The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, MAECH 19.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Ho-
nourable Charles John Viscount Canning, an additional Com-
missioner fur the purpose of inquiring whether advantage
might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Par-
'iament for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts.
Commission by the Queen.
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Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Capt. T. Rose to
be Adjutant, Feb. 27, 1846.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
March 14.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—H. P. T. Aubrey, Esq. ;J. C.
B. Borough, Esq. ; P. Broughton, Esq. ; G. Brooke,
Esq. ; R. Burton, Esq. ; R. H. Cheney, Esq. ,• St.
J. C. Charlton, Esq ; E. Corbett, Esq. ; Hon. E. J.
H. Viscount Clive; J. W. Dod, Esq.; T. C. Eyton,
Esq.; Right Hon. G. G. L. G. Earl Granville;
W. 0. Gore, Esq. M P. ; R. Gardner, Esq. ; R. F. Hill, Esq. ;
Hon. G. F. Hamilton ; R. H. Kinchant, Esq ; Sir B.
Leighton, Bart. ; R. M. Leeke, Esq. ; J. V. Lovett, Esq. ;
T. Lovett, Esq. ; C. K. Mainwaring, Esq. ; E. W. S.
Owen, Esq. ; J. Owen, Esq. ; W. Oakeley, Esq. ; W. H.
Poole, Esq. ; J. Rocke, jun., Esq. ; R. A. Slaney, Esq. ; H. G.
Taylor, Esq. ; T. Twemlow, Esq., March 10.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—R. Bassett, Esq. ; H. A. Bruce,
Esq. ; W. Meyrick, Esq. ; T. Powell, Esq. ; E. Williams,
Esq., Feb. 28.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire—Richard
Price Puleston, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Commissions by the Lofd Lieutenant of Kinross-shire.
Harry Young, FAN., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir G.
Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Wil-
liam Patrick Adam, Esq.. jun., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Ro-
bert Neilson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Stirlingshire, Regt. of Militia—A. Black, Gent., to
be Ensign.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex.
West Essex Regiment of Regular Militia—Captain Dick
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Houblon, resigned, Feb. 11;
W. M. Tufnell, Esq., to be Captain, vice Rush, resigned, Feb.
11 ; H. Bullock, Esq., to be Captain, vice Foaker, resigned,
Feb. 12 ; J. Wright, Esq., to be Captain, vice J. J. Tufnell,
resigned, Feb. 18 ; A. T. Schreiber, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Stave, resigned, Feb. 14 ; A. E. Williams, Esq., to be Captain,
vice Smith, resigned, Feb. 16 ; P. H. Meyer, Esq., to be
Captain, vice Fortescue, resigned, Feb. 17 ; H. Edinborough,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lucas, promoted, Feb. 11.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire.
Brecknockshire Militia—W. R. Stretton, Esq., to be Major,
vice H. Price, resigned; W. Bridgwater, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, March 17. •
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex.
Arundel and Bramber Corps of Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry
—Colonel W. G. K. Gratwicke to be Lieutenant, vice G.
Rideout, deceased ; Lord B. T. F. Howard to be Cornet,
vice W. G. K. Gratwicke, promoted ; T. Evans, Gent., to be
Surgeon, vice 0. Evans, deceased, Feb. 22.

