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o make inquiry, and their expenses must be some how pro tided for them, as they were provided for local inquiries. He, therefore, was of opinion, that when his Hon. Friend ( Sir H. Verney) more maturely considered his proposal, he would see the same difficulties in the way of its adoption which the Com mittee saw, and would come to the determination that nothing could be done, by sending them to a Committee at this period of the Session. Lord G. LENNOX would be happy to attend to any sug gestion of the Committee, but the parties to the Bill of which he had the conducting were placed in the situation of being obliged, if they adopted the recommendation, to wait for the Committee on the Bill till the Monday before Easter. He understood that several of the lines between London and Brighton, for which petitions were presented, were not in tended to be proceeded with this Session. He regretted that the Committee bad not recommended that no Member having a share, or being a director of the railway, should be eligible to serve on the Committee of the Bill. Mr. POTTER thought the Committee omitted one thing, namely, a jury clause. He hoped this defect would be reme died, and that juries would be summoned who were competent to decide upon the value of the property affected by the Bill. Mr. HUME believed several of the recommendations of the Committee would be excellent if there was a proper tribunal before whom enquiry should be made. There could be no doubt that the public business in private Committees was not properly proceeded with, both as regarded the protection of individuals against rash schemes, and proprietors themselves from embark ing capital in bad speculations. He thought the question should be viewed so as to render the conveyanoe for the public safe and expeditious, and he did suppose the profits of the pro prietors, whether they should be large or small, was not for the consideration of the Committee. In calling upon the House to enquire, the case was generally referred to a tribunal con sisting of not less than 120 of the Members; and if to them were added those through whose counties the railways were intended to pass in some instances, the Committees would con sist of 200, 300, or 400 Members. These Members, as at present, were in the habit of coming in and going out, and could not, be would contend, give agood decision when called upon to make up their report, as they had not heard the nature of the evi 'oence. It was said the House was always called on to decide upon the reception of the report; but it was well known that it was always taken for granted that the Committee had duly enquired into all the facts of the case. The manlier of con ducting business was a disgrace to the House, and would not be tolerated in any other society. When they saw the millions of capital that were embarked in those undertakings, when they saw the speculations that were daily set on foot, he thought it right to ask that a proper tribunal should be established to inquire into all the circumstances of the case. He was told that they could not force the Committee to attend without a general Act. Now he for one denied this doctrine. He maintained that the House had full power to enforce th attendance of its Members. He proposed that a a Committee of 15 or 20—he should say 15—should be ap pointed ; no fewer than 12 to be present during the sittings of the Committee ; and if that number did not attend, the Com mittee should suspend its proceedings, and report the names of the absent Members to the House, who should be called to account for their neglect of duty. —( Hear, hear.) Let the Committee be drawn by ballot—say the first twenty no name, unless there should be any objection to their ap pointment on the ground of their being directors or interested on Railway Companies. He thought this a subject of great national importance, and of public justice ; and he, for one, would never agree to the resolutions, unless his proposition was acceded to. Lord STANLEY believed the principle upon which the House agreed to the appointment of the Select Committee was, to use the words of the Hon. Member for Middlesex, that they might debate the question day after day in that House, without arriving at any satisfactory conclusion. He therefore ex tremely regretted to find that the Hon. Member for Middle sex only favoured the Committee with his attendance for about two hours for the first day of their meeting, when he submitted to them the proposition which he had just made to the House. The Hon. Gentleman never afterwards favoured them with his presence. In the present in stance the Committee judged wisely in not adopting any such system as that recommended by the Hon. Member for M dd esex during the present Session, as it would occupy too much time in the discussion ; but in order to carry into effect as far as it was posslb;e the principle of the Hon. Gentle man's proposition, they had recommended that certain restraints should be put upon the conduct of Committees ; that the names of such as attended should be reported to the House, and also the names of those who voted oil every division. The House were to remember there were fifty-seven Railways before the House. How, then, could any one single Com mittee consider and specifically report upon them all as pro posed by his Hon. Friend, Sir Fl. Verney. The proposition was bid on the face of it.—( Hear.) By the course recom mended by the Committee, the Noble Lord (Lord G. Lennox) -would not be precluded from going into Committee, and exa mining witnesses in support of the line he advocated—he be lieved Stevenson's. He might do so, and make their Report to the House. All the resolution did was, that the House, by agreeing to it, bound themselves not to consider such Re. port until the other lines were before them. The reason was obvious—two lines might have calculated upon the same traffic. Now, there might be enough of traffic to render one railway profitable ; but if the House were to sanction two, then the .result wouldi be the ruin of both, without any benefit to the public ; on those grounds it was rational for the House to say that it would not sanction any one plan until all the o hers were before them. He could not think that the plan proposed by the Hon. Member for Middlesex was one which was at all practicable ; there were 57 Railway Bills, and if all of them were sent to a Committee, appointed by ballot, the House would see what a loss of time there would be—each would take from an hour or an hour and a half. There was one more consideration—each Committee would consist of 15; there were 57 railways before the House. According to his arith metic that would make 855 Members out of 658. —( Laughter.) It was admitted that the resolutions would effect a great im provement on the present system, and it would be for the House to consider whether, when a means of doing substantial justice was proposed, it should not be taken advantage of. The plan proposed was not to be a permanent one, but to remedy evils very generally complained of and acknowledged. The door was thus opened, and it would be the duty of the House to make such further improvements hereafter as it would think fit. He gave his cordial support to the resolutions of his Right Hon. Friend, and he trusted his Hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham would see the expediency of with drawing his amendment. Mr. HUME explained. It was quite true that he had only attended the sittings of the Committee one day, but he be lieved three or four of its members had agreed with him in the propriety of the course he had suggested. He thought the House would agree with him that every thing depended upon the tribunal, and that was the best means to render it im partial. Mr. G. F. YOUNG thought the House was deeply indebted tio the Committee for the suggestions it had made. At the same time he thought that, even at the expense of a little inconveni ence to the parties, it was most important, when not less than 57 Bills were brought before the House, some arrangement should be made to protect the interests of the public. It was consequently more important that that should be done during the present Session than the next. He contended that the publication of the names of the Members would not ensure their attendance at these Committees, and he therefore thought that proposition would fail in its object. He would further suggest that the reports of the Committees should be printed with the votes of the House in order to ensure their publicity, and that the time between the several stages of the Bill should be lengthened. M r . D. W. HARVEY thought that the resolution pro posed would advance the object which the House had in view. He would recommend that the plans, estimates, &c., of all railroads should, in the first instance, be submitted to some office—say the Home Office—on a given day of the year, that the promoters of such plans should be called upon to deposit a considerable sum of money, say 1,0001., wherewith to pay some disinterested party to go over the line of road, look at the maps and plans, and make a report as to its feasibility.