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18141, hear.) All this may be inevitable and highly 1 e 4l atitution a l ; but all this time the population of Upper I, lll ada is in creas ing in a ratio far beyond that of the p : e r province and all this time the feeling of yen - Once created' by the conviction that they have been treated by the Sovereign to whom they were faithful and the country which they have served toe will be acting upon those men.—(Hear, hear.) e„Y° ll , then, what will be the situation of Lower a",, a ua when the wheel turns round, and when Upp er 4 - ' 41 4 will have that pre-eminence which you c annot ~ell e v , ait them from obtaining.—obtaining.—(Bear.) It is all very st a b coming fozward and saying that the question at Th e is the question of responsib le g overnment i t tf e se are empty phrases for debuting clubs an L b ui boys, but they are not the language to be used t i; Practical men—men who - are acquainted with fo rt h details of public affairs; and are responsible the policy- which they recommend—(Hear, hear)— e," s „y, that the situation of the two provinces according ti t 'ue system now in operation, will lead not only to ~z i4t er feelings and violent opposition, but to bloodshed 0 danger far more terrible than any which has yet icarree. Have you no remedy, however, for this? t, e8 ,,; I maintain you have, and that remedy is given you 11 ,1 ' 4O Constitution. That remedy consists in a just, k s°, and politic exercise of that power which you pos- Is over two parties so circumstanced, and by such ex- Nise You might ensure the prosperity of thht country, 44 ( 1 th vp„ e greatness and prosperity of sour own, and pee s those evils which you tell us this constitutio nal e-ella e is projected to avert. Your course is impol itic, pjeC k it "' according to your own parallel cases. I take the a nee of Ireland, as introduced into this debate by the fi ght Memb e r for Sheffield. I have contemplated what 4be th e conse quences of the repeal of the Legisla ! between the two countries. No one can doubt that the vast numerical majority, and with an extended of ._ c hise, what would be the immediate effect in Ireland :ech a sc h em e. With an absolute internal inde yni,teeee, there would be a party there who would ,to external independence also. You would re p e ir nt all the high places the members o f the re 16' Party, You would have a system of legislation C r e which would not favour or discourage emigre rlo that would not disturb the balance in the sister 1: 0 4 / a „,1. No doubt the means used might be factious, but be highly constitutional—(Hear) —and I have no it would be impossible for us to interfere, much as t:„'"ght sympathise with them. But suppose the repeal t s , - :,,began to believe that it had been oppressed—sup fol.,' "ley said there are cases of men who have suffered s tt ll '' .- -there have been our followers for whose descend kids we must do something—we must impose a rate in , r 1 for instance , on Ulster, to compensate successors of h, E ,"'lnot or a Meagher.—(Hear, hear.) Now, from ie n " ) " WO have seen of another rate in aid, I can hardly , eQ`'' 3 "e that a proposition of this kind would be very ac- Da - Ptabla__( Hear, hear.) But suppose the dominant a rt). Were to call upon them to pour their troops into bViistriet for the purpose of enforcing such. You I , i eflt tell us, on constitutional maxims, that the opi -44;)f the majority was consulted. The Hon. Mein % '( e Northampton (Mr. V. Smith) might make an a u c l ° ,_tnt speech on the subject, and tell you that that I a ' si t ,x.' o system of responsible government —(Hear)—but, p er Sou, would you not be destroying the empire, and tie„_"'lng the kingdom? --( Hear.) I could go into the case of e e r,,,Yer Canada, as another precedent; but it is too late to enter into those details.—(No, no.) Well, I shall %qr.., into them very shortly.—(Cheers.) I am told b y 'ight lion. Baronet the Member for Tamwort h . Ns ° bee just addressed the House, that the word e loyal" not inserted in the Bill relating to the case of lAre: Canada. Now, what was the maim of that? t ee Y ' a very simple one, that there were no rebels in l oyal Canada.—(Hear.) The inhabitants there were all .tod of the four or five cases which occurred there, Sin' alt resolved themselves into commissariat returns. d is ea this discussion commenced I have been shown a tt Pa t l " 3 h from Sir J. Colborne, in which he lays it down all l ' the persons who supplied the troops with stores a l3 ti la o ld .be compensated without reference to any . partici-- ce re n the rebellion. And out of the five Lases oe 41' 0 1114 in the upper province, four resolved themselves ti / :,,a.see of commissiariat supplies. There was that dis a -4 '; therefore, between the provinces. In fact, there er e di st , 110 rebels in Upper Canada; and in the Go v e rnor's p re v 4 teh retpecting the military force necessa r y to re pro s the disturbance, it appeared that the American te e „P"' there were the only parties to be put down , a nd 11 10 ` ° Were no indigenous rebels. We have been to ld in Pii tu e - ° ' ll. se of this discussion—in fact, considerable ern toe 3 18 has been laid en the assertion—that public opin -14,41 Canada has been demonstrated in favour of the p re stere in a most remarkable manner by the addresses th sated to the Governor-General. Now, in my view te nd ° ease we have nothing to do with this; but the tve do who insist most upon this are those who say, the, not want to have party politics introduced into tete debate. Now, no sooner do they say this, than they te id t to the addresses presented to the Governor-General lo es Which her Majesty's Ministers have with such sedu / w ee re placed upon the table of your House. No w, Sir, th e ' e l:‘ these are points which have nothing to do with to n . c luestion before us—(Hear, hear) — we ha ve no ri g ht toe into the details of those addresses, which those Te e ll thiPs and localities have sent the Governor-General. j est question we have to consider is, whether her Ma fo44,:shoulci be advised to exercise her constitutional th e - minns on account of extraordinary circumstances, ro es? bei ng , in our opinion, the reward of men who have %pled against the Government?—(Hear, hear.) You ttLis a local question—we call it an Imperial ques vs, ea t i n {Rear, hear)—but it is more than either—it is a 16 Aal one.—(Hear, hear.) I intended to have placed v detEtestion before the House; and if I have refe'rred to lea 11 - 3 , it is because you have done so for the purpose of W ee tle neing public opinion. Now, if you thought there it it the elements of such an influence in those details— (ti4 toy duty to show that they are utterly worthless. — Or, hear.) Now, what is the answer which Lord toga has given to one of these addresses from the Vic ki." district, which has been already referred to? Lord Kitt observed that it was his firm belief that they did lo t • 2 ~..11tend to countenance rebellion, or to compensate the e , 's of those who had been guilty of the heinous crime '" d g h treason, but only to make provision for the losses 4 et ose who had sustained a wanton and unnecessary tamtion of property. Now, if that is Lord Elgin's that is precisely what my Right Honourable a l :, t 'd wants the House to sanction and support. We the ; the House to affirm the principle which has been th e .° enunciated.—(Hear .) But I will show you how ,Z! addresses have been procured and produced. Now, ri ,:itttk the right of petitioning is not only of inesti poTt) value in this country, but that it is extremely im ei„l,llknt that it should be publicly known that such a thEito,t exercises a strong influence upon Parliament, and h e s ' 'Petitions are productive of no other result than to th er \lered to lie on the table of that House—are thrown th, t v. , and are thought of no more. lam of opinion pr....l3eublic opinion, to be fairly and constitutionally ex ra47. cl) ought to be expressed at public meetings— lieciltngs constitutionally and fairly held. Now, how bee t , u ese meetings in favour of the Governor of Canada key g ot nP? I have before me a letter, dated Montrea l, Ve 01 , 3 , from a celebrated and notorious character — Dr. th e ':ell Nelson, in which that individual, after detailing lir rk v . ite nmstances which occurred in Montreal — the Go,,, ei g of the P a rliament-house and the insults to the ge e r n°r—calls upon his fellow-citizens to petition the Opi n V l not to r eca l Lord Elgin, and to express their eep,, ve that the resp o n s ible Government ought to be filte( l . In consequence of this secret invitation s t i fte r: Nelson, a variety of petitions were sent to the were t art of the Governor. No public meetings Wei: held a t w hich the subject of these petitions p eta l. discussed. —(Hear, hear.) Among them was a ANit :/n i from Coburg, which was entirely devoted to the be °I the Governor-General, and it was stated to pf tte "t t ablen signed by 663 persons. Now, Sir, I have had 15 my hand to-night a letter, dated Coburg, May h. e addressed to Sir Allan 11‘1•Tab, whose acquaintance I 4 t. v ... not the 'honour of possessing, but I have the highest (til eal f or his distinguished bravery and talents.— 4tp l Or. hear.) I n thi s l e tt er it i s men ti o n e d, that as a uVe meeting was stated to have been held at Coburg, efr. ivhich a congratulatory address to the Governor was 1 4`_el el to and signed by 663 persons the writer begs to 1 4 1 1 in Sir Alan that the whole male population of the 1 ," bitants of Coburg only amounts to 653, and that the mgt ion in question was signed by only 210 persons.— VI a-, hear.) These, Sir, aro very important facts.— h t these surreptitious documents are printed in the .° )'t 1 G a zette, and are then in their official forms trans „..ea to Secretaries of State, and when they call for Pe4aen admonitions from the President of the Board of na r e the effect of them may be most important.— ate ar.) Petitions and addresses in favour of the Go ieritor may be all very well , bu t considerin g the manner 4 'it hich those documents have been got up, and the ',,,pous way in which they have been introduced to kr notice they may, I think, be fairly described as ea,et:t rubbish as was ever introduced into this House. a s -(4 _ ea.r, hear.) Let me say a word before I sit down I I .0 the course taken upon this occasion by my Right oz. Friend the Member for Stamford. No one has ventured to say that it was either an informal, hear)senatitutional, or an irregular proceeding.