The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-13 00:00:00

----- te ed_ings of the Court of Chancery. The Commission was t o 'i Posed of most excellent men, who had performed their with great impartiality, calmness, ability, and firm . 8 ,7. Ile o ug ht to a dd , t h at t h e C omm itt e es of thei r Lord , "P's Hou se were not w i t h out th e i r s h are o f mer it in work ingot, out thi s re f orm. T here were no d ou bt some diff erenc es ° Pinien amon gs t th e hi g h authorities examined, but he Was first happy to find that one of the Vice-Chancellors, who at his doubts opposed to the removal of the Master's offices, had Ping satisfied upon this point. If they succeeded in ng these measures through Parliament speedily, there l" ° a 1 c1 be an end to s uc h a buses as he had described at the atter end of last session. They would no longer have a re p e tition of a case in which 1,2001. expenses had been incurred by a Noble Friend of his in endeavouring to obtain Vt e Pri r ent of a debt of 5001 ; nor of another in which there e 11 years of anxious litigation, and an expense of 2,870/. incu rred in seeki ng for the distribution of a part icular fund. „! another case, and after suffering a delay of 10 y ears, a r r ,,, ,, rtY Paid 1,0001., where the matter in dispute was only In another, a sum of 90/. was paid for orders in the matter office in respect of a sum of 101., although it was a an subject to appeal in a superior court.—(Hear, hear, en ! laughter.) Between 70,0004 and 80,000/. were paid as 0 14 in a suit where the principal was 350,000/. ; and finally, i t " might mention that 8001. had been expended in ascertain ing whether the islaster would order a sum of '2Ol. to be paid p s. e a B e of scandal. Of that 8001. perhaps 7501. would be by the party against whom the decision was given ; but hf,„ el2l2ll aPpy winner, after paying his share of 50/. would find at , - relf 201, poorer than when he commenced.—(Hear, hear, 8 ;1 a laugh.) He (Lord Brougham) trusted that such ano tn'dell would no ronger be permitted to remain to give pain i " Parties, and bring the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery r . tu contempt—(Elear, hear)—and that his Noble and • c arried Friend on the woolsack would have both leisure and inclinationii, to introduce amendments into the present system. vas also anxious to press upon the attention of the Noble rd at th e h ea d o f th e Government and of the Lord Chan cellor the necessity of immediately re-appointing the crimi ,,al law commission, whose labours had hitherto been unpro e ea . ive. The Commission had made a most able and Ininable report, and a most admirable digest of the criminal vr and procedure; and it was desirable that their recom ' mendations should form the basis of legislation.—(Hear.) The subject then dropped. The Earl of DERBY laid certain papers on the table, and • their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 12. The ►SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The following Members took their oaths and seats for . their respective places:—The Right Hon. Spencer Ho - l eo Walpole, for the borough of Midhurst; Right Hon. bu r John Somerset Pakington, Bart., for the borough of ill itwicb; the Right lion. John Charles Herries for the borough of Stamford; the Right Hon. Joseph War. r Henley f or th e c ounty of Oxford; the Right Hon. Beresford, for the county of Essex (Northern Lt ‘ is icic); Sir Frederick Thesiger (the Attorney-Gene i for the borough of Abingdon; the Right Hon. Lord _ Q hc James R o b er t Manners, for the borough of Col ch_or,t"; Francis Plunkett Dunne, Esq., for th e borou g h .t r ortarlington; the Marquis of Chandos , f o r the bo f°4ll of Buckingham ; the Right Hon. Geo r g e Bankes, q f the borough of Dorset; the lion. Art hur Duncombe, ) A „ 1. the county of York (E a st Riding); the Hon. George Weld Forester, for the Ilirough of Wenlock. NEW WRITS. o F• MACKENZIE moved that now writs be is lp ,for the Southern Division of Shropshire, in the room i scount Newport; and for East Retford, in the room of i scount Galway, who, since their election, have so -1444 the offices of Lerds.in-Waiting to her Majesty. PRIVATE BILLS. „ . The following Bills were read a second time, and e red to be committed 0: 1 1 Steven and Hawes. Road. e t rashir e and Yorkshire Railway. tur„en ec, Railway. 1 4 :lester and Southport Railway. tegehester She ffi eld, and Lincolnshire Railway ( N o. 1 ) . ester , Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 2). la en, Gisbu r ne, and Long Preston Roads. 1%6, esbro ug h an d G u i s b ro u g h Railway. Eh r u alk Rail way . c e o w sbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester ah ro lr iPanies Railway Amalgamation. b tot rhire Union Railways and Canal ( Branch Railways, &c.) W o l v t °, ll and Darlington Railway. 114 eruampton Junction Railway. ITlbla ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S _ BILL. Un the motion for the second reading of this Bill, L' t • RICARDO rose to oppose the second readin g . It r llraed to give greater powers to that company than 4f 7 4 been given to the original Telegraph C om p an y , an d been two years unsucoesstul competition with the origi tio,,„,company, in which they had been defeated tbg l Y by ' the superiority of their opponents, Ot t if„_ . l _low came to Parlirment to a sk for extra t4l7 powers to aid them in t his competi t' This he thought was unjust, and all he wished 1 % , : ,y , a8 a fair competition without the interference of r „._,"roament; he should therefore move that the Bill be "'Q... a second time this day six months. 1 , 1 ". JAMES FARRER thought that the reasons ""° l l the lion. Gentleman had adduced were such as ki !-L to have been produced before a Select Core `tee and not on the second reading. If the powers wh * 'eh were sought were too great, a Select Committee :Aid modify them. He thought the desire of the whole a tult rY was in favour of the present Bill, and he hoped irt the Rouse would follow the usual course, and allow t 1 3 .14 go to a Committee up stairs. , e " r l e DE LACY EVANS thought the powers which Cowl' Sought by, the Bill were most extraordinary, espe as this was a Bill to amend a former Bill, and not t o : I ll brought in for the first time to establi sh a Piny, r • x; ACGREGOR thought that there was a great fe Qlin in the country that the present electric telegraph ii t C° had not been satisfactorily performed, and tibi Jai l! le opinion was, certainly, in favour of having the sent to a S e l ec t Committee. fo r co 11 1 :Thel THOMPSON agreed with the Hon. Member th ot 'aegow, that the feeling of the country, at least t o Part of it with which he was acquainted, was in , 11 7 r of thi s Bill. tli r • MO WATT hoped that the House would not it out the Bill without making itself acquainted with e detail s, ti g e r ' G. C. GLYN opposed the Bill, because expe -441 did not show him that the possession of the we line of operation by two rival companies ta t t i l i d lead to , a competition advantageous to :Public, but rather to a mutual combination adverse %" interests of the public. lie should, therefore, cr!,the amendment. , • R OEBUCK supported the Bill, because it was cal leot4tl to destroy a monopoly shared between the pre - Electric Telegraph Company and certain railway terV a niee. It was a fact that the electric telegraph te tl4 o d ten times more frequently and was ten times t o t ! oeneficial in America than in this country, owing T 1,1 ,0 Complete m onopoly which existed here. T ae House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... ... 210 Against it ... ... 60 Majority. - 7 150 The Bill was then read a second time.' SUGAR DUTIES. -• WILSON gave notice that on Monday he tA lk 444 put a question to the Secretary of the Colonies eubjEct of his motion relative to the sugar duties. MAYNOOTH. ili n ,• ANSTEY gave notice that next week he othQ move for a return relative to Maynooth and wr endowments. k FOREIGN REFUGEES. ah -r • a. MILNES gave notice that on an early day ho tie.stulud call the atteno of the House to a correspon d th - oe 'which had take ti n n place between this country an a Emperor of Austria, on the subject of foreign enfugees. _k SUPPLY. r. BERRIES said, owing to the absence of th e k•tianeelior of the Exchequer, it would not be convenient to take the —4V7Estimates to•night, and he should therefore move t h at the order of the day be rea d f or the purpose of being postponed until Monday next. At the same time he migh t , perhaps, be allowed this oppor 'Unity of asking Mr. Aton e Y if he intended to proceed W ith his motion on Monday relative to the affairs of India. He understood the .. honourabl e Gentleman's aetw o was f o r the appointmen t to to over to India to make inquiries g o vernment; and as the Board of intendedinto itsto motion would to consider 11 , a c ive the appointment of a Select C 0 3,, n • would be post ,u this moti a same subject, hehopedcf"oaatrCol°limi'sion N e d . 11 r. ANSTEY consented to the proposed p ost - Pooernent. SLIME • hed to know what course her M a . j t t s tl a t? . '; Government -ilis intended to take ? Was it the i ~.4 1°n of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or of an n y - °;:' to make any statement as to what their intentions ? He should have to ask various questions, an d if • it was their intention to persist in an inquiry ftr ? respect to the operation ot ti ' the income-tax, and a he really wished to I tt „ e ty of other matters ; an "w, for the convenience en theywould k the House the House, what course _would take, and whether they as lc the estimates without giving any 6 A, 1 • 11. explanation of • tly hoard) WALPOLE (who was not dietinc tc l to the lion. Member that it would be inconvenient t e ii i , /n ter pa th e su bject in the absence of t he Chan ti e ,, 4l. of the Exchequer. Ho had no doubt an explana qtd,. w l-' 111 (1 be made on the points the Hon. Member re o W f he the estimates were moved by the Chan n r o the Exchequer.' CAPTAIN PENNY. 