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L (Hear,, hear.) All this may be inevitable• and highly C anada but all this time the population of Upper lover is in creas i n g in a ratio far beyond that of the 'ever province, and all this time the feeling of yen- L e l t eee created by the conviction that they have been J u 'tlY treated by the Sovereign to whom they were 40 - faithf u l an d t h e cou ntry which they have served too well, Will be acting upon these men. — ( Elear, hear. ) I ttk Canada You, then, what will be the situation of Lower all ada when the wheel turns round, and when Upper Can ada; will have that pre-eminence which you canno t pre sent them from obtaining.—(Bear.) It is all very t j a l corning forward and saying that the quest i o n at S7 e i$ the question of responsible go vernment. b") are em pty phrases for debating clubs and b ul boy s , but they are not the language to be used th practic a l me n—men who are acquainted with re detail s o f p u blic affairs, and are responsible j °l. s t ile policy which they recommend — (H e a r, hear ) — aY that th e s it ua tion of the two provinces according bit-e system now in operation, will lead not only to t t he feelings and violent opposition, but to bloodshed 1 : 0 ( e l ( huger far more terrible than any which has y et erred. H a ve you no remedy, however, for thi , ? Yes; I maintain you have, and that remedy is given you h w i s the C onst i tut i on. Th at rem edy consists in a just, lo and politic exercise of that power which you pos . -,118 erc is oY er two partit s so circumstanced, and by such ex 4ae You might ensure the prosperity of thht country , d ,e greatness and prosperity of your own , and pre teb"nose evils which you tell us this constitutional °roe is projected to avert. Your course is impolitic , „ according to your own parallel cases. I take the If ins 'Mee of Ireland, as introduced into this debate by the 14 9 / 1 - Memb er f or Sheffield. I have contemplated what lit be th e conseque nces of the repeal of the Legisla tare ls between the two countries. No one can doubt that Wi th 1 , 1 e vast numerical majority, and with an extended o f ° thc hile, what would be the immediate effect in Ireland /it ch a s c h e me. With an absolute internal lode pendenee, there would be a party there who woul d Fire to external independence also. You would Wive in all the high places the members of the re th Party, You would have a system of legislation ti: r e which would not favour or discourage emigre ball, that would not disturb the balance in the sister * M d. No doubt the means used might be factious, but d %id be highly constitutional—(flear)—and I have no l3 tlbt it would be impossible for us to interfere, much as p ° ,,, llti g,ht sympathise with them. But suppose t he re p eal p 0 4 , 1 , 0 e ,, an to believe that it had been oppressed—sup } tn e; said there are cases of men who have suffered or tbt us—therehave been our followers for whose dsced aidarwe must do something—we must imose a e rate s in 411 ,or instance, on Ulster, to compensates uccessors of that or a Meagher.—(Bear, hear.) Now, from th " We have seen of another rate in aid, I can hardly ,'"P tl se that a proposition of this kind would be very ac p tosole,—(Hear, hear.) But suppose the dominant 4 ,: t Y were to call upon them to pour their troops into district for the purpose of enforcing such. You m ight t e ll us , on constitutional maxims , that the op i-- ter of the majority was consulted. T he Ho n . Mem el for Northampton (Mr. V. Smith) might make an wequent speech on the subject, and tell you that that k3 L t he system of responsible government —(Hear)—but, Pert'lliYngu' would you not be destroying the empire, and the kingdom ?—(llear.) I could go into the case of b o PPer Canada, as another precedent; but it is too late ell : to enter into those details.—(No, no.) Well, I shall ti t r ,„!lito them very shortly.—(Cheers.) I am told by 'sight Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, ° has just addressed the House, that the word "loyal" pa s vnot inserted in the Bill relating to the case of iler Canada. Now, what was the reason of that? Y , a very simple one, that there were no rebels in t otal, fur or The inhabitants there were all th at and of the four or five cases which occurred there, sh? all resolved themselves into commissariat returns. ee this discussion 'commenced I have been shown a allPttteh from Sir J. Colborne, in which he lays it down a o t all the persons who supplied the troops with stores Dm llitl be compensated without reference to any partici ettrir the rebellion. And out of the five cases oc iet,„ttg in the upper province, four resolved themselves ti a ,, - ,', a ses of commissiariat supplies. There was that dis - "c'n, therefore, between the provinces.. In fact, there -ere eh,,, 11 0 rebels in Upper Canada; and in the Governor's p re r, r ` t eh respecting the military force necessary to re pee's, the disturbance, it appeared that the American t b e Pte there were the only parties to be put down, and th e re were no indigenous rebels. We have been told in bhaeourse of this discussion—in fact, considerable ern- La t ! itl has been laid en the assertion—that public opin to.ln Canada has been demonstrated in favour of the p re -su re in a most remarkable manner by the addresses of t tented to the Governor-General. Now, in my view tea ease we have nothing to do with this; but the We amen who insist most upon this are those who say. thi s "? not want to have party politics introduced into debate. Now, no sooner do they say this, than they ati, e,r to the aderesses presented to the Governor-General lo u .' W hich her Majesty's Ministers have with such sedu ,;.,cere placed upon the table of your House. Now, Sir, th":unk these are points which have nothing to do with to ' question before us—(Hear, hear) —we have no right l r into the details of those addresse s, which those TtishiPs and localities have sent the Governor-General. o n question we have to consider is, wheth er her ma i" tY sho u ld b e a d v i se d to exercise her constitutional functionsthese on account of extraordinary circumstances. "'e being, in our opinion, the reward of men who have ea lellea against quest Government?—(Hear, hear.) You tiozi L s_ this a local qion—we call it an Imperial ques tietie . (Hear hear)—but it is more than either—it is a tis _ nal one.—(Hear, hear.) I intended to have placed ( 4 b question before the House; and it I ha‘e referred to is, it is because you have done so for the purpose of w a uencing public opinion. Now, if you thought there ere the el emen t s o f such an influence in those det il is my duty to show that they are utterly worthleis.— p'7 e ar, hear.) Now, what is the a nswer which Lord Elgin has g iven to one of these addresses from the Vic , Elgin district, which has been already re'erred to? Lord 4 gin observed that it was his firm belief that they did sot intend to countenance rebellion, or to compensate the 08 tes of those who had been guilty of the heinous crime (),, ,t high treason, but only to make provision for the losses , i) l ' those who had sustained a wanton and unnecessary des truction of property. Now, if that is Lord Elgin's 0 I r P in ion, that is precisely what my Right Honourable iend wants the House to sanction and -support. We ,ut the H ouse to affirm the principle which has been there enunciated .—( Bear .) But I will show you how ese a ddresses have been procured and produced. Now, t hlrk th • tuaL , e right of petitioning is not only of inesti mable value in this country, but that it is extremely im• ;;I: . 7ant that it should be publicly known that such a that exercises a strong influence upon Parliament, and 1, 4 ; 1 ' Petitions are productive of no other result than to th e o r rde red to lie on the table of that House—are thrown tha t Public and are thought of no more. lam of opinion tPublic opinion, to be fairly and constitutionally ex eee'tsd, ought to be expressed at public meetings— had Lugs constitutionally and fairly held. Now, how beg .1 - eau meetings in favour of' the Governor of Canada Man got up? I have before me a letter, dated Montreal, WI., from a celebrated and notorious character—Dr. th e I ; e ti Nelson, in which that individual, after detailing burni ng which occurred in Montreal—the G o ,„ in g of the Parliament-house and the insults to the % I :nor—calls upon his fellow-citizens to petition the opi ni n not to recal Lord Elgin, and to express their sup °n that the responsible Government ought to be of t rte ,c l . In consequence of this secret invitation se er ' Nelson, a variety of petitions were sent to the we re /11 of the Governor. No public meetings r held at which the subject of these petitions Petition discussed .—( Hear , hear.) Among them was a loon fro m Coburg, which was entirely devoted to the Praiseta,, of the Governor-General, and it was stated to e been signed by 663 persons. Now, Sir, I have had Pla ls, e ' q in my hand to-night a letter, dated Coburg, May ,ft addressed to Sir Allan M'lsTab, whose acquaintance I e 'l st ve not the honour of possessing, but I have the highest or a l for his distinguished bravery and talents. — ear, hear.) In this letter it is mentioned, that as a aPublic meeting was stated to have been held at Coburg, a " which a congratulatory address to the Governor was i sreed to and signed by 663 persons, the writer begs to e ,"l°rlsn Sir Alan that the whole male population of the unabitants of Coburg only amounts to 653, and that the Petition in question was signed by only 210 persons.— glear, hear.) These, Sir, are very important facts. — When these surreptitious documents are printed in the ' royal Gazette, and are then in their official forme trans kitted to Secretaries of State, and when they call for Solemn admonitions from the President of the Board of Trade, the effect of them may be most important, — (Rear.) Petitions and addresses in favour of the Go vernor may be all very well, but considering the manner irtwhich those documents have been got up, and the Pompous w a y in which they have been introduced to our notice, they may, I think, be fairly described as g r eat rubbish as was ever introduced into this House. (Hear, hear.) Let me say a word before I sit down as to th e course taken upon this occssien by my Right , °rt. Friend the Member for Stamford. No one has ventured to say that it was either an inforrultil,e a he n eurn constitutional, or an irregular proceeding.