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LAW INTELLIGENCE. income; but even deducting the income-tax, it is a sufficient CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
income for a single man to protect him from the necessity of the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
SHERIFFS' COURT, March 10. our compassion. 145/. 10s. will provide an individual with suffi- W. Dettmer, pianoforte manufacturer, Upper Maryleholle- IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Boncemee.) cient food, sufficient raiment, and a decent ledging, in even a street, April 1-A. Francis, W. Davey, and M. Francis, iron-
ROUDIILOFF v. JOHANNING . •, comparatively respectable station of life; and it may be founders, Bagilit, Flintshire, April 3-J. Hegginbotham and OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK.
' The parties to this action are both Frenchmen. The plain- doubted whether the single man of 1501. a year is not to G. Peck, machine makers, Manchester, April 3-T. Ross,
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EVEF List,
tiffs, Messrs. Roundhloff, are makers of guitars, residing in
some extent compensated in the reduced price of his corn- hosier, Leicester, April 1-J. R. King, druggist, Bath, April
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Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square ; and the defendant,bfr.
forts and humble luxuries for the 41. 10s. taken from him by 1-C. Strange and R. Parsons, merchants, Baglan, Glamor-
Johanning, is .music-seller, who lately resided in Great the income-tax Commissioners; but if the man be married, ganshire, April 1-J. Quinn, painter, Liverpool, pril 1-A. ,
;DIY EVENING.
Portland-street. The action was brought to recover 5/. Bs. 9d.
still more if he have two or three children, there can be no and R. Proctor, coach proprietors, Hull, April 1-G. Craven, 1 MILISII
teffi
coostirldoi.
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for three guitars, which the plaintiffs had supplied to the
doubt at all of his ample compensation. Six persons con- jun., corn miller, Wakefield, April 1-W. 11111, builder, Wool- LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 11.
defendant at various times. suming the ordinary food and using the ordinary raiment of wich, April l-L. H. Folger, cabinet-maker, High. street,
Mr. Qusera stated the case for the plaintiffs. His clients
the working-classes, will certainly save more than twice Shoreditch, April 1-C. Dotesio, hotel keeper, Slough; April 1 RAILWAYS.
had been in the habit of doing business with the defendant
four pounds ten shillings by the various reliefs afforded -T. Baines, worsted spinner, Bradford, April 1-A. Padbury,
for several years in the sale, of guitars. The: practice was
to supply guitars upon sale or return. Several were supplied by the tariff and those promised by the reduction of taxes, jun., grocer, Epsom, April 1.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Name of Company. Dividend Amount
Per of Pall Price.
between 1838 and 1840, and of those supplied and sold dui- while a consideration of far higher interest-the demand for Annum. Blare.
ing this period, there were three guitars that were not paid labour-must greatly enhance the value of that which is the S. Hutchinson and R. Binnev, share brokers, Bradford- , -
for. The first of these was delivered in the early part of poor man's capital-his industry. It were desirable, indeed, I. Woollright, W. D. Chidson, 'l'. Wait, and J. Lindsay, silk Xs.d.£ s. d.
1838, worth 2/. 155.; and two others were supplied on the 9th to relieve the hunpler classes of. all taxes ; but we must fall mercers, Liverpool-J. Hilless and W. Todd, tailors, Bourn- Aberdeen
............ - - 2 10 0 2%
of November and the 9th of December, in 1840, worth 2/. back upon the reflection that,. in our presentistate, we have •J. James and T. W. Richmond, linen drapers, Swansea-R. Birmingham k Gloster 31, be. per sh. 100 0 0 100 0 0 133
109. each ; making 71. 15s. in all. Towards this amount Mr. but to choose. among evils and. injustices, and that Pitcher and P. Bates, tar refiners, Surrey Canal-bank, Old Ditto,esevr,iss.7l eus. 15s. 25 0017 10 0 3334
Brighton,Lews,& Het. 0 10 0 0 10
Johanning had paid several small sums, and delivered some the best legislation is that which selects the least in Kent-road-W. Allen and P. Long, coach proprietors, Man-
Bristol and Exeter •• • • 21.168. per sh. 100 0 0 70 0 0 82
goods to the plaintiffs, which reduced the debt to each kind. Mr. Sheil complains. of the.hards_ hip of the. legacy chester-J. H. Cuthbert and C. S. Bailey, beer brewers, Ips-
Ditto and Gloucester _ 50 0 0 30 0 0 co
5/. Bs. for which the present action was brought. duty as contrasted with the immunity from taxation of a wich-H. Roberts and M. Lawrence, boarding-school keepers - 50 005 0 0 7%
Unfortunately for his clients they were not able to descent of freehold property. If, says the Member for Dun- -J. Dunk and T. Baker, millers, Brighton-J. Ouston, R. C. ,C,;imedb°rniidgeana'n'i'Lin-ooth.
th.. .- 25 0 0 110 0 5
garvon, a man leaves me 20 00G/. my land, I get it free ; but Ouston, and J. S. Ouston, wine merchants, Hull (so far as 6.latham & Prtsmou 20 0 0 1 0 0
read or write English, and at the various times-
at which ;the defendant (Mr. Johanning) had paid sums of If he leaves it to me ih, money,._ I must pay legacy regards J. S. Ouston)-J. Faulkner, J. Pollitt, and T. Taylor, Choster and Holyhead - 50 0 0 50 0 534
money, being himself able to write English, he had been in the duty. There is here a little mistake. Lands devised to spinners, Stockport-J. Bayley, J. Bayley, T. Kitts, and J. Chichester Sc Brighton
Churnetall Valley.:•.: •••• • • -
- - 50 0 5%
2.0 0 0 2 0 0 7%
leactice of drawing up receipts in that language, and getting a stranger are subject to the same duty as money, Kitts, cotton spinners, Bolton (so far as regards T. Kitts)-- - 300 4%
his clients, or oats of them, tot ign, upon the mere faith of and money bequeathed to one's children pap a very trifling C. Marshall, J. Mitchell, and F. J. Stones, edge tool menu-
eXt:euevrt eso.riii.een.. • • .... - SO 0 0 210 0 24
Mr. Johanning's honesty. Notwithstanding this, he had no duty. But, let us look on. the other side. If any one facturers, Sheffield (so far as regards J. Mitchell)-J. Dior- Direct Norwich ••• • .• - 20 0 0 10 0 14
doubt that he could easily prove the debts. After various un- chooses to give Mr. Shell, in. money and durante vita, ley, R. Morley, J. Morley, jun., B. Morley, and S. Morley, Dise,Beedes, ee zrmth - 23 0 0 110 0 314
20 000/ he may do so without a penny additional wholesale hosiers, Wood-street, Cheapside (so far as regards Dublin & Belfast Juno. 5O 003 10 0 6
successful attempts to get a settlement, the present proceed- -, ', if s - - 2100 23
ings were entered into, and he (Mr. Quales) would have to cost ; but any one chooses to endow the Right Ho- J. Morley, sen., and R. Morley)-M. Hooper, C. W. Hooper, Ditto and GalwaY• •
Eastern Counties .•• • • 4s. per sh. 23 0 0 14 18- 0 18%
put himself in the witness-box, and there would be able to nourable Gentleman with 20,000/. in land, or to sell him and B. Hooper, tanners, Grange-road, Bermendsey-T. Cross De ,perpetual, N 0•1 31. per ot. 613 4 31341% p.
so much land, the parties must, one or both of them, and J. Barrett, chemists, Bury, Lancashire-J. Smith, jun.,
show that Mr. Johanning had acted in a most disgraceful Ditto, ditto, N 0.2... - - 013 4 % pm.
pay 240/. for a stamp, with such trifling additions as J. Smith, sen., F. A. S. Smith, T. Holmes, F. Hurst, and J. Eastern' Union • ..... . -
manner throughout the whole of these transactions. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1834
Etinitbtou,reuart&
Quarter
rile: 21. ss. p. sh. 60 0 0 60 0 0 64
A foreigner, &professor of music, and Mr. Quales himself, a convancer, who, however, will scarcely stop short of Sayer, lace manufacturers, Chesterfield (so far as regards F.
three figures, may think it convenient to annex. So, after Hurst and J. Sayer)-W. Higgins, J. Higgins, J. Higgins, 113.3 d. p. sh, 12 10 01210 0 16
then gave evidence to the effect, that the goods had been_ 26 0 0 16 0 1%
to the defendant, and that the latter had admitted all, there is no such great inequality in the cost of trans- and H. Higgins, machine makers, Salford (so ar as regards
