The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-07 00:00:00

v:VEN ING EDITION. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. Palace, - - Ifer :Majesty and Suite arrival at two o'clock in three of the lteyal carriages from Buckingham Palace. The tel.owieg Presentations to the Queen took place in the D plomatic Cir. le : The Count Alexis Stroganoff', Attache to the Russian Embassy ; by Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador. Col onel Meth, of Virginia, by Mr. Stevenson, the Anne:can Minister. The Coromandeur Marquis Lisboa, Brazilian Charge d'Affaires; by Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Duke do Regina, the Sicilian Charge d'Affaires ; by Viscount P almerston. At the E n t ree L evee the following Noblemen and Gentlemen were presented to the Quee i : Visco unt Ebrington, on hi s appo i ntment as L ord L i eutenant of Ire land ; by Viscount Duni:melon. Mr. John i.l'Netlt, on ins return from Persia; by Lord Viscount P almerston. The Judge of the Admiralty, by Viscount Melbourne. night lion. Sir George G, ey, on his appointment as Judge- Advo. cat e-General, by Viscount Melbourne. Right lion. H. Labouehere, on being appointed Under-S:cretary of State for the Colonies, by this Marquis of Nortnattby. C aptain Sir J o h n B rooke Pechell, on being appointed a Lord of the Ad miralty, by Lord Kilt°. Der Majeety w as attended by g ; Lady Barham an M d the archioness W a of Normanby, Ladies in Waiting; Viscount Falkland, Lied in Cavendish lion. William Cowper, Grootn in Waiti ng; li on . Col. the (Clerk Marsh a l), E querry i n W a i t i ng; the Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Treasurer of the liet.lsehold, the Comptroller of the Household, and Master Cowell, Page of Honour in Waiting. T he Levee w as at t ended b y the Russian and French Am'oassa. dots;her Reschid Pasha, Ottoman Ambassador; and Mr. Salarne, Ma jesty's Oriental Interpreter; the Belgian, Danish, Ba varian, Netherlands, United States, Sardinian, Hanoverian, Mexican, Spanish, and Saxon Ministers; M. de Hummelauer, Austrian Charge d'Affaires : Baron lichausen, Swedish Chargeil'Af fLirea i Prince J. Soutzo, Grecian Charge d'Affaires ; Count •-ir tlt ; M. Drouet, S ecretary to the Belgian Legation ; ,: r. B enjamin Ru s h, S ecretary, and Mr. Henry Btockholst Living. 7'°n, Attache, to the United States Legation ; Baron Lebzeltern, Attache to the Austrian Embassy; M. Agob, Interpreter to the Turkish Embassy, and Colon, 1 Bekir Bey; M. F. Pampillo, Attache to the S panish Legation; the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for thc Fo reign and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, ' The President of the India Board, the Seeretary at War, the Post taster.General, the - C a pt a i n o f th e H onoura bl e C orps of Gentlemen n _ An n', Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Sir Henry P arne ll, Phillip s, ` 4Ymast er-Genei al; Mr. Backhouse, U n d er S ecretary o f S tate; Mr. Under Secretary of State ; the Lord Mayor ; the Master of C cere monies ; Hots. Edward B u tl er , Li eu t enan t o f t h e H onorab:e _ °r Ps of Ge nt l emen-at : A rips ; Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart. Serjeant __Surgeon to th e Q ueen; the Attorney-General; Sir Thomas Reeve, 3_tan d ard .bearer t o th e H onoura b le Corps of Gentleswen-at-Arms ; the Principal Chaplain to her Majesty's Forces; Rev. Dr. Short, De l'uti Clerk o f the Closet in Waiting ; the Rev , the Sub of the the Chapels Royal; Mr. James Bunco Curling, Clerk ofthe Cheque _, th e Gentletnen-at. Arms ; Lord Radstock, Naval Aid e -d e -C am p ; Colo nel Sir Robert Gardiner, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen ; C o lend 7° Y a rJ, Aide-d e -C amp t o t h e Q ueen ; Lord Alfred Paget, E q u erry to her Majesty ; Si r Benjamin Smith; M r. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeomen Guard ; Captain Bellaire, Exon to Val tine; Capt. Pechell, RN., Equerry to her Majesty the Queen Wa g"; the Groo m o f the Robes, Lieut.-Col. Sir Frederic Smith, Di ntle man Ushe r t o t h e P r i vy Chamber in W aiting; Lieut.-Col. Waiting ; Mr. Bl ac k wood, S and Mr. Randall, Gentlemen Ushers in ,Vaiting; and the following 1) , ° Kes—Somerset, Dorset, Leeds. eAnQuises—Anglesey, Ely, Thomond, Sligo. ,_:;aat.s—T an k erville, Lovelace, Charleville, Kinnoull, Clare, ti ddi ngton, Euston, Brecknock, Mulgrave, Orkney. for` iseouNrs--Ingestre, Torrington, Melville, Dru m l anr i g , St rang . oe d, B arr i ngton, Lake. Loan s — Ernest B ruce, W ors l ey, F ranc i s Gordon, Vernon, a.a., i'l lie, Barham, Seaford, Granville Somerset, Geor ge Q u i n, "On ...ore " , 1 Car rington , Ossulston, Bexley, Poltitnore , James Stuart, Fitzroy, Leveson, Villiers. 13isnoes — Durham, Winchester, N ova S co ti a . ss RI GHT Hosouamthes—Sir Chatles Grey, G. C. H., W. Sturge s nourne, Sir John Beckett. G HONOU RABLES—Wm. Noel, H. P W. Stafford Jerningliain, . ~ ChaJ; Stafford Jerningham, W. Temple, John Strangways, Th i'es Gore, Spencer Cowper, Mr. Ashley, Colonel Finch, C. 8., ° Maa Knox, Octavius Duncombe, Thomas Nugent, F. F. W Butler. cr Majesty held a Levee yesterday afternoon at St. James's '' BARONE TS. — Richard Bulkeley Philipps, John Seale, Oswald ~U °BlOY Denham J c ph son N orreys, Henry }Jailord j James Gra "an', William Chatterton, F. Roe, Charles Blunt. It:cl aim—Francis Chantrey, William J. Newton. DEAN of Chichester. REVEREND DOCTORS—Foord, Bowes, Niblock. noer orts—Yelloly, Richardson, Travers Cox. REVEREND MESSIEURS—Principal Macfarlan, G. A. Browne, J. Horsley Dakins, Charles Klanert. Mas sieues—Charles Shakeshaft, C. K. Sheridan, Vaughan, Pbillpots M.P., Val Morris,Lane Fox, Thomas Pentland' Sackville Hibbert Henry .!°d, Cracroft, William Craufurd, Middleton, , s wii_ , n rPer Walker, George Anson, Standish, John Strangway , L'airl Turner, Grenville Berkeley, Adams, Edward Martyn, l Wvird "anit Mosley, Stephenson, Philip Howard, M.P., Vilaraliarn .1 Pelling Pigott, J. M. E. Roche, William Clay, George Cavenoish, ' l , ° sePh Gwilt, T. C . G rattan, Howard (of Corby), A. Buchanan, J. N. Merriman, John Merrinian, Cullen Smith. MESSIEURS.—.Stepney Cowe:l, Frederick Howard Peking ton, 14 . P., H ume, M.P., Gorden, De Horsey, Grant, M.P., Blagden. ADMIRA LS — Sir Charles Rowl e y, L or d Mark Kerr, Giffard, Sir r hos. Baker, Thomas Brown, Sir E. Codrington. CAPTAINS (R.N.)--flindmarsh, Stanhope Badcock, Sotheby, • H. Ilume S pence, Horatio Austin, Berkeley, Seymour, Phipps . H ornba, Sir J. Brooke Peahen. COMMANDERS (ft . .—NV . J . N ) Williams, Edgell, Giffard, Roche. LIEUTENANTS ( R. N.)—Armitage, Henry Hawker, Montreson. (G ENERALS—Evatt, Sir Thos. Hawker, Wulff, Lord Bloomfield, ' Sir Thomas Hammond, Sir Geo. Quentin, Sir Fred. Wetherell, Sir Fred. Mulcastcr, Sir William Pringle, Hon. H. Murray, Taylor, La Motte, C. 8., G eorge M i chell, Sir Edward Paget, C % -.K.' p wb y, F e raser a and Le Mesurier. COLONELS—Sic Samuel G. Higgins, K. Taylor, Gore Bsrotawwneen:Le.wadrisdoenr, St arr, Knox, Wood, C. 8., H., Stepney Cowell, Sir Surges Camac, Leslie. Money, Astell, Cameron, Oldlield, Beck. Wi th, Harding, Wood, and C. Cruttonden. MAJO RS— Robe, Croft, Wood, Bevan, Waymouth, and Meade. ' Cap aatsrs—Franks, Maughan, John Hine, Mackinnon, M. G. White, Alfred Francis, Shea, Peter Cameron, Pringle, Sutton, Hal. li daY C. H. Johnson , Hay, Buller , John Sutton, and Culpeper. , la Lt C. Forrest, Kirk. EUTE NANTS—C. W. Hamilton Sotheby, W... nd Guilt, Yolland, A. S. Murray, Steele, F. Whittingha , and Cha;teris. ColistETS—Weston Cracroft, Scott. • . Eastaxs—J. R. Jackson, Paget, James Grant, Henry Leaky, and Thom as. , The Earl of Charleville presented an County, Ireland, I t t o ela h n e d r , 'S s f e a t j t e i s n t g y 'frorn th e Justices of the Peace of King's . tobrth the disturbed state of their districts, the causes which, in k e !'" opinion, have led to the outrages, and humbly imploring her aie'tY's protection for the peaceable and well-affected inhabitants °f that unhappy country. Il ir Pak ington, M.P., presented ,a petition from Woodhorne, in NOrta , Mnberland that her Majesty will be pleased to take into °°sideration the destitute state of the Church in Canada, and '4l'e i°n Measures for its protection. The rr ,„ . , faie3ty,...,nwing Noblemen and Gentlemen were presented to her Hon • . William Stafford Jerninham, attached to her Majesty's Em- H ba saY at g enna, by Viscount Palmerston. ti • G . S. Vi S tafford Jerningham, Secretary to her Majesty's Leila ,rs 4,l?..itonnPortugal, on his return from Lisbon, by Viscount Pal. ria Y e ll ' Si J ohn °l Y , by Sir Benj, Brodie, Bart. Tl r i e Se ats, Bart., by Viscount Melbourne. imrofitZ•ntl:oriiin:ipal Macfarlan, Glasgow College, on being re-ap.. Pointed one of her Majesty's Chaplains fur Scotland, by the Duke . meharles Shakeshaft, on his appointment to the Honourable NI C° T 1",,,,"r Gentlemen at Arms by Lord Foley. triltu'i:.u..,.w.e.otsertto,nlay the Earl of Orkney. kr, m e L fr aeeds, by the Marquis of Conyngham. , by Earl Amherst. az i . "4": Dr. Niblock, to present a book to the Queen, by Mr. Vi k ,,,, C"S Carlisle K.H. -,l4't Dr umlan ' rig on his appointment to the Second Life G -- ; ' '' is , , by Colonel ' Greenwood. I'4 ar ' °f Mul ry Scotch Fusilier Guards, by the Marquis of Ni a N rg e'4lan bY. " e' Sir b i ' i '° l ly, by the Marquis of Conynghain Nome arn Jephson Norreys, Bart., M.P., on taking the name of Lord oe n , , by the Marquis of Normanby. h m 14 1'. c r I tale, by the Marquis of Conyng , to ril ac s i°l t, Deputy Lieutenant of the a COunty of Lincoln, by 54.1,- Worsley, "nand, her Majesty's Consul-General to Bolivia, on his return 14 f r°T, SO °t b America by Viscount Palmerston. St: . i ' r naa Tod, by the Earl of Minto. Nit: Val NlN lis, (Surrey Yeomanry,' by the Earl of Lovelace. I,ho rtatighan on his marriage by Lord Byron. . . of Rotten_ de o , v G- A. Browne on his appointment to the living it hr, tt ? "Y Viscount Melbourne. ri h is Physician of the Royal Naval Hospital, at Ilaslar, r , n c ut , 0r,„., . I inch, C. 8., by General Lord Hill, on promotion. i'lajoxander Roche, It N,, on his promotion, by the 'Earl of Minto. promotion and ap- Pai r t ner, l Taylor, C. 8., Madras Army, Ve nt—e nt to Companion of the Bath, by G o e n neral Sir Frederick ar r }lt herap . G.c. H. , kr..i, ° YY, by Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart. . Chamber, on his ap p b . '‘. Grattan Gentleman of the Pr! kr ( PMent to the Consulship of Boston, t v y y r V ai ls s c i o t u s i a d m P ti ti e l l m D e i r c s k to en n z a ° ht n Pel ling Pigott, by Lieutena . ntaGe t ne ad:, ' aPpointment to the 32d Regimen bard Martin, FACI. 28th Regiment Madras Li oust Ba rt. ' tr;ntenant Arm, Infantry, by Sir J. C. ;Henry Ropertaogne'R being N . /1011 n llebhouS9'. on Promotion by Lord Minto. e o F.,.. rn an a d h e r r oa G cl :fr i a; • 4tenant Henry Haw ,. promotion and return Hawker' Royal Navy, on k r Y rd L , i n et:t N etr ., ant General Sir T. ~, aaal Minto. , 0r,„.