The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-28 00:00:00

bPNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) v .:nen Grogan, in apprentice on board the Soho steam ,7B.eol, from Antwerp, was charged with having in his pos -71; !I s lbs. of tobacco. Police defendant was observed in Toolev-street by a Thames ael r ice .ficr, and being suspected, 'gas stopped, when on BL3ehmg hitiislbs of compressed tobacco, and also a quan- LePutch butter' , were found in his possession. It was 4.,Z.e1t th at smuggli ng t o a very great extent was carried on 7lbe t he Dutch coast. ,b def endant, whe n as k e d t o g i ve an accoun t o f hi s hav lialrl,ggled tobacco, sa id th a t h e h a d no thi ng t o sa y. 20, ' `,oll•DlGrisat said that he should fine the defendant ' ll P° ll Which he immediately pulled out a 51. note, and Ilioding it to the officer, said, " There, take the penalty, I ( liiie e P ar ed to pay it." The Magistrate said that it was 4 , evident the defendant was an " old hand" at the busi- C a .; end that if brought there again the full penalty would "udliet4d. CURIOUS ' • CASE OF SWINDLING. str a go ,a,nger ill the garb of a female, about three weeks v * ,,,'" lt nted into the bar of the Dog and Duck Inn, Co and J. ider cheerful conversation, insinuating manner, 4.‘ clever address, so won upon the landlady (Mrs. 41 3 4 ), that instead of proceeding by the Banbury coach, tik te .. „she particularly wished, she was induced to con colui,n'ul night, being unprepared with clothing to en -484'1' the i nc l emency o f t h e season . Th e wor thy terest M s . s. be coming more and more charmed with the in -14 stranger, several days elapsed in the mutual u t to ., nges a affection and confidence, when her friend tli r aed that it might appear strange to Mrs. Hales 1 114,": e offered n o money. " The fact is," says she, " I tain;:teraittance of 6001 I expect to receive at the Bir dram Branch Bank of England, but how to get there kivtlot know, Would you have the kindness to acconi th‘ke in your gig? I have always consulted you l istit,P ll 7, stay here, and intend to make you my confi oiesd Mrs. Hales readily complied, and with . her Proceeded to Birmingham the following morning. at the bank inquiry was made for the ma sai 6 1°i whora the stranger wished to know if 600/. agsC lll Paid to the account of Miss Watts, to which a ati t i given. Great surprise was manifested by Miss tor and the manager was requested to fill up a cheque 1.3 * Hales to receive the amount, provided she did lippCsollt it he rse lf. O n th e i r way home Miss Watts 144,...ied much concerned at her disappointment, and t eqtn,. A 7 to Mrs. Hales that, as her present exigencies the qu r, alittle more ready money, she would place the , y ears. Hales's hands for a loan of 60/.., and ,was e s ,,for the accommodation. This bait 'lleti — R 7 swallowed by Mrs. Hales, who forthwith pro htki i ",„ 4 3?-five sovereigns and a 5/. note. Mrs.. Hales, 1 'i4 ) °111;,7 t he company of Miss Watts, and Miss Watts, tble d i „ . " "clighted with Mrs. Hales, spent several agree °f IQ; during which she once paid a visit to the seat (14 4 Craven at Coombe Abbey, with Mrs. Hales's 1 1 1. 11. lt d , gig. On being informed by the housekeeper, r efused her Ladyship was not at home, Miss t v 'ellk 4 to leave her card or name, saying she was mcly m. (411 to her Ladyship, and expected soon to be rn - n t ague. On Monday, the sth, a request was „, Ic et - s r for the horse and gig to convey her to "po s h arhorough, where Miss Watts had an aunt, ° ten ur e [tad learnt was not likely to live. No objection, o f was offered, and Miss Watts, anticipating the oith,"` MOurning, borrowed the habiliments of Mrs. teth: generously offered for her convenience, to hi,;(11 a valuable watCh... Thus equipped, she ilt in i`i at Harborough, and alighted opposite to Mrs. , 1 S erving she was afraid her aunt was dead, as he B,:ms Were d - Own. The man was desired to go to ' ° 4? l , - , i er is Hotel, and wait for her. Miss W. walked t tlii" to the U n i on i nn , w h ere she took some brandy ho tits ater, with a biscu i t, an d a f ter stay i ng a b ou t t w o it% w ent to th e S wans to i n f orm John that her aunt ro ti ; l7 ill, and, wished her to stay a few days at Har ;titie], he must therefore return without her, and 4 gig for h er on Tuesday, the 13th, discharging • e 4▪ Pense of Joh n and the horse, with a promise, !Ps. for his journeys, and 4s. for what he had 0147, the road. On the return of John, Mr. and Mrs. lleaC e canie somewhat concerned respecting their fair iLth 4 L ti ld on the following morning dispatched John o(l ll Ceraan to Market Harborough to take proper 7ee s ,""as Watts. This, however, was found to be etl e ,"" l 7, as th e c l ever and interesting visitor had sat t i n ttr e,,. of herself, by procuring a seat in the em b t °ll bt London the previous evening, where she is nog p e :J°Yin the fruits of her tour. We might add, td tC: w i t a n te d h g , under garments obtained of Mrs. Hales, b le t ! behind are are on sidered worth 15/. to 301., while considered estimated at 2s. 6d. We have r — 11 (10 --4 ne ' form d that instead of proceeding to M is i s Watts took a seat for. Oxford by the Ox h from Northampton.—Banbury Guardian. L tlk v . h b oo 'L I VROM WRONG MEDlClNE.—Yesterday af .. - . 0 4 % 4 - ' l. ' I• Mills,Deputy Coroner for Middlesex, held „..-S b oa at the Hammersmith workhouse of the Kensing- C 144 ,8 T 1 the body of Henry Hawkins, an infant child, A llie 4 lid, who died in consequence of wrong medicine 17,,11t al e Bent it by one of the i t ne e di'l u a ry l officers of the union. returned the fol htiZtt:Qc.th tiecl , , , e4o ec rli . i f i t i .u a m tion L t h e ease of h lungs . and bra i i n n e , hri ltil v ith 1 4. st th . e .lails . , of the said disease o tr el ltilr e .,7wainistered to the said wash certain medic . .. Henry Hawkins by mis 11 * :ker. •,,, o _ l ,thd the jury, in addition, requested the Deputy L' e al e...._, L ud severely caution the medical gentlemen to --Isity-Eeless in labelling the medicine in . future. The oa,riorietrth.aer, acting on the recommendation of the jury, k k A it tlic 421.. ' 411 as to theirfuture conduct in such matters. d eplit N:Jor. --,,._ ACCIDE NT ON THE SO UTH - WESTERN Wl i v CO ' ro h s 4 Inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Payne, on Q h d i e d in' .4t s. f or Lond?n, upon . the body of Jo . John Well , er, oti the k noc .t .. . Thomas.s Hospital . from injuries received ?Set s e 18th adduced disclosed no I, 44l;s t rith Which taut. DTlllc evidence not already been made ac 1417:1'niti/asd tit, ju e ri returned , as , their Verdict—" That the d, at the same time expres vti hope thaacteidentally e la w il o e uld in future be taken to pre " k til % rec UrretiTe or of a similar accident. L ''. thin7OPOL/8 IDEAPERS ASSOCIATION. —A meeting m4 tit ` 4 ‘"eilition was held yesterday evening at the Eastern 14),t,), lire. nailwhich is a 41% S titi°ll ,,' in the Commercial-road, upon which occasion occupied the chair. The room, . 0.. proportion t 0 iii ,ge one, was crowded to excess, a great • I'Ntini. -ence bei ng comPuSed of ladies. The object of the N t i t g was to allow the necess ity of the tradespeople dosing N as. shops at a much earlier hour than had been their Dl A . series of resolutions, with a view of accompli h Itels desirable end, were proposed and seconded by the s . 110 , L r • Reed, the Rev. G. Smith the Rev. S. Davis, Mr. it - ` ll, and other influential persons, all of whom advocated 1, 11 t kse in e te... most energetic speeches. Every speaker urged . of rat benefits in a moral, religious, and intellectualoint khllZleration which could not but result to those young eightittil Women who were at present compelled to attend I .ltllttin i s bePs or close rooms for twelve, sixteen, and even vo t i te -4 n t o b urs a day' yan emancipation from the lengthened i t Ptli - I' l - "eY rs hadbeen in the habit of existing under. 3 ' tst le r kEFORD.—Two LIVES LOST.-- Yeste_r- I * °llli ng T oh. dis toN ,_ ( d i . iesd . ay), between two and three o ' clock, fire )4: ofth. 4 7,r! issuing from a house in Great Ebbe's-lane, oitt'lotot:ualeilltest populated parts Oxford,of inhabited by a Ll tli c4ll who carried respectable . member of the Jewish per litp, tleth_ . tarried on the business . of . a dealer in old and i h Zet th 4 '^' , i and such was the rapidity of the flames that eij? of gives could be made useful, the house was one 4-t, 4, - „°: and we regret to add, that Mr. Jacob and his h. ore ~„'Kuter, about 15 years of age, were burnt to death tZtv,,,7l distance could be rendered them. Mrs. Jacob . and . i h 'l's„,_ h,7dplueltest daughters, with the assistance of the neigh t h ' 4 4 o -4 from the one-pair of stairs window unhurt. m It th 'ke y vh . that Mr. Jacob was anxious to secure a sum ON. th at Was at the top of the house, and that it h v e 4...-et; his at t irpo __ ; se but on account of the rapidity of the his 414.,,,F ance of returning was gone; andwhen h u lah ht deli were dreadfully burnt, were discovered . about of:Ilse ,„, 8 , 17 r o'clock this morning, his treasure, which he had b ,.._' 4 e po'"'oueitous about, was found under him. The remains th e Lot t :: girl were discovered at one o'clock to-day, at the t t : t ilr st a ril of the cellar, where she must have fallen when ne n a i l 4 "tte e n gave way. The melancholy circumstance h !c) i,:(1, ..0 100 En over that part of the city where Mr. Jacob 4 t h r e „,. 4 : 'where he was highly respected. It is very i tkpitklietted that the City Water-works, which cost he Pr om l ent 14 to great an yearly outlay, are not rendered more ~,,_, pt ~,,e k se, of fire, for in this instance, had there been l a tle;(„lbrob,,v,,P,'Y of water when the engines arrived, we . shoud 4 z of tw "'Y not now have the painful duty of recording the ° fell be' It is but just to observe that the i t tY 11 °II "this °W- ingS' • 4tf t 4 11 18 occasion worked with their wonted zeal,. and tf 9,Mioi e ; y kept the fire from spreading to the right an p'elieullle,houses. . The fire originated in the lower part p t. .- olt t --, out how it is not known. Iti dill Y if ig°llllll r s PED. 26.—SEVERE GALES.— On to kl ttikt this port was visited with a most severe gala . of t ‘i tt i t- Z1: 116 north-west, which continued blowing he w e i N th okfoi ttudillefiauntil the morning, acc t o e mpanie with khL l l l lnd D .,,! . 