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,Lmeenvertible paper, while, though Or wages of 44,ertir remained the same the command they had teat everything they required was materially reduced ? I tu e t th uoutt Gentleman the Member for Birmingham sat i .I.Bold_s e Act of 1819 was most unwise in restoring the t,iiiadard of currency. He &reard himself against 7 4 e . uzing of the value of gold at 31. 1 17s. 101 d. the 05 , L te a. ad of 41.55 • , the value of the paper currency at the hot ai l' complaint is that the standard of gold was co red at the depreciated standard. Now, with re the ev t l this e he (Sir Robert Peel) submitted that, with thing--P"°Tl of peculiar engagements, it matters no 3,whether the gold standard was fixed at lOire "floculties of oz . oz. or 4/. 55., as far as the present cee ned, commercial embarrassment was con. ie„ „If the standard was 4L ss. instead of souls "tele foreigners would know it, a nd would ate their transactions accordingly. p e imroal debts it might make sense difference, bet %%ith Regarding , 1 71 11 1'd to the foreign transactions of the country it h e ld be the same whatever the standard of Roll might tieraltbederetior would ask them what the Honourable Birmingham wanted . ? Would his Hon. 4 ▪ °I ( V revise the arrangement of 1819? If he would pe er ° that, and deprecated an unconvertible paper cur- Posey' then it vim Or ra that he had no remedy to pro * If he would issue one peund notes, and allow Did t te al go out of th e country, it woule reekse . stnk were Po o rary good, t h ough an ultimate evil, but if t he'. of t° have a convertible paper, then no proposa l dthe kind would be of the slightest benefit in eviating the di ff i cu l t i es o f t h e coun t r y. Respecting fe Act of 1844, the Hon. Member said the object of it ikT to maintain the standard of the measure of 181 . 9 t. Tottshw. la the reason alleged for the passing of that Ars th e ;„ 2 , 4 _ he (Sir R. Peel) begged leave to observe, tha l t rai z - "erltion of V e Act of 1844 had been very muc aederstorel. That measure was passed to secure the Z e rtability of paper into gold; and another objec t t t e et , !sr to ensure the holders of paper a fall equiva e f n . nee "a value , and at the same time not to restrain t Zr io r i a a tiona of trade and commerce. Now, it was his firm ia• ills that this arrangement had not imposed an) 0-ttirtirious restriction, and he denied the claim of the Bank of 7 e n ,gand to relief from the operations of the conditions t '" 4 . In that arrangement the Bank had the power to o right itself its reeard to the issue, and had the power. Ldoe caution and watchfulness, to prevent ultimate e . e ./ 4 ----.ll ti r o t ‘ o. iiinent or of an undue development of the cir- He must say—while he never could speak of tor directors of the Bank of England in other than terms frain t he highest favour-she must say they had been far aeries on that sound and careful policy which the wire of 1844 indicated. He thought that if the adhered more closely to the principle of that eteLeasure they wo u ld h ave prevented in a great degre, Hie Intense pressure of the evil. He believed that all Parties had neglected the indications which had been Made for souse time past. In August last it was seer' that there w ou ld b e a deficiency of the potato crop ki that large i m p ortat i ons would be required to make e a u e p the deficiency from abroad. To make up this deficiency and for the construction of railways, enormous amounts F money had been expended ; and if the Bank had rep early alive to the signs of the times. ;la in January last made a provision to meet the 8a the the di ffi culty would not be what it now was. s r d the Bank raised the interest to five per cent, or six per for all bills, instead of maintaining an arbitrate wulouildctoe of such bills, he believed that the pressure have been most materially removed. But to corn I to the real question. This was whether they were to ZilT__eaa currency convertible into gold, or no standard Est th:m . " all * This was th e m a tt er w hi c h t h ey h a d b e f ore k is 0 W hatever course the H ouse may take it was i n .,. "al belief th at no relief would be obtained l% eriaeddling with the Act of 1844.—(Hear.) They ha , biirt:ori ten millions of gold at present, they were free 0. 0n.._', 11141 Panic, and their commercial relations were ; let them, therefore, take care that in the hope o t Af ti ng the present difficulty by interfering with the; az) they dui not plunge themselves in much greater but let ten issj ers • — (Hear, hear.) At present the Bank w as million of notes instead of fourteen mi llions; had been bew are o f t h e danger of any great increase _ recommended, in d e preciating the value of , . tu.h e lee pres ent i ssues in circulation.—(Hear, b ear- ) 11, at t• P r esent time, tr a d e i s fl our ishing, and if the Beni, e lic 't ' Te nt, if the p o p u l at i on o f t h e cou ntry is in a s . atis , ory "ition, if the wages of labour was regulate pods and all classes of the community participating ir, ea state comparative • security, then he earnestl) , 1101 v i -L ' u the House not to be tempted by any hope or -4 2 the present difficulty, to incur the risk of a far i;;i e , l4 ._ t° r clanger in a depreciated currency. If they ad ."Q the unconvertibtlity of paper into gold,lthey would h ad that they would have to encounter all the ills the) ,fleaperienced subsequent to 1819, and do that which not be done without shaking the foundations or „ e prop erty of the country, as well as the social conds "li of all cla sses of the .14rd JOHN people.—(Loud cheers.) RUSSELL said that after the speech of V Je ight Hon. Gentleman, he would not enter upon the would et which had been so much under discussion, but call the attention of the House for a short time to merits of the reso l ut i on b efore it—(Hear, hear)—i n trees to place b e f ore t h em the di ffi cult position h, Gov ernment in regard t o th e quest i on , nor Y as affecting the general principle which (iou 11,3.een, under consideration, but to the quest (R - Mating to the present condition of Ireland.- tear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Wycombe hart ho u t„.,question to him as to how he (Lord John Russell) the :immense surplus population of Ireland oUld 1 3 6 , absorbed. His reply to that question met' that the present grant was one means, r'ng others, o f p rov idi ng f or th e alasorp el! of the excess of labour in that country. eie it owing to the faults of the landlords, be it owing to the faults of the tenants with long leases, be it owing to the disposition of the people themselves, or be it eying to all of these causes together, r, they ha d arrived at a state of things in Ireland. in which therewas an im manse class of persons living on agriculture, and yes not paid by wages of labour sufficient for their subsist ence. Taking the proportion of these as being eight in Ireland against four in England, an immense calamity happens to the country, a destruction of produce to the amount—according to the calculation of the Secre tary for Ireland—of 18,000,0001. takes place, it is supposed that for the future they cannot subsist on the food which had hitherto been their chief nutri Mem . What was to become of them in future years ? denied, on the part of Government, the responsi bility of terminating, still less of suddenly resolvi ng, that question. He said that a more difficult pro ble m never had come before a Legislature. He said that th . ei , m ight mitigate the misfortune, they might pass t h e difficult transition with more or less of success, they h ht arrive in time at a more or less happy state of gas but this evil grew upon them. and only arr ive d at maturity by the full destruction of the potato crop. T his calamit y - might do more for the regeneration of theeepteedop;le, t han any thing the Legislature could have efi it " % te of happiness and prosperity. That was a thing 'ehich neither they nor any Ministry could or ought to I :e * P ec t to perform. But what he thought they could do, eY had end eavoure d to d o , th a t wa s, to investigate th e - Present suffering, and to save as tar as possible the de 'traction of life, and to facilitate in some degree a better st ate cf things. He need not refer to the measures n /t k hieh they had taken with this view to the first of these s e - "J,l e tes They h a d b een cos tly, and added considerably '• LI difficulty of their finances, and great suffering to the pu• =pbut when they were—or as some philosophers Li? 4-2 ilaced in this position, when the question was ;eether the Government or the Legislature could not r e t " f eres or whether two millions of people were to allowed to perish off the land without L . l l interference whatever, he said it would „ ... 7 repugnant to the feelings not only of the present Ali -741. but of any Government which might occupy their places in the House of Commons, not to have attempted to have relieved them. Well, then, their measures were teare or less effective on that head. He could not regret the attempt to maintain these 730,000 persons on the Public works during the severe months of the winter Re could not but suppose that these measures were con ducive to the preservation of a gnat number of those Persona. The next question—and a most serious qestion it was—it might be remembered at in the exposition of the general po i. l my 'of the Government at the beginning_ _o the session, it was announced that they intended, by measures of a permanent character, to facilitate the tran sition to a batter order of things, so as to provide for ty of the people ; and he would here the future prosperity say at once to the House—h• would say a t one e to ti Hon. Member for Wycombe that he did not pretend, he could not pretend to say that the Government could frame a compr ehensive measure, or a series of compre hensive meaaures,. which would modify the position of that people, and justify them being at on ce adopted in Parliament. He had not that con fi dence in his own re sources ; he did not look at things iu so sanguine manner as the Honourable Member..—(Hear, hear. ) The utmost that they could do was to pro- POse measures calculated for that end, some of ese might be modified and adopted by the Parliament. 