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RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IX. TWO 1112.8SIZOlitr HARBOUR a Twumcnrirs. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Lord Won't} , is the chair, when the evidence en behalf of this scheme was pro ceeded with. Captain Washington, one of the Royal Tidal Conemmissioners, Was called and examined—He had been engaged some time ago in Making inTestigatims into the state of Glasgow harbour. Last year a great number of witnesses of the fret respectability, merchants, manufacturers, engineers, and magistrates were examined, and they all bore out the fact of the great pressure of shipping and the want cf accommodation. He considered that even the proposed docks at Stob-cross would not give all the accommodation required. It was most important that the general traffic and the minerals should be separated as far as possible. The point selected by the General Ter minus Company was decidedly objectionable, as it was opposite to the steam-boat quay, and if eight or nine tiers of colliers lay there, as he expected should that scheme be carried out, the large Liver pool steamers would not be able to turn in the river. Looking at the map, and calculating the almost certain increase of trade down the river, and the extension of the quays, he considered the Harbour Mineral scheme better than the other two. He took no exception to the tidal basin except that it was too small. Still it would do something towards relieving the pres sure el the shipping in the river. Independent of the idea of a rail wee this place had been pointed out some time ago as a good place for a dock or tidal basin. It would also have another advantage ; the vessels would not be liable to suffer from floods and high tides as they were in the river. Others had confirmed the evidence he gave in a similar question last year before a Select Committee, that it was highly objectionable to lay down rails along such crowded quays as those of Glasgow. In the cross-examination to which the witneie was subjected, the witness reiterated substantially all the points he maintained in his examination in chief. He most emphatically dissented from any plait to bring theraineral traffic up the quays to interfere with the general trete. Mr. Andrew Gray, comptroller of customs, Glasgow, gave evi lerice as to the crowded state of the harbour. Me had been in the silica since 1842. To show the increase of the trade in the harbour, he might state that the customs, in 1512, were 3,1201. ; in 1545, 369,0001. He objected to the rails running along the quays, and was If opinion that the laying of these down would so increase the mi neral traffic as to block up the harbour. He considered the Harbour H neral much better for the purposes of the mineral traffic than the ether two lines. In cross examination the witness admitted he had been a director of the Grand Junction scheme, and attended some meetings, but that, he intimated, was before the Harbour Mineral came on, and ere be knew the merits of the two schemes. Mr. M'Leod, ehipbroker, generally corroborated the evidence of the previous witnesses as to the superiority of the Harbour Mineral scheme over the other two , in se p aratin g the mineral from the general traffic. Mr. Williamson, mining engineer, examined—Said he knew the coal fields of the w est of Scotland well—Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and Renfrewshire. On the cast side of Glasgow there were eighty-three iron furnaces. seventy-six of them in blast—fourteen new ones were proposed. A great number of new coal works were also opening up. West of Glasgow there were fifteen furnace', ten of them in blast— twenty-nine new ones were proposed. He estimated the traffic in minerals, on the Mineral Harhimr line, to be 400,000 tons yearly. which would yield 5,0061. He calculated that 7501. would be realised from coal and lime. He preferred the Harbour Mineral to the other two. Cross-examined by Mr. Hon, oa behalf of the General TerMilltid— The new iron works in Ayrshire were opening up in districts, whielt to some extent would be accommodated by the Ayrshire ports ; !till, a considerable portion would come to Glasgow. 31r. Bald, civil engineer, was called and examined by Mr. MON TEITII—We had had extensive engineering practice in mines and harbours, as well as in the making of railways; *He had been employed in several mines in Ireland, and recently by the French Government on the river Seine, at Havre. He had also beer engineer for the River Trust from 1839 to 1843, six years in all. His estimate of the present scheme was 101,2681., of which the basin would cost 42,9851. The land in this estimate wee set down at 55,0001., but it had since been contracted for at 19,5421. ; so that this would make a considerable deduction. There were no engineering difficulties. The severest gradient was 1 in 64, a descend ing one; and the other lin 312. There were but two. The curve. were but slight, the heaviest was one of a radius of 1 furlong 2 chains. He generally agreed with Cantata Washington as to the objection to laying down rails along the quays. The tidal harbour he pro • posed would accommodate, well packed together, about from 8,000 to 10,008 tons of shipping. The area is three and a third acres, with ' a ttontage of 16 000 feet. The basin will be quite sufficient for all the mineral traffic at present in the harbour, and it could easily be enlarged if required. The cross-examination of the witnesses was then talen up, and had not Bpi - shed when the Committee rose. The only point elicited was, that at high water large shies could not ship coals in the basip, but ships of from 150 to 200 tons could. Mr. Sergeant BeLnasts suggested to the Chairman that he should give notice to-night to move on Monday next, for leave to the Grand Junction Harbour Bill to proceed in Committee. This arose from a standing order of the House, which required that seven days' notice shouid•be given before proceeding in Committee. The notice had Lien given, but it was before tile second reading, and held to be in valid. A second notice, to make sure, bad been given since the fm. , :vlid reading, but the seven days' notice would not terminate till next Thursday, whereas, by obtaining leave to proceed, they could eater en that Bill on Tuesday morning. objection was offered to this course, and the Chairman said La would give the required notice of motion. The Committee then adjourned till Monday, at Twelve o'clock. In thu coarse of the d.O , at the request of Mr. Talbot, the Chair man tad lie would apply to the Admiralty for the report of 31r. 'Walker ropecting the Harbour Mineral scheme, In order to place the Committee in possession of the information it contained. GROUP XIV. The Committee appointed to ascertain the merits of the lines corn- Twirled in Liris group reassembled at the u•ual hlur this morning, l'Anherve Li the chair, when the case for the NORTH KENT LAME was resumed. Mr. Vignoles was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Calvert, en behalf of a number of landholders residing between Gravesend and Rochester, who were averse to the railway intersecting their property. They alleged that the South• Eastern line was the best of the too, which would t!o the least injury to their property. ,NeArly the whole of the day was occupied with similar cross-exa ruln.itions. Mr. Ser;eant Mrupirr said the next step was V+ proceed with the South-Eastern cross-examination on the detailed estimates, but he regre:Aed to slv, that although it had been arranged some ten days ago between Mr, Vigholes and Mr. Stephenson what items should he given, Mr. Vigil()les had not yet had time to prepare his document. Mr. MEREWEATHER replied that the South-Eastern estimates we-e ready. The CHAIRMAN suggested that under the circumstances the Com mittee had better adjourn. Ultimately this suggestion was adopted, and the Committee jourued till twelve o'clock ou Monday. Sob-Committoe No. 1 'lbe Committee met at twelve o'clock in Room No. 7 ...... _ _ Mtnit.,:rs present—Mr. Strutt (Chairman), Mr. Clive, Mr.Beekett, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Forbes. .Mr. Itictiaansow appeared to promote the first Bill, whtelt was o!.e for impr9ving the QUEE SPERRY PASSAGE. The projectors took powers to compel the Edinburgh and Perth Railway company to purchave or lease their undertaking. Cnopposed. standing orders complied with. SURREY GRAND JUNCTION. The object of this Bill is to effect a junction between the Lond , n and Birmingham and Great Western, by an extension of the West London Line, also with the South-Western Railway at Batterse,i.- Length, three and a half miles ; estimated cost, 170,0001. Agents, Messrs. Dyson, Hull, Parkes, and Coates ; enineer, Mr. Laxton. Unopposed. Standing orders not complied with, inasmuch as no fixed point had been taken for the datum line near either of the pn.posed termini, it having been drawn from the surface of the London and Brighton rails at a distance of six miles. The projectors stated that it had been originally intended to effect a junction with the Litter Company, but this portion of their Bill had been &fit:- wards abandored. IiArIAVAY GUARANTEE CORPORATION. Tile promoters of this Bill sought to establish a Corporation fl,r the purpose of guaranteeing the capital of proprietors invested in railways, and also to enter into arrangement/ with Companies in their collective capacities. The Corporation proposed that tke capital should be half a IMM10:1, in shares of 2/. 10s. each. The Committee decided upon the following clause ♦id be it eructed, that it be lawfai for all railway companies to enter into ar rangements with the said Corporation, and to accept the guarante► of the Corporation for a stipulated yearly dividend, to be mutually agreed on, and in consideration thereof to transfer to and entitle the said Corporation to all the profits derivable from the railways of the companies so agreeing to accept such guarantee, beyond the amount of such dividend," that the standing orders had not been eed to, inasmuch as they had not published their notice's in all the murales in which the works of all the railways in the empire were slanted! Duresnz.a.Nx, DOUNZ, AND CALLANDNR. nis Bill sought powers to construct a railway from the City of Dun:bine, by Doune, to the town of Callender, in the county of Perth. Length of line 10 miles ; estimated cost 80,000!. Agents, Messri. Graham and Weems, London ; )!r. Archd. Reid, Perth. tlnki‘i,ir, Mr. Mitchell, Perth. lie Bill took powers to lease or sell the line to the Scottish Cen trAl Company. Unopposed. Standing orders not complied with, as no notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for powers " to sell " to the Central Company had been published in the Ziimb4ergh Gars*, or tie c unty newspapers. The Committee then adjourned, (Sub-Committee, No. 2.) min Committee met to-day at one o'clock ; present, Mr J. T.Bullor Gliairman), Mr. Bell, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Kemble. CHEILIITSPORD AND BURY. The consideration of the remaining petitions against this Bill was rest uied. Garena appeared in support of the petition of lifesBrl. Sted man and Jones, owners of property it'ong the line, complaining of rion-complissiee with me standing orders. Mr. WEBirlnt supported the Bill. The petition alle6ed that in No. I, in the parish of GermithOrps, within the limits u: deviation, was not marked on the plans deposited with the clerks of the peace for the counties of Eitlffolk and Essex, which was sustained. Some similar Allegations were abandoned. The next allegation was, that a brook in the parish of Barneham, b-tween the heath and field marked 76 and 78, was omitted on the said plans. Evidence having been heard pro and on., the Committee considered that the point was so trifling that it was not pressed. It was next alleged that a wood, marked 41, in Little Benny, was not shown in the plan, which was sustained. It was then alleged that the Duane of a lateral deviation at 7 fur longs chains, and l furlong 3 chains,'on the 50th . mile on the main line was not shown. Evidence was adduced In support of this allegation, which the Cord ndttea found was not sustained. The next allegation was that a field in the parish of Halstead, between 'sections 117 and Ili, was not inarkfid on the plans, which was but sustained. •. • The next allegation was, that the boundary line of the parish of Mary St. Cuthbert, Thetford, was omitted on the same plans, which was sustained. It was alleged that there was a similar omission with respect to the boundary between the parishes of St. Peter, Thetford, and St. Nary, Which was not sustained. . - - The next class of allegations was, that there were Inaccuracies In describing the owners, lessees, kc., of divers properties along the in the following instance this allegation was sustained, viz., the prnpe;ty marked a, 10, 13, 14, in the parish of Ackton. The nett class of allegations stated that there were TllllOllB inac• euracics in the plans and sections, with respect to vertical height, ant oth:r engineering points. 