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Zi) Erb liZtittion+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING•) HOUSE OF LORDS: The LORD CHANORLLOR took his seat on the Wool. sack at Five o'clock. LORD CLANCARTY. Lord CLANCARTY came to the table to be sworn, but the Noble Lord refused to take the oath of supr emac y, and, therefore, after a, s hort discuss ion, the Noble Lord was directed to withdraw, which ne did accordingly. DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. The Earl of RODEN then rose to put a ques ti on t o the Government on the subject of the outrages in Ire land. Since he last had the honour of addressing their Lordships on this subject additional threatening notices had been sent to some of the landed gentry in his neigh bourhood, and he was very much :afraid the failure of th e Special Commission would have the eff,ct of aggra vating the evils. A meeting of landed proprietors and agriculturists had been held in the county of Louth, and they had passed a r eso l u ti on express i ve o f t h e i r opinion thatit was the duty of the Government to take immediate . steps to supp ress t h e secret soc i et i es ex i st i ng m Ireland, and thus arrest some of those agrarian crimes which some members of those societies had in contem plation.—.(dear, hear.) Many of those societies had other objects besides agrarian; they were, in fact, dangerous political Foci; ties, and it was hope less. to expect p sece or p ros p er ity in Ireland while they wore allowed to carry on their proceedings wish impunity.—(flear, hear.) It was not for him, or those who urged him on this matter to suggest the means by which these societies could be suppressed and the terrible crime prevented, because it was the duty of those who undertook the Government of the country to be prepared of their own accord to meet the emergency.—(Hear, hear.) It was a lamentable fact that crime of every descript ion, but more especially that of murder, was rapidly on the increase, atd the peaceably-disposed portion of the community had a right to look to the Government for immediate r otection and redress.—(Hear, hear.) Justice was defied in many parts of Ireland, for those who made ant. attempt to maintain or enforce the law went in fear of their lives; and already, as the re , urns o • the table showed, a worthy and humane gentleman had been barbarously murdered t r having done his duty as a magistrate.—( Hear, hear.) Now Govern ment, instead f taking measures to remove this shock ing stat 4 of things, were lukewarm in the discharge of their duty to the state, and no later ago than last Tues day two policemen were fined 10e., or ordered to be im prisoned as many days, for stopping people on the high way whom they suspected as being in possession of arms. It turned out, however, wbee they came to search one of them that, instead of a blunderbuss, it was a bottle of w .uky the man had under tis coat. The policemen, however, erred in the right direction, and they were, therefore, not deserving of any punishment.—(Hea r.) He trusted this and all other simi l ar cases w ou l d bein quired into, and that care would be taken to . protect the police under all circumstances in the execut ion of their duty.—(hear, hear.) He concluded by moving for cer tain returns cone' cied with the state of the counties of Loath and Armagh, and relating to the crimes of murder and other outrages committed in those counties since the let of January. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, who was scarcely audible in the gallery, was understood to say, that Go vernment was tully alive to the evils which existed in Ireland, and the importance of applying a remedy to them as speedily as possible.—(Hear, hear.) Govern ment had done all in their power to discover the perpe trators of these murders, and he was not aware that any of the police force bad been ever blamed for exercising an undue vigilance in the discharge of their duties.— (Hear, hear.) There would be no objection to make the return which the Noble Earl called for.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of WICKLOW hoped the Government would not lose sight of the fact that many of the evils could be removed by legislation. The Earl of GLENGALL blamed the Govern ment for having appointed the recent Special Com mission; it would have been much better had the law been allowed to follow the usual course, and there might have been a chance of insuring a con viction of the offenders. As it was, the Special Com mission had only had the effect of increasing the alarm which prevailed in Ireland, for while some of the jury were for a conviction, only three were for an acquittal, and as those three would not give way, an im pression had got abroad that this might be the result of the trials in other cases. and thus neither property nor life was safe in the country. The criminal law of Ireland required amend ment, and he hoped the present session would not be al lowed to close without an effort being made to effect that amendment.—(Hear, hear.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER, took tne Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The following Bids were read a second time, and order,cl to be committed:— Barnsley Gas. Cork and Bandon Railway. Dudley Waterworks. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway. imperial Peat and Parafine Company. Preston and Garstang Road. Rotherham and Pleaslay Road. Stockton Extension and Improvement. Tees Conservancy. York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Deviation of Bishop Auckland Branch, &c). York, Newcastle, aed Berwick Railway (Deviation of Think and ilialton Branch, &c). ALDBOROUGII fIAttBOUR OF REFUGE AND INIPROVENIENT BILL. The second reading of t'ais Bail was postponed for a month. CHELTENHAM STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE BILL. On the motion for the Second reading of this Bill, Mr. G. BERKELEY moved that it be read a second time this day six months. There were twenty-six un paid magistrates residing in Cheltenham, who discharged their nuaes with efficiency and impartiality, and as the inhabittint rat. payers did not desire this Bill he hoped the House would not put the borou4h to the expense of going beture a C. , raraittee to contest the Bill. Mr. HALLE WELL seconded thr, amendment, and having resid,d in Cheltenham for several years, he could state positively thero were no valid grounds for this measuri-. Mr. HUME thought it extraordinary that neither of the Members who endorsed this Bill were present; it tiumewhat suspicious, and convinced him some thing was wrong. He should, therefore, vote for the amendment. The amendment was carried without a division, and the Bill was ordered to be read a second time this day six months. PETITIONS. Mr- MOODY pres e nt e d a pet iti o n from Keery, pray i ng e„,.. an „_ . r e ___ amendment of the Irish pooielaws. as ' a t i r EORSTER presented a petition from Berwick 4 t the post. horse . Lord C. MANNERS in Leice%tershi presented a petitiore from a place nooth may b re, praying that the amia). !grant to May a abolished. Lord DUDLEY STUARTMarylebone, pray in presenteed a petition from duty. Also a p',1,2 for the re ea of the post-horse town, praying for t _ e o n from the s olicitors of Kentish duty. h repeal oft} 03 attorneys' certificate Mr. CARDW ELL D es in favour of the entr at i' e r hi; er -Lted a pet i tion from Brighton Mr. COBDEN present' •eineret opy holds. school teachers of be, n e e _ 4 „ a petition from the Sunday educstion. „nester • . presented in favour of secular Mr. M. GIBSON. oaepetition frera Wisbeach complaining of roe) conduct and praying for. 'AT, amendment ofti Sta mp authorities, newspaper °Vex Of . the law relating to T AYES ON KNOWLEDGE. Mr. M. G . ifinUN gate notice th at this day fortnight he should 1' ,ring on his motion in reference duties and the, s tamp imposed on newsp, to th e paper .geers, THE MILITIA. Lord I !ALMERSTUN gave notice that on b r up the r eport o f t h e resolutions agreed to in co 1 ging yesterd a,.),mmittee e Militia Laws, he •,.k he , with regard to the a mendmen t of th s'eould move to odd after the word " are ee d. ruer.i. 1 e e " lie should also s e '"e word " couso 4 ..•e; • °Ye to wp.ir, tb R word " local" with the view of having a mea . I •"" - 4rou g h t i n wh i c h s hall provide the means of de l''ne in the unfortunate event of war, not for England ' " I ,y nut for all parts of the United kingdom.—(Cheers.) MAYNOOTH• , LONDON GAZETTE. Mr. SPOONER postponed his motion on the subject LORD. CHAMBER L AW' S of Maynooth to this day fortnight. (THIS EVENING.) lONIAN ISLANDS. Levees at S. Jarinbeyo Mr. HUME also-----...._ given, that her Majesty will hold postponed his motion on the subject Notic e t, he _ e OFFICE, FEB. 16, 1852. of the lonian Islands. THE ARMY. two u o' a c t lo lo c a k; —tolh'ell :L ee P r : o la d e: t t o: the following days, at Colonel CHATTERION Ureuay, the 26th asked the Secretary at War day, March 3. e 26th instant, and Wednes if he icteeded 0) recommend the discontinuance of the -i i, 1 • deductions to which officers of th e , cavalry are subject in J , - 3) Queen's paying for the forage of their re btra„ „ p mental chargers, kept The noblemen and L ace.' for the public service, whilst otter mounted officers iu gentlemen , her Majety's Levees, itt S t . j ho purpose to attend the service received an allowance for that am e , a painn purpose. Thebring with them two l Gallant Member also put other questions rethe clearly largo cards, w. e,_ are rr quested respecting clear l y writtenone to i h the names pay of officers in the cavalry and other regiment. thereon, he left W . tt r lance in the Proseith the Mr. VERNON SMITH, in reply, said he had been Page in ►Atten( nee ~. Queen's to the Lord - " c amber and so short a time in office that his attention had nut yet other to be delivered her _ d Chainberl ' ' the been directed to the subject, but he could Gallant Colonel that his best energies and abilitiest' Those Gentlemen who are to be presented aro h