The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-07 00:00:00

__----- I spelter and in limitc reilvei el Vide en nll l 4 e. at re. on !rat wt. botto-as at 47 Ts. tet . per Candy h bar, 48rs per candy . sheet. at rs. 14 as. to Spelter.--- dcne In low onets. Little -_ grey ;event tor ion of 2 to -4 and checked.. fully Maio quest. F od v unsaleable d. - during tb• ;Iy la)Pr" e " Orang t ulnas higher throughout, n the price• ;ordage , the are difficult the rO n t " see °"" ,)f;00 hbdo• of Ba s. ' 16 it on 0 4 ruOcei. Per throughout r Great O r ' . perca king qtlat'd and Bobera le quality ti r Khora W : last lOW. Is have hce, g ood re" ruPeth and during the consequence F comm e r c 175. 6d." t° cannot nuel per COOP cot' 1 1 ° 4 ' still further P9l loi in I may r e WC V oVi a, M n to nt. Pre' l " e thirty dtl it. pre mium ' r cent' Bank n'te4' 3 Niaigr.io , hca. resent his 11113( 181 f the Su'4le, A re , Otht " - to ; surf, ° a contia bil • tlint le rats* oft Lion in.oo 10 APr ° r " • oo' h to 0 PP ° pi ' l lO. Tel 46 • na so s ear s ; W ith WO in n 1 bin. b ut vircc ' 0 " 'l7 la : f e n rainui;o to . wh ich je Iced b uYing w ere fc— ace goods ?tr' ce nt. are' t 8 t ° 3 % cents, 9th of I)e' 'at the ~,g supposed DAY.) Roy, )ittna, se."' ragon - ,: /3"r rd. et , t )7 6 11 t". son, St I)°' been e t ' og un i ;e 4 try: - Oro, - ottek.:;lo,, ..w _ . ;ft, , Pt - 'd )t off 'la contil et till' , B‘c. 0.) giact-t-'. P ik a 1 1111 Pr - DAY) oise tvr isos ° n " " 0 el b e" : 10 natio ttoThirje'n ba d ' - oeo Ni tlen ' tISP . • : ;•• 't) Loc Pore . r e (t) ; 4 111 , Lc.) kir i o t e! o we w lei4o o ec ti 4 1 VT 0 1 4114 itut ir ci , " 650!' /. ~. e( 1, KuPP4 -1 01. te lre 45 6'' tio o/ ' ) 101'. hg Old on e+' 111 0 ,g . Soilthere SUMMARY OF NEWS #:: AND Optitton. " TT ho runs may : read." FORZXGN. • • The-French mail brings no news from Paris or Madrid r - the Slightest interest, , An outline o f the ,intelligenee.,,brought ,by the Overland Mail will befound under, the proper head. Boghos Youssouti Bey, Minister of Foreign.AffAirs 'and of Co mmerce to Mohamm e d Ali, 'Viceroy a Egypt, died at. -4 1exAndria, in the afternoon ,of the 10th instant,.at the age 01 . about 71. He was,e,onsidered the highest person in Egypt `der MehemetAli , By the Philadelphia packet, which reached Liverpool' on uesday evening, accounts have been received froin St. Louis of a most terrible and,distressing steam-boat accident, by - 17 filch 90. or 100. persons h a d . l ost. t h e i r. li ves. Th e vesse l , plied.between Cincinnati and St. Louis struck on a _sunken tree in the water, three miles from St. Louis,.and al- Mo stlmme,diately, went to pieces. . , . LAW AND pozacs. At Guildhall, a man of the, name of Davis, a journeyman baker, was charged with the . murder of his wife, by cutting her ; throat with a razor, on the 11th of December. An ` i kine-st had been heldon the. body, when the jury, having no suspicion to the contrary, gave a verdict that she committed suicide, being, in -11 state of insanity, The. evidence was con fined to the testitnony,given by the relatives of the deceisod, • wh o considered her, insane. The, sitting Alderman 'directed 4 4.Pfficer to summon, other witnesses, and remanded the . prisoner till Friday. • Damages were assessed in the Secondaries' Court in the case of Litt on a, Rowe. ,The . defendant, under a misconcep tion arising out of a transaction about ,a bill for ,187. lls., t ensed the plaintiff to bc,apprehended on a charge of felony, through which he, -was -ke felon's, cell, at the police sta tion, a whole night. wrong,enant admitted, by his TAnsel, that he had done . and, the jury gave 50/. •uania,g cf‘ , Unien-H,all Thomas Sparks,, formerly; shop-lieeper to Bytield, paWnbroker, Kennington, was.fully coMmitted ° , ll a charge of robbing his late employer of 414 • • buscEzzarazious. The weather here has again suddenly changed from a 4 etlyfrost to - a thaw, accompanied with rain, and the baro xneter stands very low: The opening of the South-Eastern line between Folkstone r i ,. (l . Dover was celebrated yesterdab a dinner, given by the .._taYor and. Corporation of Dove the. Chairman and Direc- L°N of the Comp an y., Th e whole. proceedings were of the nor enthusiastic and gratifying character.. An Anti-League; meing was held at Lichfield on the same tY , MT: Manley, the High. Sheriff of Staffordshire, presided, A nd the usual resolutions were adopted. t , ' l ;4 nomination of candidates for. Devizes took place yes when the. show of hands was declared to be in favour yes of Mr. Bruges. Mr. Temple demanded a poll, and the ele c ti on It i es place this day,: , . • "‘. ) n 'Friday; the first of a regular line of Post-office packet cu'lls for New South Wales, sailed from Gravesend for Syd te3r, carrying out all letterswhich.were posted at the General °st-offiCe up to Thursday evening. , At Guildhall, lm Tuesday, M r . Ald erman Gibb s was una te ensui ftely. elected . Chairman. Of 'the- Commission of Sewers for ng year A. select dinner partv, consisting of Noblemen and Gentle- Ten connected with- the Fox Club, took place on' Saturday, ..tt Brooke's. Among those present were Lord. Dinorben the Lltrl of Errol,' Earl Fortescue, Lord Rowley, Earl Fitzwilliatn; t ( 1, Duncanuon, . Lard . John. Russell, M.P., Lord Strafford, .g.on. C. P onson b y , M . P ., L or d J ames S tuart, M . P ., an d Hon Fox Maule, M.P. Anti-League• me e ti ng - o f landowners and farmers of the "ern Division of. Gloucestershire was held at Cirencester Tuesday, and was well attended. - • • IVt .PIVEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS T._ - CITY, QUARTER•TO THREE. the market yesterday, the sales were:l3.ooo I .ltlff fat previous: rates ; :speculators . took 70:390 • g and French Shares were ratheriower , but other stock 17,1 1 4 fi r ,rul• Birmingham and Gloucester, ' 724; Edinburgh - ` 4 azgolv; 594 _Birmingham, 244 ; Brighton, 45k ; auchester and Leeds, 113 ; Paris and Rouen, 32i ; South "v4tBt,ern and Dover f -351., • .; . :6,41)1 '-, delivery, of the general correspondence by , the hi l i e44l4(l . Mail,. is ;expected take. place to-morrow ; -tithe actinn France are described rks being so bad, that thj`l,-mas e , exertion will be necessary t o ac c omplish Afr A8 -fax as the- mere summar - y.of , commercial news can r 4,., data foe- conclusions,. we:should-say that there ,is a B „Pflet- of improvement in the Indian. trade,. though it. ".cvill ;14itNYthis,yeAg take tho,dovelopernent which. Some ,parties iii &ated with respect to China.. The Consular arrangements art 0 ik progressing steadily, and . also the necessary port t .P t , e ations ; , but' t is hoped the other settlements may. no 5 73, l e so unhealthy as Hong-Kong. ' •'•. • .d , Funds have not recovered, the ,depression of yest ei the for account have been -97 to . 97*, and for. 31on_ey F,x4 al tle- The Commissioners have, purchased. at Il l i nt ., ( l ll Cr Bills are 675. to 695. - premium,. being steady.. lit Stock is 1921 t 0 ,193/, and 'lndia Stock, 277 i, neither Th, 11 ,, fluetuated to , any : extent, -and ) .hcing tolerably firm .: ely Three-and-a-Ha.lf per Cents. are .102 to 101 i- an d aced .1.02 i, to 103. . •• • • C ents; vanish Market is not so gay: For . the Five per Th ree the rates have., been . 241. to. 23i, and for the Bond Cents.., 32 to .• Portuguese • Converted S hav e alternated from 47i to Mexican are 35 for 414011ey; jind Columbian, 12a to which is an advanc e . C6b 3 , bring 1014 to - ' th ah is a!as In Shares is dull. Birmingham are not higher Itr,t 40 prethium 'tind 'the' Fi'ench - lines'are quiet. Great eittte!ru, Brighton -, and - Ihe few others dealt-in are'mtich the 13RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. - (Frot;The Official List.) Ratilt Stock ' • ' ' .. t.. 4 . 1 9 134 19•244 193% ~..... ...... . .... 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities . ........... IAA 98 97% T 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities .............. a 97 % 14% O per Cent. Reduced Annuities 102% 103 • tle• 3k per Cent. Annuities •102.1017. Long Annuities,-Expire sth Jan, 1880. ..... Ditto 3 , 1 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 - "Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. MO India Stock ~ Consols for Account .% • ' EXchequer Elite, llid. I NA' -- • ':•T ~ 1.000/. ...,....- ............. . 09 ,,, ,69 pm. ~. ! OD - op pm. __. _ " ' • , Dlttcr-Sman . FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • . .. c o l om bi a n Bonds. ........... ............... ............. ,5, % - • Danigh•Bonds, 1825, 3 per C en t ...... .. ......... ..... F fi g . ...411e3tlean'Benda,11127, 5 per Cent .. ..... ........... .35 .. . - Ditto for the Account ............................. .... 341 i% Ditto Deferred Stock. ...... . ......................... 10% 11‘ . 10% - ' - . ll ortugusise.BoudO, 5 pea. Cent.... ............ ..,.. '74- -.. • -' • .. Vitto Converted ........ ....... . .... .. ........ ....... 48, ‘• '‘ ' ' Ditto for the Aceount .... .......... ... . ...... . ..... 41 /i(%%14 '". •- Spanish Bondi, .Five per Cent ........... : ..... : ... V 4 , . .' - - Ditto forcthe Account ........ ... ............ .... ...... goi' 3376 .Ditto Three per - Cent. •.......... .......... : ... . ... •Ditto for the Account ..... .... ...........-•-•••i• Dutch 5 per Cents. , ' 101 Is4 w•LbanlB37;_b_Per Cents .'. :: ; : • ' • 'lOO 4 - .. - ...PRICES OE SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. '. . , aait.wsxs. . . PAID. PER SHARE. , . ~, air and - Gloucester - 100 ' '71% . _ to e s atot and Exeter 7o' 6W 3 -i -to 0, -. tern Counties ~ , ' ' 23 • 101,4" to it ~,!•.pittri New ' ' 25 , • ''''''„•_iitisurgkand Glasgow 5- . 59 • to ~,,.-',reat Western , . '7s 11 2,4 to —..-. Ditth Pith ' ..... . - ' " 12 - to - 11 , 11 0 and se l ib s y a , • 50 ~,, , •wndon and Brighton ~_ t o b itt 0 Loan• Notes •- • • , .., •10 d itto and Rinpiniham...... Stock —..... 240,, to , ~ - 1- Lon d on and Seuth Western . 41 , i Ditto Eighths ---' ;a - 2% N ' don and Croydon (Trunk)... 314• • • 16 ~.. 2Fyich and Brandon _ 2 -to ,K.7.aesrtle and Darlington Junct . l ir g . 3 , 2 % . to • zp.o nand. Eastern . i., Paris !4 Shares IN. , , , 1 5%34%' to - ,t. . and Orleans 1 • , -:0 . . 33 to • 11"-wand R0 uen......................: 20 '...z•••••• , . 32 4 ) 4 11 1 1 ) and Havre. -- - Di u ' Eastern and'Doief ' - to 50 8 . . .14 t . ... ‘ . t o o -Ditto Scrip ~ , '2s - I,;Touth and * Norwi c h - to- ttaond North Midland 57 bi tto l S i c e a W r h4re'.. "' - 2q.. " ~ boro' Branch 234 21 to -- bAts u . 4B E OF B(YEST E RDAY.)—(iEATRI.-)AY.) it trA lot % " i a ln -•-•.-... CF. 12 6' IGibraltar .. . — Aott er t sight ......... .12 ~ 4. Leghorn. .• ....... ......... 30 80 12 1 41 4r 11 1 ...... ...2.U.,.12 . 61, Genoa .;....... ... ~ . . .... 25 95 Ikito..l44tir-r.h.................:25 90.. Milan ............ ....... .. p ht. , g, ...... M.D. ;13 45 .:Venice . 47 ;, , ,,rip , a 11..............,.. 14..0 (Naples ........ ... 39i ritt o, a - .YB' sight ..... 2 5..65.1Pa1erm0,.per oz 118 i 'lsts,i i Inonths ......... .25 .85,11 isbon ....... b2 le s I p l ' 4l, tie s. , z ••' •-• •• •• • • . .25 90 ;Oporto . - 52 Valikior. ............... 25,90 - Rio Janeiro 23 B e 1. t r on Maine —.122. . . i ßahia . i r "!rlin U g h, 3 Us•:-... 361 • I•Buenos Ayres • I,l.l!toiii''efr;:...... ... ..7 . - (New York, 21 days sight `laded,leitt aitt • ft. 3 91. 9 55, Philadelphia — ° ..... •• .. ••. • 9 56 }RILES OF BULLION, PER. 02 . )34 . ' "•,,...... ... . . 