The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-21 00:00:00

EVEN IN c; EDITION paly's service, from entering the army or navy, or obtaining ' employment in any Government situation. He trusted that he should bear from the Master-General of the Ord nance that no cadet had been removed or expelled, unless for conduct by which his moral character had been tainted. He up ierstaxi that the charge against three of these youths was merely what might be considered a piece of fun or frolic, three of them having combined together to test the courage of another party. It appears they procured a otaee of pistols, some powder, and a sponge saturated with blood; but the courage of the bov was unshaken, and he behaved in the most honourable and creditable manner. Now, although conduct like that should be punished, it ap. peared to him that a lighter punishment than one whith would ruin the prospects of these young lads, would have satisfied the ends of justice. He appealed to the Hon. and Gallant General, whether it might not be judicious to restore some of these young men who had not corn. tnitted any grave offence, and he trusted the H on . an d Gallant General might live long enough to see that his kindness and mercy had not been misplaced. He felt ' strongly on the subject, because his militar y education had commenced in that college, and he h sp e d the Hon and Gallant Gentleman would favour the House with some explanation. Sir H. VIVIAN was not at all surprised at th, anxiety which the Hon. and Gallant Member had show, with regard to an establishment of which he himself had been a student, and although that House was not the arena in which the discipline of the Academy of Woolwich ought to be discussed, still he 'e t lt infinitely obliged to him fo. bringing forward the subject, as it afforded him an op portunity of contradicting the many unfounded and libel lous statements which had appeared in the public papers With respect to the occurrences which took place at the fail of last year, the facts were these. For a considerable number of years a system tantamount to what was termer fagging, had been cruried on at the Academy, and under that system some of the younger boys bad tyien extrernell nPPeetged. In the month of August, when he ( Sir H Vivian) was in the north of England, in the discharge 0 his dety, visiting the different barracks, into whici an additional number of troops had been lately sent, be received a report stating that one of the youths ;of the Academy bad been very ill treated. On the following day he received a second report, stating tham two youths had deserted from the academy, and gone ti France. Not being able to return himself, he i.nmediatel) wrote directing a Committee of inquiry to assemble, and 1 .rte composed of five of the most distinguished officers of tie Ordnance assembled. He directed them thoroughly to incrive into the state of the academy, and to report au ) l i youth who had misconducted himself. At the head of tha' Committee was Lord Bloomfield, the kindness of whost disposition was well-known, and he held in his hand al, i abstract of the report of that Committee. He would not read the names of the youths, but be would stare to tht llous2 wi , at the crimes were, for which the Committee ~ a 4 recr). , :mcnded their removal. No. 1 for striking 1 another cadet, leaving the hospital without orders, and gross insubordination. Ncs. 2 and 3, desertion (these two youths having gone off to France). No. 4, for al-,use of his authority as corporal—that young man was the beat conducted in the academy, and ho bad soon afterwards restored him. No. 5, for iii-tresting another cadet. No. 6 and 7, for insulting ano ther cadet, and being engag ed in a mock duel. He would not go into the w h o l e of th at case, but he pledged himself that the Committee had no alternative in the decision they had come to, and there was nothing he (Sir H. Vivian) more lamented, because previously to that occur rence they had been extremely well conducted. No. 8 was also implicated in the mock duel, but his conduct had been repeatedly extremely incorrect. Nos. 9, 10, and 11, for ill-treating other cadets, and No. 12 for repeated mis conduct. Out of the twelve thus recommended for dis missal, eleven had been removed, and one restored by him. Subsequently, upon the representation of the Lieutenant -General, one had been discharged for a breach of discipline, another for ill-treating a cadet, a third for disobedience of orders, and a fourth for intoxication. These were the crimes for which they were discharged, and he behoved nothing had occurred but what had fre quently taken place at similar large establishments, and public schools and universities. On a former bet:lesion there were thirteen dismissed. Such things would happen from time to time, and they must be put down, the great object being to preserve dis cipline, particularly in a military academy. Nothing on earth bad given him more pain than to order the discharge of these youths ; but a great degree of irregularity bad sprung up—some appeared determined to resist his anxiety to put down toe ill treatment of the younger cadets, and nothing was left him but to enforce the discipline of the establishments. He had in his hand the report of the Academy, and nothing could be more satisfactory, but one youth in the whole Report being men:ioned as having mis conducted himself, and there being no instance of ill treatment of the junior cadets—so that the object for which the examples had been made had been attained. With respect to the alteration in the age at which youths were admitted, tho facts were these : he had looked a good deal at the state of the Academy, and found, upon looking back, that full half the youths who were admitted never pass up to Commissioners ; he therefore appointed a Committee to inquire into the circumstances, and of that Committee Sir Alexander Wilson, an officer whose name he could not mention without a tribute of admiration, was the President ; and it was on the recommendation of that Committee that youths were admitted at 15 years of age, and nothing could be more successful than that mea sure had been. Now the Hon. Member had referred to most libellous and calumnious statements that had ap peared in the newspapers, which charged him with having brought about this state of things, because he had restored a youth named O'Connell, a relative of the Hon. Member for Dublin, at the dictation of that gentleman, and another named Maund, at the dictation of two Tory relatives. Now Mr. Maund was one of the young gentlemen just mentioned, and his case was this—he was a remarkably fine Young man, but unfortunately, by deliberately striking 3 fellow- student, he had so injured him that the boy was obliged to be sent to an hospital, and therefore he ( Sir H. Vivian) immediately ordered him to be removed. He re fused the application, not of his ‘Vhig uncle, but of a Noble Lord his Tory uncle, and he refused also an ap plication from the highest authority in the Govern ment, and would not restore the youth until the petition he then held in his band, and which he would read, was presented to him by the Cadets, on their re-as sembling after vacation.—(The Hon. and Gallant Member then read the petition, which expressed the regret of the petitioners at what had taken place, which they pledged themselves should not occur again, and prayed for the re storation of the youth discharged, on the ground of his previous high character.) This petition was signed by every Cadet in the establishment. He (Sir H. Vivian) went down immediately after receiving it, pointed out to them that, in a military point of view, it was improper in them thee to address him ; but, however, that he would pass over that, and take advantage of the pledge they had given, and restore the youth. It was, therefore, at the earnest entreaty of the youths themselves that he had re stored the youth, and not, as was represented, in order to serve his Whig friends. The next was the son of a distinguished general officer, now in Australia ; and he wished the Ilonourable and Learned Member for Dublin was now in his place, as be believed i e was a cousin of the Hon. Member. At the earnest request of his father, be fore be went abroad, he had placed this youth in the aca demy, but he was found wanting at the probationary ex amination and ordered to be removed ; xnd he now held a letter in hie hand from the youth, in which ho explained the cause of his having beets found wanting at the examination, and said that as his character would be utterly ruined, with his prospects in life, by his dismissal, he felt confident he ( Sir H. Vivian) would not be offended at the son of an old and distinguished officer thus throwing himself on his goodness. Upon receiving this letter he inquired into the vase, and found the youth had failed in a great measure from the want of proper education before he was admitted, and therefore he consented to restore him, and he thought that he did not by so doing subject himself to the charges that had been made against him.--( Hear, hear, hear.) The Honourable Member having quoted from newspapers various charges against him, ha would, as shortly as he could, advert to them.— ( C:ies of " No, no.") The Hen. Member then read a paragraph charging him with having used his patronage to serve political purposes, and proceeded with respect to political objects; and his having admitted the children of his political friends to the Academy. He had not the slightest hesitation in saying that whenever any of his friends around him had made applications to him which he ha I the means of complying with, he bad always had great pleasure in doing so ; but he had also friends on the other 'tile of the House, for whom he had done the same thing ; for he had always held that, with respect to adenes;on to our military force, it was greatly pre. judicial to it, and of the greatest misfortune to the country, to regulate it by political bias, and he never could see any reason why the children of be-h parties should not go forth together to fight the oodles of their country,—( Hear, hear.) He could never see why the sell of a Shaw, a Jocelyn, and an O'Connell, y should n o t go f orth together to battle, for by so doing 11 w is sure the re wou ld b e no harm result to party, butgrea c t . -, , ) ,1 to th e country. Now, what was the case with re , -i,-:ct. to C ornwa ll, Ile was accused of favouring the s ons , of hie: Cornish fri en d s, b ut there were only s the so n I could be called Co rn i s h b oys, one of whom fi ve boys vc l io was i of the Clergyma n o f a par i sh in which, he had some perry, who w as o p pose d to hi m in politics, and voted a g prnos t him, and another was the son o f hi s N o b le opponent at the , eleetion. So much for the charge against hint of the ad _mission to the Academy of his Cornish friends. Then with rese•,:.ct to Devonshire, there was but one Devonshire youth In the Academy.