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Mr. WARBURTON said he would oppose the motion, be eau,e he did not see why a different principle should be applied in this case from what was applied in the case of any other in vention. Let the atmospheric principle be proved by experi ment, and then it would be easily introduced. Mr. HODGSON HINDE agreed very much in what had fallen from the Hon. Member. He had no objection whatever to an inquiry into the merits of the atmospheric system, though he believed it would have very little effect until the results of the experiments were known ; but he was afraid that under his Right Honourable Friend's motion there lurked an intention of postponing the railway Bills before the House. There were two sides of this question. Not only were there engineers who doubted the success of the experiment in a mercantile point of view, but there were many who doubted it in a mechanical point of view; and he could see no reason for supposing that the House would settle the difficulty. At all events, he should object to the appoint anent of the Committee, if the progress of the railwayswas to be Impeded by it. Lord HOWICK said it would have been well if his Hoc Friend had applied a little of his usual acuteness to this question. A Committee had been asked to assist the public in formulg an opinion. It so happened, in the present year, a great number of railway Bills had been proposed to the Reuse. In two or three cases the competition was between a proposed atmospheric line, and a proposed line upon the locomotive plan. Mr. Stephenson, the only engineer who objected to the atmospheric principle, had stated before the House, that on the very first trial which had been made of it, it had exceeded both in safety and in speed the locomotive system after sixteen or seventeen years. On the other hand, engineers of the greatest eminence, who stated that the atmospheric system cembined great speed with per fect safety; and in a commercial point of view, it appeared that the expense of working a line upon that system was 94d. per mile, while that of the other mode was I s. 2d l h. This was clearly proved. They ought to inquire into the merits of theinvention, as the time must come when it, the atmospheric system, would supersede the present one. If they did not they would hare the whole question over the Kent, the Cornish, and Northum brian lines. lie knew the Board of Trade could not undertake the inquiry, from the mass of business it had to get through ; but the appointment of the Committee, instead of impeding the progress of the present railway Bills throughout Parlia ment, would, on the contrary, expedite them. Sir GEORGE CLERK said the Noble Lord had given a most able panegyric on the atmospheric system, but he had also furnished reasons why the Committee should not be appointed. The Committee of last sessit u elicited all the facts, but they had no means of pro perly knowing what the expense of the system would be on lines where the traffic would require large steam-engines in con stant action. The experiment on the Kingston and Dalkey line was not sufficient, and, without any prejudice against the atmospheric principle, he did not think the Committee could be productive of any good. It would not influence any other Committee, and would much retard the progress of the pend ing Bills. Mr. BARKER did not think the atmospheric principle would ever succeed, but he would not do anything that should prevent a fair trial of the experiment. Mr. W. R. COLLETT did not think that the evidence on this subject could be of any importance, unless elicited by a private Committee. The eyes of Europe, he might say, were now on this country, and upon its decision would depend whe ther other lines now in contemplation would be completed. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said, great interests were at stake in railways, and therefore he hoped it would be ma-, turely considered. He was himself rather sceptical on it, bet he hoped the appointment of the Committee would not opposed. Mr. RICARDO could not see how this project could be opposed merely because it had hitherto been tried only on short lines, If the power had been given for making long lines they would have been made also. Sir R. PEEL said he would be in favour of granting the Committee, though he could not see what would result from it, for the public alone were the party to decide as to what plan should be adopted. He was himself in favour of the atmosphe ric plan, but he could not see what good could follow from the appointment of the Committee. However, he would not oppose it. After a few words from Lord EBRINGTON and Mr. GILL, the motion was agreed to. Mr. SHAW hoped the Committee would be nominated on Monday next. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in answer to a question, said, the appointment of this Committee would not interfere with the general progress of railway business. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half-last One o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, MARCH 13. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Committee be ap pointed, to inquire into the causes and extent of the alleged existing agricultural distress, and into the effects of Legislative Protection upon the interests of Landowners, Tenant-farmers and Farm labourers." Tho House divided:— MINORITY-AYES, 121. Ainsworth, Peter Ewart, William Aldam, William Ferguson, Colonel Anson, Colonel , • -.Forster, Matthew Bannerman, A. Gibson, T. M. Baring, F. T. Gill, Thomas Barnard; E. G. Gore, Robert Bellew, R. M. Grey, Sir George Berkeley, Craven Hallyburton, Lord Berkeley, H. F. Harmer, Sir J. Bernal, Ralph Hastie, Archibald Blake, M. J. Hawes, Benjamin 131ewitt, R. J. llayter, W. G. Bouverie, E. P. Malley, Charles Bowring, Dr. Holland, Robert Brocklchurst, J. Horsman. -- Edward Brotherton, Joseph Howard, C. W. Browne, W. Howard, E. G. Buller, Edward Howick, Viscount Busfeild, William Hume, Joseph Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Clay, Sir W. Johnson, General Colborne, W. R. Labouchere, Henry Collett, Joins Lambton, 11. Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. H. Currie, Raikes Lascelles, W. S. Dews.) 1, T. V. Leader, J. T. Denison, J. E. Macaulay, T. B. Dennistoun, J. Mangles, R. D. Divett, Edw..rd Marshall, William Duff, James Marslitad, Henry Duncan, Viscount Martin, John Duncan, George Mettle, Fox Duncannon, Lord Mitcalfe, Henry buncombe, Thomas Morris, David Dundas, Admiral Morison, General Dundas, Frederick Muntz, G. F. Ehringt - m, Viscount Murray, Alexan4-3r Ellice, Edward Napier, Sir C. Ellis, Wynn O'Connell, M. J. Escott, Bickham Osborne, Ralph Email, Ralph Paget, Colonel Evans, William Paget, Lord A. Palmerston, Viscount Parker, John Pattison, James Pechell. Captain Philips, G. R. . Plumridge, Captain Ponsonby, C. F. A. , Protheroe, Edward Rawdon, Colonel Ricardo, J. L. Rice, E. R. Ross, D. R. Runtlx)id, C. E. Russell, Lord J. Russell, Lord E. Scott, Robert Scrope, Q. P. Sheridan, R. It. Somerville, Sir W. Stansfleld, W. R. C. Stewart, P. 31. Stuart, Lord J. Stuart, W. V. Strutt, Edward Tattered, 11. W. Thornely, Thomas Towneley, John Trelawny, J. S. Villiers, Charles Vivian, J. H. Walker; Richard Wall, C. D. Warburton, Henry Ward, H. G. `yawn, John T. Williams, William Wilshere, W. TELLERS. Cobden, Richard Bright, Jetta MAJORITY-NOES, 213. AeLand, Sir T. D. Fellowes, Edward Neck!, Joseph Acland, T. D. Ferrand, W. B. Neck!, John A'Coart, Captain Fitzmaurioe, W. Neville, Ralph Allix, J. P. Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Antrobus, Edmond Flower, Sir J. Newport , Visconnt Arbuthnott, 11. Forbes, William Nichol', John Archdall, Captain Forman, T. S. Norreys, Lord Arkwright, George Fox, S. L. Oswald, Alexander A.stell, William Fremantle, Sir T. Parke, C. W. Bagge, William Faller, A. E. Pakington, J. S. Bagot, William Gasket', J. M. Palmer, Robert Reline, Joseph (Redstone, W. E. Palmer, George Bailey, J ~jun. Gladstone, Captain Peel, Sir Robert Bettie, Colonel Gordon, Captain Peel, Jonathan Banker, George Gore, Montague Phimptre, J. P. Baring, Thomas Goring, Charles Pollington, Visconti' Baring. W. B. flonlburn, Henry Powell, Colonel Barrington, Viscount Graham, Sir J. Praed, W. T. Beckett, William Granby, Marquis Pringle, Alexander Bell, Matthew Greene'', Peter ruseY, Philip Benbow, John Greene, Thomas Reid, Sir John Bentinek, Lord G. Grimsditeh, T. Rendlesham, Lord Beresford, Major Grimiton, V scount Repton, G. W. J. Blackstone, W. S. Grogan, Edward Rolleston, Colonel Bolder°, H. G. Hale, R. B. Round, C. 0, Borthw!ck, Peter Milford, Sir H. Round, John Botflekl, Beriah Hamilton, W. J. Rous, Captain Bowles, Admiral Harcourt, G. G. Rushbrooke,Cl i. , Braraston, T. W. Harris, Captaiit Ryder, G. D. Brisco, 31.1 Hayes, Sir E. Sanderson, Richard Broadwood, H. Heneage, G. H. W. Seymour, Sir H. Brace, Lord E. Henley, J. W. Shaw, Frederick Bruce, C. L. C. Hepburn, Sir T. Shirley, E. J. . • Bruges, W. H. L. Herbert, Sidney Buck, L. W. Holmes, W. A'Court Buckley, Edmund Hope, Charles Buller, Sir J. Y. Hope, G. W. Danbury, Thomas Hussey, Ambrose Burrell, Sir C. Hussey, Thomas Burroughs, H. N. Ligestrie, Viscount Campbell, Sir H. Trion, Samuel Cardwell, Edward James, Sir W. C. Charteris, Francis Jermyn, Earl Chelsea, Viscount Jocelyn, Viscount Chetwode, Sir J. Johnstone, Sir J. Christopher, R. A. Jolliffe, Sir W. Claytoar,'R. R. Knightley, Sir C. Clerk. Sir G. Lawson, Andrew Clifton, John T. Legh, G. C. Cochrane, A. Lennox. Lord A. Codrington. Sir W. Lincoln, Earl Colvile, C. H. Lockhart, William Compton. M. C. Long, Walter Copeland, Alderman Lowther, Sir J. Courtenay, Lord Lowther, Colonel Darby, George Lygon, General Deedes, William Mackenzie, T. Denison, E. B. Mackenzie, W. F. Dick. Quintin Maclean, Donald Dickinson, r. H. M'Geachy, F. A. D'lsraell, B. 31'Neill, Duncan Shirley, E. P. Sibthorp, Colonel Smith, Abel Smith, T. B. C. Smyth, Sir H. Snaythe, George Smollett, A. Somerset, Lord G. Somerton, Viscount Somes, Joseph Sotheron, T. H. Stewart, John Stuart, Henry Sturt, H. C. Button, Henry Talbot, C. H. Tennent, J. E. Thesiger, Sir F. Thornhill, George Tollemache, John Tower, Christopher Trollope, Sir J. Trotter, John Tumor, Christopher Villiers, Viscount Vivian, J. Ennis Waddington, 11. B. Walsh, Sir J. B. ]odd, George Douglas, J. 1). 5. Dugdale, W. S. Manners, Lord C. S. Manners, Lord J. March, Earl Wellesley, Lord C. Wodehouse, Edmond Wood, Colonel Dniicombe, A. Du Pre, C. G. Manhunt, Viscount Martin, C. W. Wood, Colonel T. Worsley, Lord Eastnor. Viscount Marton, George Eaton, R. J. Mamiell, T. P. Egerton, W. T. Meynell, Captain Egerton, Sir P. Mildinay, H. St. John Wortle;, John S. Wyndham, Cilonel Yorko, E. T. TILLERS. Bntwisle, William Mica, William I onng, Jo hn Farnham, F. B. Morgan, Octavlui Baring, Henry RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. THURSDAY, MARCII 13. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported : 1. " That, in the case of the Manchester and Buxton Rail way petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 2. " That, in the case of the Midland Railways (Swinton to Lincoln) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 3. "That, in the case of the Midland Railways (Notting ham to Lincoln) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on correcting forthwith the errors in the Plans." 4. “ That, in the case of the Bristol Parochial Rates peti tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that the notices required for Bills of the third class be given before the second reading thereof." 