36 4 . Feign Gold, bars £3 17 t 9 lixo.i.• ................. 361 P ortuga l Gold Com.. 317 5 ttel ol '• ••••• ..... ..... 36 New:Doubloons . . ..,0 0 0 e'ill e .............. .36 New Dollars... 04 91 t , l AtAx t . ........... ..„,. Silvei in Bars.... .... 0 4 Ili Its 'ltil nles li c slEl t STOcx- E:K.CTrANGE, FEB. 6.—The market 1'': t .,., 1 1e f011"„'2 11, and considerable-husiness has been trnsacted, , 1 ~,l i„ing prices - --Dublin and Drogheda, 55k; East ath ,1 % It • • •• 29 1 ; ''he t W e ,,,,2 eglstered, 12-5.-16 ; . Ditto , Perpetual, b i ' l. te,,,.. atl-rTii, 18; Ditto Icew, - One-Eighths, 3i , to i ; Man- . r , '''), S er r„ ; L AMA, half Shares, 50# ; Soun Eastern, 35 1 , . l i. to a ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 141; - 1 c1 1 .._ • • -........_ . CATHOLIC MEETING. ITIIIS DAY.) FROM Alon e . was he t nhe o. ~tneeting of English Catholics of consider l''-l'l-TSION OF CATHOLIC id JthUisßmlEoSrn. morning, at let th''es, at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the toathiejtnPriet of addressing her Majesty Trials in that country. 11,74 n Catholics from the jury on the State t of the pro- °I they Lawfrs of the Crown in o l n re p l tu a hr n e 7 cett!!nte Was crowded long before the commencemen t ts. .e. t rorrn we obeeryed Zit b.. .„1-'angdale, p. Howard, Esq., - -*P. ( C arlisle) , E on 9 J. s r h., avasour; Nan., P. C. Maxwell, Esq., illiams:):°E.Yusttrtiht.:::yH'll;stoln.: teoltele't) L sl-, J. Townley 44, e : -8 9, E. Jerningham, Esq., R. Berkeley, LordEs q C " ' l‘a I. mw7CV Esq. a r I I Lord is ( l t o s ei f n s p sub j ec t e ex c l udingt ch o e f l e t y h ) e , . /It ori le r . EN, J°bn - SelhY, Esq., Geo. Morga n, Esq., 1')....4) 15t.;,;441, the Rev. Dr. Magee, Reeds, Sis k , Browne,Rymer, Hunt, sleat.,;"e, Cotter Tourscl, Coyle, Telford, a N r o r i b n l g e: At --" tse lem I : ll a zt rt ) : : :: I ,ll : tc i I I : , a oe u tnl el . t h e in several otio o n t h o f er Lord distinguished C ath olic stourtonth, l s l e oo ecbo r en e dr .e d ii Th e Lan tangdalei Lord Camoys was called to to read the requisi.- tleh, Cr,. sr then called upon the Secr . etary by the hieh hatel'‘vas signed by 104 requisitionuts, T ht 8 Log been done, nists appeared ithe ItitheateAey atated that among the requislo Earl of Traquair nad -.4 er eight 1 adhesion calling the meeting, of the lo e , h _ . eers, and the a b _..,en receuved. I%tkel,Lnalltstasr then read a letter from the Earl of Shrewsbury, Cathol C „1,"11Iiii indignation at the insult offered to t h e names of all Cath4'net of the Governraent to striking off the t ' t the e t, ' frt4n the jury panel, and protesting that,,_.overnment to the Catholies.(Leud cheers.) t The Noble i by ri nk '" then alluded to th e 1.100. Edward Pe a :re: ne w t i tt eS k n t n la w nd o he regretted, as he was sure that h h a tie d h e been m that ,b,,, tro. It- was a gentleman vrculd have been present. . ~__ met the nt cessity they were under of calling ttius7, h a e s e been He i atd, I disgrace te the Government that they lib is reland had already spoken out.—(Chcers. ) 324 meet. . o h 44 "M been held tch Cathoic ~ Tok ens . up to 27th January. The Sco were so "le,„ 111' now the -English Catholics were called on t ol d . . 5144, tklieh-e-----(Cheers.) This was no meeting of the Catholic Insti 4-J' was it a repeal meeting. It was a meeting to protest I l sti t „ _t,ne t he of the Government and to express their synt tt; th i twith their insulted Irish Catholic brethren. Then, with regard t list to be dropped.— t hst ; I'll l ist, he belizved that design and not accident It caused (Cheers, The conduct of the Govern kern "e d it. lie did not deny the legal right of the Govern. "'lke °I. the n 'nles, but he denied their moral right to do (Ch 'lrk) It kit Itself Was an injustice.—(Cheers.). The Governmen' ,1 • ' 1 1 t his act from a G er/CHU:tient to the low level of .tt,., [. ~.~r , t ~._ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY_KyENING, _FEBRUARY, 7, 1844. a malicious prosecutor.—(Cheers.) Could they only hope tc ob tain a conviction by having a jury of Tories, Anti Repcalers,and 'Protestant=. 'lt 'Was - InjuttitM to the - jurymen themselves. If they returned a verdict of guilty; the verdict would lose all moral effect; if they - returned a verdict of not guilty, they would be at tacked by their own party.-(Cheers) He was not surprised at the conduct of the Government.' It was what he had expected from 'them. He had never entertained thorre expectations of fair-dealing from the Tories; which others had.—(Cheers.) They were un. changrd and unchangeable, and there was no hope of justice from them for the Catholics of Ireland.—(Cheers.) When Emancipa. • . ti.in passed, the gratitude of the Catholics was unlimited ; but the moment they proclaimed that Protestant ascendancy was to be the basis of the Government, that moment of course they lost the con fidence of the Catholics, and justly lost 11.--(Cheers.) The dccla. ration made in Parliament by one of her Majesty's Ministers, that eonciliation had gone to its utmost limits; was not likely to conci liate the Catholics' of Ireland. Her Majesty 'declared in her answer to the address of the Dublin Corporation, that the just demand s o f her people would ' be listened to. • Yes, they' ' knew to whom they • were, and ought ' to be grateful—to him who struggled for them when it was thought Emanci-• pation was unattainable.—(Lciud cheers.) Yes, they ought to be grateful to the Catholics of Ireland, and they ought to be grateful, above all, to Daniel O'Connell.—(Lond cheers and waving of hats.) The Chairman then read an ex t ract from the Dublin Review, in 'answer to a publication which called him a gross and dun* , deceiver : " For forty years has this ' gross, clumsy, open, impudent de ceiver ' been - living among them, mingling in their festivities, pre siding at their assemblies, kneeling at their altars; instructing, advising, guiding, impelling, restraining; standing upon an emi nence, with - the scorching gaze of a mighty empire fixed for ever upon him ; every word and every gesture, every action and every omission recorded and canvassed, in the high courts of law, in the high court of Parliament, in the high court of public opinion, in the high court of the press, the most powerful press in the world, by eloquent men, by learned men, by acute men; by the lower orders of society, by the middle orders, by the upper orders; by artisans, by merchants, by lawyers, by parsons, by proud barons, by mighty kings; in all these, by all these, has this being been accused and tried. For forty years has this trial been going on, and the first generation of accusers,• and witnesses, and judges has passed away, and left room for another and another ; and, after all this, the • conviction is yet to come. His bitterest enemies have borne testi- : Admiralty, " The General ate un Navigation Comrany n. Tonkin. The Queen's Advocate and Mr. Platt, Queen's Cottnsel,, were heard for the respondent.. Judgment : was deferred. ~ The Solicitor-General eras heard • (cx parte), " Thomas Le Breton c. Jamos.Ennis," from Jersey. His Royal , Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived town yesterday/fremhisl-esidence at Kew. • _ The Secretary at War transacted business yesterday at the: Home-office. Sir James Graham and other Cabinet Ministers had inter- 7 •views with Sir•E. Peel.yesterday. • • • Dispatches were received•yeaterday at. the Colonial-office; from the Governor of the Cape of. Good Hobe. • , Dispatches were sent of last evening from the Colonial. office, for the Governorof Hong-Kong. mony iu his favour; and they who would grind him as uheat, or burn him In a furnace, have admitted and maintained that he is a sincere man, an honest man, and all—all proclaim that he is "a great man. They who know him best, whose interests are chiefly Identified with' his corruptible virtue, one of the purest hierarchies in the world one of the most labori. ous, virtuous, simple.minded priesthoods in the world, and seven millions of the Irish people, have placed in his hands, without a shadow of misgiving, their dearest earthly hopes. Nor have they done so precipitately, blindly. They have tried him long, they have trusted him long, and he has never once betrayed them, and therefore they trust him again. He has the blessing of the Church, he has the prayers of the people, he has the confidence of both. Profane history has no example of this kind." He knew not the individual who composed this passage, but he envied him hireloquence, and the justness of his praise, When there was a hint to endow the Catholic clergy, the Catholic hier archy repudiated the offer. He, for one, agreed • with them in that refusal—(Hear, hear;—and he would use all his exertions'in Parlia. ment to prevent such an endowment, if it was attempted. This was a meeting of sympathy with the Irish Catholics, and he was glad that their English brethren came forward in such at manner. For him self, he hoped hewould be always found at hirpost.—(Cheers.) Lord STourtron waircalled on to , propose the first resolution. He said he • was almost a jubilarlan in the service of his Roman' Catholicbrethren.—(Cheers.) He saw thuse who had assisted them one by one decay, but he, though old, was a living witness to refute the calumny that Catholics were not to be bound by their oaths.—(Cheers.) His late excellent friend the Duke of Norfolk would not pass the rail by which he might enter Parliament, and he cast hie staff upon the ground rather than enter that place, beeause he would not take a certain oath, He would 'not enter it himself, because there was an oath upon it--(Cheers.) They would not endure to have' their privileges abridged in the House of Parliament, because they were Catholics. If ' they could net vote upon every measure that came before them, he would consider it a •dishonour 'and not an honour, to be a Member of the House of Peers. 'Such was the opinion of thd first Peer of the realm, the late Duke of Norfolk. If he abstained from voting on questions relating'to the Established Church, he did so from delicacy, but riot in cconse quence of any oath he'had taken. He would never submit to be inferior to any other member of the' House •of Peers. He would, as' Lord Grey said, stand by his order. ' The Chairman, in his able and clear remarks, had anticipated all that he intended to say. He would now proceed to state with pain the consequences of the doctrine that Catholic,' were not to be believed on their oaths. •If it were true that the Catholics were not bound by an oath, then were the foundations of their holy religion de stroyed. It would sap their belief in Christianity itself. Stich an opinion might indeed proceed from the temple of reason, but not from the temple of Christianity. Hi would say, as Mr. Shaw said, with regard to the Bible—Trust not our oaths, or, " to 'your tents, 0 Israel."