The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-13 00:00:00

Ny FIEBALARY 13, 1847.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, FEE. 11.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. tVilliam
Corson to the church and pariah of Girvan, in the pi-4 sbytery
and county of Ayr, vacant by the death of, the Rev •
:Peter
Mac Mast er.

PARTY "----
..ERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
field, Yorkshire _
A. and S. Moss, upholsterers, High-street,
- C. F. Gotthardt wine merchants, Wake-
sinS. Brewis, N. Newbould, W. Derbyshire, and
J. Stnith, dyers, Egerton, Lancashire—W. Chace and W.
way, c'arrieri Brick-lane, St. Luke's—T. Lloyd, C. Davies,
FOREIGN-OFFICE, F. 1.0.- K en. Clapham
g t onl. a n ()
-and L. Myers, smiths, Cardigan—T. Lloyd and C. Davies,
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr • John smitt4, Cardigan—C. Mellor, J. Venables,. and T. Pinder,
Killian), Leach, as Consul at Swansea for the R epublic of ,
Ift.wr,:eineninio(ns,oplfuarrnbaesr:ebgiaarndeshTes.terin,Adie.rl),—heJlp.s,SJl.atrierhealpn:
S.
Chili. . ' Lies. machine makers, Raham, Lancashire—W. Worrall and
'WAR-OFFICE. FEB. 12, 1847.
Ist Dragoon Guards, Pierce Wynne Yorke, Gen 17 to }Jo Phelps, and J. Phelps, farmers, Caerlieken, Monmouthahire
Cornet, by purchase, vice de Rodes, who retires, F 5. 12.. —J. Ellermann and H. Lalonel, stock brokers, Hull—J.
6th Dragoon Guards, Cornet Thomas Heywood to Ve Lice ~.. Gardner and R. Chamberlin, cabinet makers, Salford,
jun., and H. Baker, linendrapers, Leighton Buz-
Lan-
tenant, by purchase, vice Blaudy, who retires. ~ Eiasi gn cashire—W. Ridley and J. Temperley, provision merchants,
Thomas Gabriel Leonard Carew Gwyn, from 834 Fo Ins ti. :e Newcastle .urion-Tyne—J. Bennett and 0. Willcock, builders
Cornet, by purchase, vice Heywood, Feb. 12. s ' —W. Baker, j
6th Dragoons—Surgeon James Sidey, M.D., fro_ at 75th zard, Bedfordshire—G. Scent and G. Hindley, plumbers,
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice William Milligan, M.D, whoa retires
la ikon, engineers, Wolverhampton—T. Shaun and W.
Brighton—J. Beckett and A. Liddle, musical instrument
upon half-pay, Feb. 12. , manufacturers, Duke's-road, Euston-square—H. Leggatt and
9th Light Dragoons—Assistant Surgeon Eneas Mr it aatcoh B;.N Neville printsellers, Cornhill—G. T. Caswell and W. E.
drapers, Halifax, Yorkshire—A. Roxburgh and W. M. Burt,
calico printers, Manchester--E. Woolmer and M. Woodbury,
Macpherson, from 53d Foot, to be Assistant Sergi. 47 n vice
Stewart, promoted in 61st Foot, Feb. 12. , Morton, share brokers, Leeds—l. .S. and A. Brown, brewers,
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—Liead enant- Kensington—S. Ogden, H. Ogden, and G. Teale, woollen-
Colonel
Itotherhithe—G. Atkinson, C. Macgregor, and R. Atkinson,
to b,
Captain Arthur a Hn
de lia, hi
eaumt
en tGordon,.c 0 ilofrom
(repayinghalf-pa half-pay Utiaila:tl ;
Ldifferiached,eu.
C richton Regent-street—S. Fowler, J. Manning.and W. Nield, grocers,
ence), vice the Hon. Percy A. E. Freke, deceased s. ; Lieu- printers, Exeter—J. Young and D. S. Targett, barge builders.
tenanant and Captain Augustus Cox to be Captain a
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Gorden, who reti. re a ; En- merchants, Jamaica—J. Finden and W. Green, architects,
sign and Lieutenant James Frederick Dudley
Stuart to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purcbase,N k e Cox; Nottingham (so far as regards W. Nield—P. M'Kenzie and
Ensign William Gordon Cameron,' from 42d Foot, toa be Ea. T. Ross, tailors, Warwick-street, Regent-street—H. H. and
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stuart, Feb. .112, D. Cohen, merchants, Jamaica.
28th Foot—Ensign Henry Baxter, from 40th F..acet, to be PRICE OF SUGAR.
Ensign, The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, vice Drew, who exchanges, Feb 4 12., :
computed
34th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel Henry Deedes .tom I ttalf-pay from the returns made in the week 'ending February 9,
Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Richard Ali spy, who 1847, is 355. B%d. per cwt.
exchanges; Brevet Lieut.-ColOnel William-,Etswee Lc, from
half-pay 14th Foot, to' be Major, vice
.Deedes, pi emoted;
Captain Joseph Henry Mathews. to be _Major,. bar i sarchase,
vice Fawcett, who retires; Lieutenant Robert Ch. dintepher
Packe to be Captain, by purchase, vicit)qathews ;. Ensign
William Warry to be Lieutenant,-,-,t74.Uniaase, 'vice Packe;
'Henry EdWard Bale, Gent:, to be Ensign by pure') ire e, vice
Warry, Feb. 12.
40th Foot—Ensign Francis Barry Drew, from 28th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Baxter' who exchanges, Feb. 12.
50th Foot—Lieutenant Francis William Durley 1? (addi-
love, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lovet, pea moted,
Feb. 12. •
52d Foot—Major General Sir Archibald Maclaine, GB. to
be Colonel, vice Lieutenant General Sir Edward Gibbs,
K.C.B. deceased, Feb. 8.
53d Foot—Gordon Kenmure Hardie, M.D. to be A isistant
Surgeon, vice Macpherson, appointed to the 9th Lig' lit Dra-
goons, Feb. 12.
6lst Foot—Aisistant-Surgeon Archibald Stewart, fr am 9th
Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Smith, deceased, : feb. 12.
75th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of Second Class Patn It Ni-
cholson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Sidey, appointed to 6th
Dragoons, Feb. 12.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Feb. 12.
THE LINCOLNSHIRE AND EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY-
GRIEVE LUMIDICN.
In this-ease, which 'was- not.Fotiehinti ta the-time of going
to press with our Afternoon Edition of yesterday, the jury
returned a verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Feb. 12.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CmEr BAaort and
Special Juries.)
in the case of Webster v .West the record was withdrawn,
and the cause did not therefore proceed to trial.

