The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-10 00:00:00

I 7 ' tri I i 1 It I q 1 1 E 1 j 1 1 I 1 i si" E 1 I f I I i 1 4 / . . ! 11. I, , k *. I / 1, I 4 1, i I es TfIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN IN G, FEBRUARY 10, 1848, BANK RETURNS kI'Itoin the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eigi th Victoria, .zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bo nk. Notes, of the several Banks of Issue ek in England Sat J - a n d Wales. in Circulati on during the We endin Avert .ge day, the 29th day I f Jan., 1847: PRVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon —Knapp and Co Andover Bank,.Andover—Heath and Co 9,4 83 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,550 A.ylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and G. Copeman ,298 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rckford 31,836 and Hunt Baldock Bank and B aldock and Bi gg leswade Bank, Baldock—Wells , Nogg, end Lindsell... 26,735 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 11,006 Basingstoke and Odihan. Bank, Basingstoke -- Seymour, Lamb , and CO. 17,47'2 Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. 3ewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 13,8 4 4 Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwood s, S,ner, and Co. 6,7 1 3 .3pooner,•.- Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham--J. L. Moilliett, and Sons ............. 12,85! Blandtord Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak . 7,93: Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co ..........••• 61,16 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co ................ 14,09, 1 I Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. J. Sealey 7,72: 1 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co• 32,8%' 3 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 20,35 . 2 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, 18,17! 3 Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes , Bevan, an d Co. 68,9 C. 5 Bant:ury Bank, Banbury — Gi llett and Tawney. 25,( i 34 Banbury Old Bank, B.lnbury—Messrs. Cobb 5 39. ! 3 t:38 4 Bati - . City Bank, Bath — Moge r and Son 9, Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buszard—Basszitt an Grant 29, 307 Biriningham Bank, Bir d mingham — Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank , Bradford, Yorkshire —H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 1( 1,492 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 4' 1,529 Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Boma - Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— " Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Worlledge and Co. Brornsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs, arid Co. l5 ,479 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons • 20, 928 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 28,6.65 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 17,1 14 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. Ls, Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester--hound, Green, 18 208 and Co. , Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham a nd Essex Bank, and Iladleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wuol- cock 36,2 3S 40,6 57 City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co T..1'71 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co 5,7 06 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak. Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize3—Hughcs, 9,1 00 l• 1:,% 73 6.5,t 130 Locke, and Co Piss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tow, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co, Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co Pevonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 2;T,:317 1%3,906 10,352 6,253 G 7,151 61,325 9,975 man por,:hester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dore2lester—Williams and Co. East CorLwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford, and Co. ZKeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. 'arringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co. Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Gran tharn—Kewney and King 17,382 Guildford Bank, Gaildford—Messrs. Haydon... 12.057 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 4 22,138 Haatings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hader, and Co. 28,000 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford — Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Runtingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co llemcl Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead — Smith, and Whittingstall Tionitoc. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharpies and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. _ _ :12,765 86,381 47,798 45.005 23,794 18.998 4,114 3.1,913 5,239 21,955 18,760 40,579 18,173 30,576 21,730 20,477 Ipswicui ......... _ Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley :lank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders aril Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J Davies and Co 21.685 Knighton Bank Knighton-J. Davies and Co 6,020 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, K n aresborough-Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, an , l Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-0 otch and Sons.., 7,501 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds -Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and C 3.......... . Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek - Fo wler,Gaun .1, ar deo. - Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 25,235 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux ard. Co 32.416 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 21,104 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln--Smith Rnd Co ......... 82,574 Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank Lla,ndo very-David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle tons and Cradock _ . J-43 7 nlington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St. Bathe Lynn Regis3,s62 and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis . -Gurney s and Co Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- 38,619 Massey a n d C o. 13,769 Macclesfield Bank, Maccl es fi e ld-B r o e klehurst and Co. ........ Manningtree Ban' i ;:i . ia . n ... i Marlborough and Co. 6,054 Marlborough Bank l i rrough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough i rl Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerfordßank,Marlbingeriord Bank, Merriman,NV .i is la * jr New orough-Tanner 10,970 and Pinckney ............. Marlborough and North Hillier 7,423 Marlborough-Ward, Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Janes Williams - - ...... .......... and .......... Miners Bank, Truro-Willyams and c o ......... 5,317 Monmouthshire Ag ricultural an d Ceram .... . e i al .. 14 , 94 7 Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and C 0.....,,,,, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon 23,756 Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and iferefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Bromage and Snead 9 ,723 Monmouthshire N ew p o rt Old Bank, Newport W. Williams an d Sons 7,548 Newark Bank,'Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 25,117 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford-Handley, Peacock, .......... 46,953 and Co ......................... Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny and Slocook. 19,305 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket -Eaton, Ham mond, and Son .. Norfolk and Suffolk . Bank, Diss-Taylor and Dyson 2,055 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hadsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and N o tti ng h ams hi re B an k, Not tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank Nuneaton-Craddcock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth-llarris, Mudge, and C 0... INIIIII ,:ii - A. 14/ • New Sarum Bank, Sarum-11P ottangham Bank, Nottingham -Smith ,tley, Everett, and 22,331 8 790 -, Er _...,, ,; 1,.., awestry Bank and Osviest gharn-smith and Co. , U 26 920 i. i- I ,:', l -r , ‘ westrir-Croxon and C0... .. ,ry Old Bank, Os- ' eg.--% .t, ‘,` Oxford Bank, Oxford -j. and .it - , Oxford ,3ld Bank, Oxford-_o..n, Morrell 5 52" . , ..