—(Cries of " No, no," and expressions of impatience.) Oh, if the House were satisfied that it was unnecessary to detain them by a refutation of such charges, he had no wish to do so. Then with respect to the children of old officers, the general custom had been to admit about half the number as students of the children of officers in the different services, and the rest of civilians. In feet, they must admit civilians to cover the expense, as they paid higher than others. Of 141 admitted during the last two years, 78 were children of old officers, being a larger number than had been admitted at any former period. He hoped this was a sufficient defence to this charge.--( Hear, hear.) Another charge to which he would take the liberty of referring was, that the Master_ General of Ordnance had shown the vilest party spirit in taking patronage out of the hands of the commanding 1 Officer i and that the Whig Government party were most contemptible in their spirit and tyrannical in their actions. Now when he read that, he could not conceive to what it referred, and he directed his secretary to write respecting it, and try to discover what he had possibly dare to occasion such a n a tt ac k , and Lord Bloomfield anewered that he had looked into the circumstances, and it did rot appear that he (Sir H. Vi v i an ) had interfered wit h she %es of the commandi ng officer. However, he (Sir ' • kin) still made further inquiry, and found it referred tII Manes where the commanding officer wanted to reit remarkably promising your. , man Over the head o''' 4 he most distinguished soldi e' rs of the . '. 4 g been represented to hien by Sir A.N C. 7 7 50 5. and ! d, 77 nied it, stating that he never allowed favouritisml'he 'i n z: . o T i gher departments of the profession, nor would he ; t in the lower—that he never would permit the old *Hier to he dealt unfairly with, and that they should ‘lll niesive promotion in regular rotation, according to the practice of the Ordnance Department.—( Hear, hear.) He seas sorry to have trespassed on the House so long on a matter which was somewhat personal to himself, but it was at the same time of great consequence to the esta blishment. He trusted he had fully vindicated himself against all the vile and atrocious charges that had been made against him. With rest let to the readmission of the youths, nothing could give him more pleasure than to find that he could do so consistently with the welfare and discipline of the establishment. lie had put the question whether or not he could do so to the Committee, who had 4iven it as their opinion that he could not. He had, however, kept his eye upon them, and if eventually they were readmitted, it must depend entirely upon their con duct, and even then it must be confined to those youths woo had distinguished themselves by good conduct previ. ously.—( Hoar, hear.) Mr. H Uel E wished to know how many of the hundred youths, who were under eighteen years of age, had obtained commissions during the two last years? Sir H. VIVIAN said he had not the return by him at aresent, but he thought about 25 or 30 in the present year. There were 125 then at the Academy, and also a great number of second lieutenants. M. GOUL BURN said he had no connection with the army, therefore if he said anything on the subject it would not be to en:er into military details. He could not, how. ever, avoid thinking that there must have been something seriously wrong in the management of this institution, which rendered it necessary to resort to so severe a measure as the dismissal of no less than 25 youths of 16 years of age. He felt sure that the Gallant Officer had acted only under t sense of duty—that much of the necessity of such a me:- sure must depend on the age of the parties imp'icated in nese transactions. If they were of an age at which they might be easily led astray, he could not help thinking that expulsion, carrying with it, as it did, such serious consee enences, was more than the necessity of the case required. If, on the other hand, they were of an age capable of ap preciating the consequences of their conduct, then, how ever painful it might be, he could not deny the punish ment was unnecessarily severe ; but what he wished to urge upon his Hon. Friend was, that constant watchfulness ever the institution would prevent those evils getting to that height, that to prevent them it was necessary to resort to such severe measures of punishment. He could not but think if care were taken, and the progress of these young men watched, and they received moderate punish rn .nt fur the first offence, the necessity would be avoided of recurring to extreme punishment, which not only affected them immediately, but all their prospects in life. Sir H. VIVIAN said the thirteen youths whose names had been mentioned were expelled a great number of years age, when a most distinguished officer was at the head of the Ordnance. The youths now removed were of the Senior Class, and for the oppression of the Juniors; and it was a curious fact that during the time the Commit tee was sitting, a great degree of oppression was going on, and there seemed a sort of determination among the youths ro continue it, and that four who were excluded had com mitted the offence while the Committee was sitting. Mr. GOULBURN explained. S.r 11. HARDING E said, as an officer, he felt bound to state his acquiescence in the measure resorted to in the case of these young men. Mast of them were fifteen, six teen, or seventeen years of age, and persisted in their mis conduct, and he did not see anything his Hon. Friend could propose, but place the circumstances before a Com mittee, and take their Report into consideration ; and he must say, if he were in the situation of his Right Hon. Friend, he should think nothing would be more embarrassing hereafter, and fatal to the discipline of the College, than to attend to applications for the restoration of these youths, unless under special circumstances. No doubt the college was composed of ardent spirits—of young men who required a severe discipline ; and when they knew their misconduct would be visited with severe discipline, it was to be hoped they would reflect upon the consequences that would attend it. He must confess, at the same time, the explanation of his Right Hon. Friend gave him great pain; considering the character of lii i is Right Hon. Friend, and the long time he bad served n the military service, he had heard him with great pain con descend in that House to enter into details to defend himself from anonymous attacks of the newspapers. Why, if public men thought themselves compelled to come to the House and give explanations on every attack that was made on them in newspapers and anonymous publications, not only would the time of the House be wasted, but, in his opinion, that of men in high stations would be mate rially lowered. He did not know what papers they were to which his Hon. Friend referred, for he had never heard of or read one of them. He should not oppose going into Committee, but was sorry that his Right Hon. Friend had made these explanations, which, in his opinion, his high character rendered quite unnecessary. Colonel ANSON said that the Right lion. Master- General of the Ordnance having been attacked in the manner in which he bad been, had no alternative but to adopt the course which he had adopted in defending him self. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had stated, that in his opinion there must have been great relaxation of the discipline of the Academy to render these punishments necessary. Now, he would put it to the Right Hon. Gentleman, whether it might not be barely possible that such relaxation of discipline may have taken place before his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend had come into office.—( Hear, hear.) Sir ROBERT INGLIS said that the Hon. and Gal lant Officer had made no attack whatever upon the Right Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite. He (Sir R. Inglis) complained that the House should have entered into the consideration of this subject at all. He com plained not of what the Right Hon. and Gallant Gentle man had done out of the House, but of what ho had done in the House in making these explanations. He could never approve of making that House a board of review for the proceedings of the Royal Military Academy.— (Hear, hear, hear.) He knew that some Honourable Gentleman might say that because the Academy was supported at the expense of the State, that therefore the House had a right not only to inquire into the general management of it, but to institute an inquiry into any petty detail connected with each individual student. Unless such was the conclusion come to, he trusted that never again would one whole hour of the time of that House be occupied in such a discussion. Mr. WARBURTON thought his Right Hon. Friend the Master-General of the Ordnance had acted perfectly right. He had, in fact, no option. There was nothing uncourteous in the observations of the Hon and Gallant Gentleman opposite, but he had read certain statements from newspapers reflecting on his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend, and had asked for explanation.—( Hear.) It was a price that all men who attained to eminent rank or high station must pay for their eminence to have their conduct canvassed, and when it was so canvassed they were per fectly right in offering any explanation they might think fit ; there was nothing humiliating in such conduct. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite had considered that there was something in the conduct of the Military Aca demy which required explanation—he was perfectly right in requesting that explanation. He had very properly asked a question, to which he had received a most satis factory answer.—( Cheers.) Sir DE LACY EV AN S entirely concurred with his Hon. Friend who had just sat down. He had listened to the reply of his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend with the greatest satisfaction, and although the Hon. arid Gallant Gentleman opposite had not made any charges against his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend in bringing this question forward, yet that Hon. and Gallant Gentleman had alluded to certain charges which had been made in the newspapers, therefore his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend was per fectly right in replying to these charges. He entirely concurred with the Right Hon. and Gallant Member for Launceston in the conviction that . the high character of the Master-General of the Ordnance placed him entirely above imputation, but still that very high character made him the more anxious to give explanation, and feel the more acutely any imputation that might be attempted to jbe cast upon him. The knowledge of the possession of that high character made hint the more anxious to sustain it.