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THE SUIST,_, LONDON., toseewoosonsawiessimesemeaseewswe l " - """' s eeoesisessessewesseste—weesseweseesewseesoewseee inspecting eng i neers and ethers, who would be re- s Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said that a difficulty would also Tilted to carry out tite ar rangement, would cause I arise from the positions of the Roman Catholic clergy in Ire au immense expenditure et money. The i moo rtanee of the land in the several parishes. He was himself entitle.l to question, however, unsier the Poor R e li e f Bill, could not b e o fficiate as a guardian, but he had not qualified, and he appre hver-estitnated. If she Government would say that it had heodeti that the same indisposition vsould be felt by the made 11 9 its mind on the subject it might be worthy of con- Roman Catholic clergy. He thought the better plan would ' f l i rtation, whether it would n ot b e b e t ter t o di scus s it n ,w be to leave out the whole clause, and take the discussion on ,„! ut to postpone it to a future occasion, but if the question bringing up the report. "' l ght be s onedered to be still open, then he had no objection The House then divided, when there appeared— t°l4Postpoiiement . For the amendment ..• ••• ... .. 32 Mt. LABOUCHERE would not pledge the Government Against it ••• ••• "• ... ... ... 128 air course of the kind. Majority against t he amendment —95 to a M. M. O'FERRAL said that what he wan ted was not to The amendment was consequent l y lost, and the clause was Pleas the Government to any particular course, but tha t they agreed to. shout l eav e the s ubject open for discussion on a future Cl a uses 4 and 5 were the n a g reed to. oecann. M M On the proposition of clause 6, hc kind r. ORGAN J. O'CONNELL thou g ht the clause was M. LABOUCHERE would Dive no a ssurance of t Teep e e,. clumsily worded. Its object was to connect the district corn s.'6 H. W. BARRON regretted the tone of the Hon. mittees with the central committee in Dublin. Getleman b e low hi m (M r ; Labonehere). He saw the Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE did not mean to meet the Bill grit danger of allowing the extension of the Poor- with any hostility, but he thought the machinery might be la w i n the manner proposed ; as the electoral dis- amended. tries as they now snood wer e qu ite too large A l te r the p ro p osition of some verbal amendments by the Bests conv i nce d that if the Poor-law were extended in Ireland Chancellor of the Exchequer, the clause , with his alterations IV ' tot confined to territorial r es p onsibility, the greatest mis- was agreed to. thief w ould resu lt to the landlords , and every other interest. On clause 7 being proposed, rho system of electoral districts had not the effect of stimulat. Lord CLEMENTS said that this clause was simply a varia ng landlords to improve their properties, and to give employ- tion of the 18th clause, and on these two clauses the whole neat, but by narrowing the amount of taxation, that effect Bill hinged; and it appeared that a deficiency had occurred, 'could result, and the country be greatly benefited. There from the Government having neglected to ascertain which of Ras oe landlord, under such circumstances, who would support the poor ought to be relieved, and who not. They had the poor th a t m i g ht b e u pon his property in idleness, if he blinked the question in every stage, and then they proposed a could procure em ployment for them. And he was surprised 6/. rating. Why, did they know what a 61. rating was, and that this argument had not some effect on the Hon. Gentleman how it would affect the people? Under the clause, as it now below him 01r. Labouchere), The only tangible argument stood, anybody might be relieved. He knew persons of in of any f orc e w hich he had heard against clearance of townl nd dependent property, who would be under the 6/. rating division wa s, that it would tend to a of the estates. many industrious people, who were well off, would be free Now it occurred to him that it was strange that the Right Hon. from it. Why, under this clause, the Right Hon. Gentle- Gentleman did not see that a remedy could be applied man the Secretary for Ireland might efthimsl go and receive the for the prevoon of that. He, himself (Sir 11. W. Barron), relief.—(Laughter.) If they proceeded as he Bill stood, the had a notice m the books of the House, "that the landlord farmer would compete with the labourer for the work. Then it should be botnd by law to support every person that he ejected was perfectly impossible for any one to work the accounts, as he from m in property, for either three or five years. The system firmly believed that out of the 21,5'20 persons to be employed of comunities, advocated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, there was not one that would understand the accounts. There might be very well in theory, but when reduced to practice, it were more difficulties in this Bill than the Right Hon. Gen would bt found by no means so efficient as the town land tleman the Secretary for Ireland anticipated, and he thought system. f they were to have the English law adapted to it was indispensably necessary that the clauses he alitd alluded Ireland, It them have the division into parishes, intiodueed as to should be amended. He would suggest that as st of the in Englarl. There every parish supported its own poor, and destitution of the party requiring relief, the sum he had pre. in n i ne tynine cases out of a hundred, a parish in England was vionsly been rated at, should not exceed 4/. not one Furth the extent of an electoral district, neither in Mr. LABOUCHERE entertained a strong opinion, that it size, i n er ne, nor in any other respect were they analogous. would be most inexpedient to a ttempt to lay down any dis tinct He hoptt that the House would not a do p t the vicious p rinci p le definition as to who should be entitled to relief. Still he was of throing the whole responsibility upon property in Ireland, ready to admit, that under the Labour-rateAct, persons had for sucia principle would render all their efforts at legislation been employed who, so far frem atege, had the means for Irelnd, vain.—( Hear, hear.) in their own hands of procuring very excellent subsistence. Mr. 3ELLEW said that the House could not lose sight of He was not so sanguine as to suppose that this Bill would not the quetion, that the Irish population was in some way to be be liable to the same difficulties and objections ; but at all provider for ; but it could not be done by the principle of events, under its provisions the imposition could not be so sue throwir the whole burden upon the landed property, as such eessfully practised as it had been under the Labour-rate Act. a mown would be little short of a confiscation. In Mayo, Under that Act ,in many instances, public virtue had given Srso, aid many other counties, the rental of the estates would way to self-interest ; but as the present Bill did beeaten up by being obliged to support those who were upon not provide for the distribution of money, but of food, there then. He understood that the Hon. Member for Northamp- would not be the same temptations. With regard to fixing the tonhire wished that out-door relief should be given to the test at 41., he thought it most unwise to pursue any such ablebodied paupers , and h e believed that the Irish Members course, because it was not impossible that persons who had genrally, were not in fa vour of such a p rinciple, but on the been higher rated might be reduced to the lowest depths contary, were opposed to it ; and, he believed, that such a of destitution. He must, therefore, decline to adopt the sug prireiple woud be most injurious, as it would throw too much gestion of the Noble Lord.—(llear, hear.) restonsibiliteupon the townlands, which rarely exceeded two Mr. F. FRENCH perfectly agreed with the last remark of or wee hundred acres, whilst the present district amounted to the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland. He knew many six thou4nd acres in some instances. persons who had been rated at upwards of 61. who were new Lord DON MANNERS confessed that when he heard in a state of most pitiable destitution. the Riot Honourable Gentleman object to the propo- After a few words from Mr. BELLEW, sition of the Honourable Member for Northamptonshire, The clause as amended was agreed E . fer its no being in strict accordance with the principles of the On clause te, which provides for the issuing of warrants di-, English lw, he accordrprised. Supposing that the proposition rected to the guardians, requiring them to pay the amount o' did not wictly ac with the English law, if it produced a the estimate to the person named in the warrant, being put, Facticaltood in Ireland, why should it be reiected? The Colonel CONOLLY thought it rather an unreasonable Right 11n. Gentleman also went on to say, that he wished the thing to compel them to collect such large sums of money , House tssanction the principle that a man was more to regard when it was already well known that they were totally unable the w a y e performed his duties to the community than the to collect money to the distress of the districts. way he ascharged his duties to his property. His firm con- Mr. B. OSBORNE thought that it was quite likely that con viction eg e, that the community would best be served when no vest. It would rates would ever be colletein Irelnd until the next har . be much better for the n Government to allow intlivitel rig.hts and individual ditties were properly main t ai lie was only an English Member of that House, but those unions who had overdrawn their account to pay interest pardoned if he now took some further on such sums until they were paid. he th o ught he might be in in this question. He thought that the Right Hon. Mr. ROEBUCK thought it rather strange that the Go- Genteman. in laying down his principles with respect to the vernment should be called upon to advance money upon inte duties to tie community, was laying the foundation for an in- rest t.i persons whom the Hon. Member had stated were totally crea se d a rise for taxation under the English poor-law. As an unable to collect the rates or repay the loans. Irish Members English Nember, he should be prepared whenever the seemed quite prepared to take the money, but had no idea of question vas discussed, to pay attention to the opinion repaying it. He believed that all the charities of Ireland had expressed by the be Members for Kildare and been and would be misapplied, and would go into the pockets Waterford :and not be led away by the expression of those who were trading upon the miseries of Ireland. of opinior with reference to feudalism, which had nothing to Lord CLEMENTS said that it was quite true that the do with tie question. money had been misapplied; but it had been misapplied by Mr. OtBORNE said he would not trespass Chadh upen the Government, and that, too, upon their own confession. the ti me d the House by the observations he to make. The poor had been defrauded of their money, and the farmers He tk ott glt that the arguments adduced by the Right Hon. and more respectable people had received that which the poor Gentl e man would certainly carry him to approve of the expe- should have had. Ile fully concurred in the opinion that the iu.'rericy of national rate. He thought that the Hon. Member rates would not be paid before the next harvest, even if then; j";Tortbastninp3!onshire had been somewhat misrepresented in for in his opinion there would be nothing like crops for the next this debate wish regard to the opinion he had expressed, bnt harvest. his its oNeet in rising was to draw the attention of the Mr. ROSS wished to deny the charge which had been made Hou se t o what he tl:ought as serious a matter. He did not against the landowners a few nights since by the Hon. and before the House went into Coin- Learned Member for Bath, whom he characterised as coming to wish to interpose any sle!