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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 1. - fIOUSE OF LORDS, March 31. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool ale at Five o'clock. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. - The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he had given tice that he would move an address to be presented to er Majesty on th e su bj ec t o f t h e repor t ma d e y es t e rday curn the Select Committee on the building of the Houses tf Parliament. He thought they might move the address pew and discuss it and they could agree to the wording at e future time. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought it would be better to wait till they saw what the other House of Parliament would do. -It was his opinion that both Souses should agree in the mode of proceeding. , IRISH RAILWAYS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, after a few prelimi nary observations, which did not reach the gallery, stated that the grand jury of the county of Kerry had commissioned him to present a petition praying that House to give as much consideration as was in their power to the various plans of railways which were be fore Parliament, and begging that their Lordships would, as far as they could consistently with their public duty, expedite those Bias in such a manner as to give the earliest employment to the people of Ireland. He wished to call the attention of the House to a matter of semi importance with reference to this petition, and he would take this opportunity of asking his Noble Friend, the First Lord of the Admiralty, a question with reference to this subject. At various times, by the direction of the Government, • surveys had been made of the south western coast of Ireland, with a view of establishing a packet or military station, or both, and to secure a good means of communication across the Atlantic. He, therefore, wished that the Govern ment should make up their minds as to the place in which such station should be plated while these various lines of railway were under consideration. In the embarking of capital in railways, it was impor tant that some plan should be adopted respecting a packet and military station at the mouth of the 'Shannon, at Valencia, at Pier Head, or at Bantry Bay, or some other place that might be deemed more eligible. There ought t 3 be some understanding with the Government with regard to such a measure, so that those railways should be made to answer in the best way for public purposes. He would give no opinion as to the best point for a station ; he merely submitted the matter to the consideration of the Government. And if a choice of a point was made, it should be known as soon as. pos fable, in order that no difficulty might be thrown in the way of those schemes which were proposed for railway accommodation in Ireland. He would now present the petition, which was in favour of the construction of railways in Ireland generally. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH was obliged to the Noble Marque; for his suggestions, but he would beg leave to inform him that the selection of a station on the west coast of Ireland rested with the Treasury and not with the Admiralty. With regard to the ports named for a pack e t s t a ti on , h e th oug ht. that Valencia w i t not be sele c t e d. B an try Bay was better, but Cork was better than them both. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to move the address, of which he had given notice, relative to the new Houses of Parliament. If they were about in any way to advise the Crown upon any matter that would touch the buildings erected for the service of the House of Commons, thereby interfering, if not with the pri vilege, at least with the business of that House, then indeed it would be necessary fur them to con fer with the House of Commons before they could take any step in the matter. They, however, did no such thing. The address referred only to the buildings fear the sole use and service of the House of Lords. It was a matter of fact, that the Board of Works had been incorporated with the office of the Woods and Forests. There could be no doubt that all palaces and buildings of the Crown or great works of a public nature erected in the metropolis came under the superintendence of that department. There was, therefore, nothing said in the address which he was about to read. Within the last nine months the work, as regarded their Lordships' House, had been at a stand-still. The delay originated out of the differences that arose between the gentlemen employed in the execution of the work. The architect entrusted with the work, and a scientific gentleman who had been called in to superin tend the ventilation and heating of the House differed and the consequence was a total sus pension of the work as regseded the comple tion of the House. What, these did the Committee do? They did not presume 'e undertake to settle the difference, and he held that it would not be competent for their Lordships or The Commons, or for both, to in- terfere, as it was the Queen's privilege, and therefore the Executive Government alone could interfere. The Committee therefore referred to the Executive Government for the interposition of their au thority, with a view that they would direct both gentlemen to do their duty, and speedily and imme diately complete the work with which they had been entrusted. The superintendence of the work having fallen on the Woods and Forests' department, no other commission or board was established for that purpose. Now ho considered that that was unfortunate, as the department of Woods and Forests had already so much business thrown on them that they could not give the works that serious attention which they deserved. It would appear, notwithstanding, that the calculations Made by the architect, both as to time and expense, were erroneous; and with that view he moved for the Committee. The Committee felt bound to make some suggestions, Which he was happy to say had been adopted by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. But, notwith- Standing this report, the Committee were powerless Upon one point, and that a point for which they had been appointed, namely, to accelerate the build ing of the House. They had not the power to make the building go on as they wished, for they had not the authority, and they were therefore obliged to call Upon supreme authority to make them go on. They had called upon the Commissioner's of Woods and Forests. He die not think that any public building erected by public money had ever been erected ex cept under the superintendence of the Board of Public Works, and he thought it was a great pity that in the present case they had not acted on the same principle. He maintained that the agreement which had been entered into had not been carried out. He did not wish to impute blame to any one ; it was no doubt a work of a difficult nature. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that an address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her M'tjesty may be pleased to direct Mr. Barry to proceed with the New Houses without delay, and that Dr. Reid be directed not to interfere with the works by his plans of ventilates ) °, and that directions be given for the com pletioei of the 'House of Lords by the commencement of the next session. 'The LORI) CHANCELLOR having put the motion, Lord CANNING opposed the motion, because the rep , er . t on whi c h the address was first grounded had only been bed before their L irdships the previous day. He eonfessed that he was unwilling to take the step re commended by his Noble relative, inasmuch as the report gtl.rat alluded. to had only been laid on the table last which ni particularly objected , to that passage in the report whiechPaodf a Iref,Tence to the impediment put to the completion the works by the proceedings of the Board of Works. whe thought that it was itn possible to entertain a rec ommendation er of this sort, until the evidence was laid House in which this impediment was sated. Thaet 13h o m e e rd, as now constituted, was so divided into its depart that it was not likely that the impediments were as n i, e ,' et:l,7st any departments that been represented to their Lordsh pa ; and he protested aye being made by implication, until the charges they were based were laid on the table eonfeethon w hich House. There was another passage in the addr e for by his noble relative, which he conceived it winsiev'ed competent f or t h eir Lordships to entertain, for tie:flee; was, that the recommendation was founded upon that report which had been submitted to their Lordships, but which had never been yet made known to the House of Comm ons. No report as yet had been made to the /louse of Commons upon the ventilation of the new houses of Parliame t respecting the plans for ventila tion proposed by Lerl'ei whicl were alluded to in the report before their Reid, There had been a resolution come to by the HoEs s e . of Commons it ap pears, but they could not recommend any specific e 'ft e ceedings u n til t h e report of the Committeeh,l;eren ' made. Then the C omm i ttees of their Lore:eel ear House report e d t h at the %hole of th e SA,''' proposed t o b e adopted under •• '' 'tem of ventilation Reid wo u ld requ i re severe' • one management of Dr. that they could not 7. years to be carri e d ou t, an d , money on h ore; end th e expend i ture of more Then thi s W t iis e no et s eeid ~ ation of t h e h ouses of Parliament. theliewe of not orotomta:h a question of convenience to House of Com mons , b ut rather as of ventilation. But t:e ll House of Commons, which Was not so impatient as their Lordships, took a different view of the matter. If both Houses addressed the Crown, theacehplltticocn in ordaricewith its o wn v i ews, let them consider which the Crown would be placed by such a course of procedure. Their vi ews were ent i rely in consistent with the views of the other House of Parlia ment ; and, therefore,e. ee sought them to pause before they adopted the motion of his noble relative (the Mar quis a Clanri hear that the Not ). It gave him great satisfaction to department to which hLord(Lspoke in terms of praise of the to bei eez. He he ord Canning) had the honour Ships pursued, • thought the course which their Lord his noble relatilvaeff'ranting Committees on the motion of the object for whielri'mkth time to time, had not answered and disputes which hadey zere appointed, as the delay en place had increased since they were appointed, and. had led those engaged in the work s to look for instruction to others than theirreal mas ters. Hew ould not presume to decide what the course should be that their Lordshi express his earnest lir : mittee should be reirefftle vestigation of facts I ought to pursue, but he might that the members of the. Co m; to and if confine themselves to an in any recommendatio n or till they. should wish to offer that they would do soy mat in the shape oftoewl:e:pc4 a t h l r 4 i n — i. ; but s by a representa tion to the department, u2tilionlrad been made more than once that evening b y isn iarit r i: u t the wishes Noble relative. That Board had been ever anxiou s t e s rsethe one of their Lordships, and he thought thi most likely to expedite business, and, give the great-- st degree of satisfaction to that P Board t ( f ) w w w e i ro ld e wheel he had the honour to be a member. These the grounds on which he trusted their Lordships not assent to the propo-ition of his Noble relative. Lord REDESDAI,E, having had somethin g to do with the p re p arat i on of the report, would wish to make an observation or two on the subject matter contained in it. The facts expressed in the report were very few, and they were published to the world long ago. It was perfectly notorious that since the year 1843, when the Committee woe first formed, the whole of 'the evidence taken before them was known from time to time. The report referred to the state of the building now and the state in which it should be. lie would remind their Lordships that it was impossible to get the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to move without an address to the Crown. In the last session of Parliament the Commissioners refused to take any step upon a report of that House upon the subject, and the reason they expressed for such refusal Was, that hti addres3 has been made to the Crown. This, therefore, was a good reason for the adoption of the address which the Noble Marquis had proposed. Ile thought it would be best to have it to the discretion of the Woods and Forests, without recommending them the adoption of any particular course. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the pro gress, or rather the absence of progress, in building the Houses was perfectly notorious. He should submit that the consideration of the question had better be ad journed till the report of the Committee was printed. He considered that it was necessary that their Lord ships should have the House ready for their reception, and that they shout not be subject to delay occasioned by the disputes of parties who might attempt utopian systems of ventilation. There was but one other de partment which could take cognisance of this subject, and that was the Treasury ; but that department was already so overloaded with business that he knew of no other department that ought to have it in charge than the Board of Woods and Forests ; and, therefore, he trusted the House ,would not take it off their hands. The Duke of WELLINGTON said there could be no doubt that the recommendation of the Noble Marquis who had just sat down ought to be adopted, namely, that the question should be adjourned for the present, in order to ascertain what proceeding had been taken by the other House of Parliament. The Government were responsible in some measure for this delay, but they were not wholly responsible, inasmuch as that respon sibility had been to some degree limited ; but if the Board of Woods and Forests were to undertake the su perintendence of those who were employed to complete this building, it would be better to leave it in their hands. Government was most anxious to carry out the intention of the House, and also to carry out such de tails as might seem consistent with the wishes of both Houses of Parliament. He was in favour of the motion of the Noble Marquis, but he wished it to be adjourned. Lord CAMPBELL thought there was no reason to say that the motion of the Noble Marquis interfered with the other House of Parliament. At the time the plans of the Houses of Parliament were accepted, it was said that their Lordships Would be able to take their seats in four years ; and it was not till long after that period that Parliament interfered. It had been said that the other House had shown no intention of co operating with their Lordships They had pit a chem• ber which, for hearing, temperature, and ventilation, was perfect, and they might think themselves fortunate if they should be as well off in any exchange they might make. The chamber their Lordships occupied was in every respect inconvenient, and especially so in the morning, and Lord Brougham had, in consequence of the temperature, frequently been obliged to leave whilst hearing an important cau.e. He thought that if a loyal and dutiful address were presented to her Majesty, it would have the effect of calling the attention of the Government to the subject. After a few words from Viscount CANNING and Lord R EDESDALE, .... 1 TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. , half-past eleven, and May 11, at twelve, at the Court of ), Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham , bars J Reed ... and La , ngford, Friday-street. . _ . WHITEHALL, MARCH 30. . The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be and ay 11, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. posed . oder the Great. Seal Of the 'United Kingdom o 1 , Joints i Robert Ellis, brassfounder, Houndschtchi April 7, Great it Britain and Ireland, appointing the Right Honourable e J.CahmarelsesA D Canning, e , the RRightt Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Right John Spaul, wine merchant, Beer-lane, Lower Thames- Hon. John Charles Herries, and Sir John Mark Frederic street, April 8, at half-past one, and May 14, at eleven, at John ew Viscount o f Smith, Lieut.-Colonel of the Royal Corps of Engineers, to be the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman her Majesty's Commissioners for investigating and reporting , street buildings ; Philip, Great St. Helens. upon the various railway projects, of which the termini are I . Valentine Elkins coachmaker Southampton. place, Euston proposed to be established within or in the immediate vicinity , ' 'the square, April 14, and May 15, at twelve, at Court of of the metropolis. Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Fiddey, DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 28. Paper-buildings, Temple. . The Queen has been pleased to appoint Theophilus Shep- Michael Kelly, provision -dealer, Liverpool, April 24, and stone, Esq., to be Diplomatic Agent to the Native Tribes re- May 15. at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, siding within the district of Natal, in South Africa. official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Mac- London; Jones, Liverpool. lean, Esq., Captain in the Army, to be Diplomatic Agent to I William Edmond and Thomas Edmond, merchants, Liver the T'Slambie, Congo, and Fingo Tribes, on the eastern fron- pool, April 17, and May 1, at twelve, at, the Manchester tier of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Ab- FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 27. bott, Charlotte-street, London ; Atkinson, Saunders, and At- The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Frederic kinson, Manchester. Peat, as Consul in the Bahama Islands for the Free Hanseatic Henry Dunington, glove manufacturer, Nottingham, April city of Bremen. 14, at half past eleven, and May 8, at half-past ten, at the WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 31. Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir -3d Light Dragoons—Lieut. S. Fisher to be Captain, with- mingham ; Freeth and Rawson, Nottingham ; Hodgson, out purchase, vice Brevet Major Herries, killed in action, Birmingham. Dec. 19, 1845. John Hirst and Joseph Graham, cloth dressers, Dewsbury, To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Cornet 11. W. Yorkshire, April 13 and May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis- White, vice Fisher ; Cornet J. D. White, vice Newton, k i lled trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Williamso n, in action, Dec. 19 ; Cornet J. Rathwell, vice Codd, killed in Verulam-buildings, London; Cariss, Leeds. action, Dec. 22. Thomas Kenworthy Rowbotham,bookkeeper, Huddersfield, To be Cornets, without purchase—Cornet E. J. Thackwell, Yorkshire, April 13 and May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis from the 16th Light Dragoon, vice H. W. White, promoted, trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Lever, Kin el g's- March 31, 1846 ; Sergeant-Major G. Kountze, vice J. D. road, Bedford-row, London ; Robinson, Huddersfid; White, April 1, 1846; H. P. Sale, Gent., vice Rathwell, Sanderson, Leeds. April 2, 1846; T. H. Stisted, Gent., vice Worley, killed in James Roger Havard, commission agent, Rhymney , Bre action, April 3, 1846 ; G. T. Gough, Gent., vice Ellis, killed conshire, April 23, and May 15, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis in action, April 4, 1846. trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Phillpotts, 16th Light Dragoons. Glamorganshire. To be Comets, without purchase —F. L. Dashwood, Gent., John Scott, fruiterer; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 6at vice Bruce, killed in action, March 31 ;W. S. Lockhart, twelve, and May 25, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gent., vice Thackwell, appointed to the 3d Light Dragoons, District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon- April 1. Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-upon= Tyne ; Chisholm, Hall, and 4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign A. V. D. Harris, to be Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Morris; de•:easeti, Nov. 18. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. 9th Foot. W. Blink hom, manufacturing chemist, Little Bolton—first To be Lieutenants-Colonels, without purchase—Major G. div. of 2s. 30. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of L. Davis, vice Colonel Sir J. M,Caskill, killed in action ; Mr. Fraser, Manchester. Dec. 19, 1845. Major C. Barnwell, vice Taylor, killed in J. Gainer, dyer, Bridgend, Gloucestershire —a div. of 2s. action, Dec. 22, 3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hut- To be Majors, without purchase—Brevet-Major C. Dou- ton, Bristol. glas, vice Davis, Dec. 19; Brevet-Major M. Smith, vice W. I. Newman, horse dealer, Norton, _Gloucestershire—a Barnwell, Dec. 22. div. of 3s. ld. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of To be Captains without purchase—Lieutenant C. M. Mr. Hutton , Bristol. Creagh, vice Douglas, Dec. 18 ; Lieutenant C. Elmhirst, W. R. Watts, chemists, Bath—a div of 94d. in the pound, vice Smith, Dec. 22 ; Lieutenant D. M. Bethune, vice Dunne, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. killed in action, Dec. 22 ; Lieutenant W. Shelton, vice Feild, J. Young, shipbuilder, Newport—a div. of lid. in the killed in action, Dec. 31. pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign H. Thomas, J. Moore, draper, Tamworth—a div. of 2s. 3d. in the vice Creagh, Dec. 19, 1845 ; Ensign R. G. Cumming, vice Pound, any Friday-, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook- Elmhirst, Dec. 22, 1845; Ensign W. H. Forster, vice Hook, court, Basinghall-street. appointed Adjutant, Dec. 22, 1845; Ensign G. H. Hawes, J. S. Herring, builder, Cecilia-place, Spa-road, Bermond vice Sievwright, died of his wounds, Jan. 4, 1846; Ensign sey—a div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office W. H. Stirling, vice Shelton, March 31. of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Sergeant-Major J. D. Baseley, cheesamonger, High-street, Southwark—a div. Whiteside, vice Thomas, March 31; A. Sievwright, Gent., of 2 1d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr.-Fol vice Cumming, April 1 ; W. P. Terry, Gent., vice Forster, lett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street. April 2;H. R. Browne, Gent., vice Hawes, April 3;C. W. B. Baldwin, warehouseman, Liverpool—a div. of ss. 4d. Loinsworth, Gent., vice Hanham, promoted in the (12d Foot, in the pound, any Friday, at, the office of Mr. Follett, Sam- April 4 ; S. B. M. Skinner, Gent., vice Richardson, pro- brook-court, Basinghall-street. meted in the 62d Foot, April 5. C. Yates, banker, Stafford—fourth and final div. of 3s. 3d. To be Adjutant—Lieut. L. Hook, vice Bethune, promoted, in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie Dec. 22, 1845. Birmingbard; The Marquis of CLANRICARDE consented to the course recommended by the Noble Duke, and moved that the debate be adjourned till a future period. He did not expect that it would be resumed till after the evidence was printed, and he dd not think that would be till after the holidays. The subject might be dropped altogether if the Government would interfere and settle the differences referred to themselves. 17th Foot—F. H. D. Marsh, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Johnston, appointed to the 41st Foot, March 31. 21st Foot—The Hon. C. M. H. Forbes to be Second Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Mkes, promoted to the 31st Foot, March 31. _ _ DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Jenkins, currier, Crown-place, Old Kent-road, April 22, at one—T. Pulvertoft, iron-master, Pembrey, Carmarthen shire, April 22, at one—T. Pulvertoft, T. Gaunt, C. Benner, and J. Calthor, iron-masters, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, April 22, at one—J. Calthorp, iron-master, Pembrey, Car marthenshire, April 22, at one—J. Hill, licensed victualler, Queen-street, Hammersmith, April 21, at one—J. Waddell, shipbroker, Lime-street, April 21, at half-past eleven—C. Bonner, scrivener, Spalding, April 22, at one—G. Stephen, scrivener, Skinner's-place, Sise-lane, April 17, at twelve—. A. L. Newton, merchant, Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, April 21, at two—R. Musgrove, woollen draper, Birmingham, April 21, at one—W. H. Alexander and C. 13. Richards, hard waremen, Upper Clifton-street, Finsbury, April 24, at twelve —J. Durnall, ironmonger, Dover, April 22, at one. In the Country. E. and T. Oldham, builders, Chalford, Gloucestershire, April 2?, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—J. Lowthin and U. J. Brinley, printers, Ne*CaStle-upon-Tyne, April 23 , at half-past one, at the lt e weasitie-tipdti-Tyrie District Court —J. Henderson, horse dealer, High Crosby, Cumberland, April 23, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court— ?. Hansen, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 23, at one, at the Newcastle.upon-Tyne District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted,_ unless cause be shown to The motion fur adjournment was then agreed to. RAILWAY COMMITTEE. 22d Foot—Ensign T. Stack to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Smith, deceased, Nov. 18, 1845 ; A. J. B. L. Butt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stack, March 81, 1846. 28th Foot—Ensign B. J. Lennox, from the 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Moore, promoted, March 31. On the motion of Lord KINNAIRD the members of the Committee which he moved fur yesterday were agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. 29th FOot. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. H. P. L'Estrange, vice Lur...as, killed in action ; Lieut. K. Murchison, vice Molle, killed in action, March 20. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign H. R. White, vice Carey, killed in action, Dec. 19, 1845 ; Ensign G. St. J. Henderson, vice Simmons, killed in action, Dec. 22, 1845; Ensign E. T. Scudamore, vice L'Estrange; Ensign A. A. Dick, vice Jones, appointed Adjutant, March 20. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Sergeant-major G. Mit chell, vice White, March 31; W. S. Simmons, Gent, vice Henderson, April 1; C. H. Levinge, Gent., vice Scudamore, April 2; J. S. Henderson, Gent., vice Dick, April 3; R. J. Evans, Gent., vice Richards, promoted, April 4. To be Adjutant—Lieut. G. H. M. Jones, vice Murchison, promoted, March 20. HOUSE OF COMMOIVS, March 31. There being only thirty-one Members present at Four o clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MARCII 30. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Orders of the Day be now read, for the purpose of their being postponed until after the Motion for reading the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill a first time, of which notice has been given :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " read" to the end of the Question :—Ques tion put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : 31st Foot the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Coe, money scrivener, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, April 22 —I. Denning, watchmaker, Titchbourne-street, St. James's, April 22—T. P. Hawley, cheesemonger, Brunswick-parade, Barnsbtrry-road, Islington, April 22—R. Gunn, corn dealer, Clare, Suffolk, April 2g.-1. Eedle, bookseller Chancery-lane, April 22—T. Howell, tavern keeper, Queen's Head-passage, Nevvgate-street, April 22—T. F. 4aunders, brewef, Burton upon-Trent, April 22—C. Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street, Aprll22—l Challen, brevet, Odiam, Southampton, April 22 —G. W. Longridge, ironmonger, Sunderland, April 23—G. P. Payne, dealer in optical instruments, Liverpool, April 21— J. W. Frost, coffee dealer, Bank-lane, Kingslanct.green, April 22—A. Oakley, seedsman, Southampton, April 23 H. Fricker, innkeeper, Southampton April 23--Yv V. Fisher, commission agent, York‘ place, St. john's-wood, April 21— T. Wren, sharebroker, Preston, Lancashire, April 22—R. Kilpatrick and J. Smith, rope manufacturerS, Liverpool, April 24—J. Miller, cordwainer, Southampton, April 21— W. Wilke, builder, Leeds, April 21-...1V. Ibbotsori, merchant, Sheffield, April 21—A. Palmer, druggist, Feltwell, Norfolk, April 21—B. Wood, jun., wine merchant, Leeds, April 21— T. Hodgson, bookseller, Lfrerpool, April 21—G. Osborn, whip maker, Exeter, April 21-11. Agate, woollendraper, Kingston-upon-Hull, April 21—M. Sturley, organ builder, Southam, Warwickshire, April 21—J. F. Gee, linendraper, Leeds, April 21—V. S. 1.1 . . Lenormand, rhilliner Regent-street, April 21—T. Ratnett, tailor, Cambridge, April 21. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. D. Norman and W. Rawlings, woollendrapers, Liver pool—S. R. and S. H. Jutsum, butchers, Aldgate High-street —J. Hawkins, jun., and A. Smith, surgeons, Bristol—W. 11. Grosvenor-square—J. —J. White and Smith, J. Knowles, and J. C oo k e, s h are brokers, Leeds—A. Butterfield, H. Butte r fi e ld, and W. P. Butterfield, brick • layers, Hitchin, Hertf or d s hi re — J. Bi og l e y and It. P. Petti grew, tailors, Duke- s t reet, G square R. Rouse, painters, E xeter —E . Allatt an d J. Manuel, cabinet makers, Sheffield—F. D. Lewi s an d G. R. Lowe, printers, Laurence Pountney-lane, City—J. B. Pillin and T. Warren, sword cutlers, Cursiter-street, Chancery-lane—G. Peel and R. Carr, manufacturing chemists, Ossett, Yorkshire —J. H. Coates and 3. Loveday, jewellers, Wakefield, Yorkshire — W. and W. S. Young, hatters, Oxford-street —W. Cooper, J. Cooper, and B. Best, preserved provision merchants, Cornhill —T. and B. Butterworth, woollen manufacturers, Green booth, Lancashire--J. Boyle, F. P. Walker, jus., and E. Butterworth, sharebrokers, Manchester— J. Dean and H. Williams, sack dealers, Liverpool—J. Capstick and T. Bass, general furnishing warehousemen, Portman -place, Edgware road—J. H. Bamford and J. Stell, cotton manufacturers, Todmorden, Lancashire--T. Joyce and R. Church, carpenters, Thatcham, Berkshire —P. A. Burrell and E. Paterson, attor neys, White Hart -court, Lombard-street—T. Helliwell and W. Davis, sharebrokers, Halifax, Yorkshire—J. Pool and R. Cooper, slopsellers, Commercial-road, East—S. and T. Cane, weelwrights,Elmbon, Essex—H. Patteson, jun., and P. Hud dleston, sharebrokers, Threadneedle-street—C. M. and T. Westmacott, seedsmen Cheapside—J. R. Cowell and R. M'Laurin, sharebokers;Leeds—J. Gowland and J. Harbottle, drapers, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—J. F. Hayward and W. Macdonald, Liverpool—J. Birkett and R. Foster, attorneys, Liverpool—A. Park and J. Armstrong, surgeons, Gravesend —R. and B. Urwick, Foster-lane, City—A. Ball and E. Morris, surgeons, Spalding, Yorkshire—W. Lock, jun., R. Lano, and A. H. Lano, stone merchants, Portland, Lancashire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Orr, spirit merchant, Glasgow, April 6 and April 27, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Miller, Glasgow. Edward Khull and Alexander Poison, printers, Glasgow, April 3 and April 24, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Smith, Glasgow. Macgregor, Poison, and Co., publishers, Glasgow, April 3 and April 24, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Kerr, Glasgow. James Law, innkeeper, Kilmarnock, April 4 and April 25, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Fulton, Kilmarnock. David Smith, writer, Dundee, April 8 and April 29, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. To be Lieutenant Colonel, without purchase—Major J. S. Spence, vice Bolton, died of his wounds, Jan. 5. ) e Majors, without purchase—Capt. T. Bulkeley, vice Baldwin, died of his wounds, Dec. 31, 1845; Capt. G. D. Young, vice Spence, Jan. 5. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. J. C. Brooke, vice Willes, killed in action ; Lieut. J. S. Scott, vice Bulke. ley; Lieut. J. Greenwood, vice Young, March 31. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign R. Mac kenzie, vice Brencley, killed in action; Ensign J. Paul, vice Hart, killed in action, Dec. 19, 1845; Ensign H. P. Hutton, vice Pollard, killed in action, Dec. 25, 1845; Ensign C. H. G. Tritton, vice Brooke; Second Lieutenant W. C. Mikes, from the 21st Foot, vice Scott; Ensign W. Du Vernet, from the 50th Foot, vice Greenwood, March 31, 1846. To be Adjutant and Lieutenant—Lieutenant A. S. Bolton, from the 21st Foot, vice Bernard, killed in action, Dec. 19, 1845. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Quartermaster Sergeant W. Jones, vice Mackenzie, March 31 • Ensign J. O. Swaffield, from the 48th Foot, vice Hutton, April 1; H. Brenchley, Gent., vice Paul, April 2 ; F. It. Bernard, Gent., vice Tritten, April 3 ; G. W. Baldwin, Gent., vice Kingsley, promoted in the 80th Foot, April 4; S. Christian, Gent., vice Smith, pro mosed in the 80th Foot, April 5, 1846. 32d Foot--Lieut. H. Stewart, from the 68th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Duberly, who exchanges, March 31. 