—(He r, .) S ome one has stated • that he saw the whole programme of last niebt's proceedings on his breakfas t table in the ruoreing, but that I am very much inclined to doubt —so far, at least, as my Right Hon. Friend's motion is con cern e d . It is quite a new thing in this House to assert that no motion should ever be made without giving a formal notice of it. It often happens.—(Hear, hear.) I eat', Sir, that due and formal notic e havin g been given th a t One of the most eminent and important Members of this H ouse i ntended to br i ng under the consideration of the House the state of affairs in Canada, and the Prime Minister h av i ng fi xe d a d a y a t a long interval for t he discussion of the question—l say, Sir, after all this, it is perfectly idle to pretend that you were taken by sur pri e by my Right Hon. Friend's motion.—(Cheers.) If You say that you were taken by surprise you can only prov e i t by asserting that we are the most incapable of all men and the least interested in public business, and that we were coming down here at this great colonial crisis—in this great Imperial and local emergency—that We were coming dawn to this House to hear en exposi tion of your mal-administration, and what was intended to be a satisfactory refutation of the charges brought against you from the first Minister of the Crown, and then, forsooth, go to dinner, and do nothing else.— (Cheers and laughter.) I doubt not that my friends will persist in the course they have taken, and unanimously support my Right Hon. Friend.—(Cheers.) You may, if you like, give up your colonial empire, and destroy, if you will, the surest source of your wealth, and certain source of your political power.—(Cheers.) Do it. Sa crifice, if you will—l do not want to enter into that question now—the wealth of your nation, and the power of your Government to the economic phantasies of the hour; but if you do this—if the empire of England is to fall, and fall by our votes, do not sacrifice the national honour or the royal word .—(Loud cheers.) Mr. S. HERBERT thought the House were justified ri not allowing the division to take place last night. The debate of to night had shown how necessary it was that they should not come precipitately to a division, or 1 040 . d without notice or in the absence of Honourable THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVIINING- JUNE 16, 1349. Gentlemen who were qualified to assist the House in coming to a proper decision on this important question, but who were absent from the House last night. It ap peared even now, although the debate was exhausted, that the House had come to the consideration of this subject without the grounds for an accurate considera tion of it.—(" Divide.") The Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) told the House that it was not intended under this Act to compensate rebels, and Lord Elgin (upon whose talents and character the Hon. Member proceeded to pass a warm eulogium) declared that in his opinion the measure was not intended to compensate rebels. If these opinions were conclusive as to the intention of the Act, and how it would ultimately work, then he would agree with those who said this was not an imperial, but a local question. But if it were true, as the Attorney- General had told the House, that it was impossible that instructions issued to Commissioners should narrow the scope and intent of an Act of Parliament, what became of the assurance of the Noble Lord that, by the instruc tions that would be given, he would rectify any doubts that might be entertained on this subject?—(Hear.) It was most important that they should have the as surance of the Government that no precipitate consent should be given to the Act—(ElE ar)—and, believing that a case had been made out for delay, although he did not think the amendment of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ilerries) well drawn up or well worded for its purpose, yet, considering that it did not pledge the Go vernment to disallow the Act—(Hear)—and, further, that a vote against it would be regarded as an immedi ate decision on the part of the Government in favour of the Bill, he had made up his mind, although not with out some difficulty arid reluctance, to support the amendment.— (Loud cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL—As I have not addressed the House since the amendment was moved, and as I only answered a question last night with respect to the ad journment, I must ask the House to permit me, not to enter upon any lengthened argument of this question, which has been already sufficiently examined, but to call attention to two or three points which ought to be borne in mind by the House on going to a division. But before I state anything with respect to the main question I think it right to take some notice of allegations which have been made chiefly by the Hon. Member for Brid port (Mr. Cochrane), but also by others, affecting the character of persons holding office in Canada. Ido not think it is right that assertions should be made affecting the character of persons filling those situations, without proof and without any ground for those allegations.— (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Bridport stated that Mr. Lafontaine and Mr. Baldwin were persons who were notoriously guilty of treason, and that they were avowed and confessed rebels. Now, with respect to Mr. Lafontaine, at the time of the insurrection at Canada he was in this country. It is true that a warrant was issued against him, but it is also true that he returned to Canada, and that no prcof was ever given of his par ticipation in the insurrection and rising.—(Hear.) With respect to Mr. Baldwin, I have never heard of any charge whatever made against him. Mr. B. COCHRANE.—Was not a reward of 5002 offered for Mr. Lafontaine ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—No; I never heard of it. Let me observe, further, that the Hon. Gentleman stated to the House, or wished to convey the impression, that lately, for the first time, Mr. Lafontaine and Mr. Bald win were honoured by the confidence of the Queen's Representative in Canada, and that they now hold office for the first time. Now, in November, 1i42, it appears, by the London Gazette, that Mr. Lafontaine was ap pointed Attorney-General, and that Mr. Baldwin was appointed Solicitor-General at the same time. At that time Lord Stanley was Secretary of State for the Colo nies. —(Cheers.) Whatever, then, may have been the imputations which the Honourable Gentleman has thought it necessary to produce for the purposes of the present debate, Lord Stanley must no doubt have been satisfied of the incorrectness and falsehood of those imputations, and must have been per suaded that those men whom he recommended to hold the highest offices in Canada were loyal men, to whom those offices could safely be entrusted.—(Cheers.) And now with regard to the main question upon which the House has to decide, and upon which I really think the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last has not suffi ciently refl. cted—that question—and I wish to state it perfectly fairly—is this: there having been passed Bills and Acts for the indemnity of persons who had suffered rebellion losses in Upper Canada, there has now been passed an Act for the indemnity of persons in Lower Canada, and the question is, whether the representative of the Crown, having consented to those former Acts, and the Ministers of the Crown never having advised the disallowance of those Acts—there is such a difference between those Acts and the present Act as to make it right—and not only right but necessary, on the part of the advisers of the Crown, to stop the present Act by a disallowance. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) appeared to me to found his argument on the fact that between the former Acts and the present Act there was not any essential difference, except that there were more restrictions in the present Act than in those former Acts. I lis ened with attention to the Hon. Member for Buck inghamshire (Mr. Disraeli) to discover in what manner he would answer that argument, and how he would show that the Act now under consideration differed from the former Acts, and that the honour of the Crown was in volved in its disallowance. But' upon 'that point the Hon. Gentleman made no argument whatever. He gave the House, as an illustration of the evils that might result from it, an hereditary history of certain persons who had been guilty of high treason—as if the purpose of this Act was to confer upon persons who had been guilty of rebellion in Canada an indemnity for such rebellion. It may be possible that persons who had been guilty of rebellion may receive compensation under this Act, and so far that may be deemed an argument against the measure; that, however, is the utmost which can be made of it. But to say that this is an Act pro pored expressly for the benefit of those who have been guilty of rebellion is to confound two things which are totally and ess' ntially opposed to each other.—(Cheers.) I readdy admit that it might be possible for an Act to be passed in Canada which it would be necessary for the advisers of the Crown to refuse to sanction and to dis allow. If this had been an Act of compensation to those persons who were sent to Bermuda, for the losses which they had sustained in consequence of their having been so sent to that island, that would have been an Act to which the Crown could not have given its assent. Ido not push the responsibility of the Government to the ex treme of saying that every Act passed by the Canadian Legislature ought to be assented to by the Imperial Go vernment. But when no positive allegation is made that these individuals were rebels, I do not feel that I should be justified in giving advice to the Crown to disallow this Act, that advice being founded solely upon vague suspicion of which no proof can be given.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman who began this debate to night (Dr. Nicholl) endeavoured to show that certain persons who had been guilty of rebellion had received compensation under the former Act. I believe it is quite certain that two or three persons at least, who had been outlawed and afterwards pardoned, did receive com pensation under that Act. It may be said that it was given upon some other grounds than that of a loss of goods; it may be alleged to have been for furnishing necessaries to, and succouring her Majesty's troops ; but I think it would have been an evasion of the , spirit of the Act if compensation had been given on such grounds. Well then, if those who have taken these grounds have utterly failed to show that there is any real difference between this Act and the former Act, except that this Act is more restrictive than the other, inasmuch as no compensation can be given under this Act, except for losses which were inflicted unjustly, unnecessarily, and wantonly—if the destruction of the buildings of the rebels who were firing on the Queen's troops would not entitle the parties to compensation under this Act—if, finally, the House has no good reason to suppose that reb. le would receive comp. nsation under the Act, I ask what it is that it is now proposed to do ?