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THE SEJN',, LONDON, WEDNESDA.Y MORNING, MARCH
_241 1847.

Sir G. GREY thought that the return was a most ex-
traordinary one upon the face of it, as it proposed to
inquire into the original cost of all the ships of a
private company with their present estimated value.
Mr. HUME thought the question one of serious im-
portance. If they interfered with private concerns in
the mode proposed, it would be laying down a very bad
principle.

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Dr. BOWRING could not consent to the motion.
Mr. COLLETT had good reason for making his
motion, as he was desirous of seeing whether it was
right that companies should devote their capital to other
purposes than those for which they were originally in-
corporated
Lord LINCOLN protested against the motion.
After some further conversation, the motion was
withdrawn.

FEVER IN IRELAND.
Mr. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a
Bill to amend and continue an Act of the last session of
Parliament for making provision, until the Ist day of
September, 1847, for the treatment of poor persons
afflicted with fever in Ire!encl. He explained briefly that
the object of the Bill was to alter the present system of
making provisions for cases of fever in Ireland ; the
main alteration would be to throw a portion of the ex-
pense and management on the relief committees, instead
of, as at present, altogether on the local rates, and
under the supervision of the Poor-law Guardians. He
would postpone any observations he had to make till the
second reading of the Bill, till which time he hoped the
discussion would be reserved.
Sir J. GRAHAM did not wish to discuss the pro-
visions of the Bill at present, only he rose to have some
further explanation. As he was led to understand the
measure, it transferred the whole management of these
cases of fever to the relief committees, and also charged
the expense of the mismanagement on the general fund,
instead of, as before, on the local rates.
Mr.LABOUCHERE said this was a correct view of the
manner in which the charge would be made. If any expense
of the prevailing destitution of Ireland was to be at all
charged on the general funds of the country, none could
be better charged than to check the pestilence pervading
the country.
Mr. SHAW inquired if the measure was to be tem-
porary or permanent ?
Mr. LABOUCHERE—OnIy temporary. It is pro-
posed to be in operation from next November till the
end of the next session.
Mr. FIUME complained of the principle of charging
this expense on the public funds. It was a most dan-
gerous practice, and ought to be cautiously acted on. If
they admitted this principle, he did not know of any
charge which they might not saddle upon the country.
The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL wished to put a question
to the Secretary for Ireland. He wished to know if it
were the intention of the Government to introduce, or
assist the introduction of, into the Irish Poor-law Bill,
any provision to give additional facilities in the work-
houses for religious worship; and also, any provision for
obviating the recurrence of the disputes and interferences
on religious matters, which have been complained of
under the present law. If it were out of order in asking
the question at that time, he would defer it.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government had no
objection to introduce such a clause as the Hon. Gentle-
man's question suggested into the Bill, if the Hon. Gen-
tleman could state with sufficient reason why they should
do so. It was the earnest desire of the Government that
the measure, in its working, should meet the approbation
of all parties.
_ _ ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that the House, at its
rising, should adjourn to Thursday next. Ile under-
stood that it was the intention of the Speaker to attend
in that House to-morrow, in order to meet those Hon.
Members who might desire to attend divine worship.
He asked the House to sit on Thursday at twelve o'clock
in the day ; but he understood that his Right Honoura
ble Friend did not intend to proceed on that day with the
Prisons' Bill or the Custody of Offenders' Bill.
Lord G. BENTINCIC trusted that the Noble Lord
would not persevere with the Iribh Poor Relief Bill on
Thursday, inasmuch as it would inconvenience many
lion. Members.

Lord J. RUSSELL hoped that they would be ena-
bled to get through Committee that night; but if not, he
trusted that the House would not object to the Thurs-
day morning sitting, in order to complete the clauses in
the Bill.

THE NATIONAL FAST.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS wished to ask one or two
questions of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary
for Ireland ; first, as to what would be the effect of this
fast. The number of working Irish, under the Labour
Act, was stated to be 700,000, if he were correct in
those numbers, he wished to know if they were paid at
the rate of Is. a day, and if, under the operation of this
fast, they were to refrain from working on that day, he
should like to know whether they were to be paid with-
out furnishing an equivalent in labour.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said, that if his knowledge
were correct, they had had a fast in Ireland already
since the pressure of this distress, and in that case they
had agreed that, as the expence came off the country,
the labourers should work on that day.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS said that it would have ap-
peared to the working classes of this country a great
hardship if the poor peasantry of Ireland, who were
paid for their labour by the country, were allowed their
pay, and a rest from their labour, and the mechanics of
England were compelled to cease labour at the expense
of their wages. Had the Attorney. General been in his
place, he should have asked if any penalty attached to
the infringement of this command.
ALLOWANCE TO IRISH PAUPERS.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said that he had ob-
served in the Government paper—(Laughter)—he had
observed in that morning's Times, a statement that an
order had issued from the Irish Government, restricting
the rations of the paupers to half a pound, for persons
above nine years of age, and half that allowance for chil-
dren under that age.
Mr. LABOUCHERE had not seen the document re-
ferred to by the Noble Lord, and the Irish Government
had not had any communication on the subject. When
such arrived, he should be happy to give every informa-
Lion to the Noble Lord.

THE NATIONAL FAST.
Mr. BRIGHT said that he should be the last man in
that House to throw ridicule on any matter connected
with religion, but with respect to this national fast that
was ordered for to-morrow, he knew that it would not
be attended to by nine-tenths of the population, and
would therefore be of no effect. He thought, instead of
the proclamation doing honour to the Deity, it only
showed the utter want of wisdom in those who framed
it, and was rather calculated to cherish past supersti-
tions, and encourage infidelity, than to advance the
cause of Christianity. Holding these opinions, he could
not allow the subject to pass without entering his solemn
protest against it, as unwarranted by the lloly Scrip-
tures and opposed to reason an i common sense.
Sir GEORGE GREY was firmly impressed with the
conviction that national Pass and seasons of humiliation
were sanctioned by the revealed Scriptures.
Mr. P. HOWARD said that he believed that this
was a principle in accordance with Holy Writ, and had
been often ordered in circumstances of national distress.
The Church to which he belonged had cummanded that
the miserere should be sung, and that more than usual
strictness should be observed in connexion with that
day.

