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A ' , '.l=, ' ,t Pf. % '--- 4 -- ...4.4- 3 - i er ei: - -, , ...,..* 7. -,:-...„ -.',„' ,-, .':010 1 1 - ... ... :, 1 , U r r., A7lik la o ., I , IS PETITION AGAINST THE Pr C - 11- - - - --- -- (- --- - ---=:- --- i . 1 3 k)E1) I' CREASE AND CONTINUANCE' \, t ! ;,,,,,,,› 1:4,.. ~.. .J . * 4 .o' ; • ! 4- ' _ . ..I''g t.14,7 , ,,,',.:4.7 : , ..',..t,, -,_ ,_: R. , '',..'-,'- tik.' ~ ' .., -" 1- 7 . /i ---- _ - --t.- , 11114 INCOME-TAX. i . : z-- . ,- 4 ; 4, ; ij 4 ... ~..5,_4 9.' 1 ' I ff 74 ' -., 44. . - :'_ \_,_' : ' ,7;... ie ' ''.i . . 11W -- , v V ..,... _. - i ,: , ..h.. •-• ' - ... :A0- , , ,_ • . A ~ lir , ~ 1 1',4 , 141a0 11 ;, ; , ,, ,,px *J. - 4 t,' - .., V- , , A. , L "--- e 4:, • '.I! ' ' . . : . ... . , 1 • 0 4 I I : N: L 40. 1 \. 4, HO OF HOOPER, MAYOR. A COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber day t the Guildhall of the City o f i. ole d u .:, , tine .1;y, 01 February, 1848. Resolved unanimously,— That this Court ha ve o b serve d with surmise and dismay that her Majesty's Ministers have made a proXsltion to renew the income tax‘ for a period of five years, and to it.erease the said tax tor a period Snot less than two 3 ears, from sevenpenee to one shilling ill the P° . a nd ; that a tax on i ncome i s unjust in principle, and was sub mitted to in the first instance on th, distinct understanding that it as for a temporary purpose, and for a limited period only; that it unjust to levy the same amount of tax on precarion , and ant ; _Ain "comes arising from trades and professions, as from landed, funded, or ether accumulated property. That it is thus ma :e a direct tax on the industry and skill of those en gaged in trad e or profess i onal pursu i ts, an d i m poses on them an fair proportion of the pu tic burdens; that this Court do not hesi tate to declare that if the Honourable House of Commons should r e '-' to perpetuate this syst e m o f taxation, it will no longer deserve f confidence of the people of the United Kingdom. That a m id unprecedented commercial difficulties, an d w i t h tra d e 'nu Manufactures in a state of most extreme depression, any in erealle in the t axat i on of the country woul d b e i m p o liti c , and that the inquisitorial character of an income-tax renders it at all times Peculiarly obnoxious. That this Court are of opinion, and submit that it is the duty of o the Honourable th e H ouse o f C ommon s, to limit tile expendi re for th e public service to the sums already accru i ng from the rdinary sources of taxation. That „ the Honourable the House of Commons should not anticipate b lavish expenditure a revenue to be raised by additional burdens ; nand this Court regard with the most serious apprehension the an ,,"al7-iucreased expenditure for the pulilic service, and submit to l itnteurable the House of Commons the necessity of a strict re 'Won of our unjust and unequal system of taxation. it esolyedittuanimously,— Lord the th an k s of th i s Court b e presen t e d to the Right Hon. the Lertif— for the handsome and prompt manner in which III: e ourt P acceded to the wishes of the members convening , t MEREWETHER. T --- ° THE LIVERYMEN OF THE IVOR SIIIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOTHWORKERS. virtue of a precept from the Lord Mayor, dated the 25th inst. , Z, a _ re to appear at Guldhall on MONDAY next, the 28th instant, at ive of the clock at Soon, hi your Livery Gown, for the pur l)re of considering the propriety of petitioning the House of Com laout not to agree to any increase or continuance of the Income-tax.', ROBERT BECKWITH TOWSE, Clerk. `,2l othworkere Hall, Mincing Hall, Fe.. 26, 1545. It AI IV LAY. EASTERN COUNTIES . TENDERS FOR LOANS. Th e Directors are r eady to receive TENDERS FOR LOANS In el ut o p f e r r io A t nn less uli th . an 5001., for fixed. periods, at the rate of 51 . per B order, Eish -o Pigate Statloa, y Aug. 12, 11147 -----____ C. P. RONEY, Secretary. C RESTER and HOLY HEAD RAILWAY. 41 ,_ Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY t ailiG of the Shareholders in the Chester and Holyhead Rail war- 1410 7 0 ,. C°14 PanY will be held at the Offices of the said Comp an y , 61, t ox ;g a te - street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the B th day of March It 0110 o'clock in the Afternoon precisely. notice is hereby given, that at such Meeting it will be pro- Des to confirm a D ec l a ration or Declarations of the Forfeiture of certain Shares, and to direct the sale or other disposal thereof. ,Ziu eo And necks is hereby further given, that the said Meeting is Spe - D os Z. livened for the purpose of considering the draft of a Bill pro it to be intr o d uce d i n t o Parliament in the present session, in. p 4, " Bill to enable the Chester and Holyhead Railway Ceist `o Purchase, hire, and use steam-boats, and for other purposes." >--W an Tran,fer-books will be closed from the 2 6 th day of February CI the Meeting. By order, el, GEORGE LING, Secretary. Moorgate-street, January 31, 1848. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE OPA. WATERLOO-PLACE, C PA M NY LL-MALL, London ; 97, George- Z se t. Edinburgh ; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; 4, College Green, n. (Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.) tb!n.. 1 841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per oent. per annum on ur T a `urn assured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the use were effected. 31, ben the insurance is for life, only oae-half the annual preicium De paid for the first five years. v erY information will be afforded on application to the Resieent uus eetor, O. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-raall, London, where prospec ts' B 'C., may be had. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, kui, bOOBR. CITYEGENT-STREET, and 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE- _ Established 1806. IN — VESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,000/. Anneal Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 52,,0001. "'aims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001. PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable EARL GREY. DIRECTORS. T he Earl of Macclesfield. I Rey. James Sherman. T he Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. I Henry B. Churchill. Esq. alr Richard D. King, Hirt. I William Judd, Esq. Alexander Henderson,ll. ‘ M.D. Copt. W. Jokn Williams. James iedgwick, Esq. Alfred Beaumont, Esq. John I-, • ~.. Deering, E sq ., my. George liacre, Esq. .w. Wiens Henry Stone, Esq. Richard Sherwood, Esq. of il ie The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life ...., ", the rate without bonus is lower than that of most other --Aces. 4 ,_ The Bonuses are added to the Policies, •r applied t• the reduc ,,,uol; of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as so•u as de 'h...ed. at their then present value. oraLc!.'olicies issued by this office are purchased at their full value ; t• If may be obtained upon them t• the same amount. r e „_. a Party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Pelicy, he may van' th• otnisslon any time within twelve mouths, upon proof •f =•od health. Bonuses paid upon Policies which leave become Claims. Life insured. I Sum idsured.r Sum paid. X. Joh air n 'Wharton, Esq., Skelton Castle 5,000 John Saunders Sebright, Bart. .. 5,000 s_ ix W illiam Wake, Bart. ..... •• • 5,000 Strathmore.... • •• • • • • • • • • • 5, 00 . . f ., 41. * 11. W. Champneys, Canterbury 3 , 000 Marquis of Wellesley .• • •• • • 2,000 Cathcart 1,000 ■. d. 7,706 8 • 7,652 13 7,500 6 9 7,128 15 $ 4,509 1 1 5,411 1 S 1,862 4 11 P rospectuses and full particulars may he obtained upo n applica u ....° l l to the agents ef thesthee ia all the principal towns of the United glom i and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street. JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. A A E.' One half the world are dcselately single, and the other knthall them married, questionably contented. Dif fi dence , or a hi tt ,?! right determine the former, and irdscalcalated hopes ens of c he latter- The solitary one may shield himself under the plea toatalition and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret na afisham/ ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, nut broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiiees content. The dowry should net le the only marriage set itarhen t. Haltom' and justice denand that health should form an item es i,,„raPaCt ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or the wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if ItiE;r ws allsiis concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little each °I RS •On single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. r e s„_ ,uY eat, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively pc". l , or pr feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hiadercAl rult nterpretatior. of their supposed contents, from obtaining Tkey are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but tli s , "`"" closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, t• whom Ik e . ' are offered as a ntagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on tog, abo ve subjects, by unqualified authors , whi a h alone or ilt4'ar, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other by Publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, 11,A,eid Poet is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and 1tt4,7„ and " How to be Happy." They are not merely ree r . e ta, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the in t 2,AM:floral scribblings of the hoar, but the study of the author's Sett; ua Owes his prevent existeace, health, and position to this ob *,7auce of the maxims he would inenkate—ta de unto ethers as he 0 11 - 7:: be done unte—to live atter natare's laws—and to keep always fils":" balmy aide of the way." The above werks may be had of aft, c ° ed 2Z, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet •street ; Mann, Nst a . ) ° ,1 111111; Naltien, 4b7, West Strand ; or direet (by post or ether from the author (wise may be conferred with personally, aftd evenings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street ; and all tiers Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Cidoured Engravings on Steel. ux IIAYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INC/LTA /e,,, ~.. CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. b" Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2 s. Gd., or IrY post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. Gd. in postage stamps, HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on ~,, the itearmitiee and decay of the generative systole', from ex *ink ~..,14 d illgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, ta i on Marriage, and the neans of obviating certain dis- L. p - e. ta ,„ t ions- Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. Ey R. and ziabli; i l l `"Y and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Leaden. 