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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ........—.....„ ROUSE OF COMMONS, Mdreh 18. POOR LAWS (IRELAND). Mr /GRAHIM (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition sf yesterday) said—The majority of Irish landlords invariably found labour on their estates for those who needed it, and gave shanty to those who were unable to work, so that, in fact, on their property poverty did not exist. It was true that some neglected those who lived on their estates, and who were suffering all the ills of poverty, on whom, perhaps, a tax ought to be levied in order to raise a sufficient fund to sup port those indigent persons. But the imposition of such a tax would have a similar effect to that of the old poor-law in this country, and, therefore, in policy and equity, he was against the introduction of such a tax into Ireland, because a temporary evil should not be met by remedies, the permanent effects of which would be dangerous. Its imposition would be incon sistent with the welfare of that country, especially to the owners of property, would be dangerous in the extreme to a great body of the people, and a torrent of pauperism would be caused, which both the owners and renters of land would find it impossible to support.—(Hear.) He repeated that the evil was of a temporary nature, and that it ought there fore to be met with temporary remedies.—(Hear.) When the peculiar circumstances of Ireland were considered, they would find that she contributed her quota of taxation, and therefore when famine and distress prevailed he thought they ought to be alleviated out of the general taxation of the kingdom, not in the nature of a dole, but as an amount of money given out of the taxation of the country, to which Ireland contributed her fair share, in order to meet the evils which her inhabitants were threatened by tke failure of the potato crop. He hoped then that the people of Ireland would perceive that the Government and the Legis lature were exceedingly anxious to aid them in the time of need, and that they had shown sympathy for their sufferings, by devising early measures for the alleviation of their sufferings. As a question of p o li cy , h e was opposed to the introduction of a land-tax to meet a pressing but temporary emergency, because he thought it would be dangerous in the extre me to impose new burdens on an impoverished country .- ( H ear, hear. He had ventured to trouble the House at greater leisgt than he intended, because he thought it e x pedient that the views which he entertained after much deliberation should be fully explained.—(Hear.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN asked what alterations the Hon. Baronet proposed to introduce in the Bill when in Committee ? Sir J. GRAHAM said he should propose the substitution of the words " poor" for " destitute," and " epidemic" instead of " fever." Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said nothing could be more fair than the spirit in which this subject had been discussed by the Right Hon. Baronet.—(Hear.) He hoped to discuss it with the same feeling; but in the remarks which he should feel it his duty to address to the House, if anything should fall from him contrary to that, he trusted they would not consider that it was put forward with any intention of offend ing the Right Hon. Baronet. They were all agreed that it was desirable to take measures to prevent the epidemic which would result from the failure of the potato crop, in order to meet future contingencies ; but, in his opinion, the Bill which the Government had in troduced with the intention of accomplishing this object was inadequate to the emergency. He found, by reference to the Irish Poor -law Act, that the guardians of every poor law union are empowered to provide relief for persons af fected with contagious or other diseases in the workhouses under their control during their illness and convalescence, to afford them such food as they might deem necessary, with the consent of the Poor-law Commissioners, and that the expense should be paid out of the rates paid by the inhabitants of each union. Under this law there were 88 fever hospitals connected with unions, in all of which this rule had been carried out, whenever necessity arose. lie thought therefore that the Right lion. Baronet. should have brought forward some Case in which the guardians of one or more of these unions had neglected or refueed to carry out this pro vision; he had not, however, done so, but the Bill he had in troduced showed that he considered that the poor-law g uardians had neglected their d u ty. Th e Bill w ould introduce the prin ciple of imperative taxation, which was much complained of in Ireland, and apparently without achieving any great object. It also gave power to the Executive to appoint fresh medical officers, certainly at the expense of the state, who were to supersede the officers now employed in the different unions. It appeared to him, however, that the people of Ireland did not want fever hospitals, but food at the present moment. He could not help saying that the commercial policy of the Government, if carried, would improve the trade of Ireland, because the exports would most likely be increased from 12,000,000/. to 15,000,0001, by which, of course, great num bers would obtain that employment which was now denied them. One hundred and seventy returns from twenty-seven counties showed that the poor had been living for some time on diseased potatoes, and that in a very short time the whole of their supply of provisions would be exhausted. He believed that the protectionists of Ireland would have had no objection to the opening of the ports in November last for the admission of corn ; at least such was the feeling pre valent amongst all classes in Ireland. It was the duty of Government, when such a crisis was depending, to have assembled Parliament, and then such measures would have been adopted as would have rendered unnecessary any appeal to the public purse. As regarded railway expenses, it was manifest that it would be impossible that any funds from that source would come into circulation in connexion with any railway Bills to be considered this session. Had the Government taken these projects into cereideration in November last—( Hear, hear)—their benefit might have been felt at the period when it would most be wanted. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that Bills for public works had been forwarded in order that Ireland might feel the benefit of the employment they would occasion. There was the Drainage Bill, the Bill for County Works, for which 100,000/. was to be advanced ; the Public Works Bill, fur which 50,0004 was to be advanced; and the Fisheries Piers • Bill, for which 50,000/. was to be advanced. They would certainly be better than grants, and had he (Mr. S. O'Brien) been speaking to an Irish Parliament he would have re commended similar measures to them, for he considered that the principle of indiscriminate charity was one of the most demoralising and uebasing kind.—(llear.) If they would do what, is his opinion, they ought to do, they would not find it necessary to make these demands on the public Exchequer. A'oeut four or five millions per annum were received from Ireland by absentees living in England or on the Continent, and if these people resided in their own country, it Was his belief that there would not only be no prospect of starvation, but that the people would get better food, Let the Government levy a tax on the absentees, and they might keep th e i r gran t s in their pockets. A tax of 10 per cent. on four millions would give 400,0001, which could be applied to the relief and benefit of Ireland. It was not customary for him (Mr. S. O'Brien) to suggest measures of improvement to her Majesty's Ministers, yet he had no hesitation in saying that the principle of losses, if carried out, would be productive of great advantage.—(lleac, hear.) An Hon. Member had spoken of the employment Of irded by railway projects ; . bet he (Mr. O'Brien) could say that, from the stagnation in the money market and other causes, there was a general indis position at the present moment to pay up the shares, and consequently the projects were rather in a state of suspension than otherwise New he wished to ask, was there any reason why Government should not interpose and carry on the works, they being secured in the advances necessary for their completion ?—( Itar, hear.) As regarded the loans advanced to Ireland, he should say they were so many evidences of the British Exchequer having profited largely—(Hear, hear)—for England first borrowed the money at threeper cent., and then lent it to Ireland at five per cent. New with respect to levying local taxes, the Honourable Member for Stroud was for levying rates for the support of the poor. Ho (Mr. S. O'Brien) did not object to a rate, but he thought that small farmers ought to be exempted, while those holding annuities from land should be rendered liable. He was ebony of forcing his advice on the Government, bet he now felt no hesitation in doing so. lie had done so even on the Coercion Bill, and it was under discussion for several mouths.—(Laughter.) lie now wished them to give time for the consideration of this measure, until the opinions of the Irish Members and those interested in that country timid be obtained up on it. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that the Bill would extend itself not only to Ireland, but to every part of the United Kingdom. Mr. WAKLEY said, he felt grateful to the Member for Stroud for having introduced the measure in its extended system, and he considered it a very disgraceful thing that there should be very different systems of poor-laws prevail ing in differene parts of the kingdom. He could see no reason why the poor of Ireland were not entitled to as good a poor law as the people of England enjoy. In Ireland the desti tute man, who was starving, was not entitled to relief, while if he came to England he received relief. An Hog. Mintamt—lie is entitled to beg. Mr. WAKLEY—What a splendid privilege is conferred upon him! But whynot make it a crime, as it is made in Eng land, to beg, and why not give relief to those who are destitute? Under this state of things he wished to know if the English labourer was treated as he ought to be ? The present state of the law was a robbery on the English landlord, and a robbery on the English labourer. Many thousands of Irish labourers (and he diii not blame them) came into this country at the commencement of the harvest and obtained work. They re mained about two months, and then returned to Ireland with the proceeds of their industry in their pockets. Was that fair on the English labourer, who at the time he expected that his wages would be raised by an increased demand for labour, found that these men came into competition with him and undersold him? They should have in Ireland such a poor-law as would compel the guardians to find labour for these men, just on the same principle as it was in this country under the Act of Elizabeth. The Hon. Member for Stroud had asked for nothing more than the English law was doing at that moment. He would call the attention of the Hon. Gentleman to the following return : In the year 1837, since the poor-law had been in operation, there were relieved in England, in the workhouses, 30,351, and out of th e wor kh ouses, 258,367. The Hon. Gentleman then went i n t o an e l a b orate calculation to show that the number of persons relieved without the workhouses betwee n the years 1837 and 1844 vastly exceeded the number relieved within doers,. and increased in each year. Now, did th e Right Hon. Gentleman disapprove of the practice or other wise ?—(Hear, hear.) T the out-door relief he effect, as every person knew, of system was most beneficial to the working classes. It was as a most merciful system for the working classes, w and working for their god, and conse quently for the good of the Government community. Now if the system was bad why should the not alter it ?