=tY mittee. He wished to wash his hands from the responsibility the House and begging them to save them from ruin. of agree i ng t o this m easure wteich her Majesty's Government Mr. S. O'BRIEN thought it quite impossible for the rates had brougit forward for the temporary relief of the to be collected. There were hundreds of persons rented at more destitute soon He had a strong opinion upon this than 4/. per annum who were not cultivating their land, and Bill. lit gave the Government every credit for kind who would be perfectly unable to pay the rates. He thought and goo d i n t e ntions in introducing it. He believed the imposition of any relief test would prove a failure. It was that no m en were actuated by better intentions, and an important question, and it was right that the attention of the he also believed that next to the unfortunate people Government should be fully called to the subject. It was not who vine now starving ins re land they were much to be pitied• without great consideration on this subject that her Majerty's The stateof things i n Irend had got to that dreadful crisis, Goverhment had decided upon the present measures. It was that it was difficult to propose any measure sufficient as a true that the Hon. Gentleman had stated that there remedy. He believed that the measure p ro posed w ould not were many parts of Ireland where the rate could be be effectual. It would set into o peration t w o s ystems, and would collected, but there were many other parts of the country where cause continual drains of money from this country, and that, 1 it could not be collected, and in the cases that had been called, he could assure the Hon. Member for Bath, he was most where it was not collected, he believed it was not owing to the anxious to avoid. There were 500,000 people working on the neglect of those whose duty it was to collect the rents. It roads in Ireland, and it was intended to employ and feed them. had been said they we: e imposing duties on the officers of the If they gave each of them a qua rt of sou p per day, that, at the poor-law different to those for which they were engaged ; but lowest estimate, would cost ld. per head , or 10,000:. per day, it was the duty of these officers to do all that was required of 70,000/ per week, or three millions a year; and yet during all them for the collection of the rents as essential to their func this time the labour-rate did not cease They were certain in tions. bringing this test to promote the cultivation of the country. Mr. °SLOANE and Major M{Nsesetooo rose at the same No man who merely got his quart of soup would undertake time, but the latter gave way. e agricultural labour, and h e had been informed by medical Me. OSBORNE—The statement mad. by the Hon , men that soup was not s ufficient food for them, ber for Northampton was strictly true. There were instances Mm and there was neither accommodation in the way of ovens, or in Clare of some of the small farmers having gone on the meal to put into them. Even the workhouses were short of public roads. Notwithstanding what had been said by bread. Phis measure for temporary relief would not produce the Hon. Member for Bath, he did not think the rate could be any permanent benefit, nor tend to the cultivation of the soil. collected. After a few words from Lord BERNARD, the House went Major M'NAMARA made a few remarks which were in into Committee. audible. Mr. C. O'BRIEN was ready to prove that many of the On clause 1 being proposed, Mr. F. FRENCH said that in the first clause he eh- statements that had been made in the course served that there were many °ffi''ers to be appointed by the debate were quite erroneous. He could p ove tha t Commissioners subject to the approval of the Lord Lieutenant. every statement put forward by Ca twin Wn e He objected much to the principle, and he thought that the with respect to the county of Clare, was unfound n ed. responsibility ought to fall upon the Lord Lieutenant himself. He had treated the inhabitants as savages Clar e , but they wre no He would propose, therefore, that the words " subject to the such thing. In that part of the county in which he resided no approval of the Lord Lieutenant" should be struck out in the difficulty was experienced in collecting the rates, and the 16th clause. were a sufficient security for the repayment of whatever money After a few words from Sir G. GREY, which did not reach the Government might advance. He hoped, however, the the gallery, Government would institute an inquiry into the charges which Lord CLEMENTS said that he thought the responsibility Captain Wynne had made, and not to allow him to continue ought to be thrown definitely on the Lord Lieutenant, as the to hold the office he did at a salary of 5001. a-year, with the mere necessity of his approval of the appointments would give assistance of a secretary, which the county had to pay. rise to many abuses. He did not see how those officers who Mr. P. SCROPE hoped the House would not be led away had other engagements to fulfil could properly administer the from the great question before them by personal recrimination. The great object to be obtained was to save millions of the pe o o n - . present law. pie from perishing, and to prevent the money, proposed to be Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Hon. Member had com tehx e p e o n e d e e n d p y ; i o b g u t t enifantths,"thaety tempted c ed t , 0 f e r o o l m l e e b t e t i n h g e p seted of all the appointments requiring the . sancrion of the Lewd Lieutenant. Upon the fullest co nsideration,ales p f r e o r m l y of the yies - e ion, the Government thought this course the most would create the same confusion which they did in 1e,35, when military, t . the rates at once yt to collect tithes desirable. ire also complains that several of the Commis- . they attempted, by the aid of the ''• sioners, having other appointmeets, could not purposely attend from the tenants. It was advisable m t t to the duties imposed on them by the present measure. The upon the landlords, who were true state of the case watt, that Sir John Burgoyne and Sir in a condition to give l amp e security to the Government for whatever ad Randolph Routh would have All their time devoted to the Ea - vances they might make on thecredit t o their tenantry. sure; while Sir John Macgregor, colonel Jones, and Mr. Red- Th TaeCHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUERexplained ington, would be able to afford them important assistance. thatwhat he Mr. Redington, in a communication which he (Mr. Labrou- chere) had received from him, said that he really b9lleved that Founties, as many of its inhabitants had acted very turbulently, t here) the rrangement proposed, they should gain a great for instance the Lord -Lieutenant had been compelled to stop, deal of time, and very much simplify the business. , a some said some of the works, in consequence of the riotous conduct of those employedh also that the commissioners appointed would be quite sufficient b the on same em. A murderous attack had recently for the duties, and that the board would be quite sufficient for a eon made , ame county. An extract from Captain Wynne s report, however, stated that the people had returned all present purposes. Mr. B. OSI3ORNE would not oppose the clause, but Si l ; former masters, he believed the to tees report to be true. plained of the enormous duties that would be thrust on Sir Mr, C. O'BRIEN stated that Captain Wynne had brought Johu Burgoyne, and Sir Randolph Routh. He considered charges against him which had been investigated by the board, that local boards ought to be appointed in the various districts and their utter groundlessness proved. Now he complained to relieve the duties of the central commissioners. If the Bill that the report did not contain any allusion to the matter. M was to work at all there mus t be local boards. Mr. JOHN O'CONNE LL said that there was a g reat Lord CLEMENT & did aching wish to press his amendment at doubt whether the rates would be paid in Irelsnd. The land present, but thought the m ry was defective in its pre lords might be able to pay them, but the poor tenants would gent form. not. He thought that if they wished to keep the people alive The amendment was then withdrawn, and it must be by a large grant of money. After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EX- Mr. SMITH O'BI:IEN said that it would be impossible CI7EQUER , to collect the rates in many districts, and more especially Th e s e was agreed to. where the Noble Lord ( Clements) lived. In many places they Clause i was agreed to without discussion. were not able to pay rents much less taxes, and therefore he On the resolution that clause 3 stand part of the Bill, thought it would be impossible to collect the rates from the Mr. S. O'BRIEN moved, as an amendment, that those poor of Ireland. parties who had subscri bed to a certain amount should be eh- Mr. DISRAELI supported the suggestion of the Hon. gible in their respective districts for seats in the local boards Member for Clare with regard to a committee, and read a of management. letter from Captain Wynne to the board reflecting on the Mr. F'. FRENCH approved of the amendment. conduct of Mr. O'Brien, and other magistrates of the county Mr. OSBORNE hoped the suggestion would be at- of Clare, as well as ihe state of society in h t at county generally. tended to. Mr. CORNELIUS O'BRIEN hoped the Hon M b The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to for Shrewsbury would not take the ' *em er words of Capt. Wynne as the alteration proposed. gospel. That letter had been written by him for the Colonel CONNOLI.Y thought the amendment of the Hon. of raising himself in the estimation of the Board.puritior Member for Limerick would be a great improvement. became Capt. Wynne to talk in a derogatory manner of hit l n l The Earl of LINCOLN was in favour of limiting the num- (Mr. O'Brien) or his colleague, for there was a transaction in ber of .the Committee. Let them suppose it composed of per- which he was concerned in the county Limerick, which did not baps individuals, and he was assured that with the peculiar contribute much to his reputation. He took into his barrack temperament of the Irish the hesiness could be proceeded with. room the wife of , (cries :of " Oh, oh,)—and after- He thought, therefore, that the cit:use as it stood would meet ward ©House an allegation of seduction—(cries oft — all the difficulties of