BANKRUPTS.
John Kirkup, coal merchant, Rotherhithe, to surrender
March 31. and May 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Alsager, official assignee, Birohin-lane, Cornhill ; Hodgson,
Broad-street-buildings.
William Collins, tailor, Rugby, Warwickshire, March 31,
at one, and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee; Burbidge, Hatton-garden.
James Bryant, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, March 27, at
half-past twelve, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Soles
and '1 urn er, Aldermanbury.
Isaac Harris, clothier, Croydon, March 26, and May 4, at
half-past, eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Jacobs, IVinchester-
, buildings Winchester-street.
Henry Ward, paper manufacturer, Ludgate-street, City,
March 31, at two, and May 4, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Mardon and Co., Newgate-street, City.
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William Stone, laceinan, WoOd-sireet, City, March 23, at
one, and April 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy
Green, official assignee, Alderinaubury ; Lloyd, Milk-street,
Cheapside.
Ellison and Goodworth, linen manufacturers, Barnsley,
York, March 31 and April2o, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Pocock, Bartholo-
mew-close ; Mence, Barnsley ; Bond, Leeds.
Joseph Whalley and Charles Whalley, seedsmen, Liver-
pool, March 31 and April 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hall and
Co., Verulam• buildings, London ; Neal, Liverpool.
Richard Barnes Preston, coal dealer, Leigh, Gloucester,
April 3, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Newman
and Co., Cheltenham.
Cornelius Brady, commission agent, Aston-nigh Birming-
ham, April 4, and May 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Chantler and Co., Gray's Inn-square, London ; Harding,
Birmingham.
Richard Edwards, woollen-draper, Huddersfield, April 6
and 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds; Robinson, Huddersfield; Bond, Leeds.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
produce of the British possessions in America, computed
from the returns made in the week ending March 17, 1846, is
355. 44:1. per cwt.
[Dividends, &c., in our Next.]

COURSE OF EXCHA.
Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 93.2
Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 6
Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 12 10
Antwerp • • ............ 25 15
Hamburgh . • M.B. 13 15%
Altona . • ........ ......
Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 80 •
Ditto, 3 mouths . . 26 5
Marseilles . • • • 26 5
Bourdeaux.... ..
Frankfort on Maine.... 122%
Petersburgh, 3 • •
Berlin •• •••• ..... ••••

STGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar.. • —
Leghorn ........
Genoa . • • • • . .... • •
Milan
Venice.... .... .. • • ~
Naples ...... • •
Palermo, per oz .. l l 9
Lisbon •• . • .. 52.74,
Oporto .. . • • •
Rio Janeiro • . 24
Bahia .......... • • • • • •

Vienna, e tree. flo • • • • 10 10%
Trieste, ditto .. ..... . 10 10%
Madrid . ..... .. 36
Cadiz • : 3614
Bilba0..
Barcelona • • •

5ni11e......... : :

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Buenos Ayres .....
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .... ..
PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5
INew Doubloons . . 0 0
Now Dollars .• • • 0 4 9%
Sliver in bars

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RAILWAY TaAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that Is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year :

Week
ending

Last
week.

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PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons,

FRIDAY, MARCH 20.
The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members :
Inverness and Elgin—Mr. H. Baillic and Mr. C. Bruce.
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin—Mr. Bannerman and Mr. Lockhart.
North Wales—Mr. Mostyn and Mr. Hughes.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE.

The following resolutions were reported from this Committee:—

1. That, in the case of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
petition for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the sessional order
ought not to be dispensed with.
2. That, in the case of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway
petition for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the sissional order
ought not to be dispensed with.
3. That, in the case of the Welsh Midland Railway petition, the
standing orders ought not to be dispensed with.
4. That, in the case of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and
Kidderminster Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be
dispensed with.
5. That, in the case of the East and West India Docks and Bir-
mingham Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bill, with the exception of the clauses giving power to the
London and Birmingham Railway Company and to the East and
West India Company to subscribe to the undertaking ; and that the
Conimittee,on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such
orders hove been complied with, and do report the same to the House
on the report of the Bill.
Fifth resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table.

SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. .
MONDAY, MARCH 23.
Scottish Central (Denny Branch).
Scottish Central (Alloa Branch). '
Scottish Central (Crieff Branch). •
Scottish Central (Perth Termini and Stations).
Stratbtay and Breadalbane.
Caledonian Northern Direct.
Caledonian (Langholmc Branch).
Stlrlingshire Midland Junction.
Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviation).
Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches).
Caledonian (Carlisle Deviation).
Poiloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Amalgamation.
Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase).
Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Direct. .
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Bridge of Weir Branch).
Caledonian, Polioc and Govan, & Clydesdale Junction Amalgamation,
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct (Branches to Paisley).
South Wales (No. 2).
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amendment.
Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Extension.
Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth.
Banffshire.

