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.1 1 14.8 SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY 'EVEN ING ) DliCEM:Bkli 10, 11852. rb trbi Wbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Jamaica, complaining of colonial distress ; also a peti tion from the farmers of Elgin, complaining of agricul tural distress, and praying the Government and Parlia ment to take steps for procuring a more plentiful supply of guano manure ; also a petition from a gentleman, who, having entered the army in 1795, and served 52 years, had, in 1848, sold out, and settled as a colonist on the frontiers of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. In this position he remained until the breaking out of the war there, when, his farm being laid waste, his stock carried off by the Ka,ffirs, and himself and his eons having escaped with great difficulty from their hands, he was reduced to support himself as a day labourer. The Earl of DESART acknowledged the hardship of the case, but said it was impossible for her Majesty to give compensation for such losses. IRISH TENANT RIGHT. The Earl of RODEN, referring to the proceedings in the House of Lords on Tnesday night, with respeet to the Tenant Right Bills of the Attorney-General of Ire land and Mr. Serjeant Shee, both of which were then read a second time, and referred together to a Select Committee, asked the noble lord at the head of the Go vernment _whether, if unhappily the Select Committee should sanction the principle of the latter bill, better known as Mr. Sharman Crawfurd's Tenant Right Bill, which had been rejected twice before as a bill, the prin ciple of which wa,s'entirely subversive of the rights of property, her Majesty's Government were prepared to support the measure and carry it into law. The Earl of DERBY said that his attention had been called to this subject by a number of Irish represen tatives, who shared the views and misapprehensions of his noble friend. After paying a compliment to the zeal and ability of the Attorney-General for Ireland, he said that the attention of the Government had been during the recess, directed towards framing measures which should have the effect of developing the re sources and encouraging the employment of capital In Ireland, the result of which had been four mea sures, which had been laid before the House of Commons, and which stood for second reading on the evening in question. It happened that a bill had been introduced by Mr. Serjeant Shee, on the same sub ject as the first of the Government bills—Tenant Right —but founded on an entirely different principle. After some debate, it was thought by the House of Commons that it would be the fairer course if both these bills should be referred together to a select committee, which would thus have the advantage of having under its considera tion the different manner in which the same subject was treated by two gentlemen starting from an entirely dif ferent point. At the same time it was distinctly under stood that in consenting to the second reading of this bill, it was merely taken pro formd, and that no assent whatever was giveh to the principle of the bill. He (Lord Derby) thought that the course taken by the House of Commons was, upon the whole, sound and wise ; for his own part, he was as opposed as his noble friend to the principles of the bill of Mr. Sergeant Shee, thinking it was destructive of the rights of property ; and on the part of her Majesty's Government, he could as sure the noble earl, that whatever might be the report of the committee, no sanction would be given by her Ma jesty's Government to the passing of such a bill. (Hear.) The Earl of WICKLOW said he was quite satisfied with the explanation given by the noble earl, but he was very much surprised that a Government which had brought forward a measure of its own on the subject should have seemed even to sanction the principle of such a bill as Mr. Sorjeant Shee's by allowing it to go through a second reading. The Earl of DERBY said the opinion of the highest authority in the other house had been taken, and it was to the effect that not assented be understood to be given to the principle of a bill, wheri it was understood that it was only read a second time pro formll. After a few remarks from the Earl of ST. GM: MAINS, the subject dropped. On the motion of the Earl of DESART, the West India Colonies Loans Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the Commons Enclosure Bill was read a second time. Their Lordships then adjourned. TIOI7SE OF COMMONS—(TIITS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock, PETITIONS. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Lei cester against the reduction of the duties on malt and hops ; also a petition from a building society in the me tropolis against the increase- of the house duty. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Ax minster, praying that the probate and legacy duties be extended to real property in substitution of the increased house tax. Lord MULGRAVE presented a petition from Scar borough against the proposed house tax. Mr. COLLIER presented a similar petition from Plymouth. Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition, numerously signed, from the Reform Association of Glasgow, pray ing that the commercial policy of 1846 may be main tained and carried out; and, that as doubling the amount of the inhabited house duty, would prove a serious in fliction to the inhabitants of large towns, the house should not consent to passing that impost; and as re ducing the tax on malt and hops to one-half, would con fer no benefit on the consumer ; that the house should instead, take into its consideration the expediency of abolishing the taxes upon knowledge. Mr. HEADLAM presented a petition from New castle against the taxes on newspapers. Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petition against the propositions contained in the Budget, respecting the increase of the house and income taxes. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented several petitions from the metropolis against the proposals in the Budget. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from a meeting at Marylebone, against the proposed house tax, and the extension of the income tax. Mr. WILKINSON presented a petition from Lam beth, praying for the extension of the legacy and probate duties to real property. Mr. W. COWPER presented a petition from Hert fordsl±e, against the extension of the income tax. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Lam beth, against the increase of the house tax. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from Fulham, against the extension of the house and income taxes. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Manches ter, praying that the reduction of the tea duties be spread over two or three, instead of six years. Captain SCOBELL presented a petition from Camden town, praying for the interference of the house in the case of Edward Murray. Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the Tower Hamlets against the house tax and other proposals in the budget. Mr. M. MILES presented a petition from Pontefract, against the inhabited house duty. Mr. G. HUDSON presented a petition from Sunder land, against the proposed house tax, and in favour of the total repeal of the malt duties. REDUCTION OF THE TEA DUTIES. In replT to Mr, /0- AGA; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was the intention of the Government, if the resolution respecting the reduction of the tea duties was passed, that such reduction should take place forthwith, and, under these circumstances, they should not feel it their duty to recommend any drawback on the stock in the hands of dealers. Mr. MOFFATT asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer, whether it was the intention of Government to admit foreign as well as colonial sugar to the privilege of refining in bond ; and also, whether it was the inten tion of Government that the refining in bond shall be optional, or whether it would be compulsory upon all refiners, so as to constitute an uniform system. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he saw no reason why any distinction should be made be tween foreign and colonial sugar, respecting any privi leges which the Government intended to accord. It would however, be recollected that he stated, in regard to these privileges, that the Government were in favour of refining in bond on certain conditions which they con sidered necessary for the security of the revenue. He had given directions for the preparation of these condi tions, and when completed he would make them known to the trade. THE BUDGET. Sir J. V. SHELLEY intimated that ho would with draw his motion for deferring the considern.tion of the l udget until after Christmas, having found that it was informal In reply to sir J. V. SHELLEY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHMQTJER said it not his intention to propose any drawback on the malt duties. NEW SOUTH WALES. Sir NV. State for th e MOLE SWORTH asked th e S ecre t ary o f Colonies, whether it was the, intention of her Majesty's Government to take any steps to comply THE ERUPTION of Mourrr Eirma.