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CORNWALL RAILWAY., NOTICE OF CALL. IP , - s - e ee _ Fourth Call-21. per 201. share, making Si. paid up. , / ~, , - „ e V3ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors of the Corn- i '- . 1 re . 8 1*±L Ruailway Company have this day made a CALL of 21. per 201. t •-• ' 1 i 0 appointed Pon the respestiveshateholders in the said co parry, and have Bach CallM'bepaid on the 28th day of February next, tO : .. either of the undermentiffitse e bankers, namely :- "-... e ee e .__--s e i r - Messrs. Glyn, Mill s , an d C o., L om b ar d-street, London. 1 Messrs. Praeds and Co„ Fleet-street, London. ~. let et 1 srs. Tweedy, Williams, and Co , Truro, Falmouth, and Red- • eeteseeseeseessweselsweenaseenereessewews, rtith, Cornwall; 18,848 1.1.14 the several shareh o ld ers i n th e said company are hereby required N o . . ] • • Pay such Call accordingly. _ 4P(9IIT2ILIEL " -t.- By mite' of the Directors, .eseneenee,:eeeee.eemeeeeseteeeeeeeee . r...........1. . , W. H. BOND, Secretary. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. bated 14th January, 1853. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., X • l3 .-In holders will default of payment on the above-mentioned day, Share- THE DEAN'S DAUGHTER; ep ee ,_, an be liable to the payment of interest, according to the Or, The Days We Live In. seeTse in the Companies' Clauses Act. By Mrs. GORE. ra r d o . ehareholder Is entitled to transfer his shares until all Calls are " ' The Dean's Daughter' is a creation of sineular delicacy and charm. Bound her are grouped, with admirable arrangement, the accessary characters requisite to work out an exciting tale of the SUBMA R IN E TELEGRAPH COMPANY days we live in-all the personages wea rin g , in sooth, a most vivid • BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. aspect of living and bustling actuality. As usual with whatever is traced by the pen of Mrs. Gore, the sparkling diamond dust of subtle (" Society Lord de Manley and Co.") sarcasm, ingenious allusion, or lei illiant irony, is sprinkled over every Of th s REPORT OF THE MANAGERS line."--t ;lobe. Coe tibmarine Telegraph Company (Societe Lord de Manley and Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13, k;‘. ), between France and England, at a General Meeting of the Great Marlborough-street. aareholders held at the seat of the Society, No. 83, Rue de Riche- .. lieu, t e s , • „„_ Paris, on Tuesday, 15th February, 1853. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, 3115. bound, , art : l l . l l L i ra G e u e r t t in u g e , h s as been convened agreeably to the provisions of Acte de Societe." T HE DUKE of BUCKINGHAM'S tbleTallagers lay before the Proprietors the capital account of MEMOIRS of the COURT and CABINETS of hsq e 'sty, together with a statement of the revenue for the last GEORGE THE THIRD. Thee: r i i • From Original Family Documents. Mounts have been laid before the auditors. The receipts amount t 0................ £4,632 3 3 " A very remarkable and valuable publication. In these volumes The disbursements to • . 1,922 12 0 the most secret history cf the important transactions of the period commencing Irene 1782 and ending with 1800, is laid bare. Details, The Leaving ma Leaving a net profit of.- • £ 2 . 709 II 3 then guarded with the most anxious care from all eyes but those of of managers Propose a dividend of 8d per share (being atthe rate the privileged few, are now, for the first time, given to the publiellt uch, _ e sof 6i ver cent. per annum). The surplus will be £ 294 lie , Is not possible to conceive contemporary history more completely ,ix menthe to £220 6a 9d, reserved from the profits of the previous exemplified."- Morning Herald. T l 7, l ,tus, leaves an available balance of £514 17s 9d. Hurst and Blackett , Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, the Aunagers beg to direct the attention of the shareholders, to 13, Great Marlborough-street. eannexed statement of the number of messages from the opening pes• 'i e 3 , Submarine Telegraph up to the end of January last. The ra thou Progressive increase of business must be most satisfactory to all Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, -1 it.2Uterested in the development of telegraphic communicaeion. TRAVELS IN INDIA AND :KASHMIR. g en .:val. be observed that, during the months of July, August, and eLeTtaber, the number of messages transmitted were 3,646, and By Baron SCHONBERG-. - •*-e a , e October, November, and Decemoer, 5,50 2 . Also just p ublished, in 2 vols., 21a., tee the last general m eating of the shareholders an agreement with MILITARY LIFE IN ALGERIA. the ti'aurcpeansand American Trah Company was confirmed for e n , us mission of messages from Dover to London and vice versa, By the Count P. DE CASTELL AN. iistar Moo e favourable t s than those formerly existin"g with the Hurst and Blackett; Publishers, Successors to Henry Colbarn, 13, 1t ofl:astern Railway Company. It was not, however, until the Great Marlborough-street. Boyer their the Land Company completed their , workb . to Teie gi S a W henwires were joined with those of the Submarine *wits Po , and dispatches were sent between Calais and London This day is published, price 25., Tes g .anY brea so interruption. THE COUNTY COURT of WOLVERHAMP rennn-tarekoldeannot fail to remark the large increase of the TON. Its Abuses and their Remedies considered, in a Letter eeePlsof the Society since this agreement took effect. to the Right Honourable Lord Brougham. ;SR_ in October, 1852, the receipts amounted t 0.... £.829 2 11 • V NON ember when the works worn eempletecle-toe ,---049-‘4 - 14 - ee' "" - ""'"" . " ---s - - e -13 •YeReetlALUN , DELL, F.S.A. eeibic - - •-' • - Arid i n T tl December they reached .. •• • • ..... ..... • -1,223 11 2 Leaden.: Davis and Amer, Law Booksellers, 57 Carey-streeet, Ole by the improvement fully confirms the expectations held Lincoln's-inn. 1 , n ,;,_ e Managers at the last general meeting. • So c ij il regard to the other agreements entered into between the LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. co m e! and the chartered Company, the Managers are informed that tie _ eserable delays have occurred in the manufacturing of the Bel- A. RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, doh - The rope, which have prevented its being as yet laid . St. James's, last, audit The rope, however, was completed on the 7th December Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House. Brompton-road, , nrue a s nd it is stated that the contractors will avail themselves of the Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. 411 ,1 Cistte7Tortunity of fine weather for submerging it between Dover Open every evening with *Danrent's Celebrated Band. rrincipal . -he.. ' Cornet-3-Piston, M. Boulcoar. beiu s . .7, "steers look forward with anxiety to thig desirable object teliiV"alue thorn they anticipate a large traffic on this line frost Admission-ONE SHILLING. M. No Germany, and the Baltic. at ernDoors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at At , a 1 be satisfactory to the shareholders to be informed that the Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. i 4 1 ; ... in cable between Dover and Calais continues in every re -I,',' In Perfect order. betgrrench Government have just completed the line of telegraph PATRON-M R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. leg an 13 oulogne and Calais, and the managers are about conclud- ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Pa r i a * s uereement with the Government for a direct service from ENTIRE CHANGE of MUSIC.-An OPTICAL and MUST tee Sae London. Messages will, therefore, be transmitted between E S I mb ( ; I sb J. H. RHT Sir : USTRATION of SHAKSPERE'S " MIDSUMMER do s 'Sr de Richelieu and the Offices of the Company, Cornhill, Lon atee,*elulost instantaneously; the advantages of this rapid comma la,,ll between the two great capitals are too obvious to require any NIGHT ' S " Introducing the OR_ E lG iiL l li t cs tT ou . fli M CEH U s mi gration Henry Bishop, MOrningand • for tee e: Pepper. Esq., on the endless A E ltrU en S i E ng el . " 4 te e e kind permission of the French Government, a night service adapted towAar„Jruvlieonii,ie Audience; by Dr Rachhoffner, on the ERTIES et a JET of STEAM: by Mr.Crispe, pr e ,, s _use of the Engli-h press has also been established, which will oIntI,RICSSON'S CALORIC ENGINE.