The Sun. — London, England, 1849-06-15 00:00:00

flitrbf - Mbition SUY OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The adjourned general meeting of the proprietors of the &Astern Counties Railway for the purpose of elect ing directors, was held this afternoon at tho London Tavern. The meeting, like the former ones, was most numerously attended, and occasionally, very noisy. At the opening some confusion took place, upon the question of who should take the chair, one party alternately calling for Mr. Meek and Mr. Cash, while others were vociferous for Mr. Anderson, the deputy-chairman of the company. Ulti mately the latter gentleman took upon himself the duties of the chair, when the previous uproar became more violent. Mr. HELP demanded to know upon what authority Mr. Anderson took the chair. Mr. MEEK said he had been requested to do so by the Committee of investigation. Mr. CantrriE held that the meeting could not be legally constituted unless Mr. Anderson, or some other director took the chair. It was the intention of Mr. Anderson to resign it at the conclusicin of the meeting. Mr. HELP, amidst increased confusion, protested against the legality of the meeting. Shortly afterwards some degree of silence and order was restored, when Mr. RONEY read the advertisement convening the meeting. Mr. - ATKINSON then moved the following resolution without inflicting a long speech on the meeting. He held 12.0001. worth of stock in the company, and he broposed the appointment of the s e gen tl em en because he elieved they would do their duty manfully and honestly. "That this meeting do approve of the following eight • proprietors being elected by the board as new directors, and do request the board to elect them accordingly, and to take all proper steps for the purpose: — Edward Ladd Betts, Esq., Tavistock-square. Thomas Broadbent, Esq., Manchester. Samuel Ellis, Esq., Euston- s quare. Joseph Glynn, EA., Westbourne-park. Thomas Jones Margrave, Esq., City-road. Jtmes Packe, Esq., Mildenhall. George Reed, Esq,, Blackheath Park. .John Alexander Thompson Smyth, Esq., Cumberland terrace, Regent's perk." Mr. THOMPSON HAMMY, the banker, seconded the resolutien, believing that if the existing confusion •of the management of the line were allowed to go on it would prove fatal to the company, and although he did not know the gentlemen proposed, personally, he had . confidence in those who had selected them, and was quite willing to sanction. their appointment. The resolution having been put, Mr. MEEK rose to support the resolution; but before doing so he would reply to the charges which Mr. Hudson and Mr. Waddington had made in the defences they had published of their past con duct. Some blame had been thrown upon the committee of investigation for delaying their vindi cation so long, but in his view this was the only fitting opportunity for entering upon it. The meeting was familiar, of course, of the past proceedings of the committee. They had investigated and reported upon the affairs of the company ; and, notwithstandirg what had been published by the two gentlemen already named, they still had nothing to retract. They had recalled the witnesses whom they had examined in the first instance. but they found that their evidence, upon which the report was founded, and which had been made known to the share holders was correct in every respect. Mr. Hudson had complained in the House of Commons that the commit tee had refused to let him see a particular document, in his own handwriting, tending to prove that he had altered the accounts, unless he consented to' ask no questions upon it. Now, the fact was, that the ac counts and documents were freely submitted, and copies supplied to him ; but the reason he was not allowed to ask a question was simply that Mr. Hudson was at tended by an attoreey, while the committee who waited upon him were not. Mr. Hudson in the same place had denied the accusation that he had altered the accouuts, or that the alterations in the document alluded to by the committee in the report were in his handwriting. Wha , however, was the real truth? Why, simply that Mr. .-.Waddingoa the late deputy chairman, and Mr. Davies, thancconntant of -the company,' positively declared that , thealterations in the. accounts 'for the half year ending ,. July, 1846, %Trivia Mr. Hudson's handwriting, 'whils'e jeat•previeus .to the •half• yearly meeting- of 1849, Mr. Moaley, the manager 4 look the half yearly accounts to- Albert gate, when Mo. Hud3on directed him to deduct, there and. Wert, 40,.0001. from- the' half-year's expendi ture, allii/41.10,9a4/.. to the receipts.—(Shame, shame.) The first deditetton was,raide by Mr. Mozley in' pencil, in Mr. Hudson's presence, and the addition was made by Mr. Hudson, in Mr. Motley's presence.—(Hear, hear.) What, then, became of Mr. Hudson's reiterated denials? —(Hear, hear.) He would not have adverted to these matters had Mr. Waddington and Mr. Hudson himself not thought fit to attack the committee in the manner they had done.—(Hear, hear.) A letter which Mr. Waddington had written to the committee in his own defence was then read, as follows: " TO THE COMMITTEE OP SELECTION OP THE EASTERN COUNTIES PROPRIETORS. " 30th May, 1849. " Gentlemen,---I avail myself of the opportunity that your assembling together upon a question involving the future management of the Eastern Counties Railway affords me to bring under your notice the position which I occupied at the Eastern Counties Board, and to offer a few explanatians upon points which I had not an op pot trinity cf doing at the excited meting of shareholders. on the 10th ieatent. " In the first place, I am desirous of stating that upon my resigning ef the office of deputy-chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, I then announced that it was not my intention again to take an active part in railway management ; but a deputation from the Eastern Counties Directory waiting upon me, I was ind aced to alter my opinion upon the understanding that I was to be elected Chairman of the Eastern Counties Board. Subs( quently I had an interview with the Chairman of the company (Mr. Bosanquet) and other active members of the Board, when this arrangement was confirmed; Mr. Bosanquet agreeing to retire for that purpose. A snort time etterwards I was infarmed that the shareholders and the board of directors had invited Mr. Hudson to be chairman. At this course I was much surprised, and weft immediately to Y. to acquaint myself with the facts. Mr. Hudson informed me that he understood I was to be his deputy chairman. I told him that I had been invited, and accepted the office of chair • man; being pressed, however, to take office, it was ulti mately arranged that I should do so with the manage ment of the traffic, as chairman of the traffic cf mmittee. " The result has been, having become a member of the board in 1845, that the traffic has increased from 114,0001. for the half-year ending July, 1845, to 400,0001 for the half-year ending January, 1849. It is true there has been a large additional mileage opened, but looking to the character of the country l hesitate not to say that a more successful development of traffic has not been accomplished in this country, but this has been done by great sacrifices on try part, inasmuch as it involved my removal from Manchester to the vicinity of the Eastern Counties Railway to enable me to give my personal and undivided attention to its interests. From October, 1845, to March, 1846, I had my family in Manchester, whilst I was incessant in my attendance at the Eastern Counties Railway, except the time spent in travelling to and from Manchester to visit my family, and arrange the appointment of an agent to conduct any private affairs in Manchester consequent upon ray re moval to London, and whose salary I have continued to pay from that time to the present. "The traffic arrangements were so incomplete that I had to organize andfre-arrange the whole of that depart ment, add during the large extent of business which fol. lowed the anxiety of mind I suffered in, consequence of the locomotive department proving unequal to the work to be performed, and the inadequate station and siding accommodation, it is impossible for me to convey any idea of ac to its intensity; and I can with feelings of honest pride refer to numberless letters I have received from proprietors, thanking me for those exertions and their hopes that I should be amply rewarded. I ask, then, was it fair towards me that the Committee of Inves tigation, who were cognizant of the great time, labour, 'mad attention I had devoted in furthering the interests of the company, and that successfully so as - far as the train° department was concerned, not to noticei this in their report, when they alluded to the sum oft 2,0001. which had been voted to me by the directors. I did not, seek for praise at their hands, but I was entitleti to jus tice; and in naming the sum, they ought to have stated that which they well knew, that my labour had been in cessant in behalf of the Eastern Counties proprietors. " Now. as to the mode in which this sum was voted to me; two directors who are examined d prove that it . Wd! proposed by the chairman , an d sanctioned by the liee tors; two of the direct rs s igntng a cheque. It appears to have been made out to extensions , because it was to be charged to extension capital; by an accident no minute ole the board for this payment appears, but two gentlemen of the highest honour declare to the fact of the directors sanctioning the payment, and thereupon the report, instead of confirming the complain' against me to receiving from the board what It wits properly the province of the proprietors to bestow, it' they thought fit, level at me insinuations by the man • niir of describing the gift and classing it with unex plained expenditure, which I cannot refrain from saying exhibits a desire to prejudice and injure me with the . psopretary. Had the report frankly stated that the board. should have recommended to the proprietors this payment instead of Making it, I should have deferred to such an opinion with