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to be placed on it. They ought to propose a plan to be in quired into by a Select Committee. The question was too great to be placed before a Committee composed of a very small number of the Members of that House. With regard to the advance of monies to foreign powers for the construe tien of works on the Continent—Parliament had not inter fered, but had allowed the loans to be granted. It might, however, be necessary for the interests of the country, that tome interference should be made with regard to these loans. He really thought that the case ought to be placed before the House. If the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it was neces sary that there should be a Select Committee on this question, he would probably state his plan to theta. The Committee would then make a report to the House, which would then be better able to form an opinion with respect to this very im portant question. Mr. H. HINDE said he looked upon the business of the Committee as simply to receive and collect information, and report it to the House. He should not have addressed the House had it not been for the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. He confessed, that if that speech was understood out of doors by the public as he (Mr. H. Hinde) understood it, it would create great alarm. He understood that nothing was to be done with the view of carry ing forward any of the railway Bills till the views of that Com mittee had been given. They were to give an opinion that one class of railways was entitled to receive the favour of the House, while another class of railways ought not to receive that favour able consideration. Now, if the Right Hon. Gentleman had proposed any thing of this kind at the end of the last session of Parliament, the objection he (Mr. H. Hinde) had to it would not have been so great. The projectors of Railways would then have had notice of the intentions of Government, and would have acted already. But now, when these projectors had com plied with the standing orders imposed upon them last session, had made their surveys, had gone to great expense in engine , r ing matters, and bad paid up their deposits, he thought it was not treating them as they ought to be treated by being sub jected to the course recommended by the Right Honourable Baronet. Those standing orders having been complied with, Parliament ought to be prepared to hear evidence in support of each scheme—they ought not to be disposed of without each individual project having had the case submitted to a compe tent tribunal.—(Hear, hear.) He conceived it would occasion great inconvenience if railway Bills were to be treated in the manner recommended. But, in objecting to this course, he would say that in submitting these schemes to Parliamen tary Committees, they, the Members of such Com mittees, should evince the greatest strictness in the reception of evidence—not to be merely satisfied with witnesses showing a large amount of traffic, but that the schemes submitted in all respects were necessary and desirable. In dealing in detail with so large a number of schemes he confessed there was great difficulty ; still, if the standing order of Committees manifested sufficient strictness, and the Parliamentary Committees were careful and rigid in their reception of evidence, the business in the ordinary way, as acted upon last session, would be easily disposed of. The number of railways before the Standing Orders Committee would not greatly exceed that of last session ; but if it did, if they went to work at the commencement of the session, and not delay it as they had done last year, they would get through it in good time. Last year the session ; was very much ad vanced before the Committees commenced to sit, and then, while many Members sat a long time on certain Committees, other Members never sat at all ; and be was of opinion many more Committees might have been formed so as to facilitate the business. There was another point of the Right Honourable Gentleman's speech to which he would refer—. that the restricting of the number of projects would he a good rather than an evil. He (Mr. H. Hinde) was of opi nion, that throwing difficulties such as those named in the way of investigating the various railway schemes submitted to Par liament would be a great evil. If the projectors of railways, and those who subscribed to them, had difficulties thrown in their way in the expediting these schemes, it would cause the capital that would be expended in them to go out of the country. It would surely be a great evil that a large sum which was pro posed to be expended on railways should be sent abroad ; and that such would be the evident result, if the Right Hon. Ba ronet's counsel in the construction of the Committee was taken, he was firmly persuaded. He should rather that some person of greater experience than himself had taken up the view of the question ; but in the sentiments he had expressed he via. sure he but echoed the opinions that were prevalent out of doors. Mr. P. M. STEWA B. T wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Government to the experience that had been acquired by the apelication of the system of Committees last session. He (Mr. Stewart) quite agreed that some interference was necessary in their mode of conducting the business so as to facilitate its transac tion, but he would remind them, thut in devising measures for the dispatch of business, they should give no unfair hin drance to Bills presented to that House on the faith of the standing orders of last session. Last year it was the 20th or =lst of April before a single railway Committee sat, and then, from the number of Bills that were to be investigated, with all their dispatch they could not get through the business ; but now, he was persuaded, whatever increase of business there was beyond that of last year, if they applied themselves to it, they would get through with it in much better time than they did then. He said this in order that the Right Hon. Baronet's Committee might not report to the House from time to time, and thus delay the commencement of the business ; and witk the hope that if the Government had any plans to submit to the Committee they would do so at once, that they might decide and report so as they, who were interested in railway Bills, would know what course was to be taken. It was strange, that if a new mode of carrying forward the private business was necessary, that some course had no•. been taken last year, so as to meet the case fully. Nor must they expect now that any plan agreed on was merely to apply to this year, and that then the railway business of the country would be at an end. They were mush mistaken, if they thought that 600 Bills would exhaust all the railway business of the country, and that any plan agreed to this session, would not be required hereafter. Look at the state of the country ? Railroads were supplanting turnpikes everywhere. There were twenty thousand miles of turnpike-road in England and Wales, and he was persuaded that wherever there was a turnpike, a railroad would be constructed in its stead. From this they might expect every session a large amount of railway business, and they should devise some permanent mode of disposing of this businesss so calculated to increase the national power, and to develope the national wealth. The Right Hon. Baronet in the course of his observations, had ex pressed an opinion as to the amount of wealth it was expedient annually to expend on railways, and he had set it down at e 0,000,0001. He (Mr. Stewart) considered this estimate not enough. He was of opinion that from the fast increasing power a the nation, and its continually growing wealth, it was in a position to extend at least 50,000,0001. annually. The Right Hon. Baronet had admitted that it would be much better that that capital was invested in the heart and bowels of their own country than expended in foreign schemes.—( Hear, hear.) He had great doubts if any new plan they could lay down would at all facilitate the business. If the Committee proposed to be appointed was to linger over its business, and in the present time nothing was done to forward the Bills before the House, great evil would result, and it would be March or April before anything was done. He approved of the appointment of the Committee, but he doubted that the Committee, like that of last year, would materially interfere with the commencement of business, and, like the exertions of the Board of Trade, add nothing to its proper exe cution. He entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to urge for ward the dispatch of business, and facilitate by every means in his power those railway Bills for which petitions had been pre sented to that House. Mr. PLUMPTRE said his object in rising was to take no tice of the proceedings which characterised the depositing of the railway plans at the Board of Trade. It happenett that the 30th of November was on a Sunday, and on that day a general deposit of the plans had taken place. If it was in the power of the Board of Trade to have put off the depositions of the plans to the following day, they ought to have done so ; and if they had not, it would be satisfactory for the public to know that great complaints have been made. Mr. RICARDO regretted very much that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not answered the objections of the Noble Lord ( Lord J. Russell) to the proposed measure. It was hard that a number of persons interested in railway Bills, who had com plied with all the conditions of last session, who had fully met the provisions of the standing orders, should be placed in the same position as those whs had not. The Right Hon. Baronet should have made known the plan at the close of last session, and then he (Mr. Ricardo) having bad that Information, should not have employed, in those companies with which he was con nected, engineers at great expense ; he would have said, never mind tunnels nor viaducts, but merely draw the line straight— leaving out of calculation hills and -valleys, ansi all estimate of expense or capabili'ies of the line. The Right Hon. Baronet said he had got a large map of the various railways projected which would be submitted, and if they appointed a Committee they (the Commissioners who had fully complied with the standing • orders) would only stand a chance of being picked -out of the map with those compa nies that had not been able to comply. The consequence would be, that this year they would not be able to go forward with these Bills, and next year they would be placed in the same position as the companies that this year had neither de posited plans or made deposits.—( Hear, hear.) He considered this unfair, and the whole measure a clumsy contrivance to meet the difficulty. He regretted that the Right Hon. Baronet should, at the eleventh hour, propose his plan, but rather that he had come down to the-House and told them what to do. It would have saved the paying engineers for working night and day, and going to other great-expenses, in order to comply with the standing orders. He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would reconsider the matter, and tell them what he meant to recommend to the Committee, in order that the country might know what they were to expect.