„ on promotion and return from India, by k. 41,nier Edgell, by the Earl of Minto. al)tat, , \ L E. Roche, by M r. W i lliam Roche, M P. k 'Ali a : ; 'lor a tio Austin, R . N , upon h i s promotion, by the Earl of r, ~ CI) r i• Vi vi ',,, De puty-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, by Sir Hussey '404:141;er W. J. Williams, R.N., on promotion, by Captain the ce4 a • J. B erkeley, R.N. Lt'ar. Aj'lirat Sir Thomas Baker, by Lord Minto. via, 21‘,tit.iral Thomas Brown, on promotion, by ( salad, T'ral Gifford, by Lord Minto. t P a ndm arsb, - R.N.returning from his Govern the Earl of Mints. S ' s -e0a,.., t.°,',;a:tn,lth Australia,hythe 11 , 1 1 arqu d i to s o n f s a: t o h r e m hy an , b 6 y d . t 60th Rifles, na a. anant Charles William .am Li "" a PPoint a R. N. t enan. ~. maw, by his father, Captain Sotheby, a P ool a""ionel Leslie, K.N., on his appointment to the 4th , olo, el ' ,'; 7 Y Lora Hill . / t he (I, - °o d, C.B. K.H., 41st Regiment, -ka t I 'd class of the Order of the Bath, by Lord Hill. ~a n, _,:, on his appointment to co l , rnao . c lonel Gore Browne, upon his appointment to the aster- Ge„, , 0 of the Royal Artillery in Gibraltar, by the M N ano - T a a l ,O,f_ the.Ordnanee. ~r o n a a i„ '''r, Lie utenant -Governor of the Royal Military •'4air,a-g aPPointed Comnanion of the Bath, b Lord Hill.. College, -° eral De la Motte, C. 8., Bombay Army, on receiving Bart e e aptain ur , of a. , ,•orripanion of the Bath, by Slr J. C. Hobbiouse, Cll 01,e Bacicoek R.N. K. 11., by Sir John Pechell, Bart. Lie,,''.C.ll. ' taiii Lieiitaht Mon tresor, FIN on returni ng f rom serv i ce a b roa d , b y ~ tienant-General Sir Frederick Mulcaster, a u , e ; Henry a . LeckY. 90th Light infantry , by Lieutenant. General S t4 ktit a rag'',eati KC B Colonel, 90th L'ght Infantry. et . : : = a c Yln° nth, on pro . m . oti;ni, by Lord Worsley. . 1 a:N an j " ,ton Cram oft Ist or Royal Dragoons, by Lord VS ors e.. Si, J. R. Jackson, 3Sth Regiment, on appointment, by General I,i t , ut "1. Pigott GC M G th,,e,4ntColo'nel. Cameron,C.M. on returning from St. Petersburgh, Lit,Ccaucasus, and Persia , y the Lord Viscount Palmerstoo. Part, °lnnei Oldfield, Royal Engineers, to take leave on his de a,,lonelre for. the Canadas, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. „ortt w ri b ardiog, Royal Engineers, on being appointed Companion alaj or . l i a'atb, by the Master. General of the Ordnance. ..aa t a in "an, Mad ras Army, by Mr. William Roche, M.P. lia!rFranks, 10th Regiment, on Tho mas Bradford, G.C.8., promotion. by Lieut.-Gen era l 10 .1 a 11cfroft ,Be neal Army, on hi s promotion, b y S i r John C. Hob and G.C. H. I al e . aai, aile, o n promotion, by L ord H i ll, - I ',Bart. Major Robe, Royal Engineers, by the Inspector-General of Forti. fications, Sir Frederick Mu!caster. Lieut.-Colonel Courtenay Cruttenden, Royal Artillery, on promo. Lion, by the Master Genera: of the Ordnance. Lieut.-Co!onel Beckwith, by Lord Hill. Second Lieut. Gwilr, Ceylon Rifles, by Sir John Webb. Lieut. Kirkland, Coldstream Guards, by Colonel Freexantle. Lieut. William Charles Forrest, I lth Light Dragoons, on his pro motion and return from India, by Lieut. Colonel, the Earl of Cardigan. Captain Culpeper, 14th I.ight Dragoons, on his promotion by the Adjutant-General. Captain John Sutton, 47th Reg. by Lieut -Gen., Sir J. Maclean. Captain Buller, Rifle-Brigade, by Lord Poltimore. Captain Hal:iday, 86th R g. by Lieut.-Gen., Sir A. Brooke. Captain Sytton, Half pay, by Lieut -Gen., Sir J. Maclean. Ct , ptain Pringle, Coldstream Guards, by Lieutenan-General, Sir W. Pringle. Captain Mackinnon, Grenadier• Guards, by Col. Lambert. Captain John Hine, H. C. S. on his return from China, by the Earl of Clare. Lieut. Charteris, by the Duke of :llantrose. Licut..General Sir Thos. Hawker, K.C.H., on promotion, by Lord Hill. Lieut.-General Evatt, on promotion, by Sir Hussey Vivian. Licut..Colonel Astell, Grenadier Guards, on his return from Canada, and on promotion, by Col. Lambert. Col. Staweil, 12th Royal Lancers, on promotion, by Lieut.-General Sir lb nry Cumming, K.C.H. Lieut .Colond Leander Starr, A.D.C. to his Excellency the Lieut.- Governor of Nova Scotia, by the Marquis of Normanby. Lent— Colonel Kcox, Coldstream Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Walton. Ensign James Grant, 42d Royal Highlanders, by Lieut.-General Sir G. Murray. Ensign Thomas, 10th Regiment, by Sir D. J. Norreys, Bart., M.P. Cornet Scott, 12th Royal Lancers, by Colonel Stawell. Captain Hay, 86th Regiment, by Lieut.. General Sir A. Brooke. Lieutenant F. Whittingham, 67th Regiment, A.D.C., by General the Hon. Sir E. Paget. Lieutenant Steele, Coldstream Guards, by Colonel Fremantle. Lieutenant Arthur S. Murray, Rifle Brigade, by Major-General Hon. H. Murray. Lieutenant Yolland, Royal Engineers, by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Normanby, Vis count Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Conyttgham, and the Field-011icet in Waiting. After the Levee, her Majesty and Suite returned to the new Palace. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. The half yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London and Westminster Bank was held yesterday at the Company's office, in Lothbury, P. M. STUART, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The meeting was very numerously:attended. The CHAIRM.kN, in ,opening the business of the day said, this was the fifth meeting of the Proprietors and Directors, and he had to congratulate them most sin cerely on the decisive and progressive advanlemcnt which this institution was making as a bank and a com mercial establishment in all the attributes that men of business ought to value in such an undertaking.— (Applause.) He was glad to see that the prejudices . _ With which they had to contend were falling away, as the character of the establishment rose. He congratu lated the meeting that the Propriaors were nlw assem bled under their own roof for the first time—(Cheers) — and he trusted this was one of the many items of the account which the meeting would agree had been dis posed of in a judicious and business-like manner. There was one other point of great importance. He believed that banks founded on similar principles were calculated to be beneficial to the commercial public. A general meeting took place in November of the Proprietors of all the joint-stock banks in England, Ireland, and Wales, the object ofwhich was to obtain from the Government a deci ded legislative recognition ofthe respectability, usefulness, and power of such establishments as the present ; and the result of that meeting had been the simple, but full attainment of that object. It was known that the laws framed for small partnerships were not calculated to do justice to large partnerships like the present, and they demanded the interference of the Legislature to accom modate the law to the new state of things. The Go vernment received the Deputation in the most flattering way, and required a statement of their grievances ; that was given in some time ago, and he believed that im mediately after Easter a legislative measure would be brought into Parliament, which would be fraught with great benefit to this establishment, and to all establish ments of a similar description. The SECRETARY then read the following REPORT Of the Directors of the London and Westminster Bank, to the Proprietors, at their fifth annual meeting, held on the Bank premises, Lothbury, March 6th, 1839. 'The pleasure which the Directors: el in making their Fifth Annual Report, is augmented by the circumstance of its being delivered to the Proprietors in. their own building,—an event that seems to justify a glance at the past history of the Bank. When the Directors consider, that during the five years of the existence of this Establishment, they have had to contend against the fears and prejudices of the public mind,—the un certainties and the intricacies of the law, and the opposin g influence of existin4 interests ; and th a t this conflict has been carried on in seasons of great commercial embarrassment, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty ; and that amid all these disadvantages, they had nevertheless acquired a paid-up Capital of nearly Six Hundred Thousand Pounds, between Eight and Nine Hundred respect a bl e P ro p r i e t ors , a large and increasing business in London, and a Country Connexion that embraces one hundred and fifty Banks and branches ; they do feel that the result of the first experiment of establishing a Joint Stock Bank in London has been highly satisfactory, and that the confidence they expressed in their first annual report has been abundantly confirmed. Although a low rate of .interest prevailed the last year, the Directors did not allow the desire of making larger profits to tempt them into advances upon inferior securities, or to lock up their funds in inconvertible in ves t men t s . Th ey f ee l assured, that any departure from sound principles in banking, even when attended with immediate profit, must always result in loss to the Proprietors, and danger to the establishment. The profits of the last 3 car, after defraying all the current ex penses, and after making the most liberal allowance for all bad and doubtful debts, amount to 46,1351. 12s. Ild. From these profits the Directors now propose to declare a dividend at the rate of five per cent. upon the paid-up capital. After payment of this dividend, there will remain a surplus from the profits of the year of 16,271/. 12s. I Id. This sum, added to 7,067/. I Is. 2d., the surplus remaining from the profits of former y e a rs , ma k es a total of unappropriated profits of 23,3391. 