Mr. Se
lect on p No. 12.
r. Hamilton selected and Committee Group
added to the Committee, vice Lord
Brooke discharged.

PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, MARCH 20.
CUSTOMS (TIMBER DUTIES).
Question put, " That the Muse do agree with the Committee in
the said Resolution." The House divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, 232.
Acheson, Viscount Ellice, E., Jun. Napier, Sir C.
Acland, T. D. Ellis, Wynn Neville, Ralph
A'Court, Captain Elphinstone, H. O'Brien, J.
Aglionby, li. A. Escott, Bickham O'Connell, M. J.
Ainsworth, Peter Elwell, Ralph O'Connell, John
Aldan), W. Evans, Sir lie Lac Ord, William
Antrobus, E. Ewart, William Osborne, Ralph
Archbold, Robert Feilden, William Palmerston, Viscount
Baillie, Colonel Fitzroy, Henry Parker, John
Baillie, H. J. Fitzroy, Lord C. Patten, J. W.
Baina, Walter Fitzwilliam, G. W. Pechell, Captain
Bairl, William Flower, Sir J. Peel, Sir Robert
Baldwin, Barry Forster, Matthew Peel, Jonathan
Bannerman, A Fox, C. It. Pluturidge, Captain

Barclay, David
Barkly, Henry
Baring, F. T.
Baring, W. B.
Barnard, E. G.
Beckett, William
Berkeley, Craven
Berkeley, Captain
Bernal, Ralph
Blake, M. J.
Blewitt, Reginald
Bodkin, W. H.
Bottleld, Beriah
Bouverie, E. P.
Bowes, John
Bowles. Admiral
Bowring, Dr.
Bridgeman, Hewitt
Bright, John
Bretherton, J.
Browne, W.
Brownrigge, J. S.
Bruce, Lord E.
Buller, Charles
Busfeild, W.
Cardwell, Edward
Carew, W. IL Pole
Carnegie, Captain
Cavendish, G. 11.
Chapman, B.
Chichester, Lord J.
Clay, Sir W.
Clerk Sir George
Cobden, Richard
Cochrane, A.
Cockburn Sir G.
Colebrooke, Sir T.
Collett, John
Copeland, Ald.
Corry, 11.
Courtenay, Lord
Cowper, W. F.
Craig, W. G.
Crawford, W. S.
Cripps, William
Currie, R.
Dalmcny, Lord
Dalrymple, Captain
Dawson, T. V.
Denison, E. B.
Dennistoun, John
D'Eyncourt, C. T.
Dickinson, F. F.
Dodd, George
Douglas, Sir C. E.
Douro, Marquis of
Duke, Sir J..
Duncan, George
Duncannon, Lord
Duncombe, T.
Dundas, Admiral
Easthope, Sir John
Ebringtoii, Lord
Egerton, Sir P.
Ellice, Edward