—( Hear, hear.) • Ihe Earl of LINCOLN said that it appeared that the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Nottingham, supposed that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government intended that the Committee which he had proposed should simply perform those duties which had beee performed by the Board of Trade during the last .year, viz.: —that they should take into consideration the various competing lines, and recommend to the House such lines as they deemed the best for the dis tricts of country proposed to be passed through. But the in tentions were not such as had been assumed by the Right Hon. Gentleman. The proceedings of last year would be no guide whatever with regard to the selection of lines ; the Committee would show to the House the lines which had already been com pleted, the lines which had been sanctioned by Parliament, the lines not yet completed, and those which were contemplated dilarri,n,:fetthe present year. The intentions of the Right Hon. once the in proposing the Select Committee, were to show at, that the, mum exact state of railway matters, and it was anticipated proposed would give satisfaction tisfaction to all persons connected with rail also proposed, should The Committee, it was ay el e d l er what amount of money it was considered advisable to suffer be expended in the formation of railways. He thought thatt?ttbwould be unfair in any way to prejudice their decisio n remarksthere y edushood be h ea d. It was thought right tha y t soumPoenseduc tion upon the capital to lie expende t t .aid , ,g the present year his Noble Friend in the makin g e of railways. It was the Member for the C.ty of London, that by viro rn ul e dl.e most de sirable that the Gove r n me nt should express ,o Mon as to what the amount of capital should be. ecided Heopi was stare that his Noble Friend would give the Government the credit of having given this sub j ect, as welt as all other s ubjects which mutt come under discussion, their most serious consideration. He believed that many Members of the House were of opinion some li m it a tion should be placed upon the expenditure of thesurplus capital of the country. The Hon. Gen leman who that 0 had list addressed the House had stated '0 000,00 1., and even a much larger sum than that, should be sanctioned by Parliament for the purpo ses of new railways. That point . would, of course, be a very prop er subject for the consideration of the Committee proposid to be appuinted, but he thought that the Hon. Gentleman ought to consider the large increase in the demand of money for the other grea t interests and in stitutions of the country—(Hear, hear) —and it could net, therefore, be expected that the Government would be inclined to sanction the expenditure of the large sum proposed for the formation of railways. With respect to what had fallen from certain Hon. Members, concerning the advisability , of wererel:P"lg the payment of deposits before Railway Bills were various to pass through the Standing Orders. There It would be "asonswhy that course should not be adopted. impossible for the proposed Committee to ascer tain the ,numhepursoifnßt which it would be advisable for the Legislature to posits was, in his opi:iorostitileeThe subject of payment of de w4iich might very properly be left to the consideration of and Committee. lie could, however, assure the Noble Lord, itall (those who had spoken in the course of the debate, that"was important not th e i ntent i on o f matter t o Government to confide the whol e o f vra.s the deter mination of the Government to the decision of -the proposed Committ ee . give the s u bj ect its most at tentive consideration .--( Hear, hear.) s filE SUN, LONDON, TILES - DAY MORNENG, JANUAR% 27. 1846. OFFICIAL RESIGNATIONS. We believe we may venture to state that the Marquis of Exeter has resigned his appointment as Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince Field-Marshal. The speech of the Earl of Hardwicke, in the House of Lords, on Thursday evening, is understood to have made his Lordship's resignation, as a Lord of the Bedchamber, a mat ter of official necessity. The names of two other Noble Lords, holding important offices in the Royal Household, are currently mentioned as about to retire, and we believe on very good grounds ; but, as the fact will probably transpire in a day or two, we think it beet to await the formal announcement. In short, the " Peel-rot" is making such rapid progress, that almost every mau connected with the Government is spoken of in turn as about to swell the number of seceders. Even that most unlikely person of all others to throw up office, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie—the Lord of the Treasury with a convenient conscience—has been suspected of an intention to retire. These various rumour; may be mora or less founded in fact; but of one point we believe there is not the 'lightest doubt amongst those who know anything of the state of parties— the Administration of Sir Robert Peel cannot last.—Post. Mr. L ABOUC HERE said that he did not intend troubling the House with many observations. He was astonished to hear from the speech of the Noble Lord, that it was the in tention of the Government to confide this important matter to the consideration of a Committee. They were about to con sign to the power of about half a dozen men the decision of that most important question, viz. what shall be the maximum suns to be allowed in the construction of railways.—( Hear, hear.) A greater, or more difficult question than that could not come before the House._( Hear, hear.) To propose any limitation at all in that respect, would be obviously to act in direct opposition to the general principles which the House had invariably adhered to. He would only say that the course proposed was a most unusual one. The question, if it were to be decided, should be seriously and carefully debated upon by the whole House.—( Hear. ) He would venture to say that no benefit would arise from the proposed Committee. If such a Committee should be appointed, he considered it to be the duty of those who composed it at once to say that it was not a proper subject for them to entertain. He had hoped that the Government would have come before the House with some matured plan on this subject, and he was not with • out hopes that the most desirable plans might be devised on this head. He thought that, with the experience of the last session before them, they might take steps which would greatly facilitate the progress of railway legislation during the present session. The House of Commons, in his opinion, was quite right in appointing a railway Committee during the last year, but the subject which it had been proposed to refer to their decision in the present instance was quite a different thing.— ( Hear, hear.) The present question was of an entirely dif ferent character, and he therefore much regretted to hear the ' proposal of the Government just made with respect to railway legislation during the present session.—( Hear, hear.) He would only make one other remark. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken, that the experience of last session had rendered it incumbent upon the House to devise some scheme that would facilitate the pro. gress of railway business. He agreed with him that the pub lic had every right to complain of the extraordinary delay of railway business during the last session. His Hon. Friend I had stated that he thought that out of doors there was an im pression that the tribunals that had been appointed during the last session for the transaction of railway business were not altogether free from suspicion.=( Hear, hear.) For his own part, he could only say (having had experience in those tribu nals), that he was not aware of any other tribunal in existence that had discharged its duties so honorably, and with so much deliberation.— (Hear, hear.) No blemish should, therefore, be cast upon their proceedings either in or out of doors.. He had thought it right to say thus much upon this subject, for he should be sorry if that House were charged with perform ing the business brought before them in a dishonourabe man . ner ; but much more should he regret were they justly so charged. He could, however, say that the tribunals referred to were above all suspicion.—(Hear, hear. ) Mr. JOHN COLLETT thought that the House had a perfect right to ask her Majesty's Government what were the subjects which they proposed to submit to the Select Com mittee. He did not mean to say that they should enter into every minute detail. As a banker, he could say, that unless the Government clearly stated their course with regard to rail way legislation during the present session, the banking interest would be materially damaged. He was still of opinion that the public would very much prefer a Commission appointed by this House. Committees had been appointed for all other matters, and why not on this Mr. F. FRENCH said he had no objection to the Com mittee. He was much satisfied with the remarks which had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet. He did not think that the House need fear that their labours would be much increased during the session by the number of railway Bills which would come before it. He was sin e that out of the eight hundred and odd railways, the plans of which had been deposited, 100 would not pass through the ordeal of the standing orders, and consequently would not come before the House. Colonel ANSON was opposed to the appointment of the Select Committee. If they were to hear evidence, &c., on the different railway bills, their labours would not terminate during the present session. He would suggest that the Committee pro : posed should have the classification and grouping of the rail , way bills, but he should decidedly oppose its appointment if it were proposed that the Committee should decide upon the im. portant question that had been alluded to.—( Hear, hear.) He , hoped that the Government would not persist in the present motion, for he was decidedly of opinion that the Committee proposed would not be able to carry out the powers to be vested in them. He was enabled to say this from the intimate , knowledge which he possessed on railway subjects. Mr. JAMES PARKER believed that when the public had read the proceedings of the House that evening, they would come to the same conclusion to which he had arrived, via., that a . . Select Committee should be appointed in the first instance.— , ( Hear, hear.) That Committee would be the means of saving a considerable sum of money to parties interested in Railway Bills ; the expenditure consequent upon the delays of the Board 1 of Trade in the months of May, June, July, and August, of 1 last year, was immense.—( Hear, hear.) And, after all, the 1 parties had to go home—in many instances without the slightest 1 benefit—without any notice whatever whether they should ever 1 have to attend before the Board again. He, upon these and other grounds, trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government would have the fortitude to deal with this matter with resolution and determination. The scheme contemplated was a most comprehensive one, and he had no doubt that it would give much satisfaction to the country ge nerally.—( Hear, hear.) He denied that the proposition was an unusual one ; it was no anomalous case.--( Hear, hear.) The railway world, he had no doubt, would give the proposi tion their best support.—( Hear, hear.) He trusted that the proceedings of this Committee, whatever they might be, would be rapid. What they must do they must do quickly. He be lieved that a great deal of time was last year wasted in perusing what were called tratc tables. This involved a great waste of time. He did not think that they sat there for railways only, although it would almost appear that they did so last year. He hoped that some rational course would be laid down for their guidance with respect to railway legislation, and he trusted that it would be done quickly. Mr. P. SCROPE hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would submit to the Committee, for their consideration, the subject of the appointment of a Commission, to supersede Committees on Railway Bills. He had himself been one of a Committee which had sat for eighty-four days last session ; and his so serving had taught him how incompetent a Parliamentary railway Committee was. A Commission could have got through the business of that Committee in a few hours. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would con sider the propriety of appointing five gentlemen well qualified to serve as a Commission upon railway Bills ; for he was convinced that such a step would be attended with most advan tageous results. Mr. MORRISON thought the best mode of putting a wholesome check upon railway speculation was to reduce the profits upon railways ; and to do that effectually he would , suggest, that the companies should be compelled to charge low rates of fare. If a person wanted to go to Dover, he had to pay 155., but from Ostend to Brussels—the same distance— the charge was only is. 6d. With respect to the question of the deposits, he believed that so far from the deposits having checked speculation, that they had had quite a contrary effect. He thought the present system of deposits was full of evil, and required extensive alteration. And he trusted that the subject would receive that consideration which its importance required. Sir R. PEEL, who was scarcely audible, said that nothing had passed in that debate, which had at all shaken his con viction that her Majesty's Government had pursued the pro per course, in availing themselves of the earliest opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the difficulty in which they might be involved, unless they took early notice of the immense extent of railway legislation which was this year to be presented to them. It was the duty of the Government to submit the matter to the consideration of the House of Com mons, inasmuch as it was a subject affecting their own privi leges. He was perfectly certain that if he had brought for ward any scheme on the part of the Government, and sub mitted it to the consideration of the whole House, he would have been called upon at once to refer it to a Select Committee. Tnat was the course they intended to adopt. The Committee would be composed of Members who had more particularly turned their attention to the subject of railways. It had been said that there would probably not be more than one or two hundred plans deposited, but there had, in point of fact, been 710, involving a capital of 300.000,000/. It was true that a very great number of these Bills would fail, either through a non-compliance with the standing orders, or from the failure in making the necessary deposits ; but they ought to con sider, as early as possible, the difficulty in which the Rouse might be placed with respect to these Bills.— ( Hear, hear.) He had been asked to postpone the appointment of the Committee until it was ascertained whether or not the railways for which plans had been deposited had passed through the standing orders. He could not consent to I that, although it might be very possible for the Committee to postpone their decision, as to the course to be adopted with respect to those bills until they had gone through that ordeal. 1 It was absolutely necessary that they should take this subject into consideration early. Let them consider what were the effects of delay in the last session of Parliament. They were , not able to perform their functions last year. Many bills were postponed, although their promoters had complied with the re gulations of the year 1844 . i They had served their notices and bad paid their deposits, yet such was the pressure upon the House of Commons, that bills to the amount of eleven millions were allowed to stand over, not because they were objected to in principle, but because there was not time to consider them. Suppose there should he one hundred or two hundred bills to be referr.d to committees of the House of Commons, was it not incumbent upon them to take a preliminary view of a question of such immense importance. Each scheme would be considered by five men. But they would merely consider the particular scheme before them, whe ther or no it promised to fulfil the expectation held out by its promoters, or was likely to realise a remunerative profit, and whether the estimated expenses would be sefficient to carry it into effect; they were only required to take an abstract view of the merits of that particular scheme. The scheme had been thus distinctly considered, the estimates had been found all right • the expectations of the promoters were likely to be realised, the great body of the landlords on the line were con senting parties ; and the Committee therefore unhesitatingly recommended the scheme, and it would then be brought under the notice of Parliament. But when the House considered the number of Bills which had been, and were likely to be sanctioned, when they considered an expenditure of some 23,000,000/. for the next three years, surely it was fairly open for consideration, whether or no they might not apply with ad vantage some sort of limit to capital, which in addition to that at present in use, must still be required for future railway sc h eme s. He had therefore her Majesty's command to draw the attention of the House of Commons to this matter, and seeing the extraordinary number of Bills, and the equally ex traordinary amount of capital, and, as owing to the competition of rival projects, there was no saying to what extent they might extend, her Majesty's Ministers felt that it was a duty im perative upon them to draw attention to the standing orders in order to have the opinion of the House alto whether they should adhere to them, or whether some mode other than the present might not he substituted instead, either by taking those Bills ac cording to their importance and the interest the public attached to them, or in any other way in which the public interest might be better advanced. This was a subject peculiarly calling for the earnest consideration of the House. He hoped that the House of Commons would not consent to part with its virtual jurisdiction ; but he, at the same time, hoped that the result, ettiv:inueilfitthitleiye ewereta, and da csitonnneesxephneitnbi independence e o b 3,wheti the were preserved measure, would be that , their integrity session, pHrerisue,reveodf Commons inviolate. lastHe as compared with the previous session, was greatly to o sc n h o a f r ge privatetlie duu Bills, it s honour. It showed to t. the country that they were deter mined which devolved upon them in the consideration e t r o a d t i i or hi l gh their decisions were !,he believed the public found fault with at first, yet, onanthealt , were satisfied with the integrity decisions.—( Hear. ) I He did not deny that there might be other tribunals ,o as compe- Il Commons tent to judge of these interests as any the House might institute. But what could one commission, 1 Of the most eminent scientific men, do. If they desired them to inquire into the progress of these schemes, to report which of them were the most worthy of attention, it would be abso lutely necessary to have as many commissions on this as there were Committees in the past session. They might have twenty or more, b ut th e re n c it o i u p l i d ied not c b o e m t rn ha is t si s o e n c e u r r s ity as or th t e h r a s t wpuobullidcbeeonin fidence in these m e w d is to lighten the labours of the h in cams opp o t s i i m t i e o , n w t h o e t n h h 0 s e e s ;ir e m t h b i e s r , 8 h ,, e , h d o i d d e n s o i r t otonepiaceYheitmastel thef the details had been reported right of judging of results afte r Committees. They reserved the by those competent to do so. now appointmentsit down, o t f r utsht the that the House would sanctionffe ouli w the Committee he had asked for ? Mr. COLLETT wished to know, before th e q uestion was put, whether the Committee would be a secret or a select one ? Sir R. PEEL—Not secret, certainly. A Select Cow mittee. The Committee was then appointed. EXTENSION OF PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE, in rising to move a vote of 50,0001. for the extension of public works in Ireland, said that he thought it his duty, at this early period of the session, to bring before the House a measure of this kind. The object of tile vote was to improve the condition of the people of Ireland, both in their social and their moral condition—both by mea sures of education and employment. At present, however, they had more in view—the finding of employment for the people, without reference to the works to be raised. He had, therefore, brought forward no new measure whatever. He had referred to the statute which already existed, and he found that the law, as there set down, might be beneficially extended for the purposes he had stated. At present, therefore, he proposed that a further sum might be placed at the disposal of the Treasury, to be used for the purpose of increasing employment in Ireland. He found that a Bill for the draining of rivers and lands in different parts had, with the consent of that House, passed the Legislature in the session of 1842. G reat a d vantages were expected to b e derived from it. He found, however, that from various causes a large number of the projects under the consideration of the Board of Works were delayed and impeded. Many difficulties had arisen to account for this, but the principal difficulty was the obtaining money to carry these projects into effect. He hoped, however, that the number of railways, as well as the works which they might be the means of originating, would infuse fresh vigour into that country, and that employment would be given to its inhabitants by these undertakings. Such a result would reward him for all the trouble he had had upon the subject. He would not enter into any lengthened details on the Bill under consideration. The questions involved were of a peculiarly technical nature, and he was sure that he would receive the thanks of even the Hon. Gentleman opposite—( Mr. Hume, we understood)—for not entering fully into them. But he was bound no doubt to revert to them in some little degree. One reason why money could not be easily obtained was that the security was not deemed sufficient. He was not prepared to render that security ample ; all he intended was to propose that the money should be ad vanced by the land, at the same time taking care that they would not interfere with the rights of the possessor. True, this was advanced by a charge upon the land, but it must be remembered that no mere charge would be necessary than what would after wards be raised by increasing the value of it. If the Commis sioners of the Board of Works were satisfied, that by a certain amount of improvement a corresponding value would follow, they had powers given to them by the Act of 1842, to order the necessary funds for effecting these improve ments. Another difficulty had been felt in the raising of money for payment of deposits. These I deposits were necessary for preliminary expenses. 