The Sun. — London, England, 1837-02-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEEnuaßr 1. The SPEAKER took the Chair ten minutes before four o'clock. BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Lord GEORGE LENNOX presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to make a Railway between Brighton and London.—Laid on the table. Colonel LYGON and Lord CLIVE also presented peti tions for leave to bring in private Bills. STANDING ORDERS. Sir JOHN W R,OTT ES LE Y moved the appoint ment of the Standing Orders Committee, which was agreed to ; and Sir George Clerk, Lord Clive, Lord Ehrington, Lord Sandon, and several other Members, were appointed to form that Committee. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from the Clarence Railway Company, praying for an extension of the time to enable them, to raise money to carry on their concern. Mr. Sergeant GOULBURN presented a petition from Leicester praying for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Corporation of that town to appropriate its funds. Laid on the table. LAW OF COPYRIGHT. Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD gave notice that on the 20th of April he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for consolidating the laws relating. to copyright ; and on the 25th &' April, he would move for leave to bring in a , Bill for amending the la►vs relating to the custody of children of tender age, and for altering the law of habeas corpus relating thereto. ,Sir E. WILMOT gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a Bill, to enable Recorders of boroughs to reserve points of law in favour of prisoners tried before to for the opinion of the Judges.—(Hear, hear.) POOR LAWS. _ _ . ,Mr. WA LTER gave notice that on the 20th inst. he wouiti call the attention of the House to the Report of the Poor L.-1w Commissioners, with the view to move for the appointment of a Committee upon the Poor Law Amend ment Act. CHURCH RATES. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from a place in the county of Durham. Mr. PARROTT presented a petition from a place in the county of Devon. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition from Edinburgh, praying for the total abolition of Church rates, and praying that no provision for them may be made Gut of the Consolidated Fund. LAW OF COVERTURE. Captain PECHELL presented a petition, signed by 200 merchants, traders, and other inhabitants of Brighton, pray ing that the law might be so altered as that perions might recover debts to the amount of 501. in the Sheriff's Court ; and also praying for an amendment in the laws of coverture. The lion. Gentleman stated that many fe males, apparently widows , came down to Brighton, took houses, and Dot into debt ; when pressed for payment they pleaded their coverture, and the tradesmen of Brighton lost vast sums of money in this manner. They therefore prayed for an alteration in the law, by which married women, who were living apart from their husbands, might be sued in their own names. The SPEAKER called the Hon. Member to order— be was not to read the Petition through. Captain PECHELL said he had done. The Petition he had the honor to present was an example that he hoped would be extensively followed during the present session. It related to two very important matters, yet it consisted only of eight lines.—( Laughter.) Dr. BO WRING gave notice that on the 21st of March next, he would propose a resolution for the security of the public revenue, and the greater accuracy of the public accounts. The Hon. Member also gave notice that on the 30th of March next, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to modify the Acts relating to Navigation from Eu ropean Ports. A n HON. MEMBER on the Opposition side gave notice that he would bring in a Bill to abolish Sinecures in the inferior Courts, and to make a better provision for the better per formance of the duties in those Courts. _ J. O'CONNELL gave notice that on the 6th of March, he should move that a Committee be appointed for the better regulation of Manor Courts in Ireland. LAW OF LIBEL. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice, that on the Bth February next, he would bring in a Bill for the amendment of the Law of Libel ; and at the same time he would bring in a Bill to secure the title and enjoyment of lands relating to places of Roman Catholic worship and Public Education in Ireland. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would bring in a Bill to sus pend for four months the operation of the Bill for Mar riages, and the Registration of Marriages. GRAND JURY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from Bandon, complaining of the operation of the 81st clause of the Grand Jury (Ireland) Bill of last Session. The Act required that the subscriptions should amount to as much as the k rgy!iitment was made for; and the conse quence was, that i 'm those very districts where there were no resident gentlemen, the amount of subscriptions was small, and the necessity for medical aid was in these districts the greatest. In their own district they had found that half the amount subscribed was a very inade quate remuneration to the medical officer. He trusted that the prayer of the petitioners would be attended to. The Hon. and Learned Member then presented a peti tion to the same effect from the Governors and Subscribers to the Innishowen Fever Hospital. DUTY ON SOAP. m ittee, in all cases where it was required by five Mem, I n doing so, he wished to give the House every security against any waste of time, and he considered that there was a s ufficient sccurit) against this in the fact that it must he required by five Members of the House before it was adopted. This would be a guarantee that no Hon. Member should needlessly insist upon their going out of the ordinary mode. lie considered it would be necessary to agree to his proposi- tion, when it was considered that many of the most important divisions took place in Committee ; and if his motion were agreed to, Hon. Members would be spared the necessity of correcting lists for their constituents ; and the House would be relieved from the position of not having such a record of its proceedings as consists of these votes. —(Hear.) Many of the objections which might have been made to his motion had subsided since the last Session ; and in respect to loss of time, Honourable Gentlemen seldom found divisions such as bad occurred that night ; and it was alio found that the new mode cf taking divisions did not occupy a longer time than the old. He trusted, therefore, that the House would con sent to follow the present practice, and apply to committees the same principle of publishing division lists as that whiCh was now followed. He would conclude by moving, " that the present mode of publishing division lists be extended to divisions when the House is in Committee in all cases where five Members shall require it." Mr. WYNN begged to know whether the Hon. Member meant that the numbers should be printed and published? It would probably be inconvenient on all occa sions to take the names. Mr. HARD bad referred the House to the system which had been adopted during the last Session ; and he presumed that they would not have recourse to any other system on taking the numbers in Committee. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Port Glas gow, praying for the repeal of the duty on soap ; and also a petition from the Procurators of the Sheriffs' Court of Dunbar, praying for the repeal of the ..A.ttornics' Tax, which was singularly oppressive and unequal. STRANGERS' GALLERY. The SPEAKER having read the Sessional Order, Mr. E WART rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, relative to the admission of strangers. The only reason that he knew of, why a Member's order was requi site, for the admi,ision of persons into the Stranger's Gallery was, that it was supposed to be some guarantee for the re spectability of the individuals admitted. Now he (Mr. E.) believed that every:Member granted the order at the request of any individual, especially if that individual was one of his constituents. It was, therefore, in fact no guarantee at all ; because the character or avocation of the individual seeking the order for admission was never inquired into at all. Another reason in justification of this impediment was said to be, that on all important occasions the Gallery would be inconveniently crowded. Now, he did not think that a good argument, seeing that the same would apply to the present system ; for there were six hundred and fifty eight Members of that House, and it was very well known that the gallery could not contain more than 0 00 individuals ; besides, if it became crowded, the officers would have directions to prevent the inconvenience, and Members at present are as much besieged on their way to the House as the doors of the gallery would then be. At present the mo dest and retiring man was sure to be excluded, while the forward and presuming was certain to succeed. The best proof of a person's anxiety to hear the debates was found in the fact of his coming early, and, as he proposed, he would gain admission. It was well known that Members never refused a request made to them for an order, particularly if the applicant happened to be one of their constituents.—(Hear.) He thought the present system a great injury to the unrepresented classes. He would suppose the case of a man who had no Member —(Loud laughter)—he would say, putting the case of this dismembered individual, that he had no means of ob taining admission to the gallery of that House, for all the reasons he had mentioned. On account of the impediments to the public, and the inconvenience to Members, he should propose that the public should be admitted to the strangers' gallery of that House without a Memb er ' s or d er ; but °that it shall continue to be cleared as at present on the motion of a Member, and during divisions. The SPEAKER having read the Sessional order, and Mr. Ewart's amendment, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, nothwithstanding the arguments of the Hon. Gentleman, he still doubted the prudence of dispensing with a Member's order, which, in his opinion, afforded some guarantee for the re spectability of the person admitted.—(Hear, hear.) There were, in his opinion, great objections to the propo sition of the Hon. Member for Liverpool, as on all great occasions the gallery would be crowded to excess, not by respectable individuals, but pickpockets.-- ( Loud cheering.) He had all along considered, that admission by means of fees was objectionable ; and for that reason he had enrolled himself among the names of those who were in favour of its abolition. Until some better ground than that stated by the Hon. Member for Liverpool was brought forward, he thought things ought to remain as they now were. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES. Lord J. RUSSELL, before moving the Orders of the day, would call the attention of the House to the question of ap pointing a Committee of Privileges. For the last two or three years no Committee of Privileges had been appointed, and he believed that was in consequence of the clerk of that Committee being retained, and paid a regular salary, without any necessity existing for it.—(Hear, hear.) It certainly would not be necessary to appoint any clerk, and specially for that purpose, as the clerk of any other Committee could be called upon.—(Loud cheers.) He thought the questions which had been brought before Committees of Privilege had generally been dis cussed with great clearness and fairness, and no complaint had been made of the constitution of these Committees. The Noble Lord then moved that a CoMmittee of Priviliges be appointed, to consist of Mr. Bernal, Lord John Russell, `jr Robert Peel, Lord Palmerston, Knights of Shires, and Gentlearn of the Long Robe. Mr. HUME knew that the motion which had just been made for the appointment of a Committee of Privileges was in the usual course. That Committee had existed for many years in that House, until it had been done away with.—(Loud and continued laughter.) He wished to know why a distinction had been drawn between gentlemen of the Long Robe and Members for any other place ?—(Re , newed laughter.) Some of his short-coated friends near him were as capable of being put upon that Committee as any others, and he wished to know why they had been excluded? He would rather submit that the Committee should be of a limited number, as other Committees. HQ would submit the propriety of having a Committee of a given number, say 21, and leave out Knights of the Shire and gentlemen of the Long Robe.—(A laugh.) He submitted to the No ble Lord (J. Russell) whether he had not better accom modate himself to this principle, as, unless the Noble Lord could give some explanation, he (Mr. Hume) would persevere in his objection. Mr. C. WYNN apprehended that all former precedents werein favour of the motion of the Noble Lord ; lie could him self state that he had never found any inconvenience to arise from having too great a number of Gentlemen on the Com mittee. On the last Committee which sat similar to the present, and which was appointed at the request of Mr. Long Wellesley Pole, no inconvenience was found to an ise, and he never remembered to have seen a Committee which paid a more constant attention to the subject, or which bad exhibited more ability.—( Hear.) There ought to be some satisfactory reason for departing from precedents which had been productive of such advantage. Mr. HUME wished to say one word in explanation. It was a common saying that what was everybody's busi ness was nobody's business, and it would equally apply to a Committee of the whole House.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He did think that he present system was not con sistent with convenience, and would not be found ad vantageous. He would, therefore, be glad to know why they should not limit a Committee of Privileges to twenty one. Let them have some intelligible mode, by which the Com mittee should be constituted. He submitted that they ought to follow the principle which had been agreed to, on mature consideration two years ago, of limiting General Commit tees to 15. He saw no objection to this Committee being limited to 21. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that the only objection raised by the Hon. Member was the ground of' inconve nience, which there was no reason to suppose would occur. He (Lord John Russell) did not think that any material inconvenience would be found to arise from having a great number of Members. As far as he knew, he thought that a fairer Committee could not be appointed ; and he, therefore, was not disposed to accede to the proposition of the Hon. Member for 'Middlesex. Sir ROBERT PEEL certainly could bear testimony to the fact of the able manner in which the Committee upon the subject of Mr. Long Wellesley was conducted. It was a Committee of Privileges. The number that at tended upon that occasion was very great, but the Com mittee did not last long. Mr. Sergeant Wylde pressed a very able argument for two or three days, which was listened to with undivided attention : and he (the Right Honourable Baronet), thought he had never seen a Committee act more judiciously, or more disposed to do justice ; but still, though that was a practical trial (as we understood the Right Honourable Baronet) it was not successful. After an observation from Mr. WILKS, Mr. HUME said he should press the question to a di vision. If the House would act without principle he could not help it.