The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-23 00:00:00

Ebirb Mbttton SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Great Northern Railway was held this morning at the London Tavern; Mr. Beckett Denison, M.P., chair man of the board of directorsein the chair. The meeting was held in the large room of the tavern, and was most numerously attended. The CHAIRMAN, before the report was read, entered into an explanation of the circumstances which had led to his retirement from the chair. It would be remem bered that at the last meeting a pledge was given on the part of the directors that in future a rigid system of economy should be practised in the management of the company's affairs. In accordance with that pledge, he tamed his attention last autumn to the expediency of 'reducing 'the expenditure, and having carefully con'sidered the subject, he made certain proposals for re duding the salaries of their officers, which were rejected by his colleagues, and it that circumstance which had. induced him to resign the chair. Since that period, however, such arrangements had been made which would enable him, without making an compromise of his principles, to return to the chair—(Cheers)—and he did with the more pleasure, because his return had been solicited by his' brother' directors, whose invitation convinced him that, althoinsli they might have conscientiously differed upeon the policy to be pursued by the company, they had never forfeited their respect for each other, and he should therefore re t urn to t h e c h a i r w i t h t h e fullest con viction that while he adopted a straightforward honest course he should always receive their esteem, and further the interest of the shareholders. The report stated that on the 17th of October the line WAS ,opened to the extent of fifty-eight miles from Peterborough by Boston to Lincoln. The East Lincoln s hir e line, forty-eight miles, was com pletely opened a few days previously, and since that period the, Great Northern trains had been regularly worked over these 106 miles, affording communication between Hull andd-London by means of the Eastern Counties, or the London and North-Western lines. From the' Ist. of January last (her Majesty's mail, had beeh conveyed between London and Hull by this route. The lino from Lincoln to Gainsborough, sixieen • miles, was on the point of completion, and: would be opened next .month. In September lest a small portiouht the line from Doncaster north to Askern wies.opened,and worked, under agreement, by the Lan cashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. To avoid the immetlia.te outheyhf capital further northwards, an ar rangement had - been made with the York and North Idialand Railway Compaey - fer the use of their line from Burton Salo:lore into' York. The works from Retford to Doncaster ware progresSing rapidly, and it was fully ex pected would4together with the line of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company to Retford, be ready to open, and thereby complete the continuous line from Lincohnihire into Yorkshire in the course of the ensuing sum.ener.- .Arrangements had been made with Mr. Brassey; the contractor, by which that important - part of the Great* ,NOrthein system—the line from London to PeterboroUgn, would be completed atad ready for traffic in September, next year; ,atid the'directors, desirous pf reapiug f at the•earliest peridd, the advantdgeeto be de rived tromshaving the Main trunk' line connected con-, tinuouelythrougheut, were" preparing to let the works north fronte.Peterborongh, by Granthaiharat Newark to Retford; -in the hope-of'accomplishing this object early in 1551.-: It will be satisfactory to the shareholders, tole an foiqued that the direators, after mature consideration, had every reason to believe' the authorised capital of the conipeny . woUld be itifficient to complete, the ,works of the raftwey necessary; and to provide the plant; but ine cooling to this conclusion, the large amount of calls in arreet-- , above half a million—must be made available. The dir'ectorsr have well considered the subject of calls iii'arrear, and for the protection and promotion of the interests-of the company, they had with reluctance, and tura painful duty, resolved to proceed to the forfeiture of every share on which there were arrears of calls, excepting only in the cases of those pro prietors in default, who had entered into en gue-ements for securing the payment of them. The directors had considered the expediency of pro viding fur the law business of the company, by the ap pointment of a solicitor or law clerk, at a fixed salary ; and had come:to the opinion that, for the present, it was more advantageous to the interests of the company to continue to have the business carried on by the soli citors who had hitherto conducted it—they having as sented to certain modifications in the usual professional charges, and to their bills being examined and revised, before payment, by a, gentleman of high standing, ac customed to the taxation of solicitors' bills of costs. It was with regret the directors bad to state that, in November last, Mr. Edmund Denison, M.P., resigned his office otchairrnan of the board; but be retained his seat as a director, and continued to give all the support in his power to the interests of the company. The present was the occaion on e Lich the annual retirement of a fourth of the•board of directors took place; the five gentlemen retiring were Mr. Foster, Mr. Gill, Captain Laws, Mr. Paull, and Mr. Pickersgill; but the board recommended the reduction of their number to sixteen, the smallest the Act allowed; consequently only Captain Laws offered himself fur re-election. In proposing this re duction of their number, the directors recommendiel that the allowance to thr , m of 2,5004: be reduced to 2,0001. per annum. The directors had recommended that the secretary's salary be reduced to 8001. per annum for the present. •, The balance-sheet represented the total receipts up to the present tirue.to amount to 4,033.8021. Os. 3J., and the expenditure to 3.636 033/ 12e. 7d.; leaving a balance in, hand of 39,768/. 7s. Bd. The calls in arrear amounted es upwards et 600,000/. The revenue state ment made the receipts for the past half-year 19,513/. 10s., and the expenditure lefG a surplus of 8,558/. 14s. 3J. The CHAIR M tN, in moving the reception of the report, cOrament-d upon the statements contained in it, and con gratulated tte proprietors upon the improved aspect of their Affairs. They had made arrangements with Mr. udson,which would prevent their making a competing line into Leeds, and if money could be saved by such means, they were quite ready to make terms with the York , and North. Midland, the Eastern Counties, or any other company who might be disposed to negptiate with; them. With regard to the determina tion of the directors to forfeit the shares on which the cails.were in arrear, what other course could they adopt to protect the interest of the' iona-fide holder ?—(llear, hear.). He would not, however, dwell upon that subject now, because a special meeting would be held in May to tike' it into,consideration, when the directors would be prepared with a measure for inducing the registration of and payment of the calls upon the whole of the 'forty thousand London and York Extension scrip shares, and entitle the holders to the interest which was ,accruing from the Ist of July, 1847, but which could not be legally paid now.—(Hear, hear.) After adverting to the, system of railway rating, which he denounced in strong terms as being unjust and in equitable,,he proceeded to justify the reduction in the number of directors, and concluded by again repeating his., confident conviction that the undertaking would eeentuelly prove highly remunerative, and assuring the proprietors that the severestand most persevering eco nomy mould be studied in the management of their effreirs.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUGHES asked how it was that the manager's sa lary, Captain Laws, had not been reduced. The 'Cuaenmest replied simply because Captain Laws' allowance of 2,0001. had stopped altogether.—(Laughter,) Mr. * HUGHES then moved a vote of confidence in Mr. Denison, which was seconded and carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN spoke a few words of thanks. Mr. HUGHES then proposed that in future the expen diture should be principally directed to the completion of the Main truek.line, and that the allowance to the directors be reduced one-half.—(No, no.) The CIIIIRMAN saidahn directors bad no objection to the resolution if the meeting agreed to it. The meeting, however,,expressed their disapprobation of it in an unequivocal manner, and the resolution was not persevered in. Mr. HUGHES then proposed that a law clerk should be appointed at a fixed salary of 1,0001. a year, but the proposal was opposed by th e Ch airman and negatived ley the meetipg. The resolution for the adoption was then put to the vote, and carried by a large majority. The shareholders then resolved themselves into a special meeting, and passed a resolution approving of a Bill before Parliament, to 'empower the company to make certain deviations of the line, and other changes to facilitate , the promotion of the interests of the company, but not involving any additional capital; and also to con firm, finally, the agreements entered into with the Roysten and Hitchin Company for the transfer to the Great Northern Company, as authorised by Parliament, of' that taxiway and the Sbepreth Extension. A resolution a a: , also agreed to, confirming the forfeiture of 233 shares, on which calls are in era-ear, the object being to issue new certificates to the registered proprietors, who have sold the shares to parties who unjustly refuse to register the transfers, and yet retain 'the certificates. The numbers are as follow:112,983 to 113,032-82,125 to 82,164-221,212 t 02 21,213-221,229 —221,260 to 221,261 —119,523 to 119 . 