—( Hear, hear.) By these means Government would be enabled to state to the House their sentiments upon the proposed plan. He had no doubt that these resolutions would be productive of very great advantage. It would lead to this conclusion that no Bill would receive the sanction of the House this session, which did not recommend itself so palpably as at once to dis miss all their objections.—( Hear, hear.) He complained of the insinuations thrown out by the Noble Lord (G. Lennox) against those Members of Committees who held shares in the railroads. He was himself a shareholder, but that would not prevent him from doing his duty honestly and above board. He could say this, that during all the time that he had the honour of a seat in that House, he had never given a vote as a member of a Committee, unless lie had attended it from end to end. With respect to the loss of time, they ought to come to some resolution not to hear Counsel. The greater part of the time of Committees was consumed in lis tening to the contests of these Learned Gentlemen. After a few words from Lord G. LENNOX and Mr. GISBORNE, Sir R. PEEL said that the discussion involved matters in which the public took a very deep interest. Respecting the propriety of excluding Members who had a direct interest from serving on Committees prima facie, the reason in favour of it appeared very strong. But it was clear that the principle involved in the suggestion ought to be applied more extensively. The security was a false security, which deceived the public. The man whose interest was notorious, who had a considerable stake at hazard, was, in his opinion, the least liable to suspicion ; and if they were to permit the man through whose lands the Railway was to run, or who had some object or interest in opposing the Bill, to sit on a Com mittee, while they excluded the man who had an interest in it,they would be acting in opposition to their own principle. He maintained they could not exclude private interests, and it would be better to leave it to the honour of individual members as to whether they should attend or not. It was quite clear that the resolution could not be carried into .effect during the present Session. There were other private Bills, beside Railways. He believed the number of private Bills amounted to 250. Committees sitting on those Bills would require a House of 3,000 Members. It would not be satisfactory to select 15 by ballot, who might be ignorant of local matters, and it could not be adopted, unless accompanied by the principle of challenge. The House could not c.ompel attendance on Committees without some special law. It womild he impossible to ensure a full attendance of Members at these Committees —and if, according to the resolution, the absen,ae of three Members would compel the Committee to close, it would be in the power of any three who were opposed to the Bill to put the parties to great inconveni, Ince by protracting their proceedings.—( Hear. ) the systen I proposed would be most unfair and unjust towards those Bills which had been submitted to the House on the faith o. the existing regulations ; and for these reasons ,he should feel it his duty to oppose the resolution of the Hon. Member for Middlesex. Lord S ANDON suggested the expediency of having the engineers called before the Committee, and to ascertain from them the expediency and practicability of the several lines. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the principles upon which these railways were esta blished was one of monopoly, and he would suggest the propriety of a clause being introduced for the purpose of compelling these companies to carry the Post Office communi cations, either at a fixed moderate charge, or at the rate at which they were at present carried by other modes of convey ance.—( Hear, hear.) This would be in some measure a protection of the public interests in that particular. Mr. WARBURTON suggested the best course would be that the Chairman should examine every person before the Committee, as to their interest or non-interest in the passing of the Bill. After a few observations from Lord G. SOMERSET, Mr. GUEST, and Sir H. VERNEY, The SPEAKER read the twenty resolutions recommended by the Committee on Railways, which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, and put the question on each seriatim, which were all carried in the affirmative, with the addition of a line (at the suggestion of Mr. Hume), providing for the specification of the time at which " the whole railroad and the several parts thereof shall be completed." The following additional resolutions were then agreed tro t -1. Resolved, That this House will not proceed with he further consideration of Report of any Bill, until it has re ceived from the Committee specific replies in answer to each of the questions contained in the foregoing resolutions. 2. Resolved, That the clerk of every Committee on a Rail way Bill do take down the name of every Member attending the Committee on each day ; and if any division shall take place in the Committee upon any of the matters which the Committee are directed to inquire into by the preceding reso lution, or upon the Special Report in respect of such matters, the clerk do take down the names of Members voting in any such division, distinguishing on which side of the question they respectively vote ; and that such Bills be given in with the Report to this House. 3. Resolved, That in order to afford time for the proper discussion of the Reports on Railway Bills, this House will upon every Tuesday proceed in the first place to the consi deration of Reports on such Bills ; provided, however, that three or more such Bills have been reported, and stand for further consideration of Report. Sessional Order, That this House will not receive any Report of any Private Bill after Monday, the 6th day of June next, read; 4. Resolved, That, with regard to such Railroads as are classed as competing lines of railroad, this House will not en large the time for making any such Report, ai has been the practice in former Sessions of Parliament ; and that the said Order be peremptorily enforced in this Session, in respect of Railway Bills. 5. Resolved, That when any Railway Bill has been read the second time and committed, this House will not immediately nominate the Committee, but appoint some future day for such nomination, with an interval of at least three clear days between the day of the second reading and the day for the nomination of the Committee. Colonel SIBTHORP begged leave to introduce the fol lowing resolution, of which notice had already been given : That no sale, or agreement for sale, or disposal of any share or shares in any railroad (an application for which has been or may be submitted to this House) shall be valid or le gal, as far as regards sale, or disposal, or contract, until after the completion of such work, or until the sum or sums entered into or subscribed for under certain name or names have been } paid in full, or the amount of payments duly guaranteed, as regards the responsibility for each share." He added some remarks on the subject of penalties and se curities, but the noise in the House rendered them unintelli gible. Lord G. SOME R SET also offered a few observations, which were equally inaudible. Colonel SIBTHORP read his second resolution:— " That the publication of every name under the respective heads of assent, dissent, and neuter, be duly inserted, three times, at least, in each county newspaper ; or, in case there should be no such county public paper, in the public paper of the adjoining, county or counties through which the line of any railroad is to commence, pass through, or terminate ; such publication to he signed by the attorney and engineer engaged in each undertaking ; such publication to be made previously to the second reading of the Bill." He thought it highly desirable that some efficient plan should be pursued for the prevention of surrreptitious signatures to articles of agreement, and that individuals should be effectu ally protected from the forgery of their names while at a di- - tance of 300 or 400 miles perhaps, and quite unaware of the injury so perpetrated. Mr. P. THOMPSON and Mr. HUME offered some observations, which were not distinctly heard in the gallery. Major BE AUC LEHI( asked if the resolution just pre sented to and accepted by the House were intended to apply to Bills which were not opposed. Mr. P. THOMSON said he did not think it likely that parties would be put to any expense whose proceedings did not invite it, but that it was considered desirable and expedient to provide for the extension of investigation, wherever it might be deemed necessary. Mr. WILK S suggested the postponement of further pro ceedings to Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, for which day there already stood 25 notices of motion. After a few observations from Mr. Robinson, Mr. Hume, Mr. P. Thomson, and Sir R. Inglis, Colonel SIBTHORP declined pressing his amendments, and they were negatived without a division. All the original resolutions having been agreed to, the fol lowing Committee was appointed : Mr. Poulett Thomson, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir John Wrottesley, Mr. Patrick Steuart, Lord Granville Somer set, Mr. Hume, Sir James Graham, Lord Viscount Sandon, Sir George Strickland, Mr. Loch, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Gisborne, Mr. Thornely, and Mr. More O'Ferrall. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. EATON, in rising to present a petition, said—Sir, I have received a most important petition from Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, and although I am at this moment so un well, that my medical adviser desired me not to quit my bed, still I conceived it my duty to my petitioners to use every means in my power to present their petition. I hold in my hand an important petition, signed by a very numerous, loyal, and most respectable body of the landowners and yeomanry of the county of Cambridge and Isle of Ely. It comprises natures of men of every political shade of opinion, for all alike unite in seeking for redress and justice in their present ember i-assed and almost hopeless state. The grievances which has e long weighed so heavily upon the agricultural classes of this land, now press with such extreme severity upon all connected with the cultivation of the soil, that I have great reason to be lieve and fear that a large portion of the rent of England is paid, not from the profits of the farmers, but from the little capital amassed by honest industry in better times, and that this re source is now exhausted. I beg to submit to the House, that the distress of this part of the community is felt with addi tional pressure by the honest and industrious labourer; and I must say, that the patient and hard-working husbandmen are most deserving of the publi c s y m pathy and assistance. It is my duty to inorm the House that my petitioners have frequently preferred their most humble petitions to this Hon. House, in the hopes that they would be deemed worthy the consideration of the Legislature ; and they again entreat the attention of the House to their just demands ; that they are in full hopes that their distress (which must be admitted by all) may be alleviated by the intervention of Parliament ; but hi therto, unhappily, little or no relief has been afforded to them. I now congratulate my petitioners and the country on the ap pointment of an Agricultural Committee within these walls, and beg to submit that the petition be read, and submitted fur the further consideration of the Agricultural Committee. Agreed to. REMUNERATION TO MEDICAL MEN AT INQUESTS. Mr. WILK S presented a petition from a medical gentle man named Barker, in favour of the Bill which was that night to be brought in by the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley), for granting compensation to medical men attending as witnesses on Coroner's Inquests. The petitioner stated that on the 22d of July, 1834, he made a post mortem examination of the body of a person supposed to have been murdered by the administration of poison. The Coroner postponed the inquest until the next day, in order to give time for the petitioner to analyse the contents of the stomach— an operation which occupied him for several hours each day for several days. The Jury had expressed their gratitude to him for the trouble he had had and the skill he had exercised on the occasion, and recommended the parish officers to com pensate him for his loss of time. That ten guineas would have been scarcely sufficient- to remunerate him, but that he was willing to accept of three guineas, and that even this mo derate sum the parish officers said they had no power to give. The petitioner therefore thought that the Legislature ought to interfere in a case of such public importance. Sir J. R. REID presented a petition to the same effect from a place in the county of Surrey. Mr. C. BARCLAY presented a petition of the same na ture from Dorking. Mr. HARVEY presented a similar petition, signed by 826 members of the medical profession in this metropolis, amongst whom were Sir H. Halford, President of the College of Phy sicians ; Mr. Andrews, President of the College of Surgeons ; and Sir A. Cooper and Sir A. Carlisle, Vice-Presidents. He also presented another petition, signed by 36 professional men of the borough of Southwark. Mr. WAK LE Y, in rising to ask leave of the House to bring in a Bill for granting compensation to medical men attending as witnesses at Coroners' inquests, said that medical men at tended professionally at inquests, and not as mere casual per sons wbo might have chanced to witness an accident by which the loss of life was caused. The duty, too, of medical wit nesses on those occasions was of a most important nature, and often attended with great danger to themselves, as they were frequently obliged to occupy twelve, and not unfrequently fourteen hours in a post mortem examination ; and vet after all this trouble, hazard, and loss of time, the Coroner had no power to award any compensation. Within a very short pe riod several lives hac' been lost tinder circumstances which could only be explained by men acquainted with medical science. He alluded to those unfortunate persons who had been destroyed by the ;use of quack medicines, and he la mented to say that never in the history of this country was quacking so general or successful as it was at present, chiefly owing to the encouragement it received by advertisements in newspapers. He thought it was the duty of the Government to interfere, and he hoped they would interfere to prevent at least the circulation of those quack medicines under the sanc tion of a Government stamp. At an inquest lately held, aris ing out of the use of those medicines, the ends of justice would have been defeated if the attendance of medical men could not have been procured. He should conclude by moving for THE SLTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1836. leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the claims of medical witnesses at Coroners' inquests. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was favourable to the principle of the Bill, and had no doubt that it would prove to be a useful measure. He hoped, however, that the Hon. Member would guard against the provisions of the Bill being converted into jobs, by enabling Coroners to call in some medical friend, with a view to entitling him to com pensation. Sir R. INGLIS said a few words, but was inaudible. Mr. WA RBURTON supported the motion, and hoped that the Bill would provide for the payment of medical men not only as witnesses but also for any operation they might be called on to perform, with a view to ascertaining the cause of death. . Sir G. STRICKLAND also supported the motion. Mr. A. TREVOR gave his support to the motion. Mr. JERVIS said that medical men were already entitled by law to compensation for their attendance at Coroners' In quests. If a Coroner issued his warrant to compel the at tendance of a medical man he could insist on compensation, and recover it by law. Sir JOHN REID said a few words, which were not audible in the Gallery. Mr. LENNARD knew a case in which a medical man could not be found to attend. The medical profession took a great interest in this question. After a few words from Dr. BOWRING and Mr. Whamsv, Leave was Oven to bring in the Bill. Mr. HUME rose to bring forward his motion relative to private Bills, but postponed it for the present, at the sugges tion of Mr. Mackinnon and Sir R. Inglis. TURNPIKE TOLLS. Mr. MACKINNON rose fcr the purpose of bringing for ward a motion for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the subject of tolls. It would be similar in its object to a motion of his last session. His motion was granted at that time ; but it fell to the ground on the change of Government. The object he then proposed was the consolidation of turn pike trusts. Subsequently, however, the Member for Perth (Mr. F. Maule) brought in a similar Bill, and it proved of great advantage. What he meant now to propose for investi gation by a Committee was, whether it would not be desirable to provide for the keeping up of highways by some other kind of revenue than by tolls. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for the appointment of the Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished the motion to be so drawn up as not to commit the House, di rectly or indirectly, to any opinion on the subject. He was disposed to concur in the principle which the motion seemed to involve, that the State was to furnish the money. Mr. MACKINNON said the revenue might be adminis tered by Commissioners, as was done under the Bill of the Member for Perth. Mr. F. MAUL E said the Commissioners under his Bill had not powers of the same character as those suggested by the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. S. O'BRIEN expressed a wish that Ireland might be included in all measures of this kind. Mr. HUME said that Ireland was included in the former Bill, but the Irish Members complained, and the clause wa, struck out. Mr. MACKINNON, at the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, altered his motion to the following effect:— That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the subject of turnpike trusts and tolls in England and Ireland. The motion was agreed to. and the Committee appointed. THE REPUBLIC OF CRACOW. Sir STRATFORD CANNING said—l am anxious to take the liberty of calling the attention of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs to a letter which appeared in one of the public prints to-day, respecting an interference that has taken place on the part of the Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Governments in the State of Cracow. I will take the liberty of reading the statement to which I refer :—" Cracow, Feb. 18.—A corps of the troops of the three protecting Powers entered the city and territory of the republic yesterday, under the command of the Austrian General Kaufmann von Frauer.- steinberg, to enforce the demand of the Powers made to our republic, because, as the General says in a proclamation, this demand has not been complied with by the Government of Cra cow, notwithstanding the means gratuitously offered to it. At the conclusion of the proclamation he says—Meantime the ope rations of the administrative and judicial authorities of the Re public experience no interruption : of course, however, they arc subordinate to the military authority in the measures that relate to the public safety and the clearing of the territory of the Republic." A second proclamation enjoins those indivi duals not natives of the Republic, who, in the capacity of officers, subalterns, or privates in the former Polish army, or who in any manner took an active part in the late Polish Re volution, to quit the territory within the time of six days, ia the manner already stated, with the threat of severe punish ment for them, and those who may harbour and conceal them, even such as have been admitted into the civil or military ser vice of the Republic. or have acquired the rights of citizens." Upon reading this, I cannot help calling to mind one of the stipulations of the Treaty of Vienna. In the ninth article of that Treaty, the States of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, ur.- dertake to respect the State of Cracow and its territory, and that it shall not be interfered with. This probably is not the proper occasion for me to go into the matter. I will, there fore, simply ask the Noble Lord whether his Majesty's Go vernment has received any information similar to that which I have read ; and if so, whether it is their intention to take any notice of the transaction? Viscount PALMER ST ON His Majesty's Government have not received any official account of the entrance of the troops of the three Powers into Cracow, but we have received official reports of discussions having taken place between the residents of the three Powers at Cracow, and the Senate of that State respecting the residence of certain Polish subjects there. At the same time I think it not altogether improbable that the Austrian troops have entered the place. At first sight this might appear to be an infraction of the whole of the treaty of Vienna alluded to by my Right Hon. Friend, but of course lam not prepared to give an opinion on the subject. In an swer to the question of my Right Hon. Friend, I will only say, that of course this is a matter to which the Government will direct its attention ; but the House cannot expect me to state what steps the Government might deem it expedient to take. MAURITIUS. Mr. BORT HWICK rose to bring forward his motion rela tive to the slave owners of the Mauritius. Many Members immediately left the House. The Hon. Member having made a few introductory observations, Mr. JERVIS moved that the House be counted. There were present thirty-nine Members besides the Speaker. This number constituted a House. The debate of course proceeded. On the re-admission of strangers to the Gallery, Mr. BORT H WICK was on his legs, and had commenced urging upon the House the great importance of the subject, when Mr. WA SON said, the importance of the subject was a good reason why it should not proceed in so thin a House. On the motion of the Right Hon. Member the House was again counted, and there being only thirty present, the House adjourned at a Quarter past eight o'clock, till to-morrow (this day.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Your, MOND.IY, FAN : 29: These Assizes commenced on Saturday last before Lord DENMAN and Sir JAMES PARKE. The procession on its arrival in the city immediately proceeded to the Castle, where the Commission was opened, and the Court adjourned to Monday. On Sunday Mr. Baron Parke attended Di vine Service at the Cathedral. CROWN COURT.—Shortly after twelve this day Mr. Baron PARKE took his seat on the bench. The accus tomed formalities being finished, the Grand Jury were sworn in ; after which his Lordship delivered a lengthened charge. The Court then proceeded with the trial of prisoners, but no cases of any interest occurred. GUILDHALL.—Lord DENMAN, who arrived in the city last night, sat at the Guildhall this morning at 9 o'clock, for the dispatch of business, which is likely to be very brief, there being only a single felony case in the calendar. The Grand Jury having been sworn, and the usual proclamation read for the discouragement of vice, Lord Denman deli vered his charge to the Grand Jury. John Brown was convicted of picking the pocket of Thomas Henry Preston, Esq., of Mereby-hall, in the East Riding, of a silk purse containing a five-pound promissory note, and three sovereigns. None of the police-officers in attendance being able to give aay account of the pri soner , Lord Denman deferred passing sentence until he could make inquiries as to his character and habits. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WINCHNSTER, FRB. 29. CROWN COURT.—Thortas Clark, alias Thomas &des, aged 22, was indicted for having, on the 21st day of Feb. last, in the parish of Andover, feloniously assaulted Thomas Compton, and stolen from his person, and against his will, 1261. in bank-notes, a check, gold and silver, a knife, and other articles, the property of the said Thomas Compton. The prisoner is the last of a gang of four who were en gaged in the above highway robbery. The other three of the gang were tried and transported last Assizes. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but sentence has not yet been passed upon him. NICI PRIUS COURT.--HARRIS V. GRAVES. Mr. EARI.E stated the case. The plaintiff is a carpen ter, residing at Bittern, in this county. The defendant is a clerk in the Custom House, at Southampton ; and this action was brought to recover damages of the defendant, for having seduced the nlaintiff's daughter. The young lady (a pretty looking girl, with rather a re fined expression), was placed by her parents in the service of a Mrs. Collins, a linen-draper, in Southampton, in Octo ber, 1831. She was then sixteen years of age. She re mained there until August, 1834, and then went home to her parents. It was there that the defendant first became acquainted with her. He was in the habit of making ap pointments, and walking with her. Two days after she left her situation she made an appointment with him. They went to the Swan public-house, and took some brandy and water. Her parents discovered her conduct by her condi tion ; when this was the case, the defendant took lodgings for her at Southampton, and she removed there without the knowledge of her parents. In May, her parents discovered her residence, and brought her home. These facts having been proved, Mr. WISSING addressed the Jury for the defence, and then called several witnesses. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, Fifty Pounds. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The infamous conduct of the Tories with respect to the Irish Corporations Reform Bill will be under stood and properly appreciated by the country. It is not so long since the memorable discussion took place on the English Bill, that the public can have forgot ten the apparent earnestness with which this party tame forward to protect existing rights—to stand up for the inviolability of charters, and to brand, through the mouths of their principal organs, any infringement upon the privileges of freemen—anv alteration, even, in the mode by which corporate property was ad ministered, as spoliation and robbery. The vices and defects of the old system were then to be ten derly dealt with, and the policy was to make as little alteration as possible in existing institutions. How different is the plan pursued by this desperate faction with respect to the present Bill ? Now no thing short of universal confiscation—nothing short of entire abolition and destruction of the whole muni cipal system—will satisfy our " Conservative " re formers. The whole corporations of Ireland are pro posed by the Peels and Stanleys to be swept away — their property taken possession of by Commissioners appointed by the Crown ! Here is wholesale spolia tion—here is invasion of charters, and abrogation of vested and time-honoured rights, with a vengeance ! And why is so different a system attempted to be pur sued with regard to the two islands ? Why is an ultra-Conservative policy adhered to in England, and an ultra-revolutionary one in Ireland ? The whole and sole secret, imprudently divulged by Lord Stanley, is, that the majority of the Irish people are Roman Catho lics. So that the towns are to be deprived of the bene fits of self-government, and the administration of their property taken from them into the hands of the Crown, because of their theological opinions. Was there ever so great an insult, involving at the same time so great an absurdity ? Sir Robert Peel introduced the long-contested Bill which admitted Catholics to Parliament, and Lord Stanley the great measure which gave the franchise and the Parliamentary power to the small householders, without distinction of sect or party. The bulk of the population was Ca tholic then as it is now, and there is not an argument which was adduced in favour of these measures which does not apply, and that with greater force, to the con cession of Municipal privileges. Yet so desperate is this " Conservative" party, and so determined to in dulge at all hazards their factious opposition to the Go vernment and to Reform, that, finding it utterly im possible to defend the present system, they have chosen to insult the whole people of Ireland by a proposition which stigmatises them as unworthy of trust, and unfit to manage the local affairs of their respective boroughs. And this is the way that they pretend to preserve the Union, and to fulfil the condi tions implied in that sacred compact ! But the object of the whole proceeding is too obvious, and the fac tious motives that prompted it too glaring, to make it possible that the country should be deceived by so silly a manoeuvre. The people of England are desirous that the benefits of their institutions should be parti cipated in by Ireland, and they will never go along with this miserable attempt to deprive their Irish bre thren of their municipal rights—an attempt which will redound to the discredit of the party by whom the abortive effort has been made. The question is, in short, simply this :—As it is quite impossible that the Irish Roman Catholics should be satisfied with a dis tinction which implies an inferiority to their Protes tant brethren of England and Scotland, and an utter unfitness to conduct their own affairs, are we prepared to continue the system of coercion which has produced so much misery in Ireland, and entailed so heavy a burden on this , kingdom ; or are we ready to unite cor dially with our Irish brethren, and renounce all those invidious distinctions to which they cannot voluntarily submit, and to maintain which must cause the misery of Ireland, the impoverishment of the rest of the United Kingdom, and the weakness and insecurity of t he whole empire ?—Morning Chronicle. The attempt now making to substitute an elective Magistracy for their appointment by the responsible advisers of the Crown, while it holds out no rational advantage whatever, is open to many serious, and, in deed, fatal objections. Some persons quote the Aldermen of London as an instance in its favour ; but as well as regards the administration of justice, and still more the application of large revenues intrusted to their charge, it may very reasonably be doubted whether the instance does not operate rather the other way. But whatever may be thought of civic functionaries thus elected, that the county Magistracy should be revolutionised from the ranks, and at the dictation of the Radical vestries, or by vestries, be they Radical or not, is a step towards " the movement" which even our present Ministers, prone as they are to yield to any " pressure from without," will be slow, we should think, to yield to. To look for faultless institutions is generally either the dream or the pretence of those who are most faulty themselves. Taken as a whole, in all its bearings, the unpaid Magistracy of England is one of the most valuable institutions which ever distinguished a free State. Taken in every county from the independent and intelligent classes of society, it brings justice and protection home to every man's door ; and look ing at the number of persons of whom it is composed, and the numerous and frequently intricate and perplexing duties which they have to perform, there never, we are persuaded, was any class of public functionaries of whose conduct so little complaint has ever been made. It may have been the case in some few instances, and, perhaps, in that of the metropolitan county, that the best and most careful selection of individuals for the county Magistracy has not always been made. It may be true, too, that in the ex penditure of the county rate the greatest care and eco nomy have not always been observed. Still, as a whole, we would repeat, that it has proved itself the most beneficial and the least faulty of any institution that this or any other country has ever possessed. But it would be improved, forsooth, were it to exchange its present character of tern. perance and justice to become a hot-bed of Radicalism. Of all the evils which could be inflicted upon the country, a red-hot political Magistracy would be one of the greatest. The complaints among these would-be regenerators of the county Magistracy is, that the Lords Lieutenant are all Tories, and appoint none but persons of their own political feeling to the Commission. Now both these statements are literally untrue. The Lords Lieutenant are not all Tories, nor, where they are so, have the Magistrates been invari ably singled out for their political opinions. In the very county of which the Duke of Wellington is the Lord Lieu tenant the fact is decidedly otherwise. That the majority of the Alagistrates of all the counties in England are of Conservative principles, is, we have no doubt, perfectly true ; and for this plain reason, because the great majority of the gentlemen of property in England are Conservatives. Of Whigs there are doubtless a considerable number ; but of Radicals and Destructives there can be very few indeed, unless we were to suspect the gentlemen of England of courting their own destruction. Whatever defects then there may be in the present constitution of the unpaid Ma gistracy, they are not likely to be corrected by the species of nomination now recommended ; and unless Ministers are prepared to surrender, " bit by bit," every prerogative of the Crown, they must at least pause, we should think, be fore they surrender its character of the fountain of justice.