POOR LAW (IRELAND) BILL.
The House then went into Committee.
On clause 9 being proposed,
Sir HENRY WINSTON BARRON proposed, as an
amendment, that parishes should be substituted for
electoral divisions, and where the parish exceeded 6,000
acres he proposed that the Poor-law Commissioners
should have power to divide it into two or more parishes.
Now he fully agreed in this opinion, and it would be
argued against his proposition by those who were in
favour of a union rate, that if they harrowed the
ground they would be giving a premium to landlords to
drive the poor into the towns. But he thought that this
was met in two ways ; firstly by the amendment of the
Noble Lord, which, under the 10th clause, proposed
that when the rate was more than 2s. 6d. on the year,
the landlord should be charged with the support of the
poor ; the second ground was an amendment which it
was his intention to move at a subsequent clause of the
Bill, the effect of which amendment was that wherever
the parishes were more than 6,000 acres in extent, the
poor law guardians should have the power to divide it
into two unions, and that where the poor were resident
for more than three years on any estate, and then
migratedinto the towns, that the guardians should be
enabled to compel them'to support those poor.
On the amendment being put from the chair,
Viscount SANDON said that he conceived that if this
Bill was to be of any service whatever, it must be ef-
fected by the giving a stimulus to the several parties to
exert themselves for the general benefit of the people.
An English Member might not, perhaps, be the best
person in the world to give an opinion upon the subject,
but it did appear to him that the Bill would be totally
useless unless it provided this stimulus ; for they could
hardly intend to throw three millions of people on the
poor-rate—not to make them beggars exactly, but, at
any rate, to make them paupers. In his opinion, they
must render the taxation concurrent with the size of the
estates, and that some measures should be taken to render
those estates liable, which were now only in the possession
of nominal proprietors, for without this was done there
would lbe no security whatever for obtaining the sti-
mulus which was necessary for the redemption of the
country. Every man ou4ht to make a sacrifice of his
time, his comfort, his money and his exertions, for the
general benefit. If this Bill were to only act for a pre-
sent benefit it would, in his conception, be a great in-
jury ; and he trusted, therefore, that the areal division
proposed would not be adopted, for, if it were, it would
be productive of great inconvenience, and very likely go
far to defeat the whole operation of the Bill.
Mr. LABOUCHERE quite agreed with the Noble
Lord the Member for Liverpool that it would be a great
mistake to alter the areal division of Ireland. The
amendment of the Noble Lord quite met the difficulty
suggested by the Hon. Member for Waterford. Ile
also agreed in the opinion expressed by the Noble
Lord that the taxation should be commensurate
with the extent of the estates. On a farmer occa-
sion when this question had been raised by the
Hon. Member for Northamptonshire (Mr. Stafford
O'Brien), he had stated his views at large on this ques-
tion, and he need not again state them. The question
the Hon. Member for Waterford, was simply
that the electorial divisions should be' changed pfoyr
pfaonarrdocLhhieviaecirlupidoteioviisions. That was a very material point,
agreed that this withhis Noble Friend the Member
would alter the
.whole of the
should be this division of " Ile did not think that there
for I;iaeteiciedsts between the different
parts of the country,
not see that any means
could be adopted for preventingtcountryt teo poor man from
going from one rt of the
was the case in England ? Why, that"t6tehelr. What
in one parish had nothing whatever to do
with the
condition of another, though it might be

bouring parish. The guardians or the landowners
never thought of going beyond the precincts of their
own parish, or of interfering with the proceeding; of
another. If the poor law of Ireland Here to be carried
out in this way, L; would have the effect of reducing the
whole ache poor population to the condition of pan; ers.
All were bound in the same interests, and he might
take the principles of a community, in which the several
members were connected by common ties ; and he
thought that that was the principle to which the House
should come. This was, in effect, the question which
had been raised by the Hon. Member for Northampton-
shire, and on the grounds which he had stated when that
question arose did he object to the principle of the pre-
sent motion, and should give his vote accordingly.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN perfectly recollected the debate which
had ensued on the question alluded to, and now be-
lieved, with the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just
spoken, that it would be highly inexpedient to change
the electoral into parochial divisions. The great object
was, as the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool had
stated, to give a stimulus to the landed proprietors of
Ireland, and he believed that that could never be done
until, by some means, the Irish landlords were made to
support their own poor. In the desire to obtain this, he
would readily vote for any taxation commensurate with
the extent of the estates; and if the lion. Member for
Waterford divided the House, he should feel it his duty
to vote against him, for irt his own neighbourhood the
parishes were so large, that, without some arrangement
as this, it would be utterly impossible to carry out an
effective poor-law in Ireland.
After a few words from Mr. V. STEWART and Mr.
BELLEW in opposition to the amendment,
Mr. SHAW said, that as the whole of the machinery
of the public works was arranged in accordance with the
present arrangement of the law, this amendment could
not possibly be adopted.
Sir H. W. BARRON said that his reply to what had
been said, would be very short. He had always been an
advocate for a poor-law in Ireland, for he believed that
such a measure was the only effective relief for the evils
of that country. When the proposition of a poor-law
was first introduced, and there were only three to vote
for it in that House, he was one of the three. He was
desirous, therefore, of rendering it as serviceable as pos-
sible ; with that view he had moved the amendment now
before the House, and he had moved it because he had
found that hitherto the law had operated unequally. In
those parts of the country with which he was acquainted,
the electoral divisions were far too large for anything
like either a proper supervision or a proper system of
relief, for they frequently comprised upwards of
twenty thousand acres—an extent totally beyond the
power of any poor-law official to attend to properly.
Unless his clause were adcpted, two years would not
pass over their heads without their being obliged to give
up the Bill or remodel it upon the principle he had laid
down.

