The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-26 00:00:00

THE SUNDAY TRAINS QUESTION. At the last Edinburgh Town Council the discussion of this much agitated and important question, as regards free public convenience and right, and the intolerance, en a small scale, of a ludicrous railway tyranny, was in troduced by Mr. C. B. TAIT, who brought forward the motion of which he had given notice at last meeting. He said—l feel perfectly confident that the moderate extent which the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway afforded of tra velling on Sunday never would, with the exception of a e very few of our Scotti s h t owns , h ave crea t e d th e slightest observation in any othe r c ity or t own i n Europe. I am no Sunday traveller m y se lf ; b u t I have occasionally travelled on that day, and I must say that I do not envy that man who, being obliged to travel on that day, :annot by observation and reflection improve his mind end profitably occupy his time. The rich man i s com paratively independent of the privilege of travelling on Sunday ; but I maintain that every man who uses a vehicle of any description on Sunday is equally guilty of committin g a breach of the Sabbath as t h e man w h o travels by a railroad.—(Elear, hear.) May we not say to those directors who so scrupulously compel Sabbath observance on those who may have a legitimate reason for spending an hour or two in travailing on the Sunday, "Ye hypocrites, why do ye not first take the beam out of your own eye before attempting to take the mote out of your neighbour's eye" if it be true that about one hundred of the railway clerks were em peiyed on the books of the company from ten o'clock in the morning till a late hour in the evening.—(Hear.) Since the council gave their former deliverance on this subject, a document has been issued by the directors, which proves that we can have no hope of making any impression on the four gentlemen on whom the controul has unfortunately been devolved by their colleagues, ex cept by the adoption of some such decided measures as that at which my motion aims. In the fare of the fact that their proceeding has not received the support of any responsible or representative public body in Scotland, with the doubtful and chance exception of the town council of Dundee, these four gentlemen declare that they have the support of public opinion. The process by which they arrive at this conclusion is by comparing the number of signatures to the memorials on each aide of the question. In this way the petitition of some congre - gation in a distant part of the country, who have not one particle of interest or of knowledge regarding the ques tion—(A laugh)—is reckoned by these four gentlemen as several hundred times more worthy of attention than the memorial signed by your Lordship on behalf of this council, which, by the confession of Dr. Candlish himself, fairly represents on this question the opinion of the Scottish metropolis.—(Hear, hear.) I have every proper respect for Kirk Sessions and Presbyteries so long as they keep within their own sphere ; but when they would assume more than the functions of a legis lature by laying restraints on personal liberty, it be comes the duty. especially of a body like this council, to make a stand. In fact, the whole of this controversy has arisen from certain leaders in these church courts having become proprietors and directors, with the sole view of conducting the railway according to their own theological opinions ; which is the same thing as com pulsorily regu'cting the Sunday movements of the in habitants of the most populous districts of Scotland. In the document I have referred to, these four gentlemen complain of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway having been selected as the battle-field of this question. The selection was entirely their own. The question had been brought by certain rigid Sabbatarians before the shareholders again and again, and the largest number of votes ever given in favour of the motion for shutting the railway on Sundae, was fif t y- s i x s h ares, held by aout a dozen individuals. Now, here was the question de cided year after year—the Sunday trains in operation : and not a word of complaint from the public. At this stage the four gentlemen to whom I have alluded purchased shares in the railway. On the 19th of August last, up to which day the list of shareholders was .corrected, not one the four directors whose votes have stopped the Sunday trains held a single share.—(Hear, hear.) They now only held as many shares as qualify them as directors, and there can be no doubt bought those shares for the sole purpose of attempting to stop the Sunday trains, which purpose they have been accidently enabled to accompli,h by a crisis in the affairs of the company to which I need not refer ; and after all this they turn round upon us and deprecate their railway being made the " battle-ground of the question."— (Hear, hear.) The part taken by the press affords a strong refutation of the hold assertion of the directors that public opinion supports them. Almost the only papers that have given them any support are the three or four which are thirled to the Free Kirk—(a laugh) --and which can hardly be looked on as ordinary, newspapers, being maintained for a specific purpose and being directly under the control of clerical com mittees. Laying these three or four aside, the only paper in Scotland that supp irts directors) tyranny is one of Tory politics, in our own city ; another, which had at first given them a modified support, having since aban doned the field. In Glasgow (with one exception, of the class already alluded to) the directors have not, in the press, a single supporter. In England, also, I may add, they have been almost unanimously condemned. And the loudest in condemnation have been those papers usually called religious. It would be needless to point out the bearing of these f Jen on the monstrous assertion of the directors that they are supported by public opinion. (Hear, hear.) It is evident that men who resort to such unscrupulous devices, both in action and speech, need not be dealt with very tenderly. I cannot see that my motion goes in the least beyond the exigences of the case.—(llear, hear.) The railway company are ap plying to Parliament for extended powers, including the power to take possession of private properties, aid to monopolise the means of transit in new dis tricts; and the plea, of course, on which they make this application is the public benefit and conve nience. I cannot see how any man can deny that in such a case we have a right to tell Parliament that the com pany have failed in their duty as regards the powers they already possess, and that they should therefore re ceive no further powers till they exhibit a determination to make a better use of them.—(Hear, hear.) The council have already memorialised the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on this subject, and have been civilly told that the memorial will receive the attention it justly deserves; but I conceive we must now make use of such means as are fairly in our power for the purpose of bringing them to reason. If, as I maintain to be the case, this company has violated the compact virtually made with Parliament, in procuring their sanction to the Bill for making the railway, are we not justified, when this company makes another ap plication to Parliament for additional powers, in taking steps to enforce the fulfilment of their compact? Before the opening of the railway, the public had the benefit of the mail coaches between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Now-, when the mail is carried by steam, these directors say, "We sill carry the bags, but we will prohibit the persons." Had they ventured to tell Parliament, when they were applying for their Bill, that, as soon as they had a monopoly of the road, they would shut it up en tirely every Sunday, the proposition would have been scouted; indeed, so preposterous does it appear, that no one could think of introducing a clause to provide against ir.