The Sun. — London, England, 1850-02-28 00:00:00

z .. . . • -- !..ii..ac .e--- . 4 , .. ~,. , ~ SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TA W VALE RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of tho Taw Vale Railway was held this after noon at the London Tavern; Mr. Tim; chairman of the board of directors in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having bean read, the following report of the directors was sub mitted to the proprietors " The financial statement will show that the directors have confined their operations since the last general meeting of the shareholders to the collection of arrears of calls, and the payment of outstanding claims. The works have continued in suspension since the last general meeting. "Your directors and the officers of the company have rendered such information to the committee of share holders, appointed by the last general meeting, as they required. A special general meeting will be held at the close of this meeting to receive their report. " Mr. Cooper, Mr. Sharland, the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., and Mr. Woolmer retire at the ensuing general meeting, but are eligible for re-election; and Mr. Sher lund, the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., and Mr. Woolmer offer themselves accordingly. " Mr. J. D. Williams, auditor, goes out of office by rotation, but is eligible for re-election, and offers him self accordingly." A report was also read from the committee of share holders appointed to investigate the affairs of the com pany, which complained of extravagance on the part of the directors, but on the whole the committee recom mended the proprietors to forget the past, and by future harmonious proceedings with the directors, endeavour to bring the undertaking into a prosperous position. The committee entertained no doubt of its ultimate success if the line were economically constructed, and as another call would be necessary, even if the proprietors were de sirous cf winding up the concern, the committee al vised the shareholders to sink all dispute upon the ques tion of gauge, and adopt steps for the construction of the railway. These reports gave rise to considerable discussion, but they were eventually adopted; and other matters re ferred to in the directors' report having been disposed of, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke wp. NEWPORT, ABERGA VENN Y, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY). The seventh ordinary meeting of shareholders was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern—Captain Fi'zaaauriee chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The report stated— '" The directors having been unable, at the period of - the sixth ordinary meeting, to proceed with the business of the company, in consequence of a quorum not having assembled within the time stipulated by the Act of Par liament regulating such matters, they have directed a reprint of the report and statement of accounts as then published to be again laid before the company; and they ask the shareholders assemblei at this, the seventh ordinary meeting, to ratify and confirm the report and accounts relating to the then last half-year's accounts, as well as those now presented, relating to the last past half year to Et February histlnt. " Pursuing the course reverted to in the last report, the directors have now to state, that the unsettled ac counts ate reduced from 1,4581. 2s. 6d. to 2381. 2s. 6d. ; that the loan due to the Union Bank is reduced since the last meeting from 3,0001. to 2,5001.; to meet which, there are arrears of call estimated to produce that amount, and a balance in favour of the company at the bankers of 4821. 9i. 4d. " Calls in arrear have been recovered since the last general meeting. to the amount of 1,281/. lOs. The bill ia Chancery, filed by the Rhymney Com pany, has b3en withdrawn, and their claim to a fulfil ment of the agreement and a deposit of 10,000/. aban doned. The taxed costs of the suit, amounting to 246/. -16.. 4 , 1., have been discharged. " The certificate of the Commissioners of Railways extends the powers of the special Act fJr purchasing lands on the main line of this railway to August, 1851, and for construction of the line, to August, 1855. "'rho directars will carefully watch the progress of works north of Hereford, on which the ulterior proceed ings of this company will mainly rest, and it will be for the shareholders at the proper time to determine either to complete the railway or to abandon the undertaking. " Parties of undoubted pecuniary means have prof fered substantial assistance, either to complete the main line as originally planned, or a modification of it." On the motion of the CHAIRMAN this report was adopted, and the retiring directors having been re elected, a new auditor was appointed; after which thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. NEWMARKET RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Newmarket Railway was convened for to-day, at the London Tavern, but there not being a sufficient number •f shareholders present to constitute a meeting, it was adjourned to the 14th of March. NORFOLK RAILWAY COMPANY (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly general meetinicf the propriptors of this company was held to-day, at their offices, Guildhall buildings. CHARLES WM. TYNDALE, Egg., the new chairman in the place of Mr. Dutf, took the chair shortly after one o'clock, when the usual routine business having been gone through, The SECRETARY read the following retort of the directors:— " The statement of the capital account of this company for the half-year ending 31st December, 1849, as well as the capital and revenue account of the Eastern Counties company during the same period, which have becrn circulated among the proprietors, will have, informed them of- their financial posi tion, and of the income which has been earned upon their railway ; it is gratikving to observe that the latt e r exhibits a steady increase upon that of the correspond ing period of 1848. '• Messrs. Quitter and Ball, the accountants, have been unable to complete their general report on the accounts of this company in time to be laid before the proprietors upon it e present occasion, but the directors are led to expect that it will be forthcoming very shortly. " With reference to the remark of Major Court, one of the auditors, on a charge in the present account of 161. 103. for stamps for proxies, the directors have to observe, that the expense was incurred in re-pect of the spec ai meting held to consider the subject of the amalgamation with the Eastern Counties Company, an occasion upon which they felt themselves justified in calling for a very general expre,sion of the opinions of the proprietors. Th e , itrectors are happy t t report the confined good understanding which subsists between them and their colleagues in the Eastern Counties Direction, by which they ar satisfi-d that the best interests of both com r cities will be promoted. " After mature consideration, it was decided, in con cert with the directors of the Eastern Counties Company, not to renew the application to Parliament for the Amal gamation Bill in the present session; and your directors readily assented to this, in the conviction that the exr e rience of the joint working of the lines will gradually remove all obstacles to the measure, by more clearly de veloping the advantages, both to the shareholders and the " The dividends to be declared at this meeting will be the same as that if the Eastern Counties• Company, ramely, at the rate of fifteen shillings upon the 100/. toJk, for the half year. " Two of the directors, Mr. E. Fuller Maitland and Captain Wardell, retire at this meeting, but are rc eligible." The CHAMIAN, Efter adverting to the state of the company, alluded to Major Court's report, and deprecated its being published in the daily journals, especially the Times. Major COURT admitted thtt he had sent the report to the Times newspaper. He believed its insertion would be of the greatest service to the company, and if there was any odium in doing so he wculd take the whole blame. The CHAIRMAN thought the step most unadvisei, especially as it was well known that the 1 imes hal for the last two years been en gaged in a crusade against railways generally. If the report of Major Court hal been rent in time it would have been printed with the other papers of the comp - my and laid before the present meeting. The SECRETARY then read Major Court's report, which has already bees before the public. After some considerable discussion with respect to the rep , Jrt cf Major Cuurt, in the course of which many of the charges were replied to and rebated, the report of the directors and their accounts was approved and adopted, ace' resolution was carried authorising the directors to re-borrow the amount of monies previously borrowed by the company, and since paid off. The report of Major Court was also ordered to be print( d and circulated among the proprietors, together with the reply of the directors. A dividend wai declared of upon the 1001. stcck. After some discussion with rcsuect to paying for proxies, Mr. Arthur Mills was elected a diriet , :r, in the room of Mr. Maitland, who was desirous of r# tir ing; Captain Warner was re• elected a director; and the auditors were re-appinted. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and directaN, and the inetfttg so;,aratect. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) 'The half -yearly meeting of this company took place to day, at Hadley's Hotel. J. C. Cobbold, M.l'., took the chair shortly afer two o'clock, but iu consequence of the illness of Mr. Hutton, t accountant, the meeting was adjourned to the 22d of March. EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAY. DAY.) Thc. usual half yearly general meeting ( f the proprie tors of the East Angli an Railway %a; held this af, er _ non at the London vern, Mr. Henry Bruce, Chairman of the Board cf Directors, in the chair. The report stated, " The revenue account fur the 1101=year ending 31st December, 1849, showed a nett revenue amounting to 8 ,3271. 