The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-10 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. ,:feonl the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth 'Victoria, aap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of issue in England and Wales. in Circulation daring the Week ending Satur day, the 26th day of Fob., 1847:- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Batik, Abingdon-Knapp and Co - 9.ndover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co 10,390 Ashford tank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 8,357 Alylsham Bank, Aylahana-R. and G. Copeman 5,007 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford and Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hoge', and Lindsell... 27,857 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-bTake and Co 10,619 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and . 16,972 Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. 3ewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicestor and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 22,448 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham--J. L. Moilliett, and Sons 12,230 Bliunitord Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Cu 54,752 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. Sealey 7,197 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, llarford, and Co. 25,762 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 18,824 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bart lett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 68,508 Banbury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawnoy. 24,819 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 37.023 Bath City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 30,433 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds . Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 12,610 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 49,951 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry - Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs, arid Co. 14,310 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons ) 20,818 Carn!oridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co ..... 27,189 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons ................................................... 16,786 Chertsoy Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Costa ... 3,005 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro -Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 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, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Enchain, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, Sc Co Devonports Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor- 6,233 2,271 34,330 36,470 9,566 14,905 47,446 1,765 5,646 5,566 11,944 31,765 24,918 10,712 10,530 6,253 57,393 63,055 man 9,735 I )orchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortforcl Bank, Chelmsford-Watford. and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. Godaiming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham -Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hihier, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware-S. Adams and Co Hull Bank and Kine ston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel lienap. , ,tead- Smith, and Whittingstall Honitor. Bank, noniron-Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hi tchen-Sharples and Co. Heroford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archentield Bank, Hereford-Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kintr,tnn and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J :Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton-J. Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knal-esborough-Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-0 0t,:31 and Sons.. Longton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co Leeds T; pion Bank, Leeds-W.Williatns, Brown, and Co. 32,222 Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. - Lei(!ester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 22,689 Lewes 01,1 Bank, Lewes -Molineux and Co 30,935 Lichtleld Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green- 18,234 Lincuin Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 75,243 Lampeter Bank and Llandilu Bunk Llando very-David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle toms and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington -C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co Manningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and nungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner and Pinckney 11,645 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 6.627 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and Williams Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyam s and Co 13,555 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial s and C o Bank, Abergavenny - Bailey Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Bromage and Snead 10,912 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport -W. Williams and Sons. 8,077 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 22,813 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, S leaford-Handley, Peacock, 42,613 and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny and Slocock. 16,350 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond. and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-Taylor and Dyson 2,125 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 39,608 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Birkbeck 51,312 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co 9,523 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcock and Co 3,724 Nave Bank, Plymouth-Harris, Mudge, and Co. . New Sar um Bank, Sarum-Hetley, Everett, and Co Nottinghaßank, Nottingham-Smith and Co 26,828 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Croxon and Co 8,835 Oxford Bank, Oxford-J. and R. Morrell 10,141 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons ,and X 9,929 Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbrid g e Wells and Seronoaks Bank, Tonbridg e Beaching and Sons ..................... 7,264 esioTclAiye 'Mussy Barak Witney-wim ino. elinfik' and C 0..., ...... . i),909 32,30 g 76,586 43,585 41.497 22.157 17,960 4,869 11,770 4,408 5,809 15.537 10.890 21,391 24,491 14,395 20,669 18,006 39.234 4,461 18,008 31,437 19,785 19,024 72,383 13.095 20.027 5,756 17,981 39,557 7,561 5,465 49,0151 11,864 13,473 10,100 5,730 19,366 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARC a 10, 1846. Average Amount. Pease's Old Bank, hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 44,435 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and CO 9,189 ?eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—M.sqrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 10,401 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walter Penzance lion Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven. and Co Reading Bank, Reading-simonas and Co 24,948 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co 23,282 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton and Co 4,401 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds and Co 3,811 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 8,878 Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons... 13,184 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 12,516 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 13,671 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co 10,594 Ross 61d Bank, Herefordshiro, Ross-Pritchard and Allaw ay 3,961 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 10,060 Scarborough Old Bank, f3carborough-Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocko, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddifmi and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 12,497 St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story 864 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stora--W. Moore 4,906 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co ... 