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sellers, Liverpool—J. Hassell, W. Hassell, H. Williams, and
J. Hassell, leather factors, Bristol—J. Sims and G. Brown,
iron founders, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire—E. Joyce and H.
Richardson, printers, Congleton—W. B. Jackson, jun., and
W. Boend, jun., fustian dealers, Manchester—W. Bunning
and C. Gibson, carriers, Hereford—W. R. Greg and S.
Milne, cotton manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire—A. Stevens
and E. Morris, printers, Oxford—H. Drabwell and S. Hall,
bone crushers, Doncaster—D. Inglis, W. Inglis, and D. G.
Scott, linen manufacturers, Dunfermline (so far as regards
D. G. Scott)—W. Inglis and D. G. Scott, merchants, New
York—C. Gorton and G. W. Hodges, commission agents,
Manchester—J. Roberts and R. Baxter, bakers, Bristol—
F. P. Jones and E. C. Kindersley, sugar refiners, Wells-
street,
Well-close-square—J. Lloyd and P. John, linen
drapers, Newport, Monmouthshire—R. Nunn and J. Bot-
wright, brick makers, Bungay Holy Trinity, Suffolk—J.
Tankard and J. Rushworth, woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire
—T. Adams and J. Page, lace manufacturers, Nottingham—
J. Merrett and J. Major, perfumers, Gough square—S.
Riley and S. Wallis, manufacturers, Manchester —T.
Sowersby and T. Parke, corn millers, Thornton Wisebrough,
Yorkshire—J. H. and C. Brooks, surgeons, Henley, Oxford-
shire—A. G. Flint and W. Millman, coal factors, Lower
Thames-street—T. Routledge and J. Gatley, patent saw mills,
Holland-street, Blackfriars—C. G. Proctor and T. Ryland,
jun., Birmingham—J. Prior, jun., and T. Hovey, linen
drapers, Nottingham—J. Speake and H. Tipper, grocers,
London-road, Southwark.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
P. and W. Cadell and hemists, Magdaline-bridge,
near Fisherrow, Feb. 12 and Co.,darch 5, at two, at the Royal
Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh.
W. Gamack, banker, Peterhead, Feb. 15 and March 15, at
twelve, at the New Inn, Peterhead.
James Dunn, fiesher, Glasgow, Feb. 13 and March 5, at
twelve, at the chambers of A. Gemmill, Glasgow.
Alexander M'Arthur, grazier, Achvaddy, Inverness-shire,
Feb. 19 and March 5, at two, at the George Hotel, Fort-
William.

hostile feeling towards a judge, whom we believe
to be as able and as upwright a magistrate as
ever occupied the seat that he fills ; and it will
be remembered that in the particular case we
were careful to suggest what was and is our sincere
belief, that he erred only through haste and care-
lessness. It was therefore with an anxious wish
to find our monitor right and ourselves wrong, that
we resorted to the only means of ascertaining
the truth upon the point. Our own recollection of Lord
Denman's speech, confirmed as it was by all the news-
paper reports, certainly supported the opinion that, from
first to last, his Lordship insisted upon the fact that sixty
names of qualified persons had been omitted from the
special jury book ; but it was possible that a bye
explanation might have passed between his Lord-
ship and the Learned Attorney-General for Ireland,
that had escaped us all. In the hope of finding such
explanation, we therefore turned to the authorised
report of the Noble and Learned Lord's argument pre-
pared by Mr. David Leahy, one of the counsel in the
case, and published by Mr. Butterworth, the eminent
law bookseller, on the 12th of October last—a consider-
able time after the judgment had been delivered. We
call this an authorised report, because Mr. Leahy states
in his preface that he was in communication with the
Lord Chief Justice upon the subject of his publica-
tion, and he was even favoured with the Noble and
Learned Lord's private notes upon the case, which he
prints at the end of the speech to the extent of no less
than 20 pages. Now, in the speech, and the annexed
private notes, we find the omitted names uniformly
enumerated at sixty, without any expression of doubt,
any explanation, or any correction of the number. "If
I am asked," says Lord Denman, in the concluding pa-
ragraph of his private notes (p. 67), " how many omis-
sions and interpolations will suffice to vitiate a return,
I might perhaps decline the question as irrelevant,
because the number actually omitted is at all
events so considerable, as to disturb the identity of the
return. But I would decline to answer it for another
reason, the impossibility of tracing the operation of the
faulty proceeding. The truth may be, that the whole jury
of twelve would have come out of ;the rejected sixty."
Here, then, we think, there is conclusive evidence
that Lord Denman did not correct his error in the
course of his speech, for he would scarcely permit
what (upon the hypothesis that he did) he must
have known to be false, to be printed as with his au-
thority, a month after the speech was delivered.
That Lord Denman did correct, with his charac-
teristic candour, one very important error, we re-
member ; and we find the correction noticed in Mr.
Leahy's authorised report. " I understand," said the
Noble and Learned Lord, " that the whole list of
jurors for the county of the city of Dublin
consists of 717 ; it is also mentioned by Mr. Justice
Burton in his judgment. Now the special jury list out
of that must be a very small and inconsiderable propor-
tion of it (viz. of 717), and the omission of sixty names
out of such a proportion of the Sheriff's jury list
as remained for special juries is enough to affect
any panel. I am not sure whether I am
stating correctly the number of the whole book or
net." " The Attorney-General for Ireland—As
your Lordship has appealed to me, I would say that
the special jury list contained the names of seven hun-
dred and odd." " Lord Denman—l am much obliged
for the correction," &c.—(See Mr. Leahy's Report, page
17-18.) We cannot help thinking that this is the cor-
rection which our kind monitor confounds with another
equally important correction, which the Noble and
Learned Lord ought to have made, but which, unfortu •
nately, he does not appear to have made.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
.HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 7.
The SPEAKER too RAILWAYS Chair at the usual hour.
.
Several petitions were presented in favour of some of
the Wended lines, but they were mentioned in so low a
tone that we were unable to catch their names.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition in favour of the
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY.
The HoN. MENDER also presented a petition in fa-
vour of this line.
ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATE DUTY.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented two petitions from
the attorneys practising in the neighbourhood of Burton-
on-Humber and Hull, praying that certain fees might be
abolished by the House.
MEDICAL REFORM BILL.
The Hon. C. P. VILLIERS presented a petition from
the surgeons and apothecaries 01 Wolverhampton against
this measure.