—(Hear , o?r, ° , n ne has stated .that he saw the whole p rogramme a so - e - r s ,,‘ night's proceedings on his breakfast table in the f but that I am very much i nclined to doubt—so ar, at least, as my Right Hon. Friend's motion is con tha:etied• It is quite a - new thing in this Ho use to assert fo r no motion should ever be made without giving a_ Sa notice of it. It often happens.—(Hear, hear.) I that' 81 r) that due and formal notice having been given_ on e eh is of the most eminent and important .Members. of . th _ owe intended to bring under the consideration of mister douse the state of affairs in Canada, and the Prime discussion having fixed a day at a long interval for the p e 4 tl "len of the question—l say, Sir, after all this, it is bri eetly idle to preter.d that you were taken by sur prise by my Right Hon. Friend's motion.—(Cheers.) If say that you were taken by surprise you can only prove it by asserting that we are the most incapable of all men and the le as t interested in public busi ness , an d that _ we were coming down here at this great coloni a l crisis—in this great Imperial and local emergency —that _w,e were coming down to this House to hear an exposi tion of your mal-administration, and what was intended to be a satisfactory refutation of the charges brought against you from the first Minister of the Crown, and then, forsooth, go to dinner, and do nothing else.— (Cheers and laughter.) I doubt not that my friends will persist in the course they have taken, and unanimously support my Right Hon. Friend.—(Cheers.) You may, if you like, give up your colonial empire, and destroy, if you will, the surest source of your wealth, and certain source of your political power.—(Cheers) Do it. Sa crifice, if you will—l do not want to enter into that question now—the wealth of your nation, and the power of your Government to the economic phantasies of the hour; but if you do this—if the empire of England is to fall, and fall by our votes, do not sacrifice the national honour or the royal word .—(Loud cheers.) Mr. S. HERBERT thought the House were justified in not allowing the division to take place last night. The debate of to night had shown how necessary it was that they should not come precipitately to a division, or Proceed without notice or in the absence of Honourable THE SUN LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, Gentlemen who were qualified to assist the House in 1 is not to be allowed to coma into operation , you t hen sa y coming to a proper decision on this i m p ortant question, I there is to be no compensation to sufferers in Lower but who were absent from the House last night. It ap- 1 Canada for rebellion losses.—(Hear, hear.) And what peered even now, although the debate was exhausted, is the amount of tha'? Why, as one Gentleman said, it that the House had come to the consideration of this is net that you would fear there being compensation for subject without the grounds for an accurate considera- rebels, but that there would be compensation for French tion of it.—(" Divide.") The Noble Lord (Lord J. Canadians.—(Hear, hear.) And I ask you, what will Russell) told the House that it was not intended under be the feeling among all the French Canadians if they this Act to compensate rebels, and Lord Elgin (upon are to be told there ma y be com p ensation to sufferers in whose talents and character the 'Hon. Member proceeded Upper Canada, because they are of English descent, but to pass a warm eulogium) declared that in his opinion there shall be no compensation to sufferers in Lower Ca the measure was not intended to compensate rebels. If nada because they are of French descent?—(llear, hear, these opinions were conclusive as to the intention of the and No, no.) I must ask this House whether that will Act, and how it would ultimately work, then he would not be the interpretation that will be put upon it in the agree with those who said this was not an imperial, but province?—(Hear.) Let me again urge upon this House, a local question. But if it were true, as the Attorney- that we are not now considering, as some gentlemen General had told the House, that it .was impossible that seem to think, with respect to a Bill in Committee in this instructions issued to Commissioners should narrow the House, with regard to which we can deal as we please, scope and intent of .an Act of Parliament, what became You may find some definition which satisfies your own of the assurance of the Noble Lord that, by the instruc- minds, by which rebels may be excluded, and none but Lions that would be given, he would rectify any doubts loyal men would have compensation; but, however loge. that might be entertained on this subject?—(Hear.) nious you may think that definition, however just you It was most important that they should have the as- may think it, you cannot force it up3n the Assembly in surance of the Government that no precipitate consent Canada—(Hear, hear)—you cannot persuade them that should be given to the Act—(Hear)—and, believing that it is a just definition, that it is a definition upon which a case had been made out for delay, although he did not you can act.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentle think the amendment of the Right Hon. Gentleman man alio spoke last said he had the highest respect for (Mr. Herries) well drawn up or well worded fbr its the unsullied honour of Lord Elgin, and should be sorry purpose, yet, considering that it did not pledge the Go- to do anything that implied a doubt of it. Lord Elgin vernment to disallow the Act—(Hear)—and, further, says plainly and publicly that it is not the intention of that a vote against it would be regarded as an imMedi- this Act to compensate rebels, and that if it had been, he, ate decision on the part of the Government in favour of as the head of the Government, never would have con the Bill, he had made up his mind, although not with- sented to it. I think that if thin amendment were carried out some difficulty and reluctance, to support the it would be an avowal that you did not believe that de amendment.—(Loud cheers.) claration of Lord Elgin—(Bear)—that you put no faith Lord J. RUSSELL—As I have not addressed the in those words of the Noble Lord ; that you believed it was a falsehood that he pronounced—(Hear, hear)—and House since the amendment was moved, and as I only that li? had no intention of acting upon that declaration. answered a question last night with respect to the ad- —(Cries of " Hear, hear," and "No, no !") At all events, journment, I must ask the House to permit me, not to for my part, believing in the unsullied honour of the enter upon any lengthened argument of this question, Earl of Elgin,—believing that the Legislative Assembly w hich has been already sufficiently examined, but to call and Council of Canada, together with the Earl of Elgin, attention to two or three points which ought to be borne form a sufficient Legislature for Canada, and that, in the in mind by the House on going to a division. But before present instance, they have considered the interests of I state anything with respect to the main question I Canada in such a manner as not to trench upon or impair think it right to take some notice of allegations which the honour of the Crown of this country—l think the have been made chiefly by the Hon. Member for Brid - best way in which I can support the character of the port (Mr. Cochrane), but also by others, affecting the Earl of Elgin—in which I can support responsible go character of persons holding office in Canada. Ido not vernment—in which I can su pp ort the due le g islative independence of the Assembly in Canada, is to give my think it is right that assertions should be made affecting the character of persons filling those situations , without vote against the amendment of the Right Hon. Gentle proof and without any ground for those allegations.— man—(Hear, hear)—as one that would seriously im p H air the connexion between this country and that noble (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Bridport stated that Mr. Lafontaine and Mr. Baldwin were persons who province —(ear, hear)—as one that would seriously en were notoriously guilty of treason, and that they danger our future relations with every colony in which were avowed and confessed rebels. Now, with respect to representative institutions are established.—(Cheers.) Mr. Lafontaine, at the time of the insurrection at Canada The House then divided, when there appeared— For. Mr. Herries' resolution .... .... 150 he was in this country. It is true that a warrant was Against it .. - 291 issued against him, but it is also true that he r etu rned to Canada, and that no proof was ever given of hi s par ticipation in the insurrection and rising.—(Hear.) With to. The report of the Committee of Supply was then respect to Mr. Baldwin, I have never heard of any charge agreed whatever made against him. The second reading of the Railways Abandonment Mr. B. COCHRANE.—Was not a reward of 500/ Bill was, after some conversation, postponed till Monday, The Assaults (Ireland) Bill, and the Ecclesiastical offered for Mr. Lafontaine ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—No; I never heard of it. Jurisdiction Bill, went through Committee. Let me observe, further, that the Hon. Gentleman stated andT he report on the Loan Societies Bill was considered to the House, or wished ' to convey the impression, that The consideration to. Reliefe consideration of the amendments to the Clergy lately, for the first time, Mr. Lafontaine and Mr. Bald win war© honoured by the confidence of the Queen's m ßill was postponed till Monday. HINDLEY . moved the second reading of the Sun- Representative in Canada, and that they now hold office day Trading for the first time. Now, in November, 1842, it appears, 'ir vsnia(A.Myetropolis) Bill. Bill, from St. Leen p a r r e d s , en s t h e e d re p d e i t t i e t h io , n a s n i d n s f t. av A o l u m r , of L i m th e e . by . the London Gazette, that Mr. Lafontaine was ap pointed Attorney-General, and that Mr. Baldwin was B. WALL objected to the Bill being proceeded appointed Solicitor General at the same time. At that with house. xf r a. t that late hour (a quarter past 1). He believed time Lord Stanley was Secretary of State for the Colo tuheann. but for the circumstance that the name of the nits.