The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-11 00:00:00

TiiE SUN, LONDON.,

mirb Wibtictott
SUN OFFICE, Scven 0' Clock.

TAONDON, BRIGHTON, & SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the ORDINARY MEETING of this
Cornpany stands ADJOURNED to MONDAY NEXT, the 14th Fe-
bruary instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, to be
holden i❑ the Large Room, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street.

CHARLES PASCOE GRENFELL, Chairman.
THOMAS ;NO. BUCKTON, Secretary.
London Tavern, Feb. n, 1848.

LONDON,:.-MtIGHTON, and SOUTH
COAST RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The half yearly meeting of this company was
held to .day, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern,
for the transaction of the ordinary business of the
Company ; Mr. Grenfell, M.P., in the chair. The
attendance of proprietors was very large; it was stated
that nearly 200 were unable to obtain admission.
The advertisement convening the meeting having
been read,
The SECRETARY (.'Jr. Buckton) was proceeding
to read the report, when loud cries arose from all
parts ot th room for a larger room ; but
The CHAIRMAN stated that the largest room in the
house was occupied.
A GENTLEMAN said there were more out of the
room than in it, and hinted that the meeting would
be a packed and a hole and corner one if they were
not admitted.
The CHAIRMAN repudiated the insinuation with
contempt, upon which great uproar ensued.
Mr. WILSON (the gentleman alluded to) did not
wish to be offensive ; he considered that every share-
holder had a right to be present, and if this could not
take place, he should withdraw.
The CHAIRMAN said he was entirely in the hands of
the meeting. He was most anxious that every pro-
prietor should be present.—(load cries were then
raised for an adjournment, which appeared to proceed
from the majority of the meeting.)
The CHAIRMAN explained that they had sought the
large room, but they found it had been engaged en a
Friday for the last two years.
Several gentlemen here stated that a great number
in the room were not shareholders, and that they had
got surreptitiously into the meeting.
Mr. CASES suggested that they should either adjourn,
to meet in the large room, or the Ilall of Commerce,
at four o'clock.
The CHAIRMAN said he had other duties to perform
at the time nwntioned. He had to be at the House
of Commons to support the Jewish Disabilities Bill—
he would allow nothing to interfere with his duty to
the Jewish body.
Mr. Wisn.tw proposed that they should adjourn
until one to-morrow, which was seconded.
_Mr. TAYLOR hoped that efficient intans would be
taken to admit none save the shareholders and the
press.
Ultimately, after much discussion and delay,_ a
motion was carried that the meeting should he ad-
journed until eleven on Monday. j,n the large room.
The following is the report 00o:red for presenta-
tion to the shareholders, which, -kern its importance,
we give in ex'enso
" In submitting the fullowlissiipet for the half-year
ending 31st December, 1847, IWEr directors regret that
the traffic of the cmnpany has suffered from the pressure
of the times and the extraordinary crisis in the commer-
cial world, which have affected every branch of industry
throughout the country.
" The gross earnings cf the half-year are 250,6101.,
showing an increase cf 23,899/. over the corresponding
period of last year. The additional mileage on which
this'excess has been obtained is thirty-four miles, includ-
ing the Keymer Branch, opened in October, but not
the Newhaven, opened on the Bth of December last. An
analysis of the traffic shows the following results :—On
the trunk line between London and Brighton, as com-
pared with the corresponding half-year of 1841, the re-
ceipts are less by 19,0271.; and on the Croydon line by
2,0801.; a similar comparison cannot be established with
the new lines, as a large portion of them were not at that
period open; but the decrease of revenue on the trunk
lines demonstrates clearly the effect of the times, and
must lead to the conclusion that the development of the
extension lines has been checked and impeded by the
£RIIO causes.
" In reference to the progressive growth of railway
traffic, when unimpeded by extraordinary causes such
as have marked the year 1847, the following statistics
are submitted for consideration. The receipts on the
Brighton Trunk Line, prior to the opening of eny of the
extensions, in the six months ending-
-1842 were 104,5341., or 1,850/. per mile,
1843 „ 113,314 L, or 2,005 per mile, or 8. per cent.
Increase,
1844 „ 128,525/., or 2,275/. per mile, or 131- „
1845 „ 143,964/., or 2,5481. per mile, or 12- „
showing an increase in 1845, as compared with 1842, of
33 per cent., or proceeds equal to 2,5481. per mite. In
the year just ended the receipts on the same portion of
the line - were only 1,977/. per mile, clearly showing
the influence of the times upon the traffic of your rail-
way. Upon the whole length of the line now open, the
proceeds amount to 1,649/. per mile during the last half-
year.
" Your directors have now to advert to the subject of
expenditure. There is a considerable increase under the
head of maintenance of way and works, which arises
from the increased mileage at the charge of the company
since the last report.
" The next increase, a very serious one, is in the loco-
motive department, attributable not merely to the ex-
tended mileage to be worked, the high price of coke, and
