The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-09 00:00:00

— ‘ p ii, - c•E-AND-A-lIALF PER CENTS . 1. It o _ °w in ing are the resoluti ons to b e move d i n Co nittee ! Nej e , e , a l ,: di ed—That a ll and every person or persons, bodies rest ed ia"" cor porate, who now i s or are or h erea f ter may b e j ute . Shl e 6.i or en titled unto any p art o f t h e N at i ona l D e b t, re d eem . 41.1 0 s ' law, ' w hich now ca r ri es an i nterest after the rate of I NT • Per centum per annum and known in Ireland by the teet:liananies of 31. 10s per Centum Old Stock and Government 1 44 34 r a ca, Irish 3!. 10 s. per Centum Reduced Annuities, and and Ith-„,." Ga . Per Centum Annutheities several names and Governmeof 3/. nt Deblos.enturesper , reet a i n Great Britain hy allittearn try! Annuities , and New V. 10s. per Centum An. trov 4 . ‘ne dividends of tech are paid either at the Bank of riot ai nd , or at the Bank of Ireland respectively, and who shall n istatf,,, a __, 7 I ' l3 , her, or their dissent in the manner hereina ft er iiiatitaa"ese shall for every 100/. of suchCentum An. a reh e. nc Government Debentures, receive for every 100/. of 100,...: 1 0s. pe r C entum Annuities or Government Debentures, l allee i T a new Stock, to be called "31. s', per Centum An rlte of ! 3' h ick said Annuities shall continue to be paid at the .7 1 obs t ;n e s . Per centum per annum until the 10th day . of else a . ° O 4 ; and from and a ft er that date the said Annuities interest at the rate of 3/. per centinn per annum, wh ich %sot fr'srneritioned Annuities shall not be subject to reduction .. delee ... °l° and after the 10th day of October, 1874 ; and the 41 .1 7 .17 i nterest of the said "31. ss. per Centum Annuities," 41the Bar' 31. per Centum A nnu i t i es, " s h a ll b e p a id an d payable ts)Of A " ° t England, or a t th e B an k o f I re l an d, o n the sth the e and the 10th day of October in each and every year ; ""aIL Centum An. hie" Yearly dividend on the said " 3/. ss. per p_th '• 3 1 be Payable on the sth day of April, 1843; and that 'al el' I ' l ' 53 . per Centum Annuities," and the " New 31. per A a a ti l ni m iti es,." . respe . ctively, shall be free from all taxes, Ceet ta 4 Positions, in the like manner as the said 3/. 10s. 2, tca Annuities. ~lieeter-Zlted--That the Interest and Dividends payable in re. set e ai.aa "e said .. 31. ss. per Centum Annuities," and " New 31. iCalleia", A nnuities," shall be charged and payable upon the 441 144 4te d Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and kti „„"„ciced—•That all and every person and persons, bodies 41 ; -."" corporate, who shall not, within the period commencing ts %day th '234 „ e 11th day of March, 1844, and ending o n Saturday, . ajzithslit.;„7,oart f iSf re a m rch a , eoe lB p 4 o 4 n , g both days inclusive, s i gn if y . his, her, and receiving a share in the said I leti a .': Per Centum Annuities," and .. New 3!. per Centum An nestl a s L i n lieu of his , her , or their respective shares in the before. t;'",%"1,_ 1 • 10 3. pe Centum ' Annuities or Government Deben. u ti "" Manner hereina ft er d i recte d , shall be deemed and "eh ,„.'loe consented to accept and receive the same . Provided l'e te t s „ n at if any e ro e p h r a ie ll to n r nt o b r e proprietors of the said 3/. 10s. ikilletCatan'ln A nnuitie s within the limits of the United a nY time between Monday, the 1 lth day of March, ,bat,;4'll-;esturday, the 23d day of March, 1844, both days inclu aNtli otinall be in any other part of Europe, it shall be lawful . for e Vo te ii?lietor or proprietors to signify such dissent at any . time L hak s, I e p, 2 , d d ay of June, 1844; and if any such proprietor or .4,%;ariall not, at any time between the Ilth day of March, 1 7 Pe, ed day of June, 1844, be within any part o f 4.74.' 1°,1 1 be lawful for him, her, or them to signify suc h , a 7Pti eta ; IT) time before the Ist day o . f Feb . rmary, 1845, such aa S u , "e proprietors pr v i n to the satisfaction of the Governo r e a ' tlep to Y Governor of the Bank of England, or to the Governo r 1 ,„'ek ha'7 Governor of the Bank of Ireland, according to the a lced ;a d th lell his Annuities of 3/. 10s. per centum may b e . e7t`i s - the Dividends and Interest payable, his, her, or their It, A thd, a e United Kingdom, or out of Europe, as above a le t nd that hi s, h er, or the i r share or s h ares o f suc h th ,ts e. Pe r Centum Annuities stood in his, her, or their name or ly r eir r ,,,, tiv elY on the 22d day of March, 1844, in thebo s o i books L'ess at ':" and Company of the Bank to which he sha ll gniy hp. yrovided, that such proprietor or proprietors,. so abse nt 10' 1 ,4 th_, 4lt ed Kingdom or out of Europe, shall signify such his, 'at rir dissent within ten days after his, her, or their return NZ" Kingdom. A 'nets Ived--That provision shall be made for paying off such I:a4hittittitil4benctoPrreoprietors of any of the said 31. 10s. per Centum mentioned as shall signify his, her, or their r. d s is s .. Leeet„,7cePtirig and receiving any share in the said " 3 'th s , '" Annuities," and " New 31. per Centum Annuities, in 6, b eet hattiszh, tde -4 That all persons, b o di e s p o liti c and corporate, 04 Of 4 ,, th ..Y part of the before mentioned 3/.. 10s. per Centum *:bbsti),4)4l who shall desire to signify such dissen h t e a 2 s 3 a d for d e e sai e d i ,1g t be he ib llth i day of bMarch,theml.Be44,sitioidr some t a gent Y or Z ta tte arli ° e a lhat Purpose duly ' autt y mrised, signify to the Govern or nd Pag Y nY of the Bank of England, or to the . Governor . h a . !kiltlll °I. the Bank of Ireland respectively, in which placed, 810 c of . hib -ta tt t k in 3!. 10s. per Centum Annuities may be e a it Writing, under his, her, or their hand or hands, th ,„ e amount of his, her, or their respective shares in ts,:ere t f t :". Per Centum Annuities, and which said dissent shall S tia `ree t " book or books, to be opened and kept by the sal a atl :„" C ° ll lpany of each of the said Banks for . that . pur t . t h ,‘ ~,,,a,'"blbered in the order in which his, her, or their . dissen y ed by the said Governor and Company of either o f tiukto r -nk, and in case of any transfer of such shares, se t a lth im Parts thereof , a ft er such dissent, the part or parts e .I , II S a shall be en ' tered in the said books under the sam 11-'I,C-114re fixed to such shares when the dissent wa orso 14,41lesand every such dissentient proprietor or propr ie tors, d in 4 4 Zit r th eir assigns undr such transfer, shall be pal . ff ll,'ett land at such periods, and in such manner as Par liamen t 4, 4 a, c solv ei s ( 1 c. to That every proprietor or proprietors of the 4 S . hieh k Per Centurn Annuities, the Dividends and Interest 4 1% 4 . i at , a , a nre Payable the sth day of April, and the 10th 14 0 0 : hat f 7 a c, shall receive the dividends due thereupon Year uP to the 10th day of October, 1844, and no 1 e, t o,' - k ";: erY proprietor or proprietors of the said 3/. 10s. per t elt % lite 'C antl es, the Dividends and Interest on which are pay. re `lathe tt( th day of January and the sth day of July, shall - 1 6 ta 4 4 4 .1 thlelid due thereupon for the half.year up to the sth kt up 1. 4 4, and shall also receive one quarter's Dividend 14: 4 14 f . 0 t o tile 10th day of October, 1844, and no longer; and the It btro, te-lnentioned 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities shall be tai l enny erted in to 31 o . ss. per Centum . Annuities, and New Ip,k ‘itt,C a Z ,•, Annuities la manner aforesaid, from and after the ,ett s October, 1844; and no transfer of any of the before tie b7 e er g 3l ; 10 s. per Cetum Annuities to or from the books of 1 404 and Company of the Bank of England, or to or from tte t °I the Goveinor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, lt tle italepace from and after the 6th day of March, 1844. . It th, ces, :Nl's-That all executors, administrators, guardians, and kti t 4 1. t a a Y ai lln l7 l such dissent in respect of such shares of a ny . N al pef Centum Annuities, for the holding of which a 44 l trit 4 i; Ore made use of respectively; and all executors, ad. ‘itta i b e a ,..,4Zardians, a n d trustees, not signifying such dissent, a _6, ; I n 147 to have assented as aforesaid, and shall be In. ‘,..' a rolt,„ect thereof. I ttN i lthd, o 7 . -Th a t all ard every person and persons, be in. s - N, a r Parate, who now is or are or hereaft er may hi; entitled unto any part of the Nat i ona l y redeem. 44 1e 1) ,,. k Pe I ,,L' hick now carries an interest after the rate of e -vntu 1 4 141 65 , a rn per annum, a nd is usually known by the L ip t a sLek per Centum Annuities 1818," the Dirt. Which are Payable at the Bank of England on the sth rt Vilify l a d 1 0th day of October in each year, and who shall la i 'at taa ia, her, or their assent to accept 3/. ss. per 4 4 rie ',l t ' l l's, and New 31. per Centum Annuities, upon the 4 • 1 thg o i ll ;e Manner hereinafter mentioned, shall on the 10th 1 , 1 4s1:101 h _ 118 44, receive the sum of 100/. for every 1001. of h . . r ` c Centum Annuities, 1818, which may be then 4 , 1,..' 1 r of r, or their name or names, and the said amount -kth Annuities shall, from the said 10th day of O . c. ,711;Zallen.7 considered as cancelled and paid off; and no in. :eset r m .. '" t heft forth accrue, or become payable thereon. r • ion shall be made by ths House for 41:ta.`" Pro prie i t ' or " Or proprietors of the said 1 31. 10s. per 1 The n etaZGest 1818, a s s h a ll no t s i gn ify hi s , her, or their h a. 4 . 1N e . 4 1. P : p a nd receive a share in 3/. ss. per Centum Annuities v'tk Zanl v .,; Centum Annuities in lieu thereof. N e t , l 7o--Teat all and every person or per sons , bodies 4 4 4 of any tte u , a te, who sh a ll h o ld or be possessedsuch Annuities 1818, and who shell, on or before NNe t% h; - .oth tie f A •I si nify in the manner hereafter t a ' her o . Pr' g h , or their assent to accept and receive 31. Si. per I,Lli a lthe il e a. in lieu of his, her, or their respecti v e share r or r 11 lie: • of% a d 1 . 10s. per Centum Annuities, 1818, shall,.o ' 4 im?es, - ;',th 3 /. 10s, per Centum Annuities, 1818, rece ive „„''"eit to be called "3/. 55. per Centum Annuities, t lit - e aati ee4 taer-s.:_ities shall c ontinue . to be paid at the rate of 3/. 55. 4 1, rate "term an num , until the 10th day of October, 1854, and 161st or ai at date the said Annuities shall carry interest ., at kileateetita'anDer centum per annum, and shall be called N . ew l i t ej'ett4 „ l e so - h t An nuities," which said last.mentioned Annuities l' e ct to reduction until from and after the 10th . day tht,is 874. 114 . e1p . and the said 31. ss. per . CentumAnn b i e fit rr ie ee s, tOel Zet a. ter Centum Annuities, respectively, shall h,l6,,itwats,44:4oBc:easragiesd, and impositions, in the like he m p a i n e n id e e r nd a s s ke t Nit Of Centum Annuities 1818; . and t d N 3/. 