53 0—'49,862 to 79.871-108,26 4 to 103 268 214,954 to 21 4,963-161,548 to 161.567 159,793 . to 159 , 82 27-42,953 to 42,962-126,329 to 126,338-172,077 to 172 ,086-145,714 to 145,718- 108,571 to 108,595. By. this step the company receives all calls duo on the shares. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman anti dir,Tters, and, the Chairman having acknowledged the couiplimEnt, the meeting terminated. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) The usual halt-yearly general . meeting of the above company was held this afternoon, at Radley's Hotel, 13rid.te-.treet:•--Mr.l J. C: Cobbold, M.P., chairman of th e hoard of directors, iu the, chair. The report stated that the directors meet the share holders with the cheerieg prospect of completing, at an early period, the Eastern Union line to Norwich, o f opening a cous k 4eruNe and Portion of it in the c,tirse of "the ensuing spring.. It was now necessary with all possible activity to proceed with the works and stations and. terminal arrangements of the entire .line, and the directors, therefore, would shortly bring before the proprietors' a propositionfor" carrying i nto exe cution tfie rowers which the compan y p ossess, under : 1847, for raising an additional an Act obtained al . which no shares had yet -"" ';'-' ; :ltatitir" of • 200,0004, for reement for a lease of i :.-.4l l4slitilifi'ilited ,a,,1t,„. .:. ------‘4. • line hi, The a ti g ] e Eastern Counties Coni d and would beforthwith ; le 1 $11,,!) ....... " 7 submitted t:-..V.': P f'F are- ' an y. The directors of both ltnit , i4,,__ ___-'',1 1 4 , e,S of that comp d Weir deteimiustion t.....,, ii." ous to expedite the:,:or . ks on the Harwich Hie. . Metirlrid tinatillce .'l 17,i%-4 •,7 , , , * • ~.. b. v.k, .;•—•: --' , . . ''---"-' ' `J. .L.).• .tL, 11. •-,---" ' ___ ..,, '....F1V T 0 . _• - - - - • . . . -: . . z . . . . • to establish the Post-office mail steamers for Holland and the North of Europe at the port of Harwich. In reviewing the income of the company, it would be found that although no new line had been opened during the last year, the gross receipts had exceeded the receipts of the previous half-year by 5,9481., and those of the cor responding half-year, 1847, by 5,0821.; the wroking ex penditure had, at the same time, increased in a very trifling amount the cost on the previous half-year being 19,7341, and in the last half-year 20,0001. The balance sheet stated the receipts for the half-year to be 328,8911. 17s. 6d., and the :expenditure 319,4271. 2s. 3d., leaving a balance of 9,464/. 15s. 3d. The revenue account gave the receiims at 35,0711. 2s. 4id., and the expenditure at 20,057 Z 10s. 4id., leaving a balance of 15,013/. 12s. The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors on the progress and im provement of their railway. True, the cost of working was exceedingly heavy, but when it was remambered that their present traffic was purely of a local character, they had a right to hope that when the extension to Norwich was completed their income would be greatly increased, without adding any material amount to the expenditure. The earnings of their line even under their present disadvantages were equal to those of the York and North Midland and other Northern lines, and with the aid of cheap coke and improvements in machinery, they had already been enabled to reduce the locomotive expenses from 9/d. to 9d., a cost which was even below that of lines in the north, where coals were to be obtained at a much lower rate than in their own district.—(Hear, bear.) With regard to goods traffic, that was a subject which had occupied a good deal of the attention of railway men; but, however, their own might be worked, he could hold out this gratifying anticipation to the proprietors, that when their line was opened throughout, the goods traffic would yield sufficient to pay all the working ex penses, and leave a profit besides, so that the receipts from passengers would be all profit.—(Hear, hear.) The report was unanimously adopted, after which the retiring auditors and directors were re-elected. The shareholders then resolved themselves into a spe cial meeting, to authorise the directors to forfeit certain shares upon which some of the calls were in arrear; after which, Thanks were voted to the chairman and directors, and the meeting broke up. NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The eighth ordinary general meeting of the pro prietors of the above railway was held this afternoon, at the Guildhall Coffee-house; Lord Newry, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The report stated that the continued depression in re lation to Irish railways had prevented the directors from concluding any of the arrangements with other companies authorised by the Act passed in the last session of Parliament. It was, however, considered that the time was now fast approaching when some general settlement respecting Railways in the northwestern districts of Ireland would be effected, whereby the property of this company could not fail to be rendered available and productive. Un derstanding that' Government was likely to aid in the completion of certain of the Irish lines, the directors, for the protettion of their interests, took care to submit, in, the proper quarter s a statement showing the position of. this company in regard to others, for which such aid was required, and there was the best reason for believing, that if, such. assistance be given, care would at the same time be taken to secure for the public a passage for the traffic to and from the east coast, which could not be effected except by means of this line. The -directors, 'pursuant to the resolution of the last ,genersl meeting, bad invested the sum of 8,0001. on mortgage of 'the undertaking of the Newry, Warren point, and Rostrevor Railway, at short dates, and bear in dt the rate of 6/. per cent. per annum. The balance sheet stated the total receipts to be 96,5391. 9s. 5d., and the expenditure at 84,617/. 17s. 7d. The securities amounted to 11,9211. lls. 10d. Tee ac• count did not state the liabilities. After some discussion the report was adopted, and a vote of thanks:having been passed to the Noble Chairman, the meeting terminated. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, Fan. 23. 7th Dragoon Guards —Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P• Ainslie, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, ♦ice John Charles Hope Gisborne, who ex changes; Cornet Henry Blinkhorn, from the 14th Light Dragoons (Riding Master), to be Cornet, vice Young, who retires, Feb. 23. 14th Light Dragoons—George Arden Franklyn, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blinkhorn, ap• pointed to the 71h Dragoon Guards, Feb. 23. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—William Andrew M. Barnard, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Sir James Carnegie, Bart., who retires, Feb. 23. Scots Fusilier Guards—Captain Ernest Fitzroy Neville, Lord Burghersh, from the 17th Foot, to be Li , intenant and Captain, vice Wemysa, who exchanges, Feb. 23.' 17th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain Charles Thomas Wemytis,.from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain, vice Lord Burghersh, who exchanges, Feb. 23. 36th Foot—Lieutenant Aylmer Strangtord Craig, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fortesque, appointed to the 71st Foot, Feb. 23. 41st Foot—Edwin Richard; Gent. to be Ensign, with- out purchase. Feb. 23. 45th Foot—Lieutenant William Cairnes Armstrong to be Captain, by purchase, vice Moultrie, who retires; E❑sign William Fleming to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armstrong; John Craigie llalket:, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fleming, Feb. 23. 54th Foot—Major John Norman, from half-pay Un attached, to be Major, vice Clark, promoted, Feb. 24. 86th Foot—Ensign Maxwell Lepper to be Lieutenant, by purchese, vice -Matthews, who retires ; Frederick Gardner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice Lepper, Feb. 24. 90th Foot—Captain Charles Bulkeley, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Henry Robert Thurlow, who exchanges ; Lieutenant William Victor Johnson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bulke ley, who retires; Ensign Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnson; Charles Cullen Maunsell, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vaughan, Feb. 23. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Aylmer Strang ford Craig, from balf•pay 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Jermyn Symonds, who exchanges, Feb. 23. UNATTACHED. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Clark, from the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Brevet Major John Norman, from the 54th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Feb. 23. IieSPITAL STAFF.—Daniel Maclachlan, M.D., Phy sician and Surgeon of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, to have the local rank of Deputy Inspector .General of Hos pitals, for the duties of Chelsea Hospital •only, Feb. 23. BREVET.—Captain Charles Bulkeley. of the 90th Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838. MEMORANDUM.--The Christian name of Ensign Ro berts, of the 4th Foot, is " Hodder," not "Hodder," as previously stated. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEN. 