The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

s 's / —7l _ \ 1‘? '!' i . -::: .... CA ' - AI VCOMPAN Y. LWAYS A me e, 1\ 4,. ts` o .s • rs of this Company was held veste r it e aa t - 11,q,IM.ii*Trn, in accordance with a resol-a aon .: t\A - nieettit'... trie shareholders on the sth inst., fur the p - sfitii:a ~ , rin the propriety of an nmalga • matio . j *lie Olii , Aitti; Southern Connecting Railway : ol fr COT:2p t E1yP . 141241 Ile isult of the interview between the commlttet itilsciitited,a tte meeting in question. George JOftes;-Enr - '(the chairman of the committee ap pointed by the shareholders), presided. The CHAIRMAN said, that as Mr. Dowling, the secretary, was absent, his place was supplied by Mr. Payne. Mr. GARVATT said he wished to know by what authority the gentleman (Mr. Jones) assumed the chair. There was no doubt that he was an efficient chairman. The present was a meeting to receive the report of a committee of live, and only three of that body were present. The CHAIRMAN said he did not wish to occupy his present position. The committee was not merely a committee of live, but they represented the whole body of the shareholders. If it was the desire of the meeting, he would resign the chair. The Chairman was then elected to the chair. Mr. PAYNE then read the notice convening the meeting, which, in addition to the object of the meeting, contained a statement to the effect that no director or member of the provisional committee should be allowed to vote. The CitainmAN would now call on Mr. Payne to read the reports. Mr. GARVATT said he wished to know whether the persons who drew up these reports were not brokers of the Comp.my ? The CHAIRMAN said he would read the names of the gen tlemen on the committee, to show that such was not the case. Mr. Crenvarr said be wished also to ask if all the com mittee concurred iu that report ? Had Mr. Gilbertson done so ? The Cunt:aux said that they had all given their unani mous consent. Mr. Causztersos said that all the committee were not present at the conclusion of the report. The CHAIRMAN read a letter from Mr. Dowling, stating his concurrence in the views: of the meeting, and regretting his inability to attend Mr. PAYNE then read a report of the committee, from which it appeared that they had entered on their duties on the 7th of Janaary last, and had had interviews with the committee of the Company, with whom it was proposed they should amalgamate, but could obtain from them no state ment of their affairs; but the accounts confirmed the suspi cion that they had not 30,0001. in the bank, free from liabili ties. The proposition that they had made had not been re ceived, as being informal. The CHAIRMAN then read the report of the committee on the state of their own Company, which stated that the deposits amounted to 27,863/., the expenditure to 17,7011, and the liabilities to 3,0001., up to the period of their entering on the inquiry, and that since then 1,0001. had been obtained. It also accused the directors of having sold their shares, and signed cheques to a consider able amount, without being authorised to do so, a nd con cluded by calling on the shareholders to assert their rights, and not to submit to conduct so criminal. The CHAIR.MAN said that if they demanded the names of the directors who had acted in the manner described, he was ready to give them. Mr. HOOPER moved a resolution that the Chairman should give the names of the parties. The CHAIRMAN then read a list of the different sums that had been granted b e y the directors, and for which cheques had been given. hese were signed by Messrs. Asphethel, Crofts, and Reddell, and amounted to 12,891/. A SHAREHOLDER moved that the reports then read be adopted. Mr. GILBERTSON seconded the resolution, and said that the matter should be dealt with properly. Mr. GARVATT said that ib be understood that there was a committee appointed to buy shares. The CHAIRMAN read the portion of the report stating that the committee found that the directors had acted m the way described, and also that the clerk had got orders not to enter the transaction on the minute-book. Mr. Ganvarr said, that he would move an amendment to the resolution, and proceeded to animadvert on what ap peared to him the reprehensible conduct of the committee in not permitting the directors to attend the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said he must interpose to put down these irregular proceedings. Mr. Ganvarr said he considered he had a right to pursue his present course. The matter was then put to the meeting, who decided that the course was irregular. The CHAIRMAN said that the advertisement did not pre vent the directors from attending and addressing the meet ing. There was no question he was not ready to have answered. Mr. LAIDMAN said he begged to call the attention of the meeting to the fact of their report exculpating those directors who had acted correctly. He would second the adoption of the report. Mr. HOOPER 9 iid he was sorry that the names of those who signed the cheques were not appended to the report. He would move, therefore, that the managing committee's names should be inserted in that report. They were doing what was unjust and dishonourable (whatever might be their private character) in paying away the money of the Company. He would willingly pay double what ho had already paid to bring those delinquents to justice. Mr. WASIIWORTII said he would second the amendment, which, after some discussion, was negatived. The resolution was then put and carried by a large ma jority. It was then moved and seconded that the three names of those who had voted in the minority should be given ; two of them declined to comply. The CHAIRMAN said he would suggest to them the course they should adopt. That was, to appoint a committee to obtain their deposits, and also to pursue criminally those who had violated their trust to the Company. Ile merely threw out thee suggestions, which they might or might not embody in a resolution. lie would recom mend them to have as few as possible on that committee, to facilitate the dispatch of business. A SHAREHOLDER proposed a resolution to that effect. Mr. SERCUM said that he fully agreed in what had been said respecting the conduct of the directors. Mr. PAYNE sail he thought it would be better to have the sinews of war before proceeding in the way the meeting desired. The CHAIRMAN said he would contribute 100/. towards the object.--(Bear, hear.) They might tile a bill of (Li covery in Chancery. The CHAIRMAN said that the directors had no tight to encroach on the deposits for Parliamentary expenses as they had done. He would himself—if full power were given him to proceed—he would himself find the means to proceed against the parties in law or equity—(hear, hear)—pro vided a legal document be drawn up by the shareholders. A SHAREHOLDER said he would beg to call the attention of the Chairman to a letter which he had given into his hands; a letter from the directors. The Cnammax said he would take the sense of the meet ing on the matter. A resolution that the letter should be read was unani mously agreed to. The CSIAIRMAN then read the letter, which was directed to "The Chairman of the Meeting , " and signed by Mr. Cheese, stating that the directors were ready to co-operate with the shareholders in procuring for them their deposits from the Provisional Committee. Now that letter was not signed by the Chairman of the Company, and the offer was merely to delude them in ad )pting a course that would be unjust to themselves. Mr. ETHRIDGZ said be would recommend that they should not proceed further, as he had good reason to believe that the directors would, in a short time, make arrangements to satisfy the shareholders. After a desultory discussion, it was agreed that the meet ing should adjourn till the 24th instant. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. EXPENSIVE CLOAK.— His Majesty Katiikeaouli still in his possession the mamo, or feather war-cloak of his father, the celebrated Tamehameha. It was not completed until his reign, having occupied eight preceding ones in its fabrication. It is four feet in length, with eleven and a half feet spread at the bottom. Its ground-work is a coarse netting, and to this the feathers, which are very small and exceedingly delicate, are skilfully at tached, overlapping each other, and forming a perfectly smooth surface. The feathers around the borders are inverted, and the whole presents a bea manutifultle bright yellow colour, giving it the appearance of a of gold. n deed it would be difficult for despotism to manufacture a richer or more costly garment for its proudest votary. Two feathers only (such as are used wholly in its manu facture) are obtained from under the wings of a rare species of bird inhabiting Hawaii, which is caught alive with great care and toil. • Long poles, with an adhesive substance smeared upon them, and well baited, are placed near their haunts. The bird alights upon it. and un able to disen;age itself from the adhesive matter, is secured, the much prized feathers plucked, and the bird set at liberty. A piece of nankeen, valued at one dollar k in a half, was formerly the price of five feathers of this kind. By this estimate the value of the cloak would equal that of the purest diamonds, in the several Euro pean regalia, and including the price of the feathers, not less than a million of dollars worth of labour was expended upon it, at the present rate of computing wages. The war spear accompanying the cloak is ten and a half feet in length, of a dark-red wood, flat'ened to a point, and finely polished. It possesses an additional interest, when we reflect that it was the favourite weapon of a savage conqueror, and deep stainei with the blood of many a Hawaiian warrior.— Hateai,ei n Spectator, vol. 2. .. T"Aceo.