The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

frbirlif Übition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to -day, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., was rather hat, and prices were a shade lower. The following are a few of the principal sales Calcutta and St. George's Point 9 0 £0 4 0 East Indian .............................. Great Western of Bengal ................ 05 6 Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... 0 5 6 Great Luxembourg ... 0 4 6 E astern Counties, York Exte nsion ..... 414 6 R ea ding, Guildford, and R ei g ate 3 16 0 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire Amberg.ate, Nottingham, and Boston North British, Extension...... ........ 1 7 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 0 0 Newport and Abergavenny Great Northern (London and York Reg.) 2 12 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Bostoll, Stamford, and Birmingham 1 13 6 PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY). (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Small.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were completed : Eastern Counties (Peterborough to Folkingham). Eastern Counties (Spalding to Newark). Eastern Counties (Wisbeach to Spalding). Eastern Counties (Ilford to Tilbury Fort, &c). • CORNWALL AND DEVON. The remaining points in this case were deferred. NEWMARKET AND CEIESTERFORD EXTENSION. This opposed case was then gone through. It was found that the standing orders had not been complied with in one or two unimportant instances. Room 23. UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases, the customary formal proofs were complied with : Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion, &c. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Peterborough and Thomey line). OPPOSED LIST. THE CALEDONIAN CASES. In these cases the standing orders had been complied with, except in reference to the Wishaw and Coltness, in which some inaccuracies were found to exist in the gradients. CALEDONIAN (EDINBURGH STATION), AND BRANCH TO LESMAIIAGOW. This opposed case occupied the rest of the day. LONDON and GREENWICH RAIL WAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) The half•yearly general meeting of the shareholders o this company was held at their offices, No. 10, Coleman street, City. Mr. Shadbolt, president of the company, in the chair, said that there would be no report submitted to the meeting, and that all that would be done would be to lay the accounts before them. The account was then read, by which it appeared that the interest upon bonds and prefer. ence shares was 11,400/. 10s., the property-tax was 2071. Is. 4d., salaries 265/. Bs. ; and which, with other ex penses, amounted to a gross sum of 11,958/. 183. 4d., leaving a balance of 6,996/. 10s. ld. The CHAIRMAN then said that it would now be his duty to propose that the accounts which had just been read should be printed and circulated amongst the subscribers. Mr. PERRY said he felt pleasure in seconding the resolution they had just heard, but at the same time be thought it right to call the attention of the meeting to one circumstance; before doing so, however, he would say that they would not have many difficulties in winding up their affairs in future. Their directors might, in the opinion of several of the share holders, be fairly and safely reduced to three. The SECRETARY explained that it would be necessary to have five, and lie believed that the three directors could not, by any possibility, discharge the affairs of the company sa tisfactorily. Mr. PERRY, as an individual, was perfectly satisfied. There was no person, from the circumstance of his having been an auditor, who had had a better opportunity of knowing how the affairs of the company had been conducted ; but he had brought forward the present question upon the sugges tion of some of the shareholders. It might he necessary to carry out the affairs of this company effectively, that there should be five directors; but then three of the present di rectors might remain in office, and two others be appointed, honorary directors. These directors might be paid a small fee for their occasional services. Mr. Lxvx said their object should be to have a few re spectable gentlemen to manage their affairs. Ile thought that five was as small a number as they could have to do that properly. Now, considering the small amount those directors demanded for their labour, he thought that such could not be reasonably objected to.—(hear, hear.) It might be supposed that because the Eastern Counties Railway had leased the line that there was nothing for their directors to do; but they should recollect that circumstances and difficul ties might arise which would render necessary the active in terference and superintendence of directors.—(flear, hear.) Mr. PERRY said he should repeat what he had already stated was merely the opinion of others, and not his own, and also that, as an individual, he was perfectly satisfied with the management of the company. Mr. MaunEwr stated that, looking at their accounts, they found that the directors had acted as bankers to the com pany, and that they (the company) could not carry on a concern like theirs at a smaller expense than had hitherto been incurred through the able management of the directors. The resolution was then put from the chair and carried unanimously. Messrs. Wilson and Deputy Corney were then re-elected directors, which was acknowledged by Mr. Corney on his own behalf and that of Mr. Wilson. Mr. PERRY then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was seconded and carried unanimously, and the meeting separated. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Eastern Counties Railway was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street, Mr. Geo. Hudson, ALP., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The meeting was made special, for the purpose of agreeing to certain new lines and extensions. In their report the directors announced a dividend, for the half-year, ending the 4th of January last, of 10s. per share of 14/. 16s. each on the consolidated stock of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and in proportion on the share capital of the Northern and Eastern Company. The gross receipts from traffic showed an increase over the correspond ing half of last year of 69,9461.12 x. 6d. The past season had been unusually trying to the permanent way and works, notwith standing which, their state throughout was very satisfactory. The cost of maintenance for the past half year, included in all 18444 miles,l 136 of which were ; now I in 3 the com pany's own hands, and the remaining twelve miles were maintained by contract. The increased length of road main tained during the last six months amounted to fifty-nine miles, viz. from Stortford to Brandon, and from Stratford to Blackwall, besides the second line of rails from Broxbourne Junction to Hertford. Taking this additional mileage into consideration, it would appear that a clear saving of 4,0351. Is. 7d. had been effected, as compared with last year. The double line of the Hertford branch had been completed at a cost of 1,5001. under the estimate, and the double line of the Stratford and Thames Junction Railway would be ready for opening in the course of a few days. The new station at the Stratford Junction was now completed and might be opened in the cows.) of a few days. The stock of engines on the line on July 4th, 1846, was fifty-eight passenger and thirteen goods engines. Received during the last six months, four teen passenger and five goods engines, making thekre sent stock amount to seventy-two passenger and eighteen goods engines ; sixty-two of these were in working condition, and twenty-eight under repair. The branch from Ely to Peterborough was not opened for general traffic until the 14th of January last, owing to slips baying occurred at two points, that required the greatest energy and a large additional expenditure upon the part of Mr. Peto, the contractor, to conquer. Notwithstanding this delay, the line had been delivered up for traffic in very com plete working order ten months earlier than Mr. Peto was bound to do by his contract. The construction of the lines between Cambridge and St. Ives, and St. Ives and Wisbeach was let, in September last, to Mr. Peto, and was proceeding with rapidity. The directors confidently anticipate that the portion of the latter line between March and Wisbeach would be ready for opening on or before the Ist of May, and that the remainder of these lines would be completed in the autumn of the year. A direct communication would then exist with Huntingdon, by means of the Ely and Hun tingdon Railway. The North Woolwich Railway and Pier would be completed for traffic early in the ensuing summer. Since the last half. yearly meeting of the shareholders the Company had purchased the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway, a short but valuable line, connecting the rising port of Maldon with the main lines of this Company and the central portions of Essex. The works would be let on the 17th of this month for completion in the early part of 1848. The Company was in possession of the greater part of the property required for the enlargement of the Bisbopsgate station, and the contract for its cons truction would be forthwith let. In consequence of the incre ase of traffic, both in passengers and goods, which has lately . taken place, the directors had resolved to seek for powers in the ensuing Session of Par liament to obtain four additional lines of railway bet tween f the Mile-end and Bishopsgate stations. For the pu . purpose o carrying out several objects, it was inte nded to make paya ble tho first call of 21. 10s. per share upon the B. quarter of the York Extension shares in two instalments, of which one would be due on the 18th of March, and the other on the 18th of May next. The CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the report said he felt it was unnecessary to dwell at an y len g th upon the present affairs of the company, b every information upon the subject, while the report supplied p the shareholders were well acquainted with the topics connected with their future prospects. He could hold out no hope of a reduction in the working expenses, but their was every prospect of their traffic increasing, without adding to their working expenses. He had found, since his connexion with the Eastern Counties C 4 raPany, that a line with a metropolitan terminus could not be worked so cheaply as the lit es of the north, but still it was gratifying for him to know, that although the expense . 