POOR-LAWS.
Sir JOHN EASTIIOPE presented a petition from the
Corporation of the Borough of Leicester, in council as-
sembled, with reference to the Bill about to be
brought in to consolidate and amend the law regu
lating the law of settlement for the poor. He
said that, perhaps, he would best discharge his duty
in reference to this petition, by stating that it came from
a very largo meeting of the borough, and the subject it
treated on appeared to have been very deliberately and
carefully considered. He knew he could not enter fur-
ther upon the merits of the subject without founding a
motion upon it, and therefore he would content himself
with the observations he had made, and present the

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Feb. 4, 1845, is 28s. 24d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.
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petition.
CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
Mr. TOLLEMACHE presented a petition in favour
of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Extension Bill.
—Ordered to lie on the table.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Lord EBRINGTON gave notice that, n Monday next,
he should present a petition from the Rev. Dr. Car-
withen, Rector of Stoke, in the diocese of Exeter, pray-
ing that the statute of 2d and 3d of Edward VI., cap. 1,
and of 2d Elizabeth, cap. 2, might be repealed, and that
the House would cause to be made a calm and temperate
revision of the Book of Common Prayer and of the
Canons of the Church c: England.
The NOBLE LORD also gave notice that, on Tuesday
next, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill
to limit the exemption from turnpike tolls of carriages
carrying her Majesty's mails.
POOR-LAW COMMISSION.
Colonel SIBTHORP moved for certain returns which
he had moved for in the month of May last, but which
had not yet been laid before the House. They were a
return of the number of days each Poor-law Commis-
sioner has sat in discharge of his official duty at the
office appointed for such official sittings, or at any other
place for the same purpose. Also, a similar return of
the number of days each Assistant Poor-law Commis-
sioner has been engaged in the discharge of his
official duty, the place and periods at which those have
[ been performed respectively, whether at the office of
the Central Board of Commissioners, or in visits and
inspections, or other matters of official duty at the dif-
ferent unions or union workhouses throughout England
and Wales, the number of days employed therein, and
the amount of expense incurred by each Assistant Poor-
law Commissioner, in travelling or in other incidental
expenses relating thereto.
On the question bcing put,
The HoN. and GALLANT COLONEL said that he had
understood that it had been the intention of the Right
Hon. Gentleman to make some observations before the
question was put.
Mr. MANNERS SUTTON said that, perhaps, the
Hon. and Gallant Gentleman would postpone his motion
for the present. He did not know that there would be
any objection to the ground of return, but he knew that
his Right Hon. Friend was not at present in the House,
and that he wished to make some observations on the
subject.
Col. SIBTHORP had no wish to take any Hon.
Member by surprise, and he would postpone his motion.
PRIVATE BUSINESS—RAILWAYS.
Sir R. PEEL said that the Hon. Member for Greenock
had a motion on the paper which was of great import-
ance as regarded the private business of the House. It
was for a Select Committee to inquire into the present
mode of conducting private business before Committees
of that House,with a view to the improvement of the same.
Considering the increased number of railway Bills that
were coming before Parliament, he thought the time had
arrived when it would be expedient to appoint a Select
Committee, consisting of the Hon. Member himself, and
other Hon. Gentlemen who might hereafter be named,
to consider what arrangements could be made for in-
suring the facility and dispatch of private business.
Points of great importance connected with competing
lines of railway would arise, and great advantage to
private business might accrue from the Committee taking
the points of most pressing importance into considera-
tion, as it might be able to offer useful suggestions to
the House. If, therefore, the Hon. Gentleman would
postpone the motion of which he had given notice, he
(Sir R. Peel) would, in the course of next week, make
the necessary arrangements for the appointment of this
Select Committee.
Mr. WALLACE felt exceedingly obliged to the
Right Hon. Baronet for his proposition, which was en-
tirely in accordance with his own view of the matter.
He would postpone his motion.
POOR-LAW IN IRELAND.

