The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-27 00:00:00

P,INOw'RI3OI 1 g di ,d this eight arbour f leave ,bably Mille. it two l i nen CSPUP Tee ,toy3oo, BalPl-1 R EPRESENTATION OF MAN- ; T;•., ,• • !lectors 0 . 2 this bor o ug h to t h e or' Lincoln, r m ‘ rt to become a candidate for the representa'icg of tue 4° ugh, have received the following answer:— " Whitehall-place, Feb. 23. ,_"Gentl emen ,—lt is not without great reluctance that I Te c arrived at the determination to decline the requisition !nester, h, on the part of a large number of electors of Man you have this day done me the honour to present to inviting me to become a candie.ate for the distinction of 4Pr'stsnlinyott! 11w - ow:) , 7:1 Pa , !in - ser's• Whic I. fire! re:! '" h I was lately received amongst 3 •,.u. it is i me to ref use this invitation, backed as it' is by the recorded Promises of 4,725 votes, without mingled feelings of regret and xratitude. " 1 • ; cannot be unaware that so great a number of promises high render e, if I were to become a candidate, pe ,7 Probable, but at the same time I must not forget the ba u rl arit Y °f my position—until lately almost a stranger to thi n ' •°‘Yn. and Possessing no local claim upon you, and no itg of certainty as to the result of a contest would, aPPears to me, justify me in aspiring to the honour so - Ty and generously offered to me. sota 4 general election will not, in all probability, occur for to i n e ir t i l° °ths, arid I cannot reconcile it to my sense of dul l y; lik re Ye so great and important a coastituency,;at a nioirle 1 10 ..' *present, in a protracted struggle, the issue of which, k rer hopeful, cannot be free from uncertainty. I erso -2.,1 have said, this decision is to me a source of much re • Z▪ t i a bin it would also be the cause of no little pain, if I il e b._, b e considered ungrateful to those to whom I am in an introduction to the constituency, or to those lb s b ait h . have since exerted themselves so strenuously on my ,_ ha ve endeavoured to a c t in a manner best for the in --'45 of all. I h ave certa i n l y not been guided by selfish si derati ons—in success, the a dvantages would, I fear, be o u Personal to vajed"Still, if the myself—in failure, the loss would be lar g el y bY those whom a contested , 4 41 ,.. 11 Fe with ne i ghbours and friends. election had placed at gentlemen who have consented to act on ttajecutiye committee had been unanimously of opinion plitact.ithe canvass insured success. I should at once have thit:',Naelf unreservedly in their hands ; but, feeling • 'fler all the circumstances, a positive determination decision be no longer delayed, I have reluctantly come to a gavesigned which, if it is opposed to the wishes of those who, .'"gned the requisition, is not less at variance with my "'" inclinations. st ron .,:,ugh I cannot attach myse to own by the este,' " °I its representation in Parliament, I shall ever younYttre friendship which I have already formed amongst to i ne a t d 8 411 value the requisition which you have presented f ro , r one Of the proudest honours which I could receive np0n 1132 7 „ 3 ' b ody of my fellow-countrymen, and as entailing clay; perhaps, thatecTe fresh obligations to render my humble assistance to unl a °f policy upon which the interest of your com allmaore immediately, but eventually those of ea in the country, greatly depend. "To cntiv e 3 ' ° ° , gentlemen, and the other members of the exe- E ly eatemn i nittee, I beg to tender the warmest expressions of 11111 and ratitude. have the g honour to be, gentlemen, "Your faithful and obedient friend and servant, "LINCOLN. "To William Neild, Esq., John Peel, Esq., and Thomas B. Potter, Esq." p NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. been "'"UOUTII, FRIDAY.—A large amount of money has collected from the officers and crew of the St. Vincent, iZ t orY, and V I and Excellent towards the relief of the distressed account, Scotch, the officers subscribing handsomely , each sew n gto his means, and the men giving a day's pay each, lir g ‘ l . l noble example to the rest of the fleet. p iez dr k . r o e org: a A ch ll t e , n, of the Admiral- in •Chief's tender Fanny, to % I: u nited to command the Undine, steam-tender pro. tern. which is to be manned by a crew of men 3:4411 ter from the Victory. Mr. James Scarlett, second- Ihtee e i c ommanding the Mercury tender, is nominated to k eri nt Mr. Allen in the command of the Fanny. Mr. fa m „, i v 't has been employed far many years afloa t, and has We reputation of being one of the best cutter sailors eet, the Veng eance, 84, Captain Lush i ngton, was a t M a lta on l il th instant, and was to sail on the 21st for Bermuda. ee•Xtrae. U, -c a letter from the Herald, 26, Captain Kellett, 114 1 !_ e u ▪ in surveying in the Pacific, dated St. 131 as, Mexico, _ tn e user 26:—A s soon as we have completed water, which hard at, we shall start for Panama. On the 26th of az ti" we left Panama for the straits of San Juan de Fuca, b... arri ved there, at Port Victoria on the 26th of Jane, after V.7' 4 ge . of seventy-three days, without once seeing land. ber re mamed surveying the straits until the 9th of Septem kngiatld as far as t h e c li mate an d li v ing go it is a second at b an d in the summer. Salmon cheaper than mackerel Weio, n e _; for a uniform button I have bought one 651 b., plenty of good potatoes and venison, be liev▪ e s wild fowl and partridges ; but the natives are pet feet e ii:geN so much so, that our boats are always armed ; and yaZ I , 4e cesstuy we have found it in many instances I assure 'm uei▪ ng 100 miles away from the ship for a fortnight at a v o• The men are perfectly naked, and the women but :_r,l slightly covered, having a piece of cloth or other mate f, about as larg e as a ha n dk er chief, tied round their hips; ey are governed by no laws, subject to no control, reckless ( ( ... (1 , Passionate—a word and a blow, and frequently the latter With a knife) comes first, upon ie slightest provocation. • • Our survey being finished, we made the straits, and Stituran getting late, we left for the south again, and arrived at Sa n Francisco on the 21st of September, where, finding the Americans at war with the Mexicans, and in possession Of the place, we thought it as well to start again post haste; accordingly we left on the following day, and surveyed the 'Whole coast down as far as Mazatlan, 100 miles to the north- W e of this. We remained there three or four days with, ~7!,riagard, 42, Captain Duntze, and came on for our letters v7tto water before our departure to Panama, where we shall N',about the end of next month (December).' ate Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Morrell, the Tortoise Li — ent l ul d guard ship, and the Grappler iron steam-vessel, 23cr o lr an t - Commander Lysaught, were at Ascension on the The• Dauntless, having nearly completed her lading of Meal '.,Wits warped from the jetty this morning to a buoy off Master 'Lines Stairs, where she bent sails. Mr. J. Macdonald, .aater of the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, will navigate her to Glasgow, with a crew composed of about 30 riggers, and 60 or 70 hands from the Victory. The Drake lighter came in from Freshwater this morning. , Otinginginfrem 12 to 15 tons of the Sphynx's machinery. The three steam tugs are to take down to morrow two mooring lamps, the two repaired camels, some paddle box boats, and the same artizans and seamen that were sent the last time. In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Dragon, Rattler, Myrtle, Echo, and Undine steamers. Dock—Theln Victoria and Albert, Prince Regent, Leander, 'Au, Champion, Kestrel, and Serpent. In the Basin—The Sidon and Edinburgh. At Spithead—None. CHATHAM FED. 26.—The Semarang, 26 guns, in dock, r epairing and fitting for a guard ship at Gibraltar, has got `Air foremast rigged; her main and mizen masts are found t° 1 ?e defective, she will, therefore, require new ones; she is tLave wood sheathing, and felt over it, and the bottom mancoPpered, and she will go out of dock the middle o f next th. Tile Arab, 16 guns, building and fitting for sea, is to be I ched at the end of Mareh next. f„,„',he Aid, Smallman, master, remains loading with stores Pl ymouth -yard. P o ," Goodwill, Pledge, master, arrived with stores from ' lllo oth ; and the Rochester, Sedgewick, master, arrived eate rday from Sheerness, and is waiting for orders to load. uu Tuesday ot a the , 23cl inst., Captain Sir W. Sy monds, Sur the fhe v 3, arrived at this yard, and after inspecting several ships building proceeded to Sheerness, whence he I , `w j_ r ned the f o ll ow i ng d ay , an d again inspecting the works `eeded to London the same afternoon. THE RIVER PLATE. The rec e i ve g followin important intelligence from Mo ote Video has °eau d : MONTE VIDEO, DEC. 17, 1846, 8 O'CLOCK IN TILE EVENING. baosSitnc closing my letter of this morning intelligence of the kw, A 11 °Purtant character has reached me from a perfectly bet'ntic 8 ntrce. i C ommissioner has this day arrived from Entre Rios , hie ring dispatches from General Urquiza to this Govern tut in whi c h he undertakes the office o f me di ator be gr:w :11 the B an d a O r i ental and R oses, on t h e perem pt or y p r " 4 of the w ar b e i ng pu t an en d t o . He admits the °positions of the Monte Videsn Government, and will . 0 _ all his influence to gain their admission by Governor which is tantamount to a determination to take a tin in the war should Rosas and Oribe resist his views. rquiza's letter is full of the most just and noble sentiments g ar ding the welfare of the State, and that of all the sur rounding republics; and there can be no question that this o m de tion. 72Ponunciamiinto, so long desired, will restore peace on a solid zo POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. There has lately been deposited in the museum of this establishment by the patentee, Mr. Allen, a very ingenious a pparatus, called the Archimedean Stove : it is called the Arehimedean, or Screw Stove, from the flame or heat from the furnace or place containing the fire, being made to revolve in its ascent through a spiral funnel, so that it passes through a considerable length of space, and in so doing conveys and emits a vast degree of caloric influence to the surrounding atmosphere. There is no vapour, dust, or disagreeable smell—no generation of unpleasant gases, and no danger in curred. The mode of feeding the furnace or fire-place is by a tube round which the screw or worm revolves, the coke lor coal being pain at the top and falling into the fire-place as the fuel is burnt out or consumed. There is also appur `eneuees for receiving the debris of the fire, conveving away the sm o k e &e. which are simple yet complete The cost of th eaPPara'tus is very trifling, the expense of the fuel scarcely fourth part of what a common chamber requires. The iin vention s that of a practical working mechanician, and is 14 e more valuable on that account, as it is the result of ex- P er iftee, and not the plaything of a mere theorist. SACRED „ HARMONIC SOCIETY. — The performance 01 anthems an d cathedra l mus i c cu stomarily given by the Society at this period of the year, is fixed for Thursday next. T he Programme, arranged as usual, chronologically, con tains sel ect i ons from the wor k s o f Henry Purcell, Gibbons, Bsh°Yee, Croft, Bl ow , G ree ne, Weldon, Wise, Creyghton, Bat ill, Rents and Mendelssohn. On Wednesday the Duke de Nemours gave his the Party to the literary and artistical world of Paris. Al l .ue eminent litterateurs, painters, and musicians of the capital r l , ere resent, besides a great number of the members of both ‘ - '„harnbera. The only Minister present was M. de Salvandy , ‘ue Minister of Public Instruction. None of the corps diple illative were invited. The King and Queen of the French, th e and Queen of the Belgians, and the who le of the royal family were among the guests. 