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of grain they produced attd the general nature of the soil.]
He would come to the province of Tamboff, which contained
25,000,000 of square miles.—( Great laughter, and Oh, oh,"
from all sides.) He begged to correct himself ; he meant
25,000 square miles—( Renewed laughter)—and the soil oas
very fine and loamy. He could not conceive a prospect more
dismal; he could not conceive anything more disheartening;
yet they were told to " cultivate, cultivate, to invest more
capital in the land, and bring forth more produce."—(He-:r.
hear.) Why, if they should, what would be the result?
Why that the farmer, after expending his labour and
capital to eneure a large yield, would find that he
was wasting his energies in the cultivation of a farm at a
merely remunerative return.--( Hear, hear.) That was his
reason for opposing the present measure ; and he contended
that his views were in accordance with the uttered sentiments
of every political economist, both here and in the United
States. He felt certain that if the present measure should he
passed, the alarm to the country would be so great, that tI-4
efforts of the farmers would be so paralysed, that not alone the
landlords, but also the smaller farmers and labourers, would be
completely destroyed.—( Hear, hear.) Let them recollect
the position of the clothier—that position which was the
stepping-stone to the industrious labourer to raise himself—
that position, he maintained, would be destroyed.—(hear,
hear.) They might depend or, it, if the profits of the farmer
were reduced, the wages of the labourer would be reduced
( Hear, hear.) He hoped and trusted that, though his side of
the House was deprived of its leader, some latent talent would
spring up to defeat the project.—( Hear and laughter.) He
had petitions, which he should present at the proper time,
from a number of spirit dealers in Scotland, in repro-
bation of the measure.— (Great laughter.) He felt fatigued
and uninclined to occupy the attention of the Heese
further.—( Hear, and a laugh.) But he should regret much
the day that the issue of all their battles since 1835 downward,
proved to be disastrous.—( Hear, hear.) He would be the
last man to deprecate change of opinion; every man had a
right to hold his opinion ; but he insisted that, notwithstand-
ing the argaments of Hon. Members to the contrary, the
country was not prepared for such a change.— ( Hear, bear,
and "Oh 1 oh I") He should also tell the Right Hon.
Baronet at the Head of the Government, that every day that
passed, instead of bringing additional adherents to his ranks,
took from him his best supporters.—( Cheers, laughter, and
"Oh !" "oh 1") He could further tell him that
many of the traders were beginning to inquire
how their interests would be affected by the measure
—(Hear, hear,)—and it was not at all improbable
that the table of the House would be crowded with
petitions against the present tariff before it should become the
law of the land.—( Hear, hear.) Ile could tell the House that
the operatives and labourers, if they understood their own
interests sufficiently, would one and all rise against the pro-
position ; for if any measure was evercalculated to reduce their
wages, and consequently their comforts, it was the present mea-
sure of the Premier.—f Hear. hear: Qh. had been
and Laugh
ter.) For the last two or three ybars he had been convinced
that this question would come to free trade or nothing. —( H ear,
hear.) If, however, it should to repulsed by the great body
of the people, if they should rise—as they perhaps might—and
with curses regret the day when a free-trade Minister ever
on the bench, he was always ready to take his part in the
opposition to this measure, but he would never try to excite
anger and discontent against the Right Hon. Baronet when
this measure was passed, because he believed that he had acted
from a conscientious feeling. The Right Hon. Baronet had
adopted a course which was perilous in the extreme ; but if he
wanted a reason for the cause he had taken, he could refer
to the speeches of his Hon. Friends the Members for Liver-
pool and Cambridge. They were as great opponents of free
trade as the Right Hon. Baronet was ; and if they w oeld
speak out, he (Mr. Miles) had yet to learn that a capable Mi-
nistry could not be formed from the protectionist party, and
there could be found a considerable number of Members of
that House to support them. Whatever became of the ques-
tion, all interests that would wish to be protected and defended,
should look out for themselves, and array themselves in oppo-
sition to the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet. He
would endeavour, as much as lay in his power, to pro-
tect their interests. He felt and knew that originally
the constituency of this country had returned to Parliament
a majority against the free-trade measures of the Right Hen
Baronet. They had at present, if they excepted the corn-
laws, advanced further than the measure of the Hon. Member
for Portsmouth had proposed. Advances had already been
made against our colonial produce. The Right Hun. Baronet
had, in fact, betrayed the interests of the majority that had
sent him into Parliament—and should they not look with sus-
picion upon those leaders who, from intellect or capacity, had
every right to stand at the head of their party? He,
for one, sat down, stating that he felt much more admiration
for the upright bearing of the Noble Lord who represented
the City of London—( Hear, hear)--and would sooner follow
him than the steps of a cautious and temporising Minister.
Mr. H. BAILEY said that the Hon. Member for Somer-
setshire had certainly mistaken what he (Mr. Bailey) had
said. He had never said that he would vote for the administra-
tion of the Right Hon. Baronet, but had always stated that in
his opinion the measure was against the interests of the
people.--(Hear, hear.)
Sir. MILES said that he was sure that any person who
knew him would acquit, him of the charge of intentionally
misrepresenting the Hon. Member. He had taken his words
in a wrong sense
The Earl of MARCH moved that the debate should be
then adjourned.—( Loud crises of " Divide divide" and
" Adjourn, adjourn.") , ,
After some confusion the Members resumed their places, and
Lord NORTHLAND rose and said, that he wished to ad-
dress a few observations to the house, for be believed that
the question would not come to issue that night. He felt it
his duty to state his reasons for the course he intended to pur-
sue with reference to this measure. His opinions were still
unchanged, and he still thought that the measure proposed by
the Right Honourable Baronet was unnecessary. It behoved
them to look before them, and to consider the question de-
liberately before they came to any final decision on the subject.
He felt, however, that it was the interest both of the English
farmer and the English landowner to have the measure finally
set at rest.—(Cheers from all parts of the House )
He would candidly give his opinion that he thought the Right
Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government could settle
the question better than the Noble Lord the Member for Lon-
