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THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 7.

BUCKINGIIAMPALAL, 3,
.16.5 i.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour
of Knighthood upon James William Morrison, Esq., late
Deputy-Master and Worker of the Queen's Mint.
BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, FEB. 3.

The Queen was this day plensed to confer the honour
of Knighthood upon Alexander Bannerman, Esq., Lieu-
tenant of Prince Edward's Island.

BUCEINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 3.
This day had audience of her Majesty—
Senor Don Jost de Marcolets, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of
Nicaragua, to deliver his credentials ; to which he was
introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Ma-
jesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con-
ducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, li,C.H.,
Master of the Ceremonies.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 7.
[The following notice should have appeared its the
Gazelle of Tuesday, July 3. 1849.]
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 2, 1849.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. and
Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay to be one of the Chap-
lains in Ordinary to her Majesty.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 7.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William
Musgrave, Esq., to be First Puisne Judge, and Sydney
Smith Bell, Esq., to be Second Puisne Judge, of the
Supreme Court of the Settlement of the Cape of Good
Hope.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert
Sutherland, from 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
vice Mallet, who exchanges, Feb. 7.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Hugh Mallet, from
4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Sutherland,
who exchanges, Feb. 7.
4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Barton, from
65th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Harris, dismissed the service by the sentence of a Gene-
ral Court-martial, Feb. 7.
21st Foot—Lieutenant James Vaughan Arthure, from
the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Shawe, promoted
to Captain, Unattached, Feb. 7.
23d Foot—Major.General George Charles D'Agui-
lar, C. 8., from 58th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General
Sir James Willoughby Gordon, Bart., and G.C.8., de-
ceased, Jan. 31.

32d Foot—Lieutenant William Rudman to be Adju-
tant, vice Garforth, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
Dr.c. 13, 1850.
54th Foot—Ensign Thom as Blakiston Houston, from
67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Goddard, appointed to 98th
Foot, Feb. 7.

56th Foot—Major William Austin, from half-pay 42d
Foot, to be Major (repaying the difference), vice John
Wegg, who exchanges; Captain Soulden Oakeley to be
Major, by purchase, vice Austin, who retires; Lieute-
nant Fox Maule Ramsay to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Oakeley; Ensign John Warren to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ramsay, Feb. 7.
58th Foot—Major-General Edward Buckley Wyny ard,
C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Major-General D'Aguilar, ap-
pointed to 23d Foot, Jan. 31.
62d Foot—Lieutenant William Lenox Ingall, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Olpherts, who retires; En-
sign George Hampden Wilkieson, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Ingall, Feb. 7.
65th Foot—Major-General Samuel Benjamin Auch-
muty, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Field Marshal Thomas
Grosvenor, deceased, Jan. 31; Gentleman Cadet John
Owen Jones Priestley, from the Royal Military College,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barton, promoted
in 4th Foot, Feb. 7.

82d Foot—Lieutenant John Miller Bannatyne, from
the 93d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice M‘Gregor, who ex-
cha•iges, Feb. 6. _ _

93d Foot—Lieutenant Evan Duncan Macpherson to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major John
Joseph Grier, who retires upon full pay as Captain;
Lieutenant Alexander Edgar IM•Grego:, from 82d Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Bannatyne, who exchanges;
Ensign James Dalzell to be Lieutenant, vice Macpher-
son; Gentleman Cadet Edward Augustus Stotherd,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Dal-
zell, Feb. 6.

98th Foot—Captain Richard Gloster, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Thomas Charles Ormsby,
who exchanges; Lieutenant Lawrence Shadwell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Gloster, who retires; Ensign
William Henry Joseph Lance to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Shadwell; Ensign Norris Goddard, from
54th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lance, Feb. 7.
UNATTIMED —Lieu:. Arthur George Shawe, from
21st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 7.
STAFF.—Brevet Colonel James Freeth to be Quarter-
master-General to the Forces, vice General Sir James
Willoughby Gordon, Bart. and G.C.8., deceased, Feb. 1;
Quartermaster Alexander Cruickshanks, on half-pay,
79th Foot, to be Fort Major at Edinburgh Castle, vice
Major Thomas Canch, deceased, Feb. 7.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Deputy Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals Andrew Smith, M.D., to be Inspector-General of
Hospitals and to be Superintendent of the Army Medical
Department, Feb. 7.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 6.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-General Gus-
tavus Nioolls to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lieute-
tenant-General Henry Evatt, deceased, Jan. 28.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 25.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Robinson,
of Hereford, in the county of Hereford, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 30.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Andrew Percival,
of Peterborough, in the county of Northampton, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

Adolph Berend and Isidore Bioomenthal, cigar mer-
chant;, Weymouth-place, New Kent-road.