—(Elear, hear.) Is it that which the Right Honourable Gentleman who spoke last has suggested, namely, that you should wait ? Nothing of the kind. What is proposed to you is, that the Roval assent should not be given to this Act of the Canadian Legislature—which, indeed, is not the phrase applicable to the purpose, but which I have no doubt means that this Act ought not to go into operation, and there fore should be disallowed by the Crown. Because, be it remarked, that such is the constitution of Canada —and I mention this as showing what the intention of the framers of that constitution was—that if no step whatever should be taken by the advisers of the Crown, and if this Act should not be disallowed by the Crown within two years—then the Act would be in 'till operation, and be as valid as if it had received the assent of the Crown. That, I repeat, shows that the intention of the Legislature in framing that consti tution was that, unless some extraordinary reason existed, the assent of the Crown should not be withheld from these colonial Acts. Now, what is the amendment which has been proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman? It is, that the Canadian Act should be altered in such a way as my Right Hon. Friend the Member for North ampton has truly alleged—that of making it agree, not with the Act as framed by the Canadian Legislature, but as it would have been framed if the minority had prevailed.—(Hear, hear.) Now, I ask the ltight Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, and who is going to vote for this amendment, how does he imagine that intention is to be carried into effect? You say, you, the majority of the House of Commons, differ from the majority of the Legislative Assembly in Canada, and agree with the mi nority, and that you will give such advice to the Crown that the Crown shall be obliged to disallow the present Act, and any Act which does not conform with the inten tions of the minority of the Legislative Assembly in Ca nada. Why, does any one suppose that the Canadian Go vernment, that Lord Elgin or any of his present advisers, could bring a Bill into the Canadian Assembly to carry out those purposes of the minority?—(Hear, hear.) Would they not consider, that with such flimsy reasons as have been given, to reverse the decision to which they have come, to say that the 44 who voted against the amendment shall t ave their opinion overturned, and the 28 wi t t n h eir such o p i r n e i a o s n n n c s a r a r s i e h d— av e w o b u e l e dthey n given not o in t c hi n s s consider s that would be an utter subversion of their legislative power? —(Cleer, hear.) Why, then, what do you say? You are going to propose, in effect, that there having been compensation and indemnity voted by the Legislature of Canada for the sufferers in Upper Canada, there shall be no compensation and indemnity for the sufferers in Lower Canada?—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and "No.") That is the question.—(Hear, hear.) You say that yciu would agree to it only upon such conditions. I suppose you are not going to introduce a Bill into this House to make the people of Canada pay money upon your own conditions—(Hear, hear)—the only way of carrying such a measure would be by proposing it in the Canadian Assembly; and I think I have shown you that there is no chance of such a measure being proposed there.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot conceive say matt of the slightest spirit or honour who belongs to that majority introducing such a measure—(Hear) — and if there is to be no Dill of that kind, and this Dill is not to be allowed to come into operation, you then say there is to be no compensation to sufferers in Lower Canada for rebellion losses.—(Hear, hear.) And what is the amount of that? Why, as one Gentleman said, it is not that you would fear there being compensation for rebels, but that there would be compensation for French Canadians.—(Hear, hear.) And I ask you, what will be the feeling among all the French Canadians if they are to be told there may be compensation to sufferers in Upper Canada, because they are of English descent, but there shall be no compensation to sufferers in Lower Ca nada because they are of French descent?—(Hear, hear, and No, no.) I must ask this House whether that will not be the interpretation that will be put upon it in the province?—(Hear.) Let me again urge upon this House, that we are not now considering, as some gentlemen seem to think, with respect to a Bill in Committee in this House, with regard to which we can deal as we please. You may find some definition which satisfies your own minds, by which rebels may be excluded, and none but loyal men would have compensation; but, however inge nious you may think that definition, however just you may think ir, you cannot force it upan the Assembly in Canada—(Hear, hear)—you cannot persuade them that it is a just definition, that it is a definition upon which you can act.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentle man who spoke last said he had tho highest respect for the unsullied honour of Lord Elgin, and should be sorry to do anything that implied a doubt of it. Lord Elgin says plainly and publicly that it is not the intention of this Act to compensate rebels, and that if it had been, he. as the head of the Government, never would have con sented to it. I think that if this amendment were carried it would be an avowal that you did not believe that de claration of Lord Elgin—(Hear)—that you put no faith in those words of the Noble Lord ; that you believed it was a falsehood that he pronounced—(Bear, hear)—and that he had no intention of acting upon that declaration. —(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " No, no !") At all events, for my part, believing in the unsullied honour of the Earl of Elgin,—believing that the Legislative Assembly and Council of Canada, together with the Earl of Elgin, form a sufficient Legislature for Canada, and that, in the present instance, they have considered the interests of Canada in such a manner as not to trench upon or impair the honour of the Crown of this country—l think the best way in which I can support the character of the Earl of Elgin—in which I can support responsible go vernment—in which I can support the due legislative independence of the Assembly in Canada, is to give my vote against the amendment of the Right Hon. Gentle man—(Hear, hear)—as one that would seriously im pair the connexion between this country and that noble province—(Hear, hear)—as one that would seriously en danger our future relations with every colony in which representative institutions are established.—(Cheers.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Herries' resolution .... .-.: 150 Against it Majority The report of the Committee of Supply was then . agreed to. The second reading of the Railways Abandonment Bill was, after some conversation, postponed till Monday, The Assaults (Ireland) Bill, and the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill, went through Committee. The report on the Loan Societies Bill was considered and agreed to. The consideration of the amendments to the Clergy Relief Bill was postponed till Monday. Mr. HINDLEY moved the second reading of the Sun day Trading (Metropolis) Bill. Sir W. CLAY presented petitions in favour of the Bill, from St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and St. Ann, Lime house. Mr. B. WALL objected to the Bill being proceeded with at that late hour (a quarter past 1). He believed that, but for the circumstance that the name of the Hon. Member for Salford (Mr. Brotherton), who ought to have been in bed long ago— (Laughter)—was on the back of the Bill, that Hon. Gentleman would not have allowed it to be pressed at such a period of the evening. Mr. BROTHERTON could not conceive what right the Hon. Member had to throw any reflection upon him with reference to this Bill.—(A laugh.) The fact was that he had . advised his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hindley) not to persist in moving the second reading at that late hour, and if he had had an opportunity he would have objected to the Bill being now proceeded with. He (Mr. Bro therton) would not allow Members to think they could bully him.—(Laughter.) Mr. HINDLEY said, he was afraid he must consent to be bullied, and, under the circumstances, he would postpone the second reading. The second reading was accordingly postponed to Monday. Mr. BAINES obtained leave to bring in a Bill " to continue for a limited period, the Act of last session for charging the maintenance of certain poor persons in unions in England and Wales upon the common fund, and to make certain amendments in the laws for the relief of the poor." Captain PECHELL hoped ample time would be afforded for considering the provisions of the Bill before the second reading. He thought the Poor-law Board were now pursuing the same course their predecessors had taken, and he felt bound to express his disapproba tion of their conduct. The Bill was afterwards brought in and was read a first timr.. On th" motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER (in the absence of Lord J. Russell) the following Members were appointed the Select Commit. tee on the Exclusion of Strangers :—Sir James Graham, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Goulburn, Sir George Grey, Mr. Henley, Sir John liohhome, Mr. Hume, Mr. John O'Connell, and Mr. Bernal. • Mr. ROEBUCK moved for a Select Committee to in quire into and ascertain the amount of Debts due from Foreign Governments and States to the Government and individuals of this country.