„.,' „....41 1 . ; and Co. ~ , lt 111 son, Parsons, ' a \"" ''''''' Old Bank T b ' _ on ndge Tonbridgo arid T is,-; 26,211 ~--1, - Wells Old Bank, 'Tonbridve- I on-. Age and Tonbridge I -", , ' -: ".Wells and Sevenoak e ' sßank, Tonbridge l) N. a .. , Beeehinz. and Sozs... , )1 gio" Ishire Witney Bank Witney-Williams , 8,226 rfeb, and CO.v T 8,640 73,667 13,589 5,405 52,197 63,031 9,456 4,079 Average .A moan t. Yeas 's Old Bank, hull, the Hull Old Bank and Be verley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co p e rl ance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co ..... ?e; e rborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter b 3. rough—MPrTs. Yorke Pet et borough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, I ilite, and Simpson Pc - nbrokesh ire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and ' PP. Walters Pe nzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and ' Crum Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven t md Co Re ading Bank, Reading—i - oimonas and Co Re ading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co W ,chmond Bank,;Richmond—Stapleton and C 0... R ingwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons P ,ochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Boyd', 46,602 10,230 6,172 10,613 7,462 24,587 23,845 3,820 8,966 and Co F.ochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye--Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co. _ . . 4,230 9,555 13,445 13,605 15,285 10,360 Ross (old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway . __ 4,245 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and .Milton Bank, Sittingbourno —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South- 35,2.56 10,290 24,313 26,00 S 2,862 arnptori—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge Rufivord, Wragg, and Co .... Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cawley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and 13,091 12,755 838 3,451 5,137 14,086 14,658 27,597 Robins - Shrewsbury and Welshpool Baak, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Hert% Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and 16,022 15,616 19,574 Co Thorn') dry Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Cheshana Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Tovrcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, llelston—Viviau and 8,154 8,352 7,470 10,534 11,531 8,291 Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, ►pith, 7,850 and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenw•ay, aiid Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, And Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap- man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourno Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—ArkwriOt and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, 18,791 6,466 25,112 2,626 43,057 13,878 and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley 18,348 and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and 4,456 9,605 32,291 50,634 5,486 12.870 9,335 71,167 9,525 18,750 Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster — Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—S. Kenrick Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Banl:, and lialesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yamouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and SODA Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacou, Bart., and Co 10,234 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank, York—Swann. Clough. and Co._ 39,947 13,337 1,898 9,625 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 42,091 Bilston District Banking Company, Wo'ver- hamnton v 8,295 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitchaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Iliad- ford .... . - 14,129 Buron, Uaoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Cornnany, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company . , Chesterfield ., 7,770 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Chehenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn- pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,820 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Bc.nking Company Carlisle _ 21,054 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,003 Dedley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Ban king Company, Derby 18,942 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 125,035 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 11,947 Huddersfield Banking Company. Huddersfield 33,110 Hull Banking Company, Hull , 27,046 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield IThion Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,315 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 14,390 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresboro ugh 22,940 Kingsbridge Join.;-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,997 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 50,614 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln ami Lir dsey Banking Company. Lincoln 45,835 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,153 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank• _ ___ ing Company, Nottingham _ 20,583 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 23,760 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 43,277 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 66,262 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 7,754 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei cester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,940 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 36,105 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford, 47,150 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshiro Bank, Lang- Shropshire - _ p0rt233,387 re Banking Company, Shiffnall ... 37,539 Sheffield ourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com tneld and lialiamshire Banking Company, 49,525 ShPe" Y, Stourbridge a(ind Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Sheffield •••• Wensleydale Banking Company, 17,745 Sw C a o le m d ip a a le ny ed "ile'ldarn .................... 41,560 .52,035 i e c y hmo a n n d d .. . Thomas's....... .. .... Sto S ßr haftesbury .. .............. a mg Company, Sheffield and Retferd Bank:Qie..l.4 .............. 9,259 26,351 Wolverhampton aud Staffordshire Bank• •• 875 30,452 pany, Wolverhampton ............. ul g Com -164 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank,"\Vi a V e * fi — e ••• 30 , Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking coro ld 10,470 Whitehaven , .................... PanY ' WNavrawriwckieaknd. .. L ... e . ,...m . ................. ..Banking ... C0mpany,......... ................ West of Englan,--.' and South Wales District Bank. Bristol . Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 52,951 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield ................. • Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, orkshire Banking 4,128 Worcester , ..................... York Union Banking Company, York 'fork City and County Banking Company, York 82.865 Company, Leeds axes, February 99862 P 5 tad T Stamps P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank licturns. S, 1840. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 9. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of . yesterday.) DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND). Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR expressed his satis faction at the conduct of the Hon. Member for Stroud for bringing forward a question of so much importance to Ireland, and also for the calm, able, and dispassionate manner in which he had discussed the subject. He was happy to find that English landlords were now beginning to entertain an intense feeling in all matters connected with Irish distress. He was thankful for every measure which was proposed by her Majesty's Government for the relief of the Irish poor, and he agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland, that the complicated machinery of the poor- law was repulsive to the Irish character, and difficult to bring into operation. From his experience of the country he was of opinion that the Govern ment had done wisely in taking away a great portion of the patronage of the landlords, many of whom were now, in fact, paupers thems elves, and who had turned out the tenants upon their -estates. He was much gratified to see, by a publication in the newspapers, that Earl Clarendon was in favour of the small farm system, and if the Government would assist him in carrying out such a project, they would have few complaints of distress in Ireland. On Tuesday next the whole question of tenant right would come before the House, and he would reserve such suggestions as his experience justified him in making on the subject until that evening. In conclusion, he had to tender his thanks to the Hon. Member for Stroud for the able manner in which he had at all times advocated the interests of Ireland, and begged to assure him that his conduct was most gratifying to the Irish people. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN rose for the purpose of again, if possible, making an appeal to the Govern ment not to let an inquiry so important to the inter ests of Ireland drop until some good resulted from it. He lamented that nothing had yet been done with respect to waste lands in Ireland, and he trusted that the G-overment would do something upon the subject. He thought the present machinery of the poor-law in Ireland was greatly defective, and required revision and great consideration at the hands of the Government. The suggestion he had made in the course of the last session had not been attended to, and he considered it the duty of the Government to bring forward some measure on the subject. The people of Ireland ought not to be allowed to perish for want of food, as they had done. Mr. H. DRUMMONI) protested against questions of this sort being brought forward without any notice ; and in doing so he begged it to be under stood that he was as anxious as any man to attend to the complaints of Ireland. Sir B. HALL thought that bringing forward subjects like the one now under discussion at the present moment was ill-timed. Mr. REYNOLDS said that the present subject was far more important than any discussion on the New Zealand Bill could be. The people were dying by thousands in Ireland, and it was necessary that something should be done for their relief. After some observations from Mr. S. CRAWFORD the subject dropped. EPIPHANY QUARTER SESSIONS BILL. Mr. PACKE moved the second reading of the Epiphany Quarter Sessions Bill. The object of the Bill was to postpone the holding of the Epiphany Sessions for three days, which he believed would be productive of great convenience to all parties, especially to the witnesses and magistracy. Sir G. GREY opposed the second reading of the Bill, believing that the inconvenience that it sought to remedy would be more than counterbalanced by the inconvenience which would be occasioned by the provisions of the Bill if it was allowed to become law. Sir J. PAKINGTON trusted that the Bill would be withdrawn, believing with the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department that inconvenience would be increased, and not diminished, by the Bill. Mr. I3ANKES supported the second reading of the Bill, considering that its provisions, if carried into effect, would be productive of good, and would incon venience no one. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD opposed the second reading of the Bill, because it sought to alter a measure that had been brought forward and became law with the sanction of some of the first legal autho rities in the realm. He thought the House should pause before they sanctioned a measure which was likely, in his opinion, to lead to very serious conse quences, to say nothing of the extra time which the prisoners would have to be confined, merely for the sake of affording a little extra convenience to the magistrates. Mr. SPOONER thought that if the Bill were sanctioned it would give the magistrates, in the dis charge of their duty, the advantage which the best talent of the bar could afford it. The Bill was not introduced with a view to afford any convenience to the magistrates. Sir J. DUCKWORTH was of opinion that the better course would be to withdraw the Bill, and not make any alteration in the existing arrangements with respect to the holding of the sessions. Mr. PACKE said that, considering the feeling of the House on the subject, he thought it would be only right for him to withdraw the Bill. The Bill was accordingly withdrawn. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL. On the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill being read, The Earl of LINCOLN appealed to the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, and trusted that he would not insist upon pressing the question of going into Committee on so important a measure as the present. Ile thought that the discussion ought not to be taken upon a sitting on Wednesday, and espe cially in the absence of the First Lord of the Trea sury and the Under-Secretary of the Colonies. It was most important that the business of the colony of New Zealand ought not to be allowed to be "slurred" over in a hurried or imperfect manner. Mr. L ABOUCHERE said that the Government had great difficulty in bringing before the House the consideration of those measures which it was neces sary for them to do. They had but two nights in the week, and even they were generally broken in upon by other business. Under these circumstances he hoped the Noble Lord would excuse him if he expressed a hope that the House would allow him to go into Committee on the Bill at owe. Mr. GLADSTO-NE said that he would allude to one or two important points in the provisions of the Bill. Upon the best examination he could make of the enacting portions of the Bill he thought that they were of a very unusual nature, but such as, upon the whole, he thought the circumstances of the case required. With respect to the suspending por tion of the Bill, he could not see why the constitution of 1846 should be sus pended for a period of five years, instead of being at once repealed. The constitution of 1846 was a mere paper one, it had never found its way among the inhabitants, it had only existed as a speculative and theoretical question. He did not know that they were possessed of any affirmative evidence that this constitution would be a proper one to form in New Zealand five years hence.—(Cheers.) He thought that such a provision would tend only to fetter the opinion of the House upon a future occa sion. He thought the more honest course would be to say that as the Governor had acted upon a mis taken policy in exacting that constitution, they would take the opportunity of considering with a matured judgment the nature of any proceedings that might be hereafter adopted on the subject of a constitution. In the meantime they could recom• mend the repeal of the existing constitution. These were not matters of party opinion; it would be a sin against the first principles of humanity if it were so.— (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to commit himself finally to any course of conduct which he might pursue. When the treaty of Waitangi was concluded, it was understood that the rights and property of the natives in the land would be recognised, and he wished to be assured that the dispatch of Lord Grey in reference to the disposal of public lands respected to the full that interpretation of the treaty. The peace, if not the possession, of the island was involved in this part of the question, and he hoped Government would be cautious that no breach of good faith in respect of this treaty was committed against the natives.