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and Birmingham and Derby, together Making a total of £8,009,6'2-7 Or about an average of 4,000,000/. on each of these year!. Ile must say that when the exaggerations of the Right Hon Gentleman went to the extraordinary length of 17,000,0001. in the best face that could be put on the matter, or of 28,0.)0,0001., if the argument of the Right Hen. Gentleman were taken in its fullest extent, he was justified in saying that it could he nothing hut a trick of the trade, or if not so it was what he ( Lord G. Bentinck) had alriltdy designated as mar vellous a statement as was perhaps ever heard within the walls of that House, and most ma-vellous, as coming from a Chan cellor of the Exchequer. The Noble Lord concluded by moeing for a return showing the amount of money expended in the actual cost of construction and of working stock (including locomotive engines, carriages, tools, &c..) of all railways in Great Britain awl Ireland in each triennial period previous to the first day of January respectively in the years 1841, 1844, and 1817 ; as also a return, sho wing the sums of money actually expended by the following railway companies previous to 1841:—Logsdon and Birmieghtm, G7and Junction, Great Western, Brighton, South Western, South Eastern and Mid land, likewise the aggregate sum expended by the above-men tioned railway companies in each year previous to 1841. Mr. GOULBURN regretted that he had been the innocent cause of inflicting on the Hous_v a somewhat lengthy speech in support of certain returns to which there could have been no possible ohjectioe. But he thoiteht he could satisfy the H u e that it was not to him, nor to any statement of his, that the.), were to impute this inconvenience. Ii on the occasion when he had delivered the speech or expressed the sentiments which the Noble Lord had seen fit to attribute to him, the Noble Lord had avJiled himself of the privilege which he then enjoyed (the 'louse belne then in Co-emitters), of observing upon the statement which he (Mr. Goalburn) was alleged to have made, or if he had asked any explanation of that state ment h. (Mr. Goulburn) would hare been most rea ly then to give that explanation which he would now be compelled to give and thus would be precluded ev , ry necessity fur further discus sion on this subject.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had stated, that they had had a Chancellor of the Exchequer who had advanced erroneous sta.emenoe and false calcu!a!ions, and that he was therefere bean,' to suffer the penalties attached to these. He (Mr. G itilburn) might say in return, that those who expected to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and who misrepresented what fell from other Honourable Gentlemen, and founded false arguments on those misrepresentations ; he (31r. Goulburn) said that that person was not fit for the office to which he might be thought to aspire. Hear, hear.) With there observations he would proceed to state to the House what it was he did say on the occasion to which the Noble Lord had made reference; he would vindicate the words he had made use of on that occasion. and the ugument which he had deduced from them. The Noble Lord said th it in making those statements he was doing that which was im proper, because lie was referring to a speech delivered three weeks before in Parliameat.. He was afraid the Noble Lard imputed to him a practice to which he himself was but too prone, namely, that of t iking nine days to consider his reply. Honourable Members would recollect that he then spoke to the strict question before the House, and referred particularly to a speech of the previous evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had, on bringing for ward hie Budget, adverted to the revenues of the years 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1816, and had shown by rethrence to a number of articles that a reduction of duty on those had led to a progressive increase in the consumption of such articles, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer argued from thence that the reduction of ill.• duties on commercial articles was the wiser policy to be 1 ursui:d. The Noble Lord said that the Chancellor was wrong in his reasoning, and that this increase urns not to be attributed to any change in the fitiane cial policy of the country, but was to be attributed altogther to the extension of railways. He said, "What has free trade to do with it ? It is railway enterprise alone that has done this. The Noble Lord said he (Mr. Goulburn) hail confined his ob• nervations to the years 1839.40, and followed that statement up with the declaration that these were the only two years of great deficiency. Now, the Noble Lord subsevenily, to his own speech, admitted that there was a deficiency in 1841 of two millions, and in 1842 of three millions ; but let that pass. The Noble Lord said he (Mr. Goulburn) attributed the defi ciencies of the years 1839-40 to the expenditure which took place in those years oa railways. Now he (Mr. Goulburn) said no such thing. What he did say would be found correctly recorded in what he was not at liberty to refer to in that House—in those memoranda which conveyed the debates in some degree to the public. It would be found from them that he stated, that during the sears of deficiency there was raised for railways, in the course of com pletion, no less than 47,700,000/., and in order not to leave the House in doubt, he stated the quarter from which he de rived his i n f orma ti on . He collected it from a report made t o that House in the year 1846, from the Select Committee on railways.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord, however, had fixed a charge upon him, that he mecca that this was the sum . espended in the years 1839 and 1810, but he rratly ,sad no such thOig. 'What he did say was, tat the amount e hail mentioned was the runt raised hp to th a t ol.t for h e iste-rio.e of completing the railways in question. The Noble I. ird had to t • h im that it' he ( Jr. Gaul urn) had booked over t,e. payee , herce h • oto,i n .•d hi s flour, I have seen that the amount in en led su ms ta ba'rai•ed . Weil did he not state that of 'h e total ameont the eiserioanisis hart raised 8 250, 1 ;00% Pilo clout t had h e been address n e e an a.- sembly who were not in the hsbt of attending to subjects of this nature, he should, perhaps, have been more particular and precise in his observations He should have taken care to guard his Beare: s against the iinpressom that .the whole sum had been expended fn one or two years. ''here were two ways of addressing that House. which wee supposed to consist of an educated and well-infloraleii assembly. One was mereli to deduce results in arguing particular topics, while the other was to go into details and particulars which would naturally suggest themselves to every man of intelligence. He adopted the former course, for the obvious reason that he did not wish to make himself more dull and tedious than was absolutely necessari. la the way of implication the Noble Lord had put into his mouth a statement which he never made. The Noble Lord stated that he (Mr. Goul burn) stated that this sum had been cx ended in the course 'of two years in which there was a large deficiency in the revenue.—(Hear.) He s no such thing. His arg ument applied t o a ser i es of years of deficien c y, beginning with 1837 and ending with 1843. So far the state ment he made was literally true, and was not capable of con tradiction. But it was said that he railed this wale of argu ment to impress upon the House what was not founded on fact, namely, that there had been a considerable expenditure in railway speculations during the time of the deficiency in the revenne. Of course he could not decide so accurately as an Honourable Member in the position of the Honourable Member for Sunderland how much of the 47,00),0001. was expended within the period of the deficiency, but .!t could no t h ave b een an i nconsiderable proportion "because during the p er i o d many o f t h e great lines connecting th e tnetr polis with the north were in the course of construc tion. Therefore he concluded that a considerable portion of the outlay mas t have been occasioned when there was a defi ciency I,ninth,fterievenue. There was a teturn sent to Parliament different _„ w ch it was stated that the aggregate sums the 57,700.0017;"thaztawviere empowered to raise, amounted to , it st was years after the commencement of the deficiency derable potion uf the e xpenditure natural to suppose that a eonsi hzepehnaditure of that sum fell wahin the perioci to which ;i l dverted. But there was other evidence to which he perhais the isT could refer to for support, and in which posed to place some degree of confidence ,bl e Lord would be ills when an examination took place before te the year 1844, upon railways, Mr. Laing wat asked what had Select Committee amount laid out in tie cowtructian of railway s the whole time, and the reply was 64.000,0001. Now if they up to that from that sum the cost of railways that were com n u i c e t , ed previous to 1837, of which they had no distinct accuuntr, the d y would arrive at the exact amount expended between 1837 and 1844, which he was sure would go fully to justify the statement that he had made, n ame l y, that co-existent with the deficiency in the revenue, there was a large expenditure in railway speculations. He trusted he had now satisfied the Noble Lord and the House that be had committed no error in his statements; and in conclusion, he had only to thank the House for the attention with which they had listened to him, and to refer them for the real statement he did make to the ordinary channels by which information of the debates which took place in that House were conveyed to the public. Mr. DISRAELI rose to make a few observations to the ROWS for the purpose of substantiating the statements of his real facts of the case had been shown by the Right Hon. Gen tleman in his representation of the expense of the South- Eastern Railway. He was not content with increasing it one-third, enr one-half, sir even double, for while the real expenditure had only been 361,40.5/. it had been represented to be 3 837,0001. iHe stated that the expenditure on the Midland railways was 1,235,000/., when, in truth, the whole expenditure at that time 'had only been 1,237,800!. But he (Lord G. Bentinek) was quite willing to give the Right Hon. Gentleman credit fir a total ignorance on this subject. It would seem that when he took the Midland Counties Railway as an illustration, he ima gined that he was dealing with the Amalgamated Midland railways of a I.ter period ; and therefore h . e included the ex penditure of the North Midland and Birmingham lines. If that were so, then the entire expenditure from the first commence.. so that the truth was, that e n merit amounted to 4,7')4,753!., these seven railways from the first commencement, from A. year 18.36, when their Acts were first obtained, the expendi ture of the whole of them had been hut 20,437,113/. When an had sent forth a stat e m en t t o th e the Right Hon. Gentlern country that the expense in the two years of the deficiency was 37,729,00 0 /. ; so th..t they had a Chancellor of the Exchequer who, on the seven railway lines, was wrong to an amount of 17,291,000/.