-DISSOLVING TIEW4, e lusion source of considerable le muneratien to the Socie:y. In con- - ' Day and Night Views of WILMER CASTLE, WALMER kea'aeaUDothseitiinanagers beg to congratulate the proprietors on the including Sec., SOC. teeu se l ts on amid prospects of the undertaking, which will fully admission, is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of ago, the expectations of its most sanguine supporters. half-price. Zarin, By order of the Managers, February 16, 1853. J. C. SANDILANDS. ----------- Slat s it A V ESEND STAR th., ment showing the Monthly Receipts and Number of Messages, G PACKETS, T elem u/inents made to the South-Eastern Railwey and European No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. isgla,-, 1)11 Companies, thus comprieing the total Traffic between ~g 5 3. 31 ,- i and the Continent, from November 13, 1851, to January The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permittiag I FR OM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Payments 4 - Ww__Ll--.---- )Au * . SUNDAYS. Payments to Euro - Total Date. No. of Submarine to South .S. ) el ee f' s o 'a s ' ) .„9 es xi hies- pean Tele- , , Receipts. Eastern Treele. iel e e; - .le. 13 fl --, t 1 :. z , '2 2k sages. graph Terrace E l ls s e 1 5 Pa. e Time. , e l a 0 = ce , e , Railway ' Company. Pier. A '-' . z 8 .., 4 4 4 2 - Is .„ ,„ 18 b 5 1 £ s. d. £ a. el. £ s. d. g Ce kee e , he " -•• 254 150 14 043 6 0 - 194 0 0 _ -- - - - --- --- -- ....... / ` l. •••• 774 455 8 6 143 9 6 - 598 18 0 ./ e „ • 8 52 t eta mary ...... 1068 62615 6 201 03, -- 827 18.9 ea :: -- -- -- ' kar e r . l7 - - 716 327 10 6 233 13 9 - - 5 8 1 4 3 ,tei; -- - - - ,_Attru . .... .. 1043 417 9 8 381 60. - ' 79 8 _ 1 5- 8 ' 104 - - - ill% --- - _ at, ay •"•••• 1028 425 0 5 367 09- •- ' 792 12 , .. 1 , _ _ - - lee - - ",une •••• •• •• 1044 420 15 0 359 17 3 - ' 70'12 3 i' 3 % - - - - - 3 )4 - - - - - **ley :' ••• • • • 1002 413 2 7 347 66 ' - 760 ,9 1 e -On Saturdays only. 5 - Augu st '•••• •• 1117 455 7 1 369 18 0 - 825 51. Ste: * •• • • 1298 526 17 5 446 14 6 - 973 11 11 octeb =her •• • • 1231 502 1 2 410 5 6 - 912 . 6 8 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t No_ ...... 2024 829 211 649 14 9 - 1478 17 8 Omnibuses from Fenchurch - street Station to all parts of London ~,eu ember .... •LI ember .. 14M 909 41120 12 6 218 14 0 1148 11 5 ev ery q uarter of an hour. a ' 85 3 ** 2003 1223 11 2 - 307 2 5 1530 13 7 RUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol aeua, lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. - e •• •• .• • 2016 121 17 5 - 296 12 41507'19 9 -. - --- -- WEEK DAYS •SUNDAYS. 18093 8894 8 3 3974 5 3 822 8 9 13691 2 3 -- - - Oill\e' ei e. xi c) ( 4 xi .`4 - 11 ... . = P...) —A-RINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY 4 . a _ fl ' 2 a 3 b' rZ 'F. Ti me . 1-. g '', A ', 3 . BETWEEN FRANCE and ENGLAND. Time, e,' es ig oel a, 0 .., 0 .... c_o. A 8 111 a 'V= 8 z ci 0 Pir 210 SOCIETY SOCIETY DE M.AULEY and CO. 6 4 e 1 h . e al e f•Year„,! B _ , HEREBY GIVEN that the DIVIDEND for the , n rat e of u ' ,l 6 the 31st December, 1852, of Bd. per Share BLE at m e ( turas of £6 10s. per Cent. per Annum), willbe PAPA- de Richelleu - ' ee of the Society, 38, (beille at ---- --- --- ____ ____ _ ...._, ...._ ___ 9 1 4 - - - - next, betwee P Cornhlll, London, add 83, Rue e :', l-1, . on and after TUESDAY, the Ist day of March Society The - the 'lours of 12 and 4. 11 - - - 11 the 12 1 4 - - - Scripfor Ce‘tirleates must be left at one of the offices of (lend exami 2 1 4 netion two clear days before payment of the Divi- Pales rob. 16 18 By order of the Manager, 14 3 1 ,4 2 ... _ . :2• NDILANL ' S ' 4514 NO ACT OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED TO SPTTLE Passages marked * are run direct. ITO ACT OF PARLIAMENT REQUIRED TO SDTTLIC - THE BOTTLED BEER QUESTION. N' ABLE BROTHERS and CO. beg to inform tr . _the public that they have made arrangements to Sell Bass's g el Tl . P n Opp's PALE ALE, and other Pale Ales of the first quality, th 4, e DUBLIN STOUT, in Bottles manufactured expressly for tiv,. r. i containing the full IMPERIAL QUART aud PINT IKEA -.„,z,, at the following prices :- - 1 -lases or Allsopp's best Pale Ales, at per dozen im- s. d. Aerial quarts .. • • • • •• • ' • • 8 0 Ditto Cl ditto pints 4 6 - -nine Dublin Stout, warranted of the first quality — P er Dozen imperial quarts • • • • .. • • 7 0 Ditto ditto pints • . .. •• .. 4 0 Ea rleili,„,, Brothers and Co. guarantee their Ales and Stout to be of Of the eat quality, and earnestly invite the Public to avail themselves bi e great saving they will make by honouring this firm with their ale lloru,.e Brothers and Co. call the attention of the Public to the im- Iltie: t fact, that they are offering Three Gallons, that is,One Dozen .Prl e •• tlalf of the present miscalled Q uarts and Pints, for a Lower 0 4ellban the Public is now gener all y p a y ing for Two Gallons, or erew e r s en of precisely the sa me article, identical in quality, and Tho dv the same eminent firms. The a_ Y antage to the Public is one -third more for the same p ries. th e 1) ; rublic has loudly complained o f the short measure it has been Xarrtice of the dealers in Bottled Beer to give. tes i p ec .e trothers and Co. offer the Public a comp lete remedy, and ` f ullY beg the Public to avail themselves of it. 0. d. 3 0 2 6 ;es marked * are ran direct. Fore Ca To or from Gravesend and London • • •• •• 10d „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich SI Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. ad. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51. Os.; Six Months, 3/. Os. ; Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Fast and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-stract Ter minus, Blackwell Railway. February 18th, 1853. n. Saloon. .. Is. 2d. .. Os. 10d. PLAIN FACTS PROVED EVERY DAY.- Our object is business ; our transactions are with all classes ; our styles associate fashion and ease ; our principles are economy, retrenchment, and fair dealing ; our goods are warranted the meat ingenious in their cut, and the most fashionable in style, the mate rials are not to be equalled for variety of pattern, excellency in manufacture or superiority of finish, the substances are suited to this season of the year, fit for purposes of business or pleasure, for daily wear or for balls and festivities. The nobleman may select his attire, or have his servants liveries in any style he wishes ; all orders being attended with correctness, dispatch, and economy. The business man has his dress for office wear, for travelling, for appearance in the city, or for comfort at home, he may clothe his children in the hest and most comfortable attire, at a saving of nearly half the money he must have paid elsewhere. The working man has the best stock of goods to select from, ex pressly prepared for his occupation or any other purpose, at charges lower than were ever known before. Everyone is furnished with Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, or Hosiery, &c., &c., cheaper than at any other house in the City, or the provinces. Such are the plain facts proved every day at the east and west end establishments of E. MOSES and SON. NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS. The outfitting department at E. MOSES and SON'S is replenished with novel and useful articles designed for the comfort and conveni ence of Emigrants, the stock of C LOTHING, HOSIERY, &c , for Ladies and G e ntlemen who aro about to emigrate , is the best and c heapest in the world, and every class of emigrants are furnished with goods required for a passage to Australia, or any other country, the charges are the lowest, and all the articles are superior to those obained elsewhere. Emigrants should inspect their outfits as arr r an ged in a separate department kept expressly for outfitting. Outfits complete, or any part i f them of the best quality, and the lowest prices at E. MOSES and SON'S. Ship sailing information, and full lists of outfits may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesrnan-like falsehood of " Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or "It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY °TIME ROUSE IN as follows 011 OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2, 3, Ilart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfa will bection, it willed be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigraat's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Ici ron parle Francais, qui si parla Hier srricht man Deutsch. Aqua so habla Espanol _ ,v.. e- A c ; At- rs ,, ,u-' - ''''' l44l( 4 „ t. • ' l4 : ll M'r • * ' .4 ‘s. - ' l l//:7. \ i dg • • , I . . 1 4 ,, 0 gi a4 mitt4.l -.. 2 1.0 ose ' h 4 ` lll , • • '44 : •'• D I y • 1.) - 4t:f. k"`4 , & \/- Their lordships then adjourned. ~~~ [PRICE SD. practically and at once to proceed with the digest of the statute law. - Surely, then, he could n o t be said to be merely marking time. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the observations'of his noble and learned friend on the question now before the common law commission, as to the advisability of giving the optionof trial by j ury or not, if he had been represented as pledging himself against that proposition, he had eithe'r not expressbd what he meant, or been misunderstood. He merely said it required the gravest consideration, because ad mitting that many questions, such as of commonAlebts, might be - ordinarily, safely, and perhaps better tried and decided by a judge, with the intervention of a jury—assuming that he felt bound to own the advantage to the numerous body who perform the duties of " jurymen at assizes, and who invariably left the court more intelligent than when they entered it, he thought they ought not to make any change with out looking at the question in every point of view. So far from having come to any determination not to - adopt the same view as his noble and learned friend, he might be brought to think that the advantage of a cheaper trial might .be greater than the disadvantage of mixing up duties in the' administration of justice. He felt bound, in common with the whole country, to - express his sense of the obligations under which they rested to his noble and learned friend for, the zeal - with which he had ad dressed himself to this subject, and he could assure him he should always receive with most respectful attention any suggestion he might make. (Hear.) The bill was then read a first time. A bill - to supply an omission in the act of last session relating to the valuation of rateable property in Ireland was read a first time, and notice given to pass it through all its stages to-morrow. _ _ HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) HOP DUTIES. Mr. FREWEN presented s,„ petition from the hop planters of the county of Sussex and Weald of Kent, and others interested in the cultivation of hops, assem bled at a public meeting held on the 14th day of Decem ber last, praying for a total repeal of the excise duty on hops. The hon. member then proceeded to move " that the excise duty on hops is impolitic and unjust, and ought to be repealed." A deputation which had waited upon the noble lord who was lately at the head of the Government had received no support, and, there fore, had urged him to bring the subject before the house. In the year 1849 the duty had been 145,6931., in 1850 424,7021., in 1851 and 1852 236,6231., so that the aver age was little more than 200,0001. per annum. This tax was first imposed in 1711, and considerably increased in 1802. Iu 1905 it had been decreased 2d. in the pound, but even now it amounted to nearly 14/. per acre. A large crop in fact, which ought to be a blessing, is by the operation of this law actually made a curse. In some cases the amount of duty paid for the hops grown upon five or six acres out of a hundred, actually exceeds the rent of the whole farm. He could prove that within the last fortnight four-fifths of the hop planters of Sussex had signed a petition for tho total repeal of this tax. He was aware that a meeting had been held at Maidstone, at which resolutions had been proposed hostile to the re peal of the hop duty, but this would only show that the gentlemen who passed those resolutions held in their hands an improper monopoly. He was aware that to-day a large deputation had waited upon the head of the Government and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, praying that the tax might not be repealed, and it was natural for planters of ample means to expect, by the operation of this large tax, to beat down opposition. The operation of the tax was to drive a large portion of the land out of cultivation, and this surely was impolitic, and with these views he had brought forward the present measure. Mr. FULLER was understood to agree with the measure of the hon. member for Sussex. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted that the house would not now be led into the discussion of the question. He would freely admit to the hon. gentleman that the case of the county of Sussex was un doubtedly a hard one, as compared with some more favoured district s . But he regretted not to be able to go any farther with the right hon. gentle man. The opinion of the hon. gentleman that the tax was of slight importance to the Exchequer was erroneous. Considerable importance was attached to the 300,000/. raised by this tax. It was, however, im politic to consider any single tax by itself. It was im politic to remove a tax before it was decided bow to raise the necessary expenditure of the year. He was convinced that the house would not sanction this motion. It would soon now be seen what was the estimated expenditure for the year, and then, if the revenue of the year exceeded that expenditure, it would be time for the honourable member to bring forward his measure. He entertained no doubt that the house would refuse to adopt the motion of the right hon. gentleman. ' He had been called upon by an hon. member to give up the whole of the advertisement duty, and he had heard that night of a motion to be brought forward for the repeal of the wine duties. It was his duty to give a negative to the motion before - the house. - Mr. BALL should vote against the continuance of the tax, and was confirmed in this intention by what had fallen from the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to its inequality. The removal of this tax was only carrying out that free-trade principle which had been confirmed by the house. Mr. DEEDES was sorry to say that it was not the first time he had opposed the member for Sussex on mo tions of this sort. It seemed to him that it was the intention of the honourable member to play Sus sex against all England, but he hoped that the umpires would see to the fairness of the game. The attempt to repeal the hop duty by a planter, was a sui cidal act. have liberty to read the scriptures in his own house but that nobleman declined to avail himself of any such privilege ' but stood on the rights o f a c iti zen of Tusctany, secured to him by the constitution.. He deolined to re 'ceive any favour individually, but contended for the rights of his poorer brethren, and finding that. he would be sentenced to banishment on .that account, he, preferred to endure a voluntary exile, and quit a country where he could not worship God according to his conscience. On the 25th of April power was given to the police to send • persons into banishment for a year for any religious or po litical offence, and under that ediet persons were seized and sentenced to banishment. Between that time and the • 26th of August the arrests continued, but on the 26th, as would be found by reference to papers on the table, an Englishman, Mr. Walker, and. two Florentines, were waiting to see Madiai at his house, when the police entered, and they were searched and taken to prison. Madiai, on his return, was also taken to prison, and, on the following day, the wife, Rosa Medial, and her maid servant, ) ,Yrere also conveyed to prison. In September, a young cleakln the post-office was arrested upon the charge of possessibg a Bible. For no other offence he was taken frem.his family, , ind had not since been released. On November the 25th, , c. decree was issued, charging Francesco Madiai and Boas. Madiai, his wife, with impiety, and the right to condeinsu them was attempted to be established under theOth art& ale of the Leopoldine Code. By that article it was declared that whoever should attempt to profane the divine mystery by disturbing the sacred functions, • or commit any other society, public e s h oaunshould P impiety,ubne considered punished w u i b . t li h c t l publicly attackas an n oenemyst e t x h e e m h ap o n a ly r . ya C r k st th o o nrur lit . eApernlioyf kaneyrsopnubwlhicoacrzadantdhatthwe o g al ue d st sz n that it it ve m u ere ab ly ly re ar fe s ze e d d to tthiermLinagwhate.vimihheyoffMenr.ceDavenportw which they Hi ll,theweßecore charged r ged of *as for conducting family worship in thei r own house, but that was explain e d b y the .Attorney -General. on their ' trial to be a public over t act against the Catholic faith. The evidence given en the trial in favour of Rosa Madiai was very remarkable. All the witnesses spoke of her as one who was not only tolerant to their religion, but who was in the habit of impressing upon them —that is, upon Roman Catholics—the duties of keeping its observances so long as they continued within it. Her whole life seemed to be a series of acts of charity. Sho interested herself with mita terathat their servants might be at liberty to attendmass, and the Public Minister himself, in his speech. said that the acts of goodness, of probity, and of benevolence