should be given to all quesuotia affecting the comfort informed, it is absolutely necessary that tt, • ereby and interest of the army. with the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman"r na hws, LOSS OF THE AMAZON. to present them, should be sent into th who i s e Lend Charabei Lordprevious to Board of HAMILTON asked the President of th e lain's-office, on the 'Tuesday the Levee on ,_ f Trad if he tadobjection to Icy the th e "6 h .1 - ' -bruary instant, and un the Ationcluy Cr a y . on . - t or . teole bf the House''pro deuce take n .ort and u. - the evi a c,.py ef it e re . - ~ to V I GII4 the Levee on the 3d of March next, un each Board oi , ,nra,he,oro the Cununittee appointed hy th e "ay before twelve o'clock, in order that they may be circumstances .1 submitted tim d i „ e , th,, t , le to inquire into the a - . , for the Queen's approbation; it being her m ae ee, cf the 1. Jesty's cc mmand, that no pre.entation shall be made at Mr. LABoucH 1 mason steam-ship. the evideece were in the said the report as well •.. as the Levees but in conformity with the above regulations. It is • to lay them on 4 hands of the printer, and be hoped Particularly requeated, that in every case the the table in names be s si, day or two, very distinctly written upon the cards to be Sir HENRY in \V WILL() 4 AR. delivered to the Lord order that there maybe o I , • n d'it Chamberlain, in the Board of Con,rol wh il e GIIBY asked the President of ulty in announcing them to the Queen. The state iteble of the House cope s n th o e f r he would lit on the coming will not be open for the reception of company Captain Burn-a (Sir Alexander the entire chspatches of Notice is y hereby irling to Court until half-past one o'clock. Macnaghten, Esq., the Secretary,et(r Burnes) to W s given, that all persons having peti ' H. tions or address( General of 'Will. dated From with the Governor- ' to present to her M 0 jesty at t:e Leveas, are to send a Car d October 1837, sth day of eeeul, the 4th day of(having on it their rimer, a statement of the oh objet; or October 1837, 26th day of ja October 1 837, 31st day of loch petitions or a ddresses, the names of the persons March 1838, 13th day of March nittilary 1838, sth day of ' and Chamberlain's 1 838, 25th day of April 1838, ar,3B, 24th day of Marcie the Lord Office, before twelve o'clock, on Fe day of April 1838. be intimated tit d from Islalsbad 30th the Tuesday previous to the Levee on the 26th of athis remn for Puttog braluy instant, and ou the Monday pr e • nous to the Levee (LEFT SPEAKING.) on the 3d of March next; and that two other cards, having on thorn prccieely whot is writtgn upon that sent to the Lord Chamberlain's uffic:!, are to be takQn to the Levee; one of the tw, cards to be deliveled to the Page in the Ante-Room, and the other to the Lord Cham berlain, who will read its contents to her Majesty; and, on these occasions, no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A Deputation to present an Address is not to exceed four persons. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Alexander Malet, Bart., now her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Wurtemberg, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confede ration. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, FEB. 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Farquharson, E:q., to be Page of Honour to her Majesty, vice Gordon. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Giuseppe Montanaro, Esq. to be Cashier of the Treasury of the Island of Malta, and George Nicola Casolani, Ebq. to be Purveyor of Charities and Comptroller of Contracts for that Island, TREASURY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL. FEB. 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Edward John, Lord Stanley of Alderley, to be her Majesty's Paymaster Ge neral. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 16. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Ktn,.ale—John Isaac Heard, of Kin sale, in the room of Benjamin Hawes, Esq., who has ac cepted the office of Steward of her Msjesty's Chiltern Hundreds. THE the question was:that it been stated in a work recently pub lished that the dispatches previously laid on the table had been earbled. Mr. FOX MAULE said it was never pretended that the dispatches as laid before the House were entire ; only such extracts from them ere given as the Government thought would inform the House with reference to the policy pursued at Cabul. Already two discussions had taken place on the sub ject in the House, and it was not his intention to lay the dispatches in extenso before the public, and again raise up a question which, with all its imputed faults and realised misfortunes, was now a matter of history, and ought not to be revived. EXTENSION OF THE CAPE TERRITORY. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government had in preparation the Bill for the extension of British juris diction in South Africa to the Equator, which Earl Grey stated his intention to introduce this session, in a dis patch to Sir Harry Smith, given in the papers on the assumption of the Orange Sovereignty, presented to this House on the 19th day of May lust? Mr. FREDERICK PEEL said Earl Grey did an nounce to Sir H. Smith that it was his intention to pro pose an Act for extending the British jurisdiction to the Equator, but he had not thought it advisable to procet d with the measure while war continued at the Eastern frontiers. As the war was net yet terminated no step had been taken for the preparation of the measure. THE MEGARA. Admiral BOWLES moved — for copies of all reports received by the Board of Admiralty or the Commander in Chief, stating the condition of her Majesty's ship Megara, after having embarked troops at Dover for the Cape of Good Hope. Sir F. BARING said he should have no objection to the return, but he thought after the attacks which had been made on the Admiralty on the subject, that he ought to have an early opportunity of making some answer to them. Mr. ROEBUCK said that having had some communi cations with a Gallant Admiral, the colleague of the Hon. Bart., ho wished to put certain questions on this same matter, and if the Hon Bart. had no objection, he would put them now. . . Sir F. BARING said that he should shortly have to make some statements on the subject, and would rather the Hon. and Learned Gentleman waited until then. The return was then agreed to. THE METROPOLITAN CENSUS RETURNS. Sir G. GREY said that he wished to state, in answer to question wr•ich had been put to him the other night, that having m.de inquiries from the Registrar-General, he had ascertim•d that the returns of the Metropolitan Census laid upon the table of the House were incorrect as regarded London. The copying clerk who prepared them had inserted the• male population only, instead of the gross amount of male and female. An amended re turn would very shortly be laid on the table. MILITIA SUBSTITUTES. In answer to a question from Mr. M. GIBSON, Mr. FOX MAULE said that by the provisions of the Bill introduced last night substitutes would be per mitted under certain modified circumstances. SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. HENRY HERBERT rose to move the follow ing resolution, of which he had given notice:— " That this House has observed with regret the con tinued neglect of her Majesty's Government to full! their promise of introducing a Bill for the regulation of the Savings Banks, by which those important institutions may be enabled to preserve their hold on the confidence of the country, and a due encou ragement be thus given to the industry and providence of the working classes. He said that, considering the important nature of the anbject to which he wished to call the attention of the House, it might be thought that it would have been more expedient had it been in troduced by some Member of greater experience who had stronger claims upon their attention. The peculiar cir cumstance in which the subject stood must, however, be his apology. In 1848 a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the subject, and at the end of the session reported that it bad not had time to pursue their inquiries, as far as was necessary, but recommended that the in quiry should be continued in the ensuing session; re commended, also, that some measure should be intrcduced into the House on the subject. In 1849 propositions were brought forward to renew the Committee, which the Government opposed, but on two occasions they were left in a minority. In 1850 the Government did bring in a Bill which certainly did not encounter any opposition in that House, but, from some cause cr other, was never proceeded with; and since that time no steps had been taken by the Government to legislate on the subject. The first establishment of savings' banks dated 40 years ago, but it was not until 1817 that the Legislature inter fered with them, at which time there were 70 in England fair in Wales', and four in Ireland. On their first establishment the trustees were responsible for the whole depositors, so that as long as they were solvent there could be no loss. The enactment of 1844, however, com pleted an entire change and destroyed their responsibility. Mr. raid Pratt stated before a Committee of the House in 1848, that the Government had no more control over the trustees and actuaries of savings banks than they had over a private gentleman in the management of his own private affairs. Thus these bodies of men who, on the admission of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, habitually neglected their duty, were entrusted with enormous amounts of the savings of the poor, and yet an Act of Parliament had been passed to absolve them from all responsibility. These few facts, he thought, were sufficient to show that some amendment was necessary in the law. The Hon. Member next complained of the conduct of Mr. Tidd Pratt, who, he said, had been the means of leading parties to great expense and litigation, to the seri ous injury and loss of depositors. He had been guilty of something like a breach of privilege in regard to several banks. He had in the first instance, opposed an inquiry . into the Cuffe-street Bank, though the balance sheets sent to the National Debt Office showed a gradual decreasing de ficiency, and though when it failed in 1848, the defalca.tiona amounted to no less a sum than 64,6891. There had been similar failures at Rochdale, Brighton, Hull, Aylesbury, and other towns. In some cases the trustees had generously and nobly made good the losses; but in others the depositors had been the sufferers, and he had himself been a wit ness of the misery and wretchedness which these bank failures had occasioned among the unfortunate depositors. It was, therefore, perfectly obvious that the interests of the public called for some protection against the mis management and insecurity of savings banks throughout the kingdom. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, in reply to the Hon. Member's observations respecting the personal character and responsibility of Mr. Tidd Pratt, 'that he was not a Government offickr, but was simply named in the Act of Parliament as a person whom the trustees or depositors might call in to examine into the affairs of a bank, or to arbitrate between them, and without he was so called on, he had neither power to visit a bank, nor had the Government power to send him. As regarded the Cuffe-street Bank, when he was called in by the de positors in 1831 he was utterly deceived as to the state of its affairs, but on that occasion he gave certain advice which, if followed, would have prevented the catastrophe which ensued. The Honourable Member blamed him for not altering the law, but he introduced a B i ll l ast sess i on wh i c h would have reme died many of the defects now complained of, but it was opposed by a great portion of the House. What was asked fur was, that the entire management of their Banks should be in the hands of the trustees and managers, and that Government should be res ponsible, and to that be could not consent, and on that account no agreement could be come to with those who were anxious to have some enactments on this subject. It would be re membered that in 1850 Government was obliged to aban don many of the Bills which it had introduced, in con sequece of the press of business at the end of the session, and he thought it was scarcely possible to have passed a Bill of this nature. Since that time additional information had been obtained of great importance relating to this subject, which he was convinced would tend to improve any measure submitted to the House. He could assure the House that he was quite as anxious as any one could be to see some beneficial measure passed, and he hoped before the end to introduce and pass one which would give full satisfaction unto all parties. Mr. REYNOLDS thought that the House and the country had some right to blame the Government for the delay which had occurred in the introduction of some measure on the subject of savings-banks. Ho was glad, however, to hear that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had pledged himself to bring in a Bill this session, for so he had understood the Right Hon. Gentlemen's speech. THE surt, LONDON OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 14. Repel Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain James Benjamin Dennis to be Captain, vice Cator, retired upon half-pay; First Lieutenant Edmund Palmer to be Second Captain, vice Dennis; Second Lieutenant Wil liam Noel Waller to be First Lieutenant, vice Palmer, Feb. 3. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Lieutenant Aure lius Beauclerk Fyers to be First Lieutenant, vice Mac' kenzte, deceased, Dec. 20, 1851. NEMORANDUM.—The date of First Lieutenant Sande man's promotion has been altered to 14th Dec. 1851. Ccmm a ion by the L _rd Lieutenant of Radnorsh r John W alsham, EBq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 28. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, The Right Hon. Washington Sewallis Shirley, Earl Ferrara, to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Sir Arthur Grey Hszlerigge, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Sir William Edward Cradoek Hartopp to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Charles William Paeke, Ebq , to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 10. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Charles Wilson, grocer, Coventry. BANKRUPTS. George Waterhouse, watch manufacturer. Rupert street, Haymarket, to surrender Feb. 23 and March 27 , at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ni cholson, official assignee, Basinghall-streot ; West, Gresham-street. Thomas Buxton Barnes, surgeon, Thaxted, Feb. 26, at two, and March 23, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingball-street; Sawbridge, Wood-street, Cheapside. William Steel, tailor, Fenchurch-street, London, Feb. 27, and March 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Scansfeld, official assignee; Stevens and Satchel, Queen street, Cheapside. John Miller, corn dealer, Conduit-street, Paddington, Feb. 27, at half-past twelve, and April 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba singhall-street; Lawrence, Flews, and Bever, Old Jewry -ch am hers. Richard Knight, wholesale stationer, Plaistow, Essex, Feb. 27 and April 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings; Coe, Pinner's Hall. William Hawkins, seedsman, Hesge, Derbyshire, Feb. 27, and March 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Ingle and Son, Belper. James Taylor James, merchant, Liverpool, Feb.. 27 and March 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official aasignee, Liverpool; Atherton, Liverpool. John Andrew Christian Reimenn and John Gerard Geller, merchants, Liverpool, March 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liv,rpool District Court. Bird,,official assignee, Liverpool; North and Orred, Liverpool. Eden Clark and Henry Blcackley, ironmongers, c estr Lamb, Gateshead, Manchester. D Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, March 2 an d 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Cou rt . F raser , Durham offi li ci i a c l h a a s rd sigeeManh Peacock, e; carpenter, Feb. 25, at eleven, and March 30, at twel ve , a t t h e N ew : castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, o ffi cial acsignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Scaife, Newcastle upon-Tyne. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. R. Woodcock, tailor, High-street, Kensington. M. G. Smith, attorney-at-law, Great James-street, Bed ford-row. J. Manuel, mariner, Farmer-street, Shadwell. J. Baker, bailiff, Clayton's Farm, Mayfield, Sussex. C. S. Couves, news-agent, Sheppy-place, Gravesend. J. Hayward, solicitor, High-street, Dartford. T. Darton, sail maker, &ahem Harbour, Durham. R. T. Muckle, stationer, George-street, Woolwich. J. Mitchell, juo., cloth manufacturer, Ossett, near Wake field, Yorkshire. William Saxby, land surveyor, Edenbridge, Kent. George Hewitt, journeyman iron founder, Norfolk. Samuel Potter, labourer, Warwick. E. Wickham, brewer, Long-lane, West Smithfield. W. Pubdicome, clef k to wh o l e sale ironmongers, Windsor place, Southwark-bridge road. Alfred Parr, dealer in music, London-road, Southwark. J. Potter, clerk to an attorney, Guildfotd-place, Lower Kennington-lane, Lambeth. W. Jennings, malteter, Fore-Areet, Cripplegate. W. Key, printer, Kirby-street, Hatton Garden. G. Hester, rnalster, Spring Gardens, Pimlico. W. Davis, chimney sweeper, Bell-alley, Mourgate-street B. Brand, mariner, Duke-street, Spite'fields. J. Sykes, beer seller, Lancaster. J. Pendlebury, hatter, Wigao, Lancashire. T. Lakeman, jun., gardener, Truro, Cornwall. J. Lamb, of no business, Chelveston-cum-Caldecott, Northamptonshire. G. Willis, clerk, Dover, Kent. N. Bell, silk manufacturer, Chestergate, Cheshire. J. D. Ranson, assistant to a grocer, St. Ives, Hunting donshire. R. Banks, shoemaker, Hindley, Lancashire. J. Greenslade, farmer, Blackmore Cliff, Devonshire. T. Underwood, warehouseman, Bristol. R. Gowland, publican, Durham. F. Dinsdale, assistant to a licensed victaller, Lower Queen's -street, Rotherhithe. J. Richards, grocer, Margate. G. Brown, tailor, Jermyu-street. W. Hayhow, carver and gilder, Holderneas- terrace, South Lambeth. J. Butcher, beershop keeper, Lower Marsh, Lambeth. G. Grundy, butter dealea, Salford, Lancashire. W. Hayward, Inkpen, Berkshire. T. Moss, general dealer, Leeds. J. Parker, dealer in tea, Worcester. R. Poole, bout closer and tobacconist, Canterbury. J. Rogers, licensed victualler; Pontypool, Monmouthshire. DEsTRUCTION OF LAGOS. Yesterday we published a detailed account of the cap- Awe and destruction of the town of the slave king Kosoko. The following is the official report of Commo dore Bruce on that transaction, together with a list of the killed and wounded, published in the London Gazette of this evening Penelope, off Lagos, Jan. 2,1852. Sir,—l have the honour to report. for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admirely, that their Lordships' instructions of the 14th October, and the wishes of her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as far as respects Lagos, have been most faith fully fulfilled by the expulsion of the slavt-dealing (thief, Yosoko, and his people, the utter destruction of his town, and the establishment of the friendly chief Akitoye, with his followers. in the seat of power at Lagos. By my letter No. 216, of 1851, their Lordships are aware that Kosoko very recently rejected the proffered friendship of England, and that he opposed with fire and sword the approach of a flag of truce proceeding to his seat of government with Mr. Consul Beecroft, who offered to negotiate and to advise with him, and who was merely attended by an escort of armed boats, scarcely or problematically sufficient for his personal safety among savages. I ttierefor"d determined to send a strong and well or ganized force, to punish this relractory chief, and having, through the untiring energy