11s. 9(1., which was a considerable improvement on the result of the preceding half-year. The total re cf,ipts amounted to 19,1531., and the expenditure to 11,8251. Bs. 3d. Adverting to the liabilities of the company, the report observed that," as h t ere was no prospect of rais.ng funds THE SUN, for the piymect of the over-due bonds a A other liabili tit s in the oniv way provided by their Act of Parlia ment, via, the is-ine of new shares, we eal!ed a meeting of bondholders, which was held on the 21st November last, at which holders of bonds to the extent of 100,0001. were present. The affairs of the company were ;Lily state) to the meeting, and a request was made that they should give the company an extended period for the payment of the bonds. The result of this meeting was the appointment of a committee, who, after having fully investigated the affairs of the company, made a report to a subsequent meeting, held on 17th December, at which the simple contract creditors, as well as the bondholders, had been requested to attend. At this meeting the re port and resolutions proposed by the committee were unanimously, adopted, as was also an agreement to the following effect:— " 1. That the legal proceedings then pending against the company at the suit of any of the parties thereto, shall be discontinued. "2. That no further proceeding at law or in equity shall be instituted against the company before the Ist of January, 1857, in respect of any debt (whether due at the date of that agreement or not), or of the interest to become due up to the 31st December, 1849. " 3. That until payment of their debts, whether car rying interest or not, the Company shall pay interest at the rate of Si. per cent. per annum, from the 31st De cember, 1849, half-yearly." "4. That the committee of creditors, chosen at a meeting of bondholders, shall be allowed to co-operate with the directors in the management of the company's business, so long as that agreement remains in force." " 5. And that the continuing members of the commit tee shall appoint another creditor to act in the place of any member of the committee dying or becoming bank rupt, or otherwise ceasing to act. It is further provided that the agreement msy be revoked by notice in writing to the company, given by three-fourths in number of the committee, when soever they in their discretion think it desirable and for the interest of the whole body of creditors so to revoke it. And also that it is to become void if interest be unpaid to any party thereto for twenty days after it has become due and been demanded in writing, and for ten further days after no tice of default in payment has been given to the com mittee or any member of it. " And moreover, that it shall cease to take effect on the Ist January, 1857. And in ease of cesser of the agreement by effiuxion of time, or of its earlier deter mination by either of the means aforesaid, the several parties are to be remitted to all their rights and remedies against the Company' The committee of creditors, four of whom are resi dent at Lynn or the neighbourhood, have accordingly co-operated with the board since Ist January, and no payments are made without their concurrence. Amounts are periodically paid to Messrs. Ererard's Bank, to the credit of the trustees of the creditors, to meet the ac cruing interest. All supplies are paid for every fat night, or monthly, as may best suit the parties furnish- - ing the stores, so that every article is purchased upon the most favourable terms. The report of the auditors was as follows : " In passing your accounts for the last half-year, we have endeavoured, as far as circumstances have enabled us, to show them in a form simple i❑ detail. We are happy to announoe the closing of all payments thereafter accruing on the capital account, as from the 31st December last, which, we believe, will simplify, and from time to time demonstrate, the exact position of your affairs. In dealing with the new capital, created under the Act of 1849, we have adopted the directions of that Act, by intro ducing, under a separate head, the capital raised there under, and the application thereof. We refer you to the recommendations contained in our report of the 15th August last, in reference to the law and parliamentary expenses of the company ; and we trust that, when these accounts are in course of final adjustmeLt, they will be dealt with in a manner satisfactory to all parties interested therein. We are happy to find that your affairs are being supervised by a committ. e of your creditors resident at Lynn, and that the gentle men forming the committee are devoting their time and energies to its duties. Referring again to our last re port, we are gratified to state that your directors have made certain of those deductions in the office staff to which we then adverted, and that they have also made final arrangements fir the immediate removal of your offices to premises contiguous to the Lynn station. We have dealt with the revenue balance by debiting the same with the sum of 5,306/. 9s. 11d., paid for interest on debenture bonds and other liabilities, with which we conceive the same is properly chargeable; and we have placed the remaining balance of 2,1911 Bs. 4d. to the capital account. In conclusion, we recommend that all officials of the company do find the security of the Guarantee Society, as a measure of prudence." On the motion of the CHAIRMAN both these reports were adopted; and after some discussion the ordinary business of the day was disposed of, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman the meeting terminated. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS MOUTH RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The eighth ordinary meeting of this company was con vened for this day, at the London Tavern, but there not being a sufficient number of proprietors present to con stitute a meeting, is was adjourned to a future day. The report of the directors was nevertheless read, as follows: " At the meeting of the proprietors on the 30th Au gust, 1849, there was not a sufficient number present to constitute a meeting of the company. " It will therefore be well for the proprietors to refer to the report then presented; at that time the company had been restrained by the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, in the suit " Cohen v. Wilkinson," from pro ceeding with the formation of so much of the company') line as lies between Epsom and Leatherhead, and your directors, under the advice of counsel, were prosecuting an appeal to the Lord Chancellor. " Mr. Cohen had likewise presented a petition under the Joint-Stock Companies' Winding-up Act>, for the dissolution of the company, and Mr. David Salomons had filed a bill in Chancery, pra3ing amongst other things, that the toll agreement between this company and the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company might be declared illegal. At this period this company's powers for taking land compulsorily had expired. " In the month of November last the appeal to the Lord Chancellor against the injunctionganted by rthe Master of the Rolls, was argued and decided adversely to this company. The injunction therefore continues in full force, but Mr. Cohen's petition was dismissed, on the ground that incorporated railway companies were not within the provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies' Winding-up Acts. " Under these circumstances, it appeared to your di rectors that the only proper course to be pursued, was to ask of Parliament special powers for the dissolution of the company; but before taking this step, tne board had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways, when the position cf the company having been stated, the in tentren of Government was solicited, relative to the intro duction of some general measure for the dissolution of incorporated companies. In reply your board were in formed that the Commissioners of Railways had not determined the course they should pursue, and that this company had better take such measures for their own protection as they thought desirable. "In consequence, the solicitors were instructed to take the requisite steps for presenting to Parliament a Bill for the abandonment of the undertaking and the dissolution of the company; and - according a Bill is now Wore the House of Commons having this object. The Bill was read the first time on the 11th inst., but its further pr zress is stopped until after Faster. "Meantime a Bill has been introduced into the House of Lords by Earl Granville, one of, the commissioners of railways, to authorise the abandonment of the whole or portions of railways. Should such Bill pass, there will be no necessity for the further prosecution by this eompany of its own measure. " The attention of the proprietors has already been drawn to a suit in chancery, instituted by Mr. D. Salt:- mons, as a proprietor in the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. To that suit objections were taken, not only by this company, but by the Brighton Company, K ho are likewise defendants, that the suit was multifarious. The Master of the Rolls, in argument, allowed the objection of multifariousnees, but permitted the plaintiff to amend his Bill. He has accordingly done so, and by his amended Bill, he has abandoned that portion which related to the toll agreement entered into with the Brighton Company, and he charges ' that 24,5541. 