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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 13. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Two o'clock, this being Ash-Wednesday. TURNPIKE TRUSTS BILL. Oa the motion of Mr. C. LEWLS, it was resolved that no Bill for continuing or amending any Turnpike Act should be readlV aATE second BUSINESS.time before Easter. PR The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be commibted:— Bristol Waterworks Act Amendment. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. Embankment and Reclamation (Ireland). Great Northern Railway Deviations, Amendment of Acts, Alteration of Tolls, and of East Lincolnshire Railway Tolls. Kew and Petersham Vicarage. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. South-Eastern Railway (power to discontinue pay ment of interest on calla paid on No. 3 and No. 4 shares, &c.) South Eastern Railway (Amendment of Acts, power to raise addivional cspit,al). Suffolk and General Country Amicable Insurance Office. Stourbridge Union Rates. Tewkesbury Severn Bridge and Roads. Wolverhampton Waterworks Act (Amendment and Extension of Works). AG RIC U L URAL PROTECTION. Mr. MATHESON presented a petition from the Farmers' Society of Western Ross, in favour of agricul feral proteetion. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from the Faversham board of guardians, praying fur the estab lishment of county financial boards. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the members of the Whittington Club, praying for a repeal of the taxes on knowledge. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a large parish in Rochdale, praying for the establishment of county financial boards. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition from a place in Northamptonshire praying for the cessation of Sun day labour in the Post-office. Mr. HUME presented a similar petition from the inhabitants of Brecon; also petitions from Weirdale and Muerdale, in Lancashire, praying for the establishment cf county financial boards. Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE presented a petition from Drogheda praying for the discontinuance of Sunday labour in the Post-office. Sir DAVID DUNDAS presented a similar petition from Sutherlandshire. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. HENRY presented s petition from Barton-on- Irsvell and other places, praying for the establishment of county financial boards. Mr. COBDEN presented similar petitions from places in the counties of York and Lancaster. GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND. Mr. HUME gave notice that on an early day he would move an address to her Majesty that she would order her present Government of Ireland by a Lord-Lieutenant to be dispensed with, and a better one to be adopted. SMALL COTTAGES. The HON. MEN;E& also gave notice that be would, on an early day, move for a drawback of the duty on bricks and timber used in building cottages ; under the rated ♦alue of 4/.—(Cheers.) MR. ROEBUCK AND THE " MORNING CHRONICLE." Mr. ROEBUCK said he claimed the indulgence of the House while he referred to a matter somewhat personal to himself. If he could possibly avoid it, he did not like in that Besse ever to advert to subjects of a personal nature; but there were cases in which he was compelled to depart from such a rule. • In consequence of certain elteervations he thought it his duty to make in the House a few evenings ago, he found in a paper called the Ranting Chronicle of to-day some severe reflections upon hon. The paper in question said, " Now let us test Mr. Roebuck with himself, and by the measure which he metes out to others. We believe that he lost a dear relative in the ranks of the Canadians sympa thisers; and we believe he left no stone unturned to avenge his death." Aid then there was a suggestion thrown out that his (Mr. Roebuck's) brother bad been hanged. All that he. (Mr. Roebuck) could say was, that all his relatives in Canada held very dif f erent opinions from himselt with respect to Cana dian affairs, and that he lost no relative during any por tion of those riots; contequently he could not have acted with any desire to avenge his death, because no such death had taken place.—(Cheers.) He trusted the Ilonse would excuse his calling their attention to a mattenso purely personal to himself; but he had thought it his duty to do so out of respect to the memory of one who was dear to him. HIGHWAYS (DISTRICT SURVEYORS) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. FBEWEN did not think the provisions of the Bill mould carry out the principles it laid down. Sir W. JOLLIFFE hoped that as Government had given notice of its intention to bring in a general Bill with regerd to highways, the Hon. etember Iv Sussex would not press his motion for the second reading of this Bill. Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS asked the Hon. Mem ber for Sussex either to postpone the second reading cf this Bill, or at least, if he pressed it, that all discussion should be suspended until it was in Committee. Sir G. STRICKLAND opposed the Bill altogether. He thought it would act very unjuriously in many parts of the country. ,He should move that this Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. GREENE hoped that the Hon. Member fur Sussex would not press the second reading at present. Mr. AGLIONBY supported the Bill, and would vote for the second reading. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY, Mr. 'REWEN said the question had been before the House for four years, and thinking it desirable that something should be done, he had introduced the Bill, but if it were the wish of the House, he would postpone the seseoncl reading. —(Hear, hear.) After a few wors from Mr. Hume and Sir G. GREY, the amendment was withdrawn, and the second reading of the Bill was postponed. IRISH FISHERIES BILL. On the suggestion of Sir G. GREY, Mr. ANSTEY agreed to postpone the second reading of this Bill until this day three weeks. COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said he would only make a few observations in moving the second reading of this Bill, because it involved a subject with which the House was tolerably well acquainted, in asmuch as the Bill was similar to the measure which was brought before the House last session, both in prin ciple and in all its leading details. Therefore he was taking.up a measure which they were unable to complete last session, rather than introducing an entirely new Bill. He had undertaken the charge of the measure at the request of his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose, -sho had care of the measure of last session, and who in net originated the proposal of introducing a system of county councils to control couuty expenditure, analogous to the system introduced to enable town councils to con trol the expenditure of boroughs. It would, perhaps, be right to clear the ground from a few misapprehensions which had entered the minds of several Members on the nature of this Bill. The Hon. Member for Oxford. shire (Mr. Healey) had an ides that it would supersede her Majesty's justices of the peace. That, however, was not at all correct. The Bill wee simply to give the ratepayers of counties a concurrent control with the justices over thecounty expenditure, and nothing was more remote from his mind than to suppose that, in support ing the Bill, he was in any way disparaging the justices, or superseding them in their judicial duties. He merely asked that representative control should be given to the ratepayers in conjunction with the justices, and there were precede-ate for adopting such a course. Poor-law boards were constituted by elected guardians and justices; of the peace, and they works d harmoniously together to control the local expenditure as far as the poor-rate was concerned. It would be recol. j ec i Nti i that a Commission was appointed in 1838 to in quire into the whole question of county rates, and they expressed an opinion that they could see no objection to the constitution of such boards. He would read a short passage from their report, which probably would be fresh In the recollection of the House. They stated that " the principle of the county-rate seers* to be open to seri-us objections, on the ground that the charge is imposed by persons not chosen by the ratepayers. No other tax of such magnitude is laid on the subject except by his representatives. It is impossible not •to admit that persons who contribute to the county rate have little control over the expenditure. ' The administration of that fund is exercised by an irre sponsible power, and is intrusted to a fluctuating body." The Commissioners then w en t on to hint, the adopti on of a plan similar to the one now under the consideration of the House. They proposed by this Bill that the board should consist of ratepayers elected by different boards of guardians and justices of the peace to be elected by members of their own body. These boards were to have referred to them all the financial affairs of the county; but it was not proposed to interfere in any way with the judicial powers of the justices. The necessity of such a measure must be obvious to every Member of the House. In the county of Lancaster the county-rate in one year sprang from 125,0001. to 175,0001., and this increase was im posed by the justices upon persons who had no voice what ever in deciding whether it was judicious, or was founded oa a due regard to economical or other considerations. He would mention en instance to show that some more