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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Wednesday, Feb. 25. The House met at Twelve o'clock. The following Bills were read a second time : Bridgewater and Minehead Railway and Pier. Carnwath and West Linton Railway. Ballochney Railway (Shotts Branch). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Railway. Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway (Chapel Hall Branch). Swansea Vale Railway. Glasgow Harbour Mineral Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Amendment and Branches). Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway (Wakefield Ex tension). Ulverstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. Mr. DUNCAN presented several petitions from Paisley, Glasgow, and other places, in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill ; and also five petitions from Tavistock and other places, against the enrolment and embodiment of the militia. A petition was presented from several of the resident clergy of Denbigh in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill. A petition was presented from Bostock, in favour of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Mr. W. PATTEN presented two petitions from places in Lancashire, in favour of the Ten Hours Bill. Mr. GREENE brought up the report on the Wakefield and Pontefract Railway, and the Huddersfield Railway. Mr. GREENE moved that Standing Order No. 114, re quiring the breviate of all private Bills to be laid on the table three clear days before the second reading of such Bills ; and standing order No. 119, requiring breviates of Bills amended in Committee to be submitted to the Chair man of Ways and Means, and laid on the table the day pre vious to the consideration of the report, be suspended with be respect to all Bills entitled to the priyiSeges agreed ) granted in certain cares by the resolutions of the House on the 7th day of July last.—The motion was agreed to. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. In reply to a question from Sir R. INGLIS, Mr. ESCOTT said that in the absence of so many Irish Members he should not feel justified in moving the second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. Mr. HUTT understood that it was not intended to move the second reading of that Bill during the present week. The order of the day for the second reading of the Bill having been read, Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN regretted to bring under the notice of the House a circumstance which had recently occurred at the Nottinghamshire election, and which had come under his cognizance. It appeared that the Hon. Member for Maldon had stated that the views of Lord Lincoln, with reference to the policy which it was intended to be pursued towards Ireland, were perfectly satisfactory, and that he had given utterance to very strong opinions with reference to this subject. When he (Mr. O'Brien) looked over the votes of that House, he had found that the name of the honourable Member for Melton was among those who had voted in the attempt to destroy the Irish Church establishment. In the course of the conversation which ensued between Lord Lincoln and the Hon. Member for Maldon it might be inferred that his Lordship considered himself justified in remaining a mem ber of the present Government, although he entertained sentiments contrary to the principles which the Government had recently professed. The Noble Lord is also reported to have said that he should take no part in the present debate ; for, although he should support the Administration, his prin ciples would not allow . him to interfere further in the matter than to give his vote. He (Mr. O'Brien) felt it to be his duty to state in the most public manner that the greatest possible anxiety and con sternation prevailed as to the nature of the sentiments which the Noble Lord might entertain with respect to the policy to be pursued towards Ireland. He must say that he deeply regretted that the Noble Lord had not remained silent with respect to his opinion on Irish affairs if the revenues of the Irish Church were to be disturbed. He entertained the sincerest regard for the Noble Lord, and for. that reason he regretted still more the events that had recently occurred. He would most earnestly hope that the Noble Lord the Member for London should have the task of interfering with the temporalities of the Irish Church, and that the disagreeable duty should not fall to the lot of his Noble Friend Lord Lincoln. If those sentiments expressed by Lord Lincoln were perfectly satisfactory to the Member for Maldon, who was distinctly , pledged by his vote to the destruction of the Irish establish ment ; and if the views of the Noble Lord coincided with the views of the Government, he did not think he was trans gressing his duty to ask the Government to state their opinions with reference to this subject of the Irish Church. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that it was possible Lord Lincoln would be in his place in a few days, and that then he would be able to explain his conduct most satisfactorily to the Hon. Member. He had no knowledge of the matter more' than what was derived from the newspapers, and he could not state what opinions were held by the Member for Maldon, or on what subject it was that Lord Lincoln gave him perfect satisfaction. The Ho nourable Gentleman had stated, that if the destruction of the Irish Establishment was resolved upon, he would much rather it were committed to the hands of the Noble Lord op posite. Now he was not aware that either he or the Noble Lord opposite ever contemplated the destruction of that Church. Lord J.:RUSSELL said that he considered it due to his own public character to state that he had been informed generally of the whole conversation which had taken place, and he was at liberty to state that Lord Lincoln made use of no expression which implied that he was to take a part in the overthrow of the Church Establishment in Ireland ; he said that his opinions were in favour of a liberal policy, and with respect to details he would be able to form his judg ment after some residence in the country.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord John Russell) did not think that any thing had taken place at all inconsistent with his former opinions, and with regard to himself he must decline the measures which the Hon. Gentleman would impose upon him. He had never held the opinion that the Church of Ireland ought to be destroyed ; he did think there was a portion of its revenues misapplied, and a contest arose between him and gentlemen opposite as to that subject. They said his views, if carried out, would destroy the Establishment—he considered that if they were that they would tend to its more certain preservation; but with regard to the Church of Ireland as a whole, he wished for its maintenauce, and lie, therefore, could not accept the duty which the Hon. Member would devolve upon him. Mr. O'CONNELL observed that there was no person in Ireland who wished for the destruction of the Irish Church. He would wish for its maintenance, but the temporalities of that Church were quite another affair, and he would press upon the Government the necessity of seeing a portion of them otherwise applied than they were at present. Mr. P. HOWARD observed that he saw with great pain a report of certain observations made use of by the Member of Nottingham, with reference to the Roman Catholic religion. Now he did not think that the words could do any possible injury to the Church against which they were directed, but he complained of them as cal culated to raise the seeds of religious discord in the country. Ile had himself stood as many contested elections as any man in England, and he had never used any words that might not be employed in a drawing-room, and he hoped the representatives of the aristocracy would do the same. Un less they did so, how could they blame the ignorant and uneducated for following their example? THE CASE OF SEERY. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that although they were on the orders of the day, he wished to offer an explanation respect ing an answer which he had given to a question on Monday night last, relating to a deputation that had waited on the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. When he (Sir J. Graham) gave the answer he had mot received an answer from the Lord Lieutenant, though immediately on the notice being given of the intentien to ask the question, he was written to for the particulars. He (Sir James Graham) wrote on Friday night, and not receiving an answer on Monday, as expected, he re plied to the best of his ability, from the information he was able to collect, that the deputation had acted in the manner he described. He stated that a deputation from Westmeath had waited on the Lord Lieutenant in Dublin, and prayed that the sentence of death on Brian Seery might be carried into effect. He (Sir James Graham) answered the question to the best of his information, and considered the deputation had acted in a very harsh and unusual manner. On Tues day morning, however, he received the answer of the Lord Lieutenant, which represented the matter in a somewhat different light, and he would read it to the House. (The Right Hon. Baronet then read the letter, which set forth that a deputation front the county of Westmeath had waited on the Lord Lieutenant, but that he (the Lord Lieutenant) bad not been influenced in the slighest degree by anything they had stated relating to the case of Brian Seery. 'I his decision had not in the least degree operated on his mind. In jus tice to the deputation, however, it must be stated that their principal object in calling on e Lord Lieutenant was to represent the lawless state of Roscommon, and the necessity of more stringent measures for the protection of life and property, and that it was only incidentally that the case of Seery was introduced. On this subject they stated that any lenity shown to Seery would tend to encourage and per- ' petuate the evils that existed, and keep alive the spirit of in subordination.) He had taken this, the earliest, opportunity of making an explanation to the House. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT. Mr. FOSTER - asked the t . (Sir J. Graham) whether it was the intention of the Government to - introduce in the present session a Bill for the amendment of this Act, which in many particulars operated in a very vexatious manner? Sir JAMES GRAHAM answered that the Government intended to introduce a Bill in the course of the session, but previous to that It was their intention to lay before the House a Bill to amend one portion of the present Act, re lating to the appointment of official referees, so as to in crease their number to three, with an increase of salary, subject to the condition that no person should be employed in that capacity who acted as a surveyor. CORR ESPONDENCE RESPECTING SEERY. _ r ; O'CONNELL withdrew the notice he had given re spectinga the c orre-spondence between the Lord Lieutenant laid onn"twell, as he found that the correspondence was the table at a late hour last night. In place of that, he begged lea ve to Members b bstitute a notice of motion, that two ad ditionale given to Ireland, for those of which Sudbury had been deprived. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. HENLEY asked the Ron. "or w h a t was not illegal. meant by , the words in th e Bill, "or any o th er purpose asked th what Mr. DIINCOMBE said, the Hon. Genticareir responsible ilt th ey these words meant. To that haenwd ohueldwaas nag; ed greater existed in the present statute, or them. The object of this Bill was t o effect to those words, and he would state what he h before the House the other eveninigh, eallitnhne. stance placed reasons that had induced him to bring it forward. (ientleman here recapitulated the facts connected with the appeal case from a South Shields benefit society, W hi c h was recently argued and decided upon in the Court of Queen's Bench, and said that it was the judgment of Mr. Justice Wightman that led him (Mr. Duncombe) to seek the amendment of the law. In that case the rules of the Society were regularly enrolled and certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt, yet that was not sufficient to protect it, the jll.thr• went of the Court having been opposed to its legality. There were upwards of 5,000 friendly and mutual insurance rucieties already enrolled under the provisions of the Act. Though it was not for him to impugn the justice of the deci sion of Mr. Justice Wightman, still he thought that the Learned Judge would not have given such a decision, had he been cognizant of the existence of so large a number of these societies. The effect of that decision would, he believed, cause great confusion among the existing societies. The Bill which he introduced at the request of members of these societies, an with the concurrence of Mr. Tidd Pratt, would, he believed, remedy the evil complained of. The only alteration sought by this Bill was the addition after the words "for any other purpose not illegal" of the words "if of the same description as hereinbefore men tioned." I. - Sir J. GRARA z. _ wag w frigidly to the existence a n d ex tension of inendrY.and mutual insurance societies, but he thought the Bill, se pro - posed by the Hon. Member, would give rise .to considerable difficulties. There were many thingt which were not illegal, isut which, at the same time, it was not convenient tn‘ -sanction by an Act of the Legislature. It wits 11!),.ty for instance, illegal for masters to combine to reduce the wages of their workmen, nor the workmen to join together for the purpose of obtain ing a rise in wages. But he did not think it quite prudent on the part of the Government, that they should sanction the formation of a benefit society to support them during that strike. He had not had an interview with Mr. Tidd Pratt upon the subject since the introduction of the Bill. He would not oppose its second reading, but would reserve to the Government any remarks they might have to offer when the Bill was in Committee. Mr. HENLEY was favourable to friendly societies. He considered, however, that the measure proposed by the Hon. Member was so vague, that it would have the effect of injur ing those interests which he sought to protect. He would not, however, oppose the second reading of the Bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that when the Bill passed it was for the purpose of extending the power of the friendly socie ties to objects of another nature, but not for any political purposes. But if political societies were not illegal, he did not see why the words " and for any other purpose not ille gal," should forbid a political association. Ever since this Bill had been brought in he had been overwhelmed with all sorts of complaints to introduce a variety of alleviations. If the Right Hon: Baronet would allow him to have some con versation with Mr. Tidd Pratt, he might be better able to explain to him the nature of the alleviations required. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the Hon. Member for Finsbury had rather misconceived the intention of the Act. The object of the Act was to extend the power of friendly societies. If his llon. Friend would refer to the proceedings of the House in 1834, he would find that it was stated when the Bill was brought in it was their intention to extend the powers of these societies to other objects. If he rightly conceived the case, these misapprehensions had arisen from some supposed de cision of Mr. Justice Wightman, who decided that loan societies were not societies for mutual benefit. It was de sirable that this doubt should be removed, and the simple way to do it would be to introduce a declaratory Act re • moving these doubts. At the same time he agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet that It was desirable to preserve these societies from the contamination of politics or religion. Mr. HAWES said that he wished for an early considera tion of some Bill to meet the object of his Hon. Friend. There were a great number of these societies which were enrolled, and which were excluded from the benefit of the Act of Parliament. It was necessary to introduce some Act to let the societies excluded by the decision of Mr. Justice Wightman have the benefit of the Friendly Societies' Act. Sir J. GRAHAM said that, if the consideration of the Bill were postponed until Wednesday next, he would take the necessary step to have the Bill so framed as to meet the exigencies of the case. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next. The second reading of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill was postponed until Wednesday next. The London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Bill was then read a second time, and the House adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY" BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 24. The following Petitions for - Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in l4y the undernamed Hon. Members:— Yorkshire and Glasgow Union—Mr. 0. Dancombe, Mr. Cayloy, and Mr. E Denison. Kent Atmospheric—Mr. Frewen and Admiral Dundas. Great North and South Wales—Mr. Morris and Mr. Davies. Cockermouth and Workington Extension—Mr. Aglionby, Mr. E. Stanley, and Mr. Horsman. Richmond (Kew Branch)—Mr. Kerable and Mr. Antrobus. East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley—Sir J. Hope and Mr. Balfour. Edinburgh and Northern (Dunfermline Branch)—Mr. E. Ellice, jun., and Mr. G. W. Hope. Alford Valley—Mr. Bannerman and Sir A. L. Hay. Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension)—Mr. Bannerman and Sir A. L. Hay. Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick—Mr. DHgdale, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. Tlorsman. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from this Committee : I. That in the case of the Alford Valley Railway Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. . . - 2. That in the case of the Great North of Scotland (Eastern Ex tension) Railway Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 3. That in the case of the East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Railway Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with:— That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 4. That in the case of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Man chester Railway (Ashton Canal Purchase) Petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 5. That in the case of the Somersetshire Midland Railway Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 6. That in the case of the Richmond Railway (Kew Branch) Peti tion, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the par ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 7. That in the case of the Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Rail way Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 8. That in the case of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Dun fermline Branch) Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 9. That in the case of the Airdrie and l3athgate Junction Railway Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on proving to the Committee on the Bill that the amount paid up by each subscriber was so paid up by such subscriber previous to the presentation of the Petition for the Bill. 10. That in the case of the Leicester and Tamworth Junction Rail. way Petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—Thal the parties be.permitted to proceed with their Bill. First, second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth Resolutions agreed to. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. ➢fONDAY, MARCH 2. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (Humber Ferries). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Docks Consolidation. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead. Newcastle and Darlington Junction arid Tyne Dock. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct. Great Western and Uxbridge. East Lancashire (Deviations and Branches). Great Western and Wycombe. Mitcham and South-Western. Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction (Crickheath and Wem Lines). Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction (Extension and De viations). North Wales Mineral (Deviation and Branches). REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE DURING THE PAST WEEK. The present position of the Wheat trade is perfectly anomalous ; we have the positive assertion of the Prime Minister, and other Members of the Cabinet, whose means of gaining information must be regarded as un deniable, that so great a scarcity of food exists in a por tion of the kingdom as to threaten absolute want before ' two months can pass over ; still prices of Wheat con tinue from week to week to retrograde. If the expected alteration in the corn-laws had been a recent proposal, there would be less reason to feel surprised ; but the repeal of the enactment of 1842 has been looked upon as certain for more than three months, and the value of Wheat has already been reduced--in anticipation of the change—about 10s. per qr. It is true that there are up wards of a million quarters of wheat in bond in the kingdom; but, on the other hand, the tone of the advices from most of those countries from whence Great Britain usually draws her supplies of Foreign Wheat are of a character which render it extremely doubtful whether a similar quantity to that now under lock here could be secured without paying very high prices, the greatest scarcity prevailing over a large portion of the continental Europe. Notwithstanding, however, the Ministerial de claration, that before the month of May the extent of our wants will have made themselves felt, and, in fact, that the greater part of Europe is already suffering in consequence of the deficiency of the last harvest, not the slightest disposition has hitherto been manifested by capitalists to make investments in Wheat. We think we are fully warranted in saying that this is an anomalous position of affairs ; the explanation is, however, not very difficult. The tightness of money, and the impossibility of obtaining the usual accommoda• tion, have rendered all mercantile men cautious of entering into speculations ; and the same reasons have caused parties who purchase for actual consumption to conduct their operations on a more restricted scale than in ordinary times. The demand has, therefore, for weeks past been confined to the supply of the immediate wants of the millers. Neither merchants nor manu facturers of Flour hold any stocks of importance of English Wheat ; indeed, beyond those interested in the million quarters in bond, the . farmers are the only holders. What proportion of the last crop they have still on hand—whether it is less or more than at the corresponding period in ordinary years—we have no means of ascertaining. On this the future range of prices, in a great measure, hinges : for should the sup plies from the growers at any period fall short of the quantity required for consumption, a rise must follow, there being no stocks in the hands of other parties to fall back upon. Up to the present time, however, there are no symptoms of the expected advance ; and so far from any improvement having taken place, the trade has been even more languid than before, at the principal pro • vincial markets. The few parcels of fine free Foreign Wheat on the market have been at full prices. The high pretensions of holders have been unwillingly complied with by buyers, but the absolute want of good old for mixing has enabled sellers to realise quite former terms for the best Dantzic, Rostock, and other favourite sorts. Inferior descriptions of Foreign, of which the bulk in granary (free) consists, have been totally neglected. The operations in Bonded Wheat have been on a restricted scale. Small purchases of the finer sorts have been made by the millers (to be released by cer tificate) for immediate use at high terms ; but no dis position having been manifested to speculate, few cargoes have changed hands. There has, however, been less pressure on the market ; and good Dantzic and fine red Baltic could scarcely have been bought on as easy terms this as the preceding week.