55. per Centum Annuities, an ew3/ 1. . ar at h , n k ui ties t shall be paid and payable at the Ban k . o f VI) hi ' Ot 00,1 Bank of Ireland, on the sth day of April mn 4 / 4 , Oble t t - ", 1 b " in each and every year; and the first half. hI I, a 'y tie ta " °n the said 31. ss. per Centum Annuities shall 51 /I day of April, 1845. se,bse,eoeirliat all and every person or persons, bodies k'qtl "rie • 41 n, posse sse d o f any part of the 3/. 10s. per .0 , 4 ‘l l 3 l, t„ 1 8 18, and who shall desire to signify h . her, % a rt c a , h - r eceive the said 3/. ss. per Centum Annuities and \Netts slay -t Annuities, in lieu thereof, shall, on or be. tie,64t bu sh °l. April, 1844, but within the usual hours of 1 0, 1 e , a 1 oe," e ae at the Bank of England, by themselves or 6, ll ' tt r l it r h ;el o , a-Rerits for that purpose duly authorised, signify to , ,af t e n ,nder t s ° ThPally of the Bank of England such anent kk l: % et is h i, her, or their hand or hands, or the hand or ke l h, ; , c . or their agent or agents, together with the l is a a b et l teiis C aa i - t e c, or their respective share or shares in thessa i d ! t e as. o 4a le 4 hlal Annuities 1818, and which said assent shall a nd --"uk or to be opened and kept by the said 1,.. o atri books Nei l ite I nce , la nnY for that purpose ; and in case of any ataerear scare or shares of such Annuities, or any part kZsei d t ree r t er such assent, the part or parts of such An. Sly;f l mve, " "l'd &hall be entered in the said book or books s'r .14 1 , - ,,? 1 ' and Company separately from the said 3/. 10s. 1:9%4,4'411es 1818 in respect of which no such assent talea:,34.sebasrt, there°e d every such person or persons so assenting, :116 . ,T q a , "aigos or the executors or administrators of 1 14 4 anY such transfer, shall, from the 10th day of `Olt 'eft, ` °lll led to 1001. of such Si. ss. per Centum An. elo t o r , es . 104 at, 1 , Per Centum Annuities, in lieu of every 1001. e 't • Per Centum Annuities 1818 , Capital Stock : V i ajt ric C ' l.) that if t 1: of 141 Annu a it n t Y ea p l e B rs l o s n o sb r a pe l rsons holding any such I not be within the limits t i ! t a reh a n i r t. d °rn at any time between the 11th and 23d ta ld 14,71eahtaPe. ft; both inclusive but shall be in any other 4' l i N t a c e' s a lse ., et - : 1 : 41 h! lawful for ' such person or persons to 0111,, ett a ,:ch time before the Ist day of July, 1844 ; i' i ti t ;4l.l y h. ' Of tia...".Oros Or persons shall not at any time between 1,7 1.4 Of r , NI 18 44, and the lst day of July, 1844, be t t iN , lt ta Wels alseztezpe. It shall be lawful for him, her, or them, any time before the Ist day of . Febr uary, te ottse ah.abeputy""..„Persons proving to the satisfactio n o f h eiltei - 7 nee fr aha u° vernor of the Rank of England, his, her, 'it' 1 e d, -• the United Kingdom, or out of Europe, as 1 144. pep Ca ntu that 1, 1 4ti t l it h , r ... aatuai 4 3 .! her, or their share or shares of I, 44 s L or tala ant e , re. .ti nuities, 1818, stood in his, her, is : it Petri's, Peevely, or in the name or names f 41 , .e a lri n a te a c 2 f th e 4:3o.,eeeror trustees, on his, her, or their behalf, 04 s , t the day of nor and Company of the Bank of Eng. 11 111,,, 1 ° 1 18 44 , March, 1844 : Provided also, that such a lltnts"" l " 4 frost' the United Kingdom, or out of N t is so g ia, h er 7 s uch his her , or their assent, within ten 41 1 tit ' ° ll ' their return ' to the United Kingdom. . e the the Interest and Dividends payable in , 4 10 s° ' Per Centum Annuities and per k .. 41 I ' 4l be n It And . e arged and chargeableupon, ! an d kij, ked,,ltie ta _,, paid out of, the Consolidated Fund of the ' Lill 10 t1 th1 454e a 1 Britain and Ireland, on the sth day of 4 t ' ,Os, 4 olv ad 7 ° 7 October in every year. .. 4 t . font --erY proprietor or proprietors of the said .1 1 , 44, 1 _Aehuia, Annuities 1 818, shall receive the Dividends e.2: lo l o , 4e " r es due thereon on the 10th day of October, 'Nl ; ll 4 . 7 t , te d--.e. h . Coo rt a : i t shall be lawftil for the Accountant : ea:94;7d seaa t o or Chancery in England and Ireland res. e t4 b i arta 4 1 41.- r the Accountant -General of the Court of ' e a t°- t ' s e ld ati:". d _' and for the Accountant in Bankruptcy :sola r o 0 0 ;1 srme before the Bth day of July, 1844, to Nik . Oti l Of .rnor a , t hti 41 . 1 an 7 resit uompany of the Bank of England, t at 41 01, or or suitors, or others interested in gory Per Centun i 1 11 1 41; me nt t tl ' l ceou ht4 Annuities 1818, standing in the 4 4 1 4 i t ,.te h accept .24... General and Accountant respectively, %ties .nd receive shares in the said 3/. ss, per lo tut R aw per Centum Annuities, in lieu of Annuities 1618, standing in their Ns; ~rttlypi.p ' _'. i n the said Ac countants -General and Ac. itoilee,;eetinaaanall be fully indemnified against all actions, ° the al 6 a. e 'or and in respect of any action, matter, or resp ectively in pursuance thereof. , r inceo Sterdif .ttis to min''" lar i o tts lajestY; lay 11 , t - 1r06 1116 i ster. iwY (1 ) 1 F,divard B o ber' 'Georg° at reel. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1844 Three per Cents. yesterday were very nearly at par';- being at 98i, and the Three-and-a-Half at 21. 10s. above par, and this has been pretty steadily the rate of prices for several months. The time, therefore, for paying off or converting the stock, which had improved in value beyond what was contemplated by borrower and lender when the loan was originally made, and plainly arrived. If the nation, by paying 505., could re lieve itself of 10s. interest—observing the strictest good faith all the while—the nation was clearly entitled to do so, and the Minister to whose hands the care of the national finances is confided was bound to avail himself of the opportunity of saving some 14 per cent. of a large annual drain] Accordingly, Mr. Goulburn resolved to reduce the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. to Three per Cent., either by conversion into Three per Cent. (paying the marketable difference) or by paying • off the whole, at the will of the holder. For many rea sons, however, it seemed a d v i sa bl e t o b rea k the descent of the holders of the Three and-a-Half per Cents., instead of holding them to the strict right; the sudden diminution of income to many, though what they ought to have foreseen, might prove inconvenient, while the balance, which in one way or other they were to receive in consideration of that diminution, might, if very great, disturb the Money Market. Upon these considerations, the Chancellor of the Exchequer wisely creates for the occasion an intermediate stock bearing three and a quarter ptill cent. interest for ten years ; but after that bearing interest three per rent. and no more; and into this stock he pro posns to convert the 250 millions of Three and- a-Half per Cents., an immediate saving to the country of 625,0001. per annum, and at the end of ten years a saving of 1,250,000/. per annum—a saving in the whole, certainly, equivalent to an extinction of fifty or sixty millions of the public debt. This is something to be boasted of by a Minis try not more than two years and a half old, which, at its accession to office, found the national debt increas ing at the rate of three or four millions annually, but Mr. Goulburn makes no boast of the achievement, he leaves the praise where the praise no doubt is ultimately due, to the untiring energy and inviolable good faith of the British nation ; and he is right. It is honour high enough for any mortal statesman to say that he is worthy to give direction to such energy, and to be the guardian of such faith. And this honour was unanimously awarded last night to Sir Robert Peel and his col leagues, and the nation will confirm the award. Commerce revived and extended—universal peace abroad, conquered by glorious victories over all who would disturb it—sedition crushed at home—and 50 or 60 millions of the public debt extinguished, without one shilling's weight of pressure upon a flourishing revenue—these are the trophies of 30 months of a Conservative Administration. , F. Forman, butcher, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, March 13, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. J. T. Morgan, butcher, Feckenham, Worcestershire, March 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. E. M. Parsons, baker, Great Portland-place, March 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. J. Marston, watch-maker, castle -street, Leicester-square, March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. T. W. T. Prescott, Duke-street, Marylebone, March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. G. Dennes, attorney, Great Vine-street, Piccadilly, March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. P. B. Goode, attorney, Polygon, Sonser '- town, March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. G. S. Peacock, mariner, Charles-street, Stepney, March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official aksignee._ E: J. Cotsford, auctioneer, Ann-street, Pentonville, March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. G. White, Regent-street, 'Westminster March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. T. Hayward, wood carver, Tabernacle-row, Finsbury, March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. W. Ray, farmer, Edgware, Middlesex, March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. W. Cauty, Jermyn-street, March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. W. Norris, butcher, St. Alban's, March 13, at e l even , a t th e Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee. J. Baker, painter, Bradfield, Essex, March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee. F. Blackley, steward of a steam-ship, Southampton, March 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. G. Moody, Union-street, Shoreditch, March 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee. T. Robottom, coachman, Great Scotland-yard, March 26, at half- past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. •Lackington, official assignee. F. Collins, dancing-master, Brighton, March 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson official assignee. J. Clayton, cooper, White Hart, Kennington, Mar c h 27, a t one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee. S. Nicholls, excavator, Kensall-green Middlesex, Ma rc h 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. C. S. Shannan, tea-dealer, Bedford, March 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee. J. Oliver, fruiterer, Cobbscroft, Kent, March 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. H. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham, March 16, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assigneee. G. Chidlow, licensed victualler, Wem, Salop, March 16, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee. C. Brown, miller, South Shields, March IN at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee. E. Cunnah, attorne y - at-law , Cheste r , M arc h 12, a t twe l ve, at the Liverpool District Court. MEI, official assignee. J. Leigh, victualler, Llay, Denbighshire, March 13, at half past eleven at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. T. Smith, dealer in toys, Warrington, Lancashire, March 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee. J. Ogbern, butcher, Clifton, Gloucestershire, March 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. _ _ WOOLWICH, Alitacu B.—The Firefly steam-vessel was towed down to Woolwich yesterday from Deptford, to be fitted with her boilers, and when ready for sea she will be employed in the surveying service, under command of Capt. Beechy, in place of the Lucifer steam-vessel. T. Mayers, wheelwright, Christleton, Chester, March 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee. T. Bland, market gardener, Monmouthshire, March 13, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee. G. Warburton, harness maker, Chester, March 13, at twelve, at the Mancheetr District Court. Hobson, o fficial assignee. W. Plowright, publican,Pinchbeck,Lincolnshire, March 15, at half-past one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. F. Jaques, market-gardener, Commercial-place, Brixton, March 29, at half-past one—J. Gosden, licensed victualler, Wilsted-street, March 29, at half-past eleven—R. Wills and R. Davy, drapers, Oxford-street, March 29, at half-past one —J. G. James, wine merchant, Bucklersbury, City, March 20, at two—J. 0. Palmer, music seller, Liverpool, March 29, a t half-past one—C. Parslow, taller, Blackman-street, Borough, March 28, at half-past eleven—J. Wheatley, livery-stable keeper. Kennington-cross, Lambeth, March 29, at twelve— J. Miller, patent sail-cloth manufacturer, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, Mareh 29, at two—W. F. Mills, merchant, Hart street, Mark-lane, March 29, at one. In the Country. W. Dargue, innkeeper, Whitehaven, April 2, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. Tomkinson, wine merchant, Stoke-upon-Trent, March 29, at one, at the Birmingham District Ceurt. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. R. Stevens, china dealer, New-cut, Lambeth, March 29 C. Webb, apothecary, Oxford, March 90—J. B. Montefiore, merchant, Nicholas-lane, City, April 2—W. Monteath, linen draper, Oxford-street, April 2—R. T. Hicks, wine merchant, Cooper's-row, Tower-bill, March 29—J. A. Holmes, mer chant, New Broad-street, March 29—J. Deakins, horse dealer, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, March 29—J. H. Ber ryman, bookseller, Birmingham, April 2-4. Rushton, livery stable keeper, Nottingham, April 2—T. Redsbaw, harness maker, Bourne, Lincolnshire, April 4—.7. Andrew, licensed victualler, Ladd-lane, City, March 29—J. Gunton, butcher, Cambridge, March 29—J. Jukes, nail manufacturer, West bromwich, Staffordshire, March 29—A. W. and T. S. Low man, cheesemongers, East-cheap, City, March 29—D. Row lands, wine dealer, Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, March 29—C. J. Hunt, billiard table-maker, Cork-street, Burlington-gardens, March 29. 15. Resolved—That all executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees, may signify such assent at any time before the 20th day of April, 1844, in respect of such shares of any of the said 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities 1818, for the holding of which their names shall be made use of respectively, and shall be indem nified for giving such assent in respect thereof; and all executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees, not signifying such assent, shall be deemed not to have assented as aforesaid, and shall be paid off accordingly. FRAM TAB MORNING PAPERS •F THIS DAY. TIMES.—The plan for reducing the interest of the Three. and•a.Half per Cents., announced last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was received with an unanimous approval which really appears almost incomprehensible. The public and the public's creditor—stock-holder and taxpayer —appear equally well pleased with the terms of their bargain. Such, at least, we may presume to be the case, when in the House of Commons—a body in which all may safely be supposed contributors to the na. tional revenue, and most receivers of some amount of dividends— not a single voice was raised in depreciation, however modified, of Mr. Goulburn's measure. We do not, indeed, quite apprehend the force of Mr. Baring's sentiment, that this reduction "would be to other States a useful lesson that good faith to the public cre ditor is not only an honourable but even an economical policy." This reduction of interest may be perfectly honest, but it seems difficult to claim for it the high merit of honourable generosity which Mr. Baring finds there, and still more impracticable to establish between its eco nomy and its good faith that particular relation of cause and effect which he seems to discover. The only faint whisper of dia. content arose from Mr. Blewitt, who surmised that " the dissen, tients might be found more numerous than the Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed to expect." Perhaps our City Intelligence of yesterday may serve to relieve his apprehensions. After the Go vernment's intention to reduce had been publicly announced, and the particular terms which were to be proposed not uncertainly conjectured in the City, the Three.and.a-Half per Cents. conti nued, and we may now fairly expect they will continue, to com. mend the price of about 102%. It will be Indeed remarkable if many stockholders are found of minds so peculiarly constituted as to demand from Mr. Goulburn 1001. for what they might sell in the market for 1021. 10s. Meantime, the public has to congra. tulate Itself on an immediate saving of 825,0001., and an ultimate one of a million and a quarter per annum. "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good ;" and so this gain may be taken in part compensation of the stagnation and lack of commercial enterprise which has made the coming reduction practicable. ADVERTISER.—It will be seen from our Parliamentary re. port, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night explained the mode in which he intends to effect the the reduction of the rate of interest on the Three-and a-Half per Cents., which he announced on Wednesday. The reduction is to three and a quarter, with a guarantee that no further reduction will be made for ten years to come. After the lapse of that period a further reduction of an other quarter will take place, with a guarantee that no further re duction will be made until the year 1874. This is, perhaps, the best mode in which the operation could have been performed. Though the saving to the public will be about 1,250,0(10/. per an num, the reduction is so slight and so gradual, that the annuitants will not sensibly feel it, There is a general impression, which, we trust, the event will confirm, that the saving effected by the con version of the Three.and.a-Halfs will not only enable, but dispose Sir Robert Peel to dispense with the income-tax, when the three years have expired. _ HERALD.—The inveteracy of the Opposition to Ministers and their measures, in which some of our Contemporaries indulge, leads them into laughable blunders. Thus the Chronicle yesterday ob. jected to the proposed reduction of the Three.and.a.Half per Cents. ; " not that the Ministers take advantage of the [Money] Market, but that they have made the market in :order to take ad. vantage of it." This great discovery—this ascription of a miracu. lons power over the Money Market to Mr. Goulburn, will rather astonish Lombard-street and the discount brokers. But how does the reader think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer " has made the market ?" By " secret and mysterious operations," we are told in one sentence ; and by " restrictive laws," it is further explained in the next. How " restrictive laws " can be " secret and mysterious operations " we are not instructed; but we let the neutralising inconsistency pass, to inquire what " restrictive laws " Sir Robert Peel has procured the enactment of ? Every economical law he has proposed to Parliament has been for the relaxation of restrictions ; and so far from the effect of his legis lation being, as is alleged, to " cripple manufactures," it has had the very opposite result. The Annual Trade and Navigation accounts were presented the other day to Parliament, and they exhibit a very remarkable increase during the last year, in the exportation of our " crippled " manufactures. The declared value of British produce and manufactures exported in 1842 was 40,785,3501. ; in 1843 it rose to 44,720,563/. ; and the greater part of this increase is in " crippled" cotton and woollen goods. In 1843 we exported 16,248,7591. worth of cottons against 13,907,8841. in 1842, and in 1843 again we exported 6,784,4321. worth of woollens against 5,185,0451. in the year 1842. In all the leading articles of import there was also an increase of consumption last year; in coffee, sugar, tea, tobacco, wine, and tallow, the augmentation was consi derable, and the tonnage of our shipping employed in foreign trade likewise increased. If, then, Ministers have been "mysteriously and secretly" preparing for a reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., it has been by extending and not by " crippling" our manufactures. Mr. Goulburn simply takes advantage of that which, as a wise financier, he is bound to take advantage of—the permanent low rate of interest caused by circumstances over which he has no more control than the Chronicle. Had he undertaken the reduction last year, he might have been accused of seizing on a temporary depreciation in the value of money; he has waited until a time when further postponement would be a neglect of pub lic interests, and that which really gravels our Contemporary is the certainty that he will be successful, and the knowledge that his success will still further increase the surplus revenue Sir Robert Peel promised, and has given to the country. But the public will find in our Parliamentary reports Mr. Goulburn's own hill and con. elusive explanation, the terms of the reduction, and a comprehen. sive view of the whole subject. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIA.= MENT. Whitehaven and Maryport Railway Bill,—" for making a Railway from the town and port of Whitehaven to the town and port of Aiaryport, in the county of Cumberland," pre sented, and read a first time. Northern and Eastern Railway (Newport Deviations) Bill,—" to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Com pany to make certain Deviations in the Line of their Rail way, between Bishops Stortford and Newport, and to alter and amend the Acts relating to the said Railway," presented, and read a first time Brighton and Chichester Railway,—Petition for Bill re- Sorted, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. John Abel mith and Captain Pechell. Colchester and Harwich Railway (No. 2),—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir Henry Smyth and Major Beresford. Harrogate and Knaresborough Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Lawson and Mr. Ferrand. Newbury, Basingstoke, London and Southampton Railway Bill,—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Bill,—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Eastern Counties Railway (Brandon and Peterborough Extension) Bill,—" to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway at Newport, by Cambridge to Ely, and from thence eastward to Brandon, and westward to Peterborough," pre sented, and read a first time. Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill,—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Slamannan Junction Railway Bill,—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. North British Railway Bill,—read a second time, and com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Darby and Lord Alfred Hervey. FIRE AT EALlNG. — Yesterday evening, about a quarter to five o'clock, an express arrived at the King-street brigade station, announcing the outbreak of a large fire in the village of Ealing, Middlesex. Immediately an engine, with a party of firemen, under the charge of Mr. Fogo, the fore man, was started to the scene and the news having been forwarded to the other stations in the metropolis, in a short time the County Fire-office engine, and another from the Waterloo-road station, were likewise dispatched. Upon their arrival the fire proved to have originated in the resi dence known as Sutherland House, belonging to Mrs. E. V. Nunn, near Ealing House ; but, fortunately, the danger had been overcome, though the damage the building sustained was considerable. It commenced in an apartment adjoining the drawing room, on the first floor. The cause of the fire is unknown. METROPOLITAN BUlLDlNGS.—Yesterday the Bill " for better regulating the buildings of the metropolitan dis tricts, and to provide for the drainage thereof," was issued. It extends, with the several schedules annexed, to eighty four pages, and appears to have been framed with a good deal of labour and care. There are one hundred and nine clauses, and twelve schedules. The object cf the measure is to regulate the construction of buildings in the metropolis, and to provide for the drainage of the districts. The mea sure, so far as relates to the officers to be appointed, shall come into operation on the Ist of September next; and as to buildings, streets, and other matters, on the Ist of January, 1845, on which day all the Acts mentioned in the schedule A, except so far as in the schedule stated, are to be repealed. The Bill is divided into several portions, embracing the fol lowing expressions :—General provisions, buildings, new and old, builders, buildings generally, adjoining properties, party walls, party fences, intermixed buildings, ruinous buildings, expenses of works, building use thereof, district surveyors, official referees, registration of metropolitan buildings, official referees, official legal proceedings, and miscellaneous." Fixed rules are to be relaxed where they needlessly affect the ob ject of the Bill, and surveyors are empowered to carry the spirit of the Act into practical operation. THE INFANT ORPHAN ASTLEM.-011 Thursday the friends and supporters of this establishment celebrated the anniversary of its creation by dining together at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, and partaking of the hospitality provided on the occasion by the proprietors of that well known gathering place of the benevolent and the festive. It had been announced that Lord Morpeth would take the chair, but his Lordship not being able to attend, his place was supplied by Lord Robert Grosvenor, who was supported by Sir George Carroll, Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, and many other gentlemen of rank and fortune. The company consisted of upwards of 160 persons, and the gross amount of the contri butions was about 1,5001., including 101. from her Ma jesty, 25/. from the Noble Chairman, 251. from Mr. B. B. Cabbell, and 25/. from the Pacha of Egypt, through Mr. Waghorn. Upon the removal of the cloth " Non nobis," was sung by Messrs. G. F. Taylor, G. Rennie, R. F. Smith, and G. George ; after which the healths of the Queen, of Prince Albert, of the Prince of Wales, the Queen Dowager, and the other members of the Royal family were drunk with the accustomed honours. " The health of the Duke of Wellington and the Army" was also drunk with every demonstration of respect and enthusiasm ; after which the children nurtured and educated at the new building at Wanstead were brought into the room, and after having sung an appropriate hymn, marshalled in procession between the tables. fhis was the most interesting part of the festival, and certainly, if the merit of an establishment is to be estimated by the appearance of those who are the objects of its intentions, nothing could exceed the claims of this asylum to public patronage. The children were line specimens of what good treatment, good air, and kindness in their guardians and precepto r s, could pro duce. As soon as they had retired, the Noble Chairman made a short but forcible appeal in support of the institu tion by which they were protected to the company, and the appeal, as the amount of the contributions showed, was not in vain. Several other toasts, viz., the health of the chair man, for which Lord R. Grosvenor returned thanks, of the vice-pi es , • idents for which Sir G. Carroll returned thanks, and of the clergy, were then drank; after which the Noble Chair man retired, to be present, as he said, at a division in the House of Commons, and Mr. B. B. Cabbell took the chair. The company remained for some time after the retirement of his Lordship, and having drunk several toasts more imme diately connected with the charitable purposes of the asylum, and heard some good glees from the professionals present, separated a little before 11 o'clock. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail - packet, Neptune, Captain H. W. Gibbs, arrived at Blackwall this morning, at half-past nine o'clock, with the Hamburgh mail. This is the first vessel that has arrived from Ham burgh blue the ice bet in. ebtrb Nttition THE FUNDS (CI BRITISH ,OSING PRICES). FUNDS. Bank Stock _. ... :... ...... ... —. Indian Stock Pm. 3 per Cent. Red..... ....... Ditto Bonds ........ 3 per Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. Re - I ... New 3% per Cent... 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001 . 1%d... 72 pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5004 72 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11...... ......... 72 pm. Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... 197% Oct. 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... 282 Jan. 1860 — ,Consols for Acct ..... .... 95% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent .... ..... 115 IPortuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Russian, 5 per Cent Chllian, 6 per Cent ..... ....... ( Ditt o , Metallic — Colombian, 6 per Cent: l47' Spanish, 5 per Cent 25% Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent...... 93 'Ditto, Deferred.— ....... Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18,5, sPer Cent — 'Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent . ..... ... ::6 'French, 3 per Cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837....... r Dutch, 2% per Cent 5654 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 30% Ditto, 5 per Cent 10136 SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 62% Ditto Thirds (25 paid) Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid).. ....... Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 72 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 6% Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto New (25 paid) Ditto Extension (13s. 4d. paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 62% Ditto Quarter Shares (12% paid) 15% Gravesend, Rochester,and Chatham (2% paid)... 2A Great North of England (100 paid) 98% Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto kifths (12 paid) l9 Harwieh (Braithwaite) (2 paid) Harrowgate and Knaresboro' ( 3 paid) 3 Hull and Selby (50 paid) 6l Ditto Quarter Shares ( 6 paid) 94 Lonion and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall ( 161. 13s. 4dl) t London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Thirds (2 paid) 4l London and Greenwich (I.:t. 15s. 4d. paid) 5% London and Guildford Junction ( 5 paid) London and South Western (41/. Os. )od. paid) Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk) l7 Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid) 66( Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ll6 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) • 10 Manchester and Birmingham - 45 Midland Counties (100 paid) 93 Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 23 Ditto Fifths ( 2 paid) 3% North British (214 paid) 3 Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) Northern and Eastern (4) paid) Ditto Quarters (12% paid) North Midland (100 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) 34 South Eastern and Dover (50paid) 36 Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 3 8% West London Thames Extension 1 2 paid) Yarmouth and Norwich (1i paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) l2B Ditto New Shares (20 paid) SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The proceedings of the Athlone Tories, and "their political connexions resident in London," against Mr. Collett's return for that previously safe Conservative borough are, probably, unequalled in the annals of political faction. The petition got up last year against that gentleman's return, and which was persisted in to the last moment, will not be speedily forgotten. The Committee selected by the House to try the merits of that petition assembled. The counsel engaged to defend the return ; the agents and wit nesses for the sitting Members were all in attend ance ; when the agent for Captain Beresford ap plied for a postponement, on the ground that Mr. Cockburn, who was to have appeared for the peti tioners, was " gone to the Derby !" The Corn mittee refused to entertain the application—its desti tution of all claim to regard was, indeed, obvious to every one. Had anything been wanting to Complete the proof of its paltry character, it would have been supplied by. Mr. Cockburn's letter to the public jour nals, on the following day, requesting them to state, that though at his chambers until ten o'cloc t k the evening previously to the day appointed for trying the merits of the petition, no brief had been sent, nor any instructions given, to him, to appear to support it before the Committee. This