The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-19 00:00:00

Cbtrb Vibition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. MONEY.MARKET—LATEST NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY. Consols opened at 91i buyers for this Account, but some largo sales being made for Money and Account, And rumours respecting the intended measures of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Consols gradually fell to 94 buyers, but after the regular hours of business they became sellers at 90*. It was reported that there would be a loan of six millions &id a funding of IliKchequer-bills of six millions LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) 'The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this compare was held this day in the Board Room, London bridge, for the consideration of general business. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq., occupied the chair. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read by Mr. Buckhorn, the following report (which embodies the subject-matter of the proceedings of the meeting) was sub mitted to the shareholders:-- • "The present is the second ordinary meeting of the London and Brighton Railway Company, since its late amalgamation with the London and Croydon Railway Company has united their interests together. " It was to be expected, that the advantages to be derived from this fusion of interests, in the reduced expenditure of working the traffic, could not yet be proved; and more especially under the circumstances, that the development of the atmospheric principle may be considered as having been incomplete, rendering necessary on the Croydon line the double expense of locomotive and atmospheric means for the purpose of accommodating one traffic. Your directors have had their espeeial attention directed to the atmospheric portion of this expenditure; and, from a desire to determine its amount, and at the same time with a view of testing practically the three of the system, they proposed, and have, in fact, en tered into an arrangement with Mr. Samuda, for working the atmospheric mode of traction upon a contract for a fixed sum, and a certain period, which will do away, for the future, with the necessity of a double expenditure for carrying out the same object. "Tour directors further call your attention to the fact, that, in the course of the last six months, you have nearly doubled the extent of your line. An increased expense was necessary to meet this new traffic; but as the development of traffic is gradual, it has not necessarily been concurrent with the expenditure ; and, therefore, your general working outlay has swelled to an amount which, after the whole line is completed, will bear with less burden upon your gross re ceipts. It may be satisfactory here to state, that a contract has been entered into for maintaining the permanent way on *e main line, on terms which will insure a very considerable reduction in the expenditure under that head. The gross revenue for the six months ending ' :31st December, including the reserve of 1,8481.95. ad., was £218,059 17 2 ' Wolfing and ether expenses 90,836 6 9 • Leaving a disposable balance of Which enables your directors to recommend a dividend of 3i per cent. for the half-veer, upon the consolidated stock of the company, and of i.)Ss. upon the Fifth Shares, whereon 01. had been paid up to the 31st December. " In referenoe to the lines in progress, the contractor for fire Epsom Branch is under penalty to complete the same for opening by the 31st March next. The Portsmouth Ex ' tension, by the report of our engineer, will be opened from Chichester to Havant on the let March, to Cosham the Ist Apvil, and finally to Portsmouth in May next. It may be right here to remark, that by an agreement eutered into with the South-Western Company, the stations and lin e from Cosham to Portsmouth, are to be constructed at the joint expense of the two companies. A Bill to legalise this arrangement is before Parliament in the present session. ' ' "The Horsham, Kevmer, and Newhaven lines , are ex • pectiri to be completed in the course of the summer. Your • directors look forward with much confidence to the increased traffic which the two latter branches, in connexion with the - Steam Packet Company, will bring upon our main line. • " Your directors have been compellei to enter into a large expenditure during the past half year, for the improvement and extension of your works at Brighton ; and, further, in the increase of the working stock. This was rendered necessary in consequence of the great addition to the mileage; and while it is the desire of the directors to limit, as far as possible, all additions of this kind, it is indispensable to your • Interests, and that of the public, that nothing should be • spared to give full efficiency to this branch of their duties. • " With respect to the Kentish lines, your directors believe that they have a case for Parliament far superior to that of their opponents; and although they thought it right to make c ;..all necessary preparations, they did not finally commit them selves to the present course, without having first tried every means in their power to effect such an arrangement with the South-Eastern Company as would combine the interests of the public with those of the proprietors. Moving failed in this attempt, they have, at length, appealed to the county in • support of their present schemes, and are happy to say that " .they have received an almost unanimous concurrence in their favour. " A resolution will be submitted to the meeting, for the conversion of the fifth shares into stock. A resolution will also be submitted to the proprietors for raking the residue of the consolidated capital of the company, amounting to 307,5951. " Two vacancies have occurred in the direction, one of which has been filled up by the appointment of John Nix, Esq., one of the directors of the Portsmouth Direct Line ; ' but it has not been deemed expedient to recommend that the other vacancy should be filled up, a clause having been inserted in one of the Bills now before Parliament, for re ducing the numbers of the board. " Four of the directors, Charles S. Crowley, Leo. Schuster, Joseph Thompson, and Edward Watson, Esqs. retire, pur suant to the Act of Parliament, but are eligible for re election, and offer themselves accordingly." The statement of accounts (of which the following is a sammary) to 31st Dec., 1846, was then read to the meeting. RECEIPTS. By amount received from various 50urce5...X5,012,680 13 3 EXPENDITURE. Brighton Railway Company to June 30 £2,438,356 11 9 Croydon Miscellaneous charges to Dec. 31 Branch and miscellaneous charges ... 1,915,093 11 11 £5,109,666 16 5 leaving a balance of 9t1,456/, N. 3d. in favour of the com panies. The ertAlitliAN then proceeded:to say that, before he moved that this report be received and adopted, he would feel it his duty to make a few observations with reference to what had parsed between themselves and another company. The pro prietors would be aware that within the last few days a meet ing had taken place between Mr. Schuster and himself on oar side, and Mr. bi‘Gregor and two of his friends on the other. He (the Chairman) had entertained a hope that this meeting would have led to a peaceable and satis factory termination. (The Chairman thea proceeded to detail the result of the interview with the deputation from the South-Eastern Company in the same, or nearly the same, words as Mr. M'Ciregor in the meeting of the South- Western Company (for which see our yesterday's impression). Mr. Schuster, ani he begged leave to retire, to consider the suggestions made to them, and they at once decided that with respect to the rent for the use ier the Brighten line, that should not be Va Pertained for a moment. They, however, did propose some improvements upon the draft given in the first instance, which did not meet the requirements of the other parties, and the interview came to a termination without anything definitely being settled.) They still entertained every hope that some arrangement woard be come to, but if such a consummation could not be arrived at they had armed themselves for a contest in Par liament, and they thought that a Committee of the House would decide, as would the public, that they gave to the • county of Kent greater advantages than did their opponents; for instance, they supplied the more important towns which • the South-Eastern reached by branches with a main line, so convinced were they that their lines were better laid out for the accommodation of the public, that they Were willing to leave • the entire matter to the arbitration of the Board of Trade. He would leave them to draw their own conclusions from this statement, at the same time doing Mr. APGregor the justice to say that be • expressed himself most anxious to come to a peaceful ter mination. It was never too late to do a good thing; but one thing ke could assure the proprietors, that he would, while honoured with his present position, never neglect the • duties he owed to them, or fail in furthering the interests of the Brighton Railway. _ After a very protracted sitting, in which the expenditure incurred in testing the atmospheric principle was much deprecated by Mr. Cowen, and the propriety of supporting a line of ste am - pac k ets to the Continent was advocated by Captain Hotham, the following resolutions were put and car " rieu unanimously 1. That a dividend of 3i per cent. for the half-year upon I the coneelidated stock of the company, and of 28s upon the fifth shares whereon 401. had been paid up to th e . 31st Dec., be declared. 2. That all the shares, called fifths, created 7th August, 1845, be now converted into capital stock, to be di v id e d amongst the proprietors according to their respective interests tberdin. 