The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-11 00:00:00

EVINING EDITION. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. ROME CIRCU IT.--MAIDSTONE, TUESDAY. The Commission of Assize for the county of Kent was opened on Monday, at Maiestone, with the usual female:es. The Calendar coeteins the names of 116 prisoners, 100 vigil:lone are males there being only 16 females for trial. itie a melancholy f iet that of this great number of pri geezers riot more thin five can be said to possess anything like education, and a very great majority can neither read nor write. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE sat on the Criminal side and Lord ASINGHR at Nisi Peius. There were only sixteen Civil cases for trial, mostly ejectments and notices of tres pass, and there is only one Special Jury case. i Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE charged the Grand Jury as foigiows, Viscount Marsham being Foreman :—lt gave him great pleasure to see so numerous an assemblage of gen t riernen in attendance to perform the imteortant duties of elrand Jurors. With respect to the Calendar, he re :Jetted to see that there were already considerably more *n a hundred prisoners for trial, and that number would eery probably be increased before the conclusion of fee business of the assize. He regretted to see that there were some serious charges in the Calendar, and evitle respect to one of the cases he would make a Farr observatices to the Jury. Three prisoners were com mitted upon a charge of murder, but, upon his looking over the depesitions he did not think that charge could be sub , staatiated, and he had ascertained on inquiring that the prisoners had been committed for murder by mistake, and that it was intended that they should only be charged eviela marrsiaughter, which, according to his opinion, was the proper form of charge. With regard to the other caves in she calendar he did not see that they required any lens thenad observation from him, and he should therefore tree spass no longer on their time. Li eney James was indicted for stealing three hurdle-rods, valete three-halfpence, the property of Sir Herbert Jenner. Ale. eiCRITEN conducted the prosecution, Mr. HORNE the, defehoe. Who LEARNED COUNSEL for the prosecution stated that Sir Herbert Jenner having s uffered a good deal from peety ikeeredatices, had thought it necessary to institute the preiient proceeding. Vobert Wigsby, bailiff to Sir Herbert, deposed that on tee Ist of February he was upon some land at Chislehurst, teeistrigiag to the prosecutor, and he saw the prisoner go *sae a public path towards a place where there were seve ! cal Inasetles of hurdle poles, and he observed him take three leet Kite poles and run away with them. Croeoesamined by Mr. HORNE—What did he do with *l a w? Witness—l saw him throw them away over a beige. ' Dlr. Hoexe—What may be the value of these poles, or smies, ac I ehould call them? Witness (hesiteting)— s eleiet a penny or three halfpence. .1% ?thee constable proved that he went after the pri =.ll-r, end found him at his own house, and told him that be MSS ..thirged with felony. Ha appeared very much serpriarei, and said he hoped they would not make such a 1 *cargo egeinet him, for such an innocent thing as taking • aeeee two et- three twigs, which were of no use to him, but estieele be had thrown away immediately after he took them. 111 r. Lloeere-1 believe you found them in the place where he said he threw them away ? Witness—l did, Sir. Tee Leila was re-called, and he said that he could not r p iaitieely identify the twigs that were produced as being I stst yreperty of his master. !lee. Hortee then addressed the Jury, and said he re i get ted veet much that the prisoner should have been beteleeht to the Assizes, or the face of the assembled ; et-mete, to answer fetch a trumpery charge as this. The prrycrty alleged to be stolen appeared to be of so base a nd r tiling and valueless a description, that it would hardly feral the subject of larceny, and yet the prisoner had Steen committed for trial, and had already undeagone up wards of six weeks imprisonment, upon the charge o etraling it. f i Mr. elaseice LITTLEDALE briefly charge d the Jur y , who 1 iensiediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 111 AN S 4 I ON -HO USE. 'The LORD .MAYOR said that he had received a letter fro= Emers to Tennent, M. P., relative to a system of rwincling •.vhich had been exposed in the newspapers about a wed , . ago. as having been practised in Scotland, but Wel:, it appeared, had been acted upon to a very great eltent Irclmid. His Lc,rthhip thought that the publi vino of the letter would be serviceable to the public. It orris a.; 10'.10 " 19. Pall-mall, March 9th, 1840. My L.:Art.—An advertisement has for some time past 4;4 -axed :in Ai. Irish newspapers, to the effect that a gen 'lernan C(l4:; , rvative principles, lately deceased, had left o be i'tnt, at the discretion of trustees, to Pro ti-st-tnis. '4l Ireland, on their personal bond, in sums •Fit7,it,e; fern ;01. to 3001., on application to the Rev. A. -4 Angel-place, Pentonville. In consequence anuocacement, numerous applications seem to have :node to the t Reverend ' Gentleman ; and lave, witi_in the last few days, received as many ter from the North of Ireland as would pretty 4,41 , %)- 0,-,;(,rb the entire sum, each written by pis . :ty claiming to be duly qualified to be a seipiens et the bounty of the deceased, and begging of me nith,r to hand to the trustees a bank order inclosed, to •: gray t':te eest of staraps, or, having already transmitted :at autount directly, asking me to bear testimony to their eharazte , and principles when called on for that purpose the Roe. Mr. Johnston. In answer to these applica tion; fur loans, each appears to have received a letter te tic on , , which I enclose," and which was as Lendon, March, 1840, No. —, Goswell-road. s : r : _Trie trustees of the Conservative Loan have repel-reel faimurably on your application. You will there r,,,,,. yoti wish to avail yourself of the benefit thereof, to me, prist paid, a bank note for 31., the priest a :wind vamp in your case, which will be filled up Neil; se,or:litez to law without any further expense to you. Tie •tre compelled to adopt this measure, as many finterar':7 i.eeti made at imposition by persona itabett I,olities are in opposition to the kind inten ti•n; uF the deceased. No application will be re ri:ler tire of March, as the Attorn©y for the +-irate vrlil here for Ireland on the 15tia, for the pur psise of paying the money and witnessing the signatures o this -i,arOes approved 4 I .amain your most obedient servant, " ANDREW JACKSON, Agent to the Trustees." (s:Wti Mr. 'ferment's letter thus proceeds W::113t. I ,!er all justice to the natural confidence which lin induced many of my constituents to believe that c h an - act of posthumous generosity was not improbable by a C liseevative, I cannot but regret that a greater tiaa - .bcc of t}'em had not taken the prudent precaution of trat-.,rnitting the' stamp duty' though my hands ; and I feel . 1; my duty to call your Lordships' attention to the subjict. hi ti.e hope that the publicity which it is in your iy:s,or To effectually to give to the transaction, if it do not leaf', to the detection of the swindlers, may at least operate as an effectual caution to their dupes. " I bay:: the honour to be your , br , dient servant, "J. EMERSON TENNENT." • LOAD Ma vow regretted very much that so many pee ;,ers-iu3 had been plundered, and said that the mo tvet,t he first received intimation of the trick, he sent Da niel Forrester to the addresses given by the person who called himself the Agent of the Trustees, but he could get ti,iirgs of the agent. It was quite evident from the scheme, that those who were concerned in imposing upon the Scotch, according to the former communications he bar) received, were the fellows who were endeavouring to entrap the poor Irish, but in different names. lathe Scotch plan. one of the names used was Charles B. Stuart, and in :'cc I:ish those of Maxwell and Jackson were preferred. His Lordship added that the swindlers of London appeared be hard at work. He had received several letters from e2e7cliants and shopkeepers, inclosing copies of long ad dreosee, in which large sums of money were offered upon good bills. These addresses were directed from the Albany read;-hid those who intrusted the firm which proposed the call:lug of bills with any securities, were sure of being plunderql. Mr. Hoblet - aid that he recognised in the printed ad- Iresics the old and successful mode of imposition practised by the notoriotta Coster, who had been committed for rob bery by Sir Peter Laurie, and soon after transported. KILRUSII PETTY SESSIONS. PI.. I .CTICAL JOKES AND PANCAKES. In this case, which excited much attention, from the ,ft-exhibite I oratorical powers:of the parties engaged, a ',lr. G'Neil figured as complainant —a well-known and intere,aing veteran in petty sessions' warfare, who beg ged leave to add to his genuine Irish patronymic the • more Mi'eslan adjuncts of Mortoch O'Brien. Master \lottoch ehibited a countenance, which, between a c . lrtain rigidity of muscle in its composition, and en evi u.ant neglect of the duties of the toilet in its outward appliancen--rendered the t as k not an easy one to trace the emotiols of its owner. He was togged in what had once ly , en an official top coat, with crimson collar and tlonar..ized buttons, having at one time discharged the important duties of crier and summons-server to the Court ; bat. Mr. O'Neil, like hi g her pers onages, was thrust cut of office ; so he retired to his original occu pation of pump-sinker, till called froth his avocation by tjae 'troublesome antics of his neighbour Calligan. Nangistfrote—" How did this man annoy you ?" "'Twould take ale a week, your worship," replied Uertocb, endeavouring to assume a look at once of aandour and indignation,—" 'Twould take me a week to express tho extint ov his ill doins —abusin' me wife ; —callid out for a man to meself ;—kickin in me 1 doors ;.---poltin' me dog ; — throw i n ' tl:e loss o the place tin ma fa^e, an', in fact, botherin' m - altoge ther !" (A laugh.) . The Bench requested complainant to instance a particular case, whereupon he folded his arms in the atl'Aude Napoleon is represented standing by the fires f lis bivcuac, and stated that Mr. Calligan had play fatly dropped down through his chimney on " Pancake night' the body of a dead dog, that had been battered to death on suspicion of madness the day before. Magistrate—" It fell in the fire, did it not Mortoell, (with a sarcastic grin)—" No, ye'r honour, but into a han'ful of pancakes we wor gettin' up for our sashes an' a nibor or two. 'Twas my turn to give 'cm . a whegee, an' I was jest handlin' the pan, whin down cornea the dog's corpse, slap amongst the ingredients, spattherin"em like thoushe about our little place."