—On a recent applicati on of an emine nt firm, importers of tobacco, to the Lords of the • Treasury, praying that all l ea f to b acco ' may be allowed to be imported from the United States of America into this country in pack ages of the same weight in w hich the sa me description of tobacco could be legally • growth, tl - sir Lordships from the place of its reve nue authorities to give directions pleased to authorise the reve request, directing at the tame itoini time that a compliance p r l eg i aur, requisite te with alt etrhae tion may be made in the next for allowing tobacco, the produce o'ilatem's Amendment Act, C alexico, South America or the islands of St. Domingo or the United Kingdom in bales contain"' to be imported into each, from any place from which it may mg lT pounds weight for home use, and further authorising he ° legally imported direc tions for the admission of tobacco in pae lr c i a, to give proposed, pending the required alteration es of the size Their Lordships also further gavepermission, the law. sudsequent memorial from another ft, on a party, to bacco, the produce of the island of Trinidad, to be _. r , allowed to be imported into this country in packages of the same size as those sanctioned for tobacco the produce of South • and St. Domingo above alluded to. Their Lord- America since had under their consideration a ships having Boardof 'Trade • e4 " nra n - the nication from nt merchant at the port of Liverpool, request from an eminent nay be allowed to be imported from all or ing that tobaco i : ~ 1 s asions in packages of the weight her Majesty 3 pco e. any of de only, the Revenue Commistioners have re of eighty poununicon from Mr. Cardwell, one Of the ceived a further comtn L ds of the Treasury,stating that he has Secretaries to the cir Lordships to convey to them their been commanded by their 1 igarian. or such other tobacco as authority for Allowing I ul - Malta, to be admitted into thia can be legally imported from . t d size and weight men country in packages of the Mtn e tioned. rr D 1 1r JAN. 27. — GLASGOW PIG-Inall MADE.— ~ LIES - . the Money Market, 'Notwithstanding the severe pressure on Peels . this article has assumed a very firm appearance. mea sures will, without doubt, cause other nations to reciprocate in their tariffs, and consequently we have now opened up an export trade, thus completely removing the difficulty, as to stocks. For iron- masters, as well as other manu facturers, s their prosp ec t have never had so bright an appearance. For money, one or two smal l lots (under 100 tons), was sold at 80s., but yesterd a y limited extent by maker,, Saturday contracts were made to a as much as 87s. 6,1., say crs B7s at . 851 " cash ; and we learn to-day W Gd., four months, was paid. e q uote the price, for to-d ay National. day, as 82s. 6d. cash.— Glasgow In return for the magnificent present so lid gold, a cross of lapis lazuli anda vre of a Christ of se nt some time ago by the Emperor of IttZaof diamonds, the Isis Holiness has conferred u p on Russia the relics Pope, Nicholas the Greater, who is the patron of that nation. f S A ship of war has been d is p atched from Odessa to receive the relics, and convey them in great pomp to St. Petersinugh. THE SU N, 1., ON D ON, TUESDAY EVE IN I N er - , :: F:E B 11, If A. Et Y 3, 1616 HOME CIRCUIT. As the days for holding this Circuit, lave been wrongly stat‘d, and this may, if not corrected, cause considerable inconvenience, the following list of the da s for holding the assizes in the different counties is given, and as it is obtained from an official source, it ha ay lie relied on: — For the county of Herts, at Hertford, on Friday, Feb. 27. Mr. Baron Alderson will open the Commis mission, and proceed to dispose of the criminal business at two o'clock, and the civil business will not commence until the following Monday, March 2. The Commission fur Essex will be opened at Chelmsford on Tue.day, March 3; fur Kent, at Maiestone, Monday, March 9; for Sussex, at Lewes, Monday, March 16; and for Surrey, at Kingston, Monday, March 23. - claims ? There was a misunderstanding on his part, and some finesse on the part of the 60) to tape advantage. The non- clearing of the books should be wilful, or with the know ledge of the member, to warrant exclusion. Suppose his DIC'ZSCIIf4O.7S bad been run over on the way to the club-house, shout!, the member be excluded ? The magistrates had some latitude in considering the case. The Secretary insisted on the necessity of the most rigid adherence to the letter of the articles. The articles declared for what a member should be excluded, and it was needless to warn members of their defaults. Mr. Alderman Hut - rims HUGHES said the motto to their articles was very good. It set forth that if one member of a society sufferp, the whole body suffers with it, and the design of the society was, that they should assist each other to the utmost when in affliction. It was true that their ill treatment of an old member would damage the character of the whole body. Pearson had not made default knowingly, and ought to be restored. Mr. Alderman HUNTER took the same view of the case, and it was ordered that Pearson should be reinstated on pay-. ing up all arrears. ...._ CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. James Churchill, the elder, James Churchill, the younger, Susannah Churchill, the wife of the first de d - fendant, and Eleanor , h is daughter, John Stewart, an William King, surrendered to answer an indictment fur misdemeanour. Mr. Doane, in the absence of Mr. Sergeant Allen, who had been specially retained to prosecute, conducted the prosecution. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the de fondant Stewart, and the other defendants were repre sented by Mr. Chernock and Mr. Parry. • This case occupied the Court for a considerable period, but the facts under which the charge was made lay in a small compass. The prosecutor was a woman named Rebecca Rawlings, who, with her husband, James Rawlings, carried on the business of a laundress, at Barnes, in Surrey. The defendant, Susannah Churchill, was the sister of her husband, and it would seem that in November last, he being at that time in a very bad state of health, in fact, almost m a dying con dition, she went to his house, and at her solicitation he went with her in the cart used in their business, and was taken to the house occupied by the Churchill's, where he remained until his death, which took place shortly afterwards, It seemed that very shortly after he had been so removed, the horse and cart were ob. tamed by means of a written order, signed by the hus band of the prosecutrix, and they were subsequently sold, and the defendant Stewart, who is a broker, at Putney, was shortly afterwards put in possession of the premises, under a written authority from her husband, and the whole of the property was sold. The precise nature of the conspiracy alleged against the defendants was, that while the husband was in a dying and imbe cile state they had contrived together to induce him to give the document referred to, with a view to deprive his widow of the little property in her possession, and this formed the ground of the present indictment. The RECORDER, after a portion of the evidence had been gone into, expressed an opinion that the only point in the case was, whether the husband was really imbecile, and was induced by any cot rcion of the defendants to execute the documents that had been alluded to, or whe ther they were bona fide instruments. If the latter, no offence had been committed. The prosecutor, in answer to questions put by Mr. Clarkson, admitted that the defendant Stewart had paid over to her the whole of the proceeds of the sale of the effects after she had taken out letters of administration, and it appeared that the Nnly part he took in the trans action was acting as broker, under the authority of the husband, which was now alleged to have been illegally obtained. After some fuither discussion, a medical gentleman, named Wilson, was examined, and he deposed that he had attended upon the deceased a few days before his death, and, in his opinion, he was quite competent to have executed the instruments that had been produced. The RECORDER said that, in his opinion, this evidence put an end to the charge against the defendants. Mr. DOANE i-'timated that he could not carry the case any further, and a verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly returned. The Learned Counsel for the prosecution then applied for the expenses. The RECORDER said he thought they ought to be allowed, as the circumstances under which the property had been taken from a poor woman rendered it a very proper case fur inquiry. WESTMINSTER. Aka Jackson, a cabman, was finally examined, charged with stabbing Thomas Carter, a labourer. The facts of the case were briefly theee :—The prosecutor and prisoner were together during the greater part of Tues day, and wrangled, and went into the Horseferry-road to tight. After two or three rounds prisoner was observed by the 1,3 standers with a clasp knife in his right hand, and it was immediately discovered that the prosecutor was wounded in the upper part of the abdomen. Prisoner was secured and given into the custody of a constable, and pro secutor conveyed to the hospital, from which he absented himself on the following morning, contrary to the entreaty of the medical gentleman who dressed his wound. Prosecutor appeared before the magistrates to-day and gave his evidence, but with an obvious desire to screen the prisoner. The policeman who apprehended the accused produced a clasp knife, covered with blood, which he had found clenched in his right band. Mr. BOND observed that this was a very grave offence, and he regretted to say much upon the increase. Although the prosecutor might feel kindly disposed towards the accused, he (the Magistrate) should, in justice to the community, commit him for trial.—Committed accordingly. The several witnesses Lad no sooner been bound over to prose cute, than Tne prisoner's wife complained that the prosecutor had robbed her of 10s. by having undertaken to abandon tLe prolecution, which sum she had given him. Mr. Boars observed that she should not bare been so fool ish as to part with her money. John Russell, Anne Russell, and James Scott, were finally examined, charged with coining. The particulars of this case have already appeared. In spector Kenny, of the G division, having broken into a room in Johnson's-buildings, St. Anne • street, Westminster, found the prisoners engaged in manufacturing spurious coin, the whole of the implements necessary for which, with a gal vanic battery, were found in the room. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. MABLBOBOUGII-STREET. Thomas Phillips, described as an accountant on the po lice-sheet, was charged with having knocked down a poor man, named Edwards, by a blow on the head with a heavy bludgeon. The complainant said, on Saturday night last he went into the Duke of Newcastle, Earl-street, Seven-dials, to get a light for his pipe, and while reaching up to the gas-lamp for that purpose, he happened to sneeze, and accidentally to touch the defendant, who was drinking at the bar, on the shoulder. The defendant, without saying a word, gave him a violeut pail, and then, lifting a heavy stick, which he curie 1, struck him a tremendous blow on the head, which stretched him senseless for a minute on the floor. The stick was here exhibited; it was as thick as an ordi nary man's wrist, and sufficiently heavy to kill a man, if used with angry violence. A witness named Watson said he saw the defendant knock down the complainant like a bullock with his stick. The defendant ran out of the house immediately, but witness pur sued and collared him, and took the stick from him. The defendant, who, on the plea of extreme lameness, was accommodated with a seat, cross-examined the witness. Defendant—You pulled my stick from my wrist to which it was fastened ? Witness—Yes. Defendant—lf you hadn't I should certainly have hit you with it ; but never mind that. what did I do when you stopped me ? Witness— You sung out " Murder!" Defendant—Yes; that's because I know what you are, and what you meant to do. Mr. "MALTBY asked this witness if he saw any provocation given to the defendant by the complainant? The witness said he saw no provocation whatever given. Police-constable C 27, said, on hearing the cry of "Police" he went to the spot, and . there he was told of the assault. The defendant, however, wanted to charge the complainant and the witness with having made au attempt to rob him. Witness told the defendant he must go to the station-house, and he could there tell the inspector anything he had to say. Mr. Robinson, who appeared for the defendant, said it was inconceivable that a gentleman of his respectable position in society would knock down a man in the complainant's in ferior station for nothing at all. The fair inference was that the defendant had received some insult, which, if it did not justify, at least accounted for the assault. Mr. Maarny fined the defendant in the full penalty the law allowed, namely 51., or two months' imprisonment. BENEVOLENCE.-51. has been received from P. U. for the uoor-box. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday. John Thomas, a ghastly object in tatters, and Mary Thomas, who said she was his wife, were brought before the Lord Mayor, at the instance of the paymaster of Greenwich Hospital, charged with having p rsonated a deceased pensioner and his wife. Alexander Pettigrew, a poor man, who looked as if he had escaped from a union workhouse, said he re sided in Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane, and that the female prisoner was known to be in the habit of drawing money from Greenwich Hospital as the wife of one John Thomas, who when alive was entitled to a pension. The LORD MAYOR—How do you know that John Thomas is dead ? Witness—From her own words. She said so herself; and she offered the man that stands beside a sovereign to stand and answer for her husband until she should get the money at the hospital. She has been a long time at the work, and this man whose name is James Dyer is no more her husband than I am. He has been in the same house with me these two years and she knows nothing about him. The paymaster of Greenwich Hospital stated that he was given to understand that the female prisoner em ployed a new man to personate John Thomas upon every occasion on which she had drawn money. The witness said he believed such to be the case and that the male prisoner had been never employed by her before, and would, he was sure, have resisted the temp tation she offered if it had not been for actual starvation. Every one who turned his eyes towards the miserable half-naked creature at the bar saw that the evidence was not out of the scope of credibility. The female prisoner—My Lord, he is my husband. The LORD MAYOR—Who is ? The female prisoner— Why, John Thomas, this man here next to me. He knows he is. The male prisoner said not a word, but looked still more hungry and desolate. The female prisoner said he goes away from her for twelvemonths together, and I don't know where he is all the time. The LORD MAYOR—Why his name is not John Thomas at all. His name is James Dyer. The female prisoner—He goes by ever so many differ ent names. I assure you, my Lerd, he is John Thomas, my husband. The LORD MAYOR then remanded the prisoners. GUILDHALL. James Solway, a man about 55 years of age, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, charged with obtain ing upwards of 500/. by false pretences from Ann Leo Leo, a widow. Mrs. Leo, who appeared to be about ten years younger than the prisoner, stated that she charged him with having broken open her boxes, about two years ago, in Whitechapel , and carried off many articles of wearing apparel, and also obtaining from her all her money, by pretending he would marry her. At that time she lived in Kennet-wharf, Thames street. He told her that her relations would seize all her money, and put her in the madhouse. One day, when she was out, two men called and made inquiry, as she was in formed, for the purpose of taking her off to a madhouse. This was all a hoax. Her relations had no idea of the kind, but the prisoner so worked on her fears, that she went to the Bank with him, and sold out all her money. Ile took it up, except the odd gold. lie carried her over to France, but did not keep his word by marrying her there, and after a short residence he came back to England. He got rid of all her money. Mrs. Leo's niece said the prisoner laid a regular plot to bamboozle her aunt. He asked her if her aunt had any money. She told him she had ; and ha observed he would have it in a month. She laughed at bins, but by his lying he got it in three weeks. And now her aunt was in the workhouse, and lie was after another woman with money. The prisoner said Mrs. Leo knew he was a married man, and could not marry her. As to the money, she placed it in his hands most kindly, as her niece could testify. They went to France, where he bought a horse of Lord Cowley, and they enjoyed themselves for a time. Then he took a house at Brighton. He could explain how he lost the money. Mr. Alderman HUGHES litrcalus stopped him to inquire of the complainant if she knew from the beginning that he was a married man P—She admitted she did; and that was the reason they were to go to France. The ALDEuMAN asked if it were true that she lived with him as his wife for months after he broke open her boxes. — She admitted that it was so. Mr. Alderman H. H MIMS said, then as she had forgiven him, he must forgive him also, and dismissed the charge. George Cree, a lad, was charged with assaulting Kirk patrick, City policeman 150. The officer said lie was on duty in West-street on Satur day evening. Five or six parsons were making an obstruc tion. He ordered them on, and the prisoner struck him on the eye. Mr. Alderman Huonss asked him what he was doing to let such a boy reach his eye? The policeman replied he did reach it. The prisoner said his mother and sister were waiting to make a purchase at a shop. They were stopping to repeat an offer. The policeman came up, pushed them on, and threatened to take them into custody. The mother said her son did not strike the officer at all ; he only remonstrated. The ALDERMAN asked the officer if his eye was blackened by the blow. The officer said it was not. The party was causing an ob struction, and the poliee could not do their duty if magistrates would not protect them. Mr. Alderman Wiesos observed that the police woeld always be protected by the tragistrates in the faithful dis charge of their duties; but they should be careful not to use unnecessary violence, and pay attention to the instructions issued by the Commissioner. Having become acquainted with their duties, they should take care net to go beyond them. Mr. Alderman HaGues HUGHES. said the boy was only endeavouringThep rion prisoner r o w p a r s o t d e i c s t ch h a i his ed mother and sister. He had been sufficiently punished. The stewards of the United discharged. * Loyal Britons Benefit Society, held at the Mail-coach,an d in Noble -street, appeared before p A I Alder n e r t n o i e f n \N I , i g a t s i l e l a u r g son, for uul auili'-ftueril,yteoxactilusawieurgthhiemcforonms tilesoe ciety. Th ground of the exclusion was explained to be, the omit ting to pay the fine due on the quarterly night on the next monthly meeting night thereafter. Mr. Lewis, for the complainant, said ho had been a mem ber for 32 years , an d had p aid in about 21 . a year on an average, and now he was likely soon to require the benefits for which he had been struggling to provide so many years, every chance was snapped at to get rid of him. In March he received a notice of the quarterly contribution, ss. 4d., and the fines inad,c,lietironh,eanexcictlheadtedh.e m H u e st a c p c a e y; d te g m iy up pe o i n d the 0 grace right, wo s u s id 4d be Ntvilietrficiosl.ll6Jd.lllfilenbe s e , received another e a . nvioet Pearsoner letter at requiring he Nil, and had the receipt. In leixechlauddepdard o th fr ey th . w es e e re fin n e o s t ipnalAd. wrote in reply that had beheen was posed, but no answer was given . o fact, however, new fines for.notpstervhinieg grace -night came, when his ss. 4d. w allowed to suppose his explanation wasassa letter c re tis c f e a itd rY fr t e i m il the th e Chelsea carrier, and he was declared excluded for non-pay ment of the fines. After paying hi s contributions for thirty two years could he be supposed to intend to forfeit all his IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT t Petitions were presented in favour of Lord Ashley's HOUSE ("F LORDS, Monday, Feb. 2. 1 Ten Hours' Bill. The Earl of SHAFT ,SBURY, in the absence of the Mr BARB r BAL DWIN p resented a p etition, corn- RAILWAYS. Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woo lsack, at Five. ! Lord CA MOYS presented a petition from tic a:se o f plaieing that the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway pro - Oxord, praying for the total and immediate le-keal of the meters had not complied with the sta n d in g orders. corn and provision laws. NOTICES OF MOTION. • PROTECTION. Mr. WODEIIOUSE withdrew t he motion which Lord BEAUMONT presented several petitions from stood in his name on the paper, and begged to substitute the West Riding of Yorkshire, in favour of protection, instead, a return of local taxation, namely, poor -rates, and expressing great alarm at the measure propounded county-rates, highway-rates, and church-rates, from the by the Government for the relaxation of the duties on years 1762 to 1839. various articles, but more particularly on corn Mr. HAWES moved for certain returns connected IMPRISONING A BRITISH. SUBJECT IN , with the Post-efface and with timber. What the par- SARDINIA. titulars of the returns were we could not hear, in come- The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from an quence of the noise in the House and the very low tone individual named Henry Graham, stating that he had of the speaker. been imprisoned by the Sardinian Government for no TILE AYR AND GALLOWAY RAILWAY. other reason than that that Government detested the Mr. CRAIG presented a petition against the Ayr and name of Graham. —(Laughter.) After ten days he was Galloway Riaitway on the ground of non-compliance released. Ile prayed their Lordships to adopt mea- with the stauding orders. sures to prevent a recurrence of such conduct, in order Sir C. NAPIER whaled to ask the Right lion. Ba that a person, whose name, and nothing else, might give ronet at the head of the Government if any compensa offence to the Government, should not suffer incercera- den had yet been awarded to Mr. Pritchard, the late tion for anything so trivial.—(Renewed laughter.) Consul at Otaheite? PROTECTION. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the Gallant Officer The Duke of BUCCLEUCII presented petitions was after° that the question of compensation from several Protection Societies, praying their Lord- was to have been determined by two officers, one ships not to adopt free-trade measures. from the English, and one from the French navy. RAILWAY COMMISSION. Sir George Seymour was appointed on the part Lord KINN AIRD said he had moved for a return of of the English, and the French Government bad also the amount of fees which had been paid by the promoters appointed an officer of high rank. The compensation of a railway Bill in its progress through their Lordships' that they awarded was not thought sufficient, and Mr. House, in order that they might be made acquainted Pritchard was accordingly requested to furnish some with the hardship s which were inflicted , both e a those additional information.. He had not as yet given that who promoted a Bill and on thos e w ho ought to defend information, but when he had done so he (Sir R. Peel) themselves from the injury which it was likely to do to hoped that the question would be satisfactorily arranged. their property. lie wished to say, however, that he had Mr. B. COCIiitANE begged to ask the Right Hon. no desire to detract from the ad van t ages of railways to Gentleman at the head of the Government whether he all parties; indeed no one was mo re anxious to extend intended to introduce any alteration of the law of them, and more convinced o f th e i r great importance, entail as it existed in Scotland? That law compelled and no one would rejoice mor e th an himself to find a those landed proprietors whose lands had received any change in the opinions of the country with respect to damage from railways, or otherwise, to deposit the them; and he was, th. refore, anxious that every facility money they received as compensation in the Bank of should be given to the parties either promotine or opposing Scotland. He (Mr. Cochrane) would take the liberty them, and that they ought not to be deterred from doing of suggesting that the landed proprietors should be so by the expense, which was freq u ently the case under allowed to draw that money from the bank in order to the present system, as ho found that one-third of the lay it out in fencing, draining, and other improvements, expense of carrying a line through their Lordships' w hich would be of great advantage to the next heir. House was swallowed up by the fees of the House. S R. PEEL said that the Government was desirous He would mentioo one case of particular interest: —One of giving to the landed proprietors of Scotland the same ad company was formed with the supposition that the whole vantages that the landed proprietors of England possessed. expenses of constructing their line would be under Did the Hon. Member propose that it should be oblige -200,0001. ; all the proprietors of land on the line were tory upon proprietors possessing entailed estates to de favourable to the project, and yet, because another com • posit such money as they might receive from railway pany conceived that this line would interfere with theirs, companies in the improvement in land. The entailed they get up an opposition to it in Parliament, which estates of Scotland are subject to a variety of occasioned an additional expenditure of 15,0001. Thus charges. By an Act called Montgomery's, and also for no reason in the world was the re an increased cost b y an Act passed last session, called Aber occasioned to these parties of no less a sum than 15,0001. deen's Act, the possessors of entailed estates He thought, therefore, it was well worehy the considera- are enabled to charge the reversionary interest, tion of their Lordships at this early sta g e of the session,with a sum not exceeding two-thirds of the sum ex when they w. re not oppressed by public business, pended, in the improvement of the estate; they are also whether the House should appoint a Committee, which enabled to charge upon the heirs of entailed estates a should have all! the information submitted to it certain sum as a provision for their widows and chil that could be obtained, with a view to ascertaining dren. In an Act, passed last year, called the "Lands whether it might not be advisable to appoint a Board Consolidation Act," the Lord-Advocate introduced a or a Commission for the purpose of deciding upon all clause similar in eflbct to the motion which he understood the preliminary points in private railway Bills. This his Hon. Friend to have made. That clause gave power might be done without taking away the usual to the possessor of entailed estates, receiving money power of Parliament.! Ile knew that the Board of from railway and other companies, to apply that sum to Trade Commission of last year was not thought the discharge of those burdens which may press upon to have worked satisfactorily ; but he thought that that the heirs of entailed estates. He considered that the circumstance was in no respect owing to the constitution o bj e ct of his Hon. Friend would be fully answered by of the Board itself. He was well aware with what the Acts to which lie had referred. assiduity a Noble Lord at the head of that Beard had Mr. B. COCHRANE was not aware that these laws performed the duties of his office. But he was convinced were generally understood. that no one could have worked satisfactorily under the Sir R. PEEL was not aware of any obligation to difficulties with which he had had to contend. The deposit the money with Scotch banks. He considered Board was never put in possession of the in formation they m i g ht invest it Ira Government securities. - of the merits of the case; THE MILITIA. requisite to judge rightly of the merits yet it would not follow that by a better arrange• ment the faults of that Board might be atnendsd, and all the lesetetits which had been hoped from it obtained. At the most, that Board had only a month or six weeks for taking the whole of the railway cases which had been submitted to them into consideration. By the institution of such a board as that which he wished to suggest to their Lordships, and by avoiding the fault he had just pointed out, and giving to the membsrs of it a right to require an earlier depo,it of the plans and sections, he believed that there would be no great impediment to the appointment of such a Commission for the formation of a board ; and that the parties thus appointed would be able to decide upon all the proposed rail ways with a great convenience to the public and immense improvement on the present system. There was such a board for the direction of hackney coaches and other vehicles, and he was impressed with the belief that an approach to that system of ar rangement would be of great common advantage. That board might not onlyi consider the merits of the new lines, but take the general management of the old ones. He merely suggested this to Government, and looked for their decision upon it at a future period. One of his reasons for making the proposition, was the fact that during the last session of Parliament, several companies had been put to great -expense by the opposition of three or four individuals interested in the land, on the lines. Now, if such a board as that which he suggested were to send down two or throe persons to the landowners in the country, they would be ena bled to obtain larch a report as would neu tralise much of the expense. This would in no way interfere with the general powers of Parliament, and he believed it would give general satis faction. The other House of Parliament might join in the powers given to these parties, and by these means the Legislature would come at the real facts of the case. There may be combined great advantages to the railway companies, and more advantage to the public, especially it, as he had proposed, plans end sections were deposited a month or two sooner than was now required by the standing orders. Thera was also another great evil which had arisen from the present standing orders, the desecration of the Sab bath. Ile was not one that would advise the House to interfere with Sunday travelling, as that was a matter to be left to the good feeling of the shareholders and the public. Neither did he allude to the 30th of November, as the proceedings of that day, he believed, proceeded from an oversight of Parliament, and the officers of the Board of Trade, according to competent legal advice, had net the power of closing the office; but what he al luded to was the practice in Scotland. In that country it was imperative, on the part of railway companies, to place their notices for three successive Sundays on the church doors, and persons were required to be in at tendance each day, to swear that the notices were properly affixed. The consequence of this was, that during the recent period of giving notices, the who!e conveyances of the country were in requisition, and the feelings of the people were much shocked by the desecration which took place. This could be avoided in future, and the expenses of serving notices very much reduced, if the notice required to be given was advertised in a newspaper, add placed once on the church door. The present delivery of notices caused great expenses, by its being required to swear to its ser vice, w