The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-12 00:00:00

trbtrb /Raton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY. ) This morning the Feleabruatarythelaualuf-Leanr.lsyqunaireeetsintagtioofn,thaet above company was h twelve o'clock. On t he arrival of the chairman and directors in the board-room, Th e SECRETARY' proceeded to read tohfetandevelasrttishemalef-nytearconly vening the meeting, a nd the minutes assemblage. The CitAinsaart then said—Gentlemen, it is now ten years since, through your kindness and that of my colleagues,l have had the honour to hold the situation which I sow occupy, and in presenting the accounts to you on the present occasion I cannot help feeling the extraor dinary difference between the position which the company occupied in the year 1837 and the position in which it is at the present moment. It will be in the recollection of many proprietors that the year 1837 was a year of extraordinary commercial pressure, and its depressing effects were felt more especially in those districts of England through which the line passed, and in those classes of society which constituted the greater part of our proprietors. I confess that at that time, in common with many others engaged in similar large undertakings, I felt a degree of anxiety and suspense upon what was generally regarded with considerable dismay. However, by the help of our shareholders and by perseve rance the difficulty is now overcome. Ido not say on the present occasion that I apprehend that there is the slightest idea of a state of things similar to the year 1837, quite the contrary, but 1 may say that our currency is established on a more secure footing, and upon a better regulated basis than it was then, and, I may add from expe rience, that the commercial organisation of the country is in a better state. I have not the slightest idea of drawing a comparison between that period and the present, but I think that from the public papers you must have perceived lately a great tendency to continued and untiring exertions on the part of those to . whom, in the first in stance,devolved the responsibility of these great undertakings. I sonfess, gentlemen, that it does appear to me that upon those who first tried this great experiment upon so large a scale--and really it was nothing but an experiment—it is rather hard that on the successful result of their schemes, they should be called upon to give up any of the ad vantages they have justly earned. I believe, gentlemen, and on this subject, circumstances authorise the belief, that if the Ifilsby tunnel had proved too much for Mr. Stephenson, the Box tunnel for Mr. Brunel, or the Primrose Hill tunnels for Mr. Locke, we should have had not the slightest as sistance from Parliament. And, gentlemen, I do not think that we should have found any talented leader of the Oppo sition to propose a vote of sixteen millions in our favour. — (Hear, hear.) That would not be done for us.—(Hear, hear.) However all our difficulties are over, and they have been surmounted by the energies of those whom I see before me. I am happy to say that on the present occasion we are enabled to offer you, as we have invariably hitherto done, accounts of which the gross results aro entirely satisfactory. At the same time the accounts deserve, and I hope that if you take them home you will give them, a careful analysis. You are aware that we have lately made very large reductions. Those reductions on the goods traffic have been repaid by an enormous increase, and on the pas senger traffic by an increase in a smaller degree, but not in an equal ratio. With regard to the passenger traffic, I must draw your attention to that, as it is very important that you should sea, and that the proprietors of other companies should be made aware, by the medium of the public press , of one fact, for I think it will put a stop to the very danger ous competition which at present exists. The total number of passengers during the last six months who have travelled over every part of the London and North-Western Railway amounts to the extraordinary number of 3,277,:,96; and just let me observe, in passing, that out of the whole number of passengers transported, we have not had one single serious ac cident. The number transported in the same period in 1845 was 2,793,372, showing an increase in a period of two years of 484,224. Now mark the conclusion. From the diminution of fares, the gross receipts for passengers this year has been less than in 1845, while the expenditure has been, of course, much greater, in consequence of the increased accommoda tion. The deduction which I draw from that is. that the reduction in fares and the altered mode of travelling has been no benefit to the public and none to ourselves. Ido not wish to conceal from you that it is possible, in the course of time, by improvements and increased accommodation, we may reduce in some degree the working expenditure. That is a point which I hope the Legislature will deal with with the greatest care and eaution, for nothing is so detrimental at foolish or overstrained economy in large undertakings of this sort. We ought certainly to be economical, but not at the expense of the public. There are evils connected with competition which I have always viewed as most se rious. It is the call made by competition, which causes such a reduction in the rates ; and if proprietors do force upon us the overstrained economy consequent upon it, the result will be that the public must eventually suffer—and thenb'ou will regret it when it is too late—by a loss of life. Another point in view, which will create fresh traffic, and to which I wish to call your attention, is the necessity forced upon us of providing in some way or other increased means of transit for the traffic which already offers itself. Before going into this question, I must say that traffic has com e upon us in an unexpected rate of increase, and therefore, during the two latter months of the past year, we have not done our duty towards the public iu the way for which we were for merly celebrated. We have failed in some degree in regu larity, and in our ordinary punctuality, but luring the last month the evil has been repaired, and we arc now going on as usual. The point which you must carry out is to give us better means of transit. The subject has occupied our atten tion for a long time. We are not disposed to increase the expenditure unnecessarily, but the question has been forced upon us lately, and in such a shape, and way, that slow as I was to be convinced on the subject, I have yielded to the necessities of the case. I must say, in justice to several of my lion. Colleagues, who have, from time to time, pressed the question, that they have long been con vinced of the necessity of adopting such a step. The mea sure which we shall propose is, to lay down, between Primrose Hill tunnel and Watford, two additional lines of rails. We hope to accomplish that without going to Parliament for in creased powers, but if there is the smallest necessity for such a step, we shall not hesitate a moment to apply to Parliament at once. We propose also to continue this increased accommo dation from Watford to Tring, in order to inke advantage of the Buckinghamshire lines, and we shall go on until we meet the Birmingham and Oxford line, by which means we hope to render to the district and the traffic the most ample ac commodation that can be wanted. The estimated cost of laying down the second line is 350,0001. We have not yet got the estimates as between Welkin! and Tring, but they are in the course of preparation. I think gentlemen, if we are to judge from the state of the internal traffic in which we have engaged during the last six months, although I am prepared to admit that traffic is very unsafe to trust to, as a criterion of what the state of the country may be, because it may have been diverted fur a time from other channels; but taking our own experience, and the ex perience of railway companies, we are inclined to think that the internal traffic of the country has, during the last year, taken a prodigious stride. The internal prospects of the country are increasing daily, and are recovering from the commercial pressure which has lately acted as a drawback to it, and which, I believe, Is passing away now, but which, at all events, will not be of any lengthy duration, if it does last. I hope, even, that if we go on in the same ratio of increase, that not only the existing railways, but even the canals, may keep their own. Under the circumstances, gentlemen, I will not detain you any loeger. You have in the report nearly every subject which it will be necessary for the directors to bring before you ; and I am Most anxious to save time as much as possible, by not going over ground unnecessarily at this meeting; but there is a point upon which you must allow me to make . a few observations as Igo on. I allude, gentlemen, to the state of your schools at Crewe and Wolverton, which are on a satisfactory footing; and I believe, I may say, that it is re garded by the parents of the children connected with the works there, as well as by the whole neighbourhood, as a real blessing to the country. The object of these esta blished schools is to make the education furnished there a practical and useful one, and one which shall serve as a model for other schools of the same nature. We have had children of all denominations educated in these schools, and , although they are under the immediate superintendence of your clergyman, Dr. Waithe, the principles of the education administered are such that we have never had a single parent who found the slightest fault. We have also had applications from other :parts of the country for sub scriptions to their schools. We have not thought it right to accede to these applications, not having any autho rity from you to administer your funds for that purpose. We should like to be enabled to allow subscriptions for a thing of that sort. -We should like to carry the principle out fur ther. I can mention that I have received notice that some Of the directors sitting at this table have, of their own accord , volunteered from thei r own p urses th e means of supplying spiritual instruction to many of your men. When I mention that fact,l am sure that it is not a way in which you would like to leave it. Ido not think it right, because individuals at the table have furnished funds for these schools, that no further measures should be adopted. I conceive that the principle to be acted upon is the principle that property has its duties as well as its rights and advantages, and many here have thought it a duty to furnish the means from their own pockets, and they can hardly doubt that it is their duty, as well as their advantage, to furnish spiritual instruction to their men. On this subject I speak without having any previous communication whatever with any of my colleagues, but I believe that they are all actuated by one sentiment—l think, unless they have your permission, I will not say votes, to apply certain funds to this purpose, many of them will not take the oppor tunity of receiving any funds, for they would sooner pay it out of their own pockets than have it sparingly and grudgingly bestowed for a purpose so essential to the general benefit of your men and the country. The following is an abstract of the Report:— In comparing the traffic receipts for the six months ending 31st December last, with those of the corresponding halt= year to the 31st December, 1845, it will appear that both in the number of passengers and quantity of . goods conveyed, there has been a considerable excess, while the rates of charge have been materially reduced. In merchandise the increased quantity conveyed has more than compensated for the reduction in rates; the excess in the goods' receipts being 68,362/. In the coach department, on the contrary, the re ceipts. have fallen off 6,7961. By the accounts of the half-year now sub mitted to the meeting, it appears that the Ad profit (after deducting the interest on To borrowed capital) amouats to ... £653,010 0 0 this sum must be added the rest, or surplus fund, shown in the accounts for the six months, to the 30th June last ... 