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MAJORITY-NOES, 60.

A'Court, Captain Ferrand, W. B. 3forpeth, Viscount
Allix, J. P. Forster, Matthew Newdegate, N.
Arkwright, George Frewen, C. H. Patten, J. W.
Baillie, Colonel Goulburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan
Baring, W. B. Graham, Sir J. Protheroe, Edward
Berestord. Major Greene, Thomas Sheppard, T.
.. . . . .

Bowles, Admiral
Grey, Sir G.
Sibthorp, Colonel
Broadley, H. Grogan, E. Spooner, R.
Bruce, Lord E. Hawes, Benjamin Stansfleld, W. R.
Buller, Edward Henley, J. W. Stanton, W. H.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Herbert, Sidney Strait, Edward
Cardwell, Edward Hindley, Charles Sutton, Henry
Colouhoun, John Hodgson, R. Thesiger, Sir F.
Crawford, W. S. Hume, Joseph Thornely, Thomas
Cripps, William Hussey, T. Trench, Sir F.
1 /ennistoun, John Inglis, Sir It. Walpole, S. H.
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Jermyn, Earl Wawn, J. T.
Douglas, Sir C. Jocelyn, Viscount Wortley, J. S.
Ellice, Edward Kelly, Sir Fitzroy TELLERS.
Rscott, Bickham Lawson, A. Young, John
Estcourt, T. G. Mahon, Viscount Baring, lienry

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINEB6.
From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4.

The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bill,
erili.red to be brought in by the underuanied Hon. Members :
Nor ilk Extension (Stowmarket, Wymondham, and Attleborough
Branch—Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. W. Collett.
Manchester and Leeds Extensions, &c.—Mr. M. Philips and Mr.
Entwisle.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester—Colonel Baillie, Mr Pendarves, Mr.
T. Hussey, and Mr. M'Geachy.
Wear Dock Railway—Mr. Granger and Mr. Wawa.

PEERS AND PARVENUS.—That highly important topic
the education of the poor, has seldom been more actively dis-
cussed in the leading coteries of the day or at the dinner par-
ties of the season, than now that its powerful interest has
been so strikingly impressed upon the public, in Mrs. Gore's
new novel of " Peers and Parvenus." We have to thank
that lady for having led the way to a battle. field which can-
not be too eagerly disputed, till the good cause shall prevail.
It must be admitted, meanwhile, that seldom has so grave a
question been interwoven with such amusing details, or in-
vested with so engrossing an interest.
THE NEW TIMoN.—A contemporary critic observes,
that, " were it not for the introduction of characters who
have only figured since his death, this poem might well pass
for a posthumous production of Lord Byron himself. It has
much of the Byronic keen and subtle wit—his elegant flow—
his rapid perception. Certainly the author need bow his
head to none of his competitors. He has many of the first
requisites of his art. His mind is elevated and pure; his dic-
tion terse, vigorous, and mellifluous; there is thought, ideal-
ity, in his lines; and, in addition, a quality which, in these
days, will be a great recommendation—his narrative is full
of interest. There is much too of satire, keen, caustic, and
severe. Witness that on O'Connell 1 In a word, we think
"The New Timon" a production which will have a wide and
lasting reputation."
THE LATE EXPLOSION AT DOVER.—The borough
Coroner completed his adjourned inquest on the bodies of the men
killed by the explosion of gunpowder in a cave in Dover Cliffs. Since
the adjournment, another man has died of his wounds, making the
thirteenth sufferer by the accident. It appeared from the evidence
adduced yesterday, that for some time past the cave had been con-
verted into a kind of beer-shop, to supply the labourers employed on
that particular part of the line, aotwithstanding the dangerous nature
of the contents, which they were perfectly aware of. The jury found
the following verdict:—" That the deceased were killed by the ex-
plosion of a certain quantity of gunpowder, not being properly pro-
tected from the possibility of an accident; and that the said explo-
sion was caused by a lighted pipe being dropped by one of the de-
ceased on the said gunpowder."