'l'he only eminent lite -11,17,„Illan whose appearssece was remarked, was M. Alexandre --4 te , who, pp, has fallen into disgrace since his re. &t exhibition as an advocate in his own case. The illus ro°" entrepre neur hi mse lf g i ve s out that he has been obliged cut his royal friend. B ER LIN, FEB. B.—Though, according to asser ti", that may b e d epen d e d upon , t h e fi nan ces of the Pros !an states are in such a satisfactory state that no special Z s e ve urces are required to meet the regular expenditure, yet rnl Public works are contemplated to be executed at the and expense ; for instance, some important iron railways , of p t kewise the construction of fortifications in the province rus a i a ne , for which it is necessary to open an extraordi credit, which is to be procured with the co-operation V guarantee of the United Diet. The Ministers of State, Ruhon and Von Arnien are appointed marshals of the Diet for the as sem bl y o f th e n obles an d th a t o f t h e d eput i es , the knights, the c ities, and the communes. m R WI DOWS ' F RIEN D SOCIETY.—Last evening a ErT"°n InSOCIETY.—Lastof the sub scr ib er s to this charity was h e ld a t t h e th:Coffee-house, Lndg tte-hill, the Rev. C. Munro in h ad e leir. A variety of extremely distre-sing cases which after been relieved were mentioned in the report. The balance, expenditure, was 251. Gs. sd. The speakers of the eve tt i 4ll tig voted to s the chairman the me et ealed for public ing separated support. . Thanks being __ _. _ ~ . THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1847. vArts g 7groff irt PETITIONS ON PI(IV ATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMM ONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) UNOPPOSED LIST. Wexford and ValencD.—Complied with. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr.—Further adjourned. Edinburgh and Perth.—Complied with. (Tinom 3, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) Lis!. NORTH IiRIIISH This case was partly heard, and the further hearing ad journed until Thursday next. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was engaged all the morning with a trading case, " Entwistle v. Dent," arising out of a dispute respecting some mercantile tranactions between the plaintiff and de fendant, the representatives of houses in Manchester and London respectively. The case, a dry and uninteresting one, was not expected to close before the rising of the Court. COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) WESTROPP V. SOLOMONS.—THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND THE OXFORD AND BLYTCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 13,0001. on a scrip transaction in the shares of the Buckinghatnshire and the Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway. It appeared that in the course of last year the defendant advanced money to the plaintiff, a broker, to purchase 500 shares in the above railway company. The plaintiff pro cured the shares and sold them to the defendant, but it was subsequently discovered that the shares so sold were forged scrip; the result was, the plaintiff to complete his engage ment, had to purchase for the defendant 500 good shares at an increased price. The defendant refused to make good the difference, and the present action was in consequence brought. 4781. hail been paid into count by the defendant as a satisfaction of the claim. After the case had been shortly gone into, at the sugges tion of the Learned Judge the matter was agreed to be made a special case. Ordered to be made a special case accordingly. IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVE MENT SOCIETY.—(THIS DAY.) The usual half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this society was held to-day, at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry ; the Earl of Devon in the chair. After a considerable delay, The CHAIRMAN said that it appeared there was not a suf ficient number of shareholders present to constitute a legal meeting for any efficient purposes. He was not aware that there there was any very pressing matter for the society. There would be no call on the shareholders for money, nor would any resolution be passed, It was, however, the opi nion of the directors present that as there were so many of the shareholders there who might wish to hear the report of their engineer, Colonel Robinson, it would be as well to read it, though they could adopt no steps in reference to it—(Hear, Lear.) The SECRETARY then read the report, which after alluding to the distress that existed in Ireland, but which prevailed less generally on the estates of the society than elsewhere, and the refusal of the Government to afford them any assist ance, proceeded to state that the expectations held forth last year of the tenants generally having sufficient crops, had been realised, and hopes were also entertained from the efforts of the society, that a system of rotation crops might be introduced. In some cases they had, however, failed to induce their tenants to abandon the sole planting of the potato. Those who had been the longest on the estates of the society, had showed every disposition to adopt the suggestions that were thrown out to them for the improvement of their land, and every means had been used, by giving seeds gratuitously, promises of reward for improvements, and other means to stimulate the apathetic, and to encourage the industrious. The society, notwithstanding all their endeavours, had found a vast amount of destitution on their estates, In some eases one-fifth of the crops bad been lost, and an apathy, in duced by their sufferings, existed among the tenants in several instances, against which all the efforts of the sociey were ineffectual. The society had, notwithstanding, given employment to a great num ber, and they had every reason to expect that a much larger portion of land would be shortly reclahried. In consequence of the losses that had been sustained, those tenants who were under progressive rents had not been sub ' jected to any increase in their rents during the past year. Several applications had been received from persons desirous of taking land on the estates of the society, but such were refused, unless it could be shown that there was sufficient capital to meet the contingencies that wer n e lo t n o th b s e . naturally looked forward to during t he coming six had been entered into for the purchase of five thou sand acres of land. On the estate of the society at Bal linakill there was a loss of seventy-five per cent., and some of the tenants would not work on the land. No exertions had been spared to overcome this feeling. Rob beries had also become frequent in this district, as well as in every part of Galway. Wages had been paid in Indian meal, at the request of tenants themselves. In some cases there was a loss of 90 per cent. in this district. Since October, however, 7,500 perches of land had been drained. In Kil kerrin it was found that the crops of twenty tenants had failed, and the losses in - some cases varied from 80 to 90 per cent., but the average was only 30 per cent. What was scientifically called nullipora had been successfully used with manure in this district. A communication had been effected between the counties of Mayo and Galway ' • a grant had been obtained for schools, and every effort had been made to meet The gA ticiedilsintreassN said—Hethatexist Connemara ug e t dhionhthetti mee an n d g Mayo. mta agree with him as to the propriety of having the report submitted e to them. It could not in the present state of Ireland be ex pected that there would be a return for money invested in a speculation of this kind, but it was evident that they had every reasonable prospect of success. He thought that from the disposition of the Government to forward everything beneficial to Ireland ; therefore, notwithstanding their former failure, another application would be successful. To promote this object the directors would use every endeavour.—(Hear.) An Hon. PEOPRIETOP; suggested, that if application were made to Government for power to enable them to become purchasers instead of lessees, it would be desirable. The CHAIRMAN said he approved of the suggestion, and he had no doubt application to Government for such a pur pose would be successful. It had been entertained by the directors, but there was an unaccountable jealousy in Ireland of those who met in the Poultry, by some who gave them selves the title of " Friends of Ireland," that they did carry out their views. There was, however, a different feeling at present, from which he augured the best results. The meeting then separated. LONDONDERRY AND ENNIS. KILLEN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The half•yearlv general meeting of the directors and shareholders in this company was held this day, at the com pany's offices, 5, Church-passage, Guildhall; J. G. Frith, Esq., chairman of the company, presided. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, and the minutes of last meeting confirmed, The CHAIRMAN said that it would be unnecessary for him to add one word to the report which the shareholders would hear read, as that document had been very carefully consi dered and was most full in its details. He should therefore at once call upon the secretary to lay it before the meeting. The SECRETARY, Mr. Hemming, then read the report, of which the following is a summary : " Your directors have the satisfaction to report that the portion of the line from Derry to Strabane is finished. " Sufficient locomotives and carriages are provided to com mence a passenger traffic forthwith. Goods and cattle wag gons will be added by degrees, as the means of the company permit, with a view also of as speedily as possible developing the is-sources of the carrying department, from which the most satisfactory results are anticipated. The great incon venience under which the city of Derry has so long laboured from its Post-office arrangements will be forthwith much diminished, the Postmaster-General having consented to this company carrying the mails; for which the necessary pre liminaries are now under consideration. " Your directors, availing themselves of the discretionary powers given to them at the last half-yearly meeting, have used such means for collecting arrears of calls as the indivi dual cases of the defaulting shareholders appeared to demand ; and the result has been, to a certain extent, satisfactory. Since November, of the arrears then due, an amount exceed ing 12,7001. has been paid up; and of the amount still due, it is considered that a large portion will yet be collected. " Although circumstances have for the present prevented the extension of the works beyond Strabane, your directors would urge most strongly upon the shareholders the great advantage which must result from their being proceeded with in the direction of Omagh, at the earliest possible period, as the further development of the internal traffic of ne country, with the port of Derry, would greatly increase the receipts compared with the necessary expenses of working the " Your our directors, being fully convinced that the construc tion of Irish railways would form one of the most important auxiliaries to the Government in relieving the daily increas ing distress, felt it their duty e t oraedxtrpnreess Executive; tlfis opin opinion, d and h they urge its serious consideration have to report that they have the Government authorities here and in conferences with Ireland on this subject. " On these various occasions they submitted the result of their inquiries and experience , which had confirmed th em in the opinion, that the Irish railways at once offerel the most immediate, the most extensive, and the most profitable employment to that class of persons who require, it ;, and at the same time afford the most ample security to the Govern ment for any loans which they might advance for this purpose. From the great attention paid on all these occasions by the different members of the Government to the details laid be fore them, your directors had hoped this would have been one of the measures prominently put forward by Government for the real distress in Ireland ; and although it has not yet been adopted, your directors remain fully impressed with the Opinion that it will be found the only efficient mode of relief; p a s o r i t t i o i s n i o n f Th e o e x w p o e r r k a i e n o c n e t o h f a y a o n u d r o d r i h r o e r c t l o r r i s s h t h l i a n t e a a o v f e r r y a large are executed almost exclusively by that class of Irish labourers, thousands of whom are at the present moment in a state of the greatest destitution from the want of remunera tive employment." The following report was also read from the engineer : " Gentlemen—As it is only recently that I have been ap pointed engineer to this line, I have but few observations to make respecting the works connected therewith, so far as they have come under my superintendence. " Nearly the whole of the work between Derry and Stra bane (which is the only portion contracted for) was com pleted before my appointment, with the exception of the platform of the two bridges across the Foyle, and the laying of the permanent way across the bog at Pothall. Since that time these works have been finished, and the whole line is now completed, and ready to be opened for public traffic so soon as inspected and reported upon by the officer of the Railway Commissioners; for which object all the necessary documents required by the Board have b een f orwar d e d . The engines and carriages are now on the line, and I have made an experimental trip on one of the.engines lam glad to say that that portion of the line across Porthall Bog, referred to, seems to stand well, although the perma nent way has been laid but a few weeks. " Ticket offices and sheds are now in progress of erection, both at Derry and Strabane , which will be completed in the course of a few days. "These buildings have been put up merely in a temporary manner, as there is every reason to expect that the stations at either terminus may be hereafter erected on more suitable and convenient sites. —•I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, HARLES CANYON. " Belfast, Feb. 23, 1847." The financial statement s howed that the receipts amounted to 114,7461. 15s. 5d., while the expenditure was 110,776/. 18s. 7d., leaving a balance at the bankers of 3,9691. 16s. 10d. After a few remarks on one or two paragraphs in the re ports from different shareholders, the report was Adopted. Mr. LEATHAM, a local director, and Sir R. FERGUSON, M.P., advocated the progression of the works as speedily as yet construca.ed, the tradic would be increased, and when the whole length was completed, they believed the line would turn out as profitable as any one in Ireland. The CitAIRMAN moved. a resolution, confirming the for feiture of shares on which the first call had not been paid, the whole number being 533, which having been carried, The CHAIRMAN afterwards moved a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Ferguson, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Kerry, for his valuable services to their line both in and out of Par !lament. ;ti FEttGus: - 4:; r:::t u rned thank:, and assured tiv . prieors that the line, es being beneficial to the county with which he was connected, and the city which he represented, would always have his support and best wishes. Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. LONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY COAI - (REMINGTON'S LINE).—(THIS DAY.) In conformity with a requisition, signed by nine share holdersof the abovelcompany, the provisional committee con vened a meeting of the shareholders to-day, pursuant to the provisions of the Railway Companies Dissolution Act, to take into consideration whether the company should be dis • solved, and in what manner its affairs should be wound up. Mr. BROOKS took the chair, and called upon the solicitor to read the notice calling the meeting, which being done, The CHAIRMAN said the next business would be the ap pointment of the scrutineers. A PROPRIETOR then said that he stool there as the pre. prietor of 120 shares, which he purchased at 1/. premium, and he was surprised that none of the parties who could give ex planations were there to make them. He wanted to know what had become of the funds? The Cir.unduAN said that he himself was in a similar predi cament. He could give them some information, but he did not promise to satisfy them. The only information he could give them was this, that they would have nothing more to par.—(Laughter.) He had no report to give them. A PROPRIETOR.--Will the directors make no report ? The CHAIRMAN—We have no report to give. A PROPRIETOR said, if the chairman had a secret to tell, he ought to throw himself in the hands of the meeting, who would protect him from the consequence of disclosing it. The CHAIRMAN would give no further information. A PROPRIETOR again asked if a report, or offer, was to be mar Ade by the directors, or not? The CHAIRMAN said, that he had 800 shares allotted to him, and he never sold a share at a premium. He sold them at 163. 6d. a share. A PROPRIETOR wanted to know if an offer had not been made by certain directors of 7s. 6sl. per share? BAss, a director, replied that that offer had been made by some of the directors on account of certain shares. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to the frequent calls made upon him by several shareholders to account for the money, said that he had no report to give. The law-suits in which the company were engaged made this course necessary. Mr. BASS said that no one would be more delighted than he would to see the accounts in the bands of the share holders. When a deputation of the shareholders was ap pointed at a former meeting to confer with the directors as to the affairs of the company, he was in favour of the propo sition; but some difficulty arose in carrying out this object, owing to the absence from Englandof a director, and to actions pending at the time in the courts of law. This course, how ever, did not obtain his full assent, but the majority of the directors then ruled what should take place. With regard to contributions, he thought, for the sake of peace, the direc tors would make some contribution, but after conferring with some of them he saw they could not obtain a sum sufficient to meet the expectations of the shareholders. Under these circumstances, he, from representations m a d e to him b y the Chairman of the company, made an offer of 7s. 6d. a share to 4,000 or 5,000 shares out of the 51,000. With regard to the of the company, they were in a mutilated state, and b esetretary of the com pany had been out of the way for the last six months. Mr. D. W. HARVEY entered into a lengthened statement of the particulars of the meeting in July last, when the de putation of shareholders was appointed to confer with the directors as to the affairs of the company, which exertions were altogether abortive. He acquitted Mr. Bass, Mr. Brooks, and a few other of the directors, but the treat bulk of the committee men would make no sacrifice to meet the wishes of the shareholders' deputation. A PROPRIETOR asked Mr. Bass if, in the event of his buying up the 6,000 share, at 7s. 6d. he would give his assist ance to get the affairs of the Company into bankruptcy, with a view of dissolving the Company. Mr. Bess replied, that as an individual, he was quite agreeable to the shares being used in that way, and he was real) , to render every assistance is his power. Scrutineers were then appointed, and after the lapse of an hour, spent in examining the scrip, reported that there were— .._. _ For the dissolution 7lO shares Against ditto 18,085 For bankruptcy Against ditto And thus ended one of the most noisy, angry, meetings we have ever attended. and irregular RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail. ways for the past week—that Is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : Week ending Last week. •,E$ 0 44 E,R. • o. E co 'c'i a FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WINDSOR CASTLE, FEB. 4, 1847. fl;!7 e!'e 11nrolir of u"`: `if the Judges of her Majes Ctftli tof CiAninen Pleas. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, FEB. 24. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon David Dundas, Esq., her Majesty's .Soli eitor-General. Ti.. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, FEB 24. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Christopher Rawlinson, Esq., Recorder of Prince of Wales's Island, Singapore, and Malacca. DOW NING-sTREET, FEB. 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major William Caine to be Colonial Secretary and Auditor General of Accounts for the Island of Hong Kong; C. St. George Cleverly, Esq. to be Surveyor General; and William T. Mercer, Esq. to be Chief Magistrate of Police for that island; and James Watson Sheriff, Esq. to be her Majesty's Solicitor General for the island of Antigua. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall. Charles Glenn Prideaux Brune, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant ; 5 - ohn Tremayne, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant , Feb. 20. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. R. Mitchell, merchant, Lime -street, City—fourth div. of 3d. in the pound, on Saturday, March 6, or any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Ald er manbury. F. Glass, woollen factor, Ba s ingll-street—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. B. Calway, draper, Tooley-street, Southwark —final div. of Is. 3%d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Hotstead, tailor, Hampstead-road—final div. of 33. 2d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. R. Crow, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first div. of 6s. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. H. Spence, draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday after Feb. 28, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Cross, lead merchant, Chester—second div. of sd. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. J. Rishworth, hat manufacturer, Pontefract—first and final div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. Garsed, sen., and J. Garsed, jun., flax manufacturers, Leeds—second div. of 3d. in the pound, and first and second div. of 6s. 9d. in the pound on new proofs, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. T. Marsden, jun., mercer, Northallerton—first div. of 8 1 ,id. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. T. Pool, licensed victualler, York—first and final div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. Crawshaw and Davison, soap boilers, Leeds—first div. of 6s. in the pound, on any day after March 1, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. G. Crawshaw—first div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, on any day after March 1, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. L. Evil and T. Dowglass, cloth manufacturers, Vigo street, March 20, at half-past eleven— W. Austin, carpenter, Bell-street, Edgeware-road. March 20, at eleven—R. Mac kenzie, commission agent, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, March 19, at eleven—J. Donaldson, cabinet maker, Regent street, March 19—W. Elliott, corn merchant, Petworth, Essex, March 19, at two—L. and W. Fenner, m erc h an t s , Fenchurch-street, March 19—G. M. Bidwell, grocers, Mel combe Regis, March 20, at two—C. Turner, grocer, Lowes toff, March 19, at one—G. Whitehead, printer, Fleet- street, March 19, at twelve. In the Country. ,Aa rch Fletcher, l9, booksellers, a t eleven, Ma a n t c t h h e e s t Exchange-rooms, r x , eh March ange `23, at sNot tingham. J. Thomas, builder, Aberdare, Glamorr. , ,anshire, March 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—J. 11. Hayward and at the Manchester District Court—T. Wright, cheese twelve, factor, D W e . rb C y . CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. Green, lodginghouse keeper, Greenwich, March 19—W. G. Grossmith, brewer, Romsey Extra, Southampton, March 22—J. T. Hoskins, boarding-house keeper, Black heath, March 19—J. Clarkson, grocer, King's-road, Chelsea, March 22—W. B. Perry, linendraper, Croydon, March 19—R. Mann, chemist and druggist, Huntingdon, March 19—A. Denholm, linendraper, Queen-street, Stepney, March 20—S. Garrod, surgeon, Church-street, Hackney, March 19 —E. M. Ivens, salesman, Long Itch.ngton, War wickshire, March 30—E. T. Bradshaw, stock broker, Man chester, March 19—W. Lock, plumber, Henry-street East, Portland-town, March 12—J. Hindmarsh, tailor, Liverpool, March 19—P. Howard, wine merchant, Hingham, Norfolk, March 19—T. Fidgen, boot manufacturer, Liverpool, March 19— W. Barker, millwright, Royton. Lancashire, March 19—C. Wilcockson and W. S. Barrick, sto. k brokers, Hull, March 19—W. Hayes, shipwright, Liverpool, March 19 —II. Cochrane, merchant. Manchester, March 19—W. Dunn, licensed victualler, Vi ne -street, Piccadilly. March 19 . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Clough and W. Greenhalgh, cotton waste dealers, Westwood, Lancashire—J. Warringt on and J. Moone y , corn factors, Liverpool—J. Lamb and G. H. Bailer, drapers, New castle-place, Edgeware-road—H. Foster, jun., R. M. Foster, T. B. Foster, and J. Foster, grocers, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire J. Harrington and T. B. Wood, commission agents, Man chestar—J. Cherry and F. Probyn, patten-tie manufacturers, Birmingham—T. and E. Wood, cheesemongers, Tunbridge- Wells—T. and W. Stoate, millers, Saint Decuman's Somer shire—W. H. Birks and R. Burrows, linendrapere, Man chester—J. Thomas and W. S. Eaton, shawl men, Jersey— M. Philips, W. Clay, and R. Perkins, jun., coal owners, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire—M. W. Friedlander and M. Nathan, wine merchants, America-square, Minories—W, and W. H. Hill, wood turners, Birmingham—J. and M. Pedler, tailors, Ludgate. street, City—J. H. Wrathall and W. S. B. Lee, printing-ink manufacturers. Kingsland—G. Wool lett and B. Rowe, silk manufacturers, Holborn-hill—J. and M. Mallorie, wine merchants, Leeds—B. W. and H. C. Pope, confectioners, Bristol. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Allan, jun., merchant, Kilwinning, Mind' 3 and 24, at three, at the King's Arms Inn, Irvine. Alexander Neish, manufacturer, Dundee, March 4 and April 1, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Thomson, Dundee. Inglis and Knox, merchants, Glasgow, March 4 and April 1, at one, at the chambers of Mr. W. Steacjno., Gla,gow. Robert Frame, omnibus proprietor, Glasgow, March 5 jun., Glasgow. 26, at two, at the chambers of Mr. W. Steele, Glasgow. Malcolm Macleod, merchant, Glasgow, March 5 and 26, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. W. Steele, jun., Glasgow. March 6 James Cargill Guthrie, coal merchan t, Dundee, and April 3, at one, at the Royal Hotel Dundee. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode o ut on horseback yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting the Hon. A. H. Gordon. the Captain Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales Prince Al" fred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice rode on ponies yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.rmance Her Majesty and Pri nc e Alb er t honoured the perfo of the French plays with thei r presence yesterdal_even.i, miss 9q: The roy a l su ite consi s t e d o f L a d y C aro line Cocks, ion. Paget, the Earl of Listowel, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain the lion. A. H. G or d o n. Her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Bent, attended by Lady Fannylloward and Sir George Couper, also honoured the performance of the French Plays with her presence last evening. A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yesterday, at the Foreign-o ffi ce. Th e Mi n i s t er s present were, e Lordey. J, Russell, the Marquis o f L ans d ow ne, Sir Georg Sir Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Auckland, • Gr John Hobhouse Lord C a m b ell t h a Earl of C larendon, Viscount Morpeth, the MarquiseoiClanricarde, and the Right lion. H Labouchere. The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay subsequently joined his colleagues. The Chancellor of the Ex c h eque r was prevented by indis position from attending the meeting. The Council sat two hours. A detation from the Shrewsbury and 1311'011110am Reil and way C oompany, consisting of Messrs. Badger, KnciAward W. Roy, had an interview with the Right Bon. Strutt, yesterday, at the office of the Com ways in Great George-street. Sir George missioners of Rail- The Attorney. General had an interview with Grey yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Nugent, agent for Antigua an d Sir William Cohde rington bad an interview with Ear ' I. Grey y e sterday, at Colonial-office. esterday mo rn- The Duke of Buccleuch arrived in town y ing from Cababridge. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TArreasALL's —The following bet on the Northampton Handicap was accidentally omitted in our report yesterday :- 500 even between ten and the field. The names of the horses chosen did not transpire. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE, &c, The following additional nominations have been received for Lord Sefton s Plate:— Mr. aleeson's Jovial, 3 yrs Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, aged. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT AIANCLIESTER.—FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP.—Not a bet made to-day on either this race, Derby, Oaks, or the handicaps. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CuAsE.-5 to 1 agst Brunette (taken) —8 to i agst St. Leger (taken) -8 to 1 agst The Roarer —lO to 1 agst Culverthorpe ( taken)— 13 to 1 agst Saucepan. —l4 to 1 agst Re d Lancer-15 to agst Avoca-100 to 6 agst Pioneer (taken) -100 to 6 agst Jerry (taken) — 100 to 6 agst Matthew (taken). LoRD SurroN's 501. PLATE. -50 to 10 agst Nottingham (t a ken) -30 to 5 ag st Jovial (taken)-30 to 5 agst Ukraine (t a ken) —4O to 5 agst Robin Burns-100 to 5 agst Robin Burns winning this and Chester Cup. WARWICK SPRING RACES, 1847. Nominations for tho Stakes which closed Feb. 24. Warwick Handicap--Redstreak, 5 yrs—Qe 3 d ,r f s r — ey co , 6 n y g r r s es;, Susannah, 3 yrs—Buttress, 4 yrs—lnfringe, 3 3 vrs—Trifle, 6 yrs—ldolator, 5 yrs. Willoughby Handicap—Ropers—Tanbrot Cadland—Satyr—Alexa j g a a s n a b , , y 6 s Y y yr o r un s s = g Perpetual Motion, 5 yrs—Columbus, 5 yrs— Idolater, 5 yrs H . Handicap ur d:e Stakes—br g by Youn g c a di an d Eagle, aged—Red Lancer—Belshazzar—The Parson—Gipsy Queen—Adrian. ROYAL VISIT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. -- Great exertions are making to forward the work at Osborne. Some of the finest shrubs have been sent there from the different gentlemen's grounds in the neighbourhood, several waggon loads from Northwood Park alone. The Royal family are expected to arrive on Wednesday next. THE CoNDE MONTEDIOLIN.