The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-21 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette.) Au Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth 7ictoria, ::ap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 9th day of Jan., 1847 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bark, Abingdon-Knapp and Co.. 24,383 Andover Bank Andover-heath and Co - 13,923 Ashford Bank,. Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,224 Aylsham Bank, Ayl3ham-R. and E. Copeman 5,550 Aylesbury Old Bank, &ylesbury-Rickford and Hunt 40,560 BaMock Bank and Bedeck and Biggleswade BaLk, Baldoek-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell 37,941 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co. 12,948 Basingstoke and ()diktat Bank, Basingstoke-- Cole, Seymour, awl Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bevvdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 24,165 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming harn---Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 17,148 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 68,568 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 13,057 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 8,091 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 40,574 Brosele i , and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 24,628 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Baniury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney 38,240 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 48,528 Bati - . City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 35,593 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H. and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 64,176 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 25,535 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 12,248 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 16,672 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 33,385 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste 3,936 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 22,744 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow •Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Montricuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,891 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co 18,332 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,660 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Cu. 58,203 Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co - Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and Co 78,120 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor man 2,972 25,316 2,513 6,595 ..... 10,282 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chehnsford-Walford. and Co. 63,306 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 32,699 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Varringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley 9,295 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 13,926 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,135 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham-Newney and King 19,750 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 14,744 Grantham Bank, Grantham-hardy and C 0.... 28,007 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. 33,613 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Mothews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware s. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, hull --Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 3,759 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall „ Iloniton Bank, I loniton--Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples and Co. 40,628 Ilere,rd. Ross, and Archenfi&d Bank, and Ross and i rchenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan, Hoskins, and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Halle'.gh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexay:ders ani Co. Keati:th Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co. Knareaborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna - esborough-Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co 42,210 Ketterinc? Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 9,333 Lane Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harv, - y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 51,804 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and C Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leck-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 819 Lttiuester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 28,381 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 41,416 Liotifielsl Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 17,370 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 91,018 Ll - ,.n.lovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very-David Jones and Co. Lounhborough Bank, Leughborough-Middle toms and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lyrnington-C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co . 43,83. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Ly nn R eg i s- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co - 11,768 Manningtree Bank.Manningtree-Nun n and Co. 6,720 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner and Pinckney Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 12,459 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and Williams 8,390 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyums and Co 20,159 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co 28,050 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Brornage and Snead 16,281 M onmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport Williams and Suns. 8.390 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfr e y s an d H utton 28 , 763 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sl ea f or d an d Newark Bank, Newark-H an dl ey , P eacoc k , and *** N ewbury -Bunny and Slocock 36,052 Newmarket Bank, N ewmarket -Eaton, Ham mond, and Son . ....... 22,394 Vorfolk and Suffolk Bank Diss Dyson ...................... -Taylor and Norwich Crown Bank, NoiN' . ................... vie. -Harvevs and hods ins .............................. Norwich and Norfolk Bank, N o . ;;;ii; ... 6 u --• 4 5,583 , n t e j„ s v e h n a d m e a o .. ................. ....... ....... .. . t i og l7 t un-IL.rt, Fellows, and Co ............. 11 ,038 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddeock and 17,119 .. 22,315 6,786 Average An runt Oxfordshire Witney Bark Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, hull—Pease anti Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten anti Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Staphens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,803 Dudley and Vet Bromwich Ranking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 1 9,709 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 24,735 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 148,626 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 17,688 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,618 Hull Banking Company, Hull . 27,5z7 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,732 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 40,227 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,479 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,990 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough . 26,565 Kingsbridc,re Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbrid,ge 4,300 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 6O 218 Leeds nankin.. Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,520 Leamingtol Priors and Warwickshire Banking • Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding - Banking Company, Leeds - Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 1,344 Ludlow anti Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,501 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 27,698 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 76,555 National Provincial Bank of Dngland, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilt. Banking Company, Melksham 59,229 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 85,157 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton 24,084 North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001....... 54,911 Pares's Leicstc rshire Banking Company, Lei cester 57,728 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,634 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,984 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Cone pany, Starr] l'ord . 5l 797 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, ShifFnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and 1 i.ith.,mshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Si-.11 - ioid Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond . . Stockton and Durham County Banking Com pse a hf fi t a l ed d R. y f i t , , : ab t n o u Stockton Storey and Thomas's B an ki ng C ompany, S Suffolk Bankinht- e e..tre‘rn(lll p ß a a ny nk , , Ipswich Sheffield Wolverhampton aald Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton Wakefield and Barnsley Uni 8ank,36,888 Whitehaven Joint-Stock .6:. W a ke fi e l d . 3 1 0 2 , , 8 4 6 9 6 6 Whitehaven , .... Banking Company, ............ • Warwick and Le,ouiTston Banking . Ltaminz , to , t .. ............... .. . °DaPan Y , 40.213 West of Euglane, 41,1 South Wale's.. iii;iiic . . Bank. Bristol, 7,135 4,209 3,061 1 I, 13' 45,4114 11,972 8,08 10,493 13,505 6,261 37,166 40,134 6,335 11,726 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot ncr and Son Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and I)arking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co . . Ross (ild Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarf) rough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall anti Co Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adan.s, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Roeke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son 3,69 ~. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddinon and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 2,843 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie 20,33 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stont—W. Moore 7,658 Stourbridge Bant, Stourbridge —Rufford, %Vragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 14,695 Stamford and Itutlaud Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart 2,29G Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badeock 29,185 Tayistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and 8,057 _ 13,019 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leathatn, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkcsworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, •Wirkeswnrth—Arlawright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhatnpton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warmincter Wilt.h;rc , Ailinscer— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 2,195 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbenk, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,708 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ... 8,616 York Bank. York—Swann. Clouzh. and Co 47,3.57 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Thinking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 50,498 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of IVhitehaven,. Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-T ren t Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Che:Aurfield • .. Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ingt,n Cheltenham, and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheitenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 15,295 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle 14,014 10,004 17,304 25,059 10,654 27,472 45'939 21,734 35,840 57,243 12,240 12,996 C , I ...................................................... Na al Bank, Plyinoutli--Ilarris, Mudge, and Co New Strum Bank, S aru m— lietley, Everett, and 29,410 Co Nottingham atnk, Nottingham—Smith and Co 29,815 Oswestry 13ank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croy and Co 14,284 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and B. Morrell 13,824 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thomps on Pld Bank Tonbridge, Tordilidge and Tunbridge I%'ell3:eld Bank, TAibridge and Tunbridge WGil and St: veuuttlii Bank, Tunbridge— perching arill :s cum .. 83,245 32,533 9,960 600 Average ♦rn0,.,.. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,755 West Biding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitehurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester , 6,548 York Union Banking Company, York 7 • ,,831 York City and County Banking Company, York 95,074 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P.. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, Jan. 16, 1847. 7,045 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1847. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan, 20. The Court took the Crown paper to-day. None but disputed pauper settlement and parish cases Caine on for argumert during the morning. They involved no points of public interest. BAIL COURT, J(111. 20. LIABILITY OF PROVNIONAL CO3I3IITTEEMEN. ri.owElt C. aorEn. This wai an action brought to recover the sum of 881. due from the defendant to the plaintiff, for Work and labour done, and upon an account stated. Mr: Wordsworth appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. New ton, with whom was Air. Hatherton, appeared for the de fendant. The facts of the case were very brief. It appeared from ' the statement of counsel, and from the witnesses examined, that the defendant, Mr. Roper, wa s a gent l eman o f property, and the plaintiff Mr. Flower, is a soli- Lciithver;W°lln _ wea , Gtlhjoeutareesyettareerd: 1841846ThisebactrYderailfteDnInaryixt,ea'coammapongsy&rocttailhhaeedmr Southampton Railway his written consent to have his name placed upon the provisional committee. The written consent was dated the lath of Dec., 1845, although the registration of the company did not take place for some time afterwards. The attorneys and solicitors were appointed for the company on the very day upon which the defendant had given his consent. The plaintiff was one of those solicitors, and in the duties consequent upon that appointment the present expenses were incurred. On the cross-examination of the witnesses, it was admitted that Mr. Flower had, by way of showing that he had not selected the defendant by any undue preference, brought six other actions for this bill. A managing committee was ap pointed soon after the defendant joined the provisional corn mittee. The sum of three guineas was charged by the Plaintiff for each attendance at the board of directors of the company. The Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, and South ampton Railway Company was amalgamated with the railway of which the defendant was a member, on the 13th of December, the day on which the defendant placed his name on the provisional committee of the joint company called the Liverpool, Gloucester, Salisbury, and Devizes, and Southampton Railway Company. Mr NEWTON objected, on the part of the defendant, that he was in any case not liable for more than the amount, of the bill from the 13th of December to the appoint ment of the managing committee. He also objected that it did not appear what number of the provisional committee were to form a quorum, and therefore many of the proceed ings of that committee might have been illegal, as it had not been shown that the proper number attended. lie also objected that a great many of the 'proceedings for which charges had been made had taken place before the 13th of December, when, although the de fendant was in the habit of attending meetings of the company, there was nothing to render him in any wal liable. Mr. Flower had also neglected to prove the attendances, which comprised the heavier portion of his bill. Mr. Justice ERLE said that if the Counsel on either side would allow him to consider of the case until to-morrow morning, he would decide whether the plaintiff should be nonsuited, subject to the objections of Mr. Wordsworth, or the defendant should be rendered liable, subject to the motion of Mr. Newton. The only question was as to the amount. Both Counsel expressed their readiness to come to an ar rangement. Mr. NEWTON then addressed the jury. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found found for the plaintiff.--Damages, 171. Bs. 6d., the amount from the 13th of December to the ap pointment of the managing comrnittee. The case of Richards z'. Lord Maidstone, which . stood for trial this mo rn i ng, was, by consent, postponed until the sit tings after term. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 20. CHILTERN V. CROYDON RAILWAY COMPANY. This cause, which has been brought before the attention of the Court upon several occasions, was again brought for- ward upon demurrer. The plaintiff, it will be remembered, was a passenger from Sydenham by the Croydon Railway Company, but upon his journey up i t appeared that he had lost his ticket, and upon refusing to pay the whole fare from Croydon, was given in charge to a policeman, and brought before the Lord Mayor, and was finally discharged upon paying the fare claimed. The action vas brought to recover compensation in da mages for the imprisonment complained of. Mr. KENNEDY was heard at great length against the de murrer; at the conclusion of which the Court gave judgment against the company, on the ground that they had no right to give a passenger in charge under the circumstances of the case. STATISTICS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHUIIC•II IN GREAT BRITAIN. CHURCHES AND CHAPELS.—In England and Wales there were 540 churches and chapels. In Scotland, eighty-two ; besides twenty-two stations were Divine service is performed. Grand total of Catholic churches and chapels in Great Bri tain, 622. CATHOLIC COLLEGES.—In England there are eleven Catholic colleges, viz. —St. Edmund's, Hertfordshire ; St. Peter's, St. Paul's, and St. Gregory's, Somersetshire ; Stony burst, Lancashire ; St. Mary's, Staffordshire ; St. Cuthbert s, Ushaw, Durham ; St. Lawrence's, Yorkshire ; St. Edward's, Lancashire ; St. Mary's, Derbyshire ; College of the Immacu late Conception, Leicestershire. In Scotland, St. Mary's, Blairs, Kincardineshire. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COI.IIMONS, Jan. 20. The llouse met shortly before Four o'clock. NEW WRIT. A new writ, on the motion of Mr. PARKER, was ordered for the election of a Member for Middlesex in the room of the late Mr. Byng. NORTH KENT RAILWAY. An lioN. MEmusat gave notice of his intention on a future day to move for leave to bring in a Bill to construct several branches from the North Kent Rail way. . _ CONVENTS.