11 ,?age has been done the shipping (small - g 10 t ,,T,t havoc created among newly-sown crops and 4ht tp l'iol h4 " g lons in the neighbourhood of Cumberland Fort. I tho -til lY2 - 1: °f tlie gale somewhat abated towards night on ti tily lui IA on Sunday the atmosphere presented a most Ilia siul Pee ton ti t . and the storm increased on the turn of the . tli h 4 Not h , trilled with most alarming vehemence until 4 44 Z Ith 1,1;t 11 en the sure g washed over the ramparts of '4 ~,1 4 .#4,'l,"'tearful rapidity. Several ships put into the V l ll°`wit dr' rcanvass torn to ribands, and apparently i1! 414 4 stres s. Several were stranded on different parts of 1 0 441 (11 end one unfortunate schooner, the Ratcliffe, et tol e Alin 1 00 (Gat • 8 Mader, laden with cork and wine from_ ite m 4 (ft e ll', Sp • a s _ Ate r r am), was run into by a strange brig, and 1 44,L'w, • hierdered a complete wick. The crew, eight in kliT i ttlt d a l : 44l g the master, were fortunately rescued from 4 .l Uallt a g e r b y a Dutch galliot, and brought safely into 4 . h Is ltt e clock on Sunday evening, much exhausted. llor7 e 'Lltr o • 11413 ' OF ALL THINGS AT HAND."—A Mr. r e ,;` , l,, ky eelt,..,at present reaping a plentiful . harvest in Stock -144-", Low e - uu.,.. g. on the above subject, in the Temperance eh;.th, ~.0 fe. wi r Agate;nill a charge of one penny each being hr. It efa ie s, ls. The various prophecies contained in wo h ! gro litu l l pel are the subjects upon which the lecturer te lliog to if his doctrine, and incontrovertibly proves, Ap ri i to a ll 13 statements, that the world will assu . redly 1 4 - ti l ' rie kr. ",t on the 19th of March, or in the beginning of 1 . e the° w hether or not the lecturer himself believes takears7 l ,_w.a o are not prepared to say ; but, at all events, eor il - qs e a ,' 4l us enough to secure what cash he can ; red -4,.,eth, tpi whethe r or not he has use for it before the en ketilLtit rZedelivered three lectures on the subject on Sun- O s clos e of e Lto enter into any discussion on the subject Ity,iptitvi.,..Af eektfidd Courier. t t‘o;' 4 eartf 4-s- hied, on the 12th instant, at Tyne -444 Ctillay,,, „arida, aged 108 years, Ruth Evans. This ex tise,,,l4,rdi,,°“l woman retained all her faculties to the last, ehP, q ter, twee'rker suffered a day's illness. She had one ` r .e,h, ond t 4v 6 randgr children, thirty-eight great grand Ito ( ' , 40 exce,.l great grand children, all now living, le9 ye4....PL10n of her daughter, who died a month ago, 1 411 atta i ` 4 ' s- a -.th e ao z en ourna/. t r hall„ ll4 41. IN HIGH LIFE.—The alliance between 44011-1-40nrabfemerie, of Garboldisham Hall, Norfolk, and s' e l f ,f oley, :,.. eergiana Louisa Foley, daughter of the late 1 40;,'', at s . (4 401emnised yesterday morning, at nine Of I;i7 Wa g , ueOr g e, IV. orwicirrforawd by hurch, Hanover-square. The core -111144 •, la th e the 'tight Reverend the Lord Bishop %lo ci Pitz e ,_, Presence of the Duchess of Bedford, Lord . kis s 1• 14(1 , Miss Geraldine, and Mr. Frederick Fitz tii A at di ila y s fe ,', lB e• lit t° set o av°,lcal attempt Mr made on Monday No,,4ttOrmetrlto the premises of Mr. J. H. Nunn, of Nether th _te e k t , h e s preniiseTbe Pelson appointed by Mr. Nunn to IZ r estAi ri 4 * a lil an ' Cl 4 _ ll gOing round the stockyards about ten ately madeB,enng close to a wheat-stack, but ho it o ,,g le er ,. hi s esca , dr,.7 4 Soh. nig, kr , lc e. Lpon searching on the fol -Nbt ...oil k e i f • tibia round on the spot where the man Of th e !r matches tilahti olui . and a so that there is no s kit Of the ply .Essex Herald. LITERATURE. HIGHLANDS OF .ETHIOPIA. 3 Vols. Longman, London, 1844. Major Harris, the author of these volumes, antici pating probably—though he has certainly no occa sion to - be apprehensive—that occasional marks of haste and slovenliness may be detected in them by the microscopic eye of criticism, observes, by way of apology, in his introduction, that they were written in the heart of Abyssinia, amidst manifold interrup tions and disadvantages, adding that " their chief re commendation must besought in the fact of their em bodying a detail of efforts zealously directed, under the auspices -of a liberal Government, towards the establishment of a more intimate connexion with a Christian people, who know even less of the world than the world knows of them." In justice to the gallant author, we must say that his volumes possess many other recommendations in addition to that which he has assigned to them. They give us minute and graphic sketches of countries very little known ; are exceedingly picturesque and vigorous in their deli neation of the manners and customs of the various iEthiopian tribes; and are characterised by all the bonhonzmie and cordial good-humour of a British soldier .who makes light of difficulties, and maintains his self-possession and serenity of temper in the most trying crisis. Major Harris set out from Bombay for Ankober, the capital of the King of Shoa, in Southern Abyssinia, in the spring of 1841, and, after a prosperous voyage, reached Aden, situated near the Straits ofßab-el-mandeb,which was once a port of great consequence, and regarded as the Gibraltar of the East. Here he met with several choice specimens of the Somauli tribe who, it seems, are as expert knaves as even the Bedouins of the desert. " A Somauli thief," he tells us, "is per haps the cunningest rogue in the universe. He has been known to cut away a pile of tobacco so as to leave to the merchant who reposed thereon nought but the effigy of his own. figure ; and, after entering through the roof of a house, he has taken his exit through the door with chests of treasure, from the top of which the sleeping proprietor has been first hoisted with his bed, by a tackle lowered through the aperture, and so left hanging till the morning !" Exploits like these might put to shame the best instructed conveyancer in the metropolis; and even the " Artful Dodger," of whose dexterity as a prig his venerable preceptor Fagin was so deservedly proud, would cut but a sorry figure by the side of a Somauli artist. From Men, our author stretched acrosss the Arabian Gulf for the town of Tajurra, which, together with the adjacent district, is under the government of a monarch who is styled the Sultan of the Sea-port. By this poten tate he was received with infinite respect ; but he was a poor, miserable, cunning fellow, who possessed scarcely any influence, and was far more ready to re ceive, than to give, presents—a peculiarity by no means confined to African sovereigns. Quitting Tajurra, Major Harris, with his party, set out for the interior of Abyssinia; their journey was beset with difficulty and danger, and when they reached the sterile, parched neighbourhood of the Great Salt Lake, their sufferings from excessive thirst became perfectly intolerable. Here is an impressive descrip tion of a night spent among the burning sands The horrors of that dismal night set the efforts of description at defiance. An unlimited supply of water in prospect, at the distance of only sixteen miles. had for the brief moment buoyed up the drooping spirit which tenanted each way-worn frame ; and when an ex hausted mule was unable to totter further, his rider contrived manfully to breast the steep hill on foot. But owing to the long fasting and privation endured by all, the limbs of the weaker soon refused the task, and the first two miles, they dropped fast in the rear. Fanned by the fiery blast of the midnight sirocco, the cry for water, uttered feebly and with difficulty, by numbers of parched throats, now became incessant; and the supply of that precious element brought for the whole party falling short of one gallon and a half, it was not long to be answered. A tiny sip of diluted vinegar for a mo ment assuaging the burning thirst which raged in the vitals, and consumed some of the more downhearted, again raised their drooping souls ; but its effects were transient, and, after struggling a few steps, over whelmed, they sank again, with husky voice, declaring their days to be numbered, and their resolution to rise up no more. Dogs incontinently expired upon the read ; horses and mules that once lay down, being un able from exhaustion to rally, were reluctantly aban doned to their fate ; whilst the lion-hearted soldier, who had braved death at the cannon's mouth, subdued and unmanned by thirst, finally abandoning his resolution, lay gasping by the way-side, and, heedless of the ex hortation of his officers, hailed approaching dissolution with delight, as bringing the termination of tortures which were not to be endured. " Whilst many of th e escort and followers were thus unavoidably left stretched with open mouths along the r?ad, in a state of utter insensibility, and apparently yielding up the ghost, others, pressing on to arrive at water, became bewildered in the intricate mazes of the wide wilderness, and recovered it with the utmost diffi culty. As another day dawned, and the round red sun again rose in wrath over the Lake of Salt, towards the hateful shores of which the tortuous path was fast end ing, the courage of all who had hitherto borne up against fatigue and anxiety began to flag. A dimness came before the drowsy eyes, giddiness seized the brain, and the prospect ever held out by the guides, of quench ing thirst immediately in advance, seeming like the tan talising delusions of a dream, had well nigh lost its ma gical effect ; when, as the spirits of the most sanguine fainted within them, a wild Bedouin was perceived, like a delivering angel from above, hurrying forward with a large skin filled with muddy water. This most well timed supply, obtained from Mohammad Ali from the small pool at Hanlefanta, of which, with the promised guard of his own tribe, by whom he had been met, he had taken forcible possession in defiance of the impotent threats of the ruthless red man,' was sent to the rear. It admitted of a sufficient quantity being poured over the face and down the parched throat, to revive every prostrate and perishing sufferer ; and, at a late hour, ghastly, haggard, and exhausted, like men who had es caped from the jaws of death, the whole hadcontrived to straggle into camp, which, but for the foresight and firm • ness of the son of Ali Abi, few individuals indeed of the whole party would have reached alive." Arrived at Ankober, the capital of the kingdom of Shoa, Major Harris experienced a kindly reception from the Monarch, chiefly