—Letters from Sicily New 1 with the prayer of the petition which wa4; presented to South i'Vales, .during the last session, by the the House of Commons from the Legislati ye Council of state that the eruption, which commenced on the 20th s ecre tary for ii . .ejand of August, still lasts, causing alternate hopes and fears Sir J. PAK.I.NGT.OtNo said, the Goverrusient had according to the increase or diminution in the quantity , t a k on the petition !ri consideration, with a full of lava that shoots forth from the fiery mount. i f the growing importance of the Aus sense o tralian Colonies, and the extraordinary circumstances in which they were now placed, and they had decided on the extent to which they thought concessions ought to be made, and as to the policy to be adopted for the future; but the hon. baronet must feel that it was impos sible for him to enter into a general and detailed state ment of what their intentions were in answer to a ques tion of that kind. However, he hoped to find an early day after Christmas, on which to state to the house the policy of the Government in regard to the Australian Colonies. POST OFFICES. Mr. MACGREGOR moved for returns of the num ber of Post-office receiving -houses in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester, re spectively ; the number of collections daily from each receiving -house, and the proportion of the population of each of these places, as per last census, bears to each receiving-house ; whether general Post-office business can be transacted at all these receiving -houses, and, if not, the number in each place at which that can be transacted showing the proportion the population of each place bears to every such receiving-house or branch-office; the number of offices in each place at which money order business can be transacted, and the proportion the population of each place bears to every such office ; the average number of letters delivered daily in each of the above-mentioned towns ; also the number of letter carriers in each town to deliver these letters, and also the number of deliveries daily in eacli town : And of the name of every one employed in the Post office of Glasgow ; the number of years each person has been in the service : salary of each, and sums, if any, derived from fees, stating the nature of such fees ; na ture of the duties performed by each ; whether there is a scale of salaries for length of service, and, if so, the particulars of it ; 'showing the highest salary that can be obtained by length of service only, and the time to be served to obtain that salary ; whether there is a super annuation allowance ; gross revenue of the office for each of the last ten years, including amount of postage stamps sold through the Stamp-office ; number of letters for one week of each month in each year for a like pe riod ; number 'and amount of money orders paid and issued in each of the last ten years ; also the commission in each year . ; number of clerks employed in each year. distinguishing the number engaged in each department. Agreed to. REGISTRATION •OF LANDS. Mr. COWPER gave notice that on! Monday next he should move for leave to bring in a bill for the Registra tion of Land Sales. THE BUDGET. On the order of the day for going into committee on Ways and Means, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said the house was placed in a most extraordinary position:- For his own part, his own constituents were not anxious that the house should go into committee at all on the Government statement ; and perhaps he should be called factious for doing his duty on this occasion. But he had been called factious by every Government that existed for some years—(a laugh)—and it should not deter him from doing his duty now. (Hear, hear.) The fact was, neither he nor his constituents wanted the budget of the Government—(a laugh)—and therefore he should move that they do not go into committee. (Hear, hear.) He thought that was the best and most proper course to take, seeing that the right honourable gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated that a deci. sion upon one of his resolutions was to be considered a decision upon the whole, and therefore any decision to be come to ought to be arrived at before they got into committee. (Hear.) No equivalent whatever was given for the doubling of the house tax ; for while the tax payer was treated with an extra cup of tea or a pot of beer a-week, he was to have his other burthens doubled. (A laugh.) He would not stand this ; and in spite of being considered as doing that which would hurt the feelings of the Government, he must oppose the Budget without more ado. (A laugh.) The house had been told that the window tax was repealed from sanitary mo tives ; but it was no such thing. For thirty years public were opposed to it, and it was not unt:l the Go vernment of the day was satisfied that it could be main tained no longer that it was repealed. (Hear,. hear.) It would be a waste of time to discusss the question of the honse tax ; and if there was to be a vote of no confidence taken, the proper time for doing it was now, before go ing into committee. (Hear, hear.) He should therefore move that the Speaker do not leave the chair. (Hear.) The amendment having been seconded, Mr. WALTER said he should vote for the amend ment, but at the same time he denied that this question ought to be taken as a vote of want of confidence. There was no parallel between the case of the present Government and that of Sir Robert Peel in 1841 ; there was no deficit in the revenue, but, on the contrary, there was a surplus, and consequently there) was no necessity for doubling the house tax. (Cheers. He did not object to the house tax in the abstract, but the necessities of the country did not require its being doubled, and the proposal of the Government ought to be abandoned. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ALCOCK was opposed to doubling the house tax, but was decidedly in favour of the proposed repeal of the malt tax and the tea duties, and he should be sorry to see the present Government defeated. (Hear, hear.) He was for repealing the whole of the Malt Tax ; but rather than get nothing, he was quite willing to ac cept of half ; and he was disposed on that account to continue his support to the Government. (Hear, hear.) It was as unjust to tax malt as to tax coals ; and for the sake of the consumer, he demanded that the malt tax should at once be repealed. (Hear, hear.) It could be done without doubling the house tax, by either extend. ing the income tax or the probate and legacy duty to real property ; and he called upon the Government to take that course. At present the income tax was only paid upon 12,000,0001., whereas it ought to be paid upon 400,000,000/. He was quite ready to extend the income tax . 'to the poor man with 12s. a-week, at the rate of 3 per cent., provided Government was ready to abandon all the indirect taxations that were levied upon articles of daily consumption. Nor was he opposed to extending the income tax to Ireland--indeed he was informed Ire land was anxious for it—(a laugh)—and he did not won der at it, when he remembered the saving her people would have a right to claim in the shape of a remission of indirect taxation. Why, at present they were paying taxes at the rate of 20 or 30 per cent. instead of three, and the sooner the house agreed to abandon this vicious system of taxation, the better it would be for all parties. (Hear, hear.) Sir E. L. BULWER LYTTON said the question of the income tax was so large in itself, that it was impos sible to discuss it fairly except upon an occasion ex pressly set apart for it. (Hear, hear.) So far, however, as its extension was concerned, the Government were only acting in accordance with the recommendation of the committee over which the hon. member for Montrose had presided. It appeared to him that the house was .. - agreed that incomes derived from uncertain and perishable sources could no longer be taxed in the same degree ; and here again the proposal of the Government was in accordance with that understanding. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) With regard to the ques tion of the house tax, he thought a good selection had been made in granting the repeal of the malt and tea duties as an equivalent ; though he should have pre ferred, in place of the repeal of the malt tax, they should be called'to remit the duty on soap or paper. (Hear, hear.) On the whole, however, he thought the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, acting as a political economist, had made an excellent selection in proposing to repeal the tea duties, because such a measure as that would not only benefit the people in a domestic point of view, but greatly increase our trade and commerce also. (Hear, hear.) The repeal of the malt tax, too, would have a similar effect, and since it was a bold step in the right direction the Government were entitled to credit for having proposed it. (Hear.) If agreed to it would cheapen the beer, while it would extend the operations of the farmer, and he hoped Government would hesitate before they abandoned the scheme. (Hear.) Indeed, he was told that this reduction in the malt tax would reduce the price of wholesome beer by a penny a quart—.(no, no)—and that he felt would be a great boon conferred on the consumers. (Hear, hear.) That great free trade authority, Mr. M'Culluch, was in favour of such a reduction, and in answer to those who said this was a question of town against country, he must be allowed to say, that he rather thought it was a question of free trade agai ns t protection. (Hear, hear.) The house tax is stated by Mr. Mill to be one of the fairest taxes, and Mr. M'Cul loch, a great authority, quite concurred in this opinion. (Hear.) It was generally agreed that houses should be rated by expenditure rather than by capital. (Hear.) Property is so subdivided in this country that the average incomes of landlords is about 1501., and such being the case, a land tax would be most unfair. With regard to the extension of the house tax, we have been told that this would interfere with the electoral franchise. Now, in his opinion, it was a dangerous thing that a class, exercising such electoral power, should be exempt from the tax which theycan inflict by their influence upon others. He was tke last person to impute factious motives to gentlemen opposite, but he could not help feeling that their opposition to the Government was unjust. They had specially limited the Government to a further ex tention of free trade, and now that measures of this nature were proposed, that resolution was forgotten. He attributed this result not to mis representations, bu to an honourable ambition to replace the Government; but the misfortune was, that while these party struggles were going on, the coun try was suffering from neglect, and for the sake of all in terests, both agricultural and commercial, he prayed the house at once to put a stop to them. (Hear, hear.) The Minister had pl e d ge d hi mse lf t o study re trenchment and economy, as well as to prepare measures of domestic reform of a practical nature, and since the Government had come into office not to legislate for a single class, but for the - general benefit of the whole community, he demanded that they should have a fair trial. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He entreated the house to continue this __...... ----- Government in their career of useful legislation, and with that entreaty he should resume hi s sea t, fully de termined to support the motion for going into commit tee. (Cheers.) Mr. GLADSTONE de recated any discussion of the general merits of the overnment, and advised ttie house, if it wished to , e progress with the business of the day, to abstain from aristocratical displays, or from adverting to extraneous matters--(hear, hear), -,--and confine its immediate attention to the immediate subject of doubling the house tax. (Hear, hear.) The question before them was,, whether they would con sent to the proposals of the Government. Now, he could not consent to the amendment of the honourable member for Finsbury, but in going into commi he should do so under protest, because was proposd to reduce taxation without voting the additional ways and means to supply the de ficiency. He objected decidedly to the principle of supplying that deficiency with money which had been lent by the state to promote public works, and which should be applied to the extinction of the national debt. The second reason that taxation ought not to be re mitted until the ways and means of the year had been provided for, and for that reason he maintained that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had no right to propose a reduction of taxation before he had obtained a new recognition of the Income tax. This was the course followed by Sir R. Peel, who persisted in ob taining a second reading of his Income-tax Bill before he would proceed to discuss the reduction of the tariff. On those grounds, though he should consen t t o go i nto committee, he should do so under protest against the course which it was proposed to take in committee. This was the first time that such a protest had been taken. In 1851, the right lion. gentleman the present Chancellor of the Exchequer had p ro p ose d a reso l u ti on against the house going into committee on the Budget of that year, which involved a similar protest. (Left speaking.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 10. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain John Alms rus Digby, from 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Horne, w ho exchanges, Dec. 10 . 10th Dragoons—Cornet Guy Webster to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice tho Honourable Algernon A. S. Ames ley, who retires, Dec. 10. 12th Light Dragoons—Captain George Home, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Digby, who ex- Christopher Franci s Fl oo d, Assistant-Surgeon vi ce G eorge , who ex changes; g .e, e xf s erh ; orn A gt s eh s se ls Assistant-Surgeon S lt u oo r . g b e e e n 18th Foot—Ensign Thomas Hardwick Smith to be Lieu vice Suckling, who r e ti res ;.Ensign vice Smith, Dec. 10. te jo n im ant w b illi y p am ure m ha eur se, ant, from the 45th Foot, to be Ensi g n, 24th Foot—Ensign John Henry Armit, from the 6th Foot, to be Ensign, 'vice Pery, who retires, Dec. 10. 29th Foot—Lieutenant Hugh George Colvill to be Cap tain, witbout purchase, vice Murchison, who retires upon fullpay, Dec. 10. 31st Foot--Ensign George Flower Herbert to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bythesea, who retires, Dec. 10. 32nd Foot — Lieutenant Philip Primrose, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ingles, who exchanges, Oct. 14. 69th Foot — Lieutenant Denis Dunn to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Carmichael, deceased ; Ensign Edward Alarcon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn, Dec. 3 ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Gun Harison, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, with ou t pur chase, vice Maroon Dec. 10. 70th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur James Fremantle, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Watson, deceased, Dec. 10. 72d Foot — Lieutenant Wm. Henry Eliot, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Hum phreys, who exchanges ; Assistant Staff Surgeon George Horniblow, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Home, who exchanges, Dec. 10. 75th Foot—Ensign Oswald de Lancey Priaulx to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hardy, deceased, Oct. 4 ; Gentleman Cadet Wm. Clive Justice, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Priaulx, Dec. 10. 77th Foot—Lieutenant George Cary to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Brevet Major Tomkins, deceased, Nov. 25 ; Ensign Charles Hoskin France to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cary ; Gentleman Cadet Audley Lempriere, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice France, Dec. 10. 78th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Gilley, from half-pay 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, promoted, with- out purchase, to an linattaChed Company . Dec. 10, 1852. 85th Foot—Ensign Edward Cholmeley Dering to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blosse, who retires ; Dec. 10, 1852. 92nd Foot—Ensign Clifford Parsons to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mann, who retires ; Dec. 10, 1852. 94th Foot—Lieutenant Walter Lawrence Ingles, from the 32nd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Primrose, who ex changes ; October 14, 1852. _ _ 2nd West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Joynt Gor don Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gibbings, promoted ; Edward Dampier Cockell, Gent, to be Ensign. by purchase, vice Grant ; December 10, 1852. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Windsor H. Humphreys. from the 72nd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Eliot who exchanges, Dec. 10. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant Surgeon Robert Villiers George, M.D. from 12th Light Dragoons, to beAssistant Surgeon t o th e F orces , vice Flood, who exchanges ; Assistant Surgeon Anthony Dickson Home, from the 72nd Foot, to be Assistant Sur geon to the Forces, vice Horniblow, who exchanges, Dec. 10. UNATTACHED. Lieutenant Michael Edward Smith, from the 78th Fool to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 10. MEMORANDUM. The Commission of Lieutenant Gould Arthur +Lucas, of the 73rd Foot, to boar date Feb. 28. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. George William Tireman, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Frederic Bell, Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 6. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire. George Burrard, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 27; Melville Portal, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 3. South Hants Regiment of Militia—Robert Miller Mundy, Brevet-Major, half-pay Royal Artillery, to be Major, vice Gilbert, who retire* Goorge'Burrard, Egq.,[to be Captain, vice Sir Peter Bole, who retires ; Eustace Heathcote, Esq., late Captain 34th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Kingsmill, who retires ; John Beardmore, Esq., to be Captain, - vice Fleming, who retires, Dec. 3. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire. The Most Noble Arthur Wills Blundell Trumbull Hill, Marquis of Downshire, to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Edward Conroy, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Charles Eyston, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Percy Henry Crutchley, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Thomas Colleton Garth, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Frederick Fr a n c i s Awr ° ustus Carrington, Esq., to be Deputy-Li eutenant, Nov. 30. Royal Berks Arthurßulley, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon ; Thomas John Curtis, Gent., to bo Ensign, Nov. 30. Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex. Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia.--The Honourable Henry Gage to be Captain, vice Dorrien resigned ; the Honourable William Edward Sackville West to bo Cap tain, vice the Earl of Winterton, resigned ; Henry Bethune, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Tumour, re signed • Joseph Fiennos Blake, Gent., to Lieutenant, vice Lord: Templemore, resigned ; Francis Barchard, junior, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Shaw, resigned ; Charles Bayntun, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Willis, resigned ; Nov. 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. 2nd or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.—James Frederick Reyne, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Roper, de ceased, Nov. 26. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia.- Henry Firth, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, Dec. 4. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Captain Hen.Frampton to be Major, vice Jacob, retired ; Lieutenant John Floyer, ALL, to be Captain, vice Frampton, pro moted ; Cornet Augustus Billett Foster to be Lieutenant, vice Floyer, promoted, D ec. 8. BANKRUPTS. - Henry Stagg, grocer, Croydon, to surrender Dec. 21, a, one, and Jan. 25, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Russell and Burgon, London. John Gouldin, potato dealer, Outwell, Dec. 20, at eleven, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hensman, London ; 011ard, Upwell. Thomas Speed, butcher, Liverpool, Dec. 23 and Jan. 14, assignee,Liverpool ; Greatl ey, Li verpoo l. at j e o le h v n en cri at di t a h n e d L , Liverpool District Court ; Bird, official cer and china dealer, Sidmouth, Devon, Dec. 21, at eleven, an d J an . 