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E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24- 1 1845. 11.............,,x•5i .--.........-....... , be referred to with respect to its object and progress, and a satisfied, at a time or times to be appointed in th a t behalf; a n d • In the case of the Poor Relief Act, the Legislature decided magistrates of any county having certified the necet sit} for the i g n u e i r d ,t e i t n o t a b l e l a r v i h g o ht de d s i i r r e e et t i o on e , m a e l t i l d o34t o h i e l i s r o e u ff n o a rt i s ,ri f r 7 ip i l m es p ; ro a v n e d - j , L ITEST PRICES OF SHARES printed report of the last year's proceedings is given in the Ap- also with a covenant to pay and keep down the interest in the that in this new tax all property should be liable to the main- same, should continue. pendix to the evidence. meanwhile ; and so as every such grant, mortgage, lease, or tenance of the poor, and that the burden should be apportioned By clause 12, the Lord-Lieutenant was empowered to appoint we feel satisfied that great advantage may be derived from I t may b e wort h y of ser i ous cons id e ration, whether the state demise, do also contain a proviso that the person en tailed in between landlord and occupier, as it was considered that each an additional force on certificate of magistrates of the necessity Placing in their true light mane' facts and circumstances IN BAli n ev ales BA N KS, ASSURANCE, AND might not very usefully make for these purposes, at a moderate remainder or reversion to the lands or grounds therein corn- would then have a pecuniary interest in lessening the evils of net the same ; and hitherto little known, or greatly misunderstood. e , rate of interest, some advance regulated within su c h limits as pr i se d s h a ll no t b e li a bl e, upon hi a h er, or t h e i r b ecom i ng pos. pauperism, and thereby keeping down the amount of taxation ; By clause 13, to appoint an additional number for any " Whilst we have, in various parts of this report, made OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. Parliament m a y prescribe by the amount which companies or seised thereof, to the payment of any further or l a rger ar rear . but this reason does not apply to the county-cess, which has county or district proclaimed to be in a state of disturbance ; observations in the nature of advice to some of th ose w h o individuals may advance in aid of such operations. But on this of interest than for six months preceding the time that his or ' existed for many years, and always been paid by the occupier. and are landlords in Ireland, we trust, at the same time, to be From the Official List, poi n t we s h a ll h ave oc casion more fully to speak, when treating their title to such possession s hall h ave comme nced; an d every The complaints before us were directed not more against the Clause 27, provides that the Lord-Lieutenant may remove permitted to remark shortly upon the conduct too often pun. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND imply EVENING. of the Public Works Act. The funds which could be so re. such charge, grant, mortgage, lease, or d em ise as a foresaid ! amount, than against the time and mode of collection, the the force from one county to another, to remain as long as he sued by some of the class of tenants. There is fr equent l y a quiretl, would not, probably, be large in any one year, and yet a shall be good, valid, and effectual in the law, for the purposes 1 number and payment of county officers, and the extent of corn- shall direct. readiness amongst these to attribute their own wretched eon great public benefit would be attained in increased employment hereby intended, and shall t a k e p r i or ity o f II c h ar ge s and en-' pulsory presentments; simply to charge one-half of the tax By clause 28, the expense of this removed face was made dition exclusively to the conduct of their landlord s , some _ LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21. for labour, in the progressive extension of productive land, and cumbrances whatsoever and whensoever made." upon the landlord would leave these subjects of complaint un- chargeable on the district to which they are removed. times with an utter disregard of truth, and almost: :.brays RA1.11.1.17.11.T5. in the opportunity thereby afforded for the location of indus- Two important principles have thus been recognised by the 'touched. The Committee of 1830, and previous Committees, By clause 35, the expense of the force to be advanced out of without admitting, perhaps without seeing, how much of it trious families who may have been, from unavoidable circura. Legislature, with respect to the advances of money for the im- recommended, that in all future leases a part or the whole of the Consolidated Fund. And arises from their own indolence or want of skill. nil-Mend i Amount stances, compelled to quit their former holdings. provenaent of Ireland- all grand jury assessment be placed on the landlord; but the By clause 36, one moiety of such advances, except so much "The truth is, to use a familiar expression, that faults are Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. A great variety of circumstances may influence the decision Ist, That it is desirable and proper to give assistance by way , Committee of 1644 on Townland Valuation, though they as shall be for the in many cases to be found on both sides; and, considering Z a . d . 17 2 :0 0 . d O O 3 2 3 % Of a proprietor as to the best mode of bringing waste land into of loan towards th e agr i c ultural i m p rovem ent o f th a t country ; ! quoted at length, and apparently with approbation, the former 1. Salaries and expenses of the inspector-general, his de- how uninformed a large portion of the Irish population i s , a it vitro,i; Aberdeeni iiii g N I i a e • 4 . '111 . es i 5 . , ;( . 1 7 1 t o • s d • ti:r . 31. Es l . - 5 - p . e . rsh. 1 2 0 5 0 - 0 0 0 0 1100 0 0 129 cultivation. If he has capital, or is ena bl e d t o p rocure it, an d an d, edly, That in cases in which the property of individuals is reports, recommend that all tenants should have the power of puties, and clerks, heavy responsibility rests upon all those to whom the poorer classes “ Th ( h t t a . z ri a d a r t i g i o l i i i t o t f o a l i o n o u k ), t fo , r i i information l tiie eis b.}, grid,‘hai which i t e h e e . social is also both able and willing to give, by himself or a resident to derive a permanent benefit from the execution of such , deducting a proportion of the county-rate, as under the Poor- 2 And of stipendiary magistrates, agent, continued superintendence,. he may find it best to engage works, it is just and Proper to give power to persons having I law. We have given to this recommendation our most atten- 3. And of the receiver of the said force, condition of Ireland is disturbed is to be traced to those feel iliwricstiolTitnitee‘;‘Xseteiri.a.'•L. 21.1667 per sh.•loo° 0 t o ' 70 g g 8: 7 2L 4 a portion of the unemployed population as labourers in bringing limited interests or being under legal disability to charge such tive consideration, and we cannot concur in the conclusion at 4. And of the paymasters in the several counties, the land into a remunerative condition before he attempts to property with the repayment of motley advanced in aid of suen which that Committee has arrived. shall be raised by grand jury presentment off each county, ings of mutual distrust which too often separate the classes let it ; or, if he is unwilling to expend his own capital to any improvements. To transfer a burden from the yearly tenant who had county of a city, or county of a town to which the same shall of landlord and tenant, and prevent all united exertion fur tett. and Gloucester - 15000 30 o o 57 CAledoman considerable extent, he may often do much good by placing We believe that the soundness of the view thus taken by the equitably engaged to pay it, to the landlord who had not en- relate. the common benefit. Cambridge and Lincoln - - - 25 0 5 1 10 0 3 industrious poor PeoPle :in possession of ten or fifteen acres Legislature will h e admitted by a ll th ose acqua inted with the toned into such an implied contract, would, we consider, be a A subsequent Act established the "reserve force," which is "It has been truly said, that confidence is a plant of slow ne at e ns , & p rtsme „ t e -- 20 0 0 10 0 each, erecting, at his own expese, suitable dwelling and actual state of Irelan, and who are enabled, therefore, to ap- measure which would materially disturb the existing relations organised and stationed at a depot near Dublin; the expense growth. It is, however, a plant which will flourish well in Chester and Holyhead - 50 0 0 50 0 8 making large drains acting also as fences. He may either preciate the very great importance to the public interest, of of the owner ar i d o c cupier of such tenan c ies, whilst after all, of it is paid from the Consolidated Fund, except when it is Irish soil, if cultivated with patience and with care. Chichester & Brighton - - 50 0 51,4 charge a small rent, ri s i ng gra d ua lly u p t o a certain fixed point; the improvement of that country, and the employment of her it could produce only a very uncertain an d unequal relief to the employed in any county, in which cas e the moiety of it is "We say particularly with patience, because we believe Churnet Valley .• ••• • • - 20 0 0 20 0 7% or else, reserving a full ren t f rom th e commenc eme n t, he may people ; and we believe, also, that the advance of money from tenants-at-will. To relieve the tenant holding under lease, by chargeable to the district to which it is removed. that many excellent persons, having the best intentions coniseen ......... Direct Northern. - - 30 0 5 -___ if , 00'I 10 0 IY. - !`,O 0 0 210 0 2% allow annually large stipulated reductions for the improvements. the public treasury, in aid of these o bj ec ts, un der proper guards authorising him to deduct from his landlord, wo u ld be to re- The constabulary is a disciplined arid armed force, stationed towards improeing te).). t i. l i r if e ele c rl i ei t n l l t ag i l t si • ,, , i li t i .(a l liNs. o :ei t p • Li t ,c h oei e illu s tn o olo i e l ieit a as n ai t l l i%:t t l i i i iNe e ,es c ri o toe t w e d thutiiiititilos,aministr: Direct - 'e ''i• • • •• • • - 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 It e In either case the to ants should have a security, by leases of and restrictions, is consistent with the truest economy, regard lieve him from a burden to the payment of which he had bound in regular berracks, and, under the law, the adoption of it is front n tTi t e ' i t r h c e o p u e r ° s e l' l - Eastern , Counties .... • 4s. per sh. 25 0 0 25 0 0 17% industry. state of that country continually calls upon the Government to The alteration which would charge the landlord with the They perform some of the duties required from constables in progress which is made towards the attainment of those e n d s , Do., 1 erpetual, No.l 5/. per ct. 613 4 0 3 1 13 3 4 4 .} , 261p ,u 01 .. But these are minutia, into which it would not be proper for make. cess in all future contracts, and also for the lands now held by England; they escort prisoners, which was formerly done by and the little result Wiliell is perceived from their most us to enter a t an y l eng th, Th e y must ne regulated by cir- It appears to us, that the two Provisions of the Public Works yearly tenants under him, proceeds upon the theory that in the military , ; they serve voting and other Pour-law papers, anxious endeavours. Ditto, ditto, N 0.2- - - Edinburgh & Glasgow 21. Ss: p. sh. 0 0 50 0 0 cumstances, and by the judgment of individuals. Act to which we have particularly referred, require amend- the latter case he has the power of reimbursing himself im- for vshich they are paid by the boards of guardians ; they "We would earnestly impress upon such persons, and upon Eastern Union . • ..... .. , e s o 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 19 0 We are desirous only of stating our opinion that, under pro- ment, so as to make them more extensively useful, and mediately by a corresponding charge upon his Lnanto attend assizes, elections, and on other public occasions; and all who have the interest of Ireland at heart, not hastily to per arrangements, the reclamation of waste lands, whilst it gives order to carry out the apparent intention of the Legislature. Such, it must however be remembered, is not hi s exact although as a detective force their numbers cannot be regu- relax from those exertions which circumstances may enable Ditto,Quarter shares I i s , 3 ( 1. p. a i r . 