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of the corn-laws urged in support of their repel that they were the greatest disadvantages with which they had to contend, whether in China or America, against foreign ma nufacturee, because they were debarred from wing the corn and other provisions of the same parties.—(Hear, hear ) lie said, therefore, that the manufacturers had receiveel great advantage by the repeal orthe cotton tax, and next by the repeal of the corn-laws.—( Hear, hear.) Tue duty on h wool had also been taken off. It was etated e !?!? of the working men, that the passing of this Bill would cause much loss to them, by reducing their hours ouaris far work, and in consequence their wages. as he (Lord John Russell) could judge, trs, dm working Bill.—(Hear, men were willing to risk a trial of a ten hear.) The manufacturers could not as s h t u o b ke y r, w b o e o c i a d us d e k, they would would not give so much for less work -Union to the Bill, greater quantity. It was urged, in s that the quantity of manutacture av ° e t 7tir t t , throughout o u w t a . s the . l3 year, l to mills working twelve hours ad e and that if the hours were reduced that ,v the quantity of pro duction must be diminished. Now that as not correct: 7 -(dr. Yet hehad ., h h eard theflon.Gentle- Bright said itwas correct.) man state this fact, in connexion with les own mills.--( Hear.) There were n any etner mills werking short time and that short time was ten hours or eight hours a day. That hap- ! pened very often three times a week, or three days in the week. He said that the production Ives not what it seemed, but it was diminished nhet there had not been suf ficient employment. It did seem to him, that if they intr. duced a Bill for eleven burs a the conse quence ampald be, that there would not les a strain to preducePne eutetity that could be manufactured ineweive hews, but th .t there would be a more steady employ ment throughout the whole year than there was at the present moment. It might be that in a certain time there would not be a sufficient number of milts to furnish the demand, but at least lv.! thought it was not the case at the present time. No one could exclaim that there was at the present time a deficiency of power to produce all the manufactures of cotton which might be required for the demand of the world--:nd if that were the case, so far from thinking it an inconvenient or a bad time for entertaining this question, as they were told, it seemed to be peculiarly a fit time, because the same production which they now had in Lancashire and York would be continued, and that without the addition of a single mill or a single power-lo mto the manufactures of this country. For his own part he should expect, that if a Bid, limiting the time of labour to eleven lieu . s were to pass, that the general production would be fully equal to that which it then was. He believed that there would be fewer fits and starts. He believed that there would be a more equal employment, and the manufacturing capabilities of the country would be brought in force—when it was not so at the present time. It was said that after all they must look to the keen competition that was kept up, and they said that unless they had all the time which they had at present they should be unable to meet that competition. Why, if _that were the case, he asked how had these parties been enabled to meet that competition hitherto. lie was obligee to ask - a at, because they said that they were working under a disadvantage which, according to their statement, h overwhelmed the men ufact ure of this country. Let them take Russia. He believed t: at the Russian people were allowed to work ninety hours to the week. At the same time, money was advanced by the Government for the support of the cotton-mills in Russia, which were subjects of especial favour with that Government. There was no tax upon raw cotten. If such were the advantages given to the cotton manufacturer of Russia, lie must naturally ask what had enabled the manufacturers of this country to keep ' up the commercial prosperity which they had done. He believed that this fact depended on somewhat more than the mere circumstances attending the manufacture, which were not in themselves of paramount importance. his belief was that this country had derived it from its general freedom and from its manufacturing skill ; advantages of which it would not be deprived by reducing the hours of labour, if these young persons were to work eleven hours per day. He could say, that in those countries where manufactures had sprung up, it was impossible to say that injurious facts had followed measures of this nature, or that the manufacturing prosperity could at all be estimated by these measures. He would then take the case of America. It was said that the competition of America was very dangerous to this country, but at the same time he - believed that the , e was a law Massachusetts that pe. - eons under fifteen years of age should not be employed reore than nine months In the year, and the owners are obliged to give them three months to attend to their education. If there w'ts such a law in this country, by which every person under fifteen years of age should have three months' absence from the mills, they would be told at once that the measure would be fatal to the manufacturer, and that it was quite impos sible to keep up a competition of such a description, end vet America had kept it up, and he b. lieved world keep up the competition, and furnish a greet part of those maim facteres which go to ditte. ent parts of the world. Ile be lieved that these things depended not on the general nature of the Liaitte ions, but on the co.nmercial enterprise and manufacturing skill ef different countries. It was clear that such 'wee the case, thr Russia, with all is advantages, was unable to compete with this country; while Ainence, whica was under great disedvant age in this respect and ii wages, which were Is. 3d. more than thos e of Russia, had lieen enabled to sompete with them. He believed that the rate of wages in America were lea to 153. 100.—a much greater sum than they were here. • At all events it could net be denied that there were great re strictions. His belief way, that if they were to restrict the hours ref labour of young persons and of women to a period not exceeding eleven hours a day, they woeld find that the fears which had been so lenity expressed on titre sebj-ct would shortly after the alteration give plate to confi dence. They had repeatedly seen that measure.; of this kind had been itdreduced, and thev had seen th em obtain complete SUCCCS.4. 11',) , had seen the people better oil; in every respect, after these measures were gassed. At the same time he thonght that the cc n sideration was so very serious that it would be far better to introduce a Bill to reduce the number of hours to &even than to go on with a Bill at present to limit the hours to ten. He thought it would be tar better to adopt that which had bete proved by experi ence, than to go at once to the extent of the limitation pro posed. Ile did not himself. think that manufacturing prouertv would at all suffer by the change; and he did think that if it were possible to introduce such a change, that they did owe it to the rising generation to make an alteration which would be beneficial to them. He could not look with in difference to the statement that a great part of the people 01 countrythis had only to work, eat, sleep, and die.—( Cheers. ) In his ooinion it was the duty ef the State to en deavour that they should have a 'People, in the first place, sauce of the di ctrines of their religion. In the nest place, able to cultivate their domestic happiness and domes•ic affection ; and, ;n he third piece, to up to the laws and Government of the cntu:try as their probates f;-"m undue op pression and undue haiictions upon the youth of the country. Ile confessed that he did not see that that object had been attained, or that it was likely to be attained, so long as the hours of these young persons were permitted to be protracted as they had hitherto been. Ile-could not conceive himself that a girl of - fourteen years of ege, employed for twelve hours at at work, and for two hours af.er in the fectory, corning home every day tired and exhausted, would be ete e • to do anything but rest, in order to commence the. lateen - a of the next day. lie did not under- Stand how such a young girl would be brouebt up to be a good wifb or a good mother, and lie was wilting, therefore, to incur the risk, in the hope of improving the condition and alleviating the condition of these people. Ile might be mistaken in that - view, but he would orgy' go according to what had appeared to hint, after :seriously coesidering this subject, to be the case. He war, therefore, ready to go into Commit: ce on th:s Bile He was ready, when the Speaker left the chair. to vote fur the clause restricting the time of working to eleven hears. II; wished the Bill to remain in that shepe, as Ire thought it would give considerable advantages to those persons whe were the r !eject, of it. Ile would be reedy to _telt' these who were dispeeed to do anything for the welfere of t•l'Ais country. The Houee then went into Committee. Mr. DieNNISTOLTN rose to move the aljournment, but there here crie of . hGa on, go on." 'Mr. HI; el g said that in his epiiiion, if they were to g,) on, they bit teeter go on now, f•r he was firmly convinced that the matter would not be settled in the coentry until the eight hours were ebtaieed. For his own part, he should not move eny Amendment, sad he would advise all his friends to absteen from doing a, also.• (Ri the Chet clause being put, the ohiect of it being to limit the trot kind in factories to eleven hours each day after tee Let of May in the preeent year, Mr. BRIWIT rose to ask when these hours we'e to be taken, for the Bill did net pe., ify when the mills were to be In cperarien. Ile presunnei the bill was to be perpetual, and therefore tine point c ught to be setthel. Mr. FIELDEN mi.:leered that this Bill weal, of course, be regteated, as to its con oructien, by the other Bills wheel Lad beets paseed tin- the e guettion if factories. Sir G. St RICKLAN J n ;stied to know whether it was ir tended to limit tee operation of the cause to two years, le t JO replh a-es given to the que.4ion. Th. 4 elatt,e Was then passed. b) tee second clause being put, Mr. FIELDI,N said gilt as there seemed awish entertained by several Here Members, he would propose that the time for briefing the la:-our to eleven hems a (ley seould ex tended one year, and fte wi-hued therefore that the Ist of 18 0. should be sub-tented le- the Ist of May, 1818. Mr. ROEBUt;K grime dismenoved of the Bill ale getter, 'but, as it was to be paused, Ise should prefer that the ten hours' system be adopted at once, and he would therefore move that the Ist of v 1618 be inserted instead of 1849. -Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the Honourable bletn her who had cheree of the Bill ought to use his own discretion as to what time he inserted, but, for his own I art, when the clause for Hurting the hours to ten a day came under consideration be sheurd move for its omission altogether The clause, as originally proposed, was then agreed to without a division. z Oa cb 3 being proposed, Mr. BOUVERIE called the attention of the Committee to what he considered would be the serious result of passing this • measute upon the children employed in factories by forbidding them to work, and not, at the same time, providing for them any other kind of cm ri,vir en+, or aeoding them the means of education. tord MORPETH would not trouble the H use at that late hour with his reasons why he thought this clause should be expunged. He wished, however, to say that lie would not consent to a greater reduction than one hour till he had greater experience of the operation of such a reduction. It had been found_ by a number of manufacturers that the eleven hours had worked well, and he was not disposed to go further at present. Mr. FERRAND thought that wha - the No`ale Lord stated was a reason why he should consent to rcduca the hours to ten instead of eleven. Mr. D u --- • if upported the expun g i ng o f th e c l ause, as , carried, k.;, trade of th e was persuaded it wo seriously injure the flax regard town of Dundee, wlich he represented. Tht. regard to the Gent l emen entered into some statistics with The shortcoming x trade of Dun lee in support of his view. (Divide, divide)g )_and in was no less than 2,33'2,0001b5. few pieces of late, when w e article we had exported only a use to send out ship loads. II they reduced the time thee would be doing away with the whole of' the reigns commerce the coantiy, for if they dividen.7er once lost their mers, they Ivoul be able tJ regain thein.