The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-07 00:00:00

: IL l T ; the Matter. of the JOINT STOCK COMPANIES WINDING ', P ACT,. ISt g, anti of the LONDON and MANCHESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY COMPANY (REMING . TON'S LINE.) NUUCP, - is ht reby given that all parties CLAIMING to be CREDITORS of this Company are to Mt in'and prove' their echts before NASSAU WILLIAM SENIOR, the raster of the Hi g h ('girt of Chancery, charged with and now act ing in the winding-up of the said Comp,tny, at his Chambers, Sluth ampton.huildins, Chancery.la, - e, London, and until they shall so tome in they will be precluded from commencing or prosecuting any P r eetcding for reeoYery of the :r debts. N. W. SENIOR. LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. NEW SIX PER CENT. PREFERENCE STOCK. At a Special General-Meeting of the Proprietors hel d thin da y , ac cording to notice duly given, it was resolved, , • That the Guaranteed Six per Cent. Preference Shares of this Corn . L. 44 „Y,,, b e, converted and consolidated into a Gener al Ca p' tal Stock, to 1: "Wed The Lancashire and Yorkshire Consolida ted Six per Cent. 'reference Steck,' as to such of the said Shares as shall be paid up on _the 30 th day of May instant, from that date ; and so muc h of th e s a i d hares as shall not be then paid up. from time to time when and so 13 ° 01 1 as the same respect sly shall be paid up." I n pursuance of the above resolution, the holders of Six per Cent. Preference Stock arc requested to forward their Sc ip Certificates , ac rgnPAnied with it claim in the form annexed, uuly MINI up and n ed (as instructed thereon), to the Secretary of the Company, as early as posErie, is muter that the registration may ho completed ??rthwitlt, and the necessary arrangements made fa r the p a ymen t of t he next dividend. P rinted Forms of Claim may be had on application to the Seers - Lary the Company, or from the' Secretaries of the principal Stock Ex changes in th e kingdom, to whom a supply is forwarded. h Pr oprietors who have not applie.l for the Dividend due iDecem berla4r, are requested to do ro previously to forwarding their Scrip for registration, a d are referred to the printed instruction on the back of the Scrip for their 'guidance. - JOHN S. HERO', Secretary. •ead 0111 . :Ts, liunt's Dank, May 2, 1549. . . . To the Secretary ecretary of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, Hunt's Bank, Manchester. Sir —I enclose for Guaranteed Six per Cent. 10 1 . rreference Shares in the Lancishire and Yorkshire Railway Coin l'anY, of which I am the Proprietor, and wh'cli I request may be ex 'aged for Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Six per Cent. Pre to, ,nce Stock, in accordance with the resolution passed at the Spe eral Meetinz of Proprietors, held on the 24 May, 18 19. Numbers of the Scrip. Shares.i Numbers of the Scrip. Shares. From .... to • • • • From • • .. to Total Numl:er ITzual Signature • • • • ...... •. Name at f.. 11 length .. • . • • .. Profession or Tra'le .....••• Residence • • • • .. • • .. • • • • • • • • N.B. The Shareholders are advised, for security, t) write across the face of each Scrip—" Sent by post, for exchange, by Owner." PEMBROKESHIRE IRON AND COAL COMPANY. • Notice Is hereby (liven that the ANNUAL OXNERAL MEET . 'ICC' Of tln PROPRIETORS ot.this COMPANY will be held at Gr esham:Rooms, 13A, Basinghall-street, London, on WEDNESDAY. the 311th Instant, at half-past one o'clock in the afternoon precis*. to receive' the •Report of the Directors for the past year, and on , general business. • " By order, JOHN F. NEALE, Secretary. ' ..._ Gresham Rooms, 711' May, 1819. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital ..csa,p,ooo. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The :leading features of the Society arc guarantcce of an ample s- roprietary Capital. Moderate Bates of Premiums. Two-thirds Premium Loaned to the Assured. Anneal Division of Profits. Half the Premium may remain as a Loan for Five Tears. Evtensire Travelling Leave granted, without extra Premium. Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. X.R. The last Annual Bonus to the Assured varied from 27 to 65 P e r cent. (according to age) on the Premiums paid. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Perms-Sum the I Annual 'Policy Bonus in sent Re- Assured Eti Pre- I taken addlticn Bonus la +Welton of ,may bor . g Intim. out in to Sum Cash. Annual I row oa • Assured. I Premium. Policy. s. d. £ s d. s. d. £ a. d. 1837 262 14 '3'12l 15 11 20 0 0 543 17 9 48. d. 1838 237 15 6 108 16 4 17 7 6 1494 610 60 1000 74 3'4 1839 211 18 695 16 914 17 7 445 0 0 1810 163 8 4 75 15 10 11 10 9 395 11 1 1841 159 3 4 71 5 0 10 19 8 346 8 3 1842 132 2 6 59 17 6 819 10 ,296 13 4 1843 84 11 Si 37 10 0 514 2-'247 4 5 • An.l Prospectuses, with tables of rates, tee., may be had at the otiice, or any Gins branches in the country ; or, on application, will be for- Warted post free. W. S. B. WOOLTIOTS' Actuary. 11 E not deceived by parties interested In the old ~. state of things, who would perauade you that PAINTING "ITHOUT SMELL is a luxury too expensive for the MILLION. THE SWEET OIL OF TURPENTINE COMPANY will prove gratis, on application, that Paint mixed with their Article is far More economical, besides being more durable-and brilliant, and they will execute contracts for Painting without , mell, and in the best manner, at less than the prices usually charged for an intolerable nuisance slovenly executed. DEPOT, BREAM'S BUILDINGS, CHANCERY-LANE. Only GS. per gallon. RHYMING CONCATENATIONS No. 1. ATTIRE. Well may the poet str.ke his lyre In praise of MOSES' choice attire. MOSES' prime dress for son or sire, Is everything that we require. In 310SES' Clothes we may admire, All that a person can desire. In vain does rivalry aspire To raise the summer garments higher, In estimation with the buyer. All competition must retire, Nor ever dare to be a vier With Messrs. MOSES, near the spire. No 2.—HATS, The famous Hats and Caps displayed At Messrs. MOSES' house of trade, Are reary elegantly rn ides Many who near the shop have strayed, Admiring on the spot have stayed, The Hats of MOSES when surveyed, • Cast every other in the shade. Their shape is good, their nap well laid, From top of crown to edging braid, And when you %Jew the prices raid, You'll never feel the least afraid, To lend E. M. and SON your aid. No. 3.—BOOTS AND SHOES. It is a fact which none deny— A fact on which you may rely— That MOSES' Boot and Shoo supply Stands foremost in the public eye. No matter how you test and try, You'll lind these Boots and Shoes defy Whatever you may judge them by. A pair I lately bought, and I, Am very ;lad I went to buy, For not a fault can I descry ; They suit alike both wet and dry, And raise the hart of MOSES high. No. 4. HOSIERY, SHAWLS, &c. The Shawl and Hosiery Depot, Whose numbers you will find below, By MOSES is conducted so, That thousands arc induced to go, Their lih'ral favours to bestow. From what I've prov'd myself I know That, let you wander to and fro, You'll never meet with such a show, I therefore trust you'll not be slow In buy inz goods for prices low ; For much to MOSES do you owe As instanced at their famed depot. LIST OF PRICE% MDT MADE. Men' Sprirg, and Summer Wrappers from 10 8 6 The Sulwer, Paella, Paletot, and every descrip tion 01 light Over-coats ••• • • • •'• •• • ...... 1 2 6 Cloth Over Coats, of a light texture. and hand somely trimmed ••• • . • • • Do. - do. lined with silk.. • • ••• • • • 1 8 o . Do. do. superior quality ... ••••• • • • • 11s 0 Jean and ilolland Blouses ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 2 Fancy Victoria do. --•••••••.. • • • • • • • • 0 4 0 Tweed d 0... ...... • • ....... •••• • • • 0 4 6 Dress Coat ... • Spring and Summer Trousers .. ••• • • ••• • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin and Sucltskin d 0... .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 7 6 Spring and Summer Vests in every variety.. 0 1 6 Black and Figured Satin Vests • • 0 4 g Black do., superior quality .- • ••..•••• • • •• 0 9 6 White Ma-cella Tests ••••••••••• • • • • • •• •• 0 4 6 Men's Black. Cloth Ves's .• •••••••• • • •• • • • 0 3 Boy's Spring and Summer Tests •• • • 0 0 10 Boys' kiossar and Tunic Suits •• .. Men's Fishing Coats in great variety .• •• • • 0 4 0 lUDS TO ILIUM:MI. Paletots made from a variety of material, fitted for Summer wear •• . •• •• •• •••• • • • ... 1 l 0 • Do. very elegantly trimmed Superior Cloth of a light texture ... ••• • • 1 15 0 Ditto ditto • lined with silk.— 2 2 0 Ditto Dress Coat...• Rest do ..... ..... ............... 2 15 0 Superfine Frock do. •: 1 15 0 . Beat do. • • .. ............... 3 3 0 Fancy Doeskin Trousers. 0 16 6 Black de. •• • • • ••••••• ••• • • 016 0 Black C:otliVests • • ••• • • 0 8 6 Beet do.• • •...... . ..... •• •••• •• 0 13 6 Spien•id ..... .............. 014 6 Hussar and Tunic suits .......... 0 18 6 •1 5 0 Superfine do .'"••• • • • • • 115 o Men's White Marcella Vests 0 7 o Fishing Coats in endle.si variety from 0 10 . 6 to 1 16 0 Elegant Dressing Rob. s in great variety •••••••• • • • • • •• . • from 016 to 5 0 0 Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice. A Suit of Clothes complete for IL I Os. Th e ne w book, entitled the " Great Fact," with Rill directions for Self-measnrement, can be had on application, or f orwarded, post free, to any part of the kingom. Notice —lll., Shawl and Parasol Department are now replete with every novelty of the season: Observe—AnY arti cle p archased, either ready made, or made t o measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money Hauer.,retu roed E. Mosiss and soN, Woolicnarapers, ‘ oslere, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers. and General Outfitters, 154, i 56, and 157 Minoeler, and 85.14, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. London; all communicating with each otber, and forming out vast Establishment. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the panic against imposition ; bat kavi n g heard that the nntradesman- e falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," a " been resorted to An many instances, and for obvious reasons, they btg to state that they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far gate, gate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton' s -b u ildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; a those who require chez-p and genuine clothing. Ecc.. should 1 at, or send to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, a; above. Take gotice.