efficient management was wanted in county expenditure —that of the comity of York, where 200,0001. had been spent in the erection of a gaol for the accommodation of 160 prisoners. Now he thought there was prima facie evidence in this to show that those who had contributed this sum ought to have had some voice in the disp osal of it. He was the l as t man in that House to wish to find fault with the erection of gaols and lunatic asylums, lum., but wou ld not tho se persons- whom he wished to - into these county board, bo • admit of thesecimtthingsa,l and as alive to the I, eceisity we ll able to judge of the best mode of erecting them as eounly magistrates were ? The county of Lancaster had particular reason to complain. The rates in that county had increased in a much greater ratio than either crime or population had in creased. In 1834 the coun ty . rate w as a b out sd. in the pound, now it was In moving t h e second reading of this Bill, he did not wish to pledge the House to any other senti -,,, went than that taxation and representation should g o " .:l elidliaitted. Ho would not presume to ask the House • elf to any other principle, and if he should ./..e`e e s _VrrtaZend reading it would be on the understand *Greevs l 4eat tbst it shyuld ha referred to a Select Committee, - w . ere all its details would be taken into oonoiderativn. - ; He begged leave to move that this Bill be read a second time. Mr. SPOONER did not rise for the purpose of making any observations on the merits of the Bill. His object was to put it to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Manchester himself whether he thought it proper to press this Bill so hastily on the House.— (Hear, hear.) This Bill was only delivered to Members on Saturday night last. Many Hon. Members were out of town on Saturday and did not return till Monday evening, leaving them only a day to peruse a Bill con sisting of ninety clauses, and to make themselves ac quainted with its provisions. He moved that the debate be adjourned. An HON. MEMBER seconded the motion. Mr. STANFORD said, though he spoke only in his individual capacity, he believed he could state that many of his friends around him, as well as himself, though they sat on that (the Opposition) side of the House, were of opinion that taxation and representation should go together. He had read this Bill with a legal eye, and his own opinion was that it did not carry out that great principle. With respect to the question of adjournment, he was of opinion that the House should go at once into a consideration of the principle of the Bill before it. Sir GEORGE GREY said with regard to the motion of the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Spooner) he (Sir G. Grey) should not ask for any postponement of the consideration of the Bill. Ho was not prepared to express an opinion on the details of the Bill, but ho thought as the Bill was only delivered to Members a few days ago, looking to the language of the Bill, and the great change it contemplated, it was not an unreason able request for the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Spooner) to make. There must be an inquiry either way; it was quite impossible that this Bill should re ceive the sanction of the Legislature without the fullest inquiry. --(Hear, hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he did hope the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Manchester would still consent to the postponement of the discussion on this most important Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He did think that the House was not is possession of sufficient information to decide upon the principle of such an extensive melt sure.—(Hear, hear.) It was not to ; be supposed that such a principle as this, which affected every county in England could pass without a very lengthy discussion, and here they were at nearly four o'clock, and the House closed at six. How could the Right Hon. Gentleman expect to come to a division in time, and if not, what good could possibly arise from refusing the postpone ment which had been suggested by the;Hon. Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Spooner.)—(Hear, hear.) For his own part, he was greatly in want of information for the amendment which he intended to propose in Com mittee.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said that it was not surprising that the Hon. Bart. (Sir.:J. Pakington) was in want of informa tion, for he was not in the House at the time the principle of this Bill was first mooted. Such, however, was not the case with the House generally, for the question had been discussed over and over again, and the most ample evidence lad been adduced upon it that could possibly be required. By the Re form Bill they had instituted the principle, that all the ratepayers should have a voice in the choice of their representatives, and as long ago as the time of Lord Althorp, Mr. Portman, now Lord: Portman, had presided over a Committee, before which all the neces sary information was given—(Hear, hear)—and he did hope, therefore, that the House would not assent to this suggestion for a postponement.—(Cheers.) They had adopted the principle of representation in all other things, and why not then adopt it in this matter. By their legislation they had saved au immense sum to the county ratepayers.—(Hear, hear.) The county outlay, which formerly was only 250,000/., had risen to 500,0001. and 600,0001., and hail they not a:few years ago taken off upwards of 500,000/., it would at the present time have amounted to 1,800,0001. They had already adopted the principle of representation in merely political mat ters, and why not, then, give every ratepayer a voice in the disposal of his own money?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He deeply regretted that the Right lion. Baronet the Secretary of the Home Department had given any sanction for the suggestion of a post ponement, and trusted that it would be nullified by the decision of the House.—(Cheers.) Sir R. PEEL (who spoke, much to the surprise of every one, from one of the back benches on the Opposition side of the House, near where Sir J. Graham usually sits) said, the question they had now to consider was, what was the best course for them to pursue in order to come to a fair and satisfactory decision on this important sub ject.—(Hear, hear.) Now he had no hesitation in say ing that if the Right Hon. Member for Manchester (Mr. T. M. Gibson) would assent to the proposition of the lion. Member for Warwickshire, that they would at least be in a better position at a future period for coming to such a decison than they were at present.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that they had had evidence adduced before them, but what they wanted was the information of to day—(Hear)—and he did not think that without that information they would be able to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion.—(Hear, hear,) They would by the delay also have the opportunity for consulting with their con stituents on a matter in which they were so largely con cerned.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, what would be lost by the delay? It was very evident, that it would be impos sible to come to a division to-day, and if the facts had been adduced last session, that was no reason why they should not be revived, and added to in this.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Warwickshire had frequently de clared that he was not opposed to the principle of the Bill, but that he required more information in order to meet the details, and he did hope, therefore, that the lion. Member tor Manchester would assent to a post ponement of the second reading till a future day. Mr. T. M. GIBSON said that he looked upon the proposition f,r adjournment as nothing more than an in direct attempt to shelve the question altogether, a result to which he could never be a par:y.—(Cheers.) The Right lion. Baronet opposite would see that such was the case when he took into considetwion the position of an in dependent Member of that House. If the Government consented to au adjournment of a Bill, they could always fix the day for its resumption; but if an independent Member assented to an adjournment, it was often nothing more than tantamount to negativing the question for the whole session. —(Hear, bear.) Perhaps, atter all, the Government would give a little assistance, and the Noble Lord at the head of the Ireasury would throw a little light upon the matter, and give some assurance that the second reading should then be taken. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He had undertaken the charge of this Bill, and could not take upon himself the responsibility of assenting to the delay without some such guarantee. It was true that he could not resist this pressure, and hoped, therefore, that some certain day would be given for the discussion of this important subject. Mr. ROEBUCK said that before they came to a de cision on such a matter as this they ought to be in pos session of full information, and he, for his own part, knew little or nothing about the Bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE wished to relieve the Right Hon. Member from the grievous pressure of which ho complainel. The counties hardly knew that he was taking such all interest in their proceedings. He begged to rewind the Hight Hon. Gentleman that in pressing this measure s• earnestly upon the attention f the House at the present moment, when he was told by so - many practical men that they had not had time to consider it, he was bring ing himself under the suspicion not of being solely zeal ous for the measure itself as of seeking the reputation of the .