— (Laughter.) burly- Mr. Calligan, the accused, a bandy-legged, iooking gentleman, who appeared quite at home, a n d affected to regard the whose matter as a thing o f no paid the ex-crier back " i n :.mnortance, now rase, and by recapitulating a series of misdemeanours, which he offered to make oath were perpetrated at Ids excnbe " be Misther O'Neil." " Oh ! Paddy Calligan ! Paddy Calligan, ye're a nate 1 young man for a small tap party," sung Mortoch. " An' indeed ye'r a mighty agreeable youth yerself," returned Paddy, " Arra, Murty, dear, d'ye remember the day you hot me the Pather an Ave with the bool thawn of a flail—do you, Murty ? When I said to you, Bad times, Misther O'Neil,' says 1, b*.ieve there's not much doin' in the summons-way now: Wait awhile,' says you, they're drickin' up sthreet, an' who knows what might happen by an' by, with the help o'the Lord ?"—(Great laughter.) He of the Milesian name turned a deaf ear to these reminiscences, and addressing the Bench, exclaimed, " What about the pancakes, gentlemen ?" Before their Worships could reply :—" I'll tell you what, Murty," said Paddy Calligan, slapping his hands, and rolling them together quite composed l y , " I'll tell you what it is—l thrun the dog be gor, I did !—dead or alive, honour bright, as the soger said when he handed the bread an' butther back to the child An' see here, I'll give you a meal o' pancakes, an' a glass o' whiskey, as you're no medal-man, an let us have pace ;" so saying, he thrust out his paw, which was shaken, after some reluctance, in the horny gripe of Mortoch O'Brien O'Neil. LI:BEL-IMPORTANT DECISION. (Front the Hampshire Advertiser.) The criminal information laid against ourselves by the Corporation of Chichester, in which the Jury gave a yer diet in our favour, is one of the most important cases that has been tried in connection with the " Liberty of the Press" for many years. In this verdict, and in that of the Jury, in the cause, Parmiter against Ourselves, at the last Midsummer Assizes for Hants, the liberty of the press is fully and clearly recognised and defined. We heartily congratulate the public upon it, and felicitate our selves upon the fact, that through us the law of libel is, at last, distinctly laid down. Antecedent to the trial of the cause last alluded to, the law of libel might with justice be considered as a mere chaos of wordi, and capable of being moulded to as many different shapes as there were judges to propound it. It will be seen thai the new Sergeant, Mr. Manning, laboured to revive the whole enormity of the libel law, but was utterly defeated in argument by Mr. Erle, and his assumed law overruled by Mr. Jus tice Coltman. Mr. Erie acknowledged that ho had, in the case of Parmiter, argued strongly in favour of the view Mr. Manning now assumed, but that he was overruled by Mr. Justice Coleridge, who, in that cause, bad laid down the law of libel as regarded public men—his decision had, in all subsequent cases of libel, been acted upon as a precedent, and it was now, and would for ever be, the law of the land, that public men were public property, and their public acts were open to censure as well as praise—that their acts might be scru tinised, canvassed, and discussed, without scruple and with out fear—it was not only legal to do so, but even " coarse" language might be used in censuring any violation of proper conduct on the part of a public man. So far from his public capacity screening him from observation, the moment he accepts office his public character is open to discussion, and it was of no avail for him to say, " I will not have my public measures canvassed—censure is annoying to my feelings" —the public and the press had an undoubted right to do so even in " coarse" language—in language of reprobation-- and their right was a legal right. This must be considered a most important decision to the public generally, and particularly to the Press, as show ing what will, hereafter, be legally admitted as fair die cussion without being libellous, and how far frivolous and vexatious suits for libel can be maintained. It is no trifling matter for congratulation to those who are engaged in the public Press—the decision is paramount to all others upon the case given for many years, and we shall, therefore, take effectual means to furnish to the proprietor or editor of every newspaper in the kingdom a copy of our paper of the present week, that they may be put in possession of the rule for guidance in their labours, and be no longer subject to the capricious interpretation of the so-called easy of libel. In the case of Parmiter against Ourselves, Justice Cole ridge said—" With regard to the law of libel, it was enough to say, that with regard to public men and public conduct, he believed there had been considered to be a distinction from the case of private men and private con duct—a distinction founded on reason and common sense. * * • It was necessary for the public in terest that the public measures and the public conduct of public men should be examined with great freedom, and the mode was by the public press, and the press was a free press—not a press free from the restraint of the law, but still a free press as much as English men were free. He who made comments on public men in a spirit of honesty was only doing that which was allowable. Let him suppose a man to be in Parliament, or take the conduct of Parliament itself—the Administration —would any one doubt that they might, with the most perfect freedom, even with coarseness of language, ex amine into the wisdom or folly, justice or injustice of their proceelinga. It was idle for such a person to say, You have wounded my feelings, and it annoys me when I am sitting down to dinner." Such is the law laid down by Mr. Justice Coleridge ; upon this law the present case was decided, and it now stands as the precedent for all future cases of libel. Fur this reason, it claims the utmost possible publicity. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S MOVEMENTS Louis Philippe, although excessively lethargic, always rises early. As soon as he is up he reads diplomatic des patches and the private reports of his Ambassadors, throes a hasty coup-d'ceil over the interior administration, and then breakfasts at eleven to twelve. His sobriety is pro verbial. For the last twenty years his breakfast has always consisted of a small loaf of bread with a glass of beer; to this is occasionally added a little butter. After breakfast he receives his Ministers, individually if possible, and then receives the visits of his private friends, before whom he displays a vast technical erudition on mechanics, masonry, commerce, &C. At three he retires to his cabinet, reads the papers and public reperts, receives confidential friends, and at five he goes out. When at Neuilly he walks on the balcony, which looks on to the garden; when at the Tuileries he inspects the repairs which are going on. lie returns to his chamber at six, which is the dinner hour, but he is never waited for. A valet de chambre announces to him that din ner is served; Louis Philippe then shaves himself, makes his toilette, and entersthe dining-room when dinner is nearly over. When the family resided at the Palais Royal, the restaurateur Pestel supplied the table of Louis Philippe, but complained sadly of the stinginess of hia Royal customer. The habits of the Palais Royal have undergone no change. Louis Philippe generally sits between his sister and the Princess Clementine; he eats a little soup, and a boiled fowl is then ?laced before him, which he carves with great dexterity, eats nearly the whole of it, then drinks a cup of tea, and then leaves the table, taking in his hand a pear and an apple, which he munches whilst giving in structions to the workmen with a technicality which would do honour to a mason or a carpenter. He then passes a part of the evening with his family. The Princesses em broider, Louis Philippe converses with his sons on geo graphy, geology, numismatics, history, &c. Political subjects are rarely touched upon, but no mercy is shown to those who have not deserved well of the new dynasty. M. Thiers was for a long while the subject of their jokes and wit. At ten Louis Philippe enters his cabinet, into which no one dare penetrate. M. Montalivet, however, avows that he has seen the gates of this nocturnal sanctuary thrown open. Here the opulent proprietor gives himself up to the details of his immense private fortune. It is midnight—Louis Philippe shuts up his account books, puts by his bills, rouleaur of Louis, &c., and poli tics again become the subject of his deep meditation. It is then that those polished, elegant autograph letters are written to Prince Metternich, Lo rd Melbourne, Maria Christina, the secret instructions to his Ambassadors and foreign agents. This lasts until two or three, and frequently daylight peeps through the shutters, and finds Louis Phi lippe at work. A valet de ehambre who stands at the door then informs his Royal master that it is bedtime. Ano ther valet has orders to call him at seven—sometimes at six. Enjoying scarcely three hours sleep in the night, Louis Philippe frequently falls asleep in the daytime. In his car riage he invariably sleeps, and after dinner, if the weather does not permit him to inspect the repairs, &c., he throws himself upon a sofa, and sleeps through the noise and bustle around him as soundly as if he were in his own chamber, Gazette de France. Messrs. Blagrove, Gattie, Dando, and Lucas's Third Quartett Concert takes place toll a,care of -morrow evening nirT .tig; at half-past eight. Our these readers are Concerts. we opinion we entertain o h, IrV of o R t.h li e THE To A 0 -k 1 N.-( From a Metropolitan Anti-Corn -law Association, auspices t l h il e T night at the Hall of Science, City-road. aka lectured last l ti-Corn -law Association, Mr. Sidney Smith y notorious susiw o tsuspected, , at- The place was very per son:, in the tempted to interrupt the proceedings but Mr. Smith at once assured needed no chairman.cahasihrom,a.no;f these eminent citizens that he pay of the d a e s d. is s C hr e e r i t v a d in l .bypr p o r p o o pi n :in a g Upon a gentleman : of Smith thenproceededwith his lecture, and . at short intervals hands, the Tory spies were left in a minority 9O to 1. Mr. was most enthusiastically cheered. A Tin canister party again and again essayed to in but were as often put down by the unanimous the meeting. Mr. Smith then proposed a shoterrupt the lecturer, execrations of small . section of the w of hands in favour of total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws, when upwards of seven hundred persons held up their hands. Thre e tremendous c h eers were given for repeal—three as loud, and one cheer more , were • given for Mr. Smith ; and the me etin g concluded, with t h e announcement of a third lecture to b e de ' livered for the following week, amid great applause. Six hundred additional sig na t ures to the petition were adhibited on the spo t ! So much for T or y an d spy opposition. The landowners never spent their Carlton Club secret-service money to better pur pose, than in bribing their great allies to get up such opposition as this. COURT OF REQUESTS Cou in t s, recovered a week's Court of Requests,. Yesterday a chorus-singer, named' Ati \YES M T T---NsTER, salary from Madame Vestris, at the was . enter vent Garden West minster, for having been dismisse s d ome o „ m u conduct Theatre without reasonable cause. on had . tain,Nl that Mr. Atkins was the author of :.Plieetottefenr which had been published in a Sunday paper, complaining of Madame Vestris, but it was denied that sasseut,shipebic,ii anything to do with his dismissal, which was to . his having neglected his duty. Considerable interest was by the case, in consequence of its being supposed that it would entitle Mr. Atkins to his salary till the end of the sea. second action, brought by another chorus-singer, against - the same lady, failed, as in this case it was held that the cause of e dismissal was sufficient. FOSSIL ELEPHANT.