12,507 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12,628 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. .„ Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 15,796 St. Alban's and Herta Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Stuart Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcoek 17,775 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and Co 8,009 Th orn bury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barne 6,226 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 10,430 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 7,215 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 5,763 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 23,124 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 13,526 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co 4,087 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse Wirkeaworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkeswgrth-Arkwright and Co. Wished' and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Good riche and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. 9,418 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 70,032 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham-S. Kenrick 1,383 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney, Birkbe'.ik, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,296 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten York Bank. York-Swann. Clough. and Co 38,467 WEST LONDON RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern; Mr. H. H. Grounds in the chair. The report expressed the regret of the directors that the railway still continued in the same unproductive state as at the last meeting, no steps having been taken by the lessees to bring it more fully into operation, whieh they attributed to the recent commercial depression, but on its complete removal they entertained a confident anticipation, and that the works would be actively commenced. They regretted that the North Western and Great Western Companies had given notice of their intention to apply to the Commis sioners of Railways for an extension of time for two years. One reason put forward by the lessees for not at once proceeding with the works was, that they could not do so with advantage to themselves, until it had been extended to the Thames. It had been found necessary to expend a mall sum in making some per manent repairs to the Kensington canal, in the traffic of which there bad been a trifling increase. he following directors went out of office :—Mr. Stephen Birch, and Mr. William Cubitt, M.P. The accounts to the 31st December showed that 276,8681. had been received, and 276,3214 expended, leaving a balance of i 471. in hand. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting. He attributed the non-completion of the line entirely to the commercial pressure adverted to in the report, but anti cipated that the time was not far distant when the works would be resumed. He appeared before them on this occasion with more regret than on any previous occasion, but they could not fail to bear in mind that the pressure had not only affected them, but the great railway companies. The directors held a large stake in the concern, and it was unlikely, having so great a stake, that they would leave anything undone to press on the completion of the works at the earliest possible moment. He then moved the adoption of the report. Mr. WHITE complained of the supineness of the direc tors, and urged upon them to submit to no further delay. The report was most unsatisfactory, and with a view to see what could be done, he begged to propose the ad journment of the meeting for a week. Mr. HENLEY seconded the motion, and said, if a pri vate person bought land, and agreed to pay a certain sum for it, by a given time, and at length declared that the state of the money market would prevent him from doing so, such a proceeding would not be tolerated.— (Hear hear.) They had had meetings after meetings, years had passed by, and, notwithstanding, they under stood, at the last meeting, that no time would be lost in completing the works, yet they were just as far from that consummation as they were two years ago . Mr. RIGBY characterised the conduct of the two companies as gross in the extreme. They had committed a wanton breach of contract, and had deceived and humbugged the shareholders.—(Hear, hear.) They hadbeen kept out of the capital—principal and interest — for ten years. Why he never heard of such monstrous conduct. He suggested that they should memoralise the Commissioners not to accede to the application of the North-Western and Great Western Companies. Their conduct towards this company seemed to imply that they had entered into an arrangement which they could not carry out, and that they had done so merely for the pur pose of deluding them.. These companies had recentlyvoted themselves dividends of 8 and 10 per cent. He was justified in calling them " brutes "—(Laughter)—for he called that man a " brute " who did not feel for the sufferings of another. Widows and orphans, who had had property left them in the company, looked eagerly from time to time for their dividend, but they looked in vain, for meeting after meeting took place without re ceiving a farthing —(Hear, hear.) All conciliatory in tercourse with these companies he considered at an end (they had not even replied to some of the complaisant letters of the Secretary), and the directors should now be authorised to take legal measures to recover compensation for the injury they had sustained.—(Hear, hear.) The share holders should bear in mind that they had surrendered up their property to them, and that their business had long been in abeyance in consequence.—(H ear.) Mr. GUNTER said the two great companies had always deceived them, and treated them with evasion ; and they ought now to be compelled to fulfil their con tract and to give them compensation for the injury they had sustained in consequence of the delay that bad taken place. If necessary, he hoped the shareholders would enter into a subscription, according to their stake in the undertaking, to bring the matter before a legal tribunal. The voluminous correspondence between this company and the North- Western and Great Western Companies was then read by the Secretary (Mr. Thompson), at the request of some of the shareholders. It was commenced in 1846, and certainly contained many assurances that no time would be lost in completing the work. Mr. THOMPSON said that Mr. Parker, the solicitor to the North-Western Company, bad stated to him that be did not think the company he represented would consent to do anything of the kind. Mr. Cuntrr, M.P., said it would be useless to oppose the Extension Bill sought by the two great companies, because that would be a suicidal course, inasmuch as they could not touch the new line before December; aid it was impossible they could complete it within the time prescribed.