in consequence of the various presents he brought him ; and, on one occa sion, was an eye-witness of that very scene which Bruce described with such minuteness in his tra vels, and for which he was generally derided as a romancer. The scene in question was a bull-feast which took place in the royal meadows, and which our author thus depicts :—" Crowds swarmed round each sturdy animal, and impetuously rushing in, seized horns and legs and tail. A violent struggle to escape followed the assault, but the stronger still re tained their grasp of the victim, and finally prevailed. With a long groan the bull was thrown kicking to the earth. Twenty crooked knives flashed at once from the scabbard, and the hungry butchers remained seated on the quivering carcase until the last bubbling jet had welled from the widely severed throat. Rapidly from that moment advanced the work of demolition. The hide was opened in fifty places, and collop after collop of warm flesh and muscle, sliced and scooped from the bone, was borne off in triumph. Groupes of fasting savages might now be seen in different directions, greedily munching and bolting the raw repast, and pounds were with all held of light account. Entrails and offal did not escape." We close our brief and hurried notices of these volumes by observing that they abound in incidents and descriptions of the most exciting character ; and that the chapter entitled " Unexplored Countries to the South," wherein the author speaks of the Dakos, " a pigmy and perfectly wild race, not exceeded four feet in height," is a more curious one than is to be found in any modern vo lume of travels. THE ARTIZAN. Simphin and Marshall. London, 1844. In this goodly quarto we have the first volume of a monthly journal of the operative arts, which, it seems, is brought out under the immediate super intendence of the Artizan Club. The articles, as might be guessed from the title of the work, are mostly of a practical character, and, so far as we are able to form a judgment on a cursory inspection of them, appear to be written with ability. The ex planatory embellishments are numerous, and tolerably well executed. MONSTER MISERY OF IRELAND. Bentley. London, 1844. As the work of a practical man, who has had thirty years experience of his subject, in his capacity of English agent to estates in the south as well as in the north of Ireland, this volume is well worth an atten tive and thoughtful perusal. It is penned in a calm, moderate spirit, and contains a treatise on the relation of landlord and tenant, together with suggestions for legislative measures, and the management of landed property. HISTORY OF CHINA. Part XIII. Dean, London, 1844. This Part contains a clever account of some of the earlier provinces of the Mogul Empire, together with two illustrations, the best of which is the last effort of Tippoo Saib at the memorable 'siege of Seringapa tam. The authoress of this skilful history is Miss Julia Corner, who has arranged her facts through out with judgment. The ',half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the General Steam Navigation Company was held yesterday, at the office of that corporation, 69, Lombard-street. It was numerously attended. The chair was taken by John Wilkin, Esq. (in the absence, from illness, of Wolverley Attwood, Esq., the Chairman of the company), at two o'clock pre cisely, when the Report of the Directors, and the accounts of the year, were read. From these it appeared that, notwith standing the continued depression in trade, the Company's operations for the past year had been attended with success, and that the general condition of the Company's affairs was highly satisfactory. The customary dividend and bonus were declared; after which the cordial thanks of the Proprietors were voted to the Chairman and Directors for their continued exertions in the promotion of the Company's interests. Both Houses of Parliament stand adjourned till to morrow. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV - ENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1A44. • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. -- • NORTHERN CIRCUIT.--Carlisle, Feb. 26. Mr. Baron Wife "sat on the' Civil side, and Mr. Justice Coltman on thb Criminal. The Court was engaged a great part of the day with the trial of the case of " Dixon v. Dixon," in which the matter in dispute was a very small strip of land lying between two contiguous estates, and of very little value. The evidence as to the disputed titles was, as usual in such cases, very long and very uninteresting. The cause will probably occupy the greater part of to morrow. • necessity of resorting to the proposal we now recommend to your adoption, that the grievances of the people should be in vestigated and redressed before the supplieS are voted. Councillor PERRY gave an account of the interview which the deputation, entrusted with the memorials and petition, had with Mr. Muntz. He said Mr. Muntz seemed to throw ridicule on the proposal. With regard to the present meet ing, he could not help stating with what feeling of indigna tion he had hoard the statement that the Duke of Wellington had received about two millions and a quarter of the public money, for what ?—(Hear, hear.) It was really awful to think of it, that thousands and tens of thousands had been called out to shed their brother's blood, and were themselves now lying low in the dust of the ground.—(Hear, heitr.) A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Scholefield, with an ex pression of regret that Mr. Mentz did not support Mr. Craw ford on the 6th instant. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE iND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TEUSDAY, FEB. 27. Dividend per Amount Aimurn. Names of Com panies. I • Paid. IPrice. Share. On the Criminal side there are 22 cases and 26 prisoners. Of these three stand charged with rape, one with child murder, one with cutting and wounding, two with man slaughter, and one with sheep-stealing. The othe'r offences are of a trifling kind, chiefly petty thefts, of a class more usually disposed of at sessions. Some cases of the latter kind occupied the Court the greater part of the day. A I. 41, Jo° 1 0 It was, announced, amidst much applause, that Mr. O'Con nell was to be in Birmingham on Friday, when a public breakfast will be given to him, and a town's meeting held in the evening, on the subject of Irish affairs, at which he would be present. The meeting then separated. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. 41 13 4 DUBLIN, FEB. 26.—The usual weekly meeting of the Re peal Association was held this day at the Conciliation Hall. JOHN O'CoxNELL, Esq., M.P., took the Chair. The Hon. Gentleman, on taking the Chair, observed that deep as were his feelings of thankfulness to the meeting for the reception which they had given him that day, there was a feeling still stronger, still snore engrossing, in his breast—a feeling of gratitude, deep and unfeigned gratitude, to the English people for the generous sympathy extended to him and the other Irish Members on their appearance in the Howe of Commons.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He •acknowledged he was unprepared or such a reception, and his father was also unprepared for such a manifestation of genuine English feeling. Until he entered the House of Commons, he was totally unaware of the extent of indigna tion which the proceedings of the Government had generated in the hearts of the English people. The organs of the Tory party had endeavoured, by raking up ancient prejudice, to create and dissension between the two countries ; but the national generosity and love of fair play, which were among the noblest characteristics of the English people, were strikingly displayed on the occasion, and the effort signally failed. The Hon. Gentleman then gave a feeling account of the enthu siastic reception given to his father at the meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League, and assured the meeting he had then the honour of addressing, that it delighted him chiefly be cause he regarded it as a foretaste of the affectionate sym• pathy which had subsisted between the two countries—when justice had been done to Ireland, when Ireland should have her Parliament again, and be in a position to prove her sin cere attachment to the best interests of the empire. —(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then took a rapid review of the late debate, in the course of which he observed that the only per son who had reason to complain of the course it took was the Chief Justice, whose name was entirely omitted by those whom the Government supporters praised for liberality, in tegrity, and fairness. What was meant by the omission was not for him to say, nor would it, perhaps, be quite safe for him to say what he thought. From the result of the debate he could hold out no hope to the people of Ire land. Indeed, it had only confirmed him in his belief that they had no hope of obtaining justice at the hands of the Imperial Parliament, and that on themselves and their own exertions the people of Ireland must rely. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded at considerable length to de monstrate the necessity of local Government, and concluded by again thanking the meeting for the enthusiastic reception they had given him. The Secretary then read the minutes of last day's proceed ings and correspondence of the week, among which was the following letter from Mr. O'Connell : " London, Feb. 24, 1844. 