The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-10 00:00:00

TfIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN IN G, FEBRUARY 10, 1848,

BANK RETURNS-
kI'Itoin the London Gazette of Tuesday.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eigi th
Victoria, .zap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bo nk.
Notes, of the several Banks of Issue
ek in England
Sat J - a nd
Wales. in Circulation during the We endin
Avert .ge
day, the 29th day
If Jan., 1847:
PRVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co
Andover Bank,.Andover—Heath and Co 9,4 83
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,550
A.ylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and G. Copeman ,298
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rckford
31,836
and Hunt
Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Nogg, end Lindsell... 26,735
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 11,006
Basingstoke and Odihan. Bank, Basingstoke--
Seymour, Lamb, and CO. 17,47'2
Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
3ewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and
13,8 4 4
Crane
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co.
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods,
S,ner, and Co.

6,7 1 3

.3pooner,•.-
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham--J. L. Moilliett, and Sons ............. 12,85!
Blandtord Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak . 7,93:
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co ..........••• 61,16
Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co ................ 14,09, 1 I
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. J. Sealey 7,72: 1
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co• 32,8%' 3
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 20,35. 2
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
18,17! 3
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow-
Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan,
and Co. 68,9 C. 5
Bant:ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 25,( i 34
Banbury Old Bank, B.lnbury—Messrs. Cobb 5 39. !
3t:384
Bati-. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son 9,
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buszard—Basszitt an Grant 29, 307
Biriningham Bank, Bird mingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire —H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co 1( 1,492
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 4' 1,529
Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Boma-
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— "
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
Worlledge and Co.
Brornsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs,
arid Co. l5 ,479
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
Sons • 20, 928
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
28,6.65
Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and
17,1 14
Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. Ls, Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester--hound, Green,
18 208
and Co.,
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Iladleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
—Mills, Bawtree, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wuol-

cock

36,2 3S
40,6 57

City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh,
and Co T..1'71
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co 5,7 06
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak.
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devize3—Hughcs,

9,1 00
l• 1:,% 73
6.5,t 130

Locke, and Co
Piss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tow,
and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook and Co,

Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, & Co
Pevonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-

2;T,:317

1%3,906
10,352

6,253

G 7,151

61,325

9,975

man
por,:hester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dore2lester—Williams and Co.
East CorLwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster,
and Co.
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton,
and Co.
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Walford, and Co.
ZKeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
'arringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes and Medley
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co.
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and
Keen
Grantham Bank, Gran tharn—Kewney and King 17,382
Guildford Bank, Gaildford—Messrs. Haydon... 12.057
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 422,138
Haatings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hader,
and Co. 28,000
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams
and Co
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
—Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Runtingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co
llemcl Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead—
Smith, and Whittingstall
Tionitoc. Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharpies
and Co.

Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
_ _

:12,765

86,381

47,798

45.005
23,794

18.998

4,114
3.1,913
5,239

21,955

18,760

40,579

18,173

30,576

21,730
20,477

Ipswicui ......... _
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
:lank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexanders aril Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J
Davies and Co 21.685
Knighton Bank Knighton-J. Davies and Co 6,020
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
an,l Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering-0 otch and Sons.., 7,501
Longton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank. Leeds-Beckett and Co
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown,
and C 3.......... .
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek-Fo wler,Gaun .1, ar deo. -
Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 25,235
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux ard. Co 32.416
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 21,104
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln--Smith Rnd Co ......... 82,574
Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank Lla,ndo-
very-David Jones and Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
tons and Cradock
_ .
J-437nlington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St.
Bathe
Lynn Regis3,s62
and Lincolnshire Bank,
Lynn Regis .
-Gurneys and Co
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- 38,619
Massey and Co.
13,769
Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Broeklehurst
and Co. ........
Manningtree Ban' i;:i.ia.n...
i Marlborough
and Co. 6,054
Marlborough Bank lirrough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough
irl Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank
and Hungerfordßank,Marlbingeriord Bank,
Merriman,NV .i
is la *jr New
orough-Tanner
10,970
and Pinckney .............
Marlborough and North
Hillier 7,423
Marlborough-Ward,
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Janes
Williams - - ......
.......... and
..........
Miners Bank, Truro-Willyams and co ......... 5,317
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Ceram .... .e
i al
.. 14,947
Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and C 0.....,,,,,
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon 23,756
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and iferefordshire Bank, Monmouth
-Bromage and Snead 9,723
Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport
W. Williams and Sons 7,548
Newark Bank,'Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 25,117
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, S leaford-Handley, Peacock,
.......... 46,953
and Co .........................
Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny and Slocook. 19,305
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Son ..
Norfolk and Suffolk. Bank, Diss-Taylor and
Dyson
2,055
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and
Hadsons
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur-
neys and Birkbeck
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co
Nuneaton Bank Nuneaton-Craddcock and
Co
Naval Bank, Plymouth-llarris, Mudge, and
C 0...
INIIIII ,:ii-A. 14/ •
New Sarum Bank, Sarum-11P
ottangham Bank, Nottingham-Smith ,tley, Everett, and 22,331
8 790
-, Er _...,, ,; 1,.., awestry Bank and Osviest
gharn-smith and Co.,
U 26 920
i. i- I ,:',l-r,‘ westrir-Croxon and C0.....,ry Old Bank, Os- '
eg.--% .t, ‘,` Oxford Bank, Oxford-j. and .it
- ,
Oxford ,3ld Bank, Oxford-_o..n, Morrell 5 52"
. ,
..„.,' „....411. ; and Co. ~ , lt 111 son, Parsons, ' a
\"" ''''''' Old Bank T b '
_ on ndge Tonbridgo arid T is,-; 26,211
~--1, - Wells Old Bank, 'Tonbridve- I on-. Age
and Tonbridge
I -", , '-:".Wells and Sevenoak e' sßank, Tonbridge-
l) N. a ..,Beeehinz. and Sozs...
,
)1 gio"
Ishire Witney Bank Witney-Williams, 8,226
rfeb, and CO.v
T
8,640