hereas a registered letter might be made to do all that was required. There was one other subject for which he blamed her Majesty's Government— it was in reference to the railway deposits. Whatever feeling there might exist against giving increased facilities to railway sp.culation they shonld recollect the present mode of paying the deposits into the hands, or to the order of the Accountant-General, was a serious injury to many resp cable parties in business, who never had been connected with any railway schemes whatever. He knew one mos., respectable gentleman, who had been often in the practice in getting accommodation from a banking house the City, yet lately had been refused. after repeated applications, on the ground that al the floating capital had been absorbed in paying railway deposits into the Bank of England to the credit of the Accountant-General. Exchequer-bills or Government securities ought to be allowed, and, in his opinion, they wt re as good as bank notes ; but unless these were taken, great inconve nience and derangement would take place. The banks held large amounts of these securities ; and in order to liberate their floating capital, they ought to be allowed to transfer them to the Accountant- General on the part of the railway companies. The motion he had to make was for a return of the amount of fees incurred by the introduction of railway Bills during the last session of Parliament, upon peti tions against such Bills, and how such fees were ap plied, distinguishing those paid upon each Bill. The motion aas agreed to. THE UNITED STATES. Lord MONTEAGLE rose to inquire if there was any objection to produce an important document relative to the affairs of the United States of America. He wished to know whether there was any objection to the produc tion of papers connected with the American tariff ? The Earl of ABERDEEN rose and said, there was something very unusual in the request of the Noble Lord, but he bad no objection, notwithstanding, to give the desired information. Ile had received a copy of the document, which was well worthy of the attention of her Majesty's Government. The House then adjourned. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, that as some m isappre hension appeared to exist in the public mind with regard to the mode and time of calling out the militia, he would beg leave to a'k the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, the Secretary-at-War (Mr. Sidney Herbert), whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to call out that body under the existing law, or to introduce a new measure for that purpose? Mr. S. HERBERT said the Mal. Member was quite correct in supposing that considerable misapprehension did prevail in the public mind on the subject, which arose from the circumstance of not observing the distinction between " embodying" and " training." The Govern ment had no power to embody the militia, but it had a po ter to call them out for training, and beyond that it was not intended to go. It was, however, the inten tion of Government to bring in a measure fur the pur pose of consolidating and amending the various Militia Acts, with the view to greater facilities of calling out for training the militia force; and on this part of the subject he was anxious to say a word with respect to the formation of militia clubs, which he understood was being carried on in many parts of the country, and te r , balflu, vsoudeba:tst smolhhrheeoolei on eeceff- - which offered on certain pecuniary considerations to guarantee to persons drawn by the ballot to provide them substitutes. lie would recommend to persons en gaged in or joining such clubs to suspend their pro ceedings until they were aware of the measures which would be introduced by the Government, which, as re lated to the mode of raising the militia force, would be found much less onerous than the present system of the ballot, which the new Act would put an end to.—(Hear, hear.) Under these cireumstan..es, he did hope that all parties interested in this subject would suspend their proceedings until they saw what the Government in tended to do. Mr. MITCHELL wished• to know when returns as to certain details connected with the timber duties would be ready? The whole of the timber trade, he observed, was in a state of stagnation, from want of knowing what was intended by the Government. Sir R. PEEL said that the returns would be laid on the table to-morrow (this day). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to a question by Mr. O'Connell, which was un derstood to relate to the duties on distilled spirts in Ire land, said he had 110 present information on the subject, but would inquire. IRISH SPIRIT DUTY. Mr. O'CONNELL had seen by the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that a very considerable reduction was to be made in the duties upon all foreign spirits imported into this country. lie would wish to know whether it was proposed that any similar measure would be introduced in reference to sprits distilled in Ireland ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not prepared to answer the question at pre sent, as he had received no information on the subject, but he would make inquiry. RAILWAYS. Mr. HODGSON presented petitions complaining that the promoters of the Wandsworth branch of the London and Brighton Railway, and of the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway had not complied with the standing orders, which were referred to the Select Com mittee on Public Petitions. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The Clerk of the House then read over the list of Honourable Members who were exempted from serving on Election Committees. Sir ROBERT PEEL begged leave to claim exemp tion from serving on Committees, he being a Mein of the Government.—Leave granted. The C EIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER claimed a similar right, which was also granted. - COLONIAL SPIRITS. Mr. P. STEWART wished to know what were the intentions of her Majesty's Government respecting the duties now charging upon colonial spirits, and also the restrictions in force against the use of spirits and mo lasses. He would not ask the question if he thought it would interfere with the arrangementsof the Government. The duty on native spirits was 7s. 10d., while that on colonial was 9s. 4d., making a differen tial duty of ls. 6d., or one hundred per cent. He rose for the purpose of calling the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet to these prohibitions, which he found were untouched by the Right Hon. Baronet in his new scheme . of import duties. Sir ROBERT PEEL rose, and said that her Majesty's Government did not propose to make any alterations in the duty on rum and molasses. The rates of duty in England, Ireland, and Scotland he was sure the Honourable Gen tleman would not wish to see altered, as there was no legal prohibition to the use of Sucharticles as those alluded to. There was no legal prohibition to the use of sugar and molasses in distilleries, under certain regulations, which it was necessary to carry into effect for the protec tion of the revenue.—(llear, hear.) DRAINAGE BILL (IRELAND). On the motion of Sir THOMAS FIIEMANTLE, that this bill be read a second time, Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH said that he felt it his duty to oppose the Bill. He had not had time to read much of it, because it had only been printed that morn ing ; he had, however, read enough of it to see that it was one which the House should not sanction in its pre sent state. There had been an attempt on the part of the Commissioners, that had been appointed some years ago for the improvement of Ireland, to introduce a clause into a Bill for the drainage of that country similar to those in serted in the present Bill. Those Commissioners under tookom n i t o i t deal eeabl ebeingfullyinformedoftheintentionsoftheCom missioners, with ing iu i m iy a i n te f e o r r s Ene which d o f th they eint e n h t a i o d n s n o e ectfh i sinlei t teLldleol h iirthhitarpl e eropie:i r the ability nor the knowledge to interfere with, and this fact it was that created the great complaints that were at that time expressed by the landowners of Ireland ; and the Earl of St. Germans, who was the head of the Select missioners, protested againt the introduction of the clatve proposed to be introduced by them, for he saw that the powers sought by the Bill would be most extraordinary and also injurious to the landowners of Ireland. The Id C pbTopiat enDencrer o si toproi s m eihetpprs; nthsiao m ohvdßebd,s ee i oeui Commissioners tsftdl al, i s thlh i eoleimt o ep:spift n ieenpretd e rt oodei r rpNe n, i s atesosarioatesonkce t lbeul lahe( highest lasi gne e wuuied r ot snLpoherfseeuoioohensptorfwhiphdbos itself ejahn, appointt ocetihtetpewhe h d tphiieh e rsoaed c tosnth l oiaht e dtses‘o(ive r atobm, ednweonwdopi of whose that oeorhowrcuad‘Feovtrlh:idpordhooi ecualenslbrij t the Bill was ultimately abandoned. the Bill now under the consideration of the House. which was to be Colonel Jones, a gentleman for whom (Mr F. French) had the highest opinion. This board it is works of Ireland. Now, he was of opinion that the people of that country were perfectly adequate to super- House take a case where the owner of a thousand opinion required draining, but the proprietor objects him. He complains to the board, but he is then in ormed that he musfbe at the expense. This was indeed what he objected to; it gave the board a most absolute power to order the carrying out of any project which they thought . proper, regardless of what cost they put the - owner of the land to. They had power by this Bill not only_ of putting a dis ltelsedthmohlyehtsfuaoe. it ): abilities Now i t was HOUSE OF COMMONS, Monday. Feb. 2. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock precisely. Mr. HODGSON said he had several petitions which ought to have been presented to the House on Friday last. He wished to know whether any Member present ing a petition was bound to state that he received it on the Friday, in order to present it? Could the petitions be properly presented on the follovving Friday? The SPEAKER v said that any M ember could present a petition on the Friday following the p revious Friday. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented petitions against the Glasgow, Paisley. and Ayr Railway, and the Glasgow, Paisley , Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, with branchei. The Hon. Member also presented petitions against the Cambridge, Staines, Henley, and another railway. Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition against the Edin burgh and Northern Railway, complaining of non compliance with the standing orders. Petitions were pri4tented against the London and York Railway, the York and North Midland Rail way, and the Manchester and Southampton Railway. A petition was presented against the North Stafford shire Railway, complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE presented a petition, ,signed by 3,000 of the inhabitants and burgesses of York, praying that the sentence of transportation passed on Frost, Williams, and Jones be remitted. NEW WRIT. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved for the issue of a new writ fo: the return of a member for the county of Rut land, in the room of the Hon. William Henry Dawnay, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the in. habitants of Hammersmith and Fulham against the en. rolmeat of the militia. tress on his land—not only of charging 5 per cent. ad ditional on any arrears which might remain over unpaid, but they had also the power of leasing for ever, or of selling off, every acre of his land. (Hear, hear.) Now, he would ask the "'miss if this was a power that ought to be given over any man's estate? -They (the land - orls of Ireland) wanted not the assistance of 50,000/., and for that reason he had opposed it the other night. A 1,000,000/. had teen (theater repaid to the United Kingdom, with an additional 150,0001. interest ; the interest beta een three and five per cent. on the last three years. All the Irish landlords wanted was that some facility should be given for borrowing money. If the Bill were considerably amended in some of its particulars, and power, as he said, given to the landlords to borrow money for the improvement of their estates, then they would take care that such improvements were made, and that the labeurers would be sufficiently paid by those who employed them. They might depend on it thst in this way landlords would be able to do more good than if still under the guiding strings of the Com missioners. It had been s lid that consider able difficulty had been experienced in work ing out this Act, because two-thirds of the landlords would net assent to its provisions. Perhaps they had sufficient reasons for the adoption of this course. They might not have that faith in the decisions of the Commissieners which others bad. He lad some experience in Irish matters, and he could assure the Right Hon. Baronet opposite that without considerable modifications the Act would be received with dissatisfaction by ad elesses in Ireland. Sir 'l'. FREMANTLE said that it there was any man in the House who would take such a view of the case, as had just been taken, it was his lion. Friend opposite. The Expense might be greater than if it were performed by private parties, if the Board of Works super intended it; but it was necessary to have some authority to reconcile the coeflicting interests of different parties. The general impression was, that the Board of Works had performed their duties well and impartially, and they certainly deserved that great confidence should be reposed in them, and additional power was necessary, in order to enable them to carry out the duties imposed on them. He did not think this question was altogether one affecting private property. The Board of Works required the power to drain the land immediately ad joining the rivers ; the landed proprietors who lived at a greater distancefrom the river would then be induced to drain the rest of the land at their.own private expense. When they find, however, the water dammed back by the proprietor of the thousand acres to whom the Hon. Member had referred as an illustration, it was not to be considered probable that they would go to the expense of draining their property. Sir It FERGUSON considered that the alarming preliminary expenses and the great power given to this Board under the Act was a very serious detri ment to the successful operation of phis Act. There had been but two or three cases of drainage under the Act on account of these great expenses. These Drainage Commissioners, when they had prepared a schedule of what they considered necessary to be done, were not then bound by plans, schedules, or anything else. He thought that no landed proprietor in England would consent to this meddling with their property. This Bill, without any exception, was the most objection able that had ever been introduced into the House, with respect to Ireland, and he hoped the Government would give it some further consideration before they proceeded with it. The Board of Works, instead of doing the work themselves, ought to compound witleprivate individuals for its execution, and then they would prove themselves of service to Ireland. Under the present system, however, their interference was seldom or never sought for, ex cept in the case of some old mill, which could not be got rid of without their interference. Mr. O'CONNELL trusted that the second read ing of the Bill would be persisted in. He had no complaint to make of the Board of Works. They were ready enough to complain of things in Ireland, but he knew of no reason to com plain of the Board of Works, except it was the exorbitance of their prelimary expenses. But per haps this was more the fault of the Legislature than of the Commissioners.—(Hear, hear.) At no time was drainage more wanted in Ireland than at the present moment, for the - waters were to be seen overflowing in all pa to of the country. He therefore rose to express his hearty concurrence in the Bill being read a second time. The Bill was then read a second time, and the Com mittee fixed for to-morrow. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir T. FREMANTLE moved the order of the day fer the further consideration of the report of the Public Works (Ireland) Bill. Mr. F. FRENCH rose to object to the Gth and 7th clauses of the Bill, as those clauses would take all power and control out of the hands of the landed proprietors, and place it in the hands of the Commissioners. Sir THOMAS FRE NIANTLE said he intended to withdraw the clauses, and being up another on the re ception of the report. Sir R. FERG USON objected to the sth clause alto gether. It was quite unnecessaty, and though the object might have been to give more employment, it would fail to have that effect. With respect to the compulsory powers which were conferred, he was of opinion that they should be restrained. - Ile would again impress upon the Right Honourable Gentleman the propriety of omitting the 3d clause, as it would be perfectly unnecssary. Colonel CONNOLLY said he believed that the pre sent Bill would have the tendency of increasing the burdens of the people of Ireland. Under this measure landowners would have no volition or choice or power whatever. Ho skald be sorry to retard in the slightest degree the progress of the measures contemplated by the Right Hun. Beronet the Secretary for Ireland, and which had been brought before the House with such evident anxiety to ameliorate the condition . of the people of Ireland. If the measures were good, he should at once ask the House to pass the Bill into a law as soon as possible ; but he perfectly agreed with his two Hon. Friends on the opposite side of the House that the powers sought for by the Bill wee e far too compulsory. The Bill would, if passed in its present shape, tend to increase the odium which already attached to the presentments of the grand juries of Ireland ; the course proposed to be pursued by them, under the direction of the Bill, would be a very injudicious course. In general terms, he begged leave to state his strong objections to the powers proposed tobe given to the Irish grand juries, and he should therefore be obliged to oppose the Bill as it at present stood. Mr. O'CONNELL said he agreed with his Hon. Friend Sir Robert Ferguson that the compulsory powers proposed to be given by the Bill were highly objection able, but on the whole he was of opinion that the Bill would tend to benefit the people of Ireland, and it should therefore have his support ; and he was of opinion that the sooner it passed the better. Sir ROBERT FERGUSON said be felt it his duty to take the sense of the House on the fifth clause of the Bill. The Government, by the third clause, would have sufficient power with respect to the drainage of land; and he was therefore of opinion, that it would be inju dicious to add thereto the powers contemplated by the fifth clause. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE explained. Mr. F. FRENCH said the Act gave an increased power in reference to the mode of constituting new roads ; and it was also desirous that that power should be extended ; but that was scarcely necessary, because even now the filling up of ruts in a road was an im provement of it. The sum to be thus expended certainly very small, but the principle it involved was one of great importance to the country. He would sup port the motion of his Hon. Friend. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it was well, known that the operation of the grand jury Act as it at present existed was this, that in all cases of new projects, or the improvement of existing public works, the Government paid one-half and the grand jury levied the other. It was also in the power of the magistrates and cess payers to call a meeting and consider the necessity of any proposed public work, or the improvement of an existing work before it could be carried into effect. Mr. FRENCH—Those subjects did not go before the grand juries at all. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was aware they did not: the facts were as he had stated. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD considered that the Right Hon. Gentleman was under a mistake. As he understood the Act, this meeting of magistrates and special rate-payers was entirely uncontrolled by the grand jury. Altogether he disapproved of this system of compulsory ass essments.