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rate d at '' vo little above 5/. ;so that all, with the exception of te . e en, were entitled to have a vote according to the avowed .eJ . ets of the Reform Bill. Only 45.000 votes had been added to the metropolis. This was the result fifteen years after the n t n i s ng of the Reform Bill. In fact, the constituency was di as•eierte hing instead of increasing. In Westminster there ,h 0wi _ 2 3,295 rated householders, but only 13,e6ti voters atth u g that Westminst( r was in a worse state than 184 time Sir Frances Burdett was elected in 1807, when levoted, A similar result had taken place in Southwark. ie Liverpool the number of rated householders was 44,924, etrueoerv4l4,97o were voters. Ir. the City of London the con _ay. ea Bihllad been greatly reduced since the passing of the o which was mainly to be attributed to this rate !, eing clause. In fourteen parishes in the City of London, tr,tiiiireonvetrhseeeirasvityould not put any man on the register unless he ti es # f el to be rated ; so that the parties had all the technicali put in force against them. The decision of the 10‘'etitawmilort pleas in the great Stockport case, was another reeare tascie . 3 ' they should abrogate this clause. Eight rates w teoeinehat town in the course of a year, and it was con t.hat a voter ought to make eight different claims to rhe ve /u tter vote; and Chief Justice Tindal, in deciding on . t e iee, ' "it was like keeping a vote by continual claim. I,e, Certainly this was not intended by the Reform 8111. eujrt4e Honourable Gentleman was here interrupted by the rt_i.,anwee of Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black to 5 : 1 ho sunatnoned the Plouse to hear the Royal assent given ev eral Bills, a list of which will be found in oer Lords' Perel the return of the Speaker, Illfeeta,lettrh'i,Bl7NCOMßE went on to state that he could not be t,(ortntnali.anything so vexatious as this was intendedd.bdy notihe Gentlemen connected with . counties i was essin .asdire.toh owi e m Clause only pressed in cities and boroughs. oppt es living in those places were open to considerable ever s i n new neglect p t la h t e ht. of overseers and others. This It had been the subject of complaint te en - trice the passing of the Reform Act. The Hon. Member se s ; ae r e e ad an article which appeared in the Times—which h int sua l 4 'onus of the evils of the system. It was never t 'Pee fen of the Reform Act that such abuse should occur. Y:hould they make a difference between county and city 1(44'. This question should be made an oen one, in order to t wka n it l the more fully to the operation of public opinion. I 6 e e r e ' Ya• question of the re f orm m ore or less, and therefore I, o ,lt e et to move for leave t o b r i ng in the Bill. the JO HN RUSSELL—I stated to my Hon. Friend at eern Mencement of the discussion that if it was his desire , ion eY his Bill upon the table of the House, without any discus te arch the present time, that I should not he averse sup port a course, but that I could not premise him my has thou as a fut ure occasion. But my H onoura bl e Friend, premi se ig h t it bett er to h ave the discussion now, un l ess I s h ou ld reading him the support of the Government on the second yens °f th e M • Honourable Friend has not entirely prehended what was ) the ancient law. He has read pare tifia''ss!Ths from newspapers to the effect that this was an entirely theektineiPle, introduced by the Reform Act, no person 4 otin s ' e t Paying rates to be allowed the privilege of si eeeri - t' v e lle was mistaken. The state took the of bo re tueY thought necessary• and so in regard to vo' - ' wh ere there was a common law right the iIU' and where there were no particular charters to res . trict those hat e t e w as vested in householders, but with this qualifica- The mean;" e"e7 should be householders paying scot and lot. So it h as e 'ng of this was that they should pay the poor rates. with re beee interpreted by the cough of justice. Therefore, bur g h s ard to country voters, there was a security, and in Pers eo ; was held that they shoed' not be chance lodgers, but Whi c h" g a house and capable of paying the poor lees, sons w ee rt i f i ed and assured to the State that they were per the P r the to be intrusted with the right to vote ; therefore s teei: te Teiple is not a new one introduced by the ` Reform Act. stitets r the Reform Act might do to change the ancient con setnel_e!l of the country, the principle that occupiers should pay 'erred et the rates due by them, was an ancient principle trans said t h lt ;e° the provisions of the Reform Act. My Hon. Preen eet ee ,:` ,the Reform Act did not extend the franchise so very "'"'Y as I calculated. The calculations which I formed th, e at hi de on a very wide basis, and I could not expect But `se would turn out with a critical accuracy. d teat I do think that the Hon. Gentleman himself has prove by t : ve ry great extension of the franchise has been effected e e i steform Act. Lambeth has the powers of returning "a etAuer s of Parham ' ent• so has Finsbury ; so has the Tower L iet s• The Hon. Gentleman has stated that 45,60 e persons ka t , new metropolitan burghs possessed the righ of . voting. Pow er ches ter, Leeds, and Birmingham had now obtained the te of of Members to Parliament ; so had Bath, and bat on sof other pla ces , not on t h e sco t an d lot principle, tei th °4 10/. ho use qua lifi cat i on , an d a t es t similar th e a ' of the scot and lot principle, which meant belief pa y m ent of poor-rates. According to my own tf when you do intrust the franchise to persons e o P re Pery, you are more likely to have a better than with a cti?,ll.:sitettrtsiaelhlutt:rpaagye. I own, I think, that if you take away the . rates and taxes, you would be running a rosk 4litrinttrusting the franchise to persons not worthy of it. And I eene K we have improved upon the practice of scot and lot. 1 ,41_,"°t, therefore, consider that the Bill is in point a good one, t 1 7 it would be a great innovation on the Constitution of this a?„ o ntr e, that persons, not in the possession of any property, 'aid be i ntrusted with the right of voting. I shall, therefore, leDese the introduction of this Bill. r e Me. GISBORNE said he should support the Bill. He 'tent the occupancy of a House quite enough, and saw no t 7as , onabl e grounds to deprive a man of a vote because he had "t paid hi s rates on a particular day. He should, therefore, "Apart the introduction of the Bill. Sir DE LACY EVANS was in favour of the Bill. The real qt estion they had to consider was, did the rate-paying clauses operate in the way originally estimated. He sub mitted that they did not. They were no test of the solvency of the parties ' as he could pr ove f rom several instances which load happen e d in the city of Westminster. In the parish of St. George's no less than 339 persons had been disfranchised by t hose clauses ; yet these parties re s id e d i n St. J ames ' s-square, 'elgrave- quare, and Great George-street. W as it t o b e sa i d t hat these were insolvent persons ? Now it was a remarkable fact that not one of these had been disfranchised for the. paid the of the poor -rates, but because they had not paid the e.toe the taxes. He trusted that the House would allow --• Bill to be read a first time, and that in a future stage the question might be folly discussed. Ile asked the Horse to do 11° W hen they considered that in the metropolitan boroughs there were not more than 50,000 qualified electors, while at least 100 ,000 occupi ers were d epr i ve d o f vo t es b y t h e operat i on of these clauses.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. P. HOWARD could not agree to the principles of the Bill sought to be introduced by the Hon. Member for r insbury. If they gave up the rate.paying qualification, he would not see hew they could stop short of universal _suffrage. nnver. It was th e duty of every man to pay the poor-rates and Govern anent Itrient taxes, and therefore he thought the provisionsiet de cided the Reform e ßill s hould be m a i n t a i ne d. He would give his eldest 'negative to the present motion. Mr. HUME agreed with the last Hon. Member, that every Mad ought to pay his rat. es arid taxes, but there were ether Means of inducing him to do so than by the provisions of this Bill. He regretted to hear the intimation of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to oppose the Bill. The Noble Lord, when he introduced the Reform Bill, said he believed that it would be the mesas of giving satisfaction to the country. This had not been the case. The Reform Bill had not given satisfaction to the people of this country. They were tenerally against the Bill in its present shape, arid especially I teinst these clauses. Why, at the present time, there were bu t 12 males in every 100 who had a vote. The Noble Lord wo uld a l so recollect that h i s prophecy about the Reform Bill h ad fail e d. H e state d i n i ntro d uc i ng t h e R e f orm Bill, that i f i t Carrie into operation there would not be. borough wit hs ,„", th an 300 voters. At the present moment t h ere were 3 r r etlghs whi c h h a d l ess th an thi s num b e r. Some of them, in a ct, had as few electors as 150. He trusted the Noble Lord Z o uld take these matters . into his consideration, and withdraw llo Pposition to the Bill e iZ S , ir B. HALL thought that the repeal of the ratepaying - 7 "8 was absolutely necessary. In many of the principal roughs these clauses were most oppressive. He knew from ZlPerience that a . great number of most respectl persons Vt'd been disfranchised by the non-payment of !sted, that the Bill would he allowed to proceed, and t t . h t a . t me if provisions were riot agreed to, that at least a longer i e iN tl i t s l be. allowed than at present for the payment of rates.. The • D EYNCOURT was in favour of the present Bill fo rm statement of the Noble Lord had proved that the Re scHill had come far short of his original calculation when ot intr oduced the Bill . Th e N o bl e Lord had referred to the lot voters before the passing of the Reform Bill, and field I, tri „ t ' at the Reform Bill carried out in another form the c" e 'leie of the previous qualification. He could not agree 7tt_ .th that proposition, as the Government taxes load nothing isatever to do with the right of scot and lot voters. If there e w _ anything unconstitutional in the Reform Bill it was taking Tray the scot and lot qualification that formerly existed; and rlithe Noble Lord would introduce a measure to restore that fietion, he (Mr. D'Eyncourt) would support it. e e li. t i h s ought that under the present system there were cases required some alteration of the law, and therefore . he sned that his Noble Friend would either give them this Bill, .tlte the m atter i nto his own consideration. hu`'aP ta in PECHELL th oug h t t h at any person h o ldi ng a use, for which he paid 10/., ought to have a voice in the representation of the b oroug h t o w hi c h h e b e l onge d. Th e `,j °t itY of the p eo pl e o f thi s coun t r y were very muc h die yisisosed with th e p resent system as f rame d un d er t h e R e f orm and thought that considering the present pressure of the -- "trY, and the quiet state of the people, it was most extra ordinary th at the Noble Lord refused to allow this Bill to come to a first reading. He could only say that . having been in trusted with a petition from his constituents, asking them to repeal these hateful clauses of the Reform Bill, he felt bound to support the measure. Me. WAKLEY trusted that a division would take solace at once, and if it were to oceupy another night, when the same arguments only could be used, it would be a waste of the public time. The Noble Lord had, in his opinion. failed in chewing that the measure of the Hon. Member for Finsbury was an unjust one. Although the Noble Lord had spoken earnestly—more earnestly than usual—he did not appear to be actuated by a firm c onviction. 