The Sun. — London, England, 1850-03-14 00:00:00

ti}..trti VZ'ottion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY•) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Hurdle Race. Wharfdalu Maiti Little Queen . ... 1 ... 2 The Grand Stand Stakes. Mark Tapley ••• Timothy ••• ••• •l • ••• • • • The Grand National Steeplechase. Rachael Lucy Neale The Municipal Stakes. Peasant Girl Theory ... ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocit. NORTHAMPTANSHIRE STASES. 13 to 2 agst Osterley 13 to 2 agst Harriott 8 to 1 agst Mahratta 12 to 1 agst Belus 13 to 1 agst Fernhill, METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Cheerful WARWICKSHIRE HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Defaulter 4 to 1 agst Dart 4 to 1 agst Ballinafad 6 to 1 agst Keleshea CHESTER Cur. 40 to 1 agst The Flea 100 to 1 agst Tarn Wadlin DERBY. 13 to 2 apt Ghillie Callum 7 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 22 to 1 agst Mayors 30 to 1 ag t st William the Conqueror IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo, sack at Eve o'clock. The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition from Selby a,2aimt a Sunday delivery in the Post-office. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from Somer setshire in favour of the Bill authorising marriage with a deceased wile's sitter. L , )rd BROUGHAM moved fir certain returns relat ing to the practice of the Judicial Committee of the Frivy Council. TL NOBLE and LEARNED LORD also presented a pet:. ticn in livcur of an rxtensiou of the jurisdiction o: county courts. CONVICT PRISONS BILL. Earl GREY moved the second reading of this Bill. At present the prisons for the reception of persons un der sentence of transportation were Milbank, Park hurst, Pentcnville, and Portland. They were calcu late t) ecconamodate 5,400 prisoners, and ware under four separate authorities. With a view of introducing an uniformity of manage msnt, the same gentlemen had been appointed es in spectors by ell those authorities. It was :intended by this Bill to plane ai those person under the autho rity of visitors apt Anted by the Crown. The difficulty of devising an c fficient system of secondary punishments was grc a', and the utmost that could be expected was, that they could only arrive at a sitisf:ctory result after a long series of ex peaiments, all tending to progressive improvement. A Committee of the House of Commons sat on this sub ject in 1338. and opened the eyes of the public to the existence cf many evils, and soon after the report of that Committee Pentonvilie Prison was erected as an experimental prison. A reformation took place in the year 1844, in the plan of punishment adopted for convicts in Van Diemen's Land, by which the assignmesar system was done tinny with and a system of discipline under the superintendence of the authorities substior el for it. The measures then adopted failed for want of ac'equate means in Van Die men's Land for carryii g them out, and from the large number of convicts sent out It had been the intention of Lord John Russell, when Secrstary of the Colonies, to transport only a small proportion of convicts, and to keep the greater portion at the hulks, but in consequence of a resolution of the H -, use of Commons in 1841, condemning the retention in this country of convicts sentenced to transportation, a number of convicts were at once thrown upon Van Dietnen's Land amounting to 7,942, and in the three subsequent years, 17,637 male convicts were transported there. The consequence was a Test extensive system of demoralization, ta) remedy which his predecessors had determined to stop transportation fur two years. The present Govern ment had approved of that measure, and had determined that penal labour in this cour.try, Bermuda, or Gib raltar, should always precede transportation to dis tant lands, such pellet labour to be always pre ceded fn. .a certain period by separate confinement. At the same time it was determined to adopt a system of sending out persons under sentence to the distant colonies not as convicts, but as exiles, with conditional pardons. This system had cot succeeded as its framers could have wished. It had always been found that mere removal without r egal labour was not effectua', and it was found that it was impossible to organiz ) a system of penal labour and co ercion in the Australian colonies. Hence it was con cluded that that part of the sentence which included coercion and penal labour ought to be inflicted at home, and that a portion of that punishment should consist of separate imprisonment. There were some who held that separate imprisonment was efficient because they looked only to the physical condition of the convict. It had however been found in practice anything bat a light punishment; the great fault was that it could not be carried out for a sufficient length of time. Human nature could not bear it beyond eighteen months, and the evidence of medical authorities went to show that it ought not to be continued beyond twelve months. It inspired great horror and dread in cri minal persons who had undergone it and were again convicted than of those who had undergone any other secondary punishment. A criminal would rather undergo any discipline than suffer separate imprisonment. It was therefore proposed that all persons sentenced to transportation should undergo a certain period of separate imprisonment, and the means now existed for applying it. A considerable portion of Millbank had been filled up for that purpose, and in certain county gaols cells bad been fitted up, so that there was now accom modation for the seperate imprisonment of 2,000 per sons. It was proposed that afterwaids these convicts should be employed f, r a certain period on penal labour or public works in Gibraltar or Bermuda, or other places. It was certainly necessary to devise some punishment additional to eighteen months' solitary confinement for great crimes. He thought a useful method had been devised by the engineering uflicers of Bermuda, who had devised an excellent system of task-work, which had answered admirably. The greater number of criminals were averse to continuous labour, and when they found that the consequences of crime were to subject them to continuous labour of of a much harder character than any to which an honest man was subjected, the consequence could not but be most beneficial; be-ides, continuous hard work so fatigued the convict, that at the conclusion of the day he was not inclined to indulge in immoral conversa tion, but was too glad to take his rest. He objected to the hulk system as at once inefficient and costly, and he preferred employing convicts on public works. There was a convict prison at Portland, the situation was such es to enable the authorities to keep the convicts completely isolated, and they had there at presect 3 , con vaos employed in the construction of that most useful of public works the Portland Break water and hentS)our. .of refuge, and the experiment had hitherto been attended with the most complete success. He hat after grave consideration come to the reluctant conclusion that it was necessary to maintain the convict settlement at Norfolk Island to that settlement a small portion, and a _small portion only of the worst convicts should be removed. He thought that the dread of transportation to Norlolk Island would produce a wholesome effect upon the other convicts. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Birkenhead Improvement—Liverpool Cattle Market —West Bromwich Rates. The report on the Buckinghamshire Railway Bill was considered and agreed to. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. BROTHERTON moved that it be an instruction to the Committee,of Selection t 0 treat the Newcastle upon-Tyne Improvement, Amendment of Acts, and New `Streets Bill, as an opposed Bill.—Agreed to. Mr. BROTHERTON also moved that it be . an instruc tion to the Committee on the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Im provement, Amendment of Acte, and New Streets Bill, to entertain the petition of Sir John Jervis, her MajeFty's Attorney-General, against the said Bill, not withstanding that the same was deposited in the Private Bill office later than seven clear days after the second reading of th• said Bill. Referred to the standing order Committee. PETITIONS. . . Several petitions were presented against Sunday Lour in the Post-office. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham, praying for an amendment of the Factory Act. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from Longford praying for agricultural protretion. Arr. DUNCUFT presented a petition from Oldham praying for a❑ amendment in the Factory Act. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition to tl e same effect. Mr. W. J. FOX presented a similar petition from Oldham. Mr. ELLIS presented a petition from Leicester" pray. ink; for the extension of county courts jurisdiction. Mr. DUNCAN present, d a petition from a place in Scotland:prayin g f,r an amendment of the Factory Act. Mr. MUNDY presented a petition in favour of pro tection to agrieuiture. Sir R. li. INGLIZ presented two petitions against the Marriage Bill; also a pc titlon from Bolton praying for an amendment of the Factory Act. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY presented a petition pray ing for the amendment of the Factory Act. An HON. MEMBER presented a petition from Derby praying for protection to native industry. Mr. SPOONER presented two petitions from the me dical gentlemen of Birmingham, praying for an amend ment of the law, so as to enable medical practitioners to receive compensation from railway companies whenever their services were called into operation by accidents on railways. As the law now stands, the party injured is liable for the fees of the medical man. The Hon. Mem ber gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the petition be printed in tho Votes, with the view of found ing a motion upon it. Lord BROOKE presented a similar petition from Warwick. Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions praying for the amendment of the Factory Act. One of them was signed by 14,000 persons. Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY presented similar peti tions. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented similar petit ions. Mr. BLAIR prevented a petition praying for the re peal ( f all taxes upon knowledge. Mr. GOULBURN presented a petition from Bradford praying for an amendment of the Factory Act. Mr. VERNON SMITH presented a petition from Bolton against the relay system in factories. Mr. F. 0. CONNOR presented a petition, signed by members of the National Land Company resident in Manchester, in favour of the winding up of the com pany; also petitions from places in Nottinghamshire, and from Lincoln's Inn, playing fur a repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition from Glas gow (as we understood) praying for the repeal of the Excise duty on soap and other commodities. Colonel SIBTHORP presented; petitions from places in Lincolnshire against the relay system in factories. Mr. HUME presented a similar petition from factory workers in Huddersfield. . . Mr. BROCKLEHURST present'd a similar petition 'rom the factory population in Macclesfield. .TEN HOURS BILL. _ _ Sir G. STRICKLAND presented petitions from factory workers in Preston and Bolton in favour of the Ten Hours Bill. MT STAFFORD and Lord JOHN MANNERS presented similar petitions from Halifax and other parts of the manufacturing districts. Mr. COWAN presented several petitions from differ ent places in Scotland against the Marriage Affinity Bill. Lord JOCELYN presented a petition in favour cf ex tending the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Bolton pray ing for an effective Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire to the same effect. Mr. ADDERLEY presented a similar petition from Bolton. Mr. SPOONER also presented a similar petition from the same place. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from Liver pool against Sunday labour in the Post-office. SAVINGS' BANKS. The LORD MAYOR ( f DUBLIN gave notice that to morrow he should put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the suhj,ct of savings' bank!. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME moved f,r a return of the amount of money paid for the maintenance of Shahoo Maharaj, the adopted son and h.ir c f Pertaub Shean, the late Raja of Sllttara, of the Ranee, his widow, and the rest of the family, since tbo Raj.'s death in October, 1847, and the dates on which the payments were made; together with copies or extracts of all correspondence with the Ranee, and f the orders set t out to the present time by the Court of Directors rf the East India Company re specting the future maintenance cf ;he Raja's surviving family. The return was agreed to withrut any opposition. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the prices of various articles of fool, clothing, and household stores bought for the use c f the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, and c f the rate of wages paid to artizans employed in that es tablishment; together with the prices of provisions at Bethlem Hospital; and of bread and meat bought by the Commissariat Department, during etch of the years 1836 to 1849 inclusive (in continuation of a statement in Par liamentary Paper No. 189 of Session 1836). —Agreed to. IRISH. MAGISTRACY. Mr. F. O'CON,.\iOR wished to a,lc the Noble Lord, the Prime .linister, if he had any objection to submit to the House copies uf the correspondence which had passed between him and Dr. Grattan, who bad lately been deprived of the commission of the peace in Ireland for presiding over a public met ting. Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection. Mr. F. O'CONNOR gave notice, tien, that on an early day he should move for its production. CHURCHYARDS OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON wished to put a question to the Noble Lord the Member fur Bath, a question of which he had given him only a momentary notice toeause the cause which gave ri,e to it had only come under his notice within the last half hour. When he came to the House this evening he passed through St. Margaret'. church) art, and tinder the tower of that church, and within a f w yards sf that House, he saw an open grave ready fir the interment of a corpse. Now it I sing in evidence that interment in St. Margaret's churchyard was injurious to the health of the Members of that House, and also to society in general, he begged to ask the Noble Lord whethLr he had any power to check or put an end to a nuisance which was not only injurious to Hon. M mbers sad t) society in London, but el►o con demned by the general voice cf the community at large? Lord ASHLEY hoped that Her. Members would give their attention to the report which had been laid on the table of the House, in order that they might see in its length and breadth the enormous mischiefs that arise from the system of intzamural interment. Under the Nuisance Act he and others .'.tempted to close some of the graveyards in the metropolis ; but the magistrates thought they had exceeded their powers, and that they had no rat ans of interfering with graveyards, beyond ordering now and then that certain disinfecting substances should be scat tered over them. Mr. GOULBURN said that when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer ha was informed by the churchwar dens of St. Margaret's that they were then about to buy a piece of land for a burial-ground away from the church. Sir G. GREY said, with regard to the question cf the Hon. Member for Westminster, the report had not been long in the hands of the Government. That re port was now under their consideration; a Bill had been prepared on the subject, and very soon after Easter the Government expected to bring in a Bill founded on the report.—(Hear, hear.) THE CENSUS. In reply to a question from Sir JOHN WALSH, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that although it was desirable that a Bill for regulating the taking of the census should be introduced this session, yet that so many objections stocd in the way that it seemed to be better to delay it for another year. RUSSIA. Mr. ANSTEY wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department a question with re spect 4) to , 1 , withdrawal cf the excess of tLe Russian troops which at present occupied the Danubian provinces. The Noble Lord htd stated that, in accordance with the convention, that excess of number would le withdrawn. Would such be the.case? If so, would any portion of Sir W. Parker's squadron be withdrawn? Lord PALMERSTON had already declared that le had received the most positive assurances of the Russian Government that the troops would be withdrawn. With respect to the latter part of the question, the conduct of the squadron would depend upon circumstances. Mr. ANSTEY wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord to withdraw the squadron, or any past of it from the Greek waters? Lord PALMERSTON—The service on which they were engaged would prevent that. BLOCKADE OF ATHENS. Mr. G. BANKES wished to ask the Noble Lord whether the blockade of Athens had actually ceased? Lord PALMERSTON said that a blockade, properly interpreted, meant the prevention of any vessels going into or coming out of a port. The squadron before Athens had only prevented the passing of Greek vessels from the Piraeus. Sir W. Parker, on the Ist of the present month, had withdrawn a portion of the squadron, on receiving instructions from her Majesty's Government, and an in timation that they had accepted the good offices of the French Government. Mr. HUME wished to know who it was that would have to pay the value of the ships which had been de tained by the British squadron? Lord PALMERSTON said that the ships had been detained in pledge for certain sums due to English sub jects, and would be detained until those claims were satisfied, but no longer. TEN HOURS' BILL—RELAY SISTEM IN FACTORIES. _ _ Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition in favour of this Bill. Mr. T. M. GIBSON presented a petition signed by a number of manufacturers and musters of Manchester as sembled in a public meeting. The petitioners stated that it was understood that it was the intention of the House to pass en Act to restrain them from working their hands by relay?. The petitioner stated that the system of relays enabled thorn to give more employment to young children and females, and that a suspension of it would interfere with the proper employment of capital. They prayed that the House would not sanction any al teration in the existing law, but that if they did make any al*ration, they wonld also extend the limits o f th e time now allowed to 11 hours a day, or 63 hours a a eek. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition in favour of the Bill. Mr. BRIGHT bad a similar petition from the hands employed by Mr. Rayne, of Dewsbury, but an infor mality in it prevented him from presenting it. FACTORY ACTS. Lord ASHLEY rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to declare the intentions of the Legislature in re spect of the hours and mode of working under the Factory Acts. Tho circumstances which led him to do so, he :said, were very simple, and he would be brief in stating them. In 1847 a Bill for regulat ing the time of labour in factories was introduced. By the Act c f 1845 it was enacted that labour in factories should be confined between the hours of half- F ast five in the morning and eight in the evening,—a period of fifteen hours; but by a clause it was provided that the labour of all young persons should be calculated from the time, when % they first commenced in the morning and that none should work for more than ten hours. The result was, that under the interpretation f that Act, the system of relays and shifts were alto gether impossible. Aft( r the passing of the Act of 1847, it was discovered that the section limiting the labour of younr, persons, was not so stringent as to entirely exclude the system of relgye. Great discontent was consequently produced among factory operatives, cross and contradictory decisions were given by magistrates on the clause, and no one knew exactly what the clause was. To prevent further litigation, a case was referred to the Court of Exchequer for its decision, and the result was, a decision ad verse to the interpretation put upon the Act by the factory inspectors • and Mr. Baron Parke declared that the words of the Act were not sufficiently strong to carry into effect what the court strongly suspected was the intention of the Legislature. ' —(Hear, hear.) Believing himself that the object of the Legislature in passing the Act was to interdict shifts and relays, he now asked for leave to bring in a Bill to more effectively carry out that object. Mr. Baron Parke gave it as his opinion that the in tention of the Legislature was that relays and shifts should not be allowed, but the words of the Act were not sufficiently stringent to prohibit them. But that was not all, for Mr. Inspecter Horner, in hia report of December, 1849, stated that he knew cf his own knowledge that it was the intention of the framers of the Bill of 1844, that the working by shifts as had been practised in 1833 should be prohibited. In 1844 the inspectors were called upon to suggest an enactment which should remedy the defect in the Act of 1833; and in the following year, doubts havirg arisen as to whether the Act of 1844 really did prohibit relays, the S(cretary of State wrote to the in spectors, telling them that as he interpreted the law the relay and shift system was interdicted. They had there fore the fullest testimony as to the intentions of the framers of the Bill, but in addition to that testimony, he recollected perfectly well that in the year that the Bill was before the House ho moved an amendment, which he carried twice, that the labour of each day should be from six to six, with two hours for meals. Now let him call the attention of the House to the reason and neces sity if the Bill. He remembered well that the Act was granted not simply upon the arguments relating to health and suffering, but in order that the working people should have ample time every evening for domestic re creation and moral improvement, so as always to keep their body and souls in a healthful condition.—(Hear.) Now, let the House see the effects of the shifts and relay system. A gentleman writes thus to me— Mr. BRIGHT asked if the Noble Lord would give the name of the writer ? . . Lord ASHLEY said be would not. He would state that the letter was written from Stale-bridge in March, 1849. He would also state, on his word of honour as a gentleman that the writer was a person fully compe tent to give information on the subject. The Noble Lord continued—The writer of that letter said—" I have teen to-day to see some factories which are worked under the relay system. * • * In one factory I found 335 young persons and women working by relay. They are set out at different times in the day, so as to bring the actual working within ten hours. They are sent out of the mill without any regard to the distance from their homes (some of them living two miles off), and without regard to the state of the weather.—(Hear, hear.) The lads c f thirteen, up to eighteen, and the young girls and women, are to be seen wandering about the streets, and to what temptations to vice and profligacy they are thus exposed I need not say." There was another very strong argument at ainst the system of shifts and relays. It was the utter impossibility of de tecting evasions of the law, and the great facilities that it gave to employers to keep the parties employed during the whole time, and so as greatly to exceed the ten hours, and sometimes eleven and twelve. Mr. Inspector Ball said, in one mill an employer had given work to more than 1,000 hands, and stated that if he had the power of distributing his hands, under the relay system, he should have no difficulty in cheating the inspector. The Noble Lord then went through a series of state ments by millowners, in order to show that it was per fectly impossible to detect the frauds practised in the system of relays of labour, and then proceeded to say that seeing that such was the case, upon evidence which was unquestionable, he bad thought it to be his duty to bring in a Bill to reduce, if not to negative the evil. In doing this, he would keep to one particular point of the mischief arising from the continuity of labour. —(Hear, hear.) He would undertake to prove every single assertion that he made from fects, so that he should have the full concurrence of the whole House in the passing of that Bill.—(Hear, hear.) They all remembered the prophecies which had been made re specting the Ten Hours' Bill in 1844 and 1847. They all remembered that it had been unhesitatingly pre dicted, that if that Bill was passed, that it would be of the most serious detriment to the manufacturing in terests—that the rate of wages would be most mis chievously raised ; and that the trade would the country.—(Hear, hear.) Durirg the debate of 1844, when the Hon. Member for Bradford was making a most eloquent speech, he had said to a friend who was sitting by his side, " You hear that glowing eulogium upon the manufacturing interests—how will it he injured by this Bill?" The reply was, " Not at all."— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Eleven Hours' Bill had now been in operation fur three years, and the Ten Hours' Bill for two years short of six months, and yet not :e of those predicted evils had occurred. The prophecies bad all been falsified. He remembered that a gentleman now no longer in the House, Mr. Mark Philips, and the Hon. Member for Loncashire, were heard to cry out that if the Ten flours Bill passel labour would cease and capital be palalysed in this country—that it would produce a similar result here to that produced by the resolution of the Edict of Nantes on the industry e f France. But was that the case ? Since 1848 vast improvements in machinery bad been made, new mills erected, and vast sums of money invested in this branch of trade that were to lead to nothing but ruin. If be e ere answered in this way, that they wore forced by the Bill itself to a xpend all this capital to meet the changed circumstances, all he could say was that the Ten Hours Bill was the best Act that had been passed for many years. But these gentlemen were not men to cast their money into the sea without some chance of a return. Tho third argu ment was that production would be diminished by one sixth in proportion to the reduction of time. What had taken place ? In the two years, 1845 and 1846, imme diately preceding the limitation of time, the exports of cotton amounted to ten places of figures, making somewhere about 20,000,000,000 yards. In the two years succeeding that limitation 1848 and 1849, this amounted to 24,000,000,000 yards, the excess of the two amounting to 275,000,000 of yards. The same was the case with twisted yarn; the increase in that article amounted to 3,000,000 lbs. A petition which had been presented from Manchester stated, as a plea, that a diminution of produce would take place if this Act passed. He bad shown how far this was true. It was also stated that a reduction of wages would take place. He would enter on that subject also. He should show that wages had not been reduced, but on the con trary they had increased. He had said there would be a rise of a ages without any fear of combination, and he would ask any Member of the House if his predictions had not been verified. lie should be able to show that very great improvement in the moral, social, and physical condition had taken place iu consequence of the passing of the Act, and it was a matter of astonishment that such beneficial results could hare been produced in so short a period. He could occupy the House from that time until to-morrow in citing instances to prove the correctness of this statement, but one or two cases would be a sufficient evidence of the vital improvement which bad taken place throughout the manufacturing districts. The first assertion made by the opponents of the measure was that wages would be reduced in many instances to the mini mum of subsistence. Now, he admitted that wages had diminished, continued stationary, and increased There was not a single instance in which wages had been diminished where the piece wages had been brought down one-sixth, in proportion to a reduction of one-sixth of time. In the spinning department of one mill the reduction of time was one-sixth, and the re duet. on of wages one-tenth.