The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-14 00:00:00

THE SIT saved from the_ "_consequence of_. his . own legisla- admitted- fend and raiment, they might-gain some hundreds of ture by the Right Honourable Baronet at the head l income for the present ; but in the end their fields would of the Government ? They found at last that their only re- remain entitled. And he would tell the House that the woollen meily was to throw themselves into the arms of that monster trade of France came into direct competition with their own " Free-trade," arid the consequence has been that the price of . manufacture, and that in their own market, opposing itself to English wool has continued to increase up to this period. all the manufacturing energies •of the country. Look to Now, why cannot we apply this principle to corn? The ; Russia—if they could force their free-trade notions on Hon. Member for Northamptonshire (Mr. S. O'Brien) says 1 that vast empire, it would have the effect of giving employment that we should destroy the tenant-farmers of the country to millions, to such an extent that they would deluge the if we removed protection from them. He would assure his British markets with every kind of manufactured How Friend that the tenant-farmers of this country enter- articles. At the very present moment, in the menu tained very different views of the matter. They had no fear facture of cotton, they almost compete with you of the contingencies which would follow on the relaxation of in the foreign markets.—( Hear, hear.) And was it likely, protection, provided their landlords met them in a fair spirit. strictly prohibitory as their system was, they would approve of They say we can do nothing till this question is settled— this free-trade scheme now proposed 1 It was stated by ( Hear)—settled it must be—and settled it can only be in one an Honourable Member that agriculture was in its infancy ; way. Continue the protection, if you please, for a few months, now it must be apparent to every one that in the last few years or only a few years—you Must come to the settlement of this the improvement had been most extroordinary ; they had question—that settlement which consists in the total abrogation brought capital and science to bear upon the soil, and the increase of restrictive duties.—( Hear.) The landlerds must expunge of the crops kept pace with the increase of competition. But feone their leases those obsolete forms and exploded notions. if Russia still maintains her prohibitory duties and takes ad.- ( Hear, hear.) They roust not force upon the farmer the vantage of your measures , what will be the result? The Rus support of the game of the landlords. —(Cries of " Hear, sian serfs, at present in the most abject condition, doing nothing hear.") If they are thus met in a fair and manly spirit, to promote the internal resources of his country, will be ready they may be enabled to bear that shock which doubtless, for a . to apply their energies, and to come to your markets short period, we shall all have to encounter.—',Hear, hear, and flood it with their productions, enriching themselves from the protectionists.) Hon. Members on the other side of ' just in the same proportion that they impoverish you:se. the House say, Hear, hear, but has the agricultural interests e Loud cheering.) There will be an exchange to be sure, but no difficulties to encounter in the times of protection. He (Mr. it e ill not be an enchange that will be equally beneficial. It Ward) had known in the year 1835, that the price of corn was is urged, however, that you will be enabled to compete with 355., and that under a law which promised 80s. to the tenant. f rewn ; s outh , . In neutral mat kets, what was the case? He would in the year 1815. He asked Han. Members if they would i quote trout memory a statement made by an Hon. Member, legislate upon this principle with any other business? Would namely, that in neutral markets the cotton of Switzerland, eetno they grant protection to the shopkeeper, if, upon the principle the hardware of Alsace, and the h os i er y o f Saxony, meet of the Hon. Member for Northampton, they were to request it , t quel terms . ith our manufacturers. Even Mr. M•Gregor on the ground that they did not wish to leave the shop that states tbat Saxon hosiery, paying a duty of twenty 'they had occupied for some time. He considered that a great part per cent., successfully competes with you in of the land of this country was badly cultivated in consequence your own markets? Now, what would be the case when of the want of capital, or from the tenant occupying larger they took of that protective duty ? He would ask the manufac farms than they could properly cultivate ; and in this manner turer how they would answer that argument? He would tell numbers of farmers are compelled to struggle against diffi- him the only way he could meet it would be by the improve eulties which, if they had taken smaller farms, they would not ment of machinery.—(Hear, hear.) Yes that would be the have had to contend with. They should not hold what only method, and what would be the consequence? Why they could not do justice with. If the farmer, :n they would throw an immense quantity of manual labour this condition, were to take a smaller farm, he would into the market, and at the end of a year Saxony would import then be able to extricate himself from the difficulties which their machinery, and there would be and of it. He defied any have arisen from his undertaking, without sufficient capital, the Member to deny the inference. How wouldthe employer meet management of so large a concern. Reduce the man who such ruinous competition ? He could only do it by lowering holds four hundred acres to two hundred, and do not cheat him the wages of the operative. The result would he a by the belief that anything this House could do would enable number of such strikes as they might frequently him to continue the perilous struggle, and do not have read of, for they would not tamely submit to it. allow yourself, upon any principle of what I must call (Loud cheering.) He would now direct the attention of the false humanity, to be warped from the performance House to the statements made by the Right Hon. Baronet of your plan. Your duty is not to look at one class, but to with regard to the exports of the last year. He considered look upon all. You have to look especially npon that class that if they took a different method of calculation from whose interest depend so much upon the price of provisions— that adopted by the Honourable Baronet, they would that class to which the Honourable Member for the sweat arrive as a ins umeiete. sweeten.-- it we e , ...see e - e we es. Riding ofYorkshire (Lord Morpeth) so forcibly alluded upon twelve years instead of three, they would find that the price the last night of this debate—he alluded to the labour- of corn bad nothing whatever to do with their exports. ing classes ; it is npon them you have to look, and your —( Hear, hear.) If they compared one year with another, duty, is to see they suffer no injustice at your hands.—(Hear, as the Right Honourable Baronet had done, they could hear.) And can any man have heard the statement of the never arrive at a fair and legitimate conclusion. Right Hon. Member (S. Herbert), to the effect that upon his Now, with the leave of the House, he would go into those own estate he had known the prices of corn vary from 755. triennial calculations. He would begin at the year 1834 for to 405., without being convinced that the labouring that purpose. He found that in that . year the average price of classes are the party who suffer most by this wheat was 465., while the average amount of exportation was system of protection. He advised Hon. Members on the 41,000,000. In the year 1835 the average price of opposite side to endeavour to retrace their steps— ( Hear)— wheat was 485., while the exportation was 47,000,000. In to look to the great developement of the industrial resources of the year 1836, the average price of wheat was 38s. 9d., the the country, and the consequent increase of employment and amount of exportation was 47 millions, so that for that period the improved situation of all classes of the populati o n; and when the average price of wheat was 41s. Bd., and the average quan they had ascertained the right course to pursue, at once to city of exportation was 45 millions. In the years 1837, 1838, follow it without any regard to selfish motives. He hoped that and 1839, the following would be found to be the respective feeling would have influence on the great body of English gen- proportions :—ln the year 1837 the average price of tlemen now arrayed against the measures proposed by her Ma- wheat was 455. 9d., and the amount of exportations jesty's Government. He thought there never was a body of 53 millions. In - the year 1838, the average price was 655. ld., gentlemen, who stood higher in the estimation of their country - while the average amount of expenditure was forty-two than Hon. Members opposite ;he would be grieved to see them m illions. In the year 1839 the average price was 755. 5d., forfeit that opinion; but when a class, however powerful or while the average amount of exportation was fifty millions. opulent, arrayed itself against the interests of the com- This period showed the average price of wheat to be 635. 9d., munity it could not long retain its proud position—( Hear, and the average amount of exportation forty-eight millions. hear,)—especially when it stood opposed to principles In the years 1841, 1842. and 1843, the following ap which involve the great interest of a community. He felt peered to be the result :—ln 1841 the average price of wheat convinced that light was already dawning upon some members was 665. 3d., and the amount of exportation fifty-threemillions. of that body. Many, he knew, were taking a part in opposing in 1842, 645. 3d., and the amount of exportation 51 millions; these measures rather on the ground of character than a genuine and in the year 1843, the average price was 575. 3d., and the feeling of confidence in the cause. One Noble Lo r d a v er a g e amount of exportation 47 millions. This period, (Lord John Manners) he knew heel stated that he had therefore, showed the average price of wheat to be 6es. 7d., and intended to vote in favour of the Bill, though his the average amount of exportation to be 50 millions. The last own convictions were opposed to it. Can a contest, period embraced the years 1844, 1845, and 1846, and as stated then, be long continued which thus oposes itself to the first by the Right Hon. Baronet, showed the following results : prineipies of justice—a principle which cannot be worked out In the year 1844, the average price of wheatwas 50s. Id., and in detail, and which is at variance with the intelligence and the average amount of expoi tation 52 millions. In the year just demands of the country. Be did not believe it could.— 1845 it was 51s. 3d., and the amount of exportation was fifty ( Hear, hear.) An Honourable Member on a former occasion eight millions. The average for 1846 had not been made up, had spoken of compromise. They had talked of some but taking them at the amounts which appeared for the ministry which was to be formed of old exploded portion of it that had elapsed, the average price was 525., theories. They wished for S sort of modified and the average exportation fifty-eight millions. So that this protection. They would take the sliding scale of last period presented an average price of .51s. for wheat, and the Right Hon. Baronet without that redeeming part, its fixed the average amount of;exportation at fifty-six millions. It would 1 termination. So far as the sense of the country can be known appear, therefore, that by this calculation the price of corn the general opinion is, that so far from considering the Govern- presented no relative affinity whatever with the amount of ment measure as going too far, they do not consider it suffi- exports.—( Hear, hear.) That price entirely depended on de ciently carried out in the principles of free trade.— mend and supply.