73,667

13,589

5,405
52,197

63,031

9,456

4,079

Average .A moan t.
Yeas 's Old Bank, hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Be verley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co
perl ance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co .....
?e; e rborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
b 3. rough—MPrTs. Yorke
Pet et borough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
I ilite, and Simpson
Pc- nbrokesh ire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
' PP. Walters
Pe nzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
' Crum Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven
t md Co
Re ading Bank, Reading—i-oimonas and Co
Re ading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co
W ,chmond Bank,;Richmond—Stapleton and C 0...
R ingwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
P ,ochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Boyd',

46,602
10,230

6,172

10,613

7,462

24,587

23,845
3,820

8,966

and Co
F.ochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons...
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye--Curteis, Pomfret, and Co
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co. _ . .

4,230

9,555
13,445
13,605
15,285

10,360

Ross (old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway .
__

4,245

Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons,
and Co
Sittingbourne and .Milton Bank, Sittingbourno
—Valiance and Son
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-

35,2.56

10,290

24,313

26,00 S

2,862

arnptori—Maddison and Son
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's—J. S. Story
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and
King
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge Rufivord,
Wragg, and Co ....
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cawley, and Co.
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and

13,091
12,755
838

3,451
5,137

14,086
14,658

27,597

Robins -
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Baak, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co.
St. Alban's and Hert% Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and

16,022

15,616

19,574

Co
Thorn') dry Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland
Tring Bank and Cheshana Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Tovrcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, llelston—Viviau and

8,154

8,352

7,470

10,534

11,531

8,291

Co
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, ►pith,

7,850

and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—

Kelynge, Greenw•ay, aiid Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,

Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, And Co
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-

man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourno Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—ArkwriOt and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,

18,791
6,466

25,112

2,626

43,057

13,878

and Co.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley

18,348

and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and

4,456

9,605

32,291

50,634

5,486

12.870

9,335

71,167

9,525

18,750

Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—S. Kenrick
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Banl:, and lialesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yamouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and SODA Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacou, Bart., and Co 10,234
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten
York Bank, York—Swann. Clough. and Co._ 39,947

13,337
1,898

9,625

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal

Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 42,091
Bilston District Banking Company, Wo'ver-

hamnton v 8,295
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitchaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Iliad-

ford .... . - 14,129
Buron, Uaoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Cornnany, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking

Company., Chesterfield .,
7,770
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington .
Chehenham and Gloucestershire Banking Corn-

pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 10,820
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Bc.nking Company

Carlisle _
21,054
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,003
Dedley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Ban king Company, Derby 18,942
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 125,035
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 11,947

Huddersfield Banking Company. Huddersfield 33,110
Hull Banking Company, Hull , 27,046
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha-
lifax
Halifax and Huddersfield IThion Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,315
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 14,390
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresboro ugh 22,940
Kingsbridge Join.;-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,997
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 50,614
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln ami Lir dsey Banking Company. Lincoln 45,835
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 8,153
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank•
_ ___

ing Company, Nottingham _ 20,583
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 23,760
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 43,277
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 66,262
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 7,754
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei-
cester
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 1,940
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 36,105
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford, 47,150
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshiro Bank, Lang-