-- (Hear.) The instructions of Lord Grey appeared to him to confine the right of the natives to property in the land to cases where they could prove that they had occupied it for the purposes of labour, and upon these instructions rested his doubts and apprehen sions for the prosperity of the colony. These in structions were opposed to the correct and liberal interpretations of the treaty he had just alluded to, and if in future the natives were only to be entitled to such lands as they had improved by their labour, he very much feared the peace of the colony would be seriously endangered. The Bishop of New Zealand had been censured by the Colonial Secretary for protesting against any infringe ment of the; treaty of Waitangi, and upon looking over the dispatch containing the censure, it appeared to him that the censure was founded upon the suppo sition that the protest was addressed to the natives as well as to the Governor of the colony. Now, he wished Government to explain, in justice to the Right Rev. Prelate, whether the protest was made public or not. Ile admitted that to make such a protest known to the natives was highly censurable, but he doubted tt_lee .Prelate whether the Right Rev. Prelate made n his view s upon t h e t rea t y o f W a it ang i k nown t o a ny other party th an th e G overnor . Il e h a d a l rea dy put the H ouse i n possession of the fact that he agreed w i t h h constructionen o tna that a placedidtonptoi n w u aproaenml liberal en e re treaty efaaond 7 try him b y n t te h or e o au ß sss i ug in terpretation et of that treaty would do far more to pre serve the col,my to this country than the uperAtivii of a force, howsoever great its numbers might be. The papers that had just been received from the colony bore him out in the opinion, far it appeared from these papers that the in structions of Lord Grey to the Governor had caused great excitement amongst the loyal portion of the in habitants of the island, and he hoped, without further detaining the House, he had said enough to induce Government to give him an assurance that in future their acts should not be calculated to disturb the peace of the colony, but should be regulated by the principle which secured a fair and liberal interpretation of the treaty of Waitangi. He trusted, in conclusion, that theßight Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Labouchere) would give a satisfactory and explicit statement with regard to the observations he had made upon the subject of the dispatch. Mr. GLADSTONE, in answer to a question from Mr. Miles, said that the whole gist of his observations referred to the northern part of the island, excluding the southern slice, which was separated from it. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that it was the intention of the Government to carry out faithfully every treaty and engagement which they had made with respect to the colony of New Zealand. He alluded with great pleasure to the very favourable accounts which had been last received from the colony, and which showed that the natives were not untract able and unruly, but readily submitted to the habits and customs which had been introduced, and ably filled all occupations in which they had been em ployed. He was glad to find that the Right Honourable Gentleman did not object to the ab stract doctrine of Earl Grey with regard to the occupation of land by the aborigines. The Honourable Gentleman, however, seemed to think that it was the intention of the Noble Lord in his dispatch to limit strictly the right of holding pro perty of the natives only to such lands as they had improved by their labour. On the contrary, he (Mr. Labouchere) believed that it was intended that the natives should have land granted to them, whenever they could show a bona fide right, without limiting that right to land improved by them. The Governor would have an opportunity of using his discretion in introducing the new institutions into the colony during the next five years, and at the lapse of that time they would have sufficient experience as to their efficacy, and doubtless the subject would then again be brought before the House. With refer ence to the observations relative to the Bishop of New Zealand, he believed it true that the Bishop considered that the measures proposed by the Go • vernment were unjust to the natives, and in sending his protest to the Government he distinctly stated that it was his intention to excite the dissatisfaction of the natives to the course the Government was dis posed to take. Ile considered that under such cir cumstances the most prudent course for the Secretary of the Colonies to take, was to take steps to preserve peace in the colony. Mr. GLADSTONE believed that the Bishop of New Zealand had not adopted such a course, although he had threatened to do so. Mr. LABOUC HERE was happy to hear that he had exercised so sound a discretion; but he thought, after what had been been stated by the Bishop, his Noble Friend Earl Grey was fully justified in the course he had adopted.—(llear, hear.) He trusted that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite was satis fied, after the statements he had made, that it was the intention of the Colonial-office not to take any step with regard to the question of waste lands inconsistent with the rights of the natives of New Zealand, granted under the treaty of Waitangi.—(Hear, hear.) The principle of the Bill now before the House was to suspend the constitution of New Zealand, but at the same time to enable the Governor of the island, when he thought fit, to introduce the constitution, either wholly or in part, as he thought best. Such was the principle of the Bill; its great object was to give to the colony the blessings of free institutions, and he believed if the principles of Governor Grey were allowed to be carried out such great benefits would be obtained, and that that dis tant colony of the Crown would ere long flourish as a free and intelligent community. Sir E. BUXTON felt much gratified at the state ment of the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, that the treaty of Waitangi was to be upheld to the full extent, that was, in the light in which the natives of New Zealand understood it. He trusted that the Government would act upon the principles enunciated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, notwithstanding any interference which he was fearful might be attempted by the New Zealand Company. If the Government adhered to those principles he felt con vinced they would ensure the peace and happiness of New Zealand. Mr. AGLIONBY, as one of the members of the New Zealand Company, felt bound to make a few observations. On the behalf of that company he begged for investigation into all they did; and he could assure the lion. Baronet, if he was desirous of obtaining information with respect to that company, if he would apply to him or any other member of the company, he would have it. The company wished for nothing but publicity to all they did. Governor Grey in his report, which was the founda tion of the Bill, said he was not aware of any circum stance which should prevent the introduction of the proposed institutions into New Zealand ; and he also stated the settlers on the Cook's Straits district had settled their differences with the Government, and that a better and more tractable body of settlers could not be found. Mr. CAItDWELL said GU question of peace or war depended upon the spirit of the instructions given by the Government to Governor Grey. He con tended, with reference to the discussion about the Bishop of New Zealand, that no proof had been given that he had been guilty of inciting the dissatisfation of the natives of the colony. The explanation of the president of the Board of Trade on the subject was far from satisfactory. If the Government intended to act in a proper an I laudable spirit they might look forward to that improvement in the colony which had been anticipated by them ; but if they neglected to do so, another state of things would be the consequence. With regard to the Bill before the House, he said he considered that something ought to be done in the mat ter, and having denied the imputations cast upon the Bishop, which he said were not warranted by the evidence submitted, he should not offer any opposition to the House going into Committee on the Bill. The Earl of LINCOLN said the whole discussion which had taken place had reference only to two points—waste lands and other lands in the colony— but with regard to the propriety of the Bill—the operations of which were to extend over five years no discussion had taken place at all, and he had to offer a suggestion that the Chairman should merely take the chair pro forma, and that the discussion be taken on the Bill on some future occasion. Mr. LABOUCIIERE said he was sorry to meet the Noble Lord's suggestion with a refusal, but he could not kelp hoping that the House would go into Committee on the Bill at once. Earl LINCOLN said, in that case he should raise a discussion on the bringing up of the report, and reserve his right to move an amendment to it. Mr. SCOTT' expressed a hope that the Government would postpone going into Committee on the Bill. By the treaty of Waitangi the shadow of the land only was transferred to the Queen of England, but the substance remained with the natives. If, there fore, Government adopted steps that were opposed to that principle they would commit a breach of good faith and endanger the safety of the colony. If the spirit of that treaty were permanently departed from the natives would inevitably raise a warfare against the British settlers, and it must be manifest to Govern ment, from the disparity in the numbers of the British forces, that the result of such a contest would be most disastrous to the lives and interests of those of her Majesty's subjects who had settled in the colony.