Mr. HAMILTON agreed with the principle of the
amendment, but he thought the mode by which it was
proposed to carry it out was impracticable.
Mr. DILLON BROWNE thought it was highly de-
sirable that the principle of the clause should be affirmed.
There ought to be a community of interest amongst the
landlords for assisting the necessitous poor of Ireland.
After a few words from Mr. SHAW, and one or two
other lion. Members,
Mr. H. W. BARRON said he believed there were at
present 2,500 parishes in Ireland, 700 of which he pro-
posed to have divided, and when that division was made
there would be 3,500 parishes.
The amendment was then withdrawn, and clause nine
agreed to.
On clause 10 being proposed,
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL rose to move the amendment
of which he had given notice, the object of which was to
place the rating of the poor not upon the electorial, or
other union divisions of parishes, of which they had
heard so much, but upon the union generally. Levying
the poor's ra•e under the present system, was not a fair
mode of taxation, for many parties were overrated,
while others who ought to be rated were not
rated at all. If Ireland was to recover from the
calamity which had befallen her, it must de-
pend mainly upon the energies and industry
of the inhabitants of her towns, and it therefore became
the more desirable that the poor-rates should be levied
in the most equitable manner. At present the charges
were highly disproportionate ; for instance, in the
parish with which he was connected, the charge for the
maintenance of the poor was more than the aggregate
charge of the rest of the union. In some parishes heavy
rates were levied, while in others there were no rates
paid at all. It was not that in the latter parishes there
was a paucity of population, because he found that the
population of some of these unpaying parishes was con-
siderably larger than that of the parishes in which the
rates were levied. Now, bring aware of these facts,
he could not help feeling that there was something radi-
cally wrong in the present system of taxation for the
poor, and therefore he was anxious that the expense of
maintaining the destitute poor of Ireland should be
equally distributed over the whole union, and not con-
fined to particular sections or parishes.—(Hear, hear.)—
He could not understand how the Bill could be carried
out. If he saw the means by which it could be carried
out, he would have no objection to support the measure.
He felt convinced that large electoral divisions would
not answer, and he thought that the better plan would
be to raise the entire rate for the support of the poor
upon the whole area of the electoral division, and
this was the recommendation which he would propose
to the Committee. Great difficulties would also exist
from the complicated nature of the accounts, which
would be required, if the Bill passed in its present shape.
He did not think that he should have much chance of
carrying his amendment, but he must say that he thought
the motion, which he had read at the beginning of his
speech, was calculated to ensure the more efficient work-
ing of the machinery of a poor-law for Ireland, and he
should feel it his duty to divide the House upon the
amendment.
Mr. BELLEW opposed the amendment.
Sir R. FERGUS:SON was understood to be favourable
to the clause as it stood.
'Colonel RAWDON entered into some details for the
purpose of showing that in some electoral divisions the
assessment amounted to a large per centage on the va-
luation, while in ether localities it amounted to a mere
trifle. Thus proving the necessity of extending the area
of rating, so as to prevent that unequality. He denounced
such a system as most unjust in its operation. Some
proprietors were in consequence taxed to a considerable
amount, while, ()thus, who were equally entitled to con-
tribute to the support of the poor were altogether
exempted.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM confessed that his opinions
had been materially changed on this subject.
When the Noble Lord first introduced a poor law
for Ireland he had opposed that Bill, but the experience
which he had since convinced him that the Noble Lord
was right, and that he was wrong.—(Hear, hear.) The
Noble Lord, however, did not then introduce any law of
assessment and removal, and he (Sir James Graham)
thought that the time might come when it would be
necessary even in this country to disconnect the law of
settlement from the law of removal. Much might be
said on both sides with regard to the question under
consideration. No doubt the towns frequently suffered
by the clearance of the rural districts, but on the other
hand these latter had also cause of complaint. In
Ireland the rate was levied on the value of
the property, but in England the number
of poor, formed an important consideration in deter-
mining the amount of the assessment. Considerable
difficulty, therefore, arose as to what course should be
adopted consistently with a due regard to all these con-
flicting interests. The Right Hon. Gentleman theta
read the opinion of Mr. Gulston, an Assistant Poor-law
Commissioner, in Drogheda, in support of an union
settlement in preference to a parochial one, and pro-
ceeded to say, at one time, he thought enlarging the
area for the rating would be advisable. But further
consideration induced him to think that this would be
inexpedient. He was of opinion, therefore, that it
would be wrong, at present, to substitute a union for an
electoral division rating ; and on the whole, he thought
that the middle course, therefore, in the Bill before the
House, was the preferable one. On the main question,
he would give his cordial assent to the clause of the
Government.
Sir G. GREY said that the great preponderance of
feeling in Ireland was in favour of the course suggested
in the Bill, and it was not without the most careful con-
sideration that it was adopted. The Government at first
intended to place the out-door relief on the union, and
the in-door on the electoral division, but the course now
proposed was the one which seemed to be most satisfac-
tory as well as most just to all parties.
Mr. SHAW supported the rating on electoral divi-
sions in preference to that proposed by the Hon. Mem-
ber for Kerry.
Mr. MACARTHY supported the amendment, and
said that the rating in the city of Cork amounted to
six•sevenths of the rating in the union, and he con-
sidered it was most unfair and unjust that when the
poor-law in Ireland was to be revised this inequality
should not be put an end to.
Sir W. JOLLIFFE supported the amendment. In
many rural districts the rate was only Is. 6d. in the pound,
while in the towns it was from 7s. to Bs. He thought
the present system operated most unjustly, and
that the propositions of the Honourable Member
for Kerry should be substituted for it. Petitions
had been presented from Drogheda, Ennis-
earthy, Tullamore, Wexford, Mallow, and other places,
in favour of union-rating, whilst few had been pre-
sented against that mode of rating. At present great
and disproportionate burdens were thrown upon the
towns. When any public work was commenced, great
number of labourers came from the country; but when
they were completed, and they became destitute, they
were obliged to be supported by the parish—not out of
rates equally levied on unions, as was manifestly the
proper mode. He was therefore strongly in favour of
a general, or national system of rating, as it would be
one which would not press too heavily upon particular
localities, and would at the same time afford proper re-
lief to the destitute.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD was in favour of the clause as
it stood. Ile objected to particular localities being
heavily and disproportionably taxed, but he thought the
amendment would not remove the objection.
Mr. ARCHBOLD said in the district in which he
resided they paid 151. a year for each pauper. There
were but six paupers in the workhouse, who cost them
901. a year. He objected to union rating, because he
considered it would prove injurious to th country, and
instead of having six paupers in t he workhouse it would
be impossible to tell how many they would have. He
was in favour of rating electoral divisions.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL replied; nothing had been
stated in opposition to his amendment to lead him to
withdraw it. He therefore should divide the House upon
the question.
The House divided, when there appeared—
The House then divided, when there appeared--
For the amendment
Against it
Majority —9s
On clause 11 being proposed,

Mr. VERNON SMITH 3onsidered that some-power
ought to be vested in the Cimmissioners to levy rates,
when the board ut guardiansretuse Ito act. This would
be a much better proceeding than that of dissolving- the
hoaru altogether, which wts an odious and most in-
vidious act. He wished to know, was there any compul-
sory power vested ei.her by mandamus or otherwise, to
compel the guardians, aft they had struck a rate, to
proceed upon their own act
Sir GEORGE GREY sail that there was one instance
where a board of guardians vas compelled to act upon
their vote.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BR:EN said that one great ar-
gument he had for not Interfering with the present state
of things was, that the !resent Executive have the
power in their own hands of altering the system to suit
my evil that might arise. There was another way of
meeting these evils. The bcards of guardians need not
want for unanimity to remedy any existing evils, for by
merely leaving out the name of the electoral division to
which the pauper belonged, le beeeme chargeable upon
the union at large, and any disturbance of the present
salutary arrangements for so trifling an inconvenience
was unnecessary. After the existing Act was passed,
the same question was raised as to the pressure of the
districts upon the towns, but an Act was passed to re-
medy the inconvenience in 1843, and yet still the pro-
portion of electoral paupers remain just the same. The
Hon. and Learned Member for Cork had stated that the
pressure was very severe upon that city, but that pres-
sure arose from the allocation of the paupers of country
districts upon the cities, and could not be
remedied by any existing Act, for ample provision
existed already to avoid the evil. When they
narrowed the area of taxation they induced the inha-
bitants to give relief from private sources sooner than
send the paupers upon the division or district ; besides,
any alteration in the present electoral divisicins would
materially increase the difficulty of collecting them.
The Irish peasantry had, from the tricks which were
constantly played upon them in the towns, imbibed the
notion that the townspeople were making large fortunes
at his expense, and, therefore, he would have little wish
to assist in relieving their poverty and misery.
Believing, as he did, that the clause, as it stood, must
lead to union rating, and considering the difficulties to
which it would lead, be had no course left him •but to
move the omission of the clause.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said, that after full considera-
tion, the Government thought the present proposition
the best that could be introduced. It was a compromise
between the extreme principles on both sides. He con-
sidered the clause contained a fair system of rating, as
it was but fair that the expense should be equalised.
The subject had often been fully discussed, and the
merits of the mode et rating fully considered. He
hoped the House would not consent to the alteration.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL hoped the Government would
not give way an inch on the question, as the omission
of the clause would be a seriaus evil, and considered the
attempt to expunge it as an undisguised landlord's
attempt to release themselves from the provisions of the
law.

