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le Jer of the Day for going into the Committee of
Supply having been again read,
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD said he would only de-
tain the House for one moment, whilst he expressed his inten-
tion not further to persevere in his efforts to stop the grant of
supplies until the grievances of the people had been redressed.
He had persevered as far as he could ; but in ceasing to perse-
vere he wished it to he understood that he protested against the
competency of that House to make laws so long as the great
body of the people were unrepresented in it. He admitted he
was not backed by a sufficient power of public opinion to make
it desirable for him to continue his efforts ; but he wished it to
be understood that whenever that power of opinion should, in
his judgment, be sufficient, he should renew his endeavour!.
With this protest he should not further attempt to hinder the
House going on with those supplies which the exigencies of the
public service were said to require.—( Hear, hear.)
The House then went into the Committee of Supply.
ARMY ESTIMATES.
The first vote was for 158,2311. for defraying the charge of
the General and Staff officers in Great Britain and Ireland,
and foreign stations, except India, which was agreed to with
out any discussion.
The neat vote was for 90,30 i/. for charges of- allowance of
officers of the several public military establishments of Great
Britain.

Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the charge for the COM..
mander-in-Chief and his Staff being increased upwards of
2,000/. for the present year. He wanted to know why the
present Commander-in-Chief was allowed so much more than
the last. Lord Hill, as Commander-in-Chief, received
9/. 9s. gd. a-day, while the present Commander-in-Chief re-
ceived 16/. 83. 9d. a-day.
Sir H. HARDINGE said that the reason of the difference
was this, the one was a Field-Marshal, while the other was
only a Lieutenant-General.
After some short discussion the vote was agreed to, as were
also the following votes :-
13,408/. to defray the charge of the Royal Military College,
and the Hibernian School.

88,076/. for the volunteer corps.
1,649/. for the unprovided service of former years.
13,9531. to defray the charges fer the reward of distinguished
services.

27,000/. to defray the charge of general officers.
The next vote proposed was for a sum of 62,300/. for defray.
ing the allowances of retired officers.

-Colonel RAWDON wished to know whether there would be
any objection to permitting officers to retire on a superior rank,
with the allowances only of the rank which they then held ?
Sir HENRY HARDINGE thought there would be serious
objections to such a proposal. For instance, an officer, with
the half-pay of a colonel, would have to support the rank of $
general officer.—The vote was then agreed to.
The next vote proposed was for 450,3001. for half-pay mill•
tart'• allowances.
Colonel RAWDON suggested that the sums retained for the
support of officers in hospitals, suffering from mental aberration,
should, when they were dismissed from hospital, be returned to
them with interest.

Sir H. HARDINGE could not agree to the proposition.
Dr. BOWRING said that 2,813/. vras stated to Le the atm
arising from the sale of commissions. Was that the only suns
received by the Government from that source?
Sir H. HARDINGE said that it was.

Mr. W. WILLIAAIS, in allusion to what had been stated
by the Secretary at War as to the saving effected in the half-
pay, would observe that in 1622 the total expense of the army
was 3,782,000/., and this year it was 2,201,000/. He thought
a much larger saving might have been effected in the half-pay.
Sir H. HARDINGE said that in 1822 there were 9,744
officers on half-pay, combatants and non-combatants, and
the vote for half-fay for the year amounted to 807,811/. ; this
year the number of officers on half-pay was 4,032, and the
half-pay amounted to 450,0001., thus showing a diminution in
the number of officers of 5,709, and in the amount of half.
pay of 420,828/. He should be very happy to grant the Hon.
Gentleman any returns on the subject he might wish.
Sir C. NAPIER said the Gallant General had given them
a pretty specimen of the mortality in the service, yet his Hon.
Friend did not seem to think they died fast enough.
Mr. WILLIAMS hoped that the returns would show the
number of officers on half-pay in 1818, as well as in 1822.
Colonel RA WDON thought the Right Hon. and Gallant
Gentleman must have misunderstood the question which he had
put just now. He had meant to ask, if there would be any ob-
jection to allowing officers who had sold out to retain the rank
which they held on quitting the service ?
Sir HENRY HARDINGE said the subject had been con-
sidered by the Naval and Military Commission, and they had
decided that it would not be proper to grant such permission,
except in very extraordinary cases.
The vote was then agreed to.
The next vote of 4,9321. for the half-pay and pensions of fo-
reign officers, and for the allowance to the widows and children
of foreign officers, was agreed to without discussion.
The next vote proposed was for a sum of 141,6101., for pen-
sions to officers' widows.

