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CAMPAMW on the StY'PLZS ofeating 4 As lt r 6 r eenee Interest at the pr•sent moment, there 'a . exhibiting YAL POLYTECIiITIC! INSTITUTION Portraits cf tho ktN{T 4t 'quished Mett both in the STYLI An3IT and GOVERN- 4, or ATIORE, tsilom by a lady errankrAdhatlarinislued'ie the 4 11., " 2d'irinit her residence in li din. Also, Portraits of eft' Fleury Nir Robert and LiOy &c. ins r the 0 - FAQ LTE 4 ? 0 PE these intere.ting Portraits are on a magnitec nt Tea "ningl, at Half-past Four o'nioek ; at a Qnarte . r , 41 1 t T he LECTURES include these on AST RONOI4 , du ring , u o e hdaYs, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAIr':, bliL &Vending and d.aeendlng Inclined Fianna, Le. Le. , Admission, ; Achools, Half-pries. e . • ../•• - • - • , „igew • , • t gyp , ci*t . - • - •••••••,•• •t4 ? - . J 4•S s 'N . ' • ": f 4 .1". p!!: A ‘7 , or 2 , •• • • . AtiPj...7 "". + • , • • • i/ ,' • N..tz t r;•. , -, ) 0 1 .1 • ''' ;". 5,,f;; ~..- , ~.e.....—--/„..-- , , - 2,- , -- -4 -- -- e--- - ‘e,',..- made a stepping-stone; tee else astraneeatent and the a. o . .. . . : proposed Monet would, in his opinion, greatly add to the consideration of the Chamber. M. Hebert, the reporter of the committee, next roes, and said that the honour and independence of the Chamber were as dear to him as they were to his political adversaries, and if be saw in the proposition a means of strengthening them, • he would not hesitate to grant his adhesion. But he thought the reforms suggested by M. Remusat would not remedy the evil, if any existed; that they would prevent any good be ing done, substitute for the common law a law of categories. and reduce still more the number of the eligible, aireadr eo limited. He next proceeded to vindicate the public ft-me i tionaries and the Deputies belonging to the King's house hold against the imputation of servility, and strongly urged 1 the Chamber to reject the proposition. M. Durand de Romorantiu afterwards spoke amidst the noise of private conversation, and was succeeded by M. de Remusat, who said that, having already dcveleped his proposition in three cpnsecutive sessions, he would e e rie fine himself to observe that no reply had been merle to the remarkable speech delivered on the preceding de:, ley his friend M. Thiers. The general discussion having, been closed, M. l)nchatel rose and moved, in the name of the Cabinet, that the Cham ber should not pass to the discussion of the el . :ides. The President was preparing to put the question to the vote, when a number bf Members having called for a ballot, the opera ticn commenced, and gave the folk wing results:— Number of voters ... .. ... 416 Absolute majority ... ... ... 209 For the discussion ... ... 184 Against it . ... Majority against the proposition 48 The proposition was accordingly rejected. I I dared this MARCH 21, 1846. A. 0 Eta arch 01 LONDON, SAT URDAY VI 0 NING SIT N 7 PRICE SD. not marked pft MUSA ND POUNDS - arid UPWARDS kiatel:er .thaum to be realised by an Outlay of 5001.. or a Propor- Ili e " n eonio by a Smalier Sum, no , less than 1001. ' , re '""verti.er can put several parties in the way of realising the risk, who may be disposed to embark in a respectable tt4.2 l ` , Business, requiring no previous knowledge, and free from Ir4ti°U. ht~t. with. real name, A, Z. W. G., Post-oftice, 152, Oxford- No. 16,693. the arch ° ret ~, not mark . .:. on was illw N.ATIONA.L LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt A.NrCE M)CLETY, " • • Capital i.:.0.500,600. • Ziapowored by Act of Parliarat,A,- Thb tilegtuti9n Liffias zw,orikaz - am/ • ' , 'es with respcat butt to Lif .4„4t,irabcow and DeNirecl •- Me Assured has, on an oczastiong, 66 Vo'Fier to Nalrw, xvitto P4116e t,„Tleltvre of the ?Wiley, two-thirds of the prenx.-r, RAILWAYS—JUST PUBLISHED, THE BROAD and the NARROW GAUGE; or, Remarks on the Report of the Gauge Commissioners. By LUSHINGTON, Es( , late Fellow of Trinity College, Cam bridge. Bvo., price la. OBSERVATIONS on the REPORT of the GAUGE COMMIS SIONERS, presented to Parliament. Folio, with plans, price is. A COLLECTION of the SPECIAL ACTS authorising the Con structi,n of Railways, passed the 8 and 9 Vict , Sess. 1845, with Tabalar Abstract, Introduction, and copious Indexes. Two vols. 12in0., cloth, price 245. A Tarvast: on the PRACTICE iv COMMITTEES of the HOUSE OF COMMONS, with reference especially to Private Bills. By CHARLES FRERE, Esq., Barrister-at-law, and one of the Clerks in tha Office of the Chief Clerk of the House or Commons. t , vo cloth, price ss. Westminster : James Bigg and Son, 53, Parliament-street ; Simms and Denham, Manchester; Slocombe and Simms, Leeds; S imms' awl Son, Bath; T. Clark, 38, George-street, Edinburgh; and V. Delany and Son, Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin. Duke (the DukEpf Richmond.) It will be a question whether you can recognise these deposits, because it is not exactly clea - r whether they have been in a legal. way, or whether they are those of transferees or as siesnees, because they cannot. show your Lordships the proper stamped documents with respect to the transfer. This, therefore a point which will be argued hereafter, and I shall nut W}sin your Lordships any further. Thu Earl of* e -IFTESBURY—When the contract comes to be co red by the Committee, they will have to escerteirille legality of the deposits. (Hear.) .Lord REDKSDALE—I must protest against the way in which nutters were carried on during the last ses sion with regard to the different railway Bills which came before your Lordships—viz., the bringing before your Lordships railway Bills which were hung up from the previous session. Your Lordships will recollect that I stte,d alone last session to protest against that system of hanging up Bills as one that was highly unjust. It is utterly impossible to treat this petition fairly. • This question was decided by the Stending Orders Committee last year, and in all prelzedstlity this London and York Railway Bill would have ben thrown out on ' ace ant of the condition of the celitract deed. That stion has not been tried this year. aid the pirties stand new in a more favourable position than they did last year. Unquestionably it would be a great hardship for them not to have t.een permitted to have carried on their Bills last year, ins-much as the session commenced later than usual; and a considerable quaf,tity of the time of the House waseensurned in the consideration of the railway Bills. Ido hope, however, that the example which we have now biSore us will indmie us to prevent other parties tiltit:h as possiole from entertaieing the hope that they will be allowed to hang up their Bids and proceed with them in their partly advanced state instead of preferring new Bills to the House. • Lord KIN NAIRD—Tbiv, Iconceive. is a most impor tant matter as regards is line of railway to be called The Direct Northern Railway," the promoters of which , I "Sty 'NW, he fortunate cough to meet with the tavouraqe cokitti.,ra44on of your Lordships. Now, it is wel known, that bin for the fact of a new contract e?e,i , d nein:: in existence, an arnalgam , ti , n would have taken place between these two companies. The Direct Nor ' tly-rn is a new company, and we should therefore extend to them s:kme favour. If this new contract deed should be declared invalid, an amalgarnattn will, in all proba bility, be the restilr, an f then you will have to consider two lines, the best of which can be adopted without in jury to either interest. There can be little doubt that the Direct Northern is the line best adapted for the wants of the country, for it is the most direct line from the metropolis to York, and can be executed at much His expense than the rival line. I hope, therefore, my Lords, that this petition will be fairly considered. Lord WHARNCLIFFE—Last session was occupied FRENCH CHAMBERS. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE eiterday, ani CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. sirriNG OP MAI:CH 16. ae d e yOe l were t h e y did ne. I DLOSed 1. " 41' ;t State Wbsi ieetions Weri ,at the> were N ir z r 'ACK SWAN COMMERCIAL INN, DEVIZES. A SLOPED, deeply laitientinv:,• the Aea,tl - 1 of ev uer late Ilii,baud, who conducted thc or the aboy€2 C, 1 ,.. "ell years, bcgs rest. , h roes that it i, he iutol aile. 0,1 , - k ,l llen. •• f e The order of the day was the adjourned discussion on the proposition relating to the incompatibility of public func tionaries to hold seats in the Chamber. M. Thiers, before entering on the consideration of the subject under discussion, svished to reply to a reproach which had been brought against the Ministry of March 1. It had been alleged that he and the other Members of that Cabinet had opposed a proposition similar to the present- one. (" Yes, yea.") He could declare that for his part he had always been a partisan of the reform now demanded. (Denial from the centre.) In 1840, it was brought before the Chamber, and in place of refusing it, he had, in his quality of Pre• sident of the Council, exercised his influence to get it taken into consideration. The matter was referred to a Com mittee, and before that body he had entered into an engage ment to bring in a Bill on the subject, in the course of the ensuing session, and to make it a Cabinet question. Ilow, then, could it be said that he and his colleagues were ad verse to the reform now proposed? He was no innovator; he might have been one under those old monarchies where so many abuses existed, but he was not one iu the present day; when, therefore, he supported the proposition, he did so because he considered the reform which it demanded to be an absolute necessity. The Hon. Deputy then proceeded to discuss at great length the n'erits of the proposition. Going back to the reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV., and examining, in an historical point of view, their various positions, as young monarchs and then as men advanced in years, he showed that all Governments, whether absolute or free, had their abuses, their dangers, end their flatterers. In absolute Governments, he remerked, flattery mas mani fested above to the monarch himself ; in free ones below, in the bosom of deliberate assemblies, and to those also who named the members of such assemblies. From this ten dency arose the abuses which the proposition aimed at put ting down. Not that these abuses were as extensive as had sometimes been represented. France was by no means the most corrupt' country in the world, as some persons took a pleasure in representing it ; there was now, • tar less elevation of mina than tine' , ears ) Le thQ ;cx~:sC meatnhe COAV4?.O. tair grAnte4 ur: vtlos or ieleetim —Hoist nyp-- _... )w that nv..- he allegati°4 DIVISION OF r a i:d::'.igatioa, Te tag ,r n falls to air! upon' t o t wasw or m sections , alteritiot_ at of tilo Lion, end w" xsas, Gigs • t \ AND ,t h , GANNEROY:i COMPANY. G ~14..:1,Vers of Reciprocal Engagements are requested to T p, t ite Office, 7, Tokenhouse-yard, Loon, and there to aeol I tieE,:''S f ers necessary to enable them to hd obtain the Defini c tiw Which are now ready to be issued, By order, NV I ,LI AM. VI L LESBOISNET, I secretaries. Sh 20,1845 EDWARD FILDER, nras, front 3u to 75 ! ,,n• otnt. tho pleinitu 0 Polir effecto4 on the Profit toed., LYONS RAILWAY, 4 ,?,-',, Premium. t 7 § ~~. uul hale 1110 A 1837 .