41. 4 . 6,1 by th e Au th ors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; atre o ' ) ' ‘ ,. 63 , and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starts, 23, Titehberne p .' .aYrnarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. 5e... 4 ! T I. tre a t s o f th e ana t om y an d physiology of the re-productive " 4, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. tee, " " T 11 , treats of the consequences resulting hem excessive indul ,,a ~. and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental Iti. u°4 4 weaess, nervous exciteinent, and generative incapacity. ; illustrated b Three Explanatory Engravings. life Pri mary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for en 4 ; " e etrnent. The consequencee of early neglect and of the abuse by . o er eurY, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated eventeen Coloured Engravings. Vic n ,_ - .v. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of vh...ethe dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the e k emically, and destroys its power en the system. a kti t2T T. h deote te the considers.tion of mrriage, and Its 11 4 ". The ca us ed of d unproductive anion, are also considered, and „ W ltole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. 14 1b1 Coantat. BALK or SYIIIACITIL Is exclusively employed in treat- I tt 7 l.7"olte and sexual debility, impotence, & c., Ile .and 335. per , , The Ceacentrated Detersive Essence, an esti-syphilitic e O ,:!JY, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp 1, *,•„,...._. oruptlens, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per bottle. .„..7's —qt.,Purifying Specific Pllis, 2s. dd., 45. 64., and I Is. par box, a L ,...., remedy in gonorrhoea , elect, strictures, and chronic inilamma ibZ°l the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to I„,„',tito the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if s iTstter, It. 51. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment a, 44 . Y ' by which the fee, 11. ,is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Her tstreet, front Eleven tin Two, and Wive to Eight : eot Sundays ...." le.leven to One. e...._ REMOTED TO 37, .BEDFORD-SQUARE. bh • LA'AfERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON Je t L ~s Published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed E nvelope, Is, lid„ or post-free, from tke author, for forty-two 8 , 4 /xle, SELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise two on the Physiology of Marriage, lufelicitous and Unproductive terltal' an(' the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Me ttle tb mally acquired at an early period of life, which enervate fe, li lYeical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural 5 4 ,7,_' , end exhaust the vital energises of Manhood ; with ract ca. rt, nations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, ethe r s rool arising from these causes, close study, or the inluenoe of t a r t er i t , i e tu a t s e , li a ra nd ates: Local and Constitutional Weakeees, all Diseases and Derangements resulting from hills- As, "• With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the tx ato m "... , stole and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, tni llia " u ng their strictures , uses, and functioNs, and the vedette ectis eca that are produced in them by solitary habits , excesses , end u . UT SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., beet s . or BEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDON. he ro , Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin s,Z-, secentiate of Athecaries' Hall, London, H onorar y Member •ise Loudon Hospital po Medical Society, &c. tket a rrage regaires the fulfilment of several conditions. In order nu lY he really the cause of mutual happineas. Could t 44 . which covers the origin et' domestic wretchesinese, be raised, true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could tra se d te ) oint • physical disqualifications and their attndaut disap %used t e4 ta• Excusers are always injurious; the gilt, e which when ibu y Moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes , when to tu - A the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less Injury A s 4 co nstitutional and vital powers'. The particular excesses, on 1 / 4 . 0 ri ,. 4, re and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, tha t rs r lctive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, Tb li_eY ether to whi c h it is subject. Al m : work contains as accurate and complete account of the t iastr bl ss Y , s ,, r ld Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of ,tequi rs ., -- ' l •Pre conditions' ha health and disease. It deservedly ue of t he closest attention and study, for what subject can beam More Importance than the preservation a the health, the physical capabilities of which eve ry man should Victs ns ,""ed. It unfortunately happens that the uhappy tis "` excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired heir s or from the follies of advanced age, while suftering Ply77 lE r el r invariable eonsequexces, unwisely entertains a tear *flap rreqe, „ qualified physician tor relief. Shame and Use dreat so hey oli., :tuY. but erroneously entertained that these complaints are /Or t he reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent kis seeking l'org t essi _ ce where alone it can be procured. In acting thus , he dia ea a t hat accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of hate s „,VmPathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, have inedin_%ostraeterise tbe intelligent aid practical physician, and to the i lltalisTssn' au who can show by his posse.sion rest requisite legal ition„,`"'"ous that he is entitled to esteem and pect in his prof /4,37lpPtirsults, the utmost coundenee should bo extended. 1)r. ,ertify_ltT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas /Mar and the great extent of his practice for many years is a aol e i y an t t o ee th ro e r his professional experience, which has reference almost Debli s h treatment of these diseases. tt, p a.t4 ed by the Author, and may be had of Rent and Richards, street . 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Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. B RITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, NEW-ROAD, LONDON. Report of Rickard Tothill, Esq., of Ileavitree, near Exeter, IL.R.C.S.L., for 1648. " I have sew for thirteen years conducted the Exeter Huelan Dis pensary, vrkerein the poor of Exeter and its neighbourhood have boon treated gratuitously with .ir. llorisou's purely Vegetable lledialue of the British College of Health, and I am still more confirmed in my opinien (from practical experience, not In one or twe cases, but in hundreds), that the Ily.geian system is founded in truth. The cases which have been cured by that excellent medicine have lot been of a common character, being, as I may say, the incurables of the hos pitals at Exeter, it being only after trying all sorts of treatment that patients have recourse, as a last resort, to the Hygoian medicines. The names of the parties and their addresses are recorded in my hook for the inspectiee of the public. I have treated upwards of 300 poor patients during the past year, and I have now about 150 on the Dispens..ry books. In eonclusion, I beg to return my sincere thanks to the subscribers to the Dispensary. (Signed) " RICHARD TOTHILL, Surgeon. he. " lieavitree, near Exeter, Jan. 1, 1845." N.H. No chemist or druggist is authorised to sell Iforison's Pills. RAILWAY SHARE IVIARKETs. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire 311. ;Shares, 5% dis.—Ditto (late C. and B.), 6% dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, % p.— Ditto, Halves (late H. and S.), 10 1 % dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 265. 3d. dis.—Liverpoel, Crosby, and Soatliport, New, i% dis.—London and North-Western, 145—Ditto, New Quarters, 4% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, No. 2, 3 , 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, p. —Ditto (Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Shares, 5% dis.--Midland, 115 —Ditto, 401. Shares, 45%—Ditto, Halves, 1% dis.—North Staffordshire, % p.—Northern Union (B), 149—South- Eastern and Dover, New, No. 1, 3 1 4 dis.—Ditto, No. 4, 13 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 2 1 4 p.