—(Hear, hear.) He, there fore, hoped the Colonial Department would pause before they called upon Captain Grey to carry out to the letter the instructions contained in Lord Grey's dispatches, and try the experiment of treating the claims and demands of the natives in a liberal, con scientious spirit.—(Hear.) Mr. ADDERLEY said the question which had been raised by this incidental debate was one of great importance, not only to the colony of New Zealand, but to the mother country, and he hoped on another stage of this Bill Government would afford the House an opportunity of going fully into the provisions of the treaty of Waitangi and the expediency of inter preting it in a candid and generous spirit.—(Hear.) Mr. C. ANSTY contended that the rights claimed by the natives under the treaty of Waitangi were not only founded in reason and justice, but strictly i n accordance with the laws recognised by this country. It was, therefore, not only morally unjust, but unquestionably illegal, to depart from the condition of the treaty. Much had been said about casual and permanent occupan c y of the land by the natives ; but was it right, or in accordance with the laws of the country, that one of the contracting parties should have the power of deciding whether the occupancy had been casual or permanent? Certainly not ; and unless he had an assurance from Government that the terms of the treaty would be construed in a liberal sense, he should oppose the enactment of this Bill. To give time to Government to consider the expe diency of their making such a pledge, he would move as an amendment that the Bill be committed this day week. No Hon. Member, however, seconded the amend ment, and it fell to the ground. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the first clause, suspending the constitution of New Zealand for five years, being proposed, Mr. /TITIIE m , v l thlt the t:•rm Of sospee4ne he only three years. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it might give rise to difficulty and inconvenience if the amendment were adopted, and he therefore trusted that it would not be persevered in. Mr. AGLIONBY said that he did not think that the dispatch of Governor Grey warranted the sus pension of the constitution in the southern parts of the colony. Mr. IaBOUCHERE said that the 4th clause of the Bill gave power to the Governor to grant con stitutions in the southern part of the colony if he thought proper, and he thought that the matter had better be left to the discretion of the Governor. The Earl of LINCOLN apprehended that no power was given in the 4th clause to Governor Grey to grant the constitution which was suspended by the lst clause. He had power to grant a provin cial legislative council, but that was a very different thing from the constitution, which was suspended by the previous clause. Mr. C. I3ULLER apprehended that the legisla tive council would be in all respects similar to the constitution. The Earl of LINCOLN denied that such would be the operation of the clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the clause would hear the construction put upon it by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade. ABOUCHE RE moved that the Chairman do report progress. . . The Chairtnan reported progress, and the House adjourned at ten minutes to Six o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. YARMOUTH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday). Mr. Thomas Clarke, a notary public at Yarmouth, stated that he took part in the proceedings of the election on behalf of his friend, Mr. Goldsmid. lie understood that the canvassers of the Reds were Mr. Ferrier (a brewer), Mr. L. Preston (a timber merchant), Mr. William Greene (a rope maker), Mr. Stagg, Mr. John Latham (a banker), Mr. Coble, and Mr. Sergeant Goring, who acted as the com mittee of the Reds, and held their meetings at the Angel, in the market-place of Yarmouth. On the morning of the election he went to the Angel, when he saw a man named Solbey, who had promised to vote for Mr. Goldsmid. Solbey was in the bar quite drunk. Mr. Preston, a barrister, and Mr. John Latham, the banker of the Reds, were in the bar at the time with him. Solbey was a freeman, and while he was in the house he ob served a ❑umber of persons who appeared to be freemen waiting for their turns to be admitted into a room, the door of which was guarded, and subse quently he saw Lord Arthur Lennox go to and fro from the Angel to the polling booths with batches of these parsons. Mr. Samuel Salter, a traveller in the drapery line, and another witness gave similar testimony, and the Committee afterwards adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow (this) morning. having obtained the amount ft om him, in gold, returned to Baker in the dining room, placed the money upon the table, and tenderi 2d it to him, under protest. Townsend, who was st anding by, said to Baker, laughing, " Take it, prote st means nothing;' but Baker said something which witness did not hear, and made a snatch at it, and s 3cceedeel in secur ing about 1001. Witness then tool :up the remainder, which, however, he again tenders d to Baker, who answered that if the money were pl It down he would seize it ; but would not take it as ), settlement, as he was not first in office. Baker then said the best plan would be to go to Slowmai 1, and ask him to take the money. Witness adopt ed this advice, and set off in a cab with Miles and Townsend in search of Slowman. After going from place to place for three hours, they uttimately f ound that person in a house in Piccadilly, called the Piccadilly Saloon, where there were many ladies, and d slicing was going on. Having been introduced to E ilowman, witness told him that there had been a rov. / at Brunswick. house ; that the officers had broke,' - I open the outer door and got in, and that Baker had taken 1001. away. Slowman replied, that he had that money. Witness then said that he had call ed to ask him to withdraw the men, it being very dis agreeable to have six men in the house till Monday. Slowman replied he could withdraw them if the wit ness would stand 20/., to which the witness assented. He returned to the house and told Baker what had passed between himself and Slowman. Baker sai d he did not care what arrangement Slowman mad e, he had himself been pushed about and would be paid, and he asked for 201. Witness went and told this to the Duke, who declined paying the demand. He then went to the police and asked for four or five men for protec tion. They were sent. The sheriff's men remained in possession till Monday afternoon , when witness showed them a paper from Slowman . He had seen Slowman on Monday at 12 o'cloek, and paid the balance alleged to be due. On his re turn he paid the men about 81., which was claimed for their expenses. John Harrison, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, examined by Mr. HENNIKER—SIo% man, in May, called at the office of plaintiff's attorney, and said he understood it was desired that the execu tion should not take place for a few days, but of course it must be on the usual understanding, that he was to be paid his fees. The attorney an sw,;isf I certainly, and asked how much he required? Slowman answered 20/. to postpone•the execution for a few days. He was told that his proposition should be communicated to the Duke, which was done. Witness afterwards called with the last witness at Slowman's, on the Monday after the execution. Witness said he came to pay the amount due, but that he did so under protest. Slowman replied he did not care for the protest. The money was paid, and a receipt given. Mr. Sergeant BYLES having unsuccessfully applied for a uonsuit on behalf of his client, addressed the jury, and was followed