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nes tfiILANCEI COMPANIES. Dividend t Amount Name of Company, per of Pald. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. A s. d. Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 I 7 Dltt ) Marine 6l. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% Atlas . . British Commercial .. 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20% Cmnty .... •.••• • • • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 13s. 50 0 0 soo 11 ACagle --• • • ..... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 5 e 0 6% Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life ••.• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Family Endowmn t Soc. 41. & be. 4 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .• • ...... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - Glot.e - 120 Guardian • ... .. ••• • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 44% Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 214 Imperial Life •••• • • -12 s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh.& be. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Fire •••.•• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 3 Liw I ife •••••• • • • • .. 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 - I...xidcn Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13% London Skip •..•• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13% - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. InvIld& Gen. Life 4%1. per Ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 - National Life •.• . • • ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Life.. ..• . • • 51. per cent. 40 0 0 2 0 0 - Pellsars - - - 37 Primula .. • • ...... •• • • 31. p. et. & be. - - - Pi otector Life •. .. .• . 54. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Prbvident LIN •••• • • .• 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life -- - ...... 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4 , 1 Royal Exchange .- .- 5/. per cent. Stock. - - Sul lire- - . • • • • • • .. 6/. 10s. - - - Ditto Life ........•. ii. 6s. - - - Universal Life-. .... 10.741. pr cut. 100 0 0 810 0 - Vl4 , ria Life • - 4 0 0 3 7 4 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 1 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank •••• • • I 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12110 s Commercial Bank ••• • I 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 160 Eastern Bank-- -• . 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 lON Edinb.&Ghuigow Bank ' 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5/ 19s Exchange Mak of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 51 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 11 II 70 0 8% National Bank 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 North of Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 6 North British Bank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 6% Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 147 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 87 Western Bank. -•• • . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70% Aber Teen Ft-e and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 .816 d. B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 0 II 0 9s. British GusiNntee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 I 12s. Caledonian Fire Insur. 191. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 22 Church of Eng and Ins. - 59 0 9 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 8s Edinburgh Life Insur. 51. per cent. 100 0 9 12 10 0 18 Ea.t of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 125. Eng. & Scot, Law Life Si. per cent. 50 9 0 21; 6 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12 Incur. Co. of Scotlnd- Si. per cent. 100 0 () 10 0 0 8 Life tssoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 () 0 11 8s Mercantile Life -• • - 10 0 0 •10 0 : 85. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 9 0 r 24e. North British Incur 5% I.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 : 23 North & West of Scot - 10 0 0 1 0 0 I 11. Is Scottish Life and +4nar - 20 0 0 9 11 0 , Scot. Ma+. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 13s. fid Scottish Union Inarnce. 6 1 11. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 i 11. 3s Sian lard Life ...... . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 9 , United Dep. Assurance i Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 l2s. DOCKS. ( Dividend Amount Name of Company. ' per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ..--- - £ d. £ a. d. ..7ommercial .. •• ••. • • 41. per cent. s ock.St - 70 East and West India ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 118 East Country - - Lander, .... -•.. • ... 51. pr cent. Stock. - 97 Ditto Bonds ••. • • ... 41. per cent. - - - 3t-Katharine ........ 1 5 per cent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds ••••. . • . , 1%1. pr cans. - - I - Southampton •••• - • • 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' - WATEIR-VIORIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Sitars. - - - £ s. d. £ s. d. Birmingham . ... ..... 18s. 25 0 0 2i 0 0 - East London.-- -•• • • 8/. 100 0 0 - 170 -.rand Junction -.. • . 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - 32 31. 100 0 0 - - New Rivr Lndn Ridge 2/. 10s. Vauxhall ............ - - 85 100 0 0 • 101 West Middlesex . . . 51.15 a . prcnt. 63 12 9 - - 114 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 27th day of November, 1847. laws DLP ARTME Not.:. imed........ 23,656,10 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984.900 Gold coin and bullion 8,745,132 Silver bulliox ••• • .. 1,210,433 4 23,956,165 M. MARSII..4.LL, Chief Cashier. Dtted the 2d day of December, 1847. £ 23.'56,165 Evibtrb VSbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM• PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENISL LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3. I-STOCIL BANES. Dividend Amount Na.. of Company. per of Pald. Price. Annum. Share. -------- -- A a. d. £ a. d. Australasia • • •• • • • • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Britsh North American 51. per cent 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ceylon •• • • . . • • • • • • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - .74310n1a1.. - • • • .... - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Gloucestershire • • • • -151 per cent. - - - lonian .... • ... • • • • • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Londia aid Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 t) 0 20 0 0 23},i - - 13 0 0 - London Jolnt•Stock .•• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1,5 Provincialof Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New... - .... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provnclal of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 35 Ditto, New......... W. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - south Australia • • • • • • - - 22 10 0 - :Tnion of Australia • • - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - - - 2 10 0 - 'Union of L0nd0n...... per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10% Madrid .• • • • - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - • CANALS. Dividend Names of : Divide.ndi Price . Names of z p er Copanies. I ce. - , ~.ompanlos. A An num. Price ' m per Anrann.l in - _ £ ! i £ Ashtn& Oldh 97 , 51.51. p e. 70 Macclesfield. 100 - 15 Barnsley...• 1601 121. 1 180 Heath ....... 100 201. 340 Stcnk&Alng 150, 51. , 85 Oxford.. • • • • 1001 201. 200 Itirmingham 35 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 W. 40 Coventry .... 100 251. - Regent's .... 33 IL 41. 1834 berbv • • • • • 100 6/. 63 lochdale - •. ' B5 41. 54 Ells rre&Chs 133 41. 84 mrset Coallso 71 . 101 . 130 Kre. ash • •• 100 321. - Do.LkFdSt. 121 61. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 51. 80 Stfird &Wore 140, 281. 2 75 Grand Surrey 100 \ - 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. \ brand. Unlota 100' U. 10s. 21% Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 3 05 Grantham .. 150 121. - Sever* andl Kennt & Avn! 39 7s. 6d. , 5 Wye Rail. 3 , 26 IL Bs. 30 Leeds& Livrp,loo 341. i 505 Warwick&l i t Leicester ..• . 'l4O 10/. ! 75 Binning. J 0 ° Si. OS Leicstr &Nth' 83 41. ; 36 Warwick& / , Lotlithbortiogh 142 701. b3O Napton.. j ' - 46 Monmoutlash/100 111. - IVorcstr & 78 21. 41% Mntgoinrysli 100 Al. - Birming.} NoltnMwbry 100 101. , - Wilts & Brksj 67 11. 10 afterwards fixed at 2501. a year, but at the end of 1841 he was told that his services would be no longer re quired. lie then brought an action against the secretary of the company, who was made the responsible officer under the Act Air the above amount ; but Lord benman, before whom it was tried, held that the secre tary was only responsible for what became due after the passing of the Act, and his decision was subsequently confirmed by the full Court. The plaintiff now brought the present action. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2001. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Nisi Prins, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Common Juries.) LEWIS V. BIMPSON(CLERK). This was an action upon a bill of exchange, to recover the sum of 1001. with interest. The defence set up was, that the defendant had re ceived no consideration for the bill, and that it had been obtained from him through fraud and covin. It appeared that the defendant was a clergyman re siding at Clifton, near Bristol, and had wade application to some advertising money lenders, to whom he inclosed two acceptances, upon one of which the present action gas brought. Thu jury, after a short deliberation, stated that they Celt reluctantly compelled to give the verdict for the plaintiff. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 3.) SUGAR.