Lord HO WICK wished to ask for some explanation respect.
ing the refusal of the pension to the widow of Colonel Fawcett,
on the ground that her husband had fallen in a duel?
Sir HENRY HARDINGE said that the Gallant Ofleer
opposite had given notice of a motion on the subject for Mon-
day, and he thought that the discussion had better be postponed
until that evening. He would, however, go on if the Gallant
Officer wished to take the discussion now.
Captain BE RNA L—No.
Sir HENRY HARDINGE would content himself with
stating that he did not think that the circumstances of the duel
were such as to justify him in recommending the widow to her
Majesty for a pension, and his Right Hon. Friend, with who=
he had consulted, agreed with him in opinion.
Captain BERNAL—Had postponed his motion till Monday,
at the request of several Hon. and Gallant Members. He
brought it forward as a distinct motion, because he doubted
whether the subject would meet with so much attention as it
deserved, if it were only discussed incidental), in Committees
of Supply.
Lord HOWICK could not agree to this vote without some
explanation on the subject. He objected to a motion such as
thatof which the Hon. and Gallant Member had given notice, on
the question being put that the Speaker do leave the Chair, con-
sidering as he did that it was interfering with the progress of
public business. It was more constitutional and Parliamentary to
discuss such a question in Committee of Supply, unless they were
prepared to take the strong step of addressing the Crown on
the subject of granting the pension to Mrs. Fawcett, a course
which he for one was not disposed to recommend. He could
not let the present vote pass without making some observe-
tion on the subject of the refusal of the pension. If the Go-
vernment were prepared seriously to take up the question of
duelling and to do all in their power to discourage and put
down that unchristian and improper practice, then be should
acquiesce in the necessity, however painful, of refusing the pen.
sion to Mrs. Fawcett. But if the Government were not pre-
pared so to deal with the general question, then the refusal of
the pension to the widow of Colonel Fawcett was an act of
great cruelty and injustice.—(Cheers.) Was it not manifest
that officers were frequently punished for refusing to go out
to fight a duel? Less than a year ago an officer had been sen-
tenced to be suspended from rank and pay upon the finding
of a court-martial for not taking steps to obtain immediate re-
, dress for a gross outrage which had been offered to him.
He knew that he should be told that the redress meant was
that which could be obtained by applying at the Horse
Guards. But he would say boldly that that was a mere eva-
sion.--( Cheers.) They all knew that the real redress was
that which was called demanding satisfaction.—(Cheers.) He
would ask the Judge-Advocate if a sentence of a court-martial
had not been submitted to him without that evasion, in which
an officer had been sentenced to punishment for declining to
fight a duel. The Right Hon. Gentleman had felt that a
sentence in that shape was illegal, and could not be allowed
to pass ; but the fact of such a charge having been enter•
tained by a court-martial, proved that what was really ex-
pected of an officer was—not that he should appeal to the
Horse Guards, but that he should take redress into his own
hands.—(Hear, hear.) If such things were allowed to go en
in the army, and no more effectual measures were adopted to
put down duelling, it would be the height of injustice to re-
fuse to the widow of an officer, who had fallen in a duel, her
pension. They might talk of the difficulty of legislation on the
subject, but it was in the power of the Government
to prevent duelling in the army without any legislative
measure whatever. Let them make known in an authoritative
manner that the present system should not be permitted to
continue. Let them call upon all officers who had received an
insult to submit their case to some superior authority. Le,
a Court of Inquiry be assembled to consider each case, and
having ascertained the merits of it, let them exercise the pre-
rogative of the Crown by pronouncing the dismissal of the
guilty party. Let them give ample peens fbr punishing per-
sons who were guilty of insults, which, under present circum.
stances, must lead to a duel. He would also have it made
known that in every case in which officers had recourse to
duelling, all the parties concerned, both principals and seconds,
should he dismissed the service. By these means they might
put down the great evil of duelling in the army. He did not
believe that it was impossible to put it down in the community
generally. The first thing required was to mitigate the undue
severity of the existing law. The killing a man in a duel,
although nominally a great crime, was a crime of a
different nature from that of murder, and required
a different punishment. And it was on account
of the undue severity of the punishment inflicted by law, that
the law was not enforced. Let there be a moderate and just
punishment inflicted by law upon those who engaged in duels,
and let that law be uniformly and impartially enforced.
Another step, which should be adopted to do away with the
necessity of duelling, was to give to persons who had been in-
sulted some means of obtaining proper redress from the legal
tribunals of the country. He did not think there would be
difficulty in framing some law that would enable any person
who might be insulted to obtain redress proportionate to that
insult in a court of law. As he said before, there were two
courses open to her Majesty's Government—either they might
allow things to remain as they had hitherto been; and if they
did—if they would shut their eyes to the practice of duelling, and
do nothing snore than connive at its existence, then they ought
to grant the pension to Mrs. Fawcett. The other course was,
that they should set themselves seriously to work to put down
the practice altogether—not to look over a case of duelling,
whoever might be the parties concerned. They could not
forget the case lately of a person in a high and distinguished
station—a station which made the offence infinitely more
aggravated than it could be in a military officer. In that most
remarkable case, he thought that the high authentic, before
whom it had been brought had acted improperly. The Go-
vernment had passed over that offence, which had attracted so
much notice, as one of the most venal crimes—in such con.
duct there was no consistency. One line or the other ought
to be adopted ; they ought to act impartially against all
offenders ; or, if not, they ought not to be guilty of what he
must consider the cruelty and injustice of refusing to the
widow of one of the unfortunate victims of this most unhappy
system the pension which, it was very possible, her circum-
stances might render most particularly necessary.
Captain BERNAL did not consider himself open to the lec-
ture which the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland had
thought fit to read him on constitutional law. He had con•
sulted other gentlemen, who were as competent to give an
opinion as the Noble Lord, upon the course he had adopted,
and nothing had fallen from the Noble Lord in the course of
his speech which would hinder him from moving, on going into
the Committee of Supply, the special notice of the House to the
case of Mrs. Fawcett.
Sir H. HARDINGE said the speech of the Noble Lord way
not characterised by his usual fairness. The Noble Lord knew
that the case of the unfortunate lady was to be brought forward
on Monday, and yet he now took occasion to discuss the entire
question of military discipline, notwithstanding theopportunity
which he would have of discussing the subject on Monday.
This was a vote for the pensions of widows. After he (Sir H.
Hardinge) had stated the grounds upon upon which he refused
the pension, he thought if the Noble Lord took a different view
from that of the Gallant Officer, it would have been mores!?
propriate if he consented to postpone his observations till:he
Gallant Officer's motion was before the House. With regudt
other parts of the Noble Lord's speech, viz., that officers in the
y
army were expected to fight their way out of any difficulty b
duelling, and that that practice was connived at by individual
at the head of the army, he must give the Noble Lori,
notwithstanding his having been so long Secretary-at-
War, the strongest contradiction. He did not believe
that the statement of the Noble Lord was borne out by facts.
He was confident the Noble Lord could not produce any cue
where any officer was brought to a court-martial and cashiered,
for not having fought a duel in consequence of an insult offered
to him. Officers, by the Articles of War, were liable to be
cashiered for fighting a duel. It was stated in one of the
Articles of War, that any officer who should give, send, or pro-
mote a challenge, or accuse an officer of disgrace for refusing e
challenge, amid be brought to a court-martial, and be