—(Loud cries of "Divide The House then divided, when there aPpeared..... For the clause .................... ...... ........ Against it ...................... 144 Majority in tavour of the clause... 6678 The clause, therefore , s tands p art of th e B it. The re,vlt of the division was recei ved with loud cheers. The remaining clauses were then agreed to withoutarnend. went. The announcement wa' received w:t 1 'oud deers. The House Iptving resumed, Mr. GREENE broug up Lne report, which Wa3 order; d to be taken into constd :ration on the 21st of April. The other orders of ile day were then disp , )s , : - A o; an(' the Haase adjottrued at a t:!,! , fo Si 7( o'clock. The following is a I,4iie, ii,(...,u.it co the speeches of Mr. Smythe and Lord Palm ;anon than appeared in our Morning , _, Edition of ve.terday. ...,.,_ , ._--- - ,--I i:-11 , Sir. SMYTHE—As a ;* o ur d e b ate has ,_ p ure l y na i r cm question the subject ' been 53 complete l y 4,2psed Of ill the 4135 d THE SUN, LONDON,_ THURSDAY MORNTNCT, MARCH lB, 1842. ones also, not to press the House to an expression of its opinion by a division. On the first resolution it will be most desirable that we should abstain from dividing. There is, I think, with very 1. , w exceptions, a general unanimity of opinion as to the' transaction which has taken place at Cracow. —(Hear.) It es old be most un!ortunate if that opinion were exposed to tho danger of being misunderstood, or even a little misunderstood elseA here, and if my Hot. Friend were to press this House ould previous qu es ti on , th oug h we w that division mea n s, yet, I am here t understando a division what on t h e sure, he will sec it would be treated by others as a division of opi':ion on a question on . which hardly any division of opinion exists.--( Loud cries of " Hear. hear.") I am sure my Honourable Friend, with that Parliamentary judgment which he Pos , ess , s.— (Loud laughter)—sad wishing— sincerey wishing—as I know he does, to carry out the minion which he maintains, will see the propriety of not taking a division which would be sure to be misunderstood by others, and will not thick it necessary to divide the }louse on an occasion on which the opinions of the House aro with him. —( Hear, hear.) I should also hope that my Hen. Friend will not press the House to a division en the last question; be- Call.e, unless he had a fair chance of carrying into effect the opinion which he entertains, I think, for many reagens which the House will at once see, it is better for the character of this country that it should not appear that any attempt was made in the House of Commons to effect a cessation for which there is no clear and adequate justification.—( The Noble Lord resumed his seat amidst loud and general op pl lose, but immediately after rose and moved the previous question. ) RA I LWA.I tit, Al M ITT EE S. (YEiTERDAY) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP, I. The Select. Committee appointe'dtn con.kider the merits of the Rills comprised in this group re.ass , ..intile.d at the usual hour thi,. 'miming, Lord Granvide Somerset in the chair. THE SOUTH-EASTERN MID-KENT SCHEME. The day was occupied in hearing general evidence in fa vour of this line. Mr. Alderman Lucas, a landholder on the exieing line from Paddock Wood to Maidstone, bore testim , ny to the great advantage the South- Eastern Mid-Kent sctAane would afford to that part of the country. • The Rev. Mr. Col.da, of J:ehtham, said at present his part of the country was ent►rely without railway communication with London. lie preferred the South-Eastern Mid-Kent line, because Ile considered it the b - st. It passed through Bastel Valley, a very large hop producing district, and it would derive cousLlerabie benefit from the 'construction of this line. Mr. Woodridge. of Tunbridge, proved that the majority of the inhabitants of that place were favourable to the South- Eastern scheme. Mr. Win. Harrison, of Hadlow, - said it was absolutely ne cessary that Hardlow ehould have a better communication with the metropolis. The South-Eastern line, be considered, accomplished that object in the best possible manner. Mr. 1V m. Golding, a farmer on the route of the proposed line, gave it as his opinion that no district was more in want of rail Way accommodation than that lying between Ightlutm and .Tunoridge and London. The South Eastern was the best line of the two. Mr. Mercer, of Maidstone, Mr, David Bailey, of Seven oaks, Mr. Carter, a miller in the Bastead Valley, and a num ber of other residents, merchants, traders, and owners on the line, gave concurrent testimony to the former witnesses. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GRoUt' Xll. The Committee met to•dav at twelve o'clock; the Hon. W. Lascelles in the chair. All the members were present. IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUNDS (No. 11. -NEWlyzilyzazT AND ELY.) The case on behalf of this scheme was proceeded with. Mr. AUSTIN addressed the Committee on the report of the Railway Commissioners respecting this line. This report alleged that the subscription contract was irregular, inasmuch as it was signed by the directors only, instead of the body of shareh o ld ers . Theßailw iv Commissioners appeared to think that this was'eot a Sufficient compliance with the standing orders, and the Committee were now desirous of ascer taining whether the money was likely to be forthcoming. The LeL.rned Gentleman addressed himself at some length to this point, contending that. the directors had signed the subscrip tion contract on behalf of the sharehclders, and that, in vir tue of this arrangement, there was no doubt of the neces sary capital bAng forthcoming to complete all the wor ks sought to ty! made by the two Bids of the company. The original scheme would have required upwards of two mil- Jim s, but it had been reduced to bring it to about a mil lion, and the eAtimate for the present Bill was 600,0001. Mr. Auslts, having gone at some length into the question of the subscription contracts, proceeded to explain the lead log features of the scheme, which he intended to establish by evidence. Mr. A. Ransome, of Ipswich, was the first wit ness called. He daposed that the two lines pro rwsed by the Eastern Counties Union Compiny were much interior to the rival „schemts, and were unanimously supported by the Bury St. Edmund's inhabi tants. The present scheme had their support, because it would give the town a direct communication with the , estern and midland counties of England. Mr. Webber, ot Ipswich; - gave evidence of a similar character. A line which would coneect Bury St.Edmued's and Newmarket was greatly to be preferred over the scheme to Ely, and it would open up the midland counties to the agri. cultural produce ot the East. Mr. Deck, auc: ioneer, of Bury St. Edmund's, gave evidence to a similar effect. The Connnittee then adjoarned till to-morrow. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceviihg. Hof the House of Cotnnums:) TUF-SDAY, MARCH 16. The following Railway Bins were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : Waterford and Limei ick. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Bal• locliney and Slamannan Railways Amalgamation, Sale, or Lease. torly tracings of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Southwark, that I do not think any Hon. Gentleman can successfully maintain that, as a matter of mercantile and commercial fair ' ness, we are not responsible for the performance of the oblige tions into which we have entered. But, Sir, though that may be my opinion, and though I differ from the Hon. slember for i Montrose, I have mine misgivings as to the opinion stated on this question by the Fiitst Minister of the Crown. The Noble Lord laid down, with all the gravity which belongs to such a t high constitutional authority, that discussions on matters solely of foreign policy were seldom attended with any prac- I tical adv_nt age , an d h e ill ustrated this position by re- I ferring to the annual protests in favour of Poland, ; which had been well called mere " sword thrusts in the I o water, but in which th e F renc h Ch am b ers d e lt g ht e d t o I indulge. It is impossible not to feel the value of this counsel, and the warning of this example. It is impossible not to remember how little has been done tor the Polish nation, notwithstanding such declarations of sympathy.—( Hear, hear. ) It is impossible for some of us not to call to mind that truth wrung from the dying agonies of Poland, and which has since grown into a i roverb, when she said, speaking of her heroin insurrection of '3l, " God is too high, and France is too far." —( Hear, hear.) But if France is too far, England, morally and politically, is not so. Unlike France, he is not bound to Poland by family alliances, nor by a long confraternity now of triumph and now of misfortuae, from the days of the Valois to the days of Napoleon. It ever any country was bound to another, it was France to Poiand ; it ever any country was bound to strive for the nationality of another, it was France fir Bland ; and it ever there was a country aban lolled by another, it was Po land by France.—(Cheers.) It is a chewer in a contemporary history, and as old as the story of others and Plasma. But if England has not the same interest as France in the int:e pendence of Cracow, I yet—with all deference to the Noble Lord—am persuaded that this is no disqu ilification for our considering the question in this Htiuse; for, if I understand the spirit of the Hen. Gentleman's resolutions, he does not propose to intertcre with or embarrass the Executive, but to corrob.etate, confirm, and enforce the views of the Government —to give effect and sanction to the protest of the Noble Lord the Minister for Foreign :Weirs, especially when that protest has been so lung neglected anti disregarded.—( Hear, hear, from Mr. Hume.) And if the Noble Mi mber for London had brought the whole weight of his authority lit favour of the posi tion that such questions are not within the immediate provinee of this House, there is another constitutional authority, scare%ly second to the Node Lord, Mr. Hall on, who has said in a noble image, " that the pulse of Europe beats according to the impulse it receives from the Parliament of England."— ( Hear. hear, and cheers.) And I think we ' should be wanting in oar duty—we should ill represent the feelings of this country, if we failed to express, not per. haps our indignation, • but at least our regretful sorrow at so inauspicious and untoward an event.—(Cheers. ) And if anything could enhance our regret at the act, it would be the manner in which is was defended. It is surely a melan choly thought that Prince Metternich, whose name for nearly belt a century has been a synonyme for good faith—whose po licy of wise adjustment and honourable compromise has stamped itself on this country —that he at the close of a long and glo rious career should have connected himself with that immo• derate policy, with that Cadman couquest, if I may say so, where the gain is so inconsiderable and the loss so ge neral—where the gain is a geographical atom, and the loss the unsettlement of Europe.