of Rosa Madiai caused him to grievefor her separation from the Catholic faith, but could not lessen the effect of the act she had committed. There was a poor blind man whom she used continually to lead to mass, and go again to lead him home from it, so far was she from possessing anything of that spirit of proselytism that was attempted to be fastened upon her. (Hear.) When sentence was pronounced, it, preated the greatest sensation throughout ,„H Tuscany. ~.e was told that the judges were not unaniniens in the sentence. • There were live judgew- , --tvii were in favour of pardon, two for a conviction. The president of the court gave the casting vote, and he was credibly informed that he was almost unable to conclude so much did his voice falter. The strongest feeling was displayed by the public, and the verdict was received with shouts of "Gli assassini, gli assassini (the assassins, the assassins)—they have suc ceeded." He held in his hand a translation into French of the decree, to which he begged to call the attention of the house. Me expressed his regret that such a law as that under which they were convicted should now be revived to intimidate, and to be carried into execution against unfortunate people who conceived that they were guaran teed in their liberty by the constitution. (Hear, hear.) Tho reason why he (Mr. Kinnaird) appealed to that house was that this case of the Madiai was not an individual in stance of persecution. There were not only hundreds but thousands in that part of Europe who were positively living under a reign of terror. He had recently received a letter stating that there were vast numbers, beyond any conception, in prisons for the like supposed offences. He now took the first opportunity that had presented itself of expressing his gratitude to the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) for his recent dispach on this subject. (Cheers.) That dispatch only con-• firmed him (Mr. Binnaird) of the importance of bringing, public attention to bear on this point. There was on matter which he died not gather from the papers before the house, but of the truth of which he was c re dibly i n f orme d. H e referred to the conduct of the King of Prussia in this matter, of which he thought it behoved that house to speak with great praise. The moment that Monarch heard of the sentence on the Medial he wrote to his minister at the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, expressing his deep sympathy with the cause of those unfortunate persons and he (Mr. Kinnaird) was credibly informed that the King of Prussia had instructed his minister at this court to propose to her Majesty's Government a united representation on the sub ject. He (Mr. Kinnaird) could not remove the conviction from his mind, that if at that period the suggestion of the King of Prussia had been acted upon—if this country, in concert with the King of Prussia, the King of Holland, and the Government of the United States—being the chief Protestant powers—had addressed a representation to the Grand Duke of Tuscany on this subject, not in a menacing or dictatorial tone, but in firm and energetic language, and not, as had been done, in an unofficial manner, he could not but think that the Grand Duke would have shrunk from the responsibility attaching to his conduct in this matter. He thought, too, looking at the state of Europe, there were not wanting facilities for such an alliance, which would be productive of the very best effects. He knew there were many honourable members who thought that house would not be justified in interfering in this matter, because it Nras one between the Tuscan—Govern- ment and its own subjects. He thought that proposition had been admirably answered in the dispatch of the noble lord (Lord John Russell) on the table of the house. (Cheers.) But he would remind the house that this was not the first time the Protestant powers had been called on to interfere on behalf of their persecuted brethren on the continent. In 1709, by the treaty of Utrecht, there was a special provision entered into between Great Britain, Prussia, and Holland, for the protection of the Waldenses in the exercise of their religious liberties • and there was a time when a ruler of this country—one whose name must be dear to every Englishman.--compelled Cardinal Mazarin to interpose with the Duke of Savoy for the purpose of putting an end to the atrocities practised upon those Wal densian Christians. The bigoted James 11., too, actually sent Lord Stair as an ambassador to the Court of Louis Quatorze, when the Huguenots were condemned, to re =castrate on their -behalf ; saad.it would be remembered that on that occasion when Louis said to Stair, " What would you say if I were to ask you to release your con victs," the ambassador, with great quickness and ingenuity, answered, "If your Majesty wants to claim those unfortu nate persons, as we now do them as brethren, they shall be released immediately." (A laugh.) He would not de tain the house further on that point. jEle did, however, trust that the noble lord (Lord John Russell) would not oppose his motion, and that he would not cease to use his best efforts on behalf, not only of the Madiai, but of their Protestant brethren generally on the con tinent, wherever they might be suffering per secution in respect of their faith. He (Mr. Binnaird) did urge and trust that the voice of England would be raised, and that that house would not be intimidated from expressing plainly and boldly its opinion on this subject, and from using the moral weight of this country on behalf of their persecuted brethren on the Continent. (Cheers.) Lord DUDLEY STUART, in seconding the motion, said that seldom had any event on the Continent excited the feelings of the inhabitants of this country so much as the case of those unfortunate and persecuted Madiai. It After a few words from Mr. ALCOOK, Mr. FnEwEN replied, and the house divided : For the motion Against Majority against THE MADIAIS Mr. KINNAIRD moved that an address should be pre sented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take such steps as she may deem most fitting for bringing under the notice of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Tuscany the strong feelings prevailing among a large number of her Majesty's subjects in consequence of the persecution now actively begun in Tuscany of those who, secretly or openly, profess principles held by her Majesty, in common with the majority of her Majesty's subjects in this United Kingdom, which persecu tion appears likely to increase in intensity through the de cree lately promulgated, which re-enacts the penalty of death against the so-called "depravers of the religion of the state." He asked for the attention of the house while he stated the reasons which had induced him to bring forward .... 91 .... 175 .... SI was no wonder that it should be so, for the people of this country had always felt a deep sympathy with their Pro testant brethren all over the world. The feelings of the British people in this respect had been reflected in the acts of their rulers. Cromwell interposed with energy on be half of the Protestants of France ; and we had treaties re lating to the Vaudois and Waldenses, signed by William 111. and Queen Anne, which stipulated that those Chris- MIS should enjoy, undisturbed, the exercise of their re- this motion. The fact was that a cruel and atrocious sen tence had been passed upon two individuals—in humble life, it was true, but of unimpeached character—and when ligion in the valleys of Piedmont. At different times, also, the representatives of this country at foreign courts had received instructions from the Government when the stipulations of those treaties were violated or interfered with ; and the Protestants, thus protected by England, continued to enjoy their liberty until the French got pos session of those countries, and then, under the French regime, they assumed the rights of free citizens once more. We should have treaties with foreign states for the pro tection of their Protestant subjects in the same way as we had had treaties with the kingdom of Sardinia and the Dukes of Savoy for the purpose of protecting Christians in the exercise of their religion. The proposal implied in the motion was no innovation. We had treaties for the prevention of the slave trade with various countries of the world ; and why should we not have treaties with foreign states, by which they should debar themselves from the sin of persecuting their subjects, only for obeying the dic tates of their own consciences. It was contrary t o humanity, as well as to the dictates of the Christian reli gion, and the golden rule of doing to others as we should wish them to do to