52. was illegally paid in respect of 4,677 shares out of the capital of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, to the Direct London and Portsmouth Rail way, and that the last named company received such monies with full notice and knowledge that the same were being so paid to them illegally; and by a breach of trust, and that the said Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company concurred and at sistAl in such breach of trust. And the p'aintff submits that under the circumstances the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company are liable to repay and replace to the funds of the said London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, all the aforesaid sums which have been so paid thereout in respect of the said 4 ; 677 shares.' " And one part of the prayer of the Bill is— "'- That the defendants, the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company may be decreed to re pay and replac e the aforesaid sums with interest thereon: jec ' t ` i ' o r it h s e tu di t r h e e ct f o o r r s at a a re nd ad su vi h F s e t d an t e h ea t o f t h t h e hr s e a a m r e e n g d r e a d v e B o ji b i -; a..d they have accordingly authorised that such objec tions should be taken. " The object sought by the amended Bill is of great importance to this company ; the circumstances are ve ry complicated, and it would be scarcely possible to, give the necessary details in a report, even if i 1 were prudent s r to do ; hut the proprietors may rest assured the directors will diligently provide for the company's defence, and will spare no exertions to make that defence successful. " A statement of account is appended; the proprietors will observe that the funds of the company are nearly the same as at the expiration of the previous half-year." The large manufactory for the distillation of bittu minouS products at Cerdesse, near Autun, was last week entirely destroyed by fire, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the people of the place and the surround ing country. The water thrown on the flames by the engines alpared only to inereaso.their intensity. The to•al loss of the prorerty is estimated at 255,000 f.; only 65.000 f. of which are covered by insurance. • ENLARGEMENT OF TOTIIILL•FIELDS PRISON.--AR extensive piece of ground, generally known as Elliott's Lawn, hitherto a plantation, has been purchased and the timber is being felled for the purpose of enlarging the Tothill-fields Howie of Correction at Westminster, in order to carry out the system cf classification of pri soners. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition signed by several of the influential inhabitants of the colony of Port Philip, complaining of the restrictions of the franchise, and praying for its extension. He wished to ask his Noble Friend if he was in possession of any dispatches from the Australian colonies on the subject of the Australian Bill of last session. Earl GREY said that he had received retrurns from the several Governors, and from what he learned from the colonial newspapers, he believed that the plan had been very favourably received by the co lonies, and be should before the Bill came on for discussion be willing to lay that information on the table. The petitioners whu had signed that petition were, he believed, persons of great respectability, and he believed that the grievance of which they complained was well-founded; but he believed it might be better dealt with by the colonial Legislature than by the Par liament of this contry, as minute local information was necessary to deal with the question, and he considered this furnished an additional argument in favour of the Government Bill. PETITIONS. The Earl of MOUNTCASHELL presented a petition from certain poor-law guardians in Ireland, defending themselves against the charge of having recommended improper persons for emigration. The Noble Earl con chided by moving for certain returns relating to emi gration. The :Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from Huddersfield, praying for the liberties of all Africans captured in suppressing the slave trade in Spain and Brazil. Also a petition from Selby, praying for the better observance of the Lord's Day. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. On the motion for the report on this Bill being brought up, In answer to some remarks from the Earl of WAL• DEGRAVE, The Bishop of CHICHESTER explained that he had not complained on a former occasion of his income being reduced to 4,2001. On the contrary, he be lieved it to be a proper measure, but he had said, that by the reduction in his income, he had been prevented from providing for the spiritual destitution of a portion of his diocese. He protested against any attempt to separate the bishops from the working clergy. There were no men so hard worked as the Bishops and the Church were at this moment suf• fering from a deficiency of field officers. The Bishop of ST. ASAPH considered that there was a deficiency of Bishops. The report was then brought up. PARTY PROCESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. ho Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill. The Bill did not differ from former Bills, except in this case, that there was no period fixed for the expiration of the Bill. The necessity for the enactmeht of such a Bill was self-evident, and he would not (I( tarn their Lordships by making any reference to recent occurrences. Lord BROUGHAM considered that it was a great advantage that the Bill was permanent. Ho considered the right of procession as the least valuable of the rights of the subject, and he should not be sorry to see all pro cessions prohibited except funeral processions. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the Bill only prohibited armed processions, but did not prohibit processions generally, so that the Orangemen might assemble unarmed next year and march in procession through Dolly Brae. He thought that the papers which had bees presented to the House on the subject of Dolly's Brae, justified the introduction of this Bill, although they might not justify the conduct that had been pursued by her Majesty's Government on that occasion, but on that point he would not now give any opinion. (LEFT SPEARING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly Wore Four o'clock. Mr. A. HASTIE presented a petition from Paisley in favour of Parliamentary and financial reform. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented several petitions against the Marriage Act; also a petition complaining that the highest court of appeal in Church matters was composed of persons who might not belong to her communion. Mr. H. ADAIR pre*cnted a petition from Ipswich in favour of the Bill for legalising marriages with a de ceased wife's sister. Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the surgeons of the London Hospital complaining of the rating of surgeons in her Majesty's service. DUTY ON PAPER. Mr. WAWN presented a petition from South Shields, praying for the remission of duties on parer, the stamp duty, and advertisement tax. Mr. T. M. GIBSON presented a petition from War. rington to the same effect. Mr. BRIGHT presented a similar petition, signed by 57 operatives. COUNTY COURTS. Mr. HOLLAND presented a petition from Hastings praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. Mr. SEYMER presented a similar petition from Wey mouth. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Colonel CIIATTERTON presented a petition from the county of Cork complaining of agricultural distress. MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Mr. W. MILES presented a petition from the clergy of Bath and Wells against the proposed Marriage Bill. TIMBER DUTIES. Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition praying for an alteration in the timber duties. COUNTY FINANCIAL BOARDS. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the union of Godstoae, praying for the establishment of county finan cial boarde. SUNDAY LABOUR. Numerous petitions were pre.iented from various places against the employment of Sunday labour in the Post office. GAS BILLS. Sir BENJAMIN HALL moved that the parties pro moting any Gas Bill during tho present session of Par liament do prove, before the examiners of petitions for private Bills, at such time as may be by the said ex aminers appointed for the purpose, that notice in writing of the intended application has been given to every owner and occupier of a dwelling-house situate within 300 yards of the boundary of the proposed works, at least fourteen days before the first sitting of the Com mittee on the Bill, and that the examiner do grant a certificate accordingly; and that such certificate shall be produced, in the first instance, before the Committee on the Bill, and that the said Committee do report the pro duction of such certificate to the House on the report of the Bill. Mr. WILSONPATTENopposed the motion. Mr. HUME said it would be Unjust in the extreme to make parties comply with new standing orders when they had already obeyed those which were in existence. Sir BENJAMIN HALL said, atter the observations which had been made, he would consent to withdraw the motion. PETITIONS. Mr. KERSHAW presented a petition from the Sun day School Union in London against Sunday Labour in the Post-office ; also a petition from Leicester in favour of the establishment of county financial boards. Mr. BATESON presented a petition from Coleraine in favour of tenant right. . Mr. BANKES presented a petition from a place in Lancashire, praying that the Ten Hours' Act might be enforced in all its integrity. CEYLON. Sir G. GREY appeared at the bar of the House, and stated that he had presented to her Majesty the address agreed to by the House, praying her Majesty to be pleased to appoint a Commission to examine Captain Watson and others in Ceylon, re lative to the recent insurrection in that colony, and her Majesty had commanded him to inform the House that she bad appointed the Commission accord ingly. THE FACTORY ACT. Lord ASHLEY gave notice that on an early day he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Factory Act.