don. He confessed he had no confidence in that Noble Lord.—
(Ironical cheers from the Conservative benches.) He said so.
—(Renewed Conservative cheers.) He had no confidence
in any Government he could form ; but he had great
confidence in the Right Honourable Baronet at the
head of the present Ministry.—( Hear, hear, and continued
ironical cheers.) He said so again, and he would repeat it,
as he believed that Right Hon. Baronet was proposing mea-
sures that were necessary for the country ; and, taking all cir-
cumstances into consideration, as the question of the corn-laws
must be settled, he thought they had best be settled
by the Right Hon. Gentleman.—( The Noble Lord sat doe n
amidst considerable ironical cheering and uproar.)
Mr. FERRAND—I wish to ask the Noble Lord what con-
fidence he had,.in the Right Hon. Baronet when he dragged
him out of the coal-hole to vote for him on a late occasion.—
( Great uproar, and laughter.)
No answer having been given to the interrogation,
Colonel THOMAS WOOD rose to address the House
amidst considerable manifestation of impatience, and crir s of
" Adjourn, adjourn," " Divide, divide." He said, that from
the first night of the session he had approved of the measure
of the Government, and he was anxious to impress -on the
minds of Hon. Members as short as possible the grounds and
general reasons upon which he supported the proposition
before the House. He supported the measure because he
believed it was based on free trade, and that principle was not
only true and founded on justice, but the application of
it to the condition of the country would tend to the general
prosperity of all classes ; and especially at this time it was neces-
sary for the purpose of supporting the manufacturing interests
in that degree of prosperity necessary for all classes of her Ma-
jesty's subjects. The Hon. Member for Somersetshire Air.
Miles) had appealed to the operative classes to come forward
and aid him and the landed interest in maintaining protection,
which he considered necessary to the security
and prosperity of the country. He (Colonel Vl'o-el)
believed the operatives thus appealed to, thcugh
some of their trades might be affected by the proposed
measure, yet were willing that the same justice should be meted
out to them as was meted out to the great and important inter-
ests of the country, and would willingly agree to any measure of
a comprehensive character, though it might be accom-
panied by some temporary inconvenience to particular-
trades. When the former alterations of the tariff were
proposed, several deputations waited on the Board of
trade, and though they complained that the measure would
operate to their disadvantage, they were willing to agree to it,
if they (the Government) gave them fair and free competition;
that conceded, he must in justice agree to it. In 1838, •he
duty was reduced on fruit from twenty per cent. to
five per cent. On, that occasion our market-gardener.
said, and said with justice, only put corn on the
same footing, and they would be satisfied. At that time the
.supply of fruit to this grsat city was most inadequate, but in
consequence of the reduction in the duty the market had been
much better supplied than before, while the market gardeners
received as good prices as formerly. If they took potatoes. the
duty on which had been reduced to one penny per cwt., they
would find great increase of importation, yet the prices
had been maintained. So he believed would it he
with the article of , corn. ( Hear, hear.) The
Noble Lord the Member- for the City of London had
stated that the question might have been easily settled, had
the supporters of the present Government not opposed the mea
sure which he brought forward towards the close of his offi-
cial career. No doubt it might have been, and he foe
one regretted the course of opposition which he and his party
pursued on that occasion. Did not the fact that labourers in
Lincolnshire received 14s. per week, and in Buckinghamshire
Bs. only per week, show that in some parts of the country there
was a superabundant . population, and how could they
find employment for this superabundant population
if they did not hold out some encouragement to manufac-
turers ?—( Hear, hear.) The question before them was one of
time. Were the circumstances at the present moment such
as to justify the change proposed by the Government?
It was his opinion that they were.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
Mr. S. O'BRIEN rose to protest against the extensive in•
convenience which arose from Hon. Members rising to speak
upon the main question upon a question of adjournment.—
( Hear, bear.) Now it was perfectly competent for him
(Mr. S. O'Brien) to answer all the arguments of his • Hon.
and Gallant Friend, although ke had spoken already on this
debate. What would be the effect of his doing so ? Why that
three Bills which were on the table, all calculated for the relief
of the poor, would be delayed, by which great injustice would
be done. He again protested against the habit to which he
had referred gaining ground.
The debate was then adjourned.
THE DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
The report of the Committee on this Bill was then brought
up, and after some discussion,
Mr. F. FRENCH consented to withdraw the clause of which
he had given notice.
The report was then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to he
read a third time on Monday next.
Mr. MORE O'FERRALL said that the sum was a very
large one, and was, he understood, to be expended by the votes
at the sessions. He considered that some other measure
ought to be adopted in the outlay of the money, as the cess-
payers, he was sure, would not be free to vote it.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that the power of the Treasury
would be a sufficient check, and that he was not apprehensive
that any improper interference would take place in the expen-
diture of the money, which was now much wanted to meet the
distress which, he was sorry to say, at present existed in Irelane.
Mr. REDDING TON said that persons may be influenced,
but he was not inclined, in the present state of Ireland, to
throw any obstacles in the way of carrying this measure.
Mr. HAMILTON observed that it would be impossible that
such a pressure on the cess-payers as that feared by the Mem-
ber for Kildare could possibly occur, as the grants must also be
approved at the county sessions meeting.
WYSE considered that it would be of importance to
know whether there was an extraordinary grant to be advanced
oyean
hisadditional
it
mudcw would
give weight; from the Consolidated Fund; if it was not, the objections of
increasedbut itif m
was an
of relief,.he would support the Bill ; he begged to put the
question to the Secretary for the Home Department.
Sir J. GRAHAM said that, as he considered the Bill, it
certainly was an increased grant.
The resolution for a grant of 100,0001. was then put and
carried. The Bill went through Committee,
and the report
was ordered to be received on Monday.
The House then resumed.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at half-past One o'clock.