—(Elsa;, hear.) Now, however, that the absurdity has been perpetrated. our proper course is to take mea sures, when these directors appear before Parliament agate, to call the attention of the Legislature to the manner in which they have abused the powers formeilv given to them, and to insist that they shall first fulfil their engagement to th e p u bli c b efore further powers are granted. What precise measure should be taken it is necessary to prescribe. It may be best to remit to the Lord Provost's Committee to adopt such measures as they coniiiier advisable. —(Applaus e .) I beg, therefore, to submit to the, Council the following motion:—" That the Town Council should oppose any Bill brought into Parliament by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company till they accommodate the public by restoring the means of conveyance on Sundays, to the same mo derate extent as they enjoyed previous to the late reso lution of the directors to put an entire stop to Sunday travelling." Mr. A. ROBERTSON said he had great pleasure in seconding the motion of Mr. Tait. Every day brought new facts before the pudic connected with the atrocious conduct of these f iur directors.—(Hear, hear.) It was a fact quite notorious, that some of these very individuals who had so shamefully deprived the poor man of all opportunity either of visiting his friends, cr of attending worship in some of the neighbouring churches, rode several miles in their carriages en tho Sundays. By de priving the hard-wrought mechanic of the opportunity of enjoying himself on the Sunday in innocent and healthful recreation, they had inflicted a serious injury on the community, and he had no doubt that a shout of universal execration would be raised against them throughout hear addutthe length and br ea d t h of the land.--(Hear, a laugh.) He had been told by many influ ential parties belonging to Liverpool and Manchester, that since the commencement of the Sunday trains, drunkenness and crime had been greatly diminished, and bearing, in this respect, on one locality, he had much pleasure in bringing under the attention of the council a letter from Mr. List, the able superintendent of the county police for Mid-Lothian. The letter was written at the urgent request of Dr. Renton, who was anxious to ascertain some information in regard to the effect which the running of Sunday trains had on Seib - bath desecration in this district. Mr. List's letter was as follows : " County Police-office, County-buildings, Edinburgh, Dec. 10, 1846. " Dear Sir,—ln answer to yours, I beg to give you the followi ng i n f ormat i on. In doing so, I have no doubt that I shall be condemned by some; but as I am per fectly convinced that much crime arises through drunken. ness, I think every exertion ought to be used towards weaning the labouring class from frequenting the dram shops, and facilities afforded those who are immured in town from Monday morning until Saturday night to get fresh air and recreation, and thus endea vour to prevent them desecr a ti ng the ' Sabbath by driving them into dram shops. Of two evils, most assuredly choose the least. _ "Previous to last summer I always found it necessary to have two extra constables on duty at Jock's Lodge, during the Sunday afternoons and evenings, for the purpose of maintaining order, owing to the number of people that f requented the public-houses in that irpriv:- diate neilzhbourhood—there being no less than nine such houses all within the circumference of a quarter of a mile, Fighting and breaches of the peace were of wet kly occurrence; in fact, on many occasions, the road tat the barracks and along to Meaduwbank had more the aprearance of a fair -day than the Sabbath. Last summer I found no occasion to have any extra con- Jock's Lodge, the public-houses being less ire• stalks at no breaches of t.he peace cornnaitted. The quEnted, and . a ll around Edinburgh. 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Apothecaries' Hall, Lond on , &c lfOn_ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY` EV„ENING, DECEMBER 26, 1846. many attend churches in the country, with their aged parents, who were never able to do so before. Some of these places of worship are those they attended in childhood. •' I have often contrasted Edinburgh and Glasgow with London, Liverpool and Birmingham. In the two former places there is scarcely any opportunity afforded the labouring classes to see the beauteous works of na ture in the country ; but ample facility to waste their time in public-houses, become drunkards, outcasts, and ultimately food for the police. On many occasions I have walked and rode about Edinburgh and the suburbs, on a Sunday evening, and counted no less than 60, 70, and 80, and on one occasion 125 intoxicated persons, in my perambulations of about three hours. Now, look ing at the latter places on a Sunday evening, you may see hundreds returning from the country—some with their wives and families—and scarcely one amongst them the least intoxicated. Surely there must bo some thing wrong. "In conclusion, I beg to say that I am as anxious as any one for the proper observance of the Sabbath, but I do think the present agitation on the subject by a por tion of the religious part of the community, will not in any way tend towards the improvement of the labouring class. "I remain, dear Sir, yours truly, " A. J. LIST. " Superintendent of County Police." Mr. WEMYSS said, he begged to inform the Council that on Sunday, tht 15th ult., the first day on which the railway trains were stopped between Edinburgh and Glasgow, no less than 241 carriages of a private kind drove up to the various places of public worship ; and if the day had happened to be wet. which it was not, it was not unlikely but that this number would have been considerably greater.—(Hear, hear.) They had no he sitation in saying that not fewer than 400 horses, and as many servants, coachmen, &c., were employed in con nexion with these carriages. Bailie MACK said he regretted exceedingly that Mr. Tait should have expended his maiden speech at the council board in suppoit of the motion which he had laid on the table. The motion be (Bailie Mack) held, with great deference, was not only irreligious but highly tyrannical. First of all, and speaking in a financial point of view, if this motion was carried into effect, it might be necessary to involve the corporation in a large sum of money, expended in Parliament, opposing the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bills. Now, as he understood the motion, it proposed that the council should, in an ultra vires manner, apply the funds of the city's creditors and of the community to oppose those bills. But, apart altogether from that, he' held it ( to be a most tyrannical proceeding towards those gen tlemen. What was the state of the case ? The old di rectors introduced the running of Sunday trains—a thing which was very little to their credit, seeing that they did it in opposition to the wishes of upwards of 100,000 of their fellow citizens. Having, in the face of that opposition, set ageing, and carried on Sunday trains, until such time as the public, most unquestionably, were roused to the enormity of the crime —(A. laugh)—then these gentlemen were ousted, they were turned out, and very properly so ; and they were succeeded by gentle men equally respectable, he was sure they would all ad mit—by gentlemen who feared God and had respect to his commandments—(Mr. A. Robertson--" I don't be lieve it")—‘and who, besides, had respect t o th e statute law of the countr y. H e did not mean to go over the law of the case, as he had dote so on the last occasion the subject was before them ; but he submitted that these gentlemen were doing nothing contrary to the law.— (Hear, hear.) What right had the council to go to Par liament to oppose them ?—what right had the council to hold this in terrorem over them ? He did not go the length of some of his friends as to the powers of a rail way ; but he contended that they were only bound to keep it open on lawful days.