—(Hear.) PUI;IISHiIENT OF DEATH. Mr. EWART gave notice that on an early day ho should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the punishment of death. GREENWICH PARK. Viscount DUNCAN asked Mr. Hayter, if any part of Greenwich Park is about to be encroached on to provide residences for the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, or for any other purpose? Mr. HAYTER was very much obliged to his Noble Friend fur putting this question, because be trusted the answer he had to give would allay any apprehension on the tart of the inhabitants of Greenwich that there was any design or intention ou the part of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, or of Green wich Hospital to interfere with Greenwich Park property. The circumstances wore these :—The Com missioners of Greenwich Hospital had of late been r v i e t d , i t u h m a t a t t e h s e w be n a n u i d ty beef very carrying out cer t a i n i mprovements by which they be of p n i s t i a d l e r a a n n d ly the in c e o r m els o e r d ts . " co s In the course of those imp rovements they designed to erect certain buildings on a portion of the property,which belonged not to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, but to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital them selves. It was at first represented that this alteration would be no detriment to the locality, but the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, upon inquiry, having ascertained that such would be the case, determined not to interfere with the property, but to look to some other neighbour hood for making the improvement. COMMISSIONS OF THE PEACE IN IRELAND. In reply to a question from Mr. M'CULLAGH, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that the subject of grant ing commissions of the peace in Ireland hied been long LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1850 I_l%l PE R fAL PA RL lAM E NT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo, sack at Five o'clock. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice that he should tl morrow present a petition from the north of Ireland on the subject of tenant right, and he trusted that Noble Lords connected with Ireland would attend, as the petition was of great importance. Lord BROUGHAM, in order to prone that the escape of fraudulent bankrupts from justice had been owing not to the Bankruptcy Bill of last year us it passed through the House of Lords, but was owing entirely to the blunders which had been introduced in it in another place, appealed to the return which had now been laid before their Lordship, in consequence of his motion. He moved that the return be printed.—Agreed to. The Earl of MALMESBURY presented a petition from the agriculturists of Gloucestershire complaining of distress. under she si - , , rioug consideration of On Government, who had hoped to bring in a measure for their regulation eurii:g the present scission. That hope they had bten compelled to abandon, but t'my t;usti.d to take up the question fully next year. ELECTORAL DIVISIONS IN IRELAND. Sir DENHAM NOBREYS wished to a.dr the Hon. Secretary for Ireland whetter the result of the investi gations respecting the electoral divisions in England ha I any effect in regulating those in Ireland. Sir GEORGE GREY said it was not the intention of Government to introduce any measure such as the Hon. Baronet had alluded to. With regard to the second part of the qaestion, the report cf the Boundary Com missioners was en the table, but he could not :ay that there was any intention of Government to found a measure upon them. WESTERN A USTRAL Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that he had given no tice of a question to the Government, relative to Western Australia, and as it was a legal question, perhaps the Attorney-General would answer it. The question was this, when the Government of South Australia was first founded an Act was passed to form a Legislative Assembly, :which the royal prerogative could not do of itself; that Act, after having been renewed several times, had expired on the Ist of August last. The power of legislation had therefore expired, and the persons in the Legislative Assembly had no longer those legal duties to perform. He wished to know whether this Act had been allowed to expire inten tionally or not ; and if it had been done intentionally, whither those persona had had notice of it or no'. Or, if it had been done unintentionally, he wished to know when any measure would be introduced to indem nify these parties. Ho also asked whether any provision had been made for the civil government of Western Australia, and if so, by what authority. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would simply confine himself to answering the legal part of the ques tion. Unquestionably the Act of the 10th of Geo. IV., c. 22, expired at the end of last session, but notwith standing that expiry, there was now a legal Government existing in Western Australia, because that Act gave authority to the Government of this country by an order in Council to constitute a Government, and a Government having been legally constituted by that authority, it could continue, and did, in fact, now exist. . In reply to Mr. ADDERLEY, who wished to know what power the present Government had under that au thority, and when that authority would expire, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL facetiously replied that, according to his recollection, the authority given was for the preservation of peace, order, and good go vernment in the colony, and he believed it had always been held that taxing was part of the duty of a good Government.—(Laughter.) PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Mr. HUME, in rising to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the national representation, by extending the elective franchise, so that every man of full age, and not subject to any mental or legal disability, who shall have been the resident occupier of a house, or part of a house as a lodger, for twelve months, and shall have been duly rated to the poor of that parish for that time, shall be registered as an elector, and be entitled to vote for a representative in Parliament: also, by enacting that votes shall be taken by ballot; that the duration of Parliaments shall not exceed three years; and that the proportion of representatives be made more consistent with the amount of population and property—observed that often as he had had occa sion to address the House, he was not aware that he had ever addressed it upon a subject of more importance than this. It regarded in his humble opinion the future peace of the country; it was important as it concerned the justice due to the p eo pl e o f t hi s country, it was of the utmost importance in his humble opinion as far as it related to the financial state of the country, and, the means by which the expenditure and the excessive taxation of the country was to be re duced. He was quite aware that the vast majority of the House would listen to him with impatience, because they thought, and conscientiously felt, that the House was perfect iu itself, and required no amendment. He was quite aware that this motion had been rejected in three successive }ears ; but since the last session of Parliament:the public out of doors had so unequivocally expressed itself in favour of it, that he was convinced the House would give the motion the proper consideration that was due to its tendency and importance. That motion was for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the representation of the people. It was admitted on all sides that some amendment was eeeded, but the difficulty was to decide to what length the reform should extend.—(Hear, hear.) He wanted to improve the constitution of that House, so as to bring it back to its original state. He wished to make no innovation; but his object was simply to restore the Hou se an d th e government o f t h e country be represented. who n t h t o h s o e u g c h h a t n t :Tea Then e e nf v r e co r am y m man n a n h unwilling to what it originally was , b o th i n pr i nc i p l e and operat i on. u ho He g w h w t t a o s t 0 0 0 b b n t ewloo n paidsid e p r o taa w t : e r ns . He conceived he was obliged to lay down some rule, and draw some line of distinction. Our present Acts of Parliament drew a line of distinction ; they bad been pointed to what should be the qualification to entitle a man to the franchise. The constitution of Parliament had Leen, in his experienee, what any and every Mininster had chosen to call it; but, looking at the principle on which that House was constituted, he asked the House whether the piesent reformed Parliament was not established and the reform made a principle altogether at valiance with the great principle on which his present motion was based, viz., that taxation and representation should be co-existent. He had a letter in his hand addressed by Lord Melbourne to Mr. Drummond at the begin ning of 1831.32 stating the grounds on which the then Reform Bill was contemplated. His Lordship said, "In the former Bill borcughs were regarded in proportion to their population, hut in the present case the elements upon which the boroughs are to be esti mated are by the number cf the houses and the amount of the assessed taxes." Now, there was the principle on which the reform of 1832 was effected. He agreed to that Reform Bill, but at the same time he stated that he accepted it only with hopes that it -would effect that degree of control on the part of the people over their re presentatives which wouldinsure cheap and good govern ment. He had attempted this with the hope that the ques tion would have been fully and fairly discussed. In the results of his proceedings he was bound to state to the House, that he bad been completely, at least he might say that he had been greatly disappointed. They had all heard of the mode adopted for legislating in that House. He must confess that he had been an advocate for universal suffrage—a word, he believed. which was often reps ated, but seldom understood, but which he had explained by stating he had always desired that every man who was a householder should have a voice in the legislation.of the country. He bad always desired that taxation should go with representation in this country.