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ebtrb Mbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES From the ' Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAT EVENING. LOSDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. ILAXLV7AYS. Dividend per Amount Paid. Annum. Stare. 131. Ss. per eh 15s. 121. 16s. per a 12.1 X 8. d. Price. 2% 135 PA P. pm. 224 112% .2 75 17X 29% 21% Price, COMMITTEES on PETITIONS for RAILWAY BILLS.—(THIS DAY.) A Sub-Committee, consisting of Mr. Strutt, Chair man, Mr. Clive, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Compton, Mr. l3rotherton, and other Honourable Members, as sembled this morning, in order to ascertain whether the promoters of the following Bills had com plied with the standing orders; viz.: Cocker mouth and Workington Railway; Whitby and Pickering Railway; Hull and Selby (Bridling ton Branch) Railway ; Kendal and Winder mere Railway ; Chester and Birkenhead Extension ; Lancaster and Carlisle ; Guildford, Chester, and Portsmouth Railway; and Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway. The Committee, after proof, decided that the following Bills had complied with the standing orders, namely :—Cockermouth and Workington ; Hull and Selby Bridlington Branch); Kendal and Windermere ; Chester and Birkenhead Extension ; and Lancaster and Carlisle. And that the Whitby and Pickering had not, in some particulars, complied with the standing orders, by which this Bill will have to be referred to the Select Committee. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The inquiry respecting this line was resumed this morning in a Sub-Committee on Standing Orders. It occupied the whole of the day, and after a few objec tion had been allowed, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at two o'clock. GUILDFORD,': CHICHESTER, AND PORTS MOUTH RAILWAY. One of the Sub-Committees decided that the pro moters of this line had not strictly complied with the standing orders of the House of Commons. The line was opposed by the Duke of Richmond, and the principal ground of objection was, that a quantity of land had been set down in the books of reference, and described on the plans, as the property of the Earl of Egremont, whereas it really belonged to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS. (From the Gazette of this Evening.) RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE, wHITERALT„ Fits. 18, 1845. Notice is herebY given, that the Board constituted by the Min4te of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had under consideration the following schemes, for extending railway communication in Scotland, viz.:-- The Clydesdale Junction Railway, The Caledonian, The Edinburgh and Glasgow—Stirling Branch, The Edinburgh and Ilawick, The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, The Scottish Central ; have determined on reporting to Parliament iu favour of the Clydesdale Junctien, Caledonian, Edinburgh and llasvick, The Scottish Central ; and against the Edinburgh and Glasgow—Stirliug Branch, Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle. DALIIOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. D. O'BRIEN. G. R. PORTER. S. LAING. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) BAYNE V. YOUL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) After the case had proceeded for some time, the plaintiff, being unable to proceed with his case, was non-suited. SOUTHAMPON, FEB. 18. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Montrose, Captain George Wilson, arrived this morning at half-past three o'clock from the Peninsula, bringing all the Peninsular mails. Her dates of departure are as follow ..—From Gibraltar Feb. 8, Cadiz 9, Lisbon 12, off Oporto 13, Vigo 14. Ships of war lying at Gibraltar—Her Majesty's ships the Scout, the Belvidera, and the Flamer (steamer). Foreign men-of-war as per last packet. Specie on board—Fourteen packages. Passengers—Fifteen. The Forth, West India mail steam-ship, Captain Chapman, left yesterday, with 20 passengers. The Tweed, from the West Indies, is expected to-day. The Braganza, from Alexandria, is at the Mother bank, performing quarantine, but most likely will be re leased to -day or to-morrow. MR. BENJAMIN WooD, 3.1.1'.—1n answer to in quiries made yesterday, it was stated that the Hon. Member continued as before, without the manifestation of any visible change either for better or worse. Such is the havoc made on his constitution, that he is unable to move without assistance. =DEATH OF THE NIECE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL..-- We regret to find in a communication from our Malta cor respondent mention made of the death of Mrs. Bonham, the lady of the British Consul at Tabrez, and the neice of the Premier, whose family thus sustains a second domestic cala mity within a short period.—Morning Paper. COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam CF. 12 7* Ditto, at sight l2 54 Rotterdam 2U. 12 8 Antwerp 26 10 Ramburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, 122 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville ,NGE.-,-(THIS DAY.) -- Leghorn— 3l Genoa ..... ..... 26 10 Milan .......... — Venice 47 Naples ........ ..... 39* Palermo, pet oz llBl Lisbon Oport0.. Rio Jancno... . Bahia 24 Buenos Ay.i.:s NewYts k .:2 dyssight Philadei pl a PRICY'S G? '11.3 LLION, VERO 4. Foreige I '4, blrs. £3 17 9 Portuga! Gold Coin 3 17 5 New DouLicions 0 0 0 New Doliai s 0 4 94 Silver it) Ears 0 4 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat OD the Wool sack shortly after Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Provost, Magistrates, and Councillors of Edinburgh, on a subject that agitated Scotland, namely, the change that they anticipated was about to be made in the banking of Scotland, which had existed for upwards of one hundred and fifty years. It would give him great satisfaction if any member of her ,Majesty's Government would give any assurance that the fears of the petitioners were without foundation. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from the merchants of Barbadoes with respect to the new propo sition relative to the sugar duties. SAMUEL GRAY'S CASE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Samuel Gray, of Ballymahon, in the county of Monaghan, complaining of the conduct of the Crown prosecutors, in having tried him six times for an offence charged against him, and for which he was acquitted on the first trial. The jury he stated had been dismissed, because they agreed on two of these occasions to acquit him. The petitioner added that he was broken and ruined in health and property by these persecutions, and therefore he prayed the House, that he might be allowed the use of counsel on any future trial. Lord CAMPBELL made one or two remarks which were almost inaudible. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that, though the petitioner had been charged with only one offence, there were several mints in the indictment. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. The Hon. 11. FITZROY, lately created one of the Lords of the Admiralty, took the oaths and his seat for the bdrough of Lewes. REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE STANDING ORDERS ON RAILWAY BILLS. Sir W. HEATHCOTE brought up the report of the Sub-Committee on the standing orders on private Bills. The following Railway Bills were reported to have complied with the standing orders:—The Manchester and. Birmingham Extension, the Leeds and Bradford, the North British, the London and South-Western, the Leeds and West Riding Junction, the Leeds, Sheffield, and Manchester, the West York, and other Bills. Name of Caanapany. Aberdeen •• • • •• • • • Birmingham & Gloster. Ditto, New, las. 7i die, Beighton,Lews;& Bast. Bristol and Exeter .. • • Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian • • • • • • . • • • Cambridge and Lincoln Chatham & Prtsmouth Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton Churnet Valley .• • • • Co_rnwall • .. • • • • • • • The Northern Direct Norwich Dias, Boccie., & Yrinth Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto sad Galway Eastern Counties ... • Do., Perpetual, No. I Ditto, ditto, No. 2. • • Eastern Union Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Ely and Bedford .• • • • Grand Connection • • Grand Junction • • • • • • Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern &Western Great North of England Ditto, New.• • • • • • • - Great Western .• • • • • • Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Fifths..• • • • • • Guilford Junction... • • Hull and Selby .• • • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares Kendal & Windermere Lancaster and Carlisle toads at Bradford. Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto, Half Shares • Ditto, Quarter Shares London & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto, New 14 Shares London hnd Blackwall London and Brighton.. Ditto, Lone Notes.. London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv. • London and S. Western Do., New Cons. Bths Ditto, New .. Condon and Croydon • . Ditto, Guarntd. 5 P.C. London and York. • • • • Lynn and lily ••• • . . Dlanaster and Leeds Ditto, nail Shares Quarter Sham Ditto, Sixteenths . • • Ittanchestr & Dirtning. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... Ditto, Birm. & Derby Newcastle & Berwick New cstle & Dar!. June. North British .. •. • • Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, Lis. 51. d. Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent • • • • • • • . . • Norwich and Brandon . Ditto, New • . • .. • • • • Portsmouth Direct.... Preston and Wyre .. • • Richmnd & W. E June. Rugby .... Ditto, 2d Pref., 1841 Shtflield and Lincoln.. & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares r•outh Devon . .• • • • • • South-Eastern & Dovr Ditto, New iss. ISl.dis South Wale* . • • • • • • • Stevenson's l'rtsmouth Thames and Medway Trent Valley • • Yarinouth & Norwich Ditto, New • • .• • • • • • York Zs North Midland Ditto, Half Shares il.O.,ciir bro Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip • . Ditto, Extension .... . . Boutogne and Amiens. Ct. Northern of France Orleans and Vlerzon.• Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris and Lyons .. • • • • Paris and Strasbourg•. Paris and Orleans.•. •• Parrs and Rouen ..• • •• It min and Havre • • • • 2000 25 0 0 6 13 4 50 0 0 I 50 0 0 12 10 0 2,5 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 :10 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 •50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 15 4 Pi 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 $ 0• 50 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 51. per cent. 11. le. 8 0 0 2 10 0 2 18 0 19 5 8 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 8 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 •1 5 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12 0 0 la per et. 101. per et. 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 . 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 JOINT-STOCK BANES. Dividend Amount 'Salm of Company. per of Paid. I Price Annum. Share. £ e. d. £ s. d. Australasia .•• • • • 81. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 44 tiritala North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45 Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 21 Colonial 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Lotuln and Westmlnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 % London Joint-Stock .•. 61. per cent. 50 0 8 10 0 0 143( Aletropolitan .• .• ••• • • 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 44% Ditto, New. ..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 16% Nat. Provncial of Eng. M. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 37% Ditto, New.• •• • • 5/. per cent. '2O 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.. • • 25 0 0 25 0 0 27 Union of London... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 123; ZNSURANCZ COMPANXZS. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- -- .£ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .. •. • • ...... :. 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent.. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine... ... . 61. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6-I,i Atlas . . 133.64. pr eh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7 6x Count Clerici,Med.g:Gen.Life 51 . per ce nt. 100 0 0 210 1 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 y. ..: ........... r 9s. and 1 40 0 0 5 0 0 10 Crown ••• • • • li.'aglo O s . 50 0 0 50 0 5 % c 5 per ct.,} 1000 0 0 250. 0 0 Economic Life t&3os.bs. Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life • ...... • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. -••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe - 142 Guardian Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 195 Imperial Life......... 12s. 100 00110 0 0 16 Indemnity Marine.... 11. fib. & Ls. 100. 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life •••••• • • • • • • /1. 58. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45N Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire ......... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16 Loudon Ship Marine 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 Med. In vlld & Gem Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund. • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Lila •.••• • . • • el. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 9 3G Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 Phcenix - - Protector Life ••• • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 Provident Life• •••• • • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life.. ••••• • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4X, Royal Exchange ...... Si. per cent. Stock. - 1923( San Fire - - Ditto Life 11. 6s. - - Universal Life DOCILE'. Dividend I Amount Mame of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A s. d. s. d. CotnmerciA Last and West • India 5%1. pr cent. Stock. 142 Mat Country ••. • • London •• . • ..... •• • • 4%1. pr cent. Stock. 117% St. Katharine •••• • • • • 5 per cent. j Stock. 118 Southampton •• • • • • 4/. per cent. , 50 0 0 50 0 0 London •• • • ..... •• • • St. Katharine •••• • • • • Seuthsuniitoa •• • • • • • • , ' 4%1. pr cent. i 5 per cent. 4/. per cent. VIATER.AVORICB. Dividend NMI of Company. i ker ..1 Aimuni. Amount of I Paid. Share. , East L0nd0n.......... 81. (kand Junction •• • j rent .. ;... ........ 1 21. 10S. Vauxhall WeBt Middleaax .. • • £ a, d. Too o n - 46 13 4 I 100 0 0 100 0 0 - 63 12 9; - . . . ZIST ,OP SCOTT'S* COMPANIES ' PRICZI3. , . ~. blvidead A,motint .. _ .. .. , . Name of Company. per .. of • Pahl. Price. Annum. Share. .£ .s. cl. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland loyal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. too o - 1683 British Linen Company 81' per cent. 100 0 0 226 Commerol,al Bank . • National Bank 6l. per cent. -- . 10 1% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 97 'Western Bank.. •• • . North of Ficotiand Bank 61. per cent. 50 ' 9 7 Clydesdal6 Bank ••• • .• 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 14% Eastern Bank ••• • • Caledonian Bank ••. • - 61. per-cent. 2 10, 0 3% Ealinb.& Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. -- 50 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank .. 51. per cent. 815 0 133 goottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 l% 15 erculas Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insiar. Co. of Scotlnd • • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur.• • 91. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 24% 'l vtii Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 25 - }, 2blrith Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18% ilialle•Rallway 4%Per . 1 cent 5 0 0 0 50 0 0 65% - mi D n itto , La . lith, 8, . 3 11 ares .. cirantn Glasgw & A.,..th, . 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 " -r "'II- 4%1 percent. 50 0 0 All paid. 66 Glasgw. & Greeneit R a n • - Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail.. 21, per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 12}i Dundee &Arbrothßall. 51 . Per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 28 51 . Per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. •32 - • CANALS. 1 e N otn im p es ani e es t . / Divl pe d z end Price. Tr amp . of 1 Dividend .2 Anumn.l . Com p ani es. . An p n e , r an. Price. -.-----.- -..... • • 'X , _____ ...._ -....___ • Aslitn&Oh l ll 97 1 5/.58. pe l 72 Memnon it Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 41. 1 70 SEntgotnrysh 100 lII ' 1 a 6 1 5 Barnsley • • -1160, 121. 180 Macclesfieldl el. -- Baa0W91. 01 Ee••1 1001 --- • & Neain ... . I °o oo 2 - ".i i 15 Arknkr‘Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham - 150 13/ 3 .2 Crom/brd..•• 100 181. 164 • Peak Forest 78 at: --'' Dudley. • • ... 10 0 41 . 80 egent's -. 33 H. • 40 - Derby - V. 103 Rochdale ... 85 41. 24 % 55 bllsmrekehe 1 41. 62 Shropanlre . 125 8/. 120 Erewash ,• • f 100 321. 440 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 123 Forth' & Clyd,loo 41. 10 5 Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. e. 11 GranclJunetnlloo 71. 157 Stffrd &Wor 140 281. , 480 Grand Union 100, 17. 10s. 25 Shrewsbury. 125 15/. 230 Gia.morgnsh.:l72l 13%/. 310 Stourbridge. 145 01. 360 Castr k Brklyll 00 - 8 Strtird On Av 79 11 2 . 106. 30 Grantham • • 1 150 i 121. 185 S;- 20 yerno R ind} 26 u. 08. 30 Endasrsfield. 57 Kennt & Ayn 39: U. 6d. 10 Trnt & 31r- 7 50 --.. ~, ow 1 465 Lancaster .• • 47 1 11. 10. 40 sey , 4 eh. j Leeds& Livrp . 341. 623 Mauls &Mod 19 - 10 1 Leicester .... 140 101. 139 Worcstr & 7 78 4/. 50 'Meaty &Nt 83 1 41. 70 Binning. Loughborogh 1421 _3Ol. 1050 ilts & Bib 67 11. 48. 4s. per sh. 5/. per ct. 21. ss. p. sh. I Is. 3d. p. eh. 01. per ct. 101. per et, 101. per ct. 31. Ss. 71. per cent. 71. per cent. 71. per cent. W. ss. pr ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 3/. Os. per sh, 5/. percent: 51. per cent. Si. ss. per sh 10e. per eh, 41. 78, 6d. P. 9 . ,1/.175.6d. p.s 21. per share 141. 4s. per sh. 121.135. per sh, 21. ss. 15s. 35 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 . 1 10 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 0 THE SL N, LONDON, TUESDAY" E VEINING, FEBRITARY 18, 1845. GAME-LAWS—BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Aylesbury against the game-lasts, which the petitioners described as tending to increase crime, and to aggravate tLe dis tress of the farmers, by destroying their crops. MEDICAL REFORM. Sir G. GREY presented a petition from some medical practitioners of Devonport, against certain previsions of the Medical Reform Bill. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a similar petiti3n, from a place in Yorkshire. - MINISTERIAL CHANGES--:-NEW WRITS. Mr. YOUNG moved for a new ;writ for the Eastern Division of the County of Kent, in the room of the Right" Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., who had accepted the:Chiltern Hundreds.—(Cheers and laughter.) —Ordered. The Box. MEMBER also moved for a new writ for the borough of Thetford, in the room of William Bingham Baring, Esq., who had accepted the office of her Majesty's Paymaster-General.—(Hear, hear.) NOTICES OF MOTION. _ Mr. COWPER gave notice that he would, on the 4th of March, move for leave to bring in a Bill on the sub- ject of gardens. Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that he would, in Com mittee on Ways and Means, move that all persons re ceiving public money in Ireland be subject to the same income-tax as in England. Mr. MACKINNON postponed his motion on the health of towns. Sir R. INGLIS postponed for a week his motion on Sierra Leone. Dr. BOWRING postponed his motion on the public accounts till Tuesday next. BURDENS ON LAND. Mr. WARD gave notice that he would, on this day fortnight, renew his motion respecting the exclusive and particular burdens on land , SUGAR DUTIES. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would, on moving the order of the day for going into Committee of Ways and Means for the purpose of proposing the sugar duties, move a resolution by way of amendment, " That it is the opinion of this House that the plan pro posed by her Majesty's Government in reference to the sugar duties, professing to keep up a distinction between free labour sugar and foreign slave grown sugar, is impolitic, and would aggravate the evils of a protecting duty to their colonies at the expense of the consumer; would tend to impair the revenue, and render the re moval of the property and income-tax, at the end of three years, very improbable and uncertain."—(Hear.) BARLEY. Mr. WODEHOUSE gave notice of his intention; on a future day, to move for certain returns respecting the importation of barley. BONDED BUTTER. Mr. EWART moved for a return of the quantity of butter destroyed in bond in the different ports of the United Kingdom..during the last four years, with the dates of the several periods at which such destruction took place, and the quantity destroyed at each period. FOREIGN JURISDICTION ACT. Mr. MILES moved for copies a any Orders in Ccuncil issued since the. end of last session of Parliament, with reference to the Foreign Jurisdiction Act ; and copies of any diplomatic correspondence that may : have taken place with respect to consular jurisdiction in the Levant. • UNION WORKHOUSES (IRELAND). Sir R. FERGUSON moved for a return, in provinces, of the number of children sent out to service from the union workhouses in Ireland in the years 1842, 1843, and 1844, distinguishing •boys from girls, with the average ages of eact., the average wages per half-year, the number returned to the house in each half-year ; Ist, on account of sickness ; 2d, on account of miscon duct or of quarrel with their master ; and 3d, on com pleting their time of service ; also, those remaining out at the end of each year, and the number of boys at pre sent acquiring a knowledge of some trade, distinguishing whether shoemakers, tailors, or other trades. DISTRESSED FRAME-WORK KNITTERS. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would to-morrow ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department whether it was his intention to lay upon the table of the House the report of Mr. Moggeridge, the Commissioner who was sent down to the Midland Coun ties to inquire into the distress among frame-work knitters. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES. Lord ASHLEY rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the labour of children in the calico print-works of Great Britain and Ireland. The Noble Lord said the subject he was about to bring under the notice of the House he had so repeatedly had the honour of bringing forward, that he did not expect the House would de rive any material interest from its novelty or the evi dence or arguments' to be adduced in its favour. But he did hope that the House would be good enough to extend to him a patient hearing, because he was about to bring forward the case of a large class, which had never yet been represented in that House. He was about to speak in behalf of a very large body, who were much oppressed, and had been altogether forgotten, but whose interests were of great value to themselves ; and, if taken in connexion with their contemporary -labourers, of great influence on the empire at large. In 1840 he had • the honour to move in that House for a Commission to inquire into the employment of children in the various departments of labour; that Commission made a very ample report ; in the summary of that report they made these statements: —They stated in a general review of the condition of the children employed in the various trades and manu factures of the realm, exclusively of the children employed in factories, which were inquired into at a previous time, that with respect to great masses of several thousands, he might say several hundreds of thousands, of children of tender years, there were many instances of their beginning to work at the early age of three and fouryears, many more between five and six, and that, in general, regular employment began between seven and eight; of the whole number of children employed in different trades in manufactures, a large portion were under thir teen years of age, and in a very large proportion of these trades female children were employed at an equally tender age ; that in a great number of instances the employment was continued for fifteen, sixteen; or even eighteen hours consecutively, and that in almost every instance the children were worked as long as the adults. Schools were wholly beyond the reach of the children, on account of the early age at which they were sent to work. This was the summary presented by the Commissioners, adduced from a large survey of a consi derable number of children employed in the various trades and manufactures of the realm. Of all these cruel and pernicious employments—pernicious he meant in the extent to which they were carried—one only was brought under their consideration ; be had the honour of proposing to the House the removal of females from employment in collieries ; but of all the various trades and manufactures that had been investigated, that was the only one that had been submitted- to the House. In every other respect all had been left undone ; not one hour had been struck off their term of labour, not an hour had been added to their recreation •, and they had not had the advantage of a power which had been brought to bear on the other cases—they had not had the advantage of public opinion—public opinion had not been awakened in their behalf. 41t this he was not astonished, when he considered the enormous labour it would require to wade through these ponderous folios, to arrive at all the information con tained in them, and to drag to light all these recorA of suffering, ignorance, and shame.—(Hoar.) But it mtht be said that he perhaps was chargeable with that neglect, and that it was his duty to have brought the matter under the consideration of the House. Undoubtedly it was more his duty than any other man's, but his excuse was that he had not had the opportunity, and most undoubtedly he had not had very great encouragement. He was now, however, prepared to take up the subject, and lie did hope that, in consideration of the urgency of the case and also of the moderation of his proposals, the House would be induced to give him some part, if not the whole, of that which he was asking in behalf of these young persons. He hoped it would be borne in mind throughout the whole of this discussion that he limited his demand en tirely to those children under the age of thirteen — which were children by the. definition. of the• Factory Act. - The vast proportion of these were females, and con sequently demanded more especial protection from that House. He did not think that in the exclusion of those of more advanced ages justice and humanity would be satisfied; but the demand he now made was made in accordence with what he could obtain, and not in accordance with that which he considered was required. The trade which he would especially call the attention of the House to was that of the calico printing, with all its subsidiary processes of bleaching and dying, which trade was carried on, accs , rding to the report of the Commissioners, to the greatest extent in the cotton districts of Lanca shire, -Cheshire, and Derbyshire. There were a few printing establishments in the neighbourhood of London and Dublin. He would just state to the House, on the authority of the Commissioners, what were the ages at which children begin their employment. The Commis, sioners stated that in Lancashire and Cheshire instances occurred of children beginning as early as between four and five years of age, several between five and six, many - between six- and . seven, still more between seven and eight, and the great majority between eight and nine. In the east of Scotlandchildren commenced work at the same early age. A paroehial minister, of the name ofDempster, stated that they commenced work as early as five years of age,• and consequently from being taken from school so early they knew nothing beyond the alphabet. There were exceptions to this rule in the print fields of Kent. In the works of Mr. Sweeting there were only two chil dren of five years of age, and in those of Mr. Apple ' Barth there were only six under thirteen years of age. In Ireland the system presented a remarkable contrast to the state of things in England ; showing, as it did, a most remarkable care for children of tender years. Out of 833 persons employed only 109 were under, 13 years ' of age. The Commissioners stated that a very large proportion of the children and young persons were girls. In Lincolnshire upwards of ono third of.those above 13 ' years of age were females. Now, lie would just show, as far as it could be ascertained, the whole number of those employed. From the returns obtained in the present week -from Lancashire, Cheshire, and Derbyshire, it appeared that the number of children under 13 years of age was 5,346. It must be borne in mind that these returns gave only the number of chil dren actually employed at the tune. It often happened that the works were standing, and he believed it would ap pear that the total number for which provision was made in the factories was not less than 8,492. :In the West of Scotland the number was estimated at .5,000 ; but Commissioners said that this was exceedingly under the mark, and the total number mentioned in his return amounted in fact •to 13,492. From all the inquiries which he could make on the subject, he was convinced that the total number of children employed in these several branches of industry, was not less than k 5,000. He would Bow state to the House, what must have a wry important influence on the moral character of those employed, the state of the places in which this work was carried on. The Commissioners said that no thing could be worse than the state of these places. It was undoubtedly true that there were many proprie tors who paid as much attention to drainage, ventilation, and warmth, as circumstances would admit. But, on the other hand, there were many other places which N't et e in a most