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the purposes of cultivation, and reserving but the remaining ss. for the outlay of c a pit a l and as a remuneration for their labours. The consequence of this was, that capitalists were induced to embark their property in New Zealand. Roads were opened in very considerable numbers in the neighbour hood of Auckland, and a college for the dissemination of edu cation and a bishopric was established at Nelson with the happiest • effect. Emigrants of a better class were induced to leave this country, and to go out to the new colony, because the com pany had shown, by their actions, that the propagation of the great public objects for which they had been associated was their first and permanent principle, and therefore, he re peated, it was that many persons belonging to the very best classes in England had withdrawn their property from this country to embark it in New Zealand. He had read a book of Mr. Wakefield's, which gave a most interesting account of the progress of the colony from the first settlement, to the period when he found it inhabited by persons of a superior class from Britain, who lived in the greatest harmony with the natives, of whom there were one or two in every house, acting faithfully and gratefully as servants.—( Hear, hear. ) He (Mr. Buller) thought, if a statesman had wisely re garded the state of things described in that book, he would have done all in his power to assist the progress--( Hear, hear) — He would have said to the colonists, " Go on in your happy course and you shall not have to complain of any want of assistance upon my part ;" and he thought that if any angel could have carried Lord Stanley over the ocean, and enabled him to look down with his own eyes upon all that was passing, the Noble Lord would not have allowed official jealousy to in terfere with prosperity--( Hear, hear)—and certainly would have done anything rather than excite the passions and encourage the barbarous cupidity of the natives.—(Hear.) When his Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell) determined that it was right to take possession of New Zealand for the British Crown. he recognised no right in the savage except to the ground which the latter actually occupied, and accordingly to the civilised man no right derived from the savage which the savage himself had not previously possessed. But his Noble Friend modified that view by making an allowance in favour of those who had actually paid for the lands they possessed, and who had turned those lands to a useful account for civilisation. He therefore came to the resolution of giving to the settlers the land which had been allotted to them under native titles, at the rate of es. per acre. The agreement of 1840, fully entitled the New Zealand Company to the confirmation of all their rights.— (Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member then went into a detailed account of the inquiries under Mr. Pennington, and the negotiations between the Company and Mr. Vernon Smith. He read also the communications of Governor Hudson with Government ; and upon the whole he contended that the Yew Zealand Company hag a right to hold themselves exempted from the subsequent inquiries of Mr. Spain. Upon the faith of the agreement of 1840, they had, by the desire of the Go vernment, trebled their capital, and had sent out a large num ber of emigrants (nearly 2,000) of the first class, under the express sanction of the Commissioners of Emigration.—( Hear, bear.) The consequence of the departure from the agreement had produced great misery and danger to the natives and to the colony. If Lord Stanley had got over that spirit of pugnacity which had damaged every department of the public service with which he had been connected—if he had been contented with resisting only wherever his dislikes were fixed—without desiring to crush—he might have spared himself from wit nessing the distress and ruin, which must add to his official difficulties. If Lord Stanley had answered the first letter of the New Zealand Company in a conciliatory spirit these evil con sequences might have been prevented. The latter agreement of the Government was incompatible with the former. They made a grant of land which it was not in their power to grant to the New Zealand Company, and it was not intimated to the Company that Lord Stanley had made a grant of land which it was not in his po;ver to give. They entered into an agreement in May, 1843, by which it was stipulated that the Government should give them a conditional title to all the land which would he selected by their agents. The effect of that grant was to he their getting immediate possession, and a prima facie title for those lands, leaving it to the natives to oust them afterwards, if they could. That agreement was accepted, and the company were contented; but they did not receive immediate possession. And in Feb, 1844, they were made acqainted with a secret correspondence which seemed not merely to deprive them of all possession, but to render the agreement worth less—because it was of importance to the execution of that agreement that the agents of the Government should select the lands which were to be granted, and to which effect Captain Fitzroy received instructions, which he did not obey. The company then moved for a committee and they got a distinct answer that Lord Stanley meant that the grant should be an unconditional grant of land. They had the committee, and five gentlemen were taken from his side of the House, and ten from the other side. The under-secretary objected to the names on his own side, and struck out three of them, and substituted for those three the names of gentlemen of whom it was but just to say, that they had alwa; s vote.l steadily with him.—(Laueh ter.) Nevertheless, to such a Committee Lord Stanley and the Company agreed to leave the question. Considering the composition of the Committee he thought that the House would be very much inclined to pay respect to their opinion on any question of public interest, and particularly en any matter of controversy with respect to private right that might be referred to their decision. In the first officer of the Committee the Go vernment were angry with them (the Opposition) because they did not agree with the decision of that Committee. It was a difficult thing fur a man to know his position in such a case. He thought a man might feel a great deal of difficulty ; but in any circumstances in which a man had the sole power of de cid:ng en a matter of personal controversy, he thought that no man could be too ready to give his candid opinion ; and he was of opinion that a man ought to be bound by his decision. Lord Stanley agreed to refer the matter to a Committee, and when the decision of the Committee was given against him he refused to be bound by the decision of those whom he himself appointed. The Company were to have a conditional grant, as well as im mediate possession, which was not given. What, then, was to he done with the grant ? Were they not right in saying that Captain Fitzroy had been misled by Lord Stanley, when, since the time of that agree ment, there was not one instance of an attempt to execute it, when it ought to be carried into effect at least in a week? A wretched quibble was made that there would be a formal de mand made upon the agents. Was it necessary, when a man made a promise, that a formal demand should be made ? Cap tain Fitzroy had induced fresh payments to be made to the na tives, which was by no means a part of the bargain.—( Hear.) Hie refused to confirm the commissions of award, which was perfectly wrong. For thirteen months that agreement had remained without any attempt to carry it into effect. The agreement was a delusion, a snare, and an injury to the New Zealand Company. The agreement had been entered into without any intention whatever to carry it into effect. Thus Lord Stanley had repudiated the agreement of a former Mi nister and broken his own. He sacrificed 300,0001. of the capital of the New Zealand Company, and they still re mained without a single acre of land. By that means Lord Stanley exhausted their capital and put an end to its operation. That was their cruel treatment to a Company against whom the Government never brought a charge. What was that, however, to the misery and ruin which occurred to the unhappy emigrants who were kept from access to the lands which they purchased at a high price in England. Lord Stan ley might at least have written to the Governor to take some little care that those people should be allowed access to their lands. They were, however, denied access to their lands ; and they few fresh tribes coming and establishing themselves in places which they had never visited before. The emigrants had their houses pulled down, and their lives put in danger ; and when they applied for re cress the answer was that no re dress should be given. There was one systematic refusal of redress to those people who were suffering under those griev ances. The Government merle a proclamation, that if any savage set up a claim the emigrants should be turned out. In consequence of these and other transactions on the part of the Government, all the public works had been stopped, and a still greater evil was, that an immense mass of labourers were thrown out of employment. The last news was that Captain Fitzroy, by his own financial mismanagement, had determined that nothing should be done towards cheapening the Government of New Zealand. He had gone to several places refusing to establish the the title to land, and promised to bring the inhabitants to Auckland, where he w suld rectify the agree ment which they were not satisfied with. He then tried to force them. It was on these accounts that hardly a ship came back to this country without some poor labourer who went out for work to New Zealand, and, being disappointed, came back to a union workhouse in this country. At the same time the Government did nothing for the natives—they totally dis regarded their real interests. Fur five months, without the in terference of any British law whatever, had 1,500 Europeans been living in intercourse with the natives, and not the slightest casualty or dispute had ever occurred between them.—( Hear.) In fact, they had been living upon such good terms with each other, the settlers and the natives, that several European families had two and three of the natives in their employment, aid others had many more.—( Hear, hear. ) But here the Government stepped in with its laws and its in terference, causing a disunion and a fight amongst those who had heretofore lived upon terms of friendship—all about a trumpery matter of land, and the consequences would be such, that they would not be effaced without the most dis astrous consequences.—(Hear, hear.) A feud of blood had been caused that never could be eradicated from the mind of the white man, for he felt that a wrong had been done him, and that the black man had been favoured in preference to him, and the result would be, that neither would be satisfied until he had achieved the extermination of the other.—( Hear, hear. ) Oh, but then he might be met by Hon. Gentlemen opposite telling him that this had all been the fault of the New Zea land Company themselves, and all owing to their own precipita tion ; if so, then let him ask how would that excuse apply to similar encounters that had taken place in parts of the colony -where the New Zealand Company had never set a foot?— (Hear, hear.) Now, just let him call the attention of the House to what had occurred, not very long ago, in the colony. At the time he was alluding to, a New Zealand chief, who dis played a great deal of intelligence in all matters that he con ceived told against our settlers—(Laughter)—came down amongst some of those settlers, and robbed them of their pro perty; and destroyed their houses, and committed all manner of depredations, whereupon Captain Fitzroy went with a military fume at hie back, to this chief, who made a sort of apology for what he had done, which Captain Fitzroy said was a most am ple apology—(A laugh)—and thereupon he proceeded to ano ther district, and encountered another party of natives, whom he punished for this depredation by fining them ten muskets— (laughter) —and then, in order to appease the chief, whom he feared he had offended, he absolutely abolished the only two custom. houses existing in the colony.