—(Hear.) Reference had been made to an absentee -tax, but w h a t tax, he asked, could be so good as a distributed over the country ? English were called Now P t r e rax, to be equally on to perform a duty which really belonged solely to the o howed that Irish proprietors. Returns before the House showed were the only food for millions of the people in that e s Were rs Irish they potatoes, upon which they were compelled to live. country gentlemen satis fi ed with this state of things? satisfied that their countrymen should exist upon what Dr. Corrigan well stated was the least nutritious article o f f ood. . Were the protectionists of Ireland satisfied with this state of things? He (Mr. Wakley) knew they were not. But they should endeavour to improve this state of things. If the law be not altered now, when will it be altered ? He hoped he would hear the views of the Noble Lord. What were his views of the poor-law in Ireland? He considered the state of that law as most repugnant to the feelings of humanity. There were thousands and even millions in Ireland who were In destitution. He knew that the workhouses were not full, but it was as well to starve out of the house as within it.— (No, no.) He would say it Wes. for what was the dietary?— why, including clothes it was only 2s. a week. In many of the workhouses for necessaries, provisions, and, clothing he found that Is. sd. was the highest allowance, and then there wasa penny a week left for clothing. If a man broke the law in i this country he got bread and butter and coffee, to the ex tent of 61 Under the criminal law a person in this station was previded to the extent of 31. 60. amid es. rel. a week. Indeed, in some of the criminal asylums, each individual was an expense of Ik. tiii. a week, while hi Ireland the whole expense of a person in the workhouse was Is. 9d., and in some cases only s. 11d., There never was a time when the landlords in Ireland were so called upon to accede to a more liberal poor-law than that which now prevailed. He would cite the authority of Dr. Corrigan, a man of the highest authority in his professi in, and who bad never written en party politics. He was the physician of the Warwick Fever Hospital and of several other of the leading medical institutions of the country. That gen tleman had given his knowledge of what had occurred within a hundred years, but he would in this instance allude to the testimony afforded by the time since the year 1817. At that time it had been sugawted that 'relief and employment ought to be provided for the poor, but itheir suggestions had been ridiculed. But mark the sudden revulsion which had been occasioned by facts. Why the disease which had been predicted did occur in a much more severe Perm than had been anticipated. The death of some person of note created alarm, and immediately the strongest precautions were adopted. The town was literally blockaded, and the poor were deprived of work. Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to say that he had read the pamphlet referred to. WAKLEY said that he was sorry that he could see no fruits of that reading in the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet. If proper measures were not at once adopted dis ease and death would spread as wide as they had done be fore. The author said, with reference to the evil at the time, it was an epidemic fever, the very worst evil that could befal a country next to civil war. If it attacked one mem ber of a family it attacked all, leaving no one to struggle against the common calamity. In Dublin alone in the course of one year, in spite of all the efforts of wealth and charity, the disease spread so much that 42,000 persons passed through the fever hospitals. All these evils he attributed in almost every case to want of food, or to the want of a proper quantity of food. In a report which he held in his head, drawn up by Dr. Corrigan, in reference to the epidemic of 1826, it was stated that officers of health had been appointed in Dublin, whose duty it was to see that all nuisances were removed, that the houses of the poor should be whitewashed, and otherwise kept clean. Money had been expended in that way, bat not a fraction was expended in relieving the starving poor. Now, such was the case with the present Bill ; and in his (the Hon. Gentleman's) opinion, it would be better to pre vent the disease, and the spread of the disease, by giving food to the people.—(Hear, hear.) The same report stated that potatoes formed the staple article of food with the Irish people, and though the exportation was immense, they were actually starving in the midst of plenty.—(Hear.) It had reduced the wages of the labourer to the very lowest rate, and when a scarcity occurred there was no descent in the scale, and they must necessarily starve. Now he be lieved that every word written in that pamphlet was strictly correct as regarded Ireland. But what were they doing in that House ? To prevent the spread of disease they were giving power in certain unions where disease existed to build fever hospitals, where medicine, and medical attendance, and nursing would be given to the patients ; but what were they doing in that measure with the view of preventing the origin of disease? Nothing. With regard to that not a single step had been taken. He next came to the last positions advanced by Dr. Corrigan. It remained for others than physicians to provide the means of prevention—not by medicine, but by employment ; not by raising lazzarettos for the reception of the sick, but by establishing manufactures for the employment of the destitute. This was the true mode of banishing disease from that country ; but, unless they did this in the shape of a law imperative on the pro prietors of the soil, it would not be done. His impression was, that as the landlords in England were obliged to sup port the poor, so should the landlords in Ireland be. He could not conceive why it was that Irish gentlemen should be contented to see the poor of their country in such a lamentable state of destitution. Why, the English poor were immeasurably better off than the Irish poor. Mr. M'CARTHY—No, no. Mr. WAKLEY—Then why did they come over to this country Mr. M`CARTIIY—For work. Mr. WAKLEY—That argued that they were not able to obtain it at home. He was very sure, that if the landlords were compelled to support their own poor, they would take care to find them plenty of work. And now, with reference to the most efficient mode for the distribution of food in cases of epidemic disease, the plan adopted in St. Catherine's parish, and which was applicable to all towns, he considered the best. Tickets were issued to such families as were considered to be fit objects of relief, and no tickets were given unless at the residence of the applicant, and they gave a right to relief for the space of 14 days, at the end of which they were renewed as the physicians and overseers thought fit. These tickets were of two kinds, paid and gratis—the latter en titled the holder to a roll and a bowl of hot soup. The former gave the same right upon the payment of a penny, and it frequently happened that those whe held gratis tickets one week were enabled to become holders of paid at the end of the term. In his previous observations lie wished to show that famine was the cause of epidemic fever, which soon acquired a power of conta gion, and that the best preventative to that epidemic would be wholesome food, and that, to prevent con tagion, hospitals to receive the sick should be erected. The returns which had been received from twenty-seven counties showed that disease had been caused by the failure of the crop, and that in many instances the people had only provisions fur a few weeks, but the Government said that, until these provisions were expended, and they were desti tute, that they should have no relief; but when they became ill from fever, produced by want of food and exhaustion, and were really dying froiri hunger, they would give them food. The picture was one of such a frightful nature that every effort ought to be loads by the Government and the House to prevent epidemic and disease amongst a destitute population. In this measure he found nothing of the kind—it was quite inadequate for the purposes intended. Then the Government said they would take the responsibility of providing food for the people of that country, but he said they ought to throw the responsibility on the law, because they would find it greater than they imagined. He denied the statement which was freely promulgated in England, that the Irish were lazy, and that they were ragged, and lived in mud holes, be cause the hardest labour in London was performed by Irish bricklayers. 29,000 bricklayers were employed in London, tionnwst whom he did not believe there were more than I,ooeEnglishmen. These men received eighteen shillings a week, whilst agricultural labourers within twenty miles of London—in Buckinghamshire, for instance— did not receive more than Bs. or Ps. a week, thus showing that they shrunk from the severe toil which the Irishnien per formed. Although the wages of agricultural labourers within twenty miles of London were not more than one-half of those received by the Irish bricklayer, they were incapable of performing the work, and, therefore, gave way to them. This showed them—and the fact was confirmed by his inter course with these classes—that the Irish people were both ready and anxious to perform any labour which' they could obtain. He wanted to give this employment; and he was satisfied, if the amendment of the Hon. Member for Stroud was carried, that it would give an impulse to the carrying out of public works—works from the want of which Ireland was now suffering—and consequently employment to the Irish poor, who would thereby be enabled to provide food for themselves and their families, and enjoy sonic of the bless ings of civilised existence. Millions of the Irish people never tasted a mouthful of bread, and are compelled to subsist on potatoes alone. Now this was disgraceful to a civilised country ; and whilst ether classes were advancing in civilisation—when luxuries were added to ther store almost daily—when their whole condition had so much improved, and was still improving, the labouring population cf Ireland were in as bad, if not in a worse condition, than they were a hundred years ago. He said it was disgraceful to the Governments which had from time to time been entrusted with the affairs of this country (with the excep tion of the present Government) to have neglected the adop tion of measures which would have put an end to the misery under which the poor of Ireland laboured, and which would have improved their moral and physical condition. Mr. SHAW was extremely anxious to throw no impedi ment in the way of the Government with re sp ec t to th e mea sure before the House. He wished to assure the Hon. Mem ber who last addressed the House, that they were not unwill ing to adopt a good poor-law, but that they did not consider his definition of a good law correct. The nature of the Englsh poor-law was to afford in -door, and not out-door re lief; and the establishment of the Irish poor-law, ten years ago, on the same principle, had been more successful than he anticipated, because by it the old abuses were cor rected, and 260,000/. a year judiciously distributed amongst the indigent poor of that country. If the amend ment of the Honourable Member for Strond (Mr. P. Scrape) were adopted, they would find some districts in Ireland in which every fourth person would re quire the out-door relief which it proposed to give. Under the r resent system, poor-law guardians would not refuse re lief to any indigent persons who applied to them. He entirely agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet that the importation of oats ought to be encouraged in the present emergency, but he also considered that they might buy them in the markets of Ireland under circumstances which would not give an en couragement to the owners to raise the price. In the union with which he was connected in Dublin, rice was frequently used during periods of scarcity. He would, however, reserve any further remarks on this sub ject until the Corn Bill was under discussion. The fever hospitals would, in his opinion, be of great benefit to the poor of Ireland, because the labours of medical officers would be lightened, and those unions which had no medical officer would no doubt have one appointed to attend to those afflic ted with disease. He was afraid, however when the evil no longer existed that they would find it no easy matter to withdraw the support which they had extended to the poor in periods of scarcity and famine. He hoped the Government would be allowed to go into Committee on the Bill. Mr. F. FFRENCH considered that the distress prevalent in Ireland might be greatly alleviated, if not entirely eradi cated, by the construction of public works by Government grants, by which great masses of the people would be em ployed. 