—(Cheers.) Whatever, then, may have been the for Salford (Mr. Brotherton), who ought imputations which the Honourable Gentleman has to have Memberbeen in bed long ago— (Laughter)—was on the thought it necessary to produce for the purposes of back of the Bill, that Hon. Gentleman would not have the present debate, Lord Stanley must no doubt allowed it to be pressed at such a period of the evetain. have been satisfied of the incorrectness and falsehood of those imputations, and must have been per suaded that those men whom he recommended to r. BROTHERTON could not conceive what right hold the highest offices in Canada were loyal men, to thewithHon. Member had to throw any reflection upon him whom those offices could safely be entrusted.—(Cheers.) thathereference to this Bill.—(A. laugh.) The fact was And now with regard to the main question upon which to . had advised his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hindle not the House has to decide, and upon which I really think and n pe i r f stst in moving the second reading at that late hour, the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last has not suffi- dhe had had an opportunity he would have objected ciently reflected—that question—and I wish to state it to h the Bill being now proceeded with. He (Mr. Bro perfectly fairly—is this: there having been passed Bills t erton) would not allow Members to think they could bully him.—(Latinh ter.) and Acts for the indemnity of persons who had suffered rebellion losses in Upper Canada, there has now been Mr. HINDLEY said, he was afraid he must consent to be bullied, and, under the circumstances, he would passed an Act for the indemnity of persons in Lower postpone the second reeling. Canada, and the question is, whether the representative The second reading was accordingly postponed to of the Crown, having consented to those former Acts, Monday. and the Ministers of the Crown never having advised the Mr. BAINES obtained leave to bring in a Bill "to disallowance of those Acts—there is such a difference continuo for a limited period, the Act of last session for between those Acts and the present Act as to make it charging the maintenance of certain poor persons in right—and not only right but neces sar y , on the p art of unions in England and Wales upon the common fund, and the advisers of the Crown, to stop the present Act by a disallowance. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) to make certain amendments in the laws for the relief of r P re E eean C de ll iindg E e.r L i n L gHte h h o et p hp e o d ruegv hat provisions e p tnh l s e e 0 fp t time would -law Bill hlßdeofaebrr Board appeared to me to found his argument on the fact that the a t h ff e o afforded Captainn for o d ' between the former Acts and the present Act there was not any essential difference, except that there were more restrictions in the present Act than in those former Acts. I listened with attention to the Hon. Member for Buck- were now pursuing the same course their p re d ecessors inghamshire (Mr. Disraeli) to discover in what manner had taken, and he felt bound to express his disapproba tion of their conduct. he would answer that argument, and how he would show that the Act now under consideration differed from the The Bill was afterwards brought in and was read a first time. former Acts, and that the honour of the Crown was in volved in its disallowance. But upon :that point the On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER (in the absence of Lord J. Russell) the Hon. Gentleman made no argument whatever. He following Members were appointed the Select Commit gave the House, as an illustration of the evils that Leo on the Exclusion of Strangers :—Sir James Graham, might result from it, an hereditary history of certain Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Goulburn, Sir George Grey, Mr. persons who had been guilty of high treason—as if the purpose of this Act was to confer upon persons who Henley, Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Hume, Mr. John O'Connell, and Mr. Bernal, had been guilty of rebellion in Canada an indemnity for such rebellion. It may be possible that persons who had Mr. ROEBUCK moved for a Select Committee to in been guilty of rebellion may receive compensation under quire into and ascertain the amount of Debts due from this Act, and so far that may be deemed an argument Foreign Governments and States to the Government and individuals of this country.—Agreed to. against the measure; that, however; is the utmost which can be made of it. But to say that this is ,ein Act pro- The Transportation (Ireland) Bill (which had been brought down from the House of Lords) was read a posed expressly for the benefit of those who have been first time, and was ordered to be read a second time on guilty of rebellion is to confound two things which are Monde totally and essentially opposed to each other.—(Cheers.) M r . REYNOLDS said, if he had been aware before I readily admit that it might be possible for an Act to the question was put that it was for the first reading of be passed in Canada which it would be necessary for the this Bill he would have opposed the motion. advisers of the Crown to refuse to sanction and to dis- Sir G. GREY observed, that it was usual to read all allow. If this had been an Act of compensation to those Bills brought d , own from the other House a first time persons who were sent to Bermuda, for the losses which without discussion, in order that they might be p rinted they had sustained in consequence of their having been The Houk adjourned at Twenty Minutes to Two. so sent to that island, that would have been an Act to which the Crown could not have given its assent. Ido not push the responsibility of the Government to the ex treme of saying that every Act passed by the Canadian Legislature ought to be assented to by the Imperial. G overnment. But when no positive allegation is made that these individuals were rebels, I do not feel that I should be justified in giving advice to the Crown to disallow this Act, that advice being founded solely upon vague suspicion of which no proof can be given.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman who began this debate to night (Dr. Nicholl) endeavoured to show that certain persons who had been guilty of rebellion had received compensation under the former Act. I believe it is quite certain that two or three persons at least, who had been outlawed and afterwards pardoned, did receive com pensation under that Act. It may be said that it was given upon some other grounds than that of a loss of goods; it may be alleged to have been for furnishing necessaries to, and succouring her Majesty's troops ; but I think it would have been an evasion of the spirit of the Act if compensation had been given on such grounds. Well, then, if those who have taken these grounds have utterly failed to show that there is any real difference between this Act and the former Act, except that this Act is more restrictive than the other, inasmuch as no compensation can be given under this Act, except for losses which were inflicted unjustly, unnecessarily, and wantonly—if the destruction of the buildings of the rebels who were firing on the Queen's troops would not entitle the parties to compensation under this Act—if, finally, the House has no good reason to suppose that rebels would receive compensation under the Act, I ask what it is that it is now proposed to do ?—(hear, hear.) Is it that which the Right Honourable Gentleman who spoke last has suggested, namely, that you should wait ? Nothing of the kind. What is proposed to you is, that the Royal assent should not be given to this Act of the Canadian Legislature—which,:indeed, is not the phrase applicable to the purpose, but which I have no doubt means that this Act ought not to go into operation, and there. fore should be disallowed by the Crown. Because, be it remarked, that such is the constitution of Canada —and I mention this as showing what the intention of the framers of that constitution was—that if no step whatever should be taken by the advisers of the Crown, and if this Act should not be disallowed by the Crown within two years—then the Act would be in full operation, and be as valid as if it had received the assent of the Crown. That, I repeat, shows that the intention of the Legislature in framing that consti tutionefrxoimst e e a n t l ofunlessA otActs. h.e Ns Crownoo m e what shouldh i s notth e extraordinary ha em we amendment reason tdh mheenl dt thesewtha was colonial asths which has been proposed by w, Right a It is , that the Canadian the Hon. Gentleman? Act should be altered in such way as my Right HMemberNorth ampton Hon. Friend th e for a has truly alleged—that o f making it g with the Act as framed by the Canadian Legislature, not ature but as it would have been framed if th e minority had prevailed.—(Hear, hear.) Now, I ask the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, and who is going to vote for this amendment, how does he imagine that intention is to be carried into effect? You say, you, the majority of the House of Commons, differ from the majority of the Legislative Assembly in Canada, and agree with the mi nority, and that you will give such advice to the Crown that the Crown shall be obliged to disallow the present Act, and any Act which does not conform with the inten tions of the minority of the Legislative Assembly in Ca nada. Why, does any one suppose that the Canadian Go vernment, that Lord Elgin or any of his present advisers, could bring a Bill into the Canadian Assembly to carry out those purposes of the minority?—(Hear, hear.) Would they not consider, that with such flimsy reasons as have been given, to reverse the decision to which they have come, to say that the 44 who voted against the amendment shall t.ave their opinion overturned, and the 28 their opinion carried—would they not consider that with such reasons as have been given in this House it would be an utter subversion of their legislative power? —(Hear, hear.) Why, then, what do you say? You are goin g to propose, in effect, that there havin g been compensation and indemnity voted by the Legislature of Canada for the sufferers in Upper Canadl, there shall bo no compensati on an d i ndemn i ty f or the sufferers in Lower Canada?—(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " No.") That •is the question.—(Hear, ear h. ) You say that you would agree t o i t on l y upon suc h con di t i o ns. I suppose you are not going to introduce a Bill into this House to smake the people of Canada pay money upon your own conditions—(Hea r , hear)—the only of carrying such a measur e would be by proposing it in the Canadian Assembly ; a n d I t hi n k I have shown conceive you that there is no chance of s uc h a measure being proposed there.