1 t was now proposed that the grand jury should have power in any one or more counties to present a sum of money for these deposits, the repayment of which sums would be fully guaran teed to them. When the House would consider that this sum was only in the nature of a loan, he thought that there could be no objection to it. In works of this great magnitude it had been found that the amount of the deposits were sometimes insufficient to cover them, and as parties were unwilling to come forward with a second subscription, the works had been, for want of a small sum to complete them, obliged to stand still. He proposed, therefore, that the Board of Works should advance these sums to be theirs when the works were completed. Another important alteration he intended to introduce respecting the drainage. By the former law the consent of two-thirds of the proprietors were necessary before these works could he proceeded with. Now, it frequently happened that a number of these proprietors would not give themselves the trouble to consider any proposal of the kind ; they were perfectly willing that others should take the trouble to carry them forward, but they were not willing to give their assent to it. He, therefore, pro posed to enact that if the assent of one half of the proprietors could be obtained, the works should go forward. There was another subject to which he would briefly refer. He meant the drainage of rivers for the pur poses of navigation. He meant to give powers to companies to carry this object into effect, they being entitled to a profit not exceeding 101, per cent. upon their capital. He meant to give a similar power to con panics supplying towns with water by means of reservoirs. The Act also took cognisance of waste land and bog drainage. But as this was a new field, and as the result must prove unfavourable as to value, power was given to the Commissioners to lease or sell parts of such re claimed land in order to defray the expenses of drainage. In conclusion, he might state that it was the intention of Govern ment that the provisions of this Act should be carried into im mediate operation. Mr. F. FRENCH objected to the Right Hon. Baronet stating that his present Bill was necessary to do away with the defects of the Bill of 1842, because it was well known that that measure would have proved effective had the Commissioners of the Board of Works not been too costly and extravagant in their estimates and surveys. For instance, he knew of a gen tleman in the county of Meath who wished to make some drainage improvements upon his lands; and, accordingly, he made the usual application to the Board of Works to assist him in doing so, and they sent down their officers to make their estimates and surveys. The report of these officers stated that the estimated expense of effecting the improvements would be 6,0001. ; and owing to this sum being considered more than land and improvements were worth, the improvements were for a time abandoned. Subsequently, however, three private in dividuals undertook the reclamation of the land in ques tion, and they accomplished their object at a cost of half the sum estimated by the Board of Works, namely, 3,0001.—( Hear, hear, hear.) With respect to the subject of bog lands, he thought the Right Hon. Baronet was legislating properly upon this branch of the matter. There were three millions of acres of bog land in Ireland, and efforts were made in 1809 to reclaim them. The plans and specifications for carrying out this design were still in ex istence,and he thought now that the Right Hon. Baronet had taken the subject in hand, he would do well to direct the at tention of the Commissioners of the Board of Works to them, in order that they might be made available for effecting one of the objects of this Bill. At all events he was sure great be nefit would result to Ireland, by facilities being afforded to landed proprietors to reclaim their bog land. Already 50,000 English acres had been reclaimed at a very moderate cost, and he hoped to see more of it restored to a state of cultivation. Sir R. FERGUSON agreed with the opinions of his Hon. Friend who had last addressed the House, and thought the Right Honourable Baronet had made a mistake in leaving the entire distribution of the 50,0001. to the Commissioners of the Board of Works. It was true, as his Hon. Friend had stated, that the surveys of the Board of Works had been too expen sive, and this had induced many landholders to think that it was not worth their while to make an effort to reclaim or im prove their lands.—( Hear, hear.) After a few words from Sir T. FREMANTLE, leave was given to bring in the Bill. SESSIONAL ORDERS. Mr. CARDWELL then moved the new sessional order making provision for the sittings of the House on Wednesdays. He did not, he said, intend to persevere with the sixth resolution, which was as follows :—" That if the House be not formed at a quarter past twelve o'clock, Mr. Speaker do then take the chair and count the House, and if forty Members be not then present, or if, at any time during the sitting it should appear that forty be not present, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House to the next day, unless the House shall have previously resolved to adjourn, at its rising, to some other day." Mr. COLLETT wished to know if the Committees, of which there were likely to be a large number this session, were to sit on a Wednesday, whether the House sat or not on that day The parties who were interested in these Committees would have a good deal to pay in the shape of expenses for witnesses, &c., and it would be attended with great inconvenience, and of course extra expenses to them, if the Committee did not sit on a Wednesday. And yet, on the other hand, if the House and the Committees sat at one and the same time on Wednesdays, it would be personally incon vet lent to Honourable Members themselves, because they would be at a loss which to attend, the Committee or the House, but for his part he thought it would be pursuing au unconstitutional course if both the House and the Committees sat at the same time. Besides the present sessional order was in direct opposition to a resolution which was passed on Friday. which provided that when the Speaker went to prayers at the opening the House, the fact should be announced to all the Committees then sitting at the time, and all the proceedings of the Committee after such notice were to become null and void. We repeated then that it was unconstitutional to re quire the attendance of Honourable Members in two places at. once—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) And at the risk of receiv ing a visit from the Sergeant-at-Arms, he for one should not attend aliy Committee upon which he might happen to be ap pointed, when the House sat on a Wednesday, considering that the lesser duty of attending on a Committee, merged into the superior duty of attending the House—( Hear, hear.) Mr. EDWA RD CARDWELL said the order was only an experiment, and if the Honourable Member would only allow him to try it, he could assure the Honourable Member that it should be abandoned if it was found to be at tended with inconvenience. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the latter objection of the Hon. Member, as to the sitting of a Committee while the House was performing its superior func tions, that could easily be got over by leave being given by the Speaker to each Committee to continue its labours while the House was sitting. Mr. COLLETT suggested that it often happened that a Huuse could not be made on a Wednesday, 140 matter whether the House met in the fore or afternoon, and then the House was invariably adjourned within a quarter of an hour after the Speaker had taken the chair. New, when leave was given to a Committee to continue its proceedings during the sittings of of the House, the leave only extended over such time as the House remained sitting, and thus a Committee, as well as the House, might meet and adjourn on a Wednesday within the space of a quarter of an hour. Mr. HUME thought the objection of the Honourable Member was a fair one, and be hoped the Government would say positively whether the Committees were to sit on a Wed nesday or not, and at once get rid of the difficulty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to reply, that Government wished that the Committees should continue their labours as usual on a Wednesday. Mr. HUME hoped then, that if any important measure should be likely to come on on a Wednesday, in which Members of any of the Committees were interested, the discussion of those measures should be so arranged as to enable those Hon. Members to be present.—( Hear, hear. ) The t esolution was then agreed to. NAUTICAL Sir CHARLES NAPIER moved for a return of the ex pense of taking the Amphion's bow down to put on Mr. White's bow, and then taking down a part of Mr. White's bow to put on another to enable her to point her main deck guns right ahead. PUBLIC PETITIONS. On the motion Ofiib.'l4olil%7L EY, the following Hon. Members were appointed a Select Committee on Public Pe titions :—Mr. Thornely, Sir R. H. Inglis, the Earl of Annan dale and Surrey, Viscount Courtenay, Viscount Duncan. Captain Jones, Mr. Cowper, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. Buckley, William Hamilton, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Villiers Stuart, and Lord Alfred Hervey. PRINTING FOR THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. CARDWELL, the following Hon. Members were appointed as a Select Committee to asst4t Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing executed by order of this House, and for the purpose of selecting and ar ranging for printing returr s and papers presented in pursuance of motions made by Members of this House, which may be referred to the said Committee :—Mr. Cardwell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Strutt, Vi,count Mahon, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Hume. —Three to be the quorum. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was brought up by Sir T. FREMANTLE, and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time that day week. The remaining orders of the day were then diaposed of, and the House adjourned at Nine o'clock. FIRE. —O n S un d ay, a b out one o ' c l oc k i n t h e daY, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Brier, chemist, Blenheim -terrace, Kingsland-road, owing to a large bottle of Eau-de -Cologne accidentally upsetting and coming in contact with a light, which at first threatened destruction to the house, and the entire row of newly-erected buildings; but owing to the active assistance o f M r. Sumpter, butcher, and Mr. Bishop, the builder , wh o were promptly on the spot, and used untiring exertions, 9ie flames were completely got under. Mr. Sumpter is entitled to high praise. for his courageous conduct in going into the midst of the flames. WEST HIDING ELECTION.—II is proposed to hold the election at Wakefield, on Wednesday, the 4th of February. —Leeds Mercury. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Pioeeedings of the House of Commons.) SATURDAY, J.t. 24. The following Petitions for . laiiNvayßills were presented, and ordered to lie o❑ the table:— South-Eastern P.ailway (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford-bridge, to the Greenwich Railway). South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Railway to Chilham, near Canterbury, with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek). South-Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and River head). Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Amendment and Branches). Kirkintillock and Kilsvth Railway. North British Railway (Hawick Branches). North British Railway (Carlisle Extension). North British Railway _(Gretna Branch). Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction Railway. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. SATURDAY, JAN. 24. London and South. Western (Chertsey and Eghamßranch) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Romsey and Redbridge Junc tion) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Epsom Branch Railway)- Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Salisbury Junction) Railway -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (London-bridge Extension) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London and South-Western (Hampton Court Branch) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-on-Tyne Railway -Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Manchester and Birmingham Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Lairne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. North Staffordshire (Churnet Valley) Railway-Com mittee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. North Staffordshire (Potteries Line) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, leb. 2. North Staffordshire (Hardcastle and Sandbach Line) Rail way-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 1)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley., Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 2)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, 'eb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No 3)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow. Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 4)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 5)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, l'eb. 3. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (No. 6)-Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Leeds and Bradford (Alterations of Levels in Bingley) Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. East Lincolnshire Railway-Committee on Petition, Mon day, Feb. 2. 12 psom and Dorking Railway--Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. South-Eastern Railway (No. 1)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. South-Eastern Railway (No. 2)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. South-Eastern Railway (No. 3)-Committee on Petition, Monday, Feb. 2. North British Railway (No. 2)-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. North British Railway (No. 3)-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. North firitish Railway (No. 4)-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Branches-Com mittee on Petition, Wednesday., Feb. 4. Kirkintillock and Kilsyth ilway-Committee on Peti tion, Wednesday, Feb. 4. General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway-Com mittee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Edinburgh and Peebles Railway-Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY, MONDAY, JAN. 26. Motion for Supply—Committee thereupon. Public Works (Ireland), Grant from Consolidated Fund— Committee thereupon. Sir Robert Peel—Select Committee to consider the mode in which the House shall deal with the Railway Bills pro posed to be submitted to the House during the present ses sion :—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Greene, Mr. F wart, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Hodgson Ilinde, Mr. Pakington, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Baring, The O'Conor Don, Lord Harry Vane, and Mr. Shaw. Mr. Gisborne—That it be an instruction to the Select Com mittee on Railway Bills to inquire into the functions of the Committee on the Petitions for Bills, and Standing Orders Committee, as far as the same refer to Railways, and to re port their opinion thereon to the House. Mr. Cardwell—To move the following Resolutions :- 1. Resolved, That the . House do meet eve r y W e d nes d a y, at twelve at noon, for Private Business, Petitio ns , an d Orders - of the Day, and do continue to sit until six o' c l oc k, un l ess th e business be sooner disposed of. 2. R,.solved, That when such business has been disposed of, or at six o'clock precisely, not withstanding there may be business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, without putting any question. 3. Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in Com mittee at six o'clock, the Chairman do immediately report progress, and ask leave to sit again, and that, when such leave has been given, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, with out putting any question. 4. Resolved, That the House shall then stand adjourned until the next sitting day, at the usual hour, unless the House shall previously have resolved to adjourn, at its rising, to some ether time. _ _ 5. Resolved, That the business under discussion, at the time of such adjournment, do stand as an Order of the Day for the next day on which the House shall sit. 6. Resolved, That if the House be not formed at a quarter past twelve o'clock, Mr. Speaker do then take the chair and count the House, and if forty Members be not then present, or if at any time during the sitting it should appear that forty be not present, Mr. speaker do adjourn the House to the next day, unless the House shall have previously re solved to adjourn, at its risina, to some other day. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY COMPANY. A special general meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held yesterday, at the Hall of Commerce, for the purpose of taking into consideration the subject of the proposed extension of lines of railway in connexion with this Company. The CHAUDIAN (Pierce Butler, Esq., M.P.) said, that the object of the meeting was sufficiently stated in the adver tisement of the meeting, so that nothing further remained for him to refer to than the propositions that would be submitted to them. Though it might be travelling out of the way as far as techni calities was concerned, it would be interesting for him to state that he had just arrived from the scene of action. lie had been in company with the contractor (rAr. Wright) at that portion of the line which formed the first con tract, and had considerable satisfaction in stating to them that that portion of the line was very promising.—• (Hear.) Some cottages had been levelled to the ground, proper compensation having been made to the possessors ; and be was happy also to state that there was a sufficient quantity of timber to complete that portion of the contract.—(Hear.) There existed no ill feeling among the labouring por tion of the comm unity through which the line passed, who were very desirous of being employed on the work; so that there was nothing like combina tion among them to be apprehended. It would be a matter of congratulation for them to censider that that very speculation would give employment to the po pulation, as well as be very remunerative. They would feel a satisfaction in knowing that it would go a long way towards mitigating the distress that would be occasioned by the failure of the po tato crops in Ireland. To come to another point, he would say that whenever calls were made on shareholders they had a right to demand from the directors the reason of the same, and the mode in which such were to be epplied.—(Hear, hear.) The calls for 5/. per share had caused some animadversion, but the object of that de mand was, that they (the Directors) were anxious to pro • teed with the works as soon as possible.—(Hear.) Under these circumstances, they bad determined to call a meeiing. Sir R. P ee l h a d selected to-day to lay down his plan with respect to railways, but whatever that plan might be, he conceived it would not affect the speculation to any ex tent. 'fhe engineer of the Company would lay down the plans and sections. The Sue:newt - 1- read the notice convening the meeting, and then read the plan of the proposed extensions The first was from Kilkenny to Carlow, the next from Kilkenny to ClOnmel, the sections and plans for which would be shortly arranged, and it would rest with the Committee whether the same should be proceeded with instanter or postpone d till next session. The next line was from Kilkenny to Galway, which was an independent Company, and in which the Directors advised the shareholders to take shares to the amount of 50,0001. Amicable arrangements existed between that Com pany and the Cork and Waterford Railway C,,mpany. Mr. Ilonse proposed a resolution, that having the va rious plans and sections, they should empower the Directors to carry the same into effect, and to oppose any railways which might be in opposition to the interests of this Company. Mr. Ric:HARMON seconded the resolution. Air. Truitt said he wished to ask a question with respect to that experiment on what was called the wood line. What were the intentions of the Company towards the patentees of that plan ? The CHAIRMAN—There was no understanding with their Company on the subject. It was merely to be tested for six miles. Mr. EMERY said it was a contract between the patentees and the Company. Mr. TrritE said he wished to know if the experiment failed whether or not the chief expense was to be borne by the patentees ? Mr. 1 .- Amity—Certainly. Mr. TYTHE said that his reason for asking the question was, that they were aware of the difficulty that existed in carrying out those changes. Some companies in that country (England) had found a great difficulty in making those changes. If their line were an integral one, it would be another thing, and before giving the Directors such powers as they now sought, he conceived it would be desirable that they should give some further explanations. The CHAnitmAN having read the clause in the Act of Par liament which enabled them to make such alterations as they considered were required, Captain Mortsost said that the objections against the ex tension were quite a mistake. Nut having been called on till very lately by the Directors, he was not conversant with the details of the Water ford and Kilkenny Railway. He understood that Mr. Prosser was to bear a proper proportion of the expense of the experiment, and the Company another. They must consider the question involved in this agree ment. In the first instance, the expense of an iron railway was 2,000/., but the whole expense of the wooden part was about 5001.; there would, therefore, be an expense of 2,500/. per mile, and the greater portion was applicable to an iron railway. Their would be no change in r t e h g e ui g r a ed uges, and there would be only twelve tiers of wheels Mr.TvwnE said he was very much obliged for the clear ex planation given by the engineer. He did not possess any knowledge of the matter, and he was merely actuated in asking these questions by a desire to obtain full information. He was aware that on the line from Guildford to W,,rkib,g the difficulty between the Companies respecting the wooden rail had been surmounted, but would that be the case in the present instance? He would wish to ask the chairman a few questions respecting the different lines he had named. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to these questions, said that the extent of the Kilkenny and Carlow line was 18 miles (Irish), or 22 and a fraction miles (English), while the parent line was 37 miles in length, of which the cost was 150,0001. The length of the Kilkenny and Clonmel was about 26 miles, and of the Kilkenny sold Galway 70 English miles. There was considerable opposition with respect to the Car low and Kilkenny line. Some years ago there was a Com pany, called the Great Leinster, which had obtained an Act of Parliament. For some years they had given up the pr.:.spect, but finding there was money to be made, they thought it better to revive the speculation, and to take that portion front Kilkenny to Carlow. He elieved they intended to go before Parliament and to offer opposition to their line, and he believed that they (the Kilkenny and Waterford Company) could oppose them with success. Mr. TYTIIE said he was not acting in concert with any other party, but merely from his own suggestions. He could understand that the line (which was a smaller one) would be a profitable speculation if it were carried out. Mr. EMERY said there were five companies anxious to obtain their line, which showed its value. They established a communication with the Kilkenny and Dublin, which wee the only line between Waterford and Dublin. Mr. COPPINGER said that he wished to know, in the event of that independent Company failing to obtain their Act, whether they should also sutler? The CHAIRMAN having answered in the negative, a long discussion ensued, which terminated in a resolution, to the effect that they should take shares in the Kilkenny and Gal way Company to the extent of 50,0001., and interest them selves in that Company. It was then unanimously agreed that the Company should adjourn till next Saturday, at one o'clock. NAVAL INTEL lAGENCE PORTSMO!,TI-1, JAN. 25.