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to get the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to move
without an address to the Crown. In the last session of
Parliament the Commissioners refused to take any step
upon a report of that House upon the subject, and the
reason they expressed for such refusal Was, that hti
addres3 has been made to the Crown. This, therefore,
was a good reason for the adoption of the address which
the Noble Marquis had proposed. Ile thought it would
be best to have it to the discretion of the Woods and
Forests, without recommending them the adoption of any
particular course.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the pro-
gress, or rather the absence of progress, in building the
Houses was perfectly notorious. He should submit that
the consideration of the question had better be ad-
journed till the report of the Committee was printed.
He considered that it was necessary that their Lord-
ships should have the House ready for their reception,
and that they shout not be subject to delay occasioned
by the disputes of parties who might attempt utopian
systems of ventilation. There was but one other de-
partment which could take cognisance of this subject, and
that was the Treasury ; but that department was
already so overloaded with business that he knew of
no other department that ought to have it in charge
than the Board of Woods and Forests ; and, therefore,
he trusted the House ,would not take it off their hands.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said there could be no
doubt that the recommendation of the Noble Marquis
who had just sat down ought to be adopted, namely,
that the question should be adjourned for the present,
in order to ascertain what proceeding had been taken by
the other House of Parliament. The Government were
responsible in some measure for this delay, but they
were not wholly responsible, inasmuch as that respon-
sibility had been to some degree limited ; but if the
Board of Woods and Forests were to undertake the su-
perintendence of those who were employed to complete
this building, it would be better to leave it in their
hands. Government was most anxious to carry out the
intention of the House, and also to carry out such de-
tails as might seem consistent with the wishes of both
Houses of Parliament. He was in favour of the motion
of the Noble Marquis, but he wished it to be adjourned.
Lord CAMPBELL thought there was no reason to
say that the motion of the Noble Marquis interfered
with the other House of Parliament. At the time the
plans of the Houses of Parliament were accepted, it was
said that their Lordships Would be able to take their
seats in four years; and it was not till long after that
period that Parliament interfered. It had been said
that the other House had shown no intention of co
operating with their Lordships They had pit a chem•
ber which, for hearing, temperature, and ventilation,
was perfect, and they might think themselves fortunate
if they should be as well off in any exchange they might
make. The chamber their Lordships occupied was in
every respect inconvenient, and especially so in the
morning, and Lord Brougham had, in consequence of
the temperature, frequently been obliged to leave whilst
hearing an important cau.e. He thought that if a loyal
and dutiful address were presented to her Majesty, it
would have the effect of calling the attention of the
Government to the subject.
After a few words from Viscount CANNING and Lord
R EDESDALE,

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1 TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. , half-past eleven, and May 11, at twelve, at the Court of
), Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
, bars J Reed... and La,ngford, Friday-street. . _ . WHITEHALL, MARCH 30.
. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
and ay 11, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
posed . oder the Great. Seal Of the 'United Kingdom o 1 , Jointsi Robert Ellis, brassfounder, Houndschtchi April 7,
Great it Britain and Ireland, appointing the Right
Honourablee
J.CahmarelsesADCanning,e , the
RRightt Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Lawrence and
Plews, Bucklersbury.
Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Right John Spaul, wine merchant, Beer-lane, Lower Thames-
Hon. John Charles Herries, and Sir John Mark Frederic street, April 8, at half-past one, and May 14, at eleven, at
John
ew Viscount
o f
Smith, Lieut.-Colonel of the Royal Corps of Engineers, to be the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
her Majesty's Commissioners for investigating and reporting , street buildings ; Philip, Great St. Helens.
upon the various railway projects, of which the termini are I .
Valentine Elkins coachmaker Southampton. place, Euston-
proposed to be established within or in the immediate vicinity , ' 'the
square, April 14, and May 15, at twelve, at Court of
of the metropolis. Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Fiddey,
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 28. Paper-buildings, Temple. .
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Theophilus Shep- Michael Kelly, provision-dealer, Liverpool, April 24, and
stone, Esq., to be Diplomatic Agent to the Native Tribes re- May 15. at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
siding within the district of Natal, in South Africa. official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple,
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Mac- London; Jones, Liverpool.
lean, Esq., Captain in the Army, to be Diplomatic Agent to I William Edmond and Thomas Edmond, merchants, Liver-
the T'Slambie, Congo, and Fingo Tribes, on the eastern fron- pool, April 17, and May 1, at twelve, at, the Manchester
tier of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Ab-
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 27. bott, Charlotte-street, London ; Atkinson, Saunders, and At-
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Frederic kinson, Manchester.
Peat, as Consul in the Bahama Islands for the Free Hanseatic Henry Dunington, glove manufacturer, Nottingham, April
city of Bremen. 14, at half past eleven, and May 8, at half-past ten, at the
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 31. Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir-
-3d Light Dragoons—Lieut. S. Fisher to be Captain, with- mingham ; Freeth and Rawson, Nottingham ; Hodgson,
out purchase, vice Brevet Major Herries, killed in action, Birmingham.
Dec. 19, 1845. John Hirst and Joseph Graham, cloth dressers, Dewsbury,
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Cornet 11. W. Yorkshire, April 13 and May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
White, vice Fisher ; Cornet J. D. White, vice Newton, killed trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson,
in action, Dec. 19 ; Cornet J. Rathwell, vice Codd, killed in Verulam-buildings, London; Cariss, Leeds.
action, Dec. 22. Thomas Kenworthy Rowbotham,bookkeeper, Huddersfield,
To be Cornets, without purchase—Cornet E. J. Thackwell, Yorkshire, April 13 and May 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
from the 16th Light Dragoon, vice H. W. White, promoted, trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Lever, Kin
elg's-
March 31, 1846 ; Sergeant-Major G. Kountze, vice J. D. road, Bedford-row, London ; Robinson, Huddersfid;
White, April 1, 1846; H. P. Sale, Gent., vice Rathwell, Sanderson, Leeds.
April 2, 1846; T. H. Stisted, Gent., vice Worley, killed in James Roger Havard, commission agent, Rhymney, Bre-
action, April 3, 1846 ; G. T. Gough, Gent., vice Ellis, killed conshire, April 23, and May 15, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
in action, April 4, 1846. trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Phillpotts,
16th Light Dragoons. Glamorganshire.
To be Comets, without purchase —F. L. Dashwood, Gent., John Scott, fruiterer; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 6at
vice Bruce, killed in action, March 31 ;W. S. Lockhart, twelve, and May 25, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Gent., vice Thackwell, appointed to the 3d Light Dragoons, District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-
April 1. Tyne ; Harle, Newcastle-upon= Tyne ; Chisholm, Hall, and
4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign A. V. D. Harris, to be Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Morris; de•:easeti, Nov. 18. DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
9th Foot. W. Blink hom, manufacturing chemist, Little Bolton—first
To be Lieutenants-Colonels, without purchase—Major G. div. of 2s. 30. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of
L. Davis, vice Colonel Sir J. M,Caskill, killed in action ; Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
Dec. 19, 1845. Major C. Barnwell, vice Taylor, killed in J. Gainer, dyer, Bridgend, Gloucestershire—a div. of 2s.
action, Dec. 22, 3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hut-
To be Majors, without purchase—Brevet-Major C. Dou- ton, Bristol.
glas, vice Davis, Dec. 19; Brevet-Major M. Smith, vice W. I. Newman, horse dealer, Norton, _Gloucestershire—a
Barnwell, Dec. 22. div. of 3s. ld. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of
To be Captains without purchase—Lieutenant C. M. Mr. Hutton, Bristol.
Creagh, vice Douglas, Dec. 18 ; Lieutenant C. Elmhirst, W. R. Watts, chemists, Bath—a div of 94d. in the pound,
vice Smith, Dec. 22 ; Lieutenant D. M. Bethune, vice Dunne, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol.
killed in action, Dec. 22 ; Lieutenant W. Shelton, vice Feild, J. Young, shipbuilder, Newport—a div. of lid. in the
killed in action, Dec. 31. pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign H. Thomas, J. Moore, draper, Tamworth—a div. of 2s. 3d. in the
vice Creagh, Dec. 19, 1845 ; Ensign R. G. Cumming, vice Pound, any Friday-, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-
Elmhirst, Dec. 22, 1845; Ensign W. H. Forster, vice Hook, court, Basinghall-street.
appointed Adjutant, Dec. 22, 1845; Ensign G. H. Hawes, J. S. Herring, builder, Cecilia-place, Spa-road, Bermond-
vice Sievwright, died of his wounds, Jan. 4, 1846; Ensign sey—a div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office
W. H. Stirling, vice Shelton, March 31. of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street.
To be Ensigns,
without purchase—Sergeant-Major J. D. Baseley, cheesamonger, High-street, Southwark—a div.
Whiteside, vice Thomas, March 31; A. Sievwright, Gent., of 21d. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr.-Fol-
vice Cumming, April 1 ; W. P. Terry, Gent., vice Forster, lett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall- street.
April 2;H. R. Browne, Gent., vice Hawes, April 3;C. W. B. Baldwin, warehouseman, Liverpool—a div. of ss. 4d.
Loinsworth, Gent., vice Hanham, promoted in the (12d Foot, in the pound, any Friday, at, the office of Mr. Follett, Sam-
April 4 ; S. B. M. Skinner, Gent., vice Richardson, pro- brook-court, Basinghall-street.
meted in the 62d Foot, April 5. C. Yates, banker, Stafford—fourth and final div. of 3s. 3d.
To be Adjutant—Lieut. L. Hook, vice Bethune, promoted, in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie
Dec. 22, 1845. Birmingbard;

