The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TILE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. . _ GLOBE.—We axe inclined on the whole to the view which is taken by those Ministerialists who keep a weather eye open, and know they must look out for squalls, which will at no distant day capsize the crazy craft they are pitching and patching, in the forlorn hope that it may not "finally" founder till the end of their trading voyage. The Times re presents this class of Ministerialists, and has no better character to give of the Peel project than that it will pave the way for a fixed duty ! Sir James Graham also has repudiated the notion of finality (and, if what we. quoted yesterday respecting him as a landlord is true, the Right Hon. Baronet permits no' finality in the rise of his rents at least). It appears then, on the whole, that the best which the cunning an d l ong -headed portion of the supporters of the Corn Bill can say for it is, that it lists in the small end of the wedge. We ac cept the augury ! We admit the success with which the New Corn-law Minister has placed the inte rest, by force of whose alarms he was hoisted to office, on an inclined plane, where the mere momentum of the masses behind them must press them onward. lie has deprived their position of that cis inertice which could alone give it a hope of permanence; and they have now before them the prospect of indefinite inno vation. 'They have moved just enough to demonstrate that their disinclination to moving does not enable them to resist the pressure from without. They will still less be able to resist that pressure w h en it s h a ll b e brought to enforce the necesssity of substituting reality for pretence. So far, then, the abolition of monopoly has been certainly forwarded. It does not follow that the cre dit for this first step belongs to those who have made it. This is what the " No-finality" Ministerialists would palm on the public. We do not hesitate to denounce this as effrontery even in them astonishing. What credit can be due for action against the most recently professed principles ? What credit can be due to claims for resemblance in principle to the very oppo nents who were driven from power by dint of raising hostility to their principles ? What credit can be due for legislating on bad principles, to prove the value of good ones ? That credit, whatever be its amount, the Times claims for the scheme of Ministers. STANDARD.—The debate upon Lord Jobn Rus sell's motion terminated last night in a signal victory obtained by Ministers over all the various sections of the Opposition, united for the occasion, and voting, if not speaking, in perfect harmony. The numbers upon the division were—For Lord John's motion, 226 ; against it, 349.—A Majority of One Hundred and Twenty-three ! This looks like a return to old usages and speaks well for the power a n d so lidit y o f Si r R. Peel's Administration. It is impossible to overrate the value of such a display of strength in relation to the interests of the nation at home and abroad. We need scarcely say that nothing of the kind has been seen since the fever of the first reformed Parliament; but we may properly remind those who resisted any re form, as necessarily disorganizing the Constitution, that they held such a manifestation of the just power of the Executive, as impossible, after any reform should be effected. We—our readers will, we hope, be just enough to remember—maintained the opposite opinion, avowing our conviction th a t some reform had become necessary, we professed comparative indifference as to its form, confident that whatever law might be presented to the people of this nation, their good sense and good disposition would draw from it the best consequences. Our anticipation has been realised more promptly than it was possible to hope. Within ten years from the passing of the Reform Bill we see a Conservative Minister, supported in a contest forced upon him, because as it was believed to be the contest in which he must be most seriously embarrassed, by a majority of one hundred and twenty-three, The majority of ninet=y-one, with which Sir Robert Peel commenced his Government, has been augmented by more than thirty per cent. in four or five months, in defiance of an agitating con :piracy indefatigably employing for more than a year all the incendiary topics by which popular feeling is most easily excited. Is this the triumph of the Mi nister ? Certainly not. In the first place, it is the triumph of the people—the triumph of the people over the League—over their mercenary lecturers and hired mobs. COURIER.—The only speeches worthy of any special notice delivered from the Opposition benches were those of the three ex-Ministers—Lords Pal merston, John Russell, and Mr. Labouchere—and principles as adverse to a free trade in corn were maintained, in each of these, as in any emanating from the Ministerial benches. The great object for the accomplishment of which the leaders of the Opposition appeared to labour, was to prove that the step adventured by Sir Robert Peel, though admitted to have been taken in the right direction, did not . go far enough ; indeed they struggled hard to make it appear that the benefits to be expected from the proposed change were not worth contending for—" You innoN ate, but do not improve ; you disturb, but do not settle ; you concede, but do not conciliate "—were the burden of the reproaches levelled by each succeeding speaker against the framers of the measure then before the House ; reproaches, which a glance at the construc tion of the proposed scale of duties, contrasted with that it is intended to displace, shows to be utterly un justified. But it has ever been the characteristic of the Whig party to mean abolition, when they peak of amendment—to contemplate revolution, when they speak only of change. All the supporters of the Government measure assert hilts favour is, that it will prove a decided and important improvement orr the present system, and not that it will revolutionise all previous laws and regulations with regard to the im portation of foreign corn into this country. Against the objections to details urged with such one-sided perti nacity by Lord John Russell, and the succeeding speakers on his side of the House, Sir Robert Peel vindicated his measure most triumphantly last night, demonstrating that though it may fail to con ciliate extremes—though it may prove distasteful to Anti-Corn-law brawlers on the one side, and to those who exclusively look to the interests of agriculture on the other—it will command the approval and sanction of that large intermediate class, which may be justly ,aid to constitute the great bulk of the nation. TURKISH EXCHEQUEEt FRAUD. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 17.-A fraudulent transaction lately discovered, in connection with the public trusts and deposits of the Bezestan, has created as great a sen sation among the Turks as the recent affair of the Ex chequer. bills produced in England. The Bezestan, as many of our readers must be aware, forms a part of the b mars of Constantinople, and, from the solid and fire proof nature of the masonry of which it is constructed, has been selected as the locaL of a sort of bank of de posits, which bears no interest, however, but consisting chiefly of gold, j e w e l s , an d ot h er va l ua bl es, placed there merely for security. Should the proprietors of these effects die without heirs or intestate, the whole of the amount reverts to the Imperial treasury. The . most singular . fenturc of the Institution, and on e alto :, ether Oriental, is, that its keepers or trustees are all Kurds, belonging to a particular tribe in Kurdistan, which is responsible for their integrity. A certain indi vidua4 about 20 years ago, was proceeding on the pilgrim s ge to Mecca, made a deposit of the value of two to three thousand pounds at the Bezestan. On his return, which, fbr some cause or other, had been so long deferred, to COO - stpntinoplu, he applied to the keepers fur his property, but v as informed, to his great dismay, that it cold] nowhere 1 e found ; the place was searched, rummaged, and ran sacked again and again, but no such deposit could be dis covered. Still the Hadgi, little satisfied with the result of the sear,-h, however zealously it had been pursued, be thought himself of applying to the Grand Vizier, who at once undertook to investipate the matter, and, accompa- • nied by a whole train of cam ashes or policemen, set out immediately on this voyage of discovery to the Bezestan. His researches, it appears. were attended with much better success ; for, on examining the registers of the in stitution, it was found that there was not only this, but many deposits whose disappearance could by no means ' be satisfactorily accounted for. The fact was, that though there was no previous instance of fraud against indivi duals, yet many deposits, of which it was presumed the proprietors were dead, lead been appropriated by the keepers, instead of being transferred, as the law directs, to the Imperial Treasury. The effects of the Hadgi iyt question had, it seems, been also embezzled in this man ner. The upshot of the affair is, that nine of these res pectable Kurdish bankers have been sunnily bastinadoed and sent to the bagnio ; and that in future the Govern ment, while taking charge, through its own functionaries. of then trusty deposits, will not lose sight of its own interests. The amount of private property in the Bows tan has been found to be upwards of 300,000 purses, or a million and a half sterling. Similar measures will be adopted with respect to Mosque deposits. Perrier, a stocking-maker, and a woman named Veille, had for some time lived together at Uzcs, in the Gard, as in and wife, but, a short time ago, removed to Nimes. They had been at their new lodging only two days, when the woman was found dead in a well, into which she had been thrown, after re. c.tivine a severe wound over (me of her eyes, and having her throat e t, the blood being received into an earthen cooking,.vessel. P •rrier and a couso t of his have been arrested on suspicion, for which there are strong grounds. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Ott Monday a length. ened investigation took place at the George, Castle street, Leicester-square, before 111 r. Higgs, on the body of Mr John Dale, aged 70, formerly a clerk in Somerset House, who died under circumstances Of zreat misery and destitution. John Boffin, polide-constable F 41, deposed that between nine arid ten o'clock on Thursday night, he discovered the deceased leaning against a wall in Long-acre. He was in a state of great exhaustion, and appeared dying from destitution. Wit ness obtained asbistance, and . he wa s removed to St. Martin ' s wo rkhouse. He was clad in rags and was covered with ver min. Mr. J . N . Baiubridge, surgeon to th e par i s h , deposed that he saw the deceas ed w hen brought state of into He was insensible , a nd in a_ g reat exhaustion, lie was placed in bed. and wine siren him, but he gradu a ll y sank, and died - about JO i , o'clock on riday morning. lie was of opinion that be died from the want of the trhcioe.imheefm.aodrlienecessaries tohfelife. e The Coroner inquired of Groove r, ceased bad ever applied for parish I Verdict—" Died f or had not. He was a very proud man. • want of the common necessaries of life.' , - • . -." The last number of the Courrier of Dijon appears 1.:.. -- " with two columns in blank, in consequence of the refusal of its Printer to print a political article. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 1842. I. Municipal Corporations Bill; —second reading. 2. Belfast Election Petition ; —adjourned debate. 3. Corn Importation Act;—Committee thereupon. 4. Supply;—Committee. 5. Duchy of Cornwall Bill ; Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS, Fur. 1 8. I. Mr. Estcourt—To nominate the Select Committee on Stand ing Orders :—Mr. F_:stcourt, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. William Miles, Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Robert Palmer, Sir George Strickland, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Ord, Mr. Trotter, Mr. Octavius Morgan, Mr. Childers, Mr. Acland. (At the time of private business.) 2. Sir Edward Knatchbull—Bill to regulate the sale of parish property. 3. Colonel Sibthorp—To call the attention of the House, and more particularly her Majesty's Government, to the policy of sub stituting the payment of the several duties on the importation of fortign corn at the period that they are entered into, instead of the present system of payment of such duties when taken out of bond. 4. Mr. Villiers—To present petition from certain persons assem blingin London from different parts of England, Scotland, and %Vales, toprocure the repeal of the Corn and Provision.laws. 5. Mr. Villiers—ln Committee on importation of corn, to move the following resolution : " That all duties payable upon the importation of corn, grain, weal, or flour, do now cease and determine (in lieu of the resolution proposed by Sir Robert Peel)." 6. Colonel Sibthorp-In Committee on Importation of Corn, to move that the Duties on Corn be levied or paid at the period of Importation, instead - of when taken out of bond. 7. Mr. Christopher-In Committee en Corn Importation, to substitute the following Scale of Duty :- 501. and under 51s. Duty 255. 51s. and under 525. - 245. 525. and under 535. -23 s 535. and under 545. - 225. 545. and under 555. -21 s. 555. and under 565. -20 s. 555. and under 575. -19 s. 575. and under 58s. -18 s. 58s. and under 595. -17 s. 595. and under 60s. -16 s. 60s. and under 61s. -14 s. 61s. and under 625. - I 3s. 02s. and under 635. -12 s. 635. and under 645. - Ils. 64e. and under 658. - les. 655. and under 665. - 9s. 665. and under 675. - Os. 675. and under 68s. - 7s. 68s. and under 691. - 6s. 695. and under 70s. - ss. 70s. and under 71s. - 4s. 71s. and under 725. - 3s. 725. and under 735. - 2s. 735.... ls. S. Mr. William S. O'Brien—ln Committee on Corn Importa. tion, to move, That all sorts of Grain, the produce of the Colonial Possessions of Great Britain, be admitted at all times at a duty of one shilling per quarter. 9. Sir Valentine Blake—ln the event of Mr. Villiers' motion being rejected, and in consideration of the unexampled depression of trade and manufactures, to move, that Corn be admitted free of duty for one year, or for such other limited period as Parliament may deem fit and proper. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey, Bart., James Loch, Esq., Johr Wilson Patten, Esq., and Sir William Meredyth So. merville, Bart., being five of the Members appolated by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General Committee of Elections, and not being objected to by the House, severally took the following oath : Ido swear, that I will truly aid faithfully perform the duties belonging to a Member of the General Committee of Elections, without fear or favour, to the best of my judgment and ability. So help me God. Then the Petitions severally complaining of undue Elections and Returns for the following places were referred to the said Com mittee, viz. :—(freat Marlow, Alexander Higginson and others. Electors :—Nottingham Town, Francis Hardwick and Robert Gray, Electors :—Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Ralph Bernal and William Dougal Christie, Esquires :—Thetford, Sir James Flower, Baronet :—Clitheroe, Edward Cardwell, Esquire theme, John Taylor and William Whalley, Electors :—Lewes, Edward Monk and Gabriel Egles :—Harwich, Sir Denis Le Mer chant, Baronet :—Harwich, Sir Denis Le Merchant and Electors : —Wigan, Charles Standish and Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esquires: Rutland, Viscount Campden anti Electors :—Longford County, Anthony Lefroy, Esquire : —Wakefield, Jose Luis Fernandes and Lawrence Hitchon, Electors :—Sudbury, John Warwick and Joseph Martin, Eectors :—Bridport, William Pearce Stanley, Esquire, and others, Electors :—lpswich, John Cobbold and others, Electors. Belfast—An objection being taken to referring the petition of George Hamilton Chichester, Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus, to the said Committee, the same being a petition of a Lord of Par- lament, the said petition was read : Sessional Order," That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom, for any Lord of Pariiament, or other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, to concern himself in the election of Members to serve for the Commons in Parlia ment, except only any Peer of Ireland, at such elections in Great Britain respectively, where such Peer shall appear as a candidate, or by himself, or any others, be proposed to be elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of any county to avail himself of any authority derived from his commission, to influence the e.ection of any member to serve for the Commons in Parliament"—read. Motion made, and question proposed, " That the said petition being the petition of a Lord of Parliament, be not referred to the said Committee :"—(Mr. Thesiger:)—Debate arising thereupon ; debate adjourned till Friday. Theft the petitions severally complaining of undue elections and returns for the following places were referred to the said Com mittee, viz. : Belfast, George Hamilton Chichester, Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus, and Archibald M'Brair, an Elector : Cardigan Borough, Pryse Pryse, Esquire: —Nottingham Tows, Joseph Braithwaite and others, Electors :—Wakefield, Honourable Wil liam Sebright Lascelles:—Wigtown, &c., Burghs, James Blair, Esquire, and Electors :—Rochester, Viscount Melgund :—Ro chester, George Jetterys and James Chesson, Electors :—Glou cester City, Francis Buchanan Hoare and Charles Frederick Clare, Electors :—Blackburn, William Turner, Esquire : Tipperary County, Honourable Cornwallis Maude and Wil liam Ponsonby Barker, Esquire :—Lichfield, Richard Dyott, Esquire --Southampton Town, John Rushworth Keele and others, Electors: Southampton Town, Joseph Lankester and others, Electors :—Newry, Sir John Milley Doyle : Newport, William John Blake and Thomas Gisborne, Esqrs. : Elgin, &c„ Burghs, Thomas Abercromby Duff, Esq. :—Bewdley, Robert Monteith, Esq., and Electors :—Reading, Thomas Mills, Esq. :—Penryn and Falmouth, John White Dixon, Elector : Thetford, William Watts Wickes and Edward Palmer, Electors: —Nottingham Town, Richard Young Booker and Joseph Newton, Electors :—Wareham, John Hales, Caicraft, Esq. :—Newcastle urt er-Lyme, George Cooper and Henry Broomhall, Electors: — Lyme Regis, Richard Sellers and others, Electors :—Merthyr T3dvil, Edward Williams, Elector :—Harwich, John Bagshaw, Esq.:—Stafford Borough, William Holmes, Esq. :—St. Ives, Ed win Ley, Esq. :—Rutland, Robert Hawley and John Arthur Gardner, Electors : —New Windsor, William Frederic Fergusson, Esq. : —New Windsor, Charles Stuart Voules and Joseph Brown, Electors :—Flint, Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Baronet, and others, Electors :—Cork County, Nicholas Philpot Leader and Robert Longfield, Esquires, and others, Electors :—Kerry, Arthur Bien. nerhassett, Esquire, and Electors :—Louth, Lewis Upton and William Sunbury M'Clintock, Electors :—Kinsale, James Francis Comerford and George Dunn, Electors :—Downpatrick, Thomas Dixon, Esquire, and Electors :—Waterford City, Thomas Wyse, Esquire :—Shrewsbury, WilliaM Yardley and John Watton, Elec. tons :—Stafford Borough, William Heath and others, Electors : Dudley, William Adams Smith, Esquire :—Barnstaple, Robert Budd, Elector :—Belfast, Archibald M'Brair and George Kennedy Smith, Electors :—Waterford City, Sir Henry Winston Barron, Baronet, and Thomas Wyse, Esquire :—Athlone, Thomas Glynn and John Dowde, Electors :—Bridport, Joseph Bartlett and others, Electors :—Sunderland, Cuthbert Vaux and George Reed, Electors. Dublin City Election—Petition of Electors, complaining of that Election (App. No. 1) ; referred to the General Committee of Elections, and Mr. Speaker to issue his Warrants for persons, papers, and records. Controverted Elections—Viscount Sandon, one other Mem ber appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General Committee of Elections, and not being objected to by the House, took the fol. lowing oath : I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully perform the duties be. longing to a MCmber of the General Committe of Elections, with out fear or favour, to the best of my judgment and ability. So help me God. Committee to meet at a quarter before Four o'clock to.day. COURT-MARTIAL in the TOWER. • On Tuesday the Ist battalion