—To-day in consequence of Importers of \rust India Sugar submitting to rather lower rates induced the refiners to come into the market more freely, and a good business was concluded, but grocers operated with cau tion in all sorts. The sales amounted to 700, making the total quantity sold for the week 1,900 hhds and trcs. The decline in prices during that time amounted to 6d, and in some cases to is. per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods met with attention from the home trade, and many parcels were sold, the middling sorts meeting with most attention. The rates obtained were 53s 6d for standard, and 52s to 53s for brown grocery lumps. Bonded Crushed Sugar is dull of sale at 30s to 30s 6d for first sort. 3Lia.unrrfus.—This afternoon there was no public sale, and all sorts were purchased with reluctance by private treaty, although easier rates were taken. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon four parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 3,573 bags were submitted to public competition. There was a desire on the part of mer chants to sell, and they submitted to a decline on former rates of Is per cwt, but the whole sold. Madras is dull of sale, and 2,51 bags at auction were taken in at 30s for brown and yellow damp, being above the value. FOREIGN.—This afternoon the biddings were languid at a public sale of 1,759 baskets of Java Sugar, and a part only sold at a reduction on former rates of 6d per cwt. MoLAssEs.—Although West India can be obtained at further reduced rates, yet few purchases have been made, and 15s to 18s is the value of common to fine quality. The stock of East India Treacle is on the increase, and there are few buyers, still 183 is asked for the last. COFFEE.—This afternoon the public sales of Planta tion Ceylon, consisting of 36 casks and 638 bags went off with heaviness, and a part only sold at a further reduc tion of 2s, making the fall for the week 3s to 4s — middling colory went at 48s to 50s, low middling 46s to 475, fine fine ordinary 48s to 445, good middling 575, middling greyish Demerara kind, good make 465, pea berry 47s 6d, and damaged 30s to 32s 6d. 01 Costa Rica 42 bags went at 30s 6d, for good ordinary, and at 26s to 29s 6d for damaged. Privately Native Ceylon met with a slow sale. For auction 140 bales ]Socha, 1,500 bags Costa Rica, and 1,300 bags Planta tion Ceylon are declared. COCOA.—This afternoon at public sale 37 bags Grenada were sold at 43s 6d for fine bright red, 42s 6d fur good, and at 40s to 41s for damaged. TEA..—On the part of holders of Congou there is no inclination shown to submit to any further reduction in prices. The purchases made in all sorts have been to a small extent, and there is a plentiful supply. The mar ket for Green is in a dull state, and there are sellers at further reduced rates, yet buyers buy with reluctance, and there is a large quantity on offer. The public sales went off with heaviness, and of the quantity offered, amounting to 16,700, the small portion of only 3,100 packages found buyers, and at a decline on former rates of 2d to 3d for Gunpowder and Imperiol, ahc 2d per lb for Hyson; but other kinds, however, went at above the previous value. RicE,—To-day there was no improvement in the de mand for Bengal Rice, and 3372 bags at auction were all taken in at 13s 6d for good middling white rather dusty, and cargo at lls 6d, but damaged white sold at Os 6d to 12s 6d per cwt.. By private treaty the sales made were trifling in all kinds, . _ SPlCES.—With — Pimento the market has been better supplied this week, and buyers not showing much dispo sition to purchase, and prices suffered a depression of id per lb. At auction 515 bags were, however, nearly all sold. Black Pepper met with less at tention, and by private treaty the small parcels disposed of were at prices in favour of buyers. For Mace the market is in an inactive state, and prices are drooping. There are further arrivals of Nutmegs, and on the part of shippers or the home trade little desire has shown to do business, prices are on the de ' cline. For Ginger the market is in a quiet state, and prices tend downwards, notwithstanding the falling off in the supply, and the quantity to arrive being smalL At public sale 41 casks, 128 brls Jamaica were only in part sold. Cinnamon is dull of sale. SPIRITB.—There is a firmness on the part of holders of Jamaica Rum, and the rates insisted upon are upon a par with those previonsly current, but the home and export demand has fallen of. Only small parcels have been sold. Demerara met with little attention. For Lee ward Island the market is in an inactive state, and the tendency of prices is downward, is 8d to Is 9d having been accepted for proof. East India is rather cheat er, and the purchases made have been trifling at is 71d proof with certificate. Fur Mauritius is 61 to Is 6.4 d hare been accepted for proof. The stock of Rum has been further increased, but all sorts are much cheaper. The sales made in Brandy have been of little moment by the shippers or the home trade, prices con tinue on the decline. Geneva is less in request, and prices are on the decline. For British Corn Spirits the market is firm at late rates, and the demand is active. Gin fully maintains the former value. CoGnistEaL.—A favourable opinion is entertained towardes all descriptions, the rates obtained in some cases show an advance on those previously current of Id per lb. FROlT.—Yesterday two large public sales were brought forward, consisting of 75 butts, 100 crtls, 224 brls new Patras, part damaged, a great portion sold ; 63 butts, 45 crtls, 55 barrels new Cephalonia; 12 butts. 8 arils new Zante, all damaged, sold from 37s to 38s; 7,600 drums Turkey Figs from 40s to 61s, and a large parcel of Imperial French Plums in various descriptions of packages were all sold at very fair prices; by private contract there has been an improved demand for all de scriptions of common Raisins. Oxes.—lnconsequence of further reduced rates having been submitted to fur Olive Oil, buyers have been tempted to operate with more freedom, and a good business has been done. There is little improvement in the worth of Linseed. Rapeseed is held firmly. There is not much de mand for Cocoa Nut, and there are sellers of good and fine at 58s to 635. Palm is offered npon further reduced terms. For Fish Oils prices remain much the same as those previously current, but there are further arrivals, and on the part of the holders, there is a desire to sell, as the stock generally is large. For public sales on the 10th 25 tuns of Sperm; 30 tons of Southern, and 70 tuns of Seal are declared. Southern Oil has been sought after. TALLOW.—This afternoon although the parcels of Tallow offered at public sale were large, yet the demand was good, and full rates were obtained. 222 pps 42 hhds 75 brls and 302 boxes S. American were sold -582 casks Taganrog 41s to 44s 9d, and 157 casks of Petersburgh Soap Tallow mostly taken in at 42s 6d to 43s 6d. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, DEC. 2, 1847. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Sunday next, the sth instant, for his late Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse, viz.:— The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or fringed linen, white gloves. necklaces and earrings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed fringed or plain linnet), black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the 9th instant, viz.:— The ladies to wear black silk or velvet coloured rib bons, fans, and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. R. Mansfield to be Major, by purchase,' vice Lardy, who retires; Lieuteeant John Chester to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Mansfield; Ensign William Ross Fuller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cester; George Wedder burn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fuller, Dec. 3. BANKING DEPAILTXEN T. .E. Prop-letors' capital.. 14,553.000 Rest - . ••••• • • • • . 3,639,567 Public deposaa (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- Imo-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 7,729,572 Other deposits .. 8,238,55 Seven day and other 991,079 Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 10,946,594 Other securities •• • • 18,531,8 IS Notes •••.•• • • • • • • 4,986,590 Gold and silver coin • . 576,778 £35,041,772 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. 4"011,772 Dated the 2d day of December. COURSE OF 12 7 12 4 12 7% 26 20 14 14 Amsterdam ...... •• • • Ditto, at sight • • Atcrdrun .. • • Ramburgh ......M.B. Altona.... ...... •• .... Paris, 3 days' sight .. •. 23 63 Ditto, •••• ..•• •• •• •• 26 Marseilles ....... ..•• 26 15 .• 26 20 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 X Petersbargh, 811. Xble.. 36% ...............•Rerun 7 6 Vienna, effec. f 10....•. 10 21 Trieete. ditto.... .... 10 21 Madrid •••• •• •• •• •• 46 Cadiz . 4 " Barcelona .• .• ..... QUEEN'S EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. Leghorn ........ ••.. • • 31 40 Genoa •• .. 26 20 Milan ••• ••••• .••••••• Naples ...... ••.... • . 39 Palermo, per oz 119 Lisbon.... • 61 1 4 Oporto .. 51N i Rio Janeiro .......... 2334 ' Buenos New York, 21 days'sight 4754 Philadelphia 01 BULLION, TKIL OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...f 3 17 9 Now Dollars • ... • . 0 4 9q,4 Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • • 0 4 11% BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) KNOCKER V. CURLING. This was all action of debt, brought to recover the saut-mlawo.f 2rhie, vfolarinWt?ffrkwand labour done al an attorney and the defendant a soalsilZli?iitor, residing at Dover, plaintiffn town. In 1E45 the defendant employed the prepare some books of reference for the Kentish Coto to Company, and the present action was institaulte to recover com pensation in respect of these services. For the defence it was proved that the defendant em pl o ying the plaintiff, m ere l y acted as the agen_t.of'thine the e. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS and DAY. ) (Sittings at Nisi Priusa Spec ia, befor.e l Jury.)l Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, BUSH r. PIIt W. GOSSETT AND °TILERS. The plaintiff in this action is an engineer residing at Kentish Town, and he sought to recover the sum o f 411/. 21. from the defendants, for work and labour alleged to have been done, and money paid at their request. It appeared that Sir William Gossett and other gen tlemen of great respectability formed themselves into a company in 1840, for the purpose of carrying out some improvement in the manufacture of iron, and that the company was called the Rolling and Compressing Iron Company. The plaintiff was engaged by them to aid the company in procuring an Act of Pari iment, which was obtained in May, 1841, and hopes were held out to him that he would afterwards be engaged at a considerable salary. His salary was THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY _EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1847. WHITEHALL, Nov. 23, 1847 The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Thomas Warden, of Bardon, near Taunton, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of as surance, in and for the county of Somerset. WHITEHALL, Nov. 23. The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Com mon Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Henry Baxter Branwhite Mason, of Wereham, near ' Stoke Ferry, in the county of Norfolk, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the seknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for and cei substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in for FFi the county of Norfolk, 3d Dragoon Guards-- DEC. 3. to be Captain, Lieutenant Edward Bagwell WAR-0 purchase, vice Watt, wl - o agnweell Purefoy; Wy Monteath to be r P e u ti r r e e r s " ; Cornet DouglasArchibayldicyet Lieutenant, by purchase, ham Knatchbull, Gent., to be nd- Monteath, Dec. 3. r t , by Purchase, vice 7th Light Dragoons—Charles Craufurd Fruer, to be Cornet, by purc h ase , vice Bosville, Who; eGtier" Dec. 3. 21st my, from the T; , Regiment of Foot — L i eutenant-Colonel J ohn Thomas 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant, Colonel, vice Pattoun, who exchanges, September 24 ; Lieutenant Bryan Thornhill, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, -vice Woodington, who exchanges, Sept. 30. 24th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Parr Thicknesse Wood ington, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thorn hill, who exchanges, Sept. 30. 39d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Tyrrell Ro bert Pattoun, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Hill, who exchanges, Sept. 24: Gentleman Cadet Richard Lyons Otway Pearson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sullivan, deceased, Dec. 3. 37th Faot—Lieutenaot William BPDonald, from tho 93d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Stove ley, who retires, Dec. 3. 38th Foot—Ensign Samuel Hackett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adam Hackett, who retires ; Horatio Page Vance, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hackett, Dec. 3. 53d Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Christian Fre derick Lardy, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice John Lewis Black, who exchanges; Captain William And, on Sunda), the 12th instant, the Court to go out of mourning. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DECEMBER 1, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Lord Elphinstone to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordi nary to her Majesty, in the room of Henry George Francis Earl of Ducie, resigned. 70th Foot—Ensign James Atkinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Greenwell, who retires ; Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Atkinson, Dec. 3. 92d Foot—Charles Robert Robinson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Downes, appointed to the Staff, Nov. 12. Ist West India Regiment—Quartermaster Alexander Smith to be Paymaster, vice Matthews, apointed to the 57th Foot, Dec. 3. Ceylon Rifle Regiment Sergeant-Major Richard Bunn to be Quartermaster, Dec. 3. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Downes, M.D. from the 92d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice O'Connor, promoted, Nov. 12. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Edward Barclay, from the 96th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 3. MEMORANDUM.—Deputy-Assistant Commissary Ge neral Robert William Ross, for neglect of duty, and for having failed to render proper accounts of the sums re ceived and expended by him on behalf of the public, during his late charge of the Commissariat on the Gold Coast, has been removed from the service. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 2. _ . Royal Regiment of Artillery Second Lieutenant Thomas Picton Warlow to be First Lieutenant, vice William King, placed on half-pay, Nov. 23. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry —Lieutenant-Colonel George Warren Baron de Tabley to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, vice Wilbraham Egerton, resigned; Captain Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Baron de Tabley, promoted ; Cornet the Hon. Hugh Lupus Earl Grosvenor, M.P., to be Captain, vice Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., promoted. ADMIRALTY, DEc. 2. The under-mentioned promotion has this day taken place, cconseqnent upon the death of Rear-Admiral William Henry Shirreff :—Captain William Fisher to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. WHITEHALL, Nov. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Doe, of Great Torrington, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. John Hobbs, cattle dealer, High Wycombe Buck inghamshire. BANKRUPTS. Aron Israel and - William Turner merchants, Great Tower -street, London. Thomas Wood, attorney at law, Corbet•cour, Grace church-street, London. Matthew Marshall, carpenter, St. John's Wood-terrace, Portland-town. Jonathan Murray, stationer, Edgware-road. John Jones and Alice Brown, licensed victuallers, Shoreditch. Charles Shingley, commission agent, Maldon, Essex. Timothy Frederick Triebner, Russia broker, Old Broad•street. _ . -- ---- Robert — Mumford Joslin, cattlo dealer, Stambourne, Essex. James Basire, engraver, Red Lion-square. William Saul, ironmonger, Gloucester-road, Bayswater Charles Thomas, painter, Southampton. John Burgess, tailor, flarleyford- place, Kennington. James Holt, licensed victualler, Stitford, Essex. William Carruthers, licensep victualler, Harrow-road. John Goodcheape, undertaker, Aldersgate-street. William Speller Berkeley-street West, and George Trigg. Inverness-road, Paddington, buiders. John Anderson, merchant, Liverpool. John Vevers, woollen warehouseman, Cheapside. Peter James Kirby, pin and needle manufacturer, Newgate-street. Edward Healey, printer and publisher, Paternoster row. George Taylor, grocer, Bradford. John Hemsley, grocer, Leeds. William Lawton, hotel keeper, Liverpool. William Littler Oberry, builder, Birkenhead, Chester. Samuel Knight, hosier, Primethorpe, Leicestershire. William Fitspatrick and William Tew, railway con tractors, Walsall, Staffordshire. Richard Savage, shoe maker, Brough, Westmorland. John Henry Howard, oil merchant, Chester. Samuel Stott, John Stott, and William Stott, cotton spinners, Bacup, Lancashire. John Swale Man by, ironmonger, Burnley, Lanca shire. David Greenwood and John Bateman, joiners, Bury, Lancashire. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending November 30, 1847, is 235. 4%d. per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Earl POWIS presented a petition from the clergy a Wakefield against Jewish emancipation. COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE nominated the fol lowing Committee to consider the commercial distress:— The Duke of Richmond, Earl Grey, Earl of Auckland, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Ashburton, Lord Brougham, Earl of Ellenborough, Earl St. Germans, Lord Glenelg, Lord Beaumont, Earl Granville, Lord Ardrossan, Lord Kinnaird, Lord Wharncliffe, Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Stanley, Lord Monteagle, Lord Campbell, and the Marquis of Lansdowne. . _ Alter a short conversation the motion was agreed to. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE returns were ordered of the number of outrages committed in Ireland between the month of May, 1845, and November, 1847. IRISH COERCION BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND moved for a return of persons tried under the Insurrection Act, passed April 3, 1833. The Act authorised the trial of persons in certain proclaimed districts by court-martial. He moved for these returns in order to show the people of Ireland that if they refused to servo on juries, or to give just verdicts, or if they sought to intimidate juries, the Legislature possessed the power of ordering trials to take place by court-martial. No trial had taken place under this clause; the know ledge of its existence had been sufficient to secure obe dience to the law in Ireland, and he hoped that the Mi nisters would not hesitate to demand additional powers if such were necessary to rescue Ireland from her present disgraceful state. He had the greatest confidence in the present Lord-Lieutenant, and had no hesitation in say ing that he would willingly trust him with unlimited power. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in consenting to the motion, expressed his concurrence in the greater part of what had fallen from the Noble Duke, and he assured him that if the measures proposed should prove in efficient, the Government would have no hesitation in coming► to Parliament to ask for further powers—(flear, hear)—to suppress the present system of murder exist ing in Ireland.