—(Mr. Robertson —"Every day.") He maintained that they were bound to keep it open on lawful days ; but if his friend (Mr. Robertson) were of a different opinion, was he taking a manly course? Lct him apply for a suspension and interdict against the resolutions of directors, or let him raise an action of declarator in the Court of Session to find out whether the directors were acting contrary to law, and bound to open the railway on Sunday hereafter. Then he ( Bailie Mack) would understand it ; but it was a cowardly proceeding to hold this motion over the heads of the directors. He repeated that it was not a manly way to bring this question to a final issue, to do it by threatening opposition in Parliament. If these gentle. men were wrong, they were amenable to the laws of the country ; and let those members who had spoken in sup port of this motion resort to the law for redress. Bailie Mack then, at great length, referred to movements that had taken place in London for opening the Post office on Sundays, but which was frustrated by the religious feel ing of the community. He read one of the memorials which had been presented to the Treasury on that occa sion, by some of the tradesmen of London to show the high estimation in which they regarded the Sabbath. He then read a portion of the report of the Parliamentary Committee on Sabbath observance to a similar effect ; as also a memorial which had been presented to the direc tors of the South Eastern Steam Packet Company sail ing from Folkestone for Boulogne, by the engineer of that company, who set forth, in such a strong light, the disadvantages and immorality which resulted from Sabbath sailing, that the directors gave it up. He con cluded by moving, as an amendment, the previous ques tion. Mr Cuserraz seconded the amendment. Dr. RENTON said, in place of a speech, which he had not prepared, and which, after the full discussion the subject had received from the board, would be a/vitae tion on the patience of its members, in the same way as the abolition of the Sabbath train itself has been upon the patience of the public—he would simply rend an ex tract from the Act of Parliament, 7 and 8 of Victoria, chap. 85, amt. 10, respecting the purchase of railways by the Legislature, which enacts, as regards all rail ways having Sunday trains, "It will be imperative thst the company shall provide comfortable covered fourth-class carriages, stopping at all the stations, to run for ld. per mile."—(Hear, hear.) The Act of Parlia ment recognises the principle of Sunday trains, to be run at a very moderate rate, on certain conditions most favourable to the working classes, but it does not make it imperative for railways to run Sunday trains. This must be a matter of arrangement to be made by the board of directors of every company.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore, that the pressure of public opinion upon the Edinburgh and Glasgow board will render an application to Parliament unnecessary, by making them feel the very unenviable position in which they have placed themselves by the late compact they hare entered into. It was, to say, the least of it, a most unholy alliance. The same outcry had now been raised against the Sab bath trains that was formerly so loudly extended against Sunday funerals. It was then said that these funeral:, with hea-ses, provided for the poor, would lead to dis order, tumult, and desecration; in place of these the very opposite effects had resulted, namely, peace, order, and the greatest decorum, without the slightest detriment to religion and morality. Exactly similar beneficial con sequences had accompanied the running of the railway trains.---(Hear.) After a few words from Mr. WHYTE in support of the amendment, and some remarks from Mr. FALKNER in favour of Mr. Tait's motion, Mr. DICK said he had no doubt whatever, when this matter was formerly before the council about supparting the motion of Mr. Faikner, that the Sunday trains should be continued; but he confessed that he had some doubts as to the propriety of opposing bills which the railway com pany had introduced into Parliament for entering upon undertakings that were intended for the public benefit, merely because the directors refused to annul the i eso lution to which they had come to as to the running of Sunday trains.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CLARK said—Without expressing any opinion on the motion now before the council, I could have wished that Mr. Tait would have allowed the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company time to re consider more fully the position in which the inhabitants of these important cities have been placed by their shut ting up all intercourse between them for nearly thirty consecutive hours of every week. I think if the council were to move at present in the matter they may after wards have cause for regret, from the fact that a portion of the directors of that board left the matter in the hands of those who were more immediately located and con nected with, and supposed to be cognisant of, the feelings and opinions of the inhabitants of Scotland, seeing that after an appeal has been made to the public opinion they find that matters are much in accordance with their me n views instead of what was represented to them, when they deputed their colleagues to make such arrange ments as would prove acceptable to the inha bitants of Scotland in reference to a commu nication between these cities on the Sabbath-day. As I have now good authority for stating t h at the line of n eutra li ty which the English directors have hitherto adopted shall not longer be continued— hear)—and that the original facilities enjoyed by the osr, public will shortly be restored, therefore, in my opinion, any application to the Legislature is unnecessary, the more so, that the power exists within the Board itself to rriliegchteitefsar:steahqnendiennjeuve n s ri ti v c fi e l which the community has s ustained, t e h g, eesinfreifngewmkeienht m t a n d e e y on ha t v h e eir b c e i e v n il deprived by the unhooked for, and I h a d a l most said sur reptitious movement, on the of the Board. part of a mere local porti on Mr. BLYTII and Mr. STopr followed in support of the motion, and pointed out the inconsistency of many of the individuals whoinjoitnheedirinewthne Coaches, w de h s i e le cra t t h io ey n cry by travelling would not allow the railway to be open to the working man for purposes of necessity and mercy. - Bailie DuNceer had regarded '.nis question as a different question from that which had kteen discussed at a previous meeting. He held that they were not discussing whether it was a right and proper thing for those railway directors to run a morning and an evening train on the Sundays or not; but they were there on a motion calling upon them to go to Parliament and oppose this railway company in reference to any Bill which they might see it right to introdufJe into Parliament. Now he thought with lemen Mr. Clark, that' this moti on was premature. The gent whta were in charge of the railway might get a little breaatiing space to consider tho matter, and it was poss Pele enough, if they saw such demonstrations of opinion 'of the enlightened opposition of this country as had ;Jaen alluded to, that they might be induced to re stare matters to their former condition. He was much pleased to receive from a gentleman connected with the railway company the motion on which the Sunday trains had hitherto been running ; and he would take the liberty of reading it. It was adopted in February, 1842, and was to the effect, that trains should be dis patched morning and evening, at such hours as should allow the servants of the company, and those travelling with the trains, an opportunity of attending divine ser vice. Ho was not aware, when the discussion took place, of the precise terms of this motion, but he had since, ascertained, upon what he considered good au thbrity, that this motion had not always been acted up 'to. Ile had been told that the number of individuals leaving Glasgow and coming to Edinburgh, was Small indeed ; but that the number leaving Glasgow, and going out at such stations as Kirkintilloch, Croy, and Castlecary, was very great. He ascertained that from 200 to 250 left Glasgow every Sabbath, but that the great majority of these persons were not on works of necessity or mercy. They were not connected with the localities to which they went ; and that they went to Kirkintilloch for the purpose of spending the day in the neighbourhood of Campsie Glen. fie was likewise told that in the afternoon it resembled very much a fair or a race-day, and that it was necessary to open the sta tion-house an hour before the usual time, in order that they might issue the sixpenny tickets to these persons. He mentioned these facts for this reason, that if the former resolution was to be again adopted by the com pany, it might be done under proper regulations in reference to the matter to which he referred. He had already said that the motion was premature ; and he thought there was great force in what was stated by Bailie Mack, in regard to the matter of the funds. Were they, as a Town Couucil, called upon by the urgency of this matter ?