The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-19 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of " re ceiving the return of the election fur an Alderman for the ward of Walbrook, in the room of Mr. Michael Gibbs, resigned," and upon other busines6. THE SLC-INES. Alderman WILSON requested to be informed why Mr. and Mrs. Sloane were exempted from the general treat ment of prisoners convicted and sentenced to be im prisoned? It was, he understood, the established cus tom to remove from Newgate all convicts under sen tence; and why there should be a deviation from that practice in the case of the two persons he had named, and who were, it appeared, still in Newgate, he could not conjecture. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff CARDEN said that, as the sentence upon the Sloanes was imprisonment for two years without hard labour, they were, in conformity with established usage, detained in the gaol of Newgate as the national prison.—(Hear, hear.) If the sentence had included hard labour, the removal to another place of punishment would of course have taken place.—(Hear.) Alderman SIDNEY said that ho and Alderman Cope land, as visiting magistrates of the prison, had made the acessary inquiries into the subject, and found that it had been the invariable practice to make persons sentenced to imprisonment witeout hard labour to undergo their sentence in Newgate. Mr. Sloane was, by his own choice, in solitary confinement in one of the cells, and Mrs. Sloane was under the care of the medical officer of the prison, and was not yet in a condition to be placed with the other feinele prisoners. The Court might rely upon the strict o rvance of the judgment of the learned authority before whom the prisoners had been tried.—(Rear, hear.) Alderman LAWRENCE said the public might be led into a mistake by the mention of "solitary confinement ie a cell at Newgate," and he wished to prevent any misapprehension on the matter. The fact was that even the. condemned cell, as one of the rooms in Newgate was called, was one of the best rooms in the whole prison; that Mr. Sloane wished to be separated from the other prisoners, and that his being alone was not at all a part of the discipline of the goal.—(Hear, hear.) THE A.PPROACIIING GRAND EXHIBITION. The LORD MAYOR informed the Court that he bad received the following letter from the secretary to the Commission of 1851 Exhibition:— "Palace of Westminster, Feb. 11. "My Lord Mayor,-1: am directed by her Majesty's Corninisaioners for the Exhibition of 1851 to transmit to your Lordship herewith, for the information of the Hon. Court or Aidermen of the city of London, a copy of a memorandum which has been laid before them by the Prussian filiniser at this Court, on the subject of the measures which it may be desirable to take, on the occa sion of the Exhibition, for regalating the admission of foreigners to such establishments as require a written permission on the part of the respective authorities, and which perreis-don is usually granted only upon diplomatic recommendation. " Her Maj.' i sty'e Commissioners are aware that the course suggested in this memorandum involves a depar ture from the regulations which it has been usual to follow on ordinary occasions ; but having in view the entirely exceptional character of the circumstances under which large numbers of foreigners are likely to visit England in the course of this year, when the probable shortness of their stay will preclude their availing themselves of the ordinary method of obtaining admit tance to the great public establishments of this country; and bearing in mind the facilities which our own coun tryteee invariably meet with in foreign countries in pro curing access to all national establishments, the Com miesione.-3 feel themselves warranted in submitting the proposals enebeaced in Chevalier Baucen's memoran dum to the favourable consideration of the Court of Ai•termen. " I aai, therel)re, directed to request that her ia jest 's rnti.y bo informed! whether your Lordship and the Hon. Court will be prt•pared to give your approval to toe pr,position in question, zo far as re/ate, to the granting admission to ;he gaol of New gat,:; and in that care under what conditions and regu- labors. " E have the hoe oar to be, my Lord Miiyor, your Lord ship's very obedient servant, " EDGAR A. BOWRING, Acting Secretary. " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." The memorandum, which was to the effect stated in the letter, was, together with the letter, upon the motion of th:l LORD MAYOR, immediately referred to the Corn mitt,L‘e of General Purpoies, ATTENDANCE OF THE ALDERMEN IN THE CENTRAL CRI MINAL COURT. Sir P. LAURIE moved, without making any observa tions upon the st.Vject— " That it be referred to a committee of the whole C curt ti consider and report whether any and what re gulations arc nceessary to secure a more punctual at tendance of the members of the Court of Aldermen as commissioners during the sessions of th© Central Crimi nal Court; and to consider and report R 4 to the necis city of continuing to hold four adjourned Quarter Ses sions at Guildhall." Sir PETER LAURIE said, in answer to a question from one of his brother Aldermen, that he had no doubt of the speedy production of a report which would give public sa.icitaction.—(Hear, hear.) The RECORDER stated that upon till late occasion alluded to relative to the delay of business; in the Central Criminal Court, he had mentioned iu exp!anation to the jury that toe presence of two commissioners was neces sary to constitute a court; that he had made no com plaint. His colleagues on the bench were, he believed, at toe time of the emergency occupied with the business of the other cours.—(Hear, hear.) SWEARING IN OF ALDERMAN WIRE. Tile Sword B , ,arn. i,avis g announces to the Lord Mayor that Mr. David Williams Wire was ready to be sworn in as Alderman of Walbrook ward, Mr. ASHLEY (.f the Lord Mayor's Court) read the return of tae late election, and Mr. Wire entered the court, accompanied by Baron Rudiseniic!, M.P.; Sir Moses Montefiere, Mr. Travers, Mr. Deputy Watkins, and several others of the most respectable inhabitants of the ward. Mr. Deputy WATKINS said—ln presenting to be sworn in as a member of your Hoc. Court Mr. David Williams Wire, who has been unanimously elected al derman of the ward of Walbrook, allow me to say a few introductory words. Mr. Wire has been a resident in toe ward which has thus proved its capability of making a fair estimate of his worth during a period of 32 years, and he has uniformly maintained a high reputation for professional integrity and honour.—(Cheers.) Seventeen times hes he been elected as a representative of the ward in the Court of Common Council, and always unani mously. Whether at home, serving the interests of his fellow-citizens, or abroad, attending to the claims of humanity and the call of persecuted strangers—(Cheeve) —of the talents of the Hon. Alderman the members of this Court have had innumerable opportunities of judg ing; and the constituency by whose united voice he has been chosen confidently believe that his conduct will re flect no ordinary credit upon their election. He enters your court distinguished by mature experience and knowledge of the value of your corporate privileges, and will show you that he is highly qualified to exercise the magisterial functions with which you are now called upon to invest him. In the important relations of life which are involved in the characters of husband, father, and friend, he is no less deserving of praise than in those strong public attributes by which he is so generally known, and on account of which he is recognised as a most useful and worthy member of seciety.—(Cheers.) Mr. TRATE:es said—l had the honour cf seconding the nomination of my friend Mr. Wire at the recent election. I have known him for many years, and lam convinced that he will do credit to the choice of the in habitants of the word by his conduct as their Alderman. Mr. Alderman WIRE was then introduced formally to all the members and principal officers of the Court, and, having received their congratulations, took his seat. The LORD MAYOR announced that the Bishop of Oxford would preach the Spital Sermon on Easter Monday, and that the Rev. Dr. Vivian, chaplain to the chief magistrate, would preach the Spital Sermon on Easter Tuesday. EXPENSES OF CONVICTED PItISONESS. Alderman CuaiLis brought up the following report:— "In obedience to an order of the Court of the 11th day of December last, to consider in relation to the ex penses of convicted prisoners and of prosecutions, and to do therein as we should ace fit, we whose names are hereunto subscribed, your special committee, do certify that the Remembrancer having, und er your di rect i ons, applied to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a con ference upon the subject, the same took place upon the 31st of January last, when your committee urged upon his attention the propriety of the corporation being re imbursed the amount of expenditure incurred by them in this respect, in like manner as other parts of the king dom, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated ho would take the subject into consideration, consult with Sir George Grey thereon, and communicate the result of the same to your special committee ; which answer as yet has not been received. " T. CHALLIS, F. G. Moow, SAMUEL WILSON, T. Q. FINNIS." W. LAWRENCE, Sir J. LUXE said he had the satisfaction to communi cate to the Court that he had on Monday night been in conversation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject, of the very rational claim of the cor poration, sad that he had every reason to believe from what transpired that a fall measure of justice would be rendered.