the advanced rate of freight ; but also to the fact that
one of the manufacturers failed in his contract for the
delivery of a large number of engines, intended to meet
the exigencies of the autumnal traffic, by which the ex-
penses of keeping up the working stock in a state of
efficiency were seriously augmented. A large supply
of engines has, however, since been receive, which
will ensure a more economical working of the
traffic ; and in the important item of coke, also, a
considerable saving Twill be effected, inasmuch as large
quantities have, of necessity, been purchased, in conse-
quence of the company not having the means of mak-
ing sufficient for their own consumption. The coke
made by the company is less costly and of far superior
quality to that which has been purchased ; and, as
additional ovens have been built at Kingston, and
others will shortly be erected elsewhere, the company
will be enabled to supply themselves ss ith nearly all
they require.
" It may be desirable to inform the proprietors, that
no charge for engines, carriages, or other stock is car-
ried to capital, except for additions to the number of
each class, rendered necessary by the extended mileage
of the company.
"Under other heads of annual charge, your directors
would be misleading the proprietors were they to hold
out hopes of any material diminution. They have
effected as great reductions in the expenses incidental to
the working of the line as they deem compatible with
its efficiency; an exception, however, must be made in
the case of the London-bridge Station, where a con-
siderable reduction is contemplated, and which is one of
the beneficial results likely to arise from the friendly
relations now subsistinc, between the Smith-Eastern and
this company. Your directors also propose the re-
linquishment of the remuneration hitherto paid to them
for the management of that station.
" Tho tint of capital upon which the dividend ;is
now payal* greatly exceeds that of the corresponding
period of last year, arising not only from the increase of
share capital, on which the balance is divisable, but from
the interest heretofore deducted upon unproductive
capital being now altogether charged to the current
revenue, from the dates of the respective openings of the
additional lines.
_ "Your directors, under the circumstances above re-
ferred to, can only announce a dividend equal to IL per
501. share ; such dividend, if it have not the merit of
rreiag large, has at least that of being just ; and they
confident, that if the propritors maturely weigh the
present position of the company in all its bearings, they
will have well-grounded hopes for the future.
Since
the
last report the Keymer and Newhaven
Branches have been opened. The benefit derivable by
the companyfrem these lines will be considerable as
soon as the
communication with Paris from Dieppe is
completed, by the
opening
of the Dieppe Railway,
which is expected to t
withstanding the existing place in March next. Not-
company has carried
na%disadvantages, however, this
out five thousand passengers
within the space of three
months,connexion with the boats of
Company during the autumn, in
the Brighton and Conti-
nental Steam-packet yfrons Shoreham. The
Hailsham, Eastbourne, and'an Deptfordih Branches have
been suspended for the present. r e Branch to Hors-
ham is ready for opening, and has
of the Rail way Commissioners. received the approval
" No definite arrangement has yet
their pro-
which u t
between the Brighton and Portsmouth co
your directors entertain no doubt, from the feelingPauis,
exists between the respective boards, that
ceedings will be regulated by a due regard to the in-
terests of all parties. In addition to the shares in that
undertaking which were formerly the property of the
any, your directors, in accordance with
Croydon Comp
the arrangements for the amalgamation with the Ports-
mouth Company, subscribed for 4,000 shares therein, as
complete
your trustees, in order to •the requisite capital;
the agreement having precluded the shareholdersin the
Portsmouth Company from participating in any capital
beyond the amount then subscribed.
" Your directors have the satisfaction to announce
that an arrangement with the South Eastern Company
has been entered into, which is founded upon the fol-
lowing :basis, viz.:—That the tolls payable by
the one
company to the other, for the use ot their respective
c
linesarcommuted between London-bridge and the Croydon junction,
;7-the South-Eastern Company granting
to this company
thefree use of the Bricklayers' Arms
;
line and station they al so assign in perpetuity nearly
fire acres of land at the Bricklayers' Arms station, as a
goods depot for this company, and remit the payreert
by this company of 25,0001., for the alit(' line of rails on
the Greenwich viaduct.
" By
the substitution of the Bricklayers' Arms Station
for goods in lieu of Nt Cross,
this company will effect
a saving in cartage and other r°"oth'
e
goods traffic; and by the facilityrenses incidental to the
afforded, an augmenta-
tion of this traffic is expected. A collateral advantage,
of no ordientryeimportaece, will also
oalstetizwise have been
result in the dimi-
nution of the outlay which m,
i cirrrd at. the Lot:don-bridge Station.
" A resolution will he submitted to the releting for theconversion into stock of the fifteenth share
to 38,0001., whereon five per cent. preference'inatnieroeusntthilgs
been abandoned since the last meeting.