—Agreed to. The Transportation (Ireland) Bill (which had been brought down from the House of Lords) was read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Mr. REYNOLDS said, if he had been aware before the question was put that it was for the first reading of this Bill he would have opposed the motion. Sir G. GREY observed, that it was usual to read all Bills brought down from the other House a first time without dissuasion, in order that they might be printed. The House adjourned at Twenty Minutes to Two. THE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON.--TIC Commissioners of Brighton yesterday held a special meeting to receive the report of the committee appointed in consequence of the projected sale of the Pavilion, &c. A statement was made by the clerk of the commissioners relative to a copy of the Bill for the sale of the Pavilion about to be laid before Parliament, which had been received from Mr. Milne, of the Woods and Forests; and after some discussion resolutions were passed to the effect that it would be highly injurious to the town of Brighton to suffer the lawn and pleasure-grounds of the Pavilion to be built over. A resolution was also passed directing the report and statement of facts connected with the Pavilion to be printed,; and the plans lithographed, to be circulated amongst the inhabitants previously to calling a town meeting on the subject. THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—The 19th inst. is the day fixed for mooring the first of the stupendous tubes which will form the Britannia- bridge to the piers proposed for their reception. The work of mooring these enormous iron structures will be much more arduous than was that of placing the Conway tubes, as they are much larger, and the I difficulties to be overcome are considerably greater. The Carnarvon Herald, in a notice of the forthcoming event, says, " The tubes are eight in number, four of which, smaller than the rest, are to be seeen in course of construc tion, on scaffoldingof great strength, occupying the spaces between the land towers and the inland abutments, which are 230 feet apart, at either extremity of the bridge ; two tubes being placed parallel to each other forming the road. way to and fro. The four larger ones are placed together on stages reaching into the river, and covering a long distance along the Carnarvonshire shore, each mea suring 472, feet in length, and weighing 1,800 tons. Three piers of masonry of stupendous dimensions, the highest of which rises on the Britannia Rook in the middle of the straits some 280 feet, being about seventy feet higher than the arch hollowed out for the reception of the tubes, stand towering over the foaming waters. The traveller is also attracted by the collossal sculpture of four monster lions, which dis tinguish the entrance to the tubes, two at each end, couched on the summit of lofty pedestals. They con tain about 8,000 cubic feet of limestone. Near to the stage on which the tubes are erected are eight pontoons, two of iron and the others of wood, ready for floating the first tube to its resting place between the pillars. This has just been completed. The piles on which it was built have been removed, and it now rests on two walls of masonry, erected at either end, affording suffi cient room for placing the immense pontoons beneath. Its strength has been tested with satisfactory results. Coils of rope cable, which will be used to guide the tube when afloat, by means of strong capstans fixed on the shore, have been brought to the spot, and experiments are being daily made by the parties on whom the responsibility of removal rests to insure success. The ponderous hydraulic machinery for raising the tube to its proper elevation is being placed in the archway of the towers, and the prepare , ti els in every department are carried on with great • earnestness. The length of the bridge, when completed, will exceed a quarter of a mile." EXTRAORDINARY FREAK.—Last evening two sol diers landed at Blackfriars Pier from a Woolwich steamer, but endeavoured to evade payment. A dispute arising between them and the pierman, one of the sol diers struck the piermen very stoutly with a stick, for which assault he was given into the custody of a police man. On their way to the station-house, however, he made his escape, pursued by the policeman. The sol dier, named Baxter, of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), ran into a tobacconist's shop in Tudor-street, and ascended the first floor, from the window of which he precipitated himself into the street, and, falling heavily upon the pavement, was so seriously injured as to render it necessary to convey him to St. Bartholomew's Hos pital. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.—From the statement which was submitted yesterday at the general meeting of the north-west district of London in George-street, Euston-square, it appears that since the opening of the baths and washhouses in August, 1846, 315,355 persons have been bathers, and that the linen of 537,460 poor p. rsons has been washed and dried, &c., upon the pre mises. The department established in January, 1848, for supplying the poor with pails and brushes, and lime and disinfecting preparations, for the whitewashing and purifying their apartments, has been very useful; since the opening of it 2,762 apartments, consisting of rooms., staircases, areas, &c., have been lime-washed, cleansed, and disinfected, and great advantage has been conferred on the general community by the means afforded of avoiding and resisting the attack of disease. ILLICIT DISTILLATION. — James Bank and William Johnson were yesterday fined, by the Court of Inland Revenue, 2001. for working an illicit still. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.] FRIDAY, JUNE 16. SUPPLY. Order read fcr resuming the adjourned Debate on the Amendment proposed to be made to the Question (June 14), " Tuat this House doth agree with the Committee of Supply in the Resolution (sth), ' That a sum not exceeding 10,0001. be granted to her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1849-50, the expense of Militia and Volunteers in Canada;" and which Amendment was to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, humbly to pray that her Majesty will be pleased not to issue any Order in Council leaving to its operation an Act o' the Canadian Legislature, intituled, ' An Act to provide for the indemnifi cation cf persons in Lower Canada. whose property was de stroyed during the rebellion in 1837 and 1838,' without and until her Majesty shall have received satisfactory assurance that no persons engaged in, or having aided or abetted that unnatural rebellion, shall be admitted to participate in the indemnific Ition so to be granted," instead thereof:—Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." Debate resumed. Question put. The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 291. Abdy. T. N. Fr x, W. J. O'Flahcrty, Anthony Acland, Sir T. Freestun, Colonel Ogle, S. C. Adair, It. Shafto Glyn, G. C. Ord, W. Alcock, Thomas Goulburn, Henry Oswald, Alexander Anson, Colonel Grace, 0. D. Paget, Lord A. Armstrong, Sir A. Graham, Sir James Paget, Lord Clarence Bagshaw, John Grattan, Henry Paget, Lorcl,George Baines, M. T. Greenall, G. Palmerston, Viscount Baring, Sir F. T. Greene, John Parker, John Baring, Francis Grenfell, Charles W. Pearson, Charles Barnard, E. G. Grey, Sir George Pechell, Captain Barron, Sir IL Grey, It. W. Peel, Sir Robert Bass, M. T. Grosvenor, Earl Peel, Frederick ilellcw, a. M. Guest, Sir J. Perfect, Robert Berkeley, Captain Ilallyburton, Lord . J. Philips, Sir G. R. Berkeley, Henry F. Harcourt, G. Pigott, Francis Berkeley, C. L. G. Harris, Richard Pilkington, James Birch, t•ir Thomas Hastie, Alexander Pinney, William Blackall, S. W. Hastie, Archibald Plowden, W. H. Blake, Martin J. Hawes, Benjamin Price, Sir Robert Blewitt, R. J. Hay, Lord J. Pugh, David Bouverie, E. P. Hayter, W. G. Piney, Philip Bowles, Admiral Headiam, Thomas Raphael, Alexander Boyle, Colonel Heald, James Reid. Colonel Brackley, Viscount Heathcoat, John Reynolds, John Bramston, T' W. Heneage, E. Ricardo, Osman Bright, John Henley, J. W. Rice, E. R. Brocklehurst, John Henry, Alexander Rich, Henry Brotherton, J. Heywood, James Robartes, T. J. A. Brown, W. Heyworth, L. Rocke, E. B. Browne, R. D. Hindley, Charles Roebuck, J A. Bruce, C. L. C. Hobhouse, Sir John Romilly, Sir John Bunbury, Edward Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, Lord J. Burke, Sir Thomas Hodges, T. L. Russell, F. C. H. Busfeild,William Hogg, Sir J. Rutherfurd, A. Buxton, Sir E. Rolland, Robert Salwey, Colonel Callaghan, D. Hope, Sir J. Scbolefleld, William Campbell, W. F. Horsman, Edward Scrope, G. P. Cardwell, Edward Howard, Lord E. Scully, Francis Carew, W. P. Howard, C W. G. Seymour, Lord Carter, J. B. Howard, E. G. Seymour, Sir B. B. 4:annelid, J. M. Howard, Sir R. Shai to, R. D. Cavendish, C. C. Hughes, W. B. Shell, R. L. 'Orivadish, G. H. Hume, Joseph Simeon, John Cavendish, W. G. Jervis, Sir John Blaney, Robert A. Cayley, E. S. Jlihnstone, Sir J. Smith, Vernon Chaplin, W. J. Keppel, George T. Smith, J. A. Charter.s, Francis Kershaw, James Smith, John 13. Childers, J. W. Kildare, Marquis Smyth, J. G. Clay, James King, P. J. Somers, J. P. Clay, Sir W. Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Clements, Charles Lacy, Henry C. Sotheron, T. H. S. Clifford, H. M. Langston, J. H. Spearman, H. J. Clive, R. 11. Lascelles, W. S. Stansfleld, W. R. C. Cockburn, Alex. Lawless, Cecil Stanton, W. H. Coke, E._K. Legh, G. C. . Strickland, Sir G. Colebrooke, Sir T. Lemon, Sir C. Stuart, Lord D. Collins, William Lewis, Sir T. Stuart, Lord J. Cowper, W F. Lewis, George C.; Sullivan, Michael Craig, W. G. Lindsay, Colonel Sutton, H. M Crowder, R. B. Littleton, E. R. Talbot, C. R. Dalrymple, Captain Loch, James Talfourd, Sergeant Davie, Sir Henry Locke, Joseph Tancred, 11. W. Dawson, T. V. Lockhart, A. E. Tenison, E. K. Denison, Edmund Lushington, C. Thicknesse, R. A. Denison, W. J. M'Cullagh , W. T. Thompson, Colonel Denison, J. E. M'Gregor, oJhn Thompson, George Devereux, John.T. Megan, W. H. Thornely, T. Douglas, Sir C. Mahon, O'Gorman Tollemache, F. J. Drumlanrig, Vis. Maitland, Thomas Towneley, John Drummond, Henry Marshall, J.U.7 Townshend. Captain Drummond, Home Marshall, William Trelawny, J. S. Duckworth, Sir J. Martin, John Tynte, Colonel Duff, G. S. Martin, C. W. Vane, Lord H. Duff, James Martin, Samuel Verney, Sir H. Duncan, Viscount Matheson, A. : Villiers, Charles Duncan, George Matheson, James Vivian, J. E. Dundas, Admiral Matheson, Colonel Vivian, J. H. Dundas, Sir D. Manic, Fox Wall, C. B. Dunne, F. P. Melgund, Viscount Walmsley, Sir J. Ebrington, Lord Milner, W. M. Walter, John Ellis, John MiMes, R. M. Watkins, Colonel Enfield, Viscount Milton, Viscount Willcox, Brodie Estcourt, J. B. B. Mitchell, A. T. Williams, John Eusten, Earl Moffatt, George Willyams, H. Evans, Sir De Lacy Molesworth, Sir W. Williamson, Sir H. Evans, William Monsell, William Wilson, James Fagan, William Morris, David Wilson, Matthew Fergus, John Mostyn, E. M. Wood, Sir Charles Ferguson, Col. Mowatt, Francis Wood, W. P. Ferguson, Sir R. Mulgrave, Earl Wortley, J. S. Ejliner, Sir E. Norreys, Lord Wrightson, W. B. Fitzpatrick, J. W'. Norreys, Sir D. Wyhl, James Foley, John H. Nugent, sir_PerCy Wyvlll, M. Fordyce, A. 1). O'Brien, J. Toting, Sir John Forster, M. O'Connell, John TELLZRC. Fortescue, Chichester O'Connell, Maurice Tufnell, Henry Fortescue, J. W. O'Connell, M. J. Hill, Lerd Marcus The second of these gentlemen had competed with the first for the medal of his Royal Highness; but as his process had not been put in practice, it had been awarded to Mr. Leon. Earl Grey received the medal intended for Dr. Mitchell, and took the opportunity of expressing his sense of the importance of the subject upon which these essays had been written. lie should have great plea sure in transmitting the medal to Lord Harris, the Go vernor of Trinidad, who would deliver it to Dr. Mitchell. The Noble Earl also took charge, for a similar purpose, of two other medals, the competitors for which were also colonists. I❑ the Section of Fino Arts and Manufactures those prizes which are more worthy of notice are the fol- lowing:— To — lllr. W. B. Simpson, for his paper decorations and efforts to promote the improvement of designs in paper hangings. The gold Isis medal to Mr. J. A. Hatfield, for the im proved character of his bronzes, especially the " Dying Glldiator " The gold Isis medal to the Coalbrookdale Iron Com pany, for the superiority of their iron castings. The gold Isis modal to Mr. J. F. Christy, for his spa cimen of printing on glass with enamelled colours. The large silver medal to Messrs. Garrard, for their group in Florentine bronze of St. George and the Dragon. The honorary testimonial to Messrs. Warner and Sons, for their improved designs in tea-urns. The honorary testimonial to Messrs. Watson and Bell, for their specimens of carpets. To Miss Stanley, for her exertions in establishing schools for instructing the children of the poor in the manufacture of lace in Norwich, the honorary testimo nial and five pounds, with a request that she wilt distri bute the five pounds among the children of her school. The B shop of Norwich received the testimonial and draft on behalf of his daughter and in returning thanks for the honour conferred upon her by the society, said he should not have ventured to interrupt the business of the day by any observations of his own, had it not been that out of a long list of rewards, this was the only one which was in any degree related to the moral machinery of the poorer classes. If his daughter had derived any pleasure from the work of benevolence in which she had been engaged, it was more than equalled, no doubt, by the poor objects of her instruction, who, by being thus taught a trade, were rescued from the temptations inci dental to their situation in life, and put in a fair way of achieving for themselves, if not an elevated place in society, at least a comfortable and honest one. IN THE SECTION OF CHEMISTRY.—To Mr. R. Smith, for hia method of printing and lustering on china and earthenware by means of electricity, the large silver medal. To Dr. E. Doeekman, for his specimen of scarlet on china, the large silver medal. To Dr. Fowlis, for his tangible ink for the blind, the large silver medal. IN THE SECTIONS OF MECHANICS.—To Messrs. H. and E. Highton, for several important improvements and new principles introduced by them in the construction of electric telegraphs, the large gold medal. To Mr. N. J. Holmes, for his diamond needle, and coil, and light ning conductor electric telegraphs, the large gold medal. To Mr. Arthur Dunp, for his means of indicating the temperature of the steam and also the boilers of steam engines, the large silver medal. To Mr. Charles Dawson, for his improvements and addition to the key-board of pianos, the large silver medal. To Mr. Haigh, for his water-meter, the large silver medal. To Messrs. Ter raffe and Willett, for their method of slating roofs, the large silver medal. To Mr. P. Watt, for his method of keeping two forming surfaces moving at required rates by means of racks and pinions, the silver Isis medal. To Mr. Hughes, for his method of teaching and enabling the blind to write music, the silver Isis medal. To Mr. Payne, for his musical chimes clock, the honorary testimonial. The distribution having been concluded, The Chevalier BUNSEN moved a Tote of thanks to his Royal Highness. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON seconded the motion, which being agreed to, His ROYAL HIGHNESS returned thanks, and the meet ing broke up. THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. The first meeting of the members of this society was held yesterday at the London Tavern, at two o'clock; Mr. Dangerfield in the chair. The Secretary read the following report:— " The directors have great satisfaction in laying before the meeting the balance-sheet and a statement of the affairs of the company, from the commencement of busi ness to the 31st December last, prepared in compliance with the directions contained in the deed of constitution and the Act of Parliament under which the company is incorporated, approved by the Board, and examined and certified by the auditors; and also an account and balance sheet taken on the Ist of the present month, from which it appears that, after providing for the payment of the sums assured and all out standing debts, including pre liminary charges, there is a balance of profit of 11,9194 19s. 1 id., which belongs to and will be divisible with the future profits, as directed by the deed of constitution, exclusively amongst the present and future assured mem bers of the company. " In the course of the eleven months embraced in these accounts, 253 proposals of assurance have been sub mitted to the Board, 227 policies have been completed and issued, assuring the sum of 73,1011., and yielding in annual premiums a revenue of 2,9041. 15s. 101 "With such results your directors congratulate you on the introduction of that principle of indisputability and enlarged liberality in practice, to which they attribute that amount of succass, which is almost unexampled in the history of mutual assurance, and which would pro bably have been even greater, had the company com menced business in a year less unfavourable than the last to the progress of general business and the extension of life assurance. " Having founded the employ upon a principle alto gether new as applicable to life assurance, which affords to the public increased protection, by substituting the certainty for the prob ability of payment of policy claims, your directors have attentively and with much interest marked the gradually increasing progress from the c uti mencement of business to the present date. They have seen the peculiar features and practice of the company pointed out and advocated with that earnestness and ability, which the English press is in the habit of apply ing to improvements affecting the general welfare; and they have experienced much satisfaction from observing that the largest assurances on the books have come from solicitors of well-kaown prudence and high standing in their profession, whose duty and chief object is the pro tection and benefit of their clients. It appears from the balance-sheet that a considerable amount has been paid by this to other companies, for the partial re-assurance of policies exceeding by several thousand pounds the extent of risk considered prudent for the present to be retained. " These are matters of much gratification, and they augur enlarged prosperity; yet it should be borne in mind that even greeter returns May be obtained by in creased exertion on the pert of those interested in the advancement of so beneficial an institution, in the wide field of uninsured lives; and your directors would remind you that in mutual life societies, as there are no share thoorlsd e i or share holders e t r o e s d t e e d t ra i c o t i f u r r o t m h e t r h i n e gp t the b s, o t s n e e r s e s are a o n d o t p h r a o t p i r t i e i 8 - incumbent on every assured member of a mutual com pany to employ his influence in extending its operations, whereby he will not only essentially promote his own individual interest, and benefit his co-assured, but add to the comfort and permanent welfare of every friend and acquaintance whom he may induce to become a member." The report was much applauded. The Secretary also read the balance-sheets setting forth the receipts and expenditure. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting and detailed the great advantages which this company possessed over those in existence on account of the policies being " in defeasible and indisputable" thus giving greater security to the commercial community who held so great a stake in policies on the lives of creditors and others. The suc cess of the company had exceeded the very sanguine idea which the directors had formed with respect to it. Mr. BeveN, banker, of Bury St. Edmunds, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that he had lost 1004 on account of an office in the eastern counties having disputed the legality of a policy on the life of a treditor, the premiums of which he had paid for 20 years; and that an office like this, the policies of which were un doubted negotiable instruments on account of their indis putability, was one most worthy of the support of bankers and commercial men, to whose earnest support he recommended it.