'fhe Noble Lord seemed to advocate the principle that the man should be excluded from the registration. latiohat whichPPe'aed that meet were made poor by improper legis n, and tleen they told him that he should be deprived of every free man ought to have—a right to vote in the in, r , e Tatirely every free of his borough. Under the present cir ---S..,ane'es many who had a right to vote were influenced their landlord, or some tyrant of a steward, who forced them to vote inconsistently with his opinions. tbeught th e present system was mere l y a trick e o -o .P 6 the p oor man o f w h a t t h e l aw preten d e d give him, namely, a 10/. franchise. He called upon the v4 over ntnent to s h ow t o th e sat i s f ac ti on o f th e p u bli c an d o f t h e . v . o use, why th e b orough voter s h ou ld b e d epr i ve d of the pri aileilege en j oyed by the county voter. He was surprised at the ont the which ce which prevailed on the Treasury bench, and he called to sho w any good and valid reason why the Bill should not l ie G treat er G. GREY said that the Hon. Member who had just t r : en had complained of the silence which existed on the •te i - e e an trY benoth ; but he (Sir G. Grey) thought that any fur ea r explanation on their part was rendered unnecessary by the - , a a iri t ernent of the Noble Lord. The Hon. Member had also eves' that the arguments adduced against the Bill were of no ~- g "t• There were many of those arguments which went ond th e Bill; but he differed from the Hon. Member when aaid they had no weight. The argument of the cevneerttiraianblyle Gentleman the Member far Finsbury, did tst aut entirely go the length of universal suffrage, but welet. on to an indefinite extension of the franchise. i t : tin es quote clear that the Bill would fail to satisfy the expec not 'is of a lerge class of the people of this country, but it PM p e i ti a t I"Pre mode to speak of the Bill, to say that it had Cher'disap (l expectations of the country. His Noble Friend, ee the Reform Bill was passed, gave it as his opinion, that the would be better to adhere to the old constitutional maxim, of It pap; sent of rat es , as i nc l u d ed in the scot and lot principle. had been pointed out that there were many abuses aht"in existed under this system by cant'idates paying Let tile.,"" of voters a few (lays before the election, ,_ re would be considerably more difficulty in adjusting ar.xneasure of the Hon. Member, and it was for that reason "t's he, as a Member of the Government did not support it. Fin G. NAPIER was very g l a d t h at the Hon. Member for „ et 1 ,41 tory had succeeded in unsealing the mouths of some of the be hers o f t h e Government. and he (Sir C. Napier) would •!. very glad t o h ear the opinions of the Hon. Members for a ~ elo zed the Tower Hamlets on this subject. He lied un ders:nr‘d that this eleuse was for the perpose of male ing fa es_ t he People pay up their rates ano taxes, but it had evidently L et , ' tit that object He thought that the franchise ought te 'fie extended, and therefore he should support the Bill. •:‘ll WILLIAMS did not think the scot and lot system had ever answered its purpose. The Noble Lord, in introducing the Reform Bill, had allowed a very large number of the voters of this cotintry to vote without any qualification at all. He alluded to the freemen and burgesses. He had always been one of the Noble Lord's best supporters ; and were it not for the good deeds he had done in former days, he believed he should not now support him. He believed that about 3,003 of his own constituents were honest men, although they might not be able to pay rates.—( Laughter.) And yet a qualification was required from the others, who were not more honest men. Lord G. BENTINCK said that the Hon. Member who had just sat down had charged his Noble Friend with a backward movement. Now he thought that all the Members of the House who remembered 1831 and 1832, should support the resolution of his Noble Friend. Mr. B. ESCOTT was inclined to support the notion of his Hon. Friend, because it would prevent that wholesale system of bribery, which exhibited itself in a donation of coals and candles. After a few words from Colonel WOOD, The House divided, when there appeared, For the motion for introducing the Bill Against it Majority against the introduction —2o SPEEDY TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT OF JUVE- MR. STRUTT'S BILL «FOR REGU LATING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COM MISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS, AND FOR AMENDING TIIE LAW RELATING TO RAILWAYS." 1. Objects of the Act-(Preamble and Clause I.) Recapitulates the titles of the Acts 1 and 2 Vic. c. 98 ; 3 and 4 Vic., c. 97 ; 5 and 6 Vic., c. 55; 7 and 8 Vic., c. 85; 8 and 9 Vic., c. 20; 23; 9 and 10 Vic. c. 105; and states that it is expedient to make further provision for regulating the proceedings of the Commissioners appointed by the last named, and to amend certain de tails of the others. Accordingly, in Clause lit is enacted that 9 and 10 Vic., c. 105, and the present Act shall be construed together. 2. Interpretation-(Clause 2.) Declares to what ex tent of application words in the singular number and masuline ender only shall be un derstood ; and what g meaning shall be attached to the words-" Persons," Lands," " Month," " Oath," " County," " The Com missioners," " Railway," Railway Company," and " Promoters of a Railway." 3. Short Title of the Act-(Clause 3.) This Act is to be cited as "The Commissioners of Railways Act, 1847." 4. Surveying and other Proceedings by Railway Pro moters, preliminary to Application for Bill-(Clauses 4 to 31.) 4. Promoters are to apply to the commissioners for power to survey, at any time, in the year ending on the 31st of December, preceding the year in which they intend to give notice of application for their Bill in compliance with the standing orders. 5. Notice of such application is to he given ten clear days before in the London Gazette, aid some newspaper printed or circu lating in each county through which the railway is to pass, specifying the course of the line, the termini, and the towns through or near which it is to pass. 6. The Commissioners, on being satisfied that due notice has been given, and on the deposit of a sum not exceeding 5001. for each mile as security for expenses (or the giving of satisfactory security), shall, by we rrant Under their seal, signed by ten of their number, authorise the promoters to survey and mark out the line; and may limit the time within which this is to be done. 7. 'The money deposited is to be paid into the Bank of England, and placed to "The ac count of the Commissioners of Railways, ex pane the promoters of Railway;" and the cashier of the bank, if required, is to give a receipt to the person paying in the money. 8. The Commissioners may draw chequens for payment of expenses incurred prior to the passing or throwing out of the Bill. 9. The Bank of England is to keep separate accounts, and certify balances in respect of every deposit to the commissioners. 10 Not later than one month after the Bill has passed or been thrown nut, the commissioners are to pay over the balance remaining, after expenses are paid, to the promoters. 11. In event of irregularity or failure in giving the notices prescribed in clause 4, the commis sioners may direct such notice as they think fit, to be given either before or atter the 31st of December. 12. By virtue of the warrant of the commissioners the promoters may, before the expiry of the time limited, or if not limited, before the 31st of March next after its date, enter on the lands through the railway is to pass, survey, run levels, fix posts or marks, dig, probe, and bore (but not cut or injure trees). 13. Before entering they shall give not more than seven, and not leis than two days' notice to the occupying tenants. 14. They are to mark out the line by a trench or furrow, not more than nine inches wide, and to put up posts to show the levels. 15. Occu pying tenants may require the line to be marked out by stakes, not more than thirty yards apart, instead of a furrow. 16. Any person obstructing the survey incurs a penalty of 51. for each offence. 17. The promoters are to make compensation for damage occasioned by their survey. 18. Complaints of damage by survey, for which no compensation has been made, must be presented to the commissioners within three months after the making of the survey. 19. The commissioners shall order pay ment of such compensation as shall seem to them just : their decision to be final. 20. When the amount of corn pensatien awarded does not exceed the amount ten dered, and in some other cases, the commissioners may order part of the expense of inquiry to be retained by the promoters, out of the sum awarded. 21. Plans and sections of the survey are to be lodged with the Commis sioners on or . e.,fore the 15th of April first at ter the date of the warrant, or on or before the fifteenth day after the expiry of the time limited for the survey. 22. After the deposit of the plans and sections, the Commissioners may appoint one or more engineers (or other competent per• sons) to inspect the line or any part of it ; the persons thus appointed may give public notice of the time and place where they will attend to receive information or suggestions respecting the railway. 23. Special reports of such inspections to be made to the Commissioners. 24. The Commissioners, after considering reports, may authorise amendments and empower promoters to sur vey and mark out altered lines within a limited time. 25. Plans and sections of the line as intended to be ap plied for to Parliament to be lodged with the Com missioners on the 31st of July next before the session in which application is to be made. 26. The Commissioners are to certify that these provisions have been complied with as soon after the lodging of the plans and sections as they conveniently can. 27. The commissioners may authorise the deposit of plans of a varied line proposed to promoters b y an owner, occupier, or other person in crested. 28. When application is to be made for leave to vary a line for which an Act has been obtained in the preceding session, or for power to construct a railway substantially the same as one applied for in the pre ceding session, the Commissioners may dispense with the whole or part of these proceedings, and require any others. 29. The Commissioners, on application are to give promoters a certified copy of any certificate in dorsed on or annexed to plans and sections. 30. De posits of documents not to be made later than 6 P.M. en the day fixed, or on the day preceding should it fall to be Sunday or Good Friday. 31. Railways, of which plans and sections have been deposited and certified, are to be advertised by the Commissioners in the London Gazette not later than the 15th of October each year. depo sited part 32 to t 3 b s e ) .-2. Commissionersll'hen mays. Survey and Inspection of Proposed Railways and Examination of Pending Bill s by Commissioners (Clauses p plans, a n n a :1 7 1 the e, lin havee o beenr any to be surveyed be themselves or some competent officer. 33. Specific ohjectians in writing to the whole or part of any railway may be submitted by any parson to the Commissioners within such time and subject to such re . gulations as they shall appoint. 34. The Commis s i oners may hear the objectors and the promoters by them se l ves or their officers in such manner and under such regula tions as they may appoint. 