The Sun. — London, England, 1849-03-19 00:00:00

tirb Zbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BER WICK RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting of shareholders in the above line was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of considering the propriety of appointing a committee to inquire into the general ma nagement of the undertaking. Mr. H. 3. Thompson, of Moat Hall, Yorkshire, was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he was prepared to enter into a statement to show the necessity for a searching exa mination into the affairs of the company; but as he un derstood that there was a deputation present from the directors, he would refrain from entering into it till those gentlemen'bad put the meeting in possession of their views. —(Cheers.) Mr. RICHARDSON, the solicitor of the company, said he was happy to inform the meeting that, at a recent board meeting, the directors agreed to the following re solution:—" That Mr. William Richardson be requested to attend the meeting of shareholders in this railway, to be held in London on Monday next, and be authorised to state, on behalf of the board, that at the special meet ing, which will shortly be held for receiving the report of the committee now sitting to investigate the Great North of England purchase account, it is the intention of the directors to propose the appointment of a committee to undertake a general investigation of the affairs of the company." This resolution was signed by Mr. Hudson, the chair man of the company. The CHAIRMAN asked whether the committee was to be denominated by the directors or the shareholders? Mr. RICHARDSON replied that the nomination of the committee would of course rest with the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN said, under these circumstances be did not think it prudent to enter into any statement as to the mismanagement of the concern, which of course could be only of a one-sided character, but it would be a pity if so large and respectable a meeting after being put to the trouble of assembling should separate without expressing some opinion as to the object of the meeting. He would, therefore, read to them a' series of resolutions which had been prepared for submission to the meeting. They were as follows:-1st. That the prevalent reports of mismanagement in the affairs of the York, Neivcastle, and Berwick Company, coupled with the insufficient statement of accounts furnished by the directors, make it desirable that a thorough investigation should be male both into the past management of this company and into the present state' of its affairs. 2d. That the property of this company will never bear its proper value in the market until such- sn investigation has been made by parties unconnected with the present directors. 3d. That such inquiry will have the twofold advantage of siler,cing the injurious reports abovementioned, if groundless, and puffing an end to the mismanagement, if proved to exist. 4th. That this meeting has heard with satisfaction this day, that the directors are disposed to meet the views of the shareholders in respect to the investigation, which is thought to be essential to the welfare of the company. These resolutions were severally proposed and unadi mously agreed to, after which thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the;Eneeting, which was very numerously attended, broke up. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocx. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 2 to 1 agst The Ttirtar 7 to 1 agst Fernhill 8 to 1 agst Loup-garou 9 to 1 agst Westow 14 to 1 agst Giselle METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Lugar 12 to 1 agst Can zou 13 to 1 agst Do•the-Boys 15 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy 15 to 1 agst The Tartar 16 to 1 agst Surplice TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3 to 1 agst Honeycomb---taken 3 to 1 agst Nunnykirk CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot 16 to 1 agst Halo 25 to 1 agst Blucher • 25 to 1 agst Cossack DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Flying Dutchman 6 to 1 agst Tadmor 10 to 1 agst Nunn, kirk—taken IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack nt Five o'clock. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition in favour of the repeal of the navigation-laws. TRANSPORTATION TO THE CAPE. Lord STANLEY asked if the Noble Lord the Secre-' tart of State for the Colonies hal received any commu nication from the colonists of the Cape of Good Hope on the subjectlof the transportation of convicts to the colony, and if he had any objection to lay those communications before the House. Earl GREY said that he had received a memorial from the Cape of Good Hope expressing the great ob jections of the colonists to the proposed scheme of trans portation of convicts to that colony. He held the memo nal in his hand, and he had no objection to lay it beforp their Lordships. The memorial had been received since the:subject had been last alluded to in the House. OUT-DOOR PAUPERS BILL. The Earl of CARLISLE moved the second reading of the Out-door Paupers' Bill. The object of the pre sent measure was to give the Poor-law Commissioners power of visiting and controlling out-door establish ments in which pauper children were farmed, and to give them the same authority for regulating those establish ments which they at present possessed for regulating union workhouses. After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT, the Bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from Cork praying that all private incomes should be assessed to the poor-rates. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti tion from Coleraine against the rate in aid. The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented petitions from certain landed proprietors praying for protection, or a re-adjustment of the local burdens, or for a considerable reduction in the public expenditure. PALACE COURT. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a copy of the patent establishing the Palace Court. POLISH REFUGEES. The Earl of EGLINTOUN rose to draw the atten tion of the House to the charge which appeared in the estimates, of 8,700/. for the Polish refugees. He ad mitted the Spanish refugees, and American Loyalists, and others, were recipients of the public money; but these all were voted as for military services or for losses. The Poles alone were a favoured nation; they had rendered no service, and yet they received annually a large, sum, and an additional sum was voted for medical attendance on these Poles. If our agricul turists were contented, and our exchequer overflowing, it might be .lau,dable, on the same plan on which we expended millions to put down the slave-trade, to give the Poles money wherewith to incur disease and then to pay for curing them ; but our agriculturists were starving, and our exchequer was empty, the yeomanry cavalry were deprived of their allowances, and the army and navy were reduced, and every plan was adopted to reduce our expenditure. The great majority of the Polish refugees were lawless and turbulent, and at the barricades of Paris, at Berlin, and Vienna, they were to be found revelling in scenes of anarchy and violence. He hoped this al lowance Would cease. The Noble Earl concluded by moving for a return of Polish refugees receiving assist ance from the public funds, and the particular diseases for which medical assistance had been granted, from March 1848 to March 1849. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE Was not prepared to declare, as the Noble Lord wished him to do, that this country was prepared to depart, from the principles of charity towards distress, which had hitherto distinguished the policy of this country. He must object to giving the names of the r ec i p i ents of this grant, and of the diseases under which they laboured. The Earl of EGLINTON did not wish for the names but of the diseases. The aarquis of LANSDOWNE objected equally to the motion. This grant arose out of the destruction of a great tuitional existence, which had been lamented by all foreign nations. The Noble Earl had stated that certain Poles had misbehaved themselves at Vietna and Paris; but were we to punish the Poles here, because some Poles had misbehaved themselves there. The effect of this grant had been to withdraw the Poles from political agitation, and he could affirm that the recipients of this grant had done nothing to for feit the sympathy and assistance of the British people. From the time that during the first French 'revolution unfortunate persons bad sought refuge on our shores. all parties had joined in givin g to politiCal refugees. sympathy and assistance, and should be sorry to see that precedent departed from in the case of the unfortunate Poles. The greatest care had been taken that none but proper objects should receive the benefit :of this fund, and he should be sorry to see it withdrawn. Lord STANLEY did not understand that his Noble Friend desired to interfere with the distribution of this, as a charitable fund; but that he wished to impress upon the Government the necessity of seeing that the ass istance given was not given to improper persons or in an improper manner, and that medical assistance should not be given in cases arising from vice and pro fligacy. After the opinion give n by the Noble Marquis that care sho u ld be taken in the administration of this part o, h f e his m woulot iond advise hi s Noble Friend not to press that . . The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought it would be hard to deprive the present recipients of their allow ances, but he hoped that no further names would be added to the list. The Earl of EGLINTOUN only wished for numbers, and not for names. The motion as amended was agreed to, as we under stood. RETURNS. The Earl of MOUNT CASHEL moved for certain re turns relating to the police force in Ireland. The 'notion was agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE - OF COMMONS. - The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. _ Mr. COMPTON moved a new writ for the northern division of Hampshire in the room of Sir W. Heathcote, who bad accepted the office of Steward of the Chiltren Hundreds, and in doing so the Hon. Gentleman took oc casion to compliment the Hon. Baronet for the zeal and attention with which he had for a long series of years discharged the duties of Chairman of the Standing Orders and other Committees. His loss, he said, would be seriously felt by those who had the con duct of the private business, but latterly the Hon. Baronet's health had become so much impaired by his assiduity to the public service that he was compelled to resign his seat.