The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-11 00:00:00

PATENT MILE INDEX. A simple and ingenious contrivance for measuring and indicating the distance travelled by wl.eel carriages, NI been invented by Mr. Voullster, a gentleman con nected with the Engineering College at Putney. The in strument is applicable to all carriages, but the special °l) ject of the invention is to supply the passcn_:(l - hi a cab with a perfect check on the distance actually tra - felled, an d consequ e n tly against overcharge by the delver. The instrument may be described thus :—A piano -spiral rotator is concealed within the hoop (,f the nave of one of the bind wheels, and gives action to a shaft or small rod of iron , a hich is carried horizontally beady as far as the opposite wheel. At this point a nuiversal joint connects the horizontal with a vertical rod, *high latter continues the action into the body of the carriage under the seat. Here two or three wheels give %%ion to a suitable shaft or chain, which is concealed between the panels of one side of the carriage, and ter rainates near the roof in a dial-plate provided with two faces, one inside for the use of the passenger, and the other °lnside, in which the driver and his fare can together note the position of the hands before the latter steps into tae cab. Both dials have exactly the face of a clock , b ein g rnished with an hour and a minute hand, and hours, kalf-hours, and minutes , are indicated on the dial pre- Veely as in the ordinary time-piece. As the hands per ;Orna the circuit of the dial, the divisions of hours, half ;lours, and minutes correspond exactly with the miles, nltif-miles, and fractions of a mile actually traversed by the vehicle. Thus if the dials indicate 20 minutes past 12 When the passenger enters the cab, he will know that he bas travelled exactly a mile when the dial within Points to 20 minutes past 1; a mile and a half when it Points to 10 minutes to 2 ; two miles when it arrives at 20 minutes past 2; two miles and a half at 10 minutes to 8 ; three miles at 20 minutes past 3, and so en. A small Circle within the dial face, with a pointer answering to the second-hands of a watch, enables the owner of the carriage to satisfy himself as to the total number of s illies which the vehicle has travelled in any given o- Period. ra Id The simplicity and convenience of adopting , as t he mode of indicating the distance traversed , the a 11 of a clock, with the reading of which every on e is iarailiar, needs no comment. The public can at once it avail themselves of the invention, without having to is learn its use. The instrument is perfect for its purpose, is it is accurate to a nicety in its working. is easily read ie Off t is so simple in its construction, that it cannot be it easily put out of order, and is neither cumbersome nor gunsightly—indeed it is scarcely visible at all when the carriage is in motion. The actual working of the in s- Struinent has been tested, with the most perfect success ; :d it has been fitted to a Brougham carriage, which has :d travelled several hundred miles over the worst pavements o- in the metropolis, in all weathers and at different speeds, )- so that there can be no doubt as to the efficiency of the instrument for the purposes to which it is applicable. It le gives the passenger in a cab a perfect check on over- Ld charge, and the proprietor the means of knowing the amount of mileage actually performed. Is The application of this really useful ' invention to le cabs will be a great public accommodation. The spa -18 tern of overcharge practised by the drivers of cabs is ie A too notorious to require any comment. T here can be toe no doubt that if cabmen would be conte nt with their legal fare, and would receive the same with civility, :d many persons who are deterred by fear of altercation in With the drivers from riding in cabs at all, would avail themselves of the accommodation which a cab affords, K 1 and of those who do ride, most would ride a great deal of more. In fact, the custom would be doubled at least, re Ladies are almost excluded from the use of cabs—they of mostly prefer the inconvenience of an omnibus to the risk ili of insult by a cabdriver. Thus there is a large class le of the community whose custom is at present with ke held, but would, if given, afford a very conside rable increase of employment. Individual drivers to are , not very likely to adopt the Patent Mile Index ; it 11 Will militate too much against what they imagine to be of their interests. Even if one or two of the class should st have sense enougn to see that just fares and fair treat ment will induce a custom which will be amply remu nerative, they would be unable to keep way against the x abuse and violence of their class. It is only by a public x Company taking up . the invention, and forcing it (if we may use the expression) into the cab market, that there d Is any likelihood of the public receiving the benefit of ;sa it. We observe with much pleasure in our advertising a columns the proposal for forming a company, having for t- its special object the application of the Patent Mile i is Index to London cabs. We refer to the " Patent Mile La Index Carriage Company." The undertaking bears :r ':: 3 11 its face the stamp of respectability, and it is put forward in so honest a manner, and with such a total absence of anything like jobbing that rt the promoter will deserve success with the public. The of undertaking embraces beside the application to cabs of Y the patent mail index, the improvement of cab con tl Yoyance by furnishing to the public a superior equipage •• With a better class of drivers ; the reduction of fare to tt 6d., through the medium of mile tickets, an arrange s, is went which will prove not only a very great accommo dation to the public, but also very remunerative to x. , 0 . shareholders ; and also the giving to the public the Ir 1 advantage of having a body of gentlemen to appeal to t, instead of having recourse to summons to a police court. A company with these objects will certainly confer a h d great obligation on ,the metropolita n p ublic when the y d make their debut on the London stand s. The p ro p osals of the promoters offer not only a great inducement to parties willing to embark monies in the undertaking, but also 8 are put forward so openly and fairly as to induce conli ✓ deuce in their assertions. The registered promoter e bears all preliminary expenses absolutely, reserving a d per tentage, or profit for his remuneration. If the ea a pital be not subscribed deposits will be returned. A detailed estimate is given, so that the public can judge of the assertion of the 'promoter, that 15 per cent. i- Clear of income tax, will be realised. An abstract of 1- the deed of settlement also is given, that the public may o a know wh a t the deed is they will be called upon to sub - Scribe. The directors, instead of receiving a fixed re muneration, postpone all recompense till the share holder receives five per cent. interest, and then take e only in proportion to what they realise for shareholders. a T he foregoing are the principal features of the under taking—they are novel, and give evidence of the sin cerity of the parties, and offer a very fair inducement to 1 those easy people who may have a taw hundred pounds a in the Three per Cents., and may feel inclined to rea lise a fifteen per cent., with chance of larger profit and but a little risk. The patties who appear as trustees and . directors are highly respectable. The nam es of the 1 solicitors—Messrs. Wire and Child—are alone sufficient to stamp the undertaking as a respectable and bond fide Project THE CIRCUITS. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 9, 1847. Days and Places appointed for holding the Lent Assizes, 1836, viz.:— IJOME CIRCUIT. Right Hon. Thomas Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice. Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Hertfordshire, Tuesdsy, March 2, at Hertford. Essex Monday, March 8, at Chelmsford. Bent;Monday, March 15, at Maidstone. Sussex, Monday, March 20, at Lewes. Surrey, Monday, Marsh 29, at Kingston-upon-Thames. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Chief Baron of the Ex chequer. Mr. Justice Coleridge. Buckinghamshire, Monday, March 8, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire, Saturday, March 13, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire, Wednesday, March 17, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire, Friday, March 19, at the County Courts. Suff o lk, Wednesday, March 24, at Bury St. Edmunds. Norfolk, Tuesday, March 30, at the Castle of Norwich. City of Norwich, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Right Hon. Sir Jame:. Parke, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer. Mr. Justice Patteson. Northamptonshire, Monday, March 5, at Northampton. Rutlandshire, Friday, March 5, at Oakham. Lincolnshire, Saturday, March 6, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln, the same day, at the city of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire, Friday, March 12, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham, the same day, at the town of Not- tingham. Derbyshire, Tuesday, March 16, at Derby. Leicestershire, Saturday, March 20, at the Castle of Lei- caster. Warwickshire, Coventry Division, Wednesday, March 24, at the city of Coventry. Warwickshire, Warwick Division, Thursday, March 25, at Warwick. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Baron Alderson—Mr. Baron Rolfe. Lancashire, Monday, February 15, at the Castle of Lancaster. Westmorland, Thursday, February 18, at Appleby. Cumberland, Saturday, February 2.0, at Carlisle. Northumberland, Wednesday, February 24, at the Castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the same day, at the Guild • hall of the said town. Durham, Monday, March 6, a t th e C as tl e o f Y or k. City of York, the same day, at the Guildhall of the city of York. Lancashire, Saturday, March 20, at Liverpool. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Maule—Mr. Baron Platt. Berkshire, Saturday, February 27, at Reading. Oxfordshire, Saturday, March 6, at Oxford. Worcestershire, Thursday, March 11, at Worcester. City of Worcester, the same day. at the city of Worcester. Staffordshire, Tuesday, March 16, at Stafford. Shropshire, Tuesday, March 23, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire, Tuesday, March 30, at Hereford. Monmouthshire, Thursday, April 1, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire, Monday, April 5, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester, the same day, at the city of Gloucester. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Cresswell—Mr. Justice Williams. Southampton, Saturday, February 27, at the Castle of Win chester. • Wiltshire, Saturday, March 6, at the City of New Sarum. Dorsetshire, Thursday, March 11, at Dorchester. Devonshire, Wednesday, March 17, at the Castle of Exeter. City and County of the City of Exeter, the same day, at the Guildhall of the said City. Cornwall, Wednesday, March 24, at Bodmin. Somersetahire, Wednesday, March 31, at the Castle of Taunton. CIRCUIT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES AND COUNTY rALATINE OF CHESTER. NORT la WALES. Mr. Justice Coltman—Mr. Justice Wightman. Montgomeryshire, Monday, March 15, at Welchpool. Merionethshire, Thursday, March 18, at Bala, Carnarvonshire, Saturday, March 20, at Carnarvon. Anglesey, Wednesday, March 24, at Beaumaris. Denbighshire, Saturday, March 27, at Rai ton. Flintshire, Wednesday, March 31, at Moid. Cheshire, Saturday, April 3, at the Castle of Chester. SOUTH WALES. Glamorganshire, Wednesday, March 3, at Swansea. Pembrokeshire, Thursday, March 11, at Haverfordwest. Town and County of Haverfordwest, the same day, at the Town of Haverfordwest. Cardiganshire, Tuesday, March 16, at Cardigan. Carmarthenshire, Saturday, March 20, at Carmarthen. Borough of Carmarthen, the same day, at the Borough of Carmarthen. Brecknockshire Saturday, March 27, at Brecon. Radl44l/biret Ylcducodith AfAidl 31, M rroneign. THE SUN, LO SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP. The actual acceptances for the above event are 107, My Mary and Smuggler Bill having been left in by an over sight. . NEW QUEEN'S PLATE ARTICLES. The following rules have just been issued for the future bs e rvanee of owners and riders of all such hoses as shall run it her Majesty's Plates : I. Every horse, mare, or gelding that runneth fur any of the said plates shall carry the weight and run the distance appointed in the schedule hereunto annexed. 11. Every person that putteth in a horse, mare, or gelding for any of the said plates, shall enter the same with the name of the owner, and the age, name, pedigree. or sufficient de scription of the horse, according to the rule of the Jockey Club regarding nominations, at the time and place appointed by the steward or stewards of the races at which such plate is to be run for. 111. Horses that run for any of her Majesty's plates shall start at the time appointed by the steward or stewards of the races at which such plate is run for. IV. Each horse's, mare's, or gelding's place as he or they come by the ending post shall be determined by the judge appointed by the steward or stewards of the races at the place where the said plate is run for. V. Every rider shall, immediately after each heat be run, be obliged to come to the usual place of weighing with his horse, mare, or gelding, then and there to alight, and not be fore, and there to weigh to the satisfaction of the person ap pointed for that purpose. VI. And incase of neglect or refusal thereof, such owners and riders Shall be immediately declared incapable of running or riding any more for this or any of her Majesty's plates hereafter. VII. Every horse, mare, or gelding, that runneth on the wrong side of the post or flags, or is distanced in any of the heats, shall have no share of the said plates, nor be suffered to run any more. VIII. When any of her Majesty's plates are appointed to be run in heats, the horse, mare, or gelding that winneth any two heats winneth the plate, but if three several horses, mares, or geldings win each of them a heat, then those three and only they to run a fourth heat, and the horse, mare, or gelding that winneth the fourth heat shall have the plate. IX. When the age or qualification of a horse entered for any of her Majesty's Plates shall be objected to, either before or after running, the stewards of the races at which such plate is run for shall have the power to order an examination of the horse's mouth by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as they may require, and their decision shall be final unless they shall think fit to refer the matter to the stewards of the Jockey Club for the time being, in which case the decision of the said stewards of the Jockey Club shall be Anal. A certificate shall not be granted to any horse objected to until the question of his qualification shall be decided in the manner herein prescribed. X. And in case any difference shall arise in running, or respecting any matters not hereinbefore provided for, or as to the interpretation of these her Majesty's orders, the same shall be determined by the Master of the Horse) or by such person or persons as he shall appoint. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. CHF.STER Cur.-20 to 1 agst Meidicant (taken) -25 to 1 agst The Lamb-27 to 1 agat Bedlam-30 to 1 agst Camera Obscura-30 to 1 agst The Flitch-33 to 1 agst Punch-33 to 1 agst Antler (taken)-45 to 1 agst The Duke of Rich mond-45 to 1 agst Bourton-45 to 1 agst Crim. Con.-30 to 1 agst Mickey Free-50 to 1 agst Fitzallen-50 to 1 agst Sting-50 to 1 agat Inheritress-400 to 18 agst Sir Tatton Sykes and Bourton (taken) METROPOLITAN STAKES.-15 to 1 offered on the field. DERBY.-15 to 2 agst Van Tromp (taken) -12 to 1 asst Epirote (0E1)-12 to 1 agst Planet (offd.)-16 to 1 agst Glentilt-25 to 1 agst Conyngham--33 to 1 agst Allertonian —33 to 1 agst Sister to Cobweb colt-35 to 1 agst Wanota -40 to 1 agst Red Hart-40 to 1 agst Christopher- 40 to 1 agst Projectile-1,200 to 200 agst Epirote and Planet (taken) —6 to 1 agst John Day's lot (did.) TIIE OAKR.-8 to 1 agst Cletnentina (offd.)-10 to 1 agst Slander (offd.)-10 to 1 agst Farmer's Daughter-12 to I agst Ellerdale. GATHERING OF BOXERS IN AID OF THE POOR IRISH AND SCOTCH. On Monday evening the areas of the National Baths, Westminster-road, were well filled to witness the sparring exhibition in aid of the subscription for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch. The arrangements were credit ably carried out, the arenas being lighted, in addition to the ordinary gas burners, by some thousands of variegated lamps, suspended in festoons; a large circle of jets also blazed over a twenty-four foot stage roped and railed, and solidly erected in the centre of each bath ; on this the exhibitants displayed their tactics and qualities, while the intervals between the acts were enlivened by the sonorous breathings of a brass band placed at the upper end of the quadrangle. The money and checktaking at the doors was so managed, undo r the controul of Messrs. Bishop, F. Dowling, Wright (the Secretary), and several volunteer assistants, as to give universal satisfaction, and greatly promote the good order which marked the whole en tertainment. The previous announcements preclude the ne cessity of further dwelling on the proceedings of the com mittee and the exertions of individuals; we shall, therefore, merely record the names of these pugilists who lent a hand to this charitable work. The sets-to came off in the following order LIGHT Wmorers.—Clark and Johnny Berry; Brian and Cronan ; Young Turner and Macdonald; Jem Scott and J. Jones; David Hayes and Herbert; Jemmy Shaw and Norley, of Manchester; Young Reed and Young Cam; the Young Greek and Roberts. None of these call for particular comment, though all exerted themselves strenuously. 01 the three bouts between Shaw and Norley. the last was loudly applauded. W. Jones and Fred. Mason kept the game alive prettily, but there was nothing very striking in the performance. Horner Howden, and Cousens were followed by Dan Dismore and Tom Maley, who showed scientifically the art of stopping and getting away. Dan, however, by superior weight, " bested " Torn in the concluding friendly rally, and sent him down. Keene and Sam Martin lost no time, and turned their is-go into something much resembling a glove-fight, in which Sam got no great advantage. Phelps and Barnash played cleverly and good humouredly, Joe still having the gift of getting home his left neatly on the face of his former anta gonist, despite his manifest improvement in the use of the mufflers. Sambo and Jemmy Welsh exhibited the true principles of the art; Welsh, we were happy to see, is quite recovered from the bodily visitations of Massey, and played up-hill against Sambo's superior weight with all his accus tomed skill. Hannan and Owen Swift showed as in teresting specimens of ex-pugilists the tact and finish which has placed their names high in fistic fame. Curly Donovan and Luke Rogers followed, and were succeeded by T. Snow and Sparks, the Aus tralian champion, of whose fighting capabilities we are at present uninformed, and of whose sparring, we can form no judgment from the specimen ; he set-to in his stock ing-feet and jumped in and out ala Bendigo, but without his consummate tact. Harry Broome and Ned Adams, were applauded ; as also were Joe Rowe and Glenister's Novice, a new one with much apparent wear and tear in him. Johnny Broome and Benny Stocks ended the series, and the curtain now rose on the heavy weights, by the vene rable Ned Painter, showing his grey head with the equally silvery nob of Isle of Wight Hall, the antagonist, more than 30 years since, of Dan Donnelly, the Irish champion. The grey-haired Gladiators were interesting as the ex ponents of a school belonging to the last genera tion. Expectation was now on tiptoe, from the an nouncement that Bendigo was in waiting, and that he had proposed to set-to with his ancient antagonist, Ben Caunt, the champion, to which the latter hen assented. They came upon the stage amid general plaudits. We shall not minutely describe the three bouts which followed ; they were highly characteristic. Caunt, as in actual combat, followed his shifty opponent, offering and occasionally letting go a return to Bendy's pops, usually a little behind time ; if the big one would adopt the mode of stopping and returning with the same hand, or of cross-countering his agile competitor, he might succeed better than by his straight .forward driving style. Bendy was once nearly down from a friendly left-bander of Ceuta's. In the second arena (for all the couples adjourned from the greater to the lesser bath, and repeated their bouts) Caunt drove Bendigo through the ropes of the stage, when Bendigo caught the lower rope and hung by it a moment, till Caunt ran to his assistance, and lifted him on the stage, amid loud applause, patting him on the shoulder in the most friendly manlier. The exhibition closed by a glove display between Tom Spring, the ex-champion, and Crawley's '`young oce." The lateness of the hour precluded several couples, large and small, from exhibiting, although in readiness. Among these we may notice old Tom Oliver, Ben Burn, Peter Crawley, Tom Reidie, &c., &c. At the conclusion, before the performance of the National Anthem, Tom Spring came forward, and, in a pithy arid feeling speech, thanked the company for their pa tronage and kind support of the present charitable effort of the Boxers of England in behalf of their afflicted fellow countrymen. The inclemency of the weather, doubtless, prevented many from attending who would otherwise have done so ; and it was, therefore, suggested that a similar gathering, in furtherance of the same benevolent object, should be held in about a month from the present time. Despite this, and other drawbacks, the tickets out, the money taken and that to be yet added by the exertions of Mr. V. Dowling, will swell the amount to at least 2001. This tribute, we trust, will prove to those who dare assert the Ring defunct, that, as regards British Boxers, when their hearts and hands are called on, " Still in their ashes live their former fires." FOOD DISTURBANCE IN ROSS AND ADJACENT COUNTIES.—We alluded in our last to the obstruction which occurred at Fowlis to the shipment of grain, which has since manifested itself at Cromarty, Invergordon, Avoch, and Rosemarkie. At the latter places t rere were assemblages of the people on Monday and Tuesday, and the corn dealers were informed that no shipments of grain would be allowed. At Invergordon no grain was allowed to be shipped by the North Star, and a large quantity of cured haddocks were taken away from the steamer. The Swift, London trader, arrived at Fowlis Point on Saturday, freighted, it is said, to carry 400 quarters, but the people were reso n lute, and the vessel accordingly sailed w ithout the grai. The coast, therefore, may be now literally said to be blockaded from Aberdeen to Fowlis, and a stop is put to the export trade in corn and fish. Rosshire Advertiser. EXTENSIVE FIRE NEAR FITZROY-SQUARE.