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BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) h.la Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victor* cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, o the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation daring the Week ending Satur day, the 29th day of May, 1847: Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co 24,620 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and C 0... 14,503 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,943 Aylshans Bank, AyLsham—R. and E. Copeman 5,559 Aylesbury Old Bank, lylesbury—Rickford and Hunt 38,950 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bak, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 34,521 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co _ 13,795 Basingstoke and Odiharn Bank, Basingstoke— Cole, Seymour, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— Tritcp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdlley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane ..., 14,648 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,782 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham—Lewis, Meilliett, and Co E 17,160 Blandford Bank, Blandfold—Bastard and Oak 8,684 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 76,239 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 14,065 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 9,201 Bristol Bank, Bristol--Miles, Harford, and Co. 35,344 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 23,021 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. - Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co 75,200 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney 40,466 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 55,289 Bath City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett .and Grant 36,523 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Ohl Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co — Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 22,852 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, 8,260 _ . . and Borrer V27,555 Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove--Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 15,759 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons a 20,388 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and __ ___ Co. • 28,923 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. 20,227 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co 39,621 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co. Coventry Bank, Coventry -Little and Wood cock 9,890 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 20,875 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch--Tice, Welsh, and Co 2,243 Cardiff Bank, Card:ff-Towgood and Co 6,847 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans • . 12,394 Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co.- 25,964 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co 17,791 Digs Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,153 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford B an k , Doncaster- 12,551 Cook and Co. 58,460 Dover Union Bank, Dover-Latham, and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backheuse, and Co Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor man 10,111 Dorcheeter Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester -Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robi ns , Foster, and Co. 04,445 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. • 50,456 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Walford, and Co. 51,512 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sand ers an d C o 30,965 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley 8,478 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 13,740 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,560 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 5,598 Grantham Bank, Grantham_Kewney and King 18,569 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Ilaydon... 13,372 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 28,246 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. 30,065 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware s. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston -upon-Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon TOM and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,741 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall Honiton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples and Co. 35,721 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan, Hoskins, and C o 23,104 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. 75,034 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer 13,918 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J. Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton-J. Davies and Co 7,605 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. 45,245 Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 9,387 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds-Beckett and Co 49,664 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown, and Ca. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 434 Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby... 27,676 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and C 0.... 37,296 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green... 17,274 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith land Co 91,948 Llandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very-David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough -Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St Barbe 3,924 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynaßegia -Gurneys and Co. 41,026 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brooklehurst 7,106 13,729 and Co Manningtree Bank,Manningtrec—Nunn and Co 6,207 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl- • borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 13,701 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, _ eMarlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,033 M rionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Willianas .. 9,500 Miners' Dank: '''''' —Willyams and Co 17,056 1 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Aber avenn Y —Bcu , s and Co Monmouth 011 Bank , M onmouth le3 Bank, Brecon 25,585 Bank, Chepstow Ban k , nk C hepstow Old Bank, and Ross an d Fierefodshro Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Sne a d. Monmouthshire Newp ort 'oi ...................... . 16,262 —W. Williams and Sons ... a Bank, Newport Newark Bank,lNewark—GoCifani; .......... 11 • ......... • 27 7 ;2 83 56 Newark and Sleaford Bank Newark Bank, Newark—.g and eY, Peacock and Co ........................................ Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny an d s loe ' - 0 - e •c . ~ 3 0 ,562 N ewmar k e t Bapk, Newmarket—Eat on , R ani _ 5 ' 629 mond, and Son 1 •-• r y - - ................. .1 .... Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and, -0, 111 Dyson • 3,314 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—llarveys and Hudson 43,842 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and C o 71,650 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, F e ll ows , an d Co .. 11,201 Nuneateia Bank, Nuneaton—Cruldcock and C 0 ...................................................... 5 , 037 Naval Bank, Plymouth—liarris, Mudge, and C 0... New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and Co • Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 2f,616 Osweatry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Crompn and CO 15,545 Mxford Bank, Oxford—J. and IR. Morrell 12,946 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Mbinson, Parsons, and Thompson 33,137 Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Walls and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Beet:king and .................. 7;939 Average Amount. .__ Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney—Williams, Clinch, and C 0.,, ..... Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—A.lo?..,rs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance LTnion Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bauk, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven. and Co Reading Bank, Reading—slmonas and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Beuak,Richmond—Stapleton and C 0... Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard _ and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot ner and Son ••• Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co. Ross 6ld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross--Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron _ Walden—Messrs. Gibson 10,488 46,544 10,915 10,140 10,872 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adams, aad Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Son 10,03' 1,245 37,290 3,832$ 6,469 19,2i7 5,128 9,184 14,924 14,208 18,713 13,410 4,12 38,042 18,725 23,230 8,77 36,277 3,006 1,6165 14,173 2,152 21,332 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury—Brodie and King 10,873 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 7,450 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 1,7321 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 11,995 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. .