—(Hear.) The panic had come upon these companies, and other bodies. and persons unexpectedly, and had prevented them from doing what they had honourably bound themselves to do. No one could have foreseen what had taken place. These companies did not deserve the aspersions that had been cast upon them. A SHAREHOLDER said they must not infer from the fact that these companies had sought more time, that they would require the whole of it. It was unlikely a great and honourable company like the North- Western would break faith with them. The Solicitor said they could undoubtedly bring an ac tion at that time against the North-WesternCompany for compensation, hut he advised them not to do so ; first, because a hostile feeling would be created; and, secondly, because they could not well estimate the amount of damage they had sustained. After much discussion the report was adopted, the re tiring directors re-elected, and the best mode of protecting the interests of the shareholders left in the hands of the directors. ELECTION COMMITTEES. LINCOLN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Robert Fotherty represented himself to bo so un well as to render it difficult for him to speak, but Mr. Wordsworth, by a little cross questioning, got out the fact that he had been drinking wine and water the whole of the morning, while the tone of voice in which he gave his evidence showed that he was not so bad as he would have it supposed. He voted for Seeley and Sibthorp at the last election, and for eight or nine months preceding he was furnished once a week with bread at the expense of Mr. Seeley. His four sons voted the same way, but after the election the bread was stopped. John Johnson, the proprietor of the Plough, at Lin coln, proved, that, some time before the election, a free and-easy was established at his house, which was always attended by an immense number of voters. On the night before the election there was a larger attendance than ever—every room in the house was full, and, during the night, Mr. Seeley was there, in cumpany with Alderman Graham and others. His bill for the drink amounted to 201., but he had never received any of it. His wife, however, had, although Mr. Seeley and his friends repudiated the orders that were given. Some other witnesses gave similar testimony; after which Mr. WORDSWORTH summed up on the part of the pe. titioner. The Committee then adjourned till to morrow, eleven o'clock. BEWDLEY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Robert Clarke, messenger to the committee of Mr. Ireland that sat at Stourport, proved that nine voters were " bottled up" at the Swan Inn on the night of the nomination-day. They were plentifully provided with drink and eatables, and at night they were accommo dated with a comfortable bed, all free of expense. The following morning they were carried to Bewdley in a body, and polled for Mr. Ireland. Two other witnesses gave similar testimony, and the evidence for the petitioners closed. Mr. Sergeant linioLAxis then summed up at great length for the petitioners, after which The Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-morrow, HARWICH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Three witnesses having been called to prove a con nexion between Mr. Attwood and Sir Dudley Hill's committee, the evidence of bribery was resumed. John Harnock, a barge-master and freeman of Har wich, proved that he received 201. as expenses to ♦ote for Sir Dudley Hill. The money was paid by Mr. Heath, one of Sir Dudley Hill's committee-men, and it was understood between them that if Sir Dudley Hill did not go to the poll, he would still vote for Sir Dudley's party. Sir Dudley did withdraw, and then, in accord ance with his agreement, he gave a plumper for Mr. Attwood. Thomas Horricks, another bargeman, of Harwich, proved that he received 201. in the same way; but in his case he had really incurred some heavy losses, through being brought away from his business to vote. James Knight, another bargeman, received 161., under similar circumstances. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow al eleven o'clock. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI- NEERS.—MARcu 7. (Joshua Field, Esq., President, in the chair.) The discussion upon r. Redman's paper "On Dock Entrances," occupied the entire evening, so that no paper could be read. - The speakers examined the merits and defects of the several dock entrances in the Thames and in other situ ations, and the general result appeared to be, that al though the engineer must be guided by local circum stances, yet that in situations where the river was sufficiently wide, and the position of the land permitted an acute angle, pointing up the stream was the best for docking vessels with the flood. That the reverse would be best for unlocking ships. In ordinary widths of rivers, therefore, the end would be attained by form ing a bay sufficiently deep to render the water still in front of the dock, the wing wall being so much splayed as virtually to give the directions up and down the stream as circumstances required. The peculiar posi tions of the Docks at Ipswich, by Mr. Palmer; the alterations of the Duke's Dock at Liverpool, by Mr. Cubitt, and Other cases were sustained in support of the arguments of the speakers, who all united in praising the industry and talent of Mr. Redman in bringing forward the subject in the complete manner he had done. Mr. Chubb, St. Paul's-churchyard, exhibited an iron box for the transmission of money, bullion, &a, on rail ways. A wrought iron box, lined throughout with hard steel plates, is locked down at the terminus to a strong iron plate in the guard's carriage. The key of this lock, and also the key by which access can alone be ob tained to the interior, is kept at the principal terminus by the officer who has charge of the cash. Each station master is provided with a key which opens a small lid at the top; when he has money to send, ho unlocks the lid, places h►s bag of money or parcel in an open drum underneath, moves a handle which turns the drum, and the sash is dropped inside. Before he is able to take out his key, he must move the drum back and see that the money is gone. It will be observed that he cannot leave the lid unlocked. When the box arrives at the terminus it is unlocked from the frame, taken into the office, and placed on a similar frame there. The cash-keeper only can with his key then get access to the money. At the monthly ballot, the following gentlemen were elected:—William Baker, John England, Samuel Clegg, jun., James Elliot, and Henry Fowler, as members; Edward Adams, Ed ward Hughes, George William Harris, Stephen William Leach, Alexander Drysdale, Robert Rawlinson, Frederick Ransome, and George Henry Saunders, as associates. _ _ _ The following paper was announced to be read at the meeting of Tuesday, March 14:—" On the Forms and Construction of Sea Walls," by W. J. Maquorne Ran kine, Assoc. Inst. C. E. PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX. It appears by a Parliamentary return just issued that the number of persons in trades or professions whose incomes amounted to 1501. and did not exceed 2001, and who paid the income tax for the year ending the sth of April, 1846, was 38,392. The gross income on which duty was charged amounted to 6,102,1951 ; and the sum received for income- tax to 177,980/. 13s. 9d. The total oumber of persons engaged in trades and professions who paid the income-tax in the above period was 111,818. They are classed as follows :-2001. and under 3001. income, 6,585,715 1 .; number of persons, 29,441; amount of tax received, 192,0831.75. Id. 3001 and under 4001., income, 4,680,4981. ; number of persons, 14,599 ; amount received, 136,514/.75. 7d. 4001. and under 500/. income, 3,073,998/. ; number of persons, 7,244 ;Amount received, 89,658/. ss. 6d. 500/. and under 600/. income, 2,803,2711. ; number of persons, 5,388 ; amount re ceived, 81,782/..95. 9d. 600/. and under 7001. income 1.915,343/.; number of persons, 3,062 ; amount received, 55,864/. 3s. sd. 7001 and under 800/. income, 1,514,1271.; number of persons, 2,065 ; amount received, 44,162/. Os. 9d. 8001. and under 900/. income, 1,365,434/. ; number of persons, 1,656 ; amount received, 39,825/. 33. 2d. 9001. and under 1,000/. income, 863,478/. ; number of persons, 924 ; amount received, 25,184/. 15s. 63. 1,000/. and under 2,000/ income, 6,924.203/. ; number of persons, 5,287 ; amount received, 201,955/. 18s. sd. 2,0001 and under 3,000/. income, 3,313,4321.; number of persons, 1,523 ; amount received, 162,475/. 25.; 3,000/. and under 4,000/ income, 2,568,779/.; number of per sons, 717; amount received, 69,089/. 7s. 93.; 4,0001. and under 5,000/. income, 1 699,5464; number of persons, 392; amount received, 49,570/. 18.103. 5,0004 and under 10,0001, income, 5,207,535/. ; number of persons, 793; ium received, 151,886/. 7s. 7d.; 10,0001. and under 50,0001. income, 56,728.27/. ; number of persons, 319; amount received, 165,457/. 9s. Id.; 50,000/. and upwards income, 1,198,842/ ; number of persons, 16 ; amount received, 34,966/. 