J. P.
Arkwright, Sr.
Astell, William
Bagge, NVllliatn

Gibson, T. M. Powell, Caleb
Gill, Thomas Price, Sir R.
Gore,;Montague Protheroe, Edward
Goulburn, Hoary Pulsford, Robert
Graham, Sir J. Rawdon, Colonel
Granger, T. C. Reid, Sir John
Greene,Jhomas Reid, Colonel
Grey, Sir G. Rumbold, C. E.
Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, Lord John
Hall, Sir Benjamin Russell, Lord E.
Hamilton, W. J. Russell, J. D.
Hamilton, Lord C. Ryder, Granville D.
Harmer, Sir J. Sandon, Viscoant
Hatton, Captain Scott, It.
Hawes,il3enjamin Scrope, G. P.
Mayes, Sir E. Bart. Seyraour, Lord
Heathcoat, John Seymour, Sir H. B.
Hill, Lord Marcus Sheridan, R. B.
Hindley, Charles Smith, Benjamin
Hobhouse, Sir J. Smith, J. A.
Hogg, J. W. Smith, Vernon
Holland, Robert smythe, George
Hope, G. W. Servers, J. P.
Hamby, John Somerset, Lord G.
Howard, C. W. G. Somerville, Sir W.
Howard, E. G. Stansileld, W. R.
Howard, P. 11. Stuart, Lord J.
Hughes, W. B. Stuart, Henry
Hume, Joseph Stratt, Edward
llumphery, Ald. Tancred, 11. W.
Hutt, William Thesiger, Sir F.
James, William Thornely, T.
James, Sir W. Tomline, G.
Jenny'', Earl Townely, John
Jocelyn, Viscount Trelawny, J. S.
Johnstone, Hope Trench, Sir F.
Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Tulhell, Henry
Kelly, James Turner, Edmund
Labouchere, Ilenry Vernon, G. H.
Langston, J. 11. Villiers, Charles
Lascelles, W. S. Vivian, J. 11.
Layat d, Captain Vivian, Captain
Legh, G. C. Wakley, Thomas
Lockhart, A. E. Walker, Richard
Macaulay, T. B. Wall, C. B.
31`Carthy, Alex. Warburton, Henry
31`Geachy, F. A. Ward, 11. G.
31`Neill, Duncan Wawn, J T.
3PTaggart, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C.
Mahon. Lord White, Samuel
Mainwaring, T. Wilde, Sir Thomas
Marjoribanks, S. Williams, W.
Marshall, William Wilshere, W.
Martin, John Wood, Charles
Masterman, John Wood, Colonel T.
Mauls, Fox Wersley, Lord
Meynell, Captain Wortley, J. S.
Milnes, R. Moncktoll Wrightson, W. B.
Mitcalfe, Ilenry Wyse, Thomas
Moffatt, George Yorke, H. R.
Molesworth, Sir W.
Morpsth, Viscount TELLERS,
Morris, David Young, John
Morison, General Baring, Henry
3funtz, G. F.

MINORITY—NOES, 109.
Fitzrnaurice, C. O'Brien, A. S.
Floyer, John Pack°, C. W.
Forbes, William Palmer, Robert
Fox, S. L. Palmer, G.

Bagot, Willi am Fuller, A. E. Pigot, Sir Robert
Bailey, Joseph Gaskell, J. M. Rashleigh, W.
Bantle, William Gooch, E. S. Rendlesham, Lord
Bankes, George Grogan, E. Repton, G. W.
Bennett, I'hilip • Halford, Sir Henry Richards, Richard
Bentinck, Lord G. Ball, Colonel Scott, F.
Minnick, Lord H. Halsey, T. P. Seymer, H. K.
Borthwick, Peter Harris, Hon. Capt. Shaw, F.
13rainston, T. W. lleathcote, G..T. Shirley, E. J.
Brisco, M. Ileathcotc, Sir W. Shirley, E. I'.
Broadley, Henry Henley, .J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel
Broadwood, 11. Hildyard, T. B. Smyth, Sir H.
Brooke, Lord Ilinde, J. H. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Bruce, C. L. C. Hope, Sir .7. Spooner, Richard
Bruges, W. H. hope, Alexander Stanley, E.
Buck, Lewis W. Hudson, G. Stuart, J.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hurst, R. 11. Taylor, J. A.
Campbell, Sr H. Inglis, Sir R. Thompson, Ald.
Cayley, E. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Tollemache, J.
Chaudos, Marq. of Knight, F. W. Trollope, Sir J.
Cholmondelcy, 11. Knighticy, Sir C. Tumor, C.
Churchill, Lord A. S. Law, lion. C. E. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Clifton, J. T. Lawson, Andrew Vyse, R. li. It. 11.
Compton, 11. C. Lennox, Lord G. 11. Waddington, 11. S.
Disraeli, B. Mackenzie, T. Walpole, S. H.
Douglas, Sir H. Mackenzie, W. F, Walsh, Sir J. H.
Douglas, .1. D. S. Maclean, Donald Williams, T. P.
Duncombe, A. Manners, Lord John Worcester, Marquis
Duncembe, 0. March, Earl of Yorke, E. T.
Da Pre, C G Maunsell, T. B.
Farnham, E. B. Maxwell, Hon. J. P.
Fellowes, E. Miles, Philip W. S.
Filmer, Sir E. Miles, IVilllam
Finch, George Nceld, John