—(Hear, hear.) The gentleman to whom it belonged told him that the total loss on a mule, calculating the work at ten instead of twelve hours was only 55., but that was to be divided among four parties, and the difference to each would consequently he very small. In the manu factory or weaving department there was an in , crease instead of a loss on a mule, and the manufacturer told him that the general improve ment, in all the hands, was at least 50 per cent. In instance had the wages loin reduced (see sixth ; in some instances they had risen, in others they had ben reduced ; but not more than one-seventeenth. lie ven tured in the year 1844 to tell the House a few home truths, which he would now take the liberty of repeating, because the life of the working man was made up with small details. lie would show that the working man had been more than compensated for any re duction that might taken place in his wages from reducing the number of hours from twelve to ten by his improved condition. Now, here was an instance which was given to him by an operative who worked in a factory, and which was a fair sample of the whole state of the factory labourers. Under the twelve hour system there was himself and seven chil dren worked ini the factory, their weekly earnings amounted to 21. 155., and after deducting 10s. for rent there was left 21. 59. Now this family re quired in the course of the week 26 meals,—that was four meals for five days, and three meals for two days. Twenty-six meals at Is. Bid. a piece, con sumed the whole amount after pa) ing the rent. Now look how it was under the Ten Hours. The very same parties were now working under the operation of the Ten Hours. Now, all allowing for various reduc tions, which amounted to about an average of 7} per cent., the total receipts of the family were 2L I Is. a week. Deduct, as before, 10s. for rent and other expenses and it left 21. Is. The saving in the meals amounted to 4s. 6 , 1.; and then came another consideration well worthy of the attention of the House, 18d. a week was soved, because the eldest daughter, being no longer re quired at the mills, can make the gowns of the family.— The positive saving, therefore, was ss. 4d. a week. That operative, and others like him, were better off under the operation of the Ten Hou rs ' Act than they were with higher wages under the Twelve Hours Act, and were, besides, vastly more improved in health. The clerk of the St. John's Female Society had informed him that the number of members of the society was 300, of whom 17-20ths were factory workers. In 1846 and 1847 the aggregate deficiency in their contributions amounted to 41., but in 1848-9 the balance of income over expenditure amounted to 44/ ; and they expected an equal surplus this year; and that officer also reported—" My opinion is that a great saving has been effected here, and the general health of the population has been considerably improved since the Ten Hours Act came int) operation." TLe Odd Fellows in connexion with the Wes leyan Methodists bore similar testimony. That cf itself was a sufficient proof that the system was good, and it was ascertained that the recreation thus o lif b e tai o r f ed th , e pr o o p ve e d ra i t u iv s e tr , u a m n instrumental t the e i n tsh p pe r i n o c l na o es n re g Instead s g t t e h t a h e d e n superannuated, as was formerly goworking , are now kept off the books for many years longer. (Hear, hear.) Well then, there was the assertion that the persons thus relieved ,yveuld use the time thus allowed badly. Such, however ; was not the case, for he had letters and reports from clergymen, school masters, and other persons in similar capacities in great numbers, aed the whole of them concurred in stating that the leisure time was most usefully employed.— (Hear, hear.) The young women were known to go to the evening schools in order to learn reading, writing, and needle-work, and they who were formerly unable to darn a' . ; stocking or mend a petticoat, were now enablt d not only to trend, but to make their own and their children's clothes ; so that the expense which had for merly been incurred for this object, and which was a serious draw upon the resources of the family was now all saved.—(Hear, hear.) By the report of Mr. Horner, who was engaged in one of the most important of the manufacturing districts, he found that the subscriptions to the burial clubs had very greatly decreased in his neighbourhood, and that chiefly in consequence of the reduction of the deaths of children under five years of age.—(Hear, hear.) And this he ascribed solely to the opportunity of the women being able to attend to their domestic duties, and fulfil the duties of wives and mothers. The Noble Lord then proceeded to read a letter from the Vicar of Leeds, expressing his full approbation of the Ten Hours' Act, and stating that since the passing of that Act, fifty night schools, which would all be closed if the relay system were permitted to remain in force. He (Lord Ashley) contended that if the House, after receiving favourably the proposition of the lion. Member for Oldham solely on account of the principle that some additional education was needed, were to render this Ten Hours' Act to be made null and void, it would hereafter be chargeable with hypocrisy when it began to talk of the necessity of education The Ten Hours' Bill also had given greater facility to the manufacturer's labourer to cultivate patches of land for himself. Sanguine as he had been of the measure, it had done more than he expected ; and no one could say that the people in the factory districts were not in the highway to social !cul tivation and improvement. The Noble Lord then read statements from different parties, both lay and clergy, in the factory districts, all of whom bore testimony to the good effects of the Ten Hours Act, and stated their belief that the relay system would undo all the good that had been hitherto effected in the factory districts. by the Ten Hours Bill, and would reduce the people to that state of semi-barbarism in which they were before that beneficent measure passed. He had now put before the House the state of the poor, the benefits of the Legislature that had taken place, and the effect that was likely to be produced by a mistake that had been made, and which he was anxious to rectify by the measure he sought now to introduce Tee Noble Lord concluded by moving for leave to bring 'n the Bill of which he had given notice. Mr. EDWARDS rose to second the motion, and was (LEFT SPEAMING CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAIL WAY.—(THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the Chester and Holyhead Railway was held this day at the Eastern Station ; Captain Moorsom in the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended. The advertisement convening the meeting, and the minutes of the former meeting having been read, the common seal was affixed to the register of shareholders, after which the following report was read by the secretary . " The Tubular Bridge over the Menai Straits having been completed for a s i n gle line, the directors have taken measures to avail themselves of it with the least possible delay. Lis understood that the Inspector on behalf of the Government will visit the Bridge to-mor row, and on his report, it will be immediately opened for public use. For full particulars in respect to this great work the directors beg to refer ou to Mr. Ste phenson's report. "Referring to the statement in the last half-yeealy report, the directors ave not prepared to recommend the creation of any shares in liquidation of arrears of interest on original shares. "The statement of the revenue account shows a net receipt of 42,9201. 13s. 7d. since the opening of the line, and the amount c f dividend paid to the preference share holders having been 39,997/. 4s. 10d., it appears that (exclusive of some further amount that may be due for mail service and Chester and Shrewsbury Railway toll, under arbitration) there is a surplus , of 2,923/. Bs. 9d. The directors propose that from and after the Ist January, 1850, all payments on account of interest and dividend out of capital should cease, and that a separate revenue account should be opened. " Tho directors are making the necessary prepara tions for the closing of the capital account immediately upon the completion of the works, and they refer with satisfaction to the statement of the probable cost, fur nished under the attestation of Mr. Coleman, which proves the general accuracy of the estimates submitted to the shareholders on the 16th March, 1849. The statement of accounts, which is already in possession of the shareholders, has been drawn up by the same emi nent accountant. " The directors, believing that it would be for the in terest of the company, as well as greatly for the public benefit, that the entire communication between Chester and Kingstown should be managed by them, tendered to her Majesty's iGovernment for the performance of the mail service across the Channel, at the lowest rate which they believed would cover the working charges, even when taking into account the peculiar advrntages which they possess in the railway traffic to and froin the port of embarkat: on. That tender has t een declined; and the directors have therefore to regret dr, this service may be placed in the hands of other parties, a proceeding so entirely at variance with the strong opinion repeatedly expressed in and acted upon by Parliament to the effect • that a continuous management was necessary to the proper working of the traffic between this country and Ireland;' and which must result in serious public inconvenience. " The Bill now before Parliament will be submitted fir the approval of the shareholders at this meeting, which has been special far the purpose. It will be ob served that the powers conferred by this Bill are merely permissive, and the directors do not propose to take any steps under it without bringing the whole matter again before the shareholders. They are at present engaged ;in communicati on w ith her Majesty's Government (the course of which bas been delayed by the illness of the Chancellor of the Exchequer), having for their object s uc h ass i s t ance as c o , rking of the line, will enable the company to complete the undertaking at the earliest period; but while a correspondence on this important subject is actually in progress, and the directors are also in communication with other parties, t w h i e threference and it would obviously be in jurious to the interests of the company prematurely to give publicity to the particulars of the negotiations. As they have reason to believe that these negotiations will shortly be brought to a close, they purpose then to call development o to fth t e he traffi lv a special general meeting, to which they will submit the result, together with measures which the directors may be prepared to recommend. " The arrears of calls duo at the last half-yearly meeting amounted to 44,5951., since which 3,928/. 