‘ farmers' friend ;" and it was perfectly well known by the farmers that he (Mr. Gibson) was not their friend. As for the county which he (Mr. Newdegate) repre sented, though it would be glad to receive the mea sure itself, it would be sorry to receive it from the source from which it was to come. After a fore words from Sir HENRY HALFORD, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that though he could not pretend to understand the logic of the question any more than his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Gibson), yet he must say that he did not see in wtiat better position the Bill would be if the second reading were persevered in. He did not think that some portion of delay to enable MernLera to consider the measure, and the consequences which would result from it, would be at all injurious. The Lion. and Learned Member for Sheffield bad asked what was the disposition of Government with regard to the principle of the measure. He could only say that for himself he was so strongly in fa►our of the introduction of that principle that h• should give his cordial suppert to the second reading of the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He s hould do so without at all undertaking the detence of any of the details of the Bill, for he thought a Select Committee would be most fitted to deal with them. Mr. M. GIBSON then said ho would postpone tho se. cond reading until the 6th of March. REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER BILL. Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS rose to ask leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relative to the ma nagement of the highways in England and Wales. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to enter into a detail of the rea sons which rendered some measure of this sort necessary. All classes of the community—people of all diversities of character —were, he considered, interested in seeing the highway rates economically managed. The evils Of the present system were to be mainly attri buted to the inconvenient arrangement of the dis tricts. Each parish had a separate jurisdiction over its highways, and in some instances in the north of England even townships were divided. The surveyor of each district was appointed by the guardians, but he received no salary, and he generally had no pro fessional knowledge of highways, and his accounts were kept in a very imperfect manner. The result of the present system had, therefore, been want of eco nomy, and want of skill, and an useless expenditure of money. To remedy these evils it would be necessary t o give further operation to the principle of combined management, to form new districts, and to make it com pulsory to employ paid surveyors; and those were the principles upon which the present Bill was founded. It had been suggested that the magistrates should form the districts and appoint the surveyors; but this appeared to him an objectionable course, for if they took the power of appointing a surveyor out of the hands of the ve.try, they would deprive the ratepayers of a privilege which they now possessed. Now in this Bill he proposed simply to take the divisions of the poor-law unions, and to continue the existing board of guardians, and therefore he rendered it unnecessary to make any fresh territorial divisions, or to appoint any new elective body. With regard to the expenditure, he proposed that every pa rish or township should continue to pay the expenses of its own highway precisely as at present, and the only additional charge which would be made upon them, and what they would share in common, would be the salary of the surveyor. With respect to the highways, he pro posed to do away with the parish surveyor altogether, to abolish the highway rate, and to require the sum necessary for the repairs of the highways to be collected by the overseers under the head of poor rates, to which it might almost be considered to belong. There was a maximum rate fixed under the present law, and he proposed to cpathw e it. With regard to the • question of audit, it was proposed that the same auditor who audited the poor-law accounts should audit the ec coants relating to the highways. The Bill also pro po►ed to repeal an Act well known to many Members as Sir Charles Burrell's Act, which provides for contribu tions from the funds of the parish towards the maintenance of turnpike trusts that are insolvent. Great complaints had arisen about the operation of that Act, and it was now proposed that the funds to be expended as that Ant provides should be expended not, as at present, by the officer of the turnpike trusts, but by the surveyor of the district. The duty of managing the business of the roads under this Bill would not involve a meeting of the board of guardians more than once a month, and it therefore provided that each board of guardians should annually appoint a standing committee of their number to manage the highways. Having now gone through all the points which the measure touched upon, he had only to thank the House for the indulgence they had granted him, and to move for leave to bring in the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FREWEN said there were districts where the roads were always kept in excellent order, and he did not think any compulsory system would be re quired in those cases. Another difficuty which st iod in the way of the Bill was this:—ln many poor•law unions there were one or two parishes which belonged to adjoining counties, and he should be glad to know how that was to be provided for. It appeared to him, also, that the board of guar dians was not the proper parties to have the manage ment of the highway rates. It was as much as they could do to attend to the interests of the poor, and therefore any further labour thrown upon them must inevitably be neglected. Mr. RICE felt bound to say that he very much ap proved of the measure, particularly as it established the compulsory system, and did away with parish sur veyors. He hoped it would meet with the sanction of the House. _ _ Sir W. JOLLIFFE did not approve of that part of the Bill which placed the highways under the management of the board of guardians. Mr. DEEDES had last year asked the Hon. Gentle man the Member for Manchester to defer this important measure until the opinion of the country could be elicited with respect to it. He thanked the Hon. Member for Manchester for introducing this Bill, tending as it did to effeet very considerable improvement in a system which was at present very defective; and he thought the Bill deserved the cordial support of the Howie. He reserved, however, to himself, the right of discussing the details of the Bill when it went into Com mittee. _ _ Mr. SLANEY said, when ho considered an auditor was to be established by this Bill, a very salutary control would be exercised over the expenditure on the highways. It was a favour able feature of this Bill, that under it each parish would be obliged to maintain its own poor. He thought the Bill would also effect a greater uniformity in the repairs of the roads, end that no obstinate parish would now be able to resist the general desire, which frequently prevailed in a district, to keep the highways in a good state of repair. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY was of opinion that the Bill would not work well unless it reduced the burdens upon land. Mr. E. B. DENISON was of opinion that under the present Bill they were likely to have better and cheaper roads than they had hitherto had, notwithstanding that he took some exception to some of the details of the measure. Sir ROBERT PEEL thought his Honourable Friend had judged most wisely in separating the repairs of the highways from the township roads. The mode of managing parishes was a most important con sideration. His Hon. Friend proposed to make these offi cers subject to the supervision of the Poor-law Board. He was not prepared at present to give an opinion, but he did think that districts might be chalked out which would be more in consonance with our present mode of inland communication. There was no doubt that the object was to have the work done in the best way at the least expense, and he was induced to think that the poor-law guardians would be liable to the inducement of setting their labourers to work on the highways where the expense was unnecessary.—(Cries of " Hear, hear,") He should thenfore be disposed to desire that officers should be appointed as auditors who had nothing whatever to do with the poor-law guardians. He ap proved then of the Bill so far as it went to institute dis tricts, so arranged as to be conveniently managed through the use of our present means of internal cum. munication. Mr. VERNON SMITH, after paying a handsome compliment to Mr. Cornewall Lewis for his perse verance in introducing a Bill for the regulation of the highways, and stating that he himself had served on three Committees, said that no one could doubt the utility of the hint which had just been thrown out by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) with respect to the ormation of districts. The appointment of way wardens had been stoutly contested in all those committees. The plan was all very well in theory, but in practise it would prove absolutely nil. His Hon. Friend the Under Secretary of State had found this difficulty, and had ac cordingly, and as he thought wisely, assigned it to the poor-law guardians. There was only one thine' which he was particularly anxious should be attended to, however, and that was that a distinction should be made between the money spent upon the highways and that given for the relief of the poor. It was customary in many parishes for the guardians to send their old and infirm poor to do useless work upon the highways, and the country really did not know what money was spent upon the poor and what upon the highways. Mr. CORNE WALL LEWIS wished, in answer to some questions which had been asked in the course of the debate, to state, that it was provided in the Bill that there should be a surveyor em ployed and paid by the board of guardians, and it was also intended to abolish the highway rate— by that name at least—though the amount would be the same, and would fall upon the same property which now paid the highway rate.