox, Mr. Farrar, and the solicitor of the Coral:l.od amendment was withdrawn, and the report adopted and o be printed. /1 114 A dividend of 4 per cent. per annum for the half-year end De cember 1, 1845, was then declared, and the surplus ordered I. fled to the capital of the bank. to the 1 ' Thanks were then voted the auditors, the directors , tary, Mr. Perrett, and the chairman, and the meeting, e l ',d e rit' Howard had returned thanks, was dissolved, it being , ul iced 'r that the usual notice of a meeting of directors should be order to meet the convenience of the gentlemen who had co from Ireland, and that a Board should be held this dal r_ e . ( pie matters which had been mooted at the meeting yeste rday .• MARKET NE WS.—(YESTER .11-% A ,-- klr ): IVICAMPLZTS. 41 66 } 1 ascrrartxr.o —Meadow Hey, 31 58 to 41 8s ; Clover 61; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 148; Wheat Straw, 11 14s t o 4/ 51 load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CUMISERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 3/ ss:io dl 10a ; Cloy iit te ' Il l to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 168 ; Virheat Straw, 11 per 10. Tde stead, at full prices. p o ' WH a lT d lCHAP ra EL.—Meadow y Hay, 313 s to 41 Ss ; Cle 1 64 to 613 s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 11 14s , Wheat Straw, 11 14s to load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. (From the London Nets Price Current of March 173 rir d i g SUGAR. —To- day West-India Muscovadoe of all w re 63 tions was much sought after, and the rates offered , , s idet : per cat above those of Friday, but business was e e , 'OO ably checked by the scanty supply at market, and the tit y sold amounted to only 110 hhds and trcs. • REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were in extelnr-00 quest by the home trade, and further advanced rate,4oo,l given, brown grocery lumps selling at 635, and 6t lumps at 64s to 64s 6d. The market for bonded ri Sugar is very firm, at 35s 6d to 35s 9d per cwt P°' quality. i° •$' MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar n's, 0 0° cellent request, and 8,715 bags and 164 barrels sold at an advance on former rates of 6d to is per en N G Ron INDIA.—This afternoon, at public sale, 4,0 u" $ Bengal Sugar were offered, and the whole sold at_ a i „ sip vance on former rates of 6d for white and yellow; brow , tained the former value. (OW FOREION.—To-day there was little desire to 001,0 Havannah Sugar, and 2,137 chests at public sale were in rather above the value. ete 4 COFFEE.—To •day there was a fair business tralereci Ceylon Coffee by private treaty, 175 bags were u tter ser e . auction. With Mocha the market was much be ebb' 1 . plied, 473 bales and 63 half bales being put 1 1 1 3 .0 , sale, the whole sold, and good kinds brought full ". middling and inferior went 2s to 3s per cwt c hesPer' de ate e r o, TICA.—To-day there was no improvement in tr e ss for Black or Green Tea. At public sale 1,982 Pactirre,to offered. of which 482 consisted of Assam, which st Or," larly, and, upon the whole, went at very low prie e ''• e rtr,ro other kinds of Teas only 150 pkgs found buyers at ear eh :„/ Cocoa—To-day West India was purchased ef:lote' freedom, and 107 bags of Trinidad at public sale , se ' o i full rates, indeed the best sort went rather higher. to p,* RICE—To-day Bengal Rice met with little att ell ers,l t s t% at auction 698 bags were taken in rather under full', SPICES.—To-day at public sale 66 cases and 2 8° ba ys ~1 1 gal G nger were taken in at 25s for middling ''' ot t 11 flinty home consumption kind 4 pkgs of Jamaica s or middling. Black Pepper was sought after, but s :,, t ed, e tJ being required checked business. Nutmegs are *AI. Pc, 30 chests at auction were sold at 2d a d v ance., ' O l4 chests were sold at 2d t o 3d a d vance; 6 b a les 0' ' - ;• 5 2d0 namon sold at 3s 10d f or soun d, mou ldy 2., 8d to 0 is j damaged and broken 2s 2d per lb. toba to SPlRlTS.