The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN r'N MARCII 10, 'JBIO,

A further rise took place in the value of Linseed Oil, as the
demand is greater than the supply. Cod is held for 27/ to
271 IN per tun, but the purchases made have been limited.
For Seal, late rates are insisted upon ; but the purchases
made have been trifling. There being sellers of Southern of
low to middling quality at 261 to 271105, and at 28/ to 91
for good to tine occasioned the demand to be good. Sperm
is little wanted, and tine British is attainable at 881 per tun.
TALLOW.—Prices continue on the advance for Russian on
the spot. For delivery in the last three months of the year
a good deal has been done at the improved rates of 46s to
46s 6d. Home-made is plentiful, still an improvement in the
value occurred, and the demand has been good at 50s to 51s
nett cash. In other descriptions of Tallow many purchases
have been made, and the rates obtained are rather above
those that existed previously.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public
business.
The Bishop of Worcester and the Rev. W. Cobden,
the chaplain to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, was
appointed by the Lord Mayor to preach the Spital ser-
mons, and directions were given to apply for Christ's
Church for the occasion.
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO COURTS.
The Town Clerk informed the Court that he had
been directed by the committee of the whole Court of
Common Council to apply for a copy of the opinion of
counsel on the Qualification Bill upon the case submitted
by the Court of Aldermen.
Alderman HUMPILERY—I move that the case, and the
opinion be at once supplied to the committee.
Alderman WILSON wished to be informed with wiaat
object the committee made such an application.—(Hear.)
Alderman FAREHROTHER said he should decidedly
oppose the motion. if the proper time had arrived he
should entertain no objection to give to the committee
copies of any cases and opinions they might have re-
ceived, but he understood the committee of the whole
Court were about to draw up a case of their own and to
obtain opinions upon it, and it might be expedient that
the Court of Aldermen should see what that case, and
these opinions were, before they produced their own.
Besides the Recorder, who was one of the authorities to
whom the question was submitted was not present.—
(Hear, hear.) He trusted that so amicable an arrange-
ment might be made between the two Courts as would
identify the cases and opinions of both.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL deprecated the notion of
withholding from the committee what they were most
undoubtedly entitled to as part of the corporation. If
they had reason to be ashamed of anything that might
be an excuse for refusal, but the imputation ought not
to be allowed to go forth to the public, that they were
afraid to exhibit their proceedings. For his own part he
was persuaded that the more the proceedings of the
Court were known the more would the body be re-
spected.
Alderman FAREBROTHER was of opinion that the
Court would exercise sound judgment in keeping }Sack
for a time the case and opinion.
Alderman WILSON thought the application was not
made in the friendly spirit calculated to give it efficacy.
It was understood that the Committee of•the whole
Court meant to go for a decision to the Queen's Bench,
and would thus come into collision with the Court of
Aldermen. Under such circumstances, it would be
a serious mistake to supply an adverse party with
materials to carry on the contest.
Alderman WOOD thought such suspicions adapted to
dissipate all chances of amicable arrangements, and that
the refusal of the modest request of the Committee of
the whole Court, to be furnished with the ease and
opinions so essentially necessary to both branches of the
Corporation would be injurious in an extreme degree.—
(Hear, hear.) They were all, it was to be presumed,
aiming at the accomplishment of a public good, and
instead of withholding information from each other,
they were bound especially to supply all facts likely to
be made subject to argument and discussion. There
should be no concealment, no apparent encouragement
to a disgraceful system of chicanery.—(Hear, hear.)
The subject ought not to be treated as one involving the

interests- of priVate persons.
Alderman COPELAND thought differently. In his
opinion, the question ought to be treated strictly as
a matter between individuals. The conduct pursued by
the Common Council manifested a strong tendency to
personalities of a nature not very equivocal, and cer-
tainly placed them in the light of adversaries to whom
it would not be at all beneficial to yield any advantage.
(Hear, hear.)
Sir PETER LAURIE WAS sorry to hear Alderman
Copeland designate the Common Council as adver-
saries to the Court of Aldermen. He by no means
looked upon the two Courts as opposed to each other.
They were mutually dependent upon and supported by
each other. All the information they possessed was on
their records, and it was absurd in one branch of the
Corporation to attempt to withhold any portion of that
information from the other, particularly as the voice of
the public, by whose opinion both Courts were and
ought to be governed— (Cries of " No, no," and
" Hear, hear")—was decided upon it.
Alderman MUSGROVE considered that the application
of the Committee o 1 the whole Court showed a dispo-
sition in the members of the Common Council to conci-
liation, and he thought it would ho wise to refer the
subject to a Committee, with power to consult the
Recorder and the othelr legal authority who had given
his opinion upon the case, as to the propriety of deliver-
ing a copy to the Committee of the whole Court.—
(Hear.) Alderman Musgrove moved an amendment to
that effect.
Alderman HUMPIIESX, who was called upon to with-
draw the original motion, peremptorily refused to do so.
lie insisted that the whole of the Corporation should ba