1 1100 0 0 I® - 7) 0 "My dear Ray,—l am not a little proud at being able to congratulate the Association on one circumstance of no small magnitude—l mean the generous sympathy exhibited by the English people towards the friends, and for the sufferings of the Irish. I have constant manifestations of this kindly and generous spirit, but the meeting at Covent-garden, on Wed nesday, produced a scene never exceeded, and I do believe never equalled in any country. This is a spirit to be che rished, as well as admired for its noble generosity. I am sure the Association will reciprocate these most laudable and honourable feelings, and that the Irish nation will show that Irish gratitude will at least equal English generosity. We must cultivate these kindly sentiments at both sides. " The melancholy reflection, however, follows, that it is quite useless; for the wise and the good in Great Britain desire, as they do, cordially and sincerely, that justice should be done to Ireland. Alas, power has passed from. the wise and the good, and is vested in the selfish and the bigoted. The monopolists and the bigots have got pos session of Parliamentary power--class legislation provails. The spirit of reform is extinct, or lives in little more than isolated individuals. The unhappy genius of Chartism is still sufficiently strong to delude some of the operative classes—of those to whom increased reform would give in creased power to alleviate their hard condition, and improve the social state. " Under these circumstances, every reasonable and just Irishman must see that there is nothing for Ireland save in and by the restoration of our own Parliament. There is not the least reason for any kind of despondency; on the con trary, it appears to me to be as clear as the noon-day sun, that the repeal must succeed, if the Irish people observe two essential conditions of success. "The first is, the strict observance of the peace—the total absence of riot, tumult, outbreak, or force. In short, to con tinue peaceable under every circumstance, and in every event. " Secondly,—To continue perseveringly and unremittingly the Repeal agitation, to continue that agitation in strictly legal channels, and in no other. To abandon and avoid any course that may be declared—however wrongfully—illegal, and to continue to model every public body into such a shape as shall set every prosecution at defiance. In short, to con tinue constitutional and legal agitation, so long as one shred of the Constitution remains. " Peace and perseverance is our motto. Perseverance and peace are the Shibboleth to our success. Before peace and perseverance present difficulties will vanish, and by them Ireland will be restored to national dignity and prosperity. "Ever yours faithfully, " J. M. Ray, Esq." " DANIEL O'CONNELL." Several sums of money were then handed in, among which was 2001. from New Brunswick 131. from Waterbury, America 221. from Watertown, America ; and 7/. from Ariel, America. Mr. O'Down then moved that the letters enclosing the American remittances should be inserted on the American book, after which, Mr. Sum' O'BRIEN, M.P., rose, and addressed the meet ing at considerable length. He commenced by observing that the collective wisdom of the empire had solemnly de cided, by a large majority, against taking the grievances of Ireland into consideration. It was clearly Shown that the Imperial Parliament required, not information as to the state of Ireland, but the spirit to right the wrongs of the country. Should they therefore despair ?—(Cries of " No, no.") No ! they had learned the secret by which the regeneration of Ireland could be accomplished, and that was by relying on themselves, and on themselves alone.—(Hear, and cheers.) Mr. STEELE next addressed the meeting, and contended that it was the duty of the Irish people to reciprocate the kindly feeling manifested towards them by the people of England, and concluded by giving notice of his intention to bring the subject of the Protestant oath before the Associa tion at the next day of meeting. Mr. Pigot, Mr. Sheil, and several other Irish Members, ar rived at Kingstown this morning, from London. NATIONAL COMPLETE SUF FRAGE UNION. The Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union held the quarterly meeting in the Public-office, Birmingham, on Monday last. The Court-room was crowded by a most at tentive and respectable audience. Joseph Sturge, Esq., Pre sident, in the chair. As it was arranged that the deputation appointed to wait on the Members for the borough in London, and present them with memorials from the electors and non-electors of Birmingham, requesting them to support Mr. Crawford's proposal and the petition to Parliament on the same subject, should be present, ' - Mr. STURGE read -a letter from Mr. Scholefield on that subject. Mr. Scholefield stated that he had presented the petition and read the principal part of it to the House, and that they would not be surprised to hear that " it was re ceived with the indifference usually manifested on such occa sions ;" with regard to the Supply movement,;Mr. Schole field said, " I shall never shrink from recording my vote at every fitting opportunity against the granting supplies whilst our heavy national grievances remain unredressed."—(Ap plause.) Mr. Sturge then said—Perhaps the best way in which he could show the advantage of the:Supply movement as a means of forcing discussion within the House of Com mons, would be to contrast the difficulties with which Wm. Sharman Crawford had to contend in his endeavours to introduce the subject of complete suffrage last year, with the ease and freedom with which he had been enabled to intro duce it already during the present session. —(Hear.) Last year, after labouring three or four months to bring on two substantive motions, and, after all, getting but a very tame discussion on them, this year two amendments on the supply principle of action had been discussed, and on both occasions interesting and important speeches had been made.—(Hear, hear.) They had every reason to be encouraged by the re ception which had been given to the amendments affirming the principle that the redress of grievances should preeede the voting of supplies. 31 Members of the House voted for the first, and 24 for the second amendment, and the earnestness and sincerity which evidently characterised the debate were very remarkable. The numbers who voted for the principle were small, but when he told them that Mr. Sharman Craw ford, on the morning of the day when Parliament was open ed, did not know of one man who was prepared at all risks to support his proposed amendment on the address, they would be surprised to find that so many had voted with him that night.-'- (Great applause.) A few were prepared to go with him on the first motion of supply, but even those few had doubts as to the policy on moving at once on the address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, By the firmness and decision of the friends of the movement who had met in London to encourage Mr. Crawford and his friends to persevere, the course was taken which led to the impor tant results he had just stated, and if the people continued to support the movement with the same spirit in which it had been begun, he did not doubt but it would be found in strumental in the accomplishing of their political freedom. — (Applause.) They had now three things to consider in re gard to this movement. First, was the principle just ? Second, was the present the time to apply it ? Third, had they the power to do so ? With regard to the first, he held that nothing could be more just than that if a man was to be taxed, his grievances should be redressed before his money was taken.—(Applause.) To shew that this was the proper time to apply it, he would just give a statement of the amount of money that had been paid to one man—the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Sturge then read a statement showing that upwards of two millions sterling had been given to the Duke of Wellington. The statement was received with strong marks of disapprobation. Mr. WirsoN, the Secretary of the Union, read the quarterly Report, which gave a very encouraging account of the progress of the Supply movement.—lt was unanimously adopted, A coloured Man made a very interesting speech in broken English. He did not understand Parliamentary affairs, he said, but he knew that Britain had much to account for in calling herself a Christian nation, while the Parliament, in the name of Christianity, robbed the people, and when the people complained of being robbed, put Christian men like Mr. O'Neil in gaol.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) He was glad to see that Mr. Sturge had other views of Christianity, and as he had been the friend of the black man, so was he the friend of the white man, and this was all right, for God had said all men were brothers.—(Cheers.) Mr. WnsoN addressed the meeting on the general ques tion. He said, we believe that the House of Commons does not represent the people ; that its actions are oppressive and despotic ; that it is voting away the people's money for any- thing and everything but the people's benefit ; that it is ruling by physical instead of moral force; that by each suc ceeding, act it , plunges the country into difficulties and debt. We not only believe all this to be true, but we prove it—we place the facts in evidence before the world, and challenge contradiction.—(Hear.) We show, too, that to our petitions, remonstrances, and complaints, Parliament has turned a deaf ear that by its tactics and manoeuvres it has rendered nugatory all our efforts even to obtain an inquiry into the grievances of which the people have complained. We offer to prove all this and more, and in the strength of our case we rest the SPIRIT'of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TRH EVERIIid 'PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—Mr. Sharman Crawford last night divided the House of Commons upon a motion to post pone the consideration of the navy estimates until after Easter. This is, we believe, in part fulfilment of a factious and vexatious opposition, threatened by the Member for Rochdale at the commencement of the session. The motion was, of course, rejected by a great majority-105 to 11; but Mr. Sharman Crawford's ob ject, the only object he could propose to himself by such a proceeding, was gained—the public time was wasted, and Mr. Sharman Crawford's name appears in the newspapers before a speech and at the head of the debate. The oecasion was also convenient to Colonel Rawdon and Mr. E. Roche, who were safely delivered of two suOerfettitions upon Lord John Russell's motion. Now, all this is very well in February, but surely such proceedings ought to be re membered in August next (that is, if Parliament can be adjourned so soon), when complaints will be made of the small amount of business transacted during the session. How can the session's really useful business be otherwise than :mall, when every, say every Mi. Sharman Crawford, feels no scruple in obtruding himself end his crotchets upon the public time ? It would be a delicate and difficult, but a very useful analysis, to separate the number of the Members of the House of Commons into the several classes of those who go there to serve their