Mr. D. CALLAGHAN supported the clause.
Lord SANDON thought the present was not a dis-
cussion between the interest of town and country. He
thought the clause objectionable, and would support the
motion of the Hon. Member (Mr. A. S. O'Brien.)
Sir G. GREY—A few months ago there was scarcely
a union in Ireland, in which the rate was more than
one shilling, and, therefore, it was that a provision was
made for doubling the rate.
Lord G. BEN riNca—What, then, was the reason
for imposing 10,000,000/. during this present year, upon
a rental of 13,000,000/. ? Under the present arrange.
ment they would have to provide for 225,000 fa-
milies permanently.—(Hear, hear.) At the pre-
sent moment there were a million of persons engaged
in the cultivation of the 14,000,000 acres, now occupied
in the growth of agricultural pro:nee. He would like
to ask the Members for Cork and Kilkenny, how it was
that there was such as overgrowth of paupers. In Cork
there was a population of 195,000, with a ratite.; of
292,000/. ; and let them then step into Skibbereen,
where there was a population of 23,000, and a rating of
48,0001. Take again the City of Dublin, where there
was a population of 323,000, and a rating of 900,000/.
In Ballina, again, there was the same instance
observable, and thought then, that by the amalgama-
tion of the towns and the country, that the country
would be the sufferer. The only remedy, then, in his
opinion, was to be found in the proposition of his Hon.
Friend the Member for Northamptonshire. It was well
observed by the Duke of Wellington, in 1837, that by
extending the area of trxation they would only be en-
abling every man to put his hand into his neighbour's
pocket. This was a sufficient reason why the proposi •
tion of the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire should
be taken.--(Loud cries of " Divide," with cheers.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE rose amid much confusion, and
said that while the population of England was
16,000,000, while the property assessed was 63,000,000/.
giving a rate of 31 18s. 9d. The population 'of Ireland
was 8.000,000, while the assessment was levied on
13,000,0001, giving a rate of 11. 12s. 6d., making a pro-
portion of two and a-quarter to one. What, then,
was the reason why the poor-rate in England had
been increased from 5,000,0001. to 12,000,000/,
if this motion would not prove a heavy and unjust
imposition on the landlords of Ireland ? From the dif-
ference which these statements showed, there was
a sufficient justification of the motion for the Member
for Northamptonshire, and it would accordingly secure
his vote.—(Cheers and cries of " Divide, divide !")
Lord LINCOLN, as it was his intention to support
the amendment of the lion. Member for Northampton,
wished to have an opportunity of stating, in two sen-
tences, his reasons for doing so. He could not admit
that this was a question between the landlords of Ireland
and the tenants of Ireland ; for it would be found that
the idea that the social population of Ireland
were in times of distress and want thrown upon towns
was entirely groundless. In consequence of the inten-
tion of Government to adjourn the House to night
earlier than usual, he had not time to go fully into the
question ; and, therefore, he should content himself by
expressing his belief that in adopting a union rate they
would be inflicting a considerable injury on particular
individuals, while, by agreeing to an electorial division
rate, they would avoid that evil, and render the poor
more dependent upon the law for assistance in times of
distress than upon the exertions of individuals.
Lord J. RUSSELL had only one word to say before
they went to a division. The Noble Lord who had
just sat down and the Hon. Member for Northampton
had argued throughout as if Government proposed to
levy a union rate ; but he must beg leave to remind the
Committee that they had no such intention.
The Committee then divided, when there appeared—
For the clause -
Against it 57
Majority in favour of the clause —6l
The clause accordingly stands part of the Bill.
Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the House at its rising
do adjourn until Thursday next at twelve o'clock.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned until Thursday next at a few
minutes before twelve o'clock.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, MARCH 23.—Wind this day at noon W.S.W.,
[ght breeze, and fine clear weather.
DEAL, MARCH 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Berbice, Black-
more. Berbice; Frisk, Ladimacber, Porto Rico for Haim-
burgh, with damage. Sid. Susan, St. John's, Newfound-
land ; Commodore, Sydney, New South Wales ; Gilmore,
Bombay; Advocate, Baltimore; Pictou, Boston ; Britannia,
Coulthart, St. John's, New Brunlwick ; Feronia, Rio Grande;
Yssel, Batavia.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind W.S.W. to N.E.--Sld.
Essex, Bengal ; Sir John Falstaff, Quebec.
OFF DARTMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Vanguard,
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. San Jose,
Gonsalvo. Bahia for Hamburgh.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind N.—Sld. Acasta, Algoa
Bay. Off port, Edward, Smidt, La Guayra, for Hamburgh.
LIMERICK, MARCH 21. Wind S.S.W.—SId. Robert,
Richardson, New York.
CLIFBEN, MARCH 20.—The Halifax, Symes, Callao to
Cork, drove on shore in Ardbear Bay on the 20th inst.; crew
saved.
CORK, MARCH 20.—Wind S.E., very strong.—Arrd. Sey-
mour, Rogers, Callao.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 22.—Wind N.E.—Sld. London Packet,
New York.
GUERNSEY, MARCH 18.—S1d. Wave, Havannah.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22.—Wind S.S. W. to N.N.W., light.
—Arrd. Mary Russell, Turnbull, Callao; Watkins, Vary,
Valparaiso; St. Helier, Dory, Monte Video, sld. 30th Dec.;
Curlew, Rio Janeiro ; Frances, Barbadoes. Sid. Dorade,
Senegal ; Coronet, Lima ; Lamb, Caraquet ; Isabel, Jamaica ;
Santos, Havannah; Commerce New Orleans; Hampden,
Baltimore; Abagun, Philadelphia; Olinda, Staten Island;
Anne, Montreal; Britannia, Montreal; Mahaica, Montreal.
Durtnit E.—Sid. Wave, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 21.—The Eagle steamer, Stokes,
frown Trinidad to St. Thomas's, has arrived at Grenada, much
damaged, having been on shore on the Grampus Rocks off
the latter island, 19th ult.
LONDON.—The Berkshire, of London, dismasted, but not
in want of assistance, was seen off Corva, by the Industrious,
Charleston to London, spoken by the British Queen, arrived
in the River.
GLUCKSTADT, MARCH IB.—The Hermine, Saathoff, from
Hamburgh to Hull, has put in here with loss of an anchor
and chain, and to be examined, having been for several days
in the ice.

