THE ALTAR, THRONE, AND LAND WE LIVE IN. N° 596. WORCESTER, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1846. PRICE 5d. EXTRAORDINARY CURES BY HOLLO WAY'S OINTMENT. A Wonderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous Sores in the Face and Leg, in Prince Edivard Island. The Truth of this Statement was duly attested before a Magistrate. IHUGH MACDONAT. D, of Lot 55, in King's County, do • hereby declare that a most wonderful preservation of my life has been effected by the use of Holloway's Pills and Oint- ment ; and I furthermore declare that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores in my Face and Leg; so severe was my complaint, that the greater part of my nose and the roof of my mouth was eaten away, and my leg had three large ulcers 011 it, and that I applied to several medical gentlemen, who prescribed for me, but I found no relief. My strength was rapidly failing every day, and the malady on the increase r when I was induced to try Holloway's Medicines. Afte taking two or three boxes, I experienced so much relief, and found the progress of the disease was so much arrested, that I was enabled to resume my ordinary labours in the field. The sores which were so disagreeable and repulsive to behold are now nearly all healed. Having received such truly beneficial aid, I feel myself bound to express my gratitude to the person by whose means I have thus been restored from the pitiable a » d misesable state I was in ; and for the sake of humanity make known my case, that others similary situated might be relieved. ( Signed) HUGH MACDONALD. This declaration made before me, at Bay Fortune, the 3rd day of September, 1845. JOSEPH COFFIN, Justice of the Peace. The above case of Hugh Macdonald, of Lot 55, came person- ally under my observation ; and when he first applied to me to get some of the medicines I thought his case utterly hopeless, and told him that his malady had got such hold that it was only throwing his money away to use them. He however persisted in trying them, and to my astonishment, I find what he has aforesaid stated to be perfectly correct, and consider the case to be a most wonderful cure. ( Signed) WILLIAM UNDERHAY, Bay Fortune. A Curt of Ringworm of Four Years Standing. Copy of a Letter from Mrs. Grace Moro, 6, Hemlock Court, Carey Street, London, 6th November, 1845. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— About four years ago my little girl caught the Ring- worm, and although I have ever since had advice from many doctors, and tried every means to get rid of it, yet I was unable to do so. About three weeks ago I was induced to try some of your Pills and Ointment, and I am most happy to say the result has been a perfect cure- ( Signed) GRACE MO 110. *„* Skin Diseases, peculiar to any part of the Globe, may be effectually Cured by the use of these celebrated Medicines. Cure of a Desperate Case of Erysipelas. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Joseph Gildon, jun., a Farmer, East Kent, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 8th April, 1846. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIU,— I have the gratification to announce to you a most wonderful cure wrought upon myself, by the use of your Oint- ment and Pills. I had a severe attack of Erysipelas in my right foot, which extended along my ankle, and was attended with swelling and inflammation to an alarming degree, insomuch that I was unable to move without the use of crutches. I con- sulted a very eminent Physician, besides other medical men, but to no purpose. At last I tried your Ointment and Pills, when, strange to say, in less than two weeks the swelling and inflammation gradually subsided to such a degree that I was enabled to pursue my daily avocation, to the utter surprise and amazement of those who were acquainted with my case, seeing that I was cured so quickly. I and my family are well known here, as my father holds his farm under the Rev. J. Spence, Rector of our parish. ( Signed) JOSEPH GILDON. The Testimony of Dr. Bright, of Ely Place, llolborn, as to the Extraordinary Power of Holloway's Ointment in the Cure of Ulcerated Sores. Extract of a Letter from the above celebrated Physician. To Professor HOLLOWAY. SIR,— I think it but an act of justice to inform you that I have tried your Ointment in several old cases of Ulcerated Sore Legs, which for a considerable time had. resisted every kind of treatment, but which were afterwards effectually cured by its use. In the treatment of Bad Breasts I have also found your Ointment of the greatest service. Indeed, from my practical knowledge, I conceive it to be a most invaluable remedy. ( Signed) RICHARD BRIGHT, M. D. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT will Cure any cases of Bad Legs, Ulcerous Sores, Bad Breasts, Sore Nipples, Cancers, Tumours, Swellings, Contracted or Stiff Joints, Gout, Rheu- matism, Lumbago, Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Bunions, Soft Corns, Piles, the bite of Moschettoes, Sand Flies, Chiego Foot, Yaws, Coco Bay, and all Skin Diseases common to Europe, or to the East and West Indies., or other tropical climes. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS should be taken in most instances, when using the Ointment, in order to purify the blood and Invigorate the system. Sold at the establishment of Professor HOLLOWAY, 244, Strand, near Temple Bar, London, and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized, world, at the following prices in Pots :— Is. lAd., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lis., 22s., and 33s. each. There is a very considerable saving in taking the large sizes. N. B. Directions for the guidance of Patients in every Disorder are affixed to each Pot. Messrs. R. & L. Perry & Co. may be consulted at 19, BER- NERS STREET, OXFORD STREET, LONDON, daily, 106, DUKE STREET, LIVERPOOL, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at No. 10, ST. JOHN STREET, DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. " THE SILENT FRIEND," ON HUMAN FRAILTY. Price 2s. t'd., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom, in a healed Envelope, from either of the above Establishments, on receipt of 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps or Post Office Order. A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM, in both sexes; being an Enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy, and t/ te ability of manhood, ere vigour has established her empire; with observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION; Local and Constitutional WEAKNESS, NERVOUS IRRITATION, CONSUMPTION, and on the partial or total EXTINCTION OF THE REPRO- DUCTIVE POWERS; WITH MEANS OF RESTORATION ; the tlis- tructive effects of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Strictures, and Secondary Symptoms are explained in a familiar manner ; the Work is EMBELLISHED WITH TEN FINE COLOURED ENGRAV- INGS, on Steel, representing the deleterious influence of Mercury on the skin, by eruptions on the head, face, and body ; with APPKOVKD MODE OF CURE for both sexes ; followed by Observations on the Obligations of MARRIAGE, and healthy perpetuity ; with direc- tions for the removal of certain Disqualifications; the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a " SILENT FRIEND," to be consulted without exposure, and with assured confidence of ByCeRS.' & L. PERRY & CO., CONSULTING SURGEONS,, Published by the Authors, and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster Row ; Hannay & Co., ( 53, Oxford- sireet; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- street, London ; Newton, 16 and 19, Chuvch- street, Rawl Church- Worcester; Penneil, Kidderminster; Bromley, Kidderminster; and by all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in town and country. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life, and is exclusively directed to the cure_ of such complaints as arise from a disorganization of the Generative System, w hether constitutional or acquired, loss of sexual power, and debility arising from syphilis: and is calculated to afford decided relief to those who by early Indulgence in solitary habits have weakened the powers ot their system, and fallen into a state of chronic debility, by which the" constitution is left in a deplorable state, and that nervous mentality kept up which places tfr; individual in a state of anxiety for the remainder of life. The consequences arising from this dangerous practice are not confined to its pure physical result, but branch to moral ones; leading the excited deviating mind into a fertile field of seductive error— into a gradual and total degradation of manhood— into a pernicious application of those inherent rights which nature wisely instituted tor the preservation of her species; bringing on premature decrepitude, and all the habitudes of old age. Constitutional weakness, sexual debility, obstinate gleets, excesses, irregularity, obstructions of certain evacuations, total impoteucy and barrenness, are effectually removed by this invaluable medicine. Sold in Bottles, price lis. each, or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle for 33s., by which one lis. bottle is saved. THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, Av ANTI- SYPHILITIC REMEDY for searching out and purifying the diseased humours of the blood ; conveying its active principles throughout the body, even penetrating the minutest vessels, removing all corruptions and contaminations, and impurities from the vital stream,— eradicating the morbid virus; and radically expelling it through the skin." Price lis. or four bottles in one for 33s , by which lis. is saved, also in £ 5 cases, which saves £ 1. 