'Lome might be found bene fi cial, and others only bene ficial in part; and in others great changes might be t .made, perk ys they might be entirely rejected. In 14 statement at the commencement of the session, he said that he should propose to advance a million of Money for the purpose of improving the landed estates in Ireland, and that we should propose a million for the re ttletastion of waste lauds. In considering the for mer °t . those measures, whisk was only an extension of t he 11 1 4 " e Pissed in the last year, they had found it adv in IDillule to add half as much e zain to the sum—to make it, lace a million a half, instead of a Parliamenti°n in that state it passed through little With regard to the other measure he ha Friend more to do than to repeat what his Right Hon. had stated at the commencement of the evening. , ee truth Wu, that the great power of the measure in es-"fling good depended on its being a compulsory mea- I re, but after that measure had been introduced in t h at , - "ae they heard from various quarters that to take "?o:r their properties truth the proprietors would be F j o i n , - 111ger ed aa a violent measure in this, but mere espece y 1 . 11 the other House of Parliament ; that in that sh ape I ,p measure was not likely to be successful in pass in g. u eY then considered whether the measure without t hi s e er P i tils° rY clause could not be made capable o f d er ec too t -" k g great good, and the Secretary for Ireland un the introduction of it in an amended form; bet the more he went into it, the more the clauses %% ere gene through, t h e greater was the difficulty of adapting it Flat meagure without its compulsory clauses, and making P ttlitizt when his Hear, hear.) It was, therefore intende d , Right Hon. Friend brought forward co u ll ,i in d e asure he should state that it was proposed ti r Plee -erat itiok but that it was not one which they , longed the mselves to carry through in the present sea pro With regard then to the two millions which they f air e s e ed L- t ° apply to those purposes, one ha lf m illi on h the soil neer proposed to be employed in Improvi g Right Ft ° Ireland, and that was one answer to the e t. us Gentleman who said it was unfair that monld now propose $ new expense on which we ,* • are in tlein aS y, but ientle• s as to to be weseat ationoi is' th e other re hfic l , tacke d . lough) • insir ice on )untrj• TrIPI SUN. statement of the Bank amounts there was the strongest evidence that this precaution had been taken, and that no accusation of imprudence in the management could be twhealtl ft was t t ho t make i g such H advances o n . Baron as t those proposed, and it was on that ground that he would give his vote against the Government. Bee d ag ang ree er d on w s Lord GEORGE BENTINCZ rose, amid loud cries of " Adjourn." He said that no one could blame the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Tamworth in taking the course which he had taken, it was quite consistent with that which he had taken three months ago when he had introduced a measure similar to the one now under discussion. He had not exaggerated the difference which existed now in the money market, to that which formerly existed. It was certain that a 51. note was turned over thirteen times in the year, and it was clear that a sovereign must be turned over a greater number of times. He would sup port the proposition of the Government, though he thought that the Government had taken the fag end of the greater scheme, and also thought with the Hon. Member for Cambridge that the Government would be obliged to go on with the principle, and sup port all the other railways in Ireland. —( Hear, hear.) He thought that they had got the sharp end of the wedge in —(Hear, hear)—and they would soon get the whole of it. The Government had said that the money which would be advanced in support of the railways would be repaid, while the money which would be otherwise spent would never be repaid. now that was the very argument which he had used three months ago.—(Hear, hear.) The Bank of England had been much blamed as having been the occasion of this monetary crisis, they had been told that corporations had no souls. Now it such were the case, Cabinets might be said to have no hearts, for there was strange ingratitude on the pat t of the Government, in turning against the Bank of England, who had done them good service. They had now the extraortinary novelty of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer asking the Bank of England to advance him money to meet the exigencies of the Go vernment, and they had, at the same time, the Bank in such a position, that had it not, in the course of forty five hours, received a loan of two millions, in all proba bility the dividends would have gone unpaid.—(Tre mendous confusion, and cries of " Divide, divide," amidst which the Noble Lord sat down.) The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared— For the resolution 2OB Against it Majority —l33 had not le ckonsd. But the Right Hon. Gentleman has other objections to make to the proposition now before the House. He says, either teat this is a measure adopted on principles which will oblige you t . incur a very heavy burden, and to risk the finances of tee country ; or else that it must be partial only in i;s effects. Now it eppeete d to him that it was an argument which, if carried to its fiel extent, would apply to all those advances which are made every year. But, we may say, and may say justly, that we find our selves able, from the sums Parliament has placed at the disposal of Government, to advance 620,000/., though we could not advance a much larger sum. These railways have applied to the loan commissioners. They have made out their case. The loan commissioners are ready to say that they would advance the money to them if the) had it in their own hands. It seemed to him, there fore, perfectly fair to say that the sum shall be advanced, and at the same time to say, should other parties apply to them in the month of August, they might very well say that they had no funds in heir hands, whi..h they could consent to apply ,to this object. He would say that this was fair con sidering the case of Ireland. This was no com mon ease. It mige I he said, that in the event of grant ing this sum that England would be under the obligation o advance some further sum. It was a case of pecu liar nature, and one of singuler magnitude, and one which eight, tram its necessity, to be immediately met. The people in Ireland complained, that while they wanted food, there were funds sufficient at their disposal to provide food for all, and which, if properly applied, would make the transition easier by making subsistence more easy to be obtained. But he (Lord J. Russell) thought this was not to be effected by a single remedy, for he believed -hat there was no grand panacea for the ills of Ireland. When appl-cation had been made for the improvement of the ports and harbours, the relief had been granted with view to the people getting subsistence from the isheries trim which so much wholesome and nutritious food was to be obtained. From that cause there would be a great advantage. When the farmers petitioned for neans to drain their lands, the assistance had been granted in order to increase the produce of the soil ; in 1 from that there would be a great advantage. And now, whin a benefit was evident from lie assistance to be rendered -to railroads in Ireland, he eels ready to render assistance for that purpose also. He thought that he had stated a sufficient reason for his epposition to the measure of the Noble Lord the Mem ber for Lynn; but he might now repeat, that he thought that a grant of 16,000,0001. would be too great a drain en the resources of the country. He had always been eady to make a grant for public works, and he had ac cordingly given its his adhesion to the plan of his Noble Friend the Member for West Yorkshire (Lord Morpeth) ei 1839, in favour of public works in Ireland, among the most important of which be reckoned railroads. The same vote had been recommended by Sir .1. Burgoyne and his late lamented friend Mr. Drummond. Their arguments were very ably stated in their reports, o which the Right Hon. Baronet had more than once referred. Their arguments were, that by the means of railroads they would give the means of bringing the agricultural produce of Ireland to England—that there would thus be a better market for that produce, and the agricultural wealth of Ireland would thus be increased. tle thought it was stated that 1,200,000 tons of agricul tural produce were annually brought from Ireland to England; and the Commissions stated particularly that, with'regard to a railroad between Dublin and Corkewhich would pass through a country of average fertility, that such an undertaking would be of the utmost value to the country in improving the port _it Cork. He had never beets of opinion that he employment of labour upon railways in Ireland .would be of any use in mitigating the distress ehich prevailed in that country. On the other hand, However, he thought the promotion of railways in Ire lund would have a very beneficial effect in providing a ..emedy against the future:misery of the country, by in- Teasirg the agricultural wealth of Ireland, and thereby ealling into operation the labour of thousands, if not of milions, who might otherwise sink under such a dis tress as that which was now so prevalent in Ireland. He .aid, therefore, that, considering the peculiar state of Ireland considering the difficulties that they sad to deal with and, considering, at the -time time, that the sum they then proposed was equal in amount to the sum he mentioned on the 25th of January last, he thought they were justified in iseing for the vote new before the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet said it was no argu ment because they had 120,0001. in the Exchequer at heir disposal they ought to advance a moiety of that ,um. He agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman, speaking generally, but Ireland, during the present year, Formed an exception to the rule. It could not be dealt svith by the ordinary rules of finance ; but the great lifficulty they had to deal with justified them departing 'rum these rules. It appeared to him, upon those grounds, that the vote they asked for was justifiable. Ttie more so, as since the failure of the potato crop had e,en ascertained, he had felt deeply the responsibility which rested upon Government in connexion with this question. Government had been attacked on various erounds, and in various modes, both in that House and in Ireland, in connexion with this subject. Some of the people of this country contended that it was a great waste of public money, and a most unjustifiable pro .eeding toe ards this country, to ask for millions for the purpose of sustaining Ireland during her present suffer ing ; while others in Ireland loudly exclaim against the rashness of Government in allowing all the burden to tall upon the landed proprietors, since this country ought not to be burdened with the whole maintenance of the peo pr,loeuhare of ue l nn r d el ud a l n uy d ty Ireland, n t o o rought the landed proprietors of Ire to pressed endeavour, upon, if t h but it ewasthey could, tee