us, to persecute a man for religious principles, which he was forced by his conscience to ac knowledge. For his part, he felt sentiments of regret and indignktion when contemplating any person subject to per secution on account of his religion ; and he applied that principle in the largest sense. (Hear, hear) He was not only against the persecution of Protestants, Jews, Roman Catholics, Greeks, or any particular religious sect, but he was—and he desired to raise his voice to say it-- against persecution of all sorts on acconntfof any form of religion, and wheresosver it might be professed. (Hear, hear.) Protestants, unhappily, were not the only religion ists ,who had been persecuted. In times past, as they knew, others had been dealt with in the severest manner by men actuated by the sincerest motives. A. poet had said, somewhat irreverently, " Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded That all the apostles would have done as they did." the tidings of that sentence had reached this country, sor. row and indignation prevailed generally amongst all classes of the population. That feeling was not confined to this country, for in every Protestant state of Europe the same feeling of indignation was experienced. It was not even confined to the continent of Europe, but it was felt beyond the Atlantic. (Hear, hear.) The American people had expressed in the most unmistakeable language their sym pathy for the case of the Madiai, and the President of the United States and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in that country not only sent a dispatch to the Government of the Grand Duke, asking for the release of those unfortunate person, but, if he were credibly informed, they had also offered to send a vessel to receive those persecuted people, with the intention of giving them an asylum in the United States, and providing for them hereafter. He wished that in this country they had also taken that noble course. He wished to prove to the house that this case of the Madiai was not an isolated case, and he thought he should be able also to prove that it arose from an ecclesiastical re. action ; that it was symptomatic of a determination on the part of the heirarchy of the Church of Rome to put down Protestantism by force wherever the civil power would aid them in so doing. (Hear, hear.) It was on that ground he asked the House of Commons to call upon her Majesty's Government to invite the other Protestant powers of Europe to join them, and in concert with Prus sia and Holland to enter a remonstrance, not in a dictato rial tone—not in a tone of menace—but in the name of re ligion and humanity firmly and energetically to remon strate against this great act of tyranny. (Hear, hear.) Tuscany had stood for a long period, and till within a very recent period, in happy contrast to the other Italian states, from the fact of its having mild rule rs, who followed in the footstops of Peter Leopold, who towards the end of the last century, when law reform was not so popular as at ,present, effected a great reform in the laws of his country, and secured for Tuscany a greater share of civil a d reapgious liberty than was enjoyed by any other of the Itali states. It was the fact the Inquisition was never estab lished in Tuscany, and that the canon law was never su preme there ; a nd those unfortunate people who were, as ben elieved, most unjustly and illegally convicted, had been convicted under the very laws that were made to se c the liberty of conscience that was now invaded. (Hear, hear.) In the year 1848, a constitution was granted to Tuscany, by the first article of which all existing forms were not only tolerated but permitted. (Hear, hofearw,orsheharip.) Under the protection of that constitution, a number of Florentines had enjoyed the advantage of at tending Protestant worship in that city in the churches connected with the English and Prussian embassies. Ser vice was performed in the Italian language, and a con siderable number of Tuscan subjects attended for a con siderable time without being interrupted. (Hear, hear.) It was in Juanuary, 1851, that, for the first time, the Go vernment interfered, and prevented their subjects from at tending those places of worship. He believed that police agents were placed at the doors, and all citizens who ven tured to worship God according to what they believed to be the rights of conscience were marked men, subject to surveillance of the police. In a very short : time after wards 400 mandates were issued by the police, telling the parties to whom they had reference that, if they wor shipped God in that form, they would be subject to from eight to sixty days' imprisonment. In the month of February, Count Ricciardini, a man who had never taken part in politics, and of unimpeached character, was told that a decree was passed forbidding him to enter a Pro testant church under pain of imprisonment. In the month of March he was informed by the police that if he gave up attending service he would Individually Roman Catholics had been persecuted quite as much as any others. Those persecutions were horrible enough, but it was scarcely less horrible that this country, which was the great Protestant country of Europe, should stand aloof and not raise a voice when Protestants were persecuted, as they had( been shown to be, by the Grand Duke of •Tns cany. He might be met by the argument that we ought not to interfere 'with an independent state. But it was not proposed to interfere by force of arms in this case. He thought the motion of his honourable friend (Mr. Kin naird) was a most proper one, for it was not proposed to interfere by violence. Besides, could the Grand Duchy of Tuscany be altogether called an independent state, seeing that it was in the occupation of a foreign army. (Hear. hear) ? Tu scan y was ruled by foreigners, by the Austrian Grand Duke, who was the nephew of the late Emperor Francis—him of the Holy Alliance, and cousin to the pre sent Emperor. He belonged to ,that Imperial family of Hapsburg which had been always distinguished in Europe for its religious persecutions. Of the Grand Duke himself. he believed it might be said he was disposed to beneficence and kindness. Tuscany, under his !rule, had enjoye d a great degree of prosperity which had always been e tm ple to by the fnends of despotic Government, en of how happy a people might be under As rnn i r rule, and who had often been a subject of despair to h l b a e ca l m un e d n e , r any contended that no country ought to be pThe Grand Duke but a constitional form of Government . neness and humanity had also shown his disposition • had n of Lucca. That puni shment . considered to be abo ens, for ractically it had lished throughout all his domini ears. 2 He believed it wail by abolishing the punishment o r b d e e e i th in his grand duchy not been used for a great l many .y executions since the Tuscany, but there had . of th a o country. It did not was even done at the d • twenty years since cap . ta been Pa udi llis i h m tary ent had been used in p e rsecution sess'° . desire of Tuscany. The country was now of the Grand Duke . Aseusemtrithaants this d s a by an Austrian army, and history shiSwed eqtirely held of Hap sburg had been at all times the most that the house gthaeu i s h e d for religious persecution. In Belgium, it. dia-is-cimputed that 30,000 Protestants) had lost their lives had ct of p°s was pers ecution ; in Spain a great number had been sacri ficed in the same way. 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Price Is. I}id., 2s. 9d., and 11s. per box. Sold by all druggists. Beware of counterfeits. LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, FEB. 17. (Before Sir J. Dodson.) RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN AND EASTERN.—Yesterday the 11 alf-yearly meeting of the sharehold ers i n t hi s company w: Is held at the Station, Bishopsgat e . M r. ' Ri c h ar d P a tea -son took the chair. The re p or t s t a t e d that the di v id or id on the respective shares of this company for ti 0 half-year ending the 31st of December last, will bee( or,e payable on and after Friday, th e 25th instant, an( I will be as follows, viz. —On sha res guaranteed 5 p it cent. per annum, U. ss. each ; on s h ares guarantee d i e per cent. per annum, 11. 10s. each ; l ess proper t y I tax. The adoption of the report w as carr i e d umus i l koously, and the meeting adjourned. ' _ SAMBRE - AND MEUSE. -Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the off lee in Moor gate-street, City. W. P. Richards, Esq 1., took the chair on the occasion. The directors' report ;has already appeared. After a few observations from th r. Chairman, he moved the adoption of the report, erhich was seconded, and was agreed to unanimously.