12 10 01210 0 it p ii useful and permanent employment to the labouring population, We think that the advances authorised by section 32, in aid position ;he has no immediate power of determining the lazed with reference to the number of military stationed in a them to make, in forwarding the march of improvement r a il t i:ic a al fe o e f ill o g tr di causesst, Eiy an . IledrOrd .•• • • - 25 0 0 10 0 1% Grand C; r p a l i i t d to C , Junction on i e r ctin. shares... .•• 1 1 0 0 1 / . . -p peret * cc. c t . 1:0 ' ' O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12 4 will, at the same time, produce a fair return for the capital em- of agricultural improvements, ought to be made upon the same tenancy-at-will, and he may have to pay a considerable sum district, yet the authorities appear to be guided by that cir- amongst their at p vo ct : o cc lF it i )t g lup li tel ou tt r oi s i . ecri Ditto,Quarter Shares 101. )er et. 25 0 0 25 0 0 ployed upon it. terms which are prescribed by the Act in other cases of advan- before he is in a condition to obtain increased rent from curnstance in their distribution as a corps for the mainte- wh " ie N l ll i t ri ll a e y tit h PUBLIC WORKS. cos by way of loan, as to the rate of interest, and the time and his tenant : nor will such an operation be facilitated by the nance of peace. Having adverted to those agricultural improvements which manner of repayment. immense mass of tenants holding at will, whose interest will From returns in the Appendix, the amount of the police we cannot disguise frone ourselves that the Irish peasant is desouth eni s s w es t er n _ 50 0 0 50 0 12 lead directly to enlarge the productive powers of the soil, im. We recommend, also, that the provisions of section 66, to unite them in opposition to the payment of an equivalent. force sanctioned under the 11th clause, and the additions inclined to look with suspicion upon all attempts of his laud- Great North of England 31.58. 100 0 0 100 0 0 187 Ditto,iti Ditto, 1114ifltfh.S„ha..re.s..... 71. percent. 2 5 0 0 prove the habitations, and increase the comforts of the people; the terms of which we have particularly referred, should be Moreover, the advantage of transferring all power over under the 12th and 13th clauses, will be easily seen. From lord to inculcate new habits or to introduce new plane for the Ditto, New• •••• • • • - 40 0 0 50 El 43% 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 9 0 34 Great Western we Proceed now to consider those undertakings properly called extended, so as to be applicable to all cases of advance by way county works to the landlord-a necessary consequence of the evidence of Colonel Al'Gregor it appears, that the au- management of his lands. public works. of loan under the Act.; making him the sole cess-payer-we consider to be very thorities are of opinion, that under the 27th and 28th clauses, " Every considerate and benevolent landlord will make The Legislature has upon many occasions, fully admitted the Such amendments would, in our opinion, only carry out the doubtful; for, in mo st instances, the resident occupiers, and any number of men may be removed into a county, and be- much allowance tier this feeling. He will not suffer any Guilford Junction... - 50 0035 0 0 Propriety of affording encouragement and assistance to such principle fully recognised by Parliament, and embodied in the net the proprietor, who may be absent, are the parties most come chargeable thereto, by the direction of the Lord-Lien- exhibition of it to turn him aside from any scheme of hn- Harwich - 20 001 0 0 1% works; and the last report presented by the Commissioners of Act in question, and would undoubtedly render that Act more interested in opening new roads, or constructing other wo r ks tenant, although the number which he is allowed to appoint 'movement upon which, after deliberation, lie has determined Hull arid Selby Public Works in Ireland sets forth in a strong light, the ire- extensively beneficial in Ireland. of immediate utility. ill, or add to such county, may have been already appointed for, to enter. Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 01210 0 18 Kendal & Windermere - 25 0 0 1 10 0 ortance, in a national point of iew, of rendering efficient aid As the section 6 gives ceriain powers, hich, under our r- Upon the whole, then, we cannot advise the great c hange and chargeable to it. Considering the stringent limitations "He must be prepared for frequent disappointment. He Lancaster and Carlisle - 50 0015 0 0 30 to the exertions of individuals in this respect. commendation, would be more extensively called into action, to which we adverted. We believe that it would in many fixed by ti re ear li e r clauses of the Act, upon an increase o f will ocasionally meet with ingratitude and injustice ; but Leeds and Bradford. - 50 005 0 0 21% We beg leave in this place to insert some extracts from that w e consider it right also to suggest the sort of restrictions by cases create a very unnecessary embarrassment to landlords ; the number of constabulary in any particular county, it appears if perseveres ill a spirit of kindness, united with firmness Liverpool & m a n c he s t r 10/. per et . 100 0 0 100 0 0 in the advancement of his personal interest, report, and to express our entire concurrence in the sentiment, which we think that those powers ought to be guarded, so as to that it would greatly disappoint the tenants, and th a t it to us to admit of much doubt, whether the provisions of a later of purpose, he may confidently look to a well-merited reward, Ditto, Ilalf ShAres. • 101. per et. 50 0050 0 0 which are there put forward. prevent abuse. would sew the seeds of much future dissension and discontent. clause (27) could have been intended to leave it in the power ProbablY but certainly in the improvement of the district in which Ditto Quarter Shares 10/. per ct. 25 0 0 1'.5 0 0 London B:liirn i ih t gliam 10/. per ct. -- Stock. 232 Speaking of the fund for grants, the Commissioners say- We recommend that two members shall be added to the It has been suegested by some of the witnesses that re- of the Lord-Lieutenant to increase the burdens of local taxation, Ditto, , New ' hints- tot. per ct. 22 0 0 2 0 0 42N ie blush has been done with the aid of this fund towards the Board of Public Works in Dublin, of high legal station and keying the tenant from the demand of the mg-collector would b adding without limit to an armed force, which, as we he lives, and the increasing comfort of the people around him. Ditto, New ii Shares 101. per ct. 2.5 002 0 0 3014, improvement of the condition of the people in several parts of character. be in itself an advantage ; and although we see difficulties in " : it e m . A o . 3i have shown, occupy in this country thdposition of a standing " All which we humbly certify to your Majesty. London and Illackwall - 18 13 4 -7% the country, but much more remains to be done, and it is to be That upon any application for a loan by persona under any compelling a landlord to pay the count cess, yet it may be army, though not voted annually by Parliament. The 27th " DEVON. London and Brighton 3l. Os. per sib. 50 0 0 50 0 0 581/, apprehended that the districts standing most in need of this legal disability to charge their estate, it shall be the duty of the worthy of consideration whether souse inducement should not clause seems to have been necessary to enable a constable to itto, Loan Notes•• 5/. percent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13% FERGUSON.DINGTON. London'and S. Western :31 . . 5 . P s. per W . I. 41 . 6 to description of assistance are, from local circumstances, the Board to examine, not only into the propriety of the inn . be offered, in the shape of a per tentage, to those landlords act in a county different from that for which he had been ori- " GEORGE A. 11AnIILTON. London and Greenwich - 12 15 4 Ditto PreLor Priv• • 5/ ercent• 18 '7 2 - - 10 24i4 least likely to be brought under the consideration or the power provements proposed, but also into the state and condition of will voluntarily undertake to pay it, and ledge the same ginally appointed. 79 of grand juries to relieve them. The execution of such works !flee property, the interest of the various persons connected with with the treasurer before a certain day. When we consider these circumstances with respect to the " JOHN WYNNE. Do., New Cons. Bths - who4o 0 0 6 0 0 25% leads to the adoption of improved modes of cultivation, and the it, and the propriety of making a charge upon the estate fur Independently of any question as to to the apportionment or distribution of this force-the power exercised by the Lord- "J. P. KENNEDY, Secretary. Ditto, New - 50 002 10 0 121.1 abandonment of the rude and primitive implements in common re-payment of such loan ; and that no advance shall be made Payment of the county-cess, there are Points connected with the Lieutenant over it-the entire absence of any centre' on the " February 14, 1845." Thndon and Croydon • 10s. per sh. 315 9 - I% use, and: opens to the officers of justice and the local authori- unless upon the certificate of the Chief Commissioner and the subject that require distinct consideration. part of any person or body it, the county-the military cha- - Ditto, (maned.c. - 900 4 0 0 51% London and York - 50 0 0 210 0 5 `% ties, places which had been the secure haunt and imienetrable two legal members of the Board, recommending such advance, We see much that i 3 defective in the present grand jury ratter of the force itself-and the fact, that since it has been LAW IN Lynn And Ely - 25 0 0 210 0 5% refuge of the outlaw and the robber. We conceive that the and stating the nature of the security to be taken. system, generally, and think it requires further revision. In raised to anything approaching to its present amount, the ---...-- Manerhester arid Leeds 1/. 7s, Gal. p.s. 100 0 0 70 0 0 139 advantage of affording aid to the promction of such works, in That all advances shall be made by instalments not exceeding particular, we desire to see some plan devised f o r the constant Government has been able proportionately to reduce the num- Ditto, Half Shares 11.175.6d.p.5. 50 0 6 30 0 0 GUS a statistical, moral, or political point of view, are too obvious 500/. in amount, and that no further advance be made until it superintendence of the fiscal affairs of counties. tier of troops in Ireland-when, above all, we recollect the COUR TOF CHANCERY, Feb. 22. The Lord Chancellor did not sit in Lincoln's Inn Hall to- Ditto, sixteenths - Dit o,Quarter Shares 4s. 25 0 0 2 0 0 14% _ . D c tt i to,Quarter Shares 65 0 1 5 0 514 to make it necessary to dwell on the subject at greater length. kas been proved to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners We think that by such means the county funds would be more deep interest that the whole empire must feel in the tranquillity .:btr_irno .:... .. - that the former instalment has been properly applied. beneficially applied, and more economically managed. of Ireland, and the public importance of the duties of this they, in consequence of . having to attend the Coaamission which sat in Ins odship's.private room at Westminster, to Manchestr & 13irming. 21. per share 40 0 0 40 0 62 • fund of this nature very many measures of improvement that That in every eof a party applying for an advance, who The custom which has obtained so much of late years of body being efficiently perfotined-we are of opinion that it inquire into the clahn of the King of Hanover to the - 10 0 0 20 0 10 Nc l , ) , R c t z, o s , t l le Sir k m. i tl i., )e , r i l e i k v 21.135. per sh, - Stock. 93 Stock. 127% are to be effected by it, will remain unaccomplislaed for many is entitled as tenar c i s t in-tail or for life to the income of the estate charging by Act of Parliament, and it may be according to an ought to be treated as a part of the natlonal force, and that it Dane Fifths .••• • • . - 20 0 3% Hanoverian Crown jewels. The Commissioners were the - years. to be charged, he shad be required to enter into a personal ill-considered scale, large sums upon the respective counties, is not advisable or fair to levy a tax exclusively on the Irish Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, smo lt will be seen that these remarks only follow up and enforce obligation, by way of collateral security, to the extent of double and over which the grand juries have no control, has created counties for the maintenance of it; but that the county-cess Northern and Eastern . 21 6 . , 5 . 5. N 'C 7) \ r v t h .' t K i e B4 nt l l •. 