—(Long-continued cheering.) He concurred in the observations which had been made on the subject of the College, and regretted that it had been in. troduced at all, as he was sure that the present discussion would not tend to the preservation of the good discipline of the College. Among those young men who were in tended for the military service, it might expected, if any where, that youth would be found of strong feelings and active energetic minds, who would wits difficulty submit themzelves to command. Ho had, a short time ago, seen an account of the expulsion of several students from Eton College—that was not a military college, and, from what he had heard on the subject, he was not disposed to find fault with the conduct of the head of that establishment on that occasion, but he thought the House would admit that if it was necessary to maintain strict discipline in any college, it was more particularly so in a military one.— ( Cheers.) I[ . a strict discipline were not maintained among the youths when et college, the consequences to themselves, when they entered their military career, would be still more ruinous, as they would be subjected for brca -hes of discipline to a still more severe punishment, and which would affect ti eir future prospects still more severely, as coming upon them at a later period of their life, when it would be almost impossible far them so to change their habits as to fit them for entering any other career. denied e ha t i d e mma po a n de op any . att C a e a rn a p i n o n 13D the ° L Right E R° Hon. Site, or brought any charge a g ainst him ; h n e had merely asked for an explanation, and he thought he was per fectly justified in so doing—he was glad to find, from what he had said, that the Academy was now in a better state of dis c ipli ne , an d h e h o ped that the discipli ne would e.t . a:nue to be such as would enable the Right lion. and Gallant G ent l eman, consistently w i t h hi s d u ty, to consent to the rest orat i on of at least some of these youn g men. Coloael ANSON explained. sir TREATMENT THONAS c OF oc PACKET H R A N 1,,, , b e P t. o A r e S t S h PASSENGERS. N G HouseE R went e . u t into Committee of t S b 'u o pply, wished to draw the attention made of conduct pursued of the House to complaints b o ffi t e v e h r i s e h i n ware her Majesty's who paeitets.._( Hear, hear, hear.) service towards persons be passengers with their alludedmight tu ha t i i i i p e en med t i o These complaints more particularly terranean steam-packets —and one of the persons ag_ pieeed, a lady, had at length come forward, ard, and affixed of ft a board one of b the grievanc es e packets. which she had under some suffered r e t r ia e m d e do to rin a g at a atemn passage t o He hoped that these statements had been mad e u m'sappreheneion or mistake, as they involved theob araeters of several officers. The system, in his opinion, o be altered; as it made officers in the navy and army liable e to to be constantly called to a p ublic a ccount for their co n duet, or submit to be ac cused of cond uct which would he derogatory to persons of the lowest description, li e therefore thought the Admiralty should devise some other means of c onducting this branch of the public servi ce _ such, perhape , as by appointing a superintendent to each packet, so as to relieve officers from their liability, and at the same time he would be a person to whom passengers might apply for protection ; as the Admiralty participated itx the profits, they were bound to afford adequate pro_ tection. Mr. MORE O'FE RR A LL had heard of no complaints from any passengers on board her Majesty's vessels, over which the Admiralty possessed control, and could ask "000amaeeeeieeeeeaa,,„mpors,,,eeeeasssseeesmeeeseeeeeseeeee.eeeeeeweee Inv s x - 44..9 11 :Nt‘' 2 '; THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1840. the Hon. and Gallant Officer upon what authority he made th estatement. Sir THOMAS COCHRANE had read the account in the United Service Gazette and the Asiatic Journal. --(Loud laughter.) Sir THOMAS TROWBRIDGE would suggest to his Hon. Friend awl Relative that he should for the fu. ture take care to make himself acquainted with the facts of any case which he might think it necessary to bring forward, as it was not a b so l u t e ly n ecessary that the time of the House should be taken up in investigating every complaint from a lady which might happen to appear in the Newspapers.—(Ceeers and laughter.) The SPEAKER then left the Chair, and the House re solved itself into a Committee of Supply. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN said that before going into the Ordnance Estimates he was anxious to say a few words on 1 what had just occurred. He felt highly fl Attired by what had been said by his Right Him. Friend opposite, as a reason why he ought not to have replied to the charges which had been brought against him. Perhaps, as far as he himself was personally concerned, he ought not to have done so, but his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend could not be aware of the mischief to the Academy, which had been the consequence of the propagation of the atro cious reports to which he had alluded.—( Loud cheers.) Ile would now propose the Ordnance Estimates for the year, and in doing so it was not his intention to trespass at any length upon the attention of the House. The Esti mates of this year somewhat exceeded the Estimates of last year, and in the debate on the Navy and Army Esti mates, his Hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny had said that there seemed to be a sort of esprit du corps among the heads of departments, to see who could make their Estimates the highest ; he could, however, assure his Hon. Friend, that in preparing the Ordnance Estimates the only spirit that had actuated him had been a spirit of economy as strict as was consistent with the efficiency of the department over which he presided, and which would always be with him a matter of the first consideration.— ( flear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had frequently re ferred to the year 1792, for the purpose of contrasting the amount proposed at the present day with the estimates of that period—now he thought that it his Hon. Friend would compare the estimates of the present year with those of the year 1792, be would not find much reason to complain. The total amount of expenditure for the Ordnance De partment in the year 1792 amounted to 422.000/., from which a deduction was to be made of 21,0001. on account of superannuations, which were then paid by the Ordnance Department, and which were not paid by that Department at present. This would make the Ordnance Estimates for the year 1792 amount to 400 000/.--t Hear, hear.) the present year the expense of the Ordnance had been 1,812,0001., from which, if they deducted the sum of 1,370,3461. on account of services performed by the Ord nance Department, and with which it was not chargeable in 1792, they would find that in reality the expense of the Ordnance Departmeni, as compared with that year, amounted only to 442,000/., and when the Hon. Gentle man recollected the enormous a xtent of our colonial pos sessions he thought he would find that this estimate was not an extravagant one. In the first vote which he should pro pose for the Ordnance civil establishment it would be found that there was an increase of 231. over the vote of last year —this arose from an increase in the amount of salaries paid in that Department. In the second vote for the Ordnance and Engineering Department it would be found that as compared with the vote of last year there was a decrease of 722/. In the third vote for the Royal Artillery, Horse Artillery, Master-General's Department, there was an in crease of 1,3471.—this was occasioned by an increase in the rate of pay its that Department, and the additional number of Artillerymen which had been employed. In the fourth vote for the barrack de partment, there was an increase of 3,326/. This was occasioned by the addition which had taken place in the number of barracks in the United Kingdom. In the fifth vote, under the head of extraordinaries, there was an in crease of 67,0001. This increase was attributable to the increased expense of providing proper comfort and accom modation for the troops in Canada, by the erection of ad ditional buildings, and also by an increased amount of bar rack accommodation in the Colonies. There was also an increase of 10,000/. for the erection of barracks at Porto Bello ; and in the next case there was an increase of 36,000/. from military and civil contingencies. The army extraordinaries used formerly to supply the augmenting department on foreign stations with articles which were now supplied by themselves. This had taken 40,000/. from the army extraordinaries. On the next vote there was an increase of 19,0001. under the head of stores, 5,000/. of this were for providing percussion arms, as had been alluded to last year, 9,000/. were for an increase in the Ordnance stores, and 4,000/. for an increase in the ar tdlerymen. An increase had taken place in the Commissariat; they supplied different articles, such as boats, for the use of the department in the Colonies, and when two regiments of cavalry were last year conveyed from Ireland to England, it was at the expense of this department ; and the conse quent increase amounted to 13,000/. The total increase in the whole of the estimates of this year,as compared with those of last year, was 152,566/. The whole expense of this year for the Ordnance Department was 1,971,042/. The credits for the present year were 86,0001. ; last year they were 93,000/. ; consequently, they were this year 7,2401. less ; and the total amount of money proposed to be voted for the service of the Ordnance Department during the present year was 1,885,0421. Sir HENRY HARDINGE wished to ask if, in the case of the barracks in the West Indies, there had been, on the part of the Ordnance department, anything like an accidental neglect in supplying the troops with proper accommodation ? He did not for a moment impute inten tional neglect, but he would ask his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend whether that accommodation could not be better afforded by some other department than the Ord nance. He had moved for papers on this subject, which, although laid on the table, had not been printed; and the Noble Lord the Member for Northumberland had moved for other papers, which had not yet been produced. He hoped that when those papers were laid upon the table some discussion on this subject would take place. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN regretted that the papers had not yet been laid upon the table. He denied that there had been the slightest inattention on the part of the Ordnance to the state of the barracks, either in the Colo nies or at home; and he should be glad to meet the Noble Lord on that subject before the House. His Right Hon. Friend knew well what were the regulations with regard to the barracks in the Colonies. In every colony there was an officer of the Engineers, whose attentioe was spe cially directed to the state of the barracks. It was his duty to make a special report on the subject. That report tbey got every year. The repairs and estimates were imme diately considered, and what was necessary to be done was ordered ; and he should not have the slightest diffi culty in proving, when the subject came before the House, that no neglect was attributable to the Ordnance De partment. Sir H. HARDINGE was glad to hear the explanation, and trusted, when the papers were laid before the House, the question would be fully gone into. Mr. HUME thought it was rather irregular in the Right Hon. Gentleman, who held himself up as the pat tern of order and regularity, to introduce this discussion now, instead of when the subject of barracks was under consideration. He could only express his deep regret to see so large an Estimate, but having voted the Navy and Army Estimates, they must supply the men with arms. It was useless to take any objection now : when new taxes were laid on, then would be the time to grumble. He believed the Hon. and Gallant Officer conducted his de partment as economically as any in the service, but he must protest against his allegation, that the present Esti mates did not exceed those of 1792. In that year the number of Artillerymen was 4,000 ; at the present time it was 8,800 ; and how:it could be contended that there was no increase was a paradox he could not pretend to under stand. He was not the only person who took 1792 as the standard ; three military Committees which had sat had all taken the same view. He meant no reflection in what he was about to say, but until the Ordnance De partment was altogether new modelled, which he had hoped to see done before this, ho could not expect the expenses to be lessened. He ( Mr. flume) would not allow the estimates to pass without expressing his opinion that our engineers and the officers of the Ar tillery were at present very ill ussd. In England nothing was known to the Commander in Chief of the officers of the Artillery except through intermediate agents, and that he thought derogated from their character, and was injurious to their interests, as there was no opportunity of properly appreciating their merits. lie would, therefore, strongly recommend that the Artillery should be always under the immediate command of the Commander-in-Chief, as he thought that change would be attended with the best effects. It was an anomalous circui..stance, that when our Artillery were sent to the Colonies, they were no longer under the instructions of the Ordnance, but under the authority of the Commander-in-Chief, and he thought it would be advisable that that rule should be applied in sll cases. He also wished that the officers in question should have an opportunity of being employed on staffs, and of being raised to other lucrative situations. Thero was an item which he did not wish to let pass unnoticed. He alluded to the management of the stores, for which 38s. per cwt. was paid, and he thought that to be a very large sum. With regard to the barrack department, he should :lion that the management of it had been very much improved, though he could not but say that the expenses of it were still very high. Sir 11 E NRY HARDINGE thought that the barrack department should continue to be conducted by the Ord nance, which he thought best fitted for the task. He was quite ready to give his testimony to the admirable manner in which that department had been conducted, and he thought that the union of the Barrack and the Ord nance Departments, commenced by the Duke of Welling_ in 1832, had been attended with the best results. Sir DE LACY EVANS could not view without ap prehension the experiment recommended by his Hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny. He did not wish to separate the Artillery from the Ordnance Department. and he believed that! our artillery, as at present managed, transcended that of all other countries.—( Hear, h ear. ) ' With regard to the engineering department, it was we ll known that there had been a want of experience felt ;is i, e thou with giit that quarter at the c ommencement ofthe last war, b ut h e believed that that d eficienc y had since been suppli e d. There was a Friend subject, however, o n which h e agreed his Hon. the t Member with him that sufficient encouragement was not at present r Kilkenny. for held out to our artillery officers, and when these officers rose to a certain rank their hopes of farther advancement might be said to cease for life. He strongly disagreed, d however, from his Hon. Friend in th inkin g that an y of the uties with which it was now charged should be dischar g ed from the Ordnance Department. Mr. HUME said he merely wished that engineers at home and abroad should be placed on the same footing. He had to complain that abroad officers of the Artillery generally selected their sons as aides-du-camp. He thought that such a circumstance was very injurious to the service, thought of t whichie no s einx generaltiestreedst betweene d The importance, t hqe question salaries salluded p much aidto toc tl eh Clerks consequenceedi.is parity n to the the Tower and PaPrnall as compared with the salaries of clerks at Woolwich. That disparity was a large one. He found that the highest salaries paid to clerks at the Tower or Pal!mall amounted to from 500/. to 9001., while the highest salaries paid to clerks at Woolwich amounted to no more than 3001. a year. He wished to ask the Gallant ...,.._ ..._._ __ „ Baronet if any reason could be assigned fur so large a dis- parity. Sir H. VIVIAN said that the difference of salaries al luded to arose from the more important and confidential duties discharged by clerks in London. Besides that dif ference existed before he had become connected with the Ordnance Department. He was quite ready to enter into any discussion relative to that department, and he regretted the absence of the Noble Lord the Member for Northum berland, as he would be willing to meet his objections. ' With regard to the recommendations of the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, he thought that they would materially injure one of the most important dep-srtm , ast, of G , • ornimt, and 5 q.iously ser, c , Mr. W. ATTWOOD did not wior to aecuie Right Hon. and Gallant Member of having introduced any new system into his department. With regard to the explanation given by the Gallant Member, he should only, say that the reasons assigned by him for the limited sala ries of the clerks at Woolwich, did not appear satisfactory to a large class of persons. Sir H. 11 ARDING E said that he was ready to vindi cate the high salaries paid to the clerks at the Tower and Pallmall. Those gentlemen were not at the head of large departments, but they were charged with very important duties. His Right Hon. and Gallant Friend, and other members of the Government, were obliged to receive the greater part of their information from the gentlemen in question. He could also bear testimony to the honourable manner in which they discharged their duties. The clerks at Woolwich were not called on to fill situations equally important, and they were not, of course, paid in the same proportion. He would take the opportunity of stating that,of all the departments in which he had been employed, there was none in which the clerks were worse paid, con sidering the nature of their duties, than the clerks of the Ordnance. Sir H VIVIAN said that he could only say that, from his experience for five years, he believed that the clerks to whom his Right Hon. and Gallant Friend had alluded, fully deserved the salaries paid to them. A sam not exceeding 168,8744, was then voted for the salaries of clerks at the Tower, Pallmall, and Woolwich, and other Civil establishments. A sum not exceeding 106,9301. was voted for the ex penses of the Royal Engineers, Sappers, and Miners. A sum not exceeding 354,0731. was voted for the ex penses of the Horse Artillery, of the Master- General's Department, and the Royal Academy at Woolwich. A sum not exceeding 37,714/. was voted for the Sa laries of Barrack-Masters of the United Kingdom, and the Colonies. Mr. HUME thought this last item a very large one. The vote was agreed to, as was that of 437,7111. fur the Ordnance \\rocks, &c. Mr. HUME remarking that it was lamentable to see half a million squandered away thus, in Bermuda, New South Wales, Canada, &c. Sir H. VIVIAN said, if we have Colonies we must defend them—(Hear, hear)—and if we have troops there, they must be lodged.—(Hear, hear.) Our commerce als9 raised for the Colonies great sums, in duties. Mr. HUME said our exports were by no means mainly to the Colonies. Sir DE LACY EVANS said his Hon. Friend's argument would go to abandoning our Colonies alto gether.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said he did not wish any Colonies to be given up, but that only so many troops should be sent to the Colonies as were needed, and the Colonies should pay them. Sir DE LACY EVANS agreed that the Colonies should pay more, buc this was not a question for the Ordnance, but for the general policy of the Govern ment.—( Hear, hear.) On the vote of 180,4151. for Military and Civil Con- tingencies, Sir J. Y. BULLER said this vote including the law charges, he wished to know whether it was true (as was believed down at Devonport) that Mr. Foot, the law agent of the department there, had been dismissed for having voted against Mr. Tufntll, at the late election in the borough. Sir H. VIVIAN said the affair had nothing to do with the Ordnance Department. The solicitor for the Ord nance, like every other solicitor, appointed his own agents in the country, and had dismissed Mr. Foot—perhaps for having been active at the late election.—(lronical cries of " Hear, hear," from the Opposition.) Sir H. HARDINGE said he did not like the transac- tion. —( Hear, bear.) Was it to be endured that officers connected with the Government were to dismiss at their pleasure subordinate officers for political conduct— ( Hear, bear.) He had never in the slightest degree in terfered in the political proceedings of those under him connected with the Government Departments. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN said that he had no doubt, from all that he had heard, that Mr. Foot was a most respectable man. Mr. HUME thought it was a very important thing that a man should not be punished for expressing his political opinions. He agreed with the Gallant Officer opposite that if there was a change of Ministry, the offic es m i g ht be swept out clean..—(Laughter.) But he thought the best remedy would be to give to every person who was entitled to a vote, the protection of the Ballot.--( Hear.) Sir T. AC LAND assured the Hon. Member for Kil kenny, that he would not give his vote for the Ballot.— ( Cheers.) He thought the electors had a much better pretection in the reprobation expressed by both Housea of Parliament whenever a case of oppression came before them.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Foot had filled his office for fifty-five years, and he had not been throughout that period even complained of, until he was dismissed through Mr. Hickman. Sir H. VIVIAN did not believe that Mr. Foot ever had any official station from which Mr. Hickman could dismiss him. Sir THOMAS ACLAND was still of opinion that the gentleman had been unjustly treated, on account of his vote for a Member to serve in that House, and that the cir cumstances called for inquiry.—( Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON was sure that it would give '1:s o twe exhibited great gratification to the country to learn that there pre vailed upon the opposite side of the House a feeling in favour of freedom of election.—( Cheers and laughter.) Having heard much of the oppressions to which electors was almost led to hope that he should never again hear of w we ar re ru s o u l bj w e b c i t e c b d, would d be b r e foreraKdyilkteonnsuyp, support th anytenants dispossessed and tradesmen ruined on account of in their votes.—(Cheers.) If he could not go to the length wteNaodig b re y a t t h d e eg u r e ee n. co ß n a so ro le o d et. by the he e measure which would tend to give protection to the inde pendence of voters.--(Cheers and laughter.) re spect".t h his to the o' .Ba Friendl Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir H. Vivian) knowing the complaint that was made against his Department in this case, ought to have come down to the House prepared with a more satisfactory explanation. Col. SIBT HO RP, without entering at all into the merits of the case, must be allowed, when he saw the Se cretary for Foreign Affairs so ready to stand up and accuse Members of diseharging their tenants, to call the attention of that Noble Lord and the House to what he witnessed last night upon a division of great importance to the com mercial interests--he alluded to the motion of the Hon. Member for Hull. Upon that he saw the Noble Lord, no doubt feeling more for his own pocket than commercial in terests, stating how deeply he felt for the interests of the country, and at the same time looking to the Hon. Mem ber for Hull, as much as to say, " Have mercy on us, for if you carry this motion the Government will be overthrown." Sir H. VIVIAN wished to answer the question which had been put by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sit Thomas Fremantle), as to why he had not come down prepared to state the reason why Mr. Foot had been dismissed. The reason was, because he had nothing whatever to state to the House. Sir H. HA RD ING E believed that this was the case in which the Solicitor of the Ordnance had dis missed one of its officers without some professional inca pacity having been assigned. He wished to ask hi, Right Hon. Friend whether this gentleman, Mr. Hickman, had dismissed any other Ordnance Solicitor at any other places. Had he dismissed them at Edinburgh and Dub lin ? He would venture to say that he had not. He thought this gentleman, having served the Ordnance for .55 years, ought to have some cause assigned for his dis missal. Mr. TUFNELL wished to say a few words with regard to what had been said by the Right Hon. Baronet oppo site, as to Captain Dundas being his (Mr. Tufnell's) right hand man at the election. The fact was this, that Cap tain Dundas was there on Ordnance business, for two or three days during the time of the canvass, which wa, about two months' duration.—(Cries of " Oh, oh 1") II was true that he had himself waited upon Mr. Foot, bu. he believed no person on his behalf had done so As to Mr. Foot himself, he could assure the House that he entertained no resentment against him. With re gard to the influence of the Government in the borough, he could assure the House it a vailed very little, and as proof of that he might say that vi her. the votes of thus , who were for and against him were looked into, of those who were co us id e rr d as influene,,d by the Government. 170 voted for him, and 150 for his opponent.—( Hear. ) He thought that would convince Hon. Members that n undue influence had been exercised by the Government, and that the majority who voted for him were the voters of the town._( Hear, hear.) For his own part, he had never heard a single complaint of the un j ust interference on the part of t h e Government in the borough, but in that place he believed he might say that there appeared a dis position to attribute the removal of every officer unde. Government to political causes. E. KNATCEIBULL thought there was more in this matter than appeared at first sight, and he was in duced to think so from the speech of the Noble Lord op posite He did not believe that the Noble Lord would have made that speech, unless he thought there was some thing rotten in the case.—( Laughter.) He was glad, however, that tie Hon. and Gallant Member for South Staffordshire had stated that he was desirous that further inquiry should take place. Sir H. VIVIAN wished, in answer to the question put to him by the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, as to whether any other solicitors had been dismissed in any other parts of the country by Mr. Hickman, to state that he could not give him any information on the subject. Mr. Hickman was the solicitor of the Ordnance, and had a right to dismiss whom he pleased. Mr. SHAW thought that it would be desirable to have it ascertained whether the solicitor appointed by the Oed. nance had the power to dismiss the solicitors connected with that department in all parts of the country. Sir DE LACY EVANS thought if inquiry was to be instituted on the subject, it should be ascertained whether the candidate on the other side did not hoist the union jack. After a few observations from Sir J. Y. Buller, Lord Worsley, and Sir H. Vernon, the vote was agreed to. A rote of 2i0,000/. to defray the charge for Ordnance Stores, was agreed to, as was also the vote of 158,647/. to defray the chsrges of Superannuation Allowances. ' 285,636/. crag voted for Commissariat Szipplies, The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday next. The Howe then resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, and, on the motion of the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, 8,000,0001. was voted out of the Consolidated Fund for the public service. The House resumed. Mr. LA BOUCHE RE postponed the Committee on the Flour Importation (Ireland) Bill until after Easter. The Tithe Commutation Act Amendment Bill was read a third time, and passed. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice, that on the introduc tion of the Canada Bill, he should call the attehtion of the House to the expenses attending the appointments of the Earl of Durham and Mr. Poulett Thompson, the late and the present Governor of Canada. The House adjourned at a Quarter past Ten o'Clock. i'i LT LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 5. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the Ist of April next, at two o'clock. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing room at St. James's Palace on Thursday, the 9th of April next, at two o'clock. WHITEHALL, AIARCH 20, 1840. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters pat int to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great. Britain and Ireland, conferring the honour of Knighthood upon Robert Boucher Clarke, Esq., Solicitor-General in the Island of Barbadoes. ST. JAME'S PALACE, MARCH 18. The Qu:en was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon the Most Noble James Henry Robert Duke of Roxburghe, and the Right Honourable Archibald John Eari of Rosebery, and to invest them respectively with the ensigns of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 20. 2.1 Regiment of Foot—G. G. Webb, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Milne, deceased, March 20. 7th Foot—Major Sir W. P. Gallwey, Bart., from the 88th Foot, to be Major, vice Stuart, who exchanges, March 20. 23th Foot—Ensign K. Murchison to be Adjutant, vice Lucas, who resins the Adjutancy only, March 20. 70th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant G. Evatt to have the rank of Lieutenant, Jan. 30. 78th Foot —D. Hastings, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Hickey, promoted in the Ist West India Regiment, March 20. 88th Foot—Major J. Stuart, from the 7th Foot, to be Ma jor, vice Sir W. P. Gallwey, who exchanges, March 20. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant E. A. Somerset to be Adjutant, vice Carr, who resigns the Adjutancy only, March 20. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign E. Hickey, from the 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Martin, ap pointed to the 18th Foot, March 20. Royal Malta Feßcible Regiment—Lieutenant S. Calleja to be Captain, with local and temporary rank, vice Camilleri, deceased ; Ensign G. Virtu to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary rank, vice Calleja ; Volunteer C. L. Bonavita to be Ensign, with local and temporary rank, vice Virtu, Feb. 17. BREVET.—Major T. L. Goldie, of the 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, March 20. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Lieut.-Colonel Adams, of the 18th Foot, are Henry William, and not Henry Williams, as heretofore stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby : Matthew Gisborae, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. WHITEHALL, MARCH 17. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John George William Bonsall, of Machynlleth, in the county of Montgomery, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. SAMUEL CHAPPELL, butcher, Lawrence•lane, Cheap side. WILLIAM JOHN HUETSON, pawnbroker, Tyson place, Kingsland-road. ROBERT SCAMPTON, grocer, Coventry. SIMON WOODS, wine -merchant, Adelaide-place, King William-street, City. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. SAMUEL BECKETT and JOHN BECKETT, drapers, Audlem, Cheshire. BANKRUPTS. JOHN BROWN, silk and ribbon warehouseman, Bunhill row, to surrender March 31, at eleven, and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Goddard, Wood-street, Cheapside. EDWARD UNDERHILL and JOSEPH SLATER, warehousemen, Watling-street, City, April 3 and May I, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Saunders, Southwark-bridge. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, drysalter, Liverpool, April 1 and May I, at two, at the Clarendom Rooms, Liverpool. John son, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Higson and Son, Manchester. JOSEPH BELL, shipownci, Greensfield, Northumberland, April 10, at eleven, and illry 1, at one, at the Commission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Charlton or Woodman, Mor peth, Northumberland; Leadbitter, Staple-inn, London. JOHN CUTTS, machine-maker, Manchester, April 4 and May 1, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle-Temple, London; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Norfolk-street, Manchester. ADOLPHUS KRAUSS, manufacturer, Salford, April 4 and May 1, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manches ter. Milne, Pan y, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Crossley and Sudlow, Manchester. JOSEPH JAMES SMITH, bookbinder, Gate-street, Lin coln's-inn-fields, March 27, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Johnston, Cecil -street, Strand. THOMAS M'BURNIE and DAVID M'BURNIE, dyers, Huddersfield, April 2, and May 1, at ten. at the George Hotel, Huddersfield. Bettye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery lane, London ' • Clough', Huddersfield. THOMAS PRICE, jun., corn-dealer, Campden, Glouces tershire, April 4 and May 1, at eleven, at the White Lion Hotel, Stratford-upon- Avon. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Hobbes, Stratford-upon- Avon. WILLIAM KINDER, cotton-spinner, Mottram in Long. dendale, Cheshire, April 10 and May 1, at three, at the Corn missioners' Rooms, Manchester. Brackenbury, Manchester Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London. WILLIAM EDINGTON, jeweller, North Audley-street Hanover-square, March 31, at one, and May I, at eleven, a' the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basing. hall-street ; Elcum, Blackfriars-road. GRIFFITH DAVIES, draper, Carnarvon, March 31 and May 1, at one, at the Castle Hotel, Carnarvon. Griffith, Carnarvon ; Widdows, Copthall-court, Throgmorton-street, London. SAMUEL CARTWRIGHT, ironmonger, Great Bolton, Lancashire, April 21, at two, and May 1, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Mor ris, Temple, London; Hibbert, Bolton. WILLIAM DENMAN, innkeeper, Goat Hotel, Carnar von, April 30, and May 1, at eleven, at the Goat Hotel, Car narvon. Williams, Carnarvon; Weeks and Gilbertson, Cook's court, Lincoln's-inn, London. THOMAS MATHERS, printer, Canterbury, April 4, and May 1, at three, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Cattarns and Fry, Mark-lane, London. DAVID LITTLE, and DAVID CHALMERS, drapers, Great Yarmouth and Norwich, March 31, and May 1, at ten, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Great Yarmouth. Cattlin, Ely-place, London. RICHARD DRIVER, commission agent, Manchester ; Nl3rch 31, at four, and May 1, at twelve, at the Commis sioners'-rooms, Manchester. Bunting, Manchester; Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London. JOSEPH HORATIO BUTTERWORTH, stuff-mer chant, Manchester; April 4, and May 1, at twelve, at the Com missioners'-rooms, Manchester. Jeyes and Smith, Chancery lane, London ; Benson. Manchester. EDMUND HESKETH, victualler, Hulme, Lancashire, March 30, and May 1, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Adlir gton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Bell. Manchester. THOMAS PAYNE, butcher, Warminster, Wiltshire, March 30, at one, and May 1, at ten, at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster. Frampton, South-square, Gray's Inn, London ; Miller, Frome Seiwood, Somersetshire. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS WILSON, ship-biscuit baker, Wapping-wall, April 2, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder• manbury ; Seeley, Symond's Inn. WILLIAM YATES, licenced victualler, Maidstone, March 31, at two, and May 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abcurch-lane; Teesdale, Symes, and Weston, Fenchurch-street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Humphrys, engineer, High-street, Lambeth, April 11, a\ twelve—R. Hunt, paper manufacturer, Sandling Mills, near Maidstone, Kent, April 11, at one—J. W. Llewellyn, iron founder, Cow-c►oss-street, West Smithfield, April 13, at half. past eleven—W. Townshend and W. Brown, warehouse men, Cheapside, City, April 13, at half-past two —E. Wilson, bookseller, Sweeting's-alley, Cornhill, April 11, at eleven—W. Rose, hotel keeper, Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, Pic cadilly, April 11, at two—J. Gardner, victualler, New Church street, Lisson-grove, April 11, at half-past twelve—J. Miles, oilman, Old-street-road, April 11, at half-past one—J. C. Star key, W. Starkey, and W. Whiteside, brewers, Little Pulteney street, Golden-square, April 10, at one—W. P. Lauder, sur geon, Sloane-street, Chelsea, April 10, at half-past twelve—J. and C. Mould, cheesemongers, Newgate-street, City, April 13 at half-past one. In the Country. E. Brice, cabinet maker, Bristol, April 17, at two, at the C o mmercial-rooms, Bristol—S. Lenox, sail maker, Liverpool, April 16, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—F. Ro binson, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry, April 22, at two, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry—S. Wood, merchant, Man chester, April 10, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester—T. Hart, innkeeper, New Inn Hotel, Bognor, Sussex, April 14, at twelve, at the Dolphin Inn, Chichester—J. and J Nutter, corn merchants. Cambridge, April 13, at one, at the Fled Lion Inn, Petty Curry, Cambridge—T. Brunt, traveller, Bank Top, Macclesfield, Cheshire, April 11, at one, at the Angel Inn, Macclesfield—J. Peerman, brewer, Christchurch, Southampton, April 13, at three, at the London Tavern Inn, Poole—J. Unsworth, calico printer, Brindle, Lancashire, April 24, at one, at the Town-hall, Preston—J. Nuttall, grocer, Man chester, April 11, 4t twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—J. A. Ewan, silk mercer, Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire, May 1, at twelve. at the Town-hall, Preston—J. Willis, merchant, Liverpool, April I& at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool—T. B. Golborne and A. A. Dobbs, wine merchants, Liverpool, April 11, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES.—Aran 10. T. Smith, grocer, Goswell- street—S. Wood, ironmonger, Northampton—E. Taylor, drysalter, Liverpool—B. Kewell, Staffordshire warehouseman, Vauxhall-bridge-road—E. Car een, banker, Nantwich, Cheshire—R. B. Younger and C. Ir ving, publishers, Crane-court, Fleet-street—F. Jordan, jun. and R. Lovell, merchants, Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. H. Phillips and W. Evans, linen drapers, Bristol—T. Dunn and J. Itnutledge, qabinet makers, Carlisle—J. Sindry and R. L. Leckie, merchants, Bombay—E. Edwards and W. Wil , nn, M.D., surgeons, Edgeware-road—J. and J. Young, wholesale ironmongers, Wolverhampton—C. Vai and H. Wil kinson, exhibitors, Maddox-street, Hanover-square—T. and J. Musson, drapers, Nottingham—W. Guest, sen. and J. Guest, gilt jewellers, Birmingham—J. Morris and M. L. Phillipson, chemists, Lutlgate-hill—J. Back and J. Goldie, rectifiers, Red cross-street, Crippl• ;ate —I. Coates and J. Farmer, printers, Darlington, Durham—C. Coles, sen. and C. Coles, jun., drapers, Portsmouth—E. Walker and M. Hall, milliners, Wingfield -park, Derbyshire—W. H. Phillips, C. Tagliabue, and L. P. Casella, manufacturers of improved. Arnott's stoves, Wardour-street, Soho—J. Mitchell and J. A. Hinings, ale brewers, Pudsey, Yorkshire—T. Sykes, J. Wade, and D. Crowther, cloth finishers, Upper Apsley, Huddersfield, York shire—J. de Bernardy and R. Pitcher, brush makers, Hanover street, Regent -street—H. and L. Child, silversmiths, Chelms ford—T. Thurlow and W. W'ingate, tailor, Titehborne-street P. Francis and J. Rogers, nurserymen, Hertford—T. irbv. jun. and Ti. Scott, ship brokers, Liverpool—J. Ratrliff, G. Ratcliff, and T. Dickins, broad silk manufacturers, Wood street, Cheapside—J. Holladay and J. Newland, cotton spin ners, Oldham, Lancashire—E. Robinson, H. A. Brooks, and W. Brooks, cheese dealers, Keinton Mandefield, Somersetshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN HENDERSON, manufacturer, Tillicoultry, March 24 and April 18, at twelve, at. the Tontine Inn, Alloa. ALEXANDER PETERKIN, writer, Edinburgh, March 25 and April 15, at twelve, at the Royal Exc'r.ange, Edinburgh. RICHARD WESTON and SON, booksellers, Edinburgh, March 27 and April 17, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Edin burgh. HENRY HOEY and CO., distillers, Port Dundas, Glas gow, March 25 and April 15, at twelve, at the office of Messrs. Mein and Johnstone, Port Dundas, Glasgow. WILLIAM LIDDLE and SON, wool spinners, Westfield Mill, Bathgate,Alarch 26 and April 16, at one, at the 13athgate Hotel, Bathgate. ARCHIBALD CAMERON. i•c^,, \larch 2!6 And April 16, at 0n, , . i ,, ileatt March 27 and April , ac the Royal 1.1 - 4.ehao 6 e Uoffee House, Edinburgh. THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.) PKICr...; or' BitLAD. ie Metropolis it 10;0 for the ;;, , 9d, F SEEDS. Tie highest price of Bread in th Loaf. Good Bread may be had at I PRICE'S 01 Per Cwt. Per Quarter. New English fled Clover...sos. OSs St. Foin —s. 50s '7Ol Old Ditto Ditto s. a. —s Rye Gras, —s 2.38. co, New Foreign Ditto ...—s. 60.,. 9)s. i'acey Grits —a. 45. , . 60, Old Ditto Ditto ;. —4. s Linseed, for feeding —s, 4bs. , :2. New White Clover s‘?a. CO3. 705., Ditto, for sowing --_..:i4s. sr, Old Ditto Ditto s. —s. —s.l Ditto, for crushing...---s 42 ..; . Nee: Trefoil . —s 16- 34, Canary Old Ditto —s 16s :!ss. Hemp —s 'l3 , 4u rrefolitun a 30, 311 s Per Bushel. English Carraway —s. 4is. 52'. White slustard...lls. 04. 14s. Pd. Foreign Ditto.. ....... —s. 50s. 51is Brown Ditto lOs. od. 21. Rd Coriander —s 141. 20$. Tares (is. 0.1. 96. 03. Rapeseed, Engin h tine ;per Last) 24/.261. ...... Foreign 211. 26?. PRICES OF HOPS. Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) Ol Os. 01. Os. to 01. Os. East Kent Pockets._• 4/ 10s. 5/. 15s. to 61. Os. Ditto Bags "1 los. 01.: Os. to 41. 4s. Mid Kent Pockets 34 10s, 4/. 10s. to 5 1 .12 y. Ditto Bags 3l. 10s. 01. Os to 4:. Os. Sussex Yearlings Ol. Os. 31. 3s. to 31. 104. Old Olds PRICES OF LEATHER Per lb. d. to d Per lla. d. to cl. CropHides,3oto4olb.each 11 131 Horse Ilides, German.. 