—(i'sluch cheering ) There is not any one of the are angements and stipulations of the treaty of 1815—not that as to the Germanic Confederation, not that as to the Italian dominions of the house of Austria, nut that as to Venice, or Genoa, or Prussia—which has gained more by peace than she ever did by war—nor that as to Hanover or the Netherlands, mote ifistinctly secured then the stipulation for the independence of Cracow. Nay Sir, as if by a prescience that that small State would become the battle-field between might and right, between liberty and Once, its independence was guaranteed by a greater number of articles than those applied to any other states which formed the subject of that arrangement.—(Cheers). Nuw, Sir, one word about the manner. Was there ever any thing more rude, more abrupt, more unlike the diplomatic usage so familiar to Prince Metternich, than the mode in which that violence was consummated 2—(Cheers.) On the 17th of April Count Dietrichstein expressed an alarm as to Polish emigration, but no alarm as to Cracow. From the 17th of April to the 6th of November the three Powers in ;de no sign. On the 6th of November Count Dietrich stein communicated the intention of the three Powers that Cracew should cease to exist as an independent state. And what was the excuse fur so dolorous and precipitate a ra pacity ? From the dispatch of the 6th of Nov. sober down to the speech of the Noble Member for Lynn, we can find nu u her pretext for such a proceeding than the accusation, repeated in every shape, form, and phrase, that Cracow had b come the focus of a conspiracy. 1 think the advance ment of this accusation by the three Powers has over-proved their case ; beeatiee, Sir, if Cracow is as " morally and materially a city of b..ecaneeis"—if it was the retreat of every kind of brigandage, tne question naturally arises, what were the three Neer- about—why did not they Beerier interfere to prevent this decoy, and resist this depravity ? Whet otherwise is the meaning of the word" protectorate ?" Would it, for example, be borne that. we should now come forward in the face of Eu. roee after a lepse of 30 years, anti say that the inhabitants of the lonian let tads were me ally and materially a people of buc canecers—that there islands were full of misery, the retreat of every brigandage, and that, therefore, their liberties should be extingnisheo ? And yet that would not be a more monstrous violation of the treaty of Paris than was the annexation of Cracow of the treaty of Vienna.—( Hear, hear.) Remember too the promises of that period—remeinher the prole t of the Emperor Alex:inter, already referred to by the Honourable Member for Pontefract. "This state," said the Cztr, ‘• sha,l enjoy tranquillity and peace, by censecretrig itself to the arts and sciences, to industry and commerce. And she shall teinain as a monument of the neignaninious policy which lite.ety has established on the very spot where the ashes of her best sovereigns rep !se." Weil, 'he e of the two—between" the rnaeriar.imous policy." welch I will not say connived at, but which at the end of thirty years permitted that misery, that brigandage. and emigration which Prince Metternich so elo quently paints, and "the mercy of decision" for which the Noble 51e.r.ber for Lynn thanks the three Powers—l am in clined to favour .he cony lesion of the Noble Member for Lynn, bat this I will say, that the two combined—the ' magnanimous N ei icy" and " the mercy of decision "—find no paraliel in his tory, not even in the exampte of that prince whom I am afraid other princes have imitated.—(Hear, hear, mot cheers.) But, it is in vain to look to history for the precedent of such a proceeding. It is only to be found in' the story of Semiramis and Nin3as. She first nursed and then de bauched him. The three Powers first nursed Cracow and then destroyed it.— (Hear, hear.) It was net the events that took Alice in Craw , that led to i s dissolution ; it was the events in Lienion, Paris and Vienna. History will motel the ic:t, that all the pains, and penalties, and persecutions which this swath state has undergone has been the consequence of that spirit of absolutism which has gone abroad whe.ever any co dness has arisen between the two great constitutional states of the world. For example, at the end of 1635 differences arose between England and France on the subj• ct of Spain ; at I the beginning of e .,,,1 -4.36 those dill rences cam e to a cr i s i s w h en M. Thiess refused. intervention. The " three Powers" were, however, la•forehand with us ; they seized on their prey of Cracow, all treaties i 4 neutrality were violated, and the rights and independence of that state were outraged. With south lights anti such reminiscences, I must state as my be lief, that if the cutente cordiat now exis - ed—lf there was ae intim ire enderstaneing bstween these two great constitutional countries., the independence of Crac :w would have been re spected.—( tier, hear.) I believe not less that the three Powers would have obtained the legitimate end of their alliance, the security of their own borders. I will endeavour shortly to explain my meahing. It has been said that the art of absolute government is taught in a stable by a centaur—a cross between a man and a horse. And the meaning of tee myth I take to be this—that when you cannot employ address you must apply force ; where you cannot us, your hands, then you must use your hoots. Now, Sir, I believe that if there was an intimate understanding between the consteutional statecof Europe, the three Powers would have employe i their hands, and not their hoofs.—( Hear, hear.) Toe inference, then, is obvious. I would venture to implore ths Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs to use ever% effort to bring again about the ex:eletc cord; le, and to resume our intimate alliance with France, and I venture so to call on him by what is due to the in terests of civ,lizition and humane r, of public order and European peace.—( Cheers.) And not only, Sir, for the prevention of acts such Si this but or the prevention of that re-act:oil is filch is their formidable conssqu nce ; of that r,?-action which is now sm.tulderit.g wherever there has been or is nris,,overnment ; which has Qished forth alonz the whole litre of :he Appenices, from Genoa to Calabria, and which may there or elsewhere burst into a more serious ennitgration.—(Much cheering.) But this I w.ll say, that the know'etige that the two great constitutional Govern• ments of Europe were really acting together would be a better protest against so untoward an event. than the refusal to pay the interest of the Russo Du.c4 Loan. If the three Powers, in their notions of a mimetic morality, have thought right to sanction the annexation of Cracow, that is no reason why England should repudiate her debt to Russia. I think wi t h the _Noble Lord the Alember tor Loud, n, that we shall act a far nobler part by saying to . them, " You have broken a solemn compact we respect a doubtful engagement. You hare broken a intirt important treaty that universal Europe has ratified ; we wil reap titt a construelve understanding, on the merits and tiblig,atioos of w hied evenimbhcists have differed."— ( The Hon. Gentleman withdrew amid cheers, which lasted a tamsiderable time.) Lord PA LNIERSTON said, he should be sorry to damp the disposition which he Honourable Gentleman who Lad lust resumed his seat had evinced; but the subject should be discussed in a fair anti temperate manner. He promised tneni that, at that late hour, and after tire length Si which the debate had extilatied, that he should confine himself as closely as he could to the particular subject under the consideration of the House. The subject divided itself into two points—first, whether the sup pression of the city and state of Cracow had been a violation of the treaty of Vienna ; and, secondly, whether, under the cir cumstances of the case, that extinction absolved this country from co Awning the payment of tile Russian-Datch loan. Now, notwithstanding the in,,eninua argument which they had just heard from the Hon. Gentleman opposite, who haul told them that the extinction of Cracow was no violation of the treaty of Vienna, he thought there would be no diffi culty in satisfying the House tnai • the opinion expressed in the Speech from the Throne, was participated in by almost every Member in that House, with the exception of that Hon. Gentleman and the Noble Lord (Lord G. Bentinck) who sat by him, i amely, that the extinction of Cracow was a gross violation of the treaty of Vienna.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman had gone into an ingenious argument, and had shown by ancient transactions in Europe, and partly by the aid of buvernment authorities, that a treaty inserted in another trea y did not necessarily bind the parties to the treaty in which the insertion was made. fie could concede to the Hon. Gentleman everything which he understood him to contend for, and yet maintain tnat the ground taken was in no degree shaken by awl concession. The argument of the Hon. Gen• tleman was this—that it a treaty signed by two parties was in serted in another treaty, signed by other parties, the obliga ti n of the former treaty was riot necessarily binding on the parties contracting the second treaty, and the examples he adduced went to the question whether the parties fortso signed the treaty included were or not, bound by the guarantee c.in • tained in the other. Undoubtedly he (Lord Palmerston) was ready to acknowledge that that poition was in that respect indisputable; nay more, he would go further, and say that it in a single treaty, to which a certain nnmb:•r of parties were guarantees, ano her party became guarantee for something else, that the others were to be considered wholly absolved from the allegations which :hey might contract. Hut the question on the present occasion was not the one which was involved in the Hon. Gentleman's argument—the question was no' whether England and France were bound by any guarantee to take steps in conseq rence of the extinction of Cracow, but whether that treaty by which Cracow Watt constituted an independent state, and to which England was a party, had been broken ; and also whether, under such circumstances, they had a right to object to the extinction of that state (Hear, hear.) He threw aside altogether that point • in the present which tiliirn.—ed upon the question, whether the insertion of fresh Russia relat i ng to matter and were by ntget did or did not invalidate that treaty, because case the treaties between Austi ia, Prussia, and the same force and oiracow were annexed to the treaty ot Vienna, Bvtlltuaerticle of that treaty declared to have thetreaty. Fortunately fatale they had been made articles of to r a e tgum l ent which he wits advancing, it was wholly unnecessary the IlBth article. y o . i t i ti ta a ,:led it.. - lf, ni Other las°rtselycnpon everything __the extinction of As the treat:. ne cessary to bear him out in assert:n (Rear, hear.) Let Cracow was a violation of the treaf .. them put aside, if they would, the 1181 snide atosethol. they had still the 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th, which were far more material. The parts of the treaty to which the three Powers were contratiting parties, justified him in saying that the ex tinction of the republic of Cracow was a violation of these articles of the general treaty itself.