39th Foot—Ensign J. M. W. Ensor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Harvey, killed in action, Dec. 22 ; 11. M. Havelock, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ensor, March 31. 41st Foot—Ensign W. Johnston, from the 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice . Lennox, appointed to the 28th Foot, March 31. 48th Foot—C. R. Chichester, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Swaftield, appointed to the 31st Foot, March 31. MAJORITY-AYES, 147. Arland, T. D. Douglas, Sir H. Mahon, Lord A'Court, Captain Douglas, Sir C. E. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Adderley, C. B. Douro, Marquis of Meynell, Captain Arbuthnott, Hugh Drummond, H. Mimes, R Monckton Baillie, Colonel Duncannon, Lord Morgan, 0. Baillie, William Egerton, - ,W. T. Mundy, E. M. Baird, William Filmer, Sir E. Neville, Ralph Baldwin, Barry Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, N. Bankes, George Flower, Sir J. Owen, Sir John Barkly, Henry Floyer, John Parke, C. W. Baring, W. B. Fox, S. L. Palmer, Robert Baskerville, T. B. Frewen, C. H. Patten, J. W. Beckett, William Fuller, A. E. Peel, Sir Robert Benbow, John Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan Bennett, Philip Gordon, Hon. Capt. Polhill, Frederick Bentinek, Lord G. Gore, Montague Itashleigh, W. Benthick, Lord 11. Goulburn, Henry Reid, Colonel Berestord, Major Graham, Sir J. Repton, G. W. lilackbunie, J. I. Greene, Thomas Round, C. G. Blackstone, W. S. Grogan, E. Round, John Bodkin, W. 11. Hamilton, W. J. Russell, J. D. Boldero, H. G. Harcourt ,G. G. Seynter, H. K. Berthwick, Peter Hayes, Sir E. Bart. Shaw, F. Bottleld, Beriah Heathcote, Sir W. Sheppard, T. Bowies, Admiral Henley, J. W. Shirley, E. J. Bramston, T. W. Herbert, Sidney Smythe, George Broadley, Henry Hervey, Lord A. Somerset, Lord G. Bruce, Lord E. Hodgson, R. Sotheron, T. H. S. Buckley, Edmund Hogg, J. W. Spooner, Richard Bu ler, Sir T. Hope, Alexander Stanton, W. 11. Cardwell. Edward Rope, G. W. Stuart, J. Carew, W. 11. Pole Hudson, G. Taylor, E. Carnegie, Captain ingestre, Viscount Thesiter, Sir F. Chelsea, Vise. Inglis, Sir It. Thompson, Ald. Chute, W. L. W. James, Sir W. Tomline, G. Clerk Sir Georgo Jermyn, Earl Trelawny, J. S. Clive, Visc. Jocelyn, Viscount Trench, Sir F. Cochrane, A. Johnstone, Hope Trotter, John Cockburn, Sir G. Jolliffe, Sir W. 11. Vyse, R. H. R. H. Collett, W. R. Jones, Captain Wall, C. B. Coiquhoun, John Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Walpole, S. H. Coote, Sir C. H. Kemble, li. Walsh, Sir J. H. Copeland, Alderman Kirk, Peter Wood, Colonel T. Corry, H. Lascelles, W. S. Worcester, Marquis Cripps, William Legh, G. C. Wortley, J. S. Davies, D. A. S. Lygon, General Yorke, E. T. Deedes, W. Mackenzie, T. Yorke, H. R. Denison, E. B. Maclean, Donald TELLERS. Dick, Q. Al`Geachy, F. A. Young, John Dickinson, F. H. IWNeill, Duncan Baring, Henry 50th Foot—Ensign Amos White, to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Young, killed in action, Dec. 20; Sergeant- Major R. Heaton, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice White, March 31, 1846 ; W. A. D. Anderson, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Du Vernet, promoted in the 31st Foot, April 1, 1846. 53d Foot—Sergeant Major J. W. Follows, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hardinge, promoted in the 80th Foot, March 31. Glst Foot—Sergeant Major D. Reid, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Armstrong, promoted, March 31. 62d Foot. MINORITY—NOES, 108. Acheson, Viscount Ferguson, Colonel O'Conor, Don Aliam, W. Fitzgerald, R. A. Osborne, Ralph Archbold, Robert Forster, Matthew Paget, Colonel , Baine, Walter Gibson, T. M. Philips, G. R. Bannerman, A Gore, Robert Plumridge, Captain Barclay, David Grattan, Henry Powell, Caleb To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant R. Shear man, vice Clarke, killed in action; Lieutenant G. Nicholas, vice Wells, killed in action, Dec. 22, 1845. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign A. S. Craig, vice Hillier, deceased, 0ct.19 ; Ensign C. Roberts, vice Scott, killed in action ; Ensign R. A. Cox, vice M'Nair, killed in action ; Ensign J. M. M. Hewett, vice Gubbins, killed in action, Dec. 22 ; Ensign J. Hanham, from the 9th Fcot, vice Shear man ; Ensign C. IL Richardson, from the 9th Foot, vice Nicholas; Ensign J. S. Richards, from the 29th Foot, vice Lambert, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 23. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign T. Walsh, from the 78th Foot, vice Craig, March 30 ; Sergeant-Major W. Rudman, vice Roberts, March 31 ; IL A. Wood, Gent., vice Cox, April 1; R. J. E. Reed, Gent., vice Hewett, April 2. To be Adjutant—Lieut. C. Lambert, vice Sims, killed in action, Dec, 22d, 1845. 68th Foot—Lieut. IL Duberly, from the 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, who exchanges, March 31. Barnard, E. G. Grey, Sir George Power, James Bernal, Ralph Hall, Sir Benjamin Protheroe, Edward Blewitt, Reginald Hatton, Captain Rawdon, Colonel Bouverie, E. I'. Hawes, Benjamin Rosq, 1). R. Bridgeman, Hewitt Hill, Lord Marcus Russell, Lord John Bright, John Hobhouse, Sir J. Rutherfurd, A. Brstherton, J. Horsman, Edward &rope, G. P. Browne, H. D. Howard, C. W. G. Smith, Vernon Browne, W. Hurnphery, Aid. Somers, J. P. Buller, Charles Hutt, William Staunton, Sir G. Busfeild, W. Kelly, James Stewat t, I'. M. Butler, P. S. Labouchere, Henry Strickland, Sir G Carew, H. S. Langston, J. H. Strutt, Edward Chapman, B. Layard, Captain Tancred, H. W. Christie, W. D. Macaulay, T. B. Thornely, T. . .. Cobden, Richard - Maenamara, Major Troubridge, Sir E. Colebreoke, Sir T. M`Carthy, Alex. Tuttle% Henry Collett, John M`Donnell, J. M. Vane, Lord 11. Cowper, W. F. Alarsland, Henry, Wakley, Thomas Craig, W. G. Mitcaife, Henry Warburton, Henry Cartels, 11. B. Mitchell, T. T A. Ward, H. G. . 78thFooi-11. Gillmore, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur• chase, vice Walsh, appointed to 62d Foot, March 31. 80th Foot. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. A. W. Riley, vice Best, killed in action ; Lieut. A. Ormsby, vice Sche berras, killed in action, Dec. 22. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign A. E. Hardinge, from 53d Foot, vice Riley ; Ensign S. A. Kershaw, vice Ormsby ; Ensign G. C. Robertson, vice Bythesea, killed in action, Dec. 22 ; Ensign E. W. P. Kingsley, from 31st Foot, vice 'Warren, killed in action, Dec. 23 ; Ensign H. C. Smith, from 31st Foot, vice Fraser, killed in action, Dec. 24. To be Ensign, without purchase—Colour Sergeant M. Kirkland, vice Robertson, March 31. Commissioned by the Queen. Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia—Unattached Captain J. J. Bayly to be Adjutant, Feb.' 27, 1846. Commissions by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy Dawson, T. V. Mori:oath, Viscount Wawn, J. T. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Morris, David Wilde, Sir Thomas Duncan, Lord Mostyn, E. M. Williams, W. Duncan, George Muntz, G. F. Wilmington, Sir T. Dundas, Admiral Napier, Sir C. Wood, Charles Ebrington, Viscount Norreys, Sir D. J. "%Parsley, Lord Elphinstone, 11. O'Brien, J. Wyse, Thomas Escott, Bickham O'Brien, Timothy -- . TELLERS. Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, Daniel O'Brien, W. S. Etwall, R a l p h O'Connell, John Somerville, Sir W. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.-It is said that the line-of-battle ships in England and all steamers on the home station, that are not specially employed, will be assembled together in about a month as an experimental squadron. A court-martial will be held to-morrow on board the Vic tory, 104, flag-ship of Rear. Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., su perintendent of this dockyard, to try the carpenter of the Phoenix steam-sloop for drunkenness. The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Smith, is ordered to the Mediterranean forthwith. She is now coal ing, &c. The Mercury tender, Master-Commander Scarlett, arrived this morning from the Channel Islands with volunteers for the navy. The Netley arrived yesterday with supernumeraries from Plymouth, and left i m mediately after transferring them, on her return. The Bellerophon, 78, advanced ship, was undocked yester day, and hauled off to her former moorings, and the dock vacated by her prepared for the reception of the Oriental steam- ship. t G h e d c d o n e s v , i w c h s f c o h r pVuatni nit i em Spit Th Palmra transporti p w r i . Land, e under the y he charge of head about a fortnight since (the small-pox having broken out on board), has received clean bills of health, and is under orders to sail to-thorrow for her destination. The Myrmidon steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Jen kin, put into Falmouth, from this port to Cork, on Wednes day, with loss of boats, &c. A shocking accident occurred on Thursday on board the Victory. A second-class boy, named Thomas Nash, aged 16, whilst exercising aloft, missed his hold and fell from the rig ging on to the deck, by which he fractured his skull so dread fully, that he died in Hasler Hospital on Friday morning. The Iris, 26, Captain Munday, sailed from - Singapore for Penang on the 10*. of January. The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, arrived at Hong- Kong from New Zealand on the 6th of January. The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M'Dougall, arrived at Singapore from Pulo Condore, on the 22d of January. The Spiteful steam-sloop, Commander Maitland, arrived at Moulmein, from Calcutta, on the 21st of January, and left on the 23d on her return. The Pilot, 16, commander Jervis, arrived at Aden, from Bombay, on the 18th ult. The Semarang, 26,, Captain Sir E. Belcher, arrived at Ma nilla from a cruise on the 22d of December. The Vixen steam sloop, Commander Gifford, was at Shang hae on the Ist of January. The Emerald, Master Commander Beach, sailed yesterday afternoon for Plymouth with supernumeraries. It is generally believed here that Captain Houston Stewart. (1817) will be appointed to succeed Captain Moubray (ap pointed to Greenwich) in the command of the Victory, or dinary guardship at this port. Captain Stewart was mid shipman of the Imperieuse, and served in her boats at the attack on Arcassan in 1807 ; at the destruction of the bat teries, telegraphs, &c., on the soul hern coasts of France, and on shore at the defence o f Rosas in 1808 ; was Captain of the 13enbow, 74, in the operations on the coast of Syria and bom bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 1840. His commissions bear date—Lieutenant, Ist of August, 1811; Commander, 13th of August, 1814; Captain, 10th of June, 1817. No preparations are made for launching the Contest, 12, at Mr. White's ship-building establishment at Cowes. She will not be• launched before next spring tides, if then. The Harlequin, 12, Commander Curry, and the Wanderer, 12, Commander Somerville, received their orders yesterday— the former to proceed to the Mediterranean citation, and the PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. MONDAY, MAnCII 30. TIIP. following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills or",;ered to be brought in Hy the undernamed Hon. Members : Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and Manchester and L ee d s R ailway Amalgamation—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. Brotherton. Vale of Neatk . --Viscount Villiers and Viscount Adare Surrey Grand Junction—C o l onel T. Weod and Mr. T..Duncombe. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford—Captain Fitzmaurioe and Mr. Hughes. Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester —Mr. Muntz, Mr. Spooner, and Lord Alfred Paget. Scottish Southern—Sir J. M`Taggart, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. W. Lesin r. aha ai gow. and Mralserf, and Coatbridge Mineral J unct i on—Mr. Forbes, M Brd,. W. Baillie. North Eastern Extension (Wath to Hartlepool) H. mbe Sir G. Le L ed or s d a T v h a i n n e, k' Mr. O. Duncombe, Cockburn, & Mr. Beckett. for the City of London. Regiment of Royal London Militia—W. G. Roper, Gent., co be Lieutenant; F. W. Weldon, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 18, 1846. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cardigan. D. S. Davies, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; T.D. Lloyd Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. L. Davies, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 16 ; J. B. L. Philipps; Esq„ to be Deputy m -Lieutenant, Feb. ' Lord-Lieutenanth 2B. of Glamorgan sb ire. R. Boteler, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; E. H. H. Lee, Esq,, to be Deputy Lieutenant; E. T. Llewellin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; H. H. Vivian, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant, March 21. Royal Glamorgafi Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—H. Lucas, Esq., to be Captain; W. W. Lewis, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 21. eu t Commissions ant; R b . y T. t h 3G e oilu L pni o gn r e d r,E L s i h eu sci te .t n ,o ant of Buckinghamshire. T. A. Boswell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; C. Tower, b_iseqpiltzto Lieutenant u te n p a u n t t y ; c . T . Lieutenant Gaskell,; J to . b TebEe. Esq., Senior, to b E e s q ~ Deputyt o b e G. Carrington the - Deputy Deputy Lieutenant; Lieuteuau Feb. 14. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. THURSDAY, AIMIL 2. London and Windsor. FRIDAY, APRIL 3. Kilmarnock and Troon. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, STREET NUISANCES.—If an apple-woman put her basket on th e pavement, it is an obstruction punishable with fine and imprisonment; if an unhired cab loiters about the streets, it is an obstruction punishable with fine and impri sonment, though the loitering of the cab may be a conveni ence to somebody in want of one ; but monster vans, about twenty times the size of an omnibus, parading the streets, not for the purpose of conveyance, but to exhibit placards, are not obstructions in the microscopic eye of the law. These monster vans are getting larger and larger, and we shall soon see one as wid e as a street, as high as thel houses, and 30 or 40 yards long. As it is, they stop up the carriageway, and they frighten horses ; but they are no obstruction, no nuisance, though a cab paradi ng a b out i n the same way would be both. Whose business is it to attend to the nuisances that spring up in the streets ? The law never meets occasions. It rages against a basket on the footpath, and it suffers men to march about with huge placarding boards occupying the space of a score or two of baskets, and it tolerates red houses on wheels. It has not yet opened its stupid eye to these nuisances. After meddling with miserable trifles, it always goes to sleep, and it is no one's business to rouse it to meet real annoyances. In this well-regulated town hanging out flags fluttering over the carriage way is amongst the liberties of the subject, for ad vertising eflect, or for whim, or any kind of foolery. There is not another city in Europe in which such a practice would be suffered, and in London it is more dangerous than else where, as the horses are higher mottled and more likely to take fri gh t.—Examiner. CELEBRATION OF SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHDAY.—we have been given to understand that some arrangements are in con templation .for the next celebration of Shakspeare's birthday, of a more attractive character than have taken place of late years. We learn that on the morning of the 23d of April, a meeting of the club will be held, at which th e present rules will be thoroughly revised, and the objects of the Institution more extensively made known than at present. A grand morning concert of sacred music will be given at the church under the sanction o f the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and other di stinguished patronage, the proceeds to be applied to the Infirmary fund. The members of the Royal Shakeperean Club will afterwards dine together at the Town hall, when C. Wren Hoskyns, Esq., will preside, and it is expected that he will be accompanied by Mr. Sergeant Talfeard and Mr. Charles DiekenS.—Leamington Qvurier. • Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire. to be Ensign; w. WAllester Stirling and RegimentDu mbar tonshire D.awGent . , o Militia—T. M. to be Lieu . M. a W nt e ; lle j r . , C E a sq m ., pb to el te o C e a n yi t t . ain ; , Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign. Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland. Cumberland Militia—W. G. C. Monins, Esq., t o be Cap tain, Sept. 21, 1842; H. G. Humphries, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 26, 1841; C. Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Harra den, resigned, Dec. 10, 1841 ; F. W. Brook, Gent., to be Ensign, May 15, 1843. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Sir T. G. Hesketh, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 25. Errata in the Gazette of the 24th inst. : Third Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— For J. Worthington, Gent., to be Ensign, read J. Worthing. ngton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; for J. E. Orrell, Gent, to be Lieutenant, read J. E. Orrell, Gent., to be Ensign. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNINO, APRIL 1, latter to the coast of Africa. The Harlequin will go out to Spithead to-morrow, and be inspected on Tuesday by the Commander in-Chief. PROMOTIONS. Mate E. E. Maunsell (1839) to the rank of Lieutenant. This gallant officer proceeded in a merchantman from Sydney, New South Wales, to Otaheite, about five thousand miles, to offer his services to Captain T. Nicolas, of the Vin dictive, 50, on hearing she was very short of officers ; and engaged in very important transactions with the. French authorities respecting the sovereignty of Queen Pomare, which was likely to have caused a rupture between England and France * , Mr. Maunsell has ever shown himself a zealous officer, and has richly earned the reward of his ser vices. Clerk C. G. Jones to be Paymaster and Purser. APPOINTMENTS. Captain J. Kingcome, 1838, who was senior Lieutenant of the Tees during the Burmese war, and Commander of the Belleisle troop-ship in the operations in the Yang -tse-Kiang, in 1842, to re-commission the Belleisle. Lieutenants—E. E. Maunsell, on promotion, to the Ferret; A. Royer, to the Favourite ; H. L. Griffiths, to the Belleisle ; A. H. Douglas, to the Childers ; J. B. Kinsman, to the Wanderer; A. Gardner and R. Rouse, to the Royal Naval College, for study. Chaplain—Rev. J. Falls, to the Caledonia. Surgeon—E. Newman, to the Favourite. Assistant-Surgeon—G. H. Sidley, to the Favourite. Boatswain—C. Anderson, to the Belleisle. Carpenter—J. Cleverton, to the Belleisle. THE INCLOSURE COMMISSION. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS. TO THE RIGHT HON. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. We have the honour to forward to you, as one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, pursuant to the provisions of the Act passed in the Bth and 9th years of the reign of her present Majesty, c. 118, a general re port of our proceedings, specifying such matters as are thereby directed ; which report contains a schedule, as a form most easy of reference, by which will be seem the time each inclosure proceeding has occupied in its several stages, which has necessarily varied according to the circumstances of the different cases. The number of applications of all kinds to this office has been 46, of which 42 have been for inclosures ; of these 31 we are led to believe will require the previous authority of Par liament, and 11 will not. There is one for the conver sion of stinted into hegulated pasture, one for the ex• change of lands, and two to complete proceedings under the local Acts. 28,231 acres 1 rood, 22 poles, is the quantity of land comprised in the applications exclu sively of those relating to local Acts and exchange. Our report of any opinion as to the expediency or in expedietscy of inclosure is necessarily confined to those cases with respect to which the proper assents have been given to the provisional order. We have in the schedule given precedence to all those cases which it is confidently expected will require the previous authority of Parliament; of these, taking first such as fall under the 14th section of the Act, in the order observed therein, and followed with those cases which do not re quire the previous authority of Parliament. In addition to this general sta' ement in the schedule, we proceed now to report specially on these cases (No. 1 to No. 7 inclusive) requiring the previous authority of Parlia ment, to which the proper assents to the provisional orders have been given, the special grounds on which we think such inclosures expedient ; and in those cases where no allotments are made for exercise and recrea tion, or for the labouring poor, the grounds on Which we have abstained from requiring such approbation; and afterwards on case No. 8, which does not require the previous authority of Parliament, and the grounds on which we think such inclosure expedient. An application has been made for the inclosure of Milton Common-fields, containing 2,090 acres, of which part is waste of a manor, on which the tenants have rights of common. We consider this inclosure expe dient on the grounds that the open arable land will be doubled in value by allotting, inclosing, and draining it, and the meadows and commons in a still greater degree, and the population fully employed ; and besides the village green of six acres being allotted for exercise and recreation ' eighteen acres are allotted for the labouring poor, which, under the circumstances of this case, will be most beneficial to them. Also for the inclosure of Worsthorne Common, con taining 2,425 acres, on which rights are exercised at all times of the year, not being limited by number or stint. We consider this proposed inclosure expedient on the grounds that the value of the land will be in creased by drainage and proper cultivation in a four fold degree, and very great additional employment will be given