—Be taresen the hours of six and seven yesterday mornin g a rrot terrific fire suddenly burst forth from the cab inet and bedstead manufactory belonging to Messrs. Bailes, situate at No. 23 , Charlotte-street, ' r Fitzroy-square. The premises were at the rear of the i d vat f e dwelling, and were adjoined by the spacious timber-3,i n ro Nit' Oliver. in John-street, and by promptly numerous romp tly g h i o v u e s n e , s in the w a a s l course e Pitt-street, so that at one time a most fearful conflagration xpec n te f ad.fewTmhehainlatrems two h machines h b i e n e es n from Fire arrived, and belonging to the Roy others of the L , ,ndon br a t tire. parish engines, wit It numerous Society tor the Protection of Life ode, and the one belonging to the West of England Com it became to the firm hold the tire had engines to work, but owing No time was lost in setting the o7rn i, ed to de.s m tr e uc i rron. Accordingly, the nprnefvaciptuorsyly4tl wsioncitstad.anner as to cut off the quite apparent that the ma we're so en fire men exerted themselves in further spread of the fire; a tremendous crash, roof and part of the outer wall fell W o e 'il i ' i ll , g, aud also to a'er'i: mahogany engaged the loft, and the flames then shot into Mr. and b engines were sitting fire to the buildin valuable carrinet wrod. T i ,, hose of, several of pieces of taken through the surroendirrg h i 'Des , the firemen were enabled to attack the flames y in th t a h t means right quarter, but it was past ainr o'clot:k bethra they ha e d suc ceeded in extinguishing them, ,Ind not until ACssrs. BailLtrianufietory wss fmrned down, the whole of the valuab s l s : sto .k in trade a nd men's working tools destroyed, the t i m b e r ,r. t h P 14; et Mr.tliir,r's premises consider a bl y dam iged by fire, and t ho. ba i l ling (:s.!f lunch burnt. Several houses in l'itt street lia , e also their hack premises destroved. The cause of the disaw.er is wrappol in mystery. Messrs. Bailes are insured, but not to near the amount of their loss. FRENCH- VEGETABLES. —A Vt:-Stl., named the Harriette, arrived off the Tower, from St. Vallery-sur- Somme, has brought an entire cargo, consisting of 77 tons weight of potatoes, and 20 tons weight of other descrip tions of raw vegetables, the produce of France, and, we be lieve, the first importation which has taken place from that • particular port. i CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD R A IL WAY. The usual half-a -early general meeting of the proprietors of this undertaking v; as held yesterday afternoon, at the offices of the Co:r.pany, in Moorgate - street ; Mr . W. Jollett, chair man of the board of directors, in the chair. The Cirainstax, in introducing the report, stated that a few days ago he had personally inspected the works on the line, and he Va:-; glad to say they were proceeding in a most satisfactory manner. Upwards of one mil lion of money had been expended in the works, and the consequence was, there was not any point upon the line where the works were not in progress. In a short time. he confidently expected, the line would be opened to Flint, in August to Conway, at the clone of the year to Bangor and the whole of Anglesea, and by the close of 1848 , or the commencement f 1849, the line would be opened throughout. Government had let the con tract fir the construction of Holyhead Harbour, and from a conversation he had with the Secretary of the Admiralty last night, he understood the works were to be proceeded with almost immediately. Negotiations were pending between the company and Government for obtaining better terms for carrying the public mails, while arrange ments were going forward with the London and North- Western Company for working the line, by which it was hoped that a considerable saving would be effected in the working and maintaining the traffic. Their prospects were exceedingly gratifying. and their could now be no doubt that this undertaking would soon be one of the most flourishing in the country, while the enormous amount of money it had absorbed last year sufficiently indicated its great national im portance. The report stated that every exertion had been made to provide the means for the most rapid and complete execu tion of the works, the payments upon the road contracts alone having amounted, on an average, to 71,708/. per month since the Ist of July last. The average number of workmen employed upon the several contracts has been 12,560. Con tracts had been made for the construction and erection of bridges over the Conway and the Menai Straits, thus com pleting the entire line, with the exception of the extension to the new harbour at Holyhead, which had not yet received the sanction of the Legislature. By a Bill now before Parliament. the Company would take powers to raise an additional capital of 500,0001.; 200,000/. being required for the subscription to the harbour, under the arrangement with her Majesty's Go vernment, and 300,000/. for the extension of the line to the pier, and the proposed steam-packets. A line of railway to the mineral district of Mold had a' in been brought forward : it was to join this Company's line about three miles and a quarter from Chester, and the entire length of the line and branches was about sixteen miles. The capital required was 180,000/., of which the Chaster and Birkenhead Railway Company undertake to subscribe 20,0001.; the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, 20,000/. ; and the directors recommend that this Company should subscribe 30,0001. The receipts front the commencement of the Company up to the 31st December, 1846, amounted to 1,793,4181. 11 s. 10d., while the total expended amounted to 1,399,4901.45. 4d.; since the last half-year 593,7651. 15s. 6d. had been spent, and 880,9101. 17s. 9d. received. The cash in hand, after the payment of everything up to the 31st of December, 1846, was 398,9281.75. 6d. The report and accounts were unanimously adopted. In reply to a question ntwill4a)e ' n e t gt ob C et u her a e(a)i i mir u s e a pc t al a e2pt s dacs s lo t w,2 a ci t o otB e h ld i )I,l,tonhto,ha,oati that at time. The he og in e.ar They n r:k a yo l s 0 (w, B , of e ;f : l itto. l hel e. a n u m, t ywa h s iinn e nsg d z d a ntod raiseby t a h n e a ß d d i l i l t o a n u a t lh ocapita lrising t t h o o l s ' e ar e l x ia t i e n n e s n io t n f s o , r th e a x y te p n r s o i po on s s e , of 500,000/. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN replied that the cost of the bridge over the Menai Straits was estimated at 300,0001. In reply to another question, Mr R. STEPHENSON admitted that there were difficulties connected with the bridge, but lie saw or knew of none which could not be overcome. He did not anticipate the estimate would be exceeded; but still, as every step con nected with the bridge, was novel and never attempted before, of course he could not be positive upon that point. This closed the business of the half yearly meeting. SPECIAL MEETING. The shareholders then resolved themselves into a special meeting for the purpose of considering a Bill " for extending the line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway at Chester and Holyhead respectively, for authorising certain alterations in the levels of the said railway, and for empowering the Com pany to subscribe towards the construction of a harbour at Holyhead, and to purchase, hire, and use steam-boats. And also to approve of a Bill to be submitted to Parliament , in the ensuing session for making a railway from Mold, in the county of Flint, to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway in the pa:i=h of Hawarden in the same county, with breaches to he called the Mold Railway." The CHAIRMAN stated that the capital of the Bill would be 500,000/., of that sum 200,000/. would be subscribed to• wards building a harbour and pier at Holyhead, 150,000/. would go.towards an extension to the harbour, and the ba lance would be devoted to the establishment of an efficient s earn navy. Four of these vessels were already ordered, and when they were completed, they hoped to per form the journey between London and Dublin in the twelve hours, and to have the privilege of carrying all the Irish mails. No other company but themselves could use the pier, but the harbour would be open to all the public. The amount to be subscribed towards the completion of the proposed Mold line would be 30,0001. Both the Bills were approved of. The meeting terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the chairman. THE SMALL DEBTS ACT. A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday was pub lished on Saturday evening, and contained the following Order in Council -: At the Court at Windsor, Feb. 4, 1847 ORDER IN COUNCIL, No. 1. Thatson the 13th day of March in this year, the several courts holden for the recovery of small debts or demands, under the provisions of any Act or Acts cited in one or both of the schedules annexed to the said Act of the last session of Parliament, and marked (A) and (B) respectively (except the courts hereinafter more particularly specified ), shall be abolished ; and that on and after the 15th day of March in this year, the county court of' Middlesex, here tofore holden under the provisions of an Act passed in the 23d year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 11., intituled " An Act for preventing Delays and Expenses in the Proceedings in the County Court of Middlesex, and for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts in the said county court," shall be holden under the provisions of the said Act of the last session of Parliament, in the several districts into which the said county shall be divided, by any order to be made by your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council ; and also that each of the several courts of request or conscience heretofore holden for the recovery of debts and demantis in the several cities, towns, and places hereinafter mentioned within the provisions of some one or more of the Acts cited in the sehedule annexed to the said Act of the last session of Parliament, and marked (A), shall be holden as a county court on and after the said 15th day of March, in the city or town hereinafter mentioned to be respectively appointed or substituted, instead of the city or cities, town or towns, place or places in which such court was or might have been holden under the provisions of any of the said Acts ; that is to say, A court heretofore holden at Bath, under an Act passed in the 45th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., intituled " An Act for the more speedy and easy Reco very of Small Debts in the City of Bath and the liberties thereof, and in the several parishes and places therein men • tinned, in the county of Somerset;" shall be holden as a county court in the city of Bath : Two courts heretofore holden at Bristol, that is to say, one court holden under an Act passed in the 56th year of the reign of his late blajesty King George 111., intituled " An Act fur the more speedy and easy Recovery of Small Debts in the city and county of the city of Bristol, and the liberties thereof, and in the several parishes and places therein men• tinned, in the counties of Gloucester and Somerset," and another court holden under an Act passed in the Ist year of the reign of your Majesty, intituled "An Act for granting more effectual powers for the Regulation of the Court of Con science within the city of Bristol," shall be consolidated and holden