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Wil liam Thomas Crawford, to be Captain, vice Glasgow, retired on full-pay; First Lieutenant John Desborough, to be Second Captain, vice Crawford; Second Lieu tenant Robert Boyle, to be First Lieutenant, vice Des borough; Feb. 15: ERRATUM in the Gazelle of Jan. 2, 3849. _ For Gentleman Cadet Lambert Henry Dunn, read Denne. ADMIRALTY. FEB. 20. Corps of Royal Marines—John Michael De Courcy Meade, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; George Oliver Evans, Gent., to be Secohd Lieutenant. Francis Walton, Gent., to be:Second Lieutenant; Alex ander Somerlid Macdonald, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant; Richard John H. Douglas, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Jacob R. Lloyd, Gent., to be Second Lieu. tenant; George Couch, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Spencer. George Walsh, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Henry Holt Tomlin, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Frederick Herbert Ruel, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Richard Johns, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Josiah Pryce, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; John Hinde Durham Bourchier Bowker, Gent., to be second Lieu tenant; Francis Philip Toms, Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant; George Naylor, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckingham- shire. Joseph Sandars the younger, Esq., to be a Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 13. Commissions by the Lord• Lieutenant of Cornwall. Richard Budden Crowder, Esq. to be Deputy-Lieu tunant; Ri c h ar d Graves Powhele, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, Feb. 17. WHITEHALL, FEE. 15. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Cl a y e , o f 24MaasntcehreEstxertr,aionrdthinearcyouinnt& fe ancaster, Gent., to b e a high Court of Chancery. Alfred Westley, miller, Sou a t r h e i h ll - and Biggleswade, B ANKRUPTS. at twelve, and t March Bankruptcy. Cannon, Valiance, Old April Bedfordshire, 13,t o n e, t o etth6court surrender, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Jewry Chambers. Richard Webster and Richard' Webster, jun., watch and clock manufacturers, Cornbill. March 7, at twelve, and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrnptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Bolding And Poper, Scot's yard, Bush-lane, Cannon-street. Benjamin Barrottee, innkeeper, North Walsham, Norfolk, March 5, at one, and April 16, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Cuildhall Chambers, City; White and Co., Lincoln's Inn. fields; Taylor, Norwich. Richard Clarke, woollen dyer. Aldersgate-street, City, March 1, at twelve, and April 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, cfficial assignee, Coleman street; Crosby and Compton, Church- street, Old Jewry. Jane Davis, builder, Watton•on-Thames, March 1 and April 5. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Farrar, Doctors' commons. John Chau( rton, jun., lead merchant, Derby, March 9 and April 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston. official assignee, Nottingham; Hay wood and Webb, Birmingham. William Miles, stock broker, Worcester, March and April 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Daniel, Wor • abater; Edwards, Clement's-inn. Benjamin Low, miner, Hill-top, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, March 7 and April 10, at ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Duignan and Hemmant, Walsall. Joseph. Busst, timber merchant, Walsall, Staffordshire, March 3, at twelve, and April 10, at haif.past eleven, 0. - j DO at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Token House-yard, Lothbury; Hodgson, Birmingham. Joseph Ivey Baker and William Bennett Baker, iro❑ dealers, Wolverhampton, March 10 and April 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robinson, Wolver hampton. John Staddon, grocer, Holswarthy, Devonshire. March 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee ; Stogdon, Exeter ; Baker, Ruck and Jennings, Lime-street. John Krauss, agent, Manchester. Edward Davis, cattle dealer, Marnhull, Dorsetshire, March 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee,. Exeter; Slade and Vining, Yeovil; Terell, Exeter; Cragg arid Jeyes, Bedford-row. William Scott, ironmonger, Exeter, March 8 and 28, at nne, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as signee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter; Spyer, Broad-•street buildings. Henry Fenwick, banker, Liverpool, March 2, and April 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Tur ner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bed ford-row, London ; Duncan and Radcliffe, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending February 20, 1849, is 245. 11 3 4 a. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Loodnn New Price Current of Feb. 23.) SUGAR.—To• day the market again exhibited a firm aspect for all sorts of free and slave labour Sugar. West India Muscovado was, in fair request for home trade purposes, and former rates are well kept up for all kinds. The quantity sold amounts to 360, making 1,550 hhds, &c. for the week. For next week the public sales of Sugar are not expected to be large; a firm market is in consequence anticipated. REFINED.—To-day the home trade Refined market had a quiet appearance, and prices are not so firm, brown Lumps selling at 48s to 48s 6d, and Standard Lumps 49s to 493 6d. Bonded Crushed is held with firmness at 29s 6d to 3ls per cwt, and is much wanted. MAIMITIUS.—This afternoon the demand was acti for Mauritius Sugar, and 5,075 bags at auction sold at full rates, middling to good yellow went at 37s to 395, ordinary 36s to 36s 6d, good and fine brown 35s to 365, Washed and syrupy 32s 6d to 38s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon two parcels of Penang Sugar were offered at public sale, amounting to 235 baskets and 2,336 bags, the whole sold at firm rates. fine bright yellow soft went at 38s 6d to 395, good dark 35s 6d, middling 34s to 34s 6d, low 33s to 33s 6d, middling to good brown 30s to 32s 6d.. Bengal is wanted, and the public sales of 3,444 bags went upon full terms. Of Manilla 3144 bags, in bond, went at stiff rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately several inquiries existed at former rates, but at which there are very few sellers; the stock is nearly all in second hands. MOLASSES.—There is still much firmness in the market for West India, at present, however; , few buyers are to be met with ; prices rule at from 17s to 20s per cwt for low to fine. Bengal Treacle at 15s 6d to 16. Of Madras, 10 hhds at auction sold at 15s per cwt. • COFFEE.—This afternoon East India Coffee was in excellent demand for shipping, and at public sale 2,387 bags sold at stiff rates, Batavia, good ordinary mixed black went at 28s to 28s 6d, damaged 26s to 28s, Manilla, good ordinary sound psle 32s 6d to 335, and damaged 30s to 30a 6d. The market for Ceylon is still quiet; 26 casks 378 bags were offered at auction, fine sold at 71s 6d to 80s 6d, which areS tall rates, whilst other kinds went off flatly at easier prides. 63 bags Costa Rica went at 34s to 35s 6d for good ordinary. The market is dull for Native, - good ordinary 34s to 348 6d per cwt. Cocos..—By private treaty a fair business has been &included, and at stiffer rates—Trinidad red selling at 40s to 475, grey 39s to 435, and other sorts of West India 38s to 42s per cwt. There is a more active sale for Foreign, and only a small amount is on offer; prices are on the advance, and rule from 27s to 28s per cwt. 'TEA.—There has been little disposition manifested to operate in Blaci, still merchants for the most part dis played firmness, and refused, excepting in very few in- stances to sell, but upon former terms. The consequence was that nearly the whole has been taken in and with drawn. For Green the biddings have been ladguid, and a willingness to sell, whilst the rates show a decline of lid to 2d, indeed on good and fine Gunpowder the fall was nearly 2d per lb. Twaukay, however, sustained the former value. The Canton kinds of Green were well got up, and excell those of last season. Fine Scented Orange Pekoe attracted attention and realized a slight advance; inferior kinds were held for the former value, but met with little inquiry. Of the total amount offered, only 6,900 pkgs were actually sold. RieE.—The market was better supplied to-day with East India. The public sales of Bengal contained 5,290 pockets, the chief part sold generally at steady rates, fine white went at 1 s 6d to 12s, mid and good lOs to Ils, broken 9s, and damaged 5s 6d to Ils 6d; of Madras 2,508 went rather cheaper ; 3,026 bags of Penang also went upon rather lower terms. SPIRITS.—The market for East India Rum has a more active appearance, and prices have ceased to rtcede. Leeward Island, about 200 hhds, dcc., hays been taken taken at is 4d to is 5d proof. Demerara, fine quality, 40 per cent over proof at 2s 4d, good 35 to 36 over 2s Id to 2s 2d, and inferior 30 per cent at 2s. For inferior sorts of Jamaica trade is more active, and prices have ceased to give way ; superior kinds appear to be much wanted for home use and exportation. quotations are still rising owing to a small supply. The value of plain and middling quality 28 to 33 per cent. over proof is from 2s 8d to 3s, pod middling and good 34 to 46 over, 3s to 3s 7d, fine 3s 8d to 4s 3d, and supe rior 4s 4d to 4s 10d. Holders of liavannah ask Is 3d proof, not many buyers are to be mot with. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 realize 4s 10d to ss, ditto 1847 3s 10d to 4s Id, ditto 1848 3s 4d to 3s 631 ink rior sorts 23 3d to 3s 4d per gallon. Geneva for exportation is quoted at is 9d to is 10d, and home trade sort 23 4d to 3s 6d. British made Spirit unaltered in value. SPICES.—To-day at auction 424 bgs East India Gin ger were sold at better rates; mid and good Bengal bold export sort 23s to 25s 6d, damaged 94 Gd to 23s 6d, fair cut 435; Bombay, good export sort 24s 6d; 18 cks Jamaica, good ord to good 63s to 115 s; 380 bgs Penang Pepper, good black 2d to 24d, grey 2114, and damaged 2d to 24d these are full rates • 55 bgs white, mid 4id to 4id; 42 cases Bourbon Cloves prrc sold, good bold Is 4d; 14 ogs of Pimento, mid aid to 41d; 42 cases Mrce, mid to good 2s 2d to 2s 6d, inte rior Is 10d to 2s; 6 cases Nutmegs, good brown 3s 3d, mid 2s 6d to 2s Bd, and 20 cases preserved Nutmegs is Id per lb. TALLow.—To-day prices again decline for Tallow, and fine P. Y. Candle on the spot ,is not quoted above 39s 6d. At auction 550 packages South American chiefly sold at 36s to 38s 6d, inferior 33i 3d to 355; 479 ditto New South Wales 34s to 404 3d; 12 casks Italian 37s 9d to 38s ; 67 casks Odessa 39s 3d to 39s 6d ; 65 casks Petersburgh second sort chiefly taken in at 37s to 385 6d. OILS.