—( Hear, hear.) Now, if that was not a marvel lous statement for a gentleman to make, who once held the post of Chancellor of th e E xc h equer , h e (L or d G . Ben tinek ) did not know what constituted a marvelous statement. But that was not the whole cas s. The argument of the Right Honourable Gentleman was an answer to a speech which was made three weeks before. Though Honourable G , ntlemen hod come down to the House calmly and deliberately, armed with the authority of the rail way Committee report, of which he was himself a Member ; he made this s t a t emen t o f t h e expen d iture i n th e y ea s o f deeiency. Now, as th e o n ly y e a r s in which a west de ficiency was found in the revenue were the years 18:i9 and 1310, tie impression which was intended to go forth to the country was that this sum of .17,71i9,000/. was th eat , nditure of the years 18;9 and 18-1 t. Whereas he ( Lord G. Bentinck ) found tl &tat these railways in those two years the entire sum expended was but 9,718,99 1., showing an average expenditure in each of the two years of 4.8.59,1:00/. ; so that taking this view o - the question the Right Honourable Gentleman was not wrong mer ly in the matter of seventeen but of twenty eight millions—( Hear)—end when they reflected the t tic statement was come to after much deliberation ; with all the pomp and circumstance which attended an Ex Chancellor of the Exchequer, with the report of the Committee, of which he had been a member, in his hand; and when they saw that that statement was exhibited in the fate of that party, with the figures quoted in perpendicular columns ; when they saw all this, he trusted the House would not think that he had occupied its time unnecessarily, in showing how little reliance was to be placed on the statistics and stateme its of the Right Hor. Gentleman. But when it went to the country and to Irelond, that it was on account of the pressure from the Rigko. Honourable Gentleman that her Majesty's Government, which appeared to be wavering whether or not they would accept the measure which he had introduced to the House, when it was solely from the pressure of the Right Hon. Gen lemai that the First Lord of the Treasury was fixed to the de claration that he would resist the second readirg of the Bill when it came to that House ; it would be stamped on the public mind of the country that her Majesty's Ministers had allowed themselves to be led by such blinded guides as the Right Hon. the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. He (Lord G. Bentinck) had stated that the years J 539 and 1840 were the two past years in which there was any great deficiency in the revenue, True there was a deficiency of 658,000/. in 1:437, ands f 345,09(`/. in IS ; but these deficiencies had arisen from the re duction of 930,0901. of taxes, and did not a-iso from any prostration of the resources of the country ; but in the year 1841 there was a deficiency of '2,100,0901., and in the year 1842 of 3,979,0001. Was there, in these two yea, - s, a great expenditure of money on railways? Far from it. He found that in the course of these two years, there had been ex• pended— On the London and Birmingham On the Great Western On the London and Brighton On the Grand Junction On the South- Western On the South-Eastern ... • ....... ..... 2,171,595 On the North Midland, the Midland Counties, THE SUN, Nol le 1 riend the Member for Lynn. It was quite a mistake to suppose that his Noble Friend was et all irritated in bring , ing forward his motion. That, however, was not the point 1 before the House. It might be very well for the Hon. Member . to talk to the House, and tell them that he knew the difference s between addressing a vulgar and uneducated assembly and one like that which he was then addressing, and skip over all the i details of his arguments. The question was were opinions to 6 go forth to the world upon a subject which at present interested the public mind to a very great extent, and was public enter prise to be affected by mere declamation in that House ? The Hon. Ge n tl eman h a d sa id t h at a l arge expen d i t ure in railways did not necessarily benefit the revenue. Mr. GOULBURN—No, no. Mr. DISRAELI—What, then, was the course of argument pursued by the Hon. Gentleman ? His Noble Friend (Lord G. ' Bentinek) and those who acted with him, had c,:rtainly been endeavouring to impress upon the country the idea that an ex- penditure of money in tlyo construction of railways was a benefit to the country; if the Hon. Gentleman was not at tempting to make out the converse of that proposition, a great portion of the time occupied in the debate could have been spared, and he might, at least, have been induced to occupy neutral ground. He certainly understood the Honourable Member to say, that it was a mistake to suppose that a great expenditure in railway enterprise had a necessary tendency to increase the revenue of the country, because they had had a great expenditure of money upon railways, and that, too, in a year of great deficiency. if that was not his argument, what w.ls it? His argument cer tainly was, that they had a great deficiency in the revenue, as similating with a great expenditure in railways, and therefore a great expenditure in railways did not at all tend to increase the revenue of the country. The lion. Gentleman had, how ever, just stated, that when he referred on a former occa• ion to the expenditure upon seven of the lines of railways which he then named, he did not refer to it in order to show the amount expended lout the amount about to be expender'. What, then, became of the other portion of the Hon. Mem ber's are ? If he meant anything at all, he meant to show that Hon. Gentlemen on his side of the House were all for railways ; hut he (Mr. Goulburn ) could show that the ex penditure upon railways would not advance the revenue of the country, for in the year 1840 there was a deficiency of 2,500,0001., and they had, at the same time, a proposition to spend 47,000,0001. ; therefore the House might see that a de ficiency of 2 500,000/. was of more power than the proposed expenditure of 47,000,000/. Suppose, for instance, that the proposed expenditure had been an amount equal to that of the national debt, the Honourable Member might then hive got up and said there was a great deficiency but he would undertake to show them what they expende..! in public works would not produce any benefit to the revenue, because there was a proposed expenditure of 801,000,0)01., and they still had an increased deficiency. And when, there tore, the Honourable Member said that the amount of capital he referred to was not raised, but proposed to be raised, what became of his arguments ? He thought that was the real state of the case. He certainly thought that it would be better to have had the speech of the Honourable Gentleman answered at once in the Committee. The opinion expressed by the Hon. Gentleman was an opinion of great weight, and coming from so great an authority had had great weight with persons out of doors. The state ment made by Mr. Laing, and alluded to by the Hon. Member, Coalworks and Edinburgh and Glasgow Turnpike Road). Newry and Enniskillen. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Extension from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Extension to Melford, Lavenham, and Clare). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Stour Navigation Purchase). Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and South Molton Branches). Avlsham and North Walsham. East Lothian Central. Duffryn Llynvi, and Porth Cawl and Llynvi Valley Rail ways Amalgamation. Guildford Extension, and Portsmouth and Fareham. London and South-Western. NOTICES GIVEN AT TIIE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. 'f he following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time:— FRIDAY. MARCH 5. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. London and North-Western (Lime. street, Liverpool, Station Extension, &c.) London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolverhampton Branch, Sic.) Cambridge, St. Neot's, and Bedford Junction. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch from Stowmarliet to Sudbury). Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and Newburgh Harbour, Branches, and Road Crossings, Newport Railway Extension). Blandford and Bruton. rotisse 1 - e given to the sub-committee and that it be recom mended to the Court of Common Council to give notice to the Chamberlain of the 22d standing order, and that he do not pay any sum of money by order of the Lord Mayor or Court of Aldermen, or co mm i ttee of Aldermen, to which they were not entitled by some Act, without the order of the Court of Common Council, That the Town-Clerk be Instructed to apply to the Court of Aldermen for a copy of the case and opinion lately prepared by their direction ; and that it is the right of the C ourt of Common Council, in Common Council assembled, to regulate and mitred the business and proceedings of that Court and the order and course of its proceedings, and to regulate its paper of business. These resolutions were carried; and the last was agreed to itnanimously amongst them. Mr. Asir URST then rose and said, the sub-committee, during his unavoidable absence, had agreed to certain questions, which they recommended should be submitted to the several officers of the Corporation. In the propriety of putting some of those questions be entirely concurred. With respect to others he did not concur. He should therefore move that the first and last should be adopted. Mr. BURN contended that the committee needed informa tion upon the important matter in controversy between the two Courts, and that the law officers of the Corporation were the proper persons to advise them. He should, therefore, propose such of the questions at Mr. Ashurst might not think proper to adopt.—( Hear.) Mr. ANDERTON was of opicion that the committee having already prepared a resolution denying that the Lord Mayor possessed such a right as that for which he contended, it would appear higily inconsistent in them to ask the opiti - ons of their officers upon the very questions on which they had already expressed their own ju d gment. Mr. KING said he cared not what might be said by others of any course of proceeding that might be adopted, if it was a right couise. The committee could never be justly charged with incorrstency if, notwithstanding the belief they might themselves entertain upon any given subject, they endeavoured to obtain from their own officers a state ment of their opinion.—(Hear.) He should vote in favour of the whole of the questions. Alderman SIDNEY said the course here proposed was a highly judicious measure, and he should cheerfully support the proposal for submitting all the questions to the delibe rate consideration of all the legal staff of the Corporation. He hoped the result of their opinions might lead to a better state of feeling than for some time past had appeared to exist.— (Hear.) Some of the members opposed, and others approved of putting the whole of the questions. The CHAIRMAN said, that as the questions had been pre pared by the City Solicitor, it would be perhaps expedient to call upon that officer for an explanation of reasons why he thought these questions ought to be put. Mr. PRIOR said it was unfair to the City Solicitor to say be had prepared these questions. They lied been prepared by a sub-committee, under the advice and with the assist ance of the City Solicitor it was true, but they were really the questions of the sub-committee ; and it would be placing that gentleman in an unpleasant situation, considering um differences which existed amongs t themselves, to call upon him to assign his reasons for preparing them in their present form.—( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the City Solicitor had no objection to afford the Committee any explanation they might require, if it were their pleasure to call upon him.—(Hear.) A resolution was then passed to that effect, and The CITY SOLICITOR rose and said he should be ashamed of himself if, from false delicacy or from pusillanimous fear of giving offence, he would shrink from the discharge of his place and obvious duty as the practical law adviser of the Corporation—th e duty of expressing his upinion with as much frankness and clearness as possible, upon any and every question, any branch of the Corporation might think proper to put to him.