4s. ld. The period has now arrived, when the Directors think they may with propriety pay the dividends half-yearly. But as this will require an alteration in the deed of settlement, the Direc tors intend, at an early period, to call a special meeting of the Proprietors for the purpose of making such alterations as may be necessarry to empower them to declare a dividend on the 10th of September, and on the 10th of March. The Balance of the Fund arising from Premiums on Shares, amounted on the 31st December, 1837, to 20,0031. 19s sd. out of this fund has been paid during the last year 1,374/. Ils. ld., the final charges connected with the legal proceedings of the Bank of England. The balance, 18,1291. Bs. 4d. has been transferred to the credit of the new building. After deducting 1,0001. received from the City of London, for the ground surrendered to widen the street, and 1,4081. 3s. Id., realised by the sale of the old materials, the total cost of the new building, including the purchase of the ground, the erection of the edifice, and the fittings and furniture will amount to about 47,0001. Against this sum the Directors have set off 18,1291. 18s. 4d. remaining from the premiums on shares. This leaves a balance of about 29 000/. This nes freehold building will, therefore, stand in the books of the Company, either as a permanent asset for that amount, or this sum will be discharged out of the surplus profits of future years, as the Directors may hereafter determine. In the mean time it will be satisfactory to the Proprietors to hear that a portion of this building is let off at a considerable rent. The Directors have co-operated with the Joint Stock Banks throughout the country, in the proceedings they have recently taken for the purpose of bringing the defects of the existing laws with regard to banking under the notice of the Govern ment and the Legislature, and every effort will be made by the Directors to effect the removal of these evils. The Directors have further to call the attention of the Pro prietors to the retirement by rotation, as provided by the Deed, of three of their body from the Direction—viz., Fre derick Burmester, Esq., Lord William Robert Keith Douglas, and Patrick Maxwell Stuart, Esq. These gentlemen being re-eligible, offer themselves accordingly. It may be expected that some notice should be taken in this Report of the extension of the system of Joint Stock Banking in London. This will not, in the opinion of the Directors, militate against our interest, as those principles, which we were the first to advocate, will thus be more widely disseminated. Hence all banking companies that may be respectably and honourably conducted, will be regarded by this bank, not as rivals, but as allies. At the same time the Shareholders sh iuld bear in mind, that as Joint Stock Banks multiply in London, each bank will have to depend mainly upon the support of its own proprietary. And the London and West minster Bank having been first in the field, ought not to suffer itself to be passed in the course by later and more youth ful competitors, But if the exertions of our Shareholders, be at all proportionate to their numbers, their wealth;and their res pectability, the London and Westminster Bank will not only have thehonoer of being the first joint stock bank in London, in the or der of time,but in other respects also w ill be enabled to maintain the pre-eminence. '----" en to lon- Icl J. an ce, e 011 alike ( ' _the eitY' P oint COO . Stg e. o the 10' s ovi tt Y io c " ,tilitY o the OrS 11 ef dis‘ Ip. 0 e t boot ,tio° int o tar' ich a at 10 5 the but of fiet . ia ;pl c )cs. ,2d, .~,' Till4', SUN, LOINDON, TIJCRSDAY, AIARCI-I 7, (Hear.) It must be very gratifying to find that in fu ture the dividends would be paid half yearly.—Hear.) The statement was altog-ther a sery pleas!ng one, and . he should merely conclude with expressing his grateful thanks for the exertions of the Directors, and moving that the Report he read, adopted, pr:nttd, and eircula !ed amongst the Proprietors.----(Cheers.) Mr. WHEELER seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. MUSKETT, M.P.. said a resolution had been put into his hands, which he should sornewbst have va ried had it been left to himself. The resolution proposed that the sum of 2,5001. be awarded to the Directors for their attendance throughout the year, which no one could object to when it was considered how productive that attendance had been. There was another part Of the resolution, which required a little consideration, al- ' though it had his most cordial assent—" That the same sum be awarded to them annually." lie should not have mentioned this had it not involved the question whether it was legal so to do. He concluded by moving that the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Di rectors for their able And successful exertions ; that the sum of 2,500/. be a larded to them for their services during the past year, and that the same sum be awarded to them annually.—(Cheers.) Mr. SAVAGE had great pleaure in seconding the pro pcsition. becau-e it was so very modest a one. Mr. LEVI would oppose the latter part of the motion. He would be well pleased to support this proposition, could he be certain that the present Board of Directors would always remain in office ; but it must be recollected that the Directors went out by rotation, and it was im. possible to be certain that they would always have the same gentlemen re-elected. Could they be certain of' having always the same Board, be might be induced to support the propositions ; but as it was impossible to do this, he must express his hope that they would go oit as they had done heretofore, and make this an annui] vote. Mr. MUSKETT said that the Hon. Proprietor seemed to have forgotten that this resolution would not bind , he Reoprietary on future occasions ; it would at any time be in their power to rescind the resolutions. Mr. B ROW N congratulated the Proprietors on bating such worthy Directors—they had managed somewhat differently from the. Directors of certain Joint-stock Banks in the North, who had lost. 200,000/. for the banks with which they were connected. Such was his confidence in the Directors, that if a proposition had been made to increase the amount, he would have had great pleasure in seconding it. It must be gratifying to the Proprietors to keow they had such an able and judicious Board of Directors, and to the Directors to know that they continued to enjoy the confidence of the Proprietors. He would just observe that they had taken a leaf out of the ledger of the Scotch Banks. Some of their Directors were Scotch gentlemen, and perhaps that was the reason why they had succeeded in the man ner they had done. Mr. GOLDSMITH would vote for the original motion, because he was anxious to save the Directors the disagreeable necessity of coining every year to the Pro prietors to make a pecuniary claim ; he thought it was right that the Directors should be spared the necessity which must be disagreeable to their feelings, and that they should understand that their salary would come as a matter of course. He thought they would be over straining the mark, if they did not adopt the resolution. Mr. WHEELER was sorry to differ from his friend Mr. Levi ; they had often fought together side by side, and he was sorry to have to differ from him on this oc casion : he thought it would be better to fix the salary at once, as the Directors had not done as he believed the Directors of most other Banks had done, fixed their own salaries in the deed of settlement, and as their de licacy had prevented them from doing this, he thought they could not do less than acquiesce at once in the original motion. Tile CHAIRMAN said that this discussion was most painful to the Directors, from the high compliments with which they were loaded on both sides. The objectors to the motion agreed with the proposers of it in the high compliments which they had paid to the Board of Directors. It was entirely at the option of the Shareholders, but the object of the Directors in making this proposition was to relieve time Share holders from the necessity of voting this sum annually. With regard • to the objection of the Hon. Gentleman, that the successors of the present Board of Directors might degenerate, the Shareholders should recollect that the Directors were the creatures of their ap pointment, and that if a drone got into the hive they had the power at any time of driving him out.. As no amendment was proposed, the original resolu tion was then put and carried. A SHAREHOLDER asked if they were now quite clear of the Northern and Central Bank, and in what way their affairs with that Bank had been wound up ? The CHAIRMAN replied that their account with the Northern and Central Bank was now. finally closed, and it had turned out a very good account in the long run, for they had sustained no loss, the whole of their princi pal having been repaid with interest at 5 per cent. Mr. GOLDSMITH said be had no doubt the next resolution would pass unanimously, he had risen for the purpose of proposing the re-election of those Di rectors who had retired. After passing a high cub°. glum on those gentlemen, he proposed that Lord W. H. K. Douglas, P. M. Stuart, Esq., and R. Burmester, Esq., be re-elected as Directors. Their names were then .proposed separately, and they were unanimously re-elected. The CHAIRMAN, on behalf of himself 'and his brother Directors, returned thanks. Mr. MILNE proposed a vote .of tbankactoithesvorthi officers of the Bank—James William. -Gilbert, Esq., General Manager, Oliver Vile, Esq., Manager of the Bank at Westminster, and William Thompson Hen derson, Esq., Manager of the City Office. Mr. SAVAGE, in seconding the motion, bore testimony to the zealous and conciliatory conduct of the officers of the Bank of which he had hail personal experience. Mr. WHEELER moved that the name of the Secre tary, Frederick Neil, Esq., be added to that of time other officers. The CHAIRMAN said he would third and fourth this proposition with all his heart. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. GILBART, in returning thanks, bore testimony to the kindness and assiduity of the Directors, which he said was so great that the officers would never think of traesferring their services to any other establishment, but that they were de termined to share time fate of the vessel in which they were embarked. Mr. BROWN would wish to ask whether any arrange• ment had yet been made with regard to the Clearing House. Another point on which lie would wish for in formation was, whether the Joint Stock Banks established last _year possessed the power of accepting bills drawn by their country correspondents, or were they in the same predicament as themselves with re gard to the acceptance of these bills by themselves or their agents. He was induced to ask this question in consequence of the proceedings which had taken place in the Rolls Court. He would also ask if it was true that a large advance had been made for the accommo dation of some Bank in Canada ; he scarcely be lieved this report, but he asked the ques tion in consequence of this report. The next point on which he would wish information, was as to what increase had taken place in the number of accounts opened with them by County Bankers? This branch of the business was attended with consider able profit, and it behoved them to endeavour to in crease their connection with Country Banks, by all pos sible means. He would also wish to know what was theism crease which had taken place in the number of accounts opened with them within the last twelve months. Mr. WHEELER thought it would be very injudicious to state the number of the accounts in the Bank. The ba lance sheet was the best criterion for the Proprietors to test the business done in the Bank. He was in favour of publicity, but in banking affairs it was not always judicious. Mr. MUSKETT, M. P., in consequence of anticipating the pleasure of seeing his brother Proprietors, had last night asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how he stool with respect to the great principle of Joint-stock Banking. H. said he was quite friendly to the great principle which that Company were mai mpting, to carry out; and he added that he was perfectly ready to place them on an equality with other establishments. At present, no proceedings having been takeu since the injunction from the Roll's Court, they re mained in statu quo. Their position was this, that their case was under the consideration of a Government which was friendly to them. The CfiAramAN—They still remained on the wrong side of the door of the clearing house—there was not no much noise against them inside, and they took care that there sheitld be no fault found with their proceedings out side.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) The question re lating to the acceptances stood in precisely the situation sa ably described by his Honourable Friend M r . M us s kett. With regard to the Channel Bill or Ball, it had keen aimed at them, but it had hit their friends and rivals the London Joint Stock Bank, and they knew nothing more of the matter, as they never pryed into their neighbour's effairs. With respect to the 40,0001. which Balance brought down Sir GEORGE CARROLL in moving the a'slo2p3;3io3n9oflthie hea l ' been alluded tiath to e as having been sent to Canada, be fed Report, said he was sure the m meting would agree withmoney was still in their own coffers— iota bad never n s e a s y mr s t, t taken its passage to Canada, and all he him that the Report which they had just heard was a could say was that it was not likely that it would.—( Hear, matter of great congratulation, especially as it had been and laughter.) As to the increase of customers, he could predicted that Joint Stock Banks cou ld not stand in not nor did he think it would be prudent to state it. this country.—( Hear, hear.) After the successful Tae balance-sheet was the true teit and the best. He struggle which had been made by this C empiny, the might, however, say that the number had increased, was belief would no longer exist that Joint Stock Banks increasing, and should increase.—(Laughter. ) The were not suitable for this climate, although it had been i a-counts also were increasing, and they would d als d o o would h said they were only fit for our Northern hrethree.—( A d ineress a e, h if h t d heir 3e (the ho P r r . o n izi t e o tor d s o ) w ( o L u oud chee t rel) eir laugh.) Another topic of congratulation was that the Proprietors were now assembled in their own freehold, ditty as `h ey h a " was en be e e x oming better known ; people which was well adapted for the carrying on of an eaten were coming to know that a pyramid stands firmer upon its base than on its top.—(Cheers and laughter.) save business, at time swam time that it was a building That was their principle, and the public were now agreed ornamental to the City of London.—(Hear, hear.) with them. The next subject of congratulation was that on this ca- Mr. BRowa said, all that they had heard that day, and pita{ of 600,000/., there was a profit of 46,000/-, being all that was passing before them, showed that private something like 71 per cent., which showed there must banks must all join in the joint-stock principle. He would have b een some exce ll ent managemen t on t h e p ar t of heealalr of theirepeita llprivat ed ‘ enkers present,oe the question and set and those who might r the arectors.—(Cheers.) He found the Company to their houses in pro o e r e der mg F troom Pnd the manner in which the consist of a body of SOO or 900 Proprietors, tAich Chairman had performed his duty he begged to move that showed a great bond of strength, era' the prospect the cordial thanks of the meeting be presented to him. of considerable profits.—( Hear, hear.) lie was also Mr. MUSEETT seconded the motion with much pleasure, glad to find that the profits had been made h e the an d it was passed us ith acclamation. his most sincere thanks k g itin "' t'xercsa of sued ba;,l;.ing principtes.— CumameN begged t';return frt. the manner in which they had passed the resolution. He only wondered at the position to wilich he had beer. elevated, but they were all crew urea of habit, and the fact was, that on the first meeting they had elevated him to the highest sent, and, thereflre they con'inued it. His great object had always been, to transplant from his own country their bank i• g a ystcm, and make it flourish in the genial soil of Eng land, and in London, in which he had no doubt, like Scot land's own Thistle, it would spread in spite of all opposi •ian.— (Cheers. ) The meeting then adjourned. MOVEMENTS IN THE POLICE TO THE EDITOTI? OF THE SUN. SlR,—About ten days ago this town was visited by be twcen thirty and forty of the A division Metropolitan Po lice, who have since taken up their quarters amongst us, but why, or wherefore, not a soul unconnected with the Magistracy can form the least idea, though I believe the Duke of Newcastle is at the bottom of it. Cumber, his Grace's seat, is, I understand, garrisoned, and mounting sever.d pieces of brass cannon; but still the noble owner cannot rest his Tory head in peace. The Sherwood Rangers ( Yeomanry) are called " a real Conservative corps," yet the Duke can put no trust in them, or his tenantry in the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. No thing will serve him but the A division of Police--a fine set of young fellows, who are as ignorant of the cause of their coming as I am. On Monday there was a meeting of Magistrates at Southwcll, convened by the Lord Lieutenant, and about thirty attended. Sir Charles O'Donnell, Brigadier-Major of the District, and another military officer, were sum moned, and the whole w ere in debate for four hours. Re porters were commanded by the Duke of Newcastle to withdraw —even the csaistable who generally attends the roam door was excluded ; and, from what transpired after ward-s, it appears that some vow of secrecy was entered into, for when applied to for information the Magistrates declared that they were bound to preserve silence. The liberal-minded and !.ighly esteemed Colonel Wildman and Mr. Coke were present; as was also the Duke of Portland. Wliat it all means nobody can tell. Either the Lord Lieutenant has been hoaxed, and wishes to keep the thing all snug, or some busy, meddling Jack-in-office is trying to provoke an outbreak amongst the working classes. It is a most injudicious affair, and manifests the rabid spirit of prseeution which the Tories cherish against their hum bler brethren. Surely some Member of the House ought to institute an inquiry into this affair, for it appears to have been kept very snug. If any danger is apprehended, it should be the duty of the Lord Lieutenant to place the peaceable inhabitants upon their guard by means of a pro clamation : and if there is no danger, why is a large, in fluential, and respectable population to be insulted by plac ing them under the surveillance of the London Police ? Is is a most discreditable thing, and reflects disgrace upon those who have beer. instrumental to it. By giving this publicity, probably something more may come to light. I am, Sze., A PEACEABLE MAN. Munefield, March 5, 1839. ANTI-CORN-LAWDELEGATION A most interesting letter has Unit received from a farmer near Alitwick, stating that the agriculturists are bestirring themselves there, for the total repeal of the Corn.laws, seeing very clearly that they are not only not benefited, but deeply injured by them, from the irregularity and fluctuation which they occasion in the price of productions, and the deprivation of consumers, which is sure to follow. They do not anticipate any great fall in the price of food from the repeal of the Corn-laws, but they expect that an equalization of prices would be brought about, making markets steady and prices fair. They think that those persons who expect such very cheap corn and other food froat the repeal, will be ve..y much disappoi' led, as the natural effect of an increased demand must tend to keep up prices ; and they Point at the repeal of the duty on Foreign Wool, as an instance of the tendency of free trade to produce increased demand and fair profit. While the gret landlords of the district, my Lords Northum berland and Tankerville, with several less influential, but equally zealous partisans of the Corn-laws, are getting up petitions in favour of their continuance, several of their more enlightened tena,.ts are signing a petition for their repeal, which contains the following intelligent statement' , : " That the present Corn-laws are, in the opinion of the petitioners, the cause of great privation to the labourers, and are equally inju. rious to the farmers." " That these laws must eventually prove ruinous to the Agricul. Wrists as well as the Merchants." "That the greatness of the Empire is owing to its commerce