—This Establishment is closed from tweet Friday, i ll Sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. STRAND' TO MR. PRO U T , 229 , " No. 208, Piccadilly, London, October Str,--it is now three a n d a half years s i nce 1 sorelywa,s l9, 1817. R heumatic Gout, the su ff er i ng from w hi c h I n duced me to try with all t he proposed remedies that extensive medical "e could : afflicted experience devise, with out obtaining any satisfactory relief from pain. Daring ere of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try BLAIR'S GOUT e and RHEUMATIC PILLS, observing that he had in some Bevel eases taken them himself, and they proved very successful. I Li soonstanly adopted his advice, and to my joy the excruciating torment etsan to abstte, and a few boxes restored me to health, since which:l luhave had no return of the complaint. trust you willgive may know publicity to my case, that suffering humanity w how to obtain a remedy Icr this distressing disease. " I a n , . Sir, 3,our obedient humble servant, The at .. MICHAEL NASIIII - TIL" .ove testimoni a l I s a further p the ellicacy of Itiair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, which af forci r spL o cl f y relief to those afflicted with gout, rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, tic doloreux, pains in tha heal and face, and all analogous complaints. The never -tailing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheumatism, ,have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times. They not only give re in a few hours. but re store to perfe c t h ealth in an inconceivably lief short pax of time. They are equally speedy and certain in lumbago, sciatica, pains lu the head or face, and indeed in every rheumatic or gouty affection : in fact. such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that it rap y, all who have taken it ; and there Is scarcely a city, town, or village in the kingdom but contains many grateful evider ces of its benign influence. Sold by Thf teas Prout, 229, Strand, London, and, by his appoint ment, by ell respectable Medioine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. • Price 2s. 9d. per 1,:,.. Ask for 13LAIR'S GOUT a..d RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe he name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im eased upon the Government Stamp aged tb each box Of th e outline Medicine. ~'..,. ....... ,e......06.,i c2c............„.„9 ./. _ . .i ~ , ,2 . ....e . .....-- - , v .• L i_, . , - • - ',7 , .• , , , . ,t , onf _. . . • , . . .. / fie -g-,r, 6, - ... ~.. n ../ ....:,,. ; / I , ' I A ' . , - kr t' ; 141, 7 ,, , .... , s i. ~,,, '-' ,. A1..4: 4 . 7 1•:.. , . ... 7 -. -.1..7 ..t , Z, , ,, 5.,.. 4 1: 4,. ... ' ; ' ,. .4 ,. ., ", - k4.4 4,0":?..7` • 4; ifli.es .. . v ' - -' l4 :r .-1 1*- - '" , - ''' ' , t l ir- - 7.;, - , 1 ... ; * , ' k ,f ~.,,<:-(.,,,_2.,-,-,./1, :4 -4 k, .. . t g / / ,', .. n, w , ~ ,1 , - 4,41,4., ,r.if= -.....,,-", . 1. , - ; ,. _ _4. -. 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We cannot close this brief notice of thii most impor tant Bill without expressing our deep sense of the re newed obligations under which Lord Brougham has laid the profession and the publ c by the great pains he has bestowedon and of the unwearied patience he has shown not only in listeiiing to all persons entitled to give an inion ss to its provisions, but in se. king most dili gently all such opinions wherever be tbouglat they were likely to be of any use in perfecting the measure. 11e his been repaid for all this labour by prolitiaing an ad mirable camm-reial code of law, which *Ube an endur ing monument to his fame. PENANCE IN A PARISH CHURCH. CAMBRIDG E, MAY 6.—The parish of Fen Ditton, about two miles from this plate, has be , :ri the scene of most extraordinary and disgraceful doings this morning. In conformity with a sentence .lately passed in the Arches' Court by Sir Herbert Jenner Fest, a man named Edward Smith, a gardener and the village fiddler, was to stand and do penance in the pariah church for defamation. The suit was a cause of defamation, promoted by Mrs. Martha James, the wife of the Rev. William Brown James, Rector of Fen, Ditton, against Edward Smith, for baying in the months of Arpil and May, 1,843, charged Mrs. J ames w i t h t h e crime of adultery. The writ was brought into the Arehea' Court by request from the Vicar- General of the Bishop of Ely; and no appearance being given for the defendant, the proceedings were conducted in vomit. It was proved that Smith had at a pub lic- house in the village of Ditton, when " half drunk and half foolish," tiled the defamatory words im puted, and the averments in the libel having been -proved, judgment was prayed and granted, to the effect that the usual penance should be per formed in the parish church of Fen Ditton, on Sun. day, May 6. Smith was also condemned in costs, which amount 'to 421. 17s. 61. The subject has been the matter of talk in the taunt' round since the passing of the sentence, and between the hours of nine and eleven o'clock (the time fixed for the com mencement of the service) the thoroughfares leading to Ditton from Cambridge and other adjacent places were crowded -with passengers, and there were not less than 3,000 persons in the village before the bells had done chiming. The majority of these were, of course, members of the lower orders. The church yard was crowded, and as soon as the doors were open a rush took place into the edifice that would have disgraced the upper gallery of a theatre in London on aßoxing-night, and every available spot was occupied in less than five minutes. The screen was covered by men (bargees) sitting astride, the capitals cf the pillars had each their human occupant, and Ditton Church, which is computed to be capable of seating 1,000 persons, was crowded to suffocation, the majority of the audience standing upon the seats, and eagerly fighting for the places which would command the best view of the place where it was supposed Smith would stand. The Rev. A. H. Small, of Em manuel College, Cambridge, was the gentleman who had undertaken to do duty for the rector on, the occasion, and he entered the church exactly at eleven o'clock, followed by Mr. James and his wife, the pro moter of the suit. Mr. and Mrs. James took their seats in the rector's pew, and the service commenced. All eyes were strained to get a glimpse of Mrs. James ; and the officiating minister had no sooner commenced, than he was saluted with a shout of " Speak up, old boy," and a chorus of laughter; and similar interruptions were continued throughout. The hymns were omitted, by the special request of the rector, made to Mr. Sinai), at an interval in,the service, Mr. Small, having concluded the prayers, entered the pulpit, and taking his text from the 7th chapter of Matthew, v. 1, "Judge not, lest ye- be judged," proceeded to the delivery of an impressive discourse, interrupted by the breaking of win dows by the mob outside, cat-calls. whistles . laughter, and other un s eem ly no i ses , w hi c h i ncreased , as he proceeded, until his voice was finally drowned, partly by the noise inside, and partly by thatoutside, consequent upon a dogfight which had been get up in churchyard The interest excited by this gave war in its turn to that excited by a cry of "Smith is coming," several times reiterated, and the struggle that ensued for places commanding a view of the aisle, up which he was to proceed to his appointed position opposite the reading-desk, bafilea all descrip tion. At last his veritable appearance was announced by a shout from the parties outride, and a complete stop was put to the sermon. At this time there were several parties smoking in the body of the church, as the smoke was seen rising towards the roof, and a smell of tobacco was patent to all. The shout outside subsided as Smith entered the church, but was taken up by its occupants with three hearty cheers, clapping of hands, whOops, and other discordant sounds. On his reaching the reading desk, the press was so great that he had to be lifted into the pew of the churchwardens on men's arms, and, When there, he was mounted on a hassock placed on a seat immediately facing the pew of the Rev: Mr. James. -..ls4thing but this would satisfy the audience ; , and quiet was in some degree restored liar Smitlbt waving over his head the paper from which,her•waa tea read his recantation. Mr. Small essayepaLiegitbasea. ante of his discoure repeatedly, but wasiii-ofteaterlaamell by cries of " Smith, Smith, one thee; Smith," the said cheer been most heartily ! &elk and Smith as often calling " silence for till Missfiter."