TELLER.!.
Beresford. Major
Newdegate, N.

TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question put,
That the 13111 be now read a second time." The House divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, 45.
Aglionby, 11. A. Denison, E. B. Masterman, John
Antrobus, Edmund Douglas, Sir C. Osborne, Ralph
Baring, Henry Duncan, George Peel, Sir Robert
Bentinek, Lord G. Ellice, Edward Peel, Jonathan
Borthwick, P. Escott, Blckham Powell, Caleb
Bouverie, Edward P. Greene, Thomas Seymer, Henry Fier
Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, W. J. Somerville, Sir W.
Bruce, Lord E. Hamilton, Lord Claud Stuart, Henry
Buller, Charles Hawes, Benjamin Tufnell, Henry
Cardwell, Edward Ilindley Charles Vyse, R.
Carnegie, Captain Hope, 0. W. Wawn, J. T.
Clerk, Sir G. Howard, Sir R. Woraley, Lord
Cooburit, Sir G. Hudson, G. , Young, John
Corry, llenry Ruggles, W. B. . Ts""s"
Craig, W. 0. Jermyn, Earl ' 'batch, Earl of
Dalmeney, Lord Johnstone, Hope ; Hanle, Fos

MINORITY—NOES, 13.
Baillie, William Mackenzie, T. Yorke, E. T.
Cripps, W. M'Ncill, Duncan
Dennistoun, J. Itashleigh, W.
Forbes, Wm. Scott, Francis
Graham, Sir James Waddington, H. S.
Lockhart, A. E. Wortley, J. S.

TELLERS.
Mackenzie, N. F.

Campbell, Hagh

THE CASE OF POISONING AT
BROMLEY.

The inquiry into this mysterious affair, adjourned from
the sth inst., was resumed yesterday, for the 13th time, at
the Swan Tavern, Bromley. The proceedings extended
ever several hours, but partly owing to its having been
thought advisable to examine certain witnesses privately,
and partly to the fact that much of the evidence was
merely of a corroborative nature, few facts were brought to
light beyond those with which the public are already fa-
miliar from reports of previous investigations.
At one of the late sittings of the jury, while the Court was
cleared of strangers, a person named Barrett, who holds a
responsible situation in the Bromley post-office, produced an
anonymous letter, which he stated he had received a day
or two previous. The letter charged him with having
been accessory to the death of the deceased, and called on
him to confess his guilt. The handwriting was not known,
nor was any suspicion entertained as to who was the author
of the communication. Subsequently to this letter being re-
ceived by Barrett, the coroner received two anonymous let-
ters in a similar handwriting, each describing Barrett as the
guilty party. The authorship of the two latter letters was
owned yesterday by a person who stands in a near degree of
relationship to one on whom some suspicion has fallen. His
object in writing the same was not satisfactorily explained,
and the effect certainly does not tend to weaken that
suspicion. _ _

A letter, which had been received from Miss Williams, in
which she stated that Thomas Churcher had brought some
biscuits to her house on the Monday night on which deceased
was first missed, was produced.
Several witnesses were examined, and questions having
been addressed to Mr. Vcrrall, the minister of Bromley
Chapel, and one or two other persons as to the authenticity
of a letter received by the coroner, signed Chyrnicus" (in
which it was attempted to be shown that the deceased had
attempted suicide), without any satisfactory result, the pro-
ceedings were, at 4 o'clock, adjourned.