35. Far purposes of survey or inspection, the Commissioners or their officers are to have each powers, and be subject to such liabilities as are given to or imposed on them by Act 10 Vict., c. 105, and have moreover power to possess. 6. REPORT TO BE MADE BY COMMISSIONERS ON PENDING BILLS (Clauses 36 to 38).-36. The Commis sioners, at the commencement of each session, are to re port to both Houses the railway Bills pending before Parliament, and to suggest the groups in which they may most conveniently he considered, and any other matters tending to facilitate their due examination. 37. They shall also report to each House specially on every Bill:-the length of line, the gauge, the gradients, the curves, the embankments, and cuttings, the tunnels, the bridges, the level crossings, the sufficiency-of esti mate, the engineering merits, the capital and loans, the subscriptions and deposits, the assents and dissents, the tolls, fares, and charges, the Post-office service, the tolls on connected lines, the union with other undertakings, and the general merits of the project. 38. In the case of competing lines, the Commissioners may include two or more Bills in one report. 7. PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH STANDING ORDERS (Clauses 39 to 41).-39. " If either House of Parliament assign to the Commissioners the duty of ascertaining whether the standing orders of such House has been complied with," they shall, by themselves or officers, make inquiry and report thereon. 40. As soon as this duty is assigned to the Commissioners they shall make and publish the necessary regulations. 41. Copies of all such regulations made since the last preceding session shall be laid before both Houses within one month after the meeting of Parliament. 8. OPENING OF RAILWAYS (Clauses 42 to 47).-42. Repeals so much of the Act of 5 and 6 Vic., c. 55), (i. e., clauses 4,5, and 6), as confers powers of control over the opening of railways on the Railway Committee of the Board o Trade. 43. Before any railway company open any part of their line they shall give at least thirty days' notice to the Commissioners. 44. Not earlier than twenty nor later than thirty days after such notice the company shall give a further notice to the Commis sioners, naming the day (not less than ten days after) on which they propose to open. 45. After receiving the second notice, the Commissioners shall order the railway to be inspected, and allow or disallow the opening as they see fit. 46. It shall not be lawful to open railways before the inspection and allowance of the Commissioners. 47. For opening without such notices or allowance any company shall pay a forfeiture of 1001., and 20/. ad ditional for ev ery day the railway coetinues open with out allowance. 9. TOLLS, FARES, AND CHARGES OF RAILWAY COMPANIES (Cla uses 48 to 56).-48. Every company shall make returns fromtime to time to the Commis sioners of the tolls, ac of those actually taken. . they are authorised to take, and be set up at every station, 49. Tabl e s of tolls, &e., are to under a penalty of 20/., and 201. further for every d a y which the neglect con tinues. 50. Companies ar e to the Commissioners thirty days' notice, and the publ% iv fi e fteen days' notice, of t heir intention to alter their tolls, &c.; and if they alter without such notice, they shall incur a for every increased toll so taken. 51. Tolls o p l e l n s penalty may of 201. re re duced in special cases wi thout notice; but a report of each reduction, and the reasons for not giving notice, must be made to the C ommissioners. 52 . The Commis sioners are to report once in every year to Parliament the tolls, &c., every company is entitled to take; what it does take; and to note any alterations since last report. 53. Commissioners are to direct the at tention of Parliament to all matters revising to tolls &c., which they think affect the public interest. 54. They shall intimate in their annual reports, when the time for receiving the tolls, &c., of any railway approaches, and state whether any alteration ought to be made. 55. They are to settle disputes as to tolls, &c., between rail waypostmaster-genera 56 ” . They companies and the are to define what trains are " express trains in the sense of an Act which allows higher tolls, &e., to be charged on them than on ordinary train s. RIVAL or 10. TIMES OF DEPART URE AND ARR 7 - WAY TRAINS.-(Clauses 5, to 66 ) • 57. Companies RAIL are to make returns of the arri vals and departures of all I te r their trains at all their stations within one wee l e t f being required by the Commissioners, under penalty (. every failure or false return) of 201. 5B• No alteration to be in the times of arrival and 'departur e of trains made without sufficient notice to the Commissioners u llO - the puldic. The time of such notic e (except in special eases allow , .(1 by the Commissioners) to he teen days, when the alteration is to take place on the Ist day of a month ; one month when on any other day. 60, The Commissioners are to require a register NILE OFFENDERS. Sir JOHN PACKINGTON, in introducing a Bill for the more Speedy trial and Punishment of Juvenile Offenders, said that the want of a system of education seemed to him to be the great cause of crime; and, therefore, he thought that an extended system of national education ought to be enforced, in order to prevent the growing evil. An attempt had been made by the present Government to remedy th i s evil, and he (Sir J. Packington) would tender his heartfelt thanks to the Noble Lord, or the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, if he could in any way put a period to the present defective system. He would limit himself to the second branch of the subject, viz. the trial and punishment of juvenile offenders, and not withstanding the value which he set on the trial by jury, he believed he could show the reasonableness of doing away with it in the ease now before him, and the judiciousness of adopt ing summary convictions in the place of it. He would take one instance to show the folly of retaining the trial by jury. The circumstance occurred in the county of Worcester. A boy was committed on the 13th November for stealing twopence, and was not tried until the first week in January, and thus suffered seven weeks imprisonment. There was another case of a little girl, who had been committed for stealing a quart of milk. In the petition submitted the other night to the House of Lords by Lord Brougham, it was stated that out of 50,0(0 prisoners committed; fully 5,000 were prisoners under fourteen years of age, and, from his own expe rience in the county of Somerset, he could state that more than one•sixth of those committed were under 16 years of age. Such was the extent of the number of the juvenile offenders. He would now turn to a very high autho rity. In the report of the inspectors of prisons it was stated that there was an evident necessity for an alteration of the law with regard to juvenile prisoners. In 1844 a s.;ommittee was appointed, of which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth was the Chairman, and one of the subjects for the consideration of that Committee was criminal prosecutions, and in the report which they made to the House they stated that there was a g;eat need for the establishment of some tribunal for the summary trial of young prisoners, and he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet still entertained the same opinions as he did at that time. The authority to which he would turn, was one to which he attached great importance, and which, he trusted, that her Majesty's Ministers would concur with him in giving it the great weight, which he believed it possessed. That was the opinion of Sir Edward Ryan, who, at the time he expressed it, was Chief Justice of India, and he had Sir Edward Ryan's permission for using his name in saying that he still retained the impression that it was absolutely ne ' cessary for some change being made in the process of examining and convicting juvenile offenders; and he thought that the doing away of the trial by jury would be cheaply purchased by the advantages to be obtained by the summary conviction of young offenders. The Hon. Member then read a series of extracts from the report of the Criminal Commissioners in 1837, all tending to show the wisdom of giving some authority to the magistrates for the conviction and punishment of prisoners of tender years, charged with trivial offences. He need not say that, from the eminent position and character of the persons from whom this report emanated, that it was worthy of the utmost attention. The magistrates were, indeed, at present placed under the most cruel embarrassment, for while some of them did not hesitate to send the young offenders brought before them to prison for the crimes of which they were clearly guilty, others, who were of more doubtful minds, felt themselves obliged to send young offenders to another place for trial, and in one instance the judge, before whom one of these offenders was tried had sentenced a prisoner, after conviction, to one hour's imprisonment. He held in his hand a report which had been prepared by Mr. M. Hill for the Law Amendment Society, and which was founded on the returns made from the town of Birmingham, which went to the same effect. It had been suggested that young offenders should be tried by small juries at petty sessions, in the event of their doing away with the trials at general sessions. To this he could be no party, for he believed that the benefit to be derived from it, saving the contamination of a prison, would be entirely lost by that plan. He would propose that a power should be given to two magistrates to decide upon all cases of offenders who had com mitted felony while under fifteen years of age. and who were committed for offences under forty shillings, and to adjudicate them to six months' imprisonment. He proposed to give to the parties so convicted the right of appeal to the general quarter sessions. Further than that iu all cases of difficulty he would give to the magis trates the power of sending any offender for trial at sessions. Such was the outline of the plan which he proposed to adopt, but he was aware that it was open to objection, but he trusted to be allowed to bring in his Bill and that he should have the assistance of the Govern ment in carrying it out ; for netsh h r he held hla f der e par l rt t iihe mdeo a fo s not s t u t iffih i nt r egc e t e d hi the , rnanomu t w h geh a fi t Eell ee i fd- f e m wn l i h 3 n a nt a . r h l o he n a l edamtw evereaawt a t bp h iayd i r s ht nm c i t a nh n tee g ,o e nußlod i t n gAhhi o ait u rvi H r ei tn e ben r re i . m benefit than he would confer up on hi s country .lath g t rheaant Wkser for the attention which he had enjoyed from the House, he would move for leave to bring in the Bill, and that it be read a , first time. Sir G. GREY felt grateful for the attention which had been bestowed upon this very important subject, and though he would not commit himself to the principle of the Bill, he was quite ready to accede to its being brought in and read a first time. He was fully impressed with the importance of the subject, and the Hon. Member might he assured that it would receive the best attention of the Government. Mr. HUME wished the Hon. Gentleman to consider whe ther the punishment of juveniles could not be obviated by some improved system of education. He did not join in the opinion the Hon. Gentleman had expressed that great improve ments had taken place in the present system of education. For his part he could not discover where the improvement had taken place, and he regretted, and believed the country joined him in that regret, that Government had not brought forward an extensive system of national education. Government was alone to blame for the present anomalies of the law. It was monstrous to punish a boy or a girl with several months' im , prisonment for stealing an article scarcely of the value of 2d. They claimed to be a civilised country ; but he would venture to say, that in a country they were pleased to style as barbarous, he meant China, there was no such abominable system. Mr. SHAW did not agree with that part of the Bill which related to appeals ; but with regard to its other provisions, speaking generally, he agreed with them. Colonel T. WOOD said education was net sufficient to re form the system. Something rn•lre was required to prevent juvenile crime, and he would suggest that Government, at the public expense, should build a number of penitentiaries in dif ferent parts of the country, where juvenile offenders should be kept distinct from other offenders. At present the good was mixed up with the bad, and the consequence was, juvenile offenders never were reclaimed. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS. Lord JOHN MANNERS moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to the disposition of property for pious and charitable trusts. The chief provisions of the Bill would be comprised in a clause requiring that all wills bequeathing property for charitable or pious purposes should be signed three months before the death of the testator, and a clause providing that all landed property bequeathed for the same purposes should be converted into fur ded property. Sir R. H. INGLIS said the Bill was sery similar to one the Noble Lord had unsuccessfully brought forward on a former occasion, but the improvements she Noble Lord had introduced into the presert one though not inconsiderable, were not sufficient to mitigate his objection to the Bill. He should, however, not divide the House upon the present occa sion, but leave the measure to Ire fully and amply discussed on the second reading. Sir GEORGE GREY expressed his approbation of the alterations but he was bound to add that he did not think they were sufficiently extensive. He would, however, reserve his objections for the second reading. Mr. COLLETT wished to know whether the Noble Load had intended that the r.m• of the will not being signed three months previous to the ifeath of the testator should invalidate the will generally? Lord JOHN MANNERS said that the will would be in validated only as regarded the bequests for charitable purposes. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. l o C f H in, A m ll ir S yg EN AL. CHARGES AGAINST OFFICERS IN THE WOOL bDectforNe C th o e A C l . B u W E rt , in movin f i o n r s instituted uctoe;dsy of f the ee month b nc o e f taken " April, 1845, by the Board of Ord ' rianz e , rr a e t d th b e Royal Arsenal, a W ga c i o n t s w t ic w h. il t l o iatn inv j es u t n i e g s a , te dt e T h u a t r i g e st s jekee storekeeper; ytAolseotahneierl w T i o t n h e a r f copy of the charges and The report thereon. ; the charges preferred, and the evidence given agai , ns a t c ga y ni o el Toner, late a labourer in the Royal Arsenal, Wool•• with, by Mr. Reed, a clerk in the Storekeepers' de partment, before Lora Bloomfield, Colonel Money, en d Mr. Chatham, in 1845, with their report thereon ; said that he was compelled by the difficulty which intervened. between the application for copies of papers from the Arsenal of Woolwich, and the production of them, to bring the matter thus publicly before the country. Daniel Toner stated that, in consequence of his having thus brought charges against his superior officers, he had been pro secuted, while those char g ed had been advanced. He (Mr. Duncombe) would feel it ne cessary to call for those papers, before he took another step on the subject. Colonel ANSON said that if his Hon. Friend, the Member for Finsbury, had taken the trouble to look at the report which was furnished, and which he (Colonel Anson) requested the Hon. Member for Finsbury to examine ; if he had looked at the statement, the House might have been .T .red the in fliction of these details.—( Hear, hear.) There had not, and he would appeal to the Hon. Member for Finsbury himself, appeared one word on the subject of convict labour. He had no objection to give the evidence taken before the court of inquiry in April last with respect to the charges preferred by Toner against Jones ; but with respect to the other evidence, given against Toner by Reed, he did not think that the production of such voluminous evidence would tend t any advantageous result. Mr. HUME did not know whether the first papers were necessary for the investigation, but, as pilfering was admitted, he would ask, how was the public property to be protected, unless a check was given to those practices? He 'lid not think that any one who exposed this system should be subjected to punishment, and he hoped the House would grant the docu ments, and that they would be the means of having an inquiry instituted into the mode in which the whole department was conducted. Mr. BOLDER() detailed the circumstances of the inter view he had with Toner, and was of opinion that, from the course then pursued, no injustice had been done to him. With regard to the subsequent proceedings, and his dismissal, he could offer no opinion. Mr. T. S. DUNCOAIBE replied. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but as there were only thirty-one Members present the House adjourned at a quarter to Eleven o'clock. IMPORTANT TO TIIE HERRING TRADE.—We are row given to understand that Lord Palmerston has succeeded in inducing the Ituss;an Government to remove the discrimi nating duty in favour of Swedish and Norwegian herrings, but that hitherto the Qe!giln Government remains inflexible, end will make no conceFsion wlisiev , r in the tariff that favours the Dutch. The differential duty in favour of Dutch cured herrings in Belgium is rot less than 16 francs per barrel, which is to all intents and purposes an entire prohibi tion of the import of British (mud fish.—Rosshire Advertiser. TIME SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE FEBRUARY 24 of times to bo kept by every company. 61. Tile corn panics are to appoint an officer at every station to keep such register. 62. The officer is to keep the re, ister of each week suspended at his station for public ins,'aecti,on . for such period as the Commissioners shall direct. 63, The officer at the end of each week is to transmit to the Commissioners a copy of the registnr for as many pre-• ceding days as they shall direct, 64. The penalty ar neglecting to appoint a registrar of times is 201. for eN rea •37 day the neglect shall continue. 65. Every comr at ly shall pay a penalty of 101. for each default of e; rea registrar, and the officer himself a penalty of 5/. 66. The Commissioners shall report once every year to Parliament on the punctuality (or want of it) of r. r.l 'l - companies, and on any matters connected therewitl I. 11. CHEAP TRAINS (Clauses 67 to 73).-67. T h e Commissioners may limit the time of stoppage of cheei trains and regulate the times of their arrival at termin i. common to two or more railways. 68. Cornpan s failing to conform to th e C omm i s sioner' orders o' these matters to forfeit 20/. for every day the (le fault continues. 69. The, Commissioners may fix e number of passengers to be conveyed in every carrie :e of a cheap train, and that number is to be marked c n each in legible characters. 70. Every cheap train c: u. -•- riage to have a light fixed in every separate divisi, at between one hour after sunset and one hour before su a - rise. 71. The regulations of cheap trains are to be hu a g up at stations. 72. The penalty for contravening the S e regulations respecting cheap trains is 201. for eve r:y offence. 73. In computing the tolls, &c., of cheap trait ti no fraction of a mile less than one-half is to be tali , a a into account, and for any greater fraction not more th, half the toll, on a mile. 12.-CONVEYANCE OF NAVAL, MILITARY, AND POLIO a FORCES, STORES, AND AMMUNITION.-(Clauses 74 78.) 74. Repeals so much of the Acts 5 and 6 Vict e. 55, and 7 and 8 Viet., c. 85. as relates to these mat ters. 75. On the production to the clerk at any static , t of a route or order for march, transport, or removal 4 A stores, the following rates of charge to be made:-F , Ir every commissioned officer two-thirds of the fat .e. charged for the time being; for every sailor, soldie. marine, private of militia, or police-constable ‘, or the wife, widow, or child of teelve year s of age or upwards of such, two-thirds, and fol every child, if three years and upwards and below s 12, one-third of the cheap train fare, and no charge fox children under three years of age; for every ton of bags gage, stores, &c. (gunpowder excepted), twopence per mile, the assistance of the 'military, &c.. being given in loading or unloading; for gunpowder and other combus tible matters, such reasonable sum as shall be demanded by the company, or approved of by the Commissioners. Commissioned officers may travel by any train, in any carriage they please, and shall be allowed the usual l q u a,newisrt weather, grown ohl of we trnr iu a pav g ene ga rlds o g inn e , shall in o s. bed t, ea cp e ah s l s itl ler, t iaw ha i heo d n 1 c a f 71r2er%i),a st t s ge i ca.o years t secure privates,_ eguugrpaelgseafrrefdemsr 8 every t ua e dd . c l w 2 t . . for 77, e r l e f r y t h c e h i l e d r d o e f r 3 s h - e e a a r r s t t d t u h p e w t a r r e d e s p , s a n e d r n tstoreseeeblhp subsequent D a ierss r eei e ivssi jot t :d o outemirTd.a, be u; i:lnsc f ni hofi not,oi forwarded aoh BETWEEN ah e ean d pe dt forthwith, etr r Ai e t ol rlehnitf,si additional ve the. g t A, f h ooy , cer cffi a eys,Noe, s se3te p hr:rp) e e,aiA c ndsfi i N a aeri l yrseEete a t slt r ea:m a rts-ne i cea l as. settle disputes non-compliance with these enact mentsß r 7 f t ' ahNBtei de fault h s e ine e Na P T : tE ' e n continued. o i rs. 803. TheLIN LINES-om(Clause, er7B9 areto Btle. asfdloe.to.pie alBoA b lawl.k e L t E,er i i ,thseAueoeyenrh penaltyccc e o oor l 3m n d pa ls n tsN. oisrier: havingF.sosesNpo-(Clauses Cis. contravention Tvgaeount sch c te. o ietso n Lrins t Lu e 2om r z. fmothtoßiehnrßeso of f. s T-tTr lines, orders aßsiNn2 RETURNS to be run, their times, &c., as may conduce to the public is 201. for every day it is persisted in. FROM Repeals as much of 3 and 4 Vic., c. 97, as relates to this matter. 83. Repeals as much of 5 and 6 Vic., c. 55, as relates to this matter. 84. Empowers the Commissioners to call for returns from railway companies in relation to fares, charges, receipts, and expenditure ; to numbers, kinds, and salaries of officers ; to rules for the govern. orderca cause e to the te teat eo theinment ; to accidents ; a nd to other matters connected with accounts, manag ement, and concerns of the com ot o rn h in e i s i shisopneeertse inspected p ipa al e s 9; bo B ol s :s, T Bs h c e . i a s cc 2 u o r aLcyf,eorf each c u t u h r n r s e . fu B s 6 a . l T e h r e h penalty for and 201, yer non-compliance diem during its continuance. 15. EXERCISE OF THE COMMISSIONERS' POWERS OF INSPECTION AND INQUIRY.--(Clauses 87 to 97.- 87. The Commissioners may make regulations to guide themselves or officers in inspections and inquiries. 88. The officers of Commissioners are to be conveyed on rail ways free of charge : the company refusing to carry an officer to forfeit 20/. 89. The Commissioners em powered to summon witnesses. 90. The Commissioners and their officers may administer oaths to witnesses, and any person giving false evidence before them is liable to the penalties of perjury. 91. The penalty for refusing to produce documents called for by the Commissioners is 201. 92. Witnesses duly summoned and failing to ap pear to forfeit 5/. 