HAMBURGH, bfARCII 19.—The Schiller, Uhtenwoldt, from
Hamburgh bound to London, in leaving the Rohlhrand, 16th
inst., grounded on a sand bank at high water, and fell over
on her beam ends; cargo, with the exception of about six
tons, it is feared, will be a total loss.
"'Ants, MARCH 21.—A ship on fire was passed in lat. 43,
long. 12, by the Victor, Cordon, arrived at Havre ; several
pieces of wood and some casks was also passed by the same
ship in the Bay of
Biscay. The Morbiham, Soirat, was
totally lost in going out of Abrevack, where she had put in.
The Alfred, Livrac, from Valparaiso to Bordeaux, touched the
rocks on the 14th inst., near Palais (Belle Key) she has since
been assisted into Lorient, and it is feared must discharge.
Sr. MARTIN (ILE DE RE), MARCII 18.—The Zuli, (pro-
bably Sully), from Guadeloupe to Bordeaux, was passed by a
pilot of this place,.with loss of mizen-mast.
The Mary, (shallop) with nine hogsheads of sugar, for
the Appoline, Deane, was totally wrecked on a reef off
Savanna La Mar, 16th ult.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.—BLOCKADE OF OPORTO.
20, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, March 20, 1847.
Sir,—Having read in the morning papers of this day the
declaration made by Mr. Van Zeller, the Consul-General of
the Lisbon Government in London, in his letter to you of
the 18th inst., wherein he states that in consequence of the
port of Oporto being in a state of blockade, he had received
orders from his Government not to grant bills of health or
clearances for that port, I had to state, as the agent of the
Junta of Oporto, that all vessels clearing for that port from
Great Britain or Ireland, will be admitted at the custom-
house of that city, without any Portuguese consular certifi-
cate being required, until the said Junta announce to the
contrary. I am, Sir, Sc.,
(Signed) A. C. D SA' NOGUEIRA.
To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyds.
Bombay, 16th February, 1847.
Sir,—We beg to inform you that on the Ist inst. the light
at the Bombay lighthouse was exhibited, on the revolving
principle, with three faces, each face representing its greatest
light every two minutes.

ed) LLOYDS'
To Win. Dobson, Esq.,(
Sec Sig r n
etary, Lioycle, AGENT.

..,A.W INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS. March 23.
The /louse sat to-day in a Cotnmitt,e tor Privin-ges.
I'he Peors present we,:e the Lord Chancellor, the Kir)
€;f Shafvsbary. Lord Brougham. Lord Campbell, Lord
Camovs, the Earl of Itod,n, Lord Sudeley, Lord F,ley,
and Vise“tirr Str,,ngford.

THE TRACEY PEERAGE.
Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning
in hearing counsel and further evidence on behalf of the
claimant to the peerage.
V/

CE CHANCERY COURT, March 23.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.)
This day b•-ing the fourth seal his Honour the Vice
Chancellor of England heard motions to-day.
MOSLEY V. ALSToN—THE OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM

RAILWAY.
The application for an injunction in this case, which
was specially appointed for to•day, was postponed to
Friday, on the application of Mr. Bethel], on the ground
of the defendants having put in two demurrers to the
bill filed by the plaintiff. The case relates to the Oxford
and Birmingham railway, with respect to which there
has been so much before the public lately.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
The March adjourned sessions for the county of Mid-
dlesex commenced yesterday morning at the Court-house,
Clerkenw•ell-green, before the Assistant-Judge and a
full bench of Magistrates.
The calendar showed 98 prisoners, five of whom only
were charged with misdemeanours, and the remainder
being felons. Of these 78 can only read and write im-
perfectly.

- Upon swearing the grand jury the name of Daniel
Forrester, as a resident in the county of Middlesex, was
called upon, when Mr. Forrester stood forward' and
claimed exemption from serving, on the ground of the
official position he occupied under the Lord Mayor of
the city of London.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE denied the grounds of excuse.
Mr. Forrester was summoned as a freeholder of the
county of Middlesex, to serve upon the jury for that
county, and civic jurisdiction did not prevail here. How-
ever, under all the circumstances, Mr. Forrester should
be excused for the present session.
The grand jury having been sworn, the ASSISTANT.
JUDGE, in his charge, dwelt upon the statistics of juve-
nile crime in the metropolis. He was most happy to
say to the gentleman of the grand jury, that now, more
than ever, it seemed the attention of the public and the
Legislature was turned to the subject of criminal juris-
prudence, so far as children were concerned.
Mr. CLARKSON applied to the Court for the postpone-
ment of the trial of Major Beniowski, on the charge of
assaulting Mr. Urquhart, at a Polish meeting held at
the Freemasons' Tavern, upon the occasion of the great
meeting for the expression of the feelings consequent
upon the national annihilation of Cracow.
The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, that in conse-
quence of the arrangements of the Court, the case, at
best, could not be taken sooner than Friday, on which
day the bail cases would be taken at Westminster. It
would be quite impossible for the Court to take (as was
originally arranged) the charges of misdemeanours on
next Thursday, owing to the intervention of the Fast-
day. He was not aware what he could do in the case,
but he should defer giving a definite answer until
he saw whether the defendant appeared in Court to show
cause either for or against the postponement, and unless
he came the case would be adjourned to the bail day of
the next sessions.

Ann Shand Harris, who had been found guilty of
stealing a coat, the property of Mr. Vandergucht, and
a china plate and other articles, the property of her land-
lady, Miss E. Cleaver, was called up for judgment
this morning, when
The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he had, since
the last session, caused inquiries to be made into the
prisoner's character by an active and trust-
worthy officer. The result of these inquiries
was that at Boulogne it was ascertained the prisoner
was considered to be a person of education and family,
and, in consequence, dozens of persons had been plun-
dered by her and a gang to which she belonged. The
same results followed the inquiries made here, and under
all the circumstances of the case he considered it to be
his duty to impose upon her the term of six months'
imprisonment in Westminster Bridewell for the first of-
fence, and of two months for the second.
The bail cases stand over to Friday next, when they
will be taken at Westminster.

- -
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A gentleman by the name of Lloyd applied to Mr.
Bingham for a summons against the directors of the
Parcel Mail Company, under the following circum-
stances:—
It appears that applicant, on Wednesday last, took a
parcel directed to Messrs. Horton and Co., High-street,
Whitechapel, to the receiving office in Poland-street,
where he paid the usual charge for carriage. Yester-
day he received a communication from the Messrs.
Horton, stating that they had not received the parcel.
He went to Poland-street and made inquiries, but was
told that the parcel had been sent in the usual way to
the chief office in the Strand. He accordingly pro-
ceeded to the latter place, and stated his complaint to
one of the clerks, who, instead of affording him informa-
tion or redress, treated him with the greatest contempt
and abuse. The parcel had not arrived at its destina-
tion, nor can he get any information regarding it.
Mr. BINGHAM said that latterly there had been re-
peated
complaints against the company, and granted ap-
plicant the summons.