and exertions of Mr. Beecroft, procured the attendance of Akitoye, and nearly five hundred of his followers near the ►cene of action, ready to take advantage of a clear sweep when we should make it, I concerted measures with Captain Lewis Jones, of the SampE on, and Captain Henry Lyster, of this ship, who both were volunteers on the occasion, and entrusted the detail and execution of the service to Captai❑ Jones, seconded by Captain Lyster, and their Lordships will see, from the accompanying reports, the complete success with which the enterprise has been crowned. I am at a loss to do justice to the chivalrous bearing and devoted bravery of these two officers. Captain Jones, who, commanding the expedition, was no less conspicuous for his gallantry and firmness than for his judgment and energy; and Captain Lyater, who, finding himself, by unavottlablo circumstances, exposed in the Tenzer to be summarily destroyed by the enemy's guns, made a noble rush into the midst of armed men on shore, and with his undaunted followers spiked the obnoxious guns, and turned the fortun es of the day at that point. It is to be borne in mind thut our people could expect no quarter, nor did they get any. I should come short of my duty did I not bring before Lieut,hi4), is the notice of their Lordships the urdent anal devoted gallantry exhibited during this very severe affair by officers and teen. The responsible part which Captain Lyater tided coat him a acv. - 4 e wound, happily not dan t.:vlgerous. of Mr. Beeei 1' €.. r t rs• Commander Hilly ar of this ship, who charged --fAsvard Marshall m sevrely but not dangerously wounded. id F. ll. Rich, each in . com mand. ~....__ of the paddle-box bout, exhibited heroism and affray ended. Lie ...mesa IIeVLI- cur as. , e 1 - murt.EWr William son, R.M.A.,, latent John Corbett, in com mand• 0 t s iron,:boats, with rockets, withihis own hands spiked mending one ot the cutters and had fi re severe wounds before the wafoteurnddeodi::: the guns,, reccivicog a shot in his arm when on shore, detendet wasdangerously Fletcher, midshipman corn two balls in his forehead. t ra , appointed to guard the boats theca to the last, and fell with With the other division Lieut. Sauroarez, of the Sam p aw:3l .eeeived a dangerou s wo und w hile encouraging hi s men; 4,- man of that ship, got hi s deat'xil.d Mr. Ri c h ar d s , midship eQuunauti fug the Bloodhound, sad w ealnd. The conduct of I Lieutenant Pates, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1852. Lieut. Larkin, comm an di ng the Teazel-, and the success , a tt e niiing their rfforts, is beyond all praise; besides their ! annihilating fire, their ve'6a. la were a rallying point ;or the respeetivedivision s o f b oats , an d were cons picuously i nstr umental in the attainment of victory, refl , ettng in finite credit on all belonging to them. Commander Coote of the Volcano, and Commander Gardner of the Waterwitch, with their detachments, contributed, as soon as they arrived, to the labours of the hour with an energy and zeal well worthy of them. Nothing could exceed the devotion of the officers of the medical staff to the exigencies of the day. Mr. Richard Carpenter, surgeon, Mr. Walling, and Mr. Sproule, assistant surgeons of this ship; Doctor Bar clay, acting-surgeon of the Sealark, and Mr. Morgan and Mr. Peudrith, assistant-surgeons of the Sampson. Wherever a man was struck in the boats, a medital officer was immediately by his aide, setting their own lives at nought when com p are d w ith th e wan t s o f their brave companions in arms. Mr. Walling and Mr. Sproule landed at the charge, with their comrades, under Cap tain_Lyster. Bir. - Beecroft during all these operations was on board the Bloodhound, and gave every assistance that his advice and experience could afford. I cannot withhold the expression of my regret for the very severe loss which has attended this achievement, but in which I trust their Lordships will feel that the dignity of England has been asserted, and the honour of the flag gloriously sustained. The enclosures with this dispatch will afford all further information.—l have, &c., (Signed) R. W. BRUCE, Commodore and Commander•in-Chief. Tho Secretary of the Admiralty. List of Officer:, Seamen, and Marine:, and Kroomen, belonging to her Majesty's ship Penelope, killed and wounded at Lagos, on the 26th December, 1851, in spiking the guns to protect the TLazer, then aground: KILLED. Mr. F. R. Fletcher, midshipman, shot through the head. John *Donald, A. 8., shot through the head. W. Laws, capt. foretop, shot through the orbit. Frederick B unn , armourer, s h ot t h roug h t h e b ra i n . Thomas Sutton, capt. forecastle, shot through the brain. James Webb, gun ne r' s ma t e , s hot thr oug h th e abdomen. Thomas Davis, A. 8., shot through the abdomen. Samuel Pitt, sto k er , s h ot t h roug h t h e h ea d. Benjami n Tracey, stoker, killed on shore. Rd. Peacock, stoker, killed on shore. Francis Bone, marine, shot through the brain. Thomas Nonely, marine, shot through the brain. Wm. Wilson, supy. do., shot through the brain. King George, krooman, shot through the heart. WOUNDED. Henry Lyster, captain, severely. C. F. John Corbett, lieut., very severely. llyar, commander, severely. J. W. C. Williams, first lieut. of marines , severely. H. M. Gillum, master's-assist., dangerously—died sub sequently. H. A. Dewar, gunner, slightly. James Blight, boatswain, slightly. Henry Huggins, ordy., severely. Valentine Walter, capt. forecastle, dangerously: George Strong, boatswain's mate, slightly. Henry Keemer, A.8.,_ severely. Peter Coleman, capt. foretop, severely. James Markham, ordy., severely. George Day, capt. coxswain, severely. William Voler, boatswain's mate, severely. Thos. Stephenson, 2d cl. ordy., severely. Hy. 11. Davis, A. 8., severely. Henry Laws, A. 8., severely. Joseph Brunker, ordy., severely. George Cox, 2d class ordy severely. William Walters, A. 8., severely. Richard Wisdom, A.B. severely. George Bulky, A. 8., slightly. William Rice, ordinary, slightly. William Render, captain maintop, slightly. Henry Harrison, sailmaker's crew, slightly. Alex. Rutter, coxsw ain launch, severely. John Murphy, A. 8., severely. William Smith, captain maintop, severely. William Hayes, ordinary, severely. William Aldred, quarter master, slightly. William Windsor, gunner's mate, slightly. Charles Whitcomb, stoker, , severely. Robert William, stoker, slightly. James Fullerton, leading stoker, dangerously. William Marshall, stoker, severely. John Oakley, boy, Ist class, dangerously. Thomas Saunders, supy. ditto, severely. Thomas Rose, boy, Ist class, slightly. Theophilus Cock, boy, Ist class, severely. Richard Cocks, boy, Ist class, slightly. G. Ben. land, boy, Ist class. supy. alighly. David Berry, boy, 2d class, slightly. George Peters, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, slightly. Geo. Glen, fifer, slightly. W. Wainford, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, severely. W. Boviugdon, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, dan gerously. Wm. Betters, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, dan gerously. William Chaffe, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, severely. Edward Cassidy, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, severely. George Lacey, gunner, Royal Marine Artill er y, severe l y . John Brown, bombardier, severely. Robert Wood, gunner, Royal Marine A rtilltry,se verely. David Harlick, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, se w rely. B:n George jam Re v % p s e o r o g l aknrto•oul akroom a n, slightly. dangerously. Tom. Toby. krooman, severely. Tom Peter, krooman, slightly. Tom Beatman, krooman, slightly. Jim George, krooman, slightly. Abm. Dennis, krooman, severely. Tam Barber, krooman, slightly. Approved, H. LYSTER, Captain. BICLID. CARPENTER, Surgeon, H.M.S. Penelope. Total killed l4 Total wounded Total wounded in Teazer 2 18 it ( E I N B D S E I R . T LIS T OF OFFICERS AN D MEN WOUNDED BELONGING TO A II T . 3 L I A , G S STEADIER A 27TH DECEMBER,TEA Mr. G. E. Howell, gunner, 3 r d c lass, very danger ously. TO PENELOPE), John Yates, A. 8., slightly. (signed) B. CARPENTER, Surgeon to H.M.S. Penelope. Approved, H. LISTER, Captain. LIST OF OFFICERS, SEAMEN, MARINES, AND KROOMEN, BELONGING TO R . H. S., SAMPSON, KILLED AND WOUNDED AT LAGOS, ON DEC. 26, 1851. Thos. Seaman z, lieut. R.N., shot through right thigh Thos. Richards, midshipmen, shot through brain-- since dead. Ben. Harding, corporal, Marine Artillery, shot through l e ft temple. Geo. Yule, Marine Artillery, shot through left thigh. James Wade, Marine Artillery, shot through left wrist. Thomas Kirkpatrick, Marine Artillery, shot through right hand. Joseph Martin,. Marine Artillery, shot through right thigh. S. Dobell, ordinary seaman, wound of ring finger, left hand. P. Rowe, captain maintop, wound of left wrist. P. Foote. A. 8., wound of left hip. Joseph Williams, captain foretop, wound of forehead. John Jumbo, kroornan, wound of right shoulder. Total killed 1 Total wounded ••• ••• 11 —l2 (Signed) SAMUEL DONNELLY, Surgeon. Approved (Signed) LEWIS T. JoNEs, Captain. (From the Londe), ive, ('rice C urren t, Feb. 17.) Suain.—To-day there was a large and g eneral home MARKET IN TELL! GEN CE. trade demand for West I n di a S ug ar • the rates obtained a ere fully (quid to those of Friday for ail qua lities. Operations amounted t o 900 hhd s , &e., including at auction 181 hhes 19 tree B ar b a d oes , which sold at full prices, fine yellow at 38 s 6d to 40-4, good 3 53 6 d to 383, mid to good mid 32s to 35:4, and common 30 s Gd to 31s 6d per cwt. REEINED.—To , day refined Sager was in gr eat demand for home trade purp oses , an d s tiffer rates were obtained , brown Lumps selli ng at 44s 6d t o 45 s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the public sales of 4,609 bags Mauritius Sugar went of freely at fully former rates, fine yellow r e alized 353 to 363 Gd , mid t o good 31s to 34 s 6d ord 293 6d to 30s 6d, low brown 244 6d to 243 il i s'-, better sorts 2 5 s to 295, and low to good grey 27s t o 33 i. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Cengal was in active Benares goo d to fine realise d 3 4 s to 36s 6d, other sorts demand, and 6,700 b ags a t auction sold at full rates; 32s to 33s 6d, damp and washed 31s to 355, mid and good grainy yellow 34s to 36s 6d; Mauritius sorts, mid go F od on soft EiayNe._llorw. o day to good 29 4 to 315, inferior 27s to 28 s 6(1, soft yellow 24s 6d t o 27 5, and Khaur 22 s 6,1 to 24'. OF M a d ras 1,300 b ags were disposed o f a t last w ee k' s ra t es; soft brown realis e d 22s Gil t o 245, yellow ditto 25s to 27s 6d, and Mauri t i us sorts 28s to 325. A publi c sa l e o f 387 bags and 83 ea ses P en ang went at 25s to 288 for l ow t o ' were sold p r i vate l y at full previous r a t es, ye l low Ha vanntat from 32s to 353 per ow& being most in request. None w as o ff ered at auctio n. MOLASSE S .—F o r West India ther e are s till many buyers. 1 :he parcels sold were --~Antigua at 13s 6d, St. Viocents 123 6cl, and other several parcels of F o r e i gn S u gar sorts at lls 6i to 12s per cwt. From the lowest point of Ve market there is an advance of is ed. Mauritius in good at lOs Gd to 1 Is, and with few sellers. Sales in Cuba and Porto Rico made at 12s Gd to 13s. Honey has been much in re- I quest, low to tine Jamaica sellimr at from 383 to 545.1 In Tamarinds op e rations have been upon a limited scale; \Vest India can be obtained' at from 203 to 303, and East India 6s to 104 per cwt. COFFEE. —T(,-day operatiolli We re to a fair extent privately in Native Ceylon, an d rates ruled firm . a from 38s 6d to 398 6d for gout 1 to superior Plantation Ceylon met with more attontion, and rea 1 1 2_101_ fully previous valuations. At am ltion 104 cask 1 8 0 S t U o bags were nearly all sold, ch 0i0.3 went "lotw 405 to '72 fine 61g 6d to 663 6J, fine line ord to _ I, to 52, 495, ord to find ord 428 6d to 445; sorts fro 4bi rt, u m ic s a ar s e old s at f; 39 are most in demand. Of Madras 6 0 bag ' s a were taken ae aroc 6d for common unclean. 22 casks . 1 117 cases d ' to4Bs. in, fine at 803 flue fine ord 45s 6 . 465. 90 bags em u's 0 a 1 i z ci e u d aril :6 3 l . Tellieherry, mid ' 52s to 545, good or, 1 mon Malabar 38s; but 85 brags : Cost , to 4Ls for good to fine fine ord. . fl,, re prices are nether Cougoo, and supply remains Pl"" .. , , kinds lid t, 3 14 Cid. QoiQug lower for better kinds; but previous ea sustained TEA.-0&y limited transactions .f n u,i ; taken place in qua lity at 7d to 71d, good common lid; blackish leaf for inferior. Sellers are willing to to tio t Sept for low qua- 9d IQ I °D; fiiao and Pekoe can be obtained at a sum.il &cline; dealers, however, mon to mid is T , red t 8d to 101. and good are unwilling to do business ; corn- I ti fine lld to is 3d. Previous terms are nor main tained for Souchong, limited parcels loving?, been sold at 11d to 71s 61 for good to fine, and inferior 8d to 101 Fur Pouchong the demand is not better, rates however remain at 41 to 61 For Green the market remains inactive, and supply far exceeds dealers wants; prices are still receding for better qualities; for inferior, however, they are generally supported. Tne terms acceded to are as follows:—Hyson, common to mid is to is 2d, good to fine is 3d to 27, choice 2s 2d to is 7d; Young Hyso n , sommon 1 0 d to 11d, mid to good Is to is 7d, fine is 8d to 2s 33; Imperial, Canton 10d to Is; Hyson kind Is Id to 2s 2d; Gunpowder, Canton 8d to Is; Hyson sort, low to mid is Id to to is 61, bet ter kinds is 7d to 3s 3d, Twankey 91 to Is; Hyson skin 7d to le, and Caper 81 to Is 4d. Scented Orange Pekoe is rather cheaper, but several parcels have been sold, good to fine is to is 7d, low to mid 81 to 11d. Flowery Pekoo has been purchased with reluctance; fino and choice at Is 8d to 2s Bd, and low to good Is to is 6d. RICE.—To-cLiy the private operations in Rice were small, and in some cases rather lower rates were taken. None was submitted to public sale, but parcels are de clared. SPIRITS.-Tho demand is good for Leeward Island Rum, and supply being small holders are enabled to obtain is 5i to is 64 proof. There are several buyers of East Indies at is 4d to is 4d, and few parcels are on offer. A good de mand exists for Demerara at from 2s Id to 2s 4d for 30 to 42 over proof. Of Jamaica many parcels have been sold. The rates taken for fine and choice mucks 34 to 38 over proof are from 3s to 4s, good 30 to 35 over 2s 6d to 3s 10d, mid to good mid 2s 4d to 2s 6d, and low 27s to 30s over 2s 2d to 2s Brandy-Cognac. best brands of the vintage of 1851 at 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1850 ditto 4s 54 to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s 11d, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 6s 6d, low to mid 23 8d to 4s, and Bourdeaux 2s to 2s 3(1. British made Spirit Os lld to 103 nett cash. Gin 8s 6d for 22, and at 9s for 17 under proof. Geneva la 8d to Is 9d, and fine 18 10d to 2s. COCHINEAL.-This afternoon Cochineal met with little attention, and previous rates were barely supported. Of 155 bags Honduras at auction about one•half sold; black at from 4s to 4s 6d for good to fine, ordinary to middling 3s 4d to 3s 10d; silvers, ordinary to middling 3s to 3s 2d; 45 bags Mexican black taken in at 3s 3d to 3s 9d per lb. INDitoo.-To-day during the progress of the sale •319 chests have been withdrawn; 1,117 chests (including 324 withdrawn) have passed. Of the total quantity which has now passed the sale (6,706 chests) 2,005 have been withdrawn, and 1,329 bought in, leaving 3 381 sold. This afternoon at auction 19 chests Kurpah Indigo sold at from is 8d to 3s 10d; 4 chests Pondicherry is 5d to Is 7d, and 10 serons Gustimala is 9d to 3s 8d per lb. PROVISIONS.-A brisker demand prevails for Irish butter; the rates obtained for Carlow, Clonmel, and Kilkenny are 73s to 82s, Waterford 67s to 745; Cork 76s to 795, Limerick 65s to 695, Tralee 62s to 645, Sligo 64s to 70s. In good and fine foreign large purchases have been made. The best Friezland realised 104 s to 108 s, other sorts 74s to 98s; Holland, fine 80s to 84s, inferior 64s to 70s ; Bosch, flue 68s to 72s ; Groningen ditto 74s to 78s ; Edam and Leer 65s to 70s, interior 58s to 625; Holstein, fine 90$ to 945, other sorts 74s to 30s; stubble Kiel 76s to 84s, fine 88s to 90s; imports amounted to 6,900 casks for the past week. Best English sells freely; in inferior little is doing; prices rule from 64s to 110 i, and Fresh 9s to 82s per dozen pounds. In Bacon purchases have been upon a limited scale; Irish, small meat is offered at 429 to 453, heavy ditto 39s to 43s ; and Hamburgh 40s to 425; imports of Irish were 1,900 bales for the pest week. Middles less wanted; Irish can be obtained at 403 to 425, American bale 42s to 425, and tierce 403 to 41s. Barrelled provisions remain in good demand, witq a firm market; Irish India Beef realised 107 s 6d to 110 s per tierce, prime Mess 85s to 88s 6d. Irish India Pork 112 a 6d, and Mess ditto 62s 6d to 68s 6d per barrel. Hams are still dull of sale, English and Irish can be obtained at 48s to 60s; and a good business in Lard; Irish bladdered at 50s to 578, keg and firkin 458 to 508, Hamburgh from 46s to 565, and American bladdered 52s to 545. In Cheese sales are limited; Elam 35s to 425, Gouda 313 to 40s, Kanta 17s to 18s, and American 34s to 365. TALLOW.—Thsre has been a further reduction for Russian on the spot, and only limited transactions have taken place; fine old yellow Candle can be obtained at 34s 6d to 34s 9d, and new at 35s to 35s 3d per cwt. Operations are immaterial for delivery, with sellers at 34s 9d for next two months and at 37s towards the close of the year. Home melted is cheaper, and 35s to 35s 6d is the value, net cash; a good business, however, has been concluded. Of other descriptions supply exceeds dealers wants; prices continue to recede. Of Austra lian 430 casks chiefly sold; Ox at 32s to 34s 6d, Mutton 34s to 355; 560 pkgs South American, nearly all found buyers, at from 32s to 35s for low to ne; llcks Grease at 28s 6d to 28s 9d; 84 ditto Horse Grease 23s to 271 3d; and 8 cks East India Tallow 33s 3d to 39s 6d per cwt. For auction 800 pkgs are declared. Ons.—Prices have further declined for Seal Oil; but at auction 10 tuna were all disposed of, pale and , t i nge d at 301 to 301 15s, straw and brown 26/ to 29/. South ern low to fine can be obtained at from 31l to 321 10s. Cod is not offered under 311. Sperm --A public sale of 40 tuns went at 831 15s to 841 10s. Headmatter 86/ to 901. For Olive there is a tree sale. Gallipoli realised 441 to 451; other aorta 421 lOs to 431 10s. Cocoa Nut has been purchased with caution, and there is a small reduction; of 170 casks Ceylon at auction, a part only sold at 32s to 33s per cwt. Linseed Oil is cheaper, limited operations havine taken place at 25s 3d to 25s 6tl for immediate delivery. Prices continue to decline for Rape Oil; many parcels, however, have been sold; brown at 294 6d, pale 303 to 30s 6d, and Refined Foreign 31s to 31s 61 A good demand exists for Palm, and fine realises 26s to 26s 6d. In Lsrd Oil sales are trifling at 47s to 48a; Gin velly 30s to 303 6d per cwt. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(THIS DAY.) Leghorn SO 80 ,lenoa ........ ...... 25 GO Milan •• •• •• •• •• ""'" Venice.. Naples ....., .......• 40 7 s Palermo, 121% Messina .............. 12 1 % Li5b0n................ Oporto•• •• •• •• 5354 Rio Janeiro ........ •• Buenos Ayres .. •• .. ••• New York,6odays'sight Philadelphia talon 07 BULLION, FEZ 01. Foreign Gold inbars..l.4l 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 :Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 101, Silverin bars ........ 0 6 0% knastur-tuli • . Il 19 Ditto, three months.. 12 0 Rotterdam .. .. ••.. •• 12 0 Antwerp .............. 25 50 Brussels ••• • .. ••• ..... 25 50 ilamburgh .. •• • • M.B. 13 1034 Altona . •• • • • • • • •• Paris, 3 days i sight 25 323( Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50 Marseilles • ... •• •• •• •• 25 50 80urdeaux......... • Frankforton Maine.... 121 Berlin.... • • „ ........ Vienna, effoc. flo•• .... 