5 grester than that of any northern line, there was no line under his management better or more efficiently worked. With these few remarks he b egge d t o move th e a d o pti on o f the report, and that the dividend be paid on and after the 23d inst. A. PZOPRIETOR said he I seen it announced in a provin ccial paper, that their Loudon terminus was to be extended on to the site of the Middlesexil house of Correction. He regretted that this subjeetwas,nwohteanllited to in the report. came to the special The CHAIRMAN replied that business of the day, he should be readyteyto give the lion. Proprietor every information upon the subject. The resolutiot. was then agreed to. Messrs. Hudson, Gibbs, Harrison, and Hood, were re elected directors. The CamastAs, in a few words, acknowledged their re election, and held out a strong hope th a t the traffic would still go on increasing, and, under the exertions of the board, he was convinced they had nothing to do but to go on and prosper. SPECIAL MEETING. The shareholders then resolved themselves into a special meeting. he was ashamed to say that th ere The CHAIRMAN said , were no less than thirteen Bills.—(Hear and Laughter.) The first was a Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from Woolwich to Spalding, and to construct docks at Wisbeach in connexion therewith. It would be twenty-one miles in length, and the estimated cost was 325,000/. The Bill was approved of. The CHAIRMAN said the next Bill was to make a lice from Spalding to Newark, thirty-eight miles in length. The esti mated cost was 620,000/. A PROPRIETOR asked what was the aggregate capital of the thirteen Bills ? THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEENUARY___9 1847. The CtimitatADl replied, five millions.—(oh oh !) A PROPRIETOR wished to have some explanation upon the manner in which it was intended to dispose of the York Ex tension shares. The CHAIR:IIAX replied that all the A shares would be called up before April, for the construction of the St. Ives and Wisbeach line, and B would be devoted to the purposes of the Maldom and Witham line. C and D would be ap plied to the purposes of such lines as Parliament might grant in the present Session. The shares would carry divi dends so soon as the lines to which they were applied came into working operation. A pledge had already been given that until these York Extension lines were exhausted no further creations would be made. When all those shares were paid up, they would become Eastern Counties' Stock. A PEOPRIETOR thought it would be better to exhaust the calls of A before any were made in B. The Bill was then approved of, as were also the following : A Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Railway Company of the North Woolwich Railway, and the lease of the upper warehouses and wharfs of the East and West India Dock Company, and the construction of docks in connexion with the North Woolwich Railway. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Syston and Peterborough Rail way, in the parish of Etton, in the county of Northampton, to the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bolton Junction Rail _ 'ay, near Folkingham. - A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company _;o enlarge their London and Stratford stations, and to amend some of the provisions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties Railway Company. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, at West Ham, to or near the Victoria Park, with Branches to the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction hallway. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cam bridge Junction Railway, in the parish of Somertham, to the town of Ramsey. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, .near Cambridge, to the Hertford and Ware branch of the Northern and Eastern Railway, with branches. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to the Bedford and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, with branches. A Bill to enable tke Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway at Hertford, to the Great Northern Railway, near Hitchin. A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near the Forestgate station, to Southend, with branches. A Bill for making a railway from the Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway, near Braintree, to llalstead. The CHAIRMAN said the next was A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway, at Tottenham ' to or near Guildford-street, with branches to the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Railway. The length was a mile and a half, and the capital a million and a half. Several shareholders objected to the last Bill. The cost was too much. The CHAIRMAN said the directors were .prepared to with draw it. They took the opinion of the shareholders on those Bills in accordance with the standing orders, but they did not bind themselves to proceed with all the Bills should reasons arise for withdrawing any of them. The Bill was withdrawn, and the two following Bills were agreed to : The Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Coun ties Railway Company, of the Maldon, Witham, and Brain . tree Railwa - y. - A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a railway from the Great Northern Railway, near Spalding, to the Nottingham and Lincoln Branch of the Midland Counties Railway. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN stated that the A shares would be allowed to carry dividends from July next payable in the following January, and after the former month the A shares would be divided from the B. In reply to another question, The CHAIRMAN said there was no truth whatever in the statement which had appeared in one of the railway prints, thas it was his intention to resign owing to his being unable to agree with his colleagues on the subject of the management of the line. He felt that his character and reputation were bound up in the prosperity, and should any event happen requiring his retirement, which he did not for a moment ant►cipate, he would take care that the shareholders should be informed of the fact by himself. He repeated, however, that there was no foundation whatever for the rumour which had gone abroad, and he hoped to remain with them till age incapaci tated him fur business.—(Cheers.) A vote of confidence was then passed to the chairman and directors, and the meeting terminated. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Special Jury.) STEALING A BODY AND CREATING A RIOT.-THE QUEEN V. HAYNES AND OTHERS. This extraordinary case, which has been postponed fn m time to time, at length came on for trial this morning, at the sitting of the Court. It was an indictment charging the defendants, Mr. Joseph Bailie Haynes, Mr. N. Haynes, Thomas Haynes Smith, Edward Haynes, and persons named Cole, Phillipps, Groves, Cullum, Sog, Porter, and others, with stealing the body of the late Mr. Joseph Haynes, a gentleman of considerable property, who at the time of his death resided at Edgware, and with creating a riot whilst forcibly carrying the body away. Tile Attorney-General, Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. Clark son were for the prosecution ; and Sir F. Tliesiger and Mr. Cockburn for the defendants. It appeared from the opening of the Attorney-General, 1 and from the statements of the witnesses for the prosecution—which will be better understood in the form of a narrative than as disjointed pieces of evidence—that Mr. Haines died suddenly on Friday, the 19th of December, 18.15, and that arrangement had been made by his executors, Mr. Barton and Mr. Slater, for his interment on the 28th of the same month. Ills body, after having undergone a post-mortem examination, was placed in a coffin in the usual way. He had been estranged from his family for some years, and the only inmates of his dwelling, besides the domestics, were two ladies named Huggins, the youngest of whom was 18, and the eldest 28, whom he used to say, were his neices, but it appeared that they were not related to him. By his will he left his son, the first-named defendant, about 1001. a year, and the reversionary interest of some property for himself and his children. ' The other persons named Haynes were related to the family. Haynes Smith was an illegitimate son of the deceased. He left the eldest Miss Huggins 500/. a year, and two houses for her lifetime. On Saturday, the 27th of De cember, the first-named defendant obtained the key of the room in which the body was deposited for the purpose, as he stated, of seeing his father for the last time. His two little boys were with him. Several persons came at the same time, according to their statement, for a similar purpose, and they were brought up in couples until the room contained as many as fourteen. He tried to induce Mrs. Halcorn ' the person who accompanied the party at the request of Miss Huggins, to leave the room; but she would not, as she had received no direction. He excused the staying of the party by saying that they were waiting for a lady named Davies. Immediately after the servant announced that the coffin had arrived, and Mrs. Halcorn requested them to leave, as Mr. Burton had given directions that as soon as the coffin came it should be soldered up. The coffin, however, was not the one expected. The defendant then went to the door, and after opening it said to a person outside, who, it appeared, was William Haynes, " You, from th e Hi g h Court of Chan cery—l command you to do your duty." Mrs. Holcroft said he was not an officer of that Court, and mentioned his name. The party, however, who had been joined by others from the street, proceeded to lift up the corpse ; she ran out of the room, and informed Miss Huggins of the proceedings, who came out of her room in her dressing-gown, but by that time the body had been covered with a black cloth, and strapped to a black board resembling a coffin lid. Mrs. Holcorn begged them to desist, and characterised the proceeding as a mock funeral. The windows were thrown up and assistance called for. The feet of the body were thrust against her, and the servant was knocked down and injured. They did all they could to resist the removal of the body, and Phillips (who was the driver of the hearse—for a hearse and two mourning coaches had been brought to the door), exclaimed, "If they will not let the body come down throw the b— over the banis ters" (meaning Watkins). The Misses Huggins clung to the feet of the 'body, and, in consequence, considerable disturb ance was created, and a man, named Hawkins, who also resisted, was nearly thrown over the banisters. Mr. and Mrs. Hale (the niece of the deceased) and their two sone, who were staying in the house, and several persons be longing to the town, also endeavoured to prevent the body from being brought down stairs. Mr. Haynes himself ex claimed " Throw the body over." They at length succeeded in their object, and took the body into the parlour. Very horrible and disgusting language was used. The coffin, which had contained the deceased, with the mattress and shroud, which were stained with blood, were placed across the door of Miss Huggins's room, so that access could not be obtained without stepping over it. The magistrate, Mr. Williams, who