detestaVe condition. The atmosphere of the dashing rooms was stated to be so filthy that the children's eyes were extremely irritated ; and even affected into inflammation by the particles of filth and dust with which it was iirpregnated. The stoves were occasionally red hot. and the tempera lure of the apartments generally from eighty-five to a hundred degrees. He found children, between eleven and twelve years of age, working fourteen hours a day, in a temperature of a hundred and ten degrees of heat. Sometimes, too, wet garments were dry ed in these rooms, and the air was, consequently, more noxious. The Noble Lord then quoted the opinion of Mr. Davis, a surgeon, that at particular seasons such labour was unfit for females. The continuity of the labour was the principal objection. If the periods of toil were diminished, much good would be effected. (The Noble Lord was here quite inaudible in the gallery.) The nominal hours of working, as stated in the rules of the establishment, are fair enough, but they are by no means the actual hours of employment ; as it was not at all uncommon for children of from five to six y ears old to work from fourteen to sixteen hours a day. Now, in Cheshire and Derbyshire, and other plac es, the timefor adults was not allowed to exceed twelve hours a day ; but in those places, too, those were only nominal hours, for there were scarcely any regulations at all, inasmuch as that the people worked by the piece, and were, therefore al lowed to work as many hours a day as they pleased. He (Lord Ashley) was aware that in bringing evidence of this kind before the House, he would be trespassing to a great extent upon the patience of the House ; but, as - there could be no doubting its authenticity, he would rather support his case by such evidence as this, which did not admit of dispute, than call upon the House to rely neon any statement of his own. He would now read-the evidence of one of the work men. The Noble Lord then read the statement, which was to the effect that the workman, whose account he was, reading, "had often gone to work at nine o'clock on Wednesday night; and did not leave off till Satur day night ; and that a boy did the same. This would scarcely be believed, but nevertheless it was true, that he never left the shop from Wednesday to Saturday night ; that he was him self completely knocked up at the end of that time, and the boy was almost insensible ; while there were se• veral others who came on the Monday, and did rot leave until the following Monday. The next statement he would read, was that of a man named Henry Richardson , w ho stated that he worked all day and all night. In t he West of Scotland the nominal working hours were from six in the morning till six in the evening, yet in the report of the Sub- Commissioner, it was stated that instead of regular hours he had found young girls working as much as eighteen hours a-day. These-long hours were not necessary. That they could be dispensed with was proved by what had occurred in such large firms, as Greg's, Watson's, and Jackson's. These houses had not been able to carry on even the re duced hours of Moto for three months together. When he called for reduced hours of labour for young people, especially in these ',arks, it was chiefly for those periods of the year when (as we understood) they were least able to endure those protracted hours. Of all the features of this employment, that which he was now about to describe was the most abhorrent—that was the practice of night work. According to the reports of the inspectors the practice was carried on ; and in some districts it was so general and constant that it might be called part of the system, and where it was not car ried on the establishment might he considered an exception to the rule. Relays of children took place at different times—sometimes from six to six, sometimes from twelve to twelve, and at others from four in the morning to four in the evening. Now, he would show the House what was the opinion of the children them selves. [The Ncble Lord then read extracts from the -evidence, but in a rapid and indistinct manner very difficult to follow. They were to the following effect] :—Eliza Hales, eight years of age, had worked all night, four nights of - the week, before she was six years old. William ----, nearly nine years of age, - a tierman, had frequent!) , worked all night. He had worked all day and night. John Candy, nine years old, had come to the works at six o'clock on Friday morning, and had worked all day and night, until six o'clock on Saturday morning. He bad been obliged to take snuff to keep himself awake. William Archer said he knew men who worked three days and three nights without going home. The same state of things existed in Scotland, but in Ireland, which appeared here also to the highest advantage, there was in general no night work. Since the improvement in ma chinery, however, there wasa decrease in the labour of the children. Their physical condition was improved since that improvement had taken place, but with regard to the moral state, the evidence was most lamentable. Their education was almost totally neglected, and the parents thought it better to get two-pence more for their labour than to let them, go to school They were quite ignorant of moral restraint, and gave themselves up to pilfering, druukenness rnd crime. Mr. Evans gave testimony to the effect, that the number of scholars in his school had decreased one-half since 1832. And it should be recollected that this took place, notwith standing the increase in the population; from 1832 to 1842, at which time Mr. Evans gave his evidence. It was not surprising after thin that the Central Commis • sioners should say in their report that the time which the f c()n°3ase qualification th e their f females were at work prevented them from learning needle-wook and those careful habits of order, without esin lavnhdicthhtahtegyencoeuroldl want not of husbands' women earn ings, n - ings, or bestow upon their homes any degree of comfort, of that class, wa • s stated by clergymen and medical men, employers, and other witne sses , to tbe one of the great and prevailing causes of crime and • • immorality amongst the working-classes. Those were- the words of the Commissioners, and not his (Lord Ashley's.) Was that state of things to continue ? What was the remedy lie p: oposed for the evil. He would propose the total abolition of night-work for all females of whatever age, and all of both sexes under thirteen. (Hear, hear.)' Ile was entirely of opinion that no loss would accrue. from this arrangement to the employers; and if that were so, was it it not the highest and most sacred duty to apply a remedy to a state of things fraught with so much immOrality and crime ? Night work was proved to be most injurious to the eyes, and was most lamentable in that respect. The Commissioners had not stated any countervailing advantages to the employers (rom their night work. There was more work spoiled by night than there was by clay. One of the largest manufacturers in the world, Mr. R. Hargrave, of Ackworth, had shown that a great deal of work had been spoiled by night-work The average loss of spoiled wor k u p on th e machine was 10 per cent , while the average loss in quantity upon spoiled work, front night work, was 50 per cent. The re sult was that the loss upon spoile:l work was to an im mense extent—to such an extent, in fact, that night work was equally injurious to the employer and the employed. ....e(llear, hear.) He had received two letters from two of the most respectable overlookers in Lancashire—Mr. John Graham and Mr. Davis, and those gentlemen had given him permission to make those letters public. Mr. Graham said he had recommended his em ployers to give up night-work as far as women, young persons, and children were concerned, on the score of economy. And Mr. Davis said that Mr. Thompson had been induced to give up night work, partly on the score of humanity and partly on the score of economy. On the score of humanity with a view of securing to the women and children a proper night's rest, and on the score of economy, be cause the loss upon the spoiled work more than coun terbalanced the gain upon the extra night work. He was bound to say, however, that these gentlemen, Messrs. Davis and Graham, did not recommend the hours of labour in certain cases, but, nevertheless, they fully admitted that the evils, in many instances, were too manifest. He should propose, that after October, 1846, that no child, under thirteen years of age, should be-allowed to work -more . than eight, hours a day in a week of six days, or twelve hours a day in three alter nate days. He should propose making provision by his Act for the education of children, two hours a day would be allowed for educational purposes to children-who worked eight hours a day for six days in the week ; and three hours to be permitted the children who - worked on three alternate days in the week. Now, he did not know whether it was ne cessary that he. should meet beforehand the arguments likely to be adduced against his BilL , He might be told that the forests were sufficiently ca pable of providing for the welfare of their children, and, therefore, no legislative enactment was neces sary to force them to do sos The inquiries he had made on this part of the subject, led to a different (=elusion ; and although they had ample means to afford their . children education, they preferred the pence they earned to providing for their future welfare. He might be told that poverty was the cause of this—that poverty was the great reason that induced , them to send their children to work. But if they attended to the evidence of.the Commission ers, particularly that of Mr. J. Symons, they would find that this was not so much the case. He felt that he had wearied the House, and be had but little more, to say on the evidence of the state of these unfortunate creatures. He had great fears that the repetition of individual cases, but the frequent reiteration of the subjelets of the same class must b.