—( Hear, hear.) The cause of their recent ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) There is no reason, for prosperity bad been alluded to by the Right Hon. Baronet and instance, why the duties on cheese and butter the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire. If the Right Honourable should be 'reduced one-half, while the duty on corn is Baronet had made his speech, in which he made that allusion, to be taken off altogether. He hoped to see the day when that on the second night of the session, the country would h ave b: en scheme would be carried to the fullest extent of the principle at no loss to know what was re cause of that prosperity. which we should adopt in adopting that measure; and as to He (the Right Hon. Baronet) then alluded to the immense compromise, he could assure the Hen. Member that the at- amount of capital which had been embarked in railroads. It tempt would only serve to protract a struggle already too much would appear from this statement that no less a sum than protracted, and to prevent an arrangement which might now twenty-three millions of capital were directly thrown into the be made with satisfaction to both the landlord and tenant, and labour market during the last three years.—(Cries of also prevent any injury to the interests of agriculture which Hear, hear.) He would ask, therefore, in the face of these might be caused by admitting foreign corn. statements, whether it was not this immense flow of capital thus Mr. MILES did not consider, in the discussion of such mot into the labour market, to which must be attributed a question as the present, it was possible to go too far a-field, the extraordinary prosperity which existed in the country.— The injury which this measure will produce will affect not (Hear, hear.) But his Right Hot,. Friend had also alluded only the colonial producer, but also all dependencies now subject to the extraordinary impetus which the trade of the country to this country.—(Hear, hear.) It was not an agricultural had recently received. The other day a document had been debate, although he must say that a great deal of agriculture placed in his hand, which showed a relative statement of this had been mixed up in it.—( Hear.) The present is a scheme prosperity, from the year 1832 to the present time. involving questions important to the whole population of the He found that in the iron trade in the year 1832, country. There is no one interest left untouched, nothing to common bars were sold from 41. 10s. to Si. ; in be left in its present position. The measures which the Right the year 1835, the price ranged from 9/. to 101., and Hon. Baronet proposed in 1842. although he agreed with some in the year 1842, the proportional increase was still greater.— of the propositions, to othersof them he gave his most strenuous ( Hear, hear.) That would at once show the nature of the opposition.—(Hear, hear.) He quite agreed with the prosperity to which he alluded, for he understood that 7-Bths Honourable Member that protection should be with- of the iron trade came directly into the British market, where drawn, or equally extended to all. Compromise had been it found a ready consumption.—( IL ar, hear.) He talked of, but for his part he must say that he was no friend to hoped and trusted, therefore, that what he had said compromise. We must either stand as we are at present, admit would be sufficient to show the nature of the impetus the measure proposed by Government, or receive those pro- which the manufacturers of the country had received, and the posed by the party represented by the Hon. Member for Stock- influence which the capital thus embarked had upon the trade port (Mr. Cobden). The measures now introduced are in op- of the whole country.—( Hear, hear.) He should like to know position to the experience of centuries, and he had yet to learn that whether the foreign market presented similar results ? He the experience of three years should be taken as an argument for should like to know whether China was not at present over the withdrawal which for centuries had been to agriculture, glutted with their manufactures ? ( Hear, hear.) He and which had raised this country to the highest pitch of re- should like to know whether the Indian market was not nown.— (Hear, hi ar.) He considered the measure of 1842 in the same state ? And if they went on in the same way was merely a preliminary step towards the present commercial for another cycle of years, and proceeded to manufacture in policy of the Government; and that measure had not been met the same unlimited extent, a season of adversity would come, in a kindred spirit by other countries. Seven or eight countries and the country would be precipitated into a state of the most had adopted tariffs in opposition to / ours, and had increased the indescribable misery.—(Hear, hear.) From the way that corn duties which they before levied on the introduction.—( Hear.) petition was carried on, it would be perfectly impossible, not.. Look at the present state of the public funds, the state of the withstanding the scientific improvements which had labour market and the manufactures. The price of the public been made in machinery. to avert this calamity.— fends sufficiently indicate the prosperity of the country. In ( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He trusted the House would for the labour market there is a great difficulty to obtain labour for give him for alluding to these details. That, however, was a great the purpose of condecting the necessary improvements of the question—( Hear, bear)—and though he had entered very im country ;at the same time an immense capital flowing into those perfectly into these details, his object was to show, as well as great undertakings of the country, are circumstances which he could, however feebly, the grounds on which he had formed tend to show the present prosperity of the nation, and give us bis opinions. He addressed himself not to the agricultural warning not to tamper with our commercial policy, and bid us part of the question, but to the commercial. He would now, be satisfied with the prosperity showered on the country.— however, with the permission of the House, say a few words on It appeared to him, from information which he had received the subject, as far as agriculture was concerned. In glancing at from twenty-air societies in different parts of the country, that the corn-law of 1842, he had to say that he heard-the Right Hon. the failure of the potato crop had been greatly exagg erated. Baronet then utter the most extraordinary thing s , as con - He hoped that the House would bear with him while he gave trasted with the opinions which he now held.—( Hear, hear, some evidence of the crops of this country, which would prove and cheers.) He ( Mr. Miles) then supported the Right Hon. that the fears of a coming scarcity were without founda- Gentleman because he considered that that law was better than tion, and the reports of the failure in the potato crop the one of 1828. He recollected also that the Hon. Member for got up for pat ty purposes —( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Dublin had then stated that the consumption of corn had been tie only that morning met a friend from the country, a large very much increased in the country, and that they would not be and extereive agriculturist, who had a considerable quantity able to grow as much as would be sufficient for the demands of of potatoes to sell. That friend informed him (Mr. the country. Now what he (Mr. NI.) would ask was, the cause Miles) that he went to - a salesman i n th e c i ty o f th at i ncrease d consu mption ? H e wou ld t e ll t h em. Th e to sell him his . potatoes ; that salesman refused cause of that apparent consumption was the addition which had to purchase ?in the grounds that potatoes now been made to the number of towns from which the averages were decreasing in value, and that the. next month or the Were made up. 180 towns had been added to this number, anti month after he would' be enabled to purchase them much that was the cause why a greater quantity of corn appeared to cheaper, and advised him (the farmer) to send up his potatoes be consumed.—(Cheer,.) A return had been also moved for immediately. lie .(Mr. Miles) considered that statement about that time, as to the relative prices of bread very valuable , in the present state of the country, as it went and corn and wheat. This return showed that there was r.• to prove that those fears which are entertained of a scarcity approximation between the price of wheat and flour. The were without foundation.—(Hear, hear.) He would detain blame, however, was not to be thrown upria the farmer, but the House with as few details as possible, but he felt it in- tipon the. baker and miller. The relative price of cumbent on him to give voice proofs of the state of the bread and flour in the Parisian market was more crops, and the increased quantity of provisions whi c h Healey allied than the relative prices in the London market. were produced in the last above the preceding year.— Jr wa4 in foreign markets 625., and at that time the price of ( Chee s.) These returns extend over one million two hundred bread was more approximate than it was in this country under and ninety-five thousand acres, and their accuracy he had no the same circumstances. He could assure the House. that reaso i whatever to doubt.—( Cheers.) The House would when the Trice of foreign wheat in this country averaged tits., observe that the great fears of distress arose from allowing a fair profit to the farmer, the miller the state of the potato crop. This was the and the baker, the price of bread ought to be 7d. instead of universal c ry whenever any opposition was raised to a repeal of at the price it was now selling —( Hear, hear. ) It was well the corn eatve.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Miles) could known what were the priers of 1842, and the result of that prove (and it was not denied, for he believed all parties con- measure. He trusted that the Right Hen. Baronet, at the curred in it) that though the crop was diseased, yet that it close of the debate, when he came to speak, would state what was very large, and a greater quantity of ground than was to be the result of 1849 and 1850. He should like to know usual was last year under cultivation.—(Cries of " Hesr,") what will be the prices of bread in those years? The law, as and cries of " No, no," from the Opposition.) There was proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet, after' three years also a considerable increase in the wheat crop above that of would be the same as a shilling rise and a shilling fall. Much former years, taking an average of that given in the entire as he was opposed to taking off protection, he would acknow coumry. Oats were also above the average, and so ledge that he preferred the principles of the Noble Lord were turnips. But in looking at this question he (Fussell) to the measere of the Right Hon. Baronet. 1-e , (Mr. Miles) would not follow the Right Honour would not sacrifice his principles by supporeng such a tam able Baronet through all his arguments. He would only sure as the present. If the Noble Lord were to pro allude to some of the remarks of the Right Hon. Baronet pose a repeal of the corn-laws, he would of the two He stated that since the protection was withdrawn from flax rather support it than the proposition of the Bight hemp, wool, and lard, the price.s of those articles had greatly Honourable Baronet; and he would say,. that of the aevaneed. Now he (Mr. Miles) would take the article two the Noble Lord's plan was the better one. Of flax, which was greatly cultivated in the county which But he was grieved to have heard the speech of the Right he had the honour to represent (Somersetshire). Since Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary at War. He would ask hi m the repe a l o f t h e d u t y on th a t ar ti c l e h a d t a k en p l ace, t h e , f rom w h at source had they even a chance of the supply he had cultivati on of it became limited, anti in a short time it would le.i.the R e use to expe c t. A m e r ica c o uld no t sen d it, b ecause entirely go out of cultivation in the county of Somerset.