Shropshire - _
p0rt233,387
re Banking Company, Shiffnall ... 37,539
Sheffield ourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com
tneld and lialiamshire Banking Company, 49,525
ShPe"Y, Stourbridge
a(ind Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
Sheffield ••••
Wensleydale Banking Company, 17,745
SwCaolemdipaalenyed"ile'ldarn
.................... 41,560
.52,035
iecyhmoanndd.. .
Thomas's....... ..
....
StoSßrhaftesbury .. .............. a mg Company,
Sheffield and Retferd Bank:Qie..l.4 .............. 9,259
26,351
Wolverhampton aud Staffordshire Bank••• 875
30,452
pany, Wolverhampton ............. ulg Com-
-164
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank,"\ViaVe*fi—e••• 30,
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking coro ld 10,470
Whitehaven , .................... PanY'
WNavrawriwckieaknd.
.. L...e.,...m.
.................
..Banking... C0mpany,.........
................
West of Englan,--.' and South Wales District
Bank. Bristol .
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 52,951
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield ................. •
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
orkshire Banking 4,128
Worcester , .....................
York Union Banking Company, York
'fork City and County Banking Company, York 82.865
Company, Leeds
axes, February 99862
P 5 tad T
Stamps P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank licturns.
S, 1840.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ROUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 9.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of
.yesterday.)
DESTITUTE POOR (IRELAND).
Mr. FEARGUS O'CONNOR expressed his satis-
faction at the conduct of the Hon. Member for
Stroud for bringing forward a question of so much
importance to Ireland, and also for the calm, able,
and dispassionate manner in which he had discussed
the subject. He was happy to find that English
landlords were now beginning to entertain
an intense feeling in all matters connected
with Irish distress. He was thankful for
every measure which was proposed by her Majesty's
Government for the relief of the Irish poor, and he
agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary
for Ireland, that the complicated machinery of the
poor- law was repulsive to the Irish character, and
difficult to bring into operation. From his experience
of the country he was of opinion that the Govern-
ment had done wisely in taking away a great
portion of the patronage of the landlords,
many of whom were now, in fact, paupers
thems elves, and who had turned out the tenants upon
their -estates. He was much gratified to see, by a
publication in the newspapers, that Earl Clarendon
was in favour of the small farm system, and if the
Government would assist him in carrying out such a
project, they would have few complaints of distress in
Ireland. On Tuesday next the whole question of tenant
right would come before the House, and he would
reserve such suggestions as his experience justified
him in making on the subject until that evening. In
conclusion, he had to tender his thanks to the Hon.
Member for Stroud for the able manner in which he
had at all times advocated the interests of Ireland,
and begged to assure him that his conduct was most
gratifying to the Irish people.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN rose for the purpose of
again, if possible, making an appeal to the Govern-
ment not to let an inquiry so important to the inter-
ests of Ireland drop until some good resulted from it.
He lamented that nothing had yet been done with
respect to waste lands in Ireland, and he trusted that
the G-overment would do something upon the subject.
He thought the present machinery of the poor-law in
Ireland was greatly defective, and required revision
and great consideration at the hands of the
Government. The suggestion he had made in
the course of the last session had not been attended
to, and he considered it the duty of the Government
to bring forward some measure on the subject. The
people of Ireland ought not to be allowed to perish
for want of food, as they had done.
Mr. H. DRUMMONI) protested against questions
of this sort being brought forward without any
notice ; and in doing so he begged it to be under-
stood that he was as anxious as any man to attend to
the complaints of Ireland.
Sir B. HALL thought that bringing forward
subjects like the one now under discussion at the
present moment was ill-timed.
Mr. REYNOLDS said that the present subject
was far more important than any discussion on the
New Zealand Bill could be. The people were dying
by thousands in Ireland, and it was necessary that
something should be done for their relief.
After some observations from Mr. S. CRAWFORD
the subject dropped.
EPIPHANY QUARTER SESSIONS BILL.
Mr. PACKE moved the second reading of the
Epiphany Quarter Sessions Bill. The object of the
Bill was to postpone the holding of the Epiphany
Sessions for three days, which he believed would be
productive of great convenience to all parties,
especially to the witnesses and magistracy.
Sir G. GREY opposed the second reading of the
Bill, believing that the inconvenience that it sought
to remedy would be more than counterbalanced by
the inconvenience which would be occasioned by the
provisions of the Bill if it was allowed to become law.
Sir J. PAKINGTON trusted that the Bill
would be withdrawn, believing with the Right Hon.
Baronet at the head of the Home Department that
inconvenience would be increased, and not diminished,
by the Bill.
Mr. I3ANKES supported the second reading of the
Bill, considering that its provisions, if carried into
effect, would be productive of good, and would incon-
venience no one.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD opposed the second
reading of the Bill, because it sought to alter a
measure that had been brought forward and became
law with the sanction of some of the first legal autho-
rities in the realm. He thought the House should
pause before they sanctioned a measure which was
likely, in his opinion, to lead to very serious conse-
quences, to say nothing of the extra time which the
prisoners would have to be confined, merely for the
sake of affording a little extra convenience to the
magistrates.
Mr. SPOONER thought that if the Bill were
sanctioned it would give the magistrates, in the dis-
charge of their duty, the advantage which the best
talent of the bar could afford it. The Bill was not
introduced with a view to afford any convenience to
the magistrates.
Sir J. DUCKWORTH was of opinion that the
better course would be to withdraw the Bill, and not
make any alteration in the existing arrangements with
respect to the holding of the sessions.
Mr. PACKE said that, considering the feeling of
the House on the subject, he thought it would be only
right for him to withdraw the Bill.
The Bill was accordingly withdrawn.
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT BILL.
On the order of the day for going into Committee
on this Bill being read,
The Earl of LINCOLN appealed to the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, and trusted that he
would not insist upon pressing the question of going
into Committee on so important a measure as the
present. Ile thought that the discussion ought not
to be taken upon a sitting on Wednesday, and espe-
cially in the absence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury and the Under-Secretary of the Colonies. It
was most important that the business of the colony
of New Zealand ought not to be allowed to be
"slurred" over in a hurried or imperfect manner.
Mr. L ABOUCHERE said that the Government
had great difficulty in bringing before the House the
consideration of those measures which it was neces-
sary for them to do. They had but two nights in
the week, and even they were generally broken in
upon by other business. Under these circumstances
he hoped the Noble Lord would excuse him if
he expressed a hope that the House would allow
him to go into Committee on the Bill at owe.
Mr. GLADSTO-NE said that he would allude to
one or two important points in the provisions of the
Bill. Upon the best examination he could make of
the enacting portions of the Bill he thought that they
were of a very unusual nature, but such as, upon
the whole, he thought the circumstances of the case
required. With respect to the suspending por-
tion of the Bill, he could not see why
the constitution of 1846 should be sus-
pended for a period of five years, instead of being
at once repealed. The constitution of 1846 was a
mere paper one, it had never found its way among
the inhabitants, it had only existed as a speculative
and theoretical question. He did not know that they
were possessed of any affirmative evidence that this
constitution would be a proper one to form in
New Zealand five years hence.—(Cheers.) He
thought that such a provision would tend only to
fetter the opinion of the House upon a future occa-
sion. He thought the more honest course would be
to say that as the Governor had acted upon a mis-
taken policy in exacting that constitution, they
would take the opportunity of considering with a
matured judgment the nature of any proceedings
that might be hereafter adopted on the subject of a
constitution. In the meantime they could recom•
mend the repeal of the existing constitution. These
were not matters of party opinion; it would be a sin
against the first principles of humanity if it were
so.— (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to commit himself
finally to any course of conduct which he might pursue.
When the treaty of Waitangi was concluded, it was
understood that the rights and property of the natives
in the land would be recognised, and he wished to be
assured that the dispatch of Lord Grey in reference
to the disposal of public lands respected to the full
that interpretation of the treaty. The peace, if not
the possession, of the island was involved in this part
of the question, and he hoped Government would be
cautious that no breach of good faith in respect of
this treaty was committed against the natives.--
(Hear.) The instructions of Lord Grey appeared
to him to confine the right of the natives to property
in the land to cases where they could prove that they
had occupied it for the purposes of labour, and upon
these instructions rested his doubts and apprehen-
sions for the prosperity of the colony. These in-
structions were opposed to the correct and liberal
interpretations of the treaty he had just alluded to,
and if in future the natives were only to be entitled
to such lands as they had improved by their
labour, he very much feared the peace of the
colony would be seriously endangered. The
Bishop of New Zealand had been censured by the
Colonial Secretary for protesting against any infringe-
ment of the; treaty of Waitangi, and upon looking
over the dispatch containing the censure, it appeared
to him that the censure was founded upon the suppo-
sition that the protest was addressed to the natives as
well as to the Governor of the colony. Now, he wished
Government to explain, in justice to the Right Rev.
Prelate, whether the protest was made public or not.
Ile admitted that to make such a protest known to
the natives was highly censurable, but he doubted
tt_lee
.Prelate
whether the Right Rev. Prelate made
n
his views upon the treaty of Waitangi known to any
other party than the Governor. Ile had already put
the House in possession of the fact that he agreed with
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that
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terpretation et
of that treaty
would do far more to pre-
serve the col,my to this country than the uperAtivii of
a force, howsoever great its numbers might