10e. have teen realised, leaving a balance of 40,666/. 10s. The directors have used every endeavour to recover pay ment of the balance, and have been compelled to resort in some cases to legal proceedings, which, as anticipated in the last report, have only been partially successful. In consequence, your confirmation is required to a declara tion ;made by the directors of the forfeiture of certain shares (475 in number), the holders of which are in solvent. The directors further request your authority to dispose of these shares in such manner as may be found advisable." " The arbitration upon the amount due for the Mail Service is not yet completed, but the directors have re ceived a payment of 25,000/. on account, and anticipate that the award will very shortly be made. "It was anticipated that the line would have been opened throughout previously to this meeting, in which case an election of directors would have been necessary, but as this has been unavoidably delayed, the present directors will continue in office until the next half yearly meeting-, according to the terms of the Act. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, was at a loss whether to congratulate or condole with the meeting on this occasion. Their line had resulted in a saving to the public of some 60,0001., while commu nication between London and Dublin had been shortened by four or six hours. Now what bad the shareholders gained together ? why, absolutely nothing —worse than nothing, indeed, for they had not even the credit whisk usually attached to the performance of great acts of pub lic usefclness. He could not, therefore, congratulate them upon this aspect of their affairs, but there were some persons who loved a grievance, and if the Chester and Holyhead proprietors belonged to that class he could congratulate them upon having a grievance which gave them a strong claim to Parliamentary relief. They bad been forced to coutrihute 200,0004 to the Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, and to carry the mails for 30,0004 per annum; and whatever difference of opinion might be entertained upon the past policy of the company, there could be no doubt that they had a strong claim upon Parliament for immediate relief from some of their dif6- culties.—(Hear.) Mr. HENLEY then took exception to the language of the chairman, and accused the directors of having tricked, cheated, and robbed the shareholders of their money. Originally the capital was estimated at 2,000,0001., and yet tho expenditure had exceeded 4,000,0001. He, therefore. moved the following amend ment—" That a committee of five persons be appointed from the general body of shareholders, to inquire into and report upon all matters and things touching and concerning the accounts, contracts, and expenditure since the formation of the company, and especially to inquire and report upon the state of the relations with the Mold Company, and the legality of the proceedings of the directors in relation thereto; and also to inquire into and report upon the expenditure of the money raised from the shareholders of the company under the 10th and 11th Viet., chap. 2:38 ; also to inquire into and re port upon the Bill for leasing the line to the London and North-Western Company, with power to enter into negoaations with that company in regard thereto ; and that a especial meeting be held on Thursday, the 18th of April, to !receive the report of such committee, and that the consideration of the directors' report be deferred until snch special meeting. This amendment gave rise to considerable discussion, but it was eventually negatived by a large majority. The resolution for the adoption of the report was then agreed to, and the forfeiture of 480 shares upon the calls now in arrear was confirmed. The meeting was then ma d e s pecial, when The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution approving of a Bill for leaving the line to the London and North- Western Company. The Bill was merely of a permis sive character, and before the lease would be entered into the shareholders would be called upon to confirm the termF. After some discussion the resolution was agreed to, and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting terminated. NEWMARKET RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The half yearly general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern,. Lord George Manners in the chair. The SECRETARY re ad the report of the directors, which stated that, owing to various and unavoidable causes, the working of the railway between Chesterford and New market had remained, during the half-year, in the hands of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, with such results as the accompanying statement of revenue would show. During the half-year, the gross receipts amounted to 3,9031. is. 9d. being less than the average receipts of the correeponding period of the previous year, although the _ line was then only newly opened. The working charges had teen so extravagant, that the directors were com pelled to avail themselves of the arbitration clause in the agreement for working with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and to refer the demand for the nine months, from October 1, 1848, to July 4, 1849, for revi sion to Mr. Robert Stephenson, by whom the amount was reduced 1,4041. 7s. Bd., or 25 per cent. The direc tors had endeavoured to terminate this state of affairs by negotiation with the Eastern Counties Railway, but as yet had not been enabled to effect an equitable ar rangement. Negotiation with the mortgage creditors for a modification of the rate of interest to them, and with Mr. Jackson, of Pimlico, the contractor for the con struction of the line, and the principal creditor of the company, for working and upholding the railway at a fixed rental, and these arrangements were so far advaaeed that the directors had hoped to be enabled, by the ad journment of the half-yearly meeting, to state to the proprietors that they were definitely settled, and the ne cessarry deeds executed. At the last moment, however, the arrangement had failed, and it became a question of importance to consider what course of policy should hereafter be pursued, and looking to the utterly unsatis factory result of working the line through the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and the apparent imprac ticability of effecting arrangements from which creditors (and not the proprietors) were to derive the chief ad vantages, is might probably become expedient to close the line. The directors had made satisfactory progress in reducing the liabilities of the company. The follow ing directors, viz , Charles Smith Mortimer, Esq., and Janes Wheeler, Esq., retired from the direction by ro tation. Henry Rance, Esq., one of the auditors of the company, who retired by rctation, offered himself for re-election. On the capital account the receipts were 422,935/. 18. i. id., and the disbursements 421,900/. 65. 3d., leaving a balance of 1,0351. 1 ls. 10d. On the re venue account the receipts were 6,8701. Bs. 4d., and the expenses 2,6541. Os. 4d., leaving a balance of 4,216/. Bs. 01 Lord G. MANNERS, in moving the adoption of the report, said he regretted it was not of a more satisfac tory nature, but hoped they would have a much better account given of their affairs and prospects at future meetings. All chance of effecting arrangements either with the Eastern Counties Company or with the con tractor for the working of the line was for the present hopeless, and it might be advisable for the directors to shut up the line until the railway system in that particu lar part of the country was sufficiently developed, so as to afford enough traffic to cover the working expenses. Mr. MORTIMER, a director, stater, in answer to a shareholder, that the ult'inatum offered of the Eastern Counties Company was to this effect—to finish the line fur them as far a: Cambridge, to give 1 per cent. upon the paid-up shares—that the unpaid shares should be forfeited, and that the duration of the debentures should be extended from four to ten years, and that the holders of them should consent to a reduction of interest from 51. to 3/. per cent. The directors were, therefore, en tirely left in the hands of the debenture-holders, who had refused to accede to the terms, on the ground that they were not sufficiently fair. It was stated, in reply to further questions, that the purchasing of lands and cenve) ancing would amount to 14,000/., and the construction of the line to 23,0001., making a total of 37,000/. Six and a quarter miles of the line bad yet to be made. The directors would not make a further call until they had exhausted every means in their power to recover the arrears of calls. The report was then received. A resolution was next adopted, directing the board to make every exertion to obtain payment of calls, and to forfvit all shares in respect c f which the parties holding them were not able to pay the