as a county court in the city of Bristol : A court, other than the Court of Passage, heretofore holden for the recovery of small debts in Liverpool, under an Act passed in the 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., intituled "An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 4th and sth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled ' An Act for amending the Pro ceedings and Practice of the Court of Passage of the borough of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and to re peal an Act passed in the 25th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 11., intituled 'An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts in the town and port of Liverpool and liberties thereof, in the county palatine of Lancaster,' and to give further power for the recovery of small debts within the borough of Liverpool:* shall be holden as a county court in the town of Liverpool. A court heretofore holden for the manor of Sheffield, under an Act passed in the 48th year of the reign of his late Ma jesty King George 111., intituled "An Act for regulating the Proceedings in the Courts Baron of the Manors of Shef field and Ecclesall, in the county of York," shall be holden as a county court in the town of Sheffield: And that the district to be assigned to each of the said courts, when so holden as a county court, shall be the dis trict which, by any order to be made by your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council, shall be specified as the district of the county court holden in each of the said Cities and towns respectively. ORDER IN COUNCIL, No. 2. That on the 15th day of March, in this year, the said Act of the last session of Parliment shall be put in force in every county throughout England and Wales; and that the whole of the said counties, including all counties of cities and le counties iolhueerratteiehosfoa o fn f edt t ai o lefe w :a n n s c , ii is cities , es b t o h r e o r u e g in h sc,otnotrnse, contained S t , h t a r n e d u nto places. ad joining (except di t so h tfr e ic e ttsh it e y ir o its f oai L du on ici di t n s , tui s ec. h sh all be divided into ithetier the recoveryt d h i districts i severalc, : f s d l t e e b r et e si i t n i e t a t s f n t dearndddemands itn aml,l specified,towns ahuteindrde under said Act. shall eou nt y be 3111 b l : b l e d:I . : . as s iv e tec r i t in the or towns in which courts are t ' o rt b ftht e etir h ie o s l pc. den, in each county, in conjunction with the said districts respectively except in the districts nereinatter call ei i it, each of which the court shall be holdenm et ropolitan districts, conve nient place within such ttistrict ; and in e ac h in some in the said metropolitan districts, the sa id district, except court shall be holden by the name of " The County Court of holden at ," inserting in the first space the nameblank of the county, and in the second the name of the town ' i which the court is to be h olden ; and in the s a i d metro in o itan dis tricts the said court shall be holden by the name of " The County Court of ," inserting in theatt , first blank sp ace the name hereinafter given to the court, and in the second the name of the county in which the ai court is to be holden. And that in the i lescription of the said several court dis tricts hereunto annexe,l, unless where specific mention is made ef particulir parishes, chapehies, townships, t i t hi ng ., , hamlets, or precincts, the several places named are to be taken to mean and imply the several superintendent regis trars' districts, bearing the like names respectively, which have been constituted pursuant to an Act passed in the 7th N ear of the reign if his late Majesty King William IV , intituled "An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Mar riages in England," or pursuant to any Act passed for the ameddmonly past' that all parts of parishes and chapelries, toanships, tithings, and hamlets, -which are detached from the main b and ody of the pa rishes and chapelries , town shi p ,, tithings, hamlets to which such detached parts sev erall y belong, and also all places (it' any), parochial or extra-parochial, not included in tee acid descriptions shall be takers to be within the district of that court within the piecincte and outer boundary of which they severally lie, or by which they are severally surrounded, or with which they (have the greatest common boundary, if not wholly surrounded by any one court dis trict; and that each of the said court districts shah be deemed to include also all rivers, creeks, harbours, and waters included within the outer boundary thereof; or there unto adjoining, which are within the body of any county in England or Wales ; and that when the districts of any two courts shall be divided by a river, the boundary line between the two districts shall be the mid-channel of such river; andthat every place included within the outer boundary of DON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1847. DEATH of GEORGE ROBINS, ESQ. the court districts so specified and described shall be taken to be within the jurisdiction of the county court holden for the purposes of the said Act for the county in which the city, town, or place is situated where the court is ordered to be holden, or when such city, town, or place may be situated in two or more counties, then of the county court holden for that county under which such city, town, or place is mentioned in the description of the said several court districts hereunto annexed, in like manner as if it were part of such county. Tae tHlowing are the names of the court towns : BEDFORDSHInE.—AmpthiII, Bedford, Biggleswade, Leigh ton Buzzard, Luton. BERKSHIRE.—Abingdon, Farringdon, Hungerfoni, New bury, Reading, Wallingford, Wantage, Winthor. liUCKINGHAMSHIRE. IeSBUT% Buckingham, Chesham, High Wycombe, Newport Pagnell. CAMBRIDGESIIIRR.—Cambridge, Ely, March, Newmarket, Soham, Wisbeach. CHESHlRE.—Altrincham, Birkenhead, Chester, Congleton, Hyde, Knutsfurd, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Northwich, Run corn, Stockport. CORNWALL. Bodmin, Camelford, Falmouth, Helston, Launceston, Liskeard, Penzance, Redruth, St. Austell, St. Colomb Major, Truro. CUMBERLAND.—AIston, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Keswick, Penrith, Whitehaven, Wigton. DERBYSHIRE. Alfreton, Ashborne, Bakewell, Belper, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chesterfield, Derby, Glossop, Wirks worth. DEVONSHIRE.—Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Crediton, Exeter, Holsworthy, Honiton, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbott, Oakhampton, Plymouth, South Melton, Tavistock, Tiverton, Torrington, Totness. Donsgrsineg.—Blandford, Bri.lport, Dorchester, Poole, Shaftesbury, Wareham, Weymouth, Wimborne Minster. DURHAM. —Barnard Castle, Bishops' Auckland, Darling ton, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Shotley Bridge, South Shields, Stoat in -on-Tees, Sunderland, Wolsingham. EssEx.—Braintree, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dunmow, Halstead, Harwich, Maldon, Rochford, Romford, Saffron Walden, Waltham. GLOUCESTER.—BristoI, Cheltenham, Chi p ping-Sodbury, Cirencester, Dursley, Gloucester, Newent, Newnham, North leach, Stow, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Thornbury, Winchcomb. H AM PSHIRE. —Andover, Alton, Basingstoke, Bishop's Waltham, Christchurch, Fordingbridge, Lymington, New port, Petersfield, Portsmouth, Romsey, Southampton, Win chester. lIEREFORDSIIIRE.—Bromyard, Hereford, Kingtou, Led bury, Leominster, Ross. H ERTFOR DSHIRE.—Batnet, Bishop's Stortford, Hertford, Hitchen, Royston, St. Alban's, Watford. HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—Huntingdon, St. Neot's. KENT.—Aslitord, Bromley, Canterbury, Dartford, Deal, Dover, Faversham, Folkestone, Gravesend, Greenwich, Hythe, Maidstone, Margate, Ramsgate, Rochester, Romsey, Seven oaks, Sheerness, Sittingboume, Tenterden, Tunbridge, Tun bridge Wells. LANCASHlRE.—Ashton.under-Lyne, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Clithero, Colne, Poulton, Gargtaug, Haslingden, Kirkham, Lancaster, Leigh, Liverpool, Man chester, Oldham, Ormskirk, Preston, Rochdale, St. Helen's, Salford, Ulverstone, Warrington, Wigan. LEICESTERSHIRE.—Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinckley, Leices ter, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray. LINCOLNSBIRIL—Barton -on- Humber, Boston, Bourne, Brigg, Caistor, Gainsborough, Grantham, Great Grimsby, Holbeach, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Market Rasen, Slea ford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford. MlDDLESEX.—liTer:tford, Edmonton, Uxbridge. MIDDLESEX METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.-1, Westminster; 2, Brompton ; 3, Marylebone ; 4, Bloomsbury ; 5, Clerken well ; 6, Shoreditch ; 7, Bow; 8, Whitechapel. MONMOUTIISHIRE.—Abergavenny, Chepstow, Monmouth, Newport, Pontypool, Tredegar, Usk. NORFOLK.—ttleborough, Aylsham, Dowuham Market, East Dereham, Harleston, }bolt, King's Lynn, Little Wal singham, North Walsham, Norwich, Swaffham, Thetford, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth. NORTHAMPTONSHIRR.—BrackIey, Daventry, Kettering, Northampton, Oundle, Peterborough, Thrapstone, Towcester, Wellingborough. NORTHUMBERLAND.—AInwiek, Belford, Bellingham, Ber wick, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Morpeth, Newcastle, North Shields, Rothbury, Wooler. N OT TINGHAMSHIRE.—Bingham, East Retford, Mansfield, Newark. Nottingham, Worksop. OXFORDSHIRE. —Banbury, Bicester, Chipping Norton, Ox ford, Thame, Witney, Woodstock. RUTLANDSIIIRE. —o4khaM, Uppingham. ,SHROPSHIRE.—Bishopia Castle, Bridgenorth, Cleobury, Drayton, Ludlow, Madeley, Newport, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Wem, Wellington, Whitchurch. SOMERSETSIIIRE.—Bath, Bridgewater, Chard, Chilton, Crewkerne, Frome, Langport, Taunton, Wellington, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Williton, Wincanton, Yeovil. STAFFORDSHIRE. Burton-on-Trent, Cheadle, Hroaley, Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oldbury, Rugeley, Stafford, Stone, Uttox ter, Walsall, Wolverhampton. SUFFOLK.—Beeeles, Bury St. Edmund's, Eye, Franalling ham, Hadleigh, Halesworth, Haverhill, Ipswich, Low estoft, Mildenhall, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Woodbridge. SURREY.—Chertsey, Croydon, Dorking, Epsom, Fat ahem, Godalming, Guildford, Kingston, Reigate, Wandsworth. SURREY METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.-- 1. Southwark ; 2. Lambeth. SussEx.—Arundel, Brighton, Chichester, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Midliurst, Pet worth, Worthing. WARWICESHIRR.—AIcester, Atherstone, Birminghat 11, Co ventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Sotitham, Str at/ford, Tamworth, Warwick. WESTMORELAND.—AmbIeside, Appleby, Kirkby K endal, Kirkby Lonsdale. WILTSHIRE.— Bradford, Caine, Chippenham, Devizes, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Melkaham, Salisbury, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury. WORCESTER.SHIRR.—Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, :Eve sham, Kidderminster, Pershore, Redditch, Shipston, Stour bridge, Tenbury, Upton, Worcester. YORKSHIRE ( EAST RIDING). —Beverley, Bridlin g ton, Great Driffield, Hedon, Howdeu, Kingston-upon-Hull, Irock- The obituary of yesterday announces the death of the above eminent auctioneer, a gentleman who has ho nourably and successfully filled an exalted position in his profession for many years ; indeed, we are informed that he began to wield the hammer before he had at tained the age of 19, for whilst attending a large sale in Yorkshire, he was unexpectedly called upon to act for his father, who, from indisposition, was unable to offi- ciate. From that time to the present, during a period of fifty years, he has enjoyed the uninterrupted good opinion of the public, and perhaps no man can boast of a more extraordinary catalogue of business, the most extensive estates in this country, and Scotland and Ireland, as well as all parts of the globe, having passed though his hands ; the wonderful skill and tact with which every advantage connected with the property he had to describe was seized upon and turned to profit in his glorying descriptions, and his ready wit and re partee in the rostrum, are too well known to require comment flora us. It may certainly be allowed that, for his profession, no man possessed or exerted greater capabilities, and he may be considered one of the most successful and persuasive advocates in seducing his auditors to unloose their purse-strings that has ever appeared at the auction matt. A foolish report was some years age circulated, when this gentleman first struck out into a different and more descriptive style of advertisement, that his literary effusions were not his own production. That his announcements were unlike those of any of his contemporaries there can be no doubt ; that they were highly coloured, graphic, and often excessively clever, has been constantly admitted ; and that they were his own productions we have ample reason to know. Indeed, when only a youth, and al lowed by his parents to make the tour of the lakes in Cumberland, his love of the picturesque was then evinced by a publication of all that he had seen and been delighted with. Ilighflown and indulging in fancy's sketch as were Mr. Robins's advertisements and particu- lars of the properties he held for sale, yet we have heard him say, in no instance was a purchase repudiated on the ground of misdescription, whilst in many cases purchases, and to a heavy amount, have been made by persons who had never seen or heard of the estate when they entered the auction-room, and they were overcome by his persuasive eloquence. We now turn to what may be termed his private life. A love of taking a prominent part in some of the events of the day, and a desire to assist some well-known cha racter, whose prudence had not placed him above the world, brought him before the public most frequently in the cause of charity, and sometimes as the champion of some oppressed individual, or to serve the fallen for tunes of some institution or other—indeed, it may be said, he possessed more of the milk of human kindness than generally falls to the lot of man ; p3litics he care- Indy eschewed, and deemed those mad who wasted their time and substance upon them. His first unprofessional effort was at Margate, where, in the cause of charity, no les. than that of assisting the funds of the Margate Sea- Bathing Infirmary by holding a plate for contribu tions outside the church-gate, he, with several other gentlemen, were taken into custody as rogues and vagabonds for begging, and were afterwards compelled to attend the Dover Sessions, where no evidence was offered against him, and upon the trial of an action against the magistrates of Margate at the Maidstone As sizes, damages were obtained, and to this day a tablet in the walls of the institution at Margate record his victory and the increase to the funds for the sick at the infirmary To his determined hostility, in conjunction with the late - - Mr. Calcraft, to the sub-committee of Drury-lane Theatre, in the years 1817 and 1818, and their exposition of the mal-governmen t of the theatre, anew system was adopted, by which this splendid place of amusement was nearly released from a load of debt; and at a later period his exertions were mainly instrumental in resuscitating the rival establishment when all human hope of again afford ing amusement to the pubic within its walls seemed past. Notwithstanding his numerous avocations, he could spare time for the cause of charity, and many were the successful claims to public benevo lence that he advocated—the most remarkable war that for poor Emery's (the comedian) family, when, by the greatest indefatigability, a sufficient sum was obtained to provide a comfortable annuity for the widow at.d children. That exquisite songstress Mrs. Bland, and many others, were equally indebted to him, whilst his protection of James Brandon, the well-known box-book-keeper of Covent-garden Theatre, against tis. proprietors, is even now remembered by theatricals. Perhaps no man in his station was more courted by his superiors, by whom his manly, straightforward conduct was appreciated, his advice often sought, and amongst the men of his day he was always we:come. The description of a dinner given by him to Lord Byron is recorded in that nobleman's memoirs, edited by Moore, when Lord Kinnaird and his brother, Sheridan, Colman, John Kemble, and other eminent men were present. In his private life he was strictly a domestic man, always ready to do good and to succour the distressed. He leaves a widow and seven young children, which his exertions have enabled him to provide lor in an ample manner, and a large circle of friends who will long mourn his irreparable loss. The poor have lost a kind friend, society an excellent member, and the Queen a faithful subject. He was an exemplary husband, a kind and indulgent father, and a warm-hearted friend. His extensive business as an auctioneer and valuer will now be conducted by his two cousins, who have long assisted him in carrying out his novel and successful method of effecting the transfer of property, and were .en large contributors to his fame. lington. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING). —Barnsley, Boston, Bratlford, Dewsbury, am - icaNter, Goole, Halifax, Holmfirth. Had tters field, Keighley, Knaresborough, Leeds, Utley, Pontet'r act, Ripon, Rotherham, Saddleworth, Selby, Settle, Shei eld, Skipton, Thorne, Todmorden, Wakefield. YORLSHIRE NOATII RlDlNG).—Easingwold, Heln Leyburn, New Malton, Northallerton, Richmond, ,Sc Scar borough, Stokesley, Thirsk, Whitby, York. ANGLESET.—Llangefni. BRECrNOCKSHIRK.—Brecknock, Builth, Crickhowell, Ray. CA RMA RTHENSHlRE.—Carmarthen, Llandeilofawr, I Asti dovery, Llanelly, Newcastle-m-Emlyn. maCdAoactp,tawvilobxeslifi.taE.—Bangor, Carnarvon, Conway, 1 'cot- CARDIGANSHIRE. Aberayron, Aberyswith, Card 7 ig an, Lampeter. DEN, s p E h N , B N l v a r i e rs x i h n a n m E . .—Denbigh, Llanrwst, Ru.abon, Ruthb 1, St. As Frmasufan.—Holywell, Mold. GLAMORGANSHIRE.—Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr T) ftlfil, Neath Swansea. MERIONETHSHIRE.—BaIa, Corwen, Dolgelly. MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—LIanfyIIin, Llanidloes, Macb al leth, Newtown, Welchpool. PEssnacatksamg.—Haverfordwest, Narberth, Pembro: tie '• Runioa.—Presteign, Rhaider. And their Lordships do farther report as their opinio , i to your Majesty, that notice should be given in the London G' a zette, pursuant to the provisions of the said Act, that afte the expiratiou of one calendar month from the date of the p) cation of such notice, your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council, will take into consideration the propriet y of making the said two several orders for the purposes of the said Act of the last session of Parliament. e P n o t r r t e u p g r u e e s s e e n t G a t o i N o ' e n r s n c m o e n n c t e r a n 1 n c o g m t i h n e u n i i m c a p t o i s o in. 1 It is under stood that Mr. Richard Thornton, as chairman of the Committee of Portuguese Bondholders, has d e cima tax on the dividend s o f th e f ore i gn debt, a copy o f which was inserted under this head a few weeks since. Fro m what we now hear, there is a p robabili ty of this oppressive a nd ver y un j ust tax bein g speedily aban doned.—Post. LONDON YACHT CUM.—Tuesday th e mem b ers of the London Y acht Clu b (formerly the Arundel Club) n h e ld their monthly meeting, at Wright's Hotel, Strand. iren received fly The general business connected with the affairs of this aqu atic club was arranged, and many suggestio ns i n di cat i ve optht f oe r o dh n oi l sn t br h ei c e e of extensive arrangements of this club for the ensuing] yachting season were made, and the meeting adjourned til March. Her Majesty is hereupon pleased, by and with the ad Rice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, tt tat , notice be, and the same is hereby given, that after the e: 't" ration of one calendar month from the date of the publican on of this order and notice in the London Gazette, her MO 31 Y' with the advice of her Privy Council, will take into C o sideration the propriety of making the said two sevta al orders for the purposes of the said Act. WM. L. BATHURSI • SALT VERSUS TIIE POTATO DISEASE.—AIIow me to suggest to those whose potatoes are already forward enough, or as soon.as they are so, to try the effect of a slight top dressing of salt, and to publish the result. It would be interesting to know from correspondents residing near the sea if they can confirm or refute my statement in your paper of Dec. 5, that potatoes grown in the neighbourhood of salt water were entirely or in some cases only partially free from the prevailing epidemic.—Gardeners' Gazette. CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.-011 Saturday last , -Ed - 6th• • Ed" 6th instant, a gentleman, in appearance, called at • • and" munds's shop, in Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, :i. ordered a pair of gloves, and two satin scarfs, val ue d • t h e The gloves (value 25.) he took with him, and orders_ , . paid for ; but on taking th i: e : m csoen a d s d w i r re a et t etl i(R)g: ll ioin o nrc: s o u rh e n h e, scarfs to be sent to 49, Belgrave-square, and all shoal it b re sided there.. eamis: lion The King of Sweden has appointed a C 0...- of inquiry on the best means for reducing the rates af po st a g e ' and of multiplying the mails not only within • Europe. Satur dav On CHARGE OF MURDER AT RUNCORN,-- a of co a n m sid an er n ab a l m e e s d en ß s i a e t b io a n rd was Norway, but also between the two countries andSvitehdeerne s s t . . n o d t flasactta carpenter ynni . 3 1 a having killed his wife. It appeared that Edwards, w. s. _li _, man given to drink, had been fuddling all thati:lraf, 1 . 9,i , 7 a i u s of being at his work, and his wife, Betty Edw dS , one of her children to receive what wages w arne home,: it td described as having been a quiet, peaceable w e o re ma d n u t e h t e o d h e 1 9 1 ; n it . About four o'clock in the afternoon Edwarides f declined to g wanted to get some money; but his Edwards,causecl in Runcorn byi theti n b c e e t ( n , " t f h e head to abuse and b e it vision shop. Edwards immediately beg her, in the presence of hericabeterdinidhsreee q r n u m e ; os. severely. Histst 6.1 d him any, as all that she had received of her head and attempted to throw k th h e e t r h bY rea t t h s e of b 8 1 : i ll then he struck her several times about afgcah% the matter quite • 11 knocked her down, and kick the tt neighbours a bad i l n i t , e s r v a h l who foot Ili a id n t Pe b h e rs° r f e o a r i e t . t i. ,i ti; hi i: her out of doors o ~ ,k, fered on behalf of his moti 11, r rawwas due to the , p r i : son, who is an apprentice , the brutal langm tg e, but was obliged to de . sist . f t)b li ee t ar h to e e r inl ; the b udtfie death. he ran . q o r t u tv t c l a e : t o_. ,when t 113: and when his son was dewed to with her." Edwards was • tthatold hisif h v e fi f s e went a h d e ea w d t t : h o "Let her die, and to h— n inquest c n the body was held at ' the • - coroner, when Jur), returned a verdict - of tl...nry Churton, cor h be H 2 o ,6 u 7 se 9, Richard Edwards " " Wilful Murder againstwho was acco. n 1- On Tuesday last a • Imul( (1 i- Castle on th ' ately taken into oustodyl. e coroner's warm t, t Ch the nex ester assizes.