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- _ done away with. If the TedtieCon in the duty on stained parer was made to 2d. the yard, they ought also to re move all import duty on bronze powder and metal leaf. —(fiear. 'Peer.) Sir GEORGE CLERK, in answer to the Hon. Member said that the excise duty complained of was but very trifling, being but 14d. per lb. Now he would ask the Hon. Member, what was the weight of twelve yards of superior kind of paper ? Why, just twenty ounces, so that the duty was not quite id. a square yard.—(Hear, hear.) Against this they haa protective duty of 2d. a yard, while the duty on rags, and nearly every other article of raw material was done away with. Though there was still a duty on varnish ; very little of it was imported, it being made principally in this country, and the duty on the raw material, which entered into its composition, was done away with: Bronze powder was but used in a small quantity of paper, and he was tokd that buyers now provided them se v, s at Birmingham, where the article was so much improve 1 that they used it in preference to that imported. Ile might also state that the duty on ultra marine and other pigments had been done away with; and, there fore, he saw no reason why the paper-stainers of this country should not compete with those of any other country in the world. Mr. Alderman COPELAND complimented the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. buncombe), for the able protection speech he had made. He admitted that the tcnticnt'y of the Tariff would be to reduce wages.—(Hear, hear.) Ile (Mr. Alderman Copeland) was persuaded that net only would the paper-stainers suffer in this re3p'!et, but shoemakers, and many other trades. He would go with the lion. Member entirely on the present cieeasiuo.—The subject then dropped. Oa the article buckwheat being read, Mr. S. O'BRIEN repeated the question he had put to the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), about buck-wheat flour and ordinary wheat flour. Unless the Right Hon. Baronet could tell them wherein it was different, and .how it was to be distinguished from ordinary flour, he (Mr. S. O'Brien) considered the article should be struck out of the resolution. Mr. THORNELEY said when he was in America he had seen buck-wheat used. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said the question he put to the Right Hon. Baronet was, suppose two samples of flour, one of bnck-wheat and another of ordinary wheat flour, how could he distinguish between them ? Sir R. PEEL replied by taste. He could not state any other certain means of doing so. On that portion of the resolution relating to butter and cheese being read, Mr. GROGAN complained that the alteration pro posed in those articles would seriously affect the farmers engaged in making them. All experience went to show that in this particular branch of agriculture, it was with the greatest difficulty the farmers could maintain their ground in the market against home competition.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the butter be left out of the present tariff altogether, and thus leave the article still at 255. per cwt. Sir G. CLERK said, that considering the importance of this article, being an important component part of the food of the masses, he was inclined to believe that a duty of 25 per cent, was too high. Considering, also, that the price of butter varied in this country from 20s. to 100 s. per cwt., he was disposed to think that 10 per cent. was a sufficient and ample protection against foreign corn pqition. Mr. TOLLE NIACHE said that, since the duty had been taken off butter, 150,000 casks of that commodity had been imported from America, greatly to the disad vantae,e of the British producer ; for it must be remein• bered, that the price of land in this country, devoted to the produce of cheese and butter, varied from 10/. to 121. per acre ; land of the same quality could be got for little or nothing in America. Sir R. H. INGLIS said the duty paid last year upon foreign butter was 247,000 L. and upon cheese, 147,000/. That dthy would be, no doubt doubled, under the present Tariff, and it would be so much taken from the British farmer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed with the Hon. Baronet that the reduction of the duty would prove injurious to the producer, but it was im possible for Government to look at this question without considering the consumer. He admitted that they were making a large amount of revenue, but at the same time he confidently hoped that the importation of the articles we al be so much increased as to render that reduction less in amount than it wss at present supposed it would be. When it was considered that butter was an article which entered into the every-day wants of the people, he was sure his lion. Friend would feel that it was the duty of the Government to take care that at no time there should he any scarcity in the supply of that necessary article. He therefore, for the reasons he had already stated, did Lot anticipate that there would be so large a reduction in the revenue as some Hon. Members had predicted, would follow this measure, while he was convinced the measure itself would contribute materially to the benefit of the lower classes, in so far as it would always keep at a steady and moderate price. An HON. MEMBER declared that since the passing of the new tariff a great number of farms in this country had been converted into dairies ; and he knsw of his own knowledge that the present change proposed by the Government was looked upon with great alarm. Lord G. BENTINCK thought the arguments adduced by the Right Hon. B ironet the President of the Board of Trade were sufficient to justify the House in adoit ing the amendment in preference to the original motion. The Right lion. Baronet began by telling them that butter was the starle manufacture of Ireland. upon which it was now proposed to reduce the protection by one-half ; and he followed up that statement by de claring, what might appear to be incredible to some Hon. Members, that there were annually introduced into this country from the sister island up ward; of one million hundred weight of butter. If they were going to release the protection to butter at the rate of toe. per hundred weight, the amount that would be lost to Ireland would be half a million sterling annually.--(` Hear, hear," from the protective portion of the House.) He should like to know if this would reduce the price of the article to the consumer ? —the contrary would be the result. If then they were not going to reduce the price of butter by taking off the duty, what advantage could result to the country ?—(Hear, hear.) This was proved by the arguments of her Majesty's Government. This re duction then would injure Ireland in her most staple article of produce, and this surely was not the Session of Parliament to do anything that could injure that country.—(Hear, hear.) Why in this very session they were called upon to vote 230,0001. for the relief of Ire land, and in the very same breath they were asked to pass a measure which would injure it to the amount of half a million sterling annually.—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear," from the Noble Lord's supporters.) %Vhat said a very excellent authority on Irish subjects? The Times Commissioner said, that the small farmers in the county of Kerry—the frieze-coated farmers of that plaee—had made deposits in the savings' banks to the amount of 200,000/., which was an average of 341. for each depositor. Such, then, will be the injury to these men ; they will be injured to that amount each.—(Hear, hear, and No, no.) The protective laws upheld the in terests of these men, and her Majesty's Ministers pro posed to do away with them. This large amount of deposits was made by six thousand little farmers, and it was now proposed to injure them to that amount.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Divide.") What said the Right Hon. Gentleman?—why, that whatever Was the duty on butter, it would have the same effect on the Dutch. Why n:,t protect the producers of this coun try, and not lock after the Dutch?—(Bear, hear.) They were also asked to take off 70,000/. on cheese. The re duction of the malt tax, would not be allowed because it would benefit the drinkers, and the brewers, so of course her Majesty's Ministers would not allow of such a thing. —(Laughter.) If this measure was introduced for the benefit of the consumer, why not then propose the reduction of the duty on tea ? The reduction of that duty would be as great a benefit as another.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had not attempted to take that off, because it was not the produce of Great Britain.—(Loud cries of " Divide, divide.") For these and other reasons, he moat cordially concurred with his Pon. Friend behind him in opposing this reduction.— (Divide, divide.) The House then divided, when there appeared — For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment --102 On our re admission, we found Mr. NEWD3GATE addressing the House. He said he had received many letters besides the one which he had alluded to. The same post which brought that letter brought him also one from a manufacturer, who said he perceived it was but one step in the course of the Right Hon. Baronet. That letter ended with a fer vent wish that the measure blore the House might be paised. Lord G. BENTINCK said that th4y objected to cheese as much as butter, but they would lilt divide the House, as they considered the question of butter carried that of cheese.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. SPOONER objected to the proposod reduction On copper. Sir If. HALFORD objected to the reduction on cot ton; as injurious to the stocking and frame•working mutaftecturers of Leicester and Nottingham. He would q uote from art authority which had been often relied on in that ITouor—Mr. M`Gregor, in answer to a question, whether it would be proper to admit the manufactures of s. lem y ? His answer was, that he would admit them eel it b e duty, whether it would destroy the trade of 14-Le st r and Nottingham or not—(Cries of .4 !r ea r Lea -")—but, if it did, it would be better for thN whole c entry to subscribe sufficient to re li eve the diitres , ed than continue the tax on the property of the country. he Saxons, in the )eir 1815 , had only 9,000 ; in the present year they had 25 ,000, stock wh n r-fratirs which were all employed for the purposes of ex portatien hear.) Mr. GISI-303NE did not rise to contradict the state ments made by the Honourable Member who had just set down. He believed that what he ha d maintained re specting the wretched co ndition of the frame knit workers was but too true. He, himself, lived for ten years in a village in Leicestershire, and (hiring th it time the condition of this class was most miserable. He had also occasion to know the state of the poor-rates in many of the vil lages of Scotland, and he could bear testimony to the pppressive nature of those rates which, in a great mea su.