12s. VENEREAL CONTAMINATION, if not at first eradicated, will often remain secretly lurking in the system for years, and, although for a while undiscovered, at length break out upon the unhappy indi- vidual in its most dreadful forms ; or else, unseen, internally endanger the very vital organs of existence. To those suffering from the consequences which this disease may have left behind in the form of SECONDARY SYMPTOMS, eruptions of the skin, blotches on the head and face, ulcerations and enlargement of the throat tonsils, and threatened destruction of the nose, palate, & c., nodes on the shin bones, or any of those painful affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indiscriminate use of mercury, " or the evils of an imperfect cure, the CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE will be found to be attended with the most astonishing effects in checking the ravages of the disorder, removing all scorbutic com- plaints. and effectually re- establishing the health of the constitu- tion. To persons entering upon the responsibilities of matrimony, and who ever had the misfortune during their more youthful davs to be affected with any form of these diseases, a previous course of this medicine is highly essential and of the greatest importance, as more serious affections are visited upon an inuocent wife and offspring, from a w ant of these simple precautions, than perhaps hall the world is aware of ; for, it must DO remembered, where the fountain is polluted, the streams that flow from it cannot be pure. May be had of all Booksellers and Patent Medicine Venders in Town and Country, and of whom may be had the " SILENT FRIEND." Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail Of their cases. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted by letter, the usual Fee of One Pound, to be addressed to the London Establishment, w/ iere all communications and orders are requested to be forwarded. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9d., 4s. fid., and lis. per Box. The most certain and effectual cure ever discovered for every stage and symptom of the Venereal Disease, in both sexes, includ- ing Gonorrhoea, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, and Strictures. Messrs. R, 8c L. Perry'& Co., Surgeons, mav be consulted as usual at No. 19, Berners- street. Oxford- street,' LONDON, daily, and one of the above firn at 106, Duke street, Liverpool; every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and at 10, St. John- street, Deans- gate, Manchester, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, punc tually from Eleven in the Morning until Eight in the Evening, and on Sundays from Eleven till One. Only one personal visit is required from a country patient, to enable Messrs. PERRY and Co., to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure, after all other means have proved ineffectual. N. B. Country Druggists, Booksellers, and Patent Medicine Venders can be supplied with Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial Balm ot Syriacum. with the usual allowance to the Trade, by most of the" principal Wholesale Patent Medicine houses in London, Agent for Worcester A. DEIGHTON, Journal Office Kidderminster... THOS. PENNELL, Bookseller. Where may be had the " SILENT FlUEND IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES. BY HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. Used iti the Royal Palaces in London ; Windsor Castle ; Pavi- lion, Brighton ; and Osborne House, Isle of Wight. G. & G. W. FOYLE & CO/ S CELEB IT IOUS AND INIMITABLE POLISHING POWDERS, PASTES, AND LIQUIDS. A MONGST the numerous and useful articles for /. V domestic and other purposes manufactured by FOYLE and Co., who supply the trade only, the following n ving received an extraordinary demand in London during the past six months, encourages the Proprietors and Sole Manufacturers to continue their recommendation to Families and the Public. PATENT PALE ROUGE PLATE POWDER. This Powder, introduced by FOYLE and CO. three years since, is used or caused to be used by many Butlers; it will be found to possess advantages over the Jewellers'Rouge, being half the expense, the labour considerably lessened, and the pro- cess mifth cleaner. If the directions be strictly adhered to, the Patent Rouge will be found as clean to use as common whiting. Sold in two- ounce and quarter- pound boxes, 6d. and Is. each. " Whitehall Gardens. " Sir H. Harding will thank Messrs. Mortimer and Sons to procure two hundred shilling boxes of Foyle and Co.' s Patent Pale Rouge Plate Powder, which they wiil have the goodness to enclose with the two services of Plate ordered to India. '' Tuesday morning, June 4th, 1844. " To Messrs. Mortimer and Sons, Silversmiths, & c., Kim* William Street." PATENT PERUVIAN WHITE PLATE P O W D E R. This superlative Composition is warranted to be free from every ingredient injurious to plated goods ; it has stood the test of public opinion twenty- two years, and by its own merit alone, been introduced into, and is now used in the Royal Palaces in England and on the Continent. The Powder is of so impalpable a nature as never to scratch or injure the most delicate article to which it may be applied, and is particularly recommended to Families who object to Rouge to clean Plate.