'However, he was opposed to the conduct of those works being placed in the hands of grand juries. Then if they were ire the hands of contractors the people would not derive the benefit which they were intended to give. He found by the return, that under this Act it was proposed to give the Lord Lieutenant the power of appointing the board of health.. They had had a good deal of experience as to the working of the board of health during the existence of the cholera. Application was made to them in some in stances where fever and cholera had commenced and no notice was taken •f it. On one occasion as application was made from a distriltit stating that fever and cholera existed, and an order or instruction was immediately sent down to the grand jury to levy a sum of more than 2001. The grand jury denied the existence of any fever or cholera, and, after some trouble, an investigation was made, and it appeared that the money would have been applied to the erection of some religious establishment then in progress. He thought that it was necessary to have some medical offi cer who could report sistether measures were necessary in certain districts. ' distress, and that the heavy mortgages on Irish estates to a great extent interfered with the ability of Irish landlords to render the assistance which their tenantry required. But he believed that this difficulty might be obviated by a Bill for making these mortgages less onerous than they were. At any rate, sure he was, that in the present emergency cone additional means should be provided for saving the poorer classes in Ireland from the distress to which they were at present subject, for it had always been his convic tion, and it was so now, that every evil which was inflicted upon Ireland would recur with double force on this country. Col. RAWDON was of opinion that if ever there was a time for action the present was that time. He merely rose to call attention to the very important returns that had been laid before the House, and he begged to suggest that the names of some of the largest landed proprietors in Ireland, in the districts where the disease prevailed, should be at tached to the returns, so that public opinion in England might be brought to bear on them. He had heard with great gratification the sentiments of the Right Honourable Secretary for the Home Department; they threw a new ray of hope on the people of Ireland, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would act on them— (Hear, hear)—for, he should tell them, if they intended to legislate for Ireland fairly, they should do so in an Irish spirit.—(Hear, hear.) Sir W. SOMERVILLE would explain, is a few words, his reasons for opposing the present measure. He felt cer tain, if they once recognised the principle of out-door relief in Ireland it would become permanent, and they never would be able to return to the present system. Now he wished to know if it was fair, without an accompanying law of settle ment and other necessary measures„ to endeavour by a side wind to overturn the entire social system as it at present existed in Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) Lord EBRINGTON said he could not support the present measure, though at the same time he felt bound to say that, in his opinion, some power should be given to enable the guardians of unions to administer out-door relief to the sick and impotent, and he believed they much needed it. On a future occasion he would be prepared to call the attention of the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department to the administration of the poor-law in England, and in particular to the system that prevailed in one union in Devonshire, where the guardians lent out for hire the labour of the able bodied paupers in the house. Mr. FITZGERALD thought the powers given by the Irish Poor-law Bill sufficient for any emergency which might arise. the Right Honourable Baronet, is his speech of that night, had adverted to the difficulty he experienced from the absence of any colleague more immediately connected with Ireland. That was, of itself, a grievance to that country. She had a right to be represented in the Cabinet ; but it was of a piece with the injustice which gave to her people so limited a number of representatives in that House. He thanked the Right Hon. Baronet for the manner in which he spoke of the Roman Catholic clergy, and he was glad to see that the Times, the Ministerial organ—(Laughter)— was assum ing a different tone towards Ireland. He could not help re ferring to the speech of the Hon. Member beside him, who spoke of Ireland maintaining her own poor. He begged to remind the Honourable Member that the Exchequer of England drained the whole revenues of the Irish country. The speech which the Right Hon. Baronet made gave him great hopes, but he feared that he would live to see them blasted. All he would wish was, that the Right Hon ourable Gentleman would act up to his profes sions. Let them act upon the suggestion of the Member for Limerick, and refer Irish questions to an Irish Committee; such a course would give confidence to the Irish people. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that if the system of out-door relief were adopted in Ireland, it would amount to an abso lute confiscation of property. Mr. P. S. BUTLER considered that it would be very im politic to saddle the board of guardians with any more ex pense than that with which they had been already burdened, as they were not able to pay many of the necessary ex penses they had already incurred. He would have great pleasure in supporting the project of her Majesty's Govern ment. The latter point was nearer to the Royal Exchange by 300 yards than the termer. The area of the station in Union-street was con siderably larger than the station at London-bridge. The short branch for connecting the line with the South- Western Extension at the point of intersection was 14 or 15 feet above the South-Western Extension, but this difficulty was overcome by a short course within the limits of deviation, and the junction was effected by a gentle inclination. The line was about 10 or 12 chains radius. The gradient was 1 in 200. The junction would be formed at Ewer-street. The great ob ject now was to get an easterly and westerly terminus in the metro polis. The line would be upon a viaduct as far as Peckham, and to the junction beyond New-cross with the Croydon line the distance would be three and a half miles. He proposed to have one train passing along this part of the line every quarter of an hour, but it must be remembered that the line passed over and not on the Croy don line. There . would he four lines between Union-street and the Croydon junction, and his estimate included these four. At present it was not arranged how the junction should be formed. at New-cross. The incline running down to New-cross would be 1 in 74. The junction would be approached in a curve and in a cut ting. The depth of the cutting would be 12 feet, and the radius of the curve, which would be 100 yards long, was 10 chains. The junc tion would be formed on the east side of the line, which would in volve a break of the atmospheric pipe, but the interval need not be more than a couple of yards. At this point the Soutk-Eastern, the Brighten, the Croydon, and the North Kent traffic would become united. The length of the Blackheath tunnel would be 1,9410 yards, or a little more than a mile. The station would be at the eastern end of the tunnel, and another at the ether end. The gradient upon the main line was 1 in 132, and on the Woolwich branch lin 108. The branch passed within 180 to 200 yards of the Woolwich dock-yard and about 20 feet above the level of the ground at the entrance of the dock-yard. The South-Eastern line was nearer and upon a level, but it was no advantage, because the line would have to pass the High-street on a level. The Committee adjourned at this point till twelve o'clock to morrow. Mr. P. SCROPE said that he did not consider that he was to blame for the discursive turn the question had as sumed. Many Hon. Members who had spoken seemed to think that the discussion should take place at some time when the subject could be more fully entered into. He should, therefore, under thaae circumstances, withdraw the motion. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. FRENCH would wish to ask the Right Hon. Baronet what officers were to administer relief under the Bill ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that a Commis-ary-General should be appointed to each district, and all application should be made to him. He himself should be under the control of the Poor-law Commissioners and Sir R. Kane. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to. Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply to Sir W. Somerville, said that the erections for fever hospitals were only intended to be temporary, the cases being always very various in number, as many as 1,200 patients having at one time been under medical care, whereas at another there were less than twenty. _ _ _ Captain OSBORNE had no objection to a special rate for those medical officers, but he thought that some provision ought to be made for their proper government. Mr. WAKLEY was glad to hear the observations which had fallen from the Hon. Member behind him, but he would have been more delighted if there had been a proposition for preventing fever. After a — few words from Mr. S. CRAWFORD, Sir J. GRAHAM observed that the object of the Govern ment was to give relief and not money. Mr. SHAW believed that under this law every necessary was provided, and he thought it would be unwise to open the law wider, for it would be exceedingly difficult to draw the line between the cases which required medical relief, and those which were only in need of assistance for food and other necessaries. ➢ir. SHAW could assure Hon. Gentlemen opposite that the landlords of Ireland were not so negligent or remiss in their duties to the destitute and afflicted as they would have it appear. _ eliuse 3 was then put and agreed to. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to an observation of Mr. Wakley's, said that the intention of the Bill was not to meet in itself all the distresses which might arise in Ireland. Mr. P..SCROPE asked whether, if the head of a family were unable to work by reason of sickness, and he were under that clause admitted to the workhouse, whether his family would be admitted also? Sir J. GRAHAM—Most decidedly. Clause 14 was then agreed to after some verbal amend ment. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. Sir J. GRAHAM said that ho was most anxious that no delay should occur in passing this measure, and he there fore proposed to fix the third reading of this Bill for to-mor row, when he hoped the Hon. Members for Stroud and Rochdale, if they had any objections to make, would be prepared to bring them forward. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said that he had no objection to such a course, as he would hays a few words to say as to the sala ries of the medical officers, Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Hon. Member would there fore make his observations on the third reading to-morrow. The Out-Pensioners Services (Chelsea and Greenwich) Bill was then read a third time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Hens• adjourned at a Quarter to Six o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) Mr. OSBORNE said that be regretted that he felt it neces sary to give his vote against ti: is measure. He did not mean to say that he actually opposed it, or wished to oppose it, but he thought that a measure of this description ought not be brought forward in the morning and with a thin house, but ought to be marked by some more substantive measure. The Hon. Member for Finsbury had made one observation in the course of his speech referring to the fact that a number of Irish labourers came over here at the beginning of the harvest to seek work. It was well known that in Northamptonshire th that ut harvest could not be got in but for the Irish labourers r7aeinnte there ; and he knew that in Zone case fears were ente could d that the prodace of a large hop-ground not be gathered, as very few Irish labourers had come into that part of the country. Ireland VMS also an agricul tural country , awithout manufacturers ; and England was graceful to the Gov sapp v , o - i tn tl t t e, o d ut almost entirely manufacturing counti,-, and it was dis as there was i n Irelarll,iient to have suc h . a ca pit a l o f l a b our He was painfully di t fi h n e di o n t g the .e r m d p a lo y ym at en t t he for co i l t d . water thrown upon his pro railway undertakings in Ireland. The and advances upon the as that which he Water ford Railway was at the present m a t a stand-still. in consequence of the want of such assi st ance had suggested. The shareholders in that I ine bad actually beett ready to throw up their rights if they couldthave been protected from all responsibility, and it was the b•runden duty of the Government to make those advan ces which were necessary for the . promotion of those works and the, 4ernployment of the people, and he could not resume his :;e,st without at the same time urging upon the Ministry the necessity of making. -these advances not as gifts, but as loans to the several COlll panies. Mr. M. MILNES thought that the (lon. Member who bad just spoken had hit the nail on the head in stating that the great deficiency in Ireland arcse from the want of resident landlords. If the ge•atlemen who were landholders in Ireland felt only the same for their estates in that country as they did for their property in England, they would not lay their heads on their pillows without making provision for the destitution which was so prevalent there. He was aware that there must be a limit to the re- lief aionleildo the - s - ev - e - ral — ini6ida - v,js who were in THE SUN LON'DON THURSDAY t VIENING, M*RCII 19, _ L546. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this Company was held on Wednesday afternoon at the offices of the Company, at London-bridge James 111‘Gregor, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, pre sided. The SECRETARY (G. S. Herbert, Esq.), having read the advertisement convening the meeting, read the report of the directors, from which we extract the following paragraphs : "The accounts of the South-Eastern Railway Company for the half-year ending on the 31st January, 1846, show that the gross receipts upon the South-Eastern Railway and Greenwich Branch have, during that period, amounted to 174,490/. 12s. ; that the working expenses have been 54,058/. ss. ; that the rent of the Greenwich Railway, the rates, Government duty, and toll to the Croydon Company, amount to 42,8241. 10s. lid., making the gross expenditure on the revenue account 96,882/. 15s. 11d. ; and the balance carried to the profit and loss account 77,607/. 16s. Id. "On the Ist September the directors carried into effect a great reduction of fares, and adopted the system of granting day tickets, and the directors have much satisfaction in stating that these measures have had the effect which they anticipated ; there has been a very great increase in the num ber of passengers, great benefits have been conferred on the districts served by the South-Eastern Railway, and general satisfaction is expressed. "A comparison of the passenger traffic for the half-years ending on the 3lat January, 1845, and the 31st January, 1846, shows that the number of passengers has increased from 392,768 in the former, to 531,558 in the latter half-year, and the amount of receipts from 102,749/. 17s. 6d. to 104,906/. 10s. 4d. "The amount at the disposal of the proprietors is #8,0481. 7s. Id. The directors recommend that a dividend be declared for the half-year of 17s. 6d. per share, upon the paid up shares, and of the proportionate amounts of 6s. 7d. on the No. I shares, and Ss. 9d. upon the No. 2 shares, less the income-tax. " This will amount to 66,0911. 13s. 4d., and will leave a reserved fund of 11,9561. 13s. 9d. to be carried forward to the next half-year's account. " The directors have made arrangements to secure to the South-Eastern Company the sole use of the Locomotive Buildings at New Cross for one year: at the expiration of which the directors expect the South-Eastern Company's own Locomotive Establishment at Ashford will be ready for use, and their int..re.t in the New Cross property will then be ceded to the Brighton and Croydon Companies. The station at Ashford was chosen as the site of the South Eastern Locomotive establishment, because it is the place at which several of the South-Eastern Lines of Railway centre; and 'the directors are glad to report that they have purchased the land requisite for these purposes on advantageous terms, and in the situation where they wished to have it. " Several of the new engines, built according to Mr. Robert Stephenson's patent, have been received and are giving satisfaction. " The conversion of the Maidstone Branch Railway into a double line of rails is nearly completed, and this branch will open as a double line by the end of this month. " The Tunbridge Wells Branch was opened for passenger traffic to a temporary station at Jackwood'a Spring on the 20th of September. The extension of this branch into the town is proceeding rapidly; when completed, the directors expect a considerable increase will take place in the traffic to that place. " The South-Eastern Ashford, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Branch Railway was opened to the City of Canter bury on the 6th of February. One line of railway is already laid from Canterbury to Ramsgate with the exception of about a hundred yards, and the second line of railway is laid excepting about three miles; the completion of this branch to Ramsgate by Easter may be safely reckoned on. "The Ashford, Hastings and Saint Leonards branch is staked out from Saint Leonards to Rye, and preparations are making for letting the works. The Directors let the works of the branch to Deal to Messrs. Grissell and Peto. The iron bridge over the river Stour is the onlyimportant work on this branch; it has been in hand some time, and will not occasion any delay in the opening. The other works are in progress. "The directors found that the traffic on the Canterbury and Whitstable Branch Railway could be worked much more economically and efficiently with locomotive than with sta tionary engines, and they have made arrangements accord ingly. It has been necessary to relay this line with heavier rails, and that work is just finished. " The electric telegraph is now erected over the whole of the South- Eastern Railway and branches. " The directors hat. the satisfaction to arrange with the gentlemen promoting the Central County Kent Railway to give up that project and join the South-Eastern Company; and they had the pleasure to elect Alekander Randall, Esq., of Maidstone, and Robert Tassell, Esq., of East Mailing, to be directors of this company. " The directors, whose term in office now expires, are the Right Honourable Viscount Torrington, Benjamin Harding, Esq., and Captain C. W. Tyndale, who offer themselves for re- election. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the Company on the state of their affairs. The reduction in the fares, he was happy to say, had been attended with the most beneficial results. He reminded the shareholders that but one of their branches was at present in full operation. This was important for them to consider. The Maidstone line would be opened as a double line almost immediately. Ile need scarcely say that he anti cipated i favourable decision on the South-Eastern schemes by the house of Commons, as the directors believed that these scheme were the best to accommodate, the district. It was particularly desirable that this meeting should be as brief as possible, as the officers of the Company were required at Westminster. He 'would, therefore, at once move that the report be received and adopted. Mr. HARDThiG seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously, no observation having been made by any pro prietor. - The dividend was then declared, and the retirin, directors re-elected. This terminated the business of the general meeting. SPECIAL MEETING. The meeting was then made special, to consider the follow ing Bills which are now before Parliament, namely : •" A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a railway from the south-west side of the Waterloo road, near to the York-road, in the parish of Lambeth, to the London and Greenwich Railway. " A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a railway from the London and Greenwich Railway, to join the South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway, in the parish of Chilham, in the county of Kent, with a diverging line to Dartford, and with branches to Sheerness and Faversham-creek. " A Bill to enable the South Eastern Railway Company to make a railway from the London and Greenwich Railway to the South-Eastern Railway, in the parish of Great Chart, in the county of Kent, with branches to Tonbridge and River head, in the parish of Sevenoaks. " A Bill to authorise the South• Eastern Railway Company to make a railway from Tunbridge Wells, to join the Rye and Ashford Extension of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway, near Hastings. " A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make and maintain a railway from the South-Eastern Rail way, near Reigate, to Dorking, in the county of Surrey. "A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a railway from Maidstone, to join the Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal near Stroud and Rochester, and to alter the levels of part of the Maidstone branch of the South-Eastern Railway. " A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a railway from the South-Eastern, Canterbury, Rams gate, and Margate Railway, near Canterbury, to Dover. " A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make and maintain a railway from the South •lantern, Can terbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway, at Chislet, to Margate. " A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make and maintain a railway front the line Of the South- Eastern Railway, near Tandridge-lane, in the parish of Tan dridge, to East Grinstead. "A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make and maintain a railway from the town of Rye to the mouth of Rye Harbour. "A Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to construct an additional station at Ashford, in the county of Kent, and for other purposes. "And a Bill to authorise the purchase of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal by the South-Eastern Rrilway Company." These were all agreed to, and the meeting separated. GROUP IX. GROUP XV. SOUTH-EASTERN (GODSTONE TO EAST GRINSTEAD). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. MILLER having called additional witnesses, he put in the assents and dissents, and this closed the case for the Brighton Company. Mr. ALIXANDIa, for the South-testan branch, proceeded to call witnesses. John Stenning, timber merchant, East Grinstead, was in the habit of sending 6,900 tens of bark a year to the London tanners by land carriage. He received about 161. a load for it, but out of that the carriage cost him from 40s. to 60s. a load. By the Dover line from Godstone, when he got his timber there, the carriage cost him but 6s. 6d. per ton delivered. He sent about 1,400 loads of oak to London, and from 400 to 500 loads to Tunbridge a year. On that account he considered the South-Eastern branch would be a great advantage to hint and the landowners. The coals consumed in East Grinstead were from 300 to 400 tons, and had to be brought by horse draught from London. As many as 500,000 hop poles were sent to Maidstone and the neigh bourhood. The majority of the heavy goods were carried from East Grinstead towards Godstone. The traffic to Three Bridges bore no comparison. He preferred sending by the North-Eastern, because the Brighton line had no convenience for delivery of heavy goods, and also he thought he was at less expense by the one than the other, He believed that the carriage from East Grinstead to Godstone cost hlin about 65., and he expected to save one-half of that if the South-Eastern branch were constructed. Mr. ALEXANDER proceeded to call other witnesses ; and Mr. Row, counsel for the proprietors of three miles an the South- Eastern branch, and who are opposed to that branch, cross-examined them. The Committee adjourned hearing further evidence, at four o'clock, till to-morrow. Previous to adjournment, the Chairman expressed his inclination to pass both lines. Sub-Comnaittes No. 2. CHELMSFORD AND RIMY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The next petition was, that the lands, &c., in the parish of Little Benny were not described ou the plans deposited with the clerk of the peace for the county of Essex. Mr. Shrubsole appeared in support of the petition. The first allegation was, that Nos. 40 to 46 inclusive, and from 46 to 52 inclusive, as well as from 52 to 54, in theparish of Little Benny, were described as being In Great Benny. Evidence was heard in support of the allegation, and the Com mittee found the same was sustained. The next allegation was, that the owner of the field, No. 11, wu not named in the book of reference, whica was not sustained. Another allegation to the same effect with reference to No. 27 was sustained. Some other similar ailegatl)ns were sustained, and fieveral were abandoned. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 3. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) BEDroran AND CAMBRIDGE EXTENSION. In this case several agents for petitioners against the line appeared but the consideratio❑ of the allegations were t , ostponed until the formal proof was adduced, which oecupled the Committee the whole day. Sub-Committee No. 4. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The petition of Mary lline, Mary Ann Arnany, and others, con tained several allegations as to the non-insertion of their names in the book of reference, and non-serving of notices. It appeared that the property, on account of which the peti tioners represented that their names ought to have been in serted in the book of reference, was jointly occupied by John Arnany and two sisters, who were both married. Notices had been served on the husbands of the two female petitioners, but none had been served on themselves, and their names had not been inserted in the book of reference. It was ad mitted that a wrong name had been inserted in the book of reference in respect of part of the property, but that notices had been served on all parties concerned, the mistake leaving been discovered in time to serve notices on the proper parties. A witness was called to prove these facts. The Committee declared the standing orders not complied with. In respect of other property belonging to the same petitioners, the Committee decided that the book of reference was incorrect, and the standing orders not complied with. In another of the petitions against the Bill it was alleged that " the railway was descrilied as passing through five fields in the parish of St. Mary on the Hill," whereas, four of those fields were in the parish of St. Oswald's. Mr. PRITT objected to the petition, as not stating what five fields were alluded to, or which were the four that were in the parish of St. Oswald's. Some discussion ensued as to the sufficiency of the description, but as it appeared that the numbers of the fields were given in one of the later allegations of the petition, Mr. Pritt withdrew his objection, and the petition was proceeded with. After consider;ble discussion, and after saveral witnesses had been called on both sides, the Committee decided that, inasmuch as the Adds in question ought to have been described as in the parisk of St. Oswald's, the standing orders were not complied with. The next allegation taken was, that a Mrs. Bolton, described in the bock of reference as possessing premises numbered Nos. 206 and 207, wag not at the time the notice was served the occupier of the premises (a mill) No. 207, as she was marked on the plans and de scribed in the book of reference. Mrs. Bolton was called and examined, and from her evidence II ,appeared, that ahlioagh she had been, in conjunction with other pre. mites, in the occupation of the mill marked No. 207, she had dis. continued to hold the mill in question previously to the notice hay. ing been served upon her, and that she was now paying no rent fur it. After a great deal of argument from Mr. Pritt, in favour of the Bill, and Mr. Elicounbe, against it, point in question was co ncerned, been complied with. T The CHAIRMAN decided that the st an di ng orders had not, in so far as sth h e e Committee then adjourned. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Room Ift 3. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) BEDFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EXTENSION RAILWAY. The object of this line is to extend the Bedford, London, and Bir mingham Railway to Cambridge, and to enable the promoters to sell or lease the proposed line to the Eastern Counties Company. The length of the line is 26% miles, and the estimated cost 360,000/. Messrs. Burke and Ce. are the Parliamentary agents ; Messrs. M. A. Eortwick and R. Stephenson the engineers ; and Messrs. Parker, Hayes, and Co., the solicitors. The usual evidence of the preliminary s t eps was then given, from which it appeared that the required n o ti ce of the construction of the line had not been given in all the cou n ti es through which the Eastern Counties line passed, and this omission was reported by the Committee to be a non-oamP liance with the st an di ng orders. The petitions against the line were then gone into. Mr. PARSE, on the part of Mr. Pim, presented the first peti tion, one of the allegations of which was that the plans and sections deposited in the Private Bill-oftice, and those deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the emmty of Cambridge, were not in con formity with the standing orders. Among other points it was al leged line 'was marked at a certain point 4 feet " hat , bo th N e .c p the road, when it s h ould have been 4 feet 6 inches below. Another allegation was th a t th ere was an error in the pro 6legiendcht moters sections of 8 feet 9 at the crossing of a certain road. After a lengthened examination of witnesses on these points, Mr. BIIIIHR said that he would not contest the allegation of the continuous error. ae he had no explanation to offer, but he would prepare himself when the Bill - went before another tribunal to rebut the evidence now given, if that could lie done. The Committee then decided that the standing orders had not been complied with in the points alleged in the petition ay to the errors in levels. With regard to the alleged difference the sectione de posited in the Private Bill-ortice, and those Iv MI the clerk of the peace for the county 01 Cambridge, there was 110 difference in the sections, but there were certain words emitted in the sections de posited at Cambridge, the omission of 'which the Committee did not think of any importance. Another petition, where the objections were nearly similar, was then gone into. In some of the particulars the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders were complied with, but in others that there was a non-compliance with them. The Committee at four o'clock adjourned till twelve o'clock on Friday next. ],loom No. 9. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Reading, Reigate, and Guildford Railway ; the Northumber land and Lancashire ; and the. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, allowed to proceed. The Uhuirow, Paisley, and Ayr (No. 6), not allowed to proceed. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Sub-Committee No. 6. The following additional Bills have been referred to this Com mittee:—The Wath-upon-Dearne Improvement; Dublin Markets; Wolverhampton Stipendiary' Justice ; Northampton Small Debts; British Guarantee Association; Lower Bann Navigation; Lincoln Waterworks ; Worcester G 9.5; Dublin Cemeteries ; Legal Quays (London). WATII-UPON-DEARNE IMPROVEMENT. The customary proofs having been put in, the Committee declared that the standing orders had been complied with. DULU MAIiKETS. Standing orders complied with. WOLVERIiAMPTO N STIPENDIARY JUSTICE The Committee gave a similar decision in this case. NORTHAMVTON SMALL DEBTS. This Bill was withdrawn. WATERWORKS. Standing orders complied with in this case, except as to the evidence of an absent witness. . _ Vi6ii;&ESTER GAS. And in this also. DUBLIN CEMETERIES. The promoters were declared to have complied with the standing orders. BRITISH GUATUNTEE ASSOCIATION. No notice of this Bill having been given in the Gazette (which the agent stated was not necelisary), the Committee stated that they would report non-compliance with the standing orders in that respect, but in all ethers compliance. LEGAL QUAYS (LONDON). The Committee decided that in this case the standing orders did not apply, and that leave would of course be given to proceed with the Bill withorit the service of any notice. The Parliamentary agents. are Messrs. I'arratt and Waimealey, of the House of Lords. Sr. ALBAN'S, HATFIELD, AND HEETFOitI). Adjourned at the request of tobe agent till Tuesday next. The Committee then adjourned. THE STATE 011. TUSCANY.—The Journal des Debate mentions that considerable ace dation at present reigns in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It wonkti appear that the extradition of M. Renzi had greatly displeased the majority of the population, which cannot understand why the 'Tuscan Government should consider itself obliged to deliver up to the Court of Rome, this winter, the individual whose extradition. it refused to sanction last summer. " Of all the States of Italy," s aye the Journal des Debats, " I'uscany is the only country In which the Jesuits have net established them selves, and to that fact mar Ise attributed the peace aed tranquility which the Grand Duchy has , no long enjoyed. The Jesuits, finding that they could not succeed if t establishing themselves openly in the Grand Duchy, tried to obtain *their object by indirect means. To this end they introduced some s'e ters of the Sacre Coeur, who it is well known are excellent auxillari a s for the Jesuits. Funds were provided, a suitable house was found, an d. in short every thing arranged for their installation at Pisa ; when oat the 21st ult. a large number of the in habitants of that city congrng.ated upon the ' , ware before the cathe dral and cried ` Down with the Jesuits ! Down with the sisters of the Sacre Coeur V This little &mute (against which it does net ap pear that the Government showed any disposition to act) produced a great sensation in the town. 