- --Mr. John Brown asked if the 10 per cent. preference : itock would all be paid off this year ?-The Chairman of served that it would in August, as the company had' tl le means of doing it. (Hear.) A Proprietor asked ;how their large balance was deposited ?- The Chi tirman said a small portion was at Messrs. Han key's, and the greater portion at the Union Bank, and at the Bank of Belgium, at an interest of 2 per cent. Mr. Hall asked when they would complete the w hole of the works ?-The managing director said it w Ls expected to be finished by the Ist of May, 1854. 7he Belgian ,T government expected the tr un k finished b 1 rthe Ist of January, 1855, and the bra nc h es b y Jane OY, 1856. Thus they would be finished nine months iarlier than was contemplated. (Hear.)-Arr. Hall aske , is if they in tended to publish the weekly traffic ?-Th , chairman said it was now weelsly published.-The i eeting was then made special, for the consideration of ce 'ain altera tions proposed in the statutes of the om. 2 „c .imny.-The secretary then. read a list of certain alKSartis rendered "necessary from the increase of capital.-Mr.. Fohn Brown asked how many more of the 23,000 prefer ence shares they intended to issue, in addition to the 6 yOOO issued. -The chairman said they had permission to issue all, with the consent of the shareholders, but th ,ey intended only to issue 10,000, for which they had power, and there was no necessity for issuing more at pi esent.-The statutes having been adopted, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman and directors, and the meeting adjourned. EASTERN CourrriEg.-The half-yearly acct 'tints of the Eastern Counties Railway show that the tc ital receipts for the half-year ending 4th February, 185 3, upon the Eastern Counties are 375,5581. 7s. 4d., and the Norfolk 73,2101. 13s. 9d. Carrying out the comparison of for years, 5,2121. 15s. 11d. is to be deducted, as the re ceipts of the Shepreth and Hitchin line, redu ming the re venue to 443,5561. ss. 2d., as compared wit It 421,2931. lis. Bd. for the half-year ending 4th January .„ 1852, and 388,6961. 10s. 4d. for the same period up t, > 4th July, 1852. The working expenses are 178,0741. ss. 6d., as compared with 186,5351. is. id. for the . tix.months ending 4th January, 1852, and 177,645/ -..., 13s. 7d. sip to the 4th July, 1852. The expenditure during the half-year is 346,6151. 7s. 9d., which ded acted from 448,7691. is. id., leaves a balance of 102,15: W. 13s. 4d., as the net profit from the half-year's working, which, added to the balance from last half-year, : smounts to 106,890/. 6s. 4d., not taking into accoun t a sum of 2,6191. ss. Bd. in connection with the traffic on the East Anglian and Shepreth and Hitchin lines, e., fended for sheets and sacks, in addition to the ordinary i expenditure for those purposes, and the whole of whic EL has been charged to revenue. This balance enables th e directors, after paying interest on guarantees and loans. , to declare a dividend of 6s. per share, amounting to 10! ;,515/. 10s. Bd., and to carry forward 4,3741. 15s. Bd. t, ) the credit of the next half-year. MIDLAND.-The half-yearly accounts of tl le Midland Railway exhibit an expenditure, on capital ac count, dur ing the half-year of 156,3821. 18s. ld. Th e outlay to 30th June, 1852, had been 15,881,9061. 19 o. 3d., and the Leeds and Bradford Purchase (shares, 1 ,800,0001., and loans, 299,9991.) amounted to 2,099,9991..-together 18,138,2881. 17s. 4d. The receipts in respec tof capital have been 18,018,456/. 3s. sd. ; the expendiamre there fore leaves a balance of 119,8321. 13e. 1.3Lc1. against receipts. The estimated liabilities and furtt er outlay (including 130,0001. for the Gloucester and Eitonehouse Junction and narrow gauge to Bristol, and 61), 0001. for the Ripley branch) are put down at 220,1871'. 10s. ld., giving a probable total outlay of 18,358,4; 16Z. The total capital which the company is empower( 3d. to raise is as follows, viz. :-On shares, 15,456,4721., 17s. 4d., and on debentures, 4,405,6851. 17s. Bd. ; together, 19,862,1581. 155., giving an estimated surplu aof capital of 1,503,6821. 7s. 7d. The traffic receipts far the past half-year have been 677,1961. 18s. 5d., and tl le working expenses 268,6511. 17s. 6d. The rates, tax se, and Go vernment duty have been 21,8091. 10s. 3d.; permanent way renewal, 10,0001.; provision for increas.?" of rolling stock, 6,2501.; bad debts for the half-year, 482.1. 3s. 4d.; debenture and loan interest, 77,5041. 9s. 7,1.; interest , on bankers' balances, 6331. Is. 10d.; dividends on the rg uarantee-shares (lithe Sheffield.-ealdißttherlio.a, Leices ter and Swannington, Bristol and Birminghrun, and in terest on Leeds and Bradford shares, 104,,.5891. 6s. ; Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock deficiency. 1,6101.; and redemption of mortgage debentures, required by the Act of July 3, 1851 , 5001 . - in the gross, 492,0301. Bs. 6d.; leaving a disposable balance of 185,166 J. 9s. lid. Tho following is the dividend proposed by the di rectors :- 9,129,7411. 10s. sd. Consolidated Stock, in cluding the 50/. shares at 3/. ss. per cent per annum £148,1158 6 0 386,22 b/., being 51. per share on 77,245161 13s. 4d. shares, at 41. 10s. per cent. per annum 8,690 1 3 978,533/. 9s. Birmingham Derby and Stock, at 1/. 17s. 6d. per cent, per annum 9,173 15 0 25,000/. Midland Preferential Stock, at 61 per cont. per annum 146,000/. Erewash Valley 50/. shares, at 6/ per cent. per annum 750 0 0 4,350 0 0 £171,322 2 3 YORE AND NORTH MIDLAND.—The report of the di rectors, to be submitted to the half-yearly meeting of proprietors, to be held in the De Grey Rooms, in the city of York, on the 23d instant, states that the gross revenue of the company for . the half-year amounts to 257,314/. 16s. 10d., and the working expenses and tax ation t• 96,0451. 3s. Bd., leaving a net profit of 160,2691. 13s. 2d. From this must he deducted rent of Hull and Selby Railway, 33,0001. ; interest on debentures, prefer ence shares, &c., 57,8251. ss. 6d. ; reserve for renewal of permanent way, 15,1381. 9s. 6d. ; loss by fire at Hull, 1,6391. 7s. 4d. ; and adding the balance of 595 1 . 18s. 9d. brought forward from last half-year, there remains 53,2621. 9s. 7d. applicable to dividend on the ordinary stock. The directors recommend that a dividend be de clared on this stock at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of 4,9211. 12s. id. to be carried to the credit of the current half-year. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE.—The report of the directors states that, under the head of capital account, the expenditure for the half-year amounts to 154,9951. is. 2d., of which 43,1491. 4s. is for new rolling stock. . The only wor k s o f i m p or t ance n ow in progress are Grimsby Docks and the Barnsley Branch. With respect to the former, it mustlbe observed, that although the dock itself is open for traffic, there are a 'variety of adjunct works still incomplete, and this item cannot at present be closed. These works will be in excess of the estimates laid before the shareholders in February, 1850, in consequence of the occurrence of slips and other contingencies, over which the directors could have no control ; but the proprietors may rest assured, that no money has been expended beyond what has been found absolutely necessary. The construction of these works, and the expenditure, have been under th e cons t an t sur veillance of directors resident in Lincolnshire. The Barnsley Branch is now progressing very rapidly, and is expected to be completed in the autumn of the present year, in time to accommodate th e w i nter coa l t ra d e . A comparison of the receipts of the present half year with those of the corresponding period. of 1851, shows a decrease of 1,7711. 17s 9d in the coaching traffic, and an increase of 8,9911. 12s 5d on other descriptions of traffic ; Towni line in or, an increase of 7,2191. 14s Bd . in the traffic receipts of the half-year. This comparatively small improvement , but ceasing to arises from the loss of the Great. Northern through traffic, formerly carried over thirteen miles of this com oorpdena.mndg . S of yk t heir July last. The abstraction of this traffic ensiled a loss p b a e n s y o 's co li n n v e ey of about 12,000/. for the half-year, of which upwards of betweene d upon R t e h t e . 