was consulted by the defendant on the sub ject, declined to interfere, and ultimately the body was re moved and buried at Kennington. They returned in the evening, and stopped in the house till twelve that night, drinking and making a great noise. It appeared that the defendant had been in the house for some days before the occurrence. These were the material facts in support of the prosecution, and were testified to by a great number of witnesses. It was elicited from some of them that the defeadant claimed the body of his father as his heir, and in accordance with a wish, which he had expressed to him in a letter, to be buried near the grave of a ehild at Kennington. In his will, however, the deceased expressed his wish to be buried at Edgware. The case for the prosecution having been closed, Sir FFPDERICK TifEstout then proceeded to address the " jury on behalf of the defendants. He submitted that the object of those who had instituted the prosecution was not so much to promote public justice as to prevent the de fendant from continuing the suits which he had instituted in the Court of Chancery and in the Ecclesiastical Courts, for the proper investigation of his father's affairs, and the resti tution of his own rights. It appeared that the unfortunate deceased had formerly been the inmate of . a lunatic asylum, that he had conducted himself so strangely as to have estranged his family from him, and during the later period of his life to have admitted into his house strangers who had obtained so much influence over him as to have induced him to have left the bulk of his pro. perty to them—Miss [luggin nearly 800/. a year, Mr. Burton, the prosecutor, 600/., and his own son, the defendant, but 1001. a year. They had arrayed themselves against the family of the deceased for the purpose of keeping all the de ceased's property in their hands. Executors had only to deal with personal property, and as the house at Edgware was freehold, and, moreover, as he repudiated the competency of his father's testamentary acts, owing to his lamentable condition, he had a perfect right to take possession of the house at his death, and to take possession of his body for the purpose of sepulture. Then there could be no doubt that the defendant wished to remove the body down stairs for the Purpose of having it placed in a coffin in the parlour; and that they were quietly proceeding to perform this task, when . interference took ',lace, and the noise and confusion arose consequence of that interference. The body was com pletely covered, and preparations had been made to inter it in 11 nota proper maintained. comanner,nfi, concluded by the defendants. thfswhole of the defendants. The jury acquitted all • so that the allegation of indecency could confidently some further observations, he that the jury would acquit EXCHE QUEM—(THIS DAY.) lIE WZTT V. TURN ER. This was an acti on i n which the , who was the secretary to the Tring a n d Reigate ailway Bought to re cover of the defendant, Mr. Turner, MI, pmoney a sum of alleged to be due to him for services rendered to the railway in question, the defendant being at the time the debt was contracted a member of the provisional committee. Mr. Humfrey and Mr. T. Saunders were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin and Mr. rearm kr the defendant. It appeared that the managers of this company came to a resolution to wind up the affairs of the company, and for this purpose it was agreed amongst themselves that each party should subscribe a sum of 1751. towards a fund, to be placed at the disposal of a committee for the purpose of li quidating the outstanding claims npon the committee. The defendant, however, did not pay his share of the liquidation fund until some time after the resolutions were passed. Two action had been brought against the defendant, of whqh the present was one, the other being set down for trial at the Guildford assizes in the last term. A few days before the day appointed for the hearing of the cause, the defendant made an arrangement by which, upon payment of his pro portionate share of the fund agreed upon among the di rectors, the action was to be stayed. The defendant now pleaded that the arrangement made upon payment by him of the sum of 1751. was in satisfac tion of the present as well as the former action. It appear ing, however, from the evidence of the solicitor to the com pany, and several other witnesses, that it was only the pro ceedings upon the first action that were to be stayed, the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintif for the amount claimed. WELLINGTON :v. OOURNAY. This was an action brought for the purpose of recovering compensation in damages for a libel uttered by the defendant in a letter, which was calculated seriously to affect the character of the pinintiff. Sir F. Thesiger appeared to conduct the case on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Martin for the defendant. The plaintiff was, it appeared, a surgeon, residing at Twickenham, who had recently established himself in that town. The defendant, who had previously been an intimate friend of the plaintiff, was also a member of the medical profession, carrying on business at Madeley in Shropshire. The action arose out of the following circumstances :—The defendant addressed a letter to a Mr. Lichfield, a surgeon of considerable practice in the same town as the plaintiff, re questing to be informed whether the plaintiff was then re residing in that town, adding, as a reason for his troubling him, he being a perfect stranger to him, that the plaintiff was indebted to him in a considerable sum of money, which he had advanced to him when at Warwick, and that since the time of the plaintiff leaving that town, ho (the defendant) had not been able to hear anything as to his whereabouts. The letter concluded by stating that any cammunication on the subject addressed to him would be considered, as he wished his own letter to be considered, as strictly confiden- I tial. Upon the receipt of this letter, Mr. Lichfield showed its contents to several persons in Twickenham, which coming to the knowledge of the plaintiff, a writ was served at the suit of the plaintiff upon Lichfield, who subsequently de livered up the letters of the defendant, and further proceed ings in the suit were stayed. and the present action was brought against the defendant, as the writer of the letter in question, and the originator of the libel. Mr. MARTIN, on the part of the defendant, contended that the communication was entirely privileged and confidential, that there was nothing libellous in the contents of the letter, and the sole object, the defendant had in writing, was to ob tain information of the residence of the plaintiff. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, deprecated the practice of laying actions for libels, simply because a ground of action existed. It would be for the jury, however, to consider whether the letter was perfectly bona fide, if so, the verdict must be for the defendant; if, however, they thought that the defendant wished to Injure the character of the plaintiff, then their verdict would be for the plaintiff. The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for he defendant. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, FIB. 8, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James Simpson to the united churches and parishes of Larbert and Dunipace, in the presbytery and county of Stirling, vacant by the death of the Rev. Francis Mac Gill, late minister thereof. The Queen has also been pleased to present the Reverend John M'Leed to the churches of Ballandish and Conran of Ardgour, in the parish of Kilmallie, in the presbytery of Abertarff and county of Argyll, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend Alexander M'Kellar, late Minister thereof, to the Gaelic Church of Edinburgh. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Adolphus E. Shelley, Esq., to be Assistant-Auditor-General of Accounts for the island of Mauritius. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 8. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Brevet Major Charles Wright to be Colonel, vice Reid, placed on the Seconded List; Se cond Captain William Stace to be Captain, vice Wright; First Lieutenant Paul Bernard Whittingham to be Second Captain, vice Stace ; Second Lieutenant George Edmond Lushington Walker to be First Lieutenant, vice Whitting ham, Feb. 4. Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners—Second Captain Charles Faashawe, Royal Engineers, to be Adjutant, vice Lynn, promoted, Jan. 26. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk. Easter* Regiment of Suffolk Militia—Henry Worsby Da kins, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Jan. 29. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Joseph Hill Smith, grocer, Merthvr Tydvil, Glamorgan. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Spratt, coach - maker , Sloane-terrace, Chelsea, official assig n e e , Bi rc hi n - Feb. 19, at half-past eleven , and March 26, at eleven , at the I C a o n u e r ; t Tamazin Sarah Buttifant , hab erd as h er , Norwich, Feb. 16, B o u f ch ß a a n n a k n, ru at half-past eleven, and March 23, at two, at the C our t o f B p t as cy in . ghCattun-street. Bankruptcy. Belcher,l offiaial assignee ; Shearman, John street, Adelphi ; Winter, Norwich. William Grossmith, baker, Portsmouth, Feb. 16 and March 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Smith and Sons, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury • Binsteed, Portsmouth. William Blenkarn, builder, Stockwell-park-road, Surrey, Feb. 15, at one, and March 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-eham bers ; Hall, Aldermanbury. John Henry Payne, licensed beer retailer, High-street, Camberwell, Feb. 19, and March 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Piercy and Co., Three Crown-square, Southwark. Josiah Haines, victualler, Chipping Barnet, Hertford, Feb. 23, at one, and March 26, an twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Weymouth, Chancery-lane. William Hitchcock, victualler, Hogston, Buckinghamshire, Feb. 19, at one, and March 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street; Jones and Co., John-street, Bedford-row; Hat ten, Aylesbury. Nathaniel Thompson, factor, Liverpool, Feb. 19, and March 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Bridger and Co,. London-wall, London: Dodge, Liverpool. Mary Grimes, saddler, Cheltenham, F e b. 23, at twelve, and March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Brownley and Co., Gray's Inn; Chesshyre, Cheltenham. John Spencer, nursery and seedsman, Sneinton, Notting hamshire, Feb. 26, and March 26, at twelve, at the Exchange rooms, Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Notting ham ; Shilton, Nottingham. James Dodgson, innkeeper, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Feb. 20, and March 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Oourt. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Clarke, Chancery-lane, London ; Ramsden, Wakefield ; Caries ' Leeds. George Hole, coal-merchant, Watchet, Somersetshire, Feb. 18, at one, and March 16, at Offers, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Warden, Bardon, near Taunton. Richard. Dean, grocer, Clitheroe, Lancashire, Feb. 23, and March 22, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fott, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester; Bailey, Clitheroe. to 6,0001. Now, with respect to the Dean and Chapter of Manchester, he could not understand how, in the face of the provisions of the original charter, any body of men with conscientious feelings and religious convictions, and he believed the dean and chapter were so influenced that they could : . satisfy their [consciences to receive 6,0001., the amount of the rectorial revenues of that parish, and leave the population. consisting of 400,000 individuals, without spiritual provision, unless what was afforded by the district churches. When this provision was originally made, the popu lation of Manchester was not more than 20,000 persons, and it was now 400,000. Then, besides the College church, there were nine other chapels of ease:were service was performed; at present there were forty-nine district churches, besides separate endowments, and the clergy of these churches were paid by fees, one portion of which went to the district churches, and the other to the mother church. The rectorial tithes then were received by the dean and chapter, and he thought it a matter of surprise that while the revenues were claimed the cor responding duties of visitation and care of souls were not discharged, and that exemption was sought from residence, and the other duties connected with the spiritual care of the people. One point appeared to him strange—that while discretion was given to the dean and fellows to augment the salary of the rector. 17/. 10s. was the only salary allowed him out of the national revenues, !although the whole duty, which was so much increased, had devolved upon him. The Dean and Chapter contend that under the statute , they are exempt from the rates, that they have no cure of souls, that they fulfil the obligation of the duties by being mulct Is. 4d. a day in the case of their abseece, and that they are not bound to perform any other spiritual duties. He thought their Lordships would concur with him that such a course of procedure was unwarranted in law, and that the case was one which deserved their most serious attention. He could not understand why the dean and canons whilst they performed the colle giatew erespiritualen thatt p it h er dp,o services in the collegiate church, and received the usual remuneration, forgot that that church was the parochial one ; and why they were ad vantage to make use of their corporate character to de consequence i deprive to w the ho ire thh population ethyo cooln.s paiddeer e f t do thet hey them for e. They prayed that their Lordships, before the establish ment of the see, to see that there was ample security for, the application of the whole rectoral income to the efficient ecclesiastical superintendence of the parish of Manchester. Lord BROUGHAM said the Noble Lord had stated a very ordinary case. The right to receive the funds, of course, depended upon the legal construction of the charter, and the evil complained of could only be re medied by some legislative enactment. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE could not offer any opinion further upon the construction or the in tention of the charter, but the petition having become known in Manchester, the Dean and Chapter had for•. warded to him a letter upon the subject, which the Dean wished to have read to the House. The Noble Marquis then read the letter. It stated that the writer simply enjoyed the rights possessed by his predecessors, but still he had never made any claim to them. It wa, decided by the legal tribunals that the privileges were attached to his office. Neither he nor the canons had any authority to visit in the parish. (LEFT SPEAKING Majesty's ships in the royal navy, in each year from the Ist of January, 1844, to the 31st of December, 1846, stating the name, rating, nature of the offerce, date of punishment, the number of lashes, and remarks of Com mander in-CLief or senior officer as to any excess of punishments or otherwise, according to the schedules published and ordered in the Admiralty instructions, dated the Ist day of January, 1844, for the government cif her Majesty's naval service • stating also the number of seamen and marines employed in each year, and the average number flogged ; distinguishing the nam ber of commissioned and warrant and petty officers ; also, specifying the names of her Majesty's ships and vessels, and the name of the commanders, in which no corporal punishments have been inflicted in any of these years. Address for abstracts of the total number of men, rank, and file, belonging to the Royal Marines, who from the Ist day of January, 1844, to the 31st day of De cember, 1846, have suffered corporal punishment or imprisonment on shore, showing the nature of offences, in classes, for which such punishment brs been awarded, and the number in each class, and showing the greatest and the smallest number of lashes inflicted; also, the longest and shortest period of confinement awarded as punishment to each person, and the average period of confinement for each class of offence, and the average number flogged, stating the total number of rack and file, and also the number of commissioned and non-commissioned officers on shore in each year Of the total number of soldiers belonging to the Royal Artillery and Ordnance corps in Great Britain and Ireland, who, between the Ist day of January, 1844, and the 31st day of December, 1846, have suffered cor poral punishment or imprisonment ; showing the nature of the offences, in classes, for which such corporal punish ment or imprisonment had been awarded, and the num ber in each class ; and showing also the greatest and the smallest number of lashes ; also, the longest and shortest period of confinement awarded as punishment, the average number flogged, and the average period of confinement for eacn class of offences; distinguishing also the total number of rank and file liable to be flogged,and also the total number of commissioned and non-commissioned officers in the United Kingdom, in each of those years. Also, returns of the same tenor, of the Royal Artillery and Ordnance corps serving abroad. Returns of the total number . of soldiers, belonging to regiments and depots in Great Britain and Ireland, who, from the Ist day January, 1844, to the 31st day of December, 1846, have snared either corporal punish ment or imprisonment ; and whenever either corporal punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted on the same person more than once, specifying how often it has been so inflicted ; with abstract of the total _ _ number of soldiers belonging to regiments in tLe colonies and possessions of Great Britain, who in each year, from the first day of January, 1844, to the 31st of December, 1846, have suffered corporal punish ments or imprisonments ; showing the nature of the offences. in classes, for which such corporal punish ment or imprisonment has been awarded, and the num ber in each class ; stating also the greatest number and the lowest number of lashes inflicted on any person in each year ; also the longest and shortest period of con finement awarded as punishment, tha average num ber flogged, and the average period of confinement for each class in each year ; also distinguishing the total number of rack and file, and also the number of corn • missioned :and non-commissioned officers in each year Of the number of soldiers who, from the Ist day of Ja nuary, 1844, to the 31st of December, 1846, have suffered corporal punishment or imprisonment,and whether either corporal punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted on the same person more than once, specifying how often it has been so inflicted; and distinguishing the num bers in regiments in the colonies in possession of her Majesty from regiments i❑ depots in Great Britain and Ireland ; distinguishing also the total number of rank and file, and also the number of commissioned and non-commissioned officers in each year ; also stating the number or name:of the regiment or corps, with thi names of the commanding officers, in which no corporal punishment has been inflicted in any of these years (iii continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 308, of ses sion 1845).—Agreed to. RATE-PAYING CLAUSES OF THE REFORM BILL. Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice, that on the 18th inst. (that day fortnight), he should move for leave to bring ;n a Bill for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill. RESOLUTIONS OF THE RAILWAY BOARD. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE said that, as he understood that the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the rail way board intended that night to state what were the intentions of the Government with respect to railway business, he (Mr. Ellice) should defer the question of which he had given notice until the House should have heard that exposition.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bolton would defer the resolutions standing on the paper with respec► to the House of Keys, in order to give his Right Hon. Friend an opportunity of laying his statement before the House. Dr. BOVV RING would have great pleasure in con curring in the opinion of his Right lion. Friend, an( would postpone his motion until the 18th inst. IMPORTATIOG OF SALT INTO INDIA. An Hon. BARONET, who stood so closely under th( chair that he could not be seer., asked a question of tilt Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Board of Control, the purport of which was to inquire whether a regula tion had been sent out respecting the importation of sale into India. Sir J. C. HOBIIOUSE said that the Home authori ties found on inquiry that the complaints of the im• porters of salt were well founded, and they had accord ingly sent out instructions to repeal the regulations o the Indian Government, and to give the importers o salt the advantages of the bonding system of 1836. RAILROADS IN INDIA. Lord MAHON inquired whether the Right Hon Baronet the President of the Board of Control whether he had received any report on railways in India, and, i• so, whether he had any objection to lay it on the table of the House? Sir J. lIOBIIOUSE said that the report of the Com missioners sent out to India in June, 1845, had made e report, which was received on July 4th, 1846. Thai report had never been mat'e public, and he did not know whether the Noble Lord had seen it. He had not the slightest objection to present the report if it was desired. He had also received a communication from the Go vernor-General respecting the lands to be taken for the railroads, which might accompany the report. Mr. HUME wished to ask, whether the Right llon. Baronet had any objections to lay any papers or dis patches also that accompanied the report. Sir J. C. I.IOBIIOUSE had no objection to produce the papers which were necessary to show the terms of the engagements. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. Mr. W. COLLETT said that he did not think that the Government ware making that progress with the Holyhead Harbour which they ought to have made, and he would accordingly ask of the Secretary of the Admi• ralty what steps her Majesty's Government have taken respecting the construction of Holy head Harbour, and whether any additional powers are required for obtain ing possession of the lands adjoining the Refuge Har bour ; and if so, whether the Government are prepared with a Bill for that purpose ? Mr. WARD said that it was at first supposed that the common consent of the parties interested woulr have prevented the necessity of an application to Par fitment, but as that supposition had proved fallacious, an Act of Parliament was in preparation, and he could assure the Hon. Member that not a day should b( lost as to the harbour itself ; the works were proceeding under private contract. Lord CASTLEREAGH desired to knave, whether, in consequence of the statements which had been made in that House the Government intended; to call upon Captain Wynne for an explanation of his report. Mr. WARD said that measures had been taken to put the matter fairly before the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ANGLIONBY gave notice, that on Thursday th, I Bth instant, he should move for a return of all the en• franchisements effected, or in progress of being effected, under the Copyhold Commission Act. Also the esti mates made of all manors, and an explanation of what was meant by fines arbitrary, and on what event these fines became payable. Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from the ship owners of South Shields, signed by 150 persons, am representing above 400 proprietors, expressing their con currence in the present suspension of the Navigation Laws, but praying that what little protection did remain to them might be continued. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from 200 ship. owners of Sunderland againstanyahetrhaetiosneaminentheci Navigation Laws ; also, a petition from Sunderland to the same effect. shipowners of Montrose, though he co Mr. HUME presented a similar its prayer ded in pursuance of the petitionuld not concur fr om the iri Mr. RICARDO then inquire into the Navigation. L derland, that he did not seek assureS H e e le b e e t g C ge o d mm tn ittee t,o notice he had given, to tia p o r v o 2 ce a f e v‘ o , r s. a . the Hon. Member for bun resent, i n quiry- assed L: under the name of the i to m a ,e bro a g n ate these laws p 1651, but the s i A ra e p t l wished e firstd tc, e laws had been from time to when a considerable modifies year Mr. Wallace introduced up • pausedl tornne navigation took alteredp' which l a i , to alpnuclttstthh2e2ast, alter, explain, and amend the five separate Acts, law as it then stood. ° iiSulisiorstslo;n after m.as th r i a s s , se t d h:: Reci °c ity Act of Mr. 21. placed the shipping of foreign countries in a which better f or t h than it had been before, and since th ere h a d been several amendments. As he had already observed, the present motian was not for a repeal of the law as it now existed, but simply for an inquiry ; a course which those on the opposite benches had agreed to in 1844. The terms of that motion expressed some doubts of the efficiency of the navigation laws. Now this Committee furnished a report which he would just read to the House:—" Your Committee proceeded to investi gate the subject submitted to their consideration, but in consequence of the late period of the session at which they were appointed, they found that it was not possible to come to a satisfactory conclu- sion. They would, therefore, lay before the ' House the necessity of their being re-appointed at an early period in the next session." At an early period of the next session the CoreMittee was re-ap pointed, and they reported again, " Your Com mittee have been prevented by unavoidable cir cumstances from making that inquiry which ihe importance of the subject demands, and they beg to recommend that they be re-appointed at an early period next session.—(Laughter.) They were not appointed at an early period of the next session, he could not tell why, but they acknowledged the importance or the inquiry, and expressed a dolibh of tit' efficiency of the navigation laws, it was only lair that the inquiry be taken up where they had left it ,off ; but if he should be demand the investigation Which lie required, he a...A "•••••11 ‘n much thought he would be enab!ed to show , :1/1 7 : the law of the evil effects and mischief of to the manufacturers and shipping of the ce try ; L.() much of injustice and oppression towards= their colonial fellow-subjects, that he would have a right to demand that inquiry from ti 442 justice of the House which was denied by their co urtesy. The Honourable Member then proceeded to read from the evidence of Mr. Somes before the Committee, to show that, in the opinion of that eminent shipowner, the laws, as then existing, were mischievous Ind absurd,. whether as they regard the interests of the thip9wners or the manufacturers. (LEFT SPEAKING.) NAVAL IN TELLIGENCJ PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 7.—The Medea, steam - s lo op, COnt mander Mason, left yesterday morning, with Sir IL Sef mour and suite, for Lisbon. The Medea also took dispatched for Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, in the Tape, and letters for the squadron. Captain Corry, of the Superb, 80, ob tained a passage in her to rejoin his ship. From the Tag us the Medea proceads to the East Indies, taking dispi itches for Rear-Admirals Dacres (at the Cape) and Inglefield (China). The Retribution, steam-frigate, proceeded yes iterday to Cowes, with the depot companies of the 91st Reg *exit, for Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, replacing tb .e depot of the 71st (two officers, 182 non-commissioned offic era, buglers and privates), 10 women, and 13 children, who were dis patched per special train from Gosport to Wind Lester quar ters the same afternoon. We have the best authority for stating ti. at the time-ho noured Victory, 101, Captain J, Pasco, is not to , be put out of commission. We understand that her Majesty baa lately bc.en in treaty for the Wonder steam-packet, be; urging to the :New South- Western Steam Navigation Compavy, but who have declined to dispose of her; and we believe thy' only reasott to be that the services of the vessel cannot be .dispensed with for the present. The Tartarus, steam-vassel, 523 tons and 136 horsepower manned, pro tem., by a crew from the St, Vhiceut, 120, flag ship in this harbour, and under the temporary command of Lieutenant C. I'. Coles, of that ship, arlive o at Spithowl yesterday afternoon from Woolwich, and left" 014 morning:. for Cork, taking supernumeraries, &c. The Avon steam surveyirg-vessel, CommanCier Otter, ar rived this morning from Woolwich, and came i nto harbour. She is to replace the Sparrow ketch (now laid:. up), on the north coast of Scotland, and has got the officers and crew of that vessel, The African steam-tug, Mr. John King, acting•master, re turned yesterday morning from the wreck of t' ie Spbynx, towing up the disabled " camel" and come fl atbottomed boats, and bringing in most 'of the seamen who have been employed in the late operations. Four of the dock.-yard riggers are still there ; and we hope the Admiralt, r will take the case of these men in particular, and the whole of the ar• tizans who have been employed at the wreck gen , !rally, into their consideration, and award them semt.thing more ade quate for their services and privations than . merely their ra tions and occasional payment for extra hOt.'r . s. Such pay ment .is not an adequate reward for men yam have been working night and day for three weeks upon wreck in the winter time and away from their families. A letter from the Cape, dated Simon's Bay, Deceimber 5, from an ofliCer of the squadron on that station, sa ys :--" The President (flag-ship) is here ;we hare had he Columbine, 16, Commander Booth, and the Brilliant, 22, Ca ptain Wet-. ~ o n, here also, the latter for this station from En: ;land to re lieve the Cleopatra, 26, Captain IVyvill ; the for; ner for the East India and China station; Commander Bcotl n however, invalided, and Lieutenant Von Donop, of the Pr; isident, Warn put in as acting-commander of her, and has takt n her on to her station. She sailed only a few days ago. Tl to Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, arrived here on the 26th of' November from the River Plate, en route to India and ( ;him. We expect the Vernon, 50, with the flag of R iar-Admiral Inglefield, on his way to take the chief corn; nand on the East India and China station, vice Sir Thom; is Cochrane, daily. The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres (scat of our Commander- in -Chief), is also daily expect; xl from the coast of Africa; she is to take the place of the Plutine, 12, on this station. On the 27th of November a very fine barque, under Brazilian colours, arrived here as prize to the Cleopatra, 26, fitted with slave decKs, , ppers and shackles on board, but no slaves; she had jo . st arrived .on the coast from Rio; they took her at the ...end of the Mozambique Channel, and, the day after, the Cleopatra arrived herself, very sickly, more than 40 men at t the sick list, and had lost two; two more died on them 30th, and several others cannot get over it : their malady its dysentery, which they got at Zanzibar. She will start lot England very soon now, but as the Brilliant has one c Ixer lieute nants, master, and two prize crews on board, I: suppose she will remain until her return. The Brilliant was to call at Algoa Bay, where she would find orders to re turn here im mediately to relieve the Cleopatra, which has been in com mission now nearly five years. The Caffres are getting quiet now, and want to treat. for peace in most cases. We have a very strong force up there, but there are doubts as to what the Governor will do." Mr. White's new 12-gun brig Contest " sur pas 'ses by far any vessel of her class I have ever seen," says. an officer on board of her, in a letter dated Cape Mount, Wes t Coast of Africa, December 5. 