—London district, 12 ; Central district, 8; Western district, 5 ; Lancashire district, 4 ; Yorkshire district, 2; Northern district, 2; Scotland district, 1. Total, 34. MowAsTxulEs.—Central district, 7 ; Western district 1. AltssioNAlLY PRIESTS IN GREAT BRITAIN, ENG LAND, AND WALES.--London district 135 ; Central district, 132; Eastern district, 39; Western district, 68 ; Lancashire district, 173 ; Yorkshire district, 65 ; Northern district, 61; Wales district, 24. Total, 714, in cluding Priests without any fixed missien. In Scotland, Eastern District, 25 ; Western district, 44 ; Northern district, 24 ; St. Mary's College, Blairs, 5. Total, 98.", Grand total of Missionary Priests in Great Britain, 818. Of the 766 Priests contained in the alphabetical list of last year, only eight have died, and eight more have retired or gone abroad. Exclusive of these last, the increase during last year is forty. PROPOSAL FOR A NATIONAL RE MONSTRANCE AGAINST SLAVERY. (From the People's Journal.) are, o fto sympathythe deadly hostility ty Subject, o fthe as they The abolitionists of Americ a h ave a l ways cove t e d t h e ex - P s te e n s yn ne h y o d c n i n n g interests, they are cheered and invigorated by every voice—no matter how remote its source —which pronounces a condem nation o f slavery, and demands the liberty of the negro. The cause of emancipation in America d) d ; s . , in a greater degree than may he supposed, upon the bearing assumed by the friends of freedom in England. Reciprocal - d influences l" prevail between nations as among i nd - • uals, and one nation may determine the conduct of another nation, as effectually as one man may exercise a suasion upon the mind of his fellow-being. See how the flame kindled by the An ' ti-corn-law League lights up a kindred element in European caught the spirit of anti-monopoly, areddean nations—they have up and doing." The applause with which the champion offre" A l trade has been everywhere greeted, attests that th e eyes of rope have been upon England during the recent struggle —and that her ex ample has extended its influence wherever exists. The struggle for free trade will also mis-government influence future . revolutions with a tremendous power, It has demonstr a t e d that the earnest but peaceful assertion of truth and right is sufficient for the overthrow of the harshest despotism, and that that the power of mind is more potent thanof the sword. The world has been taught the g ran d l anarchy is not the necessary prelude to lesson—that civil the establishment of civil right. If the g ,od works of Englishmen may the breasts of their brethren of France, er exeite emulation in how much greater will be their influence upon and Spain, speaking the same tongue, having the same upon a people and united to each other by links of the mostcommon origin, inseparable kind? Who amongst us but has some tie—in addition t that of the common brotherhood—upn the extended soil of Who has no friend, no schoolfellow, no relative within A t m h erica ? great boundary of American rule ? England, perhaps, more e n than any other nation, owes a duty to America ; and certainly people can perform such a duty so effectively as the E i s o h other owe it then, as a duty to God and to man, and to Americans c eve.- cially to speak out against the dreadful opp • ression of which the black slave is the victim. And there are man why the vo i ce of England should be heard new. iyhereasons spirit of emancipation is just taking deep root, and it becomes every e lover of lib er ty to foster and encourage it s growth. American Abolitionists have be en led to expect a loud and The unmistakable expression of sympathy from En g l an d— t h ey look for it, an d they must have it—and it mu s t b e equal to their expectations • not a weak puny murmur that shall die away upon the wind, but a voice that shall strike the ear of humanity throughout the whole civilised world, and quicken good. There blood i n th e hearts alike of the doers of evil a n d o f There must be a stir in the moral elements that shall excite each one to ask of himself—" Am I on the side of right or wrong?" But how shall this voice be expressed ? Shall it be by a word now, a n d ano ther then ; one uttered here, and an o th er there ? Or shall the voice of England against American sla very be one loud, united, and earnest protest against the prat. tices of the oppressor? If, as we are told, an address signed by 300 English people encourages and invigorates the American abolitionists, by that mysterious influence which sympathetic feeling never fails to impart—bow much more the voice of 3,000? how great the expression of 300,000 voices ? or, one glorious step further say how m i g ht y i n i ts e ff ec t the united declaration of three mil lions of men, women, and youths of Great Britain, against the enslavement of the negro race I There are three millions of slaves in the United States—are there not three millions of people in Great Britain who will sign a friendly remonstrance against A mer i can slavery ? w i ll no t every man assert the right of his fellow-man—every woman the right of her fellow woman—to freedom ? Yes ; all this may be done—it o n l y re mains to se t a b out i t with an earnes t resolution. The writer may be said to be sanguine, and he has reason to be so. A few years ago, be sat with five others in a room i n Manchester, and there he proposed a National Petition to Parliament, praying the right of suffrage for the British adult male population. Yes—when it was proposed there were only five persons present—and he afterwards betook himself to soli tude to frame the prayer of the British people to their rulers. A few months afterwards, and his was the joy to see that petition borne down to the House of Commons upon the shoulders of sixteen sturdy men --the monster petition, banded around with thick ropes—signed by three millions and a half of the British people—cheered by the assembled multitude as it passed along —obliged to be parted in twain ere it could be passed through the door s of the House of Commons (a full House of Members had assembled to meet it), and though they granted not its prayer, s till w i t hi n and without the doors of that House, it created a conviction and a power which have imperceptibly svtayed the subsequent work of peacea ble and just legislation. He would lik e to see a remonstran ce against slavery, ad dressed to the American people, through their President, three milli signed by th ons of the British people ! He hopes to look upon the grand spectacle of this remonstrance being borne through the streets of Liverpool, and then committed to the Great 'Western for its transatlantic passage. Such a do cument will find willi ng rec i p i ents on t h e s h o res of New Y or k ; and its undoubted effect will be the creation of an irresistibe moral power, that shall ultimately effect the freedom of the slave ? Englishm en —w e can do it and why not? ----- THE LORDS' ADDRESS.—This afternoon the Ad dress of the House of Peers, in answer to the Speech from the Throne, was presented to her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. Lords Hatherton and Carew, the mover and seconder of the Address, went up to the Palace, with whieh wands, and presented the Address to her Majesty. There was no procession, as is usual on such occasions, and the whole proceedings were conducted with the utmost privacy. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 19.—The sales were—Caledonian, New, Is. dis.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 30s. p.—Great Northern (London and York Reg.), 1i p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 3 4 p —Newcastle and Carlisle, 115—Ditto, New, 141 / 2 p.—Ncw castle and Berwick (North Shields), 13 1 % p.—North British, Thirds, 525. 6d. p.—Ditto, Qnarters, 40s, Gd. p.—Ditto, Ex tension, 154, 6d. p, LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Colonel WOOD presented a petition from Brecknock against the present law of settlement, and praying that the poor might be taken under the care of the State ; also a petition from the same place, praying that the Irish poor-law might be made more effectual. MALT AND HOPS—LICENSED vre,TuALCLO. On the motion of Alderman HUMPHERY, the fol lowing returns were ordered :—An account of the total numbers of quarters of malt made between the 10th day of October, 1845, and the 10th day of October, 1846, distinguishing the quantity made in each country, and the quantity used by brewers, and victuallers, and retail brewers. An account of the total number of acres of land in Great Britain under the cultivation of hops in the year 1846, distinguishing the number of acres in each parish. An account of the duty of hops of the growth of the year 1846, dis tinguishing the districts, and the old from the new duty. An account of the quantity of hops exported from Great Britain to foreign countries from the sth day of January, 1846, to the sth day of January, 1847, distin guishing the countries to which the same have been ex ported, and also the quantities to each country ; also British from foreign growths, and the dates of the years in which the British hops were grown. An account of foreign hops imported into the United Kingdom from the sth day of January, 1846, to the sth day of January, 1847, distinguishing the ports where imported, and the countries from whence exported. An account of the total number of pounds weight of hops charged with duty in each of the several collections of the United kingdom in the year 1846. An account of the number of persons in each of the several collections in the United Kingdom licensed as brewers, victuallers, to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises, stating the number of each class who brew their own beer, and the quantity of malt con sumed by them, particularising each class in each collec tion, from the 10th day of Oct., 1845, to the 10th day of Oct., 1846. The Hon. C. VILLIERS presented a petition, signed by all the leading merchants, brewers, and distillers in the city of London, calling the attention of the House to the great dearth of food in Great Britain and Ireland, and in other parts of Europe, and praying the House to rescind the penalties imposed on brewers using sugar and molasses. PRESENTMENTS OF SESSIONS (IRELAND). Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice of his intention to move for a return of the extraordinary presentments made by the sessions in each county in Ireland under the provi sions of the 9th and 10th Victoria, toAether with the expenses thus incurred, and the number of officers em ployed in the works. ISLE OF MAN Dr. BO WRING deferred until Thursday, the 28th inst., his motion with respect to the House of Keys. KEIGIILEY UNION. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he should move to morrow for a return of all the orders made by the Poor-law Commissioners with respect to this union, with their dates, since the 9th of June, 1842 ; together with the number of inmates, the instructions and communications issued by the Commissioners to the guardians and to the relieving officer, and whether that officer had acted upon those orders, or whether he had relieved the poor upon his own responsibility. TREAT NIENT OF CONVICTS. Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he should move, on the 28th instant, for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the treatment of convicts on board the hulks at Woolwich. MILITARY PUNISHMENT. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a return of the number of corporeal punish ments in the army since the last Parliamentary returns, made up to the latest period at which they could be furnished. THE NAVY. Sir C. NAPIER gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a return of the number of line-of-battle ships which had been cut down to frigates and steam contract ships. He should also move, at the same time, for a return of the number of seamen which the Channel fleet was short of in their complement at the present time. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. B. HAVES brought up the return of the Com mittee of the affairs of New Zealand. SESSIONAL ORDERS. Mr. JOHN PARKER moved the usual sessional orders, and a resolution for the arrangement of public business in respect of orders and notices, and a resolu tion for the morning sittings on. Wednesday.—Agreed to. Mr. EWART moved, amongst the sessional orders, that Committees on Private Bills, as well as on Rail way Bills, consist of five Members, neither personally nor indirectly interested in the question submitted to their consideration. This system had been tried during the last session, and it was found to work so efficiently that it was at present proposed to extend it to all pri vata Bills, It was proposed that the Committee should consist of five independent, unbiassed, and unpreju diced Members, in no one way interested in the Bills to be submitted to their consid, ration. Honourable Gentlemen certainly might object that it would be better for those who had local knowledge and local interests to sit on Committees, where the subjects affecting local matters were tried ; but he certainly was of opinion that they would be more likely to be of ser vice to their constituents as witnesses than as judges. Mr. THORNELY concurred fully in the observations of the Hon. Gentleman, and would second the motion. Mr. BROTHERTON thought that it would irjudi cious to adopt changes in this matter. At the time when the Speaker and other gentlemen recommended changes there was quite a different mode adopted to that now in use. No local Members were permitted to sit on Committees unless they were present on the first day that rnrb eeiattswt eoee t ne h s n%evyorina3 railways, aem)y,b andls ehdt., manifest Thre d m ist i i g n h c t tio be n u where v ah' h eih e rea r rv t l : oe s c :asp' Bills. laemsr perfectly y t fected, but there were many reasons why, in other Bills, constituents should not be deprived of the attendance of their local representatives. The present system worked well, and he saw no ne cessity for disturbing it. He should, therefore, object to the motion of the Hon. Member for Dumfries. Mr. HUNIE was surprised to hear toe Hon. Member for Salford speak in the way lie had done of the present constitution of the Committees. It would be much bet ter for the feelings of Hon. Members themselves who were local members, if they were not appointed to these Committees ; there were always two parties concerned, and even if an Hon. Member were inclined to " trim," he was often puzzled to know how to act.—(Laughter.) He should, therefore, support the motion of his Hon. Friend. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE would give his cordial support to the measure, as he considered it a reform in the right direction, and calculated to leave unstained the honour and the integrity of the Members of that House. Colonel SIBTHORP thought that every Member of that House should be brought up to the table, and made to swear that they had no interest, directly or in directly, in any railway, for until that were done, ho thought that the honour of the }louse could not be preserved, and the same system with reference to railways, of gross gambling, fraud, and specula tion, would continue to disgrace that House. He wished to have a pure House of Commons and a pure Ministry, and he had waited long for such and had found none. He wished to have in the House inde pendent Members, who would work for the good of the country, and not to forward their private ends. Until they had such a House of Com mons no good could be done. He had lost all confidence in the late Ministry, and he had great suspicion of the gentlemen who constituted the present one. He would support the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Ewart), in order, if possible, to purify the present system. Mr. S. O'BRIEN believed that the present system had given greater satisfastion than the old one, and ought to have a further trial. It had been said that the public out of doors wished to place all Committees on private Bills on the same footing as Committees on railway Bills. He differed from that opinion, as he felt satisfied the present system was in much more favour than the one which it had succeeded. He would therefore vote against the motion. Mr. WILLIAMS supported the motion. The prin ciple had been already introduced into a great portion of the business of the House, which involved a larffe amount of property. He agreed with the lion. Member for Montrose that it was impossible for any Member who had any interest in a private Bill to act upon the Committee appointed to consider its merits with any thing like impartiality or independence. Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the motion. Mr. BERNAL supported the motion, and deprecated •he practice of hearing counsel with long briefs before private Committees. Some time since they were led to believe that all the preliminary steps in private Bills were to be undertaken by the Public Departments, but, with tl.e exception of the Woods and Forests, he be lieved aO other board had taken any step of this kind. Sir G. GREY admitted that the principle of the motion was good, but he should certainly recommend the House to exercise great caution in attempting to carry it out. The new machinery used in dealing with railway Bills, had been found to work exceedingly well, and he thought it ought not to be abruptly interferred with. I t was a dopted after a long and d patient inq u i r y h a d b een i n troduced into thed in the j and instead o f a ddi ng t o th e expenses in progress of ra il wa y Bill s , it had tei.ded to reduce them. — (Hear, hear.) He was not, therefore, prepared at pre. sent to make any alteration in a system which had been found to work so admirably. Dr. BOWRING suggested that, after what had fallen from Members on both si?,es of the House, and seeing that the principle of the m otio!lwarsadt i (No, no.)tted, the debate on the subject had better be adjourned.—(No, Mr. ES ART (who arose "Divide")amidwloituhddrcarwieshsmotion, said he would be quite willing to but he would give notice of a Select Committee upon the subject for to-morrow.—(Criest of "Divide, divide.") that, Sir G. GREY said , in his as it would be open to his opinion, a division would only be a waste of time, Mr. Ewart, even should his motion be negatived, to move for the Select Committee upon the next night.