The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-09 00:00:00

CbtrZr Zbition THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 205% 205 205 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95% 3 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96% % 96% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97%34 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 10% India Stock .. .. 265 265 _ . India Bonds, 1,0001. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001. .. Ditto. Small BRITISH FUNDS. 1%d. • 96%% 96% I)4d. 27 pm. 24 27 24 pm. 24 24 27 pm. 27 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto, for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Passive Bonds Ditto, Three per Cent .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 96% Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 91% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. 5% _ PRICES OF RAILWAY KURT'S. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% •• • • 1 % ••"•• • • • ' Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 ••••• • " • • Ditto New (issed at 7% die.) .. 17 g. •• • - •• • • • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .• • ••••• • • • • • Bristol and Exeter .. •. •• 75 " 85 "••• • • • • Buckinghamshire 425. .. • . 3 ,4 1 , I%P • • Caledonian .. .. • • 10 . ••• • ••'' " • • Ditto, Extension 2Xa• • • • •• • ..... • • Cornwall and Central Devon. • . •?s -3, 5% 96 59%, 91% 31% 2% P 2 Direst Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 5 Direct Northern . • • • • - • • 2% .. 1% 2. Dublin and Belfast Junctio n .. 10 Dublin and Galway • • • • Eastern Counties .. I4L 165....• 23 1 ,4 % Ditto New Do. Perpet., 5 per ent. . . 61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. jl p Ditto, York Extension .. • • 103. 17, Edinburgh and Glasgow • • •. 50 .. _ 75 77 ~ Ditto Ye Shares .. .. 10 18 ..... Ely and Huntingdon .. 5% ••• • • • Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. ~ ~ Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425..... 4p..... . •• • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 •• • • 253 9 Great North of England . ..100 ....215 217 Ditto, New •••••••• • Great Western .. ~ 85 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 Tg% •.. •• • • • 18% Hull and Selby .. „„ 59 „, „ „103;,,, „ •• • • 103% Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% „••• • • • • 204 Ditto, Half shares .. .. 7 „ „ ...... • • 28 28 Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .... 14 ••••• • • • • • 1% Leicester and Bedford.... ~ d • % .7 Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% .... 24% •••• • • • London ant Birmingham , ..100 ....2 28 .. •• • • .... 228 Ditto Quarters 2 . 29% ••.. • • • 29% . London and Blackwall 161. 139. 4d. ..... • .... 8 London and Brighton .. •-50••••—• • • • • • • • • • 65 % Ditto ditto Fifths .. 20 .... 31% 31% London and Croydon .. • • 131. 15s. 9d. 224 224 London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 78 79 .. • _ 79 Ditto, New Consol. Eighths •. 34 .•.. 53 ..... ..... 533,4 Ditto, New • 12% 24 London and York .. •• • • • • 2 % •• • -2% ••••• • •• •• Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 2% • • • 2 ...... • • 2 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil • 2% .... 134 . 1 L on d on derry and Coleraine .. 10 .... 6c, .... 7 1 4 4 Manchester and Leeds .. • . 82 Ditto, Quarters • • • • • . 2 .... 10 . • ..... ... 10 Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • 3 .... 13 Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 .... 12% .......... 12% Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 4 .... 12% .......... 13 5% 1% U P 25% 217 894 134 p 214 156 33 125 453 4 9% 20 , ! , 4 1% 2736 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I ...• .. •• • . Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... % p...... Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2 Midland ..100 ....155 .. Ditto, New ~ 18 .... 32% % 33% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 .... 44% Ditto, New . 1 .... 10 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 •• .. 20% Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. .... 1 Norfolk .. .. 20 27% North British .. 22% Ditto, Half Shares .. Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. I % North Kent and Direct Dover • • 23.,.. 1 % .. North Staffordshire .. 425..... % 1)• ••• • • North Wales .. • Oxtil., Gosport, Portsmouth., and Southampton • . 425. 1 die.. .. • • 1 dis. Scottish Central .. . 10 .... 15% •••• . • • • 15% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. .... 3% ..... • • 3 % Shropshire Union .. 423. % dis.... South Midland .. 425..... 1% I P South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. 41% 40% 41 40 % 40% Ditto. New (iss. at 32/.) No. 1. 16 ... 21 .... • • 2l Do., New (do. 331. Gs. Bd.) No. 2. 10 .. 14% l4 1)0., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 17 .. • • .... • • 1 7 two., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2%,... %•••• • • . • 3 % Warwickshire and London • .. 425. dis, Wexford, Waterford, & Valeatia 1%.... Welsh Midland 2% West Riding Union .. • • .. 425..... 2, 4 .3 p.. •• . Worcestr., Herefd., Ross, & Glou. 425. • York and Carlisle .. 2%.... 1% . ..... York and Lancaster 2% York and North Midland .. 10 Ditto. Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... 34 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of Spain .. .. 2 .... 1i . ..... Dutch Rhenish .. .. 5 .... East Indian . 55. s % Great Western Canada .. 3% Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 .... Luxembourg Namur and Liege .. 6 .... Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... 7 i Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 5% MINES. ... _ ..... . - - 114 14 3 14 p ........ 114 dis 1% 154 17. 44 10% 7% ca dcl !dente, Unregistered .. 314 MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMP TON RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the shareholders in this important railway was held at two o'clock this afternoon, at the Company's Offices, 19, Great George-street, West minster, in compliance with the sessional orders of the Houses of Parliament with respect to new projects, and to consider whether they should proceed with or aban don the undertaking. Sir John Barker Mill, Bart., occupied the chair. A considerable number of shareholders were present, among whom we noticed Lord Duncannon, the Earl of Wilton ; It. Etwall, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P. ; Sir J. Tancred ; George Stephenson, Esq. ; William Jackson, Esq. (chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead) ; J. P. Westhead, Esq. (chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham) ; David Waddington, Esq. (deputy chairman of the Eastern Counties) ; and A. Pryton, Esq. (director of the Midlands). JOHN WHEELER, Esq., the secretary, read the adver tisement convening the meeting. A report, of which the following is an abstract, was circulated amongst the pro prietors present : " The directors had availed themselves of the earliest day permitted by the arrangements required under the new ses sional orders to meet their shareholders, and to invite their opinion upon the propriety of prosecuting this undertaking. They admitted the general necessity which had arisen for the adoption of measures to test the feeling of the parties in terested in the multifarious projects to which the last year gave birth ; and though the task of ascertaining those feel ings was in many instances a most arduous one, it had resulted, in the case of the Manchester and Southampton Railway, in the gratifying and almost unparalleled fact that, up to the date of this report, not one expression of dissent to the progress of the measure had been conveyed to the corn - pony The directors recognise in this fact a pleasing evi dence of the estimation in which this line is held, and of the confidence reposed in them by their subscribers. Its permanent abandonment was, of course, impossible. The necessity for such a line had been demonstrated, and an abandonment of it, therefore, by its present promoters, would merely result in its immediate adoption by other parties, who would thus step in to reap all the advantages which this Company has secured by the expenditure of much money and anxious toil. Its postponement to a future ses sion might result in a revival of some or one of the com peting schemes to which the successful prosecution of this undertaking had given the death-blow, and in a conse quent costly contest for ground, of which this Com pany might be said now to have exclusive possession. It is well known that for a considerable proportion of the entire length the works are exceedingly light, and that arrangements made by the directors with the proprietors of the Andover Canal must materially facilitate the construc tion of the railway. These and other circumstances would enable the directors to refrain from calling more than 21. per share prior to the year 1848; and the directors propose, if so permitted by Parliament, further to restrict the future board of direction from calling more than 41. yearly, except with the sanction of their shareholders • and they also cotemplate the taking of power to allow i nterest upon the calls, if the body of shareholders shall deem ,ru etnd tov ',sable. At the same time, although it is deemed from Parliament, such is th e confide.nceasol these provision s the soundness and remunerative character th e director s i n under taking, that they do not anticipate o theirth re nce of any necessity for their practical c ' ecur- appli cation. The shareholders were aware. that were sought in the Company's Bill fort the Midlands owes Company to subscribe 400,0001. to this undertaking. The Bill was approved at a special meeting of Midland proprietors, on Saturday last. The directors had only to add, that the committee appointed to investigate the merits of the group of lines, of which this was the principal, would meet in the we ek comm enc i n g with the 25 th , and that it would be a source of added strength to them in p assin g that ordeal, if themeeting should be pleased to express unequivocally its continued confidence in, and its determination (unanimous, as the directors hoped) to prosecute the undertaking." The CHAIRMAN said, as the advertisement so fully specified the object for which the meeting had been called, he should not then offer any remarks, but should call on his friend Mr. Walkinshaw to enter into detail with respect to the railway. JAMES WALKINGSHAW, Esq., of Old Park, Isle of Wight, deputy chairman of the Com pany, then proceeded to address the meet ing. He said, after referring to the object for which the meeting had been called, that it gave him great gratification to state, as he was sure it would to every one present, that the question had been actually settled, because the immense number of 44,000 shares had been registered in favour of proceeding with the line, and that there were only twenty shares dissen tient.—(Cheers.) This was the more gratifying, be cause by their Bill they were only required to produce 26,000 shares, the assent of 15,000 of which would have been sufficient to have empowered their proceeding with the Bill. But, as he had stated, they had on their books 44,000 assents, independent of others, who were in favour of proceeding with the li ne , b ut who had not yet han d e d i n th e i r re turns. Such a result was l a most unparalleled in the meetings which had taken place , and were daily taking pl ace , in cousequence of the or ders of Parliament.