1 j - 25 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 50 25 0 0 1 10 0 15 observations of a similar nature that have been repeatedly mademuch discontent, and is liable to serious objection. The great ought to be lessened by the amount of Charge for this force, so the Lord Chief Justice of tire e C ./1* . MX. the amount or instalment of the proposed loan; and in case the Court Of COM in the reports of various Committees and Comissioners, and Commissioners shall at any time find that an instalment has proportion of county charge is thus removed hobo reach of far , as number timed by the Act for each county. man fleas. Sir Charles Wetherell and M Kelly N s 'orth British ........ - - 10 appeared as Counsel for the King of Hanover, and the Solici- 45 0 0 62 which have been founded upon the evidence produced before been applied to otlo r purposes than those contemplated by the the rate-payers, and their power in regulating county ex- In the case of an increased force being sent under the pro. Ditto, Scrip, iss.s/.(1. 15s. 50 00250 0 46 tor-General and Mr. G Turner were for the Crown • . penditure becomes quite insig nficant. But we shall presently visions of the 12th or 13th sections of the 6th of William I V.„ 'G. ' Ditto, Quarter sh a res them ; and we trust that such opinions, now again stated by a Act, it shall be their duty to put such obligation in sit. for Pemberton appeared as solicitor for the King of Hanover, - le 10 0 210 0 6% Board which must have the best means of knowing both the the recovery of such instalment or any part thereof, with in- notice this class of presentments. c. 13, into any particular county, we recommend that the ex- and Mr. Maule for the Crown ...... - - 215 0 5 wants capabilities of the country wiil have much weight forest at 6 per cent., and it shall be in their discretion either In considering the subject, we have examined the natur e o f pense of such force shall be borne wholly by the district in ' ' Norwich and Brandon. - 20 0010 0 0 161,‘ but Sheffield and Lincoln.. The whole case was conducted with the greatest privacy, Ditto, New......... with the Legislature, and that there will ' be a disposition - to to stop all further payment in respect of the loan Agreed for, or the respective items of county expenditure-how far they may which it is requi ed, aed levied off the occupiers, until, on the - 10 0 0 10 0 3% no person being allowed to be present except the counsel, so- Portsmoith Direct •• • - 50 0 0 210 0 2 promote, by liberal pecuniary aid the execution of such public if they shall think it to be for the benefit of the in to be considered as fitting matters for local or general t axat i on _ restoration of tranquillity, such force may be withdrawn. - ncitors, and Mr. Gurney', the short-hand writer. Preston and Wyre - - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 works as shall, upon due examination, be found likely to con- direct the proper application of the remainder by their own how far the proprietor and occupier are respectively inte• There are some other matters which have been brought • itictimnd & W.E June. - 20 0 0 10 0 3U tribute to the general advantage of the country. We refer officer in accordance with the original proposal. rested in them, and how far they are of prospective or name- under our notice in the course of our inquiry, and which, as Rugby ....... • diate advantage. I re f-- 1 0 3% Ditto, 2d Pref., 134 . - !25 0 0 25 0 0 particularly to the opening of extensive mountain districts, by We think that by some provisions of this nature all possi-affecting materially the occupa , ion of land, and the condition of • , Vice-Chancell or Ucia?u7a3V232,. i the formation of roads. bility of abuse may be effectually prevented, and many im- As the result of this investigation, we recommend, for the tile occupier, require some observations on our part. eii'i'\'CE of LL Er ° ,g i la lB nd ' took C - I 25 0 0 1 5 0 1% nothing of public importance came before his Honour. Sheffield & Munchestr 5/, per cent. !100 0 0 82 10 0 We believe that in many instances the principles of sound provements effected, which, without aid to be furnished un- reasons hereafter given, the transfer of the constabulary charge A great inconvenience is felt in many parts of Ireland from Date, Quarter Shares - 115 0 0 80 0 13 policy and of a wise economy ought to lead to the under- der the Act of Parliament, must be wholly abandoned. to the Consolidated Fund-of the eupport of charitab!e institu. a want of a unformity in vseights and measures, and from undue COURT OF L 'XCHEQUER, Feb. 21. shrws.,wely.,Dunetir - i5O 0 0 210 0 6% taking, at the public cost, of works of this nature, even al- But we further recommend that any advance made under tious to tire reseective unions-and that the cost of erecting exactions by purchasers of agricultural produce, under the - South Devon .... ilOOO 10 0 0 17 (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and A though the inhabitants of the district, or the proprietors of this Act to persons under legal disability shall riot exceed permanent county buildings should be borne by the proprietors. name of allowances for beamage, tic. south-Eastern &I;ocr -U. le. 33 2 4 - 40 adjoining land, are unwilling or unable to contribute. Whilst in the whole the amount of 50,000/. ,or such other li- ' l'he,e alterations would considerably reduce the gross amount Under orditiary circumstances, where the buyer and seller London Jury.) itto, New iss.lBl.dis - 50 0 0 80 0 16% O'COI'...INELL V. HEPWORTH AND ANOTHER. South Wales l it is true, on the one hand. that Government ought not to mited sum as Parliament may fix. Any application by an of county-cess ; and we feel bound to say, that, with regard may be considered as being on equal terms, legislation on such • - - 2100 4% allow the funds of the State to be applied for the improve- incapacitated person for a larger advance should be made un- to the remainder, we think that the occupier has the most im- matters may not be required; but in Ireland, where the land- Mr. JAMES (with whom was Mr. Lush) stated that this e m te:ensorineyrtsmouth - I - 210 0 2% Ment of private property, it is equally certain, or , te e o th e r der the sanction of a Court of Equity. We further recom- mediate interest. holder is frequently the occupier ohonly a few acres, we think was an action brought by Mr. Henry Oonnel, the illegiti- , • mes and Trent Valley ... Medway.. - 119 5 8 -1% hand, that expenditure upon works calculated to produce mend, that for those county works for which, by the exist- The Committee of 1836, and the Commission of 1840, re- he is too much in the power of tpurchaser of his produce mate soli of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, against the defendants Yarmouth & No•r;i•c•k• - 20 0 0 20 0 1914 public and general benefit ought not to be withheld because the ing law, loans Tray be obtained from the Board of Works, commended that the office of Clerk of the Crown be united to and ought to be protected by some alteration in the law in this as proprietors of a newspaper called The Wakefield Journal Ditt o , N e „ .... - - 20 0 0 20 0 0 27% 20 0 0 8 0 0 14 o, eration will at the same time confer a benefit upon individual grand juries should be empowered, with the consent of the that of the Clerk of the Peace; and, as we believe that no per.. respect. and Westlliding Herald, for a libel published in that paper on York & North Midland 10/. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0 104 pio i irietors. It should be recollected, that the mere opening Lord-Lieutenant in Council, to borrow money on county son has been appointed Clerk of the Crown since the Report of It has been suggested to us that the laws relating to the the Bth of March, 1844, reflecting on Mr. O'Connell's charae- Ditto, Half Shares • . 10/. per ct. ! '25 0 0 25 0 0 52% of a good road through a wild district does not of itself neees- bonds, the principal to be repayable by inetalments, with. that Commission, nave on the understanding that he held his leasing of mines by incapacitated persons, in respect to the pro- ter. The Learned Counsel stated that the plaintiff; although Do., Scarbro Branch Ditto Sylby Seri - - 20 0 0 43 sarily improve the properties through which it passes. interest. office liable to future arrangement, we think that the time has portion of the gross produce which it is necessary for the lessor he inherited nothing else from his father, inherited Ditto, Extensiou p .. • ... - - 20 00 66 This first operation gives encouragement for the outlay of LABOURERS. come when the offices should be united and held bY a resident to reserve require amendment. some portion of his talent and eloquence, and as soon as he Boulogne and Amiens - - 25 0 0 1 5 0 12% 20 0 0 3 0 0 1 s', private capital, and affords facilities for its useful application; We must not omit to notice the system which revails in a officer. Where there have not been vacancies in whichthis In reference to theregistration of trees under the"existin _, . ~_ ‘ . arrived at maturity, disdaining to be a mendicant on his en. Northenr of FraneC g inther, Inc earned a livelihood by lecturing in various towns Orleans arid Vierzon.. - 20 0 0 40 0 ele and the joint effect of the whole is at once to stimulate the in- greater or le s s de gree i n ever y part of Ireland, of l • arrangement has been entered on, vie think etting land that there should law, the benefit which the tenant ewe( s ceases almost 'Tame- • I.- 20 0 0 10 0 13% dustry and increase the comforts of all parties connected with for one or more crops, commonly known as the con-acre be as little delay as possible in consolidating these offices care diately upon the expiration of his lease ; and when the lessor is in the country on the science of astonomy. By the profits dreams d es , Bourdeaux _ 20 0 0 20 0 6% the immediate locality and , to promote the prosperity of the system. The land so let is in some few districts called guar- being taken that the present burden on counties be not increased, under strict limitation and legal disability, with respect to the obtained from these lectures, the plaintiff supported himself Paris raris and Strasbourg.. -2000 2 o 0 3 whole surrounding district, and thereby to add to the general ter land or rood land. for the purpose of giving retiring allowances to those who are ' reservation of timber, the tenant agreeing to take out a new arid his mother, whose name was Courtenay. In the spring Paris and Orltlins 6•• - 20 0 0 20 0 2eS resourees of the country. blush has been said in condemnation of this syttem• but Perfectly able to discharge their duties. It jS worthy of con- lease may have no alternative but either to cut down the trees is of last year the plaintiff lectured at Leetis, where his lectures Paris and Rouen ...... - 21. '2O 0020 0 0 45% 20 0 0 20 0 0 43 We are not, however, advocates for any indiscriminate ad- still we are convinced that some • • • ' practice of this nature is essen- d f• I'whether the office f C Crown - Solicitor 'lnAslight•A si era mu a eo, e o Circuit or surrender is right. amendment in the ct would were numerously and respectably attended. He afterwards proceeded to Wakefield, where he also purposed to give lec- it Alen and Havre .... - 20 00!12 0 0 2% vances of public money by way of grant. We are only desirous tial to the comfort, almost to the existence of the Irish pea- might not be abolished as vacancies occur, and his duties trans.. remedy this inconvenience. tires ; but, before any lecture had been delivered by him in of impressing upon those whose duty calls upon them to con- sant. Under ordinary circumstances, the wages of his labour ferred to the Resident Officer acting as Clerk of the Peace and The duty on glass, as it is now enforced and levied, operates JOINT-STOCK BANILS. that town, the defendants published the libel now complained alder this matter more particularly, that cases frequently will alone will not enable him to purchase food and other necessa. Crown. By this arrangement the Magistrates would have an injuriously on the poorer classes, with respect to the comfort of of. The Learned Counsel then read the alleged libel, which and do occur in which it is consi tent with a wise economy to ries, and to pay even the mast moderate rent. It becomes, efficient legal adviser ready to assist them in all cases of im.. their habitations, and by enhancing the price upon the lowest was as follows : - Dividend Amount giant money from the public funds fur the execution of a public therefore, necessary that he should resort to some other means portance, and in investigating the evidence immediately upon quality of glass, virtually prevents its use, even among the Name of Company. per of Paid. Price "Lectures on Astronomy.