—( Hear, hear, and much laughter.) MR. LECH I MERE CHARLTON. The Order of the Day for the taking into consideration the letters addressed by the Lord Chancellor and Mr. Leehmere Charlton to the Speaker having been read, Lord J. RUSSELL rose, and said—Sir, I have very few words to state to the House on this subject. I think it will be necessary for the House to refer this question to a Com mittee of Privileges, in consequence of the statement which has been made by a Member of this House. A Member, of this House, Mr. Lechnsere Charlton, states to this House, after stating that ho seeks not to withdraw himself from the criminal jurisdiction of the realm, goes on to say—" to be protected however from any violence of the Crown or its Ministers, is, I apprehend, the established and undoubted privilege of a Member of Parliament. — To this hour I know not of what I am accused, except from public report." This, Sir, is the statement which this House has received through one of its Members, and it is in contradiction of the statement which you have re ceived from the Lord Chancellor,;—(Hear, hear.) The statement of the Lord Chancellor is—not that it was exercising the authority of the Crown, or as being one of the Ministers of the Crown that he issued the warrant, but that he issued the warrant for the com mitment of E. Lechmere Charlton, Esq., one of the Mem bers for the borough of Ludlow, " for a contempt of the;high Court of Chancery, in writing and sending a certain letter, dated the 24th of October last, to Wm. Brougham, Esq., one of the Masters of the Court, followed by a certain other letter dated the 9th of November last, addressed to my self." Now, Sir, I think it necessary that the House should refer these two letters to a Committee of Privileges, to see whether this breach of the privileges of this House, which Mr. Charlton supposes has been committed, has been committed by the Lord Chancellor in the capacity of a Minister of the Crown, or as a Judge of the Court of Chancery. I do not propose to enter into the question of what should be considered a contempt of the Court of Chancery. I will be content with referring the consideration of its merits to a Committee, as was done in the case of Mr. Long Wellesley, where the matter having been fairly and laboriously investigated, the result was commu nicated to this House, and this House was not advised to interfere further in it. The order in Mr. Wellesley's case was that the letters from the Chancellor, and from Mr. Wellesley, and the subject matter thereof, should be referred to a C o mmittee o f P r i v il eges , w hi c h was required to report their proceedings and opinion to the House. I wish in the present instance to follow the same course ; and I am anxious, in noticing the argument of the Honourable Member for Bath, that because the Honour able Gentleman was not in custody, the case was not ripe for consideration, to intimate my opinion, that, having the letters before us, stating the apprehension of an arrest being the cause of Mr. Charlton's absence, and intimating his belief that a warrant was issued by the Lord Chancellor, we have sufficient grounds to go upon, and we need not wait until he should be taken into custody. I think that we should proceed' in the same way as was had recourse to in the case of Mr. Long Wellesley ; and I therefore move that the letters of the Lord Chancellor and of Mr. L. Charlton shall be referred to a Committee of Privileges, to consider the matters therein stated, and to re port their proceedings and opinion to this House. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to ask one question of the Noble Lord before the subject dropped. Of course Mr. Charlton would attend before the Committee, in order to defend the course which he had adopted. Now what he (Mr. Roebuck) wished to know was, whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord, that the pro- Mr. EWART wished to know how the Noble Lord, by the present system, would prevent pickpockets from enter ing the gallery of the House. It was notorious that Mem bers gave their orders to any person that asked them, even to some of the porters in the streets. Mr. POTTER suggested that if the Gallery was not filled at the Sitting of the House, then; that the public should be at liberty to have admission. The gallery was then cleared for a division. The House divided, when there appeared— For the Motion Against it Majority _l6l DIVISIONS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. WARD said he rose to move that the mode of publishing divisions when the Speaker was in the Chair be extended to divisions when the House may be in Com- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1837. I tection of th e H House should be given to him in going 1:0ard) opni ncomingio, Mr. Charltonfromthe l Committee. In his ( Mr. Roe 'k's) ought to be in the custody ofthe Lord Chancellor while attending that Committee, because it must be apparent to every one that he had done all in his pow :r,!o violate the law. The House could not protect an indivit!ual in a wrong act ; and the moment that Mr. Chariton was 1s custody, and not till then, the ques tion of Privilege woulAl be raised. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think the course pointed out by the lion. Member for Bath necessary to be adopted. lie saw no reason whatever fur any variation from the course adopted in the case of Mr. Long W,llesley whenever Mr. Lcannere Charlton was taken into custody. The Committee was then appointed, and ordered to sit to-morrow. LONDON UNIVERSITY. Mr. TOOKE, pursuant to notice, moved for certain papers relative to the University of London. Agreed to. THE ADDRESS. Mr. SANDFORD brought up the report on the Ad • dress, which vas read by the Clerk, and adopted. terms and conditions on which the Parliamentary papers could be obtained. He intended to follow up his motion by asking that a return should be laid - upon the table, stat ing the prices of Parliamentary papers, where they could be obtained, and that this should be circulated with the notifi cation of the meeting of privateCommittees.This course would save Members considerable trouble, and would be of great advantage to the public. He trusted that there would be no objection to the measure, and, in conclusion, he begged to express to Ministers that it would he a very great advantage indeed, if they could make some arrangement with the House of• Lords, in order that the public might have the printed documents of that House, with the same facility as they procured them from the House of Commons. He threw this out under the hope that some arrangement would be made on the subject. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought it would be a great ad vantage if some alteration were made with respect to the mode in which the examination of witnesses was taken be fore Commit tees. They were allowed in many instances to correct the statements they had made. This, in his opinion, tended to shake the confidence of the public in what had been stated by those witnesses. As far as he was concerned, he should have many times put different questions to a wit ness than he had done, if he had seen his corrected evidence. The party examining the witness ought to have an opportu nity of seeing the alterations that were made, for the answers that were sometimes inserted evidently 'suggested other questions, and the examining party ought certainly to have an opportunity of altering his question ; for it some times appeared absolute nonsense according to the answers which appeared in the printed Reports. It was absolutely necessary that there should be some distinct understanding on this point. The SPEAKER said that within the two years he had had the honour of sitting in that chair, this matter had been frequently called to his attention, not only by the delay which was occasioned by the system but by instances which had occurred of a most extra ordinary nature. It was not only true that• the evidence Thad been not only altered, but he believed that there were also instances where the witnesses had actually inserted questions. The evidence was sent to the printer SPAIN. Mr. GROVE PRICE made some remarks respecting, the conduct of the Government in the affairs of Spain, which, from the loud conversational buzzing in the House, was entirely inaudible. Mr. Nl' LEAN rejoiced that an agreement had taken place regarding the co-operating force which had been sent to the Queen of Spain as guaranteed by the treaty ; being of opinion that, when this question would come before the House, it would be fully investi gated as it should be ; and the means by which that co operation, if such it could be called, and the intervention, if such it had been, had been guaranteed by the treaty. But the assistance which had been given to the Queen of Spain would place this country in a dangerous position. If however he could prove this by documents on the table of the House, for which he would move, and which he trusted would be produced—if he could prove from these that the co-operation of this country was not that war ranted by the words of the Treaty—then he thought he would be justified in calling on the House to give a substantive opinion on the mode in which our foreign affairs had been conducted. He did not rise for the sake of promoting a discussion on the question ; but he would say with his lion. Friend that he reserved to him self the right not only of discussing hereafter the question, not only of the mode in which our foreign policy was con ducted, but also as to whether the co-operation of this country was grounded on the terms of the treaty.—( Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said he was sure that there was some mistake as to the meaning of what had been said by him, in giving a qualified consent to that part of the Speech which referred to our foreign affairs ; an d this, perhaps, arose from his having expressed what his meaning was twice over.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He had expressed his consent to that paragraph in the Speech conditionally, and the condition was that the aid given by this country to Spain should be in conformity with the treaty ; and he added that he considered the term co operating force unequivocal expression, and that that descrip tion be such as would place it under the conditions of the treaty. That was the understanding upon which lie ga ve a qualified consent to the portion of the Speech which re ferred to the subject, and lie had repeated this twice, hoping there would have been no misconstruction of his meaning. Mr. M'LEAN said he did not intend to miscon strue what had fallen from the Right Honourable Baronet, he ( - Mr. M'Lean) meant to say, that he reserved to him self the right of discussing the subject at a future period. Lord PALMERSTON said that he could assure the Right Hon. Bart. opposite that on that (the Ministerial) side of the House, there was no misconstruction of his meaning. Although it is unusual for an individual to express regret that his opponent has not made a longer speech against him, yet lie must say that he should be exceedingly happy when ho was attacked, to have something more stated than what had been said. by the witness, and without ever being again brought under the notice of the Committee. In the course of the last session one witness was allowed to take away his evidence and it was never returned. Great delay took place, and the Report was obliged to be published with out that witnesses' evidence at all. He would propose that that the Chairman of the Committee should exercise such viligance over all the evidence, as to preclude the evils complained of ; and that he should be responsible to the House for any alteration which might take place.—( Hear.) He should also suggest that every alteration should be specially brought before the Chairman's notice. If it were found that the Chairmen of Committees did not use the proper vigilance, then it would become necessary to have some resolution of the House on the subject ; but it was not desirable to multiply resolutions, when the proper vigi lance of the Chairmen of Committees could effect the same object. Mr. EDWARD LYTTON BULWER wished to suggest that great inconvenience was caused by the delay which the corrections of evidence occasioned, and that therefore the better plan would be to prevent corrections of evidence altogether.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) The only ground on which evi dence was allowed to be corrected at all was, that gentlemen 'who uttered in Committee sentences unguardedly might have an opportunity of altering those sentences, but he certainly considered the best way would be not to allow the evidence to be corrected at all. Any other plan imposed a great responsibility on the Chairman. In the course of last Session, from allowing this correction of evidence, he himself had been under the necessity of reading a long report through, for the purpose of ascertaining whe ther the alterations which had been made by the witness were important or not, which was not only a very arduous task, but the eonsequence of which was, that al though the Committee rose in October, he was prevented from laying before the House that report until the month of August. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he bad to object to the proposition of the lion. and Learned Gen tleman, as he considered the course he proposed for adoption would be attended with great inconvenience ; and he himself had some years back occasion to report a case to the House, in which a witness had changed an answer which had been given affirmatively into a direct negative, and therefore he thought it necessary to call the attention of the Chairman to all the allegations. He was glad the matter had been brought under the consideration of the House, and in reference to the Committee, of which the Hon. Gentleman had been Chair man, evidence had been printed in parallel columns, as it bad been first given, and as it afterwards 'stood ; and he considered that from the result of this, the Hon. Gentleman had sufficient justification for the notice he had given. Mr. WYNN agreed entirely with what had just fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. At the same time he did not see how it was possible to remedy • the evil ; most important mistakes would be made in transcribing the notes, for which the wit ness was in no degree responsible.—( Hear, hear.) The sinking of his voice, or the omission of a word, would make a very material difference in the evidence.— (Hear, hear.) In election petitions, the evidence was taken in short-hand, and no opportunity was granted the witness of rectifying his , evidence ; but if the wit ness had stated that an important mistake had been made in his evidence, he thought that the Committee should have the power of altering it. Mr. O'CONNELL said that one point was overlooked still, and that was the extreme importance attached to evi dence when property or character was at stake. There was now no remedy for a wilful falsehood of a witness before a Committee of that House. The foulest calumny, the falsest representation, respecting property, could meet with no species of legal punisCment for this undoubted crime. —( Hear.) In the- House of Lords the case was diffe rent. There they were authorised to administer an oath, and a party might therefore be indicted for perjury. In the one House there was an indictment of a most serious nature, and in the other there was no remedy at all. You might come and have a new investigation, but inquiry after in quiry would be no , remedy.—( Hear.) Why not make it a - misdemeanor to wilfully and corruptly assert any thing before that House ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) It would be no exaggeration of the Criminal Law to make it a mis demeanour, and he saw nn other way they could have an effectual remedy in cases in which injustice would be done'. Mr. W YNN had no doubt that prevarication or false testimony would and must be punished by that House. Mr. O'CONNELL would put a case where witnesses contradicted each other. Unless it was plain there was a manifest prevarication, there- was no remedy. He would certainly make the experiment, now that ho had spoken upon it, and he would endeavour to frame a Bill on the subject, making a man indictable as for a misdemanour. Sir R. PEEL said, that in a criminal ease, where the life of a party was concerned, no person would attach much weight to evidence that had been altered ; but he thought the carelessness which arose at present in the giving of testimony, was owing to the witness being conscious that be would have an opportunity of revising and correcting it afterwards. Sir R. INGLIS was not very audible, but we under stood him to concur generally in the view taken by the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny. • Mr. HUME suggested that the evidence of witnesses should be printed as it .was given, awl only grammatical corrections allowed. Mr. ENVA RT said that the present system of taking the evidence was full of laxity. The Chairman of Committees had the evidence under his inspection, and should give his attention to the proceedings of the witnesses, who should be more exact, and the Chairman more particular. Dr. BOWRI NG alluded to the great mistakes that had been committed upon Committees, and instanced one upon the East India CoMmittee, when the word " bomby.r," a species of worm, was translated into " bombast." Mr. HUME—Every Member of the Committee should get a copy of the evidence taken at night, and. every Mem ber should then make his objections in the morning, if any material alteration had been made. Short-hand writers often make egregious errors. Aftsr some observations from Sir R. INGLIS and Mr. H umE, the Committee was ordered to be re-appointed. Mr. HUME. suggested in order to obviate the difficulty that now existed with respect to Members knowing what documents would be printed, that at the end of every day's proceedings it should be mentioned what papers were in tended to be printed. —Colonel SIBTHORP stated that he had not received the returns he had moved for until November, and com plained of partiality, others having been published sooner. Mr. HUME said, after an experience of three or four years, felt bound to say that there was no partiality in the Committee over which the Speaker presided.—Agreed to. Mr. GILLON gave notice that on the 21st March he should call the attention of the House to the internal com munications of the country, whether by rail-ways, roads, &c. The House then adjourned. DANGER OF INTRODUCING EUROPEAN RE FINEMENT.-" The sudden introduction of European refine ments, if it were possible to make them universal, would, at this period, be the ruin of the American constitution. Without the spirit of enterprise, and the taste for active labour, the im mense resources of the country, and the facility with which riches arc acquired, would less become the means of individual and national corruption, and the introduction of expensive ha. bits, which would not only undermine the private morals of the people, but eventually subvert the Republican government"— _Grund's Americans, in their Social, Moral, and Political Condition, • INFLUENZA. Mr. PLUMPTRE said there was one omission in the King's Speech, to which he could not help calling the at tention of the House. Since the House last met, this country had been visited with an extremely s evere affliction, upon which subject the King's Speech to his people, and of the condition of his people, was totally silent. Some reference ought to have been made in reference to this matter, to the will of the great disposer of all events, and great dispenser of national prosperity.— (Hear, hear.) He believed that at no time, in any nation plunged in the deepest ignorance, had an occasion like the present been allowed to pass without some recognition of God's dispensation ; and he very deeply regretted that no mention had been made of this visitation. Both individuals and the country had suf fered much during the last six months. A great deal of pro perty had been destroyed by severity of weather, and at this very moment there was scarcely a family in this country (though they might not be in a very alarming state), who was not more or less in a state of affliction.—(Loud cries of Hear.) He should have thought it would have been well at such a time to have recognised the great de fending power and wise Disposer of all events. He believed the great truth of holy writ applied as well to nations as to individuals—that " those who honour me I will honour, but they who despise me, let them be despised."—( Hear, hear.) It was on these grounds he protested against this important omission. Sir G. CLERK said that before that question was put he wished to state his regret at another omission. He had to express his disappointment, that among the various topics brought under the consideration of Parliament in his Majesty's Speech,. no allusion had been made, nor any in formation given, on a question which deeply interested the inhabitants of Scotland.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Ho referred to the Commission appointed two years ago, to inquire into the religious instruction of the people of that country. The Commissioners had completed their labours, and upon such a subject as that of deficiency of supply of re ligious instruction to a people, he thought the Minister would have afforded some information to Parliament as to whether he had received those reports, or when he would call the at tention of the House to them. All persons who were sin cerely attached to religion, Loth in that country and in England, were most anxious on the subject. He, there fore, hoped that the Noble Lord (John Russell) would be able to inform the House if it was the intention of his Ma jesty's Government, as they were now in possession of the Report, - to lay before the House that Report, and call the attention of Parliament to it.—( Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL must say that he so far differed with the Honourable Member who had spoken last, that he thought it would not be advisable to lay down as a constant rule not to be departed from, that in every speech from the Throne, every subject which was to be legislated upon should be introduced or noticed. He did not think that he could lay down any general rule.—( Hear, hear.) He felt if they did so that the introduction of such words would become in time a mere matter of form—(Hear)—and so far from promoting the object which the Hon. Gentleman had in view, the using constantly, and he might say trivially, in the Speech from the Throne, terms of gratitude to Providence, ..could induce persons to pay less attention, and would ren der the subject less solemn than he thought it ought to be made. He did not agree with the Hon. Gentleman that there were any circumstances at the present time which would make it necessary that they should introduce such words into his Majesty's Speech. It certainly had happened more than once, and it had occurred in the an swer which his Majesty returned to the Address of that House last Session, that his Majesty said that he hoped under Divine Providence to maintain the character and to promote the welfare of his people. This acknowledgment, approved as it had been by his Majesty's advisors, showed they were not so forgetful as the Hon. Gentleman supposed, and that they entertained sentiments which became aChristian country. With respect to the observations made by 'the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Clerk) he trusted that he could give what he believed would prove a very satisfactory answer.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable Baronet might have expected that if the report of . the Com mission en Religious Instruction bad been received, it would have been a proper subject for his Majesty to state that it had been received. He had been informed that it would have been ready ; but it was not received att d h i e nb H u o r i; Office 'till Monday night , after the Speech had been ap proved of. The Report which respected only Edinbur,h, had been received on Monday night, and immediately seta to Lord Minto, who was joined in the Commission, in order that he might have an opportunity of stating whether or not he acquiesced in that Report. He (Lord John Russell) expected that the Report would have been by this time on the table of the House ; and he was sure that if it was not here to-day, it would be here to-morrow.-_( Hear.) Mr. HORACE TWISS considered that the name of the Divine Being might very properly have been introduced, because a measure with reference to the Established Church of this country was pointed a t s p e cifically in the Speech from the Throne, with a context which made it impossible for any man to gather what the intentions of Ministers were with respect to the Church. lie did not consider it was a mere matter of form to connect the name of Divine Providence with any measure relating to the Church. The question was then put, and agreed to. PRINTING COMMITTEE. Mr. HUME said it would be recollected that at the commencement of last Session, a Committee was appointed to assist the Speaker in printing and publishing the votes and other papers relating to their proceedings. M an y questions were disposed of by that Committee to the great satisfaction of the public, and the convenience of the Mem bers of that House.—(Hear,. hear, hear.) H e w i s h e d to renew that Committee during the present Session, and he also wished to state that further good could be effected by having circulated along with the votes the PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, 8 4 c. S ze . &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 31. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Sharci. Annum. Paid. Share 1,760 8 net cent. Ashton and 01dham....Average 97/. 18s. sh. 142 1,182 4/. Asliby-de-le-Zotich Average 1131. sh. 65 1,26 n Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 5i 1,005 r.l. Brccknoek and Abergavenny 150 . sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 91. 9s. Birmingham, 1.16 th sh ire Fn.'. & 711. '217 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1•251 Eh. 100 pd 334 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chelmcr and Blackwater 1001. oh. 10-2 500 48/. Coventry lOW. oh. 700 4,545 Croydon Average 31/.25. lOd. sh. 3 2,06 , 1 41. Os. Dudley ' IOU!. sh. 78 1161) 71. Derby 100!. sh. 120 20,000 3,575; 3!. Ellesmere and Cheater Average LW. sh. 80 1 40/. Erewash , 0.11. sh. 500 1,297 '251. Forth and Clyde Average 4.10/.li;s. sh. 603 11,5110 101. Grand .11.1114." - lOOl. sli. 208 2,‘ , 494 1/. Grand Union 101)1. sh. 2.i 1,500 Grain! Surrey 20,66610/. 4/. Percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. '7O 3,096 ... ...... Grand kVesterti (160 131. 1.35. 93. Glainorganshire, Average cost 1701. 13s. 43. 230 749 101. Grantham '5O/. sh. 292 6,238 U. 15s fluddersfit Id Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 Kensingt , n Wish. all pd. 10 25,3' 1 3 11. 2s. Kennet : .3cl Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 22 2,81171 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. oh. 530 5454, 101. Leicester l l O/. sh. 195 1,897 - 4/. 104. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 431. ;Os. 77 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/. sh. 200 50 18/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 565 3,0 , 0 It 10s. Macclesfield 100/. oh. all pd. 54 247 'l7/. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford . 104 sh. 580 2,400 51. Peak Forest Average about 7sl. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or Imiolon) Aver. 33/. lOs. tikl. sh. :6 5,669 6/. per cent. r.octidale kverage BV. oh. 1.9 500 81. Shropshire l4. 1 ;1. oh. 140 'MO 91. 10s. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 153 `3OOO/. 41 percent. Ditto lock Fund Stock lOl. 1.1... sh. 14 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester . 140/. sh. 730 500 91. Shrewsbury lO5/. sh. 243 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 21. i's. Stratford-un-Avon ...Average 79/. 9s. W. oh. 50 533 121. Swansea 1000.511, 220 3,762 1/. 4s. Severn and NI/ye and Railway ...Av 3.51. oh. 19A 2,00 , i5e. 321. mg. Trent an.) Mersey, 4 share 100/. oh, 555' 6,149 1,000 oh.) 1,000 sh. j 151" Warwick ald Birmingham lOO4 di; 95) 90 124. Warwick and Napton nuloo.l.. A. 138 6,000 41.05. Worcester and Birmingham„Av 164,81, sh. go 5,000 225. Wilts an., Berks .. Aver44.e6q/. 108, kid. oh. ot 800 81. Wyrley and Esslogto,ll -.my ........... 125/. sh 75 1116 ... Wisbeach ~,.,,•e , 'ti.. • ..105/. sh. 45 905 11. Wey 4111•1 Anm • 1101. oh. Wi DOCKS. 2 600 k ' - I3p c. Commercial 1004. sh. 1,06.515 h ' 198,66711. 6 per ct. East India Stock 2,2 39 ,3104 1 . 50s. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,330,000/. 5/. per ct. West 10c114 2.::0 , / 21. 19s. liri3tel 68,324/. it, per cent, Ditto Notes, various amounts 1. 3 513,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham HarbOdr ~. 20/. sh. 2/. pd 2.500 Deptford BRUMES. 50/. sh, Av. 63!. 2s sh. 71 71 C . 41 li Southwark, mei 'l O l l 1,700 1). 15i. Ditto, New, of per cent...„ . .... 50/. sh. 5,000 . . Waterloo 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of kW. GO/. pd 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 60,000!. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 6,000 179 Vauxhall Avnrage 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANY.ES. 0,000 SI IN Albion 50,000 [ 5 per Alliance, British & Foreign 1901. sh. 101/. pd 15s. 50,000 li per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. Si. pd 24,000 41 per eh, Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 1,200 i sh, al. Birmingham i ire ..... .2501. th. 551. pd 2 0 ,000 41 percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 10,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/, sh. Si. pd 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Mod i.. al, &c. Life, ICOI. sh. 12110 s pd 4,000 21 19s County 1001. sh. 101.0 '20,000 ... Sc, _ Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5). pd 200 Es P er "Economic n 9 L ife lOOOl. sh. 2501. p 4 375 nd 301 bs. _ 2,271 221. per cent. European Li • "01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 2 1,000,0001. V. per ct. 'Globe 20,000. 54 Guardian 40,000 as. 60. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 5 2,400 51. 7s. 641. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 125 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 104 pd of 13,156 12s. per sh. Indemnity AlAriiie IVO/. sh. 81. pd 161 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire ~ 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life. 79 10,000 16s, Law Life 5,000 10s. London, Firc ' 211 sh. 121. 10s. pd I 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 1 30 ,0 00 Si. per cent. Palladium Life SW. sh. 21. pd 21 81 50,000 Protector Fite 0 04 sh. 24 pd 18 6 gd 2,500 11. Provident Li i e ' lOOl. sh. 101. pd 21 100,000 51. per cent. Rock Life °OZ. sh. 21. pd 61 689,2201 54 per cent. Royal Exchange Stork.. . t2O 6,000 5 per cent. University I.ite lOO l. sh. 5/. p 4 bi 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS _ . 25,000 ', ' Agric. andCumrn. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham at. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 51. pd 30,000 4 per cent. I,ondon and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 25,1)00 . ..... ... Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 50,000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} 1001. sh. 15/ pd Discount 20 ,000 71 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 251 pd 20,000 20,'1:0 National Bank of Ireland ...501. sh .171/. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...1001. sh. 251. p 4 19,000 Gloucestershire 5O!. sh. 101. pd 6 ,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6d Bath 2O/. sh. 101. pd 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 5 ~,,,, r 5/.percent./ Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd .- Land Bs. se. 928 5110 a Birmingham 5O/. sh. 4,250 210 s Bristol ..... ... ....... 20 sh. 1,500 81 10a , Brighton 201. sh. 750 31 LOs Ditto, New 201. sh. 18/. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20!. sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 6211. pd 1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. 10s. Erplitable 10,1100 2i Percent. Imperial ' 50/, sh. 800 5/. per cent. Isle of 'llianet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. 1 ndependent . 30/. sh. all psi 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix 50/. sh. 39/, pd 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 801, pd 4,000 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 46/. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 81. per cent Wakefield ... -........... ...... 25/. sh. 12,000 31, Westminster Chartered.. 5Ol. sh. 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. eh. 101. pd BGO Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 9 9, Birmingham East London 25/. sh. 25/. pd 4,443 a 100/. sh. 5,500 21 10s Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 21 . Kent 100/. sh. 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2204 sh. 1,500 21 10 1 New diver London Bridge Water Annuities 6,486 I/ 151 Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh, 300 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 8. 2 0 4 31. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. • 060 •11•1l4 ; York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100!. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 ' ......... Aylesbury 2Ol. sh. 11. pd. Birmingham and Derby 5/. pd 9,500 7,50 0 .Birmingham, Bristol, and Th ames J unct i on 15,000 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 5 pd 660 Calcutta and Saugur .50/. sh. 21. pd 7.500 Cheltenham and G. Western...tool. sh. 71/. 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd 12,000 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/ sh. 24 pd 60,000 • Eastern Counties 251. sh. 2!. pd Grand Junction 1001. sh. 501. p 1 Great North of England ' 24 pd 25,040 Great Western lOO/. sh. so/. pd 2,600 Hartlepool 100/. eh. 1001. pal 8,000 Hull and 'elby 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5/. pd 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd • 5,100 10 per cent. I,iverpool and Manchester...loU. sh. 100/. pd Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 10,1)00 London and Brighton ditto 100/. sh. 51 pd 45,000 Ditto (Gibbs') ...201. sh. 1/. pd 16,000 . Ditto ditto (Rennie)...so/. sh. 2!. pd 8,04 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 21. pd 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh., 31 pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .... , 201. sk. IW. pd 25000, London and Birmingham .. .. ...... sh. 75/. pd 20,000 London and Southampton ....50/. sh. 501. pd 7,1)(16 London and Croydon 9 C/. sh. 131. pd 12,000 London Grand Junction 5. I. sh. 2/. pd 10,000 Manchester South Union 100/. sh. 5/. pd North Midland 100/. sh. 10/. pd Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3!. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. St. pd 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 7l. pd 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton arid Darlington lOO4 sh. 9,000 Tha‘i , es Haven • 50/. oh. 2/. 10s. pd 6,000 ......... York anti North Midland 50 . sh. 3/, pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 4,000 Altcn 15/. sh. 121. lOs pd 1 1 001 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pin.... 1 1 5( 00 v /.. s o l h , . all l i i :il d Ditto Subscription 2,000 801..n0s i 10,000 11. 103 Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 20/. pd 6,0; 0 Mac:it:has & Cocaes United...2s/. oh. 231/. pd 11,000 ...... ... Ditto St. John Del Rey ' , Ol. oh. 611. pd 0000 . ..... .., Bolivar Copper Company • ) 01. sh. 21st. pd 10,000 Ditto Scrip 101. sh. fq. s 20,000 British Iron 5O/. oh. 501 pd 6,000 British Copper Cato Branca Candonga 20/. s i li .21 1 1 2 (7 :1 1 :1 1 1 . l i p l)d: i 10,000 1/. Copiapo 8,500 Columbian, iss. Si. pin 2,830 3L English l i p] 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. oh 144 • ../. pil 3,1/00 Pulberuti Consols 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered .. ................. Ditto Loan Notes ...................... 150/. pd f'A),OOO United Mexican, iss. 2 pm _Mt. oh. all 14 Ditto New Scrip ............................ ..... Ll;l:ll;nlctß:',7A:::l:kt.:Y.Li.t.l.ll,l ............................................................................................................ iversity ............... 100/. sh. all pd I I :5, 0 r0 ... ...... London l_li . i Russell . ........... ~ 700 ............................ '.., , g5. sh, King' College MISCELLANEOUS . 100/. pd 10,00 1 5 s. Australian Agricultural... Jon/. sh 2iii pd 8,000 61, per cent. British American Land Company,,, kg . pd 10,000 til per cent. Canada American 1001, oh. 241 . pd 200,000 51 per cent. Upper Canada Loan ...................... City Bonds, 4 per cent ................ ...................... 15,000 iv . General Stearn Navigation -.154 :h. 13/, p 4 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ................................. 2,000 I!. London Coin. Sale Rooms Av. 75/, sh. 8,000 Caoutchouc Company 0- / s 2 , -.a . 14. 1 . New Brunswick Land Co mpany .. . ... 2.;/ Kt pd per cent. Reversionary I nterestSoc...lool. oh. ton t. I , ii 2 633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 45/ ml 4,000 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JAN. 4, 1637. BANKS. 1,500,00).. 61. p. ct. Bank 01 Seo A tl.iii iS. . Fs3/. 60.8 41 ,1.. sh. allall pd:p4l 116685/1.. 2,000,0](!. 51 p. et. Royal of Scotland 101 500.010/. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. Al pd 2. 0 p. 3,000,0X1. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. oh. 100/. pal 174/, 5,000,000/. sp. et. National lOO/. sh, 10/. ix! ltii, 2511/. sh. 50/. id 691 . 2 , 000,0001 . 5/' p. I • a g Scotland 9 001. 'I I 4,000,000/. 4p. e l l V't:st: ) ; . r v n U o i t 'i , s ) 30/. pd 361/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 201. 1 251,. , 000.3 500 h fit 1 1: : c c t t : Scottish re. c Union s 1211000000001111....8,5 1 iii :, .. 1 : : 1111 0 1 0 ; 1)111 ..... P I : id; I :11 1 11 . 1 . 0 64 . 5 iii 5 i5.50: if1e,00,3 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sli. all pd 71/. 50,000 6p. cL North British 1,000 SP. cL Caledonian Fire 5,°00 6 P. et. ‘ E( V i c i s n t b o u t ri4 Sc h o i d i a le id .... . ................... 10/. pd 91 155 100,000 . MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ...... ... Edin. and Glas Un. Cana1...50/. sh, all pd 221. Ditto Allocated .. t , .... . ~.„ _lily. s h. all pd 65/. moo 5 per cent. Edinb,:JoAit Stock NSatcr....2sl. sh. a ll pd 401. Carron Iron Company 2 - ,0/. ch. all pd 481. 14,0006 h 15 per cent. Shot ts Iron Fou ndery 501. sh. 3 , /. pd 4 7/ 10,04) 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 'lO/, ih. la p d 7:l. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas , 51. sh. all pd 5914 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas .5/. sh. all pd 611. 750 7i per Cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh, all at 4 54 1,206 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Itailway...so/.sh. 5 - ,/, 3.000 5 per cent, gytti table Le2ut Compaby.„2s/, oh. W . p 4 104 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.` ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, JAN. 31. The Republic, Williams, from New York (sailed on the Bth of January); Isaac Ellis, Spring, Monson, N. C. ENTERED FOR LOADING. The Robert Morris, Guy, for Casline, A. S. ; Midas, Ker. math, Florida; Tam o' Shantcr, Sampson, Quebec ; Sarah, Pentreath, St. John's, N. B. CLEARED OUTWARDS. The Oxford, Rathbone, for New York; Emerald, Preedle, Mobile; Anaxabia, Sanders, Constantinople ; Calumet ' Schuve, New Orleans; Jane and Margaret, Orton, New York ; Ann, Cape, Sierra Leone; Hero, Jersey; Saluria, Watts, St. Michael's. SAILED. The ()Amulgee, Leavitts, for New York ; Elizabeth, Airey, New Orleans. TELEGRAPHED. Off Holyhead, inward bound , yeste r d a y, t h e Chieftain, front Pernambuco ; FaMiy, from London t Packet, from the Medi. terranean ; Brechin Castle, from Laguayra. Off Holyhead, inward bound, this day, the Roscoe, from New York. EAST INDIA. Arrivals at St. Helena.--The Stratheden, Cheap, Dec. 6, from Calcutta and the Cape, and sailed for London ; the Charles Keir, Arnold, from Sourabaya, and sailed the 7th for Cowes the Atlas, 7th, f rom M aur i t i us, and sailed for Havre ; the Walcheren, from Batavia, and sailed the Bth for Amster dam ; the - Schelde, 12th, from Batavia., and sailed the 12th for Rotterdam ; the Courier de Lise, and Courier de St. Denis, 12th, from Bourbon, and all sailed the 12th for Nantes ; the Alexander,;'ti,and Aurora, 14th, from Bata via ; the Kerswell, from New S out h from Mauritius ; th e Eli sa b et h,l st h , ; the Frances An n , 16th, f rom Ma -14t1'., nilla ; th the 16th, from Ma ur iti us ; t h e M argaret, 16th, from e I. llpe ; the Argyll, 16th, from Calcutta. Captain M‘D':mald died off the Cape of Good Elope Nov. 28. Departure from St. Ilelena.—The Dryad°, Dec. 10, for Rio. Arrival at Bombay.—The Shepherdess, Sept. 29, from. Bos ton, with a cargo of ice. Madras, Oct. 12, 1836.—Ships loading:--,The Royal Wil liam, Ireland, for the Cape and London, to sail Oct. 14; the City of Edinburgh, Fraser, for the Cape and London, to sail Oct. 18. The French ship Alexander was lost in the Straits of Ma lacca on the 24th of August —crew saved. Arrivals at Calcutta.—TheJessore, Sept. 24, from Boston ; the Alice, Sept. 25, Lawrence, 25th; Cordelia, 26th, an d Fa tima, 27th—all from Liverpool ; the Elephant, Sept. 25, from Greenock; the Louisa, Sept. 27, from Rangoon. Departures from Calcutta.—The Henry, Sept. 26, for the Mauritius ' • the Ti g ris, Sept. 27, for Si nga p ore an d Chi na. Cleared out at Calcutta.—The Alexander, Sept. 27, for Liverpool ; the Integrity, Sept. 29, for the Mauritius; the Argyle, Sept. 29, for London. Arrivals at Batavia.—The Africa, Oct. 1, and Lady Char lotte, Oct. 2, from Liverpool. Arrivals at Colombo. (Ceylon).—The George and Mary, Gibson, Sept. 20, from London and the Mauritius; the Agrip pina, Sept. 30, from London and the Cape. Ships Loading at the Mauritius, Nov. 3.—The Caribbean, for London ; and the Eagle, for Calcutta. Ship Spoken With. —The Slanes Castle, Petre, from Lon don to Bombay, Jan. 6, off Cape Fiiisterre. LONDON COLLIER WHARFS.—The object of this undertaking is to supersede the necessity of collier docks by the evils of unloading colliers in the pool, and the expenses attending the present mode of delivery, are about to be reme died by the adoption of wharfs 'in the Isle of Dogs, connec ted with a railway to join the Blackwell railway, which will communicate with the Eastern the Great Northern, the Birmingham, and Great Western Railways ; and thus supply the metropolis and inland counties with coal at a very re duced price. By the plan proposed, which has the sanction and support of the ship and coal-owners, it is intended to un load the colliers alongside of wharfs afloat, by means of ma chinery and ton boxes, which may be transmitted, either in barges or on the railway, to any part of the metropolis. Its adopting this method the coals will be only moved, instead of five times, and the ship detained a fifth of the time at present 'occupied in its delivery, independent of the very reduced charges.—Sunderland Herald. • IRISH IN AMERICA.—" Some of the most emi nent lawyers and statesmen of America are of Irish extraction, and Gen. Jackson himself is descended from an Irish family." —.Grand's Americans, in their Social, Moral, and Political Condition. The NE` FLAT GOLD WATCHES. The price in gold cases, with vertical movement £7 7 0 Ditto, with well;finished horizontal movement, in double bottomed engine -turned cases, jewelled in four holes, with silver dial ... 9 9 T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith and Jeweller, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. the Horizontal Construction is particularly recommended for its superior accuracy. BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., in Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Mrs. T. Borrett, of a daughter, still-born. On the 31st ult., at Wandsworth, the wife of the Rev. T. 0. Goodehild, of a son. On the 31st ult., at Lumley Lodge, Richmond, the wife of the Rev. C. Lawson, of a son. On the 20th tilt., at Moreton, Dorset, the lady of Wm. Mundy, Esq., of a son. On the 31st ult., the lady of Denis M. Samuel, Esq., of Hanover terrace, Regent's -park, of a son. On the 2d of September, at Cuttack, the lady of E. E. H. Rep ton, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, of a son. On the 28th ult., at newness, We s t more l an d, t h e l a d y o f Si r T . L. Pasley, Bart., o f a son. In September last, - at Calcutta, the lady of Richard Howe Cocke rel!, Esq., of a daughter. On the 28th of December, at Dowlais, Lady Charlotte Guest, of of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. Charles John Saunders, of Berners'-street, Oxford-street, to Frances, youngest daughter of the late E. Grace, Esq., of Parson's Town, King's County, Ireland. DIED. Last week, at his mothees house, the Rev. Alexander Charles Louis d'Arblay, M. A., Fellow of Christ Church, Cambridge, and only son of the late Lieutenant-General Count Piochard d'Arblay, of the French Royal Artillery. On the 30th ult., Sarah Lane, wife of T. Blizard, Esq., of Cum berland-terrace, Regent's-park. On the 28th ult., in Chester-terrace, Grosvenor-place, aged 24, Georgiana Anne, wife of R. King, Esq. At The Gnoll, near Neath, aged 85, Alicia, relict of the late H. Grant, Esq. On the 30th ult., George March, youngest son of Jas. Brooks, Esq., of Henley-upon-Thames. On the 26th ult., at Whitby, Yorkshire, John Barry, Esq., in his 78th year. On the 30th ult., in Haydon-square, Minories, aged 27. Mr. Geo. Wheeler. On the 29th ult., Mr. Henry Walker Farmer, of Green-street, Enfield-highway, aged 62. On the 29th ult., at Sompting, Sussex, the Rev. Thomas Poole Hooper, aged 63. On the 24th ult., Nicholas Clements Henry, Esq., late of the island of St. Christopher, aged 52. On the 29th ult., at Eltham, K en t, M rs. MaryDagnell, aged 88. On the 29th ult., Miss Milner, of Great Millman-street, aged 93. On the 19th ult., aged 25, Edwina Chadwick, wife of Mr. F. Bailey, of Stony Knolls, and daughter of Mr. Edward Norris, Of Hunt's Bank. On the 28th ult., at Stotfold Vicarage, Bedfordshire, aged 15 months, Allan Mitford, youngest son of the Rev. A. W. Chatfield. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Field 'Marshal—Right Hon. Sir S. 'Tulsa, G.C.H., Colonel.of the 62d Foot, and Governor of Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea. General--Earl of Rosslyn, G.C.8., Colonel of the 9th Dra goons, Dysart House, N.B. Lieutenant-Generals—Lindenthal, K.C., Chelsea ; Neville. Major-General—ll. D. Sherwood, East India Company's Serv. Colonels—Doherty, C. 8., K.C.H., late of 13th Drag. ; Mad dison, h. p. Kelso Regt., near Stockton-on-Tees ; Gillies, C. 11., h. p. 40th Foot ; Clifford, C. 8., and K.H., late of 58th Foot ; Jackson, North Mayo Mil. ; VV. Count Linsingen (local rank), Hildesheim. Lieutenant-Colonels—Grey, h. p. York Fenc. ; H. Rose, East India Company's Service, England. Majors—Rudorff, K.H., h. p. Ist Light Inf. Ger. Leg., Ein beck ; Powell, Bth Foot, Liverpool , Macau, Unat., India; Hughes, 19th Foot, Buttevant ; Fraser,,9sth Foot ; It. Davis, East India Company's Service, Madras. Captains—Nlandilhon, 54th Foot,Trinchinopoli. Madras ; Young, 63d Foot, Madras ; R. N. King, Royal Art., Portsmouth ' • Fer rand, h. p. 128 ; M`Leod, h. p. lndep. Cos. Gest o , I s l e of Skye ; Peter, h. p. Sleuron's Regt. ; Rehwinckell, h. p. Art., German Leg., Linden, near Hanover. Lieutenants—Fuller, late sth Royal Vet. Bn., Kennington; Hon. 0. W. Messey, h. p. Ist Drag. ; Hardwicke, h. p. 18th Drag. ; Oliver, h. p. Ist Foot ; Greenough, h. p. 16th Foot, Brighton ; Trimmer, h. p. 17th Foot ; D. M‘Gregor, h. p. 38th Foot ; J. N. Blood, h. p. 64th Foot ; Burnaby, h. p. 77th Foot ; Bouchier, h. p. 99th Foot; M'Craw, h. p. 3d Irish Br. ; Carpen ter, late 10th Royal Vet. Bn., Cork; Gem, h. p. Royal Waggon Train, Birmingham. Cornet and Ensig H ns a — nio C n o , w l • a d t e e n, , h th . lip.oy2aoltlliteDt.rair;.;; SHt.enLreyfehr., Bth i,li F t o h o i t 7 , o J o a t maica ; Quarter-masters—Hewitt, h. p. 2d Life Guards ; Buntin, h. p. sth Dragoon Guards, Mayheratell ; Matthews, h. p. 31st Drag. ; Page, h. p. Royal Waggon Train ; Woodford, late of 37th Foot ; Frazer, h. p. 43d Foot, Aberdeen. Medical Department—Deputy Insp. Ge n . o f H osp. M apother, h. p., Bath ; Deputy Insp. of Hosp. Browrigg, h. p. ; Surgeon Dr. Cardiff, Bth Foot, Jamaica ; Assistant-Surgeon Jameson, 10th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon C. Bell, h. p. 34th Foot. Chaplain—Barrow, h. p. 19th Drag. N.B.—The death of Lieut.-Colonel Newhouse, of the Royal In valid Artillery, was erroneously reported in the Army List for De cember last. On the Ist of December, Sophia Jane, only daughter of Mr. J. A. Wigan, having survived her mother only 2 months and 10 days. On the 28th ult., in Euston-square, Samuel Acton, Esq., for merly of Finsbury -square. On the 26th uh., at Horton, aged 71, the Rev. John Edwards, late of the Edgeware• road. On the 28th ult., at Dalston, Eliza Susannah, widow of the late J. T. Whiteside, Esq., of Northumberland-street, aged 78. On the 28th ult., at Hythe, Kent, Christian Puekle, aged 73. On the 30th Ult., at Kingston-upon-Thames, Frances, the Wife Mr. Rohort Perry. On the 16th ult., at Haarlem, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Gunnis, York-pla ce , Islington. On the 29th ult., Martha, widow of the late J. J. Appach, Esq-. aged 82. On the 27th ult., in Tavistock-place, Russell-square, Rachel. youngest daughter of the late Captain John Hall, formerly of the 54th Foot, and afterwards of the East Essex Militia. -- London ; Printed and Published by AIURDO YOUNG, of No Strand, at The Sux Office, No, 112, Strand, in the county of Middlosez.—Thursday, February 2,, 1637. 105 f: BSi 115 .5 241 139 511 43 3rll 25i 130 8(.1 71 131