BANKRUPTS.
John Skam, builder, Studley-road, Surrey, to surren-
der Feb. 13, at eleven, and March 13, at twelve, at the
Court, 13asinghtill-street. Johnson, official assignee,
Basicghall•street; Jones, Quality-court, Chancery-lane.
'John Slater Marshall, boot and shoe dealer, Goswell-
road, Clerkenwell, Feb. 15, at eleven, and March 29, at
twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. Jones,
Quality-court, Chancery-hue.
Abraham Friedeberg, furrier, Houndsditcb, Feb. 21,
at half-past twelve, and March 21, at one, at the Court,
Bplinghall-s treat. Whitmo:e, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Vincent and Randall, Castle-street, Holborn.
James Dixon, dyer, Morley, Yorkshire, Feb. 28 and
March 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds; Firth, Bristol; Bond and Bar-
wick, Leeds.

John Wyatt, jun., grocer, Milverton, Somersetshire,
Feb. 18 and Marcia 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman. official assignee. Exeter; Stanley
and Wasborongh, Bristol; Stogdon, Exeter.
James Shirt, provision dealer, Frodsham, Cheshire,
Feb. 24 and March 10, at el,ven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool,
Roby, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending, Feb. 4,
1950, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 275. 100. per cwt.
From the Mauritius ... 28s. 7id.
From the East Indies3os. sd.
~
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty 295.
By authority of Parliament,
Efr:kinr BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Feb. 7. ,

MARKET IN TELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current, Feb. 7.)
SUGAR.—To-day holders of West India Sugar refused
to sell under the rates of last Friday, and the quantity on
offer is yet limited, but the market has still a quiet tone.
Only 187 were sold, making 940 hhds &c. for the week.
REFINED.—To• day the home trade demand for Re-
fined Sugar was limited, and the rates taken for brown
lumps were 494 to 49s 6d per cwt. Crushed is offered at
former rates, but there are few buyers.
MAURITIUS.—To-play the public sales of 3,800 bags
Manritius went off quietly, but lower rates are not taken;
superior yellow went at 425 to 42s 6d, other sorts 38a to
41s 6d, low 37s to 375 6d, brown 33s to 36: 6d, low 31si
to 325, grey 373 to 41s, and grainy 36s to 41a 6d per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Madras
Sugar submitted to public sale was extensive, and
amounted to 8,600 bags; prices declined 6d to is per
cwt for soft qualities; but ail other kinds went at full
terms. Good and fine grocery realized 41s 6d to 42s Gd,
grainy yellow ditto 42s 6d to 445, soli brown 27s to 293
6i, yellow ditto 30s to 335, and bright soft yellow 34s
to 378, Bengal realised the former value, and 850 bags
sold at 428 to 42s 6d for mid white Benares, and fair
yellow 37s per owl.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was little
passing in foreign
Sugar, and at public sale 490 barrels Java were taken
in at 373 to 39s 6d for sound, but a few lots of damaged
sold at 36s to 386 6d per cwt. Privately
630 bags low
brown Java were sold at 323 6d. per cwt.
MoLAssEs.—To..
were taken in at 101aidaptearuccivtito.n 60 puns of low Madras
CdFFEE--This afternoon there was firmness on the
part of holders of Coffee, and no
offered at public
were sale. The private purchases ernee wasnpon asmall scale for
all purposes, but prices remain at 47s 6d to 48s for good
ordinary Native Ceylcn.
Cocoa.—Holders of West India refuse to sell a
re-
duction, and none has been submitted to putblic salet a
Tthhi;
week; the stock also remains less than las
e
value of Trinidad red is 52s to 565, grey 48syteoa5r.3s, and
Grenada from 433 to 488 per cwt. The market has a
dull appearance for foreign, and prices have a down-
ward tendency, ruling at 30s to 306 6d for Bahia, and
Pars, and at 31s 6d to 32s per cwt for Guayaquil.
TEA.—Tbe business concluded in fors
has been at
lid to I lid for common and good ordinary, lald to is
I d for blackish leaf, is lid to is 3d for strung,',and
is 4d to Is 9d for Pekoe flavour. In the market
for green there has been much dulness, supplies
are still extending, and rather lower rates are again ac-
seded to. Scented and Pekoe Teas met with little at-
tention, and former rates are ma; to be obtained. The
pikes sales yesterday went off with much dulness, and
I=9ooo psekaaes offered, oaly 2,000 sold, chiefly
smel boxes of Scented Caper u. is 2d to Is Sid per lb.
.
SPlarrs.—Ther, iQ a firm market for Jamaica Rum,
and a good demand prevails at last week's rates. The
purchases are 500'puns, ord and mid quality 30 to 33 per
cent over proof at 2s Sd to 3s, good to fine 33 to 38 over
38 2d to 4s, and choice sorts 48 2d to 4s 6d, but
sorts' from 35 to 3s GJ are moot in request. Leeward
Island is wanted at la 3d to is 9ei proof, few part-ils are
in the market. Demerara is in good demand, and
former rates are well supported, about 250 hds have
been sold at 23 6d to 2s 10d for 30 to 40 per
cent over proof. Several buyers of East India at
la 6d to Is 7d proof; the supply at market is scanty.
Brarlidy is not cheaper, but the home and shipping
demaoci is limited. Cognac brands of the vintage of

