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London, England, 1845-04-02 00:00:00

Tll.ll, SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN Cr, APRIL 2 1845.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 1, I£i4s.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord
Forester, to appoint Captain J. G. Ogilvie, half-pay Unat-
tached, late of the 92d Highlanders, to be one of her Majesty's
lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Johnston, who re-
tires.

pkgs of Pouchong ; but previous rates were generally sup-
ported, in some cases a small decline was submitted to.
Congou, fresh and new kinds went at 10%cl, ra coa
to ra str is to is Id, blksh If Pekoe kind 2s 4d
to 2s 6d ; Souchong, good is 4d to is 6d, fine 2s ;
Pouchong, low to good 4d to 7d ; Flowery Pekoe
fine and very fine 3s to 4s 6d; Caper, in chests 100, in catty
boxes is 3d to is 6d; Scented Orange Pekoe, good to fine
3s 3d to 3s 4d; Twankay, common Is Id to is 3d; Hyson
kind, common lld ; Hyson, fine to superfine 2s 9d to 3s 6d ;
Young Hyson, Canton and Twankay kind is 8d to 2s 2d ;
Hyson kind 3s Id to 3s lid ; Imperial, Canton, and Twan
kay kind 2s Id to 2s sd; Hyson kind 3s ld to 3s 6d; Gun-
powder, Canton, and Twankey kind 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; and Hy-
son kind 3s 8d to 4s 4d per lb.
Sl'lCES.—This afternoon Black Pepper met with little at-
tention, and the sound of 1772 bags of Sumatra at public sale
was taken in at 2ad for good light black rather stalky and
dusty being the former value; the damaged of which the
chief part consisted all sold, but at easier rates; sea damaged
first class 2id to. 2d, the second class 2bd, third class lid,
see damaged and repacked 2d to 23d, and very
.bad
id per lb.
Rum, BRANDY, AND HoLLANDs.—Although there are sel-
lers of Calcutta Ruin at a further reduction in prices, still
few purchasers are to be met with, and only 150 puns have
been sold at is 8d per gallon, proof, with certificate; the
prices have 'made
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and prices
the operations
a stand, they rule as follow:—Cognac, best brands of the
vintage of 1838, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d; ditto 1839, hhds
4s sd, puns 4s 3d; ditto 1840, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d; ditto
1841 hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d; ditto 1842, hhds 4s ld, puns
3s 11 d ; ditto 1843, hhds 3s l Id, puns 3s 9d ; ditto 1844,
hhds 35 9d, puns 38 7d; middling and good middling of
the various vintages 2s 8d to 38 7d, low 2s 6d to
2s Bd, and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 7d per gallon ; the
value of common export Geneva is is 9d, and fine, fit for duty
2s 4d to 2s 10d per gallon—previous rates are well supported
for English Corn Spirits. To-day there was a better demand
for all descriptions of Rum, but holders were unable to obtain
any advance in prices ; proof Leewards selling at Is 10d,
Calcutta proof is 8d to Is 81,1 d, Jamaica 3s 3d to 4s, and fine
4s 2d to 5s per gallon. Of East and West India several par-
cels have arrived during the last few days.
RlCE.—Bengal has fully sustained the former value •, low
white has been disposed of by private treaty at Ils to Its 3d,
middling 1 Is fid to 12s, good 12s 3d to 12s 6d, and tine 12s 9d
to 13s per cwt. The market is firm for Foreign East India.
Madras yellow is fetching 9s 6d to lOs per cwt ; white Java
at lls to 12s 6d, and yellow 9s 6d to lOs 6d per cwt.
Cleaned Rice at 14s to IBs for Patna,
and at 23s to 28s per
cwt for Carolina. . . .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 1.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
On the motion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN, the
Winnock Rectory Bill was read a sccond time and or-
dered to be committed.
The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Port Bill was read a second
time.

WHITEHALL, AlAwn 29.
The Queen has been pleased to order a cong6 d'elire to
pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of
the cathedral church of Ely to elect a Bishop of that See, the
same being void by the death of Doctor Joseph Allen, late
Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to
recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, Thomas 'Luton,
Doctor in Divinity, now Dean of the cathedral church of St.
Peter, Westminster, to be by theta elected Bishop of the
said See.