13, at one, at the Exeter District Court. %Axel, official assignee, Exeter; Coleridge and Son, 'Exeter. William John Bowden, apothecary, Hertford, Dec. 20, at twelve, and Jan. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee; Coleman-Street-buildin Moorgate street ; Hall, Brunswick-row, QuetiVir-square;Bfdbmsbury. William Thornton, carpenter and builder, Battersea, Dec. 16, at half-past one and Jan. 20, at one, at the Basing hall-street ; Jones, Qu a lit y - cour t , Ch ancery -l ane . Court. Alf Alexander Bain, electric clock maker, Old Bond-street, .Johnson, official assignee, Basing to surrender Dec. 15, at t we l ve an d J a n. 21, at eleven, at Bankruptcy, the Court of Bank runtcy. "Nicholson, official assignee, Sise-lane, Bucklersb ury. Charles Rhodes, ; Desborough, Young, and Desborough, Kensington, Dec. 22 , at half past one, and Jan. 25, at one, at the Court , of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Holmes, London ; Clarke, Reading. David Williams, grocer, Dowlais, Glamorgan, Dec. 23 and Jan. 26, at e l even, ' at the B r i s t o l District Court. Miller, official assigne e Bristol ; Bevan, Bristol. Thomas Barnsb aw, retailer of beer, Brunswick-street, Poplar, Middlesex, D ec. 20 , a t half-past one, and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Mr. Bell, Moor gate-street, official assignee; Messrs. Piero , and Hawks, Crown-square, Southwark. James Gill, hop factor, Southwark, 16th Dec., at twe, and Jan. 24th, a t twelve, at the C our t ; J o h nson , o ffi c i a l assignee, Basin gya ll ton-street. -street. Gregson and Son, Throgmor- e a s u N d e si ss a , n. grocer eleven, jain Dec. New c l a 7 B , t l a e t . 28'a N t Newcastle upon-Tyne. Wakloy, official ass ignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Watson, solicitor, Saint Nicholas's Churchyard. Newcastle-upon - Tyne, James Keron, builder, Altrincham, Dec. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester Dishict Court. Official assignee, Pott, Charlotte-street, Manchester ; Nichols and Worthington, Altrinchom ; Stirke, Manchester.-turctil-CTrurte; Robert Hamilton Murray, baker, Alfred-place, Camden road,; Dec. 23, a t e l even, and Jan. 21, a t one , a t th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, King William-st ree t • Hilleary and Co, Fenchurch• street. Edmund English and Edmund Francis English, auc tioneers and upholsterers, Bath, Dec. 24, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Bri s t o l Di s t r i c t Court. Acraman, official assignee. Bristol ; Crutwell; Bath ; Bevan, Bristol. Emilio Pistrucci, lithgraphic artist and printer, Salis bury-street, Strand, Dec. 23 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Foster, official assignee, Ab church-lane ; Ruslibury, Surrey-street, Strand. .__ . BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 4th day of December, 1852. tatuk DEPARTMENT. - X Notes issued ..•••• .. 35,246,890 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities.- 2,984,Q00 Gold coin and bullion 21,227,736 Silver bul ion ...... • • 19,151 £35,246,890 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 9th day or Deoember, 1852. £3.5,246,890 BANKING D 1 Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ............ 3,075,011 Public deposits tin ,ee I eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of Natonsl Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,637,710 Other deposits ...... 12,699,303 Seven Day and other Bills 1,493,677 £39,458,691 13,962,688 12,410,821 12,523,740 661,442 £39,459,691 Dated no 9th day of December, 'ARTUENT. Government securities (trcludg.Dead Weight Annuity) Other securWes...... Gold and silver coin.. f. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.'" 1852. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns mado in the week ending the 7th day of December, 1852, is 28s 7d per hundred weight, exclusive of tho duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation therebf into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of this Evening.) SUGAR.- To-day there was only a limited demand for West India sugar from either grocers or refiners, still, rates close generally the same as on Friday last. Purchases are 130, making for the week 822 hhds, &c. REFINED. - Production of Refined Sugar exceeding dealers' wants, a further reduction has taken place, and lower sorts are least request. Sales have been on a small scale ; brown lumps are 43s 6d to 44s ; tillers, low to fine, 445 Od to 48s 6d, double, 49s to 50s ; Hambro' loaves, 45s to 495, double, 50s to 51s ; and Standard lumps, 45s per cwt. Few contracts have been entered into for de -1 ivory, yet few parties are inclined to sell at present terms. To-day refined sugar was purchased more freely for home consumption, yet brown lumps were obtainable at 43s 6d, and low to fine grocery 44s to 47s per cwt. MAURITIUS.-To-day previous rates were required for Mauritius Sugar. but little was done privately and there was no bublic sale. A cargo of Mauritius off the coast, and partly of the new crop, has been sold for Bristol at 35s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon only 400 bags Bengal sugar were offered at auction, and sold at full rates, low white Benares at 37s to 37s 6d, mid to fine 38s to 39s 6d. Of Penang 700 bags went at previous rates, yellow at 30s 6d to 35s greyish 35s 6d to 365, and ord white 36s 6d to 375. There was again no public sale of Madras, and little done privately. FOREIGN. Although duty paid parcels are offered sparingly for sale, yet previous terms are not to be ob tained, in consequence of a limited demand. The small parcels sold privately were Havannah, brown at 33s to 345, low to mid yellow 34.3 6d to 37s 6d, good to fine 383 to 40s, fioretts 40s 6d to 41s ; Brazil, white 35s 6d to 40s, yellow 33s 6d to 355, brown 30s to 33s ; Porto Rico, fine yellow 39s to 41s, low to good 34s to 31s 6d, brown 32s to 33s 6d ; China 30s 6d to 32 • other sorts 32s 6d to 35 s ; M an ill a, clayed 32s 6d to 34s 6d, not clayed 33s to 325; Java, brown and yellow 32s to 35s 6d, grey and white 36s to 40s ; foreign Muscovado, low to fine yellow 31s 6d to 398, brown 32s to 34s ; and white Havannah in bond 26s 6d to 31s for low to fine. To-day foreign Sugar met with little atten tion for shipping or home trade purposes, yet holders gene rally were not inclined to sell under previous terms. There was no public sale. A cargo of yellow Havannah was sold at 21s 6d for numbers 12k, and one at 21s 44. MoLAsses.-There are many buyers, but important transactions are prevented by the scanty supply. Prices for Antigua rule at 16s 6d to 17s, Demerara 15s 6d to 16s, other sorts of West India 14s 6d to 15s, Cuba and Porto Rico 15s 6d to 16s 6d. Bengal and Mauritius 13s to 14s per cwt. Tamarinds have been dealt in caution ; West India at 24s to 425, and East India Os to 12s, still supply i s no t mire plentiful. Few buyers are to be found, yet there is no decline ; Narbonne is held for 60s to 655, Cuba 36s to 465, and Jamaica 38s to 508 per cwt. COFFEE.-This afternoon Native Ceylon Coffee met with little attention privately. At auction 80 bags new import sold at 46s 6d for good ord. Plantation is not cheaper but demand keeps limited. The market for Mocha is inactive, and there is a decline of 2s. A p u bli c sa l e o f 231 hf-frazis went at 775. to 78s. 6d. for good clean garbled. TEA.-Sales of low to good common made at lOid to 100., rather blackish loaf to blackish leaf lid to is Oid, strong to Pekoe sorts is id t o i s Bd, an d o f th e new crop 1s 9(1 to 2s 2d. Sorts under is 2d per lb have been most in request. A good demand for Pouehong at 8d to 90. Oolong sells more freely, common to mid at 104 to is Id, and better sorts is 24 to is 9d. Souchong is much required, and rates are on the advance, fine and good selling at is 4d to 2s. low to mid lid to is 3d. In Green important purchases have been transacted, especially in better sorts, prices have advanced, and rule as follows-low to middling Hysen is 2d to is sd, good to fine is 6d to 2s 10d, choice 3s 04 to 3s 4a, young Hyson Canton 10d to is, Hyson kind is 2d to is Bd, fine to superior is 9d to 2s 3d, Twankay 9d to ls, Gunpower Canton 10d to is ld, Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 104, fine 3s Od to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson is 3d to 2s 3d, and Hyson skin 7d to Bd. To-day a public sale of 2,000 pkgs Green, and Scented Teas went at firm prices. SPICES.—To-day the public sale of Pepper went at full prices ; 1,700 bgs Malabar at 3,id to 4Ad for heavy and half heavy, and 1,120 bgs Batavia at 3ad to 3d per lb. INDlGo.—There is at present only a small home or ex port demand for E. 1., still holders are firm, and th ere are few sellers excepting an advance on last quarterly sale's terms of 2d per lb. Stock is 3,000 chts less than in 1851, with an increase in deliveries of 6,000 chts, and consumers are little supplied. Of Guatima a supply is more plentiful, yet a good demand exists, and 400 Berens at auction all sold at 2s lid to 5s sd, being full rates for better sorts, but id to 2d per Id decline for ord. RICE.—The previous improvement in prices has been well sustained for all sorts of East India, there being a good home and export demand, with a limited supply. At public sale 352 bgs. Bengal were taken in at lls 6d to 12s for mid. white, but 1,709 bads Moulmein sold at lOs to lls, the sound of 3,000 bags peeled was taken in at lOs 6d to lls, damaged selling at 7s to 10s. 6d per cwt., for the sound 10s being offered. The private operations since this day week are 10,000 bags; Bengal good to fine whit e a t 12s to 12s 6d, low t o m id 11 s 3d to Hs 9d, broken lOs 6d to lls, Madras lOs to lls, Arrican 10s to 10s 6d, white Java lOs 6d to 13s, and yellowish 93 to 10s. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—A free sale still pre vails for Leeward Island rum, and the upward movement continues-1s 9cl to is 10:1 per gallon having been obtained for proof. East India is much required ; supply is small, and is 8d to is 9d is the value. In Demerara consider. able transactions have taken place, prices showing a further advance-2s Gd to 2s 9d having been obtained for 30 to 40 per cent. over proof; indeed, some parties will not accept these rates. Jamaica has been sold to some extent, chiefly for home trade purposes, and prices are yet on 'the advance, with a decreased supply ; choice sorts 36 to 40 per cent. over proof realised 3s 9d to 4s 4d, fine 34 to 36 over 3s 4d to 3s 80, good 2s 104 to 3s 3d, low to mid 30 to 34 over 2s 6d. to 2s 94. Havannah is wanted at is 74 to is 71d proof, and keeps in scanty supply. Sales of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851, made at 7s 4d to 7s 6d, 1850 ditto 7s Gd to 7s Bd, 1849 ditto 7s 84 to 7s 10d, older 8s to 8s 6d, low to mid qualities 6s 2d to Vs. Geneva met with less attention, there is a decline 2s 3d to 2s 44 having been accepted, and for fine 2s &I to 3s. The currency- is firm for British made spirit, there being an extensive demand, the value is 9s 9d cash ; gin 22 under 8s 4d, and 17 ditto 8s 104 per gailon ; indeed an advance is looked for. COCHINEAL.—Thore is at present only a limited home trade or shipping demand, and supply being rather plenti ful, a decline of ld per lb. has taken place. At auction, 480 bgs were mostly sold; low to fine Honduras silvers at 3s 7'd to 4s 2d, dead and pasty 2s 8d to 35 6d ; Teneriffe silvers 3s 8d to 3s 11d, and black 4s to 413 3d. TALLow.—A reluctance has been evinced to operate in Russian on the spot this week, aid prices have given way ; fine yellow candle selling at 46s to 468 3d. Purchases are unimportant for delivery in spring months, although there are sellers at 46s 3d to 463 6d. Home melted is rather more plentiful, and being less wanted can be obtained at 478 6d cash. Other sorts met with little notice, and a de cline took place this afternoon at the public sales : 500 pkgs South American selling at 44s 6d to 47s 6KI ; 400 do. Australian, beef 448 6d to 45s 6d, mutton 45s 6d to 47s Od ; and 140 bas East India at 45s Od to 468 Od per cwt. Deliveries of Tallow for consumption aro, however, still favourable, with a stock of 21,000 cks less than last year, but rates aro higher by 10s per cwt. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam 11_16% Ditto, three months .. 11 18 Rotterdam ........ .. 11 18% Antwerp . ..... ........ 25 40 :ANGE —Tins DAY. Gibraltar .. Leghorn • .30 65 Genoa .. Brussels 25 40 Venice .: :. flamburgh ............ 13 5 Naples ................ 41% Altona ................ Palermo .. Paris • • •• • • 25 17% Messina •••••• • • • .. 124% Ditto, three months .. 25 40 Lisbon .........• ••• . . 5314 Marseilles. ... •..... 25 40 Oporto .........• ••• • • . 53% Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ............ ._Frankfort-on•Maine .... 1 19% Buenos Ayres .......... Berlin Vienna .. 11 36 Philadelphia .......... 'Trieste ............ ••..11 36 PRICES OF BULLION, PLR oz. Peterthurgh... ..... 38 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49% Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 50 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Barcelona.. Seville ............ • . Silver in bars ...... 05 1% DENMARK. The Danish garrison of Altona celebrated on. December 2d, by a grand military parade, the re establishment of the Empire in France. ITALY. Advices from Milan, of the 4th, state that the Po and the Ticino have risen so considerably, that great fears are entertained of an imminent inun dation. THE HOUSE OF B OXAPARTE.-At the present moment, a short geneologieal table of the Bonaparte family will be read with interest. Charlep Bonaparte, father of Napoleon (the Great), was born at Ajaccio, in Corsica, on , the 29th March, 1746. He was a man of good family, of noble descent ; he left by his wife, the beautiful Letitia (Ramolini), eight chil dren : Joseph, born January 7, 1767,—King of Naples (1806,) King of Spain (1808) died 1844. Napoleon, Emperor (born Aug. 15, 1769, died 1821) — the Great ; Lucian, born 1775, died June 30, 1840 ; Maria Anna (Elise, Bacciocchi), ; Louis, born Sept. 2, (King of Holland, 1806), died July 25, 1846, as Count de St. Leu ; Charlotte (Maria Paulina Burghese) ; Annunciata (Murat) ; ,Jerome, born No v . 15, 178 4, ex-King of Westph a li a , still living. Of the elder branch there is only alive a daughter (of Joseph), married to Prince Charles Bonaparte, Prince of Canino, eldest son of Lucian, born 1803. They have eight children. The present Emperor Napoleon 111. (the Duke of Reichstadt being put down as Napoleon IL), is the son of •Louis, ex-King of Holland. Born at Paris 20th of April, 1808 ; nephew of the Em peror. He was elected President of the French Re public on 10th December, 1848, for the term of four years. In virtue of the coup-d'etat of 2d December 1851, declares himself President for ten y ears , an d i s proclaimed Emperor, with hereditary desoent, on 2d December, 1852. Jerome, ex-King of Westphalia, unole of the present Emperor, is at present Marshal of France. He was married twice : first, to Miss Patterson, from whom he was divorced in 1805 ; secondly, to a Princess of Wur tembergh, who died in 1838. By the latter he had two children : Mathilde, married to Prince Demidoff, known in fashionable circles as La Princesse Mathilde ; and Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, who will be declared successor of the present Emperor, in default of issue, and who is to be created Viceroy of Algeria. arrangement. Wisat he had - said about finality was upon tie general principle of attempting finally to 'settle fi scal iLuestions by the votes of this house. Mr. MOFFAT asked whether the Chancellor of the Ex chequer intended the refining in bond to extend to foreign as well as colonial sugar, and whether it was to be com pulsory or optional ? Lord STANLEY said that the questions of the hon.gen tleman were of great im ..rtanee, and would, doubtless, be answered by his right friend (the Chancellor o f the Exchequer, who was absent) when the subject should come before the house. He (the noble lord) had no wish to pro long this debate, which appeared to be rapidly dying a na tumi death, but there wes sonic little discrepancy in the views of hon. gentlemen on the other side. The hon. member for Westbury (Mr. Wilson) had attempted to prove that the Weat Indian colonists were not suffering at all. Immediately afterwards another hon. gentleman arose, on the same side, admitted their sufferings, and ascribed them to a great social change. To this the hon. member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) added, by way of consolation,' that the existing class -of proprietors must be entirely replaced by another. He (Lorid Stanley) would state, in reply to the observations which had been eade by honourable gentlemen : that which he should have thought from the general policy of the Government, it was quite unnecessary for him to say—namelv, that the settlement of 1846, as modified by that of 1848, was re garded by them ae a final one, and that they had now no intention whatever to reimpose a system of differential duties. By a fi na l se t t l ement he did not mean that it was not to be conclusive; but no power could induce the Legislature of a free country to adopt a compulsory po licy for all time to 001130. At the same time there was not the slightest intention on the part of Government of interfering in any way to prolong that differential duty which was now about to expire. (Hear hear.) There fore, u n d er those circumstances i he could not look on this motion, or th e d e b a t e to wheh it had given rise, as bearing practically on any policy which was now about to be adopted. It was neither more nor less than a chal leng,e—a fair challenge—fairly thrown out to members on the Government side of the house. The hon. gentleman said, in effect—" You were 'wrong in the view you took of the act of 1846, and we were right ; and now we call upon you to admit the fact that you were in error." If it were really made a charge against them (the Government) that they did not, from the very first moment of the passing of theact t of 1846, admit it to be a final eettlement, or one conducive to the prosperity of the colonies, that was an imputation under which they might very well be content to lie ' • for that censure at tached not only t o th e m and those who habitually voted with them, but it attached equally to that great statesman whom it was impossible not to recognise as the real if not the nominal author of the act of 1846. It would not be disputed that Sir Robert Peel practically carried- that act through the house ; for had he and his supporters op posed it the Government would not have been able to carry it. While supporting that measure, Sir R. Peel distinctly declared that he entertained serious appre hensions as to what its consequences might • be, and that the only thing which induced him to , support it was, the political consideration- how far its passing or its rejection would affect the state of parties ; thus prefer ring a less claim to a greater, a less important to'a more important interest. Taking the act of 1846, in con nexion with previous acts, be would be . 