- -Ditto (N. and B. Extensions), No. 2, 3 p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 2% p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 20S, dis MANCHESTER, Fen. 26. STOCK EICHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5' dis.— itto, 20 . Shares, 6 9-16 dis.—Boltou, Blackburn, &c. (A), 6 3 .4 dis.—Great Northern, 6 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1 1 16 dis.—London and North-Western, New, 43.4 p Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Shef field and Lincolnshire), 6 dis.—North Staffordshire, % p. —South-Eastern and Dover, No 4,1% dis. LEEDS, Fin. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-1 moderate amount of business has been done in shares to-day, at the following prices :—East / Lancashire, 21—Ditto, New, 4 dis.—East and Nest York shire, 5 7 1 4 dis —Great Northern, 6 dis.— Lancashire and York shire, Fifths, Bs. 3d. p.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 538. die.—Leeds and Thirsk, 25 1 , 4 dis.—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 36—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference. 2s. 6d. p.—North British, Thirds, is. 6d. die.— North Staffordshire, 13s. 9d. p. HULL, FEE. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE —More firmness was apparent in prices this Horning; but the telegraphic dinpatck this afternoon, announcing continued outbreaks in Paris, &c., has had a de pressing effect, and but little disposition to do business was evinced. The sales are—East Lincolnshire, 1% p —North British, Thirds, be. dis.—North Staffordshire, 1 ts. p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 2% p. YORK, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCMANOK.—The salee are—Great Northern, y. Es. 6d.—North British, Thirds, 325.—Northern Counties Union, Sc. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick ; Extension, No. 1. 19%—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwieks), 13—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 10% c. The Observer of Sunday will give the latest news in detail from Paris. Price of the Observer, forty columns, 6d. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Mon day's edition, with that day's markets, best for readers in the country and abroad, is published at 170, Strand, at four o'clock, every Monday afternoon. [Any ERTISEMENT.] —Teas and Coffees delivered, car riage free, at the wholesale prices, by which means, fami lies residing in the coantry. whose consumption is large, are enabled to purchase on the first market terms, thereby saving all the intermediate profits of retail establish ments. Samples and a list of prices forwarded free, on application ,by post. References or cash is expected with first order. Maisel' and Co,, wholesale tea-dealers, 2, Backlerabury, Cheapside. DUNDEE TRADE, FEB 23.—During the past week a pretty fair business has been doing in flax, at about our last quotations. There has also been more demand for yarns, but in most instances the sellers have had to sub mit to some seduction in prices. Linens of ull decriptions are also moving off pretty freely, though prices are in favour of the buyer. No arrivals from foreign ports during the last eight days. By last accounts from the Baltic ports, there was more firmness on the part of the dealers in flax, The feeling was more in favour of an advance than a decline in prices —Courier. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.—On Tuesday last, a gentleman who had just taken a seat in the mail coach, about to start from Princes-street to Carlisle, asked a man, named Thomas Wright, who was lounging at the coach ofilee, to get silver for two one pound notes. Wright returned with change for one pound, and pretending that he would go to another shop to change the other note, he tit camped with it altogaber. On the same day he was apprehended by the police in Toddrick's Wynd, very much intoxicated, and 103. 7d. was found in his possession. He was tried before acting Sheriff Cleg horn on Monday, and sentenced to be imprisoned for s, sixty days.—Caledonian Mercury. T ( RDAY EN X G S r 4, FEBRUARY :!6, 1848. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH. Feb. 25. ;Sittings at Guildhall, before Lard Chief Justice DEN MAN and u Special Jury.) THE QUEEN v. GOOCH AND ANOTHER. This vt as an indictment on the part of the Crown against the defendant for defrauding the revenue. Thu leferidant had caused certain quantities of wool to be removed from the Custom-house at a lower rate of duty Alan was duly chargeable thereon. The case had been removed by certiorari from the Central Criminal Court to the Queen's Bench. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Watson, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin appeared for the Crown ; Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Sergeant Shee for the defendants. As the case for the defence had not been gone into when the Court rose, we reserve the proceedings until to-morrow. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Feb. 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) W. St'cock, jun., victualler, of Crawley-street, St. Pancras, applied for his certificate. He was opposed by Mr. Lucas, on behalf of two creditors, and supported by Mr. Cooke. In addition to the business of publican, the bankrupt had recently engaged in building speculations, to which he attributed his failure. His debts amounted to nearly 9,0001., of which 2,2181. was owing without security. The property held by creditors was estimated at 6,420/.; his furniture had sold for 572/., and his good debts wer e estimated at 1781. From the bankrupt's examination it appeared that in September last he handed over to his father a lease, as a security for 1301. advanced to him shortly before. His bankruptcy took place on the 9th of December. This case did not appear in his balance sheet. The COMMISSIONER—And this sum you spent in law, in sham pleading. Here is au item of 504/. as law ex penses, and he has borrowed money in all directions ; the charge for interest only is ..569/., together 1,073/. Not content with carrying on the business of a publican pretty successfully, he had been tempted by the brewers to build a public-house, they advancing the money on condition of his taking their beer. With regard to this speculation he had kept no account, and all was guess work. The interests of commerce required that the bankrupt should be punished for this conduct. He ought to have come to this court, if at all, much earlier, before giving up the lease to his father. The certificate must be suspended twelve months from this date. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoLnoTn.). IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF STEIN, SMITH, AND CO. In this matter there was a dividend meeting. The failure took place so far back as 1812. The bankrupts were merchants in Fenchurch-street. A dividend of three half-pence in the pound will be declared in a few days. The amount for which they failed was more than 60,0001. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 25. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN NE C. H. CULLEY. This was an adjourned case. This insolvent had car ried on business as a butcher in Bury•street, St. James's, and had appealed to the Court of Bankruptcy as an in solvent in the year 1846. He was now supported by Mr. Duncan, and opposed by Mr. Dowse for Mr. Baker, a grazier in Essex, with whom the insolvent had had ex t!_nsive dealing, and now owed him a balance of 1021. A prolonged investigation was entered upon as to a mortgage deed upon some landed property, which the in solvent had granted to a relative by way of security for 750/. advanced to him, being his savings during 40 years service in the family of Mrs. Clitheroe ; atsd a charge of undue preference was urged by the learned counsel. The CosniussioNEß said that the advances appeared to have been obtained-by the insolvent, i❑ order to keep himself afloat in business, and to pay his creditors, lie did not think the case made out,. was sufficient to•' justify a remand. The insolvent was then discharged. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hallam.) RE JAMES GRANT. This insolvent, an aged man, was supported by air. Dowse. The case had been more than once adjourned, and the evidence produced at the various hearings dis closed a series of transactions, by which a largo amount had been transferred from the insolvent's hands into those of a woman who had been his housekeeper, and other persons who appeared to be confederates with her. 're-day it was stated that Mr. Dowyrr, who was a principal creditor and assignee, intended to have the conduct of all the parties sifted in another court. The COMMISSIONER said that the question for him to decide was whether the insolvent had been the victim or the accomplice of the conspiracy which, it seemed evident, had been concocted. From all that had trans pired in that court, it appeared that ho should rather be considered as a suffrer, than as implicated in any scheme of fraud. Some amendments being required in the schedule, the insolvent was directed to come up on Monday fur his discharge. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Thompson Page and James .Nieholson were brought before the Lord Mayor on the following charge:— George Goodman, clerk to Messrs. Currie, bankers, stated that the cheque was brought to them on Thursday mornin, signed " John Ingle," and he passed it to another clerk in the house. Michael Haydon, the officer, said—l was sent for to the banking ,house, and I found Nicholson there. A cheque for 501. was produced, and I asked him where he got it. He replied, " From a man in a public-house iri Bishopsgate-street, whom he did not know, but should know again." I went with him to the public-house, and he pointed out Page to me as the person. Page said it was true, and that he had received the cheque on Monday, in a letter from Mr. Ingle, of Plymouth. In answer to other questions he said he had left the letter at his lodgings, but he did not know the name of the street. At the house of Messrs. Currie he told them the same tale. Upon searching Nicholson I found a mariner's register ticket and a discharge from' a vessel at Plymouth. I also found some letters upon him, which, as I was opening, he told me were merely love letters, and I found them to be as he described. Mr. Woodhouse, clerk at Messrs. Currie's, said he knew Mr. Ingle, of Devonport, who kept au account at the house, and believed the writing on the check not to be that gentleman's. They had received information that some person had surreptitiously obtained Mr. Ingle's cheque bock, and cautioning them upon the subject, and since that time he was to use black instead of rod cheques. Nicholson said I know nothing of this man (Page). I never saw him before to-day, when I went into the public house to get a glass of ale. He there asked me to take the check to the banking-house. The prisoners were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. George Anderson, a person of dashing appearance, living at No. 15, Queen-street, Brompton, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having obtained goods fraudulently, and with having committed forgery. Henry Sadler, job master, 131, New Bond-street, said, on the 31st of August, 1846, the prisoner called on him, and said he had been recommended to him by his neighbour, Mr. Moore, as he wanted to hire a horse for a short time. Prosecutor consented to let a horse on hire for a short period, and, according to the directions received from the prisoner, he sent the horse to Ealing. Six weeks afterwards the prosecutor went down to Ealing to make inquiries, but he could hear nothing of the prisoner or the house. James Matterface, coach maker, Hammersmith, said in July, 1846. the prisoner hired a phieton from him at 2/. a month. '1 he phaeton was sent to Ealing, but from that time prosecutor had never been able to meet with the prisoner. Police-constable Rackstraw said he found 104 dupli cates on the prisoner when he took him into custody. In defence, the prisoner said the horse was an old animal, and he was to give 181. for it. The phteton also was to be purchased for a stated sum. Mr. Sadler and Mr. Matterface said there was no truth in the prisoner's defence. Mr. Sadler said he had no doubt, at a future examina tion, numerous other charges would be brought against the prisoner charge of forgery was then preferred against the prisoner by Mr. Allen, plumbei• and glazier, Avery. row, Bond-street, who had received a bill from the prisoner with Mr. Moore's name on it, which name was pronounced to be a forgery. The prisoner was committed on the two first cases, and remanded on the third, and ordered to be brought up on Monday next. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — The most Effectual Cure for Gout and Rheumatism is Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —A frequent cause of these complaints is the inflame tory state of the blood, as they are generally attended with bad digestion, lassitude and great debility, showing the want of a proper circulation of the fluids, and that impurity of the blood greatly aggravates these painful disorders. Holloway's pills are of so purifying a nature, that a few doses taken in time is an effictual preventative against gout and rheumatism; but every one that has an attack of either should use Holloway's ointment also, the powerful properties of which combined with the effect of the pills, ensures a certain cure. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE TEA DUTIES.—The deliverip of tea from the bonded warehouses, immediately after the notice of the Minister announcing his revenue policy, have been con siderable. Although there was very little probability of a reduction of the rated duty at present levied on the article being proposed, notwithstanding the movement which had been made in certain quarters on the subject, yet the trade in a great measure withheld the payment of duties at the last moment to a certain extent, in the possible event of the Government intending to make ally alteration in the existing rate of duty on the article. ROBBERY AT APSLET HOUSE.— Yesterday, a jialrneynian sweep, who had been engaged in cleansing the Hues at Apsley House, was detected 'by the porter leavitig the premises with a quantity of valuable pro perty conceal, din his soot bag. lie was at once placed in custody of the police, and removed to the station house in Vine-street, Piccadilly, and will be examined at Marlborough-street this day. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. FOREIGN OFFICE. FEB. 25, 184 S. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Francis Hastings. Gilbert, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria. WAR- OFFICE, FEE. 25. Ist Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Smith Webb, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Francis llearle Stephens, NV ho exchanges; Brevet Major Edward Littledale to be Major, by purchase, vice Webb„ who retires; Lieutenant Thomas Thoroton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Littledale ; Cornet Joseph John Venley to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Thorot;la; George Campbell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase(iice Henley, Feb. 25. 6th Dragoons—fieut. Whitehall Dod to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carrol, who retires.; Lieut. Charles Bill, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Dod, Feb. 25. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Henry Keown to be Captain, by purchase, vice Perrott, who retires ; Cornet Edward Colston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rico Keown; Cornet Henry John Wade to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bill, appointed to 6th Dragoons ; James Edwards Vivian, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur , chase, vice Colson, Feb. 25 ; David Henry Howell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wale, Feb. 26. 16th Light Dragoons—Captain George Brown, from halt-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Henry Tonge, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Thomas Folliott Powell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brown, who retires; Cornet William Xhonias Dickson to be Lieu tenant, by purehase, viee Powell; Lancelot Halton, Gent., to be Cornet, by puchase, vice Dickson, Feb. 25. Coldstream Regitnent of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel Fret cis Venables Harcourt, from half-pay Unattached, - to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, vice William Stewart Balfour, who exchanges ; Lieutenant and Captain ;William Samuel Newton to be Captain and Lieutenant iColonel, by purchase, vice Harcourt, who retires; Ensign kind Lieutenant Lionel Daniel Mackinnon to be Lieu tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Newton; Robert Desmond Sulivan, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackinnon, Feb. 25. 9th Rerr b icoont of Foot—Major-General Sir James Archibald Hope, K.C.8., to bo Colonel, vice Lieutenant- General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.8., appointed to 71st Foot, Feb. 18. 24th Foot—Ensign Robert Geoffery Augustus de Montmorency, from 49th Foot, to be Ensign, ♦ice St. John, appointed to 94th Foot, Feb. 25. 32d Foot—Major Thomas :Ititton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice George Browne, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Captain John Eardley Wilmot Inglis to be Major, by purchase, vice Hutton, who retires; Lieut. Charles Thomas King to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robyns, who retiree ; Lieut. Frederick Yard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Inglis, Feb. 25; Ensign and Adjutant William Garforth to have the rank of Lieutenant, Feb. 24; Ensign Bowen Van Siranbenzee to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King; Ensign William Power to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Yard; Ensign Walter Lawrence 'flees, from 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stranbenzc•a; John Had ley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchaa i, vice Power, Feb. 25. _ - - 36th Foot—Captain Richard Dyott, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Maule. who ex changes ; Lieutenant Henry W. Palmer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dyott, who retires; Ensign Henry Keane Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer; Flint William Stacey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant. 40th Foot—Edward William Clemishow Kingdom, M. 1)., to be Assistant• Surgeon, vice Bruinruall, promoted on the Staff, Feb. 25. 41st Foot—William Henry Hopkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Willson, who retires, Feb. 25 ; Harley Kingsmill Drury, Gent., to be Ensign; without purchase, vice Hopkinson, appointed to 62d Foot, Feb. 26. 44th Foot—Tamworth George Ferrera, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parka, appointed to 61st Foot, Feb. 25. 49th Foot—John Augustus Conolly, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice do Montmorency, a pp o i n t e d to 24th Foot, Feb. 25. 52d Foot—Captain Augustus Blair, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, ♦ice George illurraN who exchanges; Lieutenant Robert Octavius Cumming . %tie Captain, by purchase, vice Blair, who retires; Ensagn Charles Cornwallis Ross to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cumming; Charles Anthony Bacon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ross, Feb. 25. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Ashton Mosley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mansell, who retires; Second Lieu tenant John Lambert Edward Baynes to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Mosley; Conyngham Jones, Gent., to be - Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baynes, Feb. 25. 61st Foot—Ensign David Reid to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Egan, who retires; Ensign James Henry Haffey Parks, from 44th Foot, to be Ensign, rice Reid, Feb. 25. 62d Foot—Lieutenant Lennard Barrett Tyler to be Captain ' without purchase, rice H e rbert, deceased, Feb. 9; Lieutenant William F. Dickson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tyler, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, Feb. 11; Ensign Henry William Sibley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tyler, promoted, Feb. 9; Ensign William Henry Hopkinson, froth 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sibley, Feb. 26. G7th Foot—Robert Philip Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ingles, appointed to the 32 d Foot, Feb. 26 . 71st Foot—Lieutenant-Gener a l Sir Thomas Arbuth not, K.C.8., from 9th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieute nant- General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., and K.C.8., deceased, Feb. 18; Ensign Charles Watson, from 89th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brown, who exchanges, Feb. 25. 73d Foot—John James Vincent, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 25. 19th Foot —Ensign Leopold Brown, from 71st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Watson, who exchanges, Feb. 25. 94th Foot —Ensign Rice Davies Knight, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Frond, who retires ; Ensign Charles William St. John, from 24th Foot, to be Ensign, v i ne K n ight ; Henry Vausittart Stonehouse, Gent., to be vice P em b erton, who ret i res, E ns i gn , by purchase, Feb. 25. 96th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant William Thomp son, to b e Quartermaster, vice Samuel Fox, who retires on half-pay, Ju ne 23. UsiaTmcners—Lieutenant Lachlan Hector Gilbert Mclean, from 49th Foot, to be Captain, without pur chase, Feb. 25. BREVET. —Major Thomas Hutton, of 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant -Colonel in the Army, June 28, 1e33. MEMORANDUM. The commission of Lieutenant George Collins, of 4th Foot, has been dated August 27, 1847, instead of July 15, 1845. Erratum in the Gazette of Feb. 11, 1848. 62d Foot —For Ensign Willi am Rudman to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Tyler, promoted; read, vice Dickson, promoted. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire. Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, Bart. to be Deputy Joie! Henderson, E,-. Li e utenant; to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Janice Richardson, Es- q , to be Deputy Lieuten ant; Boyd Alexander, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Hull Maxwell, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant; logo H e rvey, Esq., younger, to be Deputy Lieutenant; lt.Na to be Captain James Stirlin g , Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 19. Commission by the Lurd-Lieutenant and Sheriff Prin cipal Ayrshire. The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Miliiia—Ensign William Cuninghame Gemmell to be Lieutenant, vice William Grieve, deceased, Feb. 18. WHITEHALL, FEB. 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Orem Gard, of Devonport, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Henry Bolton, straw manufacturer, Luton Bedford shire, to surrender Marc h 3 and A p ri l 7 , at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall - stre et. Catmint official ass i gnee , Birchind.ane; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry -cham bers, Old Jewry. Jonathan Bellehambers, bookseller, Str and, March 9, at twelve, and April 7, at one, a ne s , s a igo at tee, B the Coaus ghall-street; r Basinghall ic street. Whitmore. official Fry and Co., Cheapside. Valentine Francis Strove and William llos king, coal S outhwark, merchants Dye-house - wha rf, Clink- street , March 7, at half-past twelve, and April_ 11, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street . Pennell, official assignee; Miller and Horn, King Williani-street. George Wills, coal merchant, Ilgh-street W app i ng, March 8, ut half-past twelv e, and April 5, at h alf - past eleven, at the. Court, Basingliall-street. Bell, official assignee, Colei nan-street-buildings; Fourdrinier, Col lege-street, Dowgate-hill. RObert Hicks, apothecary, Belgrave-street, Pimlico, March 4 and April 14, at eleven, at the Court, Basing hall.astreet. Follett, oficial assign ee, Sambrook- cour t Basingliall-street; Wade and Co. , Ser g ean t's inn. , henry Thomas Stephens, licensed victualler South ampton, March 2, at two, and Mar ch 31, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Ed wa r ds, offi cial assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; F itch , Southampton street, Bloomsbury. Gulielmus Tertius Butterfield, dealer in drugs, Ox ford street, March 3, at half-past twelve, ,and April 11, at half-past eleven, at the Cour t, Bas ulghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; mi nter, Brownlow-street, Holborn. Willivssa John Buckland, license d vic tualler, East Greenwich, March 3 and April 11, at half past one, at the Cburt, Basiticlv all-street. Graham, official assignee, Coleinan-street-buildings; Dimtnock and Co., ci ument , s. lane. ' William Ask, watchmaker, Wakefield, Yorkshire, March 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hatton, official assignee, Leeds; Sargent, Norfolk -street, London; Reece, Birmingham. William Smith, ship builder, South Stockton, York shire, March 6 and April 6, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Wright, New Inn, Strand, London; Petty, Stockton; herb an d Clarkh; Leeds. Robert Hood, draper, Smethwick, Staffordshire, March 4 and April 1, at eleven; at the Birmingham District 'Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Hodg son, Birmingham; Holland, West Bromwich. Edward Roca, carpenter, Marshfield, Monmouthshire, March 9 and April 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Irwin and Co., Gray's Inn, London; Hassell, Bristol. Thomas Plumley, jilt), grocer, Bristol, March 9 and April 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol; Stevens and Co., Gray's Inn-square, London; Perkins, Bristol. Thomas Wilmot, chemist, Moreton in Marsh, Glou cestershire, March 14, at a►even, and April 11, at two, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row, London; Tilsley, Moreton in Marsh. John Wallace, corn merchant, Liverpool, March 10 and April 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple, Lon dun; Littledale and Bardawell, Liverpool. John Ridsdale, share broker, Manchester, March 8 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Lewis and Cooke, Bar nard's Inn, London; Ray, Leeds. Bennett Williams, grocer, Dyffryn, Merionethshire, March 17 and April 11, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Bower, Tokenhouse-yard, Loudon; Mason, Liverpool. William Follows, coal fitter, Middlesbrough, York shire, March 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co., Gray's Inn, London; Newsam, Middleborough; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in tie week ending February 22, 1848, is 245. 11 1 4 d. per cwt. SOUTH YORKSHIRE,DONCASTER AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The first half-yearly general, and also a special or extraordinary meeting of the proprietors of this company, was held yesterday afternoon at the London Tavern. Earl Fitzwilliain was unanimously voted to the chair. The report which was read stated that since the pass ing of the Act, on the 23d of July last year, the directors had been actively engaged in calling in outstanding accounts, registering the shares, and consolidating the stock. They had also been enabled, by careful inquiry into the future expenditure, and into the funds that will accrue to this company on its amalgamation with the River Dun Com pany, to make such arrangements for paying interest on calls, and on moneys paid in advance of calls, as to ren der the shares of this company a most valuable invest• went. The particulars of the arrangement had been fully explained in a statement already in the possession of the proprietary. At the extraordinary general meet ing, held on the 28th of last month, the proposal for the immediate commencement of the construction of a por tion of the railway, was carried by a large majority. The directors had now to report that the land and working plans had all been prepared, the works had been commenced, and would be proceeded with as ra pidly as circumstances permitted. The directors had every reason to anticipate that the line from Swinton to Doncaster would be opened for traffic early next year. The balance remaining to the credit of the company was 43,6131. Is. 4d. in cash and Exchequer-hills. A large amount had been offered in advance of calls on the terms of the circular of the 14th January, and the directors were confident that this amount would be consider ably increased before the time proposed for making the first call; and as the company was enabled to give seven per cent. per annum upon moneys paid in advance of calls, they apprehended little difficulty in obtaining the full amount which they can prelitahly employ. The total expenditure of the com pany, which was 70,5231. 