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Compton), however, was quite certain that, the House would be no less ready to bear testimony to the impartial manner in which the Honour able Baronet had performed the functions which the House had allotted to him, than to join in an expression of regret at the cause of his resignation.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILSON PATTEN, as the successor of the Honourable Baronet in the Office of Chairman of the Standing Orders, must also be allowed to bear his per sonal testimony to the able manner in which the Hon. Baronet had dicharged his duties.—(Hear, hear.) Ile had frequently had (ipportunities of witnessing the im partial and conciliatory tone which always characterised the proceedings of t he Honourable Baronet, whose health he was afraid had been greatly injured by his close at tention to the private business of the House, but the House, he was sure, would unite with him in expressing a hope for his speedy recovery.—(Cheers.) Mr. BROTHERTON . had also had opportunities of witnessing the admirable manner in which the Right Hon. Baronet bad discharged his duties of Chairman of Committees, and he must be allowed to express his con currence in all that had been said of the Hon. Baronet. The motion was then agreed to. THIRD READING. The Sunderland Waterworks Bill was read a third time, and passed. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were considered and agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed:— Darlington Gas and Water Company Bill—Epsom Rates Bill—Feltwell Second District Drainage Bill. SECOND READING. The. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway (power to sell or lease to the London and North Western, the Chester and Holyhead, or the Shrewsbury and. Chester Railway Companies, or to amalgate there- With) Bill, was read a second time and ordered to be committed. BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, the object of which is to exempt Birmingham from the pay ment of county rates. Lord BROOKE moved as an amendment that it be read a second time this day six months, as Birmingham had no right to the exemption it claimed, while the Bill itself proposed to alter the criminal law of the land, which ought not to be allowed.: It was a private Bill, and yet contained provisions for altering the Municipal Corpo ration Act.—(Hear.) Mr. SC EIOI:EFIE - LD said Birmingham was no expense whatever to the country,and as it maintained its own gaols and lunatic asylums it ought not to. be called upon to contribute to the erection of county buildings of that description, for which it had no use.—(Hear.) But the Noble Lord had taken a technical objection to the Bill. —(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord said the Bill pro. posed to alter the criminal law of the land, which could not be done by a private Bill, while, if there was any such alteration required, it ought to be made by a general Act extending to the whole country and not confined alone to Birmingham; but he was sure the House would not allow that objection to stand in the way of an act of substantial justice. Sir GEORGE GREY doubted whether Birmingham could be legally called upon to contribute to the county rate so long as it maintained its own gaols and asylums; but, be that as it might, he was bound to admit that Birmingham had a claim to the exemption which this Bill proposed to establish.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He would , suggest, however, that the proper course would be to get the legal question decided before they legislated upon the subject, and if the decision was against Birmingham, the exemption would become a matter for a general and not a private Bill.—(Hear.) Mr. SPOONER could see no necessity for putting Bir. mingham to the trouble and expense of deciding the point which the Right Hon. Baronet had raised. It was clear that, as a matter of justice, Birmingham ought not to be called upon to contribute to the county rate, and he, therefore, hoped the House would read the Bill a second tituv.—(Hear, hear.) He would vote for the second reading. Mr. MUNTZ said the county magistrates admitted that the Bill was a fair one; but they opposed it because they considered it should be a general measure, on the principle of a man:pleading the statute of limitations to his creditor. The people of Birmingham had at present ample gaol and lunatic accommodation; aid it would be, there fore, manifestly unjust to saddle them with an additional impost for a purpose they did not stand in need of. In conclusion, he had to say that at Birmingham the people were in a very bad and unprosperous state, that the rents were very heavy and in some cases un bearable ; and he would tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that if the burdens of the town were unnecessarily in creased, the magistrates of Birmingham would not be responsible for the peace of the town. He would cor dially support the second reading of the Bill, and he hoped it would pass the House. Sir G. GREY thought it would be desirable if the House could come to some agreement by which the levy ing of rates in the town of Birmingham might be sus pended until the fate of the Bill before the House was decided.—(Hear, hear.) The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the second reading ... 70 Against it ... 62 Majority) UNIVERSAL RAILWAY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. The appointment of this Committee was deferred till ;o -morrow. THE PEACE MOVEMENT. Mr.: THORNELY presented a petition from Bilston, signed by 400 inhabitants, praying for a recourse to arbitration in the national disputes. RATING OF RAILWAYS. Mr. LACY presented a petition from the South- Western Company, under their corporate seal, praying for an alteration in the rating of railways. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from Pres ton, signed by upwards of 8,000 persons, praying that international disputes might be settled by arbitration. Mr. GROGAN presented a petition from Dublin, praying for the abolition of the privilege of Members of Parliament from arrest. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. FERRIES presented a petition from Liverpool, signed by upwards of 7,000 persons, against the repeal of the navigation-laws. MARRIAGE BILL. Several petitions were presentecl against the Marriage Regulation Bill. RATE IN AID. Colonel DUNNE presented several petitions from Carlow against the Rate in Aid Bill. - PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Mr. EWART presented petitions from Wigan and other places, pia) ing for an inquiry into the manage went of public libraries. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented petitions from Bir mingham in favour of arbitration in cases of intern& ticnal disputes. THE SUN, COUNTY-RATES. Mr. AGLIONBY presented petitions from places in Lancashire complaining of the increase of county-rates, CANADIAN REVOLUTION. Mr. F. MACKENZIE said a statement had appeared in the public prints to-day in reference to Canada of a very extraordinary nature. It was stated that a Bill had been introduced into the Colonial Legislature of Canada for indemnifying certain persons for the lose and injury they had sustained during the rebellion of 1337. It ap ; Oared that these persons had been engaged in the ' rebellion, and one of the' objects of the Bill was to levy a rate upon the colony to indemnify thein for the ex pense and inconvenience they had sustained in -under taking a voyage from • Canada to Van Diemen's Land.— (Laughter.) It was also stated that a person named Nelson was to be indemnified for the damage done to his house daring the rebellion by the Queen's troops, and he begged leave to give notice that to-morrow he should ask Government whether it was true that such a Bill had been introduced ? Mr. HAWES thought it - best to answer the question at once. No dispatch or communication to 'the effect that any such Bill had been introduced had been re ceived from Canada by the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department.. No information had been re ,ceived which could enable him to make any other answer than that there was no foundation for the report. Mr. MACKENZIE—Am I to understand the Hon. Gentleman to say that he has no knowledge of such a Bill having been Introduced? hMr. HAWES—I have no knowledge• of anysuch Bill aving been introduced from any - official source, nor have . 1 any knOwledge of the fact at all.--(Hear.) • • WINDOW DUTIES.I Lord DUNCAN gave notice- that on an early day he should: rene w his, motion for the repeal of the window duties. BLUE-BOOKS. Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention t o move that i ns t ruc tions be given to the Pr i nting Committee t o con sider whether the Par liamentary papers of the House might not be printed in the octavo form, for the con venience of Members and economy of the country. IRISH POOR-RATES. Mr. FRENCH wished to ask the Hon. Secretary for Ireland a question. On the 6th of February a return was ordered of the military and police engaged in the collection of the poor-rates in Ireland, but it had not yet been laid on the table. He wished to ask when they might expect to have that document in their hands? Sir W. SOMERVILLE could not say; but be had written to Ireland on the subject. CHICORY. Mr. ANSTEY repeated the questions which he put on Friday to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the subject of the Treasury minute sanctioning the adultera tion of coffee with chicory. Ceylon, he said, had lost upwards of 300,0001. in consequence of the order, and he wished to ask whether the coffee from Ceylon, as re turned in October last, was not unsaleable as coffee, and had absolutely been sold at chicory prices, and whether the Right Hon. Baronet knew any reason why the Act of Parliament which had been suspended for the purpose of letting in chicory in the place of Colonial coffee, had not been suspended for the purpose of letting in the British leaf instead of China tea. (Hear and laughter.