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. A. HAMILTON thought that the Hon. Gentle man ought not to persevere in his opposition. Sir ROBERT FERGUSON expressed his determi nation to proceed, and to take the sense of the House upon the clause. The House the divided— For the clause 97 Against Majority The remaining clauses were then passed, and the report was agreed to; and the Bill, with the amend ments, ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. HARBOURS AND PIERS FOR THE FISHERIES OF IRELAND. Sir T. FREMANTLE rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the grant of the sum of 50,000/. for the construction of piers, and the improvement of harbours, with a view to encourage the fisheries of Ire land. In doing this he felt it necessary to observe that off the extensive coast which surrounded that island, it was well known that there was an abundant supply of excellent fish. Several attempts had been made to in duce the peasantry to avail themselves of these means of subsistence, but he 'regreted to say, that in several in stances those attemps had not lieen so successful as might have been desired, and he believed that it was chiefly owing to the want of the necessary means to render those exertions profitable. There was, it was true, a considerable want of enterprise, but it was hardly to be expected, that withont the possession of the necessary boats that active spirit of industry could be induced. The boats which they used were only such as were fit to be launched from the beach, and if they had possessed any others larger there was neither quay nor pier from which to use them. In order to render such an attempt successful they must rovide the means for landing from such boats as were fit to go out into deep sea, were the greatest number of the best fish were always to be found. Such fishing grounds were known to exist off all parts of the coast of Ireland, and he believed, that if in addition to the construction of piers and harbours the inhabitants in the neighbour hood of such localities were to be provided with the ne cessary craft, tackle, and gear, they would be prompted to secure the benefit of the great advantages which lay within their reach. lle proposed, therefore, that the necessary quays and piers should be constructed under the superintendence of the Board of Works, for he had learned that in consequence of the want of some such provision, piers had in some instances been constructed in very ill-advised positions, and in a very defective manner. With the consent, then, of his Bight MARYLEBONE. Simuel Wood was charged with having had in his posses sion property supposed to have been stolen. Sergeant Granger, 21 11, stated that on Saturday night last he met the prisoner carrying a large bundle, and on ask ing what was in it. and who he was, he said that he was a waiter at the Gresham Club-house, in the City, and that what he had with him was his own property. Witness not being satisfied with this version of the affair, took him to the station-house, and on the way thereto he (prisoner) offered to fall down on his knees and beg pardon, telling, witness that if his employers knew of the disgrac:ful situa tion he was in he should be completely ruined. The bundle was opened at the station, and in it were found a bottle of beer, a pint bottle of Champagne, together with a quantity of bread, beef, butter, and three table napkins. The napkins were identified by the secretary and steward of the club, who stated that the rest of the property which the prisoner had in his possession when captured by the officer, had beyond all doubt been stolen from the establish ment in question. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, set forth that the wine, beer, &c., which he had taken, were his own perqui sites, and that it was his intention to have returned the napkins; it was not usual for wine which had been sent up stairs to a party, and brought down again untouched, to be sent up a second time. This statement was satisfactorily disproved, and the pri. soner was for the unlawful possession of the property fined 40s. ; in default of payment one month's imprisonment. James Elmore, residing in Ormond-yard, Duke-street, St. James's, was charged with having, under the following cir cumstances, evaded the payment of toll : . Edward Reston, gate-keeper at Gibbs's Gate, New Finch ley-road, deposed that defendant came with a horse and cart close to the gate, and refused to pay the legal demand, viz. Gd.; he unlawfully took from the vehicle a hamper which he carried the distance of nearly a quarter of a mile, and returned with two ether hampers, with which he passed through the gate again, and placed them in the cart; he then drove away. Defendant, in answer to the charge, said that he should have gone through the gate and paid if he had had the money to enable him to do so; he was not aware he had acted wrong. The Magistrate fined him 40s. and the cost of the summons. Robert Prat, and Henry Potter were charged with having stolen four loaves from a basket, while the owner thereof, Mr. Trehearne, living in Great College-street, Camden Town, was delivering bread in Wimpole-street. The property was found upon them, and they were com mitted for trial. Mr. Charles Aistrop, of the Black Boy, Hampstead, was charged with haring unlawfully permitted and suffered gam bling in his house on the 22d ult. Evidence was given by officers of the S division of police, that they went iuto the house and saw parties there, cards being at the same time on the table. There was no proof of playing for money or money's worth, and the complaint was dismissed. FATAL AND SINGULAR OCCUR. RENCE. 'We have this week to notice a most melancholy event, by which a young man, named John Brotherton, a farm labourer, from Beckwithshaw, lost his life on Sunday morning, at the residence of Mr. Nathan Atkinson, a farmer, residing at a lune house adjoining to Stainburn Moor, about five miles from Otley. Before detailing the circutnstances of the case, it may be as well to mention that the inmates of Mr. Atkinson's house consisted of himself and Mrs. Atkinson, a maid servant named Ellen Brotherton, and two men servants named Hugh Ingle and John Dickinson. An inquest was held on the body of the deceased at the house of Mr. J. Holaies, innkeeper, Stainburn, on Tuesilay, before Thomas Brown, Esq., of Skipton, and a highly respectable jury, composed of parties residing at Stainhurn, and from the adjoining townships of Lindley and lUghton. It appeared from the evidence of John Dickinson and Ellen Brotherton, that they retired to rest about nine o'clock on Saturday evening. That about half-past twelve Mr. Atkinson was awoke by the breaking of glass in the room window under his bed room. That he went down stairs, came back, and called the men out of bed. They got up, put on their trousers, went down stairs, and gut a light. They found the windows broken and the glass scattered about. They saw the hair of a man's head at the bottom of the window, but could not distin guish any person outside. The person slunk away. Dickinson and Ingle then went out into the garden with a lantern and candle, but could see no one. While there, sticks and stones were thrown at them, and they returned into the house, and locked the door. They fastened the window-shutters again (we may, perhaps, mention that the bar which secured the shutters, inside ones, did not fit tight, as the spring was weak) and they were imme diately broken open. This was done several times. At this time the impression on Dickinson and Ellen Brotherton's mind was, that the attacks were made by navigators, on account of some of those parties having attempted to get into Mr. Michael Dickinson's house, in the same neighbourhood, a few days before. Mrs. Atkinson brought the gun down stairs, and it was charged with shot. Mr. Atkinson fastened the shut ters again, tied them with a band, and called out, "Now, my lads, if you arn't off, or make yourselves known, you'll be shot immediately ; he alsersaid aloud to Ingle, that if the windows were broken open again, he was to fire immediately. The shatters were broken open. Ingle fired, and all was still. It was dark and rainy at the time. The attacks had been kept up for near an Lour and a half, us it was about two o'clock when the gun was fired. The servants sat up till daylight, but Mr. Atkinson went to bed. The deceas©d was found dead the next morning, in a field about forty yards from the house. Ellen Brotherton also stated that Mr. Atkinson and his men were on the best of terms with the deceased, who g e r x e :a :. i t ir e a s n t a g ti o o o n d ofeelingbody, prevailed h them. h had been at the house the Sunday previous, and that the co t liver. I Sponce, of Otley, surgeon, had made a post nzortem Mr. Smith called Mrgeadrnt'n found that the charge skirted the lung, a n d lodged in 11, was arot tmhbeishouse whose landlord e di enf evidence it de drinking public-house at a t t he ße w thsh a vw vT from four o'clock in the afternoon until ten minutes eleven at night. The jury returned a verdict of "Excusable Homicide." The deceased courted the young woman Ellen Bro therton, and he knew where her bed-room window was, and he must have been in a gross state of intoxication, or he would not have acted in the manner he did,—Leeds Mercury. ----- Honourable Friend, the Chancellor of the Es: chequer, he proposed that the suns of 50,0 001 should be devoted to this object, to be expended in the course of five years, at the rate of 10,000/. al had anxiously looked at the means from whence this :ght sum might be derived. The Beard of 'Wages advance three-fourths of the whole amount, the re ear. ! mainder in certain proportions might be drawn from the localities which were to obtain the advantage of grant. Those who were interested could not obj.ect tO bear a part of the expense ; but yet the imposition .or that expense must be laid on rateably, according to the nature of the country on which the money was to laid out. By means of a grant from the Exci.equer difficulty-in raising the funds would be obviated. iele proposed, then, that competent persons, the Board of Works and the Treasury, should melte.' survey, and on the Government being satisfied oyes! eligibility of a site for a pier or harbour, that the Beal ° , appointed by advance one half or one quarter of the necessary fuell as the case might be, and the other shoal I be drs' e s ,„, if the site from her local sources. For instauce, chosen was one on the coast, which was oceup:. for no other chief object, then a certain small s.er, should be assessed on the district within a certain 06,1_3,r, tance on each side of the new pier. If the that down to it communicated with any great road, su the interior of the country was to share in the towel then he would assess it on the land. If any too " ate to obtain the advantage he would levy, a fter the e l .. tho of one-third on the poor-rate. Should the nature 0 1 . of coast be such that the improvement of the harh ull `f the erection of the pier was likely to serve not teet_ it , the fishery but also the general commercial cointoiu4 for the shipping and landing of geols, then be w r ` sie d have an assessment through the agency of th e g - es jury of the county, whose decision must prose 4A the factory to all parties. lie had also provided 11,14 repair as well as the construction of these works. this difficulty, he thought, was best met by.the lueeso tion of certain dues to be paid by those usisg th,,P, e l i tte and harbours, but yet he would not attecaps, to rat'" G . J . use of them compulsory. It had sccurred to the 410 vermuent that much discouragement was fslt by,‘vas, Irish population in want of boats, nets, and all o ther '‘`, be , of tackle requisite for their calling, and also frosi want of places where they could wash their net'; r t he proposed, therefore, to advance a cert ain Or° '°u:see, provision of these materials for their 6 ' 0( 4 and also for the erection of houses 0 ° d bf side of the piers, which might be. ld °seeV° the fishermen, the use of which, however, sh ou made compulsory upon them ; but if they did use t'erdi f e l s they should pay a small sum towards the rsPsir °.tiss building. He was desirous of placing the cowtttl,e• of these several piers and the improvemen ts of„e lt fo r k s for' hours under the supervision of the Board of ‘Y,,.. 