—(Hear, hear.) He also wished to thank the House for the attention which they had paid to his Bill, and was glad to perceive that the necessity of some such measure was generally acknow ledged by the House. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, which was subsequently brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time this day fortnight. ARMY AND ORDNANCE EXPENDITURE. On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE, the following Members were appointed as a Select Committee on the army and ordnance expenditure :—Lord Seymour, Mr. Secretary at War, Mr. Hume, Col. Anson, Mr. Walter, Sir William Moleaworth, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir James Graham, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith, and Mr. Bankes. The House then adjourned. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCIIESTEE, TUESDAY.—We have had a spirit less and rather drooping market. The merchants have shown a growing indisposition for business ; looking upon prices as, for the most part, too high to warrant further exports, in the present state of sup plies in foreign markets. The letters received this morning from Germany, give quotations of prices Wkich afford no encouragement for the immediate resumption of operations. There has been some inquiry from the Greeks, but with little result. As to the home dealers, seldom have they been so little seen in the warehouses of the manufacturers. There is evidently a diminished confidence among all classes of buyers, as to the maintenance of prices ; and a determination to proceed cautiously, buy ing only for the supply of the most pres sing wants, is become general. The business of the day has, consequently, fallen in amount, below that of any Tuesday for some time back. Under these circumstances, those spinners and manu facturers whose contracts are drawing to a close have shown a willingness to make some concession in price rather than suffer an offer to pass by them. Water twist may be quoted id. to id. lower ; and, in mule yarn, the buyer has some advantage in price, except as to fine counts, from No. 60's upwards. In print ing cloths there is a giving way of about lid. per piece, and 3d. in shirtings. There is a difference in point of firmness, however, among spinners and manufacturers, and a corresponding irregularity is observable in the quotations. The spinners of water twist, and the manufacturers of domestics, T's, and some other stout cloths, are so much discouraged by the little prospect there is of an improvement in the un favourable trade they have so long experienced, that many of them are seriously intending to diminish their production. One or two establishments in Manchester have either stopped altogether or resorted to short time ; and an attempt is being made to induce a general adoption of the latter measure in these branches of manufacture. At Rochdale, two or three mills have taken one or other of the above courses ; and we have before us the names of seven firms at ' Heywood who have limited the hours of work in their ROCHDALE, AIONDAT.--.We have had a very fair business doing to-day in pieces of all kinds, but there has been little variation in prices. The wool market has undergone little or no change since last week, either in price or demand. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have during the past week been visited by several London buyers, and some business has been done in goods. Larger sales would probably have been effected, but the ma nufacturers are not prepared to accept the low prices offered, in the face of a rising market for silk. Hence there is 'a paucity of operations for the present. On the other hand, we have letters from St. Etienne, reporting business very brisk in goods ; and that the manufacturers were full o f or d ers up to A pr il , at re munerating prices. The thrown silk market continues tolerably active - under the combined influence of home purchases and a foreign demand, which have, up to the present, cleared the market of surplus stock ; and, in deed, the difficulty now experienced in having fine silks thrown will, we think, keep stocks of this article light for some time to come. The principal feature in the raw silk market during the past week has been the heavy transactions in the new arrivals of China silks ; the bulk of which have changed hands a t a further advance; and the market is reported active at the latest quotations. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Notwithstanding the unfavourableness of the weather, an average amount of business has been done to-day. The main part of the business, however, is by direct deliveries to the merchants, owing to the active demand for spring goods. There has constantly been a short supply ; in fact, the stock has scarcely ever been so low as at present. HALIFAX, SATUEDAY.—AIthough we cannot report that there has been to-day any increased animation in our Piece Hall, yet we believe that there is a better inquiry for fancy goods ; but the merchants will not, in general, give prices commensurate with the current rates for yarn, and the manufacturers being very low in stock, are unwilling to execute orders, except at improved prices. The demand for yarn continues good, without any change in the quotations. The wool market remains in the same quiet condition, and prices have undergone no variation, but the staplers seem disposed to sell more freely. TITESDAII.—On account of the greater por tion of the business being done for order, very few goods were brought to the cloth hall today, and not much business done. Prices may be quoted a little higher, and stocks are very low in the manufacturers' hands. There is a good deal doing in the warehouses, chiefly by the wholesale buyers. ADVERTISING FOR A WIFE. The gossips of Bristol have been much enlivened, and half the tea-tables furnished with small-talk, by the publication of some correspondence which has passed between a young man, assuming the name of llorace lleathcote, and a young lady (personated by some fun-loving individuals of the male sex), touching a matrimonial engagement. The correspondence originated in the publication of the following adver tisement : " MATRIXONT.—A respectable young man, of very ancient family, liberally educated, of excellent character, and with tolerably good expectations, wishes to enter the marriage state with a lady possessed of not less than 2,0001. (which might be secured if required), and without children if a widow. This is a bona fide case, and the utmost secrecy may be relied upon.—Address Alpha,' Post-office, Frant, Sussex." The personators of the lady replied t o thi s mo d es t ad vertisement, adopting the signature of " Omega, and requesting the letters to be left at the Clifton Post office. The lady's position and qualifications were thus set forth :—" An orphan child, related to some of the first families in this neighbourhood, now under guardianship, is anxious to escape from pre sent thraldom, and would gladly embrace the protec tion of an honourable mind. Should Alpha feel disposed to communicate with frankness, he will find in Omega' one whose pecuniary prospects are fully equal to his requirements, and of whose mental and personal attractions time must enable him to judge. Imprudent as the step Omega' now taken mayap. pear at first, there are circumstances which she be lieves would fully justify her conduct in the eyes of Alpha,' and should he enter on a correspondence he will address his letters to the name assumed, at the Post-office, Clifton." The gudgeon nibbled, and a very tender corres pondence ensued. Mr. Horace Heathcete's passion daily augmented, and an interview was finally ar ranged to take place at the George Inn, Bristol. He was- true to his appointment, but it is scarcely necessary to say, no lady made her appearance. The three concoctors of the plot were present, however, and they were not long in discerning the real Simon Pure, who was a young man about 30, and evidently in the agricultural interest. He walked to the w:n dow, and despondingly gazed up and down the street; he pulled out a note from his pocket, looked at the clock in the bar, then at the note, which he returned to his pocket with an air of absolute hopelessness— again he was disappointed. This convinced the mis chievous trio that " Alpha" stood before them. They then commenced a conversation, in which sundry " pellets of the brain" were launched at the Lothario, who stood " looking daggers." After thus talking at him, one of them accosted him, and after repre senting himself to be the natural protector of the fair " Omega," coolly intimated to him that he had been hoaxed, and advised him to decamp, which ad vice