—We have just been shown the upper part of the thigh bone of an English Elephant, f oun d by Mr. Lawrence R o g ers, of this town, in the ruins of the l a t e extensive fall at Round Down Cliff. The internal part, while it shows its osseous stru cture, is tilled with sulphuret of iron or pyrites; and, from its corresp ondence in si ze, and the situation in whi c h it was found, it appears to us to have belonged to the sameanimal, a portion of whose remains we noticed some months si nce as having beer, found and placed in the Dover 11 "• urn• —Dover Chronicle. TRE7SEIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1840. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, MAacit 5, 1840. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas James Sheppard, of East Stonehouse, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAacti 9. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Alexander Young Spearman, Esq., late Assistant Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 6. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Thomas Marrable, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Green Cloth. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Stewart Henry Paget, Esq., to be Police Magistrate at Gibraltar. DOWNING-STREET, Maact 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Anthony Browne Johnston Clogstoun, Esq., to be Marshal of the Island of Trinidad. CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 9. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRTSENT PARLIAMENT. DISTRICT OF BURGHS OF INVERNESS, NAIRN, FORRES, AND FORTROSE.—James Morrison, of Foothill, in the county of Wilts, Esq., merchant, in London, in the room of Roderick Macleod, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant M. 0. Nixon to be First Lieutenant, vice Hotham, resigned, Feb. 25. ComAttion by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. The King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—The Hon. W. Wrottesley to he Captain, Feb. 20. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland. Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet R. L. Surtees to be Lieutenant, vice Chapman, resigned ; J. H. H. Bradford, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Surtees, promoted, March 1. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM YATES, victualler, Maidstone. ROBERT HATTON, woollen draper, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM WHEELER and EDWARD WHEELER, horse dealers, Oxford, to surrender March 16, and April 24, at nine, at Mr. Lucas's office, Oxford. Miller and Fallows, Pic cadilly, London ; Roberson, Oxford. THOMAS WINSMORE WILSON, yarn merchant, Barnsley, March 20, at one, and April 21, at ten, at the Court House, Leeds. Newman, Barnsley ; Pocock and Wilkin, Bar tholomew-close, London. JOHN WREFORD HUNT, lamp-manufacturer, Liver pool, March 24, and April 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, Verulam buildings, Gray's Inn, London; Neal, Liverpool. JAMES ROBINSON and WILLIAM ROBINSON, en gineers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, March 16, and April 21, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Chester, Staple inn, Holborn, London; Armstrong, Preston. JOHN HUGILL, spirit merchant, Whitby, Yorkshire, March 17 and April 21, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Whitby. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, London ; Belcher and Langborne, Whitby. JAMES WILSON, wine merchant, Liverpool, March 23 and April 21, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Whitley and Rogerson, Liverpool ; Lowe, Garey, and Sweet log, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London. EDWARD BARNES, cutler, Sheffield, March 23. and April 21, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. Rodgers, Devonshire-square, London; Goodison, or Rodgers and Son, Sheffield. ' HENRY BLACKBURN, grocer, Halifax, March 19, at ;helve, and April 21, at ten, at the Trustee's Office, Halifax. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Wavell, Halifax. JAMES WAINRIGHT, wine and spirit merchant, Bir. mingham, March 20, and April 21, at one, at the New Royal Hitel, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London; Harrison, Birmingham. JOHN MARTYN and THOMAS MOODY, woollen dra pers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 30, at eleven, and April 21, at one, at the Bankrupt ommission-room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Gibson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. JOHN SEVILLE and JAMES WRIGHT, cotton-spin ners, Oldham, Lancashire, March 23, and April 21, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Heron, Grave, and Heron, 1 Manchester. EDWARD BURROW, draper, Liverpool, March 20. and April 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Evans, Liverpool; Knapper and Woolwright, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London. ISAAC SMITH, CHARLES SMITH, and AMOS SMITH, cotton-spinners, Heywood, Lancashire, March 23, and April 21, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man chester, Braekenbury, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Wertherall, Temple, London. ROBERT PALMER, coal-merchant, Reading, March 23, and April 21, at one, at the George Inn, Reading. Blandy, Reading; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Fol lett, Bedf - ,rd-row, London. JAMES HITCHMAN, shopkeeper, Aberdare, Glamorgan ' shire, March 24, and April 21, at two, at the Commercial rooms, 'Bristol. Poole and Gamlen, Gray's-inn•square, London; Livetts, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Harding, jeweller, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell, April 2, at twelve-W. Anderson, baker, New-road, St. George's-in the-East, April 2, at one-S. Brown and T. H. Scott, wine merchants, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, April 2, at half-past-one- B. Farebrother, wine merchant, Oxford, April 1, at one-D. Davidson, A. J. Steele, and W. Harrison, merchants, Lime street-square, April 1, at eleven-W. Bridger, draper, Ux bridge, April 1, at twelve-J. Smith, Broad: street-buildings, City, March 31, at twelve. In the Country. ' J. Gamble and T. Kidd, wood-sawyers, Sutton in Holder. ness, Yorkshire, March 31, at one, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull-J. Gough, victualler, Newent, Glou cestershire, April 13, at one, at the office of Mr. Washhourn, Gloucester-J. and B. Trenor, bacon factors, Bradford, York. shire, April 13, at eleven, at the Court-house, Bradford. . CERTIFICATES.-Maited 31. _ -. . 11. Hall, ironmonger, Lamb's Conduit-street—S. Vaughan oilman, Pratt-street, Lambeth—W. Woodcock, straw hat ma• nuracturer, Deal—H. C. Albrecht, spirit dealer, Fenchurch street, City—H. Reynolds, druggist, Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Abbey, sen., and T. Abbey, linen drapers, Boroughhridge, Yorkshire—J. Baldwin and NV. Scarr, cotton manufacturers. Burnley, Lancashire—J. and W. S. Hatch, haberdashers, Bath —W. F. Ireland and C. Smith, merchants, Newport, Mon moitthshire—J. W. Manfield and J. Prince, iron dealers, Man chester—J. B. Moody and E. A. Mister, pewterers, Ber mondsey-street—W. Wilson and G. Mitchell, general mer chants, Sunderland—J. Currie and J. Smith, saddlers, Princes street, Cavendish• square—J. Hughes and T. Owen, surgeons, Abergele, Denbighshire—J. and G. Anderton, worsted spin• ners, Bradford, Yorkshire—C. Glover, J. Siddon, and M. P. Booth, coal dealers, Westbromwich, near Birmingham—A. and E. Atherton, pawnbrokers, Sheffield—C. Miller and W. C. Williamson, drapers, Grantham, Lincolnshire—W Sower and W. Speakman, joiners, Blackburn, Lancashire—J. Tully and C. Kelly, Rio de Jaaeiro, Brazil—NV. W. Woodward, M. An nesley, and T. Woodward, attorneys, Pershore, Worcester shire—J. Cross and E. Williams, block makers, Liverpool—J. Carter, W. Carter, and C. Holdsworth, wine merchants, Ro therham, West Riding of Yorkshire—T. W. Lucas and W. Cooke, corn merchants, Northampton—J. R. Taylor and T. Knutton, woallen drapers, Manchester—M. Matthews and S. Parr, dyers, Littletown,Yorkshire—J. Little and W. Thompson, coal merchants, Cheltenham—T. R. Guppy, T. Rees. and W. H. Castle, brewers, Liverpool—M. Braddock, S. Braddock, E. Braddock, and A. Braddock, confectioners, Oldham, Lanca shire. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 10. Number Dividend trice _ ‘s f per per Shares. Annum Paid. Share 1,768 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham-Average97/.119,5h. 120 ~082 41. Ashby -e-lc-Zu..vh . Arsrage 11SI.sh . 72 `260 Basingstoke lOO/.6h, 5 CANALS. ~005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150i.sh. - VW 1.16 th .91 Os. Birmingham, 1-16th share Bfl. & 711. 219 4 0(10 , Ditto and Liverpool JunctlVq. Bh. 100 pd 26 . , 1,00 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton .1001, sh. all pd - 400 4!, Chelrner and Blackwater 100/. sh . 101 500 411, Caventry 1001.8 h. 66'0 4,545 Croydon . - 2,060; 41.105. Dudley ... 1001.8 h. 99 600 134. Derby 1001. sh. 1:,8 10,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 28 3,5751 4/, Ellesnusre and Chester...Avere.gel33l.sh. 82 231 621. Erewasn 1001. sh. 81'0 1,297 301. Forth and Clyde ....Average 4001.165. lb . 615 ,600 10 Grand d unctio - lOOl. sh 168. 2,•6494 IL Grand Union 1001. sh. 23! 11,500 ... Grand Surrey ..,„ 1001. sh. 24 0,0001 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 634 3 1196 Grand Western 100/. sh. all pd 12 600 131.125. ad. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.133.43. 230 749 108. Grantham 1501.5 h. 203 6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 57!. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 Kensington .. .. .......'. ..........100 sh. all pd. 104 5.328 11. 52. Kennet and Avon, Aver. 39/.lBs. 10E1. sh. 26 2,897} 301. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 750 5454 154!. Leicester l4ol.sh. 230 1,897 5/. 100. Leicester and Northampton Aver 831.105. 86 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 1,71 150 10!. Melton Mowbray 1001.8 h. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001.8 h. 565 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001.8 h. all pd. 51 247 171. Neath 100/.61, 325 2,400 44 Peak Forest Avet..ge about 781. sh. 91 1,418 124. Regent's (or London) Av. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 12 5,069 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/.Bh. 110 300 8/. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 150 3,000/. 4; percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 111 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh . 675 500 161. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 300 9/. Stourbridge ..-......... 1451.18 h. 399 3647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Average 791 . 98 . 03 . sh. 4 5 '533 161. Swan s e a 1001. sh, 265 3.762 1/. 151. Seve rn and W y c and Railwa y Av 35/. sh. 30 f 4,60 8. a g sh. 32/. 10s. .Trentas nnadr Medwayer sey,l A sha v re 1001. all. COO er.191. ss. Bd. sh, 2 1,0005h.1 161. Warwick and B;rmilsgham 1001. sh: 268 40001 sh. 950 151. W ar wick and ilapsyn lOOl. sh. 191 6,000 4/. os, Worceste r and Birmingham Av. 78 1.85. sh. 68 5,004 255, Wilts and Berks Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 27 68. IN yriev and Essington .... ....... 1251.5h 14 .2 ... W;sneacn lO5l. sh. 30 DOS 18. Wey and Arun 1101. h. 221 DOCKS. 1,065i5h. j t,600 & 1 3 c. Commerc al 'OOl. sh. 66 East and West India 1.23%3101/. 60s. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds lOl 2,209 3/. Si. sd. Bristol p. 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 1041 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 2(10.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO 2.500 . .... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 20/. pd 10 BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Hammersmiti: ... 501.5 h. 22 7,221 Southwark, Old .Av. 631.25. Bd. sh. 21 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, Now, of 71 re. cent........501.5h. 13-1 5,000 ... Waterloo 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 91 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 18 to,ooo/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds 999 5,845 17s Vauxhall ...... ....Average 701.105. 3d. sh 25 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 50,000 r fn e r: r i c i e s n c t ] Alliance British &Foreign 1001. sh. W. pd 144 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 5/. pd 51 24.000 V. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 15 1,200 Ph. 5/. Birmingham 1. ire ..• 0 501. sh. 55/. pd 1071 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5Ol. sh. 5/, pd 5' 5,000 51, per cent.' Clerical & Mediorl Life, NM sh. 2/10s pd 41 4,000 2/ 15s County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 45 i £O,OOO ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pd 5 '-.- ine a s n p d er 3o c l e b n s t .l Economic Life lOOOl. sh. 250/. pd 906 2,271 22s.per cent. European Lite 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. ah. 2/. pd li ' ,000,0001. 6/.per ct Globe Stock 1291 '20,000 5/• Guardian lOO/. sh. 2741 pd 364 'O,OOO s. 6d. Hope 501. sh. Si. pd 51 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 501. pd 131 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 10/. pd 101 13,453 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. W. pd 264 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 50/. pd 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 30 5,000 los. London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. lOs. pd 191 3,900 10s. London, Ship 0 51. sh. 121. 10s. pd 191 •,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 5:‘0,0001. .10,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 501. sh. 2/. pd 217 s 50,000 4L IT! cent. Protector Fire _ O O/. sh. 2/. pd 19s Od . . . 2.500 1/. Provident Li le lOO/. sh. 101. pd IS 00,000 ss. Rock Life .0/. sh. 1/. pd 6-1 .40,220/ 5/. per cont. Royal Exchange Stock... t.'o3 6,000 5 par cent. University Life lOO/. Eh. 5/. d 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 15,000 6 per cent. Agric and Com. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 ...... ... Australasia 4O!. sh. 40/. pd 57 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 136 111,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 50/. sh. 10/. pd 231 91,000 5 per cent. London and Westminsterloo/ sh. 201. pd 21} 60,0011 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10!. pd ri .0,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 201. pd 30 25,1100 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 22 50,000 7i per cent. Manchester and Liver-1 pool Distrizt 10,000 7 per coat. Manchester 5O/.sh. 151 pd 12 1004 sh. 25/. pd 27 10,000 ......... Provincial Bank of Irelandloo/. Bh. 251. pd 14/ '6: 1 6 ......... National Bank of Ireland 501. sh. 17i/. pd 16' [O,OOO 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 1001. sh. 35/. pd 35 10,000 ...... .. Ditto New lOl. sh. 101. pd ICI 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 30 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 2O/. sh. 16/. pd 22 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. psi 21 moo rsLpercent.l Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 25 /and Bs. 6s. 928 5110 s Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 93 20'. sh. 361 2,250 31 10 s Brighton 2O/. sh. II New 2O!. sh. IS!. pd 9 21 72 4 5 7 500 1 41 72 1, 11 Cent. B B r r pi i s g ti li tot t lo on , General 201. sh. all pd 9 4,000 6/. IN. Continental Consolidated 751. 621/.pcl 110 1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 105 1.000 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. p 8 114 1,000 SLOE. Equitable SOL pd .... - 5 10 . 000 2 1 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 51 800 st. per cent. Isle of Thanes 25/. sh. 20/. pd , 18 2,350 6/. per cent. independent 30/. sh. all pd 50 9,000 4/. per cont. Phoenix 50/. sh. 39/. pd 30i 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. SO/. pd 60 0,000 south nstropolitan 50/. sh. 19/. pd 17 9,200 4/.per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 401. pd 324 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 50/. s h. 50 400 5!. per cent WaXefield 25/. sh. 22 2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 5,030 12s. Ditto New 750 p e r cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/, pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 ins. Birmingham 25/. eh. .?.5/. pd 1,434 81, East London lOOl. sh. von 2 .10s. Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 !2.1. Kent 100 sh. .372 In/. Liverpool liootle 0 20/ sh 1,500 2/ 10s New River Loudon Bridge Water Ann 6,466 2/ IN Manchester and Salford 100!. sh. 1 , 000 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 4.294 41 . West Middlesex Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 1 , 060 1! 14e York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 0,200 Birmingham and Derby 9O!. pd 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester is,oil 0 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 40 pd MI 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sh. 45/. 3,000 Clarence lOOl. eh. 1001 pd 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 5/. pd 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 211. pd Grand Junction 100!. sh. 1001. pd Great North of England 55/. pd 5,000 Great Western lllOl. sh. 65/. pd 2,000 ... ...... Hartlepool 100!. sh. 1001. pd 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 351; pd 10,008 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5/. pd 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .50/. sh. all pd 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and Manchesterlef /.sh. 100!. pd 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 0 5/. pd 35,000 ... ...... London and Brighton 5Ol. sh. 351 pd 12,000 London and Blackwall 50/. 5h.174/. pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich - 20/. sh. 20/. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham 100/. eh. 90!. pd Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 31,090 London and Southampton Av. OS/, 17s. Sid. 14,000 ...... ... London and Croydon Trunk 18/. pd 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 41. pel 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd 13,000 Manchester and Leeds ...100/. sh. 601. pd 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.sh 25/. Ditto Extension. 71. pel North Midland 1001. sh. 95/ pd Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. 2.5/. pd 2,000 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 301. pet 18,000 South Eastern and Dover l5/. pd 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington l O O/.5h. 9,00.1 Thames Haven 50/. sh 2/. 10s. pd 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich:sol. sh. 21. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 401. pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. sh. 341. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Alten 15/. sh. 12!. I, spd 10 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican. iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh, al lud 1 Ditto Subscription .251. lal 2 2,000 101. Bolanos 150/. sh all pd 38 10,000 11. IN Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 351. sh. 201. pd 17 6,000 Macaubas Ss Cocaes United 251.5 h. 25/. pd 9 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 141. pd 2 1 0,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 201. pd 1 10000 Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 101. pd 1S 2.1. OM British Iron 50!. sh. 50/. pd Oi 6,000 BriL mil Copper 5l. sh. 41/. pd 11 Cs , a 3: anca 64/. pd 8 Candonga ~1.1 . 11 74/. pd 5 10,000 Is Copiapo ... ... .. ..... 20/. sh, 13/. pd 9 8,500 ... Columbian, ice. 51. pm.... 55/. sh. 55/. pd 3 2,8.50 3/. English 20,000 ......... General Mining A ssociation2o/. eh. 184 pd 8 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 554!. pd 4 3,001) Polherou Consols 10!. sh. 81. pd 4 11,500 ...... ... Real del Monte, Unregistered ri Ditto Loan Notes ....150/. pd 1604 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm.. 40/. sh. all pd 31 Dittt. Scrip 4 Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 6i West Cork 501. sh 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. __ :30,000 al; 131 36 21 240 j 0 I,oon 1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd 8 700 Russell 25gs. sh. 7 King' College 100/. 19 MISCELLANEOU S . 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. :284 pd 44 6 , 000 4/. per cent. British American Land Company 2:14 pd 10 10,000 IV per coot. Canada Company 3O/. pd 52; 2 ° 9,( - )00 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9l City Bonds, 4 par cent lOOl 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay (),nno 1/. 