*. This uproar continued, and then Smith beckendd-tei t Mr. Kent, one of the churchwardens, and asite4ll4. what was to be done, saving, "You see what - b a strile, the church is in ; you know what is best; I arn..your prisoner, and will do as you think pr o p e r." While this observation was making, a broom, which had beets found in one corner of the church, flew across it, and fell within a yard of the pulpit, then came a hassock, then another; the pews were then broken, and the. pieces were flung in all directions; the hassocks name thick as hail, being evidently aimed at Mr. Small and Smith, who, by this time, were standing close toge ther, the one reading and the other listening to the recantation, Mr. Small having closed his book, and descend, d from the pulpit for the purpose of hearing it, as the only mean s o f p reven ti ng th e t o t a l d emo n i . Lion of the interior fittings of the edifice, which ikt one time seemed inevitable. It was impossible to hear word Smith said ; and it is doubtful whether IW,Snusll did, for the reporter of this narrative was within beg a yard of the pair. Mr. Small had no sooner left pulpit than it was occu pi e d b y spectators, ltitik maintained their position there to the end of the 'kik ceedings. At last a hassock struck Mr. Small, tuacP . at the same moment Smith concluded reading his re-. cantation, and moved out of the pew to leave the church. On his setting his foot on the stones of the ahle, he was taken up by the mob, amidst shouter at " Bravo Smith, well done Smith," and the most hearty cheers, and carried out on men's shoulders. On his way to the Plough, to which he repaired, he was called upon for a speech, and in reply, said to the immense crowd which was besetting him, "I am sorry I cannot ask the whole of you borne to dinner, but I am a poor man." On his way - through the village the inhabitants rushed out to shake handawith him, and on his entering the .Plough the house was immediately filled with his admirers, whiiaconsumed the remainder of the afternoon in smoking and drink ing on the green. Mr. and Mrs. James, on the other hand, -ware hooted on their exit from the church, and were fol lowed to the rectory house by a mob, some of the members of whom broke the windows with stones. The following is a copy of Smith's recantation : " Whereas 1, Edward Smith, ,having uttered and spoken certain scandalous and opprobrious wpr d against Martha James, wife of the Rev. Willliam Brown James, clerk, rector of Fen Ditton, in' tl* county of Cambridge, to the great offence of Alnkiglbfilt God and the scandal of the Christian rOg,i s o2 c , to the injury and reproach of my neighbq r_ defamatorya ri d reputation, words b calling oa n d against he h whore, er n a id n ;d al, u krr u s reh l yid nt u . ed t e b er t. e. r fore God and you, humbly conre such do e e g gn hereafter v. n e °d . n: r e e v nd e co r e t o aa snk o d ff t e fh i r d tl i ve n a m e i like hea rtil y and manner, God ab. Smith made a speech at the Plough, to the effeet that he had formerly been under-gardener at the rectory, and that while he was there the body of a child was found buried in the garden, and the head, which had been severed therefrom, in another part. M rs . J ames h ad, he said, accused him of bringing this body from the churchyard for scan dalous purposes, and the consequence was that he had been out of wot k ever since. The observation he had made with regard to Mrs. James was, he said, made in a tap-rcom when he was half drunk and half foolish, and was conveyed by a meddling constable to Mr. James. Throughout the day a collection was going on through the village by men with boxes, in May-day faTlieD ; the supplication being " Please to remember Smith," and the proceeds being intended to be appropriated towards the payment of his costs. It is doubtful whether the house of , God was ever the theatre for the enactment of a similar tcene, and the whole affair has only tended to increase the original scandal. '1 his morning Mrs. James was waited upon by the churchwardens and other gentlemen of influence in the village, who implored her (seeing the storm that was brewing) to absolve Smith. It is s'ated that Mr. James would have acceded, but that the lady was not agreeable. Mr. Bell, M.P., we regrOto state, is likely to retire from Parliament shortly, oa the trivuud o f cout i nued health,-.. Gateshead Obierrer, -- - N 0 .17,66-I.] LONDON, MONDAY I] E thing TIIE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF COLONIZATION, EMIGRATION, AND PENAL ARRANGEMENTS. Just puldolted (with a Map by Wyli, Charing-cress), LETTER from Major Robert Carmichael- Smyth to his Friend, the Author of " The Clockmaker," con- I tenting Thoughts on the Sabha, of a British Colonial Railway Com ' municetion betw, en the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, at the same time a - sisting EmigraCon and Penal Arrangements ; conclud ng with a few Remarks on the Grand Canal and Railway Project of Lieut. Henry al ihington , ynge, of the Royal Engineere. Paolleheel by W. P. Sletchlm, 20, Parliament-street. Sold also by Simpkin and alarsi.all ; Ridgway, IniescliPy ; Wilson, Royal Ex chaege ; Saunders, Charing-cross ; and It. Folthorp, Royal Library, Brighton. Concluding paragraphs frem the article in the HISTORIC TIMES of the 23d of February, on the Missing Arctic Expedithm. "This brief sketch of Arctic disc 'very may servo to remind our readers of its progrees to the, present time, and prepare them for further discoveries, while it sufficiently illustrates our estimate of the national character that in abOut fifteen years the ice-bound coaste of a continent extending 110 degrees of longitude, i.e., as wide as Asia, and twice as wide as Europe, has been traced by land and sea, and its 'Metier traversed in every direction. It canna', however, be dcubicd that the same a:72 , unl of energy tend copi'al thus employed might hare joined the Alantic a.tid Parific by a path arailab.'e for commercial pm poses, united the west with the east, poured the scent h of the later into the c greys of our merchants, and spread reli gion and civilization to the mos' remote corners of the globe." Extracts from THE sITN, 10th February. " According to the scheme disclosed in this remarkable pamphlet, mails, merchandise. and passengers might be perpetually conveyed . to and fro between'England and her colonial territories in the two hemispheres without having to traverse the roads of Continental . Europe (which roads miekt he rendered impassable at any moment by the outbreak of a gcnetal wee), and without the ne,essity of having to ' double - either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape .[torn, where the seas are as tempestuous as the voyages are circuitous; and the intercourse between Great Britain and her most distant and scattered pewee-ions waell not only be by this means less liable . to interruption, but it would he infinitely more rapid, and, in every respect, more convenient. The proposed line of ralway would link together the two oceans, the Pacific end the Atlantic; it would stretch in a direct line across our colonies in North America ; it would commence at Halifax, in Nova Scoti t. and would terminate at Frazer's River, pouring into the Gulf of Georgia; it would com municate by steam-vessels with the ports of the United Kingdom in One direction, and tie the other would promote a continual inter • change of commodities and inteligence with Pekin, with Canton, with Australia, with New Zealand, with the Spice Islands, with Ceylon, with Madras, and with Calcutta. " The Ner.ll American Railway from the Gulf of Georgia to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, twining from Nova Scotia by St. John's through New Brtnimic', across the St. Lawrence and Otawa, tra versing Upper Canada shrug the shores of Lake Huron and Lake Su perior, thrcueh the dominions of the Hudson's Bay Company to the, south of Lake Winnipeg, over the chain of the Rocky Mountains to the coast of the Pacific confronting the Island pf Vancouver—iris enormous .line of railway would then he the first substantial ein ployment of that telicitous feat which has been intimated in the est pression that the shores ache Pacific constitute' the end of the West and the beginning of the East.' " It would form `-the great link required to unite in one powerful chain the whole English race.' It would penetrate the enormous bar rier of the Rocky Mountains. It would, in a particular manner, bind together the interests of England, of the Hudson's Ray Com pany, and the Canadas. It would present a magnificent field for the emeloyurtent of gangs of convict labourers—criminals who by clear ing and enclosing lands, by constructing roads, and building bridges, would be withdrawn from the diabolical contaminations of the penal settlements, and would, unconsciously be instrumental la for warding the grand labours of civdization. " It would pass through regions 'rich in mince efsllrcr and copper,' such as the vicinity of Lake Superior. It would draw into uss the abundant timber of the Oreeon, tie plentiful coal of Vancouver's Is land, the iron, lead, and tin, the granite, slate, and sandstone, the oolites, the cattle, woo', hides, and tallow, the salted meat, the beef, the pork, the wheat, the barley, the Indian corn, the apples, and the rest of the natritioni vegetation which nosy flourishes uncon eumed in the length and breadth of the North American Continent. " Such is the noble project of a Co7onial railway suggested by this patriotic pamphleteer." Extract from THE SUN, 13:h March. "On the 10th of February we directed public attention to a pamphlet, in the form of a letter, addressed to Judge Halliburtoe, the imtnortal " Clockmaker"—a pamphlet in which a magnificent scheme is proposed for the connexion of the Pacific and the Atlantic by a railroad running through our North American possessions, through the Canadas, and through the terrhories of time Hudson's Bay Company, begineing at the harbour of Ha lifax, near Newfoundland. and terminating on Frazer's River, opposite Vancouver's Is and. Since then, it will have been oeserved by our readers that tl:e author of that remarkable pamphlet, Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, has addressed a letter to ourselves, in which he disclaims any of that dogmatic egotism which is generally supposed to actuate the projectors of such colossal enterprises. The pamphlet of Major myth, previously printed fo—erlvate circulation, end written without any eigeature upon the title page, has, subsequently to time appearance of our re marks on the 16111 ult., bean published in a complete and well digested form, accompanied by an illustrative map from the hand of Mr. Wyll, the geographer. Now, that the plan arty be regarded as fairly before tie mastic, we cannot but take this, the earliest oppor tunity. of reiterating our previous argument, that the noble scheme suggested by Major Carmichael Smyth is one intimately. associated with the present condition and the future destinies, with the glory, the greatness, and the prosperity of the British empire." Extract from the BRITISH and ARMY DISPATCH, IGth February, before the Pamphlet was Published for General Circulation. " This pamphlet is from the pen of tin officer of rank, whose lon residence on service in North America has enabled !inn to offer to the public some valuable suggestions on the subject of time extension of railway communication on that vast continent, in the further ex tremity of which new ground has lately been broken in the progress of civilization. The pamphlet purports to poMt out means for the employment of the people and capital of Great Britain in her own colonies, by undertaking a great national work, and thus opening the shortest road to the most extensive regions of wealth ever before at the command of any nation in the world (not regions of gold, but for commerce and industry), and opening to