102,645 0 0 Amounting together, to £756,555 0 0 The directors recommend a dividend of 51. per share of 1001, on the London and North- Western stock, amounti ng t o ... And 41. 10s. per share on the Manchester £578,604and terms stock, in conformity with the 0 0 terms of agreement, amounting to 74,229 0 0 of ... Being together ... —"— a proprietors the And leaving a balance will be made .£652,833 tion to be carried the credit of the next half_ y0£103,722 0 0 ° The Directors have to communicate tC ar ' B account. ° It is following new measures, for which application to Parliament in this present Session 1. A Line from Cheltenham to Oxford and Tri g called the " London, Oxford, and Chelthenbam" L ' i n n - e ' to be proposed that the London and North-Western Colllpa n . guarantee a dividend of 4 1 A per cent. on 162,6004 thilAbot capital to be provided being 1,500,0001. 2. A Line Westward from Cheltenham, by Gloucester, to Hereford, in connexion with the Gloucester and Hereford Canal, and in extension of the Line (No. 1) from Tring to Cheltenham; this company providing the capital of 600,000/. Without guarantee as to dividend. 3. A Line from Bletchley to Wellingborough. 4. A Branch from the Trent Valley Line near Atherstone. The estimate is 170,000/. Coventry and Nuneaton Branch is already sanctioned by 0" proprietors ; estimated cost 25,0001. It is also intended THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12 5 1847 ..-- --..._ to make, in concert with the Great Western Company, a salary of 3001. per annum to perform the duties of secretary short extension of the existing West London Railway to the to the company. river Thames. The application to Parliament for the fol. It appeared that the present railway was one of that very lowing works, which were sanctioned by the proprietors in numerous class called forth in the year 1845, which were the last year, are also renewed :—The Watford, St. Alban's, doomed to pass their brief hour on "change," seemingly for and Dunstable Railway, with an extension to Leighton. Ex- the purpose of raising delusive hopes of visionary premiums tension of the Buckinghamshire Railway from Tring to Win- in the minds of the promoters, and adding a long list slow, and Brackley and Banbury, with a deviation to Oxford. of causes to the already overcrowded lists of the .A. line from Northampton to Banbury. An extension of the courts of law and equity. In the present case, Rugby and Leamington line to Warwick. Branches from the there being no evidence to show that the defendant had Stour Valley line to Stourbridge and Hales Owen, and a de- continued to act upon the provisional or managing corn viation of the present line at Smethwick. In the Northern mittee—(on the contrary, that he refused his consent to Division, the Bills for which application will be made have his name placed in that ominous list)—or that he had to Parliament in the present session, are for-Ist. ever acted upon such committee, and the books of a line from Portobello to Wolverhampton, and the company being in the possession of a Mr. Hop from Wolverhampton to Bescot ; estimated cost, 150,C00/. kins, a director of the com p an y , who, in s p ite of 2d. Branch lines in connexion with the Liverpool and Man- all attempts to discover his " whereabouts," was declared chester Railway, for the accommodation of the St. Helen's to be still non est, and a number of witnesses having been district; estimated cost, 380,030/. 3d. A Bill to improve and called, whose evidence bore in no degree whatever upon the extend the stations at Liverpool, and at Crewe; estimated cent, contract between the parties, the counsel for the plaintiff 70,0001. 4th. A Bill to vest in the London and North-West- said that he was sorry to say that the next person to be ern Company, the Huddersfield and Manchester, and Leeds and called was, he feared, the plaintiff himself. 1 Dewsbury lines ; the conditions being that the London and In this opinion the LORD CHIEF BARON coincided, and the North-Western Company guarantee to these companies a plaintiff having been thrice summoned to come forward to dividend equal to 7-10ths of the dividend which shall be save his writ at Nisi Prius, and declining to do so, was non payable to the London and North-Western proprietors, with suited accordingly. a condition that the shareholders in the guaranteed line par ticipate in any new creation of shares. The amount of capital of the Huddersfield Company, to which this guarantee attaches, is 1,007,000/. ; and of the main line of the Dewsbury Company, 600,001. The di rectors have made a provisional arrangement with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stcur Valley Company for the lease of the Stour Valley line in perpetuity, at a rental which shall be equivalent to two-thirds of the dividend, for the time being, of the London and North- Western Railway Company. The proprietors of the Stour Valley Company being entitled to a pro portionate allotment of any new stock which may be henceforth created by the London and North- Western Company. The capital of the Stour .Valley company being taken at 760,0001., one-fourth of whicu already belongs to this company. The directors request your sanction to their opposition, in conjunction with the land owners, to a proposed line from Southam to Coventry (called the Oxford, Banbury, and Coventry Railway), which ap pears to be uncalled for by any public necessity. The directors have to report the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, which took place from Lancaster to Kendal on the 22d of September, and the whole distance to Carlisle on the 17th December. From the short experi ence which the directors of that line have had, both in the passengers and goods traffic, they have every reason to be satisfied with the result. 'r he construction of the various works on the Holyhead Line, in which the proprietors are aware that this company holds a large interest, has proceeded satisfactorily during the last six months. Arrangements have been made for the construction of a commodious station at Chester, for the joint use of the llolyhead, the London and North-Wsstern, the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction, and the Chester and Shrewsbury lines, in concert with the respective companies. The Trent Valley Railway will be completed and opened for traffic in the course of the ensuing summer. The directors are compelled to offer a determined opposiion to the Regent's Canal Railway, which interferes directly with the company's station and works at Camden-town. The new arrangements for the accommodation and extension of the goods traffic over the whole line have required from the directors a close and anxious attention. After the most careful consideration, they are of opinion that to this source the proprietors may look for a most important accession to their net revenue; an advantage to be at least as much an ticipated from an improved system of operations, and a more experienced management, as from an increased tonnage over the line, it the existing traffic were placed under the imme diate control of the company. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be adopted, and re ceived, and circulated amongst the proprietors. Captain WArrs complimented the chairman on the line of conduct lie had assumed, He considered that the alteration in the policy of the board was a credit to themselves and a boon to the railway world. As to the additional projects,they might safely be left to the discretion of the directors. He had great confidence in them. lie begged to second the proposition, that the report be received and adopted. Mr. Ex . rwtsLE, M.P., asked whether the sanction of the Bills for the amalgamation of the company with the Leeds and Dewsbury and Huddersfield and Manchester lines would be deemed an approval of them? The CHAIRMAN, after a pause replied that by implication the passing of the report would be construed to be an ap proval. Mr. ENTIVIsLE then would oppose such a policy. This company were involving themselves in a gigantic scheme of amalgamation which could not in the end be productive of anything but certain confusion and eventual doubt and dis trust in the railway world. It was a question whether this company was not paying more than it ought for the lines it was so greedily swallowing up.—(Hear, hear.) Let the proprietors know tale price; there was a lack of in formation on the subject. He himself was perfectly astounded at the magnitude of their engagements, and before those agreements were confirmed he wished the proprietors to be satisfied by facts and figures that the acquisitions would be beneficial.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN—If he understood the Honourable Pro prietor, he did not wish to discuss the propriety of entering into those engagements now, but wanted to know whether the lines they had already taken had proved so profitable as was expected. He felt bound to admit that the calculation made previous to the amalgamation had not for the past year been borne out. There was a loss of 17,0001., but then they must remember that a reduction of rates and fares had taken place.—(hear, hear.) Besides, and he laid great stress upon it, the acquisition of the Birmingham and Man chester line had been forced upon them as a matter of neces sity; if they had not taken it. the Great Western would. A PROPRIETOR inquired whether the report that they were going to take the Gloucester and Birmingham line was correct ? The CHAIRmAN was glad the question had been asked; the report was not true. He then moved a series of resolu tions, including one authorising a dividend of 5 per cent. on London and Birmingham and Grand Junction stock, and 4i on the remainder. The retiring auditor was re-elected. Captain WATTS, who had previously given notice of the proposition, moved that the proprietors be allowed to travel free on the line to and from special and general meetings. Gentlemen lived in remote parts, and were called upon to pay for the honour of attending a meeting like this.— (Hear, and a I %ugh. ) The meanest functionary of the company could pass free, and yet a proprietor could not. A share might.be pur chased to enable a person to come to town.