—(Cheers.) Alderman HOOFER —It is but justice to Alderman Sidney to state that the citizens of London are likely to he saved by his exertions in this matter to the extent of 5,0001. —(Hearty cheers.) ADDITIONAL CONSTAELER TOR 1851. The LORD MAYOR called the attention of the Court to the necessity which would in all probability exist for I toe appointment of additional policemen, aacsend order, prepara tion for the security of the public which he and his brethren, as magistrates, were bound to do all they could to maintain on the approaching great public occasion. Upon the motion of his LORDSHIP, the question was referred to C. committee of the whole Court, with power t) conftr with Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the Cora misisioner of the City Police. EXPENSES OF THE GAOLS. Upon the motion of Alderman SIDNEY it was referred to a committee to take into consideration the expenses or the respective ga,ls. CROWDED STATE OF THE CITY THOROUGHFARES. Alderman KELLY 'under the in risin to brio no tice of the Court the crowded state f the thorough fares in the City," sail he was desirous to have the question referred to a committee, in order that they NINTIe„ might it quire whether some means could not be de vised to prevent the serious obstructions which were ctitstantly occurring, and which were in a great mea -1 iie s l/ o , , e..iik ? ! ,sure attributable to coal waggons and beer waggons.— $ ‘77 ,,,,,10311 . .ear, hear.) He admitted that coals and beer were 1 inly necessary articles, but there sure l y ought to be ee-u s ome re4uietioes by wl - dcb the transit of :etch unwieldy I ssnces as the vehicles in which these articles were 'O,lll ( - D r d - ir I VI ~~ THE. SUN, conveyed from place to place at tl ie buiest hours of the day might be prevented.—(Hear,, hear) It was im possible to conceive, without witness tie state of the streets between one and three o'cl lock, how great was the impediment caused by a string cl coa or beer wag gons in the Poultry and Cheapside, ant how greatly that impediment was aggravated by the obstinate and uncivil behaviour of the drivers. Tie extraordinary exertions of the police had brought the omnibuses and cabs within management, so that th ere vas seldom any delay or loitering except what was ireatably caused by the stupendous nuisances he alluded to. He considered the Court were bound, especially as stria enormous ad ditions were expected to the population, to endeavour to mitigate an evil which might soon h acne altogether in tolerable. Alderman HOOPER said, there v refe regulations by which brewers' drays were prevent( .d rom laying down their beer after certain hours in the :morning, but there was no rule by which drays and waggons could be pre vented from passing through the a. 3 ., Alderman WILSON said, that nothing could exceed the exertions of the police as regar:ed the removal of obstructions, and their exertions were answered fully by the rigorous infliction of penalties from the Bench. He approved of the notice taken of the treat increasing evil by Alderman Kelly, and was of or onion that the City authorities had a great deal to a aprehend from the " bullock nuisance," and Smithfield would, no doubt, be exhibited in all its glory on the mai days during the Exhibition. If ever there existed in argument against that most abominabl e nuisance, calcu.ated to weigh with the public with peculiar force, that (tegument was to be found in the vast increase of traffic asd population. Alderman SIDNEY said he agreed with Alderman Wilson in everything he uttered, except the language condemnatory of Smithfield-marliee. He admitted that the present market was not sufficieiely large to suit the size of the present Corporation, but f3e neighbouring site for which the population were going: to Parliament was admirably adapted to the great pe r poses of a metropo litan market.—(Hear, hear.) He warmly advocated the project, the model of which head excited so much cariosity and admiration, and said it. had been over and over again proved that there was to place so completely adapted to its object as the immedaee neighbourhood of the present market, which was at tually the means of existence to from 10,000 to 20,000 individuals.—(Hear.) He hoped the Court would refer tie aubject of Alderman Kelly's observations to a committee, at the same time he condemned the manner in which , . Alderman Wilson had lugged the reproach upon Smithfield into the dis cussion; but he believed thet Aller °fun Wilson was the only man in court who entertained t:3 a opinions just ex pressed. Alderman THomrsoer—Excuse me. There are others here of his opinion about the nuisance of which he so properly speaks. Alderman WILLIAM HUNTER and other Aldermen ap proved strongly of Alderman Keily'a suggestion, and the question was finally referred to a committee.—Adjourned. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMP TION BILL. A BILL TO PREVENT THE ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES IN RESP ECT OF PLACES IN THE UNITED KINGDO3I. [Note.—The words printed in Italics are proposed to be in- serted in Committee.] - Whereas by the Act of the nth yts r of King George the Fourth, chap. 7, after teciti , 3 g that the Pro testant Episcopal Church of England and Ire land, and the doctrine, disciphse, and govern ment thereof, rind likewise the Prote slant Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the clocti!: ne, discipline, and government thereof, were by the respective Acts of Union of England and tticotland, at d of Great Britain and Ireland, established pert:amenSty and inviolably, and that the right and title of archhishops to their re spective provinces, of bishops to their sees, and of deans to their deaneries, as well in England as in Ireland, had been settled end ect.blished by law, it was enacted, that if any person after the commence ment of that Act, other than the person thereunto authorised by law, should assume or use the name, style, or title of archbishop of any pro'..nce, bishop of any bishopric, or dean of any deanery, i n England or Ire land, he should for every such offer,ce forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds: a-nd whereas it may be doubted whether the recited a ictment extends to the assumption of the title of archbishop or bishop of a pretended province or diocese, or and tbish op or bishop of a city, place, or territory in England or Ireland, not being the see, province, or diocese of any archbishop or bishop recognized by law; but the attempt to establish, under colour of authority from see of Rome or otherwise, such pretended sees, pr)v inces, or dioceses is il legal and void, and the assumption of ecclesiastical titles in resprct thereof is inconsistent with the rights in tended to be protected by the said enactment; and whereas it is expedient to proa itit the assumption of such titles in respect of any pheos within the United Kingdom: be it enacted therefore by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and tempura,!, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that— I. If, after the passing of this Act, any person other than a person thereunto authorized by law in respect of an archbishopric, bishopric, or desinery of the United Church of England and Ireland, a 3311131?, or use the name, style, or title of archbishop, bishop, or dean of any city, town, or place, or of any territory or district (under any designation or description whatsoever), in the ijr. , ..ited Kingdom, whether such ci7y, town, or place, or such territory or district, be or bo not the see or the province, or co-extensive with the province, of any archbishop, or the see or the diocese, or co-extensive with the oiccese, of any bishop, or the seat or place of the church of aay dean, or co-extensive with any dean ery, of the said United Church, to ? person so ofnlatiing shall, fur every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, to be recover ad as provided by the rt. cited Act. IL Any deed or writing made, signed, or executed after the passing of this Act, by or under the authority of any person, in or under any nwne, style, or title which such person by the recited Act and this Act, or either of them, prohibited from assuming; or using, shall be void. 111. Where by an assurance, transfer, will, limitation, or declaration of use or trust, or other instrument, made or executed after the passing of this Act, any real or personal property, or any profit or advantage to be had therefrom, is assured, given, or made applicable, or expressed or intended to be ass ared, given, or made applicable, directly or indirectly, for or towards the endowment •,or maintenance of any archbishopri c , bishopric, or deanery, intituled or in anywise designated or described as an archbishopric, bishopric, or deanery, of any city, town, or place, terri tory, or district in the United Kingdom (except the archbishoprics, bishoprics, and deaneries of the said United Church), or for any purposes connected with or referring to the maintenance or continuance of any archbishopric, bishopric, or deanerf (except as afore said) so intituled, designated, or described, or of the titular province, see, diocese, or limits thereof, or where by any such assurance, transfer, will, limitation, declara tion, or other instrument, any real or personal property, profit, or advantage, or any power, authority, or discre tion (whether for private or personal benefit, or for cha ritable or other purposes), to be exercised over er in rela tion to any real or personal property, or such profit or advantage as aforesaid, is assured, given, or vested, or expressed or intended to be assured, given, or vested, to or in any person by any name, style, or ,title of archbishop, bishop, or dean, by which the recited Act and this Act, or either of them, such person is prohibited from assuming or using, or to or in any person who in such assurance, transfer, will, limitation, declaration, or other instrument is in anywise designated, mentioned, or referred to as being or claiming to be, or as being called or known or reputed to be archbishop, bishop, or dean, under any name, style, or title which such person so prohibited from assuming; or using, or to or in any other person therein described as chap lain or other subordinate of the persons so designated, mentioned, or referred to, or to or in any person in anywise described by means of a reference to a name, style, or title of whicb, by the said Act and this Act, or either of them, the assumption or use is prohibited, all the real or personal property, profit, o r advantage afore said, or such estate or interest therein, as but for this enactment would have been in anywise applicable to any of the purposes aforesaid, or would have vested in or enured to the use of the person to or in whom the same is so expressed or intended to be assured, given, or vested, shall, without any office or inquisition found, vest in and enure to the use of her Majesty, and shall and may be disposed of and applied as her Ma jesty shall be pleased by warrant under her sign ma nual to direct, whether such direction be to apply the same according and pursuant to the intents and pur poses declared in and by the instruments hereinbefore mentioned or otherwise; and all such power, autho rity, and discretion as aforesaid, so far as the same but fur this enactment might have been exercised by the per son in whom the same is so expressed or intended to be vested, may be exercised by such persons and in such manner as her Majesty may be pleased by warrant under her sign manual to direct. IV. Every person wh o may b e li a bl e t o b e sue d f or imposed any penalty by the recited enactment and this Act or either of them, shall in any suit or proceeding in equity in relation to any such assurance, transfer, will, limitation, declaration of use or trust, or other instru ment as hereinbefore mentioned, or in relation to any secret or other trust, or other matter whatsoever, be compellable to answer upon oath, notwithstanding his liabilility to such penalty, in the same manner as if no such liability existed: provided that no answer of suc h per son in any such suit or proceeding as aforesaid, nor any matter disclosed or made known only by means of such answer, shall be admitted as evidence against such per son in action for the recovery of such penalty. SHIP NE WS. - Arrived—Hind os t an , f rom Canton; Contest, rom GRAVESEND, F E s. 18.