— w hy n th a t coun t r y was thi n l y p opu l a t e d th ey cou ld pro d uce ( Cheerte)• They had the price of flax so reduced in Ireland, iin more than was. necessary f u r their own eansumEtion • and that its 'gre w . ' se is not now considered profitable, although, as lis , W : i!,at it had i n c rease d, soalso should increase tee de mand ' in Sorneraetshire, the reward for labour i s s m a ll,_( Ch eers .) for f e t i d ; and if they had an overplus of produce, and an over - He would nowrt7tlo the House the amount o f l a b our use d i n plus t e e m ue t e eiy they wou ld h ave t o an enormous amount , so the cultivation mediately acquai ax in four parishe s with w hi c h h e was i m - s ere as th e eurn-laws of this c ount r y s h ou ld b e repea l e d, which would show the loss sustained by America would throw in such a mass of grain upon it those places in consequ ence t the l is o f the reduction that had already as would entirely destroy the British markets. There taken place. [Her e Gentleman read a statistical was one point in the speech of the Secretary of War to which return, which shewed that d lt h a e r x i , ng 7. lh oe times of protectior there he wished particularly to allude. The Hon. Gentleman had were under cultivation, in parin acre s , while now there said that the time had come when the alarmists should lay aside were only 46.] The expense of pre their cry. Now when he (Mr. Miles) should read the extract parishes and there was alt ogether. e g x an acred of flax was live the i r . four he held ir, his hands, showing the vast increase of American pin the cultivation of flax, e see r o n r td so i o n i places. — (Loud which, by produce, he thought he would convince the House that this cry this free-trade measure, would be lost to those ,h - , —;4l c oud of alarm had not been raised without a just cause, and that they cheets. ) It was perfectly true,,,for the returns •the afforded a triumphant answer to the arguments of the Secre great increase which had taken place in the sale of c a ttle in tary at War. Passing by all the corn that came by Liverpool S.nithfielti market for the last six months—those ~returns from other: ports rts of America, rica, he would turn his attention to showed the number to be for the last six month s im ethe quantity of corn conveyed by New Orleans, all of which less titan twenty-five thonwind , although there was a defitiancy was the p ro d uce of the n i ne great States which sur en the preceding year of 16 000. This s howed the prosperity rounded the Mississippi, which comprised an almost of t h e n co u ntry, anti he (Mr. Miles) considered w h o le they ; illimitable territory. The whole area of Great Britain, were in state of prosperity thee ought t o l eave ts we e • including Scotland and Ireland, did not exceed 19.000 I s r at any of the rette ns, square miles a it; d w w h h er ic e h as p l e h n e re a wd r h e t a ih o hei t r t p he rod n u i reee ginretoatNSetwateos Orleans' large alone."-4 Cheese.) Let them and they would find in the article of ore there was riot near so m('n t mentioned, ed ' 000 square miles, and a large a quantity imported this year a, there was in the year before.market, con t a in ed an area of over 250, The natural consequence s.f these fac s was that it should be population of 5,500,000• facts alone, he contended, the duty of the Minister not to run risks by these constant were sufficient to fill the ' pecipl e e of thi n s o c t o ta u ff n e tr e y t with pre jud a i l c a i r a m ll y . The Secretary at War had also Notwithstanding the prosperity of the last threespoken of the' produce of the a ' s n 'ant l i e o m us be to r West of Russia as being suc as could years, was it not a feeling in many a man's mind, that the next markets of this country. ( Here th e . 1-1 year may bring about other important changes ? even , the of more magnitude than those of year 1842 ?—( Loud 1 1 read the extracts,__ and then proceeded.) cheering.) Now, what was the Right Honourable / lay before the House a statement of the extract of the different Baronet doing but lending himself to the manufacturers of this ' corn -producing provinces of Russia He held in his hand tables, country, and throwing overboard the other industrious classes Iby which he wou ld show that this country had more to contend of the nation ?—( Loud cheers.) Now while the manufacturers against in the ar ticle of corn apprehend, t n h o a t n ta t k h e ey a s n e y em of ed th t e o iranufa, were in the highest state of prosperity, the skill and energies of j while Russia wou ld cer t ain ly 'tjeasagrecultural poetion of the community were left unprotected. j tures. In order to make this matter plain, he would read thos'e e---1-e%Pt th ' e ltiit'Aelnltesit to what had been the commerc i a l po li cy i r e turns as short as he :possibly could, though he felt that in °a- e, odlii e did not think he could do better than doing so he would be trespassing considerably on the patience I l n tl rc lu.. Sa hook - hich had been laid before them, the of the House.—( Hear, hear.) And here let him say that he .: bu ceil lie eil. t c o o bla issurei book-S4 " nerend T 4 iff.r!' hich the Hon. Member for Bolton cen- felt dee I grateful for the kind attention with which lie had Ho non n e . but free -traders ever looked into, I already y p be y en heard.--[ The Hon. Member then unfolded a large w - 1 anff derived inloitita • ' ent e . inan that he had studied it, bundle of papers, from which he took several large sheets con - ew found it great . ~ . tion from its pages.—(Hear, hear.) taming fi gures set forth in tabular form, and detailing very %, ..-.Ha found it ..to beestaled, hi a report from - the Committee of minutely the area of the different provinces of Russia \z......r ade adopted by . the Chamber of Deputies * lea , the quantity _that if they and Poland, which were remarkable for . 4 .` - ‘ 1 ( . LONDO-Nr SATURDA-V- MORMIMG,' FEBRUARY ,14, 1846. of grain they produced attd the general nature of the soil.] He would come to the province of Tamboff, which contained 25,000,000 of square miles.—( Great laughter, and Oh, oh," from all sides.) He begged to correct himself ; he meant 25,000 square miles—( Renewed laughter)—and the soil oas very fine and loamy. He could not conceive a prospect more dismal; he could not conceive anything more disheartening; yet they were told to " cultivate, cultivate, to invest more capital in the land, and bring forth more produce."—(He-:r. hear.) Why, if they should, what would be the result? Why that the farmer, after expending his labour and capital to eneure a large yield, would find that he was wasting his energies in the cultivation of a farm at a merely remunerative return.--( Hear, hear.) That was his reason for opposing the present measure ; and he contended that his views were in accordance with the uttered sentiments of every political economist, both here and in the United States. He felt certain that if the present measure should he passed, the alarm to the country would be so great, that tI - 4 efforts of the farmers would be so paralysed, that not alone the landlords, but also the sma ll er f armers and labourers, would be completely destroyed.—( Hear, hear.) Let them recollect the position of the clothier—that position which was the stepping-stone to the industrious labourer to raise himself— that position, he maintained, would be destroyed.—(hear, hear.) They might depend or, it, if the profits of the farmer were reduced, the wages of the labourer would be reduced ( Hear, hear.) He hoped and trusted that, though his side of the House was deprived of its leader, some latent talent would spring up to defeat the project.—( Hear and laughter.) He had petitions, which he should present at the proper time, from a number of spirit dealers in Scotland, in repro bation of the measure.— (Great laughter.) He felt fatigued and uninclined to occupy the attention of the Heese further.—( Hear, and a laugh.) But he should regret much the day that the issue of all their battles since 1835 downward, proved to be disastrous.—( Hear, hear.) He would be the last man to deprecate change of opinion; every man had a right to hold his opinion ; but he insisted that, notwithstand ing the argaments of Hon. Members to the contrary, the country was not prepared f or suc h a c h ange.— ( Hear, bear, and "Oh 1 oh I") He should also tell the Right Hon. Baronet at the Head of the Government, that every day that passed, instead of bringing additional adherents to his ranks, took from him his best supporters.—( Cheers, laughter, and "Oh !" "oh 1") He could further tell him that many of the traders were beginning to inquire how their interests would be affected by the measure —(Hear, hear,)—and it was not at all improbable that the table of the House would be crowded with petitions against the present tariff before it should become the law of the land.—( Hear, hear.) Ile could tell the House that the operatives and labourers, if they understood their own interests sufficiently, would one and all rise against the pro position ; for if any measure was evercalculated to reduce their wages, and consequently their comforts, it was the present mea sure of the Premier.—f Hear. hear: Qh. had been and Laugh ter.) For the last two or three ybars he had been convinced that this question would come to free trade or nothing. —( H ear, hear.) If, however, it should to repulsed by the great body of the people, if they should rise—as they perhaps might—and with curses regret the day when a free-trade Minister ever on the bench, he was always ready to take his part in the opposition to this measure, but he would never try to excite anger and discontent against the Right Hon. Baronet when this measure was passed, because he believed that he had acted from a conscientious feeling. The Right Hon. Baronet had adopted a course which was perilous in the extreme ; but if he wanted a reason for the cause he had taken, he could refer to the speeches of his Hon. Friends the Members for Liver pool and Cambridge. They were as great opponents of free trade as the Right Hon. Baronet was ; and if they w oeld speak out, he (Mr. Miles) had yet to learn that a capable Mi nistry could not be formed from the protectionist party, and there could be found a considerable number of Members of that House to support them. Whatever became of the ques tion, all interests that would wish to be protected and defended, should look out for themselves, and array themselves in oppo sition to the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet. He would endeavour, as much as lay in his power, to pro tect their interests. He felt and knew that originally the constituency of this country had returned to Parliament a majority against the free-trade measures of the Right Hen Baronet. They had at present, if they excepted the corn laws, advanced further than the measure of the Hon. Member for Portsmouth had proposed. Advances had already been made against our colonial produce. The Right Hun. Baronet had, in fact, betrayed the interests of the majority that had sent him into Parliament—and should they not look with sus picion upon those leaders who, from intellect or capacity, had every right to stand at the head of their party? He, for one, sat down, stating that he felt much more admiration for the upright bearing of the Noble Lord who represented the City of London—( Hear, hear)--and would sooner follow him than the steps of a cautious and temporising Minister. Mr. H. BAILEY said that the Hon. Member for Somer setshire had certainly mistaken what he (Mr. Bailey) had said. He had never said that he would vote for the administra tion of the Right Hon. Baronet, but had always stated that in his opinion the measure was against the interests of the people.--(Hear, hear.) Sir. MILES said that he was sure that any person who knew him would acquit , him of the charge of intentionally misrepresenting the Hon. Member. He had taken his words in a wrong sense The Earl of MARCH moved that the debate should be then adjourned.—( Loud crises of " Divide divide" and " Adjourn, adjourn.") , , After some confusion the Members resumed their places, and Lord NORTHLAND rose and said, that he wished to ad dress a few observations to the house, for be believed that the question would not come to issue that night. He felt it his duty to state his reasons for the course he intended to pur sue with reference to this measure. His opinions were still unchanged, and he still thought that the measure proposed by the Right Honourable Baronet was unnecessary. It behoved them to look before them, and to consider the question de liberately before they came to any final decision on the subject. He felt, however, that it was the interest both of the English farmer and the English landowner to have the measure finally set at rest.