—Mark-lane Express. REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. The advices from the North of Europe are of no in. terest this week ; indeed, whilst so little difference exists as at present between prices of Corn in this coun try and abroad, we cannot expect a very interesting correspodence. The continued dull accounts from Great Britain do not seem to have produced the least effect, holders generally feeling convinced that, sooner or l ater, England will require supplies which it may not be easy to furnish. Letters from Dantzic of the 14th instant, state that scarcely any bus i ness had been thereremained singe nominally quotationshe d o quen a t n su fferin g a unday week, and t hat t altered. The advice s from Poland respecting the scarcity of nofoo degree t i h m e p c r rove n v e s d e ; and it of the people, h a d i n general impression that the supplies of Wheat down th e t h ti eVistula would be ls f o reign la unusually small in the spri ng and summer. From Stettin we have advices o f the 14th February.o Holders of Wheat were then very firm, but n orders having been received, the actual transaction s been unimportant. Few merchants were willing to enter d into contracts to ship the best Wheat below 495. per qr. free on board in spring, and for secondary sorts equally high prices had been insisted upon. At Rostock a good deal of business appears to have been done, orders having been received there from Hol land and Belgium. Wheat was quoted 48s. to 505., Rye 355. to 365. 6d., Barley 245. 6d. to 255., and Oats 18s. to 18s. 6d. per qr. free on board in spring. From Hamburgh our prices reach to Tuesday last. On the spot nothing whatever had been done in Wheat for export, and from outports only a few thousand quar ters heel been contracted for, to be shipped from Wis mar and Rostock in spring. The prices paid had varied from 48s to 50s. per qr., according to weight and qua lily. In Spring Corn the transactions bad also been un. important. From the Mediterranean the news is equally uninte resting as from the Baltic. Letters from Marseilles, of the 14th instant, state that a falling off had taken place in the demand for Wheat on British end Belgian ac connt, and that the transactions of the week had been entirely of a local character. From Genoa we learn that the Sardinian Govern ment had issued a decree reducing the duty on Wheat received by Sardinian vessels from 6 lrs. to 4 lrs., and on that received under any foreign flag from 9 Irs. to 5 Irs. The reduced duties to remain in force till June next. As the papers and letters brought by the steamer from America were delivered on the day of publication, we were unable to take much notice of their contents in our last number. It may therefore be as well, on the present occasion, to state that the rather dull accounts from this side had influenced prices of Flour and Wheat, and that a decline in the value of both articles had taken place at several of the principal ports of the United States. At New York, on the 31st of January, good Genessee Flour was fre•:ly offered at $5 561 c. per barrel, and about 9,000 to 10,000 barrels had been sold during the preceding week at that price. The shipments of Flour from New York, from the Ist to 27th January, had consisted of 64.358 barrels Flour, 45,391 bushels Wheat, a'd 87,876 bushels Indian Corn.—Mark-lane Express.. INDIAN CORN and BUCK-WHEAT Maize, or Indian Corn, is a plant commonly cultivated in the warmer parts of the world, where it answers a purpose similar to that of wheat in more northern coun tries. It is the Zea Mays of botanists a monoecious grass, of vigorous growth, with stems not snore than two feet high in some varieties, and reaching the height of eight or even ten feet in others. The leaves are broad, and hang down from large rough sheaths which sur round the stem. The male flowers grow in loose, ter minal, compound racemes, standing clear of the leaves ; the females are arranged in numerous rows on a spike, which is wrapped round by several folds of sheathing bracts, which press upon the grains and give them the flattened figure they eventually acquire when ripe. Each grain has a long thread-like style, which projects beyond the enveloping sheaths ; and as there are some hundreds of them upon each spike, the whole form a long tassel, which looks as if made of silk. The ripe grains are regularly arrayed one over the other in rows, are compressed at the sides, flattened at the apex, and of various colours. There most common colour is pale yellow ; some are white, some party-coloured, and there are varieties with blood-red and even purple grains. A plant generally bears two full ears, the grains of which vary greatly in number some of the largest ears in Ame rica contain at least 800 grains. It seems that there is a particular line on the conti nent of Europe north of which the maize does not thrive. To the south of this line, which passes through Nancy, formerly the capital of Lorraine, in France, it has in a great measure superseded wheat and rye as the common produce of the land. The bread made from maize is not so palatable as wheat or rye bread; but by mixing it in certain proportions with wheat it makes a very pleasant food, In the United States of North America Indian corn forms almost the only bread eaten by many of the people; and in the slave states it is the only bread that the negroes eat. It is not, however, in the shape of baked bread that maize is most generally used in Europe, but in boiled messes and soups, as peas are with us ; it is not only the ripe grain which is eaten, but the ear in every state, from that of a green vegetable to an unripe corn. It is boiled, stewed, and baked; it is a substitute for cabbage or green peas in its early stage; and is used in some way or other to its complete maturity. Nothing can be better than ripe maize to fatten hogs or poultry with; and the young stem cut down quite green gives one of the best and most abundant varieties of green food for cattle. All animals are fond of maize, especially horses, pigs, and poultry ; it gives the flesh of the last two a pecu liarly fine flavour. The most profitable way to use maize in fattening animals is to grind it into meal, and mix it with warm water into a pottage ; and, for horses, to soak it twenty-four hours in water before they are fed with it. In the dry state it is so hard that it wears their teeth, and in young horses is apt to produce blindness by the exertion of the muscles of the jaw in chewing it. One of the most important uses of maize in Europe is to sow it thick to be cut green as food for cows, oxen, and sheep. In a proper climate there is no plant which gives so great a mass of green food as maize. The produce is most abundant and nutritive. The largest varieties should be chosen. The seed may be sown in drills in April, and in September a crop might be mown, which would give ad mirable fodder for every kind of cattle. It is said to exhaust the land - ; but what will not exhaust it, more or less, with much nourishment ? Maize will well re pay the manure which may be required to restore the humus that it has consumed. If it is sown early, a second crop may be raised the same year ; for it does not spring up like grass, after being cut. Where the land admits of irrigation the growth of the maize is moat rapid and luxuriant. The time to cut it is when the male flowers are just appearing out of the sheath in which they are enveloped in the early stage of their growth. It may be dried into hay, and will keep good for a couple of years ; but in this state it must be bruised or soaked when given to cattle, as the stems get very hard in drying ; they may, however, be cut, as the cane tops are in the sugar plantations. Buck-wheat is said to be found wild in Persia. The cultivation of it, according to some authorities, was in troduced into Europe by some of the crusaders ; accord ing to others, the Moors introduced it into Spain from Africa ; and hence it has in France the name of bled sarrasin. The name of buck-wheat is a corruption of the German bush-weizen, which signifies beech-wheat, from the resemblance of the seed to that of the beech-tree. It is called wheat, because, when ground, it produces a fine farina, which resembles that of wheat in appearance. The botanical name of the genus, Polygonm, is taken from the angular form of the seed, and the specific name, Fogopyrtim, from its resemblance to beech-mast. Buck wheat grows with a strong, herbaceous, cylindrical, and branching stem, of a reddish colour, about two feet high. The leaves, which are ivy -shaped, are placed alternately on the stems. The flowers grow in bunches at the end of the branches, and are succeeded by blank angular seeds, formed of four triangles, being thus nearly regular tetranedrons. The plant is an annual, and the flowers appear very soon after it is out of the ground. They continue to blow and bear seed in succession, till the frost destroys the plant. Being a native of a warm climate, the smallest appearance of frost in spring, while the plant is tender, entirely destroys it. The cultivation of buck-wheat has never been very extensive in the variable climate of Britain. It is not so well adapted to cold wet soils as to warm - sands; nor is it so certain a crop as oats or barley on lands which are suited to the growth of these grains. For countries where there are very poor light lands with a hot dry climate, unfavourable to the growth of oats, and not rich enough for barley, buck-wheat is a great resource; and without it, many tracts of poor land would scarcely be capable of supporting a population. As a principal crop, therefore, it is confined to some parts of the south of France and other countries similar in soil and situa tion. As a secondary and occasional crop, it often occurs in Switzerland, Germany, and especially in Flan ders, where it enters a regular part of their varied and complicated rotations. Under particular circum stances, it might be introduced with advantage into many parts of England where it is now unknown. The only counties in which it is cultivaied to a moderate ex tent at present are Norfolk and Suffolk, where it is called " brank." If a small patch of buck-wheat is oc casionally met with elsewhere, it is, in general, mainly for the sake of encouraging game, particularly pheasants, which are extremely fond of it. Buck-wheat as a grain may be given to horses, in stead of oats, or mixed with them. No grain seems so eagerly eaten by poultry or make them lay eggs so soon and so abundantly. The meal, when it is ground, is ex cellent for fattening cattle and pigs. The flour is fine and white, but from a deficiency in gluten does not make good fermented bread. It serves well however for pastry and cakes ; crumpets made of buck-wheat flour eaten with butter are a favourite dainty for children in Hol land. A hasty pudding is also made of the flour with water or milk, and eaten with butter or sugar. FIVE PERSONS POISONED. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—The report which was current yesterday of this dreadful catastrophe turns out, unfortunately, to be too true. An inquest was held yesterday on the bodies of Jane Gilton, aged 17 ; her sister, Margaret Gilten, aged 16 ; and their brother, John Gino'''. aged 12 years. Two others of the same family had died pre viously to the three deceased, namely, on the 15th of the present month the youngest son, Edward Gilton, aged seven years, and on the 17th, Mrs. Gihim, the mother, widow of the late Mr. Gilton. printing-ink and colour manufacturer. The business had for some years past been carried on on the premises in West Derby. The whole of the inmates of the house hid been mere or less ill for about three reeks; the eldest and yet surviving son (aged about 20) being the least affected, he not having been so constantly at home as the other members of the family. The female servant and a nurse were also taken 111. The eldest son deposed to these facts, and stated that about Urea weeks ago he was employed in making green verditer, an article used by paper-stainers, and in colouring walls. In this preparation there was a large quantity of arsenic. He put the ingredients into a boiler in a shed at some distance behind, and detached from the house. Between this shed and the house there is a long building, which appears to have been formerly a conservatory or greenhouse, but had been converted into what is now called " the colour-house." In one division or compartment of the colour-house—that nearest to the shed— there was a well with a pump on one side of it. The well is about four yards deep, and con tains about two yards in depth of water. This well has also a pipe communicating with a pump in the back kitchen, from which the water is taken for domestic purposes. It appeared that, after the el dest son had made that part of the preparation containing the arsenic, it had to be ladled into a bucket, carried into the colour-house, and there put into a tub to cool. This was carefully done by a labourer who was employed on the premises. After being cooled, and the other ingredients added, the liquid on the top required to be drawn off, which was done by a siphon-pipe, letting it into a:wooden spout which discharged its contents Into, or near to, a sewer which is be tween the colour-house and the boiler shed. The deposit from the liquid was all that was required in the trade. There was no evi dence that any of the liquor had been spilt in the transit, but it is not improbable that some of it has either found its way into the well by the top, which was only covered with a wooden lid level with the floor, or it may be that some of the poisonous liquor had oozed from the sough into the well, between which there is a distance of six or eight yards. The three deceased (oa whom the inquest was held) were similarly affected during their illness with nausea and vomiting, and the mother had also a severe cough. Neither of the three deceased were confined to their beds on Tuesday last. John died on Saturday after noon, at six o'clock ; Jane about three hours afterwards ; and Mar garet at half-past eleven on Monday night. MEI SW A post mo r t em examination of one of the bodies was made by Mr. Garton. He found all the internal inflammation and appearances, such a a s n l a ed fo h u i n m a to the iv d o e c c: t e r d ac o e p s in o i f on ars t e h n a i t c. the deceased had died from the eff ec t s of poison. Ho had analysed the water from the Ti CORONER suggested that the inquiry should be adjourned until ptllorsonnehsdaadyg,oitnildetehtehwatatthere._wAeldl,jothurenseedwaerce,oarnddintghlye.pipe should be Ken up, a nd every means used to discover in what manner the I SOUTH DURHAM. --lam., Bowes and Lord Harry Vane, the Members for South D urham, have announced their intentions io vote for the free-trade measures of the Ministry, although, tiers tofore, they have advocated the necessity of protection to agrturs.l industry. At Darlington, as well as Barnard Castle, public Inestings have this week been held and resolutions passed, expressive of their continued confidence in their representatives, qnd commoudius hem their altered_views sad opinion.--Newmaf Paper, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1846. THE POTATO DISEASE. (From the Gardner's Chronicleand Agricultural Gazette.) In the official report on the potato crop, by the late Irish Commission, dated Nov. 7, 1845 lice p. 767, 184::), is the following paragraph. :—" It has also been ascertained by actual experiment that potatoes, though diseased, will grow and produce apparently healthy plants." Nevertheless the Commissioners thought it imprudent to recommend the employment of such po tatoes " except by way of expe r i ment ;" t hi n ki ng, no doubt, that the evidence in their favour was inconclu sive. We greatly regret to state that the event has jus tified their caution. We are now in a condition to an nounce positively, that although diseased potatoes will produce plants which for a few weeks appear to be healthy, yet that they will not remain so, and that dis eased sets will perpetuate disease. It was stated at the meeting of the Horticultural So ciety, on Tuesday last, that it had been for some time rumoured that the new potato crop was again attacked in forcing-houses by the al disease; that these rumours had become so frequent as to cause strict inquiry to be made into their truth ; and that the result of that in quiry was a confirmation of the reperts alluded to. Po tatoes were produced from Mr. Barres, gardener to Lady Rolle, at Bicton, in which the disease had mani fested itself in a manner not to be mistaken—first, by the appearance of a brown gangrene on the haulm underground and in the neighbourhood of the old tuber, and next by rotting blotches on the leaves. These po tatoes had been planted in the autumn. In the month of January " they were as strongly and evenly above ground as I ever saw a field of potatoes in May," are Mr. Barnes's words. The disease was remarked upon taking up a portion for transplanting to a hot-bed for forcing. Of the samples produced to the meeting of the Horticultural Society, one, and much the worst, was the produce of " rather badly affected tubers;" in these the whole of the underground haulm was already gangrened and brittle. Another sample, from tubers supposed to have been sound, also manifested the symptoms in putrifying blotches on the leaves, accompanied by the underground gangrene. In addition to this Devonshire evidence, it was men tioned that plans in the garden of the Horticultural Society, examined the previous afternoon, were found in the same state, the underground haulm having already begun to decay in blotches. It was added that these plants were also obtained from diseased tubers, planted for the express purpose of watching the progress of growth. No trace of fungi could in their instance be discovered on the decaying spaces, after the most careful examination of some hours' duration ; but a white mouldiness had manifested itself on the stems sent up from Bicton. But this is not all. Upon examining more carefully the young potatoes formed by the diseased sets, we found still further evidence of latent mischief. some of Mr. Barnes's potatoes had formed tubers and roots without haulm or foliage ; they are what are called in Cornwall " Bobbing Joans." In one of these the brown colour on the walls of the cells, the earliest symptom of disease, was already appearing in numerous minute places, in the very centre of the young potato (this po tato became black after twenty-four hours' exposure to the air); others were decaying on the surface, and one of them had already rotted away. We now, therefore, warn the public that diseased sets will produce a dis eased crop. Not a shadow of doubt remains upon that point. But, unfortunately, this intricate question is not settled by such an announcement. On the contrary, a far more serious consideration remains behind. Can we regard the sound (?) potatoes saved from tho diseased fields of last year as fit for seed ? It may be rash to venture upon any prediction concerning so wholly unknown a subject ; but, nevertheless, the interests involved in this question are so mighty, that we must be content to bear the reproaches which may be poured upon us if we hazard an opinion which the result may not confirm. We venture, then, to declare thus early that great doubts exist as to the fitness of seed of apparently sound po tatoes from diseased districts. That the remaining potatoes of last year's crop are in an unusual condition is certain ; they are more excitable ; they will sprout much quicker than is cus tomary ; at this early period potatoes are found in a state of advanced growth when the pits are opened; and this has taken place much beyond what can be ascribed to the peculiar mildness of the season. In fact, the old tubers of last autumn began to grow in a few weeks after they became ripe, or what seemed so; an event unknown in previous potato culture. Why this is, we know not; nor shall we embarrass ourselves with inquiring whether it is owing to this or that chemical peculiarity. It may be very true that the potatoes have formed unstable casein instead of stable albumen; or some other explanation may be more correct. For us, it is enough to know that the vitality of the potato is affected. The living principle is changed; of that no doubt can exist; and such being the case, it is much to be feared that the disease of last year will continue to appear until, or except where, the original constitution of the potato is recovered. But we would not sound a note of alarm upon mere speculations. We grieve to announce that we have now before us evidence that confirms the view we have ven tured to take. Among the Bicton p )tatoes above alluded to, was one which the most practised eye would, we think, have pronounced sound ; its skin was clear, its texture uniformly pale yellow, with no tendency to change colour when exposed to the air, and its surface had not a blemish, with the exception of a small very narrow short streak on one side, which seemed to have been the scratch of a fork. This potato pushed vigo rously ; its main stem is half an inch in diameter ; it must have shown all the symptoms of the most robust health ; and yet gangrene has attacked the haulm just above the tuber, and the usual blotchings have appeared upon the leaves. This potato plant is unequivocally diseased. We will suppose that some trace of disease could have been found in this potato, by cutting it into thin slices, though we have failed to discover th em b y th at process. Admitting this, yet it is perfectly clear that if healthy potatoes can only be discovered by such a process, the crop of next season is doomed wherever sets from diseased fields are employed. ----- - We therefore warn the country, in the most emphatic language that words are capable of conveying., to think well of what is coming —to plant no potatoes to which suspicion attaches ; and, if sets from uninfected dis tricts cannot be procured, to crop their land with some thing else. There can now be no doubt, that in the ab sence of such precautions, there is no security for the potato crop of 1846. Since writing the above, we have received confirma tion of our worst fears. Mr. Etrington, gardener to Sir Philip Egerton, at Oulton, in Cheshire, writes, that in a garden near him " the early kidney potatoes in frames are totally destroyed." He adds, that he " saw the frames last week, and the stems have mortified from the leaves downwards, exactly as they did in the open fields last September." g looking Mr. James Cuthill, of Camberwell, i n f orms us that p weto about sixtylants " amountin re Mr. Hale, a market-gardener at W are , i n llertford shire, has had his early p( tltoes attac k ed with last year's well disease and lights, were is about ; that gone e ; ig a ht that a iinches hise crop,theh s high, a n d a ll at once they were attacked." Mr. Hall, florist, Stockwell, saw these potatoes, and authorises Mr. Cuthill to say so • the owner was dusting them with li me. fre have received a sample of potatoes from Mr. Mill burn, of Thorpfield, near Thirsk, just taken out of the pits, and "quite sound as far as he can judge," in which, indeed, there is not the smallest outward sign of decay, and yet we find every one marke l with the disease upon cutting into them. We are also informed that the forcer potatoes at Colonel Wyndham's, at Petworth, have proved to be diseased, although great care was taken in picking out what appeared to be sound sets. Of this last case, however, we have no certain know:edge as yet. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 24. The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn llall to•day, and took appeal motions, it beingithe second seal after Michael mas term. No case of any interest, except to the parties concerned, came before his Lordship during the whole morning. VICE- CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Feb. 24. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) This was the second seal, and the Court took motions. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 24. (London Sittings at Nisi Prins, before . die_LORD . C.IIIIIF BARON and Common Juries.) TRUELOCK V. MATTHEWS This was an action brought to recover the sum of 5111. .55., being money lent by plaintiff to defendant. The plaintiff is manager of the business of Benjamin and Mark Boyd, stockbrokers, of 4, Bank buildings, and the defendant is Secretary to the London and Man chester Railway_Company. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for plaintiff. Mr. Jervis and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder and Mr. Martin for the defendant. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. The sanguinary deeds which have long attracted public at. tention to the condition of the Irish populace, have not, it appears from the accounts of Saturday from Dublin, di minished either in frequency or atrocity. A most savage murder was perpetrated some twelve days since on the body of an old man, named Samuel Crummer, aged 75, at Killy. begs, county Donegal. The supposed murderers are the son and daughter-in-law of the wretched victim, now in custody. The mangled body was found in an adjacent lake, the chest completely crushed in, the arms broken, and several contusions on the skull. From the Newry Telegraph we learn, also, that a dastardly attempt at assassination was perpretrated this day (Tuesday) week, upon a young man, aged 90, by name George Kyle ; a shot having been tired at him on the high road, near Keady, County Armagh. Six teen slugs were thus lodged in the hips and thighs of the victim, of whose recovery scarcely any hopes were enter tained. His presence among the Orange party at the riots of July, in Armagh, is stated as the cause of the murde rous attempt. Accordi ng t o t h e Li mer ick Chronicle a desperate conflict had taken place near Cush, between the police and the Rockites. Six police patrols having not only beat above double their number of assailants but captured three of the gang, named Dwyer, Cosheer and Shebin. Several shots were fired, followed by a violent struggle hand to hand, in which, as ab ove s t a t e d, th e p o lice came off victorious. THE CIVIL WAR IN THE CITY.—OR Saturday morn ing, Mr. Dadd, superintendent of the Waternien's Steam -boat Com-: pany, and Edmund Mackey, and John Ireland, two of the crew of the Waterman No 5, were liberated from Newgate, after an incar ceration of thirteen days. They were convicted on the oth instant, for the part they took la resisting the water bailiffs, city police, and others, acting under the authority of the Lord Mayor, who removed by force the barges forming the St. Paul's-wharf pier. Their sen tence was thirteen days' imprisonment, which expired on Saturday morn'ng. Directly they quitted Newgate, they each received a hand some present in money, and a new suit of clothes, for which they were measured in Newgate on the Tuesday previous. They were also entertained at a public breakfast, at the offices of the City Steam-packet Company, in Earl-street, Blackfriars, by a number of gentlemen connected with the trade and navigation of the river, at which Mr. Charles Hancock, secretary of the city Steam-boat Com pany, presided. Mr. Kinchin, the master of Waterman No. 5, who was convicted at the same time of a common assault, and sentenced to five weeks' imprisonment, will be liberated on Saturday, the 18th of March. WIDOWS' FRIEND SoctzTt.—The anniversary meet ing was held on Tuesday at the London Coffee-house, the Rev, It. Monro, M.A., Chaplain of Bridewell Hospital, in the chair. The report stated that the benefits were now restricted to two miles round St. Paul's, and that the total receipts of the past year were 361/. 6s. €d During the past year 257 cases had been registered, of 'which 187 hAd been relieved. The chief of the fluids had been administered to give aid to deserving widows in the purchase of mangles, implements of business or trade, and in other ways, by which they were enabled to obtain a livelihood, THE BRRKES WELL MIIRDEIV-=Tite Anal examination of the accused lad Reed Mr granter's murder in November last took place at Saboll yesterday (Monday). The magistrates were the Rev. Mr, CliVe, Colonel Short, and Mr. J. M. Boultbee. Thomas Bleor proved that the prisoner lodged in his house at Bileton, and had gone under the name of Thomas Jones. The witnesses were re-called, and signed their depositions. The Chairman asked the accused, after the usual caution, whether he had anything to say on his behalf why he should not be fully committed to Warwick Ga!,i for the murder of Thomas Tranter ? Reed answered, thall all Ile had to say was that he had three witnesses to prove that the boots made for him by Blick, one of the witnesses, were lefts-and rights. He went on to say, that they were not present now, but he wished to have them summoned. The Chairman then said that the magistrates had come to a determination, after the evidence which had been adduced, to commit the prisoner for trial. The heir-at-law was bound over to prosecute, and the accused man was conveyed to Warwick gaol the saute day by Ploughman and Holmes, two police- ENTIIO YEN V. VIGERS, Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Crowder appeared for the plaintiff. De fendant did not appear by counsel. This was an action on two Nils of exchange, amounting to 1,5601 15e. 10d., which were drawn by defendant, and were not honoured when they became due. Evidcdce of the facts having been adduced, a verdict was given for the BULLARD V. Infl',lllErt Mr. Cowley and Mr. Jervis appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr, Martin for defendant. This was an action brought by plaintiff, a railway surveyor, to re cover a bill of 971. 2s. d., for surveying a portion of the Direct London and Leeds line of railway, and supplying sections, plans, ele vations, &c., thereof. Defendant paid 301. into Court, which he considered ample remu. neration for plaintiff's services. When the case was part heard, a verdict was taken for the plain• tiff, subject to a reference. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25. (London Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD CHIEF l3Alww and a Special Jury.) ALLNUTT V. RAY. Mr. Martin and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jervis and Mr. Peacock fur the defendant. This was an action brought for the recovery of the sum of 6401. as., for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a wine and spirit merchant, and the defendant an extensive wine merchant, carrying on business in Mincing-lane. It appeared that, in the year 1814, tl:e plaintiff suld, through his broker, a quantity of brandy to defendant, to recover the amount of which this action was brought. Defendant pleaded that the debt accrued to the plaintiff under the firm of John Ray and Company, and that it was not a personal debt, and that, consequently, he was not liable. The point on which the whole case turned, was whether there was a real partnership or one only in form existing between defendant and his nephew, his reputed partner at the time the transaction took place. The case occupied the whole day, and a number of wit nesses were examined on both sides. The LEARNED JUDGE, in summing up, said that the only question for the consideration of the jury was whether a partnership really existed between defendant and his nephew, or not. If there was, the defendant would be entitled to the verdict; but if not, the verdict must be for the The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for plaintiff fur the full amount of the debt, 6401. 9s. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice 1V ILLIAMS and Mr. Justice MAULE.) the amended calendar exhibited an increase of 52 pri soners, some of them being charged with very serious offences. Ann Watkins, remanded from last session for feloniously selling and having in her possession forged stamps, withdrew her plea of not guilty to one of the indictments charging her with having in her possession 500 counterfeit stamps, and pleaded guilty instead. There were other indictments, and the prisoner was ultimately remanded for another session. William and Ann Richardson, father and daughter, who stood charged with the murder of their infant son, were, on the application of Mr. Clarkson, remanded for another session, on the ground that sufficient time had not been given to in struct counsel. Henry Joseph lallerby, remanded from last session, stand ing indicted for feloniously sending a threatening letter, &c. The prisoner, apparently a boy, had sent two letters ad dressed to Elizabeth Clouter, a:child some ten or eleven years old, containing three small parcels of oxalic acid, requesting her to take the powders, as they were very nice. Mr. Bodkin, with Mr. Clerk, was for the prosecution, the prisoner was undefended. • The following witnesses were then called : Ann Clouter, living in Kent-street, Borough, remembered the 6th of August last. A letter produced was addressed to her daughter Elizabeth. The letter contained two papers, which at first she believed to contain salts, but on tasting it discovered that it was not so. She put the powders back into the letter. She had seen the prisJner once in company with her daughter. His relations were known to her. Sampson Clouter received from his wife (the last witness) a letter, dated the Gth August, and containing two powders, which, on the same day, he showed to Mr. Blake, a medical man. He afterwards showed it to other medical men, and subsequently gave it up to Kien&all, the policeman. He re membered another letter coming on the 11th August, ad dressed to Mr. Clouter. Kendall, police-constable, received the letters from Mr. Clouter, which he gave to Mr. Warren, chemical operator at the Apothecaries' Hall. Robert Blake, surgeon, Borough, knew the prisoner's fa mily. The prisoner has purchased oxalic acid, which was used for the purposes of his father's trade. Warrington, Apothecaries' Hall, received three parcels, which he found, on subjecting them to a series of chemical operations, contained oxalic acid ; the two packages con tained 50 grains, and the other 35 grains. Mr. Blake recalled—lf a child 10 or 11 years of age had taken that quantity of oxalic acid on a full stomach it might not have injured her, but if en an empty stomach it might occasion death. EdWard John Tiler, foreman to Messrs. Lewis, printers— Knew prisoner as an apprentice in the same employment. The letters produced were in his handwriting. William Whittington, officer in the gaol of Newgate had, on the 17th of this month, received a letter from the prisoner to be forwarded. It was handed to Mr. Cope, the governor. The letter was handed in and read by the clerk. It was addressed to his brother, and expressed his regret that he had acted so foolishly. He had done it only for a" lark," and with the wish of emulating some of the heroes in Lloyd's cheap publications, some of whose feats had tired his imagi nation, because of the mystery which enveloped them. No witnesses were called on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Justice WiwAsts summed up, and The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recom mended him to mercy, on account of his youth. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in passing sentence, said that what ever might be the notions the prisoner might entertain of his own offence, and they appeared to be somewhat extra ordinary, the law held that it was a most serious one, and punishable with transportation for life. The jury had, how ever, recommended him to the mercy of the Court, on ac count of his youth, and probably influenced by the singular communication they had heard read, which showed the vague and wayward ideas he had imbibed from the books he had been perusing. The Court, however, must mark its sense of his heavy offence, and the sentence therefore was, that he be imprisoned for twelve calendar months, and kept to hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. George Thompson, a young man of respectable appearance, was placed at the bar before :fir. Cottingham, charged on the police-sheet with feloniously urging Bridget Edgar, landlady of the Marquis Corn wallis beer-shop in Dyer-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark, to take poison, of which she died. Mr. Robinson (solicitor) briefly stated the case, from which it ap peared that a woman, named Edgar, a widow, kept a beer-shop in the above street ; that for some time past she had been cohabiting with the prisoner, who formed an acquaintance with her from fre- quenting her house ; and that of late they lived very unhappily, the prisoner being in the habit of treating her in a very cruel manner. On Saturdaynight, the 14th instant, they . had a disagreement, the result of which was that the prisoner turned her out and sh u t the door against her. Shortly afterwards a polic,eman, on finding her in the street, and she having disclosed to him the conduct of her as sailant, insisted on her admission, and she was accordingly permitted by him to enter the house again. The following day the parties again had high words, in the midst of which the deceased drew ftom her pocket a paper containing a white powder, and emptying it into a tea cup, poured water upon it, and exclaimed that she should poison her self. Upon hearing the threat the prisoner did not attempt to prevent the unfortunate woman from carrying it into execution, but gave ut terance to words calculated to urge her into the commission of the act, saying, " Take it, and be —." The moment he used the expres sion, she put the cup to her lips and swallowed off the contents. This was between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon ; and although the prisoner mast have been aware of the deadly stature of the dose, yet he made no attempt to counteract its effects, and permitted the un fortunate creature to remain writhing in agony until between 5 and 6 o'clock, when a Mrs. Seeger entered the house, and found her lying on her back in one of the rooms, evidently in great pain. The pri soner was present at the time, and in reply to the question of Mrs. Seager, the deceased said that she had taken arsenic, and calling the prisoner to her, she held out her hand and ejaculated, "George, I would not have taken it but for you. You ought to have prevented me ; but I forgive you." On that occasion the prisoner said, ,"I saw her take a white powder, but I was not aware it was poison." Now he (Mr. Robinson) contended that the prisoner must have been perfectly cognizant that she had taken a powder of a deleterious nature, for it appeared she had commenced vomiting very soon afterwards, and also complained of great pain and heat internally. Soon after Mrs. Seager's visit the de ceased was conveyed to the hospital, where she lingered until Tuesday, and then expired, notwithstanding the antidotes that were administered to check the effects of the poison she had imbibed. On the day following an inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of "Temporary derangement" returned, none of the circumstances with respect to the conduct of the prisoner in the transaction having been made known to the coroner or jury. He (Mr. Robinson) should abstain at present from entering into other facts connected with the case, regarding the property missing belonging to the deceased. As her friends were anxious, under the circumstances, that an investi gation should take place, they had the prisoner taken into custody. Mr. Games, on behalf of the accused, said that he was perfectly ready and willing that the most searching inquiry should be made into all the circumstances, and although it had been alleged on the present, as well as on a former occasion, when an ex parte statement was made there, that the prisoner had urged the deceased to take the poison, it would be satisfactorily made apparent that he did no thing of the kind, and was totally ignorant of the nature and quail• ties of the powder she had mixed and taken off at a draught, and Which had unfortunately caused her death. Mr. COTTINGFIAM said, he should hear the evidence, if it could be produced, to show that the prisoner was present and urged her to take that which he knew was arsenic; and if such testimony could be adduced, it was clearly as serious a charge as that of a man pre senting a pistol at and blowing the brains out of another. On the contrary, if even the prisoner were present at the moment the de ceased swallowed the contents of the teacup, but was not aware of the nature or properties of the powder she had taken, then the case, so far as he was concerned, would assume quite a different com plexion. Mr. Robinson said, that it would be remembered the deceased had threatened to destroy herself before "she mixed the poison, and that the prisoner on observing her did not use the slightest exertion to prevent her, but, on the contrary, had uttered gross and unfeeling words of a nature to induce her the more certainly to carry out her threats of self-destruction. Mr. COTTirionsm said lie was ready to hear the evidence. Mrs. Seeger was then called, and she stated that she was ac quainted with the deceased landlady of the Marquis Cornwallis, in Dyer-street, Gravel-lane, Southwark ; and that on Saturday, the 14th instant, she went to her house between five and six o'clock. EU saw the dedeased lying on the floor in great agony, and in reply to a question as to what ailed her, she said she ha i taken a dose of arsenic. The prisoner was present on the occasion, and deceased pttt out her hand to him and said, " George, you ought to have pre vented me front taking it, hitt I freely forgive yon." Witness, on hearing what was said, addressing the prisoner, asked him why he remained a spectator looking on at a woman taking poison, and did net dash it out of her hands ? His reply was that he saw her take a white powder, but did not know it was arsenic. Mr. Corristonem asked the witness if she knew the deceased was in the habit of carrying arsenic about her person ? The witness, in reply, said, some time ago the deceased had informed her that she had some arsenic, but she did not say where she got it, or for what purpose it was intended. Joseph Edgar stated, that he was deceased's son, and that be tween four and five years ago he accompanied the prisoner to pur chase some arsenic to kill rats, that a small portion of the poison was used at the time, and the remainder was placed in a glass jug which was kept on the mantel-piece in his mother's roam. He had been informed that his mother had recently taken the arsenic out of the glass jug, and wrapping it in paper, deposited it in her housewife, which she kept in her pocket. Witness had every reason to believe that the arsenic in question was that which caused her death. Mr. Commutes:l inquired if there was any evidence to prove the prisoner was aware the deceased was in the habit of carrying arsenic about her, as that would be important, as tending to show that he could not have been ignorant of the nature of the powder she took in his mom ? Kr. Robinson admitted that at swat he WAS not prepared with all the evidence he intended to submit in order to make out the case, as one material witness was absent. Mr. Corritiouau said that it appeared the partie had been living together as man and wife, although they were not married, and of late were in the frequent habit of quarrelling; that upon one of these occasions the female was represented to have taken a dose of arsenic in his presence, without his haying made any attempt to prevent her. Now, the question was whether the prisoner was cognizant that it was poison or not; for if he was, and used the words attributed to him, he was gully of a most serious offence, and one which, if proved, would possibly affect his life. The evidence, however, already adduced did not justify such a belief, for although he admitted hav ing seen her take off the powder, he afterwards said to Mrs. Seager that he did not know what it was at the time. Mr. Robinson—lt will be remembered she had often threatened to poison &herself before; and on the last occasion distinctly told the prisoner what she was about to do, and still he never attempted to prevent the occurrence. Mr. Games contended there was no evidence to show the prisoner was guilty of any offence. It was true he cohabited with the woman, and that they had quarrels, but he was wholly innocent of having had any participation in her death. Mr. aOTTINCIFIAM said that the conduct of the prisoner, to say the least of it, thrOughout the affair, was of a most extraordinary nature. The circumstance of his being present when the unfortunate woman had the folly to swallow the poison, and making no attempt to pre, vent it, and afterwards allowing her to remain for nearly two hours writhing in pain, without calling in the aid of a medical man, exem plified in an extraordinary degree his utter want of the common feelings of humanity, and he (She magistrate) must say, the necessity of the present investigation. It was, as he had before said, a most grave charge, and one, if proved, that would affect the life of the accused; and in order that a fell and fair inquiry should be instituted into the whole of the circumstances, as well on the part of the de ceased's friends as on behal, of the accused, he should remand him until Tues.lay, but would accept of bail, himself in 2001. and two securities of 1001. c ach, to appear n that day. The prisoner, not being prepared with the requisite security, was committed. LAMENTABLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) DovEa, FEB. 24.—A most lamentable accident, with a fearful loss of life, has occurred here to-day. It appears that a number of labourers, employed by the South-Eastern Railway Company, on their sea-wall, fronting near Abbot's-cliff tunnel, had entered a sort of cave for the purpose of getting their dinners out of the rain, and that one or more barrels of gunpowder had been most incautiously left in this place; that the powder by some sad accident, probably from a pipe, ignited, and an explosion took place, by which these poor fellows were blown out of the care in all directions. In the confu sion that has ensued it is very difficult to ascertain the number of the sufferers. It is reported there were sixteen or seventeen in the cave, and we fear that all are either killed or very severely injured. Eight bodies have been i rought into the station, but so disfigured by the gunpowder that only one, of the name of Hatton (a Dover labourer), has yet been recognised. Five have been brought in alive, but so mutilated and injured that the greater part of them will probably die in the course of the evening. Every possible exer tion has been made by the officers of the Railway Company and the authorities for the removal of the sufferers, and several of the medical men have been in attendance from the moment the accident was known to afford all the relief that could be administered. The catastrophe has caused most intense anxiety, and the neigh bourhood of the station is crowded with the relatives of the sufferers in a state of agony and suspense not to be described. ANOTHER ACCOUNT, DOVER, FEB. 24.