4 14 . ANSTEY wished to ask she Secretary to the I,eNiralty the following questions:--Have Captain 14 11 , ; Y and the other mercantile officers of the la t e ex tted""°o in search of Sir John Franklin, received any ti kh what rewards for their acknowledged services in and expedition? Have Captain . Austin, R.N., tin., 'no naval officers of that expedition, received o ti ' m uod what rewards for their acknowledged services Same occasion? Is it true that Q ueen Victoria ir th t - 0 and the northern end north-weatern passages, 11° itr e exploration of which Captain Austin's vessels iv er il° * fitting out under Sir WanEdrd fiddler, 1 a s :9 discovered by Captain Penny d the mercanititle ar t , ex° under his command, when employed on the , e IV: n u ition? Is there any intention to accept Captain v t ,c e ra offers of service, and to employ him and his two Qn ‘ 8 again for the purpose of such exploration, or in 1 15 1' other way connected with the new expedition? If betfall bY have his offers declined? And to move correspondence on th © t abve subjects not already m t° Parliament. tlae t r ; A. STAFFORD replied, that he could answer ,;'°n• Gentleman's question, but ho was not sure tli axi — tteinant would be satijactory. In the first place, ofli e - : "a hild to state that Captain Penny, and the other -t a of the mercantile marine, had not received any ti war , *0 1 , 1 ,1. As far as Captain Austin was concerned, it " 0 remembered that that offieer was in a cemrean: end i° ll s to his appointment to the Arctic Expedition ; $5 h° had now teen appointed to the packet service at 111 4 a ,arepton. With regard to the third question, as to "t s COvery of the north-woutorn passage, in ono souse THE SYJN, that passage had not been discovered at all, but what discoveries had really been !melt, walla be foeni marked upon the charts and maps. As to whether there was any intention on the par; of the 'Admiralty to accept Capcaiu Penny's _offer of service for the new expedition, it had been decided by the ;ate board, tor reasons which had been ccnsidered sufficient by them. not to employ Captain Penny ; and the Admiralty had resolved not to reverse the decision come to by their predecessors in office. With regard to further corres pondence on the subject not before Parliatneut, ho was not aware that there were any such ufficial papers.: • Mr. ANSTEY said, the papers to which he referred did not perhaps come strictly under the title of corree spondence, but consisted, he believed, of memorials and petitions to the Admiralty, praying that Captain Penny might be re-employed. Mr. STAFFORD replied, that it would be very de sirable for the Hon. Member to specify what papers he really wished to be p ro d uce d. Sir It. H. INGLIS feared that the late - Admiralty, and he almost feared the present board, had forgotten that once upon a time there existed such a man as Mr. James Cook, for they really seemed to fancy that her Majesty's Royal Navy had a right to monopolize all the discoveries which might be made by private skill and enterprise.—(Hear, hear.) Eighty or ninety years ago that was not the doctrine of the then Board of Admiralty, and the consequence was that they found such individuals as "Mr." Cook—as some of the officers of the Royal Navy now-a-days would have presumed to call him—the master of a whaler, who rendered the name of England dignified by the discoveries he had made. He did say that the treatment which Captain Penny had received from different individuals had not been such as would tend to encourage in any, except in officers of her Majesty's navy, that zeal for national discovery which was so ma nifested in the middle of the last century.—(Hear, hear.) But this was not only a question of national discovery, nor a question of science; it was a question of humanity. —(llear, hear.) He believed that Captain Penny, whe-; ther he made the special discovery of the north-western passage or not, had penetrated further than any other man; and therefore, when it seemed to be thought almost a merit in the present and the late Boards of Ad miralty that they had given Captain Penny no reward, they would, in his opinion, have done their duty as well, and have met the justice of the case far better, if they had encouraged Captain Penny to continue those disco veries which he had commenced, and which he had prosecuted more satisfactorily than, or at least as satisfactorily as any other persons employed in the expedition.—(Bear, hear.) He would ven ture further, to express a hope that her Majesty's present Board of Admiralty would not lose a day in preparing the expedition upon which their predecessors in office had resolved.—(Bear.) It might not be neces sary that that expedition should sail on the 10th or the 15th of April ' • but he would say, that every day that it was delayed after the earliest time at which it could be got ready would be a day lost, not to the cause of dis covery, but to the great cause of suffering humanity; and he was sure the House would readily support the board in urging forward that expedition.—(Cheers.) Mr. STAFFORD said that strenuous exertions were being made to bring the new expedition into a state of readiness. Mr. PARKER regretted that the late First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir F. Baring) was not in his place that evening to take part in this discussion, and in his ab sence he (Mr. Parker) did not know that he could give any satisfactory explanation on the subject now under debate. This, however, be could assure the House, that his Right Hon. Friend had exercised his best discretion in the decision come to relative to the Arctic Expedi tions, in orcta. to attain that object which this House and the country at large had so much in view, namely, the recovery, if possible, of Sir John Franklin and his fellow-explorers, or, at any rate, the ascertaining what had been their fate. The late First Lord had taken infinite pains in the matter, he had left nothing undone, fur he felt that he would be secure of the support of the House and the approbation of the people at large in any expenditure. To find fault in the absence of his Right Hon. Friend with the course which he had taken did not seem to him to be quite fair. The choice of officers for such an expedition involved a delicate discretion, and he doubted whether this House was a fit place to discuss the merits of officers. He did not know whether his Riglat , Hon. Friend, had he been present, would have thought proper to enter into the reasons which bad induced the board to decline to send out Captain Penny, and he (Mr. Parker), holding, as be had done, but a subordinate position in the department, could not be expected to go into those reasons. Captain SCOBELL callee , the attention of the Ad miralty to the propriety of scattering the ships em ployed in the next expedition more than had been done in the first. Some six or eight vessels appeared to have been almost within hail of each other, so that they covered very little surface. Boat expeditions bad, it was true, been made over the ice, but the result has been very far from satisfactory. As to Captain Penny, he had, read with great minuteness everything that had come before Parliament on the question, and be did think that the exertions—he might say successful exertions of Cap tain Penny had been more prominent or as prominent as those of any one employed throue bout the whole expe dition. It was much to that gentleman's credit that he did not go to seek promotion, but had joined the expedition, runniag the same risks as those who went out also from very noble motives, but who hoped theredy to advance themselves. The Hon. and Gallant Member concluded by asking for the production of a return which he had moved for in the beginning of the session, and which would be useful to the House when the naval estimates came on for discussion. Admiral BERKELEY was prepared to assume his share of the responsibility of not having appointed Cap tain Penny to the Arctic Expedition. That conclusion had not been come to without due deliberation; it had not been come to without, in the first place, the consul tation of every officer who bad visited those regions, and he was of opinion that it Captain Penny had been sent out with the present expedition it would not have been for the interest of the object in view. The subject then dropped. Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved that the House, at its rising, should adjourn till Monday.—Agreed to. The dropped orders of the day and notices of motion were then re-appointed. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. On the motion for reading the order of the day re lating to the Parliamentary Representation Bill, Mr. Hume. Mr. Tiiomas buncombe, and Sir Joshua Walmsley presented petitions in favour of Parliamentary Reform. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then stated that as he could not hope to pass the Bill as a private Member he pro posed to abandon it, bat he should not preclude himself from making a motion on this subject in the course of the session. Ho should, therefore, move that the order of the day relating to this Bill, and the Corrupt Prac tices at Elections 13i1l be read, for the purpose of being postponed for three months.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME expressed his regret at the announce ment, but he hoped the Noble Lord would give an early notice of his intended motion. He was sure if the motion was founded upon free aid liberal principles it would meat with the sanction of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. WILLIAMS also regretted that the Bill was to be abandoned, but was rejoiced to hear that the Noble Lord bad not altogether given up the cause of reform.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. S. DUNCOMBE called upon the Liberal party to proceed with this Bill in defiance of the Noble Lord, or insist ripen his_abandoning it at once. He wanted to know whether it was intended to let Parliamentary reform stop where it was? And until he obtained some answer to this question, he could not consent to this motion.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared to him, how ever, that there was little chance of any reform this year; but the Noble Lord having pledged himself to take the matter up, he ought to state distinctly what he intended to do in future now.—(Hear, bear.) He hoped for nothing from her Majesty's Government, and he might be prepared on Monday, after hearing their statement, to give them the compliment of the session—(A langb)—but delays upon reform in the past had proved dangerous,—(Hear, hear.) He, therefore, called upon the Noble Lord to lose no time in introducing a Bill on the subject, so that the House might fully discuss it before the general election, which he was told was not far off. After a few words from Mr. G. BERKELEY, the motion for the postponement was agreed to. SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL. On the motion that the order of the day relating to this Bill be read, Sir by the W. P. WOOD Government.ODloped that the Bill would be taken up Mr. WALPOLE said no man was more competent to manag e a Bill for Chancery reform th a n the Chancellor, and he was glad to tell the lions° that this theN obsluebajneedtijp_H Learned(ear, hear.) With regard to this Bill Lord was ready and wining to take and another relating to the Court of Bankruptcy , h e would look into them- —a and see - ' d by the Goverriment ear, hear.) The order o f t h e the i second they could reaii n be gwaadso then d y (tl for postponed for a w ee k . The Parliamenta r y r i a m ent a ry Repres en t a ti on (Ireland) B ill , an d the Re p rese ntation (Scotland) Bill we re w i t hd ra wn. ) PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Sir J. PAKINGTON announced the intention of the Government to take up this Bill , Gove and fixed the second rending for Mon da y week nex t. ST. ALBANS DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Mr. WALPOLE moved the second reading of the Bill. Bill was Drought in EY said the vernment,Sir G. GR consequence of the report of a Royal Commis sion, in d into the system of bribery and cor sion, who had inquired lie hoped the Bill would be perse veredruption in the borough. said thus much, he was prepared to in ; but having • of the Right Hon. Gentleman leave the matter in the hands_ me Dep artment. the Secretary of State for the Bo 11 House and was rc- Mr. BELL then rose to addre:s t e ' ~ i' " Hear, hear. The ceived with laughter and cries o with the view of making Honourable Gentleman said he rose an expiring effort to prev ent the Bill from passing. The question of P ar liamentary elections was o ne in which he had never taken any interest and, in fact, he knew nothing wha'ever of such mattersuntil he found his name associated before be as the author of a system which had existe d long was born, and which, he had no doubt , would exist long a fter he had pas se d out of this sublunary state.