--'Laughter.) The c 'silence of all thi s l en i ent treatment to this chief was, that other •chiefs and natives, emboldened by Captain Fitzroy's treatment of the first one, made a descent upon another settler, a Mr. eh t s anti robbed him of valuable property to a very large amount, and yet they were not punished by Captain Fitzroy.— Hear, hear.) Notwithstandi ng a ll thi s , an d th a t d es p atc h es had been received at the Colonial-office, stating those facts, yet Lord Stanley sent out orders to New Zealand subsequently, ordering that the militia that had been raised in that country should be disbanded, because indeed the natives had been reported to him to have been a little out of .temper.—(Hear hear, and a l a u g h.) B ut even this did not satisfy this extraordinary chief, for he very soon after came down again amongst the English settlers, and in the presence •of thirty soldiers cut r down the British flog-staff.—( Hear.) This last act of eLs s ion . at length aroused Captain Fitzroy, 'and he became at in earnest, and sent for soldiers to Sydney,- and what wou t. l3 ult be ? Why, a war be- • tween the natives and the se l re- as satisfaction fir this out rage, all of which might have ha b l r e t e e e n rs' avi,id e d by Captain Fitzroy having had the firmness to He p a u r t the chief and some of his followers in gaol for a week—( then in order to show that he was s;.illeianr. ) Captain Fitzroy, those re ward's of 501. for the apprehension of the ch a i r e7s es of who had committed those robberies, and 101. for thee tribese hension of the first chief, whom he (Mr. lr v uile r r e 3 had mentioned, in reply to which that chief said he conceived that such conduct towards him on the part of Captain Fitzroy, was treating him like a pig.....pio ( Laughter)—and he followed th a t up by offering a reward of 1,000 acres of land to any person who would bring him Capt. Fitzroy's head.—( Great laughter.) This part of the subject might be laughable, but he begged to tell the House he very much feared the result would be a conflict, at which the Go vernment would shudder, for upon them lay the responsibility. —(Hear, hear.) The Government would also have to bear the responsibility of results consequent upon their not havinc , established in that colony those tree institutions which were the birthright.' of every Englishman, but instead of those, the Government had sent out to govern this colony the enlightened despotism of Captain Fitzroy, and his assistants.—( Hear, hear.) And yet, notwithstanding all this, the Government bad paid functiosaries in every department, though it was generally upposed that the colony would have been able to defray THE S (r N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1845. its own expenses.—(Hear, hear.) But instead of that, the expenses of the Government in the Colony now were about 36,0001., not including a debt of 60,000/.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Buller) had heard that the Government had re called Captain Fitzroy, and that it was the intention to send Captain Grey in his place. Now he (Mr. Buller) did not wish to say anything in reference to Captain Grey; but at the same time he did think, that such a man as Sir Henry Pottinger, or some person of experience like him, would be the proper party to send out.—( Hear, hear.) He had now done with this subject, and he would conclude, by propos ing the resoiutions of the Committee, which he was willing to admit, could not be passed without some modification. But he would call upon the House to tell the colonial officers that they could not exercise an uncontrolled power in respect to this colony, without being brought to account for their acts.—( Loud cheers. ) Mr. MONCKTON MILNES said he would detain the House with only a few words, after the splendid speech of his Hon. Friend. This was a question not only of great national importance, but one which would affect the cha racter of England throughout the whole world.—( Hear, hear. ) He regretted that he, like every other Member of that House, knew very little of this subject, when he first became a mem ber of the Committee from whom these resolutions had emanated. He must act upon his own convictions such as they were. The first consideration which enforced itself upon a person with respect to the state of this country was the em ployment of the surplus population of the country. He had great regard for colonisation, as it was a matter of vital and immediate interest. It gave him great satisfaction when he saw the old spirit of colonisation, as it were, in one moment, making head. He believed that, notwithstanding the hard words that had fallen from his Hon. Friend, he would agree with him (Mr. M. Milnes) that no one Member of that House would for a moment believe that any Englishman would be guilty—for he must use the word guilty—uf any desire to perpetrate injustice on the natives of New Zealand. Still, however, he did not bAieve that the feeling which existed in this country was that the sacrifice of the English population in New Zealand was to be justified by the preservation of the savages of New Zealand. After the great detail which had been gone into upon this subject, he should think it very im prudent in him to intrude on the House. He would, how. ever, call the attention of the House to what Professor Spain had said upon the question and state of New Zealand. The Honourable Member then read several extracts from the correspondence of Professor Spain, in which the writer stated that the British law and authority in New Zealand were totally disregarded. The notion of the value of property held by the natives of New Zealand was widely different to what it was in civilised society. The whole matter could not be more clearly put than in one sentence in a very excellent work by young Mr. Wakefield, in which he said that the purchasers of land in New Zealand were not purchasers of land between such and such boundaries, but were purchasers of all rights, and powers, and authorities within certain limits. He (Mr. M. Mitnes) would implore the Government not to lose sight of this subject, but to do all in their power to better the condition of so important a colony as New Zealand. He owned he had strong feelings of sympathy with the sufferers in those distant parts. In England the East India Company were creating India, when England was losing America. The empire of Eastern India was a lesson to Governments to trust to the energy, and sense, and justice, and honour of the Eng lish people. Men of all politics and principles were now banded together, confiding in the intregrity and ability of a public Company, and requiring that the local Government of New Zealand should not emanate from the Colonial-office at home. —( Hear, hear.) The Government of this country was not capable of adapting circumstances for the benefit of a distant colony. Men were sent out to a station of society of which they were comparatively ignorant, and to a situation which, if occurring and so filled at home, they would be declared totally unfit for. When Englishmen were so tenacie of unlicensed authority, and pre-eminent for their love of free dom, as well as their impatience of undue restraint, they should make excuse for the feelings of those who, subject to the mercy of petty officials, at times gave way to irritation. —( Hear, hear.) He thanked the House for the attention with which he had been heard. He had ventured to address the House on a subject of deep importance, and would con clude where he began, by declaring that the only excuse he had for seconding the motion was a wish to direct the attention of Members to that great question, and show them they must meet it with all their hearts and feelings, as a question involv ing the interests, not of individuals, but the whole of this country. They must trust to the honour and energy of the New Zealand Company, who would doubtless co-overate with her Majesty's Government, if allowed, to establish in the Pacific a nucleus of commerce, civilisation, and power, equal to that which had arisen in the East. and assist in establishing in those seas an Antarctic India.—(Hear, hear.) The question having been put, illr. HOPE rose, uner no ordinary feelings of embarrassment, not only from a sense of the magnitude of the subject, but of his inability to do justice to the character of an absent party, against whom aspersions had been cast in the strongest manner, reflecting both on his character and motives. He had been charged with hostility to colonisation, and with hostility to the Company. As to colonisation the Noble Lord looked upon it as one of the greatest remedies of the country, but he did not regard it as apanacea for all evils or a remedy for paupers. \r‘ hen the present Secretary for the Colonies succeerhd the Noble Lord the Member for London, he found a discussion pending between the Government and the Company, but so far from pressing the opposition which was at that time offered it, he rescinded the in struct'ons of the Noble Lord and used his best efforts to co-opera•e with the Company. The sentiments then en tertained of the conduct of the Noble Colonial Secretary he (Mr. Hope) found thus expressed in the Parliamentary Re ports of last year, page 42 :—" The Directors cannot conclude this letter (a letter signed by the chairman, Mr. Somes, now Member for Dartmouth) without offering your Lordships a tender of their thanks for the generous conduct you have evinced towards the Company, and their cordial thanks for the orders to be issued to the Governor of the Colony." Since then, every concession had been made that was felt con sistent with his duty, and the collision with the Company could be accounted for solely by the Company making a demand which involved the interests of a third party, and the ques tion of what was the right by which the New Zealanders held the tenure of their land. Then it was that the Government refused to concede to an unjust request, and withheld ,their ce-operation from the Company. The Hon. Gentleman found it necessary to debase the cha racter of the New Zealander as low as possible. He stated that they were no better than cannibals. There was little doubt that cannibalism did exist at one time among the na tives ; but, on the contrary, the Hon. Gentleman might have said that, out of the hundred thousand aborigines, at present forty thousand were professing Christianity. He need not have charged these inoffensive people with the abominable vices he had mentioned. He stated also that, in his opinion, the natives of Nero Zealand in every point of view were infe rior to the Caffres. This assertion was inconsistent with some of the statements of his own agents, that there were natives who owned vessels, were engaged in trade, and who, in various departments of life, followed the practice and arts of Europeans. —( Hear.) Why, then, did the Hon. Gentleman say that these people were in such a debased state ? Why ? Because it was necessary for him to show that they could have no rights, or that their rights ought not to be regarded. He would now allude to the treaty made by the Noble Lord, the predecessor of the present Secretary for the Colonies, on which the Hon. Gentleman had commented. He commenced by making use of those powers of sarcasm which he so end nently possessed, for the purpose of throwing ridi cule on all the proceedings that had taken place. With respect to the New Zealanders, he declared that there should be an end to the solemn mockery, and he contended that the whole affair was a farce, and a farce carried on for their own benefit ; and as it was not convenient to carry it on any longer with a profit, the time had arrived for doing away with it altogether. The Hon. Member had admitted this ; also that the New Zealanders were not competent to be dealt with by treaty. Now, what