—(Hear, hear ) It was said that Er:glans' and France were not patties to the record to which he had referred,— Hear, hear.) Now he denied that altogether. The documents to which he had al ready referred that evening, namely, the records of the proceed ings'of the Congress of the different P.,wers, at Vienna, which were to be found amongst the state papers, in the library of the House, proved that England was a party to all the negotiations which directed the general treaty, and all those arrangements which bad subsequently taken place between the different Powers of Europe, and which formed portions not only of the general treaty, but of the whole treaty and especially with regard to the arrangement with respect to Cracow—in fact, in regard to that Sate, England, by her representatives, was present, and took her part in the discus sions that batik place. It will be seen in the third protocol of the conferences of the Congress of Vienna. dated the Sth February, that a commission was appointed to prepare a draftof the articles which related to the agreement between the Powers, and the heads of which had been agreed to by the Congress. Each nation was represented, and on the 10th of February the report of the commission was read to Congress, in which it was stipu lated that Cracow should remain a free and independent state. It appeared als a that Lerd Castlereagh, writing to Lord Liver pool from Vienna on the 13:h, says, " Your Lordship vs ill receive inclosed the territorial arrangements for Poland and Prussia, including Saxony,Holland, and Hanover; they have been re duced into articles, and having been formally agreed to by Austria. Prussia, France, Russia, and Great Britain, they have been inserted in the protocol till they fled their place in the general treaty." It appeal ed by this that not only slid a general treaty, to which England and France were parties, contain conditions with regard to the city of Cracow ; but it appeared that those arrange ments were settled afterwards at the conference, to which England was a party, and that they took place i,nterior to the time when the general instrument was drawn up.—( Hear, hear.) Well. then, it was perfectly 'lain that an arrangement respecting Cracow formed a portion of the conditions to which England was a party ; and he therefore held it to be a viola tion of the treaty to do any act nut in accordance with it, without the consent of Great Britain.—( Hear. ) They had been told that similar things had ben done by Eng land, and the case of Belgium was cited as an instance of her having acquiesced in an infraction of the treaty of Vienna. As he understood the Hon. Gentleman, he said that. the King of the Netherlands applied to • Austria and Prussia, and that England and France came in as after parties to the act. To meet that assert icn, he had read some of the protocols of the Earl of Aberdeen, who recorded the manner in which the subject was brought before he five Powers on the 4th of November, 1830. The Noble Lord then read a document to show that the King of Prussia had invited the five Powers as signing parties to the treaties of Paris, and that what was agreed to at that meeting was agreed upon by all. The Hon. Gent. seemed to him to imagine that the five Powers did not immediately agree to the arrangement for the separation between Belgium and Holland, and that England and France entered into some separate arrangement, and that Russia immediately after consented to it ; but such was not the case, for it they looked to the treaty of 1831, they would find that the five Powers agreed, one as soon as the other, and signed at the lime time the arrangement. It therefore appeared to him perfectly plain, from the docu ments eo which he referred, that the extinction of the indepen fleece of Cracow and its annexation to the empire of Austria was in direct violation of the treaty of Vienna, (Cries of " Hear, hear.") The grounds on which he rested his opposition to the resolutions were the samea. those of his Noble Friend—namely, that it was not fitting that they should pass, unless they were followed up by something mere active and decisive, for it was not consistent with the character of this country that the House of Commons should pass strong resolutions, and then remain quiescent. No one would contend that the address of the House in answer to the Speech from the Throne was an expression of concur rence with the opinion given in the latter. The agreement to the address was a matter of form, and left Hon. Members still unfettered. But though this was urelouhtedly true, it had been justly remarked that the silence with which this subject had been passed over in the address was suffi cient to meet the view of the Honourable Member for Alontrcee as to the sense of Parliament on the question of the suppression of Cramer ; but having heard this view expressed in the progress of this debate, it was his intention, before sitting down, to move the previous question to the first resolution as it was not a resolutiosi which, with his sentiments and opinions, he could meet with a negative.—(Loud cheers.) He would do so because he believed that it was inexpedient and unnecessary for the House to express an opinion under the circumstances. Now the second question had reference to the violation of a treaty which was alleged to release this country from the payment of the Russo-Deteh loan. lie did not think that the violation of the treaty would so release them. If they looked to the conventions of lea 1 and 1815, he thought it would be shown to the satisfac tion of any man that the extinction of the state of Cracow did not justify the non-payment of the interest of the debt. With the view of maki g this apparent, it would be necessa- y for him to go into the origin of this engagement. It was shortly this : At the end of the war, when Europe was delivered, and ar• rangements were making tor reconstructing its irperests, it was felt by the great Powers, that as some a aces had mode greater exertions, and gone to greater expense than others to bring about this peace, that they should be recom pensed in some degree by the Powers which had been benefited. Now, no sovereign had been benefited more than the Sove reign Prince of the Netherlands, as not only had his estates and kingdom been restored, but considerably enlarged, while an engagement was made that the allies should curiae to his assist ance should he require them, at any time to maintain his power. A recompense was agreed to he paid to Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Prussia and Austria waved their claim in favour of Russia, and the result was an engagement in which Holland agreed to take upon itself the payment of the Russian loan, which had previously been raised by the latter power in the Netherlands. At the sametime another negotiation was going forward, in which England was to retain the colonies of the Cape of `3ond Hope, Demerara, Esequibo, and Berbice. The condition of F.ngland doing so was, that she should pay half the Russian loan. Its order to make this arrangement ad vantageous to the Netherlands, it was provided, that if at any time Belgium separated from Holland, England and Holland slam!) cease to pay the debt, and the burden would have to fall ba k on Russia. The object of this was to I get the interest of Russia in maintaining the union of Belgium with Holland, in order to procure the balance of veer in Europe. Then came the revolution in Belgium, with the separation of Belgium from Holland—a separation to which this country very reluctimtly consented, but which was intended and considered to be necessary in order to avoid the chance of a general war in Europe. But Russia having consented to that separation at the request of England, she having been ready in the. outset, as has been well stated frequently in this debate, to bring her 61,0)0 men to defend Holland and re-annex Belgium, if it had entered into the policy of the Powers of Europe to attempt to an that by force - -Russia having been ready to employ her army to re-unite the two, hut hay no abstained from so doing at the request of the other Powers, and haring consented, at their request, to the separation of the two, it would have been manifestly most =jest to have ir.fiteted upon Russia the penalty for an event which had not comets pass in consequence of any !aches on her part, but which she bad consented to at the special request of the oilier Powers on whose behalf the contract was made. A new reinvention was then made to back the engagement be tween England and Holland ; England took one engagement anti Russia took another. The eneageinent taken by England was that, notwithstanding the separation of Belgium from Hol land lay the agency of England, that the English should con tinue the payment of the Russo-Dutch loan. Russia substi tuted a new engagement fur that which was no longer appli cable to that state of thiues, which was that she bound herself to consent to the separation of Belgium from Holland, and that afterwards, if by the course of events, its inde pent!, nee a :d neutrality should be put in danger, she should not make any new engagement with regard to Belgium without the previous consent of England. They were. therefore, in ex actly the Lime position as before, but the terms of the en gagement were altered. It was stated that in the Convention of 1831, words were inserted in the preamble, sating that it was founded on the Convention of 1818, and that the general engageme n t of the treaty of Vienna still existed. Ile had helped ro frame that Convention, and he could tell why these words were inserted. It was to keep up the great original principle upon which the Cunvention was originally formed, and to benefit Russia, in consideration of the sacrifices the hail made in co• operating with England.—( Hear, hear.) Bat then it is said (continued the Noble Lord) that in the convention of 1831 words were inserted—in the preamble that is—not foupd in the convention of 1815. In that preamble it is recorded that the general arrangements of the treaty of Vienna still subsist. Now, I can state to the House wl o put those words in. and why they were put in ; because that con ventien was drawn up by, ny . self and the late Count Mastu•se wich on the part of Russia; ansi it appears from the papers which I have laid on the table that those words were inserted by the Russian Plenipotentiary. And why ? To keep on record the original principle on which that convention had been matte with Russia—tamely, that it was by the est-Ist:ince and co.operation of Russia that those general ar rangements of Europe had been framed. in consequence of which, in 1815 the Government of this country con sented that pecuniary cenipensation should be made to Rus.ia, to make good to her one portion, at least, of the great sacrifices and exertions she had made.—( Hear, bear.) Well, then, I say that the general arrangemen's of the treaty of Vienna, and more especially those referred to as constitut ing the c'airn of Russia to compensation. do notwithstanding still subsist. If we read these words found inserted in the articles of stipulation to mean, instead of the payment de pending on the general arrangement of the treaty of Vienna, that the continuance of the payments hai been made to depend on the continued existence of every one of the stipulations of the treaty of Vienna, then I should admit, with my Hen. Friend, that nu doubt could exist as to the fact that England was released from the obligation which followed on that convention.—( Hear.) But I cannot certain , y bring my self to think that, under these words put into the preamble, the single violation which hasbeen made of one article of the treaty of Viennadoes release Great Britain from the fulfilment of her en- gagement.-- ( clear, bear.) I state therefore that, in my own opinion—called up!) as I am to say what that opinion is upon a solemn treaty and engagement contracted by this country—l am bound to tell this House that I cannot think we are in ho nour released from the engagement we entered i n t o. But even if there were a doubt in any man's mind on this point , it in the mind of any man in this House there wa s a doubt whe ther we are or are not hound to that engagement, I think the feelin g o f . every Englishman will be, that in a question whi ch involves the honour of this country that doubt mus t be g iven in favour of the other party, and that it would not be becomi ng in this House to interpret the doubt in our own behal f w it ho u t know_ ing tint whether the other party consent ed to our view of the subject —( 'fear, hear.) I am free to admit, that if the case were plain and palpable, if i had been shown to demon stration, and to the satisfaction of every reasonable and impartial man, that in the courie of circumstances, and in a fair interpretation of the agreement, we were released, as we wished to be released, from i.ur engagement, then 1 agree with my Hoe. Friend, the Member fur Weymouth, that we should not, from any feeling of chivaltous generosity towards other nations, continue to burden the people of this country with a payment they were not strictly and properly obliged to contri bute.