—did it come so near to them as to affect the interests of the community so much (and here it should be remembered that they had not yet got a specific return of the number of individuals pass ing on the Sundays from Edinburgh to Glasgow) as would justify them in using the funds of the corporation in carrying on an opposition to the Bills of the company in Parliament ? There was another reason, however. These g entlemen said that it was a regard for the Sab bath wich induced them to come to this resolution ; and were they to visit this act with pains and penalties? —(Cries of " No, No.") He would ask his frieads, the dissenters at the council board, to consider well this matter before they were prepared to take such a step. If he wanted to get a Bill from Parliament for the pur pose of advancing his ovvn pecuniary interests, - and if, because he held certain principles, he was to be opposed by the Town Council in his endeavour to get that Bill, they were punishing him because he held these religious opinions.—(" No, no," and " Hear, hear.") But there was another ground on which this motion should be resisted, and that was the ground taken up by Mr. Dick. They all knew that no measure which this com pany might introduce would pass the Legislature unless it in some degree contributed to the advantage of the public welfare; and this being the case, the motion pro posed by Mr. Tait reminded him very much of the story of the boy who had got his foot hurt, and because he did not rind his mother disposed to pay some little at tention to him, and to grant him some little request, he said, "I will be revenged upon you;" an 1 he struck hts foot against a wall. Now, because the directors of this railway refused to run Sabbath trains, they were pro posing by this motion, to frustrate the attempt of the company to get means which would be for the public welfare.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore he thought that in the whole circumstances, the consideration of this motion should be disassociated with anything that the council did on a former day; and he (Bailie Duncan) could see no inconsistency whatever in gentlemen who supported the motion proposed at the previous meeting, now voting against that of Mr. Tait.—(Hear ) The LORD PROVOST said that the difficulty started by Mr. Dick in regard to the motion was fully met, if not in the motion, at all events in the speech of Mr. Tait, in which he proposed that it should be left to the Lord Provost's committee to take such steps as they might consider to be most proper for accomplishing the object. There had been a great deal said about the large sum that would be expended in opposing the Bills of the rail way company in Parliament, and he begged for himself to say that if the matter came before the Lord Provost's committee, he would oppose as much as any one the ap propriation of the city's funds for opposing this Bill. But he would tell them that, without expending one far thing, they would put a spoke in their wheel. He would take upon himself to guarantee this. Then, as to the tyrannical nature of the motion, alluded to by Bailie Mack, his lordship said he would like to know on whose aide the tyranny lay. He was of opinion that it lay a ith the directors, who had tied up their legs, and would not I allow them the means of locomotion, who bad placed a wall across the railway, and said, " You shall not cross it."—(ffear, hear.) Bailie Mack proposed—and the proposition was a very natural one to come from a lawyer—that if they wanted redress they should takeout a suspension and interdict of the Court of Session. That was not a very pleasant thing; but he would suggest that a far more easy road was, to meet the directors in Par liament, when they would be quit of the quibbles and quibbling of the Jaw.---( A laugh.) Therefore, as to ap plying for an interdict, he had no wish to try that. The Council had already come to the resolution that they should endeavour to have that road opened en the Sun day; and if it was a right thing that this should be done, ought they not to take effective measures for se curing- that object? And as they had the means of ef fecting that object, they ought not to hesitate to take them.—(hear, hear.) The memorial referred to by Bailie Mack, as emanating from the tradesmen of Lon don, was against the openingof the shops on the Sundays. This was not the opening of a railway, but the opening of the regular business of London. Now, he, for one, was as much opposed to the carrying on of or dinary labour o n th at d ay, as he was oppose d to the re solution of the directors discontinuing a morning and an evening train on the Sundays. Bailie Duncan had given them an account of the numbers who went from Glasgow to Kirkintilloch. for the purpose of visiting Campsie Glen. Now he had the authority of a talented and highly respected gentleman for saying that, as Glas gow drew its working population from all the towns in the country, the railway, being open on the Sabbath day, enabled many of these persons to visit the towns from which they came, and to attend the churches there with their parents or their sisters. But even granting that a great number of those that went to Kirkintilloch spent the day in visiting Gampsie Glen, if they did not think they were doing wrong, what right had we to coerce them by shutting tip the means of conveyance? And when it was remembered that these were not ihe individuals who were in the habit of attending upon church, he would ask if it was not better that they should be enjoying themselves in a visit to that glen, rather than in the lanes and tippling houses of Glasgow. As to the idea of pains and penalties mooted by Bailie Duncan, his Lordship said he had no difficulty at all in meeting it. The directors, when they went to Parlia ment, came untle.t an implied agreement th tt they were to give accommodation to the public ; and if they did not fulfil that agreement, was it not quite right, when they came again before Parliament, that they should not get farther powers, until they had discharged the duties previously imposed upon them?—(ll. ar, hear.) The Lord l'rovost concluded by saying that there was nothing that a railway company dreaded more than a little opposition in a Parliamentary Corms-dm e ; therefore, if the directors did not do what was just, they had o n l y to te l l them that they would meet them where they would get justice:—(gear, hear.) Mr. C. B. TAIT having added to its motion the follow ing paragraph :—" and that it be left to the Lord Pro vost's committee to inquire what steps may be taken to give effect to this resolution," the roll was called, when 20 voted for the motion, and seven for the amendment. For Mr. C. B. Tait's motion,—The Lord Provost, Bailies Ritchie and Tullis, Messrs. Burke, Fallsner Wil son, Anderson, S tott, A. Robertson, Blyth, IVemyss, Hay, Drummond, Cochrane, Calder, Dick, Cruckshunk, Clark, C. B. Tait, Renton. For Bailie Mack's Amendment—Bailies Mack and Duncan, Convener Cushnie, and Messrs. Burgess, Whyte, A. Tait, and J. Robertson. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. EDINBURGH, DECEMBER 23. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New, 59 3.-Direct Northern, 465. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 29- Ditto, New, 15-East of Fife, 545. -East Lothian Central, 45 5.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Haire& 20% -Edinburgh and Northe rn , N ewport, 6% ex new-Ditto, New, 745.- Edinburgh and Perth, 355. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4 4-Great North of Scotland, 5 55.-North Bri tish, Thirds, 785.-Ditto, Quarters, 72 3.-Ditto, New Quar ters (scrip), 31s. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 705.-Stirling and Midland, 50s -Strathern Junction, 82& 6d.-East Indian Railway, its. 9d. GLASGOW, DECEMBER 24. STOCK ExcnAwom-The sales are-Aberdeen, 251.-Cals donian, New, 495. 6d.-Caledonian autli Dumbartonshire, 425. ss. 3d.-Direct Northern, 6 , 1.-Direct Bombay and Mad- as , 4 78-Dundee and Perth, ?`.;.%-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 725. 6d.-Ear` of Fife, 595. 6d.