—Jamaica Rum at present is little la li t '•2 9 . , to there are sellers of 10 to 18 per cent over proof t t i ,pogr ye tti 2s 10d. Holders of Leeward band are run 10 4 , 4 0 further reduce their prices. Ia Calcutta 06 %00' 1 1 little passing. In strong Demerara several PI S 13' 1 , been made at 2s 9d co 3s. Althoug ti n , is, offered upon further reduced terms,• o ( 10° has been little business transacted. The bu sine- Geneva has been to a small extent, and prices areiecits' 6d:A decline. The price of British Corn Spirits is ;derP r hi ecs gallon nett cash, and Gin 8s 10d for 22 per cent u aid 17 under 9s 4el per gallon, and a fair busin ess ell transacted. • t° INDIGO —Holders of East India are not inn i t e e , bi oirj e ,e' under the rates of the last quarterly sale, hst, itee4 6 o transacted by exporters and the home trade Pa t h ez i , Co tremely limited. For public competition on the t° month, 11,431 chests are declared. Although SP ° b ar" be obtained upon lower terms, still there are fe l/ 0 4 3 be met with. oh ° , Hors.—The market has been more liberally sol;eca the trade operating with caution, factors have A pelled to take rather lower rates to make sale s, 4 0 COCHINEAL is wanted; but, stiffer rates b.weis operated against business privately, and at auetr os . 0 silvers were taken in at 5s 5s for middling Bond .tol itt,!' o bi OlLS.—Although reduced rates Lave been . 5 L' o attu e oll for Seal Oil, still the home trade operated eIV so! o f private contract, and for exportation there l'as , ;o useu n ersi any business transacted. Southern has been u n ",be_°,r Ot a fair extent, but not at better prices. In SPe r i;jase' o p tions are upon a more extended scale. 07; has been in excellent request on the six j ct.° Dr to 255, and for forward delivery many ef d r it ht $ 0 1 0 : been entered into at 26s to 26s 6d. Rape See" rib't j e:l l4 , disposed of to a fair extent, but not at better price•stocic been a very good demand for Olive Oil, but th in in ipo a d a yet on the increase, prices are prevented fr 7 0 , 1, Cocoa Nut has secured a free sale, prices are e percZ - to!: 0 supply yet small. Palm is wanted, and u' d privately at 24s to 27s for low to middling, al e l , for good to fine quality. Lard Oil is dull of sal an can be obtained at 391 to 401 per tun. . 1 ‘ __.................—.......••••...""'". ________------------- .. 4 g 11°,fil' P f INGENIOUS SUGGESTIONS AFFECTING T. - ,_, pill' 0 —A Correspondent of the Builder suggests that to tbei Olio London sewers should be somewhat larger tha,n.„ Old'', prestmt, and at the extreme end, where they Joo' e a sv - $ l3 O trap, by the last drop of water remaining sewer, if a slight dip is formed, it would hec° lll boa' ils° in the fr oal A jd ffeztually prevent any effluvia from returnirignipec" mai.: sewer. A bend of this kind in so small I c a 4 not pc!Qibly retard the flushing. AyD 0° .:0 01 ), [ADvi:ZITisEmENT.]—THE EARL OF - 4 „ 0 00-, o f , AND HOLLOW,: i'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by .",,,trac44s,:d lordship's letter, medicine, after el:ery other means had failed. Se°, ;',. 0 , t /5, a y,--Sir, I beg to acquaint r' s o S of v o i dr:ted Villa Messina, Leghorn, 1 e_, o O,A " To Professor Iloilo; pills have effected a cut' of a disorder in my IW er „d all ° OA which all the most e minent of the faculty, at bottle cu Al_osa",, Continent, had not been able to effect—uay, not e ven ;• s ' e ilt;:, 05% Carlsbad or Marienbad. —(Signed) Aldborough." These ( qtr ol Pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach, ~ i sop i oo o , loway's Ointment) at Professor HolloVay's E 6ta Cii file d Stra nd, and by all m edicine venders throughout the c• ...,.................................-----'ilf' -----. ri4t v! .tl , P1110,.).fd by 1, T rap() T01441.,:e VII 1 -,Lra...t, ; .'i.C...:,., - L .; ...., .•••.•)0.,...t.:i; :. 