-come exesedingly tedious to the House. But it might be, that he suffered almost as much as he inflicted. The extent of. the research and corre spondence, an d the mass of labour, cheered by little or no prospects of success, sufficiently proved, that his endeavours had not been warmly responded to. It was necessary that an attempt should be made, and better to do so even though failure should ensue. On what ground opposition would be made to this motion he knew not. He had .g imperviouslygarded with the ut of the most caution against spe akin character and conduct of individuals. He had en deavoured to expose a pe rnicious system without hurting the feelings of any man. In all the debates on the sub ject it had been conceded that protection should be ex tended to very young children. Their inexperience, their helplessness, the deep interest the Legislature was supposed to have in their moral and physical welfare, had been urged as reasons why protection ought to have be( n extended to persons of such tender years. [LEFT SPEAKING.] he • MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 18.) Suomt.—To-day, in conseque nce of the hi g h rates for West India Sugar, there was very little business transacted, and the quantity sold did not exceed 20 hhds and trcs ; the rates were 2s above those of Friday. Brown Jamaica is worth 55s to 565, low yellow 57s to 595, middling 603 to 645, good and fine 65s to 69s per cwt. REFINED.-To-day the home trade purchased Refined goods with caution ; for brown Lumps 70s to 71s accepted, and. 73s per cwt for standard Lumps. In bonded Crushed Sugar there was very little done, and 31s 3d to 31s 6(1 is the value for forward delivery. M.sunrrius.-This afternoon there was no public sale, but a large parcel of 10,000 bags is declared for Friday. Pri vately several parcels were sold at 6d to is advance. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon all descriptions of Bengal Sugar met with much attention, and 3,195 bags 48 casks at auction were all sold at an advance on former rates of 2s for white, and 2s 6d to 3s per cwt for brown and yellow ; fine white fetched -67 s to 67s 6d, good 65s to 665, middling 64s to 648 Gd. damp and washed 63s 64 to 675, good sound yellow Mauritius kind, 61s 6d to 625, middling 58s, greyish yellow 55s to 55s 6d, low 52s 6d to 54s Gd, damp and washed 52s to 575, soft white 1193 to 598 Gd, low damp brown 47s to 48s, washed 43a Gd to 45s Gd, very low sound 43s per cwt. There was a very large business done privately. MoutssEs.-This afternoon there was a large business transacted in West India Molasses, and the rates paid were Is per cwt above those of last week. FonErcsr.-To-day there was more disposition to purchase Foreign Sugar, and holders manifested firmness. A floating cargo of new Bahia was sold for a new port, white at 24s 9d, and brown at 198 per cwt, the quality was good. 2,200 chests of fine yellow kind were disposed of for exportation at 22s 6(1 per cwt. At public sale 100 barrels 200 bags of Pernambuco were offered, and were all taken in at 20s to 21s, for good yellow 18 to 19s, for brown, and 17s 6(1 to 19s for damp and washed, being 6d to Is above their value. COFFEE.-This afternoon there was a good demand for Mocha, 550 bales at auction were all sold at 6d to Is per cwt advance, middling greenish clean garbled fetched Cls to 635, good middling bold 64s 5(1 to 655, niiddling brown 59s to 625, ord brown 51s, ragged 38s to 48s, bold triage 635, small broken 38s Gd to 39s 6d, and black' 19s. Of osta Rica 605 bags were all taken in, bulked tine ordinary at 625, good ordinary foxey 443 to 48s, ordinary 38s; the damaged, however, sold at 30s 6d to 465, and inferior 17s 6d to 28s 6(1. Of 809 bags 43 barrels of Rio, a very small part only sold at easy rates, and fetched 55s for middling dark coloury Jamaica kind in casks. The remainder was taken in at 31s for good, and at 31s Gd for line ord rather coloury. TEA.-To-day the market exhibited a languid appearance for Congou, and prices are drooping, 100 to 'lid is the value of common and good common cash. Holders of Pouchong are now inclined to sell, but for llyson there is a better demand. At public sale 6,775 packages more offered, 1,800 of which sold, 1,000 packages were Pouchong, which went ld per lb under former rates, the remainder consisted of Hyson, which fetched id to 2(1 per lb advance. Cocoa-This afternoon at public sale 155 bags of Bahia Cocoa were sold at 37s 6d to 38s 6d per cwt for fine bright Red. SrxcEs.-This afternoon at public sale 552 bags of Malabar Pepper were only partly sold; good fair brown rather mixed at 30, grey 3d, and sea damaged 2id to 21(.1 per lb, 10 bags of long fetchen lis 6d per cwt for fair sound. RUM, Bi:ANDY, AND Horx.axtrs.-For Leeward Island Rum prices are still drooping; 2s to 2s Id proof, and at 2s ld for 2to 3 per cent overproof of very common quality. Sellers of Calcutta upon lower terms, 130 birds at is 101(1 to Is l ltd proof with certificate. Demerara id per gallon cheaper. For good and fine Jamaica prices are still kept up : 2S to 34 per cent overproof 3s 5d to 3s 10d, better quality 4s to 4s 41, line 4s 9d to 5s Gd, and high flavoured sorts 6s to 7s per gal lon. In the Brandy market there has been bUt little business done, and lower rates are again taken : Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; 1839, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8(1; 1840, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1841, hints 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d ; 1842, 'Aids 4s Gd, puns 4s 4d; 1843, birds 5s 4d, puns 4s sd, common 2s 8d to 2s 10d, mid to good mid 3s to 4s, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 9d per gallon. Geneva dull of sale, and prices are droop ing; Is 9(1 export sorts; fine for home consumption is 2s 4d to 3s. For English Corn Spirits the market is very firm at lOs 2d per gallon, cash. • RICE.-An increased desire has been manifestad to pur chase Bengal at 118 to lls 6d for mid and good mid, and at 12s per cwt for superior ; at auction 700 bags went briskly, good bold clean white at 12s to 12s 6d, sea damaged • lOs to 12s, 108 pckts realised lOs for good broken, 9s 6d .for small, and 8s to 9s per cwt for sea damaged. Madras has been fetching stiffer rates; 8s 9d to Os are the prices given for yellow. Jaya is much wanted, and full rates are offered; white is worth lOs 6d to 12s 6(1, and yellow Os to 10s per cwt. Cleaned Rice is wanted, and prices rule firm, Carolina at 23s to '2Bs, 'and Patna 13s 61 to 17s; there is not a large quantity being made. INDIGO.-An increased desire has been manifested to pur chase Madras Indigo, and large parcels have been sold at an advance on the rates of the hist quarterly sale of 2d to 3d per lb. Bengal has fully supported former prices. Spanish is still wanted, and 50 serons of Guatemala at public sale were all sold at 2s Ild to 45 6d per lb, for ord cortes, but good to middling sobres went a little cheaper. Ons.-In Linseed Oil extensive purchases have been made and an advance taken place, sales on the spot at 25s 3d to 25s 6d and for forward delivery at 25s 9d to 26s 3d. A good demand for Rape Oil, 37s to 37s 6d paid for pale, and 36s to 36s 6d for brown. Olive has been in excellent de mand-Gallipoli at 437, Spanish 411 lOs to 42/, Barbary and Sicily 401 to 41/ per tun. Palm in good reques, and higher rate are given, fine fetching 26s to 26s 6(.1 per cwt by private treaty ; at public sale 53 casks of low .went at 20s to 225, the quality very ordinary. Ceylon Cocoa Nut Oil 27s 6d to 28s 6d, but 228 casks from Sydney at public sale were only partly sold at 25s to 265. In Common Fish Oil there has been very little done, Cod is 28/ lOs to 29!; Pale Seal 311 lOs to 32/, Southern 271 to 311. Sperm is in fair de mand, fine British at - 84/ to 86/, and American 80/ to 831. TATLOW.-For Russian. a small reduction in prices has occasioned the demand to be good on the spot for Candle, and soap making-purposes. P.Y. Candle of first 'quality • 39s 3d to 3959 d, and inferior sorts at 37s Gd to 39s per cwt; For forward delivery few buyers are to be met for October, November, and • December next 39s 3d to 395 6d per cwt accepted. Town Tallow has suffered a de cline of is to is 6d; but the IoW rates of 395 6(1 to 40s per cwt induced the - trade to purchase largely Other kinds of Tallow are rather cheaper, still the demand is good; at auction 63 pkgs of Cape fetched 40s 61 to 41s : 288 pkgs of South American 34s - to 37s 9d; 93. casks of New South \Vales 37s to 403 6d; 50 casks of St. Petersburgh 37s to 37a 9(1; but 46 casks of Belgium Town Melted Tallow were taken in at 39s 3d to 40s per cwt. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEn. 17, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : Wednesday, sth March next. Wednesday, 12th March next. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT TILE QUEEN'S LEVEES, AT lchabod Hagg, tailor, Colchester, Feb. 24, at half-put 4 twelve, and April 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanhury_ Thomas Wilkinson, draper, Hartlepool, Durban-, Feb. 26, at twelve, and April 14, at half-past two, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Waklev, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne; Marshall, Durham; llarle, Newcastle upon-Tyne; .Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. William Hall, grocer, Claypath, Durham, Feb. 26, at half past eleven, and April 14, at half past one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne; Marshall, Durham; Harle, Newcastle ..upon-Tyne; Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. Thomas Rees, porter brewer, Liverpool, March 3, and April 1, at,twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bed ford. row, London ; Harvey and Falcon, Liverpool. Joseph Scott, paper- dealer, Liverpool, Feb. 26, at twelve, and March 25, at half-past twelve, at the Liverpool District Court: Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Parkes, Smith, and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Greatley, Liverpool. Samuel Crew, coal merchant, Bristol, March 4, at one, and April 1, at eleven, at the Bristol Dictrict Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Gray, Bristol and Bath. John Hutchings, boot and shoe maker, Bath, March 3, at one; and April 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Bachelor, Harford, and Co:, Bath: • . William:Knight, oil-cloth manufacturer, Manchester, Feb. '2B, at one, and March 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle-temple, London; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester. James Schofield, grocer Creenacre-inoor, Oldham, March 5 and 24; at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee; Menchaster ; Barrett, Man chester ' • Bower and Son, Chancery-lane; LondOn: John Holman, victualler, Exeter, Feb. 27, and March 27, at eleven ' at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel , official assignee, Exeter ; Turner, Exeter ; Spyer, Broad-street buildings, London. Thomas Griffiths, jun., wine-merchant, Wem Shropshire, March 1 and - 27, at eleven. at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Ham mond, Fumiyal's-inn, London ; Brown, Wem ; liodgson, Birmingham. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 17. SALE OF LIQUORS ON SUNDAY. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions fron Carnarvon, and other places, against the sale of liquors on the Sabbath. INCOME-TAX. The Order of the Day for going into a Com mittee of Ways and Meat.s was then read, Mr. GREENE in the Chair. On the motion that the income-tax be continued, ' being put, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, he was very glad that the Right Hon. Gentleman had consented to postpone,' for another day, the decision of the House on this question, because the more he thought of the question the more he conceived its importance to be great and greater even than the Right Honourable Gentleman himself seemed to suppose. If he could agree with the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Kendal, who seemed to be greatly enamoured of this tax, and thought that it ought to be permanent, he could find some comfort, because he believed it was approaching to that accomplish ment—(Laughter)—but, for his own, part, be had been accustomed to consider the income-tax neces sary, indeed, in great emergencies—for the carrying on of a war of an arduous and costly nature, but subject to some of the greatest objections which could be urged against any tax.—(Hear, hear.) He had always been of opinion that it was unequal, and vexation and fraud were inherent in the tax. It was impossible to deny its inequality, for no man would say it was equal that a person whose income 'was derived from a landed estate or the funds, which he could leave to his children entire, was in the same po sition as a person in a profession--a surgeon or an artist—whose bread depended on the continuance of his health, or who, by the loss of a limb or a defect of eyesight, might at any moment be deprived of his income. —(Hear, hear.) No person could say that those two persons should be considered in the same light. Neither could any person fairly deny that great vexation w inseparable from that tax—that a person engaged ha trade, who was obliged either to submit to the payment demanded of him, or show all his accounts, and the matters in which he was engaged, was not subject to very great vexation. With regard to the fraud and evasion, he believed no man who had been concerned in the collection of this tax would deny that great frauds were practised under it ; that the man of the most integrity and the moat honour paid the tax fairly and was subjected to the least reduction, while those who wished to evade the law either found the means of doing so, or entangled the Government and them /selves in the most expensive proceedings. Such being the evils of this tax he had heard with surprise from the Right Hon. Gentleman on Friday night that they were inseparable from it. He had sometimes thought that by different modifications, by alterations with respect to uncertain incomes, and by changing particular provisions which bore hard upon particular classes, the tax might be rendered less vexatious. The Right Honourable Gentleman had had three years to observe the operation of the tax, and th:re was no reason why he should not wish to make it more equal and less vexatious if he could. Yet he declared that • • it was impossible so to do, and that he would show by argument that any attempt of that kind would but aggravate the injustice. He did not pretend that the process was not vexatious and inquisitorial.—(Hear, bear.) But what he argued on the last occasion on which the property tax! was imposed was, that any attempt to make any alteration would lead to a greater injus tice than that which it cured. He did not, and he could not prove:that the defects were such as could not be remedied, but what he proved was that they were inseparable from the nature of an income-tax. What, then, was the conclusion ? Why, that this was a tax whose great merit was its productiveness to the revenue, but which could only be imposed on great and urgent necessity. When theßight Hon. Baronet pro posed the income-tax last year, he alleged in its defence the necessities of the times. He said that, although they were at peace with the powers of Europe, yet the addi tions made to the armament in the Mediterranean, the war with China, with all the expenses which it entailed, the war in Canada in the west, and near the Indus in the east, though they did not amount to an European war, constituted circumstances of emergency which, in his opinion, justified the imposition of the tax. He went still further, and said, that in imposing this tax, he would not consider only the sum which it was requisite to raise to balance their income and expenditure, but to make a provision for the alteration of certain duties on customs, that would increase commerce and invigorate industry, thereby trying an experiment which he thought would succeed in improving the condition of the people, and at the same time get back the amount of revenue that had been sacrificed. He thought ho was not stating, inaccurately the grounds on which the Right lion. Ba ronet based the tax on its original imposition. But in addition to the grounds so stated, they had also the re marks of the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the last year, to the same effect. The Right lion. Gentleman, in adverting to the Budget he was then introducing, explained the various reductions that were made, among which were several that did not come into full operation till lately. The Right. Hon. Gentleman then said—" I am not able, on the short ex., perience we have had, to conjecture what would be the result of the reductions, still less what view the House would be disposed to take in the course of next year. In this year the income-tax would come under conside ration again, and then it would be for the House to de termine whether it should continue or not. Such being the case it must be obvious to every one that he should not be acting an honest part if he induced the House to consent to any large reduction of duties, which could only have the effect of preventing Parlia ment from coming to an unfettered judgment on this subject, because if the reductions diminished other branches of the revenue the House would have no al ternative but to reimpose the tax or take refuge in na tional insolvency." The First Lord of the Treasury was said to be very reserved with respect to his inten tions, but he (Lord John Russell) must own that ho did not think he would have been so reserved as to conceal his intentions from the Chancellor of the Exchequer.— (Hear.) He had just given the grounds on which the latter declined to make any great reduction of duties. Now, in bringing forward his propositions the other evening, the Right Hon. Baronet lost sight of both these grounds; and he certainly expected that the Right Hon. Gentleman would have shown some particular cir cumstances in the condition of the country, which called for a remedy of a formidable and searching nature. He had scarcely touched upon either of' them topics. He had never given any statement as to the reduction of the revenue. The Right Hon. Gentleman took a very popu lar course—a course which produced great enthusiasm, but which he thought was one attended with no incon- siderable danger to the country. The Right Honour able Gentleman showed that if they went on with , out an income- tax, there would be a small defi ciency, the year after next, in the income—that would be a ground for continuing the income-tax for a short time, and the resolutions in the Chairman's hand seemed to justify the continuance of that tax for a short time. But the Right Hon. Gentleman went on with the consideration of a great number of other taxes, and the duties ,which he proposed to abolish, and then, when he had totally destroyed the surplus which remained, and left only 70,0001., he took advantage of the pope larity which the abolition of taxation caused to induce the House to consent to the income• tax. The result of that course would seem to be the imposition of the in eome• tax, not merely for three years, but perpetually. (Hear, hear.) If the Right Hon. Gentleman had taken another course—if he had said, " Now look at my tariff —see what my tariff has produced ; see that, although the duties have not entirely recovered from their reduction, they have been gradually increasing, and in three years I hope the original amount will be restored." The Noble Lord went on to say that he regretted the course the Right Honourable Baronet had taken ; no period in history could be shown in IA hich the revenue had, from a reduction of taxation, increased to the amount of 6,000,0001. ; for that, in three years. should be the amount it should increase to, in order to balance the deficiency. It 'was not aisigned as a reason for the continuation of the income tax, the position in which this country was placed by reason of its relations with foreign States, because the Hon. Baronet said they were at peace with all foreign powers ; neither was it justified by reason of the reduction or the abolition of duties the Hon. Baronet had proposed ; therefore he (Lord John Russell) was justified in saying that the in- ). come•tax would not be temporary, but wouie always renewed. 