On the motion of the Earl of LINCOLN, the Not-
tingham Inclosure Bill was read a second time.
The Report upon the Birkenhead Company's Dock
Bill was further considered, received, and ordered to
be printed.
Mr. D'ISRAELI presented petitions from Shrews-
bury for the better observance of the Sabbath.
EDUCATION.—MAYNOOTIL
Mr. LEFROY presented petitions from Ireland in
favour of the Church Education Society.
Mr. E. BULLER presented petitions from Stour-
bridge, Taunton, and other places, against the proposed
increase of the grant to Maynooth College.
Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition to the same effect
from a parish in the county of Cork.
RAILWAYS.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Kinsale
against the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill, on the ground
that the company bad not chosen the best line.
Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition against the
London and York Railway project.
The Newport and Ponty-Pool Railway Bill was read
a second time and ordered to be committed.
The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway
(Tynemouth Extension) Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.

DOWNING-STREET, ArIZIL I.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
George Warren Edwardes to be Auditor of Accounts to the
Government of St. Helena.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Reverend
Thomas Eyre Poole, Master of Arts, to be Colonial Chaplain
at Sierra Leone.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Jules Vi-
rieux, Esq. to be Juge de Pais for the Island of Mauritius.

WHITEHALL, MAncit 31.
The Qrtcen has been pleaSed to present the Rev. Edward
Robertson, Master of Arts, to the church and parish of Tib-
bermore, in the presbytery and shire of Perth, vacant in
consequence of the Rev. Weir Tulloch, the last incumbent,
having deserted the cure of the said church and parish.
Commissions by the Lord .Lieutenant of Norfolk.
Viscount Bury to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; R. 11. V. Wal-
pole, Esq., to be ditto, March 13.
BANKRUPTS.
John Breckels, bedstead maker, North-street, Finsbury-
market, Finsbury, to surrender, April 8, at half-past twelve,
and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee ; Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury-circus.
John Reay and John Richard Reay, wine-merchants,
Mark-lane, April 14, at half-past eleven, and May 30, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Trehern and White,
Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury.
Thomas Holyland Williams, wine merchant, Chelmsford,
April 15, at two, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry ; Sheriff, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Robert Cann, shoemaker, Woolwich, April 9, at half-past
one, and May 9. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official asstgnee, Old Jewry Chambers; Biggen-
den, Walbrook, London.
Augustus Radcliffe, sen., and Augustus Radcliffe, jun.,
patent glaziers, Hermitage- place, St. John's-street- road,
April 9 and May 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; M'Leod and
Stenning, London-street Fenchurch-street.
John Schaffer, fringeman, Clark's-place, Islington, April 9,
at half-past twelve, and May 14, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall• street;
Humphreys, Newgate• street.
Joseph North, blanket-manufacturer, Birstal, Yorkshire,
April 15 and May 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds; Chadwick, Dewsbury; Bond,
Leeds.

LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY.
Mr. DODD rose to move, according to notice, that the
petition of the London and Croydon Railway Company,
praying that the Report of the Board of Trade on the
Kentish lines may be referred back for reconsideration,
presented 31st March, be printed.
The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member had
better postpone his motion till the time of public business.
Lord G. SOMERSET thought that if the Hon. Gen-
tleman intended to found a motion on the petition—
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to order. He did not
think it was fair to prevent a Gentleman from stating
his reasons for asking that a petition be printed. There
was no occasion to put off the motion till the time of
public business, as such motions were generally acceded
to as matters of course.
Lord G. SOMERSET thought that the Hon. Member
for Finsbury was rather out of order in calling him to
order. He was not going to state any objection to the
motion, but only to ask if it were the Hon. Member's
intention to found any distinct motion on the petition
when printed ?
The SPEAKER said that the notice of the Hon.
Member must be brought on amongst the other notices
on the paper at the time of public business.
Mr. DUNCOMBE thought that these motions should
be discussed before entering on the business of the day,
and for this simple reason, that Members might have
notices of this kind for consideration, and yet these
might not come on for six weeks at least. He thought
the notice ought to be taken into consideration before
the actual business of the day commenced.
Mr. DODD then said that on that day week he would
found a motion on the petition.
SLAVE-TRADE.
Sir J. Y.BULLER presented a petition from the Com-
mittee of the Anti Slavery Society against the importa-
tion of slaves into the colonies.
COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH.
The Hoil. MEMBER also presented a petition against
any further grant to the College of Maynooth.
Dr. BOWRING presented a similar petition from the
Dissenters of Bolton. The petitioners stated that they
were not averse to the mere principle of Roman Ca-
tholicism, but they objected to a Government grant
to any religion.
HOURS OF LABOUR IN FACTORIES.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, signed by
8,000 persons, complaining that children from the ages
of six to eleven were worked for some 16 and 24 hours,
thereby injuring their physical and moral condition
to an incalculable degree, and they prayed that the
House should take the subject into consideration with a
view of providing some remedy for the evil.
ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.
Mr. W. COWPER presented a petition from Holbeach,
in Lincolnshire, in favour of an extension of the allotment
system.
Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from several
places in Montgomeryshire, praying the house to pass
a Bill at an early period for the establishment of local
courts.