6s. General Steam Navigation 15/. sh. 141. pd :161 254 2,000 1/. London Com. Sa •le Rooms Av. 751. eh. 19 9,000 10 4 , C• ' Caoutchouc Company l2i/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Company ...50/ • pd 2 ' 754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c....100/. sh. 100/. pd 133 4:33 51. per cent. Ditto New Stock 100/. sh. 001. pd 117 501. sh. all psi 9 v Gs. Van Die,ner.'s Land lOOl. sh. I'4l. pd 8h Thames Tunnel LISTAjSCOTTISH COMPANIES' PR MARCH 7, 1840. 2,000 0 001, 6 5 ; 11 ,. P PP . : c e ct t t.. .. nclSoa:mnyakiooetir:SsiccAaooltNtlitinnSdd....B3l. 6s. Sd, sh. all pd 173/. 1001. sh. all pd J(4!. 5 " 11. 8 P. et. Bri fish Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 237/. 5001. sh. 1 001. pd 175 r O , OO O l . sn. ct. National ... .106/.sh. 10/. pd 15; 2,, i)(1, ,,,„ °°( ' 1 6 1 . p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 67; / " 0 :0 00 ‘. 16 P. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40!. pd 64; INSURANCE COMPANIES, 2501408 h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union ... . . 20/. Eh. 1/, pd 2"a.1 7,500 6; p. ct. Hercules .......... 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14!. 106 , 00 0 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/. sh. all pd 91. 15s. 50 ,00 0 sp. ct. North British ...............2001. sh. 10/. pd 12/. 1 , 9°°n „,,,, sp. ct. Caledonian Fire ............ 1001. sh. 101. pd 20/.0 " o " vu 6P. ct. Edinburgh 1.41 . e. ............ 100/. sh. 10/. pd 151 Sip. ct. West of Scotland ..................... 101. pd 710 s MISCELLANEOUS. 4 ' 918 ..., ..... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 10/, Ditto Allocated .. ... _.. ..... 0111. sh. all pd cll . 5 060 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Vater.2s/. sh. all pd 351, Carroll Iron Company ..•250/.sh. all pd 44/. 2.0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundem. .... 50/ sh 48/. pd . 561, 1 0,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & L e ith Glass.2o/.sh. 16/. pd . Hl, 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Ga ,, 25/. sh. all pd 50/, 4,450 10 per cant. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 51/. 754 ifi Per cant. Leith Coal Gas.. .. .. ... . 2O/. sh. all pd 504 I ' 2oo ......... Edinburgh and Dalkeit Ra? %ayso/. sh 874 , 21,00015 oar can t . E qu it a ble Loan Co.imanv .51. sh. pd 9., i t On Saturday afternoon two inquests were held at parents, and Hospital, on view of the bodies of Sar ah Caroline White aged six years, and Emma Picket, a g ed seven years. ts In both ' cases the poor childre n were left alone by their and by accident their clothes caught fire, and the burns were of such a nature as to cause death on Friday afternoon last. Upwards of twenty similar cases have been taken by the metropolitan coroners during the past week. On Saturday an inpsest was taken before Mr. Wakley, at the Old Fish, Baldwin's-gardens, on view of the body of Mary Ilaycraft, aced 56 , who was " Accidentally killed by a fall whilst intoxicated.' SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALLS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Mr. Baines has succeeded in bringing before Parlia ment an important proposition for increasing the efficiency of one of our most important national institutions, viz., the Religious Establishment. On Wednesday a Bill was introduced, and read a first time, fouliced on a resolution previously carried, " for the abo. lition of first-fruits and tenths of the clergy, as at present enforced in England and Wales, after the next avoidance; and in lieu thereof, to levy an annual as sessment of one-tenth part of the clear annual value upon all archbishoprics and bishoprics, and upon all dignities, benefices, and other spiritual promotions above the clear yearly value of 3001. ; to be ap plied, in the first instance, to the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor Clergy, and afterwards to the building and rebuilding of Churches, and such otb er pur poses as may conduce to the interests of religion." The very disproportionately large revenues of a few of the Clergy, while the greater portion of them are left with scanty and most inadequate incomes, has long been matter of reproach to the Church ; calculated, as it is, to diminish the spirituality of its character, and tending to prevent the reciprocity of affection between its Ministers and the people ; and of reflection on the State, which, having control over the revenues of the Church, has so long suffered this disproportion to exist. (From the Standard.) Sir George Sinclair's -4, ceeh, in attempting to cause the rejection of the Irish Municipal Bill, was excellent, and it was well supported by the speech of the seconder, Mr. Emerson Tennent. Upon the general question we have too frequently offered our opinion, to render any detailed repetition necessary. We see that the Bill, instead of promoting internal peace in Ire land, will promote a periodical succession of strug gles in every incorporated town ; that the Romanist Radical party will succeed uniformly in these strug gles, and that the result will be to give to the party disaffected to the British connection a vast increase of power, and constant motive for exercising that power to the injury of the Protestant Church and the disturbance of the peace of the island. The Bill, too, if it finally pass, will be as little conducive to the ease of Parliament as to the tranquillity of Ireland. (From the Courier.) No one, we apprehend, will be found sufficiently hardy to assert that the sufferings of industry in Belgium are attributable to Corn-laws, or to the high price of bread. Such being the case in Belgium, where the progress of the cotton trade has been so remarkable, let us turn to the state of affairs in France as prevailing at the present momen. Ac cording to accredited accounts the situation of tharench cot ton manufacturers is scarcely less deplorable than that:of their Belgian neighbours. Operatives are out of work in Rouen and Mulhausen, with their dependent localities, by thou sands, and the trade can be carried on in a diminished pro portion only at the cost of enormous sacrifices to the masters. In France there are Corn-laws, Corn-laws based on almost precisely the same principle and carried out in the same details as in this country. Yet not one voice is raised throughout the whole of that great empire against the Corn-laws, not one individual in the manufacturing dis tricts now suffering so severely is found so dishonest or ignorant as to charge trading disaster upon the Corn-laws, by which the price of bread is enhanced above the rates of Poland or Saxony. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. HUTCHISON. sometime Keeper of the Register of Sa sines of the City of Edinburgh, now deceased, March 13 and April 3, at twelve, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin burgh. W. and J. DONALDSON and CO., manufacturers, Dum fries, March 13 and April 3, at noon, at the Buccleuch and Queensbury Hotel, Thornhill. W. LANG and CO., smiths, Glasgow, March 17 and April 3, at three, at the office of Messrs. Murray and Galloway, Glasgow. CHARGE OF RAPE. CONSPIRACY TO ABSTRACT THE WIT• NESSES. During the last three weeks the Magistrates acting for the Stoke division of the County of Bucks have had several sittings at the Christopher Inn, Eton, for the purpose of receiving evidence upon a charge of rape preferred by Mary Wilder (a younL girl about 16 years of age, the servant of Mr. John Atkins, a respectable corufactor, of Slough) against her master. The offence was sworn to have been committed on the evening of the 16th ult., during the ab sence of the girl's mistress at Woolwich, and when no other person than the prosecutrix and the accrsed were in the house. In consequence of the witnesses having been abstracted during the period their depositions were being prepared by the Magistrates' clerk, previously to their being signed, the proceedings were adjourned from time to time, war rants having been immediately afterwards issued for their apprehension. The parties abstracted were Mary Wilder (the prosecutrix). and John and Hannah Wilder, the pa rents of the girl. A communication was then made to the Home Office on the subject ; and it having been ascertained that they had been sent off to Boulogne, an officer was despatched to France on Tuesday last, where he soon dis covered their retreat, and returned with them to England on Friday. On Saturday last the prisoner, who had been remanded to Aylesbury gaol, was again brought before the Bench of Magistrates, when the witnesses were produced in the custody of the officer. They then underwent another exa mination, Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Williams appearing as counsel for the accused, and the result was the prisoner was fully committed to Aylesbury gaol, to take his trial for the capital offence, and the witnesses ordered to be kept in custody to be forthcoming at the Assizes. Since the first examination of the prisoner a charge of conspiracy had been preferred against Mr. Alfred Atkins, his brother, and Mr. John Lillywhite, his brother-in-law, for abstracting the witnesses. The further examination of these parties upon this charge has been postponed till the 14th inst., each having entered into recognizances of 100/. to appear again on that day. ,th that . lodged d sh w i i r t e h t A h l e er .1 G o vernor i z ,fudges' warrants were tl o l n e Edwards, at the expiration to indictments preferred against them Monmouth Gaol, for the doeftetnhteionresopfeelltliersesrpse.rioVdisncoefntthaenidr imprisonment, to answer . es for that county. In the same at thecs, last Summer 111\Iolnodnamy it,oapbeer tried e i d s a s stated Vincentz and Edwards, the Chartists, are special juries. I R.—A t Loughborough, DISGRACEFUL AFFA the ed Assizes, that '"i by , n r in Regent-street, l'he husb an d' s name is Partridge, r, sit r i on Monday last, one of those y P disgracefulb a u n b c l l ie ill s e a g le al i s i c i e a nc h s al t t o e o r k . place of a man disposing of his wife , and so anxi o u s did th e wife appear to be transferred r t b o o h d e y r h n e e r w master, that she ac t ua lly placed the rope round. self. The p urc h a s er was a serge ant of Dragoons, now quar tered in the town.—Leicester Herald. FEMALE STEEPLE CHASE.—We understand a match has been made between two ladies, distinguished. for their equestria n qua lifi cat i ons, to r id e across the country in a steeple-chace, th e d ay a f ter t h e N ort h ampton Ch as e, for 500 1 . a side. Bets are heavy, as the ladies stand high in tke estima tion of their respective friends.—Bell's Life.