The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-28 00:00:00

~~ ,~"" ' EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. The twenty-third half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this company was on Saturday held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the transaction of the other business of the company. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by G. Hudson, Esq., M.P. The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, proceeded to read the report, from which it appeared that " The directors had to announce a dividend of_ eight shillings per share of 201. each, of the consifflated stock of the company, for the half year ending the 4th of January last. This diminu tion of dividend was stated to be owing to the amount of consolidated stock upon which it was now payable, exceeding by a large sum that of the pre vious half-year, and also in consequence of the inte rest upon Extension Stock, No. 2, hitherto charged to capital in accordance with the resolutions under which it was created, being now altogether charged to revenue. The increase on the gross receipts from traffic over the six months ending the 4th of January, 1847, had been— From Passengers Horses, carriages, and dogs 371 19 5 Goods, cattle, and coals £69,566 15 10 The report went on to state that the directors had since the last meeting of the shareholders of the com pany, anxiously directed their attention to the sub ject of the working expenses, and they had now the satisfaction to state that a very considerable reduction had been effected upon the mileage run during the past half-year. This reduction had not been effected at the expense or efficiency in working, or of the security of the public ; as a proof of which it might be stated that 2,471,381 passengers had been safely and punctually conveyed along the lines of the com pany during the year 1847. The usual half-yearly reports of the resident engineer and of the locomotive superintendent were of a highly satisfactory cha racter, both in reference to the state of the permanent way, and of the engines and plant of the company. The directors regretted that circumstances had oc curred to delay the opening of the March and St. Ives, and the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree lines at the periods mentioned in the last half-yearly re port, but the former had been used for goods traffic since the first of the present month, and would be ready for the reception of passengers on the Ist of March ; the latter would be completed for both goods and passenger traffic in the early part of May next. The directors had received intimation from the di rectors of the Newmarket Railway, that that line would be opened in March, and they beg to announce that a satisfactory arrangement had been entered into between the two companies for working the traffic. The portion of the Syston and Peterborough line, between Stamford and Melton, would be finished next month ; thus completing the link between the Midlands and,Eastern Counties Railway. In con sequence of the recent commercial pressure, the directors had not taken any steps for the construction of the Cambridge and Bedford and the IV isbech and Spalding lines, for which Acts were obtained last session ; and, in accordance with the provisions of the recent Act of Parliament, the con tracts for those lines would not be let with oat the previous sanction of the shareholders. Kt became, in the opinion of the directors, necessary, during the money pressure in November last, either to forfeit absolutely the York Extension shares, which were in default for not paying calls beyond 10s. and 2/. per share, or to give the holders one further chance of saving the investments they had made, while they contributed additional monies to the funds of the company. Accordingly an advertisement was issued on the sth November last allowing those holders, who bad paid 10s. per share, to pay 21. per share more, on or before the 10th December, and those who had paid 21. per share to pay 31. per share more on or before the same date, when their existing certificates would be cancelled, and scrip certificates for Eastern Counties Guaranteed Stock, carrying 5 per cent. interest in perpetuity, would be issued for the 21. 10s, and for the 51. respectively paid. The total amount received under this measure from defaulters did not exceed 31,0-18/., and in respect of that sum and former payments, scrip had been issued in accordance with the advertisement. The result of the measure, inde pendently of the above receipts, had been to place in the company's hands the power of issuing, or selling with the sanction of the proprietors, a stock of about 400,0001. in amount, either as York Extension Shares, or as a perpetual Five-per-Cent. Stock. The directors who retired were----Mr. Waddington, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Wells, all of whom were eligible fur re-election." From the financial statement of the company it ap peared that the capital stock of the company amounted to a gross sum of 7,320,3201. ls. 6d., the disburse ments to the sum of 730,7241. Bs. 3d., leaving a balance in hand of 28,078/. 131. 3d. The revenue account of the half-year ending 4th of January, 1848, _showed receipts amounting to 323,856/. Is. 4d., the expenses to 179,3801. 14s. 5d., leaving a surplus available for the payment of dividends of a sum of 144,4751. 6s. 10d._ _ _ _ Mr. HUDSON, M.P., said that he had now to move the adoption of the report. I-1c regretted as much as . . any one present to meet them with a diminished di vidend. The meeting would find, however, that a um of upwards of 12,000/. was still left, after the 11157rnent of the dividend, and had the directors distri buted the whole amount of the profits, they would have been able to pay is. per share more than they now recommended. The traffic, he thought, was most satisfactory. They had obtained during the last laf-year a sum of 12,0001. per week, which he thought was as much as the most sanguine expecta tions could lead them to expect. With regard to the working expenses of the line, he admitted that they were very large. The company had to pay 26s per ton for eoke, whereas in the north of England they obtained the same article for 13s. per ton. Coke formed a very serious item in the expenses. That charge would be reduced when the Syston and Peterborough line should be opened. He had always held a strong opinion on the benefi cialresults of that line when opened, connecting as it 'would Norwich and all the western districts Of Yorkshire, bringing the coals of that district on to the line traversed by the Eastern Counties; he anti cipated' a large increased revenue from this source.— (Hear, hear.) He had expected that that line would have b een opened before this, but difficulties had in tervem xl to prevent the opening of the line : already •an engine had gone over the line without stoppag es, and he hoped that about the middle of March that line would be opened for the traffic of the Eastern • Counties.—(Hear, hear.) The other lines referred to in the report would when opened also tend to impie we the revenue of the company. The Great Norther n Rail way proposed also that one of their lines should come int.) the station of this company at Peterbol . ough, and the directors were quite ready to give the s n the best facilities in their power.—(Hear.) lie hope c l that all these lines being in action, the ex penses o i' working them would not increase propor tionately with the revenue, but that the expenses would decrease i materially while the revenue also increased considers bly.—(Hear, hear.) He found that in the year 184 i 3 the receipts upon the line averaged 1,300/. per mile, whereas last year the average returns per mile had h een 1,7641., being an increase of about 6001. per mile ; —(Hear, hear.) The directors had done their best for the company, and they appealed to the meeting w ith confidence for their approbation, and if they were of opinion that any ; body of men could manage bel :ter than them, he for one was perfectly ready to re sign the management into their hands.— (Cries of" No, no.") With respect to the view which the directc Ts took with respect to their proceedings upon the si litres, they had acted upon the best reflec tion. It w as quite true that the company had not realised a • cry large sum by the transaction, but they had been e , nabled to meet all the liabilities of the company y their so doing, and had been placed in a position of c lealing with a large number of shares in any manner • they might think fit when the occasion required.— (Hear, hear.) A SHIRE NOLDIR wished to know why they were not called t ogether to have b een consulted on the subject. The CHI ULAN said that he did not think it wise at that time to agitate the public mind on the_ u subject,_ ar: nor to expos , the c ondition of the company hear.) By the course they had adopted the compa ny d were had been placed in a creditable. position ; they perfectly rev ,dy to pay their dividends.—(Hear, end s.