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

THURSDAY: FEB. 12

The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills
ordered to be brought in the undurnained lion. Members

Mold Jimetion—Sir S. Glione and Sir J. Hal;meri

York and North Midland (East Biding Branches—No. l)—Mr.
liroadley, Sir J. Lowther, and Mr. Hudson.

York and North Midland (Leeds Extension)—Sir J. Lowther and
Mr. Hudson.

Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction—Viscount
Duneannon Mr. G. H. Cavendish, and Mr M. Gibson.

North and South Junction-73En C. Woad ancl-IVir7lCoTtleroe.

Aylesbury And Thame Junction—Mr. B. Hamilton and Mr. Oiiborne.
Direct London and Portsmouth—Mr. W. Denison and Sir W. Joliifle.
South-Eastern (from the Greenwich Railway to Chart, near Ash-
ford, with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead)—Slr E. Filmer,
Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Douglas.
South-Eastern (from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford-bridge, to
the Greenwich Railway)—Mr. Plumptre, Sir E. Filmer, and Mr.
Douglas.

South-Eastern (Greenwich Railway to Chilham, near Canterbury,
with Branches to sheerness and Faversham-creek)—Mr. 1-lumptre,
Sir E. Elmer, and Mr. Douglas.

Stirling and Dunfermline—Sir J. Hope and Mr. F. Mackenzie.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle- upon-Tyne Junction—Mr.
Patten, Mr. Entwisle, and Mr. Greene.
London and Brighton (Barking Branch)—Mr. Kemble and Mr.
Elphinstone.
Edinburgh and Northern (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's
Branch)-34. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Lochgelly and Leslie Extensions)—Mr. E.
Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway—Mr. Oswald and
Mr. Lockhart.
Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric—Mr. Rutherfurd and Mr. Craig.
North British (Gretna Branch)—Mr. F. Scott and Mr. P. Howard.
. . .

Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Itranch)— Mr. Kemble and
Captain Pecheil.
Edinburgh and Northern (Kinross, Woodmill, and Newburgh
Branches)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Pettycar and Perth Harbour Branches and
Deviations)—Mr. E. Ellice and Mr. G. W. Hope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Strathearn Deviation)—Mr. E. Ellice and
Mr. G. W. Hope.
Edinburgh and Northern (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroath
Railway and Tay Ferry Improvement)—Mr. E. Ellice and 3lr. G.
W. Hope.

The following Railway Bills were presentJd, read a first time, and
ordered to be read a second time :

Lancaster and Carlisle (Extension to Caledonian Railway) and
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways Amalgamatio ,—" to
enable the Lancaster and Carlisle Ratway Company to extend and
enlarge their Station, and extend the:r Railway at Carlisle, and to
amalgamate the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company
and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company, and for othc
purpos.:.B.7 _

Wisbech, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction—" for making Rail-
ways from Wisbech to St. Ives, and to Fenny-Drayton, to be called
' The Wisbech, St. Ives, and• Cambridge Junction Railway.' "
York and North Midland (Widening and Enlargement)—" to
authorise the Widening and Enlargement of part of the line of the
York and North Midland Railway, or the construction and mainte-
nance of a Railway anjoining thereto."

Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Thirsk and Mallon Branches)
—" for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
Company to make a Hallway trom or near ltu,t., t, Jo,
Branch to Helmsley."

Newcastle and Darlington JuncVon (Durham and Sunderland
Railway: and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches)—" for
enabling the Newcastle and llarlington Junction Railway Company
to purchase the Durham and Sunderland Railway and the Wear-
month Dock, and to make certain Branch Railways, in the county of
Durham, and for other purposes."
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Deviations, and Eastbourne, Hall-
sham, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches—" for making Railways
from the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway to Eastbourne, to
Hailsham, and to Seaford and Newhaven, and certain Deviations
from the Line of the said Railway, all in the county of Sussex."
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Deviations and Branches)—
" for altering, amending, and entirging the powers of the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Act, 1i345, and for authorising
certain Deviations from the Line and Levels of the said Railway, and
for making and maintaining certain Branches and Extensions
therefrom."

North Union—" for vesting in the Grand Junction Railway Com-
pany and the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company the North
Union Railway, and all the works, property, and effects appertain•
ing thereto."

Grand Junction " Huyton and Aston," " Huyton, Prescot, and
St. Helen's," " Warrington and Kenyon," " Warrington and Park-
side," " Showhill and Portobello," and " Edgehill and Huyton
Branches") —" for enabling the Grand Junction Railway Company to
make certain Branch Lines of Railway, to be called 'no Huy-ton and
Aston Branch,' The Huyton, Prescot, and St. Helen's Branch„
The Warrington and Kenyon Branch," The Warrington and Park-
side Branch," The Showhill and Portobello Pranch,' and The Edge-
hill and Huyton Branch,' and for amending the former Acts relating
to the said Company."
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction—" for making a
Railway from Sheffield to Chesterfield, and Bakewell, with a Branch
in connexion therewith, to be called The Manchester, Sheffield, and
Midland Junction Railway.'"

' Standing Orders Committee—ltesolutions reported :
" That, in the case of the L•ndon and Brighton Railway (Dorlitng
!Branch) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :
!That the parties he permitted to proceed with their Bill.
" That in the case of the Pow of Inchaffray Drainage ; Banffshire
Railway ; Scottish Southern Railway ; St. Alban's, Hatfield, and
Hertford Innction Railway ; Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge
'Mineral Junction Railway ; Edinburgh and Hamilton Direct
:way ; Hamilton and Strathaven Railway ; East of Fife Railway;
Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction Railway ; Port Gordon
Harbour ; Paisley, Earrhead, and Hurlet Railway ; Gorbals Gravita-
tion Water-works; and, Math-upon-Dearne Improvement—Petition
T,ir leave to present Petithats for Bills, the Standing Order ought to be
dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to present their Peti-
tions accordingly."

" That, in the case of the Pre•ton and Wyre Railway, Harbour'
:and Dock Company (new deck and railway) Petition for leave to
ixesent a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Order ought to he dispensed
-with :—That the parties be permitted to present their Petition ac
icordinely."
" That, in the case of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway peti-
kion for extension of time to present a petition for a Bill, the Standing
Order ought not to be dispensed with."
" That, in the case of the Glasi,ow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
Railway Amendments and Branches Petition, the Standing Orders
'ought:to be dispersed vs It't —That the parties be permitted to pro-
teed with their Bill on proving to the Committee on the Bill, that
the documents required by the standing orders were deposited at the
office of the session clerk, in the absence of the schoolmaster of the
parish• of Leigh Kirk of Kilmarnock, on the 31st day of December
last."