—(liear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. Thore Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKEIt took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. A few Members were sworn in. PUBLIC PETITIONS. Mr. THORNELY presented the first report of the Committee on Public Petitions. IRELAND. Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented a petition from the master and brethren of an hospital at Durham, complaining that a bull, which was not recognised by Protestants, and by many Roman Catholics, possessed an enforced circulation in Ireland; and another complaining of the denunciation of particular persons at the altar by some of the Roman Catholic priests of Ire land, and praying the House to punish such conduct. THE ADMISSION OF JEWS. The BIGHT HON. BARONET presented two petitions, one of which was from Whitney, Oxfordshire, against the admission of Jews into Parliament. ARRESTING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. An LION. MEMBER presented a petition from Great Yarmouth against Members of Parliament being al lowed to claim the privilege of freedom from arrest in civil cases. IRELAND. Mr. SCHOLEFIELI7i;;;ented a petition from the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce against coercive measures, and pra)ing the House to pass a Bill to place the relations of landlords and tenants upon a better footing than heretofore, and to pass a Bill to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates. ADMISSION OF JEWS. Mr. MILES presented two petitions from Fromo against the admission of Jews. - Sir E. BUXTON presented a petition from a place in Essex, praying the House to adopt no measures which would tend to deprive tho nation of its Christian character. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the jus tices of the peace of Bradford, in the West Riding of the county of York, praying that the owners of cottage property under the value of 101. might be assessed in stead of the occupiers. APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES. _ Mr. EWA RT stated that ho would, upon an early day, move f or l eave to bring in a Bill for the purpose of giving power of appeal in criminal eases. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. BOUVERIE gave notice of his intention, upon an early day, to bring forward some measures affecting the Ecclesiastical Courts. LABOUR RATE. Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN gave notice that he should ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary for Ireland, on Monday next, the eth of December, the intentions of the Government respecting the several memorials and applications forwarded from the eeveral counties of Ire land in reference to the unfinished presentments under the labour rate enactment. LIABILITY OF TENANTS TO PAY RATES. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice of his intention to bring forward a Bill to relieve the tenants in Ireland from liability to pay their landlords' rates, and to make provision otherwise. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN GRAIN. Mr. P. MILES moved for certain returns relative to the importation of foreign grain, in continuance of former returns.—Agreed to. DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE. Colonel SIBTIIORP gave notice that he would, after the recess, move for certain returns with a view to the abolition of the Oppressive duty on fire insurances. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. PARKER, it was agreed that the House, at its rising, should adjourn till Monday next. CIIANCERY BILLS OF COSTS. Mr. GEQRGE HAMILTON moved for a return of the number of untaxed bills of costs handed over by the Masters in Chancery to the taxing master appointed under the Act 8 and 9 Vic., e. 115, in Ireland, since the 3d day of July, 1846; also a r e t urn o f th e num b er o f bills of costs (om itting costs of passing receivers ac counts) lodged in the office of such taxing master, since the 3d day of Jnly, 1846, an d th e num b er now remaining therein under taxation or untaxed ; also a return of the average length of time intervening between the issuing of a summon s t o tax a bill of costs in said office, and the commencement of its taxation, so far as such average can be conveniently ascertained, and the cause of the delay, if any, in com mencing such taxation, and of the amount of Cha ncer y fund duty paid on the soots which have been certified.— Agreed to. RAILWAY BILLS. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL for reading the order of the day for going into Committee upon this Bill, Colonel SIBTHORP said that he felt the difficulty of his position in opposing the Chancellor of the Exche quer. He wished, however, to say a few words with respect to this BilL Experience had made the House much wiser with respect to this railway business, and he trusted that the Chancellor of the. Exchequer had now found out the truth of what he (Colonel Sibthorp) anticipated long ago; for theißight Hon. Baronet had stated in the House upon a previous evening, that if they were not th• main cause, they were one of the chief causes of the existing difficulties of the country. He had always felt it his duty to lend a helping hand to everything calculated to improve the state of the country, and he had al ways apprehended that evils would arise from giving sanction to those dangerous and delusive schemes by which the rights of private property were invaded, and the little property torn away which the poor and industrious man had been enabled to gather together, and which he had ♦ainly hoped would, in this free country, be preserved from the rapacity of overreaching and irresponsible bodies of men. Some of the men to whom these great powers were given were no doubt men of substance—(Laughter)—some of them mere shadows —(Laughter)—without a shilling in their pockets, or were mere gamblers, hoping to fill their pockets with the losses of other people.--(Hear, hear.) No doubt there were many good men in that House connected with railways, but let them not forget that " evil communications corrupt good manners;" and he was very much afraid some of those even were tainted by the gambling propensities which railways encouraged. He wanted to know when there was to be an end of these measures? When were the parties whose land some of these railways proposed to cut up to receive compensation? Mr. HUD S ON—When the land is taken. Colonel SIBTHORP—The Hon. Member for Sunder land said when the land was taken. Well, be it so; but he know of many instances where the land had already been taken, and yet no compensation had been made to the owners. But even when compensation was awarded it was below the value o f the land, and the only remedy the owner had, if be was dissatisfied with the allowance, was to go before a jury of railroad contractors or rail road shareholders, who took good care to let him in for it.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) No man ought to be on these juries who were in the remotest manner connected with railroads, nor ought any Member of that House to vote on these railroad measures who could not ad vance to the table and voluntarily declare that he was neither directly nor indirectly connected with railroads. Could they not devise a scale of remuneration for land required for railways ? To him it appeared an im perfect, a doubtful, and a very suspicious Bill. It ought, therefore, to be carefully wat c h e d i n C omm i ttee . H e considered that it ought to be postponed until a future day ; it ought not to be pushed forward and passed sub silentio, as the Government wished, at this early period of the session. Persons of small pro perty who, perhaps, had not the means of defendi ng them selves in courts of law, ought not to be thus overridden by an utterly irresponsible power, like railway com panies. _ _ The House then went into Committee. Mr. BERNAL took the chair. On the first clause being proposed, Mr. DIVETT said, if the Bill, on examination, had been foiled to be of the nature detailed by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir C. Wood), he shoul not have offered any opposition to it; but ae it was not calculated to carry out the object for which it was stated to be brought forward, as it would give rise to much expensive litiga tion to obtain compensation, he should feel it his duty to oppose the clause. It would have been sufficient if the clause had simply stated that railway companies were to have the power to suspend their works for a given pe riod ; and that they might, by applying to some such tribunal as the Railway Board, obtain two or three years more if they required it. He con fessed, however, that he did not know who these Commissioners were ; he was satisfied of this, however, that the Hon. Member for Derby was well fitted to dis charge the office of principal Commissioner. Mr. HAYTER approved of the clause. When parties were aggrieved by delay in the pur chasend, the quest i on o f compensation would tdleecCnllaacrue of o s di ne their 2 h lea was itrtlhae then y underreview —Agreed‘to. agreed to. On clause 3 being proposed, Mr. BOUVERIE wished to know why two years had been proposed as the time within which railways that had been commenced were to bo completed ? He had received communications from many of the railway companies, stating that that period would not be suffi cient. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob served that it, had been, found not to be a very easy task to determine within what number of years railways that bad been commenced should be completed, but upon due consideration it was thought that two years would be sufficient. Colonel SIBTHORP did not see why four years should not have been given as well as two, according to the statement of the Chancellor of,the Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, his own opinion was, that two years was sufficent, but if the House thought three years would be a more convenient time he would submit to its decision. After some observations from Mr. RICARDO, the clause was agreed to, with the insertion of two years. Clause 4 was agreed to, with a few verbal amendments. Clause 5 was also agreed to, after a few observations from Mr. WYLD and the CHANCELLOR of the Ex cnEQER. Clause 6 was agreed to, with a few verbal amend• ments. . OnelCaulisAN claus e 7bCeEinf proposed, The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention to propose to omit clauses 7 and 8, and i insert the following clause:—" P rov id e d a l wa y s , and be enacted, that whenev e r a ny suc h w arr a nt as aforesaid shall have been granted by the said Commissioners, for extending the time within which any of the powers given b . y any such Act or A c ts m a y l aw f u lly be exercised, the justices, arbitrators, umpires, or juries respectively, as the ease may be, who, under the provisions of such Act or Acts, shall award or assess the cempensation to be made by any such company or per son as aforesaid to the owners or occupiers of, or other persons interested in, any lands taken or used for the purposes of any such railway or works, or injuriously affected by the construction thereof, shall, in estimat ing the amount of such compensation, have regard to and make compensation for the additional damage (if any) sustained by such owners, occupiers, or other per sons, by reas o n of any such extension of time having been granted as aforesaid. Mr. HENLEY opposed the omission of the sev en th clause. The clause proposed by the Government gave no compensation to parties wit whom bargains had been ma d e , w hil e it gav e it to persons with whom no bargains had been made. Sir H. VERNEY suggested that some provision should be made in the Bill for the purpose of enabling the works upon railways to be com pleted as soo n as possible bet ween the termini of the lines, Mr. MILES thought that the Hon. Baronet h a d entirely mi s t a k e n the objection urged against the omission of the clauses by his Hon. Friend. He hoped that the House would recollect that while affording every facility to the proprietors of railways. They should also remember the claims of the landowners. Mr. HUDSON said that he confessed that he was one of th e p ar ties who proposed the alteration in ques tion. lie had done it however perfectly disinterestedly for the proposed alteration would not in the least degreo affect any of the lines with which he was connected. His object was to endeavour to have everything set tled fair and right between all parties. It was not usual in any Bills which had been passed author ising an extension of time to railways to give compensation to landowners on that account. He be lieved that not a single extension Bill had been passed containing such a provision. The effect of a clause of that sort in the present Bill would be that every rail way company would be liable to an action from any attorney who might please to give notice that A B C or D, or any party holding a small patch of land would require compensation. The company would in such case have to go before a jury, and nearly all the expenses would have to be borne by them. He . did not (as it was imagined) believe that the House would lend . itself to with such provisions. to any such harrassing process. If the object of the Bill were to extend the time for the conatrution of these the Bill looratgohetato pmarketass With respect to the engagements which had been en- • tered into by railway companies to pay for the land upon I s given day, the passing of this measure would not in the not sease the certainly m o ne least interfere with the obligation to fulfil the terms of such engagements. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex plained that the clause would only apply to prospective cases of compensation, and not to parties who had already entered into agreements with railway companies Mr.AGLIONBY thought they ought to have the opinion of the law officers of the Crown upon these two clauses, for he confessed he did not agree with the explanation of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In his opinion, all who were entitled to compensation, no matter whether they had made agreements or not, would be entitled to make a claim under this Bill, and he thought it was nothing but right and proper that it should be so. At one period of his Parliamentary life he thought the views of railway di rectors with regard to the public good were really sin cere, but now he did not think so, for he could mention instances without end where railway companies had curtailed the trains for the accommodation of third class passengers, and broken up stations which were established for the purpose of inducing parties to pur tame the land in the neighbourhood.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to know from the Learned Gentleman, the Attorney-General, what was to entitle the landholders to compensation ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that it would be advisable for the Committee to put its construction upon the clause. There were three classes of land owners—those who had received compensation for their land, and who were to give it up when re quired ; he did not consider that they were enti tled to compensation. The other classes where those who had given up their land, and in which the works had been commenced, and those which had been scheduled. but who had not yet received compensation, the House should determine which of them was or was not entitled to compensation. Sir G. CLERK thought it the duty of the Govern ment to frame their clauses in such a manner as not to leave them open to doubt. They should determine whether all the classes mentioned were included in the Bill or not. Mr. HAYTER thought that the Bill as it originally stood would authorize compensation to be given in every possible case that might arise, and he did not think that it would be worth while for the representatives of rail way companies to accept the Bill with such provisions. After a few words from A. STAFFORD, Mr. STRUTT said that the clause proposed to be substituted was prepared before the Government were aware of the opinions of the Hon. Member for Sunderland (Mr. Hudson) on the subject. Mr. HENLEY believed that the parties who had sold the land to railway companies, and received payment for the same would be entitled to compensation, on the ground; of the increased length of time which their property would lie open during the completion of the works. The Railway Commissioners were striving to throw dust in the eyes of the public by a clause to give compensation to parties who would sustain no interest and claim no compensation. He hoped the Government would accede to the principle, and bring up a clause on the report of the Bill, embodying the principle. Mr. OSWALD supported the original clause. Mr. BAINES thought that the landowner was en titled to the fullest protection which the Go• vernment could afford. He thought, however, that there was some ambiguity in the original clauses and suggested that the Government should bring up a clause on the report, affording adequate protection and full provision for compensation in all eases that might arise under the operation of this Bill. After a few words from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Scott, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Henley, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEYUERconsented to withdraw the clauses, and bring up an amended clause on the report. The remaining clauses were then proceeded with. (LEFT SITTING.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. William Smith, servant to the Rev. Richard Ridley, of Darrington, near Pomfret, Yorkshire, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having robbed his master of a quantity of plate. The ahopman of Mr. Barker, pawnbroker of Hounds ditch, stated that some days ago the prisoner, who was unknown to the house, called and asked what they would give per ounce for silver. Witness replied that the price would be according to the quality, and next morning the prisoner called with some spoons and a sugar lifter, and was detained upon suspicion of having stolen them. The prisoner was in the dress of a gen tleman's servant. The Rev. Mr. Ridley said ho had hired the prisoner with whom he had received an excellent character, about the 9th or 10th of November, five days after which the man complained of illness, and was told the sooner he went away the better. He went off on the 15th of No• vember, and before he was gone a number of silver forks, spoons, and other articles of plate were missed. The property produced as having been pledged at Mr. Bar ker's house was part of that which had been missed. Ou the 11th of November, about five o'clock in the morning, the prisoner raised an alarm that the house had been entered by thieves, and it was found that the plunder of the plate had taken place. The particulars were placarded, and the apprehension of the prisoner soon followed the announcement. Tho prisoner said he had been pressed by a young man with whom he was acquainted to rob his master. For some time he resisted the temptation, but at last it became too strong for him. His accomplice had assisted him, and was to have met him at Brentford, but after wards left him in the hobble to get out of it as well as he could. The prosecutor said he believed the prisoner had com mitted the offence on tho spur of the moment, and that he had been induced by some evil adviser. The prisoner was at once sent to Pomfret for trial for the burglary. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Carl Esmann and Abraham Poracy were brought up for re-examination on various charges of swindling. To prove the false pretence—namely, that Esmann had never held any appointment in the British Museum —Mr Panizzi, one of the librarians, was called. Mr. Panizzi stated that the two prisoners were total strangers to him. The prisoner Esmann was never ap pointed to any situation in the British Museum, nor was there a situation as foreign librarian vacant. Mr. Ballantine (in addition to Mr. Lewis) appeared for the prisoner Poncy. Mr. Ballantine applied to have the evidence at the previous examination read over. This having been done, Mr. Ballantine said, before going on with the next case, he proposed to sift the first case a little, as he should be able to prove that Poncy bad been deceived by the representations of Esmann. Mr. Smith examined—Had been acquainted with Esmann since July last. First saw Poncy a few days after this. Could not recollect whether Esmann had told him that he had a situation as librarian in the British Museum before he became acquainted with Poncy. Would not swear that he had not told some persons before he became acquainted with Poncy, that Esmann held a situation in the British Museum. Had lent Esmann money; there had been one bill trans action for 351. with Esmann. That bill witness had drawn on Esmann, but it was dishonoured. There had also been a bill transaction for 101., which witness had accepted, but had not got paid. Had never denied his signature to this bill. Had heard that bills were afloat bearing his signature, and had said that these bills were not accepted by him. At first witness thought that the signature to the 10/. bill was not in his handwriting, and had stated as much. Had obtained a horse from allr.Davis. Therewaa no charge made against witness on account of this horse, but there was a demand made by Mr. Davison account of th e h orse. Esmann had no part in this affair, The horse, and the chaise to which it was harnessed, were detained by Mr. Davis. The chaise belonged to Esmann, and witness allowed the horse in question to be put t o it. It was a bout two months ago that this transaction took place. Had told a person named Carr that Esmann held a situ ation in the British Museum. Could not swear that he had told this to Carr in the presence of Esmann. Be lieved that Carr and Esmann met for the first Limo at witness's house. Mr. Smith said Esmann had been introduced to him by Mr. Mailers, a broker, in Drury lane, who said Esmann was a perfect gentleman. He should not have introduced Mr. Carr to Mr. Esmann at his house, unless he had believed in the perfect respectability of Esmann. The next case was then gone into. Mr. Carr, furniture dealer, Nos. 14 and 15, Aston• place, Holloway, examined—Towards the latter end of July Smith introduced Esmann to him as a respectable man, having the command of plenty of money. Some time after this Esmann applied to him for goods to fur nish apartments with. Esmann said he had an appoint ment in the British Museum ; he had a suite of apart ments there, and the furniture must be of a good de scription. Esmann selected goods to the amount of 101., but witness was reluctant to send the goods. The pri soner, however, called, and took part away in a cab, and witness delivered himself a looking-glass for Esmann at No. 47, Russell-street, the house kept by Poncy. Witness agreed to take a bill for the goods. This bill had not been paid. Before witness left the house he saw Poncy, and put some questions to him in relation to the order for furniture given by Esmann. Poncy said he knew nothing at all about Esmana's furniture transactions. Poncy incidentally told witness that Esmann had got an appointment at the British Museum, and was to enter on his duties in January next. Poncy also said Esmann was going to live in the building. This " did " for witness, his suspicions vanished, and ho sent in all the goods ordered by Esmann. Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—Mr. Smith had previously told him that Esinann said he held a situation in the British Museum. Smith introduced Esmann to witness as a highly respectable man, having an account at Smith, Payne, and Co.'s. Police-constable Johncock, C division, produced an inventory found in Poncy's possession. Mr. Horsley said that inventory related to Carr's fur. niture, and would prove an arrangement between Poncy and Esmann as to the disposal of the goods. The constable also produced a number of letters, di rected to Esmann, found in Poncy's possession. The goods obtained from Mr. Carr were still in Great Rus• sell-street, at Poncy's house. Mr. BINGHAM said, he could not discharge Poncy on his own declaration that he had been taken in by Es mann. If the Learned Coun se l cou ld s h ow t h at P oncy had been deceived, then such a circumstance would ope rate on the decision he should come to. Mr. Ballantine proceeded to argue that Esmann by his plausible appearance and representations succeeded in imposing on Mr. Poncy, who was a respectable tradesman, carrying on business in Great Russell-street for many years. Now, with respect to the transaction between Esmann and Smith, that would have to be in vestigated elsewhere, and ho should not enter upon that matter now. As to the case of Carr, it was clear, from the evidence, that the goods obtained by Esmann were obtained entirely through Smith's representations of Esmann's respectability. lie could, it necessary, show that Esm , mn owed Poncy a considerable sum of money, and that Poncy had seized the furniture in Esmann'a possession for arrears of rent. The son of Poncy was examined as to the length of time his father had been in this country. The tamily had been many years in this country. Mr. BINGHAM said his opinion was that the testimony given by Carr had materially altered the aspect of the case against Poncy. It appeared that Poncy had re peatedly denied to Carr that he knew anything about the purchase of the furniture, and it also appeared that the statement about Esmann holding a situation in the British Museum only came out accidentally on the par ties getting a sight of the repairs going on at the Museum. Ile should now only require Poncy to find sureties to appear as a witness at the Central Criminal Court. The judge might then, if he saw fit, order Poncy to be put in the position of a prisoner, but at present he should only order him to find bail to ensure his attendance at the court. Mr. Ballantine said there were many watches pledged by Es►nann belonging to Poncy in the hands ot pawn brokers. Mr. BINGHAM could not enter into flint portion 13' the case. Theeprisoiter Esmann was then ordered to be corn mitted on the above cases, and on the previous charge o! stealing a watch. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Dec. 2. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day being read for resuming the adjourned debate, Mr. URQUHA RT rose and said that the Par liament were met at this period for the pur pose of considering the cause of public dis tress, and they were now informed by the Government that it was their intention to move for the appointment of a Committee whose inquiries were to be confined to a consideration of the affairs of the Bank of Eng land. He believed that the evil lay far deeper than in the state of that establishment. The Legislature was alone to blame for the state of the country. The evils were traceable to the abrogation of useful laws, and the pressing of other measures having a tendency to reduce the circulation of the country. The only remedy for these evils was to be found in the abrogation of those laws which had been passed upon the subject of the currency.—(Hear, hear.) The only effect to be expected to result from the operation of a law regulating commerce was an effect for evil. The effects of such a measure were to be found in the disruption cf the affairs of the country. It had been found that a reduction of the rate of in terest had been instrumental in promoting the prosperity of the country, but under the operation of this law the rate of interest was raised, and the present distress was the consequence. With respect to the arguments which had been brought for ward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a previous evening, he considered that they were only brought forward for the purpose of rendering abortive the inquiry to be instituted, and leading Hon. Members to suppose that the Bank Charter had nothing whatever to do with producing the ex isting distress. On Tuesday night last it was said that the present disaster was not the result of the Bank Charter, but that it was caused by speculations in rail ways. Now he would ask what railways were? They were undertakings like many other speculations in this country, at least in some respects; all that could be said of them was, that a great number of people were em ployed in their construction, and the wages those people received went to pay for tea, sugar, bread, butter, and other articles of food, as well as clothing. There might have been injurious speculations in railways; no doubt there were; but those were questions of a private and commercial kind. In railways it should he recollected there was no abstraction of capital from the country. How was it that our demand for foreign grain had not called forth a corresponding demand for our manufac tures? The expectations and hopes held out in that re spect by the advocates of free trade were sadly disap pointed—gold was preferred to our manufactures. The reason was, because there was a bonus for gold, and an embargo upon our manufactures. The lamentable result was, that many millions were drained out of the country, which had brought it to its present state. He would ask why was it that the price of gold was fixed ?—why was it that our gold sent out of this country during the war should have been sent at 51. an ounce, and now sent out at 31. 