to the population ; that, in addition to allot ments for labouring poor, the village green, which is surrounded by cottages, and in a miserable and dirty state will be allotted to the churchwardens and over seers, improved, and kept in order. Also for the inclosure of Newton Commons, containing 260 acres waste of a manor on which the tenants have rights of common. We consider this proposed in closure inexpedient on the ground that the land is at present of very little value, but capable of very great improvement, and that it will lead to much increased employment of labour. In this case there is an allot ment for labouring poor, which is desirable, as they are badly off for gardens; but we have not thought it ex pedient to allot any portion for exercise and recreation, on the ground that the land, from its locality, is ill suited for that purpose, and such alone as could be made use of is in strips and unfit for it, but of considerable importance to the farm-houses, as being calculated to form homesteads for them. Also for the inclosure of Instow Marsh, 59a. Or. 18p. waste of a manor on which the tenants have rights of common. We think this inclosure expedient on the ground that the land will be greatly improved, espe cially by drainage, and that the old inclosed land, which also is in a wet state, will derive the benefit of the out fall into the river Taw, which is secured by the pro visional order, and that it will lead to an useful applica tion of capital and labour. Also for the inclosure of Arely Common, 59a. 3r. 14p. waste of a manor on which the tenants have rights of common. We consider this proposed enclosure expe dient on the ground that the land is now almost wholly unproductive, but susceptible of great improvement, and that it will benefit all classes. The allotment in this case of five acres to the labouring poor is made with a view to an exchange of part of it for land near the dwel lings of a portion of the labouring poor, who reside chiefly in two different places. Also for the inclosure of Salcombe-hill and Northern hill, 209 a. 3r. 12p. waste of a manor on which the ten ants have rights of common. We consider this proposed inclosure expedient on the grounds that the land is at present in a most neglected and unproductive state, though, for the most part, capable of being made as good as the old enclosures adjoining, and would lead to a very useful application of labour and capital. Also for the inclosure of Corley Moor, containing 50a. 2r. 15p. waste of a manor on which the tenants have rights of common. We consider this proposed in closure expedient on the grounds that by drainage and cultivation the productive powers of the land would be much increased, and all parties benefited. In this case no allotment for exercise and recreation, nor for the la bouring poor, is required by the provisional order. Our reasons for this are, that there is no part of the land convenient for exercise and recreation, whilst there are above two acres of land left untouched by this inclosure, admirably adapted for this purpose, and because the poor, who live where they could reap benefit from garden allotments, are in possession of large gardens and other inclosures, originally, as it appears, a part of the common. And application has also been made for the inclosure of Methweld and Southery Common, containing 135 acres, which does not require the previous authority of Parliament. In this case a notice was issued on the 27th of January instant, that we intended to authorise the inclosure. We are of opinion that this proposed inclo sure is expedient on the grounds that the land would be greatly improved, a proper road to it insured, and that it will afford profitable employment to the owners, who nee chiefly labourers, and who are anxious for it. sw - ti have, in accordance with that which we conceived to be the s r zit of the Act, by inviting the parties inte rested to Oail t ,xmselves on all occasions of the assist ance of this Ace, en dfavoured to carry on the proceed ings of each proposed inclosure at the least possible ex pense, and with as little delay as has been compatible with the proper conduct of owl' case, and due regard to all rights, however small they may .`.we As regards the allotments for exercise ant recrea tion, and for the labouring poor, inasmuch as the ,L - closure Act requires, as to certain descriptions of land, that when allotments for such purposes are not to be made, the inclosure commissioners should state spe cifically their reasons for such a course being adopted, we conceived that the intentions of the Legislature could only be carried out in their true spirit by making generally such allotments a condition of the inclosure of land liable to such condition, We have, therefore, unless some cogent reason has been shown for a de parture from the rule, caused allotments to be set out for these purposes in the various cases of such inclo sures, with respect to which a provisional order has been issued, and we have, in adopting such a rule, in some cases where the land does not appear con venient for such a purpose, taken into our con sideration the probability of such allotment being exchanged for inclosed land more appropriate ; as, if the inclosure had been permitted to proceed with out any provision for recreation or garden ground, the opportunity of such provision would have passed away. In some of these cases there has been, in the first instance, an objection on the part of those interested in the land to the appointment of any part of it for such purposes, they considering it unnecessary ; we have, however, the satisfaction to state, in every such case, on further communication and fuller explanation, the views, as we believe, of the Legislature have been acquiesced in by those who had before seen them in a different light, and in spirit which leads us to hope that, when the provisions relating to this matter and the grounds of them are perfectly understood, no reasonable proposition will meet with opposition. The short time which had elapsed since the passing of the act, and the ignorance as to its existence on the part of some, a misapprehension as to its provisions, and of the expenses attending inclosures under it with regard to others, have, we doubt not, limited the number of cases to those on which we have now to report ; but as we find in these among the applicants for enclosure, per sons of all classes, and enjoying a very disproportionate amount of interest, and in one case, to which the assets have been given, the rights enjoyed chiefly by labourers, and, in addition to this, that there is no case yet, as we have reason to believe, which will be abandoned for the want of the necessary assents to the provisional order, our conviction is that the country will generally avail itself of the provisions of the Act ; and that conviction is confirmed by the spirit in which we have been met by those interested in the different cases of inclosure with which we have to deal, even on those occasions when it became necessary to discuss points of difference, and to decide against the opinion of those with whom such dis cu,sion had taken place. As far as we have been able to judge from the limited experience afforded us, we find the machinery of the Act generally adequate to carry out its objects, except where a question arises whether the soil, or a portion thereof, is not in the lord of the manor, or where the manor is claimed by adverse parties ; and we would further observe, that when, according . to the provisions of the Act, the allotment to the lord is set forth in the provisional order, which, by information subsequent to the assents, is shown to have been improperly done, or should a claim as lord be advanced at this late period, and be substantiated, inasmuch as the inclo sure commissioners have no power to issue a supple mental provisional order, they are not aware how that which may afterwards tnrn out to be an error in the provisional order can be remedied, which error was on their part inevitable, as on the facts disclosed upon the investigation as complete as was possible, the provisional order was correct ; nor are they aware how an inclosure, where such mistake has occurred, can proceed without a fresh application, entailing an additional exepncenesin toe on the the parties interested; and the same inconveni arise where other claims are unexpectedly shown exist at an equally late period. e PTOTE.—We are not in a condition to stwathe., hwithial be great degree of accuracy , the expenses incurred in respect of inctloosu threes tim generally with which e, and inclusive of we are now proceeding p ng u g iven to the provisional order ; the proper assents bei been even of each to which such and it is probable that tassents have already been given may not be a just cri erion of other cases, as we have been enabled, with one BANKRUPTS. John Charles Barratt, carver and gilder, Strand, to surren der April 3, at half-past twelve, and May 8. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane : Taylor, Moorgate-street. Thomas John Moysey ,Bartlett, billbroker, Pall-mall East, April 7, at half-past eleven, and May 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Pocock and Marston, NorfAk-street, Strand. William Howe, bricklayer, Boxford, Suffolk, April 7, at half-past ten, and May 12, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Galsworthy and Nichols, Cook's- court, Carey-street; Salmon, Bury St. Edmunds. Charles Couchman, brick maker, Hammersmith, April 6, at twelve, and May 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street ; Jones, Cliftlird's Inn. Lancelot Newton, warehouseman, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, April 14, at eleven, and May 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Hensinan, Basing-lane, Bow-lane, Cheapside. Edward ihrlirig, Dalin 1T991 dealer, Ipswich. April 91 At COAST GUARD. APPOINTMENT. —ln spectmg-Com RI ander P. Fisher, to New castle, Castelvrellan district, vice Oliver, removed. llEMOVAL4.—Commander W. B. Oliver, to South Yar mouth, vice Goldie, whose period of service expires on the sth of April ; Mr. J. 