—A dreadful accident took place this morning on the works connected with• the railway, on the line between Dover and Folkestone,attended witn a severe loss of life. It appears that several labourers (upwards of twenty in number) who are constantly employed on the embankment, &c., having partaken of their dinner at their usual hour, retired (in consequence of a shower of rain coming on) to a cave at the back, about half way between Shakes peare and Abbott's Cliff tunnels, and in which, unfortunately, a quan tity (some say two casks) of damaged powder, the remains of that which was used in blasting down the chalk hills for the formation of the railway, was deposited, and, lamentable to relate, one of the la bourers having incautiously been smoking his pipe therein, it Is sup posed that some fragments of the ig,ited ashes must have fallen Into the powder. A most tremendous explosion was the consequence, and a great many of the poor men were thrown to an iroredible dis tance, and when taken up their dead mutilated bodies scarcely bore the vestiges of humanity, the bones of many protruding through the flesh and skin, and the rest black and disfigured corpses. As soon as the catastrophe was known to have taken place special engines were dispatched, accompanied by several medical gentlemen, to the spot, to alleviate, if possible, the sufferings of the survivors. Four teen human beings have thus suffered, ten of whom are already dead, and four more most dreadfully wounded and burnt. FIVE O'CLOCK, P.211.—1t is not expected that more than two of the four wounded men will recover, the nature of their injuries being such as almost to preclude the possibility of their surviving. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. A. Hensman, bill broker, Margate—first and final div. of 7s. 9d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. W. Bellis—first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Satur day, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. W. H. Hoggarth—first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. S. Clark, scrivener, Angel-tout t, Throgmorton-gtreet— first div. of 4id. in the pound, on Saturday, Feb. 21, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane, City. J. Knowles, H. Rodwell, G. R. Parker, and J. T. King, silk brokers, Throgmorton-street—first div. of ls. in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and two following Wed nesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry, City. J. Knowles, silk broker, Throgmorton-street—second div. of 7s. 9d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and. two fol lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry, City. G. Hardy, grocer, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire—first and final div. of 20s. in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry, City. W. Doxford, shipbuilder, ' Bishopwearmouth, Durham— second and final div. of 2d. and one-fifth part of a penny in the pound (in addition to ls. in the pound previously de clare I), on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, New cat tle-u pon-Tyne. J. Oldham, silk warehouseman, Wood-street, City—a div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Fol lett, Sambrook-court, Basingliall- street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Marriage, jun., miller, Moulsham, Essex, March 20, at two—A. Emerson and Co., distillers, Enniskillen, Ireland, March 17, at one—T. Tripp, distiller, Enniskillen, Ireland, March 17, at one—J. Hollingsworth, butcher, Paddington street, St. Marylebone, March 19, at half-past eleven—H. Pettit, livery stable-keeper, Exning, Suffolk, March 19, at twelve—J. - Woollams, builder, Charles-street, Manchester square, March 19, at eleven—J. and G. Hardy, -grocers. Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, March 19, at half-past twelve—C. Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street, March 17, at two —J. Sisley, builder, Margate, March 17, at two. In the Country. W. Drinkwater, woollen cord manufacturer, Salford, Lan cashire, March 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—G. Smith, bill broker, Manchester, March, .17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—W. Blinkhorn, chemist, Little Bolton, Lancashire, March 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—E. Heron, butcher, Haitle pool, Durham, March 17, at half-past one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court—W. B. Briddick, iron dealer, Durham, March 17, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—S. Brothers, currier, Newcastle-under-Lyme, March 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—T. Wenman, merchant, Birmingham, March 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—G. Carruthers, draper, Coventry, March 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—R. Gough, grocer, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, March 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court— W. Gibb, soap-manufacturer, Liverpool, March 24, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Miller, cordwainer, Southampton, March 20—J. Parr, coal-dealer, South Wharf-road, Paddington, March 17—C. Wadhams, carpenter, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, New road, March 17—J. Newburn, joiner,Oxton, Cheshire, March 17—H. J. Andrews, apothecary, Plymouth, March 18—A. Talley, grocer, Hackney, March 17—J. Collins, brewer, Sal ford, Lancashire, March 17—II. P. Gray, horse dealer, Caroline-street, Eaton-square, March 17—G. H. Bush, up holsterer, Edgeware-road, March 17—W, Gill, poulterer, Leadenhall-market, City, March 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Featherstone and R. Kirkpatrick, founders, Manchester —R. Wallwork, J. Wallwork, T. Barnes, and R. Nightingale, colliers, Heath Charnock, Lancashire (so far as regards R. Wallwork)—B. Hagen, H. Clark, and H. Jones, gimp ma nufacturers, Derby—W. Ebbern, J. Ebbern, and G. Ebbern, carriers, London (so far as regards G. Ebbern)—J. Barker and W. C. Brown, merchants, Manchester—J. Hardcastle and S. Hill, brick makers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—D. Cockburn and J. Bennett, tailors, Maddox-street, Hanover square—W. Milner and J. P. Morley, silk manufacturers, Leek, Staffordshire—W. Stubs and J. Stubs, Warrington, Lancashire—E. H. Darden, J. Lasham, and J. Randall, naptha distillers, Pitchcombe Mill,, Stroud, Gloucestershire —W. Ray and G. Spencer, merchants, Portsea, Hampshire —J. Sutcliffe and S. Roberts, sharebrokers, Leeds—W. Sut cliffe and E. Binns, stuff dyers, Bradfora, Yorkshire—J. Par kyn and G. P. Parkyn, drapers, Bodmin, Cornwall—R. White and J. Wilson, cotton manufacturers, Noble-street, Falcon-square, Beynon, C. N. Broom, and S. Bevan, timber merchants, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire--J. Gunning and G. Gunning, drapers, Crosby row, Walworth—C. Marley and T. Dobson, quilting printers, Bow Churchyard, Cheap side—W. Mabson and J. T. Smith, ironmasters, Stanton-by- Dale, Derbyshire—J. Grace and J. C. Grace, painters, Liver p - o!—P. Jeyes and J. Jeyes, seedsmen, Northampton—T. Wilson, jun., J. H. Wilson, and G. Wilson, bakers, Norwich —T. Wilson, jun., J. H. Wilson, G. Wilson, and W. R. Mark, dealers in foreign confectionary, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch street, City—P. Murray and J. Flesher, contractors, King ston, Sussex—J. Orme and M. Taylor; trimming manufactu rers, Macclesfield, Cheshire—J. M'Dougald and J. Rowe, carpenters, Peckham, Surrey—D. Nisbett, jun., and J. Oxley, iron masters, Chapel-town Ironworks, Sheffield—J. Roose and G. P. Hill,wmught-iron tube manufacturers, Mona Works, Dudley-port, Staffordshire—H. S. Coleman and F. W. S. Coleman, wine merchants, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, City—W. Freek and J.W. Beall, millers, Leeds—J. Flamank and J. W. Flamank, nlercers, Tavistock, Devonshire—J. Rowe and W. Rowe, apothecari.2e, Morice-Town, Devonshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Thomas Wilkie, grocer, Edinburgh, Feb. 27 and March 19, at two, at Stephenson's Rooms, Edinburgh. THE MORMONS. The Warsaw Signal, of the 12th of January, pub lishes what follows :—" Just as our paper was going to press, we received the intelligence from Nauvoo, that the Lord has accepted the temple, and that the long promised endowment, for which the saints have been so long preparing, is now being received. This endow ment consists in an abrogation of all existing marriages, and every good saint is at liberty to cast away his pre sent wife, and take any other who may suit - him better. The consequence is all Nauvoo is in commotion, and the saints are running about, perfectly wild with excite ment. The reason why the Lord concluded to endow his saints in this singular manner was because some husbands were willing to go to Oregon, and their wives objected, and vice versa ; so, they being mismatched, the Lord concluded, to prevent difficulty, by giving all will ing ones a chance to select new partners for the expe dition." --- The Jacksonville Journal says the Governor of Illinois has refused to permit the State militia to execute the warrants against the twelve elders, for counterfeiting United States coin, until demanled by the President of the United States. A writer in the St. Louis Reporter asserts that the elders have been guilty of high treason against the United States, in entering into a league with the Indian tribes against this government, at the sug gestion of English agents now in Nauvoo, and that their project of emigrating to California, or Oregon, was sug gested by the British Government, to which they have bound themselves. He says there is abundant evidence to warrant the arrest and examination of the twelve on a charge of high treason as well as counterfeiting. 0. P. Rockwell, who was charged with an attempt to murder an ex-governor of Missouri, obtained the lawful wife of Amos Davis, in the late exchange of partners. RoCkwell went to the residence of Davis and stood at the door, with pistol in hand, while his new partner en tered the house and took from it such furniture as she desired. This was in open day-light, and in the face of the whole city.—New York Sun. MUNIFICENT C O NTRIBUTION. —On Monday morning the secretary of the Philanthropic Society received the handsome sum of 1,0001. as a donation, in furtherance of the TWITS Of Shut So ciety. from Chian Dokin, Zit., of cheit.o442, ZOINT.STOCIE BANKS. Dividend Amount PO" Name of Company. per of raid. Annum. khare.. -- .....- 0 ...--------- £ s. d. £ s,; • 26/ Australasia •...•• • • • • 61. per cent. 40 0040 0 45! Brush Is orth American Si. per cent. 50 0050 0 23 Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 , colonial . Londe and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 13‘ London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 50 Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 002 5 0 1 $ Ditto, New.-- .... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 is National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 32 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 ,3 5 0 0 Ditto, New. • • • • • • - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 Ol Union of Australia.. -6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 is Union of London.... • , 5/. per cent.. 10 2 2 1 .2 x. - asuraaNcE comP.a.LizZ o .,/ Dividend Amount V , '4l paid. Name of Company, per of Annum. Share. ___...