Great Britain a new cutlet for time superabundant population of her soil, and new markets for her labour. With great minuteness and considerable local knowledge the author traces the means by which the far apart .Atlantic and Pacific Oceans Shall be made easily communicable, and urges that on that part of the line where the district labour and ca pital is sufficient, it shall be undenaken by the residents, and where population is too thin, the remedy can be supplied by English capital and convict labour. " The pamphlet• is altogether well worthy of perusal by all who are interested in time progress of the great thie.which is new so strongly setting westward.'" Extract from the BRIGHTON' GAZETTE, Bth March. " One consequen - e of the recent discoveries in California has been the renewed and zealous discussion of various plane heretofore sug gested for opening a direct communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, instead of the present circuitous and hazardous route by Caps Horn. A general. feeling seems to hove hitherto prevailed in preference of a water line by the e riyer and Lake of San Juan de Nicaragua ; and certainly, as compared with the Isthmus of Darien or that of Telmantep c, there can be little doubt of its superior eli gibility. But •we think that the views dereloped in the able pamphlet of Aftsjor'Carmichael Smyth will go far towards effecting a revolution in publi6 opinion. Feit tem United States the route above-mentioned may be a sufficiently desirable one ; but the ',tither of this pamphlet contends—and therein he will have at least every Englishman on his side—that such a communication ought, if possible, to be made the limits of our own territory. "ln a question like this the advocates of Colonization must feel a strong interest; for 'let England her Northern America!), colonies, and the Andrew's Bay Company,join heart and hand, and with the great power of steam which it has pleased the Almighty to place at the command of man, there will soon arise a work that will be the wonder and admiration of the age —and such a mercantile and ce lonizing road will be open to Great jiritain, thatat no future period (at least within the imagination of man), will she ever main have to complain of too great a reputation on her soil, and too small a market for her labour." This Letter Is addressed to the Clockmaker,' and who will not echo Um, exclamation of that distinguished writer— ' Oh, squire, if John BUR only knew the value of these colonies, he would be a great men, I tell you—but lie don't.'" Extract from time RAILWAY TIMES, March 10. " There is work to be done—wealth to be opened up—men's bodies and souls to he saved—the press teems with suggestions, plain, practical, and operative—yet not a ray of intelligence, of apprehen sion, not a sign, not a-s expression indicative of activity, escapes from the chief of the Colonial-office, or his fussy, yet do-nothing, subordinates. "We shall revert to this topic in cur next, and lay before our readers the able, inyigorating arguments of Major Robert Carmichael Smyth, in reference to the subject of a British colonial railway come munication between the Atlantic and Pacific. TT is impossible to detail in the limits of an ordi nary Advertisement the many advantages appertaining to the REGISTERED PALETOT, the MORNING COAT, &c., suf fice it to say, that Me , srs. NICOLL purchase the wool direct from the. foreign grower, and it does nut leave their possession until it is produced in a complete form and ready for the inspection of their Patrons. Messrs. NICOLL arc honoured with the patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cam brid..te, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wel limzton, and all others disaaguished in Rank and Fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the liar. 114, 116, and 120, RE7;ENT-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL. TINDER the SII I.DONIT of the GRASS HOPPER (22, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange) may be seen the City Depot for the NICOI.L, tho REGISTERED PA LETOT, NICOLL'S MORNING COATS, and other garments, with some portion of each of the beautiful fabrics daily exhibited In the spacious warerooms, 114. 116, and 120, Regent-street, as not only these last-named premises, but also those in Cornhill, are the property of one and the same firm. The following agents havoalso a large variety ofgoods for inspection, viz.:—Messrs. Wareing and Sou, New-street, Birmingham; Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. Macdona, Moles worth-street, Dublin ; Messrs. Christie am' Son, George-street, Edin burgh; Mess's. Wilson and Co.. Calcutta; Messrs. Rutherford, Hong Kong; Messrs. Roth, Philadelphia; Messrs. Bruce, Cape Town. II y a des agents.pour la vente de ces articles brevetes dans toutes les principales Titles de l'Angleterre et des colonies qul out des as sortlments prets a etre examines. NELL. GWYNNE TAVEnN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and oppoete Adam street. Messrs. AncliEn and HOLT most respectfully invite their friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee room, which his been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived. Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen ednnectel with S' , m,•rset House, and Ilia Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find the Table d'Uote, which takes place at Half-past Five p telsely, the m , st comfortable and rca tumble in the mcdropolis.—Fish and Joints, 25. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers anti. One o'clock, private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wipes and Spirits, tine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout. .N.B. An Entr.,nce also Prom Maiden Line. LD FRENCH BRANDY, purest possible kind, 60s. per dozen; the bros n 545. MARSALA in perfection, as partaken by the Nobl'ity, 51.-4 doz. POET and SHERRY (beautitul Wines—it is scarcely necessary to use finer, except special occasions), 34s the dozen. I'OFtT or SHERRY, highest order, 41s; bottles of each Included; own carte, six (a 51. order 101) miles free ; terms, prepayment, or on delivery. It you do nut pay cash, you beer a proportion of others' debts, indeplhlerit of salaries to b ,ok-keepers, clerks, col lectors, travellers, Rc Credit is the admitted ba•:e 01 trade, and keeps up high . prices. Post-otlice Orders payable to JOHN JONES, Wholesale Dealer (for 11 years past), Knight bridge, Age; t for BASS and CO.'S INDIA. ALE. GUINNESS' STOUT. ChWee Claret (much admired), and the Champagne direct from Bowled Stores at the D,cks, each 61. per three dozen, Cases, Duty, and every expense Included. Fresh Seltzer, 6s. per dezea. This day, price Is., by Ridgway, Picadilly, TIIIE QUES'T'ION of the IRISH. COLLEGES SHOR rLY STATED ; with some 0 iservations en the Vali dity of the Papal. Iteseript relative to these Institutions. Ry HUNTER GORDON, Esq., of Lincoln's-Imi. :This day, The Thirteenth Edition, reduced in .11:zo and price, hand . smnely bound, gilt edges, 25., of VVOMAN'S MISSION. Y 7 • London: JOHN W. P.1.11.i.ER, West Strand. R OYAL MISSISSIPPI PICTURE, EGYPTIAN HALL. BA NVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from WINDSOR CASTLE, where it has i cen exhibited, by command, to her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, is NOW OPEN to the Public at the usual hours, at the Egyptian Hail. Morning, Half past Two ; Evening, Halt-past Seven. Aclir.iion---Lo'R•er Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. INLAND REVENUE. OLD BROAD-STREET, MARCH 9, 1849. WHEREAS, pursuant to the directions of the Satutcs I and 2 W. IV., c. 22, and 7 V., c. 86 respective7Y, and on the days stat e d, th e f o ll ow i ng ARTICLES, LEFT in lIACK NEI" and METROPOLITAN: STAGE CARRIAGE 4, were depo posited in the ruble Carriage Department of this Office, notice is hereby given, that UnitSi such Articles be claimed, and the owner ship of them ;.roved, between the hours of Ten and Three, and within one year from the time of their deposit, they will be disposed of as directed by the above statutes. By order of the Board, JAS. CREENSTRE ET, Assessor. No. Description. Date. No. Description. Da'e. 1819. , 1349. 1,748 Hat-case - Nov. 13 1,944 Unsbr Ila - Jan. 6 1,750 Brooch - - 131,985 llandkere,iefs - 6 1,7.51 Shawl - - - 131,988 Coat - - - 8 1,752 Umbrella - - 13 1,991 Rug - • - 8 1,754 Yietorine - 131,932 Rug - • 1 .757 Parasol - - 114 996 Umbre'la • - - - 1,759 - - 14 2,001 Umbrella - - 1,762 :Slia7vl - - - 14 2,002 Mackintosh Apron - 1,763 Parcel-books - 14.2,603 Pocket Book - 1.764 Hat and Scarf - 142 001 Parc 1 - - 1,765 Gun .case 14'2,095 Shawl 1,767 Umbrella - 15.2,006 Coat - 1,768 Rug - - 15 2,009 Neck Scarf - - 1,774 Umbrella - - 15'1 010 Ti nt ate 1,771 bluff - - 15'2,011 • GloN ea 1,773 Shawl - - 162,014 Umbrella 1,775 Boa - 16;2,015 1,781 Shawl - - 18,2,017 Umbrella 1,782 Umbrella - - 18!2,013 Umbrella 1,784 Umbrella - 2012,020 Umbrella - 1,7i5 Umbrella - - 20!2,021 Urn: re'la - 1,786 Slug - - 202,022 Umbrella - 1,794 Swimming-belt 22'.2,524 Parcel - - 1,795 Mantle - - - 22!2,030 Waterproof Colt - 1,793 Money - - 232,031 Ct.at, Ste. &c. 1,803 Umbrella - - 252.033 Ceat - - 1,806 Railway Companion 27 2 0:15 Chess Men - 1,807 Umbrella - 27 2.040 Cott - 1,810 Carpet Bag - 27 2,042 Two Rings - 1,813 Parcel - - 28 2,044 Child's Muff - 1,815 Keys - - - 29 2,046 Purse - - 1,816 Scarf - - 29 2 052 Shawl - 1,817 Coat - - - 29 2,053 Umbrella - 1,831 Bug - - - 29 2,004 Coat - - 1.824 Spectacles - Dec. 2 2,055 Book - - 1,820 Shawl - - - 2 2,056 Penellease - 1,831 Umbrella - - 5 2, 0 58 Cane - - 1,832 Sailor's Bag - 5 2,061 Waterproof Coat - 1,833 Umbrella - 2,062 Umbrella - - 1,831 Umbrella - 6 2,070 Umbrella - 1,837 Umbrella - 6 2,078 Umbrella - 1,840 Umbrella - - 7 2,081 Umbrella - 1,846 Shawl - - 2,082 Muff - - 1,847 Umbrella - - 8 2.033 Worsted Bag - - 1,849 Cap - - 9 2,084 Studs - - 1,451 Umbrella - 9 2,087 Umbrella - - 26 1,853 Handkerchief - - 11 2,059 Cloak - - - 26 1,854 Bros h - - - 11 2,092 Umbrella and Stick 27 1.856 Parcel-boobs - 11 2,093 Shawl Pin - - 27 1,457 Music-book. - - 11 2,095 Leather Bag - - 27 1,858 Map in case - - 11 2,096 Umbrella - 29 1,859 Clo - - 11 2,099 Paper Parcel - 29 1,880 Fan - - 11 2,100 Umbrella - • - 30 1,862 Coat ••• - - 12 2,101 Boa - - - 30 1.863 Umbrella - 12 1,102 Bank Note - 30 1,867 Mantle - - - 13 2,107 Cloak, Umbrellas, 1,869 Boa - - 13 and Parasols - 81 1,869 Coat - - - 14 2.108 Two Umbrellas - 31 1,871 Cape - - 14 I,lo' Coat - 1,873 Machinery - - 14 2,110 Paper Parcel 1,874 Umbrella - 14 1,113 Cap - 1.875 Umbrella - - 15 2,116 Shawl - 1,876 Umbrella - - 15 1,119 Cloak - 1,877 Coat - - - 15 1,120 Cane - - - 2 1,883 Umbrella - 16 ?,123 l'aper Parcel - 3 1,885 Boa - - - 18 2,125 Leather Bag - 3 1,886 Cap - - - 18 2,126 Umbrella and Parasol 3 1,890 Victortne - - 19 2,127 Umbrella - - 3 1,892 Cape - - - 2,129 Rug - - - 5 1,891 Cloak - - - 19 1,130 Scarf - - - 5 1,896 Mackintosh Care - 20 1,131 Shawl - - - 5 1,899 Masonic Ornaments 2( 2,133 Cans - - - 5 1,902 Umbrella - 21 1,134 Purse - - - 5 1,903 Waterproof Rug - 21 2,137 Eye Glass - - 7 1,901 Parcel-books 21 1,138 Umbrella - - 7 1,906 Leather Bag 22 2,139 Umbrella - - 1,907 Umbrel a - - 2,141 l'lttndle - - 8 1,910 Umbrella - - 22 ~144 Writing Desk - 8 1,911 Umbrella - - 29 2,143 Muff - - 8 1,911 Umbrella - - is 2,146 Umbrella - 9 1,919 Parasol - - 2 2,148 Coat - - 10 1,921 Vic,orine - 26 2.1 :9 Umbrella and Stick 10 1,926 Umbrella - -2): 2,150 Rug - - 1,927 Umbrella - - 27 2,152 Scarf - - - 1,928 Yictorine - - 27 2,151 Umbrella - - 1,929 Scarf - - - 27 2,155 Coat - - - 1,931 Coat - s - 2,156 Coat - 1,933 Umbrella - . 