—(Cheers.) The Catholic religion was spread over the world, and if it were - true that Catholics were not to be lieved on their oaths, then they were perjurers over the whole world. ' Let Catholics and Protestants quarrel with each other on the point, but 'let them not weaken the foundations of their com- mon religion; and their common belief in the sacred volume. Let them call on her Majesty to protect not their,' but her and their common Christianity. The Noble - Lord • concluded amid loud cheers, and proposed the resolution, which wag read by the Secretary. The SEckETASY read the resolutie n, which was as follows: " That the abolition of civil distjnctions on act.oUnt of religion, was the avowed object of . thor:Who introduced and understood the principle of the A:t for the Emancipation of the Roman Catholics." The Reverend Mr. HAnniNcrrore then 'addressed the meeting. lie paid' a• high compliment to the past and present: exer tions of Lord - Stourton, and expressed' his satisfaction at seeing so many assembled on the present occasion. He alluded to the hopes that were entertained at the time the Emancipation Act was passed ; the gates of the Lords 'and Commons were pre viously Closed, but one man with a strong .arm came to them and broke 'open the portal-that man was Daniel O'Con nell !—(lmmettse- cheering, the whole assembly . rising en masse.) They Were now open, but stlll there was a barrier; they might be Privy Councillors; or Members of the House of Commons, but they could not be Jurors. He noticed the conduct of the Irish Attor. ney-Geheral in severe terms; he seemed to have undertaken to teach the young counsel of the Irish bar, " hoiv to shoot."— (Gaughter.)--A Catholic Juryman would have been justified in asking if • the Attorney-Gineral's• pistol was registered. —Laughter.)--For Trial by Jury, he had done 'his best to substitute the trial by battle.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by saying, that fta juryman was not to be believed on his oath, neither was a witness ;it was their duty to come forward unanimously to repel the accusation. He seconded th e resolution. ' , The radiation was put from the chair and carried. After several other rcsolutions were put and .C'rried, the meet. ins separated:.'? COMPLETION OF THE - SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY - TO D:OVER: , MYER, EEL,. 6.—A communication having been received here last week, that the,Directors would open, this railway to its ter minus at Dovcr this day, .agreeably to resolutions come to in Common-ball assembled, the inhabitants, with the Mayor and cor. poration at, their,head, got up a grand demonstration in celebration of the event; and, in order to ci.rnept the bonds of friendship be. tween England, France, and. Belgium, invitations were sent to the authorities of. Ostend, Calais, and Boulogne,‘ to join Ahem in the festivities. Invitations were also sent to the authorities. and other inhabitants of Deal, Folkestone, and the other neighbouring towns, and many of our neighbours on either side of the Channel were in attendance. Yesterday afternoon the Deputy Mayor of Calais. and about a dozen of the leadingmen of that- place, together with the excellent band of the National Guard of Calais,„3l in, number, dressed in military uniform, arrived by her Majesty's packet the Beaver ; and this morning parties of visitors from east, west, north, and south, flocked into our ancient town. The fine band of the Ist or King's Dragoon Guards, stationed at Canterbury, were also .present to give eclat to the scene. At 2 .o'clock, the inhabitants and visitors began to., assemble at the .rallying„ point—the ; New. Bridge —to form themselves, in the order of- processinn ; and at 3, they moved off to the railway ter.. minus,, the bands of. music playing favourite.airs. , _The .procession reached the terminus about half.past 3 o'clock, when the immense multitude, by this time about 6,000 strong, were, arranged on.each side of the..rails at the temporary station, French and English mingling together in the utmost friendship, while the music. struck up merrily to beguile the half- hour. According to arrangement, exactly .at four o'clock the shrill whistle of the engine was heard, .and .on ,the instant the Sbak speare" engine and ,four carriages, with the Chairman ,and Direc. tors, came home to the. terminua in gallant style,, amid the cheers of the multitude, and .under a royalsalute from Archdiff Fort. On leaving. the carriages the Directors mere metby the authori ties, when the Mayor of . Dover presented Mr. Baxendale, the Chairman of the Company, with an.approptiate, address of tongratu, lation. , . , , Mr. BAXENDALE having returned thanks, the -procession, after the respective guests had been added to, it, was- re-formed, and moved off toithe theatre, where a banquet was prepared for the At five o'clock_about 300 gentlemen sat. down to a sumptuous dinner at the theatre, which had been completely stripped of its scenery, machinery, &c,, to make room for , the banquet, and which was neatly fitted up for ihe purpose. The pit was floored over, the lower boxes were converted into tables, and galleries, were raised on either side of the stage containing dining.tables. The one-shilling gallery was appropriated to the ladies, and it was completely crammed, while the side slips were occupied by the respective bands. At the back of the stage sat the Chairman (the Mayor of Dover). The Directors and other officers of the Company, and other.-dis tinguished guests, sat near the Chairman. Among those present we noticed Messrs. John Baxendale, W. P. Richards, E. Cardwell, L. Cubitt, R. Davis, G. Mlkey, General Hodgson, F. Mills, H. L. Swink, E. Sturt, Captain Tyndale, W. Cubitt, P. W. Barlowe, J. P. Fcarou, J. Whitehead, B. Cubitt, J. Cubitt, S. M. Latham, H. Latham, J. B. Knocker, G. W. Ledger, J. Marsh, E. Knocker, Rev. J. Prickle, M. Rennett, and Wilcox ; a number of the officers of the Ist Dragoons, Colonel R Jones Major Eyre, Colonel King, Captain Egerton, Captain Charlewood, Lieutenant Merritt, M. Le Gros Divot, Mayor of Calais, and the following authorities of the same place :—M. Le Maine, M. Quillecq, M. 11. Dupont, President of the Chamber of Commerce; M. Gullibert, Comman dant of the National Guard; M. Nehon, principal engineer; M. Vogue, member of the Chamber of Commerce ; M. De Rheims, officer of the National Guard; N, Dessin, member of the Chamber of Commerce M. Bauchol, civil engineer; M. Spiers, member of the Agricultural Society, &c. M. Adam, the Mayor of Boulogne, was unavoidably absent through severe illness, but the deputy mayor and the rest of the authorities of that place were present. On the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave " The Queen," " the Queen-Dowager," " Prince Albert and the Royal Family," " King Louis Philippe," " the Arcbb'shop of Canter bury," all of which toasts were enthusiastically responded to. Mr. E. R. RICE, M.P., for' Plover, gave the toast of the even. ing—namely, " the Chairman and Directors of the South- Eastern Railway Company," introducing the same by a suitable preface. This toast was received with all the honours, it N 5 as pos. sible to bestow by the company. Mr. BAZENDALE returned thanks in a most businesslike man ner, and went into the history of the railway from its commence. ment to its terminus' that day at Dover ; he adverted to the difficulties with which the Directors and Engineers had had to contend ; he had, however, always considered Dover the high Way to continental nations, and he bad never 'despaired. Mr. WlLeox gave " Mr. Cubitt, the engineer-in -chief." Mr. CUBITT returned thanks. Mr. LEDGER---" The Secretary and other officers of the South Eastern Railway Company. " . - Mr. H. LATHAM gave !` The Mayor and authorities of the foreign ports who had honoured them by their preseace." The " licalths of the RepresentEitives of Dover," " The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports," and other toasts, ftillowed, and the evening passed off most enthusiastically. • The festivities were kept up till a late heur, assisted by the vocal talents of Mr. Moody, and the members of the choir from. Can terbury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN_',e; treaty; yet • there had been since a; supprementary treaty, in which he believed. it was provided• for. Sir henry Pottinger had done- all his work'well';• bitt he was .not a diplomatist, . and • he had been in some respects' remiss and unsystematic. He had written to _him (Lori Aberdeen) to say that the Supplementary treaty had been Signed ; but he had not sent' it.; or . a eoliy of it. 'But he could isot doubt that it included some provision on the subject, because Sir Henry Pot- Unger had been before aware . of' the' intention of the Goverment. In a communication dated. the'NOveniber 4, he. (Lord A.) said that all . the. Government . wished for wa; -.a fair and unobstructed trade, and that we desired. no. advantages which should. not he en jpyed by the subjects of other Governments.—(Hear.) With that knowledge in his possession at so • early a . period; it' was exceedingly probable that there might be an article to that effect in the supplementary treaty. As soon as that Supplementary treaty arrived, it would be laid before the house, and he trusted that it would . be found to be as satisfactory to their Lordships and the public as the. original treaty had been.—(Hear, hear.) CORN -LAWS. • Lord REDESDALE presented' twenty-nine petitions from different .places in Lincolnshire, .praying their Lordships to continue to. the agricultural interest that small amount of protection which they yet possessed. The Duke of ROXBURGII said that, although no allusiOn had been made to the corn-laws in the Speech from the throne, yet the Noble Mover of the address had alluded to them in the course of his speed], and. on that same evening an announcement had • been made in the other House of Parliament that it was'not . the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any alteration in the corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) He rose for the purpose of expressing the gratification which he had felt on hear ing that announcement. It would tend more than any thing else to restore stability to that agricultural interest which was now, so sorely depressed, and would enable it to resist those attacks which were so unjustly and' so perseveringly levelled against it—it would give fresh courage to those who had recently so nobly stood up in defence of their rights. He felt it to be' his duty to take this, •the earliest opportunity, of expressing the satisfaction with which he hailed the announcement-o. the Government on the subject of the corn-laws. , BANK CHARTER. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 6, The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the-Wool sack at. Five o'Clock. . . .. . • LAWS RELATING TO GAMBLING: The. Duke of-RICHMOND moved that the -esidenio taken before the Select Committee appointed to consider the - laws relating to'gambling, should be presented froM 'time to time for the use of the House, but that it should not be delivered until further orders.