The Sun. — London, England, 1849-02-19 00:00:00

litrb Tibittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. EAST INDIAN RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The second annual general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern; Henry A. Aglionby,Esq., M.P., in the chair. The Cnexamart said, as he held the honourable and distinguished position of chairman to the board of directors, it devolved upon him to make a few preliminary observations with respect to the object of the meeting. Over and above the difficulty which attended addressing the proprietors of a great national undertaking like that the directors had to pursue, a course which was not alto gether agreeable, and which th ea gretted had been itn posed upon them by la w, a g number of partners in the undertaking bad declined, some from one motive, and some from another, to pay the call of 2/. per share, and as many of them were present to-day, it became the duty of the directors to consider how to act with respect to them, and the plan decided upon—which had re ceived the sanction of the Attorney-General—was to allow them to be present, but not to take any part in the proceedings. At the conclusion of the general tusiness they intended to adjourn the meeting ; after which the directors wculd be happy to bOar any suggestions, and to give any in formation or explanation to any proprietor, whether be bad paid up his call or not. Ile begged to say, that the negotiations with the East India Company were not at an end, and he ventured to hope that they would be con cluded in a very satisfactory way, and would meet with the sanction and approbation of nine-tenths of the share holders.—(Hear, hear.) The report was then read. After detailing at great length the proceeding. of the directors since the lest meeting, it stated that the board, in reply to a letter from the East India Company, had made a proposition which, while it secures the principle of immunity from loss, and a return of 5 per cent. interest on the capital paid up, they trust will meet the views of the court of directors. The board feel that it would be improper and premature to make public the precise terms of the proposals to effect this object ; a senti ment in which they were sure that the proprietary would concur. But so soon as the negotiations were brought to. a conclusion, which would probably be within the period ;of a fortnight, they would lay the result before a meeting specially . convened for the purpose. They had effected compromises with five of the engineers for the sum of - 4,839/. 7s. 6d. ; and the committee in India had also concluded one, the particulars of which were not yet fully before the board. The annual expense of this de partment was now reduced from 9,4201. to 1,2961. The salary of Mr. Beeston cansed on the 4th of the present month. The agreements with Messrs. Adams and Daniel would cease on the 7th of March next, and, of Mr. Theobald on the 3let of May next. The salaries ,of these officers amoanted to 3,700/. per annum. Tfie directors had proposed to Messrs. Adams and Daniel to continue acting on behalf of the company in India, until the company's affairs were finally settled, under a temporary arrangement. The salary of the tmanaging director, while in India, was 36,000 rupees per annum. This, on his return to England, was reduced to 1,5001. per annum; and the expense of the home establishment, at the suggestion of the officers, from 1,3901. to 9701., including rent. The following gentlemen had retired from the direction during the past year, namely, Messrs. R. H, Kennedy, J. D. Magens, Sir J. N. R. Campbell, General Macleod, W. P. Andrew, and T. C. Robertson ; aid the direc tors bad to report the lamented death of their late respected colleague, Mr. Carleton. The following gentlemen retired in rotation, namely, Messrs. J. Cattley, R. W. Crawford, J. Baxendale, A. Nairne, and J. De Vitro; and - were elig ible for re-election. One of the auditors, the Baron de Goldsmid, retired by rotation; and, being re-eligible, offered himself accordingly. One of the auditorships having become vacant by A. L. Gower, Eq., having disqualified, George Gray Barton, Esq., merchant, had given due notice of his intention to offer himself for re-election. After all payments, and making allo . wances on aliberal scale for all liabilities up to thh present time, the company bad in hand a considerable balance, irrespective of the amounts paid up on account of the 21. calls, and in anticipation of calls; the funds arising from the last-named sources are to be returned intact, in the event of no contract being made with the East India Company. The total amount of receipts for the year was 102,0001. 2s. sd. ; the expenditure, 28,3531. 17s. 4d.; leaving a balance of 73,6471. ss. ld . 'A resolution was then agreed to adopting the report, and adjourning the meeting for a month, in order to enable the directors to complete the pending negotiations with the East India Company. The CHAIRMAN gave a pledge on the part of the directors that they would do everything in their power to bring about a satisfactory arrangement with the East India Company, and that they would finally conclude nothing without the sanction and approbation of the shareholders. The retiring directors were then re-elected, and Baron de Goldsmid and George Barton, Esq., were appointed auditors. . The meeting then adjourned. A discussion then took place on the part of the share holders who had not paid up their calls, at the conchs• Bice of which the company separated. , ROYSTON AND HITCHIN RAIL WAY COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly general meeting of the above company was held this afternoon at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Mr. W. Wilshere in the chair. The report stated that the works on the Great Nor thern Railway between London and Hitchin had so far advanced as to justify the immediate outlay necessary for the purchases of land and the construction of the works. Directions had accordingly been given for carrying those objects into effect without delay. The agreements, which woald be laid before the special meeting of proprietors, carried out the provisions of the existing arrangement with the Great Northern Compay. The agreement relating to the original line provided that on the 16th of July, 1849, a conveyance should be executed to the Great Northern Company,at an annual rent equal to 61. per cent. per annum on the amount paid up by the 'Royston and Hitchin shareholders (such amount not to exceed 200,0001.. or 61. 55. per share); the rent to commence from the day of the date of the conveyance—to be payable half-yearly. That, if at the date of the conveyance the whole 61. ss. per share should not have been called up, the Royston and Hitchin shareholders should be at liberty to pay up, within two months of the date thereof, the balance then remaining payable from them respectively; upon which sum they were to receive 61. per cent. That from such of the proprietors as should not elect to pay up in advance, under the last mentioned provision, the calls in respect of the balance between the money actually paid up by them and the 6L ss. per share should be made. The agreement respecting the 6hepreth Extension provided for a similar conveyance to the Great Northern Company at an annual rent, equal to 61. per cent. per annum on such sum as should be paid up for the purpose of executing the extension. The balance-sheet represented the receipts to amount to 67,479/. 55., and the expenditure to 49,4671. 17s. 7d., leaving a balance in hand of 18,0121. 7s. sd. 'Upon the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report and aecoants were adopted, after which Mr. Underwood, the retiring auditor, was re-elected. The shareholders them resolved themselves into a special meeting, and agreed to a resolution in accord ance with the recommendation contained in the report. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. POOR-LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS. DAY la.) A. general meeting oPoor)w Medical Officers was held this afternoon, at the Hanover-square Rooms, for the purpose of C l o u r'd parochial medical relief, the present mode of affording an e i with the view of adopting some steps for effecting mprovement in the existing sys tem, so far as the surgical m officers were concerned. Lord ASHLEY, MS; , the b usiness the chair on the occa sion, and, on introdae.ing occu pied Noble Lord remarked that thesecuraissoieueolsPoofort-lhaewdmTditchael atotfenthtieonmoostf one rous officers was worthy of the public. They had to discharge duties u and important character, and from the experience he a h a d gathered through being a member of Parliamen tary Committee whi ch had invest igated the subject of parochial relief, he was convinced that to enabl perform paro chal medical office rs faithfull y and efficiently to their duties, they must be alto g ether p laced beyond the caprice and control of boards of guardians, and beonly responsible to medical authority.—(Hear, hear.) Their Intentions, too, must be rendered permanent, while their salaries, which were so ridiculously low as to be at once an insult to the officer himself and the unfortunate suffering poor whom he attended, must be rendered more adequate to t he services he rendered to the cause of suffering humanity.—(hear,, hear.) The most difficult cages of surgery were always to be found . 1 . amongst the suffering poor; and when ho P". 11 mg . • ._ . 11 considered that the highest order of profes sional ski was required to grapple with these cases, while, in additi on to h i s services, the paroc hi a l surgeon had to provide medicines out humanity, his pitiable remunera lion, he felt that the cause of as well as the re quirements of society demanded that an immediate change should be made in the i existing system of poor-law medical Ile was,relief.