-e, arose from the destitute condition of the frame knit-workers, and those who were dependent for their support on this department of industry. He had many opportun'ties of seeing this misery, and he could, there fore, speak with the more readiness and accuracy as to its existence. He now lived in a larga place, where hosiery formed ihe staple manufacture, and he regretted to say that the representations he had made were too truly borne out by the hosiers in that city. It might be that thesr would not be more likely to flourish under the measure at present under discussion, but if anything could give them relief, it would be open ing their ports to all parts of the world, and allowing a free interchange with all nations. go did not receive any instructions or any remonstrance from his cOnsti- Waits on this measure. Both working men at.d mas ters seemed to think that their interest would not suffer by the proposed alterations, but that it would rather im• - . prove under the influence of free trade. Colonel ROLLESTON could not agree with the in- FerencQs which had been made by the Won. Member for Nottingham on the condition of the frame-work-knitters. If this class bad been reduced to such a condition, having the protection which they at present enjoyed, surely the reduction of that protection one-half would not be the most effectual mode of improving. their condition. How such a conclusion could be come to by his Honourable Friend he was at a loss to determine. So much he had to say with regard to the Hon. Gentleman's remarks. He would now apply a few words to the Right Hon- Gentleman at the head of the Government in reference to what they would all allow was the greatest interest in this country. This was not, perhaps, the time to go into the subject in detail, but he thought that the Right Hen. Gentleman and the Noble Baronet should not interfere with that interest, unless after the most mature and grave deliberation. He trusted that the House would enter into the consideration of the subject in a fair, full, and open manner.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. MILNES rose for the purpose of saying that if the Hon. Member for Leicester did rot divide upon this question, he (Mr. Milnes) would—(Laughter)—and he would do an, because he considered that the present was a favourable opportunity for the landed gentry of England to clear themselves from the unjust accusations which had been made against them.---(Hear, hear.) Those accusations were to this effect, that because pro tection had been removed from agriculture, they were determined to make up the deficiency of their incomes by inflicting upon the manufacturing interests duties which would operate upon them most prejudiciously. He believed that the frame-knit workers' trade was at present in a most critical condition in consequence of the suspense as to the settlement of the present measure of the Government i n f avour o f c h eap food; and he believed that as soon as that measure was passed into a law, the individuals employed in that trade would so far recover themselves as to be able to compete with the foreigner. After a few words from Mr. PACK, which were in audible in the gallery, Sir G. CLERK said that Hon. Members bad drawn a very melancholy picture of the frame-knit-workers, but the House mu,t bear i mind that that state had been brought about by the present system of protection. The Hon. Member for Leicester had stated that, a very short time ago, that trade exported goods to the value of 1,000,000/. sterling per annum ; but that at present the amount was reduced to 400,000/. ; and he bad also ad mitted that that decrease was in a great measure attri butable to their character, which had been lost in the foreign markets by their dishonest practices. Now, the only method in his (Sir G. Clerk's) opinion of improving the condition of that branch of manufacture was by ex tending their foreign trade, and the measures now pro posed by the Government had a tendency to increase the amount of their export , . Under those circumstances he was perfectly certain that he should not be actin.! right unless he resisted the amendment of the Hon. Member. Mr. STRUTT rose for the purpose of stating that the object of the meeting of frame-knit-workers which had lately been held at Nottingham, had been misre presented. The object of that meeting was to petition . for the repeal of the corn-laws and the general free dom of trade. The ground which those manufacturers took was this, they were placed in such a position by the operation of the corn laws, that it was impossible to compete with the foreign manufac tures, and the consequence was that they were reduced to their present lamentable position. Their object, therefore, in meeting was not to petition for any protection whatever, but simply to ask to be placed upon the same footing as the manufacturers of other nations, with whom they would then be able to compete. Mr. W. ELLIS said that he entirely concurred in the observations that had been made by the Hon Member in reference to this petition. He (Mr. Ellis) was cognizant of many of the facts that had been stated in reference to this subject. He had himself canvassed the town of Leicester, and during that canvass he had been told tales of distress the most horrifying that it was possible to conceive. Sir J. HOBHOUSE said there was not a year in which he did not hear those complaints of distress in Nottingham, and therefore he was compelled to believe that there must be something vicious in the system which prolonged such a state of things. Mr. - MILE'S said he had heard the Hon. Member opposite state that the result of this measure would be that the people of this country would receive an abundant supply of bread. Now he had been many years in Nottingham, and he should say, as the result of his experience, that the Saxons would throw into this country such a supply of their manufacutures as would materially injure the manufactures of this country. Mr. DUNCOMBE said, that in his opinion, the Saxons had as much to do with the matter as the New Zealanders.—(Laughter.) Neither did be believe that the trade at present was in the bad state in which it had been represented. Nothing certainly could be more dreadful, more miserable, or more degraded, than the condition of the operatives ; for this reason, that they never got a fair share of the profite. Hon. Gentlemen might suppose that by raising the duty from 20 to 40 p r cent. they would be bettering the condition of the opera tives. It was no such thing.—(Hear, hear.) He knew very well, that while the manufacturers were getting 18s. per dozen for hose, the operatives engaged in fabri cating them did not get more than Bs. per dozen, which, decidedly, was not a fair share of the profit —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now, why was that the case? Simply because there were middlemen, who stepped in between the manufacturer and the operative.—(Hear, hear.) Let them do away with that system, and they would need no protection.—(Hear, hear.) Lord INGESTRE rose amid loud cries of "divide." He wished to ask if, in the meetings referred to, held at Leicester and Nottingham, there had been a single ope rative present ? After a few words from Mr. FREWEN and Lcrd WORSLEY, which did not reach the gallery, owing to the loud cries fora division, Lord G. BENTINCK begged to be permitted to say one word in favour of the hose-weavers. Hon. Gentle men would have the House believe that part of their dis tress was owing to protection.—(Hear, hear.) Now he should like t,) know, if protection were the bane of the hose-weavers, how it came that the Saxons, who were also protected, not only maintained their position in the market, but were also driving the English article out of the market ?—(Llear, hear.) The accounts given by Mr. Mac Gregor with regard to the manufac ture of Saxony proved that they could there afford to make stockings at 3d. per pair. His Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury had told the House, that in this country they could only make them at Bs. per dozen pairs ; and he (Lord G. Bentinck) wished to know how the stocking-makers in Nottingham were to compete with the Saxons at a protective duty of 10 per cent. His Noble Friend (the Member for Linco:nshire) came to that House to seek for protection for agriculture, to benefit the English labourer, and yet he expressed his readiness to try an experiment on those half-starved stocking-makers of Leicester. Did not his Hon. Frit•nd (the Member for Leicester) tell the House that there were more than 100,000 people in the stocking trade ; and was his Hon. Friend prepared to try free-trade ex periments with the 100,000 poor stocking-makers ? After a few words, in explanation, from Lord WORSLEY, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, when there ap peared— For the amendment lO2 Against it Majority for the Government} Q . proposition Mr. BANKS considered it was not expedient that they should proceed further that night, and, therefore, he should move the adjournment of the question. Mr. LABOUCHERE complained that trade and commerce were suffering in consequence of the Tariff being unsettled. What he would suggest was, that they should postpone those items to which there was any opposition, and go through the rest of the Tariff. The former were very few, and this arrangemeat would do much to facilitate business. Lord JOHN MANNERS protested against saying that the trade and commerce were suffering from the op position of 120 Members on his (the protection) side of the House. ir GEORGE GREY coincided with the suggestion of Mr. Labouchere. Mr. TRELAWNEY was of opinion that the oppo sition of Hon. Gentlemen was only to occasion delay, so as to hinder the Right Hon. Baronet from getting the rev.