—(Hear, hear.) Such, in his opinion, was the original intention of those who founded our Constitution, and it was only their opinion which he was desirous of carrying out.—(Hear, hoar.) If he were to be called to task he would only say that this and this only was his object; and if they would allow him, he would effectually make his case out. Re was g l a d t o see th a t the members of her Majesty's G overnment had not thought the subject unworthy of their regard and consideration. He thought that no meas ure which was sought to be introducedinto that House should be introduced with out being duly considered and weighed. He had lived long enough to see that many alterations bad not been amendments, and many y reforms had not been improvements. The measure which he was about to introduce was one which would give contentment and peace to a great number of men which would give th e , franchi se to a large number of men who well deserved it. To meet the feelings of many per• sons, he had introduced a test into the measure : he pro posed that every man who had been rated for the poor's rate for twelve months should be entitled to the suffrage. Iler Majesty's Government had approved of this test, inasmuch as they bad introduced it into their measure for extending the suffrage to Ireland. The question might be asked to what extent would this measure increase the number of those possessing the franchise. The more they placed dependence in a man the more trustworthy he would be, but to despise and reject a man, would be to have no hold upon hi m . Wh a t h e wanted then to do was to raise s man in his own moral estimation, by placing confidence in him —making Mir, in fact, a free man and not a slave; for he held that he who had no voice in electing those who passed laws affecting life and property was no freeman, but was in the situation of a bondsman an d a slave. He wished to do equal justice to Ireland, a s we ll . as to England and to S c otland, for he b e li eved that many cf the evils which existed in the . former country had arisen from a system of partial legislation. It appeared that the population of England and Wales in 1841 was about 16 millions, and taking the number of ratepayers as his data, excluding the double, treble, and quadrupl e votes held by one person from his calculation, be found that he bad between 780,000 and 800,000 voters. N ow he proposed that the number of persons en titled to vote should be increased to 3 ,232,762. Lodgers were equally as fit, and many of them more fit, to enjoy the franchise than those who now possessed it, and .he would provide in the Bill that every lodger might be registered to the poor -rates of the house in which be lived; and after he had been so registered for twelve months, he sho u ld be equally competent to exercise the franchise as if he . were the possessor of the whole house. Now was to this extent that he would carry his plan of registration, and he put it to the House whether there would be any danger in thus extending the suffrage. Did they not all know that whenever the power of Government was confined to a narrow basis, it invariably led t o ana rchy and confusion? Had they not proofs of this in the recent occurrences on the continent? What, however, had they to fear f rom Government if th e y ex t en d the franchise? Laws were made not fur the benefit of classes, hut the good of the community at la rge , an d t h e Sovereign was no less than the first ma g i strate o f the land—whose duty i t was to carry ou t th e l aws w hen they bad received the sanction of the two Legislative Chambers. Were they not then in more danger by confining the franchise to million when it oug h t to b e en joyed by 3 or 4 mill ions. What would any of them say if they were in tile situation of the m illi ons that were now rejected ? What would any of the Members of that House say or do, were they i n t h e s i tuat i on o f millions of artizans, on whose industry some of the finest manufactures de pended—(Hear, hear) —receiving li., 21, or 3/. a week, and wh o wou ld b e called upon to assist in keeping the Queen's peace should a dis turbance break out wh il st they were walking the streets? Were not those artizans entitled to say, " You call on use to execute the laws, but do you give us any share or interest in making those laws? You treat us as serfs, and drive us like cattle, and 3et you call up , al ua for assistance ?" W men cflarge inc./Wei are taxed a thousandth part, a hundredth port, or a twr-ntiezh part, of t earni,gs, artiz.ta was taxed one fourth of his whole wages on his consumption of th e or di nary articles of subsist ace. Men not more worthy than they in Bel gium, the United Sates, and in France could not be taxed without their consent; and why should not the alt:zsti class of England be placed on a similar footing? But he had also, the deliberate judgment of ber Ma jesty's Ministers on the paper of the 20th of January last. He referred to the Bill of rights for the colonies, and they must not tell him that they could not place any confidence in the people of England when they were placing this confidence in the mixed population of the Cape of Good Hope, New Zealand, and other colonies.—(Ht ar, hear.) Ho said then that it was an insult to the people of this coun try that they should be denied a privilege at home which they would immediately obtain upon set ting their foot upon a colonial strand.—(Hear.) Undery these circumstances he would say that Le had not onl d right to ask but to demand that this right shout ) be conceded to the pe o pl e o f E ng l an d . —(H ear, hear. ' Were they less intelligent, less diligent, less moral, lass worthy of the right of conferring legislative powers than the inhabitants of any of the colonies?—(Hear, hear) — and if not, why was not the privilege conceded? To show that they were not he would refer to a dispatch of Lord Stanley's in 1832. The Ho nom able Member then read his Lordship's dispatch. Here was the principle of extending power and put ting into the hands of every man a right to share in local government, equally applicable to the national Government, of which he was a part; and, therefore, he contended that he had Lord Stanley's decided opinion in favour of his scheme. Her Majesty's Government was proposing to introduce universal suffrage into the colonies. Thus far he was supported by parity of reasoning. Every man who was rated to the road-tax at the Cape of Good Hope was to bare a vote. Her Majesty's Government were ready to show their confidence in 180,000 persons at the Cape of Good Hope, and yet they were back ward in giving the franchise to Englishmen who were no less intelligent and trustworthy. He wished to carry out a system of equalization by means of electoral districts, and there were precedents of a recent date emanating from the Government in regard to the colonies, which justified him in asking the House to adopt the course which he suggested, and he asked lion Members to pause before they gave a vote in favour of rejecting the measure. Her Majesty's Ministers had given the colonies three representative estates, which consisted of the governor, a legislative council, and a re presentative assembly, and the power and privileges of each were distinctly defined. Now he did not object to our estates of the King, Lords, and Commons being continued, bat what he wished was that the latter should become a better reflex of the opinions of the people. In that case it would be more pure and more efficient. His own co . .2scientious be lief was that many in the House held their seats in consequence of having paid large sums of money to per- VAS to secure their election, and this was equally as bad in principle as the borough-mongering system of old. Three years was long enough for any man to hold a seat in that House. At one time he agreed with his late lamented friend Cartwright that one year would be suf ficient, but at the present moment he should be satisfied by triennial Parliaments. Another point be thought it right to mention was the payment of Members. True, it was one of the points of the Charter, but for the last 12 or 15 years of hi s lif e hi s principle had to pay every officer for the duty he had to perform, and he still was of the same opinion. In short, whether he looked at the dnration of the assemblies, or the constitution of the assemblies that were now granted to the colonies, he entirely agreed with them, and he wanted nothing more for England., Would they deny to freeborn Englishmen those privileges which they gave to certain of our colonies so far back as 1627, and recently to the North American co lonies? lie said, therefore, the Reform Bill of 1832, which he (Mr. Hume) then supported, had: not :fulfilled the purposes which were contemplated by its framers. He felt convinced that the Reform Bill had not done its work and gone far enough, and that it had nut carried out the views of the Noble Lord at the bead of the Government when he vs as in opposition, and when he first brought the measure forward.