of Fusileer Guards quartered in the Tower were assembled on the parade, to hear the proceedings of a district Court-martial read over on private Stoddart, who had been tried for unbecoming and unsoldier-like conduct while on duty in the Bank of England. on the night of Saturday, the 29th ultimo. The circumstances waich led to the trial were these : The guard which attends the Bank every night is accompanied by one of the officers of the regiment, who is allowed a guinea, and a dinner prepared for him at a neighbouring hotel. On the night in question the officer in command of the detachment had a fine saddle of mutton cooked for his dinner, and waited for some time in expectation of receiving a visit from a friend, who had promised to take dinner with him. The officer, however, was doomed to eat his mutton alone, and after making a hearty meal and sipping a glass or two of wine, he left the remains of the feast on the table, and went round the Bank to look atter his men. On his return to the apartment in which he had dined, , he found the mutton and wine had vanished, and immediately gave information to one of the Bank porters, who came to the con clusion that the robbery had been coininitteJ lif' three of the clerks, who were detained until a late hour on the same night making up some accounts of an important nature. The clerks had beets eating their dinner in another apartment, and were just leaving it, when the porter and his assistant charged them with stealing the remains of the officer's dinner, and attempted to take them into custody. The clerks, who are highly-respectable men, indignantly repelled the charge, and the porter and,his assistant in the scuffle which ensued, were knocked down. Two of the clerks got away, but the third was not so fortunate. He was forced into a room, and the key turned upon him. The affair soon reached the ear of the resident cashier, who left his apartments, and ordered the instant liberation of the clerk who was under arrest, and in timated to the officer that it was very probable some of hie own men had made free with the mutton. The detachment were imme diately mustered, and a rigid search was determined on. No sooner were the guard assembled than one man, a private, was ob served to remove something from his cap, and throw it behind him. It provod to be some of the mutter,, and be was interrogated on the subject, when he accused another soldier, and rgeneral crimination and recrimination took place, which ended in Stoddart, and another soldier, named Smith, being deprived of their arms, and placed under detention. It appeared that Stoddart was the sentinel on duty op posite the building appropriated to the accommodation of the officer, and it was suggested to him by Smith, after the officer had finished his dinner, that there was a good chance of obtaining a "tuck out," and he took the other's post, put on his cap, and shouldered his musket, while Stoddart committed the robbery. The mutton was divided among several men, but ere they had finished their share the plunder was discovered. Stoddart, in defence, pleaded that Smith first smelt the mutton, and instigated him to commit the rooliery. Smith, who had been in the service for eight years, and had obtained one stripe for good conduct, was acquitted, but Stotl- dart was found guilty, and sentenced to forty days' imprisonment in the Penitentiary, where lie now is. The porter who so injudiciously interfered in the matter, has been suspended by the Directors of the Bank. A-BRIDGING A TOLL.—A patty of " navvies," being at work on one side of the Thames, and lodging on the other, hit upon an ingenious plan for reducing the bridge-toll. They deputed one of their party to inquire of the collector, how much weight a man was allowed to carry, and whether any sort of a load was allowed. The collector answered, " Carry what you choose, and as much as you car.." They took him at his word, and assembling the whole force on the bridge, they divided the party into two sections, and one carried two through the gate, more to the merriment of tho lookers on, than to the amusement or profit of the collector. It affords us much pleasure in recording, that the Captain Tinghae, : Sc h ott Reignolds, of her Majesty's 49 th Regiment, who if especially mentioned for his conspicuou s braver y at the capture of General Sir Hugh Gough, is the eldest son of the late Major Thomas Reignolds, of the Scots Greys, who was many yew& on the staff at Brighton, and who gloriously fell at the Battle cf W aterloo.—Brighton Gozette. THE SUN, LONDON, FRMAY M Watson,. W. IL—Kinsale Wawn, J. T.—South Shields Wemyss, Colonel—Fifeshire Westenra, Hon. J. C.—King's Co White, Colonel Samuel—Leitrim White, Henry—Longford Wigney, J. N. —Brighton Williams, William—Coventry Wilshere, Williatn—Yarmouth Wilson, M.—Clitheroe PAIR; FOR THE MOTION. A'Court, Captain—Tamworth Brooke, Sir A. B.—Fermanagh Burdett, Sir F.—N. Wiltshire Cartwright, Wm. IL—South Nor. thamptonshire Castlereagh, Visct—Down Co. Clements, Colonel—Cavan Dugdale, W. S.—Warwickshlre Eastnor, Viscount—Reigate Henniker, Lord—East Suffolk Irving, John—Antrim Co. Jones, Joh n—Carmarthenshire Ker, David—Downpatriek Lindsay, H. H. —sandwich Pennant, D.—Carnarvonshire Planta, Joseph—Hastings Peel, Col. Jonathan—Huntingdon Vesey, Hon. T —Queen's Co. ABSENT CONS' Arbuthnot, General—Kincardine- shire Hotham, Lord—Leominster ogestre, Viscount—Staffordshire Jackson, Mr. Serj.—Bandon tsridgc ABSENT LII Archbold, Robert—Kildare Bellew, R. H.—Louth Callaghan,.—Cork City Chaliners , Patrick—Montrose, &c Crawford, S.—Rochdale Denison, W. 1 — %% est Sussex Drag, J. S. W. E.—Wareham Dundas, Frederick—Orkney Ellice, Right Hon. E.—Coventry Etwall, Ralph—Andover • Grattan, Henry—Meath Greenaway, Charles—Leominster Hollond, Robert —Hastings Howick, Viscount—Sunderland Winningtoni Wood, Ben Woed, Cha Wood, G. Wood, Sir Wrightson, Yorke, H. I 1 Sir T. E.—Bewdley min—Southwark es—Halitax .—Kendal atthew—London W. B.—Northallerton I.—York TELLERS. 'nry—Devonport in—Sheffield ITufaell, Parker, .10: S-34. FOR THE AMENDMENT. Wilde, Sir Thomas—Worcester Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co Cave, Robert Otway—Tipperary Ainsworth, P.-=Bolton Fleetwood, Sir P. H.—Preston Clements, Visc...r.Leitrim Co. O'Ferrall, R. M:—Kildare Co. Ellice, Edward St. Andrew's Seymour, Lord4Totness White, Luke—Longford Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Listowelle Lord—St. Alban's Maher, John— Wexford Co. Lev eson, Loro Pignt, David Richard—Clonmell Feilden, W. J —l3ldekbnrn Shelborne, Earl of—Caine ;ERVATIVES—R. Kerrison, Sir E.—Eye Palmer, George—Egret Vyvyan, Sir It.—Helstone Williams, T. Peers—Marlow 3ERALS-28. James, William—Cumbe•land Macnamara, Major- Clare Martin, Thomas—Galway Co. Norreys, Sir Denham—Mallow O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare O'Brien, J.—Limerick City O'Connell, Daniel—Cork Co. Power, J.—Wexford Co. Roche, E. B.—Cork Co. Rumbold, C. E.—Yarmouth Shell, Richard Lalor—Dungarvan Stock, Dr.—Cashel Talbot, C. R. M.—Glamorgansliirc Vane, Lord H.—South Durham ANALYSIS OF DIVISION. I Voted against Lord John Russell's Resolution (Tellers included) Voted for it (Tellers included) Pairs (17) klasent Conservatives Liberals Seats Vacant, Douhle Returns, &c. : Southampton, Salop, Carnwall, Clackmannan, Cardigan, Thetford, Bandon, and Meath Speak IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 17. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. The Marquis of CONYNGIIAM presented a petition from Donegal on the subject of Presbyterian marriages. The Earl of MINTO presented a petition from Roxburgh, praying for a revision of the Provision laws. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, several Noble Lords were appointed a Select Committee to consider of certain matters relative to the Library. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from the. Dissenters of Bromsgrove, from Lauder, and Forfar, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Also a petition from Antrim relative to Dissenter's marrages. POOR-LAW CHAPLAINS (IRELAND). Earl CLAN CARTY said he rose, in pursuance I of a notice he had given on Monday last, for laying on the table of the 'House the returns connected with the appointment of chaplains to the poor-houses in Ireland, that information should be laid before their Lordships, which might enable them to judge of the soundness of the principle which the Poor law Commissioners had adopted in those appoint ments, whether they were of a religious character,. or whether, as appeared to him (Earl Clancarty), they were directly inconsistent with Protestant reli gion in Ireland. It would be unnecessary for him to trespass at any length upon their Lordship's at tention, and he trusted he should receive some indulgence, as he seldom addressed that House, and did so now on the impulse of duty only.He feared the returns, for which he moved, would show on the face of them that there had been is disregard of the Established Church in Ireland, and an undue leaning to the. Church of Rome, as well as trifling with the interests of the rate-payers in Ire land. He did not wish to impute anything to the Poor-law Commissioners, Fe was well aware of the difficulties with which they had to contend; of Mr. Nichols especially, who was perhaps most implicated in the question to which he (Earl Clancarty) was about i to advert, he was far from being insensible of the ser vices which that gentleman had rendered to Ireland, as the author of the Irish Poor-law, and as the Com missioner who had called it into operation, he de- I served very great credit ; and much as the adminis tration was called before the attention of that House, in the early part of that year, he (Earl Clancarty) was aware that Mr. Nichols had evinced much zeal and labour, and, with the exception of the _case to which he now referred, sound judgment, in the man- , ner in which he had laboured to promote the success ful application of the law. Hitherto the law had been most beneficial in its operations, but he (Earl Clancarty) could not on that account acquiesce in the use, or, rather, abuse, which he had thought fit to make of powers vested in him for the appointment of chaplains. There was nothing in the Act to warrant him to grant to Roman Catholic chaplains salaries more than double thg amount