£l9l 13 51447 13 17 1 0 ‘B. 4 1838 1651 13 01 74 13 10 11 8 6, 0(1 74 1839 138 13 61 61 14 3 :9 2 10, 18 , 40 89 001 41 13 4j 0 0 ;i395 II I 366 tI. , 24i . 1;.1 RAILWAY SfI.4RE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MARCH W. STOOL EXoninsol.—The sales nre— Bristol and Exeter, \ern►, 9 11-16—Caledonian Extension, 1 SHEFFIELD, Metten 19. STOCK tlclietiox.—The sales are--Sheillen an,l Manchester, 118-I;oston,. Newark, and Sheffield, .1/. 4s.—Manchester _ and Lis coln.LTnion and Canal, I°i —Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 2 14 —Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 114. 6d.—South Yorkshire Coat Railway, 2. were °Pei!!! hick no for faalto, es were A" A dy decided I U 1 ;E RSAI '6" AS- LH; liT COMPANY ' %Wilt! 160,(1(10/., hi 5,000 Share* et 201. per Sitere. 1, ' * *Peat, 28. per Ahar., In Accordanee wroth the Act. •4•) 4A- (Provisionally of Shares will take place oa the litli ef 14Arck 1. 1111 Next sn.,..ttips. '4.,: 41, Sties Iket, n e.„ . 4 i Pr•lessor Ryan. M.D., le i 14 '— . rn , , o Robert fficho 1,30 n, E LL.D. Fs Sti ) , r '" l,l s. Faq., Patentee - Dominique Canese, Esq. ' , lv' , Plow F Heary Ault, Esq. rooke, E,,q n iliseiek Esq. . John . _ ____ _. • , •)1 cd,and!e s fiction UNDER THE- ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER Mos r GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. PUB ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH 19, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Eitel sion, sg p.—North British, Halves (Carlisle), 210. 3.1. ;;r--best Riding Vnion, 274 3 p. Livtitroor„ llama 19. EES. `oLtczTuli reeenneeyer, Esq. 11l BANKERS —sir Claude gcott, Bart., and Co. ,libito -s ' r.„ N'An3,' is formed for the purpose of carrying out,' and bring ' B etters ] oso, aikinycntiou (secured by letters patent) for an Su 4 4 l alanufa,cture at gas of a superior quality, and at much less an the usual cost; by an apparatus so simple in eonstruc coMpendious in form, as to be available in Any building ,'4ll - : * where the ordinftry supplies of gas are not accessible. in prospectus, whisk may be lutd at the offices of the p': l49 , brUry-litne, with forms of applittatieu for shares, and even the appars ius at work, and the britlianey of the P• 1 / 6 .0.. Mr. William Nicholson, Seeretary, to whom must 41.10txnumnicatioes, post free. itS A L GAS-LIGHT COMPA .N .--- 71, 4 „voNfitto—N TAKEN for lighting up with a enperior 44.15, r educal rate, towns, villages, llgiahmises, dockyards, has th ' 4 ires, public offices, msuufactories, printing-offices, prisons, r ailway-stations, asylums, schools, and other large build ,er' the ordinary gas is not accessible. Letters to be art \s 11 , 11i:111 NiChols.u, secretary, 159, Drury-lase. • DIRECTORS. CIIAIRNIAN—Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK SMITH, K.H. DEPUTT-URAIRMAN—CoI. Sir WILLIAM GOSSETT, G. 8., Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.13., M.P., Lord oi STOCK EXCIUNGE —The sales are—Arnbergate, Nottingham, Bus. ton, and Eastern Junction, 1 Darwen, and Bolton % dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 214 p Caledonian, Fi p.—Ditto, Halves, p.—Chester end Manchester Direct, 2Ga. dis.— Derby and Crewe, 234 p.—Eastern Counties., York Extension, % p.—East Lincolnshire, '4 p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow. Italy' 8 1 x d.—Grand Junction, 214 ex d. and new—Ditto, New 27 n.—Ditto, 401. ' - res (L.M.), 41' ex d.— Great the Etrld ;CTION" - Admiralty Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford; G.C.8., G.C.H. Major-General Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., K.C.H. Lieutenant-General Sir F. W. Mulcaster, Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., R.A. Major-General Taylor, C. 8., E.I.C.S. Idajor-GeoeralEdward Wynyard, Major-General Arnold, K.H.. R.E. Major-General Cleiland, E.I.C.S. Lieutenant-Colonel 11. Hamner, K. 11., late R.11.G. Lieuten:int-Colonel Purclian, E.l Major Chadwell .Clerke, F.R.S. A ehibald Hair, Esq., M.D., la:b R.H.G. Captain Melville .Grindlay, E.I. Army Agent Captain William Lancey, R.E. William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent James Nugent Daniell, Esq. • AcrusaY—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator. A!k4urances are granted upon the lives of persons in every statio,. ,f life, and for every paq of the world, upon particularly favouraW., ice, decid e ; sat. (town. .isot mat tnese abuses were as extensive as had Halves, 81 - i .- p. - x d.—Grand Juuctioir, .214 ex d. and new—Ditto, times been represented. France was by no means the New Quarters, 27 p.—Ditto, 401. Share. (L.M.), 41% p. exd.— Great * corrupt' country in the world, as some persons took a Grimsby and Shenie:d, par—Goole and Doncaster, % p.—Hudders- field and Manchester, 3 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 6% p.—Leicester , . f ,..- ..... .:, ure in representing it ; there was now, perhaps, less as i,,,_ and 8e i .w.2,1, ~.„ ad. do. --Liverpool Rod : #ory. 1,2,‘ p.--Dit,l% _I.,;;A: '::::, ,, ,, ,, 2:? , -, :4,..".' Mon of mind than i lai ears bpfata..l, . . . - 47.--_-p00.041, ....: , . lir''' - ..- " 11-8 Al bStfW - : '.' 74- ' 7 ', ''''' = " 4 : , '"'f - ' 2 t 4 i' "i'znsite7r t" rest — ..., decidediy taken root o e rind re f erred to in the pro- p.-- London and Birmingham, 218 4 ' .- - . ' and - - °n tb - Txr ion, and there could be no doubt that they ought to be (Rem.), 154 dia.—liaucne .e. u. inumgham, Quartets (B), 7% p. :4 4 d.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 3 p.—North British, Car- ked in their growth. if net altomether eradicated. The i !x. "r• I{.IILW A d the stan 3 estivElat.• (Rem.), „quarters (B), 7% p. ex d.—Mraichester cud Leeds Extension!, p.—North British, Car lisle, 1 p.—Nertli Staffordshire, 3% p.—Ncith Western, I:s.Bd. p.— Sheffield and Manchester, 119 —Ditto, No. 3, 2 1 4 p.—Shrewsbtry and Herefordshire, % dis.— Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, % dis.—Shrewsbury and South Staffor/shire, 4 dis.—Shropshire Union and Canal, % dia.—South-Eastern, New Halves, 61. p.—South Staf fordshire, dis.—Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junct:cn, dis.—West Riding Union, 2% p.-1)111)1111 and Armagh, I dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, I p. —Dublin and Galway, 2 dis.—Dutch Rhenish, I p. IK, ASP r. branc h frog: mile and rent -port -i t s se d in Ul m ut a sin et ',added tlia' 31ANCHESTBR, Mihail 19. MIME EXCIIANGS.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction, 18s. 6d. -Pirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1 3-16 p.- Buckingham and Bletchingly Junction,l% dis.- Chester and 31ancliester Direct, 1% dis.-Derby and Crewe, 2% p. -DirectNorthern, 8-16 dis.--Eastern Counties, York Extension, 10s. 60. p. -East Lancashire, No. 2, 314 p. __Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 1-16 (lbs.-Huddersfield and Manchester Rail way and Canal, 28-Ditto, ditto, 3 p.- Iluddersteld and Sheffield Junction, 7% p.-Lancashire and Nerth Yorkshire, 6s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Liverpool ani Bury, 124 p.-Ditto, Nevi; Shares, 9% p.-Liverpool, Orniskirk, and Preston, 11-16 c.-Liver pool, Warrington, Manchester, an d St oc k port, 1 1-16 dis.-London and Birmingham, Fifths, 214 p.- London and Manchester (Ras trick's), 2 dis.-London and York, % p.- -Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1% p.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), p -Ditto, ditto (C), p.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 3-16 dis.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 14 dis.- North Staffordshire, 3% p.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (8), 1 c.- Preston and Wyre Extension, 4 dis.-Sheffield and Lincolushlre, Quarters (No. 3),2 p:-South Eastern and Dover, 364-Ditto, Con ! itolidated (No. 3), p. c.-Trent Valley Continuation and lielyheed Junctieu, 1% dis.-West Riding Union, 2% p. LEEDS, 3Lisca 19. terms. Persons assured in this office may changa from one country to ano. titer without forfeiting their policies. A Bonus, mnounting to thirty per cent. on the actual value of tilt policies, was apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial Meet tug, held in the year 1844. resent, , talf-psst °Pe • Bristol wertw A t re find O,OOOL ; de Engine'r JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary TLIE PROTESTANT DISSE I'ERS AN I) GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted 1827. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 3 Vic., c. 20. 2, RING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON ; 21, ST. DAVID-STREET, EDINBURGH ; and 6, KING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL. Capital—One Million. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS: George Bonsfield, Esq. Charles Wadley, Esq., M.P. Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman Thoni:;s Piper, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Jacob G. Cope, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Mon. Charles P.' Villiers, Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wilke, Esq. Richard Ilollier, Ltd. I Edward Wilson, Esq. On the return of Lady-Day, the Directors beg to remiir• their friends and the public that, in the Fire Department the receive risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School-rooms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Docks, Fannin Stock, &c., at the same reduced rates as other respectable Companies, and make no charge on policies transferred from other Offices. In the Life Department they continue to transact all business re lating to Life Assurances, Ammities, and Family Endowments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles awl public security for the greater part with the consideration of railway Bills; and an enormous sutn was spent in the prosecu tion of this pr,ject, and I believe that the result of an inquiry would be satisfactory to the Committee, and I think that it will be found that this matter has b•:en con sidered in a manner highly creditable to the parties con cerned. That I believe, my Lords, to he the result of an inquiry made by the other House of Parliament. Well now, my Lords, much delay having occurred in consequence of the opposition offered to this scheme, under such. circumstances I cannot but think that it would have been a great injustice on the part of Parliament if it had refused to permit such proceed ini4s as would secure to the promoters of the project .oprleto", i ! were DIP clock• ,scan• F I Man, d tc the )e with 111 STOCK EXCIIANCL—The sales are—Manchester and Leeds, TIRh Shares, 914 p.--Midland, New, 304—York and North Midland, List and West Riding, 834—East Lancashire, No. 1, I}4 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10—Huddersfield and Manchester, 3 p.— Huddendleld and Sheffield, p.—Leeds and Bradford, 4S cash — Leeds and Dewsbury, 53 p.—North British, New Carlisle Branch. 2% —London and Portsmouth, 17s. 6d. dis.—London and York, 3% —Sheißeld and Lincoln, 15s. p. —Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 24a. —Direct. Northern, 1/. 16s.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31c. p. —West Riding Union, 435—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. 17s. 6d. dis.—Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, tcc., 285. 6d. dis.