—(llear.) therefore, glad that the medi cal body itself had set about I for enforcing some improvement.have his best assistance and support, but his heads were so full of other business of a pressing nature that h e could not promise to introduce any legislative measure on the subject.— (Hear, hear.) Ile would, however, do all he could to aid the inedical officers in the accomplishment of their laudable and humane object; and without de.. taieiug them longer,_ h he would request the Secreta r y t o readsum i t s h s e ie 7 to ort t , hi which hie " -- the committee had prepared f or meeting.—(Cheers.) The report, an ably'n written decument, painted in glowing and touching termsi‘nieed on th e si c k poor. the evils of t h e p resent sys temt anti the misery it Depu tations had waited on Sir George Grey and t h e C o l leges secure u their influen ce i n o f Physicians and Surgt oils to ure place i etter footing, co-operation the adminis tratione f u rthering the efforts being made of poor - law medical a r s e s li o e r fo n u e p s a and the most encoura g in g an had been recei ved. The union medi cal officers amounting , ips.t.,. , i.,_ to 3,000 in number, belonging . to a professional body b isn e u d me y o o of f 'or th n. ..e.me ...1-g.in England and \Vales, were u uls , the present system. The enormous raised f / /..: e ~,,- Twarly eight millions sterling was annually ii i — i ta , :,'" nominal relief of those to whom the medical man minis! '.' lei* , ' t_f . red in siekness and poverty; but of the same sum •Y•P i ga ~' illo- -. _ \ divitled among. the 3,000 medical officers, the highest ' c o e .... : amount that. had been paid in one year was ,175,0001, ‘ \ ......e 47 .'1:7,'y:./ -7,',;111. return, for journeys in the country, medicine, pro . fessional skill, and appliances, which had been conferred on three millions of sick poor.—(Hear.) The cost of drugs or medicine required for each case of illness attended in hospitals was 4s. 2d., in dispensaries, 2s. 5d.; but the average allowance made by unions to the medical officer was only ls. 64d. for urban, and 2s. 2 1 1 ,A. for rural districts ; but it was hoped by the increased exertions of the committee, and by collecting statistics on their case, the public would now be convinced that a change ought at once to be made in the present system. The balance-sheet of the committee stated the receipts to be 1951. 14s. 100., while the expenditure had amounted to 2181. The report having been adopted, a series of resolu tions in furtherance of the objects of the committee, were agreed to, after which thanks were voted to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting, which was very nu• raerously attended, separated. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) LANGLEY V. ELLIS. This action wr7 . brought to recover the sum of 771. 12s. Bd. for work and labour done by the plaintiff as attorney and solicitor. Mr. Crowder appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. Charles Langley, carried en business at Chudleigh, in Devonshire, and that the defendant, Mr. Samuel Burton Ellis, was :a lieute nant -colonel in the Marines, and one of the directors of a scheme called the Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway, which was commenced in 1845, and, like many others which originated in that year, was ultimately unsuccesful. In under takings of that kind it was necessary to appoint local agents on different parts of the line for the purpose of taking the reference and attending to other matters in connexion with it, and the plaintiff was ex clusively employed in that capacity at Chudleigh. The main question in the case was with reference to the lia bility of the defendant. It appeared that the company w as projected in Sept., 1845, and about the latter end of tl tat month a number of appointments were made of offi et ms and agents to carry out the undertaking, and amongst tl tern was that of the plaintiff. The defendant did not become a member of the company until the 4th of October, when by his consent and approbation his -name was inserted in the prospectus as a provisional committeeman, and on the.7th he was present at a meet ing at which he was appointed one of the managing committee. From that period he continued to attend lie meetings from time to time, and took an active ,part in tke proceedings, and it was presumed could not but be cognisant of the plaintiff's employment by the com pany. Upon those grounds it was sought to fix the liability of the defendant fur the amount of the plaintiff's claim. Mr. MARTIN, for .the defence, said that this wits another instance of a number of attorneys putting their leads together for the purpose of getting up a railway scheme, and inserting great profits into their pockets, and then, when the scheme proved unsuccessful, of com ing against an unfortunate director, who at their request had become connected with it, for the amount of their exorbitant claims. He did not deny that Mr. Langley had done the work, but he contended that he never had any expectation of being paid by the defendant or any individual director, and that he only looked for payment out of' the funds of the company. Besides, the defendant did not become a director until some time after the plaintiff received his ap pointment as local agent at Chudleigh. The fair and legitimate inference to be drawn when an attorney got up a scheme of this kind, and asked gentlemen to give tl►eir services as committeemen, was that they depended upon the deposits for payment, and not to the directors. Ii the scheme succeeded, he knew that he would be will ingly paid enormous profits, and, therefore, he got it up as men did other commercial speculations, upon the principle " heads I win, tails I lose." The real question vf as whether the defendant, either expressly or im- Pliedly agreed to pay the plaintiff's bill as any of the jury would engage to pay an attorney whom they had employed in their business. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff of 761. 19s. 4d. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1849. On the motion of Mr. REYNOLDS returns were ordered from the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, in Ireland, of the number of ejectmeats brought in hose courts respectively, for the last three years, beginning with Hilary Term, 1846, and ending with Hilary Term, 1849, both included; specifying the number in each term and year, and the counties in which they have been brought, and the number of persons served in each ejectment, according to the affidavits of ser vice, distinguishing the number brought for non-payment of rent, and the number brought for overholding. And, from the Assistant Barrister's Court of each ccunty in Ireland, of the number of civil bill ejectreents entered in each of such courts fot• a similar period, together with the number of the defendants in each civil bill ejectment, and distinguishing the number sued for non-payment of rent, and the number for overholding, and the number for desertion. On the motion of Sir JOHN YOUNG, copies were ordered of letter from the vice-guardians of the Cavan Union to the Poor-law Commissioners, relative to their travelling expenses in February and May, 1848; and answers. Of sealed orders from the Poor-law Commis sioners, dated the Bth day of June, 1848, authorising them to charge 21. 10s. weekly for travelling expenses to each of the unions of Cava❑ and Cootehill. Of memo rial of the ratepayers of .the Rilnaleck electoral division, addressed to the Poor-law Commissioners in August, 1848. Of Captain Hotham's Report to the Poor-law Commis sioners of an investigation held by him on the 2d day of October, 1848, and following days. Of Letter from the Poor-law Commissioners to William Smith, Drumkeel, dated the sth day of Dec., 1848. Of Mr. Charles Shar man Crawford's Report to the Poor-law Commissioners of an inquiry held by him at the Cavan workhouse, on the 15th and 16th day of December, 1848, and letter to Mr. Smith thereon ; of letter from Poor-law Commissioners to Lord Farnham, dated the 20th day 'of January, 1849; and, weekly, return of the number of paupers in the Cavan workhouse, and.on the lists of out-door relief in the Cavan union, from the Ist day of December, 1847, till the Ist day of December, 1848. FRAN CE. The Journal le People contains the following paragraph :—" Is it true that for the last three weeks there are held in the Rue it egard, No. 18, councils presided over by priests, who are agents of the Legiti mist party ? Is it true that more than 500 artizans are present every night at these meetings, and receive money from this reactionary committee ? We all know for what purpose. Is it true that the speeches pronounced by the disciples of Loyola all tend to the restoration ,of the Catholic Apostolic and Roman Church, and particularly to that of the elder branch, in the person of the miraculous child ? Is it, ir, fine, true that arm& and ammunition, in large quantities, are deposited at the seat of this Jesuitico Reactionary Society ? 'We await the answer of M. Faucher, be fore entering into more ample details." PRUSSIA. The official notice, calling on the Deputies of both Chambers to assemble on the 26th inst., at 11 in the forenoon, in the White-hall of the Palace, had ap peared that evening, putting an end to the doubts which had for some days prevailed as to whether the day of meeting would not be adjourned. It was believed the King would open the session in person. The pending reorganization of the Civic Guard was beginning to excite considerable anxiety. The King of Prussia was suffering from indisposi tion, and the Court was about to return from Chariot tenberg to Potsdam. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING, Six O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 8 to 1 agst Prince George 9 to 1 agst The Curate 10 to 1 agst Napoleon 10 to 1 agst Proceed NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Loup-garou 15 to 1 agst Halo 15 to 1 agst Footstool METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 13 to 2 agst Lugar 11 to 1 agst Canezon 16 to 1 agst Loup-garou 16 to 1 agst Clarissa 18 to 1 agst Executor TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 2 on the field 5 to 1 agst Nunnykirk CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot—taken 20 to 1 agst The Tartar 33 to 1 agst Blucher 35 to 1 agst Halo 40 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy 50 to 1 agst Ballinafad 50 to 1 agst Lugar 66 to 1 agst Swallow DERBY. 4 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman—taken 7 to 1 agst Tadmor 18 to 1 agst Honeycomb 20:to 1 agst Uriel 25 to 1 agst Nunnykirk 50 to 1 agst Indus IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANcELLon took his seat on the Wool. sack at Five o'clock. CASE OF SMITH O'BRIEN.-WRIT OF ERROR. The Clerk of the Crown handed in a writ of error from the Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland, in the case of W. Smith O'Brien and others. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented petitions against the Marriages (Scotland) Bill, and against any change in the navigation-laws. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. This Bill had last year been intro duced into the other House, and was founded on the report of a Select Committee which bad taken evidence on the subject, and which evidence was in pos session of their Lordships. The Noble and Learned Lord then proceeded to detail the history of the various laws which had at different times been enacted for the purpose of putting i e e x t p r o l a d i e n : e d d the into amendmentsth e exis a tn g s t op to corrupt practices at elections o f M embers to serve in Parliament, and law proposed and b th y e th e i e s e l e 3 s i sty forliltobe those amendments. Lord DENMAN thought the Bill of last year was open to great objections. He thought that the Commissioner was armed ;with powers which no officer ought to possess. He thought that Parliament possessed already all the powes with which it was proposed to invest this Commie sioner, and he proposed that the Bill should be referred to a Select Committee. Lord BROUGHAM felt that the objections of his Noble and Learned Friend were very grave. lie thought the proper remedy to raise a better feeling on wtohueldpabrte of to those e av w o h ur o he tho a u d g op h t t e t a a t b o ov p e et al a l were candidates at things that some at. measure cleeti should s stop to the present system of corruption and perjury. Lord DENMAN explained. Lord STANLEY thought this was a measure not to be lightly dealt with, a nd although he would not oppose thought that the the second readi ng of the Bill, he House should not legislate without further in quiry. During the course of the last cession various accusations had been brought against Members of the other House, some of whom were connected with Government, of corrupt practices. Several private Members introduced measures for the purpose of investi gating those charges. Those measures were dropped, and the Government undertook to introduce a measure on the sulject. The measure was introduced in July ; it was brought up to the House of Lords in August, and Par liament was prorogued before theßill was passed,and now they proposed to introduce a new measure to prevent corruption for the future, which forced the Committee appointed to try an election petition to praceed at once to the investigation of any possible charge of corruption, which either by the evidence of a witness, or the speech of a counsel, might be brought before them ; and the Com mittee might, if it chose,recommend that the case shouldbe , referred to a commission to be sent down to the place where the corruption was alleged to have taken place on a fishing inquiry, and when he shall have made his re port to the House of Commons, may adopt such steps as to them may seem proper—a course of proceedings which they may adopt at the present moment. He objectee to the inquisitorial powers proposed to be given to the com missioners He would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, but he thought it ought to be referred to a Select Committee, and he was of opinion that if their Lordships consented to the second reading, it should not be understood that they were therefore, to be precluded from throwing it out on the third reading if the evidence to be taken be , fore the Seloct Committee should fail to show the neces sity for the measure. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied; and The Bill was read a second time. MARRIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL rose to move the second reading of the Marriages (Scotland) Bill, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir RALPH LOPBS took the oaths and his seat for Devonshire, in the room of Lord Courtenay; as also did Mr. FRANCIS BARING, for Thetford. SECOND READINGS. The following Railway B.lls were read a second time: Cockermouth and Workington (Branch to Bridgefoot, Amendment of Act, and Power to lease to Whitehaven Junction Railway Company). East Indian Railway Company (for making one or more Railways in the East Indies) Incorporation. East Lothian Central (Abandonment of the Railway and Dissolution of the Company). Edinburgh and Northern (Formation of Slip Quay and other Works at Grantor ' • Extension of Station at Edin burgh, Regulation of Perth Station, and Amendment of Acts). Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Consolidation and Amendment of Acts). Shrewsbury and Birmingham Acts Amendment, Branches, and Deviations. _ _ _ Shrewsbury and Chester (for Branches to the river Dee; Agreement for Joint Station at Shrewsbury; Power to sub scribe towards the Shrewsbury and Hereford). Stockton and Darlington (Alteration of Line in Eggles cliffe and Stockton-on-Tees). Stockton and Darlington (Lease of Line to the York, New castle, and Berwick Railway Company, and Amalgamation of the two Undertakings). Stockton and Darlington (Consolidation of Acts, Increase of Capital, and purchase of the Middlesborough Dock). York and North Midland (Deviation and Abandonment of Part of the authorised Lines of Railway between Market Weighton and Beverley, and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster). The following Bills were also read a second time : Argyll Canal (Abandonment of Undertaking, &c.) Ashton-under-Lyne Police, Markets, Improvement Acts Extension and Amendment, and Transference of Gas and Waterworks and other Property to the Corporatian. Birmingham Borough (Exemption from County Rates). Darlington Gas and Water Company. Holme Reservoirs (Increase of Rates and Amendment of Act). Kidderminster Union Small Tenements Rating. Lincolnshire South Holland Drainage Improvement. Macclesfield Borough Waterworks, Markets, &c. Marshland, Smeeth, and Fen (Equalization of Drainage Rates and Repair of Roads). North Shields Quays and Improvements. Ransonmoor or Doddington Fifth District Drainage A ct Amendment (to amend and extend the Powers, to annex other Lands, to borrow Money, and to levy Rates or Taxes). Renfrewshire Justice of Peace Courts. St. Alban's Rates. Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks (Extension and Amendment of Act). SOUTHAMPTON SMALL TENEMENTS RATING BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Mr. COCKBURN proposed that it be read a second time this day six months, on the ground that if the Bill were passed the tenements to which it referred would be rated to the landlords instead of the tenants, who would thereby be disfranchised.—(Hear.) It would lead to the application of a new principle to a local community to the exclusion of others ; it sought to introduce a new mode of oppressive class legislation, which was repugnant to the inhabitants of Southampton, who had, in common council assembled, voted by a large ma jority that it would prove most inimical. He, therefore, felt it his duty to offer the Bill all the opposition in his power. _ _ The amendment having been seconded, Mr. MACKINNON defended the Bill. Out of 6,000 persons rated in Southampton, no rates could be obtained from 1,800 persons.—(Hear.) The rates were exceed ingly heavy, and it was deemed advisable to make the landlords of those houses which were generally let to poor Irishmen and others liable for the rates. He would, therefore, only have to charge the tenant the amount of his rate in the rent. The vestries of the five parishes of Southampton had approved of the Bill by large majorities. A similar Bill had been successfully in operation for some time at Kidderminster and other places. The Bill was unobjectionable in principle, and was merely required for the collection of the rates, and had nothing whatever to do with the franchise. Mr. COMPTON supported the Bill. Mr. P. SCROPE suggested that this, and other Bills, would be suspended for further consideration. He hoped a local measure of this kind would be post poned until the House came to a decisien on the general principle. There were hundreds of thousands of poor people in this country excused from paying rates in consequence of their poverty, under the ti9th Geo. 111. Mr. HUME agreed with what had fallen from his Honourable Friend (Mr. P. Scrope). There was no doubt that the poor-rates fell heavy upon small proprietors ; but ought the House not, by every means in its power, to induce the poorer classes to pay the rates if they could, and ought the House not to hold out the right of voting, both municipally and for Members of Parliament, to induco them to use every effort in their power to pay the rate? This was not a time to limit the franchise.