the case. If th would grant him a committee of inquiry he wOuld Mr. SHAW thought that the clause should specify justices prove the truth of all he stated. either resident within the electoral districts , or having pro- Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he considered it due after party there. He was quite prepared, however , t o leaVO' the what had been said, to the character of a public servant, to whole matter in the discretion of the Lord-Lieutenant and th s 7 bear his testimony to his merits. He knew it to be Board of Management. ti l es opinion f every m erits of the Irish Govern- Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL urged •in the strongest manner, ment,although the had many officers who dis that y .. upon the Government the propriety of including is duties with ability, fidelity, and zeal, yet there in the clause charged (inert._ the clergymen in the respective distric ts. A et excelled that of Captain Wynne. He considered that was no person whoa!' ,conduct by ao doing they would secure the 1 art under circumstances of classes. confidence of the poorer He acted a most gallant aPu mantY_P H 1 Mr. Labouchere) never Mr. OSBORNE thought the most adverse description. ee the whole matter might e therefore could have no the discretion of the Lord-Lieutenant. unjust and Mr. LABOUCHERE could not see personal interest in rising to defend hint from an . the propriety of fjustice. He did ing such unlimited powers to the Lord-Lieutenant. rrh grant- unfair attack—his only motive was a sense o to dis ii', taken the guardians of the respective unions, together Ztyhhtre not wish to enter into any question in reference. Wynne resident justices. With respect to the clergymen, he which might have existed between Captain _y , was sure andthe Honourable only regretted that that the Government had no desire t o ca cast the the should have the House, He slightest reflection on the clergymen of Ireland, whether these only felt • been brought before entitled belonged to the Established or the Roman Catholic Church. He tothe it due to Captain Wynne to say that he 1 (Mr. Labouchere) bore testimony to the great exertions of tions t f , r s a t titude of the country, for it was mainly iexer that body during the existing visitation. He believed that hear.) He was peace of the country was preservetl—(hear without their assistance it would have been impossible to have there were i.t ready to agree with Hon. Gentlemen that. preserved the peace of the country. But they had no desire was most unjust gea to abuses on many of the public works, but it iall • as the Lord to extend the power': in the clause., more espec y In many parts of say that such exceptions were the rule. Lieutenant could avail ilmself of the advice of the clergy when very well conducted, the country the public works were and every body did their duty, he found it necessary to do so. and none but the really destitute After a few words from Sir D. NOR REYS, the amendment them. By the exertions were employed o p oo was negatived without a division. and the co-operation of theßoard gentry, groatand ' incalculable good 51 r- 'W. S. O'BRIEN then proposed another r amendment in had been effected. He hoped the same clause, that after the word " poor," i n j o :e 21, these there, and that the House reside- the Bill. would be allowed to proceed with words be introduced, " Clergymen of all denomination: inMn the electoral districts " Mr. C. O'BRIEN said that th Mr. . I '. FRENCH trusted . the Hon. Member would not press ai - .: i his col lea g u e , had been suppressed, and not a word had Mr. AGLlONBYconcede Mr. SHA o s Old, that although afe the ame . - thought that Government should w abuses mi ht have niimetit to the wishes of the Irish Members. They had existed, it was by no ;mans the general rule. ' g had expe • NI , hen it was experience, and therefore they ought to be placed on the most erroneously stated that Committee. ' enera were receiving the funds des- Sir G. GREY said tined for the destitute. A landlord, ;;', 4 re,l lathe count Leitrim, arise out of this that a t difficulty would naturally had informed him, within the last two ci -. ' 4 O"tofy7o great ays,tha,...4•' W. rent proposition times, who would claim ti, for the ministers of fifty denomina- his agent, a most intelligent gentleman, had reporteti ;‘, h im confusion. Then th the right, and there would be endless that all he could collect was 5/. He had visited all - the were the clergy. u r e e tr w u ould be another difficulty as to who tenants, and he did riot believe, so destitute were they of leveree supposed that it was intende st d e it would n o t for a moment be thing, that_the h y could pay one farthing more—was i y r, i:lnputation upon the Catholicirthe sli g ht est d egre e to cast any then, to call t ose unfortunate people farmers, farmers re erey • i ceiving relief —( Hear, hear.) He did believe that the After a few words from Sir R. r. P . money MalinEKS+ the latter of \thorn ERGUSON and Lord JOHN , would be repaid—at least the greater portion of it—and he stated th a t i t was hi s i n tention ' could assure the Government of this, at least, that they would ()support the Zraypdaient __. t i meet the most 411404 and cordial purport from every laud. ord in Ireland who were only desirous to assist by every means in their power.—( Hear, hear.) Lord BERNARD said that he spo d ke the sent t imonts of all g reat majority of the peop le in Irelan, when he stated hat I t h e y wanted was a loan of money, which they would honestly I repay. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said, that in the p a rt of Ireland with w hich he was connected , the landlords had punctually paid I their rates. When it was said that the n n to pay the rates arose from the landlords, it was casting an unjust reflee tion upon them. He trusted, that if the rates could not other wise be collected, they should be levied from the lands, for the English public ought not to be disappointed, nor the Irish peo ple left to starvation. The clause, with verbal amendments, was agr eed to. en Clauses 9, 10, and 11, were th agreed to. 110 n clause 12 being proposed, Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that the consideration of this clause ha better be ostoned until Monda as it did not determine fairly whether p the p rates for out-doory, r elief should be levied upon the electoral districts or the unions generally. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER tt the question had better remain open until the bringingsaid ha up of the report on Monday. Lord LINCOLN wished the law as laid down in this Bill td remain in accordance with the present law in Ireland. It was true that an application had been made to the Government to allow the rates to be levied upon the electoral districts, and it was necessary that the law as it stood should remain unaltered as the greatest , confusion would arise from any attempt at change. It would be better to postpone the matter until the other measure, with reference to the poor in Ireland, then before the House, should be decided. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Noble Lord had said quite correctly, that all expenses should be charged to the electoral division, but the law as it at pre sent existed, enacted that a twelve months residence out of eii,fhteen in the electoral district should let the expense fall on that district, but a less period of residence would cause the ex pense to fall upon the general union. The question must be referred td the Commissioners for the execution of the law. After some further conversation, Mr. ROEBZICK begged leave to move that Mr. Greene should leave the chair and report progress. After a few remarks from sir. DISRAELI, This course was agreed to, and the chairman reported progress. The Th e other House ordersthen resumed.ofthe da y were then disposed of, and the House adjourned until Four o'clock on Monday. IRISH RAILWAYS BILL. That our Contemporary, the, Times, should resist any scheme whatever which has for its object the extension of railways in general, and that Mr. Roebuck should spitefully attack any measure, however benevolent, for the ameliora tion of the condition of the Irish people in this the hour of their misfortune, are things of course. The country will not be surprised by the opposition of the one or the malignity of the other. It will, possibly, not be astonished by the glaring mis-statements contained in the angry effusions of either. They who have read but cursorily the admirable and loci speech of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn will have gathered at least from his statement, that no proposition is made to the people of England to part with one sixpence of their property, in order to make a bold and final endeavour towards the recovery of their brethren in the sister island. Great as the object is, imminent as the crisis has become, no one class of the people, no single in dividual in England does his Lordship propose to burden or to tax for the relief and benefit of the people in Ireland. England, in an emergency unparalleled, to accomplish a good, the extent of which it is impossible to overrate, is asked simply to lend, not her money, but her credit, to the country to which she is bound by common laws, common interests and rights, in order to enable her to rise from degradation to prosperity, from want to plenty, and to assume, with respect to England, that honourable position which hitherto she has not known, but which the saddest experience has taught us is as necessary to the well-being of the one country as it is to the tranquillity of the other. Not the grant of a farthing is demanded. If there is anything clear in the matter it is this simple fact. The request is solely for credit to obtain a loan, which shall be secured as amply as the most scrupulous can wish. In no one case does Lord George Bentinck ask the Government to advance the smallest portion of that loan, except on the approval and certificate of the constituted board of Railway Commissioners, unless a third of the amount applied y for woks nd advanced y asn be has s been tan already an d .nn il expended the wl e y n i e t r h e e -f the works are ready to be given as security for the oa e quired. That which is so plain to the humblest under standing could hardly have escaped the acute penetration of our sagacious Contemporary, and the equally sharp mind of the Hon. Gentleman t o whom we refer, and who deems it his duty to retail on the floor of the house of Commons the unseemly abuse and unwarranted accusations which he has previously read in columns as spiteful and pre judiced as his own unhappy, vexed, and restless spirit. But it has escaped them both, or they wilfully mis-state tte facts of the case, and knowingly attempt to mislead the public judgment. "The grant of 16,000,0001. to the lines of one province," says our Contemporary, " would help to depreciate the rest." What grant? None is spoken of. " Government is," he continues, " to restore confidence, lend money, finish railways, change discount into premium, fill the pockets of the shareholders, and perform all those other wonders which Harlequin is expected to do on the stage, and a Minister in the Emerald Isle." Government