—(Hear, hear.) After very nearly 30 years' connexion with the Corporation, his mind had been pretty well made up as to the various matters of controversy which for some time past had, unhappily, agitated the two Courts, and threatened to shake the Corporation to its very foundation.— (Hear, hear.) He had neither courted nor shunned the ex pression of his opinion upon those questions, and having been called upon by the sub-committee, he had fearlessly stated his opinion on every one. The only condition he had reli giously observed from the beginning of those lamented differ ences was, to hold no private conferences with any individual members of the Corporation upon the subjects of dispute. Before any committee, large or small, as long as some gentle man from the Town-clerk's Office was present to take a regu lar minute of what passed, he had been always ready to place his opinions and his pen and voleant quantum at their disposal.—( Hear.) From , the commencement of the contro versy he had thought it would be expedient for the Common Council to request from their officers a written opinion, plainly and unequivocally pointing out to the members of the Corpo ration what, in their judgment, were the respective rights and duties of the various branches of the municipal body in respect to thems e l ves and to each other.—(Hear, hear.) The questions now recommended by the sub-committee were prepared for the express purpose of obtaining plain and distinct answers in writing upon all the subjects in &intro versy. They had been hastily penned, and were not so per fect as they might have been rendered, had more time for consideration been allowed. They, however, raised the whole ve.rato questio in a manner so especially plain, that, coupled with the anxiety which every corporate officer must feel to afford all the information in his power, the committee would have bef ire them the concentrated essence of all the law, the learning, and general intelligence, not only of those law officers strictly so called, bitt of those able gentlemen in the various departments'of the. Corporation, whether judicial or administrati ve , w h ose l ega l e d ucat i on and intimate acquaint ance with its customs , charters, and usages, best qualified them to form a soun d judgment upon a ll the matters pro pounded for their consideration.—(Hear, hear.) For his own part, his opinions upon these matters were well known. They had sustained no change by his elevation to office. It was true, that in the highly respectable office he filled, he had deemed it to be his duty to consider every subject submitted to his official opinion more thoughtfully, and to express him. self more cautiously than it had been his custom when act ing as an independent member of the Court of Common Council, without the wei g ht of those responsibilities which attached to his omelet position.—(Rear, hear.) He, however, on this and all other inquiries was in search of truth ; and if, as was generally understood, he had ..the misfortune to differ in opinion from kis superior officers, he earnestly desired to have the benefit of their opinions suc cinctly and definitely stated, in order that his own might be corrected or confirmed. At present they had only viva ',ore opinions from his superior officers—opinions vaguely and am biguously expressed. In his humble judgment the interests and the very existence of a great corporation should not be perilled by the fierce contentions which had prevailed in the Court of - Common Council, without the members having before them a single sentence in writing from any one of their responsible officers, advising what were, and what were not, their privileges and rights. If the Common Council had not, as was contended, the right to have such questions brought before them for consideration as they might deem beneficial to the community without the consent of one gen tleman, however exalted his reek, or however honourable and intelligent he might be, it was quite clear that their functions as a deliberative assembly were at an end, and they really had not so much power as was exercised at a parish vestry.(Hear, hear.) It was of the deepest importance to the members to be informed upon the best authority, whether that was really the legal status of the commoners in the great municipal representative body of the first city in the world. If the concurrent opinions of his colleagues should be to that effect, he could not expect that his judgment would countervail their high authority, and the Committee would then have before them something tangible end au thentic to enable them to decide whether an appeal to the Legislature was or was not indispensable to the future welfare of our corporate institutions. It had been his good fortune to receive from those who ranked high in the profession a testimony of their opinion of his judgment s a corporation lawyer, and he did not intend upon slight grounds to sur render the reputation which, after many years' study, he had acquired. But, as City Solicitor, he should regard the answers of his superior officers with the greatest deference and respect. If he could honestly change his own opinions after reading theirs, lie trusted he should have the manliness to say so. If, on the other hand, t h e facts and arguments they Might bring forward failed to produce conviction on his mind, he e trusted he s should be excused if h e adhered to his own opinion.—( 11e ) Mr. ASHURST said, after hearing th e Ci ty Solicitor's argu ml ents h questions. — e had takn upon himself to m ove t h e adoption of al the (Cheess.) Mr. ANDEICTON said he should supp or t them for the same ar hear. reason. the questions were then unanimously adopted, and the Comptroller, the following officers were requested to give their o pi n i ons upon the questions:—The Recorder , the Common-S ergeant, the ToTwhnetChfoe Pleaderslelloivrk,i theng are i‘ the questions Ryland, R Remernb rancer, the Soli citor,andell, L aur i e, and Lock. questions : " Ist. Is the legislative and administrative municipal go vernment of the city of London vested in the Lord Mayor Aldermen, and Common Council assembled? , "2d. Are the presence of a Lord Mayor, the presence of env and what minimum number of Aldermen, and the pre sence of any and what number of Commoners essential to constitute a legal Court? And is the Court dissolved by the departure of the Lord Mayor, or of the Aldermen, or of the Commoners, so as to reduce those bodies respectively below the minimum number? " 3d. To enable the Court of Common Council to discuss and decide upon any and what corporate questions, is it essential that they should be inserted in a paper of business and a printed summons for the meeting of the Court? Mayor a right to excl u d e f rom th e summons" 4ttl. H or as pa the Lord of business any of such questi ons w hi c h t h e members may think it necessary to discuss? " sth. If, in point of fact, they were excluded from the er summons and paper of business, have the memb ers o f t h e Court a right to have them discussed? " 6th. Has the Lord Mayor the right to refuse to put to the vote any such qu es ti o ns which may be duly moved and m'son? se conded, when th e y are r ipe for de " 7th. Has th e L or d Mayor, or have the Alderme n , as a body, or as individ ua l s the right of veto to stay the pass ing of any, an d if an y, w h a t description of measure s , i n the Court of Comm on Coun cil; • or, the Court bein g d u l y formed, do the votes of the Lord Mayor and the Alde rmen present, consort only numerically with the voices of th e commoners? " Bth. Conside r i ng th e state of the public business, and the differences which prevail between the Right Hon. the Lo r d Mayor, the Alde rmen , an d the Common in Council, regard t o the recent proceedi ngs i n th e Court of Common Council, what measures with reference to the welfare of the City do you re. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT: - OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman HUNTER.) LARCENY.—Mary Ann Brooks, aged 22, a simple looking girl, was indicted for having abstracted from the house of her master, Mr. Denny, a surgeon in the London-road, a cap and other trifling articles, which she had given to a person calling himself Lieutenant Player, of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, then and now a prisoner in the Queen's Bench. Mr. Parnell was for the prosecution ; Mr. Clarkson for the defence. The case was so far singular, that the person for whose benefit the things were . so taken, the Lieutenant Player i n question, was the very man who gave information t o M r . Denny of the larceny. After having given his evidence for the prosecution, he was severely cross-examined by Mr. Ci..tnisox, who endea voured to make him show, by his own confession, that be had been " a bonnet" or decoy at a gaming -house; that he had endeavoured to obtain from certain tradesmen 3001 worth of watches; and that, in short, he was a person on whose word no reliance could be placed. Other witnesses having been heard, The RECORDER summed up in favour of the prisoner, and the jury at once returned a verdict of Not Guilty. LARCENY AND EMBeZZLIMENT.—I;iZabeat SW., a mar ried female, aged 27, was charged with embezz ing two sums, amounting, in all, to 345., and a table-cloth and handker chief, from her master, James Ives Deare. The prisoner put into Court a written defence, to the effcct that Mrs. • !care had encouraged her, by articles of dress and loans of money, to go t o d ances , and t hat to provide funds for this purpose she had taken the sums mentioned iu the indictment. Mrs. Deare admitted having made up a dress for the pri soner to go to a ball, but denied that she had ever given her money for any other purpose than the supporting her husband and children. The REconnEa said, that in consideration of the imprison ment she had already undergone, and also of the good cha racter she had formerly borne, the sentence of the Court would be very lenient. Sentenced to six weeks' imprison ment in the gaol of Newgate. ROBBERY.—John Conxell, aged 27, described as a labourer, was charged with robbing from the door of Mr. Henry Withers, hosier, stockings to the value of Itiot. The case was proved, and the prisoner sentenced to six mouths' im prisonment with hard labour. John Williams, labourer, found guilty of dealing two pewter pots from the premises of George James, a licensed victualler, aggravated by being known as a common thief, was sentenced to eighteen mouths' imprisonment, and to be kept to hard labour. Several other cases of a like unimportant character were tried in the course of the day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Robert Jenkins and Junin IVilliams, two persons having the appearance of respectable tradesmen, were placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged with attempting to obtain goods from Mr. Prew, tailor, 247, Strand, by means of a forged cheque. Mr. Prew stated, that yesterday afternoon the prisoners entered his shop together, and Jenkins asked to look at a coat, and selected one. Williams selected a pair of trowsers. Jenkins offered a. cheque in payment. W imams said he lived in the neighbotirhood, and wrote his name and an address (which has since been found to be false) on the back of the cheque. He (prosecutor) said he would send to the bank to get it cashed, but the prisoner said, no, dots% send it to the bank, give it to me, as I am going that way, and I will call again. He, however, insisted on sending to the bank, and sent a clerk there. The prisoners went away. The clerk returned, bringing word that there were no effects. The prisoner Jenkins returned in about an hour, and Wil liams in about an hour and a half, and he gave them into custody. Mr. Wolf, who appeared for the prisoners, submitted that there was no evidence of fraudulent intention, and it was not at all likely that persons who had left a forged cheque in a shopkeeper's hands, to be sent to the Bank, would call again in an hour. Mr. JARDINE said that though the fact that they returned to inquire what had become of the cheque was in their favour, it was too serious a c ha rg e t o b e p asse d over without fnrther inquiry. The prisoners must therefore be remanded till Friday next.