and manufactures." " That this nation has borrowed from the funds of the capitalists nearly nine hundred millions of money, and that most other States have borrowed from them, and that these sutns could not have been obtained from agriculture, or Poland and other corn.growing coun. tries could lend as well as England." That the only means of securing good and steady prices are to be found in the increased employment of our manufactures." These arc so many texts on which so many politico_economical lectures may be delivered; and it is possible that a landowner now and then may he informed a little better on the subject by means of such texts. When it is recollected that these things are being done in the neighbourhood of Alnwick there is nothing hopeless about the cause. A letter from Leeds states—" There is a German agent at Liver pool, from Hamburgh, who is taking orders for woollen cloths, ho. siery, Bec.oranufactured in Belgium and Germany; a.id he gets a good many orders for low goods, which the purchasers say are much cheaper than anything in this country. The discussion on the Cern laws, has given rise to a great deal of ecti•ity among foreign agents. The woollens which they furnish are for our mar_ kets in South America and Calcutta." A circular of the agricultural queries has fallen ilito the hands of one of the other side, and the replies which he has sent are such excedent specimens of the nonsenseand absurdity usually uttered by that party, that it would be worth while to publish it as Pro.Corn law intelligence. Among other things, he says, that when the duty on the importation of foreign wool was removed, the price of wool at home fell full three hundred per cent. That is, it was sold for twice less that nothing. That must be the amount of the car. respondent's intelligence on these matters! NATIONAL CONVENTION. (TUESDAY.) Dr. AI‘DotTAL, of Ashton-On-the- line, in the Chair. A letter enclosing ten pounds rent from Coventry, was handed in. EARLY INTELLIGENCE. A motion of Mr. Cleave, requesting " An explanation from the Proprietors of the Northern Star, as to the means by which they acqured a copy of the Address to the People of Ireland, which appeared in that Newspaper on List Saturday, before it was submitted to the Convention," was .;arried by a large majority. LANGUAGE OF THE MISSIONARIES. A warm debate took place on a question raised by Mr. Halley, as to the necessity of those Delegates who address public meetings in London confining themselves to proper and temperate language when addressing those meetings. Mcsssrs. Cleave, Carpenter, and others reprobated the language used by some members of the Convention at public meetings. Dr. Ft.ircnEit said that all was a mistake, for, as to the language of those persons alluded to it was no more illegal than any other act of which they were guilty. Was not to call those persons who were the means of administer ing slow death through what was called the New Poor-law Amendment Act to the suffering poor, murderers, giving them then a proper designation ? But were they secure from the power of the law, if they did so designate them, and yet it was done every day. Was not the presentation of their petition an illegal act, because it had such a multitude of signatures attached to it? Yet they were determined to present it. _ _ _ After some other Members had expressed their opinion, the precious question was carried, by a majority of eleven. CONDUCT OF MEMBERS. Mr. WIIITTLE brought forward his motion, " That Mr. }l4rney, Mr. Marsden, and Mr. Ryder be requested to apolo gize for their conduct in assisting to pass resolutions at a public meeting of the London Democratic Association re flecting on the measures of the Convention, anti for using language of a tendency to impress the people of this country with wrong notions of the intentions of the Convention as to the propriety of what ulterior objects should be adopted. Mr. KNOX seconded the motion. Dr. TAILOR was opposed to the resolution, as the sub ject was not of such importance as to deserve their atten tion. He ther,fore moved that the previous question should be gone into. Mr. MALT seconded the amendment. Mr. 'MARSDEN defended himself and fellows, and con cluded by reminding Mr. Whittle, who was now so sensi tive, that at his ( Mr. Marsden's) election at Preston, Mr Whittle recommended the people to arm themselves gunswith and pikes, and said that formerly a King's head had once rolled from the scaffold, and he (Mr. W.) hoped to see the day when corrupt Ministers would receive the same fate. —( Hear, hear.) Dr. 8.F. - mime said that there was no parallel between the language used by Mr. Whittle and that used by those persons whose conduct was now under en quiry.—(property. Hear, hear.) The language of Mr. Whittle was necessary, inasmuch as the people we r e thinking of them selves about arming private l y , whi c h system was one that should be reprobated by all good Englishmen— d(frelulfmeenaretheeae nfmdtalteeeeiler) cheers)—for e l i i r v e s e ) s w — h a f i andrdh hsome 0 f t h e I,: members h a d reco mmended the people at the meetin g in question to arm themselves with daggers.—( Hear, h ear, and cheers.) Daggers were only the instrument of the assassin. They were only fit for the hired bravo of foreign coun tries, and ho hoped that no man with the blood of free England in his veins would be found to stain his hands by private bloodshed.—( Hear, and cheers.) He was afraid that emissaries of the Government were now go i ng a b out the country endeavouring to raise in the minds of the peo ple the necessity of an outbreak.—( Cheers.) This should claim their utmost attention —they should guard against the introduction of such notions amongst the people. It would only give an opportunity of injuring their cause, which nnw was in such a prosperous condition._( conditto, ' Hear, and cheers.) If ever the necessity should. arise for th em to take the field, he would be found at his post. No matter how imminent the danger, or how fearful the sacrifice.— ( Hear, and loud cheers.) He never would flinch from exposing life and property when the necessity of so doing h id come to pass. But, until then, let i act with dis cretion and dignity.—( Hear, aed cheer?. ) Our cause warrants it. We have no necessity for violent language. We can afford to be temperate.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. RYDER said he was not sorry for what he had done. He was ready to stand by what hc had done, and would not apologise for his conduct.—( Hear, hear.) He only re peated on this occasion what he thought, whi c h was that his constituents gave him his instructions as to what ho was to do; and by them alone would he be directed.— ( Hear.) They were on the occasion allud e d to n o t so very blood-thi rs ty ( a lthough charge d with brand ishing daggers) as some of those whom he now addressed, wh en t h ey propos e d t h a t the heads of the Ministry sh ou ld grace Temple -bar.—.(H ear , hear.) He hoped these members would recollect how often they . had used much s t ronger lan guage t h an was e ver put forth by himself, and those other members.—( Here Messrs. Hetherington, Mills and Sankey reprobated the use of strong language, but recom. mended the withdrawal of Mr. Whittle's motion.) Dr. Wade and Mr. H a ll e y supported Mr. Whittle's motion. Mr. HARNEy denied the right of the Convention to call on them for an apology, and he would not apologize r, having acted as he had done. If any disunion might unfortunately occur in the Convention, it was not to be attributed to any language that had been used at out-door meetings, or to any censure which might be implied by re sedutions pasted at such meetings against the Conve:ition, but to the discussion on this question which had occurred on the last day of meeting.—( Hear. ) Mr. Wurrrt.E . would withdraw his motion, if the gen tlemen implicated would say that they never intei.ded to insult the Convention in the resolutions passed at the meeting under notice. Mr. Harney, Mr. Marsden, and Mr. Ryder said they had no personal intentiun of insulting the Conventim. Dr. Taylor withdrew his amendment, and Mr. Whittle's resolution was put and carried by a majority of Lur. Among the majority we reckoned seven necvspaper editors. The CHAIRMAN called on the of members to apologise, which they distinctly refused to do. A notice of motion was given by Mr. WHITTLE that the conduct of those M-mbers should be reported to their con stituents, that they may elect other Members in their place. After some other motions had been disposed of, the meeting dissolved. NATIONAL CONVENTION. MANCIIE;TEE, TUESDAY MORNING A meeting of the Chartists rook place last evening i , . Batty's Circus, Great Bridgwater-stseet, for objects which will be sound doailed in its place, and which was thickly posted on the walls in Manchester and S Ilford, on Sunday morning The Circus, which is capable of containing from three to four thousand persons, was filled in about half an hour after the doors were opened. The following is a copy of the placard convening the meeting : " LONG LIVE THL CONVENTION " The inhabitants of Malchester are respectfully in formed that a meeting will be held on Monday, March .Ith, in Batty's Circus, Great Bridgwater-street, to take into consideration the present state of the country, the bold and determined position of the General Convention, and the further collection of the national rent. The time has now arrived when the producing class must stand by their order against the artful machinations of both Whig, and Tory, who, by claptrap questions, are endeavouring to draw your attention from the great lever of Universal SufTrarre. " Men of Manchester I be not deceived. Rally round the standard of universal freedom, for on that depends the happiness and prosperity of you and your fatuities. Recollect that on your exertions rest the success of our glorious enterprise. Assemble in thousands, and show by your attachment to the cause of liberty that you are not to be idle in the holy work of rectifying the wrongs of your country. Let your motto be universal free dom, and no surrender. F. O'Connor, Esq., Messrs. Rawson, Bird, Wise, the Rev. W. V. Jackson, and seve ral other friends to the cause, will address the meeting. Mos. FIF.t.DEm, Esq., President, in the Chair. Admission—Boxer, Gd., Pit, 33., Gallery, 21. each. Fe males half price to the Boxes. Doors opcu at seven, elodr to be taken at eight o'clock precisely. 