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") When the House interfered with the franchise, it ought to be with the view rather to ex tend than to limit it. The principal point was this, not to take away from the poor man the inducement to pay his rates which he has in being a voter both at munici pal elections and for Members of Parliament. Mr. GODSON thought the argument used by the Hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. P. Scrope) ought to have prevailed in 1841, when it was used as it now is; and certainly the Government did not seem any more dis posed now to bring in a general measure than they were at that time. The Hon. Member gave some particulars of the beneficial way in which a kindred measure worked which was now in operation in the borough which he represented (Kidderminster). Mr. HENLEY thought this was one of a series of steps, by which the Legislature sought to deprive the poor man of that main provision which our law has made for him, that if he is a poor man he shall be excused from paying poor-rates. That was the existing state of the law. At present the law of England was that the rate was collected from the occupier. This was an attempt to shift it on the proprietor, which was a total and entire change of the law, and against the con sent of the people in the town for which it is proposed. How it would work with reference to the franchise he did not know, nor did he care; but the objection he had always taken to similar Bills was they deprived the poor man of the advantage which the law gave him. For these. resons, if the eecond reading of the Bill was pressed he should vote against it, believing it was detrimental to the poor man. Mr. R. SPOONER supported the second reading of the Bill, as other Bills in other localities had worked well. Mr. MUNTZ thought that the principal objection to the Bill was the extent to which it was carried, and the great disfranchisement it would create. Strangers were then ordeied to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion ... 64 Against it ... .. 106 Majority against the second reading —42 BISHQPSWEARMOUTH RECTORY. _ . Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that on Wednesday he should bring forward the petition he had presented rela tive to this rectory under the consideration of the Howie. DIPLOMATIC PENSIONERS. Mr. M. MILNES gave notice of his intention to ask leave to introduce a Bill to enable persons in the receipt of diplomatic pensions to hold seats in the House. JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Mr. M. MILNES also gave notice that to-morrow he should ask some member of the Government what mea sures had been taken since last session for the preserva tion of public records. Also whether it was the inten tion of Government to proposo any measure with re spect to the treatment of juvenile offenders. COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. Mr. HUME gave notice that on an early day he should move a resolution to the effect that the excessive loss of life through the frequent colliery explosions from fire-damp rendered it the imperative duty of the Legis lature immediately to adopt means, now that they had them at their command, to prevent a recurrence of such calamities. STATE OF IRELAND. Mr. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that on the ques tion for going into Committee of Supply for the purpose of voting the Navy Estimates, he should move a Committee of the whole House to consider the present alarming state of Ireland with the view of adopting measures for appropriating the church property to the support of the poor, and in order to render these resources immediatelylapplicsble to that purpose, to empower the poor-law commissioners to borrow money upon the security of such property for es tablishing an absentee-tax on the property of all persons above the value of 1501., who did not reside in Ireland, and for legalising an efficient system of tenant-right. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that, on the ques tion that the Bill for preventing bribery and corruption at elections, introduced by the Hon. Member for Droit witch, should be read a second time, he should move that it be read a second time that day six months. REGIUM DONUM. Mr. LUSHINGTON gave notice that in the event of the miscellaneous estimates, containing a grant for the Regum Donum, he should move that such grant be dis continued. RETURNS. On the motion of the O'GORMAN MAHON, co pi es of any reports made to the Commissioners of the bo ar d of works in Ireland, on the practicability of renderi ng the town of Ennis, in the county of Clare, a sea-port ; together with an estimate of the cost of works for such purpose, and the probable amount of time requisite for their completion, were ordered to be laid before the House. On the motion of Mr. J. O'CONNELL a return of all notices served upon relieving officers of poor-law dis tricts in Ireland, by landlords and others under the Act of last session, 11 and 12 Vic. c. 47, intituled, an Act for the Protection and Relief of the Destitute Poor Evicted from their Dwellings, were ordered, BARBADOES. Viscount DRUMLANRIG moved for returns of the strength, in rank and file, of the service companies of the 66th Regiment when they arrived at Barbadoes; of the names of all officers who accompanied the service companies to Barbadoes, their period of service in the army, at this date. And of the number of rank and file, together with number of officers attacked by illness since their arrival, and number of deaths and recoveries; specifying the name of the officers, up to this date. — Agreed to. POOR-RATES. Sir HENRY WILLOUGHBY asked the Chief Com missioner for the administration of the poor-laws, if auy information has been received that poor-rates have been expended in aid of wages, under the head of insufficient earnings, in some parts of Lancashire, especially at Ashton-under-Lyne, during the last twelve mouths, and whether any order has been issued on that subject by the commission. Mr. BAINES replied that no information to that effect had been received by the poor-law board, nor had they is,ued any order to such a proceeding. EXPULSION OF ENGLISH FROM FRANCE. Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE said he wished to put a question to thr Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment, which was of great importance to some of the poorer classes in this country. It was to know whether the workmen who were driven out of Paris at the period of the revolution this time last year had ever been paid the money which they had deposited in the French savings'-banks? Lord J. RUSSELL said at the period referred to by the Honourable Member communications had passed between this and the French Government on the sub ject of those deposits. No notice, however, having been given of the question, ho was not now prepared to an swer it. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY wished to know whether it was from the failure of the separate system or from any other cause that prisoners were not now confined in separate cells in the Pentonville prison, and whether the Government were prepared to recommenp to the ma gistracy of the country ono uniform system of prison discipline ? Sir G. GREY was understood to reply, that although several prisoners had been removed from separate cells, the general system adopted in the prison was to con fine them separately. With regard to the other ques tion, it was not the intention of the Government to en force ;any general system in the gaols throughout the country. TURNPIKES. Mr. HENLEY wished to know whether any returns would be laid on the table of the House, with reference to turnpike trusts and highways. Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS said that all returns on the subject were laid on the table of the House last session. EXEAIPTION OF BOROUGHS FROM COUNTY RATES. Mr. MUNTZ wished to know whether it was the in tention of the Government this session to bring in a Bill to exempt borough corporations which had their own goals from the county rates? Sir GEORGE GREY said the corporation of Birmingham had applied to be exempted from the county-rate, but no representation had been re ceived from any other borough, although there were several which were similarly circumstanced. He understood that the question as to the liability of corporations had been before the Queen's Bench, and that the Judges had decided that they were liable. The matter had, however, been carried to a higher court — the Exchequer Chamber—and if that Court con firmed the decision of the Queen's Bench, he thought that some general Act ought to be introduced in order to alter the law with respect to the liability of boroughs so situated to the county rate. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. Mr. SCOTT wished - to ask the following questions of the Hou. Gentleman the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department .—l. How many free passages to the Australian colonies it is the present intention of the Colonial-office to give to Dorset and Wilts? 2. Whether it is intended to do the same in other and what counties? 3. How much these free passages will (at the average cost per head of each statute adult) cost the colony to which they go? 4. How many more emi grants might have gone if the grant had been made to assisted insted instead of free passengers? 5. Whether it is intended that they should have the preference over previous applicants for assisted passages, and sail shortly while these latter are detained? 