-A Mr. H. O'Connell, who work from which no direct return is - for procuring subsistence, and these can only be found in the the occurrence of crime. occupiers of small farms. Annum. Share. claims to be a son of Mr. Daniel O'Connell M P has been _ wards which the neighbouring proprietors are either unable or occupation of a piece of ground which shall furnish f' a crop o fhe offices also of treasurer and secretary of the grand jury We cannot avoid directing attention to the evidence, '• • '* ” delivering a course of lectures at Leeds this week, which - unwilling to advance any money. potatoes for food. This he generally takes from some farmer should be united under such arrangements as might prevent an almost universally given, with respect to the injurious effect have beenvery thinly attended, andbut indifferent Australasia . gave. s • •••• :• • • el. per cent. X s. d. X s. d. We full 40 0 0 40 0 0 4414 y concur in the opinion expressed in the report of the in the neighbourhood, upon conditions which vary much, ac increase in the burdens of the counties, and secure the residence of the loan fund system on au agricultural population. Well - • satisfaction. 'llns elr. O'Connell, we are informed, is dis- Brnsh.North American 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 451. c Select of an efficient officer. adapted as it may be, or useful as it may have proved to Conunercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 21 Committee on the state of the poor in Ireland in cording to the particular terms of agreement re Y s • pecting the avowed by the learned Irish agitator, who declares that he 1830 :- ploughing, the manure, the seed, &c. The inspection of weights and measures may be at once tradesmen and nth rs resident in towns and villages, who use is no son of his and that it is a trick b • the use of Ids doloniel.•• ..... •.•• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 " That the effects produced by these public works appear to Although the raker of con-acre ground may, in ordinary transferred to the con,tabulary. The inspectors-general of the money borrowed as capital, and repay the instalments to gain audiences. We leave the Y 1' name Lemin :net Westininstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27% disputants to settle their i endon Joint-Stuck ' ` ... U. per cent. ~CI 0 0 10 0 0 I.s hare been extended cultivation,• improved habits of industry, years, receive a good return for the rent which he assumes, prisons should be remunerated for their travelling expenses, as from their weekly profits , it evidently produces much evil when own quarrel, but it certainly is a singular thing for fattier -* • • a better administration of justice, the re-establishment of yet, as the amount of such rent, although not unreasonable in in Great Britain, particularly as they have now the examination resorted to by the small farmer for the purpose of payinga 117. .A r t,i, , p l ),h i t... to den • his own son, and zrerce ' - we believe na i ra as . 1). ' iiN.iiicia \c„ •... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 es, 0 0 44% peace and tranquillity in disturbed districts, a d om e s ti c colon!- respect of the farmer', expenditure upon the land, is always also of lunatic establishments. The conveyance of convicts rent, in which cate he has no weekly incomings to defray the O'Connell to b - ' I not ;e, .ihe t o b. believe nun so lost t . 1 o every sense 'Utto, Nem ... -•• . • , SI. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 cation of a population in excess in certain districts, a diminu- large with reference to the ordinary means of a labourer, a and the expenses of prosecutions should also be placed on the instalments, and when resident at a distance from the loan of s h ame National of Ireland .. I 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 lele lion of illicit distillation, and a very considerable increase to bad season, and a failure in this crops leave the latter in a dis- same footing in both countries. office is subjected to much loss of time in making the repay- d . blood We un-me as to disavow re own flesh and . Nat. ~ ov 1 r Ircial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 " eratand this , nlr. H. O'Connell is the same man who was the revenue." tressed condition, subject to a demand which he is wholly un- The system of county surveyors and their deputies gives rise naents. An important alteration was made in refererice to the Waned at Exeter Hall eome few Ter a Ditto, New... ...... , 5/. I per cent. 20 0 0 i 0 O 31V2 Under the sanction of the Board of Work!, large sums have able to meet. to much dissatisfaction. It is worthy of consideration whether loan fund system in Ireland by the 28th clause of the Alt ex . ,3,sr go as the bastard Union of Australia.- I - 25 0025 -0 0 27 son of the Honourable and Learned Member for ' all Ire been norrowed and expended in the promotion of works of A great improvement upon this system is effected where the plan recommended by the Commission of 1640 might not, 6 and 7 Victotia, C. 91, by vihieli the managers of loan Union of London-- I 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 00 I 12% land,' and whose exposure only threw ridicule upon the public utility, and 125,000/. has been granted for similar landlords themselven either by reserving small portions of with advantage, be applied to the inspection of county work, societies are empowered to make loans repayable by instal purposes. ground from the larger holdings, or by the application of some and whether a small body of surveyors, placed under the Corn- meats, at no shorter intervals than twenty-seven days, and nith getters up of the affair. We perceive that the gentleman i$ INSURANCE COMPANIES. It is, however, deserving of remark, that while that sum Portions of land in their own occupation, supply the collier missionere of Public Works, might not be sufficient for general interest at a rate not exceeding lid. per month in each pound. poSted . on the walls of this town as Mr. 11. O'Connell, the has been granted, the State has derived a profit under the sye- labourer' upon their estates with small lots of ground, held im- inspection, leaving the details to a superior class of deputies, at It does not, however, appear that this alteration in the law • son of ~ .D. .. alr. o' °mien, M.P." The Learned Counsel said Dividend Amount an adequate salary. Some of these changes may cause no me_ has been sufficiently made known, or that the extendedperiod that nearly every allegatioe contained in this paragra 1 tom of loans, amounting already to about two-fifths of those mediately under themselves, either for one or more crops, or inP•l Name of Company. Per of Paid. l'riec, mediate reduction of expense; we hope, however, that they of repayment has been adopted. was false. Mr. O'Connell never denied that the plaintiff grants. This has arisen, as explained in the evidence of Sir the nature of an allotment, and particularly if in connexion with Annum. Share. John Burgoyne, from the difference between the rate of into- a decent cabin. We believe that the good effects of such a sys- will insure, if adopted, a better execution of the duties of county An improved system of loan funds limier the provision to was his son; on the contrary, he had paid for his education °lnners.until he was of an age to support hitneell. The plaintiff £ e. d. £ s. d. rest at which the State has obtained money. and that at which rem will be manifold with regard to the moral and physical con- which we have referred might operate to check the usurious loans have been made under the provisions of the Public dition of the people. Not the least amongst the advantages will But great relief would be derived from an alteration in the interest which is usually exacted by money lenders from the • . - • had never exhibited himself at Exeter Hall, as suggested ; - tlhion .. Works Act. be, that the labourer will be thus brought into direct and fre. time of levy ; and the following observations of the Committee small farmers, and of which man • fla rant • • ) g nt instances are detailed this nab a piece of fabrication. •In fact, the paragraph was • Chance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 II 0 0 20 Ditto 31arrue . 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% Since the passing of the Drainage Act, p l ans f or t h e i m _ anent communication with the landlord, who will be able gra- of 1830 appear to us to have attracted too little of the attention in the evidence. as false as it was cruel and malicious; and it 1 cious ; ‘1,,,r11.7 so vivo 1.64111 instruction as to the most nrofitahle mode of those who have since that time endeavoured to correct the AGRARIAN OUTRAGES. sources of positive injury to tae plaintiff. He was engaged British . Con ' - miercial .. is. per share .50 0 0 50 0 7 by a latly named Penn. who kent a boarding school. to give Cleriel.Med.&Gen.Life. 51. tier cent. 100 0 0 2 10 1 6k COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 21. (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a London Jury.) O'CONNELL V. HEPWORTH AND ANOTHER. Mr. JAMES (with whom was Mr. Lush) stated that this was an action brought by Mr. Henry O'Connell, the illegiti mate son of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, against the defendants as proprietors of a newspaper called The Wakefield Journal and IVestßiding Herald, for a libel published in that paper on the Bth of March, 1844, reflecting on Mr. O'Connell's charac ter. The Learned Counsel stated that the plaintiff; although he inherited nothing else from his father, inherited some portion of his talent and eloquence, and as soon as he arrived at maturity, disdaining to be a mendicant on his father, he earned a livelihood by lecturing in various towns in the country on the science of astonomy. By the profits obtained from these lectures, the plaintiff supported himself and his mother, whose name was Courtenay. In the spring of last year the plaintiff lectured at Leeds, where his lectures were numerously and respectably attended. He afterwards proceeded to Wakefield, where he also purposed to give lec tures ; but, before any lecture had been delivered by him in that town, the defendants published the libel now complained of. The Learned Counsel then read the alleged libel, which was as follows : " Lectures on Astronomy.—A Mr. H. O'Connell, who claims to be a son of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., has been delivering a course of lectures at Leeds this week, which have been very thinly attended, and gave but indifferent satisfaction. This Mr. O'Connell, we are informed, is dis avowed by the learned Irish agitator, who declares that he is no son of his, and that it is a trick by the use of his name to gain audiences. We leave the disputants to settle their own quarrel, but it certainly is a singular thing for a father to deny his own son, and mercenary as we believe Mr. D. O'Connell to be, we do not believe him so lost to every sense of shame as to disavow his own flesh and blood. We un derstand this Mr. H. O'Connell is the same man who was exhibited at Exeter Hall some few years ago as the bastard son of the Honourable and Learned Member for Ire land,' and whose exposure only threw ridicule upon the getters up of the affair. We perceive that the gentleman is posted on the walls of this town as Mr. H. O'Connell, the eon of Mr. D. o'.. onnell, M.P." The Learned Counsel said that nearly every allegation contained in this paragraph was false. Mr. O'Connell never denied that the plaintiff was his son; on the contrary, he had paid for his education until he was of an age to support himself. The plaintiff had never exhibited himself at Exeter Hall, as suggested; this was a piece of fabrication. • In fact, the paragraph was as false as it was cruel and malicious ; and it had been the sources of positive injury to tne plaintiff: He was engaged by a lady named Penn, who kept a boarding school, to give lectures to her pupils, but, after hearing of this paragraph, she declined to let him continue his lectures. In this, as in other cases of libel, it was impossible to know to what extent it might have injured the plaintiff to represent him as an impostor. lie, therefore, called upon the jury to give rea sonable damages. Mr. \VITA:Im, for the defendants, submitted that a person who had the indelicacy to go through the country promul gating his own unfortunate situation and the frailty of his parents, was fairly open to the imputation conveyed in the paragraph read to the jury. All that the defendant had done was to suggest that the plaintiff's mother and father were not what he represented them to be. The Learned Gentleman observed that there was a new coin, half farthinga. known in the north as " grahams." The plaintiff did not want damages, but notoriety; let the jury give him notoriety, by being the first person to whom a British jury awarded a "graham." Tha