—Mr. John Fincham, master ship wright of this dockyard, delivered a most interesting and edifying lecture upon ship-building on Friday night last, showing that science, uncoupled with experience, was cot sufficient to form a good naval constructor—that the greatest care should be taken that one good point in a ship should net be made at the expense of others. The lecturer also proved that the French have not advanced in the science of naval construction as shown in the result of the experimental trials between the English and French squa drons in 1832; but he also showed that for upwards of a century past eur best ships have been built after French models, and that no improvement in any essential quality had been exhibited in our mode of construction since the last war with France; that some of the ships of 1790 were better than those now constructed by us. The restrictions to which constructors were confined previous to 1832 might, he said, account for she slow progress made up to that time in comparison with the French. Mr. Fincham instanctd La Gloire, Pomone, Transit (small model), the Dart and Arrow, the Cornwallis, built in the East Indies— a good ship—in support of his opinion ; and showed by models and diagrams before the audience, that fast ness of sailing depends upon other elements than the form given to the vessel. The Caledonia and Victory in their time, with the armaments and complements they car ried, where excellent ships, as were the Endymion, Cam brian, and Castor, built in 1797. Mr. Fincham very graphi cally illustrated by diagrams the cause and effect of ships rolling, and proved that speed in sailing does not depend upon extreme sharpness or extreme fulness, as, when the ship is in a heavy sea, those bodies are placed in different positions. Mr. Fincham alluded to Admiral Hayes's Inconstant as a beautiful model and perfect ship, and said stability was one of the most important elements of a ship, and as regards sta bility that quality depends much more upon the sails than we are aware of; that fast sailing depends entirely upon the trim of the ship, and the trim of the sails; one case in point Mr. Finch= knew of, where two ships were recently com peting in a trial of sailing ; if both had attended to the brac ing of the yards, the result would have been equality ; whereas one did attend, and the other did not, to that impor tant feature in seamanship, and consequently one was ccn siderably beaten by the other. If we carried on experiments with a view to scie-Aific purposes, we should, in Mr. Fin cham's opinion, attain much more excellence in naval archi tecture. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, after having her lower masts taken out, and a considerable portion of her lead ballast removed, apparently for the purpose of going into dock as soon as one was ready to receive her, took in her lower masts again on Friday, and was taken back to her moorings yesterday. Her lower masts have been shortened by the head about three feet, and the centre shaft of her engine, with some other minor parts of her machinery, taken out. It ig still sup posed and reported she is to be docked, but when, or for what purpose, does not clearly appear. The Fairy Royal yacht tender, Master-Commander Ro berts, arrived yesterday afternoon from Weymouth. The General Palmer naval transport, Lieutenant Wool dridge agent, was towed out to Spithead by the Echo on Friday afternoon, and sailed the same evening for Deptford with stores, where she will undergo such repair as to enable her to be employed again without risk. The Grampus, 50, Captain H. B. Martin, remains at Spit head, where her alterations are progressing. She is to be fitted with Brown's patent chain-cable compressors. If the weather (at present and for some days past awfully bois terous) does not moderate, she will be towed into this harbour to complete her alterations, Ise. We are informed, that in consequence of an error in her outfit, the alterations in the fittings of this frigate will be very extensive, as taunter lower masts have been given to her than the regular establishment prescribes, while the rigging has remained of the established length ; the consequence is, that all the shrouds are too short. Whether these reported irregularities are correct we do not pretend to affirm, but this is certain, her lower-masts are dis proportionately taunt. The Alban, steam transport, Master-Commander Aylen, arrived at Kingstown from Cork on the 22d inst. The Java and Alfred, heavy frigates of 50 guns, are ordered to be advanced for the pendant with all dispatch. The Scourge. steam bomb vessel, Commander Catlin, is ready for sea, and will leave the harbour when the weather moderates. The Merwede, Dutch transport, Captain Van Hasseldt, bound from the Texel to Surinam, is detained at the Mother bank by contrary winds and foul weather. Her officers have received all the courtesies due to foreign visitors at the hands of the Port-Admiral and Lieutenant-Governor. They have, accompanied by M. Vandenbugh, his Netherlands Ma jesty's Vice-Consul, visited all the Government establiAi ments of the ports and garrison, and been most hospitably entertained. The Barretto Junior, transport, Lieutenant Griffiths agent, is detained at Spithead by contrary winds and foul weather. She is ready to sail for Bermuda when the weather will permit. The schooner Ann and Elizabeth, wrecked on the Spit, still holds together; her masts, however, are the only parts visi ble above water. If the present weather continues, she must shortly go to pieces. Messrs. Garratt and Gibbon, the agents to Lloyd's, are indefatigable in their endeavours to save all that is possible of the cargo, &c. In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Carr fort, Sparrow, Nautilus, and the Victoria and Albert; the Fairy, Retribution, Scourge, Rattler, Dasher, and Echo steamers. In the Basin—The Nelson, Edinburgh, Trincomalee, and Harlequin. In Dock—The Prince Regent, Rodney, Amphitrite, Lean der, Rifleman, Childers, and Wanderer. On the Slips—The Royal Frederick, 110; Princess Royal, 90 ; Arrogant, 36 ; and Dauntless, 46. At Spithead—The Superb, Grampus, and Baretto Junior. At the Motherbank—The Merwede (Dutch transport). APPOINT MENTS. Lieutenants—A. N. Fairman, to the Queen; S. S. L. Crofton, to the Phoenix; F. W. Ellis, to be Receiver of the Admiralty Droits at Southwold; T. 11. Christopher, tc the Acorn ; J. B. Massie, to the Grampus; W. G. Herbert, to the Excellent; J. Simpson, to the Superb; J. Loch, to the Nimrod. Chaplain—The Rev. R. W. Payne, from the Caledonia to the Royal Naval Hospital at Stonehouse, vice Burdwood, deceased. ➢sates—E. Algar, to the Queen ;J. A. Sandford, to the Calypso; E. Scott, to the Carysfort. ifidshipmen—E. J. Palmer, late of the Scylla, to the Snake; F. A. Bullock, to the Excellent; A M. Cochrane, to the Ringdove ; H. M. Bingham, to the Acorn. Naval Cadets—W. 11. Nourse, to the Tartarus; Lord G. Grosvenor to the Grampus ; J. Le ➢I. Thomas and S. P. Townsend, to the Electra; N. B. Lock, to the Calypso. Clerks—John Tweedie (in charge) to the Sparrow; 11. Callaway, to the Scourge. Engineers—J. Dunn, to the Porcupine ; R. Forster, G. K. Macaulay, and J. Summer, to the Phoenix. COAST GUARD. APPOINTMENTS. Commander—ll. IC - Bingham, to be Inspecting-Com mander of Wells district, vice Welch, previously removed. Lieutenants—G. Howes, Commander of the Mermail cutter, to command the Ranger, vice Stuart, promoted; G. S. Brittain, commander of Whitby station, to command the Mermaid, vice Howes. • - ' REMOVALS. Lieutenants—R. Brunton, from the command of Mun chars-ststiou to the Burghead district as Inspecting-Com mander, vice Shaw, previously removed; F. Harris, Corn. wander of Palling-station, to the command of Wells-station, vice Walker, previously removed. His Excellency the French Ambassador since his arrival in town has paid several visits to the Earl of Aber been. The Noble Count has also visited most of the members of the corps diplomatique. The Countess is not expected at Manchester House from Paris until the close of February. EAST INDIA MAILS —SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 25.—The Oriental steam-ship. Captain Soy, commareier, arrived in the docks this morning, and landed the Dee'. India and China mails, which were dispatched by the ten o'clock train to London. She left Alexandria Jan. 8; Malta, 1 3 ; and Gib raltar, 19. The Oriental has a very full cargo, but only 15 passengers. fig ACCIDENT AND SUICIDE.—On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, a man named William Andrews, porter at the Watermen's Adelphi Pier, who had been retained in the course of the day to assist in unloading a barge laden with the luggage of the Duke of Buccleuch, was about to step eer the &trilby, or outer barge of the pitr, into the lighter' moored alongside, when he stepped short and fell i nto the water, between the craft. A lighterman, named Sard, in the employ of Mr. F. Fallow, the Secretary of the Adelphi Pier Company, who was in the barge co n t a i n i ng the Duke of Buccleuch's property, did all in his power to save the man. The search fur the body was continued for h a lf an hour by* Mr. Farlow's men , when they heard a splash i n the water c lose to the Hengerford Suspension B r id ge, followed by the screams of a female, who was in the water, and the noise of a policeman's rattle on the b r id ge. On rowing towards the bridge several persons called out that a woman had thrown herself into the river, and pointed out the spot where she bad disappeared. The policeman, 189 L, who was stationed on the b idge, saw a w oman getting over the parapet on the a e r o d f s t h h e e r b a r h i d d g a e t , t e a h a l c p l w he e tto si w d hnoartrhus e took pl ace , during which his hat was knocked off ; and the woman, who was outside the parapet, eluded his grasp, plunged into the river, and was drowned. The policeman only saw her for a few seconds, and believes she is a young Woman. Neither, of the bodies have been yet re- CoTered. THFI inOTTNTV I.VTAGTT - R ACV. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Leicester, 22d Jau., 1846. SlR,—The remarks which appeared in your paper of Tuesday evening, upon the magistracy of Nottingham shire, are so pertinent to the purpose as to insure imme diate attention, and, doubtless, a very early correction of the evils complained of. Our Nottinghamshire neigh bours are much indebted to you for the light thrown upon their magisterial mismanagement. A ray from you would also greatly promote the convenience of the Leice,ter public. Pray advocate the appointment of a stipendiary magistrate for the county, to reside within or near to the town. With the large population of a third-class manufacturing metropolis, many offeoces au e continually occurring in the immediate vicinity, but be yond the jurisdiction of the borough authorities. Not one of the town magistrates are in the commission for the county, and we nave no resident county magistrate within the borough (an exception I believe to every otterr large county town). Justice has to be sought 'by an excursion from Leicester to villages some miles away; the parties on either side frequently being inhabitants of the town, and the offence committed within a stone's throw of the borough boundary. By your notice of this public grievance in any way you may approve, you will oblige all my fellow townsmen and Your very obedient servant, RATER. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COI.IRT OF CHANCERY, Jan. 26 . The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in his court at Westmin ster at eleven o'clock. CHAPMAN V. CLIFTON.-JUDGMENT. His LORDSUIP gave . judgment on this appeal motion from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England. His Lordship was of opinion that the judgment of the Court below was correct, and dismissea the appeal mo tion with costs. ROLL'S COURT, Jan. 26. His Lordship resumed the hearing of causes, which were part-heard. VICE-CHANC'ELLOR'S COURT, Jan. 26. His Honour the VICE- CHANCELLOR Or ENGLAND was occupied the whole morning with a motion to dissolve au injunction in the case of Souter v. Grant. MILNE V. WALTON. The arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied the Court the remainder of the morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) EX PARTE GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. Application was made in respect to the money. 937,7501., paid in under the standing orders of the House of Commons, to have it invested in the pur chase of Exchequer-bills. His HONOUR made the order. EX PARTE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION'. Application was m4de that 32,3871., pail in under the standing orders of the House of Commons, might be laid out in the purchase of Exchequer-bills. The order was made aocor.ingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUEB, Jan. 26. IMPORTANT TO SHAREHOLDERS AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE. (Sittings in Banco.) YOUNG V. SMITH. This was an action of debt for work and labour done by the plaintiff, as a stock broker, for the defendant, by the sale and purchase of shares in a number of railway companies, including the Churnet Valley, the Direct Northern, the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and the Enniskillen and Newry Companies, to which the de fendant had pleaded that the companies had not bean duly and completely registered, in accordance with the provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies Act, upon which the plaintiff had raised a demurrer, denying that railway companies were liable to the provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies Act, alluded to in the plea. Mr. JEaves now appeared to support the plea in op position to the demurrer. He commenced his argument by informing the Court that the case involved a point of considerable importance to the railway world, upon which the opinion of the whole profession was com pletely divided, and both the bar and the railway world were lookipg for the decision of the Court upon it with the utmost interest. The aetion was brought by the plaintiff, who was a stock-broker, to recover a sum of money for work and labour done in the buying and selling of railway scrip, but the defendant alleged that the Company had not been completely registered in accordance with the Joint-Stock Companies Act, and this made sales and purchases in their shares not only null and void, but rendered the shareholders selling them liable to a penalty. Their Lordships would find th,a the first clause of the Joint Stock Companies Act re ferred to the powers of shareholders in joint-stock companies, and that the shareholders of all companies, formed or commenced after the Ist of November, 1844, were prohibited from selling their shares until complete registration should be effected ; but companies, such as railway companies, who required an Act of Parliament to enable them to carry on their objects, were exempt from the operations of this provision, except in certain cases to be afterwards mentioned. Now, it would appear from that part of the Act, that a railway company was not liable to this prohibition ; but if their Lordships would jug turn to the 26th section of the Act they would see that the penalties imposed on parties for railway shares in companies not completely registered were applicable to railway as well as every other joint-stock company, except a banking company, and this, as well as other provisions in the Act, was sufficient justification of the plea which his client had placed upon the record. It was difficult, from the contradictory terms of the Act, to ascertain what was the real meaning of the Legislature, and he confessed that the interpretation clause threw little or no light upon the subject. Mr. Baron ALDERSON remarked that the greatest evil of modern legislation was the interpretation clause of an Act of Parliament, which prevented the Legislature from explaining in precise words what its meaning was. It was like having an interpreter who spoke English so bad that it was more difficult to understand the inter preter than the other. Mr. JERVIS admitted that his Lordship's objections were well founded, but he thought the Act was suffi ciently explicit to show that all companies, except bank ing companies, must be completely registered before their shares could become marketable. Mr. MARTIN, on the other :ide, contended that rail way companies were exempted from the prohibitory provisions of the Act. The Act only required that a railway company should be provisionally registered, and did not require it to be completely registered before the shareholders could be at liberty to dispose of their shares. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in giving the judgment of the Court, said that Mr. Martin had put two proposi tions to the Court, both of which he had established. It appeared clear to him (the Lord Chief Baron) that the 26th section of the Joint-Stock Companies Act did not apply to a railway company. It was highly sati,- factory to be able to soy that they knew the intention of the Legislature in passing the Act, and that the me:til ing of the 26th section was the meaning the Legislature ir.- tended to put on the 2d section. It seemed to him (the Lord Chief Baron) quite clear that the operation of this Act as regards complete registration and penalties for sa'e of shares did not extend to railway companies, and therefore there was no defence to this action. Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Baron PLATT con curred with the Lord Chief Baron, and the pleas of the defendant were declared eleinurrable HALLET V. VIGNAT. This was an action of trespass. which was originally brought by the plaintiff in the Common Yl as to recover compensation from the defendant in the shape f damages for the injury he had sustained, by reason of the defendant having destroyed the Fences of a close of which the plaintiff claimed the fee simple. The close was situated on the borders of Waltham Forest, and it was contended on behalf of the defendant that he had IN en guilty of no wrongful or illegal act, in so far as he had been licensed by the Crown to hunt, fish, and hawk in and about Waltham Forest, and as the close in ques tion was portion of that forest it was the property of the Crown and not of the plaintiff, and the throwing down of the fence was justified by the royal license. The plaintiff, on the other hand, denied that the free.- hold of the close was in the Crown; and the case thus involving the rights of the royal prerogative, it was removed from the Common Pleas into this Court, the Court of Exchequer being the only Court which has jurisdiction in cases where the rights, privileges, or revenues of the Crown are involved. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved that the pro ceedings in the case be stayed avain4t the defendant, and for leave to substitute her Majesty's name for that of the defendant, on the ground that the plaintiff con troverted the right of the Crown to the close in ques tion, and therefore, prima facie, the matter in dis ire was between the plaintiff and h er M a j esty, not betweenP the plaintiff and defendant. The Court granted a rule nisi. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BRYAN. This was a criminal information, filed at the instance of the Crown againt the defendant, for an infringement of the revenue laws, which was tried in the last term before the Lord Chief Baron, who refused to permit one of the witnesses to answer a question, disclosing the name of the informer through whom the Crown obtained its information, criminating the defendant. Mr. Cham bers urged that this was contrary to all rules of evidence, but the Learned Chief Baron rule] that the ordi nary rules of evidence were not applicable to a revenue case, and a rule nisi was subsequently obtained to quash the information, on the ground that the Learned Chief Baron's dictum was erroneous ; and after hearing the arguments pro and con, the Court took time to consider the case. The Loan CHIEF BARON now delivered the judgment of the case, confirming his former ruling, that a witness cannot be asked a question tending to disclose the name of an informer who is a third party, and does not appear In the progress of the information. The rule was one of great antiquity, and was invariably applied to criminal cases. Rule discharged accordingly. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 26. REGISTRATION APPEAL. BISHOP V. BROWN, HIGH BAILIFF OF WESTMINSTER. Mr. ARNOLD appeared against a decision of the Re vising Barrister for the City of Westminster, on the fol lowing grounds:—The appellant, Mr. Bishop, submitted that his name had been improperly struck from the re gister. He had, previous to the day fixed by the statute for the payment of rates, gone to the proper officer and tendered what he conceived to be the amount due. The overseer said he could not tell the appellant then exactly what 'as owing, but that he would apprise him of it in a day or two. The appellant paid no more attention to the matter, and his name was plaeed upon the list sub witted to the Revising Br msb-r; but being ohjf.eit d to in the Court of Revision the name was struck off' The Learned Gentleman, at sortie length, contended that tie appellant had made a legal tender of the ratea; that if Any f9ljit olrictPel it u-qc in tho nvorcoPr, /0 4 t h gt c " sr quently the rid bt c inipropt;rl) 'track Their* Lordships, wiihont hearing Counsel on the side, decided that the tender of rates was not g.: and that therefore the decision of the Revising should be sustained. MARKET NEWS.