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COCIIINEAL.—At previous rates a good business transacted,
and at auction 120 bags of Honduras silvers were all disposed
of at 4s 9d to 4s lld per lb for low to middling, by private
treaty some parcels of black and silvers have been sold.
SALTPETRE.—Rough has met with more attention, but
merchants have been unable to obtain any advance in prices,
and at auction 2,000 bagi of Calcutta were all disposed of;
good white refraction 31 per cent at 26s 6d, good yellowish
grey 6/ per cent 265, good strong dry grey to 5 per cent
26s to 26s 6d, not refracted 23s 6d to 255, damaged 22s to
24s 6d ; 461 bags of Madras fetched 25s for sound, 10i per
cent refraction, being generally previous rates.
TALLow—This afternoon there was little business done in
Russia Tallow, and 38s 3d to 38s 9d accepted for P. Y.
Candle of fine quality on the spot.
Oats—For Linseed Oil the demand on the spot has been
brisk at 25s 3d to 25s 6d, and for forward delivery many con-
tracts have been entered into at 25s 6d to 265; ship-
ping orders are coming in more freely, and the con-
sumption is on the increase. In Rape several transactions
have taken place at 37s 6d to 38s for pale, and at 36s 6d to
37s per cwt for brown. Palm has sustained the former
value. For Cocoa Nut Oil prices are sustained—Ceylon
realising 27s to 28s, and from Sydney 24s to 25s 6d per cwt.
In Sperm there has been a good business transacted at 861
to 881 for fine British, and at 831 to 85/ per tun for Ame-
rican of first quality. Common Fish Oils are little
wanted; Cod is held for 29/ lOs to 30/ per tun,
pale Seal selling at 301 to 31/, yellow 27/ lOs to 28/ 10s, Straw
29/ to 291 10s, and brown 261 to 27/ ; at public sale 92 tuns
of Southern were sold, fine at 29/ to 29/ 10s, ord to good 261
103 to 28/ 15s, 3 tuns of low Cod Oil 24/ 5s to 24l 10s, 3 casks
Cods' Foot 20/ lOs ; 3 casks Dog Oil 24155, and 1 cask of
Pot Head 231 lOs per tun. Olive Oil is held with firmness ;
Galipoli at 41/ lOs to 42/ ; Spanish and Barbary 401 to 414
and other descriptions 39/to 39l lOs per tun..

John Atkinson Hick, carver and gilder, Leeds, April 14,
and May 2, at eleven, at the Leeds tistrict Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds; Hawkins and Co., New Boswell-
court, London ; Horsfall and Harrison, Leeds.
John Whittaker, Druggist, Swansea, April 8, at twelve,
and May 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; David, Swansea.
William -Harrington Lagoe, victualler, Atherstone, War-
wickshire, April 11 and May 9, at half-past ten, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham.

BANK OF CEYLON.
(From the Gazette of last Evening.)
Return of the Average Amount of Liabilities and Assets of
the Bank of Ceylon, Colombo, during the period from Ist
January to 31st December, 1844:
Promissory notes in circulation not bearing
interest
Bills of exchange in circulation, not bearing
interest ... 2,186 0 0
Bills and notes in circulation, bearing interest Nil.
Balances due to other Banks 6BO 0 0
Cash deposited, not bearing interest ... 6,630 0 0
Cash deposited, bearing interest...

Total average of Liabilities £91,587 0 0
Coin and Bullion .....................••.••• £72,342 0 0
Land or other property of the Corporation 4,198 0 0
Government Securities
Promissory notes or bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Notes and bills discounted, or other debts due
to the Corporation, not included under the
foregoing heads, but exclusive of bills of
exchange purchased for remittances to Eng-
land, and the Presidencies 58,132 0 0