is expected to do no such things. It is asked neither to lend money nor to finish railways. The people, by universal acknowledg ment, are starving. A vast proportion of the labouring classes arc at the present moment employed on works that have been pronounced worse than useless, answering at the best "no other purpose than that of obstructing the public communication ; ' the population look to the State for some provision for the future—some permanent and set tled mode of earning a livelihood apart from the miserable and insufficient methods of the past. They all but implore to be taken from their wretched potato fields, and to be distributed over profitable and generally remunerating works ; and on their behalf the credit, and nothing more, of the Government is demanded by the Noble Lord, who, guided by the wisdom and experience of the most practical and successful men of the age, prefers the accomplishment of railways to the re claiming of bogs, useful industry to unprofitable scheming. "The Noble Lord," said Mr. Roebuck, " proposes that this country should employ 16,000,0001. in a sort of speculation of making railroads in Ireland. He did not ask the rich to come forward, but he asked the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to tax the people of England, in order that he might apply their capital to the construction of railroads in Ireland. Already a sum of 11,500,000/. had been called for from the people of England. To that the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn proposed to add 16,000,000/. more." The coolness and effrontery of these mis-statements require no comment. By the side of the clear mad unmistake ablel oopfeanocnise fail est poia a ot, uerh i eartxe r ,x o oaesde ns u shldpae n etyoects c i wfrtioeeeoanthmnfthecdeetveentihnethokan: the enhien o . annoeg f dpgetdpfiuhNl feeling b e emgohl le Opposition N ieen:Naotg o z, rn b oalaanl l i o e nf tnnjdchsi Member .ooetotuiauhpttunlhee.udc,de itr o suffering efor c i I t , e y rti fellow-sub jects they l oN,wr a t s ui v bi of one s hdnlr e i:( l s)To l tthh h hi a asi s tz ddidecidedleewtt.ecarr)nt, det r ermination tt Bill."op pose to oppose its introduction altogether. se t i fiwl Lordships' a le s d re b l u L e e i l w t a o l : n d o a t t t i t h ; e e a s c w t: s h , l i l i l s - 1 induce oppone n a t second c m % n With h regard er relaxation. ar d t 0 is a beneathlreland dall p a his new _ L o o s r i d u s o l o hasto r e b e t c h a e u se progress orGyobNo.yeprpini Government politicalethat r ceased. etuse a It g is eo not good m to e impedemeasure Lord George Bentinck- interferes to-day, but to help The English community are inte res t e d i n the futureion. pros perity of their Irish brethren. No Member of Parliament fulfils his duty to his constituency unless, at the present try ing moment, to the best of his ability he seeks to prev en t a recurrence of the calamities which now weigh upon the in dustry of the humble labourers of the country, and yet are borne with truest sympathy and self-denial. The measures suggested by Lord George Bentinck not only repair the affliction and remove the burden, but they propose advan tages to England otherwise unattainable. Lord John Rus sell, as we conceive from his Lordship's speech, would be better disposed to listen to such measures if they did not jar with his previous theories and conceits. The shade of political economy haunts the Prime Minister like a curse. It was with him during the recess—it accompanies him to the Ministerial bench. A month or two ago it would not suffer him to feed the famished people. To-day it will permit him to do nothing else. When we urged his Lordship to save the dying hundreds, and published for his edification and support the accounts that daily came to us of fearful deaths and me lancholy inquests, the ear was turned from humanity to science. Depots were closed, and the principles of trade and commerce held more sacred than the lives of men. Now, when we have time to look about US—now, when Parliament has met, and it is the duty of that Parliament not only to give food, but to take stops against the return of famine, and to give activity to the desponding, labour to the disheartened, hope to the despairing, energy and self• respect to the idle, political economy alters her tone and bids his Lordship be humane and say, that " the only want is the want of food, and that the application of money for railway purposes is not calculated to supply it." Where political economy should be tender, she is a stoic ; where she should be up and active, she is merely drivelling. It is the fate of all theories that are antagonistic to the laws of God and nature to be thus inconsistent and con temptible. We hope that we have shown ourselves at least as sensible as his Lordship of the urgent necessity of furnish ing the starving population with food for their immediate benefit, l establishmente lp. N a S' n e d are, hopes ohowever, railroads sreoea tebrtihtsdneaeet i lfil trust lr t ri fns, ,00nonu.joaieaRro t srtnimd h ntehIstcpys e r.hee.ttrpetee3idoeihpsl l orania e toonaarte s canrmse:d. s mibed:pveclistaLbisi C arohess,tie o oni nyissniorl t rlue( l ogefl,cm s eiurdwfft c Leolthe i s,leGihrr o oinniel u erle.desbudneGti s eoseruhsrsroyjf:a o gohvot of the pro priety of legislating at once for the general improvement of e is to s the people. We can conceive no method of absorbing the enormous mass of surplus labour speedily and efficaciously better adapted to the exigencies of the case than the railway scheme wN,Tti,ieihoels ineetl m,experienceaand evidencese nnt o thti f aot L thethfa.oe o ecnf r ala d oc)l spidefaiii G ovrrttwefl.ahi e iselhta o eehbtme r i ec g aeoabpehbn e felhnbasit ßentinck. Railways have been re commended by the report of Lord Devon. Lord John Russell himself " agrees with the Noble Lord in thinking that the otd t f ehhroheehe c meprnauanr i o izp m iltra u esamalotnn n in :rsiametodoi t dd e tiln r s:ni l ,s N it : ,,) • bele : a . tln) :: ; : i. e ies y ff e ien r r y fi a e r x d i s b i t: w iwill over whelmed pereesw, persevere eh withfaets.the""B7 path 1 1 , 1 a n s f m I r a d h e i t m h e p r b e o v l e d tn e s e t n , t b . u t Ithhi s f b a e e s t t a s a t n e d p n y i e s t a taken es nh t t ar e e , alike irresistible. Ireland will be grateful to his Lordship for his industry and zeal—his party and his country may justly be proud of his ability and talents.--herald. es TESTINRYNIAL MANIA. Every body now-a-days peacefulliT ell Wallington, g h t e o r n e , o i f n a bronze, world tim t i s ridingg i giving n t g h eev highery bo horseely ;a Cobden,tes railway monarch, whose fa l r t o m a t a b y a , 1 however, a nee t —not motto a m c i o g u h n t t b ry e ? a "Walla ndlh d ul ie s s on sin t e he r e t be named whose be c onfidently predicted that one might exertions in alleviating human sufferings just and willingly rendered claims of those i above enumerated. This will at once be whose names are call to mind the almost incalculable amount eapparent, when we tor t u re relieved by B lair ' s Gout and Rheumatic of agoni.ing proprietor m a y be said already to have eared d a Pills, whose n imperish able monument on the gratitude of thousands. Boz's LAST WoRIC.--1t must be a matter of sur prise to the public generally to perceive how varied are the Mr. expressed by the leading newspapers, with r to Mr. Dickens's last publication. It may well be imagined that some adverse criticisms upon the works of this and g ot a h e er celebrated authors may proceed from personal feelings or educational prejudices. These, however, could account for but a few. The majority, as we have the best medical au thority for stating, may be ascribed to irritability of temper, generally arising from aderanged state of the liver and other viscera, and which could easily be remedied by the occasional use of Frampton's Pill of Health, which is gentle in its oper:s!.ion, an d unfailing in its effect. The British Ineitution will open on Monday with only a middling disolaY, the top men being absent. There is no Landseer, no Stanfield: indeed, if we are correctly .- fo r m e d, there is no one work sufficiently prominent to tike a visitor there a second ante. We shall be able to say more next weak,-7710 PgiicAll'i - __ _ iATITRD P AIM I AME :VSINESS' --- (Fr..mi the Votes and rroceeclintis FRIDAY, a FEB.pc/ the : Rouse of vow., n 3 .) / The following Railway Bills were a second 'Mlle .-- I?r.ese.nted, read a first time, and ordered to be read , . for Manchester wigan to 2 and Southport Lailway and Branches—." making a Railway from Southport through , en balled dleton, near Manchester, with several Branches, to be. "rile Manchester and Southport Ra n ilw y London and Blackwall Railway li E r o a e e v:e 3 m_ent,atd Bran d Ch th e: to the St. Katherine's and London Li K , o amen Acts relating to the London and Bla 1 2;.wall Railway, and 0 authorise the Company to alter the Gauge of their Railway, and to make certain Improvements in the Approaches to the said Railway, and to make Branches to the London and St. Katherine's Docks." Midland (Masbrough and N'ormanton Stations Enlarge- _ ment)—" to enable the Midland Railway Company tr. , en large their Stations at Masbrough and Normaator_ respec tively, and to construct additional Sidings or Brar.,eh a_ Rail ways." Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Co'..'tbridge Railway; Branch to Glasgow and Station)—" to enable the Caledonian Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from the G-lasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway to Glasgow, and to enlarge the Station in that City." London and South-Western (Widening, &c. )—" to enable th e 1,,; , .nd0n and South-Western Railway Company to widen and improYe the Lendon and South-Western Railway from the junction thei7of with the Richmond Railway to the Ter minus at Nine Elms, and to enable them to enlarge their in tended Station at the York-road, Lambeth." The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Cowlairs, Car my le, Central Junction, and Coplaw-hill Branches, and Montrose-street Terminus). Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Cowlairsßranch). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir (No. 3). Preston and Wyre. North-Western (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, and Sedbergh). London and North-Western (Purchase of the Earl of Elles mere's interest in the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway). Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction. Liskoard and Launceston Branch. Lynn and Ely (Extension to Spalding and Holbeach). Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury St. Edmund's). Direct London and Portsmouth, and London, Brighton, and South Coast Amalgamation. Manchester and Lincoln Union (Deviation). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Louth and Horn castle and East Lincolnshire Junction Branches). Norfolk (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Railway near Reedham, with a Branch to Halesworth). Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock and Ayr (No. 2). Bristol and South Wales Junction and Aust Ferry. Wharfdale (Skipton and Cayley Hall Deviations). Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Weardale Extension, and Wear and Derwent Railways, andAilagclon Tunnel Amalgamation. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee :- 1. That in the case of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Ex tension (Crediton and Launceston) petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 2. That in the case of the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar drossan Railway (Amendment, Deviations, and Branches) petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 3. That in the case of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on striking out the erroneous Scales placed en sheets Nos. 2 and 4 of the Sections in all the deposits, and on substituting the Scale on which the Sections have in fact been drawn, and on adding the Scale to the Plan deposited in the parish of Chil mark :---And that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such order has been complied with ; and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. Third resolution agreed to.—Report to he on the table. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time on Tuesday, Feb. 9 Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet. Regent's Canal and Railway. Norfolk (Branch from Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North Walsharn). Southampton and Dorchester (Weymouth Branch). North British (No. 1). PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY. FEB. 5. DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND). (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Third Clause (Relief Committees to be formed; Provided always, That the justices resident in such electoral divisions, if any, and the guardians of the poor elected for such elec toral divisions, and one of the inspectors to be appointed by the Relief Commissioners, shall, in every case, be constituted members of such Relief Committee):—Amendment proposed, in page 2, line 22, after " elected for such electoral divisions," to insert the words, " and the clergy of all denominations officiating in such electoral divisions :"—Question put, " That the proposed words be there inserted." The Committee divided MINORITY—AYES, 32. Acton, Colonel Grogan, E. O'Connell, D., Jun. Aglionby, H. A. Hamilton, J. H. O'Connell, M. J. Archbold, Robert llamilton, G. A. O'Ferrall, It. M. Arundel, Earl of Harris, Captain Osborne, Ralph Barron, Sir H. W. Hayes, Sir E. Rice, E. R. Bellew, R. M. Kelly, James Shaw, F. Chapman, B. Lawless, Cecil Smithwith, R. Cole, H. A. Martin, T. B. Somers, J. F. Connolly, Col. Miles, William Corbaily, M. E. Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. Dawson, T. V. O'Brien, C. O'Brien, W. S. Grattan, Henry O'Brien, Timothy O'Connell, Job i MAJORITY—NOES, 128. Aldam, William Evans, William O'Conor, Don Allix, J. F. Ferguson, Sir R. Ord, W. Arkwright, George Finch, G. Parker, John Baillie, Colonel Forster, Mathew plumridge, Captain Baine, Walter French, F. Power, James Barclay, David Gibson, Thomas M. Protheroe, E. Barkly, Henry Godson, R. Pulaford, Robert Baring, F. T. Gore, Robert Rawdon, Colonel Barnard, Edward G. Goulburn . Henry Reid, Colonel Bateson, T. Graham, Sir James Beaton, G. W. J. B e rkeley, Captain G re y , Sir G. Rich, Henry A. Berkeley, H. F. H arcourt, G. Roebuck, J. B e rnard, Viscount Has tie, A. Ross, David R. Blackburne, J. I. Hatton, Captain Rutherford, A. Blake, M. J. Hawes, Benj. Scrope, G. P. Bodkin, J. J. Hay, Sir A. L. Seymour, Lord Bowring, Dr. lleathcoat, John Sheridan, R. B. Brocklehurst, J. Henley, J. W. Somerville, Sir W. E ro th e rton, Joseph Hope, Sir J. Spooner, Richard Stansfle Brown, W. Howard , C.W.G . ld, W. R. C. John Buck, L. W. lloward , E . G. Stewart, Buller, Edward Hume , Josep h Taylor, E. Banbury, William Hutt, William Thornely, Sir E. T. Clay, Sir W.: James , Wi lliam Troubridge, Turner, Ed mund Clements, Viscount Jervis, Sir Joh n Colebrooke, Sir T. Labouchere, Henry Vane, Lord H. Collett, John Lambton, H. 'Verner Sir W. Coote, Sir C. Lincoln, Earl of Vesey,'Hon. T. Corry, Henry Lockhart, A. E. Vivian, J• li. Conrtenay, Lord Lygon, General Waddington, 11. S. Cowper, W. F. Macaulay, T. B. Walker, Richard Craig ,W. G. Mackenzie, W. F, Crawford, W. S. Mackinnon, W. Dallier, Colonel Maitland, T. W a rburton , ,ff r j t0 .. 1 . 1 . 1. Deedes, W. Mangles, D. William W. Denison, J. E. Dickinson, F. H. MMaanußleTio Load 3. Duncan, Lord wirWood°::: TheSiorolorganaelaorTles. Morpeth, Viscount —Y , B Duncan, George Morris, David Yorke, Henry B. Dundas, F. Mostyn, E. M. Young, J. Dundas, David Mure, Colonel Trani. Ebrington, Viscount Napier, Sir Charles P.Tarim% H. Egerton, Sir Newdegate, N. Escott, Bickham O'Brien, A. Stafford 1:{_111, Lord M. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.--'lle Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. The Royal family took walking and pony exerc ise this forenoon in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out this morning on horseback, accompaniod by Count Alexander Mensdorit Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had an evening party at her residence, Froginore House. A deputation from the Council of the Nat i o nal Institute o f Pen - Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery , consisting o f Dlr. nington (president), Mr. Martin (Reigate, vice president), Mr. Clifton (vice president), Mr. Fuller (member of council), Mr. Bird (member of council), Mr. Ancoll (member of coun cil), and Mr. toss (secretary), had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. General Ship Mr. N. W. Symonds, Secretary of he Owners Society, had an intervie w with the the Rig Board of ht lion. T. Milner Gibson, yesterday, at the Ace of Trade. Sir William G. Hylton Jolliffe, had an interview with the Right lion. E. Strutt, yesterday, at the office of the r. CWil om- missioners of Railways in G reat George-street. M liam Blake had also an interview with Dlr. Strutt, yes terday. Ilis Excellency the Brazilian Minister, transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. J. Galt had an interview with _Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Colonel More, M.P., accompaniea the deputation cif Scotch distillers with other Members of Parliament to the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Thursday Mr. A. Kin naird bad an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr. Pattison, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the Board of Trade. Lady John Russell was indisposed yesterday, but was intended to better last evening. dinner, t er Ls residence in Lord John Russell's Parliamentary have been given this day (Saturday) yesterday . lace, is s unavoidablyhad ,n interview postponed. with the Chesham-p.ace, i Mr. Hutt, M.P.. Ilon. T. Milner Gibson. Right I The Duchess of Inverness bad a select party a t di nner I 3 esterday at h er residence in Kensington P ace. a .. SERIOUS I NDi sroSiTION OP LADY JOHN R USSELL . —We regret tolearinrngthiartomLadseyvjeroehninildnisspsoesllitX, whichhi during this s week been suffering the family connexions. On Wednes day much ri a a n d l y i s e h t Y i w as considered in rather an yinalaring day last her condition, but on Thursday morning there was apparent la the evening of the latter day a change, we provement. the worse, took Ladyshipplace, and up to last night lament to say for illness, em t t h e e r 8 ofNoble the Premier Cabinet it was stated that her , remained much the same. Russells .is, with the nl Owing to Lady John was prevented from dining at the Marquis of LallSdowne's on Wednesday, and also ab sented himself from the PriNi7a3Council., at Windsor Castle. On Thursday. Dr. Rigby been in attendance on her Ladyship throughout her illness, willAs 1 ) ,. seen by our Court Circular, appointed for this even ' her Ladyship was better last inif,ht. Lord JolM Russell has , of her Ladyship. postponed his Parliamenta!yynner, ing, in consequence of the indisposition Da. RoBERTSON or AULTNAsEIACIL—Our vene rable townsman, Dr. James Robertson of Aultnaskiach, died at his residence'. in the vicinity of Inverness, on the 27th ultimo, at the ripe age of eighty-one. So early as 1787 Dr. Robertson was estab lished here as a m edical practitioner , wid . was soon after extensively employed and consulted by all the leading families in the north. For the l ast twenty years he had withdrawn from the acti ve duties of his profession, bat he was still called in when danger was al , hended, and his 1 services were always at the command of all classes without 1 fee or reward. For many years Dr. Robertson was Provost of the burgh, and his gentlemanly manners, his active and kindly disposition, and the warns interest he took in all m a tte r s relating to the town, rende re d him one of our most conspicuous citizens. His remains were this (Tuesday) accompanied to the grave by a great concourse day of persons, i Intil a the t9Till aild colugry.—i nverneo courior, . - . 6, 1847 (CONTINIP„ . - Another of Gilfill an ' s Li terary Portu r 4 the present numbe r . -It i s one o f thr, t , is TAIT'S MAGAZINE. 1' prefixed t o and not the least b r illi ant h e h a; % interesting produced. hil l • His theme is th e c h arac t er an d wr i t,in As might have be e n anticipated, U r gs l Thomas Hood. his critical obser va ti ons principally atiflllan restricts of thc., deceased auth or . V. - the. serio us p oetry merits of that poet r y, a •• -e discrimination of t h e tragic narratives" at particularly , of the " homely keen and gene- and the " grave prithetic lyrics" is uttered an p.• .ous. Upon Eugene Aram's dream i s than ti- arrest panegyric, but not n jot more earnest if Sr.