—Remanded accordingly. MARLBOROUGH-SIR EET. Three boys named Biggs, Macgregor, and Mott, were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with hiving stolen some plate, value 11., from the shop of Mr. Fitchen, silver smith, Oxford-street. Samuel Hart said, he was in the employ of Messrs. Duff and Hodgson, music sellers, Oxford-street. On Wednesday last he saw the three prisoners standing at Mr. Fitchen's window; Macgregor was cutting the window with some in strument, Biggs was standing behind so as to screen him, and Mott was waiting by Macgregor's side with a basket ready, apparently to receive the plunder. Macgregor hav ing succeeded in cutting through the window, immediately took out of a case a knife, a fork, and spoon, that were ex posed for sale, and put them in Motes basket. Witness im mediately went forward and secured Mott, the other pri soners ran off. Mr. Fitchen proved that the property had been seen in his shop window just before the robbery was committed. Police-constable Cousins, D 33, said lie took Biggs and Macgregor into custody, and he knew that both were bad characters. lie had seen Mott, who was an errand boy to a doctor, in Macgregor's society, and had warned him against keeping such bad company. He believed Mott had been drawn into the offence by the other two boys. Mr. BINGHAM said he should make a difference in the case of Mott, by allowing his friends to bail him. All three boys were then committed. Last week an application was made on behalf of Mr. Bohn, a bookseller, for a warrant against a gentleman, named Francis Buchanan Hoare, for having, as alleged, improperly disposed of between 5001. and 1,0001. worth of valuable books, the property of Mr. C. Carisbrook, the Bishop of Llandaff, and others. On hearing the evidence in support of the application, Mr. Bingham consented to issue the war rant, and this warrant was immediately placed in the hands of a police-constable, who was to execute it in Ireland, where, it was alleged, Mr. Hoare was then residing. Yester day Mr. Hoare, who it appeared was not in Ireland, accorn panied by his professional adviser, came into court to meet the charge; but on an intimation being conveyed to Mr. Bingham that the complainants were unprepared to go into the case, owing to the absence on circuit of counsel who had been instructed to appear in support of the charge, Mr. BINGHAM said, as the untbreseen surrender of the de fendant, and the absence of the counsel, placed the com plainant in an embarrassing position with respect to the evidence, it was but reasonable to give the complainant the benefit of a short adjournment. Mr. Hoare'e professional adviser was very anxious that no delay should take place. His client was prepared with a full answer to the charge. He should wish to see the depositions on which the warrant had been granted. Mr. BINGHAM sent for the warrant-book, and gave the re quired information. Mr. Hoare's professional adviser conceived there had been nothing on the part of his client to call for the proceedings that bad taken place. Mr. Biectrast said he had no opinion to pronounce in the matter. All he should say was, that Mr. Bohn was placed in a peculiar position before the Court of Bankruptcy. A large part of his stock had disappeared. It had been re moved by the direction of the defendant, and this was the charge the defendant would be required to answer on W ed nesday next. Bail was accepted, and the parties retired. George Wilkinson was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with going to the residence of Mr. Michael Tomlin son, 70, Berners-street, Oxford street, with a false message, for the purpose of committing a felony. The prosecutor stated that at about eight o'clock last night a lad had called from the carrier's with a box, which was to go to Tooting. Complainant went into the ball to speak to the lad, and observed that he had taken a great-coat from off the pegs, and had thrown it behind where he was standing. Ile asked him what he was doing with the coat, when he replied that it had just fallen off one of the pegs. He then told him to be off about his business, or be would give him in charge. Shortly afterwards the prisoner came, and said that he SSTs sent from the King and Ship public house, in Regent-street, for a box which had been left by mistake. Knowing that there was no such house in that street, and thinking that the prisoner was an accomplice of the other boy, he gave Lint in charge to police-constable C, 40, and on searching him at the station-house, there were found in his pocket two latch and two skeleton keys, and a strong knife. The prisoner, who declined making any defence, was re manded till Monday next. CL E R E N WELL. Five respectably. dressed young men, named Milner, Green, Scales, Want, and Phillippo, were charged with being drunk and disorderly this morning, and throwing stones at the gate of St. Pancras Workhouse, and causing a disturbance. It appeared that the parties, who were well acquainted with some of the subordinate workhouse officials, had been making merry at a public-house nearly opposite to the en trance, when, in an exuberance of good nature, they deter mined to have a cup with their parochial friends, and in pur suance of that resolution, went to the workhouse-gate and began knocking, shouting, and kicking at it until at last the uproar became so great that the police found it necessary to interfere. The prisoners, being pot-valiant, swore no police man should interfere with them, and the result was, a severe struggle, which ended in the five gentlemen being ensconced in the station-house for the night. Mr. COM BE or d ere d each of them to pay a fine of 55., and in default to be imprisoned for three days. Charles Blansgrove, a well-known thief, was charged with stealing a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Sherwood, boot and shoe-maker, of Calthorpe- street, Gray's Inn-road. The prosecutor's shopman, while sitting in a room behind the shop, saw the prisoner come in, snatch the boots from a shelf on which they were placed near the door, and run away with them. AIN Sherwood gave him chase, and after a sharp run, caught him near the end of Gray's Inn-lane. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. George Smith, who was described on the police-sheet as a printer, residing at 4, Clara-court, Clare-market, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood, charged, at the instance of the Excise, with having unlawfully in his possession a quan tity of illicit spirits, without a permit, contrary to the sta tute of 6 George IV., chap. 80, which subjected him to a penalty of 1001., or six months' imprisonment. A solicitor from the Excise-office attended for the prose cution. It appeared that some Excise officers were searching a `'Jigger" in Bellock-alley, Whit ecross - s t ree t, S t . L u k e ' s , w h ere 'Jigger" spirits were sold. A knock came at the door, Wind? being opened, the prisoner was found with a basket containing three bladders, in which were five gallons of illicit spirits. The prisoner had no permit, and he was taken to the station-house. On inquiries at 4, Clare-court, which address the prisoner gave, he was found not to be living there, but at 9, George-street, Camberwell, where the officers discovered a private still at work, which they seized. A turnpike ticket was found in the prisoner's possession, from which it was evident that he must, just before his ap prehension, have driven through the Green Man gate, near Camberwell. Mr. GRIENWOOD remarked, that the practice of selling such pernicious stuff as "jigger" spirits, which were worse than poison, had become very prevalent in St. Luke's. lie read the Act of Parliament to the prisoner, which said, the penalty was 1001, but it might be mitigated to one-fourth, and in def au lt t o s i x or three months' imprisonment. I n this instance he would not mitigate, and he convicted the imprisonment, leaving in the penalty of 100/. or six months' leaving him, if he thought proper, to apply to the Commis sioners of Excise. Charles Learner, Robert Gladstone, Edward . Jones, J o h n Murphy, and Jane Goulden , were charged with being con cerned in the following robbery : They entered the house of Mrs. Mills, the Red Lion and Punch Bowl, St. John's-street, Clerkenwell, on Monday morn ing, and went into the tap-roons. They called for some porter, and during the temporary absence of Miss Mills from the bar, they contrived between them to plunder the till of ss. 3d. Todd, 221, Martin, 122, and 46 G, were called in, and they took the prisoners into custody. The prisoners denied the charge, but th ey were fully committed tor trial. Learner and Gladstone were admitted to bail. WORSHIP-STREET. James Newitt, in the . employment of Messrs. Pickford and Co., charged with atealiDg a bag containing two bashela of peas, and William Filmer, who described himself as a baker's dust collector, with receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen, were placed at the bar. • Sergeant Brennan, of the detective force, stated that he ob served Newitt take from a van he was driving the bag above mentioned, and carry it into Filmer's house. The latter soon after made his appearance outside the dwelling, when wit ness, went up to him and inquired concerning the tik.;. Filmer replied that he knew nothing whatever of what wit ness alluded to, and the latter might search the premises. He (witness) did so, and at length, in a shed, at the rear of the house, he discovered the bag in question. Mr. I'aris, manager in the employment of the above firm, stated that the contents of the bag, the peas, corresponded precisely to the immense bulk of that commodity the company had in their possession. Mr. Paris, solicitor to the firm, attended to watch the pro . ceediugs, and the depositions were at length desired to be made out, preparatory to the prisoners' full committal for trial, and they were accordingly removed for that purpose. It. was stated that a similar system of robbery had been carried on for several years past. _ _ !HALVES. Mr. John Crandon, the master of a ship called the Gazelle, lying off Horselydown, appeared bellure Mr. Yardley to answer a charge of assaulting a poor woman named Clara Watts, under very peculiar circumstances. It appeared froas the evidence of the complainant, a widow who was very meanly clad, that she lived in Grove-road, Mile-end. 6n Wednesday last she was in company with a female friend much younger than herself, when they met the defendant, who was very drunk. A dirty-lookieg man was with him, trying to mob him. Witness aed her fiend inter fered, and, after some trouble, succeeded in getting rid of the defendant's very questionable companion, and, fearing that the defendant would get into trouble again, offered to see him home. He made them understand he was master of a ship in the river, and he thanked them ard asked them to accom pany him on board, which they consented to do. On reach ing the Gazelle he invited them into his cabin, and treated them with brandy-and -water. He soon afterwards quitted the ship with the other woman, for the purpose of buying some fish, leaving a bottle of brandy on the cabin table. On his return with the complainant's friend heseemed to be much enraged, and ordered her to leave the ship immediately. She declined doing so without her friend, who, however, seemed inclined to remain on board. The defendant immediately commenced beating the complainant. He tore her cap off and beat her, and was proceeding to further violence, when the Cus tom-house officer stationed on board stood between the parties. The defendant said he would not be baulked, and he struck the woman again. He tore the hair from her head and drag ged her along the deck. The mate of another vessel came on board and rescued her, and she called for the police and was taken ashore. She was very much hurt by the violence of the defendant, and she declared she offered no provocation for the violence committed upon her. The defendant, who had obtained a postponement of the ease from Saturday, on a representation that he would bring a Custom-house officer to prove that he was net the aggres sor, made a very lame defence to the charge, and said the woman made more f ree i n hi s ca bi n than he wished, and drank his brandy. He ordered her to leave the vessel, and she refused to go, on which he attempted to eject her, and she struggled and scratched him. He then called his mate, who did not help him much, and said he saw a scuffle going on upon deck, and the captain wished one of the women to leave the vessel. Mr. Ymenear—And the other to remain on board?