—(Hear, h ear.) This compel iy was not like some of its . neighb ours, with a bone 'wed capital of sev en or eight millions ; the whole in nount of their loans was not more than 700,0001. or *OO,OOOl, and if the vAhole of the calls :were to be l said up they would be enabled to pay off the whole of their borrowed money.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. RYLA 11D said that he was not at all surprised that the divi Bend had been reduced, when he consi dered the de pressed state of the country. — (H ear, hear.) He pressed upon the directors the necessity of adopting economy in their management, and avoiding., ass nuch as possible litigious proceedings. Mr. Fuel._ re commented at some length upon the proceedings connected with the forfeiture of the shares referr ad to in the report, and contended that the directors had no right to charge the funds of the Com p a ny will a 5 par oent. in perpetuity, and trusted that such a e out callin g th )urse would not b e a d o pt e d aga i n w ith- A SHARED a oL m D eetin g together.—(H ear , h ear .) za head called att en ti on t o t h e enormous charges etud e) the tinting in of le law and Parlia men t ar y charges, an ni p d rasen t t or r s ep te or a t d t e o pt a m bo e u a_ t 35,000/., arc I requested the sures to liqui s a t e t h e enormousirg Mr. WAD: I IiNGTON repli e d to t:ergcehsa.rges brought against the d irectors for encouraging the heavy l aw expenses, an( 1 contended th a t their exertions noon, and might, hart been mainly instruninleonrtaailig' planing the company in it s present position, and n 3 / 4 sUN, LONDON, second to no line in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) "They had advanced considerable sums of money out of their own pockets when they had no account at their bankers, for the purpose of preventing the disgrace of the company.—(Cheers.) With respect to Parlia iamentary expenses, he could say that every Bill which had been brought before the Committee had been examined and reduced by the Hon. Chairman himself—(Hear, hear) the directors pledging themselves to reduce their expenditure as much as was consistent with the best interests of the com pany.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE, in a speech of some length, and in his usual style, commented somewhat severely upon the failure of the promises made by the Hon. Chairman with respect to a considerable increase in the dividends of this year. The Hon. CHAIRMAN defended himself from the charges of the Learned Sergeant, and contended that his failure in the result of his calculations had arisen from the unforeseen difficulties of the month of Octo ber.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the conduct of the directors in regard to the shares, he thonght that the meeting ought at least to have a feeling of con sideration for the directors, who were then driven up in a corner, their cheques having been refused pay ment at their bankers for a miserable sum of 2,000/. —(Cheers.) There was a feeling of mutual consi deration in the agreement, and the directors were anxious to do as much as posssble for those holders of shares who were unable to pay up the required amount. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether the amount of the dividend was all payable out of the revenue ? The CHAIRMAN said that most decidedly it was. The report was then unanimously agreed to. A resolution authorising the directors to dispose of the forfeited shares referred to in the report was also agreed to. - Mr. Waddington, Mr. Wells, and Mr. Butler were re-elected directors. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the chair, and the meeting then broke up. NORFOLK ESTUARY. The third half yearly meeting of this company, the object of which is to reclaim a vast tract of land from the sea at Lynn, was held on Saturday, at one o'clock, at the British Coffee-house, Charing-cross. Mr. Stewart was called to the chair in the absence of Lord George Bentinck, on account of having to preside as the Chairman of the Committee recently appointed to inquire into the condition of the East and West India interests. The report simply stated that the directors did not recommend any call at pre sent ; they had received 560/. from Mr. Bentinch, for the maintenance of his banks, out of which they had expended 474/. 1 ls. id., which had cleared all expenses on that head, and they should receive 200/. from him in September next. They further recommended that no steps should be taken for the purchase of the land, or the working of the cut before the next half-yearly meeting in August, unless any proceedings in the mean time were sanctioned by the Commissioners at an ex traordinary meeting. The receipts for the half year had been 4,929/. Os. 6d., the expenditure 4,8361. Ils. 10d., and the balance 921. Bs. 10d. The report was received, and Sir W. Follies, and Messrs. West, Bagge, Townley, and Pryme, were re elected directors, and Mr. Oastler auditor. _ _ Considerable discussim ensued with respect to the prospects of the company, in the course of which it was elicited that committees on the part of the Eaubrink Com missioners and the town of Lynn had been appointed to enter into a consideration of the matter. It was stated by Sir W. Folks that the town was now favourable to that ur:dertaking, and were, ho thought, disposed to raise money to assist in carrying it out. A letter directed to the corporation of the town by Lord G. Bentinck, i❑ which he proposed that they should seek powers to raise upwards of 250,0001., gave much dissatisfaction, as the proposition bad been made without the cognizance of the directors. The meeting then separated. ANTI-INCOME-TAX AGITATION MARYLE BONE VESTRY. On Saturday, at a very fully attended meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, The VESTRY CLERIC read the notice of motion given by Mr. Nicholav, calling upon the vestry to petition the House of Commons not to allow the pro position of her Majesty's Ministers for an increased income-tax to pass the Legislature. lie also read the following communication on the subject from Sir Ben jamin Hall, Bart., M.P.:— " St. James's-place, Feb. 25, 1848. "Dear Sir,—l have just received your letter re questing my attendance at a public meeting on Mon day next on the subject of the income-tax. I regret exceedingly that owing to my having been selected to sit upon the Lancaster Election Committee, where my attendance is imperative each day from eleven till half past three, it will be impossible for me to be pre sent at the meeting. I am truly glad that the me tropolitan districts are moving in this matter. I voted against the income-tax when it was first pro posed. I see no reason for continuing it in all its present irregularities, still less for its increase, and I shall vote against the proposal of the Government in every stage.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, B. HALL. " Flood, Eli e Vestry-clerk, St. Marylebone." The communication having been ordered to be en tered on the minutes. Mr. NICHOLAY brought forward his proposition. He denounced the income-tax as a most unjust and iniquitous measure, and he did hope that the events which had just, lied were at that moment taking place in a neighbouring country, would be a lesson to the English Government, showing that the rights of the people were not to be trampled upon with im punity. When the income-tax was proposed by Sir Robert Peel it was but fur three years, and he would ask, if the present proposition was carried, what faith could the people of this country ever place in the de claration of Ministers ? It was true Sir Robert Peel had given them a sop by his alteration in the tariff, but although the duty had been reduced on seven hundred articles, and there was less work required at the Custom-house, there had not been a diminution in a single officer. Lord John Russell proposed an increased income-tax of five per cent. for two years. Why, if they once allowed it to be put on, were they such fools as to expect they would ever get it off? The Government were perfectly playing upon the people of this country. First, there was their pre tended sanitary measure ; secondly, the imposition of this five per cent. property-tax; and, thirdly, the gross injustice of refusing to tax the property of Ireland. He moved—" l hat a petition from the vestry be forthwith prepared and presented to the House of Commons, praying them to refuse to sanction the proposition of the Government to raise the income-tax to five per cent." Mr. STANTORD seconded the resolution. When they looked to what was passing in France at the present moment, he thought that this was the time when any Ministry, however powerful, should pause before they attempted to force upon the people of this country any unjust system of taxation. The English people were not opposed to fair and equitable taxation, but they were opposed to unequal and unjust taxation—to taxation by which the industry of the country was crippled and destroyed. The Ministers must have a sense of the injustice they were perpe trating towards the industrious