by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. E. James. The following witnesses were then called : Henry Moxhay, a commercial traveller, went with o' Baker between six and seven clock in the evening of the 15th of May, to see what should occur. Baker went to the gate, and witness stood up on a board which is half-way up the wall, and thus overlooked the grounds. Did not see Baker go up to the house, but observed the house-door wide open, and three or four men coming out of it dragging Baker to the gate. Thomas Thorp, a cab-driver, said that on the even ing in question he drove Mills to the top of Harley street, when Baker came up and spoke to Milk. The latter got out and crossed the road near the Duke's house. Witness drew up his cab on the Ulster-ter race side of the road, and from the box-seat of his cab could look into the garden. He observed a person, looking like a confectioner, go through the gate, and with him Baker. Saw Baker run up the steps of the house door and go into the house. After two or three minutes saw him dragged out by three men to the gate, through which, as soon as it was opened, Mills and another man passed. Witness then got upon the board mentioned by the proceeding witness, and saw ten or twelve men pulling Baker about violently. Townsend then drove up in a poney chaise and joined Mills. Two policemen were then called, who stated that they had gone to the house, and were told by Baker, in the presence of the Duke's porter, and other per sons assembled on that occasion, that he was a sheriff's officer, and that he had got into the house, but had been expelled from it by the porter, and that the latter had thereupon observed that it was true, and that he would turn him out again. Mr. Sergeant ALLEN having replied, The Foreman of the jury, before the Learned Judge commenced summing up, said they would not trouble his Lordship to do so, but wished him to say something on the subject of the amount of damages. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE told the jury that with respect to Slowman, as he was not present, it would be for them to say whether he had adopted and sanc tioned the acts of the other defendants, without which he would not be liable. The great question in the cause was whether Baker had or not entered the outer door before the porter laid hold of him, and tried to put him out. The jury had nothing to do with the moral or political conduct of the plaintiff, and they would be forgetting their duty if they allowed such considerations to influence them. The law had at all times, and for sound reasons, held the breaking open of the outer door of a house a very serious thing, and, in our criminal law books, many instances were found of deaths having occurred in the conflicts connected with the breaking of outer doors. Such observations were made to challenge the serious consideration of the jury to the real question in this case. It was for the plaintiff to make out that the door had not been open before it was broken open, and if the jury thought that point established, they would find for the plaintiff. The next question was as to the amount of damages, If the jury thought that the 2201. paid by the plain tiff under protest was paid for the purpose of getting rid of the officers, and not simply on account of the execution, they ought to give that as part of the damages. The sum to be recovered beyond that was entirely for their consideration, but he felt bound to say that where officers broke open an outer door in the execution of process, it was a very serious trespass, and ought not to be passed over lightly. The peace able execution of the law could only be secured by binding them to the strictest discharge of their duties. With a calm and temperate judgment, and influenced only by the evidence in the case, the jury would say what amount of damages, in the whole, the plaintiff was entitled to. The jury having retired for about a quarter of an hour, found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, 7201. COURT OF EXCIIEQUER, Feb. 9 (Sittings in Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) RETNELL V. LEWIS. This was an action of debt, brought by the plain tiff, an advertising agent, against the defendant, as one of the provisional committee of the Central Kent Railway Company, to recover a sum of nearly 1,0001., in respect of advertisements inserted by the plaintiff in carious newspapers, between the 13th of September and the 29th of November, 1845. Mr. Knowles, with Messrs. Bramwell and Wills, appeared for the plaintiff; and the Attorney General, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Cowling for the defendant. The case was tried, in the first instance, so far back as the 24th of June, 1846, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. That verdict was afterwards the subject of discussion before the Court in banco, and occasioned an elaborate judgment, which was fully re ported in Michaelmas Term, 1846. The Court then ordered a new trial, which now took place accord ingly. The jury returned's verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Al AR LBORO UG 11-STRE ET. Elisha Bari was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with creating a disturbance at the house of Mr. Edward Cavendish, No. 2, Great Pulteney street, Golden-square. Complainant said, about eleven o'clock on Tuesday the defendant and another man came to his house, and asked to see a lady by the name of Simons. Complainant said there was no such person residing there, but that a lady by that name sometimes came there for letters. The defendant replied that was all humbug, he knew she was there, and he would see her. Complainant assured him he WAS mistaken and requested him to leave the house ; he refused to do so, and made use of such horrible and abominable language that he was obliged to send for a constable and give him in charge. The defendant, who made a very rambling defence, was ordered to find two sure ti es jn 201. each, and enter into his own recognizances in 401. to keep the peace towards complainant for the next two months. Edward Weixon, keeper of the Gallery of the British Artists, Suffolk-street, was brought up for dual examination. Mr. William Winter, perfumer, 205, Oxford street, said last year he was a prizeholder in the Art Union for 25/. Wishing to change his prize for a picture ofi higher value, he selected a picture valued British Artists, guineas at the Gallery of the Society of britieh Artists, and paid the difference, 11/. 155., to the prisoner. This transaction occurre d some timein May last. Mr. A. Boetefoer, of 45, Moscow-street, Bays water, said he was also a prizeholder in the Art [laical in April last. The prize was of the value of 40/. He went to the British Artists' Gallery, a n d selected a 50 guinea picture, paying the difference, 12/. 10.5., by a cheque on Messrs. Currie and Co., to the prisoner. Mr. Henry Hillier, 17, Cecil-court, was a prize holder in the Art Union, in April last, for 301. He selected a picture in the British Gallery, aad paid the prisoner the difference, 3/. Mr. George Brown, 2, Brompton•plece, was a prizeholder last year in the Art Union for 251. He selected a picture valued at 25 guineas from the British Artists' Gallery, and paid the prisoner 25a., the difference. Mr. George Stevens, 72, Arlington-street, CM den-town, treasurer to the Society of British Artists, Pall-mall East, said, the prisoner had been in the employ of the society, as keeper of the gallery, for the last four years. During that period it was the prisoner's duty to sell the pictures exhibited in the gallery, to receive payment for the same, and to hand the money over to him. The prisoner was bound to make payments of all moneys received for pictures two or three times a week. In the month of May last the prisoner had only accounted to him for the sum of 51., as having been received from Mr. Winter. The sum of 101. only was paid to him by the prisoner as the full sum received from Mr. Boetefoer.' The prisoner had never paid any money to him which he had received from the witnesses Hillier and Brown. Witness produced the priced catalogues of the society's exhibition for 1847, the register of the works sold, and the register of the price of the works sold that year, together with the account-book, all being in the hand-writing of the prisoner. The prisoner declined to make any defence, and was fully committed. WORSHIP-STREET. Seven stout ablebodied male paupers, named Berry, Hussey, Rozier, Rosamond, Sherfeld, Beckwith, and Standish, were placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with violent and outrageous conduct in the workhouse of the Bethnal-green Union. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Fairfield, the master, and Culverhouse, the superintendent of to-k work, that for some short time past a number of the male inmates had conducted themselves in a very insukst- dinate and vexatious manner, mixing their work up together, so that it was impossible to punish the lazy and idle, as each claimed the greater portion for his share, and so mutually helped each other to thwart the regulations of the house, and escape with impunity. On Monday three or four of the men so indecently insulted the matron while delivering out provisions that it was determined to give them into custody, but they were ultimately forgiven upon promise of amendment, and sent to their work. An hour had scarcely elapsed, however, when between 70 and 80 of them marched up in a body to the master's office, and in the most insolent manner demanded leave of absence from the house, upon the excuse of seeking work elsewhere. Their con duct was so vexatious, and it was so manifestly only a pretence for the sake of annoyance, that this was refused, and they went away muttering threats of their determination to do something. The next morning, on the hour arriving for commencing work, they again began their annoyance, and, ex pressing their intention not to wait until their tools could be delivered to them, about 19 or 20 of them marched out of the workhouse. Nothing more was heard of any of them until about nine o'clock at night, when they all came back to the workhouse and demanded admittance, and conducted themselves in such a violent manner at the gate that the porter was afraid to let them in. The master, however, came forward and gave directions that they should be admitted, and they were allowed to go to their respective wards; but they had no sooner en tered them than more than a hundred of the men set up a loud shout of triumph and defiance, and made such a disturbance that many of the female inmates, who were then at their suppers, became greatly alarmed ; three of them were so frighted that they fainted away, and one woman dropped down in strong convulsions, continued in fits for a long time, and had been seriously ill ever since. Under these circumstances it was found absolutely necessary that an example should be made, for the comfort of the other inmates and maintenance of the regulations of the establishment, and as the seven prisoners had prominently distinguished themselves in heading the others in their insubordination, they were selected front the rest, the police called in, and they were given into custody. When called upon for their defence, the prisoners made various excuses for their misconduct, some say - ing that they wanted to see their friends, and the majority that they had really gone in search of em ployment, although all admitted that they had not obtained it, and four of them, Berry, Rosier, Sher. field, and Beckwith, expressed great regret, and en treating the magistrate to deal leniently with them, promised to conduct themselves peaceably in future. It was proved that Hussey, Standish, and Rosa mond, had been before convicted and sentenced to light terms of punishment for similar behaviour, and that the last named prisoner had only just been libe rated from prison. Mr. ARNOLD forcibly pointed out the hardship it was upon the heavily taxed ratepayers, many of whom were scarcely in better circumstances than the inmates of workhouses themselves, to be made to pay rates for the maintenance of such idle characters, and to meet with such a return, and having ordered the four first-named prisoners to be liberated, sentenced the other three, who were proved to be the most out rageous, Hussey, Rosamond, .and Standish, to be committed to the Ilouse of Correction for three weeks each, with hard labour. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9. STOCS EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 5% c. dis.—East Lancashire, 21—Hud dersfield Canal and Railway, 2% c. dia.—Lancashire and Carlisle, Thirds VA p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire. Fifths, p.—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 2% dia.—Lon• don and North-Western, 147% c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 6 p.—Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincolnshire, Pref erence , p.—Midland, 115 c.—Ditto, Halves, 1% dis.—North Staf fordshire, 3 4 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 2 die. —Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, Preference, 3 1 4 p. —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2% dis.—Soutk Staffordshire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 1 ,4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original), 31%-- Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 2% p.--Dutch Rhenish,. 434 dis. MA Ned - ESTER, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 2 1 4 dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 7-16 dis.—Ditt o (C. and B.), 17 1-16 ex div.—East Anglian, New Preference, 3 9-16—Great Northern, 6 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares, 4 5 4 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 7-16 dis.—Ditto, Preston and Wyre (B scrip), 5-16 p.—London and North- Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 3 1 ,4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire 75—Ditto, Pre ference, 1-16 p.—Ditto (She ffi eld and Lincolnshire), 5 1 ,% dis. —Midland, 50/. Shares, 1 1-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 11-16 p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, 31 4 P. LEEDS, Fan. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day's prices and the :mould of sales are much the same as yesterday. The prices are—East La , :cashire, 21 1 / 2 —Ditto, New, 3 3 4 dis.— Great Northern, 6 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7s. 6(1. p.—Ditto ( West Riding Union), 21 dis —Leeds and Thirsk, 15/. Ile. 3d. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 3s. 6d. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 2s. p.—North Bri tish, Thirds, par—Ditto, Quarters, 7s. 6d. dis.—North Staf fordshire, 1 Is. 3d. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 371 1 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 2% p.— Ditto, Ns. 2 (New Berwleks), 3 c. p. IHRMINGHANt, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sales were—North Stafford shire, 13s. 91 p. —North British, Quarters, 1 4 p. HULL, Fiat. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are— Hull and Selby, 103 —Ditto, Halves, 51 1 —Ditto, Quarters, 21—Malton and Driffield Junction, 47i i dis.—North British, Quarters, 6s. die.— North Staffordshire, I Is. p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 114 2 dis. EDINBURGH, FEB. 8. STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and North ern (Newport), 8/. 12s.—Great Northern, 4/. 10s.—North British, Quarters, 51. Gs.—Ditto, New Quarters, 11:.--Ditto, Thirds, 39s.—Wishaw and Coltness, 45/. ex div. [AnvmtvlsENtENT.]--Scrofulous Wounds and Dis eases of the: Skin cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—However inveterately maladies of this nature are rooted in the human frame, Holloway's celebrated me dicines possess such curative powers, that by a strict ad herence to the rules laid down for their use, the disease may be completely eradicated, and the most healthful constitutions re-established ; therefore, let the afflicted try these sterling remedies, for it is truly astonishing to know the number of persons that have been cured of king's evil, scurvy, leprosy, ringworm, and every variety of skin disease, by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which are sold bs almost every vendor of medicine throughout the civilised world, and at the establishment of the pro prietor, Professor Holloway, 214, Strand, London. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—WC regret to learn that one of the prters at the terminus here of the Ar broath Railway, when in the act, yesterday (Thursday), of coupling some waggons, was crushed betwixt the buf fers, in consequence of the waggons behind him being unexpectedly set in motion, and thereby instantaneousl depriving him of life.