—(Hear, bear.) The course pursued by the Noble Lord then was very different to that he was now pursuing. (LEFT SPEARING.) TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING Six o'CLocii. No business doing. tratToc. But th:77 defendant never could have said that the Queen would go, for it was well known that, except on o:Tasions of sate visits, the determination of the Queen t') he preseat at the 09013 was never known till about three o'clock on the afternoon of the day of the visit. Here the bargain was made on the Wednesday evening or the Thursday morning, and, consequently, before it was possible that the deftudant could say any thing beyond the expression of a mere expectation on the possibility of her Majesty being present. The de fence, therefore, was in substance this—that the defend ant had not male any false representations; that he had simply agread to propositions made him by the plaintiff, and had literally fulfilled what he had undertaken. Ile bad given to the plaintiff all the benefit of the tickets, which at that time were under the control of the ma nager, and had tutsisted in selling theist; that from the circumstances of the lateness ef the season and the heat of the weather, the speculation hail not answered was not his fault, and he was not to be made responsible for it. Ile sktuld show that the defendant had done nothing to deceive Mr. Marchande, and that consequently the defendant was entitled to a verdict. Mr. Tibbert—l ate the assistant of Mr. Parsons, the box-keeper. I recollect the plaintiff coming about the se tickets. Mr. Chappell said he was not the manager, but Mr. Gye. The house was then in the hands of the artists theenstelves. The pit was about half full. No part of the house was filled. I had endeavoured to dis• pose of some of the boxes for Mr. Marchande. Mr. W. B. Goldsmith, clerk and assistant to Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and C3.—The firm consists of Beale and Chappell, the defendant. In 1849 they subscribed for some boxes in the Royal Italian Opera. They bad about thirty or forty stalls. They had also ten or twelve to dispose of by the night. I re member the boxe3 and stalls being purchased for the Saturday, on the production of the Prophete. Marchande had the whole of what had nob been previously sold. Cramer and Beale did not, after their transaction with Marchande, sell a single box or stall of their own for that night. When a private person purchases a box he can only issue four tickets; when a bookseller purchases a box he can send in six tickets, four for the boxes and two for the pit. Mr. Sergeant SHEE replied. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE left it to the jury to say whether the defendant had leen guilty of any fraudulent representations. lie treated as immaterial any state ments about the Queen corning, and about the demand fur tickets being great, unless the jury could say (which he did not think possible as the evidence now stood) that those statements were made before the contract, and had influenced the plaintiff in making it. The real point was whether the defendant had represented himself as the manager, with a power to dispose of tickets which he did not possess. if the jury should think that the defendant had represented himself as absolute manager, with abso lute control over tickets, the verdict must be for the plaintiff; but if the jury should think that he had merely undertaken to sell to the plaintiff all the tickets which the manager himself could at that mo ment sell, namely, all those not subscribed fur and sold by the subscribers to the opera, and by the booksellers, then the question would be, whether the defendant had not performei that undertaking. It could not be sup posed that the defendant was to go round to collect all the tickets which might happen to be undisposed of in any bookseller's hands; if be gave to the plaintiff all in his own hands and all which the manager had then to dispose of, he fulfilled his contract. It was fur the jury to say whether he had done this. If he had, the verdict must be for him—if not, then it must be for the plaintiff, with such damages as the jury might think to be the amount of the lass occurring through his non-perform ance of the contract. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Joseph Solomons surrendered himself Ix fore Mr. Alder man Farebrether to answt r the charge of committing a rape upon the person of Fanny Harnswortb, his father's servant. The girl, as well as Mrs. Bradshaw, who it was as serted had taken her out of the way, was in court. Mr. Clarkson said, that as he I ad been informed that his client's recognizances had the previous day been et,- treated in consequence of some misunderstanding as to the day, he hoped that now he had made his appearance the estreat would be taken off. Alderman FAREBROTHER said, that such being the case he certainly would comply with Mr. Clarkson's re quel.t, and he therefore ordered it to be taken off. Fanny Harnswortb, 17, then came forward with much reluctance, accompanied by Mrs. Bradshaw, and on being requested by Mr. Roe, the officer of the court, to take her right hand glove off, she refused to be sworn. Alderman FAREBROTHER—If she persists in that, I must commit her. Harnsworth—l don't wish to prosecute. Alderman FAREBROTHER—YOU have your choice of whether you will be sworn or go to prison. After some hesitation she consented to take the catb. The Chief Clerk then read the evidence given by the girl at the first examination, upon which Alderman FAREBROTHER asked if that was all true? The girl was about to answer, when Mrs. Bradshaw said something which made her hesitate. Alderman FAREBROTHER (to Mrs. Bradshaw)—You are only allowed to stand beside her to give her courage, but not to speak to her. (To the girl)---Is what has been read to you all true? Harnworth—lt is. Mr. Clarkson--Has she been examined by any medi cal man? Webb, the officer—She has, and the gentle man is in court at present. The next evidence read was that of Webb, who was called to take her into custody on the charge of stealing a tippet, when she fell on her knees to the prisoner, and exclaimed, " Oh, Mr. Joseph, don't let me go to prison after seducing me;" after which that cf Mrs. Grtaves was likewise read, which went to show that on the first attempt being made she told her sister, who advi.tel her to acquaint her master and mistress of it. This the girl did not do, because she did not wish to make a distur bance in the family, and thought such conduct would not be repeated. Mr. E. Archer, surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, said—On the 12th instant I examined Fanny Harns worth, and found that the of bad been committed. Mr. Nicholl said, that he now proposed to prove that money had been given to the girl by some one to keep her out of the way. Mr. Clarkson said, that was not evidence against his client. Mr. Nicholl said, he thought by a chain of evidenes he could bring the charge home to the prisoner. Mr. Clarkson protested against such evidence being heard, for the charge was merely brought forward to prejudice Mr. Sulomons in the eyes of the public. It; however, the girl was called, he hoped the Alderman would caution her that whatever she might say might be used against her in a criminal proceeding, and that she was net compelled to answer unless she liked. Alderman FAREDROTHER said that he would give her the usual caution. Mr. Nicholl—Then I will not call her, but Mrs. Brad shaw. Mrs. Bradshaw then got into the witness-box, and said she would not be sworn. Alderman FAREBROTHER—I must then commit you. Mrs. Bradshaw—l will give evidence and speak the , truth but I decline being sworn. Mr: Clarkson said he must submit that as a clear matter of law the prosecutor mast first show, touching the money, that the party accused had any share or knowledge of the transaction, and therefore he contended that no questions ought to be put to Mrs. Bradshaw, fur there must be a somethiLg preceding that to implicate the prisoner. The Chief Clerk suggested that as there was a new charge of misdemeanour to compound a felony, the soli citor should be called upon to state the party against whom he made that charge. Mr. Nicholl—l make no direct charge, but an indirect one, that he (Solomons) or his friends sent the money. Mr. Clarkson observed, that Mr. Solomons could not be answerable for what his friends might or might not have done. Mr. Nicholl said, that under those circumstances, as there might be some difficulty of proof, he should leave the case as it was; and ask the Alderman to commit him for trial on two charges of violation. Alderman FAREBROTHER said, he should like to take some time to consider the whole subject, and, as it would not alter the features of the case in any way, he should remand the prisoner until Saturday, taking the same bail as before, namely—himself in 200/., and two sure ties in 1001. each. Mr. Isaacs, solicitor, got up, and said that one of the former bail had declined being responsible again. Alderman FAREBROTHER said, if that was the eats he must have two good responsible housekeepers as bail. Mr. Lewis said, that the father would become one. Alderman FAREBROTHER said, that would not do. The bail must be good, and he would examine them ; for, when one bail retired, it behoved him to be cautious. In the course of the afternoon, approved bail was forthcoming, and the prisoner left the court. MAItYLEBONE. A young man, who gave his name William Baxter, was placed at the bar, Lefore Mr. Long, charged with uttering a forged 5/. note, and also with having in his possession property supposed to have been stolen. Mr. Compton, landlord of the Crown, 84, Edgeware road, deposed that on that day, at 12 o'clock, the pri soner came to his house and called for a glass of sherry and a cigar, with which he was supplied, and he paid fur the tame with a shilling. He then asked if he could be accommodated with change for a 51. note, and on prose cutor telling him he would change it, and examining the note presented to him, he at once felt satisfied that it was a forgery; he directed a friend to keep a close watch upon the prisoner, and secure him in the "bottle department," while he wet to the station-house, and on his return home he gave the prisoner into custody, when he threatened to make prosecutor suffer for having de tained him so long; he alleged that lie had taken the note from Mr. Ellison, of Spring-gardens. — .13ea,127 I), produced the note, nhich was evidently a spurious one; the prisoner had made various state ments as to how he obtained it, ar.d one of the assertions he made was that he was requested by a person to obtain change. The prisoner, upon being asked if he had any thing to say in answer to the charge, replied that he should reserve his dt fence for a future occasion. Ile was then remanded till St.tuid,;) next. REDCAB, FEB. 7.