jury, after five minutes' consideration, returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages 10/. lees shout. se united am net by a resident officer. Where there have not been vacancies in which this arrangement has been entered on, et e think that there should be as little delay as possible in consolidating these offices, care being taken that the present burden on counties be not increased, for the purpose of giving retiring allowances to those who are perfectly able to discharge their duties. It is worthy of con sideration also, whether the office of Circuit Crown Solicitor might not be abolished as vacancies occur, and his duties trans ferred to the Resident Officer acting as Clerk of the Peace and Crown. By this arrangement the Magistrates would have an efficient legal adviser ready to assist them in all cases of im portance, and in investigating the evidence immediately upon the occurrence of crime. The offices also of treasurer and secretary of the grand jury should be united under such arrangements as might prevent an increase in the burdens of the counties, and secure the residence of an efficient officer. The inspection of weights and measures may be at once transferred to the constabulary. The inspectors-general of prisons should be remunerated for their travelling expenses, as in Great Britain, particularly as they have now the examination also of lunatic establishments. The conveyance of convicts and the expenses of prosecutions should also be placed on the same footing in both countries. The system of county surveyors and their deputies gives rise to much dissatisfaction. It is worthy of consideration whether the plan recommended by the Commission of 1840 might not, with advantage, be applied to the inspection of county work, and whether a small body of surveyors, placed under the Com missioners of Public Works, might not be sufficient for general inspection, leaving the details to a superior class of deputies, at an adequate salary. Some of these changes may cause no im mediate reduction of expense; we hope, however, that they will insure, if adopted, a better execution of the duties of county offassers. But great relief would be derived from an alteration in the time of levy; and the following observations of the Committee of 1830 appear to us to have attracted too little of the attention of those who have since that time endeavoured to correct the evils of the Irish grand jury system. " It is in evidence that the presentment system, so far from creating a more useful demand for labour, and thereby improv ing the condition of the poor, has at times a contrary tendency. It is stated in the report of 1823, on the employment of the poor in Ireland, that the demand for labour on the public roads generally occurs at the most inconvenient periods of the year, either during the spring work of the farmer or daring his hay harvest, or turf cutting in the summer. If measures can be adopted to distribute this work more judiciously, it will tend to equalise the demand for labour at different periods of the year, and to prevent the dangerous vicissitudes of an extended demand for labour, suddenly followed by a diminution of the means of employment.' A more equable distribution of these works, and their execution at the times when the demand for agricultural labour ceases, would undoubtedly contribute to im. prove the condition of the working ;;lases." To endeavour to carry out this suggestion, and in accordance with the plan proposed by the Commission of 1840, we recom mend that there should be but one presenting term in the year, at or about the spring assizes, if it be thought advisable to con tinue the annual control of the grand jury, and as the amount of county-cess is very large, that it should be levied and paid into the county bank immediately when raised, so as to be available for the accounting periods, which we suggest might be fixed at the October sessions, before the assistant-barrister, and at the spring assizes or April sessions. In tlsis manner the work done in summer might be paid for in October, and that executed in winter, in March or April; while from the time at which the sessions are at present held, the summer's work is now generally paid for in March or April, and that executed in winter about July or August. It will be seen from the evi dence, that in some of the southern counties it is the practice (required as the witnesses conceive by the law), that no steps be taken for the levy of money necessary to pay a contractor un til he has actually executed the work, so that he must remain without his money for four or eight months longer, according to the season of the year, unless he raise it by discount from the county treasurer; and it is not, therefore, surprising, that the grand jury of Kerry should find that the roads under the Commissioners of Public Works, by whom the contractors are paid monthly, as the work is executed, are kept up more eco nomically than those over which they have control, and should have petitioned to have all placed under that board. When the regslar collection of the poor-rate shall be firmly established, we think the charitable institutions may derive their funds from that source more properly than from the county-rate ; this will introduce, also, a much more equable division of the amount between occupier and owner, and a fair proportion will fall on the absentee. We do not, by this pro posal, mean to recommend that these institutions be placed under the Poor-law Commissioners. By the appointment of auditors of accounts, quite separate from the Assistant Com missioners, such a change has been made as will enable the ac counts to be placed under those officers, without at all render ing it necessary that the superintendence and control of the in stitutions be vested in the Poor-law Commissioners ; but it would be a great improvement in the system if these auditors were appointed by Government, and there were a power of ap peal to the Chief Remembrancer from their decision. 'This would transfer from the county-cess to the poor-rate a sum of about 130,0001. a year, which would probably be raised to 200,0001. as soon as the system of subscriptions was superseded by the more equitable levy under the poor-rate valuation. This hasty review of the grand jury system would be incom plete, if we did not refer more particularly to the compulsory presentments, from the rapid increase of which so much dissa tisfaction has arisen. It will be s..en from the returns which we have had prepared, that of the whole amount of money levied under grand jury presentments throughout Ireland, a propor tion of about one-third alone is at the option or under the control of the grand jury at each assises. The portion, amounting to nearly two-fifths of the whole, which is raised under presentments which these bodies are compelled to make, either under the provisions of some Act of Parliament en forced by the authoritative direction of the presiding judge of assize, is, in fact, a heavy tax for public purposes imposed exclusively on the occupiers of Ireland. This is a system which should be discontinued as quickly as circumstances will permit. The expense of the constabulary forms the heaviest item in these compulsory presentments. The constabulary force in Ireland, as it at present exists, is regulated and organised principally under the 6th of Wil liam IV. sap. 13. The power of appointment to the force rests with the Lord- Lieutenant. By clause 5, he is empowered to appoint one inspector general and one or two deputy inspectors-general. By clause 7, to appoint four county inspectors. This has, however, since been altered. By clause 9, to appoint one sub-inspector for each county, or county of a city, or county of a town, and two for the fol lowing counties :—Cork, Tipperary, Galway. These are now called county inspectors. By clause 11, to appoint for each county of a city and county of a town (except const ab ie(now thecounty styled subofci ty in o s f pe D zt u o b r l ). i n ), l chief 2 head constables, and not exceeding 11)0 sub-constables ; and to appoint for each barony, half-barony, or other division of a barony in each county at large, 1 chief constable (now styled sub-inspector), 2 head-constables, and not exceeding 16 sub- constables. This clause also provided, that the Peace Preservation Force, atthe st p at a e ssin o g f o d f is t tu h r is ban A c c e t : w• cl as in appo co i n nte ciu edfnme•eof th any dis e m.. - r, in co nsequence of the same being by 5e proclamation us a Under the sanction of the Board of Works, large sums have been borrowed and expended in the promotion of works of public utility, and 125,0001. has been granted for similar purposes. lc is, however, deserving of remark, that while that sum has been granted, the State has derived a profit under the sys tem of loans, amounting already to about two-fifths of those grants. This has arisen, as explained in the evidence of Sir John Burgoyne, from the difference between the rate of inte rest at which the State has obtained money, and that at which loans have been made under the provisions of the Public Works Act. Since the passing of the Drainage Act, plans for the im provement of considerable tracts have been proposed, involving, according to the applications now before the Board, an ex penditure of 600,0001. on drainages, which can only be con sidered as preliminary to greater and more local improvements. PUBLIC WORKS ACT. The Act of the Ist and 2d William IV., commonly called the Public Works Act, contains many provisions regulating the terms and conditions upon which Parliament has thought it right to authorise the issue of public money to a limited amount in aid of works in Ireland. he money is to be advanced partly by way of grant, and partly by way of loan, and the terms upon which loans are to be made, vary according to the different purposes for which the money is required. For certain purposes specified In the Act, money may be ad vanced to individuals or public bodies, upon security, to be repaid by instalments within 20 years after the work is completed, and with interest, at a rate not exceeding 10s. per cent. above the current rate of interest upon Exchequer Bills. Some alteration has subsequently been made in some of the provisions of this Act ; but as to the points to which we now desire to call attention it remains unaltered. By section 32 it is provided, that advances by way of loan may be made upon the security of freehold or leasehold in terest in land, for the draining, embanking, reclaiming, or other wise improving land ; but it is required that money so advanced shall be repaid in three years after the work is completed, and with interest at five per cent. These terms being generally felt to be unnecessarily disad ♦antageous to the borrower, only one or two applications have been made for a loan under this section, and this part of the Act, which was evidently intended to promote agricultural im provement, has wholly failed of its purpose., The Act, after having made provision for the advance of money towards the execution of certain works, particularly the formation of roads and bridges, upon condition of such grants being met by a corresvonding advance of money by individuals and public bodies, contains in section 66 a provision in the following words : Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 33, chose 32,—" Provided further, and be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners for the execution of this Act, to make advances in aid of the drainage, embankment, reclaiming, or ether improvements of land, on the credit of mortgagees, as ....:ments, or ether assurances of the estate and interest, freehold or leasehold, in such land, which is to he the sub ject of such drainage, embankment, reclamation, or other im provements. Provided always that it shall be made out to the satisfaction of such Commissioners, by competent evi dence, accompanied by the certificate of a skilful engineer or surveyor, approved of by the said Commissioners, that such drainage, embankment, reclamation, or other improve ment, when completed, will increase the value of such land in the proportion of at least ten per centum on the sum pro posed to be expended thereon ; and that a contract with two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the said Commissioners, shall be previously made and entered into for the full and complete execution of such drainage, embank ment, reclaiming, or other improvement, at and for a sum not exceeding the amount of the advance sought therefore, within a period to be fixed by the said Commissioners, not ex ceeding seven years from the date of such advance ; and that in all such cases the whole amount of such advance shall