—Ch. Ist, r to take his trial a Chronicle. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES • —The estimates of effec tit . e togly committed tot services the House the year 184; '-4 3 er oft for the Ordnance servi..c. 1 there from that, according to the gross estim at It appears e, abiaidvenjoor been o tive be required for that a total of 2,862,4841. will _ _ veer, whet ti Is the sum granted for 184647 was 2 7 , 17,934/. There will 1 te in aid to the extent of 183,357/. l o 2 f 7 C l. 4) ( ai h m ai "i ll a g . (they has ill g appropriations and, cons been 174,365/. for 1846- 47 ) ;consequently the Ire; 11 total amount required issued ordnancetby .beordevaorte,d_ will i. il for the ensuing financial been 2,543,569/. for the year 1846-47 ). The total in crease, theref ire, to be demanded for the ensuing twehrt : month will be 135,:',581. • There will be a diminution i a the two items of ordnance atones for land and sea servie -e (21,4721.) and the scientific branch (to the extent i tf 1,9831.) making a total diminution, compared with ti e current year, of 23,4551., as regards effective services. S 1 to items in which the principal increase will be required. aVi• the pay, allowances, and contingencies of ordnance mil . AA ry corps, 41,569/. ; commissariat and barrack supplies fo r . l ter Maje..ty's forces, great coats for the army. clothin ; for colonial corps, Sic, 29 4 831 ' ; wa ges of artificers a t - 4 la bourers in the United Kingdom anti colonies, 12,460/. and works, buildings, and repa irs, 20,7791 .; making ato ', A . ] in crease in the required grant for effective ordnance se (vices, compared with the present year, of 110,9401. Ded' act for decrease in other items (above-mentioned) 23,4551., t lie ba lance is an increased sum required for 1847.48 of f , The increase to be demanded for non -eff ect i ve ' 7'4851. service .s, imi_ lira ry and civil, is a further amount of 48,0731, makit 11,.,-Ale total 135,558/., previously stated as the increase in 18 1.7-. $ tg, in the net amount to be required to be • Noted, compared wi i h the preceding year. At the monthly meeting of the committee of g Adult Orphan Institution on Monday laSt, the ) gratiVs is. 11 telligence was received that her Majesty had been graciousl) . pleased. to appoint one of the senior wards of the e institution, Miss Sarah Anne Hildyard, to be Sub-governess to the royal ' 1 children. - - i A KICICAT THE PRESS.—On Thursday mornin g a rumour prevailed in Liverpool that Mr. William Murray Week/ News, Ross, one of the proprietors of the Liverpool g was in custody, charged with knocking to pieces the tof one of the pages of that paper, after it was ready for the the press. Credence was the more readily given to th e rumour in consequence of the appearance of placards upon the wa ll s , ' denouncing the " infamous conduct" of Mr. R oss , an d au attempt to "crush the Weekly News." The rumour also was, that the prisoner was to be brought before Mr. Rust:ton, at eleven o'clock, and at that hour there was a numerous at tendance of parties, anxious to hear the particulars •of the affray. They were all, however, doomed to disappointment, for Mr. Ross. although he had been taken to the police-office, was not in custody, the case not having assumed a shape calling for magisterial interference. The particulars of this strange affair, so far as we can hear, are as follows :—On Wed nesday evening last the " forms," as they are technically called, of the Weekly News were taken, as usual, to Messrs. Willmer and Smith's machine, for the purpose of being " worked off:' Mr. Ross, finding that an article respecting himself was about to appear in print, deliberately kicked out two of the columns of one of the pages, and repeating his assault, " knocked into pie" the remaining four columns. Mr. Ross was immediately taken to the police-office, where he stated that he was one of the proprietors, and that he kicked out the page for the purpose of preventing the publi cation of the paper. He did not wish it to appear again, and he would do all he could to prevent it being again published. Of course the officer on duty declined to bock Mr. Ross, be lieving, as most people in his situation would have done, that the proprietor of a newspaper had a perfect right to kick out one of the pages, if he had any particular fancy for that mode of exercise or amusement.—Liverpool Mercury. A LARK HUNT.—One day last week, as the Age coach was on its way from Wigton to Ayr, passing Drum lamford hill, the driver, Mr. James Meikle, observed a hawk at a considerable distance in pursuit of a lark. The poor bird took many a sudden wheel and turn in the air, to escape . the destructive clutches of its pursuer. A crow flew in between the hawk and the bird, which gave the latter a little start. Again the hawk got clear of the crow and followed the lark, which flew in the same direc tion with the coach. The hawk made a pounce, and very nearly succeeded in securing his prey; still the little song ster got off, and alighted amongst the heather—the hawk making another dive at the same place. Here the coach man thought it was all up with the poor lark; but, to his astonishment, the little warbler took wing once more, the hawk still giving chase. After many narrow es capes, the bird at last flew direct l y to the side of the coach , and escaped its merciless enemy by alighting on the top of it. The hawk hovered for some time above; and at last the terror-struck lark flew in below the arm of the driver, sitting down on his breast. Mr. Meikle took it gently in his hand, and kept it till the hawk disap peared; and after going forward about three miles, he held it out to take its flight. It sat for a time in his hand, as if reluctant to leave its protector; at last it flew up in a soaring nc manner, and, after alighting in a field in front,. flew o arl e , more over the driver, when the coach wand he i rg, ne, within its reach. Then it soared away, aw i rnere.--Ayr Observer. xpected ta be f,aze I THE SMALL DEBTS ACT.—Thei appoititmerntstteo(f. Judges have been made, and . ar t .forthwith. Among the apphoien lath of March, actions emeents will be found three s.ergeants-at-law. Atter Courts, for debts not exceeding brought in the superiorplaiiniffsxtahme in la e w a u e i x id p , e r ns t t h s e . s tai n plaintiff 20/., will entail on th e an d defendant may be e Debts Act. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council resumed yes terday the hear in g of an appeal from Grenada, " The House of Assembly of Grenada v. Chief Justice Sanderson." The case was adjourned. - , -I'-f4 into China and the East, from America and other places . ' ' .-1 ' a matter of course, secured the rejection of that which this - -- country could have supplied ; and yet, wit/ all this coni- •-a" petition, they wanted to have the hours of labour reduced: — He feared that those who made this - -demand would ~/ get eight or ten hours' labour much to their, inconverdencea -/ A man who invested capital in a factory required interest on ye. the investment—he had fixed expenses which e . meld -not c a avoid, and had to calculate in what position placed by the competition of the continent and of America— how to get an adequate return, and to pay adequate wages. He was proud to call Mr. Sevmer his friend, and to concur with him in his opinion, and he advised those who had not read his pamphlet on the profits derived from factories, and of the hours of work, to do so, as they could not tail to derive much instruction from it. lie went into the manu facturing districts, accompanied by a Noble Lord and two or three other gentlemen, totalle unconnected with factories, and, in company with them, collected a num ber of facts from a certain number of mills. They found that ten hours' labour paid all the expenses, including the . wear and tear of plant and wages, but that if the mills were stopped at the end of ten hours, that the owner would derive no profit from the capital he had invested; so that he had to look to an hour or an hour and a half's work for this profit. They came, therefore, to this conclusion, that a fac tory would pay its expenses in ten hours, and that no profit was derived unless the works were continued for a longer period. Many manufacturers were compelled to tF t a h ige e reds Fielder), ebaenni and t gfr a me l q l mo large yed c h a t p aod i tbatoloir borrow l t oa s wb l o i k ur Tir e borrow money at f ro m 31. t o 6/. per cent. ,• b u t e at high Friend disa r ( a r ea no r -f . money under r a o t g n a r . interest. Now, was a man whose credit was not so good as another, but who might be an equally good manufacturer, to be placed on a footing with a manufacturer who was better situated, and who had no occasion to borrow money at all? When any check took place, and they were unable to sell their articles, they were compelled to resort to the bankers to get their Bills discounted and renewed and rene wed until the interest amounted to as much as 7 per cent. It was im possible to apply the same rule to men so differently situated, because the one might close his works after a cer tain number of hours with profit, whilst the other could not do so except after working for a considerable number of hours. In May, 1824, a Committee composed of 51 Members, among whom were Mr. Huskisson, Lord Stanley, Sir Ed. ward Parnell, and others, came to a resolution to the effect " that masters and workmen should be freed from all restric tions as regards the rate of wages and the hours of work, and be left perfectly free to make such arrangements as they may think advisable and proper."—(Hear, hear.) They also re commended the abrogation of that principle of the common law which characterised a man as a conspirator if he leagued with others for the purpose of obtaining an alteration in their condition. The House agreed to it unanimously, and the consequences were, he believed, satisfactory to all. He asked the House if they were now, at this advanced period, _pre v3ared to relax that resolution? He regretted the Right Hon. aronet (Sir R. Peel) was not there, as he believed he would agree with him (Mr. Hume); if he did not he would belie all the principles on which he had acted. During the last five years every Act they had passed had for their object the freeing of industry and capital. Parliament had no right to interfere with the labour or capital of any man. Let all such • restrictions be swept away, and let every man have perfect freedom to exercise his time as he thought fit. Having stated this, let him ask lion. Gentleman who approved of this Bill if they were desirous that England should maintain her superiority, and if they were disposed to give fair play to labour and capital in this country? In Belgium and Germany no such restrictions prevailed. Recently, in Massachusetts, a Committee of the Legislature had reported that it would not be advisable to place any restrictions on the free exercise of labour, and that it was advisable to leave the matter to be arranged betweee the employer and theemployed. Every individual who interfered with this question injured, to the extent of his interference, that class of people, and when they were thrown upon the poor-laws of the country they would repent of their interference, without being able to remedy the evils they had inflicted. But if they interfered, and drove that capital elsewhere, he (Mr. Hume) wished to know on whom the responsibility was to rest. Those Gentlemen who said that they were the best advocates of the working el , sses, held out the cases of women and children as instances which called for the interference of Parliament. He would not yield to those Hon. Gentlemen in his desire to see the community happy ; and whateve r they might think of his opposition to this Bill, he was actuated by go el in. tives. He could look back upon a career of thirty sears, during which he had beeii in that House, at d in that time they would not find a single spot or trace ut any wish to ~ p p,aeis the poor. He might have been pertinacious and obstinate. POOR-RATES RATING. lie admitted that he had been obstinate in forcing upon the Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from Drog- Government reduction in expenditure and change in taxa heda, praying for an alteration in the present mode of rating tion. That was his besetting sin, if he had any—(Cheers for the poor of Ireland. and laughter)—that was his fault, and he acknowledged TEN HOURS' BILL. it.