- powerful poem deserves. On the celebrated „ng of the Shirt," again, the strictures are forcible enough, the writer fully appreciating the burden of that strange and stirring chaunt—" now shrunk down into the whispers of weakness, now shuddering up into the laughter of despair." One remark upon the idiosyncrasy of Hood is well conceived and clearly worded. " It' he cannot get rid of the grim gigantic shadow of himself, which walks ever before him as before all men, he can at least make mouths and cut antics behind its back." That sentence in itself is a fine eulogium upon the genial disposition and, we had almost said, the profound wisdom of poor Hood. "Some will continue to follow the en baptised terror in tame and helpless submission," con tinues Mr. Gilfillan, "others will pay it vain homage ; others will make to it resistance equally vain ; and many will seek to drown in pleasure, or forget in busi ness, their impression, that it walks on before them— silent, perpetual, pausing with their rest, running with their speed, growing with their growth, and strengthen ing with their strength, forming itself a ghastly rainbow on the fumes of their bowl of festival, lying down with them at night, starting up with every start that disturbs their slumbers, rising with them in the morning, rushing before them like a rival dealer into the market-place, and appearing to beckon them on behind it, from the death-bed into the land of shadows, as into its own do main." Was there not wisdom in that fitful laughter and those fantastic gambols of Hood ? And did that laughter and those gambols deteriorate in any measure the effect of his deep and enthral ling pathos ? Did they not rather enhance in a wonderful degree the emotions produced by his impassioned verse, breaking in with a jest upon the me lancholy wail of the sempstress, mingling a quaint smile with her tears, throwing " a dimple on the red waves of hell ?" Upon this apparently rich eccentricity, Mr Gil fillan observes, " Hood, as well as Shakspere knew that to deepen the deepest woe of humanity. it is the best way to show it in the lurid light of mirth." That is part of the secret of that charm, half-pensive, half-jocose, which pervades the metrical writings of Hood. He laughs, and jokes, and puns, and exaggerates, and sets the table in a roar, because, as Mr. Gilfillan surmises, he felt that " if he wept at all, it were floods of terrible and burning tears." It is with the deepest pleasure we hear that one hundred pounds has been obtained from the Royal Bounty for the pressing necessities of the two orphan children of Thomas Hood, and that it is the intention of the Prime Minister to ensure them a com petent pension in June. The nation owed some trivial mark of honour like this to the memory of as true a man and as gentle a heart as England ever possessed. The " Letters and Dispatches of Napo leon," as well as the " Lives of the English Chancellors," by Lord Campbell, are severally reviewed, at some length, with copious quotations. Thomas de Quincy contributes another article upon " Walter Savage, Landor ;" and John O'Connell com mences certain "Arguments for the Repeal of the Union." The principal excellence in the latter paper is, that it condenses into a few pages the plea of the Liberator, and his millions of followers. " Sketches in Cities," beginning with Glasgow, promises to be a very readable series, and calculated to do good service in the way of municipal improvement. Contrast begets emu lation and emulation necessitates advancement. The remainder of the magazine is of inferior importance, not excepting the Political Register. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. Part VI. In the opening chapter of this part, Christopher is introduced to the interior of Gudge's Villa, at Brompton, and having been fitted out in a second hand suit of page's costume by a Jew client of Gudge's, appears as the " Buttons " of the establish ment, whose duty it is to attend to Mrs. Gudge in her peregrinations, and to drag the "Olive" round the neighbourhood in a child's chaise. Sprouts and his companions, Bessy Payne, Miss Twits, and the Jolly Man, after their sudden ejectment from Gudge's chambers, adjourned to a steam-packet, of which the brother of the Jolly Man is the steward, where they finish the evening, the Jolly Man undertaking to attend the ladies home, while Sprouts, having no place of abode, sleeps on board. The following de scription of a summer night on the river is as true as it is beautiful : " If you have never passed a summer night upon the river as it flows through the metropolis—and the chances are, that circumstances have never offered you the chance of doing so—you cannot conceive how much of the beautiful, and even romantic, still hangs about our cold, common-place, money-getting London. You must wait until the roar of swarming life has been stilled in the streets and on the bridges ; and all traffic has ceased upon the water; until the house-fires have nearly all died away, and the moon is shining down from the clear heaven upon the sleeping city. And then Venice itself is scarcely more 'beautiful. For the outlines of the very warehouses, softened in the tranquil light, assume picturesque forms that might be palaces with less effect ; and the spires of the churches, with their vanes faintly gleaming, rise sharp and white in the air ; whilst along the banks, mingling with the lamps, here and there, red fires break out, reflected quiveringly in the miter, and throwing the forms of those who move about them in giant shadows upon the adjoining buildings, seen on the open wharves, and through the arches, in the bluish misty distance, when the other lights become mere specks. Lesser lights, too, twinkle like eyes from the heads of ships that lie in clusters on the river, which flows on, breaking the reflection of the moon into dan cing flashes, and gurgling and eddying with a subdued noise by the sides of the craft, and the piles and but tresses that divide its course. The appearance of a great city in the repose of night is always impressive, but chiefly so when viewed from the water, as the feeling of entire isolation flings an additional charm of interest over it." _ _ In the morning Sprouts repairs to the establishment of the Jolly Man, who turns out to be a proprie tor of advertising vans, and by his interest is engaged by an old widow, who combines the occupation of tobacconist, librarian, and newsvendor, as her assist tant, and here he unexpectedly meets with Bessy Payne and Miss Twits, who have always patronised the establishment. The Gudges give a grand dinner party, to which Sir Frederick Arden is invited, and to which Mrs. Hamper, accompanied by her nephew, a Mr. Ellis, comes uninvited. The appearance of Mr. Ellis produces an extraordinary effect upon Sir Frederick and upon Gudge, who retire together for a few minutes' private conversation in another room, where we leave them for the present. RAILWAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Emboldened by the success of his first number, the proprietor has reduced the price of his magazine to a shilling, and has stamped it so as to secure its transmission free by post. Perhaps the most valuable piece of railway intelligence in the present number is the verbatini report of the conference which took place on the Bth of January last, between the directors of the South-Eastern and those of the London and Brighton and South Coast lines. Not only will every shareholder in these companies peruse this report with attention, but all those who reside along the course of any of the projected lines, or who take any interest whatever in Kentish railways, will refer to this report for information on the subject. We are glad to find the editor, in the course of an elaborate article, doing full justice to the claims of the South Wales line of railway, which have of late been most unaccountably overlooked. As he justly observes. " It is a line of great national and local importance, and one of the most exten sive, if not one of the most useful, which the country] has yet produced." The writer gives a history of the line from its first projection up to the period of its being leased by the Great Western Com pany—a history illustrative of the difficulties which the sinister interests of local authorities, and the ignorant prejudices of official pedantry, are continu nlly throvrizAs in filo way of thr. h..f_onotrived schemes for the public advantage. The present number of the Railway Monthly Magazine is a great improvement upon its predecessor. It is well got up, and is a complete repertoire of railway information. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. - At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of February, 1847, Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint Lloyd Vaughan Watkins Esq., to be Lord - Lieutenant-and Castes Rotulorum of the county of -Brecon, he this day took the oaths ap pointed to be taken thereupon, iastead of the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. Her Majesty. in Council was this day pleased, upon th e repr esentafon of the Right Hon. the Lords of die Committee of Council on Education, to ap point Edward Carleton Tufnell, Esq., and Joshua Festin Ituddock, Esq., to be two of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. - DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 4,1847. The Queen has been the day pleased to appoint William Gale, of Lightburn-house, Ulverstone, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. WHITEHALL, FEB. 3. The Queen has , been pleased to appoint Dr. William Pulteney Alison to be First Physician to her Majesty in Scotland, in the room of Dr. J. H. Davidson, deceased. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Dr. Robert Christison to be one of her Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary in Scotland. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Dr. James Young Simpson, to be Physician Accoucheur to her Majesty in Scotland. District Court—J. A. Lee, ironfounder, Liverpool, March 1! at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—C. Taylor, brush manufacturer, Birmingham, March 1, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court--J. B. Dunkerley, draper, Man chester, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. —W. Barker, cotton spinner, Tottington Higher-end, Lan cashire, March 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES is be granted, unless cans© be shown to I the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. C. Burrell, cheesemonge ,r Northumberland-place, Com mercial-road, Feb. 27—J. Lamont, ship owner, Wellclose. . square, Feb. 26—P. Howard, wine merchant, Hingham, Norfolk, Feb. 24—J. Mousley, builder, North Brixton, March I—T. Marsh, chair manufacturer, Camomile-street, Bishopsgate-street, March I—C. Boror, grocer, Elliot's-row, Lower-road, Islington, Feb. 26—W. Trice, grocer, High street, Stepney, March I—J. Mears, builder, Bristol, Feb. 26 —J. Sutcliffe and Company, cotton spinners, Birstal, York shire, March 2—J. Sutcliffe, cotton spinner, Whalley, Lan cashire, March I—A. Burton, coal merchant, Pimlico, March I—T. Broady, chemist, Chester, Feb. 26—J. Lester, farmer, Pen-y-gelle -lodge, Denbighshire ' Feb. 26—J. Hub bard, auctioneer, Ratmgate, Feb. 26—J. G. Rifford, brewer, Holloway, Feb. 26. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Simms and E. A. Power, cigar dealers, Birmingham— T. Begbie, F. T. Young, and G. Young, corn factors, Mark land—H. D. Colgan and R. Matthews, hot pressers, Fit chett's-court, Noble-street, City—G. Ray and H. Imlach, surgeons, Milton, Kent—F. and A. Carter, attorneys, Coventry --E. Cooper, E. P. Cooper, and B. Cooper, woollen cloth manufacturers, Stayerton, Wiltshire—W. J. Hill and F. Bates, linend rapers, Kentish-town—T. Parry and T. Light foot, sugar refiners, Liverpool—P. Littlejohn and J. W. Thomas, wine merchants, Liverpool—W. Stubbs and W. Walker, china manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent—J. and H. Reeves, colourmen, Cheapside—F. F. Davis and G. C. Stewart, ale merchants, Water-lane, City—J. Blackall and E. Webb, shoemakers, Corbet-court, Gracechurch-street— A. D. Young and %V. Ridge, tea dealers, Gracechurch-street—J. and J. Hobson, scissor manufacturers, Sheffield—W. II Bell, H. Hunter, E. Bell, and J. Hargrave, general commission agents, City (so far as regards H. Hunter)—M. Birkbeck and A. Quitvow, merchants, Bradford, Yorkshire--J. Mason and J. Williams, builders, Liverpool—H. M. Soole and A. Duncan, lightermen, Hull—A. Parker and F. Shield, ship brokers, Newcastle-upon -Ty ne —J . Letts and C. T. Cooke, millers, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—T. Holt and F. White, dry salters, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. • John Callum, contractor, Glasgow, Feb. 10 and March 3 at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Gilmour. Glasgow. , Alexander Turner, cabinet maker, Glasgow, Feb. 10 an& March 3, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Dick, Glasgow. THE LATE MR. JAMES TOOLE. and was as the first Toole, born pr in the h a e nd year perfectly 1796 . originalß y his s peculiar he . The late celebrated Toastmaster, Mr. James I who established humourous ex established the now indispensable profession of toastmaster; and the extraordinary success with which he carried out for the last seventeen yea r s, at th e City f es ti v als, and in fact in all parts of England, has recen tly created severalcopyists, who were anxious to s h are th e b us i ness . Notwithstanding this, his engagements, u p t o th e h our o f s we under stand, were very numerous. He always officiated ea lii,h to the . Duke of Cambridge, by desire of his Royal with whom he was an especial favourite. As a toastmaster, 6ness, equal will never be found. He was a . kind-hearted and hls ge nerousman, and subscribed to a great number of charitable societies. He had been twenty-two years in the East India Douse, where, by his invariable activity in studying the in terests of the company, and obliging disposition, his loss is severely felt and deeply lamented by his superiors and all who knew him. We understand that, (luring his illness lie had been very kindly visited by Mr. Melvill, the secretary, who had probably observed th e g ood q ualities which Mr.? Toole possessed. By this sad bereavement, two sons and three daughters are left to deplore the loss of an affectionate father ; and we fear, with the exception of a small legacy, without any fu ture provision. The charge of these orphans has devolved upon his eldest son, who has himself a family. NVe feel as sured that, under these circumstances, some of the deceased's numerous admirers will step forward and inquire into the matter. We trust, also, that the eldest son will continue his father's position as toastmaster. In that case, we shall not only have the name retained, but almost the man, for the son has already met w ith great success in that epikeity, and was, moreover, rapidly approaching the great original. IVe wish him every success. The deceased will be interred in Nunbead Cemetery on Sunday afternoon (to-morrow), from his residence in Devonshire -street, Bishopsgate. ------ LAMP-LIGFITING BY GALVANISM. —It has occurred to us, that in this age of shares and electric tolegraphs, the e system of lighting the puliglie lamps might be improved; the old-fashioned lamplighter, with his long ladder, &c., dis pensed with—a great nuisance in populous places. We think that the day has arrived when the public lamps should be lighted eraultanwlT 1I till; 104 Qi 44lianim,—The 4014i4r. . _ t PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or tuscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending February 2, 1847, is 375. 4 1 hd. per cwt. SHERIFFS FOR 1847. • Bedfordshire--Robert Newland, of Kempston, Esq., Berkshire—William Henry Stone, of Streetley House, Esq. Buckinghamshire—Baron Meyer Amschel de Lothschild, of Mentmore. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—Robert Francis Pate s of Wisbech, Esq. Cumberland—Gilfrid William Hartley, of Rose Hill, Esq. Cheshire—Ralph Gerard Leycester, of Toft Hall, Esq. Derbyshire—John Bell Crompton, of Milford, Esq. Devonshire--Henry Ch ampernowne, of Dartington, Esq. Dorsetshire—Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwerne Minster, Esq. ' Durham—John Fawcett, of North Bailey, Esq. Essex—William Coxhead Marsh, of Park Hall, Thoydoii Garnon, Epping, Esq. Gloucesterabire- 7 Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker, of Hardwick Court, Esq. Herefordshire—Sir Velters Cornewall, of Moccas, Bart. Hertfordshire—Humphrey Harper Burchell, of Bushey% Grange, Esq. Kent—John Pelly Atkins, of Halsted, Esq. Leicestershire—Wm. Wootton Abney, of Sweepstone, EFA, Lincolnshire—Thsophilus Fairfax Johnson, of Spalding, 7,tic i Monmouthshire—William Mark wood, o f Rumney,Esoi. , . Norfolk—Sir Jacob Henry Prest on , o f B ees t on St. ijavi. rence, Bart. Northamptonshire—Thomas Tyron, of Bulwick Paft c , E sq . Northumberland—. same,s Henry Hollis Atkinson., of Abger• ton, Esq.. Nottinghtmshire—John Vere, of Carlton-upott•Trent, Esq. Oxfordshire—Henry Baskerville, of Crosley P ar k , Henly on-Thames, Esq. Rutlandshire--Richard Lucas, of Edith Weston, Esq. Shropshire--Joseph Venables Lovett, of Belmont, Esq. Somersetshire--John Matthew Quantock, of Norton-sutp. Hamden, Esq. Staffordshire—Sir Edward Dolman Scott, of Great Barr, County of Southern pt on —L ancelor Archer Burton, of W.... lands Emswortb, Esq. Suffolk—Henry James Oakes, of Newton Court, Esq. Surrey—Joseph Bonsor, of Poulsden, Esq. Sussex—Win Gratwicke Kinleside Gratwietze, of Ham, F. •q Warwickshire—George Whieldem of Springfield-house, rZsq Wiltshire—Wadham Locke, of A shton. Giffgrd- house, Esq. Worcestershire--Edward G. Stone, of Chambrrs-court, Yorkshire—Joseph Dent, of Ribston-park, - WALES. —scl- Anglesey—The Right Hon. Spencer 14. .ulkeley Lord Newbo rough, of Treiddon. Breconshire—Rhys Davies Pow& of Graig-y •nos, Esq Carnarvonshire—Th omas Writ at of Derwenfawr Esq . Cockburn, of Ddolg w m, , nat. Carmarthens—.. Cardiganshire— hire Ma Sir Jametthow s.,Javies, of Tanyhwlch, Esq, Denbighshire—Riclue Lloyd Edwards, of B ron h au l og, Abergele, Esq, Falkner Lloyd, of Nannercb, Esq. Glamorr,,anshire--Nash Vaughan Edwards Vaughan, of Rhea's, EN. M .ontgomsgshire--John Offley Crewe Read, of Llandinator- Hall, Esq. Merionethshire--John Griffith Griffith, of Faltreuddyn-fr,er, Esq. Pembrokeshire—William Henry Lewis, of Clynfiew, Radnorshire --Henry Miles, of Downfield, Esq. - - - BANK OF ENGLAND... .(From last night's Gazette.) Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vteta• cap. 82, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day rjr,, =nary, 1847. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. X. gates issued...• .... 26,172,870 Gove:Ar,ient debt .• 11,015,100 Ott 'securities .. . • 2,984,900 n oble. coin and bullion 10,499,161 426,172,6,70 1 Silver bullion .... • • 1,673 709 - 1 X 26,172, 70 8 Dated the 4th day of M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. T ;tloruary, 1847. UANKING DEPAIMENT. X. Proprietors' cap:tahe• 14,553,000 Rest • • •••• • • • 3,643,741 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- . ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • . 4,462,872 )ther deposits •• - 9,659,940 Seven day and other bills I Government securt- --. ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 12,722,61 Other securities •• .. 14,106,078. Notes .•••••• • • • • • 5,703,551 Gold and silver coin.. 728,7 dit 941,481 4 33,261,031 - ..;.-. Dated the 4th day of February, i Chi 41.3'3,261,034 [847. Cashier. THE FIRST CONCERT op THE AMATEUR MUSICAL SO;GIETy. Tho Amatelre Musical Society will music in t . do for inst rumen t a l tis country even more t:nan the Sacred Hu n:Kali': Society has done for chorus singing. The mein ters of this society are dilettanti of the highest class, both in social rank and musical science. It numbers among its members his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Leinster (the favourite pupil of Dragonetti, who is one of the contrabassi in the orchestra), the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Falmouth, Viscount Anson, Lord Saltoun, Lord Templemore., the Marquis of Kildare, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Cawdor, Lord Arundel (who is also one of the per formers in the orchestra), and several other noble wad distinguished personages. The object of the societ- 1 is to promote the study and the performance of clas.sical instrumental music, and the orchestra is complaete in every department. Last night the first conec.Nt took place at the Music Hall, St ore - street, under the, direction of Mr. Balfe, to whom infinite credit is due, for the ad mirable manner in which he has drilled 'Ain orchestra. It is no easy task to drill a number of per formers unused to each others play into an orchestra that shall perform a classical piece of, music as a great whole, yet this task has Mr. Balfe. accomplished, and the Amateur Musical Society, ur...cler his direction, last night worked together in a manner which might put many professional orchestras to the blush. It was evi dent that one spirit animated alike the conductor end the performers—the love of art for its own sake. N o wonder, therefore, that they succeeded. The followlug was the programme for the evening; PART I. SOVERTURN .......... " L'ltaliana in IRosini. YMPIIOIIY... . ...... No. 1. C ................ ...Eelethoven. Adagio Molto. Allegro Con Brio. Andante Cantabile Con note. Minuetto Allegro Molt,o" e Vivace. Finale Adagio, and Allegro Molto e Viva te . PART 11. SYMPHONY OPERATIC SELECTIONS,byn G Negri le , tter Q from rAin Giovani" Mozart , Allegro Sp; .iitoso. Adagio Cantabile. Minuet' .co Allegretto. Finie je p resto , OvERTURE ..... P ........ Weber. Hon. Cor.iductor......Mr. Balfe. From this progralr.me it will be seen that they aimed high, and they succeeded in their aim. Beethoven'a symphony wrAs admirably given ; each movement, each feeling was accurately marked, and the idea of the great c composer was completely d eve l o p e d. The over tures ands; wwi t hthe selections from .Don Giovanni were - and Hardn' s symphony was g iv e n r 7 pe r formed perfect accuracy and with great spirit with care and a ttention. NV'4 ha il the formation of this socie ty as a plant's stride the e progress o f the popularisation. musical s zterleo in th all our h eart and soul 'roe bid th e ta God and wi distant w' it • e d speed. The time I ;not farnen will be Go considered a high an enviable dis'ainction to have Mensal Society,one of the, original me m b ers of the Amateur At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basin hall-street. J. Sims, wheelwright Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, Feb. 26, at one—B. L. M. Rothschild, dealer in precious stones, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Feb. 26, at one—T. L. - ......_ ~.1 „ ..... eamnreicwh bi ß owi. eitl: 4 , of .Jonnbrau, near Elberfeld, in Powell, cabinet maker, Romsey, Hampshire, Feb. 26, at two ING MACHINIL—M . H • • factor is stated to have invent d —J. and T. Batt, silkmen, Old Broad-street, City, Feb. 26, at NEW sn, B ei r t io n w ag: half-past one—F. K. Fowell, wine merchant, Piccadilly, hauer, macF.,ine which gives a const e a indicated c.a of hy a Feb. 26, at eleven—J. Denew, auctioneer, Charles-street,. Rhenish i russ i d anemometer, and requires an n t o pr regulator essu r a wha whatever, Berkeley-square, Feb. 26, at twelve—J. K. Bullen, tailor, blast produced by it is sufficient to perv e' ade s Peterborough, Feb. 26, at two—F. Mcqueen, merchant, .t. smelting furnace with equal intensity, at all poiLts The Cambridge, Feb. 26, at one—S. York, upholsterer, times. A machine of this kind, measuring 11 ft.. 6 in. by Cambridge, Feb. 26, at half-past twelve—R. T. Fletche”,, , money scrivener, Brentford, Feb. 26. at twelve—W. Ran sem past 22 ft. 9 in, with a pressure of 40 oz on the square. - Inch, and r r ard, City, a horse power of 70, will furnish 6028 corn merchant, Stowmarket, Suffolk, Feb, 96, at h . - d i . f. eleven—T. A. Curtis. merchant, Tokenhonse- Der inute, and after that rate for A r i . m ee en t 1 • d Feb. 26, at twelve 4. Cuthbert and M. Clarli- e , ; Jung Wine merchants, Colchester-street, Savage-gard:' , us, eitv Feb. 26, kec) 1 1 1 . 