-East Indian Rail way, 12s. 61 -I'.,ast Lothian Central, 475. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northerr_l, 15 1 h -Ditto, New, 74 5.-Edinburgh and Perth, 9! 355. 6d.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 383- Di t to, Halves, -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 9 5.-Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 5/. 75.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 7 5.-Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junc tion, 60 5.-Great North of Scotland, Ms.-Great Indian Peninsular, 6i.-Great North of India, 4s. 3d.-Great 51Southern of Madras, 4s. 9 d. - Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 3, Manchester and South ampton, 325.-Midland, Halves, 3 4-Newcastle and Berwick, 35 t /2-Scottish Midland Junc tion, 14 3-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 573. 6d.-Stir• ling and Dunfermline,, 665,-Y or k and Newcastle, Pre. ferenc7%. A RIGHTEOUS DECISION. —Some time ago, a poor fagitive escaped from Maryland, and, hotly followed by the pursuer, on his way to safety beneath the broad flag of Old England, in Canada, was overtaken and seized in Vermont. The abolitionists instantly got out a habeas corpus, and carried all parties befbre court, to see what had warrant committedthey no t o crime.arres t any Three m a n judges in Verm ont were feeble, wh o came to his seat by the habit of years, but t who he seldom spoke, his eyes being abated. dim and hi s strengt h The counsel spoke—the deeence wished to know why the man was held in custody. The lawyer for the slaveholder rose to reply, and said he should move the offender was guilty of a breach of the laws of Maryland state ; be was a slave, and had stolen himself. The other lawyer then said he should require proof that he was a slave. The slaveowner then stood up, and held forth a document ein ; " - This," h e sa i d, " is a bill of sale, mad my favour, for thi s man, signed by his original owner." Then the old judge rose to his feet, and with a voice of thunder, strangely loud for one so old, de manded, " Who signed it, sir ?" " John Williams" replied the ai'tonished owner. " Take it away I take it away !" said the old man, raising his hands to heaven, "It is not valid, sir ; it is falsely signed, sir ; it is a blasphemous forgery, ; none can sign that bill of sale but God Alm:ghty. ' The court was electrified ; the slaveholder slunk out, and Vermont, awakened like a sleeper, gave twenty thousand abolition votes at the next election.— Eitract of a letter from Troy, State of -New Yorh, Oct., 1846. THE ORDNANCE CORPS.—Serjeant-Major Jones of the Royal Sappers and Miners at 'Woolwich, as been Good Conduct h the awarded th e 201 granted annually by Warrant o f J anuary last, to the most deserving non commissioned officer in that branch of the service. This sum is given in addition to his pay, as he still remains on active service. Thirty-four fine young men, recruits for the rayal regiment of Artillery, arrived at the head quarters at Woolwich on Thursday, from Coleraine, in Ireland, under the charge of Sergeant Anson, for the Ist battalion ; and upwards of 100 recruits have been reported as enlisted by Lieutenant Clarke, at Lisburn, in Ireland, and they are expected to join hau-quarters Wore the pad of the present month. BANK RETURNS. (From the LondonG uzette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and \Vales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 12th day of Dac., 1846 Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bark, Abingdon-Knapp and Co 23,967 Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co 13,102 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,488 Aylshada Bank, Aylsham-R. and E. Copeman 5,008 Aylesbury Old, Bank, 4ylesbury-Rickford and llunt Bahlock Bank and Ba!dock and Biggleswade Bar.k, 1 1 aldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell Ihrnitaule Bank, Barnstaple -Drake and Co. Basingstoke and Odihan. Bank, Basingstoke- Cole, Seymour, and Cc,. lie~llnrd Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nich o l s , Baker, and Crane 14,104 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,890 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham Moilliett, and Co .... 17,552 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 7,960 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 67,762 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 13,808 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 7,476 Bristel Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 38,452 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and BroFeley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 24,366 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co .... 78,168 Baia ury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 40,384 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb... 50,145 Gate City Bank, Bath-Molter and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 35,668 Birtningham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 68,203 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 22,922 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington llarding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-R u ff or d, Biggs, and C 0 .16,49 5, Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury -Hammond and Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry -Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 12,9.50 8,074 2,854 7,693 19,736 Average Amount Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney-Williams, Clinch, and Co 10,832 Pease's Old B an k, H u ll, t h e H u ll Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 45,703 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co 11,017 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson, White, and Simpson 10,086 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walter s Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, Enthoven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 36,238 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co .560 Richmond B an k, Ri c h mond-Stapleton and C 0... 3 6,293 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nichnison Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot ner and Son Royston Bank, Royston--Fordham and Sons 16,693 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 11,662 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 21,806 Reigate and I)arking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and barking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shr ews b ury -B urton, Lloyd, and Co Scarb rough Old Bank, '3carborough-Woodall an Co. Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adams, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shinaysbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son Southampton Tovvr. and County Bank, South ampton-Maddiron and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's-J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King Southampton and ll3mpshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore Stourbridge Ban 'r, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Hang Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock Tav C istock Bank, T av i s t oc k-Gil l, Rundle, and o Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton -Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and E1and,.,..,,,, Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, I Vallingford-Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth-Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W Hancock Wolverhanipton Bank, Wolverhampton-Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. 12,960 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 79,31 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham -.T. and S. Kenrick Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney, Birkbenk, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten ... York Bank. York-Swami. Clough. and Co JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Thinking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uta,xeter, and Stafrordslire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,458 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,496 Dudley and West Bromwich :flanking Company, Dudley 36,455 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19 , 69 8 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 21,796 East of England Bank, Norwich •.. 