made acquainted with the case and opinions. He could
not understand why the Court was alarmed at exhibit-
ing their case. If it were good, then there could be no
ground for not adopting it ; and if it were bad, the
sooner it was got rid of the better.
Alderman CHALLIS approved of submitting the matter
to a Committee, and the amendment was finally adopted
by 10 to 5.
ABOLITION OP TRANSPORTATION, &C.

RAI
Alderman COPELAND took the opportunity, after the
Remembrancer had stated the proceedings in Parlia-
ment by which the city of London was likely to be
effected, to call the attention of the Court to a subject
which he considered to be of the greatest importance to
the social interests of the country—he riat ant the aboli-
tion of the penalty of transportation.—(Hear, hear.)
lie recommended the attentive perusal of Lord Denman's
speech to all who wished for the soundest views upon
the great theme of the punishment of criminals.—(Hear,
hear) He begged also to draw the attention of the
Court to the projected measure for the 'removal of
Smithfield market, and he represented the necessity of
obtaining all the information connected with the profits
arising from that market preparatory to opposition.
Sir PETER LAURIE said that no man possessed more
profound knowledge on the subject of the punishment
of criminals than the high authority quoted by Alder-
man Copeland. He was delighted to find that Lord
Denman and Lord Brougham were earnestly engaged in
investigating mstters of such importance to all society,
and he hoped that amongst the changes which were to
take place, the disgraceful practise of sentencing crimi-
nals to punishments which they well knew themselves
they could not be subjected to would be put an end to.
Alderman WOOD condemned in very strong terms the
plan adopted in Millbank prison, which he considered to
be governed upon the principle of the most perfect con-
tempt of the lives and reformation of the wretched crea-
tures confined within its walls. It was not long since
the public feeling was outraged by the history of an ex-
hibition of military flogging. That scene did not sur-
pass the punishment inflicted upon a prisoner confined
in the Beadle Penitentiary, where it appeared, from the
late returns, twenty of the inmates had attempted sui-
cide, and four had succeed, d in destroying themselves.—
(Hear, hear.) Alderman Wood proceeded to enumerate
the cases of rigid punishment to which the returns re-
ferred, and said that while such a system existed it was
absurd in Englishmen to talk of the revolting instances
of suffering in the French Bastile, which that of Mill-
bank equalled in horrors.
Alderman SIDNEY differed from those who had pre-
ceded him. He considered that Alderman Wood had
taken a very exaggerated view of the evils of the Mill-
bank Penitentiary, and had charged persons with inhu-
manity who were really specimens of charity and kind
feeling. He insisted that the congregated plan as
to prisoners was the sure mode of preventing the possi-
bility of reformation, and he regretted to be obliged to
say that one of the City prisons still afforded evidence
of all the evils which spring up amongst the most aban-
doned criminals, who were huddled together to expiate
their delinquencies.
Alderman CuaLers, as Sheriff, and constant visitor of
the City prisons, denied the accuracy of Alderman Sid-
ney's statements, at the same time that he gave that
gentleman every credit for sincerity, and for the purest
desire to benefit hia fellow-creatures.—(Hear, hear.)
The RECORDER said, with reference to he alleged
ind fficacy of transportation, that in his opinion that in-
efficacy arose from the want of a proper system abroad.
Here the conversation dropped.
THE ATTORNEYS OF THE MAYOR'S COURT.
The REcoRDER, in alluding to the case brought by
Mr. Ashurst, for the purpose of establishing his right of
practising as an attorney of the Mayor's Court, upon the
ground that he practised in one of the Courts above, re-
marked that the gentlemen who had been so long prac-
tising exclusively in the Mayor's Court, were certainly
entitled to receive all the money they had paid to the
Corporation fur their places.—Adjourned.

PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRT.—On Thursday
at the Sheriff Court, Red Lion-square, proclamations of out-
lawry were made in 28 cases. The parties are called
live times, at an interval of four weeks from each occa-
sion, and then in default the defendants are outlawed,
on which other proceedings can be instituted to obtain
possession of property. Mr. Hemp, the officer, called
the names of the following defendants and plaintiffs :
Richard Carpenter, at the suit of George W. K. Potter and
another. Stephen J. Welch, Fletcher Welch, and G. Ford,
at the suit of Roland Edward Lewis and Charles Williams,
administrators of Samuel Williams. John Bright, at the suit
of Edward Columbine. William Bright, at the suit of the
same. Robert Parker, at the suit of Proctor Walker, the
Rev. John Horst°ld, and J. C. Parker. Baron Vincent de
Tuyle, at the suit of. Francis Nugee. Edward Johnson, at
the suit of James Stewart. Toe Hon C. P. Clinton; and W.
H. Williams, executors of Sarah E. Smith, at the suit of
Israel Alexander. The Hon. A. Cavendish, at the suit of
Morris Levy. S. P. Powys, at the suit of Lawrence
Lev.Y. Thomas Francis Pinkev, at the suit of C. and
E. Mosley. John William Montagu, at the suit of
Williamr Thompson. Francis C. Parry, at the suit of 0. D.
I :roohndiztri Basil Montagu, at the suit of William Lowe.
!adman, at the suit of William Gill. Francis E.
Blackwell, at the suit of W. de Bernerdy. John Bright and
Broughton, at the suit another, at the suit of
atra, at the suit of H. of
M. Pool and another. Sophia
Robert Bell. Patrick Leigh
Levhiedima. Arthur W. Williams,
mPasagelliddict
13. at the suit of Henry Adams.
John
t thepsouoi
kt of Elizabeth Stephens, at the suit of
Hughes. Samuel Samuelßearnish,
Robert Peel, at the suit of S.
Maxwell, at .the
at the suit of Sylvester Wilson.
suit of H. Jacobs ; and John Howton, at the suit of Charles
Lewis. The next county court-day is appouThted for the
Ist
of April.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, Mancu 9, 1847.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's Drawing-room,
intended to be held at St. James's Palace on Thursday, the
25th instant, is postponed till the following Saturday, the
,27th instant, at -two o'clock.
WHITEHALL, mAßcii
Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint John Thomson
Gordon, E,q. Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of the shire or
sheriffdom ofAberdeen, in the room of Andrew Murray, Esq.,
deceased.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 8.
Corps of ROyal Engineers—Brevet Major Francis Ringler
Thomson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Gipps, deceased;
Second Captain William Yolland to be Captain, vice Thom-
son; First Lieutenant James William Gosset to be Second
Captain, vice Yolland; Second Lieutenant Sidney Baynton
Farrell to be First Lieutenant, vice Gosset, March 1.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kin-
cardine.
_ _ _

The lien. John ArbuthnoTt to be Vice-Lieutenant, Feb .16.
Commission by the Lord- Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of
the County of Ayr.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Andrew Cath-
cart. Gent., to be Cornet, vice Leveson Granville Campbell,
resigned, March 2.
WHITEHALL, MAacH 5.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Bruce, of
Leeds, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 5.
The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Wilde, Knight, Lord Chiqf Jus-
tice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed
Harry Booth, of Holmfirth, in the county of York, Gent., to be
one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg-
ments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the
Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for
the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and
for the West Riding of the county of York.
BANKRUPTS.
William Henry Hodding. surgeon, Gloucester-place, Port-
man-square, to surrender March 16, and April 20, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;
Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney, and Prudence, Basinghall-street.
Samuel Cubitt, clothier, Colchester, March 15, at half past
twelve, and April 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, London;
Linklaters, Leadenhall-street.
James Law, coal merchant, Faversham, Kent, March 17,
at half-past eleven, and April 22, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street;
Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, and Co., Philpot-lane.
John Furby and Robert Stockton, tailors, Sackville-street,
Piccadilly, March 17 and April 22, at half-past twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street, Buildings Davies, Warwick-street, Golden-square.
William Bull, stock manufacturer, Little Love-lane, Wood-
street, March 18, at half-past eleven, and April 22, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official-assignee, Coleman-
street Buildings; Ashurt and Son, solicitors, Cheapside.
Joseph Prust, tanner, Stratton, Cornwall, March 23, at
eleven, at the Exeter District ourt ; and April 15, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hernaman, official assignee,
Exeter ; Stogden, Exeter; Keddell and Co., Lime-street,
London.
James Morgan, draper, Wedmore, March 23 and April 20,
at one, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
ssignee, Bristol ; Bailey, WedmoreSomers
Anthony Halliley and Richard Halliley, calico printers,
Wigton, March 18, at eleven, and April 20, at half-past one,
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, offi-
cial assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Studholme, Wigton;
Addison and Harrison, Staple Inn, London; Ingtedew,
Newcnstle-upon. Tyne.
Robert Elliott Huntley, wine merchant, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, March 23, at half-past one, and April 20, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; T. and W. Chater, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Church-
yard, London.
Peter Burns, jun., bookseller, Liverpool, March 19, and
April 20, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Sharpe and Co. Bedford-row,
London; Cleminson, Ambleside ; Hetherington, Woods, and

