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IHPERIAL PARLIA.MENT- HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 18. ' (Continued fiom our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) PU 3:AC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Ur. F. MACKENZIE proposed the second reading 07 ;his Bill. Mr. HUME said he was very sorry that the Hon. Member had not withdrawn the Bill, because it was not called for by any petitions which had been presented to the House. He objected to the measure on the principle that the limitation of public houses would not have the desired result of putting a atop to those drinking habits which he was sorry to say had become very common in Scotland of late years. He was as . anxious as any one to re medy the evil, but that could not he done by limiting the number of public-houses. A meeting of Scotch Members was held yesterday, to co ns id er th e Bill. Twenty-eight Members attended, and not one of them entirely approved of its principle, the Hon. Mem ber (Mr. F. Mackenzie) himself only giving his assent to one of the claus es. They, however, all agreed that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the subject in a full and impartial man ner, and with the view of devising some more effectual means of abating the crying evil. He was bound to say, however, that a division took place, and that 12 voted in favour of proceeding with the second reading, and 16 for its rejection, but the whole of the 12 had individually objections to most of the clauses. Steps had already been taken in Edinburgh to diminish the number of public-houses, and whilst in 1830 there were 872, the number had been reduced to 516 in 1851; but there had been no commensurate benefit, for the vice had increased instead of being diminished. The inference he drew from the fact was that the same liberal policy which had been so successfully adopted in London, where drunken— ness had greatly decreased, should be pursued in Scot land. It was seldom one saw such large numbers of drunken persons in the thoroughfares of the metro polis as filled the streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow. In London the monopoly in the sale of beer had been removed, and places of amusement had been opened where the labouring classes could spend their leisure time; and so great a change had taken pace in the morals of the people, . that whilst 41,000 persons were charged with ' drunkenness in 1831, only 23,600 were brought before the police magistrates on a similar charge during the past year, though the population had increased from 1,500,000 to 2,ooo,ooo.—(ffeer, hear.) The working classes, instead of resorting to public-houses, now em ployei their ieisure time in visiting the British Museum and the National Gallery, and in taking a jaunt to Hamp ton Court. He should move that- the Bill. be read s second time this day six mOnths, btit would Suggest that a Committee should be appoLted to inquire into the best means of improving the morals of the people both in'Scotland and England.—(Hear.) The emereintent having been put, :Lord DRUMLANRIG said, though not agreeing with the whole of the Bill, he thought it would be better tor go into Committee, when an opportunity would be given for discussing the whole of its details. He bore testimony to the demoralizing tendency which the great cousumption of spirits had upon the people of Scotland, and to the urgent necessity which existed for some legis lative enactment upon the subject. Mr. A. HASTIE supported the amendment, but de nied that the drinking habits of the Scotch people were on the increase; on the contrary, he contended that the consumption of spirits had largely diminished. He approved of the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Montrose, that a Committee should be appointed, and he would give it his cordial support. •Mr. F. MdULE considered that the propositions made on each side of the House did not differ very ma terially. There were many points on which he differed from the Hoe. Member for Montrose, but he was sure that the objects of ell parties would be attained by send ing the Bill to a Committee upstairs. It was, he con fessed, with great pain he had arrived at the conclusion that the sad 'vice of drunkenness was very prevalent in Sthotland. He was not one to Bey' anything derogatory of- his country; but ha could not conceal from himself the leinentable feet thet in. a popualition of three millions there .wasa ceneumptien of, ras spirits to. -the - ..amount - of -about six millions of gallons.— (Hear, hear.) Taking . the. whole - of she population, frenn the man who wls tottering on the verge of the grave down to the infant whe an hour ag'o first saw the light, that gave an average consumption - of spirits for each individual of two gallons per, •annum ,—(Hear, hear.) In Glasgow there wa,e a public-house for every . 164 of the population, including in that number both young and old. This was as monstrous a state of things as could exist in any city or any country. The Hon. Member for Montrose said if ,beer licenses were more generally given in Scotland the evil of drunken ness would be considerably diminished; but he doubted whether that was a correct assumption. What he (Mr. F. Mettle) objected to was the system existing in Scot land of allowing bakers' and grocers' shops to have lieenoes for the sale of ardent spirits. That system had a double effect. First, it injured the fair trader, because, whilst an honest baker for instance sold good bread at the market price, there was another baker inethe same neighbourhood who offered his bread sea pride which was not profitable, and then made up the deficiency by selling drama to his customers.— (Hear, hear.) That it was which demoralised his countrymen , and countrywomen, and which he wished to see abolished.—(Hear.) It was at these shops that the servant girl first learnt the taste of whisky, and the youths of the country were demoralised; and he would rather see in Edinburgh and Glasgow London gin palaces established: at the korner of streets, than that servant girls and youths should obtain whisky in a surreptitious way.—(Hear, hear.) If they went into such public places they would do so openly, and if no shame existed a brand of infamy would in Many cases be stamped upon them, but now they ob tained whisky in grocers' shops in a secret and surrep titious manner—the habit of- drinking grew up from ' time to time, vice - followed vice, mad at last they became irretrievably ruined. The increase of beer shops would never make the con sumption of beer supersede that of spirits in Scotland. The object of a Committee ought to be to bring the con sumption of spirits under more ' control, and if that could not he done then to make it more public, so that public opinion could more effectually bear. upon the matter. The Hoceurable Member for Montrose had also adverted to the advantages of having public institutions for the resort and amusement of the people; and if he would be lets niggardly with regard to the public purse, he would be most happy to adopt his suggestions with regard to Scotland, but it was clear they could not be carried out except at the ex pense of the country. He hoped the House would as sent to the second reading ttialhfien refer the subject to a.Cemmittee, to' be appointed for the purpose. Mr. OSWALD admitted the consumption - of s pi r it s in Scotland was great, acid ought to be diminished, but considering that no legislative measure would diminish the cgs:ism:option, he should sopp9 . rt the'anendment. The Bill was a piece of the purest humbug he had ever seen iletroducsd into the. House. Ise regretted very much the round which, the Government had taken, because he r l it , ght it was of the greatest importance - that a of eueli a nature should , ;be brought in by the 'Git'veinumnt•and not by an independent Member. j e th o ey wanted en i n quiry on the subject, let them have ruitteet b u t h e wou ld no t h ave t h em rea d this Bill a sec ond time, which he believed would be most ruischle- VOUS to the country, Mr MAGREGOR was sorry to have seen any mem ...befLefvtehre might supporting a' Bill of this nature. 33-riiiiwouldb"e"oYt be of t t :ltkr I'4, he was convinced that this the slightest use. Legislation would not effect ene.thieg. het only way to improve the so briety of' the p eep ', of Scotland was by education, be ginning et tie earliest age. T o li m i t the number of publi c -houies would be to offer a - premium f. r the pur chase of larger , guantitie s of spi rits . The ob noxious to the whea l * ak _ Bill was v ee ralatid and he should hMr. daT4 do - y ii tl9.(r G 7P ß ° R se U i C t. Eiqiatelt:aitistbasvg,iee'en. 12e1 i. a h pretty well wh g th r h ea w t e e r i e U: h e ettablisited-fuel that drunkenness in counteracting. the benefits of etiolation widely (Vex :- 1 Seetiand. seee u e es '- , hie. to the l a t es t . re turns the pwoortion of euucateeata t uneducated criminals in S:olden& veal as 4 :0 1. Theatre! Gel:alma, the had t p Member for if said that tee number ot ,h lie ssziets had dimirrighhalt trot the consumption in that, city e,rai thirty-six batt l e s per hea d of the whole Populition - , -Man, woman, and him", " 3 1 1166 % 2 d teen called the ) mother-milk of Welig 1 .w.: Sheriff Melon's testimony was to the effect Jat two-thirds hat the ', crimes in that city.. was caus ed b:r the use of and nt EPHhi: Wee k hey , t h ee , w - be teld that deetch geutlemennett, sit down eonriv, with P l i 4 evil With cu' ,sq-!,(1 1 - , ni t , ameliorate it? If the .argument of th Rers. Member for Glesgews thtt legislation .never did any ,euteten these *tatters Wll3 c:ore,or., what was to bee sreeief all the BUN that had bin broug ht into that House by - the Barleif SbitftP6ntiry to . im r i ve h? ties' i the working classe s ? H e bes t rhougiethet( ' C er c utidrsie to pursue-would - be to lead thig Bat 4 time, arid send it upstairs to a Committee -with power to take evieence co lb' subject..., ,„ Mr. COWAN a'id' that 'nerepresented a constituency, *trump - w hich ho was ashamed confsss that ther e existed a graat misery and PatiParitm, sod he gladly support any measure se bleat be thought w ould tend to : alleviate at. He did not think that the Bill would have thit effect. 