"It is proposed to take powers to borrow on mortgage
176,5981., under the authority of the several Acts for
making the branch lines, passed in the 9th and 10th
years of the reign of her present Majesty.
" Four of the directors, Edward Wigai Edward
Crowley, James Whiskin, and John Lawrie, Esquires,
retire, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, but are eli-
gible for re election, and will offer themselves accor-
dingly."
The accounts, which were very elaborate, showed the
expenditure for tthe half-year to have been 119,8861.
6s. 5d., the receipts 251,076/. ss. 2d., and the available
balance for dividend 131,1891. 18s. 9d.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF
BARON and Special Juries.)
LONG V. RENNIE.
In this case Mr. M. Hill and Mr. Willes appeared
for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin, with whom was Sir
J. Bayley, represented the defendant.
The aetion was brought for the purpose of recover-
ing from the defendant, Sir J. Rennie, the sum of
8001., being the balance of an account alleged to he
due to the plaintiff for professional service:, as a sur-
veyor, rendered to the defendant upon various pro-
jected lines of railway of which he was the engineer.
The original claim of the plaintiff had been, it ap •
peared, reduced in the month of May to a sum of
about 2,699/. 14s. 3d., at which time an arrange-
ment was entered into, through the mediation of
Messrs. Freslifield, solicitors, by which the plaintiff
was to receive 1,000/. down, and a bill, at one month,
for 500/., and a further sum of 800/. (the plaintiff
having consented to reduce his claim to 2,3(101.) was
to be pail within a month from the time of the de-
fendant's receiving from the various companies by
whom he was employed the balances due to him.
The defence to the action was that as the defendant
had not received payment from the company for
which the work had been done, the plaintiff having
entered into an agreement to receive the balance only
in
the event (f his so receiving such payment, he was
Inot in a condition to sue the defendant.

The case was before the Court yesterday, and oc-
cupied a considerable portion of time to-day.
The jury finally returned a verdict for the plaintiff
upon two of the ccunts, and for the defendant upon
one of the counts inwhich the agreement was con-
cerned, leaving the damages to be assessed by the
Court.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Frice Current of Feb. 11.)

SUGAII.—Today there was a further decrease in the
demand for all kinds of raw Sugar, both for home 1170
and exportation ; and prices are further depressed. The
demand was extremely limited for West India, both for
the scale and pan, only 70 hhds &e finding buyers at
rather lower rates. '1 he market closes with much heavi-
ness for all sorts of Sugar.
REFINED.—To-clay retina goo•r7s were eperated in
with much caution by the home trade, and prices are
further depressed, standard lumps selling at 549 Gd, and
brown grocery 53s Gd. The tendency of prices is still
downwards. Bonded Crushed Sugar is little wanted,
and there is a desire to sell fine sort at 29i to 30s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afterroon four parcels of Beng,al
Sugar amounting to 5,6.13 bags were offered at public
sale, the demand was limited and not above half fOund
buyers, white sorts at a reduction of 6.1 to Is, but strong
yellow fetched the full value.

DIACTRITHIS —This afternoon only a limited demand
Was experienced by private treaty, and of 1.315 bags at
auction, a sra:dl rart only sold, at a further fall of 6(1
per cwt. . . .