—To-day a public sale of 578 pkgs Cocoa Nut Oil went at better rates; Ceylon sold at 34a to 375, and Zanibar 33s to 33s Gd per cwt. Sperm is wanted, and 70 tuns went at 79115 s to 811 for Colonial, and at 751 for mid American. COCHINEAL was more in demand to day, and 90 bags at auction sold at lull rates; good ord and mid silvers went at 38 10d to 4s 2d, and mid to good black 4s 10d to 5s 4d. SALTPETRE.—No advance is visible in the ♦alue, there having been more business concluded by private treaty, not only for honie use but also to supply export orders. The value of low to fine quality is from 25s 6d to 27s 6d per cwt. At auction 536 bags of Madras were sold at 25s 6d to 26s for good strong grey 74 per cent. retraction; 908 bags of Calcutta at 26s to 26s 6d for mid and good 6i to 104 per cent. refraction. British refined is wanted. Nitrate of soda is in greater supply. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the. Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 17th day of February, 1849. ISEUX =FAIT/LENT. Notes 155ued........ 28,595,795 L. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities •• . • 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 14,093,723 Silver bullion •• •• •• 602,072 A 28,695,79 i 28,495,796 M. MAR/MALL, Chief Caahler. Dated the 22d day of February, 1819. BANKING DRAITMBN T. Proprietors' capital.. 14,533,000 Rest .......... 3,380,497 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 3,303,317 Other deposits • • • • • • 10,491.160 Seven day and other bills • • .. . • .... 1,114,470 Government securi ties(iucluding Dead Weight Annuity).. 14,022,267 Other securities •• •• 9,916,264 Notes •••• •• . ..... •• 10,306,040 Gold and silver coin.. 796,563 X36,043,1;4 £35,043,134 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1849. Dated the 22d day of February. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. TRANSPORTATION. The Duke of RICHMOND asked whether it was in tended entirely to break up the female convict establish ment on board the Anson, and to distribute the convicts to the colonies? Earl GREY said the establishment of the Anson was entirely the act of the Executiv e Government of the day. and he did not think the Gove rnment of would be justified failed delaying a n eipieodrteiidi t hat th t heed accomplishingei s s t t r a i b b l u iti t hh i o em n ite co t tn, h r e female convicts on o a r a i d dat t te authorities had all board the Anson to the colon h tehe A ent hn. convicts n evi h ivc a etd d s for d which it had been established, and had recomi i nende should at once be distributed in the colony . report had been received another h ad Since that r should e com m b e e mli ng immediatelyt hat the establishment hroke n up. ld tAnsonhere• fore bo distributed among the colonists, and a u peniten tiary would be established at Ross in the centre of the islan d for the reception and r e f o rmation ofref rectory female con" victs. It was impos s ib le t o keep up pr o per discipline on board a crowded bulk; and he was, moreover, of opinion that all reformatory efforts as far as regarded convicts should be made in this country before their deportation. Lord STANLEY asked if the Noble Earl had called upon the superintendent cf the Anson for any explana tion he had to offer, and he should also like to know the grounds stated by the persons making the inspection of the Anson, on which;thoy grounded the report? Earl GREY referred the Noble Earl to the reports themeives, which were in the library. He had not re , DA EVEN (erred those reports to the female superintendent of the Ansou, because there was no charge brought against her management. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to move the second reading of Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Bill. The grounds on which the Government proposed this measure had been so fully stated in the di-patch of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, which had been laid on their Lordships' table, that he could not do better than refer their Lordships to that dispatch for those reasons. But although the efforts of those who had conspired systematically to raise a rebellion in Ireland—a rebellion which had been rendered abortive solely through the energy of the Lord-Lieutenant in exercising the powers which bad been entrusted to him by Parliament. The ease with which, in consequence of the exercise of those powers, the rebellion bad been put down, could no more be brought forward as an argument against measure than could thg salvation of a building from destruction by lightning by means of a conductor be brought forward as an argument against the further use of that conductor. The present conduct of those who had been leaders in this rebellion proved the necessity of the continuation of this measure. One of the rebel chiefs who had escaped to New York had declared what were, and are, the intentions of those who had been engaged in the rebellion. At a public meeting held in New York, Mr. Doheny, who bad been one of the rebel chiefs, declared that there was no cause to despair of the success of the Irish movement, they had been forced by the cunning of the Government to a premature movement, which was for the present fatal to the cause of Ireland. The crisis had been precipitated by the suspension of the Habeas Corpu Act, which gave them no chance of consultation. In one district there had been forged 20,000 pikes. He added, " we are still strong, we are still turbulent, and either Ireland shall be a tree republic, or onr turbulence shall be interminable. England's ruin may be delayed, but it is inevitable, and then Ireland shall be a republic one and indivisible." Coupling these declarations of Mr. Doheney with the report of the Lord-Lieutenant, he thought their Lordships would be of opinion that it was necessary that this suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act should be continued for some time longer; out while this temporary suspension was indispensable, he admitted it was the bounden duty of the Legislature to devise measures for the improvement of the social state of the Irish people. Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed with the motion. His only doubt was whether it went far enough—Hear, hear.) Who could venture to say that in a certain time there would be an end of Irish rebellion? The agitation which 'bad been con tinued so Icing bad • brought the greatest evils in Ireland; it had . preVented capital from going into Ireland, and had at length forced them to suspend the constitution. All governments had been guilty of great neglect in allowing agitation to go on until it came to so great a height that it was impossible to stop it. The government of the Noble Marquis (Anglesey) was less open to that reproach than that of any other government They had all sorts of agitations there—lay and clerical —who drove the most profitable trade driven in the coun try. If the Government, allowed the, trade of agi tation to become a lucrative trade, could they wonder that there —had grown up a race of sordid seditious `agitators? . This agitation had been the ruin of the country. He had heard of the case of a family who had received no rents for two years, and who had been reduced to such poverty that they had passed Christmas even without food, and on Christmas Day had been saved from starvation by a present, which had enabled • them "to have souse gruel. And yet in this country where no rents were paid; he, on ac-: count of the poverty of the ,teetints, when no rates could h e paid, 1,000/. had been collected for the use cf the poor? No! but to send to the Pope—to his Holiness the Pope, who had commenced this agitation in Italy, and who was now reaping the fruits of his labour& He was sorry for him. This money was collected through the instrumentality of the agitating Catholic pries a to be sent to this foreign Bishop to be spent by him among the faithful by whom he was surrounded at Gaeta.—(Cries of e Hear, hear.") Though they had recently had a case in Dublin of a juryman getting up in the box to applaud a speech of counsel, Why a country iu which such an indecency could take place was no more fit for trial by jury than the interior of Africa. Mr. Burke had dishonoured a respect able name by conduct which would have disgraced an inhabitant of a krall of Hottentots. This person had sworn well and truly to try the cause, and he bad been scarcely in the box when he exhibited a disposi tion to violate his oath. Mr. Shelburne Burke, he was sorry to find that this man had brought disgrace upon the name of the Noble Marquis opposite, had by his conduct produced an effect upon the witnesses, and he (Lord Brougham) could not help expressing his indig.. nation at Atte indecent conduct of tLis man. He con cluded by urging upon the Government the necessity of a vigorous administration of the law. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the limitation of the Bill to six months was in opposition to the recommendation of Lord Clarendon, and not equal to the necessities of the case. He thought it impolitic to risk the necessity of the introduction of another Bill of this nature at the conclusion of the ses sion. He should have preferred that the measure of suspension should have been for a longer period. The failure of justice in consequence of the improper conduct of persona had a tendency to bring the administration of justice into contempt, but those tran sactions were not applicable to the whole of Ireland. In Munster no such indirect scenes had taken place, the juries did their duty with manliness, impartiality, and courage. The Noble Lord then proceeded to argue that it was absolutely necessary to impose by legislative enact ment some restrain t upon the possession °farms in Ireland. since times anterior to the Union, Ireland has now for the first time suffered persons to have the unrestrained pos ' session of arms in Ireland. It was true domiciliary visits did not take place by the police, but they took place by ribbondosen, and by disturbing of the public peace, who robbed all those entitled to possess any of the arms in their possession; and however unpopular it might be be must say that some alteration ought to take place in the law for the purpose of preventing improper per sons from possessing arms. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied, and the• Bill was read a second time, TURNPIKES. The Mariuis of SALISBURY moved for certain re turns relating to turnpike trusts and hiighway-rates. After a few words from the Earl of GRANVILLE and the Duke of RICHMOND the motion was agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned. NG, FEBRUARY 23, 1849 the same course that Lad been taken since he had been a member of any Committee of the House. LEGAL EDUCATION. Mr. EWART gave notice that on an early dsy he would put a question to the Attorney-General respecting legal education. NEAPOLITAN ARMY IN SICILY. Mr. BANKES gave notice that be would, on Tuesday next, move for copies of certain information received by the Government respecting the Y.apolitan army in Si2ily. the oath eva:: to t objcejol , ?.,6l( to the t,f that, faitl., but not of a inp.ttir• to Lleviit The c!e , .- racter W . that T: , e 'Zeman Cathelie merely subscribed to Ile, ea:11 a hie!. oft Veit leavieg him at liberty - to ioterpret it, as he pleased. When the oath was proposed in ]829, by Sir Robert Peel, very little was said in sup port of it. Indeed. Chief Justice Bushe said that "no danger could result from it, and certainly no security." If it del riot exclude members of that faith term tsltii,g part in ail debates, he comes-eel he did not see the re ces,ity of r: t.tining it. It that oath was not dancernus and }et was productive of ro security. he though they might sa;el} expunge it from :he statut-bio)k. The oaths of supremacy, abjuration, and suet-55ton were unnecessary at a time when no One doubted the right of succession, and with respect to the oath of allegiance great disparity existed between that taken by a Protestant and a Roman Catholic—the one said "on the true faith of a Christian," whilst the other swore "he would do no injury to the Estaidished Church." It, was just as likely to be irjured by those persons who wished to support the State as by chose who, professing another religion, might not he so hostile to the esta blishment as Protestant Dissenters. He totally differed from the Honourable Member for the University of Oxford on the high stand he had taken in advocating the retentien of those words, " on the true faith of a Christian." He (Mr. Vernon Smith) must say, when members of the different sects of Christianity met. at the table of the House and said they took the oath on " the true faith of a Christian." he could not say what was meant by the word " faith," because the true faith of a Christian differed as widely among Christians, in many instances as it did in the faith of a Jew ; and, therefore, he should object to the words on " the faith of a Christian," particularly because these words being so inserted, and so adapted, would lead to a result which he wished particularly to avoid. His Noble Friend said there were three different oaths to be taken by Members professing three different reli gions. There was one taken by the Protestant, arid that was to be taken by the Jew too; but when the Jew came to the words on " the true faith of a Christian," there he was to stop and these words were to be omitted. Well, now he (Mr. V. Smith) said such a proceeding as that was very unbecoming of that House, and it ought to be put a stop to. The next oath was that which was to be taken by the Roman Catholic Members, and that oath was entirely different. both from that taken by the Protestant and that taken by the Jew. The Roman Catholic was not called on to take the oath on "the true faith of a Christian." He (Mr V. Smith) should like to know why ? Now, he thought it a most un seemly thing that Members coming up to the table of that House should be asked what was their particular religion before they were permitted to take the oath at the table of the House. He thought the House would agree with him in thinking that all that was contained in the oath of su premacy and the oath abjuration was embodied in the oath of allegiance, which could not be more simple than it was ; and therefore he thought that the House should adopt the oath of allegiance. It was with those objections that they were bound to consider the question of the oath as tributary to the Jews in their present disabili ties, that he had thought it right as a Llember of that House to state the way in which those objections could be achieved in the simplest possible manner, and one most in accordance with the feelings of the public, and of the majority of the Members of that House. He begged leave, under those circumstances, to propose the amendment which he had_ . read. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not think there was any sufficient cause to be dissatisfied with the oath, He thought the oath was a security, and he_abould,:,there,. fore, oppose the amendment of his Host. Friend. 'Mr. HUME said the great object to be attained ap peared to him, in avery transaction, that they had to re duce as much as possible unnecessary oaths. By the Duke of Richmond's Bill there had b: en twenty millions avoided.—(Cries of " Hear.") Since then twenty millions more had been abolished, and he was not aware that the slightest dishonesty had ever been discovered in consequence.—(Hear, hear.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it .... Majority against it — 72 . Mr. BANK bud given notice of an amendment, but the proper time for proposing it was when they got into Committee on the Bill. He wished therefore not to be precluded from moving it on the Bill if he abstained from moving it then. lie had no objection to an altera tion of the oaths, but he certainly should object to any proposal for con:erring upon Jews the right of sitting in the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he was glad that thr. Hon. Member intended to reserve his amendment to the Bill before the House. The Hon. Gentleman surely could not think that there was any danger of Jews subverting or overturning the Established Church.—(hear, hear.) What he understoood him to say was this—that he wished the words promising not to subvert the Established Church should be introduced into the oath taken generally by Members. Now that was a very different question, uud instead of being the terms of an admission, they were the terms of a restriction.—(Hear, hear.) Ile (Lord John Russell) would object to the words being introduced with regard to Jews, or to any other class except Roman Catholics. Mr. GOULBURN could not conceive that the intro duction of the words would have a prejudicial effect upon any class of persons. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said a most important point was to be decided by the House, viz., whether certain Mem bers stood in the same position and with the same full powers another Hon. Members in that House. [LEFT SPEAKING.] COURSE OF EXCH Amsteriain .....••• .. 12 2 LNGE.--(THIS DAY.) dibraltar• • . • • • • • • • •• • • Leghorn ........ ...... 32 20 Genoa ... • 26 60 Venice.... .. • • .... Naples ...... • • .... • • 323 i ealermo, peroz 1:8 Messina •••••••••• .• •. 119 Lisbon.... • 524 Oporto • • .. • • .... • • .. 5234 Rio Janeiro • ....... Buenos Ayres ........ -- New York, 21 days'sight Philadelphia .......... ?BIM OF BULLION, ?BL oS Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 6 New Dollars ••,... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... •• 0 0 0 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 0 Rotterdam .......... 12 2 1 ,4 tntwerp• . llamburgh ......M.B. 13 11% Attona ...... •• earis,.3 days'slght .... 25 20 _ Ditto, 3 months .... 25 47% 71arseilles ........,... 25 47 80urdeanx......... . 25 50 Frankfort OH Maine.... 111 Peterspurgh, Sil.ltble.. 36% Berlin Vienna, effec. 80.-- 11 26 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 27 ............ 49 Cadiz ............. 49 Bilbao •• ........., Barcelona • • • Seville. ••• •• •••• •• • BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) DISTURBANCE AT THE OLYMPIC THEATRE.—A young man, who gave the name of John Ellis, was charged before Mr. Jardine with creating • a. disturbance in the gallery of this theatre last night. It was -proved that the prisoner, who was intoxicated, amused himself and disturbed the audience by making such outrageous noises that the per formances had to be suspended for twenty minutes, until he was expelled.—He was fined 20s. THE POOR REMOVAL ACT. Captain PECHELL asked the Commissioner of Poar laws, whether in consequence of the recent decision in the Court of Queen's Bench having upset the opinion given by the law officers of the Crown upon the con struction of the Poor Removal Act, it is intended to cancel the instructions (founded on that opinion) issued to the beards of guardians on the 20th da) of October, 1846; and whether provision will be made for the repayment to unions and parishes of the expenses incurre d by them respectively in the maintenance of poor belonging to other parishes. whose relief was withdrawn in consequence of those instructions. The question was put in consequence of a communica tion;tromithe guardians of the Gosport Union to those of Brighton, which necessitated an application to the Poor law Commissioners, requesting their advice as to how those guardians could obtain the repayment of certain expenses which had been incurred, and the reply of the Poor-law Commissioners was that no past accounts could be opened. Mr. BAINES said that, in replying to the question, to the subject of which the Hon. and Gallant Member had just called the attention of the House, he could recapitulate the circumstances under which the question had arisen. Shortly after the passing of the Poor-law Amendment Act, the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 66, the Board of Poor-law Commissioners had received several applications inquiring what was to be understood by the terms of certain clauses, and how under certain difficulties they were to act. In order that the several cases might be properly treated, the Poor-law Commissioners submitted the matter to two gentlemen high in their profession —the law officers. of the Crown. Having received their opinion, they immediately forwarded ;it to the several unions throughout the kingdom. But, after the delivery of that opinion, a decision had been come to in the Court of Queen's Bench, which was at variance with the opinion previously expressed respecting the construction of the clauses of the Act by the law officers of the Crown.