4 d(d-not touch the great evil —the wreteheet s t at e of the dwellings of th e poor, Which drove the people so despair, and lea them t o ' see k rel i e f and ceneolatien in ardent spirits. . Sir J, HOPE approved o: the general principle of the 1210 °_, Anti would Ruppert the sesoe4 reading of it. The LORD ADVOCATE said he intended to sup port Iheaecend reeding Whatever might the Bide said there cotdd not be the sligaesst doubt that ietemper sta tvit% eryiog anti scendelooe in Scotland,_. 4 0 Iledid net wonder It ell et the returee which had been quoted from the evidence of Sheriff Aliso n, and no m ats who w as at all connect, d w ir hh e chininal afftirs ef that country c o u ld ''oil t^ see that, if they could diminish sh e mount of huethey mperance would also be dimi n i sh i ng carne.-L. the amount of en near, hear.) It 'was t o hive a tendency thisobtain r" measure which would that h e meant to vote for the second reading wa ,t garded the Bill itself, he cou ld this Bill, hut as re e could say at once that he could not support h.-_(Hear, hear. ) The subject with which it dealt was very important , sent to a Committee some adcii and if the 1 1 111 were thrown upon the subjset and a be t t e r tionel light might be this means they woold be more l iicei ßill devised. By than if they appointed a genera' theyCOneYesto;s°tehe'll.teerdel" were to have apeasure on the subject to - have it at once without delay; This . B ill be bitter with the licensing - system , s o d thonoi 1 t : e .7 4. ! ,1 1 dealt on ly any very great result from that, milli he tho ugh t ,ln" ex pect reasoneehe:had given, that it would ate bett erfor the Bill a second reading. . o ' B . th is' • Mr. ELLIOTT opposed the Bill,hein a ' eree to its principteaa well as to the detaili by P Which it was p r o- Posed to carry oat that principle, Mr. F. MACKENZIE in replr, said his wish was that the Bill should he read a second time, in order that it might be referred to a Select Committee, said ho thought it better to take that course than to refer the whole subject to a general Committee, the result of which would only be fruitless resolutions, and the post ponement of all legislation. Lard MELGUND said that the course which the Hon. Member proposed was certainly a most extraordinary one; it was asking the House first to affirm the principle of a Bill, and then to inquire afterwards whether that principle was a good one. He believed that this system of legislation would be vicious, and would produce evils which dia not as yet exist. Mr. BOUVERIE wished to call the attention of the House to the fact, that of ell the Hon. Members who had spoken in support of the Bill there was not one who bad advanced a single argument in its favour. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 123 Against it ... ... 67 Majority... —56 The Bill was then read a second time. ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYHOLDS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. HODGSON suggested that the second reading might be postponed until this day week. The Bill was only printed and delivered yesterday. • Mr. AGLIONBY declined to accede to the request. The Bill was not a new one, but was one which was postponed from last session, and which was founded upon the report of a Committee who had sat upon the subject. Mr. CHRISTOPHER had looked into the provisions of the Bill, but not being a professional man he con fessed he could not entirely understand it Us there fore thought the appeal for a postponement was quite justifiable. Mr. AGLIONBY said the principle of the Bill was in accordance with the Real Property Commission that sat in 1832. In addition to that a Committee was subsequently appointed to consider the subject of oopy hold enfranchisement, before whom the late Sir Robert Peel gave most important evidence, and a Bill was af terwards passed authorising voluntary enfranchisement, Last year and the year previous the matter was again taken up, and ultimately referred to a second Committee, who came to the unanimous resolution to recommend this Bill to the House. It was accordingly laid on - the table late last session, and had since been considered by the country, and it was generally allowed that the provisions of the Bill were as favourable to the lord as to the tenant. It was intended that its provisions should be carried out under the superintendence of a commis sion; and he had little doubt that it would be found to work well. Sir GEORGE STIUCKLAND did not think the Bill d4lt out equal justice to both sides. It was a com pulsory Bill of a unr-sided character, and he was very much afraid it would do incalculable injury. He readily admitted that the old antiquated copy hold tenure wai unsound in principle, but did the Bill do away with copyholds? Certainly not, it left behind a remnant of the old system, and, therefore, until they could legislate in such a way as to secure the interests of both the landlord and the tenant, they ought not to advance a step in the matter. . The com pensation claims of this Bill were highly objectionable, and he still gave it bis'humble opposition. Mr. HUME said the object of the Bill was to abolish copyholds altogether, and he fully approved of it. With regard to the compensation clauses they could be got rid of as amended in Committee. Mr. FRESHFIELD had heard nothing which should induce him to oppose the Bill. It W61.5i for the public interest that the pernicious system of copyhold tenure should be abolished, and the'lS . lll should have his hearty support. - _ MULLINGS supported the Bil.l, and hoped it would tvA be rejected because it contained some defect in its detail. The Bill was th'en ordered to be read a second time this day fortcight. , COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL. On the motion ferethe second reading of this Bill, Sir j. PAKINGTON said this was another Bill which had been carried over from last session, but since ; h en his opinion had undergone no change whatever upon the subject of the Bill, „end he Must continue to give it his decided oppositiou. It was proposed by the Bill to transfer the management of the county rates to a theatre that was entirely tie& for the task. He had no desire to undervalue the importance of taxation being accompanied by represen tation, but the management of county-rates was an ex ception to the mite and that argument would- not apply in this instance. The Bill was not the one recommended by the Committee last session, or he might have felt himself precluded from offering any opposition to it. The House should remember that the Committee last session was composed of some of the most distinguished Members of the House, including the Right Hon. the Se cretary of State far the Home Department and the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Ripon; and after long and careful investigation, the Committee came to the resolu tion of recommending a particular Bill, which the Right Hon. Member for Manchester had taken upon himself to set aside for the sake of introducing this measure; and he hoped therefore the House would not sanction the second reading. Neither the House nor the Government could be prepared to take the management of the police and county gaols out of the bands of the magistracy of England, and as this question was one of too much mag nitude and importance to be left in the hands of a private Member, he called upon the House to join him in pra_ venting its adoption until it had been fully sanctioned and brought in bysotne responsible Minister.—(Hear.) Mr. ROBERT *PALMER contended that the princi ple of this Bill was vastly different to the one which he was prepared to support last year as well as now. He did not object to• the provision which gave the rate payers a voice in the management of county affairs, but they ought to enjoy it with the magistracy, and he w as not prepared to support such an unjust species of legislation. In his part of the country the ratepayers took very little interest in this question; he had made them fully acquainted. with its principle and details, but they bad forwarded ne petition or communication upon the subject, and he presumed fro m that circumstance that they cared very little about the matter. Oh the other band, he believed they were quite 'satisfied with the pre sent systein, arid the House should pause before they at tempted to disturb it.. Until Phu saw a stronger expres sion of opinion in the country-in favour of the Bill, he should always be prepared to oppose it.—(Hear.) Mr. M. GIBBOX considered the Hen. Meinber had no right to assume that because the unions adverted to were silent they were therefore opposed to the Bill. The - mode adopted for constituting the boards was very just and proper, viz., to give the ratepayers the power of selecting persons, whether Magistrates or not, whom they thought were best quali fied to be members of financial boards for the aesess ment and expenditure of the county rates. In making the alterations in the Bill he had acted in accordance with the principles which the Committee of the House had laid down—(Hear, hear)—that the boards should .be strictly financial, and not interfere in the slightest degree with the judicial duties of the magistracy. The Bill contained a great deal that had bten recommended by the Committee. He admitted it was very desirable that the Government should bake up the waiter.—(hear, hear.) The Honourable Mem ber for Montrone was the first volunteer who brought the question before the House, and unless there were volunteers in legislation they would never progress , all, because the Government could not introduce any measures that were necessery. And no one showed a greater example in volunteer legislation than the Hon. • Member for Droiteich.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Mil ner Gibson) considered that when the House delibe rately sanctioned a principle, as it had done the prin ciple of this Bill, it was the duty of the Executive- Government to carry out that principle in practical legislation. He would, therefore, most gladly abandon the measure if the Government would promise to take it iu hand. The Earl of Derby had stated that the great and rapid increase of county rates well deserved atten tion, and that in the county with which he was con bected they had risen from 77,0001. in 1823 to 175,0001. in 1848, and that it was an anomaly dud such a sum should be assessed and expended by the magistrates without the control of the ra:eptlyers.