—( Hear, hear.) But believing myself that there is no doubt on the subject, and seeing that the greater part of those who have spoken on this question, however they may differ from me on that point, all admit that there is a dont,' ; I think, under these circumstances it would be little becoming in this Howe to agree to the concluding resolution of my Hon. Friend, and to decide that this pay:ro nt should henceforth cease and determinr.—(t:ries of " Hear, hear.") Ste, I am sure it either powers are found to be wanting in their engagetriet ts, it is no satisfaction to th:s country to fol low their example, and to break our engagements with them in return.—( Hear, hear.) It cannot be contended that ex amples of breach of faith in one party justify the violation of engagements on the part of others; and it there is one foundation on which the political strength of this country de pends more than another, it is on that moral strength which it derives from its faithful and honourable fuifihnent of every en gagement it has contracted.--t Hear, hear ) Sir, vie know that the physical power of countries is infinitely augmented by the motel respect which is attached o them ; and I should hope. therefore, that this House will not be led, in any Case, even if doubtful, to risk the reputation of England in a matter of good faith, and that my Honourable Friend, seeing that the majority of the House do not concur with him in the opinion which he entertains, will be disposed on the fourth as _1 hope be nub Perhaps ; be on the preceding STANDING ORDERS CO OIITTEE. The followiog li/:;olutions were reported from the above Committee:— 1. That in the case of the North British Railway (No. 2) petition, the standing orders otpzltt to be dispensed with : That the parties be rennived to proceed with 'heir Bid, with 1 the exception of such part as enables theta to enter into any contracts with the Maryport and Carlisle Railway Company, and with t!:e Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, for a permanent interest or right to the use of their station and the works connected therewith, and fur the passage of their traffic over and along tie Railways belon4ing to such Com panies, and to refer any dispute with such Companies to the Commissioners of Railways. 9 . That in the case of the Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction Railway Fetition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed vrith their Bill, with tire exception of those parts which enable them to lease the proposed Railway to the Great same orders theH t s e e been o n the re port of the Bill. — Reso luti ons agreed to. Western Railway Company , or any other Railway Company. That the Committees on the two preceding Bills do exa mine,place, report h o l v h e f a r such to com plied with ; in the and at do RAILWAYS COMMITTEE (1846). Select Contraittee appointed, "to consiler the circum• stances under which a certain document was printed by order of this House, purporting to be the report of the Select Com mittee of last sessi on,-a pp ointe d to inquire wheth e r, w ith ou t ling l e gitimate enterprise. c on diti ons may nut b e embodiedcoura n Railway Acts better fitted th an t h ose hi t h erto discouraging inverted in them, to promote and secure the interests of the public:"--Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Goulburn, Lord John Russell, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Hudson, Sir George Grey, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Wil•on Paten, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Laboucherc, Mr. Sidney llerbert, Mr. George llamil on, Mr. Parker, Mr. !fume , Mr. Charles Russel, Sir John Easthope, and Mr. Baring. - R EGr u S of BIRTHS an d DEATHS o rilE `SEEK ENDING MAR(iil 13. Deaths registered in the week. Births re g ist ered in the week. Males... ••• ••• 5°3 Males ••• ••• 740 ' Females ••• 523 F.„emales . 693 ••• I R LI I :1( Total ... 1,026 Total ... 1,435 LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Mancit 17.—Wind S. by E, light steady breeze, and tine char weather. DEAL, MAncat 16.—Wind S.S.W. fresh, P.M., S. light.— Arrd. Indian, Pronk, Batavia, and ski. for Rotterdam ; hawk, D.,uglas, Singap ore ; Persia, Morris, Bomba y ; City of London, Lungriclg«~. M urithis; Clarence, Valparaiso; Del_ ritlit'e, and sid. fin . Hamburgh ; De la - Conchita, Bedagaer, Havanna' ; Alpert, aialtimore. and sit ] . for Rtaterdair ; Margaret, Ynung, New York; D 'tights. St. John's, New Bruns wick; Amy, M.Lean, ditto; Fowler. ditto. Sid. Sovereign, Demerara. Arrd. from the River. Ayrshire, Baltimore. Put back, Mary Rowe, for Chesapeake Bay. IlasTusns, MAl:cm 16.-11 Ind S.E.—Arrd. Jabez, Antigua. PORTSMOUTH. ALA ItCII 16.—W ind S. to S.E.—Arrd. 11. M. steamer Salamander, Antigua. Off port. Charlotte, Bombay. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16.-IVind S.S.E , moderate.— Arid. Ferres, Madras; Mountaineer, Smith, Bombay; Adriana, Connel, Barrio; Bolton Abbey, Callao, Ann Marv, Callao; Glas ow , Hamlin Macao ; Express. Cub bon, Maranhani, sld.Jan. 29; Oscar y Ricardo. Havannah ; Howard, Hill, New Orleans; Princeaa Charlotte, Gillies, Mobile; Birken head, Keswick, Mobile; P a lestine, Mumford, New York; Chaos, Wilson, New York; Loodiatut, Wilson, St. Andrews; Emigrant, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Shenandoah,. Philadelphia; Walpole, New York; Eliza, Warwick, Boston; Adelaide, Halifax. Off port, Merchant, Mauritius; Eliza Caroline St. John's, New Bruns wick ; John, Walker, St. John's. New Brunswick. The Cornelia, Young, Baltimore to Cork, was abandoned in a sinking state 28th ult., lat 40. long. 39; crew saved, Put back, North Pole for Port CLYDE,PhiIip. MARCH 14.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Druid, Ritchie, Canton; Marquis of Douglas, Henderson, 4Janilla ; Curries, Mauritius' Briti , h Tar, P rinzal, Bernice; Saracen, Hawkins, New York ; Conservative, Tarson, St. John's New Brunswick. GLOUCEsTER, MARCH 16,—Wind S., strong. Arrd. Corsair, APGregor, St. John's. New Brunswick. NEWPORT, MARCH 16.—Wind W.-6ld. J. 0. Barnes, Grenada ; Violet, Grenada. SWANSEA, MARCH 16.—Arrd. Sarepta, Cuba. OFF EASTBOU RNE.— Planer, Cargey, Bombay. OFF THE WlGHT.—Plumstead, Algoa Bay. FALM)UTII, Manua IG.—A vessel , bottom up, was passed on the 10 t h instant, in lat. 46 N.. lon. 12 W. by the Im ogene, arrived here, which boa rded on the 12 th instant the wreck of a brig, waterlogged, having the letters " H. N. A. S." on the starboard side of her arcliboard. GREENOCK. MARCH 14.—The Glaucus, Banks, bound to St. John's, Newfoundland, has put in here to-d +y, after being wi t hi n t hi rty m il es off that port, and encountering heavy plea, and being shut up in the ice; one man dead. and two iron. bitten. Coats, MARCH 14.—Wind S., strong. — Arrd. Lady Harvey, al , Ke iim ., C a llao ; Kinston, ditto ; Ilerald, Jon es , Mauritius ; Ringdove, Walker, ,Lonte Video; Melpomene, ( i]al ar Rio Grande ; Lord Stanley, Connor, Sie rra ; l'ridente, de Y Yarte, H a vanna ; v Imogene, Perkins, Philadelphi a . lln'Emt, Mancit 16.—The Arnica, Lond o n , t o Stockton, ha s been got off-the Rocks, making a little water , and taken • into the Ri ver T ee Hilli s M ARCH 16 . —Wind S.W.—Sld. Meteor, New York; Lord Gambier, Greenland. SHIELDS, sl.aacit 15 —SW. Ferozepcire, Calcutta. GUERNSEY, MAlicat 14.—Arrd. Louisa, Pernambuco. OEr. PILL, MARCH 15.—Corsair, St. John's, Nec Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, MARCU 16.—A large ship was seen on shorc on the Cringe: broad Ground by the Kentucky, acrd. at Net- Or'Kim,. FALMOUTH, .I.4l.sacri 16.—A ship or barque, of about 35 ton,, waterlogged and ab.:ndored, with only toreitiaB standing, was passed Bth init., lat. 4.2 N., long. 12 ; and foi lowing day a quantity of lumber was pawd. RAILWAY BILLS. REPORT of the COMMISSIONERS of RAILWAYS on certain RAILWAY BILLS comprised in Groups Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. By the first of the above Bills, the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company are desirous to obtain powers to construct a railway from a point on their present line near Ipswich to Woodbridge, and to increase their capital by 200,0001., and to borrow 66,6661. for that purpose. This Bill is comprised in Group 10. By the second, the same company would obtain power to construct a Branch Railway from Stowmarket to Sudbury, and to raise 360,000/., and to borrow 120,000/. for that pur pose. This Bill is comprised in Group 11. By the third, to raise 35t , ,000/., and to borrow 116,6661. for the construction of a railway from Bury St. Edmund's to Newmarket and Ely; and by the fourth, to raise It 0,000/, and to borrow 120,0001. for an Extension of their railway to Thettord. The excess of amount proposed to lie borrowed beyond the proportion allowed by the standing orders, is stated to have been an accidental error in preparing the which it is the intention of the company to correct, by re ducing the amount to be borrowed from 120,000/. to 60,000/. By the two Bills, therefbre, comprised in Group 12 the com pany would be empowered to raise a capital of 530,000/., and to borrow '.:36,666/., or (should the Bill be corrected as prop,sed) 176.66 C/. by ti,e fifth, it is proposed to raise 460,00(1., and to lawrow 153,:333/. for the purpose of m- kiog a railaaty limo the Net wich Extension Line to Yarmouth. This Bill 's c, , mprised in Group 13. By the sixth, it is proposed to raise 100.000/ .and to born w 33,33:1, Ism: the continuation a railway front Aylsham to North Walsto:m ; and by the seveAh, or !note to make a rauwsy from No: vetch to join a a railway from D,rehant to Wells, with a branch Ay :sham ; and to raise .ri00, 0 001., and to norrow 160066/. for the putpoz.e. By the two Bills, thereiOre, conprised itt G. oup 14 power is taken to raise a capital of 600,000/., a:al to hollow 199,099/. By these Bills time Bury St. Edo end's Railway Company proposis to obtain power to increase their capital by 2,150,0001., and to borrow 716,116-11. (assuming the tOurh the above-named Bills, on No. 3 in the Appmdix, to b , cor !acted) ; and by another Bill before Parliament, which will be again alluded to in awn ber report, they propose to obtain power to amalgamate with the Eastern Union Railway Company. limy St. Edmund's Railway Company was incorpo rated by an Act passed in 1845, and by that Act was enabled to raise a capital of 400,0001., and to borrow 133,333/. By another Act, passed in the last session, the company was further authorised to raise 550,0001., and to borrow 183,333/. Under these two Acts power has been obtained to raise a capital of 950,000'., and to borrow 316,6661., or to employ, altogether, upon their works, 1,266,666/. Tile share capital has been created by the issue of 16,000 shares of 25/. each, under the Act of 1845, and by the issue of 22,000 of the same valiv, under the Act of last session. On those tir,t issued, calls to the extent of 14/. per share, or for 224,110 U, have been made, and 204,305/. received. On the shares last issued, 51. per share, or 110,000/., have been called, and 91,707/. 