—(Cheers.) Besides , out of the thirteen or fourteen projects started in o ppo sition to their line, not one had survived to be broug h t Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) He ivas :gainst them in that the last of these projects, the Oxford,a t p o y uth t a o state and Gosport, or Mr. Bethel's line, received its Southampt on, and n, last night, by being thro wn o ut of the Standing quie t us Committee, ninety-five serious and ably-sustained allegations having been proved. He then re ferred to the mode in which they had allotted their shares, through the hands of parties re siding in the districts through which the line was pro posed to traverse, and which he was happy to state had met with the greatest success; as, on examining the re turns, they found that the applications made for shares were considerably in excess of the number which could be allotted.—(Hear.) Young railways were, perhaps, too sanguine with respect to their traffic, but they would pardon him if he merely stated the fact, that the local traffic of the line, as exhibited in the returns, showed its capability of returning 5 per cent. on the whole outlay, and independent of that traffic from the north, which the line was principally projected to accommodate. — (Cheers.) He then read extracts from official returns, which set forth that Southampton was one of the most important ports in the world, and that it was yearly in creasing in prosperity, as in 1845 the exports amounted to 2,750,000, being one-sixteenth of the whole exports of the United Kingdom— (Cheers) —and if the railway were made it could not fail to be the point from which three-fourths of those leaving England. wou ld embark. In addition to the tra ffi c formerly ment ioned, they would carry sand from the Isle of Wight had now to Birmingham, where it would be man ufactured i nto glass, but it now to go by a very circuitous route by the South Western and the London an d Birmin g ham before it reached its destination. After referring to the no lidemen who were in favour of the line, some of whose property it would i ntersect for several miles, Earl Bathurst, Earl Bruce, Lord Palmerston, the Chair man, and others, and having read letters from Earl Bruce, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Edward Tootal, Esq., expressing their inability to attend, but expressing themselves highly of the undertaking and of its certainty of success, he proceeded to enumerate the towns which it would accommodate, the inhabitants of which had sent representatives to the meeting, to give in their as sent to the line ; then they had two of the mo s t em i nen t engineers, George Stephenson and Mr. Bidder, who asserted that the line could be constructed at less than 18,0001. a mile. He concluded by sa yi ng th a t it c o u ld not fail to obtain the sanction of Parliament, as it would accommodate districts now without direct com munication to the manufacturing districts, and was not adopted with the view of opposing any established lines. The line was not intended to form &junction with Swin don on the Great Western, but with a town of the same name in Gloucestershire, on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway. There could not be a doubt that the line would receive the sanction of the Legislature, as many Hon. Members and Noble Lords were in favour of it. and, besides, the Government entertained a favourable opinion with respect to it. The Earl of WILTON then proposed a resolution em powering the directors to proceed with the Bill.— (Cheers.) After the able and lucid statement of Mr. Walkinshaw, it would not be right for him to detain them with any observations of his own. He assured them that he should feel most happy to co-operate with the directors in promoting the success of the project, which he considered would confer great benefits on the country which it would traverse.--(Cheers.) The MAYOR of SOUTHAMPTON seconded the motion, and in doing so, stated that he represented there townsmen and scripholders to the number of 5,000 or 6,000, who were unanimous in favour of the project.— (Hear.) If Southampton had prospered from year to year by a circuitous communication, it could not fail to be enhanced by a direct communication with the manu facturing parties of the north of England. Lord Duricarirrorr then proposed that the chairman, deputy-chairman, and officers of the railway be em powered to fix their seal to the Bill, and in doing so highly eulogised the project. WADDINGTON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Eastern Counties, seconded the motion. H. ETWALL, Esq., M.P., said he uttered the sen timents of the inhabitants of Andover, which he had the honour to represent, who were unanimously in favour of the railway, as they considered that it would confer great advantages upon them. He concluded by stating, that in the whole course of his experience he had never met with a body of men more competent to be entrusted with the management of a great company than the Chairman and Directors, and, in short, the whole of the officers of the Company.—(Cheers.) The resolutions were then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Great applause followed the an nouncement of the fact. _ _ J. P. WESTHEAD, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham. Railway, also highly eulogised the business-like management of the Chairman and Direc tors, and concluded by proposing that the thanks of the meeting be given to them for their services. W. M. TWITT, Esq., of Cheltenham, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. F. GISBORNE, Esq., M.P., returned thanks in a hu morous speech. Mr. JACKSON, of Birkenhead, proposed that the spe cial thanks of the meeting should be given to Mr. Walk inshaw, the deputy chairman of the company, which was seconded by Mr. GEORGE, and carried. Mr. WALKINSHAW briefly expressed his acknowledg ments. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, who returned thanks, and the meeting, the most nume rous one we ever attended, broke up. OVERLAND ROUTE TO AUSTRA LIA.—(THIS DAY,) A most respectable meeting was held this afternoon at the Assam Company's Rooms, 30, Great Winchester street, of the committee appointed at an adjourned general meeting. The following gentlemen of the com mittee were present :—Hon. F. Scott, M.P. (chairman) ; Joseph flume, Esq., M.P. ; Captain Stokes, R.N. ; Mark Boyd, Esq. ; James Browning, Esq. ; John W. Sutherland, Esq. ; Henry Wise, Esq. ; H. T. Prinsep, Esq.; Lieut. Waghorn, R.N. ; Captain Barber ; Captain Henderson ; J. Montefiore, Esq. ; Samuel Brook, Esq. ; Lieut. Cruickshank; Buckle, Esq.; Lambert, Esq. After reading the minutes of the last committee meet ing, the several plans were handed in and separately read. These were from Mr. Sharp, Mr. Wheeler, Captain Henderson, Lieutenant Waghorn, and Mr. Smith Evans, the latter gentleman only having draws the committee's attention to a map, without beingaccompanied with any details it could not be enter tained so fully as it might have been if such had accom pan;ed it. The utmost unanimity attended the different readings of the plans, which indeed threw new light upon the subject. Ultimately, after much general conversa tion, it was agreed that a Sub-Committee, to inspect these several plans and report thereon to the next meeting of the General Committee, should be appointed. A memorial was laid upon the table, from the Legis lative Council of Port Jackson, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to extend the blessings of steam navigation to them, in common with other great portions of our empire. Captain BARBER stated that Government paid 260,0001. to the West Indies, and 160,000/. to the East Indies, extending to the whole continent of China. The Committee were convinced that under the Government of our common country the blessings of steam would soon dawn upon Australia. The Hon. F. SCOTT, M.P., stated that his aid would not be wanting. Mr. Hume left the meeting perfectly disposed in its favour, promising his utmost support to the speediest communication between Singapore and Port Jackson, leaving for the present the other places within the fifth huge continent of the world to be accommodated in time, and he doubted not that the Committee present would do all in their power to obtain it, but he thought that part was more intimately connected with the colony itself, and that the colony itself should devise means for its local communication between Swan River and Pert Jackson. It was moved by Captain BARBER, and seconded by Captain HENDERSON— " That a Sub-Committee be appointed to examine the re spective merits of the several plans brought before the Com mittee, and to consist of the followieg gentlemen, three to ;orm a quorum ; and that the Sub-Committee meet at twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the 13th of May, at 30, Great Winchester street." The following were the gentlemen appointed to form the Sub-Committee:—Hon. F. Scott, Capt. Stokes, R.N., Mr. Wise, Captain Henderson, James Cruickshank, Samuel Browning, Captain Barber, Mark Boyd, J. W.. Sutherland, Robert Brooks, Lieutenant Waghorn, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Montefiore, Mr. Prinsep. Upon the whole, the proceedings were highly inte resting. Captain Stokes, R.N., of the ship Beagle, who surveyed the Torres Straits, read extracts from a pamphlet published by him two years ago, altogether bearing upon Port Essington as a depot, and the line of communication recommended by Lieut. Waghorn. The meeting then broke up. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. MAY 9, 1848 STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MAY B.—We have not any has yalt,raten to report in these markets this week. been a moderate amount of sales at stationary LEEDS, MAY 8 S 'last week have been effected, prices. ness . d — one al e e t s th to e ab F ou O t ß t El he GN sa W mr e L xte T n a t A as bE and Lz a ß t D si s m_il T ar h the market ra ere tes ;as a litt b le ut m o o n rebnsi w Cl a i s )th du H li a . lla Th o e n S st a oc tu k r s da o y n , m mu ch h fi lower rm n t than hand are T u e sd ay they were in March, and price s . re m a in warehouses there has been a little more business done this week than for some time past ; there is also more doing in the way of preparati on by the foreign houses p fo e r et t s he ar f e al m l America . u tra ch de br t i o ghterthanwas on ex t hpeeewtehdolae,fetwhewpereokss ago. a N D goodW K E attendanceßLANKET buyers thi s for w MARKET,Mi e r e 7 17, and W e have H Ec li x ad i° more business transacted, being principallythe home trade; there is not much alteration in pri • ces. soils and shorts still continue very scarce and dear. BRADFORD MARKET, MAY 7.—For combing wools the demand is much better. Prices are firm. There seems a disposition in the spinners to buy more freely. In the Yarn Market business was brisk. Stocks are very low, and the spinners are generally working to order, and prices have an upward tendency. There was a good attendance of merchants, and they were not merely lookers on, for a great number of pieces changed hands, and a great number of orders were received for the autumn trade. The three branches of trade in Bradford market certainly exhibit a more healthy tone. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.--The commer cial news from India, &c., has not had any sensible effect on our market either for cloth or twist. There is great complaint made about the home trade, which is very dull. Domestics, that is, heavy cloth, are unusually depressed. Neither the dyers nor printers get any busier. There is a slight improvement in the silk trade, but the weavers on the average have not more than half employ ment. Twist is without change, with a moderate busi ness doing. NOTTINGHAM.—The principal manufacture of the hosiery trade, namely, wrought cotton hose, keeps de clining. The cut-up branch is rather better than the wrought departments. The cotton glove trade still keeps in a tolerable state. The silk glove trade has so far de clined that the hosiers give out their materiols with a very sparing hand. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch has a shade further improved. The silk hose trade is, if an y thing, further declining, silk stockings being almost out of fashion. The fancy lace trade is in general considered • worse. The cotton warp lace trade is still very much depressed, and few of the hands have more than half employment. The silk blonde branch is considerably better, that is, what remnant is left of this once extensive manufacture.—Nottingham Review. LEICESTER.—AIthough there is not much more doing in the warehouses, there is a more healthy tone given to business; and the prevailing opinion is, that the point of depression is past. Manufacturers have produced with caution, and hence stocks are comparatively light. A fair export trade has been done in faney hosier) , and gloves, though but a limited one for st oc ki ngs . Yarns are in fair demand, and spinners hint at a rise in prices. There is more doing in weols, and prices rule if anything a shade higher.—Leicester Journal of yesterday. THE IRON TRADE IN STAFFORDSHIRE.—BIRMING• HAN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The circulars for the month of May have been issued to the trade from the principal houses, including those of Messrs. Williams, Thornecroft, Barrows, Badger, and others, and they an nounce that no reduction of the prices of last quarter day has taken place, nor is any contemplated. A GHOST. (From the Bristol Times.) We have this week a ghost story to relate. Yes, a ghost story—a real ghost story, and a ghost story with out, as yet, any clue to its elucidation. Where do you think has Ibis ghost made his appear ance ? Not, of course, in a modern house—no ghost of good taste would think of coming t. any tenement that was not time-honoured—that had not a charter at least of two hundred years ; and what edifice more fit for his supernatural reception than the ancient residence of the Calendars—the Vicarage-house of All Saints, Bristol, adjoining and almost forming a part of that church. After the dissolution of the Calendars, this house was converted into a vicarage -house, and it is still ealled by that name, though the incumbents have for many years ceased to reside there. The present occu pants are Mr. and Mrs. Jones, the sexton and sex toness of the church, and one or two lodgers, and it is to the former and their servant maid that the strange visitor has made his appearance, causing such terror by his nightly calls, that all three have deter mined on quitting the premises, if indeed they have not already carried their resolution into effect. What makes the whole affair the more unaccountable and ex traordinary is, the official quality of the persons affected by the fright. Had it been a common-place family. un conversant with grave matters, a very simple incident, coupled with ancient and monastic character of the building, might be sufficient to create alarm and terror ; but here are people—sexton and sextonesi—whose vo cation lies in solemn churches and amongst the silent tombs, who, in the way of business, must every day have something to do with grim skulls and grey mouldering bones, and who might be almost said to be on such fa miliar terms with at least the outward emblems of the invisible world, so as to be able to shake hands with a ghost without any great perturbation—terrified out of their house by a nightly visitor, scared to such extent as to determine to take down their tester and four bedsteads, " being certain," to use Mrs. Jones's own words to their landlord, that they shall die if they sleep another night in the house." Mr. and Mrs. Jones's description of the disturbance, as given to the landlord, on whom they called in great consternation, is as distinct as any ghost story could be. The nocturnal visitor is heard walking about the house when the inhabitants are in bed; and Mr. Jones, who is a man of by no means nervous constitution, declares he has several times seen a light flickering on one of the walls. Mrs. Jones is equally certain that she has heard a man with creaking shoes walking in the bedroom above her own, when no man was on the premises (or at least ought to be), and " was nearly killed with the fright." To the servant maid, however, was vouch safed the unenvied honour of seeing this restless night visitor ; she declares she has repeatedly had her bedroom door unbolted at night, between the hours of twelve and two o'clock—the period when such beings usually make their promenades—by something in human semblance ; she cannot par ticularise his dress, but describes it as something antique, and of a fashion " lang syne gane," and to some extent corresponding to that of the ancient Calendars, the former inhabitants of the house. She further says, he is " a whiskered gentleman" (we give her own words); which whiskered gentleman has gone the length of shak ing her bed, and she invariably puts her head under the clothes when she sees him approach. Mrs. Jones declares she believes in the appearance of the whiskered gentleman; and she had made up her mind, the night before she called on her landlord, to leap out of the window (and it is not a trifle that will make people leap out of windows), as soon as he entered the room. The effect of the " flickering light" on Mr. Jones was quite terrific, causing excessive trembling, and 6' the complete doubling up of his whole body into a round ball like." STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at the usual hour for the dispatch of public business; present, the Earl of Shaftesbury (in the chair), and Lords Kenyon and Hawarden. MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE RAILWAY. This case, which came before the Committee on a previous day, and was adjourned at the instance of the agents, was again resumed. The usual evidence having been gone through, and the certit:cate of the Accountant-General of tl.e Court of Chancery having been put in, in proof of the payment of the second deposit on the capital, The Earl of SHAFTESBUZY intimated that the Committee were of opinion that the promoters of the Bill had in every instance complied with the standing orders, and that the Bill had passed that tribunal. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson and Co. MIDLAND (SYSTON AND PETERBOROUGH) RAILWAY. This case, which had been adjourned from a previous day also from want of proof of compliance with Lord Wharncliffe's order, was again resumed, and, after a lengthened hearing, the Committee de cided that the Bill had passed. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke, Pratt, and Co. These two were the only cases which came before their Lordships, who adjourned at five o'clock. INGLAND. ight's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for ie 2d day of May, 1846. .ARTMENT. Government debt .• 11,015,100 Other securities .. • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,279,130 Silver bullion ...... 1,793,165 X 27,072,295 [. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 13,303,065 Other securities .. .. 17,901,148 Notes • • ••• • • . 6,408,470 Gold and silver coin.. 661,418 £33,274,101 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. GE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. .... Leghorn 3O 75 Genoa .. • • • • 26 15 Milan .. • • ...... .. Venice.... „ „ . • Naples ...... • . 39% Palermo, per oz . 119 Lisbon. 52 Oporto ................ 52% I Rio Janeiro .......... 23% Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ, Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars • • ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11 good business transacted. Demerara is wanted, and the parcels sold were at fully former rates. Calcutta has met with little attention, and prices are not so firm. Leeward Island has been sparingly dealt in, but former rates are maintained. Although Brandy can be obtained upon further reduced terms, still shippers and the home trade have operated with caution this week, and the stock has been further increased, but the deliveries are getting larger. Geneva is dull of sale, and there are sellers of common export at Is lld to 2s, and fine at 2s Gd to 33 per gallon. English Corn Spirits are little wanted. 011a—There has been a much better demand for Linseed Oil this week, and an advance on former rates of 6d to 9d per cwt. For Rape Seed Oil, further reduced rates having been taken, many parcels have been disposed of. Cocoa Nut Oil has met with little attention. Palm has been in good request, still prices do not advance. Olive has met with little attention. TALLOW.—There has been a better demand for Russian on this week; and buyers have been compelled to pay a slight advance on former rates. For forward delivery there are sellers upon rather lower terms. In American and New South Wales a good business has been transacted on the spot, and holders have obtained rather better prices. Town Tallow is still plentiful, and a large business has been transacted. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. INDIAN DISPATCHES. The Gazette of this evening contains the above dispatches, received at the India House, which have already appeared in The Sun. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 5, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Barney, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Governor of North Australia, and to admi nister the Government of that Colony, under the style and title of Superintendent thereof. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 8. 3d Light Dragoons—F. Chaplin', Gent.. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Shaw, appointed to the 9th Light Dragoons, May 8. 4th Light Dragoons—F. C. Ford, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cholmeley, whose appointment has been can celled, May 8. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet R. Shaw, from the 3d Light Dragoons (Ridingmaster), to be Cornet, vice Law, promoted to the 31st Foot ; C. A. Delmar, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Lord J. Browne, promoted to the 10th Light Dragoons, May 8. 10th Light - Dragoons—Lieut. R. G. Townley to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Hyder, who retires; Cornet Lord J. De Burgh Browne, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vide Townley, May 8. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guaids—Major and Colonel C. A. Shawe to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Walton, who retires on half-pay ; Captain and Brevet Colonel T. Chaplin to be Major, by purchase, vice Shawe ; Brevet Colonel H. Dawkins, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Chaplin ; Lieut. and Captain Lord F. Paulet to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Dawkins, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant C. H. White to be Lieutenant and Captain by purchase, vice Lord F. Paulet, May 8 F. A. P. Burton, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice White, May 8 ; Ensign and Lieutenant P. G. H. Somerset to be Adjutant, vice Lord F. Paulet, May 8. 10th Foot—Ensign E. Dashwood to be Lieutenant with out purchase, vice Beale, killed in action, Feb. 11 ; Sergeant- Major G. T. Whitaker, to be Ensign, vice Dashwood, May 8. 18th Foot—Serjeant— M'Cabe, from the 31st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stanford, appointed to the 53d Foot, May 8. 21st Foot—Second Lieut. E. Clemison, to be First Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Bolton, appointed Adjutant 31st Foot, Dec. 19 ; Lieut. W. C. Dilkes, from the 31st Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice Clemison, whose promotion, by pur chase, has been cancelled; Ensign C. B. Dayeney, from the 35th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Forbes, whose appointment has been cancelled, May 8. 23d Foot—Seeond Lieut. F. B. Tritton, to be First Lieu- tenant, by purchase, vice Wynne, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet E. Crofts, from the Royal Military College, to be Se cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tritton May 8. 29th Foot—Major G. Congreve to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Taylor, killed in action ; Captain A. T. Hemphill to be Major, vice Congreve, Feb. 11 ; Lieut. T. E. Willbraham to be Captain, vice Hemphill ; Ensign V. Tonnochv to be Lieutenant, vice Wilbraham, March 20; Ensign W. L. D. Smith, from the 39:h Foot, to be Ensign, vice Tonnochy, May 8. 31st Foot—Cornet C. E. Law, from the 9th Light Dra goons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dilkes, appointed to the 21st Foot, May 8. 35th Foot—Lieut. G. Baylv to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Brevet Major E. aoate, who retires upon full pay ; Ensign E. B. Cooke to be Lieutenant, vice Bavly ; J. Sprat, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cooke, May 8 ; 11. Quill, Gent., to Ensign, vice Daveney, appointed to the 21st Foot, May 9. 39th Foot—Sergeant Major John Sears to be Ensign, vice Smith, appointed to the 29th Foot, May 8. 41st Foot—Major 11. Astier, from 62d Foot, to be Major, vice Montizambert, who exchanges, May 8. 46th Foot—Lieutenant A. Wombwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Zuhleke, who retires, May 8 ; Ensign W. Hardy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wombwell ; B. Neville, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Hardy, May 8. 49th Foot—Lieutenant D. M'Adam to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Browne, who retires ; Ensign C. J. Powell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Adam • W. Bellairs, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Powell, May 8 ; J. Nason, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Page, appointed to the 50th Foot, May 9. 50th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign W. Du Vernet, vies J. J. Grimes killed in action, Jan. 29 ; Ensign J. Purcell, vice J. C. Bishop, died of his wounds, Feb. 7 ; Ensign C. H. Slessor, vice C. R. Grimes, killed in action, Feb. 11. To be Easigns—Ensign It. H. Page, from 49th Foot, vice Purcell ; C. T. Cormick, Gent., vice Slessor, May 8. 53d Foot—To be Captains, without purehase--:Lieutenant R. Spring, vice 'Warren, killed in action, Feb. 11 ; Lieut. W. J. Verner, vice Smart, died of his wounds, Feb. 22. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign H. Lucas, vice Spring, Feb. 11 ; Ensign and Adjutant W. Dunning to j have the rank of Lieutenant, Feb. 15 ; Ensign W. H. Grubbe, vice Clarke, died of his wounds, Feb. 16; Ensign H. Buck, vice Verner, Feb. 22. To be Ensigns without purchase—E. F. Stanford, from 18th Foot, vice Lucas, Feb. 11 ; Ensign A. J. Johnston, from 74th Foot, vice Grubbe; E. Cleeve, Gnt., vice Buck, May 8: F. D. Grey, Gent., vice IPlienzie, promoted in 62d Foot, May 9. 62d Foot—Major G. S. Montizambert, from the 41st Foot, to be Major, vice Astier, who exchanges, May 8 ; Ensign J. M'Kav M'Kenzie, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bartley, killed in action, Feb. 11. 70th Foot—Lieut. T. E. Mulock to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Itumbold, who retires; Ensign F. A. Willis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mulock; C. Blewitt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Willis, May 8. 71st Foot—W. A. Myrton Cunynghame, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Le Geyt, whose appointment has been cancelled, May - 8. 72d Foot—Capt. W. S. Dalton, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice A. N. Sherson, who exchanges; Lieut. W. Adam to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dalton, who retires; Ensign W. B. 0. Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adam; A. Crombie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, May 8. 74th Ft;ot—E. H. Ord, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Johnston, appointed to the 53d Foot ; Lieutenant T. E. Lambert, from the 82d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice G. G. Dunlevie, who reverts to his former half-pay as Lieutenant, May 8. 80th Foot —Ensign G. Bodle, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Crawley, died of his wounds, Feb. 21. D. F. Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bodle, May 8. MEMORANDUM. —The promotion: of Ensign William Du Vernet of the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, in the 31st Foot, on the 31st March, 1846, has been cancelled. The Christian names of Cornet Bennett, of the 14th Light Dragoons, are James Wentworth, not John, as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Brydon, of the 77th Foot, are Lewis Augustus. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 7. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—E. E. R. Dyneley, vice Chandler, pro moted ; F. H. B. Phillips, vice Power, promoted ; J. Godby, v i ce Arbuthnot, promoted; D. S. Greene, vice Evans, pro moted ; P. F. Miller, vice Fitzgerald, deceased ' • W. W. Barry, vice Hutton , promoted; J. T. Orme , vice Hastings, promoted ; G. H. Colomb, vice Smythe, promoted ; G. W. D. I-lay, vice Mowbray, promoted ;T. H. Harding, vice Phillips, promoted; P. 1). Margeson, vice Chancellor, pro moted ; J. F. D'A. Street, vice Carlyou, promoted; A. M. 1 Calvert, vice Eliot, promoted, May 1. Corps of Royal Engineers—Major-General F. R. Th3ckeray, C. B. to be Colonel Commandant, vice Sir H. Elphinstone, deceased, April 29. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—J. H. Smith, vice Fowke, promoted; A. R. V. Crease, vice Binney, pro moted ; F. C. Belson, vice Rich, promoted ; C. T. Hutchin son, vice Chesney, promoted ; E. M. Grain, vice Murray, promoted; A. P. Smith, vice Penrice, promoted; A. M. Loch ner, vice Morrison, promoted; P. Ravenhill, vice Cooke, pro moted, May 1. ADMIRALTY, MAY 5. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet J. B. Prynn to be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet C. 0. Baker to be Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet C. Wolrige to be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Pb.S. Molesworth to be Second Lieutenant. Commission by the Queen. Pembrokeshire Militia—J. Holland, Lieut., half-pay Royal Marines, to be Adjutant, with rank of Captain, vice Owen, resigned, April 4. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire. W. E. 11. Vere, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; G. Dun das, jun. Esq., to be Deputy Lieut enant, A p ril 17. Ist or 'Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Peebles Re giment of North British Militia—A. H. Baillie, Esq., to be Captain, vice Thomson, resigned, Feb. 20; J. D. Martin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hay, promoted, Feb. 25. ommissions by the Lord Lieutenant of C ornwall. Duke of Cornwall's Rangers—Lieut. C. G. P. Brune to be Captain, vice Eveleign, resigned ; Second-Lieut. W. B. Call to be Captain, vice Howell, deceased; Second-Lieut. H. O'Neil to be Lieutenant, vice Brune, promoted ; Second-Lieut. G. A. Hicks to be Lieutenant, vice Mercati, deceased, May 2; Second Lieut J. R. Rodd to be Lieut., vice Kelly, deceased ; F. J. Trick, Gent., to be Lieut., vice Archer , resi g ned; J. W. Peard, Gent., to be Lieut.. vice Carew, promoted ; W. H. 11. Messenger, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice Call, promoted : the Hon, S. K. Lysaght to be Second Lieut., vice hicks, promoted; E. Carthew, Gent., to be Seccnd Lieut., vice O'Neil, promoted ; S. Hext, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice Rodd, promoted ; R. P. Johns, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice Cocks, resigned, May 2. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire— Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu tenant H. Robertson Sandbach, to be First Lieutenant, vice Nicholls, resigned, Feb. 20. Sir T. Erskine, Bart., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Sandbach, promoted, March 17 . Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ist Vest York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain the Hon. W. T. S. W. Fitzwilliam, commonly called Visa. Milton, to be Liutenant-Colonel Commandant; Major J. E. G. Elmsall to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord Wharncliffe, resigned ; the Hon. C. W. NV. Fitzwilliam to be Captain, vice Viscount Milton, promoted, May 4. WHITEHALL, MAI . 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Harry Edgell Bush, Gent., of Trowbridge, in the county of Wilts, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Gearge Seabrook, straw hat manufacturer, Luton, Bed fordshire. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Freeman, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheap side, to sumnder 11lav 15, at twelve, and June 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street ; G u illaume, Bucklersbury. Joseph Pearnby, worsted stuff manufacturer, Windsor terrace, City-road, May 19, at half-past eleven, and June 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Loughborough , Austin friars. Christopher Clarke, draper, Goswell-road, May 19, at two, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankru p tc y . Pen nell, official assignee • Soles and Turner, Aldermanburv. John Joseph Tailor, tobacconist, Ti.oley-street, South wark, May 14, at two, and June 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; ellborne, Tooley-streot Southwark. James and Thomas Whiteley', builders, Litchfield-street, Soho, May 15, at two, and June 13 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Smith, Furnival's Inn. John Dodsworth Abrams, tailor, York, May 19, and June 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Rushworth, Staple Inn, London; Jackman, York ; llarle Leeds. William Gill, corn merchant, Warrington, Lancashire, May 22 and June 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Gre gory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Sairrow, Bedford-row, London ; Nicholson and Sons, Warrington. Samuel Shaun, cloth finisher, Leeds, May 25, and June 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee ; Strangways, Barnard's Inn, London ; Robinson, Leeds. _ _ _ _ Samuel Ogden, cotton factor, Manchester, May 20 and June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Charlotte street, Manchester ; Johnson and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple; Needham, Man chester. _ _ _ Cuthbert Parker, linen draper, Liverpool, May 20, and June 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bed ford-row; Green, Liverpool. Benjamin Clarke, grocer, Stroud, May 19, and June 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, offieial assignee, Bristol ; Kearney, Stroud. Robert Foale, victualler, Kingsbridge, Devon, May '2l, at one, and June 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court, Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Weymouth, Kings bridge ; Weymouth and Co., Angel-court, London ; Turner Exeter. Stephen Knowles, brewer, Exeter, May 20, and June 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter ; Keddell and Co., London. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. G. Graham, T. Adams, and M. B. Macfarlane, calico printers, Cheapside—a div. of Is. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. R. Payne, brassfounder, Hatton-v, all—second div. of 2s. in the pound, May 9, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. I'. Chapman, dairyman, Tottenham-court-road—third div. of lid. in the pound, May 9, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. G. Barnes, innkeeper, Portsea—first div. of is. Gd. in the pound, May 9, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. T. J. Ashton, tailor, Pall-mall—fourth div. of sid. in the pound, May 9, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. F. Fothergill and J. M'lnnee, lamp-black manufacturers, Bell's-close, Northumberland—first div. of ss. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. 11. Docker, oilman, Pall-mall, June 1, at eleven. In the Country. J. Haigh, clothier, Hogley, Yorkshire, June 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Clough, chemist, Iludders ti, Id, June 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. 11. Bennett, timber merchant, Cheltenham, May 29, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—lt. Warr, auctioneer, Beamin - ster, June 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—J. Long, linendraper, Tavistock, June 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—l. Austen, draper, Devonport, June 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—A. T. Patterson and J. M. Malonck, merchants, Liverpool, June 1, at twelve, at the Liverpool District ourt —F. T. Walker, merchant, Liverpool, June 1. at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court -T. Hodgson, bookseller, Liverpool, June 1, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Ogle and W. 'Walton, mer chants, Liverpool, June 1, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trect Court—S. Pilling and R. G. Watson, wine merchants, Gateshead, June 5, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Giro, merchant, Moorgate-streer, May 29—J. T. Pascoe, metal refiner, high-street, Milezend New-town, May 29 C. H. Waters, dealer in paintings, Queen's-row, Pimlico, May 29—T. K. Rowbotham, book-keeper, Huddersfield, June 1-li. Pickles, linen manufacturer, Barnsley, June :6—J. Clough, chemist, Huddersfield, June 4—J. C. Chambers, needle-maker, Ipsley, Warwickshire, May 30—J. Hall, sharebroker, Rochdala, May 29—J. Riding and J. Fielding, cotton manufacturers, Leyland, Lancashire, May 30—R. Howland, auctioneer, Thame, May 29—S. Harrison, provi sion merchant, Poole, May 29—G. P. Payne, optical instru ment dealer, Liverpool, May 29—G. Middleton, wine mer chant, Nottingham, May 29—J. G. Gore, innkeeper, Chel tenham, May 29—J. Turner, manufacturer of printing ma terials, 13rooke-street, Holborn, May 29—F. Lingard, teacher of music, Durham, May 29—T. Parnell, laceman, Manches ter, May 29—J. D. Williams, blacking manufacturer, New castle-street, Farringden-street, May 29—D. Davis, dealer in regimentals. Jermvn-street, St. James's, May 29. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Buchanan and J. Parlane, timber merchants, Liverpool —T. Pearson and R. Troughton ship builders, Liverpool—S. C. Fox and A. Banks, jun., bankers, Liverpool—J. and A. Wadsworth, builders, Sheffield—l. Firth, S. Firth, and J. Firth, worsted spinners, Halifax, Yorkshire—J. Lawton, J. Woodcock, and B. Holroyd, manufacturers of fancy waist coatings, Huddersfield—W. Phipps, T. D. Phipps, and J. CarringtOn, curriers, Bath (so far as regards J. Carrington) —W. Cheetham and W. Wrigley, hat manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire—W. Dicker and S. E. Clark, envelope manufacturers, Crane-court, Fleet-street—B. C. Boast and T. Shillito, coach builders, Leeds—D. G. Clarke and H. Kin mouth, warehousemen, Aldermanbury—G. M. Davidson and T. Waters, coal miners, Siston, Gloucestershire—W. Thomas, S. Lepard, and D. Williams, attorneys, Cloak-lane, City--J. Robson, R. Robson, J. Robson, M. Robson, and G. Robson, plasterers, Durham—J. and W. Bennett, stone masons, Bir mingham—T. Wild, W. Wild, and L. Wild, cotton spinners, Wahnersley cum Shuttleworth, Lancashire—lL L. Gintherr and T. A. Staple, merchants, Basing-lane--G. Webb and J. Killick, silversmiths, Knightsbridge-terrace, Knightsbridge. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Reid Prentice, picture dealer, Edinburgh, May 1G and June 13, at one, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. John Graham, bookseller, Greenock, May IG and June 4, at one, at the Tontine Hotel, Greenock. John Robert Finlay, stockbroker, Glasgow, May 14 and June 3, at two, at the chambers of Messrs: Marshall, Hill, and Hall, Glasgow. Thomas Watson, builder, Edinburgh, May 16 and June 6, at two, at Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh. James Provan, flesber, Glasgow, May 12 and June 2, at twelve, at the Manchester Tavern, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR.: The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending May 5, 1846, is 375. 2 1 /..d. per cwt. IRELAND. DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE. DUBLIN, MAY s.—The reports that have come to hand to day are of the usual character, representing the prevalence of extreme destitution, and the efforts in many cases successful, to provide - food and employment. In some localities, where the potato disease was not very severely felt, the price of the esculent is not much higher than in ordinary years; but generally it is at least double the usual rate. In Dublin the price of inferior potatoes, with one-third at least diseased, has risen to ninepence per stone, which is equal to one shil ling—three times the price in abundant seasons. Amongst the wealthier classes potatoes are now little used ; and where Indian meal has been provided in the country districts, the labouring classes have given up potatoes as a food. On this account they are little run upon. If anything like the or dinary consumption took place, we should not now have po - tatoes for sale in any market in Ireland. The Clare Journal states that the treasurer of the Ennis town Relief Committee has proceeded to Ennis, " to procure Indian meal, for the purpose of keeping down the markets, which have frightfully risen." In Dungarcn - n, anal other places on the coast of the county of Waterford, the people are in such a state of utter destitu tion that many are existing on a single meal of bran—the husk of wheat—in the twenty-four hours ! THE WEATIIER—H - ARVET PROSPECTS. We have rain pouring down once more, and seed-sowing is, of course, again interrupted. For a fortnight of dry weather considerable progress has bean made in the spring sowing; but still this most i m p ortant agricultural business is veryin complete; and if there should not he a favourable change very speedily, the worst results may be apprehended next harvest. The Rev. Martin Doyle, parish priest of Graig, county Kilkenny, in a letter Co the Dublin Evening Post, says:— " The farmers are not so,•ing their usual complement of pa • tatoes. The poor, who heretofore made efforts to sow a little, seem now indifferent altogether. The consequence will be, that their condition during the summer and autumn months will be much better than in winter, when the public works will cease, but the necessity of eating will not. The poor also will want more clothes and more fuel in winter than in the coming season ; they will have no potatoes to live on, as heretofore ; no public employment—no money. I will be told Indian meal, oats, barley, &c., will be abundant and cheap—be it so, but the poor cannot purchase without money." The young wheats, sown in winter, generally look well and healthy. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Monarch, Walker, from Bengal, off Portsmouth, sailed Jan. 29, St. Helena March 31; Glenelg, Harvey, from China, off Falmouth, sailed Jan. 7, Cape, March 10, St. Helena March 22 ' Anna Robinson, Munro, from Chi na , i n the Downs, sailed Dec. 24, St. Helena March 17 ; A ugustus , Clarence, rom South Australia, in the Downs, sailed Jan. 12, St. Helena March 19; Harebell, Eales, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed Jan. 17, St. Helena Feb. 28; Jane Godry, Birnie from South Australia, in th e D owns, sa il ed f rom Adelaide Jan. 9, St. Helena March 21 ; Charlotte, Carter, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Dec. 19, St. Helena March 15 ; Manchester, Morice, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 23, Demerara March 12 ; Jane Frances, Crosby, Van Diemen's Land, off Plymouth, sailed from Hobart Town Jan. 12 ; Napoleon, Miller, from the Cape of Good Hope, in the Downs, sailed from Table Bay March 2 ; Ann Bates, Weighell, from Mantilla, off the start, sailed Dec. 6, St. Helena March 9 ; Grecian, Langford, from China, in the St. Katherine Docks, sailed Dec. 24, St. Helena March 18 . Arrivals at St. Helena—A schooner, prize to her Majesty's ship Cygnet, March 23; Konin e ,r , 11., 24th, from Java, and sailed 26th to Amsterdam ; St. George, Miller, from Ichaboe, and sailed 28th to Falmouth; Chaucer, Elder,2sth from Colombe, and sailed 24th to London; r a mPer Jnicorn, from Singapore and Cape, and sailed London ' London; . lier Majesty's 26th, from Swan River, and sailed to ship Alert, from Loando ; Voyage ur, 25th, from Bourbon, and sailed to Marseilles; Crusader, 27th, from Batavia; Duncan, from Calcutta; Neptune , 28th, from Mauritius; Clara, prize: to her Majesty's ship Cygnet; Cowslip, from Ceylon; Nava rino, 29th, from London ; Nimrod, from Bombay ; Theodora and Sara, 30th, from Batavia ; Barbara, from Mauritius. Arrivals at Adelaide—Water Witch, Dec. 26, from Mau ritius; Cleveland, Jan. 9, from Port Philip. 1 1 Arrivals at Sydney—Watkins and Sarah, from Liverpool. STATE OF TRADE.