—(Hear.) The prayer of a pe tition presented to the House by the farmers of Busk inghamshire ulso made a similar statement, and asked for some remedy. Ea had no wish to rouse up any bad feeling .in the country, but only t, obtain : the appointment of boards competed of fit, proper, and, bosibeis men to control the county rates. 'He hoped the Wiese would not throw out the Bill on the second reading,' and'ullew the magistrates to con biltadtheecniaraiiietpar.yaetersp,ay "Atte toexereise at, irrespciesible control over the money sore,t 0 ri allow eui ay b u f_tr t he " ;71-yo somau bl legislation agreeing isia tt.e e w to as h t h e e e e te r ese y era that, contra which undoubtedly were entitled to poisesse thah renees, teet said.there were very important irociiieed (Hear this Bill and the one tortherly in eion that h e ta t i , h h eli.L) stated On a former occa . , inedy, nor any :h re tp t u 'rei, was ho . great ode to re ef county mese * a d. hnte existaig in the menegenetnt i r n at tli s o ; se he a r s , ser a t t ie t n h t : t i b u.yeitib a tstit ila er b a ei 4 h t e t i . z w to in a tu ti i T o et t e ha n e t , a x a p . t e h n 6 d u i t g u h r . tes ehe de ny the chneielous •et tt e he said he was unable to it which ! e vrer r e epreseutative :seratem iwaitt(h) the t t b e onf i f i s ty ' added,. he aotThoroughly was nevertheless awar e at f. ,the :ne:l7cisit;edd understuod by tho3e w4O - ` 4 `• PrePued. the Bill ; a: a , that 0cca.404 he. nature of the subject., they resented to the second reading on cenditioe that it 41 , 46 to be teferrechta a Select Com mittee, :But isr ;he' present Bill- the - recommends: of Atte' Coetiettee had . not been . attended to. Thefor instance, we magistrates, fbi the were " originally proposed, to form a pc-rt of . bi iard unless elected, and they were thus virtually cs?tluded fron t a n perticipation in the administration ofwas the funds; and not prepar e d that was an exclusion to which heto '"sent- It the Bill remained in its present state it should receive his o pposition in every seete of its progress. He did not ace that any pracCoat i result would b e arr i ve d a t by agreeing to the second reading, the time of the House would only be wasted witlessly and uselesely, and thceigh adnering to the principle whi c h it aoug„lat to establish, he felt compelled to refuse his assent to its (metier progress. said Mr. BRIGHT o b served that nothieg had been which showed that if legislation was desirable on the subject, a good' Bili might not be made out of the measure of his Hen. ) Eln accused the Secretary or the Home Department of being for merly a concealed, h u t now an e hateeehee t of a mea sure for the appeinement of eseatty financial lwd& Mr. DEEDES said, h aving. been, a member of the Committee, he could bear testimony. to the impartial part which had been taken bye's° Secretary of the florae Department.—(Hear.) The very material altera tions made in the Bill were not matters of detail, but of principle.( Hear.) The Ron. Member repudiated the asiertion, tlaet any party motives aetnated,tha opponents of Ulu • • TH E StIN, . LO/sTDON v Mr. HUME was of o pi n i on that one of the greatest an )tnalies in the, cmn t r y was the expaditure of so much money without any control. He was perfectly indifferent who introduced the Bill as long as the object was attained. He was somewhat surprised that the Secretary for the - Home Department, who twice supported the principle of the Bill, should now turn round and give a denial of justice to the ratepayers. He had no desire to attribute any improper motives, but he thought the Right Hon. Baronet would show a better di'position towards the country if he would allow the Bill to go into Committee, when he could propose any alterations that he deemed necessary. Mr. HENLEY was of opinion there would be no difficulty in deciding who were the real friends of the parties who desired this important question settled and who were their opponents.—(Hear.) It was a question of great difficulty, and little understood by the Hon. Member who had charge of the Bill. If he had availed himself of the assistance of the two Com mittees who had devoted so much time to the subject, he would have shown a more sincere desire to devise a satisfactory measure, perhaps not one that would meet the views of extreme parties, but would at at least not bring the financial affairs of counties to a dead lock. A very unfair attack had been made on a Minister of the Crown, who had made a great effort to put the Bill into some practicable shape, but he doubted whether the measure had not been brought forward with a view to agitation.—(Hear.) Mr. BARROW said he supported the establishment of these county financial boards, and, so far as they did not interfere with the judicial functions of the magistrates, nothing E'was more reason able than that the ratepayers should have no con fidence in the magistrates in regard to financial matters, because they were not elected by them, and were placed beyond any responsibility. He should certainly sup port the principle that property subject to taxation ought to have the right of protecting itself. He would vote for the second reading of the Bill.. Mr. CHRISTOPHER opposed the Bill on the ground that it was totally different froth that which had twice received the sanction of the House. Mr. W. PATTEN agreed wish the Hon. Member for Montrose that, whatever might be the faults of this Bill, it was a great pity the majority of the ratepayers of this country should be disappointed by its rejection. Though, in deference to the feelings, expressed by his own constituents he meant to support the second reading of the Bill, he must confess he was greatly disappointed by the course which had been taken by his Right Hon. Friend who had charge of the Bill. He hoped, how ever, that in Committee it would be restored somewhat to the shape which it had formerly borne, Mr. HEYWOOD' bore testimony to the great desire which was felt in his part of the country on the part of ratepayers for a change in their present position with regard to county rate ex penditure. He, however, greatly regretted the omission of the composition clause, and if they went into Com• mittee on the Bill he should certainly vote for its re-in sertion. The Bill of last year had been the result of careful investigation on the part of the Committee which had sat on the subject, and he should certainly have preferred seeing it brought in in the shape which it then wore. The gallery was then, cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the second reading . . ... 63 Against it. ... 130 Majority .•• ... The Bill was consequently lost. The Commons Enclosnxe Bill Ass then read a second time. SECULAR EDUCATION. Mr. M. GIBSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to Enable local districts in England and Wales to estab lish free schools for secular education. Sir R. H. INGLIS said he should certainly object to the introduction of the Bill at the time when none of her Majesty's Ministers . were present to state to the House what opinion they held with regard to it. Mr. M. GIBSON said that as opposition was in tended he would postpone his motion until to-morrow. BOARD OF WORKS (IRELAND)., Mr. FRENCH moved for a return of the works un dertaken by the Board of Works la the different counties iu Ireland, under the Act 9 Vic., c. 1, specifying the amount presented at sessions for each, the sum expended air/. whether the work has or has not been completed. The House then adjourned.. THE ST. ALBANS DISFRANCHISE MENT BILL. The House of Commons on Monday night presented cne of those scenes of injured innocence with which it periodically wipes off the stain of continual corruption. The smut is always accumulating on the coalheaver's face, but about once a week he finds sufficient leisure and soap to restore his complexion to a sort of conven tional cleanliness. In the case of the House of Commons this ceremonial purification is repeated two or three times in a session, and, as might be expected, with the greatest seal on the occasions of the most crying scandeL St. Albans is not unfitly compared by its unfortunate re presentative to the scapegoat on which the House of Commons grafts the sins of every one of its Members, on the supposition that, by exterminating that one borough, the House will be left perfectly pure. That is the Levitical notion.. In these days, perhaps, we should borrow our images from some of those gigantic systems of sewerage which lately divided the attention of the sanitary world. St. Albans is the great sump or monster cesspool into via oh this rockios at) uuslunt, ions of St. Stephen's are carried away, though, •as it appears, we only exchange one difficulty for another; for how is St. Albans itself to be dis posed of ? The process of self-purgation attempted on Monday is very ingenious, and nothing could exceed the reality with which the 'various personages threw themselves into their parts; but, after all, the annihilatiod of a nuisance is all but impossible. There are a thou sand excellent plans by which furnaces are warranted to consume their own smoke, and we have no doubt they have all been tried at Buckingham Palace; but when we stood before the new front of that edifice 'last Saturday afternoon there rose from behind the figure of Britannia a dense column of smoke that would have done honour to fit ly brewery in the metropo li s . W e s h o uld not b e surprised if the new patent corruption-consuming ap paratus, now on trial in - the House of Commons, should attain bat a partial success. A sagacious contemporary made it a point the other day in favour of the new Par liamentary Representation Bill, that whereas the first ,Reform Bill might be compared to Hercules in his cradle strangling the serpent sent to devour him, the present measure represents the adult hero with nothing further work all done, himself a gentleman to of des t roy, leisure and his independence, in easy circumstenceie much like a modern man upon town. • . That, .of course, is the delusion which plausible men: are always palming on fools. Strangle your serpent, do your Schedule•A once for all, or, if there must •be a comme morative sacrifice, slay a St. Albana once in ten years, and you may then any to your soul, " Soul, take thine , ease; eat, drink, and be merry." But on this point owe learned contemporary, and, we will add, the concoctora of tae new Reform Bill, and the sacrificers of St. Al bans, are all wrong. When. Hercules grew up, instead of a simple serpent, he had a fifty-headed Hydra to besides other monsters; and that is exactly the sort of work which the Hercules of oar days, the British House of Commons, has to accomplish, and will have to the end of the world. • Yet it must be confessed that the various actors 'in the farce of Monday night did their parts welL Sir George Grey was full of admiration at the very co re plete way in which "the Act of last session" bad worked in detecting and exposing the corrup tiou of St. Albano. Read his speech, gentae reader. Except the single expression, .