1350 at 4s 4d to 4s 6d. 1849 ditto 4s 73 to 4s 9d, 1848
1:.,t0 43 10.1 to 56, 1547 iito 5. 2LI 5,5 4,1, L.:1:1 infea;-
sorts 3s to 4; 3d. Geneva is yep 1.; 7d to 13 Bd,
is 9d to 2s. British made Spirit 9s 8d to 9s 9d, and
Gin 8s 5d for 22 per cent. under proof.
RICE.—The best descriptions of East India have been
in good demand this week, avid realized the full value,
with only a limited supply. In inferior white and yellow
sorts operations are yet upon a small scale for shipping
and home trade purposes, although there are sellers
rather under previous moderate rates. At auction 4,762
bags Madras were all sold at 93 6d to lOs fur good clean
white Bengal grain, but 6,638 bags pinky were only
in part disposed of at 7s 6d to 8s for common, 8s 6d to
95 for mid and good, and damaged 5s 6d to 7s 6d. Of
fine white Bengal 682 bags realized Ils 6d for sound, but
1,027 bags mid were taken i❑ at lOs to lOs 6d per cwt.
There are sellers of Pearl Barley by private treaty at Bs,
but few buyers are to be met with. Cleaned Patna is
from Ils to 18s, and there is a free sale—town dressed
Carolina at 20s to 265, and America at 18s to 19s per
cwt. For Sego the demand is better, and 1,062 cases
realized 19s to 20s 6d for mid and flue small pearl. For
Sago Flour 14s 6d to 15s per cwt have been paid for
some parcels. Of Tapioca 135 bas at auction sold at
2id to 4d far fair to good middling; 470 tins 19 brls
St. Vincent's Arrowroot 6d to Bid ; 152 brls Jamaica
4-id to sd, and 5 cases good East India 4d per lb.
SPICES.—An improvement has taken place in the
demand for Pimento, and prices are kd to id per lb
higher than last week. Several parcels have been sold
privately; at auction 116 bags realized 5d to 5-0 for
mid and good. Ginger met with little attention, but
prices are not lower, as the supply is small. At auc-
tion 75 cases sold at 505 6d to 70s 6d for common and
middling. Jamaica is held for 21 10s to 31 lOs for ord
and fine, and export sorts of East India 18s to 30s.
Of Cassia Lignea the supply is trifling, and 90s to 1003
is the value, but little desire is evinced to operate. Cassia
Buds are quoted at 108 s to 110 s. Nutmegs have been in
good demand at full rates, and 30 cases at auction sold at
2s 6d to 2s 8d for small brown, and 2s 9d to 3s for mid.
The value of better sorts is 3s 2d to 4s. Mace in better de•
wand, and stiffer rates paid. At auction 16 cases sold at
2s 3d to 2s 5d for mid and good. In black Pepper the
private sales have been small, and rather lower rates are
taken. At auction 1,308 bags Malabar were sold at 3*d
to 3-id. The value of Sumatra is 31id to 3ici. White is
less wanted, and 40 bags at :auction sold at 6id
for mid, being rather cheaper; for better aorta rates rule
at id to 9d. Cloves are not offered at any further de-
cline; sales are upon a small scale, Bourbon at 6d to 64d,
and Penang 9d to is 4d. Only trifling orders have been
executed for Cinnamon, first sort at Is 9d to 3s 6d,
second ditto Is 5d to 2s 6d, third and fourth is to 2s 3d
per lb.
INDIGO.—The quarterly sales of East India will com-
mence on Tuesday next, and the quantity declared is
large, amounting to 16,413 chests. Spanish is also held
with firmness; although 600 Serons are declared for
public sale. The private purchases in East India Indigo
this week are 1,000 chests at from last sales' rates to 2d
advance.