of those he had allowed to Protestant chaplahis. They had, by so doing, caused an unnecessary expense, and had put a slight on the Established Church, which was aggra vated, by not having been contemplated till after the communication with the Roman Catholic Bishops, in which the Protestants were not consulted. Still less did he (Earl Clancarty) agree that preponderancy of numbers was to form a claim for the clergy of any denomination for partaking of any endowment granted by .the State, which was as much as to say that numbers, and not the truth, should form tie basis of the national religion. He was free to admit that the circumstances of Ireland, with so large a Roman Catholic and Presbyterian population, required in the enactment of the Poor-law—on the principle of administering relief only in workhouses,and preventing them from going to their own places of wor ship—that the performance of divine service in those workhouses should be in accordance with the various tenets of the inmates. The provisions under which the Commissioners acted, authorised the appointment of one chaplain of each persuasion, giving the preference to clergymen of the parish duly qualified. The duties to be performed were equal, the salaries then ought to be equal, but the Poor-law Commissioners thought other wise—" Duo aliter visum." The Commissioners thought that the Catholic chaplains ought to be paid more than those of the Established Church, as having more duties to perform in the way of visiting and instructing, so they consulted the Catholic Bishops on the subject. The Catholic Bishops were thus associated with the Commissioners in a manner which he could not approve of.—(Hear.) He did not think -that the Legislature, in passing the law, had any intentions of the kind, or that they wished to vest such a power in the Commissioners. If the law were to have such an etrect, it was evident, from the speeches delivered in both Houses, that Members were perfectly unconscious of it. The correspondence which had passed between him and Mr. Nichols upon the subject had been laid, by express desire, before the Government ; and the answer of the Government was that they did not deem it ne cessary to interfere with the discretion excercised by the Commissioners. lie would not trouble their Lordships further, but conclude by reading the motion which he intended to submit to the House : —l, The number of chaplains that have been ap- I pointed under the provisions of the Bth section of the Irish Poor-law, with the dates of their several I appointments, their names, their religious denornina tions, their salaries, and the names of the Poor-law Unions, for which they are severally appointed ; also, 2d, copy of any minute or resolution of the Poor law Commissioners declaratory of the principle upon which they determined the amounts of the salaries of the chaplains so appointed, with the date of the same ; and should the amount vary, as be tween the chaplains of different denominations, then a statement of the basis of calculation for determining the amounts of the several salaries ; also, 3d, copies of all correspondence, or minutes of conver sations had with any Bishops of the Esta blished Church relative to the salaries to be paid to the Protestant chaplains : also 4th, sation had with Roman Catholic Bishops, rela copies of the remonstrances copies of all corresponbdoenpca.eid otor. the Roman an of ecaotnhvoelric tive to the salaries to chaplains : also, sth, copies of all correspondence I made in writing, or otherwise, to t e oor-law ' Com missioners, against the irregularity of the .. salaries to be Commissioners and her for Ireland, upon the given to the chaplains of different. religious denomi -1 nations : and also, 6th, between the Poor-law Ma jesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, provisions of the Irish Poor or with the Chief Secretary said that in the few practice adopted by .the Poor-law Commissioners in regulating the salaries of chaplains appointed or to be appointed under the Relief Act. The Duke of WELLINGTON words which he intended to addrttss,, to their Lord shipsN manyeav ourto important avo avoid as topicss rn on the motion of the oVe. adverting to the rl, he sh ou ld en d w hich the able E ar l h a d in troduced t o th e ir Lords il h e i h ps a . s P6 l . l 3s ei the Duk e o f Wel liion})]al could not mo tion.—(4 au g h.) Th e Noblet help calling the motion of the Noble Earl ought to have given notice/of his intention to move for leave to lay upon the tble of the House a Bill to alter the Irish Poor-law Act. 1 The whole of his speech was against a particular clause in the Irish Poor-law Act, and therefore he !ought to have given notice of his intention to move for a repeal of that clause in the Act. He (the Duke of Wellington) confessed he 1 found great difficulty in discussing this subject with out adverting to some of those important topics in troduced by the Noble Earl. He (the Duke of Wel lington) had been most anxious that the case should be left m the hands of the Government ; and the Noble Earl had been requested to do so, in order that some inquiry might have been entered into on the part of the Government. Instead of that the Noble Earl thought proper to come forward, as it appeared to him (the Duke of Wellington), for a re- I peal of the Poor -law Act. He had shown no grounds - whatever for his motion. The first part of the motion was for a return of the number of chaplains; and the rest of the motion was for correspondence and even conversations respecting them.—(Hear.) With respect to all these matters, no ground what ever had been laid before their Lordships for this mo tion, excepting the conversation the Noble Lord had had himself in connection with the subject. Let them look at the case as it stood ; in the English Poor-law Act, which was the model of thii Bill, there was a clause enabling the Poor-law guardians to appoint a clergyman of the Church of England to be the chaplain of the workhouse. The Legislature had this Act fully before them, when the Irish Poor law Act was passed, and with that clause before them, they inserted in the Irish Bill another, empowering the Irish Poor-law Commissioners to apppoint, not a clergyman of the Church of England, but three clergymen, one of the Established Church, one of the Dissenting persuasion, and the third of the Roman Catholic persuasion, with the power also of fixing their salaries as they thought proper, by the 49th section of the Act. And not only this, but the Legislature had before them, at the same time, the Irish Gaol Act, under which the. Grand Jury had the power of appointing three chaplains to the gaol, and of giving them certain salaries stated in the law. This had been passed many years, and , its working had been well understood long before the Irish Poor-law Bill was passed. But this, too, was not all, with re spect to the provisions of the Irish Gaol Act, for, be sides their spiritual duties, the chaplains were required to perform certain other duties in the interior of the gaol, such as the inspection of the provisions, and seeing whether they were fit for the consumption of the prisoners, and other duties specified by the clause of the Act. They would next come to consider the discretion which the Legislature, having those two laws before their eyes, thought proper to allow to the Poor-law Commissioners •with respect to the salaries to be given to those different descriptions of clergymen. They knew that they had to legislate for a country in which there were large classes of inhabitants of one religious persuasion, among whom there were fortunately very few persons who were likely to be paupers in a workhouse—that there were other classes, of another religious denomina tion, of whom it was probable there would be very large numbers occasionally in workhouses, and that there were a third class, of whom also fortunately there would be but comparatively few individuals obliged to resort to workhouses. 'The Legislature also knew that these different classes prevailed in great va riety of numbers in different parts of the country, and that one general rule would not apply to all. They, therefore, left to the Commissioners the power of exercising their discretion according to the best of their judgment. He (the Duke of Welling ton) believed that that was a perfectly pro per and sound discretion to be allowed them. *The clergymen to be appointed to the situations in question were the clergymen of the parish in which the poor-house was. The duties to be performed were, in many instances, very extensive, and in others they ,were still more extensive: And what was the rule the Commissioners laid down with re spect to these salaries ? It was this ; that the maximum salary should be 651. a-year, and the minimum 251. a-year (as we understood the Noble Duke). The circumstances of that country rendered it necessary to assemble large bodies of persons in workhouses, in order to administer to their re lief. It was desirable to afford them the benefit of spiritual instruction, and the public were willing to defray „a --part of the expense which might be incurred for that purpose. If there were only one or two individuals, it could not be expected that the same sum would be expended as far a larger number. Under these circumstances, though he did not wish to treat the question of his Noble Friend with disrespect, he trusted that it would not succeed. He would suggest to the Noble Lord that the best course would be to bring forward a Bill for the re peal of the clause, when he would have an oppor tunity of stating the views he entertained upon this subject. The Earl of CLANCARTY explained. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that consider ing the official connection which he had had with the first working of the Irish Poor-law, he trusted that he might be allowed to express the very great satisfaction which he felt at the manner in which the Noble Duke had , met the motion of his Noble Friend.—(Hear.) In spite of some flattering expressions towards Mr. Nichols, any person who heard that address must be con vinced that it would be, impossible for Mr. Nichols, or any other person holding a similar office, to discharge the duties which devolved upon him, unless such motions were met in the manner which the present had been by the Noble Duke.