•nue. 1 -- Si:li. PEEL said, all the consideration he had given to this measure was for the interest of the country. The arrangement made was, that they should take the second reading of the Corn Bill as early as possible, and he should wish, if it were possible, that they should commence the second reading on Tuesday. They would go on on Monday to complete the Tariff, as proposed with respect to the corn laws. Having made that ar rangement, he confessed that he was very unwilling to depart from it, if they had any prospect of completing the debate on Monday. He repeated that, as far as the public interest was concerned, it would be the best that could be done to go on with the Tariff on Monday, and the Corn Bill on Tuesday. _Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said that as far as he was concerned, he had not the lesst objection to the pro position of the Hon. Baronet. He and his friends were not prepared to discuss the Tariff, and they bad as yet allowed it to pass through the Committee without ahy objection. There were however certain articles to which ha wished to state an objection, such as silks, sthpiarints. and French brandy, and the debate would more °° Ol aPY she space of one night. Sir B. PEEL said that he trusted that it was possible to finish this debate on Monday, at any rate they would continue the Tariff GA n•nday, and if they were able they likelyw oLulldrlpo JOHNro t ee fo (i r with the stchsoetnECLuErtelai'aßliltliiatnetrTietsutsecosedrmatyehd.e f e ar iu m n [ r r y e if the Tariff were continued as early as pos,ible lli, was pursuaded that many of his lion. Friends , who had motions for Tuesday, would readily waive their right, in order to allow the Right Hon. Baronet's proposition to be carried into effect. Lord SANDON made a few observations, whieh in the confusion did not reach the gsllery. OUT-PENSIOANERS PAYMENT (GREENWICH D CHELSEA) BILL On the question being put as to going into . Co m m itte eon this Bill, Captain PECHEL L rose and ob je c te d to their • l g u o r i l n y g a s through the RCi Right Hon.mitt e Committee at Gentleman,tha t l ate hour,the Secretaryand prtl c uat jNeireatre,fhtandisaffßoirlld.ed the House no exp lanation on the sub- Mr. wuul u 0 tSIDNEYpersis t iHEßßEßT nopposing thecommi t tal hop edthe Gallantf th O e Offic er d, for it was of the utmost importance that the Bill should pass at as early a period as possible. It was not pro- posed to embody the sailors, and he hop i rd tht4 state ment would remove the objection of the Noblo and Gallant Member. Sir C. NAPIER said that after the explanation of the Right Hon. Gentleman, be had no objection to the Bill passing through Committee. At the same time, how ever, it must be distinctly understood th.a the power of the Admiralty, in respect of the sail , :.r pensioners, was not to be transferred to the Secretary at War. The Speaker then left the chair, and the House went into Committee on the Bill. On the first clause being proposed, Captain PECHELL expresse d hi mse lf di ssa ti s fi e d with the explanation of the lion. Gentleman the Secre tary at War. If it was not proposed to embody the pen sioners who were sailors, why not amend the Bill ac cordingly? It was but natural for sailors to prefer being under the command of a naval rather than a military officer. After a few words from Ur. S. HERBERT and Captain PECHELL. The Bill passed through Committee pro forma, and the House having resumed, the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (YESTERDAY.) Sub-Committer ) No. 1. The Committee met at twelve o'clock this day. Mr. Beckett, in the absence of Mr. Strutt, took the chair. THE HORBURY-BRIDGE AND CALDER. This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. THE MANCHESTER AND LINCOLN UNION RAILWAY AND CHESTERFIELD AND GA.INSBOROUGH CANAL. This was also an unopposed Bill, and the standing orders were declared to have,Veen complied with. THE A.RI3HOA.TH AND FORFAR. This Bill was dechtired to have complied with the standing orders. THE LEEDS AND THIN= (ST. HELEN'S BRANCH DZVIATION). This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders declared complied with. THE GLASGOW, GARNIURZ, AND COAT. BRIDGE EXTENSION. This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were de dared to be complied with, and the Committee proceeded with a few Waterworks and Irish Harbour Improvement Bills. This Committee, aftar having called on several unopposed railway Bills, adjourned in consequence of the absence of parties. Sub-Committee No. 3. This Committee resumed its sittings at the usual hour this morning, in Room, No. 8. There were present, Mr. Ag lionby, in the chair, Mr. Aldam, and Mr. Thornely. oxroula, liirrrNE . Y, CHELTENHAM, AND GLOUCESTER. The hearing of the• opposition to this case was resumed. The nest petitioner against the Bill was Colonel Sibthorp, who con,plaiced that there were defects and imperfections in the plans end sections, while the books of reference deposited with the clerks of the peace did not correspond with these depo•ited at the Private Bill-office. Several of the allegations were admitted, others abandoned, and a few proved. Most of them, however, were of a trivial and unimportant character. _ The nett petition was signed by a number of landlords in the parish of Hapnett, in the county of Gloucester, who al leged that a field in that parish was set down in the book of reference as the property of Mr. Hope, a large landed pro prietor of the district, whereas itbelonged to the Rev: Mr. Daubeney, the clergyman of the parish. The witness who was called to prove this allegation ad mitted that he had unintentionally been the cause of the error. He was waited upon by the party who had made out the book of reference, and to that party, in the hurry of the moment, he said that the wh o l e o f the property through which the railway passed belonged to Mr. Hope. The allegation was therefore abandoned. Another allegation wa§, that two roads described on the plans and sections Were stated to be private occupation roads, whereas they Were public roads. Mr. Thomas Wells, the surveyor of the high roads of , the parish, proved this allegation. The allegation respecting the first road was admitted, but the party who prepared•the book of reference declared that Mr. Wells told him that the second was a private occupa• tion road. Standing orders in resPeet of the last instance not corn plied with. A number of other allegations were made out, and the Committee resolved, after a four days' hearing of the case, to report that the standing orders had not been complied with in the several instances already published. DARTMOUTH, BRIXHAM, TORBAY, AND EXETER. The preliminary proofs connected with this line were heard on Tuesday last, and the Committee now proceeded with the allegations raised by the petitioners against the Bill. 'I he first objection made by Mr. `'ENABLES, who appeared for Lord Devon and others, through whose land the proposed railway is to pass, was, that the title of the Bill was incorrect, being entered on the sth of February as the " Dartmouth, Brixham, and Exeter Railway," and on the 6th of February it was changed to the " Dartmouth, Bixham, Torbay, and Exeter Railway." The replication was that the title of the petition was also incor rect, as the petitioners did not denominate the line in their petition by either of the above titles, and that therefore they could not be heard. The CHAIRMAAL said that this point was never raised be fore, and he would see the Speaker respecting it. On his re turn he informed the petitioners that it was the opinion of the Speaker that the Committee might proceed with the con sideration of the allegations against the line, and they pro ceeded accordingly. A number of allegations were then gone into of little moment, and the further consideration of the case was post poned till twelve o'clock on Tuesday, to which time the Committee adjourned, it being a quarter past five. Sub• Committee No. 6. Captain Jones took the chair at twelve o'clock ; there were also present Lord Ebrington, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Pakington. ST. ALDAN'S, LUTON, AND DuarsTaxam. The object of this Bill is the construction of a line of railways that shall commence from the London and York Railway at Hatfield, and join the London and Birmingham Railway at Dunstable. The length is nearly twenty miles, and the estimated cost 350,000/. The engineer is W. Cubitt, Esq. ; the Parliament try agents, Messrs. Hall, Dyson, and Co. ; and the solicitors, Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton. Standing orders complied with. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER. AND PORTSMOUTH. This is a re-introduced : Bill ; it passed the standing orders last session, but was stopped in the Lords. The promoters seek to cons'auct:lines of railway from Guildford to Godslining, and from Farnham t* Portsmouth. The total length is twelve miles, the estimated cost 500,0001., and the amount subscribed 375,0001. The engineer is J. Locke, Esq. ; Parliamentary agents, Messrs. J. Dorrington and Co. ; and the solicitors, Messrs. Buchan and Co. • The standing orders were declared to have been complied with. NORTH OF NORFOLK. The object of this Bill is to connect Aylsham and North Walsha►n with the city of Norwich. The length of the main line is 13% miles, and of the North Wal•ham Branch 6 miles. The estimated cost is 220,0001., and the amount subscribed 165,000/. Engineer, M. A. Borthwick, Esq ; Parliamentary agent, Coppock, Esq. ; the solicitors, Messrs. Tillett and Mond ham, Norwich. The Committee decided that the promoters had complied with the standing orders. ' EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON AMENDMENT. The object of this Bill is the amendment of the former Acts, and to enable the Company to raise a further sum of money_ The Parliamentary agents are Messrs. Graham And Weems. Standing orders complied with. GREAT GRIMSBY, LOUTH, BORNCASTLE, LINCOLN, AND MIDLAND 3UNCTION, The promoters of this Bill seek for powers to enable them to construct a railway from Lincoln to Wragley, with branches to Horncastle and Louth, and from Wragley to Grimsby. The total length is 56 miles, the amount of the estimate, 700,000/., and the amount subscribed, 525,000/. The engineers are Messrs. Swanick and Stephenson ; the Parliamentary agents, 3lessrs. Williams, Hill, and Leroy; and the solicitor, Mr. Frederick Carritt. The customary proofs having been given, the standing orders were decided to have been complied with. SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER. This Bill was postponel at the request of the agents. The Committee then adjourned until twelve o'clock on Tuesday. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. This Committee resumed its sittings this day at half-past twelve o'clock. Present, the Earl of Shaftesbury (in the chair), the Duke of Richmond, Lords Hawarden and Redesdale. EASTERN COUNTIES (CAMBRIDGE TO LINCOLN) RAILWAY. The Committee resumed the hearing of this case, which had been adjourned from yesterday. After a very lengthened investigation the Committee de cided that the company had not complied with the standing orders with' respect to the giving the height and span of a bridge . over the river Lynn—and also, in not having given notice in the London Gazette ant. county papers of their intention to purchase land in the extra-parochial place of Deep-in-Deen. The Committee, however, -dispensed with their compliance in these particu lars, and the Bill was allowed to pass. DUBLIN AND SANDYMOUNT ATMOSPHERIC. This case, which had been adjourned for the want of one wiliess, occupied their Lordships,but a short time. The Com mittee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. EASTERN COUNTIES (LINCOLN TO MILFORD). The Committee decided that though the company in this case had not complied with all the standing orders, yet they would-recommend that the Bill should be allowed to proceed. EASTERN COUNTIES ( HERTFORD TO HUNTING • - DON). The Committee received the formal proofs in this case, and then adjourned at 5 o'clock to the usual hour on Monday next. HOUSI; OF COMMONS. - This Committee resumed its sittings as usual this morn ing at one o'clock, in No. P:room. Die Members present were Mr. Estcourt (Chairman), Sir W. Ileathcote, Mr. Ord, Mr. H. Drummond, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Bruce, Mr. W. Patten, and Mr. Aglionhy. The following Bills were allowed to be proceeded with : GLASGOW, STRATHAVEN, AND LESMAIIAGOW DIRECT RAILWAY.. GLASGOW, BARRIIEAD, AND NEILSTON RAIL WAY, GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (BRIDGE OF WEIR BRANCH), WISHAW AND COLTNESS RAILWAY, WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS RAILWAY. CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT. The Committee was of opinion, in the above case, that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. The Trent Valley Railway —The Furness and Windermere Railway—The Dublin and Belfast naiiway— The Irish North idlaud Rai wa y— Waterford, Wicklow, extori, t. td Dublin Railway—The Dvibiin, Belfast, and Coleraine ilaiLvay—The Cork, Passage, and Kinsale Railway—The Sligo 10'6 iiannon Railway Cork, Macroone, and KilL,rney The Great Munster Railway—and the Bandon and Bantry Railway, we: e also allowed to be proceeded with. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. AIRDRIE AND COATBRIDGE WATER-WORKS. This Bill was next taken; standing orders complied with. NEWPORT AND PIEGWENLIX WATER-WORKS. The Committee decided that the standing orders i❑ this case had not been complied with. BELFAST (CONSUMERS') GAS. Standing orders complied with. WESTRUTHER ROADS. Standing orders complied with. GREENLAW ROADS. The Committee in this case decided that the standing orders had been complied with. LEITH PAVING. Standings orders complied with. EDINBURGH PAVING. The Committee gave a similar decision in this case. AIRDRIE POLICE. And in this the decision was the same. PORT ELLEN HARBOUR. Standing order, complied with. KIL,MARNOCK WATER-WORKS. Standing orders complied with. SOMERSET SMALL DEBTS. Postponed at the request of the agent till Monday, the 23d inst. MANCHESTER MARKETS. Standing orders complied with. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. THURSDAY, MARCH 12. RAILWAYS The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Sir John Hobhouse (Chairman), Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Ifundy, Major Macnamara, and Alderman Hum phery, to whom they have referred the Bids comprised is Group No. 6 of Railway Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Hayter (Chairman), Mr. Langston, Mr. D'Eyncourt, Lord Northland, and Mr. Hildyard, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in No. 12 of Railway Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Sir Charles Douglas (Chairman), Mr. Lockhart, Viscount Po!lington, Colonel Conully, and Mr. Blewitt, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Gro..p No. 16 of Itailway Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Lord Harry Vane (Chairman), Hon. Francis Scott, Ear: of March, Mr. David Morris, and Mr. Philip Bennet, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 19 of RailTJi Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, March 24, at twelve. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCII 16. Glasgow and Belfast Union. Glasgow Barbour trawl Junction Terminus. TUESDAY, 31ARCI1 17. Somergetshire Midland. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES COURT, March 13. (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) wooLmEa. V. PARSONS. This was an action brought on a guarantee for grocery supplied to Messrs. Davison and Grant, grocers, of Kent street, Borough. The demand was for 19/7s. 10d. The, defendant had allowed judgment to go by default, admitting his liability under the guarantee. Witnesses were called to prove the delivery of the goods, and that the period of cre.:;it bad expired. The; jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. BRANSCOMBE V. T. L. HOLT. This. was an action brought against the defendant as accepter of a bill of exchange for 101. 9s. lOd. The de fendant, who was stated to be connected with the Iron Times newsp;iper, pleaded that he did not accept. He, however, did not appear to aut,port his plea, and a vezdict was given for the pIJ luta 110LMIES V. SMITH. Thir was an action brought to recover the sum of 81.45. sd. for ref airs done to some carts alleged to belong to the de. feudal] t, who was, until lately, a potato salesman in Spital. tields market. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, and the evidence in support of that plea went to show that the busi ness tvelonged to Samuel Smith, the son-in• law of defendant, whose name was painted on the cart, and who had actually sold the carts, one of them to plaint ill' himself. On the other hand it was proved the defendant had sold the goodwill of the premises, and when his son-in-law sold the cart he gave him in charge for stealing them, but did not follow up the charl e .ne. The SECONDA.RY said the evidence was very loose, and if Samuel Smith had been called he could have set the matter at rent at once. In these family quarrels it was rather diffi cult to discover the rights of the respective parties. The jury, some of whom said it was almost hopeless that they 1;hould agree, suggested that they should be dismissed. The SECONDARY said they must give a verdict. After being locked up some time, they gave a verdict for the plaintiff. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 13. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBUR.N.) IN RE WATTS. Today was appointed for the last examination of this bankrupt, who was formerly a linen and cotton factor in the Old Jewry. His examination had been adjourned in con sequence of his ill health, which had prevented him from making out his accounts. Mr. LAWRENCE, the solicitor to the fiat, now stated that the bankrupt was dead, and requested the Commissioner to mak.; a record of the fact, so that the necessary steps might be t.ken to carry on the proceedings under the fiat. The LearnedCOMMIOSIONER said he did not see how he could take the mere statement of the solicitor so as to make any entry. In the case of Fauntleroy, the bunker, who was executed on tile, very day he was to have attended, the Com missioner under the old system had male an entry that .he bankrupt did not appear or send any excuse ; that showed that even a matter of notoriety could not strictly be received. Mr; LAWRENCE said that no person who could positively prove the death of the bankrupt was present, but a policy of insurance had been paid. The Learned CO3I3IIiSIONER said there could be no doubt of the fact, but it would be as well to call a witness, so that he might make a minute on the proceedings, to say it had been satisfactorily shown to him that the bankrupt was dead POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. A City policeman, named Samuel Tarrant, was charged on Thursday before the Lord Mayor, under the following remarkable circumstances : Mrs. Taylor, the wife of a licensed victualler in Dark house-lane, stated that about twenty minutes before two o'clock on Thursday morning, the prisoner and another man came to the house and asked for two glasses of stout and a pint of half-and-half. Witness served them, and the other man took the pint of half-and-half outside the door, whde the prisoner called to the servant girl, and as k e d whether he could go to the back yard. As witness knew the other man, and could depend upon him, a candle was given to the pri soner, who was told to go up a few stairs, and take the first door to the left. Soon afterwards her suspicions began to be aroused, and she went to the yard, but saw neither the prisoner nor the candle. She then sent the girl up to a double-bedded room on the second floor, which was the only one unoccupied, and from what she heard from that girl she sent for a person named Webb, who went up to the higher floor, and found the prisoner in the dark in the bed-room of her daughters, one of- whom was thirteen and the other eight years of age. She did not know that the prisoner was a policeman, as he was dressed in plain clothes ; and as soon as Webb brought him down stairs she said tis him, " You good-for-nothing man, what do yon mean by going into my daughters' room, and putting out the light you took up ?" To which he replied, " Well, what if I did ? I asked your servant if you kept girls iu the house, and she said ' Yes,' and gave me the light, and told me to go to the top of the house." Witness told bins her house was not of that description, and she would give him in charge, which she accordingly did. The prisoner upon his first appearance before the Lord Mayor said, in answer to this accusation,—" I was nearly drunk, my Lord; I was better than three parts drunk at all events." Upon the subsequent examination of the prisoner, Webb, who stated that he was a boatswain, attended to give evi dence. He said that he went up stairs with the servant girl at the request of Mrs. Taylor, who stated to him that she had missed a man from twenty minutes to half an hour. They then went to the next story, and saw the door of a bed-room about a foot and a half open, and the prisoner close to it inside in the dark. Witness took him by the collar and brought him down stairs, but did not hear him say a word. The servant girl confirmed the statements made by her mistress and Webb; and said that upon going into the bed roont ie which the children lay, after the prisoner was ap prehended, she found the candle and candlestick upon the washhand- stand near the door. The female children were in bed together, and a boy, their brother, occupied a bed in a distinct part of the room. Mrs. Taylor, in answer to questions put to her by the Lord Mayor, said that the beds of the children had notiebeen teuched, and that nothing had been disturbed in any of the rooms. The prisoner did not appear to be in the slightest de gree intoxicated. The prisoner's solicitor contended that there was no ground for supposing that the man had gone into the room with a felonious intent, as the whole of his conduct was open and unreserved. The probability was that he mistook the place to which he we: directed to go; or, being fresh and amorous he supposed in his cups, thought he could meet wit h the sort of accommodation which could not be obtained in Mrs. Taylor's house. The LORD Matort— His object certainly could not have been a good one, w h atever i t was . Such conduct, espe cially in a perso n w h ose ass i s t anc e the public have a right to expect, in a case of such a nature is, I consider, very flagrant. The prisoner's solicitor assured the Lord Mayor that his unfortunate client had already been severely punished for his indiscretion, for he had been dismissed from the force, The Lon!) M Al - Olt—As that is the case I shall discharge the prisoner, who certainly well deserved to be discharged from the police. The house is what is called a night-house for the ac commodation of the market-dealers, and is allowed to be kept open during the greater part of the night. It is a rule with the magistrates never to give permission of this kind to an 3 house, the proprietor of which is not most cautious as well as respectable. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Edward While and William Flint, young men, dressed in the garb of working engineers, were charged with being concerned in the following robbery. About eleven o'clock, on Thursday, ti e prisoner White entered the shop of Mrs. Ann Lacy, Well-street, Oxford-Street, tobacconist, and asked for some tobacco. While serving him, the other prisoner came in, and asked also for some tobacco. They were acting in concert, together, and they made every effort to confuse her. While in the act o f ta ki ng some s il ver f rom a b ag , th e prisoner Flint rushed forward, and sna.ching the bag made off with it ; and while waiting at this Court, before the charges came on, she identified the prisoner Flint amongst the crowd, waiting outside, and gave him into custody. White was apprehended on the instant of the robbery. The prisoners gave a very unsatisfactory account of them selves, and were remanded until to-morrow. John Price and Henry Jackson, two young men, were charged with stealing the hind check-braces from the car riage of Earl Ducie. Between seven and eight o'clock on Thursday, William West, police- sergeant 106 of the F division, saw the priso ners, whom he knew to be bad characters, in Drury-lane. The Earl Dude's carriage passed, and the prisoners 'Janie diately jUmped up behind. Suspecting that their intention was to commit a robbery, he followed the carriage, and in Piccadilly, opposite to Si. James's church, the prisoners, having unbuckled and secreted about their persons the hind braces of the carriage, got down and were about making off, when the police captured them. In their possession was fund another set of carriage check-braces, which haye no doubt been stolen. —R emanded. MARY LEBOIV E. COMMITTAL OF DR DE PRATI FOR EIGAMY.—On Thurs day Dr. De Prati, residing in Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, was placed at the bar for examination, before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, on a charge of bigamy. Mr. Humphrey's clerk intimated to the magistrate that the parties were now desirous of withdraWing the charge. Mr. Loves, in reply, observed that if the witnesses on the former occasion, of the 12th ult., had spoken the truth, and of which he could see no reason to doubt, he felt that it would be his duty to send the matter before a jury. The depositions taken on the 13th of February were or dered to be read over by the chief clerk, Mr. Fell. This was done, and it appeared that on the. 23d of April, 1841, the prisoner was married at St. James's, Clerkenwell, to Mary Anne Caroline Pocock, and that on the 3d of Ja nuary last he was married at All Souls' Church, Marylebone, to a female named Mary Anne Melville. The required proof as to both marriages was given, but the second wife was not in Court. The charge was originally preferred by Charlotte Pocock, a sister of the first wife, who it was proved was living at the period of the last marriage. The prisoner was committed for trial, and the magistrate refused to accede to the application. of Mr. Clarkson that be (prisoner) might be allowed to give bail for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court. WESTMINSTER. INHUMAN CONDUCT OF A MOTHER.—Rosetta Thomas, a dissipated, wretched-looking creature, who has been in cus tody upwards of ten days, charged with horrible cruelty to her infant, was brought np before the magistrate. It may be necessary to state, that the child having died since the prisoner's apprehension, the coroner has held an inquest up'n the body, and that a verdict of " Died from natural causes," has been returned. The facts of the case are briefly these :—The prisoner was at Watson's, the Angel, in Great Chapel-street, Westmin ster, on Monday evening week, in a state of intoxication, and going to fight with another woman, threw her child down, with violence, upon the floor. On its being picked up by another female, the inhuman mother seized it from her arms, and lifting it to her mouth, bit it in the leg; the wound bled very much, and prisoner's mouth and her shawl were covered with the poor infant's blood. The child was taken to the workhouse, where, although every care and attention was paid to ite it expired on Saturday morning. The bi agistrate dealt with the wretched woman for an assault, and inflicted the highest penalty he was allowed to impose—a fine of 51., and, in default, she would be com mitted for two months to hard labour. She was sent to prison. GREENWICH. Louisa Hillier, a young woman of very genteel appear ance, was brought before Mr. Jeremy, charged with break ing open a cash box, and stealing therefrom a ten-pound Bank of England note, and about tour pounds in silver, the property of John Baker, the landlord of the Castle Inn, Brockley, Lewisham. Mr. "taker deposed that the prisoner had been stopping at his house until a suitable situation could be procured for her. This he had permitted, at the particular request of the pri soner's father, whom he had known for many years. Wit n !ss missed the contents of the cash-box on the 25th of February. Had seen it safe the preceding day in his bed chamber. It was fastened with a padlock. The prisoner left the house suddenly on the day the property was missing, without notice, or expressing the least intention of so doing. Upon the evidence adduced the prisoner was then fully committed for trial. THE PRESENT CRISIS. We have much pleasure in acceding to ' a request with which we are honoured by the Duke of Newcastle, for the in sertion of the following earnest address by his Grace:— " To an' COUNTRYMEN, " Encouraged by your former kindness and consideration, I trust that it may not be mistimed nor unacceptable that I now again venture to intrude upon your attention. " About this time last year I presumed to address you upon a subject of intense national interest then in progress. I then hazarded an opinion that the same ruthless hand which planned the elevation of Popery would not scruple to work the downfall of our agricultural system. You have now too much cause to lameat with me, that my words have not proved untrue. You have witnessed with astonishment and detestation the hideous treachery and tergiversation of public men, which burst forth suddenly upon your incredu lous view in the full blaze of its triumphant deformity, sup ported by a shameless effrontery unexampled in the annals of well-regulated states. "As virtue is proverbially said to be its own reward, so treachery may be said to be its own perdition,—and thus it is in this case. The Prime Minister expected that he had so contrived and so securely plotted his arrangements that suc cess was certain, failure impossible. No man was ever more mistaken in his calculations, no Minister ever more deceived in an estimate of his own controlling (if not despotic) power, and individual essentiality. Instead of dismay from the fear of losing hint, he finds that no one desires to retain his services; and where he thought to raise entreaty, he has only raised a pitiless storm of scoffs and indignation. Faith and confidence in him have ceased, and his political sun is set. " Under protective laws we have flourished, under them and by them observe well, not in spite of them Great Britain has grown into an empire of the first rank for wealth and power in the universe. Who, in truth, can deny this fact? Not the merchant, the manufacturer, the trades man, the shopkeeper, the artisan, or that humbler but most deserving class, upon whose industry and labour the wealthiest merchants and producers depend, as in turn the work man depends upon his employer for ample remuneration in the shape f liberal wages—all of these must perceive that without protection their prosperity will decline into abject poverty, and that a full protection is as indispensably neces sary to them, as to the British farmers and labourers in husbandry. "Now, then, gentlemen.of England, stand forward. The clergy, bold yeomen, trusty &Miens, worthy labourers— all those interested in the cultivation of the soil—stand forward. Must I stop here ? No; general protection is a question of vital interest to you also, and you cannot, mus: not, shall not, be excluded from the appeal. Without the grossest injustice to your high national feelings, and an un pardonable insult to your patriotism, to your acknowledged intellect, and comprehensive understanding, I cannot omit you. I call upon you, merchants, manufactu rers, and traders of England, to come forth frankly, boldly, nobly, as an essentially component part of our great English brotherhood—stand forward, join us freely, without any mental reservation whatsoever, and unite with us, your British brothers, with all your heart and all your soul, in de fence and preservation of our Church and State, for involved in and most intimately connected with them, is the all ab sorbing question of general protection to British industry. " I confidently , call upon you, all and each, for your assist ance. By your timely aid and determined support you may bring inte.power men who, I trust, think like yourselves— men who have no party but their country, no aspirations but for its solid and permanent welfare—who are identified with you and your interests, and who, by their plain deal ing, honesty, and English uprightness, will scorn all crooked ways, and will undeviatingly pursue those of equity and truth. "You must be prompt and energetic. A general election may be near at hand. I have just witnessed in my own county a most extraordinary result of British virtue and moral courage, emanating front and conducted by the agri cultural interest alone, which may well be a model of action and an example to the whole country. " Believing, as I confidently believe, that we all most earnestly desire, the peace, welfare, order, and prosperity of our loved