was the case? If the Hon. Member says that onr right was a right of discovery, and that no steps had been taken to invalidate that right, therefore we must stand upon our original claims of discovery. He would refer to a transaction that took place at the close of the late Government in 1839, with regard to the New Zealanders. He had found a memorial, in which it was stated that an Act had been passed in the reign of King William IV., which recognised the rights of New Zea land as an independent country. Subsequently Acts for colo nisation had been refused on the ground that it was not com petent for Parliament to legislate for a territory which was not within the jurisdiction of the British realm. The country was not part of her Majesty's dominions, therefore could not be legislatel for. A national flag had been granted to the New Zealanders, and Mr. Busfield had been appointed as the British representative; how, then, could Parliament, after having solemnly recognised their independence, now consistently re voke it altogether, and annihilate all that had been done? The instructions of Lord Normanby, to which the Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton had referred, declared New Zealand to be a perfectly independent country. The treaty of Waratonga stated that the family of the Queen was to remain in possession of the sovereignty, and that the people were to remain undis turbed in the possession of their lands, estates, and forest pro perty, which they might individually or collectively own. It was now proposed to set aside the right of pre-emption. As late as the year 18:36 there were 2,000 British settlers in New Zea land on lands purchased from the natives, and these purchases had not been made on a small scale, for out of the 1,000 land-. owners, 760 were possessed of estates, each exceeding 1,000 acres. The New Zealand Company had made all their pur chases of land on the faith and honour of the natives, and :a good and valid possession had been obtained. The New Zealand Company had all along proceede4 on the assumption that the natives were the legal proprietors of the soil, and could dispose of it at pleasure. The proceedings of Colonel Wakefield in the purchase of land, from the natives, left no doubt on their minds as to the subject. He had bought estates, on the understanding that they had power to dispose of the waste lands, and it was preposterous to suppose to the contrary. The treaty with the aborigines had been established entirely on the strength of the understanding that the natives had power to dispose of waste lands, and this fact established beyond all doubt that the natives were the original and legitimate owners. In 1839, it was considered expedient to colonise the country, and the method of purchasing land from the natives was adopted for the purpose. The Hon. Gentleman opposite had stated that he would have taken the lands without regard to the natives, and that the colonial laws would have authorised his so doing, and he (Mr. Hope) would observe, however, that the colonial laws referred only to the possessions which the Go vernment held in the country ; and in the treaty it was re solved that only such waste lands should be secured to the Crown, as were not required for the use of the natives. This treaty was made according to instructions furnished to Captain Hobson, and on the principles already stated. That treaty was made on the 6th of February, 1840. In a statement fur nished at the time, in reference to this treaty, there was a pas sage setting forth that the understanding upon which the treaty was founded, was, th it the privileges and customs of the natives in respect to the land should be preserved to them —that the land should never be taken from them. This principle did not depend on one statement, but on statements made by every party who had had anything to do with the making of the treaty—not only by the Colonial Secretary, but by the mis sionaries, much as their characters and veracity had been im pugned. In fact, every party had given the same interpreta tion to the treaty, who had been a party to its original execu tion. On the question of the right to the lands the natives had been united, and they relied on the good faith of the Govern ment to protect them in their privileges. But the Noble Lord, the Member for the City of London, had himself assented to the same doctrine at that time, being then Colonial Secretary. The Hon. Mem ber here read several extracts from dispatches forwarded from the Government of New Zealand to her Majesty's Govern ment, with the opinions of the Noble Lord thereon, approving o rwe f osupee the principle w hi c h h e (M r. Hope) had been defending, respecting found t the h titleof the Parliamentary n h a e t i N yes o fptehpee land. Papers o flB3 T l h ? The No. extracts3ll ' page 10. w O. Theae a fallstatmentjustification of the Noble o t w iv hi e c s_ h tb C e ap e ta s tianbliHbombesootn of the Lord, then, if good for anything, rightet o f terms th e o f n t a h t e i v es treaty t to ohfadtheconcl h uded with the na the soil, and that no purchase of land should . be made unless it was carrried out on a fair principle, with the consent sanctio n a o n f d tb u e nd N er ob t l h e e Lori . of f the Government. o T f he the eta n t a e t ro iv e e o s i n u r o e t erence to the dis onrlyevtihue yinistrnee patches of Captain Hobson, recognised tions which . the Marquis of Normanby had en this subject, but were still more definiteP ancl o d s e l- 'd " in d their character. Such were the conditions of the treatel decided question was, whether the natives had given up their y sove reignty without some guarantee of the land. He maintained that they had not, but that they only gave up their sovereignty on condition that the right to the land should be reserved to them. Such were the facts of the original transaction. 112 1812, however, he found that the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) admitted that the treaty of 1840 was only a blind, and that the rights of the natives of New Zealand were so compli cated, that he did not understand how they should be treated. He did not blame the late Government; but the construction put upon that treaty was originally put upon it by Mr. Spain, who was appointed by Lord John Russell. The Noble Lord the Member for London directed waste land to be obtained by purchase, and therefore recognised the right of the natives to sell. It had been said that the New Zealand Company ac cepted a Crown title, and did not make purchases; but such was not the case, for they sent out thousands of persons as early as May, 1840, to occupy land, for which they paid 170,0001. Why, the New Zealand Company had laid it as one of their claims upon the Government that they had expended large sums of money in the purchase of land there. The Noble Lord, in his letter to the New Zealand Company, clearly re cognised the purchases of the Company ; for he said that the Company had made large purchases of land, fully equal to make good any claims they had on the Government. The lands which the Company bought had been in the possession of the natives; and they clearly showed that the demand made upon Government was altogether futile. The Right Hon. Gentleman quoted the letter of Col. Wakefield, to show that the purchase by the Company, and the title of the natives to sell were fully recognised. J That was not the only construction. The agent immediately objected, and having brought the natives before the Court he abandoned the proceedings. Surely, that was a course which no Government could sanction. Then he stared that the instructions of the agent had been over-ruled by the interference of Captain Hobson. And he states what those instructions were, namely, that it was incumbent on the agents to purchase the land before they disposed of it. Such were the instructions, but he was aware that the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would not be ready to accede to that view of the question ; and when Lord Stanley came into office he was bound to abide by these decisions.—( Hear, hear.) Lord Stanley had been charged with all sorts of dereliction of duty, but the charge was altogether without foundation. Then he came to the year 1840, in which it was asserted that the Colonial-office had altogether neglected the interest of all parties. Then there was the question of the lands, which it was asserted ought not to have been conveyed, but he had shown every legal power had been secured, and there could be no fault whatever found with those proceedings. He was per fectly satisfied, from the whole of the proceedings of Captain Fitzroy, that he had done his duty. In the case of Warranaki, for instance, which was a case of reviving the duty to the slaves of the colony through the influence of Christianity.— ( Hear, hear.) The House would at least be satisfied that Captain Fitzroy had done all that in him lay towards the amelioration of the condition of the slaves in the colony. He now came to the other important settlements of Wellington and Nelson, and it appeared from the report of the agent of the Company that all was quiet. The same was the case with respect to Nelson. He had shown, therefore, that Captain Fitzroy had put the settlers in the possession of their lands. That was one of the most important points. Contradictory statements had been made to put the settlers in possession of their land, but by the last dispatches it appeared that Captain Fitzroy had returned to use military force is order to take possession of that district. He, therefore, felt that all the allegations which had been thrown out were perfectly without foundation. He now came to a point much commented on by the Hon. and Learned Member—he meant the construction put by Lord Stanley on the 7th resolution of the Treaty. The Hon. and Learned Member said its mean ing was perverted by a sort of trick. It would be recollected by Hun. Members that that Noble Lord had always we t , essed himself anxious to give the settlers the value of the pro perty, but it seemed to him, that the Hon. and Learned Member objected to their having any land at all. But then the Noble Lord was charged as being the occasion of the unfortrnate occurrences that had taken place in the island. He 'bought that a great deal of those transactions rested with oti.er parties than the Noble Lord. He (Mr. Hope) would refer the House to the resolution, and the observations made thereon. He found that the resolution was to this effect, that the conduct of the New Zealand Company, in taking possession in defiance of the authority of the Crown, was highly irregular and improper. The observations were in a somewhat similar language. But, it was said, that these dissatisfactions arose out of the detention of land. He denied this.—( Hear, hear.) The dissatisfaction had to do with the titles to the land, and not to its detention. One case of a peculiar character had been referred to, as oc curring in the north of the island ; but this was nut a quarrel between the natives and settlers, but between two septs of na tives. —( Hear, hear.) And yet this was the only case referred to by Hon. Members. The Right Hon. Gentleman then re ferred to several documents to show that the Company had professed to purchase lands from chiefs, who them selves acknowledged that they had no power to sell them. It would be utterly impossible to follow the Right Hon. Gentleman in all his derails, or indeed to make any important port on of them intelligible. He said the fact was that it was quite impossible to make valid the pur chases which had been made in a foreign land without any serious or careful inquiry into the titles of the settlers. That the Company had not inquired with proper caution into the titles of those from whom they professed to purchase, was proved in the inquiries instituted by Mr. Spain. He (Mr. Hope) did not say that the gentlemen who had en tered upon the adventure did so with a full knowledge that they were violating any rights. All he said was that they had not exercised due caution.