—(Hear, hear.) That decision was of course at present the law of the land • (Hear)--and he (Mr. Baines) and the other Poor-law ' Commissioners had lost no time in forwarding a proper notice of it to the several unions, and drawing the :particular attention of the guardians to it by every means in their power. With regard to the letter which had caused the question of the Hon. and Gallant Member, he knew of no clause which authorised the repayment of any expenses under those particular circumstances. SEIZURES UNDER THE CUSTOMS DUTIES. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS moved for and obtained an order for a return of the number of seizures of silks, lace, ribbons, embroidery, and shawls made at the Custom House of London, from the Ist day of January, 1847, to the Ist day of January, 1849, on the plea of under valuation of entry; stating the kind of goods seized, the amount of entry, valuation of such seizures, the amount paid by the Custom House to the importers of the goods, the amount and proceeds of the sale of such goods, stating the number of lots into which they were divided for sale, the several days upon which they were put up for sale, and whether sold or bought in, or postponed, in each case, and theexpenses in curred on such sales: and, balance or - account, shoWing the benefit or loss to the Custom House department,, and the amount paid in each case. to the seizing officer. ,THE WAR IN THE PUNJAUB. ' Mr. G. THOMPSON said he had a question to put to the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury, when The SPEAKER intimated that the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) was not present. Mr. G. THOMPSON would then address himself to the Right Hon. Baronet the President of the Board of Control, and was proceeding to make some remarks, when The SPEAKER again interposed, to say that he could only state the circumstances which had induced the luestion, and then proceed to his inquiry. Mr. G. THOMPSON then said he wished to ask whether, as her Majesty's Ministers have deemed it their duty to lay before the House a Blue Book of 378 pages, relating to a rebellion in the island of Ceylon in July last, they do not consider it equally their duty to lay before the House the papers relating to the war in the Punjaub, described by her Majesty in her gracious Speech fromithe Throne, as a'• rebellion," which war has been going on since April, 1848, and has neces sitated the calling of an army into the• field of not less than 120,000 men, including camp followers, and in volving an extraordinary expenditure of not less than five millions sterling a year. Sir J. C. HOBLIOUSE said that the question intended for his Noble Friend, but which had been put to him, was couched in an unusually argumentative form. With regard to the question itself he must be allowed to remark that the rebellion in Ceylon , had terminated, but that in the Punjaub was still going on ; and it was not usual to lay the papers before the House till the affair to which they related bad been concluded. As to there being an army of 120,000 men, besides carnp:fol • lowers. of . whom he knew nothing, ho must tell the Hon. Gentleman that the army was not composed of half that number, while be trusted the information of the Hon. Gentleman as to the expense of the rebellion was not correct. Mr. G. THOMPSON gave notice that on Monday he should move an address to the Crown for the production of the papers, and then he would take an opportunity of justit)ing the question he had just put. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Hon. Baronet what provision bad been made fur the family of the late Raja of Sattara. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE had already stated the amount, while the reason it bad not been paid was simply that the legal representatives (.1 the Raja had re fused to receive it.—(Hear and laughter.) PENSIONERS. Mr. HUME gave notice that on Monday he should move for an alphabetical list of all persons receiving public money above 501. a year. IRISH RETURNS: Mr. A, STAFFORD, in the absence of the Secretary for Ireland, wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question of some importance to Ireland. It related to certain gross inac curacies in the returns which had been presented to the House on the subject of Irish distress. In these returns there were no less than seven inaccuracies of simple addition, one of them to the extent of 5001., while another represented 6d. and nothing to make 4d.—(Hear and laughter.) He wished to know if Government were prepared to lay amended returns on the table. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair *at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Railway Bills were read a second time: 1 IRISH POOR-LAW. Birmingham and Oxford Junctio n (P urc h ase o f th e St ra t- I i On the motion of Mr. CLEMENTS, a copy of al ford-upon-Avon Canal Navigation). r Forest of Dean and South Walea (Amendment of Acts as I correspondence between the Commissioners for adminis. to Charges on Forest of Dean Railway and Branches—No. 2). : tering the laws for relief of the poor in Ireland and in North Staffordshire (Amendment 'of Acts). i England, relative to the removal of John M'Coy from Stirling and Dunfermline (Deviation of Branch to Alloa I Newcastle•upon-Tyne to Armagh, including the opinion Harbour; Diversion of certain Works; Extension of Time : 1 of counsel (if any) thereon, was ordered. for completing Line and taking Land ; an d A men d ment o f The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied Acts). that the statements referred to by the Hon. Member The undernamed Bills were likewise read a second time: Company. . were made by the vice guardians of unions in Ireland, Great Central Gas Consumers ' and that they had been printed in the state they had Blusselburgh Police and Improvement. been received by the Government. The mistake, if any, Norfolk Estuary (Amendment of Acts and Powers of Con tribution by the Eau Brink Commissioners of Drainage, and had not been made by any officers of the Government, by the Corporation of King's Lynn s . but by parties who had the best means of information on Rock Life Assurance Company, ' the subject. SECEDING CLERGYMEN. Mr. STAFFORD asked the Right Hon. Gentleman Mr. P. HOWARD ' presented a petition from Carlisle if he would promise to have the report amended and laid praying for full civil and religious liberty to seceding again on the table of the House? clergymen. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa id t h e Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition to the same effect. Hon. Gentleman had nearly assumed that it was wrong; Mr. BRIGHT presented a similar p e ti t i on f rom A s h- but if he could point out any inaccuracy he would hav e ton-under-Lyme and another place, it amended. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was VENTILATION OF THE NEW : HOUSES OF not now prepared to say whether correct or false. P ARLI AMENT. - Mr. STAFFORD said he should have no difficulty iii - Mr. BROWN presented a petition from Dr. Reid, proving that 6d. and nothing did not make 4d. complaining that his plan of vent i lation hod been o b• The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, struated by :Mr. Barry , and praying for inquiry. there might, perhaps, be a mistake in the printing, and THE MARRIAGE LAW. the 0 might have been substituted for 10d., in which presented a p et i t i on aga i ns t a n y Mr. BROADLBY cases there would remain 4d. alteration of the marriage law. GENERAL RATE IN IRELAND. CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SALISBURY. Sir JOHN WALSH asked the First Lord of the Mr. S. HERBERT presented a petition from certain Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's ecclesiastical officers in the cathedral church of Salisbury, Government to introduce a Bill to empower them to stating th a t t h e i r s tipends, which had been fixed at 201. levy a general rate throughout Ireland in aid of the a year in • the reign of James 1., were insufficient for Per's-rate, without waiting for 'the production of any their proper maintenance, and praying for the augmen- evidence on that subject from the Committee on the tation of those stipends. Irish Poor-law. PRIYILEGE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Government did Mr. OSBORNE said he bad to bring before the not intend to introduce any measure on the subject House a question of privilege. until the Committee had made their report. He said be knew b u t one PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. custom respecting the attendance of Members of the On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the House went House on Committees of the House. lie had always un- into Committee on this Bill. derstood those Committees were open to the attendance On the first clause being read, of Members of Parliament during their deliberations. He Mr. V. SMITH rose to propose an amendment, to the understood that the members of the Irish Poor-law Corn P effect that it is expedient to abolish all oaths save mittee had come t o a reso l u tion to prevent the attend- those of fidelity and allegiance. He said he wag per ance of Members of Parliament, who were not members fectly ready to admit, that there should be no disquali of the Committeeeat the deliberations of the Committee. fication in religion, to the holding of civil offices, land, Under these circumstances he begged to know whether therefore, on the present occasion he was they were justified in adopting that course? prepared to give his vote as he had during the The