` almost un precedented," there is literally not a syllable in it that would lead one to suspect bribery had ever bean heard of in this country before. • Had he been describing the unparalleled atrocities of Burke and Hails he could not have been more indignant and mere simpity • bent on the work of discovery and retribution. Eie wiped his mouth, and sat down tie champion of poli tical purity. But where there is virtue there will ever be calumny also, and the Minister 'found himself auda ciously accused from the very record on which his s s eech had been framed. Mr. Whiteside asked " whe ther the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet had been directed to that part of the St. Albans evidence which stated that Government places had been the reward of persons who had committed corruption ou behalf of Reforni candidates?" Sir George Grey was at no loss for a reply. "He was ignorant of any such rewat ds having been given by the. Government to which he 'ne longed for any such corrupt practices." The impu ca tions which the Home Secretary had to meet were raet but general; and. perhaps it is easier to ignore, in set phrase, the corruption of an empire, of a Leg is keture, or a Government, than the bribery of an individual; but there were those present who lead to meet the most direct personal charge of malprac tices, and they did their part as well assir George Gl ey had done his. Foremost of these is Mr. Jacob Bien. Tis much-injured man, brought fairly to bay, has at last made a capital fight. He confesses the sins of St. Albans. On that pointehadeed, he says that, like , the House of Commons, he has :derived' great, light from the published evidence. He belga , the Hon. Members not to condemn him by the perfect insight they now have into the' wrongs of St. Albans, bat to put themselves - into his Situation while he was still it z . tw'eandidate, .as • movt of them, indeed, poor creatures, ,have bean, in their d ay. What did he do He. acceeted.trie unanimous, tion of .the borough. Ile prepared an. address with the usual ingredients from the new Whig plaarmacopatia. Ile showed it to. those high amthoritteillr. Coppock and the • Seoretary. , of the Treasury. Did - not that show at least- a dispeoition to . be right, and where could he • find better advisers ?. 1-le :met hint committee, be canvassed • the elec tors, ho submitted to' a searching' examination • as to his political tenets, and rejoiced to.find himself ap proved by his cautious and discriminating critics. He thought it right to confide in those who placed con& d ie, the bills begWanilPlitoaCiolmwriro• d,eace in him. What is more generous than an inter ins 'mange of confidence? He found the Liberal 'cue use staked w in his own person , and determined to go on. He : I S victorious. over, ricions before, and a e n h d ad th h e a t d hi h n i g s ' s tt i now the reality dawned upon him that he had been v .' stage of the MA iir. victimized at every • He repented, bat .too late. But, after ali,.he asks is his own ease much worse than the average? "He has had the excitement of an I the further i ndulgence of election, the luxury of a petit Um, -a commission, and the t al ,urn of his h as not exceeded 4 3001." Why, if this is corruption, it is. very chea corrupt ion .- &Alb arts, old as it is, does MA' knossesep to warrant that it is far below th see w ,chfathrge'; sixty - s, "'ill boroughs which Lord John kusse l ir .11 , 511 en ter Such is Jacob Bell's defence, p an o t ro w se e s perpett la helve: ha rd. ly, done justice to its , simplic ity.. His colleague's story er, 99 the same. Some days after the election the bills bi rga n to come in, and he found thire had been bribery. • Air. B a gshaw represents Harwich, and *4 4 whatever tit e RSDAY, _EVENING-, FEBRUARY 19 1 1852. cases hal been, there is no corruptLn now. Sir J. Wil loughby did once represent Harwich, and says that, whatever the case now is, there was no corruption then. There are evident gaps in the chronology of Harwich. The last of these innocents is Mr, Hsyter. He knows nothing of corruption. Nobody has asked him far places, and he has promised none. He cannot think what people mean by these insinuations. All he knows about St. Albans is, that he happened to meet with Mr. Bell in the presence of Mr. Coppock, when Mr. Bell showed him the address he had issued to the electors of St. Albans. All he said on that occasion was, that be thought the address a good one; that it appeared quite consistent With Mr. Bell's views, and he hoped it would be found equally consistent with the views of the electors of St. Alberni; from 'which expressions we may at least infer that Mr. Bell stood in the same relation to the ad dress as the electors of St. Alb - ans did, and had as much to do with its composition. Who, then, was its author, and what was the meaning of this'mysterious conference between the Seetelary of the Treasury, the Whiz bo rough agent, and the candidate for St. Albans?— Times, under a prcssurti of accumulated- ordet's, consented to abzuden the threatened reduction of wages. The prin- • ciptsl contracts for rails seem still to incline to the Welsh district, where they are eag( , rly taken upon terms in which profits form no part of the calculation, except, indeed, it be that of carefully excluding all room for them. A large order we hear was negotiated last week at 85s. per ton. Best Staffordshire pigs continue is some request, at unaltered prices; but hot air cinder iron is scarcely saleable. Although every expectation of improvement has hitherto been doomed to be disap pointed, and the trade is on all hands acknowledged to be in a truly deplorable condition, some dawnings of hope for Staffordshire are said to be discoverable from the events of the last few weeks. The price of Scotch pig-iron has receded to that point that no possible aasing that can be effected in wages can render it remunerative, and a reduction of make to a serious extent is said to ' have been begun, while the safety of the speculation is bringing buyers more freely into the market.—Birminy• ham Gazette. llama cf Company. Australasia • • Britsh N or th American Commercial of London Colonial .• •• •• ... Gloucestershire ....., ionian •• • • • • .. • • •... London and County rondn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock 4. Provincialof Ireland., Ditto ,;New... „ National of Isedand .• Nat. Provincial of Eng Ditto, New. Oriental Bank Corpora. South Australia' Union of Australia.... Ditto •• •• •• •• •. Union of L0nd0n..... Union of Diildend per Annum. 51. per cent. W. per cent. 61. per cent. 2/. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. pr cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 41. per cent. 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 71. per cent. 6/. per. cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. Araotte t of Share.. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. Z 1. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 2500 .s 0 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 (1 100 0 0 10 0. 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Price. 38% Fenillair since 1848, under the name of Brett ; that 1 pliinfiff's service e were voluntary ; that he we out of be had a n o ffi ce w i t h 4 , B re tt an d C o ." over the door; Tem+, .r<i off ,, ed to try arid imp- , ,ve ttic , deretviin' i s and tll4t tn a oete,,deint Ddo'k, woeu tie call. , 1 11 2 ; uli.uoluery it the deteudaut w recoo,tuticAl him to him and ask e d hi m if h e kn ew Brett, said he did. commissions for others to do the same thing, and that Witness said,'" I hope you have no transactions with wha',, he did was in truth valueless. him, us I should be sorry to see you in trouble ;'' and The Learned Counsel for the p l a i n tiff having re be said he would take care that Feuillan should not plied on this evidence, get the best of him. Witness added, "heis a re- His LORDSHIP summed up, and gular swindling thief," to which Denis replied he had The jury found a verdict for the defendant. had two or three transactions with him, and found it Th , - cause occupied nearly the whole day. was all right. CROWN Witness, in cross examination added that he had Wllllani C l O UR r janziter.,—ag(lef're3o6, and 'William B w ar il o i n in A in L ii nE n n w s nr o ri th . ) , seen Feuillan and Denis together in Leadenhall- aged 23, were indicted for the manslaughter of James street, and that he had, on that occasion, warned Waltnsley, at Blackburn, on the 301 h January last. Denis not to have anything to do with him. Further evidence connecting the defendants in fen M de r d ..WIWIAM prosecuted, the priso ner was unde business transactions, was given by Mr. Saby, formerly It appeared from the dying declaration of the un-_ Cu-tom house clerk to .Denis, Mr. East, on a bill of f o r tuna t e man , t a k en b e f ore a magistrate , t hat be and exchange, and Mr. Payne, a coal-merchant. Feuillan's schedule was then put in, and exhibited at a quarrel arose the a tbweoarp-arnisnonneinrsßalnadasnonmren,outnhdertshhastd