—Wind W.S.W., fresh, squ f ally. Lisbon ; Carolinda, fr o m C aen; Dudbrook, from Madras; Ann Mary, from Demerara; John Henry, from New York ; Li onne an d L eon, from Gravel i nes; P ear l an d Aurora, from St. Mi c h ae l' s; Ci ty o f P oona b , T rou b a d our , and Ambrosia, from Calcutta; Palmyra, from Demerara; Lady Rowena, from Bombay; Darling, from Taganrog; Brounfield, from Gottenburg; Neptunus, from Valpa raiso; George Dean, from Para. Sailed—Matchless, for Lisbon; Ceres and Miriam, for Antigua; James Holmes, for Demerara; Isabel, for Lis bon; Emerald, for Boulogne; Giraffe, for Rotterdam. VESSELS SPOREN WITH. [j am s, of Bremen, with 40 barrPl3 of sperm oil, Jan. 1, in let. 5 —, 19 W., which vessel had spoken the Ernest Gustav, of Bremen, in lat. 39 N., long. 14 W. R EPR ESENTATION OF Walker, th e Member for,Bury, has not taken hi s seat i n t h e present Pat liament, although elec tedin 1847. C on ti nue d ill h ea l t h and the infirmities of age are assigned as re asons f or th e d e l ay. Mr. Walker is in his 6i th year. LONDON, [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :-1 PUBLIC WOOL SALES. The following from the official monthly returns will lute. rest the wool trade, being the imports into the United King. dom for the month to the sth January:— Wool, Sheep or Lambs' : 1850. 1851. From British Possessions, out of Europe ... lbs. 2,403,786 1,708,734 From other parts ... 2,504,724 2,670,121 Total ... ... 4,908,510 4,378,858 Alpaca and the Llama Tribe ... 491,983 317,61! Woollen Manufactures : Manufactures not made up, value £ 28,738 22,276 Articles or Manufactures of Wool wholly or in part made up ... 8,191 19,451 The exports of the month are as under:— Wool, sheep or lambs' ... lbs. 811,117 815,557 Woollen Manufactures : Entered by the piece ... pieces 180,911 184,493 Entered by the yard ... ... yds. 5,404,047 4,634,396 Stockings ... ... doz. pairs 28,452 14,844 Of all other descriptions value se Woollen Yarn _ 2 .. ... ... cwt. 7,798 6,543 ~.. The prices of Port Philip at last (Monday) evening's sale were ls. for snow white, Is 3 to Is. Bd. for lambs', and is. sd. to Is. 912 d. for scoured sheep's. Merino, 70 bales, sold at la. to ls. 04d. for combing X and double X. Spanish, in the grease, realized 6d. to 7d. for combing, up to ls. 6d. to ls. Bd. for clean. Merino Odessa, 11d. for low, up to 2s. 2d. for super. A good deal of greasy Spanish was withdrawn. This evening there are two sales in progress. The first consists of 485 bales of East India, 102 of Donskoi, just landed, 23 of Mogadore, 26 of foreign skin, 28 of goats', 26 of Buenos Ayres, 63 of '1 urkey and of a few sundries. East India has realized 34d. to 9d. for sound, sd. to 9d. for white, and 3d. to Sid. for damaged. Mogadore has been sold at 4d. to 44d. for greasy, and 6d. to 9id. for sound. Turkey has realized 74d. to 84d, and ditto grey 6d. to 6id. Skin has been at 61-d. to 84d, Odessa 74d. to 84d. for sound, and 74d. to Bd. for damaged, part being taken in. The other sale comprises 1,980 bales, including 613 Aus tralian, 420 Port Philip, 151 Van Dieman's Land, 1 8 Ade laide, 215 Cape, and a few bales of New Zealand, Swan River, &c., besides 419 bales of Brook-washed Odessa, Spanish greasy, Italian, and Chilian. MERINO.-The Port Philip and Portland Bay sold at la. 7ia. to 2 , . id. for snow white, Is. sd. to Is. 9d. for clean sheep's, ls. 4id. to Is. Bd. for clean lambs', and 2s. to 2s. 31d. for scoured lambs'. The Australian realized is. 3d, to la. 100. for clean Sheep's, le. 3 id. to ls. Bd. for handwashed and scoured. The New Zealand sold at ls. 4d. to Is. 4td. The Van Dieman's Land brought ls. 40. to Is. 10d. for clean sheep's, and is. 4d. to is. 7d. for lambs'. The Cape of Good Hope went at ls. 4d. to is. sid., and the Brook-washed Odessa at Is. 2d. Spanish greasy was withdrawn. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 18. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) YOUNG V. BROOKS AND ANOTHER. This action was brought to recover the value of a schooner which was totally lost at sea, and, as was alleged. through the negligence of the defendants. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Phipsun conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. Watson and Mr. Unthank appeared for the defendants. It appeared from the evidence that a schooner named the Harriet Emma, belonging to the plaintiff, left Sun derland on the 29th of May, 1850, with a cargo of coal for Wisbeach. She was brought to anchor next morn ing, and remained at anchor until noon, when she again started on her journey. The weather at this time was rather foggy, and when in full sail near Seaham the crew saw another vessel coming fast upon them. They put tie helm about, but before the lapse of many minutes the vessel came in violent collision with the Harriet Emma, striking her with her stern on the larboard bow. The Harriet Emma went down, and all the crew were lost, with the exception of two seamen, Mason and Stoilibrass, who escaped to shore in the long boat. The other vessel, including the whole crew, was totally lost. The plaintiff now attributed the loss of his schooner to the negligence of the crew on board this vessel which he alleged to be the Kate, of Newcastle, an iron schooner trading between that port and Rouen, and belonging to the defendants. In order to identify the vessel, evidence was produced on the part of the plaintiff, from which it appeared that a fisherman belonging to Seaham, while fishing about seven or eight miles from the shore on the 31st of May, picked up near the Black-hall rocks a beef cask and a steep-tub, and other articles, branded with the name Kate, and also a boat containing the dead body of a sailor, with the name Kate of New castle painted on the stern outside, and Nicol Harvey in the inside, that being the name of the captain who commanded the Kate. Mason and Stollibrass, who were called, said the moment the Kate was seen the helm was put about, and that if the crew of the Kite had ported her helm the col lision would have been avoided. On these grounds the plaintiff contended he was entitled to recover from the defendants the value of the Harriet Emma, as well as the cargo on board, both having been wholly lost. Mr. WATSON, on the part of tho defendants, said their vessel, the Kate, left the Tyne at six o'clock in the morn ing on the 30th May, and had never been heard of since, except as regarded the boat and other articles which were picked up by the fishermen at Seaham. Therefore, although he was disposed to admit that the circumstances seemed to point to the Kate as the vessel which came in colli sion with the plaintiff's schooner, he contended, even if it were so, that the accident was inevitable, and arose out of the dense fog which prevailed at the time, and that no blame attached to the crew, who, unfortunately, all went to the bottom, not a single one on board being saved whom he could call before the jury to give his own account of the fatal occurrence. Several mariners were called who were at sea on the 30th of May in the near vicinity of the spot where the two vessels were lost, and they all agreed in their state ment as to the existence of a dense fog. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict fur the defendants. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 18. (Sittings in Middlesex, at Nisi Prius, after Hilary Term, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) THE GREAT REVENUE CAUSE. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE LONDON DOCKS COX PANT. For the eleventh tinie this important case came on for trial, and, as will be seen, was brought to a final ending.. The LORD CHIEF BARON proceeded to sum up the evidence in this case at ten o'clock. He said—lt is sa tisfactory to think that as this case now stands no charge is made on the personal honour, character, or conduct of any of the directors of the London Docks. I should have thought it a national misfortune if anything like a system of plunder had been carried on in which the directors, or any of them, had participated. But I understand that the Solicitor-General disclaims any charge against the directors of the London Docks of having, as a body, acted dishonestly or dishonourably, or that their supe rior officers have sanctioned any frauds, either on the merchant or the revenue; but he Bays that a certain lax system has prevailed in the docks which it was incumbent on the Customs to put an end to. I say again, that it is satisfactory to know that he has entirely abandoned—not abandoned, but disclaimed any such charge as that which he was supposed to have brought against the company. The course which I shall adopt inlpresenting this case to you will be this: I shall first call your attention to the manner of the discovery by the Customs officers of that which they considered irregular, and the circumstances of the seizures by them. I shall explain to you the application of the law to the facts and the several counts of the information, and I shall then leave the facts of the case to you, to whom their determination exclusively belongs. There are many facts