'Willcox, chief officer of Barry's Cove Station, to Lydd, vice Macdonnell. CAPTIVITY AMONG THE SEIKHS The following is an extract from a letter from an officer in the Indian army, : English Camp on the river Sutlej, near Ferozepore, January 1, 1846. My dear have now to relate the most romantic and dangerous incident of my life, and will do so in as few lines as possible. On the sth of last month I left Umballeh, having come from the north, and through Delhi, to join my hew appointment as second in command of the 3d Irregular Cavalry (or Captain Tait's regiment). I passed through Mythul, marching with my servants and camp equipage, and a corporal and four; sepoys. We bad reached within one march, or sixteen miles of the station of Ferozepore. Many parties of plun dering horsemen were scouring this part of the coun try, taking all they could muster ; and a great Seikh army of 60,000 men, and 150 cannon, had just in vaded our territories, and on the 17th of Deceml er encamped between me and Ferozepore, where my now regiment lay. I heard reports of this great invading army, but could not believe they had actually crossed the Sutlej to attack us. Early on the morning of the 18th December, my little tent and baggage was being packed on the camels, when we suddenly found ourselves surrounded by armed men, and numbers more crowd ing from the village. An altercation took place be tween us, they rushed upon me, hurled me down, and struck me on the head and face • my people were seized or dispersed, and I, covered with blood, was carried off into a small fort, where I momentarily ex• peeled to be put to death. Three or four hours after this a party of cavalry arrived from the Seikh camp. I was taken out of the fort, placed behind one of their troopers on a horse, and gallopped off under a strong escort to the enemy's army, ten miles distant. I now considered my fate as certain, and that I should be made the sport of an infuriated and ferocious multitude, and be cruelly put to death. On this horse I was carried up and down the great Seikh camp, and shown to crowds and crowds of their army, as the first prisoner they had taken; many of them abused and struck me as I sat behind the trooper, but he defended, my life. At last I was brought to the tent of Rajab Lall Singh, who commanded the Seikh army; I knew who he was from his splendid dress, and spoke to him, but he gave me no answer. Chiefs going in and out of his durbar shook their swords at me, and I saw that my life hung by a very slender thread. The Rajah ordered me to be put in chains, and made over to the keeping of General Bekane Allie Khan, commandant of artillery; I was then taken to him, and after some questioning placed in irons under one of the guns, with a guard of artillerymen over me. Crowds of angry Seikhs came to see me frein all quarters of their camp, and almost hourly threatened to kill me ; I expostulated with them on the bad character they would get by killing a defenceless prisoner, and some of them pitied and defended me. Night at last came, and the crowds retired to sleep. No sleep came to me ; bitter cold and the anxiety of my situation prevented that. I prayed to die with calmness, and, if it might be, without torture, and God was indeed most gracious to me. Bread and water now became my food, and the conversation of the artil lerymen my only means of passing the weary day ; but we soon became great friends, and during three days and sleepless nights I had, notwithstanding my almost hope less situation, many a cheerful hour, and saw many a strange sight, Surrounded by crowds and crowds all day, now abused and threatened, now pitied and cheered, each night brought with it a quiet and cessation from persecution which almost amounted to happiness. Thousands of questions were asked me, and put in all sorts of ways, to catch me telling a lie ; but I always spoke the truth, or remained silent, and many a time drew from my enemies the exclamation that I was a true English man; they also greatly admired my tall figure, and I never felt so much flattered in all my life as by this rude people. Each hour also brought some new and exciting reports the English army was close at hand, and an v w e i n th th th e e h l i e t a t d ev in e g ol d d iv o i f s a io p n s ee e e x in p h e e c r te n d ig e h v t e o ry yn ein th nQ i g s ma n ge o ne r mt ;h e e nE r t n frontier, where we had ice every morn in g , brought a distinct pleasure to the poo r p risoner, for the artillerymen pitied me, made a wood fire, gave me to ' bacco to smoke, end we chatted the long w inter nights away. December 18.—This evening half the Seikh army went out of camp to encounter our advanced divisions; the cannon toured, musketry began to peal; nearer and nearer came thq fight; the artillerymen in camp lighted their matches, stood to their guns, and placed me on a a h n ea x d iet t y o h b o e pe r d ol t l o in h g e board behind a cannon. kadh minute I expected my aornthtehehugrrroauhns and in breathless our dragoons, and the clang of their charge into the Seiko cam p; the 3d Dragoons did actually charge not very far from m e, b ut,. darkness came on, the guns ceased roaring, the hum the enemy's troops retirinc , to their quarters gradually subsided, and I was left to hope for another day. December 19.—The enemy's tone this morning told me that the battle of last evening had been against them, but darkness put an end to the action ere a decisive vic tory could be gained. I experienced less abuse to-day, and many tempting offers of employment in their army were made me, all of which I steadily rejected, nor could they help respecting me for doing so. This night the Seikh army again turned out to fall upon our troops, with the sword alone, hoping to kill many by a sudden attack in the darkness. Their counsels, however wavered, and they returned to camp without accomplishing any thing. Crowds gazed at me all day, as before. December 20.—This morning I was taken early to the General of Artillery, who received me kindly ; he ordered my chains to be knocked off, and said, • I will get you released.' He gave me water to wash and some clean clothes, and then mounted his horse and rode to the Rajah's tent. I was again taken back to the guns, but not chained. It got abroad in the Seikh camp that I was going to be set free ; a crowd collected, and some one on horse back endeavoured to excite the people to kill me ; my friends the artillerymen stood to their guns, declaring they would fight for me if any attempt on my life was made; then the multitude dispersed, and after some time a messenger came from the General, telling me to be off as soon as possible, the General's brother going with me beyond their outposts. Gladly, and with, I trust, a grateful heart, I left the great Seikh camp; many strag gling parties of the enemy galloped up and questioned me, but the General's brother satisfied them all that I had been released by the council of their army, and we passed safely over to the British army about three o'clock of this day. I went at once to the Governor- General's tent, and reported myself. My conductor received a handsome reward on the spot, and I re ceived from my friends and from the whole army a reception I shall never forget. All rejoiced, and congratulated me, and my own old regiment re ceived me with great joy. The Governor-General will not allow me to join my corps and fight against the Seikhs, yet I gave them no pledge, and distinctly told them I would not, even to save my life. I dined with the Governor-General the night of my release, every body wondering how I had escaped death. The fact, perhaps, was, the Seikhs did not wish utterly to outrage us, and by cramming me with false reports of their great strength, they hoped I should advise the Gover nor-General to negotiate. All their reports I appeared to believe, and always talked of making peace rather than war. Since what I have related, above two • actions have been fought, and after the most severe fighting our troops have yet had in India we gained a great victory, taking upwards of 100 great guns, and the whole Seikh camp. Great was the plunder; horses, camels, bullocks, tents, armour, rich dresses, guns, swords, pistols, gold, silver, scarfs, silk, shot, shells, powder, cannister, grape—everything was there, and to be had for the picking up ; but amidst all these riches fearful powder-mines, previously prepared by the enemy, were hourly exploding and blowing to atoms many and many a poor fellow. For five days these awful mines continued to explode, and the cavalry divi sion of the army to which I now belong was encamped hard by, to the endangerment of life and limb. The Seikhs retreated across the Sutlej into their own country, and what may now be done I cannot say. I have only to be thankful for my own wonderful escape, and trust in Providence, who has guarded me thus far, to guard me still. HER MAJESTY, SIR R. PEEL, AND THE WOOLSORTERS BATHS.—About ten days ago, the Secretary of the Wool sorters' Association, Bradford, addressed a letter to Sir R. Peel, informing him of the baths, &c., which they were in process of constructing. He has received the following gra cious reply :—"Whitehall, March 19, 1846.—Gentlemen, — Sir Robert Peel has received the communication which you addressed to him on behalf of the working classes of the town of Bradford, requesting him to solicit the patronage of her Majesty in favour of a proposal for giving to those classes the benefit of baths and a pleasure garden. Sir Robert Peel has the satisfaction of assuring you, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of this plan, and has directed Sir Robert Peel to contribute,, on the part of her Majesty, the sum of 100/. in aid of the local subscriptions for the ob ject. I will give directions for placing the said sum to the credit of the fund, if you will apprise me in what manner the payment should be made. I am, Gentlemen, your obe dient servant, G. ARBUTHNOT. The members of the Society of Woolsorters, Bradford." This is handsomely done on the part both of Sir R. Peel and his Royal Mistress. We under stand the money will be transmitted through Mr. Laycock, of the Bradford Bank. We may state that the baths, &c., are nearly completed. Presents of ornamental shrubs, flowers, &c., will be thankfully received by the woolsortera.—Leeds Mercury, exception, where it was occasioned by the request of the parties interested, to obtain the assents without employment of an assistant commissioner for the pur pose, and in a manner perfectly satisfactory. The average of each proceeding in which these assents have been given, as far as this office is concerned, will be about 161., up to the time of the return of such assents to us, which leaves the case ready either for Parliament to deal with, or for us to signify our intention of - authorising the inclosure. An appendix is subjoined, and the report is signed, LINCOLN. VERLAiLiRE. G. DARBY. THE LATE MR. LISTON. Mr. John Liston, the celebrated comedian, expired at his house, in George's-terrace, Knightsbridge, on Sun day last, in his sixty-ninth year. He was liberally educated at the Soho School, and his first profession in life was that of a teacher at the Grammar School of St. Martin's, in Castle-street, Leicester-square. In his habits off the stage, he was retiring, and associated but little with his dramatic brethren. He was ever ready to recommend and foster rising talent, and by his death the stage has lost an incomparable artist, and society a polished gentleman. Like the major part of our best comedians, Mr. Liston was the votary of Melpomene at his outset in dramatic life ; and.its Mr. Bannister and Mr. Lewis have enacted Douglas, so Mr. Liston, possessed of a similar degree of appreciation of h is own talents arid requisites, determined to make his first appearance in the character of Pierre. His ardour for those pursuits under the patronage of Thespis continuing to increase ? he in a short time totally abandoned the task of juvenile education, for the less certain, but more alluring, profession