been drinking his debts 1,4311 17s. ld., and entries of goods from there. As he was leaving the house the various flour-factors, scarcely one of which was Houtker seized hold of him, and a scuffle ensn d be various paid for., tween them, and whilst this was going on the dit ) b. Mr. COLE addressed the jury on behalf the de- sonar Haworth kicked him several times on pr e is . on . aros e the f he fendaut Feuillan, and urged that as a foreigner, un- He went home afterwards, and, t d o nest acquainted with the laws of England, he might have testimony of his - sister, was obliged to go to be fallen into errors with reference to the representations day in consequence of en jury to his thigh '-' 'and about the lease and other matters. The Learned which he complained, and that he got worse we, Gentleman submitted that there was no pre-arrange- worse until he died. Mr. Rogerson, surge", according meat between the defendants, and that Feuillan could called in, and found his thigh very much not be responsible for what Denis had stated respect- and distended, and after his death made a post 8 7;0 (3 /' i t l e In a -n s ing him. He then called a witness to Feuillan's cha- examination of it, and found >t great quantity .4?! racier; but he only proved that Feuillan bad not matter . collected there. The injury paid him a debt which he owed him. death. The deceased was of a very scrofulous con- Mr. JAMES, on behalf of the defendant Denis, sub- stitution. that u i. l l mated that to connect him criminally with Feuillan, His LORDSHIP, in summing up, left it to the jury must be satisfied that he made the repre- to say en the evidence whether the prisoners "Y had caused Ms sentations to ,the prosecutor with the intention of their violence caused the deceased's death. bUt frudulently inducing him to part with his goods. The jury found both the prisoners G uilt y , Tne Learned G , ntlsman, in explanation of Denis strongly recommended them to mercy. er having possession of Feui ver yn's house, said he was a His LORD-HIP said she verdict was a very pr op ereditor for 6001., and had entered under a bond fide one, and senteuced Haworth, who inflicted t he kick, bill of sale. to three months' imprisonment, and Hoalker t o Mr. Younghusband, and several other witnesses, imprisoned one month. were then called to character, and they deposed that they had known Denis for many years as a respect able wine-merchant in the .City, and as bearing an excellent character for integrity and honour. Lord CAMPBELL summed up, and having com mented on the facts of the case, said it was a most important one not only to the defendants, but to the public. In point of law the jury might find one of the defendants guilty and acquit the other; but on the second count, they would be bound either to acquit or find both defendants guilty. '1 he case was now in their hands, end if they had a reasonable doubt, they should give the defendants the benefit of it; but if not, then they must, without hesitation, find the defendants guilty. The jury retired, and after an absence of half an hour, returned a verdict of guilty on both counts against the defendants. Mr.KeloweEs prayed the judgment of the Cour' at once bn the defendants. THE COIJNTRz MAR KETS 3,—,- LzvEitroot., FEB. 17. Arrivals of grain exceedinAg3' small, i fluenced by flat aecomits ; trade languid. 11 ,, d ' e s a showed great firmness. Tuesday's prices supvorted O r y ; ; artiale%. Arrival. - Ireland and coastwise—Whea t ' a nd b ,rley, 2,116; malt, 729 ; oats, 5,. 49; flour, I,b 9 ' I scli o sts t 1,42 . barrels ; beans, 629. Foreign wheat, 1, 33 );. 7.349 flour, 1,282 sacks and 5,42 u liarrels. EDINBURGH M EAL 1. VI ARacrt. FEB. l7.—There wele•ig' the meal market to-day 7 sacks oatmeal each we„_ig hi g . 280Ibs imperial, which sold thus :-1 at I/ Yo, Od and 6 at I/ Ils Od ; average price of the whole ii I ` . - 8-sacks t-barley, which sold vy.' ...- EDINBURGH H A Y AND STRAW M A RKET, r" - ... ns Oat straws, from 8s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 16 vtooell'-oci wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 8s id ; barley ditto, 61 Od, to. ~ . Hay, from 9d to 1 ' d per stone. we re DA LKEITH MEAL MARKET, FEB. 16.--There , 116 bags of oatmeal, and 23 of barleynfeals . market; sales ready. ' Oatmeal oir the top the same si n sd doW ' week, second quality ,3d per bag down; barleymeal per bag on the top ;no pot-barley in market. , Th ird. 3j Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 Um. First 6econa imperial .. ... ... 31s od 299 gd 29s ad ' Barleymeal, per ditto ' 214 6d 21s Od "• •-' ' od at this tit, Peaserneal ... ... -...',., Ud --- 0. l i d --1 3 Od .... 8 Od ""' s Od Pot barley ... so d ......s Od "'l od „ . . Lord CAMPBEJA. said he should certainly pass the sentence of. the- Court without delay, and in presence of, the city of L.Altlon. Mr. COLA interrupted, and said he trusted his I.,)rd ship would bear in mind that his client, Feuillan, had Already , been six months in prison. Lord CAMPBELL then passed the sentence of the Court, adjudging Charles Philippe Feuillan to two years' imprisonment and hard labour in Newgate, and Thomas Denis to one year's imprisonment and hard labour. COAL lIIARKE' It was subsequently communicated that the de fendants could not conveniently undergo the sen tence of the Court in Newgate, and his Lordship comequently ordered that the imprisonment shalt be in the House of Correction for the city of London. .T.—Yisrkf tDAY. 'he close of tie m arket :—• r.A . Lambton • L...........- • 1513 ri Russell's iletton ...... 14 8 Stewart's .. .......... 16s Od Whitwell .............. 13 9 3_ 1 - Thorniey ......... .... Os ea lea: ............... 16s 0 .... .•• Nixon's Merthyr and fly 03 Cardiff ........., ..... 103 .......Sold, 41 : Prices of Coal per ton at t. Bate's West Hartley 13s Od Buddle's W. Hartley 13. Od Burnhope l3s Od North Percy Hartley l3e Od Havensw orth'sW. Hart, 13s Od '`antield Moor Wylam Wall's End, &c. Brown •........ 12s 9.1 Ships St market, RAILWAY SHARE 3IARKET' BRISTOL, FEB. 18. ; has The done EXCHANGE.—A very limited business The dme to-day, without material alteration in Prices• cur . only transactions reported were—Great Western, 85 el —Taff Vale, 1544. , F EB. 18 STOCK EXCHANGE. LIVERPOOL There was an improved feelivg.nee% hibited in the share market to-day, and a good bOsi as has been done at advanced prices. The transactions g " ter follow: Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late n;...., and Birkenhead), 10, 2 —Ditto, 22/. Shares, 4T O Lancashire and Yorkshire, €6 l 4—Ditto, Fitths, 15•1:gter. _London and North-estern, 1184, C. t e t t puth- Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29%—Midland, 67 75" Eastern and Dover, 20 5 . IItIaNt,tIESTER. FEB, 18. limited' svocx EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was "7„. tr aw and prices generally had a downward tendency. "- "m a n. actions were as follow:—Eastern Countiesi: 7 11-16- " - pjaao cheerer and Birmingham cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. (C), Quarters, 1 1 8-16 P* Lancashire and Yorkshire, 65a 4 Ditto, Fit t 7 Ri dl drgi Matlock, 2 —Chester and Birkenhead, 101 1 .--"' es 5 dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, 20 ,, , • ' SEABORNE Geneno ra s " tl " 6 tN signifies that the mails are sant o' oo t 7 h. ] oy the night—and SI by the morning-4iB When made up ia i From what when eI...LC/T.4, General Post-oil:lce' port - due.; patched. ' .. - - London. "L:"--"-------- ------ ------; ! r ii '2 3 America (by Brit. pkt.JN Feb. 20 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb. 24 .. . Liverpool ' ' e "' ) .. Liverpool march America (by U.S. pkt.) Al Feb.. Southall:10. / L a rch 3 kirica (West coast)•. N 14th 01 the month PlYroo -- htb 4 . Fe b. 28 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30 th of mo. Dover . ~.,„ Belgium ~ .. N D a ily .. .. Dover . - 7; re i t 16 Buenos Ayres .. Brazil .. •• • .. M 9th of the month SoutharoPt• •"" Callfornia(viaChagres) IM id & 17th of moult iSoutharollt: l ii &ro b 3 Cape of Good Elope N 14th of month IPlPn eutb .. Feb. •40 .. M 9th of the month Southampt. FebMareVti Constantinople* .... N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover F e b. 20 t Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. ISout bEnPt i . T Th'• B4- Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.'SoutlouPP" ; l i b itd France " •• M 17th of the month southatoP • t , / ,: e i e edaili an ce .. .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dov er .. F e b. 20 Greece*, .. .. •. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover . __ es . ear. Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London :. •,',....rbar 4°lland .. .. Si Wednea. & Satur. Loudon fr . 40 Honduras .. . . N 17th of the month Southward.. =o:say Ireland .. . hi & N Twice daily .. • • a °11 ... 4 .... ea tt . Feb , 23 India ("1 " B°utbomp.) 51 20th of the month Sotrw•••- - r -- . Mat A • India (via M erseilles) N stha.24th ofmonth Dover - . . Mediterranean (via Feb. 2 ' Southfur . n • t on) —ld 20th of the month d o . . Meditenanean (via 1 • ... Mfr cb S a l MarseilleS)Bth& 24th of Month Dover 31 a rch - Mexico .. .. .. 31 2d of the month.. SoutharoPt• jja reb ' l4 //radeire • • .. .. M 9th of the month South' Feb. Feb. 90 Malta* .. .. • I Ith,l7th,l9th. 27 th I Dove . 22 f 1 & 30th of month ' Feb' .4 Naples* • • • • •• N sth 15th 25th ofmo Do Ver ' fob. .- , Papal States* .. .. N Oth 15th 25th of mo Dovel.,„ . ~.t. iFob• ' 2 ,, a l -'• Peninsular.. .• .. Mlth 17th 27th et mo solitiP•—_.,fle`t. IFeb' .:: Peru • • " • • •. 31117th of the month Sofith.'"—. IFelt. S. Tuscany* .. .. e . Nlsth I 5 th 25th ofrrin Dover ' t —,D. 20 ~,, . s A7Aast f ...,11.. kr .17th of the month ISolltr`' i b - ~ _.-*. 1 1 7th,17tb,19t10 70 C I & 30th of month Naples* • • • • •• N sth 15th 25th ofme Papal States* .• .. NOth lbth 25th of mo i l Peninsular.. .• .. M;7th 17th 27th et me l Peru " •• •• Mll7th of the month vi rus eirese it t i a r ntea . e . B (:x .. cop .r . .. t Isi N 51.7ththibothf ottinijoLeston_ R " Mtlreb ' w Ilavanna & Nassau) M2d of the month .. ISoathardPt^ . v ote hi a l The mails to those c otuitrias thus marked (*) 4re co n .._.. French packet via Man.eilles- The direct llavre mail from London via southampton donfringdaatu: month will be made up thr ee times a week only. ins Unite CaLIFORNIA.