'Uhe first ant." adduced was at the third mile first furlong of the Stowmetrket Branch, In which it was stated that there was an error of three feet. Two witnesses were examined in support of this particular allitga- Con, hut the Committee decided that it was not sustained. There was a similar allegation with respect to the 3th mile, 4th furlong, and sth chain, op the same branch. A great deal of evidence was adduced to show that the mode ".j o pted by the surveyors employ e d b y th e petitioners of checkin g th e .;evels, namely, the two parties checking going together twice, would ti eeyndwenthet likely to arrive at more correct results than when they ec-rately. i,•4e-veral witnesses were examined t w o a n s e n .g o a t ti s v i s ist t c h t e ted sante '• )1,1 that the allegation . jf,' !la 1 I: Tr( *o::.loittee then adjourned till Monday. tinh-Committee No 4. "-it at twelve o'clock. Preient, Slr W. Reath :, • •` 31'• dope JObratono, Mr. Acland, and Mr. C'. Leh. 137nxzrainaz, ANCASNIZI, AND CIIZEIIaar. Thon o this Bil was resume,-1. Th, e Chairman ierai i,al6l f that the Committee had deckled against the objection r.tlp !,v Mr. Ellscombe, at the last:,,ittina of the Commitole te-- --that the el' vice of notice upon two par ties at Warrington, wh bonies wet,- within the limits of deviation, had been imperfect, if:- aeintich as the paperswere only shown to them, And were at 0111'5 taken away. The Committee were at first of opinion that this was a very irregular proceeding, and that if it were passed over in 1 7 4 - 4se instances, the door would be open ed to an exeeedingly clan ` 't,ktons practice. However, upon considering the evidence of thl patties themselves, it appeared that, in effect, they had sufficient kr, PIITT, on the part of the Company, said that he was now better lable than be had been when the objection was first alleged to - -explihow it happened that the notices were taken awa y from the Cemsd Ring persons. The Company had nothing whatever to do withatiat proceeding. The fact was. that much of the property In Tratrtngton, through which the projected line was to pass, belonged to Mt. Standish, M.P., who had directed his agents to collect fir him ell the notices that might be left with his tenants, and the personi • lit who served the notices were in some instances employed to get them back again. He thought it but justice to the Company to offer this • explanation, which he was prepared to prove If the Committee re• quired it. The enAIIiMAX was glad to hear the explanation, as it removed a somewhat unfavourable impression from his mind. The Committee then shortly deliberated, and agreed to report that the standing orders were not complied with. !' r TN LONDON AND WINDSOR. The object of this Bill is to form a direct railway commtiniCa• tion between London and Windsor. The length of the line is 21% miles, the estimated cost is 600,0001. The engineer is Sir J. ; the agent, Mr. Dornford; and the solicitor, Mr. G. Smith. The formal evidence having been gone through. Mr. Wmrr appeared in support of ,e. petition against the Bill, the chief allegation of which was, that the datum line was not cor rectly marked in the plans and sections deposited. Engineering evidence was given in support of the allegation. Mr. Dosalvia called Mr. Thompson, one of the engineers of the line, to prove the correctness of the plans and sections impugned. The evidence of Mr. Thompson was confirmed by two other engineers from the ottices of that gentleman and Sir John The allegations were not sustained, and the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. NULL AND Lnycoximr. The ob;ect of this Bill is to construct a railroad from Humber to Lincoln. The length of the line is 36 miles ; the esti mated cost, 3.50,0001. The engineer is Mr. S. Birtensharr • agents Messrs. Balmer and Durnford ; the solic itor, Mr. Ayre,of 11:d1. Mr. Pallas appeared In support of a petition frem Mr. Cialasford, a proprietor, within the limits of deviation. The first allegation, that the plans and sections deposited at the various offices required were not copies of each other, was sustained. Other allegations of the same nature were also sustained. Mr. Menem:), on the part of the promoters, applied to the Com• mittee to adjourn the case, in order that he might be able to produce Mr. Birkenshaw, the engineer, who could explain the discrepancies. The CIIAIBMAN said that there was no question raised by those alle gations which an engineer could explain. The Committee could judge by their own eyes of the discrepancy between the plans and sections deposited with the Board of Trade and those deposited with the Clerks of the Peace of the City of Lincoln and of Lincolnshire. Other similar allegations were then gone into and sustained. Standing orders not complied with. The Committee then adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock. Sub-Committee No. I. This Committee met at twelve precisely, In room No. 19 ; present. Mr. Home Drummond (chairman), Mr. recite, and Mr. Walker. nizMINGICAM AND OXFORD (BIRMING HAM EXTENSION), AND BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION. In respect of the several points reserved as to these lines, the Cerxi roittee gave their decision that the allegations were not proved, and the standing orders were complied with. BIRMINGHAM AND OXYORD JUNCTION. The point which was under consideration when the Committee rose yesterday, which was a question as to whether a certain road, described as a private read, was or was not a public carriage-way, was discussed at some length. A witness was called to prove that it was a public way, and that he himself had used it as such, by going over it in a gig ; and Mr. Carter, for the petitioner (Lord Warwick), said that be had several other witnesses to call it was thought necessary. Mr. BTJELI said he would not sell any witnesses. It mieitt be that there was a mistake, but the promoters considered this private road ; and he thought there was ,not sufficient evidence show that it was a public carriage way. The Comitirrnx decided that the allegation was preyed. The next allegation was that the height and span of an arch eve a canal were not marked. ♦ witness was •aced to point out the arch in question. Mr. Busse admitted that the height and span were not marked and the Committee deelared the allegation proved. There was an allegation that the height and span of the arch over a turnpike-road, No. 11, leading to Birmingham, were not marked ; but as it was found that they were marked, the allegation was with drawn. Several allecatiOsis, reitu'ring to the pants arrutd yesterday, and decided on the meeting of the Committee, were withdrawn. It was alleged that " the sections and noes-seetions deposited whit the Clerks of the Peace, and numbered respectively, were not in attordance with the standing orders, inasmuch as they did not state the Inclination of the existing roads, and of the proposed roads, and did not describe the alterations proposed to be made." Mr. Brain objected to this allegation, as it did not state what sections were meant; instead of saying that the sections were " numbered respectively," they ought to have stated 'Mat they were numbered respectively, Mr. Caterii said, that the allegation did not refer to any particular sections, but to all the sections ; and that it he could show that none contained the necessary description of the alteration, the allegation would be proved. Mr. Erma—Then, if you fail in one, your allegation falls to the ground ; and we ought to point out one for you to begin upon. Mr. Burke then called Mr. Brunel, the engineer to the line, to point out ens of the sections, but a witness called by Mr. Carter was before hand with him, and proceeded to point out one of the sections, in which, he said, there was no description of the proposed alteration. It was found that the level of the present road and that of the in tended road were both marked on the section in question, and the allegation fell to the ground. Mr. CARTES wished to call a clerk of the peace, and have his sealed plans opened, but Mr Brain objected. He referred to the plans which were opt, ____ by the clerk of the peace for Worcester yesterday, in which no dig crepancy was found, and said that his friend was Ashing for !Snits. Mr. CASTES thought he could show that the inclines were no marked on the sections. Mr. It VALE said he thought the Committee had already decided the point, and The CHAIRMAN said that the allegation had been disproved, and could not be further entertained. The Committee would not sanction the opening of the plans. Two or throe minute discrepancies in the plans were explained by Mr. Brunel as being occasioned by shrinking of the paper. An allegation as to an inaccuracy in the mileage—a distance de scribed as cue mile being, according to the scale, much more than a declared. to be proved. It was next alleged that a field belonging to a Mr. Wyse, and ad ioining one marked No. I, also his property, was not numbered in the plan. It was represented by the promoters of the Bill that this field and that marked No. 1 were in fact the same, and that a brook, said by the petitioner to he the boundary, was in fact no boundary at alt. The figure " 1" was intended to appiy to the whole '. A witness was called to prove that the brook served as a boundary, and prevented the cattle from passing into one field from the other. He knew the owner to be the same, but had " alt impression" that there were two occupiers. Mr. BUREN said it was clear that the field in question was num bered, but might be numbered improperly, being numbered as one. The Committee, however, confirmed the allegation, and declared the standing orders not complied with. The next point raised was one as to the omission of a certain house ri n the book of reference. A. witness was called to prove the exist ence of a house which he saw In January last, but it was then un finished, ant he admitted on cr,ss•examination that it might have been begun after the 30th of November. The allegation fell to the ground. Several ether allegations were then read and disposed of, the standing orders being declared not complied with in more than one instance. At four o'clock the Speaker being announced at prayers, the Com mittee adjourned to Tueeday next. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee met this day at 12 o'clock. Present, the Earl of Shaftesbury (in the chair), Lords Redesdale and Hawarden. WISBECH, ST. IVES, RAILWAY. WAY. BRIDGE JUNCTION The Committee, after hearing the usual formal evidence, decided that the objections urged against the Bill had not been sustained, aria that the promoters had complied with the 'tending orders. SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION RAILWAY. This line, which was unopposed, occupied but a short time. Their Lordships decided that the Company had fulfilled the stand ing orders. The line is about fifteen miles long, and its estlmatel cost is 259,000/. Parliamentary agents, Burke and Company. AXIIOLME, GAINE33OROUGH, GOOLE, AND YORE, AXI) NORTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The length of the main line is thirty-two miles, with a branch frcto Gainsborough to the Sheffield and Lincolnshire of one tulle and a quarter, and another branch to the river Treat, at the Trent-port-is, of three-quarters of a mile. There was an error confessed in the levels, but the landowners and occupiers having, without a shagle exception, given their accent to the line, the Committee derided that they would report favourably of it. The estimated cod is 310,0001. MIDLAND (SWINSTON AND LINCOLN). The Committee decided that the Company had complied with the standing orders as soon as they had inserted a clause fixing the datum line. SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. Their Lordsaips then formed themselves into a committee on merits, and after hearing evidence setting forth their advantages, declare the two following Bills to have passed on the merits—via.. The Sligo and Shannon Railway, and the Galway, and Kilkenny Railway. The Bills will, therefore, be reported to the House and set don n fer third reading. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Boom No. E. The Committee met at half-put twelve o'clock ; prceent. Mr. Aldan and Mr.Thornely. Mr. Aglionby entered abort half•put one o'clock. EXETER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The projected line is proposed to proceed front the Bristol and Exeter Railway near Exeter, to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Yeovil and at Bridport, branching to Char. and Sid mouth. Extent of the line 69 miles ; estimated cost, 1,300,0001. ; de posit, 82,0001. Parliamentary agents, Burke and Co. Kngineer, I. K. Brunel, Esq. Seven petitions were presented against the line from proprietors is the district, exclusive of those on which so appearances were made. No. 9, Room. This Committee met, as usual, this morning, at one o'clock. The Members present were :—J. B. Eatcourt, Chairman ; Messrs. Pen darvee, Aglionby, Miles, C. Bruce, and Strutt. The Committee decided in the cases of the Chester and Manches ter, Direct Baton, Newark, and Sheffield Railway, and the Welsh Midland Railway, that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. That the parties should not be allowed to proceed with their The formal proofs were given. In the case of one notice, it was tbund that it had not been served till one hour and a half after the time ; the circumstances appeared to justify the non-compliance, but the Committee felt themselves bound to notify it to the Standing Orders' Committee. Petitions in opposition were put in by Mr. Thomas, Parliamentary agent ; the first from owners of houses In the parish of lioniton, who c omplained that no application in writing had been made to them. This objection was not sustained; but on reference to the sections and plans the numbers of the houses were not found, although they appeared in the bcok of reference, and the Committee 3 i i it o t n e d e a d y e , ci a d t e t d w t e h l e v r e e . Thad berm a non-compliancenon-compliance with the standing orders. The Committee adjourned, n at four o o;c . lock, till (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) LONDON AND WARWICK RAILWAY. Not allowed to be proceeded with. EAST AND WEST IDI DOCKS AND LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Allowed to be proceeded with. The Committee rose at four o'clock and adjourned till Tuesday neat PRIVATE COMMITTEES.-(YESTERDAT - - HOLME RESERVOIRS. This was a Bill to provide water for certain parishes in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Unopposed. Standing orders not complied with, inasmuch as the flied point for the datum line was declared insufncient, being only a stake driven Into a field, and quite unprotected. METROPOLITAN SEWAGE BILL. The consideration of this 1111 was taken this day, by the Sub- Committee of Standing Orders, No. 4. Mr. MIT, the agent for the Bill, stated the object to be to provide manure for agricultural purposes, by draining off the sewage of London, and carrying it by pipes into the agri cultural districts. He did not think that the 13111 earns properly within the standing orders requiring the deposit of plans and sections with the Board of Trade, or of money with the Receiver-General ; but for the sake of security, on th on orders had been complied with, as If they applied to the Bill. He submitted, however, that lie need not go into the proofs, and that the orders did not extend to the ease. Be submitted this point merely to avoid the setting up of a precedent against parties who might be in the same position as the promoters of the present measure. The CRAIRMAN said that he thought the Bill came ander the stand ing orders referred to, as It proposed to give power to lay down pipes and to construct a water-way across the country. The depo sits and the services of notices to proprietors must be proved. Mr. Pritt put in accordingly the usual formal evidence. The aensideration of the Bill was then adjourned to a future day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lorsposc, ILsoci 'O.—Wind N.W., light alrs and hazy. There has been a heavy fall of Now during the night. DILL, Mazes 19.—Irrd. James Holmes, Head, Demerara ; Spite, rold, Bane, St. Vincent ; Maned°, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; De Geed. Vervraktlng, Batavia, for Amstt rdara ; Tell, Diereks, La Guayra, for Bremen. Arrived from the 'Liver and sailed. 18th, Isle of Whitbread, Alattritius ; ZoalOtri; Douglas, Montreal; Pearl, Chalmers, Montreal ; Caton, Havannah. Warrestavert, Mason 18.—Sid. Thomas, Hargrave, St. John's, New Brunswick, b44 W n s : r r ys tislot. Mallen 10. —Part of the cargo of the Richard ham bury, picked up on the . - ' aid lauded here Liam, Mau l' , lc . _,.... rb 'ma,. Lundt, arrived here from Trans ,. suetooo of 4 t h Whitby, instant in the Steins, a fishing caMle, named the MAuTrosT, :StAxen 17. 1 7 1 * 110. 4, John Barrett, master." on the Scetch Bank, near this po a i rr vessel is repored to be capsized FALMOUTH, MAacu 1 8.--Wi nd ICE Mitchel', id . i.o . hwi, chiva ; ERs,x, ., l fr o esh breezes.-5.11d. William or port, 18th, Derothes. and Wilheiniinc. outward bound, rarey, Antigua ; Leander, Phillip" Zurtl'il4 sutras ; Emerald, er ; Marten, Bell, Strain' ; wej. (';Mon. with damage, bore up for Plymouth. H E. , / ,L, Ma.acit 18.—S1d. Abram Couldrey, Davis' Woodhouse, Tate, do. ; Tremont, . Venerable, Martin, St. John's, New Taylor, Charlsten . St. John's; Brunswick. —..—...............................5t Corn' Home, Deck, REPRESENTATION OF EAST LOTHIAN.—There h been rumours of a va cancy likely to occur in the repreeentaticre Haddingtonshlre, by the retirement of the present Member. In o f event, the lion. Francis Charter's, who is intimately connected with the agricultural interests of the county, has announced his intention of becoming a candidate.—Edinburgh dvertiser. Mr. HUDSON.—We regret to hear rumours of the existence of such disagreenients between Mr. Hudson an lr. d the Hudson direc tors of the Eastern Counties , as may possibly lead to I's retirement. We trust, for the interests of the shareholders, that events may not confirm this report. Looking to past mismanagement, we can hardly believe that any board which had so signally mani fested its incapacity, would venture on a WOO, of Oppiltlell to Mr. lialdloll.—Railway Chrooicle, 817 N LO LAW IffTELLIGENCE. ROUSE OF LORDS, March 19. The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were—Lord Cottenham, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. THE FEOFFEEII OF TRIST AND GOVERNORS OF HERIOT'S HOSPITAL V. ROSS. Ths arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed and concluded to-day. The question in this case was as to the right of the appellants to reject the respondent's applica tion to be admitted into Heriot's Hospital. The Court of Session decided in favour of the respondent, and from that judgment the governors of the howital appealed. Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the arg uments, g ave Judgment, reversing the decision of the Court below. March 20. The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. IeLEAN V. THE OFFICERS OF STATE OF SCOTLAND. The arguments on this appeal were concluded to-day, and Their Lordships gave judgment reversing the decision of the Court below. THE EARL OF HOPETOUN V. RAMSAT. This case was postponed to Thursday neat, on the applica tion of the counsel for the appellant, who consented to pay the costs of the day. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 19. ARCHER. V. HUDSON. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls were resumed and concluded to day. The bill was filed by Thomas Archer and Frances, his wife, formerly Miss Ksndrsw, against G. Hudson and Wm. Scawin, the registered officers of the York Union Bank, and Christopher Daniel, the uncle of the plaintiff, Mrs. Archer, to restrain proceedings at law on the part of the bank, on a pro raissory note for 5001. in which Mrs. Archer before her mar riage had joined as surety with her uncle,Christopher Daniel, in giving to the bank as a security for his balance with the bank. Miss Kendrew had lost her father at three years of age, and her mother at nine, and being entitled to certain real and personal estate, which was in the hands of trustee , she was put to school, and there continued until the age o f 17 years, passing her holidays with her uncle and aunt Daniel. After that period she altogether resided with her uncle until her marriage in 1841, having attained the age of 21 ye era November, 1837, and her uncle was paid for her maintenance out of the income of her property. Mr. Daniel, some time in December, 1837, bad overdrawn his account with the bank, of which one Mr. Hauxwell was the manager, to the amount of 701. Daniel and Hauxwell and their families ware en intimate terms, and Daniel applied to Hauxwell to allow him to overdraw his account to the extent of 5001. Haux well required security, and Daniel proposed that his niece, Miss Kendrew, should join with him in giving a promiseery note to that amount. Daniel afterwards told Hauxwell that his niece was willing to join in the note, which was drawn up by Hauxwell, and in the first week of January, 1838, taken by him to the house of Daniel, where he and his niece gamed it. The bank, some time in the month of December, 1841, shortly after the marriage of Mrs. Archer, without any communication with her, placed the amount of the note to the credit of Daniel, who in 1843 took the benefit of the Insolvent Act. Upon the evidence which was given in support of these circumstances, the Master of the Rolls, who heard the eause, decided, that as against the plaintiff, Mils. Archer, the note of 5001. was void, ab initio, harilig been obtained by the undue influence of a party standing in loco wends towards her ; and that on another ground the transaction could net be supported as sought by the bank. The note had been given by Daniel and his niece as his surety, by way of a guarantee for any floating balance to be due from time to time by Daniel ; the bank was not justified, without his niece's consent, in placing the amount of the note to the credit of Daniel, and that such an act was a violation of the original contract; and the Master of the Rolls restrained the bank by perpetual injunction, from ailing the plaintiffs on the uste. It was from the whole of this decree that the de fendants, who represented the bank, appealed. The Loan CHAXCIALLOR postponed his judgment. DAGGETT V. MEUX. The arguments in this part-heard case, also an appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls, were concluded to-day, and The LORD CHANCILLOR gave judgment, dismissing the appeal with costs. SECONDARIES COURT, March 20. There was only one case in the list, which was for work done, it was undefended, but the witnesses not being in at tendance the case stood over till one o'clock. It was not of the slighest interest. THE QUEEN V. THE ESTATE OF JOKES. This was an inquiry on a writ diem clauset extremen, directed to the Sheriffs of London, to ascertain whether the said Henry Thomas Jones, of Sudbury, Suffolk, was alive or dead, and if deal, when and where he died, and of what property he was possessed at the time of his death, within the Bail , ,vick of the Sheriffs of London. The Solicitor to the Excise said that this proceeding w,:s similar to a writ of extant, at the suit of the Crown ; but Jones, the debtor, who was dead., being in arrsar for malt duties to the a nount of 1,0331. 