the wooing Horace ultimately acted upon. "If it were not true," observes the Bristol Gazette (which publishes the correspondence in extenso) " that your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating,' we would give Horace a sound lecture for the excessive impertinence of which he has been guilty towards the fair sex, in supposing that any female would commit matrimony with him upon his published terms; but his mother will be his fittest corrector, and we will conclude our connexion with him by a quotation from the bard of Avon— " The man that bath a tongue is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman." —Gloucester Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, Feb. 13. r - The members of the court present were—Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Langdale, the Right Hon. Sir Stephen Lushington, the Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, and the Right Hon. Sir Edw. Ryan. ANUND LAL SING DEO v. MAHARAJA DHERAJ GARROOD. Mr. Turner, Mr. Forsyth, and Mr. Maule ap peared for the appellant ; Mr. Loftus Wigram, Mr. N. J. Lloyd, and Mr. E. F. Moore conducted the case for the respondent. This appeal, which occupied the attention of the Council nearly the whole of yesterday, was resumed this morning. The appeal arose out of a disputed claim to the district of Kasaeper, a portion of the Bajaship of Pacheet, situated in the Presidency of Bengal. It seemed that the tract of territory in dis pute had been granted by an ancestor of the respon dent to the appellant's father for life. The question therefore at issue between the parties involved the right of the respondent, who is the present Raja of Pacheet, to resume the territory. On the part of the appellant, it was contended that the claim of the respondent was barred by lapse of time. In support of the respondent's case itwas submitted that the disputed territory formed part of the Raja ship of Pacheet, and that according to the law appli cable to this case, the Raja s hi p was indivisable. The appellant alleged that he was entitled to hold the ter ritory by inheritance. It was submitted, however, on the other hand, that the appellant's father only de rived a provision for life, and that it was not compe tent for any former Raja to bind his successors by a permanent grant of territory belonging to the Raja ship; and that, therefore, if any such grant had been made by the former Raja in favour of the appellant's father, the same would not be binding upon the re sponnent. The appellant's f a th er , w h o h a d on l y a life interest in the territory, having died, the district re was clearly resumable by, and reverted to, by the which occup i ed the whole of the sit spondent. Ting co nc l uded, the judgment was deferred. ttlg e s o. arguments , d to-day, h a COURT OF EXCHEQUER,Feb, 13. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) THE QUEEN ON TUE PROSECUTION OF MAXDSLAT a. LOWB. Throughout the inquiry the main stress appeared to be placed upon the patent of Mr. Bramah as em bracing for the specificationprose cution went to; positions which it con tained with reference to the wing s of a windmill and eb b un r a tti c e i tn n h g eli talaaltlaattdhwatitht that h te es witness defendant'shwe htnwaswore the fly of a smoke - jack Was so utterly incon gruousapplied in as to be incapable of bein g com bination. . Sir F. TIIESIGER (a consultation having taken place between the learned counsel on both sides) said for Learnedconsenting felt verdict being heelfdafendant on all the counts. The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said that this w ail th e first sci. fa. which had come on in that court, and he might add at the same time, that it was the first occasion where a defendant bad obtained real justice under such a proceeding. The verdict was then entered for the defendant, thus establishing the validity of his patent. SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 13. (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) WARD V. PRITCHARD. This was an action brought on a guarantee. Defen dant suffered judgment to go by default. It appeared that the plaintiff had advanced 1501. to the defendant and others on their entering into a guarantee for the repay. ment of the amount, and also effecting a policy of in surance, and keeping up the payments thereon. The Learned SECONDARY held that, as the deed was set forth in the declaration, and defendant had, by not pleading, admitted the breach, the production of the deed was sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to a verdi c t. Verdict fo r th e amount c l a i me d, and interest at 5 per cont. The parties in the other cases not being in attendance the jury were discharged. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, F4b. 13. Before Mr. Sergeant ADAM!, Assistant Judge, and The Court :at l- t 3 h ° by special appointment at the Guildhall, Westminster, for the purpose of proceeding with the appeal cases, which had been n is ch mo o r f i A ii l i zistrates.) adjourned from the previous sitting. DODSWORTH AND ANOTHER V. HENRY PELLY SAVINGS - BANKS. This was an appeal on petition by the Rev. William Dodsworth and William Fox, (trustees of the Christ church Savings-bank, Regent's-park,) against Henry Pelly lli n d e ( actuary of the sa i d b an k), un d er th e 9th George IV., c. 92, sec. 1, which provided " that it shall be competent f or th e t rus tees or managers of a savings-bank to make an order upon any person wbo may be in possession of moneys, securities, papers, or any other effects belonging to such bank, for the delivery of the same to such person or persons as they, the trustees or managers, shall appoint to receive them, and in case of non-compliance with such order the trustees or managers are empowered to present a petition to the general or quarter sessions, which court can then proceed in a summary way to enforce the order, or to maize such other order as shall to it seem fit." Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry representel the ex hibitants, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Man son were for Mr. Hinde, and Mr. Huddlestone for several managers of the bank. Mr. HUDDLESTONE said he appeared on behalf of five managers of the bank, who not only disapproved, but decidedly objected to these proceedings, which had been instituted by the exhibitants without con sulting the managers, and at the outset he would sub mit to the Court that they ought to prove that they were, as they described themselves in the petition, " trustees." Mr. BILLANTINE perfectly understood how it was that his Learned Friend appeared in the case. It wa', no doubt, a very clever expedient for the re spondent to be represented in two ways—first, by his Learned Friends Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Manson, and then by his Learned Friend Mr. Hod dlestone, though ostensibly the latter appeared as the representative of certain persons whose existence he should deny until they had been shown to be bona fide managers of the in , l!tution. _ _ Mr. CLARKSON denied that this was so, for until that morning his learned client, who was a gentle man of high character and respectability, and a mem ber of the bar, had not been aware that the managers had intended to appear in the matter. But to show how anxious the respondent was to prove that his conduct was above reproach, and prove the bona fides generally of the course he had taken, he was prepared to pay into court the balance which it was alleged was due by him to the bank, about 2501., to await either the result of any investigation the Court might deem it necessary to direct into the accounts of the bank, or the decision of any gentleman who might be appointed by the Court to act as arbitrator in the matter. Should the trustees decline to accede to this proposition, that fact would show that their object was to wound the feelings of Mr. Hinde, who had for some time gratuitously rendered the institution most important service, rather than strictly to carry out their duties as trustees. Mr. HUDDLESTONR was strongly opposed to the adoption of this proposition. Mr. BALLANTINR said, his Learned Friend, though avowedly the representative of the parties he had named, very well knew that he was, in truth, the re presentative of one or more of the sureties of Mr. Hinde, and for whom he now objected to a course which he should contend had been adopted by way of giving something of an additional colouring to the proposal which had been made by his Learned Friend Mr. Clarkson ; and in this way, whilst the latter had on his behalf made this offer, he was, on the other hand, setting up a colourable opposition, through the instrumentality of his other Learned Friend, Mr. Huddlestone, under the plea that that Learned Counsel was appearing for some of the managers of the bank. The Court would readily see why this course had been pursued, and that by the pursuance of that course the managers in question were, in his opinion, endeavouring to defeat the ends of justice, by thereby enabling Mr. Hinde, who was a member of the bar, to hold back funds which belonged to the poor depositors, some of whom, he was instructed, were at that moment in the court, in a comparative state of starvation, in anxious expectation of the issue of the present proceedings. He was desirous of explaining what were the objects of the trustees in adopting this course, and then to have acceded to the proposal of his Learned Friend Mr. Clarkson, when up started the Learned Counsel for these managers to interpose this