be. The papers that had just been received
from the colony bore him out in the opinion,
far it appeared from these papers that the in-
structions of Lord Grey to the Governor had caused
great excitement amongst the loyal portion of the in-
habitants of the island, and he hoped, without further
detaining the House, he had said enough to induce
Government to give him an assurance that in future
their acts should not be calculated to disturb the
peace of the colony, but should be regulated
by the principle which secured a fair and
liberal interpretation of the treaty of Waitangi.
He trusted, in conclusion, that theßight Hon. Gentle-
man (Mr. Labouchere) would give a satisfactory and
explicit statement with regard to the observations he
had made upon the subject of the dispatch.
Mr. GLADSTONE, in answer to a question from
Mr. Miles, said that the whole gist of his observations
referred to the northern part of the island, excluding
the southern slice, which was separated from it.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he could assure the
Right Hon. Gentleman that it was the intention of
the Government to carry out faithfully every treaty
and engagement which they had made with respect to
the colony of New Zealand. He alluded with
great pleasure to the very favourable accounts
which had been last received from the colony,
and which showed that the natives were not untract-
able and unruly, but readily submitted to the habits
and customs which had been introduced, and ably
filled all occupations in which they had been em-
ployed. He was glad to find that the Right
Honourable Gentleman did not object to the ab-
stract doctrine of Earl Grey with regard to the
occupation of land by the aborigines. The
Honourable Gentleman, however, seemed to
think that it was the intention of the Noble Lord in
his dispatch to limit strictly the right of holding pro-
perty of the natives only to such lands as they had
improved by their labour. On the contrary, he (Mr.
Labouchere) believed that it was intended that the
natives should have land granted to them, whenever
they could show a bona fide right, without limiting
that right to land improved by them. The Governor
would have an opportunity of using his discretion in
introducing the new institutions into the colony
during the next five years, and at the lapse of that
time they would have sufficient experience as to their
efficacy, and doubtless the subject would then
again be brought before the House. With refer-
ence to the observations relative to the Bishop of
New Zealand, he believed it true that the Bishop
considered that the measures proposed by the Go •
vernment were unjust to the natives, and in sending
his protest to the Government he distinctly stated
that it was his intention to excite the dissatisfaction
of the natives to the course the Government was dis-
posed to take. Ile considered that under such cir-
cumstances the most prudent course for the Secretary
of the Colonies to take, was to take steps to preserve
peace in the colony.
Mr. GLADSTONE believed that the Bishop of
New Zealand had not adopted such a course, although
he had threatened to do so.

Mr. LABOUC HERE was happy to hear that he
had exercised so sound a discretion; but he thought,
after what had been been stated by the Bishop, his
Noble Friend Earl Grey was fully justified in the
course he had adopted.—(llear, hear.) He trusted
that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite was satis-
fied, after the statements he had made, that
it was the intention of the Colonial-office
not to take any step with regard to the question
of waste lands inconsistent with the rights of the
natives of New Zealand, granted under the treaty of
Waitangi.—(Hear, hear.) The principle of the
Bill now before the House was to suspend the
constitution of New Zealand, but at the same time
to enable the Governor of the island, when he
thought fit, to introduce the constitution, either
wholly or in part, as he thought best. Such
was the principle of the Bill; its great object
was to give to the colony the blessings of free
institutions, and he believed if the principles of
Governor Grey were allowed to be carried out such
great benefits would be obtained, and that that dis-
tant colony of the Crown would ere long flourish as
a free and intelligent community.
Sir E. BUXTON felt much gratified at the state-
ment of the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of
the Board of Trade, that the treaty of Waitangi
was to be upheld to the full extent, that was,
in the light in which the natives of New Zealand
understood it. He trusted that the Government
would act upon the principles enunciated by the
Right Hon. Gentleman, notwithstanding any
interference which he was fearful might
be attempted by the New Zealand Company. If the
Government adhered to those principles he felt con-
vinced they would ensure the peace and happiness of
New Zealand.

Mr. AGLIONBY, as one of the members
of the New Zealand Company, felt bound to make
a few observations. On the behalf of that company
he begged for investigation into all they did; and he
could assure the lion. Baronet, if he was desirous of
obtaining information with respect to that company,
if he would apply to him or any other member of
the company, he would have it. The company
wished for nothing but publicity to all they did.
Governor Grey in his report, which was the founda-
tion of the Bill, said he was not aware of any circum-
stance which should prevent the introduction of the
proposed institutions into New Zealand ; and he also
stated the settlers on the Cook's Straits district
had settled their differences with the Government,
and that a better and more tractable body of
settlers could not be found.