personal interests, those who go to serve a faction, those who go to gratify their personal vanity, and those who enter the House with the honest and sober purpose of serving their country. The last class would, we fear, be found a very small minority: and yet all the public business is really transacted by this class, not merely without help from, but in defiance of, the most pertinacious opposition of the other classes of all politi cal parties, for they pervade all parties, though happily the Conservative party numbers but few Borth wicks, D'lsraelis, and Monckton Milneses. In proportion, however, to the number and activity •of the really honest and intelligent men of business on one side, and the factionists, fops, crazy dotards, &c., on the other, must be the amount of useful work done in the course of a session. We have only to look back for proof to so much of the present session as has already passed. Nearly a month has been consumed, and what is the result of that period's labour ? Why, we have had a long Irish debate of nine nights, in which three-fourths of the speeches have been one tissue of fallacy and nonsense—not less nonsense than it was in flammatory and mischievous nonsense—while the other fourth was extorted from reluctant speakers, by the ne cessity that falsehood should not pass unanswered and unexposed; these nine nights, wasted in speeches, making a full half of the sitting nights since the opening of the ses sion. Well, at the end of the long debate, the servants .f the Crown come forward to try if the House of Com mons will at length engage with the public burthens, and forth comes Mr. Sharman Crawford deliberately to un buckle his budget of treasured grievances,. modestly requiring that the public business shall not be entered upon until after Easter (say the 15th of April as the earliest day), that is, until about eleven weeks of the session shall have elapsed, and Colonel Rawdon and Mr. Roche follow with their superfetations. Mr. Sharman Crawford's request is, indeed, ridicu lous, but it is characteristic. What are we to think of the patriotism—we say nothing of the sense—of a gen tleman who professes to exclude all public business from the first half (according to old practice, more than the first half) of the Parliamentary session ? We entreat our readers not to forget last night's proceedings when they shall, about August next, hear solemn speeches in Parliament, and read grave Edinburgh Reviews, com plaining that little or nothing has been done during the session. GLOBE.—When we hear of a New Zealander making a feast of his enemy—when we read of the purer can nibals of old making their daily food on the flesh of their fellow-men—the horror which we feel at the act is greatly softened, perhaps too easily removed, by re flecting how wide is the difference, in race, colour, and in habits, between the actors and ourselves. But when we hear, as we did but yesterday, that among a people sprung from the same race that we are, speaking the same language that we do, and looking to the outward eye even as we look, whose religion is one with ours, whose laws are derived from the same source, whose justice (so to call it) is clothed in the same forms, a man has been doomed to die for assisting in the escape of a female slave—who had, too, that claim upon him which springs even from an unlawful passion— in the midst of our indignation and disgust, we tremble to think how small may be the interval which divides even ourselves from the savageness of the brute ! This is not the occasion nor the theme for indulging in any thoughts of our own superiority; and still less is it the time to utter them in the shape of taunts, or by the suggestion of any threat to give to the pride of a susceptible nation a pretext for throwing its shield around the crime which it contemplates. Rather does it be hove us to reflect how far our own bad example, our own bloody laws, not so long disused, may have paved the way among a people sprung from our stock, for the perpetration even of such atro cities as this. True we have been reclaimed at last, and by slow degrees, from the guilt of a ferocious legislation ; but it is still with a deep sense of shame at the remembrance of our own past enormities that we would adjure our transatlantic kins men that they should not still further disgrace the Saxon name by a deed from which, all legal as it is, even our Millers and our Garrows would have recoiled in horror, and which, if it be really done, will open between America and England a gulf of moral separation far wider and more impassable than the ocean which now divides them. That ocean seemed yesterday but as a strait. on the further side of which there abode among a kindred people the spirit of Christian 'love, the feel ings of civilised humanity. To that spirit and to those feelings, and to the may there who own their sway, we still confidently appeal—not as assum ing to originate or to prompt the ind;gnant protest which ere this they must have put forth, but as ready to rejoice in their indignation, and to cheer them on, if we may do so, to the rescue of their country's honour. Soon, no doubt, will the sound, the welcome sound, of their remonstrance be wafted to our shores. We wish but to return it hence with increased and more wide-spread urgency, and to mingle with the plead ings of American humanity the cry of applauding sym pathy with which the universal heart of England is pre pared to re-echo its voice I FACTORIES. " Bill for Regulating the Employment of Children, - Young Persons, and Women, in, Factories." Brought into the House of Commons by Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton. Or dered to be printed 6th February, 1844. This Bill, in its present shape, consists of seventy.: seven clauses, with four schedules of certificates, forms, &c., connected with its various enactments. The first clause repeals the 42d Geo. 111. c. 73, the 3d and 4th Will. IV. , c. 109, and the 4th and sth Will. IV., c. 1, entitled respectively, " An Act for the Preservation of the Health and Morals of Apprentices and others employed in Cotton and other Mills and Factories ;" " An Act to Regulate the Labour of Children and Young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the United Kingdom ;" and " An Act to explain and amend " the last recited Act. Clause 2 is one of interpretation, determining the legal signification and extent to be attached to these words whenever they occur in the Bill, namely, any word denoting a " male person," shall be taken to mean a " female" as well as a male ; and " one person," or thing, any number of persons or things • " child," to b e cons t ru ed a " child under the age of thirteen ;" "young person," a person of thirteen and under eighteen, &c. &c. " Month," is to mean a "calendar month ;" "night," to imply from eight o'clock in the evening till six o'clock on the following morning. The application of the word " factory" is also carefully defined, together with the exceptions thereto which are to be noted as to such parts thereof, for instance, as are used solely fora the purposes of a dwelling-house, or during the packing of finished goods ; and from this and other parts of the Act are to be exempted young persons, being me chanics, artisans, or labourers working only in making and repairing the machinery, or any parts of the factory. Clauses 3 to 5 enact that no child under eight years of age be employed in any factory ; no young person under sixteen to be employed without a surgeon's certificate ; but children and young persons may be employed seven or thirteen days without such certificate. Clauses 7 and 8— Children not to work more than six hours and thirty minutes daily, and young persons and women not more than twelve hours daily. Clauses 9 and 10 enact, that children and young persons shall not be employed in more than one factory, and are not to work in the night (i. e. after half-past seven in the evening). Clause 11 directs in what manner it shall be lawful for employers to make up and recover, by the additional labour of children, young persons, and women, time lost from drought or floods. Clauses 12 and 13—Work to cease on every Saturday after noon at half-past four; one hour and a half to be allowed for meal-times. Subsequent clauses provide precautions to ensure regularity in the observance of time ; eight half holidays to be allowed in every year ; children to attend school, and occupiers of factory to obtain school certificates, and to pay school fees. . Factories to be lime-washed, yearly; protection to be provided for workers in net-spinning flax mills ; not to be cleaned while in motion ; machinery to be inclosed or guarded ; inspector or sub-inspector to give notice of dangerous machinery; notice to be given of any accident ; certifying surgeon to examine into cause and extent of accident, and report thereon. All these clauses (from 14 to 24 inclusive) are ad mirable, both for the spirit which has dictated and the details which develope their application. Then next follow various clauses requiring a registry to be kept, after a form in the schedule, in every factory ; and providing for the appointment of inspectors and sub-in spectors, their meetings and reports, legal exemptions (as, from serving on juries) attaching to them, and arrangement of their offices. Notices to be given to them by persons beginning to occupy factories ; certifying surgeons to be appointed by them--duties, &c., of surgeons in their connexions with factors and mill owners, and inspectors ; proofs of age as to youths and adults ; inspectors authorised to annul certificates ; certificates of real age may be claimed, and to serve for one factory only ; prosecutions for compensation by inspectors; and application of such, compensations when recovered.