classes in proposing this increase, and it was not enough that they should only partially let Lord John Russell know the senti ments of the people. The resolution of the vestry would be the first shot fired from Marylebone, and I on Monday they intended to repeat the dose. Mr. H. C. WensoN expressed his concurrence in the motion. Sir WALTER STIRLING hoped, whatever might be the feeling of the country with regard to the income tax, that at the present alarming crisis nothing would be done by the people of this country to embarrass her Majesty's Ministers. If ever there was a time when the English people should rally round the Throne, it was at the present moment, when events were taking place in a neighbouring country, which might involve England in a long and savage war of bloodshed. What signified the demand of an increase of two per cent. upon the income-tax at such a time ? To rally round the Government, and give it support at the present time, was indispensable ; for depend upon it, and he (the Hon. Baronet) knew something of the history of republics, that if a republic was pro claimed in France, it would be the prelude to a bloody and desperate war. The Rev. CHAIRMAN thought the Hon. Baronet ought not to indulge in such observations, more par ticularly as he believed the position of affairs in F ms e r l a lgv n ih c aort e t.fi otb j h hneo a es d li:kf n pitsn o huod t em l: ing whatever to do with the question. For hi s own part he believed there was no apprehen sion ie mo ne a expressed sßu ar re o h nn i s e v t a . i s iw h n am: whate t n r t u ea was t E t n h the passa o n b d ing on th e cont i nent, for it was more than probable that within a week they would have, instead of one sovereign to support, to support three ' or four others ; namely, Louis Philip 1 Philippe, the ope of Rome, and Lola LAMER denoun ce d t h e Government, and said Mo A n ir te . s G . that if, instead of a tax upon passed ona4lpyreoapresrtayg,oa, onetax upon real property had been se hundred millions of money would have been realised. lie hoped the Revolution in France would read the Ministry of this country and the aristocracy of this country a useful lesson. Why should not the nobi lity of England be taxed as well as the poor man ? There were four noblemen who held nearly the whole of the property in Marylebone, and if they died, there was not one farthing paid upon the transfer; but if a poor man died, leaving property to his next of kin to the value of 201., there was a tax of 41. imposed for probate duty. The resolution having been unanimously adopted, Lord DUDLEY STUART rose to address the vestry. He said he begged to trespass upon the vestry, to offer an explanation upon a subject which had just been touched upon, and which affected him (the Noble Lord) personally. When he entered the room a newspaper had been put into his hand which con tained, in connexion with his name, that which he could only designate as a most extraordinary notice. The Noble Lord then read an advertisement headed " The French Revolution," in which he (Lord Dud ley Stuart) was announced to take the chair at a public meeting convened at the Crown and Anchor 'tavern on Tuesday evening next, calling upon the Government of this country not to interfere in what ever government the people of France might choose to adopt for that country, whether monarchical or republican. Now, although he (the Noble Lord) entirely coincided in the principle of such a meet ing, he begged to say that he had never given his consent to take the chair at such meeting, and that a most unwarrantable use had been made of his name. He quite agreed that the Government of this country had no right whatever to interfere with the internal affairs of our French neighbours. But he assured the board that a most improper use had been made of his name, and he was not aware of such a meeting being about to be held until his attention was called to the adver tisement by a member of the vestry that morning. He begged to assure gentlemen that he (Lord Dudley Stuart) always considered very seriously before he consented to take the chair or mix himself up with any meeting on political affairs, and he certainly should not have allowed his name to have been used on the occasion to which he referred, because he thought a meeting calling upon our Government not to interfere with the internal affairs of France alto gether supererogatory. He could not apprehend for one moment that anything could occur which would induce our Government to interfere, either for the restoration of Louis Philippe, or to dictate to the people of France the form of Government which they should adopt. It would have been time enough to have called such a meeting when the Government showed a disposi tion so to interfere. It was highly proper that the:people should meet at any time when they apprehended any danger to their rights and privileges ; or when, as in the case of the disgraceful attempt to impose such an injustice as this increased income-tax. On such occasions, he (the Noble Lord) was quite ready to attend, as they would find, when the great meetings in Marylebone and St. Pancras took place. He was quite ready to take a part with the people in his pro per place, and in doing so he considered he would have enough to do without taking part in the un called-for meeting about the events taking place in France. The Rev. Dr. SPRY expressed his deep regret that the ill state of his health would prevent him having the pleasure of presiding over the meeting to be held on Monday, demanding the withdrawal of the pro position for an increased income-tax. The object had his hearty concurrence. Mr. JOSEPH moved, " That in consequence of the inability of the Rector to take the chair, John Wil liams, Esq., M.P., the churchwarden, be requested to preside on that occasion." The resolution having been seconded, and carried nem. con., Mr. JOHN WILLIAms, M.P., expressed the plea sure he should have in complying with the wishes 01 the vestry. THE HEALTII OF TOWNS BILL AND THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. MICIIII3 complained that in a part of the Health of Towns Bill the Government had not thought of some remedy for preventing the vast accumulation of poverty in towns and in the metro polis, by an alteration of the law of settlement passed last year. The fact was, that that law had been passed to relieve the agricultural districts at the expense of the metropolis and provincial towns. He moved " That it be referred to the Committee ap pointed to watch the Health of Towns Bill to call the attention of Parliament to the operation of that Act, as, since its introduction, it had cost Marylebone alone upwards of 10,0001." Mr. STANFORD seconded the motion, and said that if some steps were not taken with regard to pau perism, he ventured to predict that this country would be in as deplorable a condition as Ireland at no distant period. The resolution was carried. CASTLE I3AYNARD WARD. On Saturday a numerously attended meeting of citizens residing within the ward of Castle Baynard was held in Mr. Johnson's Rooms, Sermon-lane, Doctors'-commons, for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to oppose the Ministerial proposition with reference to the income-tax. The chair was taken by the Alderman of the ward, S. Wilson, Esq., who, having briefly opened the meeting, called upon Mr. Newton, the clerk, to read the requisition. This having been done, Mr. Deputy Elicits proposed the following resolu tion :—" That this meeting views with the deepest indignation the proposition of her Majesty's Govern ment to increase the income-tax from three to fire per cent., and more particularly in the present de pressed state of the trade and commerce of the coun try." He (Mr. Flicks) made this motion with great pleasure, conceiving as he did that the Government were not justified, under the circumstances alleged by them, in increasing the tax upon the income of the industrial classes. If they had made out a case for an increase of taxation, it was not upon those classes struggling along the up-hill of life that such a tax ought to fall. The tax, if any was imposed, ought to have seized upon real property, and not upon the capital of the working man—his labour.—(Cheers.) He cordially moved the adoption of the resolution. Mr. JAMES BAILEY seconded the motion, which was unanimously passed. WILLIAM PRITCHARD, Esq ' High Bailiff of South wark, then moved the second resolution, which was to the following effect—" That the meeting is of opinion that if the funds in the hands of the Govern ment were judiciously applied, sufficient would be found to meet the expenditure of the present, and the deficiency of the last year, without adding to the bur dens now laid upon the people." He considered the proposition of Lord J. Russell to be of a most monstrous character, utterly impolitic, and altogether unwise. Why was not a tax (if it was required) laid upon pro perty ? And why were not the stamp, probate, and legacy duties equitably arranged ? If they were, considerable assistance would be given to the funds, and the required sums would be forthcoming for national purposes, without so unjustly taxing the people ?