—The Bee, of aid from Hull, for Stockton, and Elizabeth and Jane, of and from Ipswich, for Middlesborough, got on the rocks off here yesterday, during thick weather, and were got off this morning. PLvmotrrit, FEB. 27.—Wind E.S.E.—Part of a log book of the Governor M'Lean, London to Cape Coast and back to London, has [wen' pick« d up ofr the Start, and brought in here, dated from June 1 to December 4, 1849. Arrd. Cumberland Lase, Bovey, Patagonia. Sld. Jenny Lind, Adelaide, South Australia, Port Philip and Sydney, New South Wulea. 'ir c,' el ,--. , C , l .OUN TR V MARK-.ins to fa: NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, FEY. 26,- o , . 1 o leu vourabie winds, we had a large supply of rain• Trade „of exceedingly dull, and to effect sales of even finest satoP i ' e t - be submitted a reduction of Is on the rates of Saturday last had to. Barley, oats, and other articles uncange"iy o f b NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, FEY. 26.---The so ply casts was large, and trade dull, at a reduction a 3d to . 0 1 , stone; part unsold. Sheep trade brisk, and all sold at I rw t : t. prices. Beasts 830, sheep 4,500. Beef, 4s 6d to 5564; m ton, bid to 61-d per lb. LE • F LEEDS, ~ En. quite adequate to the demand. Wheat met a slow weeksalet‘ 26.—Our supplies of grain are not l lr g e lo e d t b smess done is at a decline of Is per quarter from lo t bet rates. There is not much s.ssing in barley, an d give way. Beans and oats i move off slowly. rain of WissEckr, FEB '23.—We arc well supplied with gs of all kinds. The best fresh wheat full maintains the rat t ~ this day week, whilst the inferior and maintain s 0 ; pies are Is per quarter cheaper. The price of oats is Ma° of the buyer. Dry beans quite as dear ;o. the EDINBURGH MEAL MA RKET, Fan. 26. There were ; to ,. meal market to-clay :.2 sacks oatmeal, each weigi; i A n gld and prices rat imperial, which sold: thus : 9at 115 s Od, s at le ' 3 I ' 9 h i. 18 at 114 s Od ; average price of the whcle 1/ 454 d 3.- o t e ks 3 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at °75, and 1 at 2 51 % 3 , Ws. pot : barley, whereof 2 sold thus :-1 at 11 bs Od, and 11 `, 4:6 ,.-- Oa EDIN BURG }I HAY AND STRAW M A RKET , Ft° troo,„! t straw, from 7s 6d to 9s 6d per kemplo of 16 s i t's"' wheat ditto, 7s Od to 85 Od ; barley ditto, 6 ,6,, to is uu llay, from 8d to 10d per stone. LKEITH ..._ EA L MA RK ET, FEB. 25. 18 3 W ere to DA • m sacks oatmeal, '27 of barleymeal, and 2of pOtblriel It e al day's market ; sales ready. 'fop price of oatm eal, son in last week ; barleymeal, to - and Pcn° p, 16s; flour p market. Third Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second A - s - od imperial .. .. 23 01 225 3• 1 ''' s oj Barleyrneal, per ditto • •••3 ' —There , .--s 16s 03 --, 9 = l l Od Peasemeal '•• s Od --- .1 .. ... —s Od -- , .....s. vs. Flour ... . • . ... ... —s Od —s Oa od Pot, barley -- ••• ... 22s 6d —5 Od "'''' flo rei f Duisrasr, FEB. 23.—We continue to have small s u r t ' o j er ' yet there was not any improvement in prices :two. vtibi market to-day, and we repeat the quotations of Fo to wheat, 205 6d to '23s 6d ; red ditto, 1 95 .. to 21s 6 t : b el 8 , ba g . ; barley, lOs Od to 12s 6d; oat per arr ~ to job 10s 6d; oatmeal, los to lis ad • flour, second, 1 2, 6 " Indian corn, per 4801 b, 26s to 28s Od. r , I+ ~~ COAL MARKET.—YEsißitaar. • 1 6 0 60 1 Carr's Hartley East Adairs Main lss Od 0 6(i d Blleeltmtoonnt ............••"'.7 17: 6 4 91 Ilasting'sliartley lss Od Haswell .................. ;o w Holy well . North Percy Hartley l4s 6o Lambton ............. ... 165 qs, New Tanfield .. ... 14s Od Lumley . ............... . 17s 0. ; Old Tanfield Bayensworth'sW.Hart 15s Od Stewart's ............... 155 g o l t i Tanfield Moor Butes l3s 9d Whitwell ..... ...... 165 Townley l4s 9d Caradoc ..... ......• . 165 od west H 15s 3d Casso artley p.. ..... •• •• .. lo 9 d Wylain Wall's End, &c Lleugh Hall ........... 150 6q Brown's Gas Bewicke and Co. Brown's . l 4s ~ d South Hartlepool ...• 155 6 Killingworth lss 6d West Hetton ....... 43 - Od Gosforth . 15s 6d Whitworth ............. , 65 6 , Harton . _ Hebburn lss 3d'Con , nden Tees Hilda Northumberland 14s 9d ,Seymour Tees .... os 0 7, Original Gibson ,1 Percy.... Walker •" 150 v Eden Main Lambton Primrose ... 16s d Bell td i Sidne) s Hartley ... 395. Ships at market, KETS .. BRISTOL FEB. 27. rt ber STOCK EXCHANGE.—Themarket to-day, sh"ls b s as ill been depreciation in sh ares , an d b ut li tt l e buswess„v,.....Di° transacted. Great Weste rn , Q uar t ers , closed at 1 07 s 171. Shares, 8 dis. —York and North Midland, 17,11. . LIVERPOOL, Fzn. 27. ba 9i STOCK EXCIIANG E .—W e h ave h a d a very trifiloi,jower, ness in cur Stock Exchange to-day, and prieeS yorlc,l The transactions were as follow : Lancas hire r j a n n io , o4 , o 7 o l shire, Fifties, 8 1 / 8 c. dis.—Ditto, (West Riding c. dis.— Loudon and North-Western, 101—Ditto, s°o:Lester' tern, 6s. 3d. e. dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 14 dis.- 31 i Sheffield, and Linc.:ln, Eighths, 1 1 Midland, 39 4 Halves, •25% dis.—North Staffordshire, 11 c. lea's (Railway anti Canal), New Preference, peg ptir' 1 LA, dis.—York, New cas tl e , an d B erw i c k (G° `.. chase), 6 per cent. till 1850, (81 paid), 6 1 4 BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 27. t to- STOCK ExcuteriniE.—The share market was quiew ee tero The only transactions were—London and Nora' . New Quarters, 14 p.—Midland Stock, 405 t• YORK, FEB. 26. A We re fro STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-uaY follow : Great Northern, Halves (A), Deferreati:3',62cten' Newcastle, and Berwick, 14:r 4 Ditto ( \Tow n " - - o sion). 9 1 / 6 . GLASGOW, FEB. 25. we re St ocx EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-uaY;bgeolOct follow : D un d ee an d A r b roath, 25— Glasgow'd and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 12/. 12s. 6d.—Dundee an re pt , ' 8/. 9s.—Great Northern Preference e e scent. go¢d pit 10/. 16s.— Scottish Cent;al, 141. r iOsSc -p ot r tisb tion, 8/. ss. Yo r k, Newcastle, and Berwick , " J d sor;" (G N. E. Purchase or Preference), 45s.—York 6° Midland, 17,Y4. r SO * MEMOIRS OF A HUNGARIAN LADY. 13 ". Th il e IO C : PULSZKY.— We are requested to state tin t "b ; ,ibe A t'' work, in 2 vuls., is published this day by o i „, r '" ecu m , and may be hid of all booksellers. Also, 2. 1 "; ‘ , 5 0 0 " ‘ volume of Evelyn's Diary and Correspon der Vltes, ° ,,i '- revised, and cheaper edition ; 3. The Rev- Life f Tasso, '2 vols.; 4. Burke's History of to e t oll Gentry for 1350, corrected to the present time; E c° glor y ' in . 2 vols., 21. 2s. 5. Lives of the Princesses ( A 'l,:oo de A r e, ll by Mrs. Everett Green, 2 vols.; 6. Sir Janie& si" .- 0 8 0a ,- Acadie; or, Seven Years' Explorations in Brit ish 2 vols., with plates, 21s. SOUTH- WESTERN STEAM NAVIGATION CU 11.5! •—The half-yearly general meeting of this W I W I 1 01 ere c or. held yesterday at the office of th,e South-W°st way Company, in the York-road. Mr. Tite in th e y bet i The report stated that the boats of the COt i V t il bitte s : been leat:ed to the South-Western Compell f°r a r c e years and a half, at a guaranteed dividend of 5 . r e ,,, op - At the end of that term the ships would be gtv e ' ss 01; shareholders again. A further call of 2/- 101 ' cessary to close the capital aecouut, and urn that the 5 per cent. would be paid. The dividendthe clir amount to 6,7301. annually. In the course Oa th a t cussion on the report, the chairman announc e '".so oP ': boats were now paying their expenses, but Pe t 009; Western Company hal hitherto worked than w ool" The report was adopted, and 2 per cent. on th n e of tb was ordered to be set aside for the expert ° A On" eas l or r : com SO any. pUTH AMPTON, FEE. 27. The pen ' Oriental Company's steam-ship Patinger, tog ) f a ll t , for Constantinople, left tis day, having 11 „,„ r C% neral cargo and several assertpgers. The J l3 l ) '''lft Meehan, with the usual Peninsular mails xis° ac ie t o day, having a full cargo, a few passengers, and ,Bgrsteisid; the amount of 7,000/. The Peninsular Come tri ni • Y frill ship Montrose, Captain Bowen, with th e — Vogt' "iO 6 Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar, will be here gl - 03 .0-. 6th proximo. The Ho) al Mail them. lndia Copany s ste alS ij6 Medway, Captain Symonds, with Vt r e s ° cell° will leave on Saturday The 14°W Steam Navigation next. ,;„ froin Company's steam-suit', n York, may be looked for about the 7th pro ligl- n . vai pteti e TAW YALE RAILWAY.—The committee °" °- Or b. to report on the propriety of either Pr °secti - t 0 • abandoning this undertaking, recommend g oing ' 0 out delay. It is recommended to lay down I t h s llo° °ll on the broad gauge. Contracts to complete 1 - n favourable terms have been offered to the direot°-010- [ADVJORTISEINIENT.]