BAlutit V. HAGGARD.

In this cause, Mr. Charles Baker, the secretary to the
Tours and Honfleur Railway, was the plaintiff, and Mr.
James Haggard, a member of the provisional and managing
cornmittess of the above-named railway, was the defendant.
Mr. 0. Malley appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ogle fcr
the defendant.

The action was brought to recover of the defendant the
sum of 931. bring the amount 44 salary due to the plaintiff
f,r services performed on behalf of the Tours an,ll-1-ufl-nr
Railway, the plaintiff alleging that he was engaged At A
salary of 3001. per annum to perf,rm the s,cret.v:
to the company.
It appeared that the present railway was one of that very
numerous class called forth in the year '845, which w: re
doomed to pass their brief hour on "change," seemingly for
the purpose of raising delusive hopes of visionary premiums
in the minds of the promoters, and adding a long list
of causes to the already overcrowded lists of the
' courts of law and equity. In the present case,
there being no evidence to show that the defendant had
continued to act upon the provisional or managing coin-
mittee—(on the contrary, that he refused his consent to
have his name placed in that ominous list)—or that he bad
ever acted upon such committee, and the books of
the company being in the possession of a Mr. Hop-
kins. a director of the company, who, in spite of
all attempts to discover his " whereabouts," was declared
to be still non est, and a number of witnesses having been
called whose evidence bore in no degree whatever upon the
contract between the parties, the counsel for the plaintiff
said that he was sorry to say that the next person to be
called was, he feared, the plaintiff himself.
In this opinion the LORD CHIEF Balm; coincided, and the
plaintiff having been thrice summoned to come forward to
save his writ at nisi prius, and declining to do so, was non-
suited accordingly.

Eidd Foot—Stephen William Metge, Gent., to be Ensign,
1)7 purchase, vice Gwyn, app,inteu to 6th Dragoon Guards,
eb. 12.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Henry Lucris" to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major r Skinner,
re-
tires; Second Lieutenant William Tyrwhitt Dralikew' too beFirst Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lucas; Edmund
nail, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
ase,Begvicee.
Drake, Feb. 12.
Royal Malta Fenciblo Regiment—Lieut. Saverio G'att to
be Captain, with local and temporary rank, vice Virt.cenzo
Bonavita, who retires upon tuti-pay ; Ensign Loretto Bo-
navita to be Aojutant, with local and temporary rank, vice
Get, promoted ; Henry Montanaro, Gent., to be Ensign,
with local and temporary rank, vice Bunavita, appointed
Adjutant, Feb. 12.
UNArrecimo.—Major Henry Deedes, from 34th Foot, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Feb. 12.
HOSPITAL STAFF.--ASSiSI Alt t Surgeon Samuel Currie,
M.D., from 16th Light Dragoons, to be Staff Surgeon of
Second Class, vice Nicholson, appointed to 75th Foot; .klfred
Gosden, Gent. to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice
Newton, promoted in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment; I;',lliam
Nettleton Boyce, Gent. to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces
vice Tweddell, appointed to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment
Feb. 12.
BREVET. -Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Helsh-m Gordon, of
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Colonel in
the Army, Jan. 10, 1837; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William
Fawcett, of 34th Foot, to be Colonel in the Array, Nov. 9,
1846.
GAzzisotts.—Brevet Colonel Alexander Findlay, on half-
pay Royal African Corps, to be Fort Major at Inverness or
Fort George, vice Captain Andrew Fraser, deceased. Dated
Feb. 12.
MEM•RAIMUM.—The removal of Lieutenant Robert Cas-
sells Oliphant, from the 80th Foot, to the Royal 'Newfound-
land Companies, on Dec. 8, 1846, has been cancelled.
The names of the Corporal Major, appointed Quartermas-
ter to the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, on January 29, 1847,
are William Binnie, not William Birnie, as previously stated.
The Christian names of Ensign Travers, of the 70th Foot,
are Oates Joseph, not Oats Joseph, as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of
the County of York, and of the City and County of the
City of York.
Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry
Cavalry—Thomas Henry Preston, Gent., to be Cornet,
Feb. 4.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of
Edinburgh or Mid-Lothian.
Regiment of Royal Mid-Lothian or Edinburgh Yeomanry
Cavalry.
Lieutenant John Wauchope to be Captain, vice William Burn
Callender, resigned.
Lieutenant Bobert Wardlaw Ramsay to be Captain, vice the
Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, resigned.
Cornet James Dewar to be Lieutenant, vice Wardlaw, Ram-
say, promoted.
Cornet Andrew Wauchope to be Lieutenant, vice John Wan-
chope, promoted.
Cornet William Stuart Walker, to be Lieutenant, vice
Alexander Thomson, resigned.
Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Cornet, Vice
Walker, promoted.
John Walker Drummond, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Dewar,
promoted.
Assistant-Surgeon John Graham Macdonald Burt, to be
Surgeon, vice James Craig, M.D., resigned.
Thomas Peacock, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Burt,
promoted.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Joseph Moor, builder, Camden-town.
BANKRUPTS.
John Bond and Edward Morgan, shawl manufacturere,
Oxford-street, Feb. 20 and March 26, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee/ Basing-
hall-street ; Lloyd, Milk-street.
John Clarke, glazier, Castle-street, Regent-street, Feb.2o,
at one, and March 26, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Cornhill; Cootne,
Browne, and Co., Bedford-row.
Frederick Hatch, iron-plate-worker, St. John's-square,
Clerkenwell, Feb. 24, at org, and April 1, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee; Batingbalti
street; Richardson, Coleman-street. '
Penjantin Bromly, dealer in cattle, Great Bromley, Essex,
Feb. 23, at half-past one, and March 26, a. one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane,
Lombard-street; Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lanc-
William Lovett, and George Woollard Lovett, builders,
Barrossa-terrace, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, Feb. 26, of
_
half-past eleven, and March 26, at eleven, at the and o
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Overton, Old Jewry. apourside,
Thomas Gillett, warehouseman, Gutter-lanee -- t
Feb. 18, at halt-past two, and March 25, at one, at the e %1..
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build-
ings; Hui
ings ; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside.
Robert Greig and William Rawlings, timber-merch.a.n,tas,
Maiden-lane, King's-cross, Feb. 24, at twelve, and Apri.ll
nee,
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as_s!gn
Coleman-street-buildings; Wootton, Tokenhouse-ytcl two,
and
Francis Hopkins, brewer, Cambridge, Feb. 25, a Johnson,
March 25, at twelve, at the Court of liankruptcY
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Raveuscroft, Guildford-
street ; Cooper, Cambridge.
George David Payne, tailor, Saville-row,
Relve at the
F erman-
eb. 25, at twelve, and March 20, at half-past egent-street,
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,t Alderman-
Court
bury ; Hensman, Basing-lane.
John Rouse, plumber, Exeter, Feb. 22 and March I_62.:at
eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
nee, Exeter ; Terrell, ,Exeter ; Terrell, Grav's '
London.
Stephen Bentley, innkeeper,' Birkenhea.d, Feb. 19 and
March 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool to and 0.,
C Old
erp
Cornthwal
nove, official assignee, Liverpool;
DistrlFt Court. Caze-
Jowry.chambpro, London; Pemberton, JAv
hester, Feb. 25 and
James Monk, commission agent,
March 25, at eleven, at the MantetecEsteeerd DainsdtricLtanCgofuorrdt.,
Hobson, official assignee, Manchestef 1 t
Cheapside, London; Sale, 'Worthin. and Shipman,
g o
Manchester. raerchant, Cambray,
Richard Vincent Furlong, wine
eh 26, at one, at the Bristol
I‘l!‘r
~„.;,,nee, Bristol ; Cheashyre,
Cheltenham, Feb. 26 and
District Court. Hutton, official ',-
Cheltenham.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The Committee met at the usual hour. The following
B►lls were decided upon as stated :
MIDLAND RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD, BARNSLEY,
DONCASTER, AND GOOLE LINE).
Standing orders not to be dispensed with.
SOUTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.
Parties allowed to proceed.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (HERTFORD TO
HITCHIN).
Standing orders dispensed with.
WISHAW AND COLTNESS RAILWAY (BRANCIIES
TO AUCHEN HEATH, &c.)
Standing orders dispensed with.
PORTADOWN AND DUNGANNON RAILWAY.
Standing orders dispensed with.
The Committee then adjourned.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Swim.)
In the following unopposed cases the customary formal
proofs were completed :
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield,
and Goole Railway (partial alteration of levels and abandon-
ment, extension lines, and leasing or sale of lines).
Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway (amendment and
deviation).
Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Burtisland pier and
Burtisland and Granton ferry purchase, and Burtisland
pier extension).
The EXAMINER was occupied the rest of the day with
the opposed Scotch cases.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAT.)
In the following opposed cases the customary formal proofs
were completed :
•Lynn and Ely Railway (Deviation and Lynn Docks).
Rochdale Improvement Act Amendment.
Cockermouth Improvement, Newhaven Harbour, Ouse
Lower Navigation and Levels, and Laughton Drainage.
OPPOSED CASES.
LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY (LYNN AND WORME-
GAY NAVIGATION).
Some unimportant allegations were sustained in this case.
SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, AND DONCASTER
JUNCTION RAILWAY (MASBOROUGH TO DON-
CASTER).
This opposed case occupied the remainder of the day.

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VICE-CHANCERY—(THIS
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE.)
OKILL V. WHITTAKER. =
This was a bill filed to set aside a contract, on the ground
of mutual contract. It appeared that the defendant pur-
chased au estate for a term of eight years, and on a suppo-
sition that he was entitled to a ren-wal of his lease at the
expiration of that period, laid out a large sum of money.
The plaintiff's case was that there no specification to t e
effect, and that the purchase was only the value of the pro-
perty for the term stated ; while on the part of the defendant
it was alleged that in the proposal for the property he stated
that if there was any mistake afterwards in reterence to the
contract, that there should be compensation on an estimate
agreed to by both parties.
The arguments were concluded to-day, and
His HoNoun delivered judgment. This was a matter to
which no case of specific performance of contract could
apply. The only question was as to what the vendor in-
tended to sell, and what the purchaser intended to purchase.
It appeared that the property in question was put up far
public auction, and the advertisement stated that it would
be sold for under a lease of twenty years. The property was
not disposed of by public sale, and the defendant purchased
it for a sum of 3001. The provision he made in reference to
any mistake occurring was not certainly embodied in the
deed of conveyance, but, considering the advertisetyma'-;
the purchaser was now dead, and could affo--' n
and that the discovery respectinpo---untract was not
.e-
-scinded. made
for a long time after his ')--11Ise ' he thought it was an m
.hat the contract should not be re-

The Bill was dismissed with costs.
The other business of the Court was of ni? general interest.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Sairrii.)
There were no unopposed railway cases in Mr. Smith's
list to-day, and the Learned Gentleman was occupied till the
close of his sitting with the opposed Caledonian cases.
In the case of the Canobie Branch the opposition failed,
and the standing orders were complied with.
In the other two cases the opposition was withdrawn, and
the customary formal proofs were completed.
BLANDFORD AND BANTON RAILWAY.
In this case the customary formal proofs were completed.
The Examiner then adjourned.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.
In the case of three of this company's unopposed Bills the
standing orders were complied with.
OPPOSED LIST.
EAST LANCASHIRE (BURY AND CLITHEROE
EXTENSIONS).
The Examiner was occupied the rest of the day with these
two opposed petitions. The allegations, however, were not
maintained in the first extension Bill; but in the second the
standing orders were found not to have been complied with.

DIVIDENDS
DECLARED.
ban
kora, New Bond-street--second
Chambers and Son, a on Saturday, Feb. 13, or the fol-
div. of 38.4 d. in the poun-,ree subsequent Saturdays, at the
lowing Wednesday and t
hhorch-lane, City.
office of Mr. Groom, Abc \vantage, Berkshire—first div. of
H. J. Palmer, groce, Wednesday, Feb. 10, and two follow-
20s, in the pound, on o office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
ing Wednesdays,
at
thrchant,Crutched-friars—tirst div. of 6d.
Feb. 10, and two following
M. Lopez, wine Tedaeeday,
in the pound, on 1 office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. -
Wednesdays, breve
Plymouth—first div. of 16s. 6d. in the
C. Burrows,r, , office of Mr.
pound, on and after the 14th instant, at the
Hammon, Exeter.
, ~„d Whitmore, bankers, Lombard-street
Whitmore, Well ""'
—a div. of 10d. in the pound on any day,Thurat the office
',ard, Moor ate
of Mr. Belcher, liing's Arms-) t
_. g ate-street.
.„,i_an_firs div. of 10s. in the pound,
Y. CAsriesa, grocer, s
on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
Bird
R. Mansfield,- coal dealer,. Livearpoel—ofirst div. of 1
Monaay, t the office of Mr. ,
in the pound, on any
Liverpool.
J. Henderson, Major in the ALmy,. Park-gate--first div. of
on
3s. 2d. in the pound, any ontla, at the office of Mr.
Bird, Liverpool. 2a. y
H. Hutchinson, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of 9d. in
the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird,
Liverpool.
P. Hare, tallow chandler, Liverpool—first div. of 2s. 6d.
in the pound, en aaY
Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird,
Liverpool.
D. Davies, sen., flannel manufacturer, Glanelywedog,
Montmeryshire—first div. of 7s. Id. in the pound, on any
Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
D. Davies, sen., and U. Davies, jun., flannel manufacturers,
Glanelywedog, Montgomeryshire—first div. 91,0. in the
pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan,
Liverpool.
T. Rees, brewer, Liverpool—a second div. of 2d. and
7-I6ths of a penny in the pound, with the first div. of 2s. 9d.
in the pound on new proofs, on any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
J. Constantine, bookkeeper, Salford, Lancashire—a first div.
of Is. 9d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.
frictni ~;.) ;,.tid :&ilis, nwre'awitN ,,-,_ , ,1,, ,„ ..,-,
second div. of ld. in the pound (in addition to' 9d. in the
pound previously declared) on any Saturday, at the office of
bit.. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

ASTLEY'S.—DESTITUTE IRISH AND SCOTCH
BENEFIT.—We regret to state that the entire evening's
receipts of the benefit given by Mr. Batty last Thursday for
the destitute Irish and Scotch did not amount to more than
571. ls. 6d., which sum he has entirely appropriated to their
relief, without any deduction whatever for the expenses of
his extensive establishment, and which has been forwarded
to:the Committee of the British Association for the:distressed
districts, South Sea House. We are sorry the sum was so
small, as every effort was made on the part of Mr. Batty
to ensure success.
The Government are about to allocate a grant in
aid of the orphan charities of Irela:td. Similar grants have
been made in former years.—Eimerick Chronicle.
CHILD D Ye,t, rday the p,,iice received
information that • a female it•fant apparuntly about three
weeks old had teen fontad :it):.olit,t on tle. ,3tep of the
door No. 41, lilv-place, Iloiborn, between nine and ten
o'clock on Thursday night, and notwithstanding the incl
old
e-
mency of the weathe, was bdrely covered with
waslt a p taken to
piece of
blanket, and an old cotton cap and shift.
the Holbom,Workhouse.
SUICIDE FROM DISTRESS.—Last evening Mr. Bed-
ford held an inquest in the Shamrock, Houghton-street,
Clare-market, on the body of James Mills, shoemaker, aged
forty-nine. The deceased, who lived in Drury-court, was in
very straightened circumstances, and was threatened with
pr,ceedirgs, which greatly afrt.cted him ; I,lle !
from those causs he cut ti.....t
;'.ustocedmeasPk°3r"st"kciiife. He was instantly removed to the
King's College hosdital, where he died from erysipelas, the
consequence of the wound.—Verdict accordingly.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes an,/ Procivaiiscs I,P the House of Common s.
FRIDAY. FEB. 'l2.
The following Railway Bills weixi presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time:—

Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junc-
tion (Alteration of Line and Branches to Nottingham )—" to
enable the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern
Junction Railway Company to alter the Line of their Rail-
way, and to construct certain Branch Railways connected
therewith into or near the town of Nottingham."
Great Northern ( Branch to King's Lynn)—" to enable the
Great Northern Railway Companpto make a Branch Rail-
way to King's Lynn, in Norfolk."
Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown to Dalmellington)—
" for making a Railway from Smithstown to Dalmellington,
in the county of Ayr."
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc-
tion (Alteration of Main Line anti Hawes Branch)—" to
authorise certain alterations in the Line of the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle-aport•Tyne Junction Railway,
and foe other purposes."
Dundee and Perth (Alteration ...and Extension and Inch-
tore, Polgavie, and Inehmichaelaßranches)—" to enable the
Dundee and Perth Railway CoMpany to alter and extend
their Line near to Perth, and to Branches therefrom to
Inchture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael."
Dundee and Newtyle—" for widening, altering, and link
proving the Dundee and -Newtyle Railway."-
South Staffordshire (Cannock, Wyrley, • and Norton
Branches, &c.)—" to empower the South Staffordshhe Rail-
way Company to make divot* Branch Railways, and for
other purposes." -
Eastern Counties (Peterborough to Folkingham)—" to
enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a
Railway from the Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the
parish of Etton, in the county of Northampton, to the Arn7-
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston Junction Railway, near
Folkingham."
Haßisr:iandtr2e,e Halstead—" for making Railway from tlle..
Mahlon, Witham, and Braintree Railway near Braintree, to
Easterntotintiti(gpildihg-to Newark)—" to enable the
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway from
the Great Northern Railway, near Spalding, to the Notting-
ham and Lincoln Branch of the Midland Counties Railway."
Eastern Counties (Wisbech to Spalding)--" to enable the
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway from
Wisbech to Spalding, and to construct Docks at Wisbech in
connexion therewith."

Midland (Erewash Valley, &c.)—" to enable-the Midland
Railway Company to purchase the Mansfield and Pinxton
Railway, and to make a Railway from the Erewash
Railway to the Nottingham and Mansfield Railway, with
Branches to Mandield, and also to the Alfreton iron Works."
The following R,,ilway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection:—

Ifidlai,d ( 11,1?:brough andNormanton Stations Einargem vnt ).
ouci..,r, a LAI South-Western (Widening, &c. )
S,)l_l:,.:,lptor. and Dorchester (Blandford Branch).

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
Ile following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a
,econd time

MONDAY, FEL 15.
Caledonian ( Edinburgh Station an. f Branches to Grafton).
L,eds, Wakefield, and Midland.
London and North-Western (Bescot and Wolverhampton
Branch, &c.).
London and North-Western (Ormskirk and Rainford
Branch, &c.).

TUESDAY, FEB. 16.
Great Northern (Ile of Axholtne Extension).

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee :

1. That in the case of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole Railway (Penistune, eco., and Purchase c,f Shef-
field, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and
Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove
Canal) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill, on striking out from that part of the Contract Deed
which contains the names and description of Subscribers,
those of the Sheffield Town Trustees, and substituting that
of Thomas Asline Ward, who has executed the deed as sub-
scriber for 26,000/.
2. That in the case of the Portadown and Dungannon
Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill, on proving before the Committee on the Bill the inser-
tion of the Notices in the Newspapers of Londonderry and
Ant rim.

That the Committees on the two preceding Bills do exa-
mine, in the first place, how far such orders have been com-
plied with ; and do report the same to the House on the re-
port of the Bills.
3. That in the case of the Midland Railway (Sheffield,
Barnsley, Doncaster, and Goole Line) petition, the standing
orders ought not to be dispensed with.
4. That in the case of the Eastern Counties Railway
(Hertford to llitchin) petition, the standing orders ought to
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed
with their Bill.:
5. That in the case of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway
(Branches to Auchinheath Mineral Field and Canderside)
petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with:—
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.
First, second, fourth, and fifth resolutions agreed to.—Re-
port to lie on the table.

DESTITUTION IN ''l" E'' HIGH-

LANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.

We understand tbat a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen
connected with the Highlands and Islands, assembled at 18,
Parliament-street, on Wednesday last, the 10th instant, for
the purpose of considering the expediency of applying to the
Government on some points in which the population of these
districts of the kingdom are at present deeply interested.
A deputation from this meeting, consisting of the Marquis of
Northampton, Mr. James Matheson, M.P., The Chisholm,
Mr. H. Beillie, M.P., Mr. Frederick Dundas, M.P., Mr.
Maclean, of Coll; the Reverend Dr. Macleod, of Glasgow;
Mr. Hugh Innes Cameron, and Mr. George Bain, Hon.
Secretary of the Highland Society of London, waited
yesterday, by appointment, or. Sir George Grey, and were
most courteously received. They submitted to Sir George the
expediency (1) of Government aiding proprietors in the High-
lands and Islands by a loan, for the purchase of seed for the
smaller tenantry; (2) the affording aid to local relief com-
mittees in supplement of the subscriptions and collections
obtained from private sources; and (3) the desirableness
of having a depOt ship or ships on the eastern coast, for the
purpose of allaying the apprehensions of the people in
the north-eastern counties of Scotland, that there will not
be a supply of food procurable through ut the spring
and summer, and the fears of which have occasioned dis
turbances and riots along the whole of the east (., Tit
deputation submitted to Sir George t bat suet
the last would effectually, they believe
the people, and be the most econot
view, the most humane mode of r(

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fears

[ence among them.