—(Hear.) With reference to France, he would say, it was not worth the while of the English people to talk of " national defences," finding as they did that day, from the intelligence the newspapers conveyed, that they (the French) had quite enough to do to defend themselves. With respect to the course for the meeting to pursue, as to the Ministerial proposition for increasing the income-tax, they must, as one man, declare they would not have it, and that the Minister must rescind his determination of raising funds in such an objectionable and unwarrantable manner. He coincided with the resolution, which he most heartily recommended the meeting to entertain. Mr. CARLIN having seconded the proposition, The CHAIRMAN said that he was of opinion that, unjust as was the proposition of the Prime Minister with reference to the increase of the income-tax, he (Mr. Alderman Wilson) did think that a tax upon income, in a modified form, was an equitable, though, like most other taxes, not a very palateable tax. But the whole of the machinery required to be re vised. Was it right, he would ask, that two men, who, as he (Mr. Alderman Wilson) well knew, - were in the habit of realising 30,0001. per annum from business, should be exempt ? Why, these very men did not spend 2,0001. in any single year in their lives ; surely then they ought to pay an income-tax for State purposes. He was of opinion that a property tax ought to be imposed, and an income-tax also ; but let no parties be assessed to the latter, without they receive at least 3001. per annum. To bring the line of demarcation lower was to perpetrate an injustice at all times, for the tendency of such a measure was to crush enterprise and impoverish the respectable, industrious, struggling man placed in those classes of society most valuable to the nation. As to the bugbear about the " national defences," why, what were they told that very day by the morning journals ? Why, that a meeting had been held at Brighton, one of the most exposed parts of the British coast, one thousand persons had declared that they lived in perfect security, and had no fear of French, or any other, invasion. True it was that in England there would be taxes to pay, but unjust imposition would not, and indeed could not, be tolerated. The power of the public voice had caused the abolition of the corn-laws, and of other onerous taxes ; that voice had only now to be unitedly expressed, and the measure for the increase of the income-tax, if not the tax itself, would be as a " tale that was told." The resolution was then put, and carried without a dissentient voice. It having been unanimously decided that a petition, founded upon the above resolutions, should be pre pared, and forwarded to one of the City Members for presentation, Thanks were voted to the worthy Alderman for his conduct in the chair, and suitably responded to, when the meeting was dissolved. THE WARD OF ALDERSGATE WITHOUT. On Saturday afternoon a wardmote of the ward of Aldersgate Without, which was numerously attended, was held in the board-room of the General Dispen sary, Aldersgate-street, " for the purpose of petition ing the House of Commons against the proposed increase and continuance of the income-tax." Sir Peter Laurie, Knight, Alderman of the ward, having been called to the chair, briefly addressed the meeting in opposition t o th e propose d measures o f G overn • . ment, reference to the income-tax, and observed that he felt great pleasure at seeing so large an at tendance of th e i n h a bi tants upon that i mportant occasion. MONDAY EVENING, F'EB'RUARY 28, 1848. Mr. WOOD, a Common Councilman of the ward, moved the following resolution:—'That Parliament should not anticipate, by a lavish expenditure, a re venue raised by additional burdens ; and that the meeting regard with the most serious apprehensions the annually increasing expenditure for the public service, and submit to the Honourable the House of Commons the necessity of a strict economy of the whole system of taxation." He remarked that the whole country was opposed to the tax, and he thought that if the people had manifested an opinion similar to that now exhibited when Sir R. Peel proposed a renewal of the impost, it would not then have been continued. Mr. NORRIS, a common councilman of the ward, seconded the resolution. Other resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meeting were unanimously agreed to. Thanks were then voted to Sir P. Laurie, who, in reply, observed that a ward meeting ought to have been held when Sir R. Peel proposed the renewal of the income- tax. dorsement. There was a special endorsement to " Lorenz Weeber," and the next endorsement was " Lorenz Weeber." The solicitor for the prisoner said that his client had been authorised by Lorenz Weeber to receive the payment of the bill, and to receipt it in the name of that person; that the prisoner did not know of the death of Lorenz Weeber, and that no evidence had been produced in proof of the death of that person. He represented that it was usual with foreigners to sanction the use of their names for pecuniary pur poses, and he wished the prisoner to be remanded for three weeks to make preparations for his trial. Mr. Mullens objected to the application, and stated that the prisoner having been in confinement nearly a month, had had full time to prepare for his trial.— Committed for trial. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS, FEB. 22. (Joshua Field, Esq., President, in the Chair.) The paper read was by Mr. A. Mitchell (of Bel fast), Assoc. Inst. C.E., "On Submarine Founda tions ; particularly the Screw-Pile and Moorings." Considering that the entire subject of the various sorts of piling, of solid stone foundations, of coffer dams, of masses of concrete, and the numerous modes adopted by ingenious men for overcoming local diffi culties, would occupy too much time and scarcely possess novelty, the author restricied himself almost entirely to the description of the works executed by . him with the screw-pile, as that had been chiefly em ployed for supporting structures on loose sand, or mud-banks wholly or partially covered by the sea, where it had been previously considered very hazard ous, if not impracticable, to erect any permanent edi fice; and in his narrative he scrupulously avoided all comparison with other modes of proceeding, even when they had the same object. The origin of the screw-pile was the screw-moor ing, which was designed for the purpose of obtaining for an especial purpose a greater holding power than was possessed by either the ordinary pile or any of the usual mooring anchors or blocks, of however large dimensions. It was proved by experiment that if a screw with a broad spiral flange were fixed upon a spindle, and forcibly propelled by rotary motion to a certain depth into the ground, an enor mous force would be required to extract it by direct tension, and that the power employed must be suffi cient to drag up a mass of earth of the form of the frustrum of a cone traversed, the base being at the surface of the ground, and the section of the apex being equal to the diameter of the screw. The ex • tent of the resisting mass must of course depend upon the natural tenacity of the soil; even in this reasoning it must be evident that a vertical force was calculated upon ; but as, practically, that seldom, if ever, occurred, the angle or tension and the curve of the buoy-cable again gave the moorings greater power. This was found to be correct in practice, and the application of the moorings became very ex tensive. An arrangement was made with the port of Newcastle-on-Tyne, by which, for the sum of 2,500/. the right of fixing these moorings in the Tyne was given, and Mr. Brookes, the engineer, showed that last year, whilst in the neighbouring port damage was done to the shipping to the extent of nearly 30,0001., no injury was sustained in the Tyne, entirely owing to sound holdings of Mitchell's screw pile moorings. It naturally occurred to Mr. Mitchell that the same moans of resistance to downward pressure might be used, and he proposed to apply it for the foundation of lighthouses, beacons, and other structures, which for maritime purposes it might be desirable to place upon sand and mud banks, where hitherto it had been considered impracticable to place any permanent edifices. In the year 1838, a plan for a structure of this nature for a lighthouse on the Maplin Sand, at the mouth of the Thames, was laid before the corpo ration of the Trinity House, supported by the opinion of James Walker, Esq., their engineer. The nine iron piles, 5 inches diameter, with screws 4 feet diameter, were accordingly driven 22 feet deep into the mud, and, with proper precaution, they were allowed to stand for two years before any edifice was placed upon them. The lighthouse was subsequently con structed, and, as was testified by Mr. Walker, had stood perfectly until the present time. Pendingthispro bation it