-1 he Conde Monte molin visited on Thusday the department of Somerset House containing the ship models, and minutely inspected its cu rious and interesting contents. In the evening the illustrious Prince honoured with his presence the performances at her Majesty's Theatre for the benefit of the suffering Irish and Scotch. The Prince was attended by the Marquis of Villa franca, General Montenegro, Colonel Merry, and Colonel Gariemartin. Yesterday the Conde, attended by the Marquis of Villafranca, accompanied the Earl of Lonsdale to Tring, where they enjoyed the sport of hunting with his Lordship's harriers. The Conde de Montemolin has signified his inten tention of visiting the Lyceum Theatre on Monday. ROBBERY OF 801. BY A PAUPER. —Thursday the police received information that a pauper, named George, an inmate of Clerkenwell workhouse, had committed a rob bery of 801. It appears that George had often been entrusted with small sums to pay tradesmen, and on Wednesday he was sent with a cheque of the above sum to settle some accounts, none of which have been liquidated, Nothing bad been heard of him up to last night. George was formerly.a tradesman in the parish, and hence the confidence placed in him on various occasions. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, FEB. 26. The folioiKilig Railway Bills were presented, re...d a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : Cambridge, St. Neot's, and Bedford Junction. London and North-Western (Lime-street, Liver,.oo , , Staticn Extension, &c.) Vale of Neath. South Wales. Swansea Valley. Blandford and Bruton. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monklend and Kirkintillocli, Bal lochney and Slainannan Amalvamation, Sale, or Leese. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Union at Ardleigh). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 4—Branch from Stow market to Sudbury). Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham (Extension to Ste phen's -green). Swansea and Amman Junction. Midland (Cheltenham. Warwick, and Leamington Line). Midland (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction). The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : York and North Midland (East Riding Canals Purchase). York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch, Boroughbridge, and Knaresbcrough Extension). York and North Midland (Knottingley Branch). York and Newcastle (Pelaw Tyne Dock, &c., Branches). York and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Amalga- mation. Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster - Junction (Ma - ibiough to Doncaster). Northampton and Banbury. The undernamed Railway Bill was withdrawn : Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston, and Doncaster). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. Ipswich and Bury St,. Edmund's (No. 3—Extension from Bury St. Edmund's to Thetford). London and North-Western (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &c.) York and North Midland (Hull Station and Branches). Newcastle and Berwick ( East Coast Line, Blyth, Seaton Sluice, and other Branches). Newcastle and Berwick (Cramlington and Percy Main, and Killin , worth and other Branches). York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch Extension and Terminus). Coventry, Nuneaton, Birminham, and Leicester. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith and Granton Junction). Midland (Extension of the Nottingham and Lincoln Branch at Lincoln ). London and North-Western (Coventry and Nuneaton Branches). London and North-Western (Kenilworth to Berkswell, Branches and Extensions, tic. ) London and North-Western (Atherstone and • Whitacre Branch ). - THURSDAY, MA Rill{ 4. Great Northern (Deviations between London and Grantham.) Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ton Amalgamation. FRIDAY, MARCH 5. Great Northern (Branch to Horncastle and at Brayford ME re,Lincoln). East Lancashire (Chtheroe,Mitton and Padiham Branches). RAILWAYS. The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Viscount Sandon (Chairman), Sir P. Egerton, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Warburton, - and Mr. Brownrigg, to whom they have referred the Bills com prised in Group No. 6. viz..— Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glas- tonbury, &c.), Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch), Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Haute, &c.), Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, with Branches, Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 1), Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (Ne. 2), Chard Canal and Railway Company, Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch), Salisbury and Yeovil, Exeter, 'Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches, Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment, *Blandford and Bruton, *Great Western (Amendment and Extension). The Select Committee to meet on Wednesday, March 10, at one o'clock. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Kemble (Chairman), Mr. Evans, lion. C. W. Iloward, Sir W. Joilifle, and Air. Dodd, to whowi they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 9, viz. : Liskeard and Caradon Railway Act Amendment, West Cornwall Railway Branches and Improvement, Cornwill Railway Act Amendment and Deviation, Plymouth and Dartmoor Branch (dropped), Falmouth and llelstone. The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, March 11, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Right Hon. E. Ellice (Chair man), Mr. Disraeli, Viscount Acheson, Mr. Lefroy, and Mr. Entwisle, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 5, viz. : Great Western (Branches to West London Railway, &c.), Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, &c.), Windsor, London and South-Western, widening thereof, &c., Windsor, Staines, and South-Western ( Richmond to Windsor), Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Staines to Ascot, &c. ) The Select Committee to meet on Friday, March 12, at 12. Those Bills marked thus * have not been real a second time; but as soon as the second rea ling takes place, they will be referred by the Committee of Selection to the Select Committee on the Group. _ _ - - The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committees on Groups Nos. 13, 16, and 18, to meet in the week commencing Monday, March 15. The following is the List from which Members will be selected to serve on the Select Committees on Railway Groups appointed to meet in the week commencing Monday, March 15 Earl of Arundel Viscount Mahon Mr. Baine Mr. Mangles Captain Boldero Earl of March Mr. E. Buller Mr. M. Milnes Alderman Copeland Captain Osborne Hon. H. Fitzroy Mr. A. Oswald Captain W. Gordon Mr. E. J. Shirley Mr. Hindley Lord J. Stuart Hon. H. Liddell Mr. Tancred Earl of Lincoln Hon. E. Yorke. Mr. Mackinnon IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 26. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill, when the Lord Chan cellor, the Earl of Minto, and Lord Campbell sat as Royal Commissioners. PROGRESS OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. Lord STANLEY rose in accordance with the notice he had given last night to ask a question as to the progress of public business. He then adverted to the state of the business before their Lordships, or rather the state of no business, and remarked that they were now in the sixth week of the session, and with the exception of what was on the paper for that evening, there was not a single Bill or notice of motion on the books to submit to their Lordships' consideration, and from what he could learn as to the state of business in the other House, where the estimates were under consideration; it was not likely that they would have any for some time. The Irish measures were postponed, he understood, till the Bth of March, and in all probability woald not be ready to be submitted to their Lordships before the 15th of March. He must say, considering this state of things, that they should have the origination of some measures in that House; for instance, those relating to the improvement of the law, to prison disc►pline and other matters which he consi dered could be discussed in the first place by their Lord ships with more advantage than by the other House. The questions, therefore, he wished to ask were—lst, whether the Government intended to originate any measures in that House before Easter, and if so, what those measures were, and at what period they would be brought forward ? And, 2d, whether it was likely that any Bills would be sent up before that period from the other House of Parliament? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE replied that there had been more se b s u s s i - n in n esstransacted during the first six a than statementduring th e weeks of this nut, sus when ent appearedrainhseat. which same period ii e session, and by b l u a s s i t n , that there was much t N ed oble tha L n ord in A tie t n al e l f t ß im il e la s fitrhsetr into tn arose ther greatL Lordships' rd. obstacles h t t h h the in i n t s r ee o sffi : i ti e° c en : generally found the best course to lp. i s n ' t il rod ou u s c e e , t a l:em it into 6 the the other House. House\th vi an r d es b a r r i d ng to the t i h n e amount of business up in due course to done, he might remark, that instead of only one g Bill having passed, as ailed ed, through all its stages, there had at least been six important measures passed since Parliament commenced—measures neces sary to meet the condition of the people of Ireland. , He made bold to say that this greater amount of business than had ever been done wasa during any first six weeks of a session for a longperio4 of time: Re• specting the state of business begged leave to observe that this why generally, he it had not made greater progress in atshan other House was the fact, that a great part of - t h e time had been taken up with the consideration in measures of a temporary nature to meet the distress of Ireland. This, and the discussion of a plan fo r the extension of rail: ways in Ireland, bad done much to retard the other business before Parliament. It had also been found necessary at an earlier period than usual to discuss the financial affairs of the country, as it would have been impossible to decide on the measures neces sary for Ireland without dealing with the question of finance, which was preliminary to them. The measures for the further relief of Ireland, to which the Noble Lord had alluded, would most certainly go forward on the Bth of March, as the postponement had taken place to make certain amendments which were deemed ne cessary for their more efficient working. He begged also to observe that no time would be lost by the Government in brinin forward other measures which they thought the circum stances of the country required, especially measures for the amendment and imrov e to m tho treat ent of the penal laws, and the laws which related men t of cr iminals. It was the intention of the Government to take eps as would lead to the reformation of c r i m i nals—(Hear.) He trusted this explanation would show that the Government had negl ec ted no opportunity of forwarding the business , and that no blame was to be attributed to them if it was not so edvsnced HAM Noble Lord desired.