arrears. The retiring directors and officers were then re-elected, and after a vote of thanks to the Noble Lord, the meet ing separated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The report of Mr. P. Barlow, the engineer, states that on the Ashford and Hastings line a length of 16 miles, from Ashford to Rye, has been completed, with the exception of stations, and the bridge over the river Rothsr. The earth -work is completed on the portion from Rye to Lydbam-hill, a distance of five miles ; from the latter place to St. Leonard's, a dis tance of seven miles, the works are heavy, and less progress has been made. Of the four tunnels on this portion of the line, aggregate length 3,625 yards, there are completed 1,387 yards. On the Tunbridge wells and Hastings line the works are let in three contracts, of which No. 1 commences at Tunbridge wells and terminates at Robertsbridge, a distance of 15i miles, of which the first seven miles, comprising the heaviest and most difficult portion of the line, is nearly completed. The works on the other two con tracts are in an advanced state. With regard to the water supply in the North Kent district, the report states—" That the position of the North Kent line, at. the foot of the chalk ridge, and parallel to the side of the London basin, will enable a supply of pure water to be obtained for the use of London at much less cost than by any other plan ; one group of springs near Northfleet station measures between 5,000 and 6,000 gallons per minute, which are after• wards absorbed by the porous strata. The ques tion of the supply from Artesian wells in London has nothing whatever to do with the general supply from the chalk district, the ample quantity of which cannot be doubted by those who have examined the subject ; in fact, London is surrounded by more than 3,000 square miles of porous strata, which are charged with water like a sponge, in the outer edge to an ele vation exceeding 200 feet above the level of the sea, in which district the only rivers which rise are those produced by the mass of porous strata above men tioned being saturated by the rains faster than the water can escape in the impervious strata underneath. These rivers, it will be found by comparing them with the extent of surface from which they are pro duced, form only a small fraction of what may be obtained by artificial means. A supply equal to one fourth of that supplied to the inhabitants of London south of the Thames may be obtained for the sum now paid for the use of water at the London-bridge and Bricklayers' Arms stations. The state of the permanent way and works is satisfactory, the rails being little worn. The cast-iron sleepers are entirely used in the renewal and repair of the road as well as on the new lines, and further experience shows that the wear of the rails and the traction of the trains are reduced in a marked degree, from the improved joint, and the rail having a solid foundation instead of an elastic one. The sum required to be laid by an nually at compound interest at 4i per cent. for the renewal of the permanent way on this plan is 361.105. per mile." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAzcii 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been some. what depressed. The transactions were as follow : Grea Western, Quarters, 14—Dittto 171. Shares, 17 3 A dis.—Mid land, 38%. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day, and prices had a downward tendency, the market closing heavily at the quotations. The transactions were as fol low :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 16s. 3d. dis.— London and North-Western, 103 1 —Ditto, New Quarters, % dis.—Midland, 404—Ditto, Halves, 25 dis.—Birkenhead Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Chester and Birkenhead), 221. Shares, guaranteed 6 per cent. till 1850, 10IA dig.--Shrews bury and Birmingham (9/. 12s. 3 B.), 6 die.—North Union, Halves (No. 4), 7!, p.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, 5/. 13s. 9d. MANCHESTER, ISIARcH 12. STOOK EXCHANGll.—Business on our Stock Exchange to-day was very inactive, and prices remain almost station ary. The transactions were as follow :—East Lancashire, 8 15-16—Ditto, Preference, Quarters, 7 1 4 3 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 43—Ditto, Halves (Liverpool and Bury), 21— Ditto, Fifths, 8 13-16 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 7% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent., 12k— London and North - Western, 104 ex d.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 7-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnsbire, Preference, 6X I —Ditto, Grimsby Dock, 3%—South-Eastern and Dover, 17;i—Ditto, Thirds (No. 4), s%—Ditto, Scrip (No. 4), 5%. BIRMINGHAM, MAacii 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our share market was very heavy to-day, and the amount of business done was limited. The only transactions were London and North-Western, 104 —Ambergate, 71. Bs. 9d. dis. North Staffordshire, 11/. ls. 3d. dis. 11. to-day were as STocir EXCHANGYEO.-Th e M transactions eicir follow:—Great Northern, 7%—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, 14 1 4 iiitto Purchase), 1% —Midland, 39 GLASGOW, MAlcu 11. Srocz ExcrrArrox.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 50 1 4 —Dito, Halves, s—Monklands, 62 Caledonian and Durnbar tonshlre, 20s.— Scottish Central, 13%. The Royal yacht Fairy is in the basin re-embel lishing for her Majesty's service. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY..—. I- Japtain Halliday, Lieutenants Hewett and M'Arthur, and all the men of the above corps from Wool wich ; and Captain Fraser, Lieutenant Ansell, and all :the men from Chat ham, arrived here this evening per' special train on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway to join head-quarters. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 12.—Ht it Majesty's screw steam-sloop Conflict, Commander T. G. Drake, sailed on Monday for Lisbon. The steam-frigate Stromboli, Captain Lord Ame lius Beauclerk, arrived yesterday from Queenstown, having in tow the Dwarf steamer_ The sails of the frigate A.rethroa, .50, Captain W. Symonds, were bent on Monday : she will go down harbour on Thursday, and cruise. in the Channel a few days previous to sailing for Lisbon. Her Majesty's ship Albion, baying been rigged, was warped alongside the Endyixi ion hulk on Mon day. Mr. J. T. Towson, the skilful compiler of tables for " great circle" sailing, was yes terdsy unanimously elected an honorary member of this South Devon Natural History Society at Plymouth. This is the first society which has honoured its elf by the addition of Mr. Towson's name to its list of members. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13.—The Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the Navy, arrived here last night to make an inspection of the depart ments in his control at this port. The Dauntless screw steam-frigate, after much improvement by Mr. Fincham, the designer and•con structor, in her after run, &c., will be undocked to morrow or Friiay, and shortly commissioned by Captain Halsted. The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. Allen, master commanding, was undocked to-day, having repaired the damage she sustained by taking the shore off St. Alban's Head, which was of a very trifling nature. The Madagascar, Indiaman, Captain Hight, will sail from Spithead to-morrow. Captain Hight and passengers arrived and embarked this afternoon. The Lily, 12, Commander Bedford, is getting ready for sea with much dispatch. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid Price. Annum. Share. ---- ---- -.-....- -- - £ a. o. £ a. d. Sastralaaia .... •• •• • • 31. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Betel:North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon ••••..- • • • • - 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2214 Colonial . - Gloucestershire ••• • • • ,15/per cent. - - - lonian ••••••..• • • • •• ' 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 251,E Ditto ---••• • • • • • - - 13 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• . l6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17 Provincial of Ireland• • 181. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New..... ••• • 1 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. I 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 37 , Ditto, New. •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - South Australia ••-- , 5/ per cent. - 22 10 0 19% Union of Australia.... I 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto • • ............ I 6/. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of L0nd0n..... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - DOCH.D. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - - - £ 8. d. £ s. d. East and West Inel a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. 1 - - East Country - 21 London • • - 119 Ditto Bonds •••• • • .. 4/. per cent. - - - St• Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 80% Ditto, Scrip.. ••• • . • - - 85 0 0 .- Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• •• .• •• 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - BNICDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - - X. s. d. X. a. d. Charing-cross •• •• •• - - - 15 1 ,E Southvrrk •... .. • ... - 100 0 0 - 2 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. •••.• • • • • • - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 28 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .... •• • AY. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 WATER-WONJES., Dividend Amount Name of Company. ' per of Paid. Price I Annum. Share. - i £ 8. d. X s. d. East London.... ••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 176 Grand Junction ••.