—(Hear, hear.) He would pass over some of the accusations made by the Hon. Member for Liskeard, and proceed to state what was the actual state of the colony. The Hon. Member for Liskeard had re ferred to the reports of Dr. Evans as representing the state of the colony. He did not wish to cast any imputation upon the character of Dr. Evans, but he must say, that he had received later intelligence, which satisfied him that not in Wellington or Nelson had there been any violence inflicted by the natives.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.') But in the Bay of Islands there had' been some symptoms of insubordination directed, however, against individuals, and not against the Go vernment. Capt. Fitzroy stated that the employment of force was necessary, not so much for the repression of actual violence, as to ensure 'future tranquillity and establishing the moral influ ence of the Government. The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read dispatches and correspondence, from which he argued that the course pursued by the Government was forced upon them by the circumstances. Now with regard to the Government expenses, he begged to say that when the present Governor went out he found the colony in a state of bankruptcy, and had restored it to solvency. As to the appointment of Captain Gray, he begged to say that the appointment of that gentleman to fill the place of Captain Fitzroy was the best appointment that could have been made under the circumstances. The Hon. Member had called upon the House to pass the re solutions of the Committee in a modified form. Those resolu tions did contain much that the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies had often messed his approval of; but it would not be for him (Mr. Hope) now to enter upon a discussion of their merits in detail ; bet he found by a passage in a report of the New Zealand Company, that they had made a pur chase of a large tract of land, which they had found totally unoccupied, and took possession of without trou ble or opposition. So much for that part of the Hon. Mem ber's charge in reference to the dispatch of Lord Stanley of the 12th of August. Did he believe that these resolutions would be beneficial to the colonists, no false pride would induce him to oppose the motion. He believed, however, that such a motion, if carried, would be most fatal to the colony, and he therefore gave it his unqualified opposition. He believed, that by the measures which the Govern ment were taking, the aborigines of New Zealand would be the more readily brought to associate with the Euro peans, and those measures would be the means of abolishing a system which was grounded on the destruction of the abori gines of the colonies. On the motion of Captain ROUS, the debate was adjourned, SIR HENRY POTTINGER. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought up the report of the Committee upon the proposed pension to Sir H. Pottiuger. The report was received, and ordered to lie on the tahle.". The other orders of the :day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, JUNE 16. The Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's Extension) Bill was read a second time, and coin• mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Blackburn and Preston Railway. Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway. Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. Boyd. John Broadwood, H. . Brotherton, J. Brownrigg, J. S. Campbell, J. 11. Cartwright, W. R. Christopher, It. A. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Viscount Collett, John Deedes, W. Denison, W. J. Denison, E. B. Dodd, George Douglas, Sir H. Dugda:e, W. S. Duke, Sir J. Duncombe, T. Duncombe, 0. Duncombe, A. Egerton, Sir P. Feilden, W. Forman, S. Fuller, A. E. Gladstone, W. E. Gladstone, Captain Godson, Richard Hamilton, C. J. Hamner, Sir J. Hayter, W. G. Hodgson, F. Holland, Robert ilornby, John. Houldsworth, T. llwhes, W. B. Humphery, Alderman Russell, Charles Inglis, Sir It, 11. Russell, J. D. W. Irton, Samuel Sandon, Viscount) James, Sir W. C. Seymour, Lord Kemble, Henry Sheridan, R. B. Lambton, H. Smith, A. Lascelles, W. S. Smith, J. A. Lawson, Andrew Somerset, Lord G. Legh, G. C. Somes, Joseph Lemon, Sir C. Stanfield, W. R. C. Lincoln, Earl of Stuart, Lord J. Lockhart, William Stuart, W. V. Lygon, General Stuart, Henry Mackenzie, W. F Strickland, Sir G. M`Geachy, F. A. Strutt, Edward M`Taggart, Sir J. Thompson, Alderman Maher, N. Thornhill, George Manners, Lord J. Tower, Christopher Mines, R. M. Trotter, John Mitcalfe, Henry Turner, Edmund Morgan, 0. Vernon, G. 11. Morris, David Villiers, Viscount Neeld, John Waddington, 1.1. S. Norreys, Sir D. J. Wawn, J. T. Patten, J. W. Welby, G. E, Peel, Jonathan Williams, William Pendarves, E. W. Wilmington, Sir T. Philips, G. It. Wood, Charles Polhill, Frederick Wortley, John S. Praed, W. T. Wrightson, W. B Price, Richard Pringle, Alexander Rawdon, Colonel Richards, Richard ltoHeston, Colonel TELLERS. Estcourt, T. G. Greene, Thomas BANKING (IRELAND) BILL Read a third time. Mr. Smith O'Brien's Clause brought up, and read a first time ; Mo' ion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time." The House divided Archbold, Robert Bellew, R. M. Blewitt, IL J. Bowling*, Dr. Brocklehurst, J. Browne, R. D. Crawford, W. S. Dawson, T. V. Duncan, George MINORITY-AYES, 24. Gregory, W. H. Ross, David R. Hume, Joseph Somers, J. I'. Humphery, Alderman Trelawny, J. S, Norreys, Sir D. Tulle, HMI. O'Brien, J. Wawn, John T, O'Connell, D. Williams, W. O'Connell, J. TELLERS. 14a - radon, Col. O'Brien, W. S. Roche, E. B. Somerville, Sir W. MAJORITY-NOES, 77. Acton, Colonel Denison, E. 8.. Lincoln, Earl Allis, J. I'. Dick, Quintin Lowther, Sir J. Arbuthnott, H. Dickinson, F. H. Lygon, General Arkwright, George Douglas, Sir 11. Mahon, Viscount Baird, William Entwisle, William Miles, William Baring, F. T. Escott, Bickham Mitchell, T. A. Baring, W. B. Forman, T. S. Nicholl, John Baskerville, T. B. M. Fremantle, Sir T. Peel, Sir R. Benbow, John Gladstone, Captain Peel, Jonathan Bernard, Viscount Godson, Richard Polhill, F. Blakemore, Richard Gore, Montague Round, C. G. Borthwick, Peter Goulburn, Henry Smith, T. B. C. Boyd, John Graham, Sir J. Somerset, Lord G. Brisco, M. Greene, T. Somes, Joseph Broadley, H. Grimsditch, T. Sutton, Henry Brotherton, J. Hampden, Renn Thesiger, Sir F. Browne, W. Hatton, Captain Thornhill, G. Busfeild, William Hobhouse, Sir J. Tower, Christopher Cardwell, Edward Hope, Charles Trench, Sir F. W. Chelsea, Viscount Hope, A. Vernon, G. H. Clerk, Sir G. I lope, G. W. Vivian, J. Ennis Clive, R. H. Hughes, W. B. Wellesley, Lord C. Cockburn, Sir G. Hutt, William Wortley, James S. Connolly, Colonel Irton, Samuel Coote, Sir C. 11. James, Sir Walter Corry, Henry Jermyn, Earl Darby, George Lefroy, Anthony TELLERS. Young, John: Baring, Henry L /kW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COALVION PLEAS, June 16. WANT V. GINGER. Mr. Sergeant Channell appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant 13) les and Mr. Montague Smith represented the defendant. The plaintiff is a builder by trade, and the defendant is, or Mas in May, 1844, the landlord of the Cape of Good Hope, Alban. street, Regent's-park, where, in the beginning of last year, lie thought fit to start a " Derby sweep." The terms of the lottery were that each subscril , •a. should put down two guineas, and there was to be a prize of 2001. for the holder of the first horse, and a prize of 501. for the holder of the second, the winner of the first prize "standing a dozen, and the winner of the second prize three bottles of champagne. Among the subscribers was a person named Saunders, formerly a clerk in the Post.office, but now a publican, who, when the horses were drawn, had the good fortune to get a ticket with " lonian " upon it. It will be recollected that lonian was one of Colonel Peel's lot, and was a greater favourite for the Derby than Orlando, who afterwards carried off the stakes. Towards the latter part of April lonian. as a leading favourite for the Derby, was of so much value in the sporting circles to which the parties connected with the case resorted, that the ticket drawn by Saunders was at a considerable premium, and he conse quently commissioned the defendant, who was the treasurer of the " sweep," to sell his chance. According to the account which Saunders gave of the matter, the defendant told him on the first Thursday in May that he had sold the ticket to a person for 61. 10s., upon which he had received 1/. deposit, and that the rest of the money was to be made good on the following Sunday. The money was not, however, made good at the appointed time, and Saunders, after giving the party eight or nine days' time, agreed to return the deposit to him, and treat the bargain as rescinded. He subse quently sold the ticket to the plaintiff for Si., and informed the de fendant of it, both by word of mouth and by letter. The defendant did not say anything about his having sold the ticket himself, but after the race was run, and the place of lonian, as second horse, was establisbed by the result of, the trial of " Wood v. Peel" in the Court of Exchequer in July last, the defendant told Saun ders he had sold the ticket before the race, and requested him to return Want his money, observing " that he would sooner forfeit 1001. than that Want (making use of a vulgar expres sion) should have the prize." The credit of the witness Saunders was considerably shaken on his cross-examination, and if the case had rested on his testimony alone, perhaps the plaintiff might have had a verdict against him. He admitted that he had left the Post-office upon a charge being made against him of open. ing letters with a view of obtaining information about sporting matters ; and although he denied that he had ever opened any letters to see what "Running Rein" was doing, he declined to say whether he had not done so to get information about " Red Deer,'' who won the cup last year at Chester. Another witncs , , however, named Thomas Dawson Smith, whose testimony was above impeachment, confirmed the material portions of Saunders's evidence, and stated that tke very day before the race, which took place on the 22d of May, he went with the plaintiff' to the de fendant's house, and heard the letter from Saunders read, request.. ing the defendant to let Mr. Want have the ticket for lonian, as he had sold him the ticket for 8/. The defendant then said that he could not conveniently put his hand on the ticket, but that if the horse won Mr. Want should have the money. A notice was also served on the defendant on the 27th of May, in which the plaintiff requested him to retain the money the second horse was entitled to until the stakes for the Derby were given up to the horse enti tled legally to the first prize. Mr. M. SMITH addressed the jury for the defence, and called three witnesses to show that the defendant had sold the ticket in question for 61. 10s. to two persons named Carter and Bowles, from whom he had received that amount, and to whom, on the 9th of July, he paid 501., as the holders of the ticket. In the course of their evidence the unpleasant fact was elicited that the defendant had been one of the "defaulters " on the Derby last year, and that he had offered ss. in the pound on his turf debts. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL summed up the evidence, and told the jury that if they believed the witness Smith, there could be no defence to this action. The defence set up was, that Ginger hail authority from Saunders to sell the ticket, and that he sold it, and received the money. If so, why did he not pay it, or offer to pay it to Saunders ? and why did he not, when asked for the ticket, say that he had sold it, instead of saying " that he could not con_ veniently lay his hand upon it ?" Supposing his account to be true, it was his own fault if he paid the money twice over. The jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 501. Attorney for the plaintiff, Mr. Pile; for the defendant, Mr. Futvoye. SHERIFFS' COURT, June 17. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) CRIM. LOI.