— Sold in two- ounce and quarter- pound boxes, tiat. and Is. each. " Manor House, Woolford near Glasgow, Aug. 10, 1845. " Gentlemen,— My butler tells me that you sent him, when in London, several boxes of Foyle and Co's White Plate Pow- der. It seems the article is a good one to highly polish without wearing away the plate, also much used in families ; I shall, therefore be obliged by your forwarding for inclosure to Messrs. Wilkinson and Co., saddlers, & c., Oxford- street, three dozen shilling boxes, the charge for which you will place to my account, " Yours, & c., " W. S. ARBUTHNOT, Lieut.- Geneial. " Messrs. Fortnum and Mason, 182, Piccadilly, London." N. B. Also will be found enclosed with each box, 1( 53 copies of letters and orders for Plate Powder received from Noblemen's Families since June, 14, 1843, by Whiteman and Sams, Grocers to her Majesty, North Street, Brighton ; Folkard and Cobbett, Oilmen to her Majesty, East Street, Brighton ; Hewitt, Gro- cer to her Majesty, Peascod Street, Windsor ; Delvesand Yull, Grocers to the Duchess of Kent, Tunbridge Wells; and Kohler, Grocer to her Majesty, Stafford Row, Buckingham Palace, London. PATENT FURNITURE VARNISH & FRENCH- POLISH RENOVATOR. This unparalleled and economical chemical compound wa produced after numerous experiments, and the manufacturer consider it impossible to excel if equal the composition in point of usefulness ; it restores to French- polished articles which have become dull their original brilliancy, and few applications on any kind of furniture previously rubbed with oil, will give it the appearance of having been French- polished. Dining tables, & c., after being polished with the composition, will only be slightly marked by the use of hot water plates, even if filled with boiling water and allowed to remain on a considerable time. A few drops of the compound rubbed lightly over the spots instantly restores the original lustie.— Price Is. per im- perial half- pint bottle. PATENT MAGIC POLISHING PASTE. This inestimable abstergent preparation is free from oil acids and every thing that corrodes or injures; it gives with the greatest facility a splendid polish to all kinds of- Hbrass, copper, nickel, and German silver, Britannia metal, pewter, tin, & c., and is strongly recommended to sportsmen for sponging out their guns, the barrels and nipples of which it protects from rust. The Magic Paste is patronised by the British army, to whom the annual average supply is two hundred and thirty- three thousand seven hundred and forty- eight quarter- pound boxes Sold in quarter- pound boxes, del., half- pound ditto, 6c?., and one pound ditto, Is. each. PATENT MAGIC POLISHING LIQUID AND KITCHEN REQUISITE. This incomparable composition cannot fail to be appreciated by every family and all who give it a trial, as it supersedes the use of vitriol, oxalic- acid, and other deleterious compounds so generally employed to polish metals, & c. In the kitchen, and to the female domestic in particular, this compound will be invaluable ; it is perfectly uninjurious, and capable of instan- taneously cleaning without labour, brass, copper, and tin ware, bringing up a beautiful and permanent polish impossible to be obtained by the ordinary mixtures of vitriol, oil and rotten- stone, vinegar, & c. The trade will find the Magic Liquid one of the best inventions of the day for expeditiously and highly polishing guards to shop fronts, and all brass works exposed to the weather. The compound is easily applied, requiring only to be rubbed on with a piece of flannel, and afterwards finished with chamois leather. Sold in imperial quarter and half- pint bottles, price 6a'. and Is. each. CAUTION— Every article manufactured by FOYLE and Co., has their name and full address on the label; their Plate Powder is under cover, and sealed; also their polishing liquids on the corks, which bear the names of G. and G. W. FOYLE and Co. j 11, Cowper- street, City road, London. The attention of families residing in the country is respect- fully solicited to the subjoined, by which it will be seen, that Foyle and Co.' s polishing compositions have obtained some celebrity, and that families of distinction unable to procure the articles in their own locality, have had them forwarded direct from London houses :— " The Hon. Mrs. H. A. Grimston will be obliged by Messrs- Payne and Son sending with the articles ordered yesterday, two dozen large boxes Foyle and Co.' s Pale Rouge ; also one dozen Furniture Varnish, and the same of Metal Polishing Liquid for kitchen purposes. The hamper if