trifling with the privileges of Parliament—this per version of the authority of the House of Commons to the purposes of mere party malevolence, was com mented upon by us at the time. We called upon the House to visit the conduct of the parties who had thus acted, with some tangible mark of its displeasure. Had this • been done ; or had the Committee pronounced the petition against the re turn "frivolous and vexatious "—as it might and ought to have done—and thus fixed the petitioners, or their securities, with the costs incurred by Mr. Collett in defending his return, thus ground lessly called in question, the new and, if possible, yet more disgraceful experiment—made, as we verily believe, and as the evidence goes to prove, for the purpose of extortion, would not have been ven tured upon. The first abortion alleged corrupt practices against the sitting Member, or his agents, at or before the election. The second was framed and presented to the House of Commons under the new election law ; which, in cases where corrupt payments were made after an election, allowed the return to be questioned within twenty-eight days after the making of such corrupt payments. This new move was performed under the direction of a Mr. Moss, who described himself to the Committee as " resident in London, but politically connected with Athlone." This gentleman, whose description of himself seemed to afford considerable amusement to the Committee, admitted, in his cross-exami nation, that "he had advanced money for the purposes of this petition ; that he had re ceived 2001. from Messrs. Wimborne and Collett, the solicitors of Chancery-lane, who had taken up the petition ; that he (Mr. Moss) had advanced money out of friendship towards Mr. Beresford; and that he expected that any person who went down as a candi date on the Conservative interest, and who should be successful, would bear the expenses of this petition." Such being the questionable position of the concoctor of the petition, and his admissions as to the worthiness of the objects for which it was projected, we now come to the petitioners, and the parties who were called to give evidence. The former were thus described by one of their own witnesses :—" Kelly is one of the petitioners. He is not worth fourpence. Fallon; another petitioner, could not give his family a din ner of potatoes and milk. All the petitioners to gether could not pay half the expenses of my coming to town." These poor creatures were, by the depth of their poverty rendered more easily accessible ; and were more likely to escape the consequences of becoming parties to the scheme. The witnesses who were ex pected to prove the accepting of money for their votes, were repudiated by those who adduced them. They failed to prove—indeed, they completely negatived, having received any money, or anything else, in the way of consideration, for voting for Mr. Collett ; but one of them did let out that "he had been offered 451. to vote for Captain Beresford." We trust that the evidence will be printed by an order of the House, and that some Member will bring the subject before the House on a question of privilege, or in some other form, in order to ascertain how far such proceedings as those which have been prosecuted against Mr. Collett's return for Athlone, are consistent with the freedom of repre sentation or the privileges of Parliament. More than one party whose names appear in this affair ought to be called to the bar of the House, to answer for their conduct, in thus employing the forms of the House to serve the purposes of election jobbery. If so signal an instance of utter disregard to the dig nity of Parliament be passed over without inquiry, with a' view to prevent, by , the punishment of the offenders, a repetition of the offence—such prac titioners of the trade may ply their traffic without fear. No more flagrant instance can occur • and having allowed impunity to greater, the House cannot proceed against lesser offenders against its privileges. STANDARD.—The speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night, in proposing the conversion of the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, received the unanimous applause of the House of Commons— and it deserved it, for the speech is a model in its kind, for it is simple, clear, and unpretend ing ; rare merits indeed, if not singular, in a financial statement. It is proper to say so much of the speech in order to protect it from the common fate of financial statements, the being put aside unperused by the majority of news paper readers. The plan which this most able and satisfactory speech developes has, however, no small share in the merit of the address. It is easy, the lawyers say, to make a good speech with a good case ; in such a case all is gentle downhill work, nice gal loping ground ; there are no objections to be an swered, no bye-roads to be pursued, no halting apologies to be dragged along. Mr. eoulburn's merit is, however, not the less than his task was light, when the task was lightened by his own ar rangements, as a statesman and financier. His speech was easily made simple and satisfactory, be cause his plan is simple and satisfactory ; he needed neither bye-ways nor apologies, because he has pro posed to himself neither bye-ends nor anything for which an apology is necessary. The Right Hon. Gentleman's plan of conversion is as follows : There are about two hundred and fifty millions of the public debt (somewhere about a third of the whole) which now pay three-and-a-half per cent. inte rest, while the remaining bulk of the debt pays but three per cent. The effect of the , high character of the public faith of the country, and the confidence in the stability of the present Government and in the continuance of general peace, has caused a very extraordinary rise (more than 10 per cent.) in the price of these securities since Sir Robert Peel's accession to office, a rise which is the more remarkable because it has been (as the improve ment in commerce and manufactures demonstrate), concurrent with the application of an immense amount of capital to activ trade ; the fact being, however, that the security of British faith has attracted large investments from every part of the world. From whatever cause arising, it is certain that the TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. r This Gazette contains the Indian Dispatches, which have already been published in The Sun. J LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 8, 1844. Notice is hereby given, that one week of the present Court Mourning, to commence on Sunday next, the 10th instant, will be also fur her late Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Oldenburg. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rawson William Rawson, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Island of Mauritius. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Williams Lewes, Esq., to be Provost Marshal for the Virgin Islands. The Queen has further been pleased to appoint Daniel H. 0. Gordon, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Virgin Islands. WHITEHALL, MARCH 6. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Campbell, M.A. to the church and parish of Gairloch, i n th e presbytery of Loc hcarron and county of Ross, vacant by the death of ths Rev. James Russel, late minister thereof. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 8. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. A. M. Gray, from the Royal Canadian Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Claremont, who exchanges, March 8. 76th Foot—Captain W. Doran, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice W. Webster, who has been placed upon half-pay, March 8. Ist West India Regiment—Major-General Sir G. T. Napier, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant -General Sir G. H. B. Way, deceased, Feb. 29. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant E . S. Clare mont, from the let Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, who exchanges, March S. HOSPITAL STAFF.—J. W. Mostyn, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Home, appointed to the 26th Foot, March 8. MEMORANDUIII.—The Christian name of Ensign Webster, of the 2d West India Regiment, is Rowland only, and not Row land William, as previously stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—J. Fife, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. '24. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire. . . Royal Merionethshire Light Infantry Militia —R. M. Richards, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, viee E. L. Ed wards, promoted, March I. WHITEHALL, FEB. 28. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Bodenham, of the city of Hereford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. HENRY EDWARDS, coal merchant, St. Alban's, to surrender, March 15, at three, and April 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Roche, Plowman, and Roche, Charles-street, Covent-garden. THOMAS WILKINSON, boot maker, King-street, Hol born, March 15, at half-past ten, and April 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Heath, Gracechurch-street. JOSEPH BARWICK, omnibus proprietor, Great Carter lane, Doctors'-commons, March 21 and April 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Letts, Bartlett's-buildings. GEORGE FOORD, seed merchant, Lenham, Kent, March 19, at twelve, and April 16 , at eleven, at the aurt of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Bower and Co., Chancery-lane ; Hart, Maidstone. JACOB MON TEFIORE and JOSEP/1 BARROW, merchants, Nicholas-lane, City, March 14, at one, and April 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashurst, Cheapside. ROBERT BARKER, druggist, Manchester, March 20 and April 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee Manchester; Shield and Harwood, Queen-street, Cheapside, London ; Bagshaw and Stevenson, Manchester. JOSEPH DOUGLASS, rope manufacturer, Newcastle upon-Tyne, March 22, at eleven, and April 16, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, o ffi cial assignee, Neweastle-upon-Tyne ; Bell, Brod r i c k, an d Bell, Bow-church yard, London ; Bates and Dees, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. THOMAS BREWER, pavior, Liverpool, March 22 and April nve , offic i a l 9 Liverpool District Court. Caze n L i ve r pool ; Bridg er an d Blake, Fins -1 , a t e l even, assignee, a t L te v erp bury-circus, London ; Dodge, Liverpool. RALPH LEWIS, wine merchant, Tryddyn, Flintshire, March 19, at twelve, and April 16, a t e l even , a t th e Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Milne and Co., Temple, London ; Ingleby, Mold, Flintshire. JAMES THOMPSON, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon- Trent, Staffordshire, March 22, at two, and April 17, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smallwood, Adrnaston ; Motteram and Giddy, Birmingham. JOHN DOUGLAS PAYNE and LYDIA RUSHTON, furriers, Birmingham, .March 20, at two, and May 3, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside, London ; Grif fiths, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. J. Gaunt, auctioneer, Pudsey, Yorkshire. R. Roffey, bricklayer, Deptford, Kent. J. C. S. Kelly, livery-stable-keeper, Wardrobe-place, City. H. Smith, carpenter, Farlington, Southampton. E. J. Bradshaw, miniature painter, Wolverhampton. W. Eggleston, flour dealer, Manchester. J. Shaw, fancy manufacturer, Highburton, Yorkshire. T. Johnston, draper, Hadley, Shropshire. N. B. Smith, carpenter, New Millman-street, Gray's Inn-lane. B. Kaye, woollen draper, Halifax. J. Young, blacksmith, Calverley, Yorkshire. J. Shepherd, boot and shoemaker, Huddersfield. L. W. 