of the case as to which the conduct of the Solicitor-General yesterday will materially tend to shorten your labours. He very properly stated some points upon which he considered the explanation given by the company was sufficient. We may at once dis miss from our minds the long episode of Davis's corner; it forms, in fact, no part of the investigation in which we have been engaged. It is a matter on which you need not be called upon to give any opinion what ever. If, indeed, it were necessary to enter upon it, I should be disposed to think, independently of any con tradiction, that there was great exaggeration on the part of the witnesses for the Crown. One, I think, spoke of having seen tons and tens of tons taken there and con verted into wet scrapings. The whole statement, how ever, is so pointedly denied by such a number of wit nesses, who were acknowledged by the Solicitor-General to stand unimpeached in character, and who are of such respectability that it is impossible not to give credence to their testimony. It is plain that whatever may have taken place at Davis's corner, which might be deemed an irregularity or improper, as against the merchant, was without the knowledge or sanction of the company or their superior officers. The question that will have ultimately to be determined by you, will be whether the Customs were justified in seising certain parts of the sugar and cocoa which are included in thi s information, and you will have to say what is your opinion upon cer tain of the counts with reference to those particular parts of the sugar and cocoa. But before I proceed to the facts of the case, I wish to address a few observations to you personally, which I think are called for on the occasion. This is, I believe, the longest trial in the experience of the administrators of justice in the City of London. I think that the trial of Elissabeth Canning lasted seven days, whereas we have now arrived at the eleventh of this inquiry. The loss and inconvenience to you must have been great and serious ; but it will be a consola tion to you to reflect that, on this occasion, you have shown that the valuable institution of which you are a part, that of trial by jury, is fully adequate not only to the ordinary occasions which arise, but to an important investigation of complicated facts, protracted over a period of many days. I must bear my testimony to the exemplary patience, intelligence, and attention which you have throughout exhibited. In the first place, I must say that there ought to be no removal of goods whatever in the docks unless under the sanction and eye of an officer of the Customs. The officer Cleaver appears to have remarked that certain bags were removed in a manner that excited his attention. Upon this he told his superior officer what he had seen, and they went and in stituted a search. They found a considerable quantity of sugar and cocoa which appeared to them to be good, sound, and merchantable articles, of which the company's servants gave no account, or only that they were sweep ings; but subsequently finding in some of the cocoa a certain quantity of dirt, they abandoned that as pos sibly being what it was represented, b u t th ey hold the r e st ; and to this your opinion has to be given. Now, the Crown says some of these goods were never entered at all, and I own I very much doubt whether there is mayany evidence t o h n i s t f h r i part os myour oof the case, minds. .and Some, I t h think say, y ouis found in the docks without having passed the scale. Of this there is some evidence, but not sufficient, I think for you to found your judgment on. Some, they s a y, was taken from the piles and carried to Davis's corner or elsewhere, and there dealt with as the property of the WEDNESDAY EVENING, company; and some, they say, were overdrawings or excess of cargo, or in excess with reference to the piles, the company having satisfied the warrants, which re quired their delivery of the whole. As to these, I very much doubt whether the argument of Sir F. Kelly is not perfectly just and true, that however much the over drawing the sample, in the keeping the excesses might be a fraud on the merchant. Ido not think that would make them subject to forfeiture, and on this point lam fortified by the opinion of my Learned Brethren whom I have consulted on the subject. Again, some of the counts charge a removal of the goods with the intention of evading the duty. Igo along with the arguments of the counsel for the defendants, that this intention does not appear at all from the evidence. It is perfectly clear that if the sweepings were intended for the home market they must have paid the duty; and it is not pre tended that any things were improperly taken out of the docks; and with respect to those things intended for ex portation there is no duty to pay at all. It seemsdifficult, therefore, to impute any intention of evading the duty to any persons engaged in the transaction. But another question will arise as to some particular articles — namely, whether they were dealt with in a manner to subject them to forfeiture ? I may hero say that the Customs can make no distinction between a wealthy company and any obscure individual. The London Docks Company, like every other partnership, are liable for the acts of its servants. There would be no safety for anyone if this were not so. If what is done is in the course of the business of the servants, the em ployer is liable ; and in some cases he is subject even to penalty, still more, to the forfeiture of the goods, as in the present case, where the judgment is in rem. To return to the evidence of the witnesses for the Crown. Oldham says that there ought to be no cocoa sweepings. It is very probable that this evidence, as well as that of tir. Knight, goes too far. The cocoa at the West India Docks, as to which Mr. Knight spoke, is in casks, whereas that in the London Decks is in bags, which are much more subject to damage, and consequently mere likely to allow a portion of their contents to escape than casks. His Lordship then proceeded to read and com ment on Oldham's evidence. He says, on cross-examina tion, that the goods are liable to duty while they remain in the docks, and that they cannot escape unless they are clandestinely removed. Of this, as I have already said, there is no evidence. I consider that there has been no contradiction at all to the evidence on the part of the de fendants, that the account of sweepings, including the 20 casks of sugar, was delivered at the end of 1849. I think, too, that there can be no doubt that sweepings to an extent to be called merchandise had been pointedly called io the attention of the Customs before that time; this fortifies in part my opinion that the Solicitor Gene ral's view of the law was not correct, and that the in stant an article assumed the shape of merchandize it mast be considered as illegal unless brought to the notice of the Customs, because the Customs have themselves recegnized the practice of collecting together that which could be rendered useful, and exporting it as merchan dize. Oldham goes on to say, that in room No. 16, where the cocoa was, Cleaver pointed out seven bags; some of these were original packages; some, if not all of them, have been traced by the defendants to the cargoes to which they belonged, notwithstanding the warrant which required their delivery had been satisfied. To my judgment this proves that some other packages were delivered in their place. This is the more probable, as we find that one man (Atkins) was dismissed for substituting one package for another. Now with re gard to ell these packages of cocoa, it i 3 to be observed that although the witnesses for the defence were put in opposition to the Donovans, the Robinses, and the Smiths, they did not contradict the statement cf Oldham and the other officers, that these packages of cocoa were represented as sweepings. Then John Cockshott states that in room 35 there were some packages from the Hanover's cargo, which were stowed under the great wheel. At first it appeared that the things stowed under the wheel were in a pllee Vconceal men t, but that certainly turned out not to be the case. The objec • tion, however, is not that they were put there out of sight, but that they were put there amongst odds and ends, where the officers would not be likely to look for them. The package 823, marked HB 128, No. 221, he says, was stowed amongst a pile of rice. There is no contradiction as to this. There can be no doubt, therefore, that it was where it ought not to have been. As to this, the ith and Bth counts, which charge a clandestine re moval, appear applicable. In my opinion, the point of law is, that if you believe that this cocoa was put on the pile of rice for the purpose of preventing its being seen by the officers, that is for the purpose of pre venting its being noticed, as it would have been, had it not been there, you must find that it was clandestinely and illegally removed and fraudently con cealed. The ninth and tenth counts charge, it is true, a fraudulent concealment for the purpose of evading the duty. It may have been done, not for the pur pose of evading the duty, but for some other purpose. In that case I think it was forfeited on the seventh and eighth counts; but I think that you will find also on the ninth and tenth counts for the Crown, but you should find specially at the same time that it was not done for the purpose of evading the duty. It is right to say that the fact of this cocoa having been put upon the rice is sworn to by one of that class of witnesses who, the Soli citor-General has properly admitted, were not so worthy of credit as many others; but, in confirmation of his account, you have the officers, who say they found the cocoa amongst the rice. Mr. Spenceley, by brushing and dusting, has found out the marks of some of the bas, and has shown, I think, that the officer was mis taken in saying that these packages had not been weighed, but ho does not deny that the packages were found where the officers say they were. He says, as to some of them, very probably they were found under sweepings. Now, I must tell you as my opinion of the law, subject to correction, that if they were there with a view to their being mixed with the sweepings so as to withdraw them from the notice of the Customs officers, they were clandestinely removed and would be forfeited. I take it as the view of all of