„ 31,108 Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins 1,7698 Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 24,065 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart 2,349 Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 25,333 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 10,990 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,588 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival 9,099 9,460 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. 13,607 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co 10,619 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, aad Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and C 0.... 43,216 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,607 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Baak, Winchester —Wickham and Co 4,606 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pears° Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. . 38,202 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock . . Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake.. Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. 11,600 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 75,951 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil. kinson 9820 Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 1,767 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,540 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and Co 44,692 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 45,633 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield : .. 8,190 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,277 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,Carlisle 24,537 Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 21,569 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,584 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 24,977 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 150,085 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 16,342 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,290 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,423 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,134 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 21,662 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 2,7426 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,036 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 4 , - Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,674 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds - Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 285 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,250 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 27,945 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- _ Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 74,903 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 56,266 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,090 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 55,408 Pares's Leioestershire Banking Company, Lei- tester . 53,511 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 3,142 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,563 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford . 53,339 Stuckey's Banking Compa n y, B r i s t o l Somerset shire Bank, and Somerseishire Bank, Lang port Stourbridg e and Kidderminster Banking Cora 312,246 sh P e a m n e y fa S a to nd ul t r a id u S c h o e m ffi v e a ld n y , . sh e ni g :, 4,6357 shire Banking Company, 56,177 ara Joint-Stock Banking 2,5061 Sheffield and Roil; h s S t w o cR a i l ke e th d cm a n l o e ann a d n d . d .D. W .ti r e: n a. i l m i . e. l y . . d . 6. a l o i . e l : ..I*.: Barking ... . - 17 * . 1. :: Company,7:l: : - . unty Banking COD; 5521:2171: pany, Stockton ........... Storey and Thomas's Banking ...... ........... Shaftesbury ..................... - °ln PallY, Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Shei;;;l4 ... .... ....... 9,310 Suffolk Banking C om p an y , I p sw ich ..... : ......... 8 76 Wolverhampton audStaffo rd shire Banking com,: pany, Wolverhampt on 34,476 Wakefield and Barusley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,705 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven , 31,767 Warwick and Le4ll.liLgtOrl Banking Company, Leamington West of England aii-d South Walisa District Jhult 7 8400 l , Average Arounf, Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 66,542 West Riding Union Banking Company, Mid.. dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York 67,035 York City and County Banking Company, York 88,033 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, June 5, 1847. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 9. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) HOSIERY MANUFACTURE BILL. The adjourned debate on the second reading of this Bill was resumed. Mr. M. GIBSON said that he felt it to be his duty to oppose the second reading of this Bill, for by refer ring the matter to a Select Committee, which they would have to do, they would be pledging themselves that the Legislature bad a right to interfere with and regulate labour. He thought the measure which had received the sanction of Parliament last year could not be brought forward as an argument in favour of the present Bill. • If they interfered and increased the cost of the production of hosiery, how could they show that it would not have a most injurious effect upon the werking man? How could it be supposed that that House could know the manu facture of the article as well as those engaged in the trade? But let that be as it might, how could they show that any saving that might be effected would go into the pocket of the labouring man? Were they not, on the contrary, justified, if they adopted the statements that had been made as to the conduct of employers, of arriving at the very opposite conclusion? It was shown from the testimony of those who had investigated the subject that the distress that existed among those employed in the hosiery trade arose from the increase in their number; and that could not be well prevented from the very nature of the employment itself, in which competing was easily ob tained, and to which that vast number continually employed in this country would naturally turn themselves. The Committee asked for by the Ho nourable Baronet was not one that was to consider the merits of the measure, but merely to go through the details of a Bill the principle of which had already been sanctioned. He objected to the provi sion which did not allow any person who was not a hosier manufacturer to employ any person in the hosiery trade ; in fact, a middleman could not employ his own child, He believed that it was necessary that some person should intervene between the employer and the workman. He would, therefore, give his opposition to the proposition of the Honourable Baronet ; it would be open to evasion, aid he consi dered it was most objectionable to pass measures which it was possible to evade. It was against all principle to interfere and by legislative enactment to prevent hiring out of machines. He could not conceive a more legitimate investment for pro perty than in machinery. If they adopted this principle, it might be extended to all classes of property. He hoped that the House would never give its consent to a measure fraught with so many evils, and which he felt convinced would bring great ruin upon the hosiery manufacture. Mr. PACKE said that the present Bill was founded on the facts and evidence taken before Mr. Muggridge, who was sent down as a Commissioner to inquire into the state of the hosiery manufacture. In fact, the speech of the Right Honourable Gentleman who spoke last would have led the House to suppose the Bill was a crude and visionary scheme, which had only found its advocate in the Hon. Baronet who intro duced the Bill. These machines only cost about 51. a piece, and the owners used to let them out at the rate of a shilling a week, which was more than fifty per cent. Now this was a tyranny which was most unbearable, and as long as he had a seat in that House he would raise his voice against such cruelty, in favour of his poor neighbours,—(flear, hear)—and he would therefore give his decided support to the second reading of the Bill. He was sorry to be any party to divide the House upon such an absurdity, but he felt it to he his duty to oppose the Bill. Sir J. EASTIIOPE said that he did not conceive that by supporting the Bill he was becoming a party to any such an absurdity as that which had just been represented. Unquestionably, if this Bill were to be carried out strictly in accordance with its present provisions, he would aban don its support and repudiate its principles. What was he asked to