—Cll - Junction, 13s. die.—East Lincolnshire, 55. p.—Lancashre and North Yorkshire, 7s. dis.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 9s. dis.—Man cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 325. 6d. 9.—Midland and Thirsk Junction, 265. dis.—Nerthumberland and Lancashire Junc tion, 235. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—]forth Western, 12s. p. —South Midlands, 18s. p.—Welsh Midlands, 275. dis.—York and Car lisle, 19s. dis. DAY•) Hi the /Ved4 nuch 89 to elm; 0:11.91 y the Sub. se are granted on equitable terms' to life assurers on life satisfactory personal securities. To all agents and soli ioncers, and surveyors, liberal allowance will be made. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRI - cr, Corr, NINETY-SIXTH SALE. in, CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, Matzen, 1846. 4,t p 11 SALE, by Order of the Honourable Corn' T!ig!loaers of her Majesty's Customs, at TwAve o'clock at Y, on Mo!soar, 30th, and TUESDAY, 31st March, WED olt'„ "s THURSDAY, 2d, FRIDAY, 3d, and SATURDAY, 4th April, thef.o,`!'e t'OMME:XIAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, LOS piece~ GOODS tar HOME CONSUMrTION p i e ees black silk hat plush. eLee piLow lace, 174 pieces , hread lace. Ir7ns artificial flowers. II C.ellch silk shawls and scarfs. f; ‘ l l ,"ten crape shawls. e,libriests' vestments. erahroid , resi muslin curtains. lied 417 silver watches, 79 clocks. 4itss t ,, l !'ee , , 976 Mesaic and 285 enamelbrooch fronts. 1 ; - all and Dutch clocks, harege, wafer and paper boxes. 4,11 ) , aseete, bead purses, bronze powder, coloured porcelain , caliv,,s, muslin collars, chain watch guards, dressed dressed feathers, entoro;dereA muslin dresses dud shawls, p r r " handkerchiefs, elastic slates silk gauze, furniture, tli.,i,;uges, French dam ask, gilt metal buttons, gold watch keys 0 te ns 's , entes, bead ornaments, hair brushes, habit shirts, imita p, mahogany and rosewood tables, mock jewellery , Meerschaum and other pipe bowls, medallion jewel cases, ;teNtile laities, matcheta, needlework, point lace, penknives, )7.,1t1eY. Purse earnitures, opera glasses, silk manufactures, strays k 'ke t 4fl ings, eilk purses, snuff boxes, sawn wood, terlerane, toys, k'kee s white enamelled bexes, silk watch guards, watel. - 4ralwoollen shawls, wax lucifer matches, manisfactured tsr'factureci tobacco, cheroots, segitre, snuff, tea, coffee, 'thit p. e and red wine rum. eau de Cologne, &c., &c. , ere. • FOR EXPORTATION ONLY. , Piste's, biscuits, refined sugar, glees tumblers, &c., Sec., Sze. FOR TUE BE \ EFIT OF THE CROWN. t C ) B ~..) c( )L d rope, old telescope., and a quant , ty of old stores. r oRTATION, at BUY ER'S PRICES : or, HOME CON r,UMPTI'IN, on PAYMENT of the DUTIES. crepe shawls, silk manufactures, spirits, cordials, wines, Pao it arrowroot, tamarinds, books, sugar, molasses , &e. , &e. clt Z i ev•lsti at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom - house, Thames k,, ‘L the St. Katherine, London, West India, and East India Met „ i t 4y, , the Tobacco Ground, Rotherbithe, Thursday, 26th, Ctil th. Saturday, 28th March, I^4o, from Ten o'clock in the f . 5 „until three o'clock in the Afternoon, and on the Days of r°4l Tell o'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at ka r a tk ' l e : stirt4 ti ce, that the goods sold at. this sale will not be delivered elear days of the day they are sold, audthat uo lots can ki ;Ae„,4 l at the ofnce ot the Receiver of money ' not i bex in ~ed I c i rß. During the days of sale, will e'Receiver of Fines after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. on;;; , ' maY had at the Queen's Warehouse , C ustom-house, t Pl e - billing be each. 121 EA - , 1 (.1 A R WAEtEIIO U S L S, 4,1,c,x,., One of the largest stocks in the kingom, warrauted elte et • , at CHARLES TOSSWILL and CO.'., Commission 14rs, 1 7 'Mooney's, mad Manufacturers, Old Foreign Cigars, of all 6 d.,antiColorados, a new Cigar, 170 i.,Latte,n4 ot e 21s, per lb. British manufactured trove the Ituest Ported. Cheroots, 6s. and 7s. ; Mexican, 7s. to 7s. 64 ; . 11 )8• 71. end 7s. 6d,; Silvan, Es. Regalias, 95. 6d.; 0. , 8g d.; Lopez, 9s. ;1' incipes, 9s. Gd. ; Harennabs, :er e eine Cigar, 12.. 6d. per lb. ; also the Octagon NICOLL'S P ALETOT f 4. LLAMA CLOTH byßegi,erd 6th and 7th Victoria. cap. 66. , ed the I mice Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &e. s a; , t , eftraiice there is a gentlemanly neatness, and r.n ab ail unsightly vulgarity. It has met with the highest appro ;rh;, T i the Court circle." - (See Morning Post.) " tention is au over - coat, adapted for a variable climate, w w a oo r l. ve T t ir s afeece ample opfortolutiss to o ngular t natura e ll i v repalen ' t ma water.. of ' 4 4),V e illie of bodily heat, and is allowed ' to be lighter, softer, more and inure elastic, than any other description of cloth. Paietots of this tabric, in colours black, blue, brown, t Zt T ,'"xford gr e y gic. are to be had of their recognised ascents in P a ' rit rY, and ' hi London ' only at the extensive ware-rooms of , thieutees, who are tailors to the Court, and makers of the most Zki, 4111 e plain dress garments, with Foreign and British di p lo• h at did ron regintentli uniforms. these the same spirit for mo- Ark , s - es is maintained as exemplified by the Registered Paletot. , generally bestowed on this patented invention , 44,4)051ti inii atred age so some unprincipled persons an attempt the fraudulent 141 4 "a of hasuniing a simila ity of name; being an attempt to Public with some trashy substitute. A reward of Fifty ts, ‘ ,2 offered for the actual detection of an infringement. to '" Nicoll think it due to their own reputation thus respect rl4Beitution the Public, and to request a close observance of the 41 4 , 'and th , tt each Registered Paletot is disti,etly marked on the U. I. and B. NICOLL, 114, Regent-street, London. COLLEGE OF 14, t i y, NEW-110 I), LONDON. 1. OR MOIIISONJAN SINTEM OF MEDICINE. W h lohnal bodies consist of fluids antr solids. • :• It 11 1 a state of emlryo all animals consist entirely of flu ids. I‘l, - ;M 'in and by the fluids that the solids are formed. fluids contained in the human body are four times the i } , (4 the sot:cis chief of the fluids is the blood, from which an the others ". ls o ' 6 lood not only repairs every part of the human machine. sltFlries with it all the rirbbish, or decayed parts, to be depo k;'rea.'h t he intestines. previous to being expelled alon g with the '14 ‘ , 1 1 1 1, 1 , 001 is the life—the. primum mobile—the first agent 11'-ee other/ derive their origin. depc,n,ls upon the purity of the blood. 't bult of the ht od depends upon its having free outlets for 3 1 / 4 , 1 0. rd Particles. hst, ;lease is induced by the chohin.7 up of these outlets In the NIT 4 , 4 :.aY reason of an accumulation of glary mucous on the inner t il, the intesties, c. accumulation i t s occasioned by anything that weakens the tr. A l or hurts digestion, but chiefly by the poisonous drugs and elltment of the faculty. or l , / , 1 . e Impurities thus detained in the blood occasion every spe ,st '''ease, according to the quality el the humour , o r t he p arti. in which it is-lodged. 7 ep t ill diseases proceed from one source, therefore they must all 4 1,, 1, Y one medicine Medicine must . he a vegetable purgative, innorclous in it ti 'oliciently powerful to pervade the whole s y stem, clear 1 5 above-mentioned mucous, and purify the blood. 11,trlrie discovery of a vegetable compound, capable of beim; di -4114441 ruining with the blood, so as to impart to it that energy for ridding t,e body of all superfluous hinuours was a Ifi• " l ‘t4nl ' ,his discovery has been made by James Morison , t he N yg eist, . posit i o n of the Vegetable Universal Medicine (commonly 4 Dl., cs " 11 0110teg Pills), of the British college of Health, Iltunil ieW..r.iad, London. ODY, sod CO. caution the Public t k t ln t t 'tsairiit the numerous pretended new inventitnie , orrupturs ; ,'el/ 1 are old, and are mentioned in Artiaud's Treatise on -Cup- Z t ,tl t 4 rl'obilshed at Paris in 1744. No essentia limprovement was t h ft Jorn that date until Salmon's invention in 106, which has ontinues to - he, recommended by the most .niiricnt surgeons eetio try. Salmon, tidy, and Co.'s PATENT 4ELF tztj kw; I .V; TlO. .4-z. ES will answer for right or left side, requiring 4th '' , trap, buckles, or any galling bandage; they admit of in t,,h.44,1, decrease in size and tierce s. ersons in the country are requested to send the circuit thtitert k ° the body one inch below the hips. ' , IT'Y cue ..r more druggists in every city and principal town in h -L tcal Kingdom. Manufactory. 292. Strand. London. HEALTH, t--...._ l i r -- ... :1311,0W5,, 11()US I .-1.12111:4.'5, anti ii til."-y -4 4. 4 ts produced in a few weeks by using an essential Spirit 1 tt , , 1) ~, °la choice Aromatic Herbs, the peculiar properties of It N ,t, i,, it ' t 1 . 1, w - ti only to the Inventor, all , i although perfectly Irmo all or 2tlt, will produce new Hair on bald places, caused by weak li-atw'''n -titution, or where Nature has not bestowed this °ma tt: th itt na human figure. It has been known to many of the Nobi- Ltri, 4 , rntry nremerds of . eleven years, some of whom the Inven -1 s h ai ht `kiteerely thanks tor their attestation or its merits, in the Oliet k Y of rest ring Hair and giving it additional lustre and t t t efe -- • Its virtues are manifold—it prevents the Hair headf l h t br.v:lturning gray , a few drops on the crown of the will , til' el td ~e Most distressing rain ir that part produced by or at -4 t 'di fais,tness ; and is acknowledg, d by the Faculty as the '' e ketc,,,,alytt, I nc- known to cure that disease of the head called Porigo tiVita it ' n ' (which causes the Hair to come off in patches) ; a few 42 1 ta 'n't 4 remove dandruff. This 'wonderful discovery is fully ex ,i. tr ,"`11,,i,. 4 . 4 Pamphlet, containing testimonials to its regenerating 't 4,1 1 , 4 ath ' ' , Pon bald places, entitled, " Three Minutes' Advice on the Yatc, r 4n d Preservation of the Human Hair," by W. Grimetoue, ~,w e f the Aromatic Regenerator for the Growth . of . the Human t, ( 7t t , a 4 . a certain preventative of headache and fainting ; also a ', " t „..'nnhe—bearing the Inventor's signature, Herbary, High- Wall"' -,, London t h !,, 1 77'7 in triangular bottles, with name, Ike. Sm., east thereon, 11'` .. 4 b..' ' , ld lls. each, Gove r nment stamp included, wholesale and - in all Chemists, Druggists, and Perfumers, and by special AN, -II , i THE FOLLOWING AGENT S FOR LONDON. ~ ..1 241: ' • and 'F. Atkinson, porfumers, 24, Old Bond-street. il, :ati.:„ l :: 4l her and Toiler Cheraists, Conduit street, Boni-street. t i t._` k er. Patent Medicine Vendor, 150, Oxford-street. art liannay ant Co.,hemists, &a., 63, Oxtord-street. )) 1 2 t a :tt . t ' tr elay and Son, _Patent Medicine Warehouse, Farringdon ' t: I tem . t ,;(lte,,,nle Chemist, 79, St. Paul's -churchyard. _ tZ i tec, " , Patent Medicine Warehouse, 67, St. Paul t , hi, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 4, Cheapside. k ‘,4r,.h" • Sutton and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, Bow 44te,hrard. ,:bi. L a n. Patent Medicine Warehouse, 68, Cornhill. 40 ~1, 4 Nun. Brothers, and Scott, Wholesale Druggists. 