FOREIGN. —AI thourili the rates taken by private treaty
e:thibit a reduction on those previously current of 6d to
h per cwt, yet the home trade for the isost part re•
trained from operating, whilst the demand has been
limited from our refiners working under bond. On the
part of exporters little disposition was shown to purchase.
COFFEE.—This afterno. n a public salt: of 414 bags, 27
casks of Plantation Ceylon Coffee went off at very full
rates, good middling bold, of a favourite mask, realizing
60s to 65s 6d, middling 545 to 58$, low middling 51s to
534, fine fine ordinary 48s to 495, fine ordinary mixed
42s to 435, pea berry 555 to 635 61, and triage 275.
Native is still required, and 850 bags sold at 6d to is per
cwt advance. Mocha sells more readily, and 105 bales at
auction went 3s to 6s above former prices. Of Costa
Rica 1,554 bags fetched the full value.
TEA.—At the public sales which concluded on Mon-
day last, the demand was extensive for all descriptions of
Green. Black also met with a good sale, scented and
Pekoe Teas wore operated in with greater freedom. The
total quantity submitted to public competition amounted
to 26,540 pkgs, and the unusually large proportion of
16,000 pkgs found buyers at prices showing an advance
on those current in tne private market, Congon of id,
Imperial and Gunpowder 2d to 4.1, llyson 2d, Young
Ilyson ld to lid, Twankay id to :1413, whereas other
kinds of Tea fully obtained the former value.
SPICES.—The supply of Pepper continues on the de-
crease, and none has been
.offered at public sale this
week. By private treaty• several parcels have been
disposed of, and at fully former rates. Whits is much
in request, and advanced id, to td. Pimento is in in•
creased request, and realised a further advance of fl to
id per lb : at auction, 237 bags were all sold. For
Nutmegs the demand is more active, and as there is a
less plentiful supply, prices are on the advance. For
Mace there is a brisk demand, and holders show firmness.
Cloves cannot be called cheaper, but the sales made arc
of little moment. Although Cinnamon can be obtained
upon the reduced terms of the last quarterly sales, still
the purchases made have been of little interest. Of
Cassia Lignea the supply of all kinds is scanty, and
prices in consequence rule high, but not much inquiry
has prevailed. For Ginger the market has an improving
appearance, the demand is increasing, and prices are
falling off._ _ _

RICE.—For Madras and yellow Bengal there has
been a much better demand for exportation this week,
and full rates are obtained, but the market has been well
supplied. White Bengal is however little required for
home consumption or shipping, although merchants are
willing to make a further concession in the value cf 6cl
per cwt, and the supply yet exceeds the demand: at
public sale 3,140 bags Madras were disposed of.
Cleaned Rice is not much required, and Town dressed
Carolina can be easily purchased.
INDIGO.—Today 743 chests have passed the sale, of
which 301 were in the East India Company's hands.
The biddings continue to be very animated, and the
advance previously noticed is fully supported.
COCHINEAL—The supply having materially increased
this week, prices have suffered a depression of Id to 21
per lb for Honduras; the demand, however, has been
good for all sorts. Of 231 bags offered at auction the
chief part was disposed of.
SPIRITS.—The market has been in a very dull state
for all kinds of Rum this week, and so trifling have been
the purchases made by exporters and the home trade,
that it is difficult to quote prices with accuracy. The
tendency is, however, downwards, and the neares rates
are, proof East India is 7d, Leeward Island is 8d
to is 91, Jamaica 30 to 36 per cent over proof
3s 9d to 4s 21, fine 43 3d to 4s 7d, and Demerara 26 to
38 over 23 101 to 3s 3d. For Brandy prices are not
lower, but little has been done. Geneva is cheaper,
chipping sort 23 31 to 2s 41. The quotation of British
Corn-Spirit has heed reduced to 10s, and Gin is 2d
cheaper.
TauLow.—Today prices declined for P. T. C. to ‘s3s
to 53s 61 on the spot, and 46e for the last three months
of the year; few buyers were to be met with. The
public sales went off ffttly, and upon lower terms.
OlLS.—This afternoon, at public sale, 90 packages
Cocoa Nut Oil in part sold at 55s to 58s for good an 3
fine; 170 casks Palm, good 36s 6d to 36s 9d ; and 30
tuns Sea Elephant 0:1, at 281 to 31/.