WORSHIP-STREET.
George Ifidher, a toll•collector in the City-road, was
charged a ith committing a murderous assault upon
Zachariah L•ligman, aged 70, by cutting him in the face
with a razor, and also with attempting self-destruction
with the same instrument.
Ann Longman, wife of the prosecutor, said the pri-
soner lived at the house No. 110, Britannia-street, City-
road, and in which she resided with her husband.
About twelve o'clock Monday night the prisoner entered
their room, on the ground-floor, and, after some con-
versation, my husband, at the request of the prisoner,
went for some ale, of which each partook. The ale was
paid for by the prisoner. The latter afterwards went
out for some meat for the dog. Ile soon
returned, and took another glass of ale. He now ap-
peared the worse for what he had taken. He requested
witness's husband to light him up stairs, which he did.
In a few seconds the prisoner returned, and I put my
husband, who was very ill, into the front room. The
prisoner came into the back room, and having
made some inquiries about his dog, left the
room and went into the street. He quickiy returned,
and on arriving in the passage opposite he called out
lustily three times, " Fire." I then went out to him, and
entreated him to go up-stairs, but he caught me by the
throat. I called out " Murder," and my hu,band came
to my assistance. I then distinctly saw the prisoner
stretch out his arm towards my husband, and instantly
after, I perceived that he was bleeding profusely from
several gashes in his face. I now rushed to the door
and screamed murder. The prisoner rushed up-stairs.
The police-constable quickly arrived, and my
husband was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. I pointed Jut the prisoner's room.
Police-constable, 51 N, took the prisoner into custody.
Prisoner was up stairs lying upon the bed with his face
downwards. He rose, when I perceived that he was
bleeding from an incision in his throat, about three
inches in length. I procured the assistance of Mr.
Coward, the district surgeon, who seA ed up the wound,
and I then conveyed the prisoner to the station-house.
The razor produced was picked up upon the first fluor
landing by the last witness, who gave it to me. It was
then covered with blood. The prisoner expressed his
sorrow for the poor old man, but said he was fearful he
had not completed the job for himself, which however
he would do as soon as an opportunity presented itself.
The above evidence was corroborated by other wit-
nesses, and it was stated that the unfortunate old man
was considered in imminent danger.
The prisoner was so weak as to be unable to stand,
and was accommodated with a seat in the dock. He
said nothing, and was remanded 'for a week.

TESTIMONIAL MANIA.--Every body now-a-days
is giving every body a testimenial. Wellington, in bronze,
riding the high horse; Cobden, the peaceful here of a world
—not a country; and Hudson, the railway monarch, whose
motto might be, "nulls dies sine linea." It may, however,
be confidently predicted that one might be named whose
exertions in alleviating human sufferings far outbalance the
just and willingly rendered claims of those whose names are
above enumerated. This will at once be apparent, when we
call to mind the almost incalculable amount of agonising
torture relieved by Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, whose
proprietor may be said already to have reared an imperish-
able monument on the gratitude of thousands.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Registered Paletot of
Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present
and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate
price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear-
ance, has secured such geceral popularity. It has been made
by special command for their Royal Highnesses Prince
Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several
royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only
be purchased of the patentees, H. J. and D. Nicoll, Court
' tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for
Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold•street ; for Dublin, Geo.
Macthins, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Wareing and
Son, New-street; and the principal tailors in other large
towns.
TRlPOLl.—Letters from Tripoli, just received, an-
nounce the death on the 27th of February, after only four
days illness, of Dr. John Dickson, a half-pay surgeon of the
British navy, who had been upwards of thirty years a resi-
dent at Tripoli. and where, such was the extent of his
gratuitous attendance on the indigent, that the mournful
event cannot but be looked upon as a great public calamity,
and, happening as it did at the very instant the first gun an-
nounced the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet, not a
few of the 11fahomedans rPgard the event with a supersti-
tious awe. On the Ist of March the remains of the lamented
deceased were interred in the Protestant cemetery, which is
distant about two miles from the town, escorted by a military
guard of honour, sent by order of hisExeellency the Pacha,
and followed, not only by every foreign consul, but by all
the European residents at every class, and by several thou-
sands of Jews and Mahomedans, and so anxious were many
whom he had attended professionally to pay this last tribute
of respect to his memory, that they actually rose from their
beds of sickness and joined the mournful proces-ion,
whilst it passed along the crowded streets, heard the shrieks
and cries of the natives bewailing his death issuing from the
miserable hovels which he had been wont to enter to prescribe
for suffering humanity. He has left a widow and large
family to deplore his loss.
DRAINING WITH ENGINE ASIIES.—On the farm
of Daldorcli, the property of Archibald Buchanan., Esq., of
Catrine Bank, Scotland, there are drains made twenty-
eight yeers ago, and filled with engine ashes, which are
still in full and efficient operation. The depth of drain is
twenty six inches. and the width between each twelve feet.
The bottom of the drain is cut three inches wide, and the
depth of ashes used in filling them is about ten inches.
The soil is a firm clay. These drains promise to be as effi-
cient half a century hence as they are at the present time.—
Cambrian.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE
MAiten 23, 1847.
Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her
M.,jeatv's Drawing room, on Satu-dly, 27th of March, are to
fall into the line at the top of !-;t. James's -s tree!, come d ,wri the
left hand side, and enter at the iro., gat,' nearesi to the Palace,
set down at the Arcade, r, turn by the iron gate nearest to ..aarl-
borough- house, and pis. th,-outth Pall-mall into St. James's-
square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass fi
om
St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street, Jea-
myn-street, as before, take up, and go away through Pall-
mall. No hackney carriages will be permitted to come within
the gates. For all persons having the privilege of
the entree, tickets will be delivered at the Board
of Green Cloth, on Thursday next, between the
hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their carriages
are to enter the gate at. Constitution-hill, proceed down St.
James's Park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors'.
court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The car-
riages of the Ambassadors, Cabinet Ministers, and Great
Officers of State may afterwards wait in the Ambassadors'-
court, and those of all other persons having the entrée may
wait in Stable yard or St. James's Park till called; they are
then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and
pass away up the left hand side of St. James's-street.
No carriage will be admitted with company a second time
with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be produced
at Constitution-hill-gate, and Stable-yard-gate also, where a
corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ;
and no person can he allowed the privilege of tile entree by
any other approach to the Palace than the gates last men-
tioned. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCII 22.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Adolphe Baron
de Maussion, as Consul at Edinburgh for his Mt esty the
King of the French.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAacti 22.
The Peer of Scotland elected and chosen to sit and vote in
the House of Peers, in the present Parliament of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., John Lord
Gray, in the room of John Lord Rollo, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, Mnacit 23.
Ist Dragoon Guards-Lieut. Henry Charles Morgan, from
3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Draper, who ex-
changes, March 23.
3d Light Dragoons-Lieut. William Gray Draper, from Ist
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Morgan, who ex=
changes, March 23.
14th Light Dragoons-William Dundas Boyd, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Corner, promoted in 2d West
India Regiment, March 23.
2d Foot--Lieutenant Miles Fisher Monckton, from 66th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Potts, who exchanges, March 23.
9th Foot-Major John Barry Thomas, from 61st Foot, to
be Major, vice Douglas, who exchanges, Jan. 13 ; John
Frederick Trydell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Berry, appointed to 61st Foot, March 23.
16th Foot-Ensign Henry Evans Quin, from 63d Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Loder, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon
Benjamin Usher Hamilton, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Thomas
Young, who retires upon half-pay; Henry Fowle Smith,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hamilton, March 23.
17th Foot-Lieut. Digby Gerahty, from the 86th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Baxter, who exchanges, Jan. 13; Colour
Sergeant George Palmer to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice King, appointed to the 22d Foot, March 23.
21st Foot--Captain George E. Hillier, from 44th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Domvile, who exchanges, March 23.
22d Foot--Ensign Arthur Grueber Walch to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Dakers, deceased, Dec. 11,
1846 ; Ensign William Thomas De Wilton to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Walch, whose promotion on 29th
January, 1847, has been cancelled, Jan. 29, 1847 ; Ensign
Francis George King, from 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice De
Wilton, Dec. 14, 1846.
37th Foot-William Pole Collingwood, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Bennett, who retires, March 22.
44th Foot-Captain William Domvile, from 21st Foot, to
be Captain, vice Hillier, who exchanges, March 23.
46th Foot-Christopher Wright Wray, Gent., to be
Assistant Surgeon, vice Langley, promoted on the Staff,
March 23.
48th Foot-Lieutenant George Abercrombie Robinson,
from 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Andrews, who ex-
changes, March 23.
55th Foot-Staff Surgeon of Second Class Samuel Currie,
M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Martin, deceased, March 23.
59th Foot-John George Chapman, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Pakenham, promoted in the 30th Foot,
March 23.
60th Foot-Lieutenant Francis Andrews, from 48th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Robinson, who exchanges, March 23.
61st Foot-Major Charles Douglas, from 9th Foot, to be
Major, vice Thomas, who exchanges, 13; Ensign James
Saint George Lewen to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Burnside, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 14; Ensign Edward
Ring Berry, from 9th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lewen,
March 23; Lieutenant Henry Edward Hillman Burnside to
be Adjutant, vice Bricklade, deceased, Dec. 14.
633 Foot-Lieutenant William James Hutchins to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Cary, deceased; Ensign
Thomas William John Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Hutchins,
Dec. 20, 1846; Ensign William Stephens Loder, from 16th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Quin, who exchanges; George
Charles Widdringtoin Curtois, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Lloyd, March 23.
66th Foot-Lieutenant Richard Ormerod Potts, from 2d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Monckton, who exchanges,
March 23.
71st Foot-Michael Allen Jane, Gent., to be Assistant Sur-
geon, vice Reade, appointed to the Staff, March 23.
73d Foot-Christopher Harison, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Ramsay, who retires, March 23.
86th Foot-Lieutenant Andrew Baxter, from 17th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Gerahty, who exchanges. Jan. 13;
Hampden Cole Bowen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase
vice Barclay, who retires, March 23.
97th Foot-Assistant Surgeon Frederic Foaker, from the
Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Irwin, deceased, March 23.
2d West India Regiment-Cornet John Corner, from 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colleton,
who retires; William Legge Reid, M.D., to be Assistant
Surgeon, vice Macartney, appointed to the Staff, March 23.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment-Captain Albert Watson, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet
Major Parke, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Cadwallader
Adams to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tulk, who
retires; James Owen Bovill, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Adams, March 23.
HOSPITAL STAFF:-Assistant-Surgeon William Leslie
Langley, M.D., from 46th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of 2d
Class, vice Currie, appointed to 55th Foot; Assistant- Surgeon
Henry Cooper Reade, from 71st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces, vice Foaker, promoted in 97th Foot; Assistant-
Surgeon, Christopher Macartney, M. 8., front 2d West India
Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
Robertson, deceased, March 23.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22.
Royal Regiment of Artillery-First-Lieutenant Robert
Corcyra Romer to be Second Captain, vice Torrens, deceased;
Second-Lieutenant George Harrison Ann Forbes to be First-
Lieutenant, vice Romer, March 15; Brevet-Major William
Furneaux to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir William M. G.
Colebrooke, placed on Seconded List, March 19.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Sir John Charles Thorold, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
March 17.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county Palatine
of Lancaster.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia-
Walter Charles Strickland, Esq., to be Captain, March 16.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
Royal Lanarkshire Militia-William Jolly, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice William Buchanan, deceased, March 8.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County Palatine
of Chester.
The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeothanry Cavalry-
Cornet Hugh Lindsay Antrobus to be Lieutenant, vice
Reade, resigned; the Hon. Hugh Lupus Earl Grosvenor to
be Cornet, vice Peter Barker, resigned, March 2; Edward
Hyde Greg; Gent., to be Cornet, vice Thornton, resigned,
March 5; Samuel Pearson, jun., Gent, to be Cornet, vice
Hugh Lindsay Antrobus, promoted, March 10.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Spencer, nurseryman, Sneititon, Nottinghamshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Henry King, victualler, North-end, Pulhatn, to surrender
April 8, at half-past eleven, and May 4, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Buchanan. Basingball-street.
Joseph Samuel Robinson, upholsterer, New Bond-street,
April 2, at halt• past eleven, and May 4, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Bradley, Berners-
street, Oxford-street.
Thomas Williams, maltster, Hay, Brecknockshire, April
9, and May 4, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, offi-
cial assignee, Bristol ; Sabine, Bristol.
Richard Benson, sharebroker. Liverpool, April 7 and 23,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row, London;
Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson, Liverpool.
Joseph Taylor, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, April 7, at twelve,
and May 5, at, eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser. official assignee, Manchester; Clarke, Gray, and
Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Whitehead, Bury.
Wilson Dickinson, saddler, Manchester, April 8 and
29, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Aianchester; Wathen, Basmghall-street ;
Fogg, Manchester.