12 40 ?liege, ditto.... •• • ... 12 40 Petersburgh, SU. 37 u Madrid .. .• .. SO 34 Cadiz .... .• •• •• .• •• 5034 Barcelona • . • „....... •••• •• •• •• •- SEABORNE MAILS. signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oftle by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.) When made up in From what PLACES. General Post-office port dis- When London: patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Feb. 20 .. .. Liverpool • • Feb. 23 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb. 24 .. • • Liverpool .. Feb. 19 America (by U.S. pkt.) M Feb. 18 .. Sonthampt. Africa (West coast).. Njl4th of the month Plyniouth March 3 Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Feb. 18 Belgium • • .. .. N Daily Dover .. Daily Brazil .. • .. Mj9th of the month Southampt. March 16 Buenos Ayres •• M9th of the month Southampt. March 16 California(viaChagree) M 2d & 17th of month South am pt. F e b 20 Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month Plymouth.. March 3 Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 20 Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. ISouthampt. Feb. 20 Channel Isles N I Mon" Wed., & Fri. Southampt. T u . T h• Sat Chili .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Feb, 20 France „, .. M & NlTwice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* . • .. Nl7 th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Feb. 20 Hamburgh N:Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon.Thnr Honduras .. N 17th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20 Ireland .. NiTwice daily .. Holyhead Twicedally India (via Southamp.) 31120th of the month Southampt. Feb, 23 India(viaMarseilles) N j sth&24th ef month Dover • • M arc h 2 .Mediterranean (via etallthiur ,, ton) M 20th of the month Southampt. Feb. 23 Mediten ...neap. (via I Marseilles) N Bth&24thofmonth Dover • • March 2 Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. M arch a Madeira .. 14 9th of the month Southampt. March 16 Malta* 7th,17th,19th,27th Dover Feb. 18 / &nth of month Napless Njstb 15th 25th of mejDover .• Feb. 22 Papal States* N j sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Feb. 22 peninsular,. Mlth 17th 27th of mo l Southampt. Feb. 2 Porn „ M 17th of the month Southampt. ;Feb 20 Tuscany* Nisth 15th 25th of mo D over .. Feb. 21 W. est Indies 1 .. • 4 M 17th of the month ISouthampt. Feb.j 20 m incli 8 th& 24th ofmonth 2d of the month. '9th of the month 7th,17th,19th,27th & 30th of month Naples* izistb 15th 25th of mo Papal States* N Isth 15th 25th of mo peninsular.. • . M 7th 17th 27th of mo Porn M 17th of the month I Tuscany* N sth 15th Isth o f m o ! West Indies .. M l l7th Of the month West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) Mi2d Of the month ...Southampt. March 5 41 The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are convoy., by French packet vt* Marseilles. The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this mouth will be made up three times a week only, instead of dallY , CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and trom California, via the United Mate' , aro now despatched and due by every American pacluto• ----- , THE HOLMFIRTH Rk9ERVOIIIB.—The bodies of three more of the unfortunate people who were swept away by the bursting of one of the Holmtirth reservoirs, have been recovered. One of them, the remains of Samuel Metterick, aged 20, son of James Metterick, of Water-street, Hinchliffe Mill, was found about eight o'clock in Mr. Farrar's mill goit ; and Mrs. Metterick, the youth's mother, was also found the same morning in Armitage Mill, several miles from Water-street. In the course of Saturday the body of Alfred Asball, son of John and Margaret Ashen (both of perished whom by the flood), was picked up at Stanley Ferry, two miles below Wakefield, and about twenty-four miles from the place where the boy resided. The time the bodies had been in the water rendered early interment neces t a o e sary, and it was ex p ected that the jury would views Sunday enrdt to a them yesterday. The i nterest which the public appear to take i n the scene of the ext raordinary catastrophe e i ncr ease than to flag , a nd the number of pe e r r s s v or i s r v on vale of the Holme and the seat of the reservoir wa s, at least, from 20,000 to 30 , 000 . The accounts o f the state of trade in th e prov i nces At during the past w eek show no p ar ticular variati on . Blanc h es ter the market has been quiet, but in the demand for some description of goods there has been a furth er slight gh o t f improve ment. Birmingham continues its steady course pros perity, and although occasional strikes take place they do not appear to be characterised by much bi tterness. From Nottingham there is an improved report of the lace trade, the d em and for the continent not hg been affected by th e s t a te of politics to th e hill extent that was apprehended. The orders for hosiery have al A discovery, so been satisf ac t ory , espe cially on home ac coun t. covery, supposed to h ave b een made by an am a t eur chemist, that oat straw and the other common straws of this country can be converted into cotton by M. Claussen's process, in the same way as flax st raw , h as created considerable interest. In the woollen markets there has been no change. The Irish linen trade has been dull, although without any reaction in price& DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN DUNN, OF NEWCASTLE. —The Newcastle Guardian announces the sudden death of George Thomas Dunn, Esq., of Bath House. This melan choly event happened on Thursday evening last, at Mr. Dunn's residence in Newcastle. Mr. Dunn was in his 67th year, and during the last twenty years was one of the most active and conspicuous public men in the north of England, his services being chiefly connected with the corporation of 1%1' 0 1*(0410 and the medical charities of the town. FRENCH RAILWAY TRAFFIC. The following are the htst returns of the gross re ceipts ( - 4 the principal French Raj woys :- I , IoRTHEaN.--Frona Jan. 29 to Feb. 4 : Passengers, 185,123 r .; goods, 257.407 f.; total, 442 530 f. RouEN.—Frum F , -b. 1 to Feb. 7 : Passerigos) 56,517 t.; goods, 91,180 E; total, 147,C971. HAvßE.—From Feb. 1 to Feb. 7: Passengers, 20,4701.; goods, 37,779 f. ; total 58.249 f. ORLEANs.--From Feb, 2 to Feb. S: Passengers, 61,4291. ; goods, 132,9161.; total, 194,345 f. BORDEAUX.—From Jan. 27 to Feb. 2: Passengers, 40,0511.; good{, 68,040 f.; total, 108,0911. VIERZON. —From Feb. 2 to Feb. 8: Passenvts, 25,915 f.; goods, 52,3721.; total, 78. 9 971. NANTEs.--From Jan. 29 to Feb. 4: Passengers, 24,0441.; goods, 26,5061.; total, 50,550 f. STRASBURG —From Jan. 29 to Feb. 4: Passengers, 81,3531.; good*, 108,9891.; total, 190,3421. BALE.—From Jan. 26 to Fab. 1 : Passengers, 17,4131.; goods, 28,2191.; t0ta1,45,6321. MONTEREAU.—From Jan. 29 to Feb. 4: Passengers. 7,848 f.; goods, 14,0871.; total, 21.9351. LYONS.—From Jan. 25 to Jan. 31 : Passengers, 156.1581.; goods. 105,952 f.; total, 262,1101. CBARTRES.—From Feb. 2 to Feb. 8: Passengers, 19,4821.; goods, 24,6291.; total, 44,1111. SCULPTURED STONES with BHUDDISTI CAL CHARACTERS in SCOTLAND. The Spalding Club are commendably engaged in the preservation of authentic records of the many curious and i xtremely ancient sculptures on stones in the north of Scotland. Drawings and lithographs have already been collected relative to fifty of them. At a recent meeting, the Secretary, Mr. Stuart, stated that he had transmitted a copy of the engraving of one of these stones—that at Newton, in Garioch—to Lieutenant- Colonel Sykes, who took the trouble to obtain the re port of Mr. Norris, one of the secretaries of the Royal Asiatic Society. They concurred in opinion that about ten of the characters of the inscription were absolutely identical with those of the ancient Litt alphabet of the Bhuddists, one of the oldest Braimainieal alphabets in India! It is said to be a curious circumstance that a greater number of the ancient vegetable and animal ac• companiments of civilized life are to be found concen trated in Thibet, the seat of the Buddhist pope or god— the Llama—than elsewhere throughout the known world, and it may hence be reasonably concluded that Thibet was a common centre whence they were dis tributed, probably along with some emigrant races, throughout the continents of Europe and Asia end their adjacent isles. A recent writer has hit upon an idea closely akin to this in the suggestion, which he works our, that a great exodus of Buddhists took place from India, by Affghanistan, when the Brahminical sect over came the Buddhistical, and that the expelled sect colo nized Greece, Italy, Egypt, &e., by Buddhist propaganda, who spoke of the empire whence they came, we presume, as a celestial one, as well as of their Llama as its supremo god, Zeus, or Jupiter. It will, therefore, bear curiously on such ideas, if it be tuund that there are Buddhist traces in the extreme antiquity even of our own little " isle of the sea."—Builder. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb.,!l6. The LORD CHANCELLOR tOOk his seat 012 the Wool sack at Fire o'clock. MAYNOOTH GRANT. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from ciao Protestants of the city of Dublin against the continue once of the grant to Maynooth. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. The Earl of ELLENBbROUGH said that since he had given notice of his intention of putting a question to the Noble Marquis opposite on this subject notice had been given in the other House of Parliament for the appointment of a Committee on the subject; and there fore the only question which he could put now would be on what day it was intended to move for a Committee in this House. He should also wish to know whether, on moving for these Committees, her Majesty's Govern ment were prepared to lay before them ample informa tion on the present condition of the country; and he would venture to hope that that information would com prise all the papers necessary to throw light upon his (the Noble Earl's) recal from India. Whatever might have been the motives which induced Sir Robert I'eel to refuse the production of these papers, eight years ego , they could now exist no longer, and be thought that when the time came to fix the nature of the future government, these papers would be of the greatest use in considering the relations be tween her Majesty's Government and the government of the Court of Directors. With regard to the latter part of his question, relating to the armament sent to Ran goon, he would wish to bo informed whether the Indian Government had taken care to ascertain by trustworthy agents the truth of the representations which had in duced the Government to dispatch the armament. He could recollect the circumstance attending certain claims brought forward by a celebrated person—Don Pacifico. Athens rejoiced but in one Don Pacifico, but he could assure the Noble Marquis that there were (keens of Don Pacificos at Rangoon, if there were not the strongest misapprehensions and grossest misrepre sentations on the part of all persons who at any time had been indirectly connected with India, and who had written with regard to Rangoon and Ava. Rangoon was the sink of Asia; it was the Alsatia to which all went who could not live elsewhere—persons who found the rest of Asia too hot for them, and who went there and endeavoured to obtain a new reputation and new for tunes. Ho was the more inclined to regret that this course was not adopted, because as soon us the commo dore arrived he found the case different from what he expected it to be. All sorts of persons came with gricv ances; all the Don Pacificos made their complaints, and it was said that ho was obliged to send to Calcutta for fresh instructions. He had no doubt the Krug of Ava would do justice, but he felt confident that he would do no more than his commissioners recommended him to do. He should like to know distinctly the grounds on which the expedition was sent to Ave; whether any attempt hod been made to ascertain the truth of the statement which had been made? And if the Noble Marquis could tell him, he should like to know what the objects of her Majesty's Government were, and to what extent it was intended to press on the Government of Ave conditions which might not be altogether acceptable to them? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it was, of course, the wish of her Majesty's Government to afford all the information relative to the important subject of the future government of our Indian empire, in order to enable Parliament to form that deliberate judg ment which the subject merited, and when that information was produced it would be for the Noble Earl, if he did not think it sufficient, to move for any addition. With regard to the latter part of the Noble Earl's question, the arrival of the Indian mail had happily brought intelligence that the dispute with the Government of Rangoon had been settled in an ami cable manner. He, of course, was not aware whether the King of Ava was sincere in the arrangement, but he could say that no steps had been taken by the Indian Government to dispatch an armament to that quarter without having been fully satisfied that several British subjects had been treated by the authorities at Rangoon in the most unjust and Ne xetioue manner. The state of the question was this June last a distinguished officer employed by the company, Colonel Ogle, then superinten dent of the nearest settlement to the port of Rangoon, re ported to the Governor-General and Council that a merchant of high respectability and character had satisfied him that be had undergo aat Rangoon grievous acts of injustice; and Rangoon being a port occasionally resorted to by European ships for the purposes of commerce and shelter, he thought that redress ought to be demanded. It was represented to him that a person having been led into Rangoon by the ignorance of his pilot, and having found fault with hint, the man threw himself overboard ; that it was then laid to his charge that he had endeavoured to drown the pilot, the object being to obtain pecuniary compensation which he was not entitled to pay ; and that the merchant ..% and his crew underwent the most vexatious treatment. to Governor of Rangoon directed a court of arbitra tion D held on the subject, and that court having pronounced in favour of the captain of the ship, the Governhoer r a e l r a h t i i t o 7 s r il o y f set aside the award and required him to pal and also a large the deceased a considerable sum of money r himself. It was amount for the benefit of the Gov also represented to Colonel Ogle that Governor arnnoother merchant had g been obliged to pay suffered vexatious treatment, ihiaayv,ina-nd been accused of the wages he was not entitled to murder of a man who died from n atural t causes. . These vex ations were of a kind so enormous as induceo Colonel O gle to submit to the President and Council in . India the pon expe diency of obtaining redress. It was thatth e up pt o rh n ees t iu l d u oe s nv g te r ra o nn u od n r ground Council, the responsibility of Colonel Ogle, h opinion that Commodore Lambert of India, in communif i a ie tion suggested it to be shuuld be sent to Rangoon with a l el ide f force to e t e kd rt a l e e in i r D e an li d e reparation in those spciic cases. W as h s was, as the Nobl er Earl had stated, Pacificos. Many p sognrsi grievances; ceetso; t a h n e d emnmoclore and made on those cases exceeding statements of their the specific case for which he was ordered to demand redress, he exercised a wise discretion by abstaining fro m procee di ngs against the governor, who se conduct was represented to be so uniformly unjust and exorbitant; but he acted with justice and propriety, addressing, in most decisive terms, the King of Ava, demanding reparation; and the result was, that the King approved of the course which Commodore Lambert had taken ; he admitted that satisfaction was due from him ; and the governor who had so misconducted himself was imme diately removed from his place. An arrangement was made which he ( the Mai quis of Lansdowne) had no reason to think would not be fairly carried out ; the course proposed was to send two persons to the spot to find the nature of the in j ustice which had been done, arid , the compensation which was due. lle must presume this would be such as the nature of the ease required; and it appeared to him that Colonel , Ogle re presenting th e B r iti s h i n t er ests, the Governor-General, and the Commodore employed, had done their duty in most satisfactory way, with a view to the interests et the country and the honour of the Crown.—(Hear, hear.) had e THE TROOP SHIP MEWERA. The Duke of MONTROS E wished to ask a q uesti on of th Government with referen ce to the ship Megfera, which been employed to take out troops to the Cap e , aw l s re ference to which a let ter had appeared in the Time with com plaining of the wa nt of accommodation for the office ' rsa men, as well as for their arms and bagga g • e, In consequence (Sf the quantity of ordnance stores on board. e They t h o h u a r d a lso been embark ed at Dover, and wi thin forty.s be a lon h g e in ev g y to g t e ! h l officers were placed on deck in a most disg raceful manner, and n s t t e s r e e k d s li t a o d re e s n a c n ° cau lki n g the water poured into the vessel in a most unusual manner. The ship had arrived at M • adei letters which he had received, he learra, and by private learnt that this defect con tinued throughout the V ow , anno yance of the troops, voyage, to the great disc om f or t an d wished to ask what amount of ordnance stores were on board, and to whom the blame of the inconveniences complained of attache ? The Earl of MINT O , (who was all but inaudibl e i n th e watery) was unde rstood to say that the ship h a d b een fitted up with more th an the usual en she ; that inqui r y h a d b ee n made as to th e number of m could tak e , an d th e autho rities at Shee rness stated that 702 • that 677 men could b e conven i e ntly a ccom modated in her ; of and men were sent onboard; and afterwards, When the Birkenhead was A4iDg ~d out to convey troonn to the Cape, the Admiralty suggestec that 100 of the rifle corps should be transferred to that ship, but the answer was. that the officers preferred rernllining to gethc•r• The ship was titled up with every comfort; she sailed in bad weather; and if the master had done his ouo, he would have taken shelter, and completed his stock at some other port than Plymouth. Lord COLCHESTER did r:ot think it had been sufficiently explained why the troops were embarked at Dover instead of in smooth water; and he thought that an officer of greater rank than a mastersin the navy should be appointed to the command of ships conveying troops. The Earl of MINTO made some observations, whichre inaudible, but was understood to agree to the suggestions hat an officer of higher rank should take the command of troop ships. The Earl of ELLENBOOUG wou ld recommend the R H Noble Duke by and bye to move for the doctor's report, which would be the true test of the conduct of the sidmt ralty. It was more important that 400 troops should . be landed in a state of efficiency than 600 suffering from l,be u n ß uer effects of the voyage. This subject had been brought his attention by the expedition to China, when the 9Stla e 7, proper fell to pieces as soon as it landed from the want os! proper accommodation on the passage. The Megtera fro lit have been overcrowded. Her burden was 1,400 tons, 1 " which the machinery had to be deducted; and there °eg gs to be one ton and a half, if not two tons, to every tiro. d, should move for a return of the number of persons on board, including the crew, consisting of 200 persons, and the worms and children. Earl GREY had no objection to the return, but would At; vise the Noble Earl to wait for the doctor's report. He ba the satisfaction of stating that all the regiments which b ad hitherto been sent out to the Cape bad been landed in a re °3t satisfactory state. CO n- 1 The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND defended th e duct of the master of the Megwra, which the :Noble Ear (Minto) had impugned. THE TENT P LAWS. Lord BROUGHAM sa A id that he would recommend ale,.it Lordships not to adopt two or three o f the amendmen ts mode by the other House of Parliament in this Bill last se4, t : sivin to the ant aents a peetual monopoly; etting g aside thos e amen g dments, he rp hoped their Lordship, would agree to a measure embodying the clauses in the of last session; and such was the measure which be ,hnie introduced the other night, and which was read a t r,"ll first He wished to make this explanation because the Nob„Le„r-on P the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who brought in a "..ad the subject last year, was not present when his Bill was a first the Lord time STANLEY, other of night. Alderley, said the Government Big of this year was very similar to that of last year. rv it SECRETARY OF BANKRUPTS' OFFICE Al3‘-'.'"' TION BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, ° a j ar Lord BROUGHAM sa id i t h a d b een state d in the be House that this Bill was a job of Lord Cotteabauct'';,,,w, coma only say it was a 300 to get Lid of 0,0001.. x°°` paid by the public. r After a few words from the LORD CHANCEL n its who said the officer who held the appointment was `l a pel ready to give it up, the Bill was r ea d a third tini° passed. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 1 6 . (Continued from our Third Edition of last nigh" THE MILITIA. bet Lord J. RUSSELL then movei that the part of Majesty's Speech which related to the raising d. I r a militia be read. This having been done, the N0 51° 4 3 . moved that the House do res o l ve its e lf into vol e mittee for the purpose of taking into consideration laws relating to the militia. - S / itt ee Mr. HUME hoped the Noble L or d would ota te, was to be done before going into C° l33 , n ul ilit'lli Ho saw no necessity for ca lli ng ou t the 01' on the contrary, he thought such a proceeding produce great evil and much confusion, as it W° ll , ld t he ~ peaceable parties from th e i r h omes , an d thus means of breaking up their businesses. ta ,Wbs t Lord J. RUSSELL th oug ht i t b et t er to 5t 5. ,, - ate& he intended to be d one w h en t h ey got i nto C° s 2. — „,kin% as the House would th en h ave t h e opportun ity O' questions upon the details. se° Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know if the Pr no " ° measure was to apply to Ireland. is Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would state Committee. The House then wept into Committee, when 0 45 Lord JOHN RUSSELL again rose and said, in to Oar he made u statement to the House with respec t I t bat defences of the country, and in the course ° b i e to statement he said he thought it would be desiraio t he form a foundation for a permanent reserve force country, to meet the wants of the active servic e ili fo r 6 of attack. Unfortunately the proposition 0,0 e• militia force did not meet with any very „,70.•"" rat approbation, and it was ultimately withor - f die (Hear.) He merely recalled the recollection % Di jon House to the circumstance to prove that in th e °,,,` wis e „of the Government it was then, as indeed it wag f the to make some additional provision for the defen ce ( L o uis country.—(Clear, hear.) At that time ICing,,,,, no Phlilipe was on the throne of F r a nce , and there " - eon sign whatever of any approaching d an ger; eve r indeed, was there any n ow , b u t it was n o dal' theless still necessary to make onto o p tional provision for the p eace of the e°llapon without in any way intendi eg to throw any d"„ bV a esee' the assurance of her Majesty that we were and hoped to rem a i n so , w i t h all the irt 3 'id be (Hear, hear,) But at t h e same t i m e it never cel l , 00 assumed that a co un t r y in a position like that e r ' ir tor country could be secure from the danger of vr oS' ever. We might for instance have to repel sons_., wa gression on the part of some powerful e nernY, t v ' the might have some dispute with respect e ° o ti e right of some of her Majesty's sub'-cts abroad. s ot to third place, we were bound by treaty with res P ees of many countries in Europe to defend them in cas attack. An thee, gEMBER asked what countries ? bi, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said we were bou nt ro go treaties, for instance, to protect the Queen of V°Ta tie and other similar states en the continent• s 'bgd fourth place, for more than a century , n w e rest eti been closely connected and deeply to pr ops' in the maintenance of the Continental system re sis t and under that system wo might be called upon u hs any aggrandiz,ment or increase of pow n tbi er t ; part of an y sta t e t h a t was a pertY , b system, or to maintain our moral etre a gLbjecL ° l corresponding with foreign nations upon the "„-- in tiwo any supposed or actual increase of territory „oaf way,—(llcar, hear.) It was necessary to be PrVateli vo ter % r i s en for such emergencies as those, but there was another question which ba d for of late years to s how the necessi t y so ma e reserved militia force, and which had b een ~:0100' id made a topic for di scuss i on i n b oo ks, in P s Thiis reviews, and in newspapers on both i t hat :af the y other side of th e Channeo Act br,,;; was quit© unn ecessar for him to more r f a ct allude to is. —(Cheers.) He referred to o° o since the i nvent i on o f t h e steam coloieerso this country could no longer f b r e w erlY , ob' so safe from aggre,sion as it was 16 :,"i bY try, he r ) an invasion was rendered almost imPe ss— e W:P o f th eW e : stacles which nature had thrown in th' 3 Those obstacles, or at least 13351 % 1 ea5u r . e ,, t i r o had, however, been in a great paelgeof - moved by the development of steam ell c srlf , and there was now no longer the same fortn effecting a landing upon our coast as existed _,, it vt . e: —(Hear, hear.) Now, under these eiretwastseCe.!,., Or thought necessary to, reorganize the milit!'"_, ad more so, a s i t was a notorious fact ins' to o! country did not keep up so large. a militarY tied p e culiar iss ion for its protection as did all its neighboars! stop hence this was a subject which in the • called for the immediate st te of continental affairs, of the Legislature.—(llpar, hear.) He won to gag 0 0t t° be few words, and only a few words, with regar d military forces,. With respect to our naval forc'eiect• should not make a single observation at P r ,. for, believing that it would be much be t : e. f,or e his Right Honourable Friend the Fi rs " s wit h of the Admiralty to disclose what was to be del l s f i e sr, that branch of the subject on a future occasion. ---"1/4 -be hear.) Now, with respect to our military fe c ce 'el s would take the opportunity of stating that it el proposed to increase the number of our reeplahr,,: to, by 4 000, and the artille ry b 1 000 men. numbers together would y more than ha ea not make ready been drafted W ithirrYieg they been off f t he p urp os e L sr or tb wars —(Hear, hear.) to the second d that co onn question, he stated reins° Comm of the 0 witi ander-in-Chief and th e __aster had t • r •i Brno d o urned their attention to the itnPre v '" kn own tnuskets which had been introduced, and were we,; (3e riy, to have a much longer range than those used Ithi-tilo.e and Steps would be taken to furnish the army improved arms when they were found to be su sta re e l , The Noble Lord then proceeded to state the 1000 the be' his Rill for amending the laws relating to of iii militia. He detailed the objects and provisin% 1003 previous Aots on the subject, and said the inill e 7,t he now proposed would be of a very di e to ma at scription. Ho proposed, in the first place, so d tbs a change with regard to the officers. Pr s ° F ° Li tees at ' two-thirds should be appointed by the Lord-IJ' e o by 0° and one field officer and one-third of the captai° be re Crown. The Lord-Lieutenant wouldi not , : fficerr' stricied as to the qualification of the 00 9 1 he would not pro required to appoint o ° 4 o who possessed pperty in the county. There ras er l 7 also be an alteration with regard to the meliss - ' ° ; of 16 all were liable to be balloted between the age e t and 30. Now he thought, if a shorter nu grill s years was fixed as the limit, there would rea diminution in the cost of the militia, as well be fo o d g ibs , relief to the population. He, therefore, prop ° a s pool' for the first year the ages between which perso and _illweati' be subj ec t t o ballot should be between twenty teseoVs three. In future years the limit would be frogi j ot The d 00 , to twentpone years of age. ,, 3 0,0 would give about 80,000 men, and in the secono „ ow ing fon be The balloting would be conducted upon th e , d won' ia' P of those balloted rei oa taken, and ten per cent. of those .. ni ce , ing would be left as a reserve tu d i s cias' all cases in which excuses were made or_ iiis tiori lineations proved. There would be the same extrovi,ioll and the same right of appeal as formerly. 1 . " . 2 0 au! had been introduced to enable person s between bat fet ( ' 30 to volunteer for the local militia ; they would,uu The serve one year less than the baloted militia: ve st's; service elf the local militia wou ld be fetire4nire°, and by an order in Council th e y mi g ht be 'satires' to serve six months longer. The Crown, 0 0 ! ri . e at a dditio • / lax from both Houses, might require an s _ sd itio months, making altogether twelve month.,o24disagi.4.•• service when the country was menaced vilf ore to to! Next came the question as to how the men ', s pill fora trained. The militia would be formed int o " forte t he for and they would have to assemble for twenty-eigm days (not; necessarily consecutive) year; subare ono first year, a nd fourteen days for all tra i n ive ey. They would have to undergo three hours . a ddo d D" . drilling, which would be counte allow ov ° Acts They would have the pay an ` ha regu lar soldiers, and bo subject t o t