Woodburn, Liverpool.
Thomas Stockdale and John Stockdale, soap boilers, Liver-
pool, March 23, and April 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sharp
and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Harvey and Falcon, Liver-
pool. DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
W. Looney, cooper, Whitehaven—third and final dlv. of
3i,4(1. in the pound (ir addition to 4s. 3d. in the pound pre-
viously declared), on any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Ramsden, sen., cloth manufacturer, Armley, Yorkshire
—a first and final div. of Is in the pound, en any Friday,
at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds.
J. Ramsden and J. Ramsden, jun., cloth manufacturers,
Armley, Yorkshire—first div. of 91Ad. in the pound, on any
Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds.
E. Lilly, timber merchant, Hull—first div. of 83. in the
pound, oa any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston,
Leeds.
W. Baldock, grocer, Nottingham—first di a.. of 6s. 3d. in
the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie,
Birmingham.
Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company,
New Broad-street, City—first div. of 20s. and four per cent.
interest in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Graham, Coleman-street, City.
R. A. F. Kingscote, merchant, Sandgate, Kent—first div.
of 235. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Graham, Coleman-street, City.
J. Wilcox, tailor, Little Bell-alley, Moorgate-street—first
div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
W. Vann, upholsterer. 01d-street, St. Luke's—a div. of
71/Id. in the pound, on Thursday, March 11, and three fol-
lowing Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-
yard, Moorgate-street.
W. Smith, timber-merchant, Curtain-road,_Shoreditch-

a div. of I%d. in the pound, on Thursday, March 11, and
three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher,
King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street.
J. Wragg, iron merchant, Aelina-place, Westminster-
bridge-road—a div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound, on Thursday,
March 11. and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr.
Belcher King's Arms-yard, Moorgate- street.
T. Wilson, T. K. Wilson, and W. Wilson, linendrapers,
Liverpool—a div. of 71,0. in the pound, on Thursday,
March 25, or any subsequent Thursday, at the office of -lir.
Turner, Liverpool
C. K. Wilson and Brother—first of 6s. Gd. in the pound,
on Thursday, March 25, or any subsequent Thursday, at the
office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
R. Hamilton and W. Graham, merchants, Liverpool-