OlLS.—Prices have rather improved for Linseed Oil
this week, and at 33s to 33s 3d per cwt, the home trade
demand has been good; for exportation there are, how-
ever, few buyers at present. A fair business has
been concluded for delivery at 33s 6d, and with
not free sellerE. Rape Seed Oil is not much
wanted, and prices continue on the deeline; pale
selling at 36s 6d, brown 34s to 355, and foreign Refined
37s to 37s 6d. Palm is yet held with firmness and is
wanted; fine quality is not offered under 295. For
Olive the market remains in a dull state, with Sellers of
Gallipoli at 431 to 431 10s, and other descriptions
at 411 to 421 lOs per tun. Cocoa Nut met with little at-
tention. Holders, however, are not disposed to further
give way in price ; and at auction 100 hhds of Ceylon
were taken in at 301 per ton. Although Seal is ob-
tainable under last week's rates, dealers have
operated with reluctance, pale at 341 to 34/ 10s,
and other sorts 32l to 33/ 10s. Operations in
Cod have been limited at 381 to 38l 10s. Southern has
been purchased with caution, and the value of low to
fine is from 331 to 35/. In Sperm sales have been limited,
and the rates accepted for fiae are 851 to 861 per tun.
The value of Headmatter is 921 to 941 per tun.
TALLOW.—This afternoon the quantity of Tallow
offered at public sale was larger than for some time past,
still the chief part sold, 1,500 pkgs Australian at from
35s to 378 9d, 440 pkgs South American at 35s 6d to 37s
3d, and 800 brls stranded Petersburgh, 36s 6d to 37s 9d
per cwt.

LAW INTELLIGENCE;
COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Feb. 7.
(Sittings in Banco.)
RICHARDSON V. WODSON.

This was an action for a libel published in the Yo, Wire-
man newspaper. The plaintiff was an attorney, and appeared
to have been a director in two or three companies in which
Mr. Hudson was the chairman of the directors. The alleged
libel referred to the connexion of the plaintiff with Mr.
Hudson in certain railway companies, and declared that "it
would appear as if a charter had existed for defalcation, mis-
management, and corruption in companies over which they
had control." It then went on to allege that the plaintiff was
guilty of corruption, and speaking of his situation as attor-
ney for the Union Bank at York, said, "It is our opinion
that such a man is not to be trusted in a responsible situa-
tion." The defendant pleaded a justification, in which, for
the purpose of justifying the imputations of the libel,
he set out a variety of facts connected with the railway
companies in which the plaintiff and Hudson had been con-
cerned. The finding of the jury was that mismanagement,
artifice, and defalcation did exist in every company over
which Hudson and the plaintiff had control; but the jury
negatived the allegation of individual corruption charged
against the plaintiff. On this finding the verdict was en-
tered for the defendant, with leave for the plaintiff to move
to set aside this verdict, and enter it for the plaintiff.
Mr. ATHERTON and Mr. E. PAIGE showed cause against
the rule, and contended that the finding might be treated
as divisible, and that on the finding that corruption ex-
isted in the companies over which the plaintiff and Hudson
had control, the defendant was entitled to a verdict.
Mr. Watson, in support of the rule, was not called on. '
The COURT expressed a clear opinion that the verdict must
be entered generally for the plaintiff. The part of the plea
on which the finding was in favour of the defendant was on
an immaterial issue, and could not be allowed to destroy the I
effect of finding for the plaintiff on an issue which was
material, and which related to libellous matter. The de-
fendant ought to have pleaded two distinct pleas, instead of
pleading one general justification; and it would be unfair to
allow him the advantage of having a verdict entered in his
favour, merely because an immaterial issue, which he ought
not to have put on the record, was found for him, when the
material and libellous charge was distinctly negatived by the
jury. The role for entering the verdict for the plaintiff must
be made absolute.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