DARING BURGLARY and VIOLENT
ASSAULT IN EDINBURGH.
Tuesday night one of the most daring and atrocious
cases of burglary and assault that have occurred here
for a long time past, was perpetrated in the house and
on the person of Miss Belaney, a lady about sixty years
of age, who had been for some time living by herself in
a house in Buccleuch-place. The facts of the case, so
far as they have been yet ascertained, are as follow:—
About half-past eight in the evening Miss Belaney
was in a bed-room of her house, on the kitchen
flat, when she heard a noise, which she at
first supposed to proceed from one of her neighbour's
houses, but, on listening with more attention, she found
proceeded from one of the upper rooms of the house.
She was hastening to the kitchen for the purpose of
turning off the gas, when she was met in the passage by
a man, who, with some heavy instrument or poker,
struck her over the head, and felled her to the ground.
While lying in this defenceless position, the fellow, with
the same instrument, inflicted several severe blows on
her bead, probably with the intention of murdering her.
Miss Belaney, mustering all her strength, endeavoured
to free herself from the villain's grasp, and in doing
so, called out " Murder," on which the man, fearful of
the alarm being communicated to persons in the
street, or in the adjoining houses, made a precipitate
retreat through the bed-room, and then leaped out at a
window which opened into a garden behind the house.
The unfortunate lady having in a few minutes recovered
herself sufficiently to walk, unlocked the kitchen door in
the area, and called out for assistance. Some persons
who happened to be passing immediately entered the
house, and found her lying in the passage, deluged with
blood, and indeed almost lifeless. She was immediately
carried into a bed-room, and information of the circum-
stances conveyed to the police.
The attempt at robbery was evidently premeditated,
and executed with the greatest coolness and deliberation.
In the course of their search, the police found behind the
kitchen door a pair of men's shoes, and in the passage
one of those instruments known as a life-preserver,
heavily loaded with lead. In the garden behind, a man's
boot was also found ; and from the possibility which
exists of the shoes and other articles being identified, to-
gether with certain other indications which the police
are understood to have obtained, a sanguine hope is
entertained that the perpetrators will speedily be appre-
hended.— Caledonian Mercury.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—Letters were received
at the residence of Sir William Follett, in Park-street, this
morning, stating that the Learned Attorney-General, Lady
Follett, and family, intended to sail from Naples on the 28th
of last month, and that they might be expected to arrive in
England the beginning of next week. We are happy to
hear that these accounts also state that this distinguished
advocate has derived the greatest benefit from his tour, and
is now in the enjoyment of good health.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEBRUARY 7.—We
have no alteration to notice in our sugar market ; the trade
c3ntinue barely to supply their immediate wants, and prices
are not more than supported. No sales reported in Mauri-
tius and West India, and the rum market is quite neglected.
—Bristol Mercury.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From Friday Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,
cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the Ist day of
February, 1845.

STATE of AFFAIRS at OTAHEITE.
(From the Liverpool Times of Tuesday.)
We had yesterday an interview with the Rev. Mr.
Howe, one of the missionaries of the London Mis-
sionary Society, who has just arrived in Liverpool, di-
rect from Otaheite, which island he left on the 27th of
August, and from him we have learnt the following
particulars of the present state of that and of the other
islands of the Society Group :
The whole population of Otaheite, and the other
islands claimed by the French, were in arms against
them, and they were masters of nothing beyond what
they occupied in Otaheite itself. They could not move
a mile from Papeiti without being attacked by the natives.
who were determined to resist to the last. The total
French force consisted of about 1,000 men, and of the
natives there were, either in Otaheite or the adjoining
islands, from 4,000 to 5,000 determined men in arms,
resolved to resist them to the last. Already from 200
to 250 of the. "French had talcn in. attacking strong
position taken by the natives, of whom about 100 had
also lost their lives. Queen Pomare had refused to have
anything to do with the French. She had joined her
subjects in one of the adjoining islands, aad was deter-
mined either to live or die a queen.:

Mr. F. FRENCH, seeing the Right Hon. Secretary
of the Home Department in his place, would again put
a question to him of great importance to Ireland, and
one on which they had a right to expect the institution
of a searching inquiry. It was the working of the
poor-law in Ireland. Some alteration must be made in
a system which experience had shown was distasteful to
the people and unsuited for the country. The
question he had to ask was, whether the state-
ment which bad appeared in the Freeman's
Journal was correct ? It stated that four executions
had been put into the union workhouse of Ballinrobe,
and the furniture and effects seized ; also that executions
had been put into union houses of Castlebar and Tuam.
Under these executions goods and effects had been sold
at Tuam at a great sacrifice of property, blankets that
cost ten shillings per pair, having been sold for five
shillings. He wished to.. know from the Right Hon.
Baronet whether these statements were correct ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the Hon. Gentleman had
given him notice of his question with respect to one work-
house—that of Tuam ; but he was not aware whether the
statement he had just read from an Irish newspaper as
to the other workhouses,was corrector not. Inconsequence
of the Hon. Gentleman s notice, he had directed his at-
tention to the state of the Tuam workhouse only. There
it was true that an execution had been enforced on the
goods and effects, butr the circumstances were these :
The union house at fuam was a hired building, and the
wag
put in by the landlord for rent.
guardians of that union positively refusing
to a
Act into effect, would not make a rate, or
aphpen rboard
ryd the
of.
collector. The Poor-law authorities in conse-
Tcoexecutionitaa '
conse-
quence of these circumstances had, in November last,
make a rate, and appoint a collector forthwith.
'that mandamus had been served by order of the Court
mgupothioaavnretdd in
the Board tdhaeQueens Bench fora mandamus to compel the
of Guardians, collectively and indivi
dually ; and they would be obliged immediately to ap-
point collectors, and to levy the rate. Tho execution
would then be nullified, on the amount being paid out of
the u
rate.
EXPORT DUTIES.
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CLASS LAW MAKING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The infamous " class" law making must be ex-
posed to the utmost. I take the opportunity of noticing
two other tricks of the aristocracy. The first, as re-
spects the window duty. The greater the number of
windows a nobleman or gentleman has (though he is the
party who can the better afford to pay), he pays less in
proportion to those in different stations in life, with a
lesser number of windows. The second, as respects
stamp duty upon conveyances and mortgages of real
property. The larger purchaser and mortgagor (who
can the better afford), pays less duty, in proportion, to
the smaller purchaser and mortgagor. The more the
public are enlightened upon "class" law making, the
more they (except those who have made those infamous
laws) are surprised and disgusted. The aristocracy have
placed themselves awkwardly at last.
Feb. 4, 1845.

EXPOSITOR.

COURSE OF EXCHAI
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight l2 6
Rotterdam 2U. 12 81
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona l3 14
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80
Ditto, 3 months 26 0
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 122

TG-E.—(YESTERDAY
Gibraltar 77

Leghorn ..... 31
Genoa .. 26 10
Milan ......

Venice ....
Naples . . .. 391
Palernso, per oz llBl
Lisbon .........
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Bahia ...... 24
Buenos Ayres
NewYoi
Philad?lphio

Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7

-7-
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M l@
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36
Seville

PRICISS.C.:: BULLION, FERO:
Foreign ili,ki,bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New llool.',oons 0 0 0
New Do! ars 0 4 9,
Silver in Bus 0 4 1

FLANDERS MAIL.

Sir R. PEEL laid on the table certain papers relating
to the operation of the export duties.
THE PRINTING OF COMMITTEES' REPORTS.
Mr. I'. DUNCOMBE, seeing the Noble Lord the
Member for Liverpool in his place, wished to Cora a
question to him in reference to the report of a
mittee of which the Noble Lord was chairman last year.
That Committee made a report, which was laid on the
table, and with it an appendix. They were both ordered
to be printed. The report was printed; but the appendix
was not printed to the present hour. He had sent re-
peatedly to the printers ; but he was told that the
report could not be had, because it was waiting
for the appendix, and that the appendix could not be
had, because it was waiting for the proof, which was in
the hands of a Member of the Committee to be cor-
rected. Now he (Mr. Duncombe) insisted that after
the Committee laid this report on the table their
functions ceased, and they had nothing more
to do with the report or the appendix. He was
in possession of the appendix by special favour of
the Speaker, but ho wished to know from the Noble
Lord why it was kept back, and in whose heads it was ?
Lord SANDON said that the Committee had en•
trusted the task of arranging and classifying the docu-
ments which constituted the appendix to the Hon.
Member for Kendal, who had taken great pains with the
subject. These documents still remained in the hands
of that Hon. Member, and he (Lord Sandell) was sure
that whatever obstacles remained in the way of the pub-
lication of the report would soon be removed.
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE expressed a hope that no
further time would be lost in presenting these papers to
the House.
Lord SANDON said' that as far as he was concerned
certainly no time should be lost.
DUTY ON TOBACCO.
Mr. lIUME presented a petition from the tobacco
manufacturers of London, signed by all but three, com-
plaining that their grievances still existed,ed and praying
that the duty on tobacco might be repeal.
THE LORD-LIEUTENANTCY OF THE COUNTY
OF MAYO.
Mr. BELLEW inquired whether it was true that
Lord Lucan had been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Mayo?
Sir R. PEEL—Yes, it is true.
GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT—
THE INCOME-TAX.
Sir R. PEEL rose and said—Sir, it may be con-
venient for me now to state the course which I intend to
pursue on Friday next. I believe it will be
competent for me, without moving for a Com-
mittee of Ways and Means, to take the course
of moving a resolution to continue for a further
period the laws which impose a tax on income. But as
that is not the usual course of late years, I propose, on
Wednesday to adopt the following proceeding, viz., to
move for a Committee of Ways and Means, and
then in the Committee of Ways and Means on Friday
next, I shall propose a resolution to the
effect, that the laws which impose a tax on income in
Great Britain, and the law which imposes an additional
stamp duty in Ireland, should be continued fora further