Total Average of Assets £189,274 0 0
(Signed) F. W. STANTON, Manager.
T. G. CRAIG, Accountant.
By order of the Court of Directors,
HUGH MACKAY, Secretary.
London, March 27, 1845.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER OF THE GUARDS.—Yester-
day Elias Benfield, foreman in a mercantile house in
Tower-street, was charged with having assaulted Captain
Lewis, of the 2d Regiment of Guards, and one of the
privates of the same regiment.
Captain Lewis stated that as he was marching with
the Bank piquet in Mincing-lane,..thedefendant stood on
the pavement, and refused, upon being requested to move
aside in order to allow the guard to pass, but upon being
touched by one of the men, returned the compliment by
striking and pushing the soldier into the middle of the
street. Witness expostulated with the defendant, who,
instead of apologising, struck him and pushed him, after
having used very insolent language.
The soldier confirmed the account given by his com-
manding officer.
The defendant, in a tone and with a manner not at all
calculated to make a favourable impression, said that he
considered that he ought to have
lodged the captain
and the private in the station-house, for having as-
saulted him.
The LORD MAYOR—Your conduct here to-day proves
to me what your conduct must have been when the com-
plainants met me.
Defendant—l was assaulted first by these two men,
and I am sure I was justified.
The LORD MAYOR—I shall hold you to bail for the
two assaults, the one upon the gentleman and the other
upon the private soldier, yourself in the sum of 1001.,
and two sureties in 50/. each.
LAMBETH.
SERIOUS CHARGE OF CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—
Yesterday Jan es Herbert, a journeyman shoemaker,
was brought before Mr. Henry for final examination, on
a charge of cutting and wounding Wm. Gurling with a
shoemaker's hammer in so serious a manner that his life
is still in danger.
From the statement of the prosecutor, whose head
was bound up, and who appeared in a very weak, sickly
state, it appeared that the prisoner, who was related to
him by marriage, has latterly become much addicted to
drink. On Thursday midday last ho returned home
much tho worse for liquor, when some
words arose on
his being backward in his rent,
when witness told him
he should at once pay the arrears due, or leave the house.
The prisoner became much excited, and in his rage
snatched up his large hammer, with which he gave wit-
ness two violent blows on the left side of the head and
temple, and one on the right arm, and then made his
escape from the house.
Mr. W. 11. Dai, surgeon, deposed that on Thursday
last, about two o clock, lie visited the prosecutor' at his
house in Lock's-fields, and, on examining him, found
two incised wounds on the left side of the head, one three
and the other one inch and a half long, and also a con-
tused wound on the right arm, The wounds were such
as would be produced by the hammer, which, on exami-
nation, was found to have some of the prosecutor's hair
adhering to it. The prosecutor had been since under
his care, and had been so severely injured, that he could
not as yet pronounce him out of danger.
The prisoner, who said he had scarcely any recollec-
tion of what he did, was committed for trial on the charge
of cutting and wounding.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Basil Cochrane Willis, a fashionably-dressed young
man, about 25 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Maltby, in custody, charged with obtaining fraudulent
possession of a bill of exchange from Mr. Edmund Lyons
Hearne, of 9, Pall-mall East, under the following cir-
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of March, and in consequence of information received
from him, complainant was induced to call upon the de-
fendant, who stated that Mr. Mytton was about to take
up the bills, and upon that representation complainant
was induced to give up the bills to the defendant. He had
not since been able to recover the bills or their value.
Mr. Lane, solicitor, who appeared for the accused,
received. He called
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Great Marlborough-street, offering to discount bills for
him ; that he called by appointment and saw Mr. Smith,
who stated that he was to see the person that evening
who was to cash the bills, and appointed the following
day to meet him. lie called accordingly, and gave bills
to Smith to the amount of 1,7001,
Smith saying that
he should receive the money on the morrow, but he
never got one farthing value for them. He then em-
ployed Mr. Sutton to recover them. Had not employed
Mr. Willis, and never heard of Mr. Hearne's name iu the
transaction.
Mr. Lane called Sutton and Goldsmith, the other two
parties engaged in the affair, but they not answering to
their names,
Mr. MALTBY held the defendant to bail in securities
to the amount of 1,000/. to appear that day week.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meet-
ing yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall-place.
There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishops of Bangor, Chester, St. David's, Hereford, Llandaff,
Ripon, Rochester, and Worcester, the Earl of Besborough,
Lord Ashley, the Right Hon. John Nicholl, and the Dean
of Westminster.
Captain Francis Seymour arrived at his residence in Park-
lau. yesterday for the season.