5 bold man who would say that - that policy had been otherwise than un just. He did not deny that he had entertained expectations as to the evils of the act of 1846, which had not been realised. But looking at that measure, not as it was seen now by the light of experience, but as it appeared then, he contended that it was rash and unjust. Mr. Wileon had made rather light of the alleged distresses of the West India Planters ; but the report of a local commission of inquiry issued by the Governor of British Guiana in 1850, spoke of the wholesale abandonment of property, and the disappear ance of all marks of civilisation as results of the legislation of 1846. Statistics furnished by that commission showed that 42,000 out of 80,000 of the inhabitants only were pro ducers, and of these 20,000 had since emigrated, leaving only little more than 20,000 engaged in productive labour. He admitted that in the last 12 or 14 months there was a considerable improvement ; still he must deny the propo sition that there was no such thing as general die. tress. The statement of the Governor of Jamaica, which had been read, on the last day of last year, proved that great distress still existed ; and so late as August last, he stated that the revenue did not meet the public expenditure, though it had been reduced' one-third. Wbere the wages of labour were not exorbitant, he ad mitted that the colonies were more prosperous than they had been for years past, To re-impose a differential duty, en as to benefit the colonies that were suffering, was a po litcal impossib"ity. (Hear, hear.) t There had been a most gratifying change in the last few months, arising out of the suppression of the Brazilian slave trade ; that trade was now utterly extinguished ; and there was a prospect of free labour being employed also in Cuba, by the impor tation of Chinese. Should this be the case; the prosperity of our West India colonies wonkl he greatly inceeased. }Ls hoped this was. the last time on which the sugar duties Add be discussed in that house. The motion was then agreed to, THE YARMOUTH PETIT/ON. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition' from the gentle men who had signed the recognisance in the petition of M'Cullagh against the sitting members for Great Yar mouth, stating that they believed they had bound them :elves by the recognisances they had signed, reeret,,, ting that the sureties had been declared insu ffi cient, and praying the house to redress the grievance under which they laboured, '.'.rd to take means for preventing that recurrence in future. lho right hon. gentleman said he wished to call the atten ion of the house to the petition presented by Mr. M'Cul iagh, who claimed tohave been electedfor Great Yarmouth, and who disputed the return. (The right hon. gentleman read the petition, which has been printed with the votes.) He did not ask the house to review the decision of the examiner of recognisances, or to pass any ()Onion as to its validity, or in any way to sit as a court of appeal. He was well aware that the decision of theexaminer in those matters was final and con clusive. His object was to show that, on the face of those proceedings, circumstances bad arisen which rendered it necessary for Parliament to consider whether 4t might not be necessary to amend the act itself under which proceed :ngs wore taken in reference to the ta:al of election peti :ions. The reason of the decision was, that the words sitting members" were used instead of "sitting mem oer." On the same day the examiner had reported that a similar recognisance, in which the words "sitting mem -001.3 were also used, was unobjectionable. But the °him , ion being taken in the case of Great Yarmouth, he de - ; led that that objection was valid, and therefore fatal to any further proceedings with the Petition. He did not mean to reflect, in the slightest degree, upon the examiner of recog,nisancee- no, doubt he had endea vovered to di sc h arge his recognisances . ; conscientiously, in re ference to what he believed to be the requirements of the act of Parliament. But ho (Mr. Gibson) found fault with the act itself, and asked that it should he amended. Petitioners would be placed in a great difficulty if there was no power of amending technical Ajections to recognisances. In this case the for loner h a d f oun d hi s suret i es ; nobody contended for a mment that they were not good and substantial :sureties, and capable of undertaking all the liabilities re ittired by the act. The fifth clause of the act gave the 'orm of the recognisance, and added, " With such altera tions as may be necessary to adopt such form to the cir cumstanced of each case," dearly showing that the act con templated necessary alterations. There ought to have been s power in the act to enable the examiner to amend, and call on the sureties to sign the amended form, eo that hey might still be liable for costs, if the decisi o n was gainst them. Th e motion ho had to submit was in the following terms :—" That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the operation of 11 and 12 Vic., cap. 93, as regards recognisances and to r e p or t th e i r opinion to the house wh e th er it is expedient to amend that act." The :4 days h av i ng exp i red, it was out of Mr. M'Cullagh's rower to present a new petition. Another circumstance la this case was, that the hearing -of the objection was taken at an earlier period than the stipulated three days after notice of the objection. He (Mr. Gibson) brought forward this matter solely on public grounds, in order that technicalities might not be allowed to stand in the way of justice. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Mr. WALPOLE said he was glad the motion was not in eonformity with the prayer of tho petition, which asked the house to interfere with what the examiner had done. Tour years ago the opinion of the house had been expressed against this, and in a subsequent act it was purposely pro v!fied that the decision of the examiner as to the recog- nisances should be final and conclusive. Such being the law, the last thing for the house to do would be to undo what it had taken so much pains to establish; The hon. gentleman said that a distinction had been made by the xaminer between the Great Yarmouth case and the tiridgenorth case; but in the latter, the objection never was raised; co nsequen tl y, th e examiner had no op I ty of giving an opinion one way or the other. " ren Great Yarmouth case came on, the agents for the ,„ting member took the objection, and the examiner decided. against the sufficiency of the recognisances. It w;,,s said there had not been the regular three days' notice. Ile found that notice was given on the 23d, and the case was heard on the 26th. This being so, the hon. gentleman 'odd exercised a proper discretion in not founding his mo tr.3n on the prayer of the petition. ' Ho asked for a select committee; and the Government had no objection to sueh a committee being appointed. But as there were a great ,any election petitions, he thought it hotter to defer the opointnient of this committee a fow days, as other tech nical difficulties might arise on other petitions which might also be referred to the same committee. The committee wotdd also have to consider whether recognisanoes might not sometimes be left purposely informal ,• as well ao to draw a distinction between formal objections and those r~hich went to the substance. Perhaps it might be well. 1 11 come cases, to require the deposit of au amount suffi cient to cover the costs, so as to afford the requisite secu rity to the sitting members. ~kfter a few words f rom Si r a • WILLOUGHBY and Mr. 4"-r. t atusorr, the motion was agreed to. the motion of Sir H. WILLOUGHBY the following rot 4171, Wag oli 4 i nea b ordered :---.Copy of any.lnformation that can be poor rate ti ?: th e Poor Law Board, as to relief out of the or i n aid of Parties on the ground of being "out of work," :ho arr ionnt " v o res ; stating thenninher of such parties, and Ind s uch relief, in any of the unions in England SELFcur Mr. HENLEIAtMITTEE ON RAILWAYS. select Tcommitt ee au mar ninated the following members as a Mr. W. Gladstone, 4,, n rays :—Mr, lionrey , Mr. Hums, Patten, Colonel Mur e , -"abouchere, Mr. Eit'rutt, Mr. W. 3lilnes, Mr. E. Derd su, a P t 'ain Jones, Mr. Dorados, Mr. M. Mr. J. MACGREOron and. Laffau, ecuplo.ined that the railway in terest was not sufficiently re addition of the name of M r . e re,( l . and suggested the Mr. FREWEN concurred in the snB Mr. HENLBY had no objection tJ,‘"e""°n• addition which would tend to promote the object for wh i ch!!3` 'nted was appoi • . the committee Mr. lIINDLEY would rather the c ommittee „,, f3ctly independent of the railway_ interest i bein g w co nir r ; th a t i n t eres t was ' q uite powerral enough to tak e ca „ noi question, and said th a at in, Lo Air. GEACII thanked tto Government for h v • frrappled with this important itieipated that it would prove beneficial to the public at MUNTZ ilia not see why the railway interest ‘liotld be especiall^ renresonted. _ A chairman of a ralla, ay /1 the house wanted company might be OVlinined I and a-- - VAS common s3nse. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY did not we why railway mag. 'rates 141 .toulfl sit on the committee. • Mr. J . MACGREGOR had no wishto press his augges zaoa against the sense of the house no motio n was then agreed to, ;rid the house adjourned at nine o'clock. lar,q POLICE INTELLIGENCE. I WORSHIP-STREET. —William. Cash,, a general dealer in Princes-street, Whitechapel, was placed before Mr. Hammill, charged with cutti ng an d woun di ng h is brother and sister-in-law, Alfred and Esther Cash, with intent to do them some grievous bodily harm. The male complainant, wh6 appeared with his head enveloped in surgical bandages, and exhibited extreme suffering and debility, stated that between 10 and 11 o'clock on the preceding night, he was sitting with his wife in the parlour of their own house, when the prisoner, who resided in the same , street, suddenly entered the room, and without th e s li g ht est provocat i on commenced assailing them with the most opprobrious and threaten ing epithets. On requesting him to desist and quit the place, the wife of the prisoner and her mother, who had accompanied him into the room, instantly caught witness round the waist to hold him fast, while the prisoner advanced towards his wife, and after drag ging her out of her chair, and grasping her round the neck with his left arm, commenced beating her in a savage manner about the face, and ultimately felled her to the floor in a state of insensibility. Having succeeded by a violent effort in extricating himself from the grasp of the two women, witness was hastening to the assist ance of his wife, when the prisoner made a rush at him and struck him two rapid blows with some sharp instru ment, the first of which penetrated his forehead, and the second inflicted a dreadful wound over his right temple. He had no recollection of anything that occurred after wards, until he found himself and his wife under the hands of the police-surgeon, who dressed their wounds, and he was then informed that the prisoner had been taken into custody. The wife of the last witness, whose face was shock ingly disfigured, and who appeared in an advanced state of pregnancy, corroborated her husband's evidence. The prisoner was remanded. WESTMINSTER.