you, that none of this was done with a view of evading the duty. Still, if it was done in any way to prevent its being the subject of research, or to conceal the fact from the Custom-house officers, then you must find for the Crown as to the portion so concealed. I must say that I cannot discover any ground upon which the greater part of the cocoa can be considered as forfeited; and I think your attention will have to be directed to some six or seven packages of cocoa only—namely, those as to which Mr. Spenceley can give no account, except that they were portions of a particular cargo. They wer e i ' clearly cargo; and f they were put with the sweepings to put them out of sight, they are, in my opinion, liable to forfeiture. As to the 23 packages and the two barrels, which were clearly sweepings, it is proved that the prac tice existed of supplying any deficiencies in the bags from that which had been clean picked, and that when the whole pile was removed the company took the por tions of cocoa which had fallen to the bottom and had so occasioned the deficiencies. I think in all this there was no ground for seizure. sir F. KELLY called his Lordship's attention to Mr. Spenceley having said that the cocoa was not on a pile of rice, and that everything seized was visible to sight. The CHIEF BARON—But he said afterwards that he knew nothing about it. Then as to the sugar. The 20 hogsheads, it is said, were collected from overdrawings during the year 1849. Ilearne's books are certainly suspicious, but I can see no object which he had in snak ing the alteration which he did, and, independently of him, I see no reason to doubt that the account, which was made up in 1849, included these 20 casks. I repeat that if these were made up of overdrawings and other irregular perquisites, taken possibly by the men to in crease the sweepings, they would not on that account be liable to forfeiture. As to the eight casks, I think it probable that there was some such hurry in getting the various quantities together as was described by some of the witnesses. (His Lordship then went through the evidence as to these eight casks.) You will probably not credit the statement of Robins, that the sugar stowed in one of these casks consisted of the ten bags of Manila sugar short shipped to Antwerp, and 15 bags brought from his laboratory. With reference to the 10 bags said to have been short shipped to Antwerp, I think much more evidence ought to have been given to induce you to believe that that sugar was dealt within the manner suggested. I think the Crown aheuld have waited till the mate came back, and could have given a more intelligible account of the matter. The story is contradicted by persons of greater respectability than those who assert it. It seems little likely that the mate, had he been deprived of the 10 bags, would have con tented himself with merely grumbling and gossiping amongst the inferior servants of the company, instead of making his complaint to Ddr. Rowles, or the heads of the establishment, particularly when it is stated that the loss fell upon himself, and amounted nearly to his year's earnings. On this head, as on others, probably the witnesses for the Crown exaggerated extremely the little they had to say, while the officers of the company, perhaps, did not say all they might have said. I now come to the two boxes of Elavannah sugar, which consti tuted one of the 28 casks. Wickes says that these two boxes were pack e d w i t h out cons id e ration, and in order to screenPontyn, but with whatever motive it i s certain they were removed f rom one pac k a ge to another. I think you will not do u b t t h at they we re surplus cargo; it is g even uncertain whether they had ever been entered, in which case they ought to have gone to the Queen's bag gage warehouse. It is my o pinion that this was liable to be seized, wholly irrespective of w hether it was intended to avoid the payment of duty, and that it was a fraudu lent concealment. And that, therefore, on the 7th, Bth, 9th, and 10th counts, as to this you must give a verdict for the Crown, su bj ec t t o the reservation as to the 9th and 10th counts, w hi c h I have already mentioned. I think it right to say that the London Dock Company have, with the ex ce pti on of Fey, called every w i tness who could throw any light on those transactions, and that they have a ll di s tinctly contradicted the stories theas to m e D ro a h v a i nes s'scorpnreorp.eratny, a nd converting it t o th e and the system of carryin g o ff company's use. lhe ques tion is, has th ere b een any concealment or removal for any purpose what ever, so as to withdraw tho packages fro m th e ob servation of the officers? On this head your attention counts.willb e confinedl have said solely whichto othe the 7 cocoa t h I think li a bl e to, Bth, 9th, an d 10 t h forfeiture; of the sugar I think the two boxes of Ha vannah th only part which is seisable. If you think that was taken up-stairs from one warehouse to another, and that it was afterwards put into the cask, as is probable, for the purpose of getting anything that might be subject to que s ti o n out of sight of the oficers, you must find for the Crown. A question may arise as to whether there has been any identification of the parti cular casks in which these boxes were put. I own, 1 think, that if it is not distinguishable from th e rest, the whole eight ca s k s are f or feited. As to the cocoa, except five or six bags, the verdict ought to bo for the de fendants. Those which would appear to have been placed amongst the sweepings with the same view as the two boxes of sugar in the cask, you must find for the Crown, FEBRUARY 19, 1851 The jury requested to be informed what the particular counts were. His LORDSHIP informed them that the 7th count charged that the goods having been warehoused in the docks, they were by the company clandestinely and ille gally removed from the place of security in which they were, to another place. The Bth count charged the same, without mentioning the persons who committed the act. The 9th count charged the company with hav ing fraudulently concealed the goods in the warehouse with intent to evade the payment of duty. The 10th count was to the same effect, not specifying the persons. The jury then retired, and after a short absence re turned and delivered the following verdict:—" We find for the Crown on the 7th and Bth counts as to the two boxes of sugar, as to the remaining 27 casks of sugar, and as to all the 57 packages of cocoa, for the defen• dants; at the same time we couple with the verdict a re commendation that greater strictness should be observed by the company towards their subordinate servants. in order to prevent irregularities which have occurred." A juryman —We find for the Crown as to the two boxes upon your Lordship's direction, that the putting them into a cask was a clandestine and illegal removal. His LORDSHIP then asked the jury whether they did not find that the two boxes had been fraudulently con cealed within the sth and 10th counts? The Foreman—Yes, but we find no intention to de fraud the revenue. GERMAN Y. We find the following in the _Hanover Gazette of the 12th :—" On the 3d December last Lord PAL MERSTON addressed to the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin a note, in which he stated that having learned that Prussia and Austria Ind agreed to enter the Germanic Confederation with the states not included in it by the treaty of Vienna, be was called on to de clare that the territory of the Germanic Confedera tion was not formed solely by the voluntary union of the states which constitute it, but by a European treaty ; so that the territory could not be modi fied without the consent and accord of all the powers which signed the treaty of Vienna. In forming the Germanic Confederation, the prin ciple was admitted that it should only be composed of German elements. This fundamental principle had been abandoned in the convention referred to. The British Government, however, not having re ceived positive and complete news on this affair, did not at the moment think it right to pronounce formally on the projected change, but it hoped that the Cabi nets of Vienna and Berlin would, before taking any definitive resolution, give it precise explanations on the nature and object of the projected modifica tions, and on the motives which might appear to render them desirable. It specially demanded explanations on the point as to what sort of in tervention one or several members of the Germanic Confederation proposed to exercise in the interior affairs of states which might belong to it, and in any differences which might arise between the Sovereigns and the subjects.—The French Government, having receivep the official news that Austria proposed to enter the Germanic Confederation with all her states, hastened to declare to the Cabinet of Vienna that the French Government would consider the projected ex tension of the territory of the Confederation as an af fair which should be treated by all the parties who signed the treaty of 181.5." We learn from Vienna that the Austrian Minister of War has ordered that all purchases of horses for re mounting the cavalry shall be suspended. TALLOW.—Since our last report the demand for Russian on the spot has much fallen off, together with a reduc tion in prices. Fine New Yellow Candle has been selling at 37s 3d to 37s 6d, and old at 36s 9d to 378 per cwt. For delivery in March and April there are sellers of new at 37s to 37s 3d, and for the last three months of the year at 38s 6d to 38s 9d; but operations aro upon a small scale. Home melted, however, con tinues in good request, but a desire is evinced to sell at 37s net cash. Other worts of Tallow are plentiful, and previous rates are not to be obtained. At auction 900 casks Australian chiefly sold at from 31s 6d to 38s for common to fine; 570 packages South American 31s 64:1 to 37s 9d; and 60 casks Petersburgh yellow Candle 36s 9d to 37s 6d per cwt. For public sale 1,000 packages of Tallow are declared. Oms.—Although Southern Oil is offered at a reduction ; dealers operate with caution and at auction .50 tuns went at all 16s to 321 158 per tun. In Seal operations are upon a limited scale, and pale is to be obtained at 33l lOs to 341. At auction 30 tuns sold at 29/ f-'s to 32110 s for straw yellow and brown. Cod has been operated in with caution, and is to be obtained at 37/ 108 to 38/. Prices continue to decline for Sperm, and the trade to buy with reluctance. At public sale 32 tuns rea lized 841 to 841 5s for first sort. Of ground Nut Oil 65 tuns, 100 hhds went at 33s 3d to 355. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb 18. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 1 5, 1851. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Meinhard Robinow as Consul at Glasgow for the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck. RUSSIA. We learn from Hamburg)), on the authority of tra vellers who have lately passed through Poland, that an enormous Russian army has been concentrated in an imposing and menacing position in the kingdom of Poland, and .that rumours of an important expedition are freely circulated among the various corps of that army. The system of franking letters by means of stamps is being introduced into the Post-office of Poland and Russia. Accounts from Bessarabia state that the division of Russian troops in that province has been ordered to march into Wallachia. ITALY. The Chamber of Deputies of Turin passed a vote of confidence in the Ministry of the Marquis D'AZEGLIO on the 12th inst. A letter from Turin, of the lath, says that Count SICCARDI is seriously ill, and that his successor , is not yet named. It adds, that the rumour of the Aus trian troops having greatly increased on the Pied , montese frontier is devoid of foundation. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Feb. 18.) SUQAR.—To-day there was not much business concluded in the West India Sugar market, but holders are firm, and obtained full rates ter both grocery and refining sorts; at auction 169 hhds 5 brls Barbadoes went at the fall value, mid to fine yellow at 41s to 43s 6d ; and 100 hhds Demerara crystalisikl went at full terms, selling at 42s 6d to 44s 6d; the total purchases are 440 hhds and trcs. REFINED.—To-day the home trade demand for Refined Sugar was good, and brown Lumps were not offered under 425. In Crushed there is yet little passing. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Mauritius, and little done privately, yet holders are firm. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon tierigal Sugar was operated in with caution for home trade purposes, but holders would not sell at lower rates; of 5,60 bags at auction about half sold, fine grainy white at 40s to 50s 6d, good and fine yellow ditto 40s 6d to 43s 6d, mid 38s to 40s, low 34s 6d to 375, and a few lots ord and fine white Benares 40e to 445. Madras is dull of sale, but prices are not lower; of 4,500 bags at auction a small part only sold, low and mid soft yellow at 30s to 335, and better sort 346 to 359 Gd. FOREIGN.—To-day no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and few sales privately, but holders demand last Friday's rates. AIOLASSES.—There is still a firm market with a good busi ness doing in West India. The purchases are 600 puns at 15s to 15s 6d for St. Lucia, St. Vincents, and St. Kitts, and at 16s Gd to 17s for Antigua and Dominica. Bengal and Mauritius are wanted at 12s to 14s per cwt, but few parcel s are to be obtained, holders of Porto Rico and Cuba demand 15s to 16s 6d per cwt, but there are few buyers. COFFEE.—The proposition of Government to equalize the duties on Coffee produced much dulness in the market for Colonial to-day, and previous rates were not to be ob tained ; privately scarcely any business was done, and at auction the sound of 500 bags Native Ceylon was taken in at 4713 for good ord; the rate offered was 455, but the damaged sold at 42s to 44s 6d for first, second, and third class. On the part of holders of Mocha and Foreign Coffee there is, however, greater confidence, and an advance on last week's rates of 2s per cwt is demanded, but at present there are few buyers for any purpose. The public sales of Coffee declared for Thurs day and Friday comprise 3,000 bags Costa Rica, 250 casks and 200 bags Plantation Ceylon, 200 bags East India. On 'Change the rates quoted for good ord Native Ceylon Coffee were 45s to 465. COCOA.—Foreign has met with little attention, and there are sellers of Para and Bahia at 30s to 30s 6d per cwt. Al though stock remains less than last season, at auction 160 bags of Guayaquil were taken in at 33s per cwt. British Plantation has been operated in with caution, and previous rates are not to be obtained ; at auction 255 bags Trinidad were taken in at 47s for low quality, and 155 bags Grenada at 44s to 46s per cwt. TlLL—Operations in Congou here continue upon a small scale, and on the part of holders a desire is evinced to sell, ord and good common at lid to 11 1 / s d, medium is to Is 0 1 / 2 d, and better sorts is Id to is 9cl per lb. Green has been purchased with caution, and there are free sellers at previous terms; the market is also well ?applied Scented and Pekoe Teas are purchased with caution, and prices have still a downward tendency. Public sales are de clared for Thursday, but the quantity to be offered is not large. RICE...To-day few purchases were made in East India Rice by private treaty, but former rates are supported. Of 670 bgs Madras at auction a part sold at 7s 6d to 8s per cwt for low quality. SricEs.—Several parcels of Pimento were privately sold at 5d to sid. Black Pepper met with little attention by private treaty, and none was offered at sale. Prices have a downward tendency, ruling at 3ad to 3id for Malabar; and at 31id to 3id for Sumatra. White is held for 6d to 9d for common and fine. Pod is dull of sale, and at auction 450 bgs were taken in at 45s for good. Ginger is not cheaper, Jamaica is from 21 lOs to 91 for low to fine; and East India export sort lis to 20s per cwt. Cassia Lignea ha s b een selling at 90s to 102 s. Cassia Buds aro held for 110 s per ewt. Nutmegs, common and mid brown at 2s 4d to 2s 10d, and better sort 3s to 4s. Purchases to to a fair extent have been made privately in Mace, rates are firm at 2s to 2s 4d, and better sort 2s 5d to 2s Bd. In Cloves there is rather more doing; Bourbon and Zanzibar at 6d to 60 ; and Penang at 9d to is 3d. Cinnamon continues to attract little attention. Prices for Ceylon of first sort rule at from Is 9d to 3s 6d for low to fine, second ditto is 5d to 2s 6d, third and fourth is to 2s 3d per lb. SPIRITS.—In Leeward Island Rum sales have been upon a limited scale ; still holders require Is 8d to is 9d proof on ac count of a small supply. The value of East India is is 6d to Is 7d, but the orders executed have been trifling. Of De merara several parcels w ere di sposed of at 2s 6d to 2s 9d for 30 to 40 per cent over p roo f . J ama i ca i s not muc h wanted by shippers or home d ea l ers , b ut h o ld ers w ill not se ll at a reduction in the value of plain and middling quality ; 30 to 31 per cent over proof is 2s 8d to 3s; good and fine 33s to 33s over, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; and superior, 4s to 4s 6d per gal lon. Brandy continues to be operated in with caution, and a desire is evinced to sell best Cogn ac b ran ds of the vintage of 1850 at 45 4d to 4s 6d, 1 849 ditto 45 7d to 4s 9d ; 1848 ditto 4s 9d t o 4 s lid, an d inferior sorts a. to 4s 3d per gallon. The value of Geneva is is 7d to Is 8d for common, and fine is 9d to 2s, but operations are upon a limited scale. The market is firm for British made spirit at 9s Sd to 9s 9d, and Gin 8s 3d for 22 per cent. under proof. latanGo.—The sales commenced on the 11th instant, and terminated this day. The total quantity declared for sale was 11,683 chests in the A, and 4,730 in the B catalogue; together 16,413 chests, of which 2,247 lots were not printed, leaving the quantity to be brought forward 14,166 chests. The first impression produced by the declaration of this enormous quantity was decidedly unfavourable; when, how ever, it was known that within a few days of the sale, Oc tober prices had been ofered and refused for several parcels, the feeling gained ground that if proprietors were firm a fair proportion would find buyers at about the currency of October. From the b eg i nn i ng o f the sale it was quite evident that the orders for the home trade and for export were un usually small, and although the first marks in the catalogue were kept up by th e p ro p r ietors at full prices, and chiefly bought in, a decline of 2d to 6d per lb was subsequently submitted to, whenevfr a desire of realizing was shown ; anis instead of inducing the buyers to come forward, appeared to increase their reluctance, to bid, and the resu l t was, that ou each day very extensive withdrawals took place, large quantities were bought in, leaving only a sm a ll proportion (2,800 chests) sold, evidently for inurediate wants. COCHINEAL.—To-day the market for Cochineal presented a dull tone, and of 100 bgs at auction a small part only sold Mexican silvers at 3s 6d to 3s 7d, Honduras 3s 6d to 3s Ild black 4s to 4s 9d, Teneriffe silvers 3s 7d to 3s 9d per lb. SALTPETRE. —To-day the market for rough presented a quiet aspect, and rather lower rates Were acceded to. At auction 434 bags Calcutta were sold at 26s 6d for 17" to 15 1 ,( s per cent refraction, and 100 bgs M a d ras at 26s Per ewt for 12 1 -A per cent. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lemuel Allan Wilmot, Esq., to be a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Province of New Brunswick, and John Ambrose Street, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for that Province. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 15. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Pontefract—The Honourable Beilby Richard Lau ley, of Escrick-park, in the county of York, in the room of Sir Samuel Martin, Knt., who has accepted the office of one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer. FEB. 17. Burghs of Linlithgow, Lanark, Falkirk, Airdrie, aed Hamilton—James Baird, Esq., in the room of the Right Honourable Henry Pelham Pelham Clinton, commonly called Earl of Lincoln, now Duke of Newcastle, summoned to the Upper House of Parliament. FEB. 18. County of Nottingham, Southern Division William Hodgson Barrow, Esq., in the room of Robert Bromley, Esq., deceased. Commission by the Lord-Lientenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Edmund Blayds to be Lieutenant, vice Samuel James Brown, resigned, Feb. 8. Commissions by the Lord- Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiment of Notts Yeomanry Cavalry—Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, Esq., commonly called Viscount Newark, to be Captain, vice Robert Bromley, Esq., deceased. James Thomas Wightman, Gent. (now Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars), to be Adjutant, with the rank of C a pt a in. SHERWOOD RANGERS. - Granville Edward Harcourt Ver non, Esq., to be Captain, vice Lord William Pelham Clin ton, deceased ; Charles Thy rold, Gent., to be Second Lieu. tenant, vice Jonathan Alderson, Gent., deceased; George Gordon, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Charles Thorold, Gent., deceased. BANKRUPTS. James Binion Cooper and George Binion Cooper, iron founders, Drury-lane, to surrender March 3, at one, and April 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, S ,, robrook-ceurt, Basinghall-street ; Ford and Lloyd, Bloomsbury-square. James Holland and Edward Warden, tallow chandlers, Preston, Lancashire, March 3 and 31, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Taylor, Manchester. 