IMPERIAL PA IMAM ENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the
Woolsack shortly before Five o'clock.
Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from some
place in Somersetshire, praying for an enactment to
prevent denunciations from the altar in Ireland.
The Earl of ELLENI3OROUGH presented a
petition from some place in Devonshire against
Jewish emancipation.
The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition
from the magistrates of Ayr with a similar prayer.
Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from
Stafford, praying that Odd Fellows' societies might be
placed.on the same footing as other benefit societies.
GA M E -L AW S. _

The NOBLE LORD then presented a petition from a
meeting of tenant farmers held in Rlinburgh, praying
for an alteration in the game-laws. He thought that
some alteration ought to take place. He thought that
hares ought not to be considered as game. They
were most destructive, and every farmer ought to have
the liberty of destroying them on his own estate.
The greater number of convictions for poaching were
for snaring hares. Hares should be placed upon the
same footing as rabbits. He also thought that some
important modifications ought to take place in
the duty payable for a license to shoot, and
that a person ought to be enabled to shoot
on
his
own ground on paying a much less
amount of duty than at present. So long as
the qualification for shooting consisted in
,the pos-
session of 100 acres of land, there was no great
objection to calling upon him to pay 41. for his
license, but
wntihey did away with the qua-
lification they shoulicense. He thought(' have lowered the duty on the
g gamed every man should have the
power of killin upon_o the land he occupied, and
b
that the license should either done away with al-
together, or the duty should be so reduced as to
place the obtain;ng of a license within the power of
any man who occupied land.
The Marquis of SALISBURY though that since
the alteration in the law was made authorisingsithcee
sale of game, the game was as much
private pro-
perty as the trees on the farm ; and tenants, when
they made their bargains with their landlords, were
fully aware that same was to be preserved, and made
their agreements accordingly.
Lord ASHBURTON thought that it would be
almost a perfect remedy for the evils complained of
as regarded the present garn.l:lws, if the Legislature
were to pass fi measure disgarn,r,, bans, and placing
them in the same category as rabbits.
Lord PORTMAN thouht it desirable that this dis-
cussion should have taken place before the budget was

brought forward, in order that the finance Minister
might consider the propriety of lowering the duties on
game certificates. He knew that the present high
rate of duty prevented many farmers from taking out
game certificates.
JEWISH EMANCIPATION.
The Earl of HARROWBY presented several peti-
tions against Jewish emancipation.
HEALTH OF TOWNS.
The NOBLE EARL also presented a petition from
Stafford in favour of the Health of Towns Bill.
ORDNANCE SURVEY.
The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a petition
from some place in Scotland, complaining of the
small progress made in the Ordnance Survey in
Scotland.
The Duke of MONTROSE trusted that the Go-
vernment would adopt measures to remedy the evil
complained of. If the survey progressed at its present
rate it would take 35 years to complete it in Scotland.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE defended the
conduct of the Ordnance officials engaged in the
survey.
The NOBLE MARQUIS then laid upon the table
copies of certain communications which had taken
place with the Austrian Government.
RAILWAY COMPANIES' AUDIT BILL.
Lord MON TEAGLE moved the second reading
of the Railway Companies' Audit Bill, and is doing
SO he wished at the outset to guard himself against
the imputation that this measure was proposed in any
spirit of hostility to railways. Some persons con-
tended that the Legislature should not interfere with
rail :says, but he contended that railway companies
should be watched with great jealousy by the Legis-
lature. It was said that railways were private pro-
perty, and the Legislature had no right to interfere
with them. Why these companies owed their exist-
ence to an interference with the rights of private
property—the right of private property in land—
authorised by the Legislature for the public good ;
and therefore the Legislature had the fullest right to
watch and regulate the movements of railway directors.
It was necessary the Legislature should exercise this
right for the protection of shareholders. Since 1826,
a sum of upwards of 324,000,0001. had been placed
at the disposal of railway directors and proprietors,
and this fact alone was sufficient to authorize the in-
terference of the Legislature to see how it was applied
The sum placed at the disposal of Railway Companies
during the years 1845 and 1846, a sum more than
double the amount of that required for the Army,
the Navy, and the whole administration of the
United Kingdom. They had besides had power
given them to enter the money market and
to raise upwards of one hundred millions
a loan. Parliament ought to take care this House
should rest. upon a just foundation, and that houses
lending should know exactly the security upon which
they lent this money. This borrowing, how-
ever, rested upon foundations totally dif-
fcreet to any other borrowing power in
the kingdom. They had an inducement to
borrow at a high rate of interest, which no other
body possessed in order to complete the works, and
the exercise of this power contributed greatly to
produce the late derangement of the money market.
The Bank of England had recently held a large amount
of these securities, and had been unable consequently
to make advances upon the security of the floating
debt of the country. Was this security what it pre-
tended to be ? That was a matter for grave consider-
ation. He had shown that Parliament possessed a
right and authority to interfere with these rail-
ways if it should be expedient for the pub-
lic good to do so, but that question was not
raised his Bill, which merely gave to share-
holders the power of insisting upon a stated audit
of the accounts of the directors. At present the au-
ditors were so intimately connected with the directors,
that the audit was, in fact, a mere matter of form, the
real auditors being the directors themselves. Now
he wished to give the shareholders the power of
establishing a real and efficient audit of the accounts,
perfectly independent of the Board of Directors. He
did not propose to give the new auditor power of
disallowing items, but to give him the power of un-
limited access to all the accounts, and the power
of reporting thereon to the shareholders his opinion.
a dividend might be made out of calls, so that a
dividend of five per cent. might be declared at really
the profits only authorised the declaration of a
dividend of two and a half per cent., and thus
only a mystification of accounts an illusory
curity might be created upon which
illusory security money would be raised.
and that which was in fact a debt due by the com-
pany, would be represented as the property of the
company. Now, if there were an independent system
of audit established, this state of things could not
exist, and the necessity for the establishment of some
independent audit was becoming every day more and
more manifest. He hoped that in all future Railroad
Bills before the second reading of such Bills was con-
sented to their Lordships would insist upon a com-
plete audit of the accounts being laid be'ore the Com-
mittee.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