— (Bear, hear.) To &feud so det es t a bl e a prac lice as that of which th e borough of St. Alb ans ha d been conv icted was im possible. No man had greater reason to detest that system than he had, but he put it to the House whether, under the present circumstances, it was just and prop er to carry out the extreme sentence of the law on the unfor tunate borough of St. Albans. He had several pleas to offer, and upon them would rest his argument. The first of those pleas was that when a number of persons were in dic:ed for a joint offence, the person who turned Queen's evidence, and by his testimony secured the conviction of his accomplices, was invariably pardoned. The present Bill was only one out of three which had been framed with the view ' of punishing electors who had been found guilty of receiving ',. bribes. The borough of St. attlis had turned Queen's ','' L 0 N' ,II,C) N'i_. - evidence, and yet it was the only borough in the kingdom which was to be punished, although it had been instrumental in doing much public service. The next plea which he ventured to offer was, that when confessions were extracted from cri minals, under the promise of indemnity upon their revealing the whole truth, it was not fair and juat to turn round and use, the confessions thus obtained as the grounds on which to convict. Now, the manner in which the Commissioners bad been received in St. Albans, and the frank and candid manner in which they were furnished with information, contrasted very favourably with the' reception which other commissions, having a similar object in view, had received in another borough. The confessions which were made to the Commissioners were made with a distinct and firm reli- ance upon the good faith and honour of Parliament, and it would be a violation of both if Parliament were now to turn round and use those confessions as a pretext for punishment. He had not in his haud a copy of the Bill now before the House for the disfranchisement of St. Albans, but, if his me mory served him right, it distinctly stated that all persons who being cited should truly answer questions put to them by the Commissioners should be indemnified from all the pains, penalties, and disabilities which they might have incurred by their illegal practices. This he apprehended was the text and the spirit of the Act, but he could not con ceive how a man, after making a full and true confession of his crime, was to be indemnified from all the conse quences of his act, if at the same time he was to be de prived of the privilege of the franchise. — (Hear , h e a r. ) This struck him .as being unjust and at variance with the letter of the Act. As lie had been held up so -much to public animadversion as .the author of a system of corruption, he would assume for argument sake, that there was some foundation for the charges made against lahn, and upon that assumption, and upon the principle of " put a thief to catch a thief," he would, with the permission of the House, state the present mode of electing a Member of Parliament, with the view of showing the inefficiency of the present law to check the offence of bribery. The present dill, as he before stated, was one of three, the ostensible ob jest of which was to put an end to bribery and corruption at elections. Now, in his opinion, none of those Bills would answer the object in view. The difficulty of getting evidence on which to convict for the offence of bribery was so great, that even in the borough of St. Albans, where it was supposed to be so rife, the rewards which were offered at the election of 1850, of 1,0001. and 5001. for proof to insure conviction, were not claimed—no person amid the constituency having been found to sell his evidence, although it was alleged that votes were sold in the borough for 51. each. During the fifteen months which he ( Mr. Bell) had been in purgatory, in con sequence of his election, he had inquired into the law and practice of elections, and his conclusion was that the ex treme stringency of the law rendered it inoperative. The law was so strict that if an elector travelled 40 miles to vote for a candidate he durst not offer him a glass of beer, nor could any person on his behalf offer a voter that refresh ment which, under the circumstances, he would be entitled to as a matter of course. The penalties upon all persons concerned in what was termed bribery were so absurdly stringent that an agent might be fined in a sum of 150,0001., or committed to prison for 400 or 500 years, if he could live so long. All experience with respect to criminal punish , meuts proved that the extreme stringency of the law led to its most glaring evasion. When sheepstealing was a hang ing ffence, how very few criminals were executed in pro portion to sheep stolen. Why, it was well known that the judges had a consultation where the offence became aggra vated in any county, and it was agreed among them that a few sheep stealers should be hanged, by way of an example to the rest. The consequence of this mode of administering the law was, that some fine morning a lot of fellows were ex ecuted who never expected to be hanged at all.—(Hear, and laughter) The election of a Member of Parliament was altogether managed by his agents—of the genus agent there were several species. It was the practice of an agent to have a committee-room, of the existence of which the candidate had no knowledge whatever. In this room the agent met the electors. The manner of bribing was effected some what after this fashion :—The elector called upon the agent to make inquiries. " How you do, Mr. Smith ?" says the agent—holding up three of his fingers to denote thereby the number of sovereigns he was prepared to pay. " Oh, I don't feel at all well to-day," replies the elector. " How is that ?" responds the agent (holding up his five fingers) " I'm sorry to hear you're unwell." " I'm better now, thank you," says the elector, and he walks to the window to look into the street. The agent then sports five sovereigns on the table, and turns round to look out of the other window. In the mean time the five sovereigns and the elector disappear simultaneously, and both agent and elector positively swear before a Select Committee of the House that the one did not give, and the other did not take, a bribe.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Now this was the mode in which the affairs of an election were carried on by the agents, spies, messengers, and clerks employed, but so cunning were the agents, and so dexterously was everything managed so as not •to compromise the candidate, that, whatever his suspicions may be, it was impossible for him to detect anything illegal. He would, however, do those agents the justice to say, that although, like lawyers, they cared not on whose behalf their services were retained, they discharged their duty to their principals with the utmost fidelity. A great deal had been said about the corruption of , St. Albans, but let it be remembered that there were nu e• trs of Honourable Gentlemen in that House who had s in the most barefaced and unblushing bribery, b 1 - hose return there could be no petition, on t- 4 guilty complicity of the rival candidate ; and , yet these : onourable Gentlemen were prepared to vote for a Bill to disfranchise the borough of St. Albans. According to the present system of electing a Member of Parliament the candidate was obliged to be kept in ignorance of the man ner in which he was elected, and as far as the electors were concerned, in the generality of instances they knew nothing whatever about politics. They looked upon an election as a , Christmas festivity. If an elector was asked what he was, , his usual reply was, " I votes with the Blues or the Reds," as the case might be. If he were asked about the corn-laws, his reply would be, "Oh, I don't know nothing about that ;" and if he were asked whether he liked a cheap loaf, hie reply would be, "In course I does; I'd rayther pay fourpence than sixpence. "—(Loud laughter.) He main tained that bribery was a disease,—(Hear, hear.), It was extremely like small-pox.—(Laughter.) It was contagious and communicable from one person to another—the person who suffered much by its attack was marked as long as he , lived, and the contagion only operated where there was a susceptibility towards it. In order to put an end to bribery, the primary object ought to be to imbue the public mind with a repugnance of the offence, and to provide that the person convicted of bribery should lose cast in the world. It might be said that it was a Utopian idea to expect that all classes in the community could be purged of this immoral tendency, but he assured the House that, even in the much-abused St. Albans, there were two hundred electors, in very humble positions of life, against whom no charge hal ever been made of receiving a bribe.—(Hear, hear.) He would come now to the method of curing this evil; and that was to rescind the laws which now existed, and which were so severe that they were never enforced. Remove the penalty, as they had done in the case of St. Albans, against all lawyers, agents, and solicitors, and then remove the ab surdity of their committees up stairs, where gentlemen, all of whom were probably equally guilty, sat upon each others' cases, and get in their place a Commission composed of such men—and he believed they could not get better—as sat upon the St. Albans case. He respected those Learned Gentle men as a child respected the father that corrected him — (Laughter)—and he could assure the House that a mouse was not more helpless before three bull terriers than a wit ness was in the hands of these three gentlemen. If the one missed him, the second was sure to snap him up, and the third to swallow him.