nevertheless guard the ag by ru a tens i nt n e.oc s he t mi et etthiaebnnere interfere ers oveepdwrecurrence,airtthth regrettedatohtthe ehi o ne f ts hucd a epoerti ecsl similar yerin uiort en calamity. Still, he nn f a o ce t o i en o d t( n ) Goverment, f t w o o t t eh l ra r et e nc a ot nd i tn a b el be cause d provisions to be found cheaper than they were at pre sen t ei Ireland. It did not follow becau se some of the people of Ireland had died of starvation, o r o f fevtr, that England had not done her best, and made ;;rest sacrifices to assist the landed proprietors in naiti eating the present distress. He would say a few words upon the question respecting the commercial state of :he country, and especially as affected by the state of the currency. His Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not say, as was stated by a former speaker, that the danger was past, and that there was no longer any danger existing. But from circumstances which he then stated to the House, he said that he was induced to take a more cheerful view of the subject ; those circumstances were, that there had been to depreciation of the currency through excess ; on the contrary, that the exchanges on the Continent were in our favour; that there had been no such amount of over-speculation in trade as to lead to ..uch an accumulation of stocks as not to allow of the ealization of good profits, and that the manutacturers .f the country were not at present obliged to suspend their operations for want of orders. Those were in his Hon. Friend's view all favourable to the commercial state of the country. He (Lord J. Russell) would not deny the existence of great difficulties arising from the tact that a considerable drain of gold had taken place, and the uncertainty of the amount which might e et be required. Several Honourable Gentlemen had taker. the present occasion to denounce the principle of making any payments in specie under these circum stances. The Noble Lord then continued.—l heard in private, and I have heard in speeches in this House to night, many statements pointing out the evils of the present state of things ; but all those who pointed out those evils The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. ROEBUCK said that there still remained a vote of 40,0001. for the fisheries:of Ireland, and he hoped that at this early period of the morning, the Hon. Gentle man would not press the vote. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this sum was included in the vote of last year of 50,0001., and it was only the application of it to another purpose that was required by the vote of that evening. Mr. HUME asked if the vote was granted for last year, why it had not been expended in that year ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he bad already fully explained this in the course of the evening. The vote of 50,000/. wasj for public improve ments, and only 10,0001. had been spent in the improve ment of the Upper Shannon. The remaining 40,000/. was unexpended, and the House was asked to sanction the vote of this evening. The vote was then agreed to. JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL. The House then went into committee on the Juvenile Offenders Bill, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Tuesday. NAVAL PRISONS BILL. _ _ • Mr. WARD moved thy third reading or this Bill. Mr. HUME said that the return of naval punishments would soon be laid on the table. The several riders of the Bill were then read and adopted, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. The orher orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Two o'clock. DEFINITION OF A "WRETCH."—One "who scrib• bles for hire."—" Specimen of a New Dictionary by the Marquis of Westmeath." See House of Lords' debate, April 22.—Punch. The Blenheim transport, Lieutenant Edward Ward, agent, arrived this morning from Dublin with victualling stores for the navy. THE DEATH OF AN OFFICER THROUII MAL. TEE.I.TAIENT.—Since our remarks appeared (already quoted) on the death of a young officer in Piershall Barracks, we have not learned how far the inquiry has proceeded. An Irish contemporary, however, informs us that the young gentle man in question was the second victim to the "fagging system practised in the regiment. A correspondent, appa rently a private soldier, says :—" Sir—l beg you will examine Surgeons Stevenson and Lyons, the quarter master, barrack-master, riding-master, veterinary sur geon, and the servants in connexion with the officers. Examine also the barrack-master's books for the damage done to his apartments, and the clothes torn from his back, for which two officers were put under arrest by the colonel. (You should have my name were it not for the dread of the "lash.") You can then judge if his death was not accelerated_ by, the maltreatment he received. — Truth." We may mention that the young officer to whose death we alluded was Mr. Featherston, of the 3d Dragoon Guards. 18 e are sorry to say that we have no power to force on an inquiry; but we trust we have said enough to guide the authorities in their painful duty. —Edinburgh Chronicle. THE DUKE AND THE QUACKS. —Observing the name of his. Grace the Duke of Wellington advertised the other day as the patron and swallower of the pills of one of the pestiferous tribe of London medical quacks, we used the liberty of asking the illustrious Duke whether his Grace gave authority for the publication, and the following characteristic lcAp r o e itpl p imiers ly ip.Dil ilumwNok,aeoeisli individual iisdvF3uein.darol.ltiiho.nitiftinh,cigN:oisauDobrfes..lekat the He oehpf p a seiori Wellingtonsas tsao pe rson —rt received le riiSuivttd:r.edadtt presentsl to t t i io s e u, 1 s d l oee : rt a tt j hhe : i e iress ,. name of the Duke of Wellington in any manner."— Was gow Constitutional. THE END OF TIIE WORLD.—THE NEW PLANET.— We give the following from the New York Sun :—" If it be true that this • Planet,' which could nut once be clearly seen by ordinary telescopes, can now be seen almost by the naked eye, it certainly is rapidly approaching the earth, and is, therefore, a comet, not a planet. It is said to travel towards the earth at the rate of a million and a half miles in twenty four hours. We believe that this announcement, now going the rounds of the papers, is not verified by actual observa tion. It seems to be an idle story, circulated by some wag, who might have made it more alarming by adding—'Philo sophers express apprehensions of its coming in contact with our earth, and being a very large body, it may annihilate our globe, and thus fulfil the predictions of the Millerites.' We make this suggestion for the benefit of editors." SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—A few days ago, as one of the gentlemen commoners of Winchester College was discussing a barrel of oysters with a friend, he was sur prised on finding in his 'mouth something harder than the general nature of the oyster. It turned out to be a very large pearl, affirmed rbeyd that a\ V it was h i nehe st e jewellerr te largestat 200 h had guineas. The jeweller ever seen. ,poke vaguely as to the remedy-L(Hear, hear)—but Kittle consideration will, I think, show that the view which I take of the statement as to the Act of 1844 is correct. They say it is a necessary complement of the Act of 1819, and that, in fact, it is an improve ment upon that Act. For my part I think it is an improvement upon the Act of 1819 ; for whereas by the Act of 1819 the pressure would not be experienced until a later period, and until a state of considerable danger had arrived, and after two or three millions of bullion had been sent out, the consequence of the Act of 1844 has been to bring the pressure sooner, and at a time of greater safety, than it could have occurred un der the Act of 1819, and therefore at a time when we were better prepared for it. If that were a necessary complement of the Act of 1819, what, I would ask, was it but a resumption of the system of cash pay ments, and of making our currency convertible into gold ? I cannot understand the medium which the Honourable Member for 131rtulug4am and others would propose between payment in specie—between a currency based on bullion and an unlimited and incon vertible paper currency. If they would propose to remove the Act of 1844, and the Act of 1819, then they would, in fact, establish a bank restriction, restricting the issue of specie, and allowing paper currency to increase to an unlimited extent. I can see no alternative but this, and whether the Act of 1819 or 1844 be in operation is not material for this point of the case, for it ap pears to me that there must be some provisions similar to those two Acts, in order to avoid the extreme to which I have alluded. It is not necessary to go into the whole question as to the Act of 1819, but I must say that I believe our present measures with regard to the currency are founded upon sound principles, and that the measure which is now in operation has had the wholesome effect of inducing the Bank, at an earlier period than under the Act of 1819, to take measures of precaution ; and this will, I think, save us from much pressure and distress at a future moment.: His Lordship then proceeded;—For his part, he did not see any other alternative if a departure were to be made from the present system of the currency.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to that question he would only say that the present measure on the currency was founded on the soundest principle, and it was his firm belief that in con sequence of its operation it had in times past, and would in future, save them from much pressure. He did not believe that any measure which could be adopted by that House would be so safe as to let the Act of 1844 have its legitimate operation, and nothing therefore could be further from his thoughts than to propose any alteration with respect to it. He was convinced that it had led to mea sures of precaution which were necessary, and had left in the power et the Bank the adoption of such measures of stringency or relaxation as the circumstances of the country might app ear to it to warrant. He believ e d, th ere f ore, that takingi the various bearings of this important pmwrhe b oe r pet b ul lion ns i oec:101 the hlacedsu requirements ens q,auud e ib y rosept twteuedant,et ands question into consideration, a t f o h o fre nob hiobt measurest wtr trading n t d l g bsaweanfhsdeioscctho effectivemci uemr heard commercial operations of this country.—(gear, hear, and cries of " HUME '') thought that the Noble ere L bo o t r h d w a r n o d ng th in e "Divide. e. Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R, Peel) w blaming the Bank directors, and he w as unwilling that the House should separate before he entered his protest against that error. The Right Hon. Gentleman said th e Bank did not take proper precaution, but from the PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Co m•) FRIDAY. APRIL 30. RAILWAYS, PIERS, AND HARBOURS (IRELAND). (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question put, " That the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury be authorised to direct advances to be made, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Commissioners for the issue of Loans for Public Works and Fisheries, &C., to an amount not exceeding six hundred and twenty thou sand pounds in the whole, to be by them advanced towards defraying the expense of making the following Railway• in Ireland, viz.:—The Great Southern and Western Railway; the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway; and the Dublin and Drogheda Railway." The Committee divided:— Acland, Sir T. Acland, T. D. Adderley, C. B. Aldam, William Anson, Colonel Archdail, Captain Armstrong, Sir A. Arundel, Earl of Bailey, Jeseph Bailey, J., Jun. Baiilie, W. Balm, Walter Baldwin, Barry Banker, George Baring, F. T. Baring, Thomas Barron, Sir H. W. Bateson, Thomas Bell, John Bellew, it. M. Bennet, P. Bentinck, Lord G. Berkeley, Craven Berkeley, Captain Blackburne, J. I. Blackstone, W. S. Bodkin, J. J. Borthwick, Peter Bowring, Dr. ktroadwood, 11. Brooke, Lord Brotherton, Joseph Browne, R. D. Browne, W. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Buller, Charles Buller, Edward Buller, Sir J. Y. Butibury, W. Callaghan, D. Cavendish, C. C. Cayley, E. S. Chaplin, W. J. Chapman, B. Cholmeley, Sir J. Christopher, R. ♦. Clay, Sir W. Clayton, R. R. Colebrooke, Sir T. Collett, W. R. Conyngham, Lord A. Coote, Sir C. M. Corry, Berry CeurteilaY , Lord Cowper, W. F. Craig, W. G. Dalrymple, Captain Dawson, T. V. Denison, W. J. Denison, J. E. Disraeli, B. Dundas, Admiral Dundas, F. Dur'es, Sir David East, J. B. Ebrington, Viscount Evans, William Ferguson, Sir R. Ferrand, W. B. Finch, G. Fitzwilliam, G. W. MAJORITY-AYES, 208. Floyer, John Hunts, Ci F. Fox, C. R. Newdegate• N. Fox, S. L. • Newport:Visct. French, F. Newry, Viscount Frewen, C. 11. liorreys, Lord Gibson, Thomas M. liorreys, Sir D. Gladstone, Captain O'Brien, A. Stafford Gore, Montague O'Brien, Timothy Gore, Robert O'Connell, M. J. Granby, Marquis of O'Conor, Don Granger, T. C. O'Ferrall, R. M. Grey, Sir G. Ord, William Grogan, E. Owen. Sir J. Halford,;Sir Henry Faimerston, Viscount 1 i alsey, T. P. Parker, John Hamilton, Lord C. Perfect, Robert Harcourt, G. G. Philips, G. R. Hatton, captain V. Philpotts, John Hawes, Benjamin Pinney, William Ilay, Sir A. Plumridge, Captain Ile,athcote, G. J. Powlett, Lord W. Henley, J. W. Price, Sir R. Heron, Sir R. Prime, Richard Hiblyard, T. B. T. l'rotheroe, K• Hindley, C. Ita,hleigh• W. Hobhouse, Sir J. Rawdon' Colonel Holland, Robert Reid, Colonel Hone, A. Repton, G. W. Hoskins, K. Rice, E. R. Houldsworth, T. rich, Henry Howard, C W.G. Rumbold, C. H. Howard, J. K. Russell. Lord John Howard, P.R. Rutherford, A. Hudson, G. Scott, Francis Ingestre, Visct. ScroPe, G. P. Inglis, Sir R. Seyraer, 11 . K. James, William Shaw, F. Jervis, Sir John Sheil, R. L. Jocelyn, Viscount Smith, J. A. Jolliffe, Sir W G. H. Somers, J. F. Jones, Captain Som erville, Sir W. Knight, F. W. Stansfield, W. R. Labouchere, Henry Stanton, W. H. Lambton, H. Stewart, John Langston, J. H Stuart, Lord J. Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, John Law, C. E. Strutt, Edward Lawless, Cecil Tancred, H. W. Lawson, Andrew Thompson, Alderman Layard, Major Thornely, T. Le ldarchant. Sir D. Tollemache. F. J. Lemon, Sir C. Towneley, John Lennox Lord G. H. Trollops, sir J. Liddell, Hon. IL T. Turner, Edmund Loch, James Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Lowther, Hon. Col. Vane, Lord H. Macaulay, T. B. Villiers, Charles Macnamara, Major Waddington, H. S. M'Carthy, Alex. Walker, Richard M`Taggart, Sir J. Walsh, Sir J. Maitland, T. Ward, H. G. Mangles, IL:D. Watson, Henry Manners, Lord J. Wodehouse, E. March, Earl of Wood, sir Charles Marjoribanks, S. Wrightson, W. B. Maule, Fox Wyse, Thomas Miles, Philip W. S. Mlles, William Morahan, J. H. Morgan, 0. Morpeth, Viscount TELLERS. 11111, Lwrd Marcus T urn 'e ll: 11 emry MINORITY—NOES, 75. Ainsworth, Peter Duncan, George Mackenzie, T. Antrobus, Edmund Duncembe, 0. liarsland. Henry Arkwright, George Egerton, Sir P. Martin, C. W. Barkly, Henry Emlyn, Viscount Mitsterman, John Bouverie, E. I'. Entwisle, W. Moffatt, George Bramston, T. W Escott, Bickham Morris, David Brewnrigg, J. S. Fitzroy, Lord C. Mure, Colonel Cardwell, Edward Flower, Sir James Nichol', J. Carew, W. 11. Pole Gardner, J. D. Patten, J. W. Cavendish, G. H. Gill, Thomas Peel, Sir Robert Chelsea, Vise. Gisborne, Thomas Peel, Colonel Chute, W. L. W. Glynne, Sir S. Pennant, Colonel Clerk Sir G. Graham, Sir James Philips,,Mark Clive, Vise. Hall, Sir Benjamin Sibthorp, Colonel Collins, William Hamilton, W. J. Spooner, Richard Colvile, C. R. Hanmer, Sir J. Sutton, Henry Cripps, W. Hastie, Archibald Tollemache, J. Currie, R. Hope, Sir .1. ..„ „ Trelawny, J. S. Deede9, W. Hope, G. W. Trotter, John Dennistoun, J. James, Sir W. C. WakleY. T. Dickinson, F. 11. Johnstone, Hope Williams, W. Dodd, G. Leader, J. T. Wood, Colonel T. Drummond, H. Lincoln, Earl of Yorke, R.:11, Duckworth, Sir J. Lindsay, Colonel TELLERS. Duke, Sir J. Lockhart, A. E. Roebuck, J. A. Duncan, Lord Lygon, Gen. Hume, Joseph ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting was held on Thursday, at the Society's Rooms, in Hanover square, when the chair was taken by the Earl of Derby, the President. The report of the auditors announced the total income of the past year as 8,843/. Bs. Id., whilst there re mained in hand a present balance of 231/. 16s. 4d. Of the former, 3,0821. I ls. was derived from annual subscriptions, 3,545/. 3s. from admission to the gardens, and 326/. Bs. 6d. to the promenades. The cost of animals was 341/. 145., and of provisions 1,9481.35. 6d. The report further announced a decrease in the amount of annual subscriptions of 210/ 155., which had also been progressive for some years past ; nor had c the s p i r d o e i r n a e b n l a e d p e r s o g b r e e s e n a h m a d o r b e e e s n u c m e e a s d s e f uI i n in th e t h m e n i e n a t m t r a a c n t d i ons. the collection of preparations, without any very material outlay. The Report of the Council announced the present number of fellows to be 1,894, and corresponding members, 142. Amongst the most important contributions to the museum were presents from the Noble President, Major Godfrey, S. Auldjo, Esq., General Briggs, &c. The total number of speoimens in the menagerie was 905, of which 341 were mammalia, 557 birds, and 7 reptiles. The donations to this department were very numerous, comprising nearly 40 different species of monkeys, and the chief loss was in the death of the largest giraffe. The total nnmber of visitors, during the past year, was 94,049, of whom 29,142 were pri vileged, whilst 70,903 obtained admission by payment. l:he total number of visitors to the promenades was 5,996, making a total number of 100,045 persons who had attended the gardens. We find the following in the Gazette du Midi of the 16th :—" Don Enrico, on his arrival at Rome, demanded an audience of the Pope, who, in reply, desired that he should be presented by the Spanish Ambassador ; but, as this functionary . made pretension to being present at every audience, the Prince declared that he could not admit of any witness to any conscientious intercourse that might take place between him and the Sovereign Pontiff. Consequently he announced hisiutention of addressing his Holiness directly the first time he met him in public." FAMINE RELIEF FUND.—Thursday the British Association at the South-Sea House for the Relief of the Famine in Ireland and Scotland made their report of the receipt and expenditure, showing that up to the present time the total amount of subscriptions is 386,9701. 16s. 11d., of which 63,739/. has been transmitted to Scotland, expended in the purchase of provisions ; for Ireland 183,3251. ; clothing, 4,350/. ; money sent, 10,0001. ; and for seed. 18,073/. Total expenditure for Ireland and Scotland, 285,7701. 13s. 6d., in cluding clerks' fees, &c.. leaving a balance at the disposal of the association of 101,200/. 3s. sd. GLASGOW SPRING CIRCUIT. —At the sitting of this court on Saturday, John Henry, confectioner in Glas gow, was placed at the bar, on the charge of forgery, and vitiating and altering bank notes issued by the Glasgow Joint-Stock Banking Company, and effacing or removing, by means of some chemical substance, the word " Five," at each of the two corners near to the top of the note, and by fraudulently inserting in place of the words so effaced, the figures " 201." and of uttering the same forged notes as genuine. The panel pled not guilty to all the charges. After a trial which occupied nearly nine hours, the jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict finding the prisoner guilty of uttering the forged notes, knowing them to be so, and guilty in all the cases charged in the indict ment. Sentence of transportation for twenty years was pro nounced on Monday.—Scotsman. THE COMMON Coin NCIL.—A court was held on Thurs day, at which the report of the Police Committee upon the salary and other emoluments of Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Com missioner, was received. The report recommended that Mr. Harvey's salary should be increased to 1,0001. a year, that he should have an allowance of 200/. a year for a house, and be permitted to reside anywhere within six miles of the Ex change. The report spoke in the highest terms of the effi ciency of the force, and the value of Mr. Harvey's services. Mr. Alderman Wood moved that these recommendations be agreed to, but after an animated debate an amendment, moved by Mr. H. L. Taylor, was carried, and the increase of salary, &c., negatived. ALLEGED POISONING AT TEBBENHAM.—The in vestigation relating to the deaths of Mrs. Mary Pearson and Mrs. Elizabeth Everett, the wives of two farmers at Tebben ham, who were murdered by means of arsenic secretly intro duced into their food, on the 28th ult., was resumed yes terday morning, before Mr. Pilgrim, the Norfolk coroner. A great mass of evidence was adduced, and the cause of death in both instances proved to have been poison. Ulti mately the inquiry was adjourned, little progress having been made in dispelling the mystery which surrounds this singular affair. NINO, MAY 1., 184!. knew no instance in which,.as in this — clieate - key — of the RAILWAY COMMITTEES, , one line was put into the pockets of the other. --• Mr. Swift, solicitor to the London and South-Western and HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) , the Lancaster and Carlisle Company, was called to state the GROUP V. , result of an attempt to negotiate with the view of arranging (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) the differences between the Caledonian and the Dumfries, but after some discussion between the counsel on either GREAT WESTERN (BRANCHES TO 'WEST . LONDON, &c.) side, the Committee decided that they should not receive it until both parties were willing that it should be given. Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., opened the merits of this Bill, which is The Committee adjourned at tour o'clock. for an extension from Paddington station, by Hammersmith and Battersea across the river to the Nine Elms' terminus of of the South-Western Rai!way. Most of the day was occupied with witnesses from the different points on the route of the extension, which was op posed by the South-Western Company. The case being closed for the promoters, the Committee adjourned till Monday. GROUP IX. WEST CORNWALL. ---- --- The Committee met this day at twelve o'clock, in Room D.; Mr. Tattoo Egerton in the chair. Evidence was given for the promoters of the Bill, and the Committee, in consequence of the non- receipt of a communi cation from the Admiralty, adjourned till next Wednesday. GROUP XIII. IPSWICH AND DUET ST. 23D2KUND'S AND NORPOLIC MXTENSXONS. (Continued from our Atterncon Edition of yesterday.) Evidence on behalf of certain landowners, whose property would be affected by this line, was then proceeded with, and the Committee adjourned till Monday, at twelve o'clock. GROUP XVI. The Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group met again this morning; Mr. Kemble iu the chair. HITCEIN AND HERTFORD. Mr. HILDYARD was. engaged the whole of the day in re plying to the opposition of the Great Northern Company. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Arm. 28, 1847. The Queen was-this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Snow Harris, Esq., F.R.S. Si. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Fitz Maurice, K.H., Clerk of the Cheque of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vice Jonathan Eller thorp, Esq., deceased. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Chard, Esq., Exon of her Alajesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vice 6ir Samuel Hancock, tint., resigned. WHITEHALL, Arnti, 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Thomas Bur nett, Bart , to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Kincardine, in the room of John Viscount Arbuth nott, resigned. WHITEHALL, Arum 28. The Queen has been pleased to grant to Henry James Sumner .Maine, Esq., 8.A., the office of Reader of the Civil Law in the University of Cambridge, in the room of Dr. James Wi:liam Geldart, resigned. WA R- OFFICE, APRIL 30. 2d Regiment .of Life Guards—Surgeon Abraham James Nisbet Game!, M.D., from half-pay 88th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Calder, deceased, April 30. 7th Light Dragoons—Lorenzo Ely Hutchinson Bond, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bushe, promoted, April 30. 15th Light Dragoons—Major George William Kcy to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Sir Walter Scott, Bart., deceased; Captain Michael William Smith to be Ma jor, vice Key; Lieutenant Octavius George Perrott to be Captain, vice Smith ; Cornet Jame s B o yd Miller to be Lieu tenant, vice Perrott, Feb. 9. 17th Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant John Stephenson, from ball-pay 16th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Chand ler, deceased, April 30. 2d Regiment of Foot—George Gollop, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sadleir, who retires, April 30. Bth Foot—Lieutenant Charles Covell Neame, from 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Capudese, promoted, April 30. 26th Foot—Major William Davenport Davenport, from 94th Foot, to be Major, ♦ice Paterson, who exchanges, April 30. 69th Foot—Lieutenant Denis Dunn to be Adjutant, vice Carmichael, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 30. 70th,Foot—Charles Crawley, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Foster, appointed to 84th Foot, April 30. 73d Foot—Hugh Mackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Waddington, appointed to the Rifle Brigade, April 30. _ . _ 84th Foot—Ensign John Faircloth to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Chapman, deceased, Jan. 17 ; Ensign Edwin Fletcher Fost er , f rom oth Foot, to be Ensign, Vice Faircloth, April 30. 91st Foot--To be Ensigns, without purchase: Robert Whitle, Gent., vice Mill, promoted in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, April 28; Edward James Somers Rae, Gent., vice Lavers, promoted in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, April 29; John Alexander Saunders, Gent., vice Fitz Gerald, promoted in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, April 30. To be Surgeon—Statl Surgeon of the Second Class John Forrest, M.D., vice Hadaway, who exchanges, April 30. 94th Foot) Major James Paterson, from 26th Foot, to be Major, vice Davenport, who exchanges, April 30. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant Richard Heaviside to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Glyn, appointed Adjutant; Arthur Ni xon , G ent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Heaviside • Lieutenant Julius Richard Gl yn to b e Adju tant, vice Woodford, promoted, April 30. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Samuel Maitland Hadaway, from 91st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of Second Class, vice Forrest, who exchanges, April 30. AIRMOZANDWIL—The Christian names of Ensign Somerset, of the 13th Fuot, are Alfred Plantagenet Frederick Charles. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel George Hamilton Marquis of Donegal, to be one of her Majesty's Aides-de-Camp for the service of her Militia Force, April 15. Her Majesty has been pleased at the same time to direct, that the said Marquis of Donegal shall take rank as one of the Senior Colonels of Militia, immediately after the Junior Colonel of her Majesty's Forces. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton. William James Chaplin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 15. Commission by thegiord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—William Brooke Naylor, Esq., to be Captain, vice Taylor, deceased, April 24. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 28. The following promotions have this day taken place, con sequent upon the death of Admiral Man Dobson : Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Ekins, K.C.8., to be Admi ral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red the lion. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Peter Ribouleau to be Vice-Ad- miral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Charles Malcolm, Knight, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear Admiral of the Blue Charles Sibthorp John Hawtayne to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Sir NesbitJosiah Willoughby, Knight, C. 8., K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 15. Corps of Royal Marines. Sergeant-Major John Christie to be Second Lieutenant. Sergeant-Major George Downer to be Second Lieutenant. Sergeant 1‘1;i:j it William Cary to be Second Lieutenant. Sergeant-Major Thomas Pots to be Second Lieutenant. Sergeant-31ajor Lewis Orme to be Second Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, APRIL 8. The Lord Chancellor has appo'inte.l Henry Neate, of De vizes, in the county of Wilts, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEIIALL, APRIL 26. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Benjamin Gartside, of Manct.ester. in the county palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High . Court of Chanc er y. BANKRUPTS. William Blinko, cattle dealer, West Smithfield, to surren der !day 7, at one, and June 11, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Sm►th, Barnard's Inn. Holborn. William Amos, coal-merchant, Whitstable, Kent, May 7, at two, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Richardson and Talbot, Bedford row ' • Robert Sankey, Canterbury. John Humphrey, grocer, North Walaham, Norfolk, May 11, at half•past one, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Torkington, New Bridge-street ; Tillett and Co., Norwich. Henry Sydney Brazier, tailor, Oxford, May 14, at one, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. Thomas Starling. sen., and William Starling, slaters, Stratford, Essex, May 8, at half past one, and June 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Al dermanbary ; Scott and Co., St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, John Clarke, machine maker, Stockport, May 13 and June 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Bower and Son, Chancery-lane ; Stringer, Stockport. John Ward, grocer, Runcorn, Cheshire, May 14, and June 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple, Lon don ; Grocott, Liverpool. David Richard Thomas, draper, Carmarthen, May 14 and June 11, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Messrs. Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Heaven, Bristol. Irancii Robertson, merchanr, Dundee. May 5 and 26, at one, at the el:ambers of Messrs. Neist: and Patu Dundee: James Boston, merchant, Carnbusneithin, May 6 and 27, at twelve, at the King's Arms Inn, Ilanaiton. MARKET ri‘i TELLI GEN CE. (From the Landon iVeu, Price Current of April 30.) SUGAI:. —To-day, although further reduced rates were sub mitted to fur Foreign and Colonial Sugar, still no material increase occurred in the inane or export. demand, and mer chants arc yet willing sellers. Ot Wt Est India Muscovado the quantity sold in the private nlinket to-day atmainted to 320 blids and tres, although turtl,er re , ,uced rates were ac cepted, making the decline in prices since last Friday Is to la 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were sparingly dealt in by the holm trade, although standard lumps could be ob tained at 635, and brown grocery at 61s 6d to 62e per cwt. The value of Bonded crushed Sugar is 335, but few buyers are to be met with. MAunmus.—Although importers have submitted to a further reduction in p r i ces o f i s per cw t, st ill it hasoccasioned no increase in the demand for either grocery or refining pur poses. By private contract the purchases made in all descriptions have been to a small extent only, and a public sale of 3,890 bags, 19 cases, and 64 tierces went off with heaviness. EAST INDIA.