—(Cheers from all parts of the House ) He would candidly give his opinion that he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government could settle the question better than the Noble Lord the Member for Lon don. He confessed he had no confidence in that Noble Lord.— (Ironical cheers from the Conservative benches.) He said so. —(Renewed Conservative cheers.) He had no confidence in any Government he could form ; but he had great confidence in the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of the present Ministry.—( Hear, hear, and continued ironical cheers.) He said so again, and he would repeat it, as he believed that Right Hon. Baronet was proposing mea sures that were necessary for the country ; and, taking all cir cumstances into consideration, as the question of the corn-laws must be settled, he thought they had best be settled by the Right Hon. Gentleman.—( The Noble Lord sat doe n amidst considerable ironical cheering and uproar.) Mr. FERRAND—I wish to ask the Noble Lord what con fidence he had,.in the Right Hon. Baronet when he dragged him out of the coal-hole to vote for him on a late occasion.— ( Great uproar, and laughter.) No answer having been given to the interrogation, Colonel THOMAS WOOD rose to address the House amidst considerable manifestation of impatience, and crir s of " Adjourn, adjourn, " " Divide, divide ." He said, that from the first night o f the session he had approved of the measure of the Government, and he was anxious to impress -on the minds of Hon. Members as short as possible the grounds and general reasons upon which he supported the proposition before the House. He supported the measure because he believed it was based on free trade, and that principle was not only true and founded on justice, but the application of it to the condition of the country would tend to the general prosperity of all classes ; and especially at this time it was neces sary for the purpose of supporting the manufacturing interests in that degree of prosperity necessary for all classes of her Ma jesty's subjects. The Hon. Member for Somersetshire Air. Miles) had appealed to the operative classes to come forward and aid him and the landed interest in maintaining protection, which he considered necessary to the security and prosperity of the country. He (Colonel Vl'o - el) believed the operatives thus appealed to, thcugh some of their trades might be affected by the proposed measure, yet were willing that the same justice should be meted out to them as was meted out to the great and important inter ests of the country, and would willingly agree to any measure of a comprehensive character, though it might be accom panied by some temporary inconvenience to particular trades. When the former alterations of the tariff were proposed, several deputations waited on the Board of trade, and though they complained that the measure would operate to their disadvantage, they were willing to agree to it, if they (the Government) gave them fair and free competition; that conceded, he must in justice agree to it. In 1838, •he duty was reduced on fruit from twenty per cent. to five per cent. On, that occasion our market-gardener. said, and said with justice, only put corn on the same footing, and they would be satisfied. At that time the .supply of fruit to this grsat city was most inadequate, but in consequence of the reduction in the duty the market had been much better supplied than before, while the market gardeners received as good prices as formerly. If they took potatoes. the duty on which had been reduced to one penny per cwt., they would find great increase of importation, yet the p rices had been maintain e d. S o h e believed would it he with the article of , corn. ( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord the Member- for the City of London had stated that the question might have been easily settled, had the supporters of the present Government not opposed the mea sure which he brought forward towards the close of his offi cial career. No doubt it might have been, and he foe one regretted the course of opposition which he and his party pursued on that occasion. Did not the fact that labourers in Lincolnshire received 14s. per week, and in Buckinghamshire Bs. only per week, show that in some parts of the country there was a superabundant . population, and how could they find employment for this superabundant population if they did not hold out some encouragement to manufac turers ?—( Hear, hear.) The question before them was one of time. Were the circumstances at the present moment such as to justify the change proposed by the Government? It was his opinion that they w e re.—(C r i es o f " H ear, hear. " ) Mr. S. O'BRIEN rose to protest against the extensive in• convenience which arose from Hon. Members rising to speak upon the main question upon a question of adjournment.— ( Hear, bear.) Now it was perfectly competent for him (Mr. S. O'Brien) to answer all the arguments of his • Hon. and Gallant Friend, although ke had spoken already on this debate. What would be the effect of his doing so ? Why that three Bills which were on the table, all calculated for the relief of the poor, would be delayed, by w hi c h great i n j ustice would be done. He again protested against the habit to which he had referred gaining ground. The debate was then adjourned. THE DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The report of the Committee on this Bill was then brought up, and after some discussion, Mr. F. FRENCH consented to withdraw the clause of which he had given notice. The report was then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to he read a third time on Monday next. Mr. MORE O'FERRALL said that the sum was a very large one, and was, he understood, to be expended by the votes at the sessions. He considered that some other measure ought to be adopted in the outlay of the money, as the cess payers, he was sure, would not be free to vote it. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the power of the Treasury would be a sufficient check, and that he was not apprehensive that any improper interference would take place in the expen diture of the money, which was now much wanted to meet the distress which, he was sorry to say, at present existed in Irelane. Mr. REDDING TON said that persons may be influenced, but he was not inclined, in the present state of Ireland, to throw any obstacles in the way of carrying this measure. Mr. HAMILTON observed that it would be impossible that such a pressure on the cess-payers as that feared by the Mem ber for Kildare could possibly occur, as the grants must also be approved at the county sessions meeting. WYSE considered that it would be of importance to know whether there was an extraordinary grant to be advanced oyean hisadditional it mudcw would give weight; from the Con so lid ate d F und; if it was not, the objections of increasedbut itif m was an of relief,.he would support the Bill ; he begged to put the question to the Secretary for the Home Department. Sir J. GRAHAM sa i d that, as he considered the Bill, it certainly was an increased grant. The resolution for a grant of 100,0001. was then put and carried. The Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. The House then resumed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons, THURSDAY: FEB. 12 The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in the undurnained lion. Members Mold Jimetion—Sir S. Glione and Sir J. Hal;meri York and North Midland (East Biding Branches—No. l)—Mr. liroadley, Sir J. Lowther, and Mr. Hudson. York and North Midland (Leeds Extension)—Sir J. Lowther and Mr. Hudson. Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction—Viscount Duneannon Mr. G. H. Cavendish, and Mr M. Gibson. North and South Junction- 7 3En C. Woad ancl-IVir7lCoTtleroe. Aylesbury And Thame Junction—Mr. B. Hamilton and Mr. Oiiborne. Direct London and Portsmouth—Mr. W. Denison and Sir W. Joliifle. South-Eastern (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ash ford, with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead)—Slr E. Filmer, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Douglas. South-Eastern (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway)—Mr. Plumptre, Sir E. Filmer, and Mr. Douglas. South-Eastern (Greenwich Railway to Chilham, near Canterbury, with Branches to sheerness and Faversham-creek)—Mr. 1 - lumptre, Sir E. Elmer, and Mr. Douglas. Stirling and Dunfermline—Sir J. Hope and Mr. F. Mackenzie. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle- upon-Tyne Junction—Mr. Patten, Mr. Entwisle, and Mr. Greene. London and Brighton (Barking Branch)—Mr. Kemble and Mr. Elphinstone. Edinburgh and Northern (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's Branch)-34. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope. Edinburgh and Northern (Lochgelly and Leslie Extensions)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope. General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Lockhart. Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric—Mr. Rutherfurd and Mr. Craig. North British (Gretna Branch)—Mr. F. Scott and Mr. P. Howard. . . . Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Itranch)— Mr. Kemble and Captain Pecheil. Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Woodmill, and Newburgh Branches)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope. Edinburgh and Northern (Pettycar and Perth Harbour Branches and Deviations)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope. Edinburgh and Northern (Strathearn Deviation)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope. Edinburgh and Northern (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and Tay Ferry Improvement)—Mr. E. Ellice and 3lr. G. W. Hope. The following Railway Bills were presentJd, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : Lancaster and Carlisle (Extension to Caledonian Railway) and Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways Amalgamatio ,—" to enable the Lancaster and Carlisle Ratway Company to extend and enlarge their Station, and extend the:r Railway at Carlisle, and to amalgamate the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, and for othc purpos . :.B.7 _ Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction—" for making Rail ways from Wisbech to St. Ives, and to Fenny-Drayton, to be called ' The Wisbech, St. Ives, and• Cambridge Junction Railway.' " York and North Midland (Widening and Enlargement)—" to authorise the Widening and Enlargement of part of the line of the York and North Midland Railway, or the construction and mainte nance of a Railway anjoining thereto." Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Thirsk and Mallon Branches) —" for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company to make a Hallway trom or near ltu,t., t, Jo, Branch to Helmsley." Newcastle and Darlington JuncVon (Durham and Sunderland Railway: and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches)—" for enabling the Newcastle and llarlington Junction Railway Company to purchase the Durham and Sunderland Railway and the Wear month Dock, and to make certain Branch Railways, in the county of Durham, and for other purposes." Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Deviations, and Eastbourne, Hall sham, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches—" for making Railways from the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway to Eastbourne, to Hailsham, and to Seaford and Newhaven, and certain Deviations from the Line of the said Railway, all in the county of Sussex." Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Deviations and Branches)— " for altering, amending, and entirging the powers of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Act, 1i345, and for authorising certain Deviations from the Line and Levels of the said Railway, and for making and maintaining certain Branches and Extensions therefrom." North Union—" for vesting in the Grand Junction Railway Com pany and the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company the North Union Railway, and all the works, property, and effects appertain• ing thereto." Grand Junction " Huyton and Aston," " Huyton, Prescot, and St. Helen's," " Warrington and Kenyon," " Warrington and Park side," " Showhill and Portobello," and " Edgehill and Huyton Branches") —" for enabling the Grand Junction Railway Company to make certain Branch Lines of Railway, to be called 'no Huy - ton and Aston Branch,' The Huyton, Prescot, and St. Helen's Branch„ The Warrington and Kenyon Branch," The Warrington and Park side Branch," The Showhill and Portobello Pranch,' and The Edge hill and Huyton Branch,' and for amending the former Acts relating to the said Company." Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction—" for making a Railway from Sheffield to Chesterfield, and Bakewell, with a Branch in connexion therewith, to be called The Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway.'" ' Standing Orders Committee—ltesolutions reported : " That, in the case of the L•ndon and Brighton Railway (Dorlitng !Branch) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : !That the parties he permitted to proceed with their Bill. " That in the case of the Pow of Inchaffray Drainage ; Banffshire Railway ; Scottish Southern Railway ; St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Innction Railway ; Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge 'Mineral Junction Railway ; Edinburgh and Hamilton Direct :way ; Hamilton and Strathaven Railway ; East of Fife Railway; Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction Railway ; Port Gordon Harbour ; Paisley, Earrhead, and Hurlet Railway ; Gorbals Gravita tion Water-works; and, Math-upon-Dearne Improvement—Petition T,ir leave to present Petithats for Bills, the Standing Order ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to present their Peti tions accordingly." " That, in the case of the Pre•ton and Wyre Railway, Harbour' :and Dock Company (new deck and railway) Petition for leave to ixesent a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Order ought to he dispensed -with :—That the parties be permitted to present their Petition ac icordinely." " That, in the case of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway peti kion for extension of time to present a petition for a Bill, the Standing Order ought not to be dispensed with." " That, in the case of the Glasi,ow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendments and Branches Petition, the Standing Orders 'ought:to be dispersed vs It't —That the parties be permitted to pro- teed with their Bill on proving to the Committee on the Bill, that the documents required by the standing orders were deposited at the office of the session clerk, in the absence of the schoolmaster of the parish• of Leigh Kirk of Kilmarnock, on the 31st day of December last." " That In the case of the Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting a clause, restricting their power of deviating on the property of Messrs. Brown and 3lallock, so as to preclude the pos sibility of occasioning injury to the mill of those persons, and en cor recting the errors on the plans and sections." " That the Commit ees - on this and the last preceding Bill do ex amine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill." "That, in the case of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle upon-Type Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dis pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bi ;1. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE, THURSDAY, FEB. J 2. __ .. Epsom and Dorking Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. East Lincolnshire Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. London and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch)—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Staines and Richmond Junction Railway—Second reading, Mon• lay, Feb. 16. London and South-Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch -Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. London and South-Western Railway Mendota Bridge Extension, Second reading, ➢fonday, Feb. 16. London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch Second reading. Monday. Feb, 16. North Kent Railway (City Extension)—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16, North Kent Railway—Second reading,ll°lldaT, Fed. 16. Manchester and Birmingham Railway—S econd reading, Monday, Feb. 16. • Grand Junction Railway (Huyton and 'Warrington Branch)—Se eond reading, Monday, Feb. 16. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 11, 1846. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of „night hoed upon Roderick Impey Murchison, Knight, of the first class, of the Imperial Russian O r d er of St. Stanislaus, &c., Fellow of the Royal Society, V.P.G.S. and R. Geogr. S., Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh, Corresponding Member of the Institute of Prince, Honorary Member of the RoYal Society of Edin burgh, aed of the Royal Irish Academy, &e., &c. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. H. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Doctor John Richardsoa, R.N., F.R.S., Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleet,. DOWNING-STREET, Fieu. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Augustus Fitzßoy, Lint., to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the colony of New South Wales and its dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Clarence Thomas Wylde, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Swellen dam, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Walter Harding, Eeq., to be Crown Prosecutor for the district of Natal, in South Africa. CRO WN- OFFICE, FEB. 13. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT City of Chichester—George Ch arles /kw.) , Gordon Len nox, commonly called Lord George Charles Henry Gorden Lennox. in the room of Arthur Lennox, commonly called Lord Arthur Lennox, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Hemoholine. Borough of Backingham.—Richard Plantagenet Campbell Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, commonly called Marquis of Chandos, in the room of the _Right Hon Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bart., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR • OFF IC E, FE a. 13. 20 Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Snb •Lieutenant 11. S. Lurnlev to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lucas, who retires; H. Johnstone, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieute Ilan!, by purchase, vice Luinlev, Feb. 13. 31 Foet—Captain E. W. Stephenson, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice P. Dore, who ex changes; Lieut. H. P. Chamberlain to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Stephenson, who re ti res; E ns i gn A. iitzOerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Chamberlain ; Gentle man Cadet C. Taylor, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, Feb. 13. 4th Foot—General Sir T. Bradford, G.C.8., from the 30th Few, to be Colonel, vice General J. Hodgson, deceased, Feb. 7. sth Foot—L. Fitzgerald, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Candler, promoted in the 89th Foot, Feb. 13 30th Foot—Major-General G. Marquis of "Pweeddale. K.T., to be Colonel, vice Sir T. Bradford, appointed to the 4th Foot, Feb. 7. 320 Foot—Ensign H. J. Davies, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Townsend, who retires ; M. Turner, Gent., to be Ensign, by parchaee ' vice Davies, Feb. 13. 49th Foot—Lieut. D. Seton, horn the 93d Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice Ross, who exchanges, Feb. 13. 80tIeFooe—Second Lieut. W. H. Candler, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Riley, promoted, Feb. 13. 89th Foot—Brevet Major W. Hope, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice H. IVyndyard, who exchanges; Lieut. H. Crawford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hope, who retires; E: sign C. Richardson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crawford, Jan. 23 93d Foot—Lieutenant R. L. Ross, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice D. Seton, who exchanges, Feb. 13. 49th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. D. Grant, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Leitch, appointed to the 78th Foot, Feb 13. GArtitlSONS.—Brevet-Colonel the lion. G. Cathcart, on half pay unattached, to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower of Londor, vice Colonel J. Gurwood, deceasel, Feb. 13. BexvEle er Captain E. Stephenson, of the 3d Foot, to be Major in the army, Nov. 23. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 9. Corps of Royal Marines —Gentleman Cadet A. 0. L. Lewis to be Second Lieutenant, vice Tucker, prontotf d. Corruni:sions by the Lord Lieutenant ef Durham. Durham Militia—Sir W. Eden, 13art., to be Major, in the room of R. S. Surtees, resigned, Feb. 9 ; C. Skinner, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 9. BANKRUPTS. James 'Young, ship owner, Salcott, Essex, to surrender, Feb. 20, at half-past twelve, and March 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Mr ch in. lane; Marriott, IN ew Inn. William Chessor, cooper, Commercial-road, Stepney, Feb. 20, at two, and March 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assigr.ee, Basingball-street ; Brown, Marten, and Thomas, Mincing-lane. William Sibson Alderton, steel pen manufacturer, Chan , cery-lane, Feb. 24, at half past eleven, and March 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee; Mayhew and Son, Carey-street, London; Hawood and Co., Birmingham. Robert Kent, licensed victualler, Elstree, Hertfordshire, Feb. 24, at two, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Lloyd, Milk -street, Cheapside. George Prepuce, fishmonger, Tollesbury, Essex, Feb. 28, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110us PRISON Discseet NE.— en boy, named James S'ade. be:v; twelve and thirteen yea. sof age, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed his master of two hall - - crowns. It was quite obvious that the prisoner, who exhi bited more cunning and boldness than was usually possessed by persons of such an age, had committed the robbery, and that. in order to accomplish his escape, and destroy all evidence, threw a lighted candle amongst some rags, so that the apps, heanion of tire checked the ardour of pursuit, and he succeed,,i in hiding the plunder. His answer to the Lord Mayor, up being asked by his Lordship what he had to say, was. •• the. searched me, and round no money nor anything else upon me. How can they prove that. I stole it ?" The mistress of the boy said he was not searched until after he had got away, and that he had been long enough absent to dispose of the money to :an accomplice. There was reason, too, to believe that he had stolen a fowl from a neighbour. The boy—No such thing. Nobody can prove any robbery against me. Did any one find anything on me? that's the question. The LORD MAYOR— Why did you throw the lighted candle amongst the rags ? The bny—lt did not set fire to them. 1 was in a hurry to go to see my mother, who is bed-ridden and crippled, to tell her what they charged me with, and 1 did not think what I was doing. The LORD MAYOR said that an there was a defect in the evidence the boy, who was no doubt a very bad one, must be discharged. His LORDSHIP then turning to the City Solicitor, who wan in the Justice-room on other business, asked him whether the plan he intended to submit to the n.eeting on Saturday would embrace a case like the one just disposed of ? Here the boy had a good place and a good master. and was the child of decent, hard working parents. He had not the excuse which many poor children had who were brought to the Mansion-hituse daily, and who had neither parents, nor home, nor food, and who were literally driven to commit crime to escape from star vation. The City solicitorreplied, that the measures he should submit to the consideration of the meeting would undoubtedly provide for cases similar to that which his Lordship had just witnessed. If the previous history of the little boy were known, it wou d probably appear that the offence he was cha-ged with was not the first or the second with which he was chargeable, and al though the parents were respectable, in all likelihood some neglect of education or misplaced lenity had conduced to his present conduct • at any rate if a re f ormatory asy l um suc h as he (the City Solicitor) proposed was established, his Lordship would not have been reduced to the painful alternative of either sending the boy to a gaol to be hardened in crime, or letting him loose upon society by discharging him, as was un avoidable under the circumstances. The Loan MAYOR—Certainly I should have detained him till further evidence could be produced ; but I avail myself of the defect in the evidence to discharge him, rather than com mit a child of such a tender age to a gaol for crtestoal-. The following is the letter referred to by the Lord Mayor : " Mansion-house. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has directed me very respectfully to solicit the favour of your presence at the Man sion -house, on Saturday, the 14th of February, at two o'clock precisely, to consider the propriety of adopting any measure that may be devised to find shelter and employment for the destitute children who infest the streets of the metropolis, and who, falling easy victims to the temptations which abound in a crowded city, fill our gaols with criminals, and entail upon the community an amount of expense greater than would suffice to qualify them, by a judicious system of moral and industrial discipline, to become useful members of society. " The Lord Mayor has received various communications from individuals possessing plans to effect this object, many of which appear to his Lordship to possess great merit. By his directions I have sent invitations to about 50 roblemen and other benevolent individuals, to attend the proposed meet ing, when some of those plans, and any others that may be suggested, will be taken into consideration, preparatory to a public meeting; which will be shortly held in the Egyptian Hall, to sanction an appeal to the Government and the Le gislature to provide a remedy for this great and increasing evil ; or, failing that source, to seek from public bodies and philan thropic individuals, pecuniary means of making the experiment upon a sufficiently large scale to afford the Legislature practical proof that it is easier to prevent than eradicate clime, and, therefore, to provide shelter and employment for destitute and friendless youths, than to leave them in the streets, the victims of circumstances, till they become the instruments of crime, wasting their days, between a life of plunder and a prison, until their earthly career is closed in transportation or the hulks.-1 have the honour to be, " Yours most obediently, " CHARLES PEARSON." RAILWAYS.—A surveyor, accompanied by a great number of other persons, who represented that they . had heavy claim , against a railway company, the prospectus of which contained a great number of high City names, applied to the Lord Mayor fora summons against one of the members of the provisional committee, under the Joint-Stock Companies Act. The Loan MAYOR desired that the applicants would come prepared with evidence and advice upon the subject on Mon day, and he should then determine on the application for the 'ummons. He added, that he believed the case was one on which he could adjudicate, and the applicants might rely upon his endeavours to render them service, if this matter came within his jurisdiction. We abstain, of course, from giving the particulars until the case comes formally before the Lord Mayor. SOUTH WrIUK. Elizabeth 2s"ash, alias Challis, an old woman, was charged with being found drunk, and in the possession of a 401. note and ten sove reigns, supposed to be stolen. A policeman of the M division stated that, on the preceding after noon, he found the prisoner lying drunk in the kennel, in St. George's circus. Her pocket was outside her gown, and on searching it he found a 401. note and ten sovereigns, tied up in a piece of dirty rag. He conveyed her to the station-house, and that moruing, when she became sober, on accounting for the possession of the money, she said she found it on Monday, in Canonbury-square, Islington. When examined before the Magistrate she gave the same account, and sand that she lived in Frying Pan-alley, Clerkenwell, and that being no scholar, she was ignorant as to the amount of the bank note. Mr. Tsai= said that she ought, on findin g the bank note, to have taken it to the station-house, and delivered it up to the Inspector— that she had acted a most dishonest part, and had now rendered her self liable to a charge of felony. The old woman began to cry, and said that she thought what people found in the streets they were entitled to, and that she only acted as she thought other people would have done, under similar circumstances. Mr. melee adjudged her to enter into her own recognizance to appear on Thwsd y, and that probably by that time the owner would be found MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY ). CORN-EXCHANGE. Although the arrivals of English Wheat for our market during the present week have been somewhat on the increase, the show of sam ples was by no means large ; still, however, the demand for that article was very dull, at barely but at nothing quotable beneath. Mo nday's prices. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been rather limited. Selected parcels free of duty were held at very high rates, but parcels under bond were almost nominal in value. The Barley trade was in a very depressed state at, in some Instances, a further decline in prices of Is. per quarter. The Malt trade was main very dull, and the secondary parcels were selling at somewhat easier terms. Oats were exceedingly heavy, at the late depression, Beans, Peas, and Flour a mere drug. English • • • • • • Irish • • • • • • • • Foreign • • • • • . ARRIVALS. Barley. 6,070 qrs. Wheat. 5,380 qrs. . 1,130 I Malt, 6,150 ars. SINEITIMIELD. 4,340 Oats Flour. 6,730 qrs. 3,570 sks 4,160 460 Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts here, to-day, was small, we have to report a ♦ery dull inquiry for Beef, at barely ➢ionday's quotations. The number of foreign Beasts amounted to 213, and of foreign Sheep to 190, chiefly in good condition. With sheep, from our own districts, we were again scantily supplied ; yet the demand for them was heavy, and previous rates were with difficulty supported. Calves were in moderate supply, and dull inquiry, at a decline in value of 4d. per Sibs. In Pigs, comparatively little was doing, at late rates. Mllch Cows were selling at from 161 to 181 15s ; Suckling Calves, 18s to 31s ; and Quartar-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. Beasts, 583 ; Cows, 143 ; Sheep, 3,040 ; Calves, 129 ; Pigs, 310. NEV TGATE AND LEADENEALL. Only a limited business was transacted here, and prices were barely supported. BOROUGH HOP BTAltitErr. Although the transactions in all kinds of Hops during the press** week have been by no means extensive, prices are pretty generally supported. The supply of Hops, in pockets, is small. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 13.) SUGAR.—To-day there was no public sale of any descrip. Lion of Sugar; West India Muscovado was sparingly dealt in by refiners and grocers, the quantity sold amounting to only 160 hbds, &c., but the rates obtained were generally the same as on Friday. REFINED.—To-clay, although refined goods could be pur chased upon further reduced rates, still little business was transacted. MAuarrius.—Although the market continues to be well supplied, and still chiefly with the better descriptions, yet the rates previously established have been supported, and a good demand has been experienced for all qualities. EAST INDIA.—The supply of Foreign East India Sugar being scanty, prices keep up, but there has been little busi ness transacted privately in any description, and none hes been submitted to public competition. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign, and the principal operation for the week has been that of 600 boxes of fair yellow Havannah, but not strong, at 23s for Refining here under bond. COCOA.—British Plantation has been sparingly dealt in, but holders are unwilling to further reduce their prices, and at public sale 312 bags of Trinidad were taken in at 42s for middling dark red, and at 40s. for common quality, In Foreign little business has been transacted, but prices cannot be quoted lower at present. Rms.—Bengal bee been sought after, and full rates offered, hut business has been checked by the small supply at market. Madras is wanted and tie parcels disposed of privately were at firm rates. Java is wanted at 15s to 17s 6d, but there is little in the market. Italian and Spanish are held for 18s to 20s for white. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Coffee The business transacted in Ceylon privately was upon a more extensive scale; good ordinary pale Native brought 48s to 495, and low 4.linary 46s to 47s TEA.—The amend was very limited for black and green l'ea at the large public sale, which commenced on Thai's day, and concluded on Monday : of the total quantity offered, amounting to 42,800 pkgs., the very small proportion of only 4,200 pkgs actually found purchasers, the principal portion boxes and damaged, and the rates taken were rather under those that prevailed by private contract. SPIRITS.—There are now sellers of Jamaica Rum generally upon lower terms; but the bustness transacted has been ex tremely limited in all kinds. Leeward Island is wanted. Although Calcutta can be purchased upon rather lower terms, still there are few buyers. Demerara has been sparingly dealt in. There has been alively demand for Brandy this week. I Holders have evinced much firmness. Geneva is held with firmness. The value of English Corn Spirits is 10s 6d per gallon nett cash. INDIGO. —A fair business has been transacted in Bengal and the rates paid have been equal to those of the last quar terly sales, and in same cases rather above. Malras is still attracting attention, and fetch previous sale's prices, indeed the inferior kinds still command 2d to 4d per lb advance. The kinds most in request are those from is 6d to 2s 6d per lb. Spanish is little wanted, and prices keep very low. SPlCES.—Nutmegs have been in much better demand, and the rates paid exhibit an advance of 2d to 4d per lb. Mace has met with little attention, and a decline in the value has occurred. In Black Pepper the business trat.sacted privately has been upon a more extended scale ; still prices do not improve. Of White several parcels have been sold privately at 3ad to 4d, and good to fine Ltia to 6d per lb. The demand is increasing for Cassia Lignin a, but prices at present cannot be quoted higher. Pimento is held with firmness, but the demand has been only for small parcels at aid to 3441 per lb. Cinnamon has sustained last quarterly sale's prices. Ginger is not to be had on lower terms. Oils.—This afternoon at public sale 21 tons of Sperm and Headmatter were offered, and sold, British Sperm at 751 to 781, Headmatter 791 10s to 801, Foreign Sperm 76/. Fairrr.—This market continues in the same unsettled state, and prices in most instances nominaL From the bad condition of Valentia Raisins there are sellers at ahnost any price, but good and fine maintain the highest. quotation : fur Denies in baskets there has been rather a better demand this week at the reduced quOtation. For Currants of an in ferior quality, and damages, there is more inquiry at a IoW price. Greek Figs (in the absence of Faro) have been in re quest at the present low price. TALLOW.