— (Cries of Divide.") The House then divided, when there appeared, For the motion 36 Against it Majority —67 NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION 4,783 9,573 16,016 12,850 24,364 14,622 4,419 45,937 17,488 24,264 9,340 44,18 8,203 9,16 .2,080 ,642 4,663 4,065 5,430 5,688 6,636 2,458 9;412 Mr. Stars seconded the motion, and it was carried unani mously. The CHAIRMAN then read the clauses in the amended Act, the principal of which were the 12th and 13th, the former of which enacted that the capital, which in the former Bill was to be expended in equal proportions, and simultaneously, in the construction of that part of the railway which was situated between Thirst: Wath and Clifton, and in the con struction of that part between Bishop Auckland and Tebay, (the only part remaining of the York and Carlisle), should not be expended simultaneously, but at the will of the directors, and on any part of the line; the last to au thorise that the capital be 2,500,000/. instead of 3,000,0001. lie concluded by moving that the Bill be agreed to by the shareholders Mr. SAms seconded the resolution. Mr. 11. HowAan, in a long address, moved an amendment that the simultaneous clause be kept inviolate. He con sidered that it was an attempt on the part of certain of the directors to throw the only remaining portion of the York and Carlisle Railway overboard—he meant that portion of the line between Auckland and Tebay ; and on the part of those who had paid their money for the construction of that portion, he protested against the doing away with the clause, and he would demand a poll on the subject. Mr. EAST seconded the amendment, which was supported by Mr. Crackanthorpe, Mr Pease, and other gentlemen. After a long discussion, and much confusion, occasioned by Mr. Howard's determination to take the poll before having a show of hands, The CHAIRMAN overruled this determination, and took the show of hands, when only 13 were held up for the amend ment and some hundreds for the original resolution. Mr. HOWARD again, and amid the utmost confusion, de manded a poll, which was taken, the numbers were— For the original resolution,•present and proxies 8,140 For the amendment, present and proxies.. 3,303 Majority ............ 4,837 The resolution having been declared carried, The CrIAIRMAN introduced the subject of an amalgamation with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Company. Mr. 11. MAnntorr moved " That power be given to enter into preliminary arrangements for the purposes of an amal gamation of this company with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Company; that a deputation be appointed, consisting of the chairman and three directors, Mr. Wybill, Mr. Collett, and Mr. Salkhill, to negotiate for that pur pose, and to authorise them to conclude arrangements and report the same to the next general meeting." Mr. CARLISLE seconded the resolution. After some discussion, in which Mr. COLLETT and other gentlemen took part, Mr. CRACKANTHORPE moved " That it would be inex pedient to amalgamate with any other company." Mr. HoWARD seconded the amendment in a long speech, which was fregaently interrupted by the impatience of those present. Mr. NVIIITWELL, in an admirable address, supported the amendment. Mr. SALKIIILL and Mr. ALLitusx:kt spoke in favour of the original motion. A show of hands was taken, when the original motion was carried. Mr. Ilowt,►ar) demanded a poll, but it was decided that the question of " amalgamation " was not before the meeting. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated after five hours' sitting. The Chambers of the Cour Royale, assembled to ;ether, had to decide on Saturday on an application of Prince d'Eekinulh, Peer of France, to be freed from the control of a judicial counsel, imposed on him in 1837 on the demand of his mother. It appeared that when the applicant had come of age, he owed money to a great amount, for follies incidental to youth, such as gambling, horses, &c. So ex travagant had he been, that an application to the law courts was deemed requisite, and eventually General Contard was nominated judicial counsel. The Prince then determined to absent himself from France for a few years, and he ac cordingly set out on a voyage round the world. He was absent six years, and had never during that period either gambled, kept horses, or indulged in any other expensive pursuit ; he had, in fact, saved 180,000 f, out of the income allowed to hint by his judicial counsel. He at last returned at the request of his mother, and after some time applied to her to have the judicial counsel removed, and the manage ment of his affairs placed in his own hands. She declared that she had no °lam:Alen, but that she should affix one con dition to his release, --that he should marry. He replied that to marry under such circumstances would not be worthy of his name ; that it must not be said that the Prince d'Eck mulh had married in order to recover the administration of his property. Such was the case, as sustained on Saturday by M. Paillet, 'for the Prince, in an appeal against a former decision re.using his application, whilst U. Baroche, for General C, on t ar d , argued against the demand. The Court,: after ten minutes' deliberation, maintained the Prince under the c?ritrol of his judicial counsel,— Ca/47)/cm/. RAILWAY. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. A special general meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held yesterday, at one o'clock, in the London Ta vern, Bishopegate-street, for the purpose, u stated in the advertisement, " of taking into consideration, and approving, or otherwise, the proposed application to Parliament far the partial deviation of the line, and the amendment of the Act constituting this company. Also, in compliance with the requisition of the shareholders, for the further purpose of taking into consideration and approving, or otherwise, cer tain propositions for an amalgamation of this company with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Railway Company." Considerable interest was excited in consequence of the fol!owing counter-notice having been advertised in the London journals : " TO TILE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. " In reference to an advertisement in the Morning Chroni cle on Monday, the 22d inst., calling a special meeting of the Shareholders of the Northern Counties Union, to be held on the 20th of January next, at the London Tavern, London, at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of consideoing the propriety or otherwise of . an amalgamation of the said company with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway Company, we, the undersigned, ' being directors of the Northern Counties Union Company, consider it our duty to state that we dissent from the proposed amalgamation, and shall be prepared at the above meeting to give our reasons for such dissent. (Signed) " W. CRACKANTUORPE, Newbiggin Hall, Westmoreland. " H. HOWARD, Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. " H. PEASE, Pierremont, Darlington. " J. WIIITWELL, Kendal, Westmoreland. " J. C. HOPKINS, Woodside, Darlington." The meeting was therefore densely crowded. Major Beresford, M.P., was called to the chair. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN said that this meeting had two distinct objects. In the firstplace, it was the intention of the directors to lay before the meeting, for their consiceration, an amended Bill, which was to be introduced into Parliament during the present session. That Bill he considered, and he trusted the meeting would consider also, the effect of a resolu tion passed unanimously by the shareholders of this company, at a general meeting held in August last. If he understood the intention of the prospectus, it was that the simultanaons construction of two lines of railway—the Yorkshire and Glasgow and the York and Carlisle—would be injurious and detrimental, and contrary to the wishes .f the shareholders of this company. If he were mistaken in this view of their wishes, they could state that he was wrong, and firmly and decidedly express the opinion which they really held, and the intention which they meant to adopt in consequence. If his reading of their wishes was the correct one ; if they did consider that the simultaneous construction of these two lines was opposed to the general interests of the shareholders ; if they did consider that it was right and just to let them have the expenditure of their own moneys, then, he said, they were justified in bringing forward the amended Bill in this session. It was proposed, arid would be laid before the meeting that day, and they could then say whether they would wish it to be carried through Parlia ment. If, on the contrary, they said that the chairman had mistaken their views, then he would at once acce d e t o t h e i r opinions, but until they did so express themselves, he should hold that he had acted in obedience to the wishes of the shareholders of the company. Another matter in the Bill was to diminish, to some extent, the amount of their capital.