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot man of the slightest spirit or honour who belongs to that majority introducing such a measure—e ar) and if there is to be no Bill of that kind, and this Bill THE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON.--n 0 Commissioners of Brighton yesterday held a special meeting to receive the report of the committee appointed in consequence of the projected sale of the Pavilion, &c. A statement was made by the clerk of the commissioners relative to a copy of the Bill for the sale of the Pavilion about to be laid before Parliament, which bad been received from Mr. Milne, of the Woods and Forests; and after some discussion resolutions were passed to the effect that it would be highly injurious to the town of Brighton to suffer the lawn and pleasure-grounds of the Pavilion to be built over. A resolution was also passed directing the report and statement of facts connected with the Pavilion to be printed, and the plans lithographed, to be circulated amongst the inhabitants previously to calling a town meeting on the subject. THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—The 19th inst. is the day fixed for mooring the first of the stupendous tubes which will form the Britannia-bridge to the piers proposed for their reception. The work of mooring these enormous iron structures will be much more arduous than was that of placing the Conway tubes, as they are much larger, and the difficulties to be overcome are considerably greater. The Carnarvon Herald, in a notice of the forthcoming event, says, " The tubes are eight in number, four of which , smaller than the rest, are to be seeen in course of construc tion, on scaffolding of great strength, occupying the spaces between the land towers and the inland abutments, which are 230 feet apart, at either extremity of the bridge ; two tubes being placed parallel to each other forming the road way to and fro. The four larger ones are placed together on stages reaching into the river, and covering a long distance along the Carnarvonshire shore, each mea suring 472 feet in length, and weighing 1,800 tons. Three piers of masonry of stupendous dimensions, the highest of which rises on the Britannia Rock in the middle of the straits some 230 feet, being about seventy feet higher than the arch hollowed out for the reception of the tubes, stand towering over the foaming waters. The traveller is also attracted by the collossal sculpture of four monster lions, which dis tinguish the entrance to the tubes, two at each end, couched on the summit of lofty pedestals. They con tain about 8,000 cubic feet of limestone. Near to the stage on which the tubes are erected are eight pontoons, two of iron and the others of wood, ready for floating the first tube to its resting place between the pillars. This has just been completed. The piles on which it was built have been removed, and it now rests on two walls of masonry, erected at either end, affording suffi cient room for placing the immense pontoons beneath. Its strength has been tested with satisfactory results. Coils of rope cable, which will be used to guide the tube when afloat, by means of strong capstans fixed on the shore, have been brought to the spot, and experiments are being daily made by the parties on whom the responsibitity of removal rests to insure success. The ponderous hydraulic machinery for raising the tube to its proper elevation is being placed in the archway of the towers, and the prepare tians in every department are carried on with great earnestness. The length of the bridge, when completed, will exceed a quarter of a mile." EXTRAORDINARY FREAK.—Last evening two sol diers landed at BlAckfriars Pier from a Woolwich steamer, but endeavoured to evade payment. A di s p u t e arising between them and the pierman, one of the sol• Biers struck the piermen very stoutly with a stick, for which assault he was given into the custody of a police man, On their way to the station-house, however, be made his escape, pursued by the policeman. The sol dier, named Baxter, of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), ran into a tobacconist's shop in Tudor-street, and ascended the first floor, from the window of which he precipitated himself into the street, and, falling heavily upon the pavement, was so seriously injured as to render it necessary to convey him to St. Bartholomew's Hos pital. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.—From the statement which was submitted yesterday at the general meeting of the north-west district of London in George-street, Euston-square, it appears that since the opening of the baths and washhouses in August, t 846, 315,355 persons have been bathers, and that the linen of 537,460 poff prsons has bsen washed and dried, &c., upon the pre mises. The department established in January, 1848, for supplying the poor with pails .and brushes, and lime and disinfecting preparations, for •the whitewashing and purifying their apartments, has been very useful; sinc,e the opening of it 2,762 apartments, consisting of rooms, staircases, areas, &e., have been. lime-washed, cleansed, and disinfected, and great advantege has been conferred on the general community by - the means afforded of avoiding and resisting the attack: of disease. ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—J ames - Bank and William Johnson were yesterday fined, by the Court of Inland illicit Revenue, 2001. for working an, still. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cownons.) FItIDAY, JUNE 15. SUPPLY. Order read fa resuming the adjourned Debate on the Amendment proposed to be made to the Quetion (June 14), " Tnat Lis House doth agree with the Committee of Sapply in the Resolution (sth), ' That a sum not exceedinglo, ooo /. be granted to her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1819-50, the expense of Militia and Volunteers in Canada ;" and which Amendment was to leave out from the word " That to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, humbly to pray that her Majesty will be pleased not to issue any Order in Council leaving to its operation an Act of the Canadian Legislature, intituled, An Act to provide for the indemnifi cation cf persons in Lower Canada, whose property was de stroyed during the rebellion in 1837 and 1838,' without and until her Majesty shall have received satisfactory assurance that no persons engaged in, or having aided or abetted that unnatural rebellion, shall be admitted to participate in the indemnification so to be granted," instead thereof:--Question again proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." Debate resumed. Question put. The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 291. Abdy. T. N. Fox, W. J. O'Flaherty, Anthony Acland, Sir T. Freestun, Colonel Ogle, S. C. Adair, R. Shafto Glyn, G. C. Ord, W. Alcock, Thomas Goulburn, Henry Oswald, Alexander Anson, Colonel Grace, 0. D. Paget, Lord A. Armstrong, Sir A. Graham, Sir James Paget, Lord Clarence Bagshaw, John Grattan, Henry Paget, LordiGeorge Baines, M. T. Greenail, G. Palmerston, Viscount Baring, Sir F. T. Greene, John Parker, John .=_• Baring, Francis Grenfell, Charles W. Pearson, Charles Barnard, E. G. Grey, Sir George Pechell, Captain Barron, Sir IL Grey, R. W. Peel, Sir Robert Bass, M. T. Grosvenor, Earl Peel, Frederick Bellew, R. M. Guest, Sir J. Perfect, Robert Berkeley, Captain Hallyburton,Lordg. Philips, Sir G. R. Berkeley, Henry F. Harcourt, G. Pigott, Francis Berkeley, C. L. G. Harris, Richard Pilkington, James Birch, sir Thomas Hastie, Alexander Pinney, William Blackall, S. W. Hastie, Archibald Plowden4W. H. Blake, Martin J. Hawes, Benjamin Price, Sir Robert Blewitt, R. J. Hay, Lord J. Pugh, David Bouverie, E. P. Hayter, W. G. Pusey, Philip Bowles, Admiral Headlam, Thomas Raphael, Alexander Boyle, Colonel Heald, James Reid. Colonel Brack , ey, Viscount Heathcoat, John Reynolds, John Bramston, T' W. lleneage, E. Ricardo. Osman Bright, John Henley, J. W. Rice, E. R. Brocklehurst, John Henry, Alexander Rich, Henry Brotherton, J. Heywood, James Robartes, T. J. A. Brown, W. Heyworth, L. Roche, E. B. Browne, R. D. Ilindley, Charles Roebuck, J A. Bruce, C. L. C. llobhouse, Sir John Hominy, Sir John Bunbury, Edward Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, Lord J. Burke, Sir Thomas Hodges, T. L. Russell, F. C. 11. Busfeild,William Hogg, Sir J. Rutherfurd, A. Buxton, Sir E. Holland, Robert Salwey, Colonel Callaghan, D. Hope, Sir J. Scholefield, William Campbell, W. F. Horsman, Edward Scrope, G. P. Cardwell, Edward Howard, Lord E. Scully, Francis Carew, W. P. Howard, C. W. G. Seymour, Lord Carter, J. B. Howard, E. G. Seymour, Sir H. 13. Caulteild, J. M. Howard, Sir R. Shat to, R. D. Cavendish, C. C. Hughes, W. B. Shell, R. L. Cavendish, G. 11. Hume, Joseph Simeon, John Cavendish, W. G. Jervis, Sir John Slaney, Robert A. Cayley, E. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, Vernon Chaplin, W. J. Keppel, George T. Smith, J. A. Charter:s, Francis Kershaw, James Smith, John B. Childers, J. W. Kildare, Marquis Smyth, J. G. Clay, James King, P.J. Somers, J. P. Clay, Sir W. Labouchere, Henry Somerville, Sir W. Clements, Charles Lacy, Henry C. Sotheron, T. H. S. Clifford, H. M. Langston, J. H. Spearman, 11. J. Clive, R. 11. Lascelles, W. S. Stanfield, W. R. C. Cockburn, Alex. Lawless, Cecil Stanton, W. H. Coke, E.:K. Legh, G. C. Strickland, Sir G. Colebrooke, Sir T. Lemon, Sir C. Stuart, Lord D. Collins, William Lewis, Sir T. Stuart, Lord J. Cowper, W F. Lewis, George C: Sullivan, Michael Craig, W. G. Lindsay, Colonel Sutton, H. M Crowder, R. B. Littleton, E. R. Talbot, C. R. Dalrymple, Captain Loch, James Talfoard, Sergeant Davie, Sir Henry Locke, Joseph Tancred, H. W. Dawson, T. V. Lockhart, A. E. Tenison, E. K. Denison, Edmund Lushington, C. 