1:e (Lord J ohn RusLell) Doe,. licved the question would always be , in rtgard La „4 income-tax, as the Chancellor of th e Exchequer D;(1 stated laseyear, between a renewal of that impost 50 a national insolvency.—(Hcar, hear.) Well, now the House look at the statement t he Ri g ht Hon. EaroPeto made upon financial and commer cial g rounds. e As rd what had been stated upon financial g rounds, i t John Russell) would own they di d not admit of olyc bo fault. As to the statement in her Majesty's s peech t c ., 3 it was not r Majesty's intention to increase the oil list this year, of course the Hou se and the N un a ll should be rejoic, d at this, while they .were n ot O tlO surprised at it.---(llfar, and a laugh.) With reell e ` the increase of the navy estimates, ronet had left out of his statement that which licittitti J. Russell) looked upon as the must necessary p °, l , e a while he went into a detail of matters tot at all ic' a u f o r the Right llva, la fur. There were details which were always loa ke „.at. as a matter 6f course in the report of the Seerat g '4,r. War; and the House always admitted that a enn b o l e • able army force was required to be kept up in grants!the vies, and the supplies for that department were ar y without any objection by the House, whether the i f b re , in power was 't% big or Tory.—(Hear, hear.) re• gard to the navy estimat( s, he (Lord J. Russell) w 6 I , c l juiced to find that, in this department, the , 11 , wal which was apparent in the years 1834 and 184.0. it .• now about to give way to more vigilant attee'l_ hear)—nor did he think that a force of ten sits of the line, for such a maritime power ' as.,ret• was, should be looked upon as a great e° sion.—(Hear, hear.) But it did appear, Votel whole statement of the Hon. Baronet , that the es l _, ha ve were very large indeed, and much large r than coulacesai been expected, considering the aasence of those la which led to an increase some few years ago.,,, ae ld stance, from the year 1841 to the year 1842, I.P`Saaist of the public expenditure, including over hal ing nCh be for the support of the army in Canada for tho amounted to .18,167,0001. Then, the estinaates_,, otie year ending January, 1843, including 1 over nineteen millions ; and the amount of the es t oti to January, 1844, was 18,895,0001., and this aine e a s tger conceived, should be looked upon as considerabb ore than it ought to be, when it was remembered abtlys,eol. was no peculiar cause for it.—(Hear, bear.) , : ;thi s' he hoped and believed, that when her Mojes t Y; t :ld ters came prepared with their statement, they fa come prepared with good and sufficient reasonsdia ,350,000403,0 increased amount of the estimates, and if dial. ail a ,f r , he would not join in any vote for nat diminution 'of them.—(Hear, be et consequence of voting those estimates i votaa to it," a there would be a surplus with the inef a , n/ „%orr; 3,400,000/. Now, he thought if the whole ot Pro sr:‘ was to be disposed of with respect to many cies chosen, it would be said that they ha ea - 00% a ously chosen with respect to promotiog the in' • w or commerce of the country. The tax on cottorteralPa tax on the raw material—a most important to, ~ trade, was against all sound commercial atitiZoieita he mast confess that he rejoiced that it was the o°o take it off.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to aota t !a glass he concurred with the Right Hon- f a t t t , tc a that tax greatly impeded manufactures in "la sot and he thought the Right Hon. Baronet COe to6"00 better than take it off. With regard, how t he ° l a of the other taxes it was proposed to reinov e t ta thq to observations would not apply. With respac, t „a oval tion duty of the Right Hon. Baronet who do' "we ll al keep up any surplus, why 300,000/. should be gpe dives in in auction_ duty he could not tell. Althoug h t ja ea generally agree with the property-tax Although of e . e i Member for Lincoln, he thought it we ni : much better to have taken off the tax on nr` -i bah 6 1! than auctions. The Right Hon. Gentleman ate,a that there had been no complaint made of t he was true, and he seemed to take to himsel f a t a g ef,': le' finding but a tax that aught to be rernov"'l,"iirg,lloree nobody complained. Now, generally saeaaartliena' hewed that when the people found a tassa they objected to it, but that was no t the'; tbed (Cheers.) The tax on soap, he believed, "bah one remaining on the necessaries of life (0" Smith said ought to be repealed, but tbe to t ri a l° Gentleman had said nothing with respect so ( Wail He thought that the Right Hon. Gentr au esg t° ,o . have gone further. He thought that in e ee° Fed House the Right Hon. Gentleman should have 01 ward and said to that House, " Do 3ou thiolbyt,tbe°,) petual income-tax will be sufficiently rePaid remitted by my proposition ?" But thelitoo p , another part of the Right HOD. Baronet's Pooo se 'refi el he begged to direct the attention o f the O b o e ? meant its commercial policy. The Itighato sacra had referred to the tariff of 18 42 , and " improved condition of the revenue to the ehnaaitpll tariff. Now, he thought it would have h ee p - r i6e eJ the Right Hon. Gentleman had given , 61 ; rott f eo .t , °- instead of general statements. He bau " nl of House that there had been a great i n creas e t at' P i ; in the Customs, but not a single word A 8 titular articles on which that duty ha" ,0 O t a t e,3 (Lord John Russell) believed that as ,f,:e r , e , tr d t judged from returns presented to the W e ' osr°"„tif',l regard to the duties which the Right flonaefeel)-5!?,t, reduced, there had been a great has to the Bust them, and that the great increase ha the ta t* 1 . 1 been solely on articles untouched by hi s aa 6r : r tif i h e regard to the articles of consumption in, Ojai 'l'i schedules, there appeared a loss of 5,50 0 '.'"„ e - tet lr i,el!j reduced, but a gain of 17,000/. on those 'a a li a i i: l 4 , the Right Hon. Baronet's measure. In t,, 11? "the it' f :f there was a gain on those not touched 1,695,0001., while the loss on those 0 5ec : b 686,0001., leaving a total 'gain on thee°,, e -c e t,°:o ° " . 1,900,0001 Now, as far as that statemen t s- nig h e n g appear that the proposition of th e the ~00 1 Baronet had not been fairly put t e „ f tire,.'V't il o The gain which had taken place had been -J o ' d e t a to the improved condition of the countrP„, se aa' lo harvests, revivals in trade and manufactur`ad ch e b ol changes in the tariff. The Government," t he) fo r ;' of Trade might have a case to s how- ha ve the Right Hon. Baronet should i; e~h be the House what that case was, an d whyic ical„a considerable increase on those articles on ne t f t l i` o , of o f reduced the duties. The Right Hon. 13411 ;roia e a to go further and to remove 400 arti c les otbe r e ,11 0 0 ( ration of the tariff. But there was n° duties, with regard to which the Right W e ,: ilia o il' a dealt differently. With regard to th s ` d aa-- 4 ,01. commercial policy to which he had 00 11 . 4 of oll lc a which were long ago settled in the oPini;ard t , o r eslae who at all looked into them, anti Ai there was no opposition—one principle ' OO 0 1 ; 0 5 ; 5 , was, that there should be to export duti iir aple rec ord produce of manufactures. Another and 0010011,40 a to charge a duty on the raw materials on e ar t ale s iva These were excellent principles which we r a ae rert,d by all. In 1721, Sir Robert Walpole in n glisa e s tion by which no less than 130 articles l ucr e o g r e( 1 ,0 0 were affected. With regard to then 3 ha ve t b ., it little dispute. Everybody was glad to , o . o % p er , t iO i t tion and to have the advantage of it. ri d e itA rl ,o o wish to dispute with the alight Hon. Gu ott li opt vo i r was a good thing to take off the duty n u , e oal, c 0. 10'; 0 0 who would wish to see the Gentle data- on d tsl' e of 4 4 i' Therefore, the Right Hon. man balks til c o tage of these circumstances in the te te t Wi t s o cis t b B principles, where he was not likely.to •9 01 0 010 tion. But there was another prin e %ralr le as s it acknowledged, of which Sir Robert t w hich r at o al statesmen of his day were ignorant, h e by 5 f lad ja i developed and proved to demonstratie.n ae cl• oci be re and a great writer, Dr. Adam Sinitnilecipie otottrio,‘ soon after acknowledged to be ajost Panoipleciesvolla, an authority than William Pitt—th e that e n o r c e , r ti ought to be no protective duties—thar. o wes , ai)e,.a to protect certain branches of ma fact, doiegheo"ol4; classes of industry, they were, in '‘ e- fi re l to o' one part of the community for the tY t r o s bat be lO itio ie another; but that after all this benen a i f, oa f rent benefit, because that very class In e behtould the whom they committed this injustice,. ila be -_ a ifi.,p/ Trey deprived the consumer of article: jo k:c ot ., V i a to buy, that very class itself wa s V i 4 long run by that species of legislatiod spp ro oi , , a oe But this, though a sound principle, and air. !, 3 I `,ll o greatest writers, and acknowledge% " w ho 11 : n tri , t be Grenville, and Mr. Huskisson, and the o° o' 4 part in the commercial legislation 0_ „ to 00 oi t . o 011 were worthy the name of statesiniebnie " to oa t roa f a; former principle in not being r oe eora3 ,ao a ff t l ,l easily admitted by all classes o .0f that aiu nt ar t. , B the contrary, whenever a chang e an d vh )le e pti e ,:t ll) ,l posed, they always found a fiercerest, w ho lot t h oci ,t B ; on the part of the protected Intel to ita ar bi l , not only that itself ani all belongTartraeuiooasees, nation itself was interested in tha t FBp ea, 6 0 6 hear) pea , 'on . e` national industry.—(Elear, ahoo alt. c oil o tl truth of this principle was aa vise d that o bese 0 0 1 0 writers and wise statesmen au awa yevit it 0 00 ! deliberation should be used inodnoit.nlit_..sufboitieovtd.