19s. 5d., extended over a period of upwards of two years and a half, during which time the company was engaged in two very severe Parlia mentary conflicts, and involving a double expenditure in - law,_engineeiiiig, and other charges: • During that ses sion fifteen sehemes were projected in direct compettion with this undertaking ; proving the value of the district now occupied by the rail way. A sum of 47,2501. had been appropriated as deposit on 18,000 shares, in the Sheffield, Rother ham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway, in accordance with an arrangement ,anctioned by a general meeting held in August, 1846. The densely-populated district through which that line passed abounded in minerals, leased to wealthy and en terprising companies, and all requiring a more expe ditious and economical transit to their respective markets. To the eastern communication afforded by the South Yorkshire line proper it would form a most valuable feeder. In right of the large stake held by the pro prietors of this company in the Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Com pany's undertaking, half of the board of that company had boon nominated by the directors of this company, and the management of this company's portion of the scheme had been confided solely to those gentlemen. The amount of revenue accruing to this company, under ) the contract with the River Dun Company, to the end of the last year was 14,5171. Os. 11d., which sum would, however, not be payable until the amalgamation by half the capital being paid up and expended. Out of that revenue the directors proposed to declare a dividend, at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, from the passing of the Act. for the half-year ending the 22d of January, amounting in the aggregate to 2,8121. 10s., for which, interest warrants would be forthwith issued, payable one month after the amalgamation. The directors would hereafter be enabled, out of the surplus and accruing revenue, to pay a dividend of 6/. per cent. per annum, until the opening of the line. The extension of the South Yorkshire line to Penistone was struck out by the Committee on the Bill, and it appeared necessary to the directors, for the interest of the proprietdre, that the extension to Penistone should be re.deposited in an altered shape, and a Bill introduced into Parliament. Mr. ENGLAND, a shareholder, complained of the item in the accounts of 42,293/. 10s. 11d. for law and Parlia liamentary expenses, and trusted that the directors would make some reduction in them for the future. The CHAIRMAN said he was always extremely desirous for economy in everything, but it should be recollected that this company had to encounter two severe Parlia mentary struggles. It was a matter of regret to him that Parliamentary contests cost so much, but if he had had the management of railway affairs in England, and if his advice had been taken some time ago respecting the management and construction of railways, there would have been no necessity for Parliamentary contests. — (Hear.) But he would remind the meeting that when gentlemen embarked in such undertakings as this, they were, of course, understood to make up their minds as to the risk and loss that might ensue, as well as to the advantages.—(Cheers.) Ile regretted, however, very much that the law expenses were so exceedingly heavy. The report was then received and adopted. A resolution having been proposed for reducing the number of directors to 12, Mr. ENGLISH said he did not think it proper that any large coal owner, in the district traversed by the rail way, should be upon the directory, because he would be able to fix just what price he liked for conveying his coal over the line. This, he said, had been the case on some other lines, and was an abuse which should not he allowed to exist by the proprietors. Earl FITZWILLIAM, who is one of the most extensive coal proprietors in Yorkshire, immediately took offence at the observation, thinking that it was intended to ap ply to him, and said he would not remain a moment longer in the chair or upon the directory, since his honour and integrity had been doubted. The .Noble Earl then took up his hat, and despite the solicitations of the directors and shareholders, who rose en ',mese, proveeded to leave the room. As he reached the door, Mr. Deeteox, Chairman of the GreatNorthernßailway, took the vacant chair, and intreated his Lordship to re• consider his determination, which, if persisted in, he would materially injure the property of the com pany in the public estimation. The appeal had the de sired street, and the shareholder having apologised The NOBLE EARL resumed the chair, and said he never had and never would have shares in any railway or other speculation merely as a speculator, because he did not think it consistent with his public position to do so, and he bad only entered into this undertaking be cause it would benefit the district with which he was connected in Yorkshire, and be of great public advan tage.—(Cheers.) After some further discussion and explanation, exculpating his Lordship from having any interested motives in joining this company, the matter dropped, and the resolution was carried ; also others voting 1,200/. to the directors, ordering a dividend at the rate of 51. per cent. up to January last, and other formal resolutions, the meeting was made special and a draft bill agreed to for extending a line to Penistone, and ordered to be promoted in the present session of Parliament. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—ASHTON-•UNDER LINE, FEB. 24.—Foua LIVES LOST.—On Wednesday evening one of those distressing accidents, an explosion of fire damp, occurred at the colliery of Messrs. Surie and Lees, known as the Victoria Pits, Dukinfield, near Ashton, which occasioned the immediate loss of four lives, and has placed in jeopardy several others, three of whom were not expected to survive many hours. Of the four who were instantaneously killed, two were bro thers named Aspinal, and the father of these is one of three who are not expected to live. From the facts which we have been enabled to collect, it appears that the accident was occasioned by that fruitful source by which so many sad catastrophes take place, viz., the working with a nuked candle, instead of obeying the rules of the works and venturing into the pit without a safety lamp. It is said that one of the sufferers took a light into some of the old workings, the air in which was so impregnated with the explosive gas that it imme diately exploded, blowing one man literally to pieces and destroying three others, besides burning several iu a most dreadful manner. On the accident becoming known at the top of the pit means were taken to bring up the sufferers, who wore carried to their own homes. The dead bodies were taken to the Snipe Tavern, the nearest public-house, where they are now lying awaiting the coroners inquest.. early potatoes were exhibited for sale in the market on Saturday last. The price demanded for them was a shilling a pound.—Lancaster Guardian. [PR ICE bb. IRELAND. --- DUBLIN, FEB. 24,—The Poor-law Commissioners have dissolved two more boards of guardians—those of the unions of Ennistymon (county of Clare), and Gort (county of Galway). The regular guardians have now been superseded in about thirty unions, and paid guardians appointed. In a few instances, the ex guardians were glad to escape the responsibility, but generally the local gentry are filled with indignation by the proceedings of the commissioners, who pay little heed to the complaints of these gentlemen. The com missioners are, in fact, determined to enforce the poor law at all hazards ; and so far as the collection of the rate is concerned, they are succeeding in most of the unions. Meantime, in some of the western and southern counties, a great extent of destitution still prevails. The Mayo Telegraph of yesterday contains a further list of fifteen deaths from starvation in the Castlebar union. There have been numerous seizures for non payment of poor-rate ,• but in some instances the goods exposed for sale found no bidders amongst the crowd assembled at the auctions. As might be expected where destitution is so general, there are numerous frauds in the out-door relief system, especially in Mayo. One of the local papers contains a list of persons re ceiving relief under false pretences, and most of whom are in comparatively comfortable circumstances. In some districts efforts are made by the gentry and farmers to diminish the relief taxation by extending em ployment ; but pauperism is extending, nevertheless, to a most formidable extent. Mr. Herbert, M.P., of Muckness Abbey, has circu lated as address amongst his tenantry in Kerry, offering to pay the entire of their poor-rate ; but, says this ex celleet landlord, " I shall expect, in return, that none of the labourers usually employed by you shall be com pelled to have recourse to the poor-rate for relief, while each of you has so wide a field upon which his labour may be made reproductive." DISTRESS AMONGST THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY. —The Cork Examiner quotes the following extract of a letter from a Roman Catholic clergyman of the diocese of Cloyne, as an instance of the condition to whi ch the clergy of that communion are now reduced by the poverty of their flocks :—" Let me tell you (strange to say), I have this day in my possession but one halfpenny; such is the state of my finances, and I think it is, generally speaking, the position of the priesthood of the country — it cannot be otherwise. I have in my united parishes 6,000 in a state of starvation, many of whom have already died of starvation ; may God deliver them, and give them the grace of forbearance." CITY OF WATERORD ELECTION.