• • • 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 7i Kent •......... .... - , 31. 103. 100 0 0 - 76 Lambeth - 99 New Itivr Lndn Brdge , 21. 108. - - 55 Vauxhall ............ 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 98 West Middlesex . . • '61.0e. pr cnt. - - 115 GAS..X.IGIIT AND COED COMPANIES. Dividend Amount • Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - X. s. d. Z. s. d. British •• • . •......... I/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 Brighton •••... • • • • .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - - City of London ...... 101. 100 I 0 150 0 0 220 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 75 0 0 31 5 0 38 Equitable- ...... •• -50 s. pr share 50 0 0 60 0 0 27 Imperial • • ...... •• • • 31. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ....... •• 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 58 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 8 - 50 0 0 50 0 0 18 Do., Peri. Preference 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 210 0 - Phoenix ............. 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 49 II 0 28% litatcliff .... . ...... • • 5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General .... • • 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 1 ,E Weatrahaster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 4534 Ditto, New ---• .. 128. 50 0 0 10 0 0 87 CANALS. , .; 1 : I , Z Divide nd Names of ,t Dividend r ,,,,,,. Names of . Companies. It 1 per , "" Companies. ta 1 p price. .r. Annum. ,2 Annum. - I X 1 X Ashtn& Oldh 97 I 71. 113 Macclesfieli . 100 2/. 10s. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 i 121. 180 Neatk ...... 100' 161. 340 S:rknk&Abrg 150, 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 I 20/. 185 Birmingham 40 41. 85% Peak Fore St. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.. • • 1001 251. 210 Regent's •• .. 33 1/. 2s. 18% Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.. • • 85 41. 50% Ellsmre&Chs 1331 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 ! 71.105. 130 GrandJunctn 100; 51. 85 Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. - Grand Surrey 1001 21. Os. 30 Stfird &W 281. 400 Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 ShrewsburYr.c. 140 125 151. - Grantham - Stourbridge.. 145 201. 300 Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5 Severn and l - 121 Os - Lancaster . 100 1 21. 32% Wye Rail.s 26 . ' Leeds& Limp 100 301. 317% WarwickSsl Leicester .... 100 100 41. 63 51. 63% Birming. j Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 46 Warwick& } 100 31. 43 Lou ghborogh 142 701. 510 Napton.. Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr 81 78 31. 42 - Mntgemrysh 100 - - Birming. MeltnMwbryi 100, - - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 9 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANZZS' Paxcis Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Peon. Annum. Share. --- -.-.. X s. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 230 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12% Clydesdale Bank -••• • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% Commercial Bank •. • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 172 Eastern Bank ••• • - - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9% Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5/. 165 Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 15 [ale of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Northof Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 0 50 0 3% North British Bank : • • - - - Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Unionßank of Scotland 81. per eent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 91 Western Bank.. ••• • .• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Fire and Life 8%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per rent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17J 3d Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Colonial Life - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 12s Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 0 10 0 0 12 20% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 - Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Ce. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 I - Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 IL lOs 0 55 Mercantile Life National Fire and Life 51. per cant. 10 0 0 1 0 0 223.0 d North British Insur. - 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 1 25 0 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent . 10 0 0 1 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 01 5 0 I - Scot. Mac. and Gen. Life - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1249. Od Standard Life .. ••.. • • 5l• per cent. b 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 t 17s Od MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ ------. X. s. d. I X. s. d. Auction Mart •••• • • • • 2/. ss. 50 00 1 - 25 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 00130 0 0 15 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - I 210 0 -.. G/. per cent. 100 0 0,32 10 0 25 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. percent. - 1 _ 89 Pity Navigation •• • • - - - 91 Gen• Revers. & Invest. sp. cia bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable iteversioary 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 105 Gen. Steam Navigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 H 0 0 27% London Institution .• • - - 17815 0 - Russell Institution •• • • - - i 26 5 0 - Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 79% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 92 Royal Mail Steam• •• • 61 18. 4. p. c, 100 0 0 60 0 0 51 South Australian .•• • • 11. per share. 25 0 0, 25 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0, 29 0 0 - The Very 'levet regret to state, sti near Oxford, and bt has taken place in I nouncement. •end the Dean of Westminster, we IL remains very indisposed at blip, it little or no change for the better the doctor's health since our last an- GUERNSEY, MART at 11.--Sld, Atalanta, Havannall. FROM THE LONDON GA_ZETTB OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. J. Muckleston, twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. Jun., Shrewsbury, grocer, PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. A. M. Paterson, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, iron feunder, ironmaster, and edge tool manufacturer, 205 e on Thursday, March 14, or any subsequent Thursclsye, except the 28th inst., between eleven and three, at th office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Walker, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, ironfoandert iron master, and edge tool manufacturer, 203., on Tburbs; April 4, et day, March 14, or any subsequetat Thursday, fl ce P t ;ss 28th inst., between eleven and three, at the officeValpy, of Valpy, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATE S. At the Ceurt, Basinghall-street.til W. R. Barnard, Midhurst, Sussex, upholsterer, AP 12, at half-past eleven—J. Davies, Weston-street, Br°sl: ley, Middlosex, builder, April 6, at one—J. et Mark-lane, merchant, April 6, at half-past twelve. In the Country. 1 4 a t J. Muckleston, jun., Shrewsbury, grocer, APri-tsjast twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—S. Wilsoo, "," Bromwich, Staffordshire, draper, March 25, at tlve'v at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. H. Bridges, Oxford-street, cabinet maker and tall certificate of the first class-1). Grant, Luton-street, Greenwich, manufacturer of the patent venti lating r 4 cl light and heating apparatus, cer.ificate of the setaemet class—J. R. Baskett, Newcastle-up; is-Tyne, ° coo l f chant—T. Ashworth, Liverpool, merchant, c ertificate L.. the second class after 21 days from March 8 1 e s , Bowyer, Macc!eitield, Ch es hire, grocer and tea dee R. ccrtiticate of the first class—C. 1). Makep eaco and of Strong, Birmingham, screw matiufactarers, c ertificate, . the first class, but suspended the issuing thereof taa. D. Maketeace far six months, from March B—Dt gi,sh Linthwaite, and J. Ilaigh, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, „i manufacturers, certificate s f the third CiilsF, 1. days from March 7. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. May and H. Turner, Twickenham and Teddingtor, farmers—T. Toft and W. Heath, Tunstall, Staffardlhi2 engravers—P. Marsh, Jane Marsh, and J. Vi" e Llo yd Davies-street, Berkeley-square, carpenters Art and W. Jones, Carmarthen, attorneys—G. Lawford W. Law ford Queenhithe-warf, coal merchants --t° Reader and W. Reader, Long Itehington and Bar bi)* ham, h . 1 i Warwick re, grocers—H. Thomson, fit', Brong 11. Stobart, J. C. Hopkins, J. Menusey. T. bilounseY, Shields, T. Crawford, A. Kitching, Ableson, J. Middleten, C. Robsori, and T. Brasile,' ( , i , s() far as regards H. Thomson), North Bitchburri, Durbacji coalowners—T. H. Pedley and P. Moore, Loudort y' ou merchants—G. Dyson, T. H. Pedley,•and M0 01 : 13 Tits far as regards P. Moore), Huddersfield, wool nsercpid, —R. Ewin and J. Horn, Iligh-street, Islington, oPrirk, sterers—J. C. Edmiston and A W. Edraiston -7 • L eo .. H. S. Stobart, patrick and R. Cornell, High-street, New i n gton, Ll e - ster drapers—W. Longahaw and J. Longshaw, AU Tich in and Pendlebury, cotton spiuners—T. Pask a nd R. s• 11 ford - Newmarket, drapers—J. Smith and C. Gi l p in, Bedir . street, Covent-garden, second hand booksellers-- Goodrich and F. Goodrich, Wickham, SoutharlaPt?, l l y, lets and corn factors—O. W. Bayley and T. k e e, King street, Cierkenwell, whitesmiths—W. S. D r° - ° - e , sen., and W. S. Brooke, jun , Longwood, woollen yarn manufacturers—W. W. Heap and . P o i ll) ; ford, Lothbury—E. Harrison and Leis Pas ch chester, ironmongers—J. Smith and J. Taylor, Lancashire, curriers and leather dealers —S. Mit jhe Mitchell, and J. Mitchell, Leeds, cloth merchants-Tien Yorksr. Graham and T. Ciamitsou, Carlisle, linen and merchant ad drapers—J. Coorer and 0. 