native soil, allow me to entreat you to adopt the measures so successfully employed in Nottinghamshire. " Then lose not a day or an hour ; instantly and busily set to work to form and organise Protec tion Societies in every county in England—especially make choice of a good and influential chairman and a working committee—associate with you all the fri nds of protection to British industry, whether farmers or others—make yourselves acquainted with all your brother electors—pay the closest and most minute attention to the registers, and select and communicate with fit, and none but the fittest men, to represent you in Parliament ; leave nothing undone ; let your preparations be com plete at the earliest period:; and, the done, calmly, but most determinedly, await the hour of trial, and, when ever it does arrive, take into your own hands what is your own business ; regulate. execute everything for yourselves, with the energy, the intelligence, the just and fair, but unbending determination of Englishmen, and you may reasonably hope that, by God's blessing, you may be enabled to save your insulted and injured coun try from the most fearful perils which the machinations or infatuation of false men and treacherous statesmen ever de vised for the degradation and ruin of the land of their birth—. a land whose natives are worthy of all protection, and deserv ing of the most ardent exercise of your purest and most exalted patriotism. " Believe me to be " Your ever faithful friend, " NEWCASTLE. " P.S. I can scarcely anticipate that this revolutionary measure, now under discussion, can ever become the law of the land ; but if, most unfortunately, it should be so, as suredly a future national majority will at once decide that an enactment so atrocious shall no longer continue on the Statute book. " London, March, 1846." GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MaNstorr-HousE. —On Thursday evening the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor gave a splendid dinner to between 170 and 180 gentlemen, in the Egyptian Hall. Amongst the company were—Baron Andlaw, * Sir F. Booth, Sir William Poland, Mr. Calvert, Captain G. Bagne, Mr. Harmer, Mr. Johnson. Mr. Seeger ; Aldermen Lucas, Farebrother, Humphrey ; Sir C. Marshall and Sir William Magnay, Barts.; Deputy Brown, and seve ral of the gentlemen of Dowgate Ward ; several of the Magistrates of the county of Middlesex ; the Commissioners of Sewers; the principal members of the Oporto, the St. John's, and the Centenary Clubs; the Principals of Dulwich College, and of several other institutions in and around the metropolis; the Rev. Charles Farebrother, Hawes, Voul, Ge rard, Blunt, Lusegnen, and Benthall ; &c. &c. The tables were sumptuously furnished by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, of Cornhill, and the wines were of the finest quality. ALARMING FIRES —Thursday morning, shortly after three o'clock, a fire broke o u t u p on t h e prem i ses o f M r. Kneller Smart, bullion dealer and refiner, No. 60, Princes-street, Leicester square. It originated in the smelting house at the back of the dwell ing, and when first discovered threatened very serious consequences. The speedy arrival'of the engines prevented the flames from extend ing further, but they were not entirely extinguished until the stock in trade, fixtures, and utensils in the smelting-house were very con siderably burned. The cause of the fire could not be 'Nulled. The same morning a fire was discovered on the premises occupied by Mr. 0. Mackay, No. 12, Market -street, Northampton-square, Clerken well It was caused by the spark of a candle falling upon some linen, which becoming ignited quickly communicated with the bed, window curtains, bedding, Sce. Owing to the exertions of the imitates and police, the fire was soon extinguished, but not before much damage was done to the budding and the contents. Shortly before the last tire the brigade were callled to attend the premises of Mr. G. Hester, a cowkeeper, No. 19, Webb street, Bermondsey street. It appears that one of the boys, after be went to bed, commenced mending his clothes, when he iet the candle fall amongst the bed-doilies, which were speedily in a blaze. The boy escaped without being burnt, and the fire was soon subdued. MONEY LOST AND FOUND AT THE GENERAL POST OrrtcE.--On Thursday one of the officers on duty in the hall at the General Post Office picked up a 101. which a gentleman unconsciously dropped in pulling out sonic papers. On the previous day another officer found a reticule near the money order office, containing a considerable sum of money. The strings appeared to have been cut, no doubt by thieves. The Wth Hussars, who were to have succeeded the 17th Lancers at Brighton, are to go out to India. The 17th Lancers have been sudd_•uly called away from our cavalry barracks to Not tingham, and we believe will go to Ireland in a few days, prepara tory to their embarkation for Canada. Their heavy baggage is left at Brighton. It is said that Prince George of Cambridge will accom pany his regiment to [Maud. A company of the Grenadier Guards under the command of Colonel Thornton, arrived here on Monday, tor the purpose of taking the Palace duty. As soon as it became known here that the 10th Hussars were ordered to India, no less than 20 applications were made at our cavalry barracks by young men desirous of enlisting in that regiment. It would seem, there fore, that there ill be no great difficulty in procuring recruits. — Brighton Garet. LATEST I'tlOES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER C M. JIANIES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUEADAY AND FRIL LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCE JOINT-STOCK Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. X s. . Australasia .. •••• • . • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 colonial.. per cent. 100 0 Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 Ditto, New... .... Si. per cent. 10 0 National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 Ditto, New • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 Union of Australia.. • . 6/. per cent. 23 0 Union of London 5/. per cent. 50 0 INSURANCE COMPILE Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. £ s. d. Albion .... • • ...• •• • • SI. 101 500 0 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 Ditto Marine 6/. per cent, 100 0 Atlas .. British Commercial • • 75. per share 50 0 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 County .............. 31. 100 0 (frown 10s. 50 0 Eagle ... Economic Life. • • 1000 0 t&3os.bs. Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 European Life •.• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 Freemasons' .. ••..• • • • 51. per oent. 20 0 Globe ..... .. •.• • • • 6/. per cent. Stock. Guardian •• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 Imperial Fire .. ••• • • • 61. and bonus 500 0 Imperial Life • ••• • •• 12s. 100 0 Indemnity Marine l/. sh. & be. 100 0 Law Life. 11.55. 100 0 Legal and General Life 50 0 London Fire 10s. 25 0 London Ship • I Os. 25 0 Marine 51. per cent. 100 0 Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 4%1. per ct . 50 0 National Lean Fund. • 51. per cent. 20 0 National Life... Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 Phoenix . - Protector Life.... Provident Life.. • . 1/. ss. 100 0 Rock Life............ 4s. 5 0 Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. Sun Fire . Ditto Life ... Universal Life . • ION:. pr ent 100 0 DOCXS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 1100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 .NCE COMPANIES. Amount Share. s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 • 100 0 0 100 0 5000 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 2000 100 0 0 ft 0 0 Stock. Commercial ... East and West India East Country ••... • Lmdon •• •• •• ..... •• St Katharine •• Southampton •• X I. d. 3/. per cent. Stock. 61. pr cent. Stock. 1/. per sh. j 100 0 0 pr cent. Stock. 5 per cent. Stock. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 WATER-WORKS Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. Amount , of Paid. Share. East London.... •• • • •• 81. Grand Junction 3/. 10s, Kent.......... 2!. 10s. Vauxhall ..... ..... .. 5/. per cent. West Middlesex • ..... 51.55. pr cut. .£ s. d. Price. ►oo 0 o 41 ►3 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 —• LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. A a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 159 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 Q 0 224 Commercial Bank 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 162% National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 143( Union Bank of Scotland 7341. pr cent. - 50 0 0 95 Western Bank .....• • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 82 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 734 Clydesdale Bank.... • • 61. per cent. - 10 - 0 0 13% Eastern Bank • • •• • • 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 11 1 4 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4 34 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7 City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1, 0 0 245. Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd- Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 3 4 North British Insur. • • 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2734 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1834 & tllasg. Railway 11.10 s. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72 Ditto, 34 Shares • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 19 Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 213 s Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 70 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2!. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 21 Glsgw &Garnklrk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All - paid. 45 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 353 4 Standard LiteAssarnee.l 51 per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 8 _ CANALS. .; . 2.). Dividend ; Names of Dividend Price. Names of per Price. uo Companies. ; : s 3 per Companies. :4 - ...mum. Annum. l :11 Ashtn& Olilh 97 51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 61. 98 Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 15 Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• . • • 100 17/. 340 Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/.. - Cromford.... 100 141. 150 Peak Forest . 78 31. 40 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's •• .. 33 11. ss. 25 Derby • • 100 6/. 73 Rochdale ... • 85 4/. 54 Ellsmre&Clni 133 4/. 65 Shropshire . • 125 81. - Erewasli .• . 100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 100 41. - Do•LkFd St 12 61. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn 100 71. 95)4 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 300 Grand Union 100 11. 10s. - Shrews ba ry.. 125 151. '230 Glamorgnsh . 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge 145 20/. 280 Glstr & Brkly 00 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 10s. - Grantham • . 150 121. 100 Severn and/ 26 IL Bs. 32 Huddersfield. 57 --- Wye Rail. Kennt & Avn 39 Is. 6d. 22 Trnt & 50 30/. - Lancaster - sey, 3f sh. Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 517 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester 78 2! 44 Leicstr & Nth 83 41. 60 1 Birming. Loughboreghll42 701. 850 ,Wilts & Mks 67 11. 11 Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Commercial Bank .. • • National Bank Urilon Bank of-Scotland Western Bank... North of Scotland Bank Clydesdale Bank Eastern Bank Caledonian Bank Edinb.& Glasgow Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Scottish Union his. Co. Hercules Insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scetlnd North British Insur. • • Caledonian Fire Insur. Edinburgh Life Insur. Edict. & tllasg. Railway Ditto, 4 Shares Edin., Leith, & Grantn Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. Glasgw & Greenck Rail. Gisgw & Garnklrk Rail. Dundee & Arbroth Rail. Standard Life Assmrnce. Ashtn& Olilh 97 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 Barnsley.. • • 160 Basingstoke 100 Brknk&Abrg 150 Cromford ... • 100 Dudley lOO Derby .• . Ellsmre&ChB 133 Erewasli Forth & Clyd 100 GrandJunctn,loo Grand Union 100 Glamorgnsh . 172 Glstr & Brkly 00 Grantham Huddersfield 57 Kennt &Am 39 Lancaster .. • 47 Leeds& Livrplloo Leicester .... 140 101. Leicstr & igth 63 41. Loughboreghll42 701. MARKET NEWS. --(YESTERDAY CORN-EXCHANGE. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat have been on the in crease, and of fair average quality. The show of samples was tole rably extensive. Fine parcels of White commanded a steady in quiry, at very full prices. In other kinds exceedingly little was doing, at late rates. Foreign Wheat, free as well as in bond, met a slow inquiry, yet we can notice no alteration in value. Good Malting Barley was In lair request, on much the same terms, but Grinding and distilling sorts were very dull in sale. The demand for Mal was inactive. yet superfine qualities were quite as dear. The middling sorts hang on hand. The Oat trade was steady, at full currencies ; but Beans, Peas, and Flour were very dull. Wheat. 7,370 qrs. English .• •• •• Irish ...... • • Foreign •• • • • Oats I Flour. 5,040 qrs. I 4,593 sks chased with caution, the stock has been further incr esl4 l4 and lower rates are accepted. The business in Generi; been to a small extent, and prices are still on the dec;t: the price of British Corn Spirits is lOs 6d per ga 11 ° . ,,.. 1) dy, ca-11: and Gin 8s 10d for 22 per cent. under proof, 1- under 9s 4d per gallon. 0 On s.—This afternoon at public sale 2 5 tons of Spe rot and Headmatter from .New York were sold. t he form ;0, 801 to 801 ss, and the latter at 811. 30 tons of seal takend mixed pale at 271108, tinged 261 to 261 155. 10 t Southern Whale at 251 5s for good. Wsl ei TALLow.—Tbis afternoon the parcels of New South id offered at public sale amounting to 478 casks, wer.:!,5,3, stiffer rates : fine went at 42s 6d to 435, good 415 6d to 9 , Ll, middling 40s to 41s 3d, low soft greasy 38s 6d to 393 66 casks of North American were withdrawn. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, aaP• 32,0 the Week ending on Saturday, the 7th day of March, 1846. oAT EVENING [ 13. Paid. I Price. s. 1. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 _0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 l'aid. X s. 1. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 S 0 0 1250 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 6 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 0 Paid. X 8. d. 50 0 0 26% 44% 22 16 2614 ARRIVALS. Barley. 4,190 qrs. 120 Malt, 7,860 on. SMITELPTICLO. 12,260 5,150 The sapply of Beasts on offer being on the increase, and the attend ance of buyers small, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, and Monday's quotations were with difficulty supported. From Holland we received 40, and from Norfolk 200 beasts. The num bers of Sheep were not large, yet the sale for them was heavy, and the late advance in the currencies was barely maintained. In Calves a steady business was doing, at a farther improvement In prices of quite 2d per albs, the primest qualities producing 6s. The Pork trade was firm, at previous figures. Mitch Cows very dull, at from 161 to ISt each. Ink the offal. Per slbs. to s i s. d. s. d. s. d. to s. d, Inferior Beasts ••.• 2 10 3 2 Second quality ditto 4 8 410 Second quality ditto. 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolledditto 5 0 5 2 Prime large Oxen•. 3 8 4 0 Southdown Wethers 5 4 5 g ['rime Scots • • • • 4 2 4 6 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 5 0 5 6 Large Hogs .• ••.. 3 8 4 6 ['rime small ditto .. 5 8 6 0 Small Porkers .• 4 8 5 2 Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 4 0 4 6 Lambs .... •••• • • 5 8 7 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. 2,980 131 230 NETVGA.TE AND LEADENEALL. We had a slow trade, yet prices were supported. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 3 8 310 210 3 0 --- middling.. 4 0 4 4 3 2 3 4 prime 4 6 4 8 3 6 3 8 Pork, large.... • . 3 6 4 6 410 510 , small .... 4 8 S 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. 1130 ROUGH HOP MARKET. This market has been in a very inactive state since our last re port, and prices, if we except those of the finest parcels, are with dif ficulty supported. The show of Hops has somewhat increased. Beasts. 757 Beef, inferior... • • • - middling •• • . -- prime large . • - prime small . • (From the London New Price Current of March 13.) .SUGAIL—To-day the business transacted in the West India Sugar market was good, and the rates were a shade above those previously quoted. REFINED.—To-day there was a good business transacted in Refined Sugar by the home trade, and prices closed at 64s for standard, and 63s for brown grocery lumps. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held for 35i 6d to 35s 9d for first sort. MAURITIES.—There has been an increased demand for all descriptions, and the rates paid generally exhibit an advance on those previously quoted of 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in excel . lent request, and three parcels otl'ered at auction, amounting to 2,591 bags and 62 chests, were all sold at prices showing an advance on former rates of is for white, and 6d per cwt. for brown and yellow sorts. MOLASSES.—West India is little wanted, and the market having been better supplied, purchases can be made upon rather lower terms; the value of low to fine quality is 193 to 233 per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The business transacted in rough by private contract has been upon a more extended scale, and very full rates are paid- low to middling quality 'sting 25s to 265, good to fine 26s 6d to 27s 6d. Holders manifest firmness, and refrain from offering any at public sale. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale, and the chief transactions by private treaty during the week are only 120 chests of brown Bahia at 19s, and 250 chests of yellow Ha vannah at 20s to 21s 6d per cwt. COP/Mi.—There has been more desire evinced to purchase West India this week, and in all descriptions a fair business has been transacted by private contract at fully previous rates. Merchants manifested firmness, and refrained from offering any at public sale. TEA.—Although there are further arrivals, and the stock exceeds that of last year; still merchants have shown firm ness, and again refrain from offering any at publie sale; at present only 482 pkgs all Assam are declared. SPICES...-. Holders of Black Pepper have confidence and still supply the market scantily. There has been a good busim ss transacted by private treaty. White has met with more at tention, and at auction 50 bags were sold at 4d to 4t,4d for middling, and 5d per lb for gokll middling. Pimento is held with firmness. Of Cassia Lignea some parcels have been sold, but not at better prices. East and West India Ginger can be obtained upon rather low terms, still there has been little desire shown to operate. The market has been well supplied with Nutmegs, the quan tity brought to public sale having amounted to 89 casks, 14 boxes, 3 bags—the whole said, but at a reduction on former rates of 2d per lb. Mace has met with more attention, and 17 cases at auction were sold at 2d to 3d per lb advance. Smuns.—ln the value of Jamaica little variation ha' s taken place, but the purchases made have been trifliny ; ; Leeward Island has been purchased %sith caution, but hoW ters are not inclined to further reduce their prices. I: ewl'eorwaerar has been only in limited request at 2 s 9 d 'co 3s for strong sorts. Calcutta is not offered upjn terms, but there are few buyers. Brandy ha. b een pur. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. 11. 015 100 '09 Govern me nt debt • • , Other securities •• • 11 ,4171 Gold coin and bullion ~662., Silver bullion ..... • 341 6-. MARSIIALL , C hief Dated the 12th day of M 1, arch, A27, 079 ' • • BANKING DEPARTMENT. • CaOr' Notes i55ued........ 27,079,276 £ 27,079,270 Price Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .... . ..... .. 3,757,708 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 6,502,355 Other deposits .. .. 17,828,778 Seven day and other bills • ..... 19% 6 % 16% 74 898,176 A 43,540,017 Dated the 12th day of March, 18. Government seeuri- Otlth%leesreigsibeictcurlAudti:inneugsipt)..e.)a:d: 21237,51136:91'•4:: Notes • • • • • • • • •, ' • • • 7 0,, ' Gold and silver coin•• 4 3,54 0,° M. MARSHALL, Chief CAstith ISLAND OF HARRIS. 'l%) (From a Correspondent of the Inverness Cou r : wr iter On a fine day in the end of July, last year, t,h ee of 0 of this left home in a boar, accompanied by "'ries dig' crew, to proceed to LoChmaddy, about twelve oil co ot tent. After passing the Wand of HermitraYl e , u oet lay along the gold arid rocky head:ands of Lesem eg ille in North that, which chiefly con s i s t of gneiss , e mail ceous schist, and numerous veins of trap. Th e ` scale r ' are of great height, rising n e arly perP e ' woui" and but for their almost unapproachable na ture, 0 v afford no small attractions to the geologies' . 