—Further accounts have been received of the conflicts between the Old and Young Irelanders, which have only been stopped by the intervention of the military and police. On Tuesday Colonel Sir C. O'Donnell, brigadier-general at Clonmel, with two troops of the 4th Light Dragoons, arrived at Waterford, where Sir Charles will remain during the election. MURDER OF THE REV. JOHN LLOYD.-CA PITAL CONVICTION. The Evening Herald contains the following report of a most important case tried yesterday at the Roscommon Asssizes: ROSCOMMON, FEB. 23.—A respectable jury having been sworn, the Clerk of the Crown read the indictment against Thomas Donoghue, charging him with having, on the 28th of November, on the high road near Elgin, in this county, fired at and killed the Rev. John Lloyd, and in another count with aiding and assiAing one John Flanagan to commit the murder. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL stated the case for the Crown. Michael Walsh was then examined by the Learned Gentleman—Recollects the Sunday before Mr. Lloyd was shot. Was at the house of Owen Byrne early that day, and saw the prisoner at the bar there. It is about two miles across the fields from where Mr. Lloyd was shot. John Flanagan, Pat Regan, Owen Byrne, liar tin Travers, and Michael Byrne was there: Was there till late that day. There was a conversatalia about Mr. Lloyd on that day; Owen Byrne said tha(Nie3: were all noticed by Mr. Lloyd, and that his lifelike in the lease and that he ought to be shot, that- ere was no other remedy but to shoot him. He ( tness) said that ho was a good man, and that it (mg* not to be done, and Pat Regan said the same thing, but the rest were for having him shot, and Donoghue, the prisoner, said he WSlb prepared to come any day at all, and that that day was wet and the pistol might not go off. Saw the prisoner, and knew him three years before that. Recollected going ,to Owen Byrne on the fol lowing Sunday ; that was the day Mr. Lloyd was shot; Donoghue, Flanagan, Owen and Michael Byrne were there that day in Owen Byrne's barn ; he saw two pistols lying on the corn in the barn; there was some conversation about Mr. Lloyd, but not so much as the other day; it was a wet day too, and one of them said there was no luck in it; witness went home, which was only it few fields from Byrne's house, and left Donoghue after him; some time after that he saw two men cross the fields from Byrne's in the direction towards where Mr. Lloyd was shot ; saw John Flanagan that evening going towards his own house; he had a case of pistols, and another man was on before him, but was not sure it was the prisoner as he was a piece off from him. Flan agan he heard is (lead. Cross•examieed by Mr. W. BURKE—Is not a tenant of the late Mr. Lloyd. Did not swear his informations till he heard from Mr. Lloyd, of Lisanow, that he had a letter, and that he (witness) knew something of this. Then he came and told the truth. It is not for a re ward, but for the love of justice he gave his testimony. Martin Byrne, examined by Mr. FRENCH, Q.C.—Re members the Saturday before Mr. Lloyd was shot. Met Michael Byrne, and from what he told witness he went to Owen Byrne, his brother, who sent him to Durham, about twelve miles, for the prisoner, Thomas Donoghue, to visit him ; and ho went to the house of Donoghue, and his wife went with him to Mr. Corr's, where he was working, and in the evening both of them went to Cultra. On the way they met three policemen, one of whom asked witness where they were going, and he told them to Cultra. Michael Reynolds, police constable, proved that he, with two more police, wore out that night, and met the last witness at Carrigan's, which is on the road from Durham to Eiphin. Patt Rooney, examined by Mr. WEST, Q.C.—ls about seventeen years of age. Was servant to the late Mr. Lloyd. Remembers the day he was shot. Was driving the gig in which his master was, and when above a mile from home, two man were walking before them, and when the gig overtook them, one went each side, and the prisoner told witness to come down. Mr. Lloyd asked what .or, and they said they wanted to shoot htm ; and Mr. Lloyd said, " Pull away boys." Witness cried out, " Don't kill my master," and immediately one of them fired (identifies the prisoner as the man who fired the shot). The prisoner told the other man to fire, and he tried, but the pistol would not go off. Saw the prisoner about a fortnight after, among five or six others, and pointed him out as the man who shot his master. In the cross-examination of this witness his first in formations were read, in which he stated that he be lieved the prisoner Donoghue was the man that shot his master. To account for this, he said he had been then going into the town ofElphin every day, and that he was afraid to positively swear against him. Patrick Holmes was the next witness, who proved that lie was going an old road to the Rev. Mr. Lloyd's on that day to get a bottle of wine, which Mr. Lloyd had promised to his wife, who was sick, and that coming towards a fort of rising ground he lost sight of Mr. Lloyd, and he heard a shout from some person, and then heard a shot, and going over the rising ground, be saw the body of Mr. Lloyd in the gig. Be appeared dead. Ile then saw two men coming from where the smoke was, and they beckoned to him to go back, and he did, as he saw pistols with them. He knew Flanagan, but he did not know the prisoner before that day (identifies him as onu of the men); a man named Coghlan shook hands with Flanagan and said, " Well done, boys--you took down the old fellow." Thomas Brehery proved to having seen two men that day running across the fields, and that the prisoner was one of them, having a pistol or a short gun concealed under his coat. Mr. BURKE addressed the jury for the prisoner in an eloquent speech, contending that there was a discrepancy in the evidence, and that some of the evidence could not be relied on. The Judge delivered a long and able charge to the jury, who, without leaving the box, found a verdict of Guilty. Roscommon, Feb. 23, half-past five o'clock. This moment the jury have returned a verdict of guilty against Thomas Donoghue, for the murder of the Rev. John Lloyd, on the 28th of November last. The Judge was deeply affected on hearing the verdict, and, after some minutes'deliberation,addressed the Attorney- General in a low voice, when his Lordship had the pri. soner removed to his former cell, and postponed passing the awful sentence until morning. The Court never was so densely crowded, and before the Judge charged the jury, the whole assembly anti cipated the just verdict of this the foulest murder that ever disgraced any country. Six o'clock, Wednesday evening. Three persona are this moment committed for the murder of Major Mahon. EMIGRATION OF COTTON SPINNERS.—Last week a general meeting of delegates was held at Bolton, of the operative cotton spinners of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, and Derbyshire. The business of the meeting was of a somewhat novel character. Instead of dis cussing the rate of wages, or the consequence of the recent reductions, the discussion was entirely confined to the consideration of the question of establishing the means of emigrating the surplus hands among them to the United States of America. It was proposed to do this by a weekly subscription of 2 d. a h ead, b y which they calculate that they can send out 329 spinners per annum. The project was adopted unanimouslyt day.— i , and t was fixed to commence in a fortnight from that Stockport Mercury. The Duke of Wellington gave a grand banquet at Strathfieldsaye last evening to the Learned Judges going the Western Circuit, ex route to open the com mission at Winchester , t he Hi g h Sheriff of the county, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, &c. The Noble and Gallant Duke, accompanied by the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, is expected to return to town to-day. Yesterday, in pursuance of a requision, signed by about 140 members of the Corporation, a Court was held to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the proposed increase and continuance of the income-tax. The Lord Mayor, upou entering the court, which was filled with members, was loudly cheered. The Loan MAYort, upon taking the chair, said, he did not know that it was necessary for him to make any other observation than that he was most happy to com ply with their request, and most glad to see them assemble in such numbers.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. NORRIS congratulated the Court upon the prompt manner in which the Chief Magistrate had attended to the requisition upon the large assemblat,e of the representatives of the warsis, and upon the una nimity which he anticipated would be perfect and complete.