10s. received; the difference in each case being the arrears in the payments on the calls. The whole amount called up is theietore 334,000/. No money has been borrowed under the Act of 1846, but this power has been employed to its Lull extent in the Act of 1845. The money has been borrowed at five p'-r cent. in terest on debentures, varying in value from 1,0001. to 5,0001., but a few being of smaller value, A part of these securities, to the amount of 61,913 /., 16: expire in January, 1850, 2,000/. in 1851, 59,090/. in 1852, and the remainder in 1855. The shareholders have authorised the directors to create new shales for the payment of the loans. The company has at present power to call up 616,000/. on the shares, and to borrow 183,3331., or to employ altogether 799,333/. on the works in progress, and this, it is stated, will be fully required fur them No nominal additions have been made to the capital of this company; nor has it subscribed to any other company, nor made any guarantee, nor bought, nor sold, nor taken a lease of any other railway, nor amalgamated with any other company ; but by the Act obtained in 1846, it has powers either to sell or let the Ipswich and Bury St Edmund's Rail way to the Eastern Union Railway Company; and for an aniaL amation with that company, as before stated, a Bill is now Le!ore Parliament. The Chairman also c f this company concluded, in Deceuber, 1845, an agreement with the trustees of the Stowmarket Navigation, fOr a lease of the Naviga tion, and this agreement was confirmed by a general meeting of the proprietors of the railway in January, 1846. Under that agreement it was arranged that each party should apply to Parliament for powers to carry the agreement into effect, and until these powers were obtained, it was arranged, among other temporay provisions, that the tolls of the Navigation should be regulated by the railway company. In the last session the trustees obtained power to let the Narigatian, and also for the lessees to exercise the provisions of the Navigation Acts; but the railway company did not obtain, by any Act ef their own, the power to take the lease, although they in serted a clause for this purpose in their Bill of last session, when originally introduced. It is, however, considered by the company that no further powers are necessary, and the lease either has been, or is about to be concluded. The Commissioners of Railways, in reporting this transaction to the House of Commons, feel it to be their duty to call at tention to the circumstances under which this interference has taken place with the tolls of a navigation by a railway company. The subscription contracts for these Bills, deposited in compliance with the stanoing orders, have no signatures attached to them, except those of 13 directors of the com pany. The amount. of these subscription contracts is 1,612.5001., so that each director has on an average signed for 124,0 CL It is admitted that these directors have not signed on their own account, but only on behalf of the company, and with a distinct understanding among themselves that they are never to be called upon for any portion of their sub scriptions, and that the proposed new works are not to pro ceed unless the funds can be procured from other sources. It is also stated that the deposits required by the standing orders were paid out of the funds of the company. The Cotninisstoners have alrr arty, in their report on the Bills of the South-Eastern Railway C. , mpany,reniarked upon this mode of proceeding as a manifest evasion of the intentions of Parliament. and they have expressed their opinion that means ought to be taken to put an end to such practices in future. It -will be for Parliament to determine how far the adoption of a course which may be supposed to have receive' the tacit permission of the House of Commons, should pre. judice the promoters of a Bill, lit any instance in which the circumstanees of the case aflord a fair guarantee fir the bistd fide character of the scheme, as well as for the completion of the proposed works. The Commissioners, however, feel it to be their duty to tall the special attention of the House of Common's to the extent which in the present ca-4e this prac tice has been carried. The company were by their former Acts empowered. to raise a c-spital of 930,0001.. and to borrow 316,6661.; the% have at present actually raised 296,0121. 103., and borrowed 13 43334 The line from Ipswich to Bury was only opened for passengers at Christmas last, and no other part of the work being completed. they are unable to make a declaration of surplus profits. Under these circumstances they seek powers from Parliament in the present session to raise an additional capital of 2,150,0001., and loans to the amount of 716,6641., making together 2,866,664/., a sum little short of ten times the amount of capital which the shareholders have at present contributed towards the hitherto incomplete undertaking authorised by their former Acts. The only guarantee which they offer for the completion of their new and more extensive rchemes is a subscription by the directors themselves, for a sum which they state they have subscribed solely on behalf of the company. In addition to the important considerations regarding the interests of the public which are suggested by such a pro posal, the interests of the present creditors of the company appear to be very materially concerned in it. They have lent their money under the sanction of an Act of Parliament, on the security of a comparatively limited undertaking; but by the present proposal they evidently would find that security involved with undertakings of a much more exten sive character, which, of course, could not have been contem plated by them at the time when they lent their money on the credit of the original work. Fur providing the means of completing these larger works no adequate guarantee is offered by the proposed subscription contract, and yet on the successful completion of them the validity of their security must essentially depend. By order of the Commissioners of Railways, FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Secretary. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS ON GROUP Xll. By the first of these Acts the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Company would be empowered to increase their capital by 475,0001., and to borrow 158,3331. By the second, to increase their capital by 425,0001., and to borrow 141,66C1. The third bill is only intended to repeal a clause in the former Act of this company, by which the mutual right to use both :he Newmarket and Chesterford Railway and the Eastern Counties Railway is given to their respective companies. This Bill is not promoted by the Newmarket and Chesterford Company, and would not confer any powers for raising money. Coder the two former Bills the Newmarket and Chester ' ford Railway Company would be enabled to raise an ad ditional capital of 900,0001., and to borrow 299,9991., or to apply a further sum of 1,199,9990. to railway undertakings. This company was incorporated by an Act passed in the last session of Parliament, aid authorised to raise a capital of 350,0001, and to borrow 116.6661. 13s. 4d. The share capital has been created by the issue of 14,000 shares, of 25/. each, on which a deposit of 2/. 12 s . w as pa id ; and two calls, one f 2/. Bs., the other of 51., have been made; the whole amount demanded from the shareholders being 101. per share, or 140,0001, the sum received is 108,300/..,.the ar rears on the calls amounting to 31,700/. 15/. per share, or 2 10,0004semain to be called; and as no money has been borrowed, 326,666/. may be considered available for the works iu progress. No nominal additions have been made to the capital stock ; no guarantee given to other companies; no leases, sales, or purchases of other lines effected; nor has the com pany power to make any. Each of the Bills for which the company has applied in the present session contains a clause empowering the Eastern Counties Railway Company to take a lease of the line to which the Bill applies; and by one of the Bills the same company would be empowered to subscribe towards the un dertaking. But as the Eastern Counties Railway Company have notified their desire that these clauses should be with drawn, and the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Com pany have stated in their returns that they shall be with drawn, it will not be necessary for any report on the powers which have been given by former Acts to the Eastern Coun ties Railway Company to be in the hands of the Committee to which these Bills are referred. Regular subscription contracts have been deposited for the Bills in question, and no signatures have been affixed to those contracts, or to those of any other Bill now before Par liament by the directors, or other persons, on behalf of this company. By order of the Commissioners of Railways, FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE. THE ELF,CTRIC TELEGRAPH TERMINI.- - At a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, held on Tuesday, the secretary of the Electric Telegraph Company applied for permission to lay down the wires of communication through the City, from the various electric telegraphs, to unite in one centre in Lothbury. The secretary said that the Company intended to bring the electric telegraph into the City by the Way of London-bridge, King William• street, and Princes street, into Lothbury, where the terminus of the Company would be, and from thence they intend to proceed along Aloorgate-street into Finsbury. The object of the Company was to bring the electric line of the South-Western and Dover Railways by the above line into the City; and from the terminus at Lothbury to unite them with the Eastern Counties, the London a'id Birmingham, and the Great Western lines, so as to form one gen era l communication with the different railways throughout the kingdom. The Col/I- I dany proposed to lay down the pipes alongside of the k er b , and in a line with the gas pipes, so as to prevent any nuisance or stoppage arising to the traffic, or annoyance to the foot passengers. The question that the Company be empowered to lay down the wires of the electric telegraph was carried unanimously. .Martin (du Nord) has, it is said, left a fortune Jf 1,801.4000 f. On his arrival at Paris, 16 years ago, he possessed trom 300,000 to 400,000 f, and the rest wasobtained by lucky commercial speculatious. • PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SIrITNG OF MAUCH 8 M. C. Combes redu paps ton 1.!:e means of destroying thoroughly or pa.lially the influence of what he calls the espace nuisible in steam-engines. The espace nuisible is the space which nec t.sarily exists between the piston when it arrives at the extremity of its curve, the bottom of the cylinder, and the opening for the emission of the steam. The space is always filled with steam at the same degree of tension as that which- exists in the portion of the cylinder situated on the same side with relation to the piston. The plan proposed by M. Combes is to be examined by a com mittee charged to make a report upon it. M. Flourens ninde 'another commonication relative to ex periments on - *Minds wit h ether, but it dues not add any tact otAmportanee to what has alrea:iy been stated. M. .Roux also communicated the results of some experi ments with the inhalation of ether on. patients. He states that in some cases the patients lose the equilibrium of mo tion without the slightest disturbauce of the intellect, and that the suffocation rtom ether differs from al; other, and particularly from that caused by the vapours of char coal, in which the blood, completely neprived of its ox} gen, is black, whereas, Nk i th all the persons. whom he had etherised, the arterial and venous blood retained the natural colour. The blood, however, according to MM. You' lemier, and many other surgeons, has gr,ater, fluidity than when in its ncrinal state. Al. Jacques Cardan gave an account of some serious re sults front the administration of ether to female s io a state of pregnancy. He co - Jsiders it .highly improper to etherise females when in this conditio►,. 111 11 , uchut made a statenient relative to the pretended discovery of the means of ascertaining - 'real death by burning. It has been asserted bAy a burn ct the s,cond degree will whereas no blister can he raised by this mean at if life be in the e to rise M. Bouchut states that he tried the experiment upon limn dead bodies, and p: educed blisters precisely similar to what would have been raised by the aaine means upon living sub jects. al. Bouchut thus confirms the experiments already made, and with similar results, by several other surgeons. lie proposes, as the best means of ascertaining whether lite be extinct or not, a prolonged ausculation of the region of the heart; but be does not pretend that this alone is con clusive. There were several other communications read at this si ting e but they were not of a nature to interest the public. M. TRIERS AND THE PRINCE 0 SMOLENSK. The Paris Presse of the 9th inst. contains R letter from Count P. de Toistoy, the grandson of Marshal Koutousoff, of which the following is a translation:— " Paris, March 3, 1847. " Sir,—lii the sixth volume of The Consulate and the Empire, M. Thiers has portrayed with extreme inaccu riicy and indiscretion the character of Marshal Koutou soff, Prince of Smolensk. As a lineal descendant, and the nearest relation of the deceased marshal, I owe it to his memory, and to myself, formally to contradict the aspersions in question. "M. Thiers represents the marshal as indolent,' ' dis solute,' and avaricious.' " Indolent!' Why, while yet a stripling, he entered the military service of his country, and during three curia mitive reigns took part in every Russian campaign. By turns he was Civil Administrator, Ambassador, and Commander-in-Chief of the land forces of the empire. It is passing incredible that a man who led so toilsome a life ' 'and filled such posts. could be indolent.' "'Dissolute!' Never in Russia was such an accusation breathed against the venerable and exemplary Prince of Smolensk, and the perusal of the page in M. Thiers' hist.