second div. of 64d. in the pound, on Thursday, March 18, or
any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
.1. C. Kemp, merchant, Liverpool—a div. of is. 3d. in the
pound. on account of the first div. ef 3s. 6d. in the pound, on
any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
G. C. Crofts, corn merchant, Liverpool—first div. of
Is. 3d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Turner, Liverpool.
H. Williams, apothecary, Llanrwst, Denbighshire—a div.
of 3d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Turner, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
G. Park, tailor, Bury-street, St. James's, March 30, at two
—W. Hamblv, merchant, Great Bell-alley, Coleman-street,
City, March -31. at half-past twelve—F. Bozon, Critchett-
place, Horton New-town, March 31, at half past eleven—J.
Frost, jun., grocer, Bury St. Edmund's, March 30, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. H. Bedford, artists'- colourman, Bristol, April 6, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court—R. Nayler, licensed
victualler, Marlborough, Wiltshire, April 6, at twelve, at the
Bristol District Court—H. Leonard, ironmonger, Cheltenham,
March 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—B.
Breedon, tailor, Wellesbourne Mountford, March 31, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—E. D. Hall,
currier, Walsall, Staffordshire, March 30, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court—R- Harris, glass manufacturer,
Birmingham, March 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court—J. Lawley, cooper, Stafford, April 13, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court—S. Brothers, currier,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, April 13, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court—Sf. A. Wheeler, percussion cap manu-
facturer, Birmingham, March 30, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court—J. P. Horton, engine boiler maker,
West Bromwich, April 13, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Conrt—J. Payne, draper, Weymouth, April 1, at
one, at the Birmingham District Court—T. Rudd, provision
merchant, Braugh, Westmorland, March 30, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. H. Fitzhugh,
merchant, Liverpool, April 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court—W. Lancaster, ship owner, Liverpool, April 2,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Adamson,
grocer, Stockport, April 1, at one, at the Manchester District
Court—G. H. Openshaw, power-loom cloth manufacturer,
Over Dam en, Lancashire, April 8, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
T. Bowyer. bookseller, Strand, April I—C. Ashby, tailor
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. April I—T. Melton, inn
keeper, Lincoln, March 31—J. Leipold, music seller, Birming-
ham, March 31—T. Hulse, bootseller, Birmingham, April 3.
—J. Timmis, wine merchant, Newcastle-under-Lyme
March 30—J. Taylor, rope manufacturer, Manchester,
March 31—J. B. Morris, boot maker, Hull, March 30—W.
Jones and J. Clay, boiler makers, Liverpool, March 30—W.
L. Prattman, timber merchant, Butterknowle-lodge, Durham,
March 30—H. Cowie and J. Clarke, merchants, Liverpool,
March 30— IL Parrett, coach builder, Clifton, March 30—J.
Walton, tailor, Leeds. March 30—J. and J. Boyd, seed mer-
chants, Wellington-chambers, Southwark, March 30.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. and C. Thornton, merchants, Leeds—H. Hayward and
J. F. Pennington, agricultural agents—W. Marshall and W.
Edwards, auctioneers, Moorgate-street, City—W. Wrigley, J.
J. Collier, and T. Farrar, cotton spinners, Lydgate, Yorkshire
R. Douglas and M. Mills, ship brokers, City—G. P. Harding
and J. Vernon, artificial florists, City—M. Allen and E. C.
Holmes, attorneys, Bedford-row—J. and G. Chew, grocers'
Newark- upon-Trent—J. Wright and W. Latham, iron-
founders, Wigan, Lancashire—J. Rhoades and E. Williams,
silk warehousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside—W. and J.
Dales, grocers, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire—E. Martin and
G. Newport, surgeons, Radnor-place, Oxford-terrace—S. J.
Barnard and M. Sichel, leather merchant,
_Lime-street, City.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
R. Reid, dyer, Glasgow, March 13 and April 5, at eleven,
at the chambers of Mr. Guthrie, Glasgow.
Michael IVishart and John Fairly, merchants, Glasgow,
March and April 3, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Steele,
jun., Glasgow.
Hector Munro, innkeeper, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire,
March 15 and April 12, at twelve, at Clezy's Inn, Damhead.
Peter M'Cabe, spirit dealer, Glasgow, March 15 and
April 12. at two, at the chambers of Messrs. Mauford and
Winlc, Glasgow.
Samuel Howarth and Company, postmasters, Glasgow,
March 15 and April 5, at two, at the office of Messrs. Manford
and Wink. Glasgow.
John Walker and George Lowery, hardware merchants,
Aberdeen, March 15 and April 12, at twelve, at the Lemou
Tree Tavern, Aberdeen.

SECRETS or THE OCEAN.—We had yesterday
brought to our office, some interesting specimens of fossil
remains, that for many hundred years have found their
resting-place in the bed of the ocean. Our readers are aware
that a large fleet of dredging vessels is engage off the West
Rock (eight miles from Marwick) in dredging for cement
stone. On Friday last one of those vP,ssels brought up,
in
the same dredge, a fine fossilised molar tooth of the Asiatic
elephant, and a large tusk of the hippopotamus. A. leg bone
of a large animal was afterwards dredged up, but it was un-
fortunately broken.—lpswicA
SHIPMENT OF GRAIN IN THE COUNTY OP SUTH-
EILLAND.—On Wednesday last Mr. T. Mackenzie, corn riter•
chant, Beauty—who has been in the habit of purchasing
grain extensively in Sutherlandahire for the last fourteen
years—shipped a cargo of Barley at the Little Ferry, with-
out the least obstruction. As yet no riots have been at-
tempted in that county, and, we are glad to learn, there is no
probability of any taking place, the Duke having provided
so liberally for the people. After the shipment was com-
pleted, Mr. Mackenzie treated those assisting him with a
bumper of "Royal Brackla," when success to Mr. WK., and
the safe arrival of the vessel at her destination, wasdrunk
with cheers.—Rou-shirs Advertiser.