5- "That, in the case of the London and Croydon Railway (Kentish Lines), and London and Croydon Railway Enlarge ment and-Orpington Branch Railway, petition of the London and Croydon Railway Company, to withdraw their two peti tions and present petitions for five separate-Bills, if the House shall give leave to withdraw their two petitions, the Sessional Order ought to be dispensed with, and that the parties be permitted to present petitions for five separate Bills with re ference to the objects comprised in the original petitions." 6. " That, in the case of the 'bliddlesex. County Rate peti tion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, and that they prove before the Committee thereon that they have in serted the notices in the London Gazette and a county news paper for three successive weeks in the month of December last." - 7. " That, in the case of the Cornwall Railway petition the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on correcting the errors in the plans, sections, and books of reference." " And that the Committees! on this and the three preced ing Bills do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the Report of the Bills." 8. " That, in the case of the Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dis pad ;—That the parties be permitted to proceed with THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1845. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COUR7; March 14. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN RE ISAAC SLIPPER. In this came the insolvent had kept a public-house at Romford, and having become a bankrupt he was compelled to appeal to this Court. About a fortnight since he was heard in this Court, on an application to be bailed, when the Learned Chief Commissioner finding that all the insolvent's property had been seized upon by a frien I of his, named Potter, under a warrant of attorney for an alleged loan of money, and not being satisfied that money had been advanced, and concluding that the warrant of attorney was nothing more than a ruse to defraud his other creditors, refused to allow the insolvent to be discharged until the matter was inquired into more closely, and the body of the creditors were present. Not having complied with the orders of the Court, the insolvent was confined in the Queen's Bench until this day, when he again came up for hearing, and the Learned Chief Commissioner seeing none of the creditors present, instituted a most semrching investigation into all the facts of the case, after which he said he said he should not allow the insolvent out upon bail, because he considered the conduct both of him and Potter to be most unfair and fraudulent. The Insolvent was acconlingly removed back to the Queen's Bench Prison. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, Mach 13. CIVIL SIDE. (Before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) NAMARION •. THE SOUTHEASTERN AAILWAY COMPANY. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendants the value of certain stacks and farm-buildings 6e longing to him, and which were destroyed by fire, owing, as he alleged in the declaration, to the servants of the Company neg ligently oonducting a certain steam-engine upon the line of the railway, by which means a spark from the chimney fired his stack. and so caused the damage. The defendants pleaded that they had used due care and cau tion, and therefore that they were not liable. Mr. Sergeant CNA NNELL, in his address to the jury, said that the present action involved a point of very great import ance to all persons who had property adjoining a railway, as the question to be decided being whether they were to be sub jected to have that property totally destroyed through the working of the railway, without being entitled to compensa tion for the loss they so suffered. He then proceeded to state that the plaintiff was a farmer, residing at Sallinge, near Dover, and at the time of the projection of the South .Bastern Railway, the Company, under the provisions of their Act of Parliament, purchased from him some portion of his land for the purposes of the railway, which passed quite close to his barns and homestead. The plaintiff had frequently complained to the Company of the danger arising from the trains passing so close to his property, and requested them to adopt some measures to protect it, but without effect, and at length, in the month of May, in last year, while one of the trains was passim:, a piece of burning coke or coal was driven out of the chimney of the engine, which lodged on the top of a barn, the thatch of which ignited, and before the flames could be extinguished, property to a considerable amount was totally destroyed. The important question to be decided wan,• whether, although the Company had an Act of Parlianient which entitled them to work upon this railway, and which of cause they c , ,ald not do without the aid of locomotive en gipes, yet if thise engines, by reason of their emitting fire, "Could not be used without danger tc the property of others, the using them under such circumstances, does not amount to neg ligence, and render the Company liable for any damage that might be thus occasioned, and he submitted that it was not necessary to prove any specific negligence. The Learned Sergeant went on to say that he should be able to prove, that means had been taken upon other lines of railway by placing a wire guard over the top of the chimney of the engine, or by having a plate perforated with holes is front of the smoke box, to prevent burning coals or ashes coming from it, but upon this line these precautions had been altogether neglected, and this he submitted was another proof of negligence, and under all the circumstances he expressed a confident opinion that the jury would consider his client entitled to a verdict. The agreement for the sale of a port on of the plaintiff 'a land, consisting of two acres and some odd roods and poles, to the Company, for 3501., was then put in. The Learned Counsel then called evidence to prove his case. The plaintiff's case being concluded, Mr. Sergeant Suez then addressed the jury, and said that all the Company for whom he had the honour to appear de sired to have, on the present occasion, was, that there should be a fell and fair discussion of the merits of the case, and that nothing more than justice should be done. They only asked the same protection to which any other class of her Majtity' subjects was entitled, and he was satisfied that upon the evidence that had been adduced, the jury would be of opinion that the plaintiff had not made out any case, and that the defendants were entitled to a verdict. He submitted that the accident was chiefly to be attributed to the carelessness of the plaintiff in placing his stacks se near the railway, and to his neglecting to cover his barn with tiles instead of thatch, which he could have done at very trifling expense, and which would have entirely protected his property from any injury of the character now complained of. The plaintiff in his declaration charged the Company with having caused the mischief by the negligent and careless manner in which their engine had been worked upon the line, but he contended that this had not only not been proved, but that. it had been absolutely negatived; and he submitted that upon the declaration of the plaintiff the Company were entitled to a verdict. The Legislature had given the Company the power to use the engines upon the line—they were authorised to do so, and they were merely following their lawful occupa tion in a proper and lawful manner, when this occurrence took place ; and there did not appear to be the slightest pretence for saying that there had been any negligence on the part of the servants of the Company. It was perfectly well known to the Legislature at the time .they granted the power to this Com• pany to work the line, that the suede by which they purposed to do so was by the use of engines, propelled by steam which was generated by Sr. ; that there must be vivid combustion, and that the engines must pass along the high.. way made by the Company, and by the side of the property along the line ; and he submitted that it would be monstrous to make the Company, under swill circumstances, liable for the result of an accident which had occurred in the lawful carrying out of their undertaking, and without the least proof of any negligence or carelessness on their parts, er for which they were responsible. The Learned sergeant, on be half of the plaintiff, had attempted to urge that it was not necessary to prove any specific act of negligence; but he must be well aware that in the case of Aldridge a the Groat Western Railway Company, it was distinctly laid down be Lord Chief Justice 'Tindal, Mr. Baron Parke, and Mr. Justice Coltman that, in a similar case to the present, the plaintiff could not recover unless negligence was proved. The Learned Sergeant proceeded to state that it had been attempted to show that the Company had been negligent in not providing the wire guards or plates that had been referred to ; but he submitted that it was very doubtful, upon the evidence, whether those contrivances were of any real service, as it appeared that although a trial had been given to them, they had on most of the lines been entirely discontinued, and he concluded by again ex pressing his opinion that, under all the circumstances, the de fendants ought to have a verdict. The Loan CHIRP Jusxzcz then summed up. The" jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, eOOl. TAYLOR V. THE SOUTH-RASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action of a similar character to the last, and it will therefore be unnecessary to go into the details. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 8941. Us. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worrester, March 13. THE CROOME MURDER. The trial of the ten men for the murder of Thomas Staite, at Croome, on the night of the 19th of December last, was resumed this morning, before Chief Baron Pollock. At the adjournment of the Court last night, the jury were locked up for the night, provision being made for their accommoda tion at the county Courts. The trial was resumed at the early hour of eight o'clock this morning, at which time, on the Court being opened, there was again an awful crush for places, and the Court was crammed to excess throughout the day. The day's proceedings commenced with the examination of witnesses called for the purpose of showing that several of the prisoners had, during their incarceration, expressed a desire to make confessions to the officers of the gaol. Mr. Stables, the clerk to the county prison ; the Rev. W. Ad lington, the chaplain ; T. G. Curtler, Esq. onoof the visiting ma gistrates; and one of the turnkeys were called for this pur pose, and separately examined. These statements by the prisoners were, under the direction of the magistrates, subse quently taken down in writing, and were now produced as evidence against therm. The prisoners' Counsel (Mr. Godson, Q.C., and Mr. Hud dlestone) objected to the admission of these documents, on the ground that the statements were made in the hope and ex pectation of pardon. Mr. LEE and Mr. WHITEHOUSE argued contra, and a good deal of discussion ensued, which ended in the Judge ruling that the statements might be read. They were accordingly read by Mr. Bellamy at length, and being of a very voluminous nature a good deal of time was occupied thereby. It would be impossible to give any thing like a sketch of these statements within reasonable limits; suffice it to say, that the several confessions impli 'sited the whole of the prisoners in the transactions of the fatal night of the 19th December. The examination of the other