(erring land and transferring money-at all events, if W. Higgins)-T. Rudlein and H. Hemmings, Paddington--
deliveredlol. per ct. 100 0 0
50 0 0 2 10 0
that he owed money to the plaintiff, though notwithstand-101. per ct. so 0 0 50 0 0 112
100 0 0 224
both modes of transfer are to be placed in the same street, Marylebone-J. Weymouth and W. Right', attorneys,
ing repeated endeavours to get a settlement, the defendant regards mortuary demises, they ought Chancery-lane. 1
Grandi
Ditto,Yad
Ditto, Quarter Shares 10/, per ct. 25 0 0 25 0 0
re used all satisfaction. The evidence was not very clear category- as SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Grand Juni!
Gt. Southern &Western - so • 0 5 0 0 11%
or satisfactory, and was very much damaged by the cross- to be placed also in the same category as re-
Thomas Roxburgh, smith, Glasgow, March 14, and 'April Greateeorthof England 31. 58. 100 0 0 100 0 0 18a
examination to which it was subjected. spects conveyances among the living-and as no finance rei- Ditto, New.•• ••• • • • _
71. percent. 100 0 0 80 0 0 176
40 0 0 5 0 0 41
nister would dare to encounter an insurrection uponthe Stock 4, at twelve, at the office of J. Fleming, Glasgow.
Mr. BAGLEY for the defence, maintained that the wholeGrDealttteW,eselaitertir sinu..-ee"..: 71. per cent. 50 0 0 so 0 0 100
case was got up by the plaintiffs' attorney for the sake ofßirnie, painter,
Exchange,. such as a conveyance tax dike that on land would William Aberdeen, March 17, and April 7,
costs, who in this instance had appeared in the character of excite in the localityinquestion, we suppose that stamps at two, at the chambers of A. and J. Webster, Aberdeen. Ditto, Fifths.. ••• • - 71. per 20 0020 0 0 39%
advocate,!attomey, and witness ; and that Mr. Johanning did upon conveyances must be abolishd ; with how little advan- David Keith, merchant, Dundee, March 15, and April 5, at Guilford Junction. •• • • - 50 0034 e o
- 20 8 0 I 0 0 1%
net owe a farthing of the debt claimed. Receipts were tage to the revenue the stamp returns can tell better than twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
Hall and Selby
then put in of payments made on March 13th, 1838, Nov. Mr.
.Sheil or ourselves. For the rest, we refer to the speech
- a Ditto, Quarter Shares - 12 10 0 12 10 0 2034
20th, 1840, and Dec. 21st, 1840, respectively, corresponding of Sir Robert Peel, in which the whole subject is exhausted.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE. Kendal & Windermere - 25 0 0 110 0 6%
exactly with the amounts sought in the action. Respecting --- - 50 0015 0 0 34
the receipts having been written in English, this was un- NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS. Leeds and Bradford... _ 50 0 0 50 0 21%
Liverpool& Manctestr 101. per ct. 100 0 0 100 0 0
true, as many of the receipts which the defendant had given (From the London New Price Current of' March 11.)
----...--_ Ditto, Half Shares. • 10/. per ct. 50 0 0 50 0 0
from time to time, were -written in French, the native lan- St:GAIL-To-day there was no public sale of any deecrip- Ditto, Quarter Shares 101. per et. 25 0 0 25 0 0
(From the Gazette of last Evening.)
gunge of the plaintiffs. To this it was rejoined that the re- tion of raw Sugar. Importers of British Plantation mane- London & Birmingham 101. per et. - Stock. 230
ceipts produced were for other guitars sold and delivered, RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADEe fested firmness, and refused to sell but at full rates; the Ditto, New Thirds.. 101. per et. 32 0 0 20 0 43%
and that the dates did not correspond with those for which WHITEHALL, MARCH 11, 1845. demand, however, was trifling, the private purchases amount- Ditto, New 4 Shares 101. per ct. 25 0 0 2 9 0 30
payment was sought in the present action. Notice is hereby given, that the Board constituted by the ing to only 50 hhds and tierces. The demand for Mauritius, London and Blackwall - 16 13 4 - 734
London and Brighton.. 3!. Os. per sh. 60 0 0 50 0 0 64%
The UNDER-SHERIFF briefly summed up, and Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Frivy Council for Bengal, and Madras was only for small parcels, but full Ditto, Lose Notes- il.per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13%
The jury, after having retired for a short time, returned aprices were insisted upon. London and 0-ectiwieh -. 10 15 4 - 10%
verdict of 2/. 18s. 9d. for the plaintiff. Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had REFINED.-To-day there was little variation in the value Ditto, era. or l'riv.. 5/. percent. l6 17 2 - 244
under consideration the following schemes, for extending rail- London and S. Western SI. Is. per sh. 41 610 - 80
of home-trade goods, but the business done was extremely
SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JO U RNALS way communication 1)0 New Cons Stint
between London and York and in the limited. Bonded Crushed Sugar moved off slowly, at 31s Co e •
Date, New • • . • • . . • -
- 40 0 0 6 0 0 '23
50 0 0 3 10 0 12%
000
110: 11000 000 1441
intermediate districts to the cast of the present lines of rail- 31s 3d per cwt. r..ondon and Croydon •• 10s. per eh. 13 15 9 - 18%
FROSI THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. MAURITHI3.-There has been an improved demand for this Ditto, Gmtriite. sp. c. - 90 0 40 0 sm
was- viz :-
GLOBE.-The Bill for removing the municipal and corps- • ' ' description of Sugar, but merchants have been free sellers, London and York... - - 150 0 0 210 0 5%
rate disabilities, under which members of the Jewish faith The Barnsley and Goole, and the market has been largely supplied especially with Teem and Ely .... • • - 26 0 0 210 0 5%
11. 7s, 6d. p. s. 100 0 0 70 0 0 147
were left by the Municipal Reform Act, was read a second The Bedford, Loudon, and Birmingham, bright Grocery descriptions. At auction 14,014 bags and I'
auniittioes,cislralratellerndhtsir 1.178.6d.p.5. 50 0032 0 0 6734
time last evening in the House of Peers. The unanimity The Cambridge and Lincoln, 14 casks were all disposed of at prices that averaged those 4s. '25 0 0 20 0 17
and harmony of the Lords spiritual and temporal, on the pre- The Direct Northern, of the last public sale ; some of the piles, however, went 6d.6 5 0 16 0 7%
sent occasion, presents a striking contrast to the alarm which t to Is per cwt cheaper, fine yellow realised 62s to 645, good 58s -
Ditto,anneteesti;sstre'nifse:7B:,:i 21. per share 40 0 0 40 0 65
in 1841 ruffled the lawn of the Episcopal Bench, and comma- Ihe Eastern Counties-Cambridge and Huntingdon,
Gd to 61s, good middling 57s 6d to 58s, middling 55s Gd to 57e, Ditto, Quarter Shares - 10 0 0 40 0 11-%
• nicated pious fears for the national Christianity among•the lay The Eastern Counties-Ely and Lincoln Extension, low 53s 6d to 54s MA and fine grey 573 to 58s Gd, mid- Midland .............. 41. 4s. per sh. - Stock. 131
. Peers, and induced them to reject the self. same Bill by a large The Eastern Counties-Brandon and Peterborough De- tiling 54s to 555, 1 o 535, good to fine brown 52s to 53s Ditto, l'iftl,s ••••• • • . - - 2011 3%
majority. We abate not one jot or tittle of the satisfaction viation, Gd, washed 52s to 62.04: and Syrupy 57s to 59s 6d per cwt , llifm. g.:. Derby 21.135. perch, -
Newcastle & Berwick - Stock. 57
which we feel at the removal from the statute-book of se. 25 0094 0 0 46%
0 25 0 0 44
1 another of the few remaining relics of intolerance by which The Eastern Counties-Hertford aid Bigglesswade Junction, The quantity of brown in the sale was small. Newestlo & Dad. June.
EAST INDIA.-Importers of Bengal Sugar have manifested North British ..... •• • -
it is still disfigured. For the repeal of these remnants of a The Ely and Lincoln, more firmness, and the market having been sparingly sup- Northern and Easters . 2/. 58. 50 o 0 45 0 0 6034
15g
' 52210552 105
e dark, and therefore suspicious, age, we have invariably con- The Goole and Snaith, plied, previous rates are sustained. There has been a better Ditto, Scrip, iss. 51. d.
tended with such powers as we possess. The admission of The Great Grimsby and Sheffield, demand privately for all descriptions, and several parcels .cDlutt,okQetitarter Shares
- 50 0 0 215 0 , 3%