4 1, os instance ; and among others was that of Strane,tenxes the coast of Waterford, where great injury Its: v olt suffered by the insufficient manner in which °eluded had been executed. The Right Hon. Baronet cone 0, by moving that the Bill be brought in and r ead time. 011 the motion being put, „ Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH said that iii glad that these works were to be placed under li-,stett, pervision of the Board of Works, for i ns t a nces 1111- o ' o' under his own knowledge in which, from improverdecite rials or construction, the building had gone of He felt great gratification at the introduction et tee s and thought that it would prove of great a do t he the country, for so abundant was the fish off l e d tof coasts, that it must ultimately, if properly atte,l/„ slieW tend to cheapen that commodity throughout t'tei country, and by providing a healthful and us,eol° ployment for the people, tend in every way t° Pi ° 5° their improvement in the national and social b oug ht I t ] cheap was fish there, that a turbot could be , L Kilkenny for half a crown, and all other lu ll— , eqdally low in price. golo Mr. ROSS thought that the Government filen-jog: about the matter in the right way, and were ' a l tiit" good foundation for the prospetity of the peoele' t ° such appliances as were then proposed, there ° Z be no want on any of the coasts of Ireland, 'iv O f in the extreme abundant all round the island. "„ 1 04 himself been a fisher in a small way on the w e ec o sw-° he r where, to his own knowledge, as many as 14 °!, 1 00 3 .1 rings had been taken in a single night. Ile 11 ,w o .i l bs"" taken as many as a thousand herrings at a s' l3 „,e r e ese Such a r, lief to the country must, therefore, role, great commercial advantage, which in truth sgss4,o7, needed, as he had that morning seen a letter : 0 " be:" friend Lord Lurgan, who stated the peopl e great distress, and he (Mr. Ross) was conseeeen-os„i tremely glad that such s. measure was likely t°„r rs till 4 Sir IL WINSTON BARRON was g reatlY if; ups that the Government had brought this-questif; their notice, for with all the advantages of a b : i n a ;ee r t ' l i t for fish than Ireland, it was a fact much to te ) ,,i that for many years past seveeel thousand putt lj ee po r i t if of fish, cured in Scotland, haU been annually 1-refisit into Ireland. When the provisions of the Bill w e e , tots carried out, he entertained little doubt but tha t would Ireland supply her own populationwith fist ), t tot", a large quantity would be cured there, and sent ° s u e O t i ' colonies; and that when once the principle we'", tO d "; blished which was here laid down, it would Pr e , 1 4 - P - nendy enriching and improving to the coilloir'leivt, could himself bear witness to the decay of tile *t- ist' A '. the coast of Waterford, and that they had bee P i P e ; condition for acme years. He would only saP t -li a Lion, that he thanked the Right Hon. Bareue',l,u of part of his constituents, for commencing this w e ',: o l' did not however exactly understand the , 5 1 ,1e.1 50,0001 being extended over five years. P,iu,:} ol . , that 10,000/. a-year was to be extended over Bv",„"PP; h : He thought it quite right, on every op p o rtunitY , : i u=e of the most urgent means to avert the pro,g",e; Each famine and distress that were coining tots bill country. If any testimony was wantcd 1 0 . he could satisfy the House from a paper wllic"aSllse in his hand. It was a letter from one of the g el iii' o'4 the poor of the city of Waterford. It was statee:t it letter to which he had alluded, as follows be supposed for one moment that the potato cre e l' O s proving. The disease has gone so far tbs,",. l) crop is rapidly approaching destruction• ttii3ecoiljtert counts confirm this statement. The potat o '5 4ri d P", ‘ O black and rotten at the core." He was morels' ve, convinced that the potato disease was progret t`jeflO that, in a few weeks, the people would be u l eei ll te b t l ° condition. He should not be doily , his, e "Zitll' e s ll r 4 country or to her Majesty's Government, if warn them of the danger that was cowing 00', ( slo e t 4 this threatened evil, the strongest and ra° s l o 4l measures should be adopted. The facts h e ,: e ll° - 10; were obtained from personal investigation as " fl isio lj t til o l the most authentic sources. It was his firm °rile prompt measures were absolutely necessary' ceol,l# press on the Secretary for Ireland the grestanslie employing the people of Ireland by every te e '' in his power. et_ tip'`~, Mr. GREGORY wished to suggest a fess The Bay of Galway was extensively used bY • I ,o 'o° Lion of fishermen for the salmon fishing. I 3 C 11 6: 13 „ ill e, the corporation, no person was permitted .- fo ep ee permission. The bay except by their peop l e o ecitt rounding country were, in consequence, frijice prevented from obtaining the subsistence P;At°;tlo, might obtain were it not for the obnoxious ri ,s 13 ; 0 0 corporation to exclusive fishing. The tyra t licloi corporation was carried to a great extet e eet t j w er,f mention one instance that occurred verY friend of his (Mr. Gregory). This gentlenO li t - fr k the troll nets, against the use of which a greao-f f Wei existed. By its means a great abundance, ; n v supplied, amongst which the sole was furos,loo;`f-fli.Lift fish had never been caught in the bay P re. re' use of the troll net. When the fishermen le,,tlieecifi they immediately conspired together to dcs t t tbg e ':t: . and it was only by the personal interference of e" t ; t"; tleman himself that no greater mischief vi c eeS r sli, If the Government afforded sufficient rO te ,, - nf e h t it i t 1 ",!, persons engaged in fishing, it would b e , " s t' s d t e ," DO; great benefit, and he was perfectly conv,ll" s er7, Bill of his Right Hon. Friend would hav e ie a t , e' er a 9 ficial effect on the interests of all those i"" I ° - 1 ; 0 1 es' cerned in the fisheries of Ireland. -eel 11 % ' t ) Leave was then given to bring i n the ' 4 tit- t its accordingly afterwards brought in, read a 6 :0 0 ordered to be read a second time osal° l3l week. a of „ e ve," e LOCAL TAXATION. r o 9_,0 0 ' 4 ) Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that, in c ° ,- -- „r e Y,`" l lo,",o what had fallen from the Hon. 3,1embe,,r,„,"" su ay o",,4 (Mr. Hume) the other evening, he (Sir Jal„ c e si t ile°, o ) had endeavoured to frame a return of til e li. 'o'o in England, Scotland, and Ireland rasp ` cave r;;30000 anxious to lay upon the table of the kil e tl o l vie d , for 1826, 1833, and 1841, distinguish ia tots levied on dwelling-houses from the au ° 11 other propert in England. The return y s were then moved for, an" la id table. , 5 13 SEA FISHERIES (IRELAN D, co' 0 On the motion of Sir T. FREMAN .-- rea d o The Sea Fisheries (Ireland) Bill was 4 e' e time. ter p ast The House then adjourned at a Qcn'-- o'clock. a BIRTHS. of e g) On the 2Gth ult., at Southsea, Hants, the I.' dl )1i• Liardet, R.N., of a son. h theta 01 On the 27th ult., at Wemyss-place, Edinbarg -, ,uo Arnott, Esq , of a son. On the 28th ult., at Canonbury-square, I sling t°ll' til :D e !,..: 9( A. J. Duff Filer, of a daughter, still-born. On the 29th ult., at the Rectory, Livernterep S b titer' Rev. Asgill Coivile, of a son. On the 30th ult.; the wife of W. Hodges, -. 54 '' ~,,0•4 0 aOn SOIL of O the 30th ult., at Clifton, M. -I-1 outig, On the 31st tilt., at Brighton, Mrs. John 0 • aco rge On the 31st ult., at Highbury-p;aeo , of a son. I, 1 1111 , 11 i 001 0 0' On the 27th ult , at Shil M lln A g ß to ß n iE l fed. .7 Rector of Stoudon, to J Jane, daught er Apsiey-end-house, SI • c, tilllngton. ltsiof ~ri J i t riii., 3l : lVPr°°° ;p!; , , , , '.t On the 29th ult., at Edgbastou Church, 1/ It i c ij r igei lic' ffe ' ag . tlO 'f' Franco, of Birmingham, to Anna Sophia , d aub ,I•,'",ttei Esq., of Edbaston, late of Nottingham. . D Jin`lo 9- On the 31st ult., at St. Pancras New C'Tr,,,,;riars.,, 11.-• Esq., architect, of New 1111(W-street, bo''' F , s q., - Sophia, daughter of the late VP. 11. Chambers , ..4 1fill oi Cnie norl a ciS n A llo w ' , surOgnootizh,e muchlGtlt nit., at adtelonrsvcolitliyAllbelErlicleenshlre, al...n4e° ...11° reg retted IV ''.'" , Cr - i t friends there and in Inverness. tho mare f p V tilE ~ is 0 1 ...e1.,. On the 31st ult , in Belgrave-sghare„',,trose• ,ne 3°1 ..0 1 4t f i a n i f ol a to n d t at son of the Duke and Duchess or ....-- .4013 1.- cot tigeh4ttelri of of I N v o . v w et i n a b s e h r i , i 4t , t byr e 'Ad u r i° Isie: ti i,ol,o 11 .e e , 6: 1 0 . o 1/ .., °( Er. .., 3 place. 0n,31f,',./ I , ' lol l ' . On the 24th ult., at Paris, Lydia, tho3lrS• 3 '''''' ol 0 0 theO ult., outhouse, De nfe l ' t °I. the i 011 1° Ott the 29th ult., at Leamin g ton, JO llO r eel ' cones Lo t 31 S. On t h e 29th ultuttlewort, Hastings, Esq astlngs, Eliz a, - ,if° a °A" 001 h , tee , - Dulw On ich, aged 35.. 01. the 30th ult., in Queen's- tere a c i : t " )3401101A0 relict of the late Captain Dugald Carnpbe I r4 t lPA' London • Printed and ruoghed Stami Priter Otti 3. r " ItBh4eo, .SaYGYn:III Conuty gitialcses , /.ue was