—(A cry, "and pay 200/. for such a journey.") He could travel on the Mid land free; he lived in the county of Durham, and gave the company the benefit of 200 miles of railway. Those who ob jected to his proposition lived within the sound of Bow bells. —( Laughter.) They were:a great company, ultimately would be a British one, and proprietors from ail parts of the king i dom would like to attend. Was the Midland affected by the concession? No.—(Confusion, and loud expressions of dis approbation.) He suggested the propriety of the meetings being held at Birmingham, or' alternatively at the great towns on the line. There being no seconder the proposition fell to the ground. Mr. ENTWISLE thought a general expression of confidence in the directors should eminate from the meeting. The motion was seconded and carried sub silentio. A PROpRIETon inquired when any calls would be made on the quarter shares ? The CHAIRMAN* replied in April and July, and the amount would be Si. at each call. As to holding the meetings at Birmingham, it was impossible; the Act would not allow them to do it, and their convenience prevented it. Mr. Bassurr moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and board of directors; the motion was carried by acclamation. The CHAIRMAN briefly acknowledged the compliment, and remarked that he and his coadjutors concurred in all that had fallen from the Hon. Member for Guildford in the House of Commons last night. The meeting then terminated. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.--(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., was very well attended, and much more business done than usual, at about the same prices as last sale. The following are a few of the principal sales : Warwick and Worcester £o 4 6 Great Northern (London and York Reg.) 2 Kr 0 Eastern Counties, York Extension ... 4 9 6 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston North British, Extension 1 7 0 West Cornwall ... 0 12 0 East Indian Cornwall, Half Shares 0 10 6 North British Extension 1 6 6 Shropshire Union and Canal 1 5 0 Warwick and Worcester Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 0 0 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate... 3 15 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 0 Northern Counties Union 1 5 0 STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY). The Committee met at the usual hour. The following Bills were decided upon as stated: — MIDLAND RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD, BARNSLEY, DONCASTER, AND GOOLE LINE). Standing orders not to be dispensed with. SOUTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. Parties allowed to proceed. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (HERTFORD TO IIITCHIN). . . Standing orders dispensed with. WISIIAW AND COLTNESS RAILWAY (BRANCHES TO AUCHENHEATH, &c.) Standing orders dispensed with. PORTADOWN AND DUNGANNON RAILWAY. Standing orders dispensed with. The Committee then adjourned. DIRECT BOMBAY AND MADRAS RAIL WAY.—(T ET IS DAY.) A meeting of the shareholders in this company, called by Captain Bouchette, formerly engineer to the railway, was held this day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of hav ing submitted to them some "startling information respect ing the affairs of the company." A counter-advertisement had been issued by the directors, stating that they refused to entertain the exorbitant claim made by Captain Bouchette against the funds of the company. Shortly after the time appointed for the meeting the room was moderately filled; and Mr. Giles Hull having been called to the chair, Mr. TOWNSIIEIID (Captain Bouchette's solicitor) was pro ceeding to open his client's case, when several of the gentle men in the body of the room having risen to order, The CHAIRMAN decided that Captain Bouchette could not be heard by his solicitor. That gentleman then proceeded to address the meeting, but as he was entering upon matters entirely personal, cer tain of the shareholders objected that the " startling com munications" were withheld, assd that their time was wasted on subjects which only evidenced pique against absent parties. Captain Bouchette made many ineffectual attempts to obtain a hearing, but the impatience of his auditors was too strongly expressed for him to persevere, and he was at length obliged to sit down, after having put a series of questions to Mr. Chappel, the solicitor of the company, who was present. Mr. CIIAPPEL replied. The first question asked had been, Who were the board of dire c t ors ?—Th e b oard of d i rectors A B l o r o . eh G e e t r t a e rd elso all re rn fen os e t a rteosptehcteabreleg i s n e r d e i were Mr. Hutting, M r . F u ll er , M r . P a l mer, Mr. Smith, and id p u r o al p s n .. e ° C r : . Captain Bouchette also referred to the registered proprietory, and stated that the name of Mr. Wormall only ap peared in that instrument. True it was so, and he would mention how that had happened. Mr. Fuller, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Wormall, were in the first instance registered as promoters, but Mr. Wormall, who was a needy man, having in vain endeavoured to extract money from _ the other gentlemen, went to the registry-office and gave in another document, can celling the other names, and leaving his own only remaining. So much for the single register pro prietor. With respect to the capital of the company., he could only say that it was so well husbanded that the directors were enabled to pay four per cent. dividend, and they hoped that even if the railway were not con structed they would be enabled to return to the share holders the amount of their deposits intact. After some further observations, Mr. llmiEs moved, and Mr. MuDIE seconded, a resolu tion, "That, in the opinion of the meeting, the directors of the Direct Bombay and Madras Railway have acted in ac cordance with their duty to the shareholders and the public in dismissing Mr. Bouchette from the office of engineer, and resolutely refusing his exorbitant claims." Captai❑ JoNEs moved, and Mr. LIES seconded, the re maining resolution—" That the shareholders of the Direct Bombay and Madras Railway, present at this meeting, are fully satisfied with the statiment submitted to them, as to the present state and future prospects of the company." Thanks to the Chairman having been voted, the meeting broke up. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) TOUTER V. GRANS AND ANOTHER. In this case, which had not concluded when our Afternoon Edition went to press, The jury found a verdict for the defendants. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD Cum, &ta' and Secial Jies.) In the ca se o f Webster. . West, ur the record was withdrawn and the cause did not therefore proceed to trial. RAKER V. HAGGAX.D. In this cause, Mr. Charles Baker, the secretary to the Tours and Honfteur Railway, was the plaintiff, and Mr. James Haggard, a member of the provisional and managing committees of the above -named railm ay, was the defendant. Mr. 0. Malley appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ogle for the defendant. • The action was brought to recover of the defendant the sum of 931. as by the amount a salary due to the _plaintif for services performed on behalf of the T ours and liarfleur Railway, the plaintiff alleging that he was engaged at a chester, praying, for an alteration in the rate-paying clauses of the Poor-law. COPPER ORE. Mr. PARKER presented a petition praying for the remission of all duly on foreign copper ore. POOR REMOVAL BILL Mr. BENNETT presented a petition from Sudbury, praying for an alteration in the Poor Removal Act of last session. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. CHUTE presented petitions, praying for an alteration in the law of settlement. POOR-LAW AND HEALTH OF TOWNS. Sir WALTER JAMES presented a petition from the guardians of the Hull Union praying for an altera tion in the present poor-law as regarded the Board of Commissioners, which they alleged was unsuited to the want of the country; also a petition from a society of architectural gentlemen praying the House to take mea sures to improve the sanitary condition of towns and cities by drainage, &c. COPPER ORE, &c. Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from Manchester, praying that the duty should be abolished on the indenture of apprentices; also a petition from the Chamber of Commerce in that city, praying for the abolition of all duty on copper ore. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. Sir WILLIAM CLAY presented a petition from certain electors of the Tower Hamlets, complaining that they are compelled to register themselves with every fresh rate impoAed upon the borough. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a public meet ing held in the National Hall, Holborn, praying for the abolishment of punishment by death. REDUCTION OF TAXATION. Sir 11. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Liver pool, numerously signed, praying the House to employ the surplus revenue to the purposes of reducing the taxa tion of the country, and not for the purpose of Irish relief. PUNISHMENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Mr. PAKINGTON gave notice that on Tuesday, the 23d inst., he would bring forward a motion with respect to the more speedy punishment of juvenile offenders. IRISH RETURNS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Not more. Those sikteen anillioes of motley wat Ole of not su h c a light e setription, aswould witrrant the adoption, 'whatever the Govern ment Might be intiihiei to db ih minor Matter!, end accord ingly his Noble Friend at ont'e faehltly 3tathd.that he V eld not - ‘.l undertake it, and that it should meet 411 his Oppnsition , lie confessed that he had great satisfaction in a"i_e the i measure in the shape of a Bill, because, however lucid a clear the statement of the Noble Lord opposite m%tt be, nevertheless it was surer, and more satisfactory to judge of a measure reduced into a shape, than merely a statement in that House ; and though, he confessed, that standing in the situ ation which he did, he was a little appalled at the feat prospect of a loan of 16 millions. That feeling was in no degree removed, but to a considerable degree increased, when he saw the provisions of the Bill. provision calculated to favour in many respects railways rather than distressed persons in Ireland, - He bed no doubt that the Noble Lord had introdured the measure to relieve distress in Ireland, but he confessed that when he sow on the back of the Bill the name of a gentleman, the Lord Mayor of York, who was so deeplp interested in railways, and the name of another gentleman, the Hon. Member for Westmoreland, who was so largely concerned in furnishing the materials of which these railways were coastructed.