'Williams, eating-house-keeper, Brydges-street, Covent garden. W. Dobson, flour dealer, Leeds. J. Scott, labourer, Halifax. W. Ratcliffe, police-officer, Birkenhead, Cheshire. J. Addey, joiner, Selby, Yorkshire. A. Liddelow, butcher, Seymour-place, Camden-town. R. Spensley, tailor, Birmingham. I. Price, undertaker, Stepney-green. W. Walker, basket maker, Oldham, Lancashire. J. Bendall, tailor, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. J. Fryer, tobacconist, Cockshill, Stepney. T. Minchew, carpenter, Bilston, Staffordshire. T. Scott, carpenter, Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire. J. Slade, carpenter, Bexley-heath, Kent. J. Seel, joiner, Kensington Low-hill, Lancashire. H. G. Huxford, gas-fitter, Broad-way, Ludgate-hill. W. Richardson, builder, Liverpool. W. Dickenson, baker, Nottingham. .1. Ahrenfeld, hat manufacturer, Well - street, Cripplegate. R. Tennant, Ward-street, Lambeth - walk. H. Haslip, cutler, High Holborn. J. Howling, plumber, Beaumont-street, Marylebone. T c. . Cheshire, pcnabbiiinceatn7Hankaetrn, Heaton Norris, Dunstable. Manchester. J. Bromley, hay and straw salesman, Woolwich. E. Beck, grocer, Tiverton, Devonshire. C. Sterckareengrocer, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico. W. H. Crook, baker, S ou thampton. J. G. Hatcher, coach maker, Castle-street, Tonbridge. J. T. Griffiths, victualler, Llanelly, Carmarthenshite. E. West. commission agent, Bexley-heath, Kent. W. R. Chaulk, farmer, Blackmore, Essex. E. Brown, lamp trimmer on the Brighton Railway, Croydon. T. Barton, corn-chandler, Burslem, Staffordshire. R. Owen, tavern keeper, Llanrwst, Denbighshire. H. Savage, tool manufacturer, Coaley, Gloucestershire. W. Evans, farmer, Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire. W. Presley, fruiterer, Prospect-place, Old Kent -road. A. Graham, engineer, Landport, Portsmouth. W. Palmer, huckster, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. J. Walton, butcher, Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorkshire. Z. G. Baker, tailor, Topsham, Devonshire. J. Edwards, farmer, Llanarmon in Yale, Denbighshire. W. Parry, miller, Hope, Flintshire. R. Hill, baker, Cheltenham. SECOND NOTICES. J. Firman, bailiff, Frinton, Essex, March 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Sleigh, Lieutenant, R.N., Semaphore, Haslemere, Sur rey, March 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankuptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Cox, Broadley-terrace, Marylebone, March 16, at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee. W. Billson, tailor, Albion-hill, Leicestershire, March 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Christie, official assignee. J. Lilley, grocer, Birmingham, Mulch 12, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Caig and J. AlWee, tailors, Liverpool—W. Ford, J. Bright, W. Irving, and S. Hooper, proprietors of Irving's pa tent tile machine (so far as regards W. Ford)—A. Bill and N. Briant, papier mache manufacturers, Birmingham—J. and G. Graham, linen drapers , Ca r li s l e —T. B erns t e i n an d W. W. Bamford, booksellers, Liverpool—R. Poole, A. Haymes, and W. S. Poole, attorneys, Kenilworth, Warwickshire—A. Car rick and R. J. Pollock, surgeons, Bath-place, Kensington— H. and A. Drake, attorneys, Barnstaple, Devonshire—J. Booth and F. Perry, grocers, Oldham, Lancashire—C. Foster and R. Grantham, joiners, Hull—W. von Alelle and J. C. im Thurn, merchants, Mark-lane, City—G. B. Phipps, 'l'. Tapling,.and W. Morrison, carpet warehousemen, Leicester-- A. A. Harvey and S. F. Underhay, surgeons, Bath—G. Pert and W. Hale, aerated liquor merchants, Upper Thames -street —C. Swainson, sen., and C. Swainson, jun., calico printers, Blackburn, Lancashire—l. Rogers and H. Myles, coach painters, Hunsworth-mews. Marylebone—W. Mackintosh, R. O'Dwyer and A. P. Maher, general merchants, Li ver p oo l — W. M. Williams and E. A. K. Edgar, lock manufacturers, Fenchurch.street—J. W. Glover, T. Robinson, and J. Had dock, rope makers, Escleston, Lancashire-1. Law and J. Erving, merchants, Rio Grande, South America—E. Chesnay and J. B. Wilkinson, artificial florists, Bouverie-street, Fleet street—J. and R. Meet, drapers, Frame Selwood, Somerset shire—E. Leece, sen., and E. Leece, jun., coach builders, Preston, Lancashire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. MUNGO CHAPMAN, mill master, Bathgate, March 14 and April 4, at two, at Johnston's Inn, Bathgate. DAVID DOUD, newspaper proprietor, Edinburgh, Mar c h 14 and April 6, a t one , a t t h e Old Si gne t-hall, Edinburgh. HUGH DOUGLAS, merchant, Greenock, Marsh 14 and April 4, at two, at D. Crawford's, writer, Greenock. ROBERT BROWN and JAMES SMITH, general iron mongers, Edinburgh, March 14 and April 4, at one, at the Old Signet-hall, Edinburgh. WILLIAAI HOUSTON, dyer, Greenock, March 13 and April 2, at two, at the White Hart Inn, Greenock. JAMES KIPPEN and WILLIAM A. LINDSAY, mer. chants, Greenock, March 14 and April 4, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Greenock. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending March 5, 1844, is 365. sd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. THE PROPOSED COAL TAx.—On Monday evening a meeting was held at the Town Hall, Hertford, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the proposed addition to the tax on coals coming into London. The meeting was very respectably and numerously attended. The Mayor (J. Gil bertson, Esq.) having been called to the chair, said that the attention of the inhabitants of Hertford had been called to the proposed tax, because it was considered to be a very unjust impost. He, for one, could not conce i ve w h y the inhabit an t s o f Hertford should be called upon to pay for the improvement and embellishment of the City of London. The City should tax itself for that purpose. Thousands of the people of Hertford would never see the banks of the Thames, and he could not see why they should be called upon to pay for its improVement. He objected to the tax on prin ciple, and he hoped the meeting would petition the Legisla ture to refuse an impost so manifestly unfair. Mr. Crawley moved a resolution declaratory of the injustice of the tax, and of the determination of the meeting to oppose it. He said it would be about as reasonable to make the inhabitants of Bishopsgate-within pay the Hertford lighting and paving rate, as to make-the inhabitants of Hertford pay for the im provement of the City of London. The resolution having been seconded, was unaimously agreed to. A form of petition to the House of Commons was then agreed to, and resolutions passed, :calling on the borough and county Members to support it. Mr. Lawrence, an extensive coal merchant at __— Hertford, expressed his apprehension that, should the City tax on coals, which is already 13d. per ton, be further in creased, the coal trade with London would be materially injured, as the inland navigation would be able to enter into competition by the river Lea, and sell coals cheaper than the present Hertford merchants could do. It appeared, also, from a statement made by the River Lea Navigation, that the amount of of coals brought by the Lea during the past year was 93,558 tons, of which quantity 15,359 tons were for the consumption of Hertford, and 13,724 tons for Ware; so that, should the result of an additional tax on coals be the closing of the trade with the port of London, the City itself would be a con siderable loser, as it received on each of the 93,558 tons a duty of 13d. . REPORTERS NOT SPIES.--The Liverpool Times, in an article upon the subject of the employment of newspaper reporters in the late Government prosecutions in Ireland, has the following remarks, which, in justice to a gentleman whose great services have not always been so handsomely acknowledged by a portion of the press, we have much plea sure in extracting :—" All parties have joined in bearing witness to the skill, impartiality, and great public usefulness of the reporter of the London Times during the recent dis turbances in South Wales. He went everywhere, reported everything, and discharged his _duties with so much fair ness, that nothing was concealed from him, so that the Go vernment obtained infinitely more useful information from his letters than from the inquiries of its own Commissioners. We should like to know how much information he would have been able to obtain, if it had been even suspected that he had received a 50/. note from Sir James Graham before leaving London, or that he was collecting evidence with the intention of going into the witness-box to prove the guilt of those with whom he was living on the most open and friendly terms? Can there be a doubt:that, under such cir cumstances, he would have been shunned as if he had got the plague ?—that every door would have been closed against him ?—that all grievances would have been discussed in se cret conclave, instead of under the eye of the public ? (for the presence of one good reporter is, in fact, the presence of the whole people), and that the Government would have been kept in ignorance of nearly all that it ought to have known? This is so evident, and yet so important, that no statesman worthy of the name would have overlooked it, or have at tempted to procure information by means which are calcu lated to destroy all confidence in the honesty of the reporter of the preo."—Times. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 8. FEES TO CLERICS IN PETTY SESSIONS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved for certain returns relating to fees paid to clerks in petty sessions. No grievance, he said, was more heavy upon the poorer classes of the country than the demands made upon them in the shape of fees. The result was, that there was almost an absolute denial of justice to a great num ber of persons who happened to be in a state of poverty. The returns were then ordered. CORN-LAWS. The Earl of HADDINGTON presented two petitions from Haddington and other places, praying for protec tion to the agricultural interest ; in doing so, he said that a meeting had been got up by about twenty persons in favour of the Anti-Corn-law League movement ; and from them a petition had emanated purporting to be from the agriculturists of the country, and, in conse quence, several meetings were held of those, who were all persons composed of landowners, farmers, and agricul tural servants, from which the petitions he had pre sented emanated. The Marquis of NORMANBY moved for certain returns with respect to the Charitable Donation Funds in Ireland. COURT OF PRIVY COUNCIL Lord BROUGHAM said he wished to make some observations with respect to the jurisdiction of the Court of Privy Council. Important questions relating to colonial and Indian matters were decided by the Privy Council, and therefore it was absolutely necessary that every possible assistance should be given to that Court. If it was such an important Court with respect to our distant possessions, how much more important must it be to our British subjects at home ? He felt confident in asserting, and he was sure he would be borne out in that assertion the more that matter was considered, that nothing could be more unfair, or more unsatisfactory than the present law of divorce, and that they were also bound not only to act upon their own judgment and reflection, but that they also should avail themselves of the experience of other countries to try and devise some mode of amending those laws. This was one of the reasons inducing him to bring forward this measure, and he trusted it would meet with the assent of their Lordships. The expense of a divorce made it a remedy only to be obtained by the rich. A poor man never could avail himself of the remedy of divorce under the existing state of the law. Was there any example for this state of the law? No, we were the only Protestant country in which such a state of the law existed. Even in Scotland the law was different to what it was in this country with respect to the remedy of divorce. But this difficulty and partiality of the law as it at present stood would be obviated by providing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council with the power of disposing of applications for divorces. In Scotland the cost of procuring a divorce was from 30/. to 35/, while in England to obtain a Divorce Bill —unop posed the cost was from 500/ to 600/. ; if the Bill should be opposed it would amount to from 1,0001. to 2,000/ No one could say that this was a proper state of the law. By the present law too, a person proceeding in the Consistorial Court on account of adultery by his wife, had to pay both his own costs in prosecuting his suit, and the costs to which his wife might be put, in prosecuting her defence. Persons were frequently ruined by proceedings in the Consistorial Court, even be fore they could be in a position to apply to their Lord ships' House for a divorce. This, then was the state of the law on this important subject. If a man of limited means went to the expense of getting a verdict in an action for trim. con., he would not have suf ficient means to apply to the Ecclesiasttcal Court to get a divorce afterwards. He thought that it would be be neficial if this tribunal were to take cognisance in con junction with the Consistorial Judges of those matters. In conclusion, the Noble Lord said he should support the second reading of the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had always ex pressed himself strongly of opinion that there ought to be a fixed President of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and therefore he thought this Bill ought to be allowed to be read a second time, and afterwards referred to a Committee up stairs. He would, however, caution their Lordships not to part with their judicial authority ; for, if they did so, he could assure them that their political authority would soon follow. Lord COTTENHAM said his Hon. and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) had not adverted to ono clause which, if it became law, would refer all matters of a judicial nature from that House to the Committee of the Privy Council. He alluded to the 9th clause, whi c h p rov id e d t h at any matter or thing might be referred from that House to the Privy Coun cil. There was no limit to this clause. If that clause were to become law it would strip that House of all its authority. He (Lord Cottenham) was of opinion, that the law with respect to divorce was very unsatis tory, but he did not believe that the proposition of his Noble Friend would furnish any redress at all. The expenses in such matters were of course referred to as the chief grievance. 'Why there were heavy expenses in all cases tried before the Judieial Committee of the Privy Council. There were the expenses of counsel, agents, and witnesses, the same as in proceedings before that House. It was true, that there were fees to be paid in cases heard before that House, but those fees were paid into a fund, called the Fee Fund, and were the pro perty of the public. Now if these fees so much increased the expenses in cases to be heard before that House it was obvious that the proper course to be pursued would be to abolish those fees rather than refer all such cases to another, and, perhaps, equally expensive tri bunal. Ile thought it would be better if some jurisdic tion were to be established by which this remedy would be available generally. He also approved of dint portion of the Bill which related to laws of divorce and of patent rights, although there were other points in it which he thought ought to be considered in Committee. Lord CAMPBELL said the question before them was, whether this law was to be administered by the Legisla ture or by a judicial tribunal. It was also proposed that Parliament was to have a control over the Committee ; but how was that to be effected unless all the evidence was laid before them. He should support the second reading, but, at the same time, he should, when the Bill was in Committee, propose many alterations in it. The Bishop of EXETER complained that the rights and privileges of the Church would be materially affected by this Bill, because, in many cases, there might be an ap peal from the Court of Arches brought before them, in which the rights of the dignitaries of the Church would be involved, and it was well known that some of those on the Council might be persons not of the communion of the Established Church. He found fault with many of the principles involved in that portion of the Bill which related to the subject of divorce. Lord BROUGHAM, in reply, said that the Right Rev. Prelate had no just cause for the fears be expressed on the part of the Church. The Bishop of EXETER explained. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought his Noble and Learned Friend had better divide the Bill into two parts, making that part relating to the law of divorce a separate Bill. Lord BROUGHAM said he would move that it be an instruction to the Committee to divide the Bill into two parts if they should think fit. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair sh . ortly before Four o'Clock. . . _ Mr. BUSFEILD presented a petition from Mahon against the Scarborough Railway Bill. Colonel WYNDHAM presented a petition from Bed font against the Shoreham and Chichester Railway Bill. Sir CHARLES BURRELL presented similar peti tions from different parts of Sussex. ATHLONE ELECTION. • Mr. Chalmers, the Clerk of the Election Committees, brought up the evidence taken before the Athlone Elec tion Committee. Mr. C. ROUND brought in the Northern and Eastern Railway Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER presented a petition from persons residing on the Beach of Dawlish, stating that their property would be injured by the South Devon Railway Bill, and praying that it might not pass into a law. Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition from the Rev. Wm. Paine, against the Guildford Junction Railway Bill. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS presented a petition from the Mayor and Town Council of Liverpool, against the Birkenhead Improvement Bill. Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTE presented a petition from Winchester, in favour of the railway from Basing stoke to Newbury. On the motion of Sir W. HEATHCOTE, the Newbury and Basingstoke Railway Bill was read a second time. SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. WILSON PATTEN moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. ESTCOURT would just mention that there were two Bills before the House, and that an application had been made to the Committee of Selection to appoint the Committee on one of those Bills. Upon that appli cation being made he immediately sent to the agent for the other Bill, to know if he was ready. His reply was, that he should not be ready for some time—the consequence was, that a great hardship was inflicted upon the parties who were ready at once to go before the Committee. Mr. GLADSTONE said, that if parties, for the pur pose of creating delay, should be found to take advan tage of the rule of that House, which provided that Bills for competing railway lines should be referred to the same Committee, he thought some measure ought to be adopted to prevent such a course being taken. After a short discussion, the Bill was read a second time. NEWPORT DOCKS BILL. Mr. BLEWITT brought in the Newport Docks Bill, which was read a first time. COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS. _ _ _ Mr. lIINDLEY rose to move the following resolu tion:—" That any Member, whose constituents are locally interested in any competing lines of railway, maybe permitted to sit upon the Committee appointed to decide upon their respective merits, though without being allowed to vote upon any question arising thereon." The House, by the resolution to which they h a d come the other evening, on the subject of the cons ti tut i on of Committees on Railway Bills, had, in fact, given up the representation of their constituents altogether. Be ad mitted that it was perfectly right that the Members who bad a personal interest in private Bills should be ex cluded from the Committees ; but with regard to the representatives of local interests, their case rested upon a very different footing. To whom would the country look for the defence of their local interests, ex cept to their respective representatives ? The House had stultified itself by the resolutions it had come to on that subject. Did they mean to say that a Member who represented local interests, had not sufficient know- ledge or public spirit to give an honest vote ? The real secret was that certain Hon. Members had not the moral courage, while they saw two parties among their con- stituents, to offend either of the parties, and therefore they were exceedingly glad to shirk their duty. The presence of the local Member on a Committee w ould tend to check some of the back-stairs influence that now • prevailed, and that Member would act under the control of public opinion. He th oug h t t h ey h a d d eparte d f rom the open