" That In the case of the Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port
Glasgow Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be
dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill, on inserting a clause, restricting their power of deviating on the
property of Messrs. Brown and 3lallock, so as to preclude the pos-
sibility of occasioning injury to the mill of those persons, and en cor-
recting the errors on the plans and sections."

" That the Commit ees- on this and the last preceding Bill do ex-
amine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied
with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill."
"That, in the case of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-
upon-Type Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bi ;1.

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE,

THURSDAY, FEB. J 2.
__ ..

Epsom and Dorking Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
East Lincolnshire Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.
London and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch)—Second
reading, Monday, Feb. 16.

Staines and Richmond Junction Railway—Second reading, Mon•
lay, Feb. 16.

London and South-Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch
-Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16.

London and South-Western Railway Mendota Bridge Extension,
Second reading, ➢fonday, Feb. 16.

London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch
Second reading. Monday. Feb, 16.

North Kent Railway (City Extension)—Second reading, Monday,
Feb. 16,
North Kent Railway—Second reading,ll°lldaT, Fed. 16.
Manchester and Birmingham Railway—Second reading, Monday,
Feb. 16.
• Grand Junction Railway (Huyton and 'Warrington Branch)—Se-
eond reading, Monday, Feb. 16.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 11, 1846.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
„night hoed upon Roderick Impey Murchison, Knight, of the
first class, of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Stanislaus,
&c., Fellow of the Royal Society, V.P.G.S. and R. Geogr.
S., Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St.
Petersburgh, Corresponding Member of the Institute of
Prince, Honorary Member of the RoYal Society of Edin-
burgh, aed of the Royal Irish Academy, &e., &c.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. H.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Doctor John Richardsoa, R.N., F.R.S.,
Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleet,.
DOWNING-STREET, Fieu. 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles
Augustus Fitzßoy, Lint., to be Captain-General and
Governor-in-Chief in and over the colony of New South
Wales and its dependencies.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Clarence
Thomas Wylde, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Swellen-
dam, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Walter
Harding, Eeq., to be Crown Prosecutor for the district of
Natal, in South Africa.
CRO WN- OFFICE, FEB. 13.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT
City of Chichester—George Charles /kw.),
Gordon Len-
nox, commonly called Lord George Charles Henry Gorden
Lennox. in the room of Arthur Lennox, commonly called
Lord Arthur Lennox, who has accepted the office of Steward
of her Majesty's Manor of Hemoholine.
Borough of Backingham.—Richard Plantagenet Campbell
Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, commonly called Marquis
of Chandos, in the room of the _Right Hon Sir Thomas
Francis Fremantle, Bart., who has accepted the office of
Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
WAR • OFF IC E, FE a. 13.
20 Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Snb •Lieutenant
11. S. Lurnlev to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lucas, who
retires; H. Johnstone, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieute
Ilan!, by purchase, vice Luinlev, Feb. 13.
31 Foet—Captain E. W. Stephenson, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice P. Dore, who ex-
changes; Lieut. H. P. Chamberlain to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Stephenson, who retires; Ensign A. iitzOerald
to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Chamberlain ; Gentle-
man Cadet C. Taylor, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, Feb. 13.
4th Foot—General Sir T. Bradford, G.C.8., from the 30th
Few, to be Colonel, vice General J. Hodgson, deceased,
Feb. 7.
sth Foot—L. Fitzgerald, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Candler, promoted in the 89th Foot, Feb. 13
30th Foot—Major-General G. Marquis of "Pweeddale. K.T.,
to be Colonel, vice Sir T. Bradford, appointed to the 4th
Foot, Feb. 7.
320 Foot—Ensign H. J. Davies, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Townsend, who retires ; M. Turner, Gent., to be
Ensign, by parchaee' vice Davies, Feb. 13.
49th Foot—Lieut. D. Seton, horn the 93d Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Ross, who exchanges, Feb. 13.
80tIeFooe—Second Lieut. W. H. Candler, from the sth
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Riley, promoted,
Feb. 13.
89th Foot—Brevet Major W. Hope, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice H. IVyndyard, who exchanges;
Lieut. H. Crawford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hope,
who retires; E: sign C. Richardson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Crawford, Jan. 23
93d Foot—Lieutenant R. L. Ross, from the 49th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice D. Seton, who exchanges, Feb. 13.
49th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. D. Grant, from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Leitch, appointed to the 78th
Foot, Feb 13.
GArtitlSONS.—Brevet-Colonel the lion. G. Cathcart, on
half pay unattached, to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower
of Londor, vice Colonel J. Gurwood, deceasel, Feb. 13.
BexvEleerCaptain E. Stephenson, of the 3d Foot, to be
Major in the army, Nov. 23.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 9.
Corps of Royal Marines —Gentleman Cadet A. 0. L. Lewis
to be Second Lieutenant, vice Tucker, prontotf d.
Corruni:sions by the Lord Lieutenant ef Durham.
Durham Militia—Sir W. Eden, 13art., to be Major, in the
room of R. S. Surtees, resigned, Feb. 9 ; C. Skinner, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, Feb. 9.