'Without loss of time several ecclesias tics and professors of the Univ ersity, and other notab:e inhabitants, addressed to the governor a pri,testation against the introduction of any establishment in any way cola meted with the Jesulte. That document plainly shows, what men who are really attached to their religion, and who desire that the world should return to Catholic unity, think of the Jesuits, and of the mist ers of the Sacre Coeur." "We trust," concludes the Journal des De bats, " that the excellent Prince who presides over the destinies or Tuscany, will take into consideration the protestation which has be n addressed to the Governor of Pisa." The Universal German Gazette mentions that a ipro clamation had bee n i ssue d a t L em b erg on the 26th ult., offering a r ewar d of 1,000 florins to any person who should deliver up Edouard Demlwnvski, or Prokowski, anc. Theophili revolt. zurowski, charged ifitla haring excited the people to TN X GENERAL, TERMINUS AND GLASGOW HARBOUR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) In reply to a question from the CHAIRMAN, Mr. Charles Gray said, the General Terminus line would afford better accommodation to the coal traffic than the other two compa nies, as they would have to traverse a considerable portion of the town in bringing minerals from the south-east to the harbour. Mr. David Chapman, another member of the Elver Trust, gave evidence precisely to the same effect as the previous one. He con sidered that the immense tragic of the harbour should be concen trated as much as possible, without, at the same time, incommoding the general traffic, and this he thought would be bast done by the General Terminus scheme. Mr. J. H. Payne, of the Glasgow Custom house, deposed as to the inconvenience to the Custom•house officers from the mineral traffic at present on the quays. It was desirable to concentrate the mineral traffic as much as possible. The General Terminus scheme would do this the Lest, and the least incommedate the general traffic. As a proof of the great increase of the foreign trade of Glasgow, he would state that the Customs' revenue, which In 1833 was 97,0001., was now 589,0001. The cross-examination of the witnesses elicited no point of a ma. terial character beyond this. Mr. Dunlop, merchant and iron master, examined, and deposed as to the mineral traffic of Glasgow. The exports of coals in 1842, 1843, and 1844 were 130,000 tons. The iron during the same time was 84,000 tons. The river steamers consumed 70,000 tons. The General Terminus line, in his opinion, would supply the harbour in a better manner than the ether two schemes. Mr. King was briefly examined as to the expected traffic. He estimated it at 7,4811. Se., and deducting 1,0001., for working the line, the residue would yield 6 per cent. on the capital the line would cost. The expense of the line would be about 111,0001. The General Terminus line would give all the accommodation that was required. He did not believe there was sufficient traffic to support a second terminus. Cross-examined—The powers in the Bill were to raise 200,0001. He had not included harbour dues in the 3d. per ton. No doubt if the Harbour Mineral admitted coal into their basin without dues, while the others did, it would be an advantage, as parties would always prefer the cheapest point. The further consideration of the Bill was then adjourned. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AMEND. MENT AND BRANCHES. ➢lr. Brunel was shortly examined on the gradient on the Qneens ferry branch, which he represented to be quite practicable, and not dangerous, at the close of which the Committee adjourned at half past four o'clock till to-morrow at twelve. GROUP XIT. NORTH GENT LINE. The examination of Mr. Vignoles continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday—The station at Rochester would be more conveniently situated for Rochester and Chatham than the South- Eastern station, both for passengers going to Stroud as well as to London. At Chatham he proposed to extend the area of the quays, and to pass on a level with them. From Chatham the line ran on to Sittingbourne, and passed under the military grounds, citadels, gun-wharfs, and fortifications of Chatham by means of a tunnel of 1,000 yards in length, while this portion of the South-Eastern line was precisely the same as his own of last year. Between Chatham and Sittingbourne the South- Eastern line was two miles longer. From Sittingbourne there will be a branch to Sheerness of seven miles in length. From Sittingboume the main line passed on to Faversham, with an alternative line to pass through or avoid the town, and then pro ceeded direct to Canterbury, passing under Boughton-hill, of 1,500 yards in length, and across the Margate branch of the South-Eastern Company, a little below Hambledoun-hill. From Canterbury, leaving the station at Nunnery-fields, the line passed under the Dover-road, and in the Dunn valley beyond that road the line forked off, one branch going to Deal, and the other to Dover. The distance of the line from Canterbury to Dover was sixteen miles ; the South-Eastern line was a mile and a half longer. The South-Eastern Company had no line from Canterbury to Deal, excepting by going through Dover. The line throughout only crossed two public roads, one was at Canterbury, where a bridge might be thrown across the road, the other line was between Canterbury to Dover, and also near to a station. The distance from Southwark-bridge to Dover was 73 miles. Tho distance of the South. Eastern line from London-bridge would be about 77% miles, while his own would be 72% miles. Measuring from the Waterloo-road, his own distance would be 74 and the South-Eastern's 78, while the distance from London to Deal would be from Waterloo-bridge eight or nine miles longer by the South- Eastern line than by his own. His estimate, including everything, was 3,750,0001. Taking the whole of the lines of the North Kent Company in the aggregate, and the whole of the lines of the South- Eastern in the aggregate, the prise or , estimate was nearly the same, namely, from 32,0001. to 33,0001. per mile. This closed the examination in chief of Mr. Vignolles. It was understood, however, that the parties were to exchange detailed accounts of the estimates of each project. The witness was then cross-examined by Mr. Ausrtx, on behalf of the South-Eastern Company. The scheme he had in view from 1839 to 1842, was a line from the Greenwich Railway to Chatham, and in 1843 he proposed to extend the line to Margate, and in 1844, a branch to Chatham. At the same time it was proposed to carry on the line through Canterbury to Dover. The scheme before Parlia ment was for a line to Canterbury, avoiding the Brighton, and going by way of Ch at h am. The original project was a line to Dover, but the plans were not r ea d y for pushing it thus far. The project was opposed by the atmospheric Company, who contended that there was no traffic along the district, and Parliament negatived the Bill. The North Kent Company come now for the first time for a Bill to make a line to Dover. The Bill is for making a line from Union-street to Dover. There was plenty of room on the Borough side of Southwark-bridge, but on the other side roam was restricted, and Queen-street was an exceedingly narrow and inconvenient thoroughfare. Union-street was a bout 600 yards from the Oreettwich station at London-bridge, THE POTATO DISEASE. ----- The following is an abstract of returns furnished to the Foreign-office by her Majesty's Consuls in Europe, showing the state of the potato disease in their several Consulates : Alicant—No disease, but potatoes soapy, scarce, and dear. Bayonne—Crop much diseased, and unfit for use in ,nany places. Barcelona—No dispase: crop abundant. Boulogne—.Crop diseased and defective to the extent of one-half or two-thirds. Brest—Crop diseased and defective to the extent of one half or two-thirds. Bilbao—Crop greatly affected. Bourdeaux—Early crop sound : later crop halt lost from disease. Carthagena—No disease, but carriage difficult and dear. Cadiz—No disease, but none to be had. Cette—No disease, but none to be bad. Christiania—Disease partial, about Skien (Nov. 25): ex portation prohibited. Calais—Much disease : two-thirds lost. Corsica—No disease : good crop. Charente—Much disease in heavy lands : mostly sound in light sandy soil. Genoa—No disease : none to be had. Galicia—No disease : crop very abundant. Granville—Much disease : three. quarters lost. Havre—Disease very general : half lost near Dieppe nine-tenths near Rouen. Leghorn—No disease : no supplies can be had now. Lisbon—Crop diseased at Figueira and Coimbra: no ap pearance of it at Lisbon: very few to be had, Nov. 29. In Figueira district disease so general that few proprietors have enough left for seed. The few potatoes affected in the neigh bourhood of Lisbon were grown from seed received from Eng land! Dec. 29. Marseilles—No disease in Provence : symptoms have ma nifested themselves in the neighbouring departments. Malaga—No disease: few or none to be had. Nantes—Disease considerable. Naples—No disease : crop abundant and excellent. Oporto—Disease in the districts near the Douro : thought to be contagious. In the Beira alta, and neighbourhood of Oporto, an abundance; but now (Nov. 15), in many places of the Beira alta and Tras os Montes, they are beginning to rot. Palermo—No disease: none to be had: will not keep. Stockholm—Exportation prohibited. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—William Hyde, Steward, from New Zealand in the Downs, sailed from Auckland 24th November, Pernam ' buco, 4th February ; Sappho, Dunlop, from China in the Downs, Bailed 19th November, Anger, 3d December, St. Helena, 29th January ; Culdee, Campbell, from China, off Bardsev, sailed 17th October, Anger, 21st November, Cape, 18th January; Herschel, Robertson, from Mauritius at Gravesend, sailed sth December, St. Helena, 13th January. Arrivals at St. Helena—Lucie, Jan. 20, from Batavia, and sailed 29th to Havre; llendrick Jan, from Batavia; Ger truida Maria, from Batavia ; Colebri, 27th, from Singapore to Hamburgh ; Robert Henderson, 28th, and sailed 29th, to Liverpool; Panama, M'Leod, from Bombay; Jan Pieters Koen, from Batavia; Angelo, 28th, from Manilla, and sailed 29th, to Boston ; Vriendsehip, from Batavia ; Arun, 29th, from China ; Passenger, 29th, from China ; Theresa, from Batavia. Departures from St. Helena —Amelia Mulholland, Jan. 28, to London ; Naples Packet, 29th, to London. Arrivals in Table Bay—Cape of Good Hope, Manila, from Manila, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. Departure from Sydney—Cashmere to Landon, Oct. 26. The Munro, for Liverpool, was to sail Nov. 26 Arrivals at Auckland, New Zealand—Louisa Campbell and Regia, from Sydney. Dispatches were received at the Coloaial-office from the Governor of New Zealand. NEW ORDERS IN CHANCERY. A series of orders relative to the drainage of waste lands, comprised in twenty-one clauses, and signed by the Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls, has just been issued. The preamble to these orders recites that, by virtue of an Act passed i❑ the Bth and 9th Victoria, to alter and amend an Act passed in the 3d and 4th Victoria, to enable the owners of settled estates to defray the expenses of draining the same by way of mortgage, it was enacted that, for simplifying proceed ings, and rendering the same inexpensive, it should be lawful for the Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls to make orders and provisions for facilitating the mode of application to the Court, and of proceedings bef.re the Master or otherwise. Now, therefore, it is ordered by the Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls, that all applications made pursuant to such Act and proceed ings thereunder, shall be made and conducted as follows: 1. Any person entitled to land within the meaning of the said Act, may present to the Lord Chancellor or Master of the Roth, a ptition in the form set forth, and to this order annexed. 