1846. She " has every good quality a man-of-war ought to possess in stowing and in act 'ollno°42lll - she is perfect. In sailing on a wind within fie ee points with a head sea she has frequently gone 93 k now and is paiticularly easy; going free, yards n e a r ly square , in mo derate weather, without studding sails, we h ave got twelve knots, which the log will prove. She h a s n o t as. ;ye t been pressed with sail ; we do not kno w w hat s h e maNcr yet do; she is quite tight, and does not strain. The only trial ( 7 3 have as yet had was with the Favourite, 18, au/ - I Cu nr ile , 20, both of whom we beat very mach; the latter LI treer eho dead to windward, in one hour and a quarter, aid ;oug ed the is considered to sail well. We have much imp r c ' e v and Contest, by raking her masts nine inches in tam fe feet se what we have found to be her best draught is fl- c' — es en about two yen inches aft, twelve feet five inches forward, or feet seven inches difference; in that immersion Vt7 : l 3 think no thing will touch her. We are all very proud of he r, and she is ma.eh admired." The Actaeon, 26, Captain Mansel, and the IC 'evastation steam-sloop, bearing the broad pendant of Comm* dere Sir C, Gotham, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief on the w. est coast of Africa, were at Ascension on the 19th December.. CHATHAM, FE'n. 6. The Semarang, 26 guns, in Dock, owing to the. :number of defects to be made good, will not be ready for ssr v ice till the end of the month; she is to have an entire nem- false keel. The Dockyard riggers commenced rigging her:. 4an Friday the ith. The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Commander A.. H. Ingram, arrived here on Friday afternoon, the sth inst., ;from Wool wich, and moored alongside the Tartar frigate, when she commenced shipping the baggage and clothes sti .113-3 of the reserve battalion of the 56th Regiment. This . morning a detachment of 12 rank and file, forming a guard , with the soldiers' wives, about 40 women, and 100 children, embarked from the dockyard stairs on board. The Birkenb ead sailed this day for Portsmouth, where she will transfer tier passen gers and luggage on board the troopship Belleit de, Captain Kingcome, which is to convey the sGth to Gil .raltar ; the Birkenhead being pronounced unfit for the convey ance of the troops. To meet the Belleisle the reserve batt Ilion, con sisting of nearly 800, including officers, march in t, hree equal divisions en route for Portsmouth. The first divisi on march on Monday next to Maidstone, thence by railroaitl. mouth ; the second division goes on Tuesday, eta. th e third on Wednesday. The Elk, 16 guns, building, is fast progressing; the 51 4" wrights are employed working the Wales. The Rochester, with stores from Pembroke, and Ports mouth, remains discharging her cargo. to Ports- THE GOTERNMENT WORKS, MORICR TOWN."—la excavating at the north-west side of the engine -house, at the above works, the meri have discovered part of the hull of ship—apparently as large as a frigate, embedded in, said and rubble, about eight or ten feet beneath the surface. VariOU s conjectures have been the consequence, the fact cf digging up" anything out of the ordinary course being ; dwaye re garded with wond er , an d a l ways exc i t i ng specu l a ti on . Some people have talk e d' o f a s hi p i n t h e d ays o f tore being " missed" one m orn i ng , an d t h e pro b a bility o f her basin g sunk at this identical s p o t ! Th e m os t likely stogyis this that many years ago there lay two frigates off this place which were perfectly unserviceable, and were therefore or dered to be broken up. The Admiralty, or the Dock-yard authorities were not so economical then as now, and having Laken as many timbers as they plea s ed, th e y madee the reg .. due a present to Neptune. Rubble from th e d oc k-yard used at that time to be cast there, and this, together with the usual action of the tide, gave the old ship a covered graye. Derenport Independent. Viscount Ilardinge, the present Governo r-General of India, will arrive in England the beginning oinext year• United Service Gazette. VALUE or LAND. —An extraordinary sale by auction took place in Lincolnshire a few days ago by Mr. Medland, of St. Neot's, when a farm of 420 acres, ira the oc cupation of Mr. Nunneley (nearly the whole of it being under the plough), in the parish of Spalding, being in the Fen, and seven miles from the town, and a very heavy drainage tax upon it, made 22,0004; and 73 acres of dis persed lands, in the adjoining parish, averaged 761. per acre. We confess, that, with free trade, and the present state of (he money market, these facts have surprised us,--.Cambridge Independent Press. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of February 9.) SUGAIL—To-day there was a falling off in the demand for all descriptions of raw Sugar for home consumption, and the quantity brought forward being very large, and exceeding the wants of the grocers, refiners, brewers, and distillers, whilst there was no speculative demand, a decline in prices consequently took place. REFINED—To-day Refined goods were purchased with caution by the home trade, although there were sellers upon lower terms. Bonded Crushed Sugar met with a dull sale at former rates. In Loaves a good deal has been done. Mauurritis—This afternoon the quantity of Mauritius Sugar submitted to public competition was very large, and amounted to 20,204 bags, and 241 casks, the chief part of which consisted of the better descriptions. The merchants were eager sellers, but submitting to a fall on the sates of is to 2s on yellow and brown, and 6d to Is per cwt for grey o n f ra 4 h kinds, induced the trade to purchase the principal part offered. Easy lNDlA.—Thisafternoon the bi d d a tn t gtse languid, were public I sales ngu id of ! Bengal, and the consisting bags, s rates accepted exhibited a decline of is to is 6d for white, 6d to is for grainy yellow, and Is per cwt for brown ; but nearly the whole found purchasers. INDIGO.—The market has assumed a brisker a ppearance for East:lndia suited both for home consump tion an ex portation, and prices have taken an upward t endency. The quarterly sales of East India commenced to-day, and con sisted 0(9,509 cheets. The sale has ;gone off with spiri t fer the new goods, but those marks that were bought in , i n pre vious sales, have not sold quite so well. Foulitmx.—This afternoon Foreign Sugar met with little attention privately. At public sale 2,596 bags of Pernam buco sold under former rates. CoereE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon met with less attention, and 1,419 bags at auction were only in part sold, but former rates were sustained. Native is less wanted. Of Singapore Java 1,923 bags were submitted to public compe tion, and all taken in at 38s to 403 for good ordinary, and at 32s to 32s 6d for damaged, which is above the value. Cocoa.—There has been much inquiry after West India, and further advanced rates are offered. The parcels on offer have been readily cleared off the market; indeed the supply is not sufficient for the demand. TEA.—There has been more activity in the market for Black since the issuing of our last number; holders have shown firmness, an d supplied the market less freely with all d es criptions. n Congou a good business has been transacted by the town and country trade at the former currency. Of NeVi . Tea many parcels have been disposed of, and the quality is superior to that of last season. In Pouchong the operations are to a larger extent, and at firm rates. In Green Tea of good and fine quality a large business has been transacted, and at firm rates, but in the lower sorts only a moderate business has been dane at present, notwithstanding the low prices at which there are sellers. The arrivals of Tea have been less than they were last year, whilst the deliveries are larger, and the stock is much the same as it was in 1846 at this time, still all kinds ore cheaper. SAGO.—The demand has been active, and stiff prices have been paid. Sago Flour is wanted. SALTPETRE. —To-day. there was a good desire evinced to operate in rough, but stiffer rates being asked, checked business, and 729 bags of Calcutta at public sale were taken in rather above the value. SPIRITS. —Today the purchases made in all kinds of Rum were small, and for all purposes, although the stock exhibits the large deficiency o f 3,660 puns and 280 hhds compared with this time last year, but holders refused to take lower rates for an eort. Wis.—Th y ere has been a large business transacted in Olive Oil, and holders manifest much firmness, although some parcels have been received. The consumption continues prices are much above those of this time last large, although in season. Rape Seed Oil has beenextensive request, and still rising, whilst the supply is on the decrease of prices are has been in all descriptions. Linseed Oil excellent request and many purchases have been made for by the home trade, exportation. Cocoa Nut For Oil is less wanted. Palm rather occasioned lower rates having been taken,a good demand. Lard Oil a fair amount of business has been In American has been submitted to public transacted. Of Fish Oils none competition since our last report, There . are farther . arrivals sorts they continue trifling, and the of Cod, but of all other d er as deliveries being goo d, a further ed c ease h taken place in h . h the stock. Cod ca nnot be quot er. TALLOW.—Holders of Russian on tee spot have been eager sellers since our last report, and largy suplying the mar ket, produced a fall in prices of 9d to is per cwt. Other sots of Tallow are ored un lower terms, still the amount of r business trans acted ffe has been upon a small scale only. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. 00- t lz his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. The Earl of STRA.DBROKE presented several pea - The LORD CHANCELLOR . tions against the Poor Removal Bill. CHELSEA PENSIONER 'S BILL. This Bill went through Committee. PAROCHIAL FUNDS. resent to their Lord STANLEY said, he wished to articularlyaract er as though it was of no small importance , P but more affecting the s pi r it ua l i n t eres ts of t h e country, d the great and especially that part of it w hich constitute important town of M anc h es t er . It was the petition of n p Lordships a petition of a somewhat ovel ch, the churchwardens of the parish of Manchester, who were ele c t e d annua ll y by the whole persons. parishioners, numbering up war ds of 400,0 00 ftr pe of the . funds, al The petitioners c om pl a i ne d t h a t the Parmh 1- amounting to upward s of 5,000/. a ' w ere received Church by the dean an d wardens of the Collegiate of parish, or had parish, Manchester, although these functionaries did not perform the duti es o f rectors o f the P i in any 9 1 ' t h e care of the sou ls of t he t.t. and wer e in point of fact non-residents of the dis tric t. It was a case which, to use the language of the peti tioners, tioners, was lik e l y to reflect great di sc redit and scan dal upon the Church. The 'town of Manchester was origi nally a rect ory , f ounded in the y e ar 1251, of the annual value of 531. 