4s. 6d. The number of persons in receipt of salaries, pensions, annuities, and other pay ments, who paid the tax in the like period, was 26,671. Of this number, 8,683 paid on incomes of 1501. and under 200/4 8,570 on 2001. and under 300/.; 3,702 on 3001. and under 400/.; 2,081 on 400/. and under 5001.; 957 on .5001. and under 600/. ; 543 on 600/. and under 700/. ; 488 on 7001. and under 800/. ; 268 on 800/. and under 9001. ; 150 on 900/. and under 1,000/ ; 808 on 1,000/. and under 1,500/. ; 204 on 1,500/. and under 2,000/. ; 153 on 2,0001. and under 3,000/. ; 46 on 3,0004 and under 4,000/. ; 26 on 4,0001. and under 5,000/. ; and 55 on 5,000/. and upwards. The total amount of income and property tax received in the year ending the sth of April, 1846, was .5,603,443!; and that received for the year ending April 5, 1847, 5,593,109/. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 9. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Archbishop of YORK presented several peti tions against the removal of the Jewish disabilities. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several peti tions with a similar prayer. The Earl of EGLIN TON presented a petition from Berwick praying for a:repeal of the currency laws of 1844. Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home ! Department whether he had received any informatien with respect to the expulsion of the English la bourers from France, and if so, whether the Go- 1 vernment had taken any means to forward those persons so expelled to their respective homes. He had also been requested to ask whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to retaliate. Sir G. GREY said that, in answer to the latter part of the question, he would state that the Govern ment had not the slightest notion of retaliation. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the former part of the question, he would state that early on Sunday morning last he received a letter from the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Lord Palinerston), enclosing to him a communication which that Noble Lord had received from the British Consul at Havre, stating that a number of French workmen employed in the factories at Rouen had demanded the imme diate dismissal of all the English men and women employed in those factories. Those persons had been in consequence compelled to leave Rouen suddenly, and had taken refuge on board a steam-boat, which fortunately happened to be in the port. So suddenly had these persons been compelled to leave, that they had not had the means of obtaining the payment of the wages due to them, and in many instances they were only partially clothed. Upon their arrival at Havre they were in a most destitute condition, and the British Con sul there, acting under the general authorities which all British Consuls had, and which had been fully acted upon in this case, viz.—to provide for the wants of any British subjects who might be in distress, had made such provision as was necessary to meet their present emergencies, and caused a number of them to be sent to this country by a steam-boat from Havre. Upon the receipt of this information, he (Sir G. Grey) sent instructions down to the Mayor of Ports mouth that he would make such provi.ion as was ne• cessary for the workpeople upon their arrival there. Since addressing that letter he had received a com munication from the Mayor of Portsmouth, informing him that two vessels, with ninety-seven .persons on board, had arrived at Portsmouth, all of whom were flax• workers, or connected with that trade ; that he bad obtained from them their names, the names of the persons by whom they had been employed, the place at which they were employed, the period of their employment, and the amount, if any, of wages due to them. The whole of the persons would be un shipped in the course of yesterday, and would be for warded at once, a number of them to Glasgow, and by far the greater number to Duolin and Belfast. Before they could be forwarded to their destinations, it had been necessary to provide a great number of the men with clothes, and the women with bonnets, and other articles of clothing. The Com missary of Rouen, who had been communicated with, had stated that he should do all in his power to prevent a similar occurrence; and, further, he had taken upon himself to guarantee, on behalf of the Provisional Government, compensation to those poor persons who had been expelled from France. An HON. MEMBER inquired whether the expulsion of persons of the class mentioned was confined to Rouen ; and whether the Right Hon. Baronet had received any communications with respect to the expulsion of railway labourers. Sir G. GREY replied that no facts had reached him in his official capacity to lead to the inference that simi lar expulsions had taken place in other localities. He was notaware that railway labourers had been sent away from their employment, but no doubt a bad feeling was entertained towards them by the inhabitants of the places where they were employed. Lord DUN CAN inquired if the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Honiton (Mr. Locke) had received any intelligence on the subject ? Mr. LOCKE replied that he had received intelli gence from the Locomotive Superintendent at Tours, that a great many English workmen had been ex pelled from that town in the same way as at Rouen. He believed a great many English labourers were working there at the time in question. THE TREASURY. Sir B. HALL gave notice that on Monday, the 13th instant, he should move for the original estimate of the improvements in the Treasury, with the name of the architect, tog►ether with the entire cost. THE IRISH POOR-LAW. Mr. S. CRAWFORD then rose to move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the " Irish Poor Relief Extension Act," with a view to the repeal of the 10th section, called the " quarter-acre clause." He said the clause as it stood inflicted the greatest injuvice upon the poor tenant, as it crippled his industry, and kept him constantly in the most abject state of poverty. The provisions of his Bill might be stated in a few words. He proposed to repeal the quarter-acre clause, and empower the guardians to give relief to such persons as in their judgment might deserve it. The third clause would enable the guardians to afford relief to parties in distress by way of loan, and to take as security for its repayment a lien upon such pro• perty as the parties might possess. These were the short provisions of his Bill; and without troubling ' the House further, he begged to move for leave to introduce it.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'FLAHERTY said he had been requested by the Hon. Member for Limerick, who was unavoidably absent, to second this motion, and he certainly had great pleasure in doing so. In the present state of Ire land it was absolutely necessary that the House should amend the existing poor law. All the institutions in his own district had been converted into receptacles for the starving population, and he had this morning received a letter from a Roman Catholic clergyman of the neighbourhood, giving a most frightful account of the state and condition of the poor.—(hear, hear.) He earnestly trusted that the Government would look to the fearful state of things in Ireland, and endeavour to provide some remedy for the same. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that it was with considerable pain that he rose to oppose the introduc tion of this Bill. The Honourable Member had gone in his remarks entirely upon a wrong supposition— he had confounded the interpretation of this quarter acre clause with the manner in which the landlords had carried out the provisions of that clause. The Right Hon. Baronet then proceeded to read extracts from a correspondence which had taken place between the Commissioners of the poor-law and several persons who had applied to them on the subject of the operation of that clause, to the effect that the boards of guardians were bound to relieve all destitute persons without regard to their being possessed of a quarter of an acre of land.