,-. Jews to all corporate offices, in common with every other class The Hull and Gainsborough, have been disposed of at previous rates. At auction 2,309
of the community, is no less politic, than just. By omitting, inNorwich anittißrandon. - 20 0010 0 0 I 17'
The London and York, bags were all sold ; one lot of middling white fetched Ditto, sew ..... .• • • - 10 0 0 10• i - 4
the case of persons of the Jewish faith, the words " upon the 61s 6d, the remainder, were damaged, and went at 50s eertsm:eith Direct •• • • - 50 0 0 2105 1 ' 2
The Lincoln, York, and Leeds,
true faith of a Christian," from the declaration required to to 62s for washed, es 6d to 65s for damp, and Preston and Wyre •• • • - 50 0050 0 0 I 26%
•I' be taken upon the admission to corporate offices, this object The Midland Railway-Syston to Peterborough, 50s to 52s per cwt for damp and washed yellow. The public itichmnd &W. E June. - 20 0 0 100 ; IN
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will be effected. Thus, one of those anomalous, absurd, and The Midland Railway-Nottingham and Lincoln, sales declared are of little moment at present. Madras has Ragby
521
106
00 o,',
' - 25 0025 0 0
~ positively injurious distinctions against which our efforts have The Midland Railway-Swinton to Lincoln, met with more atttention. There has been no public sale of shle/fftitteol ,i 2adodPre.f., 184 2
been directed, will be abolished. The removal of this reproach t Lincoln. •
Foreign East India, but 13,000 bags of Manilla, with certiti- Sheffield & lianchestr 41. peTeent. 110250 00 00
The Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gainsborough,
-the most strenuous advocates for its retention, as essential cats, are declared for the 18th. Java has been sought after, Ditto, Quarter ShartA - 125 0 0 80 0 13
t- no less to the safety of Christianity in this country than to The Sheffield and Lincolnshire, anti full prices are offered, but the market is still scantily _ 50 •0 0 2100 i 3%
Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,llir
the Established Church, as part and parcel of the-Constitu The Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension, supplied. Manilla is held with firmness. South Devon ... ••• • • • - 50 00100 0 I 17
FOREIGN.-There has been a good demand for all descrip- 11. Is. 3:3 2 4 -
• tion, now converted into advocates for the change, of which The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, south-Eastern & Dovr 41%
'-lt they, so recently, exhibited an alarm approaching to The York arid North Midland, and Doncaster, tions of Brazil Sugar, and very full rates have been paid for - Ditto, New las' .321. dis
South Wales .••••• • • • • -
- 40 0 0 8 0 0 17
- 2 10 0 4
horror - this is gratifying. Still the change itself, andevery kind. The private transactions are a floating cargo of Steveason's Prtsmouth
The York and North Midland, and Goole;- - 210 0 234
• in quarters where we look for consistency, is not the least new Bahia at 24s 6d for white, and 19s 3d for brown, one of Thames and Medway - 19 1734
t strange because it is gratifying. We have been wont to con- have determined on reporting to Parliament in favour of the
&el white Bahia at 235, and a cargo of yellow Pernambuco in Trent Valley •••• • • - 20 0 0 20 0 22
nect with high office in the Church a calm investigation of Bedford, London, and Birmingham,- 20 0 0 :,:•0 0 0 274
bags at 19s 6il per cwt, all for a near port. On the spot vermouthDittoN et . Norwich
, principles previously to their being adopted, and especially Cambridge and Lincoln, 300 chests of Bahia have been sold, white at 21s to 245, and _ 20 0 0 80 0 15%
• betbre they are deliberately and openly avowed. Yet in the Direct Northern (as to the portion between Lincoln andYork 9a North *iidl-at-id* 101. per et. 40 0050 0 0 104%
instance brown at 18s to 19s per cwt. At auction 255 cases and 8 Ditto, Shares • • 101. per et. 25 0023 0 0 51%
f present we see nearly the whole of the Episcopal York), - 23 0020 0 0 43%
, Bench, in less thin four years, relieved from those barrels of Bahia were taken in above the value. Yellow Do., Searbro' Branch
Eastern Counties-Brandon and Peterborough Deviation, Havannali has been sought after, and previous rates offered. Ditto, Selby Scrip • • - 50 0020 0 0 69
painful apprehensions for the safety of our "national Ditto, Extension .. • • - 25 0 0 15 0 174
Christianity," which would be endangered from the Eastern Counties-Hertford and Biggleswade Junction, In other kinds of Foreign Sugar the private operations are
Boulogne and Amiens. - 20 0 0 2 0 0 114
admission of the Jews to corporate offices, and per- Great Grimsby and Sheffield, upon a more extended scale at former terms, and there is fit. Northern of Frain.: - 20 0 0 40 0 6%
nothing pressing for sale. Holders of Foreign Sugar gene- Orleans and Vierzon • • - 20 0 0 2C 0 16
mitting a Bill to pass for that purpose without a Midland Railway-Syston and Peterborough,
word of disapproval, or an effort to impede its progres !rally are sanguine in their expectations as to the future peal- Orleans & Bourdeaux - 20 0 0 20 0 10
• Midland Railway-Nottingham d 20 0 0 20 0 3%
The lay Lords who in 1841, under Episcopal leadership, fought • all Lincoln, tion of the article. Only a small quantity has again been Paris and Lyons.. •• • • -
so determinedly against the anti-Christian measure, were Midland Railway-Swinton to Lincoln (as to the portion
between Swinton and Doncaster), isaperted. Paris and Strasbourg • •
. ParisPitii tld Orleans... - 20 002 0 0 2%
- • 20 0 0 20 0 0 5234
cloudily complacent. We reproach them not for ac- • . Mtnetsses.-There are few purchasers of West India, but
amid Rouen ..• •• • 2/. •20 0 0, 20 0 0 4.5%
holders are not inclined to 'educe their prices, and 20s to It_tieu and Navre ••• • . - 20 00114 0 0 32
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SPIRIT of th. PUBLIC JOURNALS
FRO3I Till EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The Bill for removing the municipal and corpo-
rate disabilities, under which members of the Jewish faith
were left by the Municipal Reform Act, was read a second
time last evening in the House of Peers. The unanimity
and harmony of the Lords spiritual and temporal, on the pre-
sent occasion, presents a striking contrast to the alarm which
in 1841 ruffled the lawn of the Episcopal Bench, and commu-
nicated pious fears for the national Christianity among the lay
Peers, and induced them to reject the self-same Bill by a large
majority. We abate not one jot or tittle of the satisfaction
which we feel at the removal from the statute-book of
another of the few remaining relics of intolerance by which
it is still disfigured. For the repeal of these remnants of a
dark, and therefore suspicious, age, we have invariably con-
tended with such powers as we possess. The admission of
Jews to all corporate offices, in common with every other class
of the community, is no less politic than just. By omitting, in
the case of persons of the Jewish faith, the words "upon the
true faith of a Christian," from the declaration required to
be taken upon the admission to corporate offices, this object
will be effected. Thus, one of those anomalous, absurd, and
positively injurious distinctions against which our efforts have
been directed, will be abolished. The removal of this reproach
—the most strenuous advocates for its retention, as essential
no less to the safety of Christianity in this country than to
the Established Church, as part and parcel of the-Constitu
tion, now converted into advocates for the change, of which
they, so recently, exhibited an alarm approaching to
horror this is gratifying. Still the change itself, and
iu quarters where we look for consistency, is not the least
strange because it is gratifying. We have been wont to con-
nect with high office in the Church a calm investigation of
principles previously to their being adopted, and especially
-before they are deliberately and openly avowed. Yet in the
present instance we see nearly the whole of the Episcopal
Bench, in less thin four years, relieved from those
painful apprehensions for the safety of our " national
Christianity," which would be endangered from the
admission of the Jews to corporate offices, and per-
mitting a Bill to pass for that purpose without a