— The mate believed that was so. The other woman did stop. The complainant said, her friend had remained on board the Gazelle with the captain ever since Wednesday. The defendant admitted he had kept the woman in his cabin since Wednesday, and she was there still. He then endeavoured to exculpate himself, but in a very clumsy manner. Mr. YARDLEY said, the conduct of the defendant was highly reprehensible, and that he would not entrust bins with the command of a vessel if he had one. He had taken two women, strangers to bins, on board the Gazelle; and one of them had been since detained for purposes which no one who heard the case could doubt for one moment. It ap peared that the defendant had acted with violence to the woman Watts, and had attempted to eject her from his ship in a violent, rough, and unbecoming way. He fined the de fendant 10s. and costs, which was immediately paid. LAMBETH. King, a well-dressed and rather good. looking young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Eiliott, on a charge of having been found working an illicit still. From the statement of the Excise officer, it appeared that, from information which they received, they proceeded to the house, 9, George-street, Old Kent-road, and having knocked at the door, it was opened by a woman, not the prisoner. Th e y inqui r ed f or a p erson named Bartlett,i a notorious "jigger," and were told that no such person was known there. They (the officers) then proceeded down stairs, and there found a 20-gallon copper still at work, with ten tubs, and, in fact, a complete apparatus for distillation. The prisoner, in reply to the questions then put to her by the officers, said that she had been requested by the man to whom the place belonged to attend to a tub into which the spirit was flowing, and see that it did not run over. She also said she did not even know the name of the man who had made sods a request of her. The officers informed the magistrates they had no doubt whatever the distillery be longed to Baetlett, who had been apprehended on Saturday for another offence against the Excise laws, and that lie had left the prisoner to carry it on for him. They further said, they had no doubt that the distillery had been carried on to a considerable extent, as, amongst other things found in the place, were a number of large bladders, which seemed to have been frequently used. The prisoner, in defence, said that she had been merely on a visit to the house, and had no idea of what was going on until requested by the man to keep an eye to the tub and see it did not run over. Mr. Etraorr remarked, that there could be no doubt that the fact was otherwise, and that she was working the still. For this offence he should impose the lowest penalty, namely, 301., or three months' imprisonment. If ES TAI I NS TER. Thomas Ifilliams, a dirty-looking flow, about thirty yaws of age, was finally examined, charged with defrauding several tradesmen. For some months past a number of tradesmen at Chelsea and Pimlico have been plundered by a person answering the prisoner's description, occasionally- assisted by a woman having the appearance of a servant girl. The system had recourse to was this:—The prisoner or his accomplice, who had escaped detection, ordered some trifling article, gene rally' amounting to about 45., to be sent with change for a sovereign, to some person residing in the neighbourhood, when the prisoner met the errand-boy at the door of the house, and, taking the goods and change from him, gave hint either a spurious sovereign or two halves. Two cases having been clearly proved against the prisoner, he was fully committed for trial. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY.) HAT MARX ET g SMITIIFI M.D.—Meadow Hay, 216 s to 31165; Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 11 10s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—AIeadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 4/ Os; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 I6s ; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 1116 s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WIIITECHAPIL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/ 15s; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/; and Straw, I/ lOs to 1/ 14s per load. Trade dull, at barely last week's quotations. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is heavy, only about 50 hhds having found buyers at 6d to Is decline. The public sales have comprised 13,885 bags 371 casks Mauritius, and 3,338 bags Bengal, which went off heavily, but chiefly sold at irregular prices, generally at a further decline of Is. Mauritius brought 47s to 52s 6d for low to fine yellow, 42s to 468 Gd for low to good brown, with a few lots crystallised at 48s 6d to 55s Gd for low grey to good yellow; Bengal mid to good yellow; Bengal mid to goo d white; Bonares, 50s to 525. COFFEE.—A good business has been done in good ord native Ceylon at 42s to 435, which is Is dearer. Ric:.-500 bags Bengal were taken in at 24s for good white, which is the previous value. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 50s 9d to sls per cwt on the spot; and Town, 525. TEA.—The market is steady. (From the London New Price Current of March 2.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of Sugar were desirous to realise, and abundantly supplying the market, caused a fur ther fall in the value of all sorts, notwithstanding the demand was good for East India and Mauritius for the pan and scale; but for brewing and distilling there are yet few operators. The market for West India had a dull appearance, all quali ties being purchased with much caution. FOREIGN.—The stock has been further increased of Foreign Sugar, and merchants being willing sellers of the descrip tions available for home consumption, and supplying the market largely, produced a fall in the value of all descript ions. The demand, however, has been good, and the parcels offered at auction were all sold, chiefly consisting of the better de scriptions. The importation of all sorts is likely to be much greater than last year. and the quality of that already re ceived is better than that of the past season. lizeiNeo.—To-day Refined goods met with little attention from the home trade, although there are sellers upon further reduced terms. The refiners are generally anxious sellers. For Bonded Crushed Sugar there is a large export demand, and it is difficult to purchase best quality under 36s per cwt. Mataimus.—This afternoon two parcels of Mauritius Sugar, amounting to 16,126 bags, were offered at public auc tion, the chief part of which consisted of bright grocery de scriptions. The whole sold, at a reduction on former rates of Is per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras sugar was not much in demand, and 4,419 bags at auction were only partly sold at a fall on former rates of Is.. MOLASSES.—For West India the demand has been limited for all descriptions. The value of low to fine quality is 22a to 26s per cwt. A small parcel of good St. Kitts sold at 24s 6d. East India Treacle is dull of sale, and 24s to 25s are the nearest rates. Honey is offered upon reduced terms, COFFEE.—This afternoon at auction 10 casks Jamaica sold at 65s for low middling; 331 bags of Plantation Ceylon, fine fine ordinary 60s to 655, fine ordinary 56s to 58s, ordinary 455, low ordinary 41s 6d, triage 24s 6d ; 101 bags Costa Rica 36s for good ordinary, and 45s for fine ordinary. By private treaty there was less desire evinced to operate in Native Ceylon ; but there are not sellers under 43s for goo d ord i nary, and only a small amount of business was done. TEA.—There are further arrivals, consisting chiefly of the better descriptions, still none has again been submitted to public sale; the stock is not so heavy as i t was at this time last year, whilst the deliveries are much larger of all sorts. The town and country trade hold small stocks, notwithstand ing the large purchases made by them of late. Congou is not offered upon lower terms, but the demand has fallen off for all sorts, and only a limited business has been done. FRUIT —For export to Holland a good business has been done in Currants at 52s for Zante, and the market has a firmer appearance. Hope.—The operations have been upon a more extended scale, especially in the better sorts. Holders show firmness, and offer only a moderate quantity for sale. We quote Sussex pkts at 78s to 88s, Weald of Kent 86s to 98s, mid, and East ditto 95s to 136 s per cwt. Rice.—To-day Bengal met with little attention privately • and 1,176 bags at auction only partly sold at 21s for good bold white, and at 22a to 23s for damaged, which is the former value SPICES.—To-day at public sale 18 casks Dutch limed Nut megs for exportation only were in part sold at 3a 21. to 3s 3d for bold, which is the full value; 1G casks of various sorts for home consumption were ofr , red, and chiefly taken in— Madras wormy at is 6d, Singapore middling brown 3s. to 3s. 2d, fair middling 3s 4d: 1 case Mace sold at 3s 7d for middling red. COCIIINEAL.—AII descriptions are much in demand, and the rates paid are rather above those that existed previously. The deliveries are far exceeding those of last year, whilst the stock is less ; at public sale 118 bags of Honduras were all disposed of at 5s 7d to 6s for good ordinary to fine silvers, and 7 bags of black at Gs 8d to 7s Id per lb. SPIRITS.—To-day there were sellers of all descriptions of Rum upon lower terms, still exporters and the home trade operated with caution ; proof Leewards can be obtained at 3s 9d to 34 10d; East India 3s 5d to 3s 6d; and Jamaica 30 to 38 pei cent ; over proof at 5s to Gs per gallon. The sup ply is on the increase of East India. Orts.—There has been an increased desire manifested to operate in Cocoa Nut Oil, and prices have improved. Holders of Palm are still willing sellers, but submit to rather lower , rates. In Rape Seed Oil large purchases have been wade, RAILWAYS. was a statement of an of 60,000,000/., which commenced in 1822, and actually included in it the Manchester and Liverpool Railways. He thought he had then made the case perfectly clear to the House. Mr. CARDWELL wished to address a few remarks upon parts relating to the question. The first point was, were the statements made by the Hon. Member for the University of Cambridge perfectly and literally true in point of fact, The second point was, were the arguments which his lion. Friend intended to base upon those statements perfectly true and fair? The Hon. Member then went on to recapitulate the statements made in the speech of his Hon. Friend on the occasion referred to by the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, and contended that they were strictly and literally borne out by the facts of the case. It was quite unfair to suppose that his lion. Friend should undervalue the benefits of railway communication. He should, indeed, think that his lion. Friend would be unworthy to occupy the high position he held in that House if he entertained such opinions. Mr. HUDSON wished to say a few words with respect to the statements of the Right Hon. Gentleman the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was not in the House at the time, but the impression made upon the Noble Lord and others, by the statements of that Right Hon. Gentleman, was the one he had mentioned. He stated the amount of money raised in 1841. He stated also that the London and Birmingham was empowered to raise 8,226,000/. up to 1841, but they had only power to raise 500,60.,1. ( Hear, hear. ) The same obser vation would apply to other railways. Some Hun. Gentlemen seemed to think that the introduction of free trade measures had created all the property of the country. lie did not believe any thing of the kind but that it arose from the energy of the capi talists of the country. The London and Birmingham was com menced in 1833, and was opened to the public in 1839 ; bat the capital which the proprietors were empowered to raise, was raised and expended before 1838. The same observation ap plied with equal truth t- the Midland and Northern Companies, which expended large sums of money before the deficiency re ferred to took place. The Hoe. Gentleman the Membn. for Cambridge (Mr. Geulburn) had not always aged consistently with respect to railways. t' THE BLACK CAT." Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that he would postpone his motion relative to the detention of the schooner -Black Cat" until. Friday neat, when he would bring it on in Committee of Supply. The reports of the Committees on Ways and Means and of Supply were then brought up and received. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The Consolidated Fund 8,000,0001. Bill then went through Com:nittee. The Houoe adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. PETITIONS UN PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. There were no unopposed cases on either Mr. Smith's or Mr. May's list. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) OPPOSED. LIST. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY (I M PROVEMF.NT OF THE FERRY BETWEEN FERRY PORT AND THE NORTH. SHORE OF THE RIVER TAY.) This case was gone through, but the Examiner postponed his deci , ion till to-morrow. GREAT METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS. The customary formal proofs were taken in this ca , e. Adjourned till to-morrow. (Roo-n 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM ACT AMEND MENT, AND BRANCHES. There were four rnemoriAls againt this petition, but no one appeared to support them. The parties, nevertheless, failed in completing the formal proofs, and the standing orders were declared not to have been complied with. 1 STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF CONIMONS. The Committee met this day at the usual hour for the dis patch of public business. The following decisions were an nounced (lath/L.; the course of the day:— THE FALMOUTH WATERWORKS BILL. Standing orders complied with, and parties allowed to proceed. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (DUNFERMLINE BRANCH). Standing orders not dispensed with, and the Bill thrown out. PARK-GATE, CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD. Standing orders complied with, and allowed to proceed. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY, No.l (EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT). Allowed to proceed. EASTERN COUNTIES (BRANCH FROM STRAT FORD TO VICTORIA PARK, &c.) Standing Orders not dispensed with, and the Bill thrown out. AXIIOLME RAILWAY (FROM LEEDS AND SELBY RAILWAY 10 GAINSBOROUGH). Allowed to proceed. TINE DOCKS, No. 7. Standing orders complied with, and the parties allowed to ENFIELD AND EDMONTON RAILWAY. Allowed to proceed, certain clauses being struck out of the Bill. SURREY AND KENT COMMISSION OF SEWERAGE. Standi , i4 orders not complied with. THE LONDON SEWERAGE CHEMICAL MANURING COMPANY. Allowed to proceed. MANCHESTER ANT) BIRMINGHAM . (NORTH STAF. FORUSHIRE JU&;TION). Allowed to proceed. BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL. Allowed to proceed. LOUGH NEAGH DRAINAGE. Allowed to proceed. PA rTA AIL:ATARI( BUSINESS. (i r 9 ;./;:i<i , 614 M..oBDAY, 1111V.C11 1. It,ll4ity Ili r. were .. ,- sorted, read a first time, and 4irdered to be.read a ercotpt time : Great Indian Pviiii . sula—`• for incorporating a Company, to be called "rhe Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company,' and , for g i v i ng powers to the Eest Indian Company and the ( 11 o a y u ez a n y o r c - G . m e n p e a r n a y l t o o f malndiaa Railway o fromuir Council, to Bombay enable to the A said e with Extensions to Mliuse and the Pera River, anti Branches or Extension s to Sholapoor, Hyderabad, Kat'ideish, Indore and Ho ihungabad." Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company)— " to enable the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Hal stead Railway Company to grant a Lease of their undertaking to the Ipswich anti Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company." Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Ossett Branch and Dewsbury and Morley Stations)—" for enabling the Leed s , Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to Ossett, and to provide additional Station Accommodation in the Town of Dewsbury, and at or near Morley. all in the West Riding of the county of York." Oxford, fn! i‘ and Wolverhampton (No. 2—E xten _ lions and ‘, to enable the Oxford, W orcester, o' l ' e r n ce d s ni te e r n , and Wolverhampton Railway C.unpany to make a Railway from Szourbridge to join their Railway near Dudley, and to lialesowen, with certain Branches therefrom, and for other purposee Mold (from Mold to join the Chester and Holyhead Rail way)—" for making a Railway from Mold, in the county of Flint, to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway, in the parish of Hawarden, in the same county, with Branches, to be called, The Mold Railway.' Birmingham and Oxford J unction, and Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Dudley Railways Amalgamation—" for uniting the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Com pany, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company into one Company, and for authorising the sale of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, and other new works to the Great Western Railway Company." The following Railway Bills were read a second time, corn ' mated, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Eastern Union and iluileigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern ITnlin Railway Como:11)3' )- Ipswich and Bury St. Edinuzin's (Extension to East Dereham and to Aylsham). Ipswich anti Bury St. Edmund's (Branch from Ipswich to Wowl bridge). Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction. Royston and Ilitchin (Extension from Royston to Cam bridg &c.) Royston and Hitchiu (Sale or Lease). CAledonian Brandies from the Ciydeslale Junction to th e , Douglas and Lesmahagow .;lineral Fields, and to Strath- • Caalevi,7onn)i.an !Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale j ß u rn l e i h ° e n s to the lw acrd Coltues Railway, Cinder. ti el' u n 'i r i c t il li a l ie . Cal or Lease of Wishaw and Coltness Railway). CAledonian and Dumba r t onshire Junctir tween Dantocher Litnew or k s and Bowlinng, (tviations Strathtay and BreacialOane Exte ns i on. .) Wilsontown, illorningaide, and Coltaeas (Branchea to Berihar Select Comm . tree on Group No. 12. Sir John Guest discharged ; Colonel Paget selected, and added to the Committee. The Committee of Selection have discharged the Select Committees to whom the Groups Nos. 5 and 6 have been severally referred, and have postponed the meeting of the Select Committees on those Groups to the weak commencing Monday, March 15. LONDON CORPORATION REFORM On Monday, the committee of the Is hole Court assembled in the Council Uhamber, Deputy Peacock in the chair. There were present the officers ot the Corporation, the Town Clerk. the City Comptroller, and the City Solicitor. The proceed ings were of paramount importance. Mr. Asuunarr particularly called the attention of those who were determined that the rights of the citizens should not be lost to the matter which he had to bring before the assembly. In the course which bad hitherto been pursued, it was manifest to all that those rights had not been pie teeted.—(Elear, hear.) In the confusion and hurry of the last committee, they had failed in agreeing to a resolution involving the essential principle for which they contended. That resolution spoke of the necessity of reform, and em bodied the opinion of the sub-committee, that the reform could not be accomplished without an application to Parlia ment.—(Hear, hear). There would, he believed, be an unanimous acquiescence in the suggestion, that if anything were to be done in the way of reform, the time had arrived for an attempt to effect that object, now that the Lord Mayor openly declared and proved that he would not put any question in the Court of Common Council of which he did not approve.—(Hear, hear.) In the mayoralty of Alder man Winchester, by the pertinacity of one man, the Court were placed in a similar dilemma. They had in vain en deavoured to induce that individual to act in accordance with the strongly expressed feeling of the Court, and a reso lution was passed, postponing the question till after the 9th of the following November, when, as was usual with so fluctuating a body, it passed away. Were the members of the Court of Common Council disposed to accept a similar result ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Or would they adopt mea sures calculated to meet the wants and exigencies of the me troplis? Let them look to what had occurred with respect to the long contested subject of the freedoms. The Court of Common Council had given instructions to the Chamberlain not to prosecute any retail trader until a certain question should be disposed of. That question had been decided in a certain way under the guidance of the Recorder himself, the officer of the Corporation, and it was quite evident that a reconstruction of the Corporation must follow, so that the constituency might embrace the most respectable portion of the community of the. City, instead of being influenced by publicans and fellowship-porters, in whose hands lay so monstrous an authority.—( Hear, hear.) If the Corporation continued any longer in such a condition, their unpopularity must necessarily increase. With a slight assistance from Parliament that Corporation had within itself the capacity of accomplishing reforms of the most satisfactory kind, and it was his intention, if the committee agreed to the resolu tion, to follow it up with an instruction to the Chamberlain not to pay any sum upon the order of the Court of Alder men, which that body were not legally entitled to draw, and with other motions calculated to show the citizens of London that the intentions of their representatives were not vague, nor capable of misconstruction.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. Ashurst then moved " That the committee agree with the sub-committee in their operations as reported to the com mittee on the 25th of February last, that the Corporation requires reform, which can only be done by the aid of Par liament, and for that purpose it be referred to the sub committee to propose such a Bill for such reforms and alteration. as they shall see fir, the time when proposed to be submitted to this committee for consideration." Mr. ANDE&TON seconded the motion with much pleasure, and declared that, so far from finding fault with the Lord Mayor for the course pursued by him, the Court of Comm on Council ought to be o bli ge d t o his ordship for the unex pected deviation, because if his Lordship had not held out in opposition to the feeling of the Court, they must have gone on iu their old jog -trot style, and Parliament would compel them to do what they were now likely voluntarily to accom plish.