8 smaller eu bi cubic at eleven—B. Lawrence, merchant, Cre,vm,Qou r t, 1 Old Broad- anics' Magazine. street, City, Feb. 26, at eleven-4, Qiatl4 and J. Burgs' [ADVERTISEMENT.] --TEAS AT WHOr ,Es ALB pia r , l7 . ......., coal dealers, Coal , niltkpar,„4 Ny, IN:h. 28, at half-past No. 2, Buc , - -F am ili es wh ose eleven—H. Sandra ; ac .5 e . f&lte.ilBllli, Meet I. -s reet, Feb. 6 consumption is large, and study ece,n omiy , will. d o • at eleven-.W. P^4.111W1 , 3 hAikitt Strand, March 1, at ' alto Ono. considerable advantage at this establd s b, men t. O ne ... Iu the Country. form price is affixed, by which ti v . C. Harris, tailor, Sheffield, March, 5, at z purchasa of a single Town-ball, Sheffield—W. Bradley, flax • eleven, at th e pound can h Q-tain it on the sam.. a terms as tae trade. Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District C spinner, Leeds, Black Tea ...2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 1 4 .2., 49. 4d., 55., clothier, Aldmondbury, Yorkshire, March 2 aart—j. Haigh, • Gr •- .,en 3s. 4d., as. 8% 1., 4s. 4s. 4d., 53., 65., 7s. Leeds District Court—H. W. Ilobh ,at eleven, at the • Coffee 9d., 1€(1., 'is., Is. 2d., , Is. 4d., Is. 6, Is. Bd. ouse, J. Phillott, an'' - Lowder, bankers, Bath, March 9, at twelve , -an .- C. One pound sP,7lk free '„o any part of town. 04 1 . 1 4 rs from District Court—H. W. Hobhouse, banker, Bat the Bristol the tour cry forwe,rded the same eoy; ar.,: %.7 - len the twelve, at the Bristol District Court--3-1 at4 :4, March 2, at quar'Aiv.l&" fer f 411). weight (tea only), the care.,„,- , roe is' iiittgilWAS Wirupol tOi t ZO. pi. • and W. Graham, '''' "' tf E laud.- - A m tu any rar o ng Aiszia. and - Cc '- 1 ( „ f I , 4-v ` e ~ .ot twalye i at the I.divepool l j I, dloissall %At w ell . pa i Ng id al b urz , % upside., ~..:-.. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Frederick Rothery, Esq., in the room of Henry William Macaulay, E'q., deceased, to be her Majesty's Commissioner in the Mixed British and Portuguese Commission established at the island of Boa Vista (one of the Cape de Verde Islands), under the treaty between Great Britain and Portugal for. the suppression of the slave trade, signed at Lisbon on the 3d of July, 1842. CBOWN-OFFICE, FEB. 4. MYMBEILS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Sussex (Western Division)—Richard Prince, of Walberton, in the county of Sussex, Esq., in the room of Charles Wyndham, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. County of Middlesex—The Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor, in the room of George Byng, Esq., deceased. City of Chester—Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, commonly called Earl Grosvenor, in the room of the Right Honourable Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chil tern Hundreds. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 5. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Lord George John Manners to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brunt, will retires ; Cornet Francis Howard Vyse to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord G. J. Manners; Thomas Leslie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vvse, Feb. 5. lst Regiment of Foot—Charles Minchin, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires, Feb. 5. 9th Foot—Captain William Cookson, from the 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Creagh,•who exchanges, Nov. 21, 1846. 18th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Kelly to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bernard, who retires; Ensign Charles Thicknesse Came, froin. the 41st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Kelly, Feb. 5. • • 41st Foot—Captain Robert Donaldson to be Major, by purchase, vice Astier, who :retires; Lieutenant Thomas Andrews Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Donald son; Ensign Campbell Graham to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Rawlins; Charles Palgue Bertram, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Came ' appointed to the 18th Foot, Feb. 5 ; Henry Dixon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, Feb. 6. 46th Foot—Edward Wemyss, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Pretyman, deceased, Feb. 5. 73d Foot—Neil Alexander Mackellar, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Hickson, promoted in Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Feb. 5. 80th Foot—Captain Charles Myers Creagh, from 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cookson, who exchanges, Nov. 21, 1846. 84th Foot—Captain William Radcliff, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 87th Foot—Captain Charles F. Campbell, from 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Radcliff, who exchanges, Feb. 5. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign John O'Flanagan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Muttlebury, deceased, Oct. 1, 1846 ; William John Russwurm, Gent., to be Ensign, vice O'Flanagan ; Lieutenant Frederick Jesse Hills to be Paymaster, Feb. 5. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant John Hender son to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice L. S. C. Fraser, deceased, Dec. 2, 1846 ; Second Lieutenant John MacDougall to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Henderson, whose promotion on Jan. 9, 1847, has been can celled ; John Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice MacDougall, Feb. 5. UrurrAcuaro.—Lieutenant Philip Glubb, from 35th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 8 ; Lieutenant Wil liam Mason, from Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 5. DIEMORANDUBL-The Christian names of Ensign Morgan, of the 4th Foot, are George Augustus. Erratum in the Gazelle of Aug. 7, 1846. 99th Foot—For Alexander M'Lean Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Blackburn, proMoted, in the 6th Foot, read, vice Blackburn. killed in action. BANRRUPTS. Charles Hallett and Charles Parker, linendrapers, Thorn ton-street, Dockhead, Bermondsey, to surrender Feb. 15, at half-past twelve, and March 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, offi c ial assignee, Coleman street; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Alexander Fletcher, bookseller, Shaftesbury-street, Pim lie°, Feb. 15, at twelve, and March 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Baylis and Co., Basinghall-street. Samuel Bradley, corn-factor, Mark- lane, Feb. 12 and March 19, at one,_ at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Husband and Wyatt, Moorgate. Joseph Elam, rug-manufacturer, Etham-street, Bent street, Surrey, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; ' Wilson, Aldermanbury. George Messenger, draper, Uxbridge, Feb. 17, at two, and March 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall -street ; Reed and Langford, Friday- street, Cheapside. John Titley, woollen draper, High-street, Southwark, Feb. 11, at two, and March 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. John Fabry, grocer, Strattieldsaye, Hampshire, Feb. 18, at two, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Btsinghall-street ; Holmes and Co., Bedford-row. _ _ _ _ _ Thomas Young, leather-seller, Canterbury, Feb. 16, at two, and March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupte:y. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old JP - wry ; Ford, Bloomsbury-square. William Frederick Cowper, Benjamin Farren Cowper, and Paul Edwin Cowper, linen drapers, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 9, at half past ten, and March 15, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee; Alison, Darlington; Philipson, Newcastle- upon- Tyne • Tilson, Squance, Clark, and Morrice, Coleman-stre e t. John Haskins Gandell and John Brunton, commission agents, Birkenhead, Feb. 23, and March 12, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Parker and Co., Gray's Inn, London ; Reid and Searle, Birkenhead. Thomas Brown Fairhurst, painter, Liverpool, Feb. 19, and March 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan official assignee, Liverpool; Vin cen t, T emp l e , L ondon; Atkinson, Liverpool. John Ross, woolstapler, Enderby, Leicestershire, Feb. 18. and March 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Partington, attorney, Rochdale, Lancashire—first div. of 6 1 ,id. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr, Hobson, Manchester. J. Pulman, blacksmith, Whalley, Laneashire—fint I v . o f 15.0%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at tilt office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Pye, jun., slater, Preston, Lsztashire—first div. of 10d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at th e office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Warburton, builder, Stockport, Cheshire—first div. of 7d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. T. Gregory, chemist, Macclesfield—first div. of 2s. 5(1. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man chester. W. Taylor, oil merchant, Saddleworth, Yorkshire—final div. of 1% d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. C. Cockroft, stuff manufacturer, Addington, Yorkshire —first and final div. of 10s. 9d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. S. Askham, stuff manufacturer, Bradford, Yorkshire—a div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds. J. Ravylinson, tailor, Spalding, Lincolnshire—first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. A. Applegath, silk printer, Crayford, Kent—second div. of 4%d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. IL Spencer, farmer, Halsted, Essex—first div. of 7d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. Currie and Seignette, merchants:Mincing-lane—second div. of Id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Cornish, painter, Bridport, Dorsetshire—a div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on new proof, towards the first div. of ss. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Ilirtzel, Exeter. J. Cummins, bookseller, Weymouth, Yorkshire—a div. of is. 2d. in the pound on new proofs, towards the first div. of so. v.. 41.• a mr. liirtzel, Exeter. R. L. Harness, spirit dealer, Dulverton, Somersetshire— first div. of 3s. 2'%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. R. L. Dawson and P. Vance, merchants, Liverpool— second div. of liAd. in the pound upon general proofs, and Bd. in the pound upon new proofs, at the office of Air. Morgan, Liverpool. W. Tweddle, soap manufacturer, Leeds—first Div. o f 9d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgar., Liverpool. J. Senior, brewer, Salford, Lancashire—first div. of 4s. 6d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. W. Hatton, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield—first div. of Is. 6 3 %d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Wright, tavern keeper, Manchester—first div. of 2s. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. DIVIDEND& • To