BRURSEL.I, FEB. 3.—A letter from St. Petersburgh of the
20th January, says, " Her Majesty the Empress attended
Divine service in the palace the day before yesterday, on
oc-
casion of the celebration of the anniversary of the birthday
of her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands." The fact
proves that the reports spread by the German papers of the
pretended indisposition of the Empress, are unfounded.
The accounts from the interior of Russia give a very
melancholy picture of the situation of the Russians in the
Caucacus. A German journal affirms, that in less than two
years they have lost all the fruits of their efforts during six
successive campaigns. In the spring they will have to con-
tend with all the tribes which have hitherto remained
neutral. It is affirmed that the Army of Operations will be
increased to the cumber of 120,000 or 130,000 men.
VIENNA, JAN. 18.—Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg is
not yet quite out of danger, though his disorder has taken
a favourable turn.
A few days ago a young man was arrested here for having
made repeated attempts to force his way into the Imperial
box at the theatre, and to present himself to the Imperial
family. As far as yet appears, his intellects are disordered,
and he has a fixed notien that he is a hitherto unknown
member of the Imperial family.
Accounts from Gray unanimously deplore the great loss
that threatens the poor of that city, by the intended de-
parture of the eldest branch of the royal family of France,
who have resolved to remove in May to Frohsdorf near
Wienac Neustadt, and there to fix his permanent abode.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUVSELS, FEB. 3.
Actual Debt, 2 per Cent •••••• • • • • • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• .. f. 00.4
Ditto Three per Cent •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • .. 77
Ditto, ditto, 1840.. • • ..... .......... 1037,y
Ditto, ditto, 1844 .• . ....... .• • • ---
Ditto of the City, 1843 • 103
Ditto, 1832 .. • • • ......... --
Bank of Belgium. 607
—Brussels Papers. Feb. 4.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 26.
5 per Cent. Metalliques.•
4 per Cent. ditto • •
3 per Cent. ditto •
Loan, 1834 ... ••••• • • • • • •••••• • • • • • 158 V,
Ditto, 1839 129%
Bank Shares .1626
Esterhazy's Loan 56•Yi
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand • • • • • • .
Gloggnitz .......... ...... .•• •• • '133
Milan 120 q
—Allgemelne Zeitung, Jan. 31.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A POOR MAIN'S LIFE SAVED
BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Jeremiah Laughlin, a porter
about the quays of Dublin, was afflicted for years with
shortness of breath, spitting of phlegm, night perspira-
tions, and general weakness of body, a want of appetite,
sick head-aches, besides suffering much from the liver.
This man was in the second stage of consumption, and
not expected to live three months, when he commenced
the use of Holloway's wonderful Pills, and, by their
means alone, ho is now as strong, as hale, and as well as
ever he was in his life.—Sold (also Holloway s Oint-
ment) at the Establishment of Professor Holloway,
244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by
almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout
4.5a1yr.,
Barrett,
avrerredtitc,
the civilised world.
In the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, on Mon•
proprietorlsdamoafgeths
the Pilot
tthfeorreturned
newspaper, ag a i tflos
for
the publicati • •
on of a libel on Mr. Long, a coachmaker in.
Dublin, anti a ci devant member of
the old Dublin Cor-
poration.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY B, 1845.

limited period. That is the nature of the resolution I
propose to move in Committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. HUME—WiII the Right Hon. Gentleman ex-
plain to the House what are the taxes he intends to
remit ?

Sir ROBERT PEEL—I propose, on Friday, to enter
into a general review of the subject, when I will state
what course I intend to take, but I cannot enter into
any explanation now. I will give the fullest statement
on Friday next, with respect to the nature of the pro-
posals her Majesty's Government intend to adopt.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The Right Hon. Baronet
proposes to do that in Committee of Ways and Means.
Sir R. PEEL—Yes.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT.
Mr. WALLACE wished to put a question to the
Right Hon. Baronet. The Right Hon. Gentleman was
aware that an important decision had been come to in
one of the courts of Scotland with regard to the Weights
and Measures Act. The decision affected the general
understanding of the administration of the law on that
Act in Scotland, and it had caused in particular dis-
tricts a very great degree of anxiety, not to say dis-
turbaace. Ile begged, therefore, to inquire, whether it
was the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to take any
steps in the matter ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that, in answer to the ques-
tion of the Hon. Gentleman, he had to state that he
was perfectly aware of the decision that had been come
to on the subject of the Weights and Measures Act of
Scotland, and he was aware that this decision
affected a large portion of the community in Scotland.
The decision to which the Hon. Gentleman referred was
the decision of a judge on circuit—a very elaborate and
learned decision, and one entitled to great weight—but
at the same time the decision of a single judge. The
same question which had been brought before this in-
ferior tribunal would shortly be brought before all the
judges in the Court of Justiciary, and before the deci-
sion of that tribunal bad been given he thought it would
be premature to discuss the propriety of any alterations.
Mr. WALLACE wished to know how soon the ques-
tion would come before the court?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM bad every reason to believe
that the opinion of the Court of J usticiary would be
taken in a very short time.
NEW WRIT. _

On the motion of Mr. YOUNG a new writ was ordered
to be issued for the election of a Member for the county
of Buckingham, in the room of Mr. Charles Scott Murray,
who, since his election, had accepted the office of the
Stewardship of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.