BRITISH COLONIAL BANK AND LOAN COMPANY.-
The fifth annual meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the
*Mee in Moorgate-street ; James Stewart, Esq., in the chair. From
the report of the directors it appeared that the colony of New South
Wales was improving. Since the last general meeting, a reduction
of the liabilities of the company had been made to the extent of
4,1001., to the 31st of Dec-ember last; and since the closing of the
year's accounts a further reduction of 5,3001. had been effected,
making a total of 9,4001. All the other debts affecting the assets of
`'-

the company were in a train of settlement. The expenses of the
company would have been further reduced, had it sot been for the
law charges in the colony Incurred in foreclosing the mortgages.
The call made on the 2d of October was met in a satisfactorymana-
ner. The directors had to express their regret at the death receipts
cooiui nl
etani in
of interest, though small, 8" received to 30th
their late respected chairman, Sirt
.tt Herbert
a directors
t Compton. Theta ma
ki
making
6d. ; hi.
June, 1845, wa53,8991.
a small dividend. l'le
tinsateres7dt
; on
the Iroeri gt
sag,
e 25,706/. 7s.
favour of the company
tercet duo, 1,950/. ; t0gweaathe5r:3984,51.56691.. 6181. d. TThehebalinaiteirceesot
fduace
to the 30th June, 1845, was 34,372/. 19s. Bd. After the reading of the
a long and tedious discussion took place,
Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Coming, Mr. Cook, and others took
in which the chair-
man,
r p o
parr,r report,
furd.Mitasconicluded by the adoption of the repert and the declara-
tion of a dividend of 2 per cent. Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart.,
Colonel Sir W. Gossett, and John Shewell, Esq., were re-elected
directors, when the meeting adjourned.
COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday a writ de luna-
tic° inquirendo was executed at the Swan Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey,
before Francis Barlow, Esq., master in lunacy, and eighteen special
jurors, of whom G. Alider, Esq., was foreman, to inquire as to the
state of the mind of Leonora Harrison, aged 47, described in the com•
mission as of Addlestone, in the county of Surrey, spinster. The un-
fortunate lady is a relative of Sir R. H. Inglis,Bart., M.P., who
being trustee for 15,0001. left by her late father, had Instigated the
n on the part of the step-mother for proper
administration of the trust, and
issuing of the commissio
after
er a patient investigation the jury
returned a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from Decem-
ber 22, 1845.
IGNORANCE AND CRIME.—The calendar for the pre-
sent Salford hundred intermediate sessions contains the names of
sixty•five persons charged with felony, twenty-one of whom can
neither read nor write, thirty-nine can read, or read and write im-
perfectly, and three can read and write well. The degree of instruc-
tion received by the remaining two is not specified. There are also
nine persons charged with misdemeanour, of whom four can read,
or read and write imperfectly, and five can neither read nor write.—
Manchester Guardian.
ALARMING FIRE AT DocKHEAD.—On Wednesday
morning, between four and five o'clock, a fire was discovered in the
premises belonging to Mr. W. J. Day, a boot and shoemaker, of
New-street, Dockhead. The flames originated in the back parlour,
and passing from thence up the staircase they extended to the upper
rooms and penetrated the roof. The family having been aroused