—(Clauses 25 to 49.) Clauses 50 to 54 enact that occupiers of factories shall be liable in the first instance ; but all eom plaints for infractions of the Act must be preferred within two months of the date of the offence. Sub-• sequent clauses regulate the proceedings under this Act ; power to be exercised for recovery of penalties under it ; authority to judges to compel the attendance of witnesses, &c. Clauses 58 to 71 set out several offences as infractions of the Factories Act, assign the penalties respec tively attaching thereto, and direct the mode of their application; 72 and 73 di rec t th a t convictions be filed among the records o f th e coun ty, and that there be no appeal from such convictions allowed ; 74, burgh magistrates in Sc o tl an d t o exe rcise same powers as justices of peace i n E ng l a nd ; 75, exception as to silk mills ; 76 to 78, exem pti on o f all deeds, proceedings, &c., under thi s A ct f rom s t am p duties. Act to commence October 1, 1844, b u t ma y be pre viously repealed by any A c t f or th a t pur p o se to be passed in the present session o f Parliament. ATROCIOUS MURDER IN FRANCE A threefold attempt at murder fatal ho-w-e-ver, in one instance only, was made on Sunday morning last, about five o'clock, at Perigueux, in the Loire. M. Desplat, who kept a public•house in the town, had sold his house and good-will, and was believed to have received a day or two before B,ooof, or 10,000 f. in part of the purchase money. This tempted the avidity of some villains, who deter mined to obtain it at any sacrifice of life. Having armed themselves with a pick-axe, which they procured from the yard of a neighbouring house, by scaling . the wall, they in like manner, got into the back premises of Desplat's house, which they entered by the yard door. Their first object was to silence a young man named Regnaud, the only lodger in the house, and pre vent his coming to the assistance of Desplat and his wife. They entered Regnaud's room on the second floor, and, finding him asl eep , struc k him on the fore head with the pickaxe, and opene d his skull. The poor youth was killed at onc e , w ith ou t uttering a cry; but, to make assurance doubly sure, they cut his throat with his own razor. Desplat and his wife slept together on the first floor, and, to execute their project with greater security, they enticed the husband up stairs, by imitating the voice of Regnaud, as if in p a i n , calling for a light. Desplat got up and came out of his room, but had not ascended more than three or four stairs when he was felled by two violent blows on the head, which stunned him, and covered him with blood. Believing him to be dead, the assassins went into the room, and attacked the wife ; but her cries brought Desplat's senses back, and, rallying all his powers, ha went to her rescue, calling out for assistance. Hearing this, the murderers took the alarm, and fled with no other booty than the watch of the unfortunate Regnaud, and, even if they had fully accomplished their murderous design, they would have gained but little more, for M. Desplat had not received any part of the sum they expected to find. Some neighbours came in at the crisis, and brought the guard. They found the house deluged with blood. Desplat and his wife were 'both dreadfully wounded, but are not in absolute danger ; the body of Regnaud, with the head nearly severed from it, had been covered with his own mattress and bedclotheS. It was taken to the hospital to be submitted to an autopsy under the eye of justice, in order to obtain and preserve legal evidence of the cause of his death. Several per sons have been arrested on suspicion, and every hope is entertained by the magistrates of bringing the perpetra tors of this brutal crime to condign putushment.—Ga zette des Tribunaux. ert i y a, wel- LIEUT.-COL. NAPIER'S " WILD SPORTS. Col. Napier, the author of ‘‘Scenes and Sports in Foreign nd Lands," and other popular pr oductions, ha s just published a Anefwriea,w,o,rlski,ileehntwitilleldne,t‘ l e V nl ild b Sf . l ec or ne t ni s vne i d n w l it u h ro a pe h , As a come by every sportsman, but e be f d not less attractive to the general reader. The scenes of the gallant author's ex ploits, as may be imagined from the title of his work, are sufficiently diversified. He takes us from Madras to the Mauritius, the Cape, St. Helps, Gibraltar, Tarifa, Tangiers, Malta, Gazo, Syria , Grand Cairo, Alexandria, the Desart, &c. ; and the list of sports described is equally comprehen sive : in shooting, from the wild pigeon and quail, to the hawk and eagle ; in hunting, from the fox to the wild boar and bull ; besides numerous piscatorial adventures. Inde pendently, however, of the sporting details, the many amus ing personal anecdotes and sketches of the Colonel's brother officers and associates give extraordinary vivacity to his pages. The work is illustrated with some capital en gravings. BANK OF MANCHESTER- - The Committee ap pointed at the annual meeting in October last to investigate e assets, whether in assets, they had the affairs of the Bank have pr esen ted their report to the proprietors. Having exercised t h e; utmost discretion in the f e o s r t m ima , t )f es re p a la l ce s d eeu o: . l ti n t e h s e er va p lu er e so o n f al o th arrived at so near an approximation to the statements contained in the report as to justify them in pronouncing the balance-sheet exhibited to the share holders on the 29th of October, 1843, to have been (as far as could be ascertained) a true and accurate statement and aiali c c o e nsequent reduction of sheet showed a con siderable the position of the bank on the 30 th of June in that year. The Committee had also examin ed the balance-sheet for the half-year ending the 31st of Dece mb er , 1 843, and had the ba stiisdfearcatbir realisationofrertin liabilities, from 440,9361. to 314,778/ . , during the halt-year, and justified the hope that no furt h er loss would result to the shareholders of this unfortunate c oncern than what would be provided for by the payment of 0 14 :4 Second call,—.Local p a per, g of th ass at e t t h s i , s balance -sheet 14 per cent V. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-de-la-Zouch-ay Basingstoke . . ... . . Breckneck & Aborgay. -Birmingham,l.l6th sh. Do. and Liverp. Juuc Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry Cromford • Derby.... ...... , .... Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ... ... Forth and Clyde...-. Grand Junction Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western .-- Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham liuddersfie ..........av Kennet and Avon ,av Lancaster . .. av Leeds and Liverpool.. Leicester . .p .... 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Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Economic Life European Life Ditto New ......„....» Freemasons Globe •••••••••••••••• ...... •• Guardian Hope Life Ditto Pire ..... Imperial Fne............, Ditto Life...-. Indemnity Mar ine..„ Law Life ....... Legal and General Life London Fire,.„.„,,.,,,, Ditto Ship National Loan Fund- Palladium Life...... .... Protector Life Provident Rock Life... . R yal Exchange.....„„ Sun Fire .••••••••••••••••••• Ditto Life....... ..... University Life- ..... Universal Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London C010nia1...." ..... ...... London & Westminstr Ditto New........ ..... London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto Gloucestershire Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight di. Coke Bath.. ...... British Ditto Provincial....... Birmingham ........ Birming. & Staffordsh. Bristol ........ ...... Brighton ••• ..... "•.•..... Ditto General City of London ..... Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New Equitable Isle of Thanes ...... Independent Phoenix ..... ..... South Metr opolitan United General Westmins. Chartered Ditto New Water Works. Biraningham ...... East London Grand Junction.......ay Kent ...... •••••••••••••• Nw rtly Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. West Middlesex.....ay Yrk Buldg Co. Leis. Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenhm& Gt. West Clarence ....••.•........•• Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto Grand Junction...—. Great North of Englnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths ull and Selby ads and Selby .... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes" London and Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birnahigh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Lee ds Ditto New Shares." Manchatr and Birming Ditto Extension Midland Counties.,..., North Mid1and..... ..,, Do. )i-Sh., iss. ' dia. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss.sl. dis. Paris and Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, isa. 25dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion C0pper.•.......•• Alten ...,.»....»....»..... Anglo Mex., im.sl. p.m. Ditto Subscription.... Bolan°. •••••..... ....... "•• Ditto ..... Brazil. Imp. iss.sl. p.m. Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candona.••"•••••••"•... Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo....••••••••••«•••••• Columbian, iss. 54 p.m. General Mining Hibernian ...••••••••••••••• Imperial Slate Compy. Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland.. Real del Monte, Unreg. Ditto Loan Notes.... Rhymney Santiago de Cuba.... United Mel., iss.24 pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip...." Literary. Londn, with Sin. Ticket London University ..... Russell ~.................... King's C011ege............ Miscellaneous. Anglo Mexican Mint. Australian Agricultur. Brit. American Land,.. Canada ..... ................. Upper Canada Bonds... Capper Miners' Comp, Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. 11. Mex. and S. American New B,runswick (Land) New Zealand ............. Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc. South Australian ....... Thames Van Diemen's Land “. s. d. 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 8 15 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 ( 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 133 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 172 13 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 57 6 6 39 18 10 47 6 8 100 0 0 140 0 0 83 10 0 142 17 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 8 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock se — O 0 50 0 0 63 2 2 50 0 0 100 0 0 79 10 9 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Mercantile Price Current of Feb. 27.) B. P. SUGAR.—There having been a very small quantity on show to-day, only 280 casks have been sold. Prices re main firm. MAURITIUS.—A public sale of 5,804 bags took place to-day, and passed off very briskly. The full value was realised, and in some instances prices advanced 6d per cwt ; low to mid yellow from 59s 6d to 64s 6d, and brown from 53s to 59s per cwt. BENGAL.