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LA W INTELLIGENCE. • ROLLS' GOLTR - Z, .Iranch 11. OBD V. PAT.ti;IN. This molim, for an injuetioa to restrain the de fendants from consuming, within the township of WakAeld, any flour or meal nut ground at the mills of the plaintiffs, was again resumed, and Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Chapman Barber were heard for the defendants against the injunction ; after which Mr. Turner, for ir, replied. Lord. LANGDALE said he must look at the cases which had been cited, and compare the, customs al leged in them with that in the present case. He loped he should b' able to do so to-night. Judgment deferred. 11.1; WILLIAM COBBETT. M. RourELL moved that a return to a writ of habeas corpus might be quashed, that Mr. Cnbbett be discharged out of olts'ody with costs, and for an attachment against John 11 Lison, the keeper of the Queen's Prison, for making a false return. Mr. Oldfield appeared in person; but Lord LAEGDALE, without hearing hirr, refused the motion. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, March 11. (Before Sir L. SLIADWELL.) SCARTD V. CUADITICII. AND 0111ERS.. Mr. Bethel!, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Glasse, appeared in support of a iuorioe to dismiss this bill upon th defendants undertaking to pay the plaintiff his deposit, interest, and costs. . The bill was filed by the plaintiff on behalf of him self and all otier the shareholders in the Madrid and Valencia Railway Company, a project in which nothing had been done since February, 1846, and which never was taken before the Legislature, pray ing an account against the directors up to February, 1846, and for a declaration that the plaintiff and all other the subscribers might be declared liable to contri bute such proportion as the Court undtr the circum stances should think just, and that the residue might be paid to the plaintiff. The bill alleged that the shareholders were 30 numerous, and their interests so fluctuating, that it was not possible to make them parties, and that the plaintiff was, in fact, ignorant of their names and addresses; and then charged the de fendants generally with having offered 235. a share as the whole amount that the assets of the company would afford, and after such offer bad been accepted making offers of 304. and 40s. to other parties ; that by such first conduct the shares were greatly depreciated in the market, and then purchased by the defendants at 2s. 6d. per share, or some such small sum. Affidavits were made by Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey and others in support of this case, arid charging wilful expenditure in Journeys, and otherwise an improper conducting of the company's affairs. It appeared that Mr. D. W. Harvey had himself been the purchaser of such depre dated shares, and it was submitted, in support of the motion to dismiss, that there was nothing to take the case out of the ordinary rule, whatever case was sought to be made by the bill, to which no answer had yet been put in. • Mr. Bacon, Mr. Malin?, and Mr. Welford opposed the motion upon the above case made by the bill, and contended that the plaintiff, asking no more than an account, was entitled to go on with the suit. The VICS-CIIANCELLOIL said that the plaintiff had filed his bill so that he was the dominus litus, and there was nothing to show that it should not be dismissed immediately. Be stated that the number of share holders was so great that it was impossible to make them parties, and that he was, in fact, ignorant of their names and addresses. The last reason might cer tainly make it unnecessary to consider the first. Bat he thereby assumed that they were persons over whom he had the complete dominion. It was not the case of a creditor's suit, but might turn out for the benefit of other persons. Application was now made to the Court on tithe footing that it the face cf the bill the plaintiff was the only person to be dealt with. His Honour did not see why the defendant might not make such an application es in any other suit. A SSIZE l TELLI(ENCE. MID Lil.s D CI 1:C I L—Lincoln, March 1 1. The Right lion. Lord C2:mpbell took his seat on the Diai prim side of the Ctstle-hall at ten o'clock this morning ; Mr. Baron. Parke presided in the Crown Court. Ur. K. Macaulay took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court as one of ber Majesty's counsel. CIVIL SlDE.—(Liefore Lord CAMPBELL.) PENISTON v. DAWBEa AND OTDEBS. This was an action of debt to recover the price of a boiler. Mr. Whitehurst, Q C.; and Mr. Mellor were the counsel for the Dlaintiii, and Mr. klumfrey, Q.C., and Mr. Willroore, for defendant. The plaintiff was a steam-hoiler maker at Newark, and had supplied to one t:f the dvfendantE.7, Mr. Hovritt, a boiler for a steam flour-mill in this city. Mr. Howitc had been the owner of the mill, and the other three defendants in partnership with him in the trade of millers ; but the defence was that Mr. Howitt had ordered the boils-r on his own sole account and in his capacity as owner of the n,iii, and not on behalf of the firm. Mr. Howitt had been a bankrupt, and pleaded accordingly to this action. He had given an acceptance in hh own name to the plaintiff for the price of the boiler, and that had been dishonoured.. Mr. llovvitt was culled, but the jury, as it would . sew, disbelieved his testimony, and returned a ver di'Vr the plaimiif for the amount claimed, vi z ., 93 .. OXFORD CIRCUIT, Worcester, March 9. CROWN COURT.—(l3e!ore Mr. Baron PLITT.) Edwin Matthews, Samuel Hash, and John Addams, were indicted for a burglary committed on the, pre mises of Henry Stibbi, a small farmer, residing about five miles from Tardebigg, on the line of the Worces ter and Birmingham Cmal. Mr. Self conducted the prcsecution, and Mr. E. V. Richards appeared for the defence. Another man, named Wytheforcl, had been con victed at the lest assiwA for being concerned in the same burglary, and had been transported for ten year/. The question was One entirely of identity, and the fact that the prosecutor's evidence varied in some ma terial particulars from the account which he gave when before the megistrates creati some doubt at first as to the guilt of the prkoners. Tne prosecu tor's hoesekeeper ?entirely swore that Addems had entered her room and demanded her money ; and a farm servant, who had watched the proceed!ngs of the men from au u'eper window. gave his evidence very clearly, and swore that Matthews and Masb, together with Wythefeel, had blindfolded the pro secutor, threatened to . olovv his brains out, and finally ransacked his boxes. The counsel for the defence called witnesses to prove _an alibi, • who wete cross-examined at very If reat length, anil alter an hopartial summing up the jury returned a verdict of Gailty :against all the pri soners, who wereetereupea sentenced to 15 year,' transportation. Before leaving the doe - Matthews adiress e a th e Learned Judge, and in very essergetie terms protested his in aooenef ,. . (I.lFf ire Mr. Justice PATTESON.) James Drury, !ahearer, aged 39, was indicted fa. burgi , try. Mr. E. 'V. Richards prosecuted, and Mr. Powell defended the prisoner. Trie evidence war, that in the middle of the night of the 21st of November, an old women named Nancy Pearsall, who keeps a henhouse at Halesowen, was surprised by the entrance cf two men into her bed room. • She aroused her granddaughter and her grandsons, who slept in the saine'room, and one of the yonn i .; men got up and lit a candle. One of the men hie* out the candle, and held out something in his bands which they thought were pistols, and threatened, if they made the least noise or disturb anoe, to blo er their brains out. They then demanded th e old woinan's money, and took from her about ten shillings, in silver, which was all she had, and, an old silver watch, bel ong i ng to her grandson, which was hanging up in the bed room. One of them then ransacked the house, whil e the other kept"guard over the inmates, and then w en t away, ihreatening to return and murder them all if they made any Outc7y. The prisoner lived ab out half a ' mile froni the prOsecutrix, and was well down to her and her family; but neither she, nor her eldest grandson, nor her granddaughter recog nised him. The youngeq grandson, however, ap pang to have donhso, and upon his information the prisoner Plan apprehended the next day, with the watcli, which had a paper with the owner's name and address in it, inlis fob, and some silver in his pocket. The other offender has not been apprehended. The jury returned a verdict of Gailty, and the prisoner was sentenced by his LORD3IIIP, who 'said it was a very bad case, te fifteen years' transportation. Joint Horton was indicted for a burglary. com mitted on the preinisei Of Matthew Hen r y D o dd, a watchmaker, at Bromsgrove. Mr. Haddleston conducted the prosecution and Mr. E. Y. Richards appeared for th e defence.' ' On the part of the prosecution it was established that the prosecutor carried on his business on the top oor of a house I'h the p r i nc i pal street of Broms grove ; that on the evening of the 21st of November last the prisoner, with two other;, iva 3 obierved loi tering about in th , :l nelghbourhow: of ,the prosecutor's Ivwset . : t e l i_ st, p qv...o'clock on ear! rnernie g of th e 22(1,4-11bv . ASKlrtosecutor was avveke by the brit _:g . asileile, e indoor of his workshop, and olilla. ruritiin_e<iPe ' * observed a man'a arm pro gulled through , the•.wis9lE " . e of his workshop. Th e presecutOr deadAestifikApt . through the window, and sdkirt h by thee,Zreiir ;hi-Wm-en who was !standing on Sheq•ge-of the. vri ,. ..., ~ The ins" Contrived: to un butt( eels ft : 93o o li: ''a", - ( , irsped, leaving his inexpres. sik:l.s in-the piteviesan of