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was an old act of Geo. 111., that prohibited the adultera tion of coffee with chicory; but about theyear 1833-34 dutya WM imposed on foreign chicory, whether in its LONDON, •MONDAY . .EVENINd, MARCH 19, 1849. raw or manufactured state, in.the same ratio its the duty levied upon colonial coffee, and grocers were prohibited from selling it. The Act also prohibited the use of chicory in tea—(Hear and laughter)— but when used in tea, it was highly dele terious.—(A laugh.) It was different, though, when mixed with coffee, and the Act had therefore been suspended. Chicory, in fact, greatly improved coffee.—(A laugh.) Honourable Gentlemen might laugh, but it was nevertheless- - true.—(Laughter.) Only two years ago he was informed by a most respectable firm in London that a -short time the coffee they supplied to their customers was adulterated with 20 per cent. of chiccoryibut some -of their customers determined upon being supplied with the coffee in the berry. This request was complied with, and coffee, was supplied in the berrry, biit it was found by these customers that making coffee from the berry produced a much inferior flavour to the coffee they bad before, and' they were therefore glad to return to the ground coffee. which bad been adulterated with 20 per cent. of chicory. He bad received the same accounts from other parts of the country-. And the opinion of a former Chancellor of the Exchequer was to the effect that coffee was not only improved by the admixture of chicory, but extended its use among the lower classes of the people. Sincs then a change had taken place. He had re ceived from Ceylon a memorial stating that the planters of coffee had been greatly injured by the great use of chicory that prevailed in consequence of the low price, and the loss of duty to the Government. But he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not believe that the use of chicory had had much to do with the dimi nished consumption of foreign coffee, since there had been much importation of colonial coffee at the low duty, and diminished importation of foreign coffee at the higher duty. During the last four years, it was a remarkable. fact that the quantity of colonial coffee which had been introduced fur home consumption had increased from, 20,000,000 lbs. to 30,000,000 lbs., whereas foreign coffee had fallen off al the same period. from 13,000,000 lbs. to a little under 7,000,000 lbs.—a falling off of nearly one-half. in the consumption of foreign coffee. In fact, the consumption of colonial coffee had increased one-half, which would account for the falling of duty to which the Honourable and Learned Gentleman had referred. Yet, the entire quantity of coffee consumed during the four years had decreased, whilst the consumption of tea had increased, or/hien could not be accounted for, except thati the use of chicory had much increased. Atone present time, the duty' having been so recently introduced, and the experiment not having been sufficiently-, tried, he - could not with, justice introduce any measure, which would prevent its use. On the other hand;, he was unwilling to adopt the course be . had felt it advisable with regard to beet-root sugar—namely, subject it to an excise duty. Certainly, no change would take place in the law with respect to the use of chicory without due notice to the parties interested in its sale. Mr. ANSTEY complained that the. Right Hon. Gen tleman had not replied to the whole of his queries. Ile wished to know if the returns for the year 1848 did not disclose the fact that about 26,000/. worth of coffee was I consumed below what was consumed the year before; whilst the same returns strewed that the quantity grown and imported from Ceylon increased 12,000,0001b5., the loss being 48,000/ ? and whethea the quantity of chicory consumed instead of coffee did not stand in the same proportion as 12,000,0001b5. of chicory did to 38,000,000 lbs. of coffee, and whether he would have any objection to lay on the table the correspondence which he had had wills, the excise- office upon the matter ? The . CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to say that the quantity of coffee imported in 1848 was less than it was in the preceding year, and that whilst coffee imported from .the colonies was increas ing, that imported from foreign countries had been fall ing off. Mr. ADDERLEY rose to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies for copies or extracts of tiny correspondence not already laid before rho House be tween any Secretaries of State and Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, on the transmission of convicts 'to that colony ; of any remonstrance of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good,Hope,, or any documents showing their sentiments in regard to the reception of convicts in that colony ; and, copy of a memorial of landowners, merchants, and others, recently presented to Earl Grey, respecting the introduction of convicts into the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. HAWES said he must trouble the Hon. Member to put his question on a future day. He did not, however, undertake to say at this moment that any particular dispatch or communication had been made to the Colonial-office. Since the former day on which the Hon. Member put his question they had received dis patches on the subject. Mr. ADDERLEY would ask the Hon. Gentleman if he was not aware whether, in the mouth of February, a communication had been received from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, conveying a general demonstra tion from the colonists against the reception of convicts? Mr. HAWES could give the Hon. Member no other answer to this question, than that which he had already gives). However, if the Hon. Gentleman would put his question on the paper for a future day he (Mr. Hawes) would endeavour to give him the information which he required. He had no objections to laying on the table any official or unofficial document on the subject. POOR-LAW BOARD.. Mr. HUME asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether any reduction was to be made in the Poor-law Board, and its establishments, this year ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not think it possible that there could be any material reductions made in the preseut yerr. OFFICERS IN THE ARMY. Mr. EWART begged to ask the Secr e tary a t W ar whether it was in contemplation to int ro d uce an y sys tem of education and examination of persons applyi ng to be o ffi cers in the army ? Mr. FOX MAULE begged to state that hi s G race t h e Commander-in-Chief had determined to instit u t e a t tst of education for officers previous to their receiving com missions in the army. It was also intended by his Grace the Commander-in-Chief to have a second exa mination on the promotion of an officer from the rank of ensign to that of lieutenant, but that examination was to be entirely of a professional character, with a view to ascertain if the officer was completely acquainted with the duties which would devolve on him in his profession in his capacity of 'an officer. Then there was to be a third examination of a subaltern officer before he went to his company. That was to consist of a m ere general examination on matters of military skill and knowledge. His Grace the Commander-in- Chief had instituted that system entirely in deference to the public opinion, which had been extending for some time past. MOVEMENT OF THE ARMY. Mr. ARCHDALL wished to ask the question of which he had given notice, as to whether it was the in tention of her Majesty's Government, and of course under the direction of the authorities at the Horse Guards, to make any alteration in the disposition of the troops during the present year? Mr. FOX MAULE, in reply, said that the disposition would, as far as it could be arranged, remain the same during the present year. So far, however, as the cavalry regiments were concerned, it was intended to keep them in their quarters, but the infantry would be moved as usual. Mr. ARCHDALE said that be had another question to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, and that was con cerning the arrangements of the detachments from regiments, especially those on foreign stations. He wished to know whether it was intended to carry the same principle out with respect to them as would be observed with regard to the army in general. Mr. FOX MAULE said, that though in some cases of detachments, it might not be possible to observe on universal custom, yet, upon the whole, the same rule would be observed with respect to them as was observed in the direction of whole regiments, and this the Govern ment thought was one of the best ways of carrying out the system of economy which they were so desirous to observe. TAXES ON EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. In reply to a question, Mr. HAWES stated that the Supreme Governmen of the United States had unanimously CMG to a resolu tion that the property of emigrants who sailed from this country to Canada, and who ultimately •crossed the frontier, to settle in the territory of the States, should be relieved from all taxation. He was not prepared to say what regulations Lord Elgin might have made, and he must refer the Hon. Gentleman to the dispatches which he shortly expected to receive. Nor could he, of course, say what charges were likely to be made. THE CASE OF MR. SHORE. Mr. F. O'CONNOR wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department, whether it was true that Mr. Shore had been deprived of the use ,of books which had been sent for his reading because ;they were Catholic in their principles ad the governnors of the prison or the chaplain were Protestanti Sir G. GREY was not prepared to reply to the ques tion, having had no notice of it, but would give an an swer on a future day. MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY. _ _ Capt. VYSE wished to ask the Right Hon, the Secre tary at War whether the Household Brigade were to be subjeet to the same rules of change as the infantry regi ments of the line in this country, and he asked this in order to obtain some information which he was anxious on the motion of which he had giTen notice on going into Committee on the estimates. Mr. FOX MAULE said that the Household Brigade would be regulated according to the rules which had always been observed in the direction of its movements. Mr. Anstey, Col. Dunne, Mr. Hume, and several other Members then postponed the motions of which they had given notice, in order that the Hoare might go into Committee on the army, estimates. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. Bernal in the chair. THE ARMY ESTIMATES. B r i i n W: g h C t ° t, e W in the Mr. FOX MAULE then rose to move the army esti mates.aho iefd number the emh Crows re or wiongr mendrui e n aemeHrevleiyo,estproposee e n suingr etobe y t retained trusted that the House would bear with him whilst he en tered into details, from which he would have abstained but for the occurrencies that had taken place, and which ren dered them necessary. The number of men it was pro posed to maintain in the service of the. Crown during the ensuing year was 108,254. In considering this subject, Her Majesty's Government had had to review the con dition of this country with respect to its foreign rela tions, its Indian and Colonial possessions, and its affairs at home. Now, looking generally to all those inter ests, .and the general scope they were taking a short time since it did appear to the Govern. ment of this country that the country might be relievtd from that burden of taxation which was necessary upon the maintenance of ten thousand men less than last year when the nuctiber retained was 130,847 ; but 'the intelligence that arrived, towards the close of the last , year, of the dis- estrous occurrencies that had taken place in in India, called upon the Government to supply three regiments of 3,300 men, and it was pro posed, with reference to the :remainder of the 10,060, to discharge them in the course of a few months. Since that was resolved upon, however, in telligence had arrived from India rendering it necessary to send two other regiments there, and it was proposed by the Government thetas to those regiments abOut to be withdrawn from the country, that instead of discharging 7.000 men, the discharge should be limitnd to 5,000 men, and orders had been given to tbat effect. In looking to the subject of this discharge, two aspects presented themsalve the s t a t e o f the affairs of this country at home and abroad. With respect to the first, he thought they were satisfactory, and as to the latter, they were such as to in duce the country to assume an indiffrrent course. Now, in the second place, let them look at the colonies and see whatclaim there was upon us. He had taken the trouble to look into the state of the forces distributed over the colonial empire of this c untry, and in many portions of that empire he must say the colonies were barely occupied ; they could scarcely be said to be in a state of miltary defence; but, at the same time, all Governments had endeavoured as much as pos sible to make the military charge of the colonies as light as it could be made to the people of this country; but if we were to preserve the colonies—if we were to recognise the claims of the colonists to military pro tection and defence against aggressions from without. The House must make up its mind to maintain the force we had at present concentrated in these colonies. (Hear, hear.) Ile did not mean to say that in the course of time arrangemez.ta might not be made to diminish that force, but at present he did not think it would be safe or prudent to reduce it.—(Hear, bear.) In Gibraltar we had the same gar rison as iu 1833, and he alluded to 1833, because in that year a Committee of the House sat upon the details of the military defence of the colonies, and decided what forces were necessary for their protection. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") In Malta at that period there were 2,458 men, at present there were 2,700. so that in the case of that colony there had been a slight increase. In the. lonian Islands the force remained much &bout the same now as in 1833. In Western Africa in 1833 the force was 403, at present it was 602. In the Cape in 1833 the troops in that colony consisted of 1,779; at present they numbered 4,200, with no prospect of a reduction, In Ceylon the force re mained the same in the year 1833, with no prospect of a reduction. In Canada the troops consisted at present of 7,780 men, about the same as in 1833, but here there was a prospect of reducing the number.—(Hear, hear.) In Bermuda, in 183, the numbers were 1,080, at present they were 1,005. In New South Wales the numbers, in 1833, were 2,636; at 'present they were 4,000, but it must be remembered that since then New Zealand had been added to the colonies. In the Mauritius the number in 1837 were 2,000, at present they were only 620.L-(Hear, hear.) (LEFT SPEARING.) INTERESTING DISCOVERIES AT FOUNTAINS ABBEY. When the members of the Archaeological Institute visited Fountains Abbey, in the summer of 1846, J. R. Walbran, Esq., of Ripon, the author of the " History of Gainford," announced a discovery he had made, namely, that the Abbot's house was not on the west side of the abbey, as bad always been supposed, but that it stood not far from the Lady Chapel, south east of the choir, where the river Skell was arched over for a considerable distance. The place is, or rather was, covered with a thicket of underwood and several tall trees; and it was not supposed that much or any remains of it existed. However, during this winter the present noble owner, the Right Hon. the Earl de Grey, praiseworthily instructed the steward of the Abbey grounds to re-construct all the broken-down parts of the fine arches on which the Abbot's house formerly stood, and under which the river flows. In doing this, and on reaching a level just above the perfect parts of the structure, the workmen came to tine pavements of encaustic tiles, the bases of two rows of clustered early English columns, and broken Netherdale marble shafts similar to those now to be seen in the choir and Lady Chapel. The relics that have been wdis covered are a silver spoon, weighing about an o unce ; a small silver ornament, with a lion's head in fine -re lief ; a few unimportant coins; a quantity oflead piping; bpshels of oyster shells, and some coals. One of th e workmen took some of these coals home, and he said, when applied to the fire, that they " blaze away' like a tar barrel." Aye, and companions of these very coals had, no doubt, " blazed away like a tar barrel" in the great hall of the Lord Abbot of Fountains three' centuries ago ! These coals were of the description called by old people Ralley or Railaye coals, and we are informed by Mr. Walbran that he has seen several entries in an old compotus of the house (circa 1456) of payments for Halley coals. Most of the objects already enumerated were found in what bad apparently been the common ash-hole. The remains seem to spread over an extent not much less than the nave and choir of the Abbey Church, and, from what has already been uncovered, it appears that the whole ichnography of this important building may yet be retrieved by a careful excavation. There are remains, over the west end of the arches, of a dais, the step being ornamented in front with quatrefoils; and the walls fronting the' Lady Chapel appears to have been decorated with an arcade of early English columns. Mr. Walbran in forms us that the whole of the remains—excepting, perhaps, some of the tiles—prove that the original building had been erected at or about the time of the three Johns, who were Abbots from A.D. 1210 to 1245, and who built the new choir and Lady Chapel. The fragments of "Perpendicular" work that occur are, no doubt, the remains of Abbot Huby's "new chamber" —A.D. 1494-1526. It was in a description of where an homage was done to this man that Mr. Walbran first as certained for a certainty that tho Abbot's house was on this site. We congratulate the noble owner that this important and very interesting discovery has occurred during the period he is in possession of these celebrated ruins, because he has always evinced a great desire to protect them from further decay; and the judicious im provements he has lately caused to be effected indicate an anxious wish, on his part, to retrieve many injudicious alterations which occurred when the Abbey first became the property of Mr. Aislabie in the last century.