—(Cheers.) • The report and accounts were then adopted. The following directors were then elected:—Mr. J. Hamilton, Mr. R. H. Forman, Mr. J. F. Maddox, and Mr. J. T. Bramwell. A cordial vote of thanks was then awarded to the managing director, Mr. Alexander Robertson, the meth cal officers, and auditors, to which Mr. Robertson very ably responded, after which the meeting broke up. FIRE IN CLERKENWELL. — Thursday night, at eigh o'clock, a fire, by which three persons were very seriously burned, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Dowse, a patent letter-stamper. &c., carrying on busi ness at No. 13, Fletcher's row, Vineyard-walk, Clerken tunfortunate forth well. Mr. Dowse had invented a machine for purifying fellows sou t as their well hnds as,they facm were nd naphtha, and at the time above stated, whilst he and hi s workmen were in the shop, the contents of the m ac hi ne body, firing the roof of the workshop, an d comp l etely y burne d poo r b a a becameenveloping ignited,he three when the persons n sw h o were a vast in the buildin g. The able crawled through the fir e t o th e street d oor; t h ey were all se other portions of their bodies. Mr. Dowse immediately started off to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, accompanied by some police-constables of the G division. He snc• ceeded in walking as far as the corner of Cow-cross, when he fell, and it was found necessary to call a cab to take him the remaining distance. Upon his arrival at the hospital it was ascertained that, besides the injuries of his to his bead and face, his thighs and lower part The body were injured by the action of the fiame West of engines of the parish, London Brigad e, and the fire was England Company quickly attended, and . as destroyed. extinguished before much property. . leading from There is little doubt that one of the pi p esnto a vessel of the still, and conveying the naphthaicopp er, and water, had burst from the heat ofthethe disaster. Upon allow ing the spirit to escape had c eased it was learned that al making inquiries at the hospital were so badly burned, though the unfortunate person s nothing fatal was apprehende d. TION AND DISEASES Or HOSPITAL FOE xr r°77Maruleeting of the board of THE CHEST . — Y e sterd a y s li the board-room of the institu tion;. management was he ld chair. The routine - Lyon in t he busi ness Captain • been passed, it was stated, that on Sunday, having the 17th instant, the Rev. Robert Mont g o mery , M.A. , m i n i s ter of Percy Chapel , would preach a sermon on be half of the charity, at Christchurch, Dorset-square, Bt. Diarylebone, EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. The following report of the Committee of the House of Commons respecting this Company was issued yes terday ; The select committee appointed to inquire into and re port) upon the expenditure of certain sums which ap pear as unaccounted for, under the head of Parliamen tary Expenses, in the report which was recently published by a committee appointed to inquire into the management of the affairs of the Eastern Courties Railway Company, have agreed to the following report: — Your Committee report, that in accordance with their instructions, they have inquired into the expenditure of certain sums, amounting to about 7,6001., which appear under the head of Parliamentary expenses in the printed Report of the Committee of investigation to the Shareholders of the Eastrrn Counties Railway Com pany." Your committee have likewise made inquiries with regard to certain expressions in the appendix to that report, which have given rise to rumours injuriously affecting the character of Parliament. With regard to these expressions, your committee are unable to state po sitively whether they were or were not used by the per- son to whom they are imputed, the evidence upon this point being conflicting and unsatisfactory; but they feel satisfied that no portion of the money in question has been expended, directly or indirectly, in corruptly in fluencing Members of Parliament Indeed, from what has transpired in the course of this investigation, it may be fairly questioned whether this expenditure has been properly classed under the head of " Parliamentary Ext eases, " as it appears to have been incurred by a self-appointed body, called the Sise-l..ne Committee, under the following circum stances : In 1845 three competing lines were before Parlia ment, ♦iz., the London and York, the Direct Northern, and a continuation of the Eastern Counties from Cam bridge to York. The Board of Trade reported in favour of a lino compounded of a portion of the Eastern Coun ties scheme and a portion of the Direct Northern ; the cost of which, as stated by Mr. Duncan, was estimated at 4,000,0004, while that of the London and York was calculated at 8,000,0001. . . This report was dated 20th March, 1845. The Com mittee of the House of Commons to whom these compet ing lines were submitted, after sitting eighty days, de cided in favour of the London and York, but as the Bill could not go through the Lords, owing to the advanced period of the session, resolutions were passed in Parlia ment, enabling the Bill to be proceeded with in the Upper House in the ensuing session. In the interval, Mr. Hudson joined the Eastern Counties direction; and at a public meeting of the Eastern Counties shareholders, held on the 30th or 31st of October, after pointing out the evils attending this contest between the two companies, and the savicg of capital that might be effected by an amicable arrange ment between them, invited the London and York share holders, by a public announcement made at the meeting. to come into the Eastern Counties line, and exchange their London and York for Eastern Counties shares. This invitation was not accepted, although Mr. Duncan, solicitor to the Eastern Counties Railway, addressed, through the press, to the London and York shareholders, four letters, signed " One of yourselves," calling upon them to accede to the Eastern Counties proposition. These letters having failed to produce the effect desired, in April, 1846, Mr. La'Mert, who describes himself as " a speculator in shares, and a medical man," and who was a considerable shareholder in both companies, called upon Mr. Duncan, and expressed an opinion that it would be highly desirable to form a committee of London and York shareholders, and by advertisement to invite shareholders to join in the movement for an amalgamation of the two companies. Mr. Duncan ap proving of this scheme, a committee was formed of which Mr. La'Mert became chairman. In that capa city he appointed Mr. Philipps, of Sise-lane, his private solicitor, to be solicitor to the committee, and afterwards induced Messrs. Cash, Shepperson, Huxley, Field, and Jones, to join him. This was the origin of the Sise-lane Committee. Mr. Duncan had previously obtained Mr. Wadding ton's sanction for its formation, as well as his guarantee that all the expenses attending it should be defrayed by the Eastern Counties Railway Company. It was like wise agreed between Messrs. Duncan and La'Mert, with Mr. Waddington's sanction, that it would be necessary for the committee to be possessed of a certain number of shares, to form a nucleus, round which other share , holders might gather; and Mr. La'Mert was authorised to purchase a sufficient number of London and York shares, with the understanding that he should be indem nified for any loss he might sustain thereby. The com mittee would thus appear to have been formed on the responsibility of Mr. Waddington alone, without the knowledge or authority of the other directors, or of the proprietors of the Eastern Counties Railway. It was subsequently joined by a considerable number of London , and York shareholders, but the scheme entirely failed. The total expenditure incurred by this committee, under the different heads of advertisements, printing, solicitor's bills, loss on shares, &c., including likewise a sum of 1681. given to Mr. Davis, in addition to the pay ment of this bill, to purchase his silence with regard to the proceedings of the Sise-lane Committee, to which he had occasionally acted as secretary, appears to have amounted to about 7,6001., the sum which is mentioned under the head of Parliamentary expenses in the report of the committee of investigation, and into the expen diture of which your committee were instructed to in- quire. It would thus appear, from the above summary of the proceedings of the wise-lane Committee, as well as from the general evidence, that although the objects which the Sise-lane committee had in view may have been deemed beneficial to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, yet the means by which these objects were sought to he attained were of a questionable character; and, indeed, Mr. Waddington in his evidence stated to your committee that it " was a transaction which had much bettrr be in oblivion, inasmuch as no doubt it was an irregular pro ceeding." Your committee therefore feel sati.tied that it wAs in consequence of the questionable character of these transactions that an attempt was made to shroud ... _. ... in mystery the ., • xpenditure of 7,6001., lest further in quiry, and " the giving of particulars" should have tended to " implicate other parties," those parties being none other than the originators and members of the Sise lane Committee. In eoncluion, your committee feel bound to express their belief that if Mr. Cash. chairman of the Committee of Investigation, and the only member of that commit tee who had also been a member of the Sise-lane Com mittee, had thought proper to state, as the time of the shareholders' investigation, all he knew with regard to the Sise lane Committee, and the expenses attending it, this expenditure of 7,6001. would not have given rise to rumours rendering an inquiry necessary for the vindica tion of the honour of the House of Commons. 11th June, 1849. THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. IPSWICH, FRIDAY NIGHT.—A special general meet ing of the shareholders in this company was held to day, at the office, Brook -street, Ipswich. J. C. Cob buld, Eq., M.P., Chairman of the board of directors, presided. Mr. J. F. SAUNDERS, the Secretary, read the notice convening the meeting, which was called for the pur pose of considering " A Bill to amend the Acts relat ing to the Eastern Union Railway Company, with powers of sale or lease to, or amalgamation with, the Eastern Counties Railway," and at the conclusion of the business above-mentioned the meeting was made special and extraordinary, with reference to the general aff.irs of the company, and giving such explanations connected therewith as the proprietors might desire. The Bill having been read. Mr. LECHMEHE (London) expressed his disapproval of the Bill. Nothing would induce him to agree to it. They had been summoned there at a great loss of time and expense when their property was at a heavy dis count, within a few days of their ordinary meeting, for the purpose of considering the most absurd proposition. He was determined not to sanction any further expen diture. Mr. FIELD supported the Bill. He considered it highly necessary that the Norwich line should be finished at once, and of course the directors must have the money necessary to do it. The Bill was then, with a few alterations, agreed to. On the motion of the Caen:NAN, it was agreed that the number of directors be reduced to twelve. After some further discussion the proceedings closed. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Julia 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather dull to-day in the number of transactions. There was a slight improvement in Bristol and Exeter Shares, which were done at 24 dis.—Great Western, Quarters, were more depressed, only realising 6% dis. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a limited business doing to-day, at rather higher prices. The sales are—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 4 dis.—Dltto, 321. Shares, 7% dis.—Ditto, Sixteenths, 4% —London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2% p.—Midland, Halves, 13 dis.—North Union (B), 149% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. B. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 765. 3d. die. MANCHESTER, JUNE 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The transactions to-day were as follow: — Leeds, Fifths, 4 % dis. Grimsby Docks, 9 113-16—Whitehaven and Furness, 13% dis.—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 20—North Staffordshire, 5% dis.—West Riding Union, 4 9-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, Jura 15. SToCi EXCHANGE —The only transactions to-day Isere —Shrop shire Unions, 2k—South Staffordshire, 4% dis. YORK, JUNE 14. &rocs EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day hare QQuarters,law :—Great Northern, 91. 16s. 3d.—North British , Sheffield, Rotherham, sad Goole, base), 41. Is. au. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purc N. Div., guaranteed 5 per cen ... t., 10% GLASGOW, JuNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done in the Stock. Exchange s to-day has been as follows: —Glasgow (No. I), 61. lies. — North British. Prefe; v ence, Kilmarnock. and Ayr. Halves 41. Edinburgh and Bath -sW.—York, Newcastle, an dllerwick (G. N. E. Purchase), gate, 7% • DRURY-LANE THEATRE.--LaSt night her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the German Opera at this theatre with their presence. The opera selected was Flotow's Martha; or, the Market of Richmond, which from the light and pleasing character of its music, has become as great a favourite with the frequenters of the London German Opera as it is generally throughout Germany. Her Majesty and suite arrived at the com mencement of the opera, and stayed newly to its close. The house was well attended by a fashionable audience, and the opera went off with great éclat. ROYAL ACADEMY BALL—The annual fancy dress ball of the Royal Academy of Music, iu aid of the fund for the relief of aged and destitute musicians, took place last night, under distinguished patronage, at the Hanover-square Rooms, which were well filled, but not crowded on the occ.►sion. The Ambassadors of Russia and Belgium, accompanied by their ladies, honoured the ball with their presence. The number of fancy dresses worn was not very great, nor were any of them striking for their novelty, but the great purpose of the evening, that of dancing, was well carried out notwithstanding. The company had the satisfaction of enjoying this amusement freed from the inconvenience of an over crowded ball-room. 7 tj ‘ _- 14:-. '....... ', FROM THE LONDON GAZE-T,l ; -2 , 4- 4 .::::-=. ;- .1 . ,t--.... 1 OF FRIDAY. / 4 VA.:::`:!,' : .- e -.. 1 _, - t . .- - t _ r ~ i zl f a y, ~,, NOTIFICATION. It is hereby notified, that Viscount Palmert.ot!, / ,::Z' - Majesty's Principal Secretary of Stat e f or )Forew,D. ....- Affairs, has received a dispatch, dated th e B t h of ' tlA3' I ''. 8 1 . .i.;%1 month of June instant, including a communication from the Austrian Goverumeat notifying the blockade of the - Port of Ancona by the Naval Forces of the Emperor of Austria. The following is a translation of the notification re ceived from the Austrian Government:— (TRANSLATION.) Vienna, June 7, 1849. The undersigned, President of the Council, &c., has the honour to inform Mr. Magenis, &c., that the Port of Ancona has been placed under effective blockade by the vessels of war of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, and that, considering the hostile openitions directed against that town from the land, this blockade must be looked upon as a regular siege. As this blockade has only for its object to contribute toa ards the re•estsblishment of the legitimate authority within the territories of the Church, it follows, that it will he raised as soon as that object :hall have been attained. In requ , sting Mr. Magenis to have the goodness to bring this measure to the knowledge of his Government, the undersigned avails himself of the opportunity of renewing to him the assurance of his distinguished consideration. (Signed) F. - SCHWARZENBERG. FOREIGN. OFFICE, JUNE 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Patrick Carruthers, Esq., now British Vice-Consul, to be her Majesty's Consul at Taganrog. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point John Robert Curtis, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Cologne. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 15. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Bernard Brocas, from the 71st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Neville, who exchanges, June 15. 11th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Walpole D'Oyly to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kenny, who retires; Ensign Henry John Maclean to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Oyly; John Finch, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Maclean, June 15. 50th Foot—Lieutenant William Percival Elgce to be Adjutant, vice Lister, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, June 15. 56th Foot—Ensign John Keys Humfrey to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Fellows, appointed to the 96th Foot; Ensign Hugh Eccles to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Thorne, appointed to the 80th Foot; Wil- Liam Charles Coglalan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Humfrey, June 15; Walter Bourke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purcase, vice Eccles, June 16. 59th Foot—Lieutenant William Fetherstonhaugh, from the 48th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Anthony Walshe, who retires upon half-pay; Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces George William Powell, M.D., to be Sur geon, vice Williams, promoted on the Staff, June 15. 62d Foot—Ensign John O'Callaghan to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Seale, who retires; Joseph Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Calla ghan, June 15. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Brent Neville, from the 16th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Brocas, who exchanges, June 15. 80th Foot—Lieutenant George Thorne, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hardinge, promoted in the 16th Foot, June 15. 96th Foot—Major Thomas Maitland Wilson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hulme, who re tires; Brevet-Major Robert Bush to be Major, by pur chase, vice Cheape, who retires; Captain John Snod grass to be Major, by purchase, vice Wilson; Lieutenant Robert Mounsey Lambert to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bush ; Lieutenant John Vize O'Donnell to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Snodgrass ; Lieutenant Francis William Fellows, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lambert; Ensign George Bentinck Cumberland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Donnell ; Patrick Hunter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cumber land, June 15. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign William John Russwurm to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dud geon, deceased, April 28; H. J. Rainsford, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Russwurm, June 15. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Thomas Williams, M.D., from the 59th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice Thomas Forrest Cotton, who retires upon half-pay; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Edward Burrowes Sinclair to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Powell, promoted in the 59th Foot, June 15. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Walter Brisbane Park, from the 26th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase June 15. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. William Richards, butcher, Breeon. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. George Henry Lovegrove, auctioneer, West Ham Churchyard, Essex. BANKRUPTS. Charles Lamdin, upholsterer, Newbury, Berkshire, to surrender June 26, at one, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Newbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-commons. Charles Carter, ironmonger, Rochford, Essex, June 27, and July 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stens feld, official assignee ; Digby, Circus-place, Finsbury- Circus. Mark Leppingwell Munson, victualler, liadleigh, Suffolk, June 25, at two, and July 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, C.,l2man-street; Bull, Ely-place. Thomas Binning, victualler,itord-street, Pimlico. victualler, June 25, at half-past one, and July 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Melton. Bedford-row. Tnomas Barrett, timber merchant, Oxford, June 26, at half-past eleven, and July 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Me)mo:ts, Blackfriars road. . . Joseph Gadd, coal merchant, Harefield, Middlesex, June 22, at half-past twelve, and July 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Messrs. Abbott and Cu., New-inn; Howell, Richmansworth. William Watson, wine merchant, Craven-street, Strand, June 23, at one, and July 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Bolden, Craven-street, Strand. Charles Brocklesby, tailor, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy. square, June 28, at half-past twelve, and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hopwood, Chancery -lase. Edward Munn, farmer, Stone Farm, Beckenham, Kent , June 26, at three, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane; Smith, Barnard's Inn, Holborn. John Underwood, mealman, Bury St. Edmunds, Juno 26, at two, and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Wilde and Co., College-hill, Queen-street. Anthony