'ihicknesse, 11. A. Denison, W. J. . M'Cullagh, yr. T. Thompson, Colonel Denison, J. E. M`Gregor, oJhn . Thompson, George Devereux, John T. Megan, W. H. Thornely, T. Douglas, Sir C. Mahon, O'Gorman Tollemache, F. J. Drumlanrig, Vis. Maitland, Thomas Towneley, John Drummond, Henry Marshall, J.G. Townshend. Captain Drummond, Home Marshall, William Trelawny, J. S. Duckworth, Sir J. Martin, John Tynto, Colonel Duff, G. S. Martin, C. W. • Vane, Lord H. Duff, James Martin, Samuel Verney, Sir 11. Duncan, Viscount Matheson, A. -.; Villiers, Charles Duncan, George Matheson, James Vivian, J. E. Dundas, Admiral Matheson, Colonel Vivian, J. H. Dundas, Sir D. Maule, Fox Wall, C. B. Dunne, F. P. Melgund, Viscount Walmsley, Sir J. Ehrington, Lord Milner, W. M. Walter, John Ellis, John Milues, R. M. Watkins, Colonel Enfield, Viscount Milton, Viscount Willcox, Brodie Estcourt, J. B. B. Mitchell, A. T. Williams, John Euston, Earl Moffatt, George Willyams, H. Evans, Sir Do Lacy Molesworth, Sir W. Williamson, Sir H. Evans, William Monsen, William Wilson, James Fagan, William Morris, David Wilson, Matthew Fergus, John Mostyn, E. M. Wood, Sir Charles Ferguson, - Sol. Mowatt, Francis Wood, W. P. Ferguson, Sir R. Mulgrave, Earl Wortley, J. 5, Flliner, Sir; E. Norreys, Lord Wrightson, W. H. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Norreys, Sir D. Wyld, James Foley, John H. Nugent, Sir Percy Wyvill, 31, Fordyce, A. D. O'Brien, J. Young, Sir John Forster, M. O'Connell, John TELLERS. Fertescue, Chichester O'Connell, Maurice Tufuell, Henry Fortescue, J. W. O'Connell, M. J. Hill, Lerd Marcus MINORITY—NOES, 150. • Fox, S. L. Miles, William Fuller, A. E. Morgan, 0. Galway, Viscount Mulllngs, J. R. Gaskell, J. M. Mundy, William Gladstone, W. E. Naas, Lord Goddard, A. L. Napier , Jos e p h Godson, R. Neeld , John Gordon, Admiral Nichol', J. Gore, W. 0. O'Brien , Sir Lucius Gore, W. R. 0. Packe, C. W. Goring, C. Pakington, Sir J. S. Granby, Marquis of Palmer, Robert Grogan. Edward Palmer, Roundell Guernsey, Lord Patten, J.,W. Gwyn, Howel Prime, Richard Haggitt, F. It. Renton, John C. Halsey, T. P. Repten, G. W. J. Hamilton, G. A. St. George, Chris. Hamilton, J. if. Scott, Francis Barris, Captain Smith, M. Tucker Herbert, IL A. Somerset, Captain Herbert, Sidney Somerton, Viscount Henries, John C. Spooner, Richard Hervey, Lord A. ; Stafford, Augustus Hildyard, R. C. Stanley, Edward Hildyard, T. B. T. Stanley, B. 11. Hodgson, W. N. Stuart, Henry Hood, Sir A. Stuart, J. Hope, H. T. Stunt, Henry G. Hope, A. Taylor, T. E. Hornby John Thompson, Alderman Hotham, Lord Thornhill, G. Houldsworth, T. T ollemache, John Inglis,.Sir R. H. Trevor, G. Jolliffe, 51e..W.„11. Turner, G. J. Ker,' Richard Ty cell, Sir J. Knightley, Sir C. Verner, Sir W. Knox, Colonel Vesey, Hon. T. Law, C. E. ' Villiers, F. W. Lennox, Lor I IL Vyse, R. 11. B. H. Lewisham, Visa. Waddington, H. S. Lang, Walter . Walsh, Sir J. B. Lopes, Sir Ralph Whitmore, T. C. Lowther, Henry Williams, T. P. Mahon, Lord Willoughby, Sir H. Manners, Lord C. Wodehouse, Edmund Manners, Lord G. Worcester, Marquis March, Earl of Wynn, Sir W. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. TELLERS. Melts, Sir H. Mackenzie, W. F. Miles, P. W. S. Newdegate, N. Anstey, T. C. Arbuthnott, Hugh Archdall, Captain Arkwright, George Bagge, William Bagot, William Bailey, J., jun. Bantle, H. J. Baldock, E. H. Baldwin, C. B. Bankes, G. Baring, Thomas Bateson, T. Bennet, Philip Bentinck, Lord 11. Beresford, William Bernard, Viscount Blackstone, W. Blair, Stephen Bolder°, 11. G. Brernrldge, Richard Brisco, M. Broadley, Henry Mroadwood, H. Bromley, Robert Brooke ' Lord Buller, Sir Y. Christopher, R. Christy,' Samuel Clive, H. B. Cobbold, John C. Cochrane, A. Cocks, Thomas S. Codrington, Sir W. Cole, Hon. 11. A. Coles, H. B. Colvile, C. R. Cotton, W. H. Darner, Colonel Disraeli, B. Dod, J. W. Duncombe, A. Dundas, G. Du Pre, C. G. East, Sir J. B. Edwards, H. Egerton, Sir P. Farnham, E. Farrer, James Fellowes, E. Floyer, John SOCIETY OF ARTS. The annual meeting of the Society of - Arts, for the distribution of prizes and rewards for designs, inven tions, and essays on various subjects of fine arts, manu factures, and commerce, contributed during the past or 95th session, was held on Thursday, at the society's house, John-street, Adelpbi, and was attended by an unusually large number of members and visitors. The chair was taken shortly after twelve o'clock by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the President of the society. Amongst the more distinguished individuals present we noticed Earl Grey, Chevalier Bunsen, the Turkish Ambassador, the Bishop of Norwich, &c. His ROYAL HIGHNESS, in commencing the business of the day, expressed, in warm terms, the satisfaction he felt at being able to attend to his duties that day as President of the Society, a pleasure which, in the pre ceding year, he regretted much to have been deprived of. Ile congratulated the society on the progress it had been the means of effecting, not only in the manufac turing processes, but also in originality of design, which was, in his opinion, the great point to be arrived at, in the advancement, at the present day, of British decora tive manufactures. It was only necessary, he thought, to have examined the magnificent exhibition of this year of works in every branch of recent art, to perceive that a marked improvement had taken place, both in the de .,sigo and in the execution, and also that manufacturers had manifested a more general desire of exhibiting their best works. He would conclude his address by a few ob servations on the subject of two medals which he had offered for competition, on matters of considerable importance. The one was for the best cement for unit ing glass, particular attention being bad to perfectly cementing glass pipes and glass roofing. The idea of offering a medal for this discovery was suggested to him by its importance in the construction of glass conduits for water, whereby the health of large towns would be promoted. The other was offered" For the best account of any new and improved machinery or process em employed in the cultivation or preparation of sugar in the British colonies, designed to economise labour and increase production. Attention especially to be directed to the more perfect extraction of the juice from the cane to the simplest and most effective apparatus for boiling and preparing the sugar, also to the comparative quali ties of the crushed cane, when used as manure, or when used as fuel. The effect of railways and other modern improvements, and the comparative expense and effi ciency of steam and water power, on production and cost should also be investigated ; and in each case the special circumstances of each colony or estate should be speci fied." When they only considered the present distressed state of the West Indian colonies, arising, no doubt, in a great degree, from the want of a system of division of labour, the importance of the subject would be appre ciated as it ought. With regard to the first prize, no one had yet successfully carried out his experiments; but the second, as would be seen presently, had been produc tive of a great deal of valuable information. His Royal Highness, after 'Laming a handsome eulog inns on Mr. Etty's Paintings, which surrounded the room, resumed the are s c s b o a f ir t . he society in it s e n d eavo ur to culti vate a taste The Secretary then rea d a repor t on the genera l pre fer design and fine arts, in which it was stated that the iccome of the society had increased from 8001. to 1,600/. a year, and its means of usefulness in the proportion of 8 to 1. The report was received with general satisfaction, and the distribution of the medals and rewards immediately took place. IN THE SECTION OF TRADE AND MANUFACTURES._ To Mr. J. A. Leon, for his paper on the " Cultivation and Manufacture of Sugar," the large gold medal pre sented by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert. To Dr. Mitchell, for his "Essay on Improved Processes in the Manufacture of Sugar," the gold Isis medal. To Mr. Littledale, for his "Essay on the Processes in the Ma nufacture of Sugar in the Colonies," the large silver medal. To Mr. Wray, in acknowledgment of the merit of his printed work on the "Manufacture of Sugar," the large silver medal. To Mr. James Johnson, for a sam ple of Cashmere wool, and his efforts to introduce the culture of the same in New South Wales, the large silver medal. JUNE in, 1849. Th© second of these gentlemen had coarpeted with the first for the medal of his lt , iyal Highness; but as hi 3 process had not been put in practice, it had been awarded to Mr. Leon. Earl Grey reccived the medal intended for Dr. Mitchell, and took the opportunity of expressing his sense of the importance of the subject upon which these essays had been written. He should have great plea sure in trausmittiog the natdal to Lord Harris, the Go vernor of Trinidad, who wculd deliver it to Dr. Mitchell. The Noble Earl also took charge, for a similar purpose, of two other medals, the competitors for which were also colonists. Ia the Section of Fine Arts and llanufActures those priz3s which are more worthy of notice are the fol lowing:— To fir. VT. B. Simpson, for his paper decorations and efforts to promote the improvement of designs in paper hangings... The gold Isis medal to Mr. J. A. Hatfield, for the im proved character of his bronzes, especially the " Dying Gladiator." The gold Isis medal to the Coalbrookdale Iron Com pany, for the superiority of their iron castings. The gold Isis mod a l t o M r . J. F . Christy, for his spe cimen of printing on glass with enamelled colours. The large silver medal to Messrs. Garrard, for their group in Florentine bronze of St. George and the Dragon. _ . The honorary testimonial to Messrs. Warner and Sons, for their improved designs in tea-urns. The honorary testimonial to Messrs. Watson and Bell, for their specimens of carpets. To Miss Stanley, for her exertions in establishing schools for instructing the children of the poor in the manufacture of lace in Norwich, the honorary testimo nial and five pounds, with a request that she wilt distri bute the five pounds among the children of her school. The Bishop of Norwich received the testimonial and draft on behalf of his daughter and in returning thanks for the honour conferred upon her by the society, said he should not have ventured to interrupt the business of the day by any observations of his own, had it not been that out of a long list of rewards, this was the only one which was in any degree related to the moral machinery of the poorer classes. If his daughter had derived any pleasure from the work of benevolence in which she had bee❑ engaged, it was more than equalled, no doubt, by the poor objects of her instruction, who, by being thus taught a trade, were rescued from the temptations inci dental to their situation in life, and put in a fair way of achieving for themselves, if not an elevated place in society, at least a comfortable and honest one. IN THE SECTION' OF CIIE➢IISTRY.