use- r, mark that I believed my heavy and anxious extra services to the company, far beyond those .of say other, member of the board, entitled me to extra recompense, and my colleagues having so considered it, when requesting me to withdraw whilst they delitereted upon the subject. and fixing the sum at 2,0001., I accepted th - e amount with independence and unhesitatingly, as I felt it my due:- It >wouki unquestionably have been more regular to have submitted the propriety uf the payment to the sharrhelders, or sought their sancton to it after it was made. I regret this was not done. Mr. Hudson cant , mplctetl extra remuneration being given to me at the meeting of proprietor s in February, 1847, when pointed out L he grc ate-xf rtions I wes making to promote the ()Drapery's interests, and there was no reason why this gift should not have beau brought before the meeting in A„ Bust, 1847. If tins had been done it weuldhave been mors.satisfactory to my feelings, as I feel co nv i nced that at that time the proprietors were satisfied of the almost entire devotion of my time is developing the resources of the line.. • • " As. to the 1,000/. premium received by me in Oct., 1846, in.respect 01..400 Wisheach and St. Ives shares, I beg to state that I received no premium nor sum in this nor any other case butauch as I considered I had a right o receive ; and as an illustration thstkivolilci not THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1849. receive any premium knowingly, feeling it to be wrong, I may mention, that upon the completion of the pur chase of the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway by this company at 10s. per share premium, that company relying a reserve of shares, offered me 351 shares, which I declined, although I could have pocketed the premium without anything further being known about it. I have a document in my possession which will prove this. I have further to state upon this subject that there was no disguise or secresy about the payment. Mr. Hudson's name and my own were inserted in the cheques and banker's book, and the cheques were open to the inspec tion of the officers of thej company, same as other cheques paid by the secretary for Wisbeach and St. Ives shares. Mr. Duncan, the solicitor sf the company, carried through the arrangement up to the signing of the cheques; and as he addressed a letter to the board of directors giving particulars of the transaction, I beg to enclose a copy for your information, merely observing that a letter was addressed by Mr. James, the managing clerk of Mr. Duncan, from the office of the latter at Westminster to the secretary of the Wisbeach and St. Ives Company, which is not alluded to in the letter of Mr. Duncan, and to which I beg to call your attention. Mr. Day, of St. Ives, the solicitorof the Wisbeach and St. Ives Company, can furnish you with a copy. As it is a letter which may be quoted against me on account of my name being made use of, I have only to say that it was not by my authority my name was used by Mr. James. Up to that time Mr. James and myself were unacquainted with each other except by sight. Mr. James supposes that he wrote it by order of Mr. Duncan, and he will confirm what cannot be disputed, that I did not give him any authority nor in fact exchange words with him upon the subject. I repeat that I considered myself entitled to the 1,0001., yet I am at the same time prepared to submit this or any other question that may be in dispute with me to the fair decision of arbitrators, and to abide by their award. There is another subject which I will only briefly refer to, as an inquiry is now taking place by a Com mittee of the House of Commons as to an expenditure by the Size-lane Committee. " This expenditure was incurred in the aim of putting a stop to the progress of the London and York Line, which, if successful, would have been of great import. ance to this company. The Board of Trade had re ported in favour of the extension of the Eastern Coun ties Line from Cambridge to York, and I then felt it my duty to support, by the strongest measures, the scheme that was submitted to me for defeating the rival pro ject from Lyndon to York. During the vehement Par liamentary struggles of that time I felt that we were fighting almost for the vitality of the company, and al though we were unsuccessful in this case yet we ulti mately prevented the London and York party from ob • taining a second line into Cambridge. If I had been allowed by the late meeting calmly to have addressed them it was my intention to have mentioned that in my opinion an exaggerated statement had been submitted of the sums charged to capital, and that if I had been consulted by the Committee of Investigation and their accaintant, I have no doubt I could have sa tisfactorily explained to them that many items charged to capital, and which in the report it is stated ought to he charged to revenue, were rightly charged to capital, I regret that this opportunity was not afforded me. - " With reference to the impression exisiug generally amongst the proprietors, that since I joined the board we had recklessly engaged in new aid additional lines and branches, alai that we had originated the increase of expenditure from 2,900,000/. to 9,800,0001., I should also have stated that the only additional lines that had been promoted and contracted for since that period, "all the other existing lines of the company having been previously sanctioned by Parliament or bar gained for,' were the Maldon, Witham, and Brain tree, and the Enfield and Edmonton lines, together fifteen miles of railway, at a cost of about 300,000/. There has teen a large expenditure for carriages and waggons, sidings, goods warehouses, and increased sta tion accommodation, locomotive and waggon repairing shops, but I speak with confidence, that the increased business upon this line could not have been carried on unless the major part of such expenditure had been incurred. " I have made the foregoing statement, not in a spirit of complaint, nor with a view of obtaining friends to put me again forward as a director; for having sold my shares, which will be transferred on the 31st instant, the day on which I understood the new board would be elected, t - shah become disqualified on that day, but 1 make it WWI a , vies' of• laying,a fair statement before so important a portion qt the proprietors, feeling confident that they will; upon perusal, arrive at the conclusion that I am not the mercenary character which has been repre sented,- fbr the committee will observe that, although I haVe coniinued to t t kie my unwearied attention to the company's affairs, I did not 4.4, for any recompense be fore the 2,000/. was voted to me; nor have I since, al though the energies of both body and mind have been up to this time devoted, to the best of my ability, to further the interests of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. " Having given so much time and minute attention to the traffic department, there is no doubt many matters will arise with which I shall be more conversant than a stranger; and I have now only to assure you that I shall cheerfully give every information and aid in my power to the new board of directors, however much my time may be occupied in doing so, until all outstanding or disputed claims are disposed of. " I am, gentlemen, yours obediently, (Signed) " DAVID WepuistoTost." Mr. MEER then proceeded with his comment on the conduct of Mr. Hudson and Mr. Waddington. His answer to Mr. Hudson, who complained that the com mittee did not call him in and examine him upin the affairs of the company, was simply that they were not appointed to investigate charges against that gentleman; but with regard to Mr. Waddington he had another answer. In the early sittings of the committee it was ,trange to see the number of confidential interviews Mr. Waddington had with some members of the committee, and wish one in particular.—(Name, ram..) It was quite clear that Mr. Waddington was anxious to join 'lie committee; and this be could tell the meeting, that had not the minority of the committee succeeded in sifting out some of these dark facts, it was the intention of the majority to have join. d Mr. Waddington, and met the proprietors with a report favourable to that gentleman's election as chairman.—((.lh, oh! and cries of " Name, name!") One member of the committee to whom he particularly referred was Mr. Christie.—(oh, ob.) The Hon. Proprietor then ixoceeded to discuss the merits of the proposed list of directors, but as the list consisted of names nominated by a friend of Mr. Waddington, he could not give it his support. Mr. GLYN and Mr. CHRISTIE briefly supported the list. Mr. COLEMAN then rose to propose as an amendment, a list of names which had been selected by Mr. Meek, as follows : The Hun. Eliot Yorke, M.P. for Cambridgshire. George F. Young, Esq., Limehouse. John Fryer, Esq , Chatteris. James Packe, Esq., Mildenhall. Tnomas Naughton, Esq., 32, Fenchurch street. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street. H. E East, Esq., Maida vale. George Meek, Esq., 29, Russell square. Mr. NATHAN seconded the amendment. Mr. PRICE said the Shareholders Protection Society would not consent to have any one upon the direction who held in the Norfolk Company—nor an engineer in a way likely to be benefited in his trade from his con nexion with the railway in an official capacity. He, therefore proposed the following list:— George Meek, Esq., Russell-square. Henry V. East, Esq., Canterbury Villa, Maid Vale. • }Hon. Eliot Yorke, Esq., M.P. John'Fryer, Esq., Chatteris. . James Packe, Esq., Mildenhall, Suffolk. James Box, Esq., Burton-street, Burton- crescnt. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street,'Eusto sqiiitie.' George Frederick Young, Esq., Limehinnie. Mr. Low seconded this list. 8 ~i. Mr. HELPS doubted whether their present proceed ings were legal, and in order that the meeting should dispose of the business in hand in a lawtul mariner, he proposed the following resolution:—" That the four vacancies in the board which have occurred in due order of rotation be forthwith filled up by the shareholders in manner prescribed by law." The directors had only power to nominate and fill up four vacancies at a time,. The CHAIRMAN ruled that the resolution could not be, entertained at the present stage of the proceedings. Mr. LAWLEY proposed that Mr. Hawes- should -be elected a director.