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE consented to the
course recommended by the Noble Duke, and moved
that the debate be adjourned till a future period. He
did not expect that it would be resumed till after the
evidence was printed, and he dd not think that would
be till after the holidays. The subject might be
dropped altogether if the Government would interfere
and settle the differences referred to themselves.

17th Foot—F. H. D. Marsh, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Johnston, appointed to the 41st Foot,
March 31.
21st Foot—The Hon. C. M. H. Forbes to be Second Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Mkes, promoted to the 31st
Foot, March 31. _ _

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Jenkins, currier, Crown-place, Old Kent-road, April 22,
at one—T. Pulvertoft, iron-master, Pembrey, Carmarthen-
shire, April 22, at one—T. Pulvertoft, T. Gaunt, C. Benner,
and J. Calthor, iron-masters, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire,
April 22, at one—J. Calthorp, iron-master, Pembrey, Car-
marthenshire, April 22, at one—J. Hill, licensed victualler,
Queen-street, Hammersmith, April 21, at one—J. Waddell,
shipbroker, Lime-street, April 21, at half-past eleven—C.
Bonner, scrivener, Spalding, April 22, at one—G. Stephen,
scrivener, Skinner's-place, Sise-lane, April 17, at twelve—.
A. L. Newton, merchant, Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, April
21, at two—R. Musgrove, woollen draper, Birmingham, April
21, at one—W. H. Alexander and C. 13. Richards, hard-
waremen, Upper Clifton-street, Finsbury, April 24, at twelve
—J. Durnall, ironmonger, Dover, April 22, at one.
In the Country.
E. and T. Oldham, builders, Chalford, Gloucestershire,
April 2?, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—J. Lowthin
and U. J. Brinley, printers, Ne*CaStle-upon-Tyne, April 23,
at half-past one, at the lteweasitie-tipdti-Tyrie District Court
—J. Henderson, horse dealer, High Crosby, Cumberland, April
23, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—
?. Hansen, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 23, at
one, at the Newcastle.upon-Tyne District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted,_ unless cause be shown to

The motion fur adjournment was then agreed to.
RAILWAY COMMITTEE.

22d Foot—Ensign T. Stack to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Smith, deceased, Nov. 18, 1845 ; A. J. B. L. Butt,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stack, March 81, 1846.
28th Foot—Ensign B. J. Lennox, from the 41st Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Moore, promoted, March 31.

On the motion of Lord KINNAIRD the members of
the Committee which he moved fur yesterday were
agreed to.

Their Lordships then adjourned.