DIVIDENDS D ECLARED.
W. Collins, tailor, Rugby, Warwickshire—a div. of 4s. in
the pound, on Thursday, March 25, and three following
Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard,
Moorgate- street.
J. Yeardley, W. Yeardley, and E. Yeardley, flax spinners,
Ecclesfield, I orkshire—second div. of 91/2d. in the pound, on
any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds.
J. Yeardley, flax spinner, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire—first div.
of 7s. 6d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr.
Kynaston, Leeds.
R. Bowerman, carrier, Ensharn, Oxford—a div. of Is. 7d.
in the pound, on Thursday, March 25, and three following
Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard,
Moorgate-street.
A. Lord, dyer, Manchester—first div. of Is, 4d. in the
pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.
J. Leadbeater, calico manufacturer, Manchester—second
div. of 9d. in the pound, and a first and second div. of Is. 3d.
in the pound on new proofs, on any Tuesday, at the office of
Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
S. Rodgett, ironfounder, Blackburn, Lancashire—first div.
of 2s. 61 in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Fraser, Manchester.
W. Hague, cotton spinner, Manchester—first div. of
13s. 514 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Pott, Manchester.
R. Hallam, grocer, Newcastle-under Lyne—first div. of
ss. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Valpy, Birmingham.
J. Humfrey, timber dealer, Packwood, Warwickshire—first
div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
sawyer, Minerva-street, Hackney .road—
ad Christie,
Cunningham,.
f d
Birmingham.
on any Friday, at the office of Mr.
o 9 . inthe sa w
pound,
Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
B. Lawrence, merchant, Crown-court, Old Broad-street--
a div. of is. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr.
Follett. Sambrook- court, Basinghall-street.
S. Yorke, upholsterer, Cambridge—a div. of 3s. in th
pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-
court,
Basiogliall street.
J. Cuthbert. and M. Clarke, jun., merchants, Colchester-
street, Savage-gardens, City—a div. of 1/2d. in the pound, on
any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook•court,
Basinghall-street.
T. Tappenden, tailor, Friendly-place, Old Kent-road—a
div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinehall-street.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
A. Russell, saddler, Ashford, Kent, April 13, at eleven—P.
Howard, wine merchant, Hingham, Norfolk, April 9, at two
W. Rolfe, farmer, Therfield, Hertfordshire, April 15, at one—
T. Moore, furniture broker, St. Albans, Hertfordshire,
April 15, at twelve—J. King, tallow chandler, Kingsland-
road, April 15, at twelve-IV. Trice, grocer, High-street,
-,tepnev, April 15, at one—J. and J. Ja,vis, wine merchants,
Great Bush-lane, Cannon-street, City, April 15, at eleven—
W. Groves, grocer, fluntiagtion, April 15, at eleven—W.
Crossling, linendraper, E,, ex, April 10, at one.
In the Country.
J.
yncombe and Wideombe,
Metfurcip Wine merchant, L