—(Ceeers.) He should have been surprised if the interest of the railway proprietors and shareholders had not been adequately considered. He did not mean to say that these were reasons why the measure should not be fairly considered and discussed, but he did think that it justified him in looking with a more critical eye at the provisions of the Bill than he should be disposed to do with a measure introduced simply for the relief of the people of Ire land. Ile would concede to the Noble Lord that an extension of railways in Ireland would be beneficial to that country. He would concede, moreover, that to a certain degree, but by no means to the extent supposed by the Noble Lord that labour in Ireland would he improved under the provisions of the 13111, and that a certain number of destitute labourers would be provided for. Ile conceded all these points to the Noble Lord, and having con ceded them, he thought that the Bill had also a tendency to establish certain other points which ought to be instantly explained to the satisfaction of the House. He had heard nothing advanced to cause him to admit the statement that the State should become a great money lender, or to convince him that the security of railways in Ireland would be an advantageous security. He had heard nothing to convince him of the benefits that the distressed persons of Ireland would receive from the present Bill, that he should consent to the advance of such a large sum of money, proposed to be advanced as a loan. In the present state of the finances of the country, and the distress which so gene rally prevailed, he had heard nothing to justify him in adding so largely to the burdens of the people of this coun try. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Far the sake of securing efficient relief for the distress of Ireland; he could not ask the people of this country—themselves suffering under considerable difficulties and privations to consent to advance this large sum of money. Of this he was assured also, that the money would not be effective for the purpose. With regard to the first point to which he had referred, he was not of opi nion that the State should become a joint money lender, ex cept it was under most extraordinary circumstances, and with the assurance that the becefits would be commensurate to the advance. Now, with regard to measures of improvement, though some Gentlemen in that House had talked about the " new and fantastical " doctrine of political economy, he was quite persuaded that if the security was good there would be no difficulty in getting advances from private individuals for the bonstruction of these works. Ho doubted if, in the happy times which certain Hon. Members had referred to the times of feudality, there was any great disposition to advance sums of money for the public good, in order to serve the interests of the yeomen and the tenants on the landowners estates. It had also been complained that the rate of interest was too high, but this he submitted was the only check which the Government had that the money would not be recklessly required. It was only because the security was not equal to that required by private capitalists, that it was necessary to fix the rate of interest at higher than ordinary rates.—(Hear.) lie believed that the greatest departure made from that prin ciple was made last year in the case of the Drainage Act, and as far as Scotland was concerned it was fortunate that that measure was in existence, because the proprietors in that country had availed themselves of it, to ex tend employment to the labouring classes around them. But the measure itself was a measure of exception, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not know that it could be defended. The Noble Lord had stated that these railways aflord the most unexceptionable security. He was exceedingly sorry to say anything which might depreciate the value of these undertakings in the market, or to express any decided opinion as to the value of the securities which they might offer. But when he referred to the past transactions in Ireland, when he referred to the advances made to public works in Ireland, he was not singular in his doubts of the securities they had to offer. He remembered that canals were at one time in much the same situation that railways were now, yet he found, on referring to the Acts, that not one of these had paid the advances made from the public treasury. Now he scarcely need to refer to any of these old canals, but he might instance the Loggan Navigation, the money advanced ,by Government in the case of this canal had not yet been paid. Soon after he had been honoured with the seals of office, which he now held, a deputation from the Ulster Canal had waited upon him, they represented that unless the whole of the debt, due to Government, were remitted, it would be impossible for them to go on.—(Near, hear.) This would estimate for that canal was 160,0001., 130,0001. of which had been advanced by the public. Yet, out of that 130,0e01., not one pryment of either principal or interest had been made. There was the Grand Canal, which was begun under the most favourable circumstances ; it was not three years yet since the Act was passed, and an amount, in several sums of 40,000/., 38,0001., and another sum, amounting in all to 98,0001., was advanced by the public, yet this under taking was so unable to pay either principal or interest, that it was agreed that on the receipt of 10,0001., the amount of 98,0001. should be forgiven by the public. Before the existence of railways, when the promoters of those schemes were unable to obtain money from individuals, they applied to Government, and the result was that both principal and interest were altogether sacrificed. Other advances had been made, not to the poor and impover ished districts and parts of Ireland. but to some of the largest towns and richest cities in that country. Had they been re paid? No such thing. There was - novv due from the city of Dublin the sum of 245,000/. advanced to them and interest upon it, that was now considered quite irrecoverable. Advances had been made for the wide streets of Cork, 13,000/. principal, with 10,000 interest, but no repayments had been made. The sum of 55,0001. had been advanced to the city of Limerick, upon which there was now due 34,0001. of interest, but no payments of any kind had been made on account of either principal or interest. These were advances made, not to poor and impoverished districts. Thus, if they took advances made either for internal com munications, or to the three richest towns and cities in Ireland, the same result would be foind—no repayment of either principal or interest, and all the advances and the interest had been sacrificed. A. distinction existed with respect to the advances in Ireland made to private individuals, which had in most cases been repaid, but the advances made to private com panies and undertakings of this description had, generally speaking, not been paid. The advances made to the Dublin and Kingstown Railway had, however, been all repaid.— (Loud cheers from Lord George Bentinck and his supporters.) He thought the Noble Lord would not, however, be able to discover any parallel between that railway and these country railways which he proposed to construct all over the country. If this, then, be so, and the fact was indisput a ble, he did not think that he was other than justified in saying that it was by no means so clear has the Noble Lord had supposed that the security to be afforded by these railways was of 30 unexceptional a cha racter.—(Hear, hear. There was also another objection to the measure of the Noble Lord, especially if the measure was to be considered as a comprehensive scheme, because it would put both the good and bad schemes upon the same footing of equality. If the proposed examination of the Board of Works were to ba of any avail, then if they were to reject all those mersures which they considered as inadequate security, then the measure of the Noble Lord would not amount to the bene fit he seemed to attach to his measure; but if the Board should think fit to recoramend all the schemes, then it would be a grievous injustice to those schemes among them which were considered as really solid or good ones. He had been in formed that the best of the lines now in the course of construction in which the companies had advanced sums sufficient to enable them to barrow under the terms of their Act, had been far some tine borrowing money at 4% or 5 per cent. Upon the announcement of the Noble Lord. that the other railways would be able to obtain advances at 3i, per cent., the value of the shares immediately fell 1 per cent. Lord G. BENTINCK—What line was that ? CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The Great Southern and Western he believed. He would now call the attention of the House to the opinions of other persons beside himself as to the injurious effect of this measure. He would trouble the House by reading a letter he bad received from a very wealthy gentleman whom he would not then name, but whose opinions ware entitled to the greatest respect. He said in in his letter, " If the Governinent were to give the means of obtaining advances of money at 3j per cent., the project would have the effect of rendering the most bankrupt con. cern rich, and putting them upon a level with the best lines of the country. If the Government should be insane enough to yield to the cry persisted in for railways in Ireland without the most stringent conditions, and the most satisfactory explanations as to the proprietary and the paid up capital of those schemes, the railways in Ireland will become no more than mere sinks of speculation in that country. And if the provision requiring a certain amount of paid up capital in each company before they had the power to borrow were to be aside, the effe c t wou ld b e to place all the worst lines in the country on a level with the best of them. He confessed when he looked at this Bill he thought there were some provisions which looked very much as if they were intended to relieve gentlemen from speculations which had not met their original expectations. For instance, the 29th clause provided that where any share holder could not pay up his calls the money advanced by the Government should be applied to the purpose. This looked ve r y lik e h e l p i ng the speculator rather tharithe public. That did not seem to be a provision to insure employment to the destitut e poor. Then, again, there was the 31 st lause, which provid e d t h at in the event of a comp any abandoning works they should be tak en up b y the state who should be liable fer all the debts and undertakings of the company. Now he did not think these were propositions calculated to provide fo r th e employment of destitute persons in Ireland. They were,. however, he admitted, remarkably beneficial to shareholders,--( Hear.) He confessed a great many of the provisions of the Bill were better calculated for the relief of destitute shareholders than destitute persons.