29th FOot.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. H. P. L'Estrange,
vice Lur...as, killed in action ; Lieut. K. Murchison, vice
Molle, killed in action, March 20.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign H. R. White,
vice Carey, killed in action, Dec. 19, 1845 ; Ensign G. St. J.
Henderson, vice Simmons, killed in action, Dec. 22, 1845;
Ensign E. T. Scudamore, vice L'Estrange; Ensign A. A.
Dick, vice Jones, appointed Adjutant, March 20.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Sergeant-major G. Mit-
chell, vice White, March 31; W. S. Simmons, Gent, vice
Henderson, April 1; C. H. Levinge, Gent., vice Scudamore,
April 2; J. S. Henderson, Gent., vice Dick, April 3; R. J.
Evans, Gent., vice Richards, promoted, April 4.
To be Adjutant—Lieut. G. H. M. Jones, vice Murchison,
promoted, March 20.

HOUSE OF COMMOIVS, March 31.
There being only thirty-one Members present at Four
o clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

MONDAY, MARCII 30.

ORDERS OF THE DAY.
Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Orders of the
Day be now read, for the purpose of their being postponed until after
the Motion for reading the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill a first
time, of which notice has been given :"—Amendment proposed, to
leave out from the word " read" to the end of the Question :—Ques
tion put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the
Question." The House divided :

31st Foot

the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Coe, money scrivener, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, April 22
—I. Denning, watchmaker, Titchbourne-street, St. James's,
April 22—T. P. Hawley, cheesemonger, Brunswick-parade,
Barnsbtrry-road, Islington, April 22—R. Gunn, corn dealer,
Clare, Suffolk, April 2g.-1. Eedle, bookseller Chancery-lane,
April 22—T. Howell, tavern keeper, Queen's Head-passage,
Nevvgate-street, April 22—T. F. 4aunders, brewef, Burton-
upon-Trent, April 22—C. Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street,
Aprll22—l Challen, brevet, Odiam, Southampton, April 22
—G. W. Longridge, ironmonger, Sunderland, April 23—G.
P. Payne, dealer in optical instruments, Liverpool, April 21—
J. W. Frost, coffee dealer, Bank-lane, Kingslanct.green,
April 22—A. Oakley, seedsman, Southampton, April 23
H. Fricker, innkeeper, Southampton April 23--Yv V. Fisher,
commission agent, York‘ place, St. john's-wood, April 21—
T. Wren, sharebroker, Preston, Lancashire, April 22—R.
Kilpatrick and J. Smith, rope manufacturerS, Liverpool,
April 24—J. Miller, cordwainer, Southampton, April 21—
W. Wilke, builder, Leeds, April 21-...1V. Ibbotsori, merchant,
Sheffield, April 21—A. Palmer, druggist, Feltwell, Norfolk,
April 21—B. Wood, jun., wine merchant, Leeds, April 21—
T. Hodgson, bookseller, Lfrerpool, April 21—G. Osborn,
whip maker, Exeter, April 21-11. Agate, woollendraper,
Kingston-upon-Hull, April 21—M. Sturley, organ builder,
Southam, Warwickshire, April 21—J. F. Gee, linendraper,
Leeds, April 21—V. S. 1.1.. Lenormand, rhilliner Regent-street,
April 21—T. Ratnett, tailor, Cambridge, April 21.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. D. Norman and W. Rawlings, woollendrapers, Liver-
pool—S. R. and S. H. Jutsum, butchers, Aldgate High-street
—J. Hawkins, jun., and A. Smith, surgeons, Bristol—W. 11.
Grosvenor-square—J. —J. White and
Smith, J. Knowles, and J. Cooke, sharebrokers, Leeds—A.
Butterfield, H. Butterfield, and W. P. Butterfield, brick •
layers, Hitchin, Hertfordshire—J. Biogley and It. P. Petti-
grew, tailors, Duke-street, G squareR. Rouse, painters, Exeter—E. Allatt and J. Manuel, cabinet
makers, Sheffield—F. D. Lewis and G. R. Lowe, printers,
Laurence Pountney-lane, City—J. B. Pillin and T. Warren,
sword cutlers, Cursiter-street, Chancery-lane—G. Peel and
R. Carr, manufacturing chemists, Ossett, Yorkshire—J. H.
Coates and 3. Loveday, jewellers, Wakefield, Yorkshire—
W. and W. S. Young, hatters, Oxford-street—W. Cooper, J.
Cooper, and B. Best, preserved provision merchants, Cornhill
—T. and B. Butterworth, woollen manufacturers, Green-
booth, Lancashire--J. Boyle, F. P. Walker, jus., and E.
Butterworth, sharebrokers, Manchester— J. Dean and H.
Williams, sack dealers, Liverpool—J. Capstick and T. Bass,
general furnishing warehousemen, Portman-place, Edgware-
road—J. H. Bamford and J. Stell, cotton manufacturers,
Todmorden, Lancashire--T. Joyce and R. Church, carpenters,
Thatcham, Berkshire—P. A. Burrell and E. Paterson, attor-
neys, White Hart-court, Lombard-street—T. Helliwell and
W. Davis, sharebrokers, Halifax, Yorkshire—J. Pool and R.
Cooper, slopsellers, Commercial-road, East—S. and T. Cane,
weelwrights,Elmbon, Essex—H. Patteson, jun., and P. Hud-
dleston, sharebrokers, Threadneedle-street—C. M. and T.
Westmacott, seedsmen Cheapside—J. R. Cowell and R.
M'Laurin, sharebokers;Leeds—J. Gowland and J. Harbottle,
drapers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. F. Hayward and W.
Macdonald, Liverpool—J. Birkett and R. Foster, attorneys,
Liverpool—A. Park and J. Armstrong, surgeons, Gravesend
—R. and B. Urwick, Foster-lane, City—A. Ball and E.
Morris, surgeons, Spalding, Yorkshire—W. Lock, jun., R.
Lano, and A. H. Lano, stone merchants, Portland, Lancashire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Orr, spirit merchant, Glasgow, April 6 and April 27,
at twelve, at the office of Mr. Miller, Glasgow.
Edward Khull and Alexander Poison, printers, Glasgow,
April 3 and April 24, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Smith,
Glasgow.
Macgregor, Poison, and Co., publishers, Glasgow, April 3
and April 24, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Kerr,
Glasgow.
James Law, innkeeper, Kilmarnock, April 4 and April 25,
at two, at the chambers of Mr. Fulton, Kilmarnock.
David Smith, writer, Dundee, April 8 and April 29, at one,
at the Royal Hotel, Dundee.