10s. 11d. A witness was called, who proved that the deceased, H. T. Jones, committed suicide in one of his own malthouses, at Sudbury, on the 4th inst. Mr. J. E. Whittle, one of the officers of the Sheriffs of London, proved the seizure of 125 quarters of malt, at the premises of Messrs. Randall and Co., corn-factors at Queen hithe, on the 7th inst. Mr. Charles Randall, on being desired to value the malt at a low price, valued it at 48s. per qr. for 121 qrs. of good ; and 455. for 4 qrs. damages; he had a claim ot 141.115. Bd. for freight and warehouse-room. The jury gave a verdict for 300/. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Lewes, Marsh 17. CROWN COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice DitiquAN.) Thomas Denyer, gamekeeper, who had been admitted to bail, surrendered to answer an indictment, charging him with the manslaughter of Benjamin Remnant. After hearing the evidence for the prosecution, Mr. CLA.RIESON submitted that there was no evidence to go to the jury in support of the charge of man slaughter. The evidence appeared to him to make out a case of excusable homicide. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE expressed an opinion that the case ought to go to a jury. The Learned Counsel having, accordingly, addressed them, and the Lord Chief Justice having briefly summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Sarah Watlien, 28, single woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her female illegitimate child, by cutting its throat, on the 16th of August last, at the parish of Brighton. It appeared that the prisoner, who is a very good looking young woman, entered the service of a gentle man named Hammond, who resides in Brunswick square, Brighton, in April, 1843, as lady's maid, and resided with the family in that capacity until the 10th of August. For some time previous the prisoner had complained of tooth-ache and other illness, but not the slightest suspicion was entertained of her being in the family way. On that day, however, she complained to a fellow -servant, named Boreham, that she was too ill to wait upon her mis tress at her toilet, and requested her to do so for her, and she then returned to her own room, where she was shortly afterwards heard to groan most pite• ously, and this fact caused a suspicion of her condition. The prisoner soon afterwards came down into the kit chen, and in consequence of what had transpired, a search was made in her bed-room, where such appear ances presented themselves as left no doubt that she bad recently been delivered of a child ; and, on the bed being examined, the dead body of an infant was found between the mattress and the sacking of the bed. There were several alight cuts upon the body and arms of the infant, but the mortal injury had been in flicted upon the neck of the child, which was nearly severed from the body, and merely hung to the trunk by a few of the integuments, and the injury ap peered to have been inflicted by a pen-knife which wes found in the room, and the blade of which was covered with blood. There was no distinct proof of the unhappy infant being born alive, the testimony of the medical gentlemen who were examined merely going to the ex tent of expressing an opinion, from tests which they ap plied to the lungs of the deceased child, that it had breathed, but they could not take upon themselves to state the necessary facts to show that in law the infant was born alive. The LORD Cm? JUSTICE, when the evidence had been gone through, expiessed an opinion — that the ca pital charge could not be sustained, and the only pies. tion that remained for the jury would be whether there WAS a concealment of the birth. Mr. CLARKSON said that upon this part of the case he felt he could not expect to obtain a favourable verdict, and he si ould therefore decline to occupy the time of the Court by addressing the jury. The prisoner was then found ; s ulky of misdemeanour, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDIROON.) RONINGTON V. WOOD. This was an action of trespass of no interest but to the parties, but the following incident deserves to be re corded : _ _ _ The first "witness who was called, a female named Abden, refused to be sworn. Baron Am:limos asked the witness on what grounds she refused to take the oath P—She replied that she had a conscientious scruple to take an oath under any cir cumstances. Baron ALDERSON inquired whether she belonged to the sect of Quakers, Moravians, &c., who are specially exempted by Act of Parliament from taking oaths ? The witness replied that she did not belong to either of the sects specified, but she objected to taking an oath because our Saviour had forbidden it. Baron ALnaissox said she had offered no valid objec tions in law to her being sworn, and she was bound to take the oath. She still refused to do so. Baron ALDERSON told her that by her refusal she not only subjected herself to be committed for contempt of Court, but also rendered herself liable for all damage and loss that the plaintiff might sustain through the loss of her testimony. The witness said she was perfectly well aware of the consequences of her refusal ; but she felt compelled to persist in it. The Learned Juncis then left the Court for the pur pose, as it was understood, of conferring with the Lord Chief Justice upon the subject, and on his return, he said that Lord Denman agreed with him, that only one course remained open for the Court, which was to commit the witness, upon the application of the counsel, if she refused to be sworn and give her evidence. The counsel engaged in the cause, however, having consulted together, consented, in order to avoid such an unpleasant proceedirg as the one alluded to, that the matter in dispute should be referred to arbitration. Mr. Baron ALDERSON remarked that as the legisla ture had released persons of particular religious pursua sions from 'eking an oath, where they objected to do so conscientiously, he thought it would be a great adven tege if the privilege were extended to all persons who conscientiourly objected to take an oath, without any reference to their religious belief. Lewes, March 19. Will am Freelove, 29, and John Purfitt, alias Perfect, 26, were indicted for feloniously removing 801bs. of indigo, value 201., the property of Vander Vandermulen. In other counts of the indictment it was stated that the property in question had been cast ashore from a wreck« d vessel, and that the prisoners unlawfully kept possession of it, and neglected to deliver it up to the ser- geant of the Admiralty, who was duly empowered to take it on behalf of the owners of the vessel, and which neglect is make felony by special statute. In some other counts, the property was said to belong to her M,,jesty and to the Duke of Wellin4ton, tea Warden of the Cinque Ports. Mr. Horne condacted the prosecution, and Mr. Cob bett appeared for the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence that on the 280. of December last, a Dutch ludiaman, cal:ed the Twee c o re i dlissen, was. wrecked on the Sussex coast, ❑ear Hastings, and the vessel, which was laden with 550 chests of indigo, and other valuable articles, eventually went to pieces, and the cargo was washed ashore tor several days a'terwarda, and considerable portions of it strewed the beach. Nearly four hundred of the boxes of indigo thus came ashore, and it would app, ar that the prisoner Freelove had engaged a fly, and that he and Purfitt plac..d one of the boxes of indigo in it, and conveyed it to Hastings, at which place one of the men belonging to the preventive service interfered, and, sus pecting something was wrong, he took possession of the property, which turned out to have formed part of the cargo of the wrecked vessel. Mr COBBETT took some technical objections to the indictment, but they were overruled, and the jury found Freelove guilty, and acquitted the other pri,oner. Lord DENMAN sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for ft air months. William Binstead, the Post•oflice clerk, who was con victed on Tuesday of stealing a gold watch fo om a letter, was brought up for judgment, and sentenced to b. transported for seven years. NORTHERN CI C Ulr, Marsh Is. CIVIL SIDE —(Before Mr. Justice ParrusoN.) The causes at Nisi Prins are still very much in arrear. "Dawson v Paver and another" occupied the Court the whole of the day. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr Justice COLERIDGE.) ROES OF FORGERY. RAILWAY SPECULATIoNS. Four young men, clerks to Messrs. Brownlow, Pearson, and Co., of Hull, were indicted at these assizes upon several charges of forging and uttering cheques, with intent to de fraud Messrs. Pease and Liddell, bankers, of the same place. The four prisoners are Edwin Adamson, Thomas Adamson, Bvyamin Adamson, and [(ugh Doran. Messrs. Brownlow and Co. are merchants, in a large way of business, in Hull, wharfingers, and proprietors of steam packets, running from that place to London, Antwerp, Ise. It appears that for some time past a serious amount of fraud has been committed by some of the many clerks in their employ, and from the evidence adduced, it seems that the speculation in railway shares has been a promoting cause of crime. Messrs. Brownlow and Co. have been in the habit of banking with Messrs. Pease and Liddell, to the cashier of which latter firm the forged cheques in question were pre sented, and by him paid. Towards the latter end of last year deficiencies were discovered in the banker.' account. This led to inquiry, when it was found that large sums of money had been obtained from the bankers in the forged name of Messrs. Brownlow and Co. There were nine indict ments against the four prisoners, one against Benjamin Adamson, three against Edwin, and two against Thomas Adamson, and three against Doran. Edwin Adamson, aged 21, was tried upon one of those in dictments for having forged, and for having uttered wiqi guilty knowledge of forgery, a certain cheque for 301., pur porting to be drawn by Messrs. Browulow and Co., upon the bankers above named. The filling up in the body of the cheque (" pay Duty or bearer 301.") was spoken to by several witnesses as in the undisguised handwriting of the prisoner. The signature Purported to be that of the firm, and to have been written by the partner, Mr. William Hunt Pearson. Pains ap peared to have been taken to imitate that gentleman's signature, which is peculiar, he having a lameness in the right hand, from which he is obliged to hold his pen in the lett. The defence submitted was, that although the words in the body of the cheque were of the prisoner's writing, the imitated signature was nut sufficiently proved to have been his. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Sentence deferred. Hugi, Doran. aged 20, was next tried on the charge of ut tering a similar cheque on the 29th of October last. This cheque was for the sum of 731., also purporting to be drawn by the same firm upon the same bankers. It appeared that the prisoner was clerk to Brownlow and Co. from November, 1842, up to the 29th of October last. AT his first coining in he received ss. per week for his service.: , , that was increased the next year to 75., the third year he got 201. a year, and on the 29th of,Oetober he was in the receipt of 12s. a week. The cheque now in question was drawn and signed in a manner similar to the one before mentioned, the body of it being filled up in the writing or Edwin Adatneon, and the signature being a good imitation of Mr. Pearson's partnership signature. Evidence was ad duced to show that the signature had been written by the prisoner. Mr. Charles Wilcockson, sharebroker, of Hull, said that he purchased some shares for the prisoner in Septe nber first on the 22d of September, and then again on the lOch of October. On the latter occasion ho (witness) purchased • thirty shares ter him in the Great North and South Wales Railway. There was now such a railway " before the House." Prisoner paid him for the shares on the 30th of September. and on the 1?;th of November he received 42/. inure from prisoner for shares. There was great speculation at, than period ; merchants' clerks as well as their betters speculated, and many could not pay. The market was rising until the 15th of October, when it began to fall. George Christopherßoberts lodged with prisonir in October lsst. He had sold prisoner ten shares in the Dudley and Madelev Railway. The prisoner was to pay him 365. pre mium for each share, and the whole sum would amount to 431. odd. Prisoner paid him on the 7th of November, by delivering a 50/. Bank of England note. Prisoner showee him some scrip in several lines, and told him that " he and Ned went shares in them." He understood him to mean Edwin Adamson, because they had just been before speaking about that Adamson. The defence offered in this case was similar to that for Adamson. , The jury retired to deliberate, finding the prisoner Guilty, but recommending him to mercy. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Cambridge. March 18. Mr. Baron BARK!: took his seat this morning at 9 o'clock, and having disposed of a few prisoners, proceeded to pas:, sentence on John Freestone, who had been convicted yesterday on a charge of assaulting Mr. Walsh. In so doing his Lord ship commented in suitable terms on the violent conduct of the defendant, and having adverted to the recommendation oTthoprOseCutor himself, sentenced the defendant to One fortnight's imprisonment. Bury St Edmund, The commission for the county of Suffolk was duly opened by Mr. Baron Parke at 6 o'clock. It is said that the cause list will be light, there being only seven venires reported at Cambridge The calendar, however, is heavy, containing upwards of 40 prisoners, the charges against some of whom are very serious indeed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A cab-driver, named John Evans, appeared before Mr. Jardine to answer a summons charging, him with creating an N obstruction in Wellington - street orth, on Saturday night, at half-past eight o'clock. The charge was originally made on M on d ay morn i ng, havingthe T priso c n h e a r e been taken in custody on Saturday when the offence was committed. The prisoner's att o rney then argued that the policeman had no right to take the prisoner in charge, and t h at h e oug h t to have summoned him, but Mr. Jardi ne sa id t h at t h e policeman was perfectly justified in doing so, as the prisoner persisted in his misconduct, and he, the policeman, could not suffer the obstruction to continue. The attorney said that he could bring forward several witnesses if time was given, and he hoped Mr. Jardine would remand the prisoner. Mr. JARDINE said that if he did, the prisoner must remain M custody. The attorney offered bail, but Mr. JARDINE said he would discharge the prisoner for the present, and the policeman could summon the prisoner, by which means time would be given for the latter to produce his witnesses. A summons was therefore taken out for this day, and served on the prisoner, who was then sot at liberty. 'nninign on to-day, the d e f ence was ma de th a t ththe bounds of th e W a t er l oo -b r idge Company'sit(o the'case plac e prri c witliperty, and was therefore out of the jurisdiction of the 11 . 1agistrate, but as it appeared that it was at the crossing above the English Opera house, and adjoining the cab-stand there, Mr. hum:l , : thud the prisoner in the penalty of I 0 . and costs. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY Hum, Weaieresteay.—Since Monday the greatest excite ment has prevailed iu this town, owing to the commiseion of two of the most extensive burglaries, at the premises of the principal jewellers of the town, that have occurred in this di-trict for a number of years. The amount of property plundered, chiefly in jewellery, is several thousaeds, and from the secret and successful manner the burglaries have been committed, they could only be performed by adroit crecksmen, probably some of tke well-known London swell mobsmen that are now folleevirae the judges on the northern and other circuits of assize. The 7 were both accomplished on Sunday, and according to the particular: furnished by the police, it appears that the first was diecovered ar about eleven o'clock at night, at the shop of Mr. Isaac Daniel, jeweller and watch manufacturer, Queen-street. It seems that Mr. Daniel, shortly before the above hour, had occasion to go to the Minerva Hotel, and in the course of a quarter of an hour returned and found the premises apparently in the same secure state as when he left. Oil entering, however. he noticed a large dug, which he kept in the house, lying on the floor dying, and near the poor beast some pieces of liver lay, which had been cut open, had poison deposited in them ,and then sewed together. A large piece of one of these poisoned bits appeared to have been eaten by the dog, which succeeded in quieting the animal and allowed the robbers to pursue their task undisturbed. They must have used the utmost expedition as they could only have been on the premises from five to ten m'nutes. A costly case of gold watches, which Mr. Daniel kept under his bed, was carried away bs the thieves, and the other valuable portion of the stock they selected from the window and the glass-cabs in the shop. They then decamped. absolutely locking the I , eke of the shop. door, by which they entered and left Mr. Deniers loss is said to amount to between 1,5001. and 2,0001. A list of the stolen property has been sent to all the police autho rities in the country. It comprises 70 or 80 g o ld and silver watches, 30 guards and chains, a large number of wedding rings, diamond and other pins, silver spoons and forks, a double-backed gold watch (maker's name. " Lewis Wolf, Liverpool"), 30 gold pencil-casee, a gold enamelled - dial watch (" Rues and Shipham, Hull"), a gold-dial skeleton lever watch ("Thomas Larard, Hull ). pearls, diamonds, and every description of jewellery, not the least trace of which has been discovered. The second took place in the same street on the premises of Mr. Gardener, and there is every likelihood of it having be: n committed by the same parties, and nearly at the same time. The proprietor was in the habit of sleep. ing on the premises, but. u nf o rtunately he did not do so on Sunday night. The door was fastened. with two patent pad locks and a lock in the door. All these the thieves had most cleverly unlocked, and after plundering the interior, relocked them as if nothing had occurred. On Mr. Gar• dener opening his shop on Monday morning, hie suspicions were aroused on finding that the key would not enter the lock of an iron safe, trebly locked, which held the most valuable portion of his stock. A locksmith WIS then s 1 - 1 t for, who picked the locks, and the contents of the safe were discovered to be stolen. The following is a brief list of the property stolen :—Gold watches—No. 7,287, 7,221, 7,573, 7,119, 11,367, 33,773, 4,256, 11,718, 41,545, 2,455, 8,270, 236, 77,221, 16,829, 13,959, 23,312, 4,824 ; silver watches 6,441, 74,962, 2.111. 6,416, 1,118. 400. 6.805, 871, 1,693. 63,3 1,807, 1,739, 16,590, 115, 1,074, 3,461, 246, 8,620, 31,905 8,962, and ten or twelve secoad-hand ones ; other gold and silver watches, numbers not ascertained, gold chains end guards, diamond pins and ringlets, gold bracelets, gold end silver plate of all Irseriptiene, 100 o z. of eid -11 :• go;d arta 'liver curtly a tinl , s, chi •11 'nu Aill ,, 1111!_ ". police authorities have used the utmost activity iu tracing the course of the burglars, but up to the present date nothing has been heard of them or the property. Both tradesmen are much respected in the town, and it has been suggested that a subscription should be opened with a view of miti gating their misfortnnea. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of March 1846, present, the Queen's Most Excellent M a j est y in Council. This day the Right lion. Charles John Viscount Canning was, by her Majesty's command. sworn of her Majesty's moat honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly . WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 20. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. S. F. Jacaon, from 54th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice 0. V. Jackson, who reverts to the half-pay of his former commission as Lieutenant of the 85th Foot, March 20. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain C. Deacon, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Nicholson, who ex changes, March 20. 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet C. H. S. G. Lord Garvagh to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pate, who retiree; .1. W. Clarke, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lord Gervagh ; Surgeon M. J. M. Ross, from 44th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Murray, who exchanges, March 20. 13th Light Dragoon , —Capt. G. C. Nicholson, from 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Deacon, who exchanges, March 20. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Capt. W. Eccle. , , from the 824 Foot, to he Lieutenant ant Captain, vice Ehic. , wbo exchanges, March 20. 7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant W. Monek, to be Ad jutant, vice Diekinsou, retiree upon haf-pay, Meath 20. 39th Foot- J. F. Draper, Gent., to be ensign, without pur chase, vice Hume, appointed to the 624 Foot, March 20. 44th Foot—Surgeon D. Murray, M.D., from the 10th Light Magma's, to be Surgeon, vice Ross, who exchanges, March 20. 62d Fthit-i-Ensign B. J. Hume, from the 39th Foot, t,) be Ensign, vice Cross, deceased, alarek 20. • / 65th Foot—,Y J. Dudgeon, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pemberton, appointed to the 94th Foot, March 20. 82d Foot—Lieutenant and Captain C. H. Ellice, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Eccles, who exchanges, March 20, 94th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Kirby to be Captain, without purchase, vice Magee, deceased, fi,c. 7, 1845; Ensign W. W. Campbell to be Lieutenant, vice Kirby; Ensign G. C. Pemberton, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Camp bell, March 20. 2d West India Regiment—Capt. J. St. Leger, from half pay Portuguese officers, to be Captain, vice E S. N. Campbell, who exchanges; Lieut. C. C. Rotates, to be Captain, by pur. chase, vice St. Leger, who retires ; Ensign J. S. Gerdon, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Roekes ; A. W. Dickson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gordon, March 20. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Peymaster S. Blake, from the 65th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Cameron, deceased. March 20th. Staff—Brevet Lieut.-Col. J.. B. Gough, of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Quartermaster-General to the Queen's Forces in the East Indies, vice Colonel Sir R. H. Sale, G.C.8., killed in action. Bezvele—Capt. J. St. Leger, of the'2d West India Regi ment, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838 ; Capt. T. Hurdle, of the Royal Marines, to be Major in the Army, March 20, 1846. WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoiet the Right Ho nourable Charles John Viscount Canning, an additional Com missioner fur the purpo.e of inquiring whether advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Par liament for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts. Commission by the Queen. Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Capt. T. Rose to be Adjutant, Feb. 27, 1846. Commission by the Lurd Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 14. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. To be Deputy Lieutenants—H. P. T. Aubrey, Esq. ;J. C. B. Borough, Esq. ; P. Broughton, Esq. ; G. Brooke, Esq. ; R. Burton, Esq. ; It. H. Cheney, Esq. ' • St. J. C. Charlton, Eeq. ; E. Corbett, Esq. ; Hon.- E. J. H. Viscount. Clive; J. W. Dod, Esq. ; T. C. Eyton, Esq.; Right Hew G. G. L. G. Earl Granville ; W.. 0. Gore, Esq. M.P.; R. Gardner, Esq.; It. F. Hill, Esq. ; Hon. G. F. Hamilton ; R. H. inchant, Esq ; Sir B. Leighton, Bart. ; R. M. I.4,•eke, Esq.; J V. Lovett, Esq. i • 'T. Lovett, Esq. - C. K. Mainwaring, Esq. ; E. W. S. 0 wen, Esq. ; J. Owen, Esq. ; W. Oakeley, Esq. ; W. H. Poole, Esq. ; J. Rotike, jun., Esq. ; R. A. Slaney, Esq. ; H. C, Taylor, Emq. ; T. Twemlow, Esq., March 10. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. To be Deputy isientenunts—R. Bassett, Esq. ; H. A. Bruce, Esq. ; W. Meyrick, Esq. ; T. Powell, Esq. ; E. Williams, Eel. Feb. 28. • COmmission by the Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire—Richard Price Puleston, Est 1., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions by . the Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire. Garry Young, Elsq.. to be 'Deputy Lieutenant; Sir G. Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Wil liam Patrick Ada.ui, Esq.. jun., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Ro bert Neilson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Stirlingshire, bc., Regt. of Militia—A. Black, Gent., to be Ensign. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. • West Essex P:eeament of Regular Militia—Captain Dick to be Lieutenant -Colonel, vice Houblon, resigned, Feb. 11 ; T. M. Tutnell, Ssq., to l'e Captain, vice Rush, resigned, Feb. 11 ; H. Bullock, Esq., to be Captain, vice Foaker, resigned, Feb. 12; J. %Yr ght, Esq, to be Captain, viee .1. J. Tufnell, resigned, Feb. 13:i A. T. Schreibtir. Esq., to be Captain, vice etane. resigned ; i?eb. 14 ; A. E. WiiliamB, Esq, to be Captain ; vice Smith, resigned, Feb 16; P. 11. Meyer, Esq., to be Captain, vice Foi tescue, resigned, Feb.l7 ; H. E in .rouele Gent., to be Ensigt I, vice Lucas, promoted, Feb. 11. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. Brecknockshire .Militia—W. R. Stretton, Eest., to be Major vice H. Price, reteigned ; W. Bridgwater, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, March 17., Commissions by thee Lord Lieutenant of the Counts of Sussex Arundel and Bra tuber Corps of Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry —Colonel W. G. K. Gratwicke to be Lieutenetit, vice G Hideout, deceased, ; Lord B. T. F. Howard to be Cornet vice W. G. K. Gretwicke, promoted; T. Evans, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice 0. E vans, B deceeseil. 22. ANKRUPTS. .John Kirkup, •coal merchant, Rotherhithe, to surrender March 31 and Ms.,)- 8, at eleven, at the Curt of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official a , siguee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Hodgson, Broad-street'build ings. William C , tailor. Rugby, Warwickshire, March 31, at one,- and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official lis signee ; Burbidge, Hatton-garden. James Bryan t, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, March 27, at half-past twelve,: and May 7, at ene, at the Court of Bank ruptey. Johns(' a, official assignee, Besinghall-street ; and Turner, Al termanbury. Isaac Harris, clothier, Croydon, March 26, and May 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham official assignee, Colenean-street, C.ty ; Jacobs, Winchester buildings, Who Henry Ward, paper manufacturer, Ludgate-street, City March 31, at two, and May 4, at eleven, at the Court e: Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street Menden and Co., Newgate-street, City. William Stone, laceman, Wood-street, City, March 28, at one. and April 24, at twelve, J et the Court of Btaikruptcy Green, official assignee, Alderm Asbury ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. Ellison and Gooilwerth, linen manufacturers, Barnsley, York, March 31 and April 20, at eye vet, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Let ifs ; Pocock,Bartholo mew-close • Mence, Barnsley ; Bond, Leeds. Joseph *lialley and Charles Wha hey, seedsmen, Liver pool, March 31 and April 24. at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Turner, officiel assignee, Liverpool ; Hall and Co., Verulam• buildings, London ; Nesi, Liverpool. Richard Barnes Preston, coa dealer,. Leigh, Gloucester, April 3, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Miller, official assignee, . Bristol ; Newman and Co. Cheltenham. Cornelius Brady. commission agent. A tt .n-nigh Birming ham, April 4, and May 2, at eleven, at the . Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assigtte,', Birmingham Cnantler and Cc., Gray's Inn-square, Le ('don; Harding: Birmingham. Richard Edwards, woollen-draper. Huddersfield, April G and 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court • Young , offi cial assignee, Leeds; Robinson, Huddersfield; Bond, Leeds. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovad7ti Sugar, the produce of tho British possessions in Anieriees., computed front the returns made in the week ending March .17, 1846, is 355, 3ad. per cwt. [Dividends, &e., in our "ext. , . present state of things nothing has been discussed respecting the persons of whom the Ministry shall be composed. Whether M Rogier accepts or declines the task which has been offered him, it may be foreseen that eight or ten days must pass before the new Cabinet can be constituted." he accounts from Germany received to-day are such as were to be foreseen. There is no alternative for the insur gents but voluntary exile or a prison. The Prussian Government shows forbearance to the inha bitants of Cracow, who 8v from the regimen of the martial law, which now govern the republic; it has already received several hundred emigrants. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vontia, 3fAscß 11. 5 per Cent. Metalliques . • ..... 112 1 4 4 per Cent. ditto. •• • • ...... •••••• • • • • • 101% 3 per Cent. ditto.. .••••• • • • • • • ••• •••.• •• 75 Loan, 1534 . • • Ditto, 1839 • • Bank Shares • • •••••• • • • • • • • . • •• • • • • • • 1582 Esterhazy's Loan' •••• • • • • • •••••• • • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • • •• • • • • •• • . 193 1 4 Gloggnitz . • • • •••• • • • • • • • • •• • • • ••• • • • • 142% Vienna—Milan .• • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • • 122 k Sienna ••• • Grosetto •• • • • • .• •• • • • • Oldenburg Pestoia • • • • • • • • • • • • Apenninen ....... . Pesth Bridge Zeltun:!, March 12. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, M.tecn 13. Bills. 113 1580 • 107 96 •• • • •• •• ... 'snarly) 5 per Cents Bank Shares • • • • • • - - Anglo-Russian Loan ..• •••• • • . Russian per Cent., Ilanab. Certificate. Ditto Ist series Inscription • • • • • • . 103 Ditto, Mope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 98 Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• • • • • ... 97 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. • • 89% Ditto Stieglitz • • • • ••• • • • 88% 89% Spanish New 5 per Cent.. .. 18 17 14 Ditto 3 per Cent ...... ..... 29% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt. 2% per ent • • • 59 - _Ditto 3 per Cent. • • ••• • • • • • •• • • • . Polish New 4 per Cent, roan, 1844 80 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • • 87 4 87 National Bank Shares.. • • • • • • • • • • • • BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussms, Miacis 17. Actual Debt, 2 1 4 per Cent • • •••• • •• • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -• • • Ditto Three per Cent .....• .• •.••• • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .. •• •• Ditto,ditto,lB4 l ) Ditto,ditto.lB42.. ...• .•.• • • .......... 103 Ditto, 1844. ••••••• • • .• • • ... 99% Ditto, 1836.. ••..• • • • • • • ............ Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • • .• • • • • • • • • •• Ditto, 1843 •• •• •••• • • • • •• • • - Rank of Belgium .. • • . Brussels Papers. March 18. 106)4 102 ...... .. DUTCH MAIL. TEE HAGUE, MARCH 16.—1 n the sitting •of the Chamber of the States-General to-day the Central Section brought up its report on the project of law respecting the excise on sugar. The day on which the public discussion on tt e project will commence is not yet fixed The Java journals to the end of November say, that in the district of Jassinga heavy rains have caused a great rise in the river, which on the night of the 11th, had carried away one stone, and five wooden bridges, between Buistenzong and Bantam. In the month of August two native trading vessels were chased by five pirates, near Adonara, one of them was taken by the pirates, who having taken out the cargo and crew, consisting of twenty persons, set the vessel adrift, which soon afterwards ran aground near Bolen g, in the Island of Solor. The other vessel, though long chased by the pirates did not fall into their hands. On Tuesday last his Royal Highness the Prince of Orang e and Princes - Henry and Alexander, accompanied by their Aids de Camp, General de Klerck, and several Artillery Officers, went to the Downs to witness experiments made with a newly invented kind of rockets, which are said to be `ar superior to those of Congreve or Paixhams DUTCH FUNDS.—ADISTERDAId, Miami 17. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. • • • • • . 60 • 60% • 10itto, 3 per Cent • ... 72% 73 Ditto, 4 per Cent.— • • .. Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent.• •• • • Ditto, 3% per Cent.... ..... Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • East India Loan, 4 per Cent Exchange on London, at sight • • • • Two months 75 5 On Hamburgh, at sight .• 35 62 5 Two months.• • • • • • • • 35 31 5 Dutch Papers. March 18. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MAnen 14. Bills. Money. 98% St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • • • • • • • Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • • • • • • Foreign Exchanges.. • . • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • Exchange on London, LI Sterling, 3 Months. 6' 25% 6 25% Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 150% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months Oa Paris •••••• • • • • Two months. • • • • • • . • , Universal Prussian Gazette, Starch 15. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY COILN-ESCAIII 4 •GE , Since Moaday the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on a very moderate scale. Although the attendance of buyers to-day was by ne means large, the demand for that article was steady at fully previous quotations. In tree foreign Wheat rather ma, e business was transacted at very full prices, while Corn under lock war, more inquired for. We have a short supply of Ila:ley this week. The trale was firm at late rate. Suserfine White Malt was !n -,phred for ; such goes oft as it conies to ban at full prices. 'I he arrivals of Oats are on the increase, yet the Oat trade ruled stoady - at extreme currencies. In Beaus, lea and Flour, but little wa dying. ARRIVALS. B a viol.. flats Pon 970 qrs. I flats qrs. 1,020 11,590 690 lizlish • .• I .ordgEt •• • • I 25,000 FLANDERS MAIL. BRUASILIS, MARCH 16.