24 223 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 147,425 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Ilalifax. ................ 18,180 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield.. 33,769 Hull Banking Company, Hull . .................... 26,728 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,317 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax ................. 40,025 Helston Banking Company, He15t0n.............. 1,350 Herefordshire Banking Company, H ereford 22,433 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough.. Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,443 Lancaster Banking Co m p any, Lancaster 56.513 Leeds Banking Company, L ee d s Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,800 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds... Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 28,103 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 76,232 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate- s t ree t, London North Wilt:, Banking Company, Melksham ..... 55,954 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 79,329 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 54,100 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,344 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,946 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stambrd Stuckey's Bankin g Company, Brist o l Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and 11 , 11:nuashiro Banking Company, Sheffield . Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, SE ania!d Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond ... 49,581 Stockton and Durham County Banking Com pany, 5t0ckt0n......, Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury gheffield and Bedard Bank, Sheffield ... Bankina Company, Ipswich Sufta.._ -"ton a.l.lStaffordshire Banking Com- Wolverhan. I ntinpton 35,506 pany, Wolver... av Union Bank, W a k e fi e ld 12,450 W W h ak it e e fi h e a l v d en and J. l , 3 i a n r t n •s s. t _ o . ck Banking Comp an y, Whitehaven Warwick and Le,oon gton Bank5.., Leamington • '" n West of England awl South Wales a..tstrict Beak,Bnatal.. ;:, 80 , 645 9,545 3,790 9,353 3,02 4,644 45,903 7,299 24,419 8,826 41,608 3,100 15,635 13,249 2,873 20,014 7,460 5,626 5,817 5,800 2,565 30,176 7,217 24,70 2,390 28,110 2,710 8,487 0,992 2,650 9,798 6,357 20,161 9,618 25,573 4,173 43,788 22,510 5,272 3,926 6,068 2,105 9,340 21.799 2,090 54,568 15,689 7.754 44,901 9,065 8,718 49,229 9,597 30,212 7,20 1,518 9,986 49,902 9,064 600 - 28,796 'g Company, CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindran ° cazta(p)ThEltir Z. On a t n h cl a °n Anatomy G U en n e io r i s t_ . s d ... - " , Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grr n. Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthYa c t it —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects 00 , 0 - 0 . Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the fun c f lhe of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness ~°` „th Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of O" & and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local W ea 6 : oa Mental Debility, and Pre ma t ure D ecay. — CHAPTEBS 5 and _ rum , the Disorder arising from indiscnininate Excess, Got t " Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. .1. REVIEWS HE WORE. llf q uj o i "The anther of this sin; ular an d talented work is a leg -aerience fled medical man, who has evidently had considerable exp o __ o p the tr . ltment of the various disorders arising from the I lif e A. frailtie, of early Indiscretion. 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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY 'S 17:41 ogre eil All the convalescent patients in this b es ,P, n l puddi n g' Christmas Day regaled with roast beef, 131"—.- M v ° l Ol STRANGE ITES.—It is e s ti ma t e d that the ti r: l amount exp en d e d i n N ew York city for ciga r Pdiog less than 73 0,000 dollars. Th e annual cost fee il the dogs in the United States is said to be sere; se e lions of dollars! It is said that 17,000 sacks dal dust are annually consumed in London for stuffing alone. Ioci!REVOLTING C ASE OF M ANSLAUG HTER.- - - n . A latilt TUESDAY.—A n i nqu i ry i nto one of the most "I ere' cases of mglect on th e p art o f a husban d probably a d. heard of in this part of the country, was, after i iisfi lbel4 'journments brought to a close yesterday. I t k r iv n - orgat e before Mr. Henshall, the coroner, at the ""pc public house in this town, on the body of Alle i . e „ ' "'Alta the wife of a farmer, living in a lonely house ""Z; welt known as the "Eighteen Acre Farm." On t " - 11° 1 being vi e w e d, t h e j ury discovered that the left checostS' the poor woman had been gnawed away by r ats tad i- The bed in which it laid was in a horribly filtkr,: t f u llY Lion. The lower parts of the body were frig op mutilated, and the flesh had evidentl y been eaten % o ne, There were holes in the thighs and back to the j u ry and in breadth the size of the hand. The '"wids were informed that the husband had slept in bed ire , the corpse for one or two nights, and that he ki ld y. quently heard the attacks of the vermin on the uv d :i t From the ev id ence of numerous witnesses examine nara appeared th a t th e un f ortunate woman havin&katiLainiess 'pie stroke, s h e was confived to h e r bed In °ls condition f or t wo years and a half. The bus b a nu o proPf b vd stated to be in good circumstances, possessing to the extent of upwards of 3,0004 He was des c , rl „ to as being so penurious as to refuse to provide a Perti e lf wait upon her, or even to obtain what was absc'",,, e d necessary for her comfort. Several witnesses deP h : o l, to the most inhuman neglect on the part of the bas"„", d The medical testimony proved that her death was ca u l by the gross neglect of those who had charge of be r Vibe the jury found a verdict of manslaughter trie s ; t he husband, Heaton, who was committed for trial ay ensuing assizes, on the coroner's warrant. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A GUARANTEED CUR E Dot' oot' STIIMA, OLD COUGH S , A FFECTIONS OF THE CHEST, &C., 73 4 1, 6 PILLS LOWAT'S Pls.---Recently some extr aor di nary experime"" guff!, were 1 .~ been made upon var i ous patients, suffering for long periou',; e cte. • most distressing asth mat i c complaints, while others A t with indigestion, acidity, sickness, soreness, and a sinking Aropo_, stomach, producn g symptoms that frequently terminate In Meta and other dangerous diseases. To the number of a doz e n P a were chosen, being considered more or less Incurable eded put under a course of Holloway's Pills, which completel y t-ineeenCe: in the cure of them within seventy-five days from the co.. — en ment, and some even In less than half that time. druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment,:24 4 . London. BIRTHS. Wit° On the 19th inst., at St. Jame s ' s L o d ge , E n fi e ld, the .40 of the Re v . Alexaner Chirol, of a son. r, ntsio On the 22d inst., at Market Drayton, the wife Of " 8 . Homer, late of the 55th Regiment, of a tdaughter. 4 ,4 the On the 23d inst., at Shepton Beauchamp, Smilers lady of the Rev. J. S. Coles, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 21st inst , in Guernsey, Philip W. S. Miles' sci i;; M.P., to Pamela Adelaide, fifth - daughter of Major- Gen t W. F. P. Napier. 11 On the 23d i ns t., a t Alresford, near Colchester, the 81-0 de Lindon, Attache to the Legation from the Court of iv " temburg, to Fanny, daughter of the late Colonel Affieck. On the 22d inst., at the British Embassy, Brussels, Lieu.% , nant-Colonel Edw ar d S t. J o h n Neale, her Britann i c Majesty Vice-Consul at Al exan d retta. in Spin, to Adelaide, you n g .- daughter of the late Henry Sewell, Esq. D. On the 16th i ns t., Mr. John IED Biggs, of Holloway, aged 7 3 and on the following day, Sarah, his wife, aged 74. of On the 16th i ns t., i n G rosvenor - p l ace , C am b erwe ll, VI Mary Anna, daughter of Captain H. Sergeant, aged 18 ; t et b on the 23d inst., at Acton-place, Kingsland-road, Eli" Burton, wife of the above Captain H. Sergea n t, aged 5 1 „- to . On the 20th inst., at Turkey-mill, near M a id s t o ne, 0 ' shall, second son of John Hollingworth, Esq., aged 33 . .