—(hear ) After reading the instructions of the Relief Commis sioners, he said he thought the House could have no doubt that all the objections of the Hon. Gentleman fell to the ground. He wished the House and the Hon. Member to bear in mind that the horrible cases of ejectment to which he had referred had not their origin in the poor-law. If the houses of poor persons were entered during their temporary absence and levelled to the ground, the poor law could not be blamed, as it could neither provide against nor punish any such proceedings—proceedings which he was bound to say were of the most shocking character, and most harrowing to the humane feelings of Hon. Members in that House and the community out of doors.—(Hear, hear.) He opposed the Bill because it would give rise to hopes that could not be realised, and would accomplish more mischief than good. He believed he should best consult the interests of both rich and poor by re sisting the introduction of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FAGAN said that if there were abundant agri cultural employment in Ireland there might be some justification for this quarter-acre clause; but with 2,300,000 people in a state of destitution for six weeks in every year, and 95,000 families endeavouring to subsist on farms under one acre, it was certain to work both cruelty and injustice. Mr. P. SCROPE complained of the want of suffi cient authentic information as to the operation of the poor-law in Ireland ; but as far as he had been able to ascertain, his worst suspicions as to the effect of this clause, which he originally opposed, were being realised by its being made, as he had foret.)ld, the in strument of clearances upon a small scale. He hail always been of opinion that the application of the English poor-law to Ireland would never suffice to meet the necessities of the country without some supplemental measure to provide for the employ ment of the people, and at the same time to develop those natural resources with which no country was more blessed. It was a monstrous anomaly to se7,. thousands of able-bodied men daily fed in idleness, with those resources untried. This was not the prin ciple of the poor-law of Elizabeth, nor of the exist ing English poor-law. The true principle of a poor law was to relieve, gratuitously, the aged and infirm, and find productive labour for the able-bodied. During the past year no less than 740,000 able-bodied men had been relieved, and there was every likeli hood of a similar number being relieved in the course of the present year. He warned the House that if immense masses were to be thus made chargeable on the rates for their support, without giving any equi valent in the shape of labour, the country would soon sink to ruin. The Hon. Gentleman having declared himself favourable to the introduction of the Bill as likely to amend the law, announced his intention of renewing in the present session his proposition for makng the waste lands of Ireland available for giving at once employment and relief to the able-bodied poor of that country. Mr. F. O'CONNOR complained generally of the want of sympathy in England for the Irish poor, while the warmest sympathy was evinced towards the English in France. If the Government persisted in their unjust and cruel treatment of Ireland, that country would not remain much longer subject to the dominion of England. Conceiving that the Hon. Member for Rochdale had fully made out his case, he would support his motion. It was not only a great anomaly, but most unfair, that in such a country man possessed of a quarter of an acre of land, and in ,a state of destitution, should be refused relief. Mr. CLEMENTS addressed himself to the q uesl• tion of the poor.law unit.ns, observing that he did not think the Commission promised by the Govern ment for re modelling tho'e unions would be at tended with advantage. They were all anxious to have the poor-law fairly tried in Ireland, but it could never be done unless the area of taxation were greatly reduced. The unions in Ire. land were three limes the size of those in England; and as the Right Hon. Gentle man the Secretary for Ir e land had not given any pledge for the diminution of the area of taxation, he t.opeta the contemplated commission would be aban doiied. They had suffered in Ireland already too much by the habit of trusting to the Government of the country more than to themselves, and to their own efforts.—(llear, hear.) If it was determined that the poor-laws should be administered in tha t country by paid guardians, their administration would inevitably be much snore oppressive thais even it was at present. lie trusted, therefore, that the Right lion. Baronet would see the necessity of re' considering the Llatter, and that the Government would show seine regard for the opinions of so many gentlemen connected with Ireland up on the subje . et of having the poor-laws administered by Po d guardians. There was another matter worthy the consideration of the House —he alluded to medical relief. Persons seeking relief in Ireland constantly applied on the ground of sickness. The boards of guardians had no possible means of ascertaining whether the applicants were fit objects for relief, or what sort of relief should be granted. It would, therefore, he necessary to employ a larger number of medical officers. There must be upon an average at least five medical officers to each union. The whole system,was too cumbrous; and it vise impossible for boards of guardians to attend to the proper discharge of the duties of their officers. There were altogether in Ireland 944 medical officers, 699 collectors of rates, and, upon an average, seven re lieving officers to each union. In many cases there were nine, ten, eleven, and even twelve relieving officers in an union, and he need hardly say he distil)• proved of the expenses as well as the organization of the unions and electoral divisions in Ireland. He thought there should be a general reduction in the area of each el( ctoral division, so as to make the ad ministration of relief effectual. Sic W. SOMERVILLE, with reference to an ob servation made by one of the Hon. Gentlemen w ho had previously spoken, denied that he had attributed per. , onal motives to any person. Sir G. GREY said that the motion before the House had been altogether lost sight of, but the Hon. Gr ntlernan (Mr. Clements) who had given notice of s motion, which stood fourth on the paper, was deter wined the House should nut lase the benefit of his speech ; and the result was, not one word had been uttered by the Hon. Gentleman with reference to the question under consideration. It was a dangeroue example, and be (Sir G. Grey) hoped other Hon. Gentlemen would abstain from following it. As to the poor-law boundaries and their proportions, the Government would be happy to receive suggestions, and Hon. Gentlemen would see there should be more sanguine grounds for satisfaction than seemed to be anticipated. The question before the House was dis cussed at very considerable length about seven months ago. The clause was not in the original Bill, but it was introduced in committee by Mr. Gregory, the then Member for the city of Dublin, and there were only found nine gentlemen to oppose it. Six of these nine were English Members and three were Irish.—(Hear, hear.) The clause was adopted in consequence of the state its which Ireland was situated, and the manner in which the soil was suffered to remain uncultivated. He iegretted to say there was still a great deal of pan• perisin in Ireland. There were many persons there who held quantities of land—in some instances so much as 20 or 30 acres, who were living at the public expense, and neither cultivated the soil them selves nor would surrender it to the proprietors, who would have it cultivated by others. The land was thus suffered to remain uncultivated, and it was quite clear a material injury would be inflicted upon the country if something was not done to prevent the continuance of that state of things. He would ask the House, under these circumstances, whether it was wise, because there may have 'been some individual cases of hardship arising from the operation of the clause in question, that the restrictions 'it imposes should be removed and the door again opened to a repetition of such evils?