—(Hear.) The Noble Earl had not only' moved for a repeal of the Irish Poor-law Act, but he brought charges of partiality and favouritism against those who had the administration of the Irish Poor-law, and accused them of disregard to the interests of the Esta blished Church. He did not desire to comment severely on the Noble Lord, because, as he said, he was not accustomed to address their Lordships, but he would say the Noble Lord should not make such charges against individuals who were perhaps as much attached to the Established Church as the Noble Lord himself. The terms of the motion were in themselves novel, and in some parts—the Noble Earl would forgive him for say ing so—perfectly absurd ; and he could not but express his satisfaction at the manner in which the motion was met by the Noble Duke.—(Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM begged to say one word on the subject. The Noble bail stated his case in very strong terms ; and the .manner in which his motion was worded, was certainly very novel. (The Noble Lord then quoted various passages from the motion, and showed that it would be impossible for a Protestant Bishop to speak to a Protestant, or for a Roman Catholic Bishop to speak to a Catholic, unle.4s a minute was made of it, and laid before their Lordships.) Upon the notice he (Lord Brougham) thought that the motion of the Noble Viscount should be agreed to,-(Hear, hear.) The Earl of CLANCARTY 'said he well recoj r , lected that the Noble Duke (Wellington) had,,not only recommended the production of minutes of con versations, with: reference to the Irish Poor-claw Act, upon former occasions, but the Noble Duke had in sisted even upon the production of private letters. The Noble Duke insisted that letters which were entirely of a private nature should be laid before the House. The Noble Duke had already insisted also upon the production of the minutes of all conversations. Lord BROUGHAM—Those were conversations. with Bishops, not with Poor-law Commissioners. Earl CLANCARTY thanked the Noble and Learned Lord for that ; but the Noble and Learned Lord seemed to have totally forgotten, that the minutes of those conversations were already laid upon the table of the House. Lord BROUGHAM—Conversation with whom ? —(Laughter and cheers.) Earl of CLANCARTY.._ Pith the Commissioners: —(lronical cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM—But that is not your motion. ' The Earl of CLANCARTY was understood to say that it must have been quite clear to any one, that the minute of the conversations he alluded to was between the Bishops and the Commissioners. Under those circumstances, he thought he was en titled to the production of the correspondence. That part of the motion, of course, which related to the minutes of conversation, must be withdrawn. Per haps the motion had better be altogether withdrawn. —(Hear, hear, and laughter.) With regar d t o w h a t the Noble 111ar'quis had said about his remark rela tive to favour to the Established Church, he (Lord Clancarty) thought he had a right to say that there was no sincerity in their friendship to the Church.— (Cries of " Order, order.") He was not out of or der, for an Act of Parliament prohibited certain Peers from voting on questions connected with the Established Church, on account of their insincerity. The Marquis of NORMANBY—What Act ? The Earl of CLANCARTY—The Roman Catho lic Relief Bill.—(Laughter and ironical cheers.) Surely, then, he was in order in attributing to them incincerity in their friendship fpr the Church. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Noble Peer was decidedly out of order. The Earl of CLANCARTY was sorry for being out of order. He should not have brought forward this motion if the Noble Duke had not promised to give him every information He had con sulted with the Government beforehand. He had seen the Irish Secretary for Ireland that day on the subject, and they all alike adhered to this practice, which he considered objectionable. If their Lordships sanctioned the course taken by the Poor law Commissioners, they would be sanctioning a course which wa.§ clearly illegal. He withdrew his motion, but regretted the information he required was not afforded. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished the Noble Earl would explain to the house if he (the Duke of Wellington) had. told him that he should have the information, after it had come to his (the Duke of Wellington's) knowledge what the information was that he desired. Some months ago the Noble Earl had asked him about information, without tell ing him what it was he wanted to know, and he (the Duke) had referred him to the Irish Go vernment, and told him that they could give him any other information he might require. But when he came to see the notice that the Noble Earl had given, he felt that it was of such a description that it would be impossible for the House to grant the informa tion, unless the Noble Lord moved for the repeal of the law. •. _ The Earl of CLANCARTY made a few observa tions in explanation, which were inaudible in the gallery. The Bishop of EXETER said he thought the manner in which the Noble Earl had brought forward his motion deserved the thanks of their Lordships. With respect to those Commissioners, he (the Bishop of Exeter had heard with pain a principle set forth not quite in accordance with what they had heard when the Poor-law Bill came before the House. Great powers were given tO these Commissioners ; and when that was mentioned, it was replied that what ever they did would bd under the control of Parlia ment, they would be answerable for their actions, and returns would be constantly made. What did the Noble Lord ask ? He had stated, and he (the Bishop of Exeter) thought that he had made out a prima facie case, that there appeared to be an undue depression of the Church of England made by thew Commissioners, the smallest stipends of 201. being almost invariably devoted to the Church of England chaplains. He (the Bishop of Exeter) thought they were indebted to the Noble Earl for bringing forward this motion. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said, that this was a Bill for the payment of chaplains, who were to be paid, not according to their creed, but according to the duties they performed ; and it followed that those chaplains Nyho had the greatest number of their creed in the poor-houses performed the greatest services. If ever there were a motion that ought to be rejected by their Lordships the present was it. He, therefore, quite agreed with the Noble Duke in opposing it. Motion withdrawn. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from a place in Wiltshire, for a repeal of the duties on corn and provisions. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from Congleton, in Cheshire,• signed by about 3,000 per sons, for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord DURCANNON moved for certain returns relative to the appointment .of deputy-lieutenants and deputy-sheriffs in Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 17. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. HERNE V. THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE. The SOLICITOR-GENERAD replied to-day to the appeal, and Their LORDSHIPS took time to consider their judgment. ANDREWS V. WALTON. The appellant, 111 r. Andrews, appeared in person to argue the case, which was an appeal from the decree of the Vice- Chancellor of England, dismissing the appellant's bill with costs, and also from certain interlocutory orders pronounced by the Lord and Vice-Chancellor. The defendant being in the Fleet for contempt, was brought up on habeas. A preliminary objection was taken to the hearing of the appeal, on the ground that neither the decree nor the order were enrolled, and upon their Lordships deciding in favour of the objection, the appeal was ordered to stand over till after Easter, at the request of the appellant. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Feb. 17. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) BAANFIL V. RRYDGES. The arguments in this part. heard case occupied the Court the whole day. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wiaßtm.) MONK. V. TA IiKEAVILLE. The defendant in this case had consented to pay to the plaintiff the sum of 7,000/., the principal sum in dispute, within six months. His HONOUR this morning expressed his opinion on some other motions in the suit, but reserved his final decision upon them until he had an opportunity of looking into the papers. ( Before Vice-Chancellor BRU ) No case invelvaig any feature of general interest, was heard in this Court. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 17. ( Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN.) THE BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, AND THAMES JUNCTION, ALIAS WEST LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY V. HALL. This was an action for the recovery of 1901., alleged to be due by the defendant to the Company, in virtue of his having become a shareholder fur ten shares, of 20/. each, but not hav ing paid the calls successively made upon him, in common with all other shareholders, by order ot the Directors. Mr. BUTT and Mr. PLATT were for the plaintiff; Mr. COCKBURN and Mr. CURRY for the defendant. The defendant pleaded that, at the time of making the calls, he had not subscribed ; that the Directors bad not made the calls ; that they had not made the calla according to the Act of Parliament ; that they had not given notice according to the provisions of the Act; that the defendant had been induced to become a subscriber through fraud, covin, and misrepresenta tion by the Company. On all of these pleas issue was joined. Henry Cassen, an accountant, from Bath, was called to prove the execution of the deed by the defendant, but the witness being a subscriber himself, though he had paid up no call, was ordered to stand down for the present, until it was desided whether or not he should be considered an interested party. The subscription of Richard Hall to the Parliamentary deed was proved, subject to a question as to his identity, which was reserved. Thomas Brook, a clerk, proved that the calls were duly made Ind advertised. The Company had been authorised by law to change their style from