before the fire had gained much hold, they were enabled to effect a
safe retreat from the premises. Three engines were quickly set to
work and the flames were happily arrested in their progress, but they
were net entirely extinguished until a considerable quantity of pro-
perty was destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown.
A Doa SCROOL.—A Mr. Henry Winfield, of Utica,
United States, announces that ho has opened a dog school, where he
will teach dogs to go on errands as correctly as any boy ten years old
—to dance as well as the most accomplished dancer, waltz, cut the
pigeon wing, to count the number of persons In the room, also to dis •
tinguish the number and colour of persons present—American paper.
The half-yearly meetings of Railway Companies con-
tinue. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway pro-
ceeds with satisfaction to the shareholders. The balance in the
hands of the Company to carry on the works is 212,356/. 4s. 3d.
The Hull and Selby Railway Company pays a dividend of 21. 7s. 6d.
per share. At the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway meet-
ing the undertaking was represented as highly favourable. The
works are all in a satisfactory condition. The Leeds and Thirsk
works are proceeding actively, and an arrangement has been entered
into by the directors with the Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern
for constructing the Wharfdale branch from Bramhope to Skipton.
The Bedford and London and Birmingham Company are proceeding
as quickly as possible. Application has been made to Parliament
for a Bill to extend the line from the Bedford terminus to Cambridge,
by a separate and independent capital ; and, with the concurrence of
the London and lairmingham Railway Company, arrangements have
been concluded with the Eastern Counties Railway, for leasing to the
latter the extension line, when made, at a rent
eqhuettlt4
Glasgow,
per
cent. per annum upon the capital, and half
Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway pays a
and a balance of 4,221/. 4s. 4d. has been carried to the next
pected to be opened on
pdirvolfidtsend ofT 7 per cent.,
year's account. The Furness Railway
the Ist of Slay. The Southampton and isDorchester,xewy of progress.—
a and the Water-
ford and Limerick Railways are each in a fair
Times.
SIR JOHN Ross.—ln eonsequnnce of the unfortunate
so well known as the explorer of the
bankruptcy of Sir John Ross,
Arctic Regions, his appointment as Consul-General at Stockholm has
been rescinded. The salary attached to the office was 550/. per
annum. His bankruptcy is attributable to his connexion with the
London and Dublin Trades' Bank, of which he was Deputy•Chair-
m se, and being called upon to pay his quota of loss to the share-
holders.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
MALTA, FEB. 24.—1 n Malta Harbour—The Hibernia,
120, Captain Peter Ridrrds, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-
in-Chief; Ceylon, 12, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtin, Bart., second in command, and
Superintendent of Malta Dockyard; Amazon, 19, Captain J.
Stopford; Beacon surveying-vessel, Commander T. Graves;
Ponetta surveying-vessel, Commander T. S. Brock; Locust
steamer, Lieutenant Eden ; Flamer steam-sloop, Lieutenant
Lavie ' • Wee Pet steam-tug, M. Duncan, master; and Re-
search, tender to Beacon.
At Gibraltar—The Fantome, 16. Commander Sir F. W.
E. Nicolson, Bart ; the Meteor, Lieutenant-Commander
But tler.