—CREAGH V. HEWGILL. This was an inquiry to assess damages for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. Mr. Sergeant Talfnurd, with Mr. Painter, appeared for the plain- Lir ; and Mr. Robinson for the defendant. The Learned SERGEANT stated the case. The plaintiff is a cap tain in the 54th Regiment, and the defendant had formerly been also an officer in the army, but had retired. The lady who is the unhappy subject of the present inquiry, was related to an English family of the highest respectability, who formerly resided at Bou. logne, and at present at Paris, but whose name he should refrain from mentioning. The plaintiff married in 1839 or 1840, and in 1841 he was called to Englaud on duty, and went into barracks; he afterwards went to Ireland, and, in 1843, came to the resolution of taking a house in Dublin. During this period the plaintiff and his wife had been separate on several occasions of Mrs. Creagh going on visits to her relations, and from necessity, through the professional duties of the plaintiff; they, however, were always on the best terms, and on parting in August, 1843, for Mrs. Creagh to visit an aunt, at Woburn, before taking up her abode at Dublin, they did so on the most affectionate terms, and, on the part of the plain tiff', with tha full expectation of her return, as up to that time there was not the slightest suspicion of any improper intimacy existing. Mrs. Creagh, however, lett her aunt, and it was soon afterwards discovered that she had eloped with the defendant to Belgium, where they resided for some time. The defendant, how ever, returned to England for a short time, when he was served with process in this action, and he again returned to Belgium, where they still resided, under the assumed name of Carter. The Learned Sergeant said the plaintiff had adopted these proceedings, not from a vindictive motive, but to enable him to take ulterior proceedings to effect a legal divorce from one to whom he was fondly attached, but who had been estranged from him by the conduct of the defendant, and with whom all hope of future happiness was entirely and for ever at an end. His object very properly was that only, and not to put money, the price of his wife's dishonour, into his own pocket. For that reason he (the Learned Counsel) did not wish to aggravate the case by any remarks, but to leave the plain facts before the jury, expecting such damages at their hands as would vindicate the character of the defendant, and prove that there had been no misconduct on his part which had in any way tended to bring on this melancholy crisis. The de. fendant was said to be in a state of great poverty; but the jury must not take that circumstance entirely into their consideration in giving their verdict, or poverty might sin with impunity. un fortunately, from the nature of the plaintiff's professional duties, it would be impossible to give any strong evidence as to the terms of affection in which the plaintiff and his wife had lived up to the time at which the defendant had formed the acquaintance which had terminated so unhappily for all parties. Evidence was adduced, but (as observed by the Learned Under. Sheriff) was very slight and meagre as to the terms on which plain. tiff and his wife lived. Mr. ROBINSON addressed the jury and expressed the defendant's obligations for the moderate manner in which the case had been opened, and urged that the domestic happiness and comfort of the plaintiff could not have been great when the separations were so frequent; he also urged that there was a great disparity in age, the lady being now only 22 or 23, and the plaintiff 34 or 35—the defendant being about 27 or 28. It had also been shown in evi dence that, when the parties were traced to Belgium, they were found in a miserably small house, miserably furnished, the defen dant in his shirt-sleeves kneading bread for the next week's con sumption, and had been suffering under a paralytic attack, and de. pending on the lady's friends. The UNDER-SHERIFF briefly summed up, observing that the evi dence was very weak to show the domestic happiness of plaintiff and his wife, but that, nevertheless, the jury must estimate their damages on that account alone, without taking the poverty of defendant into consideration. The jury consulted for ten minutes, and then gave—Damages, 300/, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman Huanes.) Sarah Silver, a dellcate.looking girl, aged 18, was indicted for concealing the birth of her male child. The prisoner was in the service of Mr. Light, of the Queen's Head, Church-lane, City. On the 20th of May she gave birth to the child in the water closet, which was subsequently found em. bedded in the soil. When taken in, it appeared that she sent for her mistress. There was no evidence to show that she concealed the birth, and the jury acquitted her. The RECORDER desired Mrs. Light to be recalled, and he said there was no imputation on the prisoner's character beyond the unfortunate occurrence of giving birth to the child. He hoped, therefore, she would endeavour to do what she could for her, that she might not be utterly ruined. Mrs. Light said she would adopt the Learned Recorder's sug. gestion. Mary Ann Salisbury, aged 19, the young woman who was taken iss i to custody for attempting to commit suicide at Westminster. bridge, and who told 10 romaiitie a tale to Mx. Norton, the magi*. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 16. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (CAMBRIDGE AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S EXTENSION) BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second tine :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY-AYES, 47. Aldam, William Greene, Thomas Parker, John Bannerman, A. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pendarves, E. W. Baring, F. T. Hatton, Captain Philips, G. R. Barnard, E. G. llinde, J. IL Phillpotts, John Bell, Matthew Hope, Alexander Plumridge, Captain Beresford, Major Horsman. Edward Redington, T. N. Bowring, Dr. Humphery, Alderman Stuart, W. V. Brotherton, Joseph Inglis, Sir R. H. Trelawny, J. S. Busfeild, William Johnson, General Vane, Lord IL Cavendish G. 11. Lemon, Sir C. Wawn, J. T. Christie, W. D. Lennox, Lord A. Wilshere, W. Clive, Robert 11. M`Geachy, F. A. , Winnington, Sir T. Collett, W. R. 3l`Taggart, Sir J. Wrightson, W. B. Duke, Sir J. Maher, N. Duncombe, Thomas Mitcalfe, Henry Estcourt, T. G. B. O'Connell, M. J Forster, Matthew O'Ferrall, R. M TELLERS. Ward, H. G. Duncan, George MINORITY-NOES, 32. Arkwright, George Buncombe, A. Richards, Richard Astell, William leiiden, William Round, C. G. Willie, Joseph Fellowes, Edward Smith, Abel Beckett, W. Flower, Sir J. Thornhill, George Berkeley, Captain Gods *n, Richard Trollope, Sir J. Bodkin, W. H. Granby, Marquis Trotter, John Buller, Sir J. Y. Grimaditch, T. Villiers, Viscount Clive, Viscount Hamilton, C. J. B. Yorke, E. T. Coote, Sir C. Hodgson, F. Denison, E. B. Law, C. E. Douglas, Sir H. Meynell, Captain Douglas, Sir C. Price, Richard TELLERS. Allis, J. P. Puller, A. E. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY BILL. Motion made, and Question put, " That the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway - Bill be re-committed to the same Committee (Group X.), and that it be an Instruction to the Committee, that they have power to take into consideration whether the Section deposited in the Pri vate Bill Office may not be amended, without injury to public or to private interests; and that it be a further Instruction to the said Committee, that they have power to amend the said Section, if on inquiry they shall deem fit so to do." The House divided : MINORITY-AYES, 77. Ainsworth, Peter Eaton, R. J. Martin, C. W. Allix, J. P. Ell'ee,"Edward Martin, T. B. Anson, Colonel Elphinstone, H. Maule, Fox Archbold, Robert Evans, William Meynell, Captain Baillie, H. J. Fielden, John Miles, P. W. S. Baird, Wiliam Felluwes, Edward Murphy, F. 5..1 Barnard, E. G. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Neville, Ralph Barron, Sir H. W. Forster, Mr.tthew Newdegate, C. N. Bateson, Thomas Gardner, John Dunn O'Connell, M. J. Beresford, Major Goulburn, H. ()Ferran, R. M. Blake, Sir V. Grimsditch, T. Ogle, S. C. Bodkin, Wm. Henry Haste, Archibald Phlilpotts, John Bulkeley, Sir R. Hatton, Captain Pluinridge, Captain Buller, Sir J. Y. Heathcote, G. J. Rashle gh, W. Busfeild, W. Hope, Alexander Roebuck, J. A. Carew, R. S. Hume, Joseph Ross, D. It. Carnegie, Captain James, William Round, C. G. Clayton, R. R. Jermyn, Earl Rutherttud, A. Clifton, J. T. Johnson, General Stanley, Edward Colebrooke Sir T. Kelly, Fitzroy Taucred, II.:W. Colborne, W. R. Law, C. E Trelawny, J. S. Collins, William Lennox, Lord A. Ward, H. GI, Coote, Sir C. H. Leslie, Charles P. Yorke, E. T. Copeland, Alderman Lowther, Sir J. H. Currie, Raikes Lowther, Colonel Dickinson, F. H. Mangles, R. D. Dundas, Frederick Manners,jLord C. S. TELLERS. Sutton, H. M. Trollope, Sir J. MAJORITY—NOES, 118. Alford, Viscount Balfour, J. 31. Beckett, William Arkwright, George Barclay, David Bell, Matthew Arundel, Earl Baring, F. T. Bentinck, Lord G. Astell, William Baring, Thomas Berkeley, Captain Baine, Walter Baring, W. B. Berkeley, Grantley Baldwin, Barry B arrington, Villoolll4 Blackburn, J. I. trate of Lambeth Police-office,' was indicted on three separate charges of felony. The prisoner, who is a pretty.looking girl, upon being asked to plead, fainted. On being restored, she pleaded guilty to each of the charges. Mr. O'BranN said the prisoner had for some time past been guilty of the most strange conduct. He then called the pri. loner's sister, who said she came from Bath. Ste said her sister left her home some time ago, but whether with a young man or not she did not know. She (the prisoner) was intimate with a dark young man, named Alfred Wrightman, and that she had acted very strangely since she was acquainted with hint. The persons were in attendance whom the prisoner had robbed. They were not anxious to press the charge against her, believing her not to be right in per mind. Mr. Evans, a friend of the parents of the prisoner, whose father is a local preacher in Bath, and carrying on the business of a shoemaker, said he had known the prisoner for four or five years, and had frequently remarked that her conduct was strange and flighty. The RECORDER, after putting a great number of questions with respect to the conduct of the prisoner without eliciting anything to denote that she was labouring under aberration of intellect, but simply that her conduct had been rather eccentric, said the Court would consider what sentence it would pass upon her, and gave di rections to the governor to make further inquiries respecting her. She was then removed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. Monday, Mary Crowley, a girl of 15 years of age, was brought before Mr. ;rail! on the following charge : Policeman 251 M stated that, on the preceding night, the prisoner called at several chemists' shops in the Borough to try and purchase arsenic, which she said was for the purpose of killing vera:in, but was refused to be served at each of the shops. He (the policeman) followed her from the last shop, and as he suspected from her conduct that she intended laying violent hands upon herself, he went up, and having spoken to her, she made such an admission with respect to the poison she was trying to procure, that instead of letting her walk away in the direction of the river, to which she was approaching, he took her to the station-house, at which place she candidly con fessed she had made up her mind to destroy herself. Mr. MAUL upon seeing the girl at once recognised her, although so young, as having been brought up before him a short time since on a charge of having robbed a man of his watch in a brothel. On that occasion, as no prosecutor ap peared, he discharged her; but from her account it would ap pear that the treatment she experienced at home from a mother in-law was the cause of her absconding, and, subsequently, leading an abandoned life. But he (the Magistrate) advised her, as she seemed desirous of returning to the paths of virtue, to make application for admission into the asylum for the re ception of such unfortunate outcasts of society, but instead of taking his advice it now appeared that she was endeavouring to procure arsenic to poison herself. _ The defendant said that, agreeably to the Magistrate's direc tions when she was last there, she called at the asylum he men tioned, but they would not admit her as the board did not assemble until the tillowing Monday ; that tired and disgusted with such a life, and not knowing what to do, she intended to have destroyed herself with poison. Mr. TRAILL, 00 findir ' r the unfortunate young creature s till anxious to ref or m and lead a virtuous life, sent an officer of the court with her to the Guardian Asylum, in the Bethtial-greeri road„in k.xoelletit inslitution for the reception of young females in her des!itute condition, into which she was admitted. ivORSHIP P• S 7'l? 17; E I Ulit01::; LTD ACCUSATION.