word of disapproval, or an effect to impede its progress I
The lay Lords who in 1841, under Episcopal leadership, fought
so determinedly against the anti-Christian measure, were
equally complacent. We reproach them not for ac-
cepting what they so recently rejected. We do not
doubt of their having yielded their formerly strongly--
expressed objections to the force of reason and the
power of truth. The Bishops now feel as strong an obligation
to defend the " national Christianity," of which they are con-
stituted the guardians and the guides, as they did in 1841,
when they assembled in the House of Lords to vote the re-
jection of a Bill, precisely the same as that which they now
allow to be passed with as little apprehension of its contain-
ing anything dangerous to Christianity or the Established
Church, as if it were a railway Bill. But we cannot
help thinking that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who
then moved the rejection of the Bill, on the ground that
" if such a measure as the present was allowed to become
the law of the land, the character of the country
would be altered, and it would no longer be an exclusively
Christian country," should have explained the cause of this
change of mind. His Grace, we say, should have assigned
the reasons which had effected a change of views so com-
plete, and a relief from fears so painful. The Bishop of
London's speech against the Bill of 1841 was distinguished by
those powers of eloquence which his Lordship is known to
possess, and which are never wielded with more effect than
when they are directed against any measure which, in his
view, tends to endanger the Church, by removing restric-
tions upon those who dissent from its communion. Yet the
Bishop of London last night contented himself with ob-
serving, " He wished to explain that he was no party to
the measure, but that he did not oppose it, because he
did not desire to raise a discussion and stir up angry feel-
ings." What has produced this " love of peace" at the
expense of principle, and at the cost of those imminent
dangers to the Church which the Right Reverend Prelate
so powerfully enlarged upon in 1841 ? Other Prelates on
that occasion were equally eloquent in their denunciations of
the anti-Christian character of the Bill. Where were they
last night ? Echo answers "Where ? " Not one was found,
" faithful among the faithless," to lift up his voice to protest
against the Bill, or to reprove the Government for lending
its powerful aid to subvert the "national Christianity." That
..they would have done so, and that by "thoughts which
:..breathe in words which burn," had they not seen cause
eto change their opinions, there can be no doubt. But their
explanations would have been more edifying and satisfactory
than their mysterious silence. As to Lords Winchileea, Ro-
den, and the temporal Lords who distinguished themselves by
their resistance to the Bill of 1841, they doubtless waited for
the signal of distress from the Episcopal Bench, or the sound
of the tocsin to summon them to the field. Neither ob-
serving the one, nor hearing the other, they remained at
home. Still, in the absence of any explanation of the causes
of a change complete, and universal, there will not be want-
ing persons who will ascribe the change of views to the
changed position of parties. Had the Whigs continued in
office, there would probably have been as strong objections in
Prelates and in Peers to admitting Jews to corporate offices
as there were in 1841. Principles are immutable; but poli-
tical power is affected by circumstances. Bishops, as well as
Barons, are influenced by hope.
STANDARD.—In our imperfect state it is impossible to
reconcile all the orders and institutions of society to natural
equity ; yet so deeply implanted is the love of justice in
every breast that, though we can scarcely move a step, or,
indeed, scarcely contemplate the undeserved mercies that
the very humblest of us enjoy, without feeling that jus-
tice is universally violated through our whole complicated
social system ; still, strict justice is the criterion by which we
would try everything, and to which we would have every-
thing conform, except our own conduct. It is pleasant, no
doubt, to eontemplate a golden age—
" gure vindice nullo
Sponte suit sine lege fidem rectumque colebat,
Pcena metusque aberant, nec verbs minacia fixo
.eEre legebantur, nec supplex turba timebant
Judicis era sui, sed erant sine vindice tuti."
That was a happy state of society (if it ever existed) which
felt no want of constables, police-officers, judges, armies, line-
of-battle ships, war steamers, or their unavoidable and most
disagreeable attendants, customs and excise offices, stamp
and tax departments, &c., &c. This happy age, however,
was not, even in the imagination of the poet, of very long
duration. Constables, police-otlicers, jadges, &c., become
necessary, until at length—
" Ultima ccelestum terras Astrea relignit.”
The divine virgin abandoned the whole earth absolutely with-
out pausing to establish her shrine either in a custom-house,
or excise or stamp and tax-office. Hence it followed, if we
may carry on the allegory, that nearly every tax
is not merely " an evil," as Sir Robert Peel ad-
mitted, but also " an injustice," and the furthest that
the wisdom of legislation can go is to select the
least degree of injustice. If gentlemen had kept this
consideration in view last night many passionate and moving
appeals might have been spared by the of po cents of direct
taxation. It strikes us, indeed, that these i pp mls were not
met as they ought to have been, by a set-off of the far
greater evils and far more flagrant injustice of indirect taxes.
`There is, no doubt, a manifest inequality in directly charging
a man's earnings as highly as the interest of the earnings of
another man or of that other man's ancestors (for such interest
fairly enough represents income from fixed property), but what
is this compared to the injustice of indirectly taxing the
earnings of the father of half-a dozen children, with BiX or
seven times as heavy a burden as the unmarried man, who
may be ten or one hundred times as rich ; ray, taxing the
father of a family directly also in a much higher ra-
tio than his richer neighbour—for the man who
has a family must have a house or a lodging of some
size ; whereas the single man may live in a single
eloset, and diem at a club, as a great many do, not a
little to their discredit ? " Oh, where is your justice then," in
indirect taxation ? In speaking of the rich man who escapes
indirect taxation, we have not altogether drawn from fancy.
Some years ago we knew a Member of Parliament whose
income woe not less than ten or twelve thousand
a year, and who boasted that in a long life he
had never paid a shilling in taxes : he lived in an
un-
taxed cottage about two miles Irons town, rode an pony, was as abstemious as Father Mathew could de-
eire—and before lie enjoyed the privilege of franking himself,
used to receive all his poet letters under cover to an official
friend. As his estates were in Ireland, lie, ha I escaped the
income and property taxes. The man was‘
miser,
lie had disguised his miserly disposition under polt'i' political
pretence, he was bound to go thronen with it ; and, in fact.
to the day of his death, never paid a shilling tax. The
public, however, had its revenge iii probate duties upon soeie
i.undreds of thousands of pounce at lee death. Now such
extreme cases are, no doubt, rare ; but thousands of
cases there -. are more or less nearly approaching to
this which we have described ; and is it not mon-
strous that the wealthy should be left even the
choice of evading taxes, when the pear must pay
them? Of all the propositions suggested last night, that of
Sir Robert Inglis is undoubtedly the most reasonable ; but
rarely as it is our lot to differ from the Hon. Member for the
University of Oxford, we must take leave to differ from him
here. An income of 1501. a-year is, indeed, a small income
to be taxed, and if the tax were not a necessary part of a
system which must richly reimburse all the men of 1501. a
year who need compassion, we should say, give up the million
which Sir Robert Inglis would wish abandoned. One hun-
dred and fifty pounds a year is, as we have said, a small