— Morning Herald. It is announced by the Government journals that Dr. Maltby, the Whig and latitudinarian Bishop of Chichester, is to be the Bishop of Durham, and that Dr. Langley, the Head Master of Harrow Scool, will be elevated to the See of Chichester. We have never heard any doubt expressed of the fitness of Dr. Langley for the important station from which be is about to be removed. And, from this circum stance, we infer with great satisfaction that the latter ap pointment is a good one. As to Dr. M altb y , we shall con tent ourselves with repeating the words which we heard fall from a good Conservative a few days ago, when the name of Dr. Grey, the Bishop of Hereford, was mentioned in his presence in connection with the vacant see of Durham : --" I wish they may do no worse." We now say, we wish that Ministers had not done worse than appoint Dr. Grey. But this Right Rev. Prelate, since his elevation to the Episcopal Bench, has shown that he is a sincere and resolute friend to the Church—an excellent reason with the men now in power against his further advancement. It is to be hoped that Dr. Maltby, as he has now attained to the top of his preferment, will become somewhat less lax and accommodating in his principles and conduct than he has thought expedient while in the position of a candidate. The Bishppric of Durham is to be reformed, as we learn from Mr. S. Rice, in conformity with the forthcoming re port of the Church Commission. The' change in the See must be great, indeed, if it equals that which has unhap pily taken place in the character of the Diocesan.--ilforn ing Post. HENRY V.—A French morning paper of Friday states that the Duke of Bordeaux is seriously ill. The Ales sager adds, that from the intelligence received by that journal, there is reason to believe this account to be correct, as the young Prince is subject to spitting of blood in a very dan gerous degree. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS, i FROM LAS ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 1. Number Dividend of per CANALS. shares. Annum. Paid. ~760 61 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Artrage 97i. 18s. 6h, 1,482 61. Ashby.de.le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150. sh. 4,001115 h. 121. 10s. Birmingham,:l.l6th share l7/. 10s. 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct....loo/. sh. all pd 690 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 400 51. Chelmer and Blackwater 100/. all. 500 421. Coventry sh. 4,546 Croydon Average 311.25. 10d. Eh. 2 , 060 / 31. 10s. Dudley lOO/. sh. (51 1 0 4 61. Derby 100/. sh. 20,000 Danube and Mayne 411. 13s. 4d. 10/. pd 3,5754 Ellesmere and Chester Average wt. sh. 231 431. Erewash 100/. sh. 1,29'7 est. Forth and Clyde Average 4.C.0/. 16s. O. 1,500 121. Grand Juncticr. P,8491 Grand Union 1001. sh. 1,5'11 Grand Surrey lOO/. sh. 10,0004 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 3,096 Grand Western 600 13/. 12s. Sd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. I3s. 4d. 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 11104 sh. 749 101. Grantham 150/. sh. 1.238 1/. 101 Huddersfield Average 57!. is 6d. sh. 100 Kensington 100 sh, all pd. 21,328 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. Bs. 10d. sh. 2,897! 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 515 121. Leicester l4O/. sh. 907 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver sw. 10s. 550 51. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union 25/. sh. all pd. 2,409 91. Monmouthshiresh. 250 91. Melton Mowbray 100/ sh. .t. 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. !. 3,000 Macclesfield 1004 sh. all pd. 247 15/. Neath 100 Nene Navigation Bonds -.IOU a)'. WO/. pd. I 1,756 321. Oxford 100/. sh. C. 522 21. Oakham 130/. sh. 2,400 4/. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. t 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. lC,s. 5,669 5/. per cent. It ochdale Average SU. sh. 1 i 5110 8/. Shropshire 1'25/. sh. 14 800 10/. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. I( 45010/. 61 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10. t sh. I 700 36/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 59 500 111. Shrewsbury . 125/. sh. 24 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 11. 10s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 79/. 95.:1 533 13/. Swansea 100/. sh. 21) 3,762 11, Severn and Wye and Railway ...Ac 35/. sh. 1F 2,60 0 1 sh. 321. 108. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 62t 8,149 Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1,000511.1 151 Warwick and Birmingham 100 /. sh 280 I,ooolsh. j 900 los, Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 220 6,000 3/. 101 Worcester and Birmingham...A v. 78/.Bs. sh. 85 5,000 251. Wilts and Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 19 SOU 6/. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 126 Wisbeach 905 U. %Vey and Arun llO/. sh. 224 DOCKS. 2,600 & } . 1,0654,1 1 .p. c. Commercial49s,667ll. 4 per cent. East India Stock 110 Stock 591 3,239,31011. 506. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds 1,380,000/. 5/, per ct. West India Stock 1061 2.20.1 3/. 6s. 4d. Bristol Average 1471. 19s. sh. 05 65,324/. 5/..per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lll 6l 1,352,75.2 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 871 500,003 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 yea rs lOl-1 Shoreham Harbour 53 2.500 ........ Deptthrd Pier .. 0 01. sh. 3/. pd 2! BRIDGES. usro it. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 23 7,231 Southwark. 01.1 Av. C 3/. 2s. Bd. sh. 142 1,700 1/. 155. Ditto, New, of 7 1 pe r cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 21 5,000 I/. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 6/ 6O/. pd '24 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto , New D itto of 71 40/. pd 201 50,000/. W. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,1146 17s. Vauxhall Average 49/. Os. Od. sh. AS•zURANCE COMPAN:ES. 1,000 31104 Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 76 1 30,000 t 5 te n r d cL o t.l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10/. pd 12 1 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 103!. sh. 5/. pd 5.1- 24.000 11 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 131 1,200 lob. 41. Birmingham Eire 0 501. sh. 55/. pd 105 20,000 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercia l 541/. sh. 5/. pd ck 5,000 LI. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. l_ife,lCo/.sh. 12/10s pd 42 31 4,000 21105 County lON. sh. pd 10,000 5,4. Eagle 5O/. sh. 5/. pd i C 5 per cent., 200 t a n! 301 w. 1 Economic Life lOOO/. sh. 250/. pd 175 2,271 51/. per cent. European Lite 0 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 0 0/. sh. 21. pd 1/.125. 1,000,0001.71. per et. Globe Stock 157 20,000 11. Guardian 100/. sh. 204 IA 364 CFire 5 p et., 4° ." iLife S p ct. 3 Ho p e 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6/ 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 120 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 9,= 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1 1 0/. sh. St pd 151 21 lOs Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 9.2 3/. Ditto Life Price per Snare 2,020 10, 0 00 I. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 28 3,9110 London, Fire 9 51 sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 31 000 ........ Louden, Ship 251. sh. L. 4. 10s. pd W 30,0.10 !/. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. '2l. pd 217 s Cd 50,001 Is. 6d. Proteutor Fire 00/. sh. '2l. pd I/17. Cat 4,500 11. Provident Life 100,000 ss. Rock Life 201. sh. 21. pd 61 ii 39,220. 61. per coat. Royal Exchange Stock... 1971 Sun 2lO 6,000 b per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. Si. pd h 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life ____ 2/. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 A ustrala , ia 4O/. sh. 01. pd 10,001 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5l/. sh. 101. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 12,000 2 per cent. Lon:lon and Westminster...loo/ sh. 151. pd 3,000 Lancaster 1001. sh. 2 0 1. pd 4.5,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 30,000 74 per sant. Manchester and Liverpool} 100/. sh. 10/ pd Discount 20,000 6 por cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 0/ pd 20,000 1 per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. pd 20,' CO National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 101. pd 10,000 - National Provincial Eng. -1004 sh. 251. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 6,000 Hampshire 501 . : 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 11 12s Bath 2O/. sh. 1(1. pcl 5,000 6/. per cent. British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 5,000 [5,/,.,pderLensst/ Ditto Provincial 9O l. sh. 19 p d 214 5/ 104 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O . sh. 1,500 Brighton 2O/. sh. 750 Ditto, New '2ol. sh. IS/. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General ... . .............. 