0,112, !:•tlrtna• "ojor, P of the Savoy, ill tbo Couuty of ' Aliddleset, "al It. 1846. INTE •- A are api o A IBURd ~r vy "c Itor'll:er EttVita r, vtzr 4 4 / NI O tutg--.1,7 tAD t —4lO llT' bui lu 'snilag, "vASTI i i,at tm d °n o rta re T tEt tire g tip, • re, Vi UAL c, t 4v 4lt ' ,„'le to Ili ailki,? ll t , to 'den R ee of (;a 1 , 1 ,04 , tr,r, TAi CpoSe~rePrltg I Yer e , , 'l4Zainslrtl;l4st4 - COCHINEAL is wanted; but, stiffer rates u- - -is ',- operated against business privately, and at a uction a. ,to silvers were taken in at 5s 5s for middling llondu r ,. a ,; - itte" DI t OlLS.—Although reduced rates Lava been sl,"-otiolrica for Seal Oil, still the home trade operated wit, ll , ol c sefid 0 private contract, and for exportation there l'as ,",... fl ose d n e ; any business transacted. Southern has been u`',L t ile °I 0 1 . ; a fair extent, but not at better prices. In SPerTi o -ec u t , OA tions are upon a more extended scale. '"„t ' "'" h s 44 ,, has been in excellent request on the sP° t ,,,, - . cts ige i :, to 255, and for forward delivery many c°" 0 . ,1 3 10 9 , 4 1 7 , been entered into at 26s to 26s 6d. Rape Seel' -,.," l'be', - ,eitlP dised a to a fair extent, but not at better prie% t ocl ' v ia; ben a very good demand for Olive Oi!, but the iopO e i 11,,'' yet on the increase, prices are prevented frog' m . en s od Cocoa Nut has secured a free sale, prices are ; r rel , o /9 0 supply yet small. Palm is wanted, and tb,, e f t .- 0 5 ,, r icil ll privately at 24s to 27s for low to middling, an - c i AO" for good to fine quality. Lard Oil is dull of sale, an can be obtained at 39/ to 40/ per tun. L OP Of fr O f ___—______-------------- v.% •fid INGENIOUS SUGGZSTIONS AFFECTING 1. - - , h e pl (es —A Correspondent of the Builder suggests tha t " t he s i p i Lnndon sewers should be somewhat larger livr i , tll' e A present, and at the extreme end, where they .I ,) __ 3 1 . 0 . sewer, if a slight dip is formed, it would becn e a tbi a trap, by the last drop of water remaining in t 1 . 1 , e 0 . o' ol oo l qrectually prevent any effluvia from returnwAroipe ma;,.; sewer. A bend of this kind in so sivall ' I rO 4 01 0 ,4 - ,11 0 not pc<iibly retard the flushing. A yvt i oe-, p . O [ADviz ZlTissikr E brr.] —.THE EAaL of th is O, ~./ AND HOLLOW,Z Y'S Prims.-An astounding cure by 0,00045,0 a medicine, after every other means had failed. Sl eb . 'ili to t ) 1 0. ch: teg Villa Messina, Leghorn ! , 00 00 or ! lordship's letter, I beg to acquainl: ;; o il of 0 1 . To l'rofessor HolloNa7sir, pills have effected a . c ui..: of a disorder In my 'h e d all ° trOtal which all the most e minent e the faculty, at hoilla„t n i tie*:, 4 7 o , lt d r o r i , Continent, had not been able to effect-nay, not en -,..,; 0 0 Tl is ci ';44. Carlsbad or iarienbad.-(Signed) Aldborough." -` ‘ , o o (P o :,,. Pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach, :,, so ple o ar loway's Ointment) at Professed' Hollovsay Strand, and by all medicine vendors througkout the c ----- 4 DIED. IS e° 's Estalx; joed Killed, at Moodkee, on the 18th of December, 1 , 84 'af d i , o f George T. Hamilton, Interpreter and Quarter -00" fe ll" Native Infantry. petti* 0 ( On the 21st of February, at Islington, Martha V iin 't g the late J. 'Tan Deurs, of Nappegaara, Flaxen' pa" wand of °co d q ua On the 13th last., in Gloucester-place , Rau l "' 5 t he J. Addams, Esq., D.C.L. 1, _,. A we l . 11' ~ On the 14 th inst., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, Sara , . ofv of Godfrey i .4. Downs, Esq. Whit tle, II" .. , ~ , J On the I , ith inst., at Peckham, Mr. Richard _,..00 staple, Dev Dn. 1.. e, ?ri ft .1 0,0 1. On the 1 4th inst., at Wormley HOU SE, Eat& ...-itli. Bound, Eact. vr idoig "" 1 On the, lt , th inst., at Kennington, Surrey, one, Felts Thomwi Dlon, aged 82. s r a sir I :,7: On the 150 inst., Miss Booth, the eldest sist 1 1 ' Bart., of Porthuid-place. _-.- - - 11 . ' th e r - c ; 0 Di ec eA -- T- , . YOI e WO '