—A LIVER COMPLAIN% Ph° ar HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Extract of a letter fr°""rbilliPl e M'Lean F erguson , E sq . , d ated M e lb our ne May 9, 1849 :—" T o P ro f essor Holloway. M e lb our ne , be 1 seeoll afflicted nearly two year s w ith t h e li ver compli' D l nied with flyi ng pa i ns i n my shoulders, dimness o f Po difficulty of breathing. After expending upwt rds .,„. io dli tbs pounds in medicine without finding any relief, " - foe O t ho to try your Pills, and by their use, and striet,,e tt :fu l l for prescribed regimen, lam effectual ) cured. u rs oth er ct the. • e same, I publish this statement in thehop e ken' 'se afiliated may have recourse to your invaluable s ne is" , thereby derive a similar benefit."—Sold by at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strap all drAntocleo' __...___--.:-------------- Of tag BIRTHS the call On the 23d inst., at the HirSel, N. 8., P of J• Home, of a daughter. wife _ On the 24th inst., in Russell-square, the Crookes, Esq., of a d aug h ter. ir e of J ' On the 24th inst. , at Swindon, Wilts, the w t he Fife e i Browne, Esq., of a son. On the 22d inst., at Easton Grey, Wilts, the vC. Rev. W. S. Birch, of a son.fi 0 el A" On the 22d inst., at Winnin ton, Essex, th ew . 0 Webb, Esq., of a Camden-road Winning A. 1 0114 On the 23d inst., at .villas, Mrs. G. . . 19 of twins—a son an d a daughter.;- w ife 01V • On the 23d in s t., at Park-hill, Croydon, the '' Toi rlll W. Flower, of a daughter. ..,etier r On the 2 3d inst., in th e Gl ouc ester-road, i w b r Dic' S a Mrs. Lewis P ococ k , of wi f e 0- On the 2 st inst., in so C i tester-squarf l le .......„...-----' Ames, E q., of a son. • Pit t . ' MARRIED. mo o, be t, On the 18th inst., at Stoke Dametel, S. 1 1 .- - 00 0 Lieutenant in her Mdesty's 82d Regiment, Renee Ililligar, eldest j daughter of the late C a p Of Wilson, RN„ Trafalgar-plac Stoke. 0 ° • 1, Al e itegl to oin Jo On the 19th inst., at Rei'vetstown Churel,ire) ~- - 10 M . Kinstry, Esq, Captain in the 17th (Leicester D . . Ore ment, to Jane Henrietta Cooper, third daughter I '' 04. , Cooper, EsqCoopershill, couty . Sliget v golle ld e, On the 19th inst., at Glasgow, Basil Ros su„ -10.0 0- 'no ll to On r g l n th es e , 2 o i u t l h y i d n a s u r gh a t t er ß o a f th J ; Ronald, Esq , i'liote o fur' well, daughter of the late Reva.geHd.BD% dMwaerltli,lare7tGt °I." laxton and Coltersworth, Lincolnshire. ..v o rlrt On the 30th ult., at his DrleEsiDdence, on • ,t, ' the t. FP Joseph Jakell, Esq., in the 81st year of bps age,' i d, of On the 24th inst., at Wakefield, John Ila t “ e- 10 Wi li field-hall, Esq., Yorkshire,NorthamPtoesJire, mao O nn n set t il h i:e e i2 2 s4 4 qt th h, in Spencer-street, the xf , ,, r y Ali ne ' a ii g h e t d , 7 a s t . Lympstohe, Devon' ' i.—... Jo b° wile of T. Barnard, of that place, aged 45. n „ yi lisb? On the 23d i ns t., a t Lang s tone Cliff? 1 " - •I ( 1, Wi de Dickin, Fsq., aged 79. soli'? , On the 23d inst., at Elton geatifig of the late Rev. Thomas Clarke. aged 7 g LOY g sti 4 ' On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, • - ',l e urf - e widow of the late Lieutenant-General Sir 1-1 ists K.C.13., Colonel of her Majesty's SBd Reghne nt .' 9 , F. 0 11" On the 22d in s t., at B r ighton, Richard F eriae , 11 . f oll'' of Park-square, Regent's-park, aged 4S. Moore, ° On the 22:1 inst., aged 65, Mr. Robert P. f sir , cre cent, Bedford-square. On the 22d inst., at Greenwich, Bridg et ? the Wife l y:lso Br On llinhurst, s. the 22d E ins q ' t. at Sandhurst, near Glo 0 ce9ter' li r ' Cother, Esq., aged 61. wife of On the 17th inst., aged 77, Frances, t he „,,,T.....,,,.., ..--- Pulsford, of King-street, St. J a mes's.Equar . .---- t, l a UP [,•nclon : Printed and Published by 17 ace , -tag 0 No, 112, Strand, Print er , at The Inz 6) 4, 0 113 Strand, in the Precin c t 14 the Sevo ow Y• iddleaex, Thum lay, February 28, I°"''' FRAN CE. In the National Assembly yesterday, the first order of the day was the discussion on the Bill relative to the credit of 522,000 francs for the payment of the dividend on the Greek Loan, due on the Ist of March, 1850. After a few words from M. Casimir Perier, the re porter on the Bill, in favour of the immediate grant of the credit, the Assembly declared urgency and the discussion commenced. M. Mauguin said, that he intended shortly to de mand from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in what condition were the negotiations respecting the Greek affair in London. He believed that no indi cation bad been either tendered or accepted, but that the Government had merely offered its good offices. The Minister had presented the question in the Greek point of view, and he (M. Mauguin) was anxious to hear him treat it in a French point of view. England inflicted, in Greece, a check on Rus sia, which had already experienced a I;heck in the Dardanelles. France had likewise suffered a check at Athens, after faithfully standing by England in the Turkish affair. This was a serious fact. England was an essentially circumspect and prudent Power, and could not, with - out some grave motive, thus offend those two Power.. The Greek question was connected with another far more momentous, and England must have been conscious of the existence of some immi- nent danger to have adopted so extraordinary a course towards Greece, and so strangely disregard all international laws. England saw that Turkey was able to defend herself, and she wished to crush Greece, who might make a dangerous diversion on her frontier and furnish seamen to Russia. Her object was to neutralize the power of Greece, however feeble it was. M. Mauguin then asked the Assembly to fix a day next week on which he intended to ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs to what causes he attributed the extraordinary armament now in pro gress throughout Europe, and if the Minister of War and his colleague of the Finance Department had adepted the measures necessary for the protection of the Freuch frontiers ? General La Hitte, Minister for Foreign Affairs, thanked M. Mauguin for putting off until next week his interpellations on the armaments of Europe. The Assembly, on the 9th, fully ap preciated the grave reasons which prevented the Government from making any commu nication that might compromise the success of the mediation, or, as M. Mauguin was pleased to call it, the good offices of France. He would confine himself to state that M. Gros, who had been appointed negotiator, must have ere now arrived in Greece. He will receive on board a French ship-of-war Mr. Wyse, the British Minister at Athens, and M. Londos, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece. M. Gros will either treat directly with them or with the commissioners they may re spectively appoint. The instructions he has received are similar in every respect to those given to the ne gotiators in the affairs of Naples and Mexico. The Assembly after wards voted the Greek Bill by a majority of 585 to 2. M. Mauguin having next invited the Assembly to fix his interpellations for this day week. General La Hitte observed, that in the prevent po sition of every country and the general policy of Europe it would be inopportune to agitate the ques tions referred to by M. Mauguin. He trusted, howevar, that it could be done safety at no very remote period, while he would convince the Assembly that those armaments did not menace the tranquillity, dignity, or integrity of the rights of France. He accordingly requested the Assembly to postpone those interpellations for a month.—(" No, no!' on the Left, " immediately! ') The Assembly having acceded to the Minister's request, Members on the Left exclaimed, "Do you intend to wait until the Cossacks should arrive on our frontiers ? It is odious ! It is treasonable." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEER'S BENCH, Feb. 27. London Sittings before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Special Jury.) LEFEVRE V. CHAPPELL. Il b been e n e expressed 1 a .,. 0 idno the w The hearing oFthis case was resumed this morning. Mr. CCCKBURN (with whom was Mr. Bovill) address e d Marchande was a genuine document, and in timatedplaintiff If so, then the plaintiff bad had the opportunity the he j t u h r e y r the for letter th e s d a e i f d en to dan h t- ave t b h y at Marchand© himself was in truth the plain tiff.of stating his own case to the jury, while the defendant was not permitted to enjoy such an advantage. But as suming that Marchande was only an agent, and that Le fevre was principal, then he insisted that the contract was not one in respect of the failure of which the defen dant could be held liable. The defendant had never held tep n noi oislwte would dea n st t i d ato i bhi s lse p ;o o ldh s ue e et i d : Ihnyoudfdcao, defendant feh t iaht, had himself out as the manager of the theatre in the ordinary sense of the word, but had represented, and, as he should show, had represented truly, that he could sell manager, and he had sold them to Marchande. It was, however,tahllt representedhte a trae ticketsm o i mistake thata h k t i e h c t he h t e o w nQ e i s g r u u e te p , said any thing about it—which was, at , least, doubt ful—merely express 4 1 his tielif f that she might come , and his opinion that, if she did come, her coming would occasion an increased demand for the tickets. There was no doubt that both these opinions were warranted by circumstances. The Queen had not at that time seen the Prophet©. Its reputation was great; there was a great curiosity to see and hear it, and it was not unlikely that her Majesty might desire to witne ss th e performance of an opera which had justly acquired a gr, ac c el e b r ity abroad, and which bad been well produced is this country. It her Majesty should think fit to visit the theatre, there could be no doubt that her presence there would be a great additional at-