BRUTAL OUTRAGE BY TWO SOLDIERS. Gunners
Ilolloway Spence and Buruard Aulay, 7th battalion of the Roya /Ar •
tillery, at 'Woolwich, were charged with committing a brutal assault
upon Caroline Ship, Henry Bailey, and Charles Norman. It appeared
that Caroline Ship was passing the night previous, about half-past
ten o'clock, the Royal Standard, in High-street, when, without the
least cause, the prisoner Spence knocked her down and kicked her.
Bailey came up to her assistance, and was served in the same way.
The prisoners went on, whon they met Norman, and without saying
a word felled him to the ground, and so continued on till Police-con-
stable Walker, 298 R, hearing the cry of "Murder," ran to the rpot.
The prisoners tried to escape up an alley, but, after a most desperate
struggle, were apprehended. .An officer of the Royal Artillery
attended to watch the proceedings. The magistrate fined the pri-
soners 20s. each, or twenty-one days' imprisonment. The officer
said the fine for gunner Spence, and the other stood committed.
GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, MARCH 17.—The market
has remained in much the came state for the last week past ; the
tendency is rather to a decline, which is the snore surprising, as there
are large shipments being made for foreign orders and coastwise. A
sale was made, to-day, by an extensive maker, at 695. cash, which
we quote as the price.-674.7007 rational.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
FIOUSE OF LORDS, March 20.
The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at
Five o'clock.

FEVER (IRELAND) BILL.
The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the first reading of
the Fever (Ireland) Bill.—Agreed to.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.
The Earl of RIPON brought in a Bill to alter and amend
the present laws affecting the relief of insolvent debtors. He
moved that it be read a first time this day, and a second time
is Monday.—Agreed to.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Red-
stock against the repeal of the corn-laws.
PRINT WORKS BILL.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved the second reading of
the Print Works Bill. In the Act of last session it was stated
that the period for children attending school was limited to
50 days a-year. The present alteration corrected what was
merely a clerical error, by making it 30 days in each six months.
The Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed
on Monday.
INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from eminent stove
manufacturers in St. Paul's Churchyard, complaining that
certain persons were infringing on their rights by copying the
improvements they had effected in their articles of manu-
facture.
COURT OF REQUESTS, MANCHESTER.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from Manchester,
complaining of the processes of the Court of Requests there
and the incompetency of the commission.
CORN-LAWS.

The NOBLE LORD had further to present a petition, if the
Noble Duke (the Duke of Richmond) would allow him, from the
landlords, tradesman, and inhabitants of Penrith. They com-
plained of the delay in passing the Corn Bill, and this everyone
seemed to do, excepting the Noble Duke himself.—(Langhter. )
The Duke of RICHMOND did not wish the Bill paned at
all. —( Continued laughter.)
Lord CAMPBELL, while the Noble and Learned Lord was
addressing the Noble Duke on the cross benches, rose, and
amid much laughter said, in a " loud whisper," that he
(Lord Campbell) also had some petitions to present.
Lord BROUGHAM—The petitioners urged that the post-
ponement of the petition was a comprom►se of justice, and
they therefore prayed for the total and immediate repeal of the
corn-laws. (The pointed manner in which the Noble Lord
addressed the Noble Duke created much laughter.)
The Duke of RICHMOND was not surprised that those
persons should complain. The Bill was hurried through Par
liament to avoid the outcry which would be raised against it
throughout the country.
Lord BROUGHAM said that it was hurried on at the pace
of the snail rather than of the swift-footed Achilles.
Lord STANLEY said he had several petitions to present to
their Lordships' House upon the same subject as that of the
petition presented by the Noble Lord who had just set down.
The first of these petitions was from the tenant-farmers of the
county of lladdington, who stated that they viewed the
contemplated change in the corn-laws with darn:, and that
grain should not be imported into this country from foreign
countries without adequate protection to the home
grower, an hat at least they should he compensated in the
event of such a Bill passing. He had another petition to
present from the churchwardens and inhabitants of Newchapel,
in Lancashire, which stated that the passing of the Bill would
be attended with results the most prejudicial to the general
welfare of the British empire, and that the manufacturing
cla,,ses did not require the passing of such a law. He
had another petition from the inhabitants of a parish
in the county of Flint against the same Bill, and the petitioners
hoped they would not be sacrificed. The next petition which
he had to present, upon the same subject, was from two parishes
in the county of Kildare, in Ireland, and the petitioners, in
their prayer, drew rather a curious distinction. They stated
that they viewed the contemplated change with consterna-
tion, as one calculated to have an injurious effect upon
the agricultural interests of that country, and that, in the
event of its passing, the Irish farmers should receive compensa-
tion, and that the general interest of toe Irish farmer should
be protected.— (Laughter.) He agreed with the petitioners,
and regretted that they had not gone as far as he could wish.
He deplored the introduction of this Bill, and trusted it would
never receive their Lordships' sanction.
IRISH BISHOPS' REVENUES.

Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the bishop and
clergy of the diocese of Kilmore, praying that the poor-rate
should not be deducted from their incomes. The petitioners
therefore prayed that they might be assessed to the poor-rates
upon the gross profits.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition in favour of the
Great (Irish) Western Railway. The Noble Lord also
presented a petition from the grand jury of the city of
Limerick, praying the Government to afford the people the
means of improving the harbour in that locality, and whilst he
did so he wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the
Admiralty whether it was probable that the Government re-
port respecting the harbour in question would be shortly laid
on the table of the House ?

Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the report had been
signed that day, and it would be laid on the table of the
House in the course of next week. It would have been
brought forward at at. earlier ,period, but there was a natural
desire on the part of the Government to present the reports
respectng the other harbours of Ireland at the same time.
The Earl of CLARE entirely concurred with what had fallen
from his Noble Friend.
BRITISH AND IRISH UNION RAILWAY.
_ _ .

Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition in favour of this
line of railway.
TEIECASE OF MR. GULSTON.

The Earl of CLANCARTY said be took that opportunity
of stating that Mr. Gulston had produced the documents
which had been referred to last night. That gentle.
man considered that he had no right to produce the papers
without an order from the Commissioners. That had been ob-
tained and the papers given up.
Lerd BROUGHAM did not think there had been any irre-
gularity manifested on the present occasion. He had read the
letter of Mr. Gulston to the Commissioners, for leave to
produce the papers, and thought he had acted in the
matter with due consideration. He was glad to hear that
the Commissioners had seen the propriety of not setting
themselves in opposition to the privileges of the House.
The Earl of CLANCARTY would be the last person in that
House to accuse the Learned Lord of irregularity.—(Loud
laughter. )
Lord MONTEAGLE said that Mr. Gulston had written
from Ireland asking for certain letters, for the purpose of using
them for his own case. The answer that was given was not
for one moment to withhold the documents. It was therefore
no objection, but still he considered the question put by the
Noble and Learned Lord was a very proper one.
Lord BROUGHAM—The better way of judging► the ques-
tion would be to see the letters of the Commissioners to Mr.
G ulston.

Lord CLARE said that the very moment. the letters were
sent for Mr. Gulston received the authority of the Commis-
sioners for their production. He might produce them if he
liked; he, however, considered he had no right to produce
them till he had the order to do se from the Commissioners.

Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills,
requesting their Lordships' assent. —Ordered to lie on the table.
FEVER (IRELAND) BILL.
The Earl ST. GERMANS stated, with reference to the
Bill which the Noble Duke had introduced that evening, that
he trusted their Lordships, considering the very important
nature of the provisions of the Bill and the pressing demand
for its speedy operation, dispense with the usual standing orders
of the House, and allow the Bill to be passed into law wih all
possible dispatch.
METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT.