—The news which. we published yesterday produced considerable sensation on the pit Many persona came this morning who persisted in' not . t, o' Raving it. It is certain, however, that M. Rogier, who was sum moned to the palace by a letter which was delivered to hit 7 on Saturday during the sitting of the Chamber, was receive ei by his Majesty yestordsy (Sunday), at two o'clock. This first audience was short, though we do not know what passucl at it; it will doubtless be followed by severd others. Every thing incline us to belieVe it, because, if we are well infwftesd, M. Rogier is atehorised to form A homogeneous Cabinet, such as he had been requiring for chest five years. We will pot sneak of our desires nor of oareelves, we look here only to what is going to pais in our political world. It may be supposed that among the men who most earnestly desired the fall of the preceding Cabiner, t here will be some who will endeavour to exaggerate, in the eyes of M. Rogier, the difficulties of the circumstances ; they may raise ob stacles; but, on the other hand, M. ft ,, gier, reflecting on the. interest of hiS constituents,. who expect the new law on sugars, and the end of the ditr,rencei with llollarsd, must feel himself in some degree obliged boldly to undert , ke a task honourable to himself, and witch, aft-•r all, is the reali sation of the object which he has pursued with his friends ever since he quitted the Ministry live years ago. The most general wish is for as speedy an end as possible to this tedious Ministerial crisis. P.S.—lt is h.thered that M. Rogier does not n ake disso lution of the Cha nbers a condition of the formation of the new Cabinet.—Courier Beige, March 16. The Messager de Grand says, "The Chamber of Com merce of this city met yesterday to deliberate on the treaty of commerce made with France, and it, unanimously resolved to ask the Government to do all in its power to obtain of the Chamber the ratification of this treaty." The Court of Assizes of East Flanders has condemned four persons to death for robbery (with the five aggravating cir cumstances provided for in Art. 481 of the penal code), to the prejudice of a farmer; and on the following day the Tribunal of West Flanders condemned six other pursons to death, and one to six years' hard labour, to.stand in the pil lory, and to be plaed for six years under the surveillance of the police, for similar crimes. Thee seven persons had robbed a farmer's widow of I,Boof. and various effects. BRUMES, MA RCII 17.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 14th of March, was 171. 87c. per hectolitre. The average price of wheat for the two fol lowinir weeks havhig been between 20f. and 24f., and the 1 1 • • , - , 0 '7! • .24, 1845, which -absolutely prohibits the e xportation dap a, havieg left finer subject to the vegula t.,,,,, toe of July 31,1844, the Minister of Finance de chres that the exportation of wheat flour will be permitted jr,im the 24th of this month. Berm :as CONCERN LNG THE MixtsTuv.—Yesterdsy appeared a negotiation containtig the persons to whom overtures have been made. ‘Ve may mention, in the Chamber, first, M. D'Elhoungue, then M. Brouckere ; not in the Chamber, M. Leclerq, Attorney-General in the Court of Cassatiou, and M. Van dr Weyer. - It is reported to-day that M. Van de Weyer and 31: D'Elhoungue do not think they can join combination. Tha same is said of M. Leclerq, but not so positively. As for M. D'Elhoungue, for whom an important part seems to be re served (for he is said to have stipulated in the name of Flanders) in this Cabinet, it is believed that he has returned to Ghent this very day. M. Rog r, it is said, reckons on M. Veydt as Mini,ier of Finnnee, and M. Hofftehmidt ss publi c Works, and oil M. Chazal as Mi!lister of The • . Tue Inuevendtrice 1V e sue aesured that iu the Whet. 2,160 qr.,. Mall. 3,240 rars. SIOTXTEV'ILIat. In to-day's market tb Sup! Iv of Beasts was moderatily extensive. owing to which the Beef trade was heavy, at barely Monday's prices. We had on sale 30 beasts and 40 sheep from Holland, to gether with 90 Scots from Scotland The numbers nt sheep were not large, yet the Inquiry for thew. ruled dud, and the quotations had it some instances a downward tendency. From the Isle of Wight 66 lambs came to hand per railway. Prim, qualities. sold steadily, at MI cut rendes ; otherwise the Lamb trade was dull. In calves, Glib a moderate business was transact' d, at late rates. The Pork trade was steady, full prices. Mileh Cows were a slow sale, at from 14/. to let. each. - Suckling Calves, its. to 308.; and quarter-old store pigs leis to 2fls. each. Beasts, 705 ; Cows, 130 ; Sheep and Lambs, 2,590 ; Calves, 119 ; Pigs, 310. . Isnev.rO.A.T23 Awl) 7.{E,A.DAmia./§ , TAX. The trade here to• day was very dull, a.id prices were sOnsewha in favour of the buyers. 330R.OUGH HOP BitAIT.MMT. Selected parcels of Hops in pockets, of last year's growth, commath a ready sale, at very full prices. In all other qaalities exceiAingl; little is doing at late rates. (Frost the London Nerc Price Current of March 20.) SUGAR.—To-day previous rates were insisted upon for West India Sugar, but the purchases made ware trifling. RF.Finzo.—To-day the demand was excellent for Refined goods for home consumption, and higher rates were again paid. biatartrs.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with attention, and 5,150 bags 423 casks 8 barrels at publie sale were all disposed of at an advance on former rates of Cd per cwt. EAST Isnia.—This afternoon five parcels of Bengal, amounting to 4,195 bags 88 chests, were submitted to public competition; white, of which nearly the whole consisted, went at full rates and all :old. 3lowssEs.—This afternoon at public sale 30 butts 20 hhds of Bengal Treacle were taken in at 20s per cwt. Ffturr.— As some of tha importers of Currants have shown a disposition to meet the view of the grocers, by sub miting to R reduction of is per cwt, a small portion of bu- sine s has lean done. FOREIGN—There has been a better demand for Porto Rico Sugar, and fair market rates have been given. Notwith standing the considerable decline that has occurred in the value of yellow and brown Havannah of late, still the busi ness transacted has been limited. Comm.—To-day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, and privately there was little passing-, but holders are not inclined to take lower, rates.. For good ordinary pale ' Native Ceylon 46, to 47s per ewt are the rates required. Coco.l.—Foreign is held for the previous value, but there has been little passing priVately, and at auction 135 bags of Bahia were taken in. British plantation has been purchased with more freedom, and the best red sorts brought stiffer rates. . TEA.—Although there are sellers of Conk , u rather under previous rates, still the demand has been limited; low as prices are. Pouchong isheld for 41 to 7d, and good to tine 8d to 10(i, the stock being small, but there has been only a limited buiiness transacted.. ITysen is little wanted, and must be quoted rather cheaper. Of Yeung Hawn the trade leave been tempted to take several parcels in consequence of rather lower rates being taken. Twarikay has been spar ingly dealt in, and prices are on thi• decline. Scented Orange Pekoe has been iu much better request at 2s 4d to 2s 5d for fine. Gunpowder °fibre quality has been purchased with more freedom, imperial can be obtained up( n lower terms, still the trade are cautious in their proceedings. .Sru:ss.—To-day Penang Pepper met with attention, and 7 ibags at auction were sold at full rates. eacee.—This afternoon at public sale 2,642 bags and 900 Po teed of Bengal Rice were offered; the trade evinced little desire to i;p..rate ; although the merchants were sellers at lower I%4steer. and the wh-be of the sound was taken in at is to i s Bd. p er. romt under previous pices. sp „„„ . _ -Teem has betel Attie desire evinced to purchase lernaica Rum, and the rates taken have been any -kind of rather under ti.4'e previously current. There has been a much better denie end for Brandy this week, and ea advance err prices has taken glace. The business done in Geneva has been limited, and at lower rates. The price of British Corn Spirits is lOs Gd per g. talon nett cash, and Gin 8s 10d for 22 per cent. under proof, at eel 17 under 9s 4d per gallon. Om.— This afternoon 4 . , , f Sperm Oil 57 tuna at public sale from New York were takee, ; n 811 to 811 ss, but low sold at 74/ lOs to 761. 3 tuns frill* Sydney, ordinary 75/ ss, and lleadmatter 75/ 15s. Tat.tow.--This afternoon tlier public sates of Tallow went .285 pp , in hints 17 brls South Ame at rather lower rates; rican mostly sold at 36 ei to 41* 6d Co r low to line ; 386 casks New South Wales, fil se 49s 42s 6d. 87s 3d to 89s 3d ; 50 to 42s middling and good 39s 9d to 41s 9d, low soft .‘nd . gr eas y • casks New York Be.tchers Ale, l te d 428 t" BANK OF EINI47LAND. (From last Ni!!ht'a Ga.. cette " ) °Victoria, up. 32, for kit Account, pursuant to the Act 7th amt dth c. it ch, 1846. the W e ek ending on Saturday, the 14th day of M. ISSUE DEvARTMENT. Notes issued. ••• • • • 27,117,80 b Government debt • " 11 ' f115 ' 100 Other securities •• • • 2 ' 984 ' 900 Gold coin and bullion 11 ' 407 ' 524 Silver bullion .. •• • • 1•710;281 1 7,1170 5 M. MARSHALL, Chief I lis kier. Dated the 19th day of March, 1816 . BANKING DePairriaNT. A 27,117,805 Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .• •• •• • • 3,7670,24 Public deposits (in- Mud' or Exchequer. Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts). . 6,804,524 Other deposits •• • • • • 17,476,918 Seven day and other ilovernment securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 13,136,4 40 Other securities •• • • 21,923,75 '7 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 7,712,125 Gold and silver coin . • 717,285 857,487 A 43,40,63'3 S 43,489,632 M. NfAIISHILL, Chibi Cashier. 46, Dated the 19th day of March, D, D O VER HARBOUR ENLARGEMENT. —These works a rser again in active progress. For som e time back they have n Lard* i for want of granite; hut now supp lies have come in plenti flilly troth Irons Ilevou and Cornwall, four cargoes havin a l b st en of the charged here n Rhin this week from those places. T ee during the e Government old store-houses has b een totally levell past fortnight, the sea-wall is completed, the ponderous gates at the entrance to the l'ent have been hung, and are nearly completed, and it is now confidently anticipated that the whole will be enished in six or eight months. Kentish Observer. ••semb _ ~turd Circuit bar mess, on Wedne6day, the re/Quit:on egainit reporting Wm rescinded by a very la.rge inajoritv.— AP/rainy CArvnide. of the LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. AND OTHER C 1 11 ' 'OCR. 111 BANKS, ASSURANCE, FAMES' ST From the Oft PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY LONDON, FRIDAY, JOINT-STOCIE Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. ♦ustralasia •••••• •• • • 6/. per cent. Brusti.North American 5/. per cent. Commercial of London 5/. per cent. :olonial.• •• • • Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cant Metropolitan ..... Provincial oi Ireland • • Kl. Ditto, New.•• •• •. •. per cent per cent National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. Nat. Provrcial of Eng. . 51. per cent. Ditto, New.— •••• • • 61. per cent. 61. per cent ht. per cent. Union of Australia. • • • Union of London... • • id List, &NI) FRIDAY v.vraitso MARCH 20. BALNICS. Amount X s. d. X, a d , 6 % 40 0 c. 40 0 u ,4! i i 50 oe , 50 0 0 , 100 0 0 : *JO 0 0 ..,; 100 0. 0 25 0 0 100. 0 0! 20 0 t , 14 50 0 0 ! 10 - 0 0 25 0 0I 710 0 i ti, 100 0 0 , •25 0 0 —. 10 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 • 20 0 0 Ulf: Afl, 35 0" 4 " 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 fl IoTPAATIZis , 1 Amon' ~s id. 11' X S. A. 50 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 • 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 1250 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 8 20 0 0 Stock. ' -- 100 0 0 ats 10 0 500 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 bl 3 100 0 8 10 0 0 50 8 0 2 0 0 25 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 \ 2 0 0 20 0 0 210 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 60 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 mi paid• 3 0 ° _ 2000 1 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 010 0 Stoct. 100 P 1615 0 INSTSRANCZ C Le of Company Annum 31. 10.1 Alliance brit. and For. Ditto siarine.