cashiered. Another article set forth that if an officer behaved on fairly for discus,ion, but he hoped the Committee would
in a scandalous and infamous scanner, and unworthy the con- not discuss it on the present motion. He thought that very
duct of a gentleman and an office,, he was also to be tried by a little g iod could Brie from ch-cussiou the subject of duelling
court-martial, and cashiered ; and in -:irtic'e. it was tho- With e-peel to ti!e conslitut.ou of a Court of
stated expre'sly, by order of h,r ey,ry ii imoir, which inflict certain pu,,ishinents, cu,,a y
officer was acquitted of disgrace for refu,iog to fi2l.t o, otherwi,T. in his opinion it would not be attended with
or accept a challenge. Having thus shown what was required any h-neficisl re•uhs. He was of opinion, that pecuniary fines
by the articles of war, in the case of any officer who refused to would not be popul ir in England. In former days the Royal
fight, or accept a challenge, he asked how it was possible for power interfered most beneficiilly with dueling. He need not
any body of officers, upon their oaths—men of education—who recal to the recollection of the House the numerous instances
were told that it was no disgrace to refuse a challenge, to try in which that power had been so exercised, with the pap-
a man for conduct unbecoming an officer, and notwithstanding piest effects. He believed that unless that power were re-
their oaths, tell him that he was cashiered for not fighting a stored to the Crown, it would be impossible to put down
duel ? Why, such conduct would be a violation of oaths, of duelling. It was in vain to look to legislation to remedy the
decency, and of common senoe, and he did not believe the evil. He believed it could only be cured by the state of po-
Noble Lord could adduce any case of that nature. The pular feeling on the subject.—The vote was then agreed to.
Noble Lord had had opportunities of proving if there were 2,327,196/. was then voted for the pensioners of Kalroainharn
such cases, While Secretary at War, he had, in accordance Hospital.
with his duty in that high station, to recommend these Articles On the motion that 38,000/. be granted for retired allowances,
to her Majesty, acrd when the Noble Lord told him that the Colonel RAWDON said that he thought this was a proper
Government possessed the power of putting down duelling opportunity of mentioning that Colonel Moore, the brother of
in the army, and that it ought to be put down, he asked Sir John Moore, had given up his retired allowance when he
the Noble Lord what he had been about during the five years found that his private fortune was sufficient to enable him to
he was in offiae, and why he had not taken some such steps in live without it.—The vote was agreed to.
that direction which he found fault with the present Govern- ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.
latent for takf B hi -Id • lure the Noble Lord that

Captain BOLDER°, in rising to move the Ordnance Es-
timates, said that there had been an expense of about 93,8001.
in the expenditure upon the Sappers and Miners. But in the
experise of barracks and barrack masters there was a diminu-
tion to the amount of InB,ooo/.; and that reduction would
have been greater if it had not been necessary to augment the
commissariat in China. An additional charge would be ne-
cessary for the expense of rebuilding the powder-works at
Waltham Abbey. At the Cape of Good Hope also, an expen-
diture was incurred, in consequence of the destruction of one
wing of the fort, occasioned by the indiscretion of two children
playing with lucifer matches. The charges for the restoration
of the 'fewer would not be felt by the country, for in the ap-
propriation of the new building to the purposes of stores the
country would be compensated for the expense. By calculating
the price of fuel in the two countries he found that the allow-
ance to an officer in England would be 6/. 10s. a year, and in
Ireland 71. 10s. Since they had been in office they had ef-
fected a reduction in the Ordnance estimates of 303,483/. an-
nually. He hoped this would be taken as an earnest of the
integrity of their desire to reduce the expenditure as much as
possible.
Dr. BOWRING said he did not intend to divide the Com-
mittee on any of these items, nor did he mean to detain the
Committee, except to regret that a similar course had not been
adopted in the ordnance as in the other votes. He saw that a
large part of the expense was incurred for the colonies ; he
thought that the colonies ought to bear part of the burden of
their own defence. He saw that the lonian Islands did so, and
why not the others?
Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS said, as the lonian Islands had
been referred to, he hoped he might be allowed to make a few
observations with respect to them. They formed a most in-
teresting country, from their soil, their position on the verge of
civilisaton, their climate, and classic associations. 'these islands
had been thrown back on this country for regeneration and civili-
zation. But their progress had been arrested, and their prosperity
injured, by the fixed contribution which they were compelled
to pay out of their revenue, to this country, towards the ex-
pense of their military defence. That contribution was
35,0001. a year, for this purpose alone ; other expenses they
were compelled to pay, raised that sum to 54,0001. a year.
The whole revenue of the islands, some years ago, was
180,000/. ; it had since been so much reduced that it was now
no more than 100,000/. ; the fixed contribution therefore
amounted to no less than 50 per cent. of the revenue. He had
been unceasing in his representations to the Government of
the necessity of making some abatement in this contribution in
favour of the islands. The depreciation in the price of their
chief exports, currants and oil, had dried up the sources of re-
venue, and though they had reduced taxation and made every
sacrifice possible, the contribution was found to be excessively
oppressive. The state of their public institutions was very
lamentable. There were no asylums, and the lunatics were
mingled together with felens. The lonian Islands were not
colonies ; they were in an anomalous position between
colonies and independent States. They should not do
their duty to that interesting people unless they
reduced something of that fixed contribution.—(Lord Stanley—
.' We have done it.") He appealed to the Government whe-
ther he had not brought forward this question strongly during
last year ; and he asked the Noble Lord whether he was dealing
fairly with him, as a friend and supporter of the Government,
in not acquainting- him with the step he had taken. He would
appeal to the House to say whether the Noble Lord had done
justice to him in not communicating to him what the Noble
Lord said he had done. But he would still exercise his right of
making these representations to the Committee. In 1835 the
poor of the islend were begging about the streets, there being
no poor-house to receive them. He built a poor-house, and
it answered exceedingly well ; but a few months ago, it ap-
peared that it was abolished. He would appeal to the Com-
mittee whether he had not a right to state these circum-
stances ; and he appealed to them again to say whether
the Noble Lord had treated him as he ought to have done
in not first communicating with him, after he had made out
a case so strong that the Noble Lord himself requested that he
would not press for the production of the papers, the order for
which was yet uncancelled by the House. If he had pressed
for those papers he should have had the credit of having ac-
complished the redaction.
The conversation on this subject then dropped.
Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the immense amount of
money spent. in building fortifications and new barracks. The
barracks at Manchester alone were put down at 117,000/.
There were others also at Newport and Bristol. What was
there in the state of Manchester that required those barracks
now more than at any former time? He thought this sum for
the erection of new barracks was most enormous.
Captain PECHELL, in alluding to the late military riots
which had occurred at Brighton, said, that after the severe
punishment which had been inflicted upon the offenders, he
did not wish to do more than allude very briefly to the matter.
Damage to the amount of 501. had been done, and it was be-
fore stated that compensation would be made by the regiment
to the foreigner whose house had been attacked. All his pro-
perty had been destroyed, and he was now without the means
of subsistence and lie (Captain Pechell) hoped that the Right
Hon. Gentleman also would suggest some means for relieving
the distresses of those persons.
Sir H. HARDINGE said that whatever might have been the
intention of the soldiers originally with respect to raising a sub-
scription amongst themselves for the purpose of repaying the
expenses and damage done, the course adopted by the pro-
secutor's solicitor had eetirely frustrated it.
After a few words from Mr, AGLIONBY and Sir H. 'LA-
DING E in reply, the vote was agreed to.
A sum of 110,7071. was then voted, to defray the expenses
of the Royal corps of Engineers, and Sappers and Miners.
343,5'Z71. was voted to defray the expenses of the artillery and
gunnery department.
391,1971. was voted to pay the salaries of barrack-matters
on foreign stations.
A vote of 483,721/. was then proposed for defraying the
charge s of the ordnance works, &c --This vote was agreed to.
A vote of 166,796/. was then proposed for the expenses of
the ordnance surveys.
In answer to a question from Colonel RAWDON,
Sir R. PEEL said the Report of the surveys taken in Ire-
land would be laid before the House in the course of the session.
The vote was then agreed to.
A vote of 229,5801. for the expenses of ordnance stores was
then proposed.
In answer to a question from Sir C. NAPIER,
Captain BOLDER() said that in all new ships the sailors
and marines were supplied with the new muskets.
The vote was then agreed to.
A vote of 163,680/. was proposed for defraying the charges
of the superanuation and pension list.
Captain PECHELL wished to call the attention of the
Right Hon. Gentleman the 'Secretary-at-War to a case of
some hardship. A poor pensioner had been compelled to- go
into a workhouse, arid during the time he was there his pension
was withdrawn. When he was discharged from the union the
pension was renewed, but its proceeds were taken by the guar-
dians until the expenses to which they had been put for his
maintenance during his stay in the workhouse had been de-
frayed. He (Captain Pechell) wished to know if this was
legal ?
Sir H. HARDINGE said it undoubtedly was not.
The vote was then agreed to.
A vote was agreed to of 174,6881. for the expenses of corn-.
missariat supplies.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress and the House
resumed.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Ways
and Means.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a vote
of 8,000,0001. out of the Consolidated Fund.
The vote was agreed to , and the Report was ordered to be
brought up on Monday next.
The House then resumed.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition regarding the Ro-
chester Railway.—( Against it as we understood.)
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter past Eleven o'Clock.