—Dar lington and Stockton Times. - - - - FRANCE. The following is the manifesto addressed by the Committee of the Rue do Poitiers to the electors "In consequence of the serious danger to which France opi nion have uni ted to def en d society, menaced in its very ce h ox a mi s sbt b es e nt e ce n ed. o e f tsAchlt late hoot other, t hey exposed, th e men of ever y p ar t y and have for go tt en th e i r f ormer they had be en fo rmer ly arra y e d under different banners, an d had long and obstinately divisions in order to unite against anarc h y; an d if t h e i r efforts were not always attended with b ene fi c i a l resu lt s , they at least often contributed to counteract:evil tenden cies. This spontaneous union manifested itself every where and at once— in the d e lib erat i ons of the Con stituent Assembly, in the elections, in the alacrity of the National Guards to co-operate with our brave army in defending public order. I nstea d of v i ewing that re conciliation as a dereliction of p r i nc i p l es , F rance saw i n it a noqle disinterestednes s o f parties placing far abovi their private predilections the interests of society. France herself soon gave a similar example by uniting almost entirely, at the election of the loth December to choose among the candidates of the moderate party the man whose name promi se d t h e consol i dat i on of order and authority. On that, as well as on preceding that animated her. occasions, the result complet e l y j ust i f i ed the sentiment " The danger which now menaces as, although less apparent, is not the less serious. religion, The which, faction, h i c h which has the pretension to ch ange a ll the conditions of if it c a n n u s ld oc s ie u t c y cee o d f fora family, proper ty, singl e day, would plunge into misery the people whose welfare it pretends to advo cate, seems less disposed at this moment to employ open force. But, it endeavours to undermine the social edifice it despairs of subverting by violence, and it i ncessan tly labours to e ff ect i ts purpose by the most constant propagation of anarchical and subversive doctrines. It flatters itself that by allowing the country to enjoy temporary tranquillity, and lulling its vigilence, it will succeed in surprising it when off its guard and divided. We must accordingly oppose to it the means that enabled us to brave the most dreadful tempest—concord and perseverance. Let us rally !round the present Government of the Republic, to*sup port and assist it, and to maintain it in the course it !has so courageously pursued since its establishment, The Constituent Assembly having assigned a period to its existence, and decreed new elections, we must exert ourselves to return a prudent, firm, and enlightened Assembly, which will use the immense prerogatives conferred on it by the Constitution to assist the Govern ment, and not to shake it; to supply by tts wisdom the deficiency of our nstitutions; to apply itself to their improvement by legal means, and ultimatoly extricate France from the frightful crisis she is in at present. "But, in order to obtain such an assembly from the suffrage of the electors, it is necessary that the union, which has already rendered us such important ser vices for the last year should continue to prevail. The club of the Rue de Poitiers, which has set the example of that reconciliation of all former parties for the defence of social order' has considered it his duty to take the initiative. It has chosen a number of its mem bers to join us in constituting the Electoral Committee of Paris, and appointed, in the Assembly and out of the epreten o pretensio n io d iso Assenibly,men w h ose co - o peration appeared to it necessary to represent more com pl e tely all the shades of publi c opinion. The Central Committee, which it has thus formed, in addressing the entire o f Fr a n ce , has not to the d e p artments, j ust ly jealous of their inde at,or even suggest choi ces pendence. Tha t indepen d ence is more than ever nr to der dictatet h respectable and desira b le , f o r it must teach t h e promoters if they chanced to triumph an instant on one point of the territory, they have not achieved the conquest of France. But we have heard a desire everywhere expressed that a common centre be formed, Where information, advice, and encouragement to union could be found, and wo have laboured to establish it. If, in any part of the country, the wise and moderate men, the friends of order, should object tosacrifice their diff erences to the pressing interest of society, and if , through our f r i en dly interferenc a gcod understanding could be arrived at , w e should be happy t o offer it to them, having no other preten s i on than that of being useful by our example and advice to those who might wish to recur to them. Let us not for get that, under the present electoral law, the minorities may succeed by the division of the majorities. Recent and deplorable instsn ces , w hi c h it is useless to recal, too oft en proved it during the last yeas.. In a great moral and enlightened society like France perverse men are always few in number, and can only triumph by the di v i s i on o f the good citizens. It is to =,--°~- - prevent till 3 misfortune of such a division we have united, and that v ie announce to you the definitive constitution of the elegy ctoral committee, the members of which have signed the, present declaration. g 1" The p rincipal members are Marshal Bugeaud; Gene rals Barag nay d'Hilliers, Padone, Ornano, Prat, Regnault do St. Jr an d'Angely ; MM. Ferdinand Barrot, Ber ryer, Bli: ade Bourdon, de Broglie, Cambaceres, Chem bolle, Cou bin, Darn, Delessert, Duvergier de Hauranue, Achille F c , uld, Victor Hugo, Kerdrel, de Leroy, Leon de Mallev i lle, Mold, Montalembert, Lucien Murat, de Noailles, (:;asimir Perier, Persigny, Phcatory, hemusat, Thiers, V i eillurd, de VoguS, Wagram, &c. HOLL AND. The (1,!.s ,th of King William 11. was formally an nounced .at the Hague on the 17th. The Second Chamber of the States-General was immediately called tog ether, and the decease of his late Majesty having bee .n notified to the Members by the Ministry, the Prince of Orange was proclaimed King. M. Liciitenveld, Minister for Foreign Affairs, left the Hagu a on Saturday for London, to announce the death. of his father to the new Sovereights, who will assume the title of King William 111. During the afternoon of Saturday the troops com posing the garrison of the Hague were mustered on the p arade ground and took the usual oath of allegiance to King William 111. The city remained profoundl y tranquil, nor was any apprehension en tertained that popular disturbances; would break out. AUSTRIA. According to the Lloyd, they have received advices from Zara of the Bth instant, that large bodies of Turks, same say 16,000, others 60,000, had been con centratedL at Serajevo, in Bosnia, but that afterwards half them: troops had entered the Hersogowina, and had taken up their head quarters at Mostar. A con scription of 15,000 men will take place among the Catholic and Greek population of Bosnia, and 10,000 men are to be recruited in the Herzegowina, and marched to Cassava. It appears that the Hun garians h ave excited suspicions in the minds of the Turkish commanders that the Ban intends to make an irruption into the Turkish territories. The assem blage of the " Knas," or chiefs of the inhabitants of the Hemtgowina at Mostar, is said to have been con nected with a circumstance of such importance that no one dare disclose it under pain of death. The Breslau Gazette of the 7th states that the re turn of Prince Windischratz to Pesth resembled a eight. General Zeisberg, one of the most dis tinguished Austrian officers, had been made prisoner with his brigade, by the Hungarians. The loss of the Austrian army, in an engagement on the 3d, amounted, according to the Gazette, to 7,000 men and 60 cannons. The same journal states that Field-Marshal Gramment had been made prisoner in the battle of Szolnok on the 6th, and that General Ottinger had been mortally wounded; but, according to the Augsburg Gazette, the Austrians, after their defeat, succeeded in re possessing themselves of Szolnock. The Hungarians were in possession of the second town of the Comitat of Pestb, and General Georgy, said to be one of the best of the Hungarian Generals, was marching on Raab. Accounts from Debreezin represent that the National Assembly had decreed, on the proposition of Kossuth, a levy of the people en masse in support of the army. The Primate of Hungary had been declared a traitor to the country, and deprived of his office. The Breslau Gazette says that after a sanguinary battle near Czegled, on the 6th, the Austrians were defeated, and in consequence Jellachich had left Pesth with rein forcements. The same journal states that the Hungarians had occupied Sthul• Weissembourg. The Breslau Gazette says that an attempt was made to arrest M. Fuster, one of the deputies of the dissolved Austrian Diet, on his arrival at Ratibor, in the Prussian territory ; but before executing the warrant of the Mayor demanded instructions, and in the meantime M. Fuster, who was detained in cus• tody at his hotel, succeeded in escapiag. FRANKFORT. The Austaian note of the 9th having been trans mittee on the Constitution, the Committee has re ported as follows : " If the constitution delivered to the collective Aus trian state tacitly excludes all German legislation and all German administrative power from the exer cise of influence on German Austria, in the note of the 9th all further negotiation with regard to a federal relationship with Germany is made preliminary, con ditional on the most perfect renunciation of a popular representation for the contemplated federal state. The Deputies of states only are declared to be admissible. As this stipulation amounts to a downright rejection. as far as Austria is concerned, of a most es sential and indispensable part of the ground-work of the building which we are commissioned by the German people to erect, it is useless to enter into further investi gation for the present as to what parts of our polity may still be based on one common foundation—a ques tion of which the said note offers no solution. Thus much, however, is clear, viz., that Austria is willing to enter only in her collective capacity into a con nexion of the kind—a connexion, to wit, reduced to the fact of a representation by means of permanent corn mittees; and that she refuses to enter into it with her German provinces alone. No amplification is necessary to prove that such proposals are unjustifiable and at variance even with the old federative treaties to which Austria herself has on former occasions appealed—as also that the gratification of such demands, even on the basis of the old relations of the Confederation, would be attended with difficulties ao great as to border upon the impossible. But one thing is very certain—that the German people will not agree to a reform of the Con federation, which would either be utt er ly i ne ff ect i ve and wholly irresponsible to the desire of the German people, for unity, or which, if it b roug h t power w i t h it, would make the development of the