—Mr. James Williams, an aged gentleman, possessing considerable freehold property at Knightsbridge, was charged with presenting a loaded pistol at Henry Lavery, and threatening to shoot him. Complainant stated that he was a bricklayer, employed by a Mr. Trehan, to cut a chase or grove, in the front wall at Mr. Burnan's, in High-row, Knightsbridge, in order to fix in a water-spout. Defendant objected to this on the ground that they were guilty of a trespass upon his property ; to prevent which ladders were sus pended from the roof of Mr. Burnan's house, and complainant was proceeding with the work, when Mr. Williams came out and objected to the pro ceeding so loudly as to create a crowd of people ; the ladders slightly overhung the defendant's premises, but did not touch them. Defendant stood directly under where complainant was at work at the wall, and taking a loaded pistol from his pocket, and presenting it at him, declared that he would shoot him if he let any thing fall upon him. Owing to the nature of the work it was impossible to carry it on without some portion of the material falling where defendant had placed himself intentionally. A police-constable came up, and took defendant into custody. About a fortnight ago de fendant threatened to blow complainant's brains out, and he now entertained great fear that he would do him some mischief. Defendant, in reply to the charge, complained that the operations which were being carried on were an encroach ment and trespass upon his freehold. Mr. Broderip observed that if the defendant had felt himself aggrieved by the operations carried on by the workmen he had his remedy elsewhere, but instead of resorting to the legitimate mode of seeking redress he had thought fit to make use of such threats, and do such acts, as made it necessary that he should be restrained by law. He must enter into his own recognizances of 1001., and find two sureties in 501. each, to keep the peace. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Dze. 4 .1 210 Zymotie Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain. Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus ,&c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy 2O Old Age Sudden 4 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 52 Causes not specifi e d DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,042 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. JIMA 851 788 Males Females.. Total . 1,639 ILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has exhibited a slight improvement to-day, but the fear lest a change in the Go vernment should ensue upon a division on the budget keeps speculators in check, and some parties disposed to operate in the market show an inclination to wait the result. The following are the day's quotations :—Caledo n i an , 3g ; Eastern Counties, 14 3-16; Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifth shares, 34 dis.; Leeds Northern, 188 ; London and North-Western, 127 i ; Midl an d, 801, #, ; North British, 10 5-16 # ; North Staffordshir e , 3 dis.: St. Helen's Rail way and Canal, 73; ditto Preference, .4 per Cent., 1 prom. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 2.4 ; York and North Midland, 31A. MANCHESTER, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCIIANOE.—There was a considerable increase of business to-day ; and prices were fluctuating, closing somewhat weaker than they were at noon, when they had advanced on those of yesterday. The sales were :—Birken head, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 63 dis. ; Black burn, No. 1, 7 ; ditto, Class B. Pref., 26 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 61; East-Anglian, Pref., 6 per cent., 3 7-16 ; Eastern Counties, 13 3-16, ; Kendal and Windermere, 141 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86g, ; ditto, 161. Shares F, a prem. • London and North-W es t ern , 1271 ; Midland Railway prem. 80-1, ; North Staffordshire, dis. ; South Eastern, 24i ; Warrington and Altrincham, 5-16, prom. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was more doing in the Rail way Share Market to-day than for the last few days past. There were, however, few sellers at present prices, and consequently little or nothing was done in the heavier de scriptions of stocks. The following transactions were re ported on 'Change :—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Stock, 54 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham Stock, 67. BRISTOL, DEC. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market continues inactive, with prices firm. Vale of Neath Shares wore done at 13 to 13k. A TRAGEDY ON THE GLACIERS.--Two of the most adventurous chamois hunters in Switzerland have just lost their lives at the glacier of Argentieres, under cir cumstances peculiarly distressing. M. Carrier, long resident at this place, went out, a few mornings ago, with his son, a lad of 19, to hunt mormots. The father had discovered a burrow such as the mormots are ac customed to dig, and laying himself on the ground, face downwards, began to enlarge the entrance, hoping to take the animal at the bottom. Suddenly a large quan tity of earth fell on him, and he was unable to rise. He called to his son, who crept in after him, and tried in vaM to extricate his father from the load which was pressing upon him. While thus engaged a second slip of earth took place and covered both. After two hours of suffering the son died, lying on the back of his father. His last words were full of filial affection and anxiety for his parent. Three long days and nights, without food or light, far from all human aid, unable to move, and with the corpse of his son on his back, did M. Carrier lie in this place until his friends, who had come out in search of the lost hunter, found him at the point of death. The unhappy sufferer only lived long enough to communicate these particulars, and died while his friends were carrying him home. PARISIAN STATISTICS.—The statistical returns for the month of October, which have just been p u bli s h e d b y the Prefecture of Police, give the number of deaths in Paris as 2,2.49, being 52 more than in the preceding month ; of these 519 were from pulthonary disease. The same returns state the receipts of the theatres, concerts, balls, and public exhibitions to have been 1,022,779 f., being 117,000 f. more than in the preceding month. AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY. —On Wednesday the Exeter Christmas Cattle Fair was held. At this fair there is usually a large number of agriculturists from various parts of the neighbourhood, and capital stock is always exhibited. On the present occasion there was a large supply of splendid animals, and a brisk business was done. Prices were first-rate. For prime beef 10s. 6d., and even 11s. per 20 lbs. was given. A. lot of prime South Devon sheep sold at 64d. per lb. This, too, after the certain ruin which was predicted would fall upon the farmers by the 'free trade measures. DISCOVERY OF COAL AT CARRICKFERGUS.—The spirited enterprise of the Marquis of Downshire, in working the Duncrue Mi nes near Carrickfergus, has ' been rewarded with the discovery of its primary object, a seam of coal [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE ROYAL EXHIBITION. —A valuable newly invented very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a w a l nu t b y w hi c h a person can be seen and known 14 miles distant, they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles, - they are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game-keepers, and tourists.—To be had at 39 Albemarle Street, Piccadily ; observe oppo • site the York Hotel. Telescopes.—A new and most important invention in Telescopes possessing such extra• ordinary powers, that some 34 inches, with an extra eye piece will show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the double Stars, with the same Telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's counter iiance, 34 miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles, they supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket,oers ee anndoardreinogfly. Operalarger,a and R rse and all siz s e e s e-e w o i o thinc g r l e a as ss i e n s g , pw with wonderful powers ; an object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. &B. Solomons, Opticians, have invented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant is trJughtto its youthful, natural, and o r i g i na l state. The invisible Organic Vibrator, and all kinds of Acciobuoraasticrie in struments for relief of extreme d ea f ness.-39 street, llocadilly, opposite the Yo r k Hotel, ' A COUNTRY MARKETS• BOSTON - DEC. S. msr l°3l ' We had a large supply of wheat at this day's f to and all dry samples sold freely at an improvement ° f con' 3s per qr. on last week's prices whilst with out i n uo l, dition must be noted is to 2s dearer with a brisk a t e o 6 4 Barley and oats were the turn higher. Dea ns l Aq s - sto 496 ' dearer. Peas were firm at late rates. Wheat, red, ~ - - a th 1 4 ° white, 48s to 50s, extra 52 s ; b ar l e y, 26s to 3 0 s; ° to 20s ; beans, 32s to 398 ; p eas , 28s to 33s per W.' NEWARK—DEC. 8. (rood s"PI.; to At our Corn-exchange to-day we had a , grain, with a brisk sale for wheat, at an advance , ch ot, 49 per quarter. Spring corn re mains unaltered. ",7, white, 48s to 545, red 46s to 50s ; barley, grinding , I N to 28s, malting 30s to 33s ; oats, 24st 22s to 253 ! 