possible to be forwarded to- morrow evening, " The Priory, near Truro, Cornwall, July 30th, 1845. " Messrs. Payne and Son, Regent- street, London." " Apsley House, near Durham, Aug. 14th 1845. " Gentlemen,— If the hamper with goods for us have not left, and you have room, be pleased to enclose six dozen largest boxes of Foyle and Co.' s Pale Rouge Plate Powder ; should you be compelled to make a second package, you may send another dozen of Furniture Varnish, ditto of Metal Paste, and the same of Liquid. " Yours, & c. & c., " W. J. H. WELLESLEY. " Messrs. Ball and Son, New Bond- street, London." From August, 1844, to the present time, 273 letters have been received by Foyle and Co., from unknown parties, the contents of which are similar in substance to the following. " South Stoneham House, near Southampton, " Dec. 14th, 1844. " Gentlemen,— I have used your White Plate Powder many years, and consider it is the best composition invented to clean plate ; I am a stranger in this part, therefore shall be obliged by your informing me if the article is to be had at any house in Southampton. " Yours respectfully, " WM. LONG, Butler to John " Fleming, Esq, " Messrs. Foyle and Co., 11, Cowper- street, London." Agents for Southampton.— Messrs. Randall & Son, Chemists to her Majesty, 146, High Street; Knight and Thompson, Brushmakers, 155, High Street; and Chaplen, Grocer, & c. 46, Above Bar. Extract from the Morning Post, May 20, 1843 " We re- commend every family, and more especially those resident in the country, to possess a store of the various popular polishing compounds manufactured by Foyle and Co. They will be found articles of real utility to every domestic, and their object cleanliness, and the saving of time, labour, and expense." Sold wholesale, and to the Trade only, by the Manufacturers ; also by Barclay and Sons, 95 Farringdon- street, Edwards, 67 St. Paul's Church- yard, Taylor and Son, 11, Redcross- street, Borough, Gosnell and Co., 160, Regent- stieet, Newbery and Son, 45, St. Paul's Church- yard, Batty and Co., 15 and 16, Pavement, Finsbury- square Sutton and Co., 10, Bow Church- yard, Hearon and Co., 95, Bishopsgate- stieet- within, Crosse and Blackwell, 21, Soho- square, Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford- street, Cabburn, 1, Iving's- cross, Gray's- inn- road, Snelling, 30, Fenchurch- street, Wingraveand Co., 80, St. Paul's Church- yard, Sanger, 150, Oxford- street, Lazenby and Son., 6, Edward- srreet, Portman- squ- are, Drews, Hey ward, and Co., 2, Bush- lane, Cannon- street, London; J. and R. Raimesand Co., Edinburgh ; Duncan, Flockhart, and Co., Edinburgh ; West, Cousens and Sons, Watkins, Webb, and Co., Dublin ; Mitchell, Palmer, and Co., Guilleaume, Taiibouis and Co., Paris. Sold retail in London and the suburbs by 2436 Agents; and by the principal Chemists, Grocers, Oilmen, and Brush- makers, in most towns in Europe. Determination of blood to the head, apoplexy, & c., effectually prevented by the occasional use of " Frampton's Pill of Health," which, by strengthening the action of the stomach, and pro- moting a healthy and regular digestion of the food, prevents a recurrence of those symptoms of this alarming disorder, giddi- ness, oppression of the brain, singing noise in the ears, headache, & c. They are an excellent aperient, without griping or pros- tration of strength, create appetite, relieve languor, and invigor- ate the spirits; while to the free liver or sedentary they offer great and important advantages. Sold by all venders of medi- cines. Price Is. l£ d. per box. See the names " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. Bad Health for Twenty Years.— Immediate Relief by Holloway's Pills.— Extract of a letter from the Rev. George Prior, curate of Mevagh Letterkenny, Carrigart, Ireland, May 2,1845 :—" To Professor Holloway. Dear Sir- Within a short distance of my house resides a small farmer, who for more than 20 years had been in a bad state of health, and never got a moment's relief. Mrs. Prior procured a box of your Pills for him, which did him so much good that I heard him say that for 26 years Jpreviously he never ate his food and enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills. ( Signed) GfiOIlCfi PlUQB." Sail) Intelligence. VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FRIDAY, MAY 8. ( Before Sir J. K. Bruce. J GOODWIN v. GOSNELL, ex parte G. P. IIILL. The hearing of this cause took place on the 7th and 9th of March last. On that occasion an order was made partly thus, " And it appearing that the said defendant, George Price llill, is a Solicitor of this Court, and this Court, adverting to the answer of the said defendant, George Price Hill, and the evidence read at the hearing of fhese causes, and to the facts therein alleged with reference to the professional conduct of the said George Price Hill, doth order that the defendant George Price