—(Renewed laughter.) He was perfectly aware that he Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition, numerously had given great offence to many individuals. He had mad signed by the clergy, Dissenting ministers, masters, and died with the unholy earnings of many men, and he had others of the town of Rochdale, in favour of the Ten Hours' been told that his interference to stop the rivulets which Bill ; also four petitions from the town of Manchester, two ran from the public Exchequer was owing to other motives trom Rochdale, five from Halifax, one from Rossendale, and than those he professed. He never cared what they asserted one from Haywood, to the same effect. nor what they did, provided they kept their hands • REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA. off him.—(Laughter.) By the result alone of his efforts 1 Sir H. W. BARRON presented a petition, numerously would he be judged. On the grounds he had mentioned he signed by the inhabitants of Waterford, praying the House did say, with all zeal and anxiety, to those Hon. Gentlemen to make some reduction in the duty on tea. who, actuated by the most humane views, were taking the TEN HOURS' BILL. course which then were adopting, that there was nothing so Mr. TUFNELL presented several petitions, all numerously likely to injure the country than this interference with its signed, from Manchester, Salford, Bury, and ether places, in capital and the employment of the people Let the House favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. not prevent any man from occupying and employing his Lord J. MANNERS presented petitions from Bury, Bolton capital, provided he did not injure his neighbour.—( Hear, Rochdale ' and other places, also in favour of the measure. hear.) The House did seem to entertain a very poor opinion M. J. O'CONNELL also presented a petition to the same of the working classes, but he had found when he had effect. gone anlongst them a greater degree of intelligence On the order of the day being read for the second reading than was generally credited, and he had found that those of the Ten Hours' Bill, men who most advocated the short-hours Bill could give Nir. MACAULAY presented a petition, signed by upwards little or no reasons for their opinions, except a reference to of 5,000 per:one, from Leigh, praying the House to pass the the children and young people, and of the n e cessity of doing measure introduced by the Hon. Member for Oldham, for something for them. It was on these groucds that be con limiting the hours of labour in factories to ten hours. sidered it the duty of Government, seeing the sister country Mr. FIELDEN presented a number of petitions in favour suffering from want of employment, not to see the capital of the Bill, from Oldham, Macclesfield, and other. places, driven away. The only cry at present was, "Let us have which he stated were both respectably and numerously capital." Let them pause at this critical time. Was it a signed. moment for trying experiments against the sound Mr. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from places in Seete principles of commerce? He said that they would be land, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Leicester, to the same the authors of evil if they sanctioned this interference effect. with the means of employing labour. They would strike the Mr. C. HINDLEY presented similar petitions from heaviest blow upon the workingclasses that they could do, aad Ashton-under-Lyne, Staleybridge, Chorley, and Medlock, instead of placing in a more advantageous position the come signed by 25,000 persons. merce of the country, they would destroy the most secure Mr. lIELDEN then moved the second reading of the foundation of its greatness. Much had been said of the Bill. agricultural employment in the country. Agriculture was Mr. HUME said he had expected that some one connected only rendered available by commerce, and the other re with the Government would have risen to state the views sources of the nation, and any interference with them was of the Government on the question—t Hear, hear)—because dangerous in the highest degree. It was on these grounds he could not conceive anything more unsatisfactory than that he moved, and moved in all sincerity, that this Bill be there meeting there in doubt as to the intentions of the read a second time that day six months.—(Cheers.) Government with regard to it.—( Hear, hear.) He said they Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. were left in doubt, and more than doubt, because the Sir GEORGE GREY said it was not his wish or Intention Noble Lord at the head of the Government, on a to have offered any observations to the House so early in the former occasion differed with his colleagues on ttte question, debate upon this question, but after the appeal made by his and whilst one person went out at one door, the other went Hon. Friend, who had just sat down, as a member of the Go out with the Noble Lord at the other. The least those in- vercment he felt himself called upon to express the comes the terested could have expected was that Noble Lord's attend- Government was prepared to take upon the present occasion, anee in his place according to his promise—(Cries of and he felt it due to the House to state the course which, as 'Hear, hear")—because he stated when the proper an individual member of the Government, he was prepared time came, that he should be prepared to state to pursue. He said, as an individual member of the Go his views on the subject. Such a statement by the Noble vernment. because he believed that there was no Ho. Lord would have regulated the course of those who opposed nourable Gentleman in that House who was aware of the Bill, for there were many gentlemen in that House the course taken, with regard to this question, by the who were extremely doubtful as to the course which Members of the Government during the last two or three the Government intended to pursue with respect to years. Many Gentlemen were present when the Noble Lord the measure. Some had formed very decided opinions, last year, in answer to a question put to him after his acces and he (Mr. Hume) had no hesitation in saying sion to once by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Fins that any interference with the employer and the employed bury, as to the principles on which the Government should would prove detrimental to the interests; of both. Many be conducted with regard to this question. The members of Hon. Gentlemen were in the habit of casting aspersions on the Go vernment felt bound to take the same course on this those who acted in accordance with the principles of poll- occasion, as the Answer of the Noble Lord intimated it was tical economy, forgetting, no doubt, that those principles their intention to do. With reference to the remark of his regulated the welfare of the community; and, therefore, he Hon. Friend as to the absence of the Noble Lord, it said that any interference with the arrangements made be- was the Noble Lord's intention to be in his tween the enip , oyer and the employed, with regard to the place pending the course of this debate, - and to prices of work and wages, except for their protection, was state, as the head cf the Government, the course opposed to the spirit of political economy altogether. His he intended to take. He had received a note in answer to a lion. Friend (Dr. Bowring) was now in favour of a Ten communication addressed to the Noble Lord by him, and it Hours' Bill, although he formerly entertained an opposite stated that he was detained by important business, but he opinion. would be in the House to make a full avowal of the opinion* Dr. BOWRING—No, no. Eleven hours. he entertained. The Hon. Gentleman . who had sat down Mr. HUME considered that a man who was in favour of said that he liked consistency in legislation. He (Sir G. eleven hours, could not be in favour of ten.—( Hear, hear, an , . Grey) hoped that he liked consistency in public men also. laughter.) lion. Gentlemen now treated the q uestion as a —(Cheers.) To his own consistenc y no p ossible ob j ection a p y onease(Cries of "No, no.") Well, lie hoped they did could be made, for he had been uniformly consistent in the not rt intend to treat it in that spirit—(Hear)—because he principle of his 'opposition to factory legislation, and in bis should have better hopes of the resu lt if th e unbiassed sense speech of that die he had declared against the principle on of the country could be brought to bear upon it in its proper which past legislation had been directed. In order to light. In the absence of the Noble Lord, he could only state be consistent with regard to these laws, the House ought to his own view of the matter—namely, that legislation ought proceed in its present course. The question, however, was a to be consistent; that for a series of years that House had fair subject for discussion. When the Hon. Gentleman talked legislated on the princip l e of p rotection for individual inte- of consistency in legislation, he (Sir G. Grey) asked him ll rests, to the ex • ion of those of the w hole communit y , and they w ould be consistent in repealing the factor y laws as exclusion laws were introduce d and passed, d 'during a period of three or they at present existed. His Hon. Friend had referred on four years, for t he purpose of interfering with the l a b ourer and this occas ion, as he did u p on a recent occasion, to a re p ort o f with his employer — that evils arose, which were so obvious e Committee of that House to whic h the question was re and severe, t hat . they were by common consent abrogated fermi ;he said that in con se.quence of the report of th e Committae twenty-two years ago. Ile could not help thinking, therefore, Parliament swept away from the statute book 60 or 70 Acts of that tie ,se who s upported this Bill were adopting a course Parliament. It these principles were perfectly sound, why which would lead to the very evils they professed themselves did not Parliament go the length his Hun. Friend recome anxious to avoid. They professed to have the welfare of the mended, in sweeping away the present principle with regard community—of the labote er—at heart, and that this was to any interference with labour? This