The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-09 00:00:00

THE SUN', LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1847.

NORTH KENT RAILWAY

the ~teatetiolders I:: this compatly was
haiyesierday at ti Lencioil Tavern, Bisbopsgkite-street,
I r the ptep.:A: of r-ceiviog a report from the Com-
mittee of Mi:nagene-id, prepertiaery to a final distribu-
tion ut tf.e cutepaies's feeds.
At'teriLe usual preliminaries,
The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that at
a former mei•ting all the affairs relative to the company
had been Lid heron. the sharehoid.rs. The Cemmittee
had proceeded to r. turn 11. 10s. per share, and had sue
ceeded in making arrangements to effect a reduction in
the liabilities of the crimp:tit) to nearly 10,0001. -ome
claims had not as yet been settled, but a sum of 17,0001.
had been reserve d tor that purpose, which it
was expected would leave a surplus. From a summary
of the eccitunts submitted to the meeting it appeared
that the total expenditure of the company amounte.: to
67.441/. i9s. 2d., and that there was a balance in hand
of 21,926/. 16s.
The CHAIRMAN (Sir Isaac L. Goldsmid) said that
they would observe that. the report which they had just
heard was the usual mode of lay lug accounts before
:shareholders. 'I he eirectors were quite prepared to
:Herd any gewleman who might desire it every
.opportunity of seeing the act:emits in detail,
and they would be at the office for his in-
spection. Upon the principle which they had entered
into, that i:f complete partnership, while negotiations
were going on with another company they (the direc-
tors) thought it right not to enter into more
nrnute details. The accounts as they perceived
from the report were all settled, with the exception of
one or two demands upon the company, and it was
thought desirable to retain in hand a certain sum of
mot•ey to liquidate these, and there would pro-
bably be 2001. or 3001. balance. He could
say on the part of the directors that they
hal done all in their power to get this line.
They certainly bad not been successful in their efforts ;
but It was a question whether they were not more for-
tunate in not having obtained their line, considering
the present state of the money market. The
directors had managed the affairs of the com-
pany with the greatest economy, and for them-
selves had not put the shareholders to a single expense
except the cost of a cup of' coffee and a biscuit.
In conclusion, he would observe that the greatest
cordiality prevailed between all parties connected
with the line, and between himself and his bro-
ther directors there existed the greatest harmony
and the most friendly spirit, which had never
been disturbed by the slightest duff. rence. He would
move that the report be received and adopted, and on
Friday next the shareholders would receive what they
were entitled to.

An HON. PROPRIFTOR seconded the motion, passing
a high eulogium on the chairman and the other directors.
and sug. ested that the surplus which had been adverted
to should be placed at the chairman's disposal.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN raid he thought it would be a very
desirable way of dnposing of the surplus alluded to
by the Hon. Proprietor if they bestowed it upon the
North London Hospital, of which excellent institution
he (the chairman) ,cas treasurer.
A resolution authori)iir this application of the fund in
qui stion was suloequentiy agreed to.
At the desire of an lion. Proprietor, the Secretary
read a portion of the report, submAted to the former
meeting, from which it appeared that out of the 30,000/.
received from the South- Eastern Company, 2,700/. had
been paid to the Chairman, who had agreed to give
up a portion of hi; land, rather than allow the interests
of the company to suffer by his oppoiition; 4,0001. was
the stun offered the Chairman, but he refused to accept
more than the ahoy, mentioned sum
Thaiiks were voted to the Chairman and the othtr
directors, for the, hint! and fficiency they displayed in
the management of the affairs of this company.
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment, and
the meting separated.

THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH

AMERICA.

The eleventh annual general meeting of the propri. -
tors of this Lank was hi Id this day at the Company's
• ffi -es. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bisitopsgate-street Within;
slr. Ferrars in the Chair.
The annual report of the directors up to the 31st of
December last, as read by the Secretary, state d that
there bad been a steady progress in the business of the
hank throughout the year 1846; that there had been an
extension of commerce and agriculture in Csnrda, but
that the directors. considering the present high price of
corn in this country, and the possibility of a reverse
after the coming harvest, had 'a-commended to the local
board, and their servants, in all the departments, the
exercise of caution, with a view to save their proprietary
from any unusual and sudden change which cautionary
measures appeared to be warranted by the present
state of the money market. The financial state of the
hank was reported to be the following:—ln the year
1845 the rest was 36,7331.; in 1846 the nett profit after
deducting all charges and probable bad debts was
74,724/., which, together with the rest of. last year,
amounted to 111,457 L: this sum reduced by 25,0001. the
dividend paid in July last, and 25,0001. paid in the
month of December, became 61,457/., the amount of the
rest for the present • year. After a careful view of all
the affairs of the bank, and having ground for confidence
in a steady increase in their business, the directors in-
tended to recommend the payment of a dividend next
July at the rate of six per cent. The reaing of this
report was received with general applause, and especially
the announcement with which it terminated.
The CHAIRMAN said such was the state of the bank,
and it gale him great pleasure and satisfaction to report
it to the proprietors. Their prospects, too, were such
that they confidently hoped this prosperous increase
would continue without any diminution, so that they
telt themselves warranted in announcing an increased
dividend next half-year. He expected that the pro•
pretors would also justify him in thinking that every
colonial bank if it occupied the respectable position
which it ought to occupy, should pay the proprietors at
least 6 per cent. with ease. .But that they too might
know the grounds on which he anticipated the steady
c:mtinuatice of their present prosperity, he would
remind them of the progress of the bank
for the last three or four years. In the year
1843 the profits were 42,937/., the rest 20,5291.;
1844, the profits 49,910/., the rest 30,439/.;
1845, the profits 56.2931., the reet 36,7331.; 1846, the
profits 74.7231., the rest 61,4571.—exhibiting a steady
increase each succeeding year. He was gratified in
being; able to state that there had been, up to the present
time, iu every branch of their business an increase
rather than the contrary. On such grounds as these it
was that the directors had determined to increase the
dividends; but the proprietors might be assured and
prepared for it. that if anything occurred to diminish
their business b-•low what their prospects warranted
them t.• expect, they would reduce the dividends to a
safe prop-rtion. They had always acres thus. The
Holy eccasioo, as they would remember, whin they were
required to lower the rite of dividend was, when their
capitd was sornewh-t infringed upon, and th, y then
sttsperde.l the dividends with the happiest results, as
eay's p, occedings testified. They were determined
to eentinne in the exercise of their duties with proper
v.:116,n, for these terms required both elre and caution,
and they a mild be used by ihe dies ctors.—(llear.)
A PRoPRIET,R wished to be told what was the capital
m• the habit, and wondered ashy this did not appear in
the accounts m tills bank, as sti.ted in those of the Bank
of Englawl. 'Their capital might be all moonshine.
he CHAIRMAN said the form of account presented
was the same which had obtain( d from the commence-
ment of the bank; it had given satisfaction; it had beets
established, and it was not for the directors to alter it.
However, it' it was the wish of the proprietors to adopt
a new form, the directors were pn p fired to accede, but
then such a wish must be the wish if the majori•y.
The CHAIRMAN in r• ply to a question stab d [hat the
income-tax was not deducted previous to the rate of
dividend being settled, so that it came to be a seduction
on the per tentage announced.
A PROPRIETOR moved that the income-tax should be
dedaete't before the dividend was rated.
Mr. CARTER explained that the tax was not leviable
on the profits derived by the colonist shareholder, and
therefore it was a matter of convenience with the bank
to pursue the plan now existing.
The m,.tion was then withdrawn.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was re-
cerved and adopted and ordered to be printed.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the three retiring
directors were unanimously re elected on the board,
namel'i, William R. Chapman, Esq., J. J. Cummings,
Esq., and Sir Andrew F. Gree,:e.
A vote of thanks to the. Chairman and the directors
for their able discharge of the duties devolving ors them
in conducting the bank was unaninsously passed.
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the honour, and the
I meeting then broke up.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S PAR-

LIAMLNTARY ELECTORS' BILL.

This measure contains the following important pro-
visions :-
Ist. That all poor-rates and. assessed taxes due on the
sth January must be paid before the 10th July following,
to entitle any per.en to be registered, and that a personal
demand must be made within the time specified by the
auttu etor.
The present law requires the rates and taxes due on
the 6th April, to be paid by 20[h July.
2d. That no person shall be disqualified by reason of
not being rated, provided he have claimed to be rated
previous to the making of the second :ate in the electoral
year, and that such claim may be served on the overseer
at his house, or by ttost, as provided by tte Registration
Act.
By the Reform Act, as interpreted by the Judges of
Common Pleas, every claimant must repeat his claim to
be rate to every rate from which he is omitted,
3d. What the overseer shall raie such claimant on the
existing and all furore rates, but that ecoupiers so claim-
ing may deduct tr-in the rent only so tench as the
lahill.rd ma) have previiattly eAnpouedial for.
4' h. Thai. every overseer who shall neglect to put
upon the rate the name of every cisimant, or to keep
name upon each tollowitig
shall be Itaba- to penally of rate during his occupatior,
Under the p eseut iaH Mid pr,actice. overseers omit tie
nswes tit eHeane.t, trout ad r with ,tinpaniv.
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prices have :lightly a,ivanced trim) the very rxt"
to wnich they had ut-..t1 redi.ced by the ,c:trcity of uwtte).
The last two d ,ys' prices have been lionlio 5s nliy 6. per
toil,
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Natiptea Advaraisor. _ .

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JUNE 5, 1847.
This da3 had audience of her Majesty, his Royal Highness
the Prince Oscar of Sweden, attended by his Excellency the
Baron de Rehausen, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires ; to
which his Royal Highness was introduced by Viscount Pal-
merston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Colonel the Honourable
Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere-
monies.
DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 8.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Anderson,
Esq., to be Chief Commissary of Police for the island of Mau-
ritius; and C. T. Hugon, Esq., to be Protector of Immigrants
into that island.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 7.
The Queen has been pleased to appcint John Morgan,
Esti., to be her Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do Sul.
'1 he Queen has also been pleased to appoint Assaad Jacop
Kayat, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Jaffa.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 8.
Royal Regiment of Artillery-Brevet Major Thomas Or-
lando Cater to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hope, retired on
full pay; Second Captain Gloucester Gambier to be Captain,
vice Cater; First Lieutenant Robert Talbot to be Second
Captain, vice Gambier; Second Lieutenant Alexander John
Macdougall to be First Lieutenant, vice Talbot, May 28.
Ordnance Medical Department-Edward Dawson Allinson,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lawson, promoted, May
31.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
George Anson Byron, Esq., commonly called the Hon.
George Anson Byron, to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 4.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia-John Knubley
Wilson, Esq., to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Lacy, deceased,
May 22.
Commi.sions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry-Cornet
Robert Bateson Harvey to be Lieutenant; William Way
Stone, Gent., to be Cornet, April 27.
WHITEHALL, JANE 1.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Clerevaulx Fen-
wick, of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 4.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Eyles Irwin Caulfield
Browne, of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
John Thomas Cremer, merchant, St. Mary-axe, to au&
render June 15, at twelve, and July 20, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Baiinghall-street ; M'Leod and Co., London-street, Fen-
church-street.
William Henry Noyes, baker, Longparish, Southampton,
June 15, at half-past eleven, and July 20, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-
lane, Cornhill ; Gregory, Adam-street, Adelphi; Lee,
Winchester.
Joseph Webdale, draper, Luton, Bedfordshire, June 15, at
half.past twelve, and July 20, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. arman, aticial assignee, Birchin-lane, Corn-
hill ; Beart, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.
James Parker, corn chandler, Clapham, June 15. at one,
and July 20, at half-past twelveost the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Kirman
and Co., Lawrence Pountney-lane.
Robert Lavers, grocer, Southampton, June 16 and July
13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee; Fitch, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury.
Joseph Ager, boot and shoe manufacturer, Northampton,
June 18, at eleven, and July 20, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Hensman, Basing-lane, Bow-lane, Cheap-
side; Dennis, N ort hampton.
William Smith Brown, sen., and William Smith Brown,
jun., sail makers, Broad- street, Ratcliffe, June 18, at two,
and July cO, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Soles and Tur-
ner, Aldermanbury.
William Dicken, grocer, Brentford-end, Isleworth, June
14, at half-past one, and July 19, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Je w Ty- ch am hers ; A I lee and Co., Queen- street, Cheapside.
James Holmyard, furniture broker, Ogle-street, Foley-
place, Middlesex, June 17 and July 26, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assigneee, Alderman-
bury ; Serra], South-square, Gray's Inn.
William Sims, coachmaker, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's
Inn-fields, June 17, at eleven, and July 26, at half past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Hall and Co.,Gray's Inn.
'Dimes Bewley, iron manufacturer, Moulsham, Essex,
June 18, and July 26, at twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Fdlet t. official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ;
Wright and Co., London-street, Fenchurch-street.
Charles Curme, brewer, Hilperton, Wiltshire, June 18, and
July 16, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol; Blowers and Co., Lincoln's Inn-
fields, ; Nash, Bristol.
Benjamin Bowen, coal merchant, Bristol, June 22, at
twelve, and July 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Millar, official assignee, Bristol; Ayre, Bristol.
Henry Cr le, builder, Birkenhead, June 18 and July 16, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as-
signee, Liverpool ; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row; Watson
and Co., Liverpool.
John Ashcroft, timber broker, Liverpool, June 21 and
July 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co.,
Bedtord-row ; Frodaham, Liverpool.
Tullius Priest Fay, surgeon, Liverpool, June 18 and Jaly
13, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley and Co., Chancery-
lane, London ; Woodburn, Liverpool.
Thomas Cox, wine merchant, Manchester, June 23, and
July 19, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official assignee, Manchester; Michael, Red Lion-square,
London; Cooper, Manchester.
Thomas James Birch, grocer, Pendleton, Lancashire, June
15 and July 13. at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Milne Parry, Milne,
and Morris, Temple, London ; Sutton, Manchester.
Edward Mesnard and John Hudson, merchants, Sunder-
land, June 15, at eleven, and July 15, at twelve, at the New.
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Forster, Newcastle- upon-Tyne ;Turn-
bull, Hartlepool ; Meggison and Co., King's-road, Bedford-
row, London.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. P. Oridge, glove manufacturer, Charlbury, Oxfordshire
—first and final div. of 10s. 1114(1. in the pound, on any
Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
W. H. Osborn, jun., silversmith, St. James's-street—first
div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Green, Aldermanbury.
A. S. M•Laurin, warehouseman, Bradford, Yorkshire—final
div. of 34d. and 1-16th of a penny in the pound, on any
Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. Heaton, clothier, Almondbury, Yorkshire—first and
final div. of fiqd. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office
of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
T. B. and J. Waller, grocers, Ipswich—first. div. of 3s. 6d.
in the pound, on Wednesday, June 9, and two following
Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, old Jewry.
0. Richards, bookseller, Fleet-street—first div. of 3s. 4d.
in the pound, on Wednesday, June 9, and two following Wed-
nesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
J. iiunnybun, ironmonger, Cambridge—second div. of
4s. sd. in the pound, on Wednesday, June 9, and two fol-
lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old
Jewry.
G. Graham, T. Adams, gad M. B. Macfarlane, calico
printers, Cheapside—a div. of 3s. I id. in the pound on new
proofs, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street.
E. Snowden, painter, Alton, Southampton—a div. of Is. 3d.
in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basi ngh al I-street.
F. W. Searle, cheesemonger, Adelaide-terrace, Chelsea—
a div. of 10%,i. in the pond, ou any Friday, at the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook. court, Basinghall- street.
C. Ternan, and C. Ternan, jun., builders, Polygon, Somere-
town—a div. Is. 91 in the pound, on any Friday, at the
office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
C. Ternan, sen., builder, Polygon, Somers'-town —a div. of
Is. 9d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Fol-
lett, Sambrook-court,l3asinghall-street.
W. Cooper, hardwaretnan, Bury St. Edmunds—final div.
of Is. I%d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of
Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
H. C. Broom, grocer, Lawrence Pountney-hill, City—first
div. of 4s. in the pound, on any Saturday, at tile office of Mr.
Green, Aldermanbury.
S. Pritchett and J. P. Oridge, glove manufacturers, Charl-
bury, Oxfordshire—final iv. of 6s. 6d. in the pound, on any
Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Hallett and C. Parker, linendrapers, Minoriea, June 29,
at eleven—H. Goldnmid, wine merchant, Linton, Kent,
June 29, at two—W. Hamblin, corn agent, Queen's-toad,
Bayswater, June 29, at twelve.
In the Country.
B. Ballinger, !master, Swansea, July 1, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court—E. F. Davis, ironmonger,
July 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—S. Chad-
wick, J. Chadwick, and J. Chadwick, cotton spinners, Hey-
wood. Manchester, July 2, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. D.Langmead, draper,Judd-street, June 30—H. Thomas,
linendraper, Carmarthen, June 22—H. Butcher, poulterer,
Lamb's Conduit-street, June 29—D. Davies, coal master,
Lydnev, Gloucestershire, July I—W. H. Wilson, merchant,
Hull, June 30—T. J. James. corn sealer, Condover, Shrop-
shire, July 3—J. Bratherick, dyer, Bramley, Yorkshire,
June 29—J. H. Gandell, commission agent, Rock-ferry,
Cheshire, June 29—S. C rbitt. clothier, Colchester, Jane 29
B. Billings, victualler, Harlow, Essex, June 29—J. Forber,
watch maker, Liverpool, June 29—W. Dickinson, saddler,
Manchester, June 29—R. Kirke, coal dealer, Llanelly, Car.
marthenshire, June 22—T. S. Buttifant, haberdasher, Not-
tingham, June 29—S. Noller, common carrier, Debenham,
Suffolk. June 29.—J. Shirt, grocer, Broad-street, Lambeth-
butts, June 29—G. Crawshaw, soap boiler, Leeds, June 29.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. and J. M. Hustler, coal merchants, Liverpool—J. Hust-
ler, J. M. Hustler, and W. H. Braucker, coal merchants,
Liverpool (so far as regards J. M. Hustler)—J. Allerton and
G. Allen, farmers, Great Wakering, Essex—W. and H. Cock-
man, oilmen, Whitechapel-roa.i—J. bl•Lacblan and J. Pen-
dlebury, wine dealers, 1% igan, Lancashire—F. Ellis, A. Ellis,
and J. Ellis, cheesemongers, Brighton—E. C. Gsskill and
N. Thomas, auctioneers, Liverpool—J. and J. Woodhams,
millers, Alfriston, Sussex—G. Cook and W. K. Shaw, mer-
chants, Manchester—W. R. Gatliff, J. W. Read, and W.
Bowes, stuff merchants, Leeds—C. Taylor and C. Lucas,
calico printers, Manchester—M. Filer, sen., and M. Filer,
jun., builders. Winchester—T. Arden and W. Taylor, dyers,
Hill-top, Lancashire—J. Mortimer, T. Garforth, and J. Ab-
bott, coal merchants, Birstall, Yorkshire (so tar as regards
J. Abbott)—F. Kay, R. Outram, and G. °wraith nail manu-
facturers, Sheffield—W. Roome and J. Wright, linendrapers,
Nottingham—G. Conksey and E. Sym mons, bookbindeks,
Farringdon-street—R. Gilbert and J. Everest, upholsterers,
Tvob idge, Kent—ll. and S. L Laundv—J. Woodroffe and
J. grocers, Sheffield—R. Shalebot ham, 0. Booth,
and J. Collinson, !wick manufacturers, Tun all, Statlordshire.

IMPERIAL PA RLI AMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, June S.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal assent was given to-day by commission to
the following Bills:--
Factories BilL

Naval Service of Boys Bill.
County Buildings Bill.
Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill.
Landed Property (Ireland) Bill.
Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Bill (Extension to
Bury St. Edmunds, with a Branch to Ely).
Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Bill (Repeal of
provisions authorising the Company to use the line of
the Eastern Counties Railway).
Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Bill (Extension to
Thetford).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail-
way Bill (Extension to Thetford, Lavenham, and
Clare).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail-
way Bill (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Ed-
munds Railway.)
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail-
way Bill (Extension from Lavenham to Bury St.
Edmunds.)
Caledonian Railway Bill (Extension to Motherwell, &c.)
Caledonian Railway Bill (Branches to Wilsontown, &c.)
Caledonian Railway Bill (Branches from the Clydesdale,
&c.)
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the
Eastern Union Railway Company).
Ayrshire and Galloway Railway Hill (Smithstown to
Dalmellington).
Newhaven Harbour, Ouse Lo;rer Navigation, and Lev; is
and Laughton Drainage Bill.
Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Extension Bill.
Leith Harbour and Dock Bill.
Rochdale Waterworks Bill.
Manchester Markets Bill.
Bristol and Clifton Oil Gas Bill.
Wolverhampton Gas Bill.
Inverness Gas and Water Company Bill.
Bolton Improvement Bill.
Ryde Improvement Bill.
Wolverhampton Rates Bill.
Shipowners' Towing Company Bill
Dunfermline and Cupar Court-house Bill.
Kingston-upon-Thames Small Tenement Bill.
Doddington Rectory Division Bill.
Scottish Union Insurance Company Bill
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Company Bill, and
Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company Bill
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Minto.
The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after five o'clock.
Messengers from the Commons brought up several
Bills, which were read a first time.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL

On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was
read a third time and passed.
IRISH ELECTIONS.

Earl ST. GERMANS rose, pursuant to notice, to put
a question to the Noble Marquis the Lord President of
the Council, relative to polling votes at Irish elections.
Their Lordships were aware that, under the existing
law, the polling at Irish elections was kept open for five
days, and the system was productive of great incon-
venience both to the electors and the elected. Now he
wanted to ask the Noble Marquis if it would not be ex-
pedient to introduce a measure to assimilate the law of
Ireland to the law of England ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entirely agreed with
all that had fallen from the Noble Lord respecting the
desirableness of the shortening the time for polling ia Ire-
land, but there were such difficulties in the way of carry-
ing such a measure into execution, that he was afraid
nothing could be done for that purpose during the pre-
sent session. The subject, however, was under the con-
sideration of the Government, but he could not say'
when a measure would be brought forward respecting it.
NATIONAL SCHOOLMASTERS.

The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that on Friday
next he would move a resolution to the effect that every
one in holy orders, but not exercising any ecclesiastical
function in the Established Church, should be considered
eligible to the situation of scho,,lmaster under the
Government scheme of education

THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY.
The Earl of CHICHESTER, the Chairman of the
Committee appoined to investigate the allegations in
the petitions presented from some of the share.
holders in this line by Lord Lyndhurst, reported
that the Committee had met to-day (the proceedings will
be found fully reported in another part of The Seen),
and that they had come to the opinion that, supposing
all the allegations were proved, they could only esta-
blish the fact that certain parties had bought
up a number of shares in the Birmingham and
Oxford Company. It appeared, however to the Com-
mittee, that it was the intention of the Legislature that
the Birmingham and Oxford, and the Birmingham,
Wolverhampton, and Dudley, should be amalga-
mated, and that they should open up competition in
the district which they were prepared to traverse.
But the Committee were unwilling, without further in-
structions from the House, to go into further evidence,
which it seemed to them would not be calculated to
(liable them to suggest to the Legislature any measure
which might remedy the evil complained of.

Lord BROUGHAM moved that the petition be
printed, and that its further consideration be postponed
until Friday next.
Earl FITZWILLIAM thought it would be a great
misfortune if the Comittee clost-d its labours in the way
mentioned in the report. He had been much in favour
of the appointment of the Committee, because he
thought that-through its medium they would have got
at the evil, not in this particular transaction, but others
of a similar kind, which prevailed in connexion with
other railway companies.
After some conversation the motion was agreed to.
SEE OF MANCHESTER.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE b-ped to lay on their
Lordships table a Bill for the constitution of the new
Bishopric of Manchester, and moved the first reading
of the Bill, to be read a second time on Thursday next.
Lord BROUGHAM, advancing to the table, seized
up the Bill as soon as it had dropped from
the fingers
of the Noble Marquis, and, after looking in vain for the
provisions of the Bill, asked the NoblelMarquis if that
was the Bill, holding up at the same time a parcel of
plank paper amid shouts of laughter.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE_Oh, it's a mis-
take.—(Renewed laughter).
Lord CAMPBELL—It is matter of history that there
have been former Lord Chancellors who have presided
on your woolsack, and laid on your Lordships table
%gain and again Bills which were a mere sheet of blank

paper.
144,rd BROUGHAM—I wish all Irish Lord Chan-
cellors had never had any Bills on your L,,rdships' table
which were of another description.—(Loud laughter.)
The Bill was then read a fir-t time.
RFPRESENTATIVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND

BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of EGLINTON, this Bill
went through Committee.
TOWNS IMPROVEMENT BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF cu;NMONS. June S.
The SPEAKER took the Chnir at Four o'clock.
REPORTS.

Ti•e report on the South• Eastern Railway (North
Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction), was brought up
and acreed to.

COVENTRY, BANBURY, AND OXFORD
JUNCTION.

wstLahuffholl,c3rl3:7lloilltidi oughtlthnhi :esi most
Mr. DENNISTOUN moved the further consideration
of the report on the Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford
Junction Railway Bill.
Sir G. CLERIC objected to the motion, and stated that
if it was acceded to he could not see how any objection
could be offered to the existence of the broad gauge to
Birmingham, Derby, or any part of the north of England.
After some observations from Mr. DENNISTOUN,
Mr. EL.LICE supported the further consideration of
the report.
Mr. HUDSON thought there was no public call for
the Bill, and he should therefore object to the reception
of the report.
Mr. WILLIAMS said he had never seen such a
lamentable degree of ignorance displayed as had just
been exhibited by the Hon. Member why had just sat
down.--(Laughter)—such lamentable ignorance that the
merest boy from a Sunday-school would be ashamed of
it. And he spoke of his disinterestedness. His disin-
terestedness ! Why, the House knew what that meant.
to, and therefore he should
—(Laughter.) But after such a display of ignorance
he would not detain the House by one word of reply
to him. lie (Mr. Williams) then contended that the
London and North-Western was a giant monopoly,
was the best ma-
the lowest, and it
Colonel ANSON oppose further consideration of
accommodation to the public.
put an enddthe
;esrsrffiarßesaiwlwearey
Mr. COLLBtloNillbS'e supported the Bill. In his opinion the
Mr.ELLICE said, had he been aware that this line had
been offered to the London and North-Western Corn:
pany for sale,
he should have taken no part in the dis-
waged in the kNiiiiirgtdhoMW
dis-
cussion.
Mr. DENISON denied that the directors had ever
offered to still the line.
Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS
said he could prove that
the line was offered by an authorised party to the
London and North-Western Company at 5/. premium.
Hr. ROEBUCK said they ought to support the deci-
sion of their Select Committee. If the House had no
confidence in these tribunals it ought to abolish them.
Mr. STRU VI! opposed the 13111 on the ground that
the line was not of sulfioient importance to justify their
paAsing it, in violation of the resolutions of the House
en the suiject of the gaugt-i..

ROYAL ASSENT.
The Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the bar of
the House and summoned it to attend the House of
Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to
various public and private Bill. (for the names of which
see report).
'ylr. H. HINDS sa.d that he did not think that the
veZr:itet:hholuatidtobetnin.vt,h:.Bi,ih tiatt
haalvl,itiagngdivi:nit w
notice.ere
he sh• tt;Li move th;,t the t.ord .• gauge" be struck out.
from the report ot.. the Coinintit..e."or if it were not com-
petent in him, without having given notice, he would
give notke that he should move that the word "gauge"
he omitted on the third ruding of ti.e Bill. (Thf, Hon.
M rot.er w is nearly toaudthle in consequence of the loud
er .4 .6 1)1V141 .")
Dt. N ICII ',Lb eluit.ndeA lhkt Parliament had eon-,
completed a future period when it deviation from the

4 feet 8 inch gauge would be necessary, and therefore he
should support the decision of the Committee.
Mr. STRUTT explained.
Sir G. STRICKLAND said that where the Com-
mittee thought they should pass a line on the broad
gauge principle they had a right to do so, and the House
should support the decision.
Mr. FERRAND said he thought that public Rini
should have precedence of these private Bills. He had
attended evening after evening, and he found the House
occupied with discussions on these private Bills.
The amendment was then' read and passed.
After a few words from Mr. EtODGSON,
Mr. JOHN DENNISTOUN thought it better at
once to decide upon the clause.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. On our
re-admission we found—
For the insertion of the clause 105
Against it

—Majority for the clause —35
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK

RAIL WAX.
On the motion for the third reading ki the Glasgow,
Paisley, and Greenock Railway Bill,
Mr. HUME said that he bad a question of great
importance to submit to the House with reference
to this railway. He wished to pot it to the
House whether any company, having obtained
its Act with a view to the benefit of the district
around, it had a right to give away the power of afford-
ing that benefit to the manifest injury of the neighbour
hood. A canal company, called the Ardrossan
Canal Company had obtained the permission of the
House to make a canal to Paisley, a distance of twelve
or fourteen miles. They subsequently made
an arrangement with the company whose bill was
before the House, to forbear from carrying passengers if
they would forbear from carrying heavy goods, each
party being bound to fulfil the contract under certain
penalties, and having permission to charge to the
fullest extent allowed by the Act of Parliament.
By this means the community, who were so deeply in-
terested in the subject, were left unprovided with
railway accommodation. By the evidence of Sir
John Maxwell, and others, the Committee when
this matter came before them, rejected the Bill. Imme-
diately after that decision the canal company sold their
boats, and kept strictly to the agreement which they
had entered into. He had received a letter from
Paisley, complaining very strongly of the want
of railway accommodation to that town. He
would, therefore, move the suspension of the further
progress of these Bills for ten days, and that they should
be referred to the Railway Commissioners to hear evi.
dente upon the subject, and report to the House upon
the subject of the agreement referred to.
Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE was not personally in-
terested in either of the lines before the House, but,
from what he could learn, it appeared that the line
proposed to be made was not of more than one
mile in length, and was proposed solely with
a view to the accommodation •of the public. He
did not think that the Bill was an objectionable one, and
he should therefore support the third reading of the Bill.
After a few words from Mr. BAINE, which were
inaudible in the gallery,
Mr. BANKES said that he had been Chairman of the
Committee, and he confessed that the delay sought by
the Member for Montrose was very desirable. The
agreement was of an intricate nature, the work people
were in the habit of having their work carried to and
from Paisley by the canal, for which they paid
twopence, that means of transit was entirely destroyed,
and they bad only now the railway to depend upon, and
by it they were charged a shilling. Now that was a
great hardship. and he would not consent to give them
the power sought unless that agreement was altered.

THE TEMPLE-CONSERVANCY OF THE

the country ; and he might safely say that, ns far as the
commissioners of railways were concerned, there %as
no foundation for tae statement that appeared in the
public prints. With respect to the letter said to be
dressed to Lord Dalhousie. he bud made it his duty to
examine into the correspondence of the railway depart-
ment of the Board of Trade, and it was perfectly true
that he found that a letter had been addressed to Lord
Dalhousie on the subject of bridges by Mr. Locke, but
that letter had no reference to bridges crossing rivers,
but was rather intended to refer to a clause in
the Railways Consolidation Act, mid intended
only to apply to bridges crossing public roads. With
respect to the Board of Admiralty, the House was doubt-
less aware of the extreme responsibility uhich attacnt d to
the functions of that department, and the necessity which
existed that they should watch with a jealous eye any en
croachment upon the navigation of the country. He
would not, however. say any more upon the point, as
haiing mentioned the matter to the Hon. the Secretary
to the Admiralty, he was fully prepar• d to give an an-
svtft. to the questions of the Hon. Member.
Sir G. CLERK corroborated the statement of the
Right Hon. t;entl,man with respect to the letter addres-
Sed. to Lord Dalhousie. That letter had reference only
to a clause of the Railways Consolidated Acr, and h.•
protested against Mr. Locke, or any other engineer,
saying that the safety of the public was endangered by
the proceedings of any of the Government departments.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. GOUL-
BURN,
The subject dropped.

_ .
CORN-LAWS.
Mr. BANKES wished to put a question to the Noble
Lord at the head of the Government with reference to
his motion fur leave to introduce a Bill to suspend for a
longer period than at present enacted, the duty on corn;
as the night was so far advanced that it was not likely
the Noble Lord would introduce his Bill, perhaps it
might be as well if he stated to the House wt.at
it was his intention to do ? He bad also
a 'petition to present upon a subject of great
importance to the working classes,- and which was well
worthy the attention of Parliament. It was the subject of
the wiled bread. Re wished to know whether Government
had taken this subject into its serious consideration, and
whether it was proposed by Government to review those
laws which referred to the subject, as showing the fluc-
tuations that had taken place in the price of grain dur-
ing the last ten months. The public had greatly suffered
from the want of proper control in the prices and weight
of bread.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he should have to move
the Bill pro forma to night ; but he could state at once,
that what he proposed was to continue the suspension of
the Corn and Navigation Laws to the first of March
next. With regard to the question relating to the
sale of bread, the Hon. Gentleman must be aware that
an Act already existed, providing that no bread should
be saleable until a certain number of hours after it bad
been baked, and Government did not think it desirable
to introduce any further measure upon the subject.
_ _ AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL.
__

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the motion of his Hon.
Friend the Member for. Montrose, relating to the affairs
of Portugal, stood on the paper for Thursday, but he
(Lord J. Russell) thought it would be more desirable if
the motion was not brought on till Friday, for although
every expedition had been used, it would be utterly
impossible to get the papers ready and have them in
the hands of Hon. Members till to-morrow evening.
Mr. HUME would readily consent to the postpone-
ment of the motion till Friday.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, under those circum-
stances, he would bring on the Bill for extending the
corn and navigation laws on Thursday.
Capt. PECHELL said, Thursday being disposed of,
what was to become of the Poor-law Administration
Bill, which stood for that day.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he could not answer
that question at present.
THE LATE SIR EARDLEY WILMOT.

Mr. HORSMAN said a remarkable statement was
made last night, during the debate on the dismissal of
the late Sir Eardley Wilmot, to the effect that certain
parties made a statement to the Colonial office with re
gard to the then absent Governor of Van Diemen's Land,
upon which statement he was suspended from the public
employment, but which had since been discovered to he
unfounded. Now, he wished to ask the Right Hon.
Gentleman, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, first,
whether the statement having been made, not merely
upon rumour, but in such a manner as to make it
semi-official, Government had ascertained the names
of the public servants, against whom this gross miscon-
' duct was alleged ; secondly, whether Government had
determined to call upon them to explains and, thirdly,
whether, in the result of that explanation would depend
their continuance in the public service.
Mr. HAWES could only state what he said last night;
namely, that the Colonial-office had no official record of
any statements made against Sir Eardley Wilmot.
Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman whether the Colonial-office was in possession of
the names of the persons wbo gave the information upon
which the late Secretary of the Colonies thought fit to
act, and which information formed the foundation of a
recent dispatch, dated the 13th of April 1846 ?
Mr. HAWES had already stated that the Colonial-
office had no official record upon the subject.
Mr. B. ESCOTT wished to ask the Right Hon.
Baronet, the Member for Dorchester, whether, after the
statement he made last night, he would feel it consistent
with his duty to inform the House who that person
was, holding a high responsible situation, who gave this
false information to Mr. Gladstone ? or, it he could not
give that information, perhaps the Right Hon. Baronet
would state the reasons why he could not do so ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM would be most happy to
satisfy the Hon. Gentleman. He had furnished the
names of the gentlemen to the present Government, but
he did not feel justified in mentioning them to the House.
The Hon. Gentleman called upon him to give his reasons
for withholding the names, but he did not think the
Hon. Gentleman had a right to call upon him to do so.
Still, he would satisfy the Hon. Gentleman upon that
point. He considered it would not be acting fairly with
the gentlemen in question to disclose their names, when
through their being at great a distance from this
country, twelve months must elapse before they would
have any opportunity of giving any explanation upon
the subject.—(Hear, hear.)

The subject then dropped.
Mr. HUME asked the Right Hon. Gentleman at the
head of the Railway Commission, whether the House
might expect any report as to the real causes of the ac-
cident ou the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway.
Mr. STRUTT said two gentlemen had been sent
down to investigate the matter, and their report would
be laid before the House in a few days.
THE CASE OF MR. DREW.

Sir. W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition,
signed by seventy-seven commissioners of the late Court
of Requests, praying the House to take into considera-
tion the case of Mr. Drew.

Sir F. THESIGER, then called the attention of the
House to the petition of Mr. George Drew (presented
7th May), and moved that a copy of a letter from the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, approving
of the appointment of Mr. Drew to be Assessor of the
Southwark and Brixton Court of Requests, under the
Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 127, be laid upon the table of the
House. Mr. Drew, the Hon. and Learned Member sta-
ted, was a solicitor of high standing, and up to the
abolition of the Court he held the office of clerk to the
S-uthwark Court of Requests, with a salary of 5001. a
year. but for the convenience of the public he was subse-
quently appointed by the Commissioner to the office of
assessor of the Southwark and Brixton Court of
Requests. The Small D.hts Act, however, had abolished
the office without making any provision to compensate
Mr. Drew for his loss, upon the understanding that Mr.
Drew would be appointed to a judgship of one of the
new courts to be established by the Act, or at least that
he would have a paramount claim to the office. Indeed,
a pledge was given to that effect by the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
He would ask whether Mr. Drew, or any of his friends,
would have the smallest doubt but that his appointment
would take place? When the Act passed, he presented
a petition to the Lord Chancellor, praying that he should
be appointed to one of those new courts. Mr. Drew
knew nothing whatever of his hopes having been disap •
pointed, till he received a letter from Mr. Clive, stating
that he was appointed to the judgeship of the County
Court, Southwark. He would venture to say that Mr.
Clive had had no experience in the business relating to
the county courts, and the consequence was, that the
public were deprived of the services of a person who had I
had considerable experience in the matter. A deputa-
tion consisting of the two lion. Members for Southwark,
and numerous (viler distinguished gentlemen had waited
upon the Lord Chancellor to represent the case of Mr.
Drew to him. The statement was made to the Noble
and Learned Lord by the deputation. His Lord-
ship stated, it was a very bad case, but that
hard case, was brought about by the Lord Chancellor
himself. Mr. Drew was, however, offered the appoint-
ment of one of the joint clerks of the Court. 'This he
declined to accept, on the grouud that to accept the office
would be a retrograde movement from the position in so-
ciety which he previously occupied. Now, it so hap-
pened, that when his Right Hon. Friend the Member for
Tamworth was at the head of the Government, feeling a
high respect for the talents and abilities of the Lord
Chancellor, he offered him one of the new Vice-Chancellor-
ships that was then just issued. This offer was laughed
to scorn by the Noble Lord now at the head of the Go-
vernment. The case of Mr. Drew was almost similar to
that of the Lord Chancellor, except that in the former
case he would, instead of occupying a position as Judge,
he would have to hold a situation as a mere clerk to the
Court. It had been said that the reason for not appoint-
ing Mr. Drew, was because he was a solicitor. This
could surely not be any ground of objection, because
several solicitors had been appointed to the Judge-
ship of these County Courts. Upon what ground
then was it that Mr. Drew did not receive the appointment
in question ? He had given up an office which he held
for life, and also his private practice, on the faith of the
representation of the commissioners. There was no
person more adapted to till the office of judge than Mr.
Drew was. Unless some explanation were made of
shoehmadusntostanyn•
mtheatunhdenwr
ahsi his notice
opi-
nionwhle which as
awnimonri4:terauwealrcea,
or the notice of the House. He begged, therefore, to
move that a copy of a letter from the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, approving of
of Mr. Drew to be the Assessor of the
the appointment
e Southwark and
Brixton Court of Requests, under the Act 8 and 9 Vic.,
c. 127, be laid upon the of e tabl
Sir G. GREY had no objection
the House.
bjection to the production of
the letter in question. He must say that he K as rather
surprised at the mode in •
which the Hon. Member
h-id brought forward'
his motion. The petition of Mr.
Drew was one which he was also surprise • d to find the
Hon. and Learned Member supporting its allegations.
Mr. Drew, so far from having a right to the situation
wider the Bill, brought in by the Government, he was
by that Bill entirely pre eluded from hold,nz the office of
judge of the county court, to be established under that
Act, as that Act expressly precluded any person from

holding office, under the Act_ A-b,-1 had not held agee
prior to Ist day of June, Mr. Thetilrifivilig besicap-
pointed to the office of assessor 01 tbre.cori..4,..the fattsnth
of July. He utterly denied, alsoc4l6l'
given by the House iii itibt., e_
discussion, that the holders? F'; in these-'
courts, should be appointed ' new Act.
He thought he had, therefore, that Air. Drew
office gave him no shadow of a ektittijo appointed ta
the iudg,ship. Whether he WAS br_ otaziap cten
was a question which did not cobkhtltmililsxriftitlO
but in that of the Lord Charc-llor. an 1411141443
be borne in mind that he was simply clerk of a curt
with a V. jurisdiction, whereas the R:11 «xtended the
jurisdiction to 20L Tn«-re were two S. tats clerks over
him, so that he was not so much entitled to the office as
the Learned Gentleman ,:eerned to suppose.
Mr. GOULBURN ask-d, if the fact that, no reply
was returned to Mr. Drew'„ memorial, w. as not sufficient to
create the beiiet that he should be continued in the office
he had held? At any rate, the discussion would have the
effect of clearing a geiWeinan of considerable experience
afql rrspectablity frcra the imputations which had been
cast up, n him. It was an .ti,f,q7t,:ntite case, and he
trusted that be might at Eine time b, aelr eted to some
other office.

plai: ed that she R%ght lion.
Sir F. THESIGER cow
Gent'emir' had nut repli..d to tint portion of his speech
on which he most relit d, natnele. that Mr. Drew had
held the office of Judge of the Court. on the 21st of
August, 1846. Sur-ly the Right II,:n Genthinan would
not deny ihai ? and he (Sir F. The,igi r) eonti ri3ed,
th.t it weiS the Intention it LeLrslature, that, the
Judges of the O 1 Cou •ts should hive a pr;or claim to
the Judgeships if th., New Courts. Mr. Dri-w was ap-
p inted to the office he tad held but a short time
before the New Act was passed ; and when
the depuatiun waited upon the Lord hancedlor on the
subject ; he expressed his opinion that his case wai a
" bard one." He should, however, kiiow from the
statement of the Right lion. Genii, man what COUTSQ he
should pursue in any future proceedings that might be
taken.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said no pledge was
given that the Judges of the Old Courts should be pre-
ferred ; it was simply stated that their cases would be
considered ; and when the Bill was before the House,
he expressly pointed out that but sixty Judges would
be appointed, and that the whole of the eighty Judges
of the Old Courts could not expect to be re-appointed.
Sir F. THESIGER denied that he had ever said that
the ol.i Judges possessed a vested right to be re-ap-
pointed.
The ATTORNEY-GENER AL said the whole founda-
tion of Mr. Drew's claim was this, that he was deputy
clerk of the Southwark Court. and that he was ap-
pointed an assessor when the Bill was introduced into
the House. Applications of this kind were expressly
considered when the Bill was before the House, and the
measure altered to obviate it ; but if they had said that
all persons who, on the first of June, held office were to
be appointed, he might have had a right. But if' the
Act had been passed in its original form, Mr. Drew would
have had no claim whatever, and his case had been con•
sidered, but he bad not been appointed. Attorneys had
been appointed to the judgeship at Brighton, Halifax,
and other places, but there was no reason because a per-
son was an assessor that be should be appointed. The
Lord Chancellor had hundre.is of applications for offices,
and it was frequently the case for him to return no
answer until the offices sought for were filled up ; and
there were persons quite as high as Mr. Drew, and of
undoubted talent and honour, who had received no reply
from the Lord Chancellor. He did not think that he
should hare departed from his ordinary course for the
purpose of obliging Mr. Drew. it might be a
hard case for Mr. Drew, but he must be permitted
to say that it was an extraordinary case. He had given
up the office of clerk because it would unqualify him,
but it was a lucrative office, as the emoluments were
from 5001. to 6001. a year. He had chosen to resign
that office, and had brought his misfortune upon himself,
but he had no claim whatever to the office of judge.
Mr. NEWDEGATE said the Right Hon. Gentleman
the Attorney-General had informed him, in reply to a
question, that the old Judges might take offices under
the Bill if they chose, but as only sixty would be re-
quired, twenty must, as a matter of course, be disap-
pointed. Then Mr. Clive had not filled the office of
judge—he was not one of the eighty, and Mr. Drew
and Mr. Guest, of Birmingham, were equally unfortu-
nate.

INATING DUTIES
AmLotioonEwTasHtEhenDslgjceendltmo.
ON UNREFINED SUGAR.
R EirPhEe
Mr. MOFFAT rose to bring in a Bill for the repeal
of the discriminating duties on unrefined sug•tr. He de-
sired, also, that the further privilege should be accorded
to the distillers of rectifying spirits in bund.
An HON. MEMBER moved that the House be counted,
when there were only twenty-nine members present,
and the House accordingly adjourned.