To be Lieutenant Colonel, without purchase—Major J.
S. Spence, vice Bolton, died of his wounds, Jan. 5.
) e Majors, without purchase—Capt. T. Bulkeley, vice
Baldwin, died of his wounds, Dec. 31, 1845; Capt. G. D.
Young, vice Spence, Jan. 5.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. J. C. Brooke,
vice Willes, killed in action ; Lieut. J. S. Scott, vice Bulke.
ley; Lieut. J. Greenwood, vice Young, March 31.
To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign R. Mac-
kenzie, vice Brencley, killed in action; Ensign J. Paul, vice
Hart, killed in action, Dec. 19, 1845; Ensign H. P. Hutton,
vice Pollard, killed in action, Dec. 25, 1845; Ensign C. H.
G. Tritton, vice Brooke; Second Lieutenant W. C. Mikes,
from the 21st Foot, vice Scott; Ensign W. Du Vernet, from
the 50th Foot, vice Greenwood, March 31, 1846.
To be Adjutant and Lieutenant—Lieutenant A. S.
Bolton, from the 21st Foot, vice Bernard, killed in action,
Dec. 19, 1845.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Quartermaster Sergeant
W. Jones, vice Mackenzie, March 31 • Ensign J. O. Swaffield,
from the 48th Foot, vice Hutton, April 1; H. Brenchley,
Gent., vice Paul, April 2 ; F. It. Bernard, Gent., vice Tritten,
April 3 ; G. W. Baldwin, Gent., vice Kingsley, promoted in
the 80th Foot, April 4; S. Christian, Gent., vice Smith, pro-
mosed in the 80th Foot, April 5, 1846.
32d Foot--Lieut. H. Stewart, from the 68th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Duberly, who exchanges, March 31.
39th Foot—Ensign J. M. W. Ensor to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Harvey, killed in action, Dec. 22 ; 11.
M. Havelock, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ensor, March 31.
41st Foot—Ensign W. Johnston, from the 17th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice. Lennox, appointed to the 28th Foot, March 31.
48th Foot—C. R. Chichester, Gent., to be Ensign without
purchase, vice Swaftield, appointed to the 31st Foot,
March 31.

MAJORITY-AYES, 147.
Arland, T. D. Douglas, Sir H. Mahon, Lord
A'Court, Captain Douglas, Sir C. E. Maxwell, Hon. J. P.
Adderley, C. B. Douro, Marquis of Meynell, Captain
Arbuthnott, Hugh Drummond, H. Mimes, R Monckton
Baillie, Colonel Duncannon, Lord Morgan, 0.
Baillie, William Egerton,-,W. T. Mundy, E. M.
Baird, William Filmer, Sir E. Neville, Ralph
Baldwin, Barry Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, N.
Bankes, George Flower, Sir J. Owen, Sir John
Barkly, Henry Floyer, John Parke, C. W.
Baring, W. B. Fox, S. L. Palmer, Robert
Baskerville, T. B. Frewen, C. H. Patten, J. W.
Beckett, William Fuller, A. E. Peel, Sir Robert
Benbow, John Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan
Bennett, Philip Gordon, Hon. Capt. Polhill, Frederick
Bentinek, Lord G. Gore, Montague Itashleigh, W.
Benthick, Lord 11. Goulburn, Henry Reid, Colonel
Berestord, Major Graham, Sir J. Repton, G. W.
lilackbunie, J. I. Greene, Thomas Round, C. G.
Blackstone, W. S. Grogan, E. Round, John
Bodkin, W. 11. Hamilton, W. J. Russell, J. D.
Boldero, H. G. Harcourt ,G. G. Seynter, H. K.
Berthwick, Peter Hayes, Sir E. Bart. Shaw, F.
Bottleld, Beriah Heathcote, Sir W. Sheppard, T.
Bowies, Admiral Henley, J. W. Shirley, E. J.
Bramston, T. W. Herbert, Sidney Smythe, George
Broadley, Henry Hervey, Lord A. Somerset, Lord G.
Bruce, Lord E. Hodgson, R. Sotheron, T. H. S.
Buckley, Edmund Hogg, J. W. Spooner, Richard
Bu ler, Sir T. Hope, Alexander Stanton, W. 11.
Cardwell. Edward Rope, G. W. Stuart, J.
Carew, W. 11. Pole Hudson, G. Taylor, E.
Carnegie, Captain ingestre, Viscount Thesiter, Sir F.
Chelsea, Vise. Inglis, Sir It. Thompson, Ald.
Chute, W. L. W. James, Sir W. Tomline, G.
Clerk Sir Georgo Jermyn, Earl Trelawny, J. S.
Clive, Visc. Jocelyn, Viscount Trench, Sir F.
Cochrane, A. Johnstone, Hope Trotter, John
Cockburn, Sir G. Jolliffe, Sir W. 11. Vyse, R. H. R. H.
Collett, W. R. Jones, Captain Wall, C. B.
Coiquhoun, John Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Walpole, S. H.
Coote, Sir C. H. Kemble, li. Walsh, Sir J. H.
Copeland, Alderman Kirk, Peter Wood, Colonel T.
Corry, H. Lascelles, W. S. Worcester, Marquis
Cripps, William Legh, G. C. Wortley, J. S.
Davies, D. A. S. Lygon, General Yorke, E. T.
Deedes, W. Mackenzie, T. Yorke, H. R.
Denison, E. B. Maclean, Donald TELLERS.
Dick, Q. Al`Geachy, F. A. Young, John
Dickinson, F. H. IWNeill, Duncan Baring, Henry

50th Foot—Ensign Amos White, to be Lieut., without
purchase, vice Young, killed in action, Dec. 20; Sergeant-
Major R. Heaton, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
White, March 31, 1846 ; W. A. D. Anderson, Gent, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Du Vernet, promoted in the
31st Foot, April 1, 1846.
53d Foot—Sergeant Major J. W. Follows, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hardinge, promoted in the 80th Foot,
March 31.

Glst Foot—Sergeant Major D. Reid, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Armstrong, promoted, March 31.
62d Foot.