20/. sh. all pd 4,000 :31. Continental Cansolidated .......1001. 50 1/. pd 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd I,l'oo 61. Ditto, New ................. 100/. sh. 601. pd 4,000 4/. 10s. Equitable 4O/. pd European 5l. pd 10,100 5/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 251. sh. '2O/. pd " 800 54) 5 6 1 1 .. per per coot. I l s n l d e e ( p if e ' n rdhean n t lo /. sh. all pd et 1,500 71 per cent. Leeds .. "0! al). 20/ 4 4 9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix 50/. sh. 39/, pd 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff. Metropolitan l 5 Ol. pd 4,014) South sletropolitan 50/. sh. 13/. pd 3,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 45/. pd 240 W. per cent. Wa rwick 5Ol. sh. 400 115 a Wake field 25/. sh. 12,000 sr. Westminster Chartered 5O/. Oh Ditto, New 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 6,001 12 BC,O Yarmouth 20/. sh. 181. pd WATER WaRKS, Birmingham 4,800 ......... 25/. sh. nl. pd 4,433 Si. East London WO/. sh. 4,500 2 1 10 4 Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 40. sh. 2,000 21. Kent 1001. sh. 331 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2204 sh. 1,500 2/ 10$ New River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,486 11. Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 1:0 00 00 4 pe3rLcent. SJuth London 100/. sh. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 1.360 11 14s York RON BuildinßA g ILWAYS.Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. I Mi 50 22.4 /fit i'll Bristol and Exeter 640 Bolton and Leigh lOO/. sh. 2,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pd 2,500 193. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 30,003 (rand Junction 1001. sh. 40/. p 1 30,000 Grand Western 1001. sh. 10/. pd 2000 50/. sh. 4/. pd 100 sh,22:110000 ...... ... Le n u e l d l s a a n n d d ti s e e lb lb y y 1,500 Leicester and Swannington - 501. sh. all pd 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lool. sh. 1001, pd Ditto Quarter Shares eu pd Loughborough Average 1421. 17e. sh. London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 5/ pd Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...20/. sh. I/ pd Ditto ditto (Rennie) London and Blackwall 501 sh. 31. pd Londcri and Dover 50/. sh. 1/. pd 30,000 ...... ... London and Gravesend 201 sh 11. pd 20,000 8 per cent. London and Greenwich 2Ol. sit. 20/. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 50/. pd 20,000 London and Croydon 2/. pd 20,000 Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. 12,500 North Midland • 100/. sh. 5!. pd 2,500 Preston and Wigan lOl. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50!. sh. 3!. pd 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 800 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. Si. pd 4,000 Alten 15/. sh. 101. lOs pd 10,000 ... Ditto Subscription 051. pd 5 2,000 Bolanos 1501. sh all pd 140 10,000 31. Ss. Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 35/. sh. 201 pd 23 6,0'..0 Macauhas & Cocaos United 251. sh 22/. pd 11 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 74!. pd 4. 11,000 Cato Branca 04!. pd 10 Candonga 7/. pd 114 10,000 Copiapo 2Ol. sh .1241 pd 164 10,000 Bolivar• Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 10 10,000 ........ Ditto Scrip 4/. pd 5 20,000 1 . 1. 10s. British Iron 50/. sh. 501. pd SO 6,000 British Copper "il. 5h.,31/. pd 54 8,500 2,850 31. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 15/. lid 9 0,153 Mexican Company 100/. sh 514!. p 34 2,000 Polberou Consols 10/, sh. 8/. pd 9i 11,500 Real del Monte. Unregistered 2O Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 135 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....40/. sh. all pd 3 Ditto Scrip 4l Ditto Subscription 9l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 44 Union Gold, iss. 2/. ss. pm.... 2241. sh. W. pd West Cork 501. sh. 40/. pd n LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 70 1441. 10,000 43,000 12,000 5.c 00 28; 121 23 St 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 21 1 ,500 .. ...... London University 1001. sh. a ll p d 25 700 • Russell ` 3 sgs. sh. S King' College 1001. pd 40 MISCELLANEOUS. - ___ 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2(11. pd 40i 1,0510 11. Auction Mart 504 O. 19 6,000 British American Land Company 131. pd 11y 10,000 (IL per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 201. pd 361; 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent IO3 15,000 1/. per cent. General Steam Navigation —.15/. ill. 13/. pd 25 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock IL London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751, sh. )9 New Brunswick Land Company 9 21 P€ l 2,754 Si. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 1304 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 1001. sh. 451. pd 70i 4,000 10,000 Van Diemer.'s Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd l'i 2,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, FEBRUARY 8, 1836. BANKS. 1,500,00 1 /. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland 83/. Os 8.1. sh. all pd 204/. 2,000,0X1. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 171/, 500.010/. Bp. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. 411 pd 240/. 3 , 000 , 00 e1. 0/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 1721. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct. National lOO/ sh. 10/ pd 15;/. 2,000,000/. 4/. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 60/. t,000,0(,0/. 4p. et. Western of Scotland -- 2OOl. sh 30/. pd 341. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/. pd 201 , 50 0 sp. et. Hercules 100/ sh. 10/. pd 11/ Os i nt A o 5 ct. Insurance Co. of Seetla nd....lo/. sh. all p d 71 Os p. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 900/. sh. 101. pd 151 . 1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/, pd 13/ Ot 5, „ ° 9,9 , op. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. .h. 10/. p d 141 l O s ~,,, ''''.`",, 4p. ct. West of Scotland 10/. pd 101 108 4,910 Edinl‘.laiSuCtlEGLlaLs.AUNn7jCaUnSal...so/. sh. all pd 22/ . Ditto Allocated. ..9t./. 115. all pd 05/, 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water... 251. sh. all pd 34/, Carron Iron Company ......250/. sh. all pd 450/: 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery... ...... 50/. sh. 3'z/. pd 25/ . 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh Sc Leith Glass ....201. sh. 16/. pd s / 44,251. sh. all pd 63/. E a d la in sg b o u w rg G h C s oal Gas 251. sh. all pd 601. i s °o o 10 1° per P e r cent. cent. 750 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 35/ 1,200 5 per cent. Edinbursh and Dalkeith Railway...lo4 sh. 75/. 3,00 51 per cent, Equitable Loan Company 251, al. 91. pd 10/, T NIGHT'S GAZETTE• OFFICE OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN TO QUEEN, MARCH 1. Notice is hereby given, that it is the Queen's intention to hold Drawing-rooms on the following days, viz.:—Thursday, 'Marsh 24 ; Thursday, April 21 ; Thursday, May 5 ; Saturday, Th Ma ur y °' being for the celebration of his Majesty's birthday ; sdaY, June 16. THE ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23, 1836. . The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Klue- hood upon Henry Hart, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, and 3111 r tary Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelph,e Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FIB. 23. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Kne: hood upon Major-General Charles William Maxwell, cornpapio.. of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and 31ilitsri Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEE. 24. The King has been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas de Grenier Fonblanque, Esq., to be his Majesty's Consul at Dantsig, and for the ports and places in the dominions of his Maje st y the King of Prussia. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM WILLIAMS,Iinen-factor, Bow Church-yard, Lon don. THOMAS HILL, linen-factor, Bow Church-yard, London . BENJAMIN BOLWELL, carrier, Bradford, Wiltshire- BANKRUPT S. JOHN ANDREW JAMESON, rope-maker, Berrnondsdi Surrey, March 8, at twelve, and April 12, at one, at the Cou rt ° Bankruptcy. Quallet and Hancock, Prospect-row, Bermondiel; Graham, official-assignee. HENRY BUDD, tobacconist, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, Los", don, March 11, at one, and April 12, at eleven, at the Court 0! Bankruptcy, Alger, King's Arms-buildings, official-assignee' Jones and 'Son, Mark-lane. JAMES COCHRANE, bookseller, Waterloo-place, Middleses: March S, at two, and April 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bat'.. t , ruptcy. Michele, Lancaster-place, Waterloo-road ; Goldsinwt Ironmonger-lane, official-assignee. JOHN AIOTTERSHEAD, shipwright, Liverpool, March 1 , 6 ' and April 12, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Le i g'' George-street, Mansion-house, London ; Leather, Liverpool. HENRY RIGMAIDEN, wine -merchant, Liverpool, Ma l l . 