witnesses for the prose-. cution was then proceeded with. Joseph Hooper, a gamekeeper, regularly employed on the Earl of Coventry's estates, and who wa s ou t w i t h t h e watchers on the night of th e affray, proved that the unfor • tunate deceased was brought to his (Hooper's) house about midnight, in an insensible state, and (as he described it) " with his head beaten all to pieces." Mr. Pritchett, surgeon, of Kempesy (near CrOome), who was called up to the deceased, was next examined, and his evidence was followed by that of Mr. Pierpont, one of the surgeons to the Worcester Infirmary, where the deceased was afterwards takes, who minutely describ e d th e na t ure o f t h e injuries which the deceased had suffered, and which caused his death. The chief of these were severe fractures of the skull, through which the brain protruded. The operation of trepanning was performed at the infirmary, but Stake died a day or two afterwards, without an interval of sensibility. This, with the testimony of R. Temple, Esq., one et the trustees of the infant Earl of Coventry, who was called to prove Hooper's appointment under the trust, completed the evidence for the prosecution. Mr. Gonsox then addressed the jury for the whole of the prisoners in a long and able speech. He contended that there had been no evidence adduced throughout the whole of the trial which would go to prove the existence of such malice aforethought as was necessary to constitute the crime of murder. Even if the jury considered that malice had existed aforethought, they would then have to consider whether there could be any malice implied by the law which could affect more than one of the ten prisoners at the bar. H:s LoDDSHIP summed up in a very careful and compre hensive address to the jury, which was listened to with the profoundest attention. The jury consulted together, and returned an unanimous verdict of " Guity of Manslaughter" against the 5% hole of the ten prisoners, Joseph Turvey, Samuel Turvey, Francis Dingley, George Brant, Thomas Hooper, John Cook, Joseph Tandy, Thomas Collins, William Cosnett, and William Bromfield. LORDSHIP said he would pass sentence to-morrow morning. The Court then adjourned until nine o'clock to-morrow morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (Y E STE DAY.) 111 A NSI ON-HO VS E. John Crellier, a licensed victualler, in Mark-lane, was charged with a violent assault upon an omnibus conductor. Chapman, the complainant, stated, that after ten o'clock on the preceding night, the defendant assaulted him several times, without having received the slightest provocation. The de fendant, who was accompanied by a drunken man. hailed the omnibus in the Poultry, but the complainant observ,ng the condition in which his companion was, refused to give them ad mission. The defendant was exasperated at this refusal, and struck the complainant, accompanying the blow with abusive language. That offence, however, was permitted to go with impunity, and the omnibus passed on till it reached Cheapside, when it was hailed by a gentleman, who wished to put a lady inside. The defendant took the opportunity to call to the gen tleman not to allow the lady to go with such a ♦agabond ; bat the complainant having stated the facts, the lady entered, whereupon the defendant knocked the complainant down, and was then handed over to the care of the police. The principal } parts of the statement of the complainant were confirmed by a witness. The defendant said that he had been abused and strack by the complainant before he raised his hand. He had also been kicked in the stomach by the complainant, who took advantage of the elevation of the footboard to make the attack. He most positively denied that his friend was at all drunk, and declared that it was quite impossible to endure the insolent conduct of the conductor. _ The Loan MAYOR asked whether the person who accom panied the defendant was present ? The .defendant— No, my Lord, he knows nothing about it; but I can prove by three witnesses that I was struck first. The Loan MAYOR—Your witnesses should have been here. X have the evidence upon oath that you struck the complainant repeatedly, The Lord Mayor and Sir John Pirie having conferred to gether' His LORDSHIr said that he and his brother-magistrate were of opinion that the conduct of the defendant was exceedingly reprehensible, inasmuch as, being a publican, he had endea voured to obtrude a drunken man int. an omnibus, and re sented the very proper refusal of the conductor to allow the passengers to be di gusted and insulted by a person in such a condition, The sentence upon the defendant, therefore, was, that he be fined the sum of 31., and, in default of payment, that he be imprisoned for one month. The fine was immediately paid. COURT. ,OF COMMON COUNCIL. On Thursday a Court of Common Council was held for the dispatch of pubic business. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Mr . Loir having complained of a breach of the privileges of the Court, involved in the arrangements made by the Pi esi dent and: Treasurer of Christ's Hospital, for the reception of her Majesty at Christ's Hospital on Sunday evening last, The Linn Maynn read the whole of the correspondence on the subject,• from which it appeared that although the chief magistrate asserted his station as head of the City hospitals, and claimed to be joined with the President and Treasurer in the ceremony of receiving the Queen, the application was in effectual. _ Some of tbe members of the Court expressed much dissatis faction, at the proceedings adopted by those who superin tended the arrangements, and evidently considered that the Corporation of London were treated with indignity upon an occasion on which it was most necessarythat so essential a privi lege as that of the violation of which they complained should have been acknowledged and respected. The subject Was ultimately referred to the Royal Hospitals Committee. The CITY RXMEMBRANCER announced that a Bill had been brought into Parliament for the removal of certain disabilities under which the Jews were labouring.—(Cheers.) Mr. ANDERTON gave notice that he should move, at the Court, that petitions be presented to both Houses Parlia ment to pass atkAct to-regulate_• the interment of the dead in churches and church-yards, in large towns and cities, and pre. Vent the violation of graves. Also to pass an Act to prevent nuisances arising from the smoke •f steam-engines and fur naces in - manufactories and buildings situate in and near the Cities'of London and Westminster, and steam-boats on the river Thames. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. F om the Olicial List. I'UBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14. RAILWAYS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. SI are. 1 £ s. d. X s. d. 1 iberdeen .• ••• • • •• • • - - 210 0 ; 2% Birmingham St Gloater Si. Fe. per oh. 100 0 0 100 0 0 , 131 Ditto, New, les. Ti die. 15s. 25 0 0 17 10 0 3234 litigliton,Lews,& Hast. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 Bristol and Exeter 21.165. per sh 100 0 0 70 0 0 824 Ditto and Gloucester - 50 0 0 30 0 0 . 58 Caledonian ••, • .. - 20 0 0 5 0 0 8% ::Ambridge and Linooln - y 25 0 0 110 0 634 Chatham & Prtomouth - 20 0 0 1 0 0 V/ester and Holyhead' - 50 0 0 9 0 0 : 04 Chichester k Brighton - - sooi 5% Churnet Talley .• • - 20 0 0 2 0 0 ; 7 Cornwall .... ••.. .. - - 3 0 0 ; 4 Direct Northern. ••• • • - 50 0 0 210 0 1 4% DAreet Norwich ••• • • • - 24 0 0 1 0 0 ; 1% Dias, Beoules, & Trmth - 15 0 0 110 0 1 94 Dublin & Belfast Juno. - 50 0 0 2 10 0 6 Ditto and Galway • . - - 210 0 , 3 Humeri' Counties ... • . 41. per ph. 35 0 0 14 16 0 , 21% De.,torpettuti, No.l 51. per et. 613 4 313 4"14 p. Ditto, ditto, No. 2. • • - - 0 13 4 Wstn. Eastern Union - ino 0 10 0 0 ; 19 Kdinburgh & Glasgow 21. ss. p. oh. 90 0 0 50 0 0 j 91 Ditto, Quarter Shares I ls. 3d. p. sh. 12 10 0 12 10 0 F 16 lilly and Ite4ford .•• • • - 25 0 0 1 5 0, 234 Grand Connection • • - 50 0 0 210 0;. Grand Junction .... • • 10/. per et. !00 0 0 100 0 0 224 Ditto, Half Shares lOl. per ct.. :0 0 0 50 0 0 ; 112 Ditto, Quarter Shares , 101. per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0 ' Gt. Southern & Weotern - 50 II 0 5 0 0 ! 12 Great Northof England 31. Is. 100 0 0 100 00 ; 189 Ditto, New.• • - 40 0 0 5 0 0 ; 42 'rent Western :.. • Ditto, Half Shares 7l. per cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 ; 1004 Ditto, Fifths..• ••• • • Tl.per sent. 20 0 0 20 0 0 • 3934 Guilford JunctlOe. •• • • - 50 0 0 36 0 0 Harwich ......... -• • - 70 0 0 1 0 0 , 1% 1 M all and Selby Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 01 204 Kendal & Windermere * - 25 0 0 1 10 0 6 Lancaster and Carlisle - 50 0 0 15 0 0 35 Leeds and Bradford - 50 0 0 8 0 0 21% Liverpool & Manehestr 101. per ct. ,00 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto, Hal: Shares lOl. per et. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares, 101. per et. 25 0 0 t 5 0 0 nendon & Birmingham 101. per et. -- Stock. 131 Ditto, New Thirds lOl. per et. 32 0 0 2 0 0 41 Ditto, New 1 4 Shares. 101. per ct. 25 0 0 2 0 0 30% london and Blackwell - 16 13 4 -7% London and Brighton , .1. Os. per sh. 60 0 0 50 0 9 63% Ditto, Loan Notes 5l. per sent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13% London and Greenwich - 12 15 4 - 10% flit to, Pref. oPriv 5/. per cent. 18 t 7 2 - 24 1 4 London and S. Western 31.55. per sh. 41 610 - 80 Do., New Cons. 'Bths - 40 0 0 6 0 0 23 Ditto, New - M) 0 0 210 0 12 - .ondon and Croydon 10s. perch. 13 Di 9 - 18 Ditto, Git arntd. sp. e.. - 9 0 0 4 0 0 .6 Lomlon and York - • - 50 0 0 210 0 8% Lynn and Ely ...... - 25 0 0 210 0 5% anchester and Leeds 41.7 x, 6d. p. s. 100 0 0 70 0 0 145 Ditto, Half Shares.. 11.175.6d.p.5. 50 0 0 32 0 0 6 434 Dit• o, Quarter Shares 4s. 25 0 0 2 0 0 16 Ditto, Sixteenths ... - 6 5 0 1 5 0 7% Manehestr & Birming. 21. per share 40 0 0 40 0 644 Ditto,Quarter Shares - 10 0 0' 4 0 0 12 Midland ............. 41. O. per sh. - - Stock. i 130 Ditto, Fifths .••• • • • - - 20 I 3'4 Ditto, Binn. fe Derby 21.135. perch, - Stock. 108 Newcastle & Berwick - 25 0 I 110 0 13% Newcotic & Darl. June. 61. 25 0 0 94 0 0 474 North British •••• - • • - 25 0 0 10 0 0 I 17 1 4 Northern and Bastern . 21. ss. t 0 0 0 45 0 9 62 Ditto, Scrip, iss. 51. d. 15s. 50 0 0 2S 0 0 493( Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 18 North Kent..........- 60 0 0 215 0 374 Norwieh and Brandon. - 20 0 0 10 0 0 17% Ditto, New ..... •• .. - 10 0 0 100 1 1 4 • ertsin uth Direct • ... - 50 0 0 2 10 0 2 Preston and lyre .... - 50 0 0 SO 0 0 1 304 Itiehmnd& W. 14 June. - Rugby - 20 0 0 10 0 3% 20 0 0 lo 0 3% Ditto, 2d Prof., 184 s - 25 0 0 25 0 0 Sheffield and Lincoln.. - 25 0 0 1 5 0 , 1% Sheffield & Manchestr V. per eent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 Ditto, Quarter Shares - 25 0 0 8 0 0 1 13 Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,litir - 50 I 0 2 10 0 6 South Devon 1 - 00 0010 0 0 1 174 South-Eastern k Dow 11. ls. 33 2 4 - I 424 Ditto, New 168.321411 b - 60 0 0 0 0 0 . 17% South Wales ... ••• • • • - - 2 10 0 634 Stevenson's Prtsmouth - - 2 10 0 24 Thames and Medway.. - 19 5 8 - 1 174 Trent Talley • . - 20 0 0 2 0 0 ; 22 Yarmouth & Norwich - 20 0 0 'A 0 0 1 283 Ditto, New .., - 20 0 0 8 0 0 1 15% York & North Midland 10/. per et. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 103 Di - Jo. Half Shares • • 101. per et. 25 0 0 25 0 0 1 51 Do., Scarbro'Brancli - 25 0 0 20 0 0 414 Ditto, Selby Scrip - 50 0 0 20 0 0 66 Ditto, Extension .. • • - 25 0 0 1 6 0 14% Boulogne and Amiens. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 ll% Gt. Northern of Franoe - 20 0 0 4 0 0• 6 Orleans and Vierzon . • - 20 0 0 2 ,0' 17'4 Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 2 0 0 104 Paris*, Lyons(Laffitte) - 20 0 0 2 0 0 3% Paris and Strasbourg - 20 0 0 2 0 0 2% Paris and Orleans.... - 20 0 0 20 0 0 51% Faris, and Rouen &men and Mane - 20 0 9 14 0 0 92 JOINT-STOCK lULNIES. Amotuit of Paid. Share. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 • 100 • 60 0 0 25 0 0 toe • e 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 • 0 25 0 • 50 0 0 .4 s. d. 40 0 0 50 • 0 20 $ 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 • Y 1$ 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 17 10 0 35 0 I 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I raid. Price. Annum. Sharo. £ 0, d. Mast L0nd•a...... •• .. SI. LOO 0 0 230 (fraud Jtmotion ...• • V. 46 13 4 --90 Kent ••• • • 2/. 108. 100 0 0 66 Vauxhall •• .. bl. prr cent. 100 0 0 60 West Iliddiesox ••• • • • 41.165. pr et. 62 12 9 12 7 LIST OW SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Pali. Price, Aunnm. Share. X a. d. A s. d. Balk of Scotland ... • • 01. per cont. - 100 0 0 172 /loyal Bank of Scotiaad 61. per ocnt. 100 0 0 168% British LinenCompeny 61 - per cant. 100 0 0 226% Commercial Bank •. • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 167% National Bank 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 IS% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr oeut. 50 0 0 05 Western Bank ...... • : 161. per cent. 60 0 0 76% North of ileotland Bank 61. per cetit. 6 0 0 7 Clydesdale Bank •, Eastern Bank.. ...• • • 111. per cent. 15 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank ...• • 61. per cent. 2 10 0 3% Iddiab.de Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 6 0 0 7% i,11,7 of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. It 15 0 13% Seobtish Union Ital. Co. 11. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1% Horeults Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% !astir. Co. of Scotind• • 61. per cent 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Imam • • 91. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Tire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 ildinburgh Life Incur.' 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 183' &lin. & Ghtsg. Railway 4%1. per cent. 50 0 0 58 0 0 65% Ditto, 4 Share • • 4%/.percent. 12 10 0 All paid. 16% Min.. Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0' 20 0 0 15 Glasgrr & Arreltir Rail. 44 I. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 65% Glitartv&Greenek Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 15 CllsprisGarnkirk Rail. U. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 28 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. Si. per cesit. 25 0 0 All paid. 32% a CZir C A NALS. of . ~.... ~..... Names of I !Divide n 4 Dividend Companies. ' per Pr ice. Companies. 4 ''. ....'`, 35 I Annum. i Annum. 1 X ! X .A.ehtn Br, 0141 h! 97 5/.5e. p c 72 onmouthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z'll3' 41. 70 Al utgotnrysh 100, U. 98 Barnsley •• • • 160! 121. 180 Macclesfield . 1001 - 15 Basingstoke 1001 - 5 . eath ••. • • - 100 201. 365 Brkuk&Abrg 1501 6/. 85 ottlngham . 150 121. 260 Cromford lOO 181 . 164 Peak Forest . 78 3/. 40 Dudley lO Ol 41. 80 Itegent's .. .. 33 1/. 24 I Derby .. .• • . 1 100, 81. 103 Rochdale .. •. 85 41. SS EllsturetcChs,l33 l 41 . 58 Shropshire . • 125 8/. 120 Erewash • • •I 100; 321. 440 Somrsct Coal Ir.() 71. 10s. 123 Forth Sr , Clydiloo l 41. 105 Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 Grtuul.Tunetnilo4l' 71. j 140 tlfrd &Wore 140 281. 480 Grand Uuion•100; 1!. 10s. 2i hrewsitry.. 12 4 15/. 230 Glantormsh 4179 . 14%! . 210 tourbridge.. 145 201. 360 Glstr& Ilrklyi 00 - 8 SU - DI - don Av 79 11. 10s. SO Grantham . •Il 50' 121. 100 Severn and] 26 11. Ps. , 30 Haddersfleld. 57, - 20 WYe Roil. Kennt & Avid a Is. 6d. 18 Trat & Mr-1 50 30!. 450 Lancaster ... 471 11. 10. 40 sey, M sh..l Leeds& Livep 100 W. 670 Thami &Med 19 - 10 Leicester .... 140 i 101. 110 Worcetr k 7 , 41. 00 LeinissSilti 831 41, 70 Binning. j ' th l [ LoughbOrogh 1421 701. 1030 to & grb 07 11.48. !,1 3 1T1T of the I 1:131 IC JOE RNA LS. FROM THE EVPSING Pari.:7;s OF YESTERDAI. STANDARD.—We hope that some Member of the House of Commons will move that the petition presented last night by Mr. Sheil, on the part of certain Italian refugees, be printed. We do not express this wish from any respectful feeling to the petition or the petitioners, but from an opposite feeling. We look upon ;be whole proceeding as one of most unjustifiable impertinence on the part of the petitioners, and of indiscretion at least on the part of the Right Honourable Gentleman who presented such a petition from such persons. The petition, ae far as we can understand it from the account given by the reporters, un plaches the veracity of Lord Aberdeen or Lord Seaton, or both. Now, such a mode of replying to a Minister, even on the part of Englishmen, would be held to be uncourteous. An Englishman, wronged by a mis-statement, would be expected to state the wrong to some Member of Par liament, and leave the subject to his management and discretion; he would not dare to offer an insolent libel to either House of Parliament under the pretext of a petition, even were he himself concerned, much less where he had no personal interest whatever in the matter. lint here are a knot of Italian fugitives, living on sufferance in this country, about whom nobody knows anything, and whom, therefore, we will not call vagabonds any more than we will admit them to be necessarily respectable persons. Here are these persons, presuming to take liberties with the character of the public servants of the coantry, such as no Englishman would take, and such as no Member of Parlia ment would aid an Englishman in taking. Surely the House of Commons ought, for the sake of its own character, to look carefully into the affair—let the petition be printed— let the petitioners be ascertained to exist (for even this is doubtful)—let their character and original status be inquired into, and the nature of the crime for which they were driven from their own country, and then let them be required to support the allegations of their petition at the bar of the House. It may be relied upon that we shall have plenty more such petitions, if the House does not take some order in the affair. .` . . GLOBE.—The Customs Duties Bill will be proceeded with this evening; in the order in wh ch each item is found in the list the entire removal or modification of the import duty upon the respective articles included in the Bill will be brought under the consideration of the House. In connexion with the reduction in the sugar duties, the • appeal of the sugar re finers for a drawback on so much of their stock in band as shall be remaining in their sugar houses at the time the reduced duties come into operation, will be brought, by petition, before the House of Commons. A copy of the case and of the petition founded on it are before us. If the facts stated be supported by evidence—and the sugar refiners offer to adduce evidence to substantiate their statements either before a Committee or at the bar of the House—there, is a case embodying serious loss and positive injury to the parties, which the House of Commons is called upon to prevent ; and which, if not averted, will render the houses engaged in the sugar-refining trade victims to the financial policy of the Government. The grounds en which the sugar refiners rest their case are, generally, these :-1. The operations of sugar refining are slow; the refiners are therefore compelled to hold large quantities of duty-paid goods in process. The stock in hand will be depreciated to the extent of one ; and this diminution in the value of the stock of refined sugar in the several stages of refining, will, if the draw back be not allowed, inflict upon a comparatively few iudi viduals an aggregate loss of many thousand pounds. Two members of the deputation who recently waited on Sir Robert Peel are threatened with. a loss of 10,0001. each. 2. That this loss would have been prevented had the announce ment of the inteeded change been made in June when the sugar duties are annually voted; or in April, when the finan cial measures of the year are ordinarily brought forward. If the Government deemed it necessary to conceal their plans, and this year to anticipate the period when ti:e Budget is nsually brought forward, the sugar refiners—who were in duced to continue their operations, unaware of the financial plans of Ministers—should, at least, be protected front the serious—in many instances ruinous—consequences with wlaeh they are threatened by the large reduction in value of their stock in hand. It appears to us that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his financial exposition, has conceded the very point on which the sugar refiners rest their case. " It; said Mr Goulburn, "as in 1830, the reduetion of duty were made without notice that the duty would be altered at an early period, the grocers and refiners would be entitled to such redress as was then afforded to both." The refiners deny that any such notice was given to them. They dial lenge the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the proof. They are content to rest their case on the grounds on which he has placed it. The onus probandi is with the Minister. When ?—Where 7—How I—By whom ? —was the notice given. The appellants cannot be called upon to prove the negative. They simply deny the imputed warning. That the notice was given is matter of official knowledge, and is capable of official proof. The petitioners call upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer for evidence. If it be not forthcoming, the case of the petitioners is admitted by the Right Hon. Functionary himself. The large amount which would be required to meet the claims for drawback has been ' also adduced as a reason for rejecting the sugar refiners' appeal. The reason assigned by the Government is manifestly an argu ment for the claimants. If the sum required be large, then the refusal will involve the loss of that large sum among the ' refiners—few in number ; and therefore each must suffer to an amount which individual ability will be unable to bear. Never before was the magnitude of a just claim converted into an argument against doing justice. ' In the case of glass, Sir Robert Peel expressed himself against allowing the draw back on the stock in hand. The manufacturers met, and determined. on seeking an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. He heard their case; inquiry and recon sideration produced a change in his opinion ; and the manufacturers of glass will have the drawback allowed en their stock in hand. The Government has here conceded the principle of allowing a drawback of the duty paid on stock in hand. The rule which is set up, in bar of the claim made by the sugar refiners, viz. It is almost the invariable practice, with respect to Customs Duties, not to allow a drawback on a reduction of the duty"—implies that exceptions sometimes occur. By allowing the drawback on glass, the Government has placed an interpretation on its own rule favourable to the claim of the sugar refiners. It will be for the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to show that there is anything in the case of the latter which can be justly and equitably urged as a reason for their not beino• dealt with on the same principle as that applied to the glass manufacturers. The sugar refiners ask nothing more. They ought not to have leas. 9. " That, in the case of the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail way petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." _ _ 10. " That, in the case of the Erewash Valley Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :-- That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 11. " That, in the case of the Scarborough Waterworks petition for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to in troduce such additional provision." Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. The following Bills were presented and read a first time Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway (Tyne , mouth Extension, &c.) Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Keymerßranch). Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. St. Helen's Canal and Railway. Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland). Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway. Midland Railway (Lincoln and Ely). Shrewsbury, Osweetry, and Chester Junction Railway. London and South• Western Railway (No. 2.). Harrogate and Ripon Junction Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Ridley Colborne, Mr. Octavius Duncombe, and Mr. John Charles Dundas. Eastern Union Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Captain Gladstone and Mr. Lane Fox. Dublin and Drogheda Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. George Alexander Hamilton anti Mr. Bellew. Cornwall Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Praed, and Mr. Charles Buller. Lowestoft Railway and llarbour,—Petition for Bill re. ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Hen niker and Mr. Burroughes Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough),—Report fn m Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir John Trollope and Mr. Fitzwilliam. Midland Railways (Sw•inten to Lincoln),—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Beckett, Mr. Ward, and Mr. George Cavendish. Midland Railways (Nottin..cham to Lincoln),—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Gisborne, Mr. William Collett, and Mr. Evelyn Denison. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway,—Com• mittee on petition, postponed from Wednesday, March 19, till Friday, April 4. Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway,—Committee on petition, postponed from Wednesday, March 19, till Friday, April 4. Northumberland Railway,—Committee on petitipn, , posti poned from Thursday, March 20, till Friday, , April - 4. Blackburn and Preston Railway,—Second reading, Mon day, March 17. .Glasgow, • Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway,—Second reading, Monday, March 17. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway,—Second reading, Monday, March 17. Newark and Sheffield Railway,—Second reading, Monday, March 17. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Sub-Committee, No. 2 BRIGHTON ANI) CHICHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. COATES, agent for the petitioners against the Bill, proceeded to prove the allegation of petitions presente4 yesterday respecting erroneous description in the book of reference. In several cases of misnomer the Committee decided against the Company that the standing orders had not been complie with. The particulars were very trivial, in one case Matilda Cope was erroneously described as Matilda Coape. _ . . . . . In all, thirty allegations of misdescription were gone into, and, after very close investigation, it was decided, in twenty-one cases, that the standing orders had not been complied with. The hearing of the other allegationa was then adjourned till to morrow (Saturday), Twelve o'clock. Sub -Committee No. 4 assembled th!s day at Twelve o'clock. Pre sent Sir W. llcathcote, Mr. Childers, Mr. Packe, Mr. C. Leigh, and Mr. Shirley. - WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH RAILWAY. _ . This line is to be 120 miles in length, and to cost 1,500,0001. En g neer, Mr. Brunel. Mr. Vzsrantas appeared as agent, and the necessary formal proof were gone through, with the exception of the proof of certain notices, the witness who was to prove this being unavoidably absent. The can was adjourned to Monday for the attendance of this witness. • SOUTHAMPTON AND DORSETSHIRE RAILWAY. This is to be a coast line from Southampton to Dorchester, by way of Redbridge, through Wareham. The length of the line is 60 miles ; capital 500,0001. _ Mr. Venable's appeared as agent ; Captain Moorsom is the engineer, The Committee decided that, in some minor points, the standing orders had not been comolied with. The Committee then adjourned at a Quarter to Five o'clock. RAILWAYS. Connected with the subject of railways, the letters from India evince a great desire that the system should be brought into operation there, but much difference of opinion exists as to the manner in which it should be done. On so important a question even discussion must have some interest, and with that impression the following extracts of letters are given: : — " The subject of railways is feebly kept before the Indian public by an occasional letter and an occasional article in newspapers. All agree that there is either the want of ability or of something else here requisite for the manage ment of a great undertaking like a railway. But, then, how is a railway ever to be established? I say by an English Company with English capital at first (though large contri butions will be made here), and an Indian agency formed under very stringent rules. At the same time large powers of suspension and control should be given to Government officers. Do you ask, was ever anything of the kind seen before? I answer, yes, in Government itself—the local Government here. This Government, called supreme over all India, is, in its ' practical working as to all but details, a mere agency under the Court of Direc tors ; and I am perfectly satisfied that an English Company may work successfully by an agency. As for placing the capital required for arailway at 'the disposal of an uncontrolled Calcutta Board, no one would think of doing it who knows the history and fate of too many of the Cal cutta-bred Companies. The Friend of India, whose usual blandness towards the Court and its agency here is supposed to have earned for it an official confidence, says the Govern ment must take the lead, as it did in establishing river steamers, and then private enterprise will carry on what the Ohne spirit of Government has begun. This flattering phrase, the public spirit of Government,' is a mere phrase —as a thing to be relied on, it has no existence. Thirty years ago the Government began the Rajmahal Canal, wJiich its public spirit' lately, under Lord Ellenborough, de - sired, it is said, should be completed, and the project, just now that canals are superseded try railways, is said to be under the consideration of the authorities at home. Such is the spint - of the Indian Government, so far behind the public spirit of the age and that of the capitalists of England. With respect to its merit in having preceded private speculation in the establishment of river steamers, it wanted the steamers for, its own purposes,and private capitalists were deterred from speculations of this kind by the still remaining influence of the Company's system, which discouraged the settle men t o f Europeans, kept the public as much in the dark as possible As to India, and gave no countenance to any improvements connected with independent speculations. Bat if steamers had now for the first time to be established, would there be any occasion for Government to lead? Certainly not. What is more to the purpose is, that its steamers were built and managed at a maximum of cost, and have done the least possible service to the public. Such would be the fate of a Government railway. It would be too long a task, and I could show from the composition of the Government that it has too much already on its hands without undertakings of this kind. It has roads which are almost impassable, which are, needed as much as railways, but which private indivi duals cannot meddle with. Let the Government mind these ways. It has the public ferries, which are much neglected. It has the great rivers of India, which are infested by ma rauders. Let it look to these, and make their passage saf e for that immense traffic which will for ever be on them; and let it clear their beds, which it ought to do, could do, but will not do, or does very imperfectly. Who or what is this Government which, with such immense duties, is now to undertake a great railway ?" DARTMOUTH ELECTION PETITION. The Committee appointed to investigate the allegations con tained in the petition against the return of Mr. Somes for the borough of Dartmouth, eat vesterday, and proceeded to hear counsels statement and evidence. The counsel fhr the peti tioner, Mr. Moffat, were Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, and Mr. Burcham ; those for Mr. Somes were. Messrs. Talbot, Forsyth, and Colborne. The necessary forms: having been gone through, and the usual resolutions adopted, Mr. Sergeant WRANOFIAM opened the case for the petitioner. He contended that Mr. Somes was ineligible to hold a seat in the House of Commons, inaitnueh as he was a Government contractor, and that notices to that effect had been served in the usual way. Mr. Somes had been returned by a majority of 7—that was to say, 12.5 voted for, and 118 against him ; but notices had been served upon persons to the amount of 40, so that there was no defect in that part of the proceedings. The ground on which the petitioner contended he had a right to be the sitting Member was clear and simple; it was this : —that any person connected in any way with a contract under the Government for the public service should be ineli gible to serve as a Member of Parliament ; and this was founded upon an Act of the Legislature passed in the year 1782, the section of which, bearing upon this case, he world now read. The Learned Counsel then read the sec tion, which stated, in substance, that in order the better to secure the freedom of election and the independence of Parliament, any person, directly or indirectly, connected in any way with Government contracts, either for the benefit of himself or others, should be ineligible to hold the place of a Member of Parliament ; and that, if he should be elected, he would be liable to a fine of five hundred pounds per day for every day that he should sit in Parliament under these circumstsnces. The Learned Counsel then went on to say, he had been instructed to state that evidence would be produced to prove that Mr. Somes, before, and at, not after, the time of his election, was the owner of certain ships employed by the Admiralty for the conveyance of troops, and transports, and stores ; and that no subsequent transfer of the Hon. Member's property in those ships, or no transfer of it at the time of the election or immediately prior to it, could save bins from the disqualification unless he was in a position to show that such transfer was a bona fide transaction. The Learned Counsel having spoken at great length, concluded by calling Mr. Richard Fall, the Register of the Custom-house, who proved that Mr. Somes had transferred shares whi c h h e held in certain ships, to wit, the General Palmer, the Nautilus, the Pestonjee Bomanjee, the Princess Royal, Sir George Seymour, Java, La Belle Alliance, and the Cadette, on and up to - the 17th of December, 1844 (a short time prior to the election), to his nephew, and other persons ; and that there were other ships, his shares in which he had dis posed of, now at sea. Mr. John James, clerk in th• Admiralty-office, proved the execution of the charter-party of each ship, the departments they were engaged in, and the sums paid for their services. Some 'Additional corroborative evidence having been gone into, the Committee, at Four o'clock, adjourned till this day at Eleven. I'A AFALG Alt - SQUIRE.