At Corfu—The Orestes, 18, Commander E. St. L. Can-
non ; the Jackal steamer, Lieutenant- Commander W. M. J.
G. Pasco.

At the ?inns of Athens—The Tyne, 28, Captain W. N.
Glasscock, and the Bloodhound steamer, Lieutenant R.
Phillips.
En route from Smyrna to Malta—The Siren, 16, Com.
mander H. E. Edgell.
At Constantinople—The Hecla war-stea ner, Commander
G. Dula

At Bey-rout—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. 11. Free.
mantle.

En route from Gibraltar to Malta—Rhadatran-hus :teamer,
Mast er-Commander Lean.
En route from Malta to Gibraltar and England—Warspite,
50, Captain P. W. P. Wallis. Sailed on the 18th inst.
En route from Malta to Beyrout—Virago war-steamer,
Commander G. G. Otway.

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.

At Malta—The Spitfire steam-stool), Lieut. J. A. Mac-
donald, and Sydenham, Lieut. D. R. P. Mapleton.
En route from Malta to Marseilles—Volcano, Lieut. Crang.
En route from Corfu to Malta—The Acheron, Lieut. B.
Aplin.
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S

FLOTILLA.
En route from Southampton and Gabralt:z to Malta—The
Oriental.

At Southampton— The Tagus.
En route from Malta to Gibraltar and Southampton—.
Great Liverpool.
En route from Malta to Alexandria—The Iberia. Expected
here daily.
En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from
Malta—The Duke of Wellington.
En route from ports of Black Sea and Constantinople to
Malta—The Achilles.
Foreign ships of war and packets in port—The French
steamer Rhamses and Alexandre, and Anglo-Maltese steamer
Scotia, and Neapolitan steamer Mongibello.
PORTSMOUTII, WISDNESDAY.—The Childers, 16, having un-
dergone a thorough overhaul and repair, was re-commissioned
this morning by the appointment to her of Commander John
C. Pitman, 1842, who was midshipman of the Rose, at the
battle of Navarino, and as lieutenant of the Blenheim and
Druid was in all the operations on the coast of China, and
whose services were officially reported at the taking of
Canton in 1841. The Childers was masted on Saturday, but
being a smaller brig than the Harlequin and Wanderer, will
have a smaller complement, 110, we believe.
The Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, went out of harbour
this morning to Spithead, in tow of the Echo tug. She will,
it is expected, be paid advance to-morrow, and inspected on
Friday by the Commander-in-Chief, whom she saluted with
17 guns on going out. She looks a very handsome vessel,
and sits beautifully upon the water.
The Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, has left the
basin, and is now shipping her heavy stores alongside the
jetty. She got her lower yards across yesterday afternoon.
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Curry, has her top-gallant
rigging fitted ready for going over the mast-heads. She
filled her tanks to-day, and only wants about 30 to complete
her complement. The ship's company have petitioned their
commander to apply to the Admiralty for permission to have
their mess tables and stools taken away, in order to give them
more room.

The Janus, steam-sloop, went out of harbour on Friday last,
at a quarter before seven, A. 51., and proceeded round the Isle
of Wight, by way of St. Helen's, and returned into harbour at
seven P.M. On this trip she made from twelve to twenty re-
volutions per minute, her speed consequently is various, un-
certain, and unaccountable. She will not go against tide or
a fresh wind ; a little sail has an extraordinary effect upon'
her, under steam and sail she went nine knots. The Rattler
did not leave the harbour on the same day until twenty
minutes before twelve, but came up with the Janus near the
Needles! The accident the Janus met with on Saturday
evening was caused by the breaking of an important part of
the machinery, called the " flapper," to repair which it is
estimated a month will be required; the Admiralty are con-
sequently deliberating whether they will allow any further
attempts to make the Janus succeed, to occupy the valuable
time of the dockyard hands, and cause a fruitless expenditure
of the public money. The Earl of Dundonald has gone up to
the Board to see about it.

The Amphitrite, razee corvette, is under the sheers, to be
masted.

The Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General of the
Navy, and a committee of the following officers have this
week been testing cables and cordage in the establishment,
to ascertain the strength of that made at Deptford, by the
machine, as compared with that made by hand in every other
of her Majesty's dockyards ;—Nlr. Purda, Master-Attendant
of this dockyard ; Mr Morice, Master-Attendant at Dept-
lord; Mr. Burton and Mr. Parsons, master-ropemakers ;
Captain Brandreth, R.E., Director of Engineering and
Architectural Works; and Captain Denison, ILE., in charge
of works in Portsmouth dockyard.
The Scout, 18, Commander Loring, is hourly expected at
this port from Sheerness (which she left on Monday), to be
paid advance, &c.

The intelligence brought yesterday of the Americans
having refused the offer of referring the claim to the Oregon
territory to arbitration, has caused the most lively sensation
at this port, especially among the naval circles, all looking
upon a brush with "Jonathan" as likely to be productive of
the most glorious results to us. It has been suggested that
in the event of our Government not pocketing the affront in-
tended to be put upon it, but showing by prompt measures
its determination to enforce right by alight, that Captain
Wallis, of the Warspite, &O (about to come home from the
Mediterranean in a fortnight), who was second lieutenant of
the Shannon in her conflict with the Chesapeake, should be
among the first sent out.