— (Renewed laughter.) If every one suspected of bribery had the prospect of being sent before such a tribunal as that, the man who attempted either to bribe or to receive bribes would only be fit to spend the rest of his days in Hanwell.—( Hear, and laughter.) And it should further be borne in mind that the Commissioners ought to be remunerated by the State, to prevent them being retained in the. interest of either party. While he attended the Committee on his own case he was struck with the in genious manner in which business was done, and the expe rience he had there led him to see the fallacy of adopting such a mode to discover bribery. As long as a witness talked irrelevantly he was allowed to go on as he pleased; but as soon as he appeared to be going to touch upon anything that would have been decisive he was st o pp e d. If h e had been a member of the Committee, knowing nothing of the case but what transpired there, he would have voted for unseating himself, because, though there wes no legal evidence against him, yet he could smell, what was bottled up.—(Laughter.) He thought it right to make these remarks, because he had been blackened from one end of the country to the other as the most corrupt Member of the House; and, therefore, he was determined to do what he could, whether in the House or not, to stop bribery and corruption. But the Bill now before the House would not effect that object ; it would operate as the old punishment against sheep-stealing used to operate; the enormity of the crime would be lost in disgust at the punishment, and other boroughs equally corrupt would be allowed to escape. Besides, he could not see the propriety of first promising an indemnity for speaking the truth, and then, when the truth was spoken, turning round and dis franchising the borough. It was true the fine was remitted, but then capital punishment was inflicted, which was much worse than any fine.—(Laughter.) He had, perhaps, tres passed upon the time of the House longer than he ought to have done. It was because he felt it was a case of lite and death with him and the borough of St. Albans. St. Albans was in the mud, and he was in the mud, and unless he could drag St. Albans out of the mud, he must stop there himself. He would move, therefore, that this debate be adjourned, and he would leave those Honourable Gentlemen who con tinued to persecute the borough to name any day for its ad journment they pleased. The motion was not seconded. Mr. HUMShaving could notwithstanding a o k t e r n e f c r a n r g f re allo ofm t taking th h haits n 3h her passed,ad y S o tk t h y a l s ist t t M as in alle e a r i s ll f e o s r t they meant to reform all crying abuses, and after the long speech of the Honourable Member, who allowed that he sat in the House illegally, and that if he had sat upon the Com mittee he. would have disfranchised himself, he hoped her Majesty's Government would not allow this to be an isolated case, but that they would go to the root of the evil by put ting an end to these small boroughs, where, according to the testimony of the most competent witnesses they could have, bribery was all but universal. Sir DE LACY EVANS also tendered his acknowledg.. ments to the Government for having taken charge of the Bill. It would indeed have been much to be regretted if this Bill had been lost; but at the same time it would be equally hard if St. Albaas were to be made the only black sheep, while other culprits, not less guilty, escaped; and he would beg to suggest that a similar Commission should be issued in the case of Harwich. The Bill was then read a second time, to be committed on Friday next. The Personal Estates of Intestates Bill went through Com mittee. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a pe tition from the trustees of the B r iti s h M useum , praying for the annual Parliamentary grant. _ Mr. HUME gave notice that on an early day he would ask the H ome Secretary whether he intended to ca rr y out the resol u ti on of a Committee which sat three years ago, that there should b e a change in the government of the B r iti s h Museum , but whi c h recommendation had never yet b een at tended to. Sir R. IL INGLIS then presented petitions from Ban bury. Ross, and to wns i n the West Ridings of Yorkshire and Essex, against the Maynooth grant; also from Mr. Ju lius Jeffries, drawing attention to the merits of his life-boats in connexion with the burning of the Amazon, and praying for a Parliamentary inquiry into the value of his improve ments. Mr. SPOONER presented several petitions from Church men and Dissenters in North Warwickshire against the Maynooth grant. Mr. IIUME presented a petition from Arbroath against Maynooth ; also petitions from Suffolk against the malt tax ; also a petition from an individual praying for the enfran chisement of copyholds belonging to the church also a peti tion pfroofmotheepoirstlasnodt Dover and Ramsgate. of Jersey against the tolls levied on Captain HARRIS presented a petition from Christchurch a gainst the post-horse duty p the polic nroewsenteil pursueda i p n et s i o ti u o t n h A fro fr m ica ßirmingham, c9AtintlacQ of the gran t to blaynootb, 4110 egallast xl3o° Lord A. HERVEY presented a petition from Brighton, :gr.st BA-TAYRDAY EVENING, MARCE( l3 , , 1862. that the attempt to exalt one sectarian leader over the whole body of the Liberal party in England is to paralyze or to repel the alliance of other Members equally eminent and equally essential ? Times. another in favour of the Bill for regulating the qualifications of chemists. The House then adjourned at 20 minutes past Seven o'clock. NARLIAMI NTARX DIVISIONS. (From tho Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons• FRIDAY, AIARCII 12. BRITISH ELECTRIC COMPANY BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made and Ques tion proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words" upon this day six months :"—Question proposed, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." Debate arising; Motion made, and Question put, " That the Debate be now ad- journed." The House divided : - . • . MAJORITY—AYES, 210. Adana, Sir T. Dkye Forbes, W, Mowatt, Francis Adderley, C. B. Forster, M. lllullings.,J. R. Alcock, Thomas Fox, S. W. L. Muntz, G. F. Anderson, Arthur Fox, W. J. Newdegate, C. N. Goddard, A. L. Anstey, Thomas C. Freshfield, J. W, , ' Noireys, Lord Archdall, Captain • Fuller, A. E. O'Connor, Feargus Arkwright, George Gaskell, J. M. Ogle, S. C. Bailey, Joseph Gladstone, W: E. Ord, William Baillie, 11. J. Baines, M. T Gooch, B. s, Paget, Lord George itaird James Goulburn, Henry Palmer, Robert ' Parke, C. W. Barrow, NV: H. Graham, Sir James Patten, J. W. Beckett, William Greene% G. Peel, Colonel Bell, Jacob Greene, John Peel, Frederick Bellew, K. M. Greene, Thomas ' Pendarves, E. W. Benbow, Jehn • Grey, Ralph win, Bennet, Philip Grogan, E. - Pinney, William Berkeley, Admiral Grosvenor, Earl , Prime, Richard Berkeley, Henry F. Gwyn,- Rowel Perfect, R. Powlett, Lord W. • Berkeley, Grantley Hale, R. B. Berkeley. C. L. G. Raiford, Sir n. Stanton, John C. Bethel!, Richard Hall, Sir B. Richards. Richard Blandford, Marquis Hallewell. E. G. Repton, G. NV. Roebuck., J A. Bolder°, H. G. Halsey, T. P. Hominy, Col. Booker, T. W. Harris, Captain Russell, F. C. Booth, Sir R. G. llastie, Alexander Salwey, Colonel ilramston, T. W. Ileadlam,J, X. Seobe 11, Captain Bridges, Sir B. Heneage, G. H. &rope, G. P. Broadwood, Henri Herbert, Sidney Seymour, Lord Brockman, E. D. Herries,g.:C. Sibthore, Colonel Itrotherton, J. Hervey, Lord A. Sidney, Alderman Brown, Humphrey Heywood, James Blaney, R. A. Brown, W. , llindley Charles Smith, R. V. Bruce, Lord E. Hobhouse, T. B. Smith, John B. Buck, L. W. •Hope, Sir J. Smyth, John George Buller, Sir J. Y. Hope, Henry T. S etheron, T. Banbury, E. IL. Horsman, E. Spooner, Richard Burrell, Sir C. Hotharn, Lord Stafford, Augustus Cabbell, B. B. Humphery, Ald. Stanley, Edward Campbell, Sir A. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stansfield, W. R. Cardwell, Edward Jones, Captain Staunton, Sir,G. Carew, W. P. King, P. J. Strickland, Sir G. Carter, J. B. Knox, Colonel Strutt, E. Cayley, E. S. Knox, W. S. Stuart, Lord James Chichester, Lord J. Lacy, H. H• C. Stuart, J. Christy, Samuel Legh, G. C. Stunt, H. G. Clerk, Sir G. Lindsay, Colonel Sutton, J. H. Cobbold, J. C. Lockhart, A. E. , Tennent, R. J. Cobden, Richard Long, W. Tennent, Sir J. Cocks, T. S. Lopes , S ir Ralph ' Thompson, Colonel • Codrington, Sir W. Lusbington' C. T hompson, George Colebrooke, Sir T. Lygons General . .nrnely, T. Compton, H. C. Mackbzie, W.F. T owneley, John Corry, Henry Mackie, John Trehteruy, J. S. Davies, D. A. yttenaghten, Sir E. Tyler . ~, Sir G. Dawes, Edward y'Cullagli. W . i Y r ell, Sir J. Dawson, T. V. Meagher, Thomas Vane, Lord H. Dodd, G. Mahon, Viscount 'Vivi an, J. E. Duke, Sir James blar tin, Joh n W addir.gton, H. S. Duncan, George Matheson, Colonel Wail, c . B. Duncombe, T. Maunsell, T. P. Walpole, s, H. Duncombe, A. Yelgund, Viscount Walsh, Sir J. Duncembe,.o. Miles, P. W. S. Willcox, Brodie Duncombe, W. E. Miles, William West, F. R. Dunne, Colonel ninon, Robert Willia ms . . w. Edwards, Henry M' Ines, 'lnes R. M. Wood. Sir Charles Egerton, Sir P. Molesworth,Sir W. Wortley, S. Moncreiff, Evelyn, W. J. James Young, Sir John Ewart, William Moody, C. A. TZLIARs. lellowes, E. Morgan, 0 . Ferrer, James }lime:, Sir E. Morris, David M'Gregor, John ' MINORITY —NOES, 60. Armstrong, R. R. Harris, Richard Peto, Samuel M . Buxton, Sir E. Hastie, Archibald Pigot, Sir,Robert Chaplin, W. J. Hayter, W. G. Pigott, Francis Child, Smith Heneage, Edward Plowden, w. u. Clay, Jam es Hildysrd, R. C. Ricardo, Osman Collins, W. Ilollond, Robert Scully, Francis Cotton, W. H. " Howard, C. W. Shelburne, Earl Douglas, Sir C. Hudson, G. Smith, John Abel Duff, George S. Jackson, William Stephenson, Robert Duff, James J o h n stone, Sir J. Thompson, Alderman Ebrington, Viscount Keating, Robert Tufnell, 11. Egerton, W. T. Langston, J. IL Walmsley, Sir 3, Ellis, John Lockhart, W. Watkins, Colonel Fergus, John Lowther, Colonel Williamson, Sir 11, Ferguson, Sir R. Lowther, Henry Wilson, James Fordyce, A. D. Mahon, O'Gorman Wynn, 11, w, Fox, Richard If. Mangles, R. D. Wynn, Sir W, Glyn, U. C . Marshall, W. Gooid, Wnydham Maine, Fox TELLERS. Grace, 0. D. Hill, Lord Marcus Grinnell, Charles W. O'Connell, M. J. Ricardo, J. L. O'Connell, Maurice PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) The undernamed Railway Bills were presented, read a first, and ordered to be read a second time : Oxford, Worcester, an d W o lverhampton (No. 3 ). Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 4). Somersetshire Central. TIDE CLIQUE. CHESHAM CLIQUE. We never do u bt e d t h at th e us of adversity wouldof the Treasury to those office has already con verted have not been of the Oppositi on ; an d our ant ic ipations im mediately be displ a y e d i n the cond it ion aa of the party which has just mig ra t e d from the b enc hes disappointed. A f o rt n i g ht out of who baffled Mr. Havte r 'a ingenuity a few nights ago, or threatened, if they stayed, to the most reserve d an d exclus ive of Ministers into a bidder for pop u l ar ity. Th e men vote against th e i r f r i en d s , ra lly with admirable unanimity War, action. Whig seamanship is never so finely displayed as in sailing on a w in d, ra th er c l ose h au l e d. T hey advance by op position the absolutely to the Council o f though they deserted in the last position ; and to put forth a ll th e ir stren gth y . require a handsome res istance. days of already displayed more cordiality in tw elve the opposi tion than he had expended in six years of power; and attractions he gains by ceasing to rule the State almost may compensate for what he bad lost in the service of the Crown. Lord John himself has agree able contrast to the Ministerial langour which latelyeorrh pressed the country with ill-humour and ennui, I But, thougji this amenity and these efforts form an That 168 ratter of the late meeting in Chesham-place. late Adminis trationwhile to inquire rather more closely what was theittpaewcha gentlemen immediately connected with the.. not an event calculated to excite either exultation or surprise. of should assemble at the house of the late Premier, is The meeting included that fraction of the House Coin mona which may correctly be described as the Whig pa r ty, , and to this fraction were added for the nonce some 25 o r Members of more Radic a l op i nions, who serve as an unat tached corps under the same general command. But, con sidering the extreme gravity and interest ef the occasion, and the importance of arriving at some combined action on the main question of the da y . o ur aston i s h m ent is fa r more excited by the small numerical streng th o f this meeting and by i ts purely Whig charac t er . If our memory doe s not deceive us, t h ere have been meetings in Downing-street, even within the last few years, when 260 Member s obeyed the eummons of the Pre mier and received his com mands. The value of the presen t demonstration would cert a i n l y have been materially increase d if Sir James Graham had th ought fit to testify by h i s pre sence that he is henceforth to be considered as a member of the same party and a lead er of the same corps as Lor d J o h n Russell. But, though we understa n d th a t it was intimated by Sir James Graham th a t h e concurred in the propose d policy of the opposition t o L ord Derby's Cabinet, he stoo d aloof from a more decided j unction. For the same reason , we presume, Mr. Card we ll was absent, and, with t h e exception of Mr. F. P eel, who had taken o ffi ce under the late Ministry, no othe r member of Sir R. Peel's . party is on the list. A still more striking gap in the distribution of p ar t s for this new drama was caused by the absence of L ord Palmerston, su pported, no doubt, in his retirement by th e fi delity of his squires, C o l one l Freestun and Mr. Monckton Mi lnes. Equally sign ifi can t, and in numerical force eves m ore discouraging, was t h e ab sence of a large portion of th e I r i sh s of the Liberal ca use, whose hostility to U se l ate Minister has been loudly expressed, and likewise that o f several independent Mem b ers, w h o se adherence to Free-trade Principles is unquestionable , that ground, an unqualified a dh erence to the authority as sumed by Lord John Russell. Y et it is the i n difference or support, the distrust or the confid ence, of these indepen d en t an d variable quantities which constitutes the difference be but who appear to have hesit a t ed before they gave i n, on tween a majority and a minority, end will turn the scale in the distribution of power. . In fact, if this meeting proves anything, it proves that Lord John Russell can command the support of rather more than one quarter of the present House of Commons, including in that number Radical M em b ers , w h ose alle giance & and dictated at this mo ment by their fears of a Prote c ti onist Ministry. Probably we should have given credit to L ord John for a somewhat larger following , if we had specul ated on it beforehand. But e conditional , asprink li i n n g te o r f aiittin let us allow him to count 200 adherents, though only . 168 m e ie x t t h en at d ; in no a r is avai it unquestioned w led themselves of his inv itation —wh a t i s th a t among so is that even in comparison with th e compact Protectionist phalanx of 230 ? Yet beyond th at number his influence can amount. i ithin that ; Upon the evidence of this me e ti ng we recognize therefore sai l d Vh to at in Lord John Russell the leader of thi a section of the Liberal party. But as long as it is a se c ti on it is a minority, and though it may find itself in a casu a l majority by some com mon impulse of hostility er fortuit ous coincidence, such a no a t n b y 11 °080 o f 646 Mem b ers ? Wh a t e ? section is not yet a party for political Purposes, and such a co mbination contains but few of th e amalgamated elements of a broad and powerful Government. Much has been said since the dissolution of the late Cabinet of the importance of extending the structure of the next Government, and we are amused to find that the sturdy remonstrances we addressed to Lord John Russell in March, 1851, and in January, 1852, when it was in his power to profit by them, are now adopted by his confidential supporters as the pledge of his future conduct, if he has another chance. But we can discover in this meeting no evidence of any such extension at all. That part of the process of reconstruction has yet to,be effected. With a view to the organization of a power ful Opposition, capable of succeeding eventualli, to the direc tion of affairs, this meeting led to no practice result. Per haps we shal l told that no such result was expected. But, as we stated yesterday, we must be permitted to look rather beyond mere considerations of personal ambition and party intrigue. The interests, the tranquillity, Possibly the safety of the country, peremptorily require that such" a party should be formed with the greatest possible e ffi ci ency and the least possible delay. And it is precisely because Lord John Russell is essentially the leader of a section, identified through every passage of his life with the dogmatism of hi s p __ y art creed, that he is not the chief representative of the dominant opi nions of the nation, based on the extinction of those mere tv passions and distinctipas ta once arrayed men against ar become, in tru t h, such a lead each other. To off the er of a great le, a man must first s hake Party badges which peop , Lord John Russell venerates, and must then este ' rem an in dependence of judgment an d of character eibmeanei by which Sir accomplished R o bert Peelch Lord J o hn Russell proscribes. Those these were the great legislati ve act that made • name immortal, and endeared him, be ) . ond any li v i ng l d N his of Eng an . or ,if h is great work the people s t a tesman, to be now threatened by a p ar ty combination o f landlords and P ro t ec tionists, can it be securely de fen ded except by a Minis ter who shall throw hi mse lf resolutely upon the na tion , s hades and hues o f opinion in the an d combine the lesser public i n terest and public duty . The P olitical section broad daylight o f sections of the day are the ingredi ents of such a pa y e t e hseme must bee mrge ;d in st ; but they for the t y e time the chief obst ac l es to i ts ar conso lid a ti o n, since, even in contact , they refus e t o m i ng l e. an d pretensions aff ord even now the principal chance o Nay, their differences t temporary success, of which th e presen t Commons will , by manoeuvring skil fully,leader of the House of they may even be be a ten, ln deta il and , avail himse lf. . Ch_sharn-place goes, it holds out no as tar as this meeting in e t reinforcemen . Can there be a stronger pledge of fusion or that in order to bring these several proot of our assertion, . and discipline n , some common parts and sections into un i on `hem, tint above thew? ? d t in Qua an d hew 144,1 t In sought, 119 I:'_‘btrs'; . Vibttton. ELECTRIC. TELEGRAPEIS. To-day Mr. Reid tried another series of interesting experiments on the South-Western Railway, similar to that he performed at Dover on the 3d instant—one instru ment and battery being placed in the Admiralty, Whitehall, and the other in the Portsmouth Dock-yard, distance in round numbers, one hundred miles. Several messages were sent to and from the Admiralty and the Dockyard by the miniature battery with perfect success. This battery was then removed, and the pieces of silver and zinc were then introduced into the mouth of the operator, and a message sent from London to Portsmouth, and repeated back correctly. There were present in the Admiralty Colonel Wylde, C. 8., and Mr. Wylde, jun. At the Portsmouth Dockyard were Sir Thomas Briggs, his secretary, and others. The experi ments were previously witnessed by Captain Hamilton of the Admiralty, Mr. Dyer, &c. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. _ BOOKS, &c., TO CAPE TOWN. On and from Ist April next, printed books, magazines, re views, and pamphlets (whether British, Colonial, or Foreign), addressed to Cape Town, may be forwarded by packet at the following reducedzates of postage, viz.:— s. d. For each packet not exceeding J/ 2 1b. in weight exceeding %lb. and not exceeding 11b. 1 0 ft ft ft 11b. ft 21b: 2 0 21b. ft 31b. 3 0 and so on, increasing one shilling for every additional pound or fraction of a pound. Provided, however, that the following conditions be care fully observed:- Ist. Every such packet must be sent without a cover, or in a cover opeu at the ends or sides. 2d. 