MINORITY—NOES, 108.
Acheson, Viscount Ferguson, Colonel O'Conor, Don
Aliam, W. Fitzgerald, R. A. Osborne, Ralph
Archbold, Robert Forster, Matthew Paget, Colonel ,
Baine, Walter Gibson, T. M. Philips, G. R.
Bannerman, A Gore, Robert Plumridge, Captain
Barclay, David Grattan, Henry Powell, Caleb

To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant R. Shear-
man, vice Clarke, killed in action; Lieutenant G. Nicholas,
vice Wells, killed in action, Dec. 22, 1845.

To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign A. S. Craig,
vice Hillier, deceased, 0ct.19 ; Ensign C. Roberts, vice Scott,
killed in action ; Ensign R. A. Cox, vice M'Nair, killed in action ;
Ensign J. M. M. Hewett, vice Gubbins, killed in action,
Dec. 22 ; Ensign J. Hanham, from the 9th Fcot, vice Shear-
man ; Ensign C. IL Richardson, from the 9th Foot, vice
Nicholas; Ensign J. S. Richards, from the 29th Foot, vice
Lambert, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 23.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign T. Walsh, from
the 78th Foot, vice Craig, March 30 ; Sergeant-Major W.
Rudman, vice Roberts, March 31 ; IL A. Wood, Gent., vice
Cox, April 1; R. J. E. Reed, Gent., vice Hewett, April 2.
To be Adjutant—Lieut. C. Lambert, vice Sims, killed in
action, Dec, 22d, 1845.
68th Foot—Lieut. IL Duberly, from the 32d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Stewart, who exchanges, March 31.

Barnard, E. G. Grey, Sir George Power, James
Bernal, Ralph Hall, Sir Benjamin Protheroe, Edward
Blewitt, Reginald Hatton, Captain Rawdon, Colonel
Bouverie, E. I'. Hawes, Benjamin Rosq, 1). R.
Bridgeman, Hewitt Hill, Lord Marcus Russell, Lord John
Bright, John Hobhouse, Sir J. Rutherfurd, A.
Brstherton, J. Horsman, Edward &rope, G. P.

Browne, H. D. Howard, C. W. G. Smith, Vernon
Browne, W. Hurnphery, Aid. Somers, J. P.
Buller, Charles Hutt, William Staunton, Sir G.
Busfeild, W. Kelly, James Stewat t, I'. M.
Butler, P. S. Labouchere, Henry Strickland, Sir G
Carew, H. S. Langston, J. H. Strutt, Edward
Chapman, B. Layard, Captain Tancred, H. W.
Christie, W. D. Macaulay, T. B. Thornely, T.
. ..

Cobden, Richard -
Maenamara, Major Troubridge, Sir E.
Colebreoke, Sir T. M`Carthy, Alex. Tuttle% Henry
Collett, John M`Donnell, J. M. Vane, Lord 11.
Cowper, W. F. Alarsland, Henry, Wakley, Thomas
Craig, W. G. Mitcaife, Henry Warburton, Henry
Cartels, 11. B. Mitchell, T. T A. Ward, H. G.
.

78thFooi-11. Gillmore, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur•
chase, vice Walsh, appointed to 62d Foot, March 31.

80th Foot.

To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. A. W. Riley,
vice Best, killed in action ; Lieut. A. Ormsby, vice Sche-
berras, killed in action, Dec. 22.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign A. E.
Hardinge, from 53d Foot, vice Riley ; Ensign S. A. Kershaw,
vice Ormsby ; Ensign G. C. Robertson, vice Bythesea, killed
in action, Dec. 22 ; Ensign E. W. P. Kingsley, from 31st
Foot, vice 'Warren, killed in action, Dec. 23 ; Ensign H. C.
Smith, from 31st Foot, vice Fraser, killed in action, Dec. 24.
To be Ensign, without purchase—Colour Sergeant M.
Kirkland, vice Robertson, March 31.
Commissioned by the Queen.
Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia—Unattached Captain
J. J. Bayly to be Adjutant, Feb.' 27, 1846.
Commissions by her Majesty's Commissioners of Lieutenancy

Dawson, T. V. Mori:oath, Viscount Wawn, J. T.
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Morris, David Wilde, Sir Thomas
Duncan, Lord Mostyn, E. M. Williams, W.
Duncan, George Muntz, G. F. Wilmington, Sir T.
Dundas, Admiral Napier, Sir C. Wood, Charles
Ebrington, Viscount Norreys, Sir D. J. "%Parsley, Lord
Elphinstone, 11. O'Brien, J. Wyse, Thomas
Escott, Bickham O'Brien, Timothy -- . TELLERS.
Esmonde, Sir T. O'Connell, Daniel O'Brien, W. S.
Etwall, Ralph O'Connell, John Somerville, Sir W.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.-It is said that the line-of-battle
ships in England and all steamers on the home station, that
are not specially employed, will be assembled together in
about a month as an experimental squadron.
A court-martial will be held to-morrow on board the Vic-
tory, 104, flag-ship of Rear. Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., su-
perintendent of this dockyard, to try the carpenter of the
Phoenix steam-sloop for drunkenness.
The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Smith, is
ordered to the Mediterranean forthwith. She is now coal-
ing, &c.
The Mercury tender, Master-Commander Scarlett, arrived
this morning from the Channel Islands with volunteers for
the navy.
The Netley arrived yesterday with supernumeraries from
Plymouth, and left immediately after transferring them, on
her return.
The Bellerophon, 78, advanced ship, was undocked yester-
day, and hauled off to her former moorings, and the dock
vacated by her prepared for the reception of the Oriental
steam- ship. t
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dc
do ne
sv, i
wc
hs fcohr
pVuatni nit i em
Spit
Th Palmra transportipwri.
Land,e under the yhe charge of
head about a fortnight since (the small-pox having broken
out on board), has received clean bills of health, and is under
orders to sail to-thorrow for her destination.
The Myrmidon steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander Jen-
kin, put into Falmouth, from this port to Cork, on Wednes-
day, with loss of boats, &c.
A shocking accident occurred on Thursday on board the
Victory. A second-class boy, named Thomas Nash, aged 16,
whilst exercising aloft, missed his hold and fell from the rig-
ging on to the deck, by which he fractured his skull so dread-
fully, that he died in Hasler Hospital on Friday morning.
The Iris, 26, Captain Munday, sailed from -Singapore for
Penang on the 10*. of January.
The Hazard, 18, Commander Egerton, arrived at Hong-
Kong from New Zealand on the 6th of January.
The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M'Dougall, arrived at
Singapore from Pulo Condore, on the 22d of January.
The Spiteful steam-sloop, Commander Maitland, arrived at
Moulmein, from Calcutta, on the 21st of January, and left on
the 23d on her return.
The Pilot, 16, commander Jervis, arrived at Aden, from
Bombay, on the 18th ult.
The Semarang, 26,, Captain Sir E. Belcher, arrived at Ma-
nilla from a cruise on the 22d of December.
The Vixen steam sloop, Commander Gifford, was at Shang-
hae on the Ist of January.
The Emerald, Master Commander Beach, sailed yesterday
afternoon for Plymouth with supernumeraries.
It is generally believed here that Captain Houston Stewart.
(1817) will be appointed to succeed Captain Moubray (ap-
pointed to Greenwich) in the command of the Victory, or-
dinary guardship at this port. Captain Stewart was mid-
shipman of the Imperieuse, and served in her boats at the
attack on Arcassan in 1807 ; at the destruction of the bat-
teries, telegraphs, &c., on the soul hern coasts of France, and
on shore at the defence of Rosas in 1808 ; was Captain of the
13enbow, 74, in the operations on the coast of Syria and bom-
bardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 1840. His commissions bear
date—Lieutenant, Ist of August, 1811; Commander, 13th of
August, 1814; Captain, 10th of June, 1817.
No preparations are made for launching the Contest, 12,
at Mr. White's ship-building establishment at Cowes. She
will not be• launched before next spring tides, if then.
The Harlequin, 12, Commander Curry, and the Wanderer,
12, Commander Somerville, received their orders yesterday—
the former to proceed to the Mediterranean citation, and the