6. The amount of co lonial funds at present available for emigration? Mr. HAWES, who was very indistinctly heard in the gallery, was understood to reply that it was not the in tention of the Colonial-office to apportion the number of emigrants to be sent from Wilts and Dorset. The boon of the Government would extend in common to all the countries, and not to one or two in particular. Ships had been recently fitted out for emigrants at Ply mouth, but it happened that there were very few applicants. The cost of the conveyance of each emigrant was 141. 4s. per head. No preference would be given by the colonial office to any parties. The funds in hand amounted to 50,000/. Mr. SCOTT inquired if there would be any objec tion to lay on the table the correspondence that had taken place with respect to emigration from Wiltshire and Dorsetshire. It would be well, he thought, to have it distinctly known whether or not, the public money had bean applied to clearing the estates of particular parties. Mr. HUME would make inquiry if there was any correspondence. He wished, however, to assure the Honourable Member that no favour had been shown to any particular parties. THE ANNUITY TAX (SCOTLAND). Mr. HUME referred to the Commission appointed last year to inquire into the operation of this tax, and inquired if any report had been presented, and, if so, whether it would be laid on the table of the House; and further whether any measure on the subject was intended to be introduced by the Government during the present session ? Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the report was in the course of preparation, and that it would be laid on the table. THE FISHEnIES OF SCOTLAND. Mr. HUME inquired whether the Commissioner ap pointed last session to inquire into the necessity of con tinuing the Fisheries Board of Scotland, and generally into the fisheries of that country, had concluded his re port, and, if so, when it would he presented to the House? Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that Mr. John Lefevre had been appointed to discharge that task, and that he had prepared a report, which would be laid on the table of the House. The report in effect recommended that the Board should be continued, and pointed out how its expenses might be curtailed. The Government intended to carry out his recommendatio ns. =THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. GREENE corrected an error into which to the on of the he had fallen, in reply Honourable Member for Middlesexquestion of the he had fallen, in reply Honourable Member for Middlesex respecting the new Houses of Parliament. He had stated that some additional expenses had been incurred at the instance of the Woods and Forests, ,and that he had ' seen a return prepared by Mr. Barry at the request of the Commissioners for Building the New Houses of mPar liament, in order that they m ight be inserted in it. H e had since been informed by the Noble Earl the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, that no such ad ditional expense had bcen contracted or paid by that department. Mr. SCOTT moved for the following returns :—Re turn of the expenses at each of the depots or other establishments for the reception of emigrants during the years 1847 and 1848 respectively; distinguishing in each case whether the payments are made from Imperial or Co lonial Funds, and defining:-1. The amount paid for rent of depot and the name of the owner. 2. Cost per head of each emigrant for d e pot expenses, specifying the ch arge for lodging and rations. 3. Cost of bedding and utensils for each emigrant, by whom supplied, and whether by public or private contract. 4. Expense of establish. ments of naval agents at London and Plym ou th respectively, with the number of clerks and the amount paid to each; also any additional sums paid for other and what superintendence at the aforesaid depots. 5. The amount paid to each selecting agent in Great Bri tain and Ireland, and at what per centage. 6. The amount per head for the conveyance of emigrants to the depots at London or Plymouth ; and the commission paid to agents for shipping emigrants at the outports of Great Britain or Ireland on their way to the said depOts. 7. Average amount paid as per con tract for the conveyance of emigrants to each of the Australian colonies, per statute adult. 8. Charge, if any, stating the several items and the amount borne by each of the Australian colonies for the maintecance of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners De partment. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) BILL.• On the order of the day being read for the third read ing of this Bill, Mr. OSBORNE rose to present a petition from inha• bilants in the parish of St. Pancras, calling on the House not to' pass the Bill, and to cease to administer the affairs of Ireland altogether, and to allow the people of that country to administer the government themselves.— (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR then rose to address the House, but the noise consequent upon a groat number of the Members simultaneously leaving the House was so great that for some moments the Hon. Member was wholly inaudible in the gallery. He was understood to say that he was very much surprised to find, after the statement of the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Home Department, that no English Gentleman in the House had thought it his duty iu the House to do more than give a passive acquiescence to thispElill. There was a time when this Bill would not have been allowed to pass, without some mare urgent reasons having been assigned for its necessity than had been assigned by the Hon. Baro net the Secretary for the Home Department. Notwith , standing many gentlemen that had attempted to express the views on this Bill, there was not one from first to last who had touched it. The Honourable Member for Bandon assigned as a reason for supporting the Bill that he was foreman of a grand jnry in Ireland. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tam worth, in accordance with his usual maxim, said he would return good for evil. The Government bad op posed the Right Hon. Baronet on the appropriation clause, and he retorted by supporting the present measure. The Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire entered into a dissertation on free trade, and the Honourable Gen tleman said he was not only prepared to give his assent to the stopping of agitation for the re peal of the union, but to put down all agitation. But now it seemed quite unnecessary to make out any reason for the passing such a measure as this. Such used not to be the case formerly ; and oh, for the days of Fox, Pitt, Romilly, and all their noble compeers. But their days were passed, and an epoch seemed to have arrived when private in terests were in the eyes of Members of Parliament i p n a r r o a a m d o s u u n p t o n t o t h the o n c s o t i n t s t e t e o r n a , t a i n o w o h f e h a e affecting the interests of Irelaud was to be introduced m m at o te st r v s i e ta ri a o lly s to their notice, scarcely a House could be formed, yet a private Bill was to occupy their attention upwards of 170 members were ready to tender their votes. Such was the feeling, or rather the comparative feeling with which great national grievances in Ire land and petty advantages in England were viewed. So much for the sympathy of England for Ireland. Lord Clarendon says that the object of this Bill is to put a stop to the agitation which, for thirty years, has distracted Ireland. The Right Honourable the Secre tary of • Ireland says that this Bill is simply to reoal capital to the country. The Noble Lord at the head of the Government says that it has no thing whatever to do with the agitation for re peal, but simply to enforce the views of the Lord- Lieutenant. To which of those authorities was he to refer. In none could he place any reliance, for when Lord Stanley, then a Member of that House, had expressed his opinion that a very sufficient reason ought to be assigned before any sus p ens i on o f th e liberties of the country took place.—(Hear, hear ) The Whigs had ever made Ireland their battle field, the late Mr. C. Buller had warned them of the adop tion of this course ; he had said as long as Mr. O'Connell lived, Ireland would be in an inci pient rebellion, but when he was gone it would become an open one.—(hear) If such a measure as this was proposed at the outbreak of the French re volution in February last, it might have been tolerable, but at the present moment it ras uncalled for. It was to the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Tamworth that the people of Ireland looked for the redress of their grievances, and not to the Noble Lord at the head of the present Government.