--liond4 two young men, nanwri Afra and Isaac Hensler, were placed before Mr. firooghfon for final examination, on the charge of having en dangere,l lit. of an elderly man, named Richard Howell, by throwinv him into a branch of the Regent's Canal. It is necessary to state, that on the afternoon of Tuesday week the complainant was found lying in a state of inse7 sibility, and ai r parcntly dead, on a footpath immediately adjoining the ,;anal, and was removed to a neighbouring public-house, where, on reenimring his conseioumess, he stated that, while resting himself on the coping-stone of the bridge, he was wantonly as sailed by a party of disorderly young men, two of ithoni sud denly caught him by the legs, and flung him over into the water. The prisoners and four other men were subsequently appre hended by the police and confronted with the comp'ainant, who unhesitatingly identified them as two of the most active of his assailants, and gave them into custody. The complainant, who had ever since been confined to his bed in consequence of the injuries he had sustained, was now in attendance, and repeated his former stat ,, ment as to his having been thrown into the water by a party of young men; but on being called upon to identify the prisoners, he declared himself unable to do so ; and said that he was in such a confused and bewildered state at the time he pointed them out as his assailants, that he was not conscious of what he was stating. The prisoners complained bitterly of the great injustice and inconvenience they had sustained from the false accu sation which had been brought against them by the complainant, who had since admitted that he was intoxicated at the time of the occurrence, and had accidentally fallen into the stream. George Gee, and another witness, were then called, and stated t hat the complainant had told them, after he had been extricated from the water, that while seat e d on th e coping stone of the bridge, he had fallen asleep, and over-balanced himself, and that no violence whatever had been effered to him. Air. BROUGHTON said, that after the evidence he had heard there could not be a doubt that the accusation against the pri soners was wholly without foundation, and he greatly regretted that they had been subjected to so much trouble and annoyance, but he should now discharge them, and they left the bar with out the slightest imputation on their character. THAMES POLICE. DARING HOUSE -BREAKING AND ROBBERY.--TWO re spectably dressed men, named John Newman, and John Jones, alias Saunders, were charged with feloniously breaking into and entering the house of an elderly unmarried lady, residing at No. 3, Rodney-terrace, Mile-end-road. Newman has been seen under suspicious circumstances, and Saunders' has been frequently on the treadwheel. It appeared that on Sunday Miss Pickering, the owner of No. 3, went to church, giving her servant, Ellen Flyn,permission to go also. They fastened the house, but left no person in care of it. In about a quarter of an hour afterwards a lady, named Miller, living in Waybridge place, opposite Rodney-terrace, saw Jones loitering about the place, and another person, whom she believed to be the pri soner Newman, cross to him. Jones then went to the door of No. 3, Rodney-terrace, and knocked. Having waited a little while, he began as if trying the lock, when the door opened, and he entered, closing the door behind him. In a few minutes Newman went to the door, and was admitted. The alarm having been given, a neighbour, named Cornish, knocked at the door, but receiving no answer, he was about to proceed to the rear of the premises, when the door was opened by Newman, whilst the other prisoner was looking over his shoulder. Mr. Cornish, addressing Newman, said, " I want you, young fellow," but the door was instantly closed. Mr. Cornish having gone round with a constable, to whom he communicated the circumstances, saw Jones, who dropped a jemmy getting over the fence. He pursued, and, after a smart run, apprehended him, when a des perate struggle ensiL both falling and rolling over several times. During the struggle the prisoner took a bundle of keys from his pocket, and endeavoured to inflict serious in- jury with them en Mr. Cornish, who, however, maintained his held until 392 K came up. The prisoner, who con tinued to re•ist. very violently, bad two skeleton keys in his hand, and twelve others were found in his pocket by the constable. During this time another neighbour, named Wilson, having beard that there were thieves in Aliso Pickering's honse, went to the back of the premises and site NewuLin attempting to get over the wall. Finding he was observed. New mau shrunk back into the house pursued by Mr. Was, who found him concealed in the water closet. He was cb , tained until O'Brien, 56 K, came up, when he was given in cha, ge. and two 5/. notes, which were identified by Ellen Flyn, alias Piekcring's servant, as her property, were found in his waistcoat pocket. On entering the house the upper rooms showed that they had been thoroughly rummaged, and a silver spoon which had been left on the breakfast-table was found in the hall. The prisoners having declined to make any de fence, Mr. BRODERIP said it was his duty to commit them for this most daring housebreaking and robbery, and he must observe, the implements found upon them v.ould make it appear as if it were not their first offence. The conduct of the witness Cor nish was highly commendable, and he exhibited great spirit in grappling with so powerful and violent an antagonist as Jones. The prisoners were then committed to Netvgate. The Irish provincial journals give the most cheer ing accounts of the crops in all parts of the country. The harvest is likely to be early, and very abundant. PLYMOUTH. SATURDAY, JUNE 14.—The Great Bri tain steam-ship, Lieutenant Hosken, R.N., commander, arrived here this evening. She left Cowes at 9 A.m., and entered Ply mouth Sound at 8 P.N. In the passage her average speed was about 11 miles an hour. From London to Plymouth she was 33 hours under steam. During the whole of her voyage the weather was more or less hazy. In clear weather, under favourable cir cumstances, the Irish steam-boats will sometimes make their pas sage from London to Plymouth in 30 hours. From Blackwell she conveyed about 75 passengers to Cowes, where 40 landed. At that port she took on board 20, and brought in all about 60 to Ply mouth, among whom are Captain, Claxton and several of the Direc tors of the Great Western Steam.ship Company. The passengers express themselves well pleased with the ship, but more especially with the absence of the tremulous motion which always accompa nies the paddlewheel. Her expected arrival here has long been an object of great interest to the inhabitants of Devon and Cornwall, and early in the forenoon the hills by the sea-side were studded with anxious spectators. The weather, though hazy, was fine, and the wind blowing gently from the north-west. As the day advanced, and doubts of her arrival prevailed, many retired, but only to give place to others. Owing to the thickness of the weather, when first descried she was within the Mewstone. The preconcerted signal of ringing St. Andrew's Church bells induced the inhabitants of this great naval port to rush in crowds towards the shores of the Sound. The Hoe was densely covered, and the western Hoe, even to the edges of its precipitous limestone quarries, was deeply fringed with persons of both sexes and all ages, who heartily cheered the iron wonder. Outside the breakwater she was bearded by Mr. W. Walker, the Queen's Harbour. master, who skilfully piloted her by the eastern channel into the Sound, through which she threaded her way among the numerous yachts, steam and sail. ing-vessels, gigs, shore-boats, &c., attracted there by her arrival. Passing to the northward of Drake's Island, she entered Friestone bay, and in about six minutes turned completely round, through Barnpool, and afterwards majestically entered Mill. bay. Outside Millbay.pier was the Severn, Havre steamer, which fired a salute on the approach of the Great Britain. Inside the pier lay the Tiger, Cork steamer, and the schooner Martha, of St. Ives, discharging coal. After the Great Britain had got pretty well inside these vessels, her stern was caught by the run of the tide, and she swung a little to the southward. This brought the bowsprit of the Tiger in collision with one of the ship's life.. boats, which was stove in, her starboard bulwark netting and ac commodation-ladder were also damaged. At the same time the Tiger's bobstay and starboard bulwarks were injured, and some of the collier's standing rigging carried away. The damage altogether will not exceed 501. Although such a multitude was assembled no personal injury occurred. A railed wooden gangway used for con veying goods on board the Irish steamer fell overboard, when the Tiger was forced a little out of her berth. Several coal-porters were on the gangway, but fortunately it was secured at one end by a rope to the pier, and the men held on until rescued by boats. The expectations of nautical men here have been fully realised on see.. ing this extraordinary shin. When first observed stem on she did not appear so formidable, but when presenting her broadside to view, ail expti, , ,e,l their surprise at the symmetrical appearance of the great reality. The manner in which she answered her helm was tt peculiar cause for admiration. CLEALANCES IN THE HIGHLANDS.—The number of tenants warned out this year at the instance of proprietors, is-- In Wester Ross, 253 ; in Easter Ross, 51 ; in Cromartyshire, 32 ; and of sub-tenants, at the instance of tacksmen and of occupants of glebe lands, the number is—ln Wester Ross, 82 ;in Easter R'IJA, about 10; in Cromarty, 2—in all, 430. This is exclusive of the Lewis, where probably very few, if any, have been summoned to remove, arid of Glencalvie, the people of which (about 90 in number, or eighteen heads of families), were warned out last year, though they quit their possessions only this season. —Inver ness Courier. On Saturday last, a specimen of a very rare fish in our seas, called the " Angel Fish," was caught in a net on Abravon Sands. Immediately on being taken, it voided twenty live young fish. It is of the squslus, or shark genus, and generally inhabits the northern seas. It is the opinion among fishermen that this fish does not spawn, but brings forth its young. This opinion is, we think, erroneous, arising from the circumstance of the young always retreating into the stomach of the parent fish in time of danger; and hence the voidance of the young fish, as above stated. Cambrian. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES .) fr RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AN OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, I'IIBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 17. RAILWAYS. Dividend per Amount of Share. Annum. Paid. Price, I 4/. Os. per sh. 1/. 1 .21.165. per sh Z s. d, X s. d. 2 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 1 7 6 100 0 0 17 10 0 3 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 , 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 14 16 0 4 13 4 0 13 4 10 0 0 1 10 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 1 5 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 10 5 0 0 0 00 Bs. per sh. 21. 