BRAZIL.
Mr. BOUVERIE wished to know whether the report,
that commercial negotiations had been entered into with
Brazil, had any foundation ?
Sir R. PEEL said he hoped unless the case were very
pressing, Hon. Members would have the goodness to
give notice of their intention to put questions of this
nature. He knew the danger arising from a question
of that kind, and ho did hope that a few hours' notice
would be given.
Mr. BOUVERIE said he would repeat the question
on Monday.

SUPPLY.
The House then went into a Committee of Supply
Mr. GREENE in the Chair.
On the motion that a supply be granted to her Majesty,
Mr. HUME said that he was of opinion that they
ought to hear the financial statement before they voted
any supply. He did not mean to divide the House on
this question, but he wished to guard himself against
being misunderstood. Without having some informa-
tion before him, he was not prepared to vote for
an increase of the navy, merely on account of an
increase in the steam navigation. His opinion
was that the estimate for the navy ought not,
on that account, to be increased. His humble
opinion was, that they should know the financial state-
ment before they voted any money for the expenses of
the country, and if he did not oppose the present motion,
it was because the Right Hon. Baronet promised at
an early day to bring forward his financial scheme,
His object in rising now was to guard himself, for the
reason assigned, against being bound to grant any supply
to her Majesty. His opinion was, that the state of the
country required that they should reduce, by every means
in their power, the amount of taxation, and he would
frankly state that he was surprised the Right Hon.
Baronet should have called on her Majesty to
congratulate the country on the amount of
taxation. If he looked at the papers laid on
the table to-day, it would appear that fifty-nine millions
would be received by the Treasury in the course of the
year, an amount much larger than in former years—
some ten years ago, when Europe was in an unsettled
state, and the state of America required a large es-
tablishment. But, now, when everything tended to
security and peace, an increase in their establish-
ments was asked for. He would not ask the
Committee to support his opinion by pressing for a
division ; but he begged leave to enter his protest, for
the reasons assigned, against the grant, and he should
like to hear from the Right Hon. Baronet his exposition
of the plans he had in view.—(Hear.)
Sir R. PEEL felt assured that it could not be sup-
posed that her Majesty's Government would propose a
vote for any amount of supply, without laying before
the House a full statement of the reasons why that
amount of supply was demanded ; and therefore he did
hope that the Hon. Member would not prejudge and
condemn the course the Government intended to pursue
until he had heard what that course was. The Hon.
Member had said he conceived that the increase of steam
navigation was a reason why the taxation should be
lessened ; but were it not possible that it might become
necessary to build new steam-vessels—(Hear)—as the
commerce of the country might extend itself.— (Hear.)
Therefore, all he now asked of the Hon. Member was
to suspend his judgment until he had heard the state-
ment he (Sir R. Peel) had alluded to.—(Hear.) Surely,
it was a legitimate cause of congratulation to the House
and to the country that the revenues had increased, and
that there was a surplus. and not a deficit in the
Treasury.
Mr. HUME had no objection to the Government con-
gratulating itself on that subject, and he for one would,
of course, be better pleased to hear of a surplus than a
deficit. But he would say that the only chance
the country had of a reduction in the public
expenditure was by keeping the Chancellor of the
Exchequer and the First Lord of the Treasury short of
money.—(Hear, and laughter.) Therefore he could not
concur with the statement of the Hon. Baronet, for he
would repeat it, that the increase of steam navigation
was no reason for an increase of the public taxation.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL had no doubt but that when
the Right Hon. Baronet made his financial statement
he would assign good, and sufficient, and legitimate
grounds for the course be had announced it as the inten-
tion of the Government to adopt.—(Hear.) He did not
concur in the opinion of his Hon. Friend behind him,
that it was matter of surprise to have at this early
period of the session the financial statement of the
Government brought forward. On the contrary, he
(Lord John Russell) was Rot taken by surprise at
this announcement, for he conceived it would be a
very convenient course to the country to adopt. It was
a perfectly legitimate course for her Majesty's Ministers
to state, at as early a period as possible of the session,
the amount of revenue they conceived necessary for the
public service, and then to state the means by which
they intended to meet that demand ; at the same time
he did not look upon such a course as a precedent for
future years.
Sir R. PEEL said the reason he had made the intima-
tion he had upon this subject was, in order to prevent
confusion and inconvenience to the public service ; but
he did not intend that the amount the Government in-
tended to ask for should be a precedent for future years.
Mr. HUME said the Noble Lord had acted contrary
to what he would do in the management of his own
private affairs—(Laughter)—for the affairs of the nation
should bo conducted on the same principle as those of a
private individual, and it was well known that the pri-
vate individual who did not act so incurred more than he
could pay.—(Renewed laughter.) They should be still
more particular, more careful, and more cautious, as the
money they spent was not their own, and belonged to
the public.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD was happy to find that, after
the lapse of two years, the House had adopted his pro-
position.—(Laughter.) He begged leave to state that he
had, two years ago, moved the suspension of the esti-
mates until after the financial statement had been made.
He would not, however, offer any opposition to the mo-
tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the
House resumed.