Hill be struck off the roll of Solicitors of this Court, unless he shall on the second day of Easter Term next show unto this Court good cause to the contrary." This order was placed by his Honour in the hands of Mr. John James Johnson, solicitor to the Suitors' Fund, for the purpose of his prosecuting it. That gentleman caused a copy to be served upon Mr. Hill, and cause was shown on the 17th of April, and the matter this day stood for judgment. A very few of the facts need be stated to render the decision pronounced by his Honour fully intelligible. An executor and sole acting trustee of a will was applied to from the Legacy Duty- office for the payment of duty to the amount of 8/. He consulted Mr. Hill as his attorney, under whose advice a sum of 650/., three per cent consols, which the trustee held as part of the trust fund, was sold out, and was misapplied; and some time after Mr. Hill prepared for and tendered to the trustee a release to him ( Mr. Hill) in respect of all these transactions. His Honour said,— After what has already taken place in this case it must be unnecessary for me to recapitulate minutely the facts. Mr. Hill, being a solicitor of the Court of Chancery, did, in the year 1836, permit, advise, and cause a client, an aged peasant in an obscure and humble condition of life, in- capable altogether of forming a judgment as to the propriety or impropriety of the act, to sell a sum of 650/. three per cent, consolidated annuities, of which he was the sole trustee— trustee for a woman and infants. The sale was not merely unnecessary and improper— it was manifestly wiong. It was a plain and gross breach of trust. The proceeds were received by Mr. Hill. It is not alleged that Mr. Hill took, or asked, or sug- gested the taking or asking for, any opinion or advice except his own as to the correctness or incorrectness of the step which he took. This conduct on the part of a solicitor, however it may be attributed to a want of prudence, or to a want of knowledge, or to both, yet if there was an absence of a desire to benefit himself— and of that intention it would probably, how- ever flagrant the irregularity, be harsh, and if not wrong, yet not requisite, to say that he had placed himself under any other than a responsibility civil merely, and I have endeavoured to bring myself to think it possible reasonably to take that view of the transaction— no light task when there are considered the nature of Mr. Hill's answers to the bill, the actual possession by himself of the money produced by the sale, the manner in which he avows or professes he applied, used, and dealt with it, the greatly reduced sum to which he asserted it had become diminished, the amount and extraordinary nature of the charges claimed and more than claimed by him, the release which he prepared and procured the trustee and father of the infants to execute— an instrument open to serious animadversion ;— these circumstances, the detail of which I spare myself, cannot be con- sidered by the Court without feeling pain, without misgivings as to the propriety of continuing Mr. Hill in the honourable profession, the upright performance of the important duties belonging to which is of such high interest to society. I have, however, willingly paused on the facts which he swears to,— that at this period of the year 1836, he was only 25 years of age — the circumstance that he had lost his father in his boyhood— the restitution, though late, which he has been ordered to make, and which, I suppose, he has now made, and the amount of costs of all parties to the suit to which he has been most properly subjected, in my mind— and the sense which, by his counsel, he has stated himself, now at least, to entertain of the nature of the transaction— and upon the hope that their opinion and advice, aided by the discussion which the case has received, and by the experience which, since the year 1836, Mr. Hill may be supposed to have acquired, will not be without their fruit and effects;— pausing, I say, on these considerations and upon this hope, I have succeeded in persuading myself that I may, without impropriety, abstain from proceeding further in this matter if Mr. Hill will do what seems to me to be still necessary on his part to evince a thoroughly'just sense of what has occur- red, and a hearty desire to make complete reparation— namely, that he will undertake to pay to the other parties to the suit the whole of the costs, charges, and expenses properly incurred in the cause, either preliminary or otherwise, in respect of the same, so far as he has not yet been ordered to pay the costs, and also the costs of the Solicitor to the Suitors' Fund in the present case ; these costs, charges, and expenses to be taxed, if required, in the usual way. If I am now to part with the case, let me repeat my earnest expectation— ray earnest hope— let me add my expectation that what has