--For several evenings past the fountains have been put in operation, in order to teat the per. fectness of the works, and.the experiments have proved quite satis factory to the Earl of Liticcalu and the other Commissioners of Woods and Forests who have inspected them. The supply of water has been put to the test by working the engine twenty-four hours succes sively, and has proved quite adequate. The iron jets for throwing and diffusing the water are completed and ready for erection as soon as the basins are finished. To make every thing as complete as pos sible, three smote-eonatuning furnaces have bora ereeted to work the engine, which has proved very euccesefhl. Yesterday, Maim. Boutcher, Meek, Drake, Kcaslcy, and Coa, being re putation from the leath er t ra d e , b a d an interview with Sir Ge o rgerk, at the Board of Trade, Whitehall. THE JEWS. Mr. AanuRST moved that the Court should petition Parlia ment to extend the relief given by the Ist and 2d Victoria, c. 5 and 15, by which Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists were enabled to make affirmations consistent with their religious persuasions, to all her Majesty's subjects. 'I he motion was seconded by Mr. Deputy Sxxvicsis, and, after a short discussion, agreed to unanimously. Sheriff SIDNEY presented a petition from the Committee of the Society for the Cure of Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, for a grant in aid of the funds. He ably supported the prayer of the petition, and stated that the hospital, although a very new institution, had already relieved 2,1-00 cases. Mr. Bowl% seconded the motion that the petition be re ferred to the Coal, Corn, and Fnance Committee. After a few observations from Sir PET RA LAUEEZ and Deputy CORNET% the motion was agreed to. BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES. Alderman JOHNSON presented a petition from the Corn.. mittee for creating and promoting the establishment of baths and wash-houles for the labouring classes to treat for the pur chase or renting of part of Farringdon-market, for the first model establishment. After some discussion the motion was negatived. Adjourned. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 11—THE ROYAL Visrr—We believe it may be now safely stated that the annual report respecting the intention of the Queen to visit her Irish subjects is no longer a matter of speculation, but that this long-expected event will actually take place in the autumn of the present year, or perhaps at an earlier period, if circumstances permit. Indeed, from the signs of preparation already making, there can be but little doubt that the authorities here have received au intimation of her Majesty's gracious intentions, in confirmation of which it may be mentioned that a few days since the llon. and Very Rev. Dean Pakenham (brother• in-law of " the Duke") applied to the Board of Ec clesiastical Commissioners for a grant of money for the purpose of d• corating the Cathedral of St. Patrick, and putting the grand reception-room in a state of thorough repair, in anticipation of her Majesty's honouring that ancient cathedral by her presence at disine service. The application was immediately acceded to, and workmen are now busily engaged in making the alterations suitable to the auspicious occasion. FUSE YISM IN ULSTER. Several meetings are about to be held in the diocese of Down and Connor, "to protest against the innova tions attempted to be introduced into the Church ser vice." The great majority of the clergy of the di ocese are anti-Puseyite, and it is stated that a petition to the Legislature is in progress of signature amongst them, praying for a revision of the Book of Common Prayer, the Canons, and Rubrics. DEATH OF WILLIAM HENRY, ESQ. This eminent Irish manufacturer died this morning, at his residence at Is:and-bridge, in this city, where he had established an extensive calico-printing factory. Mr. Henry was a most enterprising and successful manufac turer. Many Yeats ago, he faile in business; but he sub sequently paid every engagement in the most honourable manner, and realised a considerable fortune. His muslin prints were highly esteemed in all parts of the empire. DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET. The following were the closing prices at the Stock Ex• change this afternoon :—Three per Cent. Consols, 99i ; Three-and. a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 102 1 ; Three-and • a-Half per Cent. Deb., 95 ; Six per Cent. Red. to 41. ster ling per ann., 721 ; Four per Cent. City Debentures of 92L 6s. 2d., 971 ; City of Dublin Steam Shares, 1071 ; Dublin and Drogheda Railway, 83; Great Southern and West , rn Extension, 7 to 1; Dublin and Belfast Junc tion Railway, .6 51 6; Irish Great 'Western, Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone, 2i; Belfast and Ballymena, 31; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 2i i; Waterford and Lime rick, 44; Kingstown and Bray, 94. THE ALLEGED ATTEMP T TO SHOOT PRINCE AL BERT.—As many reports art at present afloat regarding this alleged attempt to assassinate his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Tuesday last, and these reports are all exaggera tions, it becomes necessary to disabuse the public mind, and state the real facts of the case, which are these :—The Prince left the Palace on horseback by the garden gate shortly after 12 o'clock on Tuesday noon, attended by Sir E. Bowater (Equerry in Waiting) and a groom. The Prince had wonaythneP Constitution-hill, when a pathway, presented a pistol (m a man, nit proceeded h oa wlae was tag t t ; nandtailnhft Royal Highness. There appeared to be no attempt made to discharge it, and the action was unobserved both by the Prince and his Equerry, but Colonel James's -place, an d a M r. A rno ld were on E n d d ward Bow a t er . Th e man w h o h a d fit K he n ed i gstphhoet same nthe 29, e t S to t i . msei,r having observed what passed noti fied pistol walked on towards Buckingham Palace, as did a man who was with him. Sir Edward Bowater dis patched the Prince's groom in search of a policeman, but he failed to meet with one until he had reached Hyde park corner, when he called police - constable Bolton, 57 B, to his assistance and took that officer with him to the Prince's Equerry. Sir Edward described the appearance of the man to the policeman, as did Colonel Knight and Mr. Arnold. These gentlemen also accompanied the constable in search of the man. He was traced, through the information of one of the park gardeners, to the little gate by the Duke of Suther land's mansion, but here all furth er t race was l ost. Th e from eighteen to tw en ty y ears of manage, w aboutwas describedfive f e a e s t with brawn hair; he was dressed as a decent mechanic. The constable continued his search until he reached the Horse Guards, where he apprehended a man somewhat an swering the description given him, and took him to Sir Edward Bowater. That gentleman at once dis covered that he was not the individual who presented the pistol, and he was immediately set at liberty. All further inquiry has proved fruitless. A description was dispatched by route to the different police-stations. The opinion of those acquainted with the fact is, that even sup posing that a man did present a real pistol at the Prince, it was done without any evil motive. The Police Commis sioners have, in consequence of this occurrence, placed an extra constable on duty on Constitution-hill. It is a singular coincidence that on Monday night, about a quarter to twelve o'clock, as the Queen was returning from the French Plays, and in the act of entering the Palace gates, a woman threw herself on her knees before the carriage, and called out, "Queen Victoria, save your country f"The woman Is as re moved in custody immediately. It was a miracle that she escaped with her life, as the horses were all but trampling on her, when the coachman pulled up. It appears this woman, who is about forty years of age, Irish by birth, and resides in the low part of Westminster, is well known to the police and soldiers on duty at the Palace, and has been many times driven away from the Palace gates. She was taken to the station. house in Gardiner's-lane, but after a short confine ment was set at liberty. Mr. Alderman Humphrey paired off with Mr. Col quhoun, in favour of Mr. Cobden's motion. ICING'S COLLEGE HOSPlTAL.—Thursday a public meeting was held at Willis's rooms, in aid of the funds of this hospital, the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., in the chair. Amongst the nobility and gentry present were Lord John Russell, Lord Radstock, RN., the Bishopa of London and Lichfield, the Right Hon. Mr. Gladstone, M.P., Mr. Alder man Copeland, Mr. Cotton, &c. The secretary read the re port, which, after enumerating the many benefits conferred upon the poor and on science by the hospital, stated that the charity would be compelled to close its doors against many deserving applicants for relief, unless its funds were replenished. In conclusion, it stated that since its opening in 184 0 , the in and nut patients who had received medical and surgical treatment numbered 553,286. The Bishops of London and Lichfield, Lord John Russell, Mr. Gladstone, and others very ably and eloquently advocated the cause of the charity ; after which it was unanimously resolved to raise 15,000/. towards the maintenance of the hospital. Do nations to the amount of 1,6581. and 45/. additional annual subscriptions were announced. Amongst the donations were the following :—Her Majesty (fifth), 100/. ; Queen Dowager (fourth), 1501. ; Prince Albert second), 521. 103. ; the Bishop of L on d on, 1 00/. ; the D u k e o f B ucc l euc h, 100/ . ; ( Archbishop of Canterbury, 52L 10s. ; Joseph Green, Esq. (third), 50/. ; I ord Radstock, 20/. •, Lord Manvers, 521. 10s. ; lessrs. Twinings, 31/. 10s., &c. Thanks having been voted to the Noble Chairman, the meeting broke up. DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The Directors of this Company are about at once to carry into effect the Board of Trade's report in favour of their line from Lincoln to York, and to cease to press upon the Legislature that portion of the line between Lincoln and London. To compensate, h owe ver, for the abandon ment of the latter portion , of their undertaking, it is the intention of the promoters to ent er into an arrangement, already said to have commenced, with the Cambridge and Lincoln, Eastern Counties, and Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension Companies. SUICIDE BY BITTER ALMONDS.--'llursday Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Cock, Grafton-street, Soho-square, on the body of Sophia Margpret Thompson ' a ged 36, late a cook in a gentleman's &milky, who h a d p o i sone d herself by drinking some of the essence of bitter almonds, which had been used for flavouring puddings. &c. The deceased, it appeared, had some time since been deserted by porary Insanity:. a man whom she expected to marry her. Verdict, " Tem- LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, 31zitcn 14.—Northerly, strong breeze, and fine clear weather. RAMSGATE, MARCH 13. —The Betsy, Thompson, from Boulogne to Newcastle, in ballast, struck on the Goodwin Sands last night, came off without assistance, and put in here leaky, and has been hauled on the hard to examine her bottom. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 13.—Wind E., very fresh.