the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction lialway to that of the West London Railway. • The works had been suspended. Air. tar RUN now said that the defendant had sold his shares *before the calls were made, having paid merely the sum first required, and they were registered in the name of another person. Moreover, the works were.not going on; all the money receiied since 1836, had been spent in law,; the Direc tors were ashamed of their old name, they had assumed a new one, and had not even paid up their own shares. The regis tered Shareholders to whom the defendant had transferred his ten shares had paid up all the calls. In fact, the Com pany now wanted to be paid a secon4 time for the same ten shares, an undertaking that never would be carried on. W. H. Cussens then proved that on the sth of July, 1836, he purchased ten shares from Mr. Hall before the first call was made. Since then witness had paid 1901. on the ten shares. Defendant was at that time a Share-broker. Henry Cassen was now called on to give evidence for the defendant. Witness had acted at Bristol as agent to the Com pany, and some complaints having been made against the un dertaking, he was instructed to tell the subscribers that they would not be liable for any responsibilities, unless they paid up the calls and registered. He disposed of about bOO shares at Bristol. In cross-examination by Mr. Platt, witness said he sold ten shares to the defendant, but was not sure whether he had paid the deposit. Witness cut the counterfoils out of his book afterwards, but could not well say why. The deed arrived in two sheets ; one containing the deed, the ether seals for and places for the signatures of sub scribers. On this account some said afterwards that they did not knew what they had signed. Counsel for the defendant insisted that a signature in such circumstances was not a proper execution. It appeared, in the course of examination, that Mr. Hall had sold ten shares for 2s. 6d. each ; but there was no proof that those were the ten shares he had subscribed for, and finally, a letter was handed in, signed by Mr. Hall himself, acknow ledging that he had subscribed the contract-deed, though he had disposed of the ten shares. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, condemned the irregular mode of taking the subscription. Te have one parchment holding the deed, and another holding the signature, and to ['say that signing the latter was executing the deed, was open to very serious doubt. M r. Cassen was also very wrong i n cu t. ting out the counterfoils to the certificates ; but the Company were not open to the charge of fraud and covin. The Jury retired, and after considerable delay, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, being of opinion that the deeds wire attached at the time of signing. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 17. • (Sittings at Guildhall.) COVINGTON AND ANOTHER. V. FARLEY AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought to recover the value of a crane belonging to the plaintiffs, who are wharfingers, which crane had been used by the defendants for the purpose of landing a quantity of stone, and during the operation the crane was broken down. The' case possessed no feature of interest. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16. CORN-IMPORTATION. 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L. W.-West Norfolk Neville, IL-Windsor Clayton, Sir William-Marlow Newry, Lord-Newry Clayton, IL-Aylesbury Nichol!, J.-Cai dill Clerk. Sir G.-Stamford Norreys, Lord-Oxfordshire Clive, R. H. - South Shropshire Northland,Viscount-Dungannon Cochrane, A.-Blidport O'Brien,A,-N.Northamptonshire Cockburn, Sir Gorge- - Ossulston,Lord-NortliNorthuna. Codringtom, C. W.-East Glouces. berland tershire Owen, Sir John-Pembroke Cole, Hon.Arthura-Enniskillen Packe, C. W.-Leicester, South Collett, W. IL-Lincoln Paget, Lord W.-Andover Colville, C.-South Derby Pakington, J. S.-Droitwich Compton, H. C.-S. Hampshire Palmer, Robert--Berks Connolly, Edward M.-Donegal Patten, J. Wilson-Lancashire Coote, Sir C.-Queen's County Peel, ht. Hon. sir 13..-Tamworth Copeland, W. T.-Stoke-upon. Pemberton, Thomas-Ripon Trent Pigot, Robert-Bridgnorth Corry, Hon. 11. L.-Tyrone Co. Plumptre, John P.-East Kent evurtenay, Lord-S. Devonshire Polhill, Frederick-Bedford Cresswell, 8.-North Northum. Pollington, Lord-Pontefract i,erland Pollock, Sir F.-Huntingdon Cripps, Joseph-Cirencester Powell, Colonel- -Cardiganshire Crosse, 'P. 8.-Wigan Praed, W. T.-St. lees Darner, Hon G.-Portarlington Price, Richard-New Radnor Lathy, George-East Sussex Pringle, Alexander- Selkirkshire Dawnay, Hon. H.-Rutland Pusey, Philip-Berkshire Denison, K 8.-West Yorkshire Rae, Right Hon. Sir Wm.-Bute Dick, Quititin-Maldon Ramsay, W.-Edinburghshire Dickinson, J. H.-West Somerset Rashleigh, W.-East Cornwall D'lsraeli, 8.-Shrewsbury - Reade, M.-Waterford City Dodd, G.-Maidstone Reio, Sir John Lisa-Dover Douglas, Sir H.-Liverpool Itepton, G. W.-St. Alban'e oous,lss, Sir C. E.-Warwick Richards, Itichard-Meriemethsh Douglas, J. S.-Rochester Rolleston, Col.-S. Nottingham Douro, Marquis-Norwich Rose, Sir George-Christchurch Dowdeswell, W.-Tewkesbury Round, John-Vakion Drummond, H. H.-Perthshire Round, Charles Gray-Essex N. Duffield, 'themes- Abingdon Rous, Captain-Westminster Duncombe, Hon A.-East Hetford Rushbrooke, Colonel-Suflbik Duncombe, Hon. 0.-Yorkshire Russell, C.-Reading Du Pre, George-Bucks Russell, J.-N. Staffordshire East, James Buller- Winchester Ryder, Hots. D.-Hertfordshire Eaton, R. J.-Cambridgeshire Sanderson Richard-Colchester Egerton, W. Tatton-Cheshire Sandon, Lord-Liverpool Egerton, Sir P.-South Cheshire Scarlett Hon. H.-Horsham Egerton Lord F. L.-Lancashire Scott, Hon. E-Itexburglishire Eliot, L ord-East Cornwall Seymour, Sir H. 8.-Mitihurst Einlyu, Lord-Pembrokeshire Shaw, ItightHon. F.-Dublin Un. Escott, B. -Winchester Sheppard, Thomas-Frome Estcourt, T. G. 8.-Oxford Univ. Shirley, E. J -Warwickshire Farnham, F.8.-N. Leicestershire Shirley. E.-Monaghan Fellowes, Edw.-Huntingdonshire Sffithorp, Colonel-Lincoln 1. errand, W. B. - Knaresborough Smith, Abel-Hertfordshire Filmer, Sir E.-West Kent Smollet, A.-Dunbartonshire Fitzroy, Captain-Durham • Smyth, Sir G. H.-Colchester Fleming, John-Hampshire Smythe Hon. G.-Canterbury Follett, Sir W.-Exeter Somerset, Lord G.-Monmouthslt Efolliott, John- tommton, V iseount - , Forbes, W.-Stirlingsllire Sotheron, T. H.-Devizes Forester, Hon. G.- Weniock Stanley, Lord-North Lancashire , Forman, T. S.-Bridgewater Stanley, Edward-Cumberland _culler, A. H.-East Sussex Stewart, John-l.yunngtun casket', James Shines- Wenlock Stuart, H -Beeurti i Gladstone, W. E.-Newark-on- Sturt, Henry Chas.-llorsetsliirt Trent Sutton, C. M.-Cambridge Godson, R.-Kidderminster Taylor, Capt. E.-Dublin Co. Gordon, Hon. W.-Aberdeenshire Taylor, - J. A.-E. Worcestershire Gore, M.-Barnstaple l'ennent, J. E.- 13e1 fast • Gore, Ormsby-Salop Thesiger, F.-Woodstock ! Gore, W 11. 0 -Sligo Co. l'honapson, Ald.-Sunder land Goring, H. D.-New Shoreham Thornhill; G.-Huntingdonshire Goulburn, Right Hon. 11.-Cam. follemache, Hon. F.-Grantham bridge University Tollemache, J.-South Cheshire Graham, Hight Hon. Sir J. R. 6 1 omline, George-Shrewsbury -Dorchester Trench , Sir F.-Scarborough Granby, Marquis of-Stamford 1 revor, Hon. G. -Caerma rthensh. Grai.t, Sir A. C.-Cambridge Trollupe, Sir J.-S. Lincolnshire Greenall, P.-Wigan trotter, John-West Surrey Greene, T. G.-Lancashire t urnor, C.-Scut h Lincolnshire Gregory, W. A.-Dublin ;:ity Tyrrell, Sir J. T.-North Essex Grimsditch, T.-Macclesfield Vere, Sir C. 8.-East Suffolk Grimstow v Vistu-Hertfordshire Verner, William-Armagh Co. Grogan, E.-Dublin Vernon, G. H.-East Rettiird Hale, B. R.-Gloucestershire Villiers, Viscount-Weymouth Raiford, Henry-Leicestershire Vivian, John Ennis-Truro Hamilton, Charles J. 8.-Ayles. Waddington, H. S.-West Suffblk bury Walsh, Sir John 8.-Radnorshire Ham ilton, J.-Dublin Co. Welby, Glynne Earle-Grantham Hamilton, W.-Newport, Isle of Westenra, Hon.H. IL-Monaghan Wight Whitmore, T. C.-Bridgenorth .Hamilton, Lord C.-Tyrene Wilbraham, Hon. It. 8.-Lauca- Hanmer, Sir T.-Hull shire " Harcourt, G. G. V.-Oxfordshire Wihnot, Sir J. E.-Warwickshire .Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir IL- Wodehouse, Edmond-E. Norfolk Launceston Wood, Colonel'!.-Brecon Hardy, J.-Bradford Wood, Colonel T.-Middlesex Hawkes, Thomas-Dudley • Wortley, Lord-=Lincolnshire Hayes, Sir E.-Donegal - Wortley, Hon. S.-W. Yorkshire Heathcote, G. J.-Itutlandshire Wyndham, Colonel-W. Sussex Heathcote, Sir W.-Hampshire Wyndham ' W.-Salisbury Heneage, G. W.-Devizes Wynn, C. W.-Montgomeryshire Heneage, Edward-Grimsby . Wynn, Sir W. W.-Denbighshire Henley, J. W.-Oxfordshire Yorke, Hon. 'I. K-Cambridgesh. Hepburn,SirT.-Haddingtonshire Young, John-Cavan Co. Herbert, Hon. S.-south Wilts Young, Sir W.-Bucks Hill, Sir Howland-Shropshire TELLERS. Hinde, J. Hotigson-Newcaitle. Fremantle Sir T.-Buckingham upon-Tyne • Baring, H . 8.-Marlborough MINORITY. Acheson, Lord—Co. of Armagh Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermoutla Aldan, J. J.—Leeds Anson, Colonel—Staffordshire Armstrong. A.—King's Co. r.unnerman, A.—Aberdeen Barclay, D.—Sunderland Baring, F. T.— Portsmouth Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Bell, J.—Thirsk Berkeley, Hon. C.—Cheltentum Berkeley, Hon. F. M.—Gloucester Berkeley, Hon. F. H.—Bristol Berkeley, Hon. G.—Gloucestersh. Bernal, it. jun.—Wycombe Blake, Mark—Mayo Co. Blake, Sir Valentine—Galway Blewitt, Reginald—Monmouth Bowring, Dr.—Bolton Bridgemati, Hewitt—Ennis Brocklenurst, J.—Macclestield lirotherton, J.—Salford Browne, Robert Dillon—Mayo Browne, W. D.—Kerry Bryan, Major—Kilkenny Co. Bulkeley, Sir 11. W.—Mint culler, Charles—Liskeard Buller, Edward—Stafford Busfeiid, William —Bradford Byng, Geoige —Mkidlesex ilyng, Right Hon. G. S —Chatham Carew, R. S.—Waterford Cavendish, Hon. C. C.—ioughall Cavendish, Hon G. H.—N. Derby Chapman ' B.—Westmeath Childers John W.—Malton (Jay, William—Tower Hamlets Clive, Edward B.—Hereford Cobden, B.—Stockport Colburn, Hon. W.—Richmond Colebrooke, Sir T. E.—Taunton Collins, W.—Warwick Cowper, Hon. W. F.—Hertford Craig, W. G.—Edinburgh Currie, Raikes—Nortliamptou Curteis, H. B.—Rye Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling Dalrymple, Capt.— Vvigtonshire Dashwood, G. H.