subp.ct had been so the object of the Bill. They thought they knew how taeY often under discussion in the present Parliament, that could benefit the labourer better than he did him-alf, in °pre it would be unwarrantable in him to go to any great sitiou to the rules on which society could alone be properly and length upon it. It would not be necessary for him to beneficially conducted; hut any one professing to -direct review the various arguments brought forward on a /mother took upon himself to say that he knew better how former occasion against this proceeding, neither would he to promote the benefit of an inuividual than lie did himself. refer to the legislation of Parliament, as it had laid down the Now he altogether rejected that doctrine, as he thought the principles with regard to factory labour. On the other hand, labouring classes fully competent to manage their own notwithstanding all the arguments of the advocates of the affairs; it they were competent to do so, let the House place Bill now produced by the Hon. Menthe, for Oldham, he con them in a better condition. He heard a great demand on fessed that he should prefer a settlement of this question, all sides for universal suffrage—the right of being fairly and satisfactory to the interests ef all coacerned, not by Act of fully represented in the Legislature. Those erne) pro- Parliament, but by an Agreement between them. He con posed to interfere with these classes were the loudest fessed, a lso, that from all the information he could obtain to make this demand, because they believed the on this subject, there appeared no chance of a result people in a condition to wield the power which it by m eans so desirable. He was told that the result of the would endow them with properly; but they were now told inquiry on this subject—the arrangements inade— w ith ~.. that they were not competent to manage their affairs. That view to the reduction of the hours of labour, e t ve , e a r n ' !_ sa d Hon. the most contradictory doctrine he had ever heard. His number, and had been carried out for a time a s nd now l ee existing Hon. Friend (Mr. Duncombe) had presented a petition—the to exist; ant although there were many a c f Made bmutual largest one he believed that was ever presented, as it was in which a reduction from twelve hours_ fo vr r the conti nuance of signed by three millions of the working classes—praying for arrangement, there was no sec e u r n m ty h ills held out the induce universal suffrage, and setting forth that they were in a fit that agreement as long aso :, others t offered long work and high condition to manage their own affairs. He (Mr. Hume) , neent of short hours, delusionwhe.e to suppose that any such ag ree . supported the prayer of that petition, because he had too wa ges. It was a out. When he looked at the chief high an opinion of them to think them unworthy of the meat could be carri ed a,„d 3t any further interference in face. trust they sought. He certainly should feel obliged if his arguments adduoce b found that those arguments chiefly Hon. Friend (Mr. Fielden) would explain on what tory labouor, fpredictions of certain facts which were principle he wished to restrain the free labour of the consisteodw from the adoption of the modifications working classes. He was at a loss to know on what to fo s l e l d by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Oldham.. principle they could tell a man, who had, perhaps, an aged prop ek e He fo o und, on looking back to the discussions which had parent, or a family to support. and who was desirous to s in tee I taken place with regard to the Bills brought in from time to an hour or two longer than usual, in order to ob r tain evo b a _ a d time, during the last few years, to regulate factory labour, more for their supßort, that he should not n wo k h enactment to and on one occasion regulating the employment of children stipulated period. It seemed like passingreduceihea length of those under eight years, and those between eight and twelve make people of one height or to . jeuet b.—(Laughter.) years of age, he found nothing but predictions of the who were too long for a bed of a certain . , f he grea t evils with loss and ruin which would foll ow f rom the interference of He would appeal to any Irish Member, i f t which Ireland had had to conten d wer e not the result of want Parliament on this question. Did they find that these re .tal. There was a want of strictions on factory labour produced any prejudicial result? of employment and want of cap pep was an inter f erence with the people, No such fact capital, because there f r ee exercise of their labour. admission that it had been product ive The which which prevented the been carried to a high degree with re- Hon Member for Dorchester entertained and strong con.- That interference had d roved injurious to the State in • • Ireland, and ha p seientious opinions upon this subject, and he even gent tolabour that might had lost the e theywas prepared to admit the beneficial result of these every way, becaus e I -ed and that capital; so that that been usefully vim tee , measures, with regard to the cases of children under •ht have been thus usefully employed had be - • • • had increa sed the class who might eight years of age. These restrictions burden to the State. What would be the consepence - come acomforts ofthe country. Reports from of commerce and the of their interference on the present occasion? It England factory inspectors had from time to time been laid on the had to supply the whole of Europe with manufactured corn -table ofthat H ouse, and the • proved the benefit which had . 3 modifies th e consequence would be disastrous; but if th ey c hildren between • ht and eesulted With regard to eight restricted the employment - of capital in manufactures, 1 . twelve years of age, Parliament had done all that it could and consequently prevented its full operation, the be legally required to do, and the result was that those capitalist would have no return for the risks he had children who laboured for six hours during the day made. Whatever they did to induce a person to had their education attended to, while the means reduce the investment of his capital, and to reduce of educatio n , toed the character of the education it his men, was injurious to the State, as i t would lessen pro- self, lied greatly increased. He must admit the many ins duction, and to the i n di v id ua l , by depriving hint of tits i etances of liberality, on the part of the owners of factories, wages. If England had the supply oi' t:::- -allele , S. .. 1 '1,.. . in providing the means of education for the children erne might dictate runts which other it ;tie!' • 'e • '., • ' ;tinned. And it would be untair, unjust, and untrue to at to abide by, and less injury ii1,:.1 . ..t.t , l'l 8 . 11 .' ' - tribute any ,stint of feeling to those.w who opposed the Bill, striction as that proposed, but they lied to contend eith , on t h e areund that it would rot prints that end. He (air rival manufacturers, which, at . least emulated, if they did G. Grey) thought that while the children between eight and not exceed our own. For instance, the iimportation of silk I t we lve years of age only worked for a certain time, while IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 10. The SPEAKN:It took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Mr. WATSON brought in this Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time this day fortnight. IRISH POOR-LAW. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from the guardians of the Cuckford Union, in the county of Sussex, praying for an alteration in the Irish poor-laws. TEN . HOURS' BILL. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from Manchester, agreed to at a public meeting, and signed by 22,326 persons, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill ; also petitions to the same effect from Rochdale and other places. An Hon. Mnsingst presented a petition from Macclesfield; signed by 2,246 persons, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. B. DENISON also presented a petition in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill from the West Riding of Yorkshire, signed by upwards of 5,000 persons. Sir G. S ISICKLAND presented petitions from Halifax, Rochlale, Bury, Bacup, Macclesfield, Salop, Wed nesbury, and other places, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. FERRAND also presented a petition from Bacup, signed by 1,823 persons; also from 1,100 workmen in the employ of Messrs. Burnley and Co., praying the House to restrict the labour in factories to ten hours. Colonel ACTON presented a petition to the same effect from some place, the name of which:we were not able to catch Lord G. BENTINCK presented 32 petitions from various towns in the country, praying the Government to adopt the principle of the Ten - Hours' Bill. The Noble Lord also pre sented a petition, signed by 232 of the workmen in the em ploy of Messrs. I. Bright and Brokes, in favour of the mea sure for restricting the time of labour in factories to ten hours. Mr. AINSWORTH presented petitions, numerously signed, from Bolton and ten other places, in favour of the Ten Hours Factory Bill. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition, numerously signed from Lincoln, to the same effect. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the inha bitants of Finsbury, praying the House to do justice to the claims of the Raja of Setters. THE ANATOMY ACT. The Hon. MEMBER also presented a petition, praying the House to appoint a Committee to inquire into the operation of the Anatomy Act. AFFIDAVITS IN COURTS OF LAW. The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition, praying the House to adopt some measure for the purpose of giving increased facilities and wider extension to the use of affidavits in the courts of England and Ireland. TEN HOURS' BILL. _ Sir R. H. INGl:lSPresented — a petition, signed by the clergy and Dissenting ministers of the town of Bury, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill, and hoping that individual interests would not be allowed to stand in opposition to the cause of the general interests of humanity. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the workmen in the employ of Messrs. Hurst, at Rochdale, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill; also petitions from Dorset and other places, to the like effect. _ _ _ Mr. STEWART presented ten petitions from various parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire to the same effect. NEWMARKET AND CHESTERFORD RAILWAY. On the motion of an HoN. MEmosx, this Bill was read a second time. „,,,,............ TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. WALKER presented a petition, numerously signed, from Bury, and other places, in favour of this measure. CH.ARD CANAL AND RAILWAY EXTENSION AND AMALGAMATION. This Bill was, on the motion of an How. MEMBER, read a second time, as was also The Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, Coatbridge Railway; Branch to Glasgow station). TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition, signed by the Clergy and Dissenting ministers of the town of Leeds, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. ELEVEN HOURS' BILL. The HON. MEMBER also presented a petition from the manufacturers of Leed•, praying the House to pass a Bill limiting the hours of labour in f..etories to eleven. POOR REMOVAL BILL Mr. NEWDEGATE presented a petition from Norwich praying the House to make some alteration in the. Poor moval Bill.