12 22 -—4 l, 50 l2 16 -- Spanish... 13 24 ---50 60 ..... Bull Hides . Butts, V.triol ... English ...... . . .... 15 24 --70 100 .... Foreign Foreign Hides Dressing Hides ------- -----Shaved... 13 17 Basils... Best Saddlers' Hides.... 15 16i Bellies ......... Horse Hides, English .. 1 l 15 Shoulders Calf Skins, if rounded 2d. to 4d. por b. more. PRICE OF OIL. RapeOil,brown, per ton, 31:(5;:-ftelin;ei,3i/.10s Linseed 0 11, 241. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (1000), 131-13s.—Rape Cake, per ton,7/. . .. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, eke. per 1121 h. Town Tallow s3s. 6d. Yell(,w Soap.. Yellow Russia s3s. 6d Mottled —s. Od. White Soap Ditto —s Od.'Graves Melting Stuff Ditto Rough 2ss Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81k. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) 3s. Id, PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles in the Retail - Shops is as follows Candles, per dozen, Ss. Od. ; inferior, 73. Ocl. ; Moulds, Os. 6d. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL MARKET. Adair's Smith's Pontop l7 0 Walls End Russell's Hetton 73 9 Tan fied Moor Butes lB 6 Walls End Stewart's 24 0 Townley l7 0 Walls End Whitwell Willington 2l 0 Walls End Hartlepool 29 9 Walls End Brown's' lB 0 Walls End Kelloe 2 , -.‘ 0 Walls rnd Heaton .. 21 6 l'ennant'slHartlepool 2.s 6 Walls End Killingworth ~. 20 3 Walls End Brown's Deanery 20 9 Walls End Walker 20 0 Walls End Clarering Tees .6 0 Eden Main 2l C Walls End Cornforth 2O 0 Walls End Belmont Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 23 3 Walls End St. Helen's 'Tees 21 0 Walls End Haswell 23 9 Walls End South Durham... 20 6 Walls End Hetton" 24 V Walls End:Tees Hetton .... 18 6 Weis End Lambton 24 0 Walls End Tees 22 9 Ships arrived since ►ast market-day, 65. (From the London New Price Current of March 20.) SUGAR.—The dulness which was perceptible in the Bri tish Plantation Sugar market last week has greatly in creased this : from the grocers the demand has been very limited for all descriptions, and few of the refiners have made their appearance in the market, the quantity of Sugar on show being small, and only 218 hhds 257 tierces and barrels having been imported since our last, have caused the merchants to refuse to sell, excepting at former rates : a few boards however, have been dis posed of rather under previous prices : the pur chases to yesterday amounted to only 500 hhds and tierces : no Barbadoes has been put up to auction. The deficiency in the comparative stocks has been further increased, and the quantity in the. Docks is 4,519 hhds, &c., less than at this time in 1839, and by the next returns the stock will show a greater falling off, the quantity im ported during the corresponding week of last year amounting to 936 hhds and 178 tierces, &c. REFlNED.—Standard lumps 81s to 81s 6d, low and fine brown lumps at 77s to 80s, and titlers 82s to 83s per cwt; Pieces have been less in request, and only a limited busi ness has been transacted, but previous rates have been maintained for good and fine descriptions, which arc fetch ing 68s to 735, but common kinds have been disposed of rather under last week's quotations. For Bastards the demand has become dull, and prices have slightly given way, still low dry descriptions are not to be purchased under 545. For Bonded Crushed Sugar there are a good many buyers, sales to a fair extent have been made at 34; 6d for present delivery, and 34s 3d to wait a few weeks ; 34s would be paid for extensive parcels for the latter purpose. Loaves sell well, 101bs at 383 to 395, and 141bs at 37s to 37s 6d. Treacle is in brisk demand, at 13s to 13s 3d. Pieces sell steadily at 24s to 28s, and Bastards at 18s to 20s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—Siam good white at 26s to 26s 6d, mid to good mid 24s 6d to 25s 6d, low mid 23s 6d to 245, fine and very fine yellow 23; to 23s 6d, damps 22s 6d to 261, washed 19a to 24s 64. Manilla, for low brown 21s 6d was paid, good 225, fine 22s 6d, low greyish yellow 22s 6d to 235, mid yellow 23; 6d, damps and washed 2ls to 21s 6d. Java is held firmly, and the demand is steady for refining under bond, but the shippers buy cautiously. There has been no public sale. FOREIGN.—Strong at 34s 6d to 35s 6d, m;eldling 32s to 335, low soft 303 to 313 6d, damaged 27s to 32s 6d, bright yellow 275. COFFEE.—The operations at Ceylon at the great re duction of 6s to 8s on former rates ; good ordinary green and bold pale, which formed the chief part sold, at 95; to 95s 6d ; a pile of superior bold fine ordinary even like Java fetched 1033 to 103 s 6d, and middling blue 116 s. RUM, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—For Rum of all kinds a good inquiry has existed, but the quantity held by the merchants being reduced to a small compass has checked business, and the transactions have been on a small scale, not exceeding 150 puns ; proofs are not to be bought under 3s9d ; the arrivals are 400 puns and hhds since this day week. For Cognac Brandy, first brands of the vintage of 1836 in hhds 5s 5d has been accepted, 5s 3d in puns, 1837 5s 3d in hhds, 5s Id in puns, 1838 in hhds, 5s Id, in puns 4s lld to ss, 1839 in puns and hhds 4; 8d to 4s 10d per gallon. Geneva has sold steadily at is lld to 2s for export, and for fine quality for home use 2s 5d to 2s 6d is paid. British Corn spirits have been in good request at 10s, but the distillers are unwilling to advance the price to lOs 2d, n consequence of the large quantity of Irish it would bring into the market. To-day a fair business was transacted in Brandy at the rates quoted above. OILS.—For Linseed Oil only a limited demand has ' existed. Rape is held firmly ; pale at 37s 6d, and brown at 36; 6d. Olive continues in good request. Galipoli is the most in request. The advanced rates asked for Palm has checked business, and 130 casks were bought in at 351 to 361. The stock of Sperm continues very small. The demand for Cod has abated. Seal has been taken sparingly • pale at 271 to 27/ 10s, and yellow and brown at 251 to 261. For Southern a fair demand has prevailed. East India Cocoa Nut has sold slowly at the rates quoted. TCKPENTINE.—Rough, 13s to 13s 6d for ordinary, and 14s for good quality. Spirits, 60; to 61s. MOLASSES.—Barbadoes, of fine quality, has been dia.. posed of at 375, and middling Dominica at 33s per cwt. COCOA.—Trinidad, 64s to 655. In Foreign small sales have been made at our quotations. TAR.—Buyers have been compelled to pay 18; to 18s 6d for small parcels of Stockholm, and 20s to 21s for Archangel. TEA.—The monthly sales consist of 42,805 packages, or 2,900,000 lbs. The demand throughout the day was very limited for Black Tea. For Green Tea there were also very few buyers, and prices gave way considerably, say from 5d to 7d per lb. Green Tea sold heavily, and prices further receded 2d per lb. The leadine , merchants throughout displayed much firmness ; 85 packages Assam sold at moderate rates. Prices of Tea left off as compared with the last monthly sales : —4d to 5d lower for com mon Congou; 5d to 64 for rather blackish leaf and rather strong sorts ' • 4d to 4id for blackish leaf and strong quali ties ; Souchong was 4id to 5d lower ; Twankay 6d ; Hyson kind 8d to 9d ; Gunpowder 8d to 94 ; Imperial 7d to Bd, fine 9d to 10d; Hyson 7d to 6cl; Young Hyson, common, 2d, and fine 8d to 9d per lb. In the early part of the week Company's Congou was dull of sale, and prices declined considerably ; sales for cash were made at is 24 to 2s 3d, and 25 5d for prompts, but since then a much better demand has prevailed, and prices have rallied to 2s 3id to 25 44 for money, and 2s 50 to 2; 6d with prompts. This day there was a much better demand for Tea, and prices are improved, and now rule 24 to 4d above those of the lowest point of the market this week. In Company's Congou large purchases were made for cash at 2; 5d to 2s 6d ; for prompts there are not many sellers, to pur chase 2s 7d to 23 84 must be paid for two and three monthsr For Free Trade Twankay and Congou the demand has become good, and the lowest price for the former for ' money is now 2s 4fd, and the latter at 2s 3id a2s4d ; for prompts a good many sales were made at prices 24 above those of the auctions which finished on Wednesday. This afternoon at a late hour a large business was trans , acted in Company's Congou and Free Trade Teas et the rates quoted above ; the market closed with a much better appearance. COCHINEAL.-240 bags were disposed of at former rates. Mexican black fetched 5s 3d to 6s Id. Honduras low and good silvers 4s 11d to 6s Id per pound. INDlGo.—Prices are not so firm as they were ; for sale on the 14th April 2,000 chests are declared, and the total quantity will not exceed 6,000 chests. SALTPETRE.—At public sale 450 bags Bengal sold briskly at 26a for 8-4 per cent refraction, a small second hand parcel was taken in at 28s to 283 6d per 21 per cent refraction. At auction 2,000 baskets 100 bags Egyptian unrefracted, of low dirty quality, were taken in at 143 6d to Iss. British Refined cannot be quoted hirrivr. NITRATE OF SODA.— A good demand; the stock is light; present rate 19s for large parcels; for a cargo 18; 3d has been given. Rtes.—For middling and good clean white 13s tid to 18s 6d has been currently paid; Carolina 34s for old, and 35s for new quality. TALLOW..--The merchants will not sell first quality under 525. For delivery next month fils 6d is asked; there are sellers at 40s 6:1 to 49s 93 pet cat. This r.fterTy.s.on thee Wes a fair hui.iness transacted in P. Y. Candle on the spot at 52; for first quality ; no sel lers for the last three months under 49s 6d per cwt. SPICES. —A better demand has prevailed for black Pepper ; for common light Sumatra, Sad has been ob tained, and 4d for better quality : at auction, 1,236 bags Sumatra were chiefly disposed of at Sad for good brown, fine 4d, and ordinary light at 3i d. For Pimento there are yet not many buyers; but prices remain firm, and by pri vate contract 3-ad has been paid for small parcels of middling quality. Cassia Lignea, for fine quality, 905 has been paid, and 82s to 87s for low and good. For pub. lic competition on Tuesday next 450 chests in second hands are declared. East India Ginger has been in gond request for home use as well as for exportation. At auction 2,000 bags were disposed of; Niatabar bold miticilit,g at 17; to lis Gd. wormy 16s; Bengal, good bold rough 18s • 1 (41; 18 I,w 1 7s. Jamaica, by private !.'