the prosecutor. Tile prose cutor was unable to swear that the prisoner was the man whose trovvaers he had secured, bat several other witnesses were called, whe positively swore to havi 1 lo* known tha prisoner before, and to having tract Mal at various points on the read to Birmingbain, two, three, and four hours after the burglary was com mitted, without his trowsers, shows, or stockings. A witness also swore that, three or four hours be-- fore the burglary occurred, the prisoner had en gaged a lodging for himself and a female corn panion at the witness's house in Bromsgrove for the night, and that he bad, after engaging the lodging left the house, and had never returned. It also ap peared that the prisoner's wife, when the policeman called at the prisoner's house, declared that she had not seen him for a month past. Mr. RICILIADS, on behalf of the prisoner, endea voured to shake the evidence of identity, and showed that the wife's denial arose front the fact of the pri soner bring in debt, and from her mistaking the policemen in undress for- bailiffs endeavouring to arrest her husband under a writ which was then out against him. After an anxious attempt to dispose of the evidence of identity, Mr. Richards concluded a humourous,address by assuring the jury that the pri soner culla es►ablish a most satisfactvry alibi. "The mother and brother of the prisoner," the Learned Counsel observed, " were undoubtedly open to the imputation of being interested witnesses, but yet were naturally the only persons who could prove the pri soner to have been at home and in bed at the hour when the burglary was committed." They were called, and swore to the prisoner having remained at home from eight o'clock in the evening of the 21st until nine o'clock on the morning of the 221. Mr. HIIDDLESTON made an able reply on the whole case. The jary, after some deliberation, returned a ver dict of Guilty. The prisoner was transported for the term of ten years. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Salisbury, March 11. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) Henry Hyde and James Baker were indicted, with Charles Baker, not in custody, for being out at night armed for the purpose of destroying game in a coppice, in the occupation of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, on the morning of the 2d December. Mr. Slade conducted the case for the prosecution. The case was proved by two gamekeepers, who swore positively to having seen the men in a coppice on the morning of the 2d December, where game abounded. The prisoners that night made their escape, but. were apprehended on the following Tuesday morning. For the prisoner Hyde several witnesses were called to establish an alibi, and one of them swore that be himself was the man who had accompanied the two Bakers, and that it was not Hyde. A man named Goodfellow here volunteered to give evidence on behalf of the prisoner Hyde, and stated that the witness who had sworn he was the man who had accompanied the Bakers had told him the same story. In his cross examination Goodfellow admitted that he was the secretary to an association which had been established for the protection of poachers, with a view to obtaining an alteration in the game-laws. Seve ral gentlemen were members of this association. He (Goodfellow) had many times received money from air. Collett to pay fines which had been imposed upon per sons convicted of poaching, and he bed paid for certificates for those leraons, so that they might law fully shoot game. Mr. Justice TALFOUND, in the course of his sum ming up, observed that an association for the purpose of protecting people who broke the law, and for the purpose of paying the fines, was a direct encourage nter,t for the breach of the law, and he was sorry gen tlemen associated with such persons. Instead of ad vancing their cause they would bring discredit upon it. If certificates were taken out to enable those persons to kill game 'iron other persons' property, he had no hesitation in saying that was an unlawful act. He should like to know what those gentlemen would think if these men were out and an affray took place, a keeper was killed, and the men were hung. He thought they were playing a very dangerous game to support persons in this way. They made a great mistake. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110USB. Walter Watts, the lessee of the Olympic Theatre, was brought before Alderman Gibbs in the custody of Daniel Forrester the officer, charged, as the war rant granted fur his apprehension stated, with having stolen, taken, and carried away an order for the pay ment of money, to at it, for the payment of 1,4001., and one piece of paper, of the value of id., the pro party, goods and chattels of George Carr Glyn, his master, against the f orm o f th e statute, &c. Mr. Freshfield, of the firm of Freshfield and Co., solicitors to the Bank of England, attended for the prosecution ; Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. Wont ner, appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Freshfield having brie fly stated the facts, from which it appeared that the prisoner, who hed been a clerk in the Globe Insurance-office, had contrived to make such alterations in his pass-book which pre vented for some time the detection of the robbery, celled the following witnesses to show that the money had been appropriated by the prisoner:— David Nicholls, clerk in the London and West minster Bsnk, Lothbury, said the prisoner kept an account at our hank. On the 14th of February he came to our offices with a cheque for 1,4001. to pay in to hiS account. I took notice cf the cheque, and ob served that it was drawn on a form like those pro duced, and had, I believe, four signatures attached to it. The wording of the cheque was " for a policy" with several figures. The cheque was upon Messrs. Glyn's, and was presented at about two o'clock on the, same day, and the prisoner was credited the moiled in his account, which he has since drawn out, with the exception of about 281. W. Steele, clerk to Messrs. Glyn and Co., of Lombard-street, bankers, said, on the 14th of February I paid a cheque of 1,4001. of the Globe Insurance Cotapany. It was on one of their forms, and was paid to the London and Westminster Bank, and the cheque was deposited in the usual place. The pass-book is returned to the Globe Insurance Company every week, with the paid cheques and vouchers. F. J. Roar, clerk in the Globe Insurance-office, said, the prisoner is a clerk in the Globe Insurance office. He left that office on the sth of March, and has not been there since. These are the forms used by our office for cheques. It was the prisoner's duty to check the paid cheques off with the pass-book. Under the date of the 19th of February, there is tin erasure in the pass-book, and over the erasure there is written, in the prisoner's handwriting, " life policy 7,619, 4471. is. 31." The paid cheques were placed in an open drawer, of which no one i n particular hail charge. It was the prisoner's duty to tick them off, and then place them in that drawer. I have searched it, hut could not find the cheque for 1,4001. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—The prisoner's office was the accountanee-office, in which there are three other clerks, who also had access to the room in which the cheques were kept. I was present on the sth of March when the prisoner left the office, and his papers were sealed up by order of the deputy chairman. The secretary was also present. The prisoner had attended to his duty down to that time. Mr. Bodkin—Did he not say it was too bid that, after his long services, he should he obliged to leave the office ? Witness—l did not hear him say any thing of the kind. Mr. Bodkin—Did he not, upon leaving the office, use words to the effect that he should be • in the way to be found ? Witness—No; I think he had an op portunity of seeing the deputy-chairman and the se cretary before he went away. Daniel Forrester—l had a warrant to apprehend the prisoner put into my hands on Friday, and I used all diligence to apprehend him. I went to his house and was told he was not at home, and had not bean there since Thursday morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—l was told he was the lessee of the Olympic Theatre. I went there with a person who inquired for the prisoner, but could not find him. The prisoner met me by ap pointment at the office of Mr. Wontner, his solicitor, and sail that having been given to understand that I had a warrant against him he came forward volun tarily. Itfr. Bodkin said his client had regularly his usual pl aces o f business, andrengevuerentaetrtteanindeedd at i • ., a thought of keepings out of th e wa y. The prisoner w a r s e t m at a e n d ded upon th e appli ca ti on o f Mr. Fresbfield, who to hear other witn esses to thatelucidate the mysterious nature of this serious charge. BO tv. s TR E E T Roger Fogarty was brought before 1 charged with obtaining a sovereign from Mr. Hall, ,Madame Celeste, the manager of the R o y a l A , d by means of false pretences. e phi Theatre, The prisoner stated, he did not wish to Rive the lady any further trouble in this matter, lle con fessed that he had imposed upon her, and that all his statements were untrue; but he had been driven to the offence by the distress to which he was reduced, having a wife and five children to support. . His Wonsuir sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment. _ So►ne money four.ll upon the priioner MIS offered :0 Madame CAlc-ste, but she desired that it shou!d be nit into tho poor-box of the Court. - TV RSIIIP-STI?E ET. A young man named Jame: Dowling, a cabinet carver, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged wi:h burglariously entering the dwelling