28 2,157 Muff - - 1,9'14 Paper Parcel - 28 2,166 Scarf - - - 1,939 Ilug - - - '2B 2,167 Hat - - 1,940 Umbrella • 24 2,175 Umbrella - 1,913 Rug - - - 29 2,177 Carpet Bag - 1,918 Leggings - - 30 2,183 Book - - 1849. 2,187 Mackintosh Cape - -Jan. 1 2,188 Umbrella - 12,191 Coat - - 2 2,192 Parasol - - 2 9,193 Coat - - 2 2,191 Leather Bag - 2,2,195 Case - 212.196 Rug - - 83 1 2,197 Umbrella - 312,199 Umbrella - 3 2,200 Umbrella - 4!2,201 • Coat - - 412,202 Cloak - - 4'2,203 Coat - - 4 2,2' 1 4 Cloak, Lady's - 2,205 Umbrella - 4i2,209 Trowsers 5 1 '2 , 269 Mackintosh Cape - 5i 2,211 Purse 512,212 Cloak 82,213 Book 1,949 Paper Parcel - 1,950 Coat - - - 1,953 Umbrella„ - 1,954 Cloak - - 1,955 Umbrella - - 1,959 Papers - - 1,960 Umbrella - 1,965 Paper Parcel - 1,966 Waterproof Coat - 1,967 Basket - - - 1.969 Lady's Bag - - 1,970 Bracelet - 1,971 Scarf - . - 1,572 Shawl - - 1,973 Clogs - 1,974 Coat - - 1,976 Umbrella - 1,977 Coat - - 1,978 Fur Tippet - 1,979 Br. och - - 1,980 Bug - - - 20 - 20 - St Feb. 1 J 27 - 23 Mnrch 1 - 1 Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth, r ÜBE RATIONAL. TREATMENT of STRIC TURESA. of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli cations. With practical observations on the sloe and abuse of instru• ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa tally prevalenti h F. B. CNAY " The eperatio n of Introducing a E catheter through an impermeable stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult In the whole range of surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by frequent prnctice."—Liston's Operative Surgery. rublished by H. Ballllere, 219, Regent-street ; and may be had of all booksellers in town or country. E. 31 One half the world are desolately si ng le , d t le, anhe other Imposing them married. questionably contented. Diffidence, or a 'ense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em .: 'ter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble , regret un mamma:x-4; hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, snel broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should not be the enly marriage set honour and Justice demand that health shouldform an item 'n the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er =Ticket weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little NIE3IOIRS "On Single and Married Life," rub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by coat, In stamps, Is. 6d, etch). Let no imaginatively retried, or prudish feeling deter you. by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents. from obtainire them. :hey are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but `er the closet perusal of those more deekly interested, to Wh om 'key are offered as antagonistic to the cmpyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or ()Tether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other ale publications claim your attention (same price Is. eneb by res Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, D r i n k , and kmd, ,, 'and " How to be mpry." They are not merely Nat!)e. + s bat equal in quantity a library vol ume , nor aro t h ey the ep bemeral scribblings of the hoar, but the st u dy o f th e au th or ' s 1 J owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob. an .s f ot e n in n 4 y v e ,, w a t n e l r d n i n a t e tt r u I 4, c , a s t — 2t o s Ludn toto others ee ts a h y e s arose worm: may be of ,a tile " '. 4"` . Cornhin ; ; v'arvElho, 14 :.. 7, Fleet-,scet • .f.trd, ii‘,o!W"lV'',„l,„.q•' rnCt,l,:l-rnf 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or othe r - may be conferred with personally, "rise) tram 1" Extrior ( 1 4, 10 eirgill . Plage Xtgell t!dreat ; sad all ooks.llol7e m orning an.l evognP 8 THE COUNTRY MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, MAY s.—At our Corn Exchange yesterday there was a modes ÷tely fair demand for wheat and flour, at prices barely equal to thos2 obtained on Tuesday. There were several buyers from the interior. There was no change in the vplue of any other other article, excepting Indian corn, which was in some instances 6d per quarter dzarer, and the Irish demand is unabated. There is little business going for • ward to day in Indian corn and flour at yesterday's prices. No change in the value• of other articles of the trade. 8. d. Wheat, per 701 b English, white .• 7 2 to 7 6 Do. r , •(1:. .. 6 B—6 10 new .. •• 6 2 6 3 Do., old • • •• 6 4 6 (; Dantsic••• • • 7 4 - 7 6 Do.,good mixed 7 0 7 2 Lowerßaltic,whit: 6 2 6 8 Do. red.. 6 G G S American . • • 6 0— 7 0 Canadian 6 0 6 Spanish, red and •• 6 8 - 7 01 white.. .. Tuscan and Itar- g. d. B. d. Barley, Feeding.. 3 3 to 3 6 1 4e, per 4b011) -- 0 0 0 0 Beans, English, pi imperial quartr 33 0 36 0 Irish and Scold], per 4601 b.. .. 30 0— 31 0 Foreign, ellity pd. 25 0 30 0 European, per im perial quarter:. 32 0 33 0 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 30 0 - 31 9 Foreign 26 0 28 0 Malt, English, per imperial quartr 58 0 61 , 0 letta, red .. . G 2 - 6 4 Do., Irish 55 0 Marlanopoli • • • • 5 4 5 S Do., brown .. 54 0— 57 0 Odessa, Polish .• 5 9 -- 5 le Fleur, Ed pr Do., hard.. 0— 5 6 2801 b .. 36 0— 3 ' Egyptian •• .. 4 3 5 0 frith, extra flne'.• 3i 0 39 0 Oats ' per 45th:-- United States, per English and Scotch 2 9 3 0 barrel .. .23 0— 25 0 Ilrelsh • • • 2 6 2 7 Canadian • • •• 23 0— 24 0 Irish, new .. .. 2 6 2 10 Oatmeal, Frngl:sh, Do., old .. 2 7 2 9 & Scotcli,pr24olb 95 0— 27 0 Barley, EnOsh,pr Irish,new .• .. 24 6 —25 imperial quarter 30 0 —32 C Do:, old • .23 6 24 0 Scotch, and Indim corn, per ST sex, per GOlb.. 3 3 3 6 4 , t01b . .. 31 0— 24 6 MANCHESTER, .MAY s. —We have again to, report a very languid dema n d . for flour throu g ho u t th e we ek, and in the li•tle business transacted th e prev i ous currency has b een w ith dila - culty obtained. O a t mea l o f choice ualit having continued scarce, was saleable at a further improvement in prices. Con trary winds have generally prevail e d d ur i ng the week, to which cause probably the scanty arr i va l s of produce a t Liverpool and Runcorn may in some measure b e attribute d , • t h e on ly import of moment being about 7,000 barrels of flew' and 13,000 quarters of Indian torn from the United States. At our market this morning bosh wheat and flour were in limited request, and might have been purchased on somewhat lower terms. In the value of oats no change was apparent, but on prime cuts of oatmeal we raise our quotations 6d per.load. BRISTOr. SUGAR MARKET, MAY 4. —The only feeure worth notice in the West India market this week has been, that the first cargo of Barbado e s for the • season has been brought forward, and about 3)0 hogsheads have - been sold at very firm rates. Four or five thousand mats or Alauritius have been sold at full prices. Rums are quiet. The arrivals during the week have been, in the Harebell, from Mauritius. 4 852 mats of sugar, 10 puncheons of rum ; in the Maria, from Barbadoes, 557 hogsheads, 38 tierces, and 42 barrels of sugar; in the Sybilla, from Mauritius, 200 casks, 4,%62 bags, 50 puncheons of rum, and 3,546 mats of sugar. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, MAY 3.—At our market to day the numbers were —cattle, 633; sheep, 669 ; lambs, 40. We had a large show of very superior cattle, which met a dull sale at a decline of 6d on the top, and even at that fall the mar ket continued quite inactive, and a great number of beitits turned out unsold. Best ox be f, 4.55 per cwt ; Second, 40i to 42s per do ; cows, bulls, and inferior animals, from 353 to 40a per do, sinking the offal. We had considerably fewer sheep this morning. Sales were brisker and easier disposed of, at an advance of id per ib. All sold. Best aged wethera fully 6d per lb. ; second, 53 to sid per ditto, sinking the offal. There was a good supply of lambs for the season, which sold according to queity at from ICs to 21s each. ABERDEEN, MAY 4.—Grain—Oats 14s 61 to 15s 6d,401b per bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 245, 52 lbs per bushel; wheat, 46s to 525; oatmeal, 11s 6d to 12s Gel per boll ; flour, .37s to 45s per sacl . Provisions—Beef, p ; erib, hares, 8 d to l d O6 ; eggs, per dez, 6d to 7d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; he ns , p er 8d to td per lb ; mutton, d itto, 3d to 6 d ; veal, ditto, 3d to Gd ;•. pork, per stone, 4s :to ;403 ; lamb, per. - lb, 7d to Od ; each, tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6dl; otatoes, per pe c k, lOd t o i s ha° u d tt t e o r Os , pair, 2s 63 to -s ; c hi c k e ns, ditto, 10d to Is Od ; d uc k s , di tto , to y o , s p ; e rgrouse, cart, Os per t o bOrsa ;rabbits,ce ,Os to Os each ; b 2s 4d to 2s Sd ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 3s to 4s Od; geese, ditto, Os to Os ; butter fur exportation (present cure), per cast, 621 to Os; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, 53 to Od; 4b loaf, 63; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14 lbs 3s 6d to Os 03; por k fine, small, 5s 6d to Cs Cd ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 'd; ship pork per barrel of 201 lbs, 1035. to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 3d to Is 4d; bearmeal, is 3d to Is 41, peasemea, 1 Is 10d to 2s; rids, 6 d to 7d ; ba rley flour, Is 4 d to Is sd; barley dust, 7d to 6d ; flour, 1510 d to 2.; barley, per lb, lid to 2id. DALYEITH, MAY 3.