—(Hear, hear.) The hardships enumerated by' the Honourable Member for Nottingham and other Hon. Members could not have arisen from the operation of the quarter-acre clause. The Hon. Member (Mr. O'Con nor) said that when persons who had been compelled to receive relief from the poor-laws returned to their dwellings they found them levelled% Now, the clause did not require the occupiers of land to give up pos session of it; but as they had absented themselves from their dwellings, and being, in the majority of instances, only tenants at will, the landlords no doubt exercised their privileges, and put an end to the tenancy. In whatever way the House might think fit to deal with the clause, he felt bound to say that the Government now relied exclusively upon the operation of the poor-laws, as the only source of maintaining the poor of Ireland. He was sorry to have to repeat that pauperism and suffering existed still to a very great extent there, notwithstanding the large charitable expenditure which was being made in aid of the ordinary rates. By the returns it appeared that from 94,000 to 100,000 children were fed for many months past, and continue to be fed by daily rations distributed through the instru mentality of agents connected with the British Asso ciation for the Relief of the Distress in Ireland and Scotland. By another return it appeared that 150,000 children were fed from the same source where dis tress was severe, and that 20,0001. a month were distributed in relief in 25 or 30 unions where poverty and destitution were excessive. He had not, in enumerating those sources of relief, referred to the land improvement loans or the other moneys available for the imp rovemen t of Ireland. —(Hear, hear.) He wished then to take that opportunity to refer to a question put to him a few evenings ago by the Hon. Member for Galway (Mr. O'Flaherty), whom he then saw in his place. The Hon. Gentleman's question related to an application made to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland for temporary relief for the prison of Galway, which was represented to be greatly overcrowded. It was said the Lord- Lieutenant had refused the application on the ground of expense, and he (Sir G. Grey) thought he had explained the matter. However, he found by the report in the Times that the answer he had given the Hon. Member had been completely misapprehended. He had looked over all the other morning papers, and he found his answer had been correctly reported. lie wished; now to repeat what he wished then to convey distinctly. He had not denied the fact of the gaol of Galway being overcrowded to an inconve nient, even to an alarming degree. But it had been stated that the application had been made to the Lord-Lieutenant for temporary relief, and that it had been refused upon the ground of expense. What he had stated was, that he was convinced the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland was most anxious to remedy , the evil complained of, and to provide such accommo dation as could be legally given ; but if the persons who were imprisoned were not under sentence of transportation, they could not legally be removed to a hulk. Colonel CONOLLY vindicated the landlords of Irelaud, and opposed the motion. Mr. E. B. ROCIIE supported' the motion. He admitted that the Irish landlords were very badly treated in that House. Whenever a difficult question relating to Ireland was to be dealt with by the Go vernment, they deliberately turned round and ;made the Irish landlord the scape. Even the Secretary for Ireland took a fling at them that night.—(Laughter.) That Right Hon. Gentleman held up his hand, and seemed horrified with the " exterminator." But he (Mr. Roche) would show him a greater exterminator —a greater criminal than the Irish landlord—and that was the present Government and that House.— (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The people of Ireland I -ad no other resource hat their potatoes, which failed. On their failure they were driven to the necessity of obtaining any advantage or relief the poor-laws afforded, and by the clause now proposed to be re modelled or repealed, that House enacted the law, that if the poor man retained his hovel and his quarter of an acre of land, he should not receive any relief from the poor-laws. lie, therefore, told them plainly, that the British House of Commons and the British Government were the real exterminators, and were much more guilty than the guiltiest and most op pressive of any of the Irish landlords. They were now in an age of social revolutions, but before he further adverted to that topic, he wished to say that he was not amongst the three Irish Members who voted against the clause in question. The question whether the people should live by their industry, or be converted into paupers, was one of growing im portance, which must ere long compel attention, however thin the House might be on this occasion. Nothing more revolted the feelings of the poor than going into the workhouse ; and this was one of the great difficulties in the way of working the poor law. It was, therefore, most unfair in the Right Honourable Baronet the Home Secretary to allege that if this clause were repealed, numbers of small holders would grow their potatoes during one half year, and go into the workhouse in the other.—(Hear, hear.) They would not do this, but if the exterminating system were persevered in, they would soon he beyond the reach of poor laws or any other laws. The political economists alleged that Ireland would soon right itself; if it do so, no thanks would be due to the British Parliament or the British nation. The much vaunted charity . of the British Association doubtless did good in its way, by supporting a number of poor children, but it was not a subject which ought to be continually paraded before; the Howe by 8 Alinister. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal ... Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 40,509 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, l_litc,xeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Cheaterfield .. 7,164 Cumberlana Union Banking Company, Work . _ ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com- pa,ny, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry . 18,925 Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,509 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,640 Dudley and West Bromwich .T3anking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 17,880 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 118,087 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 11,947 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 31,281 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,040 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Holston Banking Company, Helston 1,375 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 15,941 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 21,310 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,130 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster .. . 69,677 Leeds Bankit 6 , Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 41,735 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,249 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 20,527 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 17,505 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilt:. Banking Company, Melksham 40,109 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 63,212 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 9,960 Pares's Leicosti rshire Banking Company, Lei cester . Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth... 1,467 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 36,114 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford. Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset :shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... 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Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 51,651 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud- dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch - 3,101 Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York 62,678 York City and County Banking Company, York 80 , 887 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Blink 114,sitral. 