Mr. CAItDWELL said GU question of peace or
war depended upon the spirit of the instructions given
by the Government to Governor Grey. He con-
tended, with reference to the discussion about
the Bishop of New Zealand, that no proof
had been given that he had been guilty of
inciting the dissatisfation of the natives of
the colony. The explanation of the president
of the Board of Trade on the subject was far from
satisfactory. If the Government intended to act in a
proper an I laudable spirit they might look forward
to that improvement in the colony which had been
anticipated by them ; but if they neglected to do so,
another state of things would be the consequence.
With regard to the Bill before the House, he said he
considered that something ought to be done in the mat-
ter, and having denied the imputations cast upon the
Bishop, which he said were not warranted by the
evidence submitted, he should not offer any opposition
to the House going into Committee on the Bill.

The Earl of LINCOLN said the whole discussion
which had taken place had reference only to two
points—waste lands and other lands in the colony—
but with regard to the propriety of the Bill—the
operations of which were to extend over five years
no discussion had taken place at all, and he had to
offer a suggestion that the Chairman should merely
take the chair pro forma, and that the discussion be
taken on the Bill on some future occasion.

Mr. LABOUCIIERE said he was sorry to meet
the Noble Lord's suggestion with a refusal, but he
could not kelp hoping that the House would go into
Committee on the Bill at once.

Earl LINCOLN said, in that case he should raise
a discussion on the bringing up of the report, and
reserve his right to move an amendment to it.
Mr. SCOTT' expressed a hope that the Government
would postpone going into Committee on the Bill.
By the treaty of Waitangi the shadow of the land
only was transferred to the Queen of England, but
the substance remained with the natives. If, there-
fore, Government adopted steps that were opposed to
that principle they would commit a breach of good
faith and endanger the safety of the colony. If the spirit
of that treaty were permanently departed from the
natives would inevitably raise a warfare against the
British settlers, and it must be manifest to Govern-
ment, from the disparity in the numbers of the
British forces, that the result of such a
contest would be most disastrous to the lives and
interests of those of her Majesty's subjects who
had settled in the colony.—(Hear, hear.) He, there-
fore, hoped the Colonial Department would pause
before they called upon Captain Grey to carry out to
the letter the instructions contained in Lord Grey's
dispatches, and try the experiment of treating the
claims and demands of the natives in a liberal, con-
scientious spirit.—(Hear.)
Mr. ADDERLEY said the question which had
been raised by this incidental debate was one of great
importance, not only to the colony of New Zealand,
but to the mother country, and he hoped on another
stage of this Bill Government would afford the House
an opportunity of going fully into the provisions of
the treaty of Waitangi and the expediency of inter-
preting it in a candid and generous spirit.—(Hear.)
Mr. C. ANSTY contended that the rights claimed
by the natives under the treaty of Waitangi were not
only founded in reason and justice, but strictly in
accordance with the laws recognised by this
country. It was, therefore, not only morally
unjust, but unquestionably illegal, to depart
from the condition of the treaty. Much
had been said about casual and permanent occupancy
of the land by the natives ; but was it right, or
in accordance with the laws of the country, that
one of the contracting parties should have the
power of deciding whether the occupancy had
been casual or permanent? Certainly not ; and
unless he had an assurance from Government that
the terms of the treaty would be construed in a liberal
sense, he should oppose the enactment of this Bill.
To give time to Government to consider the expe-
diency of their making such a pledge, he would move
as an amendment that the Bill be committed this
day week.
No Hon. Member, however, seconded the amend-
ment, and it fell to the ground.
The House then went into Committee on the Bill.
On the first clause, suspending the constitution of
New Zealand for five years, being proposed,
Mr. /TITIIE m,v l thlt the t:•rm Of sospee4ne he
only three years.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said it might give rise to

difficulty and inconvenience if the amendment were
adopted, and he therefore trusted that it would not be
persevered in.
Mr. AGLIONBY said that he did not think that
the dispatch of Governor Grey warranted the sus-
pension of the constitution in the southern parts of
the colony.

Mr. IaBOUCHERE said that the 4th clause of
the Bill gave power to the Governor to grant con-
stitutions in the southern part of the colony if he
thought proper, and he thought that the matter
had better be left to the discretion of the Governor.

The Earl of LINCOLN apprehended that no
power was given in the 4th clause to Governor
Grey to grant the constitution which was suspended
by the lst clause. He had power to grant a provin-
cial legislative council, but that was a very different
thing from the constitution, which was suspended by
the previous clause.
Mr. C. I3ULLER apprehended that the legisla-
tive council would be in all respects similar to the
constitution.

The Earl of LINCOLN denied that such would
be the operation of the clause.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that
the clause would hear the construction put upon it by
the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade.

ABOUCHE RE moved that the Chairman do
report progress.

. .
The Chairtnan reported progress, and the House
adjourned at ten minutes to Six o'clock.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
YARMOUTH.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday).
Mr. Thomas Clarke, a notary public at Yarmouth,
stated that he took part in the proceedings of the
election on behalf of his friend, Mr. Goldsmid. lie
understood that the canvassers of the Reds were
Mr. Ferrier (a brewer), Mr. L. Preston (a timber
merchant), Mr. William Greene (a rope maker), Mr.
Stagg, Mr. John Latham (a banker), Mr. Coble,
and Mr. Sergeant Goring, who acted as the com-
mittee of the Reds, and held their meetings
at the Angel, in the market-place of Yarmouth.
On the morning of the election he went to the Angel,
when he saw a man named Solbey, who had promised
to vote for Mr. Goldsmid. Solbey was in the bar
quite drunk. Mr. Preston, a barrister, and Mr.
John Latham, the banker of the Reds, were in
the bar at the time with him. Solbey was a
freeman, and while he was in the house he ob-
served a ❑umber of persons who appeared to be
freemen waiting for their turns to be admitted into a
room, the door of which was guarded, and subse-
quently he saw Lord Arthur Lennox go to and
fro from the Angel to the polling booths with
batches of these parsons.
Mr. Samuel Salter, a traveller in the drapery
line, and another witness gave similar testimony, and
the Committee afterwards adjourned till ten o'clock
to-morrow (this) morning.