stated that loyalty existed in this country. It was certain
however, if this law were persisted in, it would be im-
possible that this loyalty could be continued. Under
those circumstances he called upon her Majesty's
Government to declare their intention with respect to
the parishes under the Gilbert Act. If it was their
intention to continue the Gilbert unions, why not

say so at once, and not continue, the inquiry,
which appeared to produce no benefit? Ile would
admit that it was impossible there could be any mode of
relief which would not be liable to abuses, and no doubt

some trifling abuses did exist in the Gilbert unions, but
they were not so flagrant as those of the New Poor-law.

If an inquiry were to be made into these unions, it was
only fair that there should also be an inquiry into
the effect of the New Poor-law, and the case would
be put fairly before the nation which was the best means
of relief, as well as the evils of both. He had had the
honour of coming up to the Right Hon. Baronet, the
Secretary for the Home Department, on a deputation
from Rochester. They stated to him what had occurred
there, and that out of 22,000 ratepayers, they were all
against the New Poor-law with the exception of nineteen.

The Right Hon. Baronet received the deputation with
his usual courtesy, and the answer he gave was, that he
had no power to interfere with the law. Now, if he had
not the power to control the Commissioners, he (Mr.
S. Crawford) felt disposed to give it to him. He could
not avoid making those few observations, and if it was
necessary to make further inquiry into the subject of
the Gilbert unions, he thought that the New Poor-law

ought to be considered as well.
The motion was then agreed to, and the following
Hon. Members were appointed to serve on the Com-
mittee :—Mr. Barneby, Capt. Podia, Mr. The s. l)un-
combe, Sir Robert Heron, Mr. Colvile, Sir William
Heathcote, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Wrightson,
Viscount Barrington, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Strutt,
Viscount Marsham, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Wakley, and
Mr. Protheroe.

POOR-LAW COMMISSION.
Colonel SIBTHORP, seeing the Right Hon. Barone
the Secretary for the Home Department in his place,
would renew the motion which he had made in
the early part of the evening for the returns which
had been ordered to be made in the month of May
last, but which had not yet been made as to the occu-
pations of the Poor-law Commissioners. The return
had then been assented to, but he understood that the
Right Hon. Baronet now intended to object to it, and
would assent only to make a partial return on the sub-
ject. But, unless the Right Hon. Baronet could give
some satisfactory reason for objecting to that to which he
had assented in the month of May last, he (Colonel Sib-
thorp) should certainly take the sense of the House on
the subject. He understood that the Right Hon. Baronet
considered that there would be some difficulty in making
the return, but there was no roster kept of the number of
days on which thePoor-lawCommissioners were employed,
The Right lion. Gentleman, as he understood, said that
there was no roster kept of the number of days which he
was employed at the Home-office ; but he (Colonel Sib-
thorp) did not wait for any return of the number of
days which the Right Hon. Gentleman was employed,
because he believed himself, and it was the general
opinion of the public, that there was no public
officer more attentive to the duties of his office
than the Right lion. Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.)
He did not say this out of flattery—(A laugh)—but he
believed it was generally admitted that n) one had
given greater satisfaction as Secretary of State for the
Home Department than the Right Hon. Baronet.—
(Hear, hear.) He did not want any roster of the num-
ber of days the Right Hon. Gentleman was in his
office, because he believed that the Right Honourabh
Gentleman performed his duties faithfully; but he did
not belive that the same could be said of all officials.
Now, with regard to these commissioners, he had no
opportunity of knowing if they were properly employed
or not. He should like to see a statement of where they
were. They might be iu improper places for anything
that appeared to the contrary, and he had no opportu-
nity of knowing whether they were or not, and he should
like to have an opportunity of knowing.—(Laughter,)
He wanted to know where they were, and what they
were doing ?—(Laughter.) Now, unless the Right Hon.
Baronet would assure him that he had no suspicions
with regard to them, he must have the same return which
he had before moved for, and the Right lion. Baronet was
bound to furnish to the House and the public the reason
why he now refused what he had before assented to.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said what the Hon. and
Gallant Officer had stated was true, that towards the
end of last session he thought it his duty to make this
motion, and that he (Sir James Graham) did not oppose
it. But he submitted to the Hon. and Gallant Officer that
with regard to the first of these two questions, there
would be a great difficulty in making any return.
With reference to the attendance of the Chief Com-
missioners, no roster was kept any more than of the
attendance of the Commissioners of Customs or Excise,
or of the Revenue Board, and without such a roster
it was hardly possible to give in detail the return the Hon.
and Gallant officer desired. At the same time he was bound
to state of his own personal knowledge, that no public ser-
vants were more attentive in the execution of their
duties than the Poor-law Commissioners. It would be
for the satisfaction of the Hon. Gentleman or the House,
that as far as possible this information should be
afforded. So far from resisting it, he would do
all in his power to furnish it. Could it be
considered as any reflection on the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, he should have felt it his duty to have resisted
the motion, but as he did not think this could be the
case, he should grant the return.
Mr. F. FRENCH said that in the appointment of the
Committee of Inquiry the word "operation" had been
omitted. He begged to ask the Right lion. Secretary
for the Home Department, whether this had been done
designedly, and if not, whether there would be any ob-
jection to have the omission corrected ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said that, although it had been
stated by an lion. Member just now, that suspicion at-
tached to every thing that was connected with the poor.
laws, he could assure the Hon Gentleman who put the
question to him, that he had not been aware of the omis-
sion to which the Hon. Gentleman referred. But if it
would be any satisfaction to the Hon. Gentleman, he
Sir J. Graham) would not object to the insertion of
he word " operation."
The returns were then ordered.
RAILWAYS.