—TO Mr. R. Smith, for his method of printing and lustering on china and earthenware by means of electricity, the large silver medal. To Dr. E. Doeckman, for his specimen of scarlet on china, the large silver medal. To Dr. Fowlis, for his tangible ink for the blind, the large silver medal. IN THE SECTIONS OF MECHANICS.—To Messrs. H. and E. Highton, for several important improvements and new principles introduced by them in the construction of electric telegraphs, the large gold medal. To Mr. N. J. Holmes, for his diamond needle, and coil, and light ning conductor electric telegraphs, the largo gold medal. To Mr. Arthur Dunn, for his means of indicating the temperature of the steam and also the boilers of steam engines, the large silver medal. To Mr. Charles Dawson, for his improvements and addition to the key-board of pianos, the large silver medal. To Mr. Haigh, for his water-meter, the large silver medal. To Messrs. Ter raff,3 and Willett, for their method of slating roofs, the large silver medal. To Mr. P. Watt, fur his method of keeping two forming surfaces moving at required rates by means of racks and pinions, the silver Isis medal. To Mr. Hughes, for his method of teaching and enabling the Lind to write music, the silver Isis medal. To Mr. Payne, for his musical chimes clock, the honorary testimonial. The distribution having been concluded, The Chevalier BUNSEN moved a vote of thanks to his Royal Highness. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON seconded the motion, which being agreed to, His ROYAL HIGHNESS returned thanks, and the meet ing broke up. THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY. The first meeting of the members of this society was held yesterday at the London Tavern, at two o'clock; Mr. Dengerfield in the chair. The Secretary read the following report:— " The directors have great satisfaction in laying before the meeting the balance-sheet and a statement of the affairs of the company, from the commencement of busi ness to the 31st December last, prepared in compliance with the directions contained in the deed of constitution and the Act of Parliament under which the company is incorporated, approved by the Board, and examined and certified by the auditors; and also an account and balance sheet taken on the Ist of the present month, from whip h it appears that, after providing for the payment of the sums assured and all out standing debts, including pre liminary charges, there is a balance of profit of 11,9192 19s. lid., which belongs to and will be divisible with the future profits, as directed by the deed of constitution, exclusively amongst the present and future assured mem bers of the company. " In the course of the eleven months embraced in theie accounts, 253 proposals of assurance have been sub mitted to the Board, 227 policies have been completed and issued, assuring the sum of 73,1011., and yielding in annual premiums a revenue of 2,9041. 15s. 101. "With such results your directors congratulate you on the introduction of that principle of indisputability and enlarged liberality in practice, to which they attribute that amount of success, which is almost unexampled in the history of mutual assurance, and which would pro bably have been even greater, had the company com menced business in a year less unfavourable than the last to the progress of general business and the extension of life assurance. " Having founded the company upon a principle alto gether new as applicable to life assurance, which affords to the public increased protection, by substituting the certainty for the probability of payment of policy claims, your directors have attentively and with much interest marked the gradually increasing progress from the com mencement of business to the present date. They have seen the peculiar features and practice of the company pointed out and advocated with that earnestness and ability, which the English press is in the habit of apply. ing to improvements affecting the general welfare; and they have experienced much satisfaction from observing that the lareest assurances on the books have come from solicitors of'well-ksown prudence and high standing in their profession, whose duty and chief object is the pro tection and benefit of their clients. It appears from the balance-sheet that a considerable amount has been paid by this to other companies, for the partial re-assurance of policies exceeding by several thousand pounds the extent of risk considered prudent for the present to be retained. " These are matters of much gratification, and they augur enlarged prosperity; yet it should be borne in mind that even greater returns may be obtained by in creased exertion on the part of those interested in the advancement of so beneficial an institution, in the wide field of uninsured lives; and your directors would remind you that in mutual life societies, as there are no share holders to detract from the groats, there are no proprie tors interested in furthering the business —and that it is incumbent on every assured member of a mutual com pany to employ his influence in extending its operations, whereby he will not only essentially promote his own individual interest, and benefit his co-assured, but add to the comfort and permanent welfare of every friend and acquaintance whom he may induce to become a member." The report was much applauded. The Secretary also read the balance-sheets setting forth the receipts and expenditure. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting and detailed the great advantages which this company possessed over those in existence on account of the policies being " in defeasible and indisputable" thus giving greater security to the commercial community who held so great a stake in policies on the lives of creditors and others. The suc cess of the company had exceeded the very sanguine idea which the directors had formed with respect to it. Mr. BEVAN, banker, of Bury St. Edwunds, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that he had lost too/. on account of an office in the eastern counties baring disputed the legality of a policy on the life cf a creditor, the premiums of which he had paid for 20 years; and that an office like this, the policies of which were un doubted negotiable instruments on account of their indis putability, was one most worthy of the support of bankers and commercial men, to whose earnest support he recommended it.—(Cheers.) The report and accounts were then adopted. The following directors were then elected:—Mr. J. Hamilton, Mr. R. H. Forman, Mr. J. F. Maddox, and Mr. J. T. Bramwell. A cordial vote of thanks was then awarded to the managing director, Mr. Alexander Robertson, the medi cal officers, and auditors, to which Mr. Robertson very ably responded, after which the meeting broke up. FIRE TN CLEEKENWELL.—Thursday night, at eigh o'clock, a fire, by which threepersons were very seriously burned, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Dowse, a patent letter-stamper. Scc., carrying on busi ness at No. 13, Fletcher's ron', Vineyard-walk, Clerken well. Mr. Dowse had invented a machine for purifying naphtha, and at the time above stated, whilst he and his workmen were in the shop, the contents of the machine became ignited, when the flames rushed forth in a vast body, firing the roof of the workshop, and'completely enveloping the three unfortunate persons who were in the building. The poor fellows as well as they were able crawled through the fire to the street door; they were all seriously burned about their hands, faces, and other portions of their bodies. Mr. Dowse immediately started off to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, accompanied by some police-constables of the G division. He suc ceeded in walking as far as the corner of Cow- c clloss , when he fell, and it was found necessary to call a avall)t to take him the remaining distance. Upon h the hospital it was ascertained that, besidesistharriein rt of his 'uries to his head and face, his thighs an.] loweti la P m a es. The body were injured by the action engines of the parish, London Brigade, the ,_ ad n e d the fire was and West of England Company quickly attended, and destroyed. extinguished before much property. pipes leading from There is little doubt that one of Li rh ii into a vessel of the still, and conveying the naphtha water, had burst from the heat of the copper, and allow ing the spirit to escape had caused making inquiries at the hospital the disaster. Upon it was learned that al though the unfortunate person s were so badly burned, 'waling fatal was apprehended. HOSPITAL FOR CONSIMP T 101.1 AND DISEASES OF the board of TRIO CHEST. — Yester da y a me , ti n d g of management was held the boar -room o t e institu tion; Captain Lyon idn itthe chair. The routine busi , was stated, that on Sunday, nese having been passe the 17th instant, the Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A., minister of Percy Cha p el, would p reach a sermon on be half of the charity, at Christchurch, Dorset-square, St. Marylebone. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMP./11;Y. The following report of the Committee of the House of Commons respecting this Company was issued yes terday;— The select committee appointed to inquire into and re port) upon the expenditure of certain sums which ap pear a, unaccounted for, under the head of Parliamen t;:ry Expenses, in the report which was recently published by a committee appointed to inquire into the management of the affairs of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, have agreed to the following report: — Your Committee report, that in accordance with their instructions, they have inquired into the expenditure of certain sums, amounting to about 7,6001., which appear under the head of Parliamentary expenses in the printed " Report of the Committee of investigation to the Shareholders of the Eastrrn Counties Railway Com pany." Your committee have likewise made inquiries with regard to certain expressions in the appendix to that report, which have given rise to rumours injuriously affecting the character of Parliament. With regard to these expressions, your committee are unable to state po sitively whether they were or were not used by the per son to whom they are imputed, the evidence upon this point being conflicting and unsatisfactory; but they feel satisfied that no portion of the money in question has been expended, directly or indirectly, in corruptly in fluencing Members of Parliament. Indeed, from what has transpired in the course of this investigation, it may be fairly questioned whether this expenditure has been properly classed under the head of " Parliamentary Expenses," as it appears to have been incurred by a self-appointed body, called the Sise-lane Committee, under the following circum stances : In 1845 three competing lines were before Parlia ment, viz., the London and York, the Direct Northern, and a continuation of the Eastern Counties from Cam• bridge to York. The Board of Trade reported in favour of a line compounded of a portion of the Eastern Coun ties scheme and a portion of the Direct Northern ; the cost of which, as stated by Mr. Duncan, was estimated at 4,000,0001., while that of the London and York was calculated at 8,000,000/. _ _ _ This report was dated 20th March, 1845. The Com mittee of the House of Commons to whom these compet ing lines were submitted, after sitting eighty days, de cided in favour of the London and York, but as the Bill could not go through the Lords, owing to the advanced period of the session, resolutions were passed in Parlia ment, enabling the Bill to be proceeded with in the Upper House in the ensuing session. In the interval, Mr. liudion joined the Eastern Counties direction; and at a public meeting of the Eastern Counties shatiholders, held on the 30th or 31st of October, after pointing out the evils attending this contest between the two companies, and the saving of capital that might be effected by an amicable arrange ment between them, invited the London and York share holders, by a public announcement made at the meeting. to come into the Eastern Counties line, and exchange their London and York for Eastern Counties shares. This invitation was not accepted, although Mr. Duncan, solicitor to the Eastern Counties Railway, addressed, through the press, to the London and York shareholders, four letters, signed " One of yourselves," calling upon them to accede to the Eastern Counties proposition. These letters having failed to produce the effect desired, in April, 1846, Mr. La'Mert, who describes himself as " a speculator in shares, and a medical man," and who was a considerable shareholder in both companies, called upon Mr. Duncan, and expressed au opinion that it would be highly desirable to form a committee of London and York shareholders, and by advertisement to invite shareholders to join in the movement for an amalgamation of the two companies. Mr. Duncan ap proving of this scheme, a committee was formed of which Mr. Ll'Mert became chairman. In that capa city he appointed Mr. Philippa, of Sise-lane, his private solicitor, to be solicitor to the committee, and afterwards induced Messrs. Cash, Shepperson, Huxley, Field, and Jones, to join him. This was the origin of the Sise-lano Committee. _ _ _ Mr. Duncan hal previously obtained Mr. Wadding ton's sanction for its formation, as well as his guarantee that all the expenses attending it should be defrayed by the Eastern Counties Railway Company. It was like wise agreed between Messrs. Duncan and La'Mert, with Mr. Waddington's sanction, that it would be necessary for the committee to he pssessed of a certain number of shares, to form a nucleus, round which other share holders might gather; and Mr. La'Mert was authorised to purchase a sufficient number of London and Yolk shares, with the understanding that he should be indem nified for any loss he might sustain thereby. The com mittee would thus appear to have been formed on the responsibility of Mr. Waddington alone, without the knowledge or authority of the other directors, or of the proprietors of the Eastern Counties Railway. It was subsequently joined by a considerable number of London and York shareholders, but th 3 scheme entirely failed. The total expenditure incurred by this committee, under the different heads of advertisements, printing, solicitor's bills, loss on shares, &c., including likewise a sum of 1681. given to Mr. Davis, in addition to the pay ment of this bill, to purchase his silence with regard to the proceedings of the Sise-lane Committee, to which he had occasionally acted as secretary, appears to have amounted to about 7,600/., the sum which is mentioned under the head of Parliamentary expenses in the report of the committee of investigation, and into the expen ' diture of which your committee were instructed to in quire. It would thus appear, from the above summary of the proceedings of the Sise•lane Committee, as well as from the general evidence, that although the objects which the Sise-lane committee had in view may have been deemed beneficial to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, yet the means by which these objects were sought to be attained were of a questionable character; and, indeed, Mr.Waddington in his;evidence stated to your committee that it " was a transaction which had much better be in oblivion, inasmuch as no doubt it was an irregular pro ceeding." Your committee therefore feel satisfied that it was in consequence of the questionable character of these transactions that an attempt was made to shroud in mystery the expenditure of 7,6001., lest further in quiry, and " the giving of particulars" should have tended to " implicate other parties," those parties being none other than the originators and members of the Sise lane Committee. In conclusion, your committee feel bound to express heir belief that if Mr. Cash, chairman of the Committee of Investigation, and the only member of that commit tee who had also been a member of the Sise-lane Com- mittee, had thought proper to state, as the time of the shareholders' investigation, all he knew with regard to the Sise•lane Committee, and the expenses attending it, this expenditure of 7,6001. would not have given rise to rumours rendering an inquiry necessary for the vindica tion of the honour of the House of Commons. 11th June, 1349. THE EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. IPSWICII, FRIDAY NICIIT.—A special general meet ing of the shareholders in this company was held to day, at the office, Brook-street, Ipswich. J. C. Cob bold, E3q., M.P., Chairman of tho board of directors, presided. Mr. J. F. SAUNDERS, the Secretary, read the notice convening th© meeting, which was called for the pur pose of considering " A Bill to amend the Acts relat ing to the Eastern Union Railway Company, with powers of sale or lease to, or amalgamation with, the Eastern Counties Railway," and at the conclusion of the business above-meutioned the meeting was made special and extraordinary, with reference to the general affairs of the company, and giving such explanations connected therewith as the proprietors might desire. The Bill having been read. Mr. LECUMERE (London) expressed his disapproval of the Bill. Nothing would induce him to agree to it. They had been summoned there at a great loss of time and expense when their property was at a heavy dis count, within a few days of their ordinary meeting, for the purpose of considering the most absurd proposition. He was determined not to sanction any further expen- diture. Mr. FIELD supported the Bill. lie considered it highly necessary that the Norwich line should be finished at once, and of course the directors must have the money necessary to do it. The Bill was then, with a few alterations, agreed to. On the motion of the CHAIRIIAN, it was agreed that the number of directors be reduced to twelve. After some further discussion the proceedings closed. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Jura 15. STOCK ExcnAeeoE.—The share market was rather dull to-day in the number of transactions. There was a slight improvement in Bristol and Exeter Shares, which were done at 24 dis.—ureat Western, Quarters, were more depressed, only realising 6% dis. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 15. STOCK Excustiox.—There was a limited business doing to-day, at rather higher prices. The sal's axe—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Flails, 4 dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 7V I dis.—Ditto, Sixteenths, 4% —London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2% p.—Midland, Halves, 13 dis.—North 'Mon (II), 1497,i —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. B. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1650, 765. 3d. di s . - MANCHESTER, Jim 15. STocK ExcILME.— The transactions to-day were as follow : Leeds, Fifths. 4% dis. - Grimsby Docks, 9 J3-16—Whitehaven and Furness, 13% dis.—Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 20—North Staffordshire, 5% dis.—West Riding Union, 4 9-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 15. STOCK EXCHANGE —The only transactions to - day w ere—Shro r shire Unions, 2% —South Staffordshire , 4 % dis. YORK, JUNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions rittsh, Quarters, 3 low :—Great Northern, 91. 165. 3d. 7 -North B d r teat 10% le N• Div., guarantee apc Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goo ~ N. to-day have been as fol- GLASGOW, JUNE 14. the Stock Exchange The business done in Hal —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. B. Purchase ), 4l. is. 31. 503 —York, Newcastle, (No. I), GI. 1 Is.—North British, Preference, . ) 4/. 4s.—Edlnbargh and Bath to-day has been as andfierwick (U. N. E. Purchase , follows :.—Glasgow. Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Nes gate, 7'4 • DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the German Opera at this theatre with their presence. The opera selected wa s Flotow's Martha; or, the Market of R i chmond, which from the light and pleasing character of its music, has become as great a favourite with the frequenters of the London German Opera as it is generally throu g h ou t Germany. Her Majesty and suite arrived at the com mencement of the opera, and stayed neatly to its close. The house was well attended by a fashionable audience, and the opera went off with great eclat. ROYAL ACADEMY BALL —The annual fancy dress ball of the Royal Academy of Music, in aid of the fund for the relief of aged and destitute musicians, took place last night, under distinguished patronage, at the Hanover-square Rooms, which were well filled, but not crowded on the occasion. The Ambassadors of Russia and Belgium, accompanied by their ladies, honoured the ball with their presence. The number of fancy dresses worn was not very great, nor were any of them striking for their novelty, but the great purpose of the evening, that of dancing, was well carried out notwiths t anding. The company had the satisfaction of enjoying this amusement freed from the inconvenience of an over crowded ball-room. N : '‘""i*n \C tETTt • 'il l • . _ - . FROM THE LONDON G OF FRIDAY. NOTIFICATION. 