—Tiistiirternoon at public sale 189 pipes 114 hbds -iof South American Tallow-were sold at 38s 3d to 42s 6d far _ at half-past two, and March 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane ; Com pigne, Bucklersburv. Gilbert Brown, banker, Shiffnal, Salop, Feb. 26 and March 21, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham ; Vin cent and Co., Temple, London. Richard Lewis, woollen manufacturer, Wootton-under- Edge, Gloucestershire, March 5 and 30, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Timbrell and Merrick, Bradford, Wilts; Jones and Blaxland, Crosby-square, London. William Bradley, flax- spinner, Richmond-hill, Leeds, Feb. 24, and March 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Leeds ; Robinson and Co., Essex-street, London ; Ward and Son, Leeds. William and Samuel Holdsworth, millers, Adwalton, Yorkshire, Feb. 24 and March 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Nether sole, New Inn, London Foster, Bradford ; Cariss, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. A. Wise, W. S. Bentall' and R. Farwell, bankers, Totnes, Devonshire —(Coal ILI Ode pound on all debt,, and 6s. 6d. in the pound on new proofs, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzell, Exeter. W. S. Bentall, banker, Totnes, Devonshire—second div. of 4q. in the pound on all debts, and 6s. in the pound on new proofs, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. R. Jackson and R. Yale, engineers, Leeds—first div. of ss. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. T. Mennell, cloth merchant, Leeds—final div. of 3d. in the pound, cc any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Soffe, printseller, Strand, March 7, at twelve—ll. Kohne, stay manufacturer, Laurence Pountney- lane, City, March 7, at eleven--M. Wrake, jun. , builder, Cant er b ury , March 7, at half-p as t eleven—J. Glass, ' victualler, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, March 6, at half-past one—C. Allen, malster, 'fadley, Southampton, Feb. 27, at half-past twelve— A. Hurrell, wine merchant, Park-place, St. John's -wood, March 7, at eleven—J H. Curtis, bookseller, Soho-square, March 6, at half-past eleven—L. J. Nicolay, draper, Wool wich, March 6, at one—C. Wakefield, licensed victualler, Hampton Wick, March 6, at two—W. A. Christian, inn keeper, Newcastle -street, Strand, March 6, at two—H. D. Walker, innkeeper, Eaton Socon, dfordshire, March 6, at half-past twelve—C S. Evans, master mariner, Cornhill. March 6, at twelve—l. Blackburn, engineer, Minories, March 10, at eleven—T. H. Forrester, Russia broker,Thread needle-street, March 6, at tv o—B. Jones, draper, City-road, March 10, at one—W. H. Alexander and C. B. Richards, hardwaremen, Upper Clifton street, Finsbury, March 6, at two—H. Cunningham, bookseller, Strand, March 11, at one —J. Whillier, baker, Portsea, Southampton, March 6, at half-past one. _ In the Country. H. Panton, T. W. Panton ' G. Forster, a n d J. W . M orley, ironmongers, Sunderland, March, 13, at eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court—H. Lacey, bookseller, Liverpool, March 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court —W. Haskayne, s:rip ch and ler, Liverpool, March 10, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—H. Hickman. druggist, Dudley, Worcestershire, March 7, at eleven, at the Birming nam District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. T. N. D. Howard, merchant, Adelaide Hotel, London ',ridge. March 6—J. Rayner, licensed victu a ll er , R oug h en s . Norfolk. March 6—E, and I f. Rolph, builders, Shepherd', court, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, March 6—W. Ward, firmer, Belton, Rutlandshire ' March 6—W. Se n i or , hosier, Sheffield, M arc h 9—E . Smith, innkeeper, Southwell, Notingharnshire, March 6—C. Barber, calico printer, Brindle, Lancashire, March 10—J. Filbey, licensed victualler, Egham, Surrey, March 6—W. Ockleston, hide merchant, Liverpool, March 6—M. S. Keyworth, common brewer, Manchester, March 6—J. Hulme, paper dealer, Manchester, March 6 G. Howes, tavern keeper, Milton, Kent, March 6—M. Cooke. builder, Denton, Lancashire, March 6—G. Payne, tailor. King-street, Covent-garden, March 6—S. and J. Burton, chemists, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 6. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Ward, sen., J. Ward, and W. Ward, jun., hosiers, Lei cester—W. Ward, D. W. Grocock, and J. Ward, cravat ma nufacturers, Leicester—T. Harrison and T. Hammond, glas , manufacturers, Birmingham—j. Ridgway, T. S. Bale, R. Brown, and J. it. Bale, china manufacturers, Stoke-upon - Trent—J. Braddock and A. Turner, coal miners, Hat tersley, Cheshire—B. Green, J. Green, J. Haigh, and G. A. Haigh, coal merchants, Thorneliffe Colliery, Y or k s hi re —W . M addy end J. Greenhouse, cigar manufacturers, Liverpool—W. Harding, S. Schofield, and J. Henshaw, general warehouse men (so far as regards W. Harding)—E. W. Rabcne, A Dixon, T. Lloyd, and G. Dixon, merchants, Birmingham— J. Anderton and J. J. Amstrong, spirit merchants, Waver tree, Lancashire—W. and G. Collings, bootmakers, Cam bridge-place, Kingsland• road—R. Bullen and E. Snell, chemists, Duke-street, Southwark—J. and E. Deakin, boat • builders, Bootle, Lancashire—R. Ellerby and J. Marsh, bookbinders, Manchester—J. King and H. Hinckley, cheese mongers, Kentish-town—E. A. Hickley, J. Martin, G. Victor, and W. H. Allen, spirit merchants, Portsmouth—J. Math er and E. Dickinson, coal merchants,Liverpool—S. 11. Tweed and W. Manthorp, surgeons, Bocking, Essex—D. Rimell and H. Crees, tailors, Storrington, Sussex—R. B. Coe and J. R. Mann, surveyors, Norwich—A. B. Maddock and W. E. Hayman, surgeons, Judd-street, Brunswick-square —E. E. Cole and R. Moss o p, common brewers, Long Sutton, Lin colnshire—T. Ingalton and R. Drake, booksellers, Eton—J, Mayson. W. A. Mayson, and G. Earnshaw, cotton spinners, Dogford, Lancashire—W. Barber, G. Barber, and J. Barber, grocers, Gray's Inn-lane (so far as regards G. Barber)—R. and W. Butler, watch -movement makers, St. Helen's, Lan ' ca,hire—R. Marnock and J. Manley, nurserymen, Hackney —J. A. Meyer and H. Higgs, general commission merchants, Mincing-lane—ll. Oatway and J. F. Coulsting, wire workers, Bristol—T. - S. Cooke and T. Wise, jun., coal merchants, lios ton--E. Brunt and H. Eastwood, earthenware manufac turers Woodlesford, Yorkshi re —J . P onc i a and W. Farmer, merchants, Cape Town,Cape of Good Hope—W. and J. Brown bill, grocers,Liverpeol—W.Wright and E.Gibbs, patent leather manufacturers, Great Queen's -street, Lincoln's Inn-fields— C. Hough and W. Smith, joiners, Nottingham —J. Calvert and W. Storey, stockbrokers, Leeds—G Pownall, jun., and I. Worthington, stockbrokers, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Park and Company, spirit dealers, Glasgow, Feb. 16 and Marcia 13, at twelve, a t the chambers of Mr. Steel, Glasgow. . _ _ Dlvid Auld, merchant, Port-Glasgow, Feb. 17 and March 10, at two, at the cliamtv,Ts of Mr. Dempster, Greenock. John Christie, builder, Glasgow, Feb. 19 and March 19, at one, at the counting-house of Messrs. Mein and Cunning ham, Glasgow. _ Alexander and Patrick Wilson, letter-founders, Edinburgh, Feb. 18 and March 11, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Dundas and Jamieson, Edinburgh. James Dow. bootmaker, Edinburgh, Feb. 29 and March 13, at the Royal Excluinge Coffee-house, Edinburgh. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, thG produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending Feb. 10, 1846, is 355. sd. per cwt. LAW lATELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 13. Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell, sat in the House of Lords to-day, to hear Scotch appeals. V. CRAIGIE. The argmnents were MACPHERSON concluded on this appeal, and their Lordships postponed their judonent. counT OF . CHAIV(.IIItY, Feb. 12 The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day. The Master of the /tolls also sat with his Lordship, for the purpose of hearing the petithm in the matter of Whiting, which, It will be recollected, ro lates to the performance of the duties!of the clerks of the Master. We refrain from entering further Into the case till the arguments arc concluded on both sides. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Feb. 12. The Vice-Chan ellor of England was occupied the whole morning with unopposed petitions and short causes. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 13. :sittings after Term at Nisi Prius, before the Loan CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) BATSON V. RICHARD. Mr. Watson, with air. Smythie, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jervis for the defendant. This was an action brought by plaintiff, the drawer of a bill of exchange, against defendant, who was the acceptor, and refused to honour it when it became due. The consideration given by plaintiff for the acceptance was thirty tons of boiler plates, at 131. 10s. per ton. The defence set up wa , , that the plates were of inferior quality, and that they were not delivered at the proper time. SECONDARIES' Cf iURT, Feb. 13. (Before Mr. Secondary .TAMES.) BROWN V. GOOCH. This was an action to recover the sum of 51., for money lent. The defendant pleaded that he was never indebted. Mr. IlvonEs stated the case. The plaintiff is a licensed victualler in Philip-street, Heaton, and in September last kept the Norfolk Arms, Norfolk street, Edgeware-road. The defendant is a surveyor, &c., and had been in the habit of paying his men at defendant's house, and occasionally borrowing money, which was always repaid until the 6th of September last, when he borrowed 51. On being ap plied to for it sometime after, he at first said that he had repaid it to plaintiff's wife ; and on a subsequent occasion that he had paid it to his daughter. The defendant's plea, however, did not support that assertion, as he had not ventured to show payment. It therefore was only necessary for the plaintiff to prove the loan to entitle him to a verdict. John Bowen was then called, and distinctly proved that the money was advanced. The defendant's attorney said it would be wasting the time of the Court to contend against this evidence. Ills instructions were that the money had never been lent. The SECONDARY said the jury could hear the evidence of the appli cation for the money, but no proof of payment could have been re ceived under the pleadings. The jury gave a verdict for the amount. This was the only cause on the list. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN RE CHAMBERS V. CHAMBERS. This morning a special meeting was held for the proof of debts under this estate of these bankrupts, who were bankers, in order that the creditors who had not already proved mUht participate in the dividend already declared on the joint e tate. The debts proved amounted to 1,225, principally small balances of 'banking account. An application was made to the Learned Commissioner for a pri vate meeting to go through a variety of deeds and documents con nected with the assignment of debts to the amount of nearly 10,0001., as it appeared that, by some accident, a debt of 1,4001. had been omitted in some of the assignments, and a dispute had arisen as to who were the parties entitled to the dividend on it. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that if the documents, or abstracts of them, were furniAted to him, he would endeavour to come to a decision without putting the parties to the expense and inconveni ence of a meeting ; as the debt had been admitted to proof, it would not interfere - with the dividend. The meeting then terminated, 1:1id'G.l~l . . • Thomas Reynolds, eieesemonger, Cow CrosF-e,treet, Mid dlesex, Feb. 24, at one, and March 24, at twolve at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Turner, Mount-place, White chapel-road..