Mr, YOUNG, according to motion, moved a resolution
to suspend, for the present Session, Standing Order No.
102, " That all Petitions for Private Bills be presented
within twenty-one days after the First Friday in every
Session of Parliament," to fix the days for receiving
Petitions for Private Bills.
Mr. ENTWISLE objected to the suspension of the
standing order. At the same time he wished to explain
that he was mistaken when he said, last evening, that
the preliminary expenses for preparing a railway Bill
were only about 301. or 401. He found that the cost
of printing only was of that amount. There
were other expenses considerably above that sum.
The Board of Trade had made their report against cer-
tain parties, and they would be enabled to delay printing
their Bills until they had ascertained the reason on which
the Board of Trade had grounded their decision. The
parties, therefore, rejected by the Board of Trade, would
be in a more favourable position than those in whose fa-
vour the Board of Trade had reported, because they
would be enabled to draw up their Bill, embodying
clauses to meet the objections which the Board
of Trade had entertained to their plans. On that
account he would object to granting so much time as
had been asked to enable them to draw up their Bill,
after the reasons of the Board of Trade bad been given.
He had very little experience in that House, but he
had cousiderable experience out of it ; and he could as-
sure the House that, from the very day in which the
case was placed in the hands of Parliamentary agents,
that their expenses commenced. All those expenses the
Company in whose favour the Board of Trade reported
had to bear, while the Company against which the
Board of Trade reported only had to bear the
expense of getting up and printing their Bills.
The SPEAKER having put the question,
Mr. ENTWISLE said he should move that the
standing order with regard to petitions should not be
suspended.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said (as we un-
derstood), it was indispensable that the original motion
should be agreed to, in order to carry out the resolution
of last session, for the appointment of the Board of
Trade.
Mr. HODGSON HINDE thought it had been clearly
made out that it was necessary to take some step of this
kind in order to prevent injustice from being done to those
companies against whom the Board of Trade had re-
ported.
Great injustice would be done if parties in
whose favour the Board of Trade bad reported were
obliged to delay going into Committee till the adverse
Bill was in a state of such forwardness as to be com-
mitted also. He therefore hoped that the parties
who were promoting an adverse Bill should be
obliged to bring their case before the Committee,
though they were not in a state of forwardness
to entitle them to come before the Committee. If some
such plan were not followed, the promoters of an adverse
line might delay until the last moment, so that parties
who had a bona fide intention of proceeding with their
Bills might be delayed for three weeks, which, at the
commencement of the works on a line, would be equiva-
lent to six months in the opening of a railway. He
hoped, therefore, that his Noble Friend would give his
attention to the subject.
Mr. ENTWISLE then withdrew his amendment,
and the following resolutions were agreed to :
I. Resolved—That this House will not receive any
petition for any Private Bill, other than a Railway Bill
on which the report by the Railway Board has not yet
appeared in the Gazette, after Friday, the 28th day of
this instant February.
2. Resolved—That no Private Bill, other than a
Railway Bill on which the Report by the Railway Board
has not yet appeared in the Gazette, be read the first
time after Friday the 28th day of March next.
3. Resolved—That this House will not receive the
Report of any Private Bill, other than a Railway Bill
on which the Report by the Railway Board has not yet
appeared in the Gazette, after Friday the 30th day of
May next.
4. Resolved—That this House will not receive any
petition for any Railway Bill, of which the report by
the Railway Board has not yet appeared in the Gazette,
later than the twenty-first day after the day of the pub-
' lication of such report in the Gazette.
5. Resolved—That no Railway, Bill, of which the re-
port by the Railway Board has not yet appeared in the
Gazette, shall be read the first time later than the
twenty-eighth day after the day of the reception by this
House of the petition for such Railway Bill.
6. Resolved, That this House will not receive the
report of any railway Bill, of which the report by the
Railway Board has not yet appeared in the Gazette,
later than the eighty-fourth day from the day of the
reception by this House of the petition for such Railway
Bill. And, that the said resolutions be printed.
The House then adjourned at eiz o'clock.