do? Why, not to go up stairs into a vain in quiry, which would protract the provisions of this Bill, but to ascertain its merits and obviate its defects. He had no reason to doubt that this Bill might be so mo dified as to become greatly altered, and unquestionably useful, after it came out of Committee, and seeing that it proposed to affect the interests of from 50,000 to 60,000 individuals, he was certainly inclined to give every facility to the working of its principle. There was no greater evil than that of middlemen, and no where was that evil more severely felt than in the case of those who were now suffering so severely from frame rents. And further, he was the more induced to desire the success of the Bill, because he was aware that the men who were suffering from the evils complained of had acted in the most admirable manner. They had not lent themselves to chartism; they had in no way evinced un easiness or impatience; but had waited with remarkable forbearance till they obtained relief through the aid of Parliament. He repeated that the Bill in its present shape was a crude, imperfect piece of legislation, with which he would have nothing to do; but he be lieved it might be very greatly amended in Com mittee, and therefore he should vote for the means by which the advantages of it might be obtained, and the inconveniences avoided. He re collected that the same objection had been made to the Bill for the abolition of the truck system, and yet he believed that his Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Control had taken an active part in carry ing out that Bill ; and he trusted, therefore, that no serious opposition would be offered to the Committee, whose labours would enable the House to test the state ments in the report which, with all its bulkiness, had been placed in the hands of the Members of the House, and he should, therefore, vote for the Committee. Colonel ROLLESTON said, that having lived for a number of years in the locality, he had had every means of knowing the condition of the workmen, and to ascer tain the extent of the evils of which they complained, and he could say with truth that the representations bad in no way been exaggerated. A more orderly set of men never existed ; they had been parties to no dis turbance, but had patiently made their appeal to the regularly constituted authorities, and only com plained of a hardship which no power but that of Parlia ment could mitigate. He knew, from the most authentic sources that many of the most excellent workmen were at the present moment subsisting on the wages of ss. a week. Sir J. HOBHOL T SE said that really the only argu ment that had been advanced in favour of this Bill was that it was a very bad Bill, and ought to be amended ; and he must ack n o w l e d ge th at h e never heard a more curious reason than this fur proceeding with what his Honourable Friend behind him justly characterised as a crude, imperfect piece of legislation. From his own knowledge of the locality he could say that the masters of the hosiery district were as anxious as any men to alleviate the distresses of their workmen, and both they and he were quite ready to allow the distresses to which those men had been subjected. He, indeed, himself would be deaf to the complaints of the people if he were not sensible of the evils which those men endured. But let the House look to the consequences which this Bill would produce. It would at once set aside all the frame rents, and would thereby destroy the value of upwards of 1,700 frames in Sutton and in Ashfield alone, whose proprietors mainly depended on these rents for their support. Did the Honourable Member know that out of the forty thousand frames upwards of ten thousand belonged to independent proprietors ? It was because he conscientiously believed that this Bill would not benefit the parties who were distressed, and because he also believed that it would inflict injury on others, that he would give it his decided opposition. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that the object of the present Bill was to protect the honest earnings of the poor ma nufacturer, and was not by any means an attempt to raise or regulate the rate of wages. It had been consi dered by the Right Hon. Baronet as inconsistent in him to support it, seeeing th a t h e h a d expressed his opinion that there were several objectionable details in it. True that was his opinion, but the only way to remedy those objectionable details was by sending the Bill to a Committee—(Hear, hear) — and that was the reason he supported the second read ing, for he believed the principle of it was good. The owner of these frames, who was a middleman, let the frame to the workman, and in doing so he required him to deal with a certain butcher or baker; the effect of which system he would illustrate by the following fact :—A man, who had a wife and five children, rented out a frame; his wages for twelve weeks averaged at 71. ; he was obliged to deal with a baker; and when he came to be paid for his labour, he found that 41. 12s. was stepped for the single article of bread. An enormous charge was made for the rent of the frame, but the result was, that only thirty-seven shillings was left to the poor man and his family, to feed and clothe, pay rent and taxes, for the space of twelve weeks. They might say that they should not interfere with the rights of property. They had al ready done so in the Ten Hours' Bill, and it was nonsense to say that a number of independent frames would be rendered valueless; there was not one of these frames which had not been paid for five times over. He did not propose that they should say that these middlemen should not hire out their frames, , but that such hiring out should be declared " truck. He hoped that the House would not deal so contemptuously with the distresses of these poor people as to throw out the Bill without a second reading. Mr. ROEBUCK was an opponent of the present Bill, as it was a direct interference with capital in the country, and because it would reduce the already wretched con dition of the labourer into greater wretchedness. What was the case which was charged as a robbery! Why one man brings his labour and another brings his seemed mone to money. Well, where there was anwas eg th a e ah r le obbeia for as might cite the exampl e w hi c h h e h a d previously of the farm er w h o b roug h t hi s s kill an d his money also exchange, " H i e adduced into the market, and if the landlord exacted a more than sufficient!rent the time would come when the cause of loss to the farmer would be discovered, and the land lord would have to come down with his rent. This Bill, therefore, he repeated, if carried would only be successful in working a great loss. They could no more regulate wages by Act of Parliament than they could regulate the price of bread, or the profits of the mer chants of London, by Act of Parliament. It should be recollected that machinery was now in existence, and WAS OTerY dAY imPrcftd, pod it Iva!' Analy established THE SUN, LONDON, THUWSDAY EVENINGr, JUNE 10, 1847. in his mind, that if this Bill were to be adopted, the very first persons to rue its passing, would be those whom this Bill was intended to benefit. They all knew the case of the hand-loom weavers. There wa s n ot the slightest doubt in the world, that if there was to be any interference with the hosiery weavers there would quickly be machinery invented to supersede the assistan ce o f t h e art i zan alto gether, and everything would be effected by machinery; and if Parliament did not desist from its headlong career, and refrain from interfering' in matters which it could never improve, the consequences would be that greater evil than benefit would ensue from the alteration. He was sorry to have trespassed so long upon the House, but trusted that he had not treated the subject in a spirit of asperity, and that what he had said would be received as it was intended, with the hope that no step would be taken that would not be eventually instrumental in pro motinz the welfare of the operative.—((2heers.) Mr. BANICES perfectly agreed in the opinion ex pressed by the Hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Roebuck), in the belief that they ought to go into the inquiry to ascertain how benefit could be rendered, but he totally differed with him in the conclusion at which he had arrived; for he seemed to assert that :if even this ~a-quiry quiry were to turn out favourably to the Bill, he still would oppose it, as it was contrary to the principles of political economy. But such a course had not been pursued by the Honourable Member for Finsbury (Mr. T. Duncombe), for, although that principles of political e conomy, yet st i ll he Hon. Member had declared himself a supporter gene rally of did frestrictthe himself from devi a ti ons f rom the strict principles of that science whenever the occasion arose from particular causes, and he was no t, consequent l y, opposed to this inquiry.