1 11$ 21p5 M. Wm Aisrell 4, 1141, THE TUBULAR BRIDGE OVER THE CONWAY. It is already well known to our readers, that pre parations have been making for some weeks past for floating the first of the two large wrought-iron tubes, intended to form the railway bridge over the Conway, from the place of construction to that in which the bridge is to be erected, and for raising it into its proper position. The floating was originally intended to have taken place about ten days ago ; but the pre parations were found to be not quite complete; and the attempt was postponed until the next spring tides, which it was known would serve on Saturday and Monday last. The former day was, in the first in stance, fixed upon ; but, from some cause with which we are not acquainted, it was postponed to Monday, when the weather and tide proved perfectly favour able, and the enormous mass wag successfully floated to its intended position. Before describing the re• moval of the tube from the platform where it was con structed, it may be desirable to advert to the mecha nical contrivances by which this process was effected. We have already stated that the tube is 412 feet long, 25 feet 6 inches deep, 15 feet wide, and weigh ing about 1,300 tons. It was constructed on a wooden platform resting on piles, along the bank of the river, between high and low water; and, after having been suspended by the two ends, and tested by the application of weights, as we mentioned a few weeks ago, the necessary preparations were made to remove it from the platform to the towers or abut ments on which it is intended ultimately to rest, which stand about 400 yards distant. These towers are composed of solid masonry, overhanging at the top, and each having below a shelf, six feet broad, and about four feet above high water mark, intended tc, receive and support the ends of the tube. For the purpose of removing the tube from the place of construction, a portion of the ground under the tube, about forty feet from each end, was entirely cleared, and in each were placed three pontoons, ninety-three feet long, twenty-five wide, and eight feet deep. These were floated under the tube ; and each having four strong longitudinal frames upon it, the whole were packed up so as to bear equally upon the tube, when floated by the tide. In each of the pontoons nearest to the two ends of the tube were four powerful windlasses, with ropes and hooks, to lay hold of heavy mooring chains, extending across the river, above and below the place where the tube was to be finally erected, for the purpose of making the pontoons fast in their proper positions. Two large capstans, with strong cables, were also placed on each hank of the river, for the purpose of regulating the direction, and accelerating or retarding the motion of the tube when floated by the tide. Everything being in perfect readiness, at an early hour on Monday morning a very large assemblage of people, many from distant places, was collected in the neighbourhood, including a number of engineers and professional men, who had been attracted by the no • velty of the proceeding. Amongst the parties present were Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer of the railway, Mr. Brunel, Mr. Rennie, Capt. Moorsom, Captain Claxton, Mr. Eaton Hodgkinson, Mr. Ro berts (of Manchester), Mr. More (of London), and many others. So great was the crowd assembled, that every spot which commanded a view of the tube was crowded to excess. The time of high water being about twelve minutes after eleven, the tube was first borne up from its supports by the pontoons, at five minutes past ten. At half-past ten, the process of hauling it to its place commenced; and, at twenty-fire minutes past eleven the end nearest the town of Conway was deposited in its place. The other end, however, did not then reach its destination; one of the pontoons on the Conway side of the river having come in contact with a rock, and thereby bearing the tube against the opposite pier, so as to prevent it from going home by some ten or twelve feet. The tube was therefore packed up at both ends, to give an opportunity for shifting the pontoons a little, and putting the tube in its place, which would, no doubt, be completed yesterday. —Manchester Guardian. SPIRITS.—The accounts which the House of Com mons has just ordered to be forthwith prepared (on mo tion of Mr. Moffatt), will be so arranged as to show the total numbers of gallons of proof spirits distilled in England, Sc o tl an d, an d I r eland respecti ve ly, distin guishing the quantities produced from malt, and from a mixture of malt and unmalted grain, or from sugar; showing, also, the tot a l q uantity of each sort in the United Kingdom, for the year ending the sth day of January, 1848 ; a l so , th e nu mber of gallons of proof spirits (distinguishing the sorts), on which duty was d pa u i t d 7; fo a r is h o o , m th e e consumption inoef gallons and duty i n the ach of the th ree ki ng dome, with the rate per g allon, and the amount of such United Kingdom, for the same year. Likewise showing, under separate heads, the number of gallons of proof spirits (distinguishing the materials from which made), duty after w s s theirimported into ea c h ki ng dom from each of the others respectively ; stating al s o the rate per gallon, and the total amo unt t h ereo f i n eac h case, and w hat portion of such paido a n rr r i e vl removal of place of destination,f the spirits from bo n d, and what for the same year. Also of the number of gallons of proof spirits permitted out of distillers' stocks in Eng land, and the total number of proof gallons of British brandy and s pi r it o f w i ne permitted out of rectifiers' stocks in Engl an d ; a l s o, th e total quantity of propf gal lons of pr oo f rum rece i ve d into r ect i fiers' stocks i n England, lor the same year (in continuation of Parlia mentary paper, No. 217, of session 1847). Lastly, show ing the total number of gallons distilled in Scotland and Ireland, distinguishing the quantity in each country de livered duty paid direct from distillers' stocks . from the quantities put into the b o nded warehouses, for the same year. GREAT FALL IN LANDED PROPERTY. —It will no doubt be recollected that a terrific fall of land was an nounced as inevitably to follow the repea l of the corn laws, more especi a lly i n th e newly recla i me d and less illustration how district s of th e cou ntry. As an how speedily the t ru th o f th e prophecy was realised, take the following fact, which occurred last Wednesday at the sale of a few acres of exhausted common, situated a thousand feet above the level of the sea, the net rental whereof is 51. 10s. st er li ng . Well, this piece of Broad moss so 'yclept, w as ex p ose d by my Lord K innoull, at Blairgowrie, at 2001. s t e rli n g (no mean price for the same), and after the k eenes t c ompetition was knocked down to Robert Cl ar k R a tt ra y, Esq., of Craighall, for 1,001/. sterling, being only a, shade short of two hundred years' purchase.-{ Scotsman. THE TRAFALGAR SQUARE RIOTS. The Marquis of SALISBURY, seeing the Noble Marquis in his place, wished to ask him a question regarding the recent riots in Trafalgar-square, and the conduct of Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate at Bow street, in adjudicating on the cases brought before him. In the case of James Marshall, who was charged with inciting the mob by calling out " No police !" " No national guard !" and with throwing stones, the prisoner denied that he had formed pars of the mob, or that he had thrown stones, Mr. Hall sentenced him, on the evidence of the police-constable, to be imprisoned for eight days. In the case of James Meddrith, charged with assaulting the police, prisoner said that he did not belong to the mob and complained that he had been struck On the head by the police-constable with his staff. In conse quence of the police-constable being unable to satisfy Mr. Hall why he had used his staff, Mr. Hall ordered the prisoner to be discharged. He (the Marquis of Salisbury) wished to know whether the Government adopted Mr. Hall's exposition of the law. It was perfectly different from the law as recently laid down by Mr. Justice Coleridge, who declared that when per sons were riotously assembled, the act of one was the act of all ; a blow struck by one was a blow struck by all, and the constable was therefore perfectly justified in striking down one of this riotous assemblage. The police had a very onerous and a very important duty to perform, and he considered the remarks of Mr. Hall as not only uncalled for, but as calculated to prevent officers executing their duties properly. He could not see why a policeman's life should not be protected as well as that of another man. Of what he saw of the conduct of the police in Trafalgar-square, he felt bound to say that never did any body of men perform their duty with more temper, kindness, and forbearance than did the police on that occasion.