225 and t,,,,, Cnee-street, ) 1:, , t. r "v and Hayward, Wholesale Druggists, Great Trinity h:l' NU tzr,,,t r er and Muckley, herbalists, Covent-garden. Ild r , e dicine Vendor, 229, strand. 44' I , '. Perfumer, Ticlib ,, rne-street. . t . , 'Scb- FOB MANCHESTER. 'lt•,,, " v . Patent Medicine Vend. r, Advertiser Office. Ml L 'Y. M , FOR EXETER. , e e leine Warehouse, North-street, Devonshire Chronicle FOR DANBURY. , 4 , Ma dklne Vendor, Guardian ' office. Nt . : 4 l. 0"4 a h hronie;, r e o o a rti n e S , N . !MULLEN, IRELAND. .. 1 . 1 • • ...... 1L., 1 ' •It. • •• 1,1 R R 505 EDi NUMMI. N 1 ,6 • Ih e , • Homes and Co. Druggists. Ste.. Leith-walk. or ta_b kiss IR. size contains two of the 45., and the lle. size con ' ter n l.. tl.,e (matinee the 4s. by forwarding aD. st-eflice 4 , .1 *. 1 8 . bd er 11 either site will be returued. ins ttae`; • MO tend er' t nine. 3 11$V O C altY lisea° roviv iron f to O b.O, y dreo' 09 in- b e in to on p ia : entt •wer° ~. h., ~' ~~ ,t to be li , e ; log „ r i t • the Bill m t he deP ° :f o r ,00 , all thou Bill. t apicl tb I thin P 01 „ 0 , ar tieS Wo, Le press r the stiTI J " 0 lay d ° '' '' The depo- iture dal• REAT CLocic" ip Que e fuck, fr° ll3 -es of dr C a diz, Coruna' orange 6 struck 0 11 r damage' outwards, he would igers,oin clotbnig death of at Liver r the last ha d beer' unforttr P ag e e r t Dorn ov wed ° ta d propec- be Go" what fs" the Of? sible for Ceived., ill 11 . ! 110 vs ell fo, r ct tob o wa iting 1 it 0 / lial rtugu t t . r , inst. s' S said t° Qu e e rl re F;Jav . ed fron t been f o r e—' )115 i ce!, t he the stl ; led, AO ;tout res N i " the O 'Tvitioth brf AS' hout wan" — ghbou. wee - 1 'an- rVl 4 at ~ w- ) g9. sP: O 1 in ." nd I D. ,in il l !awe L ONDON, EDI:\ IA) t i 41 lA -.A LIFE ASSURANCE comr.A.Ny• ' • 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion - hou se, London. RICII.ARD SPOONER, Esq., 'M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIX IFILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman. The indisputability of the policies granted by this Company•—° - 1 he obligation to pay the sum assured, although the debtfor which the policy was taken out may have been paid before the claim arises-- Whole world policies not confined to the limits of Europe— Opt , on of half-premium payment for the first seven years-- These ft= a conaninatkn of advantages which can be obtained only from the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Company. The success which has attended the system of Assurance pursuel by this Company is illustra'ed by the fact, that at the General Court, held en the 9th day of July last, there was declared A REDucr to's OF 25 PER CENT. ou the current year's premium , of all participating policies opened ou or be the 9th day of February, 1841. Thus, a person aged 40, who opened a policy for 1,0001. in February, Is4l, at an annual premium of • • •• • • £32 10 0 Is called upon to pay this year only .... ••• • • • ••• • • • 24 i C And if this abatement he applied to pay the year's premium of an additional policy, the party will to further assured to the extent of ..... ..... • 215 9 4 Proportionate benefits accrue to policies on all ages. Copies of the last report, containing a full exposition of the princi ples and practice of the Society, may be obtained by applying the head °nice, or any of the agencies. ALi XA N DER ROBERTSON, Manager. PUI3LI4 ATIONS. M. SCOTT'S N. ENV TRAGEDY. # Ic o w ready, in Svo., price 31. 6d. BELISARIU S; a TRAGEDY, In Five Acta. By WILLIAM It. SCOTT. Saunders and Otley, Publishers, Conduit-street. M. MICRELET'S NEW WORK. 'this day is published, CHB PEOPLE. By M. MICHELET, Author of " Priests, Women, and Families." Translated, with tin Author's approbation, by C. 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Published by the Authors, sue: may be had at their rosidenf Hit RN itlitS-STREET, OXFORD-STRE r.T. ertraoge, 21, PAtornostor-row ; Hannay and i. iOrd-i•tri,et ; Gordon, 14d, Lees deolkall -street ; Po rleiss. street, Sanger and Co., Oxford-street; and all ri t soitzoller. We regard the work before tic, toots • 6iient ierirael, as a a roost deer end pratlical V i €:WEI of a ssrfee of oomph. i - clieno Eiders - toed, and ;missed over by' a meifority of the profession, for what reason we arc at a loos to know. We mu otiwevesr confess that a rerussi of this worn has leis seen a favourab. li..lprekslon on our minds, that we net only recomm Ind, but oordisli, ..-:eh every one -who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indie crdtion, to tredt Cy the advice contained is itx pages."—Age and Axgw- The CuitDIAL BALM of VIRIACUM is erc.fusively dinette. p the rine of nervous irregularity we.ithees, loss tite, indigestion, consumptive habits, sknd , debilities arising • of tl' ap of , k cess, &c. In bottles, Frio* Hs., or the quantity of font h: ova bottle for 335„ whist, lls. are saved. The five-pound oases raw be aid as usual. Toe COIetEivITRATED DETERSIVE EIiCE, a remedy for searcking oat and purifying the blood fryer scurvy, blotckes an eke head, Mee, and oody, ulcerations, a..vd those pansfv , af.ections arising from improper treatsfsent or the ettects of mercifil ;emoving secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Prate 11s. and 23a. per bottle. 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Physiol gy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing; the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTPNG SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Meniber of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate et Apothecaries' Hall, London, Bcc., Ike. DAVIES'S OF TUE WOEIC. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied medical man, who has evidently had considerable experience in the treatment of the various disor rs de ar!sing fro an ihnvm te aluable follies aad wl frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which WI as a salutary warming to youth an,t maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend.”—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from S. Gilbert, 52, Paternoster -row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street ; Stade, Tiehborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool; and bt all Booksellers, At Horne ior Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all iminAliately replied to, if containito„ the fee of 11., tpr i A r i viee, Sol. —9, 13E.UFWW-STILEET, 13ELFORD scivArz, LO . LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The following is a more complete report ief the debate in the House of Lords on the subject of the London and I - tale 'Railway than we had apace to give yesterday. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE—My Lords, I have here two petitions to present, to which I beg to call your Lordships attention. These petitions refer to the London and Yet k Railway Bill, now in this House. The one petitiener.'prays for a revival of the Committee which sat upon the Bill last year, and the second petitioner prays for the appointment of another Com mittee to inquire into the validity of the subscription deed of the Company, or rather into the' admis sibility of the new subscription contract. S iy Lords, the paints which these petitioners raise, ere points of law rather than of fact, or indeed of anythit'g -Isa ;' end under such circumstances, and consitleriii •.he legal character of the points raised, I certainly think hat your Lordships ought to appoint a Committee to sear the matter in these points argued by couns , - 1. tt appears from the . petitioners themselves, that a -onsidarable number—some hundreds of persons, eho subscribed the last subscription contract, are iiet of the parties who have subscribed the new one; and Lords. I donht very much that they are te es .;; I doubt very much that they can be legally ' •eased from the engagements entered into when they stied the old deed. There is another point, also, to ,e, e h I would wish your Lordships' attention, :rely, that the parties signing the new. contract claim IYIO before your Lordships as the proprietors of de eits peid by the former subscribers. Now, I think, that will be a question, whether any such transfer can be gal, or even received by your Lordships' House as such, Atomic+ as it implies an evasion of the Stamp Act. ihese, toy Lords, I apprehend are points which ought to le clearly seen into by your Lordships. I, therefore, beg to givs notice, that I shall to morrow move for a Com mittee to inquire into the subject matter of these petitions. I shall fix en any day on which we cam have tee attend (rice of the Noble and Learned Lord (Brougham) whom [ do not at present see in his place, as 1 eimoider it ughly essential that he, with other Noble and Learned Lards, should hear the matter argued: If not a technical Hestion, I think that the new subscription deed ought .t to be admitted. The contract deed may csrtitinly be :elided by the addition of a lumber of Dames. but • ':oilier your Lordships will allow a large number of •.e:.; to be withdrawn, is another matter. The peti ;tiers are James Tyler, against the London and York , and George Pry me, who prays to be released from ee• engagements entered into under the former sub iption contract. Lord BEAUMONT 2 —What have we to do with the subscription contract of last year? We have only to do with the subscription deed now before your Lord hips' House. As for the transfer,. there is nothing in ;hat; there is no transfer. How can there be a transfer from that which does - net exist? The subscription con tract of last year is just so much waste paper. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE—PreciseIy so; and it is into the validity of the new Subscription deed that the petitioners pray that your Lordships shall appoint a Committee to inquire. The present promoters of the London and York Railway came be fore your Lordships as the very same parties who ac quired their Bill before the House of Commons last year, and thus they will in the ordinal y course be te- Hived from all preliminary proceedings. That, my Lords, is precisely the point I wish to hest- argued by counsel, and the reason why I intend to m is, ter the appoint ment of this Committee. Surely, my Lords, in a matter ef this magnitude, the time necessary to hear two mode rately short speeches on either side will not he considered thrown aa ay. The question is, in nay opinion, an important aed very necessary one fir your Lordships to decide be ore proceeding further with this Bill. Lord BEAUMONT—My Lords, the promoters of this: Bill for the Lot ;don and York Rail -sac were allowed, by an order of your - Lordships' House, to resume the situation in which they were placed immediately before tee 'prorogation of Parliament lest sestiou, ou conditien teat they produced this session a hew contract deed. That was the understanding at the close of last session. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY—My Lords, I per if.ttAly eie,cur in the (Onion which has been expressed e• ie a obis Lord opposite in the course of this discus , He eesidered, a- I do, that it would be impos tile for the promoters of this Bill to comic before your erdships' House with the same contract deed as that e•eich they had last year. There may have been many since then, and man , sales of shisres may have ,alten place by those who subscribed the original sub- Atription deed between the date of their signature and the Inesent session of Periament. But, independent of these circumstances, there is an end of the contract of Isst year. Earl GREY—My Lords. I do not think the present is fitting occasion for the discussing this subject ; but I -will still say that I think it quite mcessary that the pro maters should produce to your Lordships an entirely new contract deed. I consider the old one is per'eci ly invalid, and the same „person who sign( d the deed of last year could not be found to sign one of this year. Many of those persons may be dead ; others may have removed ; and others, again, have in all probability dis posed of their shares. I, therefore, think that it is quite necessary that a new deed should he produced. Lord MONTEAGLE—My Lords, I quite concur in what has fallen from my Noble Friend. There can be no doubt that the original contract deed must be in -mild, in consequence of deaths, removals, and shares laving been disposed of; the promoters theretbre ought .o be called upon to produce an entire new deed, old should not be allowed to adopt the old one in the '.,resent session. It will be in the recollection of many of -our Lordships. that the contract deed of last year ens 3hallepgod, ice consequence of its having been stated that sealpraeocers has been resorted to in gi tting, up that deed. A Committee was, in consequence of this, appointed tee - , xemine into the subject, but the prorogation of Parlia meio, as your Lordships will remembsr, prevented That onamittee from proceeeling and raking their report. The contract deed, which was introduced into Psrlia went by the preMoters of this Bid, contains only two butidre..l and eighLy names out of the whole tiumbek that originally signed it. The numbers who had sighed the deed prevhusly were tw,slv , hundred. Tho pr 'sent deed is a substitution of an entire!) nsw isstrunecot in the place of the ,del subscription contract. Youl.. rd ships will not fail to bear in mind what is ;ntitided by the standing orders of this House. The intention 01 those order; is this : they state " That whereas. by the lateness of the se7,,e;, .it is not pox ..hle for Parliament to p-rf!,rai its functions v. ith reference to ail the r ; ways submitted tc the consideration of the House ; (I n therefore ceoi• -ants to allow parties pronuet ng lireilway Bills to ,d, , ind in as favourable a po,ition as it the session had been protracted." In short, my Lo. d. , that Bills only' partially proceeded with last session should be taken up in the ensuing or the present se,,ion, at the point where they were discontinued. By this it is evident hat parties would obtain great advantages, be they sould not be compelled to commence entirely anew it the next session or this, and because they would to saved from the additional expense that would here by be incurred. But if, my Lords, patties are to se allowed to substitute a different intrunisnt to the )lie partially proceeded with, thus protecting themselves from the charges which mizlit he brought against them, whether true or false, and consequently putting them selves in a letter condition to obtain the sanction of Parliament to their measures, it would be an injustice to the c -,mpeting, interests. You did not intend tee do that. If such a proposition had b'sen suggested, this House would not, I am sure, have acceded to it. Ir is true you might have said "We will not allow your Bill io stand over, unless your deed .is produced in the same state as when discontinued in • this session." But it is evident that upon the fete of it, it was only allowed to stand over upon that understanding. The Duke of RICHMOND—My Lords, in my opinion the appointment of a Committee would be very useful, because I consider that the matter should be fully in ve tigated. But suppose, my Lords, that the old deed had been altered—suppose that fresh parties had put their names to the subscription contract, your Lordships must bear in mind that those persons who originally signed the deed didso upon the understanding that the Bill should be passed during the last session ; and as it was riot passed, I think the parties who originally signed that deed might have withdrawn their names from the origi nal contract into which they had entered, upon the ground that the Bill did not pass during the period in hish they expected it would have received the sanction of Parliament. They may possibly have -lost money in railway transactions, or they may perhaps have fund it inconvenient to fulfil the engsgemcnts into which they had entered. My Noble Friend (the Marquis of Clanri carde) must consider that if a man can be held liable for the payment of ten thousand pounds this session, which he only contracted to pay if a certain Bill received the sanction of Parliament during the last session, it would be an act of serious injustice if a man was to be held re spOnsible by the law for the fulfilment. Such contract, although I do not think that the law courts would so decide, I should think a case of extreme hardship. As I never held a single share, I cannot be considered by 'your Lordships as speaking other than as a disintereeed person on the subject. Besides, your Lordships should bear in mind, that owing to the great number of railway projects which have been brought forward since last session, some of the parties who originally signed the subscription deed might think proper to withdraw from the railway under consideration, and invest their money in some of the new projects which have been brought under the notice of Parliament this sessio:. Übe Marquis of CI, ANRIC A IMF, shall rot det in your Lordships for any length of time, by enter ing tutu a discussion of the question raised by the Noble the same advantage and the same benefit as were ex tended to other projectors during the last session. And, my Lords, I cannot therefore go the length of the Noble Lord on the cross benches (Lord Redes dale), when he holds out a hope that no such proceed ings as the promoters in question pray for will be per mitted. Bei, at the same time. lam quite ready to say, that where it can be avoided, Parliament should Dot sanction this mode of proceeding. It would, how a most inconvenient course ; eavriedrlibliii'e.levsetii(t)ntiibbre abe course very disadvantageous to the public interests- if this Parliament say that they will not entertain a scheme, merely because it cores before them precisely in the form in which it left Parliament the pc-ceding year. My Lords, I believe .that there are scarcely any schemes of this description which are not capable of some alterati,..n and improvement—(Herr, hear)—a , A I think it is not dealing fairly with the public interests it we resolve that no alteration, however desir able, shall Oct- place for the better carrying tint of the promoters' projects.—(ll ar, hear.) I think it is not just for this Ilou-e to say that, because an alteration or an improvement is made in a Bill in progress through Par liainent, they shall therefore forfeit all the advantages to which they would be otherwise entitled. My Lords, I have no doubt that similar cases to • the present must arise —(dear) —and I only trust that Parliament will g've their full and careful consideration to this matter— (iler.r) —and that if any course does present itst If by which j :sticli can be done to the partias, and at the same lima to the public, I hope lour Lordships will adopt it.—( Hear.) Lord BEAUMONT— I am certainly of opinion that if your Lordship di,fer proceeding with this Bill for nctr reasons as have been all..ded to, and if your Lord. s...ips continue re.it iving these objecd,ms, you Kill never have a road frlnk J.e . uolon t 4 .1 York. Such obit-atoll, may be continitliWbrotight foreard, and the Bill may vo•er fuss in co3sequence of the delays which may take pl ,ce. 1 he petitions w(re ordered to lic on the table. RAILWAYS. The follow•irg is a complete report of thesprech of Mr. Morrison in moving fur a Committee on the sabject of railway. Mr. MORRISON, in bringing forward the motion of which he had given notice, respecting railways, said that as he found there was to be no opposition offered to the proposition, he should probably best consult the wishes of the House by not entering upon the subject at such length as he might otherwise have been induced to do. At the same time he trusted he might be permitted to occupy a few moments in stating generally what were the leading oljects of his motion. He considered that the experience of the last year, not only in Eng land, but the other countries of Europe, had been most important, as it had shown that the develop- ment of traffic had gone on in a way not to hare been an• ticipated by the most sanguine; and he proposed to show by the Committee ho was about to move for that the sys tem of cheap fires had every where been most advantageous and profitable, and that the companies hadnot been injured but bpt:efited by that system. lie also proposed to inquire to what extent it was practicable, by some e,t rat regulations, to relieve the Committees from thp w i ht of business with which they were at present oppressed. Lat-tly, he proposed to bring More the Committee the important subject of granting of leases. The railway system had been recently introduced, and had pr,gra-ssed with such rapidity. that there bait been little time to give to the whole subject a calm con- suieration; but in the course of the pastyear it had been found, not (rely in this country but in others—in Bel gium, France, and America—that there had been a re markable inclea-e of traffic, and to a certain degree an nniform incre.ase. Our experience was yet inadequate to det, mine what the exact ratio of that increase was 1 kely to be. Tiest it must increase with the wealth and opulation of the country there could be no doubt, and to that must be added the progression or increase of busi tiers caused by the railways themselves; but, looking to all the circumstances, the supposition might be risked that the traffic on the great lines, bet seen towns of large Population, went! double itself in ten or fifteen years. Should such he the opinion of the House, it would proba idy think it necessary to reserve to itself the right of re vising the tares at periods considerably under twenty years apart.—(Hear.) One of the most important subjects which c old engage the attention of the Committee would be the effect of the reduction of fares, as [moved wherever the sys em has been attempted in increasing the :raffic, toed in some, if not in most cases, of improving instead of diminishing the revenue. The scale of charges most productive might depend upset the more or leas vary ing circumstances of each paiticula case, but it appeared evident to him that the settle mos ,elvantageous to all parties was tnuch lower than any hing Hear, hear.) rie Belgium would at no sufficient here. It was hithertoidr:otbelievedawntt) a e e that m t attempted phe thet the thought i at in e t es h s chargedisr country,_(e(euei coil) l adjudicated in France the fares fixed for passengers had been, for the first, second, ti)mg reas inpse,aron or 661 b. i6l6, h l i nb r e d .to c rit l , a ,i s tiw s r.gi r t ah e g s p ea e nt c o t iv e e a l e y 74, arid 5 allowancecen ,lo' of thirty person, these rates being somewhat proportiouate to lid., Ifi., and id., in cluding the 10 per cent. additional tax to Government. Now these lines were known to be highly prosperous, and to stand at considerable premiums —a success which he had never been able to account for on any other ground than the lowness of the fares. Let it not be f orgot t e n that France presented per square mile than r manufacture s were sma ll w h, n far fewer advailtage s than our own count r y in res p ec t to railway enterprise. their foreig n tra d e more l i mited raeiee:si. longer ame number o f p eop l e t h ey were e vf 7not iess so numerous, nor s o d line of ra il t h an we nee d e d. denselyoTcos toub) h mrl t e isghp: aea p dtr o te p ht opo u e e l tslo a otua t poy i por o epu n dndl ryoss:t,yl theinatel Then, with respect to the conduct of railway business, he thought that Hon. Members would acknowledge that the attempt of last year had been a failure.