—Wycombe Dawson, Hon. T. V.—Louth Co: Denison, J. E.—Malton Denistoun, J.—Glasgow ;J'Eyncourt, Right Hon. C. T.-- Lam het h Divett, Edward—Exeter Dufl; James—Banffshire Duke, Sir James—Boston Duncan, Viscount—Bath Duncan, G. Dundee buncombe, T. S --Finsbury Dusidas, C. W. D.—Greenwich Dundas,David—Sutherlandshire Dundas, Hon. J. C.—Richmond Easthope, Sir J.—Leicester -kOrington, Lord—Plymouth Ohs, Wynn—Leicester Elphinstons, Esmonde, Sir T.—Wexford Co. Evans, William—Noah Derby Fwart, William—Dumfries • Ferguson, Colonel—Kirka.dy Ferguson,John—Oldham o A Aidr — tami Lo ide n i cloisderry Forster, M.—Berwick -on Tweed d Fox, Colonel—Tower H amlets' nitt:v6roiyaiaLomr:vC..—._ F lS e t t ir e y ibo st. ro Ed ug m. n French, F.—Rosscommon Gibson, 'l'. M.—Manchester Gill, T.—Plymouth Gordon, Hon. F.—Fortarshire Gore, Colonel—New Ross Granger, T. C.—Durham biey, Sir George—Devonport .4rosvenor, Lord R.—Chester Guest, J. J.—Merthyr Tydvil Hall, Sir Benjamin—fllaryiebon e Harford, S.—Lewes Harris,J.—Newcastle under Lyme Hastre, Archibald Pail lev Hatton, Capt. Wentorcf Co. Hawes, B.—Lambeth Hay, Sir A. L —Elgin, Bic. Haynie. W. G.—Wells ticathcoat, J.—Tiverton. Heron, Sir R.—Peterborough Hill, Lord A. M. C.—Evesham Hindley, Charles—f.shl ou Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C.— Nottingham Holdswortk, J.—Wake tied - Horsinan, Edward —Cocker mouth Howard, C. W. G.—Cumberland Howard, Hon. J.—MalmsbrarY 110 ward, Lord--Shaftesbury -NOES, 226. Howard, Hon. E. G.—Morpeth Howard, Sir IL—Wicklow Co. Humphery, John—Southwark Hutt, \V.—Gateshead 'Jardine, W.—Ashburton 'Jervis, J.—Chester Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham Johnstone, A.—Renfrew, &c. Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry— Taunton Lambton, H.—North Durham ' Langston, J. H.—Oxford Langton, Col Gore—Somerset Larpent. O. De H.—Nottingham Layard, Captain Carlow Co. Leader, J. 'Temple—Westminster Loch, James—Kirkwall Macauley, T It. - Edinburgh M.Taggart. SirJ oh n—NV igton, &c. ,Mangles ' it. D.—Guildford Marjoribanks, S. —Hythe Marshall, Wm.—Carlisle Marsland, Henry—Stockport Martin, John—Tewkesbury Mania, Hon. Fox—Perth Mitcalfe, 1-I.—Tynemouli Morns, D.—Carmarthen Morrison, Junes—lnverness Mostyn, E. I. L.—Flintshirc Muntz, 0. F.—Birmingham I Murphy, F. S.—Cork Murray, Alex.—Kirkcudbright I Napier, Sir Charles—Marylebone O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. C'Oonnell, Maurice—Tralee O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry O'Connrll, John—Kilkenny O'Connor Don—Roscommon Co. Ogle, S.—South Northumberland Oro, W —Newcastle-upon-Tyne Oswald, James—Glasgow Paget, Frederick—Beaumaris Paget, Lord Alfred—Lichtield Palmerston, Viscount—Tiverton Pechell, Captain—Brighton Pendarves, E. W.—W. Cornwall Philips, G. R.—Poole Philipps, Sir IL—Havertordwest Philips, Mark—Manchester Phillputts, John—Gloucester Pinney, W.—Lyme Regis Plutnridge, , aptain—Penryn 'Ponsonby, C. F. A. C.—Poole P o n st e s hdr o , a eo n r Edwardr d b , .:C y el , J.,. R H rohdib o n, eiEni C. —Li mer ick . . ot . eJ_ E d war d— Ha li f ax r o dli hcaknDi Co,o tD Dawson—Armaghe, krrb: Powell,Pp: t Ru sse ll, t r , ai o cwi Rainsbottom, J.—Windsor Roche,illitt‘:dcia'l:::idgot°'S:Cii L. - Stoke David—Limerick (7.k—el , -DP ) u t lul°' ,.‘ ' li:e'i . -ali 'kr i e e n : h J. A.—Bath Roebuck, Rundle, John—Tavistock Russell, Lord Jo h n —Loudo n Rutherford, Rt. II Scholetield, J.—Birmingi . .s"ott,.ltobert—Walsall lain I Scrope, Poulett—Stroutt Seale, Colonel -Dartmouth Smith, Benjamin—Norwich Smith, J. A.—Chichest er Smith, B. V.—Northampton Sombre, D. G.—Sudbury Somers, J. P.—Sligo Somerville, Sir Wm.—Drogheda Stanley, W. o.—Anglesea Stansfield, W. R. C.— Huddersfield Stanton, W. 1-I.—Stroud Staunton, Sir Geo.—Portsmouth Stewart, P. M.—Renfrewshire Strickland, Sr' G.—Preston Strutt, Edward—Derby Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr Stuart, Villiers—Waterford Co. Tancred, H. W.—Banbury .gworniieiey. c ly;ll_los g .7:r e V r o le l y verhampton 'Frain, George- Caithness-shire i froubridgo, Sir E. T.—Sandwich M. --W estmeath 'Turner, 'Vl.ijullrineerrs:,lll7Ed. .v r - u u j i t e e r ' . C. E_Wolverhampton Vivian, Major Charles—Bodmin Vivian, John Henry—Swansa Vivian, Captain—renryn Wakley, Tbomas—Finsbury Walker, R.—Bury, Lancashirt .M—m.Sudbury , I Wvs, W ,aa a ri l l : act , , C eti, B R. a tiv r b. i e_ n i g ts - 7 : G t ifi ' u reee i l i d dn f .o o c rd x Wason, ltigby—lpswich iRNING, FEBRUARY 18; 184 k. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 1;. IN RE JOHN HUGHES ALLAN. The insolvent in this case described himself as a professor of music, and formerly a literary teacher. His discharge was opposed by Mr. Wilkinson, on the grounds of having fraudulently, and by false respresentations, obtained a quantity of goods from him to the amount of 1571. It appeared from the ev;dence of the opposing creditor that the insolvent took a house in the Albany-road, and obtained a quantity of goods from various tradesmen, for the purpose of furnishing it, representing at the same time that he had an annual engagement at one of the patent theatres. From Mr. Wilkinson he got a cabriolet, and also induced him to discounts bill of exchange for 731. drawn:iby a person named Watson, and accepted by the insolvent, which was eventually dishonoured. Upon making inquiries at the house in the Albany-road, on the clay upon which the bill was due, it was ascertained that he had left it some weeks pre viously, and the opposing creditor having received information that he was at Bury St. Edmund's, caused him to be arrested there. The Learned ComtismNEEL said no doubt could be enter tained, for a moment, but the insolvent had got possession of the gocds by fraudulent means. It appeared to him (the Learned Commissioner) that he had succeded in victimising several tradesrhen to a large amount, and he fhould, therefore, order him to be remanded for six calendar months from the date of his vesting order. IN THE MATTER OF ABBOT. The insolvent was opposed on bebalf of Messrs. Johnson, provision-merchants. The grounds of opposition were, like those of the previous one, having obtained goods by false representation; also with having been taken in a friendly visit. After the examination of several witnesses, in whose evi dence there appeared no features of interest, the Court ordered the insolvent to be discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. Stephen Bewson, a young man of respectable appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. Cottingham, charged with embezzling various sums of money from the St. Olive's Lodge of the Independent Order of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows, held at the Marquis of Granby, Union-street, Borough. It appears that the prisoner was assistant secretary to the above lodge; was paid for his services; and had the collecting of all moneys belonging to them. The funds of the lodge are collected in small SUITI3 weekly among the members (which are received by the assistant secretary. and ought to be by him paid over to the honorary treasurer), and distributed among widows and orphans of deceased members. At the request of Mr. Humphreys, who attended for the Tose cution, Mr. Cottingham remanded the prisoner until hursday next A. forest-keeper a Mont-sous-Vaudrey, in the Jura, found some men a few days since injuring timber, in contravention of the forest laws, and ordered them to desist. They attacked him upon this . with their bill-hooks, and wounded him severely. He was forced to make use of his carbine in hi s own d efence, and he s h ot one o f his assailants dead, while another was badly wounded. A watchmaker, named Lamant, died lately at Bla years 7 months. mint, in the D ou b s , at t h e grea t age of 10t COURT-MARTIAL. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY,—A Court-Martial was held ° this dAY , on board the St. Vincent flagship on Captain J. Toup Nicolas, ' her Majesty's ship Vindictive, on charges preferred against him for getting his ship on shore on the 26th ultimo. Vice_Admiral Sir E. Owen presided, and the other members 0 f the Court were Rear-Admirals the Hon. D. H. Bouverie and • Thomas Cochrane, Captains Sir Thomas Hastings, G. V. Rich, C. 1). Codrington, Lord Adolphus Fitzclareuee , Lord George Riche and W. W. Henderson. The COURT asked Captain Nicolas whether he had any cens e° complain of the conduct of the Second Master, or any of tbecoln. mission, on the day the Vindictive was on shore, t o which be I t ' plied, "None whatever. On the contrary, I have eve r y reasoo btee be satisfied with their conduct, which was praisew orthy in th. extreme, espezially that of the First Lieutenant and Master, W"- were on the sick-list at the time." oal of A similar question having been put to him as to his SOT L I re . the conduct of the petty o ffi cers and men upon that occasi on, 11 ,, e , ( d , plied that he had every reason to be satis fi ed with the ir een" :4 with the exception of three petty officers, whom he nen led ' whom he had disrated for getting drunk at the time the s hi p s W 1 shore. The officers and ship's crew present were then ordered 0 '- the Court, as they might be called on to give evidence. were Lieutenan Lavie and Mr. Harwood, the second master , void examined at considerable length ; but their evidence wa s h d : s of public interest. It is thought the trial will not be to eug " . close for some days. MELANCHOLY CASE OF SW' I)ESTRUCTION. • sad On the morning of Thursday last, the villages of Broet vi rb, Tintern, were thrown into great alarm by a report brOur ies i o s company of children, that some strange yoong 0600; had put an end to his existence, and was lying in the uPP e L. 110 leading from Tintern Abbey to Madgett Farm, in the a dn 'T dy wood, called Causeway Grove. On approaching the 17 e ,, , ers ceased was found, as reported, prostrate on his face ; hi s t' - ‘ ,,,ted close to a small projecting rock, on which he might hase ring himself to have taken a last survey of an extensive and interes view. His right hand lay under him, still embracing a disc l : e lett percussion pistol, the instrument of destruction ; while in t I , t he hand was another new pocket...pistol, loaded and cocked , vi A lt i inip, fore-finger lying on the trigger. The body was warm as' tin ctif and there is no