was determined to erect a lighthouse to point out the entrance to the harbour of Fleetwood-on- Wyre, and under the advice of Capt.Donham,R.N., the screw piles were adopted. The spot fixed on was the point of a bank of loose sand, about two miles from the shore. Seven iron piles, with screws of three feet diameter, were forced about sixteen feet into the batik, and upon them timber supports, forty-eight feet in vertical height, were fixed to carry the house and lanthorn. This structure was completed in six months, and was perfectly successful, never having required any repairs to the present time. A similar lighthouse was ereete I near Belfast, and since then several others, with a great number of beacons, have been fixed in situations heretofore deemed imprac ticable. A project was started by the Earl of Courtoun, in the year 1847, for adding to the length of the pier at the Harbour of Courtown, on the coast of Wex ford, which had been proved an entire failure, from the channel between the solid pier being continually choked up with sand. Iron piles, with screws of 2 feet in diameter, to be driven from 11 feet to 15 feet into the sand and blue clay, were decided to be used in order to form an open jetty through which the sand would be washed by the current, and the platform could be used for loading and discharging the shipping. The surf was so heavy on the coast that the usual barges of floating rafts could not be used for putting the piles down; so an ingenious plan was designed by Messrs. Mitchell, for projecting a stage forward from the solid part, rigging a large grooved wheel upon the top of the pile, passing an endless rope-band around it and around a pulley fixed 150 feet hack, and then, by a number of men hauling upon the band, a rotary motion was com municated to the pile, which screwed it down very fast. By these means one bay of the pier, 17 feet long, was finished daily, even in very rough weather. The entire length of the jetty was 260 feet, its breadth 18 feet, with a cross head 54 feet long, with landing stages attached and two lines of railway throughout. The entire cost of this extension was 4,1501., or about 471. 10s. per current lineal yard. An extremely small sum compared to the cost of stone piers ; but even that was more than the expense would be now, as the system of work is better understood, and mate rials are now cheaper. The account of the difficul ties incurred in the execution of these works was most interesting; and, in the commencement of the discussion, which was arrested by the hour for breaking up the meeting, ample testimony was borne, by engineers of eminence, and men whose maritime experience gave weight to their opinion, of the su periority of Mitchell's screw-piles and moorings over every other system for holding buoys or for support. ing beacons and lighthouses ; and their use was sug gested for the foundation of bridges, viaducts, and numerous railway and other works, as well as a multiplicity of applications which had not hitherto been thought of. It was announced that the discussion would be renewed at the next meeting, Tuesday, February 29, when a paper would be read " On the Forms and Positions of Dock Entrances, particularly those in the River Thames," by J. B. Redman, M. lust , C.E. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall•street. J. E. Pople, Union. row, Ne - wington-butts, licensed victualler, March 17, at one—J. Morris, Crown-street, Finsbury, leather seller, March 17, at half-past twelve— D. A. Morell, Langham-place, Marylebone, dentist, March 17, at twelve—,T. Knights, Great Mahon, Nor folk, cattle dealer and chapman, March 17, at half-past eleven—F. K. Fowill. Piccadilly, wine merchant, March 17, at eleven—A. Fletcher, Shaftesbury-terrace, Pim lico, bookseller and stationer, March 20, at eleven R. M. Herbert, Reading, tea dealer and grocer, March 20, at half-past eleven—J. Jones and A. Brown, Shoreditch, licensed victuallers, March 17, at eleven— J, Clarke, Conduit-mews, Spring-street, Sussex-gar dens, Paddington, job master, March 17, at eleven—H. Turnip], Totten, Hants, coal merchant, March 17, at eleven—G. Harrison, Ebury-street, Pimlico, builder, March 17, at twelve—l. Boyd and R. Harmer, Spital. square, silk manufacturers, March 17, at two—W. Butcher, Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, cap manu facturer, March 17, at two. In the Country. J. H. Denner, Nottingham, pawnbroker, March 24, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—B. Walton, Wol verhampton, japanner and tin plate worker, March 28, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Hartord, Bristol, iron master, March 30, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol--A. Tunstall and J. W. Cash, Bristol, oil merchants, March 17, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol— G. Cappur, Nantwieh, Cheshire, cheese factor, March 211, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—S. Virtue, Liverpool, merchant, March 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—S. Langdale, sen., and S. Langdale, jun., Stockton-upon-fees, corn dealers and flour merchants, March 17, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne J. Hansor, Hanley, Staffordshire, hop merchant and druggist, March 22, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—G. Holford, Wolverhampton, jew eller and silversmith, March 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham —T. Bishton, Kinsale, 4'hropshire, iron master, March 28, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. WARWICK. WARWICK. SATURDAY.—A public meeting was held here yesterday on the subject of the income-tax, the Mayor in the chair. Mr. BAKER first addressed the meeting, and stated the steps he had taken to defeat the re-imposition of the income-tax in 1845, and accounted for the inactivity of the middle classes at that time by their being too busily occupied in their business to agitate for an opposition to the tax. The Government had therefore carried it as a palatable tax. He trusted the present proposition of the Government would meet with the opposition of every right minded man in the House of Commons, and that every town in the country would follow the example of Warwick in opposing it. Protection could only be obtained by petitioning, and he had no doubt that the voice of the country would be listened to. Mr. Baker read an extract from the speech of of Mr. Wakley in the House of Commons, which he com mended to the particular notice of his hearers. Mr. Alderman Enoch, Rev. H. S. B. llarris, and other speakers, afterwards addressed the meet ing, and strong resolutions against the proposed imposition were passed, after which the meeting broke up. EVESHAM. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of this ancient borough, convened by the Mayor, Anthony Martin, Rig , a petiticn against the proposal was unanimously agreed to. The petition contains the following.— " And your petitioners do further view with alarm the proposal of Government to meet an increased expenditure and deficiency of revenue, at a period of unparalleled commercial distress, not by economy and retrenchment, but by the renewal and augmen tation of the income-tax—a tax partial, oppressive, and unjust, and widely different from an equitable tax upon property, which your petitioners consider should extend alike to Great Britain and Ireland." DUDLEY. DUDLEY, SATURDAY.—A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held yesterday afternoon at the Town-hall here, on the subject of the proposed re newal and increase of the income-tax ; the Mayor, Mr. Hollier, presided. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. Dr. Browne, J. Maugham, Esq., Rev. J. Palmer, and others, in advocacy of a fair and equitable property-tax ; but all the speakers deprecated the continuance and in crease of the income-tax. Resolutions to this effect were unanimously passed, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament were adopted. EXETER. A large meeting was held here on Saturday, at which resolutions strongly deprecatory of the income tax, and a petition against it, were unanimously agreed to. ELECTION COMMITTEES. LYME REGIS. The Lyme Regis Election Committee re-assembled at the usual hour on Saturday morning; Lord Ashley in the chair. Giles Purchase proved that Mr. Templer, Sir Fitzroy Kelly's agent, sent for hira at the last election, and told him that if he would vote for Sir Fitzroy Kelly ke should have a situation procured for him-, and that until the situation was found he should receive his wuges every Saturday night. The wife of the last witness confirmed his testimony. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in receiving ►imilar evidence to that given by the pre ceding witnesses. The Committee adjourned at its rising till Monday. BOLTON. The Select Committee appointed to investigate the truth of the allegations contained in the petition presented against the return of Mr. Bolling, for the borough of Bolton, met on Saturday morning; ➢ir. Hamil ton in tho chair. Mr. Sergeunt Wrangham and Mr. Wheeler appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake for the sitting Member. ___ Mr': Sergeant WRANORAM opened the case for the petitioner, as one disclosing a novel system of bribery, for the Committee would find by the evidence that the publicans were supplied with "shots," as a consideration to vote for the sitting Member. In ordinary phraseology, a " shot" meant the furnishing of money to a publican to be spent in drink, and it would be seen that the new system had the double advantage of bribing mine host with the profit derivable from the sale of the drink, and at the same time of bribing the voter to whom the drink was presented. Besides this description of cases, which wore pretty numerous, it would be shown that many of the voters were induced to support the sit ting Member by receiving promises, in some instances that themselves, and in others that their friends and re lations, should have situations procured for them. Jatnes Green, a rate-payer, of Bolton, proved that he plumped for Mr. Bolling, and that he received two sovereigns for doing so; one from Chantler, and the other from a person named Shelling, both of whom were actively engaged in conducting the election for the sitting Member. Thomas Craxton, another voter, proved that he re ceived 21. in the same way for voting for Bolling and Brooks. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COUI?TOF . QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 26. (Sittings at Guildhsill,. before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. GOOCH AND ANOTHER. This case, which was before the Court yesterday, WaS resumed this morning. On the part of the Crown several witnesses were called yesterday, whose evidente went to show that they had, under the direction of the defendants, caused the marks from a number of bales of wool to be taken out, and other marks inserted, for the purpose of allowing the goods to be cleared at a lower rate of duty than was properly chargeable upon them. Mr. Sergeant SHEE to-day addressed the jury for the defendants, and proceeded to call several witnesses, with a view of rebutting the evidence ()tiered on the part of the Crown. Mr. WATSON then replied on the part of the Crown. His LORDSHIP having summed ap, The jury retired, and after an absence of upwards of an hour, returned a ♦erdict of Guilty against both the defendants for conspiring together to defraud the revenue, and Not Guilty of conspiring together to de fraud the consignee of the goods The sentence upon the defendants was deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Thomas Schuh, alias David Bernhard, a German, was brought before the Lord Mayor for final exami nation upon the charge of having forged a bill of exchange upon Messrs. Rothschild and Co., for 1001. Mr. .Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries and Frauds, attended for the pro secution. The following is the additional evidence from Ger many, the absence of which caused the remand of the prisoner : Peter Hufnagel said—l live at a public-house in Winston •street, Oxford-street, kept by Mrs. Ander son. In the summer of 1846 I kept a lodging-house in Hooper-square, Goodman's-fields, and I had it for about nine months. Soon after I opened it my half-brother, Lorenz Weeber, came from Ger many, and stayed several months with me. The prisoner was lodging in my house when Lorenz Weeber came over to England. The prisoner's name is David Bernhard. Lorenz Weeber and the prisoner were very intimate, and used to converse together frequently about the prisoner's family connexions in Germany, and about his present affairs. When Lorenz Weeber left him he took a situation as porter at an hotel in Leicester-square, and stayed there several months. The prisoner went to reside in that neighbourhood. In August, 1847, Lorenz Weeber and the prisoner called upon me, and the former told me in the prisoner's presence that he was going'to America, and that he should start to Liverpool by the railway on the next day, and we bade each other farewell in the prisoner's presence. I have often seen the prisoner since, and asked him whether he had re ceived any news of my brother, to which he always replied in the negative. Anthony Head said—l reside at the Crown Coffee house, in high-street, Bloomsbury. On the 13th of December, 1847, the prisoner came to lodge at my house, and he resided there until the time of his ap- Prehen , ion. I afterwards delivered several letters and papers, which I found of the prisoner's, to Daniel Forrester, the officer. I believe the endorsement " Lorenz Weeber," on the back of the bill, to be in the prisoner's handwriting, and I have always known him by the name of David Bernhard. Mr. Thomas Beard, clerk to Messrs. Masterman and Co., stated that on the 15th of December, 1847, the produced bill of exchange for 100/. was presented at the counter for change, and he paid it. He re membered having observed a discrepancy in the en- IVESTAIINSTER. Marshal Kennard, described as town traveller to Messrs. Christie and Co., grocers, at Whitechapel, was charged with placing the lives of Mr. John Clarke, Eccleston-place, Pimlico, and his brother, in imminent danger, and killing a horse, value 35 guineas, by furious driving. It appeared from the statement of complainant, and three or four witnesses, that he was proceeding along Belgrave-place, at about half-past seven on Friday evening, in a gig, accompanied by his brother, when, on arriving at the corner turning into Eccleston street, complainant saw defendant, who was with another man, in a tilted cart, driving towards him, along Belgrave-place, as hard as the horse could gallop, and going at a rate, as described by the wit nesses, of eleven or twelve miles per hour. Com plainant shouted to the men to stop, but was un heeded, and as Mr. Clarke saw there was no chance of getting out of their way, he pulled up short. In a moment afterwards their cart was driven against complainant's horse, and the shaft penetrated the poor animal just above the collar, and in a slanting direction entered the lungs, from which injuries the horse died in three minutes afterwards. Neither the complainant nor his brother were unseated, but the defendant's companion was thrown out by the violence of the concussion, but was so little hurt as to make his exit with all possible dispatch. In reply to the charge the accused said he was very sorry, but the horse, which could not do more than six or seven miles an hour, was only cantering. Mr. BURRELL said he had no power to award the value of the horse, and must therefore leave com plainant to his remedy in a superior court. As re garded the public offence of furious driving, he should impose the full penalty of 403. SOUTHWARK. William Lawler was brought before Mr. Seeker, charged with stealing a sovereign from Mr. Hearder, a gentleman, in the Coalhole Tavern, next to the Surrey Tneatre, Blackfriars-road. The complainant said, that on the previous night he went to the Surrey Theatre, and after tide performance was over he went into the Coalhole Tavern to partake of refreshments. After standing at the bar some time, he threw down a sovereign to pay for what he had partaken, when the prisoner pushed up to the counter, and snatched up the coin. There were at the time near fifty persons drinking in front of the bar, and before he could raise any alarm the prisoner made his escape from the 'Raise. Police-constable 70 M, said that he was on duty opposite the Surrey Theatre on the previous night, and saw the prisoner abruptly leave the house, and run across the way. Knowing him to be a thief, he sus pected that something was wrong, consequently he detained him, and took him to the Coalhole, when the prosecutor took him into custody for stealing the so vereign. He search him, but only a few pence were found on him. City Police-constable 320 Said, that a little after three o'clock that morning he was in the Jim Crow, Farringdon-street, when he heard a cabman inform another that he had seen the robbery committed. He took his number, and requested his attendance at that police-court, understanding that the prisoner was in cuQtody. William Harkeet, a cabman, said that he was in the Coelhole a little before twelve o'clock on the previous night, when he saw the prisoner standing behind the prosecutor. Mr. Ilearder, after partaking of some refreshments, threw down a sovereign on the counter to pay for them, but the prisoner pushed him on one side, and seized up the coin, and made hi. escape out of the house. Ile endeavoured to stop him, but was unable, owing to his companions, who surrounded him. Witness instantly afterwards got a fare to Farringdon•street, and afterwards he went into a public-house, where he mentioned the circum stances connected with the robbery to the City policeman, and other parties. In answer to the charge, the prisoner denied ever going into the Coslhole. When he was stopped by the constable he was going home from the City. Mr. SEcIER committed him for trial. Thee President of the Mutual Benefit Society of St. George's, Southwark, was summoned, at the instance of a