—(Hear, bear.) Government could not receive the allegiance of the people of Ireland until they pur . sued a more liberal prin ciple towards them. The proceedings of the Government proved this. They have had five sessions of Oyer and Terminer in Dublin, and yet there still remained five pri soners to be disposed of, so bungling and clumsy bad been the course of the law officer. But-it was said this Bill was to be followed by remedial measures. What were they ? He had a right to an answer to hat question for this Bill would not put a stop to the agitation fur the repeal of the union— (Hear)—but it would prevent every man in Ireland, no matter whether he was loyal or not, making a single struggle in defence of his rights. Why what a farce this mode of legislation was. It was urged that the measure was proposed to receive the protection of the loyal and well-disposed in Ire land! What nonsense! Instead of its affording any such protection it would make the loyal discontented, and unless some measures for removing the social evils of Ireland, and extending the sufferages of her people were shortly preposed, Government would yet have great difficulty in preserving the tranquillity. He knew that this question was tiresome to Members who had already formed their opinions upon it; but the Bill aimed a blow at the constitution of the country in crippling the rights of the people, and be the consequence what they might, he would still persist in opposing it in every stage. But sooner or later the cause of the Irish people would triumph. True they were now much opposed ; but what great cause had suc ceeded without opposition? Look at the Established Church and the Christian religion. Were they funded without oppressn. No, but their dependencies had to put up with the severest persecution before they succeeded, and so it must ever bd, so it had been with the people of Ireland, but succeed they would and must eventually. But what rendered this BID the more disgusting was, that it came from a Minister who was the descendant of the great Russell, who perished on the scaffold in defence of the rights of the people; and the Noble Lord might depend upon it that the time was fast coming when the contempt of the people of England for measures of this nature and sympathy for the sufferings of the Irish people would hurl him from the power he had so long strug gled for, and so much abused. He would ask English men if they would tolerate such a violation of the Con stitution when universal tranquillity prevailed throughout the country ? He referred to the case of several men who had been arrested under the powers granted to the Lord-Lieutenant, and were taken to Belfaet where they were kept eight weeks without seeing the open air, and were obliged to associate with thieves and pick pockets. They were removed to a prison in Dublin, where they were subjected to the most strict regulations being refused to see their friends and to write letters except with the permission of the authorities, and being compelled to fill the most menial offices. Ireland was not over-populated—the land could sustain its own people as well as the land of Belgium maintained its people. The old feudal system which they had not had the manliness to destroy, was the bane of that country, and until this system were abolished the corn-laws would be found utterly inoperative. It was true the Irish were hungry and weak, but the time might come when they would burst their bonds and take those rights which they now denied them. ( LEFT SPEAKING.) RAILWAY stiAE,E MAIMETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market for shares has been steady t•- day, and prices firm. A lair amount of business has been done. The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chester (late C. and B.), 271. 103 Shares, 6 per cent., 1849, 14 3 4 ex int.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Birmingham), 11 1 ,4—Ditto, Fifths, 38s. 9d. dis.—Ditto, 101. Preference, 6 per cent., 2 p.—Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), B; s ', c. dis.—London and North-Western, 142%—Ditto, New Quarters, 61. Ss, 9d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 41—Ditto, 101. Preference, 11% —Midland Stock, 92—Ditto, New Half Shares, 4% dis.—Midland (Birmingham and Derby), 64 c.—North Staffordshire, 2% die.—Slarewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, 314 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, 7% c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, 1% p. BIRMINGHAM, Fra. 17. STOCK Excnewox.—The business done in the stock Exchange to- day has been as follows :—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), i Is. 3d. dia.—Ditto (B), 2 1 7, dis.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis.—South Staffordshire, 58s. 9d. dis. YORK, FEE. 16. _ . STocK EXCHANGE.—The busineui transacted to-day was as fol lows:—Great Northern, 10—North British, Quarters, 3% —York, Newcastle, and Berwick No. 2 (late New, Berwicks), 21—Ditto (0, N. B. Purchase), 9%. GLASGOW, Fan. 16. _ &rocs Excastrox.—The following are to-day's transactions : Aberdeen, Preference, 535. 9d. —Caledonian, Preference, 111. 6e.— Edinburgh and Northern, 12—Ditto, Preference, 17—Glasgow, Kil• marnock, and Ayr, 54—Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 7—Great Northern, Halves, 4 per cent. (A), Al. 17s.—North British, Thirds, 953. — Scottish Central, 22—Wiieontown, Morningside, and Coltness, New 51% ex dir. THE WEATHEE.—We alluded in our paper of Monday to the extraordinary height of the barometer on the preceding day, when the mercury verged so closely on thirty-one inches that the registrar at the Exchange newsroom declared that he fully ex pected it to run above the scale. On Monday the mercury had slightly subsided, but still it con tinued at a point which would ordinarily be deemed high. Throughout the entire week it has marked an unusual degree of atmospheric pressure, the average, we sh ou ld think being fully 30i inches. On Monday the air was somewhat damp, but the succeeding days have been ex ceedingly fine and clear, with bracing airs from southwest to northwest. Yesterday a little rain fell, but the day was, on the whole, fine. The nights have been remarkably beautiful, and extremely favourable for astronomical ob servations. The splendid planets Venus and Jupiter have been seen in their fullest effulgence, and glimpses have been obtained of Mercury and Saturn. The constellation Orion, with his beautiful neighbour, Sirius, attending upon him like an orderly, the Pleiades, shining in a cluster like brilliant diamond points, and the long-drawn Ursa Major, slowly dragging up at the curve of his long tail the brightly- burning Arcturus, have presented a series of delightful objects amid the galaxy that have given double interest to star-gazing.—Liverpool Albion. DEATH OF THE Ray. Da. WA7..SH.-1)T. Walsh, Bishop of Cambysopolis, and Vicar Apostolic of the London district, expired yesterday evening at his resi dence, in Golden-square. A gentleman at Southampton was holding a parrot on his finger, and in its fright and eagerness to avoid falling to the ground, it caught hold of his finger with its beak and bit it violently. His hand and arm became inflamed and swelled dreadfully, and he has since been obliged to have his finger amputated. PUBLIC ROADS BILL.—The Bill to "consolidate and amend the laws relating to public roads in England and North Wales" consists of no less than 186 clauses. It is under the management, in the House of Commons, of Mr. G. Cornewall Lewis and Sir G. Grey, her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home De partment. It was ordered to be printed on the 13th inst., and now awaits a second reading. SHIPS' STORES.—The Customs authorities, having resumed the consideration of an order issued by them in October last, directing that onithe repacking of goods for shipment as stores, the parties should be required to re pack the whole contents of the original packages at one and the same time ; and, as it would appear, that this regulation, if carried strictly into effect, might operate in some respects, to the inconveniewe of trade, it has been resolved by them that the order referred to be re scinded. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 17. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice WILDE, and a Special Jury.) cox V. JAMES. In this case, which had not concluded when our report Left, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left it to the jury to say whether the language of the advertisement was false and intended to deceive, and whether the plaintiff had been thereby induced to pay his money, observing that it ap• peared to him the scheme was a perfectly Lona Me one, and one which at one time promised to be successful. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the de fendant. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancaster, Feb. 16. Mr. Baron ALDERSON concluded the criminal business last night by sitting till 11 o'clock; and this morning only one civil case remained to be tried before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, which was the case of YATES V. lIESKETH, BART., AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a butcher at Preston, against the defendants, as Sheriff of Lan caster, his officers, and one William Hardwick, for having improperly seized the plaintiff's goods. It ap peared that in 1848 the defendant Hardwick obtained a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, against Thomas Addison, a surveyor of Preston. The wife of Addison was a sister of the plaintiff Yates, and was separated from her husband, living with her brother, the plaintiff, and assisting him in carrying on his busi ness. Under the impression that the plaintiff and Ad dison were partners, a quantity of the plaintiff's property was seized, to redeem which the plaintiff had to pay the judgment debt of 1441., the defendant Hardwick returning him half of it, supposing him to be a partner with Ad dison. The action was brought to recover the sum of 741., the other half of the money so paid. The plead ings raised the issue of a partnership between the plain tiff and Addison. The evidence, however, gone into, dis proved this plea of the defendants, and the counsel for the defendants thereupon agreed to pay the 741. if the plaintiff would not demand any costs. This proposal was accepted, and terminated the case. • Mr. Atherton and Mr. Catterall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. .tegar and Mr. James for the de fendants. Tnis concluded the business of this assize. Appleby, Feb. 17. The commission was opened here last night. There was not a single cause to try, but the calendar of the prisoners exhibited twelve cases. Most of these were for larcenies of a minor description. Two were for night poaching, one for concealinent of birth, one for sheepstealing, and one for giving a false notice to the registrar of marriages at Kendal by a married man in order to get married. Most of the prisoners pleaded guilty. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Isabella harton, a young woman about 22 years of age, was indicted for having, on the 15th of August last, in the parish of St. Lawrence, Appleby, been delivered of a child, and with having then secretly buried the same with the intent to unlawfully conceal the birth. The prisoner pleaded Guilty. Mr. DIKEs, the Counsel for the prosecution, begged to state to his Lordship the circumstances under which the prisoner had been living. Her father was a cob bler, occupying a very small shop in the town of Ap pleby, and he had been twice married. By his first wife he had two sons, now twenty• four and twenty-five years or age; by his second marriage the prisoner and three younger children. There were only two rooms in his cottage, . no occupied by the man and his wife and his youngest ehild; in the other room were two beds, in one of which slept the two young men, and in the other the prisoner and the other two young children—altoge ther five young persons in one room. His LORDSUIP, after commenting on the deplorable position in which the prisoner bad placed herself, said, —The Counsel for the prosecution has stated certain circumstances which I deeply regret to hear of as ex isting in such a country as this ; and I speak of it the more, because I know that i n th e nort h o f Eng land the habit of suffering persons of different sexes to inhabit the same room prevails much more largely, and even with less excuse for it, than in the south of England. Where it does prevail, one Cannot but see that it gives opportunities and facilities for the indulgence of the natural passions of youth which must often lead to lamentable results, such as we now witness. His Lord ship having referred to the length of time during which the prisoner had been in custody, since August last, sentenced her to be imprisoned one month to hard labour. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) James 71ameets, aged 42, was indicted for an attempt feloniously and unlawfully to Marry Eleanor Bland, his former wife, Mary Benson. being then alive. The pri soner pleaded " Not guilty." Mr. Ramshay and Mr. Bell appeared for the prose cution. It appeared from the evidence that, on October 6, the prisoner went to the superintendent registrar's office at Kendal, and there gave notice of his intention to marry Eleanor Bland, representing himself as a bachelor. After the 21 days' notice required by law had expired, the prisoner and Eleanor Bland appeared at the regis trar's office for the purpose of being married. The su perintendent, however, having received some information that the prisoner was a married man, refused to marry them, and subseqaently ascertained that he had been married at Kendal in July, 1825, to Mary Benson, who was now alive. He was thereupon taken into custody. These facts having been proved, witnesses were called to prove the identity of the .prisoner with the James Thomas who was married in 1825. A witness named Ledbeater, who acted as bridegroom's-man on that occa sion, thought the prisoner the same man, but after an absence of 24 years would not swear to him positively. A witness named Starkie, who shortly after the pri soner's marriage had worked three months with him, was positive as to his indentity, and a policeman believed he was the same man. His _father-in-law, who is alive and well, was not called. The prisoner, in his defence, called Eleanor Bland her self, who said she was a spinster aged 45, and that she had known the James Thomas who was married in 1825 to Mary Benson, and kept company with him, and had a child by him, when the superior attractions of Mary Benson made him jilt her. The prisoner was not the same man, but another and a different James Thomas. Would not swear she had not said, " Well, if he was married in 1825 he was drunk at the time, and it was not a legal marriage." Mr. RisisnAr having replied, Ilia LORDSIIP summed up, and dwelt strongly on the difficulty of identifying a man after an absence of 24 years, and the slender testimony against the prisoner, when his father-in.law might have been brought to give evidence as to his identity if he were the real James Thomas. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, ana His LORDSHIP sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months, with bard 14hour. This case finished the assizes, which concluded at three o'clock. BANK OF FRAN CE. The following is a return of the bituation of the Bank of France up to Feb. 15:— ASSETS. Cash and ingots ... . . ... f. 161,012,675 73 Ditto in branch banks ... . . 127,050,955 00 Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 53,339 57 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,678,149 f. 29e. arc from the branch banks ... 55,284,272 95 Bills in the branch banks ... 94,498,070 21 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 19,269,026 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 31,491,720 35 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,551,338 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... ... 42,581,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,731 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 7,000,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks ... ..„ 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris •.. ... 9,133,697 13 Ditto at the branches ... ••• 4,736,669 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank 127,501 36 Ditto of the branches ... 136,557 00 Miscellaneous ... 536,966 32 Adiance to the department of the Seine 2,000,000 00 Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the City of Mar seilles ... ... ... ... .... 750,000 00 E 686,730,749 14 LIABILITIES. Capital ... . . f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ... ... 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 107,075,700 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 16,365,950 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 860,380 00 Account-current with Treasury creditor 30,620,667 08 Various accounts current 79,780,373 65 Ditto in branches ... 25,449,186 00 Bills payable at sight ... 5,105,300 00 Ditto at branches ... 814,942 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ••• ... 6,140,530 58 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,204,497 00 Dividends payable . . ... 461,561 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 236,074 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 799,398 69 Ditto branch banks ... 735,958 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85 Ditto in branch banks ... ... 460,661 00 Miscellaneous ... ... 121,710 00 f. 686,730,749 14 Since Monday 160 men have been employed upon the deck works at Birkenhead. This number, it is ex pected, will be increased to 500 or 600 withi❑ a few days. The impulse which such an even is calculated to give to business in the township is already felt.—Liver pool Albion. The North American mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Judkins, which would leave New York on the 7th and Halifax on the 10th instant, with the homeward m ails, Scc., may be hourly expected to arrive at this dort.—Liverpool Albion. EFFECT OF SECURING IRON WITH LEAD.—In the course of a paper by Mr. Highton, "On Improvements in Electric Telegraphs," read at the Society of Arts on the 7th instant, the writer alluded to the rapid oxidation of the iron railings in the squares of London, and showed, as noted by others also, that the effect was due to a galvanisation aris ing from the use of lead for connecting the iron with the stone walls.—The Builder. FROM UHE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. t the Court, Basinghall-street. T. Priestey, Bedford, grocer, March 15, at half-past eleven—J.King North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, coach builder, 1 larch 15, at twelve—E. Marshall and M. Grueby, Pc►ctse 3, Hampshire, woollen drapers, March 15, at eleven. _ _ In the Country. J. Morgan , sen., and J. Morgan, jun., Hereford, wool staple' s, Mai .ch .13, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham— F. kston, Warwickshire, coach founder, March 20, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—C. D. Matthews and J. Mat thew s, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, bankers, March 13, at I( .n, at the Court, Birmingham—E. Chris. tian, Liverpool, shipsinith, March 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpoo I—W. Blain, Liverpool, corn merchant, March 14, at el( .ven, at the Court Liverpool—J. Beckett, Liverpopl, iron monger, March 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpoc ,I—J. Sykes, Birstal, Yorkshire, corn miller, March 12 , at the Court, Leeds—T. Davis, Halifax, Yorkshire, corn mission agent, March 26, at twelve, at the Court, Lees 15—T. Ridehough and J. Ridehough, Halifax, Yorksb ire, worsted spinners and manufacturers, March 26, at, tw clue, at the Court. Leeds. PAY WENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. 11. D :'ner, Notingham, pawnbrcker, Is. 5d., on Saturday th 3 17th, or any subsequent alternate Satur day, between. the hours of eleven and one, at the office of :Mr. Bittlest( in, Nottingham. J. Lord, Crawshaw Booth, Lancashire, cotton manu facturer, 4s. hid., on any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven atd c ne, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. H. Marsla nd . Bosden, Cheshire, silk throwster, upon new proof's, on any Tuesday, between the hours d eleven and ome, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Maneheater E. S. Meyer and T. G. Brownsmith, Bedford-street„ Covent-garden, fringe•manutacturers, 3s Bd., upon new• proofs, on We dnesday, the 14th, and three following Wednesdays, between the hours of ten and two, at the office of Mr.. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-street. NOVICES OF CERTIFICATES. it the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Bruce, bany-street, Regent's Park, baker, March 16, at eleven—:Elizabeth Long, Norwich, brush maker, March 12, at half-past one—T. Mannington, Brighton, tobacconist, - ,Sle.rch 10, at eleven—C. Brackett, North street, Spitaltiel cis, fruit and fish salesman, March 15, at twelve—T. Jordan, St. Peter's -square, Hamersmith, brick maker, an d Jewry-street, Aldgate, machine maker, March 15, at two. In the Country. F. W. Luck, Cheltenham, tailor and draper, March 15, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Dredge, Bath„ brewer and comtractor for building bridges, March 9, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Pearson, Middleton, Yorkshire, miller, and corn dealer, March 19, at twelve, at the C Jun, Leeds—W. Linley, Conisbrough, York shire,scythe manufacturer, March 10, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Leeds—J. Johnston, St. Thomas the Apostle, DevoAshire, tea dealer, March 8, at one, at the Court, Exeter--W. Corns, jun., Wolverhampton, builder, March 10, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—S. Taylor, Poyntot, Cheshire, butcher, March 9, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. At the Court of Review, March 9. R. Hutton, Liverpool, painter—E. Taylor, Bristol, stock and ,sharebroker—J. Goodman, William street, Caledonian-road, Islington, and Collier-street, Penton ville, cattle-dealer and salesmen—J. C. Barr, Old Bailey, City, and Blackman-street, Southwark, hatter—J. Ridg way, Liverpool, merchant—T. Wright, Hanley, Staf fordshire, tailor and woollen-draper—H. M. Bowden, Lime-street, LE adenhall-street, merchant—J. Guest, Manchester, cotton-spinner and manufacturer—F. Bat. sano, Aston, Warwickshire, coach founder—J. B. Amey, Liverpool, shipbroker—W. Tiley, Reading, brewer—W. N. Last, Bury St. Edmund's, watchmaker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. E. Milner, T. Hadfield, J. Hobson, J. Fairclough, and E. Robinson, Warrington, corn millers—J. Davies and D. Gritliths, Liverpool, builders—lLWormald and J. Finlinson, Kirkgate, Leeds, tea dealers—D. Wills and. G. Welsh, Manchester, silk merchants—C. A. Brew and W. Pritchard, Pontrhydyrun, Mt:nmouthshire, surgeons —J. Howes, J. Roden, and J. Roden, jun., Stamford, dm pers—D. Cullington, jun., and G. White, Strand, attor neys (so far as regards the said G. White)—Thomas Morris, Peter George Heyworth, and Lawrence Hey worth, 'Liverpool, insurance brokers (so far as regards Lawrence Heyworth)—A. Davies and W. B. Sealey, Swindon, Wiltshire, surgeons—G. Herbert, J. Ratliff, and C. Ratliff, Coventry, silkmen—A. Bowring and J. P. Bowring, Fenchurch-street and Lombard-street, hosiers—J. Wootton and W. Flowers, Bath, coach builders—P. Crofton and W. Winslett, Drury-lane, car riers—J. Fox and J. Woodhams, Fox, Farnborough, Kent, brewers—H. Sephton and W. Barnes, Birming ham, glass manufacturers—J. Waite and W. Waite, Harrogate, Yorkshire, druggists—J. Parkes and S. F. Nicklin, Birmingham, umbrella furniture makers—E. Whitby, E. Whitby, jun., and James Hooper Whitby, Yeovil, Somersetshire, glove manufacturers—S. M. Peto, Great George-street, Westminster, and W. Eastted, Warwick, railway, contractors—T. Isaac and T. Web ster, Bristol, excavators and contractors. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Lewis, Rhiwgoch, Cardiganshire, student of divinity. Dennis Potter, Birdwood, Gloucestershire, schoolmaster. John Madelin. sen., Gloucester, coal-merchant. Jonas Hoyle , Kirkburton, Yorkshire, clothier. Henry Darnley, Aspatria, Cumberland, collier. Samuel Rayner, Stamford, Lincolnshire, publican. William Emerson , Lincoln, butcher. Masta Josceliu Cooke, Stockton-on-Tees, chemist. Richard Floyd, Truro, eating-house-keeper. John Laverack Tisseinan, Scarborough, Yorkshire. tailor. Samuel Pawley, Torr, Devonshire, tailor. William John Robinson, Sutton-upon-Trent, Notting hamshire, plumber. Thomas Brown, Gloucester, coal agent. Thomas Dawson, Goulceby, Lincolnshire ' wheelwright. William Breward, Alla Wood, Staffordshire, farmer. William Johnson and Frederick Gurnell, Horneastle, Lincolnshire, coachmakers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Mary Sinclair or Griffith and A. C. Griffith, umbrella and parasol manufacturers, to meet within Stevenson's Sale-rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 23 and March 16, at two. A. Thomson, Glasgow, spirit dealer, to meet within the Waverley Tavern, Glasgow, Feb. 22 and March 15, at two. W. Gibb, Galston, grocer and spirit dealer, to meet within the George Hotel, Kilmarnock, Feb. 23 a nd March 16, at twelve. J. Laidlaw, Kelso and Berwick-upon-Tweed, coach and railway truck builder, to meet within the Queen'' Head Inn, Kelso, Feb. 24 and-March 26, at one. T. M'Queen, Dornock, Dumfriesshire, salmon fisher , to meet within Dalrymple's Golden Ball Inn, Dumfries , Feb. 23 and March 23, at twelve. W. Mackersy, Edinburgh, writer to the signet, I °, meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinbur g h, F e b. 23 as'• March 23, at two. John Muir, Gartferry, Lanarkshire, lime contractor to meet within Comrie's Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 21 and March 14, at one. J. Williamson, Glasgow, grocer, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 22 and March 15, at one. [AbVERTISEMENT.]—A bad Leg of Several Years' standing, Cured by Ilolloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Tor pin Prowse ' of Richmond Cottage, Widcombe, Bath, has made a declaration to the following effect :—That he had been suffering for more than five years with an ulcerated leg, covered with fourteen wounds, and that he had been a patient at the United Hospital at Bath, for three or four years, and that he had also used the sulphur bath every other day for six months, and all to no purpose, but that he is now perfectly cured after every other means had failed, and by the use of Holloway's Ointment and. Pills. Mr. King, chemist, Bath, will vouch for the truth of this extraordinary case.—Sold by all Druggists. and at Professer Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. A MOST WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—A German zoologist, named Brandt, has published some microscopical observations upon the remains of the food found by him is the cavitides of the teeth of an antediluvian rhinoceros, of which the museum of St. Petersburgh possesses an entire cranium, covered with the skin. From these researches it would appear that these animals fed upon the leaves sad fruits of fir trees, and that they had never lived in a tropi cal climate. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The announce... ment of ilandel's sublime oratorio, Israel in Egypt, for performance at the next concert on Friday, the 23d inst., has excited considerable interest amongst the musical public, this being the first time Mr. Costa has directed the performance of that work. BIRTHS. On the 15th inst., at Wilderness-park, the Marchioness of Camden, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at Cumberland-street, the wife of Colonel G. P. Wymer, C. 8., of a son. On the 10th inst., at Sidmouth, the wife of G. Jemmett , Esq., of a son. On the 11th inst., at Formosa, Berks, the lady of J. G. Bergman, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., at Marlborough-terrace, Kensington, the wife of J. Bell, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Luton, Bedfordshire, Mrs. J. Wallet, jun., of a daughter. On the 14th inst., at Athlone, the lady of Captain Kelly 31st Regiment, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Harley-street, the wife of Charles Fontaine, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Dover, William L. Tudor, EMI Major 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment, to Anne, youngest daughter of the late J. Elliott, Esq., of Ryde, Isle of Wight' On the 15th inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Com mander Charles Codrington Forsyth, R.N., to Jane Faceft eldest daughter of J. Tillett, Esq., late of Liverpool. of On the 15th inst., at Tott en h am , Willi am Keen, E5(1.%., Godalming, to Isabella, y oungest d aug h ter of John 10 9 Esq., of Tottenham. MED. On Tuesday, the 13th inst., at the residence of her 011 Captain Howard Ormsby, No. 2, South Hays, Bath, Mary Teresa Ormsby, in the 78th year of her age, go''' deeply lamented. On the 13th inst., at Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-woo d ' Colonel George Edward Jones, late of the 57th Regiment. A On the 12th i nst . , age d 58 , Eli za b et h , re li ct o f J o h n For jun., Esq., of Ellell-hail, Lancashire. On the 13th inst., at Connaught-terrace, aged 34, 11116 the wife of W. Lonergan, Esq. On the 13th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley, of St. George place, Camberwell, aged 73. On the 14th inst., Edmund Francis, fourth son of Sew gui Hendriks, of Shepherd's-bush, aged 16. At Dover, on the 14th inst., Emma Laura, the youngest daughter of F. Skurray, Esq., of Brighton. On the 15th inst., Mary Ann, wife of Mr. W. Pickering' 177, Piccadilly, aged 53. On the 16th inst., at Gower-street, W. Gwinnell, Esq.' for, merly of Doctors'-commons, aged 82. - - London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOTING* of 4, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N o -,.. 15 0 ( Strand, in the Precinct o f th e S avo y, in the couliv Middlesex, Monday, February 19, 18491