5,0001. was for passenger trffic, and being subject to no working charges, except maintenance of way, the actual loss to the company may be taken at nearly double this amount. When it is remembered that not only has this serious deficiency been made up from other resources of the line, but a further increase of 7,2191. obtained, the directors think they ma y justly congratulate the share holders upon the steady increase in the bona fide traffic of the line, which they hope still further to augment in the current year. IN THE MATTER OF THE WILL OF THE LATE EMPEROR NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, DECEASED. This was an application made on the part of the Lords of the Treasury, that the original will and codicils of the late Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte should be given out of the registry at Doctors' Commons, where they were now deposited, and delivered up to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of being trans mitted to the French Government. The Queen's Advocate appeared for the Lords of the Treasury, and said that the will in question, with seven codicils, was proved in August, 1824, by Charles Tris tram Comte de Montholin, one of the executors, power being reserved of making the like grant to Henry Gratian Comte Bertrand, and Louis Marchand, the other execu tors, and the effects of the deceased were sworn to be under the value of 6001. within the province of Canterbury. The learned advocate submitted there had been several instances in which wills had been delivered out of the registry of the court for the purpose of being depo sited elsewhere, and referred to the will and codicils of Mary Renton, widow which in the second session of Easter term, on the 19th of May, 1791, were ordered to be given up, that they might be deposited in the proper office for registering wills in Edinburgh. The will and codicil of Duncan Forbes, which on the 23d of Novem ber, 1792, were in like manner given up, in order that they might be again deposited in the proper office in the island of Grenada, where the original will and codicil had formerly been proved and deposited ; and on the 4th of July, 1839, tho codicil to the will of Sir Herbert Taylor, which had been delivered up to be recorded in the proper court, or with the legal authorities in France. In support of the present application, the i Comte de Montholin and the Comte Marchand, the sur-1 viving executors, had executed a proxy, consenting to the will being delivered up as prayed • and an affidavit had been made by Lord John Russell, the Foreign Secre tary, to the effect that an application had been made by the French Government to her Majesty's Government that the will in question should be delivered up, and that her Majesty's Government considered it advisable, on grounds of public policy, that the application should be complied with. A further affidavit had been made by Mr. John Allen Powell, of Lincoln's-inn, the solicitor who had been employed to conduct certain affairs of the deceased Emperor, and who deposed that he believed all the personal estate belonging to the late Emperor in this country had come into the hands of the executor to be by him applied in pursuance of the clauses of the will. The Court granted the application instantly, THE RECENT BEQUEST TO THE QUEEN. PHIPPS AND ANOTHER V. 000DRIDGE AND OTHERS. The Queen's Advocate said in this case he had to move the sentence in pcenum against the defendants. The testator, John Camden Neild, Esq., made the his wole ill, dated the 10th of A u g ust, 1848, bequeathing wh of his p e rsonal property and estate (which is valued at 250,0001.) to her Majesty Queen Victoria, and appointed the Hon. C. B. Phipps, the Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, Archdeacon Tatham, and James Stevens, Esq., executors. On the death of Mr. Neild, the execu tors voluntarily brought in the will on the 3d of Novem ber, 1853, for probate, and prayed that it might be proved in solemn form. The next of kin of the deceased had been duly served with citation to appear, and evi dence had been given of the due execution of the will and the testamentary capacity of the deceased, and ex pounded proxy. He now prayed the sentence of the court, in pain the next of kin not appear in g , and that probate decreed, and signed by the judges to be delivered out. EAST LANCASHIRE.—The half yearly meeting of tills company took place on Wednesday at the Bury station. The tabular statement in the report showed an increase of nearly 11 per cent. on the gross receipts of the rail way, and an increase of nearly 13 per cent. of profit, as compared with the corresponding period of 1851. The directors recommended the declaration of a dividend of three per cent., from a conviction that it had been honestly earned in the half year, which was agreed to. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. p ci e u n o e t d at fl io lthi : : the rate of stern Counties, F B :u nk . I r 7 a . rissing STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market o interest again to-day, but after mid-day, th e feeling im proved, morning, under L a lV :ar ßP ef OO tb r e p A r b o e v r e d d e , en a , n closeddui; Caledonian,t e - to-day a t y 3 e 2 s i te ; rd E a 13 9-16 ; East Lancashire, 191; Great Western, 91 ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 781; Lon don a nd North Western, 120 ; ditto Fifth shares, 3 1 prem. ; M anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 30# ; Midland, 781 ; North British, 8 15-16 ; South Lincolnshire, and Dover, 23 ; Borough, 11i MANCHESTER, FEB. 17. io 7 s ; STOCK EXCHANGE.—The number of sa l es has been limited to-day, and price s drooped through ou t. T he clesing sales were :—Blackb urn, 7a ; K endal and Winder mere, 14 ex diT. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 798 ; Lon don and North Weste rn, 120 i ; Manchester, Sh eff i eld, and Lincolnshire, 24i 3ti r te ;Midland and ß Furness,lway Console, a nts, 79 South Eastern, i:lshare opening this mo rning exhibited cons ider abl e firmnessk t e h t e at s andn i l its BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 17. BTehirmioeunfnt7iligehs°'awmill'3sPlr3esfe9rdence, 3.16 ; South .- e - x Th hib e it ra ed il c w on a :s op S en T ; Midland, 781• during the day P. comparatively large amount of business iOnC:thEi simalorAnNinG: Stafforclsliire,• easff-haerscettidsabn:u_sryaEctaseler lIIJARY 18 , 1P53. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—{YESTERDAY.) THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. ' . ' The Earl of CARDIGAN apologised for intruding himself upon their lordships, but made the importance of his topic his justifica.tion. He drew attention to the recent history of this question, and to the fact that one or two years since , a .ro easure for' the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancyleadtbeen introduced 'lacier the direc tion of the present' Secretary for Foreign Affairs—still Secretary he believed, 'though rumour called him the su pernumerary member: of her Majesty's Government. That noble lord—for whom he had the highest personal regard—introduced the question. of the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy. The other house came to divisions on that subject, and the majorities were in variably in favour of the measure introduced bythe noble lord. There was no reason either to suppose it was con sidered a party question, as those who supported it were of different parties. Thus the matter stood ; but, before putting his question to Government, he was anxious to make one or two observations. It seemed to him that those noble:lords, wbo were' Selected to fill this important post, were placed in a very equivocal and anomalous position when thus officiating as mock kings, or, to recall thatexpres,Rion as fictitious kings. He was perfectly aware that some of these noble lords, placed though they were in an awkward position, had rendered great service to their country. He remembered that a noble lord (Lord Clarendon) had evinced great talent, and taken great trouble in suppressing disturbances in Ireland ; • and that ,more recently another (Lord Eglintoun) by the sound' judgment, discretion, and tact• he had shown during his Government of that country, had obtained a very general and a very well deserved popularity. Still he did not think that even if the noble earl had not occupied that position, the United Kingdom we slsl jx, consequence have been dismembered, and he did think that the noble lords who undertook that position were exposed to very great difficulties. He would suppose a case. Some noble lord of the highest and most unblem ished character was selected for office over the other side of the water. The noble lord might be young in age, and younger still in the peerage of this country, but he was suddenly moved to the other side of the water to act as Viceroy of Ireland. He arrived in that country, and on his arrival there was a great parade of troops to re ceive him. Afterwards there were levees and drawing rooms, and there the new viceroy had to go through