„ry in which it t.ccurs would there excite general indignation. The respect of a great nation is, methinks, an ample refutation of the libel of the sp)* whose state ments M. Thiers has hastily adopted. " Avaricious!' rhe fortune left by the marshal at his death was inadequate to support his children at all de cently in their sphere of life. Truth and gratitude i m p e l me to add that Imperial munificence came to their aid. His Majesty, our present Emperor, has generously bestowed his bounties upon the children of a veteran general on whom had been heaped the highest honours of the empire. " The marshal died in 1813 at the head of the victorious army which delivered Russia from a formidable invasion. His obsequies were solemnized at St. Petersburg. On that occasion the national feeling of respect and attach ment to the departed hero was manifested in a striking manner. The populace insisted on dragging the funeral car. The marshal's loss was deplored by all ranks, and the Emperor Alexander wrote to the widow of' the Prince of Smolensk,.' I mingle my tears with yours, and with those of the whole nation.' " The letter which contains these words is Lighly prized, and carefully preserved by the family to which I have the houour to belong. " I am, &c. "P. DE TOLSTOY." °. The spy alluded to is the French renegade Langeron. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. MAncit 15.—At the usual. meeting of the Repeal Association to-day, a letter was read from Mr. John O'Con nell, in which he states that his father is ordered to the south of Europe by his physicians, and he adds that they promise him restored health and constitution by next autumn. The repeal rent for the week was declared to be 30/. CITY OF DUBLIN REGISTRY. The smions closed on Saturday. The following are the results:— Registered. Rejected. Conservatives 493 ••• 9 Repealers lB7 ••• 20 306 majority for Conservatives. DEsTruecrivE FittE IN ATutt.oxE.—A destructive tire broke out in Athlone yesterday (Sunday), owing to a chimney having taken fire in a populous part of the town, which chiefly inhabited by poor persons.. Upwards of 30 cabins have been burred, and were it not for the unexampled exer tions of the military of the garrison the result night have been dreadful to contemplate, as a violent gale of wind pre vailed during the whole time. FIRE IN 11 . .vrEnFortt).—On Saturday morning the herni and flax stores of Messrs. tVinte, in \Vaterford, were de. stroyed by fire. A detachment of the liith Regiment wert in attendance with the barrack tire-engine, and they sue. ceeded in saving the adjoining buildings. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WAPPING.—On Monday morning, at a few minutes after one o't leek, a fire that at one time threatened very serious consequences to life and property, broke out at No. 1, King Edward-street, ‘S sip ping, in the occupation of Mr. James Millar, haberdasher. The flames originated in the shop, and had obtained such a strong hold before they were discovered that the inmates were obliged to get out of one of the windows. The en gines promptly attended, and plenty of water having been obtained, the firemen set to work, but they were un able to get the fire extinguished until the whole cflllr. Mil lar'a stock in trade was consumed, the lower part of the pre mises burnt out, and the upper portion severely injured by Are and heat. SALE OF RARE BOOKS.—An important sale of rare books and manuscripts was commenced on Friday last at Messrs. Sotheby's auction-rooms, Wellington -street. The books form a portion of the library of J. Wilkes, Esq., of Finsbury-square, and are divided into nearly 3,000 lots. Among the lots st Id on Saturday were the Biblia Sacra La tina, or first edition of the Holy Scriptures, in three volumes, without name of printer, place, or date, but attributed to the press of Gutenberg, at Mentz, between the years 1450-55. This edition is known by the name of the Nlazarine Bible, from the discovery of a copy in the library of Cardinal Maurine. It is printed in double columns. in imitation of the large letters used by the scribes of the period in writing the church missals and choir books, and although in existence for nearly tour centuries, appears as clean as it it bad been but recently issued from the press. Only eighteen copies of this splendid work are known to exist—fourteen upon paper, and four upon vellum : one of the latter has recently been added to the British Museum, through the bequest of the late Right Hon. T. Grenville. This copy formerly belonged to George Hilbert, Esq. The first offer for this rare book was 200 guineas; and eventually it was knocked down for 50c1. to Messrs. Wiley and Putnaai, the American boeksellers, its destination being the American Museum, at Washington. " Psalterium Davidis," a meat beautiful manuscript upon vellum, executed for the Earl of Lincoln in 1410, was, after a spirited competition be tween Sir F. Madden, on behalf of the Biitish Museum, and Mr. Rodd, knocked down to the latter for 2101. " Biblia Pauperum Germanice," a block book of forty engraved pages in small folio, worked off in black ink coloured, Nordlingw, 1470, fetched 1101. Apocalypse de St. Jean, a manuscript upon vellum, of the 14th century, containing 78 large miniatures, sold for 60 guineas. Psalterium Davidis, its., an illustrated manu script upon vellum, of the 13th century, sold for 641. Biblia Sacra Latina, first edition of the Bible printed at Paris in 1476, sold for 50/. Vetus et Novum Testamenturn Latinum, &c., printed mann vellum, at Venice, in 1487, sold for 591. 10s. Apecalypsis Sancti Johannis, 48 pages, hut wanting the 45th page ; this. although imperfect, fetched 47/., &c., &e. Yester day this sale was continued at Messrs. Sotheby's. The fol lowing were among the lots sold :—Ciceronis Officia Para• doxa et Versus Xll. Sapientum ; first edition, printed upon vellum by J. Enst at Mentz in the year 1465—bought by Sir Thomas Philips for 300/. "Christine of Pysa, the Fayttes of Armes and of Chivalrye ;" printed by William Caxton in 1489—sold for 54/. This copy was imperfect, the two first leaves being supplied by foc-similies ; a perfect copy sold some time back produced the large sum of 336/. Cato (Dion), " The booke called Caton whiche I presente to the C 3 to of London, Wm. Caxton, Thabbay of Westmynstre, the Fyrst yere of Kynge Rycharde the Thyrde, 1483"—sold ter 23/. ss. in 1815 this copy sold for 51/. 95., the falling off in value being accounted for by the loss of two leaves in sheet E. "The forme and manner of makyng Archebishoppes, Priestes and Deacons;" a small black-letter tract, printed by Richard Grafton in 1549—501 d for 15/. The other lots fetched good prices. ..vtETROPOLITAN BENEFIT SOCIETIES' On Monday e vening last, the sixth annniversary of the Auxiliaries of this excellent Institution was celebrated by a supper at the King's Arms Tavern , Rolls - buildings, Fetter lane, when about sixty gentlemen partook of an entertain ment, which was served up in a manner which reflected great credit to the worthy landlord, Mr. Eardley. Mr. Dean presided as Chairman, and Mr. Porter ~(the respected ho s t o f t h e J ohn of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell) officiated as Deputy, and were sup ported, among others, by the following influential members of the Society:—Messrs. Bowles, Buckland, M'CraiUht, Chubb, Gilbert, Hopkins, Bell, and Wild . Af ter the cloth had been drawn, the Chairman proposed the health of "Her Majesty. the Duchess of Kent, and th e rest of the Royal Family," which was received with demonstrations of respect ; after which, Mr. Buckland s ang an appropriate song. The Chairman then, in a few rema r k s, gave " Success to the Metropolitan Benefit Societies' Asylum," which was greet e d with much applause. Thi s toast was acknowledged by Mr. Bowles, in an interesting expo s iti on o f t h e r i se an d progress ot the Institution, which was listened to with great attention, and warmly applauded. At its close, the healths of Lord Robert Grosvenor an d Vi scount Ebrington (who is to pre side as Chairman of the Parent Society at the dinner in May) were severally giv en , an d ac k now l e d ge d , on the part of their . Lordships, in a very neat speec h , b y M r. B uckland. The Chairman, in proposing the health of the Committee, spoke of the great exertions they had made in furthering the interests of the Society. Mr. Chubb, on behalf of himself and colleagues, returned thanks. The healths of Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Cole, the Secretary, Mr. Eardley, the Chairman, and Deputy were afterwards given, and respectively acknowle aged, and the party broke up at a late hour, evidently much grati fied by the evening's proceedings. BALLANTRAE.—The Ballantrae barring fishing was going on with railway speed last week, and millions of this species of the finny tribe have been destroyed, far beyond anything that can be remembered in former . years._ The price, per 120, at the fishing station, is from ls. ad.tost.aiLi. 7d. The fish are sold in Liverpool at 11. per barrel, eac h colu log 700. Caledonian Meraur W e are happy to learn by the last accounts received from Ireland that the Earl of Mayo is considered out of danger, and hopes are entertained of bib Lordship's eventual recovery. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, March 17. The Lord Chancellor sat to-nay in his Court: . in the 04 Hall, Liueolies-Inn, and heard appeal.. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MERCHANT ADYJINTIT //RI OF BEISTOL. ti) the The further argume n t s i n thi s p ar t-hea r d appeal decision of the Master of the Rolls, occupied his L 0rur..,4 the whole morning. We hav e a l r e a dy given the facts: Of w case. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, .March 17. (Before the VICE. CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) BLECH v. Jay. D C• 14 ere re smiled to-day, an'L The arguments in this cas cupled his Honour the whole orn i rig. S ECONDARI E, (1( l'„Wurrh 17. There was no case of the slightest haortance. COURT OF BAAKRUPTCY, Marchl7. (Before Z%i r. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.) I RE PAUL This bankrupt, N who carries G on ARBANA business as a carver and gilder in Newman -street, Oxford-street, came up t° ./ 1, , r his certificate. or • The case was of a ps,culiar nature, and it was his h •fth kepi plicatioil. It app ea red t h a t a lth oug h no oppo.-ition 10" made liy the cr e dit ors , e i t h er t o h is pass i ng hi s last e; 01 .10 nation, or tc, certificate, the Learned CommisAcaie r i pt congOt in 2: the other Commissioners, held that he co; d3 ' grant the rent no assiguee had beeu chosen, a d there were 1 , ,17.11 - I,:iti - ,t fonds its. hand to pay a divaleachoo the creditor allowed him to carry ()1t business 011 account. After sonic diffjcudy au as,ignee was choseli, His Ixou 110 W r;:intvd the certificate. 