(From the London New Price Current of March 23.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was not much desire evinced to
operate on raw sugar for home consumption, but in the value
_
little variation took place; those parties that were desirous
to realise, however, were compelled to take lower prices for
brown and inferior sorts, and last week's rates could not
be generally obtained even for the better sorts of yellow
grey. West India Muscovado met with little attention, tee
taken private sales did not exceed 120 hhds and trcs• the I'oo
taken were in some cases rather under those th.'t Xisted
previously, the quantity on offer being rather larger. 4 e
REFINED.—To-day 'Refined goods were much sought after
for home consumption; but few parcels were to be obtained,
and prices are firm. The supply of Bonded Crushed Sugar
is far from sufficient for the wants of exporters.
MA[ iirrius.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was not
much in request; 11,671 bags 216 casks and 37 tierces were
offered at auction; nearly the whole consisted of bright
yellow sorts ; for these the demand was limited, and a part
only sold, in some cases at lower rates, but for brown and
grey qualities a good demand(' existed, and the prices ob-
tained were equal to these of Friday.
EAST INDIA. —This afternoon two parcels of Bengal Sugar
were offered at public sale, and amounted to 2,654 bags and
36 tierces; the demand was limited, and the Benares only
partly sold at the former value.
FOREIGN.—This afternoon 140 hhds and 14 barrels
_eof
s Sugar from St. Croix, duty paid, were offered at public sale,
a superior parcel of the new crop, and sold stiffly. .ted de-
MoLAssEs.—This afternoon there was only a
mend privately for West India; at public sale 171 Pun'
merara were taken in at 23s for middling quality; 125 puns
of Barbadoes at 25s for good; 58 puns of St Rats at ess;
and 68 puns 6 hhds St Vincents at 20s, low quality, being
about the former value.
COFFEE.—To-day Ceylon Coffee was in limited request
privately, and 41s 6.1 to 42s is the value of good ordinary
pale native. Of Mocha 60 bales were offered at public sale,
sold at stiff rates—good yellow long berry clean garbled
79s 6d to 80s, triage 35s to 50s, sea damaged 36s to 725. Ia
Foreign Coffee a good business has been done privately in all
sorts, and at rather better prices.
TEA.—The quantity upon which duty was paid at this
port during the past week amounted to 492,000 pounds, and
the arrivals were 9,000 pkgs during that time. All kinds
are chesper than they were at this period in 1846, notwith-
standing the large consumption.
RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with a dull demand. At
public sale 5,426 bags of yellow were offered • the sound Was
all taken in at is to is 6d under the rates of 'Friday.
SPICES.—To-day at public sale 21 cases of Cassia Lignea
sold at 57s 6d to 58s for good ord coarse, 68 casks Jamaica
Ginger taken in above the value, viz-71 to 71 5s for good,
and at 56s to 65s for ord and good ord. 23 cases at 38s for
Bengal. 320 bags Malabar Pepper at 3ad fur fair heavy',
being ftd more than it was worth. 50 brls African Pod, in
part sold at Bls to 115 s. 40 bags Pimento taken in at 51"
per lb.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon, at public sale, 70 bags of
Teneriffe Cochineal were withdrawn at 6s 4d, being above
the value. 208 bags Honduras sold at full rates for the best
sorts.
SPIRITS.—Sirce Tuesday last the home and export de-
liveries of Rum have been upon a small scale only, whereas
the arrivals increased of all descriptions, notwithstanding
prices are yet much above those of this time in 1846. In
Jamaica the tendency is sill downwards for all sorts. East
India is difficult of sale. In Leeward Island very little busi-
ness has been done. Demerara met with a dull sale. Al-
though the deliveries of Brandy continue upon a large scale,
still the home trade operate with caution, and prices are on
the decline.

INDIGO.—The market is still firm for East India of all de-
scriptions, and there is only a small amount on offer. A fair
quantity has been taken. at prices fully equal to those of the
last quarterly sales; indeed some qualities are fetching a
small advance.

Ou.s.—Cou is to be obtained at 2715 s to 271 10s, but the
purchases made have been unimportant. Seal has been
operated in with caution fur all purposes, and rather lower
rates are taken. For Sperm precious rates are insisted upon.
' Lard Oil is selling at 45s to 50s, and is in brisker request,
The home demand continues to be extensive for Linseed Oil
on the spot, and large parcels have been taken for exporta-
tion ; prices are still on the advance. For forward delivery a
good deal has been done at 29s 6(1 to 30s. Any further rise
in the value of 11,peseed is prevented by arrivals of Foreign.
Olive is heal with firmness. There are further arrivals Of
Palm, and holders are inclined to realise at 37s to 37s 6d per
cwt for fine quality, and at 30s to 36s for low to good.
Cocoa Nut Oil is in active demand, and brought further ad-
vanced rates.

TALLow.—Although there are sellers of Russian on the
spot upon further reduced terms, still the demand has been
limited: 50s 6d to 51s per cwt are the prices accepted for
tine Petersburgh Yellow Candle. For delivery in the last
three months of the year the demand is, however, good, and
quotations range firm at 46s 6d to 46s 9d. Home made is
little wanted, and there are sellers at 50s net cash. For
other sorts of Tallow the market is in a dull state, and prices
are lowering.

81R277.3.
On the 14th inst., at Frampton House, Lincolnshire, the lady of the
Rev. John Turman', of a son.
On thr lith inst., at Easton Lodge, Mrs. John Henry Gurney, of a
son, still-born.
On the 18th inst., at the Vicarage, Blackbourton, Oxon, the wife of
the Rev. James Lupton, of a son.
On the 18th inst., at Trinity-square, Southwark, Mrs. W. Chal-
mers, of a daughter.

On the ktli_ inst., at Livermere Rectory, Bury St. Edmund's, tha
wife of the Uev. A. Colvile, of a ;on.
On the 19011115 t., at Woburn-square, Mrs. William Hallowes, of a
daughter.

On the 19th inst., at Whitehall, Hayes, Middlesex, the wife of John
Ann)lett, Esq., of a son.
On the 21st inst., the lady of R. M. Stephenson, Esq., of a Non.

MARRIED.

On St. Patrick's Day, at the Church of St. Clement Danes. by tbs
Rev. James W. Markwell, M.A., Domestic Chaplain to the Bight
lion. Viscount Torrington. Oliver Edward Teakle, Esq., of No. 9,
New Inn, to Georgina Maria Lucy, dauguter of J. Linwood Verity,
Esq., la e Major of the 92d Highlanders.