93. The Commissioners may direct the reasonable expenses of witnesses on survey, inspec tion, or inquiry to be paid by the promoters or pro prietors of the railway ; out of a deposit if such have been made, or otherwise to be recovered, as after provided. 94. The expellees of the Commissioners and their efficers, or other persons employed by them, to be paid by the promoters or proprietors of the railway ; the debt to be considered due to the Crown, and the Commissioners' certificate to be conclusive evidence in all Courts. 95. " Inspector-general of railways" in the Acts recited in the pre sent to be construed as meaning any inspector. 96. The appointments, orders, &c., of the Commissioners, are to be signed by their secretary, or some officer ap pointed by them, and thus signed, they are to be re eeived in evidence in all courts. 97. Orders, notices, &c., shall be deemed served on any railway company, if delivered to the secretary, or any clerk, at one of their offices, or put into the post-office addressed to the com pany or their secretary, at one of their offices. 16. BYE-LAWS ON RAILWAY COMPANIES.--(Clauses 98 to 104)-98. Repeals so much of 3 and 4 Vie., c. 97, as relates to this matter. 99. Railway companies are to send copies of their bye-laws to Commissioners when etn required. 100. Failure to comply subjects to a p y of 201., and the like sum for every week th at the default is wilfully continued. 101. No new bye - la ws, after the passing of this Act, are to have force till a llowed by th Commissioners. 102. The Commissioners a re to allow or disallow bye-laws sent to them as soon as p035110:ile; ws un 103. The allowance of bye-laws is to be testified -la so e hand and seal of the Commissioners; and all by enal allowed are to be binding on all persons, and received as evidence in all courts. 104. The Commissioners may disallow existing bye-laws, TIIEREOF.-(Clauses 105 to 109).-105. Repeals as much ~ motsfasyLl so: order dd e2r NEARVie.,any c company RAILWAYS DURING THE 106. The Commissioners, on the application of two jus i the necessary police near the line while p B a o n , yastereplaaytesthteo 107. Any two justices may appoint special constables number not exceeding that mentioned in the Commis sioners'order) along the line, or within two miles ° MAKING same. 108. Any two justices may dismiss such con'h tiles, and appoint others in their stead. 109. Every suc constable is to receive from the company such reasonable. 3 expenses hxiipsse:saeakstistnet of salary as the justices may appoint, and the salary to recoverable by distress. 18. RECOVERY OF FORFEITURES AND • (Clauses 110 to 118).-110. All penalties and made under this Act are to be sued fur and recovereder_ debts due to the Crown; and when incurred b) more e P ach sons than one each shall be deemed due from all " 11 res. to severally. The penalties not being forfeitures the crown may be recovered by summary Pro d, and the before two justices in England and Ireland, of the Sheriff in Scotland. 112. Prescribes the ferns Immediately summary proceedings for recovery. 113. and costa if; on adjudication the amount of the penalty'and Ireland, forfeitures to be levied by distress and sale in England When the ap by poinding and sale in Scotland. half to the one halfover- is to go to the informer, and one o iction is to be seers of tne parish poor. 115. The e- ri nV a schedule ap drawn according to a form contained i under this Act pended to the Act. 116. Proceedings_ plication of penalties is not otherwise provided for crier courts. certiorari or otherwise into any of the su amended or se be 19-(Clause 117). -This Act may led this session. are not to be quashed for want of form or removed by nineß O L I O C , c a l T o . c A k , T a T s E Mt the c . abo D ut " private watchman, Was examining , da a Y lon n g ig w h i t th la t s h t e the new_scrheoott e premises in Elmbank-place, they went into a room whe h private is enclosed round with bricks. On taking out the ashes from the fire-place, he found a large piece of clay which he —O' - l atc l' h il m u a r n s watchman had been in the habit of kind.ling a fire, which beer bottle was an earthenware gingr - - and , concealed, which he broke in pieces, to his astonishment took up and broke, and found un the coating of clay discovered that it had been filled with gunpow der. Had the nian, as he commonly does, kindled the fire . havin g t sto secreted b e hoped lead that f o trbteh perpe trator e p r p u e r -- without takingeaonuntottbhee g a u s e lie se s, t i n ) a lit s l l i t e or c t an ti n m ot e a t ec he ou b n o t t f t o le r would have exploded, and most likelythe have killed him on t he spot. Who the perpetrator guessed i attempt on the poor some men employed about the building, whom he had been Crescent. pose o ors will be found out trator or perpetrators Glasgow a nd punished, as such conduct richly merits.— Post. man's otherwise e l r i W e i se was , than Ties R ivE it PLATE.—FALMOU TII, P E B. 21.—The packet Peterel, Lieutenant. Creser, has arrived here from Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the 12th ult., leaving there the means of d t e a t k e e c n tin a g wa a y s the British ships of war Curacoa Exchange 284. No freight, and not a syllable of news. A man, condemned to death by the Court of Assizes of the Ardeche, has petitioned the Minister of Ju tf to permit him to undergo his punishment by inhaling ce ether, death by such means, he understands, being witho u pain. t We regret to state that M. Gervase Parker Bushe, attache to the British Embassy at Vienna, died in that capi tal on the bth instant of fever. He was only son of the late Gervase Bushe, Esq., of Kilkenny, Ireland, and was ber of the same family to which the late Chief Jus* a mem ber Bushe belonged. OSWESTRY.--SHOCKING DEATH IN T g RE ..,NOW —A. poor man, named William Miller, by t ra d e a . bell-hanger, was yesterday morning discovered in a sunken fence , - Pork ington Park ; his right leg was broken, arid the in features dis figured by vermin. He had not been s een • night, the Bth inst., and, its is supposed, had takensince Monday cut across the park, and, in leaping the f a near fence, broken his leg, and perished through the inclemency Echlowes' Shrewsbury Journal. of the weather.— JOINT- STOCK PROVISION COMPANY A proposal has been issued in Elgin for the establishment Is ELG IN. — a working-men's provision association, establishment of 1,0007., in shares of 20s. By purch • , the capital to be best markets, the promoters expect to asulg bread, and groceries at lower than c I establishment is included for cash in the supply meal, wheat, in the current prices. A baking proposal. A y,nh► rrlet • I jag, laid. On Wi3dnesday wt:ek, • draw up the basis of the society. .11i Si . ., in oi i r i tect a CullllllLtlee LO been successfully carried on in the southar associations have Scotland.—Ross - shin Advertiser. -western counties of Talbot, e, enantdhe work of itended to ws of the oble Lord e a report o accede. isfied with °duce an ,ere were itroduce. o amend- ieeting of ?lings had )vi greater regretted effectual to address and said y and the in a fog :o and the aissionere, :he Com a form to on Sugar !Isea Pen- [LL. s Bill vra EMENT ort of Oil till that I give no tentiou of o the lair clause ►n :h I%larch same dal, dieney 0' intentio p ii forras ui , n re f the Es" coney es' the PO : rn, An d xpended gee , loco" revions to Ton. Col. v him the ny betwee p ne Court, ne year. erruptino meile the at public; h he bi d of deaths :e the lit If Ireland at a pro , I s t and econinr or hiring ention of y re , U! n9 ler of ur 11 be laid corres he stepi ie inten asure for or'whe ght alter nred for se3sion, the new .ntion of o enable) of 06! Ather it a o f the at there but be anent to part of Ict. 6 0 1e1: 0. spectlg Ireland. n 'y truth ..tablisb a woola iible to h° Ir lea° dty ae rice be tenti °P le 1113- clacing Noe , he O il ! de, it Ile t'; Tole r "' a n or ito OVERLAND MAIL FROM CALCUTTA. (From the Herald.) We have just received, by extraordinary express, our files of papers from Calcutta, of the 7th of January; Bombay, 15th February; and China, 26th December. We subjoin extracts : (From the Bombay Times of Jan. 15.) SUIDIARY.—One of those sudden alternations from peace to war and war to peace—from a period of excitement to one of apathy and repose, so characteristic of oriental history— has once more thrown on our hands a home dispatch almost wholly devoid of interest. The treaty with the Seikhs, given in our last, was duly ratified betwixt Dhuleep Singh and the Governor-General on Christmas-day; and the two august per sonages just named were again to meet at. Lahore on New Year's-day. Four Seikh corps are being raised, to form, with other troops, a frontier brigade at Peshawur, under command of Captain Lawrence, of the 11th cavalry. Orders have been issued for the reduction of the Sinde field force by about seven thousand men, these to consist of two European and five native infantry regiments, one of cavalry, and five batteries of artillery. These are chiefly withdrawn from Kurrachee. The frontier force has been strengthened, and there will remain behind from fourteen to seventeen thousand men, regular and irregular to do duty. The excess of ex penditure over revenue, which in 1846 is supposed to have amounted to nearly two millions, will probably be reduced to what, according to the Parliamentary returns, it appears to have been in 1844-45—considerably upwards of a mil lion. Sir C. Napier has been raised to the rank of Lieu tenant-General, and attached to the staff of India. No Commander-in-Chief having been appointed for Bombay, Sir T. M'Mahon, who had taken out his passage by the steamer which leaves a fortnight hence, has been prevailed on to remain for the present in command. Rumour affirms that the Court of Directors and Horse Guards are at issue on the subject.—From Caubul we learn that Akbar Khan, having in vain endeavoured to persuade his father, Dost Ma homed, from having anything to say to the vakeel deputed to his court by the Governor-General, had, through sheet wantonness, proceeded to and plundered a village near Charekar. Our vakeel was ordered to request of the old Ameer to use his best endeavours to have liberated and sent to India all those of the late Caubul army who might be in captivity either in his own dominions or those of surrounding countries. The Nawaub Ameer, Mahomed Khan, the instigator of the late disturbance in the province of Bhopal, together with two sons engaged with him in the insurrectionary movement, have been ordered to be imprisoned in the strong hill fortress of Asseerghur. The affairs of the Nizam's dominions are again relapsing into their former deplorable condition, and will continue to do so unless our Resident is •.authorised to interfere more in them than heretofore. Fresh •disturbances have broken out among the Khonds of Goom ,soor, consequent on the measures pursued by our agent for the suppression of the barbarous sacrifices of human beings periodically performed by them. The town of Madras has lately been visited by cholera, but at the latest dates it was ,on the decline. The country, with this exception, is healthy throughout, and the weather cool and agreeable. The Commander-in• Chief of India was present at the ,ceremony of the ratification of the new Lahore treaty at Bhairoowall on the 25th of December. It has not appeared whether his Lordship accompanies the Governor .General to Lahore, or returns to the provinces. The battle ,of Ferozeshah was celebrated with spirit in his camp on the 22d. The Hon. Mr. Thomason, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, quitted Neemnch for Indore on the :28th ult. The Marquis of Tweeddale returns to Madras on :the 18th instant. Mr. George Russell Clerk, our new Go v Timor, is expected at Bombay about the 24th. He in tt 2nded to proceed from Calcutta to Ceylon by the steamer E lindostan ; and the Hon. Company's steam-frigate Auck -1 isind has been dispatched thither to bring him up. The 13 :on. Mr. Reid and family quit Parell to make way for him of i the 20th. A ball in their honour is at present in contem pt ation, The whole of her Majesty's 17th, and part of The r Majesty's 86th, have returned to Bombay from Sinde ; 'the former shortly leaves for England. DEATHS IN THE ARMY. Casualties by death in the armies of India reported since t 1 ,e departure of the mail of 2d January:— H. M. Troops—Major G. Weston, 14th Dragoons, at Rom 'bt ty, on the 3d Jan. ; Captain A. Carey, 63d Foot, at Poona m alee, on the 20th Dec. Bombay—Lieut. T. Burd, 9th Regt., at Ghaut Kupper, on thy+ 31st Dec. ; Lieut. W. C. Outhwaite, Artillery, at sea, on hos rd the Malabar, on the 6th Jan. 2 ladras—Captain R. Farquhar, 28th Regt., at sea, on the 2d Sept.: Brevet Captain W. M. Wahab, 44th Regt., at Dos übay, on the 21st Dec. I engal—Lieut. L. A. Maclean, 67th Regt., at Delhi, on the 24t, h Dec. ; Brevet Major C. E. Mills, Artillery, at Umballa, on the 29th Dec.; Assistant-Surgeon M. A. B. Gerrard, at Dios apore, on the 17th Dec. ; Lieut. C. B. Tulloch, 12th Red ;t., at Lahore, on the 27th Dec. ; Lieut. Vallings, , at Jullundur, on the 22d Dec. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE BOMBAY MARKET. (- From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) tOItBAY, JAIL 15, 1847.—The market for imports has bet n unusually languid during the past fortnight. No change in :prices can be quoted, but neither have there been transac tio tis to any extent. There is still no appearance of Mar wt r,rrie purchasers in the market. letaLs—ln these no sales whatever are reported to us ex cels t one of Raised Bottoms at rs. 60i per cwt. Quotations otls erwise are stationary. Cotton Manufactures—Few sales, as we have just remarked, ha ure been effected of Cotton goods since the departure of the last mail. The state of the Manchester Market, as reported by the last advioes, is such as to make holders very reluctant to realise at the prices now current her e; and while purchasers are offering daily lower and tom er, the continued advices of advance in the English ma rkets dispose sellers to look for a result quite the reverse n anticipation which is confirmed by a knowledge of the eh* ck given to production in the manufacturing districts, by - the "short time" movement (which many are of opinion was old become general during the winter months), thus sty , engthening the chances of a very material enhancement of th t cost of next season's imports, and warranting the expec tic; ions that a little firmness on this side would even now have a itrenefictal effect on prices. Cotton Yarns.—ln these the following sales are reported : —;No. 20, 4,5001 b. at 6% annas per lb. No. 30, 4,5001 b. at 1„ ditto. No. 4 0 , 2, 0001 b. at 8 ditto. No. 50 , 9001 b. at 9% ditto. 'Wootsatas.—No sales reported, nor is there any alteration in the quotation of prices. :BEER. - 50 hhds of " Allsop" have been sold at 65 rs. per hl Id. There is a good inquiry for this brand, and the stock of it in importers hands is exhausted. Nothing but " Bass" rez nains. Quotations : Allsopp Rs. 65 ; Bass Rs. 50. We het ye also heard of a sale of 25 hhds. of ilodgson's Pale Ale, at. Rs. 60 per hhd. Spirits—We are informed of a sale of 18 hhds. of Brandy at: Rs. 3i per gallon. Quotations otherwise are for the most part nominal. Marine Stores—No sales, and quotations stationary. Saffron—The stock in hand of this article appears to be of inferior quality, of which a sale of 1301 b. at rs. 7 per lb. h. t.s been reported to us. Cochineal—ls quoted at rs. 44 per lb., being an advance ola last quotation of 4 annas ; no sales reported. EASTERN PRODUCE. Cotton—This market has been- in a very excited state si ince the receipt of the last accounts from England, but the great rise in freight has alone checked the upward ten d ency of prices, The cotton now in the market is, h owever, all inferior, notwithstanding which purchases h t:ve been made at an advance of fully five per cent. on p revious rates, or, taking the quality of what remains into &mount, of probably ten per cent. or more. The rise in freight of itself is equal to an increase of the cost of the article of nearly id. per lb. There is now very little left for a tie of last seasons crop, and the earliest arrival of the new c annot be looked for before the end of next month. Con ti acts for it—Oemrawuttee at 85 rs. per candy, and Broach at 9 5 rs. —are being negotiated. Quotations, therefore, stand thus : _ Broach and Jumbooseer Surat Dhollera 76 /7 Oomrawuttee 79 „ Barsee 74 „ Compta Coffee—We have heard of something doing in this, but hstve had no sales reported. Opium—This article has declined in price owing to the unfavourable accounts from China ; purchases have been made at 1,115 to 1,135 rm.., but buyers now refuse to give more than. 1,100 rs., which may be considered the market value of the day. Much difficulty is experienced in testing the genuineness of the article now often brought into the market here. Wool—The rise in freights appears to have checked pur chaites in this article, and stock is accumulating, with a slight tendency to decline in prices. Freights—These to Great Britain have risen greatly since last mail left; first to 5/. per ton, then to 51.55., at which they may now be quoted. Quotations to China remain at 10 to 12 rs. per candy nominal. MONEY-MARKET. This remains easy, but the distrust prevailing in connexion with the - late opium speculations has not yet entirely sub sided. Subscriptions to the Government Five per Cent. Loan have been so liberal as to lead to the anticipation that it will soon be closed. The rates of discount and interest charged by the Bank are reduced as follows : Discou NT. On Government bills On private bills at or within three months.— 8 ditto . .11-rrisnEsT. On cash credit accounts and loans on deposit of Government securities ... 7 ditto. On fixed loans for three months on deposit of ditto On loans on bu11i0n........ .......... 7i ditto. On loans on good 8 ditto. And a further decline in these rates is looked for. The following are the quotations of loans:- 5 per cent. loan of 1825.26 ...... Rs.lo4i 4 Do. ... do. ... 1823-33 ..... " 94 ... do. ... 1835- 36 ...... " 87 4 Do. 5 Do. ... do. ... 18 41-42 4 Do. ... do. ... 1842-43 EXCHANGE continues to decline, and is now quoted at Is. 1 lid. to 2s. per rupee for bills at six months' sight, and there are many buyers at the latter rate, though, since the departure of last mail, t r ansactions have had effect at 2s. d. ' to 2s. id. • C a lcutta, 6 0 days' sight, 93i ; Madras, 99i to par; and China continues firm, at 208 rs. to 210 rs. per 100 dollars. Bank Shares are as follow : Bank of Bombay Rs.39 to 40 per cent. premium. Or i en t a l Bank, Old Shares ~ 29 Do. Do. New d 0.... 25 Agra Bank ........ ~ 50 --Exclusive of the bonus divi. sible on 30th June, 1847, of 40 rs. per share. Commercial Bank, 10 per cent. PRICE OF BULLION. S o vereigns, each Rs. 11 2 0 Bank of England notes, per £ 10 8 0 CALCUTTA MONEY-MARKET. CALCUTTA, JAN. 7. Our money market is more lively than at the date of our last overland summary. Government securities are very steady, but with a ten. dency to advance. Exchange is brisk at 2s. d. at ten months' date. Com mercirl matters generally are dull. CHINA. CANTON, DEC. 26, 1816. Affairs, in a commerci a l p o i n t of view, are gloomy. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out Oi;horaeback, yes :erday morning, in Claremont Park. He'r Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, left Claremont at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, for town, escorted by a party of the 12th Lancers. Thei r R oya l High nesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and the Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro ; the Lord in Waiting, the Earl of Morton ; the Master of the Household, Major General Bowles •, the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey; and the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, followed in four carriages and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal party arrived at Buckingham Palace at twenty-five minutes be fore five o'clock, escorted by a party of Lancers. Her Ma jesty and her Royal Consort were received at the Palace by the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Listowel, Lord George Lennox, Colonel the Hon. C. B7Phipps, Sir Edward Cod rington, and Captain Francis Seymour. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent dined with her Majesty and her Royal Consort last evening, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, honoured Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at his Excellency's residence in Grosvenor-place. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, visited and inspected the Caledonian Asylum on Monday. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gave Mr. Dalton a sitting for the completion of his portrait yesterday. The Royal Duke is represented in the robes of the most noble Order of the Garter over a field marshal's uniform. Senor de Toro, the 'Venezuelan Minister, had an inter view with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Hatherton, Mr. Beckett, M.P.. and a number of de legates of various canal companies, including Messrs. Rhodes, Wilson, Hordern, Cradock, Marchant, and M. C. Allan, and Mr. Craig (engineer), had an interview with the Right Hon, Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways on the subject of the impropriety of allowing railway companies to have any control over canals. Lord Monson had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dr. Lindley had an interview with Sir George Grey yes erday, at the Home-office. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Imlay).ay 23. Srock ExcHANGE.—The sales 'aro —Ambergate and Eastern Junc tion, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % p.— Birmingham and Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—Buckinghamshire, 11 s. 3d. p.—East Lancashire, New, 2% p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 265. 3d. p.—East Lincolnshire, 2X p.—Bud. dersfleld Canal and Railway, 3% p.—Lancaster and Preston, 10% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Extension (green), % p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2 1 4 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2N. p.—London and North-Western, New, Quarters, 12' p.—London and York, % p.— Manchester and Leeds 321. Shares (late Extension), 2% p.—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2,221 i ox div.— Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—North British, 35 —Ditto, Thirds (scrip), 3% p.— Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 2 dis.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham 151. 7s. 9d. Shares (A), 1% p.—Ditto, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), % p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 38—Ditto, New, No. 4,13 s. 9d. p.—South Staffordshire, % p.—Ditto, Trent Valley Midland and Grand Junction, % p.—Newry and Warren point, % p. 1847. 3IANCHX,STER, FEBRUARY 23. STocx EXCITANGE.—The sales are—.Ambergate, Nottingham, and I Boston, par—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—East Lan, cashire, 2% c. p.—llitto, New (scrip), I p.— Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.—lluddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 32%—Ditto, 3% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preferentials, 1% p.— London and North-Western, 185—Ditto (Manchester, and Birming ham), Quarters (B), 644 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (H. and 8.), 4% p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 3 p.