doubt, from the report of the firing , 1,10 heard by a woman on the lower road, that but a few nituute.iittle transpired before it was met with. The ball, which had entered s ome below the orifice of the right ear, had in its course Ilece rt , l h iocd , large vessels, which caused an extraordinary flow covering the features, aid deluging the road aroud. IJP° n 0 10 J, ing the pockets a brown paper parcel was met with, caref ully s and also a small memorandum book, having a direction I L w , t oe• with a lead pencil, that on its being found it should be in diately forwarded as directed. Every attempt, however , p ra' n,. vain to solve the mystery, as to the person of the decea sed , - stie s motive which could have induced him to have selected s °t d rone so richly pout traying the magnificent works of nature, and its - ar ch he ite. parcelT was opened, and two letters found In it, „ it it appeared that the name of the deceased was F. W. St it '; 'Ws that he had been a commercial traveller, in the emploY ° L; i fe ue! Mander, Weaver, and Co., Wolverhampton, He n" „j le' missing for eight or ten days, but no reason could be as si g n the suicide. An inquest was hold on the body on MondaYs the Jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILW Traffic returns for the week, ending Feb. 12, 7 lt Passengers £794 v Merchandise £1,341 10 „ rv . W. O'BRIEN, Seerew' Darlington, Feb. 16. . CORN COIN GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH .. Per the Week ended Feb. 11, 1842, made up from the Prof the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in EB* 0, Wales, per Imperial Quarter. .40' O. Wheat sos. lid. I Oats Beans ....... • Barley 2Bs. 2d. Rye .... 36s . 00.1 Pea5e.......' , AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. rit',..,' Wee/ ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. IWO. ......10 ••••••...... Jan. 7 63 0 29 7 20 7 39 9 196 , t) , 3 , it 14 O9 5 29 1 20 4 40 11 34 ' P :, 21 ~ 28 6O 7 28 3 20 1 37 4 3 3 1 0 J Eeb. 4 6O 6 28 5 20 1 36 1 5 3 7, 13 , 11 , vit 0 , IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE S.- . 34e. ) 1 Wheat 61.. 4d.:1 Oats ......... 20s. 4d.1 8ean5....... . . ~, Harley. 2 Bs 9d. 1 Rye 9 , DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. .. 16 " Wheat •ss. Bd. I Oats Barley IN. 10d. 1 Rye it , . - .1 THE MARKETS.-(YESTERD P ,, ' , ' WHITECHAPEL HAY-MARKET- The market was but moderately supplied with Hal -- ,4 0° ' 1 ver, the demand for the best qualities was good; ord,e7 sits heavy on hand. Of Straw the supply was very lim it frO brisk trade at the present prices. Clover, finest c ut, t 41, to .5/. Bs. ; Clover-seed, 2/. 10s. to 41. 15s. ; Hay , 61 :' 41. 6s. ; Hay-seed, 2/. to 3/. 15s. • Straw, 1/. 16s. to SUGAR MAKET. .11 Raw Sugar sold heavily, and prices declined for,: to n , Low to good white 61s. to 70s. for Bengal, and 6 :`'a e utO for Mauritius. Refined Sugar met with a gOOd _ _ Standard Lumps 80s per cwt. R TEA MAKET. ar t; Prices were firm for Tea, and a good demand ex isted f l3' sorts, Is 104 d was the lowest rate of the market T ec l Tea, and Is 100 for Green. No public sale was , The deliveries were large, and are likely so to continu e' t $ TALLOW MARKET. Ale, $ f There was a good business done in P. Y. Cs l3- 3(1., full rates. Parcels on the spot were sold at 4 8 s. th e 1 48s. fid. and 495. for delivery up to the close 0 ' South American Tallow was 40s. to 475. per cwt. el ( OIL MARKET. e 0 ly The demand for common Fish Oils, continu e .. e a ir s to dull, and prices have declined except for the very filr,,." tO ties. Sperm was taken off standing at former r ate! , 34P ko ot 691. per tun; in Linseed Oil a few sales were nsad e ',l per cwt. ; Rape Oil was firm in price, but is 11°1-- demand. COUNTRY CORN MARKEI:t-- - IW"'!. , -- ....- wheat. 1 Barley, 1 o a t,. 0e. 61 ::,.. \-""•.,, a ll' .......- ........ ---........../ '. - Per Quarter. 8. to 11. 8. to a t o S. 9 4° Boston Braintree 52 70 93 B. ighton Cambridge...: — 6O 1 51 4 !s! . 2 3 1 : 22 •4 : - 3••••31 4'2'' ' ' ' ; 5 1 Chichester 6O tit; 27 35 21 24 33 40 33 / Dunmow 52 62 23 34 %;0 26 '24 42 Grantham Grimsby 56 74 29 33 lb 21 3 6 .1; 1 ;4 /, Hailsham 66 72 33 35 22 0 32 al .... 9 7 , Hitchin 5O 67 '27 34 20 30 3 4 ti," 3 1 Ipswich 6O 67 28 32 21 26 ..? , g 1 39 Lewes 6O 66 32 :14 21 22 al " g 4" 9 4 /j Lynn 52 61 26 32 18 24 LT I " li i , 'a Maidstone 59 67 36 SO 26 32 3 8 :5 7, r Norwich Petworth Romford 54 68 21 32 20 28 99 41 3 6 , Sandwich 6l 71 23 34 25 30 39 "4 a' i e Tnetford -61 64 32 36 24 214 40 44 9d 1 ' i i Wishech Witham 5B 68 23 32 21 28 28 in ;,' farmouth 6O 69 30 32 24 30 88 ••s• ,I' LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET —Feb 19 ' g 0 1 9 ° • 9,. el I) WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b.. 4 t) 1 -- Red 0 9 . 1 6 1 0 —... scotch, _Welch, and Manx ---.. Irish, White 6 4 Ift 5 ----- Red. 8 9 11 English.Wto sh. and Scotch, per 451 b. ..... AT., 0 — Forei Forei gn Irish" Foreign g o 0 4 0 &MAY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ••• 0 4 ' Scotch and Irish. pet 60Ibs ----- Feeding 40 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 36 0 1 0 d Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 0 IT ' Foreign 48 0 I 0 9 Arms, English, per 2801 b. 44 ° ° i .---. Itiill OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 241 1 1bs .. : d 1 i INDIAN Coax, per 4801 b. ......... ;,: a , 0 I R.YII, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter .... . fnifi Sj 4 4 ai v 0 DEAPNESS.—Sound Magnifiers, an . til f per, Operative Voice Conductors, to enable person' 0 ; a ra • if r pe t l ' o age, and of old standing extreme deafness, to i ° ,...iovi . 01r: f conversation, and to catch the sound of a dittan i ~ 00 O A ' at a publie assembly ; they are the size of a /1 1 eAr 4 'l ll seven shilling piece, and when in the cavity of tr'ertrill'ol are not in the least perceptible nor more unto ° ° ,,re C'01J 0 ) having a small piece of fine wool in its place ; tb e Y 5 , ~ o 1 fi ~i of a metal to collect • sound, peculiar to the Messr7 re ,ge , r, Solomons themselves ; and although they are so es,;oinel"efe; yet they enable those afflicted with extreme pe ar 9 , ! pi those who are only slightly dull of hearlng o , o oo' ; it e 9 respect equal to those of most acute hearing. ' ° pe r ,. fe, l o o, R. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, Piccadill y ; 0 ,00 r d 0 York Hotel, and 76, King William.street, City. l t r iec e 0: 0 8 Spectacles, immediately they are placed before iter u ", 10 8 11 .,0 0 1 ,,, either by day or candlelight, that mist and cl.. ec t 7ot 0 1 appears before the eyes is at once removed, every °.4 0 .e . ' 6 0 tt1 i ,,i clear and distinct, so that the most aged defecti ve 0 0 1, ,,,,d 1 4 comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its Yc li e I to tta rj d and original state. Those valuable inventions 113 : - F er ic tit ts t ir patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualifi ed ;. 0 0 6 n gfe s ,;, above 400 of the principal members of the medica l p Pe e " „f('' ' ,/ •,e f , ( numerous individuals of high distinction, who bai he oto o ,s l benefited by their use. To be hid only at 39, l' n s cill i° Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, ging for City.—No connexion with persons of the same naiv e ---' ,- a 0 0' vikr, L/f°' 00 1 7f1 1 ' PLATE.—T. COX SAVOBN v odTi pi turing Silversmith, No. 47 , Cornhill, London. r e f. 4 . ,,,e,.„if Gracechurch-street. The best wrought FIDD', ‘ 0,1,1 e SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d r t io 0 :` 0 following are the weights recommended, bu t ri ce. 'l 5 I be had lighter or heavier at the same price per 0° 5 , d• q, 0 0 os• 7 l'" ' 1 , 4 goat e.O le i g 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons... ....... -- 1 0 1 . 1 w 12 ditto Dessert ditto " 2O i ' , 5 1 , i 12 date 'fable Forks , 8 ., / t: . 0 ,l A / 8 12 ditto Dessert ditto 'Ay ' •. g v 1 2 ditto ............. ,0 1 e. , 0 Gravy Spoons ;‘, f,o. 1 4) 3 1 ditto Soup Ladle...." !X 1 ," f 4, F 4 ditto Sauce ditto 1v , ,,,r , ' ..0 $ 1 5 0, 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong). , " ente 0 t o , ' lditto Fish Slice ......... ..,,.. .. "1 ..,,. , it rs 4 , 12 ditto Tea Spoons lu .. 0 IP , 0 , , I pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) ........ ee r, iio i , 1 0 , N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Nevi?r, r rio_',, a pP,i , by drawings, and containing every informatn,s3 ' io 0 purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be tion, or will be sent into the country, free 8 , r to a paid letter. tit r o dAti a r ty BI R THS. of* li On the 12th inst., at Dublin, Mrs. W. Ke n t B t°Y7 l) ' On the 13th inst., in Gloucester-terrace, the Hon. Lady Pearson, of a 90h. We' " On the 13th inst., in Great Cumbe r la n • o e. iffie l Co On the lchester, of a son. A of* r ic 13th inst., Mrs. Forrest, Strap" , Freda 0 On the 13th inst., at Kensington, MP' rIA4 ° of a son. 0, lootosbu On the 13th inst., the lady of Dr. B ela, ~ of a daughter 0 d" MACh3Pe coui On the 15th inst., at the French Catht e dioand of J . , °l wards at Marylebone Church, Joseph .r e g r st, P hLl ooll e ": a i Taaffe, Knight of the Sovereign Orderfo' aod t salem, and Member of the States of tl i t ; Viselte nephew to the late, and cousin to the Pr"' - ° WOO .4 of of the Peerage of Ireland, to Anna Maris* . Jae tiw the late P. 11.1. Lucas, Esq., of Nottinghanyr wood, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. -------- p 511 .9. DIED . Suffolk4tr eet, )10 On the 17th inst., at his house, in East, David Edwar Morris, Esq. t 11°116e1 0 On thellithult.,inSomerset-Placeiß°l. 0 Sonier se . s. Ross, widow of the late Captain Daniel Roo. r . Vile , On the 6th inst., at Dalston, James Siatfo a el—oeill bridg V the Stock Exchange, aged 37. late of Of Louisa,O n the l eldest 3th daughterinst., at ofNorthoGairnovFe.llitts:,, India Comp,ny's Service. London: Printed and Published by M. 1 V.*.-,173, 1.2, JO strJ a No. 112 Strand, at The Sun Otiee, e Nu. the County cf Middleheac Fbrua ' .--- taifi N if ) COSI' at the 28th of Nnti k- , 0,11p and wil Oerierp. a 'egist er taken Offi„ N T Bit A! E XPF lAGE, Fire o'l ! i nd Rgqi Journ of Tu ne , Illation, • bridg e . , 1". AnL 8 A Molt er thn, THR EE Interest - , ste al , and 4 Mon Ann As r anY, e ph fonii4 Sea i'Stled