2. The petitioner in any such petition is to mark the same with the name of one of the Vice- Chan cellors. 3. The Master of the Rolls, in the case of any such petition presented to him and the Vice-Chancellor, with whose name petition shall be marked, may, upon con sideration of petition, and without attendance of coun sel, solicitor, or petitioner thereon, if he shalt so think fit, make an order on such petition to the effect set forth in a form of order annexed, or to such other effect with such variations as circumstances may require. 4. The Master, to whom reference may be made, to require proof of deed, will, or other instrument, under which petitioner claims to be entitled to the land, and other manner in which he claims title under the same, but he is not otherwise to require proof of title to the land. 5. The Master, if he think it necessary, for due prose cution of references, may direct petitioner to serve any other person interested with notice of proceedings, and person so served may attend proceedings as party thereto, but if he shall decline to attend, Master may proceed in his absence, and he is to state the same in his report. 6. Master to be at liberty to apply to the judges by whom order was made, for special directions or leave to state special circumstances touching the matters referred to him ; and if he receives directions or leave, to state the same in report. 7. Proceedings upon reference to be conduct , d ac cording to general rules and orders of the Court of Chancery, so far as consistent with these orders. 8. Master's report Zo be filed in Report-office. 9. Any person interested in land is, within fourteen days of filing of report, t: be at liberty to petition Lord Chancellor in case reference was made by him, or Vice- Chancellor or Master of Rolls, in case reference was made, that report be review(-d._ 10. If petition be presented, judge, by whom refer ence was made, to take into consideration, and if he think fit may dispose thereof either by dismissing same or refer the matter back to Master, with or without special orders. 11. Judge considering petition that Master's report may not be confirmed, may direct person interested to attend, and may, if necessary, direct same to be argued by counsel in open court, or otherwise. 12. If reference back t, Master is made, proceedicgs to he as an original reference. 13. If no petition that report be received is presented, person who obtained rep.,rt may, after fourteen days from filing report, present petition for confirmation, and leave to make proposed improvements, and petition may be in form to order annexed. 14. On presentation of last-mentioned petition, judge by whom references were made ko consider same, and to dispose thereof by confirming report and giving per misaion asked, or referring matter back to Master, or dismissing petition, as justice of case may require. 15. On consideration of last-mentioned petition, judge may require attendance of persons interested ; and, if necessary, may direct matter to be argued by counsel. 16. Order confirming report may be in form to this order, also annexed. 17. Master, by whom report made, may, upon pro duction of order confirming t h e came , an d giving leave to make improvements, deliver to party who has obtained order, certificate in form specified. 18. Certificates to be made in duplicates, and copy to be filed in Report-office, and other copy to parry. 19. Upon application of party to whom certificates granted, Master may inquire what sums of money have been bona fide expended in making permanent improve ments in land, as mentioned and certified to be proper, in report, and defray tug expenses in said Act mentioned, and upon what terms as to interest and repayment by instalments, money was advanced, and Master having duly inquired into matter, and being satisfies, may make endorsement on certificate to effect and in form in this order set forth. 20. Endorsement to be made in duplicate, and one copy to be written on parties' certificate, and the other to be filed and annexed to copy of certificate filed in Report-office. 21. All orders by Master of the Rolls or Vice-Chan cellor subject to be discharged by Lord Chancellor on petition. EUGENE SUE. M. Eugene Sue, whose fictions are at present so po pular, was born at Paris on the 10th of December, 1804. The Empress Josephine and her son, Prince Eugene Beauharnois, were his godfather and godmother. The Sue family is very ancient, and has beFn established for many years at Lacolme, near Cannes, in Provence. It is still represented there by M. Sue, a retired officer of high rank, and great-uncle to our author. The majority of Eugene Sue's relatives have been physi cicns of great cclibrity. his great grandfather, Peter, and his grandfather, Joseph, have left extensive ana tomical works ; and to them the French medical school owes the introduction of the pathology of Gaubius, which succeedei that of Boerhaave. Joseph and Jean Joseph both graduated at the Edin burgh University, and make known to their countrymen, in numerous translations, the works of the Scotch school of medicine. Our author's father was chief phy sician to the Imperial Guard in the Russian campaign, and has also published several popular works. Imme diately after the restoration, he became the Icing's phy sician, and lived in intimate friendship with the Empress Josephine, Franklin, Massena, Moreau, and all the great personages of the Consulate epoch. He made a gene rous bequest to the Academy of Fine Arts of a magei ficent collection of comparative anatomy, and objects of natural history, formed in his own family by four gene rations of physicians, and which constitutes a gallery in the Palace of the Fine Arts of great value. Eugene Sue himself, according to the wishes of his father, en tered upon the medical career. He was surgeon at tached to the military suite of the King ; t'_.en to the staff of the army in Spain in 1823 ; and also in the same 'campaign, to the seventh regiment of artillery.' He was present at the siege of Cadiz, at the taking of Trocadero, and at that of Mirth- In 1824 he quitted the land for the naval service. Ile made se veral voyages in the Atlantic ; and having trav e r s ed th e West Indies, he returned t o t e Mediu rranean, visited Greece, and in 1828 was present in the ship Bresliau at the battle of Navarino. On returning from his campaign, he renounced the navy and medicine, and took up his abode at Paris, where, tha , ,ks to the handsome income he enjoys as a paternal inheritance, he was enabled to lead a life of brilliant happiness. His favourite occupation at this time was painting, which he studied at his friend's the celebrated Gudin. The idea of turning novel writer was not thought of by Eugene Sue till 1830, when an old comrade of the artillery happened, in conversation, to remark that as " Cooper and Marryatt had made the sea romance popular, he ought to write his recollections, and create the maritime romance of the French." This pleased our author. He quitted the painting-brush and took up the pen. His first work was "Kernock the Pirate," the success of which caused him to continue to write, following the dictates of a lively and fertile fancy. Thus appeared in succession numerous works, which may be arranged in the following order:—Sea Romances, Kernock the Pirate, Plick and Plock, Attar Gull, the Salamander, and the Watch Tower of Kostven. Mari time History—History of the French Marine under Louis IV., and abridgement of the military marine of every people. Historical Romances—Latreaument, Jean Cavalier, and Letorieres, the Commander of Malta. Romances of Manners Arthur, La Concaratcha, Dyleytar, L'Hotel Lambert Ma thilde, &c., Philosophical and Political Romances —The Mysteries of Paris, the Female Blue Beard, and the Wandering Jew, a tale of the Jesuits. Dasamar Latreumont, the Pretendress, and several others of great effect, produced in concert with Messrs. Dinaux and Le- gouve. M.Regene Sue at present inhabits, in the heights of the Faubourg St. Honore, a little mansion covered with creeping plants and flowers, which overarch the peristyle. A fountain plays in his most beautiful of gardens, in the midst of rocks and sea plants, and a long close gallery, walled in with sculpture and plants, leads from the house to a little outer gate quite hidd en un d er an artificial rock. The inferior of the houses composed of very small apartments, somewhat confined, and rendered obscure by the flowers hanging down the windows. The furniture is crimson, with golden nails ; the sleeping apartment alone, is lighter, and of a blue colour. There is scat tered about a little ofevery style—Gothic, Renaissance, Fantastic, and French. The walls of the drawing room are hid by works of art, painting, and sculpture, various cu riosities, family portraits, masterpieces, and works of modern artists, his friends. Glorious names shine in every part—Delcroix, Gudin, Isabey, Vernet, &c. A drawing of Madame de Lairertne, and some verses of the illustrious poet occupy a consplcueus place. One picture in partiaular has a privileged situ ation upon canvass, in the midst of the co quetries of the drawing-room. It is an anchorite of Isabey, of terrible effect, forming a remark able contrast in that little temple of luxury. The favourite horses, dogs, &c. of M. Sue are the subjects of the ma jority of the remainder, painted either by himself or by M. Alfred Dedreux. In all these we detect tracts of character, a passion for luxury and strong emotions, with a reaction towards retirement and meditation. an •••_, ~MS l. 11.•• .AlO •••••• 1 - 11ightened taste for the fine arts, and a, love of animals and plants. Among the many authors who may be termed successful, few have attained a popularity so .-x -ten,ive as Eugene Sue.—Correspondent of Glasgow Examiner. • EARLY INTELLIGENCE. —During the time of the min sionary meeting held in Queen Anne's-street Church, on Sabbath evening, the 7th instant, the news arrived of Sir It Peel's majority of 97 for free.-trade. A gentleman, anxious to learn the result of the divisi.m before he went to church, waited the arrival of the post, and as soon as he heard the amount of the majority, he went to church, cud handed to another gentleman on a slip of paper the announcement of Peel's majority. The card, during the time of the delivery of a very excellent missionary address, was handed through a considerable number of the eongregation.—Fifeshire Journal. THE POLISH INSURRECT IO oo, ; Nothi! g known preciAlv of the itrttrgen ts ? 