0s It is hereby notified; that Viscount Patiastiiii*S •• N. ,A Majesty's Principal Secretary cf Stat e f or Foreign 4 - Affairs, has received a dispatch, dated the Bth of the month of Juno instant, including a communication from the Austrian Government notifying the blockade of the Port of Ancona by the Naval Forces of the Emperor of Austria. The following is a translation of the notification re ceived from the Austrian Government:— (TRANSLATION.) Vienna, June 7, 1849. The undersigned, President of the Council, &c., has the honour to inform Mr. Magenis, &c., that the Port of Ancona has been placed under effective blockade by the vessels of war of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, and that, considering the hostile 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 re-establishment of the legitimate authority within the territories of the Church, it follows, that it will be raised as soon as that object shall have been attained. In requesting Mr. Magenis to have the goodness to bring this measure to the knowledge of his Government, the undersigned avails himself of the opportunity of renewing to him the assurance of his distinguished consideration. (Signed) - F. SCHWARZENBETtG. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Patrick Carruthers, Esq., now British Vice-Consul, to be her Majesty's Consul at Taganrog. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to ap point John Robert Curtis, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Cologne. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 15. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Bernard Brocas, from the 71st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Neville, who exchanges, June 15. 11th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Walpole D'O . y ly to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kenny, who retires ; Ensign H e nry John Maclean to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Oyly; John Finch, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Maclean, June I's. 50th Foot—Lieutenant William Percival Elgee to be Adjutant, vice Lister, who resigns the Adjutantcy 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 Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Thorne, appointed to the 80th Foot; Wil liam Charles Coghlan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Humfrey, June 15; Walter Bourke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purcase, vice Eccles, June 16. 59th Foot—Lieutenant William Fetherstonhaugh, from the 48th Foot, to be Paymaster, rice Anthony Walshe, who retires upon half-pay; Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces George William Powell, M.D., to be Sur geon, vice Williams, promoted on the Staff; June 15. 62d Foot—Ensign John O'Callaghan to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Seale, who retires; Joseph Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Calla ghan, June 15. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Brent Neville, from the 16th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice BroCas, who exchanges, June 15. 80th Foot—Lieutenant George Thorne, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hardinge, promoted in the 16th Foot, June 15. 96th Foot—Major Thomas Maitland Wilson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Ilulme, who re tires; Brevet-Major Robert Bush to be Major, by pur chase, vice Cheape, who retires; Captain John Snod grass to be Major, by purchase, vice Wilson; Lieutenant Robert Mounsey Lambert to be Captain. by purchase, vice Bush ; Lieutenant Jelin Vize O'Donnell to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Snodgrass ; Lieutenant Francis William Fellows, frem the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lambert; Ensign George Bentinck Cumberland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Donnell ; Patrick Hunter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cumber land, Juue 15. 31 West India Regiment—Ensign William John Russwurm to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dud geon, deceased, April 28; a J. Rainsford, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Russwurm, June 15. HOSPITAL STA FT.—Surgeon Thomas Williams, M.D., from the 59th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice Thomas Forrest Cotton, who retires upon half-pay; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Edward Burrowes Sinclair to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Powell, promoted in the 59th Foot, June 15. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Walter Brisbane Park, from the 26th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase June 15. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. William Richards, butcher, ill-tem. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. George Henry Lovegrove, auctioneer, West Ham Church) ard, Essex. BANKRUPTS. Charles Lamdin, upholsterer, Newbury, Berkshire, to surrender June 26, at one, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Newbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-commons. Charles Carter, ironmonger, Rochford; Essex, June 27, and July 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Starts fold, official assignee ; Digby, Circus-place, Finsbury circus. Mark Lepping well Munson, victualler, Hadleigh, Suffolk, June 25, at two, and July 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Bull, Ely-place. Ttiomas Binning, victualler, Pafford-street, Pimlico. victualler, June 25, at half-past one, and July 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Melton, Bedford-row. Thomas Barrett, timber merchant, Oxford, June 26, at half-past eleven, and July 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Meymotts, Blackfriars road. Joseph Gadd, coal merchant, Harefield, Middlesex, June 22, at half-past twelve, and July 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Messrs. Abbott and Cu., New-inn; Howell, Richmansworth. William Watson, wine merchant, Craven- street, Strand, June 23, at one, and July 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall chambers; Bolden, Craven-street, Strand. Charles Brocklesby, tailor, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square, June 28, at half-past twelve, and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hopwood, Chancery-lane. Edward Munu, farmer, Stone Farm, Beckenham, Kent , June 26, at three, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane; Smith, Barnard's Inn, Holborn. John Underwood, mealman, Bury St. Edmunds, June 26, at two, and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Wilde and Co., College-hill, Queen-street. Anthony Knight, miller, Westmeon, Southampton, June 26, at halt-past two, and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Husey and Co., New Inn, Strand; Dunn and Co., Alresford, Hampshire. John Robert Wright, currier, Leeds (and not carrier, as before advertised), June 21 and July 12, at eleven, at tho Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Hartley, Southampton-street; Cariss and Cud worth, Leeds. Francis Halley, builder, Shiffnal, Shropshire, June 26 and July 31, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Glover, Shiff nal ; Motteram and Co., Bitmingham. John Harrison, clothier, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Juno 29 and July 27, at ten, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Nottingham; Crow ley, Nottingham. Peter ehalo6n,era,tint twelve, at the Cli Bristol District June 28 and July 2Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Pugh, Hay, Brecon shire; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. ctaurtert,wLeiltvtel,e at the T h Lancashire, om Thomas Bam Juneßamford, woollen 26 an d Manchesttr District Court. Putt , official assignee, m u l a y n u l f a 7, Man chester ; Norris and Co., Bedford-row ; Norris, Man chestcr; Heaton, Rochdale. Joseph Nicholson, drover, Julia Cragg, Westmore land, June 21 and July 19, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, cfacial assignee, Newcastle. upon-Tyne; Bleaymire, Penrith ; Preston and Brown, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Bell and Co., Bow Church-'ard. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, cora iuted from the returns made in the week ending June 12, .849, is 265. 2:%d. per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From l ist night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 9th day of June, 1849. ISSVE VErARTMENT. Notes issued.. .• 27,770,200 X 27,770,200 Dated the 14th day of June, 184 NANKING D : X Proprietors' capital• . 14,553,000 Kest • • - • • • 3,103,541 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of Government debt • • 11,015,1C0 Other securities •• •. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,448,731 Silver bullion • • • . • . 321,469 £ 27,770,200 M. MARSHALL, ChiefC itshier. 19. , EPAITNENT. dr .,. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,175.507 Other securities .. .. 9,723,67 5 Notes .. .. ........ :. 9,64,4,040 Gold and silver coin.. t 82,562 National Debt, Sav- I ngs-banks, and DI- viilend accounts) .. 6,181,026 Other deposits 9,520.150 Seven day and other • ... .... 1,066,067 £34,429,784 434,429,784 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 149. Dated the 14th day of June, 18 t l o ,e t w hro th w in c g u s r omoualgdnisfifrcoerndt c u a s th m ed o r r a e l p o l p e e a n . It is reported that the Dean and Chapt er h ave i t i n ascertain that the r e p ort i n quest i on i s contemplatio n s to t r t o he th p a u n b l i t c o . founded in tru th, . satisfied as we ar e , th at t h at man must be sunk low in deed in moral de g r a d a ti on , o r possesses but a very limited intellect, who could withdraw without having derived moral temple, r a ised to the glory and moral improvement from the contempla tion of that ma jestic wor ship of the Almighty.—S a li s h ur y Journal. A SAD M ISTAKE. —O n T u esday last an honest farmer, from th e es t a t e o f ICi nna ird, sent into our Cross market si x exce ll ent p i gs f or sa le, in a close chest. One of his servants was in charge of the innocents. After the man arrived at the mar ket-place he very naturally lifted the lid of the chest to ascertain the state of the flock, when, to his great surprise and sorrow, they were all found to be dead as herrings , having been suffocated. The servant was not in the slightest to blame.—Arbroath Guide. i ~ j!