---Agreed to. - -PROPERTY OF FELONS.. The Duke of RICHMOND -then proceeded to call the attention. of- hiS Noble Friend at the head of the Council-office to a circular, dated the 2d of- September, 1843, which 'was • signed by the 'Assistant-Secre tary :to the- Treasury, : and which - had been sent _to the different clerks of the peace of the United King dom. He had no vigil to throw any impediments in the way of the Government, or to impute blame to any one ; but he thought it much. better that all communications from the Government to the magistrates, especially on matters relating to the administration ofjustieettii regarded criminals should be ma d e t h rough the medium of the -Secre•-• tary of State for the HOme Department. Had such a course been adopted in the present instance, the irregularity of which he had now to cotnplain would not,,in all pro bability, have occurred. Their Lordships were aware tt t oh h e a g t ce t tr h oa e sw property totapenhedr as t n y ot o hd f eo a yu l l bc c to o ut U hl d v e i f c Tr t o e rm d e a t f s e hu l ar o ty n s s iol w ,ue • rr a ce s e a f o sl r t faenitxvido should, utos however; be recollected that the country. gentlemen of England had to pay. half the expenses of these prosecu tions out of the county-rate, and to maintain the criminals in gaol ; and he thought that, at all events, the county should be reimbursed th e expenses wh i ch they had in curred; from the forfeited property of criminals before the Crown seized it, leaving the residue, after the pay ment of those expenses, to the Crown. However, he admitted that by law the Crown was entitled to all the property of convicted _felons. He was well aware that this letter was only a letter or advice, but magistrates would scarcely be inclined to think that the Lords of the Treasury would offer them bad advice. The paragraph in this letter recommended that the justices should make a return of all moneys taken from prisoners by the go vernor of the gaol. To that he did not object; The go vernor of every prison was bound to take an inventory- of all property found on the prisoners; and he thought there could be no objection to that inventory being transmitted to the Treasury • but ther e was,another direction in th e letter to which he did object, and that was, that in cases in which there was reason to suppose that the prisoner was possessed of property other than that found on his person, the magistrates were required to cause inquiry to be made at -the residence of such prisoner, pr, in any other place frequented by him, in - order to :ascertain particulars as to the value of such property, which was to be returned to the clerk of the peace, , and included in his return to the Treasury. He (the Duke of Richmond) contended that such a requisition was illegal; a constable entering a place to make such inquiry would be liable to an action for trespass. How was he to know to whom the property belonged ? He had no right to look over partnership accounts ; and if .such inquiries were made, he (the Duke of Rich mond), as a visiting magistrate; should feel it his duty to inform every prisoner that, up to the moment of his conviction, he had a perfect right to assign over his pro perty, or dispose of it in any way he might think proper. He hoped the GoVernment would withdraw this letter, or, at all events, amend it. The Noble Duke concluded by moving for the production of the letter. Lord WHAIINCLIFFE had no objection to the pro duction of the letter. The Noble Duke had correctly stated, that, by, the common law of the land, the goods of convicted prisoners were forfeited to the Crown,- and, Until a few years ago , a regular return of such goods was made. Some very strong instances have arisen in which the property of prisoners had fallen into other "persons' hands, and had been retained by those perions 7 One was at Brighton, when forty sovereigns were taken from a prisoner, and not -given up. A still stronger case had occurred in Westmoreland, when. no less a sum than 2,0001. wai.kept back, and was only .recovered after the lapse of a considerable time. He agreed with. his Noble. Friend, that in particular cases: the recom mendations contained in the clause of the letter. could not be acted upon. The object -of this recommendation Was, that on every -apprehension the officer • should be 'compelled to mark on the back of the commitment the amount of money found upon the prisoner. If this recommendation - were adopted, he thought it would be attended • with good results, and he thought it would be 'well' for the magis trates to attend to the suggestion. It was also recom mended that, - when the constable took the prisoner into custody, he should take an account of the property pos sessed by the prisoner ; but by this it was by no -means -intended that he should inquire into the -particulars of undivided -profits of partners. -. • • • • • 'Lord-BROUGHAM was very glad this - subject had been brought under the consideration of their Lordships. By the clause of the letter, to which more .particnlar re ference had been. made, it. was recommended that the constable should be empowered to inquire. into the amount of property. belonging, or supposed to .belong, to a prisoner. ,It was impossible. to defend the clause, inasmuch as it empowered an officer toeommit trespass. Lord CAMPBELL regretted that this letter - had not been subinitted to his Noble and 'Learned Friend- the Lord Chancellor, or to the Attorney-General, before it was issued. - He thought it was the duty of the Lords of the Treastiry to take the highest legal opinion as to its validity. : He was of opinion that the sooner the law *as revised the better.. -The. Duke of RICHMOND would suggest that it would be desirable to hare a letter written to other counties not to act on that law, which the Noble Lord thought had been better onlitted." , Ile would withdraw. the'tnotion, but he shouhl like to have amintimation on the part of the - Government_ that .care should be .taken to have other counties inforined of! the opiniOns which. the governmententertaine. Lord MONTEAGLE disclaimed all party motives in bringing forward the subject of which he had given notice. He was aware of the. great difficulty in treating of banking affairs, and while the difficult task of treating of those affairs had devolved upon him in the other House of Parliament, he had received from the members of the present Government such cordial assistance, that he should be guilty of ingratitude were he to discuss this subject with any degree of hasty feeling. At the time his Noble Friend Earl Spencer had brotight forward the Bank Charter Renewal Act he had also introduced another Bill: on the subject of banking, which had un fortunately not passed into a law. Since that time no very important measure on the subject had been submitted to Parliament. He agreed that premature discussion was unadvisable, but he also thought that every possible information 'should be com municated to their Lordships. Their 'Lordships were already in possession•of a `asst deal of inforMation on the subject. He by no means recommended the ap pointment of a Select Committee to consider the subject, but if it were the attention of the Government it cer- tainly was advisable that the Committee should be 4- pointed as speedily as possible. The first question he had to ask was, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to institute any inquiry of that description? The next was, in the event of an inquiry of that description being instituted, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to lay before Parliament any documents showing what negotiations or what communications they had had on the subject with the Bank of England? He would not ask that question without a word of explanation. He thought nothing could go further towards impeding the settle ment of this question than the prodnction of any papers which had only incidentally helped the Government to arrive at this conclusion. On the other hand, he thought any papers distinctly explanatory of the course intended to be taken by the Government ought, as far as consistent with the public , service, to be laid before-Parlia ment. An,impression had obtained ground that it wasin tended to create a monopoly in banking. This was a most erroneous impression, as nothing of the sort could -be intended. He thOught the sooner the terms of the , pro position agreed -to by the Government and the Bank of England were made public, the more likely was this question soon , to be settled. He did not wish to draw from the Noble Duke what that proposition was, but he hoped. the Noble Duke would, as soon as convenient, pit the public in possession of it. The third question he'had to put was, wheth er th e a l terat i on of the law contemplated on the subject of banking would apply to Ireland as well as England? The Duke of WELLINGTON was willing .to give the Noble Lord all the information in his power. The first question was, whether it was the, intention of the Government to appoint a Committee on banking. He thought there was no need for the appointment of such a Committee, 11,S the House was already in . pos session of sufficient • inforMation "on the sub ject. Regarding the second question, he was not aware that there was at present any document which it vi ould be desirable to lay before the House, but the House might rely upon it that if there were any docu ments which it wa,s• requisite to lay before Parliament they would be spedily laid before .their Lordships. Regarding, the renewal of the charter of the Bank of Ireland the Noble Lord must be aware that it depended upon entirely different circumstances from the renewal of the charter of, the Bank of England.—(f Hear, hear" from Lord Monteagle.) It was intended that when the charter of the Bank of Ireland was renewed it should be renewed on the same principle as the Bank of England. ./i'return of the assets and liabilities of the. Bank ofl Edgitlnd, as 'published in the London Gazette in •the years' 1842 And 1843, was then mo ve d f or . - • • Lord MONTEAGLE wished to know if - -it ' were the intention of the Government to institute any inquiry re garding.the Irish poor-laws during the, present session? The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was the in tention of the , Goivrinnent to institute such an inquiry, •but not until the Irish representatives had returned. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition' from .the Catholics of Belfait, comylaining. that .Roman. Catholics were rejected frotn the 'Jury appointed at the. State trials..; He • would not, however, for obvious reasons, make•any observations on the subject. • The douse then adjourned. • • After a few words . from I:.ord WHARNCLIFFE and the, Duke of RICHMOND, -we understood, the motion>.was withdrawn.. • • 4. , THE AFFAIRS, OF SPAIN -The Earl-of-CLARENDON' gave notice that he would, on Friday rie;et, ask some questions of the‘.NOble Lord, the Secretary •for Fiireien Affairs, respecting the events .which had recently • taken place in Spain, and their, present relationS with that country-. • • , . ~ • CHINESE,; TREATY. • .f The Earl of,bLARENDON . said he wished to put a question to the -Noble Lord, the:Secretary •for .Foreign Affairs, respecting- , one or two points, an explanation upon which, he thought - necessary to 'render that im portant document' coMplete: they' were about to enter on a new field of commerce, which it was mo-gt , '"would - depend upon Strict - adherence to th'e terms' of the treaty on their part--it Was . essential .that no misunderstanding shoji. Government would ex ld exist,:and the Chinese pect a :rigid, .ailherence te.all the engagement& which they entered into. , Their Lordships .had heard with great 'satisfaction in the speech from the •throne, - that the: same , favour .would be • afforded- to the commerce Of other 'nations: with China which their ,, own had ; but there Was nothing in tha treaty to indicate to foreign countries that this • *LIS the case. He sup posed that this was an 'cireissiOn; but it was' of iniportinee that no doubt should rest on a. transaction 'which reflected' so ,much honour en this country, and which first gstahlislied the principle of free competition in this new market, ,the: benefits of which would probably . he extended to other countries. by the Chinese. . This. wisdom and .