Their Lordships then went into Committee on this Bill, and
several clauses were gone through and agreed to, And the Bill
ordered to be read a third time on Monday next.
LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY BILL.

The Marquis of'CLANRICARDE said that in reference to
petitions he presented last night, he would wish to call their
Lordships to postpone his motion, and send the parties to the
petition before the Committee on Standing Orders. The reason
he made this request was, that the petitions were placed in his
hands only on Monday last, and the fact of those petitions not
having been presented in time, was owing to his hav-
ing held them over, with a view to consult other
Noble Lords, and have Noble and Learned Lords' opinion
urn the nature of their contents. Therefore, the blame of
the parties being too late in the presentation of them was en-
tirely attributable to him ; on those grounds, then, he had
no hesitation in requesting their Lordships to permit the peti-
tioners to go before the Committee on Standing Order, on
Monday next, when they could be heard, and no injury would
be done to any party. He, therefore, begged to move that
the petition be referred to the Committee on Standing
Orders.
Lord BEAUMONT said lie would object to this proceeding
as being quite irregular. He could not see why this request
should be granted in favour of one party and refused to
ethers.
Lord MONTEAGLE said that he had refused to present a
petition, praying to be heard before the Standing Orders'
Committee, because he thought that if their rules were de-
parted from, the standing orders of the House would be ren-
dered worthless. But there was a distinct difference where the
parties interested did all that in them lay, and the rule was
laid down absolutely in the other House of Parliament that a
petition which was requested to•be printed through a Member
of the House, if in consequence of his absense from town
that Member was unable to be in his place, the House uni-
formly extended the period of indulgence in those cases;
although not in any other, because it would be a great hard.
ship indeed if these parties were defeated by a casual accident,
which deprived any Member of the power of presenting it.
He called their Lordships' attention to the very great diffe-
rences which existed in the cases. He (Lord Monteagle) had
refused to present the petition yesterday, because the parties
by the negligence of their agent had committed the fault, but
it would be very hard to deprive any subject of the realm of the
power of presenting a petition, because one of their own body
had, either through negligence or absence from town at the
time, no power of doing so.
Earl GREY saw no objection to the motion of the Noble
Lord, for he thought that the parties petitioning had a perfect
right to see if the contract deed was good or not. He could
net see the smallest objection to the motion, because it would
not interpose the smallest delay to the progress of the Bill.
Lord CAMPBELL did not see that any degree of blame
could be imputed to the Noble Lord beside him. He had been
intrusted with the presentation of these petitions, and he
thought the course he was at present pursuing was the proper
one. He repeated that no blame could be imputed to the par-
ties who were promoting the Bill, because they had done all in
their power. This application seemed to him (Lord Campbell)
a very just one, and deserving the attention of the House.
The Earl of SHAFTE SBURY, who was very indistinctly
heard, was understood to say that the Noble Lord had better
give notice to suspend the standing order, when the petitions
would come on in the regular course on Monday.
Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 20.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes to Four.

SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to
be committed :
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement
Harrogate Gas
York Improvement
Sutton Harbour and Docks (Plymouth)
Commercial Road
Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Greenhill Branch)
Sheffield Markets
New Zealand Company
Hartlepool Gas and Water
Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks
Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford Railways Anal•

garnation
Manche!ter and Southr.mpton Railway.
THIRD READINGS.

The following Bills ;ere read a third time and passed,
Aylesbury Small Tenements
Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas
Downpatrick Gas.
Numerous petitions in favour of and against various railway
Bills were presented and ordered to lie on the table.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.
Petitions in favour of this line were presented by Mr. Milner
Gibson, from upwards of 3,000 merchants, traders, and inha-
bitanti of Manchester, representing one-fourth of the entire
assessment of the borough ; by Mr. G. W. Hope, from the
mayor and corporation of Southampton ; by the same Hon.
Gentleman, from upwards of 2,000 merchants,• bankers,
tradesmen, and burgesses of Soltharepeen; )7 )1 Crum