—(oh, oh.) Mr. HARRIS had taken the opinion of Mr.. Lloyd, the counsel, on the question of the legality of their p as t and. present proceedings, and that learned gen• tH. Boman ethoneh h t ad the . peep er course to opinion corroboratirg, ' 'slew of Mr. Helps on the subject.- He prsue was to fill up occurred si in the direction. in two February vacanciesla st , andwlitlahn select the legalwhich way to- the go to the general board to elect in x namesshould direction. After a few words from Mr. CASlK, compu lima ' , of the , Mr. HUMPHREY BROWN, 31.1).. course Mr. Cash had pursued, of keeping • back all he knew of the Size-lane affair till the matter got. hale a Select Committee of the House of Comtnotis. He had given notice of the three following resolutions ;- but so much time having already been taken up, it was not his intention to inflict them on the meeting:— " 1. That the capital account of this company be closed up to the Ist day of July next, and that a committ , e t Ohe . appointed (two only being directors) with power to ak e the assistance of a competant accountan , , to arrange anti report the same, with the balance sheet, at your next general half-yearly meeting, and that in all future state ments of accounts submitted to the proprietors, any in crease in capital be explained in detail. " 2. That a valuation of all the working plant be made by some competent person appointed by the same Com mittee, assisted by the superintendent of each depart ment, and that such valuation, together with its original c..t, be reported to the proprietors at the next general half-yearly me *ig. ;- . " 3. That a Coin•mittee- be appointed (two of them being dirtct..rs), with authority to employ a compe tent statistician, and' that such committee 00 report to the next half-yearly general meeting the amount of traffic, in classifications, .of the Eastern Counties Rail way proper, as well as on each of its subsidiary lines, stating the amount of. tonnage and rata per mile re-' spectively received -on each class, and on each line, as well as their opinion of the .capabilities of the line for increasing the traffic." ' • ELLIs wished to know if all the gentlemen in Mr. Meek's list were shareholders in thiscompany ? Mr. RONEY said, all but one, and that one was Mr. A.Mbrose Moore.—(oh, ob. Shame.) Mr. Etus— When did Mr. Elliot York become a share holder ? Mr. ItAmar—Yesterday.—(oh, oh!) ~ I Mr. ELLIS W hen did Mr. G. F. Young become a shareholder ? Mr. RoNEY—The day before yesterday.—(oh, oh!) Mr. ELLls—Whtn did Mr. Naughten become a share holder? Mr. RONEY—Ye s terday.—(oh, oh!) Mr. MEEK then rose to address the meeting, but it would not hear him. Mr. St rgeaut GAZELEE called upon the meeting after ,these disclosures out to have Mr. Metk's list thrust down their throats. After some further discussion, carried on amidst much noise and confusion, _ Mr. HARRIS proposed that Mr. James Packe and Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., be elected directors in the room of the directors who retired in February last. No one seconded thii resolution, and it fell to the ground. The amendments were then put to the vote, and de clared to be lost by large majorities. The original resolution was next put, and pronounced from the chair to be also lost. A poll was demanded and deferred. Some further discussion took place of a noisy cha racter, after which thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up at a late hour. - NEWTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Stand Cup of 601., &c. Maid of Lyme ... Lady Hylda Six ran. The St. Helen's Purse of 501., &c. ... 1 ... 2 Hard Shot ... 1 Recluse ... 2 The Newton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 39 added, once round, were won in two heats by Sir Henry Hardinge. CRICKET.-(THIS DAY.) THE MARYLEBONE CLUB (WITH HILLTER AND DIVER) V. THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Tbis match terminated at three o'clock this afternoon, the University winning by 82 runs. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) AnAcconnt,pursuwa to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 9th day of June, 1549. fasna DEPARTMENT. X. Notes i55ued........ 27,770,200 X. • Government debt 1;1,015,100 Other securities .. •• '2;984,900 - Goid coin and bullion 13,44 , 5,731 Silver bullion ...... 321,469 437,7,70,200 M. MARSHALL, Chief asttier. • 19. rEPAILTMEN T. , 4: „ -- Government securi- • ties (including Dead i • • . Weight ,Irinuity).. 4,175,507 Other securities 9,723,675 Ng tea - and silver coin:. ' 882,562 I 4,429,784 M. MARSUALL, Chief Cashfef.„ . , 49. X 27,770,200 Dated the 11th day of June. 184' BANKING K. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Kest • .. • ....... 3.103,541 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -bank s, and Di- • • vidend accounts) 6,181,1326 - Other deposits .. 9.526,150. Seven day and other • bills" • • ••••• .. • . 1,066,06'1 £34,429,784 Dated the 14th day of-June, THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS E VEN ING.) NOTIFICATION. It id hereby notified, 'that Viscotint Palmerston, her Majesty's .PrinciPar SeeetarY; Of State - for Foreign Afars, .has .received -a-dispatch, dated the Bth Of .the month of June instant, including a communicatioh.froth the Austrian Governmeat notif)ing the Blockade of - the' Port of Ancona by the Naval Forces of the Emperor of Austria. The following is a translation of the notificittiong-, ceived from the Austrian Government:- - (TRANLATION.) • Vienna, June 7,;1849. The undersigned, President of ,the Council, &c., has the honour to inform Mr. Magenis, Sco., that the Port of Ancona has been placed under effective blockade 'b) the vessels of war of his Imperial and Royal ApoSiolii:k Majesty, and that, considering the hostile operations directed against that town from the land, this blockade must be looked upon as a regular siege. As this blockade has only for its object to contribute towards the reestablishment of the legitimate authorit} within the territories of the Church, it follows, that it will he raised as soon as that object !kill have been attained. In requesting Mr. Msgenis to have the goodness to bring this measure to the knowledge of his Government, the uuderbigned avails himself of the opportunity of renewing to him the assurance of his distingnishetl consideration. (Signed) F. SCHWAIIVINBERG. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUKE 11._ The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Patrick Carruthers, E q., now British Vice-Consul, to her Maj. sty's Consul at 1 aganrog. The Queen his also been graciously pleased to ap• point John Robert Curtis, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Cologne. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 15. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Bernard Brocas, fro►n the 71st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Neville, whu exchanges, June 15. 11th It , gitnent of Foot—Lieutenant John Walpole D'O) ly to be Captain, by purchase, 3*e Kenny, who retires; Ensign B. nry John Maclean to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Oyly John Finch, Gant., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Maclean, June 15. 50thfoot—Lieutenant William Percival Elgce to be Adjutant, vice Lister, who resigns the Adjutancy only, June 15. 56th Foot—Ensign John Keys Ilumfrey to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Fellows, appointed to the 96th Foot; Ensign Hugh Eccles to be •Lientenant, by pur "chase,' vice Thorne, appointed to the 80th Foot; Wil liam Charles Coghlan, Gent., to be Ensign, by puicbase, vice Humfrey, June 15; Walter BoUrke„ thent., to be Ensign, by purcase, vice Eccles, June 16.- , ' 59th - Foot—Lieutenant; Wiliam. Fetherstonhaugh„. from the 48th Foot. .to be-Paymaster, vice - Anthony Wal,he, who-retired upon half payi, Assiatant-Surgeon to the F.,rces Geor.te William Powell, M.D.,'"toi be Sur• geon, vice Williams, promoted On. the - St'aff,'June 15. 62d Foot—Ensign John'O'Callaghan to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Seale, 'w,lta retires;.' Joseph Smith, Gent. to be Ensign, ,by purchase, rice han, June 15 71st Foot—Lieutenant 13 rent N,eville..from the 16th Dragoon .Guards, to .be Lieutenant, vice . Brocas, who exchanges, June 15.. 80th Foot—Lieutenrnt George Thorne, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ilardinge, prothoted in the 16th Foot, Sune 15. - 96th Poot—MajOr' Titoreas . Maitland Vilson to .be Lieutentint-Colonel, 'by'purchoe, vide 'l:Nine, who re tires ;,:l3revet.,-Maj or. Hubert Hildh to be ; Major, ,by 'Chase, vice Cheape, who retires Captain John, Snod , grass to be Major, by , purchase, vice Wilson; ~-Liegtenant Robert Mounsey Lambert .to ,be Captain. ...by . purchase,. vice "- Ruth ; Lieutenant John Vize. O'Donnell to .be 'Captain, by pur chase,, . vice Snodgrass ; Lieutenant Francia. William Fellows, from- the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ltitnberti Ensign George Bentinck Cumberland' 'to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Dbiinell ; !Patrick Hunter, Gent., to be Ensigp,, by purehasei . iiCe -Cumber land, June 34.Weit Indian Regimett—Ensign 'William John Russ - Worm to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dug geon, deceased, April 28, 1849 ; H. J. Rainslord, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Husawurm, June 18, 1849. - HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Thomas Williams, M.D., from the 59th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice Thomas Forrest • Cotton, who retires upon half-pay; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Edward Burrowes Sinclair to be .Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Powell, promoted in the 59th Foot, June 15. — UNAiTACllED:—Lieutenant Walter Brisbane Park, froin the 26th 'Foot; to be Captain, without purchase June 1,5., DECLARATION7OF BANKR,UPTCY. Will/an) Richards, butcher. BrPeon.' BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. G rrc e h t h ) oa r rin ge les -H B, enry Lovegrove; auctioneer, West Ham 'Churchyard, Essex. ' - . = • - BANKRUPTS.' , ' -•- - Charles Lamdin, upholsterer, Newbury, -Berkshire, to surrender June 26, at one, and 26,' at twelve, at the Cdurt of Bankruptey. Pennell, official assignee; Newbon and Evens, Wardrutie- place , Doctors'-commOns. Charles eirter, ironmonger, Rochford, Essex. - _Mark Leppingwell Munson, victualler, Hadleigh,' Suffolk. ~ . ... .. .__ 7T::: .. 62,1 .. wa n tr: i trte i e n : g ::,, , i v imi c be t e u rrn a .e,m l : ~ ..ri ri, : : a p t : i nc i t ,, r o .o r v ci e7 - 10. tr sr e tdr e .: Pimlico. ' :4esephas,G:latud;rocroad.l:wmbeoricihepanitn;allnuafraectfigulri:le,:iddle J(iseph 14 ichedson, roe - kteisb, y, .ti,g4 . ,r , ,- efiarlot Roch d ale. sai tirwier, Kendai,,t.i.streta t, E t 2r ra o n y d .. . Kent. squa re. Edwa rd Munn, farmer; Stone -- 1 4: ; 1 3 ' I: en - b John. Uuderw,ooc, meslusan, tturi 41 , e i oll E th d it ua' a u F p n' t d o s n .. Anthony Knight, miller, Westrueon - John Robert Wright, currier, Leeds. .. - Francis Halley, builder, Shiffual, Shropshire. ' John HAI-dim], clwhier, Loughborough,. Leicegershire. Peter Chaloner, innkeeper, Cdrow, Radnorshire. PRICE OF SUGAR. . . The ayerage . price of Brown. or Iltiscovido' Sugar, com puted4fro 2 9; 4 ectrepteurrnciw•t made i 4 the weekending June 12, th 9, is 265. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the LUndon -New Price .Current, June 15.) . StroAn.—To-day the market was less freely supplied with all sorts of Raw Sugar, still the demand was not better, and former rates were not to be obtained. In West India the business concluded-was smal l forall purposes, and' amounted to only 338, making 1,535 hhds, Ste.,,.fur the week ; .and the reduction in prioes is Is. per cwt. • • Rzpiszn. To-day there was little desire evince business in Relined Goods by h ome dealers; Brown d to do Lamps are quoted at 51s, and ,fair Grocery. at 523 to .52s 6d per cwt. For lionded.Crushed Sugar the market is doll at former rates. MAURITIUS.-Thiw afternoon there,was little. business done by private treaty in Mauritius Sugar, ,anitat public.sale 800 bags were only offered, and sold at 38s 6d to 39s tor mid to good yellow. • • , , , EAST i. LNDIA.—This afternoon there was little' desiTe evinced to?operate in Bengal Stigar, and_at public sale 1,806 bags were only-in part sold at the former value;; Bewaresj low white went at 39s 6d to 40s, mid to fine 40s fid to 435, grainy white 45s 6d to 47s 6d, fine soft yellow 39s to 40s, and mid to good 36s to 38, 6d. FOREIGN.-To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately little business was done. For the week the private purchases are only two cargoes of brown Bahia at 21s per cwt. MoisassEs.-This afternoon at public sale 144 pkgs Bengal Molasses were taken in at 18s, and 69 casks Mauritius at the same price. By private treaty there was little buaincss con cluded, and vices tend downwards. COFFEE. - This afternoon Native Ceylon Coffee was in demand, and at public sale 2,865 bags were in part sold at fully former rates ; real good ord 345, dam 30s to 32s 6d, whilst superior sound was taken in at 35s Of Plantation, 157 casks went at firm rates; middling and good middling 52s to 565, low middling 45s to 48s 6d, and other sorts 36s 6d to 445. 29 bales Mocha taken iti at 45s for low middling green ish. 40 bags Bahia sold, fine ordinary 32s 6d, and at 29s for damaged; whilst _0 casks Jamaica were taken in at i4s for middling. By private treaty 1,800 bags Java have been sold al 34s 6d per cwt. TEA.-The value of ord and good common Congeal is 41 to 84d, mixed blackish leaf 9d to is Oid, blackish leaf lld to la Oid, ditto strong is ld to is 3d, Pekoe flavour is 4d to is 10d; Souchong, goon and fine Is 8d to 2s Bd, in ferior 2d to is 6d, and Pouchong 6d to 8d per lb. There is still no rise to record in the value of Green, still the demand for bath town and country consumption con tinues. to increase, and holders are less disposed to ,realise. For other sorts of Tea the demand is getting better, and prices are firm. Rim-To-day Rice met with little attention, and at auc iiiiri 2,146 bags 128 packages went at rather lower rates; good white Bengal at 9s to 93 6d, and low 7s 6d to 8s per cwt. SPICES.-Cassia Lignea is wanted, and former rates are obtained without difficulty. At auction 2,764 chts were readily disposed.of, , mid and good realised 89s to 93s 6d, low to mid 87s 6d to 88s, good ord coarse 85s to 86s, Mouldy Bss to 18s 6d, and broken 82s 6d to 84s per cwt. There is still firm ness on the part of holders of black Pepper, and more has been submitted to public sale this week, but privately a fair busi •ness has been concluded; Malabar heavy 3-id to 3id, half heavy 2nd to 3d, Sumatra 2id to 2ad, and better sort 24d to 3d, per lb. , White is held with firmness at 4id to 9d, and is still in small supply. Pod Pepper find I a more readY sale at 4us to 60s - per cWt. In Cinnamon there has been only a limited business concluded, still lower rates are not accepted. For ,Ciovea there is a fair demand; 13encoolen at is 4d to is 10d, Amboyna Is to Is 2d, 'Bourbon and African 7/1 to Bd. 'For Mace the market is firm, and orders are getting ; for 'first and second sort the rates paid are from 2s 2d - to 2s 9d, and for inferiot' is 10d to 2s. • Fee .Nutmegs - there has been a good demand and thd supply is still small; for brown the rates paid are from 2s 6d to 3s, and for better sort 3s 2d to 3s 9d. Ginger is much in de mand, and prices are still on the advauce, as the supply is limited ; '5 casks, 106 boies of Jamaica went at from 31 18s to S 1 18s, and better sort 61 to 81 10s; there was no su perior bold in the sales. Pimento continues to be wanted, and former rates are well supported ; the supply is also not so plentiful. At auction 248 bags were sold at 3%d to 37 $ d for mid to good, but chiefly at 3Ndd to 34d per lb.' FRVIT.-The business done in Currants since our 'list has been very trifling, and a reduction in price of about is per cwt on the low and middling descriptions may be quoted. ,Valentiti Raisins are: quite neglected. There is very little inquiry for other sorts. • ISPIRITS.--The sales made in Leeward Island Rum this week have been of little moment, and the rates asked are Ise to Is 40 proof. East India has been dealt in with caution, s hitt in, the value no variation is apparent, ,and good • quality, cannot be obtained under is 3d pers gallon 'proof.. There has been a good business concluded in Jamaica, and the sales for the week reach 300 puns, chiefly of the better Sorts, and mostly for exportation. Thire is'no iinpfovernent id' the value to record. Re quote .121. 0 .1P.M.M31;.bierprearat' from 2s 2d to 2s 4d, 30 to 36 over 2s 6cl to 3s 2d, pod to fine 3s 3d to 3s 9d, and dhoice 3s lod to 4s..Sailslo, a fair extent have been made in Demerara at freM,ls 10d to 2s 2d foe 28 to 40 percent overproof. Brandy continues to'find a freessale, and at firm rates. Cognac, best brands•of the vintage of 1845 at 5s 7d to 5s 9d, 1846 ditto `ss'•3d to 58•5 d,• 1-17 'ditto 4s 2d to 4s 4d, 1848 ditto 3s 7d to Is 9J, inferior brands 23 2d to 38 6d, arid Bordeaux is lid to 2s id., • Geneva for exportation met with a fair sale at is 9d to Is,lod for pale, and.2s 3d to 3s 3d for fine fit for duty. In the.value.ot British made Spirit there is no variation. quantity declared for public sale on the 10th of next month is now 7,684 etas. On the part of exporters home de - aleri there has been little desire evinced to operate in fast lndia this week, still holders are not disposed to ac cept lower rates. The market for Spanish has a quiet aspect. • , SatsrissisaE.---.To-day there was a dull demand for rough, and-at auction 1,962 bat? Calcutta were for the most part takeachi at fttll fate---good to fine grey 12 to 3 per cent at 26s 6d to 27s 6d. •• • • COCHTNE4L.—Ehere is still little desire evinced to operate , and 29 bags of — Mexican at ' Anction to-day sold at barely ' forftier rat'Vgi JAM' tit 3 , 3 'lod ''ti} • ?Is,' and Silvers' 3s to 3s 9d , . • ..• decline for Olive, and there are sellers, of , Ganipoli,at.44 Lto , 424. Spanish and Sicily 39c 10s, to 401 I Os-, .13.itbary, Levant, and' Portugal, 38/ to 39 1 COCoa Nut,'29s -6d' to"B3s- i4' the valve which a Air' business has been concluded. ; 'FOr.' Linseed " there is 'a desire :",evinqc',"d .. ..t . O. at . ; 29 - 4, to . .cwt on the spot, 2 0 5 c4 6d 6 . / 7 0A R 1 1 4:1 , e,3 oi Lay s e el b l e e e rs n a m re ar il l i ur ng ..d th el a iv ec e e ry pt 3 a t 7 : a 2 t : - o s • 3 3d 73 6 t l o' for pale; and. 4.58 6d for brown; the market is better supplied. Cod, 261 to• 261 10s. For Souther Oil prices are still on the decline, and vary from 241 to 26/ for low to 'good, at 261 lOs to 271 10s. Seal—There are sellers of pale at 30/ to 301 10s, straw and tinged 281 lOs to 291 10s, yellow and brown 251 to 271 10s, whilst lower rates are expected to exist. For Sperm 701 to 72/ per tun is the value of first sort. There are sellers of Lard Oil at 36s to 40s, a.id Ground Nut at 275. Imports of Fish Oils have beeii light this week. TALLOW.—To-day the public sales of Tallow went off at rather lower rates. Of South American 990 pkgs were for the most part sold at from 33s 3d to 395, and 244 casks New South Wales Ms 6d to 37s Gd per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT , (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Loribhips met at Five o'clock. The Eail of fIAItROWBY presented numerous pe titions praying for an alteration in the law regulating the sale of beer. TRANSPORTATION FOR TREASON BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved that this Bill be read a second time.—Agreed to. The standingorders sere then suspended, and the Bill was passed through Committee, reported, read a third time, and paused. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition fro m th e Manchester Law Association, kxpressing a hope that the Bankruptcy Law Consolidation Bill might pass into a law this session; also a petition from South Shields in favour of a measure for the better ventilation of col lieriesi. and. a petition from a shareholder in the Dub lin and Dundrum Railway, complaining of the conduct of the directors. CANADA. _..The NOBLE AND LEARNk:D LORD then laid upon the table , the resolutions which he proposed to move on Tuesday in relation to the affairs of Canada. SALE OF- BEER BILL. The Earl of HARROWBY then rose to bring for and the motion of which he had given notice for the appointment of a Select 'Committee to consider the operation of the laws- regulating the sale of beer. He could not venture to propose the sweeping alterations which he thought necessary without a previous inquiry, _ and therefore be should now content himself with moving for a Committee of Inquiry. The petitions which had been presented from all classes of the community, more par ticularly from magistrates, proved the enormity of the evil of which be complained. It was perfectly anoma lous that one set of traders engaged in the trade of beer should be subjected to the surveillance and control of the Magistrafes of the chstrict; another set of traders, dealing in. a similar article, should be emancipated from such surveillance and control. He trusted that he should not, be' :met by , the old objection of damage to the revenue. He trusted that we were no longer open to the sarcasm of the poet '• Ye all can drink, your co un t r y as k s no mor e . " This was a,question 'affecting the public peace, and he trusted that the inquiry he sought for would be granted. Lord MONTEAGLE .thought the question required the most careful consideration in all its bearings;, before any new inearure of legislation could be introduced. If his N o w e F r i e nd merely ,wished to introduce a measure of police for the better regulation of beer houses, he should not object to it. But if it was proposed to revert to the gisteli t walliacs proved ensing to demonstrat i on the public-houses, s a h ld ou sy ld ste o m pp o o f ma seih when this law was enacted under the administration of tho Noble Duke, that the public would never receive the benefit of that enormous reduction which took place in the duty on beer, unless the whole system were thrown open. The licensed victuallers were a powerful body, and had great influence with ma gistrates and Members of Parliament, and for years they had inclined to crush their rivals in trade ; and in Committee he should be prepared to show the enormous amount of cadital invested in beer shops, and to show the interest of the public in the continuance, and he shoUld object to - commencing an inquiry in the month of June, and reporting the ex parte evidence taken without the beer-shop keepers having had an opportunity of being heard in their defence. The Earl of HARROWBY was totally unconnected with the Lfcensed Victuallers. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE did not object to inquiry, although he was not disposed to consent to any alteration in the law as it at presen` stood. • The motion was then agreed to. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO ROME. ---Th&-Larlot--ABERDEEN asked when the commu nication Ircim the French Government relative to se ? invasion of Rome would be laid before the House The Marquis of LANSDOWNE time he thought 81)° ta lV bi N e E o s f aid th t e hat H n o e use sho t u h l e documents called for, at the should shortly lay o n the because he proper to say, th a t one of those documents would not be p rese nt e d verbatim, thought it improper that the document should be puolisbed in extenso without previous communication with the French Government. At the same time he stated that the object of the expedition was reported to be to stcure the equilibrium of power in the Italian States, and the safety and indeperd , lice of the Roman people. These papers would ex plain the objects of the expedition more perfectly with regard to the restoration of the Sovereign Pontiff. Those documents would not put their Lordships in pos session of all the negotiations which had taken phee, but they would show the opinion of her Majesty's Govern ment on the steps which had been taken fur the restora tion of ord. r in Rome. • The Earl of•ABERDEEN wished for no papers, the producti on o f w hi ch would be improper, but while he desired to know what. the House had a right to know was, why so large a French force was at present in the Roman territories. Hej must suppose, that before her Maje,ty's Government assented in such expedition, they must have known its object. • The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was at a loss to know shy the Noble Earl made use of the word ak'sent. , It the word assent were used as implying approba tion, Oetkle,beggedto say no such assent had been given to that expedition by her Majesty's Government. pie.Erkri. of, AI3ERDEEN said that ha alluded, 00.:wpr, a , . , th , .1•19b1e blarquis in which lie saki that Government had not disapproved of it. If it was a mattter of indifference that was one thing, but if the Government did not &sap prove of it he concluded that they approved of it. He rejoiced at the good understanding subsisting with the French Government, and he hoped they would give that Government a piece of advice—that when the object of an undertaltiug was such that they were afraid or ashamed to avow it, it would be well to let it alone. The Marquis of LANSDO NE said that the Nob'e Earl had misrepresented him when he said that he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) had said they did nut express disapprobation. What he had said was, that the Go vernment did not think proper to raise any ob stacle. He thought it would be extremely wrong to raise any question at the present moment which would embarrass the French Government, but at the proper moment they should be prepared to demand explana tions from the French Government, the Austrian Government, and the Neapolitan Government, which had not as yet be-n demanded. Lord BROUGHAM rose, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER. to-k the Chair at Four o'e;oelr. LORDS' AMENDMLNTS. The amendments of the Lords to the Division of the Living of Richmond and Kingston-upon Thames Biil were taken into consideration and agreed to. THIRD READING. The Sheffield and Tinsley RoAd Bill was read a third ime and passed. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Sir C. KNIGHTLEY presented a petition from Staffordshire ' complz ining of agri cu lt ura l di s t ress . Sir JOHN TROLLOPE presented a similar petition from Ilolbeach in Lincolnshire. SUNDAY TRADING. Mr. C. LUSIIINUTON presented a petition from certain of the inhabitants of Westminster, against Sun day trading. 7 DISTRESS IN TOBAGO. Mr. DISRAELI presented a petition from merchants and planters in the Island of Tobago, complaining of the distress to which they were reduced by the alteration of the sugar duties of 1846, and pr a yi ng f or re d ress an d relief. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the county of Essex, praying for an inquiry into the state of the nation; and a similar petition from Kingston ou-Thames. MARRIAGE BILL. Several petitions were presented against the Marriage Bill. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. C. PEARSON presented a petition from Lambeth against the .removal of Smithfield-market. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from certain stone masons of Lambeth, praying for inquiry into the con dition of the people. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION. Sir WILLIAM JOLLIFFE presented a petition from Surrey, praying for protection to agriculture. WEST INDIA PROPERTY. Sir JOHN - PAKINGTON presented: petitions from the House of Assembly of Jamaica, and from the West India body in this country, complaining of the depre ciation of property in that colony, and praying 'for the adoption of measures-with a ♦iew to their redress. Mr. P.IMILES presented a similar petition also from the House of As , embly in Jamaica. SUNIiAY TRADING. Sir DE LACY EVANS present( d petitions from St. George's, Hanover square, and other parishes, iti favour of the Sunday Trading Bill. M.R. ROEBUCK AND MR. BAILLIE COCHRANE. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he was compelled to throw hinaselt on the indulgence of the House. It was always a disagreeable thing and a miefortune for u public man to have to speak of himself and his private affairs.— (Hear.) This misfortui,e, for it was a misfortune, had befallen him through no fault of his own, but through the fault of another. In what had fallen the other night from the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. B. Cochrane) a reflection was cast upon a relation of his. The state of the facts was this—during the rebellion in Canada and the excitement which it occasioned, a free d of his, M. Gironard, had been suspected by the Government of treasonable intentions. A tumult had _l:leen:raised by upwards of five hundred people. In order. to escape .rum the daneer with which he was threatened he had. fled to his (Mr. Roebuck's) house at eight o'clock on a winter's night. His fattier then held the commanel_ of a district, and was therefore in the :direct, employment of the Government; His Telatiou did .that which as a subject and a 'friend it was his duty to do. He took M. Gironard downSto Montreal, and then found ,that a, reward 0f.500/. had .been offered for Jeis apprelieukon, In. the House of Assembly these cite. cumstancesliad been stated. He would say then,' what he would have said before, that M. Gironard was a man of the highest respectability and had volun tarily given himself up to the proper authorities. 