taken place in this case may not be without good effect, and that Mr. Hill will hereafter so con- duct himself as to efface the recollection of the facts now before me. I trust that he will entertain a manifest and proper sense of what he owes to himself, to his family, and to the profession to which he belongs— a profession, the powers of which for good or for ill, as far as the worldly interests of the mass of mankind are concerned, can scarcely be too strongly stated— a profession owning, I am happy to be able to say, so many who would do honour to any calling, and who are well aware that sincerity and integrity are the surest guides to prosperity and distinction, and who are true and just from higher motives and less worldly considerations. Let it be Mr. Hill's study and ambition to become deserving of being ascribed to that class of solicitors — a class meriting and receiving the countenance and protection, the respect and esteem of those in whose hands is placed the administration of justice, among not the least urgent of whose duties, on the other hand, it is to mark and to censure, to re- press, and, if necessary, to extirpate from the Courts such men as, by abusing the functions and privileges of so important a profession, become a scandal and a pestilence to society. Imperial l^ arUament. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MAY 8. On the motion of Lord Lyttelton, the Western Australia Bill passed through committee. On the motion of the Duke of Buccleuch, the Burghs ( Scot- land) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Bishop of St. David's presented several petitions against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. After so many petitions had been presented on the subject, he was surprised that no mean's had been taken to put an end to the present system. The Earl of Chichester presented a petition from the Church Missionary Society against the Charitable Trusts Bill. The Lord Chancellor said he intended to move the second reading of the Bill on Thursday next, and he would then take the opportunity of stating the course he intended to pursue with respect to societies of that description. Several bills were forwarded a stage, after which their Lord- ships adjourned until Monday. MONDAY, MAY 11. RELIGIOUS OTINIONS RELIEF BILL.— The Bishop of Exeter rose to propose that the questions of which he had given notice with respect to this Bill should be put to the Judges. By this Bill it was proposed to strike out of the statute- book those important statutes or parts thereof which have ever been considered as the main bulwarks of the constitution of England as an independent monarchy. In the bill before their Lordships, which had been read a second time, and which it was hereafter proposed to go into Committee upon, their Lordships would be invited to repeal so much of an Act passed in the first year " of the reign of Queen Elizabeth as restored to the Crown its ancient jurisdiction over the State of England. Their Lordships would see that the tendency of that Act was to make it no longer punishable to assert the supremacy of the Pope. He needed not to remind their Lordships that this supremacy had been claimed by the Pope prior the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He had claimed and exercised that power in deposing King John. The same Pope ( Innocent III) claimed jurisdiction and power over a succeeding King in the year 1215, in these words " Is not the King of England our vassal, or rather our slave ?" This was the power to be restored by this Bill, should their Lordships think lit to pass the same. In those remote times Paul III. deposed Henry VIII., and released his subjects from their allegiance. Just before the Act. in question passed, Paul IV. had acted with equal violence to Queen Elizabeth. He declared that it was the height of presumption for Queen Elizabeth to claim the crown of England without his permission. It was under these provocations that the first statute of Eliza- beth was passed. The express denial of the Queen's supremacy was not made punishable by the 1st of Elizabeth. It asserted the Queen's supremacy, but it said nothing on the subject of denial, nor did the Bill which he held in his hand. Of course the Queen's supremacy was as clear, undeniable, and unquestionable as any part of the constitution of this land, over things spiritual as well as temporal, and to deny that supremacy must be a grave offence against the constitution and ought to be punishable at common law. But it was absolutely necessary for this House to know whether that was the case or not before they proceeded to legislate with respect to the penal enactments of the 1st statute of Eliza- beth. On the subject of Royal supremacy, he need not tell their Lordshipsthat they had the highest le « al authority for stating that it was a part— a special part— of the monarchy of this