—(Hear, hear.) Th e H on . Member for Bath had objected to the 7th and Bth clauses of the Bill ; but what wa s th e o bj ect o f those clauses ? Why, simply declar a t or y t h at a mischief had been practised and ought to be prevented. and that was, in fact, the principle of the Bill. The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Board of Control had stated that he had made great exertions to overset and yet he opposed thi s Bill , a l t h ough precisely the same. For wh a t reason , ' se the Committee for whi c h hi s H on . itstthh e e nrt,rr didiunc c k i ph s l y ee s o t wp e n l ap so ; Friend had moved? None but that of personal conve nience; and, for his own part, he believed that the best reason for voting in the affirmative was, that the inquiry, whether successful or not, must prove useful. Mr. BROTHERTON was desirous of not giving a silent vote onthis occasion, because he was anxious to state that, although he was favourable to any emancipation of the operative, he did not anticipate any good effects from the Bill this session, and because he believed that it would be easier to make a new Bill than to amend this. He should, therefore, oppose it, not because itwould be bene ficial to the manufacturer, but because it would be inju rious to the operative. _ _ Mr. FERgAND said that the very reason which had been adduced by the: Hon. Member for Salford was that which would induce him to support the Bill, for he evidently felt that there was a case for inquiry, and he regretted that the Right Hon. Baronet the Presi dent of the Board of Control did not conceive himself to be the Member, not for the manufacturers only but for the artizans also of Nottingham. Ho (Mr. Ferrand), when Mr. Gladstone was at the head of the Board of Trade, waited upon him, with a deputation from the Midland districts, and that Minister had sent down a Commissioner who had ascertained that the operatives had far understated their case. Mr. MARK PHILIPS said that he was perfectly convinced that this Bill was most objectionable. The object of the Bill, namely, to regulate wages, was beyond of the power of the Legislature, and nothing could be more delusive than an attempt to meddle with the question and he saw so much that was objectionable in the Bill, that he would not give it his support. Sir HENRY HALEORD said that the dis tress had lasted thirty years, which fully proved two things—first, that there was no corrective prin ciple in the system itself, and, secondly, that it was therefore necessary for the Legislature to interfere. He had been accused of having devised a crude system. That was the fault of the Government, for he had no ambition to be a legislator, and the question ought to have been in the hands of the Government.—(llear.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House was cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the second reading 57 Against it Majority SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION. Mr. SPOONER presented several petitions in favour of the second reading of this Bill, and moved that it be read a secant! time. The question was then put, and the gallery was cleared for a division, but no division took place. An HoN. MEMBER having observed that strangers were present, the gallery was again cleared. After a considerable interval the gallery was again opened, when we found Mr. ROEBUCK concluding a speech in opposition to the Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE opposed the Bill. Mr. P. BORTHIVICR and Col. SIBTHORP supported the Bill. After a few words from Mr. HOME and Sir G. GREY, The Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be referred to a Select Committee for the consideration of the clauses. SAVINGS BANKS' ANNUITIES BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill, and the clauses were agreed to. Mr. DUNCOMBE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better ventilation of mines and col lieries, for the protection and preservation of the lives of persons employed in and about the same, and to make other provisions relating thereto. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. RAILWAY COA J - HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) GROUP XXXIV. The Committee were engaged all day arranging and pass , ing the clauses of the MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD AND LIN. COLNSHIRE (ASHTON PURCHASE), and THE OLDHAM ALLIANCE. The Committee afterwards broke up. GROUP XL— V . EDINBURGH AND PERTH. The Committee met at twelve o'clock, and proceeded to hear evidence for the promoters. Mr. Charles Jopp, C.E., had assisted Mr. Miller in laying out the line. Its length (both main and branches) was over 34 miles; its cost, including land, 650,000/. ; the heaviest gradient, 1 in 80; the sharpest curve, 2 furlongs 5 chains. There were two tunnels on the whole line, one of 400 and the other of 500 yards. It had two viaducts, one of 150 and the other of 700 yards. Mr. Miller corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. The Committee afterwards adjourned. ‘2.O3I3IITTEE on PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat at one o'clock and passed the following Bills : Cork and Bandon Railway. Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway. Midland Great Western of Ireland (Extension from Athlone to Galway). Imperial Continental Gas Company. Warrington Gaslight and Coke Company. Dunfermline Waterworks. Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The Earl of SnArrEsntrßY decided that the following Rail way Bills had complied with the standing orders:— East ►,in;.olnshire (Deviation to Boston and Branch to Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway at Grimsby). Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct. Waterford and Limerick. London and South Western (Andover to the Basingstoke and Salisbury Branch). Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Deviations. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Deviations (Extension to Taff Vale). Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction (Alteration of Line and Branches into or near the town of Nottingham). REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 5. Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week. Males... 4.26 Males ... 706 Females 360 Females ... ... 619 Total . • 786 Total ... 1,325 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, JUNE B.—For the last three dom,days th ar e e re g h e a n s er b ai e l e y n very little demand for goods ; for yarn, still less ; and prices of both hare declined since Tuesday last. The re-action in the price of corn, and the it u oc n n fa n io u u t ra , ble io i N te A l y li , intelligence respecting the re-appear ance of the potato in various parts of the king assigned as the causes of this unfavourable change in the condition of our market ; and they certainly are quite sufficient to account for it. still remains inactive, and juN the7.—deLhaendfor flann el g o m o a d r s k market limited. In some cases pieces have been bought at lower prices, and those who are compelled to sell must submit to the reduction. There is little change in the wool market ; the dealers complain of having little to do, and prices for foreign wool have a downward ten dency. HALIFAX, SATURDAY, JUNE s.—There has been a somewhat bett er attendance o f merc h an ts, we wish we could say buy ers, i n our piece h a ll to -d a y ; and fancy goods, chiefly f or the American mar k e t, are r a ther more in demand, but prices continue wretchedly low ; and in the general trade of the district there is manifested no improveme n t. T he demand for yarn con tinues very limited, with a di sposition, on the par t o f the spinner, to yield slightly i n price. In lung wool nothing is bought but to supplythe most pressing wants, and what is do n e is at lower r a t es . I n short wool t h ere i s little doing, and without any alteration in price. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, JUNE B.—ln heavy goods there has been but little done, in consequence of the nearness of the wool sales. Manufacturers of vestings continue busy. LEEDS, TUESDAY, JUNE B.—Our this day's market is so little different from that of last week, that we can not vary our report; one might perhaps say that there has been a slightly improved business doing to-day, bat very slightly indeed.