•liberality was•owing to the instructions-of , her. Majesty's Government to the very enlightened , individual -• 1 1' 1 " - Ivhoni !those- negotiations Were• carried on. Wit • regard W the -- regula tions appended ' the • • treaty,:' they appeared to lia,Ve been framed mith a very careful regard to the CUstoinS of Chine, and With a vi ew to prevent fraud on the 'part of the'Cliiesse, and quarrels on their part, by Which their,intereoutse:;might hereafter be interrupted.. „ But these., regulations moat . he considered, he appror hended, . a -part of • -the., treaty,,. equally . binding. and,. of the , same- force with.. the treaty, becaus, in the • second article... 'they :were • adverted to and- formed.an integral part. Of-it, but it was desir able that no misunderstanding shorild exist in it matter of so much importance. Ik' wished, to - know whether her Majesty's representatives in China hitcl authority, to enforce those ,regulatiens as a portion of the.. treaty between the two countries,. Some, of those regulations were of - a•,very stringent, character, - and they ;ought to be • well ,known .in - this country, because on their-due observance depended the continuance of their peaceful' intercourse with , China. The third •regulation, respecting her Majesty's. ships, provides for the impo sition of various fines, some of' them amounting to five hundred' dollars, together with confiscation of the whole, cargo, for certain offences therein specified, but in no part ,of the regulations clid 'lie find it, stated ,by, whom .tbes, tines were, to. be _levied. Regulation, the 13th WAS the most important. part,Of ..the whole treaty.; blithe scarcely thought that it was expressed with .sufficient clearness. It Said that, with respect to the punishMent of • English criminals, 'the Goyern ment of • the ''QUeen of. England would entict laws to provide for that , object., lie . begged te• ask his Noble' .Friend whither,, any . code :of laws had been drawn up, and. if £O, when it would, be ready to be put in execution ? . might be . highly important that the Consuls should be able , early to put .the, law in force: •, lie .wished also, to , ask, whether that power would be restricted to the Consul-General or the authori ties at Ho/T.-Kong ? or whether each of the . Consuls at the five ports would be•empowered to carry. the law into effect upon his own auth or ity ? Th e 'fourteenth regulation provided ,that cruisers should be stationed off. each of' the five„ ports for the protection of the 'Consuls.. He thought,that a. most important re gulation, and lie was sure that the country, would he glad to learn . that it was intended to . be perma . - tient, ,as..it ; was..most ,desirable, for, the .preservation of peace between The two nations.•,--(Hear, hear.) On the subject of the 15th regulation, he begged to ask vvlie ther it was intended that the Consuls should gi ve s e cur ity for the conduct of' the merchants, or for the payment of the dues to the Chinese GoVernment ? The . Earlof ABERDEEN was happy to have it in his power. to giVe the . explanations which his NOble Pyiend required. The regulations 6*g:been agreed upon by the Chinese Commissioners and Sir Henry Pottinger must ht ; considered ,as. part, of time treaty., The power of framing. ,ft code was given . to. the Governor and Couecil Hong,lCoug,. . and e ac h • o f th e Consuls would - be . empowered to carry "it into execution. He entirely ag-reed with his 'Noble Frien4, that a British cruiser should be' permanently' sta tioned off each of - those, perts 7 =-(llear,: hear.) respect to the 15th regulation, lie (-mild atisivi.r that . the Consuls would run n. i ii list, Were secutity for ,the , bin nse the. the , Hong merchants were abolished ; but they would have the,,ships' paperSAOivere,d to them, and left, in their possession, until the captains showed that the Chinese authorities were satisfied. Although there was no,stipulation respecting 'other European nations in-the .and and flax factories, at work, empty,and together, in tLe. power of the Executive t o i ns tit u t e a su i t in each county of the United Ki ng d om . COMMERCIAL TRE A T IES. - , - , and g . .give : the :: . damages, by, tty of 'compensation, . 'l.y to the . party injured. ,The regulations . .. regarding Mr. RICARDO, gave notice- of his intention of .children were not at present th e ' s ame i n s ilk bringing forward a m o ti on re lati ve to the commercial mills as in cotton and other 'factories,, and he now treatieshetween this and. other other countries. MAN., 1 IMPORTDUTIES proposed to brin g s ilk . India under precisely'the same OF ' • .regulations in respect to children as other - factories. Dr. BOWRING said he hada question to put to - the Ile ha.d me n t i oned ib e P rincipal provisions in the with Right Hon. the President Of the' Board of "Trade, in re- the . exception only Of that portion of the Bill o f l a st ference to the import duties payable in the Isle of M an . 1 , session to which attention had been niore , especially - He -Wished to ascertain whether : the- Right Hon: Gentle- directed. Ile did not mean to interfere wiTh - that por man intended to - abolish the 21- per cent. iMpOrt duty on Lien of the. Bill which prescribes the ruleS' regarding Britislinianufactures payable in the Ida of Man ; and education.--(11.ear:) A child from eight to - thirteen whether he intended to supersede' or modify the license years Old he proposed should not be employed continu -system in that island; of which so manycomplaints were ously formore than six hours and a half,and that the other made. - portion of the day should be devoted to education. The Mr. GLADSTONE , said, in answer to the Hon. Gen- Government last year proposed to do something with re tleman, he could state that they had proceeded so farm spect to. the quality of the education given to the chil the examination ot this subject, aS to-enable him to say that dren in factories, ' The enactments throughout the in the course of the pr6ent session, he hoped to be able existing. law of factory. .education.• were, he was to introduce a' Bill' which would certainly abolish the afraid, .-almost illusory, for persons had been •2 2 s her cent. duty, payable on British ntanufactures i and employed that'were little qualified, indeed,' even for fl u . which would also have the effect of very materially re- tics so humble as those entrusted to thew._ Even the - stricting the licensing system, and exempting from. its stoker of .the furnace was, occasionally to be- found operation many imp or t an t c ommo di t i es, a s we ll as i n t- acting. the .part of schoolmater,;. and there. was an proving i n ot h er respects t h e commercial arrangements undeniable want _of every proper facility . Anti appa of the island. - ratus in the shape of books and other requisites. . In On the motion of Mr. CHARLES WOOD and . Mr. fact, the system had been one not of education, but of VERNON SMITH, several unopposed . returns' were mere confinement, leaving, the children without ' any ordered - . - • knowledge or instruction whatever. He (Sir James Graham) was, hOwever, bound to state, that these evils were giving way, under the force of public opinion, , to a better state of things, and he ;indulged the hope that there were now many mill-owners whelvere sincerely anxious to supply the means of instruction to those employed by them. The experience of last year, hoWever, had determined him not to interfere with the quality of the instruction now offered.---(Hear, hear.) It had been the hope of the Government that a measure providing scriptural teaching, snperintended by the vi gilant. inspection of officers appointed by. the Privy Council on Education, would meet with general con currence. He confessed that that hope, in his mind• at least, had vanished. Reliance must now be placed, and it was not a vain reliance, after what they had lately seen, but he confessed that with him it was a confident hope—reliance must be placed on the honest rivalry which had arisen between the Church and the Dissenters, by whom he trusted great efforts would be made to dif fuse amidst the immense masses of the population sound general knowledge in connexion with scriptural instruc tion. He was cilia° satisfied that if good schools were established in the manufacturing districts the people would have sufficient discrimination to prefer them to bad schools. If the Legislature provided that the children should hiVe sufficient leisure for instruction, he was confi dent that they would be instructed, and instructed in a manner infinitely superior to anythin g that had yet been witnessed. At all events he was not prepared at pre sent, either directly Or indirectly, to , interfere with the quality -of the instruction to be - afforded ; all that he asked the House to do was, to allow leisure to the chil dren, which would secure for them, without being over strained by labour,- an opportunity of attending the school for at least three hours every day, with the ex ception of Saturday, which was a half holiday. He would express an earnest hope that the'effect of the dif fusion of knowledge, based upon sound principles of in struction and upon religious truth, would have the ,effect of averting that which, if left unchecked, would be a source of the greatest and most serious national injury —llth evil of a dense population living without know ledge, without instruction, and without religion. The Right i llon. Baronet then moved for leave to introduce a Bill-to amend the Factory Act. . Mr-HUME said he was surprised that the Govern ment should continue to introduce measures like that which had just been announced. If 'they interfered with any class in this manner they should interfere with all. They should • not confine. themselves, to the em ployment of one class at particular times, but they should extend the measure :to every branch, of manu factures... It mould appear as though experience were lost upon those who made these attempts. at legislation. Here were parents, children, , and manufacturers all in terested in the :subjeat of employment as one affecting the means of subsistence, and yet the Government were attempting to throw every difficulty in the its fair exercise. • It would be much better if the govern ment would take ! into consideration the cause of that anxiety to which reference had been made. It was the want of employment. What was it which . pre vented employment ? Bad legislation. Why not remove . that • instead •_ of attempting to bolster up evils by this patchwork legislation I' All experience , showed that measures of . this • - kind `could not succeed, a nd h e was anxious that the Government. should look to causes and not attempt. to • correct the, results of bad legislation. They ought not .to restrict the employment of children in one manufactory, and leave it unrestricted in another. Education should be made a national object, and they should require that every child should be educated. lle greatly deprecated the requiring certificates, considering it extremely objectionable. It was to be provided, too, that in all instances of accident, loss of limb, or injury, an action, at law might lie against the proprietor of the factory. Why should not railway companies and other bodies be subjected to the same process? He thought that this part of the measure required • to be well con sidered.. If there ever was a demand upon-the Govern ment,. it was that they 'should provide. an efficient mea sure of general education, leaving religion to the different religious sects. But the . present measure was 'one to which he entertained the..strongest objection. Mr, STUART ..WORTLEY said -he believed there could. be. no, greater evil than the absorp tion of the •• bulk of the female population in factory employments: Ile deprecated the 'system of employing persons in factories for so long .a_ period as that contemplated by the Bill. His Right Hon. Friend had referred to the authority upon .which he founded the measure lie was now aboutto bring.in, and said that it was .derived from the Inspectors ,3f Factories, b u t h e (Mr..Wrortley) wished tha his Right . Hon. Friend had paid more attention to.some suggestions which-had 13« en made by those gentlemen. Mr. Saunders,- in his ilast Report, had stated, in language than which nothing could be stronger, that the labour.