„_. _ _ Richard Widen Cronk, groccr, Seal, Kent, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court ~ f Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Wa terman and Co.. Essex-street, Strand; Carnell, Sevenoaks. Frederick Jones, wine -merchant, Canterbury, Feb. 26, at one, and March 28, at el-yen, at the Court of Ban'c ru p! c‘ . F'n S et, official assignee. , unhr,ok-c4;urt, Basingl;all street ; Lawrance and Flews, Bucklersbury. Charles Oswald Rob-on, plasterer and builder, Finsbury street, Finsbury-place, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. : Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Reed and Langfor,l,Friday-st ree t, Ch ea psid e Charles James Baker and Edward James Eastwood, ware housemen, City, Feb. 20, at half past one, and March 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson. official as signee; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale, Worthing on, and Co., Manchester. Robcrt Lambert, chemist, Liverpool, Feb. 27, and March 24, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Cottrill, Throgmorton-street, London; Fletcher and Hull. Liverpool. John Ross and Lurch Burton, flour dealers, Newcastle upon- Tyne, Feb. 23, and April 7, at the Newca tie-up n- Tyne District Court. Waklev, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Story,Newcastle upon-Tyne ;Plumptre, Temple, London. Henry Moore Naylor, haberdasher, Birmingham, Feb. 26, and March 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Heywood and Webb, Birmingham; Mayhew and Son, Carey-street, Lin coln's Inn, London. low to fine quality; 382 casks of New South Wales, 't - ot , 42s 6d to 43s 6d, good 41s 6d to 425, middling 39s 6cito 4 4 7 , 6 d 38s ; 27(.8 ,4 /, n or.,, ••:7iq 42 `7e: 4 Arc, , ..o‘gel at 41s 3d to 4i ;_ , ,its to 4usti o l 139 casks Petersburgh second sort yellow cantle 41 s 6 a 6 4 41s 9d, soap tallow 39s 9d to 40s 6(1, inferior 38s to 3 95 unbracked 39s 6d to 40s 6d. • LATEST PRICES OF SHARZt, iN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO VANIES' STOCK. om Pie Officto I 'Lie. I' itLISfIEI3 I% VERI"I'I.a:AI) A AM) LONDONI FRIDAY, FEBRUA JOINT-STOGIE. DAv Eviil ll : ;° la 13. Name of Company. Dividend per Amount of Annum. 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Stock. 6 10 0 It Guardian .--• • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 - • A - 0 imperial Fire --• • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 imperial Life .•.... •• 12 s . 100 0 0 10 A t; 0 indemnity Marine 1/. sh. & U s . 100 0 0 6 '‘,- Law Life.. •• IL ss. 100 0 0 10 .• Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 i; London Fir. •••• • • • • •-10 s. 25 0 0 12 - London Ship .... • IN 12 10 . 25 0 0 0 0' M arine.. ..... •• • • 5L per cent. 160 0 0 10 a Med. Invlid &Gen. Life 4 1 ,,V. per ct . 50 0 0 2 ,5 National Loan Fund 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2*- 0 0 i National Life.... Palladiuni Life ..... .• • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 - ..- 1.. Plinix .. . ....... .. - , 0 Protector Life.... •• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 . 0 1* Providen I. Life .. -.. • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 10 01 Rock Life ...... -. 4s. 5 0 0 0. 0 R - ioyal Exchange 5/. p er cen t . Stock. i -- Sun Fire. - 11 Ditto Life • 1/. 6s. - ..- / _6_2_6./0 Universal Life 3 , . / LIST Or SCOTTISE COMPANIES2_;-- ri s Dividend Amount P 0 •1 6" l/ Name of Company. p er of Annum. Share. _______...••••- -- -- 4 s. d. 4s " 161 0 1 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. -•-- ir British Linen Company 8/. pe r cen t . - 100 0 I A Commercial Bank -• • 6/. per cent. - 100 0 / National Bank 6/. per cen t. - 10 C 0 u i t Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 50 0 Western Bank ...... • • 61. per cent. - 0 1 , 1 1 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 1 5 0 0 1 .11 Clydesdale Bank.. •• • • 6/. per cen t. - 1 0 :- 111 Eastent Bank .....• • • 5/. p er cen t. - 0 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 1 1 : Ed!nb.&Glasgew Bank 6/. per ce n t. - 5 1. City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 illi Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. p e r cen t . 20 0 0 ,„ - 1 0 it 0 dercules Insurance Co. 71. per c ent. 100 0 0 ',, 0 0. 11 Incur. Co. of Scetlnd- 5/. percent. 10 0 0 Au `0 r North Itritsli Insur.. • 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 11 - 1 $ 0 :'aledonian Fire Incur. 10/. p er cent. 100 0 0 10 .. '.l;oburgh Life Incur. 61. p er cant. 100 0 0 12 . 10 0 . 1 1) :dim B.: GI asg. Railway 1/.los. p er c . 50 0 0 51 „ A gg • kr Dino, !,e,, Shares • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 -A u `0 If' ;;dirt., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 2 , ~C) p sid. 11 ilasgw & Ayrshir !tall. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 ..". n idcl. r_,,, , dasew & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. ,25 0 0 .., n ' 0 1(1. ' Iff, ilsgw & Garnklrk Rail. 5/. per cent. '25 0 0 A- m 'aid. Standard Li /. p Durille,, Arbroth Rail. 6 cent. 125 0 o ,1-11 2„„. /„ , te Assanice.ls/ per cent. 150 0 0 21 0 DOCKS. ---- --- i .. Dividend Amount per of Annum. Share. Ire p a id. x .. d• 5. 1, • Commercial •• • 3/. p e r cent . S tock. . i s 1 1 .ast and West India...; 61. pr cent. : stock. ....- -- V A East Country ••.• ••• • ' 11. per sh. 100 0 0 Linden ••••••• • • • • • • F . /. pr cent. St oc k. __ - f'z: St Katharine ••••• • • • : 5 per cent. ' Stock. _ . 0 Southampton ••••• • • • i 4/, per cent. ' 50 0 0 50 v ~ . , CANALS.I!.4' , - I,iiidew 7 , Name of Company. Names of Companies. Dividend 4 per Price , cn Annum. Names of Companies. ..-•eytio An Ashtn k Oldh itarnsley • • • • Basingstoke ,1 tlrknk&Abrg Cromtbrd ~ • ' Dudley Derby Ellsmre&Chs I Erewash . • • Forth & Clydl GraxnlJ unctn ! ' ;rand Union Glamorgnsh ;Istr & Brkly Grantham f luddersileld liennt & Axil; Lancaster , Leeds& Livrp Leicester Leicstr & Nth Loughborogh tl 97 5/.55. pc' ' l ll3, 4/ • 160 121. 000 1150 i 5/. 'lOO, 141. 100' 4/. I*o 6/. iil33; 4/. 11001 321. 100 4/. 100 71. 1001 1/. 10s. 'l72' 13%1. I'oo, 1501 12/. 57', 391 7s. 6,1. 1 471 IL 10s. 1001 341. 1401 10/. 831 4/. 1421 701. Monmouthsh Mntgomrysli Macclesfield . eath .. Nottingham 'Peak Forest Regent's .. ,Shropshire ;Soinrset Coal Do.LkFd St Stffrd &Wore Shrewsbury rStourbridge Strtfrd on dv Severn and Wye Rail. rrrnt & Mr- I I sey, sh. ITharns &Med IWorcstr & Binning.) 'Wilts & Brks Name of Company. Dividend Amount , pai d, per I of Annum. Share. X s, d. East L0nd0n...... •... 81. 100 0 0 cirand Junction • ... •• 3/. 16s. 41 13 4 Kent • • •••• • .• 21. 10s. 100 6 0 , Vauxhall ...... .• . 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex .... • • 5L ss. pr cut. 63 12 9 , der* The Marquis and Marchioness of Londo n t iff Arrived at Holderness House, from Wynyard Park. ' o zr e f ' THE EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS --Th lll ",,Ae"' rein - to' 't r Caparn, the wife of a tradesman residing at No. 7, 0 1 ; ef r Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, was charged at t.).,: 0 p1a"," .a ; Police-court with attempting to stab her husband. o,', 4,,j , gretted to inform the magistrate that his wife (a Y °- fliien t l AP looking woman) was a confirmed drunkard, who 1- t„ e ' t hie fuer or five half-pints of gin per day. On the sth ult .- sea a r )DG e d ionirfg with her upon the impropriety of her conclue",,,etin h " Out to her the consequences that must result from k_ A e r sta"ostrot each a course, when she seized a knife and attemPt e "„„, - d, the breast. He wrested the weapon out of her "ii i l a t 0;1940 caught up a fork and repeated the attempt. Sin declared 04111 had armed herself with a f our-pound weight, and her weuld " see the o lour of his brains." In consequenc e ° c osi.' f ir violence, caused by h er h a bi ts of life, compla i na nt for 11 west in danger of his life: Mr. Burrell committed her in default of bail. • GLASGOW HARBOUR MINERAL RAILWA 4 'O(C I 51 r used the Standing Orders Committee of the House sign' to yte he .11 Thursday, unopposed. M r . G a lb ra ith , wr it e r to t ,0„p , Mr. Auton, of Messrs. Law, Anton, and Turnbull, ee en pr , 19 Bill, and Wm. Bald, Esq., C.E. and F,R.S., the enb'i ne adelt 0 r quifite intimations and fulfilment of the standing,. see / 101,0001. This is a Rail wa y an d Tid o , Dock OP' , ,ulated mud' to benefit the River Clyde. /$ 1 ADJOURNED MEETING of MASTE., SPI tatie-A FACTORY Hot:rm.-The adjourned meet ing o f cotton - P s . 115 1 1 , 4 1 e announced in our number , Wednesday last, vi _.; so• offices of Messrs. Joseph and Willi am H eron. s olicit.. c . O - -a. a le. elation, on Saturday, and it was numerously attended..,,sollifoo, differ nee of opinion prevailed with respec t t o the 5ub.170., red been under consideration on the preceding Tuesday' e leven r ift duction of the hours of factory l a b our f rom Melee t°,,,. ; an ., Z0 , 0 3 upon the passing of Sir Robert Peel's proposed ta rs ot l some discussion, it was agreed th a t Lord Ashlersofi'4'pri published at length en :Saturday) should be strention *- that the consideration of the p roposa l f or wora' l, itobe` 110 should be postponed until att er th e pass i ng of 41r et' Ineasures.-Manchester Guardian. rto p n L oal3 ti , SIR HILIP EGERToN.—S DP - ig mnstituen P te at Knutsfird on Friday ie last Phili , to te p ~ nder res , 101 Member for Cheshire, stating that be should feel i t , or l',00!!.),o 4 part Sir Robert Peel's measure -for, from either l' " I t it 0e; Russell, it was evident th e y mus t h ave f r ee trado, a to 11 _ 8 n o rr, julielous to support the present Mi n i ster rat h er tlona,ereenis' i in office again; although, perhaps, th ere wa s no d i " c oppl e o reP tw Radicals and Tories, as there seemed to be ,!,jd ae t A PP tda gumation of political parties. His con-tituents to an t ll rt signation, and he returns to the House an act" c ' t- 00 0 pe t of free trade.-Lfrerpool Courier. t ibe di)" , a tiC There was a fire on Thursday evening A io toe t ise Die Pest-o ffi ce, that for th moment caused some a l4l.l 2Apectlf tl ie it was speedil. subdued. The damage done is CO a r tog of a workbench and come timber, and the n l v ", pipes. The origlo the fire was not ascertaiiied. ,h0r070,01, _10" eS t EADYERTISEMENTI—The Earl of his - 1 troc-Ot t e s- Holloway's Pills.—An astounding Cure bY 50 Feb. jot Medicine after every other means had failoe' e ,horo' s ee of his Lords hip's letter dated Villa Messina. m h ' e ' g to Ao r 01 1845. "To Professor Holloway. Sir,- I, ", di/ I° 7° l o' 4 you that your pills have effected a cure of t o f til eft . ' :0 liver and stomach which all the most entineg° able (Sigo ,1 home and all over the Continent had no t u7 ,:ubs d ' duo°, Nay, not even the waters of Carl.bad or IVlss_.;,, 0 001 0 Aldborough."—These wonderful Pills wi ll '?",. O i° d b 1 d %a liver and stomach. -Sold (also lib, s Howe crag Professor Holloway's establishment, 2 4 7 medicine vendors throughout the civilised " of " lad - - .011, On the 29th of.lanuary, at BliftlfeTtLrn,'Sneae b° of Captain James Wlgston,son. ... A ter, T"' _Atoll IV On the Sth inst., in Inverness-road, BeY'" ." of of C,lland, Esq., of a son. u o reier, vio On the 10th lest., at Herne-hill, Mrs. !Ire' •On the llth inst., in Upp er B e y monr-stre et ' Maitland, of a daughter. titie sbu../ , o lf.. On the 9th inst., at Queen -square, Bloom' ardent, Eus.ace Grubbe, Esq., of a daughter. san d ' s On the 10th inst., at Gloucester-road, Hyd e afJ r bo iling''' of R. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., of a daughter. r, ye. On the 11th inst., Mrs. Greaves Welke f t . Strand, of a eon. t . the • v i ds o ll- A Bev' MARRIED. y o xyleq,ter up O t u on, th E e sq l „ O o t f h 1 1 , t e i t t r a th t , C su h s r s is e t x, C t h o u jr;7s.leL'ohn d 5.,ht to et f tb On the 10th inst., at Yarmouth, in the la' s , 3c onn Rev. H. Boyce, M.A., of the Abbe road, o f Wif As ' o gbt Twyne, Rector of Rayleigh, Essex, to MaT re. late Dougal Christie, Esq., of Montkaaa-aqu' rel ict e ( DIED. ....... A ret ri tllbetib ISO - On the Bth inst., in Cadogan-place, •3 4 ." gr ° ' W. Chalklen, Esq. i n gi tilr.' . 4a bto" On the Bth inst., at Gloucester-place, r°r t .... - an- of 13 " s ' c oe I , ke.lzie, widow of the late K. F. 31ackenzle, All' o . , j;sclh ai ny On the 9th inst., In the Strand, Robert •A. 1 ,,,, ° .r05id , A only z urrifb 4 On the 10th inst. , at Clarenee-place, ClaP.l--- the sizth daughter of Mr. C. Mottram. n an- On the 16th inst., Frederick James. second 5 0 , 71. .of s ou ~ü b ter child of Mr. M. Ochs, of Shacklewell. , . VA , „,..t. till" On the 10th inst., at Gravesend, J. 13. r 0 Y 1e , - " you ol . - On the 11th inst., at Stepney, Erallf- ° "" -r- o n. t i e ,0( It. C. Smith, Esq. laetb dattBb. sett 1 3 w ont ~, On the 6th Inst., at Brighton, Miss Be ~,.. the air" , On the 10th inst., at Peckham -rye, Ei.'" ro w, .. ti itlon - Mr. itokoe. r cosL. 0 ~.0 1 ' On the 11th inst., R. Taylor, Esq., 0 ---- a Inr.-road. - - 11 I '' f N . C . ,Ct TO l'l4l3' ° ?Te ri _ ..- c /wO , n „, in the , ...../ • , 12 tra ' a do, k 1..- London : Printed and Published bY -.- oSfrtahned,sPavionyte,r,inatthThee cSouunnOtyfticoei ai l C . _, i , ,, ,' ~.,.,„' tg „,' x., Sa t ' '''' 14, 1846. ~. . Ir° 0 , 0, - 31. 11. 56. 41. 71: 1° '' 6.P c" 29 1 . ihi. 201. 11. log - Ir. so. 14 44 01 , .4,