German polity de pendant on an overwhelming non-German influence. The decisive rejection of popular representation leads, of itself, to the sad conclusion that it is impossible just now to attain to one common constitution with German Austria, and consequently shows the necessity of com pleting our work without paying regard, for the pre sent, to the relations in which Austria will take part in it. If the note referring to the well-known declaration of the 27th of November ult., in which the arrangement of the mutual relations of Germany are made to " natu rally and necessarily " depend "on the consolidation of the great Imperial state as a well-ordered whole upon a new foundation"—if the note reminds us that this condition is fulfilled on the one hand, it is still our business, on the other hand, to fulfil the same con dition (which, at the time, was epually and expressly acknowledged to exist), by consolidating Germany " under a new and stable form." If the Austrian Go vernment has thought it its duty to the Imperial state to accomplish the work of consolidation in per fect independence, and without paying the slightest regard to Germany, it will, of a surety concede the same right to Germany; and only then, when Germany shall, in perfect ineependence, have made use of this right, will the parity of circumstances be restored, and then only will the moment have arrived, for which the Aus trian Government, according to its own declaration, has reserved its specification of the mutual relations of the two lands—that is, if the wishes of Germany for the closest and most intimate of all possible federal relations be gratified." The committee, after expressing its concurrence with Welcker's motion in all essential points, pro poses the following modification of it : " 1. The National Assembly resolves to adopt, by one comprehensive vote, the whole code of the German Im perial Constitution, as it has now been laid before the House by the Committee in a revised form, after a first reading, and after all possible regard has been paid to the wishes of the Governments; premising that (g e Seca German shall an E mnpoi Empire run— " The no n n — sists of the territory of the Germanic Confederation, with the fallowing special stipu lations:— " The way of entrance is less open to the Austrian lands that formed part of the Confederation. " The determination of the relations of Schleswig is reserved for a later period. " (b) As long as the Austrian lands aforesaid have not joined the Federal State, the following states shall have a greater number of votes in the House of States, viz.: Bavari a. 2 OI Saxony Hanover Wurtemberg Baden " 2. The National Assembly resolves to reserve to the first Parliament that meets after the publication of the Constitution to alter certain provisions of the Constitu tion in common with the Imperial Government. These alterations are to be made in the first session, and in the forms of common legislation. " 3. The National Assembly resolves to give its defi nitive approval, by the same comprehensive vote, to the Law of Election, as adopted on a first reading, subject, however, to the two following modifications : " (a) As long as the Austrian lands aforesaid have not joined the Federal State, each electoral c i rc l e s h a ll con tain only 75,000, instead of 100,000 souls; and the sur • plus number, in an individual state, which empowers the formation of an extra circle, shall be 40,000 (instead o" 50,009). The Grand Duchy of Hesse 8 The Electorate of Hesse ... 7 Nassau Hamburgh 2 " (6) The original proposal of the Committee of Con stitution shall be adopted, viz., The right of election must be exercised in person, and the vote given by word of mouth. (This is the point which the Left are so determined to combat, having won the day on the first reading.) " 4:The Nation's' Assembly resolves that THE HE REDITARY DIGNITY OF EMPEROR, ESTABLISHED EY THE CONSTITUTION, SHALL BE CONFERRED ON HIS MAJESTE THE KING OF PRUSSIA. " 5. The National Assembly resolves to express a confident expectation that the princes and the various races of Germany will magnanimously and patriotically give their assent to this resolution, and promote its realization to the best of their power. " 6, The National Assembly resolves to declare that, as far as and as long as the German-Austrian lands do not enter into the German Federal State, and subscrib e to its constitution, the establi s h men t o f the most intimate and brotherly of all possible bonds between the two States is to be endeavoured at. " 7. The National Assembly resolves that the C( :r -man National Assembly remain together until a Par liament shall have been convoyed, and shall have met wording to the provisions of the Imperial Constitution." INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS. TUESDAY, MARCH 13.—Joshua Field, Esq., Presiden in the chair. The paper read was "A description of the Camden Station of the London and North-Western Railway," by Mr. R. B. I)ockray, M. Inst. C. E. In the first design of the railway, in 1833, this station was intended for the sole terminus of the line, and, after much discussion, thirty acres of ground acre purchased, although that quantity was considered preposterously large. A very short time demonstrated the necessity for the establishment of the Eusto❑ Station solely for passengers; and fourteen acres were there secured, and ultimately covered with buildings. The whole station at Camden was then devoted to goods and erode; bed although in the original design great cure was taken to anticipate the wants of the traffic, yet such has been the rapid development of the railway system, that in the space of ten years it has proved necessary to sweep away almost every vestige of the original constructions, and entirely to remodel the station. These changes have been partly produced by the increase of the goods' traffic, which was first undertaken by the great carriers, who built large warehouses on the company's land. The whole system has, however been reformed, end the com pany -do ,all that business, and are responeible to the public for the due performance. As the increase of the traffic progressed, the trains in sidings frequently became of such length as to cause danger to the passenger trains; it, therefore, became necessary to alter the whole (lisp( sition ; which has been so done, as now to give a length of double line of two thousand five hundred feet, for the goods' waggons only, entirely clear of the main line. Another reason for the alterations was, the demand by the public for a more rapid rate of travelling—this demanded heavier and larger engines, and necessitated wider buildings and larger turn-tables; in fact, every thing required to be remodelled ;—and the results of all these changes were shown in detail in the paper and the illustrating drawings. The circular engine -house, one-hundred and sixty feet diameter, to contain twenty- four engines and tender, with a central turn- table, forty. one feet in diameter, and an iron roof, was excellently described; as were also the other engine houses, stores, warehouses, sheds, &e., with their appurtenances; and among the external works, the new wrought-iron bridge, at Chalk Farm, on Mr. Stephen son's box girder principle, and the wooden lattice bridge over the Regent's Canal. The supply of water for the locomotive rnginca was then treated of at some length, and exhibitt d some cu rious anomalies. The only water that could originally be used, was taken from wells at Tying and Watford; an att, mpt was, however, made to obtain a supply at Cam den station, first from the Re gent's Canal and then by sinking a well down one hundred and fort) -five feet into the chalk, or to a total depth of three hundred feet be low Trinity high-water mark. The water from the sand stratum was excluded, and although only that from the chalk was pumped up, which ought to have pos sessed the same qualities as the water at Tring and Watford, derived also from the chalk, yet it was found to cause the locomotive to " prime," or flash water through the cylinders, with the steam, to such an extent as to seriously impede the progress of the trains. This was shown, by analysis, to arise from the excesi of carbonate of soda contained in this well water, which there was an entire absence of in the waters of the wells at Tring and at Watford. The well, therefore, became useless for the engines, but the water was so excellent for househould and other purposes, that it has been employed for the general uses of the station, and for the hotels and houses belonging to the company. Some idea of the extent of the station was given by the statement, that the length of singly, line of railway exclusive of the main lines, exceeded twelve mile-. There were one hundred and twelve sets of points, one hundred and ninety-six turn-plates, and ono hundred and ten cranes, varying in power from one ton and a half to twenty ton,. The area of goods' sheds was upwards of one hundred and thirty five thousand supercial feet, and that of the platforms was thirty thousand feet. The annual consumption of gas exceeded six millions of cubic feet. The discussion that ensued turned chiefly on the causes of the excess of alkalinity in the water at that spot, and it was suggested that it might be owing to the rapid filtration of surlace water through a crevice in the chalk upon which that well had been bunk; and as a cure for the "priming," it was suggested to try a minute quantity of sulphuric acid to neutralise the alkali. There appeared, however, to be a question whether the water from the green sand was really completely ex cluded. The subject was announced to be resumed at the next meeting, of Tuesday, March 20th, R when the paper read would be "On Electric Telegraphs." By Mr. E. High ton, Assoc. Inst. C. E. SHOCKING MURDER OF AN INNKEEPER AT TOR SINGTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—An unusual degree of consternation and alarm was occasioned on Friday I night, in the peaceful village of Torkington, Gloucester. shire, in consequence of its becoming known that Mr. W. Fowler, the respectable landlord of