—Manchester Guardian, An old man who had been dreadfully henpecked all his life, was visited on his deathbed by a clergyman. The old man appeared very indifferent, and the parson tried to arouse him by talking of the King of Terrors. " .Flout, tout, man, I'm no scar't. The King o' Ter rors I I've been living sax and thirty years with the ClUell 9' 11102 ; cud we King canna be tui.wkly /vim" THE MONOPOLY IN CORN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlP,—The lamentable high prices of provisions, af fecting, as it does, all classes of individuals (and espe cially the poor), induces me to offer a suggestion to the public, through the medium of your kind indulgence. No one can deny the failure of the potato crop last year; but has not the report of a scarcity of corn in this country been much exaggerated ? We now frequently read of speculators and farmers, in various parts of the country, having large stocks of wheat on hand, holding on in the hope of further advance in prices, while many of our poor are unable to purchase a supply of bread ; and, alas ! in poor unfortunate Ireland hundreds have perished by famine ; and this at a time when the grana ries of certain speculators have been almost choked with grain, thereby tending to uphold famine prices for personal gain, and thus taxing the poor. It appears to me, Sir, that a great national calamity is inflicted on the people by this monopoly in the principal staff of life; and I humbly suggest, as a remedy, that the corn trade should be placed in some measure under the power and inspection of the Excise, to compel periodical returns of the quantities held by private individuals in every county throughout the United Kingdom. This would enable the Government to know how to provide against scarcity, and ascertain the real state of the market. Further, I would suggest that no private individual should hold beyond a given quantity of wheat (to loco named by Parliament) after it has attained a certain price. I consider the recent proposition of the Earl of Winchilsea, to provide public granaries for purchase of grain by Government, as most excellent, and deserving serious consideration ; and I offer these remarks in connexion with such a plan. Certain it is that bread is very dear, and equally certain that there aro large holders and monopolisers of corn. We are near a ge neral election—let then the constituents of England look to themselves, and select such representatives only as will pledge themselves to assist in correcting this great and crying evil, that the Government fail not to apply an early remedy. And let all remember the words of Scripture—" lie that withholdeth the corn the people shall curse him."—l remain, Sir, &c., AN ENEMY OF MONOPOLY IN FOOD. June 8, 1847. THE ACCIDENT at WOLVERTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The alarming and astounding account of the simplicity with which a terrible accident is caused, deal ing so much death and destruction, arouses the anxieties and feelings to discover where or how the remedy lies. I, Sir, as a rigid observer during years of travel to the extent of 700 or 800 miles weekly on all the railways, have never failed to notice the every-day apathy evinced by the inferior officials to some of the most important details of the railway ménage. There has more par ticularly appeared to me to be an absence at such im portant stations as Wolverton throughout England (York excepted) of any generally intelligent, eagle-eyed, indefatigable party, who, with energy and delight in his duties, should have to be here, there, and everywhere, with a strong memory and clear head, to watch over all sorts of matters, and see that everything is done that everybody could wish. There are plenty such to be had : other businesses have them, why not railways? There is watching stringent enough that passengers should not exceed their province or trespass on the companies' interests ; but here is a lever which a child can raise, and capable of hurling hundreds into eternity, left to the charge and irresponsibility of one individual. Again, if luggage and mail trains are expected at Wolverton simultaneously, there should be a difference in lights or signals. According to evidence the officers at the station saw the train diverge (to their astonishment), and were powerless. Granting that at inferior stations, where there is no congregation of carriages, a policeman is sufficient for such a purpose, it is the more obvious that at such a station as Wolverton there ought to be such a watching, ruling power of the working minutite as I name above.---I am, Sir, &c., I. L. W., Commercial Traveller. June 8, 1847. EXTENSIVE FORGERY. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—This morning a respectably attired young German was brought up at the Borough Court, charged with committing forgery, under the fol lowing circumstances:— The prisoner, who is a native of Germany, and cannot speak a word of the English lan guage, gave his name as Adolphus Schutz, He appeared to have been respectably connected. It appeared from the evidence, and also from his own admissions, that, some time ago, he and those with whom h e was connected, paid into the banking-house of blessrs. .T. H. Stemetz and Co., at Vienna, 20,000 florins, or 2,0001, and obtained for the amount a letter of credit on several highly-respectable houses in this country. The letter of credit set forth that any of the houses named might pay the whole amount, or such part of it as they thought proper, the balance of the 2,0001. to be paid by the others, individually or collectively. The prisoner, whilst in the bank at Vienna, managed to abstract two similar letters, or blank forms, by which he was enabled to commit the forgery. On the face of the original or genuine letter of credit, amongst other names, appeared those of Messrs. Mirck, of Cross-street, Manchester, and Mr. Suse Sihth, of London. On the 20th of May the prisoner went to the office of Messrs. Mirck, and drew upon the letter of credit 1,8001. in gold ; and it appears that he had also drawn upon the London house for 1,9001. One of those letters must have been forged. On Sunday morning last Messrs. blircic received some infor mation which led them to believe that all was not right, and they immediately gave information to the police, together with a description of the prisoner. Mr. Bes wick, with his usual activity, at once dispatched two of his most trustworthy men to Liverpool, and by the aid of some of the Liverpool police, had him apprehended, on board the Cambria steamer, bound for Boston. The prisoner was assisted by an interpreter, through whom he confessed many of the offences brought to his charge. The prisoner was remanded until Thursday. COMBAT BETWEEN A RAT AND A FERRET. A striking proof of the sagacity. courage, and I may say reasoning powers of these animals, has been recently given me by a medical friend living at King ton. Being greatly surprised that the ferret, an animal of such slow locomotive powers, should be so destruc tive to the rat tribe, ho determined to bring both these animals fairly into the arena, in order to judge of their respective powers; and having selected a fine large and full-grown male rat, and also an equally strong buck ferret, which had been accustomed to the haunts of rats, my friend, accompanied by his son, turned these two animals loose in a room without furni ture, in which there was but one window, and the two philosophers determined to watch patiently the whole process of the encounter. Immediately upon being liberated, the rat ran round the room, as if searching for an exit. Not finding any means of escape, he uttered a piercing shriek, and with the most prompt decision took up his station directly under the light, thus f,aining over his adversary (to use the language of other duelist!) "the advantage of the sun." The ferret now erected his head, sniffed about, and seemed fearlessly to push his way towards the spot where the scent of his game was strongest, facing the light in full front, and preparing himself with avidity to seize upon his prey. No sooner, however, had he approached within two feet of his watch ful foe, than the rat, again uttering a loud cry, rushed at him with iviolence, and inflicted a severe wound on the head or neck, which was soon shown by the blood which flowed from it; the ferret seemed astonished at the attack, and retreated with evident discomfiture ; while the rat, instead of following up the advantage he had gained, instantly withdrew to his form , r station under the window. The ferret soon recovered the shock be had sustained, and erecting his head, one-. more took the told. This second rencon.re was in all its progres, and results an exact repetition of the former, with this exception, that on the rush of the rat to the conflict, the ferret appeared more collected, and evi dently showed an inclination to get a firm hold of his enemy; the strength of the rat, however, was very great, and he again succeeded, not only in avoiding the deadly embrace of the ferret, but also in inflicting another severe wound on his neck and head. The rat, a second time, returned to his retreat under the window, and the ferret seemed less anxious to renew the conflict. Thee attacks were resumed at intervals for nearly two hours, all ending in the failure of the ferret, who was evi dently fighting to a disadvantage from the light falling full on his eye whenever he approached the rat, who wisely kept his ground, and never fbr a moment lost sight of the advantage he had obtained. In order to prove whether the choice of this position depended upon accident, my friend managed to dislodge the rat, and took his own station under the window ; but the moment the ferret attempted to make his approach, the rat, evidently aware of the advantage ho had lost, en deavoured to creep between my friends legs, thus losing his natural fear of man under the danger which awaited him from a more deadly foe. The ferret by this time had learned a profitable lesson, and prepa re d to approach the rat in a more wily manne r , by creep i ng insidiously along the skirting, and thus avoiding the glare of light that hitherto had baffled his att empt. T he rat still pursued with unabated energy his original mode of attack,. namely, inflicting a woun d and avoiding, at the same tpse, a close combat ; whil e i t was equally certain that his foe was intent upon laying h o ld o f; an d grasp ing his intended victim in his murderous embrace. The character of the fight, which had lasted more than three hours, was now evidently changed, and the rat appeared conscious that h e h a d l ost the advantage he originally possessed, and, like the Swedish hero, had taught his frequently-beaten foe to conquer in his turn. is shriek, h n h a er t ;rae effort s r9 i s t u l rlciroosefahnisdncegi resistance,er surrendered f o i s r h i At last, in a lengthened struggle, the ferret succeeded he originally-intended life to certain s treun p icni e : r d s m e v ag e dr r ea i p n l pi g tltel f e; o foe.