—(Cheers.) When they first went before Parliament the amount of their capital had been found more than sufficient (after calculating all expenses) for the construction of either or both of their lines. The consequence was, that they were enabled to limit the capital to 2,500,0001. if they constructed the Yorkshire and Glasgow Junction, and the - York and Carlisle; hut, if they confined themselves to the former, of course they could diminish their capital still further. After the first object which had called them together was disposed of, they would proceed to place the second before them. The requisition for calling the meeting to consider this subject had been numerously signed by shareholders having shares in the Leeds and Carlisle, the Yorkshire and Glasgo iv Junction, and the Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction. Certain conditions proposing an arualgamatiion had been submitted by the latter com pany, but he could assure the meeting, that these conditions had not been accepted by the directors of the Northern Counties Union Company. After some further remarks, the Chairman called upon the Secretary to read the follow ing report : " The present meeting has been convened for two objects as stated in the advertisement. " First,—for the purpose of into consideration and approving, or otherwise, the proposed application to Parlia ment for the partial deviation of the line, and the amend ment of the Act constituting this company. " Since the first general ordinary meeting of this com pany, your directors have turned their attention to carrying into effect the resolutions of that meeting with respect to the re-survey of the more expensive portions of your line, and for making the necessary preparations to proceed to Parliament in the present session for an amended Bill, ac cording to the report adopted at that meeting. " Your directors have to stake that a re-survey of the ex pensive portions of your line from Smardale Gill to Barnard Castle, has been made by Mr. Harris, the engineer to the original York and Carlisle line, with a view to diminish the cost thereof, and that, upon examination of the sections, your directors unanimously resolved not to adopt his plans and surrey, on account of the severity of the gradients. "In compliance with an agreement entered into with t h. Liverpool, Ara,,,nester, anu ewcastle-upon•Tyne Junction Railway CoMpany, a deviation ofyour line has been surveyed at the point of junction with that company's line, in order to make the levels of both coincide. This deviation will im prove the line, and is estimated to effect a saving of expense in constructing it. "The draft of the Deviation Bill will now be laid before. you. " Your directors have the satisfaction of stating that they have entere i into a further agreement with the directors of the Liverpo9l, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion Compaq) , for the joint construction of the line from Carperby (the point of junction) to \Vath. " Secondly,—ln compliance with the requisition of the shareholders for the further taking into consideration and approving, or otherwise, certain propositions for an amalga mation of this company with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon. Tyne Junction Railway Company, the terms of which your directors submit for your consideration." The CHAIRMAN said, that they had heard the report read, and he would move that it be received, adopted, and printed for the use of the shareholders. IRON SHIPS OF WAR. Mr. R. YORKE wished to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it was true that sixteen iron ships of war had been ordered without previous inquiry of their powers and efficiency for the service. Also, whether the report of the Admiralty of France, showing the utter inefficiency of iron ships for the purposes of warfare, was not in possession of the Government at the time the said ships were ordered. Mr. WARD said the best reply he could give to the Hon. Gentleman was, that the iron steam-ships to which he referred, were ordered by the House last session, on the motion of an Hon. Member opposite. He believed that no report had been made to the Admiralty of France setting forth the utter inefficiency of iron ships for the purposes of warfare, and that no experiments had yet been made by the naval authorities of either country to test their capacity. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to be informed whether the progress of the iron -steamers, which bad been ordered, had been suspended? Mr. WARD replied, but was not audible in the gal lery. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN wished to ask whether the Government had fulfilled the promise made through the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade (Mr. M. Gibson), and directed their atten tion to the subject of agricultural statistics during the recess, and whether they proposed bringing forward any measure on the subject ? Mr. M. GIBSON replied that the subject had re ceived the attention of the Government during the recess, and that a measure was now in progress which, when some of its details had been decided on, would be laid before the Elouse—he hoped on an early day. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. On the motion of Sir R. H. INGLIS, the following Committee was appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the direction of the Library, and all matters relating to it:—Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Chancellor of the Exche quer, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. W. Wynn, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Shaw, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Mahon, Major-General Fox Mr. Solicitor-General, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Acland, Sir W. Somerville, and Mr. Monckton Milnes. On the motion of Sir H. INGLIS, leave of absence to Mr. Colquhoun ' for two months, on account of ill health, was granted. POOR-LAW.. . Captain PECHELL moved for a return from each poor-law union and parish in England and :Wales of the number of non-rtsident 6milies and persons who were in receipt of relief on the 26th day of August, 1846, distinguishing those who have since become chargeable to the unions and parishes in which they were residing at that period. He said the return referred to the extraordinary ope ration of a Bill passed last session, entitled the Poor law Removal Bill, the working of which had proved most injurious to the poorer classes. It had created the greatest consternation in the coun try, and had benefited none save the legal authorities connected with the various unions, who, in fact, were living upon plunder derived from the poor. The non-resident had been harshly treated, and had in many cases had relief altogether suspended so far as they were concerned.—(Hear, hear). There were several persons now thrown upon the humane guardians of certain unions for whom they had no no right to provide, and the Gilbert Union, at the pre sent moment, paying both ways. By the operation of this Act, no less than 1,110 families, consisting 0f1,621 persons, had been thrown upon the Gilbert Union at an expense of 285?... per week.., In the town of Brighton, with which he was connected, no less than 1,452 persons had been thrown upon the rates, and the guardians of that union, rather than refuse these poor people as sistance in their necessity, or of litigating the case, and voluntarily undertaking their support of the expectation that the House of Commons would pass some measure, during the present session, for their relief from this oppression. He could not help think ing this was a matter which might have been introduced into her Majesty's Speech, for certainly it was of much more importance than the County Courts Bill. On the 19th of January it might well be supposed that the state of Ireland would occupy a prominent position in her Majesty's Speech ; but even that, he considered, a subject not paramount to the alteration of the poor law. He trusted that the Government would grant these returns, as it was fully expected that the House of Commons would grant the relief which was so earnestly sought. Mr. BANKES said that it was with great pleasure he seconded the motion which had just been made, and' he took that opportunity of giving notice of an intention which he had bad previously of bringing a formal pro position before the House, and on Friday next, he pro posed to do it in the shape of an amendment to the motion of the Noble Lord, in which he should submit to the House a proposition for the immediate repeal of the Poor-law, which was at that moment doing the greatest mischief in the country. He held in his hand a petition from his own parish, which had been greatly injured, in the county he represented, by the operation of this law, and he believed that in a few days he should have petitions from almost every parish in that county, speaking of this petition, which he should take that op portunity of presenting to the House ; it purported t 6 be with reference to the least important portion of the evil, viz., it had reference to the additional burthen thrown upon the rate-payers, while the more important porticm -..,by far was • 'that adverted •to by the HonMirable Member -who just spoke, viz., the ge neral injury inflicted upon the poor. He believed that those who ventured to suggest objections to this Bill when it passed—he was one who suggested many amendments, every :one of which was negatived— and those who promoted the Bill had no conception of the mischief it would create. For that reason he sbould be acting inconsistently with his duty if he did net take the earliest opportunity possible of sub mitting to the House the immediate and total re peal of these laws. He should ne answered by the Noble Lord that the question of whether the measure should continue was one of tee subjects which he p. o posed to submit to the Committee, the constitution of which he should offer to the consideration of the House on Friday ext. llis (Mr. Bankes'e) answer would be, that during the deliberation of the Committee the grievance ought not to continue, if it were in their power to put an end to it at once, and sure he was, that whatever might be the result of their deliberation, that law, as it now stood, ought not to remain another hour upon the statute-book: He, therefore, concurred en tirely in the propriety of the motion of which the Noble Lord had given notice, with reference to a lull consideration of that law. The amendment which he should submit was—' That it is eecessary to inquire into the operation of the Act 9 and 10 Victoria, chap. 66, passed during the la.t session of as to its effects upon the comforts and ciinditien of the poor." Such an enquiry must neces sarily tend to show the m cessity of altering the statute materially, or of removing it altogether. With regard to the other subject alluded to by the Hen. Member, there was no doubt that some time would be required before the full information could be obtained. lie would, however, support the motion of the Hon. Gentleman for that information which he required. He trusted that country .11( mbers would contribute to the information of the House on this subject by the results of their own personal experience, and render unneces sary any Committee on this subject.