01 In the l course or tit, g proceedings it was , stated on 1( the bankrupt; that he had paid over 90/. to a solicitor tore purpose of paying uut the execution creditor, the i' .ll° , o o , which the solicitor had , applied to bis own use, and ibi sequence the bankrupt had been compelled to sue ou t present Sat. His HONOUR said, in su c h a case a ppli ca ti on ous--IA tu e made to the Judge•of the Court in which the solig it° jo attorney practis e d. A par t y so m i scon d uct i ng hinaolt °o'g o p at once to be struck off the rolls, which was the only Yi put a stop to such disgraceful practices. • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maicistone, March 16.. The commission . for the county o f K en t was opene4ilrr'i, Monday. The business is very heavy, there being l l 'oes soners for trial on the Crown side, and forty-one twelve of which are special jury cases, are entered for Lori of Several of these ca s e s inv o lve th e question of the la o r gavelkind, peculiar to this county, and Sir F. Th es $ r and Sir F. Kelly are specially retained for some of the P e o f ties. The business was proceeded with to-day, but n ° %. e $ the cases disposed. of were of su ffi cient interest to recl u report. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-IVorthampton, Mart h a , ' 11t• NEGLECT OF A ',CRITIC.— Joseph Large, one of t'-ito tendants at the Nottingham County Lunatic Asylu,T' u bir found guilty of having left an insane person, named v ° 016 day, by himself for a short time, con t rar y to order4(4 bi who, during the prisoner's absence, c o mmitted suic l strangling himself with his shirt. The prisoner wa s tenced to he imprisoned six weeks. „ t • h. CURIOUS CHARGE. OF POlSONlNG.—Eliznoetn onz-- . 1 0 29, and Sarah Taylor, aged 68, were indicted for them st cf George Taylor, aged 36, by having I. , iven him a• 4 various times. Smith was the dec ease d' s h o usekeepe r ' f r oto the other prisoner was his step-mother ; an d it appear7lic their own admissions that Smith had given him arsonpim the purpose of making him unwell, and thereby keen°, dig' at home. as Smith, who was attached to him, gro, t ioti , liked his rambling from home and his habits of dis 9 P . lo l : in which scheme of reformation the step-mother .!, e 1 The case was noticed at length in our paper at the. t l 1°0 pce the occurrence, aml no new facts came out on the trig., be ef: peculiarity of the case was, that no trace of arsenic detected in the stomach ; but the surgeon thought the P ° might have passed away by vomiting. The prisoners received excellent characters, and Thejury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. WESTERN ClRCUlT—Dorchester, Marc h I AO The only case of any public interest tried this dsT p tor the indictment against Xarg Beans, for the concealsef the the birth of an illegitimate child. The peculiarity case consisted in the marriage of the prisoner the cisl i i;;4 l the birth of the child. and though she was accused sl O her neighbours with then being in the family- I '7'oV denied it stoutly. The man to whom she was ab° ll lo6 ll l married also taxed her with it bef o re they went toshied but on ber assertion that the rumour was false be 1:a her. The jury Acquitted the prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE' CLERKE.N WELL. or Mary Montg omer y, a y oung f ema l e i n t h e employ e Mr. Leashb roo k e , o f N o . 5, Li verpoo l- terrace , WS ,C;feto with stealing a cash-box, cont a i n i ng 16/. 10s., a go ld _.4160 a number of silk h an dk erc hi e f s , an d var i ous other , the property of her mas t er . It appeared, from the statement of the prosecute r ; r oi the prisoner b a d b een i n hi s emp l oyment on ly three A per and on Tuesday e ve ni tg he found that she had absent7ooo self without the knowledge of any person in the house;,l going up stairs to hi s .bed-room he perceived that the ni,"./11, a wardrobe, in which h e ic , pt his more valuable p rur7 ll o was open, and that the above property had been st olen ' went to the station-house t o give information of th e ro otabJil and while there the p r i soner was brought in by a ° lt who took her into custody in Canonbury-fields. 190 0 4 The policeman stated that on Tuesday he met the Pr,..„ 4 and his attention was attracted towards her by th i e , be t her having on neither shoes nor stockings, and we cloak over her face, as if to conceal it. On r eachiV r e il e r o t ti . fund the cash box, watch, and other articles. W fronted with M r . L nai hb roo k e , at the stati on - hou s e, acknowledged lo having committed the robbery. • Mr. 0./MBE stated that he F hould commit th e prisoner /4 trial, but orderiia her to be again brought up en Friday- ~br Ann Park ev was charged with stealing a valuable val.-0 the property of Mr. J. A s hli n, one of the o flicers et t Asylum for the Reformation of Fenales. an ti , The prisoner had been at o ne t i me an i nmate of t he tution, which she left about twelve months ago , an d oft ,1,0 12th of February last she again applied for achnig,,'", / , ' The prosecutor brought her down to his kitc` — to where the watch was upon the table, and a knock com in t r o the hall door soon afterwards, he went to open it, and de:l4 the prisoner to call on him the following Sunday. In 1)„`', ten minetes after the prisoner's departure he missedld watch, and he never saw the prisoner again until she vrildi _ co The case was remanded to enable the police to trace the watch. MARKET NE WS.- (YESTERDAY') CORM-EXCHANGE. During the present week the arrivals of WiltA t from ft e i ti el have been moderately good—those from cur oth er " m u et ins limited. To-day the show of samples Was "jAtncsale, At large, and most descriptions commanded a Ste a "i There prices about equal to those obtained on Jiond a Y' nt to were a few transactions in foreign Wheat for sbilu n A e iftg iD France; but for home consumption very little Was u°- e7 that article. The best malting Barley sold readily, at ia treme prices; while there was a better ke g " ea' the demand for other descriptions. Malt was pr ic_el ceedingly dull in sale, at barely stationary We were rather scautily supplied with Oats, the dein°P ; for which was firm, at the late improvement in value,•L ij n e rraf Peas, and Flour commanded full prices, but Indian tivr much neglected. English Irish. ........ Foreign ...... Wheat. 3,570 qrs. ARRIVALS. I Barley. 560 qrs. Oat! 1,1 so 6.• 780 qrs. 7,030 I 1,570 2,030 7,810 Malt, 1,340 Qrs. WNITZCIIAPEL. We had a full average supply of Meat on offer i, s tr Generally speaking, the demand was heavy at barl;', l o o tionary prices.—Beef, from 2s 8d t• 3s 6d; Mutton, per 4 4d; Ve,d, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; and York, 33 4d to 4s 1 " Blbs by the carcase. rpiq CURIOUS CIRCUMSTA I NCE.—On M on d a y 113°„t siS; a vixen fox was f oun d d ea d on t h e li ne of t h e Oxford branch of the Great Western Railway at Raw e ,"; s ll3b head being partially cut off by a side blow from ,1 3 " d pop train. The tribe of Reynard are generally wide awe''.,, e l y matters of self-preservation, and this casualty can el' e l f isS accounted for by the circumstance that close to the lin ot isli, a flock of ewes and lambs, and that the fox had cau o o' stole across the line towards the fold, for the PurP c t sh e seizing a lambkin for h er cubs—which it was eviut",,te possessed—but that hearing the train, she retraced be' hee and was unable, or too much terrified, to escape the —Berkshire Chronicle. [A OVERTISEMENT.J—TEAS AT WHOLESAL. ^ No. 2, lincKLEnsimaY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies l er ifo consumption is large, and study ec o nom y, Wil l p considerable advantage at this establi s h men t. v ii- ips l6 form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of ¢ pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trad7 56. Black Tea 2s. Bd., Ss., 3s. 4d, 3s. 8d 4e., 4s. Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 5 5 ., 65., 7 ; i : 5( 1 1 Coffee 9d., lOd.. Is., is 2d., Is. 4d., Is. 6(1.1 1 %. 0 0; One pound sent free to any part o f t own . Orders Pip the country forwarded the same day; and whe_ n . ° e quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), th e carrisito4 paid to any part of England.—klAz,sELL en d wholesale tea dealers, '2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. 1 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A SEVERE AFFECTION 0 1 ja e r CREST AND LUNGS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S FlLM—Extract ter, dated Bandon, March 2, 1847:—•• To Professor HolloWN A young lady res . des here, whose chest and lungs were inw a state, that from the lea ,t cold her difficulty of breathing ‘ 5 , po% that she could only get r e li e f by idistering. She had little t t petite, arid was so weak and bilitated as to be obliged to yr" in going up one flight of stairs ; but, by rather a long Use.. g :ltb Pills, lam happy t o sa y s h e h as b een restored to perfec t 'O 9 (signed) WILLIAM BROWN." Sold by all druggists, and at IT Holloway's I. stablishment. 244, Strand, London. 011 0 ' 0 Phi l EA E COU INna co . * or 11 le ander; Al JO RC COnlission 'Q t he (n. I ' 4 ' l Bing the IC E, that Win U t re ac for tat( A TIN - , a N I °I'M of the ritnreeelvm 111,Z 4 2 in vrrit! r altr el.3. Tender a nd bear Di k : 'in, and e ~RaM a orn p Sp o CPI to bee, WYAL Nib I ncorpo i t .410 to thlanl 4 s &na i l l'etaox. V:t ' l l ,VtYEN' ' his Tt l o n y:al 111,v $ Will 111:11 Thomas :1::, 1 1 1 l ao ° it t G ini „ai at t I,lea - a i ar t rn 11 1 1 1° , l i c 2 3 i n Le a t e loe n rs ° l,, : gel 'rge Ilti 11 °btrt timesSM Jan, ,▪ narles D G ed• des .COrge and Co %Intern en 4 to apPe, .---_.__ LON] NOTICE of Loans. NEW] Notice s b ae i 'how on the en the ]toe l Plans, Sec' 412racoon O ay be T, t l , ) ergavenn, day of Bits, Viit an d a s( I ) ,, OC su es det st ro " and ti r, sect% C 41171111 S %luting 11, "quite s, Ct ?, ll lTl4Bs atto v-STs resist' & h , s , ar a i m .rinares. Ciiv LOc itdt s • 6 1, 11 1 rf PEA] P me Pe ectio n roy liolhout lig eleani 41lPossibln rtibbt ah e Too • Publi c dogeSt stra mtn Rath WT, htg e h light 1; _3l dealre Ten ral Alyi ng A kmenin g 4b le In l ' e rrnan DR, fi t. po These adapted ,_ To hi the Ant Lion, M at 10,4 ..---- SIP] BIRTHS. On the 7th inst., at the (rang.,, Newnham, Gioucostere: laly of Stephen Allaway, Esq., o a daughter. nuale lik On the lOtninst , at Carsbulton, Surrey, the wife of Mr. ‘..--- surgeon, of a daughter. tto o.l. on the lan tikt., at Kirby, Isle of Man, the lady of the A General, of a son. ._ sad On the 13th inst., at Dun fries, the wife of James Grief . " M.D., of A son. , nr , 00 On the ;3th inst., at Mortlake, the Hon. 31rs. Harry Tai . --I daughter. 40 On the 14th inst., at Worthing, Mn.s C. Reynolds, of A dab %O . On the 15th inst., at Brcmley St. Leonard's, Middlesex.A U ' ward Edden, of s son. arlc, tli. Ott the 1511, inst., at Kensington-garden-terrace, Hyde - - n ~,o. wife of Sir Thomas 31aitiand, of H. M. S. America, of a dauff, MARRIED. are' . On the 11th inst., tile Rev. Archibald E. Julius, Comte of _.4ji Straughton, Rants, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the itel. 4/ u " - Mayor, hector of South Collingham, Notts. DIED. bet On the 11th inst., at Paris, 31ajor Stephen Prendergast, leo Or Majesty's 84th Regiment, aged 72. SAO ' On the 13th Inst., in Cumberlamd-mtrket, Regent's-par k, relict of the late Mr. W. March, aged 80 1 htoS * On the 13th inst., at Clapton, Anna, relict of Mr. JarnesOugr Ott the t 4th inst.. Allred Greenwood, of Springfield, near Cl26P— ford, Essex, aged 26. On the lath init., Mr. W. E. Gibbon, of the Bank of Englan d : %. On the 1 tth inst., Ilary W. Powys, oungest son of the Rev. _ . ,„• -••,. Sketchley, Vicar of'-t. Nicholas, Deptford. On the 14th inst., at Pimlico, Ann, relict of the late Mr..Toba 51°' zard, of Westminster. Charlottes On the 14th inst., in Pertngal-street, GrOvesnor-square, Ch ar wife of General Sir Charles Imoff. ngt °l3 ' On the 1 ith inst., in Grosv h enor-square, Colonel Gore La 2.1. P., for the eastern division of the county of Somerset, aged tsa ; fl oss On the 12th inst., at Chelt e nham, Willi am Urquhart, of CIAO .— Esq., J. P. and D. L., aged 45. Eir re ' 11 On the 12, inst., at Lea-park, Blackheath, Lawrence FIAT Esq., M.D. London: Printed and Published by 1.11:711D0 YOUNG:, of N o ' li a r rbiter, the : lit ,tr. rid, In the Pr Lreli of tie Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Thursday' 4l ' 18, 1847. • i'.ll °bser --...... ,e,rw , o ol*