the solicitor was informed that the fullest consideration
would be given to these documents if he deposited
them with the Board, and he (Sir George Clerk) had
not the least doubt that if these documents
contained important information upon this question,
his Noble Friend at the head of the Railway Depart-
ment and the Board itself would not only give it the
fullest consideration ; and if it contained sufficient
grounds to induce them to alter their decision,
they would not have the slightest, hesitation in doing so.
But he must candidly tell the House that he did not think
these documents would disclose such information as to
induce the Board of Trade to come to a different decision
to that which had already been announced. If any mis-
apprehension had risen, it was on the part of the pro-
moters of the railway, and not on the part of that de-
partment of the Board of Trade. Nor could they com-
plain that no intimation had been given to them that
further evidence was required, because it was left to
them to request an interview, which they had neglected
to do. It was clear, therefore, that 'no blame could be
attached to the Board of Trade. The report detailing the
reasons upon which the Board of Trade had come to a
decision in the case of this railway would be laid upon
the table of the House in the course of the present week,
and it would be for the House or a Committee to judge
whether that report contained sufficient reason to justify
the decision of the Railway Department of the Board of
Trade.

Mr. DUNCOMBE begged leave to ask a question
upon this subject. It was this—he would wish to know
if the decisions of the Board of Trade were the decisions
that were Gazetted? and if they were, were those de-
cisions final? The reason he asked this question was
this—if any new information should be acquired upon
any line so announced as decided upon, and that the
Board of Trade should find that information of such a
character as to induce them to alter their opinion, would
there then be a new announcement in the Gazette?
Sir GEORGE CLERK said he had not the least idea
that the Board would make any alteration in
their decisions ; but at the same time he could say,
that the Board of Trade would, as an act of justice,
alter the whole bearing of the announcement made in the
Gazette, if the additional information were of such a
nature as to demand that course.

Mr. LABOUCHERE understood that the practice of
the Board of Trade was to announce their decisions in
the Gazette ; now he wished to know if the Board
made any announcements in the Gazelle before they
had made up their minds ?—(Laughter.)
Sir G. CLERK begged to say that the Board of Trade
were always ready and anxious to give their fullest con-
sideration to every information sent them on this sub-
ject ; and when the parties giving this information
should state to the Board the nature of the information
they were always told that such information would be
sure to receive the fullest and most careful consideration
Lord HOWICK conceived that his question had not
been quite answered yet. What he wanted to know
was, was this a decision of the Board of Trade, or was it
not ?—(Hear, hear.) If it were not a decision why was
it Gazetted? And if it were, why should the announce-
ment be made in the advertisement in the papers that
he had already read ?—(Hear, hear.)
Sir G. CLERK said that all documents sent in to the
Board of Trade, conveying information that the Board
had not had when making the announcements in the
Gazette, would be embodied in a report, and the whole
then laid before the House for its consideration.
Mr. HAWES wished to know if he understood
the Hon. Baronet to say that those announcements might
appear in the Gazette, subject to such alterations and
modifications as subsequent information might induce
the House to make, when the report mentioned by the
Hon. Baronet should be laid before Parliament.

Sir G. CLERK—The Board of Trade might be
taken by surprise by the receipt of such information as
had been alluded to, and therefore those documents
would receive the attention they deserved.
NEW ZEALAND.

Mr. AGLIONBY begged leave, on behalf of Mr.
Charles Buller, who was absent, to give notice of a mo-
tion relative to New Zealand.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN moved for leave of ab-
sence for Mr. William Miles and Mr. Phillip Miles for
six weeks.—Granted.
NEW ZEALAND.

In answer to a question from Mr. AGLIONBY,
Mr. G. W. lIOPE said that the papers the Govern-
ment had received from New Zealand would be laid on
the table on an early day.
CEYLON.

Mr. TUFNELL asked whether there was any truth
in the report which had appeared in the Ceylon papers,
to the effect that Lord Stanley had sent out orders to
the Governer of that island to dismiss from her Ma-
jesty's service all officers, civil or military, who were
engaged in mercantile transactions ?
Mr. G. W. HOPE said that it had formerly been the
custom to permit officers in the island to increase their
income by engaging in mercantile transactions. The
Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department had
been very unwilling to interfere with what had been so
long •an established practice, but finding that some of
those officers neglected the public business in order to
attend to those private affairs, he had sent out a dispatch
to the Governor, desiring him to give those officers the
option of either resigning their official situations, or of
devoting themselves wholly to their official duties. But,
to those who chose the latter alternative, ample time
would be given to wind up their mercantile transactions.
Mr. TUFNELL thought the information of the
Hon. Gentleman was hardly precise enough. What he
wanted to know was, whether the parties to whom he re-
ferred would be subject to any compulsory proceedings?
Mr. G. W. HOPE said that to what extent the direc-
tions of Lord Stanley would go he could not say, and
whether or not Lord Stanley would wish ti:e Governor
to carry out his instructions within any specific period
he could not say, and what his decision would be with
respect to those who might not be able readily to get rid
of their property within such period, if it were fixed, he
was equally ignorant.
BOARD OF TRADE.