—(Loud cheers.) There had been, however, a much more tempting project be fore the House than that of the Noble Lord. Some time before the introduction of the measure of the Noble Lord a meeting was held in Dublin of shareholders in different Irish railways, who agreed to a petition, which was subsequently presented to the House, asking—not for so large an amount of money as the Noble Lord sought—bat for a mush less sum, as they proposed that no advances should be made to th e compan i es, except they had expended 20 per c en t, o f th e i r cap i ta l , an d t h a t the Government -ishouidd advance 30 per cent. when they had expended 50/. per cent. of their capital. —(H ear , hear.) Thus they p ropos ed that for every 50/. psr cent. of their capital expended on the works, that the G o vernment should adva nce 301. per cent. (LEFT SPEAKING ) Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL moved for. a return from the commissioners for paving. lighting, and cleansing the city of Dublin, of a copy of the existing contract for lighting the city with gas; copy of a letter from Edward Lucas, Esq., under secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, to the Commissioners, dated Dublin Castle, the 25th day of June, 1844, in relation to the intended contract. Copy of the answer of the Commissioners to said letter, dated the 29th day of June, 1844. Copy of the letter from the Commissioners to Mr. Lucas, dated the 12th day of July, 1844, on the same subjecet. Copy of the opinion of the Solicitor-General for Ireland, taken by the Commissioners, on said letter and contract. Copy of the bond taken from Mr. Peter Brophy and others by the Commissioners, on permission being given of d t g h s e " t A I l a l w i a n ( c if e a G n ya asC o h m a p y e a ny. been R r e e s t o u r r t n e d o f to open the pavements for the p ur p ose o f l a ying the to su b c y h p p i r p o e c s e e the Commissioners for any alleged violation of the con ditions of said bond, and the penalties incurred (if any) Agreed to. ADVANCES FOR PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL also moved for an account (since the Union) of all sums of money advanced on loan-by the Imperial Treasury, for public works, or other purposes, in Ireland ; specifying, in the case of each loan, the purpose for which, the parties to whom, the conditions on which, each such loan has been ad vanced ; and how far such conditions have as yet been complied with ; distinguishing all advances and repay ments made since the establishment of the Board of Works. similar returns for England and Scotland. Also, a re turn stating the remittances of public money from the British Exchequer t o th e Irish, and vice versa, down to the present time (in continuation of account No. 2 of Ses sional Paper, No. 65 9 , date Bth August, 1845). Also a return, stating the total of relief of taxation, to Great Britain and Ireland respectively, in each y e ar, since 1800 down to to the present time (in continuation of the return Ho. 573, of 1843). —Agreed to. LIGHT DUES. Mr. PHILLIP HOWARD presented a petion from the inhabitants of Carlisle against the Light Dues, and praying the House to carry into the recommendation of the committee, of which the Hon. Member for Montrose was chairman appointed by that House to consider the subject. POOR REMOVAL BJLL, Mr. BANKS presented a petition from the inhabitants of Penlyn, in the county of Cornwall, praying the House to pass some measure wholly to repeal or materially to alter or amend the Poor Removal Act, passed in the last session of Parliament. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN wished to ask the Right Hon. Member, the Secretary for Ireland, whether he had re ceived any official account of the number of deaths which had occurred in Bantry. He (Mr. S. O'Brien) had been it fotined that coroner's inquests had been held upon the bcdies of 40 person, who, within a very short period, had fallen victims to famine. Mr. LABOUCHERE regretted that the destitution was most severe in some districts, but every means at the disposal of the Government was adopted to relieve it. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN asked if there was no measure of relief for such a case as this. Mr. LABOUCHERE had no doubt but the attention of the Irish Government was called to it. He himself had written concerning it, and he had no doubt but measures would be taken to afferd relief. TUE LONDON GAZETTE, (THIS EVENING.) WIIITEIIALL, FEE. 11. The Queen has been pleased to present the 11ev. William Corson to the church and parish of Girvan, in the presbytery and county of Ayr, vacant by the death of the Poi% Peter Mac Master. FOREIGN -OFFICE, Fza. 10. The Queen a s been pleased to approve of r. John Willi a m Leach, as Consul at Swansea for the R M epublic of Chili. :WAR -OFFICE. FEB. 12, 1847. Ist Dragoon Guards, Pierce Wynne Yorke, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice de Rodes, who retir es , F e b . 12 . eitli Dragoon Guards,. Cornet 'Thomas Heywood to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice .111audy, who retires. Ensign Th o mas Gabriel Leonard Carew Gwyn, from 83d Foot, t o 'be Cornet, by purchase, vice Heywood, Feb, 12, 6th Dragoons—Surgeon James Sidey, M.D., from 75th • ught to obtain him tke fee-simple of the land. The conse-- Foot, to be Surgeon, vice William Milligan, M.D., who retires i quence was, that he came there a pauper without capital to in upon half-pay, Feb. 12. vest in its cultivation. 9th Light Dragoons—Assistant Surgeon Eneas Macintosh Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN wished to know when the Go- Macpherson, limn 53d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon vice vernment proposed to introduce any Bill on the subject re- Stewart, promoted in 61st Foot, Feb. 12. furred to in the resolutions proposed by the Hon. 111,mber for Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. — Lieutenant - Rochdale. The Bill was much called for, and it would bra Colonel Arthur Heleham Gordon, front h a irepay Unattached, better, perhaps, if the Government would name some parties:, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel (repaying the (hirer lar peri d. --el. vice the Hon. Percy A. E. Freke, deceased; Lieu- Mr. LABOUCHERE—It depends upon the progress made Captain Augustus Cox to be Captain and Lieu - with the other measures before the House. He ho p ed to be tenanant air, ---ehase, vice Gordon, who retires ; En- e n a bl e d t o i n t ro d uce th e mea sure before Easter. tenant-Colonel, by see._ Frederick Dudley Crichton r S. CRAWFORD said that the reason he br ou g ht for sign and Lieutenant James _.. M nurchase, vice Cox ; ward . the resolution was, that at the close of last s ession the Stuart to be Lieutenant and Captain, r os s . s to be En- Noble Lord said that a Bill would be prepared by Go vernment &sign William Gorden Cameron, from 42d e oe., early thie session on the subject. ... L I sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stuart, Feb. 12 . forward among the 28th Foot—Ensign Henry Baxter, from 40th Foot, to be exp jetation, as the Bill was not brow The d•d not wish to Ensign, vice Drew, who exchanges, Feb. 12. other meae;:res proposed by Government. He ' e was disappointed in that 34th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel henry Deedes, from hrlf-pay take the matter out of the hands of Govern. I'l! n t , .tnitt at some but now, on Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Richard Airey, who withdrawing the reso lution, he should g ive not 'Ce exchanges; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel William Fawcett, from future period he should ask f or leave to brin g in', a Bill on 'the half-pay 14th Foot, to be Major, vice Deedes, promoted; subject. Captain Joseph Henry Mathews to be Major, by purchase, The resolutions were then withdrawn. vice Fawcett, who retires; Lieutenant Robert Christopher COMMONS INCLOSURE ACT. Packs to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mathews; Ensign Mr. AGLION BY moved fur lea v e to brin g in a ll'ill f e s !: William Worry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Packs; they to amend "the Acts to facilitate the Inclosure am), '" , o or Henry Edward Bale, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice peoeee ren t of Commons," by providing that all erae"e • I Warry, Feb. 12. common lands, allotted by virtue of these Acts. shall be bee 40C1i Foot—Ensign Francis Barry Drew, from 28th Foot, as freehold, and shall be allotted as such, without reference t 4 to be Ensign, vice Baxter, who exchanges, Feb. 12. the tenure of the ancient lands in respect of which such allots 50th Foot—Lieutenant Francis William burley Waddi- ments shall be made. He would only occupy the House a cow love, from 9th soot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lovet, promoted, m i nu t es w hil e he eaplained the objects of the Bill, to the in" Feb. 12. troduction of which he trusted there would be no opposition.• 52d Foot—Major General Sir Archibald Maclaine , C.B. to Its object was to amend the Cetth section of the Commons In-- be Colonel, vice Lieutenant General Sir Edward Gibbs, closure Act of last session, in io der to facilitate the improve li.C.B. deceased, Feb. 8. ments of lands. The object of the Act of last year was to 53d Foot—Gordon Kenmure Hardie, M.D. to be Assistant ena bl e i nc l os ures of commons to be ma d e for the expense •_f. Surgeon, vice Macpherson, appointed to the 9 th Light lira - 15(. or 30/, which formerly coet from 6001. to 700 / goons, Feb. 12. The clause he referred to i nteifered materially- with 61st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Archibald Stewart, from 9th the operation of the Act, as it enacted that Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, v i ce Smith, d ecease d, Feb. 12. in no ease shall any lend, enclosed under the Act, be let on 75th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of Second Class Patrick Ni- any tenure but that of the old allotments. Under the system cholson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Sidey, appointed to 6th that prevailed in the neighbourbeod where he resided, the ene Dragoons, Feb. 12. closed allotments were made freehold instead of copyhold, and 83d Foot—Stephen William Metge, Gent., to be Ensign, he wished the same prevision to be enac ted in the p resent Act. by purchase, vice Gwyn, apponted to 6th Dragoon Guarde, He would now moved for leave to bring in the Bill.. Feb. 12. The motion was agreed to. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Henry Lucas. to be IRISH POOR-RATES. Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Skinner, who re- Mr. S. CRA WFORD moved for leave to bring in a Bill tires; Second Lieutenant William Tyrwhitt Drake to be for better receiving the payme nt of Irish Poor-rates. lie First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lucas; Edmund Bage - proposed by this Bill that the l andlords rate should be levied nail, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice separately from that of the tenant. And the same power to Drake s Feb. 12. enforce payment as the 6th and'7th % /lc. , gave for enforcingsaa_d Royal Malta Fencible Regiment—Lieut. Saverio Gatt to payment of tenants' rates. In the case or non-resident i be Captain, with local and temporary rank, vice Vincenvo hold er s, he proposed, should the rates not be p an', that, h Bonavita, who retires upon full-pay ; Ensign Loretto Bo- C our t o f Ch anc e r y or Exchequer should have power to appint e navita to be Adjutant, with local and temporary rank, vice a rece i ver , and enforce payment in that way. Gast, promoted ; Henry Montanaro, Gent., to be Ensign, The motion was seconded by Mr. WILLIAMS, se e send le° with local and temporary rank, vice Bonavita, appointed was given to bring in the Bill. Adjutant, Feb. 12. IRISH DISTRESS. UNATTACHED.