objection. Notwithstanding that proceeding, he would now ask his Learned Friend what the precise nature of his offer on behalf of Mr. Hinde was ? Mr. CLARKSON repeated the offer, remarking that it must not be understood that in making that offer he in any way made any admission on the part of Mr. Hinde, for the trustees would have to prove be fore whomsoever might be appointed to go through the accounts that that gentleman was in any way in debted to the bank, and, if so, then to what extent. He could most confidently deny that Mr. Hi n d e was any party to the opposition which had been offered by Mr. Huddlestone, and added, that the only object Mr. Hinde had had in withholding payment was in reference to future liability, not only as respected himself, but in respect of other persons. H e h a d, therefore, been compelled to decline to pay th e money to persona who could give no legal discharge or in demnity. The money could not be paid to the ex hibitants, because the bank was at an end; in addi tion to which there was a minute on its proceedings showing that Mr. Dodsworth had resigned. Mr. Hinde, consequently, knew not to whom he could legally pay the money. Mr. BALLANTINE observed that this offer on the part of Mr. Hinde showed that that gentleman was anxious to do all that was right in the matter, and after the denial of his Learned Friend Mr. Clarkson he was quite willing to believe that Mr. Hinde was no party to the course which had been adopted by Mr. Huddlestone. He would therefore withdraw the imputation he had cast upon that gentleman. After some further discussion, Die Learned JUDGE said he was at a loss to under stand how it was that the managers should offer an opposition to the payment of this money, which, it was assumed, was due to them from their own officer. It appeared to him that nothing could be more fair than the offer of Mr. Hinde. If the whole of the money in dispute was not to be spent in law, and the characters of all the parties connected with the con cern were not to be torn to pieces, the more quickly this offer was accepted the better. A great deal more discussion ensued, and even tually it was arranged that the accounts should be investigated by the Learned Judge, the amount in dispute to be paid into the hands of the clerk of the peace, and the managers to be present when the ac counts were gone through. The case was then ordered to stand adjourned to a future day, and a cheque was at once handed to Mr. Maude, the deputy clerk of the peace, for the amount. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Robert Leggett, leather merchant, of Bermondsey, was brought before Aldermen Carden and Humphery upon the charge of having assaulted and wed inde cent language to a young lady. The case excited much interest. The complainant, who appeared to be about 18 years of age, stated that on Tuesday evening, at a quarter to seven o'clock, while she was waiting in Leadenhall-market for another young lady who had gone into an adjoining house upon business, the de fendant walked up and addressed her ; she turned away from him, but he followed and asked her to have something to drink, upon which she threatened to give him in charge and ran away. The defendant persevered, however, in annoying her, and put his arm round her waist, and she then ran into a shop, in which she received immediate protection. She heard the defendant talking, but was so much terrified and excited as not to be able to distinguish the words he uttered. The defendant smiled:while the witness was giving her evidence. Mr. Addiscombe ' shopman at 6, Leadenhall-stre e t, said that he noticed the young lady in tears and en deavouring to get away from the defendant, who tried to thrust his head under her bonnet and to put his arm round her neck. Witness immediately opened the door and the lady rushed in much agitated. The defendant, who had followed her to the porch, then went off, but witness followed him and brought him back. In the shop the defendant used the most re volting language, particularly in addressing the young lady, so that the witness determined, if she hesitated to give him in charge, he should not escape for want of a prosecutor. At the station-house he uttered the same filthy language in the presence of the complainant and the female friend who accompa nied her. In answer to questions put by Mr. Buchanan, who attended as solicitor for the defendant, the witness said that Mr. Leggett was certainly drunk at the time, and that he was very riotous at the station. house. Mr. G. Brooks, salesman, of Leadenhall Market, went, amongst others, who were indignant at the gross violation of decency in the conduct of the de fendant, to the assistance of the lady, and heard the language the defendant was accused of having ad dressed to her. He subsequently inquired into th e character of the complainant, and found it to be most unexceptionable. The appearance and demeanour of the lady in every respect confirmed the testimony as to her re spectability. The blunt and indignant evidence given by a poor fellow named Robert Lincoln, who observed the terror of the complainant, and joined in pursuit of the offender, was not the least impressive part of the representation. Alderman CARDEN, after having conferred with Al derman Humphery, said—My b rot h er magistrate and I have looked into all the circumstances of this case, and we concur in opinio n th a t one o f more gross indecency could not have been brought before us. We concur, too, in opinion th a t th e disgusting words uttered by the defendant must have been habitual, and not the mere casual effusion of drunken brutality. The defendant—l assure you, Sir, that I was so drunk as to have no idea of what took place. A friend and I h a d di ned and taken four bottles of wine in the tavern near the spot. I had no notion of in sulting the lady. Alderman CARDEN—You were not only able to run after and persecute her, but to attempt to escape when you found that persons were ready and de termined to protect her, and you greatly aggravated your offence by repeating language unfit for any ears in the presence of one to whom as a man you were bound to offer succour and assistance instead of insult. We are perfectly aware that a sum of money as a penalty upon you would be considered of no impor tance. You manifested by your smiles and indiffe rence, while the young lady was so modestly giving her evidence, that you felt very little for her, or for your offence against society, or apprehension as to the result of this investigation. But it happens as ma gistrates we have the power of inflicting a very dis greeable substitute for a pecuniary penalty, and we thi n k that this is a most excellent opportunity of testing the efficacy of that power. Our sentence upon you, therefore, is, that for your ♦iolent and indecent conduct you be imprisoned seven days in the House of Correction.—(Laughter.) The defendant was shocked at this judgment, and assured the Bench that he deeply regretted his con duct, and was willing to pay any penalty they might think proper to inflict. He repeated that he was most willing to be allowed to apologise to the lady and all other persons whom he might have offended. Alderman CARDEN said the Bench did not consider it necessary to consult the hdy.at all upon the occa sion, end certainly could not suppose that she would condescend to listen to the language of apology from one who had used language for which there could be no apology. The defendant was then taken off to the House of Correction. There were several 'gentlemen present who were ready to testify as to the high respectability of Mr. Leggett, but the Alderman said the case was disposed of. James Churchill was brought on Tuesday before Alderman Gibbs, upon the charge of having pre sented a pistol, charged with gunpowder, at William David Hughes, of the house of Overton and Hughes, solicitors, in the Old Jewry. The complainant had, it appeared from the evi dence, been concerned in some transactions with the prisoner, who wanted the advance of a sum of money, which the former declined to make in consequence of the nature of the security. On Monday the prisoner called at the office, and said that in consequence of the refusal of the advance of the money he had been obliged to take the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and after some other observations took a pistol out of his pocket and presented it at the complainant, who jumped up, seized the instrument, and prevented any mischief. Upon the prisoner's person another pistol was found. Both pistols were charged with powder and paper. The prisoner was heard to wish for the death of the complainant. The prisoner was ordered to find bail to the amount of 1001. in two sureties. GUILDHALL. Thomas Almond, of 7, Ellis-square, Walworth road, was brought up for final examination, before Mr. Alderman Finnis, charged with breaking open a cupboard in the office of his master, and stealing five 101. notes and five sovereigns. • notes and The prisoner was committed for trial ; and the de positions being made out and read over he was con veyed to Newgate, bail being refused. A gentleman attended at the justice-room and called the attention of the Alderman to a subject which he considered of the greatest importance to the public, and one of a very serious nature. He stated that, in passing along Aldersgate-street, he was induced to purchase a sponge from one of the street hawkers. It was wrapped up in paper, but he shortly found that not only the paper but his black kid gloves were burnt by something poisonous. On