Eastern Counties—Brandon and Peterborough Deviation,
Eastern Counties—Hertford and 13iggleAwade Junction,
Great Grimsby arid Sheffield,
Midland Railway—Syston and Peterborough,
Midland Railway—Nottingham and Lincoln,
Midland Railway—Swinton to Lincoln (as to the portion
between Swinton and Doncaster),
Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension,
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole ;
and against the
Barnsley and Goole,

Direct Northern (as to the portion between Lincoln and
London),

Eastern Counties--Cambridge and Huntingdon,
Eastern Counties—Ely and Lincoln Extension,
Ely and Lincoln,
Goole and Snaith,
Hull and Gainkorough,
London and York,
Lincoln, York, and Leeds,

Midland Railway—Swinton to Lincoln (as to the portion
between Doncaster and Lincoln),
Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gainsborough,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire,
York and North Midland, and Doncaster,
York and North Midland, and Goole.
DALHOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
1). O'BRIEN. S. LAING.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 8.
The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Rev. James
Endell Tyler, 8.D., the place and dignity of a Canon Resi-
dentiary of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, void
by the death of the Rev. Sydney Smith.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAncit 7.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Joseph
Gordon, as Consul at Jamaica for his Dlajesty the King of
Prussia.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert
P. de Silver, at Consul at Port Louis, in the Isle of France,
for the United States of America.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of
the County of York.
IL W. de la Poer Beresford, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
M. W. V. Milbank, E.q., to be ditto ; M. Wyvill, juu., Esq.,
to be ditto, March 8.