NAVAL AND MILITARY
PROMOTIONS.
Naval Promotions during the Preceding Month, the First
Exercise of the Patronage of the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, the Earl of Ellenborough, with the Seniority of
the Offices Previous Rank.
To be Commanders—Sir Wm. Wiseman, Bart. (1838) ;
William Lester (1808), on Retired List.
To be Lieutenants—John M. Jackson (1840); Philip Hud-
son (1840); Henry George Simpson (1840); Lacon U.
Hammot (1840); George H. H. Greathead (1840); Henry
11. King (1842); Roderick Dew (1842); Henry Boys
(1843); Charles 0. H. P. St. John (1840); John F. Ross
(1840).
Restored to the rank of Lieutenant—Edward Jervis
Voules and James B. Kinsman.

ISlilitary Promotions During the Preceding Month, with the
Regiment in which the Promotion took Place.
To be Colonels of Regiments—General Sir Thomas Brad-
ford, G.C.8., 4th Foot; Major-General George Marquis of
Tweeddale, 30th Foot; Major• General Lord Saltoun, 1E.C.8.,
55 t h Foot.

To be Major—E. Stephenson (brevet), 3d Foot.
To be Captains—H. W. Parish, 45th Foot; G. W. Patey,
56th Foot; E. Stanley, 37th Foot, without purchase, vice
Lynch, deceased; M. A. Obert, 97th Foot; W. Webster,
without purchase, Unattached ; 11. S. Lumley, 2d Life
Guards ; H. P. Chamberlain, 3d Foot ; H. Crawford, 89th
Foot; E. D. Atkinson, 37th Foot ; A. Helyar, 7th Light
Dragoons; R. Fielden, 44th Foot; A. Patterson, 85th Foot,
without purchase; H. Reynolds, Unattached, without pur-
chase.
To be Lieutenants—P. Bunbury, 7th Dragoons ;L. T. Cave,
45th Foot ; H. M. Archdall, 52d Foot ; G. S. Hansom, 56th
Foot; E. D. Harvest, 97th Foot; A. Fitzgerald, 3d Foot;
H. G. Davies, 32d Foot; W. H. Candler, 80th Foot; C.
Richardson, 89th Foot; A. B. Cator, 37th Foot; Sir W. Rus-
sell, Bart., 7th Light Dragoons; R. C. Stanhope, 7th Foot;
Hon. C. W. Agar, 44th Foot ; C. Warburton, 85th Foot.
To be Surgeon—F. R. Waring, Staff.
The Commander-in-Chief in India has been pleased to
make the following promotions until her Majesty's pleasure
shall be known. All are death vacancies, and consequently
wroitilitiolu9tthptuorcvhaciseD.eeDematbee,r:e_xcept when otherwise stated,
f
To be Lieutenant-Colonels—George L. Davis, 9th Foot;
Charles Barnwell, 9th Foot.
To be Majors—Arthur Ogle, 9th Foot; Charles Douglas,
9th Foot; Charles Lewis, 61st Foot (
ah, 7th
To be Captains—Charles M. Cre 9th Foot ; Samuel
Fisher, 3d Light Dragoons; Charles Elmshirst, 9th Foot; D.
M. Bethune, 9th Foot ; W. Shelton, 9th Foot ; H. P.
L'Estrange, 29th Foot; K. Murchison, 29th Foot; J. C.
Brooke, 31st Foot; R. Shearman, 62d Foot; G. Nicholas,
62d Foot ; F. P. Haines, 80th Foot (7th Dec.); A. Ormsby,
80th Foot ; C. H. Leslie, 80th Foot.
To be Lieutenants—Henry Thomas, 9th Foot; H. W. W.
White, 3d Light Dragoons; John D. White, ditto; John
Rathwell, ditto; C. R. Woollaston, 4th Foot ; W. F.
Coryton, ditto; R. G. Cumming, 9th Foot; W. H. Forster,
ditto; Thomas Stock, 22d Foot; H. Francis, 29th Foot;
H. R. White, ditto ; G. S. G. Henderson, ditto ; E. T.
Scudamore, ditto; A. Pilkington, 31st Foot; R. M'Kenzie,
ditto ; J. Paul, ditto ; H. P. Hutton, ditto ; C. H. G.
Tretton, ditto; A. White, 50th Foot; C. Roberts, 62d Foot;
R. A. Cox, ditto ; J. M. W. Hewett, ditto ; G. H. Hawes,
ditto ; J. Hanham, ditto ; C. Rowland, ditto ; A. H. Har-
dinge, 80th Foot; G. C. Robertson, ditto; E. W. Kingsley,
ditto ; H. C. Smith, ditto ; George Bodle, ditto; A. A. Dick,
29th Foot; J. M. W. Enser, 39th Foot; J. S. Richards, 62d
Foot.