widow woman, named Low, to show cause why the society refused to pay the money alleged to be due to her at the death of her husband. Mr. Roberts attended on behalf of the poor woman, and informed the magistrate that her husband had been a subscriber to the society for many years; in fact, since its establishment. About six months prior to his death, h• became a little in arrears, which ren dered him liable to be erased from the books. The case was, however, laid before the committee, and that body came to the resolution of admitting her husband, on his paying the fines, and all the arrears. Unfor tunately, the poor man died a little while after, when the president refused to pay the money due at a member's death, although the committee wished that it should be. The defendant said, that the society was of mutual benefit to all the members, and the rules were en rolled according to Act of Parliament, according to which they were compelled to abide by. The society was limited to 400 members, and on the death of any one member the sum of 501. was collected by a half crown from each member, and paid to the nominee of the deceased member or his wife. The rules were very stringent, and each member was in possession of a copy, so that all might be conversant with them. One of the rules specified that it any of the members allowed their subscription to fall in arrears for four weeks, their names should be erased from the books, and they should not be entitled to any benefit, and that all monies paid in by such member should be forfeited. The husband of Mrs. Low was in ar rears and scratched from the hooks, consequently the Committee had no power to re•admit him on any account. There certainly was a minute of the Committee on the books to that effect, but it had never been confirmed. He, therefore, contended that Mrs. Low had no claim on the Society. The magistrate, after looking over the rules and the Society's books, said that it was clear she had no claim on them, but he hoped the society would not be so hard towards the poor woman, after belonging to them so many years. It was indeed a very distress ing case that she should lose 501. because her husband had unfortunately allowed his contributions to fall into arrears for a few weeks. He hoped, therefore, that the defendant would re-consider the case, and allow her to have the benefit of the fund as desired by the committee. - The defendant said that he would lay all the par ticulars before the Society at the general meeting, and he had no doubt a handsome collection would be made for her benefit, but the rules could not in any way be broken. The Magistrate said that the rules were excellent, but still he hoped the Society would make the poor woman some amends, as he was bound to dismiss the summons. COURAGEOUS APPREHENSION OF ♦ THIEF NY A FEMALE, AT TAMELY.—On Tuesday last, a fellow was seen in the above village to go up to the cottage of a poor woman, and soon after a shirt was missed. Suspicion falling upon the stranger, a woman named Martha Bartrup, living next door, immediately started in pursuit of him, and after a two-mile chase came up with him. She immediately collared him, aid having unbuttoned his coat, found the shirt concealed on his person. She then h d her prisoner back to Takely, but unfortunately on arriving there found that the constable was at Chelms ford, attending the sessions. Determined not to give up her captive until she had safely handed him over to the law, she started with him to Dunmow Police Station, a distance of four miles, and had marched him a great part of the way, still holding him by the collar, when a waggo❑ came up, and the driver put the fellow into it. The woman with meritorious perseverance walked behind to prevent him from escaping ; but before they reached Dunmow, Scott, the police officer of Stansted, drove up, and the thief being given up to him, was safely lodged al, the police station. On Friday morning he was exam ined before the Rev. 11. L. Majendie, when h• gave his name John Jackson, and was committed for trial. — Chelmsford Chronicle. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT STOUR- EmooE.—A poor girl named Pearsall, occasionally sub ject to syncope, met with a singular and melancholy fate, on Wednesday, the 16th instant at the house of her master, Mr. Richard Mees, blacksmith, of Brettell•lane. It appears that about the hour of noon she was descend ing the cellar steps to draw some beer for dinner, when her foot slipped, or a fit seized her, which cannot be ascertained, and she fell heavily to the bottom, her mouth corning in contact with a barrel, which forced two of her teeth completely through her tongue, and rolled upon her as she lay in a state of insensibility. The cellar seems to have been half full of water at the time, and the unfortunate girl was fund about half an hour after the fall immersed in it, with the barrel upon her, and quite dead. The above facts were elicited at the inquest, which was held on Saturday last, when a verdict of accidental death was accordingly returned. Neither the master of the girl :nor any member of his family were in the house at the time of the melancholy occurrence, nor indeed till half an hour subsequently.- len 7 owns' Messenger. On Sunday afternoon, at the close of the service, the members of the Unitarian congregation worshipping in Gaol-street, assembled together and unanimously re solved, as a religious body, to petition Parliament for the removal of Jewish disabilities.—.Norfolh Chronicle. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. G. S. Coxwell and W. Croser, Newcastle-upon. Tyne, merchants, Id. 1-7th, on Saturdays, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. S. and W. Smith, Warley, worsted spinners, 2s. 6d., on any day after Feb. 28, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. S. Smith, Warley, worsted spinner, 205., on any day after Feb. 28, between the hors of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Smith, Warley, worsted spinner, 205., on any day after Feb. 28, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Hirst, Leeds, merchants, id., on any day after Feb. 28, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. T. Robinson, Birkby, Yorkshire, lid., on any day after Feb. 28, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. .1 and W. Thompson, Rawden, Yorkshire, merchant, lid., on any day after March 6, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. S. Phillips, Kingston-upon-Hull, hatter, 25., on Tues days, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. Reynolds and Fairbank, Sheffield, builders, Is. 9d., on Tuesdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfield, Leeds. S. and J. Knight, Mold, Flintshire, bankers, lOid., any Monday after March 1, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. G. C. Nicholls, Liverpool, merchant, Is. sid., oQ Mondays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. F. Richardson, Orcaskirk, Lancashire, tailor, Id., on Mondays, betwee❑ the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. Iland:ey, Birmingham, wholesale saddler, ;id., ou Thursdays, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. Barber and Marshall, Walsall, bankers, Is. 2d., 6d., 6.1., and Bd., on Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. . R. Pope, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Crig gleston, Yorkshire, brick and tile manufacturer, March 18, at eleven—J. B. Pope, Adelaide. place, London bridge, and Criggkston, Yorkshire, brick and tile manufacturer, March 18, at eleven —W. S. Smith, Reading, scrivener, March 18, at halt peat eleven—F. Adamson, Bond-court, Walbrook, merchant, March Is, at eleven—M. M. Wildbore, Newcastle-street, Strand, ornamental paper manufacturer, March 17, at one-1 3 . Clausen, Newman -street, Oxford street, manufacturer, March 20, at one—G. Wood, Trafalgar place, Kentish tov, n, commissio❑ agent, March 17, at half-past one. In the Country. T. Davies, Aberavon, Glamorganshire, draper and grocer, March 21, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Langdale, sen., and S. Langdale, jun., Stockton-upon- Tees, corn dealers, March 17, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle uporr-Tyne—S. Smith, Manchester, grocer, March 24, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester — G. Edwards, Drayton-in-Hales, Shropshire, innkeeper, March 25, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Saddler, Birmingham, victualler, March 21, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—N. Barnsdall, Nottingham, timber merchant, March 17, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Bedells, Leicester, paper and general dealer, April 7, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham— W. Bluck, Leominster, Herefordshire, grocer, March 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. D. Scut. field, Liverpool, shawlman and draper, March 17, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool. Court of Review, March 17. R. D. Evans, Wrexham, Denbighshire, draper—D. B. Smith, Birmingham, grocer—T. Marriott, Moor-street, Seven-dials, victualler— T.Wallis, Oxford-street, woollen draper—W. Thomas, Catherine-street, Strand, publisher —J. Barret, Blackfriars-road, machine printer—T. Holmes, Pendloton, Lancashire, bleacher—E. may, Oxford street, ironmonger—F. Beetson, Stockport, carpenter—W. Barton, Old Brentford, grocer—S. Grif fiths, Wolverhampton, druggist— W. S. Brown, son., Broad-street, Ratcliff, sail-maker—J. Prince, Coxhoe, Durham, grocer and draper—C. Tabor, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer—J. Archer, Deptford, baker—B. E. Walker, Upper Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-square, publican —J. Gilbert, Paternoster-row, bookseller. f . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Howard and A. Collinson, Nantwieh, drapers--F. Copeman and G. Soame, Bickling, Norfolk, millers — W. Unsworth and B. Williamson; Derby, silk-throwstera —A. G. Holmes and C. B. Borlase, Great James• street, Bedford-row, attorneys and solicitors—W. H. Skelton and S. Mason, jun., Manchester, agents—J. Hill and %V. Hill, Spital square, silk manufacturers—D. Jones and R. Jones, Oswestry, batters and furriers — D. Hordern and T. Hordern, Manchester, fustian manufacturers-1. Williams and J. Gay, Bristol, glaziers —J. Ellis and T. Wallace, Pontypool and Newport, carriers—W. J. French and W. J. B. French, Wilton, surgeons—W. Killip and J. E. Christian, Liverpool, joiners and builders—F. Gatley and A. Gatley, Rol fington, Cheshire, stone merchants—C. Harwood and R. R. Barber, Manchester, stock and sharebrokers—G. Keyzar and J. Brooke, Liverpool, block and mast makers—J. F. G. Spicer and T. Lunnon, Hedsor, Buck inghamshire, milled board manufacturers—W. Kidney and J. Rue, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, drapers—. W. Hope and F. Frith, jun., Liverpool, grocers—ll. Bellerby, H. Bellerby, jun., and J. Sampson, York and Stamford, book,ellers (so far as regards J. Sampson) — J. Moxon and J. P. Moxon, Exeter, innkeepers—J. J. Bramah, A. B. Cochrane, jun., and J. Deeley, Tipton, taffordshire, ironmasters—C. Squarey and N. V. Squarey, Salisbury, chemists and druggists—B. Slater, NV. Jellard, and J. B. Slater, Liverpool, sawyers (so fir as regards W. Jellird)—J. Hardcastle, W. Hardcastle, T. Aked, and R. G. Aked, Bradford, coal merchants — J. Carlile, Gresham•street, and E. Collier, Liverpool— R. Thacker and Maria Sirdefield, Emsoote, Warwick shire, brassfounders and gas apparatus manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. James Wild, Oldham, cotton spinner. Thomas Jones, Gilestone, Brecknockshire, labourer. Thomas Smallwood, Wellington, Shropshire, attorney. John Scholefield, Rochdale, shopkeeper. Jonathan Cook, Doncaster. Thomas Howarth, Rochdale. painter. John Bass, Canterbury, coal merchant. • John Coles, Staple-grove, Somersetshire, butcher. James Paul, North -town, Somersetshire, baker. John Dinham, Taunton Saint James, Sosnersetshire, builder. David Twining, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, chemist. Benjatnin Pearce, Truro, Corn wall, sculptor. John Henderson, Tranmere, Cheshire, joiner. Sophia Anne Harding, Leicester. Thomas Norman Gilbert, Leicester, patent mangle maker. Thomas Way, Silverton, Devonshire, yeoman. Elizabeth Ann Shorey, Sunbridge, Kent, butcher. Thomas Islip, Bedford, butcher. Henry Essery, Sheepwash, Devonshire bootmaker. Thonias Lea, Wellington, Shropshire, licensed victu aller. Thomas Humfrey, Stanmore. Thomas Atkinson, Seitmer, Yorkshire, labourer. Thomas Hardy, Stone Gravels, Derbyshire, labourer. "Samuel Munnerley, Lower Bebbington, Cheshire, shoe. maker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. T. Flint, Dunfermline, merchant, to meet within Mrs. Hutton's New Inn, Dunfermline, March 2 and 30, at twelve. J. Dunlop, Edinburgh, writer to the signet, to meet within Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh, March 1 and 29, at two. W. Potter, Dumfries, draper, to meet within the com mercial Inn, Dumfries, March 3 and 24, at one. J. Cowan, Glasgow, tailor and clothier, to meet within the Buck's Head Hotel, March 2 and 24, at twelve. W. Laird and J. Morton, Glasgow, wholesale sta tioners, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, March 1 and 22, at two. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices have a receding tendency, and the market is more than usually dull. The sales are—Lan cashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, par—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 2 3 4 dis.—Leeds and Thirek, 16 c. dis.— London and North-Western, Quarters, New, 4 1 / 2 p.—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, par —Ditto, Quarters, No. 2, 17:Y 4 —Ditto, 201. Shares, 571, dis. —Midland Stock, 401. Shares, 44 3 ,4—North Staffordshire, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 30 1 , 2 —Ditto, No. 4, 2 dis. MANCHESTER, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 6 1 4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2 13-16 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 4% p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 17 —North Staffordshire, 1-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No 4, 2 dis. LEEDS, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 20% —Ditto, New, 4V4 dis.—Great Northern, 6 1 4 dis.—Lanca shire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 58s. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 16 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference. Is. 6d. p.—North British, Thirds, 10s. dis.— Ditto, Quarters, 12s. 6d. dis.—North Stafforisre, 3s. 9d. p. —North-Western, P A :dis —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), n. p. BIRMINGHAM, Fits. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 24 dis.—Stour Valley, 24 dis.—North Staffordshire, dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3% dis.—Ditto (B), 465. 3d. dis. HULL, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE —The market opened firmer this mim ing than might have been expected from the news from France. The telegraphic dispatck from town this afternoon, bringing a considerable fall in Consols and shares, has caused much uneasiness, and shares are offered in vain at consider ably reduced prices. The sales are—North British, Halves, 11% —Ditto, Thirds, 10s. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 12a. 6d. dis.— North Staffordshire, par—New Berwicks, p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE FIB. 16. STOCK EXCHANGI.—The sales are—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, IW. Preference, 3s. 9cl.—Maryport and Carlisle, New, Is. dis.— Newcastle and Carlisle, New Scrip, iollA—North Staffordshire, 12s. 6d. p. YORK, FEB. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are— Great Northern, 4% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original), 31 1 / i t —Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 121. ISe. 9d.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 10% c. SALMON FISNING.—The salmon fishing in the Tweed commenced on Tuesday last under the most fa vourable auspices, nearly 150 fine salmon having been brought into this town during the course of the day front the various waters in the neighbourhood. The labours id the fishermen have since been attended with nearly equal success, and the selling price per lb. is consequently less than it has been at the commencement of the season for several years.—Berwick Warder. B/ Rum. On the 20th inst., at the Manor House, Swindon, the lady of Sherlock Willis, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at Sloane-street, Mrs. T. M. Joy, of a daughter. On the 22d inst., at Coton Hall, Staffordshire, Mrs. Bott, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., is Oxford-terrace, the wife of the Rev. Francis Massingberd, of a son. On the 21st inst., at Deane-street, Liverpool, the wife of Irlam, Esq., of a son. On the 21d iast., at Highbury-place, Mrs. George Glii Sandeman, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Kent-terrace, Mrs. G. Pyke, of a daughter. •n the 25th inst., Mrs. S. W. Rowsell, Cheapside, of a slaughter. On the 26th inst., at Euston-square, the wife of W. Thacker, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 24th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, by the Rey. L. P. Mercier, M.A., Dennis Do Berdt Hovell, Esq., of Clanton, to Mary, daughter of A. De Horne, Esq., of Loxdon, Essex, and Homerten. DIED. On the 24th inst., in Park-road, Regent's-park, T. Fairs, Esq. On the 24th inst., in Princes-road, Kennington-cross, Mrs. George Weed, aged 4i. On the 34th inst., David Haes, Esq., of Upper Bedford place, Russell-square, aged 49. On the 24th inst., in Jermyn-street, Piccadilly, Mrs. E. Repten, widow of the late J. Reptoz, Esq., aged 79. On the 20th inst., at Clifton, aged 22, Anne Sophia, daugh ter of I. Dighton, Esq.. of Torrington-square, London. On the 22d inst., at Notting-hill-terrace, H. T. Travers. Esq., in his 69th year. On the 23d inst., at Anglesey, Hants, Lieutenant•Genersil Montagu Burrows, in his 73d year. 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