— Major Henry Deedes, from 34th Foot, to Mr. C. O'BRIEN moved for a copy of a letter, dated thee be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Feb. 12. 4th day of December, 1846, from the Board of Works, ad-- HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant Surgeon Samuel Currie, dressed to Captain Wynne, directing an investigation of charges M.D., from 16th Light Dragoons, to be Staff Surgeon of contained in the annexed letter from George Weetropp to the Second Class, vice Nicholson, appointed to 75th Foot; Allred said board, respecting partiality ard misconduct to the Lis.. Gosden, Gent. to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice cannot. Relief Committee; also, of the eaid George Weetropp's Newton, promoted in the C e yl on Rifle Regiment; se illiain letter, and of the correspondence which took place between Nettleton Boyce, Gent. to be As ietatit Surgeon to the Forces Captain Wynne and Mr. Westropp on the subject. —Also, for vice Tweddell, appointed to the Ceylon Retie Regiment a copy of Captain Wynne's report to the Board of Works, to Feb. 12. the result of the investigation held by him , pursua nt to the BREVET.—Lieutenant - Colonel Arthur Helsham Gordon, of board's letter, on the 17th of December, 1e46 ; and also a copY Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Colonel in of 111 r. O'Brien's letter to the secretary of the board, the Army, Jan. 10, 1837; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William requesting a copy of the said report.—Also, a corY Fawcett, of 34th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, Nov. 9 of the letter written by the Right Honourable Henry La - ' , 1846. ' hoteliers' to the Board of Woriss, dated the sth day of t GAR RlSONS.—Brevet Colonel Alexander Findlay, on half- October, 1846, on the subject of reproductive weeks, &C. pay Royal African Corps, to be Fort Major at. Inverness or Copy of the presentment made thereunder at the extraordinary Fort George, vice Captain Audrew Fraser, deceased. Dated Session, held at Corofon, f.ir the barony of Inchiquin, jrl th e Feb. 12. county of Clare, on the 3ieh day of November, 1846.—Cory of _ e MumonAlinum.--The removal of Lieutenant Robert Cas sells o.iphant, from the 80th Foot, to the Royal Newfound land Companies, on Dec. 8, 1846, has been cancelled. The names of the Corporal Major, appointed Quartermas ter to the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, on January 29, 1847, are William Binnie, not William Birnie, as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Travers, of the 70th Foot, are Oates Joseph, not Oats Joseph, as previously stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant. of the West Riding of the County of York, and of the City and County of the City of York. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Henry Preston, Gent., to be Cornet, Feb. 4. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Edimburgn or Mid-Lothian. Regiment of Royal Mid-Lothian or Edinburgh Yeomanry Cavalry. Lieutenant John Wauchope to be Captain, vice William Burn Callander, re,igned. Lieutenant Bobert Wardlaw Ramsay to be Captain, vice the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, resigned. Cornet James Dewar to be Lieutenant, vice Wardlaw, Ram say, promoted. Cornet Andrew Wauchope to be Lieutenant, vice John Watt dope, promoted. Cornet William Stuart Walker, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Thomson, resigned. Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Cornet, vice Walker, promoted. John Walker Drummond, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Dewar, promoted. Assistant-Surgeon John Graham Macdonald Burt, to be is Surgeon, vice James Craig, M.D., resigned. Thomas Peacock, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Burt, promoted. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Joseph Moor, builder, Camden-town. BANKRUPTS. John Bond and Edward Morgan, shawl manufacturers, Oxford-street. John Clarke, glazier, Castle-street, Regent-street. Frederick Hatch, iron-plate-worker, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell. Benjamin Bromly, dealer in cattle, Great Bromley, Essex. William Lovett, and George Woollard Lovett, builders, Barossa-terrace, Cambridge-heath, Hackney. 'Thomas Gillett, warehouseman, Gutter-lane, Cheapside. Robert Greig and William Rawlings, timber-merchants, Maiden-lane, King's-cross. Francis Hopkins, brewer, Cambridge. George David Payne, tailor, Saville-row, Regent-street, St. James, Westminster. John Rouse, plumber, Exeter. Stephen Bentley, innkeeper, Birkenhead. .James Monk, commission agent, Manchester. Richard Vincent Furlong, wine merchant, Cambray, Cheltenham. the presentment made under the same letter at the exttlio.r" . Binary Sessions held at lennistymen on the 4 h day of Decem-' her, 184 i. for the barony of Corcencrae, in the county of Clare. —Copy of the Treasury Minute under which inspectors of Public works, or of lists of labourers, were appointed to carry out the objects of the Act 9 and 10 Victoria, c. 107.—Copies of all such instructions tor the guidance of the said inspectors , and in explanation of their duties and responsibilities, as may have been issued by the Treasury, the Irish Government, or the Board of Works in Ireland.—Lists of all the said inspec tors now or lately employed in Ireland ; specifying the salary and allowances paid to each inspector; and stating by whom he had been eppointech—List of the men employed upon the said public works in the baronies in the said county of Clare, in charge of Captain Wynne, who were struck off the list of la bourers by the :aid inspector ; specifying the name and place ef abode of each person so struck off, and the cause al leged by the said inspector for so striking him off, and the names of the persons so steuck off the lists as afore said who had been subsequently reinstateo! —List of the several relief committees in the county of Clare of which Captain Wynne took charge ; specifying how often he the revision 1 lists, and the date of each visit. had The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re he , not the least objection to give all these visited each for be considerable difficulty in giving thepnaapMress, t'ree'ew would discharged from the public works. They were uperark 0,700, and to give their names would make rather a long At all events, however, he had not the least objection to even the names, but it would take a considerable time to raw up the list. Mr. C. O'BRIEN was understood to say that it was neces sary, for the vindication of his character, that all the returns' should be given as he had moved for them. A charge had been made by Captain Wynne that a body of men who had been e°l - upon the Board of Works had meditated assassinating some of the Government officers, but he was unprepared to prove, by the aid of these returns, that such an intention never had any existence, except it was in the mind of Captain Wynne himself. lie considered that Captain W ynn e had done wrong in causing the rejection of certain presentm ents in a barony in the county of Clare. ues tion Mr. LABOUCHERE sincerely regretted thes e anyreturns. of a personal nature should be mixed up with these _ The Honourable Gentleman opposite had complained of the Board of Works rejecting a certain presentment. It wa s true they did so, and, in his opinion, they acted perfectly right . The presentment which was made by the Honourable Gentle man and others was for the advancement of a sum of money for the improvement of private estates, and in his opinion tho board would have acted most culpably had they allowed it to pass.—( Hear, hear.) Capt. Wynne, he thought, had been unjustly attacked, and Government would be highly censurable if they did not de fend the gallant officer who had energetically and perseveringly performed duties of an important and difficult character, under the most painful and trying &act; ( Hear, hear. ) Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said it would ;appear that the Hon. Gentleman was desirous of clearing his character with these returns, and he thcught it would be much better to strike out that part of the return which would. require three months to collect, and then the returns themselves ;night be before them in ten days. Mr. C O'BRIEN was about to explain, but, being called to order, he resumed his seat. Mr. B. OSBORNE thought the Hon. Gentleman ought to be heard. No doubt the Hon. Gentleman had risen to explain an important matter connected with himself. An officer of the Board of Works had made an accusation against bite tod the effect, that he had urged on a mob to assassinate him, a°, , he thought in justice the Hon. Gentleman ought to be hear ' because, if he had been guilty of that charge, then the Ile' Gentleman was not fit to have a seat in that House. or B°l ether house.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) After a few words from Mr. C. O'BRIEN, and Mr. GRATTAN thought the Hon. Secretary for Irela nd ought to have stated that upon inquiry having been made in t° the conduct of the Honourable Member, °they we re fully exonerated from all the charges brought againrt them hi the officers of the Board of Works. He thought the, ere officer s travelled out of their duty in making chirg•es agsejtrat trust proprietors ; their duty was'to attempt to stave off the distress of the country, and nor to injure the reputation of Hon. Meta hers. The Hon. Member's property at Liscanelor was a pe e• feet model of good management, and the tenne 11 ry the ,°! comfortable and contented 05 any in Ireland, and it was veri hard for them to have such charges brought against them. hoped the House would not refuse the returns moved for 11 IP - Hon. Member. The SPEAKER then put the motion; which, After a few words from Mr. C. O'Bisses and Major .gstf,„' esetteee, which were totally inaudible in the gallery , t'" motion was agreed to. COII‘IISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS' BILL. Mr. STRUTT said that it would be in the recollection °' the House that a Bill was passed appointing a Board of R. til way Commissioners, and that it was understood that a In er' s sure would be introduced in this session for the regulation 0' the railway business before that board; that Bill he was n ° 9 : prepared to introduce, and would briefly call the attention 0 ' the House to the matter of the provisions of that Bill. Th e measure was divided into two parts—the first related tsi *he preliminary proceedings required before bringing the BS before the Parliament ; the second part referred to those rail - ways which had already received the sanction of Parliament The first alteration proposed to be made was with reference o ° the proofs of the standing orders. These alterations were no proposed t o b e made entirely by the measure he was ab,oll, to introduce. A p or ti on o f them would be so modified, but' was proposed that the House should have the liberty to rest" late its own proceedings by their own standing orders. T first measure contemplated by the Act was one relating tot Ire surveys of the intended railways which the various compani 0 were now obliged to complete before bringing in the Bill. anomalous custom had for some time existed, requiring cern iir! plans and sections to be deposited with the House which cot ela, not be obtained without a direct violation of law, ; ut latterly the trespasses committed, in order to proet ere plans and surveys, had caused conflicts between Ith e landowners and the different companies, several tof which had been brought under the consideration eof the courts of law. This evil it was now proposed sto remedy, but it would be obviously unjust however to gran is large powers to these companies, except some protection wee e also afforded to the landowners, by giving them an easy an. I ready mode of obtaining compensation for any damage vrhidh their property might sustain by the persons employed to obtaii 1 the surveys. It was proposed, therefore, that before the pro moters of any railway Bill should be authorised to go upon th • land to obtain the surveys, they should apply to the Commis' sioners of Railways, and deposit with them such a sum as shal be considered sufficient in the opinion of the Commissioners ts' give compensation to the landowner for any damage that migh t rise to the property from th e surveyors. U pon depositing thi s sum with the Commissioners, the promoters of the comp "Y shall be authorised by a warrant from the Commissioners W enter upon the lands in question ; and, after they had 50 entered, should any damage arise to the property, full cern -. pensation shall be given to the proprietor or landowner; and in case the company should not be willing to afford such compensation, then the Commissioners should have the rowe r s upon having the parties before them, to award such damagees as they might think fitting out of the sum placed in their handsc, by the promoters of the company. The next alteration Pr r 0 posed was one for giving increased facilities to those proprieto of land whose property was affected by the proposed railway: Great difficulties had arisen from the prorietors of lan' farmers, and others , not being able to distinguish by the P!eni and sections deposited with the House, in what manner tile. property was affected. It was now proposed that stakes shonit! be driven into the ground, showing the direction in which the line would pass, the width of the proposed railway, and ei e some mark to show, in C 240 of an enaba eltment or viaduct, v,hes; height it was proposed to be carrie I, and also the del ) ; of cuttings where any, and the position.ef the proposed tunne!s The next point wee, that of feces insintry, a principle which the Committee, of which the Hon. Member for M on t r ose wa s I member, Strongly recommend( 3. In ordinary csses, the land' owner was not aware of the course of the intended line of r ai d way until the plans and sections were depcsited, when it " u m be too late to suggest any improvement in the course o f line. In many cases the proprietor of land had gone ro promoters of railways, and e o int e d o u t to them a line tha sw er would not so injuriously elect his interest, but the only na that he usually obtained we', that they did not know of it before; but that it wan too late now, and ebere were then but two court lit open to the landowner—ei''ser to submit to the injury, . 0r risk the chance of an opp os ition to the Bill in Committee , th ere* : entailing both upon himself and the Committee a roost enor rno° : expense, and the Cammittee, under such circumstance', vi er compelled to say they INU , t piss the 1:1/1, noreeirhtit".i .3o great injustice it &.I, 0 it.'ue saoLAILAL to the rnea'ur e.ts which might, perhaps, be . a line much required for the interesa of the public. It was now proposed, that after the lin e marked out upon the ground the railway commissioner 1120110' PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS (THIS DAY.) (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were completed : Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway (partial alteration of levels and abandon ment, extension lines, and leasing or sale of lines). Airdrie and Batbgate Junction Railway (amendment and deviation). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Burtisland pier and Burtisland and Granton ferry purchase, and Burtisland pier extension). The EXAMINER was occupied the rest of the day with the opposed Scotch cases. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) In the following opposed cases the customary formal proofs were completed : Lynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Docks). Rochdale Improvement Act Amendment. Cockermouth Improvement, Newhaven Harbour, Ouse Lower Navigation and Levels, and Laughton Drainage. OPPOSED CASES. LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY (LYNN AND WORMS GAY NAVIGATION). Some unimportant allegations were sustained in this case. SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, AND DONCASTER JUNCTION RAILWAY (MASBOROUGH TO DON CASTER). This opposed case occupied the remainder of the day. IMPERIAL PA RI lAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at the usual hour. Earl FITZ WILLIAM gave notice that, on Monday, he should present a petition from the Rev. A. Jordan, of Gloucester, praying that an addition might be made to the number of Bishops. The Noble Earl presented a petition from a place in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the repeal of the Poor Removal Act. MESSAGE FROM TIIE COMMONS. Messengers from the Commons brought up tho Desti tute Persons (Ireland) Bill, and the Brewing from Sugar Bill, which were read a first time. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Lord WALSINGUAII presented a petition from a board of guardians in Norfolk against the law of settle ment, passed last session. IRISH DISTRESS. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from a meeting of ratepayers in the county of Westmeath, over which the high sheriff presided, representing the great distress existinc , in that country, and praying their Lordships to adopt speedy and effective measures for their relief. CLANWELLIN AND SHANID (IRELAND). Lord MONTEAGLE said he now rose to move, ac cording to notice, for copies of applications made to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, on behalf of residents in the baronies of Clanwellin and Shanid, praying for a division of those baronies, for the purpose of holding special sessions, under the 9th and 10th Viet., c. 107. He hoped he would not be understood as complaining of the course which had been adopted on this subject by the Irish Government, who had no doubt pursued the course in this particular instance which appeared to them to be right; and all that he meant now to do, was to move for certain papers which slight form the basis of certain observations which he thought were required in afterwards bringing the subject bd . ( re their Lordships. He begged to remind their Lordships, that under the Labonr-rate Act of last session, there was a power re served to the Government by the litth clause, to enable them, if they thought it necessary, to divide the parishes which appeared at present to be too large. He said that clause had been specially in troduced into the Bill for this purpose, when it was under debate in the other House of Parliament. It was then felt that some of the baronies in Ireland, like the ridings of this country, were become so large that it was next to impossible to administer the Labour Rate Act, and that was the spacial reason for introkucing the clause to which he had alluded. In two cases ap plication had been made to the Lord-Lieutenant that this clause might be put into effect, but the Irish Go vernment had thought St to refuse these applications. He would only remark further his hope that whateverlsys tern their Lordships might afterwards adopt, they would take care what baronies and parishes they united together. From these considerations he had come to the conclu sion, that the greater the distress the greater would be the difficulty of ascertaining correctly how the law was administered. At present the Labour Rate Act was in operative. If they extended their electoral divisions, they would subject themselves to all sorts of fraudulent applications, and they would be called on to decide upon works of consideration, but of which they had no per sonal knowledge. The consequence of Allis, as was already shown, was, that the larger districts were but imperfectly done, while in smaller districts they were well executed. This was a most important subject for their consideration. When the poor-law for Ireland was passed, a Noble Lord who was not then in his place, introduced a clau se . Th e o bj ec t o f th e Noble Lord's clause was to give the possessors of property in Ireland as much of the management of their estates as possible, and to make it the interest of the landlord to look after that of his tenantry. This would effect a most desirable object, and where it was carried out there was a decrease in the pauper population, while in those where the divisions were large there was an augmentation of the pauper population as well as an increase in the poor rates. The subject had been tried for several years, and was brought under the consideration of a Committee of their Lordships' Ho use , an d a f ter t h e most mature deli beration, the principle for which ho contended was agreed to. With respect to interfering with th© privileges of the other House in the discussion that might arise, he did not think it should operate. lie would conclude by moving that the papers to which he referred should be produced.—The motion was agreed to. (LEFT SITTEI(3.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a scond time:—Ashton Gas; Birkenhead Improvement (Gas Works) and pur chase of Birkenhead and Claugbton Gas Works; li a s. with Dock; Ipswich Gas; London and South-Western Railway (Widening, &c.); Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches; Midland Railway (Masbrough and Normanton Stations Enlargement); Protestant Dis senters and General Life and Fire Insurance Company,. and Southampton and Dorchester Railway (Blandford Branch) Bills. The Marquis of CIIANDOS presented petitions against the Bristol and Exeter and other railways. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition against the Newport and Hereford Railway. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Capt. GLADSTONE presented a petition from St. Clement's, Ipswich, against the Poor Removal Bill. UNIVERSAL PEACE. Mr. B. B. CABBELL presented petitions in favour of universal peace. RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. Colonel CONNOLLY presented petitions from Man chester and other places, in favour of the Railway Bill for Ireland. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. Dr. BO WRING presented a petition, respectably signed, from the town of Malton, praying for an ex tended system of representation. SMALL DEBTS IN WALES. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from th e town of Abingdon, and places in South Wales , praying that the persons, appointed to administer the provisions of the Small Debts Act, might be persons conversant with the Welsh labguage. POOR.LAW. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from !Zan CAMBRIDGE BURGESSES. Mr. WATSON presented a petition from several burgesses of Cambridge, complaining that they were not placed on the list of voters for that borough, though they were entitled to the franchise, and had taken the necessary steps to obtain it. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, that the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill be read, NEWSPAPERS PUBLICATION OF DIS PATCHES. Mr. ROEBUCK, seeing the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs in his place, wished to put a ques tion. In the Morning Chronicle of this morning, a dispatch, dathed the 11 th instant, signed Palmer ston, and directed to the Marquis of Normanby, was published. It was not the matter of the dispatch with which he wished to find fault, but to the circum stance appearing in a newspaper before it could have reached Lord Normanby, to whom it was addressed, or the Court to whom the communication was to he made. Now he wished to know whether the o l appear ance of such a docu ment in a public journa l was w as not in contra vention of the rules which regulated diplomatic c orrespondence, and contrary to the courtesy which should b e observed with re gard to such commu nication.Ho was exceedingly gr i eve d to make this statement, as he believed that the conduct and the good faith of the political ,agents of the No ble Lord an d of the N . 0134' Lord hims e lf with respect to the recent 4i'elation s with France, had been comp letel y vindicated . Still it was abso lutely necessary that the g ood faith , candour, and straight-forward conduct of the Government should be maintained beyond all suspicion.— (Hear, hear.) The question he wished to put to the Noble Lord was this, and he wus sure he would pardon hina.for s doing .o —had he any co g nisance of an y document of t he kind? Lord PA LNIEESTON said the fact was, that yester day even i n g he laid on the table the cotinuation of the correspondence which he had previously laid before the House. That continuation contained the last dispatch of M. Guizot to Count Oliviera, which had been officially communicated to her Majesty's Government. It also con tained a dispatch from him (Lord Palmerston) to Lord Normauby, that there was no intention on the part of the Government to reply to that last dispatch. He certainly must return his thanks to the Hon. Member for the handsome manner in which he had spoken of the conduct of her Majesty's Govern ment, in connexion with these dispatches. These papers also contained a dispatch from Lord Nor manby, co mplaining of the inferences that ni g ht 'be drawn from certain statements which had been made in the Franch Chambers ; also his (Lord Palmerston's) answer to Lord Normanby, stating that the confidence of the Government in him had not been shaken by anything that had passed.—(Hear, hear.) These papers, as be had said, were presented yesterday, and the Hon. and Learned Gentle man must be aware that a short time must elapse before they could be circulated to all the Members of the House. — (Hear, hear.) Lie was sorry, • that by some accident,e the papers had not been generally delivered, but hish begged to tender the Hon. and Learned Gentlemanh. (Lord Palmerston's) copy. (The paper was handed f by aim Members to the Hon. and Learned Member or amidst considerable laughter.) It might' he thought, be instructive to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. FEVER IN IRELAND. Sir F. FRENCH wished to call the attention of the lion, Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland Mr. fev Lera bouchere) t o th e recent extraordinary increase( of in Ireland. He had received several letters this day stating that fever was greatly on the increase. lie wished to suggest that the valuable medical institutions of Ireland should be made available for the purposes of the ailing during the prevalence of the present calamity. He also wished to know what steps the Go vernment proposed to take in order to alleviate the suf ferings of those persons? Mr. LABOECHERE believed that the statement of the Honourable Gentleman was correct. He stated last Session that if the Government found it necessary, the Board of Health in Dublin would be renewed. The Lord Lieutenant, owing t o communications which had been made to him, had made that renewal, and the board had been in operation during the last three weeks. The attention of the Government was fully directed to the question. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord G. BENTINCK moved the second readin g o f this Bill. Lord NEWRY presented a petition from Newry i n favour of it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said before ho directed his attention to the important mea sure before the House, he wished to offer a few observations on what had already taken place. There were one or two symptons of party feeling in the obser vations which fell from one or two gentlemen on the other side of the House. He was perfectly ready to believe that his Noble Friend was willing to abstain from all partp expressions, and he could assure the Noble Lord that such was the feeling of her Maje s ty' s G overnmen t. If the measure were carried, they were not prepared to undertake the responsibility of carrying it out. But it was of such importance end magnitude, that they were not prepared to adopt is. A plan w hien was to give no less a sum than sixteen millions. Lord G. BENTINCK—Not more? .►~e'.~....---•~"~•::~%.:..► ~.~ tea. - - r •-•-• PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending February 9, 1847, is 355. B%d. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Landon New Price Current of February 12.) SUGAR.—To-day there was only a limited business trans acted in West India Sugar, although there were sellers at a further reduction in prices for all descriptions, making the fall for the week ls. REFINED.—To-day many purchases were made In Refined Goods by the home trade, in consequeace of there being free sellers of brown lumps, according to quality, at 64s to 65s 6d, Standard Lumps at 66s to 66s 6d per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar was purchased with increosed freedom and at improved rates. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was not much in demand ; and 1,00 bags at auction sold at a further decline in prices of 6d per cwt. EAST INDIX.—This afternoon four parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 5,529 bags and 203 chests, were offered at public sale, when the whole sold at Gd per cwt. under former rates. IFoamoN.—The home trade has been induced to purchase yellow I-lavannah with more freedom, in consequence of a reduction on last Friday's rates of 6d to is per cwt. having been submitted to. With Brazil, the market having been more freely supplied, produced a fall in the value to the ex tent of Is. per cwt. CoFFEE.—The market has a firm appearance for West India, a fair quantity of the lower description: , having been disposed of by private treaty at fully former rates; the better qualities are much wanted at the previous currency, but of such the supply is trifling. MOLASSES.—For West India further reduced rates having been taken, tempted buyers to operate with more freedom, and several parcels of good quality have been sold. The stiff rates insisted upon for Bengal Treacle operated against business privately, and 67 hhds at public sale of fine quality were taken in at 27s per cwt. For Honey, prices are on the decline. TEA.—In Congou a good business bas been transacted by the town and country trade at the former currency. Of New Tea many parcels have been disposed of, and the quality is superior to that of last season. In rouchong the opera tions are to a large extent, and at firm rates. In Souchong the operations are upon a more extended scale, at 10d to 2s 2d, and tine at 2s 4d to 2s 10d. In Green Tea of good and fine quality a large business has been transacted, and at firm rates. COCOA.—A considerable increase has taken place in the demand for Foreign, and a rise in prices of 2s per cwt oc curred. British Plantation Is much wanted, and would bring further advanced rates, but little is to be had. RICE.—To •day all sorts of East India Rice were purchased with more freedom by private treaty, and the rates paid were 6d to le above those previously current. FRUIT.—The Currant market is in a very unsettled . state; large parcels of damages continue to he forced oft at public tale, of which a considerable portion has been taken by the exporters. SPIRITS.—The leading feature in the Rum market ehis week has been that of the Government contract for 100,000 gallons, half East and half West India, which has been taken by Messrs. Lemon Hart and Co., of London-street, at a high figure. The market fyr Jamaica has been in a tran quil state all the week; holders have submitted to rather lower rates. Demerara has been in good request, and brought stiffer rates. Calcutta has met with little attention. For Leeward Island the market is in a dull state. In Brandy large purchases have been made. Geneva has been in re quest. ress of the sale 444 chests I N inoe.—To-day , during the prog have been withdrawn, and 1115 chests have passed. Ship ping qualities of Bengal continue to sell with spirit, at the advance previously quoted at 4d to 6d on October rates. Or dinary and consuming sorts have not sold with quite so much animated, and were in a few instances a little cheaper. Ma dras and Kurpahs brought the same advance which we hav e prev i ou sly quoted. Ous.—This afternoon at public sale 95 tuns Souther n Wh a le Oil 281 lOs to 31/ for ordinary to fine, being stiff rates ; 50 tuns Seal, pale 37 / , brown 2 7 1 10s, which is a little cheaper; 20 tons Cod 27/ to 27/ 5s ; 29 tuns Sperm 881 5s to 881 15s, being a little cheaper, COURSE OF EXCFD Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 3% Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Rotterdam .... •.2 U. 12 4 Amtwerp• • . ...... ..... 25 80 Elamburgh ...•11.13. 13 10% Altona• .. • . • ..... , NGE.-(THIS DAY.) G1bra1tar.............. Leghorn.. 3O 20 Genoa .. • • ..... ....... 25 S 5 Milan ...• ..... Venice.. . • .. Naples 40% Palermo, per Oa • . 121 Paris, 3 days' sight . • 25 45 Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Marsellles Bourdeaux • • • 25 85 Frankfort on Maine l2l retersburgh, 3 Us Lisbon...'.... . Oporto .... ...... .... .. 54 ~,', Rio Janeiro .... Bahia Buenos Ayres Berlin . ~... ..• Yienna, effec.flo 10 3 Trieste, ditto 10 3 Madrid .. 36 Cadiz • .. 3 02 Bilbao.. ..... Barcelona •• ......•..• New Yorli, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. • • .. .. - raicLs of BCLLIoN, TEA OZ. ' Foreign Gold In bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars .•.. .. 0 4 103, Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 5 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 11. COMPENSATION TO IRISH TENANTS. After a few words from Col. Connolly and Mr. Labonchere, Mr. FITZ STEPHEN FB.ENCII 6aid that the tenant right was a moat unfair and mischievous practice, unfair to the land lord az.d unfair to the teizaut himself) the ineuming tenant had to pay more than twenty years' purchase for the right of Ikoi sestion from year to year. In fact, be had to pay a turn which ~~;,. r. , ~" 7