—(Hear, bear.) Sir GEORGE GREY had no objection to the pro duction of the papers moved for by the Hon. Member, but as the Hon. Gentleman opposite had stated it to be his intention to bring this matter before the House by a specific motion, he trusted that the House would not countenance the discussion further at the present time. POOR-LAW AUDITORS. Mr FERRAN') would trespass on the House while he called the attention of lion. Gentlemen to the con duct of the poor-law auditors. It woul Ibe difficult to describe what injustice was inflicted on the poor by these functionaries. lie would be able to convince the House that it was their duty to rescue the poor from the clutches of these poor-law auditors. He would men tion one instance of the harsh conduct of these officers. It was the custom in the town where he resided to direct the parish constable to relieve the poor, and he was in the habit of providing the destitute with a lodging, food for a short period, and a small sum to assist them on their road. But what was the case at present. Why, the poor-law auditors had intimated to the constable that he should discontinue the practice. The auditors of several unions had threatened to corn mence actions against the guardians if they gave relief to any person in opposition to the orders of Somerset house. He hoped the Housa woul I take immediate steps and inquire/into the charges which he had brought forward. Mr. B. ESCOTT was convinced that half of the mise ries resulting from the administration of the present poor law arose from the ignorance or laziness of those ap pointed to administer it. There was no law prohibiting out-door relief; there was only an order of the Poor-law Commissioners, and even that was not absolute. There were several exceptions to the operation of that order, such as eases of sudden emergency, On a former occasion he asked the Right Hon. Baronet opposite whether the power of regulating out door relief lay with the Commissioners or board of guardians in cases of emergency arising. He said he would take some time to consider the point, and in a day or two he returned an answer to the effect, tnat the board of guardians were alone the judges- of what should be considered cases of emergency. If so, what right had those guardians to say to the poor men, who had lost their leod through th e fdlure of the present year, that they could not be relieved out of the workhouse ? The guardians had no right at all to act in this manner. Feeling apprehensive that the distress now prevailing would increase greatly before the next harvest, he was desirous that the poor-law guardians should know the powers rtitiosed in them, and exercise them in a proper manner. Mr. SPOONER agreed with the Hon. Member for Manchester, that the guardians should know their duty, and the powers conferred on them by the law. He knew however, that in cases where the guardians ordere,t out door relie , , the auditors disallowed it. He knew of an urgent case in Worcestershire, wherein the auditors refused to sanction the relief ; the item of relief was struck out, and the guar Hans charged with it. Mr. P. BORTHWICK agreed with both his Hon. Friends who had just spoken. The one stated the law of the case correctly, and the other the facts which had resulted from its administration. For his own part, he believed the law was bad, because it vested unconstitu tional power in the hands of Commissioners ; and the facts which had just been stated showed that the admi nistration of the law was as bad as the law itself. The motion was then agreed to. ADMISSION OF SUGAR INTO DISTILLERIES. Mr. CHRISTOPHER wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, whether it was his in tention on Friday next, to ask the opinion of the House upon a . permanent measure with regard to the employ ment of sugar in breweries and distilleries ? Was the MEIRV.II7O to be pernmeut or only for Period ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied, that on Friday 111%11 t it was the intention of Government to ask the House tors a resolution empowering the use of sugar d to and distilleries ; and afterwards, if the Hou i s n e b a r g e r . e,e i l o the resolution, to propose a Bill for carrying I L _ rt i. effect, which it was not intended to limit to nnYirver, cular period. It would be perfectly competent, b°,.. ot . , for the Hon. Member to propose a clause limitingt_nc ration of the Bill. Perhaps it was worthy of constele re ia t _ i l n : whether it would not be advisable, in the fi rst ins a r e tj to limit the Bill for a given time, and afterwards to 1 ` it permanent.—(Hear, hear.) l'krGre CAPTAIN WARNER'S LONG Lora Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask the Noble whether any any report had been made • tir li Ciir— the Warner's long range, and if they had, whe ther ta ble Noble Lord had any objection to lay it VIM t he/ of the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that there hia,sisqrity, a report made, but before he could consent to upon the table of the 11,,use, he must look over ,: MILLB ANK PENITENTIARY. reap Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said it would be in the t . e hot lection of the House, that towards the close of tt i to session of Parliament a Commission was apP nin nor inquire into the state of Millbank prison. The t itjoA mission was nominated in consequence Of a rne which he presented on the subject. He wished to tl whether Government had any objection to lay tiPeueeted table of the House the report and evidence c one with the inqui EY ry. • ht Sir G. GR replied, that within the last fortulgtoir he had received a report, signed by two of the wi t Cra 2h sioners, together with the evidence connectednot and he should have no objection to accede to th e fel of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. • THE ADDRESS. dar . Mr. HOWARD brought up the report on the A On the question that it be read, fee' Mr. HUME rose and said he wished to moo bleb observations upon the subject of the Address, and he had not an opportunity of delivering 10 0 r - 1 f ...bile He had been . always opposed to the system of noel works, and he had proposed . that a large sum 4gm ought to have been expended in the cultivation ;04 land, for which it should have been responsible. Il e 4 s oolo, to call attention to the state of the labouring " 000 in England. Every labouring man was sufferi n g the calamity, and the patience with which the PO' suffering in Scotland was beyond expressn r elol l hoped the present cal am it ous con dition 01 00 1 0 1 i would not carry them away from affording as ei fil l jiete tis • another portion of the country similarlY o f Iry "- The recital of the sufferin g s o f th e people , - ,t th e land was perfectly harr ow i ng , an d showed th ey condition of the country was worse th e 0 10 other in Europe. The omi s sion of !lege° ject of national education from the Queens off had caused the utmost surprise in the V t o tioll - because the introduction of a system of eu ll t ate' i into this country, having for it s o bj ec t the i ns proe d f tio d: not only the moral and physical, but the religious cat, Gov". .„ the people was generally anti c ip a t e d, b u t h e hoped s" ber, hear from the Noble Lord th a t suc h a measu re had 0 Sr, postponed until the condition of Ireland had received rer,, tention which it demanded. He was satisfied, hef s dacs 44 . this, that if her Majesty's Government did not icz fest better system of education in order to elevate i re f to classes from their degraded position, and to teach i t ; a il, . bear their sufferings with humility, that they went°, t abet this country were visited with a similar calamity !° 31 ., tbP, would become lawless. Then he did not Dee, e ,,, the Noble Lord and his colleagues intended to 5 7,4 in the free trade measures proposed and partially e 31. " - t he Or; 4 by the late Government, as every step taken to redue n .