BANKRUPTS.
James 'Young, ship owner, Salcott, Essex, to surrender,
Feb. 20, at half-past twelve, and March 27, at half-past one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Mr-
ch in. lane; Marriott, IN ew Inn.
William Chessor, cooper, Commercial-road, Stepney, Feb.
20, at two, and March 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assigr.ee, Basingball-street ; Brown,
Marten, and Thomas, Mincing-lane.
William Sibson Alderton, steel pen manufacturer, Chan-
, cery-lane, Feb. 24, at half past eleven, and March 24, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as-
signee; Mayhew and Son, Carey-street, London; Hawood
and Co., Birmingham.
Robert Kent, licensed victualler, Elstree, Hertfordshire,
Feb. 24, at two, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside.
George Prepuce, fishmonger, Tollesbury, Essex, Feb. 28,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-110us
PRISON Discseet NE.— en boy, named James S'ade. be:v;
twelve and thirteen yea. sof age, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with having robbed his master of two hall--
crowns. It was quite obvious that the prisoner, who exhi-
bited more cunning and boldness than was usually possessed by
persons of such an age, had committed the robbery, and that.
in order to accomplish his escape, and destroy all evidence,
threw a lighted candle amongst some rags, so that the apps,
heanion of tire checked the ardour of pursuit, and he succeed,,i
in hiding the plunder. His answer to the Lord Mayor, up
being asked by his Lordship what he had to say, was. ••
the. searched me, and round no money nor anything else upon
me. How can they prove that. I stole it ?"
The mistress of the boy said he was not searched until after
he had got away, and that he had been long enough absent to
dispose of the money to :an accomplice. There was reason,
too, to believe that he had stolen a fowl from a neighbour.
The boy—No such thing. Nobody can prove any robbery
against me. Did any one find anything on me? that's the
question.
The LORD MAYOR— Why did you throw the lighted candle
amongst the rags ? The bny—lt did not set fire to them. 1
was in a hurry to go to see my mother, who is bed-ridden and
crippled, to tell her what they charged me with, and 1 did not
think what I was doing.
The LORD MAYOR said that an there was a defect in the
evidence the boy, who was no doubt a very bad one, must be
discharged.
His LORDSHIP then turning to the City Solicitor, who wan in
the Justice-room on other business, asked him whether the plan
he intended to submit to the n.eeting on Saturday would embrace
a case like the one just disposed of ? Here the boy had a good
place and a good master. and was the child of decent, hard
working parents. He had not the excuse which many poor
children had who were brought to the Mansion-hituse daily,
and who had neither parents, nor home, nor food, and who
were literally driven to commit crime to escape from star-
vation.
The City solicitorreplied, that the measures he should submit
to the consideration of the meeting would undoubtedly provide
for cases similar to that which his Lordship had just witnessed.
If the previous history of the little boy were known, it wou d
probably appear that the offence he was cha-ged with was not
the first or the second with which he was chargeable, and al-
though the parents were respectable, in all likelihood some
neglect of education or misplaced lenity had conduced to his
present conduct • at any rate if a reformatory asylum such as
he (the City Solicitor) proposed was established, his Lordship
would not have been reduced to the painful alternative of
either sending the boy to a gaol to be hardened in crime, or
letting him loose upon society by discharging him, as was un-
avoidable under the circumstances.
The Loan MAYOR—Certainly I should have detained him
till further evidence could be produced ; but I avail myself of
the defect in the evidence to discharge him, rather than com-
mit a child of such a tender age to a gaol for crtestoal-.
The following is the letter referred to by the Lord Mayor :
" Mansion-house.
" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has directed me very
respectfully to solicit the favour of your presence at the Man-
sion-house, on Saturday, the 14th of February, at two o'clock
precisely, to consider the propriety of adopting any measure
that may be devised to find shelter and employment for the
destitute children who infest the streets of the metropolis, and
who, falling easy victims to the temptations which abound in
a crowded city, fill our gaols with criminals, and entail upon
the community an amount of expense greater than would suffice
to qualify them, by a judicious system of moral and industrial
discipline, to become useful members of society.
" The Lord Mayor has received various communications
from individuals possessing plans to effect this object, many
of which appear to his Lordship to possess great merit. By
his directions I have sent invitations to about 50 roblemen
and other benevolent individuals, to attend the proposed meet-
ing, when some of those plans, and any others that may be
suggested, will be taken into consideration, preparatory to a
public meeting; which will be shortly held in the Egyptian
Hall, to sanction an appeal to the Government and the Le-
gislature to provide a remedy for this great and increasing evil ;
or, failing that source, to seek from public bodies and philan-
thropic individuals, pecuniary means of making the experiment
upon a sufficiently large scale to afford the Legislature practical
proof that it is easier to prevent than eradicate clime, and,
therefore, to provide shelter and employment for destitute and
friendless youths, than to leave them in the streets, the victims
of circumstances, till they become the instruments of crime,
wasting their days, between a life of plunder and a prison,
until their earthly career is closed in transportation or the
hulks.-1 have the honour to be,
" Yours most obediently,
" CHARLES PEARSON."
RAILWAYS.—A surveyor, accompanied by a great number
of other persons, who represented that they .had heavy claim,
against a railway company, the prospectus of which contained
a great number of high City names, applied to the Lord Mayor
fora summons against one of the members of the provisional
committee, under the Joint-Stock Companies Act.
The Loan MAYOR desired that the applicants would come
prepared with evidence and advice upon the subject on Mon-
day, and he should then determine on the application for the
'ummons. He added, that he believed the case was one on
which he could adjudicate, and the applicants might rely upon
his endeavours to render them service, if this matter came
within his jurisdiction.
We abstain, of course, from giving the particulars until the
case comes formally before the Lord Mayor.
SOUTH WrIUK.
Elizabeth 2s"ash, alias Challis, an old woman, was charged with
being found drunk, and in the possession of a 401. note and ten sove-
reigns, supposed to be stolen.
A policeman of the M division stated that, on the preceding after-
noon, he found the prisoner lying drunk in the kennel, in St. George's-
circus. Her pocket was outside her gown, and on searching it he
found a 401. note and ten sovereigns, tied up in a piece of dirty rag.
He conveyed her to the station-house, and that moruing, when she
became sober, on accounting for the possession of the money, she said
she found it on Monday, in Canonbury-square, Islington. When
examined before the Magistrate she gave the same account, and sand
that she lived in Frying Pan-alley, Clerkenwell, and that being no
scholar, she was ignorant as to the amount of the bank note.
Mr. Tsai= said that she ought, on finding the bank note, to have
taken it to the station-house, and delivered it up to the Inspector—
that she had acted a most dishonest part, and had now rendered her-
self liable to a charge of felony.
The old woman began to cry, and said that she thought what
people found in the streets they were entitled to, and that she only
acted as she thought other people would have done, under similar
circumstances.
Mr. melee adjudged her to enter into her own recognizance to
appear on Thwsd y, and that probably by that time the owner
would be found

MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY ).
CORN-EXCHANGE.
Although the arrivals of English Wheat for our market during the
present week have been somewhat on the increase, the show of sam-
ples was by no means large ; still, however, the demand for that
article was very dull, at barely but at nothing quotable beneath. Mo-
nday's prices. The imports of Foreign Wheat have been rather
limited. Selected parcels free of duty were held at very high rates,
but parcels under bond were almost nominal in value. The Barley
trade was in a very depressed state at, in some Instances, a further
decline in prices of Is. per quarter. The Malt trade was main very
dull, and the secondary parcels were selling at somewhat easier
terms. Oats were exceedingly heavy, at the late depression, Beans,
Peas, and Flour a mere drug.

English • • • • • •
Irish • • • • • • • •
Foreign • • • • • .

ARRIVALS.
Barley.
6,070 qrs.

Wheat.
5,380 qrs.

. 1,130 I
Malt, 6,150 ars.
SINEITIMIELD.

4,340

Oats Flour.
6,730 qrs. 3,570 sks
4,160
460

Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts here, to-day, was small, we
have to report a ♦ery dull inquiry for Beef, at barely ➢ionday's
quotations. The number of foreign Beasts amounted to 213, and
of foreign Sheep to 190, chiefly in good condition. With sheep,
from our own districts, we were again scantily supplied ; yet the
demand for them was heavy, and previous rates were with difficulty
supported. Calves were in moderate supply, and dull inquiry, at a
decline in value of 4d. per Sibs. In Pigs, comparatively little was
doing, at late rates. Mllch Cows were selling at from 161 to 181 15s ;
Suckling Calves, 18s to 31s ; and Quartar-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s
each. Beasts, 583 ; Cows, 143 ; Sheep, 3,040 ; Calves, 129 ; Pigs, 310.
NEV TGATE AND LEADENEALL.
Only a limited business was transacted here, and prices were barely
supported.