5s p. sh. I Is 3d pr. sh 161. per ct, 101. per ct. 101. per ct, 6/. Os. p. sh 1/. p. sh. 81. per et. 81. per et. 81. per et. 31. 10s. pr. sh. 17s. 6d. pr shi 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 1 10/. per ct. 6s. 3/. Os. per sh, t6s. per sh, 41. per share 10s. pr. sh. 50 0 0 2.3 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 13 4 6 13 4 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 I , to 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 2S 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 2.; 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 12 15 4 1n 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 persh, ,21. 2s. per s}i. 2/. per share. 2 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 135 32% 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 7 6 20 0 0 0 0 [OO 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 0 0 23% 13 2% 247 1% 105% 21% 25% 61. per cent, 1 -1/.125 — .6d.p.c. 141.05. per sh. 11. per share. 11.148.10d.P.s 21. ss. 15s. 40 0 0 1 25 0 0 1100 0 0 25 0 0 1 25 0 0 2 24% _6y2 2% 6%. 2% 1% 1/.103.6d.p.5. 2s. 10d. p. sh 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2% 3% 33i 29 20% 11% 52% 4s. 6d. 10/. per et, 10/. per ct. 101. per et. 2 0 0 2 0 0 JOINT—STOCZ BANES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. s. d. s. d. Australasia....... Si . per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 36 Brash North Anterica;) 141. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 49 Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 Colonial . ..... 57. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15M Londe and Westmlnstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 1 4 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per ceni. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 1 4 Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland • • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 51% Ditto, New National of Ireland Nat. Provncial of Eng Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 38 Ditto, New.— •. • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia — 25 0 0 25 0 0 2634 Union of London.— 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1234 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. d. Albion ....... —•• • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 72% ' Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine.— —• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6% Atlas 13s.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 17 British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life .3/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% County . 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Crown ••••••• • • • • • • • [ 9s, and 6/. ss. bs. j :10 0 0 5 0 0 10 Eagle • Os. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Economic Life . ..... • • f IP 3 c o r s. e b t s l 1000 0 0 250 0 0 Eng.& Scot. Law Life.. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 European Life.. ••• • • • 'y, per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' ... •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50% Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 200 Imperial Life... ••.. • • 12s. 100 0010 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine —• • 1/. sit. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 29% Law Life Legal and General Life 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire ......... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% Loudon Ship Marine .... ••• • • • 57. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.... ••. • • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 9% Palladium Life. ..... • . 5/. per cent. BO 0 0 20 0 2% Phoenix Protector Life •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 2s. Provident Life •••• • • • • I/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life.. ——— .• 48. 50 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchane ....• • per cent. Stock. 188 Sun Fire ...........C1. 10s. Ditto Life . 1/. Gs. Universal Life MARKET NE Ws.—(YESTERD AY.. "HAY Ag.',O,IOCNTR. SMITH FlKLD.—Coarse Meadow Ha 3/ 15s to 41154 ; We° do., 4/ 16s to 5/ Ss; fine Upland do.. 5/ lOs to 5/ 15s: Clover Pay, 4/ lOs to 6l; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s ; Straw. 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. A fair average supply , a sluggish demand. Cum it ERLA D.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ ISs to 4/18s : use ret ful ditto, 5/ to 5/ 8s; tine Upland ditto, 51 lOs to 5/16s ; 114 Y, 41 8s to 5/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 1 / 168 to 1/ 18s; WO d Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. Supply rather limited, al l trade firm. HITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 41 lOsi; W useful ditto, 41 12s to 5/ 4 s ; fine Up land ditto, 5 1 9 /175; 5/ 12s; Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to 61 ; Oat St raw, 1/ 142 to 1 Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. Trade dull, at drul; ing figures. A few loads of new Meado w Hay sold at fro 3/ lOs to 4l per load. COMONZAZ. Secran—A good business continues to be donee n Brll iall' i Plantation, about 1,000 casks having been sold, iclusive d .: >n those those offered by auction, at fully pre vious prices, an some instances rather dearer. Th e p ublic sales baps been rather extensive, consisting chiefly. o f 427 ca s a West India, 9,250 bags Mauritius, 5,547 bags Madras , sad 1,135 boxes damaged Yellow Havannah. The great Pa d u a the West India found buyers at 40 s t o 48s for low broo7, to good greyish St. Lucia,'Szc., and 46 s 6 d to 56s 6d for 1! to fine yellow Barbadoes, being for the latter is lower for_t:: finer sorts, and for the former previous prices. All the IVI,? of Timis and Madras sold briskly, the former at 35s to 4 3 ?,,, i ,, , low to fine brown, 43s 6d to 52s 6d for low to fine Ye t r ras and 36s to 44s for low brown to goo d mid yello w Ma The being generally 6d dearer for the lower descriptions._ bad Havannalt sold at 21s 6d to 27s 6d for low soft (in o r condition) to fine yellow. Privately, a cargo of ftrowil_st vannah, consisting of 1,400 boxes, has been sold fleet 245, deliverable in Hamburgh. The quantitY a I n dia Docks, Plantation landed last week at the East and West there , were taken, home consumption, 1,481 hhds 175 lit,, ds was 5,237 hhds 63 tierces 953 barrels; and th ere 281 barrels. Thustock in the same places is 11,606 U m 1,275 tierces 2,065 barrels CO' COFFEE.-249 casks 13 . 2 barrels Jamaica, 1,479 bags , Al , lon, and 314 bags and barrels Rio (British Plantation.ltetl4 have been offered hauction, and all disposed of 0' 1 ; 3 0 colory Jamaica,and exception of the Rio) chiefly • t 80s to 93s for fine ord to ..4 . c e ylon 51 ' d ' A ord colony small vary good co • an coy - 4Ca 6d to 495, being for the Jamaica rather higher 1 01 , la for the latter previous rates. The Rio was inostly taken at 30s to 40s for good to fine ord, and 47s to 545 for tin e to mid colory.arll all COCOA.-113 bags Trinidad, at auction, were:ll'l'A read taken in at 42s to 49s 6d for mid greyish to ' goo d l Aast Neat quantity landed last week at there were India Docks was 550 puns 19 bad'' an d exported taken t for home consumption 236 puns 56 litids, an I is & 63 258 . puns 56 hhds. The stock in the same Place puns 2,110 hhds. midi, W 9 SPICES — 9 • -00 bags Malabar Pepper offered bi. iht , brows most) • I , taken in at 3%d for dh vy b ri ' goo ea MalabT L -t the ir tt TA ar. , OW.—P.Y.C. is 40 3 6 d to 40t 9d per..aw' and Town 42s per cwt. TEA.—There is a steady demand. June let (From the London New Price Current of A w ith 1 ie StiGAR.—To-day the market Was well supPlieduinferior a l ; India Muscovado Sugar; for refining brown. 8 %010 4 s ale scriptions of yellow there was an extenst ve At n ubile ~„,0 bright grocery a good business was done. j- I .ll ` s old I ' l is 122 hlids and 3 tierces of Barbadoes were ' 55 ,, , ,oi e ids rather lower terms, fine yellow selling at 5 4 a to „, 4 - 83 h! 4i. uc tion , to 535, middling 48s to 50s, and low 46s 6d n e d at ~, erl 8 tierces and 55 barrels of St. Lucia were vue lyigh t g . • Pc of and all sold at very full rates, excepting the , aanntY of kinds, which went a little cheaper. Th e tota' nelititY Fr Sugar sold to-day amounted to the enormous st 1,700 hhds and tierces. brisk as ev er REFINED.—To-day the demand was as A „ br omth er l2 a 6d to Refined Refined goods for home consumption, 311 '. w f - tching'-:lunly in prices took place, brown grocery hani'' e a lue ltui t k. totti n g 735, standard lumps 735 6d to 745, and browd sugar -c is p er 71s to 71s 6d per cwt. Bonded Crusb e AD ,9d t° 4 higher rate; sales having been made at d olt in: cwt for first quality. isrgelY er e` f " tale ( P i ' s .; : b a i u l'ttw it ir t : Mnuirmus—All descriptions have be en lace of 6 1. 1 . ) be tt' r and a further advance in prices has t for grey, brown, and inferior sorts of vellowk, Fricti o n V i 9; 2 1 1 , kinds fully sustained the former yiilue' many parcels hare found purchasers , t , l fioeY e A llo t7o 449 , 6 o d ' bags, and 15 casks were all sold, good T., 433 - Li acs tO ".- 5 ' ; o 52s 6d, mid to good mid 45s to 48s 6d, A n 3- bro wn '— coin to good grey 43s to 495, low to mid and good to fine 41s to 43s percwt. FOREIGN.—To-day all kinds of Foreig n o ffere d ' Suarelp r ruetill tl llllcfrlie d ; sought after, arid even stiffer rates we re t M ai° a'''' chases were restricted by the scanty suPPillper a l oc a t %aid 1,600 chests of low yellow Havannahl4sciests of g and 26s 6d for a floating cargo of 2,"'"' - large er quality, which is rather higher aoft° 3 toils EAST INDIA —Manilla has been dispos e •cate opera rio , tent, and at rather higher prices; til e o Pr a i to . 245, ante d, but P aul amount to 14,000 bags of old quality 3 ' f eatly 'w ifit il. cipally at 23s 6d per cwt. Java advanced rates are offered, but few n and none of tv , Holders of Bengal have manifested li,rrn-hesys'private tr ee l 'ad' kind has been brought to public sai e ,;, hind at a s rna ; ,ose ci good business has been transacted in a" v been " - jeer!' vance in prices. Of Dobah some parcels bad freely, an of at stiff rates. Madras has been purchase Tet i full prices given. 0 the id 'og i ..s P a TEA.—To-day there was a good deal dot _,. ri p.., . r , if market, and 9hd to 10dper lb were the curreu l oo m '" for common sound C P palcegls are to be met any The market Gate ly in firm for nearly all kinds (m o g f ° T u er. sh. ri• tea good COFFEE.—This ordinace3 a i ft on er , n b o u on t niu 9 ch / 0 ref! tee, upon 48s to 49s per cwt. Jamaica is not so ..0 et ra si .,, and 51 tierces at auction were sold at barely _t . 7 0 ,, i'L l middling heavy colory went at 86s 6d to 87s 6d ' 4 l; gov" Ilizeerswaswlee: doing apoologest, dling 80s to 83s 6d, fine fine ordinary 76s fine ord. v been ordinary 51s to 525, mixed ditto 47s per cwt., ~,,a bs s „.; /1 1 ; Rum, BRANDY, AND HOILANDS.---The deal t , ;pot brisk for Jamaica Rum ; very full rates have ' d 1'.04 1, and the quantity sold has been 250 puns. Leocaripopciti,„ has been in excellent request, and prices are i i ,. Clae° to Demerara is wanted, and stiffer rates are paid. Fn ia ' o lde i t s s st i e ll . much inquiry has existed, but the reluctance of sell upon former terms, checks business. Brinialici °e a attracting the attention of buyers, and prices are ~it i g, U„l% For Geneva prices remain at Is 8d to is 9d for sinP r fog at 2s 2d to 2s 9d per gallon for home consumpti on ' wer e Corn Spirits are lOs 2d. ePP" Or SPICES.—This afternoon 4,548 bags Pena n g r chefi°tat brought to public sale, and chiefly sold, but at 1 ,, 5 st4d, rates, half heavy brown free from dust and sta":;td to ' 0 2hd to 2hd, sea damaged first and second class 1. j a ie r s o " and third class 2hd per lb. ;24 brls and 8 cask and b e r ; Ginger were disposed of at 51 Is to 6/ 19s for nut d i eaP ti , mid, and at 31 lOs per cwt for low qualitY, held e nell tra 53 bags of Pimento went at 2hd to 3d per b lh us f i n n r e ; . t i r t ag s bf c ses SAGO.