---(YESTERDAV CORN-EXCHANGE. irri gsll During the week ending on Saturday evening, the firm of English Wheat up to our market were on a reLrg og hsh scale, and for the most part of middling quality. yr ,•' e Web Barley,the receipts were adequately extensive; but tu asusi ii supply of all other grain of home produce was 00 h i re small. The imports of Foreign Wheat were seasonably, fro but scarcely any supplies of other articles came to hanuefi either the Continent or Ireland. An extremely santYpaeft vat of Wheat was reported fresh-up to-day, from. Kent, and Cambridgeshire ; coastwise as well as hY l4 7 i sotif riage, it scarcely amounting to 600 quarters, coll . ; hot' the stands were very bare of sasnples. ' O OO l, ever, as the attendance of buyers was Y e r e nsto re and as much uncertainty still exists as to % i ; into Oi l° of the measures affecting the import of foreignyoeuse,l" country to be proposed by Sir Robert Peel in the Cominons to-morrow evening, the demand for Wheat was unusually inactive, and prices remained O S t or as on this day se'nnight. Although w e can make loiclear, tion in our general currency of Wheat, it was quite ratel that had sales been forced by the factors, rather inl i T o t th° must have been submitted to. Of free foreign r, o nibe t . _ A show, was small, but there was an increaseti,„ of parcels under lock in the market. In c 7 i -rear i : scarcely a transaction took place, and the w oe must be called about stationer:v. The stocks in Wl' f 805: on the increase. There was a fair average both English and foreign, on show. The best Inat,r ll lg so d ties commanded fully last Monday's prices, but gloat be d distilling sorts were a mere drug, though r ll _,_. e l n atio ° , s i quoted cheaper. At the close of business a law' n the two latter descriptions remained unsold. i, bor Malt was not large, yet fully equal wants of t" .d ate to the wa i „ggish „ m os trade quantity q The with that article was in a very at barely,: but at nothing quotable beneath, pre Scarcely a single parcel of Oats having reached tit as s t 01' ni 00 land during the week the business transacted hel was necessarily small. In fact the trade was /O 0 l t rates. Beans, the supply of which eras rather ad moved (,ff heavily ;while Peas were a dull inqurY d ; A lon: some instances the turn lower. In Flour no req o ;inind r !ion can be noticed, yet most parties are looking lower prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASU Ia • 6B low Wheat-Essex & Kent, alt-Chevalier •• • • M d fIl Red, New.. • • 50s to 6ts Oats- Yorkshire r a tat 334 Ditto,White, Old bss 67s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red 52s 65s y L po i o n tua o g o tho l 30 13 0 , 9 8 Ditto, White •• • • sss 68s Black •••• • •• • 10 0 Irish, Red 51s 54s Cork, White ••• O. 411 Ditto, White 53s 57s Scotch, Feed. • • 0 1 stye-Old 36s 38s Beans-Tick .•• • • " 4 31 New. ••• • • ass 40s Pigeons •• • ••• •• •• 3 85 Barley-Grinding... 24s 27s Pease-GreY ••••• • • • •• 4 11 0 1 11 Malting . 3ls 55s Maple. ••• • " 1 46i • 11/ Chevalier 37s 38s White .•••• • • '• • Malt-Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •••" •• • 55° 491 fblk ••• • • ••. • • . 583 62s Flour-Town-Mae ••• 44 0 114 Brown s7s 603 Suffolk • • **** 00 Kingston and Ware 63s 65s Stockta 8 c• I° , to 4 o FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BO"- • 39P 4 1/ Wheat-Dantzic • • 57s to 63s , Beans .••••• • • • '' • 4 : A i Hamburgh ... • Barre, ...... 22s 28s Flour-America n •••• A Oats-New is •• Feed sivlrria WIZ LD. ta k The past week's importations of foreign 6 5 4 - shse .4 ol ) market consisted of two Oxen, 28 Cows, and -- v o tte ,- ( IP Schedam ; 13 Oxen, 2 Bulls and 9 Cows from r ir!) 1:33 Cows, 9 Oxen, and 420 Sheep from Harlingt, n e ' rel y l, upwards of 200 Oxen and Cows, ttnd 400 SheeP 0040 from the above port and brought forward to r sale 4l; ben of foreign Beasts therefore, on offer, Wa S col 9 Sheep, 600, in, generally speaking. very middling,io. compared with the arrivals in some previous e'rsoseloy former found buyers, at from 141 to 201; the latt",s,,,se4l per head. At the outports, very few Beasts or Smites we presume, to the comparatively high O l ' 1 1 ;0 here—have been imported since our 11 0 our own grazing districts the receipts o f Utf 1 3+ on a very limited scale, though of fair average c l 7 bed large number of foreign Beasts on sale, however t o be, 0 pressing influence upon the Beef trade, which 1%009 sidered heavy, at a decline in the quotations efortbi, Monday last of 2d per Sibs; the highest fig nre ,,,f o ,l Scots not exceeding 4s 2d per Sibs, and a clearan' 01.01 difficulty effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Ese° e 'brelt; ridgeshire, we received about 500 Scots, 11013 ' bo ryl r i short-horns ; from the northern districts, 50 0 6 efo /Iskl; from the western and midland counties 600 H er • o tisb, e ie Devons, ; from other parts of England, 400 of ver i ty -I+V from Ireland 80 Beasts, and from Scotland 60 S ce •a4 l mainder of the Bullock supply being chiefly del'osOjeji abroad and the neighbourhood of the metropolL 4 ' o ose it i bens of Sheep were very small. All breeds k i ll; brisk demand, at an advance in the prices o 11)9 Blbs. There were about 300 shorn Sheep on selesibo /eV Lambs in the market sold readily, at is P er OO P primest qualities. In Calves a steady business I r e elg• full prices; while Pigs were quite as dear as le st pi Per Sibs. to sink the offal. S. 6 • s. d. s. d. 4 1 Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto , • Second quality ditto. 210 3 4 Coarse-woolledditW ; /, Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wethere ", 1 ' Prime Scots ......3 10 4 2 Ditto out of thewool I I 1 1 Large coarse Calves i 4 5 0 Large Hogs •• " • 4 ; I P:iine small ditto .- 5 2 5 4 Small Porkers • • : . is Suckling Calves -18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs' knferlor sheep . 310 4 4 Lambs •• • • ..... SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I 3,092 18,520 l3 NEVirGATIC AND LEADZ3►TIt A ht ° ,O I Since this day se'ennight, the arrivals of slang boil $ by railway and steam-boat conveyances bae.of, rO l time of year considered, small, owing, princiP, 1,0 1 :01 1 continued mildness of the weather. With Meat ;; l e d, iffol metropolis, we have been rather scantily suPP".O, quality has exhibited a very decidea improven i ` o ffir4/‘ its scarcity, Yeal has sold steadily, at an advan ce ill / to 4d per Blbs, while Pork has commanded a iir l3l 10 0 1 extreme figures. Beef and Mutton must b e V 4 heavy, at biarely late rates. The supplies of F 0 and Sheep, killed here, are still on the increase . In A SO At per stone, by the Carcase. j, -* • 7 s. d. to 1. d. 3 , 4 f i Beef, inferior . 2 6 2 It Mutton, interior • 3i• middling .... 210 3 0 middling.• 4 4 prime lame •• 3 2 3 4 prints •• ••• 314 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large •• •• " • Veal.... .- •.. • 4 8 5 8 small •••• " • • Lamb. es Od to Os ed. ....clc 0 'iii 4. ARRIVALS DURING Tlit: PAST 0 1 1,„, . 0 Beasts Sheep 1-• ...., 0/ 35 350 .. 10 40 300 ~ 0 ' 55 190 .... f 9 30 80 , Il• 40 60 ... )08. 25 20 190 00 ,0 40 F , 40 150 ~... IP, - - 50 9 40 120 5 0 ' 60 200 ......., 104 0, ,40 'total ...... • ....... 355 1,550 ; 7 0 •/, Previous week's arrival...-. 595 1,900 /1 , —. .....- 130 ..i Difference since our last .... 240 350 0 ;; ) to BOYMITYGH AND SPITALrI- iglrb ro- 1 ' 4 l Full ave?stge supplies of Potatoes have ar i l i p e s dr metropolis during the past week, in, comparativ`.4,r ha 0 good condit,i.on. The best qualities are supPor t lan J rates, but other kinds are a mere drug, and 1- ' 6 60% P chased on Flo mewhat easier terms. York Reds,. 0' Do. Regent's, 90s to 1105; Scotch Reds, 60 a - Ai Guernsey and Jersey Blues, 70s to 803 per ton.. 'BOROUGH HOP MARICO i rMV We have no new feature to notice in this O a f best Kent bags continue to move off steadily a" i In other kinds of Hops very little is doing. b ,r :4 WOOL. Although the period for holding the next P h ekOr s Wool is not yet fixed, and the imports during tr fo r!,o have been tin a very limited scale, the deman u a iterr rules heavy, yet we can notice no material '" 0 01 prices. be r " TALLOW. ,i, t A , This mar'Ket keeps pretty steady, and althou g h n ej have been during the past week one or two Pa' o rif ' rs• from 3d to eld per cwt (for cash down) beloy i tli. o V ton, yet lv , e believe line Y.C. suitable fo r of purposes of ithe trade cannot be had under 435. feo ir low 43s net i:s,sh. le _......„ v ... J . 0,,, ATTE3IPTI ID BURGLARY AT A LICENO P a Doe. l LERs.-On :S'itturday night the family of Mr'clroon it bly the landlord of the Windmill Tavern, Upper ' ; OS kJ Blacktriars-road, was thrown into a state of cot o sS i or .a citement in cc.nsequence of a man being found - 0 0 6 bedrooms miter very singular circumstances. to per," o'clock the ter nale servant went to one of the u ' o u i ti o f when she was suddenly alarmed at seeing ►A, 8 1 , be 4 0: 0 01 the act of forcing the lock of a large chest vvilic'" or; o s 0 a benefit society held at the above house. T i l e A o l l os' down stairs arid raised an alarm, when Mr. Joy - 0 , to A lf persons rushed to the room an d secured the ° ji be 7,,,,if such an unsaftisfactory account of himself, tha t sa te V veyed to the station-house. The room lira s 1 bol,be - Jr searched, but although the contents of sever, 4 „ e . ,OF" lying about the floor, he had not taken anytill7int ' d which he appeared to be forciig when the ser' contained a Large sum of money. 1 A sp be • ' [ADVERTISEMENT ]—.DOCTOR BINNS - o f .., 1 WAY'S OINTMENT. -Doctor DS ENT. -Doctor Binns, who is 00a nr ories2 opal physicia.n s in the island of Jamaica, bag e t r oirii grol self in the folio wing manner respecting the surf * oinieo properties of Holloway's Ointment :-.' 1 ma de 'bisp,ioi i sf of this Ointment in cases of Chronic Ulcers' °. COPis,. A , years experierkce in the West Indies taught toileiseff,P o • incurable. lam now happy to say that in a I .P• o r Sco. ' really anHollowd truly a)'s efficOintment will cure bad Bzr lee as , h oe r .", f OS" standing ; like wise the most obstinate cases ° a st • or Scrofula. Sold by all medicine vendors. 1 ° Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Londoo' icotland • . Yorkshire - •••• • .. Lincolnshire -• • • • • • • • S:orfolk • • •—• • • •• •• • Cambridgeshire •• •• • S'urrey •• - • ••• • • Devonshire .• •••• • • • Wiltshire • •••• • • • Other parts •••• • • • :4 111.° gg .D , IED. On the sth inst., at Monkri gg, dis goo' near Ha ddington , 0 . 4 fa , , 0; Keith, Captain, 7Royal Nlvy, aged 46 horae i On the 20th tilt., on board the Reward, on the -- nip. OP from On the 15th. inst. , a t Ed• Jamaica, James Barclay, Esq., Captain of tile t .,,%.9ple' Of t inbur i 2h, Alexander• 0 0 ,Jlr Sunny-side Lod4s, near Lanark, aged 64. CAP .4 On the 2Pth Imst., at Coln Lodge, Twickenharn, ir ...- Co^ il ,ker 1, formerly of the 67th, aged 71. ~, relict a _,,,vasir On the 2lst inst., at Basingstoke, Hallts, " n ^"' 11' Of • D.D., aged 89. naleSl l ' 00 0 On the 21st inst., Martha, the wife of Mr. T. ,-, e t fr• ett, plat*, Well-street, Hackney. LeY SeOtt, e al Ow so On the 21st inst., at Veatnor, Miss Ann e JP or 1101. - terrace, Stoke Newington. it Mr. ' l ' 0 4 " 0 On the 22d inst., in Ilavil-street, Camberwell' r ,.. er 00, n o:1- On the 22d inst.. at Brighton, Ewen HenrY C e ''' . ,rti rail' Middle Temple, barrister-at-law. „. ..,„i n gtoll , On the 22d inst., at Newington-place , - .8 " --- Maitland, Esq. a 34 a ge _ Orftlie 23d inst., John Tyndall Withers , EN'• -- 0 , . •OV l4 "'dospe London : Printed and Published by MCIlt1)0 d, to - strand, Printer, at TM Sun Witco, 1; • 1 ..! 2 ' r ri Tl2 oo4°ll of the Savoy, la th e c oun ty o f ILdaie6o.l - 2; 1846. Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Loncw''' pp ~., of - • BIRTIIS. ale 1:0 , .- On the 20th ix isf.; .in New-street, Spring-garde n "" '' Todd, of a dau gli,ter. . arlfl ltil 1 141 _ On the 19th in st., at Denmark-hill, the lady of dr' Esq , of a daugtder. erns tuilif' On the 21st in st., in Albion-road, Holloway, Pr hest., i)c. of Charles Claridge, Esq., of a daughter, stillborn la dy 0.1 On the 22d ,st., at Milner-square, Islington, t he jj of a daughter. ..111.1f, of a daughter. - __..--- ~,i I, , D r. o tt , 0 MA RRIED. aig n or A r. 0 1 On the 21st Inst., at St. James's, Westminster , ;_ t e Sic fe i ' J Bologna, to Laura Eliza, second daughter a too 1 " 0 o ii OM oe Esq., of Maize-bill, Greenwich-park. „,.,1 the ~,a.i, On the 22d firtat., at Twineham Rectory, Riclir. ,- ;„ a P,,,, , P,, 0 0 L Edward Vincent, Esq., of Stratford, Essex, to Lou" 507,. T'' if et , " daughter of the , late Hon. General St. John, orchrt . , - ,r 1 ;,, ''',4l- 0 On the 22d i nat., at St. James's Church, rie, c r o t.l ol33 ' Webb, of Monk sherborna, Hants, to Miss Binfi."' St. James's. "ill,