—The rela tive wei g ht per four bushels of th e three prices of wheat w ere 18st 101 b, 18st 41b, and . 18st olb. Oats, I2st lOib, 12st Sib, and lOst 101 b. Barley, Kist Sib, . 15st 61b, and 143 t I 'lb Peas and beans, 19st I2ib, ISst Olb, and 16st 101bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 218 Wheat ...... £2 11 0 £2 6 0 £ 2 0• 0 1150 Oats 84 8ar1ey...... .••••• 1 7 0 1 4 0 0 18 0 82 Pease and Beans 1 13 0 1 8 6 1 4 0 Average of wheat 4ss Id. Moientose, Mass 4.—There was not much corn business doing to-day—prices looking down. Wheat, 62 lbs, 45s to prices. , 23 an s d Ter tl q ic r e ' s T. s , 40 MAYFI o Flour o am rish6l slow 3.—Wheat d; issailneg barley, oaotd ad s boe 3 mu l tab demand, former American, 2ls 6d to . 26s per barrel. Barley scarce, and sells 4 u 6 ; n e unchanged. oats,F g A e 3 d freely at my quotations. - Oats are in small supply, and demand dull. Oatmeal—The supply continues moderaSe, and prices unchanged. Indian coin sells slowly ; yellow, 8/ 5s to 8. ; white, 81 to Si 5s per ton. Flaxseed sells freely at 32s to 35s for Riga, and 70s to 74s for Dutch. CORK, MAY 4.—The arrivals of foreign grain continue very moderate, and the supplies of that of home growth very trifling. The stocks of Indian corn in this port are rapidly resisting krcv. This week a large hasiness has beerisileise- in the article, so that with the consumpticrs that is going on and the fact (as we be lieve it, having the information from good authority) that the supplies coming forward will fall far short of what was gene rally expected, we look for a further advance in the value of this grain. With reference to the future supply of wheat from abroad, as much will depend upon the continuance or non-con tinuance of the Danish blockade, we cannot, of course, speak with any certainty ; but we incline to the opinion that, with a long continuance of hostilities in that quarter, we shall have wheat scarce and dearer. The prices of grain at our market have undergone little alteration, but barley and oat sowing being nearly brought to a close the value of those articles, for seed purposes, tend downward. In prepared wheat we have little doing. - - •In foreign also, until yesterday, when some dis position to make p urc h ases was manifested, but a trifling amount of business was transacted. We quote the value of both articles-Gd to is lower than the rates of last week. Inferior wheat is inquired for, but is scarce. The stocks of prepared oats in store here are reduced to a narrow compass. Holders evinced much firmness, and there is little disposition to sell ex cept at higher rates. An offer of 103 9d fur a parcel of blacks having been refused, we may quote the value of the article Its L u.b. - In flour the business doing has been quite in retail, and the advance established some days since has not been sup ported. Bakers are engaged in working off late purchases, and until they are again in the market as purc h as ers we cannot ex pect any decided improv ement. In Indian corn, as we have previously remarked, a large trade has been done, and we may quote th e article a free sa l e at 2 s 6d to 5s per ton advance, the current prices being Si 7s 61 to Si 12s 6d, the latter figure however being scarcely obtainable. Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d ; extra Its, 6d ; seconds; 13s ed to 13s 6d; households 108 to 12s ; thirds 8s to I :s per cwt. Oatmeal 120 to 12s 6d ; Indian ,teal 8s 6d to 9s ; wti-at meal, 103 fid to I lsper cwt. Indian corn 8 2s 6dto 8/10s v.. ton. 13ran 4/ to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay—Farmers 30s Od to 41s; average 365; dealers 45s to 48s; average OJs Od per ton. Str aw—Farmers 13s Od to 39s Od ; average 303; dealers 35s Od to 003 -0s1; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—'Wheaten loaf 6d to 61d; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 9d per lb. Eggs —4s to 4s Id per hundred. Coals— Newport 16s; Lydney 17s; Landore 16s; Best Neath Culm I4s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44s per cwt. Whiskey, 25 0. p., Gs Od per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to bid; veal b'sd to 7d; stork 4tl to 5 d; bacon 7d to 8d; sausages 6tl per ton. Bark—Barbary 81 to 8/ 10s; Valonia 141 to 01; F e r t e o n n c e. lb. Hops 6/ lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3! 2s 6d to 3/ 55 per 7110 s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 108 to 12sper_s; red Hemp 31/ to 36/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19 _ , red pine 3! ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ 10s; old scarce; uality, 20/ ; second 15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first 16 •salted s, I is to ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ lOs to I.s/ per quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market 10s _ _ 2 Potatoes, white MI to 14d • Minions 19d to 20d; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ to 111105; Ichaboc 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel, 161 per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2, 1 d ; market 2d to id per lb. I9s per barrel. TUB LOTTERY OF MARRIAGE.-This new story of Mrs. Trollope's is singularly repleee with original characters illustrative of modern fashionable society. Among the most prominent will be found the fashion able'arl of Wigt on , w h o h as j ust succeeded n sessions, and is consequently - e youn g as of spe cu l at i on; t h e gtofo nobleman, immenseattracti attraction, o t , h o e s 3, ft E well pious lady of fashion, the Hon. Mr s . Maurice, whose centre spirit is it fluenced equally by the Blue Book and the Rubric; the fashionable elergynfan, the Rev. Mr. Hart ley,. the pillar of evangelism and the model of dress and manners; the poor lady of fashion, Lady de Laurie, • and her stylish daughter, Caisandra, imposing upon every one as people of property; 'the would-be fashion able lady and wealthy widow, Mrs. Codrington, who has loft her Yorkshire estates in the hopes of obtaining a fashionable husband; and the noble widower, the Earl of Kington ' who acts the part of S o li c i tor . General in behalf of his three unmarried daughters. From such materials, as might have been expected, Mrs. Trollope has produced one of tf e most amusing novels that has appeared for many seasons. SAILORS' HOME AND DESTITUTE SAILORS' ASYLUM. —The annual meetings of these excellent institutions for the moral and religious care and comfort of the sailor, were held at the Hanover-square Rooms on Saturday, Rear-Admiral Bowleg, C. 13, M.P., was in the chair, supported by Rt ar-Admiral Earl Waldegrave, C. 8.; the Hon. Captain Maude, R.N;; Jobn Labouchere, Esq., &c. The report presented was on the whole a favour able one, but urging renewed exertions in the good cause, to promote the highly deserving of of the societies. 4,633 men had passed through the home during the year, making the total number since the commencement 41.992; of these 11,191 were old boarders. 112 ships had been manned from the home. The total receipts amounted to 7,8921,; this included a previous balance of 6711; deducting the expenditure, a balance of 6431. re mained. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager was a donor to the amount of 4204, by which the last remaining dormitory was compl,ted. TUE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Earl of Fosse, as President of the Ro 3 al Society, bad his second converse zione on Saturday night, at the apartments of that learned body at Somerfet House. There was a railer numerous attendance of the fellows of that and the other litirary and scientific institutions of the metropolis, and many of the 'distinguished personages from the enti r tai um en tof the Royal Academy of Arts. The company '%l ,9 rated . •4rtly nylon , inidnigist. A turbot was caught on Tuesday last, by the fish ing -boat Stag, of Liverpool, which weighed 421bc— Livereo4 Mercury. FINE HEAD OF HAIR. VA. IL. It °The ex l: T A aordinar;t B sfficac lr y i f l tnd C happ S y a S m A algamatio O n of it purely exotic materials, have rendered it justly renowned through out the world for ids remarkaMe virtues in nourishing, preserving, and beautifying the Human Hair. 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The use of these Models, as well as all others in the Institution, is explained from day to day.—Lec tures en the V, ntilation of Mines, &c., by means of a Jet of Steam, daily at hs• o'clock, and on a'ternate Evenings.—Lecture by Dr. Itlchhoffnar on the various modes of producing Artificial Light, daily at Half-past Three, and on at ernate Even'ngs.—The Microscope. —The New Dissolving Views include scenes in Van Die men's Laud, from Original Drawings taken on the spat by J. Skin ner l'rout, Esq.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c. — The. MUAIe is under rho direction of Eq . . Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and In the Evenings (including , aturday) from Seven till flair-past Ten. Admission, Is:—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, IS. 4., y ~;' 1 •4' :rte.4 , I ... - MAY 7 1849. 7, BANKRUPT LAW CONSOLIDA- TION BILL. (From :11..1 Law Re , :iete.) This Bill has been amended by the select Committee to whom it was referred, and we believe has now, in its amended shape., the concurrence o , the Lord Chancvller, and will consequently, in all probV),ility, shortly become 14w. Lord Brougbam found the Chancellor diff,red with him on several of the I repositions in his original mea sure. He found him opposed, Ist, to the title of Judge; 2i, to the proposed Court of Appeal; and :3d, to the very important chaptt r whereby it was proposed to give to the Court of Bankruptcy a jurisdicti. n to distribute tt.e es tates of deceaeed debtors, whether traders or nen•tr2ders. It consequently became necessary for his Lordship to consider whether ho would insist on these matters, whether he would debate them in Committee of the whole Hew°, or at once 3 field to the wishes of the Chancellor, and thereby cnsare the other parts of his measure, as to which, substantially, the Chancellor and he are agreed; and, under all the circumstances, we are of opinion his Lordship has done wisely in adopting the latter course. The two first points en which the Chancellor was opposed to Lord Brougham were matters of very little moment; the first (the title of Judge) cf absolutely none; end the second (the proposed Court of Appeal) was a propositior, the propriety and expediency of which, at least, might very well bo questioned, seeing the conflict en evidence en the subject, and the very trifling number of the app-ale from decisions of the commissioners. The third (the chapter relating ,to the distribution of the estates of el , cealcd debtors) was a matter of much im portance, and, to a considerable extent, supported by the evidence taken before the Select Committee. But here, also, as we have already said; we consider bird Brougham ;.o have done well in giving way, more particularly, as regarding this, it is undirstood his Lordship has obtained from the Chancellor the, promise of some mode of facili tating creditors' suits, retaining the jurisdiction in the (Jew t of Chancery. .L )rd Brougham's amended Bill still contains much that is very desirable, and greatly needed; indeed the consolidation of the different Statutes relating to Bank riiptcy would alone render it a most important measure. As the 13111 stands, it amends, methodises aud, con oh-- dates those statutes—it provides for the reduction of the number of London commissioners from six to four, thereby eft sting a considerable sitelng—it gives to the Commissioners original jurisdiction in all matters in 'bankruptcy—it abolishes the fiat, and introduces a more simple mode of procedure—it gives a power to examine trader debtors on summons—it simplifies the present Acts of Bankruptcy, and creates aditional ones—it more effectually protects creditors against fraudulent prefer ences and secret transfers, protecting at the same time all bona fide transactions—it affords increased facilities for arrangements between debtors and creditors, extend ing them to traders, this privilege having heretofore been confined to non-traders—and it confers a penal jurisdic tion for certain specified commercial offences; and, with respect to others, gives the court power to order pay ment of the costs of prosecutions cut of a certain fund. The - se are the wore important parts of the measure, and several of them were proposed in a Bill introduced by his Lordship in March, 1847. By substituting a petition to the court in lieu of the fiat now issued by the Lord Chen _cellor, and giving to the commissioners original jurisdic tion in all matters, much use 1 ss delay and unnecessary expense is got rid of. We have efficient commissioners— man universally respected, and in every way competent to the discharge of their duties—men enjoying the con fidecce and respect of the commercial community, and engaged daily in the administration of the Bankrupt Laws, and daily dealing with and deciding questions of immense magnitude, and yet constituted as the Bank ruptcy Courts at present are, there arc matters trifling in importance, and, in many cases, of mere form, on which they have no rower to decide, and as to which the suitor is compelled to.go to the new substitute for the Court of Review—namely to the Vice-Chancellor appointed to sit in Bankruptcy. This, also, was a matter proposed to be remedied by Lord Brougham's Bill of March, 18 17; but his Lordship then only accomplished the transfer of the insolvent jurisdiction to the Insolvent Debtors' Court and the County Courts, the abolishing of the circuits of the Insolvent Court Commissioners, and the reduction of certain of the cemmissionerships in both courts. .What we have been stating, however, is very absurd. But the absurdity of it is the least part of the affair— ihe expense is a serious grievance, as may be shown in a few words. Take, for instance, the case of an applica lien by a mortgage o for have to bid at the sale of the mortgaged property. This is a matter of mere form, at:d would be decided by the commissioner, acting in the bankruptcy - , in five minutes. But the commissioner has no power to do this; the mortgagee must apply to the Vice-Chancellor; he must prepare and file his petition; must make and file an affidavit or uffilavits in support of it; must serve the assignees; and he must instruct counts( 1. The matter then comes on fur hearing; it is unopposed; but the etaignees of the bankrupt's estate must, never theless, appear also--must also instruct counsel; and this farce, and others of a still more ridiculous nature, are daily b. ing gone through ; and such was latterly, for the most part, the business of the Court of Review, and is DOW the sort of bankruptcy husiness transferred to, and decided on by, his Honour Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce. The appeal business—the business which atone ought to come before the Vice-Ctsinczllcr siting in Bankruptcy—amounts to next to nothing. A return made to-the house of Lords, for the five years ending 11th November 1847, shows the average number of ap peals from all the commissioners (town and country) to be under fifteen a year. Another example, of a kind similar to the one ,just given, is the application by a bankrupt trustee to prove against his own estate—another, that of an equitable mortgagee to be be proved such, and to have his account taken. The commissioners have no power; the bank rupt' or mortgagee, must go to the Vice-Chancellor. And a rather striking illustration of the absurdity of all this, haKened not long ago. The mortgage was one of leasehold premises, the rent under 100/. The mortgagee had to present his petition to the Court of Review, to support it by affidavit, to instruct counsel, &c., all in the manner already described. The petition came on to be heat d—the assignees did not oppose—they instructed counsel to appear, and consent to any order the court might think fit to make—and the Chief Judge, being well advised, made the common order, finding the peti tioner an equitable mortgagee, and referring the matter to the commissioner acting in the Bankruptcy to take the account. A more complete farce cannot be conceived. But the costs to the parties exceeded 201, and the pro perty was subjected to an additional quarter's rent from the delay consequent on the application; and the real work—the taking the account—came back after all to the commissioner. In the same bankruptcy the solicitor for a legal mortgagee (with which, strange to say, the commissioner is entrusted with power) made an applica tion to the commissioner (Commissioner Goulburn) to Like his account, and make an order for sale. The amount was 2,oool.—the account was taken, an order made directing the sale, and the matter completed, in less than half an hour, at an expense under :31.! But the very first proceeding in bankruptcy—the fiat —is an anomaly. At present, before a petitioning cre ditor, or a trader desirous of making himself bankrupt, and delivering up his estate to be divided among his creditors can proceed a single step in the Court of Bank ruptcy (a court, by the way, instituted for the very pur pose of hearing such matters), he must first go the Lord Chancellor, and obtain what is called a fiat, to enable him to prosecute his complaint, which is issued as a matter of course, and altogether unnecessary; and which, having been reported egainst by the Commis sioners of Ingeiry of 1840, ought long ago to have been abolished. It is useless, and attended with unnecessary trouble, expellee, and delay, and alter all, if, when the fiat is obtained, there should, from any accident, happen to be an error in it—an error of even the most trifling nature—all the proceedings are stepped. The commis sioner has no power to correct it—ho cannot go on. The petitioning creditor, or trader, must go to the Vice- Chanctllor—must instruct counsel—obtain an order to amend his fiat—and mud get that order confirmed by the Lord Chancellor—and the amendment is only Made by filing what aro called fresh docket papers (a new affidavit and petition), the estate being in the meanwhile endangered and liable to be swept away by judgment creditors. It has been said by certain opposers of Lord Brougham's measure, that the proposal to give the Court of Bankruptcy a power of imprisonment as a punishment for certain specified commercial offences, in the manner done by the Bill, is in effect an abolition of the trial by jury. This is a great mistake. Chapter 10—the chapter treating of offences against the law relating to bank ruptcy—leaves the punishment of matters deemed felony an d misdemeanour, and also of perjury, exactly where it now stands (see Articles 314, 315, 316, and 317;; and although Articles 319 and 320 give to the court a direct power to punish by imprisonment for certain offences therein kp:cified, this cannot be said to interfere with trial by jury . ; and those who allege that it does, alto gether forget both the present state of the law in this relwcr, and the imperfections in it which the articles are intended, and in our opinion are well calculated, to remedy. This will appear by an examination of these articles. ART. 319. If at the sitting appointed frr the last examination of any bankrupt, or at any adjournment thereof; or at any bitting or adjourned sitting fur the allowance of his cer tifleat; it shall appear to the Court that the bankrupt has been guilty of any of the offences hAreinafter in this article mentiencd, it shall be lawful for the Court to adjudge that such bankrupt shall be imprisoned for any term nut exceeding two years. Provided alwaye, that this article shall not take circa until atter the expiration of six months from the commencement of this Act, and then only against such traders as shall have been ad judged bankrupt on petitions for adjudication under this Act, and for effcnces committed after the commencement of this Act. List of ( fleeces within the mesning of this Act, and in this article above referred to. First—lf the bankrupt shall at any time after his bankruptcy, or within two months next preceding bankruptcy, with intent to conceal the state of his atYsire, or to defeat the objects of the law of bankruptcy, have de , troyed any book. paper, dee,t, writeg. r ether dom. N-ent iu of • eto.LL. Second—lf the bankrupt shall, with the like intent, bare kept, or caused to be kept, false books, or b are ma de false entries tu, or withheld entries from , or wil- [PRICE 6D. fal;y al e:3 I or falsified, any book, paper, deed, writing, or other document re'at . ng to his trade, dea'ings, or estate. Third—lf the bankrupt :loaf I ave contracted any o' his debts by any manner of fraud or breach of trust, or by means of fah pretences, or without having had any reasonable or probable expectation, at the time when coutrdettd, of being able co pay the same; or shall by any manner of fraud, or by means of false pretences, have obtained the forbearance of any of his debts by any of his creditors. Fourth—lf the bankrupt shall at any time within two months next preceding his bankruptcy fraudulently, with intent of diminishing the sum to be divided among his creditors, or of giving an unilue preference to auy of his creditors, have paid or satisfied any such creditor, wildly or in part, or have made away with, or mort i.agcd, or charged any part of his property, of what kind soever. Fifth—lf the bankrupt shall at any time after his bankruptcy, and with the like intent as last aforesaid, have concealed from the Court, or his assignees, any debt due to or from him, or have concealed or made away with any pirt of his propel t..e, if what kind soevcr. Exth.