sr not _Mg . cut he could ass,
the subject had not escaped the attention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment. However, as some reforms were to be submitted to
her Majesty on the matter, he was precluded from entering
more particularly into it at present. With respect to the
Noble Lord's statement, that officers were broke for not fight-
ing duels, he ;.(Sir H. Hardinge) would refer to the ca-e of
which an' Hon. Gentleman, a few evenings ago, had said an
account had come by the last mail from the West Indies, where
an officer was tried for having submitted to an insult. Of
course he could not mention the name of the officer, but he
would read the charge against an officer who was brought to
a court-martial* in the year 1843, for scandalous and infamous
conduct, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentle-
man in submitting to be charged with ungentlemanlike and
blackguard conduct, and with no, refuting the same charge, or
reporting it to his commanding officer, or taking measures to
exculpate himself from charges so derogatory to his character.
Now he (Sir H. Hardinge) thought that that officer ought to
have gone before his brother officers and asked them to try the
charge ; but, according to the Noble Lord's version, the officer
was tried for refusing to fight a duel. Such a thing was most
improbable. He ( Sir H. Hardinge) had been for 40 years in the
army, and he had never heard of such a case as the Noble Lord ima-
gined. He would give another instance in the same year of 1843.
He took the most recent cases as the Noble Lord said that the
system was going on at the present day of officers being forced
by the regulations of the service to fight duels when they ought
to have the matter settled by a Court of Inquiry. The ease
was this :—ln April, 1843, an officer was tried for scandalous
and infamous conduct, unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,
in having submitted to be stigmatised as a " liar" and a
" scoundrel," and suffering other opprobrious epithets to be ap-
plied to hint by another individual. The Court found him
guilty, and ite was cashiered. He (Sir H. Hardinge) had in-
quired into that case, and he found that that individual had con-
ducted himself in a most ungentlemanlike manner, and
that he had not dared to face an inquiry by his brother
officers.—( Hear, hear.) Accordingly they forced him
to a court-martial. How such cases could be distorted in the
way in which the Noble Lord had dune, he (Sir H. Hardinge)
could not understand. Indeed, in the case of one officer in-
sulting another, and not making a demand for explanation, he
• might be put into " Coventry" by his brother officers, and thus
find himself in a very unpleasant position.—( Hear, hear. )
Well, he would take the Noble Lord upon that point. Ile
knew the case of a field officer, who, being a religious individual,
and having conscientious scruples on the matter, declined to
fight a'tfuel, because he felt that he ought not to sin against
the laws of Gud. The officers of his regiment, from the
manner in which his name was used, in consequence felt very
uneasy; but the present Commander-in-Chief protected him
to the extent of having the matter inquired into.
The cause of quarrel was investigated, and the result
was that the proper conduct of that field officer was corrobo-
rated and confirmed, and his brother officers withdrew their
objection to him, and he was now one of the most respected
of in the kgrvice. Again in 1804 Sir Charles Morgan, in
the case of a lieutenant who had associated with the surgeon of
his regiment, notwithstanding his having been collared and
struck by him, and who had been brought to trial for conduct
unworthy an officer—in that case Sir Charles Morgan wrote
an observation upon the second article of the charge to the
effect that it was tantamount to making it a crime to refuse
fighting a duel, and that if he had been aware of it before the
investigation that he would not have suffered the article to
have been" brought forward. He (Sir H. Hardinge) could
only appeal to the Noble Lord, that in every case with which
he had anything to do, and having made every possible inquiry
at the Horse Guards with respect to other cases, he could not
find an instance of an officer being brought to trial because he
was wanting in courage to fight a duel.
-Colonel FOX asked the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman if
he did not know of any instances of the Sovereign dispensing
with the services of officers, because they were put into
Coventry for not fighting a duel ? That he believed was
generally the way in which cases of that kind were disposed of.
Sir H. HA RDINGE said if he understood the question of
the Gallant Officer, it Seemed to imply that the Sovereign of
the country was a party to punishing officers for not fighting
duels.
Colonel FOX—The Sovereign acting by the advice of the
Ministers of the Crown.
Sir HENRY HA RDINGE knew no instance of an officer's
services being dispensed with in such a case, except where the
harmony of the regiment rendered it necessary to remove cer-
tain officers.—( Hear, hear, from Lord Howick.) But the
Noble Lord could not expect that the army should be sub-
jected to restrictions and restraints to which other parts of the
community were not subjected.
Sir A. L. HAY asked what would be the condition of
officers in the army if they were not allowed to take steps to
remove any stigma which any young- and ill-tempered officer
might happen to cast upon them ? He questioned if duelling was
as prevalent in the army as in other portions of the community.
They might do away with duelling in the army by means of
statutes, but he would tell them that they ought to pause be-
fore they prevented the officers of the British army from assert-
ing their honour and repelling indignity.
Captain BERNAL said a very wide field had been opened
by the discussion which had taken place, and he thought it
was necessary to consider at once whether it were right to go
into the whole question on the present motion.—( Hear, hear. )
He was perfectly prepared to discuss the subject w 1 enever it
showid be the pleasure of the House to do so. There was a
vast deal to be said upon it.—( Hear.) The whole sys'e:n was
an anomalous one. They had statutes which pronounced
duelling to be an effence nothing short of murder.
—( Hear, hear.) They had juries endeavouriag to evade these
practices ; they had judges, who were prepared to give tkem
the go. bye; whilst the majority of that House were always
ready to assist in the evasion. . Under these circumstances,
would any man say that the widow of an officer who had fallen
in a duel should, on that account, be deprived of a pension ?
( Heer, hear.) Let them either say at once that an officer of
the army sheuld be supported in his conscientious views, or let
them be prepared to treat his widow, if he fell in a duel, in the
same manner that they would treat the widow of an officer who
fell in battle. He ( Capt. Bernal) had no wish to interfere with
the discretion of the Crown. He knew perfectly well that no
officer's widow had an absolute right to a pension. He would
not, however, enter into the question 011 the present occasion,
considering, ashe did, that it ought to form the suoject of a
eubetntive motion.—( Hear, hear.) Wi,hout assuming to
himself the right of advising the Committee, he must say that