—(Cheers.) The state of feeling which mani fested itself upen the declaration of the Minister that the income-tax was not only to be continued, but to be increased, and the resolute opposition made to so ob noxious an impost, proved that there was no necessity fur dilating upon the question of the propriety of peti tioning against it. He should therefore read the reso. lutions upon which it was his intention to found a peti tion to the House of Commons, and then make a few observations which naturally suggested themselves to him. They were as follows: " That this court have obsefved with surprise and dismay that her Majesty's Ministers have made a pro position to renew the income-tax for a period of five years, and to increase the said tax for a period of not less two years, from sevenpence to one shilling in the pound. " That a tax on income is unjust in principle, and was submitted to in the first instance on the distinct under standing, that it was for a temporary purpose, and for a limited period only. " That it is unjust to levy the same amount of tax on precarions and uncertain incomes, wising from trades and professions, as from landed, funded, or other ac cumulated property. That it was thus made a direct tax on the industry and skill of those engaged in trade or professional pur suits, and imposes on them an unfair proportion of the public burthens. " That this Court do not hesitate to declare that if the Honourable House of Commons should agree to per petuate this system of taxation, it will no longer deserve the confidence of the people of the United Kingdom. " That, amid unprecedented commercial difficulties, and with trade and manufactures in a state of the most extreme depression, any increase to the taxation of the country would be impolitic, and the inquisitorial cha racter of an income-tax renders it at all times peculiarly obnoxious. "That this Court are of opinion, and submit that it is the duty of the Honourable House of Commons to limit the expenditure for the public service to the sums already accruing from the ordinary sources of taxation. _ " That your Honourable House should not anticipate, by lavish expenditure, a revenue to be raised by additional burdens, and that the country regard with the most serious apprehension the annually increased expenditure for the public service, and submit to the Honourable House of Commons the necessity of a strict revision of our unjust and unequal system of taxation." The Court loudly cheered at the conclusion of every sentence of the resolutions, particularly when the mover read that which stated that if the attempt succeeded the House of Commons would no longer deserve the confidence of the people. Mr. Noxais continued—ln the resolutions it was stated that the Court heard of the intention of Ministers with surprise and dismay, because in describing their feelings on the occasion the strongest terms that could be used were unquestionably the best. It was impos sible to contemplate the fact of an annually increasing expenditure at a time, and after so many years of pro found peace, without perceivingithe necessity of inquir ing for what purposes these enormous sums were de manded, and why such a constant increase of taxation took place. They found not only that a large portion of the income tax had been most unjustly and unfairly raised from the classes least able to hear the imposi tion, but with a lavish hand the Government framed commissions through the country, at a vast outlay, to inquire into the necessity of draining, and doing other things, for interfering in which there could be now no excuse, whatever justification might have ex isted centuries ago, as the people were well qualified to judge and amt for themselves in such matters without anSlirliamentary sanction at all. The commissions thus appointed superseded the medical men of most eminent charecter, and passed over the country under pretence of benefiting the public health, and averting the conse quences of dangerous disorders. It was the duty of Government, instead of establishing such costly bodies; to show the people how to cultivate their own prosperity, and to derive advantage from the arts of peace; but under the establishmeut of peace it appeared to have been the object of administrations to provide for the numerous henget s-on to whose assistance they owed the success of their speculations upon the pockets of the people, in stead of giving encouragement to useful enterprise.— (Cheers.) Mr. Norris then went back to the poriod at which the income-tax was imposed, and commented upon its renewal by the same Minister who had intro duced it. He ridiculed the intense eagerness with which the latter,upon the dangerof an invasion from France, was referred to as authority for the necessity of preparations calculated to supply the Government retainers to whom he alluded with places or profits, and he asked whether France, if she was indeed desirous of conflict, did not seem more disposed to expend her fury upon herself, than to commit any outrage upon this country ? France, he was convinced, was aware of the expediency and of the blessings of peace, and contemplated no rupture. He called the attention of the Court to the condition of the clerk with 2001. a• year, who naturally adopted the step of insuring his life to provide fer his widow. The insurance would cost him 20/. a year, which, together with the local rates, reduced his receipts to 1651. a year, and then came on the income Act, which taxed him upon his original 2001.—a cruel imposition, inflicted to main tain the Government in its course of prodigal expendi eure.—(Cheers.) Upon reviewing the career of Perlis inent, he must say that, after what had been done in this country to relieve Irish distress, a sense of justice to England should prevent the Irish Members from sup , posting the Administration in imposing so atrocious a tax.—(Load cheers.) That tax was not to visit Ireland, and the wealthy men of that country received the amounts of their dividends without incurring a farthing of deduction, and could go down to Parliament to vote for the measure from which the Minister ingeniously eeempted them.—(Cheers.) Mr. Norris concluded by expressing an anxious wish that the Court should be unanimous in making an indignant remonstrance founded upon ,the resolutions ho proposed, and was cheered upon sitting down with great acclamation and clapping of hands. Mr. R. TAYLOR felt great pleasure in seconding the motion. With regard to the defalcation in the revenue, that was an inevitable national misfortune which must be met. He would not enter upon that subject, neither a ould lie enter upon the subject of the increase of taxa tion. He was for revising the whole system of taxation from first to last, and placing it upon au equal footing.— (Cheers.) When, in 1842, Sir Robert Peel brought in his Bill for imposing a new income-tax a surprising apathy seemed to exist. The country submitted upon receiving the promise that the obnoxious tax would not exist beyond a stated period, and being told that it was only to answer an emergency.—(Hear, hear.) Now, what was the language which the present Chancellor of the Exchequer used in speaking of the proposition for sit increased income-tax ? He would read an extract I then tw as said as , 's Ex s e p h ee e c qe h ur fforrowsth:_e The Chancellor C H h o a n n . ce G llo e r nt o le f. m th an e with regard to the income-tax as it at present stands, it is quite true I have indirectly expressed an opinion that there was no prospect of its being taken off. I did consider the 3L per cent. as a permanent part of the taxa tion of the country. I knew it was not imposed as a permanent tax, but when it was voted, iu 1845, I do not eelieve any man really believed that there was any prospect of its being taken off.—(Great laughter) I for one voted for it with a perfect conviction that it would never be taken off, and 1 do not think any one was san guine enough to hope it. I think it right to declare that I do not see any chance of that part of our taxation, amounting to 5,000,0001., being taken off; this applied w the 3 per cent. With respect to the addition of 2 per cent., now proposed for a period of two years only, I will make no promise, as I do not wish to be taunted with it hereafter."—(Laughter.) Now (proceeded Mr. Taylor), no man believed there was one word of truth or sincerity in the protnises made with respect to that tax. lie considered, as the present Chancellor of the Exche quer considered, that there was no reliance to be placed in assurances of this kind, and he could not at all see why more credit was to be given to Ministers at the pre sent moment than had been given to Ministers of a former day.--(A laugh and cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentle man, however, had, by his speech just quoted, made it evident that he had no intention to remove the tax at the conclusion of the time to which it was pretended to be limited. Mr. Taylor repro bated the whole system of taxation as directly the the reverse of what it ought to be, inasm uch as poorest individuals were the most hea vil y taxed. He asserted that Government might easilyo r aise all the s u pon those money they required by throwing the nu What but the ex caused the revolution in F rance tion?—(Cheers.) The who were best able to bear it. He asked what had emption of the rich from taxa blame He did not the pre sent or any other G over n ment —no Government was s t r ong enough for disguised.—(Bear , hear.) same evil existed in th is country, but it was more the aristocracy , who stood between poor.— sa id he recollected the opposition Mr. PEWTRESS the poor and the g ood intended for thepoor.—(Cheers.) made to the income-tax when ten Castles cent. was the Upon that occasion Lord eagh spoke amount. of the ignorant impatience of the people, and declared it was impossible that the Government of the country could be carried on without the produce of that tax. Th e people, however, by compelling the repeal of the tax, which then produced 16,000,0001., taught tho Mi nisters that they could do without it.—(Cheers.) The present N , linistry, when they should fi n d t h a t t h ey cou ld not accomplish their object, would find a way to cut down the heavy national expenditure, to make reductions adequate to the necessity of the case, and to accomplish such reductions to the permanent advantage of the cotnumnity.—(Cheers.) Mr. WIRE was anxious not to detain the Court when they were so unanimous in their determination to go at once to the House of Commons with their remonstrances; but he could not refrain from expressing his surprise that Ministers should, after a lapse of thirty-three years peace, venture to propose the obnoxious tax, the evils of which had been so forcibly pointed out by Mr. Norris. ' A tax of that description could only be intended for •~