5001. had been offered by the Government for the appre hension of Morisieur Gironard. He should say that his relation was at that time in the direct service of the Crown, and was a person not only trusted by every pre vious Governor, but by the very Governor who was in the country at the time. He did apprehend that man, and he (Mr. Roebuck) was bold to say that he applied the 5001. to charitable purposes, and had not by so doing forfeited either the repect of the constituted authorities or of the people about him. It appeared then that, in answer to a question in the Ilouse of As sembly he stated that he had received the reward, and at the same time spoke in approbation of M. Gironard. There was no imputation, however, against him, for he took M. Gironard down to Montreal at his own request, and for his protection. He did no more than his duty to his country. Now those were the state of facts which the Hun. Gentleman had imputed to him as wrong. He had at least learnt one thing from the discussion of last night, viz. that the weak, and more especially intellectuallyweak, were always cruel.—(Laughter.) Mr. B. COCHRANE said what he stated was, that this man was publicly accused of rebellion, and that a reward of five hundred pounds, which was offered for his apprehension, was received by a person (a Mr. Simp son) who bad been placed high in the confidence of the Governor of Canada. He had mentioned :precisely the facts stated by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Roebuck) that Mr. Simpson had received the 500 L. and ; had made a complimentary speech in favour of M. Gironard after having been appointed Commissioner of Crown Lands. He would say, in conclusion, that nothing comieg from the Hon. Member would injure the fair fame of any man.—(A laugh, and cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. BRO MERTON asked the Hon. Gentlemen (Mr. Banker) if he was prepared to retract. the words which he made use of last night—that he was a tool in the hands of the Government.—(Loud laughter.) He hoped the House would throw its protection over him with regard to the expressions and imputations that bad been cast upon him, which he certainly disavowed.— (Hear, hear,) He could conscientiously say that during the time he had been in the House, he had always bad a sincere desire to act impartialle. without .regard to either side of the House.—(Hear, hear.) The. Hon. Gentleman had thought proper to stigmatise him as a subservient tool of the Government, and also as a person who looked to what they wished without any regard to what was right and proper. Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE, referring to the motion made by an Hon. Member the other night, suggested that this affair should be referred to arbitration.—(Roars of laughter.) Mr: BANKES agreed with the Hon. Member for Middlesex that this was a matter which should be re f-rred to arbitration. But he was not aware when he made that remark that the Honourable Gentleman was not , a fighting individual'— having heard him say that he — was almost tempted to say that he re.- spected him more now than he had done before. Inasmuch, as his motion for adjournment had fallen to the ground; the :remark which hey had made—that if the ,Hun. Gentleman had persevered in his motion, it would.look.as it he was acting subserviently to the Go vernment. On this occasaion he certainly did, or rather could not, impute to the Hun. Member that he had so acted. SUPPLY RETURNS. Mr. D'ISRALI, referring to his observations yester with.reqect to the delay in. printing returns, said that though ten days had elapsed since a certain return had been placed on the table, it had not yet been printed: Now, he would undertake to get it printed and cir culated in twenty-four hours. The Right Hun. Gen tleman, the President of the Board of Trade, stated yesterday that he had no authority over returns after they were laid on the table ; but he had made inquiries and he ' found that the blame did not lie on the printer. lie, however, acquitted the Hon. Gentleman of any blame, inasmuch as no " one was less liable to the charge of being actuated by sinister motives than that Right Hon.• Gentleman. Now, he wanted these papers before they went into a Committee of Sup. ply, and he gave notice that unless they were in his hands by Monday, --- he should move that • the printer and the officer .of the Board of Trade, - responsible for the preparation of the return, should be called to the bar, to give an explanation of their conduct. ADJOURNMENT OF THP HOUSE. The House, at its rising, was ordered to stand ad journed until Monday. OFFICERS' UNIFORMS AND MEDALS. In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS, Mr. FOX MAULE replied that all the officers upon whom the Order of the Bath had been conferred, were permitted to retain their names in the Army List, and to wear their original accoutrements; but the same regula tion did not refer to officers who had sold out, and upon whom that honour had not been conferred. He was aware of every regulation with respect to the medals. Sir DE LACY EVANS expressed himself dissatisfied with the reply, and intimated that he should again call the attention of the House to the subject on the motion for going Into Supply. BETTER GOVERNMENT OF THE AUSTRA - MAN COLONIES. ' Lord JOHN' RUSSELL intimated, in reply to Mr. F. Scott, that be did.not intend to proceed with this Bill on Monrhiy ; he should state when on another day. Mr. O'BRIEN begged to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government whether he would have any objection to lay on the table of the- House a copy of the document which related to Mr. Smith O'Brien, signed by the Uoder.Secretary of State for Ireland ? Sir G. GREY 'said be would 'have no otjection to lay on the table of the House the letter written m answer to the Lord-Lieutenant' s intimation that mercy would be extended to the prisoners, on condition of their being transported for lire. Mr. FRENCH asked then the Hqn. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home . Departmcnt would lay the letter on thP table of the House. Sir G. GREY replied, on Monday next. ; • CANADA,. On dia . ()icier of the day for the 'adjourned debate, VICIAOLL rose to addgcas .thelloitse; but such _ _ was the noise prevailing below the bar that the Hen. Member was wholly inaudible for some time. He was understood to say that he for one tieehiroi most Or.- teignedly th,rt he felt the greatest possible difficulty in coming to a conclusion as to how he should veteon thiJ question. If he had been forced to that vote last nighi. he should, however relectantly, have given that vote against the resoludon of the Right Hon.:Gentleman, noe so much because he sp,,roved of what was to bt done by her Majest)'s Government as that h,, was taken by surprise, and tl.at he believed in a moment of surprise, that it was the wiser and more prudent course to take. Ho was free to confess, however, that his intention was very much shaken by what had taken place in the course of the debate. He con leased he did see great inconsistencies in the speech of the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord said he would not give his assent to this Bill, or take any steps to give the sanction of her Majesty's Government, until he had received the instruction which Lord Elgin was to address to the Commissioners, which instruction he was sure would have the effect of preventing any part of this compensation being withheld frem those to whom it was jus tly d ue , an d which would exclude persons who were manifestly guilty of rebellion. (LEFT SPEAKING.) QUEEN'S BEN CH.-( THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice ERLE.) POLLETT V. RILEY. This was an action for libel brought against Mr. Riley, the clerk of the Whitechapel County Court for a libel contained in a letter written by him to the editor of the County Courts Chronicle, and published in that paper. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and ajustification. Mr. O'MALLEr, with whom was Mr. Clark, appeared for plaintiff, and stated that Mr. Pollett was a very poor man, more than fifty years of age, with a large family, who had for some time employed himself in colleetin '' -r.,monies, on which he rt ceived commissions. Iu 1846 he had some transactions with a Mr. Riddiegton, who recovered a small sum of money from him in the Whitechapel County Court. An order was made by the judge of that court, Mr. Sergeant Manning, and the money, which was 11. 19s. Bd., not having been raid, the result was the c , mmittal of Pollett to. the Clerkenwtll douse of Correction for five days. On his liberation he publish( d u pamphlet entitled " An Appeal to the Public," with a view to obtain assistance by way of contributions from parties. This ppinaphlet set forth the treatment which Mr. Pollett had received in the House of Correction, and which he represented as very harsh, having, as he said, been treated as a convicted prisoner. Some time after Mr. Riley wrote a letter to the County Courts' Chronicle, in which he spoke of the trust reposed in him by his employer having been wilfully abused by him (Mr. Polley), which, together with some other expressions which the letter contained, induced plaintiff to bring this action. . Mr. Clark, the attorney for plaintiff, Mr. Cocks, the editor of the County Courts' Chronicle, and Mr. Stephen son, the attorney of Mr. Riley, were then called to prove the principal facts stated by the Learned Counsel. Mr. WATSON, Q.C., who, with Mr. Mannesty, ap peared for the defence, then addressed the jury, con tending that none of the statements contained in de ft ndant's letter' to the County Courts' Chronicle were libellous. No witnesses were called for the defence. Mr. Justice ERLE then summed up. He said that he thought the last letter clearly came within the defini tion of a libel, and therefore the only question would be the amount of damages. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, damages 20s. A SAD MISTAKE.—On Tuesday last an honest farmer, from the estate of Kinnaird, sent into our Cross market six excellent pigs for sale, in a close chest. One of his servants was in charge of the innocents. After the man arrived at the marketplace he very naturally lifted the lid of the chest to ascertain the state of the flock, when, to his great surprise and sorrow, they were all found to be dead as herrings, having been cuff icated. The servant was not iu the slightest to blame.