Knight,. miller, Westmeon, Southampton, June 26, at halt-past two, and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Husey and Co., New Inn, Strand; Dunn and Co., Alresford, Hampshire. John Robert Wright, currier, Leeds ( - and not carrier, as before advertised), June 21 and July 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Hartley, Southampton-street; Caries and Cud worth, Leeds. Francis Halley, builder, Shiffnal, Shropshire, June 26 and July 31, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Glover, Shitr nal ; Motteram and Co., Birmingham. John Harrison, clothier, Loughborough, Leicestershire, June 29 and July 27, at ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Nottingham; Crow ley, Nottingham. Peter Chaloner, innkeeper, Clirow, Radnorshire, June 28 and July 26, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Pugh, Hay, Brecon shire; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. Thomas Bamford, woollen manufacturer, Little Town, Lancashire, June 26 and July 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester ; Norris and Co., Bedford-row ; Norris, Man chester; Heaton, Rochdale. Joseph Nicholson, drover, Jenkin Cragg, Westmore land, June 21 and July 19, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle- upon-Tyne ; Bleaymire, Penrith ; Preston and Brown, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Bell and Co., Bow Church -3 ard. \n MINORITY-NOES, 150. , ---- - Anstey, T. C. Fox, S. L. Miles, William Arbuthaott, llugh Fuller, A. E. Morgan, 0. .A rchdall, Captain Galway, Viscount Mailings, J. R. Arkwright, George Gaskell, J. M. Mundy, William Bagge, William Gladstone, W. E. Naas , Lord Bagot, William Goddard, A. L. Napier, Joseph Bailey, J., jun. Godson, It. Neeld, John Baillie, H. J. Gordon, Admiral Nichol!, J. Italdock, E. 11. Gore, W. 0. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Baldwin, C. B. Gore, W. R. O. Padre, C. W. Bankes, G. Goring, C. Pakington, Sir J. S. Baring, Thomas Granby, Marquis of Palmer, Robert Bateson, T. Grogan, Edward Palmer, Roundell Bennet, Philip Guernsey, Lori Patten, J. W. lientinck, Lord H. Gwyn, ilowel Prime, Richard Berestbrd, William liaggitt, F. R. Renton, John C. Bernard, Viscount Halsey, T. P. Repton, C. W. J. inackstone, W. Hamilton, G. A. St. Gc.rgo, Chris. Blair, Stephen Hamilton, J. H. Scott, Francis Bolder°, 11. G. Harris, Captain Smith, M. Tucker Brernridge, Richard Herbert, 11. A. Somerset, Captain Brisco, M. Herbert, Sidney Somerton, Viscount Broadley, Henry H er ries, John C. Spooner, ltichard tiroadwood, H. Hervey, Lord A. Statl.lrd, Augustus Bromley, Robert Iliblyard, R. C. Stanley, Edward Brooke, Lord Hildyard, T. B. T. Stanley, 14 H. Ruder, Sir Y. Hodgson, W. N. Stuart, Henry Christopher, R. Hood, Sir A. Stuart, J. Christy, Samuel Hope, H. T. Start, Henry G. Clive, 11. 11. Hope, A. Taylor, T. E. Cobbold, John C. Hornby John Thompson, Alderman Cochrane, A. Hotham, Lord Thornhill, G. Cocks, 'I homas S. Houldsworth, T. Tollemache, John Codrington, Sir W. Inglis, Sir R. 11. Trevor, G. Cole, Ilon. H. A. Jollitfe, Sir W.,:li. Turner, G. J. Coles, IL 14. Ker, Richard Tyrell, Sir J. Colvile, C. It, Knightley, Sir C. Verner, Sir W. Cotton, W. H. Knox, Colonel Vesey, lion. T. Darner, Colonel Law, C. E. Villiers, F. W. Disraeli, B. Lennox, Lor i H. Vyse, It. 11. R. H. Dod, J. W. Lewisham, Vise. Waddington, 11. S. buncombe, A. Leng, Walter Walsh, Sir J. B. Hondas, G. Lopes, Sir Ralph Whitmore, T. C. Du Pre, C G. Lowther, Ilenry Williams, T. P. East, Sir J. B. Mahon, Lord Willoughby, Sir IL Edwards, 11. Manners, Lord C. Wodehouse, Edmund Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord G. Worcester, Marquis Farnham, E. March, Earl of Wynn, Sir W. Farrer, James Maxwell, Hon. J. P. TELLERS. Fellowes, E. Meux, Sir H. Mackenzie, W. F. Floyer, John Miles, P. W. S. Newdegate, N. SOCIETY OF ARTS. The annual meeting of the Society of Arts, for the distribution of prizes and rewards for designs, inven tions, and essays on various subjects of fine arts, menu 'colcfekthbeysoh factures, and commerce, contributed during the past or 95th session, was held on Thursday, at th e s ociety's house, John-street, Adelphi, and was attended by an unusually large number of members and visitors. The chair was aeo g d,y s i otAr EarlHhe t he Bishop os dps of fni Chevaliernis Norwich, oo u mr i s wm h B e ec d nhu s n e d n i id t h u e a l s T p u r r e k s s n h t society. Amongst Highness A L the day, expressed, in warm term s , t h e sa tisfaction he r e ‘ m ( An i ennbnmicosaetosßiA s h ortlylbe Albert, , a t f h t after President twelve o fdt at being able to attend t o hi s d u ti e s that day as i & ng e. the business of President of the Society, a pleasure which, in the pre ceding year, he regretted much to have been deprived of. He congratulatad the society on the progress it had been the means of effecting, not only in the manufac turing processes, but also in originality of design, which was, in his opinion, the great point to be arrived at, in the advancement, at the present day, of British decora tive manufactures. It was only necessary, he thought, to have examined the magnificent exhibition of this year of works in every branch of recent art, to perceive that a marked improvement had taken place, both in the de .igu and in the execution, and also that manufacturers had manifested a more general desire of exhibiting their best works. He would conclude his address by a few ob ervations on the subject of two medals which he had offered for competition, on matters of considerable importance. The one was for the best cement for unit ing glass, particular attention being had to perfectly cementing glass pipes and glass roofihg. The idea of offering a medal for this discovery was suggested to him by its importance is the construction of glass conduits for water, whereby the health of large towns would be promoted. The other was offered" For the best account of any new and improved machinery or process em employed in the cultivation or preparation of sugar in the British colonies, designed to economise labour and increase production. Attention especially to be directed to the more perfect extraction of the juice from the cane to the simplest and most effective apparatus for boiling of the crushed cane , wh en used as manure, or when and preparing the sugar , also to the comparative quali tiesused as fuel. The effect of railways and other modern improvements, and the comparative expense and effi eiency of steam and water power, on production and cost should also be investigated ; and in each case the special circumstances of each colony or estate should be speci fied." When they only considered the present distressed state of the West Indian colonies, arising, no doubt, is a great degree, from the want of a system of division of labour, the importance of the subject would be appre ciated as it ought. With regard to the first prize, no one had yet successfully carried out his experiments; but the second, as would be seen presently, had been produc tive of a great deal of valuable information. Ills Royal highness, after passing a handsome eulogium on Mr. Etty's paintings, which surrounded the room, resumed the chair. The Secretary then read a report on the general pro gress of the society in its endeavour to cultivate a taste for design and fine arts, in which it was stated that the ircome of the society had increased from 8001. to 1,6001. a year, and its means of usefulness in the proportion of 8 to 1. The report was received with general satisfaction, and the distribution of the medals and rewards immediately took place. IN TUE SECTION OF TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.— Ti; Mr. J. A. Leon, for his paper on the "Cultivation and Manufacture of Sugar," the large gold medal pre sented by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert. To Dr. Mitchell, for his " Essay on Improved Processes in Op Manufacture of Sugar," the gold Isis medal. To M r . ; ,Littledale, for his " Essay on the Processes in the Ma itimeufdaal et . ure To of m Snugwray, in arinth a e ck C n o o l w on le ie d s g , l the large silver ent of the merit ~ of his printed work on the "Manufacture of Sugar," the large silver medal. To Mr. James Johnson, for a sam ple of Cashmere wool, and his efforts to introduce the culture of the same in New South Wales, the large silver medal. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending June 12, 1849, is 265. 2 3 / d. per cwt. ENGLAND. igh t'e Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for r, the 9th day of June, 1849. PARTYLEXT. - Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • . 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,448,731 Silver bullion ...... 321,469 I X 27,770,200 M. MA.RSEEILL, Chief Cashier. 19. OEPAZTIdZX T. A... Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,175,507 Other securities .. . • 9,723,675 Notes .... .... ••• • • • 9,60,040 Gold and silver coin.. 882,562 1 £34,429,784 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANK OF (From last ni An Account, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda; - ___., IS9UZ Di X. Notes issued • • ...... 27,770,200 X 27,770,200 Dated the 14th day of June, 184 RANKING D 1 Proprietors' capital • • 14, 553:, 000 ) Rest - • •••••• • • • •• 3,10 3 , 54 1 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts) .. 6,181,026 Other deposits .... • • 9,526,150 Seven day and other bi 115•.:....... .... 1,066,067 £34.429,784 Dated the 14th day of June, IS It is reported that the Dean and Chapter have it in contemplation to throw lur magnificent cathedral open to the public. F,w things could afford us more plea sure than to ascertain that the report in question is founded in truth, satisfied as K e are, that that man must be sunk low indeed in moral degradation, or possesses but a very limited intell-ct, who coubi withdraw without having derived moral improvement from the contempla tion of that majestic templ e , ra i se d t o t h e g lory and wor ship of the Almighty. —Salisbury Journal. A SAD MISTAKE.—On Tuesday last an honest farmer, from the estate of Kinnaird, sent into our Cross market six excellent pigs for sale, in a close chest. One of his servants was in charge of the innocents. After the man arrived at the market-place he very naturally lifted the lid of the chest to ascertain the state of the flock, when, to his great surprise and sorrow, they were all found to be dead as herrings, having been suffocated. The servant was not in the slightest to blame.—Arbroath Guide.