examining the sponge he found that it had been saturated with ox alic acid or some similar deadly poison. Now, had it happened that this sponge had been used for filter ing water, the consequences would have been fatal to those drinking iti; and it was under these circum stances he felt it his duty to come and make the pre sent statement publicly, so that others might be placed on their guard against purchasing in the street. The ALDERMAN said that the public had been cautioned on the subject, and he wondered complain-. ant was not aware of it; but as he had been duped in this way, it seemed necessary to repeat the caution. However cheap free trade had made many articles, sponge was not so reduced in value that a gentleman could expect to buy a is. sponge for 4d. The gentleman said the man teased him to pur chase, and thinking it might be useful, and aware that it was at its full size by being (as he thought) soaked in water, he bought it without considering the fair value of such a thing. Mr. Alderman Wirsors observed that sponges hawked about in this way were always bleached and swelled, either by saturation in vitriol and water or some other violent poison. The gentleman said his object was merely to guard the public against being poisoned, and he was much obliged to the Alderman for his attention to his re marks. BOW•STREET. George Milner, an assistant to Mr. Daws, chymist and druggist, of 24, Abbey-road, St. John's•wood, was charged with stealing a letter containing a half sovereign and a florin. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, conducted the prosecution. The prisoner, a young man of respectable family, lived in the house of hi s em pl o y er at a sa l ary of 101. ' a year, and assisted in the business of the shop, which is also a receiving-house for the letters of the district. The frequency of complaints respecting the loss of cash-letters posted at the shop, induced the Post office authorities to authorise one of their presidents (Mr. Sculthorpe) to test the honesty of the ser vants employed in the district, which was done in the usual mode, namely, by placing marked coins in letters, and watching their course through the Post office from the time of being posted. The letter in question was posted before nine o'clock in the morn ing at the shop of Mr. Daws, and contained a half sovereign and a florin (both previously marked by Mr. Sculthorpe). It should have arrived at the General Post-office at eleven o'clock, but was not found among the forty-five letters collected at the re ceiving -house, and forwarded in the Paddington bag. On examining the bill registering the number of letters in the collection, it was observed that the mis sing letter was not accounted for in the certificate; upon which Mr. Sculthorpe, accompanied by Peake, the constable, proceeded to the shop of Mr. Daws, to make inquiries respecting it. The prisoner was pre sent, and admitted that he made up the letters, and that the figures in the bill were his own. Mr. Scul thorpe then directed Peake to search him, and identi fied the marked half-sovereign among the money taken from his pockets. In a pocket-book, also found upon the prisoner, they discovered the letter which Mr. Sculthorpe had written, and the seal of which was still unbroken. The prisoner, who said nothing in expla nation of these circumstances, w as th en takenint custody. Cdr. Sculthorpe produced hi s l etter as it was found n the prisoner's pock e t-b oo k , and examined it in i court. One of the aides of the envelope had been loosened, and tle half-sovereign abstracted ; after which the envelope had been again secured by gum. The Th il e or p in riso w n a e s r l m ef a t d i the o n no a letter. nsyir ,er to the charge. Mr. HENRY committed hint for trial. It transpired that a letter was received fo priso ner i n t h e course of the daya s e rv r a the nt from girl, who expresse d her willingness to accept his protection, and requested that her lodgings might be out of town. TVORSHIP-STREET. A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, but who described himself as a surgeon, residing at Ixworth, in Suffolk, applied to Mr. Hammil for his advice and assistance under the following circum stances:— The applicant stated, that about a month since he was a passenger in one of the trains from Bury upon the Eastern Counties Railway, accompanied by Captain Lloyd, a friend of his, when, upon reaching Mark's Tey„ the next station beyond Colchester, an elegantly dressed woman, who had an infant with her, entered the carriage with a tottering step, and apparently in a state of extreme illness and debility, and explained to them that she had been previously travelling in a first-class carriage, where she was quite alone, but that, feeling greatly indisposed, she had been induced to change her place for one in another carriage, where there were other passengers. He (the applicant) introduced himself to her as a surgeon, and tendered his professional services, if she required them ; but the lady declined his offer on the ground that her illness was solely attributable to her being unaccustomed to the fatigue of travelling, and she appeared to have rallied considerably by the time the train reached the Shoreditch terminus, where he again offered his services, but she told him that they were quite un necessary, as her carriage and servant ought to be waiting for her outside, and requested him to take charge of the child for a few minutes while she ascertained whether they had arrived. The lady then hastily descended the steps leading from the plat form, leaving with him and the captain her child and a small trunk, which he at the time supposed con tained her luggage ; but after waiting for more than an hour the lady did not again make her appearance, and from that time to the present he had neither seen nor heard anything of her. After making numerous inquiries, in the hope of gaining some trace of her, but unavailingly, he conveyed the infant, which was a female child two months old, to the house of a private friend of in town, and on taking off its clothes they discovered attached to the inside of its dress a letter containing two 10/.-notes, and convey ing a brief intimation that the infant was the offspring of persons of the highest respectability, who would continue to contribute all that was requisite to insure its comfort and proper maintenance, upon being addressed by advertisement in the papers to that effect, and that the little charge would be ultimately reclaimed by its parents. The infant had ever since remained under the care of the friends with whom he had first placed it, but he had since received letters upon the subject, one of which was from another private friend of his, who was most anxious to adopt the child ; and in proof of his being actuated by anything but a me Navy feeliDgp be was desirous tbot the money _ which had be en It.ft on its account should be deposited iu some sav i ngs -b an k f or it s future benefit. Th l4 benevolent proposal, however, he was restrair ed fro° acceding to, in consequence of a second cornmuni,:f"- tion h tying reached him from some gentleman IT Devonshire, who made a peremptory claim of t ° child and th e p ro p erty attac h e d to it, alleging was empowered to do so by its own mother, slthouga he pro lured nothing satisfactory in authenticati(!n (.f his assumed authority, and threatened bin), in the event of his refusal to accede to the demand, to adopt legal proceedings against him for its it: r e mediate restoration. Under these circumstances, " was totally at a loss how to act, as his only object vo i, ll l to release himself from the responsibility so singula r ( imposed upon him in a mariner which would be Joint Y that ir conducive to his own safety and the interests of thise infant, and he was therefore induced to come to court to obtain the opinion of the magistrate as t° the nt most advisable course to he pursued. The APP Ii" d described the contents of the box which accomPsnle the infint as exclusively consisting Of vvesri n g„ ti n P d . parel of a tasteful and expensive descriptioA, is adapted for a female child; and having exPre" 2e : • (1 conviction that the infant's mother was 3 in-rt e le d . woman, from the circumstance of his noticing a of ding-ring upon her finger, and that a clothing, though still in excellent conditi°ll! slightly worn in various place., added, that he n -- % been subjected to great expense,. trouble. atlahahneniii'd :ince, from the unpleasant position in whi t: " 0/ - been placed, and had been compelled to come tIP try pressly to town, leaving his patients in the collo the wholly unattended to, that he might be put ip him t way of adopting some measure b which this t ° r y harassing affair might be brought ittisfact° to A 8 conclusion. yerl Mr. HAM portion 01 3, sum. said that it was certainly singular and unusual application, and he $ tee{rer e sn exceedingly that he could not render the ge nt , leu t bet any effectual assistance; hut he would suggest' Abe the best course for the applicant to pursue woo f to place the infant in the hands of the officers °I es parish in whose di s t r i c t it h a d b een a bandone d, $ O , they, he had no d ou bt, wou ld ta k e such . St e i l! d would release him from a ll f ur th er responsibility, 'l°no very probably lead to the di scove ry o f the pets ° ie had abandoned the c hild t o t h e care o f strang e° such an unnatural manner. lot his ad' applicant th an k e d th e magistrate gpi • vice and quitt e d th e court ; but it was pretty cl o p: feat from his manner that he was disinclined to the suggestion thrown out by the Bench. virrb. THE Cl/ UN TR I , mAltli-i- d tsir NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET. FEE. ~,,l is tvr° supply of wheat from the farmers, but the arrivals 71 - ; with were light. Factors held firmly for an advance a' littl e which the holder s w ou ld no t comp l y, and i n c onsegilli t - e red• business was done. B ar l e y, oats , and other art i c les a° l as ° NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, FIB. 12..44fre'soci Far t ki large supply of cattl e o f goo d qua li ty, b ut trade ° gi „,,,ler ' l 7; remains unsold. She e p t ra d e act i ve, an d the n i t/ 45 8 u bited all cleari.d off. Beasts 800, s h eep 4,000. e 55mutton, 5d to 6d. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, FEB. 12.--There A er 29Olboo meal market to-day 23 sacks oatmeal, each weigh i4 u4S' ici ' imperial, wher eo f 21 so ld t h us : lat 115 s O d, 9 it3,11.11t", and 11 at 1/ 4s Od ; average pr i ce of the whs l e 114 s 0 sac k s 5 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 285, and 3at 2 5 °' ll4O 64 pot-barley, whe reo f 15 so ld t h us :-1 at 11 53 Od, I a' 1 at Il 4s Od, and 12 at 11 2s Od. EDINIURSH HAY AND STRAW MARKET? 'free Supplies of all kinds still continue large. Oat 500 0 6 , - to 9s 6d per kempl e o f 16 stones tron ; wheat di tto, joil' er 75 Cd ; barley ditto, 5 6 6d t o Cs 6d. Hay, from 8 d t° stone. DALIZEITH MEAL MARKET, FEB. 11.--There Ae r e bags oatmeal, 20 of barleymeal, and 5 of pot-barl e f day's market ; sa l es rea d y ; top pr i ce of oatmeal O rg. doff° peek; second and inferior qualities 3d to 6d per bag barleymeal same as l ast wee k ; pot-barley Is per bag u Pibira Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second 22 , 03 imperial .. 23s 6d 22 5 3d 165 01 Barleymeal, per ditto 16a 6d 16s :3 , 1 1 „i Peaseraeal Od -- 5 (ht Flour ... Pot barley ••• ••• I—s ••• •.• —5 Od ..• ... 223 Od _s _ s od o od Od I COAL MARE' Bate's West Hartley 15s 6d, Huddle's W. Hartley 15s 9d Carr'e Hartley East Adairs Main Ds Od Hasting's Hartley lss 9d Holywell North Percy Hartley lss 6d New Tanfield l5B Od Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth'sW.Hart 15s 6d Tanfield Moor Butes l4s 6d Townley l6s Od West Hartley West Adairs .... ... Wylatn Wall's End, &c. Buraton Killingworth 17s 3d Gesforth ..... . Barton Hilda l6s Od Killingworth l7B 6d Percy ... -:.—YESTERDAY. oci Walker ............... Lambton Primrose ;76 6d Bell ....................... ; D . i0) 1 Belmont .................. !rj gd Hatt0n............ Haswell .................. . 6a Jon a ssohns ........... sd ILambton ............. ] Si 7 , . a Lumley ................ • 181 [Loosen's Hatton •*'" 19' l e d ,Stewart's ............... oci Caradoe •••• ..... 18 0 6 j iCassop.. ..... ....... 460 gd (Fox's Hartlepool •••''' 185 v„ d Kenos ........ 1 40 d .......... 3 Whitw0rth........... 1 , 6d Cownden Tees ••• 17' 0 j 'South Durham ••••'""" 19' ,d Tees .......... •;; 150 spiedrnWey,s Cllt WilaatrCtrl ellya.r.t:.3g "A Ship s at market ' iti(E l ' 7. RAILWAY Ski Alll. 31A --- Iran i ' mate, and little business has been traro 3 BRISTOL, FEB 13. ~tintlef i 1 19 STOCK EXCITANGE.--The market Still CO.-- d. The on , (par, alteration in prices was—Great Western, it) LIVERPOOL. Fas. 13 ; yt•as doll ej STOCK EXCHANGE% little bustne s , s „ ot Pr t c he our Stock Exchange to-day, and the te li " e " -: 1 a t - 'r has been downwarsls the market closing beav,,Yrcolo°, quotations. The transactions were as follow : —.l4l;foteirP and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 5 ' dis.—London and Nortli-"fitl 1 , 112—Ditto, New Quarters, 11. Is. 3d. C. p.—Ditto' 14 C. p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 1/. 18s. 9d. c. 1 1 . -- No. 41 llalves, 24 c. die. South-Eastern and Dover t Gl. 6s. 3d.—Dutch Rhenish, 6 dis. cloi' DIANCEIESTER, FEB. 13. to' - hele,j4o STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market was very and prices lower. The transactions were as tenor'', rfr cashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7% dis.—Caledov il 'jl 3--- ference, 7 13-16 p.—London and North-West ern ; 11.15. et e . 0 . 3 , 15~•. Ditto Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (0' q P" .. .,'"" i i‘ , l r a e n fo o r l e ie n s c t e e , r, 7zi Sheffield,_ N 0 ri a tih n wN d eurr el], LincolnshireAsilidla,Staffordshirend,. ,( E 111330 4, 1 , 11 9. : : : , di S • - , m n cil(lyi,tlyeirli(eNsoh. 4), scrip, 6? t i as e d . ui, ..,_ in. South- : nil a y s t R e r x nc transactionsna , tn .ditY.,' Derby), '2o3' —Shrewsbury an a :l 7 B m ir a m r i k n e g t h : mning hs , ri. Is' 9d. dis. maker, who emulous of the a d ll e u r a la e n d g :ibtieP : : a LAUNCHES ON THE iev., EasAkiii.l.......i, ofnni heth974is he k fin r i , sh vv e h i o th th em re:v an h a is b p d ro.uctio ns over ii; t ra uti . bdee : a ( ! ti r t i There is everlastingly in a Sunderland re riphrastcalelty. of sir into water—s c.' ti g n a d i e te ri r a e n o d p: ship ree sb e l o n n e y.eg th i „1„ , .. it. liners ' t i ri t g i , m a t s ph o j u ie r se frien ds , phiealq a°""ri oefel native element." Only on Monday last, 14° I g t e il ell :e r' ff Wilkin, on, and Briggs and Candlish, and ' - i : o 4ieft . " t hat Naseby, and the veteran Laing, were all s 'lo3 o/7 - o ships into the Wear; and it comforts us to 916 t cL e s ; Mr. Laing's splendid barque, the Talaysrll apt s4 h is classed at Lloyd's AI, 13 years, has found °J et in to in Mr. David Dunbar, who bad once a cro°' g oing " head (new happily expelled) that shipping " 5 - it --- the dogs.—Gateshead Observer. ll o l ' l , -; it PROCEEDINGS O F TUE BOARD O F To re i,, Among the Parliamentary p a p e rs issued on t 4 i f GI ,A extract from th e m i nu t e: o f the proceeth P f o govii n g General Bo a rd o f H ea lth. It cons i s ts of t he the note' res dution :—" That it has been established bl' rov ing missioners for inquiring into the means ofirgrotile the health of towns, as a general principle Qi. ; t ies rli° ,,d which isms: been confirmed by subsequent ing th inn , f l- t , under the naetropolitan sanitary coniaos,s;;Neisi°4 poßefoaterhrsed t h l o :t a s h b e l proceeded ic e ciluiaelHealth adopted by the Legislature as a fuldentents`firr as l b :, y lth a pw A pilt c ihc t, a bi a ltes n d to: w tn i h h ijl n i ; 0 i sa g 8 t-itio,e,s, that ne etroP . ° l , 0 101 the works for supplying the public with wa' n e ag eaie n o, be under the same public jurisdiction or lo e joini n o rf with works of drainage, paving and surfse ° ec herne 0 That, apart f rom t h e mer i ts o f any particula r . o tions.:', new water-work s , an d p en di ng f ar ther /e ve ' ti o log P ri be to the practical means of applying the foregoction t o ciple to the metropolis, it is inexpedient t°_, ~f . st spPi investment of fresh capital in the same fiele ' to be ' i ll it is probable that the new works will ba", these w eer purchased, and there can be no security Of . beret' be applicable to the arrangements that WI '''') 01°4 recommended." "thine Tee [ADyeaTisemexT.]—A lady cured of .t.e„,,es. -- 4, i th twenty years' suffering by the use of Holloway' s ' r ow 1 0.- wholesale agent for the sale of Holloway's Pills it Pelee" „be Wales alludes, in a letter to Professor Holloway, -, by te k e tt of aladyresiding near a hill named the traordinary cures of asthma effected in that CO lel?l,iisr, the of these invaluable pills, and to one case in part;_ e ;; eibe , , - ,,, of having for twenty years been affected with great oghte"ese breathing, and unable in aonsequenee to bear w e 0 , her so o ertion, at last used this remedy, and is now, to ~, hill. -- e et, expression, able to run up to the to of that hlrtablislita by all druggists , and at Professor Hollowsy s v ° 244, Strand London. _____--- ------- if ------- on, BIRTHS , A Be On the 12th inst , at Brighton, the Lady Als' e ' " Razorbacs diffica,..,ex, ...., Jeler h a (laughter. On the 6th inst., at Wormley-house, Hems, '''''..- Lovello n t h p e h B i i t i i h pB i , n ( s ) t f ., a W s ' Dodson, of a son. n .tow y ' Cam the Bee. On the 9th inst., at Halstead, a d t au r g ra h m te i r l Veb in' Duncan Fraser, of a son. „, e A, O. On the llth inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, air • son, of a son. H amilton street, wife o f s burp MARRIED. tvr,l 3l°gi verc On the 12th inst., at St. George-the -Mar . o , of A i t he George, youngest son of Henry Pierce 13onet,dajter.ocitiv„ street, Bedford-square, to Rebekah, Ytffirgelsi street and Essex, the late James Davies, Esq , of (s'racechurc -, ham -road. , c a rer DiED aret, Y COI ' i On the 7th inst., at Leamington, Mar;_iie g n L3" ar ick hell, widow of the late VieteAdrei ral alio -ell 'r oan bell, 0.13. Berms Ellis Danie l On the 7th inst., at Torrington, Devon Da F., 13 ,1 .ia, Commanderthe 7th inst.,, 100 al al Glasgow,ls,y. James beth, wife of J Humphreys, Esq. Portsmouth, On the 9th inst., at Farlington, near Wood' Howard, Esq., aged 78. Eicher,' it. Oa the 9th inst , at Boulogne-sur -Mer, TlOrlistes 46. ward, Esq., of Fenning, Essex, aged _ Geo rge of On the I Oth inst., at North-end, Fulham( Esq , t n. Commander, R.N., aged 68. Joseph pockling-° On the 10th ina., aged 79,, , (1 -- ' Of Camberwell•green. ,T,.? n iriCl - 1 0 ' ' r# iaTTRy.... , .a 0-' i I .' 0 London : Printed and Published by P... 0 () Inc°, co _ t r. No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The ,S 7 in tile us. Strrnd, in the Precinct of the 5.V5•.,,, n. biiddleatx, ThuraJay, February 14, OW , Catherine THE UARY 14, 1850 I