NEW COURT.

Henry Beaver and 1 homa9 Hodgson were charged
with burglary in the house of George Wells, No. 3,
Lemon Valley, Rotherhithe, and stealing a petticoat,
&c., the property of a lodger.
Beaver pleaded Guilty.
The robbery was perpetrated on the night of the 14th
January. Both the prisoners were afterwards met by a
policeman with bundles, which were found to contain the
stolen articles. Beaver was taken; the other escaped.
The questfon raised for the defence was whether the
prisoner Hodgson was really one of the parties seen by
the police.
A witness was called to prove an alibi. Prisoner
lodged in the house of a person named Webb, alias Fin-
lason. who said tnat Hodgs,n was iu bed on the night of
the 17th or 18th (the robbery was committed on the 14th).
Guilty.— fen years' transportation.
The prisoners were frequenters of a notorious " kit-
chen" in Fox-court, of which the man Webb (who has
g. number of aliases), who came up to prove the alibi,
is the principal.

BAN( OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 ~fer
the Week ending on Saturday, the Ist day of February 1851.
18817 z DEPARTMENT.
X.
Notes i55ued........ 27,704,515

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .. .. 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,674,848
Silver bullion .....• 29,667

IMPERI A L PARLIAMENT.

HOCSE 0? LORDS, Feb.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo]
sack at Five o'clock.
PAPAL AGGRESSION.

The Earl of BANDON presented several petitions
from places in the county of Cork against Papal aggres-
sion, and praying that any measure introduced might be
extended to Ireland.

The Earl of ENSKILLEN presented several peti-
tions from various parishes in Ireland to the same effect.

The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions
to the same effect.

The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition to the
Name effect.

The Bishop of MANCHESTER presented several
petitions against Papal aggression.
The Earl of ST. GERMANS gave notice that he
should, on Monday, move for the appointment of a Com-
mittee to consider the complaints of certain persons
employed in the inland department of the Post-effice.
EXTENSION OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE
COUNTY COURTS—LAW OF EVIDENCE.