Mr. HAWES said that, seeing the Noble Lord, the
Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Granville
Somerset) in his place, he wished to ask him when the
House might expect another report from the Board with
which he was connected ? He was led to hope that this
report would be shortly forthcoming, from the long
time which had elapsed since the date of the last report.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that he could
not at the present moment say when the next report
would be ready, for from the amount of business which
the Board had to transact there had not at present been
an opportunity of preparing it.
Mr. HAWES said he thought that it was time an-
other report was prepared, and that the question was a
sufficiently reasonable one when he recollected that the
date of the last was December, and there was, in his
opinion, sufficient ground to expect another by this
time.

REPEAL OF DUTIES.
Mr. E. BULLER, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir
R. Peel) in his place, begged to ask him when the deferred
discussion on the repeal of the duties on tallow and other
articles of commerce could be brought on without in-
convenience to the Government. He was anxious to
consult the convenience of the Government ; but it was
necessary that the country should know when these duties
would cease.
Sir R. PEEL said that he could not, at the present
moment, say when the business could be taken up by the
House, but he would take the very earliest oppor-
tunity of naming a day. In the course of the week
he would be able to see the progress of the business in
the House, and when he knew what position it stood in,
he should be able to fix a day. He believed
the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) had a
notice on the books which stood for Tuesday, and if not
before, he believed he should be able to state on Mon-
day what day could be taken for the purpose.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government busi-
ness was usually taken on the Wednesday.
Sir R. PEEL said that whenever Government mo-

tions were taken on the Wednesday, it was by the
courtesy of the House, and not as a matter of right or
according to rule ; but he had no objection to take the
business on Wednesday, and, i❑ the course of the week,
or on Monday at latest, he would name a day.
SANATORY REGULATIONS OF LARGE TOWNS

Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN begged to call the atten-
tion of the Noble Lord at the head of the office of
Woods and Forests (the Earl of Lincoln) to an
extremely important petition which he had presented the
other evening from Limerick, and to ask the Noble Lord
whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment to extend the provisions of any Bill which they
might introduce upon the sanatory regulations of large
towns to Ireland ?
The Earl of LINCOLN said that the report of the
Commissioners had only been presented to her Majesty
in January last, and he could not, therefore, say what the
provisions of the Bill might be ; but, without pledging
the Government to any particular course of proceeding,
he might say that he anticipated the power of the Bill
would be extended both to Scotland and Ireland.

AUCTION DUTY.
Captain PECHELL wished to know from the Right
Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer when
it was his intention to go into Committee upon the
auction duty, and ho also wished to know at what period
the duty would cease after the passing of the rosolu-

Lion.
questionEXC forward at the
EXCHEQUER said he
ofththee
should be happy to
bring
The CHANCELLOR
understood that it was to be opposed that he was not
earliest possible moment; and it was only because he
enabled to bring it forward heretofore. The time when
he would be able to bring it forward would depend on the
army vote. The moment that vote was obtained he would
name the day on which he would bring forward the
question of the auction duty. The reduction of the duty
would be effected at the earliest possible period after the
passing of the resolution.
Captain PECIIELL wished to know from the Hon.
Gentleman opposite, the Member for Dorsetshire (Mr.
Bankes), whether it was his intention to oppose the re-
duction of the auction duty, and whether he would
divide the House upon it ?
Mr. BANKES said it was his intention to follow up
the motion of which he gave notice at an early period of
the session ; and he would take the sense of the House
on the question of the auction duty, and the propriety
of applying the auction duty to a certain particular pur-
pose ?—(Laughter.)
Mr. WARD said he would postpone his motion rela-
tive to the burdens on land till the House was in pos•
session of the lion. Gentleman's statement.
MR. AGLIONBY AND MR. CARRINGTON.

Mr. AGLIONBY said, that as he felt called upon to
bring under the notice of the House a letter of Mr. Car-
rington's, reflecting upon his conduct as a member of a
Committee, and as he understood that the most conve-
nient time for doing so would be when the House was
going into a Committee of Supply on Friday, he begged
to give notice that he would call the attention of the
House to the subject on that day. He was anxious that
a number of the Committee should not rest under such
an imputations