The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-11 00:00:00

Vbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, LAND-TAY.-(THIS DAY) A meeting of the Commissioners of Land-tax acting for the Holborn division of the county of Middlesex was held this day at the Tax-office, Red Lion-square, when a numerous board assembled. An applicatton from Mr. Moseley, solicitor to Mr. Mayes in his appeal against his land-tax assessment, in St. Andrew's, Holborn, for a re-hearing by the Commis sioners, was read. - A long discussion took place as to the powers of the Commissioners to grant a re-hearing, but at length a resolution was moved by Mr. Coppock, and carried unanimously, that the application could not be grantel. 4r. COPPOCK then brought forward a motion for call ing a general meeting of the Commissioners of Land tax with a view of considering the assessment for the county as at present existing, and of modifying or cor recting the same. After showing the powers which the Act of Parliament vested in the Commissioners, their power of remedying the evils, which were alleged to exist, and urging upon the Commissioners not to allow their refusal to act to be construed into a denial of justice, or to compel an application to the Court of Exchequer to put them in motion, Mr. Coppock referred t') the proceedings of the deputation which went on Wednesday fast to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject. He showed, by reference to the Acts, and to the re ported oases, that the Court of Exchequer could com pel a due assessment of the tax, and that if the Court had the power to do this by the commissioners, it would be far more gracious for the commissioners to do it themselves. The inequality of the rate was admitted— why not apply the remedy given by the Asti? Mr. Coppock then moved the following resolution, which was carried with only ons dissentient:— " That this Board - recommends that a general meet ing of Rae Commissioners of Land-tax, acting in and for the County of Middlesex, be held on or before the thirtieth day of April next for the purpose of ascer taining and setting down in writing the several pro portions which ought to be charged upon every hundred lathe, wapentake, rape,- ward, or other division within the said county, for and towards the raising and making up the whole amount of land-tax charged upon the said County of Middlesex, by the Act of the 38th George 111. c. 5." A. committee of five was then appointed to carry out the object in view. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly ordinary meeting of the proprietors of this company was held this day a; the London Tavern ; Major Beresford in the chair. The SECRETARY read the following report : " The directors have to report that since the last half yearly meeting, and in accordance with the unanimous desire of that meeting, they have greatly reduced the liabilities of the company on satisfactory terms. The directors continue of opinion that it is inexpedient, undei existing circumstances, to proceed with works on the line. Since the last half-yearly meeting the sum of 3.123/. 15s. 4d. has been received on account of arrears Of call. The directors regret that they have been driven to adept legal proceedings against some of the default ers, and in justice to the other proprietors, it is their in tention to follow out this course except in cases only where there are strong grounds for believ ing that such steps would be entirely useless. The directors have recently sold out the Three -and-a- Quarter per Cent. Stock belonging to the Com pany at a profit of 2411. 4.4. Bd. Tho proceeds, viz., 13,6401. 10s. 2d., have been lent on Govern men t securi ties at call. The strictest economy comensurwe with the proper attention duo to the company's affairs has been and will continue to be exercised. The directors recom mend the cmfirmation by this meeting of the forfeiture cf seventy shares on which the call is in arrear, and of which due notice has been given. The meeting will have to elect four directors in the room ef William Beresford, Esq., M.P., John Castel Hopkins, Esq., Thomas Sa:- keld, Esq , and Joseph Underwood, Esq., who retire by rotation, and who, being duly qualified, offer themselves for re-election. George Broom, Esq., one cf the audi tors, also retires by rotation, and is eligible for rc-elec tion." The balance-sheet appended to the report, showed a balance of 30,225/. 193. 7d. in favour of the company up to the 2ath of January last. The CHAIRMAN said he had only to make a few ob servations in moving the adoption of the report. It had been the object of the directors, since the last meeting, to economise the expenses, and to put the af fairs of the company on a satisfactory basis ; and he had the pleasure of stating that they had entered into an agreement which would entirely absolve the proprietors from their liabilities, in respect of the Teeby branch. Their negotiations for getting the Wath branch off their hands had not been satisfactory. With regard to the pro gress of the works hosaid it had been his own individual opinion, as well as that of the other directors, that it would be madness:to proceed with the undertaking. They endeavoured to get rid of the works, but having failed to do so, they considered any further outlay of money as unprofitable, and therefore injudicious. Consequently they came to a resolution not to make any further calls. Everything had been done to collect the arrears of calls which were due, and since last meeting there had been received on this account 3,000/., which showed that they had not been inactive. Those who chose to hold back after the great lenity and kindness which had been shown to them must take the conse quences of the law, for the directors had thought it right to commence actions against them. It had been thought expedient to sell out the Three-and-a- Quarter per Cent. stock. On former occasions, when they were obliged tee dispose of their stock, they did so at a great disadvantage; but there had been a trifling profit on this ls't transaction, for it was a curious incident that the stock at the time of the sale was within a trifle of the highest sum it had ever reached. The benne° belonging to the company was now in vested in Exchequer-bill securities. By the removal of the offices a saving of 160/. had been effected in the annual expenses, and the directors had endeavoured in every other way to lessen the expenditure. Four directors offered themselves for re-election, but they had no remunerative or lucrative appointment in view, and they were simply desirous of continuing on the board until their affairs were brought t 3 a termination. He would only say for himself, that if they would re lieve him from the onus of his effica they would confer upon him a strong persoca,l favour. But being one of the original persons who, to a certain degree, a as guilty of Lecoming a shareholder and a director—for they were all under delusions at the time—he could not think of first bringing the proprietors into a scrape, and then leaving them to do their best, and, therefore, he was ready to give his best !ervices so long as the company required them.—(Cheers.) Mr. BATLEY seconded the motion. In reply to several questions, The CIIAIRMAN stated that the sum of 2,640/. 43. in the accounts for taw and Parliamentary expenses, was for work done two years and a hair' ego, and that not a shilling cf that sum had been expended since then; 10,000/. had been invested at 6 per cent, upon de bentures in the Eastern Union Railway, which he cur, sidered perfectly safe. They could get back the money whenever they liked. Mr. Lloyd, a barrister, had ad vised the directors ti at the investment at 6 per cent. was perfe.it y legal, and th at t h ey could seize the property cf the railway in stviefaction of their claim. The interest upon the dehentures had been paid up to the,'ast mcmont. Ifie report was then received and adopted. e retiring directors were then proposed for re HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The County Cess (Ireland) Bill was read a first time. The Earl cf STRADBROKE presented a petition in favour of the equalization of local taxation. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA. Earl TALBOT asked what soaps had been taken to secure steam communication with Australia? Earl GREY said several tenders bad Lee made for establishing steam communication with Australia, both by way of Panama and by other router, but that nothing had )et been definitively determined on. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND). The Earl cf GLENGALL gave notice of a motion for this day week, fir certain returns connected with the wurking of the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Act. GREECE. Lord STANLEY hal seen that the papers relating to Greece had been published in the French papers, and also that the mediation of France had been accepted. If the me diation had been accepted (which he considered preferable to its rejection), he thought it would have been better that it had been accepted by the Minister of Great Britain in Greece. Lie was sorry to find that the accounts from France confirmed the statement that Mr. Wyse had stated that the affsir must be settled whether just or unjust. He asked if the mediation of France had been accepted, and whether it extended to the important question as to the right of Greece, or the lonian Islands, as to the possession of certain islands, and if no attempt would be male ti take further possession of these islands until the medi ation should be concluded. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE assured the Noble Lord that there would be no delay in the production of the papers. The Government of this coontry had ac quiesced in the offer mace by the Government of France to interpose its good offices in ;the settlement of the dif ferences between this country and Greece. It was not an abitration, but an acceptance of the good offices of France in the same manner as France some time ago hid accepted the offer of the good offices of this country in a dispute with the United States, which had been at tended with the happiest effects.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the British Minister in Greece was per fectly authorised in refusing to accept the good offices Gof the French Minister, as he was not authorised by his overnment. The claim of the territory was not included in the offer of th e good offices of Fran ce , because that was not i ncluded in the ultimatum of Mr . Wyse and Sir W. Parker. Lord STANLEY asked if any measures would be adopted to take forcible possession of the territories in dispute ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had no reason to Lelieve that any such measures would to adopted. In answer to a question from Lord I3ROUGHAII, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the posses sion cf . the island in dispute was not included in the categorical demand of Mr. Wyse. The Earl of ABERDEEN expressed his satisfaction at that acceptance of the reed:atoll of France, as it would extricate our Minhtsr from a situation highly embarrassing. But he could nct but observe, that the mediation of France bad been :waisted in the settlement of ela' i n s w hi c h h a d b een sa id to be ind isputa ble. whereas it hal been refused in relation to the cla i m s which were a d m i tte d to b e doubtful, the territorial claims. If the intentions of the Government to enforce their claims hal been communicated to France, he could not but behove that the mediation will be offered. They had now taught Greece to consider France as their pro tector from British violence, and hal held up Repub lican France as the supporter of moderation, wi.h a 13, inapaits at the head of it. He thought it would have been better to accept the mediation before the violence had been committed than afterwards. With regard to the territorial claims he found that the Greek Minister made no distinction between the pecuniary and the territorial demands, although he took it for granted that the distinction had now been made. He aernitted that the territorial claim was one which admitted of much de , cusion, hut if we had a right to two, we had a r i g h t to twenty. At the same time it would be satisfactory if the Noble Marquis could say tire was no chance of the forcible execution of thus election. Mr. RICHARDSON of Leeds, moved as an amend ment that Mr. Baker, of Thirsk, be substi stuted in the place cf Mr. Underwood. He said he. represented a large number of shareholders in the north, who wished for a further return cf money, and who thought their strain might be put in a much better position. Mr. Baker was the gentleman through whose influence the works were mainly stopped, and being a person cf greet respectability, who was intimately acquainted with the interests and feeling of the people of the district through which the line passed, as well as the shareholders who resided there, he thought th a t no b etter person could be selected al a director. Mr. Jacxsoer seconded the amendment. Mr. SANDS thought Mr. Richardson had shown that it would be to the interest of the shareholders generally as well as the company to elect Mr. Baker. Mr. BATEET said, if they passed the amendment, they would not to paying Mr. Underwood a props; compli men,, after all his exertions on behalf of the company, especially when it was known that his services were given gratuitously. It is clear that a direc tor residing at Thirsk could not eay as much attention to the business of the company as a London director, and besides, Mr. Underwood held 340 shares, while Mr. Baker was only the proprietor of 40. Mr. J. THO3IPSON said there were only three London aerators of the board who gave their attendance when ever required; but if Mr. Underwood was taken away, they would be unable to form a quorum to transact the most ordinary buisiness without bringing a director from the country at great expense. After a short discussion the amendment was nega tived by a large majority, and the retiring directors were re-elec ed. The meeting then resolved itself into an extraordinary meeting, in compliance with the following requisition:— " We, the undersigned shareholders in the Northern Counties Union Railway Company, holding the aggregate 20,000/. and upwards of the 'capital of the said company, and not being less than fifteen in number, do hereby require you, the ra'd directors, to call an extraordinary meeting ( f the said company, in order to consider and determine upon the propriety of a proposition to bo subrn ttsd to the s:(id extraordinary meeting, in pursuance of the resolution passed at the last extraordinary g eneral meeting of the shareholders of the said cum' a iy, to the effect that you, the said director?, be required forthwith to reduce the last call made upon the shareholders of the said company by such amount as may be then and Viere egrced upon, and to return the amount per shar e so agreed to be re duced to the respective shareholders in the sa id company." The CHAIRMAN then called upon the gentlemen who represented the so shareholders to state whet course the y wished to pnrsue. RietAinicidorsraincyr he diicussion which had tak(ArPkes didele 'wend to press any resoluten upon the - mettin , ',<\ - --• /- In rep!) , to Mr. : OACILSI N, The ClidtiamAX said a ' directors had an idea of ZnkiLg an *application tel;Parifarnent for a Bill to dis solve. tne company, but their intentions I been altered by'whttt ba4 lately . tr4rEpired in I"4,rhament. Jr ap f g m at claim, because it would appear that it was within the compass of Sir W. Parker's instructions to take posses sion of these islands. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE should have sup posed, had toe Noble Earl been less conversant with diplomatic proceedings than he was, that he was ignorant of the difference between good offices and arbitration. The acceptance of good offices did not bind us to abide the decision of France as the acceptance of mediation would have bound us. Had the offer been male by France in the spirit in which the Noble Earl had suggested it was made, there would have been a difficulty in accept ing, it was made in a friendly spirit, unaccom panied by the tone of complaint in which the Noble Earl had indulged, and, theref)re, it had been accepted in the same friendly spirit in which it had been offered. The EARL or ABERDEEN admitted that the claim to these Islands was a doubtful question, but he said that it was most unjustifiable to insist upon the cession of the Islands within twenty-fuur hours after the claim was made. He denied that he had ever made the demand for the Islands during the time that he was in in office. Sir E. Lyons had made the de mand, but it had being imitating his predecessor. He would advise the Noble Marquis to beware of his instructions from the Foreign-office. It was time ho had a familiar of the office at his elbow ; but there were more things in that office than was " dreamt of in his philosophy." He felt very uneasy as to the instructions that might be sent out with regard to these islands. The enactment was to establish that influence in Greece. Lord EDDISBURY would appeal to their Lordships whether the Noble Earl did not distinctly state, in the former discussion, that he had consulted a map appended to a treaty which he had signed, and which, ho said, convinced him that the lonian Islands had no claim to those islands, and yet now the Noble Earl admitted that the right to the possession of those islands oas a case that would admit of great dispute.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that when the Noble Earl had further infor mation he would still further modify his opinions. He regretted to find that on every occasion the Noble Earl took up the cause of those who were, he would not say, the enemies of Britain, but who would encroach upon the rights of British subjects. The encroachers upon their rights were always small states, because great states would hesitate before they provoked this country. The questions at issue with Greece had nothing to do with the protestation of that country, but he would not provoke a premature discus sion, as the rapers would soon be before the House. The Earl of ABERDEEN had not seen the map since the year IMO, but from his copy it appeared that the Isle of Syra was given to the Greek kingdom. He admitted that the island was so given without any pre vious inquiry or examination, but as a reasonable dis tribution of the territory. He thought, however, now, that the question admitted of fair discussion, because he admitted that at the time he had no knowledge of the circumstances. Lord EDDISBITRY thought the demand ha I Leon freequently made as against Li-recce, and that the claim was not a new one. Lord COLCHESTER, as having commanded a ship of- war in the Mediterranean fur many years, could bear testimony to the fact that those Islands had always been considered as belonging to the lonian Islands. Lord BROUGHAM said that the Greek Minister, Londas, had applied for good offices not only to the French Ambassador, but to the Russian Ambassador, and the latter had sent to St. Petersburgh from instructions Could any one doubt but that thu answer would be to give him full power, and having accepted the mediation of France we could not refuse the mediation of Russia. Viscount CANNING considered that if there was any intention in the mind of the persons who drew out the map alluded to, to deal with the Island of Syre, it was intended to give it to Greece. The subject then dropped. Messengers from the Commons brought up a message requesting to be furnished with copies of certain reports. ECCLESIASTICAL COMSIISSION BILL, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the secoud reading of this Bill, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a fcw minutes before Four o'clock. COLCHESTER ELECTION. Lord JOHN MANNERS took his seat and the oaths for the borough of Colchester. The Noble Lord was cheered on his approaching the table of the House. He W 33 introduced. by Sir John Tyrell, and Major Beres ford. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed:—Aberdeen Railway— Birkenhead Improvement—Buckinghamshire Railways —Cambridgeshire Regulation and Improvement Mar kets and Fairs—Carlisle Gas-light and Coke Com pany—Clerical, Medical, and General Life Assur ance Society—Cronford and Newhaven Turnpike-road —Dublin and Drogheda Railway—East Fife Railway— Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Bathgate, &c., Amalga mation—Godstone and Highgate Turnpike-road—Kent Waterworks—Liverpool Cattle Market—New Notth road Railway Passengers' Assurance Company—Roch dal• and Bury Turnpike-roads—Swansea Dock Com pany—Surrey and Sussex Roads. RAILWAY COMPANY DISSOLUTION OR ABANDONMENT BILLS. Mr. LABOUCIIERE moved that no Bill to authorise the dissolution of a railway company, nor any Bill to au thorise the abandonment of the whole or part of a rail way, and which does not relate to other objects, be read a second time until after Easter. Agreed to without any discussion. TYNE NAVIGATION BILL. On the motion that this Bill beread a second time, Mr. IL GREY moved an amendment that it be read a second time this day three mouths. Mr. ORD supported the second reading of the Bill. Mr. SPOONER would consent to the reading cf the Bill, if the Hon. Member would allow the next Bill (the Tyne Conservancy Bill) to be read without opposition. The allegation against the Corporation of New castle was, that they had appropriated some portion of the tolls of the Tyne to the improvement of the town of Newcastle. The charge had been brought be fore the House last session, and a Committee had decided that the charge was well-founded. A Bill had been framed which had been lost in the House by want of time to pass it through. If . the Ron. Gentleman would give an assurance that he would not oppose the next Bill he would consent to the Bill being read. BROTHERTON thought that both Bills should be inquired into as fully as possible. Mr. HUME hoped the House would pass the Bill, as it involved a public question of considerable importance, and Lai been fully inquired into. The Earl of ARUNDEL trusted, as one of the Com mittee, that the Bill would be allowed to be read a se cond time. The House was not in a position to judge of the merits of the Bill, and the whole question had been discussed at considerable length by the Committee, who had endeavoured to act fairly in the matter. Mr. HEADLAM said the Bill was to give power to the Corporation of Newcastle to take certain property on the banks cf the river Tyne, in order to carry out certain improvements. They claimed this property as a right, but some opposition having been offered to their right, owing to their not having done certain acts in re spect of the river, they thought it advisable to bring in this Bill, though they still considered that they were entitled to the property. The amendment was withdrawn, and the Bill, having been read a second time, was ordered to be committed. TYNE CONSERVANCY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. ORD moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time this day three months. Mr. HUME said the amendment was most prepos terous, and he hoped the House would show by its vote that it considered it so. Mr. CARDWELL raid the Bill proposed to interfere with a grant which had existed for centuries, and which had repeatedly been confirmed by Acts of Parliament. The right of. the grant had never been questioned till now, and if those who enjoyed it had abused their trust the appeal must be to another tribunal, and not to this House. Mr. H. SPOONER supported the second reading. It would take more ingenuity than the Hon. Member for Liverpool possessed to convince him that spending any portion cf the river funds in favouring the streets of Newcastle was an equitable appropriation of the funds. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the House knew but little about the Bill, and therefore were totally incapable of understanding its merits.—(Hear, hear.) Fur his own Fart he was sure that he knew nothing about it, and was quite unable to vote upon it, and therefore the best thing that could be done would be to consent t) its being rest to a Select Committee. Certainly there was an unusu ally full assembly of Members for such an occasion and at such a time of day. He was certain that he could not imagine what brought them down. He did altoge tier think that it was the Tyne Navigation Bill— (Laughter and cheers)—and he thought that they had better get more information before they decided. After a few words from Mr. GREENALL, Mr. STEWART said that in disposing of this ques tion, they were adjudging that neither this House nor its Committees were fit tribunals for adjudica►ion on cases of property, a principle which h© must abjure, and he should, therefore, oppose the Bill. Mr. lIEADLAM said that the Bill alleged that the grant was invalid, and that the Corporation had misused the tslle. He defied them to prove this, and the Hon. Member for Tynemouth knew very well that he could support this in a court of law, and had tried to push the Bill through the House, and through a Ccmmi toe which knew nothing about it. Mr. OGLE thought the House was not a tribunal which could decide a question of this kind. Tho Earl of ARUNDEL was cf opinion that the Bill ought to go Lark to the Committee, and said it would be a greater injustice to throw it out than it would have been to have thrown out the former Bill. The House tl en divided, when there appca7ed— For the second reading .................. 131 Against it .................................. 63 Majority ........................ —6B The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered is be committed. THE LAND TAX. Mr. WODELIOUSE gave notice that on an early day ho would ask the Chancellor ( f the Exchequer a ques tion reiwive to the present system of assessing and col lecting tf e land tax. Mr. SCOTT gave notice that he should to-morrow move for copies of the correspondence which had passed respecting the emigration to Australian colonies, and also respecting the depOt at D4Cord, and whether the stores at that depot were furnished by contract or by tinder. Also similar returns with respect especially to the emigration of New South Wales. THE BLOCKADES. In roply to a question, Sir G. GREY stated that the correspoaenco with MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11 , 1850. Mr. STUART thoought that the re-appointmeLt of the Committee was made under the most rxtrardinary cir cumstances at the present moment. The ap pointment of the Committee without facility being given to the prodnetion of witnesses would in his opinion be a perfect fArce.—(Hoar, hear.) As they now stood the witnesses in favour of the charge could not be brought forward, while those who were to rebut it would be easily abtained. (LEFT SPEAKING.) TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Sir John 12 to 1 agst Rat-trap 16 to 1 agst Chandler 30 to 1 agst Victim 50 to 1 agst Laurel gelding NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Osterley 20 to 1 agst Grist' 20 to 1 agst Belus 25 to 1 agst Damask METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Ch , !Prful 20 to 1 agst Ada Mary 25 to 1 agst Quiver 30 to 1 agst Era CHESTER CUP. 13 to 1 agst Glauca 17 to 1 agst Miss Ann 20 to 1 apt Fugleman 25 to 1 agst Roland 25 to 1 agst Whim colt 25 to 1 agst Cossack 25 to 1 agst Ellordale 33 to 1 apt Chantrey 35 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 35 to 1 agst John Cosner—talen 50 to 1 agst Lodola filly 66 to 1 agst Loup-garou DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Ghillie Odium 10 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 10 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel 16 to 1 agst The La'ion 16 to 1 agst Voltigeur 17 to 1 agst the Nigger 30 to 1 agst Mayors 40 to 1 agst Harding° 40 to 1 agst Deicoon 500 to 10 agst Garforthj NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Sir F. Baring, Bart., the First Lord of the Admiralty, has consented to preside at the anniversary festival of the Royal Naval School, on the 4th of May next. Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C.D., will receive officers desirous of interviews on Tuesday, the 19th inst. Captain the Right Hon. Lord John Hay, C.B. (1818), late a member of the Board of Admiralty, has now been officially appointed superintendent of the Royal Dock yard, Devonport, and second in command at that port; his broad pendant to be hoisted in the Agincourt, depot-ship of the ordinary. Lord John Hay's career in the service is well known. He is brother of the Mar quis of Tweeddale, entered the navy Decenater, 1804, and has served afloat 23 years. As a midshipman, and when belonging to the Seahorse, 42 guns and 218 men, " he bore an ample part in many gallant opera tions against the enemy. Among other services, he was employed in the boats and lost his left arm at the cutting out of some vessels in Hieres Bay, and on the night of July 5, 1808, contributed to the capture, after a memorably furious engagement and a loss to the Seahorse (30 of whose crew were abreast) of five men killed and ten wounded of the Turkish man-of-war Ba dere Zaffir, mounting 52 guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170 were slain and 200 wounded ; another ship of 26 guns, 230 men, also engaged with the Sea horse at the same time, having been put to flight." He was promoted in 1812, and, as a lieutenant, served in the West Indies in the Pique, 36, and Venerable, 72 ; was again promoted in June, 1814, and commanded the 10-gun brigs Bustard and Opossum until 1818, in which year he was posted. As captain he has served many years afloat ; first in command of the Castor, 36, for more than four years from 1832 ; then again in that ship from March, 1837, and succes sively in the PEcenix, steam-sloop, and North Star, 26, on the north coast of Spain, where during the civil war his Lordship had the command of the British squadron afloat and a battalion of marines ashore; and for the important services he rendered on that coast, and especially at the siege of Bilboa, received in 1837 the grand cross of the order of Charles HI., and the com panionship of the Bath. His Lordship next, from August, 1841, to October, 1843, commanded that fine 50 gun frigate the Warspite; and in this ship conveyed the late Lord Ashburton to America, to settle the differ ences between the two powers. In 1846 Lord John Hay (who previously to 1841 had declined the appointment of superintendent of Chatham dockyard in favour of his seniors, then offered to him by Lord Minto) was appointed acting superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, and subsequently chairman of the committee of refer ence on naval architecture, the admirable report of which was so condemnatory of the bastard system of ship building that had been fostered by Sir James Graham, that it has hitherto been kept strictly secret and confi dential. His Lordship has devoted a great portion of his leisure time to scientific pursuits. In 1833 (as stated by O'Byrne) he received a large silver medal from the Society for the Encouragement of Ai ts, &c., for his in vention of a telescope-holder for the use of a person with only one band. Lord John Hay, we believe, will proceed to Devon port to-morrow, and immediately relieve Sir John Louis. His Lordship has selected a new secretary, who is Pay master and Parser W. Dyer (1839), formerly secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. when Commodore Superintendent a t W oo l w i c h , and pre- viously secretary to the Hon. 'Theeline Percy, C. 8., when Commander-in-Chief at the Cape. We presume that his Lordship has accepted his new office with the understanding that he retains his appointment after he succeeds to his flag rank. He is in the 57th year of his age. THE SUN, LONDON, geared that three Bills had been introduced into the House, and Mr. Labouchere, the other night, gave notice of his intention to move that they should not be read a second time until after Easter. From this and other matters which had come to his knowledge, he drew the conclusion that Government intended to bring forward a general measure f)r the dissolution cf companies, of which they might tike advantage, andthus avoid the expense of getting a private Bill to dissolve. He simply chew this inference, and had no official knowledge of what the Government proposed to do. A vote of thanks, after some further discussion, was passed to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. MEETING of the BONDHOLDERS OF EQUADOR.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting was held of the Equador bondholders, at the Guildhall Coffee-house, this dey, by the requi sition of Mr. P. Robertson, to consider certain proposi tions. The meting was numerously attended. In opening the proceedings, Mr. ROBERTSON said th a t he appeared before them as the representative of the Republic of Equador. One of the subjects which that Government had most at heart was that of the foreign debt. Most of the bondholders, he thought, knew the circumstances in which that re public was placed. When Colombia was split into three portions, New Granada, Venezuela, and Equador, an arrangement at which Equador had no commissioner present, the debt owing by Colombia was split into three parts, and the lion's share—(Cries of " No, no," from the bondholders)—yes, he thought taking into ac count the smallness of the population, and the paucity of the resources, that 21 per cent of the debt was by far the largest share. The white population was 300,000 or 400,000 at the most, spread over a large amount of country. This debt had been a subject of great anxiety to the Government, and they were extremely wishful to come to some arrangement; and he (Mr. Robertson) was armed with a full power of attorney to come to a settlement as soon as possible. His object in calling this meeting was to ask them to name a committee of three of themselves to make arrangements with him respecting the immediate settlement of the debt. He should be ready to furnish that committee with all the information in his power, with the details, which it was impossible to fur nish to such a large meeting. He thought it was his duty to inform the meeting that the present price would be the maximum which they would be able to obtain. He spoke under the perfect knowledge of what Equador could do. Any arrangement which he might be able to make with that committee it would be necessary for him 'to transmit to the L eg i s l at i ve A ssem bl y o f Equador to receive its assent. In reply to a question, Mr. ROBERTSON said that he had no reason to think that any arrangement which he made would be refused by that body. A BONDHOLDER inquired what would be the maximum? Mr. ROBERTSON said it would be 3 per cent., arriving at that by a scale from 1 per cent. The overdue coupons he was not so certain about, but he thought that they would be transferred into the nature ( f deferred stock. There were other matters into which he could not enter into detail at present. Mr. LINDo thought that if Equador had had no commissioner present at the division of the debt, she was not justified in recognizing the debt. He believed that the division of the territory had been made with a con-. sideraiion to the population, commerce, and resources of the three parts, nor did he think that there was reason for Mr. Robertson saying that Equador had the lion's share. Ater some desultory conversation, in the course of which some of the bondholders insinuated that the ob ject of Mr. Roberson, in calling the meeting, was to depreciate the Equador stock, and to make the best bargain he could with the bondholderF, Air. ROBERTSON replied that he had yet to learn that a state was to be thought less of because it came for ward to meet its creditors, and to make the best ar rangement it could with them. His object in meeting them there to-day was not to depreciate the stock, but to make an arrangement with them for the settlement of the debt. Mr. GREEN thought that the hest course which this meeting could pursue would be to desire Mr. Robertson to put himself into communication with the committee cf the Spanish American bondholders, and to inform them that he was empowered to make arrangements for the:settlement of the debt.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LINDE. entirely approved of the suggestion. He considered that any disagreement which might have oc curred between that body and Mr. Robertson would not at all lessen Mr. Robertson's readiness to undertake that arrangement. Mr. ROBERTSON said he was perfectly willing to un dertake any arrangement which the meeting would pro pose. He thought the best course would be for the meeting to appoint a chairman, and embody their propo sition in a resolution, and to transmit it to him. Mr. TAMER then took the chair, and put the follow ing resolution, which was moved by Mr. Green and seconded by Mr. Cunliffe:— " That Mr. W. P. Robertson be desired to put him self into communication with the committee of Spanish American bondholders, with a view to the immediate settlement of the Equador debt." Mr. MARRIOTT thought that resolution was scarcely stringent enough. He would express more confidence in the Committee, and would not press for the immediate settlement of the debt; he thought that the prosperity of South America was perspective, and if they were con tent to wait for a little time he had no doubt they would be able to obtain much more favourable terms. No amendment was proposed, and the resolution was put and carried unanimously. A BONDHOLDER wished to know whether the committee would have all powers to settle with Mr. W. P. Robert son without acquainting the bondholders previously. The CHAIRMAN raid that there was no instance on record where the committee had come to a final arrange ment without previously calling a meeting to acquaint them with the conditions. Mr. CUNLIFEE proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Robertson for his exertions on behalf of the bondholders, which was carried unanimously. Mr. ROBERTSON raid, in returning thanks, that before undertaking the consulate of Equador he had made it an express stipulation that he should press an arrangement of this debt with all the speed possible.--(Hear, hear.) He could assure the me eting that there never was a better prospect of a speedy settlement of their claims than at present. The meeting then separated, after a vote of thanks to Mr. Tacker for his conduct in the chair. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) respect to the blockades, and th• information to be fur nished, was very extensive, and would be laid on the table as speedily as possible. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. ILord ASHLEY said that before th e n oti ce o f th e Hon. Member for Cockermouth was taken by the H o use he begged to say a word or two, and he trusted that he might be permitted to observe that whatever dif ference of opinion existed with respect to the high functionaries of the Ecclesiastical Commission in their public capacities, there was still in exist ence among them the greatest amount of private esteem. He did not think that this House was the proper tri bunal to adjudicate this matter. A large portion of the evidence which must be brought before the Committee must consist of matters which had taken place without the walls of the House, and what had taken place within the House consisted of a few words dropped in the heat of debate. He did not think it possible that the Noble Lord could possibly at this distance of time charge his memory as to what had fallen from him. Ile was convinced that the whole affair had arisen out of a misunderstanding, because he was quite sure that the Hon. Member for Cockermouth was quite sincere in his measures; he had undertaken them on principle, and that accounted in a great measure for his warmth with which be spoke. He was quite convinced that all this had arisen out of a misun derstanding, and he thought that the House ought not to entertain the matter any further. He should, therefore, move that the orders of the day be proceeded with. After a short pause, Mr. LIGRSMAN said if he understood that the House wished to adopt the resolution of the Noble Lord, he hoped he should have an opportunity of saying a few words. The letter which had been alluded to had been misunderstood, and perhaps he ought to state to the House what interpretation he meant to put on it, and how far he intended to make any complaint against the Noble Lord, teed how readily he withdrew any imputation on his conduct. Perhaps it would be more satisfactory that the retractation should not be a mere compliment, but that he should tell the House and the Noble Lord what he really did feel in the matter. He (Mr. Horse man) believed the Noble Lord was annoyed at his persevering in his motions respecting de Church, and had taken advantage of those opportunities which he possessed of dispensing with disagreeable motions which came from Members who had not a party, and had incautiously carried his opposition to too • great an extent. He believed the utmost that the Noble Lord intended to do was to annoy him (Mr. Horsman), 1 and he must admit that his Noble Friend had given him reason to complain for imputations of personal motives bad been cast upon him, of which th© Noble Lord was the only party who knew the injustice, and he felt disappointed that ho did not give him the benefit of his testimony, as to their untruth. He as sured the Noble Lord that there never should be a revival of such differences again, and he promised that in the discus iei of public questions ho would be most anxious not to allude to anything in the smallest degree painful to the Noble Lord. Again he expressed his sincere regret for anything he had written which could be at all disagreeable to the feelings of the Noble Lord, and in retracting every word that he bad written or uttered that was at all calculated to impngn the motives or acts of the Noble Lord or his Right Honourable Colleague the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, he begged to apologise to the House that to should have been the cause of taking so much of their time uselessly. Lord J. RUSSELL certainly had received the im pression from the letter that the Hon. Gentleman sup posed that he intended to deceive him, and he felt most unconscious of any such intention. However, he had heard with greet satisfaction that the Honourable Gentleman does not now persist in the charge, but de clares that he never intended to make it. Now, with regard to the latter observations of the Hon. Gentle man, he could of course only attribute to his proceed ings in pressing forward certain questions with an earnest desire to serve the public, and he believed in pressing forward these questions, the Hon. Gentleman had no other object but the general benefit of the public. The Hon. Gentleman, however, must remember that he (Lord John Russell) stood in a different position to what he did, for while the Honourable Gentleman was at liberty to press his views and intentions upon the House to the fullest extent, he (Lord John Russell) as a Minister of the Crown, when he undertook any measure it was his duty to show that that the measure was not only just, but to wait patiently tili the House was clearly of that opinion before he could expect to be suc cessful in carrying it,through. In regard, therefore, to the particular measure which had given rise to ibis dispute, He had felt it required not only the further attention of the House, but the serious consideration of parties out of it before he could hope to have it agreed to, and he was very happy that the Honourable Gentleman was now ready to make every allowancef or the position in which he (Lord John Russell) had been placed. For his own part he could assure the Honourable Gentle man that he should be always ready to grant him any reasonable indulgence that he might require. upon these subjects, and again he gave him full credit for the honor of his intentions and purity of his motives. Sir GEORGE GREY wished to add one word only to this discussion, and that was simply to express the satisfaction he felt at the manner in which the Hon. Gentleman had retracted the charge. At the same time ho must add his regret if, while tmarting under the unjust imputation which the charge conveyed, he was betrayed to any warmth of feeling or expression. He could only assure the Hon. Gentleman Wet as far as be was concerned it was his earnest desire that every indulgence should be afforded him in dealing with these questions.—(Hear.) AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Mr. SANDALS asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government has any intention of in troducing a measure of agricultural statis.tics during the present session, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not now object on the ground of deficiency of the ways and means. kr. LABOUCHERE said the subject had been and( r the consideration of the Government, and that a mea sure was in the course of prep arat i on , w hi c h h e h oped to bring forward during the present session. POOR LAW REPORTS. Mr. DISRAELI asked the Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of Stite for the Home Department, whether he had received the annual report of the Poor-Law Com missioners of Ireland, and the annual report of the Supervisor of Poor-Laws for Scotland, and when they would Le laid on the table of the House ? Sir G. GREY said he bad not received either of the reports referred to, but would make inquiry respecting them. IRISH LIGHT -HOUSES. Colonel CHAT I ERTON asked the President of the Board of Trade if it was the intention of the Govern ment this session to bring in a Bill for regulating Irish lighthouses? The answer of Mr. LADOIJCIIERE was wholly in audible in the gallery. CAPTAIN WATSON'S PROCLAMATION AT CEYLON. Lord J. RUSSELL said he rose to perform an act of justice tow ards a gal'ant officer in the army, whose feelings had been wounded by a state ment made in the House on Wednesday last, during the de',:ate on Ceylon ; he referred to Captain Watson, who had been for more than twenty years an officer in the army. A mistake had been committed by the Honourable Member for Inver ness-shire (Me. Baillie) in commenting upon a proclamation said to have been issued by Captain Watson, during the disturbances in Ceylon. Having read a copy or the statement made by the honourable Member for Invernesshire,:: Mr. Baillie, in which he asserted that Captain Watson hal issued the violent proclamation of threatening death and confiscation of goods to any one who was in any way instrumental in harbouring or assisting the pretender in Ceylon (the substance of which appeared in our columns on Wednesday last), the Noble Lord proceeded to say that on Captain Watson was now iaLondon, having been summoned to this country to ap pear as a witness before the Ceylon Committee, and after ' reading this statement Lad written a letter to Lord Grey repudiating, in the strongest terms, the imputations on his chara;ter. It tsar only on the morning of the day on which V e letter was written that Captain Watson had seen in the papers the attack made upon him by the Hop. Mt mber, which he said was most unjustifiable and unfair under the cir cumstances, esTo2ially as the Hoe. Member for Invereess was aware. that he was about to appear before the Com mittee to give his testimony respecting all the c'reum stances, and stat n; that the documents on which the Honourable Member had relied fer his coudemeeeim were altogether spuriouP, and that the Hon. Member who had attached any credit to them, had been imposed upon by infamous forgeries.—(Hear.) His Lordship road this letter at length, and during its perusal was frequently interrupted by the enthusiastic cheers from the ministerial benches, and frequently from both steles of the House. After having finished the letter, and then in conclusion said : After that letter I have not another word to add. Mr. BAILLIE deeply regretted that he should have Lean imposed upon, but said that the documents on which he had relied bore Captain Watson's signature, and had teen sworn before two justices in Ceylon.— (Hear, and laughter.) No one in that House would more deeply regret than ho should the having been instrumental in casting unmerited imputations on any man. The Hon. Member sat down amid a derisive laughter, and, The SPEAKER then put the motion fur proceeding cp the orders of the day. The orders of the day were the❑ read. AFFAIRS OF CEYLON. Mr. HAWES moved for la Seclect Committeen on Ceylon ; Mr. BaiHie, Mr. Hume, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Hogg, Mr. Gladstcno, Mr. Charles Vilib rs, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Lord Hotham, Mr. M'Cullagh, and Major Blackall. Mr. HUME begged to state, before the committee was appointed, that he could not expect justice ju,ce would be don e i n thi s most i mportant question. When the Noble ; Lord rejected the recommeneWion of the Commitlec that a commission should go out to Ceylon, there to examine into tha affair . ; he took the oppor tunity of stating that when he had presented the the petition, it was the wish cf the petitioners that a full and f a ir i nqu i ry should be inst i tute d. He con eidered the Committee the second best thing, certainly; but still he did not expect that fall justice could be ob -.talc el He had s uggeste d that Lord T orr i ngton an d oners interested in the inquiry should hive leave of absence to return home, in order that they might not interfere to prevent any witnesses that wc:c necessary being sent here.