--There was offered to-day 1,177 bags of middling to good white, which brought 67s 6d to 69s per cwt. 5,816 bags damp brown were also offered. The sale passed rather heavily in consequence of the quality not being desirable. 47 casks went at 52s to 56s per cwt. All the Khaur has been sold at, and since the sale, at 53s to 52s per cwt. FOREIGN.—No business has been reported to-day, the holders not having been anxious to effect sales at present. ItEFINED.—A fair amount of business has been done to-day at the quotations. For Crushed 26s per cwt has been re fused, but there are sellers at 26s 6d ; however, no business has been transacted at that price. MoLassls.—A fair business kas been done in the W.I. de scriptions at the former value. Very ordinary St. Kitts, at 20s 6d, and good Berbice at 25s per cwt. Molasses of good quality went at 20s per cwt. CocoA was dearer at public sale. 107 pkgs Grenada were partly sold ; good red at 46s to 47s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—The market is very firm, but generally the busi ness transacted to-day has not been extensive. At public sale 13 cks Demerara were chiefly taken in ; 602 bags Cey lon found buyers at rates corresponding to those paid in the private transactions ; good ordinary pale at 68s 6d to 69s per cwt. A parcel of 97 bags Madras, of fine quality, admissible at 4d per lb duty, was also sold at 70s to 96s 6d per cwt at public sale. TEA.—The public sale, on the 20th inst., consisting of 37,400 pkgs passed off very flatly. About 15,700 pkgs found buyers at the previous value. Two or three parcels of Congou were sold at id per lb. reduction from the prices of the pre vious sale. Junk Tea taken in at high prices. Yesterday,:a large business was also done in Congou and Twarikay, and the current rates are fully ld per lb higher for the former, and id per lb for the latter description. COCHINEAL was sold at an advance of ld per lb at public sale ; 60 bags and 17 serons silver Honduras, ordinary to good, at 4s 5d to 4s 10d per lb. RlCE.—Bengal at 6d to 9d per cwt advance ; low to good white from Ils 3d to 12s 3d per cwt. Madras at 8s 9d to 9s 3d per cwt for middling; cargo at 9s. Java at 9s 6d for middling to good middling white. The prices of Carolina remain unaltered. SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea 58s to 67s for good ord to good middling, which is about 18 to 2s per cwt advance upon former rates. Sumatra l'epper good light at 3d to 3Ad per lb. Penang at 3d per lb cash, for good half-heavy. Blalabar remains steady : white taken in at 6ici per lb at public sale. Pimento at fully Ad per lb decline; good ordinary at 2Ad to 20 per lb. Jamaica Ginger at 4119 s to 101 7s. Bengal at 15s 6d to 16e 6d per cwt for fair to good quality. Otts.—Common qualities at fully 20s per tun under the prices of the previous transactions. Southern, fine quality, at 34/. In Sperm Oil, there is no actual advance in prices. Linseed Oil, a shade higher. Southern Whalebone, at 236/. to 240/, per ton. TALLow.—The market :has become firmer, and there are few sellers of good Y. C. on the spot under 41s. New Tallow likewise is dearer, and for delivery in the last three months of the year 44s 3d is demanded. Smars.—Since our last report there has been a further rise in the prices of %V.I. rutn. All the parcels hav long been cleared out of the first hands, which have been re-sold at a profit. The Brandy market is firm at the quota tions. Delivered for home consumption in the course of last week 167 puns. A fair business has been done in Foreign Corn Spirit for exportation. There is now but little demand for this description for home use. VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—Dove, St. Thomas to Liverpool, out 45 days ; Eleanor, Rotterdam to Boston, with loss of fore and maintop-yards, lat. 39, lon. 49, by the Francis Barr, arrived in the Downs. Schooner Emma, of Southampton, 28th ult., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Queen, arrived at Mil ford. Her Majesty's steamer Ardent, and the tender of Com modore Purvis, from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres, Dec. 20 ; Templeman, Liverpool to Valparaiso, 29th, lat. 38 S., lon. 44 W., by the William Peels, arrived at Liverpool. William Ackers, Liverpool to Lima, 9th ult., lat. 3 N., lon. 21 W., by the Syren, arrived at Liverpool. Isabella, of Dundee, Nel4- castle to the Mediterranean, 29th ult., off Cape St. Mary's; Walmer Castle, from London, outward bound, 14th instant, let. 44, lon. 12, by the Emerald, arrived in the River. Sarah, Constantinople to London, 28th ult., lat. 38, lon. 11, by the Larch, arrived at Bristol. °renegue, Bordeaux to Vera Cruz, lat. 36 N., lon. 27 W., by the Ville de Cardebere, ar rived at Martinique. George, from Liverpool, standing south, 12th ult., lat. 14 S., lon. 32 W. ; Sir Edward Paget, Valpa raiso to Liverpool, 30th ult., lat. 18 N„ lon. 39 W., with loss of wizen-topmast, and supplied with provisions ; Caroline, Bristol to Cape Hayti, 2d inst., lat. 23 N., lon. 38 W., by the all'ivoci at iluvre. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. MOUSE OF LORDS, F,eA.•2l The LORD CRANCELLOR took his 'eat on the 1 001 sack at a few minute; after Five o'clock. . _ The Earl of YARBOIZOUGH_ presented petitions from Wisbeach, and other paces in Lincolnshire, against any alteration in the corn-laws. RELIGIOUS TESTS IN THE UNIVERSITY 07 GLASGOW. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition' from the Lord Provost, the magistrates, and Town Council of Glasgow, with reference to the imposition of religious tests upon professors in the University of Glasgow. The petitioners stilted that 146 WI" position of these tests in many cases wao unjust. The petitioners, however, were not desirous of abolishing those tests, in so far as they related to professors of theology, but they thought themunneces sary with respect to the profession of philosophy, -ohe raistry, and other sciences. The petitioners stated - fiNat many excellent and competent men had been prevented by these tests from giving their services to the Univer-• say, and therefore prayed that in such cases the tests should be abolished. Lord BROUGHAM said, that having had the honour of filling the chair of Rector of the University alluded to in the petition, as had also his Noble Friend (the Mar quis of Lansdowne), he had had communications with that body upon the subject, and he would say from tbem that they did not wish for the relaxation in the case of theological professors. Lord CAMPBELL concurred in the prayer of the petition, and he hoped the Noble Marquis would bring in a Bill to carry it into effect. In truth, the law Is As fit a great measure obsolete in the four universities of Scot land; and if it had always been observed they could riot have attained their present high position. Some of the most eminent professors of languages and science had been persons who could not subscribe the Confession of Faith.—(Hear, hear.) if the law had been enforced the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, and Sir James Graham could not have filled the . off.joe of Lord Rector.— (Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said that those eminent and most useful professors, Sandford, Moore, Young, and his own distinguished and revered relative, Dalziet were Episcopalians.—(Hear.) In fact there was no end to the number of such names which lie could repeat. After a few words from Lord HADDINGTON, in favour of the petition, the conversation dropped, and the House adjourned at Half-past Five o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. CORN-LAWS: Col. SIBTHORP presented twenty-five petitions from places in Lincolnshire, praying that no alteration might be made in the existing corn-laws. ST. ASAPh AND BANGOR. ___ Lord CLIVE presented a petition from a place in North Wales, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. SUPPLIES. Mr. BLEWITT presented a petition from Newport, in Monmouthshire, praying that the supplies may be withheld until the grievances of th e p eop l e shall have been considered. per cent. 4L 401. 81. 15s. 74 11.55. SI 1 - 2 s. &L 15s. 11. 10s. 34/. 101. 51. 701. 174 901. 3% 17.. Od. 101. 8 percent. 2$ 15L 201. 11. 10s. 151. 321. 106. 104 Si. 10.. 44 11.4 x . S per cent. k per cent. 4 per cent 4 per cent. Si. 10s. 5 per cost 5 per cent. a pet cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. % percept. 1/. 07. 8,1. 18s. Id. per cent. 1/. 7s. 9►. 10s. 4 percent. 6 per cent. 6 per cent. 135.A6...pr sh 51.55. 4 per cent. Ts. per share 5 per cent. SL 6s. 5 per cent./ & Ws. bds. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 44. 2s. 6d. 12 per cent. ;15)s. 4 sh:i bds. ii 5& 10s. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. ss. 'V. 5 per cent. 53y perce nt. 1/. 5 per cent. 10% per cent R percent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. C per cent 8 per cent. 8 per cent. 6 per cent. 21s per share 61. per share 10 per cent. 5 per cent. U. se. 1/. 7s. 51. and be. 041. and be. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 61 per sh 315. per sh 24 6 per cent. 5 per cent 6 per cent. 5 per cent . 6 per cent. 63i per cent. Si. 126. 21. 10s. 21. 10.. 21. 104 Spec cent. 41. 164 11. 14a. 10s. per sh 11. 4s. 4 per cent. 21. 108. Be. per sh. V. ss. perch Is 10d per sh 10 per cent. B per cent. 3L St per sh 2%1. per ch. 12.. per ch. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1%1. per sh 101. per eh. 11.14 x. Lper share .814 d par sh 31.175. pr sh /13a per sh 11. I 1. - los. U. 52. 15e. IL 1 Is. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 17s. 64. I,la. 10 per cent. 10s. per sh. 11. vx. per sh. 11.4.. It 156. (per cent. A per cent. b per cent. AO. and 1846 d. ba. j tper cent. per cent. ♦K per cent (5 per cent. 6a. LIST op SCOTTISH COM: FEB. 21, 1 Bank of Scotland.... Royal Bank .............. British Linen Compny. Commercial Bank ..... Glasgow Union Bank.. Western Bank ...... Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance.. Hercules Insurance..... North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scot). Edinburgh Life Insur. 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(per cent. :per cent. s rr cent. 2 per cent. per cen t sin( 101 90f pm 4 4 4 52% 25 104 8 1 54 4% REPEAL OF THE UNION.—On Monday night, no fewer than 201 petitions were presented to the House of Commons, in favour of a repeal of the union—sympathising with the opinions of Sir James Graham's se called " convicted COUspiratora n TWQ Were from Daigin. 105 31U 65 1200 155 100 117 SOO All paid 6000 40 . 