—Ranches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 97—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln shire), 20s. dis.—Manchester aad Southampton, 11-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 5-16 p.—North Staffordshire and Churnet Valley Junction, 2 p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4% p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 7-16 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), % p.—Shropshire Union, % dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % c. p.—South Staffordshire, Trent Valley Midland, % p.— South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 5-16 p.—West Riding Union, 1 13.16 p. LEEDS, FEBRUARY 23. STOCK Excasxoa.—The sales are—Ainbergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2s. 6d. p.— Eastern Counties, York Extension, 10s. p.—East Lancashire, New, 21. Is. c. p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 265. p.—East and West Yorkshire, le. c. p.—Great Northern (late London and York), 3s. 6d. n. p. —Ditto (late Direct Northern), 3s. 6d. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, Thirds, 245. n. p.—Leeds and Thirsk,l% dis.—Ditto, New, 10s. die.—Ditto, Preference, 275. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Hud. and Sheff.), 4 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 6% c. p.—Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions, 21i p.—Ditto, Halves (late Walt. P. and G.),9 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 14s. 6d. n. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Great Grimsby and Sheffield), Extensions, 80s. dis.—North British, Thirds, 2% p.—Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 455. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 16s. p. —North Staffordshire, 31. 6s. n. p.—Northern Counties Union, 245. n. die.—North-Western, Bs. 6d. p.—west Riding Union, 365. 6d. p. —York and Newcastle (late New. and Dar. June.), 11% p. ex div.— Ditto, Preference, 41 1 ls. 3d. c. p. HULL, FEBRUARY 23. STOCK ExcuANoE.—The sales are —London and Blackwell, New, No. 2,20 s. p.—North British Quarters, 87s.—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston._4 Manchester and Southampton, 1%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYr E, FEBRUARY 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are —East Lancashire, New, 255. p. --Great Northern (late London and York), Reg., p.—New castle and Carlisle, New, 1314 p.— North British, Thirds, 54s.—D1tto, Quarters, 2% p.--York and Newcastle, Extensions, 6% p.—York and North Midland ( East and West Riding), 11% p. EDINBURGH, Fiiausiti22. STOCK EXCHANOE..-The sales are-Aberdeen, 231.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 41. ls.- Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, half Shares, 15!. 55.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/.. 65.-Caledonian, 271.-Ditto, New, 21. 9s. 6d. - Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2!. Bs.-Clydesdale Junction, 39% 55.-Deeside, 31 55.-Direct Northern, 2/. 14s. 6d.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 451. ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 30!. ex div.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 271. ex div. -Dundee and Perth, 351.-Ditto, New, 20/. 10s.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 41. 10s.-East of Fife, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh alto Bathgate, 5!. 10s.--Edinburgh and 771.-Ditto, Half Shares, 20:. 17a. 6d. -Ditto, Quarter Shares. 19, 2s. fal. -Edinburgh, Leith and Granton, 19/. 55.-Idtte, Preference, 20/. IN.-Edinburgh and Nortiern, 16/ 153.-Ditto, New Shares, 31. 195.-Ditto, New port, 51. 125.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 138.-Edinburgh and Perth (Old) 11. 18s.- Ditto (New), 21. I Is. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 65/.- Ditto, New Stoci, 341.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 71. 155.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. Is. 6d.-Glas gow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 168.-Glasgew and Garnklrk, 361.- Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 19/. -Ditto, New, W.-Ditto, Preference, 81. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 61. 65.-Great North of England, 2371.- 1 -Great North of Scotland, 21. Is.-London and York, 3/. Its. 6d.-Manchester anti Leeds, 1051.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 321. lbs.-North British, 35/. 75.6d.-Ditto, Halves, 171. 10s.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 13s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 41. 7s. 6d -Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 1/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Scot tish Central, 221.-Scottish Grand Junction, 11. Is. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 221. lbs.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 17s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 95.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 15e. ex div.-Yorl, and Newcastle, 361. IN.-Ditto, New, 111. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 61.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d.-East Indian, Bs. 6d.- Great North of India, 3s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 3s. 6d. -Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 25. GLASGOW, FEBRUARY 22. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, FEB. 22, 1847. The n ue ,, , n has been pleased to nominate, const i tute, and appoint John Mackenzie Lindsay, Esq., writer to the Si gnet to be one of the Ordinary Clerks of Session in Scotland, i n th e room of Macvey -N apier, Esq., deceased. citt, l / 4 0WN-OFFICE, FEB. 22. MEMBER RETURNEr, TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARMA. MENT. Towx OF GALWAY: --James Henry Monahan, of the city of Dublin, Esq., in the 1 -oorri of Sir Valentine Blake, Bart. deceased. Royal Regiment of Artillery'- - FirsLieutenantOFFlCE OF ORIA TANCE, FEB. 23. Artillery'--First Thomas Cromie Lyle to be Second CaptaPi, vice Morritt, deceased; , Second Lieutenant Edmund John Cat thew to be First Lieu tenant, vice Lyle, Feb. 1. Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenik't of Gloucester. Revel Gloucestershire Regiment of Hti:ear Yeomanry Cavalry. —Henry Wilmot Charleton, Esq., to be Supernu merary Major, without pay, Feb. 19, 1847. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12. The following promotions have this day taken plat*. Tn" sequent upon the death of Vice-Admiral of the Blue William • Young -- Reqr-Admiral of the Red Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., to, be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., 0.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue James Robert Philips to be fir- Admiral of the White. ,• ADMIRALTY, FEB. 19. The following promotions have this day taken plate, 'con sequent upon the death of Admiral of the White Sir Wli loughby Thomas Lake, K C.B. : Admiral of the Blue the Right lion. John Lord Cohille to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Robert Honyman to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice• Admiral of the White Zachary Mudge to be Vice- Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue, Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red, Samuel Butcher to be Vice-Ad miral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White, Sir John Louis, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Pringle Stoddart to be Rear-Ad miral of the White. OFFICE OF THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS, Somerset House, London, Feb. 23, 1847. . . . This is to give notice, that the Poor-law Commissioners did, on the 17th day of February instant, in pursuance of the powers given to them by an Act, passed in the session held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of her Aajesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Act to con tinue, until the 31st day of July, 1847, and to the end of the then next sessicn of Parliament, the Poor-law Commission, and for the further amendment of the laws re- Toting to the poor in England," and with the consent of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and with the approval of the Right Hon Sir George Grey, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, appoint Wales Christopher Hotson, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, to be Assistant-Commissioner, for the period of 30 days from the said 17th day of February instant, for the purpose of con ducting a special inquiry into the accounts of the Weymouth Union ; and that the said Wales Christopher Hotson did, on this 23d of February, take the oath required by the said Aet, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Coltman, one of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at his chambers, in Rolls'-gardens, Chancery-lane, London. EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Lightfoot, grocer, Nottingham. BANKRUPTS. George Thomas Day, civil engineer, Commercial-road, Pimlico, to surrender, March 4, at two, and April 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Grainger, Bucklersbury. William Parnell, clothier, Blackfriars-road, Surrey,March 5, at two, and April 8, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane Loughborough, Austin- friars. Robert Wright, timber-merchant, Coppice-row, Clerken well, March 8, at eleven, and April 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street; Richardson, Coleman-street. Jonathan Rogers, shoemaker, Norwich, March 4, at half past twelve, and April 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London ; Maples and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Woods, Great Yarmouth. Edward Smith, cheesemonger, Brentwood, Essex, March 5, at half-past one, and March 27, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman bury; Linklater, Leadenball-street. John William Harvey, grocer, Ottery Saint Mary, Devon, March 9 and 31, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Harris, Lincoln's-inn. John Naismith, perfumer, Bradford, March 9 and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, Leeds, official assignee; Nethersole, New-inn, London ; Foster, Bradford; Harle and Clarke, Leeds. George Hirst, woolstapler, Halifax, March 9, and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as ,ignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, Wavill, Halifax ; Courtney, Lee Is. John Bailey, joiner, Stalybridge, March 6, and April 1, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Reed and Longford, Friday-street; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Pierre Calliet, leather dresser, Manchester, March 8 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Barlow and Aston, Manchester. James Beal, wholesale confectioner, Manchester, March 9. and 26, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tids well, Manchester. John Fitzhugh, tailor, Nottingham, March 5 and April 9• at eleven at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston officialassignee,Nottingham; Parsons, solicitors, Nottingham DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Parsons, edge-tool manuacturer, Wolverhampton—first liv. of 2 1 / d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. W. Pattinson, merchant, Liverpool—second div. of _%d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. /31rd, Liverpool. C. Hall, merchant, Liverpool—second div. of % i d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. S. More, wine merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 5 1 ,4 d. in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. W. Worrall and R. Williamson, merchants, Liverpool-- fifth div. of 1-16th of a penny in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. . - E. Hopewell and