the Crown Tavern, had been brutally killed by a man of the name of Charles Kibby. Kibby, who was a farm-labourer in the employ of Mr. Samuel Bowden, a farmer of the neighbourhood, bears but an indifferent character. On Friday last he had ,been during the day at a beer-house called the White,Horse 2 and which is kept by a p erson named Thomas. At abolit eight o'clock in the even ing he sallied forth, and proceeded to the Swan Inn, and being there refused admission ho went straightway to the Crown. The landlord was sitting in a chair in the bar, and as the fellow passed to the taproom he, without having received the slightest provocation, mut tered curses at him, and said he would have him out of that chair. lie then went into the taproom and called for some liquor, which, having drunk, he tendered the servant a half-crown piece in payment. It happened that he had had a plot of cider on trust on a previous day, and in giving him change the money for it was stopped. At this Kibby became very wrathful, and using dreadful oaths, he vowed vengeance against the landlord. This language at length became so disgusting that Mr. Fowler, anxious to spare the feelings of his own family and his respectable customers, ordered him to quit the premises. This he refused to do, and became more insulting, so that Mr. Fowler was obliged to put his hands to his shoulders for the purpose of pushing him towards the door. Kibby then commenced a savage attack upon him, struck him violently about the head and body, and at length gave him so severe a blow over the heart that the unfortunate man fell, and never spoke afterwards. The parties in the house then seized the murderer, who was secured with difficulty, and conveyed with the as sistance of a constable to the county police station at Almondbury, where he will be detained to await the result of the Coroner's inquest. Mr. Fowler, who was highly respected in the village, has left a wife and three children. STANFIELD HALL MURDERS.—WYMONDHAM, SA TURDAY.—We have this morning made inquiries at Stanfield Hall as to the state of health of the unfortu nate lady, Mrs. Jermy, and her maid, Elizabeth Chestney. Mrs. Jermy was described to be in an ex ceedingly critical condition. Since the operation she underwent on Tuesday morning, of the amputation of her wounded arm, she has had two good nights' rest; and although she is far from being out of danger, yet her sufferings are not so severe as previous to the removal of the limb. At first it was deemed necessary by the legal gentlemen who are preparing the case for the prosecution, that Mrs. Jermy shuuld be brought forward as a witness at the trial, to prove certain im portant conversations between the elder Mr. Jermy and Rush, a few days prior to the assassinations. It is now clear, however, even should she survive, that it will be quite impossible for her to attend. It has been said, that by the Attorney. General's new Act, Mrs. Jermy's disposition would be admissible as evidence. Such, however, appears not to be the case. Another difficulty also presents itself in the unfavourable state of Eliza Cheetney. The poor girl is devotedly attached to her mistress, whose precarious condition has so much affected her as to bring on a relapse, and she continues in a low way, requiring the constant atteLdance of her medical gentlemen. Notwithstanding the melancholy condition of these witnesses, the officers for the prosecu tion have decided on placing Rush on his trial at the forthcoming assizes, - which commence on Monday week, at Norwich Castle. On the authority of a Magistrate, we learn that Rush intends to defend himself. The greatest interest is manifested amongst the gentry of the county to be present at the trial, and already large prices have been offered for seats in the Court. THE LATE MURDER AT BRISTOL.—Ann Thomas, the mother of Sarah Thomas, who, on Thursday last, was committed upon the coroner's warrant for the wilful murder of her mistress, Miss Elizabeth Jefferies, at Bris tol, was on Saturday examined before the magistrates of that city upon a charge of being an accessory to the murder after the fact. The paints upon which the charge was founded are these:—On the Wednesday evening after the body was found, when the police went to the house of the girl's father, at Herfield, for the purpose of apprehending her, the mother answered th em f rom a ' windoW• and on being asked by the in s p ec t or o f p o li ce if Sarah was at home, replied that she had not seen her for two months, and that she was living at Pensford, and the last they heard of her was by a letter. Subsequently the prisoner and the stolen property were found in the house, the prisoner in the coal-hole, and the property secreted in different places, and from this the guilty knowledge of the mother was inferred. The magistrates considering that the mother had been admitted and sworn as a witness on the coroner's inquest, did not con sider the case a sufficient one to commit upon, and directed that the old woman should be discharged upon her finding bail, in the amount of 401., to appear when called upon to answer any charge which might be pre ferred against her. FIRE — AT A SOAP FACTORY.—Yesterday morning, shortly before three o'clock, the extensive soap factory belonging to Messrs. Paton and Charles, 148, High street, Wapping, was discovered to he on fire. Owing to the immense size of the premises, and the large quantity of inflammable articles in the same, a most teariul con flagration was apprehended. There being an abundant supply of water flowing from the mains of the East London works, the land engines already on the spot were called into operation, and other engines of the bri gade and West of England Company coming up, the brigade men set to work most vigorously, but in spite of their exertions the flames continued to spread, and a ' long time elapsed ere they could be extinguished, and not until nearly 60 feet by 30 feet of the roof over the main factory was burned off, and two vats, containing about four tons of tallow, were seriously damaged by fire. Fortunately Messrs. Paton and Charles were in sured in the Sufi fire office. Mr. Suppriniendent Braid ood tthns the origin of the fir: , rut ,t ; 4 to " the sp( m ai r ta . n o e s o m u a s n ig ß n i t e ti a o r n do fr h o a m d athneinstteearnivieair with ht ." ir G. Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 17.—We have had good arrivals of wheat, oats, flour, Indian corn, and beans since Tuesday, and at the same time a slow demand for every article of the trade: We had several buyers of wheat from a distance yesterdays and a fair business was transacted at a decline, in a few instance.. of Id to 2d per bushel; fine white and Polish wheat, however, brought the same prices as on Tuesday. Flour was ed per barrel lower, and two or three parcels changed hands. There was no change in the value of oats, barley, or oatmeal. Bead and peas declined 6d per quarter. There was a moderately fair sale for Indian corn, but the price was scarcely so ;good as on Tuesday. Some transactions have taken place in Indian corn for Ireland at yesterday's prices. No change to note 1 0 the value of other articles of the trade since yesterday. MANCHESTER, MARCH 17.—Throughout the week our market has remained in a state of extreme depression, no eel feature having occu rre d t o en li ven t h e tra d e, and tEe va l ue o almost all articles h as consequent l y cont i nued to recede. Wit h the exception of 5,214 quarters of oats from Ireland, the imports thence and coastwise into Liverpool and Runcorn are on a WI mod, rate scale. From abroad the arrivals of wheat are large: and of beans, Indian corn, and flour, fair supplies are reportea, At our market this morni ng the greatest stagnation pre v aile d' and wheat further declined Id to 2d per 701 b. In flour so little business was effected that its value is almost nominal; holders would, however, have accepted offers at is per sack under th e currency of this day se'nnight had buyers appeared, and we re' duce our quotations accordingly. Oats were again the turn cheaper ; and oatmeal, c on ti nu i ng to meet a very restr i c t e d sale, was offered at a reduction of 6d per load. READING, MARCH 17.--Wheat, per quarter, 34s to 555; bar' ley, 25s to 355; oats, 16s to 22s ; beans, 30s to 40s; Pea r ' 30s to 40s. Fat hogs, 9s to Os Ott ; porkers, 9 s 6d t o Os Pet score. Poultry—F o wl s , per couple, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; duck°. per couple, Os Od to Os Od; geese, each, Os Od to Os; butters per lb, Is Id to Is 28; eggs, 18 to 20 for Is. ABERDEEN, MA nen 16.—Grain—Oats 14s to 14s 68,401 b Per bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 52Ibs per bushel; bear, 23s to 24*, 52 lbs per bushel;; wheat, 50s to 535; oatmeal,llls . 6d to 12.6 a per boll ,• flour, 38s to Os per sad. Provisions—Beef , 4d to 7d per lb ; mutto n , di tto, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 0 " to 8d ; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to 5s ; lamb, per qu., 7s 68 to 10s; tallow, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; potatoes, per peck, 10d to 1 1 ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, ,O f to Os ; grou s e, p er b race , O s to Os ; butter, per lb, 98 to 110; eggs, per doz, 7d to 9d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, P er paar, , ,3s 6d to 4s ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducks, dittos 2s 6d to 3s lducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, each, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; geese, ditto, Os to Os; butter for exportation (prese nt cure), per cwt, 60s t o 00 s; eggs. wholesale price, per dozens°° to Od ; 41b loaf, 8d ; 21b loaf, 4d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbe Os Od to 3s 6d ; pork fine, small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork large. 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 Ibs, Os to 1000 Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Os Od; bearmeal, Is 3d to Os Odl peasemeal, Is 10d to 2s; aids, 6d to 7d- barley flour, Is 4d to Is sd; barley dust, 7d t o 8d ; fl our, is lOd to 2s; barley, perlbs lid to 2id. DALKEITH, MA rtcx 15.