Lord BROUGHAM explained that he intended, on
the motion for the second reading of this Bill, to
amend the law of evidence which he had introduced on
the first night of the session. He proposed to carry out
the principle of Lord Penman's Bill, taking away ob-
jections to evidence on the ground of character or in-
terest, by enabling parties to the suit themselves to be
called and examined either by themselves or by the ad-
verse party. He would move the second reading
of that Bill at whatever time should best
suit the convenience of hie Noble and
Learned Friend on the Woolsack. Some years since,
in consequence of their not having then the benefit of
county courts, it became necessary to extend to the pro-
vinces the bankruptcy jurisdiction, which had been
found to work well in the metropolis. Now we had the
county courts established throughout the country, and
Lord Lyndhurst had, on introducing his measure for ex•
tending the bankruptcy court jurisdiction to the country,
declared that such extension was necessary, because
they had no county courts. The bankruptcy system
ofjurisdiction had worked admirably both in the
metropolis and in the country ; its superiority in the
country districts was even more manifest than it had
been in the metropolis. But the establishment of the
county court jurisdiction bad at last come, and great
satisfaction had been expressed in all parts of the coun-
try at the extension of their jurisdiction last year.
In five years something like a million and a half of suits
had been tried; and under the Extension Act of suits
between 201. and 501., no less than four thousand suits
had been tried during the course of the last five months.
He had been informed by a very learned county court
judge, that of those 4,000 suits the greater number
would never have found their way to Westminster Hall,
but would not have been tried at all but for the exis-
tence of those county courts, and that thus but for those
courts justice would have been defeated. The blocking
up of a court on account of the great expense attending
suits was in fact a denial of justice, and that denial had
peen remedied by the institution of their county courts.
It was a matter of great regret that these courts bad not
been instituted 17 years ago. Another most invaluable
part of the county court system was that which enabled
parties by consent to give the Court jurisdiction in cases
of greater amount than 501. But there was one most
important jurisdiction which was not exercised by the
county courts. He should wish to see those courts
have a reconcilement jurisdiction, which was found to
work admirably in Belgium, Denmark, and in every
country in which courts of reconcilement existed. He was
now about to take another step for the extension of the
jurisdiction of County Courts, and to transfer to them
the hankruptcy jurisdiction, which would enable them
to effect a saving of the expense of the whole of the
bankruptcy staff, except the official assignees. He pro-
posed that gradually the whole of the bankruptcy ju-
risdiction should be absorbed: in the County Court juris-
diction. He wished to make the change safely, and at the
same time effectually. He brought forward this measure
now, in order that knowing that such a measure was in
contemplation which would effect a saving of 42,0001.
a year, the Government might not fill up vacancies as
they occurred. He saw no reason why, if they had
efficient County Court judges in the capital, the bank-
ruptcy jurisdiction might not be transferred to them
for the metropolis, as well as to the County Court judges in
the provinces. He proposed to extend the plan of requiring
the proceedings in County Courts to he on stamped
paper, instead of paying those expenses in fees, which
would save the expense of treasurers, inasmuch as by
the adoption of that method the whole of the fees would
be collected without expense by the Commissioners of
Inland Revenue. The average of bankrupts during
five years, excluding the years 1847 and 1848,
had been 1,304, but during the last year
the bankruptcies had been only 800. A por-
tion of that diminution was attributable to the in-
creased prosperity of the country, but a portion of it was
also attributable to the institution of the county courts.
The county court judges might exercise their jurisdic-
tion either as they now did, not being fixed to the spot,
or fix them to the spot;; ho should prefer that they
should not be more frxed than they now are, because it
was important that they should keep up their constant
communication with Westminster Hall. The Noble
Lord concluded by moving that the Bill be read a first
time.

The LORD CHANCELLOR had for many years
received acts of kindness from his Learned Friend,
and he had never felt more obliged to him
than on the present occasion for introduc-
ing this measure for the amendment of the law.
He should be happy to give his Learned Friend every
facility, but his Learned Friend could not expect him at
once to commit himself by giving an opinion of the
measure which had been just introduced, ina.much as he
had not yet had an opportunity of considering its pro-
visions.

Lord BROUGHAM did not desire his Noble Friend
to aster one tittle of the Bill; all he was anxious for was
that his Noble Friend should take it under his care. The
bankruptcy law, as it at present stood, was not under-
stood by any one, not even by the judges,
and the result was that injustice was dune. There
could be no wonder at the delays in the Court of Chan-
cery when the judges were unable to understand the
law of bankruptcy as they had been propounded and
placed on the statute-book of the Legislature. He was
sorry to say it, but such was the tact, the Acts of the
Legislature with respect to bankruptcy were not under-
stood by the Legislature. He eould conceive nothing
wor,e than a Legislature passing Acts which no one
could understand.

Lord CRAN WORTH considered the subject of deep
importance. As he understood the measure it was not
one to alter the law as it at present stood, but to make
a difference in the txecutive that were to carry it
out. He agreed with his Noble Friend (Lord
Brougham) that the operation of the County Courts
had been most bent fici,l to the country. No less than
upwards of three million of causes had been tried before
those courts since their institution, and very few appeals
had Ewen made against their decisions. One thing that
made those courts popular was the facility they gave for
viva voce evidence.

After a few othzervations from Lord BROUGHAM,
the Bill was order. d to be read a first time, and the
second reading WAS postponed sine die.
ANSWER TO TilE ADDRESS.

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER brought up her
Driajesty's answer to the Address which was as follows:
" I thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address.
I rely wirh ceinfidonce ou your assistance to
maintain the rights of my Crown and cordial unity
with a measure calculated to strenghen and unite our
institutions."