13y Order of the Council. " All persons having subscription books for the National Rent are requested to forward them along with the ►nonev subscribed as early as possible to the Gtuncil, who meet every Monday and Thursday evenings, at No. 8, Whittle_ street, Oldham-street." In the absence of Mr. Ficiden, Mr John Brodie was called to the Chair, on the motion of Mr. R. B. B. Cob bett, seconded by Mr. Nightingale. The CHAIRMAN opened the busiacss of the meeting by reading the placard by which it was convened—after which he called upon Mr. Hobson, of Leeds, to state the reason why Mr. Fcargus O'Connor was not present.—(hlisses. Mr. FlussoN, on coming forw ird, was received with cheering. He said h appeared on behalf of Mr. 0 Con nor, whom he had left the day before confined to his cham ber by dangerous indisposition, being under the orders of his physician not to leave his room. Mr. O'Connor begged to express, through him, his regret at his total inability to be present at the meeting. This illness was owing to Mr. O'Connor's unparalleled exertions, he (Mr. Hobson) must say most superhuman exertions in the cause of the people, during the last eighteen months, and more espe cially it was owing to his recent journey to Scotland.— (Cheers ) In conclusion, he thanked them for their sup- port to the National Convention, and called upon the meet ing to support to the utmost of their capability their friend and champion, the Rev. Joseph Rayner Stephens.— ( Cheers. ) Mr. JAMBS WARE moved the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the General Convention of the industrious classes now assem bled in London ought to receive the support of their fellow county) men in every part of the United Kingdom, and this meeting confidently hopes that similar meetings will forthwith be held in every district, and delegates appointed in all those towns that have not al ready sent representatives, in order that the hands of the Convention may be strengthened, their power to do good increased, and that the enemies of the people may see that the industrious ch:sses arc really in earnest, and determined never to cease their exertions till the People's Charter has become the law of the land."— ( Loud cheers.) After the applause that they had given upon hearing this resolution, it was quite unnecessary for him to occupy much of their time, particularly as there were sonic strangers present who would address the meet ing. Ile was getting old in the service of the people. He was always pi ondand willing to serve them, and was glad to find that though they bad waited a long time for their rights, they were now determined to have them.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. EDWARD NIGHTINGALE came forward and said— Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I, whom ten thousand witnesses with their lying tongues have conducted to prison, and whom these same witnesses have had once snugly boarded up in my coffin—l am here to second this resolution.—( Cheers.) I think that this assembly, which is one of the most glorious that I have ever witnessed, gives to the powers that be a hint that the people are in earnest in seeking after the Charter. I think that the spontaneous ebullition of feeling that took place on last Thursday evening, when the Whigs were not morally but physically defeatcd.—(Cries of ‘• We'll do it again to morrow night !")—gave the lie to all the business, and at once triumphantly proclaims that the people knowing their rights, are determined, at whatever hazard, to obtain them. It is not my intention to detain you long to.night, but permit me to say that I most cordially ape.: with tie resolwion that has been moved by Mr. Wire. Allow me to call y our attention to a most infamous placard, and bearing the signature of a working man. I think the truth ;could have been more legibly written on that pla card, hid it borne tho signature in place of a " work ing -man," an " Arch-ruffim."—( Cries of '' Hear, hear.") You are there told that we are coming t i the very thing that we have for twenty years been labour ing to obtain. That placard calls our attention to Peterloo, but I would direct your attention to the Calthorpe-street business, and to the bayoneting at Bradford, and Hudders field, and other places, and to the deeds committed by a drunken infuriated Yeomany. Mr. Nightingale then con gratulated the meeting upon the fact of their having beaten the leaders of the Anti-Corn-law party en Thursday last, saying that greater cowards than those persons he had never before seen ; and he denied that either he, or the new Chairmanapaointed on that occasion, were intoxicated. . - Mr. R. B. B. CORLETT addressed the meeting at some length in support of the resolution. In the course of his speech, Mr. Cobbett censured the line of conduct of Mr. Douglas, the Editor of the Birmingham Journal, who had called upon the Delegates to delay presenting the pe• tition to the llouse of Commons, until the people had made a more decided move in the matter. In conclusion, he stated that he would propose an address to the meetin: for its adoption. The CHAIRMAN then put "the resolution, which was car riod by acclamation. The Rev. W. V. JACKSON moved the second resolution amidst loud cheering. The resolution was as fellows : Resolved,—"That as a great and glorious undertaking like the present cannot be efficiently prosecuted without a considerable outlay of money this meeting confidently ap peals to the different trades of this great town and its vicinity, and also, to e%ery individual who feels an interest in the People's Charter, to exert themselves in raising the necessary funds for the support of the delegates white en gaged in their arduous duties, and to the payment of Man chester's just portion of the national rent." Mr. Jackson supported the motion in a furious speech, the greater plr tion of it being devoted to a condemnation of the Poor -law Amendment Act, and not to the question before the meeting. Mr. CHRISTOPHER DEAN, Secretary to the Stonemasons' Union, delivered an exceedingly temperate address, in the course of which he called up , ,tl the people to come forward in support of the Charter.—The resolution was then passed. A Mr. RawsoN, from Bury, (Minced a violent harangue. after which Mr. COBBETT read the address of the Radicals of Man chester to the General Convention. This was an exceed ingly lengthy document. It expressed entire and unabated confiden c in the transactions of the National Convention. Mr. Cobbett concluded by moving the adoption of the address. Mr. 110DGETTS seconded the motion, which passed. Several other persons also addressed the meeting, and it w is stated that the money received at the doors amounted 28/. The meeting broke up at half-past ten o'clock. MADRID, FEB. 23.—Lord Clarendon gave a grand dinner yesterday, and though he is not expected to accept the Vice-royalty of Ireland, his Lordship will pro bably go to take his scat this Parliament in the House of Peers. - - It is now positively arranged that his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia will visit this country the latter end of the ensuing month. The Russian Embassy ( Ashburnhem House) has undergone a thorou , ll internal re-decoration, and been furnished in a most costly manner against his Imperial Highness's arrival. We arc sure that no inhabitant of Manchester, whatever may be his politics, can learn, without feelings of deep regret, that Mr. Potter's recovery is almost despaired of.—Manchester Tunes. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT WOOLWICII.— The inhabitants of Woolwich were on Monday thrown into the greatest excitement and alarm by a report that a young girl had been murdeied. There is reason to suppose that the deceased, who was only eighteen years of age, and of most interesting appearance, was just quitting h,.r mother's house, in one of the less freqnented parts of the town, when she was struck by a bullet which pierced her brain, and she died instantaneously. No one seems to have wit nessed the horrid occurrence ; but on the discovery of the unfortunate young creature dead, close to her mothers house, various surmises got abroad. These, however, were soon terminated by the voluntary surrender of a young man, the son of a highly-respectable tradesman, who at once acknowledged that he was the unhappy cause of the poor girl's death. It appears from his statement that he was fr.ing at a target-stand at the bottom of a garden, the palings of which were opposite to the house occupied by the deceased's mother, and the girl must have just quitted the house of her parent when the bullet struck her. Th e event has occasioned a feeling of the deepest melancholy. A corom is inquest will be held. The Courier, of Dumfries, states that from the whole of that county, Kirkcudbright, and Wigtownshire, sheep, in larger or smaller parcels, are gradually finding their way to Lancashire. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Miacm 6. The SPEAhER took the chair at the usual hour. On the mi,tion of 31r. 11. FLEETwoon, the Preston Gas 1301 was read a second time and ordered to be committed. On the motion of the same Hon. Mernbt!r, the Preston and \Vyre • Railway Amendment Bill was brought in and read a first time. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DEBTOR. Payment of dividend now declared of 5/. per cent., on the paid up capital of 597,280/. £29,864 0 0 Balance of unappropriated profits ... 23,339 4 1 £53,203 4 1 CREDITOIL. Balance of unappropriated profits, December 31, 1837 £9,567 11 2 Deduct vote to to the Directors, at the Tait general meeting 7,067 1 t 2 Profits of the year 183, after defraying ill the current expenses, and after making ample pro vision for all bad doubtful debts £53,203 4 1 CORN-LAWS. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK presented a petition from King's Lynn, against any alteration in the Corn laws Mr. DUG DA LE presented similar petitions from four teen parishes in the county of Wdrwick. Mr. HURT presentAsimilar petitions from Derbyshire. HIGHWAY BILL. Mr. FIE LDEN presented a petition against the High way Bill; and seeing the lion. Member for East Worces tershire (Mr. Barnaby) in his place, he wished to ask him whether it was his intention to go into Committi.e on that Bill this evening. lie did so, because this Bill had created a strung irnpressi,m in the north, and if it passed into a law in its present shape it would cause considerable unea,iness. lir. BA IZ NA BIC said it was his intention to go into Committee on that 1311!, and he intended to propose an al teration to the effect that the amendment of high ways should not be placed under the controul of lloor-law Com missioi s, but under the management of a Beard to be ap pointed for that purpose. BEER-LAWS. Sir WM. YOUNG presented petitions from places in Buckinghamshire against the Beer-l:iw•s. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition from so me place, the name of which we could not learn, against the Beer Act. SMALL DEBTS. Sir JOHN SEALE presented a petition praying the Ilouse to adopt some measure for the more effectual re covery of small debts. CORN-LAWS. Mr. WA I,LACE presence, a petition from some place in Sc3tland,yrayiug for a total alteration of the Corn laws. CULLOWTON ROADS BILL. o:iti,e second reading of the Cullumpton Roads Bill bchig moved, Mr. CRAW FO R D said, he did not rise for the purpose of opposing the second readiag of thin Bill, but to draw the attention of the house to a floret enactment which had been introduced into it. It appeared th th . s road was deeply in debt, and the enactment proposed to fund this debt and p , y the interest cut of the tolls—this was an improvement upon the Spanish and Mexican System, inasmuch as provision was made for the payment of the interest. To do this they proposed to raise the amount of tolls upon the whole line of road, so that the public would have to pay the amount of the debts which those Commissioners had incurrred. If this attempt to create a fund for these purposes were allowed to pass, he thought the 11 , m. Member for Lymington might save himself the trouble of bringing in his proposed Bill. Ile begg-ed leave t i draw the attention of the lion. Baronet oppcsi.e to this subject. The Bill was read a second time. CORN-LAWS. Air. EATON presented a petition from Cambridge shire, in favour of the Corn-I.iw•s. - - Mr. LA SCELLES presented a similar petition from Yorkshire. RAILWAYS. Lord G. SOMERSET presented a petition from a carrier named Rubins, praying to be heard before the Railway Committee, as to the injustice. of Ruilwa) Com- lanies. Sir F. TRENCH asked the Chancdlor of the Ex chequer if the repairs of the bridge of Athlone in Ireland would be deterred till the question respecting the Shan non navigation was disposed of ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he thought the two subjects certainly would better be considered together. He had last Session introduced a 11111 upon the question, which, however, he had been earnestly requested to postpone. lie intended to intro duce a Bill un the subject, to which he hoped the House would assent. Sir F. TRENCH said that every possible inconvenience was experienced on the bridge, and yet the Government would not g. ant 51. to repair it. He regretted the Hon. Member for Athlone was not in the House. The members of that family (the O'Connell family) exercised a great deal of power over the Government, and he was rather surprised that they had not interfered for the purpose of having the bridge repaired.—( A laugh.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the lion. Ilicinber had selected a somewhat whimsical il- lustration, with a view to prove the supposed influence of a particular family, for it appeared that the very place which one of the members of that family representcd, was the one which was neglected by the Government.—( Laughter. ) Sir P. TRENCH said the argument of the Right.lion. Gentleman was very ingenious ; but what he complained of was that that influence had not been exercised. THE SCOTCH JUDGES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had been asked whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to till up the blanks in the Scotch Judges Bill. It was the invention of the Government to propose that the salrries of the Lord President and of the Lord Justice Clerk should be left as at present, and that the salaries of the other Judges be raised to the sum of 3,0001. a year. Sir GEO. CLERK thought the salaries of the Chief Judges ought to be raised to 1,0001. RAW COTTON. Mr. WII, S 0 N pArr EN, seeing the Honourable Menthol- fur Manchester in his place, wished to put a ques tion to him relative to a motion winch he made during the last Session, relative to the duty on Raw Cotton. He wished to know whether it was his intention to introduce that motion again during the present Session, and if it was when he intended to do so. Mr. M. PHILLIPS said there was no disinclination on his part to bring the subject forward, as there was gre it necessity for it. He was not, however, quite prepared to say on what day he should call the attention of the House to the matter. If he did bring it forward it would be after the Easter recess, but whether he brought it forward or not would depend in a great degree upon the financial statement of the Government. Sir ROBERT PEEL seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland out of his place—( Laughter, the Noble Lord being then engaged in conversing with the Speaker)—wished to ask him whether it was his inten tion to bring up the Report of the Committee on the Irish Railway Bill on Friday next ? Lord MO R PETII said he must consult his Noble Friend at the head of the flume Department, before he answered that question. Sir C. SINCLAIR presented petitions from different parts of Scotland, praying for Church Extension in Scot land, and ainst anv alteration in the Curn-laws. Sir F. TRENCi I I gave notice that he would call the attention of the House to the present manner of lighting the House, On Friday. . . Sir H. H ARDISIGE gave notice that on going into Committee on the Army Estimates, he would move for returns respecting the increase or decrease on the pensions of the Chelsea pensioners. Sir H. INGL IS intended to have put a question to the Noble Lord the Secretary fur Foreign Affairs, relative to the Slave Trade. As he was not in his place, he begged leave to give notice that on Friday week he would put that question. Lord SA NDON, following the example of his Hun. Friend, had intended, also, to have put a question relative to the slave trade. Ile gave notice that he would take the same opportunity of doing so. Sir R. PEEL seeing the Hon. Member for Windsor in his place, begged to ask when they might expect to see the papers relative to the north-west frontier of India laid en the table of the House. Mr. GORDON understood that the papers would be ready on Friday next. THEATRES, Mr. T. DUNCO MBE wished to ask a question of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Home Department, understanding that her Majesty's Ministers bad taken strong measures to defeat the resolution which that House had come to the other evening, respecting the theatres in Westminster.—( Hear, hear.) He begged to ask whether the Noble Lord would have any objection to lay upon the table of the House the whole of the corre spondence which had passed between the Lord Cham berlain and the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would, in the first place, deny that her Majesty's Ministers had taken any strong measures to defeat the resolution of that House--( cries of " Hear, hear").—and, with regard to the question of the Hon. Member, he had HO objection to lay before the House the corre,pondence which had taken place be tween the Lord Chamberlain and the Lessee of Drury lane Theatre. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—The Noble Lord had denied that any measures had been resorted to by her Majesty's G.)vernment to defeat the resolution of that House, but he, (Mr. D.) e..ould prove that very unprecedented measures had been taken by them for that purpose. He hoped there would be no delay in giving that correspondence, because he believed the honour, and character, and independence, of that House were involved in the course which her Ma jesty's Ministers had presumed to take, The Hon. Member then moved for a copy of any correspondence be tween Monday last and tl-e present time, NAVY ESTIMATES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it would tend to the convenience of legislation in that HOW.", and the public service generally, if those who had Orders of the Day would allow the Navy Estimates to comp on as early as possible, . _ RAILWAYS (IRELAND) Sir ROBERT PEEL begged to ask what course the Noble Lord intended to take with respect to Irish rad. ways, and whether it was intended to take the Report on the grant of 2 500,0001. on Friday next. Lord JO IIN RUSSELL said it would not come on on Friday or Monday, but he would give notice of the day on which he intended to bring it forward. CANADA. • Sir ROBERT PEEL said the house had been taught to believe that a measure respecting the pre. sent position of Canada would be brouOit forward by her Majesty 'a Government. He begged to ask the Noble Lord whether the House might expect before Easter a Bill containing the views of tier Majesty's Government on the subject ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Right Hon. Gen tlemen was perfectly justified in asking the question, but as there were points with regard to that important mea. surewhich might require to be re-considered or re-examined, it would be much safer to say that immediately after Easter, and not before it, he should propose to bring in the Bill, and lay before the House the measures that they proposed to take. Mr. O'CONNELL said it would be very desirable to know if any accounts had been received of the horrible butchery perrtrated on unarmed prisoners by Colonel Rine lithe Government had received any information on the subject, he hoped it would be laid before the House. The statement was that one of these men who had been taken by a party of the 34th Regiment, commanded by Captain Broderip, had appealed to them for protection, having fallen into the hands of a British offiecr. It would be satisfactory if the Government would state whether they had received any information on the subj,ct. EVENING EDITION Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that any statement he might mike, not having . the circumstances immediately pre sent t) his mind, ninght not perlia[!i be correct, but he begged the House not to conclude from his not answering the qtirs- Con then, that there was any thing t o bl ame Colohel