17s. 101 d. ? Free trade had been called for.— restrictions were objected to and denounced. The prin ciple was admitted. Why should not the same princi ples be applied to gold ? During the war we exchanged our gold at the then market value, but since the rule has become inflexible that gold should be at the same price under all circumstances and all changes. People who now produce a 5/. note to get change receive sove reigns for it, but if every one who had notes wished to get them exchanged, and presented them for that pur pose, there would be no such thing as convertibility.— (Hear, hear.) Ho looked upon the fact that there was no fixed standard for gold as one of the most important topics of that debate. How was it reconcilable that they were for restrictions upon gold which represented ail things ? He regretted to find that the consideration of the currency was not a party question. It had been hitherto left almost exclusively to usurers and persons connected with the Exchange. Those persons succeeded in securing the heads of parties in that House, anti having dune so, they further secured their bodies and their tails,—(Laughter.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the 14.:xchequi r stated, with reference to the banks of Scotland, that they had to be supported. That observation was cheered by the House, manifestly for the purpose of throwing discredit upon those banks. Why eheuld that be so? Some large mercantile houses in Scotland might have been, and he dared say were, embarrassed, but they never before had seen a Chan• cellor of the Exchequer come down to that House to speak in such a manner of so large a number of mer cantile houses. Why should the Scotch banks be sneered at? Was it because the industry and prudence of those who were connected with them afforded indis putable arguments that they were proof even against the currency system? They proved that the issue or cir culation of I/. notes was not dangerous, and they give proofs of daily increasing prosperity, notwithstanding all the embarrassments and difficulties with which they had to struggle. The people of Scotland, who had so small a voice in that House, had paralysed the in fluence of the Minister who had been able to carry his Bill of 1844, relating to the remaining part of the United Kingdom. The Right lion. Baronet stated in that House, in 1844, that, so far as Ireland and Scotland were concerned, he proposed to leave them for future legislation, as their circumstances were not only so different frem each other, but also from this country; and especially, he avowed, as his reason for not interfer ing with Scotland, that he did not wish to encounter 80 powerful a combination of public opinion. A more grave subject had never come before the House. It was one which influenced all public affairs for good or evil, chiefly for evil, and extended down from the richest banker in Lombard -street to the humblest peasant in the land. It was one that degraded oar morality, and endangered our existence as a nation.—(Hear, hear.) He would therefore meet the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a direct negative. The measure of 1844 had only been let in through the former Committee having come to no deciSion. It might be asked what interest Ireland had in this ques tion? A system which had brought mighty England on her knees, must lay Ireland in the dust. The latter country was not without capital, though she might have little gold. She abounded in capital, and was conse quently alike affected by our banking system. Let Irish Members, then, however much divided on other ques tions, concur on the question of money.—(A laugh.) In this question no party considerations were involved ; Hon. Members need not be trammelled by fear of oppo sing Ministers, or of voting black white.—(Laughter.) Mr. E. ELLICE thought it most extraordinary that, with the vast industry and mineral wealth of this country, periodical convulsions should occur, shaking commerce and industry to its centre.—(Hear.) Most willingly would he support the views of the last speaker, if he thought any beneit was to be derived from the change he pro posed. Few people, now-a-days, imagined that our evils could be remedied by a fluctuating standard.—(Hear.) How was such a standard to be used—how made ap plicable to our condition ? Such an expedient had never been resorted to in any country without bringing that country to ruin. —(Hear.) One of the most unfortunate steps ever taken in this country was, that, after having incurred such a vast amount of obligations during the war, we should resolve to resume cash payments in 1819. —(Hear.) Ile had deeply deplored this course ; but it was now too late to go back.—(Hear.) The object of that measure was to carry out in good faith that which Parliament had determined on. At that time his only objection to it was the reduction of the value of the ounce of gold from 81s. to 775. 100., and on this he had pro posed an amendment, but without success. HO had since felt bound by that measure, and had been foremost in seeking to maintain it. Mr. MUNTZ—You cannot maintain it.—(Hear.) Mr. ELLICE—But we were bound to endeavour to do so as long as we could.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the crises of 1816 and 1819, and observed that the bullion then forced out of this country had very soon after been found in the Bank of France. Then came the Right Hon. Baronet's (Sir R. Peel's) measure of 1819 ; and who did not remember the closely succeeding events of 1822, when 13,000,000/. of paper was borrowed from the Bank, gold took its departure, and the memorable disasters of 1825 occurred ? The Bank, with 30,000,0001. of paper out, was then so near stopping payment, that the di rectors sat in the parlour with their watches out, anxiously awaiting the stroke of four o'clock, to close the doors of the establishment.—(Hear, hear.) Other fluctuations of less import had succeeded, until in 1844 the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R.Peel) had proposed his recent measure, doubtless with the view of checking these fluctuations. To effect this the principle of con vertibility had been adopted. Though he (Mr. Ellice) approved of this principle at the time, he had now great doubts as to its operation ; and he ent irel y dissented from the inference drawn by his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the mesure of 1844 was the safest that could be devised. Surelyrecent events could not warrant s uch a belief in the mind of any man.—(Hear, hear.) One recent occurrence had much tended to alter his opinion as to the security of the principle of convertibility. He alluded to the vast importations of , grain, both in thi s country and in Fran ce. While, in ranee, these trans actions, being chiefly transfers of grain from one part of the country to the other, had caused but little de rangement of their monetary affairs—here, on the other hand, the whole of the funds necessary to purchase corn , having to be withdrawn from the central establishment , the Bank of England, the greatest derangement had been thereby created, whose effect was probably equal to the withdrawal from the currency of three times the amount of gold sent out of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Such a state of things could not possibly have occurred had our currency been based upon actual deposits of money. It mattered not to this part of the argument what was the standard of value—it might be gold, or tin, or any other metal; but with a fluctuating standard it would be impossible to conduct the vast affairs of nation like this. He was no enemy to railways; oti the other hand, he thought the Hon.Ge rifleman opposite (51r. Hudson), the founder of the system, well entitled to the gratitude of the country. Still, it should be remembered that these conjoint causes, corn and railways, had been productive of immense loss—a loss which could not be measured by the amount of liabilities of the few unfor tunate men who had become insolvent. All had been subjected to losses—those who stood as well as those who had fallen.—(Hear, hear.) It was impossible to estimate the loss which the trading classes had suffered. Part of this loss was doubtless attributable to the rail roads; and the House might take blame to itself for having given too great encouragement to the coropetil in these investments.—(Hear.) Still, great good would arise hereafter from the railways; it was impossible to estimate the amount of that good; and in securing were in the position of a person who had crippled his means by the purchase of a deferred annuity.—(Hear,) Another disturbing cause was the connexion of th.r l Government with the Bank.—(llear, hear.) The 131 k of 1844 professed to provide security against the So u ' e Ilese) acting so as to injure the position of the country. "r" ci Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer contende that this would not have happened had the directors acted discreetly. Why, had the Right Hon. Gentlemen himself been governor of the Think probably the sa , u ; course would have been pursued. The whole sYsL e s a of every Chancellor of the Exchequer since 18 19 " the been nothing but an abuse of credit; they ble w r bubble of prosperity for the sake of the budget of the year—(Hear, hear) —though her then admit that his Right Hon. Friend below him had t oo " - avoided this last year.—(Hear, hear.) But, in the sition in which this country had been recently p i e ced u thought it would have been better not to have Olin?, a loan, but to have raised the money by taxation. . g never could understand why we should have any f log sr debt in this country when Exchequer-bills were al r* - 0 Pardo for The fact was, that the whole of our revenue s ystem W e so mixed up with questions of currency and B ar ! k irf nagement, that it was impossible to go into anY ' p la t' he without considering the whole.