„.• ho s On the 22d inst., in South-street, Finsbury, I' ll'. D'Aguilar, aged 63. BO' On the 24th inst., H. King, Esq., of Chester-street , grave-square. oOnn the 2244tthh iinnssti,,llinlrEs.aStocna-rnpelatct,e,ofj.Ucppaeger,CElaspqtged . I,on v l en: Printed and Published by 71111RDO YOUNG 4 0._ f NP s strand, Printe r , at Th e Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in _ A tha Or of the Savoy. i n the County of Middle's; 6811"`"'s comber 26, 1846. THE NEW COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The following is a correct return of the gentlemen elected to represent the several wards in the "Civic Par liament : " ALDGATE WARD.—Alderman Humphery, M.P., has returned eight, viz., Messrs. Lake (deputy), Freeman, Whiteside, Fisher, Massey, Clifton, Jerrum, and Salter. ALDERSGATE WARD.—Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman, has returned the following eight gentlemen :—Messrs. J. Lorken (deputy), J. T. Norris, S. Maw, J. Woods, G. Stacey,:H. de Jersey, J. Sherwood, and E. Godson. BASSISHAW WARD. --S. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman, has returned four gentlemen, viz , T. Bratons(deputy ), W. B. James, W. Lister, and J. Wilson, the latter gen tleman having been elected during the past year in the room of Mr. W. Frisby, late deputy. BILLINGSGATE WARD. —T, Sidney, Esq., Alderman, has returned tho following eight gentlemen :—Curling (deputy), W. Williams, Bower, Knill, Roberts, Phillips, Old, and Barnes,* the laster gentleman in the room of Mr. Johnston. BREAD• STREET WARD.--W, Hughes Hughes, Esq, Alderman, has returned the following eight gentlemen: —J. S. Bridge (deputy), D. Lawrie, J. Duncan, J. Dignum, W. Hawterey, W. Lawrence, N. Maugnam, and Mr. J. P. Snell,* in the room of Mr. Poland. BRIDGE WARD WITHIN.—Sir C. Marshall, Alder man, has returned Mr. F. Pewtress (deputy), Mr. W. Knott, Mr. J. Hill, Mr. J. G. Cope, Mr. H. Matthews, Mr. Charles Wetham, Mr. W. Chadwick, and Mr. W. Lowe. BISROPSGATE WARD. —W, T. Copeland, Esq., M.P., Alderman, has returned the following fourteen gentle men:—Messrs. Stevens and Peacock (deputies), J. R. Carr, W. Johnson, R. Ashley, H. Patten, Pilcher,* Owden, Hall, Bennett, Thomas, W. Tozer, Jones, and Sharland. BROAD-STREET WARD. —Samuel Musgrove, Esq., Al derman, has returned Messrs. T. Corney (deputy), C. Warton, T. W. Foster, R. W. Jupp, James White, H. F. Gadsden, H. Marriott, and S. Baker. CANDLEWICK WARD. —Sir George Carroll, Alderman, has returned Messrs. J. Evans (deputy), Bond, Blades, Towse, Daikin, and T. R. Kemp. CASTLE-BAYNARD WARD. —Samuel Wilson, Esq., Al derman, has returned Messrs. R. Hicks (deputy), W. J . Coßo wllingw nson ood, J. Fa rrar, . Fa R. M ugger i dge, James Bailey, , ppe, and A. Adlard. CHEAP WARD.—W. Thnmpson, Esq., M.P., Alder man, has returned Messrs. R. Brooke (deputy), It. G. Pend, E. Phillips, It. Hardwick, E. Hickson, E. Fen ninl, G. Oliver, and E. Watson. CORNHILL WARD. ---Sir J. Pirie, Alderman, has re. turned Messrs. E. Harrison (deputy), John Carter, R. Deber, James Waterton, Richard Randal, and J. Hun ter, as representatives. CORDWAINERS WARD.—T. Wood, Esq., Alderman, has returned Mr. W. Muddell (deputy), Mr. T. Lott, Mr. W. Croucher, Mr. J. Jolliffe, Mr. H. L. Taylor, and Mr. Joyce. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN WARD. —T. Challis, Esq., Alderman, has returned Messrs. H. Smith (deputy), Brass, 'Toole, W. Cash, Last, Brown, Bennock, and D. Dewar.* CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. —The same Alderman has returned Messrs. R. Dixon (deputy), It. L. Jones, S. T. Read, T. Saddler, Eldrid, Meadway, Johnson, and T. M. Gilbert. COLEMANSTREET WARD. —W. Hunter, Esq., Alder man, has returned ..lessrs. Allen (deputy), W. S. Haile, Hall, G. Bracher, Perkins, Davies, Johnson and Phillips. DOWGATE WARD.—J, Johnson, Esq., Alderman, has returned Messrs. J. Brown (deputy), J. C. Prior, T. Prior, H. Kebble, R. T. Cousens, and G. Harker. FARRINGDON WARD WITHOUT.—Sir James Duke, M.P., Alderman, has returned the s following 16 gentle men :—C. Obbard (deputy), Bedford (deputy), Antler ton, Dr. Lynch, J. Isherwood, M. Prendergast., W. Harding, R. T aylor, W. Buckmaster, Williams, Burn, Edkins. Barnard, J. Walter,* H. J„Lias,* and T. Tur ner;* the three last gentlemen in the room of Messrs. Charles Stokes and Hodgson. FARRINGDON WARD WITHIN.—J. Kelly, Esq., Al derman, has returned the following gentlemen:—Messrs. Hayward and Eagleton (deputies), Rutter, Holt, Ridley, Hartley, Virtue, M'L auc hl an , B onsor, W. H. Ash urs t, Blake, Morris,* Phillips,* and Hunaphrey's;* the three last in the place of Messrs. Westwood and Prichard, dead, and Wheelton, resigned. LANGROURNE WARD.—Sir J. Key, Alderman, has re turned Messrs. S. Unvvin (deputy), J. Dixon, Snilling, E. 'Toward, E. Shawe, J. C. Gibson, W. J. Frodsham, and IV. H. Miller ; * the latter gentleman in the room of Mr. Collinson, resigned. LIME -STREET WARD. --C. Farebrother, E-q., Alder man, has returned Messrs. D. Cork, T. B. Simpson, T. Symonds.* and W. Turner;* the last two in room of messrs. Mitchell (deputy) and Corse, resigned. PORTSOKEN WARD.—F. G. Moon, Esq., Alderman, has returned Messrs. Wright (deputy), Kathy, Christie, Jutsum, Dunford, Thomson, Hayward, and Barker. QUEENIIITHE WARD.—J. K. Hooper, Esq., Alder man, has returned Messrs. Goss (deputy), Acocks, kes, Curtis, Tyler, and Rathbone. TOWER WARD.--M. P. .Lucas. Esq , Alderman, has returned Messrs. G. Finnes (deputy), G. Selson. T. aigg's, T. Young, G. Ait c h eson , f . T urnbull, H. Capel, d L. Redhead. VINTRY WARD. -Sir W. Magnay, Alderman, has re turned Messrs. T. Sporague. J. Lepard, D. White, J. King, Marsden, and J. Welsh,* in the room of Mr. De puty Elmes. VVALIIROOK WARD.-M. Gibbs, Esq., Al lerman, has returned Messrs. Watkins (deputy), D. W. Wire, J. T. Rowley, Dawson, Condor, and Hale. Thwo marked thus * are new members. FRIDA.Y NIGHT'S GAZETTE, FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 22, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Manuel de Oliviera Santo , as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope fur the Emperor of Brazil. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Major Thomas Wearing to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hewes, re tired orr f u ll p a y ; Fi rs t Li eutenant Phineas Priest to be Captain, vice Wearing, p romo t ed; Second Lieutenant John o A Mangie r OFFlCE t OF be THE irs tLielu,Oteonann.tL W COMMISSIONERS.., vice P r i est, promoted. Somerset House, Dec. 21. In pursuance of an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, cap. 76, intituled "An Act for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to the poor in England and Wales. This is to give notice, that the Poor -law Commissioners have appointed Aneurin Owen, of Egryn, in the county of Denbigh, Esq., to be an Assistant Commissioner of Poor laws; and that the said Aneurin Owen, on this said 24th day of December, took the oath required by the said Act, before the lion. Mr. Justice Erie, one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench, at his chambe rs, in Rolls% gardens, Chancery-lane.--By order of the Board, W. G. LUMLEY, Assistant Secretary. WHITEHALL, DEC. 11. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Wiles, of Hor- Wing, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, D Ec. 17 . The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Thompson, of Bishop Wearmouth, in the county Palatine of Durham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. DIVIDEND& At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. Jones, Ventnor, Isle of I Vight, ap o th ecary, Jan. 1.5, at half-past one—R. A. F. Kingscote, Sandgate, Kent, mer chant, Jan. 18, at half-past one —E Leman, Church-row, Old Swan Pier, Upper Thames-street, Jan, 18, at half-past eleven. In the Country. S. Shute, Crediton, Devonshire, woollen-manufacturer, Jan 21, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W, Tweddle, Liverpool, soap manufacturer, Jan. 19, at eleve n , at the Court, Liverpool-- W. Barker, Tottington Higher-end, Lancashire, cotton spinner, Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Taylor, Springhead, Yorkshire, wool and oil-merchant, Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court, M anchester—J. Potter, Man chester, and W. Maude, Darwen, calico-printers, Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester —R. Compton, M. Price, and T. Crompton, Shrigley, Cheshire, brickmakers, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —C. H. G. How, North Shields, ship and insurance -broker Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastl e - upon - Tyne—W. ' Thomp son and J. Mellis, Newcastle. upon-Tyne, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video, mer chants, Jan. 21, at twelve at the Court, N ewcast l e - upon- Tyne—J. Rawli nson, Spalding, Lincolnshire, tailor, Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Nottingham. CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. C. Starks, jun., Southampton, b u ild er , J an. 15, at one— W. Aldred, George-street, New Kent-road, builder, Jan. 18, at half-past twelve—R. Walton, Church-road, Battersea, li censed victualler, Jan. 19, at half-past twelve—T. Thomp son, Brighton, grocer, Jan. 19, at twelve—G. Jaques, Tot hill-street, Westminster, plumber, Jan. 22, at one. J. In the Country. Garsed, sen., and J. Garsed, jun., Leeds, Yorkshire, cloth-manufacturers, Jan. 19, at eleven. at the Court, Leeds —J. Nortcliffe, Thornhill Briggs, Halifax, Yorkshire, dyer, Jan. 19, at tNielve, at the Court, Leeds—J. - Birley, Eccles, Lancashire, card- m anufacturer, Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —G, B. Franklin, Shrewsbury, printer, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Knight, Birmingham, timber-merchant, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review Jan. 15. J. Bradshaw, Marylebonestreet, , Piccadilly, woollen draper—J. Beaton, Upper-street, Islington, tailor—S. Joyce, London-wall, stove and range -manufacturer—J. Gibson, Manchester, veterinary-surgeon —H. Hutchinson, Liverpool, merchant—J. Wheelwright, Stoke Saint Melborough, Shrop shire, farmer and timber -dealer--J. Southern, Kiddermin steicr, vic tualler—A. T. Ed wards, Idol-lane, Tower-street, brklayer. PARTNERSIIIPA DISSOLVED. J. Bartigh and W. B. Smiley, Hatelitte.highway, store shippers—E. 11. one and W. J. Fryer, Cornhill, jewellers —F. Boardman, W. T . N aylor, J. T. Naylor, J. E. Naylor, W, Armstrong, S. P. Oxley, an d J. 0. O wen, Valpara i so, Tacna, and Lima, merc hants --A. Wentzell and C. C own d en , Lambeth, licensed v i c t ua l lers —W. Hughes and J. Frimston, Manchester, hardw are -d ealers 40 cotton-dealers—R. Freer and W. Field, Itugeley, Staffordshire, surgeotis—f. Rither don and J. J. Carr, Billiter-street, naval architects—J. Mur ray and H. Sharpe, Pat ethostkv-iso*, woollefi f irapprs—c. H. Beaumont and Fib ands,Ftaiiiia Charles-street, Hatton-garden, plumbers—S. Crowder G. Crowder, Sun-street, cane and whalebone manufacturersJ. B. Sparke, Sparke, and T. Cooper, Norwich and East Dereham, Notfolk, itonfottnders (as far as regards the said T. Cooper)—A. L. Edga r an d 11. Amoy, Liverpo o l, brokers —J. Morris, J. Hall, and W. E. Milner, Bedford, Lancashire, coal proprietors—ltatherine Hudson and Sar a h Crouch, Hitchln, Hertfordshire, school mistresses—G. Gaiton and W. Wright, Sheffield, stock brokers—T Wolfe and J. Purkiss, Russell-mews, ICeppel street, Russell-square, l iverymen —R. W. Lloyd and C. Wallis, Liverpool, law-stationers—Maria Greenough and J. J. Holland, Manchester, smallware manufacturers—R. Ferris, W. Score, and N. Chappell, Bristol, vinegar makers— W. Sutcliffe and W. Pass, Greenacres-moor, Lancashire, cotton-waste dandy W. Tarsey and T. Millgate, London— J. Patison and W. A. Turner, Star-court, Bread-street, Cheap side, warehousemen —.L. Allen and I. Isaacs, Hounsditcb, cigar mauufacturers—J. Hillman and J. 3f, Beckett, Aston, Waryfinkakire, tin-plate manufacturers. Crtiven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co 2,612 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 7,185 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmc uth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughe s , Locke, and C o 19,147 Diss Bank, Diss -Oakes, Fincham, and Co 9,610 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. 11,487 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co - Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and Co 79,805 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornirall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Walford. and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders/ and Co Falcenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co Godahning Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... Grantham Bank, Grantham -Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smth, Hilder, and Co. Herefi)rd City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware s. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull --Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall 23,525 Honiton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitehen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples and Co. 37,824 !lerefbed Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-M organ , Hoskins, and C o Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. fpqwieh and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Iladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- A lexa , lders anzl Co. Icentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J Davies and Co 24,451 Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 7,181 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna - esborough-Terry and Co - 19,375 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 8,809 Lane E - id Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harv- y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 51,266 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williarns, Brown, and C 35,526 Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 1,237 LT:ester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 30,093 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 38,784 fi;AFeld Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 16,965 Lincoin Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co . 88,654 LL - bniovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very-David Jones and Co. :.oughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle ,is and Cradock Lynlington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St. Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co. 40,187 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co ll,BOB lanningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co 6,972 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner and Pinckney 13,9.21 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,411 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyums and Co 17,934 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co 27,545 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Bromage and Snead 16,017 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport -W. Williams and Sons ..................... 8,131 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 28,659 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark-Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny and Slocock 32,595 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond, and Son 1D,837 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-Taylor and Dyson 2,918 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and 1I udssms . 45,568 t i o i:-ich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur ' C o 70,342 116 r",- -4 Nottinghamshire B an k, N ot - Nottnignain - n and Co tingham-Hart, ows, -Cra 10,994 ddcock and Nuneaton Bank, Nuneatou . ....................................... . Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris, Mudg, New Scrum Bank, Sarum-Hetley, Everett, and (Jo •• ........... .. ... . Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Smith and Co 29,574 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Croxon and Co 16,681 Oxford Bank, Oxford-J. and R. M0rre11.,..,, 13,635 Oxford 31d Bank, O x f or d-R o bi nson, Parsons, and Thompson Old Bank T on b r id ge, Tonbridge and Tonb r id ge %Vele O'd Bulk, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevennaka Tonbridge- Beechin4 and Sons 10,990 8,421 13,523 38,036 25,083 5,820 07,202 50,060 57,392 28,991 22,146 8,030 2,740 6,126 5,337 18,281 13,303 30,492 33,919 8,418 23,135 9,377 6,884 _ 4,934 and 23,445 51,148 5,675 Aito • Al !fte4 Sigel Aar Th , n th ....,_ A; •-•-. 4 Dan 11, ett De tithe Able 'equ lieu! ibet tont' th e , tw o ' nAls