ETON MONTEM.

An adjourned meeting of the gentlemen who had been
educated at Eton College was held yesterday, at the British
Coffee-house, Cockepur-street, for the.purpoe of supporting
the old custom of Eton elontem, which it is the desire of the
provost and head-master to abolish.
Lord John Manners, on the motion of the Esrl of ELLEN-
BOROUGH, was called to the chair.
Lord JOHN MANNERS said that very few words were
necessary to inform the meeting of the object for which they
met to-day. Some time ago a meeting had been held,
at which it was resolved that a memorial to her Majesty
should be drawn up and presented to the Queeo, praying her
interference to. prevent the doing away with the good old
practice of the Montem. That memorial had been drawn up,
and had since been revised, and as he believed amended.
This would shortly be read by Lord Falmouth. He had also
received a letter from the Provost of Eton, deprecating
the object of the meeting, which his Lordship read.
The purport of the letter was that the calling of
these meetings was calculated to do injury to old
institutions, and that the object which they were in-
tended to support—the collection—had been injurious rather
than beneficial to the captain, likely to benefit only inn-
keepers and money-lenders. The letter was received with
the must manifest disapprobation, and with something very
like derision by the meeting. His Lordship then went on
to say that, having complied with the request of the
Provost, he felt it was unnecessary to make any
apology for the course they had pursuea, for it was evident
that nothing but their love for Eton and Etonian associations
could have induced them to meet in opposition to the will of
the two leading authorities of the institution. His Lordship
then read letters from the Earl of Caernarvon, Lord Sand-
wich, and several other gentlemen who hid been educated at
Eton, approving of the object of the meeting, and requesting
their names to be subscribed to the memorial.
The Earl of FALMOUTH, after stating the circum-
stances under which the memorial had been
modified, the chief of which was, the omission
of what might be called the money clause, said that
clause had been left out, because, in the first place, the col
lection had been but insignificant, and it was not judicious to
urge this collection as a stimulus to the exertion of the
captain. With respect to the reasons which had been urged
by the Provost in his letter, he conceived that they stood as
much for the Etonians, who were in favour of the preserve-
tionof the custom, as for the Provost himself. His Lordship then
read the memorial, the object of which was to show that the
memorialists did not believe that the abolition of this custom
was in consonance with the wishes of her Majesty; and
urther stated, that the existence of an abuse was no sufficient
reason for the doing away with a custom which had allowedly
been of use. The Noble Earl then moved the adoption of
the memorial.
T. LLOYD, Esq., was called upon to second the motion, and
in doing so said, that ever since 1800 he had, without a single
exception, attended the Montem, and during the whole of that
time he had never seen anything more than merely
juvenile offences, and at the last Montem only two instances
of inebriety had occurred. He had a number of names to
add to the memorial, and only wished he could add more.
After an allusion to the festive meetings and the youthful
sports of Eton, Mr. Lloyd seconded the motion.
Mr. BEE said that he had letters from the Vice-Provosts
of King's College, and other gentlemen connected with the
institution, all of which conveyed assurances that the abuses
might be abolished, an opinion in which he perfectly con-
curred.
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought that it would be advisable
that every gentleman then in the room should sign the me-
morial, in order to show what was the strength of
the Etonians opposed to the abolition of the custom.
After several strictures on the letter of the Provost
(Dr. Hodgson), he spoke of a letter which Dr. Haw-
trey had received from the Duke of Newcastle,
approving of the abolishing the custom. Of this letter he
knew nothing, but they might, at any rate, set a Manners
against a Pelham, and he deeply regretted that the Rev.
Doctor had so precipitately rustled into print.
After several observations indicative of respect for the
celebrated master and provost of the college, the memorial
was adopted.
His Lostpsnir thee read a letter, elated 21st July, 1687,
written to Mr. Wood, of Lvttleton, by his son, on the eve of
a vacation, which was much relished by the meeting, on
account of its peculiarity of style and the bad English by
which it was pervaded. After stating that this boy was
selected to make the college oration at Oxford at the
coronation of William and Mary,
The CHAIRMAN then put the memorial, which was adopted
with acclamation.
His LORDSHIP then left to attend important business at
the House of Commons, and the Earl of Falmouth took the
Chair.
A motion was then put, which had been suggested by
Lord Castlereagh, its object being that the memorial should
be signed by the gentlemen before they left the room. This
was seconded by Sir Walter Riddell, and unanimously
adopted.
On the motion of Lord CLIVE, it was resolved that the Earl
of Ellenborough, the Earl of Falmouth, and Lord J. Manners,
should be deputed to present the memorial to her Majesty in
such way as they might think best; either at a levee or
through the Secretary of State, as might seem to be most
prudent.
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and the Marquis
of Londonderry were subsequently added to the deputation
for presenting the memorial.
A Gentleman from Oxford presented a number of names,
amounting to 180, to be added to the memorial.
The VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND said that he was an
old Etonian, had sent eight sons te Eton, and now had a
grandson there, and it was with the most cordial assent,
therefore, to the proceedings of the meeting that he proposed
the thanks of those assembled to Lord John Manners and
the Earl of Falmouth. This was seconded by Mr. Rowland
Austin. and adapted with acclamation.
Lord J. MAsiNatts returned thanks for the compliment, as
did also the Earl of FALMOUTH ; after which,
It was agreed that the memorial should lie on the table till
Monday next for signatures.
On the motion of Sir WALTER RIDDELL, the Earl of Fal •
mouth, Lord J. Manners, Lord Clive,• Mr. Bullock, Sir W.
Riddell, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Pickering. and Sir J. Duck-
worth, were appointed a committee, to take such further
proceedings as might be necessary, and the meeting s. pa-
sted.

71iMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

• HOUSE OF LORDS, March 9.
T. Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat upon the
Woolsui .k at Five o'clock.
CRIM INAL LAW—JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
On tl ie• motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Com-
mittee •0 a juvenile offenders was nominated.
IRISH LANDLORDS.

The Earl of LUCAN was desirous, as he was not in
the House Not night, when the Noble Lord (Brougham)
cor,tradicted certain statements made by him (Earl
Lucan) Ou s former occasion, to make a few observations,
and he hopeti their Lordships would not consider him out
of order in cal ling their attention to the circumstance, and
in requesting the Noble Lord to give up the name of
the writer of t. he letter which he had read last night.
The charges in t 'hat letter were quite unfounded and in-
correct, and he tl'sought as the Noble Lord had read the
letter in extenso, he was bound either to give up the
name of the writer,: or to take upon himself the responsi-
bility of the statements. He (Earl Lucan) took
that opportunity of denying the statement made by the
Noble Lord, as also the charges made by some
Catholic clergyman at a meeting held in Ballinrobe as
reported in the Times on the 2d inst., when the condi-
tion of this property was misrepresented.
Lord BROUG JAM denied having alluded pointedly to
the Noble Earl. lie did :not name any of the landlords in one
of the statements he mai, and in the one in which names
were specified he gave the name of his authority. He
did not consider himself bound to give up the names ;
but whether he did or not. the result would be just the
same, as regarded the denial of them, as the case of Cap-
tain Wynne showed.
Lord LUCAN—The Noble Lord refused to give the
name of the writer. Would he object to state to the
House whether he was acquainted with the writer, and
knew that he was respectable and worthy of credit ?
Lord BR OUG HANI--I beg leave to tell the Noble
Lord that I have made the statement fitting for me to
make, and proper for the House to receive, and that
neither he nor the House have any right what-
ever to call any Peer to account in that way,
and I will not give any answer.—(Hear, hear.)
Since I have been in Parliament—and that is not a short
time—l have heard statements made again and again, in
this House, and by Members of the other House of
Parliament, not giving the names of their authorities,
and while refusing to give their names, they themselves
have said that they believed the statement, and that was
sufficient. Everybody knows that from the time of
Henry 111., when Parliament first assumed a form,
downwards, common fame is sufficient to ground a
statement upon.
Lord DESART presented a retition from the Relief
Committee of the county of Cavan, praying that the
House would consider the propriety of introducing a
proper and extensive railway system in Ireland.
The :Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a pe-
tition from Newtownard, in the north of Ireland, praying
for a more equalised sysiem of rating, and complaining
that they were suffering severely under the present system.
He considered that the extension of the English Poor-
law to Ireland would be a most valuable baon to that