—MaiIs to a nd awn Ciab erica ornia, pavia ine + d 1374 , are now despatched and d___.........:...............„ue by every Amn - _ i ----!----___--- _ low ay's Ointment. 1 11 ° Robert Parlett, m i n icer, . 6 ' I:sl:arestioen:iisell.Lijn;leure of an Abcess that tht f a n Pr9"uai.-Wisbieh, was afflicted with a dreadful abeil t he en, PilLibpavvelBeitffTeciBntededan without hospital re ' ce sb i r : u.ng' and for a considerableHehadbtiernene tiwnoonyeeaarts home,i n an . w ho and at last was given up by 1,. the least benefit, in the arrn. n pronounced him . to he incurable, but after using HolloivrateYw Ointmen t and Pills for a short time the wound was coolP'e ,r. healed, and his health permanentl y restored . This. can "'• attested by Mr. Abraham Catlin and other respectable tolts_4: 'sE ae stabulishment, b y 244 ' 4 —Sold all drl ra i g g , 2 ll ' and danatst 7,,trotfheessoprariHsholloofwaWyall London. , A i, na u C INQUEST ON THE LATE MR. CitorTS.-'"J' n t es eked h bs el , d a o g n en S tl a e t m ur a d n aonthe body of Jam7doelrfts, 'II possessed of a b o u t . which was instituted o • wing to some suspici entertained as to the b a Mn. Barrett, mode of his death Y Mr. Crofts in his house in London-street , who was • tt had left • Married to Mr Croft? niece. Mr.,,Barre studies I tleman had been removed by two men a nd to a e.sewbere, and found on his return that the old gee hav y i e n a g rs h a e n eti ' month-street, where he bad died. The body was thereupt. exhumed. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the Rev. Mr. Ha. lepmUraslUeetboiswo:: dlestone and Mr. Huddlestone, the barrister , the nephen' and heir-at-law of the deceased, and" it appeared from tav evidence that the deceived had been subject to fits of eig: lePt4y, and it being considered more convenient, in order tb_a!: • liad' he might have better attention hweaswrairdemtuovbeitto WeymouPt street, where every at by Miss _ ... . d dlestone and the Rev. Mr. Huddlestone. It also tippet.i. that death had resulted from a mere decay of natur• mi .. verdict was accordingly returned of " Natural death. „d Barrett expies,ed him, , elf dissatisfied with the result , ''' said that he would bring the case into a superior court- On th,- 24th instant tit,- Provost and Fellogro of . Ex . Trinity Co lle g e, Dublin, will give•tt grand dinner to 11.5 d. a of ce llency the Lord - Lieutenant, the bishops and b it, is apt l e arned societies at their magnificent hall. The -- d h ono ur of the installation of the Primate as Chancellor, o f ,J+. M'Donnell, as Provost. BIRTHS. OF A 8151 On the 14th inst. at East Cow o es . Castle, the la d y o f C. R. J. Sawyer, Esq. • rain On the 17th l os t ., Park-crescent, the wife of CAP— B 4 ring, of the Coldstream Guard . OF A Lukutormt. On the 15th inst., at Gateacre, the wife of 1 1 9 11115 Ba-hby, Esq. the Rife On the 7th inst., in S tiesex -gardens, Hyde-park , of Henry Milford Boodle, Ell. ------- MARRIED. „ TOO On the 1 n th inst., at,George's, Hanover-square, b Hamilton Lindsay. P.:sq., only eon of the..htli Hon. fie li, Lir.dsay, to Anna, eldest daughter of Erieas R.1 1 1 31°- Esq., and widow of the late C. C. B. Lindsay. , ittir• On the 12th inst., at Trinity Church, liyde,tu e ,„ to Nicholas H. Alacgacan, 8.A., curate of Ilford, r- , ,t — ,., 1 ' r, Henrietta Maria, daughter of the late Rev. Vt. wia" .—e rector of Medford, Essex _....---." DIED. '. ;13$._, At Great Bramingha m, Luton, Beds, on the 15taA L Tbomas Smith, Esq., aged t 2. ' Morr O i the 15th inst ., at Camberwell, aged 80, Sarah . of T emp l e -house. East Ham , Esse x,. relict of the We d Merle\ , DI. a t On the 16th inst., at S t. John's-woodi Emma , e i d aug hter of the late J . Trin g ham, Es q . for ~ e r a rl9 At Bath, on th e 10th inst., Major G. T. Plinio., of the 61st Beginient, and latterly of the Ceylon Bifiesttlive On the 14 th inst. at Thetford, Norfolk , G eorgians." beth, the wife of S.:(2.Bidwell, E5t ...... , " ' London: Printed and Published by MILBDO 1 ° • 1129 No. Al 2, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, "*, o f Strand, in int. Preeinet ot. the SaVov. in the 40 04 Middl e sex, Thursday, February 19, 1852' '.:D:.tj` p~. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PA.NIES' STOCK. • From the Official Lat. L'UBLISMID EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. ZOINT-STOCX SAM'S. zarstraalwoz a N*me of 6oniiiay. Dividend per Ainum. Amount of share. Paid, Price 43 s. d. I.Z 8. d. 11 4 10 n ••.•-•-• • •• •• 31. 10s. , 500 0 0I 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit.ari&FOr. 71: 145.6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 21 36 DUO raring. • . .1 ••. 61. p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41 zx Atlas ••• l3s.6d. ,60 . 0 0 510 0 17% Argus biro ...= -4 • • • 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 Britian' Cemnierdiif :: Is. 6d. , 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Clericl,Med.& Cfert..tift spr ct:& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 36 County - .., .~ , .41. . 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown .. 4.......'.. Eagle . '6O 0 0 50_ 0 7 Eqity and Law European Life ..... 103, 20 0 0 All paid. 12 ' General ...... :. - 5 0 0 „ 8 u Globe ••• ••• •• • 61. per cent. Stoc k. 134 Guardian ............ 5L per. cent 1 00 . 0 0 45 1; 0 51 34 Imperial Fire - ...• •• 121. Per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245 Imperial Life ....'.... . 128. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1056 Indemnity Marine.. •• 11. sh. & hs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 49 Law Fire ._ .?.... .. •• 2s. 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 ,3% Law. Lifa............ ' - ' 100 0 0 10 0 0 46% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 51 London Fire- ........ 10s. Se be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 21% London Slikp •..,, .... 103. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 21 36 Marine • • ....,... •• .. 151. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15% Med. InvlidltGen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Monarch .....•....... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 .19s. 'ationalLean.Fund.. 5L per cent. 20 00i ,2 10 0 2% Palladium Life PliMalit. - ;-- , 161 Professional Life -. 51. per cent. 6 5 0 • 010 0 .173.6 d Pr&vident,Lllo , 11. bs. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 dock Life -- .. ...... • .50. : - r 6 0 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange ...... , fie. p.ct. & be. Stock. , all * 227 ?Lin Fire . - - 61. 108. - ~ 209 Dar,: Life ' , 11, 6s. - PP 48 United Ringdoin 4l.p. et. &bs. 20 0 0 40 0 4 Universal Life 10% ct.& be. 100 0 0i 10 0 0 - Vie toria Lito ..... ...-- Si. per cu t . .••••• . i 4 1 2 6 5 36 33 .IDLES ' 'Dividend Amount • Namtref 'Coinpany. - . per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .......----............... ...„----..- .----. -,--- X. 5. d. Z. a. 4. - . Efungerford •• •• ,•• -, .... - - - - Southwrk .... ...... . ~... ' 100 00. ... - Ditto Nw ofl % p.o, 'los. per cent. 50 0 0 •... 16 Waterloo • .0.• •••• - • • ' - 100 0 0 - 2 Ditin'Old Ann. , of 81. 21. 80, Od. - 60 0 0 2414 Ditto Nw 'ditto 0411. 21. 20. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxb.all'.... •• • Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 18 WALT2173,1 8 / 013311 L1S • • _ . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---.,.,--•----... --....-. -- -...- - Z s. d. 4 s. d. East L0nd0u.......... 81. pet ont. 100 0 0 - 149 •41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 67 Kent...-. ~, ...., .... 41. per cat. 100 0 0 ••-• 80 Lambeth .: .......... 51: per'cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New River Company.. 1 21.105.' - - . 60 Vauxha11'.:.......... 1 51. per cat . 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex . . . 61. Os. pr cat. - - 106 ' DOOES. We.. 1. . .a as .....11/11.2. Ir.. oi Company. per of ' Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ..-...........,-...--. -.- -.....-- ••••••••Mn 1-- ... - - 4 s. d. . A a. d. commercial .....,..... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 90% East and West - Ind , a ... 8%1. pr cent. Stock. - 14736 East Country ••. 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - . - London. ......-.....i.;.. ...... 51. pr cent. Stock, . - 121 Dittoßonds•.;.. • • .. ,41‘.. per cent. - - - St.Batharine ••-.. • • 3 3% per cent. Stock. ° - 81 36 Ditto" Bonds., •,... • • 4361. pr cent. - - - Southampton .. •••• • • - - • ,50 0 0 58 0 0 - . Ilitir.D.llB. i r • .; Dividend Names 0 1 , p. IDividend• - . 4 ki r k, Names of ' i , per Companies. J a 1 Per . • Companies. 4 ( Annum. Price. sc Annum. 4c -.--- - t Ashtn& Oldb 9 8 11. P. ct. 140 Macclesfield . 100 21.105. 50 ••••• 'Neatla ...... 100 161. - BarnsleY• • • • Rrknk&Abrg 160' 61. ,85 Oxford.. •• - 100 , 13/. 185 Coventry...* 1° 251. Birmingham 404 41. - Peak Forest. •78131. 189. 70 .405 42 100 Regent's.... 33 IL 3s. . 17% Derby •..• ~ 1 00 . 61 . '63 Rochdale.. • • 85 21. Ellsrare&Chs 68 2 % P• 0t,,• 33% Samrset Ceal 100 ,- - GrandJmietn l OO6O ' 3l . P .-I .m ' 3 4 2 7: Ei D hr o e . w L s k u F try d S . t . 1 : 25 = T n. gDo., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 1114 Stffrd&Worc 140 18/. 24 Stoarbridge , 201. AVV 7 5% Sevens and ..,•• 146. Grand K6 reannndt Surr e y zaiA ,inotß. 10011300009 , 41 21 : • 51 0!..., Lancaster i 100 - , - Wye Rail. t 26 ' 21 OF. 24 Leeds&Livrp 100 2 01 . 405 Warwick& I- 41. 40 Leicester .. :• 66 Birming. 100 Leicsts&Nth ' 83 41 ' 4 4% warwick& 7 28 L oug hr o roo 141 701. • 61 0 , N apto n ;.. s 100 31 •, 'sfonniontliSh 100. - - Worcstr , &1 7 3t 33 Vntgetarysir 400 - - • - Birmin" - MeltinMsvbxy 1 0,,„ _, - Wilts & Brks - Its. 6d. 734 veAs .m i zar_T AIV IS 4:1102ENI CoiKPANIIIBEI. Dividend Amount " Name of ColnPani• , Per Pahl. Price. of . AnnuM. Share. .. .....................---- -____-_, ----- -,... i v 'Z.s.d.2. s. d• British ••••••• • "' ". .. . 40 0 0 18 0 0 10 Ditto Frovincial•• •• , 11. 81. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brighton •••••• • • • • ' • 51. 