SPEAKER said that, according to the past in favour of __the admission of Jews into Parliament. rules of the Rouse, every Member of the H ouse H owever, when they were ta ki ng the subject into their I , was privileged to attend Select Committees of consideration, and especially the recommendation of the the House, unless that Committee was a Committee Committee on " Oaths," he tho ug h t i t would not b e out of Secrecy ; b u t ' d u ring the deliberations of a of place if the attention of the House was directed Committee it was in its power to order Member s w h o to the nature of the oaths which were taken by were present, but not on the Committee, to leav e t h e the members of different religious persuasions room ; and there h a d b e en instances where Memb ers at the table. Instead of merely dealing with one par had not left th e r o om , a nd where the Committee had ticular oath with a view to the admission into that applied to the Rouse to interfere to compel them. But House of the Member of a particular sect, he thought in under other circumstances a Member had a perfect right stead of " chopping and altering " that the wiser course to attend. would be to have but one form, and that an exceedingly Mr. OSBORNE asked if he was to understand that simple one as he entertained much objection to a the Committee had the power to exclude him? multiplicity of oaths. He thought, therefore, that The SPEAKER said they had not unless they re- the House would agree with him that if they ceived such powers from the House. could simplify the oaths taken by a Member Mr. BRIGHT said that so far there had been on taking his seat, they should be performing a good no evidence taken before the Committee ; and he public work and elevating the character of that House. bad always understood that whilst a Committee were —((tear.) He did not wish to throw any stigma upon discussing the resolutions which were under their coy.- the proceedings of the House, but he confessed sideration, and whilst they were dividing upon those when ho heard Honourable Members talk of resolutions, Members bad not the right to be in the the solemnity of the oath taken by Members, room. For himself, he (Mr. Bright) wished the line that he could not agree with them. He entertained en had not been so strictly drawn. I entirely contrary opinion. The hurrying of Members to Mr. OSBORNE said he begged leave to give notice the table at the beginning of a new Parliament to take to the Hon. Member that he (Mr. Osborne) should. go the oaths, whilst Members around were talking upon down to the Committ e e during its sittings. . different subjects was not to his mind a solemn proceed- Sir J. YOUNG Said he had:understood that It had ing, arc he did not think those who took a part in it or been alway s th e practice in Committees for Gentlemen beheld it were impressed e ith a conviction that it was who wer e not members* of the Committee to absent so. There was no argument against simplifying there themselves, when the C o mmittee were deliberating, or oaths to say, that because they were settled in the year when a division was taking place: 1829, and that twenty years had since elapsed, it was The SPEAKER,—The Hon. Baronet 'lists correctly not now expedient to remodel them. Though he had not stated the fact.--(Hear, hear.) ' - '''''r , spoken to any member of the Roman Catholic faith, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said the course:taken this with respect to the oaths which they were called upon morning in the Irish Poor-law Committee h ad Men only to take, he thought be 11145 correct when he paid that ...: 1 • , ,-1 , ....• . • 'Estf'•‘,L, FRANCE. Le Credit announces, on the authority of its pri vate correspondent at Yassy, in Moldavia, that the Russian General Luders entered Transylvania on the 14th of January, and immediately took possession of the fortress of Brachew, situated one league and a half from the frontier. CI OA'IIA. The Zeitungshalle has letters from Gratz, stating that the city of Agram, the capital of Croatia, has lately been declared to be in a state of siege. It ap pears disaffection is spreading among the Croats, who protest against the intended annexation of their country to Austria. They commenced their war against Hungary for the sake of their national inde pendence, and that independence being endangered by the plans of the Austrian Cabinet, they turn against the Emperor, and are ready to oppose their Ban unless Jailachich makes common cause with them. THE BRIGHTON MURDER.—We regret exceedingly to state that there is not yet the remotest clue to the dis covery of the murderers of Mr. Griffith. Reports innumer able are abroad; but they have led to nothing satisfactory. It is worthy of remark, that whilst Messrs. James and Charles Hudson were dining at the Plough, at Hanfield (not at Woodmancote, as has been stated) Mr. Griffith drove past. One of the Messrs. Hodson ran out, and attempted to hail him, being desirous of reaehing home a little earlier than he did; but, unfortunately, Mr. Griffith was too far off to hear him. Had Mr. Hodson, or anyone else, been his companion, in all probability lie would still be alive.—Brighton Gazette. CRIMINAL STILTISTICS.—FIODI a Parliamentary paper it appears, that during the year 1847 the number of bills submitted to the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court amounted to 3,312, of which 3,056 were returned as true, and 173 ignored. The number of bills preferred without any previous investigation before a magis trate amounted to 72, of which 11 were ignored, 17 re moved by certiorari, 20 dropped, and 35 prosecuted to trial. Of these 35 cases, 20 resulted in conviction, and 15 in acquittal. The total number of bills preferred at the Middlesex Sessions in the year 1847 amounted to 2,409, of which 2,818 were returned as true, and 132 ignored. The number of indictments removed from the two above-mentioned courts into the Court of Queen's Bench, amounted in 1845, 1846, and 1847 to 65, of which 36 wend prosecuted to trial. The result was 20 convictions, 16 acquittals, and 25 cases in which roceedings were dropped. THE AURORA BOREALIS.—On Monday night, about half-past nine o'clock, there was a singular and beau tiful appearance of this phenomenon observable on the face of the firmanent. It streamed upwards at first from the eastern horizon, nearly to the zenith, in one narrow and WI.. broken line of light-coloured vapour. After remaining nearly stationary for a few minutes, it became diffused at the top, and, breaking into small masses, or waves, seemed to be borne westwards, as if by a current of wind. On passing the zenith, the direction of the force seemed to be changed, for the line was then bent towards the south-west, and by and by it assumed the appearance of a luminous bow; but, with a constant waving motion, it moved onwards until it gradually disappeared at nearly the opposite point of the horizon to that in which it first appeared.—North British Mail. ORTHOP/EDIC HOSPITAL. - The annual general court of the governors of this hospital was held yesterday, in Bloomsbury-square. The annual report stated that the total number of patients during the year was 1,130, the greater part of whom were cured or relieved. Many patients re main now in the hospital, two of whom had been sent by her Majesty's command. They are two children afflicted with double club feet, and who belong to a poor family, four of whom are similarly deformed. There were 270 patients waiting for admission, for although several additional beds had been set up during the year, the funds of the hospital were quite inadequate to the demands upon them. The come for the year amounted to 1,6361. 125., and the expendi ture to 1,5691., leaving a balance of 661. 13s. 3d. This report was unanimously received and adopted, and atter the trans action of the usual business tin meeting separated. L BiaTl6°T BANK. ancllier part of ot:r paper will be fund an announce ment 4,f nitwit importitoce to all per,,ty::.: engeged in trade, but who, thLug!, otherwise most respvetable, do not,fromlong stataln.g and success in life, enjoy the eputalion of being undoubtedly A. I. with the private bankere, nor even with the more liberal joint-stock banks in London. It is now seven and twenty years ago since the introduction of the joint-stock principle in banking was first mooted in England; but the success of the principle was hopeles then, because the Birk had by charter a most injurious monopoly • of banking. No other bank was allowed to have more than six partners —a restriction which at one blow pre vented capital from being employed in banking, and turned over the business of banking to parties who were most incompetent to conduct it from their want of capital. And this monopoly of the Bank did a still greater mischief. It kept a vast deal of capital idle and unproductive, and thereby prevented the due employment of labour. But the storm came on the Bank of England at last. It caught them at the latter end of 18 . 