he thought it would be much better to a aive any further dis-
cussion. •
Colonel FOX explained.
Mr. P. BOILTHWICK said the question simply was, whe-
ther a particular lady should be deprived of a pension which
under ordinary circumstances she would have received, merely
because another person ha 4 committed a crime. As at present
advised he (Mr. P. Borthwick) thought it would be a most
unjustifiable mode of punishing an offence to visit it upon the
person who did not perpetrate it, and who, of all persons in the
kingdom, would have been most anxious to prevent it had it
been in her power.
Lord HOWICK said the Hon. and Gallant Officer near
him (Sir A. Leith Hay) hod argued that duelling was abso-
lutely necessary in the army. Now, he did not ask them to
pronounce an opinion either way; but he did ask them either
to sanction or discourage it consistently.—( Hear, hear.) If
they sanctioned duelling, it was nothing less than gross cruelty
and injustice to deprive Mrs. Fawcett of her pension; if they
came to a resolution to put down the practice, then, however
painful, it might perhaps be necessary to pursue that course.
The Hon. and Gallant Officer opposite (Sir Henry
Hardinge) had only ;answered his argument in a
miserable spirit of personality.—( Cries of "No, no," from both
aides of the House.) He repeated the observation. He bad
brought the question forward as a general one, and what was
the Hon. and Gallant Officer's reply? Why he said that the
Mutiny Act provided so and so, and he asked, why, if that was
not sufficient, he (Lord Howick) had not added to its provi-
sions. What did it signify whether he did, or did not, during
the time he held the office of Secretary at War, suppress duel-
ling in the army ? The Hon. and Gallant Officer knew very
well that questions connected with the discipline of the army
never came under his (Lord Howick's) notice, except when
some particular difficulty.' arose; and during the time that he
was Secretary at War, it so happened that there never was a
case similar to that of Mrs. Fawcott's. His notice was never
called to this anomaly, and therefore it was that he had never
thought of adopting any means for its removal. But he begged
to tell the Hen. and Gallant Officer, that if while he was Se-
cretary
.at War a case had been brought before him, in which
he as called upon to exercise the painful discretion of ad-
vising her Majesty not to great a pension to an
officer's widow because he bad fallen in a duel, he would not
have given that advice unless he had been prepared to carry
out the principle, and to take every measure in his power to put
an end to duelling in the army.—( Hear, hear.) Now what
was the argument of the Hon. and Gallant Officer? He
to ted, and he believed correctly, that officers,practically
and • substantially, were brought'
before courts-martial- for
refusing to tight duels. It was perfectly true that the letter of
oth
the law was against duelling—the articles
war were most
express and decisive; but the officer was called upon to do
nothing unbecoming the character of a gentleman
and he
received an insult without taking immediate steps for' redress, dr he
was liable to a court-martial. An officer had been tgusght
before'a court-martial in India for an offence of that description
The charge was that he had received a blow, and had net taken
steps to Obtain that legitimate. and immediate redress to which
he was entitled for so gross an insult. The measures were an
appeal to a superior authority and a duel. But it was per-
fectly well known that if an officer took the course of appealing
to a superior authority, he had the punishment inflicted upon
him 'which was known by the name of being sent to Coventry.
Under penalty of this sentence, he was virtually compelled to
choose the alterdative of the duel.
Sir HENRY H A RDINGE inquired as to the particulars of
the case to which the Noble Lord referred.
Lord HOWICK said the case was exactly what he had
stated. He rather thought that the officer belonged to they
Indian army, but the two services were governedexactl by
the same rules. In another case, a field-officer had been
actu-
ally sent to Coventry for refusing to fight a duel on religious
grounds. The Hon. and Gallant Officer (Sir A. Leith Hay)
had argued that duelling was the keystone of the honour of the
army.
Sir A.- LEITH HAY said he had not used that expree-
sion.--( Hear, hear.)
Lord IsIOWICK begged the Hen. and Gallant Officer's par. i TIER MAJESTY'S BUCK HOITNDS.—A. field of up
don. He had meant only to state the purport of his argument. wards of 100 attended the meet, on Wednesday morning, at Sall
The Hon. and Gallant Officer had argued that duelling;was i init. Amongst those present we observed the Earl of Rose-
necesiary to maintain the discipline and honour of the army. Ism, Lord Sheffield, Lord William Beresford, Major. General
Sir A. LEITH HAY--Most certainly. Wemyss, Colonel Vyse, the Hon. Captain Lowther, several of
Lord HO WICK—In the case to which he had just referred, the officers of the first Life Guards and the second battalion of
had the officer been a subaltern instead of a field-officer, he the Scots Fusilier Guards, and a good sprinkling of sport.
togt
hgentlemen front the vicinity of the metropolis.
would probably hare been forced out of the army.—(Hear,
thaem.uiasnueal timde the stag " Wild Boy" was uncarted near
bear.) He would again say that they were imperatively called Farnham Upon to adopt a decided course, and not suffer the present lane,
was taken at Mill.end, near Rickmansworth.
Nearly tip, whole of the field, including the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord
anomalous state of things to continue.
• W. Ber sford, &c., were up at the finish. The Royal buck bounds
Captain BERNAL hoped the Hon. and Gallant Officer (Sir
(as intimated to the field out yesterday) will meet on Monday next
H. Hardinge) would not ha tempted by the Noble Lord's re-
at Ascot, and on Friday at Lyttleton, near Staines.
marki into the discussion of this subject.—( Loud cries of" Hear,
hear.") He thought nothing could be more unfair than the DEATH OF ADMIRAL HALL.—We have received,
attack made by the Noble Lord, but he tru,ted that the Right • by the Queen's messenger, who arrived on Thursday morning,
a
Hon. Gentleman, against whom it was directed would main- letter from St. Petersburg'', dated February 20, containing
taro ajudicious silence.--( Hear, hear.) the following account of the sudden death of Admiral Hall :
Sir. G
HARDINE said the Noble Lord had talked The writer states—" We had a very melancholy circumstance
of miserable personalities, He left it to the House to say on Sunday before last, during Divine service at the English
whether the Noble Lord was justified in that remark.— church. Admiral Hall, the much-esteemed friend of the
(Hear, and cheers.) He had simply reminded the Noble Emperor, fell suddenly down in a fit and expired, at the age
Lord,- that the present Goveinment had been in office only •of sixty. He was formerly a lieutenant in the British sere
two years, and asked him why the late Government had not vice, and was afterwards made an admiral in the Russian
remedied the evils of which he complained. He would
_be navy. The Emperor, in honour of a faithful 4ervaut, wilt
ready to meet the Noble" Lord whenever the qUestion came attend his funeral.