10, and April 12, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, LiverP e° l Battye, Fisher, and Sudlew, Chancery-lane; Crump, Livere'' or Hodgson, Liverpool. JOHN BRIDDON, corn-merchant, Liverpool, March 14, Old April 12, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Holdeat South John-street, Liverpool ; Walmsley, Keightley, and Park ll4 Chancery-lane. ch WILLIAM WARD, publican, Masbrough, Yorkshire, N-a r ,. 11, and April 12, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. Bu tte.' field, Gray s-inn-square ; Potter, Rotherham. rch EDWARD DA VIES, victualler, Salford, Lancashire, 15, and April 12, at one, at the Commissioners-rooms, Manchest er : Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, Londe° . Chew, Swan-street, Manchester. SAMUEL LUSCOMBE the younger, butcher, Broadher ston, Devonshire, March 16, a n d Ap r il 12, a t t we l ve , a t the Stay Inn, Exeter. Froude and Edwards, Li nco l n 's-i n n -fi e lds, Fail° Totnes ; Michelmore, Totnes. THOMAS WALSH, linen-draper, Bath, ifarch 15, and O i l 12, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Jenkins 4 ' 3 Abbott, New Inn, London ; Clarke and Sons, Bristol. THOMAS FLOYD, victualler, Birmingham, M arc h 12, at t :;,. ° ' and April 12, at eleven, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, 9 `"; mingham. Chilton, Chancery-lane ; Sucklin g , Union-scr ee B irmingham. ANDREW PLANK anal JOHN PLANK, woo l-stap l le Canterbury, March 14, at twelve, and April 12, at three ' at Guildhall, Canterbury. Cruttenden, Ashford ; Sankey,Can te " f. bury ; Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-street, Strand. BENJAMIN SPALDING, linen-draper, Woodbridge, Su n° March 11, and Ap r il 12, a t e l even , a t th e G rea t White HI, Tavern, Ipswich. Moor, Woodbridge; Baxter, Lincoln's-inn -fie` DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Mortlock, linendraper, Rochester, March 21, at half-r e, eleven—G. Baker, ironmonger, D av i es - s t ree t, Berkeley-Ku art March 24, at twelve—R. Wilson, mercha n t, Stoke-u ? on-Tr r.o — March 11, at half-past eleven—R. Lee and bankers, Lombard-street, March 22, at two—T. Whittington, in T, chant, New London-street, March 24, at half-p as t twelve- 18 , 1 ; i at Gooding, plumber, Dorville's-row, Hammersmith, March l e t, half-past one—M. Ade and F. Berger, merchants, Litne-" r- t s, March 24, at two—J. Webster and G. M. Simpson, mere fo b , Tower-street, March 22, at twelve—S. Strong, draper, 011 r a.. street, March 24, at eleven—E. Farrar, apothecary, Guilal x pt street, St. Pancras, March 24, at twelve—W. H. P. Hatch, , n er. maker, Regent-street, March 22, at two—S. C. Boyce, O'i4er chant, Walbrook, March 22, at two—J. Harris, victualler, ~'",e rs , borne-lane, March 25, at twelve—S. Lock and H. Binney, O aa d Berners-street, Oxford-street, March 23, at one—J. Bentley bo at Co. warehousemen, Cheapside, March 30, at one—R. Jones , maker, Whitechapol-road, March 23, at eleven. In the Country. W eb W. Williams, shopkeeper, Pontymoille, Monmouthshire , o ne/ 23, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Pontypool—R. Battley, sc° en draper, South Shields, March 23, at ten, at the Comnossltaf. Rooms, Manchester—L. H. Eyland, woollen draper, Walsall' on fordshire, March 31, at eleven, at the Three Tuns Inn , Coldfield, Warwickshire—R. Franklin, miller, Ferriby 0. 1 to r Lincolnshire, April 20, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, gin s upon-Hull—J. Rooth, cornfactor, Shirland, Derbyshire, M arc h at one, at the Angel Inn, Alfreton, Derbyshire. CERTIFICATES.—MAacx 22. J. Wardley, calico printer, Bickacre, Lancashire—G. 13 7,... j eo . rnfto Graves, acr Coventry—T. Dudley, merchant,Liverpool-_G.g G r . o F c i e s r h , er C , o m se ta e ly rch S a ff nt, o L rcl s i,, l :4 1 , 00. —W. Levett, sen., and W. Leven, . , merchants, K i n gston - uP °n Hull. jun., PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. D. Fonett and C. Chirney, warehousemen, Friday B. Perkins and W. Adams, ' curriers, Warwick—T. an ci d.r. Denton, woollen drapers, Halifax, Yorkshire—NV. Griffin.o,,,isy Barrel, linen and woollen draers, Colchester—H. HenonD,,J. and S. Marsden, linen drapers, Heckmondwike, Yorksbneo,s, Barns, W. Barns, and J. Barns, flannel manufacturers, lth s l Rochdale, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Barns) —W. an d hro ker 9 f Pittock, linen drapers—W. R. Rusk and S. Cawston, pawn" en' Mount-street, Lambeth—E. Galloway and W. Johnstnn asc are gineers—R. Weatherill and W. Cawkwell, general ba r Tot factors, Manchester—J. Woods and T. Pace, dealers in snw: a iell , tenham-court-road—J. Bakewell and T. Eames, general Manchester—C. and E. Nuttall, pawnbrokers, Staleybridgev idea-750 fsr shire—J., H., and P. Hitchen, timber dealers, Lancashire koas' as regards J. Hitchen)—G. Bond and G. Newman, s urgeonsi iin ers , tonbury, Somersetshire—M. Ede. and S. Strudwicke, Dorking, Surrey—E. and M. Lloyd, milliners, LeamingtV A l 10P -street---grNir: Warwickshire—S. Marsden and Co., iron founders, i"" ii a Wakefield, Yorkshire (so far as regards S. Marsden) —\V• pet: 'Mortimer, worsted spinners, Bradford, Yorkshire—J. 1 1' 3 40 1 ' and J. Tapson, wholesale hosiers, Little Love-lane—C. ".. c i and Co., brass founders, Birmingham—R. Bennison a" Huxley, earthenware manufacturers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION fa ir THOMAS WRIGHT, spirit dealer, Jock's Lodge, n eiLr ,j burgh, March 4 and 18, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, ROY change, Edinburgh vr Monday afternoon the neighbourhood of 09`" ie en street, Lambeth, was frightened out of its propriety by th he e r o f oroachments of an infuriated bullock, which drove a ntll"sint women into hysterics and demolished the cab 10,334, P as S ip' at the time, killing the poor hack that drew it into the barylecti After seriously injuring the shop windows and other Pr, ° r t er' of various tradesmen in Oakley-street and the Westow - dis road, the poor goaded animal was secured and shot grounds of the Belvidere brewery, Lambeth. It r ecel' however, five bullets in its head before life was extinct. ADVERTISEMENT. —T. COX SAVORY, G01(151°01. &c., 47, Cornhill, London, informs the Public, that b e r oft considerable variety of SECOND-HAND GOLD WA T 'c r any of which he offers at EIGHT GUINEAS e ach. Th e .' F or all been carefully overlooked, an d are warrante d.—Waicbe g chased in exchange. --- BIRTHS. o nil iir• On the 29th ult., i n U pper S eymour - street, M rs . •- e Parnell, of a daughter. .1 , S ' On the 28th ult., a t S peen, B er k s, t h e l a d y o f the Bel' o f Austen, of a son. l4 On the 26th ult., a t Gl enar b ac h, D um b ar t ons hi r e, th e d W. D. Wilson, Esq., of a son. On the 25th ult ,at Cambridge, the lady of F. Ensor• scl.' a daughter. On the 29th ult., in Upper Bedford-place, Russell-sqlore' ji/r/ . too t, S. H. Lewin, of a son. hio s On the 27th ult. at 19, Eaton-place, the lady of H. OP , Esq., M. P. , of a daughter. ,fr s A r, On the Ist inst., in Caroline-place, Mecklenburg-s, G. R. Dixon, of a son. T hor_°; MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at Woodford Church, Captain Williaini i ter ton, of the Grenadier Guards, t o Eli za b e th , younges t cla °s r. On 27t h Esq., of Woodford, Essex. r e°l On the ult., at Horton, Mr. John Phillips, f (rop utcb e r ' Friars, to C a th er i ne , e ld est d aug h ter of the late M r. S. Horton, Bucks. c o, DIED. a ge 3 ' of On the 29th ult., in Grenville-street, Brunswick-square, ssq., Mrs. Mary Henderson, widow of the late W. Henderson' tO Ness to in 26th gn-pl ace. A tki , l s ' On the ult., at St. Alban's, Herts, Mrs. Lydia `" „go of Eton College, aged 67. for On the 28th ult., at Dartington, Devon, the Rev. R o r!' Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. Mr. C On the 29th ult., aged 4, Isabel Mary, daughter of r e ton, New rid-street, Blackar. e, On the 2 B ge oth ult., at. Child's fri Hill, s Hampstead, aged 67, jo i lict of T. Platt, Esq. On the 19th ult., Joseph Binns, of Bermondsey. 9 On the !Ist linst., aged 55, Ann e , th e w if e o f Thorn s r Esq., of Bromley Hall, Middlesex. Sq l On the 29th ult., Mr. John Lloyd, of Prospect-P c ' worth, aged 79. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUA,Br . 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