-of persons- nf, , the age contemplated in the present Bill. should. in no instance be allowed. to exceed eleven hours during the.day. Mr. Horner, expressed a similar. opinion al so . :He thought with those exceptions . that the measure ,was likely to effect much good, - und .to.improve the operation of- the present Act: . • .. Mr. HINDLEY.:feIt glad that Wallin had been in troduced, because he thought it would be an improve ment upon. the former Act. He perfectly concurred - with the ljen.,Member who had just sat - dow,u,that an alte ration should be made_ in . the number -Of hours-during which it was ; propoSed to require the young persons to , labour,,ancl that. this subject required the . most , serious consideration of the ,House. - He .should. wish .the Hon. MemberforlMOntrose, who took a. very abstract. view of this question,, -to consider the facts of the matter. He (Mr. llindley) considered that while the Government allowed certain,prjvileges to the manufacturers, they also should : retain. the , right . to themselves. of inter fering when . a system. _ was adopted which was likely produce great physical and moral evils. They heard much of their wealth and of their great pro duction; ,but if that.vast amount of production was-tak ing place at the sacrifice of the health, morals, and in telligence of the people, .it might be purchased f like gold, too dearly. They had been told that their , interferenee in this subject would endanger their foreign commerce. This he disproved by . showing.. thatomdev-the present Act, th - e manufacture. of cotton - had increased 438 , per cent. Puhlic opinion was in favour of the ,rednetion Of the amount of human labour ;' he alludecitto lions made by, the drapers': assistants,. and .fire , persons employed in other occupations, to, procure a eurtailmtgit of the -hours ot labour. The drapers of Manchester had ceased to employ their assistants on Saturday after noons. ' There was a general , impression th a t h uman la bour had heen too much employed in this-country;' that it had been tasked till human strength sank beneath-it. 'He contended that, ,with respect to the cotton trade, a shortening of the hours of labour would be attended 'with advantage in, Tendering the amount of labour more proportionate to the limited supply of cotton they had this year received from America. •He -urged on the Government the propriety of taking up this question in a right and determined spirit. It Was not for him, as their .political ~ o pponent (as he generally was), to tell them what to doin.order to bring the people 'of England around' them in sup- port of their exertions.. They had the means of doing so, by showing a 'determined spirit in support of the in terests of the labouring classes. Lord ASHLEY said the House was well aware. how inconvenient it was to discuss the principle of a Bill in itsearliest stage.- - (llcar,' hear.) . He. therefore- would not attempt to occupy their attention. at that, moment, ladle could not feel satisfied withoUt rising to express 'his gratitude to the Government for the advance they had made.—(llpar, hear.) He would ,not advance his own views .and sentiments then, but simply repeat his thanks to - I‘linisteri for the ; advance ..now made.— (Cheers.)=-Leave was then given to bring in. the Bill. - POOR-RATES IN IRELAND. Major MACNAMARA, on behalf of Mr. F. French, moved for a return of dates On which, and the places where, the military or police have beep employed in enforcing the collection of poor-rates in. Ireland, between the Ist day of January, I $43, and the Ist day of January, 1844 ; specifying the number of men em ployed, and the amount collected, on each occasion; and also a return of the date and amount of each rate made in the different poor-law.unions in Ireland, under the provisions of the Act 1 and 2 Vie, c. 56, for th e more effectual relief of die destitute poor in that country; specifying the amount Of each rate remaining uncollected on the Ist, clay of January, 1844. SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILIVA):S..... Mr. W. GLADSTONE moved, that the Select Com mittee on Railways should consist of the following gen tb men :—Mr. William Gladstone, Mr. Labotich,ere, Lord Seymour, Mr. Wilson Patten, Viscount, Sandon, Mr, Gisborne; Lord Granville Somerset, Sir John East: hope, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Russell, Mr. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Mr. Green, Mr. Maclean, Mr. 'I liornely„ and Mr. Cardwell. ..„ Mr. WALLACE said, he should now.. propose the amendment of which he had given' notice, and which was to the effect that' no person should be on the Com mittee who had a direct interest hi any railway. . In - doing this,'he belic_v a ed he was bringing under the con sideration of the House, no novel principle, but one which had obtained for a very considerable timf-7-; namely, that no Hononrable Member would all' s ' hi s I a direct name to remain on a Committee pecu niary interestin the Matter' on had to sit. 'Before he went'flirtlic r r . , ,,i,v; in reference to that what he had'advaneed la ii s i t no e ,,diat„ locality.,,was ‘ , ` ,.. l l ' , l, ,• , l l , a icli t ie C d oi t o n7 s ! t t a te te e s a tri r f4 a l i y lw n a . i , d .. e et,.nll,l' that' the concession tan, insteadmad(tloV6hl;;;lrign7,l:it,::l,alls it ,in} lit to hate breaeill)7tyo i th h ; . - f d a i r r e e s e ' ;o )l i . s l-,h t t d ‘ iii n r il i t - l e n i c '' e t ( l r ir ri oTn si ii, l iTi t 4 l e lle nd7. instead of redueins fixes; they iucreasecl' Vogt's, .that LIGHT GOLD. • • Mr. GISBORNE said he had put a question the other day to the Right Hon. the President of the Board- of Trade, on the subject of the light coinage which had found 'its way back to the 'Mint, and that gentleman not being then prepared to answer it, had re quested that it might be =repeated an a futnre occasion. lie Would now ask if the Govern ment were in a situation to give any information to the House, Whether the gold coin which had been called in had been deteriorated by wear and tear alone, or whether it had been subjected to sweating, or any other illegiti • mate prOcess•T • ••.• Mr. GLADSTONE, on the part of the Government, begged to gay that they had no direct and positive means of ascertaining the dates Of all the light sove reigns sent in for re-coinage. • Sovereigns of all dates had been returned, but the great Mass . of them - were of the reigns 'of 'George the Third and the early part 'of George the Fourth. Respecting the question, Of which the Hon. Member had been kind enough to give him notice, Whether or not the coin returned had been sub jected to the . proeess of sweating Or other illegi timate process, , he Could • only say that the Government had "no 'Means-Of ascertaining positively if such Were the case 'or not: As far, howeVer, as a cor rect opinion Could be founded, it was believed that the returned•coin had not been subjected to such process to any great • extent. - The Coin generally gave evi dence of very great wear, altliongli, of course, in particular cases, illegitimate means Of causing deterioration had been resorted to. Mr. GISBORNE then gave notice that-he would; that day fortnight, move for a Select Committee to' in quire into the deterioration of the gold coinage, and whether any measures could' be adopted f or p revent i ng the loss arising therefrom from • falling unjustly upon the people. Sir H. DOUGLAS -begged to ask the Noble Lord, the Member fin: Dorsetshire, whether he intended to proceed with his motion 'respecting the affairs of Sinde, on the day stated in . the notice paper? • - Lord ASHLEY said it was certainly his intention to bring forward his Motion on-that day. • " Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentletnan, the Chtineeller of the Exchequer, whether he could give the Honse ( any any . of the discontinuance of the Miperiments on • the Kingston and DalkeY Atmospherie Railway in Ireland ? The CHANCELLOR Of the 'EXCFIEQUER said the Right Hon. Gentleman was misinformed if he sup posed there had been anything more than a partial,dis continuance of the experiments. It was a part -of the original agreeinent that a 'sufficient portion Of the trench which ran along the Kingston Harbour should be covered over, for the accommodation of the public ; the railway was completed without that condition being ful filled ; and it was the procesS of covering over, a' certain portion which had caused the' sus p ens i on . • IRISH REGISTRATION. :Mr. WYSE begged to aikthe Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for 'the Home • Department, at what period it was his intention to bring forward the Registration Bill for Ireland, 'and what would be the , provisions , of the measure? • • - Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he felt great pleasure in answering the first question which the Right Honourable Gentleman had put to him respecting the period at which lie should introduce the Bill. It was his intention, on the part of the Government, to move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the law res tecting the registration of voters in I re l an d b e f ore t h e Easter recess. As to the particular provisions of the measure, he hardly thought it could be expected of him that he should then state what those pro Visions might be. He was not aware, that under similar circumstances, it had been expected of any Government.—(Hear, hear,) THE RAILWAYS COMMITTER- • Mr. WALLACE, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman the President . of the Board of Trade in his place s took' that opportunity of informing him that previous to the Right Hon. Gentlenian's coming into the House he had given-notice that, on the -Motion for appointing the Com mittee on Railways, he 'would move a resolution to the effect that no director or shareholder of any railway company should be a member of that Committee. He now begged to-ask the Right lion. Gentleman if amongst 'the Members whoth he intended to appoint upon that Committee there was any railway director or shareholder? • Mr: GLADSTONE . said "that he was obliged to • the Hon. Member for Greenock for having . communicated to him the notice- he had given, an d h e had no difficulty in giving hiM all the information in his power in reply to his concluding`qtiegtion: 'The 'gentlemen Whom 'he had; named for , his Committe e ' were . - no t- - se l ecte d •13Y1 'him; but were "nominated' at the Suggestion or the gentlemen who • formed. •the previous' Com-: mittee. He could - say, however, that there Werel some directors,, , and at least, 'Os far as his know-! ledge went, One, shareholder in railway , CoMpthiies.: The' Honourable - 'Member 'for Reading was Chair-' man of the . Great Western "Rail Way. .The Ifo.! 