(From the London New Price Current of' March 11.)
St:GAIL-To-day there was no public sale of any descrip-
tion of raw Sugar. Importers of British Plantation mani-
fested firmness, and refused to sell but at full rates ; the
demand, however, was trifling, the private purchases amount-
ing to only SO hhds and tierces. The demand for Mauritius,
Bengal, and Madras was only for small parcels, but full
prices were insisted upon.
REFINED.-To-day there was little variation in the value
of home-trade goods, but the business done was extremely
limited. Bonded Crushed Sugar moved off slowly, at 31s Co
31s 3d per cwt.
Maus:rms.-There has been an improved demand for this
description of Sugar, but merchants have been free sellers,
and the market has been largely supplied especially with
bright Grocery descriptions. At auction 14,014 bags and
14 casks were all disposed of at prices that averaged those
of the last public sale; some of the piles, however, went Gd
to is per cwt cheaper, fine yellow realised 62s to 645, good 58s
Gd to 61s, good middling 57s 6d to 58s, middling 55s 6d to 575,
low 53s 6d to 54s Mae and fine grey 57s to 588 Gd, mid-
dling 54s to 55a, fditillilno 535, good to fine brown 52s to 53s
Gd, washed 52s to 69d, and Syrupy 57s to 59. 6d per cwt
The quantity of brown in the sale was small.
EAST INDIA.-Importers of Bengal Sugar have manifested
more firmness, and the market having been sparingly sup-
plied, previous rates are sustained. There has been a better
demand privately for all descriptions, and several parcels
have been disposed of at previous rates. At auction 2,309
bags were all sold; one lot of middling whits fetched
61s 6d, the remainder were damaged, and went at 59s
to 62s for washed, 58s 6d to 65s for damp, and
50. to 52s per cwt for damp and washed yellow. The public
sales declared are of little moment at present. Madras has
met with more atttention. There has been no public sale of
Foreign East India, but 13,000 bags of Manilla, with certifi-
cate, are declared for the 18th. Java has been sought after,
and full prices are offered, but the market is still scantily
supplied. Manilla is held with firmness.
FORF:IGN.-There has been a good demand for all descrip-
tions of Brazil Sugar, and very full rates have been paid for
every kind. The private transactions are a floating cargo of
sew Bahia at 24s 6d for white, and 19s 3d for brown, one of
o?el white Bahia at 235, and a cargo of yellow Pernambuco in
bags at 19s 6(1 per cwt, all for a near port. On the spot
300 chests of Bahia have been sold, white at 21s to 245, and
brown at 18s to 19s per cwt. At auction 255 cases and 8
barrels of Bahia were taken in above the value. Yellow
Havannali has been sought after, and previous rates offered.
In other kinds of Foreign Sugar the private operations are
upon a more extended scale at former terms, and there is
nothing pressing for sale. holders of Foreign Sugar gene-
rally are sanguine in their expectations as to the future posi-
tion of the article. Only a small quantity has again been
isaported.
Moostssiss.-There are few purchasers of West India, but
holders are not inclined to seduce their prices, and 20s to
23e per cwt is the value. East India dull of sale, but not
offered upon lower terms.
Ric E.-There has been a lively demand for Bengal, and
many parcels have been disposed of at prices showing an
advance on those previously quoted of 3d per cwt. The supply
at market is yet insufficient for the demand ; 1,759 bags 500
packets at auction went readily, low white at 10. 6d to lie,
mid lla to lie 6d, good mid bold but rather dusty
lls 6d, sea damaged, first class 10s 6d to 1 le, seeond class
lOs 6d, third and fourth class 716 to 9s 6d per cwt. The mar-
ket has been sparingly supplied with Madras, it is much in
request, and previous improved rates are well supported, yel-
low fetching 98 to 9s Gd, aid common white 9s 6d to 10s.
There are several buyers of Java, but there is little in the
market, an prices rule firm, white is worth 108 6d to 12s 6d,
, and yellow 9. to 10. per cwt. Cleaned Rice has met with
ready purchasers, Carolina at 23 to 28s, and Patna 13s 3d to
18s per cwt ; it is taken off nearly as fast as it is produced.
COFFEE.-This afternoon Plantation Ceylon met with in-
creased attention, and 400 bags at public sale, a favourite
mark,
f tcl we
i bold dark colors-, and
fetched
atot 48883tof6osr riiietirdcdwlitngaboye the vauations, and
758 to 82. for sea damaged first class. Mocha is
wanted, and 84 bales at auction were sold at steady rates-
that is to say, middling greenish clean garbled at 59. to 60s,
bold Triage 50s, small broken 38s to 40s, black 16. 6d to 17s,
and sea damaged of other sorts 35s to 57A 6d. Ceylon of
good ordinary quality is fetching 46s 6d to 47s by private
treaty.
TEA.-Since the public sales of Tea there has been an im-
proved demand for all descriptions at full prices, sound
common Congou for cash has realised 10d to 10'd, good
common 101(1 to Ild, Pouchong 5d to 10d, Twankay
common of the late arrivals is 2id to is 31d; Hysion
common 2s 7d, and middling to good of the new import
2s 8d to 3s per lb. In fine Congou there has been a good deal
doing at 2a 5d to 2s 6d for Pekoe flavour. An increased desire
has been shown to purchase scented Orange Pekoe, and
1,500 hf-chests have been sold at 3s 2d to 3s 4d. Tke ac-
counts come to hand from China state that the; crop of green
Tea was likely to prove large, but of black it wos not ex-
pected to be above an average-prices ruled higit for all
sorts, and the shipments made had been large since tht de-
partu,se of the la-t mail.
Rem, Bitassmv, AXD HousaxDs.-Leeward Island Rum
at is 10(1 to Is lld per gallon proof strength. Demerara,
strong descriptions are worth only 3s to 3s 2d per gallon.
Jamaica was purchased with caution, and the prices
are yet depressed, 26 to 36 per cent 0. P. 3s 4d
to 4s, hue 4s 2d to 43 6d, and very tine high flavour 5s to 7s
per gallon. Calcutta Rum at is Sd without, and at Is 9d to
Is 9d per gallon proof strength, with certificate. Although
there are free sellers of Brandy, still the purchases have been
limited s Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds
4. l Id, puns 4e 9d; 1839, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d; 1840,
hhds 4s Sd, punts 4s 6d ; 1841, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ;
1842, hhds 48 4d, puns 4. 2(1; 1843, lihds 4s 2d, puns 4.;
1844, hhds 3s 11d, puns 3s 9d; mid and good mid of the
various vintages 2s 10d to 3s Bd, low 2s 7d to 2. 90, and
Bordeaux 2s 6d to 28 Sd per gallon. The market dull for
Geneva, and Is 9d to is 9&(1 is the value of common export
sort ; fine fit for duty is worth 2s 4d to 3s. English Corn
Spirits firm at 103 2d pee gallon, cash.
Srocass.-Cassia Lignea good and fine 63s to 665, mid and
good mid 57s to 625, low mid 55s to 568 6d, and low to good
ord 50s to 54s per cwt. Black Pepper has been purchased
with caution at 24(1 to 4(.1 for Sumatra, 21a to 2id for Pa-
dang, and 20 to 30 for Malabar. Although prices rule low
for Cinnamon, still few purchasers are to be met with. For
Pimento the demand good, and former .rates are well sup-
ported, good middling at 3d, middling at 2id to 3d, low mid-
dling 2ad to 21d, and sea damaged 2d to 2ad per lb.

COURSE OF EXCHAI
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight l2 6
Rotterdarn 2U. 12 8i
Antwerp
Hamburgh . M.B l3 15i
Altona l3 15i
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90
Ditto, 3 months 26 15
Marseilles 26 20
Bourdeaux 26 25
Frankfort on Maine 123

Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37

Berns —

Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
lilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Similld

qGE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibra1tar...............
Leghorn
Genoa
Milan ...... ............-
Venice ..... ..... 47
Naples 39N
Palermo, per oz llBi
Lisbon ........... 53i
Oporto s3i
Rio Janeiro
Bahia -- 24
Buenos Ayres —
NewYork.-22dyssight
PRICKY OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gr, bars...£3 17 9
Portue,a: Gold Coin 3 17 5
New D0u1,,00na..... 0 0 0
New Dollars ..... 0 4 9i
Silver lu Bars 0 4 11A

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

' Yesterday a Court was held.
Mr. John Locke, who succeeded in the contest with
Sir Walter Riddell, for the Common Pleadership, vacant
by the promotion of Mr. Russell Gurney: as Queen's
Counsel, was sworn into office.
Alderman WOOD presented a petition from John
Fuller, barge-builder. The petition stated what ap•
peared to several members of the Court to be a very
hard case. The petitioner had contracted with the
Directors of the East and West India Docks to remove
the mud from the docks, and employed a person who
was fully qualified to carry the contract into execution ;
and whom he paid to the full extent. The men employed
by that individual, however, had, upon some occasions,
committed offences against the navigation, by throwing
part of the mud into the river, in direct opposition to his
expostulations. The City authorities had, notwith-
standing the fact that the petitioner had nothing what-
ever to do with the offences so described, and that he had
done all in his power to prevent the commission of thorn,
caused an information to be 'laid against him, so that
after having lost nearly 1,0001. by the contract, he was
subjected to the additional punishment of a prosecution.
The prayer of the petition was, that the Court would be
pleased to order that the prosecution be abandoned.
The petition was immediately referred to a Com-
mittee.