—Arrd. Charlotte, London, for St.John's,New Brunswick; and Industrie, Liverpool, for Ostend, both with damage, having been in contact with each other.: • OFF CaooKnAvEN.—Elizabeth, of Brigham, Carthagena for the Clyde, lost bowsprit, foremast, &c., 23d ult., off the Burlings. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 13.—1 t blew a very heavy gale yesterday afternoon at E.S.E., during which twenty-five sail of co eters lying in the roads slipped their chains, and ran for the harbour, which they all succeeded in gaining, but with more or less damage, from collision. ALDBOROUGII, MARCH 13.—The Crusader, Dowell, of Rochester, drove ashore at Orfordness last night during a gale at east, but is ex pected off. The Endeavour, of Boston, from London to Yarmouth, with oil cake, is ashore as. OrfOrdness, a total wreck, cargo nearly all washed out ; crew saved. A good deal of wreck, with a quantity of oats, has been washed ashore at Thorpe, and near here. WHITBY, MAItCa 12.--The Isabella, of Hartlepool, which drove ashore in Robin Hood Bay during the night of tho let inst. has be come a wreck, and will be sold. ITAawicn, MARC!! 13.—1 t blew a heavy gale from the eastward last night, but has moderated during the day.—The Jane, Robinson, of and from Shields for Rotterdam, has been assisted in here leaky, and with considerable damage, having been in contact with the Viatic, from London to Shields, which has also put in here. Arrd. llenry, London for Leeds, with bowsprit broken and damage to bows, having been in eontact with a br g, name unknown. MARKET NE'et s. (YESTERDA CORN X' XCNIINGE-- FRIDAY. The arrivals of English WlTCrTsTince3lo7dayl.7 been on a mo derate scale, • specially from Lincolnshire and Nortblk, yet the quan tity on offer was rather scanty. For all descriptions the demand was in a sluggish state, and Monday's prices were with difficulty sup ported. Foreign Wheat was again dull, yet sales could not be effected on lower terms. Bonded Grain quite nominal. Barley was in full average supply, and heavy inquiry ; and the sante may be said of Malt. There was rather more life in the Oat trade, at 11111 prices. Other Grain sold slowly, at unaltered currencies. ARRIVALS. Barley. 4,560 qrs Wheat. 4,270 qrs. English • • • Irish Foreign Oats. 10,090 6,730 Malt, 7,750 qrs. SMITHFIELD. Flow. 4,240 Our market was but moderately supplied with Beasts, as to num bers, while a great falling off was obsered In their general quail*. Prime Scots were in steady demand at full ptices ; but all other kinds met a very slow inquiry. Scarcely any Foreign Stock was on offer ; but the fresh arrivals from Scotland embraced 90 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of Sheep were rather limited, while the Mutton trade was thin, and Monday's quotations were steadily sup ported. Calves, the supply of which was small, sold slowly, at late rates. Pigs were held firmly in every instance. Mich Cows sold heavily at from 161. to 19/. each, including their small Calf. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. S. d. to a. d. Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto. 210 3 0 Coarse-woolledditto 310 4 0 Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 8 Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots ••. • • • 310 4 0 Ditto out Mille wool Large coarse Calves 310 4 6 Large Hogs .••• • • 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto •• 4 R 5 0 Small Porkers ••• • 3 8 4 4 Suckling Calves, .18 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep • • 2 8 3 4 Lambs .• •.•• • • • • SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. . 697 3,500 116 ri1rE174117,01.113 ?CD ZBILDICICEMA.Z. Pigs. 285 There was a slight Improvement in the general demand, and prices were supported in every *thrice. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. Beef, inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. - middling .... 2 8 210 middling.. - prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime .. • • - prime small •. 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge•....... Veal.... BOROUGH NOP ZIMARN.ZIT s. (1. to s. d. 2 6 2 10 30 3 2 34 3 8 28 3 6 38 4 4 • On the whole, there is a trifling improvement in the demand for fine Hope, both in pockets and bags, and last week's quotations are steadily supported. In all other kinds, ;however, comparatively little is doing, at barely previous rates. COLONX.ekI. SUGAR.—The market has been very dull again all the week, and buyers have held themselves back. The new duties come into ope ration on Saturday, and it is believed all Sugars now in bond will be admitted at 14s per cwt duty, if coming under the present rate of 245, and 5 per cent. The sales of West India have beets small, but generally prices have varied but little. EAST INDlA.—Bengal has been in fair demand at rather easier prices ; 1,760 bags at auction, nearly all sold mid and good white at 608 to 645, low at 58s Gd, and yellow at 54s to 56e 6tl per cwt ; 10,980 bags, 360 casks Mauritius brought 52s Gd to 57s Gd for low to mld yellow, 58s to 648 for good to fine, 42s to 53s for low to tine brown, and 42s to 63s for washed. rOBEIGN.-78 chests, 2 casks Bahia, were taken In at 18s to 22s 6d kr sound. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have been 70s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has net been much doing in Coffee. The auctions of West India have offered 119 brls and bags. Jamaica sold at irregular prices, fine fine ord pale mixed at 70s, fine ord at 52s to si.s, and ord to good ord unclean at 31s Gd to 49s per cwt. Demerara was all taken in, mid green unclean at 48s to 50s per cwt, low mid at 455, and good ord pale at 355. Berbice also was mostly taken in at full rates. Ceylon has been sold at 86s to 88s for mid bold dark colours, and at 46s Gd to 47s for ord. 126 bales Mocha went at 59s to 60s for mid greenish clean garbled, and at 50s for triage. Singapore Java, 17 bags, was taken in at 43s 6d, and 32 casks, 148 brls, 358 bags Rio were bought in at 30s 6d to 52s per cwt. Coco A.-394 bags Trinidad partly sold at 39s to 47s 6d per cwt. &rm.—This article has been dull, at about former quotations. Sataprrat.—Calcutta has beerisold at 26s for 6%, per cent refraction. SPICES.--White Pepper has realised, at auction, 4%d to 5 1 / 2 d peril, being 10% er quotations ; 650 bugs black sold at 3M d to 3 4d per lb for Malabar, and at 2 1 4 d to 2%d for Sumatra. RICE.-3,000 bags Bengal have been sold publicly. Mid white has realised I Is to 12s per cwt. COTTON.—Holders generally havebesu tolerably firm, but the bull ness done has not been extensive. ----___ M illE I , I: u tier, . C, On the 11th inst., at. Kennington, Charles D , i . O o f On the Bth inst., Catherine Elizabeth, wIL l i jir Santo ,, , Esq., of Crooms hill, Greenwich. Seep 1 On the 9th inst ,in Hans-place, Miss Louitt,bettr t{ On the 10th inst... at Lower Clapton, Mrs. o n e .44 l of the late Thomas Nishett, Esq., aged 95. , w ith ', A (From the London New Pike current of March 14.) 1 On the 10th inst., Maria, wife of Joseph . 01 pi Calthorpe-street, St. Pancras. Si** It—The market has an improving appearance for all i $lO descriptions of Colonial Sugar. To-day there was a good de. ' ..., 143...:70r, . r - 1117 3 / 4 , 1 an r. PUM - s 6.0 n ifieet, f ir mend for bright yellow descriptions which fetched fully former ' , I - raw. ',-, ,fie w 77w Sari •-' IP tile . rates, and of brown and gray qualities buyers were induced to • ' 112 ' h ') 14 13111)° 14P-4 purchase on a more extended scale in consequence of tether Stra -•‘; in ' -!,.. ,of the Savoy, in . Bliddleata, Saturday, Marckls; 1845. "et rated twin been ethmitted to. At publio salt 469 _ T.u.tow —P. Y. tl. has been rather flat at 39s to 39s 3d per cwt. TEA..—The market steady, and there is no particular feature. f r Dividend Name •f Company. per , Annum. Alultralaala • ......... Britah North American Commercial of London Colonial... ..... Lando and Weattninstr London Joint-Stook ... Metropolitan Provincial oY Ireland.. Ditto, New......... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provnclal of Eng. 81. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 31. per oont. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per neat , per cont. fl. per seat, 81. per cent, Ditto, Union of Australia.... 171g011 of L0nd0n..... St. per cent. Price: 17f8ITRA.NCE COMP&NXZB. Dividend Amount Name et Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. A a. d. A a. d. Albion ••• • • — 31. las. 500 9 0 50 0 0 723( Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 9 0 11 0 9 197 Ditto Marine.-- 61. per cant, 100 0 0 6 0 • 6% Atlas ... ............. 13s. ext. pr El. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1654 British CommerCial Th. per share 50 0 0 6 0 0 I clerieLlled.&Glen.Life Al. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown ........ ••• • • . ,1 s. u. and is. bs. 40 0 0 b 0 5 10 nee. .. Economic LIN . 3 per ct., [ &3 , 81 , 6 1 1500 0 • 2511 • 6 Eng.& Soot. Law LifF.. bl. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life 536 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' ..• •••• • • • 41. per cent. 20 II 0 3 0 0 Globe Guardian —••••• • • • • • W. per tent. 100 0 0 36 10 11 50l Imperial Fire . • Imperial Life. •••• . • • . 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16 Indemnity Marine .• • . IL sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 30 Law Life •••••• • • • • • • 31. ss. 100 0 0 10 I 0 45% Legal and General Life , 30 0 0 6 0 0 5% London Fire ••••• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16 London Ship ... .. Marine ............ • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 I National Lean Fund— 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2 34 National Life....• •.• . 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 93( Palladium Life ..... .. • Sl. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 Phoenix Protector Life Provident Life. •—— • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life.. •• —..— 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. 158 Sun Fire .. ..... • • Ditto Life . • 11. Gs. Universal Litb • • • i • DOCICS. Dividend I Amount Yams of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. X ti. d. :X I. d. Commercial .. ..... .. 31. per cent. I Stock. . . Zast and West India... ,5%1. pr cent. Stock. —14 t East Couatry .. ;.. ... t 11. per eh. 100 0 0 21 London .. St. Katharine •.••• • • • I 3 per cent. Stock. 110% Southampton ••• • • I 41. per cent. ! 50 0 0 ' 30 0 0 / •••""'"'" ..r to, hhds, 11 tierces, and 137 boxes of St. Lucia, subjer:,j, new duty of 14s per cwt, were nearly all di ns , at and after the public sale at a decline ' 0 e , 1 04 rates of Is per eat, fine yellow however brought the hno, very low heavy brown went at 35s to 365. low 383. 3sl, 40s to 40s tid, good to fine 41s 6d to 42s 6d, low Ye'l n eo 43s 6d, mid 44s to 45s 6d, good 495, fine 55s 6d t 0564. 38s 6d to 40s, mid 41s to 425, and good 43s to 41sPer1,114 total quantity of Sugar disposed of to. day amoun ted to t is o *entity of 530, making the sales for the week 129 0 b ild f s e ° bd RE El NEW -To-eay there was a better dem and trade goods in consequence of a further declitia in pric e o, been aucepted : brown lumps were sold at ti6s noel standard lumps at 681 per cwt. For bonded e r t one wand is on she increase at 31s per cwt. by Ma Ult US.-1 his afternoon 242 bags of Illann subject to tl:e new duty of 14s per cwt, were submitted.wf4 competition, and went at about the former valu; t.0'014 mildness yellow at 4th, middling 42s 6d to 455, g - to 39s 6d, middling litis 6d, acd low 33s 6d per cwt EAST lenia. -This afternoon at public sale 5 e cases cases Manilla were offered, admissable for home n eesu 0. 