—(llear, hear.) He knew that many r eron3 had b een i nt i m id ate d f rom g i v i ng evidence fairly and f ree l y, by the p these reasons he did not expect public officers, ,and for that this Committee could fairly int o th e groun d s o f th e re b e lli on . He had no doubt that in Committee they would be able to prove that such means bad been made use of. PROMOTION. Assistant-Surgeon Dr. Robert Fulton (1840), of the Asia, 84, flag-ship in the Pacific, has been promoted to the Champion, 14, vice Robert?, deceased, by the Com mander-in-Chief on the station. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Alleyne Bland (1845), to the Superb, 80, at Queenstown, vice Conolly; William Leigh Lambert, to command the coast-guard station at Lyme Cobb, vice A. T. Freese, removed to Stiffkey station, vice Hawkins, previously removed; Thomas Riggings, from No. 1 battery, Folkestone, to Knockadoor station, vice Mr. S turry. Master—George Grant, to command the coast-guard station at Studland Bay, vice Lieutenant Billingsley, removed. Second Master—lL J. Beatson, late of the Raleigh, 50, to the Southampton, 50, flag-thip, Monte Video, for service, in command of Harpy, steam-tender, on that station. COAST -GUARD RET I R EMENTS.—Voutettant J. S. M`lienzie Watson (1826), of the Weston-super-Mare eta ion; and Lieutenant Thomas Edward James (1815), of the Selsea station, have been placed on the retired list of lieutenants in the coast-guard. SAFETY OF THE JACKAL, STEAM-VESSEL. — The Jackal, iron steam-vessel, which parted company with the Gladiato r s t eam -frigate, in the Channel, put into Falmouth, all sa f e , and appears to base made much better weather of it than the larger ship did. We understand that between this time and the sth of April there will be a gradual discharge of artificers em ployed in the steam-factory at Portsmouth, to the amount of 120 men. The Basilisk steam-sloor, has been moved up the har bour to the moorings of the first-class advanced steamers at Portsmouth. The Hercules store-ship, Master Commander Fulton, has proceeded from Portsmouth on to Greenhithe, with the troops of the line and artillery that she brought home from the Mediterranean. The Falmouth, lighter, will have Woolwich to-day, with timber f or Pembroke, calling at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. PORTSMOUTH. FEB. 10.—The Ajax steam guard-ship is nearly rigged. When commissioned it is supposed that she will be attached to the Irish statior, and carry the flag of the Commander-in-Chief at Cork. The Hermes ste un-sloop, Commander Fishbourne, and the Dart brigantine, Second Master M'Clure, put back to Cowes-roads on Friday night, from stress of weather. She remained in the same position at 2 P.M, to-day. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert was removed from the dock after refit, to the basin yesterday. She is ordered to be ready for sea the first week in April. CHATHAM, Ems. 9.—Orders have been received this day for the removal of the Acorn, 16, now in ordinary, to Woolwich, to be fitted to proceed to the Arctic re gions. It is expected that a steamer will come round from the Thames to fetch her away in the early part of next week. Z WOOLWICH, FEB. 9.—Captain A. F. Austin, C. 8., arrived in town on Friday evening, in compliance • with a telegraphic message from their Lordships that his ser vices were immediately required to command the Arctic expedition decided upon to proceed in the direction of Davis's Straits, Lancaster Soand, and Barrow's St ra i ts, to Melville Island and neighbouring places. The gallant officer had an interview with several of their Lordships, and remained with Mr. John Barrow, until twelve o'clock at night, on business connected with. the expedition, the appointment to which he had , cheerfully accepted. Captain Austin was again at the Admiralty, at Whitehall, and at Somerset House, in confirence with their Lordships and with Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, surveyor of the navy, from an early lit 'ur on Saturday until half-past four, when he left to p (weed to Portsmouth by the five o'clock train. Their Lo rdships having every confidence in the ability of Captain Austin t) accomplish the duty he has undertaken, have placed t!.e arrangements entirely at his disposal, a nd he will select the vessels and the officers that will be appointed :o them. Several of the efficers who hare volunteered their services waited on Captain Austin,. and liere assured by him that their applications wcatild meet with his best consideration. An impression p revailed in the early part cf the day flat Captain fir who commanded the Investigator, would be appointed to command one of the vessels of the new exped itiew, but no decision as to the ap pointment of an - j r of the other officers has yet taken place. The only decisi on made is, that the lessels selected for the expediti, )n, will be fitted out at Woolwich under the immediate Inspection of the officer appoin.el to command the tn. Highly to the honour of the officers f the British re Tal navy, a spirit of chivalry exists at the present day (equal t) any that has existed a , any former period of the history of this country, as is evi denced by the nt roaher of volunteers who have offered their services fp yr this perilous enterprise. Amongst others, Captain William Peel, son of Sir Robert Peel, Commander Codrington Forsyth; Lieutenants M'Clin tock, Browne, and Osborne, with upwards of thirty other officers, have been pressing their claims to be permitted to serve in the expedition. Captain Augln, after his interview with the Lords of the Admiralty on Friday, paid a visit to Lady Franklin in Spring gardens. It may be worthy of notice that the gallant officer's reply to the telegraphic message of their Lordships to ascii-- tain if he was willing to command Vie expedition was conveyed back from Portsmouth by telegraph in two words—" Most cheerfully." The launch of the Nankin, 50, at Woolwich, is post poned until the 16th March next. ' FURTHER SEARCH IN THE NORTH WEST FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The appointment of Captain Horatio T. Austin, C 8., to the command of the north•west expedition to search for Sir John Franklin and his gallant com panions, has afforded much satisfaction to all parties interested in their preservation. Captain Austin is known to be a most thorough seaman, a hardworking, unpretending, straitforward man, possessing unsurpassing energy, perseverance, and zeal ; well up to his work in all respects. He served under the gallant Captain Sir Edward Parry in the Fury, in the Arctic voyage, when that vessel was obliged to be abandoned in Regent's Inlet ; and he also served in the Chanticleer with Captain Foster, when surveying the islands in the North Pacific Ocean, so that he is well acquainted with the seas of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Captain Austin's appointment has been made from his thorough deserving conduct, and also, we hear, from his being recommended in the strongest manner by Captain Sir. E. Parry, who was on this matter consulted by the Admiralty We hear that Captain Austin will select his own vessels for this service; that two will be sent—one a sailing vessel and another a steamer, both of mode rate tonnage. In our opinion it would be also most desirable if one, or even two tenders were sent with the searching ships. Strong dockyard lighters would be the very best description of vessels ; they might be loaded with provisions and coals; they would be comparatively inexpensive, as they might be navi gated by a small number of men. They might follow the searching ships as far as Pond's Bay, or any other port near the entrance of Lancaster Sound, where they could lie secure from ice. These vessels would not only form a depot for supplying the expe dition with coals and provisions, but they would also • form vessels of refuge, and bring the crews back to England in case of the accidental wreck of one or both of the searching vessels. Coals and provisions might also be sent out in the whale-ships, and depo sited at certain places in Baffin's Bay, to be fixed and pointed out by Captain Austin. It would be also desirable that the Admiralty should offer some re ward or compensation before the sailing of the whale ships this spring, to encourage a search in Baffin's Bay for Sir John Franklin, or for vestiges of the remains of the Erebus and Terror, if such might be found ; for, as it has not been definitely ascertained that Sir John Franklin, with his ships, passed on to the westward through Barrow's Straits, he may still be frozen up in the north-west part of Baffin's Bay, in Jones's or Smith's Sounds. We believe that the north part of Baffin's Bay is seldom visited much by the whalers, an that as yet there has been no search for the missing ships in that direction. There is also:a probability that the North Star, Master Commander Sanders, may be in that locality, and there is some anxiety about her safety. If Sir John Franklin passed westward through Lan caster Sound and Barrow Straits (and the probability is that he did so), he must have ran through a strong fair wind ; for had he done so with a beating wind, or even with a light fair wind, he would doubtless have left such marks and deposits on the principal head lands, Leopold's Island, &c., to show that he had done so ; but Sir James Ross never