-- The relativelweight per four bashela, of the, three prices of w he a t were 18st 91b, _lBst 21b, and 170 41b. Oats, 12st 61b, I 2st 31b, and lOst 31b. 1f Barley, 16st. 8114 15st 101 b, and 15 s t 01b. P eas an d b eans, 19st 2 1 b, 18st 91k, and 18st 2lbs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 89 Wheat ... ...... £2 12 0 £2 6 0 £1 16 0 1095 Oats ,f 5„ 193 Barley ll3 0 17 0 1 u 62 Pease and Beans 1 11 0 1 8 0 1 6 Ave, age of wheat........... 44s 101 d. CORK, MARCH I6.—Th e wea th er d uring the week has bees remarkably fine, and most favourable for out-door work, ru which great progress is being made. We regret to have to report continued d u l ness an d d epression in the trade throughos' the kingdom. Having already adverted repeatedly to th e causes of the depression, it is needless to repeat them 11111 _1 We may, however, remark, in passing, that as the arrivals lo foreign grain have fallen off, and are still falling off very ecii?:, siderably, we may naturally conclude that pri ces h ave at l e vee reached the lowest point. The receipts of home. grown gadm continue trifling. Wheat and oats (prime samples of the 1 11 " ter, which are in demand for seed, excepted) are lower value, but barley remains the same. In prepared Irish whea t no business has been done. In foreign a few transactio ns have taken place at low rates, but the general c h ara cteristic , of the trade is th a t o f d epress i on. We quote the asking Price , of Marianople 26s per barrel, but we believe sales have bee made at 255. We have no prepared barley offering. In P re. pared oats no sales have been made, and the market is eases' sively dull, at, nominally, the rates of last week. The trac e in flour continues totally devoid of animation. The business done in the article has been on the meat restricted scale' while to effect sales, esp ec i a ll y o f fine flours, ' whi c h are least in demand, a reduction of 6d per cwt would b d e ,,, submitted to. For I n di an corn we experience a stes consumptive demand, an d a f a i r b usiness is doing at l a t 1„, rates. We quote the top price of prime Galatz 71 10, per toe c i Indian meal, except for the interior, whence the lj is good. does not sell so freely as the raw roateet Flour—Firsts 14s 6d to 155 08 ; extra 16s O d ' seconds 13s Od to 14s Od ; h ouse h o ld s l Os to 12s ; thirds 8s to 10 1 per cwt. Meal— Oatmeal Ils to lls 6sl; Indian meal 8s ;1 111 ;,, c meal Ils per cwt. Indi an corn 710 s to 7, 12 s 6d pea- ton. Br a ; 41 lOs per ton. Hay - Farmers 24s to 42s Od; average 3: 45 ' dealers 42s to 48s ; av erage 0 0s 08 per ton. Stra w — Farme rs 12e Od to 23s Od; average 235; dealers 25s Od to 34s ° c , ;. average 305 Od pe r t on . B read—Wheaten loaf 6id to al household loaf Sid to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8 a "; 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 1614 best Neath C u l m 14 s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial g lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6id ; .sid to 7d ; pork 4d to bid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d It; lb. Hops 6/ 10s p er cw t. B angor s l ates 312 s 6d to 313 s PA, ton. Bark—Barb ar y 61 t o 71 ; V a l on i a 111 to 131; Rea"; 6/; English 6/ p er t on . Fl eece W oo l lOs to 12s per 1 4° Hemp 35/ per ton. Fi s h—S co t c h h err i ngs 18s to 001; red r ditto 25s to 27s pe r b arre l • Newfoundland 10/ lO s to 12/ pa ss ton. Timber—New Memel 41 108 ; old scarce ; red pin e n j 15s ; yellow pine 31 p er t on ; d ea l s, f i rst quality, 20/; se ec quality 17/ per 120. Hid es — M ar k et Ila to I6s ; salte d 116 to les per cwt ; calf s ki ns 2d to 2-id; market 2d to lid per lu . Potatoes, white 10d to 124; Minions 18d to 19d; Guat:s2 Peruvian, 10/10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel, 1 0 ° per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. BELFAST, MARCH I6.—Wheat is a slow sale at a bout__ former prices. F ore i gn scarce l y i nqu i red for. Flour—OWL best millers still hold for former prices, but common runs a' flour is fully-6d, and American barrels. Is lower ; the latter rat e from 253 6d to 2;1; 6d, per 'barrel. Barley sells at about forme r prices. Oats - The supply continues small, and the prices 0 , 0 in consequence, well maintained. Oatmeal is a slow sale at s reduction of 2d to 3d per cwt. Indian corn goes slowly consumption at last week's prices —say 71 7s 6d to 71 10 , W* yellow, and 5s less for white. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, 31.tacu 17.. SrocK EXCHANGE. —The share market was dull and declining t 4 day, and closed with a tendency to still further recede. In c,l! e; bv until matters improve in L on d on no change for the better can place here.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Glasgow. 49 ex di f ' Lancashire and Yorkshire (lat e M . and B.), Fifths, 3% C. ez " r i t ' -- t e, London and North-West ern , 13 3 % —Ditto, Fifths, 6% Quarters, New, 61. Is. 3d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lines';;,i 40—Ditto, 10. Preference, ii—Midland Stock, 7314—Ditto, Halves 814 c.tdis. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E• t chase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, 6s. 3d. c. dis—Dablin and Belf4 6 ' Juaction, 30 dis. BIRINGHA, Mallen 17. el' STOCK EXCHANGE..—ThMe bus s of the, week on the stoo k change has closed much in the same state as it began. Prices hs generally given way, and the transactions hvre been !ery The sales are —Chester and Holyhead, 19—North Stafford "e ' 31. 7s. 6d. dis.—Shropshire Unioa, 2 dis. M axon 16. __ (01' STICK EXCHANGE —The YORK business transacted to-day was i.w.:—Tork, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 18N —Ditt o N. E. Purchase), 7%. GLASGOW, Mims 16. STOCK Excuanoc—The following are to-day's transactions„„ Clydesdale Junction, o — Edinburgh and Glasgow, 85—Ditto ( 0 7,, ling Midland 4 - unction), 5 per cent. 'guaranteed, 15%-0161'g-- ° 6 Kilmarnock, and Ay r , 49—Di tto, 5 per cent. guaranteed, , Ditto, Haloes (No. 1), 51. fis. 6d.—Ditto (No. 2), 53i—G17,, and Greenock, 12%—G reat / forth of Scotland (Scrip), British, Preferen c e, 25 s. — York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (C+ • 1. " Purchase or Inference), THE LATE RIGHT HON. SIR ALEXANI? JOHNSTON.-The remains of the above lamented flig ht Hon. Gentleman, whose death we announced last we e as having taken place at his residence in Great Cumb e r,- land plac e , were remove d pr i vately on Friday last to the. Euston-square termin us o f t h e L ondon and North' Western Railway, from whence they were to be co nveyed to the family re s id ence i n D um f r i ess hi re. The mourners consisted Of th e Ri g ht H on . G ent l eman ' s son, and o f hts cousins, General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.8., 5 ° Captain Henry Napier, of the Royal Navy. W e wider' stand the body will be interred on Friday next in the family mausoleum, a very beautiful specimen of Gothic architecture, romantically situated in the grounds o r Carnsalloch, a few miles from the county town e Dumfries. CURE FOR ToomacuE.--Heat a small quantity o f whiskey, a glass say, in a tin cup, but do not allow it t°. boil, taking care that it does not catch fire, and a1 3 1 ) ..,fi. the whisk e y t o t h e nerve of the tooth repeatedly, or I" you ov e r come t h e pain. In applying the whiskey, °ell, long pin with a little cotton wed rolled into a ball sti, large as will fill the hole in the tooth; and if you succesu in removing the pain, allow the wed to remain. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A most inveterate Skin Di g ' ease Cured by H o llo wa y' s Oi ntment and Pills.—Jre; Hazlitt, millwright, of Menagh, county of Donegal, wth affected with a dreadful skin disease, being covered sores from the ear to the elbow, and down the rightsla e t which rendered him totally unable to work at his trade' His malady was of so malignant a nature that he becsal e a loathsome object of pity. In this state he was pre sentedwith some of Holl oway ' s Oi ntment and Pill s , and by perseverin g i n th e use of these wonderful reme di°' for a few weeks, he has been soundly cured, and is now able to resume hi s l a b or i ous occupation.—Sold by a Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTS. On the 26th ult., at Gibraltar, H the lady of Captain Mars ton, R.A., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Carnarvon, the wife of F. .1. "* Jones, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., the wife of H. Nethersole, of South Lambeth, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Upper Brunswick-terrace, Barnsburr park, Mrs. John Hinton, of a son. On the 15th inst., at Sussex- place, Regent's-park, the wife of W. Harris, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Gonville-cottage, Cambridge, the Wife of the Rev. H. Roberts, M.A., of a son. HARRIED. the e s s t a . mNeicphloaicz Nicholas, On the 10th inst., at St. Leonard' s Ch urc h , Heston, IL 111‘Laughlin, only son of John Whiti ng, E sq., of the Bea'l Y. road, Hounslow, to Susan Vi c t or i a, youngest daughter o f Arundel, James 11010 3 r Hopkins, Esq., manager o f t h e County Bank, to Elizabet P eldest daughter of R. Holmes, Eso., both of that places Onß Brookes, Ps E th sq in P sot.f, DI ED. the 47th Esq., on ofth emsetahniffine,st.e,euaettthe Cove of Cork, y o f T i pperary, late of Regiment. On the 15th inst, at Salcombe-hill, Sidmouth , Geo r g e Yates, EN , aged 22, son of W. W. Yates, Esq. p . d6l On the 15th inst., at Oxtord-terrace, Hyde-Park' aged T Susanna, wife of the Rev. R. B. Plumptre, of .Forthing - near Tewkesbury. • • h-ball., On the 15th inst., aged 73, Miss Tate, of Burleig Leicestershire. r i st On tke 15th inst.. at Sandling-park, Sophia, young W. Armstrong', child of William Deedes, Esq., M.P. On the 15th inst., at Fenchurch-buildings, Mrs. pane Mary Jordan, age d 51. , On the 16th in s t., a t All S a i n t s -l o d ge , St. John 5...w00d , Mary Anne, the w if e of the R ev . E. 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