0. Williams, Wrexhaol Chester, timber merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. George Smith, Wolverhamten, fruiterer. ^as Edward Phillips, Silverston p e, Northamptonshire, WO' man. Abraham Dale, Cheltenham, seedsccao. Henry Ilaken, South wo D Suffolk. saddler . John Courtail, Horsley-heath, Staffordshire. • Henry Pi a4nell, Warrington. Matthew Morris, Gloucester, farmer. El ugh Jones, Liverpool, boot and shoemaker. Margaret Hodgson, Liverpool, milliner. William Harrison, Liverpool, slat'''. George Knowles, Manchester, brassfeunder. Devid Henry, Manchester, hat manufacturer. servan t. William Culley, sea., Goslings Nottinghamshire, Alexander Hunter, Ramsgate boot and shoemaker. _' Charles Dearman, Gcole, Yorkshire, boot and shoensokel Edmund Garbett,Dewle-, Shropsh i re , a ttorney - a t-law ' SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. D. M'lntyre, Glasgow, commiss i on m erchant, to mee t within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, March 15 and April 5 at twelve. R. Peat, Arbroath, merchant, to meet i t hin Bruc e 6 Hotel, Arbroath, March 18 and April 8, at twelVe• et J. Weir, Boreland Miins, Ayrshire , far mer, to or, within the house of Robert Weir, innkeep er, Cum lioc" w . March 18 and April 5, at one. THE CUUNTIC.Y MARELETb• LIYERPOOL, MA RCH 12.—A small attendance at to-day_g market. Demand for wheat and flour v er y moderaete,ne 0. Du prices not lower. Indian corn in dull reques t, at a dcli 6d to Is per quarter. m odera te I.trEns, NA Reif 12.—Wheat comes in more supply this morning. There is more steadiness in the trace: business, however, is not extensive, and prices are lent from Friday. Barley, beans, &c., do not vary from last 1 10 " and the sales continue limited. ly of NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MARSH SUIT de fat cattle less than last week by nearly 100 head. r b a er brisker. and all sold at about 3,1 per stone advance. Beasts of skeep also less. Trade active at better prices. Beasts , A sheep 4,400. Beef, 4s Od to 5s •9d per stone to Old per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MARCH 12.—There were..- the meal market to-day 34 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280.1% imperial, which sold thusOd, 16 at 114 s at 114 s Od, and 10 at 1/ Is Od ; average price of the ; istuttou, br d it 3.4 4d 11-12ths. 4 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 278, 11 , 1, 2at 21s. 1 sack barleymeal, which was not flatsod. 3 sa',. pot-barley, which sold thus :-2 at 1 1 4 s Od, and EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, Ali% RCII Oat straw, from 7s 6d to 9s otl p e r kemple of 16 stones 7 tiron (7°: wheat ditto, 8s ed to 9s Od ; barley ditto, 6s 6d to Hay, from Od to 11d per stone. 16 2 DALKEITE MEAL MARKET, 111 A RCII 11.--Th e re w ere at this bags oatmeal, sof barleymeal, and 2of po tbarley the _ day's market ; sales ready. Oatmeal up 6d per bag on top, and 1 s 3d on the second quality ; barleymeal u p 3d per bag; potbarley also advanced 6d per bag. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second imperial .. 24s Od 23s 3d Barleymeal, per ditto 16s 6d 16s 01 Peasemeal ..—s Od —s O d Flour ... —s Od —s Od Pot barley ... 21a 6d —s Od ••• . COAL MARK E' Bate's West Hartley 14s 3d i Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d Broomhill Hartley l4s Cd Chester Main l3s 6d Davison's West Hartley 14s 6dl East Adairs Main l2s 6(11 Hasting's Hartley l-Is 6d North Percy Hartley l4s 3d New Tanfield l4s 6di Old Tanfield Pelton Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14s 6d Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes l3s Od, West Wylam Wall's End, &c. Brown's Gosforth Hedley -1s C d Flebburn l3s 9d Riddell's . Walker Eden Main Belmont lss 6d Braddyll fletton Third 225 6't —5 Od _ s pd Od — 5 Oa !T.—YESTERDAY. sa !Haswell .................. 16s . Jonassohns ........... 13 Od 5 9d L a mbton ............. . 165 Lumley ................. 15 5 oal Od Hetton 16s I Stewart's ............. . . 6dJ 65 6d S car b o rough ......... 1 1 bs 5s d C a radoe ..... ..... C assop.. ..... • ...... 15 3d s Denison ................ 14s :1 Ileu , h .. ........... 16s 6 d . 14s 6d t i Hartlepool ............. ................. 165 Od (South Hartlepool ..... 155 99d l!Thornley ........ ..... 15 West Hetton ............ 14s 3d I,Cownden Tees ..... 145 Od I 31 a elean's Tees ......... 13s 3d ;Seymour Tees ........ 14s Od IlSouth Durham ......... 14s Od IlTees ..... . -•l6s 6d • Birehg. Graigola ...... 215 Od Cusvpen Hartley ...... 143 6d l I Bartley ........... 14s 0 , Sidney's Hartley .. 14 8 9d Ships at market, 272. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Spasms in the Stomach, Flautulency, and Indigestion cured by Holloway's Pills. —Ex tract of a letter from Mr. Dalwood, of Goodwood, near Syd ney, New South Wales, dated 14th September, 1849. "T o Professor Holloway. Sir, —Having had an experimentals,l knowledge of the good effect produced b y y our valuable pil I consider it my duty to make it known that two years ago mY daughter, then sixteen years old, had suffered for a long time with cramps in the stomach, flatulency, and indigestion. I tried various remedies without benefit, but a few oef your wonderful pills have restored he r to perfect heal d th, s an so d she i entirely free from any sympto ms of her former complaint. '— Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, strand, London BIRTHS. At Wimbledon, on the 10th inst., the Countess of Kerr'', of a son. On the 11th inst., at Willington-hall, Cheshire, the lady of Colonel Tomkinson, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Methl2y, Yorkshire, the Hon . Mrs. Savile, of a son. On the 9th inst., at Chatham Royal Dockyard, the lady of 0. W. Lang, Esq., of a son. On the 9th inst., at Albury-lodge, Cheshunt, the wife of the Rev. John Jessopp, of a son. piOn the Bth inst., in Upper George - st reet, the wife of J Curran, Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., in Whitehall, the wife of W. B. Hoge Esq., of a daughter. On the 9th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, the wife of L. J Torkington, Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th inst., at St. iilary's-road, Canonbury, the lady of W. T. Reynolds, Esq., of a MARRIED. At Merton, Surrey, Harry, eldest son of Harry Colrill Bridgedr,auEgshqt,cr ot . G. orn of Buckingham-house,le,Eeq. S us sex, to Eliza A nn, eldest On the 7th insf., at St. Bride's Church, Liverpool. Ferredeto rick William, son of John Howard , E:q., of Doncast , Adah Rachel Eliza, only daughter of the late Ca of formerlyO'Farrell the 98th Regiment. On the 9th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsburg, Matthew, son of the late J. Cuniogham, Esq., DuoevM;BallyMena, County of Antrim, to Caroline, eldest daughter of W. Milns , Esq., Oral-road, Regent's-park. DIED. On the let inst., at Pau, in the Pyrenees, the lion. Henry Alexander Savile, second son of the Earl and Countess of Mexborough. On the 9th inst., at St. Mary's, Southampton, John Butler Harrison, Esq., aged On the 10th inst., Elizabeth, relict of the late Rev. Caleb Readshaw, of Richmond, Yorkshire. At the Rectory, Stansted, Kent, on the 11th inst., Edith. Mary, the daughter of the Rev. S. G. B. White. On the 11th inst., at Paddington, Elizabeth. for 47 yers eof John Thorogood, Esq., aged 68. On the llth © not.,i at Shirley, near Croydon, aged 40, W. Watton, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Brighton, aged 8 1 , James Bird, Esq Esq., late of the Chancery Register-office, London, and of Tooting-common, Surrey. --- London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, rf No. 112, Strand , P rinter, at The Sun Office, I°i Strand, 112, Strand, in the Precinct er the Savoy, i n the c ounty of bi iddleaex, Thur4ll l Y) March 14, 1850. APPOINTMENTS.. Woor,wicrt, MARCH 13.—Surge on Thomas Strat ton, M.D. (1847), additional to ti'e Wellesley fldg ship, on the North America and West Indies station. Paymaster and Purser John Hu tyward (1849), to the Lily, 12 gun sloop, at Portsmouth. Mate George Blackley (1849), No the Sharpshooter steam-vessel, at Portsmouth. Second-Master John S. Smith (1844), to the Mo hawk, Lake Huron, Canada. The Right Hon. Sir Francis T.l3aring held a levee at the Admiralty, when the following officers bad in terviews with the First Lord : _ _ Captains—Herbert Brace Powell (1822), John Balfour Maxwell (1837), Sir Jame s Everard Home, C.B. (1837), Richard Copeland (1838), Edward Ig gulden Parrey (1843), and Charles George Ndvvard Patey (1846). Commanders—Thomas Hope (1821), Edward Smith (b) (1828), John Hudson (1831), Charles Starmer (1842), Richard Wilson Pelly (1844), Ro bert Mann (1845). John Henry Gennys (1845), Gullimore Harvey (1846), Thomas Hompesch Chris tian (1846), and henry King (b) (.1846). Lieutenants—William Brake (1210), Charles B. Stockdale (1812), Justus B Kooyarra (1821), Chas. Dyke (1841), Edward David Asiie (1842), and the Hon. Robert Boyle (1843). Captain Henry Carr Tate, Royal Marine Artillery. Surgeons—Robert M`Cormick (1827) and Benja min F. Outran, M.D. (1841). PitluEti OF ..iriA./tES :N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AN I OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND YRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, ZIAECII 12. ZOTNT-WrOC= naa THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1850