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The calculation of the Sack, 80 millions of francs per annum, is an exag gerated one, bat the amount produced by the octroi duties is very large. It is a tax which presses with pe culiar hardship on the working classes, is vexatious and annoying to all classes, and is attended with enormous expense in the collection. Some months ago, a reduction of the army was spoken of as the surest and best means of supplying the deficit that would be occasioned by the abolition of the present octroi duties; but at the present moment there appears to be little prospect of this being accomplished. It is asserted in the best circles that the PRESIDENT of the Republic is really desirous of diminishing the military budget; but to do this not only is time required for the perfect re-establishment of order in France on such a footing that no new outbreak would be possible, bat all the foreign powers must consent to a reduction of their armies so as to leave France so comparatively as strong with a small as with a large army. It has also been pro posed to establish a more liberal system of customs trariffs so as to cause increased consumption in France, and consequently augment the produce of the customs; but at least three or four y e ars must be given to this experiment, and a positive source of revenue connot be abolished for an experiment which, however successful, c could not be immediately productive. The Sikh: says it is proposed to supply the deficit which the abolition of the octroi duties would occasion by an additional tax upon rents, and perhaps a tax upon the minimum of rent (2001. per annum and under), which has hitherto escaped taxation; but that, bad as is the principle of the octroi tax, it had better be suffered to continue, than to increase an already oppres sive burthen on another branch of the revenue. We read in the Pressej:—" M. A. DE GOBINEAU, first attache of the French Legation at Berne, who arrived in Paris a few days ago, has returned to his post with dispatches which attest, we are told, the notable changes that have taken place in the views of the French Go vernment." " It appears certain," says the Bulletin de Paris," that General CAvAIGNAc will refuse the Legislative man date recently conferred upon him by a part of the elec tors of Paris." DENMARK. An animated discussion took place in the Volks thung of Denmark on the 6th, on the motion for taking into consideration the draft of an address to the KING on the state of affairs, drawn up by three of the Mem bers. The address manifests want of confidence in the Danish Ministry, and expresses dissatisfaction at the arrangements that have been come to respecting the organization of the Monarchy. On a division, it was decided by a majority of 84 to 4 that the address shoul d be taken into.conrideration, w i t h a v i ew of re f err i ng it to a committee. GREECE. The Observateur, of Athens, of the 27th ult., publishes some papers signed by the Polish General MILBITZ, which have been laid before the Greek Chamber of De puties by the Government, in justification of the expul sion of the General and other Polish refugees from the Greek territory. These papers show that the General was attempting to organize a force to co-operate with other portions of the globe in an attempt to establish a sort of universal republic; and the letters from Athens say that facts have come to light which prove that the General was an agent of M. MAZZINI. The papers published by the Observateur are three in number, but the journal states that the Government has seized many others. The first of these three is a rhapsodical effusion in favour of equality and socialism, and sots out with a remark that ail mankind are descended from ADAM and EVE, and are therefore brothers, and entitled to equal rights and advantages. The 'second is a still more . rhapsodical disquisition on the state of Europe, and the views and intentions by which its Governments are animated. The third is an address intended to be secretly distributed for the organization of occult societies, with a view to spontaneous action when the General, who declared that he had chosen and appointed his Government, should give the signal. These papers are in manuscript with the exception of the heads and titles, which are in lithography. There is nothing in them to show that the General had made much progress in his schemes, or to give a clue to the persons who were conspiring with him, and, taken by themselves, they might almost be regarded as the effu sions of a dreamer. The Observateur, however, informs us that they led to domiciliary visits, which produced proofs against the other Poles who have been expelled with General MILBITZ. It does not appear that any Greek of note was connected with the conspiracy. A letter from Corfu of the 261 h tilt. states that a most violent hailstorm raged there on the preceding day, accompanied with whirlwinds and water-spouts, by which thousands of olive-trees were torn up, the lemon and orange-trees seriously injured, and even a church steeple thrown down. Many boats and smaller vessels on the coast were partly destroyed and partly seriously damaged. ITALY. We read the following in the Piedtnontese Gazette of the 9th, relative to the late disturbances in Sardinia: — "General DURANDO arrived at Sassari on the 6th, toge ther with the expeditionary column under Colonel MoL LARD. The arrival of the royal troops restored tran uillity and confidence to the inhabitant s . General Denstwo published the royal decree, declaring the town and province of Sassari in a state of siege. The National Guards deposited their arias without the slight est opposition; the university was provisionally closed, and many persons were, after consulting with the local authorities, arrested, for having taken a prominent part in the disturbances. It is a remarkable fact that not one of the new Sardinian recruits that were on the spot, deserted or neglected his duty on this occasion." The Giornale' di Roma, of the 3d, contains a notifica tion by the Minister of War, fixing conditions for the purchase by the Government of 200 horses for the Roman cavalry. By another notification of the Minister of Finance, the custom-house at Viterbo is suppressed, and its attributions transferred to that of Acquapen dente. in the e7lr formerly thel( fl ' n l s i p u e e t t e o r r . . ------_ e rp f s rom will t b h e e STAFF. — Major the Honourable Wellington Stapleton Cot (Fr o m the sm t t i s i t il s e cc d ti Service 7e. The L Large numbers I 1 n z i t e ui i n le t of epr as rt this oi fe 3 fine n a s etya. young 00 un ne gd ton, son of General Viscount Combermere, has been ap pGoeinneteradl Ist Life Guards); and Captain the Honourable Arthur Ed ward Hardinge,. Coldstream Guards, to be his Lordship' I to a in L ik r o o r N l t H D w a n rd yr N i a n A a g 8 Aide•de-Camp. imaelnlLE,oentioduocilanNomarpGelete regiments on- the new establishment,eac are daily enlisted, and the entire strength for General of Hospitals in Dublin, is about to r h eti o r shortly effected. MEDICAL .STAFF. James Pitcairn, M.D l‘orrifitliihiteaEr jrdSAneacrniteetealVirt service. Second Class Surgeon Le Blanc h to hold himself in readiness for service at j as received orders THE CLERES OF THE ROYAL N Avy. J amaica. under the new regulations respecting —lt is reported that, only all the Clerks of the Nay_ will the Paymasters, not position than they now occup Y y i) be placed in a better titled to half-pay when employed, lit that they will be en- on, NEWPORT ' MARCH 11.--• Wind N.E.—Sld. Co lumbine, Num& MINING INTELLIGENCE. 1 (From the Mining .knanal of this day.) • mr NE s -Although the market has not been so active as in the preceding week, still shares in se; oral of the dividend mines have changed hands at similar prices, such as Devon Great Console, Alfred Consols, Bedford United, Great Pol goath, St. Aubyn and Grylls, West Cetradon, West Provi dence, and Wheal Trelawny ; Tiemaynes at 1/. advance, and Merllyns 1/. decrease. Cwmystwith have risen from 1001. to 1251. per share. In Foreign mines, Cobre and United Mexi can have maintained the last quotations, and Santiagos ad vanced to 6/. ss. In mines which have not as yet paid dividenes, East Daren has advanced to 90/., Hennock to 94, and Wheal Crebor to 71. Cook's Kitchen, South Tamar, and Trannack and Bosence are at the same price this week as they were last. Chivertons have dropped to 61; Tregardock to 5/. In others, little or no business has taken place, and the market may be said to be in a healthy state. In the Bullion Market, Mexican and South American dollars, buyers at 4-3. 103 d. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grains in the pound to be paid for, ss. Old. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. Oad. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 93. per oz. standard. Spanish doubloons 78s. per oz. Columbian doubloons , 78 s. per oz. Platina, lds. per oz. Quicksilver in bond, 3s. per lb. In the Metal Market- Copper has became very scarce, and the demand for it being on the increase, an advance in price is contemplated. The sale of copper ore at Thursday's Ticketing was 3.233 tons, amounting to 19,317/. lls 6d., the average produce and standard being 7i, 1101. 12e. The correspondieg sale last month was 3,951 tons, produce 73, 1091. 195., being an advance of about 30s. per ton. The total quantity of copper ore sold at the Cornwall Ticketing, for the quarter ending December last, was only 37,361 tone. The sales and samplings for the present quar ter, to the end of March, will be 38,113 tons. The corres ponding quarter of 1851 was 38,860 tons. At East Wheal Rose m ee ti ng , on M on d ay, t h e accoun t s for Nov. and Dec. showed-Balance from the last account, 5,009/. 12s. 4d. ; ores sold (less dues), 6,9031. Os. 10d.; Car goll adventurers for water charge, &c., 133/. IN 10d 10,0524 135.-Mine cost, coals, and merchants' bills, 5,569/. ls. 3d. ; carriage of ore and coals, 252/. 9s. I Id.; discount on ore bills, 101. 153. 3d. ; by dividend of 10/. per share, 1,280/, ; leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 2,939'. 19s. 7d. At the Trumpet Consols quarterly meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Tin sold, 3,243/. 3s. 9d. ; carriage, 28/. Bs. 5d.• balance frcm last account, 2/34 Bs. lld = 3,535/. Is. fd.-Labour cost, Oat., 631/. • 2s. 10d.; Nov., 685/. Bs. 2d.; Dec., 679/ Bs. 2d.; merchants' bills, 4761 . 13s. 9d. ; deeds, 51/. ss. 6d.; dues, 1351.25. 7d.: leaving balance , to next account, 8761. Os. id, A ditidend of 5/. per share (100th) was made. ge.At Mary Ann Mine meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Labour cost and lord's dues for Sept., 1,223/. Os. ld. ; Oct ,1,2591. 17s. 7d. ; Nov. 1,3364 3s. ; Dec. 1,0861.35. 2d ; merchants' bills, 1,0831.95. 10d.=6,0191.03.33.-By silver lead ore sold, 5,360/.145. Id.: showing loss of 6581. 6s. Id., which, deducted from 1,092/. 16s. 3d. in hand last meeting, leaves balance to next account, 4341. 105. 2d. At Kingsett and Bedford meeting, on Monday last, the ac counts showed-Balance last account, 130/. is. lid.; Nov. cost, 471. 12s. lid.; Dec., 411. 12s. 3d. ; Jan., 35/. 17s. 9d. =2554 4s. 10d.-Cash received, 182/. 45.: leaving `balance to next account, 73/. Os. 10d. At Great Wheal Baddern bi-monthly meeting, on Thurs day, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 429/. 12s. 10d ; interest, office expenses, &c., 29/. 7s. ld. ; costs for De cember, 392/. ss. 11d.; January, 3811. 15s. 4d.; merchants' bills, 184/. Os. Id. =1,3171. le. 3d.--Call and materials sold, 1094 2s. ; lead sold, 1,273/. 9s. Id.; mundic, 1731. 14s. 5d.; .s. tin, 25/. 175.; leaving balance to next a ccount , 165/ 1 3d. ; 52 tons of lead ore, sold on March 4, 630/. ; ca ll due, 231. ; 18s. estimated value of jack and mundic to sell, 681.: making 886/. 19s. 3d. assets against liabilities; working cost for Feb., 430/. At Hingston Downs Mine meeting, on Tuesday last, the accounts showed— Balance last account, 1151. 2s. ; reeeived for carriage, 11/. I ts. sd. ; call, 7611.- -- --- - 8371. 16s. sd. —Paid December cost, 458/. 