25; they were compelled to beg and pray of Mr. Huskisson ' Lord Liverpocil, an d M r . Canning fbr liberty to suspend cash payments; but those .4,linisters were too wisa to implicate themselves in any such transaction ; they told the Bank fairly that they had brought themselves into the hobble by sticking to their charter and disallowing a free trade in banking, and that they (the Government) would not help them, even though the Bank should reduce the nation to a state of barter. Mr. Canning and Lord Liverpool died in a year or two; but they had left a Treasury minute for their successors. The consequence was, that joint-stock banking was imported by l‘lr. Joplin into England. It had already worked well with the Provincial Bank of Ireland and all sensible men saw that it would work equally well in England. Still, nevertheless, the Bank had influence enough to keep a radius of sixty•tive miles around London to themselves; and it was only after a Committee of the House of Commons of 1832 sat to inquire into the renewal of the Bank Charter, that joint•stock banks could be established in London. And even then, as now, the practice introduced was far from being perfect. The Scotch system of cash credits has not been acted upon by any of the present London joint-stock banks. The principle of that system is this. Any person who has , real property can become security for a person engaged in trade, the tradesman of course having a drawing account to the amount of the security. There are a few details which we need not mention here; for we wish to impress on the public the great value of enlisting the activity and enter prise of young men by allowing them to be assisted by those who, having performed their duty in life, are willing, on account of their faith in the integrity of their juniors, to pledge their name, credit, and property for the purpose. And there is another consideration of much weight. There is a great difficulty meeting every middle-class trader when he wants discount for the most certain acceptances, which only amount to small Sums, froth 501. to 200 i. for instance. Every man of business knows this well in London, but people in the country knew it much more. The British Bank will do what is wanted in this respect. The Chairman, Mr. Macgregor; the Member for Glasgow, and the late Secretary of the Board of Trade, is Chairman of the Bank. He undirstood the business well, and we hope to see him carry out the reform in banking, practically, as it ought to have been done two or three years ago.—Loa don .11.1ercantite Journal. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Feb. 22. Lord BROUUJIAM, in presenting a petition praying tor an extension of the principle of local courts, took occasion to express a wish that some measure might be adopted to remedy the abuses of the Palace Court. SLAVERY. • (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Lord BROUGHAM said that, as the. Noble Lord was absent when he made his remarks, the best thing he ' could do was to re-state them, and they were. these;—" " 'That I abstain at present frOm bringing the conduct cir::.„ the Governor of Ceylon before the House. That my reason for doing so was, that proceedings which had 4en tidopt ,, tl elsewhere might .possibly, ,and I fondly., ). hoped would, end in explanations of that conduct. That if they did not end in satisfactory explanations of that conduct, there was an additional reason for the postpone ment, as then their Lordships might peradventure be called upon to exercise other functions than those of their legislative functions in regard to the Governor of the colony of Cey!on." Those were his words, and he defied any one to rend the Blue Book of the Government, where the facts in rr bard to Ceylon were detailed, and say that they could have spoken under so suppressed feelings. The Noble Earl however need not despair, as he might rest assurtd that, if spared, he would not fail to give him notice of a motion on the subject. As to the appointment of this Committee of Inquiry, he had no objections to it, although, as regarded himself, he had all the information he wanted on the subject. The Noble Earl had complained of the Noble L (Stan ley's) characteristic impetuosity. No doubt they all had their characteristics. The Noble Earl had his; and as he was in a humour to confer favours on the Noble Earl, he would say to-night the Noble Earl had come forward with his characteristic—(Hear, hear, and laughter)—what should he call it—for if he took in the whole scope of the Dictionary, it would be difficult to find a suitable word—(Laughter) —but he would say with his characteristic perseverance—that was a soft phrase ology—(Laughter)—not calculated to give offence— then, with his characteristic courage and perseverance, the Noble Earl had come forward to-night and said, as he expected he would, that ho was quite satisfied with all that had taken plaee since 1846, and that in stead of the results of the Government measures shak ing his convictions, they had rather confirmed them. — (Hear, hear.) If that was the case, he would say be was most happy in the possession of a sanguine tem peratnent, which made the most trivial success have the same efftct upon him as would the most splendid triumph. Lord BEAUMONT condemned the conduct of the Noble and Learned Lord who had just sat down, in re ferring to the colony of Ceylon in the way he had done, and without giving notice, when the interests of the colony and the character of the Governor were at stake. He could only draw the inference that the Noble a nd Learned Lord had prejudged the charge against Lord Torrington. LordBROUGLIAM repeated the explanation ho had before given. _ Earl GREY said that after having heard the Noble and Learned Lord's account of what he did say, he was of opinion that it was even more utterly unjustifiable than be had imagined. If the s ,Noble and Learned Lord did not wish to give a notice, the way to do that was to say nothing.—(flear.) There was no necessity for any of their Lordships to state their reasons for not giving $ notice. But under cover of giving an explanation which nobody asked for, he took the opportunity—certainly e very unusual thing with the Noble and Learned Lord of making a speech—(Laughter) —and stating that Uh" less a satisfactory account were given of Lord, Torring ton's conduct, he should b r i ng f orwar d a mot i on with the view of criminating that Noble Lord. He did object that under such a cover the most offensive insinuations should be inferred.—(Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said the Noble Earl appeared; to be very anxious that the matter should be brought fur ward, in order that he might defend Lord Terringta• He (L' rd Brougham) had read the defence of Lord 1 1 1 ' )r. rington in another place, and he must say that it sr peared to him to be worse th a n no d e f ence at a ll . After a few words from the Bishop of OXFORD 111 reply, the motion was agreed to, and the Committee was nominated. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD begged to ask w hether it were the intention of the Noble and Learned Lord to bring in the Charitable Trusts Bill again this session, and it so, whether it would be the same Bill as was in troduced and passed their Lordships' House last.sessioti. The LORD CHANCELLOR answered both ques• tions in the affirmative. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Feb. 22. MARRIAGES WITHIN DGREES OF AFFINITY. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) • The motion having been seconded, Mr. H. T. HOPE, who was understood to oppose the proposition then brought forward, addressed the House for some time, and referred at some length to various documents arid papers in support of the views he enter. rained; but the Hon. Member was almost totally inew dtble in the gallery from the low tone of voice in which he spoke, as well as the noise which prevailed during his address. In concluding his observations, he was WI. derstood to say that he would not take the, sense of the House upon the present motion of his Right Hon. Friend for leave to bring in his Bill, but that ho would divide upon the second reading.—(Hear.) Mr. R. PALMER said that he Islt it his duty to offer the most strcuuous opposition to this measure, but he thought that at this stage he would not go into any matter of principle, or enter at large upon the subject. The existing law, from the earliest period down to the present time, was held to be the exponent of Christian morality and of the. Tr ill of God, and such they were informed by the Comusis• sionera was the prevailing belief in this countiy. All that he would say was, that when that Commission issued he thought they should have had a very differeot, sort of inquiry .—([ lear .) It was most l y made up 01 the evidence of prejudiced and interested witnesses. lie, expected to have found archbi s h ops an d bi shops, an d persons learned in the law ecclesiastical, examined ; but there was nothing of the sort. Instead of a general in• quiry, it was conducted in a limited manner, and for * limited purpose, and not entitled to that consideration claimed tOr it. These were important matters to he borne in mind in coming to a deliberate conclusion oe this important subject.—(Hear.) Mr. HENLEY stated his full concurrence in all the remarks made by the Hon. Member with respect to the mode in which the Commission had been conducted. Al this Bill was founded upon this report, he would °pro e it, for, though he would not divide the House on the' stage of it, he wished to guard against its being sU ' posed he could give any sanction to the measure. If the evidence of interested persons was taken away from th e Commission's report, what weight of testimony had the,' to show that this alteration of the law was desirable He would go one step further. It was hardly possible te, road the eviden ce w i t h out perceiving that one class o r witnesses had been subjected to examination of a c hase' ter totally different from the character of the examine' tion to which others had been subjected. He had be ers struck with th e very searching legal cross•exarninatiol in some instances, and the want of it in the caseg f witnesses t o w h om i t ought to have been applied' Apart fr ot h t h e propr i ety or i mpropriety of examining paid paid perso ns w h o gave , not t h e i r own testimony, 11,e. that of oth e rs, th e y were a c l ass o f w i tnesses w h o ought to have been subject e d t o th e mos t severe cross -exatiS; . __ nation. They mi g ht a l mos t b e lik ene d to electionetlril agents, wh o p u t d own ever y man t h at did no t spit n % their faces as being in favour of th e ir ca ndidate. eho believed the r-port brought in by an r lectionee ;c? . agent? The Right lion. and I.warned Gentleman (7 A „ S. Wortl4y) said no report had b een ma d e recomm.o_r i. r ing legislation because that qu es ti on did not lie ivr ni i a the powers of the Commissi o n. B u t h e took upon . u self here to say, he had the authority of the Corneal iv of whom was dead—for declaring that they we re in favour of legislasi oe . Mr. S. wouluy had saidho could not WAmon • "1 ~ ,: ;. object Which Was 11 Blflee ____ I agair extor