having obtained the amount ft om him, in gold,
returned to Baker in the dining room, placed the
money upon the table, and tenderi 2d it to him, under
protest. Townsend, who was st anding by, said to
Baker, laughing, " Take it, prote st means nothing;'
but Baker said something which witness did not
hear, and made a snatch at it, and s 3cceedeel in secur-
ing about 1001. Witness then tool :up the remainder,
which, however, he again tenders d to Baker, who
answered that if the money were pl It down he would
seize it ; but would not take it as ), settlement, as he
was not first in office. Baker then said the best
plan would be to go to Slowmai 1, and ask him to
take the money. Witness adopt ed this advice, and
set off in a cab with Miles and Townsend in
search of Slowman. After going from place to place
for three hours, they uttimately f ound that person in
a house in Piccadilly, called the Piccadilly Saloon,
where there were many ladies, and d slicing was going
on. Having been introduced to E ilowman, witness
told him that there had been a rov. / at Brunswick.
house ; that the officers had broke,' -I open the outer
door and got in, and that Baker had taken 1001.
away. Slowman replied, that he had that money.
Witness then said that he had call ed to ask him to
withdraw the men, it being very dis agreeable to have
six men in the house till Monday. Slowman replied
he could withdraw them if the wit ness would stand
20/., to which the witness assented. He returned to
the house and told Baker what had passed between
himself and Slowman. Baker sai d he did not care
what arrangement Slowman mad e, he had himself
been pushed about and would be paid, and he asked
for 201. Witness went and told this to the Duke,
who declined paying the demand. He then went to
the police and asked for four or five men for protec-
tion. They were sent. The sheriff's men remained
in possession till Monday afternoon , when witness
showed them a paper from Slowman . He had seen
Slowman on Monday at 12 o'cloek, and paid the
balance alleged to be due. On his re turn he paid the
men about 81., which was claimed for their expenses.
John Harrison, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney,
examined by Mr. HENNIKER—SIo% man, in May,
called at the office of plaintiff's attorney, and said
he understood it was desired that the execu-
tion should not take place for a few days,
but of course it must be on the usual understanding,
that he was to be paid his fees. The attorney an-
sw,;isf I certainly, and asked how much he required?
Slowman answered 20/. to postpone•the execution for
a few days. He was told that his proposition should
be communicated to the Duke, which was done.
Witness afterwards called with the last witness at
Slowman's, on the Monday after the execution.
Witness said he came to pay the amount due, but
that he did so under protest. Slowman replied he
did not care for the protest. The money was paid,
and a receipt given.

Mr. Sergeant BYLES having unsuccessfully applied
for a uonsuit on behalf of his client, addressed the
jury, and was followed by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and
Mr. E. James.

The following witnesses were then called :
Henry Moxhay, a commercial traveller, went with
o'
Baker between six and seven clock in the evening of
the 15th of May, to see what should occur. Baker
went to the gate, and witness stood up on a board
which is half-way up the wall, and thus overlooked
the grounds. Did not see Baker go up to the house,
but observed the house-door wide open, and three or
four men coming out of it dragging Baker to the
gate.

Thomas Thorp, a cab-driver, said that on the even-
ing in question he drove Mills to the top of Harley-
street, when Baker came up and spoke to Milk. The
latter got out and crossed the road near the Duke's
house. Witness drew up his cab on the Ulster-ter-
race side of the road, and from the box-seat of his
cab could look into the garden. He observed a person,
looking like a confectioner, go through the gate, and
with him Baker. Saw Baker run up the steps of the
house door and go into the house. After two or three
minutes saw him dragged out by three men to the
gate, through which, as soon as it was opened, Mills
and another man passed. Witness then got upon the
board mentioned by the proceeding witness, and saw
ten or twelve men pulling Baker about violently.
Townsend then drove up in a poney chaise and joined
Mills.

Two policemen were then called, who stated that
they had gone to the house, and were told by Baker,
in the presence of the Duke's porter, and other per-
sons assembled on that occasion, that he was a
sheriff's officer, and that he had got into the house,
but had been expelled from it by the porter, and
that the latter had thereupon observed that it was
true, and that he would turn him out again.
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN having replied,
The Foreman of the jury, before the Learned
Judge commenced summing up, said they would not
trouble his Lordship to do so, but wished him to say
something on the subject of the amount of damages.
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE told the jury that with
respect to Slowman, as he was not present, it would
be for them to say whether he had adopted and sanc-
tioned the acts of the other defendants, without
which he would not be liable. The great question in
the cause was whether Baker had or not entered the
outer door before the porter laid hold of him, and
tried to put him out. The jury had nothing to do
with the moral or political conduct of the plaintiff,
and they would be forgetting their duty if
they allowed such considerations to influence
them. The law had at all times, and for sound
reasons, held the breaking open of the outer door
of a house a very serious thing, and, in our criminal
law books, many instances were found of deaths
having occurred in the conflicts connected with the
breaking of outer doors. Such observations were
made to challenge the serious consideration of the
jury to the real question in this case. It was for the
plaintiff to make out that the door had not been open
before it was broken open, and if the jury thought
that point established, they would find for the plaintiff.
The next question was as to the amount of damages,
If the jury thought that the 2201. paid by the plain-
tiff under protest was paid for the purpose of getting
rid of the officers, and not simply on account of the
execution, they ought to give that as part of the
damages. The sum to be recovered beyond that was
entirely for their consideration, but he felt bound to
say that where officers broke open an outer door in
the execution of process, it was a very serious trespass,
and ought not to be passed over lightly. The peace-
able execution of the law could only be secured by
binding them to the strictest discharge of their duties.
With a calm and temperate judgment, and influenced
only by the evidence in the case, the jury would say
what amount of damages, in the whole, the plaintiff
was entitled to.