5 i v eil' To ornith, logics they are likewise very %boo ing, as they are visit e d annua lly by great e ll sa d of sea-fowl, for the purpose of incubatioa ; s ots the different species, according to their l o op habits, select pieces of projecting rock /1 4 0 1 to build their nests. The varieties which for to age part frequent these headlands are, the gull, t 11 6 .1 1 1 0 4 11, the guillemot, and the cormorant ; and even Pi- sj oy , eagle deigns to associate with these, choosing of : let, the most precipitous and inaccessible ledges_.! a llie s which the coast presents. On arriving at a plign o to, the Miorbhuil, i. e " the miracle," we espied the o eirl an eagle resting on one of these ledges. As it C l o re! if two eaglets , we at once determined on their esP io ol possible. fter surveying the precipice, sod 40 oe'‘ in vain for any other mod e of a pp r oach . to * A 0 1 1 1 1 than by a descent from th e t o p, a young 15 ' 6 ,0° , name of Peter Ross agreed to try it, 1 /hi% c slo we set about getting out the b oa t' s anchor o' o e o f for the purpose of carrying them to the s i tl et th o tie the rock. After an hour's labour we gained le sired point. We next selected the best spot cabby: fix the anchor, which done, we swung the sto the face of the rock. To ensure greater safety' to te l l rope was tied round Ross's body, and uncut ) bog; descended by the iron cable. Having diveste,u. pile' of his coat, neckcloth, and shoes, and provideo.liferoti in case of being attacked by the old eagles (ri ll , g o ose . ., soaring above), and with some cord for the P:. b e en , tying the eaglets,. should he succeed in capturi i‘ e l' o el '' he prepared to descend. This was no easy O s , I ' s i , it TI e j took him a full quarter of an hour to accorephe'ing se I parent eagles continued to utter the most pi' led discordant screams, as they beheld him susr,,,„ I. mid-air opposite their nest, and high above w' w b roar of the ocean. The length of the cableeos, 0 measured twenty-two fathoms, only enabled .7 3e b j reach within a foot of the nest ,_• and just es a jjscl, h done so, one of the eaglets hopped away 1Q a n :, jr/ is ledge of rock beyond his reach, and the other r h oul l 'a act of following when it recei ve d a kick wb' c f t he °' tumbling down the rock into th e sea . 011e, o ; i 0 1( : C hr eagles immediately flew to its res cu e, and with ' . . s t 501, dragged the young bird from the sea , and placed 0 1 0 oi 0 on a portion of low accessible rock, w hich a'a S° be t b for, and secured our prize, which turned out t iig roe t ij e : male bird. It was of an immense size, nearly ft' $ 640 0 4 and of the species called the white-tailed 6e e sre 3 o l j Although the nest, when viewed from below, erl ) , s , tal l scarcely presenting a single foot of surface., it ''',i' I' to four feet square, and contained about a ste fle ari( V ett and rags, with a goat's head, a lot of bones! e " o f it 11 . half-consumed fishes—memorials cf the reeaci t i a D c - destructive birds. We next turned our course, ho maddy, where the eaglet was given to an Eogl is dp erl , man who had come on a tour in the excise ste - DO O Olll signified his intention to carry it with Igo Lc ' shire. to , Leaving Lochmaddy next day on ou r returo g e t t i l e d ce i k with our boat towed behind th e steame r, we egiotbil'i I 1 enough to the scene of our late exploit, at the Mbe 53 to see the remaining eaglet still perched o , lt ietsi4 where it was left. Had time permitted, w e '' ) , - . r i d again to attempt its capture ; but as some o' t , Pr; on board pref.rred calling to see the monastery s'oell.„ we steamed it on, and had not p roc eeded fa i n 5 rather amusing incident occurred. We were the el deck, admiring the rugged s cener y w hi c h Mee along that part of the coast. where 0 deep , . •eh " Low. brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the - re d, When a round hole, right through a rocky Pi t esti' . with a sandy plain behind, attracted our err s Some of the party said it was no hole, but rattl e s gs lll o white stone, which had probably been dashed el, o tl i , the rocks by the violence of the waves ; w l3l , ' s 04 thought differently. The captain had reeoe'lotb., l l spy glass, and gave it as his opinion that it 0, 9 0 bel t , else than a white stone. One of the party, " $s it s , different opinion, made a wager of 201. that be :i l l , glr b e The captain, after a second a ppli ca tion of `,. 4 e l octic, staked his vessel against th a t sum . The O tt - t ie iv - o vessel was instantly altered, and, on neariog o ,o ; there, indeed, was to be seen one of Natures $ fns ,f hole quite through. Well, the " Dumbuck" I ,"' e btei ni ' , the captain consoling himself by saying the t , t ; oi oa s " all events, the satisfaction of proper " ocular' "" 0 0 t lion" of his error. eel ° V' On arriving at Rodel, we debarked, and ' l ' d to f i l ; y the monastery, which we were kindly perwi tte es telT,o. under the . guidance of a person from th e al ts merit of the much respected factor 02 , t he a ',le l he monastery, dedicated to St. Clenieo* 0 fotipoi ancient structure, and is supposed to have be e wa lls t ;• by David 1., in the eleventh century. . 1 “` to s l ;ctr, still substantial, and it is altogether.Of tole llt . al e r, tecture, "and presents," say s D r . M acu llocb, 1 6 : fl orp; liarities in sculpture which a re we ll wo rth O' - b io ~ an antiquary, and, from th e i r ana l og y to 'Los e, sions in oriental wor s hip, o bj ects o f much i r - eer a' Measures were taken, a b out two years ag o, to " sculptured curiositi es " i n as goo d a s t a te 0' 1 c r< t isi Lion as possible. • n ter ,liio After an hour or two spent in visiting thi s 1 , elt r id place, and admiring the beautif u l g len of Reue:bbtniiel thriving plantation, ove r l oo k e d by the ee l "), pie' , picturesque heights, we embarked again, irA u. " with the visit, and departed for Stornoway. le 1 0 .0 T z .. ra , 'V DU,* PUGILISM IN THE NORTIL—FATAL .: ,.. .. f lpA t pl i CASTLE-ON-TYNE, MANCH 11.—A fight took place Yes..." - _, 01 '''..'ol .' a neighbouring place, between two men, named Relai..de 7.,..tr,,t1 which terminated in the death of the former. Them - - stt , „ . 0 4 aside, and the occurrence being rare in this looidisa%'l°,o , large crowd of spectators, including the Newcastle nif il'a! i l,"Af' many who occupy higher positions in society. B e n, in. , ' - i z ill,' id man of 6 ft., and weighing about llst. ; Cleghorn, 5 "'" - but r e eti li od During the early rounds Cleghorn bad the advantage p ad n ot $ 0 terwards turned the tables upon his antagonist, kiting lef ee l d I ‘, severely. However. in the 49th round, a fter fig bins ; 4.2 e! than two hours and a M '' Mil; Cleghorn planted a ', ho VI - , .10 0 Reilly's lower jaw and neck, which brought him Mingo ~,•00:0. killed. He never rose again. His friends carried , i 1 1, " 0 ", tS:iir Arms, where, after lingering in great agony until ' n on. l '• ol'lld died. A coroner's jury was summoned this afteru.,,— ago Pod quest stands over. What makes the matter w orse. ~„- bilu horn 4 4 is, that an ill-feeling has long subsisted betty' - •10' unfortunate deceased. em c e e _,r PUGILISM.—EROOM AND TERRY.---This. , „ o 'S,_,r ' r business was on Thursday, at a very full meeting at ' -- 1 „, ti'",ol t i!d train for adjustment. The stakeholder has decided " G' ~ , t 0 , ,,,',/ to the editors of two papers, present at the haat 0 1 ,', ;0 11,,,10 nominating three or five impartial gentlemen ( their ilec' o ptr ° , ring side) as arbitrators of the merits of the ease; , tu ch all jil govern his disposal of the battle-money, with ww ) r c r bets must go. • Nor a tirA, PEDESTRIANISM.—T. Maxfield (the --„,.,- 1 1 to _ A .I ilr, Davies ran their match for 100/, at Cardiff, accorwiripPr.,fiel l ,t o' ment. Maxfield, we are informed by letter, wa s , for, tl",or when looking very like a winner ; a horse, which7i peP' a i 0 r men, struck him and injured him seriously. Pa7. 6 e y ouri b ,GliP the winning place, the referee has given it In ha,' i11',,,, test is made, and it is probable the men will run' gw - ,"%vsL";cislo [ADVERTISEDIENT.]— FHB EARL or i; bi , sal 0f,../ AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by e y.tra c ii 4 ? medicine, after every other means had failed. 5 /0. Y l :,,,it , iS' lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina. Leghorn, pt y ottroentis t : "To Professor Holloway.—Sir, I beg to aequa l , u ,, e r slit see , pills have effected a cure of a disorder in mY "' a nd i- 0 t,,, which all the most eminent of the faculty, at lima s e , tba, 0 0 , 1 4, ,, ' Continent, had not been able to effect--nay , net, I l e/leo. iii e° oi ii Carlsbad or Marienbad.—(agned) Aldborough• ' solo `. o t, 44 Pills will cure any disease of the liver or Siomach. ~i 001 , ,, ~.v pow. 0 loway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway be eiv Strand, and by all medicine venders through° ut ' BIRTHS. „.. OD' On the 4th inst., at Hammersmith, the lady of Pir the Bombay Medical Establishment, of a daughter.A On the 7th inst., Mrs. J. Smith, Herm i tag e Coal On the Bth inst., at VenbridgeHouse, near El e "' • die lady of Captan Chieer, of a son. t ic Glo .ste el# ll' On the Bth i inst., ch at st Quedgeley House , near .gfei ofJ. Curtis Hayward, Esq., of a son. ' of • On the 9th Just., at Park-hill, Clapham, the l.-7 Esq., of a scli. 01 4 '. MARRIED. rw stre eti nil l4 By special license, Daniel Ross, i , , , u., DA. Dlllite-uor second daughter of the late TP.'onnis Nicoll, ' EC*. a Dundee. .0 11 i, ---------- Or 6 'c 0 :0 DIED. C a pe 0, 1 , On the 2WI o Maria, the ds7 followit,4, f ighter of Charles Bettina' Escl, her ofdt , 1. . November last, at Boa Vista , Z rp OP '5 7 41 , .iestY's Cor.inissioner, aged 20; and also, 'on the - :,,s Ow _jr , rettir, gt o, father of the abovenamed. eg ed T t 46 .. tea ° ' ,e , eq., off the Island of St. Nicholas, .." I. v i tn the 2:id of December last, at Nagode , """ u )feJ 61st Bengal Native Infantry. G. "1. ~,,,04 * On the 18th of January, at Tuggiaphet, Enfi l g ia . n .ltw a ll.,, the 26th Regiment Native Infantr • aged 24. Act , '" O f ' ow Id t s h b e y 6: L h in i e n o s l t ii , sh t i t r i e e , O.+ the 27th ult., at Kegwortlt, L3e'icstershire,‘C.l7o*--"1/#4t On the 7d inst., Mary Ann, wile of Mr. Keine"' at 1 " . ... ~;(, -JO' 11 7. , :et CPS IP ,i• 3 Ann 00% , (p. tin the 7th inst., at Warfleld Hail, Belts, ,08 ~ star et 0 0 On the 10th inst., in Leicester-square, Georget'dosld 0,10 lategve4.l.4ewton Charles Lane' 10. ,_ _ On the 11th inst., Elizabeth Rose, young ° I 3 On Esq. t, 41rsib c °1p. lel g en of l ' in On the I Ith inst., at Oakley, near Brorn . a _., e itor of the late Venerable Archdeacon Wharton, Ch .`- l~ t • , -- i rOfP> 4° Lentloa: Printed and Published by 2%,l3llD,.ratiPin ,,e 41* , st . strand, printer, at The Sun Oftice, No. 112, s"' iote• of the Seyey, In the Couoty of Xlid die 14. 11146. 240 16% 9 . N - / 21. 2s. 205 11. 4s. 4% 180 210 Price. to i,_" 4 ed int r etnrne 4eo , 4 at Willi ra uel s eer Itt r ies w ar . 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