—(Hear, hear.) He for one was convinced of the ne cessity ot reform, and he trusted that now that reform was inevitable, it would abound with advantages to the public. In his investigation of the subject he found that there were four grand points to which it was necessary to require the attention of the committee. The first was improvement in the elective franchise.—( Hear, hear.) The City Corporation franchise was, he could not help saying, drivelling down most miserably, and it could no longer be permitted to be abjectly under such control, so that publicans, and broker=, and porters, could return to both Courts whomsoever the} pleased.—( Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") But if the ca-e against the wholesale dealer had proved successful, did the committee suppose for a moment that the Government would allow the continuance of a demand which it was admitted upon all hands could p ro d uce no a d vantage ?—( " Hear, hear, " and " Yes. yes.") What advantage resulted? He derived no advantage from it. A MEMBER —Yes; you are a member of this Court, Mr. ANDERTON wished to see his next neighbour entitled to a similar privilege.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to see the franchise so largely extended that the members of the two Courts would represent all of the inhabitants. The next thing he should wish to see accomplished was, the periodical election of Aldermen. It was, be thought, possible to elect Aldermen% a certain period without injuring their inde pendence as magistrates. There was a time when he enter tained a different opinion, but experience had altered the im pression, and he was convinced that if Aldermen acted ho nestly sad independently they would be supported by the public. If they acted otherwise, why they deserved to be kicked out.— ( Laughter, and cries of " Hear.") The- next point regarded the control of the City funds, and he confessed that, with respect to that power, he could not see why six-and twenty gentlemen should be allowed to exercise an irrespon sible authority over the property of their fellow-citizens. He did not wish to interfere with their expenditure as magis trates, further than to prevent such lavish dealing with the City cash as they had exhibited in the alterations at the Old Bailey and the Compter, and other places under their jurisdiction, in which money had been laid out without profit to anybody.—(A laugh, and cries of " Hear.") The last point to which he should draw the attention of the Court was the necessity which existed for the equalization of the wards. It was monstrous to suppose that four or six-and twenty persons should have the power of electing a magis trate and common councilmen for the whole city of London. —( Hear, hear.) For reform of these matters there was im mediate necessity, and it was the opinion of the Recorder and the other law officers of the City, that without the aid ofPar liament the Corporation could not carry such reform into effect. He, therefore, with all his heart seconded the motion which showed the good sense of the committee, and he be lieved that they would not be mistaken in placing reliance upon the aid of Parliament, and the fervent good wishes of their fellow-citizens.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. EAGLETON, after a few words, moved as an amend ment, " That betbre the committee seek the aid of Parlia ment the contempleted reforms be presented for the consi deration of the members, that they may judge whether or not it be necessary to go to Parliament." Mr. HUNTLEY seconded the amendment, as he considered that without the opinion of the law officers the committee were all at sea. Mr. R. TAT eon and Mr. ASITURST said the opinions of the law (dicers had been all in print long ego, and were every one to the effect that nothing could be done without the aid of Parliament. Mr. W. JONES questioned the propriety of going to Par larment, r , endiug the difference of opiniou between the two Courts. He had no misgivings as to Parliament, provided the two brarches of the Corporation went up as an united body; but he thought the chance of success would be greatly decreased it they appeared to be influenced by op posing views. Upon the anomalous power exercised by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen over the funds of the City, it was necessary that Parliament should be appealed to, for it was quite obvious that by Parliament alone was that dangerous authority to be checked.—( Hear, hear.) As for the elec tion of the Aldermen, he should have no objection to make that septennial, but not more limited; but taking all the circumstancee into consideration, he thought the sentiments of the constituency ought to be taken on the principal mat ters under discussion. Mr. BURN did not approve of that art of the resolution which recomme n d e d t h at it be referred p to the sub-commitee to prepare the Bill for reforming the Corporation. Deputy STEVENS said, it was the conduct of the Lord Mayor that induced them to think of going to Parliament at all. They had supposed that they possessed the power to bring forward a Bill for their own reform. The Lord Mayor said they had no such power, and refused to put the ques tion. What alternative, then, had they but to go to Par liament to ascertain the extent of their privileges? He trusted that deputations from the two Courts would meet together and cordially agree in their application to Parlia ment.—(Cheers.) The law officers of the Corporation must join in producing a beneficial plan, and a termination must be made to.the disgraceful scenes which had been so fre quently repeated.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. WPRE, in answer to those gentlemen who did not wish it to be referred to the sub-committee to prepare a Bill, said it would be ridiculous to meet a deputation from the City Aldermen without having something tangible —some thing more than a mere abstract principle to produce at the in terview. —(Hear, hear.) It was his wish that all the Al dermen should be added to the sub-committee.—(Hear.) lie deprecated the idea of any farther delay. The public were getting tired of the long-established practice of post ponement for which the Corporation were celebrated, and an effort must be made at once to show that that branch of it was sincere in its wish for an essential improvement. Alderman SIDNEY admitted that the time had arrived when it was necessary to make some reforms, and that the members of the court to which he belonged were as willing to go to Parliament to effect the great object as were the members of the committee. He quoted the authority of an old historian in proof of the fact that the Corporation of London was the glory of the kingdom from the date of the earliest infarcy of the City itself. He wished to see that. glory undiminished, and lie thought that with the aid of Par liament such changes would be introduced as would enlarge and improve the constituency and extend the benefits of so great an institution to the whole community. Mr. LAWRENCE spoke ;n 'avour of the original motion, and said that if the Court of Aldermen were of opinion that there was occasion for a Bill in Parliament, that was certainly cal culated to show that there was r.o occasion for anything at all of the kind.—(Laughter.) Mr. Eagleton's amendment was then negatived, as was an Amendment by Mr. Low—" That the report be referred back to the sub-committee until the answer, of the law officers W 33 obtained to the various questions gone into by the said sub-committee to be submitted to them." The original resolution, proposed by Mr. Ashurst, was then agreed to by a large majority. Mr. Asuupst then moved resolutions to the effect that commend that Court to take ?" After the reading of the questions, it WAS moved by Mr. HARTLEY, and unanimously resolved — "That the severa l o ffi cers b e fore named be requested within fourteen days to deliver their opinions in answer to such questi ons , an d to accompany the same with a referen ce to the s evera l d ocuments, e i ther i n the archives of the Cor poration or elsewhere, upon ' fo unded, and that they be also requested to afford such ex planations as they m a y thi n k expedient, to assist the mem hers of the committee in exercising their own judgme n t upon the several matters referred to them for their con sideration, or to enable them, if they shall think proper, to !eel( advice from the most eminent men in the profession." The committee, when all these questions were unanimously adopted, separated. Mr. O'CONNELL'S ITEALTIL_The answer to in quiries at the British Hotel, after the health of the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, is, that " Mr. O'Connell is quite well ; that he rides out daily for two or three hours in the day, and eats well, frequently dining w i t h th ree : or four f, lend s ." S ometimes the answer is, however, varied to ' Mr. O'Connell is much better, and is doing well." As we stated, how ever, on a former occasion, t h e s t a t e o f th e H on. and Learned G ent l eman i s represente d, by persons who ha ve the best me ans of and considerabl e d ou b t is enterta i ne d as t o his re covery. FLOODS IN judging, as far from being "quite well ;" PARLs.—Notwithstanding the fine weather and th e a b sence of ra i n i n P ar i s , the waters of the Seine still ma i ntain their height at 5 metres 60 ntimetres. RISE IN THE P RICE OF B READ . ig r i S aturday bread was rai se d i n pr i ce genera lly through ou t the metro polis, the advance being one halfpenny per loaf of 41b. Yesterday (Monday) the price was again advanced one halfpenny more, making the • charge ,by the cheap beiers from 9d. to 910. for a loaf of 41b., the full-price bakers charging for what is termed the best bread from 10 1 ,4 d. to 11d. 4 further rise is anticipateti in the courso pf the ~ week, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1847 acid quotations ruled firm. In Olive large purchases have,! 9 :: mide; hold ers were f i rm. In Linseed a goon deal has been,. e a further i mprovement in prices has taken place. C O " with little attention, and there are sellers at 2U to 271 55 . r, tun. For S ea l th e mar k et i s in a dull state. For Sout . l9e , further red uce d rates have been taken. S per m is n s tt , wanted, and hold ers are d es i rous to sell. L ar d Oil is in • demand, and 44s to 50s are paid for low to fine quality TALLOW.—Russian has been in excellent request °nye. spot, and a slight improvement again occurred. For delibe; in the last three months of the year a good business has transacted at 45s t o 45 s 6(1. Home-made is worth 5051 50s 6(1 nett cash, at which many parce l s have bee n Other sorts of 'fallow are wanted, an d prices are improving LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MARC H 2. - Wi n d N ., l i g th e breeze, and 8e mild weather.—A b r i g dismasted, water-logged, bc , "e 1 hi; two letters o f t h e name NN, with 0 and M on the o'n' t ri e ~ the stern, sides painted white, * with black ports, sunclerse built, w as p asse d i n lat. 38 N , W., by th e Pr of' media, arrived at A qui ll as. HAM DEAL, 31Autert I.—Wind E.N.E , strong.—Sl( l . China; Sea Bird, Gambia • Raritan, New Orleans; -- d ditch, Mobile ; Boyne, Baltimore; Siren, Newfoundlan Monmouth, New Orleans. Gamey, MARCH I.—Wind N. E.—S!d. WorselY,Ba lt r; Btto,‘DsTattft4, FEB. 27.—A s hip w i t h t ro ops. "".!(,, bound, struck on th e M argate Sand this morn i ng; W 3 ' sisted off with loss of rudder, and proceeded for the river.,e, TEIGNmouTit, MARCH I.—Th e Fur B ro thers has u got off the bar this morning with considerable doing° her bottom. _ ~at OFE PENZANCE, FEn, 28.—Wind Ludo' Mitchell, Demeraraßibby, China. Duxnaa, FEB. 26.—The Unity struck on the banks af° Tay yesterday, nd sunk shortl after. roe' . _ , TBANGFOILD, a FEB 27.