3. That the sure of 307,525/. be raised by the creation of shares of 50/. each, bearing interest in perpetuity at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, from the respective times of pay ment of Mae deposit and call aftermentioned ; such interest to be payable on the 15th August and 15th February in each year, unless the proprietors thereof shall elect, on or before the 31st December, 1848, to forego such interest, and to rank as ordinary shareholders of the company; in which case they shall be entitled to participate in the general dividends of the company, from the 30th June or 31st December, prior to their taking such election, as the case may be. And in the event Of any holder of such shares, electing to participate in the general dividends of the company, previous to the 30th June next, interest will be chargeable from the let January last, to the periods when the deposit and call became payable. 4. That suck shares shall be offered to the present pro prietors of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, set the proportion of one-fifteenth share, of 3/. 6s. Bd. each, to every 501. consolidated stock, and to every share now regis tered in the books of the company, except the shares of 9/. each,, called Croydon thirds • and any surplus remaining after • such distribution, shall be disposed of by the directors for the benefit of the company. • ' - S. That a sou of these resolutions shall be sent forthwith .. to each proprietor; and if any proprietor shall fail to accept , the shares offered to him on or before the 6th day of March ' next, except such proprietors aa may be out of the kingdom, " 4 . t!apeet of whomday the time k extended to 6th of I tPrit next, he sh a ll f or feit his right thereto. the 6 . That 21. •:1 be - mi. i . j, t__..ort the this kingdom, 19th o: March next, by proprietors resident who are abrow r i ti, and on the 19th of April, by proprietors and any proprietor r ien a receipt will be given for the same ; within Vie preBcribe wpo . shall not have paid such deposit tire si;all forfeit all right sham allotted to Vila,. to the peyable en the 2enk o f M he call for the residue will he made ~ That nu subscribe r ,o r, * r e n . der of, said new shares, shall be registered a-5 a p r Optit r t ' o O r . divilewi : tbe books of the company, or be entitled to any interest, or other privilege in re veet of any 1058 amount than a 501. share, for each of r . oc ertifiCate i n exc h ange n for the receipts f o r the w hi c h iO/. shares he shalldeposit el pa. fifteen fifteenths. 11 the entire n um b er o f s. That illeil new shares shall he reg i stered on or before the 15th day of May next. 9. That in case of non-payment of the whole, or any part o f the call doe. in respre.t of such shares, on the 28 th d a v i• of May, the holder s hall iorfeit all interest on the deposit from 11 the jaid 28th Slay , u p to the time when such call 5 ali be paid, and he shall be ch ar g eable with interest at Si. per cent. per annum on the nail so in arrear. 10. That the holders of such shares shall not be entitled to any of the privilegts of shareholders, but only to interest ' at 5/. per cent., until they sha ll have elected to participate in the general dividends of the company. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. TILE_, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1847: WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK LOW, and DUBLIN RAILWAY.--(THIS DAY,) An adjourned meeting of this company was held at the Office, 449, West Strand ; Lord Courtown in the chair. The CHAIRMAN announced the state of the poll taken last evening, and declared the directors' motion, empowering the directors to go to Parliament for a Bill amending the last year's Act, to be carried by a majority of 775 votes. Messrs. RSYNOLD and DICKSON, in lug speeches, pro tested against the announcement. The SECRETARY then read the directors' report. It stated that the company had obtained their Act last session, em powering the construction of the line from Dublin and the port of Kingstown to Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow, as proposed, except the small part from Dublin to Dundrum, granted to another company ; that they had entered into arrangements for that part of the line, and for the extension of the terminus to St. Stephen's-green, Dublin, with the Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham Company ; with the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Company, respecting the line connecting the town of Carlow with the port of Wexford; and with the Dublin and Kingstown Company for the extension of their line from the port of Kingatown to the Bridge of Bray; that the directors recommended the construction forthwith of fifty miles of the line, viz., from Kingstown to Bray, 7 miles; from the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin line at Enniscorthy to Wexford and the Packet Station in South Bay, 26 miles; and from Bray to Wicklow, 17 miles; that the Great Western and the South Wales Companies give their assistance to this line and hold one fourth of their shares. The accounts subjoined to the report showed receipts from deposits of 1/. 10s. per share, amounting to 112,779/. ; expen diture, 39,8531. 16s. 4d. ; leaving a balance in hand of 72,9251. 3s. Bd. The CHAIRMAN intimated that it was not the intention of the directors to make the calls of which they had given no tice in the report. He then moved the adoption of the report. Mr. SAINSBURY seconded the resolution. Mr. REYNOLD asked what was the amount of the out standing liabilities. The SECRETARY—Not above 7,0001. up to the present time. Mr. REYNOLD, after adverting to a variety of topics in a very long speech, moved, as an amendment, that the accounts rendered were not satisfactory, as being too general, and, therefore, that the meeting should be adjourned for a week, and Mr. Reynold and a gentleman to be named by the directors, should be appointed to investigate the accounts and report at next meeting. Mr. DICKsON, in a long speech, reviewed the whole history of the company, and seconded the amendment. After a good deal of discussion and recrimination, through a course of four hours, The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, and after a show of hands declared it to - be lost. _ _ Mr. RZYNOLD and Dr. GRAY declared that the clerks in the office had voted, and demanded a poll. Mr. HAYTER said the clerks in question were registered shareholders. _ The CHAIRMAN intimated that the clause in the report announcing that a call would be made this month of 11. lOs., and of 1/. in November next, would be retained. The poll was then opened till six o'clock this evening, and The third day's meeting was adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. SALE OF RAILWAY SHARES BY AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.) The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by Messrs. Lansond and Co., was well attended, but not quite so much business done as at last sale; prices remained about the same. The following are a few of the principal sales : Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush £o 4 6 Boston,Stamford, andßirmingham......., 115 0 North British, Extension 1 6 6 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 4 6 0 London and Blackwall, No. 2 2 15 0 Leicester & Bedf•rd,Exiehange Certificate 0 13 0 Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 1 13 6 Buckinghamshire . North Staffordshire South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 2 8 0 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. 3 7 0 Caledonian, Halves Shropshire Union and Canal 1 7 6 Newport and Abergavenny 0 15 6 East Indian ... Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this nig An Account, pursuant to the Act 7 the Week ending on Saturday, ISEILTZ DEP. X. Notes issued• • • • • • •• 25,471,265 Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the 13th day of February, 1847. 'ARTMENT. Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities .. • . Z 984,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,930,684 Silver bullion ••• • • • 1.540,581 25,471,205 3f. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 18th day of February, 1847. £2%471,265 BANKING DEPAITIKEN T. Proprietors' capital • . 14,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 5,298,594 Other deposits Seven day and other Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,101,987 Other securities •. • • 15,071,256 Notes 5,747,330 Gold and silver coin.. 827,844 bi 115.. . -....... .. 895,562 Z 33,748,417 £33,748,417 W. 3LAESIIALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. Dated the 18th clay of February, COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam .• C.F. 19 3% , Ditto, at sight ...... 12 1 Rotterdam .... •• 2U. 12 4 Antwerp . 25 80 flamburgh ......M.B. 13 10% Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 45 Ditto, 3 months...... 25 75 Marseilles • ..... •..... 25 E 5 80urdeaux......... .. 25 8.5 Frankfort on Maine.... 121 .NGE.-(THIS DAY. Gibraltar... . ...... Leghorn .. . 30 20 Genoa ..... 25 tis Milan .. .............. Naples Palermo, per oz .... .. 121 Lisbon.... - . • ......... 53 Oporto• .... 54% Rio Janeiro • • .......• 27 Bahia ................ Petersbargh, 3 L's— Berlin . • • • .. • , Vienna, effee. 110 .. • . 10 3 Trieste, ditto 10 3 Madrid •... • .. 36 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. :....... (PRICES OF BULLION, PER oZ. Foreign Gold In bars...£3 17 9 Now Dollars .... • . 0 4 103, Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 0 0 Cadiz • • • .. : 36j Bilbao . ..... ........ Barcelona •. lelillc ............ EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in London before the LORD CHIEF BARON and Common Juries.) LEITH r. FALLING. In this case, which occupied the attention of the Court nearly the whole of the day, the plaintiff sought to recover compensation for damages sustained by him in consequence of having bean thrown off a stage coach, the property of the defendant, in consequence of the alleged carelessness and ne gligence on the part of the driver, the servant of the de fendant. The details of the case did not present any features of in terest to the public. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Bovill ap p eared for the plaintiff; Sir P. Thesiger and Mr. D. Keane for the defendant. STANDING ORDERS-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met at the usual hour for the dispatch of public business. The decisions on the different schemes sub mitted to the consideration of the Committee were the fol lowing:— EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. Allowed to prcceed. SOWERBY BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT BILL. Standing orders not complied with. GREAT NORTHEZN (DEVIATIONS BETWEEN GRANTON AND YORK). Allowed to proceed. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN (BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD BRANCHES). Allowed to proceed.: PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases, the Standing Orders were completed : Groat Western Railway (Amendment and Extension). Eastern Counties Railway (Sumersham to Ramsay). Lagan Navigation (Powers to make new Towing-paths and other Works, to borrow Money, to alter Tolls, and to ex tend Time for purchasing Lands, and to amend Acts). Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales Drainage and In closure Company's Incorporation. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company (Tower Hamlets and London). Guildford Extension, and Portsmouth and Fareham, and London and South-Western Railways Acts Amendment, and New Lines, Branches, Deviations, an dExtensions (Lines from ( _.;odalming to Chichester, and t o Cosham, near Portsmouth,with joinßc ai thehche s e t s eL t r o o? Bogndo withnn , o p r, e C y ihai Brighton, i h n es t a e ta r nGHdoaarablomu Southri n , and d oaan E s dt n I RE s w xa i o tl e r w t n h as yi o a , n n ns d e aa t o tr Portsmouth, t o be calico(' the Surrey, Sussex, and Rants Railway). Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (Exten sion from Royston to Cambridge, and power to sell or lease the same to the Great Northern Railway Companv).l Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (Sale or Lease of Line). Duffryn, Lynvi, and Porth Cawl Railway Company; and Lynvi 'Valley Railway Company Amalgamation. OPPOSED LIST. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (BRANCII TO HORN CASTLE AND TO BRAYFORD MERE, LINCOLN). In the above opposed case the standing orders were found not to be complied with. This closed the list for to-day. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY). UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders oomplied with : Ewell Rates. Saffron Walden Rates. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead. Railway (Extension Railway to Melford, Lavenhain, and Clare). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway (Extension Railway from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company). Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern Union Railway Company). Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company. Legal Quay's (London). Work worth Harbour. Payne's Patents Assignment. Hyde Esplanade and Pier, Street Improvement. King's Norton, Northfield, Beoley, Edgbaston, and liar borne Rates 8i11... OPPOSED LIST. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from Burnt island to Dunfermline Branch ; Deviation and Extension of Dunfermline Branch ; Branch from the Strathearn Deviation to the Scottish Central Railway ; Great North Road Crossing (Strathearn Deviation), and Road Crossing, and Dalkeith Railway Crossing, Dunfermline Branch). The hearing of the allegations in the above case was then resumed; but the inquiry had not closed when the Examiner Adjourned. Ito' HE AMERY AT MESSRS. STRACITAN AND . PACTI: I .—Wa a re requested to state that the absolute lo ss i n this robbery was not 10,000/., hut 7,5051., and that consider able hopes are entertained that as 6,5001. are in five notes of 1,0001., two 5001., 3 00/., and 2001 the thieves will not be enabled to circulate these large notes. th ey b e i ng a ll stopped a t th e B an k, an d due notice sent to all parts of the kingdom. VILE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, FEB. 17, 1847. Tie 3 Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passel 1 under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right t Hon. Lord Langdale, the Right Hon. Lord Beaumont, Josep h Humphry, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel, Henry Bella aden Ker, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Walter Coulson, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, George Frere, Esq., and Francis Broderip, Esq., her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring whether the burdens on land oan be diminished by the esta blishment of an effective system for the registration of deeds and. the 'simplification of the forms of conveyance. WHITEHALL, FEE. 18. Ile 'Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Henry Rogers, 8.A., to the rectory of Melverley, in the county of Salop and diocese of St. Asaph, void by the death of Doctor Willis m Carey, late Bishop of that see. WAR-OFFICE, FED. 19. Btb Light Dragoons—Major Frederick George Shewell to be Li eutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice M'Call, who retires ; Capt sin Rodolph de Salis to be Major, by purchase, vice Sh ea tell ; Lieutenant Henry Francis Cust to be Captain, by purchase, vice de Salis; Lieutenant George Chetwode, from the 4th Foot, to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cust, Feb. 19. 14th Light Dragoons.—Samuel Kerr Ibbetson, Gent. to be 'Cornet, by purchase, vice Buller, who retires, lieb. 19. I.7th Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant William Morris, from 16th light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice John Stephen son,. who retires upon half-pay of l6th Light Dragoons; Lie atimant John Elphinstone Fleeming to be Adjutant, vice Ste phenson, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Feb. 19. lath Foot—Ensign William Septimus Simmons to be Li , mtenant, without purchase, vice Henderson, deceased, Ny)v. 25, 1846; Engign Charles Hugh Levinge to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Simmons, whose promotion, by p irchase, has been cancelled ; George Henry Nevill, Gent. to. be Ensign, without purchase, vice Levinge, promoted, Feb. 19. b6th Foot—Captain John James Bull, from 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Warre, appointed to 57th Foot, Feb. 19. 457th Foot—Captain Henry J. Warre, from 56th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bull, appointed to the 56th Foot, Feb. 19. 61st Foot —Lieut. John Josiah Hort to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brickdale, whose promotion has been can celled, Dec. 29. 62d Foot —Ensign George James Ambrose to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Harrison, deceased, Nov. 5. 67th Foot—Colour-sergeant James Anderson to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Breedon, promoted, Feb. 19. 74th Foot—Lieutenant James Whitshed De Butts to be Captain, by purchase, vice de Saumarez, who retires ; En sign John Jago to be Lieutenant, by purchase,vice De Butts; C./Jades Thomas Lindow, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jago, Feb. 19, 88th Foot—Ensign Thomas Gore to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lucas, who retires ; Jackson Wray, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gore, Feb. 19. 91st b oot—Ensign John Trotter Bethune to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paton, who retires; Henry Veitch, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bethune, Feb. 19. 94th Foot—Lieutenant George Noble Bredin from 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. D. 1). Cleveland, who exchanges, Dec. 1. 98th Foot.—Lieutenant George Dowden Dickson Cleve land, from 9 Ith Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bredin, who exchanges, Dec. 1, 1846. 2d West India Regiment.—Molesworth Sackville Eaton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shower, de ceased, Feb. 19. ,-BaEvEr.—Captain William Robinson, of the Royal En gineers, to be Major in the Army, Feb. 19. Erratum in the Gazette of the 29th December, 1846. For Ensign Richard Gunn Brackenbury to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice " Brickdale," promoted, read, vice "Hort,' promoted. MEMORANDU3l.—Lieutenant Granville Levison Proby, of 43d Foot, has been superseded, having absented himself without leave, Feb. 19. The Christian names of Ensign Berry, of 9th Foot, are Edward "Ring," not " Binge," as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Bertram, of 41st Foot, are Charles "Pelgue," and not Charles "Palgue," as previously stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Courtland Skinner Shaw, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Feb. 9. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and the City and County of York. William Busfield Ferrand, Esq., to be deputy-Lieutenant, Jan. 5, 1847. Commission by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy for the City of London. Regiment of Royal London Militia—George Platt, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 9, 1847. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Royal North Lincoln Militia—Dudley Heneage, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 13, 1846 ; Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp, Esq , to be Captain, Feb. 13, 1847 ; John Pearson Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 7, 1846; William Bal dack Shephard, Gent., to be Ensign, march 4; William John Graburn, Gent., to be Ensign, March 26. Royal South Lincoln Militia—George Baker Tathwell, Esq., to be Captain, May 15 ; John Baruth Lousada, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 7 ; Edmund H a wo r th P ee l, Gent., to be :Lieutenant ; Henry Hopkinson Tennant, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 4; William Simpson Clark, Gent., to be Ensign, May 15. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Militia—William Fulke Lucy, Esq., to be Captain ; Marmion Edward Ferrers, Esq., to be Captain; Henry Arnold, Esq., to be Captain; Feb. 2. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 16. Corps of Royal Marines—Edward Joseph Ridgway Con nolly, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Edward Ralph Horsey, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, FEB. 12. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Abraham Graenwood Eastwood, of Eastwood, near Todmorden, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Nathaniel Cowdry, of Bath, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Ex , traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. John Buchanan and Francis Ede, merchants, late of Ca cutta. Jerome Fitzgerald, grocer and cheesemonger, Sheerness. John Storer Flaxmon, tailor, late of Ludgate•street. Guiseppe Quarto Sandrinelli, merchant, Bishop's-place, Brompton. William Neep, carpenter, Colchester. Richard Hamlin, tailor, Blenheim-street, Oxford-street, Middlesex. Abraham Daniels, merchant;Alexander-square, Brompton James Mackay, tailor, Liverpool. John Jones, tea dealer, Birkenhead. John William Hance, Architectural ornament and figure manufacturer, Liverpool. David Davies coal master, Lydney, Gloucestershire. Jane Anley, milliner, Exeter. Edwin Cook, tailor, Dursley, Gloucestershire. PRTCE OF SUGAR. The aTerage price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending February 16, 1847, is 365. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of February 19.) St:GAIL—To-day an improvement took place in the value of nearly all descriptions of raw Sugar, the demand being active, and the quantity on offer not so large. There was a good desire shown to operate in all sorts of West India, and the rates offered were fully equal to those of Friday last; but business was much checked by the scanty supply at market, and only 130 hhds were sold. RETINED.—To- day further reduced rates were taken for Refined Goods. Bonded Crushed Sugar is with difficulty to be had under 36s fur first quality. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauritius Sugar offered at public sale was very large, and amounted to 11,387 bags and 125 casks, the chief part of which consisted of the better qualities of yel]ew. Refiners and grocers were desirous to operate, and the whole sold at a rise on Tuesday's rates of 6d to is per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon 487 bags Bengal Sugar were offered at public sale, and sold at stiffer rates. Privately several parcels of all sorts of Bengal were sold, and, in most cases, at rather higher rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar ; and the chief operations in Java for the week are two floating cargoes of about 1,000 tons on account of the Dutch Trading Company, at 33s in bond, the buyers paying bond ing charges, and supposed to be taken for refining. To-day 190 cases of brown Bahia sold at 24s 6d. COFFEE.—This afternoon there Was — no public sale of any kind of Coffee; and privately the home trade operated with much caution. There are sellers of Native Ceylon of good ord. clean quality at 41s to 42s per cwt. Cocoa.—For British plantation further advanced rates being insisted upon, operated materially against business, and 259 bags of Trinidad at aution, were nearly all taken in a high prices. CORN. —Flour moved off slowly at Monday's rates. Oats were the turn lower. Rica.—To-day there was less desire evinced to operate in all descriptions of Rice by private contract ; but in prices lit tle variation took place. At public sale 70 casks Carolina were sold. This afternoon the large quantity of 1,350 boxes of Cassia Lignea was sold at 2s per cwt advance; first pile fetched 63s 6d to 655, second pile of good quality 60s to 60s 6d, third pile, low middling 55s 6d to 565, mouldy 55s 6d to 58s. SPIRITS.—The demand has been extremely limited for all descriptions of Jamaica Runs this week, and holders are more inclined to sell. East India met with little atteLtion, sad proof Calcutta with certificate was offered at 3s 9d. Fo r Leeward Island the demand has been trifling. Demerara of strong quality is held for 5s 2d to 5s 6(1, but little has been done. Brandy is not cheaper, but the demand has fallen off. Brices rule firm. INDiclo.7-The Quarterly sa l es o f E ast Ind i a wh i ch ter minated this afternoon, have been well attended throughout by the home trade, and from the Continent a fair number of buyers has been present. As compared with the last October sale, good and fine qualities are from 4d to 6d dearer, mid dling and good middling 2d to 4d, and ordinary and consum ing sorts from par to 3d advance. SALTPETRE.—AII descriptions of rough have been in ex cellent request ; the rates paid are . fully equal t o th ose o f th i s day week, and holders manifest firmness. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Fire o'clock. altoliTiANDS, ROSCOMMON. The Marquia of WESTMEATH moved for returns of the amount of the costs incurred in the manage ment of the Crown estates in the county of Roscommon. his object in moving for these returns was to show to their Lordships the state of land in Ireland. The estates in question comprised about 200 acres ; and he believed if those returns were granted that he should be able to show their Lordships that for the last fifteen years not one farthing of rent had been paid, and consider able costs incurred in the management of those estates. Ile asked for an improvement of the law for the sake of the people themselves, for he believed that it entailed the greatest evil upon them. It might do very well for pro perty situated in Middlesex, but was by no means adapted for the state of things which existed in Ireland. The motion was agreed to. DISTILLING FROM SUGAR BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Anti-Slavery Society against the use of sugar in distilleries, as they believed it would tend very much to encourage slavery by the increased stimulus it would give to the growth of sugar. Since last autumn, when the late change had been made in the differential duties on sugar, the rage for sugar planting in Brazil had pro ceeded to an incredible extent, and the consequence) had been that the coffee plantations had been greatly neglected. POOR-LAWS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from the rate-payers of Killarney, complaining of the forty-seventh section of the Irish Poor-law Act. GRAND JURIES (CORK). The NOBLE MARQUIS also presented a petition from the Corporation of Cork, praying for the equalisation of the grand jury cess .rate in that county. REGISTRATION IN SCOTLAND. The NOBLE MARQUIS (in the absence of the Dof Sutherland) presented a petition from the Presbytery of Caithness, praying that births, deaths, and marriages, might be registered in Scotland as in England. INDIAN RAILWAYS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH wished to know whe ther the Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Lansdown) was prepared to lay on the table copies of the communications which had taken place between the Government of this company and the shareholders in certain Indian rail ways, with respect to the granting of loans for their construction. The Government had opposed, on finan cial grounds, the granting of money for the construction of Irish railways ; he was, therefore, anxious to know whether the Government—or rather the Go vernment of India—intended to act, on a si milar principle, with respect to I n di an ra il ways. The reason for his asking this question was because of a rumour which he had heard some short time ago, and which, if true, showed that the interests of India were much injured by the caurse which was at present pur sued. It was well known that money c o uld b e ra i se d at 3f per cent. to a considerable extent, for several successive years, without producing any material effect upon the money market in this country ; but in India, at the present moment, he regretted to say that money could only be raised at 5 per cent. Very recently the Government of India found them. selves compelled to open a new loan at 5 per cent. A return of 4 per cent. was guaranteed to those specula tors who were interested in the loan. Their Lordships would at once see that if the Indian Government wished to return to the 4 per cent. loans, it was i mpract i ca b le, as the same amount of interest was now guaranteed on railways and upon the same security, while the many advantages of patronage, and, he regretted to say, if the jobbing system were secured to the railway proprietors, if a 5 per cent. loan were now opened, if it once reduced the premium upon the capital advanced upon former 5 per cent. loans, and the 4 per cent. went down to 10 or 12 discount, producing the most serious losses to the Indian capitalists. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that if the Noble Lord had given notice of his question, he would have been better informed on the subject. The state of the case was this. Two months had elapsed since the Board of Control made known to thelndian Railway Com pany upon what terms and conditions certain advances could be made to pay for those undertakings. No answer had been received from those companies--a pretty strong proof that the terms were not considered sufficiently advantageous, or they would at once have closed with them. As soon as the correspondence was in a complete state, it should be laid on the table of the House. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, The Duke of RICHMOND rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. LONDON (CITY) SMALL DEBTS BILL. Mr. MASTERMAN moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. BODKIN moved the adjournment of the second reading for a week or ten days. This Bill proposed to ex tend to the city,of London the provisions of the Act passed last session for the recovery ed small debts. The judge to be appointed under this Bill had not been appointed, in consequence of the existing differences between the Court of Aldermen and Common Council, and he thought much better to postpone the consideration of this Bill until some adjustment of the differences had taken place. After a few words from Mr. MASTERMAN and Mr. WARBURTON, strangers were ordered to withdraw; no division, however, took place, and the Bill was read a second time. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and or. dered to be committed:— • Braintree and Halstead Railway. Bridge House Estates Debt. Darwen WatPrworks and Reservoirs. Dundee and Newtyle Railway. Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration and Extension , and Inchture, Polgavie, and Inch&nichael Branches). Eastern Counties Railway (Spalding to Newark). Eastern Counties Railway (Peterborough to Folking ham). Eastern Counties Railway (Wisbech to Spalding). Inverness Gas and Water. Kilmarnock Police and Improvement. Leicester Waterworks. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway (Alteration of Main Line and Yawns Branch. London (City) Improvements. Midland Railway (Erewash Yglley , &c.) Pile Pier Extensions. Scottish Union Insurance Company. South Staffordshire Railway (Cannock, Wyrley, and Norton Branches, &c.) DROPPED PRIVATE BUSINESS OF THURSDAY. The following Bills, which were appointed to be read yesterday, were read asecondtime:— Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Peter borough and Thorney Line). Cheltenham and Oxford Railway. Edingburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith Ex tension). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Union Canal and Caledonian Railway Junction). Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc tion and Northern Counties Union Railways Amal- gain ation. London and South-Western Railway (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch, &c.) NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY (EXTENSIOF TO TAFF VALE RAILWAY). On the motion of Mr. GREENE, this Bill was read a second time, although more than seven clear days had apsed since the first reading of the Bill. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY DEVIATIONS BILL. Mr. GREENE moved that in the case of this Bill the standing orders, requiring that no more than seven clear days should elapse between the first and second readings, should be set aside.—Motion agreed to. Bill read a second time. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY DEVIATIONS BILL. In this case the standing order was also dispelled with, and the Bill read a ecoud time. Mr. CORBALLY presented a petition from the county of Meath, praying that measures be taken for establishing a system of railways in Ireland, for giving compensation to tenants at will for improvements on the land, and for promoting emigration. Major MACNAMARA presented a petition from the county of Clare, praying that measures be taken to em ploy the marine in the importation of foreign corn, to relieve the destitution in Ireland. WASTE LANDS. Mr. 0. GORE presented a petition from the Commis sioners of Waste Lands, praying that they may be em powered to raise loans for the improvement of these lands. COPPER DUTIES. Mr. MUNTZ presented a peti t i on f rom merchants and manufacturers in Birmingham, praying for the repeal of the duties on copper ore. They compl a i ne d t h at those duties since 1831 had been increased nearly 1,000, 000 / . The Hon. Membe r gave that on, Monday he should move that t TheE BLACK C petition be prAT.inted. H ti t Catio great grievances, e t a o t m EmnE a said he also had a Bl The HON. a sufferedkp e (pLreasuegnhttefrr)o_m ` ;t t a h t e ing ow t n h e a r t s t o h f ey th h e ad .. grievances, and complaining of the conduct of the G o _ vernment. He should move the printing of the petition on Monday. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Several Hon. Members presented petitions against this Bill. THE SMALL DEBTS BILL (WALES). Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from a place in the county of Pembroke, signed by magistrates, clergy men, and other respectable persons, praying that the judges to be appointed under this Act for Wales might be persons possessing a knowledge of the language of the Principality.—(Har, hear.) TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from the mem bers of the Society of United Trades in favour of this Bill. R A IL WAYS. Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to present a petition to which he wished to direct the attention of the Honourable Member for Sunderland (Mr. Hudson). It was from a Mr. J. A. Gordon, who stated that he was a shareholder in a railway from Bristol to Portbury, and that the shares of that line were at a discount— (Laughter)—that in the neighbourhood of the line there were 7,000 unemployed Irishmen, and that it woald be of great benefit to the neighbourhood, and raise the shares to a premium, if they could be employed on the line.—(Roars of laughter.) BREWING FROM GRAIN. Mr. S. CI A WFORD presented a petition from a place in Cumberland, praying the House to prohibit the use of grain in distilleries during the present dearth of pro visions. POOR-LAW. Lord RENDLESHAM presented a petition from Beccles, against any alteration in the Poor-law. LIGHTHOUSE DUES. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from seve ral shipowners, praying for the reduction of the light house dues. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the board of guardians of Manchester, praying that in any altera tion which might be made in the law of settlement fact lities might be provided for persons obtaining a settle ment in the parishes where they had laboured. Th e lion. Member also presented a petition from the Cham ber of Commerce of Manchester, praying that duties on butter and cheese might be repealed ; also a petition from the Commercial Association of Manchester, pr a y_ ing that the expense incurred for the relief of the evils which affitcted Ireland might not he paid from the cur rent revenue of the country. ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES. Mr.J. O'CONNELL presented two petitions from the Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, praying for an immediate alteration of the law regulating mar- , riages between Catholics and Protestants, and also cora plaining of the Catholic clergy tieing excluded from the privileges enjoyed by their fellow subjects. RELIEF FOR IRELAND. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from Liverpool, nu merously signed by the inhabitants of that city, stating that they had looked with considerable anxiety to the commencement of the session, to see what measure would be adopted for the relief of Ireland, and stating that while they entertained the deepest sympathy with the necessities of that country, and would cheerfully pay their share of any burden that might be imposed. They hoped that some financial arrangement would be made, so as to relieve the sufft:rings of the poor of this country, while extending relief to Ireland. SALT DUTIES. The Mawr HoN. GENTLEMAN also presented a peti tion from a salt manufacturer of Liverpool. The petition stated, that, in consequence of an application made to the East India Company with respect to the importation of salt into Calcutta, he recaived an assurance that salt might:be exported to that place in the ssme way that other articles were usu ally exported. In consequence of this statement, a con siderable exportation of salt took place to the East Indies, and to the great surprise of the owners, there were very heavy duties found to be imposed, and on application being made for permission to land the salt, it was at once refused, and thus considerable loss was entailed upon the exporters. The petition prayed that the House would interpose its authority to prevent the recurrence of such a circumstance in tuture. RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the inha • bitants of Lambeth, praying for an inquiry into the case of the Raja of Sattara. RATE-PAYING CLAUSES IN THE REFORM BILL. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from the inhabitants of Brighton, praying for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Act, which they con sidered as unsound in policy and unjust in principle, and contrary to the spirit of the Reform Act. _ _ POOR-LAW FOR IRELAND. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from a number of persons, praying the Government to pass a poor-law for Ireland. AMENDMENT OF SCOTTISH LAW. The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice that he would bring in some Bills with the object of amending the law of Scotland. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. B. ESCOTT, in the absence of Mr. Roebtick, gave notice for that Hon. Member, that when the Landed Property (Ireland) Bill was brought under the consideration of the House, he would move that any plan having for its object the advancement of loans to the Irish landed proprietors was unjust, unless the same principle of taxation which was applied to the proprietors of land in Great Britain was extended to them. EMIGRATION. Mr. V. SMITH gave notice, that on the 4th of March he would bring under the consideration of the House the necessity of extending the powers of the Irish Emigration Society. Mr. J. O'CONNELL gave notice that on Monday next he would present a petition from the board of guardians of the Killarney Union, praying for a gene ral system of taxation. CRACOW. Mr. HUME postponed till Thursday next, the motion regarding the suppression of the republic of Cracow, which he had on the paper last night. THE ECCLESIACTICAL COMMISSION. _ _ _ Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that on an early day he would bring in a Bill to alter the constitution of the Ecclesiastical Commission. Before he did so he would able to state the precise words in which he would intro duce the subject. He made this statement on account of a notice which appeared on the paper. WEST HIGHLANDS. Mr. ELLICE said he would, on Monday next, call the attention of the House to the state of the West Highlands of Scotland, and the steps which had been taken to relieve the distrest.. IRISH CORPORATION BILL. Major LAYARD begged to ask the Right Honourable the Secretary for Ireland, if it is the intention of her Majesty's Governmeut to bring forward the Irish Cor poration Bill during this session of Parliament. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the subject had been under the consideration of the Government, and they had pre pared two Bills which they would introduce at such a period of the session as would give the House ample op portunity to give it their consideration. CONVICT COLONY AT BERBICE. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY read a statement from a colonial newspaper, to the effect that the Rev. Mr. Kelly, Roman Catholic priest, sent out by the Govern ment to officiate to the convicts of that persuasion, had been refused the liberty ofofficiating without the sanction of the Rev. Mr. Bell. prison chaplain in the colony, and that that Rev. gentleman had refused his sanction. The consequence had been that the Roman Catholics had been without religious instruction. The Hen. Member wished to hitose whether this conduct had the sanction of the Government. Mr. HAWES said the Government had had no report on the subject, nor information, further tha❑ that which the Hon. Gent, himself possessed. But he had no hesi tation in saying that the Government would take step to ascertain the truth of the report. Mr. BARCLAY begged to ask the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was intended to do anything to remedy the state of co roners' inquests ? Sir G. GREY said that an inquiry was to be made with a view to a remedy. Mr. FOSTER wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man the Secretary for Ireland a question with respect to the introduction of flax seed into Ireland. He had been informed by a gentleman connected with Ireland that Government had lately been importing flax seed into Ireland, and he had yesterday received a letter from a firm at Limerick, stating that such was the fact, and as they felt that it would be perfectly useless to attempt to compete with Government they wished him to ascertain that fact, and he (Mr. Foster) wished, therefore, to learn whether it was or was not true that the Government bad imported flax seed snto Ireland? Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was true that with a view to improve a part of the country in which the flax had been much impoverish the Government had im ported a small quantity of excellent seed into the neigh bourhood of Limerick. If the Government were rightly informed the whole of the seed hitterto used in that part of the country was American. With a view to amend the quality of the seed they had introduced a small quantity, not more than 6001bs. at the utmost But he might dis tinctly say that it was not the intention of the Govern ment so introduce any more, for it was their impression, and he wished it to go forth expressly to the public that they hold it unwise to interfere with private commercial enterprise by the competition of Government.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman might therefore rely upon it that they woold introduce no more flax seed into Ire land. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE WEST INDIES AND AFRICA. Mr. BARCLAY wished to ask whether it was true that a steam-vessel had been put on by Government, to establish a communication between the West Indian colonies and the coast of Africa? Mr. B. HAWES said that it was quite true that a steam-vessel, expressly put on by Government with officers under their authority, was en gaged to communicate between the West Indian colonies and that part of the coast of Africa where neither slavery nor slave trading existed. He must, however, state distinctly that the measure was an experimental one. It would be immediately under the superintendence of the Government, but it would not extend beyond the period of one year. If there were found natives of the country who were willing to emigrate to the West Indies, they would be conveyed thither tree of expense. Mr. BARCLAY wished to know what was the name of the vessel? Mr. HAWES replied, the " Scourge." Mr. FERRAND wished to ask the Right Honourable Gentleman the Attorney-General whether the Railway Clause Consolidation Act provided any, and what, pro tection for the property of tenants in tail. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, that the Act was so much involved in doubt, that it would not be prudent for him to answer the question of the Hon. Gentleman. TEN HOURS' FACTORY BILL. Mr. BRIGHT desired to know whether the Noble Lord had any objection to lay upon the table of the House a memorial, signed by between three and four hundred factory proprietors in Lancashire, em ploying one hundred and twenty thousand bands. The subject of the memorial had reference to the Factory Bill. He wished that it should be in the pos session of the Members of the House before the ques tion came on again for further cousideration. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would lay it upon the table on Monday next. RAILWAYS FOR IRELAND. Mr. COLLETT would wish to nut a question to her Majesty's Government as to whether it was their inten tion to give any assistance to those railway companies from whom baronial presentments had been made. There had been a presentment made in the barony of Cremoyne, in the north of Ireland, for the assistance of a local railway, and the directors were most willing to take the support of the able-bodied labourers from the Relief Committee. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that there had been a general rule to give assistance to those companies en gaged in making the earth works, and if any peculiar case arose it wou ld b e competent for the directors to memorial the Government. S ORDERS Mr. HUME ESSIONAL begged Speaker as t o the rules of the House. By a rule of the Rouse the Speaker was bound to leave the chair at six o'clock, and no Member was permitted to speak. Now, he understood that after that hour the division of the House was declared.—(Hear, hear.) The question was, could the report of the division be received after six o'clock? If they deviated five minutes they might as well deviate fifty minutes, The SPEAKER said, the Member was right in stating that the House must be adjourned at six o'clock without putting the question. But this must take place when there was not a division, and the doors were unlocked. In the present instance there was a division, and the doors were locked at six o'clock. He could not therefore in pursuance of the standing order, adjourn the House till after the division, and when the doors were opened.--(Cheers.) Sir A. BROOKE wished to know the intentions of the Government as to the course they intended to take respecting the measures proposed for Ireland. Lord JOHN RLT:ISELL said, the llonourable Gen tleman wished for the information of the Irish Members to know the courso the Government intended to take. What they proposed to do was to go into Com. meittee on the Labouring Poor (Ireland) Bill to-night. This was a Bill t ) sanction the proceeding 4 which had taken place under the direction of the Lord Lieutenant. With regard to the other Irish Bills, he did not think of going into Committee at present, as there were several amendments proposed to be made in them. On Monday next he proposed that either himself or the Chancellor of the Exchequer and make the financial statement, after which he would propose the second r, , ading of the Railway Bill. He did not think they would eo on with any Irish measures that night, on next Friday, he would propose going into a Committee of Supply for the voting of the naval estimates; and on Monday fortright he would bring under the consideration or the H. ,use the Irish Bills now postponed, namely, the Bills for the Improvement of Irish Estates, and for the Relief of the PAR. The Earl of LINCOLN wished to know what were the nature of the amendments ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said they were mainly of a technical cha; acrer. He had objection to the Bilk being committed pro forma now,; and recommitted on Monday fortnight. BLACK CAT. Mr. MUNTZ said as he had not had the opportunity of bring forward his motion on this particular, he would take the earliest opportunity of doing so. DUKE OF BRUNSWICK. Mr. DUNCOMBE postponed his motion on the in jury sustained by the Duke of Brunswick from the violation of the Gad article of the Treaty of Vienna, till Thurday week. BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. HUME complained of what appeared to him to be irresponsibility of that institution to the public, an institution to which they had been voting yearly from 40,000/. to 50,000/. Au election had taken place in that body of a person, no doubt worthy to be con nected with the institution ; but what he com plained of was that the departments of science and natural history were not properly represented. He had formerly moved for a committee of inquiry, and was opposed by the Government, but lie now positively inti mated that he would not accede to any vote of money unless something satisfactory was done in reference to it. Lord J. RUSSELL said the snbject was under the consideration of her Majesty's Government. LABOURING POOR (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into committee on this 13i11. Mr. H. BAILLIE said he begged to offer a few words, in consequence of a misnpresention that had been made with respect to some observations of his. He (Mr. Baillie) was represented to have stated, in answer to a question of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, that, as a Scotch representative, he would not vote English money to relieve Irish distress. The Noble Lord had repudiated that on the part of Scotland. He (Mr. Baillie) also repudiated such an expres sion, and he would be ashamed to have ever made use of such. The Noble Lard was not satis fied with having misrepresented his (Mr. Baillie's) words, but he took the trouble to inform the House that his (Mr. Baillie's) name was not a Scotch name. He could tell the Nobls Lord that his (Mr. Baillie's) ancestors were resident in Scotland before (as we understood the Honourable Member) the Noble Lord's ancestors had an acre there.