A. Thacker, outfitters, Leadenhall-street, March 12, at one—J. 0. Palmer, music seller, Liverpool, March 17, at two—W. Allen, stationer, Wheeler-street, Spitaltields, March 16, at half-past twelve—J. Morris, leather seller, Crown-street, Finsbury, March 16, at twelve— W. W. Coleman, provision merchant, Southampton, March 16, at one—G. Bowtle, bricklayer, Finchingfield, Essex, March 18, at eleven. In the Country. R. C. Lloyds, painter, Liverpool, March 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Gill, corn merc h an t, War rington, Lancashire, March 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—S. Roggett, ironfounde ,r Blackburn, Lan cashire, March 16, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court—T. Royle, muslin manufacturer, Lancashire, March 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—T. Lowis, hosier, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 18, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Botcherby, coal owner, Darlington, Durham, March 16, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—T. Rogers, surgan dentist, Bradford, Yorkshire, March 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. C. Oxtoby, coal merchant, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, March 17, at ten, at the Town-hall, Hull —R. Nicholls, jun., bookseller, Birmingham, March 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Ford, hosier, Birmingham, March 20, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court—S. and T. Ross, hosiers, Leicester, March 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—E. Bartlett, publican, Bristol, March 16, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court—G. Trimble, grocer, Liverpool, March 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—A. Dale, butcher, Liverpool. March 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Mountain, builder, Yorkshire, March 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. Alderson, grocer, Bowling:Yorkshire, March 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court—W. Broadhead, cloth drawer, Leeds, March 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—R. Senior, filesmith, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, March 19, at ten, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Hunter, coach manufacturer, Gray's Inn-lane, March 17—T. H. Beal, grocer, Wingham, Kent, March 17— W. Johnson, builder, Hampstead, March 17—P. ,Garbanatit carver and gilder, Woolwich, March 17—E. and J. Raine, carpet manufacturers, Barnard Castle, Durham, March 18— J. Davis. hosier, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, March 19—J. Hudson, lace manufa c t urer , N o t t i ng h am , arch 19—G. C. Bignell, stock jobber, Leeds, March 16—A. Dawn, draper, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, March 19—M. Burton and B. Shaen, cotton spinners, Manchester, March 1 6 —E. Bryant , merchant Lime-street-square, City, March 16—L. and C. vi Wood, rilson,bcu.ilKde.rvira, perN h I L 6 i — ve T r. . a ilson, and vv lk . , Wilson,i Bermondsey, nen d r M a March pool, Mareh 16—J. Hayward and D. Ada m, b ooksellers, Paternoster-row, March 16—T. Anderton , farmer, Yardley, Worcestershire, March 16—C. Burgess, coachmaker, Ran-le gate, March 16—H. Peers, builder, Birkenhead, Cheshire, March 16. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. shire— A. Ripley, C. Thorp, and B. Wild, dyers, Willa m+ fu- White, G. Barraclough, and Yorkshire . J. Sykes and W. Jefferson, silversmiths, Wakefiel ß d r , o r mi or e k y : as regards G. Barraclough)—R. Darling, H. Durham --J• Dobson and Chariton, merchants, Hartlepool, facturers of pyroligneous acid, Rawmarsh, H Y . W. Gray, cloth IRVloce"sehodfYawle-an-igdjb.St...4. e brokers, Leeds—J. and jams, hatters, W. Burland, share dge and W. B. . finishers, Leeds—W. R. Cam.' S. • A . Emblin, ironmongers, Ire (so far Prior, tailors, Holloway—J. Bristol—W. Taylor and J. ,rner, and J. Tweddel, paper ° T k aylor, and T. v Li i v n e t, rpo j o . l— R J ic . (so far as regards J. Richardson) manufacturers , Gateshead merchants, Manchester-4'. —G. Webster and T. Johnson, . . B n ham—W. Chadwick, k and J. Chadwick, cotton spinners, T. Chadwick, J. Chadwick, ha ß rdso ll n ii . 1 and d 3 R7 Birmingham—W. brokers, Man chester—J. Sherborn and J. Sams, Italian warehousemen, and J. Moores, jun., builders, I cca dily—J. and G. Hallett, common carriers, Newport, J R 3 o u .p t e le i r oa , ores, w nd ea ' v L e . rs' Ros i Manchester —T. Sadler, juu., and F. Bennett, she G o . well-street-road—J. Cook and J. Maple, draperZTottenham court-road—S. Birks and' E. Whally, tile manufacturers. Fenton, Staffordshire—J. Gill, J. Mirfin, P. Claussen, T. Leeds r — y— J. C. N4 C 'h o i l t v e p lo e c r k an an d d J. H T . ivPeorr, wine merchants, m at e t r o ch rn a e n y t s, B Burnell, and W. S. Fitzwilliarn, manufacturers of knitted A go ld od er s 'm saidtlo u Houghton, ocni,eavneidanCei. Cleveland)—C. u Tullu gh t 3 o , n a , n C d i t3 lt ' v ( . so j . fa N r v a o s o d iregardsfieid, shipth a Bath—G. Houghton, W. Cleveland, H. Houghton, G. brokers, Suuderland—ll. Cruickshank and G. M'Leod, brewers, Kensington, Lancashire—C. and R. S. Strickland, chocolate manufacturers, Gibson-street, Waterloo-road—J. W. Barton and J. Butterworth, cotton dealers, Manchester —W. and A. Al'Crae, drapers, Richmond—W. J. and J. Clough, corn millers, Leeds—J. B. Smith, T. Smith, J. Smith, W. Woodcock, and E. Hardcastle, merchants, Man chester—J. Rushby and W. Slaney, coal merchants, East Retford, Nottinghamshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Maxwell, tailor, Glasgow, Feb. 27 and March 19, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Wright, Glasgow. Hugh O'Neil, spirit merchant, Glasgow, March 2, and March 23, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Young, Glasgow. Robert Norris wine merchant, Hutchisontown of Glasgow. March 1 and March 22, at twelve, at the Ake of Mr. Young, Glasgow. James 111'Kenzie, shoemaker, Dundee, March 8 and iilarch 24, at out, at the office of Mr. Flowerdew, Dundee. William Jamie, coal master, Glasgow, Feb. 26 and March 19, at one, at the counting-house of G. Esplin, Esq., ,Glasgow. STOCK Exonstrox.—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway, 45s Direct Bombay and Madras, 4s.—Direct Northern scrip, 545. 6d.- Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 3, 41. 16s. /M.—Dundee and Perth, 34)(—Ditto, Now, 211.—East of Fife, 595. 6d.—East Lothian Central, 48s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Bathgate, s%—Edinburgh and l'erth, Now, 15s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 661.—Ditto, HalTes, No. 2, 91.—Glasgow, Dumfries, anti Carlisle, 6/. 4s.—Great southern of Madras, 3s.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 345. 6(1. Manchester and Southampton, 22a. 6d.—Midland, halves, 51. 19s.— North British, New Quarters (scrip), 28s.—Scottish Central, 221. SALMON FISHINGS.—For the last ten days the salmon fishings in the North have not been so productive as at the same period of last year. The fishermen ascribe this to the snow-water that continues pouring into our rivers, and which the proud salmon have no relish to taste; consequently prefer sojourning for a short time in the mighty ocean. A gentleman in London, who wrote on the 15th instant, says that the same cause as the above has hitherto prevented any supply from the Dutch rivers, and up to that date only fourteen salmon arrived from that quarter. The following is the number of salmon taken upon our principal northern stations, since the Ist instant: Lochness and its tributaries, from 50 to 60 ; the Beauly, 7 ; the Conon cruive fishings, 7 ; Chanonly Point and adjacent stations, 110 ; the Shin, 2—being almost close since the com mencement. Very little as yet has been done on the Find horn and Spey. However, the fishermen are still sanguine of a good fishing throughout the rest of the season.—Ross shire Advertiser. THE POWDER MAGAZINE AT KETHAM —A report is in very current circulation, that the Ordnance authorities purpose removing the powder from the magazines at Key ham Point, to what are Galled the temporary depots, within the lines. We should be sorry to create any unnecessary alarm, but the subject is of so - much importance to the inha bitants, that it would be a great dereliction of duty on our part if we did not inform them generally of the fact, that the necessary steps may be taken to prevent, if possible, the exposure of their lives and property to a casualty much to be dreaded. The effect of the explosion at Kinterbury must be fresh in the recollection of most of our readers. On this oc casion only forty barrels exploded, while we are informed there are no fewer than 18,000 barrels in the stores at Key bam,with the estimated contents of I,6oo,ooolbs.—Devonpor: Telegraph. SHORT-TIME IN THE FACTORIES OF GLASGOW.— We are informed that during the present week a number of the power-loom factory employers of Glasgow and suburbs have put their workmen upon short time—some of them working only during day-light. This, we believe, is occa sioned by dullness of trade and is a matter of no little con cern to those engaged in this description of business. We are also authorised to state that manufacturing business gene rally in Glasgow is in a more depressed state than it has been for several years previous.—Glasgow Post. THERMOGENIC DRAWIN G.—A scientific friend has favoured us with the following ingenious mode of trans ferring the forms of natural objects or the patterns on ribbons to paper:—Saturate common writing paper with porter, coffee mixed with sugar and cream, or a solution of achill. then place the objects whose form is to be transferred on the prepared paper and expose them to the action of the sun's rays or those of a common fire. Various other solntions may be used for the same purpose, as bichromate of potash, yellow chromate of potash, &c. When figured satin ribbons are saturated with such solutions, and exposed to the sun's ray's, the raised patterns are given in beautiful relief in a lighter tint of the same colour as the ground. The prin• ciple is capable of a very extended application.—Liverpool Journal. r ADVERTISEMENT.) —DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION RELIEVED, No. 39, ALBERMAILLE-ITHEZT, PIOCADILLY. —Sent into the country free by post. —Newly inv en te d i a n co se us rt t e i d c tubes,n theextreme by file d ettft neareste ss t w e h a e r n . ear fe c r an r n ell et ef be perceived ef observer— they are entirely different from all others, and are the In th their widest part; they may be securely adjusted ee hear ing instruments constructed —measuring only a quarter sm of im es inch in general conversation, and to hear most Per sons are enabled to join in gen unob served. air removed therefrom with as great ease and facility. distinctly in a place of worship, &c., and what should be greatly considered, a natural expansion of the cavity of the ear is preserved —a thickening or contraction of which in many instances is par tially the cause of deathess—and by their use the unpleasant sen sation of singing noises in the ears is entirely obviated. Also im proved hearing trumpets of every description. Immediately the newly-invented spectacle lenses are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomes clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also the most powerful achromatic telescopes, opera glasses, and microscopes. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians' arc not in any way connected with a person of the sam e name ill their immediate neighbourhood , nor in any part of the country. To re mistakes, be cautious, and observe—only to be b a d at 39, Albep\n roia ' r e ie t . 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