be made repayable within three years next after the period so fixed for the completion of such drainage, embankment, re claiming, or other improvement, with interest thereon, in the meanwhile, at a rate not less than 51. per centum per annum, payable halt-yearly, as the said Commissioners shall fix and appoint." _ And clause 66 is in the following words, viz., " And where. a by reason of the communications to be opened by such roads and bridges, great benefit is expected to accrue to the proprietor s of the estates in which the same may be con structed,• and the value thereof may be greatly increased, and it only ic is particular r t to enable tenants for life and others, having estates, and persons under legal disability or raise incapacity, to ch money for the purpose of contributing such to the m a ki ng roads and bridges; be it therefore, and it is hereby furthereur enacted,u that it shall and may be lawful to and for any gregate, and for the rahti"' lay or ecclesiastical, sole or ag utzbeands, trustees, committees, or at torneys of, or for the pany, or any parts of an landsrs or proprietors of, or any com through, or bordering upon which, any such road ,h a il tia constructed, or proposed to be which any such bridge shall ia e ' lar be intended to pass, or in constructed, being under venture,of minors, lunatics, or beyond the seas, or otherwise incapable for themselves, and to and for every of them for the time being, and to and for the tenants in tail owners and proprietors of all such lands, be f ing ofYthoe issue extinct, or for life, or tenants in tail, after respectively, for tenants in dower, and to and for every the time being, with and by the sanction an m d res consenta of the Commissioners for the execution of this Act firs. ob tained, by indenture or indentures under their respect ( iv a e n h i ard a ' and seals, from time to time, and to which indenture or inden tures' one of the said Commissioners shall be an executing party for the purpose of signifying such sanction and consent as afore said, to charge the said lands with any sum or sums of money which shall or may be advanced or applied by him, her, or them respectively, in or towards payment of the said contri bution for the making of such road or bridge, and for se. curing the re-pa , iMi.nt of such sum or sums of money, with interest, to grant, mortgage, lease, or demise, or otherwise subject the said lands unto any person or persons who shall ad vance and iend such sum or sums of money respectively either in fee or for any term of years ; so as every such grant, mortgage, lease, or demise be made with a proviso or condition to cease and be void, or under an express trust to be surrendered, in' case'and so soon as the sum or sums of money thereby to be secured, with lawful interest for the same, shall be fully paid and A great improvement upon this system is effected where landlords themselve, either by reserving small portions of ground from the larger holdings, or by the application of some portions of land in their own occupation, supply the cottier labourers upon their estates with small lots of ground, held im mediately under themselves, either for one or more crops, or in the nature of an allotment, and particularly if in connexion with a decent cabin. We believe that the good effects of such a sys tem will be manifold with regard to the moral and physical con dition of the people. Not the least amongst the advantages will be, that the labourer will be thus brought into direct and fre quent communication with the landlord, who will be able gra dually to give useful instruction as to the most profitable mode of cultivating the lard, so as to obtain the largest amount of produce. The rent should be a fair rent, and the quantity of ground not larger than can be managed in the intervals of la bour for hire. In adverting to the condition of the different classes of occu piers in Ireland, we noticed, with deep regret, the state of the cottiers and labourers in most parts of the country, from the want of certain employment. It would be impos,ible to describe adequately the privations which they and their families habitually and patiently endure. It will be seen in the evidence that in many districts their only food is the potato, their only beverage water, that their cabins are seldom a protection against the weather, that a bed or a blanket is a rare luxury, and that nearly in all, their pig and manure heap constitute their only property. When we consider this state of things, and the large propor tion of the population which comes under the designation of agricultural labourers, we have to repeat that the patient en durance which they exhibit is deserving of high commendation, and entitles them to the best attention of Government and of Parliament. Their condition has engaged our most anxious considera tion. Up to this period any improvement that may hare taken place is attributable almost entirely to the habits of temperance in which they have so generally persevered, and not, we grieve to say, to any increased demand for their la bour. We deeply deplore the difficulty which exists in sug gesting any direct means for ameliorating their condition. We trot such means may be found in the general improvement of the country, and in the increased demand for labour, which we hope will follow from the adoption of the suggestions we have already ventured to offer. But there are one or two matters from which, although they may be thought by some of trivial importance, we are of opinion that some direct advantage might be derived by the labouring population. We have already adverted to the con-acre system. It will be seen in the evidence that the contracts between the labourer who hires, and the farmer who lets the plot of ground in which the potatoes are to be planted, are usually ♦erbal, and how completely the latter is in the power of the former. in the event of any dispute arising in reference to those contracts. We recommend that a summary jurisdiction should be given to magistrates at petty sessions, to hear and adjudicate upon disputes respecting con-acre, where the plot of ground shall not exceed half an acre. Where a cAtier is summoned before magistrates for tres pass committed by his pig, or for a nuisance, in his having a heap of manure upon a public road, it appears not unfrequently that the person under whom he holds his cabin has furnished neither the means nor place to erect a pig -cot, or keep his dung-heap from the road. It is worthy of consideration whe ther, as suggested by several witnesses, a fine might not be imposed upon the person who has let the cabin without ad juncts, necessary alike to the public convenience, and for af fording the means of sustenance to the poor cottier ; and whe ther, in such cases, it might not be desirable to empower magistrates at petty sessions to require the person by whom the cabin is let to provide such adjuncts where possible; and that, in default of doing so, he should be liable to a fine. Con sidering also the wretched condition in which so many cabins in Ireland are found, and the sufferings and disease to which our fellow-creatures, living in such hovels, are exposed, it would be extremely desirable, if it were possible to effect it, that in all cases of cottier holdings the person who lets the cabin should be bound to keep it in sufficient repair, and that he should be compellable by magistrates to do so. It may also be proper to enact that the person letting a cabin shall not be entitled to recover his rent by any legal process, if it clan be shown that he has not kept it in tenantable repair. We cannot, however, disguise from ourselves the great diffi culty of dealing by law with such matters, and the danger lest evils of this nature may be aggravated, rather than diminished, by too hasty attempts to remove them by legislation. We have, therefore, felt ourselves unable to recommend any direct measure for that purpose. We trust the exposure of such a state of things may lead to its remedy. COUNTY-CESS. We come now, in obedience to the instructions of Your Ma jesty's Commission, to consider the charges upon land in Ireland. The principal of these are the poor-rate and the county-cess. With respect to the former, we have endeavoured to ascer tain, in different parts of the country, the proportion which the valuation, on which it is levied, bears to the letting value of land; but we have not entered further into the subject, as such an inquiry, to be of any real utility, should extend over all parts of the island, and there are many in which the poor-law could scarcely be said to have been in operation at the com mencement of our proceedings; we the less regret this, las the system must, at no distant period, be submitted to a separate and distinct inquiry. We must, however, observe, that complaints have been made, that the tenant without a lease is at times deprived of the benefit which the law intended to give him ; and when claiming the liefgialddoe,dlumetuiosnt r fr a o i : y h o i u s r l r a e n n d t l , o , rd. has been met with the re mark, " There is no use in my , allowing you the poor-rate; as, The undereountyeesssr. the consideraticn of raised, which general name a levy for many different purposes has at different times been under the reports, formerly referred to, and little certain information Commissioners by whom in hre been presented to Par liament. and A n x s t v e e n r t y prevails as to the s, and the control possessed by grand juries, which in this case are supposed to represent the counties, we have called for returns for the y 1841-2-3 from each county, of the sums levied, and have ars sepa rated them into two tables appended to this report (8 and one of which.will exhibit the degree of control vested by law in the grand jury, and the other the principal heads to which the cess is applied. In a former part of this repo r t, w h en we expresse d our favourable opinion of the general state of the country, we felt it necessary to allude tosome lam enta bl e except i ons. W e re gret to find that these exceptions appear to be on the increase. We made inquiry, throughout the whole of our tour, respect. in the existence of agrarian outrages. In Tipperary for a long time p as t, an d i n aorae o th er coun ties prevailed a system of lawless numerous instances to the perpe tvtirieaostki:mieoce h recently,icold-bloodedch h has led l t e h dm e rue in n murders. ders. These are generally acts of revenge for some supposed in jury the party who c om mit s o r i ns ti g ates the commission l u m i t intii h s t si i ed o nt n of ti t : hl :: ei s n n t o e utag tertained of injury in such cases are re gulated by a standard fixed by the will of the most lawless and unprincipled members of the community. It after repeated warnings, frome o n often goes out for vengeance he has neglected or m i suse d, h e i s l oo k e d upon in the districts to which w e are now referring as an in jured m a ai and at times a l arge numer i ca l propor tion of the neighbourh ood loo k with indifference upon the upon the landlord, or the a ge nt, and upon the man who suc ceedss to the farm ; al tenant , which a h n i ed ih the r e decree rn n v e dto even most atrocious acts of violence, and, by screening the criminal, abet and enc ,urage the crime. Murders are perpetrated at noonday, on a public highway, and, whilst, the assassin coolly retires, the people look on, and evince no horror at the bloody deed. The whole nature of Christian men appears, in such cases, to be changed, and the one absorbing feeling as to the posses sion of land stifles all others, and extinguishes the plainest principles of humanity. We cannot but feel that this state of things calls loudly for correction, although it does not come within our province to discuss what measures should be adopted under such circum stance: for the detection and repression of crime. It must be obvious that none of the suggestions which we have offered, nor any measures founded upon them, whi c h Par liament or Government cou ld devise, can be applicable to a state of things so appalling and disorganised as that which we have described. tt e have given our best and most anxious consideration'te the means of ameliorating the condition of the well-disposed Irish peasant, and we feel that the greatest allow ance is to be made for his sufferings, his poverty, his ignorance; but we can make no allowance for the deliberate cold-blooded assassin, or for those who abet assassination. We wish it were possible to make the peasantry in these un happy districts aware, that all measures for improvement pre suppose the security of life and property ; that the districts in which both are systematically rendered insecure must be re garded as beyond the reach of such plans of amelioration as we can suggest; and that while crimes of so fearful a character prevail, it is hopeless to expect, in reference to those districts, much practical improvement in the relation of landlord and te nant, or any security for the permanent happiness of the people. FEBRUARY 22. (Before the Lola) CIIIEF BAnoN and Common Juries.) No case of public interest occurred during the day. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A COURT OF JUSTICE. Ditto 31 urine .. Atlas .• • • • ••• British Commercial .. Clericl,Med. & Gen. Life County liagle • • Economic Life •• • Eng. 8; Scot. Law Life European Lite .• • • • • • • Freemasons' ..• • • • • • • • Guardian .• • • • • • • • • • • Imperial Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Indemnity Marine • • • • Law Life Legal and General Lite London Fire Loudon Ship Marine ...... ....... 31 ed. Invlid & Gen. Life National Loan Fund.. National Lite • Palladium Life........ Plicenix . Protector Life.. Provident Life • • • • • Rock Royal Exchange Sun Fire ..... Ditto Life Universal Life • • 31. 10s. 6 per cent. Cl. per cent, 13s. 6,1. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 31. 9s. and r 6/. ss. bs. 6s. 5 per et.,} /1,305.b5. 5/. per cent. sy, per cent. 5/. per cent. Cl. per cent. 5/. per cent. 12/. per cent. At the Public Office yesterday (Friday), after a charge against some prisoners for stealing toilet bottles had boon disposed of, Inspector William Hall handed up to the Mayor ( who, with Mr. Weston, the ex-Mayor, presided) a slip of pi - per, which, we were subsequently informed, contained the following notification :—" Feb. 14, 1845.—Inspector hall begs leave most respectfully of the Mayor to allow him to resign forthwith." After presenting his resignation, The Mayor said—l will see you after, Mr. Hall. We can not accept your resignation without knowing what it is for. Mr. Hall (in an excited tone)—That has nothing to do with the matter. You may as well accept my resignation now as any other time; and if you do not, it shall come be fore tin..public. - 12 s. 1/. Mi.& bs " We have thus endeavoured to lay before your Majesty the conclusion at which we have arrive d, after the e xtensive inquiry which we have been engag ed. We are well a ware of the difficulties that surround the whole subject of that inquiry. " One class of persons have been accustomed to look ex clusively to legislative interference for a removal of the evils to which Ireland is exposed; whilst others despair en tirely of any beneficial effect upon her social condition from such interference. " We do not agree with either of these classes. We know that the best directed measures of parliament cannot pro duce the desired effect, unless aided and enforced by the steady, as well as active exertions of the people of all ranks and conditions in their respective spheres; but we are at the same time satisfied that a very beneficial change may be effected by the united and vigorous efforts of the Legislature and of individuals. " We cannot despair when we find a country enjoying such natural advantages as Ireland possesses, with a large extent of uncultivated or unimproved land , and a numerous popula tion, able and willing to labour if opportunities are aflbrded to them. On the contrary, we confidently believe, that by an examination of the facts as they actually exist, and by a close attention to details, means art may be and found fo filar r re moving many or most of those pial parti obstacles, which 'nave hitherto so greatly impeded the bene ficial employment of labour, and obstructed the enjoyment of those advantages which a country such as Ireland is calcu lated to afford. " But this desirable result cannot be looked for, unless the united and vigorous efforts of all classes in Ireland are directed towards it. "Instances are to be seen in every part of the country of estates upon which the liberal con duct and active super intendence of a resident landlord , o r of a resident and judicious agent, have established a system of progressive improvement as to the land, and of increasing comfort to the people, which are, unfortunately , w antin g in many other districts. " We trust that one effect, at least, of our labours will be to rouse the attention of many who have as yet thought little upon the subject, and to encourage them to follow the examples thus held out to them. " Above all, we would call upon all such persons not to rest satisfied with any vague or general notion of the state of the population with which they are connected, but care fully to examine all circumstances, in order that they may apply those remedies which shall be appropriate to the case, as well as efficient fur the purpose of relief: " The voluminous evidence collected by us, in all parts of Ireland, with the numerous returns and other documents transmitted to us, present a mass of information upon the §ocial condition of that country which mat serve Its a mild 31. ss, 10s. 10s. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. St. per cent. Si. per cent. 3/. p.ct. & bs. Si. per cent. It. ss. 4s. Si. per cent 61. 103. 1/. 6s. /. pr cnt. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ►OO 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. X s. tl. 50 0 0 II 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 1 10 0 0 5 0 0 S 0 0 250 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 16% 3 16 3% The Mayor here attempted to interpose, to put an end to further discussion in such a place. Mr. Hall—l have been most grossly insulted by Mr. Weston, the ex-Mayor—a greater vagabond never was seen on the bench ; and I now tender my resignation as a man. [This language of Hall produced great sensation in court.] The Mayor—Mr. Hall, thiS is very improper language. Hall-1 don't care, I will have something to say about you before the public, before I have done. The Mayor—l do not care what you have to say of ma before the public. Hall—l will not serve such a corporation and such a set of thieves and vagabonds any longer. There are a few thieves there (pointing to the gallery), that are a d—d sight more respectable and more competent to fill that situation. I can gO and get a porter's situation at 12s. or 14s. a week, as von did when you were at Mr. James's, in the Bull Ring. ilall was proceeding in this abusive and violent strain, in spite of the repeated efforts of Mr. Gem, magistrate's clerk, and Mr. Redfern to restrain him, the latter frequently ejacu lating "Hall ! Hall !" in a deprecating tone. In reply to the remonstrances of these gentlemen, Hall continued, "I don't care ; I know what I am doing," and (turning to Mr. Weston), exclaimed with vehemence, "You have been studying the law, have you ? You have been studying the law and morality? Recollect Highgate! I can live upon 12s. a week, and upon porridge, as you did in the Bull Ring." Hall was here bustling towards the door, when Mr. Weston who had during the extraordinary scene remained silent and perfectly undisturbed, addressed him and said, " Halt, the Mayor and myself dismiss you." hall—Very well ; that is done, that is better; you have been obeying the law, and at the same time you Lava bean studying a d—d deal of immorality. Hall here left the office. 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 100 0 0 6 5 0 There are various surmises as to the real cause of this scene, some attributing the inspector's violence to mental aberration, while others, who see a " method in his madness," do not hesitate to say that it is the first act of a plot got up to in sult the Chief Magistrate of the borough, and bring the authority of the Corporation into disrepute.—Birmingham Journal. • 16% 4% 2% 10% 19 1 4 27% 44 1 4 45% 21 27 143 44% 16% 3734 27 12% 72% 20 NV, 7 GN 142 50!( 195 PREVENTION OF SMOKE.—Sir William Magnay, Alderman John Johnson, axd several scientific men, visited Mr. Godson's premises in Aldersgate-street, on Wednesday, for the purpose of witnessing the operation of his apparatus for the prevention of th , s very offensive nuisance of smoke. Mr. Godson's patent furnace for the consumption of smoke has been under trial in the factory at the Dockyard at Woclwich, and at Ports mouth Dockyard, by the Government, and several re ports have been made most strongly representing its efficacy. The numerous gentlemen who tested the power of the apparatus expressed surprise at the extraordinary disappearance of smoke during the whole time the fur nace was blazing, and also at the simplicity of the plan. They remained during a❑ hour on the premises, and expressed their admiration ,of the ingenuity by which one of the greatest nuisances the metropolis is infested with can be completely removed. Many Members of Parliament have been to examine the patent furnace within the last few weeks, in consequence of the inten tion to legislate upon the subject of the prevention of smoke early in the present session. 4X 192 N DOCKS. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. 'X s. Commercial • East and West India 5 %1. pr cent. ' Stock. 142 East Country ..... 1/. per sh. ;100 0 0 21 London St. Katharine •••• • • • 5 per cent. Stock. 118 Southampton ••,. • . • . 41. per cent. 50 0 0 , 50 0 0 WATER-WO XS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a, d. East London .. • ... 81. 100 0 0 230 4;rand Junction ••• • • • 3/. 46 11 4 90 Kent . ..... .......... Si. 10s. 100 0 0 65 Vauxhall ..... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 GO West Middlesex .. .. ~ 41. 16s. pr ct. 63 12 9 LIST Or SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ e. d. £ s. Q. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 1684 British Linen Company 81• per cent. 100 0 0 226 Commercial Bank ... • 61. per cent. ' 100 0 0 167►,! National Bank 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 lb% Union Bank of Scotland 7 1 41. pr cent. 50 0 0 97 Western Bank .. .... • . 61 per cent. 50 0 0 7G North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7 Clydesdale Rank.. • • 61. per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank .. • • 31. per cent. 15 0 0 114 Caledonian Bank Edinb.Bc Glasgow "tank 5/. per cent. 5 0 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 815 0 13% Scottish Union Ins. Co. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 14 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scotind bl. per cent 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur 9l. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 24% Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18% Edin. & Glasg. Railway 44/. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65% Ditto, Shares 4%1. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 164 Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4%1. percent. 50 0 0 AU paid. 66 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 124 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 28 Dundee & Arbrothßail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 32 CANALS. I ..; Dividend! Names of Dividend Names of u Price. . per Price, Companies. 4 per Companies. A , Annum.' , .IInUM. ---- -••••••-•-- f! , X Ashtn & Oldh 97i51.55. p'c 72 Monmouthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 81. 98 Ilarn4ey.... 160! 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Basingstoke.. 100. - • 5 Neath Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. 200 Cromford.... 100 181. 164 I'eak Forest. 78 3/. 40 Dudley 100! 41. 80 Regent's.... 33 1/. 2434 Derby •• • Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. 58 Shropshire • • 125 8/. 120 Erewash . -1100. 321. 440 Somrset Coal ISO 71. 10s. 123 Forth & Clyd:100! 41. 105 Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn 100 ! 71. 140 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 480 Grand Union,loo It. 10s. 25 Shrewsbury.. 12: , 151. 230 Glamorgnsh.!l72 1.4%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 300 Glstr & Brkly 00 - 8 Strtirci on AV 70 U. 10$. 30 Grantham Huddersfield 57 - 20 Wye Rail. Kennt & Avn 39 Is. 6d. lO Trnt &MI 50 30/. 450 Lancaster 47 11. 10. 40 sey, 4 sh. Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 610 Timms &Med IS/ - 10 Leicester ... • !140 10/. , , 139 Worestr & 1 78 41. 50 Leiestr&Ntlu 83 41. 70 Binning. Loughboroghl42 701. !1050 Vilts 8c Brits 67 11. 4s. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC Joun NA I FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATIIRDOL the GLOBE.—The debate on the motion for inquirY at alleged detention and opening of Mr. Duncomba's letter 8~ the Post-office, terminated at an early hour this vi n — os . 