—Arbroath Guide. IMPERIAL PAItLIAIVIENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, June 14. PETITIONS. Earl STANHOPE presented several petitions, com plaining of agricultural distresS, and praying for the re enactment of the corn-laws. , The Noble Earl, at some length, urged the dangers to which the country wou d be exposed by"a"perseveirtnee" in the ',path of free trade, and denounced " the unexampled perfidy and shameless apoistacy" which had marked the.carry;ng of the repeal of the corn-laws, and ""inquired whether her Msjesty'a Government intended to off r any cornp , ,itaition to the agricultural interests for the loss-of protection, by re pealieg.the tax on molt or 'tiny other ot. the - taxes affect ing farmers. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said her Majesty's Government did not intend to propose the repeal of any of those taxes. Earl STAN HOPE then continued to argue that protection must be maintained, or the real interests of the country would be destroyed. He condemned the economy which induced the Government to discharge 700 artificers from the Dockyards at Portsmouth. they did not do justice to the people they might re sort to a passive resistance by a refusal to pay taxes, which no Government could successfully resist. The last point he had to urge was, that the labourers might be driven to destitution by this egrieuhural distress. It had been formerly said that low prices re sulted from a superabundant harvest, but never, until now, had it been argued that a el, ficient supply caused low prices. Wheat could be supplied in the port of London, all charges paid, at 25. the quarter. There was throughout the country agricultural distress and general discontent. Ail classes ought to meet, and with a voice of thunder, call fur a redress of their grievances, and a restoration of their rights. Let them look to the state of their colonies. Their system of free trade had confiscated the property of the planters in the West Indies. When they saw such revolutionary movements on the continent, they ought to act before it was too late, for they should know that patience has its limits ; but if the Government had the hardihood to persevere in their present system, the consequence would be a most disastrous revolution. The Bishop of OXFORD presented petitions from Macclesfield and other places, in favour of the Bill for the protection of women. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from Wisbeuch and the surrounding neighbourhood, complaining of the adoption of free trade. It was signed by parties engaged in every branch of industry. He said every interest in the country was suffering from want of emplol ment. The petitioners prayed for pro tection to native industry. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the bore ugh of Forres, in favour of the Police, (Scotland) Bill. PROTECTION OF WOMEN BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD then moved the third read ing of the Protection of Women Bill. He said the Bill would not accomplish all he should desire to be done upon the subject, but would effect some good, and embrace all that could be effected at present. It was also free from the objections a hich had been raised against the Bill of last session. Lord CAMPBELL said he would be most happy to see the objects aimed at by this Bill effected, and tully appreciated the laudable motives which actuated the originators of it, but the Bill could do no good, and might do great injury. All those who had attempted to interfere in ;his matter were placed in the alternative either of legislating for that which was not a crime, or for that which was a crime already, and which the law was ready to punish. The Earl of Mountcashel sought to make fornication a crime to be punished by law. `He. would point out what the Bill proposed to effect. It -provided " that if any one for lucre or gain, and by false pretences, should solicit any woman for illicit intercourse with any man, he should suffer im prisonment for. two year's and hard labour." Now that was at present by. the common law a misdemeanour. A plot to corrupt female innocence was at present held to be a conspiracy, for which a party might he indicted and punished. A case occurred in which a nobleman in the reign of Charles the Second had been tried for seducing from her home a young lady of quality. In that case Lord Pemberton laid the law down as all his predeces sors had done, that it was a misdemeanour, which it continued to be. Offences of that description were de scribed by Lord Mansfield as misdemeanours, and the Bill of the Right Rev. Prelate did no more than what the existing law rendered criminal. It could not, there fore, have any good effect in improving the law; it did not facilitate prosecutions, the bringing forward of evi dence, or to punish the offenders. If a third party com bined to destroy an innocent female the common law punished him; whereas by the present Bill it is only an offence when done for the lucre of gain. It only applied when corruption took place under false pretences. These foul practices were carried on very often not under false pretences, for promises had been often made, and sometimes carried into effect too, of parties getting settlements, carriages to ride in Hyde park, and the offence committed; but the measure of the Right Rev. Prelate did not meet such cases. He believed. with the Lord Chief Ju st i ce o f England, that nothing-more could be done in connexion with this subject by legisla tion—that no remedy could be found, except by imprev ing the morals of the people; but not wishing to treat the Right Rev. Prelate with discourtesy, he should not move that it be read that day six months, but simply say not content to the motion. The Bishop of NORWICH observed' that it was simply to the infamous traffic carried on that the Bill was directed, and their Lordships had nu idea of how that was conducted. It was well known that persons were engaged throughout the country for no other purpose but to seduce and ruin innocent young persons. For his own part he should certainly give it, his support to put an end to so disgraceful a practice. The Bishop of OXFORD replied, and observed that he had the authority of several eminent lawyers who held, that inasmuch as seduction by one was not criminal in the eye of the law, so neither was seduction by two persons. The fact of one being called to another's councils in such a case, did not, amount to conspiracy. His Bill did not declare seduction criminal, but the in famous traffic which so frequently took place. Innocent young females arriving in that great metropolis wore often entrapped into the hands of others, and without any previous intention on their part completely - ruined, and subjected hereafter to a living death. It was to meet such cases that his Bi.l was intended. If the mea sure did not go far enough, it was in cons( quence of the difficulties that presented themselves; and their Lord ships ought to remember that the common law of Eng land did not meet such a case. He would, therefore, entreat their Lordships not to reject the thousaud peti tions they had received on the subject, but to pass the Bill, and, if possible, to remedy.one of the greatest evils with which a state can be afflicted. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared— Conten ts 23 ••• •.• ••• 149n-Contents -.toe • ••• ••• 19 kill i itgitY ~. a., —4 The Bill ..inse'.m..equntlx hie): lIOUSI2 UP, Gil tLI4'UIVS, June 14; STATE OF CANADA. Mr. GLADS I'ONE then tore tor the purpose of calls te attention to the state of Cenads. He thought the prsent time off 'riled a good epportunity fur doing so. s i.e had piece:; en the peper simply an intimation that he would call the attention of the Reuse to an Act passe d by the Canstoien Legislature, in reference to giv ing indemnity fur certain losses sustained during the rebellion in that country, and as calling attention to that Act might be construed into an implication of censure on his part in respect to it, it might be asked why he had not pre posed a distinct aid tspecific motion on the sub jeet. He considered, however, that in adopting that course, he might have still further excited those preju dices which existed on the subject, and he thought it better simply to call the attention of the House to it. He did not think teat any men in the House was such a :lave to party feeling that he should think that Parliament erhould be divided in their opinion on so important a question as that of colonial legislations because what affects one country must consider ably affect the other. He considered that if a - further step were to be taken on this question to bring it to an is:sue, that it should be so taken as not to cause any prejudice against any party without due in' vestigution, and to avoid as much as possible any divieion in so important a question. He hoped the, many miscellaneous qu es tio ns t h at h a d already engaged the attention of the House were not such as to exhaust their patience, because the present was a question tha t effected the principles of government and social order. He did not meats to allude to Lord Elgin but as briefly as possible; nor should he in that brief allusion attempt to give any judgment on that Noble Lord's conduct, not tram his admiration of that Nobleman's distinguished talent, not because of his personal feelings towards Idol, but because he has all the responsibility on himself; and had been called upon to do more than he could do, when so far apart from the advisers of the Crown. He might be wrong, but yet he should say that he drew' the inference from the words of the Under-Secretary for the Foreign Department, who stated that it was not right to interfere in any legislative measure that, was progressing in the C ana di an Legislature uutsil it had reached its completion.