'nOureble Member for Clitheroe was a Director of the South Eastern, and two other of the gentlemen were also railway directors. The , two first-named gentlemen were connected - with what were called high fare rail ways, and the two 'last with l'ow fdre lines. There was also the Noble Lord the Member for Totnes ' who was' nominated because, as he: was a Member:r, of the late GovernMent c and 'had been upon the' former Com- i mittee, it was thought right that he should be also upon this. He believed that the Noble Lord was a directori of a new railway.. He himself '(Mr. Gladstone) r was a shareholder .in a railway company but 'he was, not able to . give the Honourable Gentleinati any further information as to - the constitution of the Committee. ' THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. In answer to a question froin Sir C. NAPIER, •'• Sir ROBERT PEEL s a id" th a t th e whole question of the instructions to be ' given - to the Comman ders. of cruisers for - the 'detection 'of slave - ships, had been referred to..a Commission consisting of Dr. Lush ington and - Captain B a y ne . With regard to' occasioned by negotiations with the United: States, he could only say, that they were 'consistent with the in structions - formerly - given, but' he did not think a •due regard to the public service would allow him to give a more explicit answer. Lord PALMERSTON wished to ask' ,Whether the Government had come to any understanding, or 'made any arrangements as . to the power which the com manders of our Vessels should have of' visiting ships for the purpose of ascertaining their nationality ? Sir R. PEEL said the instructions which had been. .. • . given this year were the same as those which had been: issued to the officerg of her Majesty's Navy the:first instance. . CEMP.Td . ERIES IN LARGE: TOWNS. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, who inquired Whether it'was the intention* of Government to introduce any Bill for the prevention of interment in large 'cities and towns, Sir J. GRAHAM said the question' of the health of large_towns was at present under the consideration of a Committee; and until this Committee had made their Report, he could not distinctly state what course the Government intended to pursae. . 'FACTORIES AMENDMENT BILL. Sir . J. GRAHAM rose to introduce a Bill for the better regulation of, and to amend the laws relating to, factories • and in doing so said that the Bill w as s i m il ar t o the one he had introduced during the last session, which had been founded upon the Report Of ti Select Committee. His Bill introduced ; several 'important alteratiOns and limitations as to ages and hours of labour. As the law now stands, the .definition of children was between the ages of nine and, thirteen years. He proposed that the 'specification be somewhat altered, and that the definition of children be fixed,betwcen the ages of eight and thir teen. Ho c proposed that children: bet ween _ th e sagfs of eight. and thirteen should not be employed in day for a longer period than six hours and a. halt; and that they should not be employed both in the :forenoon and the afternoon of the same day, Respecting young persons, the definition in the law, as it stands, was 'between the ages of thirteen and eighteen years. lie did'not propose to make any, alteration in this definition of ages, but he should pro pose, as to their hours of work, that they should not be employed in any cotton, silk, wool, or flax manufac tory for any portion of the twenty-four hours longer than from half-past five to seven in summer, and from six to 'eight in. winter, thus making thirteen and a. half hours of work, with one hour and a half of time for rest. As the law at present stood, all persons above the age of eighteen were 'considered adults, and of their labour there was no limitation at all. But under the present law many persons were employed as adults 'who were totally unlit 'for the labour. The Right Hon. Baronet then read extracts from the report of Mr. Homer, as to the periods of work required from pet sons who were considered • adults, and especially from adult females. With the best consideration that he could give to the reports and evid e n ce w hiCh it h a d been his 'duty to con ,snit, he had determined to propose a limitation to the 'continuous labour of females, • satisfied that the 'uncontrolled exercise of their industry was alike injurious to their health and their morals.—(Hear, hear.) He also proposed to enact a new limitation with respect to the way in which back time was now brought up, and which had led 'to 'great' infraCtions of the law. Where the power had been of a double nature (steam-power ,and water-power), whenever loss of time had accrued, the party so 'losing it had 110 en made 'to greatly Violate the law in bringing that time up ngain. He proposed that no facilities shinild be given for redeeming this lost power, e.:,eeptino• '' where the power. is water-power only---and - to that,alsa, - he shoutil propose' a, further limitation. Power also was given to the proper authorities to ,notify to MillowneM wherever. and whet;tever, in their opinion; :niaainery might be`considered dangerous ; and if, after such Doti fiCatioh, - any accident should occur, it Sh°l2l4 be . 4.. Ll.t COURT CIRCI/LAR. WINDSOP, T UE SDAY.--ITr majesty and his Tloya . l high ness Prince Albert are 11.3 well as on be expected. Her Royal Highness the Princer,s Alice wal taken an airing in the Park to-day. , , The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy . Council sat yesterday- in the Council Chamber, The Lords present were, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell,.. the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. Mr. Thesiger, Queen's Counsel, and Pr. Addams were heard for the appellant,,on an appeal from the High court of ~ r ~.i _ ~. 11.1 ~: ; I'_. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 6. The SPEAKER took .the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. CRESSWELLpresented a petition from the Mor peth Union against , the Bastardy clause orthe Poor law Bili. . . • Lord CLIVE presented a petition from the Berkshire. Lay Association, against . the union.-of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. EXCLUSION- .OF CATHOLICS FROM 'JURIES: Mr. ROSS 'presented a, petition from the Catholic inhabitants of Belfast,. which was agreed to at .a'pub lic meeting, attended by persons of every principle and politics, and signed. on behalf of the meeting by the chairman, who was an anti-repealer, complaining of the recent proceedin gs . i n I re l an d , b y wh i ch Catholics had been excluded from the jury panel, and which the peti tioners considered :is inflicting a wanton insult on the Catholics of-that. country, the result of which must lead to the establishment of.a rancorous political ascendancy. They considered such a course of proceedings as a viola tion of the Emancipation. Act, and as tending to raise the .question whether Catholics were worthy of credit on their oaths, or were. capable of trying persons :for sedition, They 'prayed the interference of the HouSe, and besought the House to_ address' her:Majesty, praying •her to dismiss her . Ministers, and to take 'steps to secure them againit.the tyranny of a faction. • - WINDOW-TAX. Mr. WALKER .presented a petition from 60 of the licensed victuallers of Berwick, stating that other trades men were exempt.from the window-tax on their shops and warehouses, and praying that • the same exemptions might be extended to the licensed victuallers. GRIEVANCES. F ! Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented petitions from Dartmouth, Market llarborough, Brentwood, - arid other places. The petitions stated that it was a princi ple of the British Constitution that grievances should be investigated and r e d ress affiirdel before the supplicis were voted, mind they prayed the 'House to carry out that principle. Also a petition to the same effect from Cam bridge, sigiied by five hundred • persons ; and a petition to:the same effect,: signed by J. Maepherson,.of Aberdeen, on behalf of a meeting. • Mr.:HUME presented a petition from Buntingford, complaining of the system of representation, and stating that no person ought to be taxed without having-a voice in the Legiilature. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. ' Mr. COBDEN gave notice that on' this day fortnight he would move for a Select Committee to inquire relat ing to the effecti of impo r t d u ti es on th e tenant-farmers and farm-labourers Of thiS country.'' RAILWAYS. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that on moving for the appointment of the Committee on Railways, he would move that no Member,' being a director of railways, or being a shareholder of any railway, should be appointed thereon. THE AFFAIRS , OF GREECE. Mr. B. COCHRANE gave notice that on the 20th he would move for the correspondence, or extracts of the correspondence, which took place between her Majesty's Government and the Governments of France and Rus !siarelating to recent events in Greece. THE AMEERS OF SINDE. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that he would move the following resolution upon the' motion of the nible Lord, the Member for Dorset ( Lord Ashley), " Thtit the conduct pursued by lord Auckland, as Governor General of India, in his negotiations with - the - Ameers of Sinde, was iniquitous , and unjust towards them, and impo litic with regard to British dominion In In• din, and that the policy of Lord Ellenborough was unfortunately the necessary result of the unwise policy pursued by his . predecessor ; and that While the restoration of the Ameers to their former dominion would be dangerous to British interests, and therefore impossible, humanity - required that they should be treated in a manner consistent with their former position." FACTORIES -ACT. Mr. BROTHERTON moved for a .return of the number. •and names of the persons summoned for offences against the Factories- Act; between the . Ist day of January, '1843, and• the Ist d - ay of January, 1844, specifyinc , the date of the conviction or hearing, the place of hearing, by whom 'each conviction was made, the . . offencein- each - case, and the manner in Which the penalties and costs were appropriated. Also, a . surn mary of the • total number of - intimmations and convic tions, the . arnonrit Of 'penalties 'and costs, in each year, since the commencement of the FaCtories 'Regulation Act in •1834.--Agreed to. The Honourable Member postpdned the motion for another return; of \ilia he had gi veil notice, relating to the nupalier of cotton, woollen, .! TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE ERRATUM in the list of Sheriffs appointed by her Majesty; in Council, for the year 1844, published in the Second Sup plement to the Gazette of the 30th'of January last. Surrey— For " William Straeham, of Ashurst, Esq.," read " Wilhana &radian,' of Ashurst, Esq." FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 3, 1844. The Queen . has been pleased to approve of Mr. Stephen Money, as. Consiil at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. _ WHITEHALL, JAN. 30. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Fogg. of Dary hulme, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Ex- , traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 1. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry William Litler, of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Muter Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. HENRY TISOE, carpenter; Hertford, to surrender Feb. ,3, at half-past one, and March 15, at half-past twelve, at the, Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Thompson„ Field, and Debenham, Salter's s hall, ,London ;. Nicholson and. Longmore, Hertford. -. FRANCIS HILLAM; ale merchant, Cambridge-terrace,. Edgeware-road, Feb. 20 and March 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Ap pleton, Fenchurch-buildings. , NOEL THOMAS SMITH, jun., shipowner, Lien-street, Feb. 20, at twelve, and March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Clayton and Cookson, New-square, Lincoln's Inn. THOMAS LANGAIDGE, auctioneer, Tonbridge-wells, Feb. 13, at one, and March 20, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson,. official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Man ning, Craven-street, Strand. THOMAS WHITE, lace dealer, Regent-street, Feb. 13, at hiMpast eleven,. and March 20, at twelve, at the Court - of Bankruptcy: . Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings, official assignee; Ashurst, Cheapside. ROBERT HONE, stationer, Hatton-garden Feb. 15,, at half-past one, and March 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptey. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official as signee ; Cattlin, Ely-Place, Holborn. JOHN HA RDLEY miller, Newport, Feb. 15, and Mar c h 19, at eleven,. 'at the dourt of Bankruptcy. Atsager, official assignee, Birehie-lane ; M‘Lecid and Stenning; London-street, Fenchurch-street. CHARLES SUTTON, grocer, Southampton, Feb. 13, - at eleven, and March 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, Official assignee ; .01dershaw, Kipg'. Arms-yard, Moorgate-street.. MARY OGSTON, watehniaker, Berkeley-square, Feb.l6. at ,half--past eleven, and Mardi 21, at eleven. at the Court of Bankruptcy. , 'graham, official assignee, Celeman-str ee t ; Ashurst, Cheapiide.' JOSEPH ,11100 RE, .draper, Tamworth, Warwickshire, Feb;l6, at one, and March 26, at twelve, at the Court -of Bankruptcy. Follett, official essignee, /3aSinghall- - street ; Poulshot, Wiltshir e ; F e b.' As T hu H rs o t, Al C A heap sG si ß de E . Goß 23, at half-pest eleVen; and Maras 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official, assignee, Bristol ; Austie, Devizes. CHARLES REES BY; :miller, • Stamford, Lincolnshire, Feb. 14, and March 20, atone, ,at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, Oficial assignee, Birmingha m ; J ac ki on , Stam ford ; Smith, Birmingham. RICHARD CHAPMAN, innkeeper, Scorton, Yorkshire, Feb: 20, and Mareh 26, at eleven, at the Leeds Distriet Cond. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Close, Furnivel's Inn, London ; Hunton, Richmond ; Teale, Leeds. . JOHN EWART and GEORGE EWART, auctioneers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb . . 19; at eleven; and March 21, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Ty n e District Cou r t. Baker, officialassignee, Newcastl e -upon- Tyne ; Brooksbank and Farn, .Gray's Inn-square, London ; Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. GEORGE WALTON, wine-merchant, Stockton-On-Tees, Feb... 19, and March ,18, at one, at - the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court, Baker, o ffi cial assignee, , NeWeistle-upon- Tyne ; Dinamock and Burbey, LondOe; Steivenson London. . . Feb, tailor„Birkenhead, Cheshire, Feb; 20, at kali-past eleven ' and March 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District . C our t. Morgan, official assignee. Liver pool ; Alinahull , Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London. MATTHEW TILDESLEY, - timber dealer, Porte Bello, Wolverhampton, Feb. 13, and March 15, at ore, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham; Philips and, Bolton, Wolverhampton. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY., ' . • W. Padley, beer. seller, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire. R. Ward, Lydney, Gloucestershire. ° , M. Gill, farmer. Hoton, Leicestershire, - J. lo h b a le p y pe , cloth tootshdnre mason , lid easer,H Huddersfield, ldYrka Yorkshire.. , G. cYorkshire. J.. Parks, grocer,. Trafalgar-street, W,alworth. J., Nott, lace dealer, Hemingford -terrace, Islington- . . , S. Wilson, house agent, Streatham, Surrey. T. Ornsby, glass Agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. . W. Billion, tailor, St. Margaret's, Leicestershire. • W. Claydon, jun., boot maker, Rochford, Essex.. - , J. Pitt, victualler, Liverpool. . J. Blunt. Church-street, St.. Mary, Newington. G. S. Peacock, master mariner, Turner-street, Commercials _ ,road East. ~ . . , • Z. ,Radcliffe, wheelwright, Braithwell, Yorkshire. , G. ,Edwards, builder, Ipswich. . „ . • .C. Wood, bookbinder, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road. J. Cowsill, builder, Lymm, Cheshire. . . . .J. Marston, sen,- watch maker, Castle-street, Leicester-square. T Haw, woollen salesman, Leeds. - T. Sturgon, baker, Great Saffron-hill, St,:Andrew's,.Holborn. G. Woods,,buteher, High-street ; Stoke Newington. ! . T. W. T. Prescott, Duke-street, Manchester-square. , W. Baird, grocer, Cheltenham. • • .• • W. Cauty, Selwood-terrace, Old Brompton. • H. N. Ginder, jun., •warehouseman Compton-st., Ball' s -p on d. • H. Hemming,. coachman, Birming ham.. W. Hemming, coachman,Birmingham. •• : • '• G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone,,Kent. .• . • • - 1 C. Brown, miller, South Shields, Durham., •., J. Young, innkeeper, Rotherham, York s hir e . • . J. Ogborn, butcher:Felton, Gloucestershire. • • . 1 E. M. Parsons, baker, Great Portland -street, Cavendish-sq. ; S. Seabrook, .police-offices, RochfOrd,.Essex: -• • • ,M...Benuett, Albertsttreet,Pimlico. IL Bacon and R. Way man , w i re wor k ers , Barbican: • • • ,- .1. Roberts, butcher~. . Hartlepool, Durham.. : ;:. T. Swale, surgeon, York. ; • - ' ,R, ••• • ; J. Newsome, wool comber,Shiplep, Yorks:hire,. r J. Hemsworth, farmer, Micklefield, Yorkshire.: . B..Sigrist, tin plate ;worker, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City, 1 Bailey" farmer, CullingwOrth, Yorkshire. . •• ; H. ,G,• Cramer, Regent-street,,Lambeth. ~ • . ~.• •-• ' M. U. Russell, plumber,. Union-street, Borough. • .• W. Plawright„ publican, Pinehbech,,Lincolnshirer G. Chidlow, licensed victualler; Wein, Shropshire. G. R. Grove, Oxford. • • ' . . R.. Steward, licensed victualler,•Wych-street, Drury-lane. J. C. Leppoc„ man milliner, Baynes-row, Cold Bath-fields. W. Pass, jun., colliery everlooker, Sheffield. •. . • - • T: Crane, brewer, Greek-street, Soho. i- • • H. Jones, landing-waiter, Robinson's-row, Kingsland-roads W. H. Johnson, pork, butcher; Parker's-row,,Bermendsey. J. Simpson ; tailor, Manchester. ' .1. Wilson,-parish. overseer, Macclesfield, Cheshire. • . . SECOND .NOTICES., W, White, carpenter,. Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, Feb. 12, at • twelve ; at the Court ofilsokruntry. Graham, official assignee. . J. Wilstea, wheelwrignt, ,W.e.lwyn, Hertfordshire, Feb, 12, at eleven, at, the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, officialassignee. G. Wolley, van -1 guard,. Trinity-court,, Aldersgate-street, Feb. 11„. at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. • • , . W. Parsons, Tottenham-court-road, F e b. 12, a t. t we l ve , at the Court otankruptcy, , Turquand,officialassignee. S. Harper,,attorney, Vutney, Feb. 27, ,:at half-past eleven, at the, Court of Bankruptcy,. Johnson, official assignee. , J..Whittelel, grocer, Tooley-street, ,Borough, .Feb.. 27,, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy., Lackington,rofficialassignee. J. E,.Olivcr, organist,. Queen's-road, Bayswater, Feb. 28, at half-past eleven, at the ,Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official , assignee, , . ~• W, Hughes, tailor, Cook'sscourt, Cursitor-street, Chancery lane, Feb,2o,. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. • Johns son, official assignee. , . . • .. . • . J. R, mith,.silk printer,. ,Merton, Surrey, . Feb. , 28,, at twelve, at the Court , of ,Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. R, Burge, cabinet maker, Lamb's .C.onduit,passage,, Red Lion-square, Feb-12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. • , . . C., K, Nicholls, ,clerk, Bride-road, Lambeth, Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Court of ,Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. P. Robinson, eernmercial traveller, Warrington,Lancaihire, Feb, 12. at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee. " T. Wroe, grocer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb, 10, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District. Court. Bittleston, official assignee.,. . S. Adams, .veterinary . surgeon, Aston, Warwickshire, Feb. 10, at eleven,_ at the,Birmingham District ,Court. Christie, official assignee. . . F. WElroy, .silk dresser, Salford, Lancashire, Feb.- 15,. at twelve, at the Manchester. District Court. Fraser, official assignee., . ( Through a preso of matter wu are compelled to leave the Dividends, &c., until our next.) CENTRAL CRI VIINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the REcottent.) John Boyd, aged 20, was convicted of 'stealing two barometers and other articles, the property of James Reid; and there being a PrevionS conviction against him for felony, .he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. Anne Linehan, aged 46, was indicted for feloniously receiving two stolen spoons, the property of Robert Clavering Savage; the gentleman who appeared in this Court on Monday as prosecutor against the two 'women Brown and Malley. There was no case against the prisoner, the only evi. deice bearing upon the charge being that she had paWned two silver Spoons shortly after the robbery. The_ jury consequently returned a verdict of , Not Guilty. Thomas Linahan, age 19, son of the former prisoner, was likewise indicted for receiving some portion of the stolen property ; but in this case also the evidence was defective, and the jury returned'a verdict of• Not Guilty. The guards of the northern, western, and eastern mails report that' duling Thursday night and yesterday morning the fall of snow was very heavy, so as to render the tails very difficiift of passing'over; The Southampton and Portsmouth mail did not arrive at the General Post.office until 10 o'clock. Several of the foreign mails were also behind time in coniequenceof the boistermis state of the weather: On the South Eastern line to Folkestone all'lßiver the snow storm was very keen and thick. • CAUTION TO INNBEEPERS.-A person, in uppear ance about thirty years of age, -of middle stature, representing himself as a commercial gentleman from the- house of Week and Woolwright,• near Stroud, Gloucestershire, to whom he is not known, has been in the neighbourhood of Portsea -for the last fort night, swindling landlords and others. Ho has left his horse at one of the inns for an hotel score, which, no doubt, is either hired of stolen, and he is supposed still to be practising pis deceptions. NS' 1r 0' V. , NI