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.

MONDAY, MAnCII 30.
TIIP. following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
or",;ered to be brought in Hy the undernamed Hon. Members :
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and
Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation—Mr. E. Ellice and
Mr. Brotherton.
Vale of Neatk . --Viscount Villiers and Viscount Adare Surrey Grand Junction—Colonel T. Weod and Mr. T..Duncombe.
Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford—Captain Fitzmaurioe and
Mr. Hughes.
Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester—Mr. Muntz, Mr. Spooner,
and Lord Alfred Paget.
Scottish Southern—Sir J. M`Taggart, Mr. Forbes, and Mr. W.
Lesinr. aha
ai gow.
and Mralserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction—Mr. Forbes,
M Brd,. W. Baillie.
North Eastern Extension (Wath to Hartlepool)
H. mbe Sir G.
LeLedorsda Tvha
inne,k'Mr. O. Duncombe, Cockburn, & Mr. Beckett.

for the City of London.
Regiment of Royal London Militia—W. G. Roper, Gent.,
co be Lieutenant; F. W. Weldon, Gent., to be Ensign,
Feb. 18, 1846.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cardigan.

D. S. Davies, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; T.D. Lloyd
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. L. Davies, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 16 ; J. B. L. Philipps; Esq„ to be
Deputym-Lieutenant,
Feb.
' Lord-Lieutenanth2B. of Glamorgan sb ire.
R. Boteler, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; E. H. H. Lee,
Esq,, to be Deputy Lieutenant; E. T. Llewellin, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; H. H. Vivian, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant, March 21.
Royal Glamorgafi Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—H.
Lucas, Esq., to be Captain; W. W. Lewis, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, March 21.
eu tCommissionsant; Rb. yT.t h3GeoiluLpniognredr,ELsiheuscite.tn,oant of Buckinghamshire.
T. A. Boswell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; C. Tower,
b_iseqpiltzto
Lieutenant
utenpauntty; c .
T . Lieutenant
Gaskell,; Jto.b TebEe.
Esq.,
Senior,to bEes q ~
Deputyt o b e
G. Carrington the - Deputy Deputy Lieutenant;Lieuteuau
Feb. 14.

SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS.
THURSDAY, AIMIL 2.

London and Windsor.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3.
Kilmarnock and Troon.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction,

STREET NUISANCES.—If an apple-woman put her
basket on the pavement, it is an obstruction punishable with
fine and imprisonment; if an unhired cab loiters about the
streets, it is an obstruction punishable with fine and impri-
sonment, though the loitering of the cab may be a conveni-
ence to somebody in want of one ; but monster vans, about
twenty times the size of an omnibus, parading the streets, not
for the purpose of conveyance, but to exhibit placards, are
not obstructions in the microscopic eye of the law. These
monster vans are getting larger and larger, and we shall
soon see one as wide as a street, as high as thel houses, and
30 or 40 yards long. As it is, they stop up the carriageway,
and they frighten horses ; but they are no obstruction, no
nuisance, though a cab parading about in the same way
would be both. Whose business is it to attend to the
nuisances that spring up in the streets ? The law never
meets occasions. It rages against a basket on the footpath,
and it suffers men to march about with huge placarding
boards occupying the space of a score or two of baskets,
and it tolerates red houses on wheels. It has not yet
opened its stupid eye to these nuisances. After meddling
with miserable trifles, it always goes to sleep, and it is no
one's business to rouse it to meet real annoyances. In this
well-regulated town hanging out flags fluttering over the
carriage way is amongst the liberties of the subject, for ad-
vertising eflect, or for whim, or any kind of foolery. There
is not another city in Europe in which such a practice would
be suffered, and in London it is more dangerous than else-
where, as the horses are higher mottled and more likely to
take fri gh t.—Examiner.
CELEBRATION OF SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHDAY.—we
have been given to understand that some arrangements are in con-
templation .for the next celebration of Shakspeare's birthday, of a
more attractive character than have taken place of late years. We
learn that on the morning of the 23d of April, a meeting of the club
will be held, at which the present rules will be thoroughly revised,
and the objects of the Institution more extensively made known than
at present. A grand morning concert of sacred music will be given
at the church under the sanction of the Lord Bishop of the diocese,
and other distinguished patronage, the proceeds to be applied to the
Infirmary fund. The members of the Royal Shakeperean Club will
afterwards dine together at the Town hall, when C. Wren Hoskyns,
Esq., will preside, and it is expected that he will be accompanied
by Mr. Sergeant Talfeard and Mr. Charles DiekenS.—Leamington
Qvurier. •