RAILWAY BILLS.

SECOND REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAIL-

WAY BILLS CLASSIFICATION,

The Select Committee appointed to consider which of the pending
Railway Bills shall be deemed competing Bills, according to the reso-
utions agreed to by the House, have agreed to the following Re-
port :

Your Committee having considered the cases of the following
Raihvay Bills, viz. :
Ashton, Staleybridge, and Liver- Manchester and Leeds (Bury
pool Junction, i Branch),
Bantiley Junction,
.Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale,
Blackburn and Preston, •Manchester and Leeds and Hull
Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, 1 Associated,
Colchester and Harwich (No. 1), ,Maryport and Carlisle,
Croydon and Epsom, 31einkland (Nos. 1 and 2),
Delabole and Rock, 'Newbury, Basingstoke, London,
Eastern tinion, 1 and Southampton,
Edin'.urgh, Leith, and Granton, INewbury and Great Western
Epsom and South 'Western, I (Valley of the Kennet),
Garnkirk, Glasgow, & Coatbridge, Newquay,
Gravesend, North British,
Gravesend,Rochester,andChatham North Wales Mineral,
Harrogate and Knaresborough, .l'ontop and South Shields,
Leeds and Bradford, !Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction, '
Leech' and Selby, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and
London and South Western,' Manchester,
(No. 2.) South Eastern and Hastings,
Manchester and Birmingham Stratthrd (Eastern Counties) and
(Macclesfield and Poynton! Thames Junction,
Branches) (No. 2), IWhitehaven and Maryport,
Alanchester and Leeds (BradfordiYork and Scarborough,
Branch),
tahreoroisel otphineioxghtruate, :of. toirfiseawid
LBhiLltl,sB,ofthietatinrwlloawy itriegsaverectilivilellsytomarnu:
plts.tiiittitgml,Vsilthaiocnyebrahiligoetlii,ern,dvii,zi.v:e—row
Junction,
mler-Lyne, and Manchester, with Sheffield, Ashton-
BrightiM, Lew,s, and Hastings, with South Eastern and Hastings,
(1.1 i,,, ana Epsom, with Epsom and south Western, Grawseml, with Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham,
Manchester and Lectis (Bury Branch), with Manchester, Bury, and
Lin idon and Southampton, with Newbury anti
Rossendale,
Ne(wlrie)autr3lV:sqseir7i c(t1"Itlly of the Kennet),
and that the following are Bills to authorise the construction of new
Lines of Railway which will compete with existing Railways, viz. :
Banisley Junction,
Garnkirk, Glasgow, and Coatbridge,
Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS,

(From the Votes and Proctiedmpo of the Rouse of Commons.)
THURSDAY, MARCH 7.
TRADE WITH THE BRAZILS.

Motion m tele, and Question put, " That an humble Ad-
dress be presented to her Majesty, representing to her Majesty
the great importance to this Country of the trade with the
Empire of the Brazils, and humbly praying her Majesty to
adopt such measures as may appear best calculated to maintain
and improve the commercial relations between the United
Kingdom and the Brazils :" The House divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 132.
Acheson, Viscount Forster, Matthew Philips, G. R.
Agllonby, H. A. Fex, C. R. Protheroe, Edward
Ainsworth, Pe, er Gibson, T. H. Pulsford, It bert
Aldam, William Gisborne, Thomas Rawdon,J. D.
Arundel, Lord Gore, Robert Ricardo, J. L
Bannerman, A. Greenaway, Charles Rice, E. R.
Barclay, David Grey Sir G. Roche, E. B.
Baring, F. "I'. Grosvenor. Lord R. Ross, David R.
Barron, H. W Guest, Sir John Scholetield, J.
Bellew, R. M. Hastie. A. Scott, Robert
Berkeley, C. Hatton, Capt. Villiers Scrope, G. P.
Blake, M. J. Hawes, B. Smith, Benjamin
Blake, Sir Valentine Hayter, W. G. Smith, J. Abel
Blewitt, Reginald Heathcoat, J. Standish, Charles
Bewring, Dr. Hindley, Char es Stanley, W. O.
Bright, John Hobhouse, Sir J. Stanton, W. H
Brocklehurst, J. Hollond, it' bert Stewart, P. M.
Brotherton, J. Herman, Edward Stuart, Lord J.
Browne, Hon. W. Howard. C. G. W. Stuart, Villiers
Busfeild, W. Howard, Lord Stock, Ser,leant
Butler, P. S. Howard, P. H. - Strickland, Sir J.
Carew, R. S 5-,,,wing. Lord Strutt, Edward
Cave, R. 0. Hut , W. Tancred, H. W
Chapman, rt. Labouchere, H. Thornely, Thomas
Clay, Sir W. Langston, J. H. Towneley, John
Colborne, W. Ridley Lascelles, W. S. Trelawny, J. S.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Layard, Captain Tuite, Hugh X
Collett, John Lemon, Sir C. Turner, Edmund
Craig, W. Gibson Leveson, Lord Vane, Lord Harry
Dalrymple, Captain Macaulay, I'. B. Villiers, Charles 1%
Emnistoun, J. Mangles, R. D. Vivian, J. H.
Oivett, E Marjoribank-, S. Wakley. Thomas
Duff, James " Mar,h4ll, William Wall, C. B.
Duncan, Viscount Mitchell, T. A. Wallace, 11.
Duncan, George Morris,,David Warburton, H.
Duncannon, Lord Morison, General Ward, H. O.
Duncombe, I'. S. Muntz, G. F. Wawn, J. T.
Dundas, Admiral Napier, Sir Charles Wilshere, W.
Easthope, Sir John Norreys, Sir 1). J. Woraley, Lord
Ebrington, Viscount O'Connell, XJ. Wrightson, W. B.
Ellis, Wynn O'Ferrall„More Wyse, 'l.
Elphinstone, Howard Ord, W Yorke, R. H
Evans, William Palmerston, Viscount TELLIi KS.
Ewart, William Parker. John Hill, Lord-Marcus
Fitzroy, Lord C. Pechell, Captain Tullman. it