3s. 10d. ; January, 361/. 4s. ; Captain Richards, 2/. : leaves balance to next account, 661. Bs. 7d. The assests are—arrears due on call in January, 2501. 12s. 6d. ; copper ore sold 19th February, 986/. 14s. sd. =1,303/. 155. 6d. —The liabilities are:- February and March cost, lord's dues, and merchant's bills, 1,111/. 48. 7d.: leaving balance, 1921. _los. Ild. At North Wheal Robert meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Calls, 3,842/. ; discount, &c., 401. 2s. 2d.; loan, 2501.---4,1301. 2s. 2d. ; Purchase of sett and materials, 1,0001.; office rent and management, 1431. 95.; printing and stationery, 531. 15s. Id. ; interest on loan and bank com mission, 61. 17s. sd. ; working cost to end of Jan., 2,590/. 3s. 2d. • arrears due on calls, 2671. : l eav ing balance in hand of 335/. 17s. 6d. ; the liabilities being 773/. 15s. Bd. A call of 10s. per share was made. At West Phoenix Mine meeting on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 2dol. 3s. 11d.; cash received, 231=--253/. 3s. 11d. December, cost, 91/. 17s. Ild. ; January , 1191. Os. I ld. : le av i ng balance to next account, 391.58. id. A call of 10s. per share was made. At Great Sheba Mine meeting on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 94/. ss. 58. ; cash received, Od. December cost, 149/. Ils.; Jannary, 142/. 14s. 10d.: leaving balance to next account, 116/ 15s. 7d. A call of 1/. per share was made. At Trethevy Mine meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, f5l. 3s. 5d.; Dec. cost, 173/. 153. 4d. ; Jan. 2 qi:/. 9s. lid. ;; sundries, 111.4x._4811. 123. Bd. Cash received, 249/. 7s. 7d.; leaving balance to next account, 2321.55. 2.1. A call of 1/. per share was made. At Nansegollan Mine meeting, on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance last acccunt, 4521. 12s. Bd.; labour cost for four months, to end of February, 47W. lls. I 1 d. ; mer chants' bills, 213/. 155.; dues, 31. 3s. 88 =-..1,1701. 3s. 3d. Call in Nov., 640/. ; tipstutr sold, 63/. 13s. 10d. : leaving balance to next account, 4661.95. sd. A call of 2/. per share was made. At the Great Rough Tor Mine meeting, on the 26th Feb., the accounts showed -Cost from Oct., 1850, to end Dec., 1851, 2,800/. 7s. 10d.: leaving a balance due to the purser of 1,8031. 3s. 3d. A call of Si. per share was made. At IN' heal Union meeting, on the 16th Feb., the accounts showed-Balance last account, 430/. 19s. Bd. ; costs for six months ending December, 7561. 7s. 2d, -1,381. 6s. 10d.- Call, July, 6301.: leaves balance to next account, 757/. 6s. 10d. A call of 8/. per 126th share was made. At Perrin St. George meeting. on ehe Ist March, the ac counts showed-Copper ores sold, 1,9641. ss. 9d. ; costs for Sept., 6961. 165.7 d. ; Oct., 379/. 14s. 4d. ; merchants' bills, 256/. 13s. ; dues and . income-tax, 951. 78.; showing a peofit of 535/. 14s. 10d.-Balance last acoount, 3,1731. 2s. Id. ; making a sum of 3,708/. 16s. Ild ; from which deduct cost at Devonshire's, 4651. 7s. 9d.; leaving balance to next ac count, 3,243/. 98. 2d. At Crane and Bejawsa meeting, on Tuesday last, the ac counts for Nov. and Dec. showed—Balance from last ac count, 11 it. Bs. 10d. ; costs and merchants' bills, 8991 * 12s. is. 6d.—By ores sold (less d ues ), in January, calln January, 3841.: lea v ing b a l ance i n f avour o f a d v enturers, 259/. Is Gd. A call of 21. per share was made. During the week shares have changed hands in Devon Great Consols, South Tolgus, North Pool, Wheal Buller, Wheal Basset, Wheal Reeth, Alfred Consols, West Alfred, Bedford United, Great Polgooth, Tincroft, Trelawny. West Caradon, Tremayne, Cefn Bruno, Cwmystwith, East Daren, South Tamar, Garreg,grannack and Borence, Wheal Chiver ton, Speedwell, Trevelyan, Trebarvah, Great Bryn, Cubert, West Polgooth, Beacon, West Ding Dong, Cook's Kitchen, Nant-y-Car, East Boringdon, Lvdford, Wheal Fanny, Galt y•Maen, Trenault, Union Tin,' Wheal Catherine, Wheal flarriett, Clijah and Wentworth, Wheal Uny, Langford and Baring United, Wood Mine, Zion, Wheal Crebor, Drift Moor, Carvannall, Raleigh, and General Mining Company for Ireland. In Foreign Mines, transactions have taken place in San tiago, St. John del Rey, United Mexican, Cobre, and Worthing. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS; TIMES.—The British hustings, with all their rude gran deur, as the constituent assembly of the people, and the basis of our boasted Constitution, are seldom the scene of intel lectual display or political announcements. Our readers, therefore, will not be disappointed to find that the new Chan cellor of the Exchequer has given his Buckinghamshire con stituents nothing more thanthe old thing slightly adapted to the present occasion. We have shaken and sifted his speech all sorts of ways in the hope that some novelty might catch the eye, and give a fresh turn to our remarks; but if anything new is intended by Government, Mr. Disraeli has kept his counsel admirably. He only tells us that various branches of British industry, of which he speci i es three—agriculture, colonial sugar, and the shipping in terest—have now to bear an unequal, an accumulated, and a ruinous pressure; that this pressure was met by our protective system, which, says he, we have suddenly and inconsiderately abolished ; that in his opinion a slight counter vailing duty would be the best way to meet the many burdens the first of these interests has to bear, but that if the country should finally decide against that expedient, he and his colleagues are prepared to relieve the agriculturist and his I fellow-sufferers by any other means in their power. All this we have heard before so frequently that we are really con strained to allow the Right Hon. Gentleman some credit for reproducing his old matter in a readable form. Whether it be that we were lured on with the continual glimmer of some expected novelty, or that Mr. Disraeli has the art of per suading his readers that they are listening to something im portant, we cannot say, but certainly we have got through the Aylesbury speech as easily as we should a chapter: in " Coningsby" or the" Political Life of Lord George.' But, after all, what is the speech, or rather, what is its object? Is it to defend an opinion, or to prepare for an announcement? Mr. Disraeli so often asseverates that he is the same that he has always been in Parliament, and will continue the same in power as in opposition, that we might suppose him to be really enlightening the farmers of Buckinghamshire as to the policy of the new Cabinet. On the other hand, he takes care to assure them he is not pledging it to any particular measure. Unfortunately, it must be confessed that he seems to promise something that is to do the duty of Protection; something in its stead;et so me equivalent; the thing itself in a less invidious form. It is true that he asks not protection but compensation ; so long, however, as he says he would get a fixed duty if h e could, but, seeing that he cannot, he will try for the beet possible substitute, he is buoying up the hopes ' e of the agri culturist, provoking the manufacturer, the old q uarrel, and bringing an unjust and unnecessary s rl sa i ryodium on measures of relief that the interests he mentions may possibly require. In these days every c l ass is a its claims to relief; immense burdens have lately been removed, and other burdens remain to be removed or mitigated; so the public is quite prepared for the crowd of applicants that each year besieges an overflowing Exchequer pressing for relief. It certainly is rather h ar d on the farmer, West India planter that he the shipowner, or the throng, and state his , .own cannot take his place in the the imputation of g rievances like the rest, without the t find himself exposed to tliosr favour. But, if he does not to thank those injudicious fr ipap d utatir, N;rfe they yst no y he has longer dare ask for protection, ask fora b s as w ta o rd form of it under the name of compensation. But does a not Mr. Disraeli see by the light of his own speech that this claim for compensation is perfectly endless endless not merely in time, but in the num ber of classes and interests that it must embrace? He enu merates three interests, now sinking under their burdens, but he gives them only as instances, intimating that British industry altogether requires a similar set-off against foreign competition. But, take those three interests alone, and see what a muddle we are in the moment we attempt to aid one by the taxation of the rest. We are, it seems, to tax the agricultural and the shipping interests for the sake of the West Indian interest ; the shipping and West Indian interest for the sake of the agricultural; and the West Indian and agricultural for the sake of the shipping; all but one for the sake of that one; and that one for the sake of all the rest. What a terrible pother, when it is so much simpler and cheaper to tax nobody for the sake of any body ! As for the peculiar burdens of the agricultural or any . other interest, such a s e xist have already been taken into account in agricultural contracts, and by this time have been settlei on the shoulders best able to bear the m , viz. , those of the landlord. The labourer and the farmer h ave their places ever t u ally in the market of labour and of farms, and can on y experience a temporary inconvenience by laws wtrich may h a ppen to depress that ma r k e t ; b u t an y p erma s i o n falls at last on the l an d owner , an d there remains. 