-- Jesse's tu. but, sending forth a plaintive Jesse's Natural History. THE PEST or MICE.—The damage done by mice s year destroying ii immense, m a e nse, great a m n o u u m n t b i e n r g , almost . to a plague. A neighbour of mine hit upon an egwei noxr hrep inacetdhi then.qie into iwnoatant sht corn ieat hrt stacks autumn t this so of were in the fields, rtfiheewheat unmSdoncwairlinregy,i employed e p t hl found o e 3, s e e d e a t a l man with a water-cart and watering-pot to go over his fields, and p our water i nto every hole h e cou ld fi n d, and in a few days he killed about twenty dozen. The quan tity these would have bred is incalculable ; the result was his stacks were b u t littl e i n jured compared with ad- joining farms."—Agricultural Gazette. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.--On Thursday afternoon last, a dr ea df u l acc id en t happened at the Partnewynidd forge by the b urs ti n g o f a boiler. The scene was really ter rific; on e l arge p i ece o f iron passed through the roof of the forge, carrying everything before it, and several stones and bricks dropped on the roof of the houses near ; and . the win- win dows were all broken. There were altogether fifteen per sons scalded czve_gcrefa and otherwise t 44 of whvm are A9W under COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Tueiday a court was held for th, dispatch of hnii ness. It was mentioned in the paper of tusiness tt at judgment would be given on the petition of Hr. S,e2' en Stuart Curtis, complaining of the conduct, of 2,1 e, 16. Goad and brokers. THE DEPLORABLE STATE OF TIE.: GILTS,ITR-STREET PRISON. The SHERIFFS having made their report on the state of the City prisons, Alderman WILSON rose and said he bad received a letter from the Town-clerk, written by the direction of the Committee of the whole Court, requesting his imme diate attention, as visiting magistrate, to the disorderly conduct of the prisoners confined in Giltspur street Compter. He begged to remark upon that communi cation that he had not been inattentive to his duties, but that he had long been fully and fearfuly alive to the dreadful :state of disorder which prevailed in that gaol, and he begged to say that he by no means deserved the imposition of the personal responsibility now thrown upon him; but ha would call upon the Court for its joint assistance.—(Hear, ar.) He bad been occupied al most daily in endeavouring to restrain the prisoners from the perpetration of acts of violence, and, not withstanding all his efforts, the greatest dangers were to be apprehended to the public peace, in consequence of the ex;sting insubordination. It was in vain that he addressed them in the language of expos tulation and menace. One of the ringleaders in the disorders in a very short time demolished sixty nine panes of glass ; others followed the example in that description of outrage, whilst others committed violent assaults upon their fellow-prisoners. The removal to separate cells produced no abatement of the noise and disposition to violence amongst the abandoned inmates. They threatened the governor, assaulted the turnkeys, and pulled to pieces their beds, and every other kind of furniture they could lay their hands upon, and he had at last been compelled to put in force the Act of Par liament authorising the infliction of corporal punishment, an extremity to which he had never before resorted, to bring the principal offenders to a sense of their duty and of common decency. The whole of the gross mis conduct he had faintly described arose, he must say, from the want of the means of accomplishing classifica tion, from the want of a sufficient number of cells for the separation of the unmanageable from the well-disposed, and the impossibility in a place so overcrowded with human beings to make any practical arrangement for the observance of order. He had been endeavouring for the last seven years to cause the erection of a new gaol, and although some progress had been made towards the attainment of that great object, he apprehended that it was still almost confined to the imagination. If the important question happened to meet with the mea sure of procrastination to which other important matters bad been subjected, Government or Parlia ment would, he hoped, effectually interfere. He was determined to press the necessity of such interference in order to prevent the serious mischiefs which every one who witnessed, as he had witnessed, what constantly occurred in the Compter could not help anticipating. It would be desirable to be informed by Sheriff Challis, who was the chairman of the Building Committee, what was the cause of the delay, and what difficulties pre sented themselves in the prosecution of the labours of that committee. Alderman and Sheriff CHALLIS said the reports which he and his brother Sheriff presented differed in nothing from the reports usually handed to the Court of Alder men, and the books of ihe visiting magistrates contained all the details of the daily occurrences eithuuintermitted regularity, and were produced before the committee every Saturday. He admitted that great evils arose from the want of the means of classifying the prisoners in the Compter. In the absence of those means the ne cessary discipline could not be orgainz d, but the magis trates were doing all they cluof do to improve the prison as far as was compatible with its size and existing capabilities. They had appointed a sub committee, who had embodied a system of rules for its regulation and manaeement, and that system only required the sanction of the Secretary of State to be carried into effect, and he hal determined to raise the salaries of those who had the supecintendence of the inmates, so that a better class of men would be engaged in the per formance of the duiies. As regarded the new gaol, no time had been at all lost. The committee constantly as sembled for the purpose of carrying out the ietentions of the Court, impressed with the urgent nature of the ne cessity.—( Hear, hear.) Alderman FAREBROTHER said that if the Compter was so much crowded with prisoners, it would be very easy to transfer a great portion of that crowd to New gate, in which prison, from the nature of toe arrange ments there, sufficient room could be supplied to effect classification to a certain extent. He certainly could not see that the least blame was attributable to the magistrates, or that they were chargeable with having, in the remotest degree, caused delay in the erection of the new prison. Sir PETER LAURIE deprecated the discussion of such a question under the present circumstances, but he hoped that the documentary matter on the subject of transportation, published by order of the House of Lords, would be speedily brought down to the court. The RECORDER staid he could state to a certainty that the opinions of the English, Irish, and Scotch judges were unanimously in favour of retaining transportation as a punishment.