The jury having retired for about a quarter of an
hour, found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, 7201.

COURT OF EXCIIEQUER, Feb. 9

(Sittings in Nisi Prius, before the LORD CHIEF BARON
and a Special Jury.)
RETNELL V. LEWIS.

This was an action of debt, brought by the plain-
tiff, an advertising agent, against the defendant, as
one of the provisional committee of the Central Kent
Railway Company, to recover a sum of nearly 1,0001.,
in respect of advertisements inserted by the plaintiff
in carious newspapers, between the 13th of September
and the 29th of November, 1845.
Mr. Knowles, with Messrs. Bramwell and Wills,
appeared for the plaintiff; and the Attorney General,
Mr. Martin, and Mr. Cowling for the defendant.
The case was tried, in the first instance, so far back
as the 24th of June, 1846, when a verdict was found
for the plaintiff. That verdict was afterwards the
subject of discussion before the Court in banco, and
occasioned an elaborate judgment, which was fully re-
ported in Michaelmas Term, 1846. The Court then
ordered a new trial, which now took place accord-
ingly.
The jury returned's verdict for the defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
Al AR LBORO UG 11-STRE ET.
Elisha Bari was placed before Mr. Hardwick,
charged with creating a disturbance at the house of
Mr. Edward Cavendish, No. 2, Great Pulteney-
street, Golden-square.
Complainant said, about eleven o'clock on Tuesday
the defendant and another man came to his house,
and asked to see a lady by the name of Simons.
Complainant said there was no such person residing
there, but that a lady by that name sometimes came
there for letters. The defendant replied that was all
humbug, he knew she was there, and he would see
her. Complainant assured him he WAS mistaken and
requested him to leave the house ; he refused to do
so, and made use of such horrible and abominable
language that he was obliged to send for a constable
and give him in charge.
The defendant, who made a very rambling defence,
was ordered to find two sureties jn 201. each, and
enter into his own recognizances in 401. to keep the
peace towards complainant for the next two months.
Edward Weixon, keeper of the Gallery of the
British Artists, Suffolk-street, was brought up for
dual examination.
Mr. William Winter, perfumer, 205, Oxford street,
said last year he was a prizeholder in the Art Union
for 25/. Wishing to change his prize for a picture ofi
higher value, he selected a picture valued
British
Artists, guineas at the Gallery of the Society of britieh
Artists, and paid the difference, 11/. 155., to the
prisoner. This transaction occurred some timein
May last.
Mr. A. Boetefoer, of 45, Moscow-street, Bays
water, said he was also a prizeholder in the Art
[laical in April last. The prize was of the value of
40/. He went to the British Artists' Gallery, and
selected a 50 guinea picture, paying the difference,
12/. 10.5., by a cheque on Messrs. Currie and Co., to
the prisoner.
Mr. Henry Hillier, 17, Cecil-court, was a prize-
holder in the Art Union, in April last, for 301. He
selected a picture in the British Gallery, aad paid
the prisoner the difference, 3/.

Mr. George Brown, 2, Brompton•plece, was a
prizeholder last year in the Art Union for 251. He
selected a picture valued at 25 guineas from the
British Artists' Gallery, and paid the prisoner 25a.,
the difference.

Mr. George Stevens, 72, Arlington-street, CM-
den-town, treasurer to the Society of British Artists,
Pall-mall East, said, the prisoner had been in the
employ of the society, as keeper of the gallery, for
the last four years. During that period it was the
prisoner's duty to sell the pictures exhibited in the
gallery, to receive payment for the same, and to
hand the money over to him. The prisoner was
bound to make payments of all moneys received for
pictures two or three times a week. In the month
of May last the prisoner had only accounted to him
for the sum of 51., as having been received from Mr.
Winter. The sum of 101. only was paid to him by
the prisoner as the full sum received from Mr.
Boetefoer.' The prisoner had never paid any money
to him which he had received from the witnesses
Hillier and Brown. Witness produced the priced
catalogues of the society's exhibition for 1847, the
register of the works sold, and the register of the
price of the works sold that year, together with the
account-book, all being in the hand-writing of the
prisoner.