--This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at public sale amounted to 4,559 bags; when nearly the whole found buyers, in consequence of holders submitting to a further decline in prices of 6d, making the fall for the week is 6d to 2s per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon, at public sale, 209 libds and 100 barrels of Porto Rico Sugar were sold at fair market rates. MOLASSES. —Only a moderate business has been transacted in West India this week, the purchases not exceeding 200 puns; but, at present, no further decline can be quoted in the value. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, whilst the purchases made by private were extremely limited by exporters and the home trade. The value of good and real good ordinary Native Ceylon is 37e to 38s per cwt. Cocoa.----Nti est India has been operated in with more free dom this week, and the rates paid are rather above those that existed previously, whilst the supply is on the decrease. Ot Trinidad several parcels have been sold privately. TEA. —Although Congou can be obtained upon previous reduced terms, and in some cases rather under, still the amount of business transacted has been of little moment in all kinds. Fouchong is dull of sale. The trade have been induced to take large quantities of the inferior and medium kinds of green, owing to the low rates that are accepted. In the value of good and fine there is little variation to notice, but only a small amount of business has been concluded. there was greater desire manifested to operate in all sorts of East India Rice; at public sale 4,281 bags of Bengal were offered, all sold with spirit at an advance on former rates of 3d to 6d per cwt. Privately large parcels were disposed of on the spot and for arrival. SricEs.—Pimento, at present, is not much wanted, and the rates taken are rather under those that existed previously. Ginger is much wanted. For Cassia Lignea the inquiries have increased. In black Pepper few purchases have been made by private treaty this week, and for the inferior kinds rather lower prices have been accepted ; but clean sorts are held for the former value. For Nutmegs former rates are in sisted upon; but few contracts have been entered into pri vately by exporters or the home trade. For Mace quotations are sustained, but the demand has been less active privately. Smarrs.—The arrivals of Rum have increased since this day week; and amounted to 800 casks of West, and 200 casks East India; whilst large parcels of every kind are near at band—holders in consequence are willing to realise, and have submitted to further reduced rates, still without causing any material increase in the demand. Although Jamaica is offered at a further reduc tion in prices of 2d to 3d; or at a decline from the highest point of the market of 8d to is per gallon, still all qualities have been operated on with caution by shippers and the home trade : the total• quantity disposed of for the week not exceeding 250 puncheons. An opinion gene rally prevails that Rum will further decline in value, although the new duties are in operation, as prices are highly remunerating to importers. Brandy is offered upon further reduced terms, still the quantity taken by exporters and the home trade has been small, whilsL the stock is yet on the increase, and several arrivals are near at hand. Geneva is little wanted for exportation, and prices are on the decline. For British Corn Spirits the demand is yet good. SAL TPITRE.—EngIish Refined has been largely dealt in, and prices are very firm. Rough is wanted by exporters, and the rates offered are rather above those that previously pre vailed ; but the supply of all descriptions is small, and none has been offered at auction. OILS.—The quantity of Olive Oil purchased by exporters • and the home trade has been to a small extent only since our last report, although there are sellers upon further re duced terms. Rape Seed little wanted, and offered upon re duced terms. Linseed Oil at present cannot be obtained upon lower terms. For Palm previous rates are insisted upon, but shippers and the home trade operate with caution. Cocoa Nut has been sparingly dealt in, but in consequence of the scanty supply prices keep high. The arrivals of Fish Oils are on the increase, but at present little variation oc curred in prices. Cod met with little attention. For Southern few buyers are to be met with. For Sperm the market is in a quiet state, and prices are on the decline. TALLow.--Although reduced rates have been accepted for Russian on the spot, the quantity purchased by seaptuakers and chandlers has been limited. For delivery in the last three months of the year the demand has been good, bat there is a desire to sell tine Petersburgh Yellow Candle at 455 to 458 fid per cwt. Home made is plentiml, and the demand being limited, there are sellers at the reduced rate of 48s nett cash. Other sorts of Tallow met with little attention. James Burnett, hosier, Durham, May 11 and June 9, at the Newcastle District Court. Wakley, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne • Dixon, New Boswell- cour t, Li nco l n ' s Inn; Ranson, Sunderland. Richard Ray and Thomas Wynne, manufacturers of china Stoke-upon-Trent, May 13 and June 10, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Young, Longton, Staffordshire; Smith, Bir minghem. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) do Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 24th day of April, 1847. WITS DWPAUTMENT. X. Notes Issued.... •... 22,549,140 £22,549,140 Dated the 29th day of April, 15 BANKING D . Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Kest • •...... ••• • • • 3,400,789 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities ... • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 7,120,006 Silver bullion 1,429,134 X 22,549,140 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 47. lEPLITDIEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annu - ity) - .: 11,117,119 Other securities •• • • 16,079,627 Notes —•••••• • • • • • • 2,718,995 Gold and silver coin.. 664,750 National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts).. 2,634,518 3ther deposits .... • • 9,125,109 Seven day and other bills . • . • 866,975 £ 30,580,6'J 1 439,1,80,691 1. MARSUALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 29th day of April, 184: `e. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGS AND HOLLOWAY'S i'lLLs.—An st.itounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from his Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. Professor Holloway —Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach al. the most eminent of the faculty, at borne and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay, not eves the waters of Carlsbad or Ma. rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOROUGIi." These wonderful pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment. 244, Strand, sad by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. Determination of blood to the head, apoplexy, dux, effectually prevented by the occasional use of Frampton'a Pill of Health, which, by strengthening the action of the stomach, and promoting a healthy and regular digestion of the food, prevents a recurrence of those symptoms of this alarming disorder, giddiness, oppression of the brain, singing noise in the ear, head-ache, &c. They are an excellent aperient, without griping or prostration of strength, create appetite, relieve languor, and invigorate the spirits; while, to the free liver or sedentary, they offer great and important advantages. Sold by all venders et medicines. Price ls. lid. per box. See the name of "Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the government stamp. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY.—We understand that the Wath and Telmy contracts have been well let, under the engineer's estimate. The tender for the \Vath contract amounts to little more than 5,0004 The works will be commenced without delay ; active operations are in pr,,gress for this purpose. LADVERTISEMENT.j—BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin and falling off; the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use of the two above- named articles. applied alternately, the botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a 'U mlaut, and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If an i y .o f r ur re tli o. er evidence was required of the virtues of . bear's M . tl'n'ss grease acmm t of the quantity used, an eating and preserv d i t n h g e th j e e n g ha th ir, of hair obtained by some of the N or th American Indians would be a sufficient answer.-- Ross and Son's, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, who first introduced the use of bear's grease in this country, and who ,fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with their names and address printed on the pot, or the chances are they are obtaining a spurious ar. iicle. All vegetable oils applied to the hair are worse than useless. LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS ON THE HOLY LAND. —A Fourth and Cheaper Edition of the above work, re vised, and complete in one volume, price 10s. 6d. bound, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may now b e h ad o f all Booksellers. The followin ginteresting works have also just been p u bli s h ed by All. Colburn - '-2. Narrative of an e Overland Jou rney R ound the World, by Sir George Simpson, Governor in Chi e f of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territon r r i a e e s i, , j 2 vols.-3. A Se con d E d i tion of " Tancred by B M.P., 3 v o l s .- 4. A Third Edition of Mr. Warburt , on's " Hochelaga ; or, E ngland in the New World, " 1 Revelations o f P ortugal, by the Author of " Revelations of Spain," Second Edition, 2 vols., 255. ALARMING FIRE NEAR SOHO-SQUARE.—Yesterday nv.rning, shortly after one o'clock, a fire of a serious nature broke out in the immense pile of premises occupied by Mr. Hambleton, an emery and glass-paper manufacturer, Mr, Conway, a picture-frame maker, and Messrs. Bevington, tha organ-builders, situate in Bramwell's-yard, Rose-street, Soho, square. The flames originated in the upper story belonging to the first-named party, and were not discovered until they i damage done, howev er , had penetrated the roof and windoi t v h s. e c ß o y a gr ag e r a a t tio e n xe t r o tte e upperthe fi p ren o i r e t i i i o s n u o e f ce t e h d e ed p r i e n m confiningise. le s i s v ery considerable, for the greater portion of 1 1 1 r, Hamble• ton's stock-in.trade is destroyed, and the lower workshops an d their contents are severely damaged by water, The cause of the disaster could not be learned, GRAlN. — WDlifiderotapd, from. pretty good autho. xity, that,-therci§ at this moment more grain, of one kind and another, in Glasgow, than there is in London and Liver• pool and Hull combined. What a mighty city Glasgow Me of late become !