—(Hear, hear.) He Wag of opinion that the Governor-General should not have his character involved until he had sent home to knout whether the measure proposed would be agreed to or not by her .Majesty's Government; .but such to- the knows ledge of that House and the country was not known, for the) had not heard of any dispatches being r e ceived from Canada. lie considered, from all that he knew, that on the whole the office of the Governor-General could not be discharged adequately and independently* as he was obliged on most occasions to attend to the counsel of Government, and when that counsel could not be immediately obtained he was liable to being charged with neglect or carelessness of duty. He thought that those matters to which he alluded should be left in the hands of the limperiOl Legislature, and that a distinction should be drawn between matters that should be sub jected to the local legislature and those belOnging to the Imperial, and that the local legislature should know how fat they should and could act on th e i r own author i ty. He did not mean to say how fat. the Canadian Governmen t should act on questions of such vital 'influence as that to which he was then alluding; nor did he mean to allude to the Montreal riots, nor did he think that it was the duty of that House to interfere with their local legisla: Lure in the case of p r i vate A cts, no matter whether ju st or unjust, as such only appertained to themselves, se cording to the laws of their constitution, which h e con' sidered to be not-only a necessary but a sound maxi,e 3 n . He recollected that th e N o bl e L ord (Lord J. Busse " when Secretary of State, in a letter to Lord Sydenhstet Oct. 14, 1839, stated that it was not safe in certai n cases, to delegate authority to any efficer when the ill; fluence of the Crown or t h e sa f ety of the people mig ht b , involved. There a r ose th ree quest i ons on this subieeh; first an Act of Indewitification to all conn ec t e d with , th e of 1837 and 1838, an d t h at Act related to tne''-a who bore arms against h er M a j esty ' s forces at ' that time= the second question was, foreseeing such to be the cas e * .were.they to be indemnified in a local or imperial leg it ' lature ? • And the third q uest i on i s, 'if such .126,ehe 0 5 0 1 it such a propositionweseneteeppleted_ byean Act Parliament, whether it was consistent or at varla nce i t t with the honour of the Crown that those rebels sho o , o • besind --emnified ?--(Hear, hear.) With .respect to two first he believed]there ,ConleVbe tin:doubts - and w l 7, respect to the last he believed that it wits- well WI. that no Act of Purlianzient wetild . ,berjusi indeeeng o • idg those' rebels of' LoWer‘Cantedain,lB3 arid 1838. ro .considered that nothing.Wasinore just than-the selea i stl o t proposed in February; 1-845;Thr indenenifying'the P:3le7 r e subjects of Canada, t i s -had been'fre - q4enfly done befor e when the churche s , w hi c h h a d b ee n in th e p os session e t the rehela, bad been necessar il y razed, and also in ' land in the time of the rebellion, when the Roman ere 'belie chapels had been d es t ro y e d to prevent the rey t l e in that country from taking p ossess i on o f t h ew . . 11 , 059 present losses alluded to had been equally just as tu b e. to which he had ac:verted, he would not offer the slig eot est opposition, but in this cas e h e k new of n o thing .tu_ eo was just or equitable. The Ri g h t HO n . G en tleman a,q, read the proviso, excluding p ers o ns w h o h a d been guula of the act of rebellion from right to compensation , proceeded to argue upon it, to the effect that if the C O S l _, victions had not been le ga lly b roug h t a b out so , the pru„ viso, the convicted would say, must be regarded as ai d ceptional. Now, if- that were so, they might depee upon it that the question would bo raised by the 96 pet sons out of the 108 who w e r e conv i ct e d, and of w 13"" • ight pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to t ran sportei tion. In a petition which had b een presented to tit House, in 1839, from an individual in Canada, the P' s titioner took occasion to protest against and denounce P oo illegal, the tribunal of courts-martial, and there ff . .. no doubt that if that were so, and they had highs ti3 P o therity that it was so, then it would be said that_ i id, convictions under those courts - martial were not sit e _ and that if there was an exception to the convictl_u_S: went tOe': f ' there was an exception to the proviso, which elude them . from compensation. There was a Ca s e g° j , ' 400 persons who claimed compensation for their g od , e to lost in an unsuccessful action with her Majesty'? -(Laughter.) /Sow the question which he wished who raise here was, whether, in the case of those partieseta lost their guns in the rebellion, or in the case ot atioo other parties who had been engaged in it, comP er3s ear' was to be given. With regard to property lost bY. i r the ties engaged in the rebellion, it had been Said ', so ot ' House of Assembly by Mr. Baldwin, that it was "' t wit the intention of the Government or the Legi s i a tere woo such parties should be compensated. But there great difference of opinion on the subject, and grew , . ben biguity in the Act. The Right Hon. G en tleman () ; t he referred to the opinions of Mr. J ones , a Meinhe t wee of Legislative Council, on the s u bj ec t, an d to the aro i o to Lord Elgin, the Lieutenant-Gov ernor , t o a mertt° r _ t est him on the subject, which convey e d th e intimation, it was not his Excellency's intenti on , i n g i v ing his e to o ep Lion to the Bill, to imply that pe rsons w h o had takeno3. arms against her Majesty's Government should be e, eo t pensated. Now he (Mr. Gladsto ne ) was o f o pinion f t' b i o the fact of a man taking up arms ag a i ns t th e laws h ips Government was of itself of a character to exclude us e from the benefit of the laws. He thought t h at t he 1 0 0 . of Assembly, in the exceptions they had tak e n in re re. lion to those who were guilty of particip a ti on in the be o hellion, was justified, although there were some who as 0 that the act e.f mere implication ought not to operate to an exclusion to compensation. He might refer th e o f the ,,or A,. 0 . 4 1 to an amendment submitted by Mr. Wilson, vincial Assembly, the words of which were "or person who 'has been implicated in, the rebellionso_s: to be excepted." But that amendment, be was 7-cliffi say, was unfortunately lost. . It was said that it wa' e e cult to distinguish between those who were engage d the rebellion ;and. those. who were not. Now w" t hose the course pursued be Ireltibd in- relation to _ lO who claimed • compensation f or the i r al l ege d the rebellion in • that' country'? It was an, ri wo rcl putable fact that every'person 'who then put ,°r - n ,th claims to'compenSation for' losses, was put t0 .13, e so in the matter; and the person, .he Might say, v , - ,, of put himself forward, brought upon himself the es inquiry and strict scrutiny into his conduct. But i . - : 0 a now said, that en " Amnesty " b a d b een granted, es that under that amnesty there were no rebels le e t he nada; and it was further said, that the sense (:.. t he people of Canada was understood to be in favour toc, Act for giving compensation. Now, he respecoiacr ranch as any man could, the sense of the peer" t b o t nada; but he might say that if it even ao happened. Canada °P t. d it were true that the sense of the people of ye, been distinctly expressed in favour of this measure*sal to he could not see that that . ought to lead to a refusal inquire into a question like this—a question in,7o; tinperial considerations. With respect to the address had been presented to Lord Elgin, it was a " w here able fact, that those addresses had scarcely any e f t of been agreed to at pahlie meetings; and the Me °3 ss iog, the House which he now had the honour of addre_tios were very well aware how petitions were &Dil e r , not of up in this country. Now, petitions which be to the emanations of public meetings, were to ! o m under such circumstances, as the sense only of the P: a re. whose signatures are appended to them. It R yas (four markable fact that there was not a single addressed to excepted) of the forty pages of addresses Pre serj ee tiaP Lord Elgin, that had been agre e d t o i n pu blic 1 " et h i go Now, one of the four addresses vot e d at public Ine had only 24 signatures appended to it. Were thei , te tie would ask, to look at the Governm en t as advoct, s g ee this matter? or rather, were th e y not to ex p e ct frloete Government a frank statement o f t h e w h o l e of theoeltY et the case? He was inform e d on i n di sputa ble auto 0 . that the petitions against the Bill were far mo re e re merous than those in f avour o f i t ; and those laic" e yed against the Bill emanat e d f rom pu bli c meetings, 0111.. red by the constituted au th or i t i es. He therefore d e ep to the assertion th a t t h e sense of the peop l e 01 CPo3ioion was in fav our o f t h e Bi ll. A difference of epes; prevailed as to the f ee li ngs o f t h e two prov.; b ije out he did not hesitate to say that, wee the majority o f t h e i n h a bi tants o f L ower C a nada , y said to be in favour of the addresses, the great h °d Tbs the people of Upper Canada was against the es' Right Hon. Gentleman said that the s t a t e smanlike re i o to titles of Lord Metcalfe were only equa l- t o ' the 13e to eces which marked his general conduct und e r Circure' de d to of the most teeing description. H e the n procee ded of observe on Mr. Daly's t wo _l et t ers :o f the 2 ' loo o February and of D ecem b er i n respect to the ilioo id which occurred to p art i es d ur i ng the late rebe' ot in Canada. He contended that the l as t l e t te r Was „, was accordance with the former; but, at' all eventse b h or clear that the Crown wa s n o t a t a ll affected.; by. the the rangements that h a d b een come to i n res pect t 0 t parties engaged in the re hellion in Lower Catnidas tie per it was said that the Acts of the Legislatui t e ii f i. tre ;son Canada glutted to persons actual) convicted 0 ' see ee" compel:setters for losses sustained by them during r . ' o ,jett hellion'. But he denied that this was a fair constr u art ioo of the Acts in question. It was true that certain Pool who had given .up their houses to facilitate operations had been compensated; but