—(Hear, hear.) Had he gone fully into the subject, he might have endeavoured to show how stranee and contradic tory had been the different decision s arrived st by the Committees—(Hear, hear)—and how various bad been the rates fixed for passengers and goods, ranging from a penny to fourpence per mile. In one instance he had been told that with respect to so impertant an article as coal, the difference of charge for carriage between one li ne supply ing Manchester and another line was 250 per cent. If such dispa,rity as this prevailed it must be in jurious, and surely much advantage would be derived from such great variations being hereafter corrected by some general regulation. With respect to the subject of leases, it was a m Ater which rather concerned the !louse and the country than the railway companies. It would be I fbr the House to consider a hether the practice of grant• ' ins leases for termivableperiods, inst e ad din perpetuity, might not with great advantage be adopted in this country. Experience had shown that parties are quite willing to undertake the whole cost of constructing rail ways in France ta be held for terminable periods. This was, in fact, mainly a matter of policy -on the part of the state. Of course a sinking fund would have to be provided out of the profits, in order to reimburse the original expenditure at the expiration of the lease; and that was no real ha:dahip to companies. The whole transaction resolved itself into the. nature of a loan to the state, in the shape of an annuity for a certain num ber of years. It therefore appeared to-him that there , could not be two opinions upon the subject, and that if it were practicable to get our new railroads undertaken upon this principle, it was most desirable that no time should be lost in adopting it. No one could pretend to estimate to what extent the railway system might be carried in twenty or thirty years, or what might be the effect of improvements in cheapening the cost of locomotion during shut interval. But it was mani festly desirable that the state should, as early as possible consistent with the public advantage, obtain the control of those lines of public communica tion. And there was this obvious advantage in adopting this system of leases, which had been so successfully introduced into France, that every railway Act that was passed would be a conversion of so much of our general taxation into annuities ter minable with the expiring of the leases, and without the sacrifice of one shilling by the state. Now he would never advise the House to give up the principle of com petition, for it was it very valuable onc, but competition was not enough. In the case of the Bank of England it had been admitted that competition was not enough, and he thought the Rigbt Hon. Baronet, if be would devote a little attention to the subject, would acknow ledge that in the case of railways, as well as of bank ing, something more than competition was necessary. —(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Morrison) had stated that the experience of the last year had been of infinite value as regarded railways. That of the next three years would be more so ; and, indeed the expe rience -of - each succeeding year would furnish addl. tional evidence as to the extent to which traffic was likely to be carried. That there were the means in this country of working railways cheaper then in France could not be a matter of doubt, upon comparing the re s Jurces and relative amount of population • of each. The Honourable Member illustrated this po sition by reading the following statistical details : " Population of France in 1842, 34,213,929, and dividing this sum by the area of 203,736 square miles, the popula tion for each square mile is 167.932. The population per square mile in England is at present 297.698 ; and of Great Britain, 210476. The trade and mercantile marine o , France are quite inconsiderable compared with those of Britain. In 1844, the total customs revenue of France amounted to 215,825,704 francs, or 8,633,6281. ; whereas the total customs revenue of the United Kingdom, during the same year, amounted to 24,107,3481. In 1844, the cnstoms revenue of Liverpool amounted to 4,487,6641., while the customs revenue of Marseilles, which has the largest trade of any town in France, amounted during the same year to only 36,688,000 francs, or 1,467,5201. And, with the exception of Havre, the customs revenue of which in 1844 amounted to 1,085,040 L, the cus toms revenue of no town in France exceeds 500,000/. ; whereas in this country the customs revenue of the Clyde amounted in 1843 to 938,5141., that of Dublin to 977,8901., that of Leith to 628,0081., and that of Hull to 525,4181. The proportion of the population living in towns in Britain is Incomparably greater than in France. fhis is evident from comparing the present population of the ten principal towns in each. In Great Britain. In France. Population, 1841 : Population, 1842 : London Manchester ..... 296,183'Marseilles Liverpool Glasgow 274,538 Bourdeaux . 99,512 Birmingham .... lB2,922'Rouen 90,580 Leeds Edinburgh-- ..... 138,182 Nantes Bristol 122,296 Lille Plymouth Sheffield ... ..... 68,186 Amiens 3,474,578 i " The discrepancy in the an he principal English and Fre] Shipping exclusive of steamers belonging to the ten principal' English Ports in 1844. Vessels. Tonnage. London Liverpool ......1,287 342,142 Newcastle ......1,236 273,95:1 Sunderland ... 813 165,697 Glasgow ' ..... 393 96,61( Greenock Hull W hit ell aven Aberdeen ... Dundee 326 48.9 K: 1,679,20 S fount of shipping belonging to ich ports is equally remarkable, Shipping exclusive ofsteamers belonging to the ten principal French Ports in 1844. Vessels. Tonnage. Havre Bourdeaux 365 61,501 Nantes 541 00,520 horseflies 630 54,896 St. Malo Dunkirk Granville Rouen Nouvelle Dieppe .. 174 S 10,837 8,688 1,766,4421 2,991 836,398 " Total shipping belonging to ports in the United King dom : - Number of Vessels. Tonnage. 22,297 2,848,149 " Total shipping belonging to ports in Franca : Vessels. Tonnage. 13,578 595,344 " The total tonnage of France being very little more than that of the single port of London." The Hon. Member then observed that he had not alluded to the other advantages which would be derived in this coui.try from adopting the French system, because they would form a proper subject of inquiry by the Com mittee, and concluded by moving for a " Special Com mittee to inquire whether, without discouraging legiti mate enterprise, conditions may not be embodied in Railway Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them to promote and secure the interests of the public." PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. TIIUR3DAY, MARCH 19. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Rlils ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members : Surrey Iron Railway Company (llissolving)—Mr. Kemble, Mr. Antrobus, and Mr. Trotter. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley—Viscount Ingeatre, Mr. Muntz, and Mr tip,, er. Bristol and Birmingham (Gloucester and Statehouse Junction)—Mr, Hudson and Mr.i'lullpOtts. Edinburgh and Bathgate—Sir J. Hope and Mr. W. Bailie. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junetion—Mr. Oswald, Mr. Den. nistoun, and Mr. W. }Unite. Glasgow Southern Terminal—Mr. Bouverie and Mr. P. Stewart. Leeds and Thlrsk (Knaresborough Branch Extension)—Mr 0. Dun.. combe, Sir G. Cockburn, and Mr. Aldam. Scottish Midland Extension —Viscount Duncan and Mr. Duncan. Horbury Bridge and Calder Railway—Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldam. t,ast Deteham and Norwich—Mr. Bagge, Mr. Chute, & Mr. B. Smith. Shrewsbury and llereferdshire—Mr. W. 0. Gore, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Ackers, and Mr. J. Bailey, jun. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford — Viscount Mef petit and Mr. Stanslield. Northumberland and Lancashire—Mr. Ord, Mr. Granger, and Mr. Watson. Buckinghamshire (Tring to Banbury)—Marquis of Chandos 194 Mr. Tattered. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—Mr. Mangles and Mr. Wall. Worcester and l'orthdynliaen - Mr. Clive and Sir W. Wynn. West London Improvement and Extension—Colonel Anson and Mr. Mangles. itAILNYAYS The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees un Railway Groups : A. Committee consisting of—Mr. Hawes, Mr. Wilshere, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Bernard, and Sir R. Howard, to whom they have ref, rred the Rids comprised in Group No. 4 of Railway Bills, viz.:— Great North of Scotland, Perth and Inverness, Inverness and Eight Junction, Banffshire, Morayshire, Alford Valley, Deeside, Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension), Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, Stratittay and Breadalbane. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Entwisle, Earl of Shelburne. Mr. A. Hope, and Captain Vyse, to whom they have re• (erred the Bills comprised in Group No. 8 of Railway Bills, viz. : North British, Caledonian (Leith Junction), Caledonian (Mid-Lothian Branches), Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton (Extension and Brancheti). Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, Carnwath and West Linton, East Lothian Central Tyne Valley, Edinburgh and Peebles, North British (Ilawick Branches), North British (Carlisle Lxten•lon), Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amendment. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve, A Committee consisting of—Mr. G. W. Hope, Mr. Ross, Lord 11. Rentinck, Mr. Tancred, and Sir R. Pigot, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 20 of Railway Bills, viz.:-- Staines and Richmond Junction. Staines and Henley (No. I), Staines and Henley (No. 2), London and Windsor, Windsor, , lough, and Staines Atmospheric, London, Hounslow, and Western, London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch), Mitcham and South-Western, Grand Surrey Junction, Richmond (Kew Branch), London and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation, Surrey Iron Railway Dissolving. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Labouehere, Sir J. Duckworth, Sir W. Molesworth, Colonel Verner, and Colonel Ravrden, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 29 of Railway Bills, viz. : Midland, Syston to Peterborough (Deviation and Branches), Rugby and Stamford, Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham. Rugby and Huntingdon. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Bon. W. Cowper, Sir I. M'Taggart, Mr. A. Oswald, Mr. M.J. Blake, and Mr. Gooch, to whom they have nsfared the Bills comprised in (iroui4No. 34 of Railway Bills, viz.:— Great Grimsby and Sheffield (Humber Ferries), East Lincolnshire, Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, and Midland Junction, Lincoln, Wainfleet Haven, and Boston, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No. 1), Hull and Lincoln Direct, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No. 2), Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No. 3), Midland (Newark t• Gainsborough). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 20, at twelve. Select Committee on Group No. 16. Lord Brooke discharged; Hon. G. Duncombe selected, and added 'Committee. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCH 0. anftehlre. iirmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (Stour Valley Line). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (Birmingham, Wolver. hampton, and Dudley Lines). Midland (Purchase of Oakham Canal). Midland (Burton-upon-Trent to Nuneaton). Midland (Leicester and Swan u ington Railway Alien ;lon & rs ntr A statistical department has just been established by the East Icdie Company, ou the same plan RI the statistical depart ment of the Bout! of Trade. had —eater :en root of the rano to in ee pro position, and there could be no doubt that they ought to be checked in their growth, if net altogether eradicated. The Hon. Deputy then referred to the example of England, which, he said, could be cited as a model, not of a social institution, but of a political one. He referred to the similitude which existed between the revolutions of 1688 and 1830, and showed that under William 111. and succeeding mo narchs, laws had been introduced to exclude Government functionaries from the House of Commons, just as the pre sent proposition aimed at keeping them from the Chamber of Deputies. He went on to argue that though a certain number of functionaries were necessary in the Chamber, to give information on special questions, yet that it did not follow that because a man was not a functionary he might not be perfectly well able to enlighten the Chamber. M. 0. Barrot, he said, was no functionary, nor was the Duke de Broglie, nor Count Mole, nor M. Guizot, and yet they were men of great knowledge. He therefore merely meant to say, that public functionaries, no doubt, had great information, but they bad not a monopoly of it. The Chamber ought to be a body representing all classes of society, but no one would speak seriously of a majority representing advocates alone, or manufacturers alone, nor ought it to represent public functionaries alone. And vet the present one was exclusively composed of public functionaries. There were 184 of these in the Chamber. M. Liadieres-152. M. Thiers—Yes, 152, if the Deputies composing part of the King's household or Councillors of State in extraordi nary service, and such like employes, were excluded. But of those 184 functionaries, 130 at least were Ministerial. The number of Deputies usually voting was about 400. Of these 225 sided with the Mnistry, and 175 for the Opposi tion, which gave an average majority of 50 to the Govern ment. But if 130 functionaries were found amongst the 225, could it be denied that the majority was eminentiv that of the Government employes? Be it remarked, too, that the number of public functionaries who voted with the Opposition was yearly decreasing. In 1832, 1833, and 1834, there were about 60 in the Opposition ranks, whereas at present the number was not more than 40. Since last year there had been twenty new elections, and in these, fourteen of the successful candidates were public functionaries. The evil was evidently increasing, and ought to be put down. The conclusion that he drew from these facts was that, often in that Chamber, political feelings were sacrificed to per sonal interests. Functionaries, perceiving that they often had the existence of the Cabinet in their hands, eagerly sought for seats in the Chamber. Such func tionaries as were possessed only by the spirit of their duty remained tranquil, whilst others, impelled by ambition, threw themselves into the Ministerial ranks in order to arrive at some higher place. Whenever a situation fell vacant in the Court of Accounts, the Court of Caseation, in the Council of State, who was almost sure to obtain it ? Without doubt a Deputy ; and this was so well known, that it was sufficient to cause the employes, who were not Deputies, to detest the Government for placing so many Members of the Chamber over their heads. The Hon. Deputy then examined the question in its details, which he considered fully justified. He next alluded to an amendment of M. barrot, which went even. further than that under dis cussion, and lie admitted thatelie-.(M. Thiers) so fully ap proved of what that Hon. Deputy had done, that he was ready to assume the whole responsibility attached to it, and should give it his warmest support. It was said that the amendment not only attacked a number of .Hon. Deputies, but even the august personage at the head of affairs. lie had to reply to that objection, that in what was thus pro •• posed nothing personal was ietended. How could it be supposed that he and his friends could aim at attacking royalty when they had supported It under such trying circumstances? The Hon Deputy here again referred to the great revolution at present being effected iu England, with such regularity. from both the Ministry and the royal power confining themselves strictly to the letter of the institutions. There was never any such thing heard of in England," he observed, "as any enmity to the Queen. No one ever said there, the Queen will have this done or that done;' but simply, ' Sir Robert Peel is doing so and so,' or ' Lord Joha Russell is carrying out such and such a measure.' Did that mean that England, who had expelled the Stuarts, was willing to be subject to the son of a cotton-spinner? Cer tainly not. It merely meant that Sir Robert Peel was the a ill of the country embodied in a single man. The Govern • ment yielded to that will, not as to a riotous body, but as enlightened reason obeyed a truth which it had discovered and admitted.—( Loud applause on the left.) Sir R. Peel was, then, the country-made man ! And could there be a greater stability or a nobler attitude than that which was exhibited? An immense revolution was effected and not a cry against the Queen. She passed on with impunity in the midst of all the agitation, respected and beloved ! Nay, even her death, if it unfortunately should take place, would cause an immense affliction in England, but would not produce the slightest alarm."—(Sensation.) Such was the sight he had desired to behold at the restoration. He was then un known, and, inhis deep obscurity, was acquainted with neither the august occupant of the throne, nor him who was to suc ceed him. In 1829 he had written the phrase, " The King reigns, but does not govern." He bad written that in 1829, and he believed in 1846 that his maxim was perfectly pos sible. He firmly believed that a true representative Govern ment was possible in France. Were it otherwise, the coun try ought to have been told so in 1830.--(Sensation.) If the representative Government was not possible in France, it would have been better not to effect the revolution—if it was not possible, what they had previously was far preferable.— (Continued sensation.) He looked on the revolution of July as a step in advance—as a progress, but he felt convinced that there was much more to be done. Was it necessary to say what connexion there was between all this and the amendment? The amendment desired to have royalty always placed out of debate, and to see Deputies vote fairly according to their own opinions. But when representatives were seen to vote day after day according to the ideas of another—(Murmurs from the centre)—it was evident that such a state of things was attended with grass inconve eience.—(" Hear, hear," from the left.) "We had rather," said the Hon. Deputy in conclusion, " sacrifice the King's aides•de-camp than the King himself, and we regard that as an advance in the career at the end of which we per ceive the truth of representative government. That truth will be long in coming, it is said. Be it so; I shall not say anything to the contrary ; but, in allowing the fact, I must call to mind the words of a German author, who, in speak ing of causes that triumph slowly, multi—' I shall place my vessel on the highest promontory of the bank, and shall await the coming of the tide to set me afloat, and waft me off ' In the same way Ido not think that 1 am placing my vessel so high that it w ill be inaccessible."---(Loud applause and agitation.) The Minister of the Interior replied to the Hon. Deputy. He maintained that the representative Government was fully and honestly practised at present in France. The funda mental rule of such a Government was to hare it directed by the will of the majority. That was what was demanded under the restoration, and what was carried out in the pre sent day.—( Interruption and exclamations.) It was said that the restoration had the majority. He denied it. It was not when it had the majority that it fell, but when . it separated itself from the majority, and desir G ed ov te ern g n o le v n e t rn h n a sense contrary to its will. The pre ad been for six years in power,?an#ooli.idani and, ever,present he would ask, therefore, the fun separated from the majority G &mental principle of the en ernmen d t . had been satisfied. The Hon. Minister then proeeede.d to iscuss the question on its own merits, and argued that it was useless, inasmuch as it would not attain its object, and would be attended with grave inconveniences. Speaking of corruption used by the Govern ment, the Hon. Minister retorted the charge on M. Thiers' Cabinet, denying that it was applicable in any way to the present. He referred to the Deputies appointed since 1840, and defied M. Thiers or any other Hon. Member to point out those shameful fallings-off from opinions which had been alluded to. He also called on them to examine the returns of Government promotion.% and show any examples of improper or illegitimate recompenses awarded for politi cal apostacy. The Hon. Minister also called in question the calculations of M. Thiers with respect to the number of De puties holding Government situations. There were not, he maintained, 184 of such Deputies in the Chamber, since generals on half-pay, members invested with merely hono rary functions, and such like, ought not to be included under the category just named. Besides, he argued, whatever they were, they had been nominated by the electors. The mo tives put forward by the author and supporters of the propo sition the Hon. Deputy did not think were the real ones. The Chamber had now existed for a period of five years, and during that time the Conservative policy had triumphed. The Opposition now, at the moment of the Chamber's dis solution, desired to see it pass on itself, just as it was about to appear before the electors, a veritable act of discredit—it wanted the mtvority to declare that for five years it had been wanting in dignity and morality. This, he would venture to say, the majority would not be induced to consent to. The Hon. Minister concluded by alluding briefly to the amend ment. He declared that a proposition to exclude the func tionaries of the civil list from the Chamber came with so much a worse grace from M. Thiers, that it was he who had, in 1836, nominated Baron Fain, the intendant of the civil list, a Member of the Chamber. He maintained, further more, that the certain effect of the amendment would be to give to the enemies of the institutions of the country a powerful weapon against royalty.