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire.
to be Ensign; w. WAllester
Stirling and RegimentDumbartonshireD.awGent., o Militia—T. M.
to be Lieu-
.
M.
aWnte;llejr.,
CEasqm.,pbtoelte
oCeanyitt.ain ; ,
Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign.
Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberland.
Cumberland Militia—W. G. C. Monins, Esq., to be Cap-
tain, Sept. 21, 1842; H. G. Humphries, Gent., to be Ensign,
Feb. 26, 1841; C. Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Harra-
den, resigned, Dec. 10, 1841 ; F. W. Brook, Gent., to be
Ensign, May 15, 1843.
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County

Palatine of Lancaster.
Sir T. G. Hesketh, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
March 25.
Errata in the Gazette of the 24th inst. :
Third Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
For J. Worthington, Gent., to be Ensign, read J. Worthing.
ngton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; for J. E. Orrell, Gent, to be
Lieutenant, read J. E. Orrell, Gent., to be Ensign.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNINO, APRIL 1,

latter to the coast of Africa. The Harlequin will go out to
Spithead to-morrow, and be inspected on Tuesday by the
Commander in-Chief.

PROMOTIONS.

Mate E. E. Maunsell (1839) to the rank of Lieutenant.
This gallant officer proceeded in a merchantman from
Sydney, New South Wales, to Otaheite, about five thousand
miles, to offer his services to Captain T. Nicolas, of the Vin-
dictive, 50, on hearing she was very short of officers ; and
engaged in very important transactions with the. French
authorities respecting the sovereignty of Queen Pomare,
which was likely to have caused a rupture between England
and France*, Mr. Maunsell has ever shown himself a
zealous officer, and has richly earned the reward of his ser-
vices.

Clerk C. G. Jones to be Paymaster and Purser.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain J. Kingcome, 1838, who was senior Lieutenant of
the Tees during the Burmese war, and Commander of the
Belleisle troop-ship in the operations in the Yang -tse-Kiang,
in 1842, to re-commission the Belleisle.
Lieutenants—E. E. Maunsell, on promotion, to the Ferret;
A. Royer, to the Favourite ; H. L. Griffiths, to the Belleisle ;
A. H. Douglas, to the Childers ; J. B. Kinsman, to the
Wanderer; A. Gardner and R. Rouse, to the Royal Naval
College, for study.
Chaplain—Rev. J. Falls, to the Caledonia.
Surgeon—E. Newman, to the Favourite.
Assistant-Surgeon—G. H. Sidley, to the Favourite.
Boatswain—C. Anderson, to the Belleisle.
Carpenter—J. Cleverton, to the Belleisle.