English principle in the resolution they had adopted. If the constituents did not approve of his conduct they had the remedy in their own hands. He thought it would be right thatthe-local interest of par- - titular places should be consulted in such matters, and that Committees should not be deprived o f the advan tages of hearing the arguments of those well acquainted ' • with the details of the matter. Mr. P. BORTHWICK having seconded the motion, Mr. GLADSTONE said he thought the resolution now' - introduced by the Hon Gentleman was superfluous. H e thought the grounds taken in support of his position by the . Hon. Gentleman opposite were quite useless, and he would even say almost invidious; for in Committees, upon any other subject, no such powers were ever called for. If such a power was allowed to exist in the present instance, a great deal of inconvenience would . arise, because a • - great many of those gentlemen who now proposed to have the right of attending those Committees would be actuated by different and discordant interests. He trusted that the House would feel no hesitation in . negativing the motion. Mr. W. PATTEN was extremely glad to hear what had fallen from his Right Honourable - Friend. There had been a great difference of opinion in Committees as• to whether Members Isere to be allowed to attend and represent the inte rests of their constituents. He thought that if. it had been known at the time when the measure was introduced - that Members would have the power of stating the case of their constituents who were not able to appear by counsel, many who. supported the measure would have voted against it on that express ground. Mr. LADOUCHERE agreed in substance with what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman. He was so !aware ,however, that any Member of Parliament had a right to address the Committee on behalf of his con stituents. His impression had hitherto been that the right extended only to attending the Committee, and there was the greatest risk of inconvenience through protracting the proceedings of the Committee unneces sarily, if any other principle were adopted. Perhaps the Speaker would be good enough to state to the House what was the practice of Parliament in reference to this matter. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had not meant to state that any Member had an absolute right to address the Committee; all he had meant to say was, that practically no objection -s-as telt to the making of a statement. The SPEAKER wished to observe, in reply to the - question of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that no Member who was not a Member of the Committee had any right to interfere with the proceedings. He had no right to . examine witnesses though he might be present in the room. Dr. BOWRING said that regulation which prevented Members from interfering with the proceedings of Select Committees on Railroads, upon which 'they were not appointed, had given great satisfaction, and he thought it was desirable to extend the rule to all other Select Committees as well as Railway Committees. After a few words from Mr. H. HINDE, Mr. HINDLEY withdrew his motion, observing that if any measure affecting the interests of his constituents were referred to a Select Committee, he should apply to that Committee, as a matter of courtesy, to receive his suggestions. The Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from the landowners on the line, against the Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill. The Slamannan Junction Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be, committed. • NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition. in favour of the North British Railway Bill, which was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. NOTICES OF MOTION.—ATHLONE ELECTION. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY gave notice that when the Committee on the Athlone election presented their Report, he should move for a Select Committee to in quire into the whole circumstances attending the election for that borough. SLAVE TRADE. Sir J. HANMER gave notice that, when the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton brought forward his motion, he should move, as an amendment, that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, for taking into consideration the treaties relating to the slave trade. TOBACCO DUTIES. Dr. BOWRING, on the part of the Hon. Member for Montrose, postponed the motion of which that Hon. Member had given notice on the subject of the tobacco duties until Monday next. LAW OF DIVORCE. Mr. ELPHINSTONE moved for a return of the number of matrimonial suits instituted in each metropo litan Diocesan Court in England, Wales, and Ireland, in 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843; also a similar return from Courts havieg consistorial jurisdiction in Scotland in 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843; also, number of matrimonial suits in Judicial Committee of Privy Council or House of Lords, on appeal, in 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843 ; also, return of number of Divorce Acts passed by the Legislature in 1840, 1841, 1842, an 1843 ; also the average expense of such suits, in 1846, 1841, 1842, and 1843, as far as the same can be stated by the officers of the above-mentioned Courts.—Agreed to. COPPER, TIN, AND LEAD TRADE. Sir C. LEMON moved for returns of the import and export of copper, lead, and.tin, and of copper ore into, the United Kingdom, during the year ending Jan. 5, 1844, distinguishing the copper and copper ore ex ported from the ports of Liverpool, and the per centage of copper contained in the copper ore exported. Dr.. BOWRING begged to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the report of the Commission to inquire into Welsh grievances would be communicated to the House. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he had received the Report to which the Hon. Gentleman referred, only yesterday; he expected to receive the evidence on Mon day. In the early part of next week he would lay both the report and the evidence on the table of the House. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES—IRELAND. Lord EBRINGTON begged to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, when the returns which had been moved for on a former evening, respecting the Sti- Mndiary Magistrates in Ireland, would be i laid before the House ? Lord ELIOT said he believed the returns would be prepared by Monday next. SINDIA. Mr. MACAULAY had a question to put to the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, and in doing so he wished to correct a misunderstanding , which had gone abroad respecting what he had said the other night, as to the late proceedings at Gwalior. He was represented to say that those proceedings were in accordance with and in pursuance of a treaty which was entered into in 1805. On the contrary, what he did say was, that the proceedings were founded upon a treaty which was notoriously annulled in 1805. Was the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) now prepared to answer the question he put to him yesterday ? Sir ROBERT PEEL said the India' mail had arrived, and in the course of the day the Govern ment had received their dispatches. He had every reason to suppose that the proclamation alluded to had " been sent officially with them. In the Government dispatch, however, there were no less than 97 inclo sures, and of course he had not yet had time at present to go carefully through them. He assumed the procla mation was there ; no doubt it was. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Macaulay) had declared on . his own authority that the treaty of 1804 was notoriously ~ annulled in 1805. There had been hardly time since last evening to search into the matter, but so far as he (Sir R. Peel) remembered, there were three treaties between the Maharajah of Sindia and the Government of India. There was the treaty of 1803, the treaty of 1804, and the treaty of 1805. The first, that of 1803, was a general treaty for peace ; that of 1804, was a treaty of alliance offen sive and defensive, and stipulated that Sindia, in case of necessity, should be entitled to call on the Anglo-Indian Government for assistance ; and the treaty of 1805 was made to correct some defects in the treaty of 1803, and had no reference to that of 1804. The question, therefore, arose whether the treaty of 1804 was overruled by that of 1805. Mr. MACAULAY had no wish under the circum stances to prolong the discussion. The Right Hon. Gentleman would lay the proclamation before them, and, of course, was not in a position at that moment to give a distinct opinion on the question just put to him. FACTORIES BILL. Sir J. GRAHAM postponed the second reading of this Bill until Friday next, when he would positively proceed with it. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. M. GIBSON wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) in reference to a statement made by him last night in the debate on the sugar duties. He (Mr. Gibson) had understood him to state that the consumption of sugar in this country for the year ending January, 1844, was greater than had ever taken place in any former year.—(Cries of "No, no.") He understood the Right Hon. Gentleman to state that the consumption of sugar in the year ending in January, 1844, was greater than any that had taken place in any former year, except one. Now, he (Mr. M. Gibson) had taken some trouble to look into the Parliamentary papers, and make calculations upon proper authority with refer ence to the amount taken into consumption during past rears, and he found, from the calculations he had made, that in the years 1830,1831, 1835, and 1837, the quantity of sugar consumed in this country was greater than the quantity consumed in the year ending January, 1844. Now he wanted to know whether the Right lion. Ba ronet meant to state it as a fact, that the consumption was greater in 1844 than any preceding year, with the exception of one ? Sir R. PEEL said that the statements he had made ' were from documents that he had in his possession, and if he was incorrect it was competent for the - Hon. Gentle man to correct him by moving for the documents. • What he had stated - was, that the consumption in the last year was greater than the consumption of any year, with but one exception, and that was the year 1842. In that year the consumption 4 m 74 a s t s t o e , r o 4 o h 9s o e s w o C:Nr s t. (": ) 0 . r r lye? forvht s e" i t ha d :b t w hi l e made was l nasnt) perfectly 3n.iasrt compet ent keitintN.la' for the Hon. Member to correct it by adopting the course that he had suggested. Mr. BELLEW put a question to the Secretary for Ire- • land (Lord Eliot) with respect to the manner in which, on • a jury in arecent criminal case, every Catholic had been struck off. . 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