—They John Bell, Irvine, ferry, got on shore on Tara Bay yesterday, and is lik ely " he wrecked. RELATING TO THE CUTTER SHARP, OF CHESTER. F reigt A letter has been received at Lloyds from the -° ; o stil office, inclosing a copy of a dispatch from her lifar - t e Consul at Lisbon, reporting that the Sharp. of COl O l from St. Michael's, to London, had been . abandoned I, sinking state, in lat. 41 N., lon. 11.20 W. Master and„ taken up and brought into Lisbon by the French br's Jenne Polyxene. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENC E NEAR -PRESTON. pat PRESTON, FEB. 28.—0 n Saturday morning a re. r t itP, circnlated in Freston that a woman of respectability+.; Leadbetter, residing at Walton-le-Dale, about one a half from this town, had committed suicide by d r° „,iid herself in the ri ver R i bbl e, after having administered I[4ol to her five child ren . I n t h e course of the day eircures 1; happened which, it is to be feared, confirm the rurilei l b e appears that M rs . L ea db etter, whose husband is a 5 bet° broker in Manch es t er , h as f or the last twelve montuluoi residing at Walto n -l e -D a l e w i th her children at the ho Mr. Livesey, her father, a highly -respectable gentlerase' f igt; some time ago retired from the cotton trade. About e , o'clock on Frid a y even i ng l ast she left the house of beti ll i cifl , unknown to the family, after having assisted an a tte in putting the children to bed; previous to which a b be ministered a dose of what she called medicine to f l e fer, the presence of the servant. About ten o'clock in tu e j ing all the children began to complain of illness an. f orl appeared to be affected in a similar manner. The ci v ; stance alarmed the inmates of the house, and Mrs. to 1 , t 4 better not having returned, information was givel l , 00:' s neighbours, with a view of making inquiry for her. 1 ' be stated that f or some d ays previous Mrs. Leadbettefool been exceedingly lo w s pi r i te d , and the fact of her leo the house on Friday evening, and not returning+ ti e j tb! connexion with th e c hild ren ' s sudden illness, indue 00'1 family to suspect that something was wrong. Th e l 0 evening was spent i n t h e v i llage in a fruitless sear-40i Mrs. Leadbett er , an d towards morning a fisherma ri o l ! river Ribble w en t i n a b oat i n search of her, and ati e ` cs llo time he discovered the body in that part of the river . 0 tlie the Walton Salmon Fishery, lying about a yard deep I f yr' water. It was immediately forwarded to the house ° n or Livesey, there to await a coroner's inquest. In them time the children had continued to get worse dur l 7,oi evening, and a surgeon was sent for, who applied the , 'O. remedies, when four of them began to improve. O ne tt isili ever, named Fanny, gradually got worse, and ece4. B sr° died about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. L a ; el glad to say that th e o th er c hi ldren are cons id er eu" da*ger. til An inquest was held on the bodies, but was adjour n ot ioe Monday evening for further evidence, and in the mei' postmortem examination of the body was to be made' LICENSING DAY. ST. MARTINS. A meeting of magistrates was held ' yesterday in the s i rooms, St. Martin's, for the purp ose of granting ret ie° spirit licenses. )1; he magistrates present we re L or d M oun tf or d (clnur- DO Sir John Annesley, and Mr. Graham. t r e. No objection was taken to any of the applications -° newels, with the ex ce pti on of the house known no "Coach a n d H orses, " i n St. Martin's-lane, kep t bl Caunt. /11' Sir J. ANNESLEY said that in consequen ce of scrim , 's _ Ae plaints which had reac h e d t h e b oard respect i n g the m i n , duff conducting the business o f th at h ouse, he felt it to be h a '';' t il to postpon e th e cons i derat i on of granting licens the the adjourned d ay . The board then adjourned until the 27th lust* SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS notice of TIM n ES.—We ha ve hi t h erto absta i ne d f r om any hot an academical con t est w hi ch should assure dl y n ev e r f r o rtl been commenced, an d o f which the circumstances ca n a . - no unmixed gratification to either of the contending W ti l Now, however, the game has been played. This morrneg l i e is understood th a t a f ormal deputation from the Unis;e r i °l of Cambrid ge w ill wa i t upon hii Royal Highness the ' 1. "1- Consort, to anno unce t h at he has been duly elected Chan",.ll ce for of that ancient body and receive his gracious accept:fa_ of the high office it places at his disposal. It is only f0rt,. 4 6 nate that the result has been of such a kind as to admiti),, possibility of forgetting the experiment in the issue. n y.' s country has seldom acted with fairness towards perso such of illustrious or exalted position. We withhold from er ,_c o, characters any appropriate or legitimate field of ex .es tl„ v d We are satisfied with offering them nominal dignit' em or , sinecure honours, and are apt to regard any activity ,ist e their parts as an unconstitutional novelty. We ' bf them from the ordinary functions of society ~,e 0 the strictest regulations of etiquette. and are surprised that etiquette grows stricter under such coneu i and that society receives so little advantage from natural at, dowments so calculated to improve it. We compel tu he SO sequences, and then complain of them. It would y ine s reasonable to expect that the chief-colonelcy of the Guards should confer high military science, as that a nits mate influence should be exerted on the tastes and Per oo lf of the nation by persons whose opportunities we etudi ricie° confine to the deposit of foundation stones, or the preside to be of public dinn ers . P r i nce Albert is generally believed ne o. possessed of accompli s h ments w hi ch might be most beii,b, cially applied—to be a scholar of no ordinary acorn' ) be d te ments, and a Pri nce o f no ord i nary acquirements, an, liter sincerely attached to th e i n t erests of art, science, an —frool ture. These qualifications we are compelled to recei'l e ., o3 4 the testimony of th e very f ew to whose use and NV) biCA we confine their exertion, but the tact and judgment I f g r et• temper and enhan c e th e va l ue of such endowments are °to/. nately known to a ll. Y et we c i rcumscribe the sphere of %fir ties so unusually com bi ne d w i th influence and rank as fully as if we dreaded their effect, or could dispense with t of aid. We resign to the Home-park what was meant fo r t bo nation, and concent ra t e on t h e preserves of S w inle y sel powers of a mind which might, for aught we allow 0 ,0° ,0' to know, train the ta s t es o f a generation, and raise the racter of a class. And then, with edifying and charaet er d to equity, we seriously cr iti c i se t h e habits we have lahoe,„ i i form, and are sup r is e d th at a P r i nce whose occupati°little have limited to shooting pheasants should display „e i .„ ere anxiety that he may h ave some pheasants to shoot. Di, willing to hope that his Royal Highness may exert ' ll e s' new office an influence which has not of late years beell be tt ercised from such a quarter, b ut which has very long is' needed and may now be advantageously supplied. Th e , t 4.' dies which have been peculiarly his Royal Highness's CP " s te those, for instance, o f mo d ern languages and historr: 0 precisely those in which the discipline of the Uniyersi'2,. e ti most perfect. Even th e fi ne arts, which have hitherto ot'iee considered as subj ec t s b eyond or below the severe of academical life, have lately been called to their P r pi' rank and nobly installed at Oxford, and the 01 , 11e t al licent Museum just growing into perfection at ""ble bridge may be the basis of institutions as honourto and as advantageous t o th e nat i on at large. In the varief functions of the University w hi c h hi s R oyal Highness, b Ai been called upon to pr o t ec t an d a d orn, he will finds fieldivid ample as it is well adapt e d t o hi s a bili t i es and his tastes, „to he may be assured that the less he delegates his legitit%g influence to incompetent representatives, the more gratif,llo will it be to that body whose chosen leader he now is. is the head of " the Masters anti Scholars" of th e Univale•f of Cambridge, and no assuming class should interpose r tween him and that body, w h o are hi s sole electors and ee,o, stituents. If we pass over with ou t comment the 10(1104 genuous and creditable c i rcumstances wh i ch have attee6 a this struggle, it is beca use we wou l d willingly imit2l.o, course of conduct which we m a y ant i c i pate from the Ch re cellor himself, and forget th a t i t h as ever occurred. 'ley is a singular opportunity for impartiality and oblivion. te persons to whom his Royal Hi g h ness is least indebted al', oe be found amongst his most clamorous protruders, and need not fear that the n ew Ch ancellor will discover anYtelos but an additional reason for being pleased with his conotito ency in the independence of thought and action which b characterised so large a portion of it. r A DVERTISEMENT].-HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND MENT.—AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE.—Edward White, residing l ie ge Clement's-lane, Strand, was an in-d oo r p at i ent at King's e°,,pg. Hospital, for an abscess in the thigh, and a woun d , n i ne inches '",cot on the same limb. Ile could neither bend his knee nor put to the ground. He remained at the hospital five months ,in • ' when he was informed that " nothing more could lyfe done for birnii he was than carried to his home, and commenced using the ab"' e e, valuable medicines. He is now, to the astonishm ent o f everY.„ o -- soundly cured, and can walk as well as ever he could in his I st y Sold by all retailers of medicine, and at Professor HollovaY' 6 bllshment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTH& On the l9th ult., at Camberwell, the lady of a son. egg'. On the 20th ult., at llans-place, Chelsea, the lady of T. C. Esq., of a son. of John Woollett , 411. On the 20th ult., at Porry-hill, Sydenham, Mrs. Wllilion L 7 of a son. lady O f On the 20th ult., in Cork-street, Burlington-gardens, the - J. A. Ilallett, Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th ult., in Itedfurd-rew, Mrs. W. Esdaile Winter, of* (laughter. hter• On the 27th ult., at Stepney, Mrs. S. S. Billingay, of a MARRIED. On 11 s 25th ult., at Ilfracombe, Devon. Captain W. F. a; 13th Regiment 3laclras Native Infantry, to Elizabeth, widoiV.o. late W. 11. Vye, Esq. E On the V l th alt. at Canterbury DI , D. na orgo O Li eu t enan t-Colonel Slr Gipps, of the a Engineers, aged 57. n the 2lst ßo ult y ., George Elliott Bartlett, of New Inn, 11017-5 t eer Avenue-road, Regent's-park, aged 41. n retIVP On the 24th ult., at the Altons, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, —°- relict of the Rev. John Rohy, Rector of Congerston, aged 77. d 66. On the 24th ult., at Witheridge, Devon, R. Cumins, DM.. a g%A 76. On the 26th ult., at Alsop-terrace, New-road, Mrs. Glover,"' Thcan .., On the 26th ult., at Stamford-place, Stoke Newi ngto n , Newington,Law, Esq., aged 86. geld On the 26th ult., at Dosthill, Warwickshire, Edward wing Dickenson, Esq , Lieutenant-Colonel of the Warwickshire With!. 5 6 On the 26th ult., Mr. Edward Phene, of London-wall. aged On the 26th ult., Susanna, the wife of G. Bowes, of 'Wat erton._ . of On the 24th ult., Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Henry OsbOrn, sea' the Terrace, Gray's Inn-lane, aged 60. king' H On the 28th ult., William Watts, Esq., of anslope-park, 15 " hattshire, aged 66. —.----........... Lomion: Printed and Published by MITIWO YOUNG. of Fie. 1 12 . Strand, Printer, at The Sun ()Mee, N 0.112. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the County of hilddleaez, Wednesday, March 3, 1841. CW With t 111 E which SAG Ti D'oit Sc It comt AX it ~ 1 i i ~~C Thoi ta ' Notts T 0 4 .1 E'e r , f , r _" The -4etit Feb, N- 11 14 " 'l44 e 40 r_ i t k t e Sts t 14381 , u Ik e ‘ 44 en, : l ' l n. It 4,1 Ti, D e 4 ,1 1 ............ IVI , The aazi ( t Dittath i n th e tho 6, I "Aid e 1 ,. 144 (1* r k gS, re( ait ss( 411.1: