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London, England, 1847-12-01 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER I, 1647,

prehension the permanent state of the country, if wise
tnea,ures should be adopted.
Sir W. 1110LESWO1iTH said, his Hon. Friend the
Member for Poole (Mr. Robinson) attributed the com-
mercial embarrassments of the country partly to free
trade! and partly to a restricted currency. Ho (Sir %V.
Molesworth) thought with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, that those embarrassments were attributable
not to a deficiency of the currency, but to a deficiency
of capital. That deficiency arose partly from causes
over which we had no control, and partly from our own
folly and imprudence. The national loss from the potato
disease bad been estimated that night at upwards of
thirty-three millions, and as the whole of that sum came
out of the national income, it was evident that the pres-
sure produced must have been far more intense than if it
came out of capital. Again, the expenditure in railways
had greatly diminished the oating capital of the country,
and the labour expended upon them had not been em.
ployed in providing floating, hut in producing fixed,
capital. The country by these causes was placed in the
position of a man who, in an attempt to improve his
estate, bad spent, not only all his spare cash, but all
that he required to provide himself and his family
with the fit necessaries of life, and who con-
sequently was obliged to borrow money at a high
rate of interest in order to supply the deficiency. We
had in fact expended our floating capital in railways,
and what we bad now to do was to redeem our position,
first by diminishing our expenditure, and secondly by
by tempting floating capital from other countries, by
selling our fixed capital and articles of production at
diminished prices. He knew that there were some
people who attributed what had occurred to the opera-
tion of free trade and the repeal of the corn-law, but it
was evident that those political circumstances had nothing
to do with the antecedent event of the potato failure and
the railway speculation. Neither, if the recent embar-
rassment was attributable to these combined causes,
could they in any way call in question the operation
of the Bank Charter Act. In his opinion the embar-
rassment was as little attributable to that Act as to
free trade, or to the potato failure, or deficiency of
capital. t arose, as he said before, partly from natural
causes, partly from overtrading, Now, what was the
cause of this overtrading ? It was an event, he regret-
ted to say, of periodical recurrence. Capital in this great
commercial country increased more rapidly than it was
possible to invest it. The rate of interest consequently
fell, whilst the prices of provisions rose. People, in
order to obtain employment for their money, embarked
eagerly, and even rashly, in any new schemes that were
projected. A few of them speculated successfully; hut
the majority failed, and great misery succeeded. After
a time the storm passed by, prosperity returned, fresh
capital was rapidly accumulated, the means of safely
investing it again became deficient, the past was forgot-
ten, it bequeathed no lesson to posterity. The same
cycle of events was repeated, and in the words of the
poet, another Argo curried another band of heroes in
search after the golden fleece—

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir J. Graham,
Mr. Hudson, Mr. Hume, Marquis of Granby, Sir G.
Clerk, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Moore, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Ellice
(Coventry), Mr. Labouchere, Viscount Barrington, Mr.
IV. Browne, and Mr. Brameton.

The House then (Quarter past Twelve) adjourned to
Thursday.

" Alter erit turn Tiphys, et alters gum vehat Argo
Delectos heroes; erunt etiam alters belle;
Atque iterum ad Trojans magnus mittetur Achilles."
In the late period of speculation people undertook to
invest more than they could. A panic ensued. Did the
Bank of England by its conduct tend to aggravate that
panic? He must say that he thought the Bank would
have done wiser had they looked a little further in ad-
vance. Then came the question as to the conduet of the
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the Government had taken? It was certainly very
much in their favour that the great merchants
of the
City were of opinion that they had pursued the wisest
and most judicious course, although there was some dif
ference of opinion as to whether or not they had chosen
a proper time. If the Bank had from the first gone on
increasing the rate of interest according to the increase
of the money pressure, and the consequent demand for
money, he doubted whether the panic would ever have
taken place. It was a question, however, whether that
course would have been the best for the pecuniary
interest of the proprietors, to whom it was always an
advantage to make the large sums of money arising
from the public taxes which remained in their hands
:lent for a short period profitable by lending them out at
interest. In his opinion the embarrassments which the
country had suffered had their origin in causes over
which Parliament had no control. As it was the evil
must be borne, and we must trust to time, care, and
economy, to retrieve our position.—(Hear.)
Mr. CAYLEY should have thought, if the lion.
Baronet had not been making a speech, that he was
reading the articles which had appeared from time to
time during the last few months in a leading journal of
this country, in which precisely the same argument, and
almost in the same language as had been advanced by
the Hon. Baronet, had been put forth. Until he heard
the lion. Baronet he thought no man but the writer of
the loading articles to which he referred was bold
enough to argue that the Act of 1844 had not in any
ay contributed to our commercial difficulties. He
should have been gludif the lion. Baronet or any other
Bon. Member had attempted to disprove the solution
which had been given by one of the first merchants in
London, the lion. Member for Northampton. The
speech of that Hon. Gentleman, he believed, contained
the true and conclusive solution of the difficulty, and
was consequently unanswerable. The Honourable
Baronet, in going over the same ground which had
been taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
had repeated the dogma that it was not a deficiency
of notes that had occasioned the pressure. No
one that he was aware had stated that it was.
What he contended was, that the limit taken in April,
1844, when the Bank reserves were low, prevented that
assistance to commerce being given which was necessary,
and consequently mercantile discredit had ensued. His
impression being that the commercial difficulty had been
occasioned by a real deficiency of notes—though, per-
haps, not a nominal one—he believed it might have
been relieved had the interference of the Government
come at an earlier period.—(Bear, hear.) The Hon.
Baronet bad repeated the arguments of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, that one main cause of our difficulty
had been at deficiency of capital ; but how was that as-
sertion proved? Did the sudden payment of 33,000,0001.
for foreign corn, or the terms upon which the Chancellor
of the Exchequer contracted his loan, viz., 31. 17s. 6d.,
show any actual deficiency of capital ? In the spring,
too, they had been told that there was a remarkable
scarcity of all imported commodities, except tobacco
and silk • now there was a full supply of all except
cotton. bode' this change have been brought about
without capital ? But the real object of putting forth
the statement of deficiency of
-- capital was to endeavour
io account for the high rate of discount. Fur three
hundred years we had been accumulating capital and
reducing the rate of interest from ten to four per cent.
Could any one believe that any scarcity of capital could
have been sufficient to increase the rate of interest
from four to ten or twelve per cont. in the course
of three or four months ? It was no scarcity of
capital, but of the circulating medium, that had caused
this. lie was certainly surprised at one argument ad-
vanced by the Hon. Baronet. Throughout the discussion
upon the repeal of the corn-laws he understood it had
been always argued by the advocates of that change, that
the true principle of trade was to buy in the cheapest and
sell in the dearest market; but the Hon. Baronet now
argued that we ought to buy gold dear and sell our best
securities cheap. Ho should like to know whence the
profit upon such a bargain ?—(Hear.) He concurred with
the Hon. Baronet so far, that the Government had no
right to blame the indiscretion of the Bank; for if the
Act of 1844 was, as: the Right Hon. Baronet had alleged,
to deprive the Ban* of all discretion, what choice had
they in the mattear? Railway speculation had been
charged as one of ttie causes of the difficulty. Nothing
had contributed mote to encourage railway speculation
than the course taken by the House in throwing over
the reports of the :Railway Board, and leaving it to
the Committees to say what Bills should pass. Ile
remembered, too, that the Right Honourable Baronet
had contributed to encourage railway speculation when,
in assisting at the commencement of the works of
the Trent Valley line, he stated that he gave his sup-
port to that line, because it was more direct than
the existing line ; and that if a still more direct
line between London and Manchester were proposed,
he should look upon it favourably. What greater en-
couragement could be given to railway e2eculation ?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the panic
had been created principally by the importation of corn
and railways; but he remembered the President of the
Board of Trade observing last session, in reply to the
Noble Lord the Member for Lynn, that we were not ap-
proaching a state of bankruptcy, and that the energies
of the country were as great as ever. Indeed, so far as
he knew of the opinions;of the Government, they all felt
difficulty on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) A committee,
under ordinary circumstances, was a very satisfactory
mode of investigation. But a Committee might mean
many things. It might mean, for instance, giving the
go-by to an adverse resolution. If a Committee were
appointed, he hoped it would be with a view
to an un-
flinching inquiry, and not to coas_eli er any already con-
cocted or preconcerted plan.—
(11 ear-) Mention had
been made of the suspension of the limit of 184-4; and
that was what the commercial interests of this country
had a right to demand. Sir Robert Peel had said that
the Bank could always maintain its credit, by a tre-
mendous sacrifice of the mercantile interest, and that
that was what he' wished to put an end to, and compel
the Bank to conform to certain principles advantageous
to the public. But how far had the expectations of the
Right Hon. Baronet been fulfilled ? Instead of snch a
famine as that of 1837 or 1839, we had in 1847 a famine
doubly repeated and more severe than either ; and, in-
stead of its being over, be heard from the Hon. Member
for Finsbury that the rate of interest was as high as 25
per cent. The Right Hon. Gentleman, when he talked
of the absorption of capital in railways, seemed to be
labouring under a confusion of ideas. The money in-
vested in railways, though it, no doubt, went out of the
pockets of one set of men, as undoubtedly went into the
pockets of other sets of men, and could not, therefore,
be spoken of as withdrawn from circulation, or as occa-
sioning the scarcity of money which was matter of com-
plaint. He did not at all conceive that his Right Hon.
Friend had stated the true cause of the pressure. lie
considered that the cause was much more accurately ex-
hibited in the memorial presented to the Government by
the bankers of London some time since, and resolved it-
self into the restriction imposed upon the Bank. He
felt that it was the bounden duty of the House not
to go into Committee without giving some assurance to
the commercial world that such a paralysis of credit
as that which had lately befallen us should not again
occur. It was perfectly clear that while 8 per cent.
was charged for interest, no foreign trade could be
carried on.
On the motion of Mr. BLEWITT, the debate was
then adjourned.
On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL it was ordered
that the House itself, on its rising, should adjourn until
Thursday.

IRISH DISTRES'''. I FROM THE LONDON -GAZETTE OF
Major BLACKALL moved for a return of the TUESDAY.
amount already expended out of the 8,000,0001. raised DOWNING•STREET, Nov. 27, 1847.
by loan during this year for the relief of Irish distress, Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint James
and the manner in which it had been expended. Brooke, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief
' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in and over the island of Labuan and its dependencies.
that as he had directed a full account to be prepared Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Samuel
of the whole of the expenditure, with the full intention George Bonham, Esq., to be Governor and Comman-
of laying it on the table of the House, and as he had der-in-Chief in and over the island of Hong Kong and
reason to believe it would be ready on Thursday next, its dependencies.
he hoped the Hon. Member would think it convenient Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Geo.
to withdraw his present motion. Rennie, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief
Major BLACKALL acquiesced in the suggestion, and
the motion was by leave withdrawn. in and over her Majesty's settlements in the Falkland
Islands and their dependencies.
COMMITTEE ON PRINTING, &c. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, Noy. 27.
Oa the motion of Mr. PARKER, the following Mem' The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint
bers were appointed a Select Committee to assist Mr. Lieut.-Colonel Gustavus Charles Du Plat, K.H., of the
Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing Royal Engineers, to be one of his Royal Highnesses
executed by order of this House, and for the purpose of
selecting and arranging for printing returns and papers Equerries.
presented in pursuance of motions made by Members
of this House:—Mr. Parker, Sir Robert Harry Inglis,
Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr John Young,
Viscount Mahon, Mr. Hume, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr.
Loch.
MEDICAL EDUCATION.
Mr. WAKLEY, in moving that a Select Committee
be appointed to inquire into the registration of legally
qualified practitioners in medicine and surgery, and
into the laws and charters relating to the practice of
medicine and surgery in Great Britain and Ireland ;
and to report the evidence, with their opinion there-
upon, to the House, observed that this was a mere re-
newal of the Committee of last session. He regretted to
say that the late general election had made sad havoc
amongst the members of the last Committee, for of
fifteen who had sat last year only seven had been re-
turned to the present Parliament. lie had also lost the
invaluable aid of the chairman of the late Committee
(Mr. Macaulay), but in the hope that that Right lion.
gentleman would shortly have a seat in the House, he
(Mr. Wakley) should, in the event of the House agree-
ing to his present motion, postpone the nomination of
the Committee for some days.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion was then put and agreed to.
RAILROAD BILLS.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER, the following Members were appointed a
Select Committee on Railroad Bills:

WHITEHALL, Nov. 19.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Leighton,
of the town of Montrose, North Britain, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery
for that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland called Scotland.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of York.
George Lane Fox, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
Nov. 20.

Henry Stephen Thompson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, Nov. 20.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
George William Jones, shoe manufacturer, Castlenau
Surrey.

BANKRUPTS.
Owen Evans, surgeon, Grove-lane, Camberwell, to
surrender Dec. 11, at hall past twelve, and Jan. 14, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official
assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Borradaile and Co.,
King's Arm-yard, Coleman-street.
William Gribble, builder, Boston-street, Dorset-
square, Middlesex, Dec. 7, at half-past one, and Jan. 11,
at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall street. Pennell,
official assignee; Ivimey, Chancery-lane.
Menahan Levy Bensusan, Samuel Levy Bensusan,
Jacob Levy Bensusan, and Joshua Levy Bensusan,
merchants, 'Prescot- street, Goodman's-fields, Dec. 14, at
one, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-
street. Pennell, official assignee; Rixon and Sons, King
William street.

Robert Frederick Gower, jun., merchant, New Broad-
street, City, and Valparaiso, Dec. 10, at two, and Jan.
11, at eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Belcher,
official assignee; Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street.
Samuel Street, draper, Bedford, Dec. 6 and Jan, 17,
at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street ; Sole and Turner,
Aldermanbury.
Neil Mackenzie, fringe manufacturer, Newgate-street,
Dec. 9, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the
Court, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street; Bull, Ely-place.
William Draper, coachmaker, Basingstoke, Dec. 9 and
Jan. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-
street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; John-
son and Co., Temple; Lamb and Brooks, Basingstoke.
William MiNaught, draper, Parson's-mead, Surrey,
Dec. 10, at one, and Jan. 12. at twelve, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street; Cattlin, Ely-place.
William Flick, hosier and commission agent, Oat-lane,
City, and Trafalgar-terrace, Mortimer-road, Dec. 15, at
eleven, and Jan. 13, at two, at the Court, Basinghall-
street. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Godsell, Furnival's Inn, Holborn.
Thomas Bromley, grocer, Leighton Buzzard, Bedford-
shire, Dec. 9, at half-past two, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at
the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane; Edwards, Nelson-square, Blackiriars-
road.

George Rougemont, merchant, Broad-street-buildings,
City, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street; Peile and Son, Great Winchester-street.
Lewis Franklin, rag merchant, Well-street, Wellclose-
square, Dec. 10, at two, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee, Alderman-
bury ; Grevilje and Co., Lombard-street.
William Thacker, licensed victualler, Birmingham,
Dec. 11 and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Bir-
mingham ; and Weekes, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn-
fields.

Thomas Cresswell, butcher, Twyning, Gloucestershire,
Dec. 13 and Jan. 13, at halt-past twelve, at the Court,
Bristol. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Ball, Bed-
ford-row; Sproule and Moore, Tewkesbury.
George Jubilee Jones, builder, Bristol, Dec. 13 and
Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. Acraman,
official assignee, Bristol; Jones and Co., Crosby-square;
Peters and Abbott, Bristol.
John Jacob Flitch, leather dresser, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Dec. 9, at half-past one, sad Jan. 18, at one, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. IVakley, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle;
Bell and Co., Bow Church-yard, City.
Thomas Gales, ship builder, Ford, Durham, Dec. 13
and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne;
Maples and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Wright,
Sunderland.

John Robinson, cut nail manufacturer, Birmingham,
Dec. 14 and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Birming-
ham. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright,
Birmingham.

Edward Lee, ironmonger, Shrewsbury, Dec. 14 and
Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; `Face, Shrewsbury, and
Smith, Birmingham.
Richard Dalby Pawson, apothecary, Leeds, Dec. 20
and Jan. 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. Young,
official assignee, Leeds ; Williamson and Co., Great
James street; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
_ _

James Exley, blanket manufacturer, Dewsbury, York-
shire, Dec. 11 and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds.
Stansfield, official assignee, Leeds; Brodribb, Child's-
place; Scholes, Dewsbury; liarle and Clarke, Leeds.
George Cowsill, calico printer, Pilkington, Lancashire,
Dec. 6 and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Clarke and Wood-
cock, Lincoln's Inn- fields; Grundy, Bury.
Henry Harrison Walker, calico printer, Manchester,
Dec. 16 and 31, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory and
edford-row; Whitworth, Manchester.
Co.,iohn Noble, omnibus proprietor, Liverpool, Dec. 15
and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool; Cornthwaite and Co., Old
Jewry-chambers; Pemberton, Liverpool.
George Daniel Colquhoun, chemist, Liverpool, Dec.
14 and 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple;
Snowball, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Brittan, Redlynch, Wiltshire, market gardener,
Dec. 21, at eleven—W. Burton, King-street, Soho, up-
holdsterer, Dec. 21, at half-past eleven—J. Bishop, Little
Russell-street, Bloomsbury, wheelwright, Dec. 21, at
twelve—R. Graham, Clapham-common, lodging-house-
keeper, Dec. 22, at eleven—ll. Clark, Redcross-street,
City, oil and colour merchant, Dec. 8, at two—W. Cox,
Daventry, Northamptonshire, money scrivener, Dec. 21,
at twelve —H. Phillips, Tothill-street, Westminster,
linendraper, Dec. 21, at one—D. Stuart, Stockbridge-
terrace, Victoria-road, Pimlico, baker, Dec. 23, at eleven
--J. Mathew, Carshalton, Surrey, linendraper, Dec. 23,
at eleven—S. W. Sustenance, bookseller and stationer,
Dec. 21, at half-past one—S. Bretton and T. Tunwell,
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, upholsterers, Dec. 23,
at eleven—M. C. Johnstone, Lamb's Conduit-street,
draper, Dec. 21, at twelve—S. Unwin, sen., F. Unwin,
and S. Unwin, jun., Coggeshall, Essex, woolstaplers,
Dec. 22, at two—T. Ridgway, Huddersfield, wool mer-
chant, Dec. 23, at half-past eleven—J. D. Brown, Wal-
thamstow, Essex, apothecary, Dec. 22, at one—R.
Woods, Brighton, Sussex, grocer, Dec. 23, at half-past
twelve.

In the Country.
C. Twigg, Birmingham, button maker, Jan. 6, at
twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Barker, Notting-
ham, hosier and lace dealer, Dec. 24, at eleven, at the
Court, Nottingham—J. Jackson, Bishop Wearmouth,
Durham, banker, Dec. 23, at half-past eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle upon Tyne—A. Tunstall, Bristol, oil
merchant, Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J.
Else and W. Dixon, Kingston upon Hull, millers and
bakers, Dec. 22, at half past ten, at the Court, Kingston
upon Hull—J. Else, Kingston upon Hull, miller and
baker, Dec. 22, at half past tea, at the Court, Kingston
upon Hull—A. Smith and T. Irvine, Liverpool, mer-
chants, Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—B..
D. Evans, Wrexham, Denbighshire, draper, Dec. 21, at
twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Wood, J. Wood, J.
Wood, R. Wood, and J. Wood, Silkstone, Yorkshire,
fancy cloth manufactures, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds—T. Hanson, Leeds, builder and contractor,
Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Child, Wake-
field, Yorkshire, grocer, Dec, 23, at eleven, at the Court,
Leeds—J. Barraclough, Bradford, Yorkshire, timber
merchant, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—R.
Pickles, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen manufacturer, Dec.
23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds.

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
Boyd and Harmer, Spital-square, silk manufacturers,
10s., on Saturday, Dec. 4, and following Saturday, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane.

H. S. Brazier, Oxford, tailor, Bs. 6d., on Saturday.
Dec. 4, and following Saturday, between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abcburch-
lane.
J. Barwise, St. Martin's-lane, watch maker, 2s. 6d.,
on Saturday, Dec. 4, and following Saturday, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane.
J. Radbone, Alcester, Warwickshire, needle
men
turer, 18. 4d. and 2d., on any Thursday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Valpy,
Birmingham.
W. Leather, London-wall, City, warehouseman, 2s.
10d., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
J. Lockwood, Upper Baker-street, builder, 2d., on any
Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
Elizabeth Smith Dykes, Romford, Essex, bask
maker, ss. 6d., on any Saturday, between thehouarssicoetf
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Alderman-
bury.
I'. Gammage, King-street, Seven-dials, and J. Mott,
Broad-street, Bloomsbury, cheese
Saturday, between the hours of
eTenvnegneraen lid., on any
and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
C. 0. Robson, Finsbury-street, builder and plasterer,
30.) on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr.' Green, Aldermanbury.
J. T. Groves, Millbrook,Southampton, seed crusher,
86., on any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
W. Stone, Wood-street, City, iseeman, sid.; on any

Saturday,. between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
A. Rainey, Regent-street, Piccadilly, estate agent
and auctioneer, 2s. 6d., on any Saturday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green,
Aldermanbury.
11. and T. T. Woodhouse, Aldermanbury, warehouse-
men, 2s. 6d„ on Friday. Dec. 3, and any subsequent,
Friday, between the hours of twelve and Three, at the
office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook. court, 13,ssinghs.11-street.
C. C. Knight, Landport, Southampi.oz.iLire, draper,
2a. 6d., on Friday, Dec. 3, and any stzbfequent Friday,
between the hours of twelve and three, St the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook court, Basingh.:ll-6,::rect.
H. Clark, Redcross-street, City, oil end ecileur met-
chant, 35. 6d., on Friday, Dec. 3, and on any'
quent Friday, between the hours of twelve and .three,
office
at the of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basii7s°
hall- street. subse-
quent
J. Page, Walsall, Staffordshire, iron dealer, lid., on
any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three,
at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
S. Brown, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. woollen cloth ma-

nufacturer, 16i., on any Wednesday, between the hours
of ten and eleven, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall.street.

F. Wiggic,, Union-street, Blacktriar3, horse con-
tractor, Dec 21, tit eleven—J. Brittan, Redlynch, Wilt-
shire, market gardener,. Dee. 21, at eleven—J. A. Phil-
lips, Riches-court, Lime-street, City, merchant, Dec. 22,
at two—J. Rawlins, of Foley -place, coach maker, Dec.
21, at half-past twelve—J. Gilbert, Poston-street, Hack-
fit), road, engineer, Dec. 21, at two.
In the Country.
A.-Leighton, Liverpool, broker, Dec. 22. at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—W. Pineger, Highwo:th, Wilt -
shire, s.nnkeeper, Dec. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol
—G. I%",ql)ster, Staincross, Yorkshire, nail maker, _Dec.
23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—l). Gostick, Keighlef;
Yorkshire, grocer, Dec. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds
Bevan, Liverpool, flour dealer, Dec. 21, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool—A. Thomas, Liverpool, cart
owner, Dec. 21, ,nt eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W.
Grills, Launceston, twine manufacturer, Dec. 22, at one,
at the Court, Exeter—l 3. Turner, Wolverhampton,
scrivener, Dec. 23, ELL` twelve, at the Court, Birmingham
—IL Cocker, Hatherst.:ge, Derbyshire, needle manufac-
turer, Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—T.
Dawber, Manchester, calico printer, Dec. 23, at twelve,
at the Court, Ilanahestei--J. Burt, J. Burt, jun., and
W. T. Watson, Manchester,. agents, Dec. 21, at twelve,
at the Court, Manchester.
At the Court of Re.view, Dec. 21.

E. Morgan, Lisson-street, l'arylebone, coach builder
—S. Harvey, East Mercea, El3sex, cattle and sheep
dealer, jobber, and farmer—J. Itqay, Mark-lane, wino
merchant—S. Hurdle, Hazelbury Bryan, Dorsetsbire,
cheese factor and innkeeper—J. Eva.ms, Oldington, Wor-
cester, corn dealer—J. S. Dunn, Coventry, draper—W.
G. Boucher, Stepney-green, merchant --J. Hancock,
Weston-super-Mare,Somersetshire, builder and plasterer
—W. S. Brown, jun., Broad-street, Ratcliff, sail maker
and ship chandler—B. Robinson, Huddersfield, fancy
cloth manufacturer and merchant—G. Maddison, Swain
hum, Norfolk, grocer and tallow chandler—lL )V. Gar-
diner, Hereford, cattle and horse dealer—J. Mott,
liiag-
street, Seven-dials, cheesemonger.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Hull and F. Hull, Newmarket St. Mary, Suffolk;
cabinetmakers and upholsterers—G. T. Kern and T.
Martens, Newcastle•upon Tyne, merchants—lt. D. Iron-
side and A. Ironside, Newgate market, salesmen and
provision merchants—G. Bartholomew and W. Bartho-
lomew, Pavement, Finsbury—H. W. Palmer and G. H.
Ward, Bear-alley, Farringdon-street, printers—E. Lan-
dells, R. Palmer, and J. Clayton—A. T. Guttcke, J. R.
Smith, H. Perkins, A. Smith, and G. A. Mullens, Man-
chester—H. Rochas and C. Rochas, Bank- chambers,
Lothbury, stock and sbarebrokers—W. Killick and W.
Winstanly, Bank-chambers, share agents—N. Dean, W.
Dean, and J. Dean, Abingdon, Berkshire, iron and brass
founders, agricultural implement makers, and ironmon-
gers—H. Ashby and T. Boorah, Great Surrey-street,
grocers and tea dealers—Hannah Grimshaw and J. T.
Crook, Liverpool, ship and passenger brokers—R.
Wrightson, jun., and J. Bell, Birmingham, booksellers,
printers, and stationers—E. Oliver and H. Benton,
Dunstable, Bedfordshire, straw bat manufacturers—J.
Cowgill, J. Hirst, B. Jessop, J. Hopkinson, and S.
Riley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, fancy woollen manufac-
tucers—W. M'Cormick, Belfast, and W. Dargan, Bottlo
Hall, Liverpool, contractors of public works—B. Wilson
and B. Ware, Aldermanbury, straw hat and bonnet
dealers—J. Tonge and J. Tonge, Great Bolton, Lanca•
shire, painters and plasterers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Henry Winthorp Moughan, Aston, Warwickshire, clerk
in a brewery.
Benjamin Wallis, Southampton, steward.
James Garrett, Cheltenham, retailer of beer.
Mark Utley, Rycroft, Lancashire, engineer.
George Daniels, Cheltenham, innkeeper.
George Lauder, Cheltenham, corset and stay maker.
John Wheeldon, Ashborne, Derbyshire, general
shopkeeper.
Osmond Charles Raymond Maillard, Cheltenham,
keeper of a register office for servants.
Thomas Thomas, Birmingham, japanner.
George Ford, Stapleton, Gloucestershire, hay dealer.
Henry Fullford, Bristol.
George Horwood, King Stanley, Gloucestershire,
farmer.
Thomas Jenkins, Bedminster, Bristol, butcher.
James Edwin Davis, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Charles Charlesworth, Salford, Lancashire, baker.
William Jenkins, Nantwich, Cheshire, chair maker.
Griffith Morris, Birkenhead, Cheshire, beer house-
keeper.
William Andrews, Bebbington, Cheshire, book keeper.
Daniel Mann, Buckden, Huntingdonshire, beer seller.
Abraham Kemp, Lakenham, Norwich, carpenter.
Richard Rowlands, Liverpool, basket maker.
Thomas Gidlow, Liverpool, journeymen butcher.
John Beak, Clifton, Bristol, carpenter.
John Kershaw, Rochdale, Lancashire, labourer.
James M.Knight, Swansea, Glamorganshire, licensed
victualler.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
S. Richard, Edinburgh, builder, to meet, Dec. 3 and
24, at one, within the chambers of Messrs. Weir and
Gardiner, Edinburgh.
A. King, Glasgow, grocer, to meet, Dec. 6 and 27, at
twelve, within the writing chambers of J. Lamont,
Glasgow.
A. Mitchell, Glasgow, clock maker, to meet, Dec. 3
and 24, at one, within the office of Railton and Ander-
son, Glasgow.
G. Hay, Dufftown, Banffshire, merchant, to meet, Dec.
6 and 27, at twelve, within the writing chambers of W.
Thurburn, Keith.

A. Galbreath and A. Carswell, Glasgow, ship and
insurance brokers, to meet, Dec. 6, and Jan. 3, at one,
within the writing chambers of A. Dick, Glasgow.
A. Reid, Glasgow, builder, to meet, Dec. 7 and 28, at
one, within the office of A. Clark, Glasgow.
D. Hill, Edinburgh, bootmaker, to meet, Dec. 8 and
29, at one, within Dowell's sale-rooms, Edinburgh.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Mr. Winch, Mr. Mann, and Mr. Russell, a depu-
tation from the Wallasey Commissioners, and Mr.
Fletcher, had an interview with the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Woods and Forests yesterday, at
their office in Whitehall-place.
Mr. W. Evans, M.P., had an interview with the
Right Hon. E. Strutt yesterday. Mr. Wilson Patten,
M.P., had also an interview yesterday with the Right
lion. Gentleman, at the Office of the Commissioners
of Railways, in the Board of Trade.
Lord Crofton had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday. Mr. Evans, M.P. for Haverfordwest,
had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon.
Baronet, at the Home-office.

The Hon. Mr. Roberts, from Jamaica, had an in-
terview with Earl Grey yesterday. Mr. William
Mutton had also an interview yesterday with his
Lordship at the Colonial-office.
The Lord Chancellor passed a good night on Mon..
day night, and was better yesterday.
A number of plans for new lines of railway were
yesterday deposited at the office of the Commissioners
of Railways, in the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governor of New South
\Vales.

DANGEROUS WASHING AWAY OT A PART Or THE
SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—ROMSEY, Nov. 28.—The
heavy rains for the last three days caused the waters in
the River Test, Andover Canal, through Romoseyi,seantod
all along the low lands in this neighbourhood r
railway, at a place called Cramp
miles from the Bishop-
so great a degree as to force its wayfuonorderiltottpaotritn,osfbtohuist
two miles from Romsey,
several lengths of both thewsup
stoke station. About
covered to the depth of
washed away, and the m_
atnhdrefieveo'elsonedk
downthis rails
srnwoeorne
detained Salisbury,
tw 0 at
hoursfive
warariving at Bishopstoke station till
o'clock,
some,cloc
beyond its time,
, k" The Southampton train, leaving
past eight c'',l7 k having gone on to town nearly twt,
kfe,eftorwLithon"d•aonte,r: Tsehaetdhoterraeinforfreom
there at six o
Not the least accident
were set
passengerse" had therefore to be specially ex-
pressedfor London. occurred.
to work to repair the damage, and within
mhoeunrs,,,,
toeth space
the of three hours it was made sufficiently strong
a engine and train to pass over in safety. COMMERCIAL FAILURES AT NEWCASTLE.—TitiS
town and neighbourhood are now beginning to feel
the consequences of the late money' pressure, and
the disastrous bank stoppage. Five fiats in bank-
ruptcy have been opened in the district court during
this week—a number unparalleled in its history
On Monday a fiat was opened against Mr. Robert
Imreay, of Jarrow, shawl manufacturer. His liabilities
are stated at 23,0001. of which 16,0001. is said to be
due to his bankers. The assets are 3,0001. or 4,000/.
and the factory, over which the bank holds a mortgage.
Another fiat was opened on the same day against James
Hudson, of the New-road, marine store dealer, whose
premises were recently destroyed by fire. The sssets
are sufficient to pay the liabilities in full, but the bank
rupt is a holder of 223 shares in the North of Englands
Bank. Yesterday three fiats were opened, .
Mr. Thomas Gales, of Sunderland, shipbuilder.
liabilities are 12,0004 stated aet
, and the assets are .
—Newcastle Guardian. ona:010.
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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
ra ler the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
%ill be penbrmed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Farren ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir
Benjamin lib.ckbite, Mr. A. Wigan; Joseph Surface, Mr. Creswick ;
Charles Surface, Mr. Henry Farren ; Careless. Mr. H. Vandenhoff ;
Rowley, Mr. Kough ; Moses, Mr. Webster ; Snake, Mr. Braid ; Sir
Harry, Mr. Caulfield ; Crabtree, Mr. Rogers ; Trip, Mr. Brindal.
Lady Teazle. Mrs. Nisbett ; MrsCandour. Mrs. Glover; Lady Sneer-
well, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Maria, Miss E. 3fessent.
To couchULwith a new Comic Drama, called TIIE ROUSED
LION. ChrEcters by Messrs. Webster, Howe, Wigan, 11. Vanden-
hoff ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Seymour, and Mrs. itanley.
Stage Massager, Mr. Fanen; Actiag Manager, Mr. F. Webster.
J. T. Archer, Boilook keeper.

Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Upper Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six, Performance to eommence at Seven,

TILEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented a new and original Drama, called GABItIELLI;
or, the Bequeathed Heart. Fitzgerald O'Carrol, Mr. Boyce ; Major
Danmore, Mr. Worrell; Marques di Mincio, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Bal-
thazar Valdarno, Mr. 0. Smith ; Bob Bit, Mr. Wright ; Gabriel i,
)(edema Celeste ;Signora D'Ossuna,.3llss Brooks.

After which. a New Farce, entitled THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
:t.M. property of the late William Shakapeare), Inquire Within. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed
ibrd, Mn. Laws, lice., &c.
To be followed by the original farce, called HOW ro SETTLE
ACCOUNT, WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetts,
Mr. Wright; Jack Brown, Mr. ]lanyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
Ryan ; Mary White, Miss Woolgar ; 3ldlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss
Emma Harding.
WO conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which
I*. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. 3funyard, Miss Harding, and Miss
;Melia will perform. _

Peon ei

Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallerrj, Is.
flalf-Rast six, rerforma.nce, to escainsuce at Sevon,

ROYAL LYCEUM TA.EATRE.
Vader the Management of 1 ladame Vestria.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Char,..e. Mathews.
THIS EVEY,ING,
Inn be presented TEM TWO O,I:,EENS. Characters by Messrs.
ielby and Harley, Miss H. Gllbeet, and Mrs. Stirling.
After which, a new Comm -Drama called PEGGY GREEN.

S.fter whin. a Comic Drairia, called A ROUGH DIAMOND.
Te conclude with a Itona,,nce of Real Life, called BOX and COX
Principal characters by 3V.. Harley, Mr. Backstone, and Mrs. Mac.
samara.

The Interior of the !tense kas been entirely re-designed by Mr. W.
Brudweil of the Colosseum.

'~IiI:(CESS'S THEATRE.
Bagagersaat of Mr. MACREADT and MISS CUSHMAN.
TUB EVENING

Will be performed a new Historical Play, entitled PHILIP VAN
ARTEVRLDIS. Cheisacters by Messrs. Mscready, Ryder, Palmer,
Cooper, J. Vining, Convay, Neville ; Miss E. Montagu., and Miss
Susan Clubman.
To Conclude with SIMPSON and CO.
Dress Circle, 55.: Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is.
_ _

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,

Lessee, Mrs. F. Davidge, tis. 1, Davidge-terrace,Kensington-read,

surrey.

THIS BYENING, the performinces will commence with the
Erst aad second &cta of the celebrated Opera of
THE BONDNIAN.
Principal characters by Messrs. H. Horncastle, Rafter, Maynard,
Joaes, D. W. King, and .ittweod ; Miss Poole, Mrs. R. Hughes, and
Rebecca Isaacs.

To conelOde with a new and original Drama, entitled TILE TEA-
Cl•LLElt'ti ROOM. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Tining, Pl.
En4hes„ T. Fredericks, Lewis, Oxberry, and Mrs. W. West.
A distiact entrance t• the private boxes has been made (which
have been re-fitted). Private boxes may be had nightly of all the
orinelpal Librarians ; and at the ]tox-•trice of the Theatre, whiek is
?you dully from Ten until Four.
Rotes, 2s. ; Plt, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.

AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty.
Mr. Batty's performing Elephants.
THLS EVENING
The Grand Spectacle of THE CAMP OF SILESIA.
7,nticiv new Scents in the Arena, by the talented Artiates of
the Es&iblishrnent, in the rariotra modes of eqmestration.
To conclude with a new Domestic Drama, called THE WRITE

Box-office open from 11 till 5
Actin; and stage Manager, Mr. W West.

MEETING OF PAR[ LAMENT