—Scotch Reformer's Gazette. ~~ .......,...,„,, ......",....,-.......,....-:4--,A.,-...i5: 6 : 4. :a ' \4llll- iffeeistitY, MiT 21-74 Crane, brewer, gw!n• t . ,m. Iht tershire, May 21—J. Challen, brewer, Odiham, Son .I. II TP . t z ..,., 3 ,2 -- * - 7 -4;:, May 21—T. Bowyer, bookseller, Strand, May eilt ...iNeale, innkeeper, Portsea, Hampshre, May 21 . ; ›.. . vd iron plate worker, St. .101111's-square. Clerkenwell,tiv .. • : - - - , :.12. ~Mt. .7 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. ~ 4_, ..,,_' - ‘jilli + S. Knutton and N. Browne, builders, Lenton,Nottpipaa. v --..„, • shire—H. J. Prescott, D. Wallace, S. Rew, and`,Q;X, . 1.31: --- 4 , .: , - -4 _ 4 _ ..,,, merchants, Old Broad street, City—G. Hollins, A3lO and M. Hollins, farmers, Studley, Warwickshire jig Akr,-- ,511 1 1 ';7" regards M. Hollins)—J, Burdikin and R. Harrison, 'South-. shore, Durham —J. H. Thompson and C. Stevenson, stock brokers, Derby—H. W. and S. E. Potter, drysalters, Man chester—W. Simpson, T. White, and W. 11. Simpson, bankers —R. Ambler and J. Bottom, confectioners, Manchester.—J. H. Stevenson and C. E. C rouc h , drapers, Rothertield, Sussex. ' SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Henderson, wright, Dundee, May 6 and 27, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Neish and Patullo, Dundee. W. W. Macfarlane and Co., timber merchants. Paisley, May 5 and 28, at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. William Cameron, merchant, Miudochy, Inverness-shire, May 7 an d 28, at one, at the Caledonian Hot, 1, Inverness. john Hislop, draper, .Ilorton, Dumfries-thire, May 6 and 27, at twelve. at the George Hotel, Morton. ~.:'~~ PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House o f c ommons .) FRIDAY, APRIL 30. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. _ _ The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee :- 1. That in the cue of the Great Western Railway (Amend ment and Extension) petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to introduce such additional provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think St. 2. That in the case of the Liverpool Fire and Life Insur ance Company- petition, for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed.with :—That the parties be permitted to deposit their petition accordingly. 3. That in the case of the Huddersibild and Manchester Railway (Deviations and Alterations in Oldham Branch, &c.) petition, for additional provision, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. First and second resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. NOTICES GIVEN AT I'llE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. RAILWAYS. The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Mr. Bernal (Chairman), Mr. S. Crawford, Captain Boldero ' Marquis of Worcester, and Captain Peellell, to whom they have referred the Bills cum pri.ied in Group No. 15, viz.:— Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Bedford. &c ) Eastern Counties (Cambridge, Royston, and Ware. &c.) Royston and Ilitchin Railway Act Amendment (Extension from Royston to Cambridge, &c. ) Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (Sale or Lease of Line), Eastern Counties (Somersham to Ramsay). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 10, at 12. A Committee consisting of J. B. East (Chairman), Lord F. Hallyburton, Hon. G. R. Trevor, Mr. Du Pre, and Mr. Hurst, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 17, viz.:— London and North - Western (Newport Pagnel, Olney, and W ellingborough), Midland ( Extension from near Leicester to Hitchin, ace.) Midland (Leicester and Swanniugton Widening, &c.) Midland (Syston and Peterborough Deviations, eve- Great Northern (Deviations between London and Grantham), Ambergate, Not tim, ham, and Boston and Eastern Junction. The Select Committee to meet onMonday, half past twelve. May 10, at A Committee consisting of—M r . D enn i s t o un (Chairman), Mr. Finch, Mr. M. Gore, Mr. Forbes, ' and Mr. Talbot, to whom tbey have re f erred the Bills comprised in Group :No. 19, viz. : Buckingham and Brackley Junction and Oxford and Bletch ley Junction Companies Amalgamation, &C. Nurt hampton and Banbury (Blisworth to Banbury), London London and N or th-W estern (Coventry and Nuneaton Branch), London and North-Western (Atherstone and Whitacre Branch), Coventry, Nuneaton, and Birmingham and Leicester (power to purchase to the London and North-Western Company, and Midland Railway Company Purchase), Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 10, at one. ROYAL MATERNITY CHARITY FESTIVAI. The ninetieth anniversary of this excellent charity, which was instituted in the year 1757, for the purpose of affording medical assistance to poor married women during their lying in at their own habitations, was celebrated on Thursday at the London Tavern; Sir George Larpent, Bart. ,in the chair. Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down at six o'clock to an excellent dinner, which was served up in the best style of those admirable caterers, Messrs. Bathe and Breache. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Tur ner, and during the course of the evening several songs and glees were admirably given by Miss Thornton, and Messrs. Young, Turner, Sporle, F. Smith, and G. Buckland. Mr. Farquharson Smith presided at the pianoforte, Mr. Harker officiated as toast-master. The usual loyal and national toasts having been drunk, The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the health of the Duke of Wellington, the President of the Society.—(Cheers.) The Duke had, on two occasions, presided at their anniv y festivals, and as a proof of the interest which his Grace took in the society he would mention, that he at that moment held in his hand an autograph of the Dyke of Wellington, being a recommendation which his Grace had written within the last five days for a poor woman as a patient of the so ciety.—(Cheers. ) Drank with three times three. Quartette—" See the Conquering Hero Comes." The CrIAIII.NIAN then rose to propose the toast of the evening. "Prosperity to the Royal Maternity Charity."— (Cheers.) This society wis Peculiarly worthy of public support, inasmuch as its object was to administer to the necessities of the most interesting part of the creation, at the most interesting period of their existence; and it had this especial and distinpuishing characteristic, that it relieved the sufferings of the poor w ithou t depriving them of the comforts of home.—(Hear, hear.) It did not separate husband and wife—(Cheers) —it did not deprive the children of the poor man of the presence of their mother.—(Re mowed cheering. It had greatly increased its sphere of usefulness. During the first year of its exist ence it had afforded relief to thirty-five persons d 'ring the last y ear the number of persons who : had been relieved by the society, amounted t o 3,100. Since its institution, 360,000 persons had been relieved by the society, and s ince January last, the num ber of persons re li eve d amounted to 900, an d the ma jority of these w ere inhabitants of the poo rest districts of the menopolirt, each as Spitaltields, lloundsd itcb, Bethnal Green,Shor e di tc h , S outh. wark, and Bermondsev. He regretted to say that there had been a great falling off in the funds of the society during the past year, but the committee, not withstanding, had de termined to enlarge the sphere of its usefulness, by extend ing its limits to t he whole district included within the town delivery of the General Post On these grounds he urged the friends of the charity to be liberal in th e i r su b scriptions, and concluding by calling upo n all p t resent to drink " Pros eritv to the the Royal Maternity Charity." Drank with three times three. Song—" Now or Neve r" --Mr. S p or le. TheSECRETARY then read the list of subscriptions, which included the names of Sir G. Larpent, 201. ; the Lord Mayor, 10/. ; Earl Ducie, 101. ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, 10/. ; the Duke ucc' B leuch 251. ; Sir I. L. G'oldsmid, 5 gui neas . Th e of su bscriptions amounted altogether to a considerable sum. Several other toasts were drunk, and the company separated at about eleven o'clock. .S. A mo ng those present we observed the T ur ki s h C onsu l - General, Alfred Sin es, Es q ., , Dr. Blundell, lir. Davis, Saunders, E - q. , Comptroller of the C ity ; Francis Oin many, Esq. ; Green Comptroller Esq. (who retu rne d t h an k s f or Rev. Mr. Johnton, and several other the Vice-President s ); gentlemen of great eminence in the City. The Lord Mayor had promised to honou r the festival b y his p r esence , but his L or d s hip was prevented front attending in consequence of the sitting of the Cou rt of Common Council. Dispatches were E.nt off last evening front the Colonial. WU. ter the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. GROUP XXI. This Committee met again this morning in Room 22 ; Sir James Graham in the chair. BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND STOUR VALLEY (No. II.) Mr. Stephenson, the engineer of this line, was cross-exa mined at great length on behalf of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, but his evidence in chief was unshaken. The Committee adjourned at the usual hour. GROUP XXII. NEWPORT, AZERGAVENNY, AND BERM WORD (EXTENSION TO TAPP VALE). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Brown, of Abberville iron-works, Mr. Robinson, agent of the extensive works at Colebrooke-dale, and other mineral proprietors. followed with evidence as to the advantages the coal and iron of the district would secure from the construc tion of the proposed extension. The Committee adjourned till Monday at twelve o'clock. GROUP XXIII. SOUTH WALES. The clauses, with several amendments and alterations, were agreed to, and the Committee adjourned till Monday. GROUP XXVIII. PETEREOROUGE AND POLRINGRAPS (EASTERN COUNTIES BRANCH). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Several other witnesses were examined, and after cross examination, on behalf of Earl Fitzwilliam, and the Great Northern and Stamford and Boston lines, the case of the promoters was closed. 'The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XXXIII. LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTER (EXTENSION TO virazzrz.r.z.73, &c.