----- X s. d. £ s 4 • 7 5 Albion ......... ••• • • 3/. lOs 500 0 0 50 0 193 5 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 0 16 1 per cent. 100 0 0 1 1 5 ° ' Ditto Marine •• • . 6/. per cant, 100 0 0 14 Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 ?, ", British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 " "' Clerici,Med.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. ICO 0 0 210 County ............ „ 31. 100 0 0 10 ° 1 Crowia .- • ........... 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 6• Eagle •.• • .. Economic Life. L&3os.bs.3 2 0 ° SO Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 ni d. - European Life ••• • • • 534 - per cent. 20 0 0 All 11 ‘ ," 0 .. Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 . 14. - „ 46 Globe ... ••••••• • • • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. qA 10 u 240 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 ••••• -„ e ,64. Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 61. and bonus 600 0 0 50 . 0 .„+ Imperial Life ••• : • 5 1 ' bl Indemnity Marine •• • • ii. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 0 ° 6' Law Life ••••• • . • • • 0 15 Legal and General Life London Fire 12 1 ° v 1 London Ship ~ fl 0 3 Marine .. ••••. • • • • 5/. per cent. 160 0 0 1 . ,",'" 0 2" Med. Invlid Gen. Life per 2 -2" 2 1 ° National Loan Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 0 ° 6 National Life ••...• . • • 8/. per cent. 100 0 Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 ° --• ii, 41 Phcenix - i 0 0 26,, Protector Life.... •• . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 ~- 0 0 19 Provident •••• • • • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 1. - 0 ad' Rock Life 45. 5 0 0 0 10 1 ' 21 0 Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. -- 1 9 Sun Fire . - ~ :, Ditto Life - I _/ Universal Life s ie! ›.' LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' I' --- - - Dividend Amount TO' pald. 1 Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. ________---''/ £a. d. £s• 16 1 0 1° Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 1 00 0 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 1 00 16 55 0 Commercial Bank .• - • 61. per cent. -. ° 100 a 10 National Bank 6/. per cent. -.• c a 0 3 6 Union Bank of Scotland 7341. pr cent. - Western Bank ..... •• • 61. per cent. - 55 , ,ii North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 10 0 l Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. - !, 10 ° ii, Eastern 8ank...... • • 5/. per cent. - 1 3 2 10 Caledonian Bank - 5 0 1 1 , Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. - it 10 0 ". City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 1 0 1 1 ,.,:, Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 ~, 0 r. Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 1 , u „ a id. fP Instil. Co. of Scetlnd- Si. per cent. 10 0 0 4s-. ' 0 0 25 1 North Brit!sh Insur..• 514/. pr cent. 200 0 0 1 0 0 0 p l / 2 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 1 0 to 0 if Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 L., 2 .0 0. 16 Edin. & Glaag. Ratlway 1/.los. pert. 50 0 0 ." n ol• qi" Ditto, 4 Shares 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 Ni A r 0 0 10 Eau., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 2 .1, ,ald• 1 1 tliasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 'M. per cent. 50 0 0 j''', ! Vit. 1 6 , Glasgw&Greenckßail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 -. l ', „ n ' a id. 16' Gisgw &Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 . 8 ' • '4O. 6 Dundee&Arbrothßail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 ): 0 ,„ ,/ Standard LifeAssarrice.lsl per cent. 150 0 0 2 - DOCKS. ...... 0 .0" / lei Dividend Amount ',I. pal"., Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. ----- A s. d. £ ,;/ .... ;:,, Commercial East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. ... 1 - , ' East Country ..... •• . 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 L mdon 51. pr cent. Stock. St Katharine .... •• - 5 per cent. I Stock. I „:, -- 0 ° Southampton ••..• • • • 41. per cent. , 50 0 0 , , i CANALS. 1! Names of ,r; 'Dividend Companies. 41_ per Dif idepd 010 Price. Names of Companies. Tb' I Minim. Ashtn & 0141 h 9751.55. p c Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. Barnsley.. • • 160 12/. Basingstoke.. 100 Brknk&Abrg 150 N. Cromford..• • 100 141. Dudley.• ..• . 100 4/. Derby ... • • • IN 6/. Ellsmre&Chs 133 -4/. Erewash ... 100, 321. Forth & Clyd 1001 4/. GrandJunctn 100 71. Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. Glamorgnsh. 172 13%1. Glstr & Brkly 00 Grantham • . 150 121. Huddersfield. 57 Kennt & Avit 39 7s. 6d. Lancaster 47 1/. 10s. Leeds& Livrp 100 341. Leicester .... 140 101. Leicstr&Nth 83 41. Loughborogh 142, 70/. Monmouthsh Mntgomrysh Macclesfield . Neath • Nottingham . Peak Forest . Regent's ... • Rochdale .. • • , 1" . 41. Shropshire • • Somrset Coal Do.Lk Fd St Stffrd &Wore IShrewsbury.. rStourbrldge Strtfrel ou Av Severn and / Wye Rail. I Trnt & Mr sey, eh. !Theme &Med IWorestr & Birming. Nilts & Brks IVIL'EER-VTOILIES Dividend Amount j Name of Company. per of : Annum. Share. s • d. East L0nd0n.......... Si. 100 0 0 Grand Junction • . 31. 10s. 41 11 4 Kent .... .•• • • • 21. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauxhall• West Middlesex ••• • • • 51.55. pr cnt. 63 12 9 , pA f) MARKET NE WS.—(YEsT 0 1 0 COEN—EXCNANG E. A fise , ct The arrivals of English Wheat since Monday, co:iteotte;:o,opi as by land carriage, and samples have been again En O at $ ll / stands to-day were fairly supplied with samples of ilsest qualities moved off steadily at very full Pr ic ,,„ a t kinds were much neglected. Fur free foreign Wl''Ele.her was inactive, yet the holders would not sell except at; ge j! Bonded Grain was a mere drug. Malting Barley W . s ti # inquired for, but grinding and distilling sorts wer e t 041.0 Malt, the show of which was seasonably extensil . ,.l a t little was doing. The Oat trade was exceedinglYcl u /.:A, cline in value. Beans, Peas, and Flour as last advi'''` el" 34 0 ARRIVALS. Ost., Barley. 1,310 qrs. - I Malt, 1,260 qrs. 12':3226:°°V. orr: -.1 p 0 : 1 WHITECELELPEIs. e o °- 47 1 1 ° ' wer Des' $34 The supplies of each kind of 3l eat on sale here 0 to , 4 , the increase. Generally speaking, the demand I s 64 to prices were with difficulty supported. Beef, from lO4 Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 4s to 58; and Pork, i4 O A e per Sibs. by the carcase. Wheat. 1,330 qrs. English • • • • • • Irish Foreign ...... 8,580 . Orr 0. SO ter fl COMPENSATION FOR T HE C OR N LAWS. nnis - tit f e f f Montgomery, Bart., has intimated to his nurn e itli3t in Peeblesshire that although he feels confid e % iot ° bert Peel's measure, when once fairly carried atoll will produce a result highly beneficial to seelii'ist e va.oi still with an anxious wish to satisfy the mind s ° t olr-loc V he begs to assure them, should any reduction , 01 , farm produce in consequence of these reessliffirgess' 0 51 g will be made upon their rents.—Edinburgh "f e et I' l2 irs 9 [ADvzßnsEmENT.]—Deafness and De 0 04 C ie o Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the post.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, ..d tle.street, Edinburgh.—Acoustio Instruments' and Conductors, when fixed in the cavity o f the ens ‘ 4,111 comfortable, nor more perceptible than having achloyels wool in its place. They enable individuals a t %dig , l i d t hi and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years' a t t he t he s,,igi to join in general conversation, and to cat" They 13 0 0 .1 5, 1 distant low speaker at church, theatre, &e ' at t hat i n erte, conversation into the ears to such an eate n " severe eases deafness cannot be observed., Ar tib r - t y Ear Cornets, French, German, and Spast r ifiti°n; s T ie and Improved Hearing Trumpets of every de7 r obst l ; o . n e ß f eowy th layl o . e novceinstru ments • Spectacles , toayeahl • Royal Institution have re ev ed .; the f G r a e P a a l" r . 13 r it a a io l o a p t eri f ° l l extremely imperfect vision, it im is m br e o c t a gtt ly to th i y .. l ells t e b :s% ' . ° 46 4 ; and original state. Also, Achromatic S . so h $ r o e s al Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution— Messrs . ic i !," s or so . mons, Opticians, are net in any way cette e- iir hoeut 00 , 011' of the same name in their immediate neighbo be eallpiec4oo part of the country. To prevent mistake', stre et, P Observe—Only to be bad at 29 , Albeinarl'" tle's tr' South as C f g• opposite the York Hotel, and 25, burgh. 00 cr ow . EXTRAORDINARY CORE OF DR?Prg:itlhBgors.,Pert;6l;dib; CC011:1- : o n , .4 1 0 Pzus.—Emma Williams,a servant Oldham-road, Manchester, had lately o preot ti t Ow' to from dropsy as to appear, to use her oisti tr i e d, 00 11 0 hg as a butt. Every usual treatment wa ours e ° el fr° ° eei'' effect. In this sad state she had re l ., „sla t e pt! , Pills, and by them the water was eat; e re,:, n abn? ci a PS t p i system, and an effectual cure perfects A droP- i . l hosP l lo o o ,,, These pills were lately tried 1 1 1) 0 0 11 f the larg .. e,st., t tlio r discharged as incurable from one attnyd — ca u t re r n r v o Z ie go m Lo e n d lo i n n , e rd s t o h ld ey b a y lso a w ll erg ru b g ot g h is s ts h , o way's, 244, Strand, London. ja O w n e th s, at ~/ r ntoncille, )09. On the 20th inst., in Cumming-street, e few" Tripp, of a son. () Ding f a da i IIV u g ill R I 1 1 i alI Cr.. O f Major 00° On the 14th inst., at Leamington, the ladY White, C.B , 40th Foot, of a daughter• ...0 w if Of . On the 18th inst., at'llrewood, Staffordshire, 1 " al i p of 0 e Henry Smith, Esq., of a son• T xu.ler, rs); 01 On the 19th inst., at Preston, the lady of . t f/Yder. ' On the 19th inst., in Upper Southtek-stree , uSbter 00 !sired, Strand, tb./I.—gtotto of W. Courtney, jun•. Esq., of a daughter. tilt, o f s 'P g Clf° On the 20th inst., at LOWCTClapton, rs; nne°'ngton. 1,4 *for Os On the 22d inst., at Csxopdeu-hill, l'e ' vi r 6 ' Laseelles, of a son• , . i ., irtrgifi of Cel ol 09 5111 On the 18th inst., at Frimley, tho lady ray, of a son. On the 21st inst., in liontague-place, 01 Esq., of a son. 0 Wife of W. o.lVns MARRIED. Wells Willisl2' t" On the 1 ath inst., at Tunbridge ' o gbter Lieutenant RN., to Agnes Jane, second d,ens. Fisher, Esq., of Great Culverden, Tunbrhlgo " _ ...---- 85th l li e, DIED. • . . 14 thur COW t f, On the 12th ult., at St. Vincent, Captain r 0 o e _ ent o 0 went. frm e d, the 6 v w ed 19. On the 21st inst., at Lonsdale-square, Gray, Esq., barrister -at - l aw. On the 21st inst., at Reading, Berks, We; S3larrshyltCtiertnUe.4l:4lll' 1313:1; On the 21st inst., Mary Jane, wife °L • ,„,tor e r factor, Southwark. West , - 1 "" r oge' On the 21st inst., at Lewes, the Be+. 110 11 ..toll:de l° wick, Sussex. per, e l "' rel/e' 0 0n n the the 22d 22d inst., Seotpt3hrioam, tphteol7,l3irsfe of . John C. 100.00100, zoo to late Abel Adolphus, Esq. borolia lplul >:,. On the 23d inst., in Fountain -court, ,'• ON eldest daughter of Mr. Andrew Beater. --------- of 14 ' 1 '0 - ---- losa,tue a pt London: Printed and Published by 21 1- C i t il lsua id, Strand, Printer, a The Sun Office, T o. ii.',.„ Tour of the Savoy, la the Couuty of laddlose'" 26, 1846. ~,f Ic l W I 0 0 1 10 0 00 LATEST PRICES OF SI-lARE A S i IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER FANIES' STOCK- From tit Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY - o va-0 LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 3OINT-STOCEI =II.NICS. o J In C , ln g 1 , 44 % 5 ....Ity P 1