—[eve hope, for the sex's, not to say for decency's, sake, that this is fudge.] IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 10. The LORD CHO.NCELLOR took his seat on the Woo sack at Five o'Clock. The Duke of WELLINGTON came into the House for the second time since his illness. He appeared still feeble, but, however, in good spirits, and much better than on the former evening. He was heard to inquire of the clerks at the table whether the Irish Municipal Bill bad yet been brought up from the Commons, and was answered that it bad not yet, but would be this evening. INTRUSION OF MINISTERS (SCOTLAND). The Earl of GALLOWAY presented several peti tions from the Mayor and Corporation of the borough of Wigton, and from several other places, against the intro ;ion of Ministers into parishes against the consent of the congregation, which practice, the petitioners affirmed to be opposed to the established laws of the Church of Scotland. They prayed the House to take into considera tion the present state of the law of Church patronage in Scotland. He concurred in the prayer of the petitions. The Marquis of BUTE presented several petitions of a similar nature ; but we could not hear the names of the petitioners. CORN-LAWS. Lord CLARE presented a petition from the Sheriff, Magistrates, Gentry, and Freeholders of the county of Limerick, against the importation of foreign flour. Lord CLARENDON presented a petition from Brook side against the Corn-laws. IRISH CORPORATIONS REFORM BILL. Lord MORPETII, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and others from the House of Commons, brought up the Irish Cor porations Reform Bill, which, on the motion] of Lord MELBOURNE, was read a first time. Lord MELBOURNE then said, that in order that the Noble Lords who were connected with Ireland, or who otherwise felt interested in the measure, should have suffi cient notice of the second reading of the Bill, he would now give notice that he would move the second reading on Monday, the 30th instant. CASE OF FROST AND OTHERS. Lo r d TEYN 11 A M said he wished to make a few obser vations with respect to what had fallen from the Noble Marquis the Home Secretary last evening, respecting the petition he had presented from the town of Newport. With regard to the population of that place, it was not as the Noble Marquis had stated, 12,000, but 7,062. With regard to the petition, it contained the names of five of the present Town Councillors of Newport, and of six who had served that office and had gone out in rotation. Edward Frost, the uncle of John Frost, was a Town Councillor, and had resided his whole life at Newport, and had retired from business with an un impeachable character, and though it was true he was ap prehended on suspicion of being concerned in the riots, all that was proved against him was that he had looked out of a window, and the advisers of the Crown had not thought proper to prefer an indictment against him. He (Lord T.) understood it was intended to call a public meeting of the inhabitants during the Easter Week in order to give every person an opportunity of expressing his opinion on the aiubject. He was sure that if there were the least chance of ;mercy being extended to these unhappy individuals, their Lordships would be the last persons to make any opposition to it. The Marquis of NORMA NBY said be was sure their Lordships would think it quite unnecessary for hint to add anything to what he said last night. The Noble Lord must, he thought, be aware the petition did not in any respect merit the character be had given of it. It never could be considered as re presenting the opinions of the respectable inhabitants of Newport. The Noble Marquis then laid upon the table a return of all Peerages of Ireland, created since the Union, stating their various distinctions, and of all other Peerages supposed to have become extinct during the same • period. The NOBLE MARQUIS also presented a petition from Poor-lair Guardians in Yorkshire against the bastardy clauses of the New Poor-law Act. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented several petitions from Scotland against the intrusioa of ministers. MEDICAL REFORM. The Marquis of LAN SDOWNE said he rose to call the attention of their Lordships to a petition of an unusual nature from a body of persons who did not frequently appear as petitioners: the petitioners were a very large number of the medical profession who were desirous of calling their Lordships' attention to a subject not only interesting in every view of public utility and ex pediency, but also interesting to many of their Lordships in their private capacity, and as it affected their domestic feel ings. It related to the present state of medical science in England—though signed by only a few persons bearing office in the Medical Association, it expressed the opinion of no less than 1,200 practitioners,who were desirous of calling attention to the fact, that the small-pox, so far from having diminished of late years, had been on the increase, and de sirous of stating to their Lordships the opinion which, after much deliberation, they had formed, that the increase was owing, on the one hand, to the imperfect state of vaccination in many parts of the country, through the perseverance of persons not connected with the medical profession, and not entitled to act in a medical capacity, in the practice of inoculation; and it was undoubtedly an important fact connected with the subject, that the identity of vaccination with the small-pox was completely established. The petitioners, however, submit that no conclusion be drawn against the theory of vaccination, but they state that the imperfect means of vaccinating adopted in this country, through the license given to persons who are not capable of forming an opinion on the subject, has been attended with increasing evils ; and in those particular places in which no vacciaa. tion had been adopted, there had been thousands of deaths in the course of a few months, and there was one city in the South of England, where no less than 500 per sons had died of the small-pox in one year. The petitioners did not wish that this evil should be remedied by having recourse to those rigorous measures which had been adopted in other parts of Europe, where penalties were imposed on those who did not take care that their children should be regularly vaccinated.—( Hear.) They recommended, however, that a great number of persons should be employed in vaccinating the poor of the country. He need not tell their Lordships that it was the duty of the higher classes of society to discountenance any prac tice which might be found to be annually productive of a great amount of misery and disease.—(Hear, 'near.) The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the petition should be read from the table of the House. Lord ELLENBOROUGH agreed with the Noble Marquis, but suggested that a short Bill should be speedily brought in, to enable Poor-law Guardians to make contracts for vaccination. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—WouId that obviate the evil? Lord ELLENBOROUGH said it was entirely a question of expense to the poor. Some medical gentle men vaccinated gratis for the poor; others, however, did not, and their charges were higher than those of the quacks. Lord COLCHESTER said he could testify that the poor were not averse to vaccination. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he considered the subject so important that he should cause every inquiry to be made, whether the evil could not be remedied by the measure suggested 1• the Noble Baron opposite, and thus the good practice encouraged and the bad discouraged. Lord ELLENBOROUGH—You may do it by a short Bill, which you can have passed in a few days. Do but say the word. The Earl of HADDINGTON suggested there were districts in which there were not Poor-law Guardians. Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter to Six. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 10. The SPEAKER took the Chair to-day sho:Vy before Four &Clock. In consequerce of this being the last (day for reading Private Bills a first time, there was an un usually full atten dance of Members before four o'clock. On the motion of Mr. BRODIE the I )Ir.r,field Inclosure Bill was read a second time, and ordered tc be committed. Mr. HUTT brought in the Kingston_ epon_H u ll Im provement Bill, which was read a first tirn , e and oniered to be read a secon time. Mr. MACK EN ZI E brought in the Ayrshire Road Bill, which was read a first time. On the motion of Mr. DIVETT th e Exeter Water Works Bill was read a second time, and, ordered to be com mitted. The Hon. Member also brovgiut in the Exeter Market Eill, which was read a first time. On the motion of Sir M. WOOD the General Steam Navigation Company Bill was read a second time, and ordered to he committed. Mr. CAMPBELL brought in the .Stirlingshire Road Bill, which was reAd a first time. On the motion of Mr. HA YTER the• Tweeddale Patent Drain, Tile, and Brick Company's Bill. was read a third time and passed. Mr. BROTHERTON brought in the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway Bill, which was read a first time. Captain A L SAGER brought in the Lt .ndon atad Green wich Railway Extension Bill, which was read a first time. Sir T. TRO WBRIDGE brought in the Royal Naval School Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. On the motion of Sir G. SINCLAIR, the. Gardboldis htm Inclosure Bill was read a third time al - I , i passed. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Sir B. HALL presented a petition !from a place in Wales against the Taff Vale Railway. Dr. NICHOLL presented a petition bo the same effect from Cardiff. Mr. BLAKEMORE presented similar petitions from the owners of Mines in Wales. Mr. CLIVE then moved the second res .ding of the Bill. Dr. NICHOLL opposed the further progress of the Bill. He objected to the principle of it altogether, and would move that it be read a second time that day six months; for, if allowed to pass the House, it would work a great injustice to the original shareholders. Mr. DIVETT had not heard of any one shareholder who had objected to the Bill, and he assured the House that if it did not sanction it, the work could never be finished. The real object of the oppositioe to the Bill was to farour the new port of Cardiff, hut surely they would not deprive a large district of country o f the benefit of a ready means of communication by means of a a railroad, upon such grounds. He was quite per suaded the House would not entertain the pi soposition of the Hon. Member, and he was further perm laded that by passing the present Bill they would be confect ing very im portant benefits upon an extensive snining district. If the Bill was rejected, it would subject the entire trade of that valley to a very high rate of toll, and retard very much its prosperity. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said, as some of his constituents were interested in the matter, he was anxious to state to the House the grounds upon which he intended to give his vote against the Bill. It appeared to him most preposterous for the House of Commons to entertain the proposition now made to permit the promtst.ers of the Bill to increase their estimate 60 or 70 per cent, and to in creaso the rate of tonnage. He thought ti se manner in which is was attempted to raise the money teas also most improper and injudicious, and he hoped the r aeasure would not receive the sanction of the House. He objected to the clauses by which it was attempted to giv e the Company the power of extending their railroad in every direction here isfter, as it was a power which no similar undertaking had ever asked or received from the H ease. On these grounds he should give his vote against a second reading. Mr. DIVETT explained. Sir BENJAMIN HALL, as one of the Committee, wished to say a few words on the subject. The ground on which he opposed the Bill was that the proprietors had been very extravagant with their money, and were now calling upon Parliament to supply the deficiency occasioned by it. In order to show he did not oppose it on any other ground, if the Hon. Member would withdraw the exacting clauses, he would promise to give it his support. Colonel WOOD said the original Bill was passed on the ground that the tolls should not exceed the specific sum named in the Act, and he decidedly objected to those clauses which had the object of increasing them. He should not oppose the Bill nose, but he hoped those clauses would be struck out in Committee. Lord JAMES STUART said he 'gas sure his Noble Friend, who had opened the Docks at. Cardiff, had been actuated by no selfish views. Sir J. GUEST objected to some clauses in the Bill. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE wislied to make one observation to the House with reference to the precedent they would establish if they consented to the passing of the Bill. If they allowed persons to come to Parliament and obtain an increase of tolls in the present instance, they would be equally bound to do so in every other case which might come before the House in future. :Mr. H. BERKELEY wished to say a few words in support of the Bill. Thousands of pounds had been vested in the undertaking in question, which would be almost completely lost if the House refused to pass the Bill. Mr. M. PHILLIPS thought there were so many pecu liar circumstances connected with this Bill, that he was anxious that the various interests affected by it should un dergo the investigation of a Committee. Mr. WILLIAMS thought the Bill ought to be allowed to go before a Committee. He should therefore vote for the second reading. Mr. CLIVE replied—lt would be impossible to com plete the works unless the sum of money required was raised by the Bill. The 300,0001. which had been ex pended would then have been completely thrown away. In almost all cases of great undertakings the actual expense I greatly exceeded the estimates made originally, as was witnessed in the instances of the North Midland and the London and Birmingham. Besides there was a sum of 90,0001. now included, for locomotive engines, which was not contained in the original estimates. He did not know any one railway, or other public way, on which the tolls were so low as on the one in qutstion. The Railway would afford the greatest facilities for the transmission of coals, in respect to which this county was a most i m p or t ant m i neral district, it a convenient outlet could but be obtained.—(Hear, hear.) It was said that the iron traders complained, but they had no reason to do so, for they already possessed the cheapest mode of conveyance by canal. The coal proprietors heartily desired this railway ; and he trusted that the House would at 'east, let the Bill go into the Committee. —( Cries of " Divide.") The House then divided, when there appeared-- Fer the second reading Against it 126 Majority for the second reading ...-3 On the motion of Lord SANDON, Promoli's Nato. ralization Bill, and llausberg's Naturalization Bill were read a second time. HULL DOCK BILL. On the motion of Mr. C. WOOD the Hull Dock Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed after a few observations from Mr. Pryme. Mr. TENNENT said, as some doubts existed respect.. ing the propriety of the proceedings taken upon the Copy right of Design Bill, he begged to give notice that to tnorrov.• he would move to rescind the order for further proceedings upon it, and move that the House r e s o l ve itself into Committee for the purpose of passing a resolu tion, upon which to found another Bill. That he under stood would be the proper course, as it related to trade. The HON. GENTLEMAN then gave notice of a motion for a return of certain correspondence beween the Irish Government and the Board of Works. CORN-LAWS. Mr. PRYME postponed to this day fortnight his motion, which stood for this evening, on the subject of the Corn duties. THE PRIVILEGE QUESTION. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN having made some obser vations (which were not heard in the gallery) on the ap pellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, as in some way connected with the present state of the privilege question, gave notice that in the Committee on the Bill, introduced by Lord John Russell, and read a second time last night, respecting the publication of printed papers by the House, he would move the omission of the second clause. Sir JOHN WALSH then rose to bring forward the Motion which he had given notice of. to the effect, that in the opinion of this House it is expedient that the differences existing between the House and the Courts of Law respecting the privilege of the House to authorise the publication of its proceedings by its servants, exempt from all liability to action in those Courts for matter contained therein, be deter mined by legislative enactment. The Hon. Baronet said, that having attentively read the Bill he held in his hand, he thought that his motion was entirely put an end to by it, but he must be permitted to state that the case put by the Bill was not altogether a parallel with Mr. Howard, who was entirely annihilated by it. When he first gave notice of this motion he had not the slightest idea that the Noble Lord would have taken the step which he had done, indeed it came quite as a surprise upon him, considering the state ments of the Attorney-General, the Noble Lord, and the startling speech of the Solicitor-General. (Hear, hear.) The whole discussion that had hitherto taken place upon this subject, it was apparent, had been for the purpose of pressing upon the House of Lords the necessity of adopting the principle of legislation upon this subject. He should not trespass further upon the time of the House, but he felt himself called upon to offer one observation in reference to what had fallen from the Noble Lord the Member for Northum berland on a previous occasion. He felt called upon emphatically to repudiate and repel the charge that the course adopted by Hon. Members on his ( Sir J. Walsh's) side of the House had been dictated by any desire to degrade or lower the character of thi.t House. Frcm the turn which affairs had taken, he should not press his motion. The motion was then by leave withdrawn. Sir E. SUGDEN begged to ask the Right Hon. the Attorney-General whether there was any objection to lay on the table the particulars of the action referred to in the second clause of the Bill ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the clause re ferred to an action for trespass, taken against some person in the employment of the Sergeant -at-Arms ; but since the writ bad been served, no further steps had been taken. BANKING AND CURRENCY. Mr. GROTE having presented a petition from the Merchants of London on the subject of Banking, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in rising to move for a Committee to inquire into the eEcts produced on the circulation of the country by the various banking establishments issuing notes pay able on demand, he trusted be should not find it ne cessary to trouble the House with a long statement, but he felt the question was of so much importance, that it would be disrespectful is him if he did not state to the House the grounds on which he considered him-elf justi fied in recommending the appointment of this . Committee, and on whi c h b e t h oug h t t h e H ouse wou ld b e justified in acceding to his motion ; at the same time, as there was some representation in certain quarter; as to +he nature of the Committ . e , .. and the inquir; it was propis, enter upon, it he necesrl for him to.enter EVENING EDITION. soma explanation, to do away with this misunderstanding with regard to the propriety of Appointing the Committee. He would first call the attention of the House to the state in %%hien the Bank of England Charter rested at he prpnttr:orrien . The House would recodect that his Noble Friend Earl Spenser (then Lord Althorp), recom mended and carried through the House a renewal of the Bank of England Charter for a certain period, but at the same time made it nugatory at the expiration of ten years, upon notice being given to the Company of that intention. This notice must be given in August 1844 ; and they would con.iz'er the necessity of legislating on the subject, if he observed that the notice, in point of fact, must be given by a resolution of that House, as appointed, and he apprehended it would be necessary this House should have great experience in the way in which they should enter into an inquiry of the renewal of the Charter, and for deciding the question whether or not such notices should be given—experience, which it would be neces sary for them to have before the year 1842. In addition, the House would remember that the Bank of Ireland Charter was only continued by an annual Act of Parlia ment, and when Lord Monteegle, in the course of last year, brought in a Bill for continuing the Charter to a certain extent, the whole object of the Bill upon that oc casion was to make it conterminous with the Bank of England Charter, so that it might expire at the same time. The notices were to be given to the Bank of England, in order that the whole question might be made the subject of inquiry, and the House have before them the whole sub ject of the circulation of the country at the time that the Charter of the Bank of England came under considera tion. He stated this that the House might see an inquiry of this nature must in a short time be forced on their at tention, because, without reference to the state of the law of the country, before long they must have an inquiry of this nature. Because he did not conceive it possible to enter into a fair and proper inquiry for the renewal of the Bank of England Charter, without going into the whole subject, ho now proposed to refer it to a Committee. It was not possible to decide a question of this nature by the consideration whether the Bank of Eng land had exercised with due discretion the power vested in them. A question so important could no: rest fairly on the conduct of the Bank of England, for even supposing the Bank bad exercised its powers in the most perfect discretion, still there came the larger and more important question, whether the powers given were fair privileges, and whether it was expedient the Bank of England should still continue to have the power; and after due consideration it appeared to him impossible to deter mine such questions without going also into the considera tion of the whole circulation of the country, and of other banking establishments. That was one of the grounds on which be considered it advisable for the House to ap point the Committee to investigate those circumstances, which must of necessity come before the House of Com mons before long. But that was not the only ground on which he proposed the investigation. He was not inclined to overrate the value to be attached to public feeling with regard to a matter of this nature, but he should say that the wishes of the country, and the opinions, not only of the public but even of persons whose attention bad been called to the subject, and whose sen timents were most worthy of consideration. He should say that the opinions of these men were well worthy of at tention, and that if the House took into consideration their wishes and feelings, they would find there existed the strongest impression that the question should come under the investigation of the House.