—(Hear.) Lord BROITG thought there was good reason of the present state of the business in for complaining .They were constantly complaining , an d he that Hous e thought t h e y ought to have some redress. He was of • ' that s ufficient use had not been made of the time opinion • between November and the time they were arrived at, for that peridd might have been employed in the pre-• ation of Bills which were to come under the con r sueration of Parliament. With great respect for their Lordships' House, and for the other House of p ar li a ment, he must yet say that he always looked to NAME OF RAILWAY. Feb. 20 19 18 23 21 Arbroath and Forfar •• • ••••• • .• • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • •• • • •••• • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • .• • • " Dundee and Arbroath . • . • • • • • • • • • • •• Durham and Sunderland ....... .• Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • •••• • • . Eastern Counties and North Eastern• • East Lancasihre .. Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock • • •••• • • • • • • • Griaesend and Rochester • • : • • • • • • • • • Great Southern and Western • • • • • • Great Western, &c . • • • Ipswich and Bury • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and North Western, &c.. London and Blackwall. ...... London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • London and Croydon . • • • • ...... • • • • London and South Western ......... Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Newcastle and Carlisle .......... Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ Newcastle and Berwick .. North British .. •• • • • Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • • • . ... Preston and Wyre • • . ............... Shrewsbury and Chester • ....• South Eastern and Branches ....... 50uthDev0n.................. Taff Vale • • • • .• • • • • • • • • • ..• ....... Ulster . • • ...... 261 433 653 547 288 York and Newcastle . ........ ..... York and North Midland 3,112 8,010 641 424 1,933 875 i,060 14,145 357 32,224 688 4,500 4,955 7,030 1,686 549 15,477 1,883 491 1,356 1,149 5,610 164 507 630 681 253 312 5,299 2,746 6.376 1,842 764 14,978 34,553 647 1,438 689 4,104 673 6,637 4,998 4,896 7,008 1,496 433 14,859 1,660 419 1,170 5,643 575 5,275 646 6,110 4,626 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of February, 1847. ISSUE DIPAILTMENT. gotes i55ued........ 25,458,465 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .. • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,912,816 Silver bullion •.• • .• 1.535,649 $25,458,465 .£ 25,458,4(15 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 25th day of February, 1847. BANKING D Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest • .• . • 3,663,132 Public deposits (in aluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) . • 5,869,523 Dther deposits . • • • 8,837,093 Seven day and other bills.. •• • • • • • •••• 839,491 33,762,239 Dated the 25th day of February. 'ARTMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 11,990,079 Other securities •• • . 15,039,3 '9 Notes .. • • • • • • .... 5,976,52 5 Gold and silver coin • • 756,29 G £ 33,762,239 d. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—This week's arrivals are large of wheat, and good of other articles. A decline of ls. to 2s. per quarter is submitted to on wheat, at which there is a healthy demand. For barley there is very little inquiry, and prices are 2s. per quarter lower. Oats and Shelling are unaltered in value, but meet a readier sale. Beans remain same as last stated. DEATH AFTER THE USE OF THE ETHER ANTIDOTE 're PAIN. —On Friday week, at the Essex and Colchester Ho , pital, the operation of lithotomv was performed by Mr. R. S. Nuon, upon Thomas Herbert, labourer, while under the influence of the vapour of ether, in the presence of Mr. Bransby Cooper, the well-known surgeon, and almost the entire medical staff of the town and neighbourhood. In the absence of pain, and its skilful execution, the operation was ;w3u,eiSymptoms ls completely ftnarrn successful stwperheste3n. tf presented du r ; t hh a eo n mu d rsee t l h av e .f et es p ,r k w t a i i e tnr n dd t s appeared t e hh a e r h e tdootko place a lenodeoi unfavourablenogn s p t e a p n u c l a a: r as it has ep h i i e th ie e n rt e o a has cr evening, eate dapparently considerablefro m sensation the T The town,ci rc ueneid gery—ether ; but would seem unfair, as well g as premature, a single exception, and tmpo rttoancto,nadgemennt it t f uspuorn any connexion with to its success in former cases, it however, we f ee l medical body.—Essex Standa rd. e e la r e o l n no y dki considered,nth attaches its at by no means proved to have effect upon the system. The coin cidence,srudr.ed will not be lost upon the general meeting of the supporters of the Infirmary for Con- lON. es o t f erday, at the in London Tavern. the Lungs, g n ate a , n w d as D h is e e l as d es y INFIRMARY FOR CoNsumPT The annual Artillery-street, John Ingram Travers, Esq., treasurer, s ß u i m sh p o t p io s the chair. The r eport stated that the number of patients treated during the year amounted to 1,500. The sum of 478/. was the amount of receipts for the support of the institution, and the ex penditure hft a balance with the treasurer of 265/. e funded property amounted to 5,500/. The accounts h • Ewing been passed, the officers for the ensuing year were elected, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. THE GREAT BELL FO3. MONTREAL.—The cast i ng of this, the largest bell ever ye t made in the country, was successfully completed on Satarday last, at the foundry of Messrs. Mears, in Whitechapel. The quantity of metal fused was about twenty-five tons. The founders, it is stated, intend to give the public an opportunity of inspecting the work when perfectly finished, previous to its shipment for Canada. ROBBERY IN AN Ommuus.—Yesterday afternoon information was received by the police that between the hours of one and two o'clock, a lady of the name of Lindley, of Brian Villas, Hammersmith, whilst in an omnibus in Albany-street, Regent's Park, had her pocket picked of a brown silk purse, containing two 5/. Bank of England notes, four sovereigns and a half, and thirteen shillings in silver. VENTILATION OF STABLES.--Horses are liable to 1 consumption when kept in badly-ventilated stables; and we are informed by Mr. Edwin Chadwick that a discovery was only lately made as to the effect of defective ventilation on the cavalry horses in some of the Government barracks in England ; and it is stated that a saving of several thousand pounds per annum was e ff ecte d by an easy improve ment of the ventilation of the barracks near the metropolis. — The Builder. Plig! the end of the session as the most important part of it;. but it seemed from the observation that had just fallen from the Noble Lord they were at that moment very f,r from t:ie eod of the session. The Noble Lord had just informed them that a Bill was to be introduced into the other H. use on the Bth of March, and nobody could tell when it might come up to their Lordships' House. But there was a dispatch in business, a mastery, a power of decision, without delaying from day to day, for ten days together, and that might pos sibly move the business forward with greater speed. But he marvelled that more Bills were not introduced into their Lordships' House, which would very much expedite the course of business. As for penalties, why, there was a distinction between penalties and taxes, under which the other House would not object, to the Bill being intro duced into their Lordship's House ; but so far as that went, the Bill might be proceeded with, and the penalty being left blank, could be filled up in the other House. There was an important subject, which might be brought under the consideration of ther Lord ships—he meant the Criminal Law; but ho found that a Bill had been introduced into the other House of Parliament OR the same subject. Yet he was sure that the penal law would have come under the consideration of a Committee of their Lordships. Persons who were not professionally connected with the law thought it would come under their attention and inquiry with great benefit. He had given notice of his intention to move for a Committee of Inquiry on the subject but he hesitated much whether be ought now to move for that Committee, especially after his Noble Friend had just intimated that the Government intended intro ducing measures on the subject; he felt great doubt, therefore, whether he ought to press his motion on Mon• day or Tuesday or not. Earl of WICKLOW said that complaints at that period of the session were very unusual. But, saving for some arrangement, some of the Bills in the other House would have been up to their Lordship's Hone. There were two Irish Bills. He meant that Bill for granting a million-and.a-half for the purpose of improving the lands in Ireland, and another for alter ations! in the Poor-law. Now it had been determined that these two Bills should proceed pari passu through the other House ; but, for that arrangement the Money Bill might have been before their Lordships. The reason was evident. When the Noble Lord introduced the Corn Bill last session, he stated . . that that but formed pitrt of a great system of legislation which would yet be brought under theirLordships' notice. A Bill was brought forward to lend 2,000,0001. to this country, and 1,000,0004 to Ireland. The Bill was passed, but it was found that, as regarded Ireland, it would be inappropriate. But a pledge was given by the Noble Marquis, that as the Bill as amended would be too late for Parliament to pass that session, it should be brought forward in this session. Bat this was no fulfilment of the' Government pledges that a Bill granting 500,000 L should go through the House pari passu with some other measures. He did not by this course mean to oppose the other measures, but he would certainly oppose the mode at present adopted in the bringing forward of. those measures. The Marquis of LANSDOVVNE explained. lie admitted that a pledge had been given, but it was deemed advisable that these Bills, for the benefit of the landlords and the employment of the general poor should be passed at one and the same moment ; again, this Bill was essentially different from the one which had, been ender the consideration of the House in the last session, iv.mamuch as it provided for the granting of a much larger sum of money. It was not intended as a mere Drainage Act, but was proposed for the general good of the country. After a rev words from Lord ASHBURTON, The LORD CHANCELLOR remarked that the Bill for the • regulation of the Charitable Trusts would be brought forward as soon as the other measure was in a state t.a allow of its being taken into consieeration. With regard to the Church Diciplitio Bill, there'vrai some difficulty in dealing with it, tulle: s they had the cooperation of the Right Rev. Prelate, and a conference with them with regard to it. was still pending. With regard to the measure reiatin:: to debtor and creditor, he had it then under.ronsidera don. and be hoped to be able to bring it forward very shortly. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his dissatisfaction with the present accommodation of the House of Lords, and said he would prefer to sit for an even ing in any ,union workhouse, rather. than in that building. He had that day the great gratificali , m o: going over the new houses ; and averse as he was to Gothic architecture. he was bound to say that the taste, the ingenuity, the skill, and the splendour of all he saw, was almost sufficient to reconcile him to that style of architecture. If anything could mitigate his dislike to Gothic architecture, and to the inconvenience which he felt in the present building, it was the exterior and interior beauty of all he had seen that day. It was the moat splendid pile of buildings to be seen in any country, and reflected the greatest credit en the architect who had de signed it and carried it into execution. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE bad great pleasure in stating that he had been informed by the architect to whom the Noble and Learned Lord had paid such a handsome compliment, that were their Lordships desirous of adjourning to the new House before Easter, it would be ready for their reception. Still he did not think it would be their desire to adjourn before the usual time, and if they did not, then would every thing be ready for their reception immediately on their re-assem bling after the holidays.—(Cheers.) After a few words from Lord BROUG expresing a hope that unity of design and execution would be observed in the frescoes. the subject dropped. DUCHY OF LANCASTER. Lord STANLEY hoped he would be allowed to put another question, which was one to which the Ministry ought to give an answer. About a fortnight ago, a no time appeared in the London Gazette appointing three Noble Lords to administer the affairs of the Duchy of Lareaster. That was the only notice which Parliament had had of the transaction. Now, while he admitted that the revenues of that Duchy, after paying 'all the expenses, went into the Privy purse ; still it was usual to lay before Parliament an annual statement of the re ceipts and expenditure. This was a recognition that proved the Legislature had not given up all controul in relation to this revenue. Further, a law officer, who was also a member of the Government, was appointed to fill a high legal office in this Duchy, and to administer its affairs. These circumstances showed the intimate con nexion which existed between the Duchy of Lancaster and the Government, and would lead their Lordships to suppose that some explanation ought to be given when any such appointments as those he had referred to took place. Comparing the duties of the Duchy of Lancaster with other of the Crown properties, the principal officer connected with it was of a much higher grade than any of the other officers connected with the other Crown properties. The Noble Lord opposite was not a child —(Laughter) ; he was not a lunatic—(Laughter), and therefore the Noble Lord was fitted for the office ; he required no assistance, and he would therefore be re quired to account for the duties of those officers ; what patronage they would wield ; and what oaths they would be required to take on accepting those duties. The public had a right, then, to know, what were the duties of these Commissioners, the more especially as these gentlemen were not themselves aware of what those duties were to be ; what was the patrenage removed from the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? (Lord Brougham —None.) Then, perhaps, as his Noble and Learned Friend suggested, the Chancellor retained the patronage, and the Commissioners performed the duties.—(Laugh ter.) He certainly thought that the Parliament of the country had a right to know the reasons which had prompted this appointment, and he looked to the Noble Lord for explanation. Lord CAMPBELL said that no apology was neces sary for the question. and he was rather obliged to the Noble Lord for putting it. Some foolish mis-statements bad gone abroad on the subject, and he thought that the Noble Lord might have spared his friend, (who was an eminent Protectionist), and who had, it appeared, told him in private conversation that he was una ware of what his duties should be. He said his answer as to what was the meaning of this commission and of this innovation was, that there was no core mission, there was no innovation. The ancient condi. tion of the Duchy of Lancaster remained in the state is a hieh it had been in the time of John O'Gaunt.— (Laughter.) Ever since, there had been a County Pala tine of the Duchy of Lancaster, there had been a Chan cellor and a Council. The Chancellor upon certain occasions had been wont to call on the assistance of the council, and the Chincellor had to do certain judicial acts and make certain appointments—for example, the appoint-went of maeistrates in Lancaster ; but on all . these acts the Chancellor acted proprio motu (Laughter). In certain acts he proceeded without the council, and in certain others he took. the advice of his council. The council consisted of the Vice-Chancellor. the Recorder-General, the Auditor, and the Attorney- General ; _these acted as the 'council of the Chancellor in the management of this - property of the Duchy and the finances of the Duchy.. It was found, however, more conveeient that the chancellor should have the assistance of those who were. more competent to give their advice in the letting of land and the receiving of rents of property which, as the Noble Lord knew, was large, and lay scattered over all England. The Chancellorship was a political office, and a member of the Cabinet. The Council had nothing political in their character. The Council consisted of Mr. Horace Twiss, the Vice-Chancel lor, a learned Chancery barrister, who, he believed, was of the Tory party; of Mr. Lockhart, a gentleman eminent in literature, and a member of the bar; of Colonel Fox, the Receiver-General; and of Mr. Ellis, his learned friend on the Northern Circuit, who was Attorney ' General. lie (Lord Campbell) admitted that h be e f w cr a e s quite ignorant on soma of' the duties which came • the Council; perhaps it mi g ht be excusable. Ile remem bered hearing that the Noble Lord who sat next the Noble Lord who had just spoken (we understood it to be Lord Brougham), had taken his friend, Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, to see a fine field of green wheat; and when his Noble Friend, in company with Mr. Coke, catae in sight of the field, he exclaimed, " Oh, what a fine piece of lavenderl"--(Great laughter.) He (Lord Campbell) admitted that he had not paid great attention to these studies, and he felt that he laboured under great disability. His predecessor was more competent for the task he referred to, but still he felt the need of advice in the performance of it, and, under the late Government, the subject had been under consideration for giving the Chancellor assistance in the manage ment of the property and the finances of the Duchy. That had been recommended by himself, under his own hand, and had met with the approval of ' the Government ; and he had rec i umwei ded the persons who had received the approva aril sanction of her Majesty. The persons accordingly had been sworn in under the usual and immemorial oaths. They had not succeeded th t Chan ce ll or i n his ()Rico, nor would he be controlled by their opinion, for by the patent of his lappointment, he was plum.' beyond their control. But if the Chancellor were a wise man, he would take the ~`_ . ~- • v r :~;~N ':~-i~ • Asa ; ; 0‘ advice of • those who were competeite%,tS lie (Lora Campbell) would bow \ ifir)Pilitly' fo the opinion of such men as Lord Hardwick and Lord Portman as to thP letting of 34 nd ‘nd spuh v, like. The Noble Lord, who had fiiihitiheel the Noble Lord who had just spoken with his information, had undertaken the examination of the Bedford level, and to give his advice upon some future arrangements of it. He (Lord Campbell) would be im plicitly guided by it. But in such Acts as the appoint ment of magistrates, he would not submit to guidance; on the other hand, as far as their advice was necesscry, in referrence to property and finances, the Chancellor would avail himself of it. Lord BROUGHAM said he felt he was in the position of the person in one of '!'erence's plays who went to consult the Roman Chancellor, and who, after hearing him, said— " Incertior mu lt us sum j am d u d um . '—( Laughter.) But a more groundless charge than had been made against the Noble Lord near him, that he had betrayed the confidence of the Noble Lord, his informant, was never heard. Why, the Noble Lord had no confidence to betray ; he bad asked a ques tion of the person spoken of, and that Noble Lord had no confi dence to give him. " Why," said that Noble Lord, " I cannot tell, Ido not know wherefore I was appointed." So there was no confidence either possessed or betrayed. The Noble Lord added, that if there was any wisdom in a multitude of counsel lors, there would be enough of it in the councillors of the Duchy of Lancaster ; but, for his part, he was as ignorant after the explanation of his Noble Friend as he had been before it. JOINT-STOCK BANKS (SCOTLAND). Lord EGLINTON, in moving that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for copies of the correspondence of the Scotch bankers with the late and present Governments, relative to the Bill for regulating joint-stock banks in Scetland skid Ireland, which was passed last session ; and, in particular, the correspondence of any of the directors of the North British Bank ; also, for the terms or conditions of an agreement or arrangement said to have been entered into in favour of the bank, said that he thought the system of joint stock banking in Scotland would require no eulogy on his part. It was with the view of exciting