BOROUGH HOP BTAltitErr.
Although the transactions in all kinds of Hops during the press**
week have been by no means extensive, prices are pretty generally
supported. The supply of Hops, in pockets, is small.

(From the London New Price Current of Feb. 13.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was no public sale of any descrip.
Lion of Sugar; West India Muscovado was sparingly dealt
in by refiners and grocers, the quantity sold amounting to
only 160 hbds, &c., but the rates obtained were generally the
same as on Friday.
REFINED.—To-clay, although refined goods could be pur-
chased upon further reduced rates, still little business was
transacted.
MAuarrius.—Although the market continues to be well
supplied, and still chiefly with the better descriptions, yet
the rates previously established have been supported, and a
good demand has been experienced for all qualities.
EAST INDIA.—The supply of Foreign East India Sugar
being scanty, prices keep up, but there has been little busi-
ness transacted privately in any description, and none hes
been submitted to public competition.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign,
and the principal operation for the week has been that of
600 boxes of fair yellow Havannah, but not strong, at 23s for
Refining here under bond.
COCOA.—British Plantation has been sparingly dealt in,
but holders are unwilling to further reduce their prices, and
at public sale 312 bags of Trinidad were taken in at 42s for
middling dark red, and at 40s. for common quality, In
Foreign little business has been transacted, but prices cannot
be quoted lower at present.
Rms.—Bengal bee been sought after, and full rates offered,
hut business has been checked by the small supply at market.
Madras is wanted and tie parcels disposed of privately were
at firm rates. Java is wanted at 15s to 17s 6d, but there is
little in the market. Italian and Spanish are held for 18s to
20s for white.
COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Coffee
The business transacted in Ceylon privately was upon a more
extensive scale; good ordinary pale Native brought 48s to
495, and low 4.linary 46s to 47s
TEA.—The amend was very limited for black and green
l'ea at the large public sale, which commenced on Thai's-
day, and concluded on Monday : of the total quantity offered,
amounting to 42,800 pkgs., the very small proportion of only
4,200 pkgs actually found purchasers, the principal portion
boxes and damaged, and the rates taken were rather under
those that prevailed by private contract.
SPIRITS.—There are now sellers of Jamaica Rum generally
upon lower terms; but the bustness transacted has been ex-
tremely limited in all kinds. Leeward Island is wanted.
Although Calcutta can be purchased upon rather lower terms,
still there are few buyers. Demerara has been sparingly
dealt in. There has been alively demand for Brandy this week. I
Holders have evinced much firmness. Geneva is held with
firmness. The value of English Corn Spirits is 10s 6d per
gallon nett cash.

INDIGO. —A fair business has been transacted in Bengal
and the rates paid have been equal to those of the last quar-
terly sales, and in same cases rather above. Malras is still
attracting attention, and fetch previous sale's prices, indeed
the inferior kinds still command 2d to 4d per lb advance. The
kinds most in request are those from is 6d to 2s 6d per lb.
Spanish is little wanted, and prices keep very low.
SPlCES.—Nutmegs have been in much better demand, and
the rates paid exhibit an advance of 2d to 4d per lb. Mace
has met with little attention, and a decline in the value
has occurred. In Black Pepper the business trat.sacted
privately has been upon a more extended scale ; still
prices do not improve. Of White several parcels have
been sold privately at 3ad to 4d, and good to fine
Ltia to 6d per lb. The demand is increasing for Cassia Lignin a,
but prices at present cannot be quoted higher. Pimento is
held with firmness, but the demand has been only for small
parcels at aid to 3441 per lb. Cinnamon has sustained last
quarterly sale's prices. Ginger is not to be had on lower
terms.

Oils.—This afternoon at public sale 21 tons of Sperm
and Headmatter were offered, and sold, British Sperm at
751 to 781, Headmatter 791 10s to 801, Foreign Sperm 76/.
Fairrr.—This market continues in the same unsettled
state, and prices in most instances nominaL From the bad
condition of Valentia Raisins there are sellers at ahnost any
price, but good and fine maintain the highest. quotation : fur
Denies in baskets there has been rather a better demand
this week at the reduced quOtation. For Currants of an in-
ferior quality, and damages, there is more inquiry at a IoW
price. Greek Figs (in the absence of Faro) have been in re-
quest at the present low price.
TALLOW.—Tiistiirternoon at public sale 189 pipes 114 hbds
-iof South American Tallow-were sold at 38s 3d to 42s 6d far