—Monlrose Review. WILD SWANS ON WINDERMERE.—There have for a week back been six swans On Windermere, ar.d hun dreds of " divers " of various descriptions, and great hai been the slaughter made by the " long nu n " men. Two of the swans have been shot by Mr. E. Alemby, with a common fowling gun, right and left, which ho came upon when . feeding on the shore.— Weamorlaniii Gazette. VALE OF NEATII RAILWAY. The fourth ordinary general me‘ting of the share holders in this company was held ye •ter lay morning, at the offices of the company, 449, \Vest Strand ; Lord Villiers in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that at the general meeting held on the 25th of February last, tint the South Wales Railway Company had consented to subscribe for 6,389 shares in the Vale of Neath Railway Company, but in consequence of some ambiguity in the wording of the Act of 1846, which rendered it doubtful whether this arrangement could be legally carried out, the directors had, at the request of the South Wales Railway Company, applied to Parliament for a confirmation of this subscription, and a Bill had been introfluced for that purpose. The directors intended to apply for the full extension of time allowed for the completion of the works by the new General Railway Act. In consequence of the continued depressed state of the money market, the directors had not thought it right to press on the works on the line with that rapidity which they could otherwise have wished. The report stated that Mr. R. F. Gower had re tired from the board. The engineer's report did not give a very satis factory statement with regard to the progress of the works, delay having been occasioned in obtaining the land ; but all obstacles, he stated, were in a fair way of being removed, so that they might proceed IN ith the letting of the contracts for the completion of the main line. The total amount of receipts up to 31st December, 1847, was 104,9701.; the total amount of pay ments, 30,086/. Is. ld., leaving a balance of 74,884/. 18s. 11d. The CHAIRMAN stated that the great object of the directors had been to husband the resources of the company as much as possible until a more favourable state of things should arise. They had entered into two contracts for the construction of about eight or nine miles of the railway, which they expected would be open for traffic by the beginning of next year, and these contracts were of a most satisfactory description. They intended to apply for an extension of the time allowed by the Act for the purchase of land, and the completion of the works, but that would have no injurious effect upon the prosperity of the company, as a great por tion of the traffic on the line would depend upon its communication with others which had applied for similar powers. A SHAREHOLDER asked when the directors intended to make another call ? The CHAIRMAN said that, in all probability, the directors would have to make a call before the month of June. He could not state whether it would be necessary to make two calls this year. The report was then received and adopted. The directors who retired by rotation were re elected. Mr. T. Wayne was re-elected auditor of the company's accounts. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chair, the meeting separated. LAW INT ELLIGEN CE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 9. DUKE OF BRUNSWICK C. PEPPER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday). Several other witnesses were then called in support of the plaintiff's case, at the conclusion of which Mr. COCKBURN addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the defendant. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 1,000!. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 9. (Sittings at Nisi PrinS, before Chief Justice WILDE and a Special Jury.) DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. SLOWMAN AND OTHERS. This action was brought to recover damages for a trespass committed by the defendants, in breaking open the door of the Duke of Brunswick's residence, and obtaining a forcible entrance into it fur the purpose of serving a writ of fi. fa. The trial occupied the court nearly the whole of yesterday and today. Mr. Sergeant Allen and Messrs. Lush and Hen niker were counsel for the Duke ; Slowman was re presented by Mr. Sergeant Byles ; Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Cleasby appeared for Miles arid Townsend; and Mr. E. James f o r B a k er an d Brown. Joseph Bute, the porter of the Duke, examined by Mr. Lush, stated—On Saturday, the Uth of May last, he heard a ring at the outer entrance, and seeing a Mr. Gates, an artist, at the gate, he opened it, but before Gates could enter, the witness was knocked down by Baker, who rushed in and made for the door of the house, which, however, was closed. 'Witness immediately followed, and seized him at the foot of the steps leading to the door. A struggle ensued, and Baker was dragged back to the gate, which opened to let him out, when Miles and Brown dashed in. The witness then called out for help ; two of his fellow-servants came out, and a general scuffle took place between the Duke's people and the sheriff's officers, which was terminated by a couple of police men, who were attracted by the loud cries of the combatants, scrambling over the wall which sepa rates the grounds from the public road. Baker then departed, but soon returned in company with Towns end, and joined the other men at the door of the house. The secretary of the Duke then emerged from the area gate, and proposed to them to seize the Duke's carriage and horses. Baker, never theless, and Townsend proceeded to arm them selves with huge stones, which they threw repeatedly against the door until a panel was broken, through which the men crept into the house. In the course of the night Baker went out and returned with eight men, with whom he remained in the house until Monday, the 17th. On cross• examination the witness said that the Duke of Brunswick had been expecting for some days that the sheriff's officers would make their appearance. The Duke had his dinner sent to him daily from a pastry cook called Grondoni, who handed it down to a servant in the area. Witness kept a look out through a small hole in the door for suspicious -looking characters, and another person was outside the gate to watch. Was quite sure that Baker had not got into the house before the door was broken open, and had never said that he had chucked Baker out of the house, and would do so again fifty times if necessary. Burfield, the groom, and Mr. James Gates, artist, corroborated the preceding. William Oddy, examined by Mr. Sergeant ALLEN —ls the secretary of the Duke. On the evening in question he begged the Sheriff's men to seize the carriages and horses, which were worth 1,0001., but not to break into the house, as he thought it not unlikely that if they did the Duke would shoot some of them. The door, however, was broken, and the men entered the house. Witness then asked Baker how mlv.l) he claimed ? To which Baker ensriered ; Witness shpt to tile I)uice (who Ka, in Liie house during the whole of the proceeding), and BIRTII.S*. On the sth inst., in Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-park the lady of Mayer Carvick, Esq„ of a:son. On the 6th inst., in Woburn-place, Russell •square, Mrs. L. 11. 13raham, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Eton, the wife of the Rev. Charles Goodford, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at the Parsonage, Skipton, the wife dill* Rev. John Blair, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Warley Darracks, the lady of Linde nant-Coloncl Leslie, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at Lewisham Church, William Henry Smith, Esq., of Upper Bedford-place, to Harriott Anne, ellpat daughter of Samuel Prior, E , q.. of Blackheath. On the sth inst., at Brussels, Elizabeth, the wife of Thema Wilzon, Esq., aged 58. On the 7th inst., in ITyde-park-square, Major-General R. L. Evans, C.B. and K.C.F., Colonel of the 37th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, aged London: Printed and Published by MUIZDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand. Printer, at. i'lte Of9c , N Irp t.r.e vl 11,6 bAvv;, - . is law COusity ut Aliddlases, Thursday, February 10, 1843. i ~ J E 1 ~ P I I '