4 ni after a spirited debate. The numbers were--for the pro to 'Committee, 145; against it, 240; thus giving a InaJ e r' ol ,l Ministers of 95. By refusing inquiry, the House ha s n ea t, itself far more regardful of the wishes of the Govern t he than desirous of possessing the respect and confidence ° r ef country. With the motives which actuated the nisPr l llet the honourable House we have no disposition to meddle. to they were pure and disinterested, there can be no feas t , doubt. Those who compose it are all honourable geodetic; And yet we should be unwilling to impute to one of f ni r in his individual capacity, and outside t h e walls .of ra t To meat, the conduct wl.ich they have unitedly aPP.- -e o f plain, unsophisticated minds, unskilled in the lo g ic Stephen's, the question appeared to be as simple as the ZO. ciples it involved are important. A Member of the a irbiJ th ture, from his place in the House, complains ugh, letters have been intercepted in their passag e thr°othes and opened at, the Pest-office. The letters of persons had been similarly dealt with. Both Houses °gate liainent had appointed Committees of their own to invese'caer and report on the other cases ; but in the case of plaining Member, his especial case was not included intioreil quiry nor alluded to in the report. With this he w as e mber dissatisfied ; and avails himself of his privilege a s a bad of Parliament, :.to ask the Home Secretary whether Iblcitio issued any warrant authorising the Post-office off to detain and open his letters. That the Home j e h possessed power to issued such a warrant was not 7bide That lie is responsible to Parliament for the waY eao he uses that power, is beyond all doubt. The ei , es t l o orie i ono of course, and ought to have been replied to n l ot syllable—" Yes," or "No," as the fact might be-liteogbs equivocation or explanation. The Home Seer etar Y proper to shroud himself within the veil of official l„teto His oath of office would not admit of his disclesinghetr-tor of his department ! That which, under the special b li stances of the case and of the country, might be 0a1t1,419 good and substantial defence, becomes mysterious, iinu, A r'' 5( 0 suspected of being an an itrary and wanton ap licaurrotpr power, the use of which can only be justified under el o f the stances of extreme peril to the peace and safety ...40 country. As Mr. Chas. Buller, in the course of his au lw r obilt speech of Thursday evening, observed :—" I C i e i yl 15 1 think one of the most justifiable Nue3tions I co .01" any man, if I suspected him of opening m y lettersi ded; be, Pray sir, did you open my letters ? that think that is an idle question. I conceive vie, man's letters ought not to be opened ; and l'ibt he finds they have been opened, he has a Pe- nil en explanation. No reason can be gic ea fee there was not a Yes' or a No! at once. 0 1 1 thing would have gone right if the Secrete*? oft sio for the Home Department had been able to gi v e t he Pt answer to a plain question." By refusing to suPl ham quired answer, Sir James Graham has surroan de s ellac i t t with suspicion ; and exposed himself to im in private society, would be intolerable to a sensitivi We can readily understand that duty may deinan!'",o4 a public functionary the performance of acts fro, ll 00, he would, as a private individual, instinctivec joe, Putatien e toe But, we apprehend, when placed in such a Pe si o diT will be anxious to show that, in being a ParP r oL o:i f acts, he had no alternative. If when he is aah eu .mait participation in those acts, he wriggle and twist' o fk,o' retract ; and, finally, take refuge in the secresy e is i ro An t whenever conduct such as this is exhibited by AP': rior those who witness it will be apt to cast upon the iO np oof, the odium of acts which might be defensible, and e Ve e r o f p worthy, if done under the imperative obligation geoi duty. Lord John Russell, in his more-than - roe to cellent speech of last night, placed this part e '...,1e 6r0 1, 4 ;g1 tion in a powerful point of view. We are P ersl "" - the Noble Lord's clearly defined distinctions will be tbe l o; regarded as the constitutional ground on whi eh . a ct,s ilh ol invested in the Executive can alone be allowed to i-i-,000w,d with safety to the rights or in consistency with the fiefos_4 the country. The question, as presented to th e . b gitar Lord John Russell, seemed really to forbid the P c ' s ! ' obs? negative being placed upon it. The Noble Lord;e:stice tions in condemnation of the practice of using '" ordinary power—vested in the Executive for the'll i .. 6 o o . „ s s of the public peace of this country—for the grae v eefl i iir Foreign States, were conceived in a spirit, and dt i be. laiis tone which will be responded to by every Irian stands and appreciates the benefits and blessini. seo pe. ec d tinguish Britain from the continental states of o ea 11 0 feel assured that henceforth that invidious pow e l ho se ° A O again be put in motion for purposes so base as d ope - occupied the attention, and called forth the ind i g o country in the course of the last year. DA Ir.) MARKET NEWS.—(SATUR COVENT-GARDZN. 000 For the time of year the supplies of vegetablelo teo yet the demand was active, at improved crie tat :---ftia was in slow request, yet prices were supportedid; .to from 3s 6d to .r..s per cwt. ; Turnips, 2s 6d to a s ad 5s 64 to 7s; Coleworts, or Greens, 3s 3d to 4s; /I,oosr.efoi Is to is 6d per dozen bunches; Apples, 2s to 4s; ofLei 8s; Spinach, 2s6d to 3s; and Onions, 2s to 35 P er d Forced Potatoes, 8d; Pine Apples, 8s to 10s; ap ore etll 4 o Is 44 per lb. ; Savoys, is 6d to 2s per dozen; 130reetsr,411 barb, 2s to 2s 3d; Forced Asparagus, 6s to ; 6d to b 4 4• 2s to 5s ; Brocoli, 2s 6d to 4s; and Celery , i s lir bundle ; Oranges, 5s to 108 ; and Lemons, 88 to dyed ; Seakail, 2s to 4s per punnet. NEWPORT. pl Prime Meat sold steadily, other kinds slowlio ?And •attonim So' lowing terms :—Beef, froni 2s &1 to 35 Gd; M m tn' to - 48• 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s ; and Pork, 2 s - It " . Bibs by the carcase. • mt/lti'ael;" r e 4 Prime Beef, Mutton, and Pork were in steak o tt .A o full prices. All other kinds of meat sold bea, vi iitiVe l e i what easier terms. Beef, from 2s 6d to 35 6u ni ; to 44;ji 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to ss; and Pork, 23 °`!., e its! o ll l4 81bs by the carcase. There was rather an 3 61 ' OP both Game and Poultry on sale here, while the de ° heavy, and prices were not supported. BIM INGSGA'rE. • s h h erb Although we had a full average quantity of fl trade was firm, at fully last week's quotations. • ti , tfe . iiLaNGERFOA D. , ~, b Af e, Although the supplies of most kinds of prool-oscw, by no means extensive, the general demand Os barely previous quotations. sO tPr; warrECHAPBS.. ,t 5 40 Only a moderate business was passing hereito,2oo, vious rates :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; M u n ape: . 8d ; Veal, 3s 10.1 toss; and Pork, 2s 10d to 45 A 00 BREAD. lis sit The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metrore)osi. 7d to 70; of Household ditto, sdto 6d Per 4 i i pilD zuZIE mAItaXT. rosol, Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs:--Best Stees644/400.10 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; Middling Hides, 4s 6d W i t et c , fa 4. ditto, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Sheep and Calf SkinSr be ep, ''',sr Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s; .Long-woolled S zd 0 9 0 . 4s 9d; Short ditto, 3s to 4s; Lamb Skins, i s o il.' Hugs, 6d to Bd. 11 KAT MARKETS. , t o 4 1 : • 1 SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3 1 193 51 4 .1 ful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5135; fine Upland ditto, 163 t 9 0) Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, . 11 Ace ssg s ' • a il Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. A fai r " 41 1 "a4; and a sluggish demand. to to. / s o CUMBEHLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 , 5/3 9 14 0: 1 tg useful ditto, 4112 s to 5/ • fine Upland ditt"„ 0 4 t.. ;0 Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 5/ 18s; Oat Strawy bu t 0 ' , 4/ 1P Wheat Straw, 1/ lila to 21 per load. SuPP I 0 and trade firm, at full prices. 31 o s to 6 1 P p ; WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow ElaY , d ditt° , , n 1,l if useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 48; fine Up 1116 5/ 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 61; Oat Strati' t ior SU • , Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. po t " sold slowly, at our quotations. ifip? _...----._ .....rosp 04 WAKEFIELD CORN DIARO T ( ; o d fog li g 0i The arrivals of Wheat and Beans are g i , c alf - 0010 0 0. market, but moderate for other grain. I ; h t l i e i deA rl ,, P or 4 4 4 0 trade passing. The finest qualities 0 1 - ek; ino. /, Grain about maintain the prices of last w e too 111 iieggi ties bad to sell. We note no material a lters to _,,,,, Per gr. 01' of any article. b• t ° Pio of el 4to 45 ' !. A • . 4 g 0 .••• r Wheat—Suffolk, Essex, and Kent •• • • ne-• •'. 49 4 ~. 0 Ditto ditto ...... White% 43 4 .. , „ Norfolk Ditto ditto ••• • • • •; le. . 43 4 g ',... 30 Lincolnshire and Cambridge • • M i "' te • .: 4 4 3 4 : 4 . 4 : 4 4 Ditto ditto • • • • • • Yorkshire . Ditto Bed •• a 4 ''' p etl sl ' English, Old _4l 50 ditto . :::::: W it t . te . : 4 . 5 3 4 4 6 6 ...- 0 ...... White' • rer qg 34 • •,' Red• • • 0 40 11 6 ', Foreign Ditto ditto Barley—Norfolk and Suffolk -• • • • . • ... ▪ 31 " .• 31 30 ' 3 4 ,101. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ••• • • ' • . 91 39 ~.. D . .- 4 4 Grinding. Foreign • . Yet qr. . 36 / - 4 Beans—Small flue .• • ....... .36 3 4 0 •::(14 Ticks - .. 35 l id „Alt #1 Foreign -• • - • lorl. d .. .4 1 I . ~,, ti Oats —dealing, per Stone •.. • • • • • ' • " " .. l'"'_.,' ild ' -A 4 1 Feeding .... ••• • • . low 264 -...„ , OS _. _ Shelling, per Load ...• Per 4 a Malt, se - P e uß r r : u L eye o a a a d n n d d o l f Vhl F 6 eed ß te w . B . h . o e i . l l . s e; .: .: ;; • • .: .: :.• .• : : . g3l•r 2 5 4° 1. ' ' '''''' Pe- i4 i - Rapeseed-English, per Last Imperial •• .••• ' '' Y .-4 254 ..... F0reign ........ . I.' PA NEw QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—Messrs. guru ro f fe w l g ' 0: a o' t ile Hayward, .and . Gurney, were sworn .iu this I r. W -- . 0..., Chancellor s private room at Westinuister.._ .., a8 twos Channell received a patent of precedence at the q ei of s s, During this week, four of the innot, o f 89, Windsor Union have died, of the respective2g:oo., ,t 86, and 88 years ; making, in the aggregate,rl,7o Airoii NINE ,S•AILORS DROWNED.---La5t212„,,t1;,16/10 the collier brig Martin, of Dundee, from Newer the'!" shore on the Gaa Sand while entering the Tay, n s o o f n h o e f r crew, nine Chancellor number, were dred. fltittlb°llll CUSTOMS Commissioner of Se C rl u Eo Co • • sr : t i• t: i nt o t N ep . - - - Ix : ' ha r e i ivtlseiri Frederickte newly- theo o , 41. rivicio:_tot.o °f: the St. Katherine Docks on Thursday atterue_ taanir_A pang with the Right Hon• G. R. D ail.' SOD, an0t3..rt,,,, vislt,ll7 the Board, and after inspecting the official bor_coniptr;, the several departments of the establishment, s t i' le ro ve? by the landing-surveyors and other officers et t dto -h e bi e l s 'l ta ie b v li i s a h it m s e o n f ttshehmaveembbeecrsoionfet,h,eeryCustoras Be o si,_. ther e frequeut . e l i!',.."o,,,geud!_ evincing an intention, in compliance with th,feicgte; Lion ofthe late Revenue Inquiry Conunission,y, "'„f the rw selves acquainted with the practical working - and regulations of the dcpartnient. ( I 0 At Brighton, on the 18th ifsgt.,B.the la Y f J 44111 0 13 : 0 18 0 1 0 : Esq., of a son. On the 20th inst., at Buccleuch-tease tipper 0, Mrs. Alfred Lewis, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., tbe lady of the REV. Job FA bert vicar of Frodshaw, Cheshire, of a son. . arA MARX/ED. rd on of ti ter.lP- of On the 20th inst. at Elden, Charles, thi ,_. dat igA, Henry Cox, Esq., to Elizabeth Rachel, ehlet te 0 PP - William Newton, Esq., and widow of the _ ...................e , P Wood, Bart. DIED. rt G o lie t In Jermyn-street, on the 10th inst., Robe t ' 9 ::: of the firm of Scott, Garnett, and Co., aged 76. viecs4P4 On the 21st inst., at his house in Grafton-stre.4l:-..t10....‘" Guy Lenox Prendergast, Esq., aged 66, late of tbes7eov- Company's Civil Service, formerly Chief of Sur I 7 , 0 : of Council at Bombay, and M.P. .to r Lyaiingtct 04 ., of _ Suddenly, on the 20th inst., William 13eitc°' Sloane-terrace, Chelsea, aged 61. 0- iotiglig, London: Printed and Published pi MOlt p ooce , ‘„tri' No. 112, Strand, P rinter. at The Su s tlta Strand, in the Precinct brual 241 of the Sa 184 voy , Middlesex, &today. Fe Bre a 'te n. ~..tlll2l qt y , and. 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