6s. Bd. It continued so until the year 1451, when a collegi a t e Church was founded , the pa r i s h h aving grow-- n to so large an ex • tent, and the funds of the existing rectory were appropriated by the Church of the parishioners to the support of the new collegiate church, and by a charter granted in the 9th year of the reign of Henry V. At that period the funds amounted to 250 marks ayear. Even at that time great complaints were made of the ap propriation of the funds by non-resident rectors; the same cause of complaint remained unchecked for many years. After the foundation of the college, and during the reign e of Queen Elizabeth, another charter w as passed for the regulation and t h e enforcement of rectora l res id ences. In th for th reign of e same object, whi c h c harter remained in force Charles I. a thin,' charter was passed at the present period. It was expressly provided in the charter that the rectors receiving the funds of the college should be perpetua residere et victitare, the peti tioners in their petition had set forth the words of the charter as perpetua residere et visitare—their Lordships would see that the original words had even more force than the words used by the petitioners. Under such a chttrter, therefore, it would be easily seen how w , :11 founded •,-. ere the comp l a i nts of the petitioners. At, tied time- when the charter was granted, the 751. per year, and of each of resent the revenues amounted thesala F ry e l t l o o r ws the 3 5 7 , Warden 1,7; HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY (PADDINGTON AND LIMEHOUSE RAILWAY AND BRANCH). Sir WILLIAM CLAY moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. WARBLTRTON said the present Bill was under the consideration of the Woods and Forests, and he thought the opponents of the Bill were entitled to ask, before it was read a second time, what was the decision of the Commissioners upon it—was it to be sanctioned by the Crown, or must the opponents come up and resist the Bill at an enormous expense ? If the Crown refused to sanction the measure there would be no necessity to oppose the Bill ; and he should, there fore, be glad to hear from the Noble Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests what he intended to do in the matter. The Crown had conceded certain rights to Mr. Greenhaugh, who had built a villa in the Regent's park, at an expense of 20,0001., under the pro tection of the Government, who covenanted that this property should not be interfered with, without his consent, and therefore if the Crown sanctioned this scheme it would commit a direct breach of good faith. — (Hear, hear.) Mr. Grcenhaugh's villa would be within thirty feet of the railway, and as that gentleman had invested his money, relying on the honour of the Crown, he should propose that the second reading of the Bill should be postponed until such time as the Woods and Forests came to a decision upon the subject. Lord MORETTI' said a matter of good faith between a subject and the Crown ought not to be trifled with. He had received many deputations, both of the sup porters and the opponents of the Bill, and although he might not have said anything upon the second reading, he certainly should have asked for a postponement of the committal of the Bill till the Government had had an opportunity of consulting their engineers and law advisers on the subject. Sir B. HALL moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Colonel SIBTUORP supported the motion of the Hon. Member for Marylebone. This was another at• tempted inroad upon private property by speculators, and he would oppose it to the utmost. It was his duty, and he hoped he should always fearlessly perform his duty, to raise his humble voice against all aggression upon private property. He would always oppose what he considered an unjust interference with the rights of British subjects. It was all very well to say that it was for the public good—no such thing. It was nothing more than aggrandisement that was sought by a gang of specu lators, to encourage the grossest kind of gambling. This country was once called " the land of freedom," but if the Government went on in this manner, encouraging these speculators, the country would be nothing more nor . less than a land of oppr ess i on an d tyranny . Sir W. CLAY thought the better course would be to allow the Bill to be read a second time, and reserve any future proceedings upon the Bill until the Government had had the opportunity of consu l t i ng w i t h t h e authori ties and their legal advisers up on th e su bj ect o f t h e rela tions existing between the Crown and the tenants. Mr. HUME thought the House should be decided by the speech of the Noble Lord connected with the Woods and Forests. He apprehended the railroad could not be legally made through the park, and he hoped that ample time would be given for the further consideration of the Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS said that the parties opposed to the Bill were the ground tenants and the public at large. These tenants apprehended that they were justly entitled to the quiet possession of the park, and that they were entitled to the protection of the Crown ; for if this were not afforded the greatest apprehension would be ex cited among all Crown tenants. The company was a pure speculative affair, and the House should not coun tenance it in inflicting an injury on the tenant of the Crown. The Regent's Park was one of the principal lungs of the metropolis ; but if they made a railway on the banks of the canal the most favourite parts would be deserted. That part of the park was now frequented by carriages, and ladies and gentlemen on horse back, but they could not then frequent it, owing to the danger to which their lives would be exposed, in con sequence of the horses taking fright at the noise of the engines. Sir C. NAPIER. said the Hon. Gentleman had stated the objections to the Bill so fully and so ably, that it would be unnecessary for him to say anything on that subject. He had had the honour that day to be a member of a deputation which had waited upon the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests upon the subject. The Noble Lord showed them a plan of the railway, which he (Sir C. Napier) admitted was certainly very beautifully drawn, but it struck him very forcibly that the canal was to be sunk considerably, and the parts round it considerably raised, and that the towing path was only to be raised one foot above the canal, whereas, in the original plan, the height of the path was to be six feet above the canal. The gentleman mentioned was not the only one who had complained. He wanted to know how long it would take to train all the high-spirited horses to the noise of the engines? But the greatest objection of all was this. By a map which lie held in his baud it appeared that the railway would run between the north and south banks, where there were no less than forty houses, many of which were double, the gardens attached to which sloped down to the banks of the canal, and in fact looked out upon a very pretty river. The towing path was not largo enough fur a railway, so that additional ground would have to be taken by which the carriages • would be brought much nearer the windows of the houses. If the line was made in the way proposed what a pleasant accompaniment the cnrriages and the engines, snorting and whizzing along, would be a lady playing on a piano forte in one of the houses.—(Laughter.) He thought the parties ought to come towards Eu s t on -square by some other route. No doubt if the Government would etate that they would compel the parties not to injure those houses, that the amendment would be with drawn.—(Hear.) Sir H. INGLIS commented upon the proceedings which had taken place with respect to the Bill, and sug gested that the original motion and the amendment should be withdrawn, and the Bill postponed until the Government could make the necessary inquiries. Lord MORPETH said that his Hon. Friend stated that he gave his consent to the second reading of the Bill. Now he did not wish that he s hould be mistaken. What he said was this , that until answer s t o cer tain inquires :the v made he did n o t f ee l hi mse lf au thorised to preven progress of the Bill. H e w ould not vote himself f o r the to second reading, but until he received the answer which he alluded he would not oppose it.---(leaanrs,wheerara.)t Mr. SHUTT said that he had no sufficienthis llen. Friend , present to make to the observations of He considered that the question ought to be postponed for a limited time. Sir B. HALL then withdrew his amendment, that the Bill be read that day six Sir W. CLAY immediately month;i.thdrew the motion that the Bill be read a sec end time that night, on the under standing that it was to stand over u m n i t s i s l io s n om er e s coofmwmonondis cation was received from the coni and Forests. q CANAL RAILWAY. REGENT'S Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE preseFntinedsbuy a r r in favour titionfromof certa i n graders in the borough of the Regent's Canal Railway. DUTIES ON COPPER ORE. D 1 r• H UME gave notice that to-morrow orrow ho move ' for a co py of all memorials and petitions prayiu g forr ihe rel:unl of the duty on copper ore. COIXORAL PL Mr. TIUME also moved for a copy of the returns of corporal and other punishments on board each of her COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.). Sittings before Lord Chief Justice - WILDE and a Special Jury.) TILE LEEDS, FLEETWOOD, ANn LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.- GRIFFIN AND ANOTHER V. BEVERLEY AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by Messrs. Griffin and Taunton, acting engineers of the " Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railway," one of the schemes of last year, to recover for work and labour done, in preparing the plans and specifications of the line, preparatory to an application to Parliament. The defendants were sued as members of the provisional committee of management. Mr. Sergeant Channel and Mr. Parry were for the plaintiffs; Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Bramwell for the defence. The sum sought to be recovered was about 2,000 7 ., to which the defendants pleaded not indebted. From the evidence adduced for the plaintiffs, it appeared that the company was projected in the autumn of 1845 by Mr. Montague, an engineer, who subsequently nominated Mr. Alexander B. Blackie as secretary, and Mr. H. Reginald Hill, solicitor. On the Bth of October the managing com mittee were appointed, and at the same time a long list of provisional directors was published, containing the names of Lord George Bentinck, and other well known noblemen and gentlemen. In the published list of the Committee of Man agement appeared the names of Mr. B. Baldwin, M.P., as Chairman ; John Anderson, Vice-Chairman ; and the two defendants, Mr. Robert Beverley, and Mr. John Jackson, of Leeds, as members. The names of the plaintiffs also, were attached to the prospectuses and advertisements as the act ing engineers. In the early part of 1846 the scheme was altogether abandoned. Several witnesses were called to prove that the defendants had consented to be placed on the Committee of Manage ment. The evidence, however, was not at all conclusive, as it did not appear that they bad attended any of the meetings of the the board, at which the preliminary measures for forwarding the scheme were taken; and with regard to Mr. Jackson, there was no evidence that he had given his consent to be a member. This assent was endeavoured to be proved by the fact that the defendant had received several newspapers with his name announced as a member of the committee, and had not dissented to the same. Mr. Sergeant BYLES submitted that there was no case for the:jury, more especially as it regarded the defendant, Jackson. Mr. Sergeant CH ANFELL replied. His LORDSHIP, after reviewing the case at some length, decided that there was not sufficient evidence adduced to establish the liability of the defendants. Mr. Sergeant CAANELL tendered a bill of exception, and, in order to admit of its acceptance by the Court, a verdict was taken for the defendants. 