TO be Cornet—Sergeant-Major George Kountze, 3d Light
Dragoons.
To be Ensigns—Sergeant-Major John Whiteside, 9th
Foot ; Sergeant-Major George Mitchell, 29th Foot ; Quarter-
master William Jones, 31st Foot ; Sergeant •Major Richard
Heaton, 50th Foot; Sergeant-Major William Rudman, 62d
Foot ; Colour-Sergeant M. Kirkland, 80th Foot.
Officers who have entered the army during the preceding
month, at the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief,
the Duke of Wellington :-
7th Dragoon Guards—N. de la Chervis, by purchase, ga-
zetted Feb. 6.

45th Foot—F. R. Grantham, by purchase, Feb. 6.
52d Foot—T. H. Vyvyan, by purchase, .>eb. 6 ; J. H .
Dundas, without purchase, Feb. 6.
56th Foot—W. W. Basset, by purchase, Feb. 6.
92d Foot—Hon. W. Charteris, by purchase, Feb. 6.
97th Foot—T. E. Jones, by purchase, Feb. 6.
2d Life Guards—H. Johnstone, by purchase, Feb. 6.
3d Foot—C. Taylor, from the Royal Military College, by
purchase, Feb. 13.
sth Foot—L. Fitzgerald, by purchase. Feb. 13.
3ticl Foot—M. Turner, by purchase, Feb. 13.
37th Foot—C. S. Blois, by purchase, Feb. 13.
89th Foot—E. J. Head, by, purchase, Feb. 20.
7th Light Dragoons—W. D. Bushe, by purchase, Feb. 20.
6th Foot—J. R. Blake, by purchase, Feb. 27.
41Foot—C. J. O. sffiia
h Foot—R. Prestonw,abyp ,
tr
fromase
48th Feb.
Ro3_ 2al7.military
lege, without purchase, Feb. 27.
56th Foot—F. H. Sykes, by purchase, Feb. 27.
80th Foot—Hon. J. H. M. Brown; from Royal Military
College, without purchase, Feb. 27.

ALLEGED CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A
RELIEVING OFFICER.—On Tuesday last a person of the name of Ben-
jamin Bean was apprehended and brought before the magistrates of
the Tunstead and Hopping Hundred, at the Smallburgh Union House,
in the county of Norfolk, and charged by John Barnard, clerk to the
board of guardians, with having uttered a certain forged document,
purporting to be a receipt given by Mr. John Bowles, a general
shopkeeper of Tunstead, for the sum of 17s. 4d. It appeared from
the evidence adduced that the defendant, while acting in his official
capacity, had received certain sums of the board of guardians to pay
to different tradesmen, and in this case defendant had returned the
bill of Mr. Bowles, receipted, and alleged that he had paid it. Mr.
Bowles was called, and proved that he had never received the money,
nor was that his signature attached. There were several other cases
against him of a similar character, and the magistrates remanded.
hint, for the purpose of getting other evidence.
A GOOD RESOLUTION.—The ladies in Louisiana hate
adopted a rule never to marry a man who owes an editor more they
one year's subscription.—American po,per,

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