house of Mrs. Anne Carr, a licensed victualler in Church-street, Bethnal-green, and stealing a gold watch, three trinket -boxes containing a large quantity of jewellery, and other valuable articles. jt appeared from the evidence of the procecutrir, that whilst engaged in her business, between 10 and II o'clock on Saturday night, one of the female ser vants, who had been sent upstairs to nut her child to bed, returned hack in great alarm and precipitation, and told her that one of the cupboards in her bedroom, in which she kept her plate and other valuables, had been ransacked by thieves, one of whom she believed was then concealed in the ar/artment. She instantly hastened upstairs, and found that the closet door, which she had securely locked a few hours previously, had been forced open, and that two watches, a quan tity of plate and old silver coins, and three jewel boxes, ooutaining four pair of gold ear-rings, three finger-rings, and several gold pins, seals, brooches, and lockets had disappeared. While she was search ing about the room to ascertain whether any other property had been stolen she heard a rustling noise, and upon looking underneath the bed, from which it had apparently proceeded,' eli.covercd the prisoner lying there at full length. She raised a loud outcry, which brought to her assistance some of her servants and a young man named Smith, the latter of whom seized the prisoner, who had emerged from his place cf concealment, and was endeavouring to force up the window in order to effect his escape. The pri soner, however, was securely held until the arrival of a policeman, who, upon searching him, discovered in his possession the whole of the stolen property, together with a dark lantern, a box of lucifer matches 10 skeleton keys, and other implemEnts used for house breaking purposes, the blade of one of which corres ponded with the marks left in the woodwork cf the room by the burglar. Tne procecutrix added, that the prisoner, whom she always believed to be a man of respectable character, had been in the habit of frequenting her house as a customer for a considerable period, and at the time of his apprehension he in formed the officer that he had been trepanned Into the commission of the robbery by two other men, who bad arranged their plans for upwards of a week, but were unable to meet with an earlier opportunity of carrying them into effect. The prisoner declineJ offering any defence, and was committed until that day week for the depositions to be taken against him. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The amount of business *ausacted yesterday was very limited, and, saving the rapid advance of Mabratta for the Northamptonshire Handicap, and a marked decline in Yoltigeur for the De: by, was destitute of interest. We subjoin the latest prices:— . COVENTRY STEEPLECHASE. 4 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Rat-trap 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mangan's Farnham THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Ostsrley, 4 yrs, 7st 6 to 1 agst Mr. Halford'sliarr;ott, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 8i to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's Mahratta, 4 yrs, sst 111b—:ake 9 t.) 1 13 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Beim, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b 25 to 1 agst Captain Lowther's Basciuldo, 3 yrs, 4st 71b METROPOLITAN STAKES. 2 to 1 apt Mr. Gratwicke's Cheerful, 4 yrs, 6st— taken and afterwards offered 25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Black Eagle, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Testator, 4 yrs, 7st 21b— t 25 to 1 agat Capt. Lowther's Bsstivado, 3 yrs, 4it 71b CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agat Lord liowth's Peep-o'-day Boy, 6 yrs, 9,,t—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 4 yrs, 7st—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Oabaldeston's Fogleman, 5 yrs, 7st —taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack. 6 yrs, 9st 21b—t 25 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt, 4 yrs, 6st 71b 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 6 y rs, 7st 51b 1,000 to 15 :,:gst Mr. Disr.ey's Sir Richard, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b—taken DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Mr. W. Edwards naß )lingbroke—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gratsvicke'.: The Nigger—t 12 to 1 17 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Tho Italian—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Volegeur 1,000 to 45 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher—taken 1,000 to 45 agst Lord Eglinton's Marors—taken 1,000 to 45 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Lie's Charley—taken. 20 to 1 each, in one bet, laid agst Italian and Volti geur, and 20 to 1 aft)rwards offered agst the latter. Ghillie Callum and The Knight of Avenel not men tioned. 1,000 to 10 agq Cheerful winning the Metropolitan and Newmarket llondinps, and Bolingbroke the Derby —taken. 30 , o I to 700 agst Cheerful winning the Metropolitan, and Bolingbroke the Derby. 2,000 to 100 agst Cheerful and Ghillie Callum for the same events, and 2,000 to 25 agst CheerLl and Mildew. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantiti corn, &c., received in the port of London from the put Essex, from the 4th March, 1850, to the 9th March, both inclusive : ...: .. .3 g 4 c.. 3 .3 g .3 = - T.: 7, • - .1 3. 1 a: 0 4 ;, - 4 0 1 , 4 4 Colchester - 70 530 18 135 Harwich Leigh 340 168 233 83 Maldon 3:,4 , 91 250 100 345 245 1020 CHELMSFORD, MA RCH B.—Prices today were as follow: Wheat, white, old 36s to 435; new 37s to 445; red, old 34s to 335; new, 35s to 40s ; barley. 24s to 27c ! eh.v.lipp CHELMSFORD, MARCH B.—Prices to•day were as follow ;- Wheat, white, old 36s to 435; new 373 to 445; red, old 34s to 333; new, 3.5 s to 40s ; barley, 24s to 27s ; chevalier 25s to 283; grinding 21s to 235; oats 16s to 225; malt 543 to 565; chevalier 5 4 s t o 58 s; peas, partr id ge, new 26s to 28s; old, —a to —5; white, new, 2s to 27s ; old, —s to ; dun, new, 24s to 263 ; beans, tick, new 21s to 26a; old, 27s to 295; harrow ticks, new 25s to 275; old 28s to 30s; ma zagan, new 23s to 25s ; old 24s to 26s per qr. COLCHESTER, MARCH 9.—Wheat, white 42s to 465 ; red Vs to 406 ; barley 24s to 28s ; beans, mazagan 223 to 265; middle and small 24s to 28s; peas 245 to 23s per qr. HADDINGTON, MARCH 6.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day :-- First ... Wheat. I Barley. I 'Oats. I Beans, 42s 0 3 29s Od 2 2 - Od 30 0, • -zs - ( 30s ..id Second ... ... 35 5 7d I 21310 d I .183 41 253 11d Third ... .. 29 3 Od 118 s 61 13s Od 1223 6cl Total quantity of Wheat in market 488 qrs., 481 sold Do. Barley do. 210 qrs., 199 sold Do. Oats do. 745 qrs., 587 sold Do. Beans do. 200 qrs., 188 sold KIRKALDT, 111Ancu 9.—The following are the quotations up to this date:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. 1 Peas. First 41s Od 233 6d 20s 61 —s Od I—s Od Second 373 6d 193 6d 18s 61 —s Od I—a Od Third 313 Od 163 6d 143 61 —s 0.11 —s 01 Oatmeal, ner bal; of 28011;s imperial, 243 to Os 01. GLASGOW, MA non 7.—Provisions—Che..se, 485 to 50; Oa per cwt • retail, bd to al per lb. Ski m m ilk, 18 s al to Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, Os 9d to 103 per lb. Jrish pow dered, in lumps, 9.1 to 10.1; country powdered, wholesale, 7id to Bd. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, bt tid per hundred, or 7d per dorm. Hens, 2s Od per pair; Ducks, 2s Od. STIRLING, MAucx 7.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 23;; ditto, home, Os Od to Os Ott; ditto ditto new, 16s to 203; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 13; Od to 17s Od. Oats, common, 00s Od to 00s 0.1; ditto new, 8s 6cl to 105 3d; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt, distillers, 32s Od to 314; ciao brewers, 35s Od to 373; beans per boll, Os 61 to Os Od; ditto new, 135 Od to 14s 6d; pease I Is 3d to 13s 6d; 11 cur, new per sack, 32s to 335; ditto common ditto, 20s Od to 22s 6d; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new 22s Od to 24s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 7d to 8d ; fresh butter per lb, 7d to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6cl to 7d; hay per ton, 505 to 60s. ICztao, 111ascx B.—Wheat, old, Os to Os; ditto, new, 233 to 28s Od ; barley, new, 125 to 15; ed ; ditto old, Os to Os ; potatoe oats, 00s to oOs ; ditto new, 10s to 1330 d ; common oats 00s to 00s Od ; ditto new, 00; to ON Od ; peas, lOs Od to (COs Od; beans, Otis to 00., por boll of six imperial bushels. PERTH, MARCII 7.—Wheat, 33; Od to 38; Od ; barley, 16s Od to 20s 03 ; oats, 145 to 18s ; peas and beans, 20s Od to 24s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 251 to 265. HAwicr,MARC;! 7.—Wheit, new, 2''s to 29; Od; barley, new, 12s to 15; 6d ; ditto old, 00s to 00; ; potato oats, lOs Od to 125 63 ; common oats, 8s to 12s Od ; peas, 20s ed to 24; Od ; beans, 20s 03 to 245 Od per boll of six imperial bushels. FALKIRK, MARCH 7. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 585 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 21s 6d per b•l1. ; barley, 15s Cd to 16; 6d ; oats, 10s 6d to 141 Od; beans, 13; Od to 15s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. %AMICK, MAncri.7.—Wheat, 33, Sid; barley, 18s 3id ; oats, 14s 2id ; rye, Os Od ; beans, 22s 4d ; peas, 00s Od average per imperial quarter. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 14s 6d'Hettott Carr's Hartley Chester Main l3s 9d Lambton Davison'sWest Hartley 14s 9d Lumley 155 3d East Adairs Main..... 12s 6d Russell's Hatton Hasting's Hartley 145 6d Stewart's North Percy Hartley.. 14s 6d Caradoc ..... ..... lss 6d New Tanfield ... 