MAJORITY—NOES, 205.
Acland, Sir T. D Fuller. A. E. Milnes, Richard
Acland, I'. D. Gardner, J. D.l Mundy, E. Miller
A'Court : apt. Gaskell, Jamei M. Neeld, Joseph
Adderley, C. B. Gladstone, W. E. Neville, Ralph
Affix, John Peter Gladstone, J. N. Nicholl Right Hon
Antrobus, Edmund Glynne, Sir Stephen Norreys, Sir D. J.
Arbuthnot, Huh Gordon, Captain O'Brien, A. S.
Arkwright, Geo: ge Gore, AL Ossulston, Loid
Bailey, Joseph Goulburn, Henry Pakington,lJ. S.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Graham, Sir J. Patten, J. W
Bailhe, Colonel H. Granby, Marquis of Peel, Sir Robert
Baillie, H. J. Greena I, Peter Peel, Jonathan
Bankes, George Greene, T. Pennant, Colonel
Baring, Hon. W. B Gregory, W. IL Plumptre, J. P.
Barrington, Viscount Grimston Lord Polhill, Frederick
Bell, Matthew Grogan, Edward Pollington, Viscount
Bentinck, Lord G. Hale, Robert B. Pollock, Sir Fred.
Beresford, Major Halford, H. Prard, William T.
Berkeley, Hon. H. F Hamilton. G. A. Pringle, Alexander
Blacks(one, W. Hamilton, Wm. J. Pusey, Philip
Bolden), H. G. Hampden, Renn Rashleigb, Win.
Borthwick, Peter Hamner, Sir John Reid. Sir John It.
9ottield, l3eriah Harcourt, G. G. Rendlesham, Lord
Bradshaw, James Hardinge, Sir H. Repton, George J.
Brampton. 'l'. W. Hayes, Sir E. Richards, Richard
Broadley, Henry Heathcote, Sir W. Round, C. G. .„,;,
Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sidney Round, John
Bruges, W. H. L. Hervey, Lord A. Roue, Hon. Captain
Buck, L. W. Hinde, J. H. Rustibrooke, Colonel
Buller, Sir J. Verde Hodgson, Frederick . Russell, J. 1)
Burrell, Sir C. M. Hodgson, R. - Ryder, G. D.
Cardwell,'Edward Holmes, W. A'Court Sanderson, R.
Castlereagh, Viscount Hope, Charl s Sandon, Viscount
Charteris, Francis • Hope, Alexander Scarlett, It C.
Cnttwode, Sir Johri. Hope, G. W. Scott, F.
Chute, William L W Hornby, John Shaw, Frederick
Clayton, Rice It. Hughes. W. B Sr irley, Evelyn J.
i live, it. H. Hussey, Thomas dibtherp, Colonel
Codrington, Sir W. Ingl a, Sir R. Smith, Abel
Collett, W. Weldon! Jernayn, Earl Smith, T. B C.
Compton, H. Jocelyn, Viscount Smollett, Alexander
Copel.nd, Alderman Johnstone, Hope Somerset, Lord U.
cress v. ell, A. J. B. Jones, Captain Stanley, Lord
Cripps. W. Kemble, Henry; Stewart, John
Darner Colonel K• atabull, Sir E. Stuart, H.
Darby, George Knight, H. G. Sutton, Hon. H. M.
Denison, K H. Law, Hon. C. E. *Ferment, J. E.
Dickinson, F. H. Lawson, Andrew The:lger, F.
Dodd, George Lefloy, Anthony Thompson, Ald.
Dougla -, Sir H. Legh, G. C. Tollemache, J.
Douglas, Sir C. E. Lincoln, Earl of Trench, Sir F. W.
Douro ,Marquis of Lindsay, H. Trevor, Hon. R.
Douglas, J. D. S. Lockhart, William Trotter, J.
Duffield, T. D. Lowther, Colonel Vivian. John Ennis
Dugdale, W. S. M'Geachy, F. A Waddington, 11. s.
buncombe, A. Mackenzie, Thomas Walsh, Sir John B.
Dune mbe, 0. Mackenzie, W. F. Wellesley, Lord C.
Du Pre, C. G. M'Neill, Duncan Wilbraham, R. B,
Eaton, Richard J. Mahon. Lord Williams, T. P.
Egerton, W.T. Mainwaring, T Wodehou•e, &Intone
Eliot, Lord Manners, Lord J. Wood, Colonel
Emlyn, Viscount Marsham, Viscount Wood, ColonciT.
Escott. Bichkam Martin. C. W. Wortley Hon. John:
Lstcourt, 'l'. G. B. Rlasterman, John Yorke, E. T.
Fellowes, Edward Mantua!, T. P. Young, John
Filmer, Sir E Maxwell, Hon. J. P.
Fitzmaurice, W. Meynell, Captain TELLERS.
Flower, Sir James Mildmay, H. t. Jahn Clerk, Si George
Follett, Sir W. W. Miles, P. W. S. Bating, Henry
Fox, S. Lane Miles, P. W. S.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
[This Gazette c•ntains the Indian Dispatches, which have
already been published in The Sun.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 8, 1844.
Notice is hereby given, that one week• of the present Court
Mourning, to commence on Sunday next, the 10th instant,
will be also for her late Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of
Oldenburg.

DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 7.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rawson William
Rawson, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Island of Mauritius.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint George Williams
Lewes, Esq., to be Provost. Marshal for the Virgin Islands.
The Queen has further been pleased to appoint Daniel H.
0. Gordon, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Virgin Islands.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 6.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John
Campbell, 111. A., to the church and parish of Gairloch, in the
presbytery of Lochcarron and county of Ross, vacant by the
death of the Rev. James Russel, late minister hereof.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 8.
_ _

Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. A. M. Gray. from the Royal
Canadian Regiment, to he Lieutenant, vice Claremont, vino
excharr,es Mareh 8.
*

76th-Foot—Captain W. Doran, 'from the Ist West India
Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice W. Webster, who has been
placed upon half-pay, March 8.
Ist ‘Ce,,t India Regiment—Major-General Sir G. T.
Napier, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir
G. H. B. Way, deceased, Feb. 29.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant E. S. Clare-
mont, from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, who
exchanges, March Ed.
lloserraL STAFF.—J. W. Mostyn, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon to the Forces, vice Home, appointed to the 26th Foot,
March 8.
AIEMORANDUM.—The Christian name of Ensign Webster,
of the 2d West India Regiment, is Rowland only, and not Row-
land William, as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Northuinherland Regiment of Militia—J. Fife, Gent., to be
Ensign, Feb. '24.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire.
Royal Merionethshire Light Infantry Militia —R. M.
Richards, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, viee E. L. Ed-
wards, promoted, March 1.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 28.
The Lord Chlnceltor has appointed Charles Bodenham, of
the city of Hereford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in
the high Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
HENRY EDWARDS, coal merchant, St. Alban's, to
surrender, March 15, at three, and April 19, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Roche,
Plowman, and Roche, Charles-street, Covent-garden.
THOMAS WILKINSON, boot maker, King-street, Hol-
born, March 15, at half-past ten, and April 19, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Heath,
Graced urch- street.
JOSEPH BARWICK, omnibus proprietor, Great Carter-
lane, Doctors'-commons, March 21 and April 25, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street ; Letts, Bartlett's-buildings.
GEORGE FO: )RD, seed merchant, Lenham. Kent, March
19, at twelve, and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Bower
and Co., Chancery-lane ; Hart, Maidstone.
JACOB MONTEFIORE and JOSEPH BARROW,
merchants, Nicholas.lane, City, March 14, at one, and April
16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, Rasinghall-street ; Ashurit, Cheapside.
ROBERT BARKER, druggist, Manchester, March 20
and April 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Stanway, official assignee Manchester; Shield and Harwood,
Queen-street, Cheapside, London ; Bagshaw and Stevenson,
Manchester.

JOSEPH DOUGLASS, rope manufacturer, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, March 22, at eleven, and April 16, at two, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow-church-
yard, London ; Bates and Dees, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
THOMAS BREWER, pavior, Liverpool, March 22 and
April 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze.
nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, Fins-
bury-circus, London ; Dodge, Liverpool.
RALPH LEWIS, wine merchant, Tryddyn, Flintshire,
March 19, at twelve, and April 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Milne and
Co., Temple, London ; Ingleby, Mold, Flintshire.
JAMES THOMPSON, iron manufacturer, Stoke-upon-
Trent, Staffordshire, March 22, at two, and April 17, at one,
at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Smallwood, Admaston; Motteram and Giddy,
Birmingham.
JOHN DOUGLAS PAYNE and LYDIA RUSHTON,
furriers, Birmingham, March 20, at two, and May 3, at one,
at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside, London ; Grif-
fiths, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.

J. Gaunt, auctioneer, Pudsey, Yorkshire.
R. Roffey, bricklayer, Deptford, Kent.
J. C. S. Kelly, livery-stable-keeper, Wardrobe-place, City.
H. Smith, carpenter, Farlington, Southampton.
E.J. Bradshaw, miniature painter, Wolverhampton.
W. Eggleston, flour dealer, Manchester.
J. Shaw, fancy manufacturer, Highburton, Yorkshire.
T. Johnston, draper, Hadley, Shropshire.
N. B. Smith, carpenter, New Millman-street, Gray's Inn-lane.
B. Kaye, woollen draper, Halifax.
J. Young, blacksmith, Calverley, Yorkshire.
J. Shepherd, boot and shoemaker, Huddersfield.
L. W. Williams, eating-house-keeper, Brydges-street, Covent-
garden.
W. Dobson, flour dealer, Leeds.
J. Scott, labourer, Halifax.
W. Ratcliffe, police-officer, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
J. Addey, joiner, Selby, Yorkshire.
A. Liddelow, butcher, Seymour-place, Camden-town.
It. Spenaley, tailor, Birmingham.
I. Price, undertaker, Stepney green.
W. Walker, basket maker, Oldham Lancashire.
J. Bendall, tailor, Welbeck-street,'Cavendish-square.
J. Fryer, tobacconist, Cockshill, Stepney.
T. Minchew, carpenter, Bilston Staffordshire.
T. Scott, carpenter, Bishops Cleeve,_Gloucestershire.
J. Slade, carpenter, Bexley-heath, Kent.
J. Seel, joiner, Kensington Low-hill, Lancashire.
H. G. Huller?. gat.stter, Broad-way, Ludgate-hill.
W. Richardson, builder, Liverpool.
W. Dickenson, baker,
_Nottingba!o2

J. Ahrenfeld, hat manufacturer, Well-street, Cripplegate,
R. Tennant, Ward-street, Lambeth-walk.
H. Haslip, cutler, High Holborn.
J. Bowling, plumber, Beaumont-street, Marylebone.
T. Cheshire, cabinet-maker, Dunstable.
C. Ashui st, publican, Heaton Norris, Manchester.
J. Brom'ey, hay and straw salesman, Woolwich.
E. Beck, grocer, Tiverton, Devonshire.
C. Sterckareengrocer, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico.
W. H. Crook, baker, Southampton.
J. G. Hatcher, coach maker, Castle-street, Tonbridge,
J. T. Griffiths, victualler, Llanelly, Carmarthenshite.
E. West, commission agent, Dcziepheath, Kent.