On,the {Scat point (the givirg a lan 1.1 'the purchase of
'seca) Sir'du,rge stated, that he thought no s•uch aid. would'
be required-trorn-tbe'Oovernment, as he underatood the
central committee in Edinburgh were directing their special
attention to it ; and, moreover, that the required
accommodation would, probably, be obtained from the
Scotch banks ; and also, that it would be very
inexpedient for the Government to hold out any expf:ctation
of aid in this particular, as this would naturally, and very
probably, lead to improvidence on the part of the people in
the consumption of the stores they might otherwise preserve
for seed.

On the second matter (the affording of aid to local relief
committees), Sir George stated that the conduct of the Scotch
proprietors and people generally had been so exceedingly
praiseworthy, that he was very averse to giving
what might be considered an ungracious answer to
this request, but, that hitherto such aid had not
been afforded generally, and it was hoped that
it' might not be generally required. In two special
instances the Government had given some help
to local committees, and
_thev . pre-
from parti-
pared to consider_„..Aeeeding such assistance, though
cular 12iAiSt depend entirely on its own circumstances.
gut that, as a general rule, the Govcrom—f
ingly unwilling to encourage such applications or expecta-
tions, as they much feared that the result eventually would
only be injurious to the people by tending to pauperise
them, and to lower the feelings of self .dependence which new
distinguished, he was happy to say, the Northern population.
On the third point (the proposal to establish a Government
depot on'the east coast), Sir George stated, that the expor-
tation of food from that quarter clearly proved there was
no scarcity there, and, therefore, it would be inconsistent
with the rules of the Government, and the motives which
led to the establishment of depots on the west coast, to
send a ship to the east. It was urged in reply, that
although wheat, and cattle, and live stock were exported
from the east coast, these do not constitute the food of the
poorer classes. Sir George, however, would not hold out
any expectation that any depot would be established by
the Government on the east coast.

MR. COCHRANE and the ELECTORS

OF WESTMINSTER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—As an elector of Westminster allow me to ask,
whether the Mr. Charles Cochrane,• who now so ostenta
tiously parades his pretensions to represent Westminster,
is the same person as one Senor Juan de Ve,:a, who some
few years back published a journal of a tour through Great
Britain and. Ireland, and who then paraded a series of adven-
tures in various towns and places at which modesty and de-
cency felt ashamed, and whose public avowal signallyproved
the want of good taste and common propriety in the writer.
If they be one and the same person, the electors of West-
minster ought to know it. If not, Mr. Cochrane cannot too
soon disown the identity.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
St. James's, Feb. 12. ALPHA.
We cannot answer this query. Doubtless Mr. Cochrane
will.—[ED. Seal

THE AUTHOR or "SUSAN liort,Er."—Mr.Colburn
has just added another name to his list of distinguished
female novelists. in the person of Mrs. Crowe, cf Edinburgh.
In her new production, entitled " The story of Lilly Dawson,"
we understand she has endeavoured to developer than the events of
her story from the characters, of the agents, ra her from
external accidents, and to gie the history of minds as well
as of adventures. Her book will doubtless be looked for with
much interest. the Eraminee has compare-I this author's
wridogs to those of Defoe, and characterised them as a
great relief from the e,ommor-place, colourless novtls of
the day."
General the Hon
deceased brother the Viscount Templetown, as a member (
the committee of the Musicd Union. Tbe Gallant General is ..
well-kuown practical amateur on the violin, and a liberal
patron of the metropolitan musical institutions.
[ADvERTISEMENT.]—A VERY BAD LEG CURED BY
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND GINTHENT.—The foreman of a large paper
mill, near Armagh (the property of Mr. Gwynn),
upon
from excessive
confinement, and being empleycd so muchhis feet, had noe
leg swollen to such an extent as ultimately to break into ulcers, from
which he suffered so severely as to incapacitate him from attending
to his duties. It was a desperate case but this, like many of he
1s healed
by using tlioc iuwerful reinc(l,:s.

Arthur Upton succeed.

• contracted and stiff joiiue,ass likewise wi te•
, , (T other unnatural enlargerne •ts, are reao.l.-
cured by the use of Iloilo-wars Pills and Ointment.—Sold by vil
druggists, and at FrafeilOr DACITarg glitablitanieut, 244, Strand,
Lowiou.