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Baillie) was ready to give his support to all the measures her Majesty's Government might bring forward that would in his opinion be calcu lated for the benefit of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. D. BROW.NE rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From ete Official List, DBLISIIED EVERY TITE:KDAY AND FRIDAY EvENINu. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. JOINT-STOCK EANXS. Dividend Amount I Name of Company, per of , Paid. Pric.. • Annum. Share. - - £ 5. d. 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Companies. 23 per , X £ Ashtn&Oldh 9715/.55. pc, - Monmouthsh 100 8/. - Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 41. 1 - Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley •• • • 160; 121. - MacclesLold. 100 - .- Basingstoke.. 100, - - Neath .•• • • • 100 171. - Brknk&Abrg 1501 5/. - Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford ... • 1001 141. - Peak Forest. 78 31. 75 Dudley 100; 41. - Regent's •• • • 33 11. ss. 20 Derby .•• • • 100! 61. - Rochdale ... • 85 41. - ElLsmre&Chs 133 4/. 55 Shropshire • • 125 81. - E:ewash • ••1100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. - Forth & Cly& 100 41. - Do.Lk I'd St 12 6/. p. c. - GrandJunctnloo 7/. - StfTrd&Worc 140 281. - Grand Union'loo 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgnsh . 172 13%1. - Stourlsrldge.. 145 201. 315 (41str&Brkly 100 - - Strtfnlon Av 79 1/, 10s. - C;rantham .• 150 121. - Severn and 26 11. Bs. - Huddersfield., 57 - - Wye Rail. Kennt & Avu! 39 7s. 6d. 1 5tA ,Trnt & Mr -50 301. 1 - Lancaster .. • 47 U. 10s. - sey, IA sh. 1 I Leeds& Livrp,looi 341. 522 1 4 Thams &Medi 19 - - Leicester ll4Ol 101. 105 Worcstr &,} Leicstr &Nth! 831 41. 52 i Binning. ,78 21. 42 Loughborogh(l42, 70/. - IWiltB & Biksl 67 11. - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 18. PORTUGUE:sE TM/OPS. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII did not consider the measure a very constitutional one, by which the Queen of Portugal had commenced this civil war.= (Laughter.) Her Majesty's course of proceeding was this. She imprisoned the out-going Ministry—(Laughter)— and reinstated the old ones. The newly constituted Government had violated every principle of personal liberty to a greater degree than had been known under the worst of despotisms. All representation to the Government of Portugal was a mere farce if they had nothing to support it, if, instead of asking that Govern ment to release the unfortunate sufferers on the coast of Africa, they had given instructions to Admiral Parker to demand it ; if it were to be understood that in the event of these representations not being attended to, that Sir William Parker would leave the Tagus, he had not the slightest doubt but that they would receive im mediate attention.—(Hear, hear.) So far from the British squadron having been in any way instru mental in the support of the insurrection in Portugal, there was no question whatever in his mind that, but for the presence of the squadron on the coast of Portugal, the Queen would have met Dorn Miguel in London, and that the victorious troops would have marched as they had done before, from Oporto to Lisbon.—(Hear.) CRIMINAL LAW—JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Lord BROUGHAM did not intend to take any part in this very irregular conversation, and he was glad that it was at last brought to a close, but this much he might say, that he quite agreed with the concluding observation of his Noble Friend who had just sat down , that the pre sence of the squadron, so far from having encouragede the insurrection, had been theie tt mainironme.eans of keeping would now g v the Queen of Portugal upon tl beg to present the very important petition from Liver hvichhtieee of the r badgiven e s notice.ent atinof o It petitionswa pusouottiof which notice but ho bad taken this somewhat unusual course, and had given notice, because he wished to express his opinions on that very important subject.—(Hear, bear.) He esteemed it a high honour to present this petition, which was signed by the Mayor of Liverpool, by Mr. Rushton, the official magistrate, and nineteen other ma gistrates. He should feel it his duty to bring the heads of this long and very important document before the House, not perhaps in the chosen terms or the apt phraseology of the document itself, but as well as he was able to do it. He had taken the pains to make himself acquainted with the subject on which it treated, not only by reading the communications of the Government, but also a variety of other papers which bore on the subject of this petition ; he meant the report of the Prison In spectors—the reports made to those benevolent and useful societies whose attention had beet. turned to the imror tent subject of the criminal law, not only in this country, but also in France, Germany, and Holland, and wherever this matter had been examined. He had also received a report from Mr. Hill, the Recorder of Birmingham, whose experience in the working of the criminal law had been very great. Ile had also received another report from Mr. Tidd Taylor. It was impossible to underrate the importance of it. It was no less than the structure of the criminal law, and its operation on the criminal. Ile would now go over the heads of this important subject, so far as they bore on the petition before him. The petitioners spoke as practical men—as magistrates administering the aw over a population of 300,000 persons—as the tribunal before whom offenders were tried, and they came before their Lordships as the last tribunal—the last resource —to unbosom their difficulties, to prefer their com plaints, and to warm them of the consequence of ne glecting to remedy the evils which they disclosed, The results of their experience were these: That in a popu lation of 300,000 persons there had been committed and tried, during the last seven years, 51,000 persons !—ln the course of seven years Of these persons, no less than one-tenth, or 5,500 odd, had been offenders under seventeen years of age; and that of those, not less than one-filth—(he meant of the whole 51,000, not of juvenile offenders)—no less than one-fifth or 10,000 upwards had been committed during those seven years five times on an average. Consequently, with respect to those offtaiders, the immediate, the inevitable result was, that those offenders had been punished four times after their first conviction, SO undoubtedly efficacious had been the punishment which their laws had inflicted.—(Hear, hear.) Those niagis• trates went further. They had made investigations which he thought was of incalculable value, and he trusted he might be permitted to lender them the thanks of their Lordships for them. They had examined four teen cases taken perfectly indiscriminately, out of that number of juvenile offenders —(he wished to direct par ticular attention to those offenders, because he wished to reform the discipline with respect to them—not to tins! to punishment, but trust t o re f orm i ng them, ac l e t because after offender s b ecame a certa i n age, a r " became hardened in wickedness, that reformat er l principle ceased to possess th e p r i nc ipl e o f amendme nt to the tame extent ; he therefore looked to the younger offenders, and he r ished to di rec t a t ten ti on to the state ments put forward in the petition—statements, which h e was merely embodying in hi s civil mind. They selec ted, as he had said fourteen juvenile offenders at random , an d carefully examined their circumstances. He s hould CI only two or three instances out of the fourteen, but he show observe that, the whole of th e f our t een h a d b e en tepee hended on the average fifteen times each. Earl FITZ WILLIAM—There were not 51,00 0 Per . sons convicted ; that number only represented the cc ur mitments. Lord BROUGHAM—Certainly he had not P A S otherwise, but they had all b een f requen tly disehargl without beingcommitted to t r i a l. Th e y h a d b een commil te on an average, nine times eac h, d ur i ng t h a t period of seven years. He would single out three persons in cr e. der to show the good e ff ec t s o f t h e pr i son disclPl hi be The first case was that of a boy twelve years of age ; could neither read or write; be was first apprehended 1. September, 1838, and fo r th e l as t ti me i n J an uary, 1 84 3 In three years he•was apprehended sixteen times, au ; he was committed f or t r i a l n i ne t i mes . His gea tences were for various terms of imprisonment iii the common gaol, and h e was conv i c t e d no le than three of those eight time s i n t h ree years an d a lo': and ended by