22 ,,, to 60s' 21s ; beans 40s to 42s ; peas 34s to 36s ; malt per quarter. ----- DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEC. 7 -„ ;Ad P e ; Beef, 4id to 5d ; m u tt on , Sid t o 6d ; veal, t" ° 4s . 341P e ' lb. ; pigs, 7s 9d to Bs.Od p er score ; rough fat , 14 lbs. ; hides, 2d per lb. ; calf-skins, 2d to 3d Per DENBIGH—DEC. 8. There was a dull sale of pigs at our cattle, sheebPrigla(' pig fair, although ca ttl e an d sheep went off prettY: ,rie o In the grain m ar k e t th ere was a f ur th e r advance 11 6 - 0,1 0 Wheat, 15s to 00 s ; b ar l e y. less 6d to 000; C' 3tq ' CS 6d per hobbet ; tub butter, Bid to 83d ; fr t. ' 100 to lld per lb. RDEc. 7. Wheat, Hs ; barleyHY L— , lOs 6d ; oats, 6s Ca; 10$1.0, EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 8. , We had a good su pply o f gra i n i n t o -d a y's were briskly effected, at prices above those of 13 '. Wheat on the top 6s Od and the average 3s 10d up: 030 on the top same as last week, and the average 6 d u P„' the the top is Bd, and th e average lid up ; beaus ° ' h ot- 4 2s, and the average is 2d up. Unsold, 48 gr . w . qrs. barley -23 qrs oats—and 22 qrs. beans. 01 Top of Wheat ..... 64 lb X 75 03 - Barley - Oats Beans 67 lb 400 v- Total Supply and Sales. sold 6sScl, Wheat 736 qrs Barley 1,341 qrs sold 1, - . 4 ‘' , i ., Oats 1,020 qrs d 14". Beans 166 qrs AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTE S8:1111 : 1 1 3 9 . 9 : 0 Average of wheat £2 9 , 1 0,110 Ditto of Barley -igt b, Ditto of Oats - 00 Ditto of Beans 1 16 703 DUBLIN—DEC. 8. a to White wheat, 26s Od to 30 s Od; red ditto, 255 " - ...et 0 barley, 12s 6d to 15 s 6d ; oa t s , lOs Od to 11s 6 d ; "Toter,i'" 21s Od to 23s p er b r l ; oatmeal, 100 Od to 1 2 s 6c 1 ;041' flour, 14s 6d to 18s Od p er cw t ; I n di an cor n, 310 , per 480 lbs. CORK-DEC. 8, _. _. Brig. ___ __ Currolle,';ooe. 11 White wheat 25s 3d t o 25 s 6d Os 0d- - g ° 120 Redw 24s heat 51 Ditto Od to 25s Od 24s 6-- aSO. -- Ditto Os Od to Os Od 282 Barley l3s Od to 14s 8d A 1 6 filt. —• Ditto OOs Od to Os Od 14s 3 Ditto 00s Oct to 00s Od 8 Bere l2s 10d to 00s Od Os Od 468 Oats 9s 6d to 9s lld clo. 345 Ditto 9s lld to 10s 2d} 98 11d 108 Ditto. los 2d to lOs 7d O tt ' 39 Pigs 24s Oct to 35s 3d 340 6 d P er 1 3 Quantity sold at the highest prices : n ber e, 5 barrels white wheat; 7 red ; 11 barley ; u oats ; 11 pigs. ../ • Quantity of grain and nu m b er o f pi gs so ld last we olc 00 Wheat, 910. Barley, 2,640. Bere, 0. WO) Pigs, 1,824. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CITRBANCI. gi fgi .. First quality Second quality Third quality 7Bs Third quality .....••••" Fourth quality Fifth quality 6ss Fifth quality ........ • Sixth quality s4s Sixth qua1ity......... Return of cattle sold for week ending Do. 4 Pigs, 1,064. Sheep, 189. Cows, 228. oil 1 1 CORR.— Flour—Fi r st, 13 s 6d t o 14s 6d; extra' • t ll b. o seconds, 12s 6d to 13s 6d; households, 10s 6d to 1 25 ' 80 P' 7s 6d to lOs Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, SS el oatmeal, 10s 6d to lls ; wheat meal, 10s to 11 8 O d Indian corn, 7/ 12s 6d to 71 17s 6d per ton. Bra n ' a v er 4 / 6 Os Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 22s Od to 33s Ocl ; s otr il 28s ; dealers, 32 s Od t o 40 s Od ; average, O s per t0e.,., 4g OJ ,„ Farmers, 16s Od to 24s Od ; average, 20s ; dealers, OOs Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten lob' Od ; household ditto, 5d to Od per 41b. Fresh butter , voe' 10d per lb. Eggs, 6s 10d t o 7 s Od per h un dred. 4ad to 7d ; mutton, 5d to Gad ; vea l, 4d to 6d ; P n , r ;fool l Od; bacon, 6cl to 7d ; sausages, 5d per lb.—Fish, r'e to OP" land, 91. 10s to 10/ Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 240 Red, do., 24s per brl.—Potat o es, white, 8d to 9 d;,u 0 , 1 , lid to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 20s ; Lydney, 200 o,i Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperia' l l, Hides, market, 22s to 28s ; Salted, 24s to 30s per e". 400%, skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. 'n o p- Fleece wool, 16s to OOs per stone.—Hemp, 37 1 . °fiat do ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. 10s ; red pine, 3/. 5s ; 3/. 15s. per ton ; deals, 151. to 181. per hundred.- - -D'" 71. to 8/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 49s to OOs per 0rt.6 0 , 71. 10s to M. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.-- Peruvian, 101. 108 to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. "NW (N signifies that the malls aro ben t f rom th e Genera -1" t by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] uy tut; iuglit —arta m ny the morning —dispatch.] IM . Daywhen made up From what do , COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port Office, London. Disc etched. 1. America (byltrit.pack.N Dec. 11.......... Liverpool • • America (by United Sts 8 packet) N Dec. 14 .......... Liverpool ••• °64. America (by U State. DO' II packet N Dec. 22 .......... SoutbamPOn Australia (via South v.- 11 ampton ..... 20th of each month Southampton pee. Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of the month Dover ...••• , 20 *Ditto (via Cape of Good 1 . • o Hope) N 13th of December.. Plymouth T g o. Africa (West Coast) N 23rd of the month. Plymouth • Alexandria* N 19th&30t •of mon. Dover • • •. • 0 09 16 Belgium N Daily Dover .. •• • c. 6 Brazil .. lll 9th of the month.. SouthamPton Dec, De ',I Buenos Ayres sth of the month.. Southampton California .. M 'd & 17th of month Southampton oQ ICape of Good Hope N 14thof the month.. Plymouth • • ' , : /o f, 't ( 7 , Cape de Verdis N 14thof th e mont h .. Pl ymo uth •• ec• Con•tantinoples N 7th I 7th27thof mo.. Dover ... • • , tr rifpt. Central America l‘.l hid & 17th of on. SonthamPfnn Channel Isles N Mon.Wed.&•Friday Southampto n Arrnslif Chili... ........... M & 17th amonth 4 outhamPtnn T ice no France ........ & N Twice daily Dover ...• • gee. 'AO Greece* N 7thl7th27th ofinon. Dover .. • • • • veg,,, , Do fk Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London • • • • • spn.' l 6 Holland M Wednesday & Sat. London .• • • pec• Honduras N 17th of the month. SouthamPtca 1•04 , „‘ Ireland . ... M& N Twice daily ... Holyhead •• • vec• India (vlaSouthampt.)M 20th of themonth.. Southampton Dec , li India (via Marseilles) N tith& 24th:ef month Dover .. • • •• , India (via Cape of Good gof • 6 . Mauritius N 14th of the month.. Plymouth .• • 0 Mediterranean (via Dec' ti Southampton M 201 h of the month., Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) /.1 ith& 24th of month Dover .. • • •• m ovie Mexico . lll 2nd of the month . Southampton Dec . Madeira ....... M 9th&23dofthe mon. Southampto n 1 0 Malta*,. • Naples* ... Papal States... N ithlsth2sthofmon. Dover) ...... D ec. Peninsula ..... . M 7thl7th27thormon. SouthamPO E '„ „trti f p Peru .. Tuecany* ... ...N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover .. • • • • Arrif West Indies —ld 2d & 17th of month Southampto n Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) • The mails for Australia via tho Cape of Good Hope a r o . o Woof on the 2nd of every alternate month. Those made UP ONA Di . and 24th of each month via Southampton a nd MarseilleaZif v" - • sailing vessels at present from Singapore, but nest year "- fa' sent in steamers. 00 te Malls are also made up on the 2nd of every altenia Dg the Cape of Good Hope, f el '? * The mails to those countries thin marked (*) are "- „ French packe t to Marseilles. DID WELLINGTON BEAT NAPOLEON ?—A etl ia rre4; a , dent of the United S erv i ce Gazette ys ' NaP ° '' t o ° as fairly beaten at W a t er l oo , as s- Hannibal Was 0 ,0 . P e ; When Sir Walter Scott was at Paris (1815), h e mitted to ask, and h e did as k, t h e following ce at his Grace's table, re l a ti ng t o W a t er l oo , and o", them as Sir Walter det a il e d th em t o me at elitcolPsf house :—" Suppose, yo ur G race , Bl uc h e r had Il e " t up ?" The Duke replied, " I could have keP, br i ground till next mo rn i n -,." "Suppose GrollellZ,DiP come first ?" cc Blucher would have been close be e him." "But let us suppose your Grace 1)2 compelled to retreat ?" "I would have take n j 2, position in the Forest of Soignies, and deP,', till the allies joined." Was there any part of tw'svier' your grace despaired ? " " N ever ," was the 13 This is the reply of the first in command. In 18 ' writer of this letter di ne d a t Lord PaltnerstoaL'r his right sat Lord Hill. As his lordship lived t w :;, author, he offered to set him down. When aloaq,iter carriage with Lord Hill, remembering what Sir is Sti had affirmed of the Duke's confijelice, he said, ever there any part of the day at Waterloo, my lord, 9°,Btivliej desponded as to the result ?" "Desponded 1" ,I; f oic' Lord Hill, "never. There never was the leatpinia' We had gained rather than lost groin(' by the 0 7 he re' No, not for a moment had I the least doubt of 0 0, sult." Thus here are given, from authentic sou Si d opinions of the first and second in corninaolyim even in the French army this ought to be BIRTHS. of OF A SON. On the 7th inst., at Wood-g reen , T o tt en ham, th ° 1616 L. Phillips, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. I- 041 On the sth inst., at Cambridge-street, Hyde - lo x the wife of A. B. Bloxham, Esq. Dit MARRIED. Or ' On the Bth inst., at St. Peter's, Eatmi-square, 3;:r`risot, King, only son of John Kin E., of row an and Coates H ouse, S ussex, to Emily Mary, r ungeB n. ter of Lady Eli za b eth and the late Hon. L. D:22v___.s°_,/ DIED. F 131°,' On the 7th inst., at Putney Surrey, Mrs. - • 0 3 .°. Widow of the late N. Blood Esq ,of Sic:vine-street, 'LI, th e a On the Bth inst., at Sw , -. Dorset, Mari I'l 1 ,1 1 - wife of C. Wilcox Esq., anage ' only cbi ld ° late Lieut. Lamb, R.N.EN surgeon' and ocl," On the 6th inst., at Floors Castle, B. Charleywo ,- 1 late Lieutenant-Colonel in her Majesty's Grena d ier " ~...--_,----,,,,a aged 77. ~., 11 %" .1 On the 9th inst., 10, Argyll-place, R. J. 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