„ 4 sw ceasaries of the people had led to increased emploY ol 7,40 r, to increase the wealth'of the country • They shoula , midway, but continue to make th ose . reforms to OM" be referred. He would only mention this because he A ', that an alteration of the tenures of land in Seotland i r'beliarV would be productive of the greatest benefits. Li n , - 00'4', that there was many a man who was placedin th e r i ': - 0 11 V e of landed property, utterly unable either to work it 0 0 ; He had hoped that although this subject was not 1 : 0 0,1 1 e eed,, 14 , • ' " - the Queen's Speech, that it would be more fully eca ll , • b ea t the the Government, and that some measure would ° 11 ,.. - ip teF. proposed which would have produced some convert n i - 0 111- % respect. He heard et the Noble Nlarquis, who a pd confession that he was in possession of large estate* his poverty was so great that he was utterly unable t n . O• il' the labouring poor in his neighbourhood ; that wilsld e rs . Li g i e f 1 confession, and he trusted th a t it wou ld l ea d to a cee'.lopintw of the question of entail. For h e b e li ev ed if the/ .; the conveyance of property they would set at liberty tu r e-op al wealth of the country. A man i n t h e possession _h. • of P from his inability t o wor k out t h e estate , was eeri; R es . either to use it or di spose o f i t . O n t h e ot h er han d o f 0.4 1 " served, how many monied men came intothe posee ssl°-- buslt . tate, andthe whole neighbourhood became immediate los e the poor around it were employed. He had just hadt i ne 4forti l o i of talking with a gentleman, a land agent, who 14° ; „ - itels ) .,, him that if the conveyance of landed property efts was to be made as free as the transfer of perse n ,„ of a he would assert that within ten years thew h n ' - beiew" present distress in that country would be entirely O o f CO" With respect to the destruction of the independe s e e gs riolr cow, he did think th a t it was one of t h e mos t outrage° oec ed • Lions of the faith of nations, but last night be had , D o e r tunity of making any remark on the subject. Th e ;tie& a v "..ce the Noble Lord quite unnerved him, and prevented troubling the House. He was glad when he heard 10. _ oft , so manfully and clearly his opinion. Last year, when Toriti Hume) brought forward his doubts of the honesty tut:A bite' of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, the Noble Lord self, from correspondence which he then had in his ricki Din that the occupation was only to be temporary. 4, l ` a . c oder. in another place also rung the sam e changes. He twt provedwhat t the r not ot y N t. t Noble b ob ] u e . d D t h a br. k equallytllo - u h h iow binding. T hey l a p• dr do justice to the feelings neop t l; if they did not designate that act of the strongest language possible. I have heard no oa m fct a r tr E e ei t tl Y l f fc :lll4 to justify this act, except one or two Members in this INS , last night, and then he was much ashamed of thenr i e (Laughter.) One of those gentlemen, whom he was _O ll 7 , say, he did not see in his place, attempted to prove thso! hil violation of the treaty had taken place. In the coursefes't arguments, he 'went to Westphalia and other place s, r ole! did not know where the devil he did not go to. tie r ff n2 " may the world, but he did not arrive at Cracow.—(Lou d ' a lo o He (Mr. Hume) did not see how his arguments were at o , the. to that place at all. Seriously, he did think that it w_ ettr itl grossest violation of honour and faith, when the i s i e , ef y ed of Cracow w as i nva d e d. Th e E ng li s h peo ple had w ee n d etbc sacrifice to obtain that t rea t y . Th ey gav e up Jo* 4 ,„ - ,streo• important place s , an d k ep t nothing but trash for the foe The Emperor Paul h a d b orrowe d four millions of roo n k o glish , the Dutch for the purpose ot making war upon o° 4l upea and they were such fools as to take two millions ef themselves, and to pay the interest as long as t h e allaw so pit maintained, and the treaty k e pt i nv i o l a te. Were th e Y.„istiel l of money as to conti n u e t o pay th at a ft er that gross vi-oosee He (Mr. Hume) at any rate should move that the,P os kielf be no longer continued. Wh a t was the object or of treaties if they were to b e broken et wi tbee t f if they had not th e courage to enforc e „ bo dy It was, perhaps, of no great i m p ortance , that a sip s " but i t men at Cracow should have lost their independen thsce:o 00. i was for the principle which was h ere infringed see tended. What se cur ity was t h ere now for the P e Om Europe ; but violence of treaties were now nothiek,..eitle" were all aware of th e position of England from those ; ler the He would not bl ame the Noble Lord who preside A bility Foreign Depa r t men t, nor wou l d he quest i on his 'bet meet any emergencies that might occur; olloge 6 was an awkwa r d thi ng f or hi m an d his A c for nit s re' in the p resen t s i tuat i on. It was too ua" country from year to year to be insulted by Ministers,o the, ference to these treaties, as in the presen t instance, l ,l„ ets were treated by tho se p owers as if they were some Pe' n O't M; instead of b e in g th a t s t a t e w hi c h h a d secur ed soli e Tb i t, powers th e mos t va l ua bl e pr i v il eges they Posse,si„ were paying 100,00 A per annum trust money to l e ri u se abe hoped, when he brought th e ques ti on b e f o re the 'O O her they would express themselves upon the subject..„ and the Noble Lord would c a r r y ou t w h at h e had eal u ' w hat b opportunity would be afforded him of disapprovi n g -I been stated on the other side of the House. 1, cell ° Colonel SIBTHORP was of opinion that the Ch ance fee fbe id the Exchequer should have given some indication 0 - a tate.a cial state of the country, and he considered that tow. n t Ireland was induced by the policy of the late Govere l l' o okc e. the present Government when they had preceded t r h a e t :," ;f avo r" He had expected different results from the o r Bill referred to than had taken place. If Mr. Pitt vit si etit . : • now, what would h e thi n k o f suc h a Mi n i stry as the P r e: I He would be as h ame d o f i t. H e : (Colonel SibtberP i r e' persuaded they had acted a most cowardly part in th e Cracow. • sP lepi ti Mr. P. SCROPE wished to offer a few words in h e bd ll! te tion of a point he had maintained last night, in whic h ~ , s ite, contradicted by the Right Hon. Gentians!' , - ot, (Mr. Labouchere). He (Mr. Scrope) bad state" Ir . , Relief Committees had refused to give relief in te7v,ron poor, except in the shape of wages under the Board o f Now he had in his possession documents which o°ll4 from he was right. He had a co py o f th e i ns t ru ctions is° r Dublin by the Board of Works, on the lit of Oct obe which confir me d thi s v i ew . It i ns t ruc t e d that , a bo ° err should be given to the poo r exce pt i n p a y m ent of, the purchase of provisions for sale at the cost pie s ' et," th Hon Gentleman here read an extract from the rrit e initio, ferred to, in proof of the statement he had madeP . A ', a be said, in reply, that the instructions had been alter" - f ° report. He had, however, watched the proceedings:Blln Board of Works carefully, and had not seen any acti`r t ration. By resolutions agreed to by the re-P' -- „,berr,' Committee sittin g i n D u bli n, on t h e 23 d of Dee e- tiw" would appear there was no change, for one of the reseloa the, called on the B oar d o f Works to alter the instructions tool head of reli e f, w hi c h t h ey h a d i ssued. The nex t reo le o - orlt e the same committee also complained that the Board Of c oo , had not made a d vances as loans, to be repaid by 411 " - accc °. This was required i n or d er to fi n d a d d i t i ona l workhouse thf modation. lie thought this should have been done , .0 0 greatest hardships had resulted from the poor not bnieg..:sgiont find shelter in the workhouses. This was a grave I' o oo. and the House should not pass it over without full d .., 1 1, scf", The Government, he was persuaded, bad not acted ”. 11 cient energy, else the people of Ireland would not ll e l te gts present condition. He thought that even in Ireland T o ping I very large amount of food, only the farmers were sttei. fpm back to realise higher prices. He had received a le . ree l the West of Ireland, which stated this to be the fact 1 1 0 way to to the supply of food. It further stated, that the oa . ,Y or der to meet the evils of Ireland was to put on the screw, IL` make the landowners of that country support the ER Po"' o 0 aid r of The CHANCELLOR a the EXCHEQV - „oat said, that no doubt, in the first instance, the ar ran/ es t he / the Board of W or k s was r ath er d e f ec tive, inasaic3 ' evil had no certain informati o n of the extent o f e the thst ° before them ; but the Honourable Member wag swe r G e eerir , soon as such information was received, her Majes t y e b o ut th e ment lost no time in establishing soup kitchens throld woos distressed parts of the country, so that the ego:l iv id, feed' who could not possibly labour might be supplie d dell the The Government would be enabled to give in ; „ ate the • amounts expended by them is endeavouring to luf!,, a pers pre;ailing distress ; but, unfortunately, he had net tly en her, with him now, as he did not anticipate that the 1 - 4 1 ho:. ;n as tier& for Stroud, would have opened up for bY the that night, especially as an early day was fi for b ring- Noble Lord at the head of the Government when t hst ing the whole quession before the House. day arrived, he would be enabled to e tr i e ea rs anipythc House that her Majesty's Government had not nbeog means in their power to alleviate the presenstdlies to nig_h t Ireland. Lord BERNARD had tried in the course of that WI! . - e to catch the Speaker s eye, but had been unsuccessful. • _ was would but address a few words to the House, althougey:ini. most anxious to express his opinion upon a subject otufs,ioh portance'to his country. With reference to the question r 'm uso the Chancellor of the Exchequer had j us t answered , .r e i g ht would find that it was only within • the last or_o_bibb,, that instructions had been issued for the ; d Don fug of soup kitchens. He (Lord Dellzerd) ..^ , 4 1