country. In conclusion, he would most earnestly desire
that the Noble and Learned Lord would desist from the
charges which he was in the habit of preferring against
the Irish landlords. They were most painful to him to
hear, and they were productive of much evil, as they had
caused the ;enant to be discontented with his landlord.
His own tenantry had never appealed to him for any
reduction of rent, and he did hope that the Noble and
Learned Lord would not continue to indulge in the
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strain of censure against the Irish landlords which he
was in the habit of doing.
Lord BROUGHAM denied that his charges were
general in their application' and if the Noble Marquis
insisted on being acou,ed, he (Lord Brougham) could
not help it. He would now, however, put the matter
in a fair way of being ascertained. He would move for
returns—agreeable to the suggestion of his informer,
who was a most respectable man—of the names of all
the plaintiffs and defendants in all processes for rent
due on the Ist of November, 1846, which were brought
en for trial on the 11th of January last, at Ballina, in
the barony of Tyrawley, county Mayo.
Lord CLARE said that such a thing as processing
in January for the November rent was a thing unpre-
cedented in Ireland.

Lord BROUGHAM hoped that he should not be
considered as harsh towards the Irish, but rather as
entertaining a kindly feeling towards them, when' he
said that he desired to see the income-tax, the assessed-
tax, and the land-tax in operation in Ireland.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY begged leave to
remark that it was not right to attempt by bad jokes to
turn the declaration he had made in that House to a bad
use. Ihe Noble and Learned Lord used a sort of sarcasm
to any one who called him to account for his general
declarations. He appealed to their Lordships whether
the Noble Lord had not attacked the landlords of Ire.
land in his various speeches. The Noble Lord, with
his special pleading. voluble language, and bad jokes,
did himself mischief, for at length nobody would mind
what he said.—(Loud laughter.) The Noble Lord
should not attempt to make these attacks. If the income-
tax were placed upon Ireland, he was sure that the Irish
would loyally and cheerfully submit to it.
Lord BROUGHAM said that the Noble Marquis had
said that no one would attend to what he said. He
must take his chance of that. Senators as well es others
were liable to that evil. He did not expect to meet with
the same respect in speakiii: that House as the noble
H
Marquis.. e was satisfi nd, if he was satibfied, the
Noble Ma uis had no rig complain. The Noble
Marquis h d said, that he special-pleaded, was sarcastic,
and made ad jokes. What he had said was a fact and
no joke at 11.
The Ear of MOUNTCASHEL said that he highly
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approved of the returns which had been moved for.
Agreed to. _ .
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Captain GORDON presented a petition against the,
light dues.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Mr. HUME stated, that io conequetiCe the ad-
journed debate upon the incorporation of Cracow on
Thursday evenin4 next, he should postpone his motion
with regard to Sinde until that day fortnight.
Mr. BROTIIERTON, on the part of the lion.
Member for Durham, postponed the Hon. Member's
motion with regard to Indian cotton until this day
fortnight.

Mr:SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice that on
Tuesday, the 23d of March, he should move for leave to
bring in a Bill for the repeal of the Septennial Act.
Mr. CHRISTIE moved for an address for a return of
the cost of preparing and otherwise fitting up the fol-
lowing repositories:—The building erected in Westmin-
ster Hall in or about 1822, to receive the Common Law
Records; also of the King's Mews at Charing-cross in
1831, anti
~Carlton House Stables ; of the vaults in
Somerset House, which held the Pipe and Lord Treasurer
of the Exchequer records (estimated by Sir Robert
Harry Inglis and Mr. Hallam, in the "Agenda" of the
Record Commissioners to have been 16,0001.); of other
vault' in Somerset House, containing certain Exchequer
records; of the office of the Pelis in Whitehall-yard; of the
Rolls House for the reception of the Queen's Bench Re-
cords from Westminster ; of the repository at No. 3,
Whitehall-yard, which held the Common Pleas and
Exchequer of Pleas Records, until removed to Carlton
Ride ; of the White Tower of London to receive the
Admiralty Records ; of the Stone Tower at Westmin-
ster ; together with tne cost of preparing repositories
for any of the common law or Chancery records in
Lincoln's-inn, Sergeants'-inn, or any other parts of
the metropolis, since the appointment of the Re-
cord Commission in the year 1800, so far as
the same can he prepared. Return or estimate of
the total expenses incurred in removing the records
from one repository to another, since 1800: return of
the cost incurred for watching by policemen and the fire
brigade the Carlton Ride, the Rolls House, and any
other record repository, and for any other securities
adopted for insuring the buildings from fire, since the
passing of the Record Act 1 and Vic. c. 94.
Agreed to.