135 6d Cassop.. Old Tanfield l3s Od Denison l3. 9d 'Canfield Moor ......... 14. 6d Heugh Hall I'anfield Moor Butes... 13s Od Kelloe l6. Od West Hartley West Wylam Wall's End, &c Thorn le y Brown's ... . Buraton Killingworth 141 Od Tees .—... Gosforth ..... .......... 14. Od Cowpen. Hartley Hilda l4s Od l DerwentwaterHartley 14s 6d Original Gibson Walker Eden Main Bell Belmont 153 6d St ipa at market, 306. Braddyll T E HOUSE OF ABtLAItD AND ITELotsE.—The quays of Paris are unrivalled, an there is little more to be done to make them unifirna in width and grandeur. Amongst the changes they haTie necessitated, has been the demolition of the house, formerly inhabited by Abelard and Ileloise on the Quay Napoleon, No. 9, at the corner of the Rue des Chautres. The new building, like the majority of those eo ostructed of late years, is a great ornament to the quw:ter. It has two eutrincos, over each cf which are zrethitlions of the two lovers, and betwcan the doors is e• sh .1) of white marble, with an inscription in letter!, of gold, " Aucienne habitation d' Heloise et d' Abeillard, 1118; reconstruite en 1849." Builder. P.LouGuING BY STEX m.—A. trial in this way was Lord made at Grimsthorpw Al i Thursday, the 7th, by Willoughby de Ere,by; It will btu h,ufficient a t present • employed consisted of a sma l l to say that the machines.) locomotive engine, with 6 capst..in attached, and moving on a portabl e r a il wa y. A .11 ordinary plough follow e d closely by a su b so il rioug h was drawn by a chain from the capstan, worUing: with perfect precision, and at 4 w groer depth and speed that, usual. Several gentler:len and fanners who was prcsf. , l .t expressed a favourable opinion of the expalunat. DIVER/AL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Mardi 11. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. ILLNESS OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he bed ree eked a le:eur from the Lord Chancellor, stating that he was too unwell to attend this evening; and ho there fore moved that Lord Portman do take his scat on the wools2ek as Deputy Speaks r. Lard BROUGHAM was happy to say tbathe had heard from tho Lord Chancellor that his ailment was of a mere trifling nature, and that there was nothing alarm ing- in it. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the Deputy Speaker, the Lord Chief Justice (Lord Campbell), was absent on circuit, and he therefore moved that in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, of Lord Denman, of Lord Campbell, and of the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Woo!balk be taken by Lord Portrette.—A greed to. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Messengers from the Commons states that the Com moos had agreed to their Lordships' amendments in the Party Precessions (Ireland) Bill. SIR THOMAS TURTON'S DEFALCATIONS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Mr. Brodie, the manager of the Bank of Scotland at Ste - ling, complaining of losses incurred through the riefilca tions of Sir Thomas *Luton, by a person for whom the petEtioner was trustee, which funds he had been com pelled by law to place in Sir Thomas Turton's hands by Got eminent, the defaulter having been appointed by the judges of India, who were appointed by the Crown. He thought the petitidners had a fur claim on the Go vernment for compensation, and he recommended their case to the consideration of the Government. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted the hard ship of the case. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought it was worth while to inquire whether or not the judges who made the appointment were required by law to tike security. Lord BROUGHAM bad no doubt but they were by law required to take security. The Duke of WELLINGTON—Aro they liable to make good the deficiencies?—(A laugh.) PEERS' OATHS. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Earl of Clancarty and another Noble Peer, complaining that they could not take their seats in their Lordships' House, because they could not swear that, since the Act lately passed for regulating charitable trusts, no foreign prince did exercise authority within these realms, although they were willing to swear that no foreign potentate had any right to exercise authority in these realms.. They prayed that a law might be passed altering the law, for it was contrary to the law of the land for any one branch of the Legislature to take upon itself to alter the oaths vviteout the consent of the other two branches. Suppose a Jew were to be elected to the other Home of Legislature, the House of Commons could not pass a resolution enabling a Jew to sit there. If that were law there would have been no necessity to pass the Act of Catholic Eman cipation, because a resolution of the House of Commons would have admitted them. He had heard a report within the last few hours, to which he did not attach credit . , that au attempt would be made to admit a Jew to Parliament by a resolution of the House of Commosar. He regrettei that the Hou se o f L or d s s h ou ld h ave k ept J ews out if Parlia ment , b ut the front dour o f P ar li ament having been closed aga i nst t h em, i t was perfectly unconstitu tional to attempt to admit them by the back door, by way of resolution. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL thought it would he advisable that the oath should be altered. Lord REDESDALE had as tender a conscience as any man ' but he did n o t put t h e s ame interpret a ti on on the oath as the petitioners, and therefore he took the oath. After a few words from the Earl of LO.NDEF. BOROUGH the subject dropped. PETITIONS. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented a petition against any Post-effice delivery on Sunday. lie found that the petitioners did not understand the subject, for he was convinced that if the Governmeat were to ac cord their requis.t great inconvenience would be the consi quenco to persons residing in the provinces. Lord REDESDALE presented several petitions com plaining of agricultural distress. The Earl of POWIS presented a retitle's from several of the clergy against the consolidation of the Episcopal and Common Fund. The Earl ( f ST. GERMANS presented two petitions against the guuday Trading Btu. RAILWAY AUDIT BILL. The Earl of GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Railway Audit Bill. The former Audit Bill had been so violently opposed in the House of Commons that the Government had bees obliged to give it up, although some of those who most violently opposed it were in fa vour of a Government audit. In the following session the Railway Audit Bill of the Noble Lord (Munteagle) was passed unanimously by their Lordships, but it etas not carried through the Commons in con sequence of the opposition of the railway in tersst. In the following session their Lordships had appointed a Select Committee on the subject, before which it had be, n stated by persons connected with railway companies that railway audits as at present con ducted wero mere moonshine. A Bill founded on the report passed their Lordships' House, bat was withdrawn from the House of Comaaons because it would be iaapossible ti pass it in the face of the detertuieed opposi ion of the railway directors, without adding a month to the length of the session. Some time since a Bill had been pre pared by the North-Western proprietors, which they found they could not sanction, and therefore he had introduced the present Bill as a Government measure. He had this day Ind an ioterview with a deputation rn this subject, but he felt bound, in justice to that House, in justice to the Noble Lerd, in .justice to the public ,;ti justice to railway shareholders themselves, to persevere with his Bill, the object of which was to secure a just, a true, and an independent audit of railway ac counts. The great objection made to other Railway Audit Bills had been that they tended to increase the patronage f the Government. No such objection could be made to the present Bill, end he hoped that that circumstance would facilitate its passego through the House of Com• mons. He had already explained the provisions of that Bill, and he hoped their Lordships would consent to the second reading. Lord S rANLEY ought perhaps to apologise to their Lordships for addressing them, as ho had no prac tical knowledge on the subject, as he h a d nev e r possessed a railway share. But he had that morning had the honour of receiving a deputation from the railway companies, representing a paid-up capital of 119,000,000/. Had they proposed to resist an audit he would have been the last to have assisted them, but within the last three or four days the delegates of the companies bad prepared a reetsure for securing an independent audit. The deputation hal stated several objections to the Government Bill, end he was agree with him that it w su o r u e ld his b N e ob be le tte l r ' , riend would if possible, to secure the con i a whichtothothGosoevebrennmetfintst of schemet het ; d a i o ff t e i ren h t ew railwayno companies to the audit held i n hi s h an d eaO'hij'hß7istlileonregeanntaletimngen froombjecdtecd a printed draft of !eves of these companies, e s cßill a u s re d wer , o b w v h i t e e ( t i h . to giving ti any' other persons such control over the railway property of this conatry as th e audi tors,hy also o would possess totei tunderthe present Bill. i.. 0 degre3 r f control which the Government would Lave ever these auditors. They objected to the Government having the power of keeping these auditors in office, notwithstandine the opposition of the companies ; they also i"ob jected to the Government having the power of tieing the salaries of the auditors and their officers, and they objected to giving the G overnment