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The whole of the sitting, up till the rising of the Committee, was occupied with traffic and general evidence in support of the line. It adjourned at four o'clock till Monday nest, at twelve. GROUP XXXIV. The Committee on this group met this morning in Room 31; Mr. F. Baring, chairman. IVLANCLIESTEN AND LEEDS (SALE Or - 3COC - 31 - i1L1.13 CANAL). General evidence against the promoters of the Bill was given on the part of the proprietors of quarries on the canal. The Committee adjourned without giving their decision; they reserved that until the evidence on the other lines should be heard. GROUP XLVIII. CALEDONIAN, GLASGOW, GAILNXINX, and COATBEIDGE (BRANCH TO GLASGOW STATION). Mr. Lamond, who had been the agent of the Garnkirk Company before its union with the Caledonian Company, de posed that the present scheme would interfere less with the Inchbelly road than it did in 1844, when compensation was given by the company to the trustees. An agreement re sulted, the provisions of which would have required a devia tion of the turnpike; that by the present amended scheme would not be required. Mr. Scott gave evidence as to the value of the land to be taken by the line, which he took at forty-five years' pur chase, at a rent of Si. per acre. Mr. Errington, civil engineer, was next examined—He detailed the origin of the present line and its progress till now, in confirmation M the evidence of Mr. Collister. The deviation now proposed was wanted, in order to get better station accommodation and better levels. In addition to the 100,000/. for the line, the station would cost 50,0001. extra. NN ith respect to the crossing of the canal and the tunnel of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, he saw no uifficulty in effecting them. They were of an ordinary engineering cha racter. In the mode of doing it he agreed with Mr. Col lister, who had furnished the details. In cross-examination witness stated that it would be quite sufficient fur the protection of the opponents if a clause, usual in such Bills, was inserted, in which it should be provided that the works would be made to the satisfaction of the en gineers of the opposing companies, or a neutral one. The CHAIRMAN said he thought this would be sufficient protection. Mr. BURKE was not satisfied, and was prepared to call im portant evidence on the other side. Mr. Locke corroborated the evidence of Mr. Errington. He considered the works could be done with perfect safety. He had last night offered the canal engineer to leave the crossing of the canal or railway to any engineer in the kingdom. Mr. Maclean, civil engineer, corroborated the foregoing evidence. Mr. Edminton, surveyor, of Glasgow, agreed with Mr. Scott in the value of the land taken for the railway. Mr. Collister was here recalled, and put in a plan which he had prepared of the mode of crossing the canal and rail way, the particulars of which he explained to the Committee in detail. Tie Committee then adjourned till Monday, at twelve. GROUP L. GLASGOW. itilatiitiobs, AND ARDROS-. SAN (AMENDMENTS AXE DEVIATIONS). Mr. NV HATELY, Q.C., shortly addressed the Committee for opposing proprietors. The room was cleared, and parties, on being re-admitted, were informed that the Committee declared the preamble of the Ayr Company's Bill proved for the Loudon Branch, the 'West Colliery Branch, the branch from Melton-bridge to Busby, and the unopposed branches to Towratt toll, Hill End, &c.; but the continuation from Busby to Bushton, and the Auchinhervie Branch were thrown out. The preamble of the Ardrossan Company's Bill was declared proved for the Fennick Branch. The Committee then decided for the Bog branch, proposed by the Ardrossan Company, and against the Byrchill branch of the Ayr Company. Atter evidence from the Messrs. Caldwell, proprietors opposing the Beith branch, by the Ardrossan Company. The Committee decided against it, and then adjourned till Monday. GROUP LI. THE CALEDONIAN (BRANCHES AND BEASES). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) ➢lr. AUSTIN was proceeding to cross-examine, when, Mr. Rasisnaw objected that no petition was presented by the Duke of Buccleuch, or other,landlords, against these branches. The objection was sustained. Witness re-examined by Mr. RaIISHAW—The cost of trans port by sea, for sheep, would be 20s. as against 30s. per railway. The difference of time would be three hours longer per sea. Robert Brown confirmed the preceding evidence. Mr. David Steel, member of the town council of Annan, said chat no direct communication would be afforded between the t.,wn of Annan and the district called Annandale. He corroborated the former witness on the subject of the cattle trade. He believed, that if the port of Kirkcudbright were opened to-morrow Annan would still remain a shipping station. Mr. Henry Farran, of Scalesby Hall, had employed him self for twenty-seven years in agricultural pursuits, and he believed that the Brampton branch would greatly benefit the district traversed by the branch (elwven miles), and a con siderable extent to the westward. That district was greatly in want of lime, but, for want of a railway, they could not get it, as the expense of cartage was too great. He had tried lime on some land that was not in a cultivated state, and he had reaped from every acre about sixty imperial bushels. It was an extraordinary crop. There could be no doubt that a large quantity of lime and coal would be carried along the branch. Viscount Morpeth, examined by Mr. Sergeant Warm —His Lordship was well acquainted with the country around Brampton, and he knew that the district between Brampton and Longtown was in great want of coal and lime. He thought that the wishes of the inhabitants of the town of Brampton were in favour of the Caledonian branch over that of their rivals. They preferred the Caledonian scheme because it ave better ace.,mmodation to the town and avoided some very steep ascents. Cross-examined by Mr. TALnoT—The Dumfries and Carlisle Railway would not give the same accommo dation to the inhabitants of Longtown that the Ca ledonian would, but this objection would be got rid of by the North British Railway. The difference in the ascent be tween the Caledonian and Dumfries branches at Brampton of five feet was of no great importance. Mr. Nicholas Wood, civil engineer, was aware that in the Dumfries Bill of last year there was a clause leasing the portion of country between Gretna and Springfield to the Caledonian Company. He thought that the railways north and west of Glasgow would use the New castle coke. The collieries with which he was con nected made about 3,000 tons of coke per week. He thought that this branch should be in the hands of the Caledonian Company, in order that there might be no interruption friiin the clashing of rival interests. lie thought the Caledonian were entitled to this advantage, because the greatest extent of main line was already in their hands, and because the north of Scotland could be better supplied by their central line than by any other rival Company. He (lid not think that Canobie coals would be carried to Kirk cudbright, when the port of Annan was so much nearer ; and it was absurd to think that coals would be shipped from the first-named port for Ireland, when that country could be better and more abundantly s u pp lied from A y r, Troon, Irvine, and the other ports on the C l y de. He considered that an y interrup tion of traffic by or other line at Annan could be avoided by the Newcastle a nd Carlisle Railway carrying the traffic continuously from Brampton to Annan. He had no doubt knew no cases in same that this agreement would be entered into if the present Committee sanctione d this branch. ranLEto°tTh.e—il terminus, a e por tionwriCieril)s.sw- of the line of the one was leas ed by the other. l ehiearmein two ed railwaysb PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending April 27, 1847, is 30s. 2 d. cwt. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. L. Evill and T. Dowglass , cloth manufacturers, Vigo - street—third div. of 11d. in the pound, on Monday, May 8, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Carman, Birchin-lane, City. F. A. Wheeler, percus s ion cap manufactu rer, Birmingham, _ —second div. of 2%c1. in the pound, on any Thursday, at th e office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. S. Brothers and Co., turners, Newcastle-under-Lyme— third div. of Id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. R. Harris, glass manufacturer, Birmingham—third div. of three thirty-seconds of a penny in the pound, on any Thurs day, at the o ffi ce of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Lawley, cooper, Stafford—second div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Bir mingham. G. Potter, S. Potter, and J. Krauss, calico printers, Man chester—final div. of I%d. in the pound, on Tuesday, May 18 or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Man. chesty. J. Mackay, draper, Liverpool—first div. of 10s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner Liverpool. R. Evans, draper, Liverpool--a div. of ls. 3d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. T. L. Batabroffe, hair dresser, Manchester—first div. of Is. 11%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Rouse, plumber, St. Paul Exeter—first div. of 6s. B d. in the po un d, on any Tuesday , at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. J. and W. Gundry, merchants, Goldaithney, Cornwall — third div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. J. Payne, draper, Weymouth—first div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. R. Goodenough, woollen draper, Newton Abbott, Devon shire—final div. of and 3 4 of a farthing in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. G. S. Coxwell and W. Croser, merchants, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—first div: of le. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office, of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Ba nkruptcy, Basinghall-street. J, Thorogood, innkeeper, Aldgate High-street, May 21, at half-past one—T. Freeman, fringe manufacturer, Wood street, Cheapeide, May 24, at . halt . -past twel ve —C . Hallett and C. Parker, linendrapers, Minories, May 24, at one—J. C. Wolton, ironmonger, Halstead, Essex, May 22, at twelve— H. C. Broom, grocer, Lawrence Pountney-hill, City. In the Country. W. Ibbotson, merchant, Sheffield, May 28, at ten, at the Sheffield District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Wood, plumber, Luton, Bedfordshire, May 21—S. Ffitch, maltater, Writtle, Essex, May 24—R Saw, grocer, Hammer smith, May 24—W. Round, grocer Hammersmith, May 24. —J. Rochat, jeweller, St. Martin's-lane, May 24—E. Snow don, painter, Alton, Southampton, May 22—J. Hastings, draper, Hull, May 26—M. Grimes, saddler, Cheltenham, May 27—R. Benson, share broker, Liverpool, May 21 —D. Williams,cattle salesman, Ruthill, Denbighshire, lCi 3 1 W. Smith, mercer, Uttoxeter, June 19—E. Axford,nl a St. John's Wood-terra ce , St: John's Wood, MAY_ ?: -- 1 4 1— ' w. lett and C. Parker li nen drapers, Minories, Y Broome, draper, OxfOrd- s t ree t, May 21—E . Eedle, bookseller, Chancery-lane, May 21-4. S. ,FlazmaD draPer• Ludgate- that WI