20 0 0 - - City of -Loudon ••• • • • , 61, 180 0 0 160 0 0 180 Continenta,lCon solidat. , 504 . 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable.. •••••• •• ••• -60 s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 2714 Great Central •-,... •• • , 5/. 0 0 e. 10 o 0 } 2 % Imperial •• • • •• 4 • " " l l. -'. -60 0-;0 • 60 0 0 69 Independent ... •• •• •• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - 46 London• •..•••• • • • • • ' - SO 0 0 50 0 0 - Do„ Pad, Preference 6 8, 25 0 0 710 0 - Phoenix . .... •••• •• • • a per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26 Ratcliff .. •• ...•• • • " 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General -•• •• , li • 50 0 0 50 0 0 16% W e stmin s ter Chartered 5 ..14r cent. 50 0 0 - 464 Ditto, New •••• -• • • 111 . Per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - &VIM or 53 OOTTring compAsorser, pligxerr --,--•-------________r_ Dividend Amount Name of ComPalli• . per of paid. Prim ' Annum. Share. ....._ . _.„ v „.,,..,,..,-- -___. -. --- -.• .E 0. d. Z 0 . d Bank of Scotland Britlgh Linen Comp any a/. Per cent. 100. 0 0 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 6 1. per cent. 10 .0 0 10 0 0 10% Clyd e sdale Bank -•• •• 4 Percent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 Is C omm ercial Bank ••• • /1 •-• Per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 t 77 Eastern Bank" ..... • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 elk Edinb.kolasgow Rink , C. percent. 50 0 15 0 0 3% F,xahangelink of Scot.. . .. 1 - , x 1 100 42 0 0 8 National 8ank..,.,,.; „ pereent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 154 North of Scotlandßank 51. per sent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Royalßank of Scotland 51, per cent. 100 , 0 0 ' 100 0 0 132 Union Bank Pf Scetinu 81. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 87 Western Bank .. Alliance Fire and Life 441. pr cent. 10 0 : 0 10 0 0 214 i3ritish•Guaraites „ Caledonian trire Insur lOl. per ,cent. ;00 ,0 , 10 0 0 24 City of Glasgbw Life 6l per cert. 25 0 0 0 2 0 0 38 . 1 5 4 Colonial Life , „ mdinhiligh Life Ins ur. 61. per cen t. 100 0 0 15 0 0 I 21 !Ktng:.Bc Scot. Law Life , 51. percent. 50 . 0 0 217 6 34 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 Z. 15s Nationalpre and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 25..6d North I 1 tish Incur, e cottish Unionlnsruco. 741. prcent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 8 .6 d Standard Life „„ .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 , 12 4 United Dep.Asseranee 5/,,per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20e Cd . 2/ZIEWEIZZANI IOI7I I. Name of Company. Di De end Amount Paid. Price. - - Annum Share. .-............--,...--__ ...---...... -..-_ -.....,.. _ A. s. d. Z. a. 1. Assam Tea .......... .... 20 0 0 20 0 0 9% Auction Mart........ 2/, ss. 50 0 0 - 264 Australian Agtioultarl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 20 Australian Trust .... 68,_ per cent. - 35 0 0 - per cent Bonds Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10e. 10 0 0 10 0 0 22 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - British American Land - - 38 10 0 -- Canada •• • - ....... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 - - Do. 5 - _ -100 Ditto.,6 pr et. Bonds dl. peeeent• - •,- 10x3( City Navigation Bonds 31 per cont. - - 93% Gen. Revers. is Invest. sp. c.lc 02421100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Itaversienry bt pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto Ilew ......... - 50 0 0 710 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 I 0 14 0 0 2 ° ii Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. - 206 Hungerford .......... 21. 51. - 100 0 0 47 , London Institution - 78 15 0 67. .6lew Zealand Company - - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto. Now ......... - 25 0 0 12 10 0 _ - a ssell Institution.... - - 26 500 70 Peninslr& Oriont.Stm. 81. p. c.ikbs. 50 0 0 50 : 0 lot Reversionary Int. Soc. 441. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 _ 0 ..... Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 6 : ; 0 234 South Australian..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 1,, 0 e - Van Diemsn's Land, 1 - ,10 0 - THE IRON TRADE. For flrst-rata qualities of manufactured iron the de mand continues good, and ha s suffered less than might have been feared from the protrac ted strike of the e engi- Deera; but ptices have bepn suitfrom 23. ained wi 61 th to d)ffiloeuit3, owing to the reduction, varyington, ton, that has fay gene ra " . p t . b e en submitted to io cona. moo sort - r; while even upon those terms the demand has been Areited: There is, however, a probability of some revival•in-the nail-rod a nd ehainiron . branches, since th e strikes of the operatives enaployed chain and nail mak4eg appear to be terminated, the masters having, 60 0 0 40 0 0 , SEPANZMS. THE BANK. By the return made by the Bank of England on the 31st January, it appeared that the stock of bullion in its coffers now amounts to 18,215.172/., while the amount of notes in circulation is 20,735,965/. The stock of bullion is therefore little more than 2} millions more than the whole Bank of England circulation! Thursday was "settling day" on the Stock Exchange, and the rate of "continuation" for carrying over stock to the next account was so low as to make the value of money only from Ito 1 per cent. In the meantime, except in gold mining shares, there is little speculation. Men in the city who see the enormous mass of gold lying idle in the Bank say that " some thing must be done." Government is evidently unprepared to do anything, and is quite ignorant as to the proper course to take, It is not improb-able that some expedient may be adopted to relieve the Bank, but there appears to be a feeling that the standard shonld not be interfered with, and that the " money power" should be held to their bond. Such appears to be the only " principle" at present elicited, viz., " monstrous injustice was committed in 1819 by raising the value of money, and defrauding debtors, therefore let us take advantage of the gold discoveries to injure creditors in 1852-lex talionis Events are fast hasten ing on the ebsolute• necessity of a reconsideration and revision of our monptisry system. Let us have a com plete rat:a.m.—Derbyshire Courier. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb 18. (London Sittings at .Nisi Prius, before Lord CAMP BELL and Common Juries.) THE QUEEN V. PEUILLAN AND DENIS. This was an indictment for 'the alleged offence of obtaining goods under false pretences, and for a con spiracy to obtain them. The case was one of great importance to the defen dants and the public. Mr. Knowles and Mr. R. Martin appeared as counsel for the prosecution • Mr. Cole fur the defen dant: Feuillan, - and Mr. E. James for the defendant Denis. Mr. KNOWLES' stated the case for the prosecution, from which it appeared that the defendants, who are Frenchmen, conspired to obtain a quantity of flour from the prosecutor, Mr. Silvester, a corn and flour factor on the Corn-exchange, with an office at 59, Fenchurch-street. The Learned Gentleman than called— Mr. Stein, who deposed that he is' a flour salesman, and did business with the prosecutor. On the 30th of May last the defendant (Feuillan) called on, and had some samples of prosecutor's flour from him. He expressed his desire to become a purchaser, and re quired a month's credit. Witness required a good reference, and Fueillan referred him to the defendant Denis and Co., Lime-street. Witness on the next day called at Fueillan's house, 87, High-street, Maryle bone, and then heard from him, that he h'sd contracts with Mr. Youghusband and Soyer, for bread, &c., daring► the Exhibition. He showed witness over the bakehouse and premises, and said he had a lease of the house: Witness banded the reference to the prosecutor, who, on inquiry, dealt directly with Feuillan. Mr. Henry Silveater, the prosecutor, corroborated the testimony of . Mr. Stein, as to the references to Bacon and Co., Mark-lane, and Denis and Co., Lime street. Bacon and Co. said they' kneW and believed Feuillan to be a respectable man, some tune prior to the time of prosecutor's inquiry, but that they did ant then know anything of his business. The de fendant Denis represented that he had known Feuil lan m a ny years, had trusted him with goods to the amount of 2001. or 3001., was paid by him, and be lieved him to be a respectable and safe man. Prosecu tor put the most searching questions to Denis, exer cising the strictest caution before he would part with ,his flour. Denis, in reply, said that be had been but a shOri time in business as a baker ; that he was pre viously in business as a wine, merchant ; had paid 5001. premium for the lease of his house, which be rented at 701., obtaining, at the same time, 60/. a __4, - crieSnultioo, ao =lc!. upc.. year for some cottage's adjacent. He represented him whose, own responsibility prosecutor might deal with aim. • 'Prosecutor, anxious to be' perfectly assured before be 'would part with his goods, expressed a de sire W see Feuillan's lease, and Denis represented that it was in the hands of his (Denis's) attorney, Feuillan not having an attorney of his own ; but that it was not mortgaged, and was perfectly 'free. Prosecutor, on those representations, called at Feuillan's shop, in High-street, Marylebone, and having told bim of the object of his call, and that he had seen Denis, to whoni he had referred, he answered " that is right," Prosecutor said he understood he supplied M. Soyer with bread for the txhibition, and he replied " Yes , to the amount of 200, 300, and 400 loaves daily, and d b owe d him at the time some of Sayer's receipts. He required 30 or 40 sacks of flour per week on sale, of the Value of 501., at one month's credit. Prosecutor retnarked, that the credit asked was large, and asked him if be was quite sure bat he would be able to pay him if he let him have the flour. He answered "You will incur no responsibility; 'I have neither debts nor liabilitiei banging Over me." M a dame order o i nw a c man- t `being s t a p r e r e O kt i t s i e n o i