—There has again been a good by private treaty, and prices are still advancisd to is 270 at public sales this afternoon, were sold at 2 a s , 275 t ° for good to fine small white Pearl, but chiefly a' ers te 6kl per ort, which is higher. j to ° F„ose i Comm:AL—There was little desire evinco_ re dkr, of to-day, and privately few parcels of Honduras were d o Woe of; at public sale 47 bags of Mexican black an' t a bon t oos t sold a gd ~ silvers were offered, the former only part l y A to 63 -; n" former value, viz.,, middling to good at 550d t0 59 fil its 6j ' 5s 9d to 5,10 d, the latter taken in at 4s 1,, i 7 d t°,. pi. garbled, but a few lots of siftings were sold at i' s dod P e ' e ste, , and 17 bags of Cochineal garblings at Is 9d to the plc . d of. SALTPETRE.—The demand for rough i s °n o di'sP°6jev: d hee i,,ss fre , p a and by private treaty several parcels have Holdeis show firmmiss, and supp l y the i nee k e r r ed tn' ci'll' le d public sale I,COO bags of Calcutta were one Kl iejl at s sold at full rates. Oen ° 'th 3i et INDIGO.—The purchases made have been e o des ra th, he by shippers and the home trade, and t hose S e price_ s ali n' inclined to sell have been coin ll • ( 13, '. Pe 11 ki n under those of the last quarterly sales ter a „0 ta ys et exception of fine Bengal. a nd i ti t ]Ot t ; OlLS.—This afternoon 30 tuns of Southe rii i wept e psi e id Elephant Oil were brought to public sale; a i n s ' s for a t i l li for l e rates ; the former only partly sold at 22 1 ', l to "I' the the latter was only in part disposed of at 2v 'tY ill ke n to fine, and low at 25/5s to 25/ lOs per tun', , o tivt ha l tS jia d TALIA)W.—There has again been tune' pr ices ra 'adsi , C. market for Russian, and a further ndvane el- e `bee ll - - 0 17. . 6j place. On the spot numerous purchases ha,v en foril, 4 15 .05 40s9d to 41s per cwt. are the current rates bra nd 4ls ' le rcb° ; ,ll For delivery the demand has been active , , e:t ri ll a re I,art ,- f tb@ ) 'O 3 •t' per cwt paid for the last three months 0 h pig ~ je,P show much firmness, and at St. Petersbuer. oacih rising with every prospect of the supply b 1 " the previous season. _ _ _ 9 tilt ist ,7 l It appears from what we now lear1:01,000°09. of f very of nitrate of potash and nitrate ofsOda irt ;of i r b el i n 4 C ll6 ; Angra Pequina has already formed a aPe c to, t - g rer n tracfr the part of several of our merchants in lit, of i i;00 0 . 0 - tea hesitated to dispatch a fleet of vessels in 9°` — e ol 4l ol o lar 1 ." if $ Some parties have been fortunate enough ~,t (is with the masters of ships for directions to '4OO "ist" c v e , the guarantee of a certain amount of corfa; Topr°' sito successful voyage should be insured, and the; S e tit. if t h _ scale of prices named in the articles of ag ree bo,"'" 4 :lo'fth e the possessors of the secret are in no mann er 'fie nee e i s s ' of the enterprise, they have, it is understood,t-eicenreZ64' Ci of a tram-road, with necessary carriages, for duty- of,„ - fro ° , i g th io n , product, upon which they propose to 101 a to jai; Oa; OS per ton, in increase of the funds they hop e a — teo, he rv ; Isl e first commission. This new discovery ha s er t - sde., °. i 'lg e _„" ) fe , among the merchants connected with tb e 'ell" il eor f Africa, and it promises in some respec t ' t° I nink e guano speculation, abundant emp loymentt for Shift):o-01130°400° and common salt also abound in the same a .... ei tyo deft': question is, whether other mineral discover [ 9g 81• ot trade of the coast. p A ttit i o ;olso' DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GROBS'...I.OO° at 1311 dr col , o , ipst, m oile r°, tenant-General Spencer Claudius Parry, the Bth battalion of Royal Artillery, died 0 0 Rol sl dla • mitere d the iod ; / 9.: sidence on Woolwich as Second Lieutenant,coomninthoen.3d of No vejnber' Aug ° " It'Pe mated to Lieutenant, March 4, 1786; CaPsn' t.Colone1:01, Lieutellan. lo t ; 10. Brevet Major, January 1, 1805; im pale 16P 9 1" 1806 ; Brevet Colonel, June 4, 1 614 cember 20, 1814; Colonel-Comma n dant, •"Generto, , to' jar-General, Julyl9, 1821 ; and Lieutenant' eenosno 1837. Major-General Fyers succeeds to th e battalion. IDOCES. eemoer 2(P isi4; colonel-,0 ,,, ...-- --- __,,--- jor-General, Julyl9, 1821 ; and Lieut.: ~,, Ow' 1837. Major-General Fyers succeeds ." ot Dividend Amount 1 battalion. vIO .O OIP , Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. _ — _-1 - 7 - 7- -- -- .1•..s • 11 d Annum. Share. 1111iTil S ' e D' u . tto o. 1) pi a C I commercial (th e 0 if On the 13th inst., at NeWill lady h.t° 1 31. per cent. Stock. a son. ri the li t A East and West India 5% /. pr cent. Stock. 110 On the 13th inst., at I,Vinibledo , of SO ti• East Country ....... 1 11. per sh. 100 0 0 —r, 21 Rev. Horace Powys, of a daughter. ~,,.ke,. lg. London as -c"' of ' '4/ 2 /. pr cent. Stock. 120 On the 12th inst., Mrs. Thou s w ife St Katharine 1 5 per cent. Stock. 109 the Southampton ••.•• • • • I 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Blackheath, of a daughter. _terrace' On the l 9 th inst., in Oxford T.Tqfr tar. C 2 n ,i,.........,..... Awa ....u.••• B. ••••••••••• IMO .11.1.11140,M deo Chapman, of a son. Vscl.,_Ablliti' Chapman, of a sol___ LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Vq . for l)°' ,it ri''' A Dive r ' ,I I --- ---Calcutta, • r . ~,e 3 t , ~i,,,, Dividend Amount rle 9 On the 14th of April, at west G 113' p i e Name of Company. per of Paid. Price On the ` ) ii in , t., at New I ' °d g e ' 'T C ll3 o r Annum. Share. John Nail:mi. F, ,i c , l 86. ~t on , Stit ri l' On 1.11,.: Bth inst., £ s. d. X s. d , ,Tatie' , rt. 594' esir Bank of S, , itland • • ••• 6/. per cent. 1( 00 0 177 Es 1., Comnrmili-r, Loyal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 171 Umiete d g e ' 1' Saalli el P. ,litig le) British Linen Company a/* per cent. 100 0 0 228 v, miaulemass, r.Sq., 0 , the 10th inst., Wstminster, e tica ri el at Nv •ch s a " ;(l % ( - ) ' ' ' ' , st i i ie d r . lese s ' 3fr. fie ° Ch ~. , , , , of at Duni-Lir, „ ad di n gtO . dingle), _,, p i Commercial Bank•.... 60. per cent. 100 0 0 170 — On the 10th inst., at „,r e .a.. 1,1 orov , National Bank ...... .. GI. per cent. -. 30 0 0 98y 4 Le?d n s, t i il e rar i s 2. 10 0 0 16 0 Union Bank of Scotland 714/. pr cent. rrilte, •`" --d Soi l h eft Western Bank.... • ... 6/. per cent. _ 50 0 0 84 10 0 ° 0 0 15 7 ;, L 4 peg fp, itiLtN.S. orth 1;r1 . wife ..4 christopl3 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 15 0 0 1 . 1 , /, '' ,r se, air ci rot L 1 Clydesdale Bank.. • ... 6/. per cent. _ era A. Da Eastern Bank.• •• • ... 3/. per cent. On the gr. Caledonian Bank ..... 61. per cent. _ stree t ' f nb.B; Glasgow Dank 51. per cent. 210 0 3% Nari . a, * ) 5. 50 0 73/ Harvey', aged - . d Burlington'' fife 0 city of Glasgow Bank. 5/. per cent. _ 815 0 15 4 '3O inst., mO l the W On the I. 1 ~ narriott, 0 . i'' Scottish Union Ins. Co. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1 1 4 1 1 iz d 88. h, Hercules Insurance Co. 71, per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% lac er ' " i - st ,at Blackheat t iter o f Instil*. Co. of Scotlnd.• 51. per cent 10 0 0 All paid. On the 13t iin • h daug f P IP 10 abed in l o 3 :4• l st i n lou r; g a s h t t er o North British Insur... 9/. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Prior, FE q. l. Hyde, fourth Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Sm O it n h t , h o e f H a O l en ,til,,,eedi.:,ist3,th\l.‘l'iinitsitt'os.:?)altrc. ,laZ;tie, 10: : , Edin. &Olasg. Railway 5 /.percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 -01 th i 1.1.. 5 5 1 / . . p p e e r r e c e e n n t t : 1 5 : 1 0 0 0 All pad. 6 1 6 9 ,,, '' - bookseller, efle a P side _ --r----.-----''- "0-''llll-' _ ( E v d j a i s i i i:.;:f, ' s, elt A h y , s :Sc sh t i ; r r it a . n a • t n 20 0 0 20 0 0 1514 o. t ~ f g e 0 All pail. ~ ne_lg,l3l,4r:ohthvieninslats.ti'l. , e A ,_ i n ! ..l. aLmf 3:'.coeAint,iv'S.ane,:e.llilNlln.‘igajs.,(bGiredilvodo:....t,...„vel:coht::., ~ , of Glasgw& Greenek hail. 9, , . ~,,. C .,,,,,. , 2 ,, 0 0 All paid. 1 19 1 1: -'‘.-'L,j l:l; l7-- : 1- :, L./:= l !•' 66 ',''''' ' ' A ',:l'' ' ' ' ' r il at The S" " I t s . ' ' j p' Glsgw St Garnkirk Rail. 5/• per cent. 25 0 - id ''' ''' 1 ,-, & ra re Printe , c o op in 7 , ~,...,. Duadee&Arbrothßail. 5/• per cent. 25 0 ( 1 ) All ! Pal a d: ii6V4 Strand, the Precinct, of the '045. sandardLifeAssurnce. 51. pert 150 0 0 210 0 I 8 Anal • virednadah v • Mid iletiezi 1 1 .....................—.....—............—. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Name of Company. &berdeen •• • • •• • •• • • Armagh, Coleraine, &I Portrush . • Birmingham & Gloster Ditto, New, iss. 71 dis. Do. Half Shares • • . • Brighton, Lews,& Haat. Bristol and Exeter • • Do. New ••••• • • • • • Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian ....... '..lambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton Churnet Valley ....... Coventry, Bedworth, Nuneaton ... Coventry and Leicester Cornwall .... Direct Northern Direct Norwich Piss, Beceles, & Yrnlthl Dublin & Belfast June. Ditto and Galway .. Do. and Mullingar Eastern Counties Do., Perpetual, No. 1 Ditto, ditto, No. 2... Eastern Union ... Do. Extension Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New Quarters .. Ely and Bedford . • arand Junction Ditto, Half Shares .. Ditto, Quarter Shares Gt. Southern & Western Do. Extension .. .. • . Do. Additional...... Clo•eat North of England Ditto, New Do. New i ;rent Western Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Fifths. Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmouth Hull and Gainsoorocgh Hull and Selby ....... Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. Half Shares Kendal & Windermere Kentish Coast Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford... Liverpool & Mancnestr Ditto. Half Shares • • Ditto, Quarter Shares !Anutoil & Birmingham Ditto, New Thii:ds.. Ditto, New to Shares riindon and Blackwall London and Brighton.. Do. Consolidated Bths -.undue and Croydon Ditto, Gaarntd. 5 p. c. London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv.. imndon and S. Western Do., New Cons. Bths Ditto, New Do. New .. . • I,onclon and York ..... Lndonderry& Coleraine Do. & Enniskillen .. Lynn and Ely ...... Do & Dereham • • • • anchester and Leeds Dial), Half Shares . • o, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths .• • Mancliestr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter Shares . • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, Fifths . • • • • • • Do. New • ... • Ditto, Birtr.. is Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newestle & Darl. June. Do. New Brandling! Newry & Enniskillen.. Newark and Sheffield • . North British • • •• • Do. New . Northern and Eastern . Ditto Scrip, iss.s/.d. Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent.. North Wales • Norwich and Brandon. Ditto, New Oxford & Worcester Preston and Wyre • • • Rictunnd & W. E. Junc. Rugby ...• •• • .. Scottis4 Central Do. Midland.... Sheffield and Lincoln Sheffield & Manchestr Ditte,Quarter Shares Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir. South Devon • • • • Soutii-Eastern & Dovr. Ditto, New iss. 32/.dis. Do. New, No. 2 .... Do. New, No. 3 South Wales. . • Staines and Richmond Trent Valley Trent Valley and Holy . head Junction • . Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall•. •. • Yarmouth & Norwich. Ditto, New York & North Midland Ditto, Half Shares.. Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip Ditto, Extension .... Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. and Cette Boulogne and Amiens. Dieppe and Pails Junc. (lt. Northern of France Lyons and Avignon— .. 'arleans and Vierzon Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) Do. (Ganneron's)• • • • Do. (Calon's) Paris and Strasbourg • .' Paris & St. Quentin •• , Paris and Orleans..... Faris and Rouen ...... Royal North of Spain.. It von and Havre .... Sambre and Meuse.... Strasbourg and Bale ••1 Tours & Nantes (Mae, kenzie's) .. -• • ; Do. (Levevres) ......I 1