-- Hear, hear.) It was his determination, in the course of what he should have to say to the House, not to enter into the details of changes against one establishment or the other, and he merely wished to examine the question, with a view to their coming to the inquiry in a fair and candid spirit, look ing to the real advantages of the country, and not to the opportunity which might be offered of attacking any public establishment.—(Hear, hear.) But in looking at the question, they should, of course, inquire into the effects of former transactions, though not for vindictive purposes , but in order to apply a remedy to existing evils if they could find one. In examining the question, they would find that whatever might be the opinion of parties, whether they attributed our difficulties to the conduct of the Bank of England, or of other establishments, they would find that there existed in the minds of the most intelligent and best informed persons, a strong impression that the present system was one which required revision and alteration. That opinion coincided, he thought, with the general feel ing of the country, which, from the opinians be had col lected since lie had given notice on the subject, he bad more reason than ever to estimate. There was great anxiety prevailing on the subject, and he believed that this was a fair ground for men who were the representa tives of those people, and in whose hands the great inte rests of the country were placed. He believed that that was a good reason why they should not be indifferent to the feelings entertained on the subject, and why they s hould take an early opportunity of giving their attention to the question. That anxiety of the country did not appear to him to be unreasonable. He did not propose to enter into the history of former transactions connected with the mat ter, but when he looked to what bad passed since the re newal of the Bank of England Charter by his Noble Friend Lord Spencer, and when he looked to their difficul ties in 1536 and IB37—difficulties which had affected On commerce and manufactures of the country, and when b e recollected that very soon after, within a period of two years, they had again to undergo not a crisis of the sam e magnitude, undoubtedly, but yet a pressure from which he trusted they were now recovering, and which he hoped they would not much longer feel the effects of—when ho considered all these circumstances, as well as the rapidity with which important commercial events had followed each other of late years, he did think the feeling of the country was not an unreasonable one, and that the House ought onthe tsorubagiAeni Another e t on btq w hyue a ; re y r oyr n t eo o sa efs t on he u ttnhi v‘sg, h n yt i voehtrehs naturea impression was, dpa sp,soeti nihetacmtt eefndrtot moh p fe r eapvali present t rni im tt e ee fo . what he could judge of the temper of the public he never remem bered a time at which they were more prepared to ap proach the consideration of the subject with candid and impartial feelings. The House had lately had a petitioe presented f rom one o f t h e l arge manufactur i ng towel; ! requesting an inquiry in order that they might show to the House the difficulties under which they laboured, so that an adequate remedy might b e a ppli e d. If t h e co nsiders - , tion of the subject was postp one d h e was a f ra id diffi" cultics would daily increase. H e h a d f e l t it ne cessary to state the grounds on whi c h h e move d for the Committee at the present time. Th e H ouse ought , recollect that it had to instruct itself an d th e p u blic oPe ic e i this question. It was in vain to ex p ec t th a t t h e y cou ld legislate upon an important q ue sti on o f thi s nature with" , first ascertaining the opinions o f th ose men w h o were competent to give an opinion upon the subject Th e y ought to look a little to what had been the result of forme , * inquiries. No really sound m easure b a d ever b een pa"ed which might .tot be traced to inquiries of that House', which though not imm e di ate l y perhaps successful, wou ld assuredly produce in d ue ti me t h e i r f ru i t ; b y act i ng slid re-acting on public opi n i on . H e s h ou ld a l most h av e felt it superfluous to say anything on the object of his m otion , had not an idea gone abroad that the inquiry would not include the Bank. Now, though he did not in' tend to point the inquiry at any particular body, yet an in quiry into banks of issue, excluding the Bank, would I n t i n.;eed be the play of Hamlet, with th e p art o f H am l et hire ! omitted.—( Hear.) He should not wish to say a nything beforehand that could limit o r con fi ne t h e inquiry. but: perhaps there were many points connected with the 1 33° which might legiti mate l y cue e un d er cons id erat i on , a s, ~r instance, the points which would arise out of the new Charter, the nat ur e o f t h e pr i nc i p l es upon w hi c h te e Bank is establish e d, an d w h et h er t h ese h a d b een properly _ applied. Next, t h e system o f b ranc h b an k s o f i ss ue ni connection with the Bank of England, and the clauses the Act which made the notes of the Bank a legal tende r ; also, the Lew paint which was i n t ro d uce d i n t o the Ch:trr et as to the " avera ges . Th at c l ause was not viewe d at firs t without alarm ; but there had now been some experience of its operation, and there were the means of coining t° a decision as to w h e th er t h e a l arm was we ll groun ded Of , not. It was desirabl e t o cons id er f urt h er w h et h er the ad vintages expected f rom t h e return o f t h e averages ha been obtained, and the intended information was given to the public. He was aware that more important question s would come under the consideration of the Committee' such as the very question of the existence of a bank having exclusive privileges—and whether what was called fre ° trade in banking was not desirable ; and on the othe r hand, whether if the Bank ought to exist it had sufficie et powers to perform its functions ; and again, whether it wa s not advisable to have but one bank of issue. Those cin e e s d t ions agitated the public mind at the present moment, a" to them the Committee would have to turn its atonal; These questions must before long be forced upon r." . House, and it appeared to him by far the wisest way to ,o l n r, quire at once candidly and fully, in order to obtain in t ro !nation for the House and the public before the time cam e when they would be called upon to legislate on these subjects. There was one point more to which he r e allude—the Bank of Ireland.—( Hear.) Last Session Bill was brought in by hi s N o bl e F rien d the Ch a ncel , °r of the Exchequ er t o cont i nue the Charter of that Bar k' only until such ti me as t h e H ouse should have decide d upo n the Charter of the Bank of England. He would n ot t draw f ffii r ol o lcf m uu ipl,t t oay h nr e o Parliament and tanhmd p a t e ni trs,h o ut enbf for then o erf l to ydifficulty expressed uffiyiedcaurbl ste,y tahhtee b t y f fhae h eel i tt s osi N naf m o bb b iera l i e ndlngi Fr niogeibilie.g t an hands 13 c that he was m ov i ng f or t h e appointment of a Comln'tee That would, in his opinion, anear inconsistent. It es therefore n o t hi s i ntention top bring in a Bill at the phis sent moment, b u t if t h e H ouse enabled him to have ttieo Committee, it was hi s i ntent i on to bring the que st before it, an d o b ta i n from it some opinion as to the ce".ol it was ad v i sa bl e to pursue ; as he was anxious that -el- Bill he mi g ht i ntro d uce on t h at su bj ect, s h ou ld no t be 1 0 - 0 consistent with the view the Committee might take O tt o the subject. I n conc l us i on h e truste d t h at t h e H o use w e e , have n o o bj ect i on to t h e appo i ntment o f t h e Cornin„cittc o . Me. GISBORNE did no t r i se t o o bj ec t to the tit be mittee moved for by the Ri g ht Hon. G en tleman, b o hed not stated any reason why the inquiry should be t hat fined to banks of issue. By restricting the motion In tro respect the Right Hon. Gentleman exclude d d . d 00 1 consideration all those Joint-stock Banks which thit issue their own notes. It was quite impossible to sad 505 those banks which did not issue their own notes d i ar produce some effect on the circulation He all r o f ticularly to the existing bargains between the r ii e 6 iti ole England and those Banks. Those bargains we,,, t ,k of in consequence of temptations held out by th e . i n :; oWe England to induce them to abstain from issuing li f e r the w notes. Those temptations were discounting hill 9l. th is ec to a certain amount within a certain period. Ne' v cac to a time when money was scarce would be an inducemen t the y those banks to require the whole amount for which had bargained, in order to lend it out to their c tho se t at 6or 7 per cent. That was one of the evili° e ' r banks ; but they operated prejudi c i a lly in oTi"t i hes ewe namely, causing a great is sue o f acceptanc es. For ore' Part he believed that it weu 'd b e f oun d, if the woe' ( _ s __( to did of joint-stock banks w ere l oo k e d i nto , t hat those rious ly ! rot issue their own n o t es o f ten operate d more i j e tiw c upon commerce and society than those that did• with which he was unfortunately connected, an d v ,, ) % t or not issue its own n o t es h a d i n a very s hort . p e ri , r , : h wards of halt' a million h i had debt.. smeng the are evils et' thejoitif..*.-sk