fell in with any mark or symbol to denote that Sir John Franklin had passed in that direction. From Melville Island to the islands, or land dig covered last summer by Captains Kellett and Moore, in the Herald and Plover, in the Behring's Straits exploration—assuming that this land does not ex tend to any very considerable distance to the east ward, the distance between these two islands is about 2,000 miles. With a fair wind and open sea the run might be accomplished in ten or fourteen days. Why may not the north .east part of the coast of this land have brought up the ships of Sir John Franklin ? There is certainly only a slight chance of such a result, but there is sufficient to prove the necessity of endeavouring to examine this newly discovered land, and we have no doubt Captain Collinson will try to do it, for it lies directly in his route to the E.N.E. From the lichens and vegetable matter found by Captain Moore on the small island on which he landed, it appears that at some portion of the summer months this land is free from ice. This land, as we have before stated, lies directly in the route of the ships of Captain Collinson, after they have passed through Behring's Straits, and that they will have to endeavour to pass to the northward of it; for it appears, from what we have seen of the Plover's journal, that the sea bordering on the north part of the North American continent is so shoal that vessels of any great draught of water cannot proceed along it, and that Captain Collinson's ships must go well to the north before they can proceed to the eastward. From this circumstance it is improbable that the ships of Sir John Franklin can be anywhere near the coast of the North American continent, and, as we before observed in a former article, renders the boat expedition under Commander Pullen, dispatched from the Herald and Plover from Icy Cape, to the Mackenzie River, a great risk, without much chance of effecting any useful purpose. Sir John Franklin and his gallant companions will, we fervently believe and trust, yet turn up; but, , whatever may be the result, the strenuous endeavours made for their rescue is no more than should be done by a great nation like England ; and the Admiralty, for their perseverance and energy in d rigorous search for these brave, but aope g such a unfortunate, n men, will have the gratitude and commendation of a sym pathising nation. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basingball-street._ J. B. Firmin; Little Chesterford, Essex, lime-burner, March 1, at half-past eleven—R. Grimbly, Banbury, Oxo wino and spirit merchant, M arc h 1, at tv vo Sheward, Norwich, P a wn b ro k er , M arc h 1, c v r e ds — h l i v' t at eleven—H. Bridges, Oxford-street, cabinet maker, March 4, at half-past eleven—G. Franei, Rayleigh, Essex, innkeeper, March 5, at eleven—S. Leggett, Nor wich, innkeeper, March 7, at half past one—S. Mullen, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, hotel keeper, March 2, at eleven. In the Country. D. W. Acraman, W. E. Acraman, A. J. Acraman, W. Morgan, T nolroyd, and J. N. Franklyn, Bristol, ship builders, boiler makers, and engineers, March 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Lucas, Cardiff, Gla morganshire, shopkeeper, March 11, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Macwilliam, Gloucester, hosisr, March 14, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Dawson, Fairford, Gloucestershire, maltster, March 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Paterson, Manchester, tailor and draper, March 5, at twelve, at the Court, Manches ter—ll. Brower, Manchester, box raanuficturer, March 4, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester —W. L. Bow) e , , Macclesfield, grocer and tea dealer, March 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Ilansor, Hanley, Stafford. shire, hop merchant and druggist, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham —J. Birley, Doncaster, grocer and confectioner, March 2, at twelve, a!', the Court, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. T. Delafield, Willow-bank, Fulham, brewer, March 2, at half-past eleven —T. Keesley and J. L. Keesley, Church-street, Blackfriars-road, and Walsall, tanners, March 1, at twelve —H. Bridges, Oxfird street, cabinet maker and turner, March 4, at twelve—F. Golding, Tonbrid ge W e ll s, Kent, grocer, March 2, at one—J. Alexander, Great Winchester -street, City, merchant, March 2, at half -past eleven-1. Rowlet , , Abingdon, Berkshire, innkeeper, March 2, at eleven—J. Hill, Hollo way, builder, March 5, at one—J. Jone:, Knightsbridge terrace, wine and spirit merchant, March 5, at one—J. Peake, Cricklade, Wiltshire, draper, March 1, at eleven B. Verney, Stow-in-the -Sold, Gloucestershire, vete rinary surgeon, March ], at eleven—B. Leach, Watford, Hertfordshire, saddlqr and harness-maker, March 1, at one--E. Loveless, Portses, Hampshire, grocer, March 5, at eleven. In the Country. R. Nett, Bristol, iron merchant, March 4, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. P. Collin!, Bristol, tailor and draper, March 4, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—M. Flaig and J. Alexander, Bath, watch and clockmaker s , March 5, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—C. D. Make peace and R. Strong, Birmingham, screw manufacturers, March 8, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. L. Bickley, Sheffield, innkeeper, March 2, at twelve, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. D. Anderson, Pavement, Moorfields, linendraper, Feb. I—J. Jacobs, Canterbury, auctioneer and furniture dealer, certificate of the second class, Fel.. :5—R. Busby, Wood-street, Bethnal-green, and Lawn Farm, Essex, cowkeeper, certificate of the third c'ats, Jan. 30—T. Holcrofr, Manchester, silk manufacturer, after eighteen months from Feb. 5—J. Robinson, Portwood within Brinnington, Cheshire, cotton spinner, certificate of the first claes, Feb. 5—G. Chapman, Old Swan, near Liver pool, victualer, certificate of the first class, after 21 days from Feb. 7—W. La% ton, Liverpool, auctioneer, certificate of the second class, after 21 days from Jan. 31 —F. Palmer, Bristol, wine and spirit morel aat, cer.ifi • cats of the first class, Feb. 4—R. Truswell, Sheffield, tanker, certificate of the second class, of er 21 days from Feb. 2—J. Thuell, of BucklaAleigh, Devonshire, woollen manufacturer, Feb. 6-11. Gore, Cheltenham, plumber and gli.zier, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before March 1. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. G. Skene, Aberdeen, manufacturer, to meet within the Aberdeen Hotel, Aberdeen, Feb. 15 and March 9, at two. A. Joh ns t on , I nlerne3s, rope-manufacturer, to meet within the Union hotel, Inverness, Feb. 14 and JHarch 7, at one. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9.—There is little passing in the cot trade to-day. 'Wheat, per 70113 : Barley, English, pr , ~,.29 0 English, old.. < • 6 4 to 6 6 imperial quarter 27 v"" Do. new .. 510 6 0 Irish, Scotch, and 0 __ 3 4 Irish, new .. .. 54—5 7 M arx,per 601 b.• 3 , 0 c. 4 2 Do., old .. .. 5 6 5 7 Barley, Feeding" 10 2 -- -- ° Manx, red and wh. 5 4 5 10 I.lye, Per 4801 b •• 23 Dantsic, high mixed 7 2 7 4 Beans, English, Pr 0—32 ° Do., mixed .. .. 6 6—6 In imperial quartr 31 Rostock .. .. 66 6 9 Irish and Scotch, __ 27 9„ Hamburg!' • and per 4801 b•• • • 96 0 „ .28 u Lower Baltic .. 6 0— 6 3 Foreign, duty pd. 27 v American, white 6 2 6 6 European, per i 111"„ _... 30 9 Spanish and Italian, ' perialquarter.. 28 u 9 red and white.. 0 0 0 0 Peas, English, per . 0 0 33 H 32 Hungarian and imperial quartr .... 30 0 • 2 Marlaropoll .. 5 4 5 6 Foreign • • • • Odessa, Polish .. 55 5 6'lllalt, English, per 0--51 ° Do., common .. 5 2 5 4 imperial quart' 50 0 .... 46 0 Do., hard.. .. 0 0— 0 0 Do., Irish Egyptian 0 ..... 4 „ .. „ 4 4 4 8 Do., brown •• :59 ° ...- 5,2 Oats, per 451 b : Flour, English, pr 2 I, : 30 ...., 36 English, Scotch, 28019 • • 34 0 • and Welsh cote.. 2 10 3 0 Iri..h, extra fine.. Irish, new, best United States, per 6-.24 0 inealing .. •• 2 4 2 5 barrel •‘•2 21 3 6 *— 22 Do., mid and inf. 2 2 2 4 iCanadian • • • • Old .. .. .. 25- 2 7 Oatmeal, English, ~ ....., 31 0 Indian corn, per & Scotch,pr24olb '23 u ..... 21 9. 4801 b .. .. 27 9 31 0, Irish, new " •• V) 6 _,..002,11. ° 0-• ed Do.:11-,. al, perl96lb 14 0— 14 6' Do., old ,• • MaatcesesTica. Fen. 9. No material change has ronly a to the in the state of the flour trade during the present Wei; moderate amount of buiiness having transpired, and joker' unwillingness generally manifested by to increase their stocks beyond their requirements for 0 with consumption, and previous prices have consequentlY et eaten' difficulty maintained. Oatmeal was in steady, but pot to the dealers r,esent sive request, without alteration in value. We have Iseland notice fair supplies of oats, oatmeal, and flour, fron_tities of into Liverpool and Runcorn, but only moderate Olattending other articles thence; whilst from abroad (notri.t?; _, goer the unfavourable state of the weather) liberal arriv!il nos ,„a are reported, with a few cargoes of Wheat and inbarsket titis about 7,000 quarters of Indian corn. At our nst in the morning a somewhat better feeling was apparent, shod ore value oflwheat no change can be noted. Flour was for gone firmly than of late, and our quotations, which 11?Iee'd 0 re' time past been almost nominal, may now be consider the tare presenting the current obtainable rates. Oats were this dal cheaper, but oatmeal supported the currency 0, se'nnight. to his; READING, FEB. 9.—Wheat, per quarter, 3°015, to 31,1 barley, 25s to 30s; oats, 16s to 20s ; beans, 5- ~ to Bs peas, 30s to 325. Fat hogs, 7s 9d to 8s ; porkers, 80 3004 to per per score. Poultry—Geese, each, Os Od to Os Od; .',„ go Od; 3s 6d to couple, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducks,l per couple, butter, per lb, Is ld to Is 2d ; eggs, 12 for Is. isibited WORCESTER, Fan. 9.