1 1: most, then, that Mr. Dis rae li ca n nent depe e of his "p 9culiar burden a ; make far 44 they Arise from unequal tazatiou, is that land . is improperly burdened to the extent of about two or three millions a-year, or, on his own estimate, a shilling in the pound. But what a miserable little grievance this is for a great and. wealthy interest to bring in so lemn form before the British Legislature, to divide that Legislature ul.fm it, to convulse the whole frame of society, to endanger the cause of good order and peace, to stop all salutary legislation, to found lasting and incurable grudger, to make the name of a landowner odious, and at this particular juncture actually to open our shores to invasion! After all, too, for this shadow the agriculturist is throwing away all his hopes of substantial relief. It is in the nature of things and certainly this country is no exception to the rule—that all laws, institutions, and customs want continual amendment. All the interests f the country in their turn want the assistance of the Legislature for one purpose or another. Lir. Disraeli and his colleagues have plenty to do in this "humbler and more useful' line for their agricultural clients; but they will certainly not do it if they ask for " Protection," or " compensation," or any thing of that sort. TILE LONDON GAZETTE, March 12. CROWN-OFFICE, 7rTAr.cu 12. MEMBERS BLTURNED To SERVE IN TIIIS PRESENT PAR* College of the, g LIADIENT_ o)y yof Dublin—Joieph Na pier, Esq., LL.D., her itlajts'y's Attorney-Genera! for Ireland. Borough of Portarlicgton—Licutensnt-Colonel Fran cis Pluoget Dunne, of Brituv, iu tho Qum's County, Clerk of the Ord nance. Couoty of York —East Ridir?g—The Honourable Ar thur Duncombe, of Kilawiek Percy, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Aerniraliy, . BA.NKIITIPTS. Daniel Keith and Thounia SLoobriclge, warehousemen, Wood-street, Chenpside,. City, to surrender, March 24, at one, and April 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfield, cffi - Aal assignee; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. Stephen Ludlow, builder, Oxford, March 19, at half past eleven, and April 22 , at twelve,' at the Ccurt of Bankruptcy. Bell, effieial assignee, Coleman-s.Veet buildings, Moorgatc-strcet; Holrne and Co., New Inn, Strand. Iseac Morris, innkeeper, Derby, March 26, at twelve, and April 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingha m Dis trict Court. Bittletto:i, effi.Aal assignee, Nottingham; Smith, Darby William Noblet, post horse keeper, Blackpool, Lan cashire, March 23, and April 14, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liver pool; Winstanley and Charnley, Preston; Evans and Son, Liverpool. William Frost, silk throwster, Macclesfield, March 19, and April 22 (and not on the 27th as advertised in last Tuesday's Gazette) ' at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. L ee , official assignee, Manchester; Fox and Son, Finsbury-circus; Worthington and Earle, Manchester. John Stark. grocer, West Rainton, Durham, March 19, and April 29, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne; Armstrong, Newcastle; Shield and Harwood, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. John Rymer, paper manufacturer, Gateshead, Dur ham, March 19, at eleven, and April 29, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Harle, Southampton buildingr, Chancery-lane, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. C. J. Powell, Kingston, draper, April 2, at eleven—W. Lasslett, Houson, Sandwich, Kent, dealer in hay and corn, April 2, at half-past eleven—J. Ingram, Southampton, seedsman, April 2, at eleven—Mary Astle, J. T. Astle, G. Astle, and C. Astle, Coleman-street, bookbinders, April 2, at half-past twelve—E. Churton, Holles-street, Cavendish square, bookseller and publisher, April 2, at twelve— Sir G. Duckett, Bart., Sir F. B. Morland, Bart., and T. T. Bernard, Pall-mall, bankers, April 5, at half-past one—W. Willis, Trowbridge, wool broker, April 8, at eleven--J. Mash. Col chester, draper, April 5, at two—W. Marsh, J. H. Stracey, G. E. Graham, and H. Fauntleroy, Berners-street, bankers, April 5, at eleven—W. Taylor and J. Wylde, Wood -street and Lock's-fields, flock, wadding, and mop manufacturers, April 3, at eleven. . - In the Country. G- Hopkinson, Liverpobl, coach builder April 2, at el even , at the Court, Liverpool—J. Brotherton, Liverpool, merchant, April 2, at eleven, at the Court' Liverpool—J. Woodhouse, Ripon, draper, April 6, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Dixon, Morley, Yorkshire, dyer, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Cole, Apperley-bridge, Yorkshire, consult ing engineer, April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-_,J. Napier, jun., Sheffield, oil, salt, and tillage merchant, April 3, at half-past twelve, at. the Council-hall, Sheffield. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. IL Michael, Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, merchant, 2s. Oid. , on Tuesday, March 16, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the crliee of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street. • . J. S. Stopford, Austin-friars. merchant, 5d., on Tuesday, March 16, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-street. Ford and Reeves, Leadenhall-street, ship and insurance agents, Is. 3d., on Tuesday next, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street. T. Capron, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, merchant, on Tuesday next, or any . subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of. Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall -street. E. and 13. Martyn, Aldgate High• street, woollen drapers, Is. 6d., on Tuesday next, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street. A. Jopp, Cornhill, ship and insurance broker, 3 1-3 d., on Tuesday next, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. E. iiitherdon, Millwall, Poplar, ship builder, 3d., on Satur day next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. S. G. Fryman, Eye, wine and spirit merchant, 2.5. 3d., on Saturday nest, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. C. Wheeler, St. Martin's-lane, woollen draper, 43. Id., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. R. B. Wylde, Bradshaw and Clayton-mills, Lancashire, bleacher and calico printer, Is. d., on Tuesday, March 16, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. _ J. Slater, Bradshaw and Clayton-mills, Lancashire, bleacher and calico printer 3d., on Tuesday, March 16, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. T. Fray, Wigan and Manchester, check manufacturer, Is. 6d., on Tuesday, March 23, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one at the office of Mr. Fraser, Man chester. J. Emery, Lichfield, Staffordshire, tailor, 6s. 4d., on Thursday, March 18, or on any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Lane, South Shields, Durham, excise officer, 16s. 6d., on S a turday, March 13, or on any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. P. Phillips, Crowland, Lincolnshire, common brewer, April 2, at eleven—J. Leach and E. Leach, Waterbeach, Cam -26,, a a t t eleven_—J. I F, l . in C t, ole L , orn H b a a m t p d: at eleven—M. Beart, Upwell s t b t o r e d - e g c o t e , s u c h r ibc hosier, u tu i l a d l e l e r rAs April r r 2, i i 1 1 Nor folk, brick maker, April 2, at one—J. Boxall, Brighton, coach maker, April 2, at half-past eleven— G. Collier, Landport, Southamptonshire, draper. April 3, at half-past eleven—F. R. Hewlett, Leyton, Essex, cow-keeper, April 2, at el even —w . E. Johnston , New Wharf, Little Abingdon-street, West minster, coal merchan In the t, April CoutAry.half-past eleven. E. Fowler, Bristol 7, a a n t d ell3ao‘netyn,poaoti, the Court, B Monmouthshire, draper and v‘ Liverpool, innkeeper, April 6, a t e l even, at the Court, wring, tai loz i , ver , Llveryool —G. Pryde, D. Jones, and J. Gibb, Liverpool, sail makers, April 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverp I C Bacon. W a lton, Somersetshire, tailor and woollen draper, — April 14, at the Court, Exeter—J. Copland, Barnstaple, tea dealer and .draper, April 14, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter —T. Harris, C a mborne, Cornwall, groce r , A pr il 15, at eleven at the Court, Exeter—F. Tandy, Stourbridge, Worcester;hire, and Brierley-hill, Staffordshire, ironmonger, April 3, at half-past ten, o n a by,Yorkshire, t u the r our t,ir m i Birmingham—ll. h a Shaw and A. Shaw, Al mdmanufacturers— April 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. O'Donnell,Sheffield, grocer, April 3, at twelve, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. A. Prince, Lincoln's Inn CERTIFICATES an Ss GRd Russell-square, grapher and lithographer —T. Barnjuin, East, Zilc an7 l Willesden, Middlesex, wine merchant, c ertificate of the first class—A. M uua t, Creed-lane, City, ' wine and spirit mer chant, certific a t e o f the second class—W. Holmes, Crober's cottages, Bedford -street, Poplar, builder, certificate of the cseeertoinficicateelassorclass--T. the A s e . Whalley, South co Y n o d un e g la , ss W — o vv olw . ich, licensed victualler, Mimrns, Middlesex, licensed victualler, certificate of the third class —A. Dunbar, Halifax, Yorkshire, boot and shoe maker, certificate of the first class, one ca lendar mon th from March 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Marshall and E. Drewett, Devonshire-mews Weat, Portland-place, cab proprietors —W. Haworth and R. Haworth, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, manufactures of liquid blue—W. Isherwhood and S. Whitworth, Hurst Brook, Lan cashire, smallware dealers—S. Wilson and E. Dawson, , Wakefi e ld an d P on t e f ra ct, Hartlepool, Durham , s traw bonnet m akers — E. Tew. W. H. W. H. Leatham)—E• y L e o a r t k h s a h m i r , e , a b n a d n k l e : r . 8 f.o A. L fa e r a tash regardsam Dunant and 11. FrGmmel, Liverpool, merchants—T. Jenkin son and IL Manley, Manchester, woollen drapers—W. Hay wood and J. Haywood, Rood-lane, C i ty, merchants—C. Gat liff a nd R. E. de Carteret, Coleman-street, City, solicito rs — j. S. Jarvis and W. Thompson, 'Union-place, Lambeth, con tractors—J. Carter, jun., and E. C ar t e r, Basinghall-street. City, warehousemen—J. S. Russell, A. Robinson, and R. A. Robinson, Millwall, Poplar, en g ineers —G. Guan ziroli, Hat ton-garden, barometer makers R.. Main and A. Nicol , Li v erpool, coach makers—J. Brown and H. Donaldson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, surgical instrument makers—C. A. Welby and J. Wood, Nottingham, solicitors —H. H. Fox and J. Barrett, Leicester-square, and Adelphi, engineers—G. Hudson and G. Burgess, Woolwich, builders—C. Rowlands and W. B. R ow l ands , Regent-street, goldsmiths—A. V. Broster and W. March, Paternoster-row, City, pocket-book manufacturers—NV. F. Wheeler and E. Perkins, Paternoster row,E. Edwards, and W City, stationers--W. Johnson,. . W. • as regards W. Baker)--J. Grimshaw, Baker, Broughton Hall Iron Works, Denbighshire, iron manufacturers (so far J. S. Grimshaw, and J. Riley, Lancashire, manufacturing chemist H. Hesketh and T. Huxley, Chester, w i ne and spirit merchants. o p e irit a d k e e aler. r. John H. Bl oom, Castle Acre, Norfolk, cle rk. William G. Trery , A y lesbury, surveyor. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. b w oo in t e an a d nd sh B m Th omas R. Lucas, Bi r mingham, saddler. Alexan d e r Dean , Birmingham, engineer. sSamueleßt Rhodes, ling l i . n i g n F s 's L l y .y a n n n * , James C. Woods, King's Lynn, watchmaker. James Morton, Ililgay, Norfolk' blacksmith. John Stevenson, Ashton-under-Lyme, tailor. Ric h ar d Offoad, Fletwell, No r f o lk , comm • Chr i sto pher Porter, Fletwell, Ncr folk on carrier. j„ sr ph Childs, Bury St. Edmunds ' common carrier. , whitesmith. James Brundle, Dickleburgh, Norfolk, dealer. Eliza Lowe, Hampton-in-Arden Warwickshire governess. George Marshall, Ashford, Rent: beer shop keeper. ' SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Drysdale, Edinburgh Steven son's Rooms, Edinbu rg h , ant to meet , !nerd) within , t Afarch IS and April 8 , at t wo. . . Ann Macdougall, Edinb h hosier, to meet within urg , Dowell's Rooms, March 18 and April 15, at two. G. S. Turpie, Du ndee, tea-merchant, to meet within the Britieh Hotel, Dundee , *l -A. arch 18 and April 19 1 at one.