the power of fixing the quota which each compan— y should centri bubo towards the common audit funtl. He thought the Bill would create a vast amount Of expense, which would fall very heavily on ' railway companies at the present moment, when all of them were eayieg such small dieidenda, and some none at all ; and he, there fore, thought t' , ey were justified in objecting to a mea sure which ,would cause them so large additional ex rease without any adequate compensating advantage. Ile considered the Bill was too Isere as the da nger at present was not of shareho lders trusting too much to their directors, but rather of their Placing too little confidence in them. The shareholders, however, slid not so much object to an audit, as to the power of auditing their own accounts being taken out of their own hands. If the _directors do not attend to the re commendations of the auditors, the latter ure to have the power of laying their recommendations before the shareholders. There were various minor provisions to discover and prevent abuses. There were also powers given not connected with the audit. Tho directors were prohibited from holding proxiesat the expense of the company, except on certain occasions. That was an important controuling check, and only one director was re-eligible at a time. His object was to lay before their Lordships the objections entertained against the Bill by the delegates of the railway companies, and if the Noble Lord pressed the second reading that night he hoped that he understood that discussion was not precluded at a future stage of the Bill. Ho hoped his Noble Friend would not hurry the Committee, and that the case would receive the deliberate attention of their Lordships. With that understanding he should not oppose the motion. Lord MONTEAGLE said that it was admitted on all hands that the state of railway accounts was such that it should not be left in its present condition. Better machinery should be substitute -I for teat on which they at present relie I. This was the fourth 3 ear their Lord ships were called upon to discuss the question, and they had seat down Bills to the Commons which had not been met in a legislative and amending spirit. Had that been done, they might have provided the shareholders with an effective measure. His objection to the measure was of an opposite character to that of his Noble Friend op. posits (Lord Stanley). Ho believed that it was a great misfortune that railway companies bad teen left with out' efficient supervision. That was a greater blow to that interest than any they had yet sustained. It had eacouraged speculation of every kind, without regard to check or security of any kind, Nobody trusted railway accounts, as they were now prepared. There was no eon fidence geeerully. No doubt there was confide rice in bo dies of directors, but he did not speak of the integrity of individuals, but of the system of keeping accounts. Take the Caledonian Rail wa y. They had the greate3t portion of the capital stock of the company diverted to purpose; for which it never was intended, and yet no one could suspect the integrity of Mr. Hope John stone. All that was now wished was that the account: laid before the shareholders should be true and sincere, that they might rely on their correctness. It was not ies of •is in intended to give Go;ernnWtaPower of internal inter ference. There was no such intention in this Bill. He believed further, that in many instances they could not depend upon the sharehllders themselves. Their title n as of an evanesce:3 and transitory nature, and vary different from the possessors of property. A threat of a felling dividend would always have great effect, and the share holders not being a sufficient check, they wanted the clock t f a public representative and con troling poWL , r. There should be one independent eye, with the power of making a special report. They could then see whe,her the eceounts bad been " cooked." It was true what his Noble Friend (Lord Stanley) had raid in reference to proxies. The use of these proxies often led to the moat ilegrant of all abuses. In one care that had come under his twice the directors held 11,000 share., which wore " sleeping" with respect to dividend, but alive in the hands of the directors for all other purposes. He thought Govern moot should appoint one auditor out of the three. The legal and Parliamentary expenses should not he paid until taxed. In the Bill ( f last year there was a clause that no more thsn 50 per cent, of these costs should be paid until they had been taxed, When they knew that the legal and Parliamentary expenses of all the railways, as returned to Parliament, amounted to 10 000,000/, they would see the necessity of a check. Into those Bills the most extraordinary' and illegal items bad been it:- eluded. The expenditure upon illegal purchaies of shares on oaer liues Lad been presented to shareholders in the lump, under the head of legal and Parliamentary expense% How could shereliolders detect these illegal purchases, under each circumstances ? Ho considei•ed that the present system of railway audit was nothing but mere moonshine, end considered that it would be more beneficial to all the railways in Engla-ad to pay double the present sum paid by them for an effective and beneficial audit, than half the present sum for the present system, where the return was useless and inefficient. Lord STANLEY said that he did not think that suf ficient protection was given to the shareholders by this Bill, and that he therefore intended that one on a better principle should be recommended to the notice of the Committee ere long. Lord COLCIIESTER did not consider this Bill a matter that solely interested the shareholder or the di rector, but was one of far more permanent importance, inasmuch as it was a question on the one hand between Parliament awl the companies, and the other between the public and the same companies. He considered that it was the duty of Parliament whenever it granted loans to any of those companies, to ascertain whether that money had been dist ursed in the manner specified by the borrower; and his motive f o r m a ki ng t h at allusion wag., because he knew that money borrowed under such pre tences by the directors of a certain lino did not expend the loan of 800,0001. on railways, but in quite a different manner. Earl GRANVILLE said that he assured the Noble Lord, that this Bill would give every satisfaction to Parliament, the public, the directors, and the share holders, for the auditors to be appointed according to the provisions (1 the Bill would be independent and im partial persons. Lord BEAUMONT said that from what ho under stood from the speech of the Noble Lord (Lord Stan ley), he inferred that that Noble Lord intended sending up ancther Bill of a similar nature before the Committee ; if so, he should hare no objection to such a proceeding, but he was free to confess that he saw great difficulties in the Bill before their Lordships ' and apprehended as grea t f rom t h at of the Noble Lord (Lord Stinky), because he feared that either Bills would net establish the certainty of a perfect audit, and particularly because the present Bill gave power to the delegates of railway companies t) be their own auditors, which he considered far from being either use ful or impartial, for he thought that auditors should be independent of all companies, and until such was the case he could have no faith iu the returns of such audi tors. He felt assured that if that principle were acted on, that, it would cause more harm th an b ene fi t , an d that it would completely shake public confidence. He would ask their Lordships wai this Bill intended for the public or for the shareholders? If the latter he should most strenuouslj oppose it, for he looked upon the directors and shareholders as so many trustees who undertake certain duties for the public interest. He was well aware how astutely some of those gentleman auditors cooked up their accounts, for on one line with which ho was connected ho f aind, after an investigation into the con dition of the accounts, that there were no dividends, and no further capital to be expended.—(Laughter.) On the whole he considered that this Bill world be of no use if independent auditors were not appointed under its provisions.—(Hear, heir.) Earl GRANVILLE said that his principal objection to any delay that might be occasioned by sending this Bill before a Committee was, that a similar Bill last. session had been totally lost, to the great disadvantage of the public and shateholders. He should therefore press to second leading. The Bill was then read a second time. RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT BILL. The House resolved itself into committee on this Bii. Lord REDESDALE raised some technical objections to three of the claufes, because he considered that die metionary power relative to compensation was most un just. L rd BEAUMONT said that he considered that the answer given in evidence 'adore the Glninittee on the Bill ought to be sufficient tor his Lordship (Lord Bde- dale). He should himkeT move some verbal ameadmeuts on the third reading. The Bill then passed through Committee, and the House then resumed. Tho ►Marquis cf . LANSDOWNE brought up a report of the returns of the Poor-law Cumunissionersi and their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 11, Tho SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed to:-- Architeete, Civil Engineers', Builders', and General Fire and Life Insurance, Annuity, and Reversionary In teri.st Company (Incorporation of the company under a different name) Bill. Birkenhead Improvement Bill. Bristol Waterworks Act Amendment Bill. Liverpool Cattle Market Bill. West Bromwich Rates Bill. PETITIONS. Mr. GREENE presented a petition praying for the establishment of county courts. Mr. PACKE presented a petition praying that the jurisdiction of county courts might be extended to 50/. Several petitions were presented against Sunday la bour in the Post-office. Sir THOS. BIRCH presented a petition from Liver pool praying that no alteraticn might be made in the mode of shipping Failora, _ Sir G. YEbIIELL presented a petition praying for the extension of the county courts jurisdiction. Mr. GLYN presented two petitions for the estab lishment of county financial board;. Mr. B. DENISON presented two petitions from places in the West Riding to the same effect. Admiral GORDON presented petitions from the county of Aberdeen to the same effect. Mr. HEIADLAM presented a petition praying for the ext nsion of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. STANSFIELD presented two petitions praying for the e-aahlishment of county financial boards. Mr. W. BROWN presented two petitions from places in Lancashire, one in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill, and the crh,r egainFt the rating of small tenements. Sir J. •WALaSLEY presentei a petition from a place in Lancashire praying for the amendment of the Factory Act, so as to prevent the adoption of the relay system. _ - Sir 'Wbi. CLAY preEentecl a petition from White Lapel praying fur a bettor supply of water in the inc. Sir GEORGE CLERK presented a petition egainb be Marriage Bill. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition praying for a re. duction of the duty on t: s. Mr. MOODY presented a petition from Somerset. shire complaining of agricultural distress. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Bolton pray. ing for an amendment of the Factory Act; also a peti. tion from 4. placu in Dorset praying fur the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. . _ Mr. HUMS presented a petition from a place in Wales praying for the jurisdiction of county courts; also two petitions from Leith against the Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill; also two petitions fcom places in Norfolk praying for the establishment of county financial boards ; and a petition from Montreal against the Marine Bill. — Mr. COBDEN presented four petitions praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. MOWATT presented a petition from the inhabi tints of Edgeware-road praying for the repeal of all taxes on knowledge. Mr. M. GIBSON presented similar petitions. Sir B. 11. INGLIS presented a petition against the Marriage Bill. Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire praying fur an amendment of the Factory Act. POST-OFFICE LABOUR ON SUNDAYS. Mr. SIIIEON presented a petition from a place in the Isle of Wight against Sunday labour in the Post office. IMONUSIENTA lIISTORICA BRITANNICA. Sir R. H. INGLIS, on behalf of Mr. Hutt, moved for returns of the cost of preparing for publication, and of printing and publishing, the work entitled "Monumenta Historica Britannica; or, Materials for the His tory 'of Britain;" of the number of copies printed ; of the number of copies sold, and of the price at which sold ; of the names of the persons or parties to whom copies have been given gratuitously; of the names of the persons or parties who have applied for copies, but whose applications have not been com plied with; together with the number of copies remain ing undisposed of : and also copies of the correspondence which took place in November and December, 1848, between the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, the Lords ef the Treasury, and the Master of the Rolls, regarding the sale and distribution of the said work. He (Sir R. H. Inglis) said the work had been pronounced by competont authorities to be one of the finest that ha-1 been published in Europe. LORD TORRINGTON'S CONDUCT. Mr. STUART WOI?TLEY said that he wished to draw the ett-ntion of the Home to a circumstance with respect to the 1:1, et Committee en the affairs; of Ceylon, which invelved is breach of privilege. That Committee was a Select Committee, and the usual cus tom of P.irliament was to take all evidence with clued doors ; but the Committee, with a view to make the inquiry as public and select as possible, had allowed the admireiou of etrangere. The consequence Mai, the printing ef a portion ef the evidence, in a, very garbled state, in which a portion ef one per son's evidence was altogether distorted and given in a 'way which was deeply injurious to the party concerned. What ho wished to inquire war whether the Hon. Gentleman, the chairman of that Committee, hat tiken any steps to preveat a similar abuse et privi- Ic;;e.—(l[e.r, hear.) Mr.BAILLIN 'aid that having obserTed thiJ abuse of privilege the Conamit4..e had only this day come to a re solution to take the evidence with closed doors. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented a petition from several parties in Middlesex lor trAt alteration in the law of tettlement. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BiLL. . Sir G. GREY said that he wps about to ask the indul gence c f :he Route. The second order of the day it as the Party Procesions (Ireland) Bill; which had come down from the Lords with ore amendment, among others, which ho hr-d desired that Members might have an opportunity of considering, and- agreeably to a motion of his the amendments had been printed and were now in the hands of the Members. The amendment was one relating to the penalties for being f.)und in possession of fire- arms at meetings, and as the 1 ith of March vt as approaching, on which it was to be feared that some occurrences similar to those late de plorable ones might take place unlass some Act of this sot t were in force, he (Sir G. Grey) wished that this Bill should be acceleratA as much as possible. The Lords' amendments to the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill were then agreed to. EASTER RECESS. Mr. F. MAULE haring moved the order of the day for the House geing into Committee of Supply, on the question that the Spa -.ker do leave the chair, Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said, in the absence of Cee Noble Lord at the head of the Government, he was in doubt whether to ask the quct.laion ef which he had given notice, namely, to ask the first Minister of the Crown, whether he will move the adjournment of the Howe so as to include passion week ie the Easter recess, He hope 1 the House would . excuse him for bringing this subject forward, but ho had done it at the request of many Members. who wished to have the whole week preceding Easter Sunday en tirely free from the turmoil ef business. The House would be curious to know what had been the practice cf the House in regard to the Easter holidays up to the present time. He had examined the journals on the subject, and the result of that examination had been to find that the longest duration of the Easter holidays had been twenty-two days, while the shortest had been nine days. 'rhe House would perceive that even the shortest period would have included what was called Passion Week; but upon the average of twenty years the Easter holidays had extended over fourteen days, and if the House thought it would better promote the business of the House and the convenience of Honourable Members who came from Ireland and Scotland, that it should extend to a given and certain period, let them adopt a little longer time, and make the holidays sixteen instead of fourteen days.—(Flear, hear.) The present system of conducting the business of the House was by no means satisfaCtory; and in point of fact they had rather lost than gained time by the manner of fixing the holidays, and he would therefbre ask the Noble Lord the question which he had already mentioned as a matter of feeling on the part of those in witch() name he now made this application—as a mater of convenience to Hon. Membtrs coming from Scotland, Ireland, and a distance—and us a matter of convenience to the House generally, in settling the mode of conducting some of its business.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL (who had entered the House whilst the question was being put, amid much laught er ) said ho prop ose d to move the aejcurnment of the House on the Tuesday in Passion week, until Monday, the Bth of April. His Noble Friend asked him to postpone the adjournment in order to include Passion week. That course, if acceded to, would be exceedingly inconvenient to the public business, as the Government proposed to bring forward the financial statement this year sooner than usual, and therefore the estimates and some other business would not be brought on on the day now proposed if the request of his Hon. Friend was complied with. He (Lord John Russell) should therefore adhere to the arrangement he had already made, leaving it for the House in a future year to say whether the Easter recess should be further prolonged than at present. NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. OGLE asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of theltrustces of the National Gallery to persevere in cleaning the pictures of the old masters; and also, whether they contemplate removing the pictures of the Royal Academicians from that part of the building at present appropriated to them. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he understood'on inquiry that none of the pictures in the National Gallery had been ordered to be cleaned during the last two years. He was not prepared to say that the trustees would be satisfied with what had been already done. With respect to. the further question, no arrangement had been finally made with regard to the National Gallery; but it wes under the consideration of the Government to provide ad , ditional accommodation for the pictures presented by pri vate individuals, especially those in the Vernon Gallery, AFFAIRS OF GREECE. In reply to Mr. SNIYTHE, Lord PALMERSTON said a dispatch to the same effect as that which had appeared in the public journals, and which purported to emanate from Count Nesselrode, had been corninunicated to the Government by Mons. Brunnow. In reply to another question from the same Hon. GENTLEMAN, Lord PALMERSTON said he was preparing"! a number of documents in continuation of those which had formerly been laid before Parliament on tho affairs of Greece, and he should lay them on the table of the House when the proper time arrived for doing so. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA. In reply to Mr. ANSTEY, Lard PALMERSTON said it was etipulatcd by the Emperor of Russia that all troops should, beyond the Numbe r of 10,000, be withdrawn from the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia as soon as possible, end he had no reason to believe that any change had taken place in respect to that arrangement. GREECE. _ _ _ Lord PALMERSTON, Tiiaa7wer to Mr. E. Denison, said he did not think it would conduce either to the interests of the public, or give aly it,f)rmation to the House on which it could form any distinct opinion, to lay the papers btfire the Ilouse while the negoticions respecting Greece were still incomplzte. ARMY ESTIMATES. On the motion being again put that the House resolve itself into Committee ou the army estimates, . Mr. lIORSMAN wished to inquire of the Secretary of War whether there were any regiments in India which had bern there more than flacon years; and, if so, whether it was intended to adopt auy rule for their relief ? Mr. FOX MAULE said that a rule bad been male ,hmt ncr regircenT should in future continn iu India oa uninterrupted service more than fifteen years. Measuree had been taken to carry out this rule, and in future no regiment would be required to serve there longer than fifteen years. There were regiments now in India that bad been there more than fifteen years, but they would be relieved as soon as possible. The House having resolved itself into Committee, and the motion having been read, Mr. FOX MAULE said that the motion which he had placed in the hands cf the Speaker was for a vote of 1,9128 men for the service of the Crown and for em ployment under the East India Company. In bringing it before the House, he was sorry that file motion hid not been made on Friday night, as it would have seised him from troubling the House with a statement which would be comparatively tedious. The whole number of men which ho had to ask fir was 99,128, while the number granted for the current year was 103,254, showiniz en excess of 4,126 on the fOrtuer. The number of officers was 128, of non-commiszioned officers 308, and of men 3,699. Of the whole of the number now askrd for 59,393 Wero for home service, and 39,730 for colonial service. • Of these 9,688 Mere colonial furors. They bad then 30,042 men (f the Queen's service to be relieved from home in different parts of the world. Out of 59,398 men at home, if they subtracted the Guards, who were essentially troops for the home service, and cavalry to the extent of 8,000, they would have 45,540 men at home to relieve the troops in the colonies. They had been told the other night by the Honourable Gentleman (the Member for the West Riding) that he could eff:.ct a saving in the charges ef 5,823.000/., cf which he presumed one-third would be in tee army charges, namely, 1,941,0001.; for. he did not think the Hon. Gentleman meant to interfere with the not-effee tive branch, which hod been investigated from time to time. Now they asked for an establishment of 99;128 men, at a charge of 3,936,582/., subtracting from which 1,941,0001., the sum which he presumed the Hon. Gen tleman proposed to save, there remained 1,995,5814 Ho turned now to the year 1835, which had been so pointedly alluded to by the Hon. Member for the West Riding. Ho found by a calculation made in that, year, by taking the amounts voted and placing them against the rank and file, the charge for each man was 42/. some odd shillings. sow, to say nothing of the honour and dignity of the country, that sum would give 50,000 men, • a number that was considerably below the standard of 1835; but his Hon. Friend complained that since 1835 the army had been increand from time to time, and that all these additions had been studiously maintained, and we had never gene back. It was quite true that from 1835 down to the present time there had been repeated additions made to the strength of the army both at home and abroad. He found that the army in 1835 did not exceed 81,000 men, but in 1838 disturbances arose in Canada of a very formidable cha racter, and the consequence was that the army was im mediately increased fur the purpose of suppressing it. It was increased to 89,900, and it was afterwards further increased to 93,000. In 1840 the colonial corps was raised, at the urgent request of several Honourable Members, and in 1842 additional troops were required to serve in India and China. In 1846, the state of affairs in China had - assumed such an aspect that the Government came down with a supple mentary vote, and the Howie willingly granted 8,000 additional men. In the years 1848-9 the army rose still further, to no less, indeed, then 113,000 men. • That occurred under the supposition that India was to see no more war. If those five regiment.; had been re duced the moment they arrived from India, what would have been the result? The very next year after their return they were required for India-again, and if they had bees reduced immediately on their return, the cost of their re-Equipment would have been double the nun their maintenance laud cost after their return. after 18-18-9,.the Govermaent went from 113,000 men dean to 103,000 ; and this year. they were ::till retracing their steps, for from 103,001) Ciey had arriAed at 99,128. It was said by the Hon. Gentleman the Aie,mber for the West Riding, if the colonies were to have the power of self-governmeit. it was but fair that Ulnas colonies should maintain the troops sent out in the f unu of military police. His Honourable Friend, (Mr. Labouchere) stated the other night, that as far as finding lodging and troops went, that principle vv.:a being gradually carxied ont in Canada, Australia, and several ethers Of the colonies. That was at least a step in the direction indicted by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for the West Riding, and as the colonies progressed ho had no doubt the principle of their maintaining the troops necessary for thAr own &- fence would be further carried out—(lean) lie (Mr. F. Maule) en', however, prepared to mnietain that scarcely any of our colonies were in that position when it could b e f a i r ly said they could bear that expenee ihorn their own resources. Ills Hon. Friend then went on to say that the arga llil2 ; Lion of the B r iti s h arm y was of a more e xtravaga.n nature than that of any other army in Europe; ari d 11e justified the eatertioa by observing that it WAS kept , 11 6 ? in a discredit a il o meaner . N o w his (Mr. F. Naule. ) experience en a bl e d hi m t o ra y that the officers of the British army evens th e w o rst paid and hardest winkej of any class of public servants he knew.—(Hear, hear.)ee Take, for instance, a lieutenant-Colonel, and vier , "r e position and his pay in a mercantile sense, so as t ho h h e perfectably i c t e ili g ibl e to a merc antile man.--(1°K81 hear.) LID paid 4,540/. for his commission , and .hie annual pay amounted to 365/. Now, dcdtmetnif 51. per cent. interest on the capital which he had suck, it wou ld ansouet to 2271. ; and to this beachio was to I e added income -tax and other expenses , t would nit 'Ober make a 5( tal of 258/, so that the aes6 ? ,alary c f a tieutenant-colonel for all his services eves only 107/ : Pty the same calculation, a major would only receive 93/. 15s. ; a ceptain somewhat more namely, 108/. ; a li e ut e n an t 85/., and an ensign r 3 /. aristocracy held a very small portion of the e", t missions in tie army so that the accusation it was maintained for the eristeeracy WAS unfounded. To reduce the number of officers as proposed, att tho first place, would compel the Genie:nee to make retiring efficers annuitants on the country, or in the second place, it would tend very much to reduce the efficiency of the pu'lie. service. With respect nt the increase of the several grades of officers in differ ent regiments, he agreed with his Hor. Friend the 2iereu it for Manchester, that it would be a greet evil, but t, should be recollected th a t t h e efficiency of a ll could only be s us t a i ne d b y t h e e ffi c i enc y of the officers o by_ Which it wascommanded. Officers must of necessitytbe men. well trained and well supported, so that when it was cessary to increase the strength of the army, 115 ' ho i l i t e stance, suppose a regiment at the Cape of Good „o t P ut required strengthening, they multi only have to send . ne akeric _ men to increase the corps to its proper standard.