—The samples of vibeat'deere'h but! were in pretty fair condition, the time of year con; vegliss barely supported last week's rates. The top price f :are, were, white wheat must be stated at Ihs 6d per bag, bat sales I The , before' effected at 15s to 14s 6d for English red. foreign may be quoted at about the same value'''': bushel' Grinding barley 3s, and malting qualities 3s 4d Psbelt et tber Malt can hardly be quoted higher than 75 per bud a to 39 Pess present moment. English oates averaged 2s - are of li, bushel ; Irish 2s Gd to 2s 9d per bushel. Bea for piglis'i; value, and may be quoted as worth 123 per bag to Per bash'. Peas for feeding are worth 3s Gd, and boilers 35 °‘' bad be"). They proved to have been a more abundant crop than _, 6, pe supposed. In winter vetches the trade inactive, s' , bushel. Avell Friday's markets at Stourbriclge and at Stratford:o;o of were fully attended, and the prices of most doserZ ef the grain must be quoted at 6d ,per quarter below the re' tet, Prey ious week. deruve' There was but a thinly attended market at , iCid trade duels but the supply was quite equal to the demane. The d 400 . at about last week's rates. English wheat average • and $ quarter. lied, !tet t At Wolverhampton market wheat was fully suPP les. Pe' decline of 6d per quarter took place in secondary qua_ ioetisei samples .maintained last quotations, but business sca'ain &bee Barley in slew refiquest at last week's rates. Other gr the same as before: A nd, Othello' ABERDEEN, FEB. B.—Grain—Oats 13s 6:1 to l's' ,isd to 091,01 bushel; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s ; foreign oats, o°' ''s sgs to 'os ihiestir6,4l to Ineass f, per qr.; barley, 18s to 19s Od, 521bs per bushel; 6,1,521bs per bushel; wheat, 40s to 455; oatmeal, i': .00s.--Y-64 per boll ; flour, 33s to 35s per sack. Fror''', ditto, ed to 8d per lb; mutton, ditto, Gd to 7d; Irea'bd to '9": to 9d; pork, per lb, 4d to 6d; lamb, per lb, 0d tollol' k 1 h tallow, per stone, 48 to 43 6d ; potatoes, Per ep C f . ese ~ t hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 71 to 8d; heroic' to 9_,,°f 6dto 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per 14' , bens,l; eggs, per doz, 10d to is 2d; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 2:3(ts_:eks, ditto pair, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d' %eh? 4s os 2s Cd to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turker,, `, (pr's Od to ssod; geese, ditto, 3s to 4s Od; butter for exportatio_.deoes7 cure), per cwt, OOs to 563 . eggs, wholesale price, per of 141e7 to 7d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, Per storie ork jog: 3s 6d to Os Od; poik fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od; POs to (1, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, a to 7. j Meal—Oatmeal, la 2d to Is 3d; barley dust, cal, ls l'i peasemeal, is 8d to is 10d; sids, 6d to 7c1:; 51r,trte isd Or e to is '2d; flour, is 8d to is 10d; barley, per lb, la ' bey flour, ls 2d to Is 3d. • four bt°l64 DALKEITH, FEB. 7.—The relative weight Pe,rsib and iih, of ,the three prices of wheat were 18st 31b, I 7135t:0'0;166,5: in), 71b. Oats, 12st 101 b, 12st21b, and lOst 311). 15st 71b, and 143 t 101 b. Peas and beans, 18st 131 b, and 18st Ilbs. OP Infer 0 Qrs. Best. Current. 7 xj 4 437 Wheat ... ...... £1 18 0 £1 14 0 011 0 1436 Oats ,.. 0 18 4 0 16 4 0 16 0 775 Barley 30 Peas and Beans 1 6 0 1 this Average of wheat 33s 4id• market so GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, FEB 7.—" sales. -to morning was well supplied with cattle, With dull d 449 d seCOO okine advance in price. Best ox beef 47s to 499, 465, cows, bulls, and inferior, 30s to 36s per,eusct,:goodi.,ri:p. offal. The sheep market was largely supplied, wit,' -gee; r,;--ts' mand, and an advance of fully 2s. ahead. ne'sr- I- rig- id 5/c1 to 6d, second sd, ewes 4d per lb., sinking °"%d delis demand at from 30s to 36s per -cwt. ; calves, In g° at 565. per cwt. , dull 11W' DUBLIN, FEB. B.—We have again an extretrele 0,0 901 ket to-day for every description of grain. We rePeworo• b 0 tations for Tuesday, except for barley and Indian e ,ers 0 of which must be noted 6d lower. For the latter tu , Aittor ~ , sea '• et), scarcely any inquiry. White wheat, 20s to 2.5,, barr osi 19s to 21s; barley, 103 6d to 12s 6d; oats O'er,' j 2.4 8s Gd to 10s; oatmeal, 10s to lls ad; flour, secon , te to 16s; Indian corn, per 480th, 263 to 29$ Od. bee° 6d Conic, FEB. B.—The supplies of home grain have , t tbi ss derate, for thoyeek amounting to ; —Wheat 1,155 bass° 00 oa" ' to 20s 6d per brl • Barley, 1,167 brls at 8s Od Obli, 10 per brl ; Oats, 3,756 brls at 7s 3d to 10s Od pers„, of „,i the Green market business has been very dull and Pr`Ya to I descriptions of grain have receded. Wheat being v fejat, Barley 4d, and Oats 6d, per barrel lower. In prePae: baser P foreigu Wheat we have had little business passings 'oth Sae being engaged in working off their present stocks. 6 bag, eles are rather easier to purchase. In Barley and Oat! Trelee",, but very few transactions to notice. For the latter art,' eollina prices would be submitted to, but purchasers are a°,st at pry to corne forward, their prospect of profit on shipineeFereigi, sent prices being anything but cheering. For Priej,ed brenith Flour we experience a moderate demand.g. APPreI-ssoll iri maintain their value, but second rate marks,il:iseectit ot;i7e•re's Irish flour, are Gd per cwt. lower, and rather. did eon foy The demand for Indian ably, and the article has Corgnivenhas wsalyackierceialoer or day2l be6idn; for. seconds,k our— 6pl. 13s. theon. Indian nme Meal ui so tVtitol: lookedl4 . ne de Ss Flour—First 12s Od ; households Os to 100 123 Od to I:3s Od ; extra &Oa t. ed; thir3o ; wre:o, .PeeraelriosOtoatlmOseaGldlpOesrteowlto.s 6ldn;dilanndeiannvntnle3al2o7s6oto, 7g 351 per t ga to 185. oers Bran 3/ 1256 d to 3/15s per ton. Ha —Farmers 319 te,3,„ 'Fall; 32s ; dealers 30s to 40s Od; average 36s per ton. Stre-r0 009 ,A• average 218 ; 16s Od to 28s Od ; average OOs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten Li butter, en is." , a . 0 to household loaf 5d to sid Per alb.dealeFrrses ' I. 6art: 10d per lb Eggs-5s 2.1 to 5s 4d per hundreliest Zs' et' Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore lie ;,,a, pet tleo Culm 145 per ton. Tallow 40s Od to "'„ , 'to Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial galv'e°ll 04 no. —Beef 4d to 6cl mutton 4d to 6d; _ g s'l r r re od; pork 4d to Ode; bacon 6d to 7-Ad ; saussafse 3/ 5s pet lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates' 312 s Ouni; Frel•00, ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/52 • Valonia 14/ to' 7158; English 0/ per ton. Fleece' Wool 105 to 12s Per9;t;°recit Hemp 32/ to 00/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18e:: 111 1, ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ 133 olity, !to; ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton ; deals, first 9,, to 0, second quality, 16s per 109. Hides—Market 1.'3,1 per 0,„ salted 13s to 20sper t calf skins 2cl tess . Onerisel Peruvian,Potatoes, white 7d Pto cwt ; ;Minion's 12d toDu 'Aschaely ' 111 102; Icbaboe, 91 per ton ; Tarl9s per barrel. c ( 1 . 11. a s. d. s. d ,f virortoo ----___________--- rA , DVERTlSEMENT.]—Extraordinary cu re letter f,,,. 12. ya Holloway's Oint men t an d Pills.—Extr act of a 1,, 10 I'l; H mpton, New Brunswick, datedlo, 846 :' — lf ag e ' 6 eo eaer Holloway. Sir —A son of mine, 16 years Li t ho tb r i o afflicted with ulcers on his limbs and body for more _ le d fre,, years, from which small pieces cf bone had been rer st. Joh; time to time. I applied to several medical men in r oin trp h e re but all to no purpose ; I was then induced to try Y °D on ths -s e ir and pills, which made a complete cure. Several rn_ e o f tlt_ ro since elapsed, and there is not the slightest a ppara n :i c ives %, return. (Signed) James Wetmore." These oe , s , SO sold by all Druggists and at Professor HolloWaY lishrnent, 244, Strand, London. rest of BIRTHS . 4 vac . o m n .s the Le s a th nd i e n r s , t. o , f a a t Id3aauthg,httleire.wife of Captain •-• D. f C. ii , i fe 0 On the sth inst., at Ad well, axon, the lv A vo lyer . ' Thornhill, Esq., of a son. Montgomery, At Cheltenham, on the sth i- 1 the wife of 11 0 Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., in Edinburgh, the lady of jrs svir° Bart of a son and heir. bent, tile 00:: the e e 6 6 t t t h i l inst., " at Woodchurch Rectory, of the Rev. F. B. Wells, of a daughter. # til° v• e n., Atif 9i• wife of the Rev. if. H. Murray, f a son. f tile On the 6th inst., the v. ifs of , J. Gandb '''srl" nroad, inst., at the rectory, Chi salty, Somerset-place, of a daughter. m o illgt °ll‘ On the 7th inst., Mrs. T. P. Phipson , • rn Regent's .park, of a son. slehurst, A- On the 7th i R.N., of Florence. tst covil' e ' MARRIED. . . yoliers w itet George r ° Ott Es l l.? youngest son of the Ilte Rear-Admiral , . eu teaa ( 8 1a p u ri g n i g it ' er o o f to Ellen 3 Hume ' , ' RI lsall, Ja' at Leamington, William 9 only daughter of J . 1. e ber t ,Ro c Oa the at St. Mary, Alarylebone, ).),t41.,,,0ti11g.65t, Oa the 7th inst., at G ,ring ld Aug us ` r u ;:to f 9, f thethe 2 la i.s te t Tli'ileisutitle.eGr.se,n to aiCiaireonlirlyie itinieliigyeiligdiesot sqn of Augustus 'Warren, Esq, R e g in a ss ell-sclr CO ' io tiari t4 Ess ex. nly d::.ughter of Willi,;M'Oliver, -EEC' . P C' S late o on the no th L in t DIED. i.i . 1 Webb, r ”•• • --s-., at the Retreat, J.racateY, ,0,, ~ , till ,Lict of . the late Rev. Joshua Webb, ageq 54,00c1‘ ney, - iv tain On t'll. Alfred Knight, aged 68. the r Ith inst. ,at Lansdowne -place, London-Ire . rd Padiel" third Ot s l o r e Dr i a t g l oOn ns G t.' na i t). 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