4 " the 23s 4d duty, and taken in above the value, to 0 11 yellow good strong grain bond at 225, low 20* n t IP 4 fine brown 203 to 21s, mid 18s to 19s, low ratr )°, 17s 6d, dabs 15s to 16s, and sound grey I9s to 20 ., 4 ,1 were buyers of the best lots at 20s per cwt. 1,( , - Ati per,s Madras, and 518 bags of Bengal, subject to the ... %;0; duty, were brought forward it public sale; the f°l- 05°si . the full value, viz., good mid bright yellow at 446 e 34 4,; 52s 6d, low 3tis to 37s 6d, damp and washed 361%,,tket; Bengal was damaged, and formed no criterion ni tre 6,ltr low damp white went at 45s to 465, and washed 4 1 . 1 i 0 6d P er cwt. d }OREN) N. -This afternoon there was a better most sorts of Foreign Sugar : '2OO chests of white lose sold privately at 22s 3d, and 300 chests of fine white at the high rates of 34s 6cl per cwt. MoLasses.-The transactions in all descriptions 4:00 India have b-en extremely limited ; but holders re ffsi o r Yes i pressing sales, and in the value no variation ha'' s o f The stock is a large one, and is nearly three OM" was last seascas til v f Corms. -To-day there was no public sale ofsr 01_, Coffee. For good ordinary Ceylon 463 6d to 47s ereofesr upon, by private treaty there was little business dotte•od Rica 1,200 bags were sold at 435 to 445, 400 bags g,to pore Java at 39, , and 1,100 bags of Manilla at 410 1:01 COCOA.-West India purchased with caution so d V t -41 1 : going down ; at auction 394 bags of Trinidad .r,e;it 47s 6d for good dark red, 4es 6d to 41s for gooaderfa. and 39s to 39s 6d for fair, being is to 2s per ewt un rate*. Foreign little inquired for, but in va lue De ' has occurred. Fauer.-Purchases to a fair extent have beet v, Currants, at firm rates; that is, Patras at 501 to, O lt and Cephalonia 49s to 50s per cwt. Valentia 801,116140,s 48s, Deism 345, Lexie 365, black Symrna 325, anu,,, 465. Figs 42s to 503 for Turkey pulled, and 3 111 i t 4 Greek. 0 0 Sets:ie.-This afternoon 20 boxes of Nutm e g s 3 , 4-t 60 4 , ef „s. were all sold, but at. a decline of 2d per lb--Pe n , e " o ol 51, brown went at 3s 10,1 to 4s, geod 3s 6d to 3s 7 d , . g xll 1 dling 3s - 2d to 3s 4d, middling 3s to 3s Id, rather st i orS sea damaged Is 6d to 33 2d, wormy 6ii to 2s 911„ 1 ", pr a , Mice went rather cheaper, and sold as follows --Pen see at 2s 9d, good middling 2s 61 to 2s 8d • SinesPe e l o y maged Is 1 Id to 2* 4d, very badly 61, ;lightly O r ir per lb. P TEA. -The market firm for black and green . e a • r itil i a creased demand for lower kinds of Congoin and t_ A he co ol; rather higher, com fetching 10d to 100, and fr eo r i o to lld ; for tine Con'ou the demand has been better prices are paid " , large parcels have been sni ist 2s 7d. In Twankay a good deal doing upon if t Ptet l 4 l common realising Is .20 to Is 3id. ' Pj a Hyson show firmness, and many parcels ti e . .. 0004 purchasers at staff Wes, that is to says en o tyis '2; rid to 23 7(1, and fair to good 2s 8d to 3s per l b ' beeS p i Hyson a good dial doing, rather lower rates haying a br ig_ . ,h for New descriptions : fair quality at is 8d to 2 • 5, -g "JUAr e o leaf 2s 3d to 33. Pouchong unaltered, but at 5d t° le do several parcels sold. For scented Orange Pekoe, ll h oe 70 of 1.1 to 2d per lb has been taken : many pare e . : 4 6 - sold at 3s 2d to 3s 4d for fine. For Imperial atm jc r prices are fully as high. gr r it Russ, BRANDY , AND HoILANDs. -Free sellers -broiltidj and a further decline has taken place. Cognac be 4 1 839,,51 i the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s ; dttt 4s 7d, puns 4s 5,1; ditto 1840, hhds4s 7d, puns 4s jrl; Jl O Ol hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d; ditto 1,842, hbds 4s 3d, One g „:lokf4 1843, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s 11d : ditto 1844, W s „ssets' Of 3s Bd, middling and good middling of the various i",yi to 3s 83, low 2s 7(1 to 2s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to io rt b r o e gallon. Geneva Is 9d to Is 10d for cornat° TOO ols and fine fit for duty 2s 4d to 33 per gallon, 10 1101 4 4 ness done. English Corn Spirits command 10s 2d ? l :: al V 1 Holders of Leeward Island Rues are not dispos est sKti , any further decline in prices ; Is 10d I. Is lld i g 2t s, :lo Proof. Demerara purchased with caution ; .21 1 r.:0111 the value of strong. Calcutta may be purchas s t e ri . erio d Is Sid with, and at is 8d for proof, without certifis•ss demand for Jamaica has been limited, and holder S :iset 4° difficulty in keeping up prices ; 3s 4d to 4s is they o p t hii to 5s for fine, and 5s 4d to 7s per gallon for high 61 %0 ti Rim-Bengal has met with eager pnrebsiersh„. day week, and the advanced rates previously esta b , o - elis44 been fully supported ; the parcels offered at 10 11 '11 1 amounting to 3,000 bags, were - all disposed of; g'7,0 0 0 ,* white bold but rather old fetched Ils rsd - to-.125; 3 1; er,o to lls 6d, broken 10s, and sea-damaged 9s to are bs) Madras much wanted, and the parcels disposed of 0,01 fer rates, yellow fetching 9s 3d to 9s 6d yer cw' f ' fs Pig been affered at auction. There are buyers of adt°,d rates, white is worth les 6d to 12s 6d, and yellow 27,0101 per cwt. In cleaned Rice a good deal doing. but priiitO, be quoted higher : Patna 13s 6d to 18s, Cun ii°4 se per cwt. TALLow.-This afternoon at public sale 373 0 ' 4 7 - ( !orP? tralian Tallow were partly sold at 37s 3d to 39 5: 40 ,60 Gibraltar 41s to 41s 3d, 10 cases of East befit j o ie , fo casks 202 bxs South American at 361 to 38s, s ou to 335. 10, - transsete4„ Otts—There has been a limited business -----, 1 00,T;" Oils. Cod Oil 291 10s to 301, pale Seal 311 to 3 1 ‘,b e ra,0 and Straw 271 lOs to 30/, brown 25/ 10s to 27 1 , Sl,' per . 0 1 mon to good 291 to 281, and fine 28/ 10s to 29 1 ,78„0, Former rates are fully sustained for Sperm. Bri L t' . .. s ' ij ieg S io and American 801 to 821. per tun. Linseed 0 ,1 ( 01. 0 1 dine in value, 24s $I to 24s 6d having been sal pe r s's spot, 24s 9d to 25s for delivery, and 9 53 3d to 2bsr.„,e' 0 1 6 0 for delivery in the last six months of the year. ""3.04 not so firm, pale selling at 36s 6d to 375, and brocc° G 36s per cat. Olive in excellent demand. 9W.1 . 40 1, in bond 41/10s to 42/, Spanish 40/ lOs to 41/, Sic ion s bary 391 per tun, Lucca in jars 5l lOs to 6/, an o d halt-chest 18s to 245. Palm, fine at 26e 6d to 2 6 s Pltlt 6d to 265, and inferi ,, r 23s to 25s per cwt. C°c °l wanted, and prices drooping. COAX. MARKET. Ad s' Prices per ton at the close of the market :----,4„11:Id• 158 6d ; Buddle's West Hartley, 16s; Carr's ilar tl 9 l; Chester Main, 16s; Davison's West Hartley, 1 61 sell ing's West Hartley, 16s; Holywell Main, 178 , A ; 15. 4 4 ; I Hartley, 155; Medomsley-, 158 6d; New Tanfie,i,'lte 7 6,11 Pontop, 14s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 15s ; Oakive lo f, 1 41 , 14s6d; Pontop Windsor, Ils 6d ; Pott's Prino:.' - 'l3et t se West Hartley, I6s 6d ; West Wylam, 16s; IVI, 17 and Co., Vs 6d ; W. E., Gosforth, 18s 6d; o . rth' 6 4 ; 19s; W. E., Hotspur, 17s 6d; W. E., Killing( rt y; W. E., Newmarch, 16s 6d ; W. E., North Durbstr/i3 W. E., Wharncliffe, 18s; W. E., Walker, 17s 6 d; as; 40 1 Hetton, 20s 9d; W. E„ Charterhaughpeareth, 6,0',;01; Iletton, 17s 6d ; Hetton, 20s 9d; Lambton , 2 CI T Hetton Lyons, 18s ; Pemberton, 18s ; Russell's li 4 e d; ~ tll Shotton, ; Stewart's, 20s 6d ; Heselden, 17 ,, s '0;40 1 Hall, 18s ; Kelloe, 195 3d ; Leasingthorne, l(elloe, 19s; Adeaide, 19s 6d ; Brown's Des Cowndon Tres, 18s ; Gordon, 16s ; Richardson's ecs; Seymour Tees, 18s 9d ; Tees, 18s 6d ; Victoria Dcrwentwater Hartley, 16s; Sidney's Hartle)" , thorpe, 17s 6d; West Hartley Netherton, 165 A arrived, 104 1t ~~~ L ~LE~ DISCOVERY IN LIVERPO, t rOi SIX HUNDRED POUNDS' WORTH 0 r "I' ag" PROPERTY. p i r A , , On Wednesday a middle-aged ma of gen te a - 1,1 0 11, 11 ante, named Edward Ford, tailor, man, No. 2°. hg bf fi road, and his wife, Margaret Ford, t. ere brongTruilffej Mr. Rushton and Mr. Houghton, at . the Liverrhint e d court, on a charge of having received about - 6 , .‘, of ,- pounds' worth of stolen property. The -v ( 6.0°66 densely crowded. Mr. Davenport detente(' th e P,,, - tet" "A 0 Mr. Dowling, the head-constable, briefly !,--4. Stye circumstances. He said the prisoner was A tad ;04 draper, carrying on business in this town' 50 ",oret e r i t r had hitherto enjoyed among his neighboure r ane-, 4OP e " of good character. Rec , ntly, however, 3 :-. ll% , s tio ll ioot tendent M.Donald received private int°r' - ‘ c s se ss ;re, some stolen property being in his pr n 1 and went to the house, accompanied by othrivior,:o for the purpose of making a thorough ta tt y ,, 9,- A . j. • of the premises. The result of their s earch ..- a .'l l atir e it . property of all sorts and descriptions, but 133°b'tisi,13 0 1 larly that species of goods connected ' with thVoofjo of a draper, was discovered, to the estimatTie pro of between 5001. and 1,000/. Nearly all i t- „j'ce ° ,o of cloth were new. They were cut no° the rdie various ways ; the tickets marked with t . ",, - a _ Ai ,'" were taken off, and each piece was throw ° li n `b ° 0 11 " . 0 1 . floors of the rooms and the shelves of c u re r beto in confusion. There were an immense. 116 ; 4 len* dress and body coats, satin, silk and figured 091130' r i. dresses of the most beautiful and costly pattel e p t e boas, mantles, and every other description °„ ti I 0 / As might be expected, the greater part of thet e i b bet, o tl mained unidentified, although an immense P" l i e e,,' A "• persons had already male applications to the Po - 0 0 - 10 of these several had been enabled, by a strict e % 0' bon tion of the goods lying in different parts pethe of swear to portions of them being their pro fle d fill' i Six persons then came forward and identifie _ A d . articles which had been stolen from them. Mr. Davenpoit, who appeared for the prionereeP) that if there were suspicions against Ford 10 i wife could not be legally imphcated. r r tr isli d• P° Mr. RUSHTON' said he should commit both 1 - 00 - the sessions, which commence on Monday , 1111' a, 4 f don? accordingly. rel e Two cart-loads of stolen propert y were i ce . Ford's house to the Police CommiSsioners'-etn" 1, BIRTHS. v 0( 11° ' On the 11th inst., at Woburn.square, the la d y 0 0 Eglinton, Esq., of a son. T O4 • On the 10th inst., Mrs. Bainbridge, Upper 0 1• daughtcr. fe d* On the 10th inst , at Leadenhall-street, Dire'AO daughter. r JttbBr of On the 9tb inst., at Witherley House, 0. .ei '' Leicestershire, the lady of T. Denton, Esq., or b ri e ls‘v 0 4 On the 9th inst., at Finsbury-place Nort h. Mosgrove, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. g"' IP -I'. On the 10th inst., in New Millman-street, of O r ' Garland, of a daughter. On the 10th inst., in Sackville-street, the lady . Dyer, Esq., of a daughter. .f., DV', AIARRIEII. adttSf e ' de o . On the 11th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-- . 0 6-0 B. Girdlestone, solicitor, of Pontefract, to Gather:lost daughter of Mr. Edward Bailey, of Mount-street, 1.,,,/ square hALI At a A k4 , lrEvi ( Ro Ti le It w a , r , s sta res , the s t azd with._ t tE--- Dl T he lick RE( R'rg, u T ht rot leket , sixtv the2: eun ; d ' a nd, wit h un 3:, (Stu ~ 'CVs dny a Th is .c.et! 14ttsntAlam Nati;'•~rton Itt.E( he ntl eti s - °mln. or to th, t ,:de t tivn or , • , the y . b• 4 ' ec It t x or C i r it4V helutr th iri e _ —ll ,SIN 4,14 tae] toch, 4 .• • , 'B. c 5 TAe R , —cam th tti ektt vl krgj' ' O Ol d JI()VE. It. .41 0 ,—an iNtn rr 4, 4. 1 V 1 1 1 4 4 6., r 41u ti tt . l ) . 1 40 4 1 S t n al S 4 t 1'1444 4 p; r, r'que st : p ctic eBt( Stnlca cinv n Niuir :~~ '