-Togetoo,lo:ii In fact, there were no laws fit matter for legislation. If tt!, e i ya s qalt' re aea t 0 0 1 1 commit a fraud or act of coal', order tltorni/Ige'lli`t'Pc late and punish if they aromfotarapieroi crimes. But when a man piece ° r night, in order to produce a otba ar"' "°` he wished to exchange for soineeh an a ct w bel m ar support himself and familras s c t i l otia bt ne t rn the D ail all praise and approbation, a aar bear, ft o ° f lee o bi r ,, ' fered with by legislation.---(% s pirit a joea s ata sition.) How perverted was "eal on isle id which turned frompraeygerneta, it was unable to to interfere with the natural exchanger mei_orw,) i t and to control that desire bY,,l a v theigearalr opl a ia bta to earn an honest livelihood and it o re r to the had tioried e d were just principles 0 aria me n „ aw e vas , those great men whom Ile, ero n Cl ll O l 3 rea lif t : re j lll ; . o e p e r t ofe ?i ss * Y o r b e estko:gib t r t e.' o l ; oughtflight ntoonb.eStahreonoehtj those and' of o f se ; and abolish those imps natur al, c ti r o . jp, endeavour to break dow t n inooo 40, and caution, restore a Inag e the 'Set abouts„,,e, With respect to sugar did oraote orb i ir 7 o t be terfere in any way to P :Near , ropoe Wochitit'u,r plan of legislation?—( ;Id be not P tota l Pr e bioli;e tion.) On the contrary, " this year, " se ar 0. 1 '4 'a. by the law he briegs. in who se at " ao lool ej e a ion l i at against certain countra by ~n e a _ o f rate than that obtained from reposed to d: t his B r la c Right Hon. Gentleman an d th i.as " t ae Pij o e. o lo ing the present prohibit' ha ° t the sagaaia Itigi4oore , „$e such a restriction was , - th i n k that pt hing prr,do slave colonies. lie did ded °ln- lice" ea ) 'ar e ba ronet should have procee / war t , ot Ito eof his• ---k b e " than on that F, whose na aie s bou pa- a pi Gertcallr Co ° to ° t o ° bad that beenth e negotiator f r o n:1 13 0; a t setu_dmit sugaob jectio wet" on his return, proposin,Z tq `i y ou ha ve 11° n o°' would naturally sab rown e ett° re sdu slave - g ro i n in the w o i r ,:ch no objection to au's res pect ur se. tobacco—(slave-groFln e c li t r ) e b t e e ' a ra sA grown, and even with _tt yo u oci have no objection to suer beret to Brazil, and bring bu —ontb°er articles sugtrs o._tito MEDICAL REFORM BILL. • Mr. BECKETT presenied a petition from Leeds, ex pressing the approval of "parts of the proposed Medical Reform Bill, and declaring their conviction that the re moval of the preSent. restrictions would only have the effect of encouraging quackery. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Man chester, in favour of the Medical Reform Bill. FACTORIES .ACT. • Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions from Ren frewshire and other places in Scotland, praying that the provisions of the Factories Act might be extended to bleach works. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Lord RENDLESHAM presented a petition which he requested might be read by the clerk at the table—it complained of the general agricultural distress, of the burdens that press upon agriculture, aLd prayed for the repeal of the malt-tax. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Lord MARSIIAM presented a petition from the Isle of Sheppy, in Kent, against the Medical Reform Bill. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a petition from a place in Norfolk against the HE M MALT TAY form Bill. T Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a petition from the same place, for the repeal of the malt-tax. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from a place in Ireland in favour of the Medical Reform Bill. THE MALT-TAX. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN presented a petition from a place in Sussex for the repeal of the malt-tax. - NAVIGATION OF THE TYNE. Mr. MATH ESON presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the !navigation of the Tyne. INCREASE OF THE NAVY. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from certain indi viduals 'who were opposed to war, against the proposed increase of the navy. TUE TRINITY HOUS4,- Mr. HUTT presented a petition.fronAltill, complain ing of the mode of election of the brothers of the Trinity House. MEDICAL REFORM, Mr. 0. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from York against the Medical Reform Bill. ST. JAMES'S PALACH. The Noblemen and Gentlemen, who propose to attend her Majesty's Levees, at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with then► two cards, with their names thereon written, one to be left with the Queen's Page in attendance i.i the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Llrd in Waiting, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those Gentlemen who are to be presented are informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman who is to present them (not the Lot d in Waiting), should be sent to the Lord Chamber lain's-office, before twelve o'clock, on the Monday previous to each Levee, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall hereafter be made at the Levees, but in conformity with the above regulations ; and further, that no person shall be admitted, on any pretence whatever, who has not been so presented. It is particularly re quested, that gentlemen, who are to be presented at the Le vees, will have their names distinctly written upon the card to be delivered to the Lord :in Waiting, in order that there may be no mistake in announcing them to the Queen. The State apartments wilt not be open for the reception of company coming to Court until half-mst one o'clock. Notice is hereby given, that all persons, having petitions or addresses to present to her Majesty at the Levees, are to write on two cards, with their names, a statement of the object of such petitions: or addresses, and of the persons from whom tkey come; one card to be delivered to the I'age in the ante-room, and the other to the Lord in Wait ing, who will read its contents, at the time of presentation, to her Majesty ; and, on these occasions, no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A deputation to present an address is not to exceed four persons. WHITEHALL, Fran. 17. . _ _ _ The Queen had been pleased to present the Rev. James Burdon Clyde, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Broadworthy, other wise Bradfordisworthy, with the chapel of St. Pancras, in the county of Devon and diocese of Exeter, void by the death of the Rev. John Law. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 17. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. %rough of Buckingham—The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart. Borough of Stamford—The Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart. County of Wilts (Southein Division)—The Right lion Sidney Herbert. • CROWN OFFICE, FEU. 18. MEMBER _ RETURNEE. TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA. MENT. Bonoucit or LEWES.—The lion. Henry Fitzroy. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE En. l' 17. • Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General H. Evelegh to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Pritchard, deceased, Feb. 6 ; Second Captain H. S. Tireman to be Adjutant, vice Grant, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, June 2:3, 1844. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— J. C. Wickham, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb.ll. Conunissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian. Royal Mid-Lothian YeoManry Cavalry—Sir D. Dundas, Bart., to be Captain, vice Sir J. S. Forbes, Bart., resigned ; A. Thothson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sir D. Dundas, Burt., promoted; W. S. Walker, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Thomsen. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12, 1845. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Gibson, of Wigan, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. EXCHEWER BILL-OFFICE, FEB. 18. The Exchequer Bills, dated in the month of March, 1844, viz., per 6 and . 7 Victoria , cap. 87, 9,132,1001., 1843, with the interest due thereon, will be paid paid off on the 18th day of March, 1845, when the interest w ill ce a se . Such Bills will be received daily, from half-past ten o'clock till two, until and including the 7th day of Mai ch, at this Office, where lists are to be obtained, con taining instructions fur arranging the Bills. The bearers must endorse each Bill with their usual signatures, and write their names and residences at the bottom of each list; and where the names of holders are inserted in bills, the bearers, not being such holders, dust previously obtain their endorse- ments. The bearers must attend to give receipts for the payment. Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 18th day of March, upon leaving the bills for examina tion.one day prior to that on which such payment is desired. New bills, bearing an interest of one penny halfpenny by the day upon every one hundred pounds, and dated the said 18th day of Ilarch, may be obtained in whole or in part pay ment of principal of the Exchequer Bills aboVe-mentioned, upon stating the required amount on the lists, delivered on or before the said 7th day of March, which new bills, with the interest on the bills exchanged, will be issued on the 19th day of March. N.B. All Exchequer bills charged on Supplies, dated prior to March, 1844, have been advertised to be paid off. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. James Diamond, merchant, George-street, Tower -hit BANKRUPTS. - • Edward Closson, stationer, Lower Holborn, to surrender, Feb. 28, at two, and April 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingliall street ; Fraser, Furnival's-inn. John Peart Birley, plumber and glazier, Brotnpton-row, Ilrompton, Feb. 28, at half-past one, and March 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Buchanan and Grainger, Basinghall street. O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 X B. 2 0 100 0 17 10 . 5 0 70 0 30 0 5 0 1 10 1 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 2 10 1 0 1 10 2 10 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0