--(Hear, hear.) What was the fact ? Thre,he were 30,000 men in the colonies, and 30,000 is India, leaving about 45,000 for various duties orat i home service, of whom 40,000 were imperatively, req"„n; for home service, so that oely 5,000 men were lets to relieve 60,000. He would not treepass upon but he might any that the proportion of of wse. far below what many might deem a proper they e l g od Why, he fund that looking at the army lists they,. the one officer to 20 men ; and on looking at the argil' ° nu m United States, which the Right Hon. Gentlerna e not say was kept on a larger establishment than 11 7 h ere eessary, he found that in an army of 17,000 we e : meet were 775 officers, in the proportion of one officer to 2 — the Here, then, was the.argument which he adduced to en House in asking it to give them a force of 9 % 128 m r their for the ensuing ye tr. Ile had shown them it was necessar y el on the ground of 'mewl :Hug relief for the forces abroucek —a necessity w hi c h h a d b een i ns i ste d u pon ie /11 0 iv better language than h e (M r . F. Maule) could Os ha his speech, in 1845. A routine of ten years colonto service had been arranged, and if thetFlouse wished kite preserve that routin e i t m us t grant them the Win— 5 , number of men to m a i n t a i n it. He thought som e ' t i e d sideration was necessary to the times in which t Lo o king end to the p os i t i on o f t h e country. the at the state of fereign armies, he found thati ef army of France at the preterit moment consi't e t i e 430,000 men, besides a greet number of gendarnide of and national guards. The Prussian army cons ist° ed 325,000 men, b es id es 45 0,000 o f t h e f as t and se ce 3s 2 class of land vrher. The Austrian army c ontained rt . generals, 2,084 staff-officers, 16,549 commis s i o ned offic er. ' 49,000 non-commissi one d otlicers, and 53 9 , 000 w ent reasonl l e tho u w g h h 3 t 7 , upon the gro u nds,Htboeusosesliouid grant he had propott ua t en of the Go vernment to mainta i n 99,128 o f during the present y ear . H e came no w to vt ,Ti e ct s th h e own Butlil °ll •d money, but with reg a rd t o thi s b ranc h of the s " t be he should not enter into any details, simply he ears; up estimates were now before a Committee S tC"li P ite rci, the e d would os e. lie stairs, who were carefully int eaigatieg every. to retort should, the th r e t r s e u ft l ) t re, ot give the ilil e tl ee e f t , n r i y tahneimperfect,and forcesknowledge during o f tehaechvot present Tyhtol:rblit'eaS t ; ete nowtheir inquire se 3,562,431/, the same charge in last year's °w ili l y./ was 3,655,5881., showing a decrease of . 9 ,"'," e upon tide estimate. The next vote, which eva s t : . l °- seta, amounted for the year 1849-50 to 173, 27 :7:6a for this year to 164,916/., showing a reduction 0 1 't o o t , He should here call the attentioa of his Iloth ll'f 'd la who complained that the officers were not reduced w pr e o e po a rti r o e n de te e i t t i h e e n men, to twoto the fact e tl i i li at ce i r n e, tle tw is e e r s o ni t du e es " r t ir. camp, six attached generala one assistant ss -a t , for master, two majors, and one quartermaster. The vet of the public department last year amounted to the su" . o f 94,1991., this year it was 9.),6541., showing a decreases a 1,515/. In the vote for the Military College there was small decreate, mounting to 513/. The next Y e e te n eed for the Military Asylum, which couiPte" e l ot l. the educational institutions 'in England and I re : - e a Upon that vote there was a decrease. There eves is increase in the vote for the yeomanry corps /00 year as compared with last year of 14,71 4 " las t reason of that i ncrease was that •ty of year the yeomanry carps had not the arsembling for thet convenient drilling , e r e e eet . was small at all times, and which was ahtnint ' eJY T l : the sery to keep the corps in proper eiseipliuet 4t there effective service this year as compared with The ne xt AS a decrease in the expense of 89,5701. r - was the non-effective service. The vote was, Z . 't 0/ ( 4 wards for military eervice. Last 3 ear it was v i'', :2 o4 thief year it wan much about the same. •"' w as pay of general officers the sum taken last Yf ar nu ad 78,908/. ; the sum for this year was 58,000 1 opportuet shine numb••rs, showing a decrease of 20,0001. in roue", ";".„ 5 0 hers. Ile must say on t hi s vote , as compare d with t t " e o . oo/. for 1835, there was a d ecrease o f no l es s than'"'.. a ll lie leo* came t o the helf-pay list—forrnids sle Yn times—but still not disproportionate this year. pOOl 1849 it amounted t o 400,0004, but this year to 3 ' 5 of showing a d ecrease of 14,000 1 . ; an d, s ince I ' 3 if 'ate 195,500/. The nuna her of t flieers oho had fence o was , list was 234, the nurnfer discharged 87, and ne °ti by placed on the li s t w h o had not eara td his pO5l ble l by risks in the service, by ill health, 2:etton other circumstances of an equally ° K l bad able nature. On the widows' l i st there 183 5 been a decrease since last year of 2,2491., and sinc e ,te ef 22,6931. Tn e d ecrease on t h e vo t e for the (as tenance Of the children of deceased office rs ) ee ls 4,500/, and since6B,ooo/. The we understood the Right Honourable Gentleman, list in 1849 was 1,224,0521,, and this year 1, 2 1% i v showing an increase of 965/., but this the t he crease could easily be accounted for, * au to ear - consequence was that ho had resolved- this Y mo t it diminish that vote, and he had accordingly esti el he at 20,000/, so that there might be an excess:for t is ow neral benefit. The next fund to which he came "' Auct ion superannuation fund, and in that hehad made ft r e "hiola pensoners74, of 38,0001., being the difference between 40,00 01, ^ toe was the vote of last yrar.. The whole reduction th ei _t ti a• 122,814/. and upwards. Il e had been desirou s 01 a' e deret more, but he found t h a t th e office of Comm ll e dlarge Chief, which was o nes f great responsibility' invo'r sue of expenses; the expen ses i n d ee d we re such that te d raw the senior officers had, he was sorry t') sa y' rely the thing se fine th a t man y o f them die d 5 that after. The rerult of the whole then ev es 847, the number of men voted for in 1849-50 was I n ' ute eer aeari expense of 4,356,750/., while for 185Ce 1 th k e ing dif" was 99128, with au expense of 3,936,98 21 e te 3 00, 161/. -- ferenco of 14,719 men with a reduction of (Hear, hear)—but if he included the non .eir 3 " ear(' -Id those of vco the decrease was 501,438/ But he yew', t h o se ti the army estimates for the present year t" l " co heen) 1235, and he would show his lion. Friend OY-Lr• h he that they were much nearer the level of 18 ° fir 183 5 hod any idea of. The army and militia cbtrge69019,3971' were 6,016,6431.; for 1850-1 they D ar making a difference of only 2,604/—(Hear, ht s • tes f)r though they had so nearly approached t h e esta r e a to sta y 1835 he did not mean to say that they er e d to at e there, if, consistently with the duties they °w bring the Crown, the army, and the country, they coulter,u beer.) estimates below those of that year._'. „timber were hear,) Having now stated the ease with regard to l eo L te , he of the army, and the estimates for its Insil li t t t ee steP. s wished to make a few remarks with regardtt:the which had been taken of late years to promote e ar re e 3 ;', pline, the comforts, and the good cheraeterr,_oos. et bi . And first with regard to the military 035, he added considerably to the army was happy to be able to inform the House boen more than pauses of those committed to prison ha d 0 % But t he estimates : 1 0a the h ex n ; covered by the sums deducted from tell. pay Wit h t was a matter of minor consideration cOrsPe" b conduct a!'" improvement which had taken place in t te „ ur etive, the ceeer umber' itte • character of the army as Evinced by T h e nutn",,, ra number of potions committed to prison. est i been g 47, young young men committed to military prisons 10 ' dually decreasing during the last tnree Yelr' ef a ge the number of per sons un d er '2O years e t: to 981; in were committed amou n t e d t o 1,126; in 184° -s menmen°t ! 1849, to 589.--(Hear, hear.) The number hu:iu le4B, two years' service committed in 1847 was 1, 85e ' c i te sure 1,590; in 1849, I,ooo.—(Hear, hear.) th e felt tl he san y, that under the present system of education the number of committals would reeulation —(Hear, hear.) He might also state that a - eo mn which was recently made, ordering that tbe oge e mitted to prison should have their hours of s t e e te v to fero,, lated as if they were on guard, instead of as tu d ' n i g hts allowing them a constant, succession of e ffect , rest, had been attended with the most saitee t a al ta ht h a d and those who had been subjectel to this trea N e er, not come back to prison aain for a long tirl'e of the hear, and laughter.) Witt regard to the health army, a great deal had been done of late years with respectth e more still further decrease. mote it. He had the returns of mortalitydwto the to the army serving nitre al. With regar tality of the army at home he had not he was happy to say that with respect to the I t __d ee the severely ulnae tion of the cholera, it had not fallen so s of 1849 army as it had on civilians. But the r.etur r : erovetne" t • with respeat to the army showed a grt t h edte,, had In British Guiana during 184 S-9. the snortelit . Y: w n " a 7 no w been 97 in 1,000 on an av,rage ef throe Yeatiajlity, only 14.—(fie , ,r.) Fr Teitticia , l, the nil" o f tot averal,e had been 102 in the 1,000 on un he other any re.atuerilsis,ihau.t. ) In t • - years, was now only 33.—(flear, treat. s iilar ditrunn. foreign stations there was f increase • mortalitY Ituioorrt,tathough Thein a i f . e ) , t w h i e u r g e a:p s terv i ng on per 1,000 of tee strength amen;; the , tr( !a o r p c. : 3l, 184 9 , foreign stations fur the year ending Blanch s 10 Yesr s:-- compared with the average of the previous ,ous 10 of preet British Guiana, 1948 9, 14.1., average Pe t.:;: e rr ea t Y e a I sl rates igiuh o t years, 97.9; Trinidad, 33.0, average 10.9 ; 28.6, average 75 . 9 ; Crowds, 12.3, average 4 Ot_ Vincent's, 6. 0 , average 66.1; Ba ni rbadocs, 128.8, 14,er", 404, 142.9; St. Lucie, 17 . 4, a eerft g e 67.6 ; Dornin .ot. excrete° 132:3; Aittigu7, 10.9, avoiago 63 . 2' eetn , . . PIS 19.4, average 105.6; \,Yioavvald and Le eward i_ 2, 1850 J I