their sympathies at some future period that he asked for these returns. Amid opposi tion of Scottish Members, and remonstrance of Scottish bankers, the measure of a former session on th e su bj ec t o f Scotch banking was carried through the other House, with that rapidity which so often takes place. He was induced to withdraw his opposition to that Bill, but on the reasons for the withdrawal of that opposition being known he received a letter stating that there was not the slightest truth in the report of the change in the opinion of these parties in Scotlastd, and by which he had been induced to withdraw his opposition. He would not enter into the general subject of the currency, but he would say that he believed that the greatest misery had been caused in the country by the Currency Bill. In conclusion he begged to propose the following resolution :—" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty for any corre spondence of the Scotch bankers, with the late and present Governments, relative to the Bill for regulating joint-stock banks in Scotland and Ireland, which was passed last session, and in particular the correspondence of any of the directors of the North British Bank ; also for-the terms or conditions of an agreement said to have been entered into in favour of that bank." Lord CLARENDON said he could not agree to the motion of his Noble Friend, not because there was any objection to produce the documents in question, but because they did not exist. He had spoken to his Right Hon. Friend the Chancel lor of the Exchequer on this subject, and he could not find that there had been any written communication with Government on this subject, though there might have been some oral com munication. He could not agree with his Noble Friend oppo site in what he had said about the manner in which the mea sure to which he referred had been proposed. The Bill with respect to Scotch Banks, in common with other Bills bad been postponed in consequence of her Majesty's visit to the Continent, but the late Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice of his intention to introduce it the following session. His Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought it would be right to extend the law that was found to work well in England, to Scotland, and Ireland. He had, how ever, fixed a day to receive a deputation from the parties inte rested in the question by whom it had been solicited ; but they had not thought fit to wait upon him. He thought, therefore, that his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer was justi fied in the course which he had pursued. He could not un derstand how it could have affected the evils which the Noble Lord had described, because the measure was prospective. If these evils existed, her Majesty's Government have been ac quainted with them, for an inquiry had been instituted, and there was no account to corroborate the statement of the Noble Lord. The Earl of RADNOR expressed his satisfaction at the Noble Lord opposite having brought this matter before the attention of the House. He was one of those who considered the banking system in Scotland had been placed on the best basis possible, and it was known to have given satisfaction to all parties. It had been sacrificed merely to carry out a view of Sir Robert Peel's on the currency. He referred here to the measure of 1845. The measure of 1846, which grew out (,f that, was still worse, and if certain Peers had assisted him in his opposition to that measure it should never have passed. When all was carried on upon principles of free trade he thought it was unjust to place banking on any other footing. MEDICAL CHARITIES IN IRELAND. The Earl of CLANCARTY, in drawing the attention of the House to the motion which he had to bring before them, said that with reference to the Bill which had passed last session, entitled, " The Medical Relief (Ireland) Bill," he thought that it had not answered the expectations of its proposers. The law had two great elements of failure—the want of effi ciency and uniformity ; efficiency, because a central superin tendence was required, which the law did not give ; and uniformity, because the taxes for Its support were not propor tioned to the circumstances of the parties affected by them. The poor-laW returns gave an affecting account of the number of industrious poor who crowded the workhouses, and the feeling in Ireland was, that no amelioration would take place within an early period, because, although an inquiry into the operation of the poor-law system was often promised, the term inquiry was only associated in their minds with procrastination. With these views he had called upon the Noble Marquis oppo site and upon the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland, and he would only then read the terms of the motion he had to submit to the House, which was to know whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose, in the pre sent session, any measure with respect to the medical relief of the suffering poor in Ireland, founded on the recommendation of the report of the Select Committee appointed last session for inquiry into the subject ; if not, whether it was intended to propose any other measure for the improvement of medical charities ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted that the subject to which the Noble Lord had called the attention of the Go vernment was one of the first importance, and although he could not promise that a Bill upon the subject would be brought in in the course of the present session, he had no hesitation in saying that it would receive their best attention.: Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 26. BANK RETURNS. Mr. HUME said that he wouldimove for the returns, which stood on the paper of yesterday, relative to bank accounts, &c.—Agreed to. DRAINAGE ACTS. Sir G. GREY said that, on Monday, he should ask leave of the House to bring in a Bill for the amending of the Drainage Act passed in the last session of Parliament. LIMITED ENLISTMENT ACT. Mr. FOX MAULE gave notice that, on Monday, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for a limited enlistment in the army.—(Cheers.) He would merely move the first reading, and take the discussion on the Bill in a future stage. POOR-LAWS. On the motion - that the House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. ROEBUCK said that he .had given notice of his intention to ask a question of the Right Ho nourable Baronet the Secretary of State relative to the present poor-laws in this country. There were few in that House who had not seen the columns of the Times, where an extraordinary opinion had been given by a Learned Friend of his with respect to the poor laws. Questions had been put to Air. Matthew Hill, whether certain proceedings of the Poor-law Com missionera had been legal, and if proceedings could be taken against them by indictment or other wise, to which Mr. Hill answered that the first eet of the statutes was legal, but that the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners was illegal, if the facts were as described in the question; and, thirdly, that they could be proceeded against by indict ment, by information, or by action. Among other regu lations in this Act, these Commissioners were to act as a board, and not in their individual capacity as Commis sioners, and their proceedings were to be subject to the supervision of the Secretary of State. And now it fp pared, from the result of this Andover inquiry, that ever since their constitution, the Act of Parliament had been violated, and the question he had to ask was, what was now to be done? He was quite sure that no man who had taken part in the discussions when this law was pasted would be inclined to throw out the slightest im putation against the Poor-law Commissioners ; but it was very evident that the law had broken down under them. But they were about to recon struct this law, and there was on the table of the House a measure for establishing an amended poor-law for Ireland, and there was a vavie notion that this law was to be assimilated to that for England, and he would ask them, were they to proceed without any further infer , mation than they already possessed? This was, he be lieved, the last session of the present Parliament, and, it was therefore evidently necessary to take some urea' sures for improving the law, and if it was to be re constructed without throwing any imputation on - the present CommissuionheerNordinaiorr c h o e urt o e n ,i l e y s 0 knew ni life, those gentlemen throw:- t and did they n ot w e o n ti v h ) l , ohuet.muTsthseayywthoautldthhaeyve indictments tnoetntthseanypderascotnisontos brought i l t t i n e g a a d i n t a th l e i m fe - e This was the last session, and he would in n fo a r ll which r ' rts o h : tell em ce c r o t u ai n . n t l r y y, ask the Noble Lord again whether they were to legislate without information ?—(" Hear, hear," from Lord J. Russell.) By that cheer he supposed the anwer he would get would be, that they were not. At the present moment three or four gentlemen, 'who had been entrusted with the carrying out of thisilaw, had taken on themselves to violate an Act of Par liament- Under these circumstances, hel would wish to kr ow, if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to_ extend the poor-l aw to Ire land, whether it would be equitable to do so without a wo-king in whom n E o n t g b onelatnhdeuy: of tilehos,e who wished to defend knowledge of all the ci rcumstances connected with its as the Rouse must be i aware, communitylrish swere to pr 0 t p e a o r t. t were iil bou ey n a Thereforeunod r er t t h h a i he thought it w ou ld no t b e r i g h t to put them that law without a knowledge of its working from the Com missioners. He would ask the Noble Lord if he had re ceived any suggestions from the Poor-law Commisioners, for it was their duty to have made those suggestions. Ile was obliged to confess that the poor-law administra tion in this country had been a lamentable failure. He believed that this was not the fault of the law, but of the parties who were employed to carry it out, who were not efficient. They were going on in the dark at present, and he thought it the duty of the Government to tell the House what they were about to propose, not only with respect to the poor-law:in England , b ut also in Ireland. The law was based on many difficult points convected both with that House and with the tranquillity of Ire land, and be thought that the best means at the present moment would be to institute a thorough inquiry jut the system. - Sir G. GREY said, that with reference to the first xr y ~, r . ._yt Doer• ; - 2ofi rAi4 )f le t pt pbsP A I fin" re or a sso ,d isl Dna* woo; reforb th• taro!, 'D• , ral 13e led 0 k