—(Rear, hear.) Alderman SIDNEY strongly condemned the still exist ing abomination of Giltspur street Prison, the dreadful state of which was the cause of the transportation of such masses of the people. He was convinced that if the means of classification were not adopted, and the magis tracy did not show more activity in carrying out the great object of those who meant well to the community, Government must take the whole business into their own hands, and erect a building adapted to the exigencies of the time. DEFECTIVE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Alderman HOOPER, in the absence of Alderman Cope land, presented an important statement of the inspectors of weights and measures for the city of London, and liberties and precincts thereof, for the year 1546. The statement, which was ordered to be printed and distributed amongst the members of the court, contained the result of the inspection: the number of convictions in each ward, together with the amount of the fines during the years 1843, 1844, 1845, and 1846; the produce of condemned weights and na,asurPs ; the numbering of beams and scales, weighing machines, weights and measures under the supervision of the inspectors, and the numbering of shops, public•houses, &c., using weights, meausures, &c., under the supervision of the inspectors. JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF THE SKIN FACTORS AND BROKERS. This case came before the Court by a petition from Mr. Stephen Curtis, complaining that Messrs. Goad and Rigg, brokers licensed by the Court, did previously to a sale announce, as one of the conditions, that one half per cent was to be paid by the buyer into the hands of the selling broker on receiving the order for the delivery of the goods ; that Mr. Curt i s re monstrated at the time of sale against the condition, but the sale was proceeded with in spite of his re monstrance; that he purchased a certain quantity of hides at the sale; that on subsequently tendering the price of the hides, less the half-per cent., the brokers re fused to receive that sum, and made a demand by their attorneys for the whole sum, including the half per cent., which he was thus constrained to pay. The petitioner averred that he did not in any way employ the broker, and that the double brokerage was contrary to the civic laws and usages, and injurious to trade. The brokers in their reply stated that the charge of one half per cent. aas just and legal, and the long-esta blished asap of the trade. They quoted a legal opi nion that they .ware acti ng e i t h er as f actors or auc tioneers, and might legally make the purnent of one halt per cent. a c , aidit on of the sale, which the' party buying on that condition could not then refuse to pay, and they confidently booed th a t th e C our t would notinterfere with the custom of the trade. The RECORDER stated the following to be the judg ment of the Court:—" That the petition having been read, together with the answer thereto, and the allega tions and proofs of the parties considered, and counsel heard thereon, this Court has: resolved, that under all the circumstances this Court will not take any further proceedings therein." The Solicitor for Mr. Curtis rose to address tho Court, but The RECORDER said the judgment of the Court was in the terms he bad expressed, and that there was no comment or explanation to be made. Alderman Huouus HUGUES-It is proper, too, that the parties should understand that the judgment was unanimous. Upon the motion of Alderman H. Humus, seconded by Alderman LUCAS, the petition of Mr. Curtis was then dismissed. TAE BROKERS ' BOND. Alderman FAREIIItOTHER moved " That it be referred to an especial committee to consider the terms of the brokers' bond and the various rules and regulations now in force, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is expedient and proper to make any and what alterations therein in consequence of the changes which have taken place in the mode of conducting business in the city of London." The motion was agreed to, and it was resolved that merchants and brokers 'should be invited to seni in written suggestions on the subject to the committee. FIRE IN LEITH.--Yesterday (Sunday) morning a fire broke out in the premises of M'Pherson and Brown. confectioners, 53, Tolbooth-wynd, about half-past five o'clock. Two engines were speedily on the spot, b u t nc water in the pipes, until the Leith water officer journied t o the Castle-hill, and ordered it to be put on. By this time the fire had obtained a considerable ascendancy, but was ultimately subdued 'about eight o'clock. The tenement con sists thefirm, ' and is fitted up with ovens, flues, &c. ; the street fiat is the retail shop of the establishment, and the first flat above is the wholesale department. Thes e th ree fl oors all commun i c ate by inside stairs, and are completely destroyed. Both the stock and building are said to be insured.---Cede donian Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT AT EDGE HILL.--OR Tuesday, about two o'clock, as five men were descending the shaft of the new railway tunnel, at King-street, Edge-hill, t h e rope slipped from the drum, and the whole of the five went to the bottom, a depth of thirty-two yards. In a very short time after one man was found quite dead. The other-four were conveyed to the Infirmary ; two have since died, and a third is not expected to recover. The accident is attributed entirely to the recent heavy rains. We may add, that Mr. Park, surgeon, Edge-hill, was speedily on the spot, and rendered all the assistance in his power. The name of the man who was killed was Hayes ; the two who died at the Infirmary were named Metcalf and Simmon.—Liverpool Courier. BEES SWARMING.--On Monday last a swarm of bees, in the garden of Mr. Watson, St. Andrew's, in vited, no doubt, by the fineness of the weather, left their hive. On Thursday a hive of bees threw off a fine swarm ;, and on Friday a no th er hi ve , b e : o !g i ng to t h e same juaiYid;l6 l , Evila9way, %iv) of 'VP SWUM, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, June 9. (Before Mr. Commissioner FoNnLaNQuE.) SITSPENSIoN OF A CERTIFICATE—IN RE ALLEN. Tit?. bankrupt, a brickmaker, living in Hatton-garde n, b , 'ore the court on the question of oertificate. Mr. 3 .4ley and Mr. Sturgeon supported, and Mr. Cox -, rl) sed. The ground of opposition was that the bankrupt had glanced to trade after he was in hopelessly insolvent circumstances. It is unnecessary to detail the facts of the case , as wht3 are worth knowing will be found in the judgment of his Honour. The COMMISSIONER said—The main facts as stated by the opposing creditor being admitted, I must say this is not a case in which I can tyrant the certificate at once. There is one objection which, though not particu lar/3r alluded to to-day, is one which I think it right to notice. On a former occasion the bankrupt's answ ers to quest ions put to him were anything but what they ought to hair? been. lle prevaricated in a manner which, althoug! riot perhaps calling upon me to use the extreme punis,h. merit of committal, yet at the time induced m e to rear; 0, special note of it, and for that prevarication, god ..„ far that alone, I will suspend bis certificat e for airy" , nonths. I wish to shove bankrupts that when til l come here they must at least make a full, free, and frau, avowal of what they know regarding their affairs, an in that way at least do all they can to satisfy .their c!r. pitors. The next objection I have to notice is m_2 having gone on in trade after his circumstances oeri. so insolvent that he actually made an aisignine°,`,, o his property for the benefit of his creditors. •ttl_f expenses amounted to within 50/. of the gross proti.i.!_ whilst the losses also were very nearly equal to his profits. The losses and the trade and personal expenti: put together amounts upwards of 1 2001, whi° L ,,, to o nl y and - A u° gross profits and receipts amo unt to 0 11 1 1 ) - • expenses were, in fact, wholly unsvarrantable, . oa bankrupt had no excuse whatever for carrying business after the month of May, when his circumstances would leave him no reasonable hope of being abler g, on as a trader ought. The bankrupt, in L ,, his throwing his property into the hands of Spils"ti o f former partner, defeated his creditors, and, by a ' boo sale which he had made out, delu : led those ivitib Whops he dealt into a belief in his solvency. There Ils" p o f • 201. worth of property removed upon the very : el- i tse lf, tint being issued, a circumstance s urprising,: ll „, - isoial and which ought not to have occurred. The kof assignee reported that whilst the partnership of Allen and Spilsbury had been well kept. th s dl Y Allen since the dissolution of partnership had been b b• kept. Taking all these cir c umstances into a ccotintl,. o felt himself bound to suspend the certificate for We" m the Mr. BAGLEY—I hope your Honour wil l g raft bankrupt your protection, as there is no fraud. COMMISSIONER —Yes, let him have protection' Protection was accordingly granted. trETS. RAILWAY SHARE MAR.-- LIVERPOOL, Jura 9. firm a nd Brocx EXCHANGE.-The Share Market continues traor steady, but only a limited amount of business has be. ° o ll ,, re ved acted. Prices, on the whole, may be said to have Inrcoese to-day. Great Northern shares are offering free l Y'l le upou quence of the heavy call which is now becoming don. them. The sales are-Birmingham and Oxford "11; " and 6 1 / 2 p.-East Lancashi re , N e w, 1% die.-Edi andnl2l,lett Bid Glasgow, Halves, 7 p.-Fleetwood, Preston. : Lee d s and ing Junction, 1% dis.-G rea t Northern, 04 dis. i 754 Thirsk, Preference, par-London and North-WesternA New, - Ditto, Quarters (L. and M.), 16 p.-Ditto.l2l%beater. 10% p.-London and South-Western, 634 m Stock , Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. Eighths, 2 dis. -- Id lan ...sortb 120-Ditto, 401. Shares, 4 1 4 p.-Ditto, New, 2% P . No. 4, Staffordshire, 214 p.-Soutli-Eastern and Dover, Thirds, 1% dis. MANCHESTER, JUNE 9. Notting' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate. inß ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, nctiol. ham and Dudley, sc. .