the form, he would not say of embracing, but of saluting 300 or 400 ladies. (Much laughter.) He would ask their lordships whether this was a position in which any noble lord ought to be placed ? Then came din ners and fetes at the castle—dinners and fetes which were very agreeable, and very useful as acts of hospi tality, and for the advancement of trade, but not neces sary for any one who did not wish to assume royal habits. The Lord-Lieutenant was surrounded by a splen did stall, but the principal duty which they had to per form was to carve the joints which were placed upon the vice-royal board. There was a Master of the Horse for instance, with, he believed, a very high salary, who ' had to superintend an establishment of six or eight long tailed horses. But there was more serious matter be hind. A great many of these staff officers were on full pay in cavalry and infantry regiments. They were taken Eiway from the military duties of their regiments, and received salaries for their services on the staff. Ho thought that a very objectionable system. (Hear.) It was necessary that the Viceroy should go to the theatre, on which occasions he went through the streets of Dublin with a magnificent cavalry escort, and showed himself off to his admiring subjects. (A laugh.) These were only some of the follies and absurdities to which the establishment of a Vice-Royalty in Ireland gave rise, but he would-now come to the office itself ; and he con fessed that from all the information which he had re ceived, he believed that that office did not tend to expe dite business, but led to various inconveniences. The chief of these was irresponsibility, for he was told that it was difficult to find out where responsibility lay. When parties went to the office of the Lord-Lieutenant in Dub lin, they were told, "We can give you no decided answer—the matter rests with the Imperial Government." The parties then came over to London, and the answer they got was, "We can do nothing without the ad vice of the Lord-Lieutenant." The noble earl went on to complain of the frequent changes which took place in the office of Lord-Lieutenant, and of the manner in which they reviewed and sometimes reversed the acts of their predecessors. By abolishing the office the Government would effect a very useful and economical reform, and one which should have his firm support. He begged, in conclusion, to ask whether her Majesty's Government intended to carry into effect the measure announced by the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, when Prime Minister of this country, for abolishing the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland ? e The Earl of ABERDEEN observed that, before answering the question of the noble earl, he might say that he did not think it necessary to enter into an in quiry how far it would be expedient or not to abolish th - office of Lord-Lieutenant ; nor ehotacl- he inquire into the various relaxations to which the noble earl had alluded, by which the anxieties of office were lightened. With respect to the measure introduced by his noble friend when he was at the head of affairs in this country, the subject had no doubt engaged, more or less, the attention of Parliament and of their lordships' house ; but he believed ho might say with truth that, whatever might have been the opinion of his noble friend at one time, his intention of abolishing the offic of lord-lieutenant was abandoned before he resigned the situation of Prime Minister. Whatever might have been the reasons which induced his noble friend to make that proposal, it was found that it would be received with so much aversion in Ireland, than any advantages which the noble earl had pointed out—even the abolition of fates, and dinners, and parades—would not compen sate for the ill feeling which the measure would generate in the minds of the people of that country. His noble friend, therefore, abandoned his intention before he left office. For his own part, he was afraid that even at the risk of losing the solid vote of the noble earl, he should not be able to meet his expectations. The rea sons which appeared so strong to the noble earl unfor tunately had no weight with him - (the Earl of Aber deen) ; but he was surprised that the noble earl should not have urged those reasons in the course of the last session. (A laugh). As the noble earl, however, had now asl - ed what were the intentions of her Majesty's pre sent Go' ernment, he could have no hesitation in saying that they had no intention of abolishing the office. The Earl of WICKLOW expressed his disappoint. ment ar the answer which had been given by the noble earl at the head of her Majesty's Government. From the difficulties of communication between the two coun tries, it was formerly necessary that some person should reside in Ireland to exercise the prerogative of mercy. No such necessity existed now, and if the office of Lord ' Lieutenant was to be continued, at all events the prero gative of mercy ought no longer to be intrusted to a viceroy. The Earl of DESART fully acknowledged the ano maly of the present system, but considered that better reasons should be assigned than those which had been alleged for abolishing an office which had been in exist ence five centuries. The conversation then terminated. LAW REFORM. Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table a bill to extend to Scotland the provisions of the act passed in 1851, to amend the law of evidence, by making the parties to suits examinable as witnesses. The noble and learned lord took occasion to make some remarks on the scheme of law reform lately laid before the house b 7 the Lord Chancellor, and characterised it as an attempt to "mark time," without making any real progress. He approved, however, of the resolution of the Government to proceed with the Registration of Charitable Trusts Bills, and to make a digest of the law, than which nothing could be more important. The noble and learned lord had observed, also, on a subject in which he took an interest, the question, not of abolishing trial by jury, but in certain cases giving an option to the parties. He admitted that it required great consideration ; but he could not forget that the experience of the County Courts, where parties had the option of having a jury, or taking the decision of the judge, in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred they did not choose to have a jury. There were one or two other subjects on which he wished to express an opinion, but when the bills were brought in, he should have abundant opportunity of discussing them. He hoped his noble and learned friend would apply his mind to other matters as well as those upon which he had given notice of his intention to proceed ; and such was his entire confidence in the good sense, learning, and experience of his noble and learned friend, that he felt assured he would treat them in - accordance with those sound, rational, and moderate views which he was known to entertain. (Cheers.) The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could assure their lordships, and his noble and learned friend in particular, that no one in that house regretted more than he did that he had felt bound to make that state ment on a day when his noble and learned friend was not present in his place. But he would observe, it might well have been supposed out of doors that he wanted to mark time instead of advancing, if he had not taken the very earliest opportunity of stating to their lordships, and through their lordships to the country, what were the intentions of the Government on the important subject of law reform. Had he known that his noble and 'milled friend would so soon be in the house, he might, perhaps, have been induced to make that statement somewhat later. He took some blame to himself that he did not make the inquiry ; but it did not occur to him that his noble and learned friend would not be there, so he gave notice on the first night of the session that on Monday he would make the statement which he then did. He regretted his noble and learned friend was not present, because he felt persuaded he would have seen that he (the Lord Chancellor) exhi bited no intention of marking time, but of advancing, as he was sure his noble friend would wish him to do, safely and surely. (Hear, hear.) He had announced his intention of immediately proceeding with the Regis tration Bill, amended, he hoped, but certainly laboured on by him. He stated also that the Charities Bill, which was not exactly the same as the bill introduced a session or two ago, was in such a state of progress, that he hoped in a short time to lay it on the table of the house and he pbowed that, having the means, he intended "46 ,-