Prince for, or that the circumstances could not be ex plained. O'CONNEL L then gave notice that lie would repeat the question to-morrow. CHURCH-RATES. Mr. FITZROY KELLY wished to know whether the Government intended to propose any measure this Session for the abolition of the Church-rates, or for the settlement of the Church-rate question ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not think he could give any answer to the question at present, but perhaps in the course of a week or ten days he might be able to do so. HIGHWAY BILL. Mr. BA RNEBY moved the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Highway Bill. Sir G. STRICKLAND said he felt it to be his duty to move that the Bill be committed that day six months. On the second reading of the Bill he had stated his strong objections to it. It was a Bill which proposed to take the management of all parish Boards out of the hands of the landed proprietors and farmers who now had the ma nagement of them, and to place it in the hands of a Board to be appointed under the Bill. He would not consent to any such alteration unless an absolute necessity could be shown for it. The people were perfectly satisfied with the present management of the Parish Roads, and in his opi nion no such necessity existed. He recollected that when Mr. M'Adam first undertook the management of the Roads in his (Sir G. Strickland's) district, that gentleman gave it as his decided opinion, that as the Turn pike roads were improved an improvement would take place in the parish roads as a consequence, and the event had shown the correctness of this opinion. He had also had another ground of objection to the Bill as it had been originally introduced into the House—it had been pro. posed to place the management of the roads in the hands of the Board of Guardians of the Poor-law Unions, now he considered that the Board of Guardians of the Poor-law Unions had ample work to do—( Hear, hear, hear)—and as he was anxious to see the Poor-law Amendment Act working well, he should strenuously op pose the Board of Guardians under that Act being burdened with any other duties. Had the Billipassed with this pro vision, the Board of Guardians would soon has become what the Grand Juries in Ireland had been under the old system. Bodies meeting for one particular purpose, but spending their time in jobbing the high roads. He was fully aware that the Honourable Member had altered this part of the Bill, and that he now proposed to create a Board for the management of parish roads, co-exi3tent with the Board of ,G,4rdiaan of the Poor-law UMons. Under this Bill thei'e we surveyor appointed for twenty townships. Nowittaaias a maxim with Mr. Mac adam, that one surveyor could only superint en d t wen ty miles of road. Buf this list would compel a surveyor to attend to no letesthan a hundred and four miles of road. 1 her what an additional number of ho s s would be required. This appeared to him to be such a cumbrous piece of ma chinery that it could never work. If the Hon. Member wished to take the management of the roads out cf the hands of farmers he must introduce a different Bill front the present. He thought the Hon. Member could not have read the Bill, for there was one clause which legalised bull.hiating.—( A laugh.) The clause provided that it should not be legal to bait a bull, "on, or upon, or near, any road," evidently implying that it might be done off the road. Und,r all the circumstances, he should move that the Bill go into Committee this day six months. Mr. BARN EB Y wished to address a few words to the House in support of the Bill. It was not his intention to press that part of the Bill which placed the Guardian ship of the Roads under the Guardians of the Unions, but what he proposed was, that a separate Board should Ise appointed for that purpose. alr. SLANE Y hoped his Hon. Friend would not decide against a Bill of this nature in its present state. Thera Committees had sat to consider the question, and by their united efforts the Bill had been brought into its present shape. All sides agreed that it was necessary there should he some improvement in the management of the highways of this country. A system might easily be produced by which the roads might be made twice as good for one-half the expense. After a few words from Col. SIBTHORP, Mr. R. PA LMER said, that so far as the measure went, to appoint district surveyors, he thought the arrange ment judicious, but, withax tete. the proposition for placing the superintenda.octorilatss loads under the Ma nagement of a Board, he would decidedly object to it. Mr. FIELD EN supported the amendment that tire Bill I be committed this day six months. This was nothing but an attempt to take the local government out of the hands of those who had contributed towards the repair of tire highways. TheStt; a f or r u s gs oev then then id o r ee r d d rwed Committee e t n o w th e it r h e dr a t ap w. p e ared -196 Against it Majority for going into Committee —l73 s i; On our re. admission to the gallery, we found the House in Committee. Colonel SIB'FIIORP was understood to object to the Gth Clause. An HoN. MultnEtt moved that the clause he omitted. After a few words from Mr. LANGFORD and Mr. B. CLIVE, Sir R. PEEL said, as he understood the matter, a large landed proprietor had been permitted to change the direction of a highway, and he had undertaken to keep that highway in repair, and the property bad sinci, become subject to the liability of repairing it. die thought it quite right that that liability should continuo on the property. Mr. AGLIONBY said the case put by the Right Hon. Baronet might be a good and consistent bargain between the parties most immediately connected, but he doubted whether it would be binding on the public. Clause 6, as amended, was agreed to. • Clause 7 was withdrawn, and the clauses up to 14 were postponed. Mr. BARNA BY proposed some alteration in clause 14. He stated as part of his reasons that it would be necessary to revise those provisions affecting parishes. For in a parish that was entire, so far as the Poor-law Amendment Act went was sub-divided into nine or ten districts for the Poor-rates. Mr. HUME thought it would he better to postpone those alterations until the House could sec them in their printed shape. Lord J. RUSSELL was of the same opinion. Sir G. STRICKLAND thought the further consi deration of this question should he adjourned until after Easter, in order that the country might have an oppor tunity of well considering it. Lord DUNGANNON was also understood to sa•,• that postponment was advisable. Lord EGERTON also concurred. One of the greatest difficulties in inducing small farmers to beco me Members of Union Boards of Guardians, was, that they had often to ride nine or ten miles a day to buii. ness ; and, besides, to be at the expenee of refreshments for themselves anti their horses. He was desirous to have smaller districts under this Bill, if its object was to save expense. District surveyors ought to be ap pointed ; then the inhabitants should have the manage ment of their own rates. Mr. M. PHILLIPS objected to the clause in its present shnpe. Lord ELIOT said the whole system ought to be placed on a better footing. He thought his Hon. Friend below him would exercise a sound discretion if he gave way on this point. Mr. SLANEY thought that his Hon. Friend should introduce the clause and submit it to the House on a future occasion. Lord STAN LEY recommended the p o stponement of these clauses until after Easter—(Hear, hear)—b u t it was the anxious wish of his Hon. Friend to obtain a declaration of the House, in order to ena bl e hi m to frame the clauses on one system or the other. Mr. HUME thought the larger the districts were the better. If the House gave any opinion as to the extent of the Unions, he was for the largest ext c e 4 n e t rine . Colonel WOOD sa id th e H ouse should whether these new districts should be of the same size as the Poor-law Unions. If the system were to be al tered, the best way would be to confine the repair of the roads to the Boards at present in existence. Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE suggested to his lion. Friend to withdraw these clauses and intr odu ce some others. He agreed with the Hon. Member for Kil kenny, that it was desirable to have a large district, but he believed no one surveyor would undertake the duty. Mr. G. PALMER was sorry to say that the estab lishment of Boards and Commissions seemed to be the universal order of the day on both sides niche House. —( Hear, hear, from Col. Sibthorp, creat( d general laughter.) On no consideration ought any further power to be given to the Boards of Guardians throughout the country. He was afraid the time would come when those Boards would rule even that House itself.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Lord DUNGANN ON was opposed to the estab lishment of Boards in any shape, and was glad th e sense of the House was to be taken on this question. He entirely concurred in what had fallen from the the i.( Hon. Member ,lleitof appointment fCoromEmssiessxionsTaorrsi‘uTed that h , apaatssonle'adeout scarcely cross the street without being afraid o f stumbling a gainst a C o inmission.—(Laughter.) He should give his vote in favour of the proposition of the Hon. Member for Cheshire. Colonel SIBTHORP protested against the ap „ pointnlent of any further Commissions, which only put the country to a great deal of useless expense. Mr. AGLIONBY said Hon. Gentlemen were straying frain the real question before the House, which was what should be the boundary of the district, an d whether it ought not to be co-extensive with the Poor- law Union. Sir JOHN OWEN was opposed to the appointment of al Boards—(Hear, bear, from Colonel Sibthorp)___ but if there was to be a Board appointed he would ad vise his lion. Friend to compose it of Barristers o f s i x months' s t a nding,.—(Laughte r. ) Mr. PALMER thought it very desirable that a district surveyor should be appointed—to be a pp o i nted by the Magistra tes. As the Bill stood there was no s aving how far t he espense might go. That b e i ng h is opinion if lion. Friend divided the House, he must votewiEthhEinli l%l r . GTON moved that the clause he omitted alt ogether. Captain WOOD thought the House ought to have time to consider the new proposition which had been brought before them. He would therefore move that