. suer rates for small quantities. For Nutmegs there are yet few buyers, but prices remain firm. Mice has sold slowly at previous rates. Cloves are held firmly; at auction 33 bags were taken in at Is Id for go . od bold Amboyna. and Is 2d for middling Bencoolen. Cm namoa is fetching full late rate; but shippers buy cautiously. This afternoon 2,000 robins Malabar Pepper at public sale found buyers at 441 to 4}l-d for half heavy bright quality, being its full value. PhOVISIONS —For India Mess Beef and Pork a brisk demand has prevailed, partly on speculation. In Hamtro Provisions largo sales have been made. In Irish Butter there is less bu iness doing. Foreign Butter has declined to 112 s to 113; per cwt. Lard quiet at 60s to 64s per cant. Bacon, tine, is now obtainable at 49s per cwt. SAGO.-At public sale 520 bags were bought in at 17s to 23s for low to good middling Pearl. EVENING E DIT la• COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beaus. ) Pease. Per Quarter. a. to s. s. to s. s. to 6. s. to s. s. Abingdon.... 64 80 32 48 28 38 10 5s 44 Andover —. 68 74 36 46 28 32 -- lianbury 37 44 22 31 Basingstoke— 56 78 32 37 24 29 42 46 40 3 ' AI - tint:ester . 56 '7B 23 40 40 42 . euven'ry—. 42 25 38 4d 40 3 0 .)av entry2L— 08 72 33 44 28 34 30 44 6) tO 32 44 32 35 52 54 11,wden 72 24 40 42 Hungerford.. 56 84 32 42 25 30 36 43 37 40 'Walton 68 76 35 38 22 33 ••••• Nlai6l en h ead 60 85 35 40 25 32 37 42 Notting ham 56 79 29 43 25 36 39 32 40 65 Wantage fiS SO :(0 40 22 28 36 443 Warwick.-- 36 46 32 37 Wor ;ester 72 36 29 43 York .—..—. 40 Si 3% 46 22 30 •••" Per Bushel. s.d. a. d. s. d. s d. s.d. s. d. s,d, s, d, s,d, a, d. Birmingham 90 10 0 4 6 60 40 56 i 5 0 70 60 70 SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—March 18. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Peens. First 826. 48;. Gd. 40s 04. 50s. od. 50s Od Second 7O 0 40 () 3. 0 45 0 45 0 chird Average price of Wheat 3/. ss. 6d. PRICES OF PROVISIONS. &C. PRICES OF PR, Beef, per lb. Os. 6d. to Os. Bd. 0 5 0 7 Veal 0 9 1 0 PnCK 0 5 0 7 Lamb, per qr. 6 8 10 0 fallow, 0 46 0 2uartern Loaf 9i 0 10 Potatoes. 1411). 0 31 0 0 EDINBURUH MEAL Per Sack of 2801 b Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto Barleymeal I 12 0 Peasemeal 1 10 0 Pot Barley from 3: Freshßutter, Bs. ls.od, to is. 33 Salt 0 10 0 11 Ditto, per cwt... 94 0 100 0 Eggs, per dos... 0 0 0 7 OatStraw(kpl.)..lo 6 14 6 Wheat Ditto... 8 6 10 6 Barley Ditto 7 6 9 11 Hay, per 5t......... 1 2 1 4 MARKET.—March 17. Per Stone of 1116.'Imp. First Oatmeal £0 2 4 Second ditto 0 2 g Barley:meal ...... 0 1 1 0 . Peasemeal 0 1 b Is. to 555. per sack. GLASGOW CORN Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. British, old at: 0 to 40 0 new Canada, free — 0 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b IA RKET.—March N. Oats, per 2641 b. I. cl. ~ d. Irish .......... 2O 0 to 24 0 British 2l 0 24 0 Beans, per 2601 b. English Scottish IS 0 22 0 Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 b , 20 0 22 0 Flour, per 2801 b 54 0 64 ° English ~ . . 30 GI 34 0 Scottish 24 0 310 Irish CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at 24 gallons to the bushel.) - (:)` --a--..."'" ' 6. d. toff. d. s. d. to s d. s. d. to s. d. Oruro ......... .. . -- 0 7 3 -- 0 4 0 -- 0 ,, Ehdstone - , 10 0— 0 44 0 0 St. Austell - 0 9 4 0 4 6 0 3 Bodrnln 0 8 6 0 5 0 -- 0 S ' %iskeard 8 6 9 0 3 9 4 r; -- 0 0 D Launceston... - 0 8 7 - 0 53: -- 0 :' ° Camslford 8 0 •0-- ( 5 I 2 8 :% ':: Penzance... 3 Wheat. Barley. MINI NG INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt Qrs. Quantity of Copper ores sold at Redruth last week 2,44 T 21 0 Average Produce 67 Quantity of tine Copper 173 0 0 Amount of sale, 13,124 /• B..6l.—Average Standard 1141, 13s. Od• TESTIMONIALS ON THE PATENT SPECTA# CLES OF MR. E. SOLOMONS, 36, OLD BOND-STREET, AND No. 1, OLD JEWRY, CITY.—From Sir Anthony Carlisle , F.R. S., President of the Royal College of Surgeons , and Senior Surgeon to the Westminster Hospital " The Patent Spectacles of Mr. E. Solomons seem to me likely to afford additional aids to imperfe ct vision ; and, because of their superior refracting power t° glass, or other dense materials, they promise to afford new re sources for the construction of spectacles."—Anthony Carlisle, F.R. S., Langham-place. From Bransby Cooper, Esq., F.R•S' Surgeon to Guy's Hospital, &e. :—" From the use I hal e made of the Patent Lenses, and comparing them with those in ordinary glasses, I have no hesitation in saying that to 101 sight the former are infinitely preferable, in being less try in g to the eye."—Bransb J B. Cooper, 2, New-street, Spring-gar dens. From Dr. J. ohnson, Physician Extraordinary to t late King, &c.:—" I have been using, and am still using, M r : E. Solomon's Patent Spectacles, and find them more pleasant to the eye than any other glasses which I have tried."--liiin e° Johnson, M.D., 8, Suffolk-place. Mr. E. S.'s Voice Conductor s for the relief of deafness, which are worn unseen and unfelt, extend acute hearing to the deaf, and immediate release from the distressing privations and inconvenience to which, vritheut the use of those invisible apparatus, they would be subject.--•• N.B. No connection with any other house in England.... No. 1, Old Jewry, City, and No. 36, Old Bond-street, Pic cadilly. • JACK ASHORE.—We understand that Mr. Howard's new novel entitled "Jack Ashore," opens an entirely new vein in the mine of modern fiction, for though the early portion of history takes place on board ship, it does not touch upon sea adventure, but is occupied with satirical sketches of certain distinguished but eccentric naval heroes, while the sub— sequent portions of the work (as the name indicates) are ex." elusively devoted to Jack " ashore." The idea of representiug the freaks and extravagancies of a British sailor who is called, by the accession of a great estate, to pass the rest of his la° " ashore," affords extraordinary scope for humorous adveo" ture and original delineation of character, and Mr. Howard is said to have availed himself of the capabilities of his story with a success that will at once place this novel at the head of his works. SILVER PLATE.—Now published gratis, an d will be sent Vest free, if applied for by a paid letter, 3 Pamphlet of 'l. COX SAVORY'S Prices of Silver SpooP ° and Forks, with Drawings of the Patterns, Tea and Coffee vices with Designs, Presentation Plate, Silver-edged P/at" l Ware, the new I?lated on White Metal Spoons and For Ladies' and Gentlemen's Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks , Jewellery, Cutlery, Ladies' Gold Neck Chains, with Draoring s of the New Patterns. The ground floor, first, second, and third floors are fitted uP for the exhibition of an extensive stock. T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Graceaurch' street), London. SHEFFIELD MADE PLATED DISH C 0 VERS.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Goldsmiths, No. Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit feor selection, in their show-rooms, a very large variety of SRO:: FIELD SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS, from 1:11 , - teen Guineas the set ; they have silver edges and handles, and silver shields for engraving the crest or coat of arms. Double Dome Pattern.' The Melon Pattern. Size. Xe. d. Size. s• 1 Plated Dish Covers, 20 in. 5 13 6 1 Plated Dish Cover, '2O in. 5 17 ': I „ Dish Cover, 18 in. 4 7 1 „ Dish Cover IS in. 4. (t; „ Dish Covers, 14 in. 512 0 2 „ Dish Covers,l4 in. h " 1 Per Set £ls 13 0 Per Set XI" 11 Plated Currie or Hash Dishes Seven Guineas the Set Price Current, Stamped as a Newspaper, containing dray , ing.' and every information relative to the purchase of silver or Shef field plate, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. BIRTB S. On fhe 15th inst., Mrs. Osman Geddy, St. James's-stree t, of a daughter. On the 16th inst., at Etloe House, Layton, Mrs. J. J. 05 " born, of a son. On the 18th inst., Mrs. Antonia T. Ralli, of Finsbury' circus, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Poundesford Lodge, Somerset, the lady of Charles J. Helyar, Esq., of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at York-place, Portman-square, Mrs' James De Saumarez, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., Mrs. E. Oxenford, of 111ecklenburg h " square, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., at Spitalfields, the lady of P. J. Chabot* Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. at On the 7th inst., at the British Ambassador's ch a p el Frankfort-on-the-Maine, and on the 14th inst., in the Fo te ,:. taut and Catholic services at Cologne, Alexander William 13° „,. land, Esq., of Lewisham, Kent, to Margaretta. Monica 11° 0 rietta, only (laughter of T. S. Ditges, Esq., of Cologn e, ° the Rhine. On the 17th inst., at Buxted, Sussex, Mr. Henry Goo itit'44l of Shepton Mallet, So merse t s hi re , t o M ary A nne , s ec° daughter of of M inst., at r. ThomGreas M at ar Stanmore, Middlesex, ap, kwick, of Buxted. „b rt On the 18th Hollond, Esq., M.P. for Hastin gs , t o Ell en J u li a , o nly ell"" - Thomas.,e 17th in Teed, Esq., of Stanmore Hall. est On thst., at Ryarsh, Edward Furley Esq , ,,., ig ° -fV of Mailing, to Frances, on ly d aug ht er o f Th omas J o nes, r" Fatherw ell, Kent. On the 19th inst., M r . H enr y Edwards, of Ely-place' soli citor, to Miss Thorrowgood, of Abridge, near DIED. On the 18th inst., aged 71, Thomas Starr, Esq., of the Ca. thedral Precincts, Canterbury. e- On the 10th inst., the Countess De Tourville, of Carobridg ter At re, Hyde-park. Nichola s At sidence, North Biddek Hall, Dur:iarn , Crofton, Esq., aed A the Perished at se g a, otithe 12th of October last, on board ,e, ship Sunda, wrecked off the coast of China, James M ac p ber°"— Esq., his lady and infant. f DIV On the 14th inst., Sarah Emma, the daughter of lta• son, of Nortonfolgate, auctioneer aged 10. t On the 16th inst., at Lee, Kent, Charlotte Field , .36 viving daughter of the late James M Tatlock, Esq. J a mes On the 16th inst., at Portsea, ary, relict o f the lat e Hancock, Esq., aged 83. tre e t, On the 16th inst., Robert Evans, Esq., of Ra nelagh-E Pimlico. B u llock , 0f On the 15th inst., at Kilburn Priory, Mr. J ohn Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, aged 69. 11 s`t - On the Bth inst., at Brussels, John Trevanion Plane tes Onwortheth T l3th reva ninst. ion, Es Jaq.mes, of CSeaton, aerhays, Esq., Cornwall. o f Bridge 4tr ` et ' , Westminster. relic t On the 16th inst. , in Alfred-street, Bath , Mary Anne, of the lat Tomas Boultbee, Es, aged 65. is On the 17t Thomas Boultbee, Esq., aged 65. f Fran: On the 17th inst., at Reading, q. Sarianne, the wife of rra:rti S. Hurlock, Esq., and youngest daughter of the late Bar Cocker, Esq., of Nassau -street, Soho. for On the 14th inst., at Salisbury, 11. W. Alarkliam , r''n 6th many years surgeon in the 96th, and afterwards in the Regiment of Infantry NU 01 London: PrintM and Published by MUDO R YO l - 1 - e No. 112, Strand, at The Sun ()Kee, No. 112, ',.'trand, Jr county of AI iddle3ex.—Saiurclay, March 21, Me. corm