—The principal manufacture of the hosiery trade, namely, wrought cotton hose, keeps de clining. The cut• up branch is rather better than the wrought departments. The cotton glove trade keeps in a tolerable state. The silk glove trade has so far declined, that the hosiers give out their materials with a very sparing hand. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch has a shade further improved. The silk hose trade is, if anything, further de clining, silk stockings being almost out of fashion. The fancy hose trade is in general considered worse. The cotton warp trade is still very much depressed, and few of the hands have more than half employment. The silk blonde branch is considerably better, that is, what remnant is left of this once extensive manufacture.—Nottingham Review. EATAI EFFECT OF LIGHTNING.—During the brie but destructive tempest of the 25th ult., as John Jenkins, of Aber dare, travelling bookseller and tea-dealer, was proceeding acro ss the common from Ilirwain to Rhigos, the bras point of his umbrella, which was open, attracted the electric fluid, and the current passing through the brim of his hat, above his right eye, lacerated the and discoloured the collar-bone. Of course death was instantancietomussi The body was removed to his residence, and on Monday an in was held at the Carpenters' Arms, when the jury returned a verdict of " Died by the yi*itntlOn of God." — lfereNrci ,lpttrii 1, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 5. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that, on Friday next ,he would move the second reading of the Bill for the general re gistration of deeds. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE presented a petition from the Governor and Trustees of the London Hospital, against the Charitable Trusteßill. Lord CAMPBELL presented two petitions to tlie same effect. BANK OF (From last Ni 4n Account, pursuant to the Act? the Week ending on Saturday, th, Notes i55ued........ 27,072,295 427,072,295 Dated the 7th day of May, 1846. BANKING D : X. Proprietor? capital. • 14,553,000 Rest .. ..... ... 3,396,540 Public deposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners. of National Debt, Say ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 2,578,451 Other deposits ••• • • • 16,780,380 Seven day and other bills.. •• • • • • .. 91,5,730 38,274,101 Dated the 7th day of May, 1846 COURSE OF EXCITA7 Amsterdam C.F. 12 10 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 7 Rotterdam .... 2U. 12 10% Antwerp • Hamburgh M.B. 13 15% A1t0na.......... • • • • • • Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 85 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles • • 26 15 Bourdeauz 26 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Petersburgh, 3 U 5..... Berlin . • • Vienna, effec. do ••• • • • 10 11 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 12 Madrid • • ...... 36% Cadiz • • : .. • ..... 36% Bilbao ..... Barcelona • • • • .. . • MALDON, MAY 2.—WRECKED GooDs.—Three barrels and a kilderkin of porter, with an empty barrel and kilder kin, and a windlass and anchor, which were clandestinely landed and concealed at the basin, by some Colchester fisher men, have this day (Saturday) been recovered and secured by the Comptroller of Customs. It is presumed they came from a vessel belonging to Southwold, lately wrecked on the Bucksea, a portion of whose cargo, consisting of a hogshead of brandy and some casks of porter, has been taken into Burnham, and delivered to the officer of customs. Five of the casks landed here are branded Freeman, and the other Reid and Co., London.—Chelmsford Chronicle. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 8.) Smut.—To-day there was more desire to purchase Raw co T n h su e m qu p an tio t n it:y a o n f d vir m es e t r l c n h d a i n a t s s g w g e a r r e 8 le i sds. pri vatelyl cSliangeadr tf i r a r s eha 2 7 oo imsee. hhds and tres at full rates, and in some cases rather above. The market closes more firmly for Sugar sub sect to the 14s duty. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were purchased with caution by the home trade ; the value of brown lumps is 65s to 65s Gd, and standard lumps 66s to 66s 6d per cwt. Bonded crushed Sugar is dull of sale, and 32s 3d to 323 6d per cwt taken for first quality. l'Asue.rnus.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was pur ` chased with more freedom, and 6,011 bags at auction were all sold at full rates, viz, middling to fine yellow at 48s to 545, grey ditto 47s to 51s, good brown 465, low 445, washed yellow and grey 47s 6d to 51s, syrupy 47s to 51s 6d per cwt —nearly the whole consisted of madding to fine yellow sorts. FOREIGN.—In consequence of the extensive public sale of Java Sugar, held by the Dutch Trading Company, having gone off better than was expected, holders of all descriptions of Foreign Sugar here have more confidence ; they refrained from offering any at auction, and the quantity on offer by private contract is less than it was . - vara F emie n ano t e Lt io T am . ss — pßl For Currants there continues a good demand, and prices quoted fully maintained. uo Some large parcels of _ e Raisins dTr uh o eg f n, the e rket from the outports quality sale,l having tho lo w been oha i sent i inferior sortsthis al fin m e ost unsaleable. new sorts of West India are much wanted, and full rates offered. ° Bengal Treacle sells more freely and at better , rates. his afternoon there was little desire manifested ta l 6 ke b n a p le la s ce at in au t c h t e io l n ,al m u - e er o e f lt l e ' u n ) p ' e. i na t the full value. E ub in lic rlll.a c c il h e a were nearly all taken in rather above t bot o hl al TtsOE:. operate}:TEA.—No —No further advance has o h u as h been a large busi nessis wanted, and Congou, but upon former terms there f p is held with tiiep t a r r a c n e s l a s c s t u e l d d iwnearlel a d t es fi cr r i m pti r o o n t s e . o. Tiv c wig firmness. Hyson has been largely dealt i t n nk c a i u mmon at 2s to 2s 2d, but middling to good 2s 3d to 2s Bd, to very fine 2s 9d to 4s. Of Imperial and Gunpowder the as are little parcels edis posed of were upon f ull y former terms. Pekoe T wanted, and prices are still on the decline. RICE. —To-day the market was much better supplied with Bengal Rice, four parcels, amounting to 6,208 bags and 299 poc k e ts, were submitted to p ublic competition : the trade were desirous to operate, and the whole sold at an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt. SPICES.—This afternoon Malabar Pepper met with atten tion, and 100 bags at auction were sold at full rates. Cloves are still wanted. O f Mace 6 chests 1 bag were sold at full rates. 87 bags of Nutmegs in the shell were only in part sold at the reduced rates of 54d to Ed per lb. SPIRITS.—Holders of Jamaica Rum have been unable to obtain any further advance in prices, but, there has been a CORN-LAWS. The Earl of RADNOR gave notice that he would move, on an early clay, for the quantities of wheat and flour entered for home consumption during the years 1835 and 1845 in• elusive, and also the average prices during the same period. WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL. The several clauses of this Bill were agreed to in Com mittee. SCOTCH BURGHS BILL. The Duke of bUCCLEUCH moved the third reading of he Scotch Burghs Bill. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition praying that the Raja of Sattara might be set at liberty, and his personal pro perty restored to him. He would not state any more on that occasion than this—that from 1818 to 1839 the Raja was con sidered a loyal subject, and strictly maintained his engage ments with the East India Company. Shortly after the last of these years a charge of conspiracy was brought against him by the Supreme Court of Bengal, but the accusations against him had never been proved, though he had repeatedly sought to be put on his trial with respect to them. With regard to another charge, he was treated in the same way; but instead of being allowed the trial which he courted, in order that he might prove his innocence, he was carried off in the dead of the night and committed to prison, where he was at present confined. The whole of his personal property had been since secured. He also presented another petition from a servant of the Raja, declaring that his master had always been a loyal subject, and that he himself had been placed over a powder-magazine, and imprisoned, before he consented to sign a paper containing charges against the Raja. The Earl of RIPON had no particular answer to the ob servations of the Noble Lord (Beaumont), and all he could say upon the subject was, that it had been fully considered in the session of last year. It had been maturely considered by the Governor of Bombay, and been minutely examined by the Governor-General in Council. and had received every attention from the late President of the Board of Control ( Sir John Cam Hobhouse), who had gone most fully into the question, and it had afterwards been most maturely discussed by the Court of Proprietors of the East India Company ; in fact, this subject had been under discussion at least sixteen or seventeen times ; and the original decision had in every case been confirmed. With respect to the jewels of which the Noble Lord spoke, they were not the private property of the Raja, and had been as the property of the State handed over to the successor of the Government, with the exception of jewels, worth about two lacs of rupees, which the Raja had retained for his own private use. With respect to the purport of the second petition, which complained that insufficient evidence had been adduced' against him, this was the first time that any such allegation had - been made. He, himself, was not responsible for whatever had occurred, for the circumstances took place before he had anything to do with the office he now held, or, indeed, before the present Government came into power at all. A NOBLY LORD did not rise to give any opinion upon the subject, but he would beg merely to state that he had un derstood that thefactshad occurred before the year 1841 ; conse quently before the Noi,le Earl (Ellenborough) opposite went to India, but it seemed to be a matter of some interest, and might possibly be worth inquiry. Lord BROUGHAM fully concurred in the observations made by the Noble Earl who had just sat down. He had read a paper on the subject from the pen of Sir R. Grant, the late Governor of Bombay, and he considered the decision come to was perfectly just. After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT, who said that his only complaint was that he was condemned without a trial.—The subject then dropped. Lord KINNAIRD moved fur certain returns connected with railways passed and projected. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S presented a petition against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. If a measure were brought forward for this purpose, many of those disgraceful scenes which occurred on the Sabbath-day would be prevented. There was a simple and obvious remedy, which had been tried before, and which had been attended with complete and un questionable success. Under these circumstances, it was not too much to ask why petitions had been pouring in for years and yet nothing had been done, nor even any notification of the intention of her Majesty's Government to do anything to remedy the evil. Lord KINNAIRD said that he had attended to the ob servations addressed to the House by his Right Reverend Friend, and entirely agreed with him that it was possible to put a stop to the scenes which took place, but that stoppage would he a dif f icult question. Their Lordships were aware of the necessity, under the existing law, of public-houses being closed at a certain hour, and the conse quence of that was, that a certain description of coffee-shops had been encouraged in London. These coffee-shops were the worst p!aces it was possible to conceive, they were the resort of the most abandoned persons, and were the scenes of the most dreadful profligacy. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S said that some remedy might still be provided. He would take the opportunity of present ing another petition, to which he wished to call the attention of the House and of her Majesty's Government. The subject was one of importance, if he might judge by the language which had fallen from some Members of the Administration. It was a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the county and borough of Caermarthen, regretting the defective state of education in Wales, and requesting the attention of the Government to it. They stated that they were sensible of the importance of education to the social interest of the com munity, and requested that Honourable House to provide, cn a liberal plan, some means of extending the blessing of educa tion in Wales. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that he would bring 'orward the Charitable Trusts Bill on Thursday next. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time :—The Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Lath hampton branches); South Eastern Railway ( Ashford Station Enlargement); East ern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway ; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches, Nos. 1, 2,3; Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Amendment and Branches; London and Brighton Railway (East Grimstead Branches) ; Helensburgh Harbour—Helensburgh Extension and Police; Bolton Waterworks. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SOMERSET SMALL DEBTS BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be corn mitted. HARROGATE GAS. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. GLASGOW 'MUNICIPAL AND POLICE BILL. Mr. DENNISTOUN moved that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection to refer the Glasgow Municipal and Police; Bill and the Bridgeton Police Bill to the saute Committee.—The motion was agreed to. WEXFORD, CARLOW, AND DUBLIN JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. Mr. GROGAN moved that the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway Bill be read a second time on Monday next.—The motion was agreed to. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNCTION _ _ RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE moved that leave be given to read the New castle and Darlington Junction Railway'(Durham and Sunder land Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchase) Bill a second time on Monday neat, although no breviate shall have been laid on the table, such Bill having been separated from the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham and Sunderland Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchases and Branches) Bill, on the recommendation of the classification Committee, and the breviate of the whole Bill having already been laid on the table of the House.—Agreed to. GOOLE AND DONCASTER RAILWAY COMMITTEE. Mr. PARKER moved that it be an instruction to the Com mittee of Selection to fix the first sitting of the Goole and Don caster Railway Committee for Friday, May 15. The Host. GENTLEMAN also moved an instruction to the Committee on the Goole and Doncaster Railway Bill, to hear any petitioners against such Bill, although their respective pe titions shall not have been presented to this Home three clear days before the day appointed for the first meeting of such Committee, provided that such petitions shall have been so presented before Friday, May 15.—Agreed to. SOUTH YORKSHIRE' COAL RAILWAY AND CANAL BILL. The How. GENTLEMAN then moved that it be an instruc tion to the Committee of Selection to fix the first sitting of the South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal Bill, for Friday, the 15th of May ; and also that an instruction to the Committee on the South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal Bill to hear any petitioners against such Bill, although their respective petitions shall not have been presented to this House three clear days before the day appointed for the first meeting of such Committee, provided that such petitions shall have been so presented before Friday, the said 15th of May. ORDER RELATING TO RAILWAYS. Mr. T.DUNCOMBE moved that the order of the 30th day of April last be extended to all private Bills relating to railways brought from the House of Lords.—Agreed to. BURNLEY IMPROVEMENT AND WATERWORKS. This Bill was read a third time and passed. BANFFSHIRE ROADS. . This Bill was read a second tirae, and ordered to be com mitted. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. The report on this Bill ( Hare:iastle to Sandbach, Churnet Valley line, Pottery line), was brought up, the amendments and alterations agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrosed. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered te be engrosed. RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. HUDSON then rose to propose the insertion of a clause in all railway Bills of the present session by which new com panies are to be incorporated. At the time when he gave notice of his intention to bring forward this motion, he was not aware of the intentions of the Government with respect to the number of schemes which had been introduced into Parlia ment during the present session. Since the introduction of that Bill the Government had introduced and passed cer tain resolutions oa the subject ; but as these resolutions would not reach the parties whom he was originally anxious to ' relieve from the responsibility which they had, in many cases, thoughtlessly incurred. The clause he intended to move wa s to enable those parties to review and consider the position in which they were placed by ca ling a meeting of registered they s h ar eholders, and dissolving the project, if found them selves unable to proceed with it. Now, the ActofParliame compelled the company, before they could enforce the powers of their Act, to have the deed signed for the whole amount subscribed, and if they did not obtain b signatures o f th e f ull f a u m se o d un to t s t i h g e n ir on A a c e t c h o e u c n a t m o e f inoperative, tbeAct render e i caus many person s re . them resp to on sibr thelear the proportion of the whol e amount of i rge capital necessary sfe t construction cwohnidehe mhna had tbtiag o i feannt anomalous aa w ci eo o u r w k s statet Now e h t e i to i thing °, o tb h r , ouse could not f a il to when the excitem en t railways was borne i n mind, and the de s i re entertainede by many of the parties to withdraw from them alto g ether.—(Hear, hear.) The s main object of his c l ause wa to afford them position an opportunity g their and the course,under of considering the circum stances in which they were placed, they ought to adopt and to compel them to complete their registration istration within four months. The parties conc erne d should have an opportunity, during a period of at least s i x mont h s, of calling meetings, to determine whether they sh ou ld procee d w i t h their works or not. There was an anxiety i n that House to limit the amount of capital to be employed. He (Mr. Hudson) had always held that the shareholders who had raised the necessary funds would go on, and the powers given by the House would, in that case, be executed. He was • perfectly satisfied that the passing of such a measure as the one he proposed would not take away from bona fide undertakings the opportunity of executing their works, but to the undertakings not based on the solid foundation of capital an opportunity would be given of re ' viewing their intentions. When he gave this notice he was not aware that the Government had any intention of taking any part in this matter, but he had since seen the Bill proposed by Mr. Dalhousie, and it did not seem to affect the parties who were most interested in these under takings—viz., the original shareholders, and he, therefore, hoped that the House would accede to the present measure. Sir GEORGE CLERK rose for the purpose of taking an objection to the motion on a point of form. From the state ments made by the Hen. Member it was quite apparent that it was a most important question, and one which, if carried, would introduce a new mode of legislation with regard to rail ways. Instead, therefore, of moving it as a clause, he would suggest to the Hon. Gentleman the propriety of introducing is into the Bill of which he had charge, or of moving that it should be inserted in the Bill which would shortly come down from the Lords relative to railways. At any rate it would be a much more expedient course to make it the subject of a separate Bill rather than a sessional order. Mr. LABOUCHERE quite concurred with the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down, that the present course was most inexpedient, unusual, and extremely inconvenient. The motion was one which was more properly the subject of an Act of Parliament rather than a clause. He, therefore, agreed with the suggestion made, that the motion should be brought forward in the shape of a distinct Bill, or should be inserted in the Bill introduced by the lion. Gentleman himself (Mr. Hudson), or in that brought forward in the other House of Parliament by Lord Dalhousie, when it should come down there. 11r. HUDSON, agreeably to the suggestions thrown out, would, with the leave of the House, withdraw his motion ; but he begged to state that his only object in introduing it was to protect parties who had signed the deeds, and to prevent the recurrence of those scenes which took place in 1836,1838, and 1839.—Motion by leave withdrawn. POOR-LAW REMOVAL BILL. Mr. JAMES presented a petition from the poor-law guardians of the Greenwich Union against certain clauses in the Poor-law Removal Bill. POOR LAWS. Captain POLHILL presented a petition from the Board of Guardians at Brighton, complaining of the general provisions of the Poor-law Removal Bill, which they considered favoured the vagrant more than it did the honest householder. They prayed, therefore, that the Bill be amended. THE TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the factory workers in the mills of Mr. M'Phail, of Glasgow, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. G. HUDSON presented several peti. ions in favour of the Eastern Counties Terminus and other railway Bills. Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition] against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. In reply to Mr. CHRISTIE respecting the case of Mary Anne Tyler, whose case was detailed to the House in a petition presented on the 7th instant, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he had fully inquired into the particulars of the ease, and had come to the conclusion that the decision of the magistrate was illegal. He had also informed the magistrate before whom the case was heard of the conclusion at which he had arrived, and that the case would be specially reported to the Lord Chancellor.—( Hear. ) In conclusion he would say he had not the slightest objections to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. The motion was then agreed to. TEN HOURS' BILL. Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from Bath, most numerously and respectably signed, in favour of the Tea Hours' Bill.—( Hear, hear.) SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the clergy of Dorchester, praying the House not to permit a union of the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor.—Ordered to lie on the table. The HoN. GENTLEMAN also presented a petition from the poor of the county of Dorset, praying that the owners of houses rated below six pounds should be assessed, and not the residents of such habitations. SUGAR DUTIES. Lord JOHN RU - SELL gave notice, on behalf of his Noble Friend Lord Palmerston, that when the question of the sugar duties came befor the House, he would move an address to the Crown, that Spanish sugars should be admitted to those countries on the same terms as the most favoured nations. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that it was his intention to bring the subject of the sugar duties before the Howe at the earliest possible period. He could not state the precise day, but he was not aware of any obstacle to prevent the question from obtaining an early consideration. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the report of the Committee on this Bill was brought up. On the question that it be read a second time being put, Sir C. BURRELL rose and said he must oppose the mo tion, because he was convinced that if this Bill passed a great number of persons would be thrown out of employment in the agricultural districts, while those who would be able to get em ployment would have to put up with very law and miserable wages indeed. In his opinion, too, the famine in Ireland was by no means a sufficient reason for the passing of this measure. The Hon. Member then proceeded to read some documents in support of his arguments, showing the relative bearing of the prices of corn and labour at various periods since the passing of the corn-laws. He was quite certain that if the present law was car ried into effect, it would not be possible for the labourers of this country to compete successfully with those of Germany, and other continental nations The Hon. Gentleman proceeded in his address to the House is opposition to the Bill, bat in so low a tone of voice as to render it perfectly impossible to hear one word. Colonel VERNER begged to say a few words on this sub' ject. He should have addressed the House on the previoue stages of this Bill, had not so many Hon. Members pledged themselves to do so. So much had been said with regard to Ireland, that he felt it to be the duty of every Irish Member to express his opinions upon this measure. He did not rise with the presumptuous idea of entering upon the questiol with regard to the effect which this measure would have Ws the public at large. He rose, however, for the purpose of ex-. pressing the alarm with which this measure was contemplated in that part of Ireland in which he resided—a part of the coun try which was mainly dependent hitherto on its agricultural produce for support. The effect which this measure would produce upon the public at large had been fully and ably de tailed by Hon. Gentlemen on his side of the House over awl over again, and it was unnecessary for him to follow in the wake of those Honourable Gentlemen.—(Hear, hear). He would merely detain the House for a few moments, for the purpose of stating in whit manner the people of his country would be injured if it were passed into a law. He believes! that, during the progress of these debates, sufficient attention had not been paid on the part of the Government to the interests of the small farmers, the holders of ten and fifteen acres.—( Hear, hear.) He should like to know who would remunerate those men for the expense which they had been put to in cultivating their land, and erecting houses thereon.-- ( Hear, hear.) The small farmers in that part of Ireland in which he resided wet e decidedly “pposed to this measure , because they were convinced that it would tend to their ruin. He agreed with the Hon. Members who had opposed this motion, that the results of its passing into • law would be to bring a national calamity ; and those who had introduced the measure should look upon then! selves as participators in that calamity. If the measure hall been introduced by the Noble Lord the Member for London. or by any other Hon. Member on that side of the House, oe in fact by any Hon. Member but the Right Hon. Baronet. he would not have been so much surprised.—( Hear, hear. The Hon. Gentleman then detailed the experience which he had of the Right Hon. Baronet's policy—he at one time had be lieved him; the person best fitted to lead the House of Commons, but he was now under the sad ye' cessity of changing all his long-cherished opinions ( The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman then read several extract% from the Newry and other Irish papers, which, as far as could be gathered from the noise that prevailed, were to the effect. that there was no scarcity of wheat, oats, and barley in Ireland.) There had not been so good a harvest in Ireland for mau l ' years as in the present year, and, therefore, it was altogether unfounded to say, that there was such a scarcity to be appre hended in that country. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that it was with a most pain° feeling he opposed a Government which he had supported ir fc'e so many years, but on the present occasion could not help expressing his dissatisfaction at t" e course which Government :vas pursuing with regard to t his measure, and he could not conceal from himself that for a con siderable time back the Right Hon. Baronet had been syst!:', matically attacking the agricultural interest. He complat et^ that a return respecting the poor- law, which he bad moved for: had not been presented to the House. That return would have enabled him to have made out a strong case before the House. He would, however, go into a few details with r efer• ence to the operation of the poor-law. In the Newberri Union he found that there were in Jan. last 91 inmates less than in the same month of 1845. Although the Right Hon . Baronet had said that the growers of wheat in this country were of so little importance that they were net worthy of much consideration, yet in his ( Sir W. Jolliffe's) part of the countrf alone they grew some 15,000,000 quarters per annum. 11° was ever as ready as any other Hon. Gentleman in that House to help forward a measure that was calculated to advance the public good, but he felt himself bound to oppose a measure hk el this, which sought the aggrandisement of one party at the e l ' pense of another.—( Hear. hear. ) Mr. GEORGE BANKES fully concurred in the observe 6 tions of the Hon. Baronet who had just sat down. He rose for the purpose of expressing his surprise that, after the spee ch of the Hon. and Gallant Member who had preceded him, fr specting the effect which this measure would have on tf e r small farmers of Ireland, the Noble Lord the SecretarY fo Ireland had not risen to contradict the statements which he had made. And as that Noble Earl had not done so, the 8 0 7, them. e a m nd b er Gallanth instead conclusion to which they could come was, that the statements o' the Hen. and Gallant Member were perfectly true.—( Fle seal hear.) They now heard fr p o i m e connected with Ireland, that the dis o tress in that country They were toted too, N o w, if his Hon. and Gallant Friend w ets too, by the same Hon. a Gallant Hon. h nd measure of not so great as it had been alleviating this distress, t the Government would in error, w hy did not the Noble Lord the Secretary 1 „"d Ireland, who had recently been in that country, get uP increase it? tell them so.— (Hear, hear.) But hi s H on . an d Galls Friend's statements were quite correct, and he for one de fie d the Noble Lord to get up and refute them.--( Cheers- ) Allis signs had been freely made, in the Ova course of the debate o ; subject, to the year 1822, and he was not s for it, for lb s year was in some respects aall I with orry t , r 0 pra e the resent, t the the distress and suffering in Ireland was concerned; b a „ e ris , Government of that day did not to alleviate it by ) ficing one of the great • propose ar s. interests of the country.— ( C Ireland was, according • . 0 01 0 to Lord Darnley, in a most met ,d e d state of suffering and distress in the ear 162‘) that ex A ce w " re in extent the present c • but '" kit' no measures of t resorted to US remove it. No, it was removed by the s Wie taneous subscri pt i ons of t h e peop l e, a i de d b y gran t s of li-thef money from the Exchequer ; and this was boy/...- ought to re move t h e d i stress an d misery of the present Jo s es ( Hear, hear. ) He was not there to deny that there te ll want in Ireland. He wanted the Secretary for Ireland "' ri ht him wh a t was t h e rea l state o f t h at country. H e had as the to assume th a t it was i n a sta t e o f p ros p er ity, especially . - T he Right Hon. Gentleman had kept silence on the subjec t ' e uld Hon. Baronet was no doubt well read in history, and he ; oil ed be aware that Ireland was a subject which had a es l7ll•P anxiety for years past. The first of the Tudors, Henry t hose had directed his attention to that point, and the sta tates o iforde d s" times were worth reading, from the information they the o/...„ The Hon. Gentleman then read an extract from one %l e lava statutes, which reprobated the custom of tnrning are jim inue into pasture ; and the result of such a practice was the abant lois‘ Lion of the population in particular parts. From the o f Eli' s ment of tillage, it came to the result that the poorela; oa d not zabeth was passed, and the people were paid by else of Eli" by labour. If it was necessary to enforce the poorstal" s i m iles* zabeth in Ireland, the same result, if a es suelli plan was followed in England, would follow, i _ ad ne ver the want of employment for the labourer. H e _ e l an d, be t confounded the question of the Corn Bill withir that that the Government had done so, and had asserte d „weer, measure would afford relief to Ireland. The had, o nce t not proved their case, and he called upon them to do so at if it laid in their power. • d• positi ° . ° ce of in is Lord LINCOLN stated that in consequen take part should he had not been able at an earlier relied to discussion, which had so long occupied the House. 1- ,ev_ rreta ry hardly have thought it had been necessary for the 7 been of Ireland to reply to the invitations to speak which . has or a ll nsibie showered upon him. He would hold himself respo o f IrelO u ' , that had been stated with respect to the condition _ergo. and was satisfied that those statements had not been rated. The Hon. Member for Northamptonshire Cottle