GLASGOW WATERWORKS.

Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition from the
Lord Provost and town council of Glasgow against
the Glasgow Waterworks Bill.
ELECTION COMMITTEES.

Mr. FOX MAULE brought up the second re-
port of the General Committee of Elections, report-
ing that they had selected the following Members
for the Committee to try the merits of the return
for West Gloucestershire :—Mr.Grainger (Chairman),
Sir John Walsh, Mr. Aglionby, Major Cumming
Bruce, Mr. R. J. Thcrnely ; and for the Committee
on the Great Marlow election petition, Sir J. Peking-
ton (Chairman), the Hon. E. Mostyn, Sir J. Duck-
worth, Sir R. Price, and the Hon. H. Fitzroy.
SECOND READINGS.

The following Bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed :
Bristol and Clifton Gas Light Amendment.
Clifton Bridge (Extension of Time for Completion
of Works).
Dover Landing Pier.
Edinburgh Municipality Extension, and Trans-
ference of Police and Paving.
Glasgow Waterworks Acts Amendment.
Manchester Corporation Waterworks Acts Amend-
ment.

Rutherglen and Strathbungo Turnpike Road.
Worcester Turnpike Trust.
JEWISH DISABILITIES.

Mr.: E. DENISON presented a petition from
Bolton in favour of. the Jewish Disabilities Bill.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER. presented petitions against
the Bill.

The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY pre,
sented petitions in favour of the Bill.
Mr. LOCKHART presented pe:itions against the
Jewish Disabilities Bill.

Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from
Higham Ferrars against the Bill.
Petitions were also presented against the Bill by
Mr. Hodson, from Carlisle; by Major Beresford, from
Saffron Walden ; by Mr. Plumptree ; by Mr. Buck,
from Ottery St. Mary and Ottery St. Peter, in Devon-
shire ; by Mr. Miles, from Frome.—Petitions were
presented in favour of the 13i11 by Mr. C. Lushing-
ton, from Westminster ; by Mr. Cobden, by Mr. S.
Crawford, by Mr. Osborne, by Mr. C. Pearson, by
Mr. Hindley, by Lord Duncan, by Mr. G. Thompson,
by Mr. Shafto Adair, and by Mr. Gibson Craig.
ARMY AND NAVY.

Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition from
Torquay, praying that both the naval and military
establishments of the country might be abolished.
RAJA OF SATTARA.

Petitions were presented by several Members pray.
ing for an inquiry into the case of the late Raja o:
Sattara.

POOR REMOVAL BILL.

Mr. BAINES brought in the Poor Removal Bill,
which was read a'firat time, and ordered to be read a
second time on the Ist of March.

ADMISSION OF THE JEWS.

Mr. StaffoidP;eteda petition from a place in
Northamptonshire against the admission of the Jews ;
as also did Mr. Hudson, from York, Mr. Alderman
Thompson and Hon. Members from Leicester, Sussex,
Presbytery of Dundalk, and the Marquis of Granby;
and in favour by Mr. Ellice,'from Coventry and Woles-
ton, in Warwick.