71111 NORTII•WESTICRN TRUNK RAILIVAT.....-BAIMEIt V. LYNDON. This was an action brought by Mr. C. Barker, the adver tising agent, to recover for work and labour done in adver tising the prospectus of a certain scheme called " The North- Western Railway Trunk Company," of which the defendant 11 as a provisional director. The latter is a hardware manu facturer, residing at Birmingham. Mr. Cockburn and Mr. James appeared for the plaintiffs, Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Kean for the defendants. Mr. COCKBURN opened the case on behalf of the plaintiff. Ife stated this scheme was projected in September, 1845, by a person of the name of M. Brown, the friend of Mr. Gar bett, a solicitor, residing at Wellington, in Shropshire, who was also connected with the Shropshire Mineral line. It appeared that in the begining of October Mr. Gar bett and Mr. Bull were coming up to London to arrange to attend a meeting of the provisional directors, and they hap pened to meet the defendant in the railway carriage. This was the time when visions of premiums floated in the minds of many, and a conversation having started between the parties, it ended in the defendant consenting to become a provisional director. Immediately after this a revised prospectus was issued, in a proof of which his name appeared incorrectly, and which he caused to be corrected. Subse quently he consented to take 150 shares, in virtue of being a director, but the panic taking place, the shares were not issued. Eventually an arrangement was made to give up the line, and to meet the expenses gone to. The defendant, as one of the directors, was written to, to contribute his share of the expense; when he returned an answer to the effect, that he had never given his sanction to be a provisional director, and would have nothing whatever to do with the matter. Under these circumstances the plaintiff having gone to considerable expense in advertising the scheme, and not being paid his account, he selected the defendant as a solvent person, from whom he could recover. The Learned Gentleman then pro ceeded to call his witnesses. Mr. Edmund Garbett, of Wellington, was called, and de posed that in 1845, he was engaged as solicitor in several railway transactions. Among others, he was joint-so licitor to the North Western Truak Railway. He recollected in October having met the defendant in company with Mr. Bull, at the Birmingham station. They all travelled in the same carriage. and the conversation turned on this railway. Mr. Bull said he was going to attend a meeting of the directors in London. In the course of their conversation Mr. Bull said " Garbett, you may as well put the name of Walter Lyndon in the list of directors." The defendant said if Mr:Bull was in the Company, he had no objection to joining the Company. witness had a prospectus on him, a number of copies of which had been struck off, and he wrote Mr. Lynden's name down on it. He believed the defendant promised to attend the meeting next day, but he did not. A Mr. Wylie was also present, who likewise consented to become a provisional di rector. In pursuance of this, steps were taken by the witness to have the names inserted in the prospectus. The defendant asked when his name would appear, and witness replied that it would appear in the morning in the London newspapers, and in the country ones the week following. The shares of the company had never been allotted; they were obliged to fall back on those who had agreed to act as directors of the Conpany. The witness further deposed that the defendant had sent a letter, stating his intention to byte 150 shares if allotted to him, but that when the affairs of the company got unsatis factory he had sent another letter, denying he had ever con sented to be one of the provisional directors. The cross-examination of the witness did not illicit any material point. James Stevens, the secretary of the Company, proved that he had ordered the prospectuses of the company he adver tised through Mr. Charles Barker. He gave the orders ge nerally in writing. He was in the habit of causing sum monses and notices to the directors to be issued, and among others Als. Lyndon was several times written to. The list of names was made up from the printed prospe c t uses . The written orders, authorising the insertion of the advertisements of the scheme, were then put in, signed "I. S te phens. " Ali% Stephens, under examination, admitted the orders put in to be in his handwriting, for which he quoted the resolu tions passed at the first meeting of the provisional com mittee, on the Gth October, 1845, as his general authority, for the insertion of the advertisements, requesting all things necessary for the advancement of the scheme to be done. At a meeting of the 11th of October, 1845, the name of the defendant, along with twenty-nine ethers, was added to the list on the prospectus, by a resolution of the man ag i ng committee, in the absence of the defendant. The witness said he had a general authority to see that the matter was properly advertised, except one occasion, when he was or dered to advertise as little in the Times as possible, on ac. count of the opposition which that journal had evinced against railways. Mr. Sergeant BYLES said, the books produced by this wit ness had come upon him by surprise, and he was not prepared to go on with the case until he had an opportunity of examining them. The case was therefore postponed till to-morrow morning when Mr. Sergeant Byles will proceed with the cross-exami nation of Mr. Stephens. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 33,. kNGE.-(TIIIS DAY' Gibraltar.. • • ...... Leghorn .•. • • ... ••.. • • 30 45 Genoa •• • •• .. 25 85 Milan ••••••• • • • • • • • Venice.. •••••.• • • • • . . Naples .••• • • • • 40% Palermo, per os ....... . 3 21 Lisbon .. . • • • • • • . 52% Oporto .• .• • .•• • . • • 54% Rio Janeiro ••• • • . • • 27 Ditto, at sight • • l2 )i Rotterdam ...... 2U. 11 4 Antwerp .• 25 75 Llamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 834 Paris, 3 days' sight .. 25 40 Ditto, 3 months .. 25 75 Marseilles •••• • • • ....• 25 85 80uri1eanx......... 25 85 Frankfort OR Mains 120% Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • Berlin • • .. • • Vienna, effec. fio .. •. • • 10 3 Trieste, ditto.... • lO 3 Madrid .... • • Cadiz „, 36% Barcelona • Bahia .............. Buenos Ayres . ..... • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. • • •• • • • • ...........- 01 OF BVLLION, PEZ OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars ••• . • • 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons 00 0 Silver in bars .. .... • • 50 % , aturday evening last, a few r. Ilia, discovered a telestwpic tet is a faint nebulosity, with a tre, though no positive nucleus A NEW COMET.—On SI minutes aftur ni:e o'clock, MI comet M Cepheus. The cum slight condenzation in thcs ceul is visible? IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Fekts. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. lIASTIE hoped that it would never be said of him that he had stated in private what ho feared to state in public. What he had stated to the House, he had stated on the authority of the reports presented to Parliament, and delivered to each Member, every Honourable M em b er cou ld see for himself, lay reading those reports, that the e n and the farmers Irish s Irish landlords had not a s a b o d y d o ne their ier mid d dl u e t m y. The la i n in d u h l ) d r , d i s v , hen th tey the lessees, of the failure of the potato croi), have formed them selves into committees for the purpose of averting the total amount of the failure, and giving accurate in formation to the Government upon the subjeol. Everything was to be found by English money. The duty o f this supervisor was to ascertain what was the usual quantity of potatoes grown in each parish, and what was the failure of the crop. What was the quantity of oats in each parish, and having ascertained that they ought to have made reports to her Majesty's Government and to this House. If the property of Ireland were to be assessed to the poor-r: oin an equal degree with that of Eng land, 1,500,0001. to 1,800,0004 a-year would bo required ~r om the Irish landlords. In Ireland, the gross rental from land was known to be upwards of 15,000,0001. a year. The usual assessment on land in England was ten per cent, and it was not until the Irish landlords had borne a burden equal to that that they could be in a position to come to the people of this country and ask for relief. But whets that was done, then he was quite sure that no man would refuse to bear his share in ren dering all the assistance he could. Sir D. NORREYS said that Sir W. Beecher, who had formerly had a seat in that house, had been made a district surveyor, about six weeks or two months ago, and he thought that such charges as those of the Right Hon. Baronet should have been restrained until his report of the districts was stia . de. be ore The Hon Baronet had not made his charges fairly , f o r he made them he ought to have inquired how far his state me me its were justified by the condition of the who le of e hundred and thirty-six districts in Ireland, and w hether nine out of ten of the several woe khouses were not perfectly . full. The country gentlemen, in many instances, had, been to extend the po or -l aw , whe n tie "Poor Cenittossionc..- have stepped ill and pievented them. He did ;int mean to be the apologiser of all the Irish landlords, but, considering the panic which prevailed, they had exerted themselves better_ than under the circumstances might have been expected. The Pover Gove IM] thtri other !erre Jostif 'Peal thu, AI CitA inati, C( roan nuj t into not rati it I flirt Oa ; tail ub A( ail