1 h 00 cow on 01.! apnrorich the fit.ln: , ians syd refuge in the 'Carpathian mountains, bet Hungary. The intercourse with that pal is entirely cut off, so that direct communi, the Prussians and Austrians having estat of troops along the whole of the frontiers. of those who know the country well, tr tains, which are full of difficult passes an gents may hold out for an almost in( may give serious annoyance to their enei a species f guerilla warfare similar to th, dered the civil wars in the north of Spi The forces of the insurgents who have esc; according to the Governmsnt authorities, according to the general belief, they am , double that number. On the approach of the Russians abi fugees from Cracow took refuge in the where they surrendered themselves pm been sent as prisoners under escort to tl On the 7th of March they passed throui situated in Upper Silesia, on the fro. where the inhabitants expressed the Brea , their fate. The fate of the members of the Provisi Cracow is not yet known. Only- one mem in Prussia, the remainder are supposed t( army into the Carpathian mountains. between Prussia and the republic of CI established. Several of the members of , and some travellers on the 7th left New trette frontier of Silesia, for Cmcow. The Augsburg Gazette of the 11th 3f very evident that the revolution, though much chance of success, would have lasted longer, had it not been destroyed offered to it by the peaaintry of Gallic alone have put it down at izs vei It is irnpos:ible but that this circum: a great influence on the social peasantry. They speak already with the statute labour (correes) wh with great severity, as has always been the Sclavonians. In the circle of Tarn , are exceedingly irritated against the is hoped that order will soon be restot have taken the castle of Canizki by assat t he eleven persons to death, among whom "' w ho 1 0 1 , Wadowitz. The wife of Count Bobrowski , ber,ii cently arrested, has arrived on the frontier, °D ted. Vienna. The Countess Poloska has been Or es „AO, she was about to take refuge in Gallicia." .„ $ • 7 01, 1 The Augsburg Gazette of the same date, ir the frontiers of Gallicia, dated the 4th i n stallt.,o is supposed there that the constitution of Wi f irt abolished by the protecting P owers , a nd a n 3 ' p rie o , ment established. Between thi r ty an d forts o af sis' been arrested and sent into Moravia. Abc l " „ were killed in the engageme,,ts. FOREIGN CAI 'I LE AN D Pr t 4 VISIONS. t erto The importation of cattle from Holland duri n lb i ate i ,d days, have been of but a very limited nature co iO4 0 4 what was the case prior to the intimation of the if lit,to of the total repeal of the duty being intended, sinbetrol so with respect to what may be expected ~, ,ii 0 e i ,,, , if the repeal of the duty t a ke place ; that is, u t aty which are received from that country of tbe l o iell cattle in a state of preparation and readiness to 0.04 ti at the very shortest notice, and so soon as WI, illel to be entirely free of duty upon important Ite country, may be accredited to its full eN,t a t b. P i ?! remarked that scarcely any, if even one, 0 ' ' e oe,' o f small Dutch' sailing vessels which have been . f hei t iii several months pas:, and even throughout thveycliy winter in bringing cargoes, to a small ext, e „ nt r ail ot o ft, cattle of the several descriptions from the m"igioa 0 ,.., usually concerned in the shipment and exP ° iard,,, er .r, produce, have made a voyage within the Pe r :ee i and even some of the large steam ships of fli e h a bitsi Navigation Company, which have been in th e ace Or ing large cargoes of cattle for a considerable s:4,11 .1 1 0,4 1 have almost., and in some instances entirely , ar r 2, o ceL,A,l o single live animal on board, leaving the conf e ",4o 9 7i which have been brought over, to theAttwoot ~,,'" Of, ships specially devoted to the purpose. Trd ill 1 isr signs of the trade for the present being bid i degree in abeyance, a sufficient number 00 ,„ 1 J o idg If duced to meet pressing and immediate de'mtt,' 0 gagements, and to keep a position in the n' e f r t be Il i bii spice permitted an enumeration of the list 0 ~lict a and most prominent importatio ns o f provisi°ll arir9- Pt)fd taken place within *he tim e f rom Rotterdald ei Havre, Boulogne, Calais, Ostend, AntwerPr!,,sell,PA continental ports and places usually known 7#0_7 6 c 0 ,1 articles, it would be seen that they have been ° a l 1016 important and extensive nature, and in seve r Ti , 0.„, r a novel character, and the importations of c ° i t wo4 sinus generally which have arrived in the titas e p ~ of London and Liverpool from New York, ' d stet"e j Philadelphia, and other ports of the 'Un it ttbil t rOc r which present a feature of peculiar interest I ce ell e time, have been of a most important and exte ris ,, oil thus evincing the magnitude and i m portso c ' n tloO t y. plies of such articles from America for consuF 3 ,,r o of country. The length to which the enurneretl"bote ferent articles of general, consumption whi ch o bicb t oiti up to the present time would extend, and of el) their particularisation, precludes the necessitY tbeiro present into any further particular remarks 011 0 1 1° 01 . 4 degrees of importance, otherwise than le f r° o „5 fore stated, the importations of cs,, rr „ f e Continent, and especially Holland, tu ce"rtalS i porium for their supply, is to a be Id, in advance for the present. It oral Idoes pr ipcirdi noticed, however, that the supplies of prods, id, description, and also corns of the various kin co re,Kl that known by the name of maize or India n ;eyed,l,Sl i Al United States of America, have been of an' bol d tensive nature, and as the whole of the sbilt0 1 , 11 " - l A ir . and American, return to th. States more o r,, t ,oos l ;t i r, the prodnctions and manufactures of Great m " n re'l be specially remarked, and particularly so a the. ds , f ete d that no greater proof need be adduced of tha t of portance and assistance, in a commercial I:Alice - 0f otherwise, which the two great and power"' er° Great Britain and the United States of Am er/0 A i ally to each other. ___--• --dr .tv - CURIOSITIES OF A - VIP REPORT. Pie 'off The formidable appearance presented 1:1 4 oest / irl not render it a very inviting volume to t he ns e 0500 ,4 reading; yet, amidst the deplorable revelatio cor the "Tenth Report of the Inspectors of Pri°. n b SP 3 JV recently reached us, there are a few traits %l e l" ties in their ways. From the journal of th caster Castle we extract the following ingeto As! conveyancing:— o eFV, T. ‘ T ‘ R . e cceoinvteadi containing n parcel tter addressed osten to s ibly copy of Lindley Murray's Grammar (1arg.e.0,00,10, Y iro ca tn re h f i s°l.l :o lll t t iS appearance of the book excited some susesc l il do, v o n of the deputy-keeper. I consulted the Ch%pos d knowing the suspicion entertained, seemed u l eg oes , d have the book. I sent for T. and, in his P, or • backs of the book cut open, wh e n 10s. 4d. cf" 0 0 1 , a fourpenny piece) were found within the: o . A p l ore A iss A melancholy entry closely succeeds 7, 0 15 3 " .fit romance of real life was never perhaps eon r 1 1/ ' words : Ir. se 5,0 " Debtor R. S. departed this life at 7i P• 0 man was a magistrate for two Irish counties:co lo gs self arrested, and s<nt hither on friendly P hl r for be with his nephew, Mr. 0. S., whom I h ot bet. , of money." e d for tbs "A poor fellow named Joseph cointn itt T s ol e o DI and about to be discharged in a few day i sc i . e g „... s ' l l ;sr , I t lowi , g singular outline of his past Scotland, and brought up a millwright. .fr t , et ve he fi 4e entered the 3:2d foot, in which regiment " gol d t 1 : 0 10°', I was in Spain and Portugal, at Salamat le jt t St. Sebastian. ..1 was at Quatre Bras and biwe, the former place the Duke, twice over, Pla n c „ si ttrecAl square. I received two slight wounds at w ii ", to 'As o two more, also slight, at Waterloo. I I : e l/3 16 '0 S„is. my regiment, and got my discharge „7„,,oie i doi;4l general engaged me (through Sir John IX „ et l s ir o wright to go to Rozoaka,' (Rosienne ss o o If made 150/. a year wages for four veers, to o year. I then came to Warsaw, and learneubreif..oo $ A countryman, I commenced the trade of als o P o e; in conjunction with two other persons ; P o wright concern, and a flour-mill. Sou le w Dr. APAII, the missionary, came to Wars& 'spe s eto sl•fiel, myself to him as interpreter, being ahl A il to 1, German, anl Polish. I went with Dr• IS T,.hatig e rae4 burgh, - Moscow, Aetracan, Tobolsk, the fly Rome (where Dr. M'All dined twice w". s int o $ ples, Genoa, Sicily, then through Ans tr t i bsre gr9 t ea Pesth, Brodof ( Brod or Brad ?) where o e lts i f 'l st many Jews, Cracow, and Warsaw. ;" 1 - 0 0 " • the t e ie two years and three months. During „d „Ds ft in bu , iness, the firm to which I hel°,,b o o - e 30,0001., my share being 11,0001. Then ties ° , , ed• c s ment of Warsaw, in 1830. A child and desttF•bolo,o men were killed, and all my property Ws s ro r 1 4 1„' c reduced to nothing. In 1833, the EMP,, e ro e n o m and I sent a petition to him He granteurivards,o, l it and ordered me 2001. (in ducats). I s i r ls t .sl , ese re r e manager to a brewery, but the princlP: ls ds' i bs engaged with another establishment, an d d V 0 :10°'SI of it; everything having been rid', e to iP,jle): to tion. I left Warsaw in 1842, and Our r d D o olS fr ii I spent a short time with Dr. 3PAII• Lord eed was kind to me, ard gave me 1 01 . to,,,eelt ffr.fe north. I was on my way from S c otland 0 0 0- i ies in Liverpool, when, my mone y being 11 ' 9 001010 up for begging.' This singular story w a w a rP numerous questions. F. d oes not seem a • been more eventful than that of other In` 0 0, 94." BIRTHS d y ed 0 1 '' JO On the let inst., at Florence, the lady' a-- of t u. of a son. ledf ) 11 On the 9th inst., at Wells, Somersetshire, the ,ntle fth barl''' Wynell Mayo, of a son. - d!'d!' 000 On the 12th inst., in Christopher-street, ring Hawke, jun., prematurely of a son. f surf 15t. se' l On the 13th inst., Mrs. Edward Greene, 0 - Tre i . .A.titO' .. 1 0. dauahter. On the 13th inst., at Clonmel, the wife of el.,* of • of a son. ‘. s S. ° DVA' On the 13th inst ,in Whitehall-place. ~ 5 ' joilf „f the ....a ry On the 14th inst., at Montpellier House, P..'", . ,L Turrell. of a daughter. ASSY"' De On the 15th inst., the wife of Frederick ~,ros. -' laide-road, Haverstock-hill, of a son. f 0.0 - On the 16th lust., Mrs. J. L. Barclay , c'• row, of a daughter. A i o "tel‘ : Yd R 4 IEO. ber ian , ,,„l9 , On the 14th Inst., at Moresby Chu rch, COO ter a „ Esq., of Bellevue, to Jane, second ditug' Wheelwright, Esq., of Stamford-bill. i V e ,IID I ; 011 the 14th inst., at St. Giles's, SOrt„n% g beth„" - gP t !„ )* ESQ., of Bethlehem hospital, London, to r'"7 - yroft P- pne ll ' daught rof Edward Harrison Barwr Esq ., °WO ) 411 , _ On the 12th inst., Mr. William Snowde u ' in to Pl' e ettg e koV l daughter of the late Richard Quait, of the 5a John On the 14th inst., at St. Mary's, Captain „ plool 3 w Army, to Ann Marla, youngest daughter of ' V- 1 glnia-terrace, Southwark. On the 14th inst., at St. Leonard's, Shot eu":„ 0 Esq., of St. Budeaux, Devon, to Miss Susan Tawton, In the came county. ' P iie On the 14th Met., at CambefsletP, . SurreY, SietWi s ,4. o f ..---------- . ye aged 103. (~ Rothe:, 0 On the 10th inst., at Caen, Normandy , Ge°T,"entain d° On the 13th inst., at Collin Deep, Ilendou, •-ki late other Majesty's 13th Light Brageons. wail.- _,,, Ill ite°l On the 13th inst., Sarah, wife of the te .( ' $4 O ld' WinifrA House, Bath. Ott the 14th inst., at Mount .A.rarat Lodge , 1 Rev. William Allan. ...a• , Co f.,m11 , _., O. On the 14t inst., at Leamington, George , "" -- t - h e scP • On the 14th inst., at Cheltenham, Laura 1 30) it, No. they. w s it4r On the 15th inst., at Kinlet Vicarage. Sa l°P ' 00 0 infant son of the Rev. G W. Nt array. . yitele n ' On the 15th inst., at Croom's-hill, Blackhead. --- daughter of Edmund Pontilex, Esq. - f " la. '*--------'—'-'----'''' - - °. PO' London : Printed and Published by I' r trandaaft Si ntrand, Printer, at The Seim office, No. 11- , S__ T of the Savvy, to the Coast? of 2,11401000., 19, 1840. fliclatoe , " ;1 AnStn. ~,to ,etween Part of t. d° [ [cation is O oh s Lblished rs. It is t e b; that ill th t he . rid defiles, ri odefinits Pe::014 miles by ea hat orbio?ertvei pain so i ni ,' escaped aret.ooo; , at about 07.,d mount to 1 4 - t rolit b sghenp o oaeh u tnrt eueefGsrros tss r O e orlige s op. rifoi t h a ve The cp Qtmo ' t Cracow ° c ol the old 7( Hera', um 41 [arch wa s sill r r i that s pread , ed tij " leis. Th e eac t coini 9 3 ,trnCe erY sbe Pc 6i69o g a d°"' rhich 010 e n the CO"' mow the ntsp - be t e ioiurg e ,red. Tedssault, 9.1! ,se_The exhit (311 Sat al3 for hitt U tt inPar ' ttu t -e be no fort 44cle. 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