THE INCLOSURE COMMISSION.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
TO THE RIGHT HON. THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
HOME DEPARTMENT.
We have the honour to forward to you, as one of her
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, pursuant to the
provisions of the Act passed in the Bth and 9th years
of the reign of her present Majesty, c. 118, a general re-
port of our proceedings, specifying such matters as are
thereby directed ; which report contains a schedule, as a
form most easy of reference, by which will be seem the
time each inclosure proceeding has occupied in its several
stages, which has necessarily varied according to the
circumstances of the different cases. The number of
applications of all kinds to this office has been 46, of
which 42 have been for inclosures ; of these 31 we are
led to believe will require the previous authority of Par-
liament, and 11 will not. There is one for the conver-
sion of stinted into hegulated pasture, one for the ex•
change of lands, and two to complete proceedings under
the local Acts. 28,231 acres 1 rood, 22 poles, is the
quantity of land comprised in the applications exclu-
sively of those relating to local Acts and exchange.
Our report of any opinion as to the expediency or in-
expedietscy of inclosure is necessarily confined to those
cases with respect to which the proper assents have been
given to the provisional order. We have in the
schedule given precedence to all those cases which it is
confidently expected will require the previous authority
of Parliament; of these, taking first such as fall under
the 14th section of the Act, in the order observed
therein, and followed with those cases which do not re-
quire the previous authority of Parliament. In addition
to this general sta' ement in the schedule, we proceed
now to report specially on these cases (No. 1 to No. 7
inclusive) requiring the previous authority of Parlia-
ment, to which the proper assents to the provisional
orders have been given, the special grounds on which
we think such inclosures expedient ; and in those cases
where no allotments are made for exercise and recrea-
tion, or for the labouring poor, the grounds on Which
we have abstained from requiring such approbation;
and afterwards on case No. 8, which does not require
the previous authority of Parliament, and the grounds
on which we think such inclosure expedient.
An application has been made for the inclosure of
Milton Common-fields, containing 2,090 acres, of which
part is waste of a manor, on which the tenants have
rights of common. We consider this inclosure expe-
dient on the grounds that the open arable land will be
doubled in value by allotting, inclosing, and draining it,
and the meadows and commons in a still greater degree,
and the population fully employed ; and besides the
village green of six acres being allotted for exercise and
recreation' eighteen acres are allotted for the labouring
poor, which, under the circumstances of this case, will
be most beneficial to them.
Also for the inclosure of Worsthorne Common, con-
taining 2,425 acres, on which rights are exercised at
all times of the year, not being limited by number
or stint. We consider this proposed inclosure expedient
on the grounds that the value of the land will be in-
creased by drainage and proper cultivation in a four-
fold degree, and very great additional employment will
be given to the population ; that, in addition to allot-
ments for labouring poor, the village green, which is
surrounded by cottages, and in a miserable and dirty
state will be allotted to the churchwardens and over-
seers, improved, and kept in order.
Also for the inclosure of Newton Commons, containing
260 acres waste of a manor on which the tenants have
rights of common. We consider this proposed in-
closure inexpedient on the ground that the land is at
present of very little value, but capable of very great
improvement, and that it will lead to much increased
employment of labour. In this case there is an allot-
ment for labouring poor, which is desirable, as they are
badly off for gardens; but we have not thought it ex-
pedient to allot any portion for exercise and recreation,
on the ground that the land, from its locality, is ill
suited for that purpose, and such alone as could be made
use of is in strips and unfit for it, but of considerable
importance to the farm-houses, as being calculated to
form homesteads for them.
Also for the inclosure of Instow Marsh, 59a. Or. 18p.
waste of a manor on which the tenants have rights of
common. We think this inclosure expedient on the
ground that the land will be greatly improved, espe-
cially by drainage, and that the old inclosed land, which
also is in a wet state, will derive the benefit of the out-
fall into the river Taw, which is secured by the pro-
visional order, and that it will lead to an useful applica-
tion of capital and labour.
Also for the inclosure of Arely Common, 59a. 3r. 14p.
waste of a manor on which the tenants have rights of
common. We consider this proposed enclosure expe-
dient on the ground that the land is now almost wholly
unproductive, but susceptible of great improvement, and
that it will benefit all classes. The allotment in this
case of five acres to the labouring poor is made with a
view to an exchange of part of it for land near the dwel-
lings of a portion of the labouring poor, who reside
chiefly in two different places.
Also for the inclosure of Salcombe-hill and Northern-
hill, 209 a. 3r. 12p. waste of a manor on which the ten-
ants have rights of common. We consider this proposed
inclosure expedient on the grounds that the land is at
present in a most neglected and unproductive state,
though, for the most part, capable of being made as
good as the old enclosures adjoining, and would lead to
a very useful application of labour and capital.
Also for the inclosure of Corley Moor, containing
50a. 2r. 15p. waste of a manor on which the tenants
have rights of common. We consider this proposed in-
closure expedient on the grounds that by drainage and
cultivation the productive powers of the land would be
much increased, and all parties benefited. In this case
no allotment for exercise and recreation, nor for the la-
bouring poor, is required by the provisional order. Our
reasons for this are, that there is no part of the land
convenient for exercise and recreation, whilst there are
above two acres of land left untouched by this inclosure,
admirably adapted for this purpose, and because the
poor, who live where they could reap benefit from garden
allotments, are in possession of large gardens and other
inclosures, originally, as it appears, a part of the common.
And application has also been made for the inclosure
of Methweld and Southery Common, containing 135
acres, which does not require the previous authority of
Parliament. In this case a notice was issued on the 27th
of January instant, that we intended to authorise the
inclosure. We are of opinion that this proposed inclo-
sure is expedient on the grounds that the land would be
greatly improved, a proper road to it insured, and that
it will afford profitable employment to the owners, who
nee chiefly labourers, and who are anxious for it.
sw-ti have, in accordance with that which we conceived
to be the s
rzit of the Act, by inviting the parties inte-
rested to Oail
t,xmselves on all occasions of the assist-
ance of this Ace,
endfavoured to carry on the proceed-
ings of each proposed inclosure at the least possible ex-
pense, and with as little delay as has been compatible
with the proper conduct of owl' case, and due regard to
all rights, however small they may .`.we
As regards the allotments for exercise ant recrea-
tion, and for the labouring poor, inasmuch as the ,L -
closure Act requires, as to certain descriptions of land,
that when allotments for such purposes are not to be
made, the inclosure commissioners should state spe-
cifically their reasons for such a course being adopted,
we conceived that the intentions of the Legislature
could only be carried out in their true spirit by making
generally such allotments a condition of the inclosure
of land liable to such condition, We have, therefore,
unless some cogent reason has been shown for a de-
parture from the rule, caused allotments to be set out
for these purposes in the various cases of such inclo-
sures, with respect to which a provisional order has
been issued, and we have, in adopting such a rule,
in some cases where the land does not appear con-
venient for such a purpose, taken into our con-
sideration the probability of such allotment being
exchanged for inclosed land more appropriate ; as,
if the inclosure had been permitted to proceed with-
out any provision for recreation or garden ground,
the opportunity of such provision would have
passed away. In some of these cases there has been,
in the first instance, an objection on the part of those
interested in the land to the appointment of any part of
it for such purposes, they considering it unnecessary ;
we have, however, the satisfaction to state, in every such
case, on further communication and fuller explanation,
the views, as we believe, of the Legislature have been
acquiesced in by those who had before seen them in a
different light, and in spirit which leads us to hope that,
when the provisions relating to this matter and the
grounds of them are perfectly understood, no reasonable
proposition will meet with opposition.
The short time which had elapsed since the passing of
the act, and the ignorance as to its existence on the part
of some, a misapprehension as to its provisions, and of
the expenses attending inclosures under it with regard
to others, have, we doubt not, limited the number of
cases to those on which we have now to report ; but as
we find in these among the applicants for enclosure, per-
sons of all classes, and enjoying a very disproportionate
amount of interest, and in one case, to which the assets
have been given, the rights enjoyed chiefly by labourers,
and, in addition to this, that there is no case yet, as we
have reason to believe, which will be abandoned for the
want of the necessary assents to the provisional order,
our conviction is that the country will generally avail
itself of the provisions of the Act ; and that conviction
is confirmed by the spirit in which we have been met by
those interested in the different cases of inclosure with
which we have to deal, even on those occasions when it
became necessary to discuss points of difference, and to
decide against the opinion of those with whom such dis-
cu,sion had taken place.
As far as we have been able to judge from the limited
experience afforded us, we find the machinery of the
Act generally adequate to carry out its objects, except
where a question arises whether the soil, or a portion
thereof, is not in the lord of the manor, or where the
manor is claimed by adverse parties ; and we would
further observe, that when, according. to the provisions
of the Act, the allotment to the lord is set forth in the
provisional order, which, by information subsequent
to the assents, is shown to have been improperly done,
or should a claim as lord be advanced at this late
period, and be substantiated, inasmuch as the inclo-
sure commissioners have no power to issue a supple-
mental provisional order, they are not aware how that
which may afterwards tnrn out to be an error in the
provisional order can be remedied, which error was on
their part inevitable, as on the facts disclosed upon the
investigation as complete as was possible, the provisional
order was correct ; nor are they aware how an inclosure,
where such mistake has occurred, can proceed without
a fresh application, entailing an additional exepncenesin
toe on
the the parties interested; and the same inconveni
arise where other claims are unexpectedly shown
exist at an equally late period.
e
PTOTE.—We are not in a condition to stwathe.,
hwithial
be
great degree of accuracy, the expenses
incurred in respect of inctloosu threes
tim generally with which
e, and inclusive of
we are now proceeding p
ngugiven to the provisional order ;
the proper assents bei
been even
of each to which such
and it is probable that
tassents have already been given may not be a just cri-
erion of other cases, as we have been enabled, with one