-Birmingham and Oxford • lYs 6% ix-Blackburn, Clitberoe, Preferentia 0, u d.. Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 5-161 , ,d isP- ottOr derstield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 'A P" Lear Thirds, p.-Leeds and Thirsk, Prefereutials, PTNorth- Dewsbury, and Manchester, M p.-London 831 ,B), 5 1 / 4 Western (Manchester and Birmingham) Quarters s disc p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and hlidland, , 1 5-16 is--pw- M:incli , ster and Leeds, Sixteenths, 7 11 (late West Riding Union), 1 ,4 dis. -31anchester, Sucboter and Lincolnshire (Grimsby), 501. Shares, 8 dis.- I,l , 4rl l ,birer and Southampton, 30s. 6d. c. dis.-North Stalow,`"torrea 2 7-16 n p.-Oldham Alliance, 5-16 dis.-Preston and burl Halves (A), 3% p.-Ditto, Sixths, 5 13-16 -S hr l DoVerf and Birmingham (A), 5-16 disSouth-Eastern an d No. 4, 1 -4 dis. LEEDS, Jurtit 9. No tting' STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-- -16-Ditto. e;4O, Ambergate, di,. ham, and Boston, 14 c. dis.-East Lancashire, New,,llerk• -Ditto, New (scrip), 2s. 6d. dis.-East and Wes' d and shire, 1 1 1 4 dis.-Great Northern, 345. dis.-Haddertiffel Manchester 2s. 6d. p. -Leeds and Dewsbury, at-"" p.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Ditto, Preferenc e, P a nd London, Oxford, and Cheltenham, 20s. dis.-Ma Driffield Junction, 15s. dis.-Manchester and Leedll3;., Shares, par c.-Ditto, West Riding Union, 2s. 6d. 0,.7,0 1 Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, ss. dis. -"'"0. . ,„47 Staffordshire, 2 1 ,4 p.-North-Western, 31e. 6d. dlS.'"',%•_,,i e t. dale Junction , 235. dis.-York and Newcastle , r'" ence, 3 p. SHEFFIELD, Jtrxx 9. AT Wag . STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate , ham, and Boston, 265. dis.-Great Northern. 383. 6d. dill. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby 41 4. Sheffield), 8 1 % dis.-Ditto, 201. Shares, 5 9 5, dis. - Ditt o, :_, 10s. Shares, 375. dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), Po:. Midland, 401. Shares, 4 p.-North Staffordshire, 4 41 . North-Western, 325. 6d. dis. -Whartdale Junction, 225. "- EDINBURGH, JUNE 8. SOL' STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 211. Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. IN.-Arbroath and Forfar!, „ a 155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ar and Galloway, IL 15. f, s p, Caledonian, 291. 155.-Ditto, New, 21. is. 6c1.-Caledns, and Dumbartonshire, 11. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 42 ;', -Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender , 0 • 2 9/, 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 401.-Ditto, New , 1 : 1 °"0 1 ,', 6d. -Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, No. Ditty "- -Dundee and Northern Junction, 1/. 129.-0 d. Perth, 321. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 13/. -Ditto, Quartets.; 45.-East of Fife, 1/. 18s.-East Lothian Centr al, IL I°7o/. Edinburgh and Bathgate, W.-Edinburgh and Otts, l ; ll ‘ ;rgh, -Ditto, Halves, 221. Ditto, Quarters, 171. Leith, and Granton, 181. 1.05.-Ditto, Preference.,% t • : ' b ur gh -Ditto, New, 2/. 55.-Ditto, Quarters, 125. 6d.--x,'"_ll_,„orti and Northern, 171. 55.-Ditto, New, 3/. 65.-Ditto, liFertb, 71.'25. 6d-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 45.-Edinburgh an d s w end (New Co.), IL 125.-Ditto, Halves, Bs. 6d.-G l „ as w" Dittot Avrshire, 1171. IN.-Ditto, New Stock, 40L lusb - T o goW. Halves, No. I, 91.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 71.-",..-rk, Dumfries, and and Carlisle, 5/. Is.-Glasgow and Gen"' a nd 10s.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 155 : - - G I P er ences Greenock, 171.-Ditto, Halves, Si. 155.-Ditto, 155...,Great 81.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 34 nate Direct North of Scotland, 2/. 25.-Great Norther n 1 05 e. Northern), 21. 2e.-Ditto (late London andl°lk)'.2/. 7e. 6d.-Newcastle and Berwick, 27L-North. Britlshnt ° Ditto, 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 151.5x.-Ditto, Quarters, New Quarters (scrip), 165.-Ditto, Thirds, 2/. 1 51 1 t b Ditto, Fifths, 61. Bs.-Scottish Central,ls3. - 5 n c° ,.....0. Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish Midland, 18/. 10s.-su re bury and Hereford, 103.-Shrewsbury, Osweatry, and Ches'k o . 9/. 10s.-Ditto, New, IL-Stirling and Dunfermline, -Stirling and Midland, 21. 55.-Wishaw and Coltnesl , 49 -York and Newcastle, 371.-Ditto, New, 14/. 5s -Ot t* Preference, 6/. 155.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 6d• -East Indian, 35.-Great North of India, 2s. 6d.-- - tiTa. Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 10. '- GLASGOW, 'Tufts 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-C a l e d on i a n, Dundee 294 r Glasgow, and Perth, 331.-Ditto, Q uarters, Barrhead, and Neilst o n Direct, 153A-o"'d. Dumfries, and Carlisle, 5 1 ,i-North British, Thirds, „ D-6 Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 515.-Stirling and fermline, 975. 6d.. [ADVERTISEMENT. I-MIRACULOUS RESTORATi° I4 I. ° hope-street, liEALTFI HOLLOWAY'S PILLS : I !—Miss Ellen Knig 36' ht. SO*. Regent's-park, a young lady of the mos t delicate co ; tu' ion, had been a ma: to suffering for years through getoverflovi bile and bad digestion, causing pit.pitation of the heart Trial T!, . difficulty of breathing ; to walk up the least ascent /Ma innoti t . cable; the best medical advice had been obtained in Loudon. ~,,,. mingham , France, and other places, but in vein ; nor did she reqt.'; any reef milli she took a course of Holloway's inestimable Mn; and she is now, by their use, enjoying the blessings of health..; . ,, for the previous eighteen ye ars she had been a stranger, 24 . Solt:4 to all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment4,l3oam- London. —........- BIRTHS. On the 3d inst., at the Recto r y , Spaxton, Son:ters e . ed tsb rai the lady of the Rev. J. Galloway , o f a son, who slava a few hours. the B ev ' On the sth inst., at Fordham Rectory , the wife of W. Harvey Herring, of a son. Arta" On the 6th inst., the wife of George A. R ees ' - m lery-place, Finsbury .square, of a son. s On the 6th inst., at Gerrard-street, Islingten• Mr. Stillwell, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Epsom, Surre the lady of awg. Giberne, Esq., of a daughter. y, of th e On the 7th inst., at the Vicarage Merton, the w ife - Rev. George Rawlinson, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Finsbury-place South, the W ife of 1111.' Charles Mount, of son. On the Bth inst., a at Upper Clapton, Mrs. George ' . Sim" cox, of a daughter, still-born. Charlton ' L s° On the Bth inst., at Kennington-oval, Mrs. of a still-born infant. MARRIED. squa re ' On the sth inst., at St. Mary's Church, BrYan st° ,2„ ---3 09 02 " Thomas Adolphus Boyrenson, Esq., M.D., of the 111 . ° 1 5 4hter pang's Bombay Army, to Augusta Marianne, only of the late Francis Swinfen, Esq., of Lapley, Staff -0111 000 On the sth inst., at All Souls', Lang h am .place, , for iett Kirkby Thompson, Esq., of Mecklenburgh-squa re, of 00 Alice, only daughter of the late J. Turner, Esq. , House, near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire. larn" On the 4th inst., at St. Helier's Church, Arse'' , OOP Cochrane, Esq., of her Majesty's 19th Regiment , t° daughter of Thomas Gibson Brewer, Esq., of Eltu Pinner, Middlesex. DIED. On the 6th inst., at Clapham .road, Mr. William On the 7th inst., at Leonard-place, Kensington, White, Esq., aged 57. Oh the 6th inst., at Anglesey, near Gosport, Th o mas Br t°l Martin, the eldest son of Captain W. F. Martin, R.N. t he On the 6th inst., at the Fen-office, Ely, Sarah wife of Samuel Wells, Esq., aged 69. On the 7th inst., Martha, the wife of Mr. John NVllt her' ston, of Rye..lane, Peckham, aged 58. if fat On the 7th inst., at Overbury , Worcest ershire, Jane Dr — widow of the late B. Eyston, Esq. aged 83. A 71. Oa the 7th inst., at Tunbridge, john Gilbert, Esq. , aged .A On the Bth inst., Andrew Henning, Esq., of Albion'ro'—' Stoke Newington. rAast of On the 28th of March, at the Gambia , West her Africa, the Rev. Francis John Harrison Rankin, Da" Majesty's Colonial and Garrison Chaplain, ged 41. On the 2d o inst., H. Dixon, Esq., of High-astreet, DeP"' Jobe On the 3d inst., at Newark, Nottinghamshire' Stephenson, Esq., aged 81. Mariit A lll3 On the 4th inst., at Chipping Barnet, Atro. MArr On , relict of the Rer. William Marr, B.D. f Francis relict the Hornby Esq. On the sth inst., in Billiter-street, Louisa, wi d o w 0 1 late C. Clarance, Esq., aged 83. o 2w t Lon4on : Printed and Publish ed by =EDO YOUNG. ot Stand, Printer, at T .5t4/3 The Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the of the *STO7 I pi. Coal baddielya, nurist• r- -- 1047. T Thom he the p c e4indu c thous a May 8, . The 4tld th • .„ An I Niturc • /tails. Octire ' Thi s •; tho se 1 . Ce • Pero, rAlci 139 . Th ?el LH bra •auss Ca t aleut u_ • .efitig . •l egant • fiber kin tor 14 '1 ' haiy.l „,Itotte4 e!t-eti Cep -r Of J • Orp an 31 Qe req4 —e 'N et , " 41717 , , 14,410 a; l , 44 k te t et ry 4 Thesti4.Z APtil 3 NA .. 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