•• •• •• British Commercial •• Clericl,Metl.B‘Gen.Lite C0unty.............. I ,TOWIR • • • • • • • • •• • • • • Kagle • Economia Life. •• • • .• Eng. k Scot. Law uropesa Lite •• • • • Freemasons' ..•• •• • • ,ardian iperial Fire . • • • • • Aerial Life Indemnity Marina • • • • Law Life • • ••• • • •• • • Legal and Generail Liie London Fire • • • • • - ••• London Ship Marine• . ••• • • • • • • Med. Invlid& Go'. Life National Loan fund• • National Life...• Palladium Life Phoenix • • Protector Life• •• • •• • Provident Lite• • • • • • • • Rock Life• • • • • • • • • • • • Royal Exchange .• • .• • Sun Fire............ • • .•• • • • • • Ditto Life . • . • • • • .• • I.7fliversal Life Name of Compaq. G per cent. it,. per cent, I as. 6a. yr sh. 7s. per share st. per_ cent. S r, per et.. L&3os.b, N. per cent. A per cent 51. per cent. 61: per cent si. per cent. 161. and bonusl Commercial •• •• East and West India East Country ••. Lyndon • • •• • St Katharine •• •• • • • • Southampton • • • • •• • • Name of Company. 1/. sh. & bs. 1/. ss, per rent. 4 4 1. per et . 31. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 3/. p. ct. & per cent. 11. ss. 51. per cent. 61. lUs. 11. 65. 10.41. pr cut DOCKS Dividend Amount per of Paid. Annum. Share. i. s. d. f s. V. per cent. Stock. , 61. pr cent. Stock. N. per sh. 100 0 0 bl. pr cent. Stock. 5 per cent. Stock. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Dividend 1 Amount per of raid. Annum. Share. _.... East L0nd0n..•....... 81. Grand Junction .. •• .. 31. lOs. Kent • • • • • ........... 21. 10s. ........ - Vauxhall •••• • • • • .... 5/. per cent West Middlesex ••• • .. 51.55. pr cut LIST OP SCOTTISH CO: name of Company, X s, d. 100 0 0 41 11 4 100 9 0 100 0 0 -- 63 12 9 Dividead per Annum, P.A.NTICS' vs/ Amount ' - of Share Bank of Scotland . • .• • Royal Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Commercial Bank • • • • National Bank ...... • • Union Bank of Scotland Western Bank • • • • • . • North of Seotland flank Clydesdale Bank • • • • • • Eastern Bank • • • • • • • • Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Scottish Union Ins. Co. Hercules Insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • North British Insur Caledonian Fire Insur. Edinburgh Life twain Ellin. & Giasg. Railway Ditto, 4 Shares.. • . Edin., Leith, k Grantu & Ayrshir Rail. Olasgw & Greenck Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Dundee & A rbrot fi Rail. Standard Lit, A.Aidrnt, A 5. d 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cCnt. 61. per cent. 7N,1. pr cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. -- 61. per cent. -- 51. per cent. 7)41. pr cent. -- 6/. per cent. --- 51. per cent. Si. per cent, 20 0 4 1 71. per cent. 100 0 0 Si. per cent. 10 0 0 syi/. pr cent. 200 0 0 101. per cent. 100 9 0 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11.101. per c. 1150 0 0 74.6 d. P.S. 112 10 • 20 0 0 51. percent. 50 0 0 21. per cent. 25 0 0 5!. per cent I 25 0 0 6/. per cent. ' 25 0 5i per or,. 150 0 0 CAL Lo. Names of !Dividend Price Companies. Per wa Annum. Names of Companies. I Ashtn Ic 01411 97,51.5 i p c 72 Monmouthsli 1 Ashby -d-la-Z 113 ! 41 . " ' 70 blntgomrysh Barnsley.... 160 1 12/, 1110 Macclesfield . Basingstoke.. 100' Death ••• • • • ItrknkfcAbrg,lsoi hi. S 5 Nottingham . Cron:ll°rd • 11001 141. i 150 Peak Forest . Dudley...... 100! 41. ,Regent's •• • • Decoy •• . —llOO 61. 73 [Rochdale .. • • EllsmreacChsl33l 41 . 65 'Shropshire • • Erevrash •.. 11001 32/. 300 Somrsct Coal Forth k Clydllool • 41. Do.Lk Fd St GrandJunctn l lool 71. i 95 Start] & Were Grand Union 100' 11. 10s. , rizewabary.. Glamorgnslt •i 72 13%1. 210 Stourblitige.. 00 tStrtirtion Av Grantham • • 150 121. 100 (Severn andl Lluddersfleld.! 57. Wye flail. Kennt & Avic 39 7s. 63. ; iTrnt et. 31r-1, Lancaster .• .1 47, la.los. ey, sh. Lecdsik Lie rp, 100. 311 . 517 7 Thams :tied Leicester .... ! 140, 101. 105 : Worcstr Leicitr &Nth: 83' 4/. ; 60 birnine.3 Lotigloborogoo42; 701. : 850 CWol4lark-` Inttl ; 'Printed an,I.PI: Paid. X s• woo 0 0 10 100 ° 1 00, 10 50 0 0 50 0 A 0 " 0 10 0 0 10 0 a 10 0 al* Cuva4.tr et .11.1.1/14eS, of t ki. --..-' '----..r — r — i-L- - 'r ------ - ---- ..ocir#o EXTRAORDINARY DIREASE.—There are P 0 00' rear an epidemic of a strange and malignant character Drt,sy tl.c - flocks of several farmers in the neighbourhood 0 1 11 ,.. 5 , 0 of t eal ; appearance of the animals after death offers no synilli"7, e ar ', O, oration; the only part affected is the lungs, and ready to fall in pieces. NI r. Fi her, of Rowthorne,,._,.,,,eri.o; which sPr s , ioio Dori teen he gs out of a flock of sixty ; and several other Is'iiroce;or lest eight or ten. The 4ieep are seized Wit h Tlo' breathing, refusing their food, and die in a taw dais . sf; appears infectaius.— Edinburgh Weekly Register. AT c 01 4 ;0!• 11 r THE LATE MUIIDER AND SUICIDE —:,„, elt- A vki WELL.—The subscription raised for the widow and t'''4 ffS,,r e i Phelarite Homan, who, it tvi I te remembered, oes tre ,„ ) ,,.ab A n"fr children and nearly deprived another of life about s ,'", e sior;:itl enabled those gentlemen who have taken a most pr.',l,, 01 . ,',/ In it, to place liar in busieess in Mount-street. Walto, tef," a maker. , The poor lad Pbelarite, whose throat vrio ~,'"f e re‘`.4o,', jured by his father in the kitchen, is now perfectly re'" ~..'l i',l!"/ EXECUTION oF JoICEY. THU PARRICIDE" l A.,' 01 4 morning, at eight, Ralph Joicey underwent the ext re l 'e s li r ' f i .jr; the law in front of the county gaol at Morpeth, 19 ,, o tr'ril # some thousands of spectators, for the murder of ir tel,i r ? receiving his sentence he was very attentive to the 'P i .0 0‘.,irti tions of the chaplain, the Rev. T. Finch. On the fire di r ` e s'i" the prisoner's relatives wrote to him to the effect the ..e d 10 o r 4 seeing him unless it was his own wish; and tie reisf" t oisf, 9 written in the most affectionate and penitent style: A: 4 Ito P! i r farewell. He spent a great part of the night in r 4 r o sei t A m, tares, and slept hut little. Its walked to the scaffu lu ,'„ ltiotp . turnkey, and behaved with a great deal of comp s Sept sri,d ance on the scaffold caused no apparent esciter ti terj 1 0 :01 1 crowd, who behaved with great propriety, and Maio si ) AV g Hence while the chaplain, with considerable, sanotiolb..,,K., t , imp; essive accents. commended the soul of the t udisff.cl a il l i i, mercy of his Creator. The bolt was then looecind, sad . ~er ,pl , wretch, with scarcely a struggle, ceased to exist. "', 1 ,0 P',je• A pr course with Joieey, the chaplain sugeested to liirn i ,rifi' s or snaking a full con4ission of all the circumstances of hip ,y , prisoner accordingly requested to hesum.lied with Pa u ' OP.k and committed a writing au ample confession. „,, 4 iti v i i ? 40 ~I [ ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EYES.—" 39 ' ,„af ,- it ) ~r, street, Piccadilly. Optical Instruments to enable t o if j i lt: sauced age to read with case and to discriminate otr. itreiri4 i t distinctness. Messrs. S. and B. Solonsons, opticisil'onde,oo; Spectacle Lenses, &c. Gf the .greatest transparent P ° D ,r . I . '"di ) patronised by his Majesty the King of LianoverasleYr;e9; Dowager Duchess of Bedford, their Graces the -Are,.,,,,i'jhr.,,,, terburv, York, and Dublin, the Dukes of Devoulllo' .eraii 1, gyle, Marlborough and Manchester, Bishops of Elerfecto ‘F, Cork, Elnhin, and Kildare. By this invention , i",re , e ,se; o l, r preserved and strengthened, and very aged perso' l f oi c f,:e o o r i employ their sight At the most minute occepatiollia ale; c 7 these lenses of a miteh less tnagnitying power, s" i tcli g l o l , quire the frequent changes to further helps. Als°' ti ri ~ l i fr le‘copes, Opera Clas,es, Microscopes, Invisible, ,s ue o..,,isi ~ Aeoustic Instruments, for relief of extreme do' i „ goi iii te e p,, Moss, s . S. and B. :Weapons, Opticians, are ni ) ,„' in uf..„.'" , ,tfi ll e meted with a perscn of th e same natre in the", 5 1,0" -, i , r e- 1 i.ourhood, nor in say part of the country. To Pr e „NJ ~.i, , cantious and observe, only to be had at 39, Albert ,gyp Dfri' dilly, opposite the York Hotel. . yO O ~114 41t i' [A LoV ERTIsEM ENT .] —BAD UFA LT I. -- v ptroij YEARS.—IMMEDIATE RELIEF BY HoLLowAY' 9 ro t c i,, l' t i,,F,l letter front the Rev. George Prior, Curate of Ife / r ,„ r otres g oejt Carrigivit, Ireland, May 2, 1845 :—" To Pr°"; relP 4 o4,Y'll Dear sir: Within a short distance of 111 Y ii„.„ °°' ,; ui s for Dr e g farmer, who for more than twenty years had P o ': iris t 'ri o , health, and never got but a moment's relief. boa,, ',Ned tor ~Si box of your pills for him, which did him so Mo, Orli 0: 1 :., him say, that for twei ty years previously he utelgats' i sli i ," enjeyed it so much as since taking your Pall' et. joe' l Plitioß." SOld at Professor Holloway's Estaidishine oil and by nearly all who sell medicines threughout the ° .Is, DIRTIIB .._ lar - r On the 19th inst., at Aickworth Park. Yor e f,' daughter. Of l ; Dn a 01', On the loth inst., at Lyndhurst. 3lrs. U. - -e gos^ • ffit i On the 16th inst.. Mrs. Hovenden, of Crooll" a son. .., 0 1 Af tifil' , i o ' On the 17th inst., the wife of Richard V — 0 ') 0 Redford-square, of a daughter. ...ie , , ec )101 0 f;:ir . 4 On the 18th Wet., at Atratford-grove, )RO. e.'„ors. ~.1 . On the 12th inst., in Christtipher,,:reet, 1 101 " priv ' Hawke, Jun., premmurely of a -(41. ft.% J . On the 13th inst., Mrs. Edward Grieve, of Burl - od daughter. 1 On the 13th inst., at C:Orlitel, the wife Of A.atb °rll i t' lt (0 o, of a son. 0, st i Jer p / On the 13th Met ,In Whitehall-place. Mrs- -..," .. l otte ' , t . On the 14th inst., at Montpellier House. em' 64 .' t o ff Turrell. of a (laughter. On the 15th ins, the wife of Frederick MAY" ,_. ' fr " . to & 111de-road. Haverstock-1.111, of a son. Of Viller 4 'i On the inth hist., Mrs. J. L. Ba rds)", row. of a daughter. 0 11. ill MA altl.6'D. to, ~,11 , 1. A .i. On the 14th init., at St. Giles% if orthatoPsetii 7 . ofi rtr,. • Es l ,. of Bethlehem Husp tat, London, to Elie! vo rth vi;fr 50 daught. rof Edward Morrison Harwell, Esq., 0 . 5 0 01 , 9 , i lr 0 the 12th inst., Mr. William Snowden , t° e isce:_sse r ill" daughter of the late R at Qualt, of tbe salr-7,,,,, ryjid, Y gii , .1 uthwark. ..irOnniyt.htee l A 4 n t let Maria , yeu S , t i . g. t I t ar d y e ' u s On the 14th Mit, at S • nerd e, Shor ed it c ,% r m ., of St. Bude..ux, Devon, to Miss Susan -...--- 1 . 0 ,,..........21. in Ole e: - "ne e°"t3__ .......... ____::-v--""''' ei giula-terracci - 0 _ t Lee , DIED. ' r e c. , On the 16th inst., at Darlington, JostP h 0 0 0 4 . , .ghCtesrPto3fiLw!;V°°°P, C , 1 reethams, aged 74. lc y 01° 0-, the 13th inst., Rerah, wife o f the - 6 ; 1000 01,"/ L ,• :: . i , .11-louse, Rath. C, '. ~ he 11th inst., at Moult Ararat Lodge , ffr Of Re.,.. ~. ~Yiri'..atri Allan. Jaee n° ' Ol e o de/ .1 the 14th inst., at Lsamingion, George s t o Oci V.he 14th Inst., at Cheltenham , La u ' ' ...,010 1 . !Will:ley. pito IT 0 1 • On die 15th hist., at Yinlet Vicarage , __, Jo g, A ,i 'ufant son of the Rev. Murray. • ._„...th, ge'' .- - 44 P i ' On the 15th inst., at Croom's-hill, Bile ' -- e f e t / du ughter of Edmund Pontifex, Esq. .„ot'ri ll 'O e ~,,,, : , 3 1,0 1i , .1 b' N'il'.' _.,,,,p,i44 Apart: ~f s. d. ',OO 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 61. V' 18 1 ' 201. 11. I C* 61. TA at the tßost Di )4 X/iT F ine AI. - , ordlng mde Ho to Ten. Lent on ICG k( pil ornate Th e A above, ,v "boiesa W inPetit Direct atreet. Th e u them to 1 the Tru S hares, v 1 March I.C; N • 8• ThE Wlln arn b@ain E 117 Fn " ° SePh PE "'axles B This c o int o 41 Droy e a X Pense tl or 'km, and si twain det % .,. ° Ml3any ••.er ma LLB exe mi. ; made l' pi t Old , Ca nto 8. b t eet, at ie F rki i ' B , and 4 3', 2%1 opi ne ta e un $OO4 from antia nti i t e not!, the -a 4 for Div AftertlO eat th 1,1.14~ti Si talo gne , E at DOS;2 gitality taa4hanta, j to ra. 17 8 t he lb • ~ 01g,,,".8 Iry tjkb„ 4 " - -ettb R 7, as, as f:i„-.• to g s. 10s Gd l`4 11. 3 " 145 le SI, Ili , to 4 1" SO, 1 0 10 XO4 _.--- D i v ider" Pe, r I Avow' 117 5$ 4'. ~~ ~~