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 21• 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 0 0 96 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 C 50 0 0 16 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 29 0 0 725 IN 155 - 0)4 6% 5% 400 IL:1U 16 16 2 40s. 206. 4% 170 205 100 0 0 100 0 0 20U 0 0 40 0 0 50 o • 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 26 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 23 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 8 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 2500 I 0 0 0 41 15 4 WO 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 • 100 0 0! 100 0 0 WO 0 0 [OO 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 1 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 V 50 0 0 50 0 • 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 S 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 - 5 0 35 0 0 2500 20 0 0 100 0 0 2e 0 0 t.'o 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 6000 2500 50 0 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 75 0 0 NO 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 • 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 5009 100 0 0 25 0 0 54 0 0 90 0 0 `ANIE 46 43% 40 • 133 12 25 16 0 0 18 0 0 19 0 0 5000 2000 100 0 0 75 0 0 SI 5 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 SO • 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 to 7 0 116 0 0 714 150 25 20T 81 58 00 MO 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 I 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 95 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 52 0 0 TO 0 0 SO 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 W 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 WO 0 1.) 25 0 f 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 • 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 9 0 • 59 0 0 7 0 0 150 01 0 60 0 0 0 100 ;4000 2 A 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 90 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 1 - :3' PRII 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 9 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 6 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 9 0 43 11 5 5% 224 'il l6l 168 23 N, 32 1 4 265 119 53% 1 2 9 6% 6 20 26 1 5( 6 10 11 5% 118 POOR-LAWS. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented twenty petitions from Garstang and other places in Lancashire, praying for an alteration in the present poor-laws. CANADA CORN BILL. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from the Chairman and Directors of the South Australian Banking Corn pany, stating that they had invested a capital of 230,0001. in their business with South Australia, and praying that the provisions of the Canada Corn Bill might be extended to that colony. TOBACCO. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from Rochdale, with 525 signatures, praying for u redticl tion of the duty on tobacco. CORN-LAWS. The House having remained some time without busi ness, the Speaker proceeded to the notices of motion, and first called the order No. 7 on the paper, which was the notice of Mr. Cobden, of a motion for a Select Com mittee to inquire into the effects of the corn-law protec tion upon the tenant-farmers and agricultural labour ers.—(Loud cries of "Cobden, Cobden.") No answer being given for some time, the Speaker then called on No. 8 upon the paper, which was Mr. Ferrand's notice of an amendmenti on Mr. Cobden's motion, the amendment being to the effect that it be an instruction to the Committee to inquire also into the effect upon the condition of the manufacturing ope ratives by the immigration of agricultural labourers into the manufacturing districts, and the treatment of such im migrants by the master manufacturers who promised them employment. No answer to the Speaker's call being given, the cries for Mr. Cobden were renewed. At length Mr. COBDEN postponed his motion till this day fort= night.—{Hear, hear.) EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. WYSE gave notice that, on this day fortnight, he would bring forward a motion for the purpose of pro moting the universal education of the Catholics of Ire land, and especially of those who were intended for the priesthood ; also, for the purpose of rendering the honours and advantages of Trinity College equally ac cessible to Rothan Catholics with others of her Majesty's subjects ; and of elevating the College of Maynooth to the rank of a theological college, with the power of con ferring degrees. STATE TRIALS IN IRELAND.--SECRET SER- VICE.-THE PRESS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, on reading' the Order of the Day fur going into a Committee of Supply on Friday next, or'on the first Supply day after Friday, he would move for a return of all the moneys paid to Frederick Bond Hughes, Charles Ross, and John Jackson—(A laugh)—on account of any communications made by them to Government relative to the Repeal agitation in Ireland, distinguishing the amount paid to each ; also the dates of the several pay ments, specifying the respective periods at which they commenced; together with copies of every instruc tions given to the above named F. B. Hughes, Charles Ross, and John Jackson, with respect to the duties to be performed by them in Ireland. —(Laughter.) Also a return of the amount paid for expenses during their attendance at the trial of the Queen v. O'Connell and others. Also a return of all moneys paid to the late proprietor, or proprietors, managers, con ductors, or agents of the Morning Herald and Standard newspapers, or any of them—(Laughter) on account of communications or information made or given by the said parties, or any of them, to the Govern ment, in reference to the repeal agitation in Ireland, dis tinguishing tho times at which the said communications or informations were furnished, and the period at which the several sums of money were paid ; also the name or names of the short-hand writers appointed to furnish the Government report of the proceedings of the trial of the Queen v. O'Connell and others.—(Laughter.) POSTAGE. Mr. WALLACE gave notice of a motion for a future day, the object of which would be to give full effect to the Act called the Postage Act. He also gave further notice that when the Lord Advocate brought forward his motion on the subject of prisons, and prison disci pline, ho should move au amendment to it. TU KEY. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES We notice of a motion, for the Ist of March, on the present state of criminal jurisdiction over foreigners within the dominions of the Porte. CANADA. Mr. LEADER moved for the following Returns, which were agreed to :—" Return of the charges incur red upon account of the Canadas, in respect of the army, navy, ordnance, and commissariat, in each of the years 1835 to 1843 inclusive, and the amounts granted by Par liament, from the year 1837 to the year 1843 inclusive, in consequence of the insurrection in Canada. Copies of the Address of the House of Assembly of the Province of Canada to the Governor-General,respecting the Civil List, regulated by the Act fur the Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada ; of the Message of the Go= vernor-General in reply to the said Address, and dated the 16th day of October, 1843, together with the me morandum alluded to in the said reply, and pre sented to the House of Assembly by the com mand of the Governor-General ; and a copy of the Address to her Majesty the Queen, passed in the last session of the Provincial Parliament by the House of Assembly, respecting the said Civil List. Copy of the Report and evidence presented by the Commissioners appointed, pursuant to an Address of the 7th day of September 1841, of the House of Assembly of the Province of Canada, to inquire relative to tho seignioral tenure existing in Lower Canada. Alto, extracts of any correspondence of the Governor- General of Canada and the Colonial-office respecting the repeal of the Act of the Imperial Ptitliament, in tituled The Canada Tenures Act.' Return of the names of persons who are or were in the receipt of public moneys in Canada, who were de faulters on the Ist day of December, 1843 ; stating the office held by them, the nam e o f the Governor- General by whom they were respectively appointed, and the amount due by them respectively. Report of the Select Committee of the House of Assembly of the pro:- vinee of Canada, appointed in tho last session of the Provincial Parliament, to inquire into the effect of the British Copyright Act., and the policy of excluding from the province American reprints of British publications."- Mr. HUME wished to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies whether he had any objection . to lay before the House a statement of the nyniber of Canadian exiles now in Van Diemen's Land? He was aware a pardon had been given to several of these un happy persons, but the Noble Lord perhaps would have no objection to give a return to the House in reference to them. • Lord STANLEY could not at that moment state the precise number of persons who had been pardoned ; but he could state generally that every case which was not marked by aggravated circumstances had been mercifully' considered by the Crown. Mr. HUME wished to know if the Noble Lord was . willing to give to the House the instructions to Sir C. • Metcalfe, which had induced that functionary to refuse his consent to the Secret Societies Suppression Bill? Lord STANLEY said, that Sir Charles Metcalfe, in the case alluded to, had not acted upon specific 'direc tions, but on general instructions given to all governor/ of colonies. The Bill itself he had received, but, the .. report of the Governor-General's reasons for not sanc tioning the Bill ho had not yet received. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Sir DENHAM NORREYS rose 'for the purpose of ' putting to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State the three questions of which he had given notice, with re-: gard to the poor-laws in Ireland. Before he did that,.. however, he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whethei- . the Government would, or would not, object to the pointment of a Select Committee to inquire into - thii operation of the poor-laws in Ireland ? lie then put• the three following questions :—L.lN T hether any steps had_ been taken by the Government to carry into *Meet 01 4