The prisoner declined to make any defence, and
was fully committed.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Seven stout ablebodied male paupers, named Berry,
Hussey, Rozier, Rosamond, Sherfeld, Beckwith, and
Standish, were placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold,
charged with violent and outrageous conduct in the
workhouse of the Bethnal-green Union.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Fairfield,
the master, and Culverhouse, the superintendent of
to-k work, that for some short time past a number of
the male inmates had conducted themselves in a very
insukst- dinate and vexatious manner, mixing their
work up together, so that it was impossible to
punish the lazy and idle, as each claimed the
greater portion for his share, and so mutually
helped each other to thwart the regulations of the
house, and escape with impunity. On Monday three
or four of the men so indecently insulted the matron
while delivering out provisions that it was determined
to give them into custody, but they were ultimately
forgiven upon promise of amendment, and sent to
their work. An hour had scarcely elapsed, however,
when between 70 and 80 of them marched up in a
body to the master's office, and in the most insolent
manner demanded leave of absence from the house, upon
the excuse of seeking work elsewhere. Their con-
duct was so vexatious, and it was so manifestly
only a pretence for the sake of annoyance, that this
was refused, and they went away muttering threats
of their determination to do something. The next
morning, on the hour arriving for commencing
work, they again began their annoyance, and, ex-
pressing their intention not to wait until their tools
could be delivered to them, about 19 or 20 of them
marched out of the workhouse. Nothing more was
heard of any of them until about nine o'clock at
night, when they all came back to the workhouse
and demanded admittance, and conducted themselves
in such a violent manner at the gate that the
porter was afraid to let them in. The master,
however, came forward and gave directions that they
should be admitted, and they were allowed to go to
their respective wards; but they had no sooner en-
tered them than more than a hundred of the men set
up a loud shout of triumph and defiance, and made
such a disturbance that many of the female inmates,
who were then at their suppers, became greatly
alarmed ; three of them were so frighted that they
fainted away, and one woman dropped down in
strong convulsions, continued in fits for a long time,
and had been seriously ill ever since. Under these
circumstances it was found absolutely necessary that
an example should be made, for the comfort of the
other inmates and maintenance of the regulations of
the establishment, and as the seven prisoners had
prominently distinguished themselves in heading the
others in their insubordination, they were selected
front the rest, the police called in, and they were
given into custody.
When called upon for their defence, the prisoners
made various excuses for their misconduct, some say -
ing that they wanted to see their friends, and the
majority that they had really gone in search of em-
ployment, although all admitted that they had not
obtained it, and four of them, Berry, Rosier, Sher.
field, and Beckwith, expressed great regret, and en-
treating the magistrate to deal leniently with them,
promised to conduct themselves peaceably in future.
It was proved that Hussey, Standish, and Rosa-
mond, had been before convicted and sentenced to
light terms of punishment for similar behaviour, and
that the last named prisoner had only just been libe-
rated from prison.
Mr. ARNOLD forcibly pointed out the hardship it
was upon the heavily taxed ratepayers, many of
whom were scarcely in better circumstances than the
inmates of workhouses themselves, to be made to pay
rates for the maintenance of such idle characters, and
to meet with such a return, and having ordered the
four first-named prisoners to be liberated, sentenced
the other three, who were proved to be the most out-
rageous, Hussey, Rosamond,
.and Standish, to be
committed to the Ilouse of Correction for three weeks
each, with hard labour.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9.

STOCS EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire, 5% c. dis.—East Lancashire, 21—Hud-
dersfield Canal and Railway, 2% c. dia.—Lancashire and
Carlisle, Thirds VA p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire. Fifths,
p.—Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 2% dia.—Lon•
don and North-Western, 147% c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 6
p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference,
p.—Midland, 115 c.—Ditto, Halves, 1% dis.—North Staf-
fordshire, 34 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 2 die.
—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, Preference, 314 p.
—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2% dis.—Soutk
Staffordshire, 2% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
11,4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original), 31%--
Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 2% p.--Dutch Rhenish,. 434 dis.

MA Ned-ESTER, FEB. 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 214 dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 5 7-16 dis.—Ditto (C. and B.), 17 1-16
ex div.—East Anglian, New Preference, 3 9-16—Great
Northern, 6 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 321. Shares,
454 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 2 7-16 dis.—Ditto,
Preston and Wyre (B scrip), 5-16 p.—London and North-
Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Quarters (C), 31,4
p.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire 75—Ditto, Pre-
ference, 1-16 p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 51,% dis.
—Midland, 50/. Shares, 1 1-16 dis.—North Staffordshire,
11-16 p.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2,
314 P.

LEEDS, Fan. 8.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day's prices and the :mould of
sales are much the same as yesterday. The prices are—East
La,:cashire, 211/2—Ditto, New, 334 dis.— Great Northern,
6 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7s. 6(1. p.—Ditto
( West Riding Union), 21 dis —Leeds and Thirsk, 15/. Ile.
3d. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 3s. 6d. dis.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 2s. p.—North Bri-
tish, Thirds, par—Ditto, Quarters, 7s. 6d. dis.—North Staf-
fordshire, 1 Is. 3d. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 3711
dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 2% p.—
Ditto, Ns. 2 (New Berwleks), 3 c. p.
IHRMINGHANt, FEB. 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The only sales were—North Stafford-
shire, 13s. 91 p. —North British, Quarters, 14 p.
HULL, Fiat. 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are— Hull and Selby, 103
—Ditto, Halves, 511 —Ditto, Quarters, 21—Malton and
Driffield Junction, 47ii dis.—North British, Quarters, 6s.
die.— North Staffordshire, I Is. p.—South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, 1142 dis.

EDINBURGH, FEB. 8.
STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and North-
ern (Newport), 8/. 12s.—Great Northern, 4/. 10s.—North
British, Quarters, 51. Gs.—Ditto, New Quarters, 11:.--Ditto,
Thirds, 39s.—Wishaw and Coltness, 45/. ex div.

[AnvmtvlsENtENT.]--Scrofulous Wounds and Dis-
eases of the: Skin cured by Holloway's Ointment and
Pills.—However inveterately maladies of this nature are
rooted in the human frame, Holloway's celebrated me-
dicines possess such curative powers, that by a strict ad-
herence to the rules laid down for their use, the disease
may be completely eradicated, and the most healthful
constitutions re-established ; therefore, let the afflicted
try these sterling remedies, for it is truly astonishing to
know the number of persons that have been cured of
king's evil, scurvy, leprosy, ringworm, and every variety
of skin disease, by Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which
are sold bs almost every vendor of medicine throughout
the civilised world, and at the establishment of the pro-
prietor, Professor Holloway, 214, Strand, London.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—WC regret to learn
that one of the prters at the terminus here of the Ar-
broath Railway, when in the act, yesterday (Thursday),
of coupling some waggons, was crushed betwixt the buf-
fers, in consequence of the waggons behind him being
unexpectedly set in motion, and thereby instantaneousl
depriving him of life.—Monlrose Review.
WILD SWANS ON WINDERMERE.—There have for
a week back been six swans On Windermere, ar.d hun-
dreds of " divers " of various descriptions, and great
hai been the slaughter made by the " long nun " men.
Two of the swans have been shot by Mr. E. Alemby,
with a common fowling gun, right and left, which ho
came upon when
.feeding on the shore.— Weamorlaniii
Gazette.