of an actor. After partaking of the usual cup of disappointment and calamity, to render which agreeable dose more palatable, he had the supreme satisfaction of viewing life in many of its most grotesque shapes, and making large extracts from the book of Nature, his fate at length conducted him to the Dublin Theatre, where he "kept the even tenour of his way" for some time, with the reputation. : of being a useful, though by no means a brilliant trage dian. Tragedy was still the sphere in which this planet moved, when he was engaged by Mr. Stephen Kemble ; but he had not remained long a per former in the company of that discriminating manager, when be discovered that he had totally mis taken his own powers ; he thought he could play comedy—he felt equal to the attempt ; and, after some little cogitation with himself, he resolved to try his strength in a comic cast of characters ; as might be ex pected, he succeeded to perfection ; and from that mo ment he began to devot e hi mse lf exc l us ively to the per forming of low comedy. He personated old men and country boys with distinguished applause in Newcastle, and other towns which lay within the circuit of •Mr. Stephen Kemble's company, and evinced pow e rs of v e ry whimsical and original humour, which were highly ex tolled in every play-going circle. To the general effect of his acting, external nature had contributed as much as study and observation of the particular characters represented ; he had a face which, while by some accident it was not displeasing, presented, nevertheless, a most eccentric example of the boldness with which nature can violate all her own es tablished rules of beauty and proportion. This face did a great deal for his fame ; and no damsel of romance ever made a greater progress in glory and in fortune by her lovely countenance than Mr. Liston by his grotesque physiognomy. The following diverting anecdote, we are inclined to think, our readers will not deem misplaced:—At the Little Theatre in the Haymarket, many years ago, Mr. Liston was acting Lord Grizzle, the hero of the burlesque tragedy of Tont Thumb, and among the other irresistible drolleries which he displayed in this admirably affected piece of acting, was a dance which accompanied his song to Huncamunca. He was encored in this song and dance, and performed them a second time; and so enter taining was the repetition, that the audience called loud for a third performance. But Mr. Liston made his exit ; and though the universal uproar of shouts and applause prevented the piece from proceeding, he did not choose to gratify the spectators by re turning. The clamour becoming louder and louder, he actually hid himself to avoid the third effort. But the discontent of the people, who now became quite unruly, at length brought him forward, and coming down to the lamps, he very calmly told the audience that he had been "really too much fatigued to repeat the dance." The people were some of them dis pleased, and some of them diverted; but the piece went on very quietly, till, in the fight, some wag from the front of the house called out to the actor who was fencing with Liston, "Don't do too much, you'll fatigue him!" This, of coures, caused a universal laugh ; and the next day a bulletin was posted its the green-room, stating that Lord Grizzle's physicians were happy to de dare his Lordship greatly recovered from bis fatigue.— ' Dramatic and Musical Review. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. Two men, named Hartshorn and Phillips, who were in the employment of Mr. Alexander Davis, of 16, John-street, Minories, printer, were charged before Alderman Wood, with having committed misdemeanours and misconduct, in using the type and ink of their master for their own benefit, with out his consent or permission. A solicitor attended for the prosecution, and brought the accusation under the 4th of Geo. 4, cap. 34, sec. 3, which states that if any servant or artificer, or other person having contracted to enter into service, shall neglect to fulfil the same, or be guilty of any other misconduct or misdemeanour, it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace in the place, to commit him to the House of Correction, far a reasonable term not exceeding three months, and to abate a propor tionable part of his wages during such period of confinement. George Chapel, a baker, stated that he knew Phillips, one of the prisoners. He gave Phillips an order for 100 cards, 1,000 circulars, and 1,000 bills, on last Sunday week, know ing at the time that Phillips was in the employment of Mr. Davis. Witness paid twelve shillings for the job when they were brought to him. Some of the cards, bills, and circu lars were here produced, and identified. William Taylor, apprentice to Mr. Davis, stated, that he saw Hartshorn set the type for the circulars produced, and at night Mr. Sanders and Hartshorn sat up the type for the bill-head. Witness also saw the circulars and the cards printed off by Phillips and a fellow apprentice. The type was broken up before Mr. Davis came on the following day. William Preston, also an apprentice to Mr. Daivs, stated that he assisted in the printing of these cards and papers on Mr. Davis's premises. Mr. Davis's type and ink were used upon the occasion. Phillips printed them after Mr. Davis went home from the premises; and immediately after they were worked off Hartshorn washed the type and took it up stairs. Hartshorn took away the bills, &c. with him. Wit ness told his master of the circumstance. Mr. Alexander Davis stated that the prisoners were in his employment. Hartshorn was i compositor, and foreman on the establishment. Hartshorn had 325., and Phillips had 255. per week, and they were weekly servants. They were net allowed to work for themselves. It was Hartshorn's duty to make a memorandum, and put it on witness's desk, of all work that came in, and of every proof that went out. They we not paid by commission, but as journeymen, and they ime not permitted to work for other persons. Witness knew nothing o. the printing the cards, circulars, and bills pro duced, and never had been paid for them. He never gave Phillips authority to receive money for him. When witness asked Hartshorn about the business, that prisoner said, that Phillips and he had received the money, and divided it be tween them. Hartshorn, upon being asked whether he had anything to say in his defence, replied that he was very sorry for what had occurred. Phillips said he gave the order he received from William Chapple to Hartshorn, who told him not to say anything about it to master, and they would work it themselves. He declared that if it had not been for Hartshorn he never wonld have thought of such a thing. AlLionnan Woon said that the prisoners ba d been guilty of very gross misconduct. It was not an easy matter to detect such fraud upon an extensive establishment, and he should mark the ease by a judgment of rather a severe d Phillips should be imprisoned in the House of Correction undergo hard labour for the space of one mont ! L I d oi e •n n , t al whose natn re situationsho ulshou l d was ot' l of h H k a i rn to s apndacceon- the investigation, The justice-room was crowded during punishment to ' hard labour for six weeks. committeda more torestehoen ssiabmiee and the conuiction caused a very evident sensation among the multitude. John Fleming was charged with having attempted to pick a gentleman's pocket. Mr. G. Simmons, of Southampton -row, Russell-square, silversmith, stated, that on Monday, in the afternoon, as he was walking along the Poultry, a stoppage took place, and he felt somebody's hand in his pocket. He instantly put his hand into his other pocket, and caught hold of the hand, but the owner of it twisted it away. The prisoner was close be hind him, and'he was convinced that the prisoner's was the hand which had slipped into his pocket. When he spoke angrily, the prisoner replied in the most insolent manner. The prisoner declared that the g entleman was quite wrong in ascribing to him the attempt to commit a robbery. He was a shoemaker, and never in his life was before a magis trate upOn any former occasion. :The prosecutor said, upon being asked by the Alderman whetherlie was quite positive upon the subject, that he bad not the slightest doubt as to the identity of the prisoner. The prisoner was committed to Bridewell for seven days. CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY VcrOPlAN.—‘r Under this very attractive title, the clever authoress of the City of the Sultan' has given us one of the most agreeable productions of her pen. The autobiographical style has been adopted by Miss Pardoe in narrating the memoirs of her heroine — and judiciously, for who can tell the unaccountable emotions, the endless and ever-changing sentiments, that influence the character and regulate the conduct of a pretty woman, flushedwithyouth a o n f d health—vain hope and sopfirhaetironps_erspornordd ac complishments—fullcruel in coquetries! Who can g ive a history of these,, unless itT The ee malet h e actorcrheiaedfeesrt,n, i aw in a o the w scene—theib'eeti en because n; professes a ? to lay the heart of his tormentors bare; while the female or grheao•dieiraawoilftleenagerlyperu eloquentlyse th it, on t g o h fiu t, don.atnhaexs IparneskesTdioontahfieloratehwe,hie the desire, to discover to the world on paper. _ theto manyati relation a Ina lasting ' benefit.."— • tl f tet i t iss it hardly fail of proving an essential andPwairadoceo'smb,e7ine w e have before alluded Court Journal. l B°N t E in ß g s.— p r i llr 'soners over the assizes to b i e e s w s o e n t c o t m h e a t s acna can We t ay e' t been b f af e z favoured h i we ve?ereek q,t,oni hr h ° t e to 3 tr i s i practice errTrs sessions lo i. on s : G . o inf f ogPeroßtisrii Cement men lon quest our country m agistrates to peruse with care:—" Iu the time of Baron Wood, when at the Stafford assizes, he held that the assizes being a GENERAL gaol delivery, ALL prisoners in custody at the time were entitled to be tried ; el tdr the b een on re p dx r e c tr fe e qd r r u e tao d eb ( e b er e sd i e n i ss g : cr a hansacelrrgtvheeedds. e t. o a cr g ot a hm i n en s nwt Commitments e o t ne m rt ss n fe o os ra b i ot i s sa tsahirce,ant n s (which are not frequent when assizes may intervene) ttlieiraefuonr unjust tdeaennyd illegal irregular:'' practice werel tis i r ) e n a t l lay stopitlg timetoh, fo r it involves in point of fact A FALSE ntrnisowiktErrr, and tends to subject many an INNOCENT man 'to needless pain and loss. As to the question of expense, it has no righteous connexion with the matter at all, which is one of justice, and not of money. A magistrate has no right, as a mere matter of volition, to delay the trial of a prisoner for a single hour. The law orders that such trial shall take place with out more delay than is necessary to carry out the arrange ments made by Act of Parliament; and certainly it is most preposterous that the men whose business it is to administer the laws, should themselves be guilty of their violation.— Naos/Hint Review. 1_