— (Hear, hear.) He objected to magistrates taking upon themselves to decide summarily in cases of flagrant assaults upon the police. They could corn alit the prisoners to Quarter Sessions, where, in the event of conviction, they could be sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with hard labour, for such assaults. The agricultural riots in 1829 were occa sioned solely by the timid sentences passed upon the first culprits, and therefore a severe example ought to be made of the rioters in London and Glasgow, and a stop would be at once put to their proceedings. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that as soon as Mr. Hall had seen the report he went to the Home-office to deny its accuracy, and declared that he made use of no expression casting any imputation on the police .constable, but that, on the contrary, he declared that the constable had done no more then his duty, and he discharged the man only because he thought he had been sufficiently punished for his offence by the detention he had undergone, and the broken and bloody head he had received. Lord STANLEY bore testimony to the forbear ance, coolness, and temper with which the police in general discharged their duties. There was never a more contemptible, cowardly, and objectless mob than that assembled in Trafalgar-square, yet they had done great mischief, and he thought that the magistrates ought not to have passed very light sentences upon those convicted of having formed part of it. Ile thought that in one point of view it was well that this mob had assembled, because it would prove to foreign countries that there was no sympathy with mobs on the part of the great body of the people, the overwhelming majority of whom had shown that they were determined to come forward and enrol themselves for the protection of order and good government.—(Hear, hear.) Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Mcneh 9. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition from Derby shire against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. Colonel P. THOMPSON presented a petition from Bradford on the subject of the health of towns. The petitioners stated that they felt that some such Bill was necessary, but they objected to the principle of centralization. The Gallant Colonel also presented a petition from Bradford against the imposition of the income-tax, and praying that the legacy and probate duty might be imposed on real pro perty in the same way as it was on personal estate.—(Hear, hear.) _ Mr. LAW presented petitions from parishes in York against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill, and praying for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from the city of London, complaining of the practice of breaking windows that had latterly taken place in the metropolis, attributing it to the present state of the poor-laws, and praying for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into its operation. The petitioners stated that under the existing law the poor were treated more like pigs than human beings. The Hon. Member gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move that the petition be printed with the votes. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from the heads of colleges of the University of Cambridge against the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. On the motion of Mr. LAW, the petition was read at length by the Clerk at the table, and the Hon. and Learned Member gave notice of his inten tion, to-morrow, to move that it be printed with the votes. Mr. C. PEARSON presented a petition from Lambeth praying for the reduction of the expenses of the army and navy, and against the income-tax. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from Ex mouth and Lipscombe against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from a place in King's County, Ireland, for an alteration of the poor-law. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from St. John's, Westminster, praying for a reduction of the expenditure of the country, and against the income tax. COUNTY COURTS. Dr. BOIVRiN forfora tabular return of, Ist. The name and residence of each clerk appointed under the County Courts Act : 2d. The number of courts for which each such clerk is appointed, with the names of such courts, and the distance of each court from the clerk's residence : 3d. The name and resi dence of each assistant clerk employed by the clerk, distinguishing suck assistants as are duly admitted attorneys of the superior courts from those who are not attorneys : 4th. The duties personally performed by each clerk, and the duties actually performed by the assistant clerks in their respective courts : ith. The amount of fees actually received by each clerk holding a plurality of appointments, showing the aggregate amount re ceived for.; all the appointments, with the amount, if any, of travelling expenses allowed to him out of the suitors' general fund : 6th. The total amount of fees or salary actually allowed by each clerk to each of his assistants out of the clerks' fees: 7th. Return of high-bailiffs, and the number of courts for which each bailiff is ap pointed, with his residence, trade, or profession : Bth. The fees allowed by each bailiff to his sub-bailiffs, where such high-bailiff holds a plurality of appoint ments.—Agreed to. The HoN. MEMBER also gave notice that to-mor row he would move for other returns connected with the administration of county courts. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that he should postpone his Bill on the game-laws till this day fortnight. Mr. LUSHINGTON gave notice that, to-morrow, he should present a petition from a number of the electors and inhabitants of Westminster, praying that an inquiry might be instituted into the foul and disgusting practices which are still retained in several workhouses of the metropolis. Mr. BANKES gave notice that to-morrow he would put a question to her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as to whether any reply bad been received to the representations made by the Minister at the Court of Madrid on the subject of the in creased duties the Government of Spain proposed to place etuacreornn had art beenicleso made,f British in compliance manufacture; with also, why no an order of the House, with respect to the tariffs of Spain and Portugal. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES. _ _ Lord H. VANE brought up the report of the Committee of Privileges. _ iii:6:BERKELtY said, that on the part of the petitioners he should reel it his duty, when the report was printed, to call the attention of the House to the same. THE CASE OF ANNETTE MEYERS. Lord NUGENT wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had received any further communication from the Lord Cnief Baron on the subject of Annette Meyers, who had been found guilty of murder at the sessions at the Old Bailey, and if so, whether it was the intention of the Government to act upon the recommendation of the jury. Sir G. GREY said that he thought he should best discharge the painful duty which devolved upon him, as Secretary of State, by declining to give any answer to the question of the Noble Lord. EXPULSION OF ENGLISH LABOURERS FROM FRANCE. Mr. STAFFORD wished to know from the Right I fore nu' it h (q Pc he b• i the 1 1U - t1