The Court was then cleared of strangers, and a long
discussion took place, as our reporter was informed, upon
the subject of her Majesty's visit to Christ's Hospittil,
which ended in the passing of a resolution, to the effect
that the Lord Mayor was at the head of all the hospitals
of the City of London.
The Court adjourned the moment the doors were
opened.

JOINT—STOCK BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of CompanY• per of ?ald. Price?
Annum. Share.
e. d. X s. d.
Anatralasla •••• • •• 81. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 4414
Britsh North American 61. per cent. 50 0 U 60 0 0 45%
Connnercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23
Colonial .
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2SI(
London Joint-Stock .• . 61. per cont. 60 0 0 10 0 II 141,4
lietropolitan
Provincial of Ineltuld• • Si. per teat. 108 9 0 25 9 0 44%
Ditto, ........1. 81. per mut. 10 0 0 10 0 0
National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 16
Nat. Provneial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 3.5 0 0 37%
Ditto. New• •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 25 0 6 25 0 0 26%
Melon of Loudon... • • fa. per coat. 50 0 0 10 0 0 124

INSUItANCII COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Nasne a Company. per of Paid. Price.
Alumni. Share.
- ---------
.£ e. d. £ a. d.
Albion . • Si. 10s. 500 9 0 50 0 0 72%
Allituice Brit. and For. 6 par cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1936
Ditto .lariise 6l. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6%
Atlas .••••••• • • • • • • • • 13s. Gd. pr Ms. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16%
British Commercial
cierie,mod. St Gen• Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 68,4
County . • ...... ..... .
31. 100 • 0 10 0 0
Crows •••••• • • • • • • -6h, 's,al. al 40 0 0 5 0 • 10
Bails • •
[ BPieorri,
,i:
cent. 1000 6 0 290 0 0
50 0 0 2 6 0 2%
5%1; per teat. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Si. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0
GP'EdclO:bn.e:•S•jec).4•l:t•Lfe.
GFll:r:l.Are°7l,r7iiia6:2l:l7ll:
....
....
...
...
..... .•: :
1521,.. pp,: gent.
510000
00 00
3306 100
00
15050%
Imperial Life. •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16
,ntlemnitY Marine •• • • 11. sh.Bz bs. 100 0 0 513 1 30
La=vLife .••••• • • • • • • 11.55. 100 0 0 16 II 0 45N
Legal- and Gentled Life 80 0 0 20 0 5N
Londoii ..'ire ..... •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 16
Loudon 51,-2P ..... •• • . 25 I 0 12 10 0 li
Itmajitnienyto.... i
(40.
Lui,. 51. per Bent. 15000
00
00 125
00
00
21
National Lean Falai. • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2!i,
National Lite. •"•• • • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 9;,,
Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2
Pho2o-ix- • • .. Si. p. et. & Us.
iii•ttioruoytalelcirutoexr.el.h..l;.,g..;.... ....,
IPtoro4rdLeitioit.L.i"..••• :
.• ••••
.•
00
00 100
100
00 2447;
51. per eent. Stock. 188
Life • • . • • . 11. 6s.
Ditto .. - .
I.7fnversal Lite ••• ••• • .2_ 1014
.1. pr ult. 100 10- 0 I 6 —ls_o 16_

DOCKS.,
--------
Div lend Amount
Name of Con Nally. per of raid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---------
£ e. d. 'I s. d.
Commercial •• •• ..... , 31. per cent. Stock. .
Aast and West India ..,,is,',4l. pr cent, Stock. 142
11
East Country
, . Der all. .._ 21
London •••••••••• • • • i 4% I. pi cent. Stock. 116%
lit. Katharine .........S per eea't. I Stock. 100%
lloathampton "•• .... 41. per cent. 50 0 0, SS 0 0

VTATME-1.11/023ES.
?alt. ' Price.
xanvi
of
empar7, D,Lnii.-----Tperilid:: Asmhoaorrtl:.lt
Grand 230
ilaatLojnaidiegation
.......
l' 81. ----L
ai
di
46 13 4 90
66
wKa1mitt.m..id.e............. ::
.... ,41..112: 60
9.11:0,3. 100 0 0
Vauxhall
127
pr et. 63 19 9

LIST 07' Scomurli LW
COBTPANIELS' PRICES
I )ivldead Amount
None of Company. per of Pal 4. Price.
„S„ auum. Share.
,-----. Z
a. d. £ s. 11.
Bank of Scotland
It oyal Bank of Scethuld 61. Ye'.." "Ili. 100 0 0 168%
British Linen Company 81' Dent. 100 0 0 16861vConunercial Bank
National Bank ......
Union Wilk of Scotland 7% ,11. pr ''''nt' 50 0 0 95
Western Bank 6i.. per cent. 80 0 0 70
North of hcotland Bank 61. lio'r cent. 5 0 0 7,i
Clydesdale Bank .. ..
Loatern Bank-- / 3j, per cent. lb 0 4 11%
Caledonian Bank
Edlub.Se Glasgow Yank 31. pOt cent. 6 0 0 7 ii
Oily of Glasgow Bank . 5/. :per cont. V 15 0 13%
Scottish uio ns. Co. 51.. :Per cent' 20 0 0 1 0 0 1%
Hercules Insurance Co. 71 . . per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14 t 4
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd . • bl. . per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10
North British Insuf 91.. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27
Caledonian Fire Insur lO f •
Per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
Edinburgh Life lusur. 61 .per
cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10%
Edln. & Glasg. Railway 41, i 1. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65%
Gimgw & Ayrshir Rail. 4?1%
Ditto, 14 Shares 454 il. per cent. 12 10
0 0 All
20 paid. 1
15 04
Eton., Leith, & Grafitti 20 6 0 0 s
.
d'.per cent. i 0 0 0 All paid. 65%
Glasgw&Greenek Rail. 5% • • Per °tint. 25 0 0 All paid. 12
oent. 26 0 0 All pald. 28
I ikaw 6 Garnkirk Rall. bl Per
Nuadee& Arbroth Rail. 5 1.. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 32%

PIRATES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—OSTEND,
MARCH s.—The Comete de Boninge, which arrived here
from Messina, 2d inst., was fired into by pirates, in three
lateen-rigged craft, in the Gutt, about fifteen miles off
Cape Santa Maria.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1845.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, March 11.
The Loan CITANCELLOR. took his seat en the woolsack at
Five o'clock.

THE WELSH BISHOPRICS.

Viscount STRANGFORD presented a petition from the
University of Cambridge for the repeal of the Act uniting the
bishoprics of Bangor and St. Asaph.
CANALS AND RAILWAYS.

Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Birming-
ham and Staffordshire Canal Company, which he considered
of some importance. The petitioners represented the canal
interest as distinguished from the railway interest. For his
own part, whether for his good fortune or misfortune, he had
no connexion either with canals or railways, and he would only
state the case of the petitioners, as they put it themselves. They
did not object to the formation of railways, but they complained
of the unfair course adopted towards them by the railway com-
panies. They admitted that they were beaten by the railways
as far 28 the carriage of passengers was concerned—
Lord BROUGHAM—And speed.—( A laugh. )
Lord CAMPBELL—But the petitioners said they could beat
the railways in tho carriage of goods, if it were not for the
unfair means adopted by the railway companies to ruin the
canals. The railways carried goods at so low a rate that the
canals could not compete with them, and thereby the former
would secure a monopoly, so that after the ruin of the canals they
would charge the pablic what they pleased for the carriage of goods.
At present they charged ten times as much for the carriage of a
ton weight of third-class passengers, and thirty times as much
for the carriage of a ton of first-class passengers, as for a ton of
goods. By this means they made up, by the excessive charge for
passengers, for the loss they had on the carriage of goods. The
petitioners prayed that there should be a fixed ratio between
the charges for passengers and that for goods.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he had presented,
some time ago, a petition upon the same subject, and that (as
we andersood) Lord Normanby suggested that an Act should
' pass to prevent the charges of railway carriage when once
lowered from being raised again.
SPIRIT LICENCES FOR TOLL-HOUSES IN
SCOTLAND.

that Mr. Mandeville drew an erroneous inference with respect
to the intentions of the two Governments; arid though Mr.
Mandeville had exceeded his instructions—though he had done
wrong in stating to the Governments of Monte Video and
Buenos Ayres, that he had good reason to believe that hosti-
lities would be put an end to—yet, looking to Mr. Mandeville's
position, and the extreme difficulties he had to contend with,
he was yet bound to do justice to the motives of Mr. Mande-
ville. Certainly, after what had taken place, seeing
that Mr. Mandeville, the representative of this coun-
try to Buenos Ayres, had carried on a confidential com-
munication with the Secretary for Foreign Affairs at Monte
Video, they thought that ho had put himself in such a position
that he could not resume his office with efficiency in that effect
but at the same time there was nothing in the conduct'bf
Mr. Mandeville to disentitle him to the confidence of the
British Government. Acting as he did, on the best intentions,
he should be sorry to imply any strong censure upon the con-
duct of a gentleman placed in his position. As they were
about to renew their representations to the Government of
Buenos Ayres, acting in harmony with the French Govern-
ment on the subject, most earnestly imploring that they would
put a stop to their senseless hostilities, it was not the time to
lay on the table of the House the communications which had
taken place.
Lord PALMERSTON said he thought that Mr. Mande-
ville had been officially employed to negotiate a treaty with
Monte Video, and that it was necessary on his part that he
should be in communication with Mr. Vidal.

The Earl of MINTO presented a petition from several
places in Scotland against the granting of spirit licences
to toll-honses in Scotland. The Noble Earl said that this was
a great grievance, of the extent of which he believed their
Lordships were not at all aware; but he could assure them
that the granting of licences to these houses was a source of
great evil and immorality to the country. A plea had
been put up, on the ground that the opportunities for the
accommodation of travellers in Scotland were so few, that it
was absolutely necessary to grant licences to these houses. He
believed the evil did not exist equally in all the counties, but
in fact he could say that it existed to a very great extent.
These toll-houses were become regular houses for drinking
and intoxication, and great inconvenience often arose from the
blocking up of the road by carts and other vehicles, and
the consequent tumult which arose. He believed that
his Noble Friend opposite (the Duke of Buccleuch)
was aware of the extent of the evil, and the Duke of
Roxburgh had attended a meeting the other day, in which the
evil was loudly complained of, and he believed that no remedy
could be applied until there was a ehange in the law. The
grounds of the evil appeared to rest upon the pecuniary inte-
rests which the magistrates had in these toll-houses. They
were fearful that if these licences were not granted the revenue
would merely be raised to satisfy the necessities of the trusts
and pay the interests of the several debts.
Tne Duke of BUCCLEUCH said that as his Noble Friend
had appealed to him, he must say that certainly great evil did
exist, and he believed that there was some reason in what his
Noble Friend had said respecting the pecuniary interests of the
magistrates ; but he believed that this representation had been
greatly exaggerated.—(Hear, hear.) He had, it is true,
made an effort to introduce a clause in the Ge-
neral Turnpike Act of Scotland to abate the evil. But
with respect to the pecuniary interest of magistrates in these
tolls it should ho observed that the gentlemen for the several
counties had given their guarantee for the satisfaction of the
claims on the trustees, so that the plea of those houses being
licensed for the sake of revenue was evidently groundless.
Lord ABI NG ER said, that he could bear his testimony to
all that had fallen from the Noble Lord opposite respecting the
evil of those houses, and one of the few measures which he
would v .nture to recommend to their Lordships would
be one for throwing some additional obstacle in the way of
granting licences to those houses. He thought the doing so
would greatly abate the evil and immorality which those houses
occasioned, and he hoped that a measure would be introduced
for altering the law respecting them.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.

The Earl of CADOGAN moved for certain returns relating
:o the Ecclesiastical Commission, which were ordered to be
Laid on the table.
SCOTCH CURRENCY.

Sir R. PEEL said that Mr. Vidal was sick at the time,
and it was an act of treachery to publish his letter.
Mr. HUME moved for a " return, showing the total number
of pensioners received from the army, on the pension establish-
ment, from the year 1834 to the year 1843, both years inclu-
sive; specifying the number received in each year from each
branch of the service, viz., from the Dragoon Guards and
Dragoons, Foot Guards, Horse and Foot Artillery, Corps of
Engineers and Sappers and Miners, Infantry of the Line, and
Marines, with the average effective strength of each branch of
the service, for each year, from 1834 to 1843. Also, the ave-
rage age of the pensioners when received on the pension estab-
lishment; specifying the average ages of the pensioners from
each branch of the service. Also, the average service of the
pensioners at the time when received on the pension establish-
ment ; distinguishing the average period of service of the pen-
sioners from each branch of the service. Also, the number of
pensioners who have died in each year, from the year 1824 to
the year 1843, both years inclusive, with the average ages of the
pensioners at the time of their decease. Also the total number
of pensioners of all branches of the army on the establishment,
in each year, from 1834 to 1843, both years inclusive."—
Agreed to.

The Earl of R6SEBERY presented a petition from Inver-
ness against any alteration in the Scotch currency.
The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, other Bills
were also read a second time, but the titles were not heard in
the gallery.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 11.
The House resumed at Five o'clock.
NEWCASTLE AND SHIELDS RAILWAY.
Mr. ORD presented a petition in favour of the Newcastle
and Shields Railwa

y.
TRENT VALLEY EXTENSION RAILWAY
On the motion of Mr. M. PHILIPS, the Trent Valley
Extension Railway Bill was read a second time.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.
Mr. ESCOTT brought up the report on these extensions.
It was stated that the standing orders in this case might be
dispensed with, and leave wasgiven_tolsring in separate Bills.