I f t tosr flour; credit,povaenanr id t h u b: b o s l s b p e: pi r i 1 .1 j e j dep supplied himesa u e s o i not a ao t n n i i n o a i s ns t , the 17th, called and said he had used the 22 sacks, quality.ike c thatfive uvoea more sackstheatycl fl our sssupplied ot pn. t w de, boodpd a tetfv vrh s r:wae2o e khs x' o4smhweleetiideehuohtewstoldheoei the had vhr n pl:e g aucdr yfinl called etreet fl lalednt n hrdtys e detai aae , tcvsacr a epui kas n inrfpsvi ogdonpetrs received oemi b eacfo ht a doruhai t araintianne h os mr e oiaooebounu.frt inferiorwantedasnpnpiwtita:hri benyeeal answer. Feuillantmtooe 4 7 + O :3 / t oh ilwlnn2oa: none Prosecutor then called on the defendant Denis, who said he believed Feuillan bad fallen into some tempo rary difficulty, arising out of his having been security for a party some years back. An action, he continued, was brought against him, in which he allowed judgment to go by default, and there was an execution consequently put into his house for the debt and costs, 'to 'pay out which he had appropriated the money which he had to pay prosecutor's bill. Denis added that Feuillan owed him nearly 2001. for flour. Prosecutor knowing that Denis was a wine merchant, asked him how it was that Feuillan could haVe had dealings with him for flour, 'and he replied, that he had a con signment 'of flour over from France.. Prosecutor, seeing that he had been imposed upon, said he should issue a writ against Feuillan, and asked his Christian name. Denis said " -Charles" only. Prosecutor re , marked, why he signs "C. P.," how is that? and Denis said he did not know, but would try and ascer tain. Denis, on a subseqoent occasion, said that Feuillaii was in trouble; and that it would not be worth prosecutor's while to take any proceedings against him ; that he (Denis) bad on the previous day lent him 12s; t o complete the purchise of three sacks of flop.; but that he was about to raise money on his lease, when both °Ohm might be paid ; but of course he would take cared himself first. He was resolved, as the lease was at his- solicitor's, not to let it go until he was'first paid. Prosecutor then said he had been He then took proceedings against Feu i llan fter 8 to Bahkruptey Court, and about a montb.sa and Co., and he to it t iv h a e 4 L a Or s d wi M nil ay li Or g f t o r r an a s w ac i ir°an t i t e . his surprise , the name of "J: T . in ak er. Hig to h -BPjariatnettetd. over the door wi f th ß the F euillan's a d i t i n o au— Soyer s Symposium. i h s s e i 0 heal ne r mr P . r j oi s e in cti e r . the Commissiuner.of Bankruptcy , _ ritof big case, and prosecu tor when he W , 13 remarking to bini T o , u tor a good o was d e not n f o n p o c i l y enw . , n od . t: fi n o e s . d q tes : hul le eob : js tiv ' t iece h t e ee i t mt d e et 6 : s t o t i. s bring n s e - ci t : r wt e h ia e t r n eC p a r ot ichmstaoi Comm i s s i oner n . i n t he regular way. P. r i ( ;,. t h e warrant to the Lord Mayor, that a isl, b , o t u j t / s ' t e o Fso uti a l . ::, : it 'i bs --e Goddard, p swo rn oseaiunnt prosecutor c e w ß eor e n a r e t i e rk i h i r s - r i ,e s u r en e p i x' n t a p c n l y r mo when i Cdnouanocuriebß°rdetanftobb,y.ye Fe T u! . h . .., l-e lfi r o 'a ri l' an d r a ead e . bed let the house, 87, High s:e. lert t " ciiiar°yseledbtohnet, h e Feuillan, at 140/ , a fear; that s b t : e i, e , s id 861. 4:.>. 6d. for the fixtures, but did not ob tain ,a lease, although an agreement for one had been ,es defendant rhe onutshou s e, was was D ; e a n isdo i s m , b w ey t h i hm e i n e ie s,h but ui w tt h a a s h, n ii r e i - : g d T r o h a t e rti fi t n i r , t u g t p q . f u o u r T t h e t r e h tress was put in for the second, which Denis, who has now got the house, paid by instalments. Feuillan signed the agreement with a C only. Stephen Thornton, a " detective" sergeant of PO" lice, deposed that he knew Feuillan in the Dame of Brett, and that he apprehended him and others, :in 1847, on a criminal charge. He was tried on tilt: it charge at the Old Bailey, and acquitted. . ' \Vita(* said he in cross-exami na ti on b y Mr. Cole, ,h had ttnown Feuillan fora pe r i o d o f n ine years in t e name of " Brett." •• • , . . -,. • . . pro W te i c li t i i a Q in zi C s h4d e a t , y • , a n a a e g po en ie t d of o th at e bLeondboadn ~r 4 a : we a' n COURT OF CuvliVOiv PLEAS, Feb. 18, - - - - - (Nisi Prins Sittings, at Gdildball, before Lord Chie Justice JEnvis and Special Juries.) AUSTIN U. THE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN ' COLNSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action on the case to recover damages, estimated at 601., for the loss of one horse, and ioj u ries sustained by others, during their conveyance from Yorkshire to London, in a railway box belonging to the defendants. Mr: Macaulay, Q.C., Mr. Rew, and Mr: West, ap a neared for the plaintiffind Mr. Wats on , Q . C., an d Mr:HaWkins for the defendants. In February, 1849, the plaintiff bought 21 horses at Beverley Fair, and having paid 221. 103. for their carriage, sent them, accompanied by a man and boy, in three horse-boxes, from the defendants' station at New Holland to London, where he intended to sell them to cab and omnibus proprietors. When the train started the boxes were in good and safe condi tion, but soon after an axle on one of the trucks began, to:smoke. The man and boy called the attention of the defendants' servants to this, but. they repnrn lining relucmccd. ot Peterborough to put more grease to the axle, told the man to mind his own business. At one sta stion, however the station-master told' the guard to stop at the W ' hittesley station and grease the wheel ; and they did stop at that station, but the wheel was not greased. The consequence was, that between Whittesley and 'the next station the box caught firs, and the, horses were so frightened and bruised, that one of.theni, worth 351., was obliged to .be The action was brought some time ago in the Court of Queen's Bench, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict, but it turned opt that there was a fatal variance be tween' the then declaration and the proof given at the trial, and therefore a new trial was ordeied. The LORD CHIEF &STICH left it to ate jury to say whether lit) accident resulted. from the negli gence of the defendants' servants, and they found that and returned a verdict for the plaintiff— mages 601. CONSISTORY COURT, Feb. 18. (Betore Dr. LUiiHINGTON.) ALLEN V. ALLEN. In ibis suit Mr. John Allen prayed for , a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery. Dr. ROBERTSON, on behalf of the husband, briefly went into the facts. Dr.' SWABET, for the wife, said there was a defi c i enc y - of proof, and that the evidence did not go beyond the evidence of probability. The COURT was of opinion there was sufficient proof of adultery having been committed, and ac cordingly pronounced for a divorce. COURT OF INLAND REYES UE, Feb. 18. (Before the COMMISSIONERS.) An application was. made to the Court this day, on the part of Sir Henry Meux, Bart., and Co., the brewers, for the return of the Excise duty of 25. 7d. per bushel charged on 235 quarters of malt, under the following circumstances: — It app-aced from the evidence that on the 31st of October last 325 quarters of malt, manufac tured by Mr. Crisp, of Becclep, in Suffolk, and on which the Excise duty had been paid, was put on board the Naomi, a trading - vessel at that place, consigned to Sir Henry Meux and Co., brewers, of London. The vessel proceeded with the samer, but on arriving at the lower part of Long Reach, n t :, Gravesend, the vessel was ruu into by a steamerc,argoa. she immediately sunk, with the whole of . h a er she was She was about two days under water, 00 wh rsised, but, in the meantime, about 1 0, bad washed the grain, which was loose in the remainder Was Quarters of so away and was lost, and the that it was quire com pletely saturated with salt water,Atiort was made to unfit for brewing purpose!• re-dry it, and after t 16s. a quarter as bestowing.abgreat deal of trouble upon it, it was afterwards sola the food for cattle, s uch that b arely covered ex penses that had the duty that had been charged, ordered :din upon arged, The COURT order amoun ting to nearly 3501., to be returned. proprietors were prosecuted poseogers for hire during the Great er batch of van . for °th carrying Eshihition without licence. A number of licensed victuallers were fined for not renewing th e ir licenses in due tim e , th e part i es i n m ost oases pleading the badness o f t ra d e as the cause of their having omitted to do so. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. IVO la BE HIV CMCVI f.—Lancaster, Feb. 17. The spring assizes for this circuit coMme,,c,,d 'Thteicree this morning. M r . B aron A ld erson an d Mr- Cresswell ar r i ve d h ere yesterday a f terno on, and im mediately pr ocee d e d to the C ast l e , and opened the commission. i Their Lordahips having attended Divine at twelveivine Service this morni ng , proceeded t o the C' o'clock. Mr. Baron Alderson set on the criminal side, and Mr. Justice Cresswell at ninsiepn4uys of six causes only, The cause list contains :cis, juria. The calendar two of which are fofrthsrrteeti prisoners—one charged contains the names two with shooting at a game- K i l ter witn manslaughter murder, whilst out night- E : ond to keeper, will i nv- t n are charges of larceny and ordi. poaching ; the rest nary .egsion,z cases' CIVIL Mr. Justice CRESWELL CIVIL SIPE'-- BEL IS V. THRELFALL. • This was an action to recover 1401. ,for work and labour. James and 11/N—Monk appearPd for the plain tiff, and Mr. Sergeant Murphy and, Mr. Segar for the defendant. Th e plaintiff, it apponrer4, was a machine-broker, accustomed to the machines used for the manufacture of cotton, and the defendant is a millowner at Preston. It was ulleged by the plaintiff that the defendant's -carding• machines being in a deficient state, and pro ducing much waste and an inferior manufacture of cotton, he was engaged by the defendant to remedy the mischief, and was so occupied for five months, and by his services improved the defendant's menu- I facture. By the defendant it was urged that the