—lf the bankrupt shall have contracted any of his debts by reason of any judgment in any proceeding for breach of the revenue laws, or in any action for breach of promise of marriage, srduction, criminal con• versation, libel, slander, assault, bsttery, malicious ar• rest, malicious prosecution, or malicious trespass. Seventh.—lt' . the bankrupt - shall under his bat.k ruptey, or at any meeting of his creditors within three months next pr. ceding thereto, have attempted to act account for any of his property by fictitious loeses or expenses. A RT. 820, • If at the sitting appointed fir the last examination of au bankrupt, cr at any adjuurnment thereof, or at any sitting or sojourned sitting for the allowance of his cer tificate, it shall appear to the Court that the bankrupt has been guilty of the off-nees hereinafter in this article mentioned, it shall he lawful for the C,,art to adjudge that such bankrupt shall be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one year; provided always, that this article shall not take diva Ladd after the expiration of six months f:•om the commencement of this Act, and then only against such traders as shall hare been adjudged bankrupt on petitions for adjudication under tilts Act, and for off:laces committed alter the commencement of this Act. List of offecces ai hin the meaning of this Act, and in This article abov, referred to. First—lf the bankrupt shall have put any of kis cre ditors to any unnecessary expense by any vexatious or frivolous defence or delay to any tuft for the recovery of any debt or demand provable under his bankrupcy, or ,hull be indebted in costs incurred in any action or suit vexatiously brought or defended. Sec-ead—lf the bankrupt shall at any time after his bankruptcy, or at any meeting cif his creditors holden i , hin two months next preceding his bankruptcy, have vvil'ufly prevented or wi!hheld the production of any book, paper, deed, writing, or t eller document relating to his trade, dealings, or estate. Third—lf the bankrupt shall during his trading, or for one year at least next preceding his bankruptcy, have omitted to keep proper books of account, or shall kept his books imperfectly, carelessly, tied regli• gently, and so as not to exhibit at the bankruptcy the real position of the bankrupt as to his debts and credits. Fourth—lf the bankrupt shall have emitted to take stock, and entered the same in a book or on paper in writing, once at least during evtry L ] years of his trading. Fif: h—lf the debts, claims, and demands proveable under the bankruptcy shall, from time to time as such debts, claims, and demands were contracted, have to greatly exceeded the means of the Lankrupt to provide for the due payment or satisfaction thereof (r yard being had to his actual and expected property) as to ;how gross misconduct in the bankrupt as a trader in contracting the same. Sixth—lf the bankrupt shall, in his conduct as a tra der, at any time after his bankruptcy, cr within twelve months next preceding his bankruptcy, have wilfully committed or suffered any act which in the opinion of the Court shall nut amount to nny offence above specified in this Act, but which, nevcrtheless shall appear to the Court to have been committed or suffered by the bank rupt in violation of good faith, or with intent to defraud or injure some one or more of his credit( rs. We certa►nly confess ourselves unable to discover in these any cause fur alarm. On the contrary, we think thcy will work well—v% ill ensure the puishment of the offences specified (which the law, as it at present stands, does not), and that the knowledge of their existence will alone operate to prevent the necessity for a resort to them. Ttey are not to take effect " until after the expiration of six months from the commencement of this Act—and then only against :itch traders as shall have been adjudged bankrupt on petitions fur adjudica tion under this Act—and for offences c: mmitted after the commencement of this Act. . Surely this is a great improvement in the present state of things. As the law now stands, the Court bas no power to punish. It matters not of what the bank rupt_ may have been guilty. He may have bought goads of A, and sold them next day to B for half their cost; or he may have pawned theta, and disposed of the money so obtained in any conceivable manner; he may have dune all this in a hopeless state of insolvency, or in contemplation of bankruptcy; or ho may have com mitted soy, or all, of the acts specified in Articles 319 and 320; it signifies nothing if he makes true discovery, the Court has no power to touch him. It may refuse, or suspend, the bankrupt's certificate, and withhold protection, asd any judgment creditor who has not proved may take and imprison him. But the imprison ment is not for the offence or ofLnees of which the bankrupt has been proved to have been guilty; it is for non payment of the imprisoning cr ditor's debt—a debt which the bankrupt, if he has made true discovery, can have no possible means of paying. The thing, it' done at all, is done in a round-ab nit and a clumsy and incon • sistent, and, we will add, in a most undignified man. ncr. A bankrupt mty thus be punished, but if he be, the punishment is effece.d in a way by no means likely to operate to a sounder state of things, or to be commensurate to the offence ; it is unseemly, and, above all, it is uric' rtain, and may be altogether evaded. The opposers of Articles 319 and 320 desire a con tinuance of the present system, with this difference, that all creditors who have proved under the bankruptcy shall be deemed judgment creditors, and entitled to have capis al satistaciendsm on a certificate from the Court that they have so proved, and that they shall, on the ad journment of a bankrupt sine die, or on the refusal or suspension of his certificate, be entitled to take and im prison him on such capias. But where, we would ask, is the security that any such espies would be put in force, and what tie manifest and all but avowed object ? We know, or at least have a strong suspicion, of what would follow. We fancy w e are not very wide of the mark in supposing that every creditor would do just that which was most likely to put something into his own pocket. We imagine he would use his capias, not with a view to punishment for the commission of a commercial offence, hut as a means of screwing something out of the bank rupt or his friends—leaving utterly out of view all con siderations of public policy. This is what assuredly would happen. And as to the " abolition of trial by jury," where is it now—and where would it be under the system propounded by the opposers of the articles we have quoted ? There is none, and would be none. The creditor takes the un protected or uncertificated bankrupt, and impri• sons him; and he may keep him in prison for just the same period as it is proposed by Lord Brougham's Bill that the Court shall have power to imprison him; but in either way there is no trial by jury. The one is, as we have already said, a round about, clumsy, inconsistent, and most undignified proceeding; the other, a direct mode of punishing for a particular and a specified offence, and one likely, wo firmly believe, to place trading and commercial dealings on a sounder footing, and we con sequently sincerely desire that it may meet with the success which we think it merits. The saving by the Bill and the fees abolished are as SATING. Two London Commissioners, abolished as va cancies occur, 2,0001. each ... £4,000 Secretary of Bankruptcy... ... ... 1,500 One Wgistrarship, the office held by Mr. Ayrton at the time of his promotion, never tilled up, and now abolished ... . . ... 1,200 Three London Registrars abolished—Mr. Ser geant Lawes retiring now, and two abolished as commissionerships become vacant. See Articles 37 and 39 ~. 3,01'0 Clerk of Enrolments, and his cl , rk, abolished ... 1,000 RegiArar of meetings, abolished ••• ••• 800 'l'o clerks in chief Registrar's office, abolished 4 0 0 Ushers and Remembraccer of Court of Review , abolished ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 350 Two London uahere, abolished as commissioner ships become vacant ... ••• ••• 200uu Accountant's offices, clerks abolished ••• _a £12,950 DEDUCT INCREASE OF SALARIES. Brotlght turvrard £12,950 Chief Commissioner ... ... £5OO Chit f Registrar ••• ••• ••• ... 300 Senior Registrar ••• ••• ••• ... 250 Taxing Master ••• ••• ••• ... 300 C o untry Registrzrs, 1001. each ... ... 1,100 Usher of Chief Commissioner • ••• 20 Country Ushers, 101. each • • • • 120 IiCUM ket per••• ••• ••• ... ICO --- 2,790 Ultimate annual Saving £10,160 FEES ABOLISHED. Docket struck and not aettd upon ... ... ot 112 6 llerevred fiat ... ~. ... ......0 12 0 Auxiliary fiat ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 0 12 0 Certified copy, declarztiun of insolvency . ... 0 2 6 Certificate to authorise advertisement in Gazette 0 2 6 ••• Filing affidavits and other et eutnurs • ... 0 1 0 Filing fiat ••• ••• ••• • • ••• 0 I 0 'ea.- h %%arr an t 0 5 0 Searching affilavit ... • Order made in any matter heretofore within . the jurisdiction o f th e C our t o f R ev i ew ... 1 0 0 Mina to of order 111 ~. 11411 ... 0 2 0 I