—(Hear, hear.)„'" t he were asked what system he would substitute ton.iti existing one, he must confess he felt himself rerYr - e -e r•) in the dark, and he believed we were all so .- - ( , After struggling nearly thirty years with the nr l "h: of convertibility, he feared we must now come t ° . conviction that it could not be maintained, esr e , l , ll ,to now that it was subjected to the teat of failing bi r o , — es and free trade.—(Hear, hear.) In saying this, 11 ,.. e , 1 5 ` not as a friend of free trade; but ho conceived we H A , - "Tlet yet seen all the effects of the system.—(Hear, bean/ s u se great defalcation of food in Ireland was another e'ire of difficulty; and this led to the inquiry, b' w thes e our existing deficiencies to be supplied? things conspired to make the present a state of Vane° h p The Bank system of S co tl an d was an excellent one] re d, cause it provided, by the a m oun t o f the funds sec t in against any such disast e r as th a t w hi c h had occurr ~t_ to many of the bank s o f thi s coun t r y. thougt"b; however, that in times o f p ressure an d etnerge nc i l ts of Scotch banks should b e a bl e t o avo id then ee es !. r leei coming to England for assistance. His Right 12 1 °n• i : a ltbl said that the Bank of E ng l an d was in very if ti ; re , and flourishing state, and h e b e li eve d it bad that " l eetr duced its interest to 6 per cent., but it was lint the Or dition of the Bank as much as the condition of the Pold lie which had to d o w i t h th e quest i on . One of W- te sttee essential things to be inqui re d „into by the C°l° 41 0 would be the dealing of the Bank in public seculci, sod The present system was unsatisfactory and une°,, tla it s ell he thought they should know better how to tinten;; ool to the inquiry of the Committee. He saw man) ? r F s bad suppose the revival of trade might not be so rap l ". $ll 6 been anticipated; and they must take care dur l e '; s ere suspense between this great contraction and s P s r did and a more natural state of things, that tl oo trf not strain the strings of the industry of 111;1..150,0i the Chancellor much.—(Hear, hear.) His Bight Hon' Chancellor of the Exchequer had said that certain wro 0 large merchants ought to have been aware, a s nee himself, of the approaching crisis ; but did be rind.ofer that the pressure of his eight per cent was hangs every little tradesman in the country ?—(Hear') e t rats got it into their heads th a t thi s was the Governtn °gear of interest, and it w a s c h arge d in every ca se.- - k 00 , hear.) He did not believe it was possible to suP oe id pressure under which the industry of the cotintriliw,,htly rot rise ; but they must take care to burden it wriest, as possible with taxation of any descriptiono,ooa. hear.) As to our going on without credit it wee ;100 Bible—it was a vast artificial piece of naac hinerY , s B ode abused on all sides—by the Government and til e d t heir w 0 and yet we found fault with those who folloo_4lo example. The only two countries in the world k theses crises had occurred, arising from s defleleeurfosi the circulating medium, were England and All t io ce/ still, however, he knew the advantages and coev e rioutO of our present system, but he hoped the Leg' ll o o o l would secure those adv an t ages t o th e countrY w' if ht again exposing it to th e r i s k s an d d angers under it now suffered.—(Hear.) th ol Mr. NEWDEGATE said it was quite necessart-.0 the Bank should go into the market and sell 0 00 10 for when its deposits were withdrawn, it was bOil li. ",111 sacrifice its securities at the same time ; and they 1 1 ,W not to find fault with the Bank directors for coreN e o. with the enactments which had been forced upon t " e is It was true that upwards of 35,000,0001. had be e „ " o ,o pended on railways during the last year, but the' o ol. had not gone out of the circulation of the coo os and the real pr e ssur e h a d be e n produced bi r d se payment of 33,000,0001. for corn. Whatever Inig o de said to the contrary, he must contend that freettition! had greatly aggravated the crisis, for large in l l 9 ? r _ o, s sel ef corn Inuit lead to large exportations of n o ol its effect on the monetary system of the cou,oterf too be evident. It was true that America bad tateruieeera of our manufactures, but then it had been a, ,erliege prices. He also contended that free trade bed st thi s the general balance of trade, and turned it age_ in ex perte country, as was shown by a reference to Tl l 7 and imports for the years 1845, 184, and Ib'el s ett he last year , exports had fallen off 3,000,000 L in t of fr ee .t systern 1,000,0004 in the last month. Th — a proved by these resalts, and with the se jinni ntent, pencil trade was inconsistent with a restrietededeiliartreepereeyspet of recurring difficulty were they to rest co t 18 W attl e . r; the proposed inquiry (perhaps for the liextheisbour until our merchants were mined, and all artistes ern; engaged on railway werks, and the on t he pn e o ployed in our manufactures, were thrown n t here i g h , rates?—sllear, hear.) It might be said thatu„,he 80 0 k• now no deficiency of bullion in the coffers ~,1 1 1: 3 Bo or , But how had that bullion been obtained? nod of 11 : 1 Government, taking advantage of the pere!_toooh. pression here, had sent some 300,0001. o . r 4 " „ t ot the ° de bullion in exchange for our securities, and it wa g we might obtain a still further supp l y beivs means. As to the dangerous tende nc y 0 he folll pendent in this way upon a foreign G o vernmeys op pos o , concurred with the Hon. Member for Stafford.,,,,'o,ooo Russia should desire to possess 2 , 000,000 or 3,‘TAeci th W . our securities, by the Act of 184 4 it was pr e oT. l 7 or bl hOo upon a certain contingency the Bank sh securities into the market. It was not impes whet such securities were offered for sale the `; he roe merit might require a loan, and what would be . , _'„, e or; dition of the country, if at the moment of Me "; 01 0 renco of the contingency contemplated, when sr eel: million or two of securities were thrown into the i w to s ell t the Government and the Bank were both oblige? s reel Such an event, if taken advantage of by Russia , of have more effect in coitrolling this countrY ad" pecuniary speculation, it woutt i i, an Go' war, while, as a vantageous rather than otherwise to the Rut e fesiei vernment. It was unworthy of the House by ' the . I f i, those relaxations of the restrictions imposed bY.,,nose of 1844, which the condition of the country del" o reig, to place us in the position of borrowers from, es ki2 power. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 1 1 wit s of the circulation, quoted always the Bank a out referring to the country banks. rt os sie iG The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ" 200,° 6 , 5 it 4 ' tinctly stated that the country circulation w • e ober , 1 „I to 250,0004 less in October 1847, than in Oci_. s ad fris that in Scotland it remained at about the stun u 'd uct iot, l . in Ireland there had been a considerable r e o ice o August this year, as compared with the sew return , 1846. that i n o 0 Mr. NEWDEGATE proceeded to shoW ed leieg ois ‘ gust last the circulation of tho whole 1 1 / 1 11 ., e fob hi e was less in 1847 as compared with 11;46, 111 '"s e pten i he ft months respectively: in August, 3,292,0001 ' Neel o af 4,038,000 L; October, 4,450,000/.; and__„ o , iu„ o r 4,250,000/. While the contraction of le 3 . : t _ the ' e s. amount to 2,000,000/., in the month of tstig';' t i o tbe_i rency of the United Kingdom bad decreased for o i s t " b e tent of 8,292,000/., and in October to nea r ly, 1 %0 1 half millions. Taking the whole eirell_„ 6 be could country at 40,000,0001., the contraction erc ro set c ot', to ten per cent. The Right Honourable 4 en 00 0 0 1 not, therefore, contend that there bad el°llo' traction of the circulation. He C omp l . ll _ l _, iie teLog the operation of the Act of 1844, as g l 7 l 7 nt itis s ' llt tage to the Bank in the discount market , _, sn a, te_ oo o opposed to the principle previously recogn' coo tr t ec t ee contraction of credit should precede a id t ete ur i o g of the circulation. He might be t o ld re d ° iteel endange rope convertibility of notes was never _ ero co _ o re the late pressure, inasmuch as the Ban's . w id in pr 4,01 to keep in their hands a certain sum of the feeitt to Lion to their issues. But in October last t ole os s danger of the Bank being either obliged.,r76,oool.,rote charter or stop payment. At that time t all the notes it had in reserve; and,if thore_welted 0 the ir in rumour, some influential bankers thett_7 o draf,, o r • Government and stated that they must w s ` not ite boe t deposits.from the Bank if something w:,_ a to ,l eo lf (timely done. These deposits amou bLeeen rude a 8,000,0001., and had only 3,000, 0001 unit e hev e withdrawn, what alternative would "' m i g ht 14 , 0 1 .1 but to stop or violate the charter? what we eld ! r ote' they relight have sold securities, bet w u s uch c s est l " ties have produced in the market unde , r_ ..id be 1 r, 1 , 0 ity stances? These matters, he trusted, an t hat t'' s de' gated by the Committee, but he also holni ere a by sfl d tgoteresta of the country would not be eng s long o sst termination obstinately to ma intain- -- P e 4 „ressio n a e tedious inquiry—a law under which ,` 4 4", o f WI, to 0 continue and increase so long as the bar ead heren o u n v eo ool mained against us, and that no doglns c i relax an , t e o rr oeP res principle which experience bad prove would induce Government to refuse to : 1 0 6°1 g sive and dangerous law. under which the country had been s_n_",, ne j e tly Mr. MITCHELL attributed the coo3l: ll ,, re e r r i c t ; fi g ° o il ° pf trading and improvident speculations, e:lrs.. ways, encouraged, be was sorry to oy I