—(Hear, hear.) The sitting was brought to a close at half-past 6 o'clock. MARCH 18. At 2 o'clock M. Sauzet, the President, took the Chair, when the discussion on M. Remusat's proposition relative to the right of plaeemen to be Deputies was resumed. M. Deelongrais, the first speaker, supportedthe proposition, which he regarded as more advantageous to the majority than to the Opposition. The deputation, he said, should ant HUDDERSFIELD, MARCH 19. STOCK EXCUANOE.—The sales are—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man chester, 6?i p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 16 dis. -11ad dersneld, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 41. I s.—Manchester, Buxton. Matlock, and Midland, 325. 6d, p—Manchester, Hudderstleki, and Great Grimsby, 18 dia.—North Western, 15s. 6d. p.—London and York, 34 -Dlrwct Northern, 1/. 186. Gd.—Liverpool, Ormakirk. and Preston, IN p.—West Riding Union, 4/. 13.6. MULL, MARcR 19. Sroeit EXCHANGE.—The sales are --Blackbutn, Damen, and Bol ton, 51. Is. 3d.—North British, Carlisle, 463.—Derby and Gains borough, 12s. 6d.—East Lincolnshire, 325. and Barnsley Junction, 27s.—London and York, 3?. ss. 9,1, —Wes t Riding Union, 4N, YORK, ;leach 19. STOCK E XCLIANS V. —ThO SHIM ' ^ - .,—t. rand Ifnion (Nottingham tO Lynn), Fi —Leicester and Bedford, 16 , .—London and York, i— •!iiiiticitester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midi:ltal. 13s. 6 d.—Newcaatle anti Darlington, Brandling, 36: 1 4 North Brit it:11, Carlisle Exteasion, 2NI —West Riding Union, 4.75 i —York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 9%. 'EDINBURGH, Maten 17, Srocx EXCHANGE. -The sales are - „ki , e.rdeen, 111.- -Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11. lls. -Airdrie and Bath„rate, I/. 17s. 6 d.-Arbroatk and Forfar, 25./. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161. -Armagh and roams'', 11.-Ayr and Diuntlies, 21. 0.-Ayr and Calloway, It. 10s.-Ayr shire and Bridge of Weir, 11. IN.- Sat ffshire,'ll.-Belfast and County DQwn, 21.-British and Irish Union, 2/. 4s. 6d.--Caledonian, ex New, 2/. -125.-.C.aledanian Extension. 11. ISa. -Caledonian and Dmnbarton, 4e.--Cciedonbut and Northern Direct, 1/. 19s. Gd.--Carnwath and West Linton, 11. is. fol.-Chablis ford and Bury, 11.-Clydesdale Junction, 171.- Cornwall and DSTUL. Central, 1/. Its. Gd.-Dceslde Railway, 41. les.-Direct Northern. 2/. 33.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 4/.-Dundee and Arbroath, 39/. 55.-Ditto, New, 221.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 11. 160. -Dundee and Perth, 111.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, 2/. 7s. 6d.- Eastern Counties Extension, 1/. 10s.-East Indian Railway, 12s. Gd.-East of Fife, I/. 15s.- East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, ii. 55.-Edinburgb and Batligste, 11. 155.-Edia burgh and Glasgow, 731.-Ditto, Half Shares, 131. 12s. Gd.- Ditto. Quarters, IV. Is.-Ditto, ditto, New, 16/. 55.-Edinbargh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton.l6s. 6d. - Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 19s. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 171. 10s.- Ditto, Preference, 20/. IN.-Edinburgh and Northern, 41. 2s. Gd.-Ditto, Newport, 17s. 3d.- Ditto, Lochgelly, 11. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. 7s. Gd.- Edinburgh and Perth, 2/. 2s -Edinburgh, Portobello, and Mussel burgh, IL 13a.-Forth and Clyde Junction, I/. 155.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 717.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 131, ss.- Glasgow Belfast Union, 1/. 12s. -illasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle, 21. -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, H. 9114-Glasgow and Gartikirk, 421.-Glasgow and Greenock., 191.- Ditto, New Stock, 101. -Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, it. 10s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 11. las. 6d.-Glasgow,Kilmarnock. and Ardrossan, 21. 55.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagew. 21. 6a. -Granton Junction, 11.-Great County Down, 1/. 10s.- Great North if Scotland, 21. 4a.-Great North and South Wales, 7s. 9d.-InTer ness and Elgin, 11.-Lanark and Lothians, 21.2 a. 6d.-Larne, Belfast. and Ballymena, 11. U.-London and Hounslow, IL- London and Manchester (Rastriek), 31. 10s.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 11. 2s. 6d.-Lendon and York, 31. lbs.-Midland and Eastern Com- ties, 11. U.-Morayshire, 21.-Newcastis and Berwick, 191. 108.- Newry and Loudonderry, 11. 17e.-Berth British, 26/.-Ditto, Halves. 61. lOs.-Ditto, Extension to Carlige, 21. se.- Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 6/. Is.-North Wales Mineral, 141. 151 -Ditto, New. 31. 17r. 6d.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 11. 9s. -Perth anti Inverness. 1!. Ils.- Scottish Central, 141.-Ditto, New, V. U.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. 65,-Scottish Grand Junction, 11.105.-Scottish Midland, 41.-6cottish Southern, 11. Ms.-Shrews bury and Hereford, 12s. id. -Sit ews bury, Oswestry, and Chester, 41.- South 311dland, It. lOs -Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. Ms.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 4c-Strathern Junction, 21. 45.-Surrey Grand Junction, 9s. 6d.-Teas and Dave Valley, 155.-Wisbaw cud Col - Ile/7S. 481. 10s. GLASGOW, MARCIE I. Groot Bxesswox.—The sales are Airdrie and Bathgate, 375. British and Irish Union, 46s.—Caledoniaa, New, 565. 6d.--Cale donian Extension, 35s.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, Us.— Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 3Ss.—Caledonian and Direct Northern, 32s.—Dundee and Feral, 121.—East titian Rail way, 12s. 9d. —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 73%—Edinburgh, Glasgow. and Dumbarton, 17s. 9d.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 3€4.—Glasgew General Terminus, - Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3111.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 71ji —Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle. 355. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrman, 44s.—Glasgow and Duo dee Junction, 333.—Glasgow Barbour Grand Junction, 292.—Great North and South Wales, 7s. 6d.—Groat Indian Peninsular, 7s. Sd.— Inverness and Elgin, 20s. 6d.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 39a. Lesmahagow, 41s.—London, Bristol, and South Wales, 12s. 64,-- Perth and Inverness, 30s.—Perth and Cried. 30s= Scottish Cen tral, M. 6s.—Dltto, New, 71. 13a.—Scottish Southern, Sis.—Seottlsk d d D C u n a lite I f er n sty_t o n v , m 27; w . — a o d u c t M ae l o d s l an . 4 d 7 , 5 . 6 . Is . 64. sCteinatirnagl SUICIDE sr A YOUTlL—Thursday Mr. Baker held an Inquest at the Crown and Anchor, Hare-street, Bethnal-green, en. the body of Henry Callow, aged seventeen years, who committed suicide by banging himself. It appeared by the 'evidence that de ceased resided with his parents ; he was of a reserved and sullen dis position, and was in the habit of attending executions. On Tuesday evening be was found in the back kitchen of the house suspended be hind the door by a silk handkerchief; he was quite dead. He had been reading to his sister an account of a man who had hung himself in a police cell, and the father said he thought he had been trying a similar experiment, not contemplating a fatal result. The jury, atter a lengthened deliberation, returned a verdict of— Tenrpoary In unity. THE SINDE CONTINGENT.—The following is an ex tract from a letter dated Head-quarters, Camp near Tette, Jan. 28:— " I left Kurrachee three days ago, at the same time with Sir Charles Napier and his staff, on our route to Sukkur, where a force of about 12,000 men is assembling to take a share in the operations against the Punjaub. I have no doubt we shall go to Moolton. Eight regiments have been sent kom Bombay, with a portion of artillery, to reinforce Sir C. Napier. The following corps are now at Sukkur, or en route from Lower Sinde to that station : Two troops of Bengal Horse Artillery. One troop of Bombay Horse Artillery, Two companies of Bengal Foot Artillery. Five companies of Bombay Foot Artillery. 6th and 7th Bengal Light Cavalry. Shute Irregular Horse. Her Majesty's 17th Foot. Her Majesty's 80th Foot. 2d Bengal European Regiment. 4th, 15th, and 09th Bengal Native Infantry. 4th, 7th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 18th Regiments of Bombay Native Infantry. The Bundelcund Legion. We shall he at Sukkur about the 4th of February, by which time something will he decided as to the plan of operation in the Punjaub. Sir Charles will not suffer himself to be taken by surprise. Mooltost was taken by storm by Runjeet Singh in 1818, who cut to pieces the Affghan garrison of 3,000 men, with the exception of about 500, to whom quarter was given. The booty on that occasion is said to have amounted to 4,000,0001. sterling." At Hammersmith Police•court on Wednesday, four grown up lads, casual paupers, were committed to prison for having created a riot and disturbance at the workhouse. On their removal from the bar they applied to have some food ; but the workhouse officers having stated that food had already been given them, they were told they could have no more till they got to the prison. After their departure, the following one of them in pencil, ou the wall of the ce ll in which placed : effusion was fu gh w they rit ten wee.brY " May the God above, send down his love, With thorns as sharp as chisels. T. cut the throats of all such rognes As begrudge poor cagers wittele." Goon FORTUNE.-A man named Barber, a labourer in the Portsmouth Dockyard, and formerly foJtmen to the late Sir Michael Seymour, was apprised a few days since that he Is heir to property amounting to half a million I The man can scarcely believe his good luck. EARLY CLOSING MoVEMENT.—A public meeting of the Metropolitan Drapers' Association took place on Thursday even ing at the Mechanics' institution, Southampton-buildings, Holborn, to di.s.lise information respecting the injurious effects of the late-hour system, and to take measures for its abolition. The theatre of the establishment was crowded. bir. Wy,e, M.P., took the chair. The Chairman expressed his sympathy with them in carrying ent what he considered a most important object. A report was read and re ceived, and resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meeting were sdopted. TRIAL OF SPEED. --A letter from Calais states, that on the 11th instant a trial of speed took place between the two packets, the o,iyx and the Princess Alice, running between Dove r and that port. The Onyx crossed the Straits in 1% hour, whilst the pdoeess Alice occupied one hour and 44 minutes, thus being beater by 14 minutes; this is equivalent to a superior speed of more tbas two miles an hour. We ought to add, that if the Onyx had waited. at Dover for the turn of the tide, her ping sfecild hayelieeit about 10 minutes shorter.