being transp or t e d f or t en years . The 6 ' n cond case he would bring under the consideration cit . ! House, was the case o f a b o y age d ten years . He P. been fourteen times appr e h en d e d, an d e l even ti mes co n ' victed. The third case was th a t o f a b oy on ly pa' years old, who, in the space of two years, was aPP re i hended sixteen times, an d conv i cte d f our ti m es, ar t , ended by being tran s ported f or seven years . H e had long been engaged in the s t u dy an d a d m i n i strat i on of lavi l d he was, however, bou n d t o open hi s ears to t h e voice wisdom, and not to shut his eyes to such a fearful stir/ of things as this. What were the expenses. this state of things? Why, the expense of convict°, these 14 individuals, amounted to 8891. In consequenc e ; ° the admirable arrangement s o f th e mag i s t ra t es of Leger' pool, they were enabled t o conv i c t at muc h l ess cost in most other places, but even with their good arrsesil ments the cost of those convictions amounted to 88 Was it not time then seriously to inquire into this O de of juvenile crime. Wer e th e G overnment d ea li n g rigs jd ,' with human beings, even accor di ng to t h e i r knosvley7 of human nature, in always appealing to the fears the prisoners rather than to their hopes, their feeli e g: their capacities, and thei r w i s h es . H e would call at sit tion to the prayer of th e p e titi on , an d requ est WI, Lordships to appoint a searc hi ng i nqu i ry into Sl '. subject. The present state of the law was to tak e criminal, place him in the prison and convict him, la when convicted he wa s e ith er i m p r i sone d or t ra nspc; —that was the only alternative. He was no frierm a ,,, transportation. It wa s ne ith er econom i ca l to P . r . country, nor justifi a bl e to t h e co l on i es vvh e . oo the convict was sent. His principal object A , to that species of punishment was:that it was not s e t o ciently appalling ; it did not terrify the persons abou t commit crime. All the persons w h o kne w anYth about the feelings of pris oners , concurre d i n saying_;, ,het r imprisonment had far m ore h orrors f or th em than portation. Then again look at the cost of this Puc z tb a ment ; 4000 persons were sent out every year from was country to the penal settl emen t s , th e cost o f which n o half a-million a-ye a r ; th e expense o f k eep i ng the 5-tleo number ,of persons in prisons in this country, o r o r years, would be only 300,0001. The system of tr,, e er portation was therefore inefficient to the end, W o o pensive in its machinery. Their lordships sh care that if they could not deter others from I s t witting crime, they should at least take cak e . or te the prisoners did not come out of prison y i o . than when they went in. The total number °f c o l 0 0 Lions in each year were 100,000; of this number , remained in prisons at home. Did not imprison'' , is actually make these persons worse ? Did not they_oo 99 cases out of 100, come out of prison infinitely Nis demoralised than when they entered ? And wha t i „ n4 e of the poor convicts to do when they came out ? their character gone ? their family attachments row! Were they not debased in their own eyes, and di s g r air in the eyes of their friends, upon whom their own „„ e r w here of grace was reflected ? They carried with them, ould they went, the sad effects of the bad W WI° e t punishment. W as it t h en to b e wondered they should a g ain go on to pursue a cou rt of crime? Sh or t i mpr i sonments he denounc ed on the authority of Mr. Pitt Taylor, and numeroll:i ether authorities, as highly i m p ro p er . The eeirninlP thought but little of the punishment, it was but a le", days, they thou g ht on ly o f p ass i ng t h e t i me the bet way they could, and made no efforts to improve tht"„ moral condition. What, th en , cou ld b e d one to tan punishment reformat or y, an d to prevent t h ese p e rson . at the end of their sentence from falling into the ram 0 course of evil which had br oug ht th em th ere ? He I LA proud to say that there were es t a bli s h men ts calculat ed to produce that end near H am b urg h, an d in the depa r :„ ment of the Loire, at Metteray. He would call 11 : 1 ; attention of the House to the mode of proceedings., Metteray. The establi s h men t was o p e ned in the /e7 ll 1839, since which period 521 persons had Del os received. No person was admitted but Toe convicts under sixteen years of ag e ' t o establishment was c on d uc t e d b y one master and b y assistants, called br e thr en , chosen to that situati on id the convicts from among th emse l ves , t h e f ea r of he to sent back to pris on was over t h e pr i soner as a check their bad conduct. The inmates were educated in 9 l tr a f cultural and other pursuits. What was the ree!, , ig this system? Of 521 p ersons a d m i tte d, 17 bad died' were sent back to priso n , 144 h a d b een p l ace d in v er i l i s b. situations, and 128 were s till rema i n i ng i n the est- 411) 100 y, ment. Ile did not envy F rance it s Al ge i r ian c ° ler its Spanish marriage s , or th e g l or i es 01e theta poison and Turenne, but he did envy that their model establishments, and he hoped Id soon this country wo u ld j o i n i n l au d a ble ri v . si o o. with them in the establishment of those institutieto He would not enter f ur th er i nto d eta il s , b ut p r oceed t ho report which was made by the Rev. John C1 0 9 , .„,0 chaplain of the P res t on pr i son . Th e R ev . Gentle'" ers , stated that there w ere i n th at pr i son 1 ,0 50 prie °ll oo 662 of whom were utterly unable to read, and 226 01C 1 0 could write a little. N ow , j ust l et t h e i r L or d s hips 1 , o f to the effects of th a t i gnorance . Th ere we re 51 ' 5 9/ them who did not know the names of the months , ere did not know the Queen's name, and 490 of theni_ a w to unable to understand th e pl a i nest wor d s a ddress ice them, and did not know what the words virtue an 9 41 meant ; 62 of them could not count one hundred, o a could read and write a little ; and of the whole theeri o g there were only twe n ty w h o h a d received OP" ad like an education. Those who were able to r e b i e a little had read all those wild, detee t t,ss and disgusting pr o d uc ti ons w hi c h i ssued from t he of this country, such as histories of bandits, h i g hW ting men, murderers, thi eves , an d every species of disgtit i y crime, with which the press of this country and of A.,. was polluted. All these persons had perused suc h I rd famous productions as these, and made him e ffl9 „ Brougham) almost think that the ability to read Y ilt „ 7 o o curse to them rath er th an a bl ess i ng . Th e proer' co . of persons convicted to the population of North seen, shire was as one to eleven hundred, but in Synth i !.. gl e il d cashire it-was as one to five hundred. He maintainer that they could not go on as they did at present. T n g. had had changed since the days of Sir Richard ,wed wright. The manufacturing population then nunsheLo, only a few thousands, but now it amounted to 80 0 1',; 0 1 and when any portion of this large population was of work, they had no provision made for a bad day, the consequence was, that they fell into criminal cours e " That was a reason hy their Lordship's should interfe re to reform the criminal law, that these persons shou ld escape the evil influences to which they were now gib' jected. It was with these views that he brought th e subject before them, and if they agreed with hit' and should think that the time was come apply in good earnest to amend th e a d m i n i st rati,2: of the law, not only as reg a rd s th e l aw i tself, b u t t"" prison discipline also, they would be prepared for 51Z position, that he intended to submit to them shore/ the appointment of a S e l ec t C omm i ttee to investigate'- whole subject. blo The Duke of RICHMOND concurred with his wows Friend, that thei r th an k s were due to the magis„"crto who had called th e i r a tt ent i on to t hi s subject, a/o the Noble Lord who Ead presented this petition: t of thing could be of more importance than the su b j ec . gee, criminal law, and he also believed that prison die c i l P, re under a judicious system might do much to effect t end form in juvenile offenders. They might at pre sent k eep a child of about nine years of age to prison, a n i s ad him there for six weeks or two months before tr a soot if convicted, the county ma g i s t ra t es , did not kn ° . hrOR to do with him. If they stamped on h l , 9 , nio teg the word felon, they precluded him ever after 9 n tol e re employment. He should like to know whether 1. ,1 #1 , 0 , tablishment at Metteray, which had been referred t i c eo l te t had been taken as they came, or had been e se ring The prestige of this country was greatly 66gAinsbeietd of employment to any one who had been once con ~beta a crime, and any one so situated had no chan ce a t ots, ever of employment. He knew an instanc e n v sp i °ree cood._ , where a man who had been sentenced to be and was afterwards sent to Pentonville prison, 111 .„ 0 0 a fter sequence of his good conduct there, he was , lo yen• time, liberated. He subsequently obtained etaP_ Acot in from a railway company, and, by his geed c?_u us " ybo dy his situation, obtained promotion; but some theta made a complaint to the directors, and inforlf b e eco f e re, that he had been a convicted felon. He v 765, a tarlillg; dismissed from his s it u ati o n, and was now •otes If, therefore, they sent a boy to Parkhurst prie°' eet them afterwards got him a situation, they hat h•eh he useolwvesrienfetorratids.craHpee, should d suc b h e cause as 7 1 t a n d at if t'V v ist T e e Friend would move for an inquiry into the s uh r e e;to the thought the result would be highly advantageous country. who i to ad* Earl GREY agreed with the &W eLord