'William Neck, jun., corn dealer, Torre, Devonshire, March 4, at eleven, and March 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Carter, Torquay; Stogd on, Exeter. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. Henry Mylam Morton, tobacconist, Newgate-street. Edward Hodges, licensed victualler, Ranelagh- street, Pimlico. Thomas Eaton, attorney-at-law, Field-court, Gray's-inn. Thomas Main, plumber, Water-lane, Blackfriars. Joseph Middlemas, butcher, Russia-lane, Victoria-park. John Driver, carpenter, Leopold-place, Mile-end. William Window, retailer of beer, Lea-bridge. Samuel Horton, builder, Clephane-road, Islington. George Borer, commission agent, High Holborn. George Tedder, vocalist, Nelson -square, Blackfriars-road. Henry Wood, blacksmith, Douro-street, Bow. James Nestor, cuptaia in the British Army, Prince's-street, Chelsea. William Bowket, journeyman currier, Green-street, White chapel-road. William Henry Main, jun., plumber, Water-lane, Blackfriars. Henry Bonsor, fancy box maker, Manchester. Simeon Clough, wool salesman, Little Horton, Yorkshire. Richard Higham, rope and twine manufacturer, Salford. John Littlehailes, boot and shoe maker, Durham. Joseph Preston, farmer, Northborough, Northamptonshire. Samuel Archer, currier and leather cutter, Norwich. Henry Branscombe, carpenter, and joiner, Exmouth. William Crighton, beer-house keeper, Manchester. John Elston Rogers, newspaper agent, Liverpool. William Stott, brewer, Oldham, Lancashire. Patrick Treanor, slater, Liverpool. Lydia Witherford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Thomas Rawson, farmer, Horncastle, Lincolnshire. Charles Brooks, surgeon, Cricklade, Wiltshire. Robert Gardner, grocer, Birmingham. Joseph Wormald, innkeeper, Monk Bar, Yorkshire. Edward Morris, bread and flour dealer, lrighton. Thomas Dare, victualler, Exeter. Thomas Escott, East Reach, Taunton, Somersetshire. Abraham Pope, carpenter, Pinchbeck Bars, Lincolnshire. Thomas Drewett, livery stable keeper, Clifton, Bristol. Thomas Gardener, glass stainer, Manchester. Michael Minter Major, auctioneer, Folkestone, Kent. Robert Wicks, boot maker, Birmingham. William Whettell, labourer, Groton, Chirbury, Salop. George Atkinson Walker, clerk in holy orders, Alverthorpe, with Thornes, near Wakefield. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, BaEinghall-street. E. Whitmore, J. Wells, J. Wells, jun., and F. Whit more, Lombard-street, bankers, March 11, at twelve— R. Bowerman, Eusham, Oxfordshire, carrier, March 11, at eleven—W. S. Cowper. Bishopsgate-street Without, grocer, March 12, at one—G. Burton, Whitechapel-road, linendraper, March 10, at twelve. In the Country. T. B. Jones, Brecon, maltster and brewer, March 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Bristol—F. C. Husen betb, Bristol, wine and spirit merchant, March 21, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. F. J. Brown, Birmingham, railway clerk, 25., any Thursday, betweea eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. S. M. Half hide, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, linendraper, is. 20.. any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall Etreet. R. G. Ward, Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, coach currier, 3s. 4d.. any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basioghall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. _ _ G. Ralston, Bow, engineer, March 8, at eleven—J. Clark, Soham, Cambridgeshire, dealer in flour. March 12, et twelve—W. S. Cowper, Bishopsgate-street Without, and New-street, Dorset-street, grocer, March 12, at one —S. Ingamells, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, machinist, March 11, at twelve. In the Country. J. Mathison, Ferryhill, Durham, builder, March 12, at one, at the Court, Newcastle•unon-Tyne—T. Davey, Liskeard, Cornwall, seedsman, March 12, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Simons, Wibloft, Warwickshire, horse dealer, March 25, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham. CERTIFICATES G:RA N TED. J. Porter, High-street, Cawd a a-town, cabinetmaker, certificate of the second class —J. Hall, Brighton, victu aller, certificate of the second class;—R. G.W ard, Brown low•street, Drury-lane, coach currier, certificate of the third class—J. Watkins, Tottenham-court-road, certifi cate of the third class—G. Hall and F. S. Fell, Tyne mouth, timber merchants, certifi'cate of the first class twenty-one days from Feb. 13—C '. Little, Holborn-bars, and Commercial-place, Peckharti, maker of electrical apparatus, certificate of the second class—C. Martin, Darlington, Durham, plumber and glazier, certificate twenty-one days from Feb. 18—W. Burnett, Bishop Wearmouth, shipbroker, certificate twenty-one days from Feb. 18—J. Crook, Plymou.th, merchant, certificate of second class—W. H. Boon, Plymouth, ironmonger, certificate of second class—E. Cardwell, Manchester, sharebroker, certificate of seotind class—J. Davies, Kinston, Ihrefordshire, mercer and draper, certificate of second class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. D. Macarthur and J. Green, Pall-mall, wine and spirit merchants—H. S. Cafe, sen., H. Cafe, jun., and R. Reid (so far as regards H. Cafe, jun.), Great Marlborough street, auctioneers—W. Pearson and C. Harwood, Shef field, Yorkshire, linendrapers—T. Southworth and C. Southworth, Blackburn, Lancar;bire, drapers—M. L. Green and E. L. Green, Hound sditch, City, w h o l esa l e clothiers—T. Hourston and A.. Hourston, Downbam Market, Norfolk, tailors and wc . ollendrapers—J. Binns and John Bums, Dukinfield, Cheshire, cotton spinners and cotton manufacturers—J. C aster and Jos. Carter, Warrington; watch and clock nutkers—R. Lacon and A. Risely, William-street, Islingtot I, mattress makers—M. R. Price and D. Roderick, Swansea, Glamorganshire, wine and spirit merchants—J. Sykes and R. Nixon, Hill-house, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woollen yarn manufacturers—C. Baker and F. N. Baker, Southampton, tubber and general merchants, —D. S. Waiker, J. C. Greenhill, and R. Fry, Barge-ymed, Bucklersbury, pa tent elastic mourning hat band and waterproof sheeting manufacturers—J. Hammond, G. Horton, L, Bakhr, and T. Cotten (as far as regards T. Cotten), Hollinwood, Staf fordshire, coal owners—L. Cooper and A. W. Ord, Man cheeter and Stockport, cotton-spi tiners—J. Gate and A. Greenwood, Brick-lane, bottled beer merchants—E. Lewis and R. Lewis, Tyers.gatewt Bermondsey-street, Bermondsey, woolstaplers—C. Brook, sen., W. L. Brook and C.Brook, jun.,Meltham IWills,ne ar Huddersfield,York shire, cotton-spinners —R. Rockall and J. Jones, Oxford, tea-dealers end Italian warebousem en—F. Hale, and A. D. Hale, Berkhampstead St. Peter, Hertfordshire, linen drapers—l. Johnson and J. Simpeon Derby. plasterers— F. E. Petty and W. D. Potts, Bath, chemists and drug gists—W, Wilson and Mary Wits an, Leeds, passe brokers —J. M. Bast) and F. Job, Titchbourne-street, Regent -street, and Gerrard-street, Soho. watch and clock makers—H. Baldwin and T. Baldwin, Lancaster, aitor neys-at.law—j. Heater), E. Muff, and J. Field (as far as regards J. Heatoe), Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, washing liquor-makers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Melt,, Kingston upon-Hull, shoemaker. John l)inb, Kingston- upen Hull, auctioneer. John Settle Anderson, Kingston-upon-Hull, grocer. Robert Featherstone, Kingston-upon-Hull, carver and gilder. John St ainforth, Kingston-uponitull, painter. John Johnson, Kingston-upon-Huli, patent shoe-manu- facturcr. Widiam .Taco man, jun.. Hereford, builder. Thomv; Codd, Fries . ton, Lint!olnshi.ve, ~, . hottn3ulccr. Deusharn, Barnstaple, Dewonshire, coal-mer chant. Richard Liaucock, Barnstaple, Devonshire, butcher. John Poole, Arlestose, Shropshire, farmer. Toomiis Langton, Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire, labourer. Joseph Leis, Bristol, beer retailer. Richard Knapp, Wick, Gloucestershire, farmer. John Eliug, Gravesend, livery stable-keeper. William Poole llooton, Gainshorough, Lincolnshire, tailor. George Stancer, Sheffield, fender-manufacture r. Edward Oakes, Portsea, ironmonger. William Jackson, Sht.flield. policeman. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Gilchrist, Paisley, oy.er, to meet withi n the Sa ne. con's M. M‘Brair, , G Glasgow, comm i ss i o n agent, to m eet within the Globe Hotellasgow, Feb. 21 and M arch 14, at two. —Paisk Feb. 20 and March 13, at o Y, ne. Head Inn, J. White, Edinburgh, draper, to meet within the Borst Exchange Coffee house, Feb 21 and March 21, at twelve. R. Menzies, Weem, Perthshire, merchant, to meet within Menzies'-inn, We ( m, Feb. 24 and March 13, at one. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF COMMONS. Feb. 18. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Fent o'clock. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The Bill for this company was read a second time. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL BILL. This Bill was read a second time. SECOND READINGS. The Mildenhall, Burnt Fen Road, Lakenheath and llwe oc k: wold Roads Bill, and the St. Helen's Waterworks Bill, r ' also read a second time. HASTINGS IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the second reading of this Bill being put, Mr. PIGOTT said that the corporation of 'lasting were anxious to carry as soon as possible this Bill; and bebtbereci fore trusted that the second reading v. euld not be eloV se r ode until the general Sanitary Improvement Bill bad been tings the consideration of Parliament. The corporation of Has has taken every precaution to satisfy the requirements vms" that Bill was intended to meet. Mr. HOLLAND sincerely- trusted that the second readi the ? would be postponed until some further consideration f , matter. He would move that it be postpone d fora to so that the second reading should not be taken until the low of March. Mr. BRISCOE second o ed the motion. f the Mr. FREWEN also posed the second reading o• Bill, on the ground that it was opposed to the feelings 0f t he inhabitants. The House then divided, when there appeared-- 9 For the amendment . •• ••• Against it ... ••• 2 0 Majo ordered the The Bill was then tc.be reaTa second - °II 18th of March. LONDON (CITY) SEWERS BILL. This Bill was read a second time. ST. PANCRAS (MIDDLESEX) PAVING 1 31 - Tl ' On the second reading of this Bill being moved. that" Mr. CUBITT said that this was not the first time gen had had to oppose this Bill. Several noblemen an" r s i ct s tlemen had been appointed trustees of the l ea nt of the parish. They had at the beginning of the P` o , the century borrowed money for the purposes of irnpreT irl %he neighbourhood, which would be affected by this Bill. nt of Southampton estate had been pledged for the rePsY r l this that money, and it wa s th ere f ore a consequence that o f Dec essity B ill were to pass, great inconvenience must wise. He should therefore move that this Bill be read , second time this day six months. Mr. SPOONER seconded the motion. ositiost Sir B. HALL regretted very much that this oPP on . had been offered to the Bill. So far from the Bill beingferct posed to the feelings of the inhabitants, it was ine of consonance with them. It was backed by the names one of the Members for the district and one of the fie p re for the county. It was a fact that there were at tucionera• sent time no less than seventeen boards of cantai s !,. eo t of The roads were in a most miserable state, and the et ee gt• the Bill was neither more nor less than to obtain th.€, wou ld. of self-government for the parishioners. This 131"nrable have the effect of gaining that benefit. The 1 1 ° 11° ,f the Member for Andover (Mr. Cubitt) had talks d r : d ata- Southampton estate, but he seemed to have ienosa, that there was also the Somers' estate• dts- Somers-town was one of the most populous of the Dir s i g ued tricts of London, and many thousands of persons ha ed that petitions in favour of the Bill. He, therefore, hoPoll. House would not countenan c e this opposition to the not Sir R. INGLIS said that this Bill was neither 1 11 ° 0 dor less than an attempt to hand over the parishioners iodsa. tender mercies of the select vestry of St. pancras no advantage could possibly a r i s e from it, he hoped ;. ~ OPt ibe• Bill wou DUDLEY be lost..end °it° Lord STUART said that his Hon. r'opinion, Member for the University of Oxford had, ia,, bis mi tho_t quite misrepresented the state of the case. Th e m ioew that the whole of these seventeen boards of cola o2l _,, od, were paid boards, and the parishioners had to pa y thet:,.den• therefore, they now desired to be relieved from OLT, pe• He asked them to do nothing more than read the f e a t Cora' cond time, and send it for the consideration of a S e ' s i r able mittee.—(Hear, bear ) . de Lord SEYMOUR thought it was exceeding. the 13 111 ~."' that the House should pass the second reading 6`niffec_..om He did not mean to s a y th a t th e measure 11 / 83 , / itas itself as it stood, but it c ou ld b e a mended or at• ) removed when it got into Committee.—(Hear' The House then divided, when there appeax^ - 46 For the amendment *** Against it ... ••' Majority '** The Bill was then read a secondiime.... g BrL SEVERN STEAM-TUG COMPAN This Bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. 11fr. C. HINDLEY presented a petition fr °l3l 61 Mht°ll- under. Lyne praying for a repeal of the paper duti es ; je ; ' Il Mr. POWER presented a petition from a Pl ac e - as ure„, d. county of Cork deprecating the passing of anY ber terfering with the religious liberties of any class °' jesty's subjects. na o l ll. Similar petitions were also presen ted from ado llasr- Dublin by Mr. Reynolds, from Dundalk by Mr. and from Tipperary by Mr. Scully. gt. Ad*l" Mr. C. LUSHIN'GTON presented a petition fral n ' the Westminster, praying for the unconditiona l repea l ° dow-duty. .1 union s Mr. COBDEN presented petitions from gavel' -fuumni"-- Yorkshire praying for the establishment of countY boards. pienbar!'s Land praying that no more Sir WM. MOLESWORTH presented a P etiti t Tl f ) r e om sen Ttliztp " trail*" that colony. - Mr. HUDSON begged to give notice tha t SHIPPING INTEREST. ola ° b they i t iglis Friday ask the Chancellor sent WV . , his intention to remit any of the duties at pre 0 _....0 a petition ctnbip. on the shipping interest • and present w borne by Jo ing of hardships and losses • which are no. owners, of the Exchequer, bring wbt - 00a on i‘' h ir i . s TIIE REVENUE. 11 m IA ot C io G n R w EG ith OR re g s a p N e - c e t no to tic t e h t e ha re t v h e fortnight. tic'' THE WINDOW-DITTIES. f the , Sir B. HALL gave notice, that in the event of bon°, vernment persevering in the attempt to imPos e .. t he OA ° tax in lieu of the window-tax, he should more thm• be extended to Ireland. IN , a SHIPOWNERS' CHARGES IN DUBL an 05 Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that he should, on o , the air day, present a petition praying for the remission the Or wise and unjust charges which were imposed ur n .04 builders tio.- builders and shipowners of the port of Dublin. the 0) enusehouaiildtantoti; der Sir R. INGLIS suggested that the terms of ' „ h ought to be altered. . , to ' 0 4,, - ; Mr. REYNOLDS said that he had no objectio ec t to " b , draw the terms "unwise and unjust" wit h resP to o pt charges, it being understood that he believed then ht 0 RAJA OF SAYEARA. c nr teig - t ea Mr. ANS rEY gave notice that on t hat day r esel• should call the attention of the House to a petition P ose, re la• on the 14th instant by the Hon. Member for Wiltr tive to the claims of the ex-Raja of Sattara. SAVINGS BANKS. he W , „f t ia Mr. SPOONER wished to ask the Chancelicl - bring ' chequer if it be the intention of the Government • too boo, during the present session any Bill relating to to nitr°l; and if so, whether the same, or a similar Bill to t oiarv ent duced by the Government in the last session of r g id it 1: The CHANCELLOR of the E `FIEQL. 5- avi n NC t of 8 hit his intention to introduce a Bill on the subjec i ‘f wh ea banks, but at p resent he could not n ame " aj would bring it on. tli e t BRITISH MUSEUM. State Wl 3e t ho Mr. HUME wished of at to ask the Secretary aril ° the any and what measures have been taken tc respecting recommendation of the Royal Commission co future ,management of the British Museum. un d e r the ue o Sir G. GREY said subject 0 now ~,,e 0 La* the jvr had yet be e° of n Government, but no steps i ' s i o ners• • o g to carry out th e recommen d a tion of the C orn m tto the /t of ie Mr. HUME gave not i ce th a t he shoul d object the Bo _ any publi c money to t h e B r itish Mus eum had a report on the subject. STS• ell '4ll WOODS AND FORE d John R °s3 til ° Viscount k Lor 3 DUNCAN wished t o 3 ' • Ws it W 4 f the I•;stittla seg o which number of the Miscellaneou s e exPe P intention of the Government to include th ;,-,c hid ed ou ld 10 royal parks? be Lord J. RUSSELL said the expe nse w No. lof the Miscellaneous Estimates. NA for Ir e ' GRAND JURIES IN IRELA. retary,„.o.o.. Mr. HIGGINS wished to ask the Chief Se es ty's or' ti l t s. land whether it was the intention of her Mn.l„ or the reg ment to introduce any measure, this session, ' •,:l the tion of grand juries in Ireland? reP l l 1 Sir W. SOMERVILLE was understood to negative. s W l ' icll GOVERNMENT BILLS. Sir GEORGE GREY said, as there were ressonwith his made it inconvenient for him to proceed to•ri i g li tes of P,„. rc , Bill for amending the law relating to the e i..l:ld- 0"'- s h e e c s u h t o io u n id s, p a o n s d ti h w i n s e S t il l l e f n o l r u t n h t e u r t e o m .rn ov o a r l ro o . Sra : s ov_ , COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO .1-' fth° UNIVERSITY. • 0 o a Mr. KEOGH inquired whether it was the intetiti°bers Oa Government to introduce any Roman Catholic rael,irs 113 0 management of the Dublin University , il i t 4 present consisting only of Protestants s L i o r rd E. J. B I u tU X S T S O E N LL replied that he was at pr esent ri° postpone his motion condition to say how the c9mmission was COmPesecL SUGAR DUTIES. . , en tiori, t ;,, ° day fortnight. on g r a e v g e a n rcl o i t n ie g e tthheatsiut;ro-Vie i s n' tili iii IP' assimilating mit te e Mr. P. SCROPE, in rising to move that a Select p°,l 5c 0tia",,,,,, 0 10,' Ireland, appointedtepoor-latwes ceofnsidEenrgiatnhdet ext , ,_,,d, , and promoting the productive `lcoibing ment of able-bodied paupers, said he knew' anY i°. ; he could say would induce the HOUSE to determine 1 yift thereforsel,ioes., stract proposition on the great question, end, that he asked the House to inquire into and consideftutZose• tion, and report the result of their deliberations to 1n71, - t ion $ He might be asked why he introduced iuto the Irfiy,,tb e subject apparently not immediately connected witb i d t .',l 'd so -f ' - ' l. best form of relief to the able-bodiefl poor, but be ' I the this reason—that the main difficulty' onnectLode At poor in England, Ireland, and Scotland Was tide'. 'chi' present existing - of relieving the able-bodied Po i () . r , ws tlY , poor-law had always been considered, the most voluable of our ancient institutions, becaufootry• of the C D a e 4" it depended the peace, order, and tranquillity The poor-law was introduced into Ireland in 1837 ' 3 ,1 in i tg tended greatly in 1847, but it was not yet assimilate t po int mode of operation to the English oor-law. Th e g re3 e lief i ci and be thoug_": upon of difference was the enormous disPiarit , a out-door r ,iiet; door s ' o jie, the two countries. In Ireland there i was noont-d in Ei:gland 7-Bths of the relief was out- relic t ; ,rbere to go farther, in Scotland there was no in-door raliel.'wittioat was also great difference in the mode of levyingl,af— t 6 , l e° pronouncing which was the best, be W . ,' l iftaal i ' " why there should not be one uniform sYsteu4 ' fPfa l for' 14, *a, 1?,, c Ta t th. Ar,