land. ( Hear, hear.) He need not say that Lord Coke and Sir Matthew Hale had expressed their opinions on that subject, in the strongest terms. He, therefore, hoped that the denial of that supremacy must be an offence against the common law. He should be quite content if the Noble Lord on the woolsack would answer that question decisively and say that it was punishable by the common law. The Pope had the power of deposing kings and governments, by absolving men from their oaths of allegiance. It was, therefore, he thought, necessary to protect this country against such influence if they could do so consistently, and through the medium of an Act of Parliament. The House would find that the Pope not only still had that power, but that it was justified by some of the most modern and liberal Roman Catholic writers of this country. Dr. Milner and Dr. O'Connell, than whom there was not a more liberal man, for instance, justified, nay, advocated the power of the Pope to absolve parties from their allegiance. He said this power of absolving from oath, which was admitted by the highest Roman Catholic authorities, must not be set forth in this Protestant land— that such a power could not exist without great danger to the country. ( Hear.) Their Lordships would see that there was a wide difference between entertaining an opinion and extolling, putting forth, and maintaining it to the world. Let those persons in communion with the Pope believe, if they pleased, his supremacy, and let them in their conscience act as they thought the doctrine taught them; but let them not feel at liberty to set forth to the world those opinions. It was proposed to strike out these statutes from the statute- book, without any practical evil having been brought forward as resulting from their continu- ance on the statute- book. No; it was not said that there was any grievance of that kind, but they were told that they were put into an invidious position. If they were a people of that sort, he had, for his own part, not the slightest objection to extend to them any privileges which were consistent with the full security and enjoyment of the Protestant Constitution of this country. He would now proceed to say something with respect to the other question that he should move their Lordships to propose to the Learned Judges— he meant that which asked, whether, independently of so much of the said Act of the first year of the reign of Elizabeth before recited, and also before the said Act passed in the fifth year of the same reign, and also of the Act passed in the thirteenth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth as is above recited, and also of the fifth year of the said Queen's reign, and also of an Act passed in the thirteenth year of the said Queen's reign, intituled " An Act against the bringing in and putting in execution of bulls, writings, or instruments, and other superstitious things, from the See of Rome," it is an offence against the law of England, and punish- able as such, to bring in or put in execution any such bull, writings, or instruments from the See of Rome. He was not sure whether this question would receive from the Learned Judges such an answer as would fully satisfy him in this case. He was afraid that those learned persons would hesitate before they spoke of bulls generally, in such a manner. He hoped that they might. Bulls were matters mentioned in the Statutes and laws of England. Therefore the Learned Judges would be prepared to put a construction upon the word " bull." Their Lordships would permit him to say that bulls were instruments that had passed as it were under the Great Seal of the Pope of Rome. " Briefs" were on the contrary under the Privy Seal of Rome. Bulls were so called from a barbarous Greek word, " boula," which signified a leaden instrument. In respect of these bulls, he would remind their Lordships that it was not until a late year that it was absolutely compulsory on Queen Elizabeth to propose to Parliament to enact this statute which was now about to be expunged. That statute not only made it high treason to introduce a bull such as that which Pius V. issued against Queen Elizabeth, deposing that Sovereign, declaring the throne vacant, and calling on her sub- jects to disobey her authority. It was not for that reason that this statute was enacted, but because it was found impossible to define the bulls in such a way as to make it safe to permit the introduction of any bulls at all. The Right Rev. Prelate con- cluded by proposing that the following questions be submitted to the Judges :— 1. Whether, independently of so much of the Act passed in the first year of the reign of Queen Elibabeth, intituled " An Act restoring to the Crown the ancient Jurisdiction over the Estate Ecclesiastical and Spiritual, and abolishing all Foreign Powers repugnant to the same," as makes it punishable to affirm, hold, stand with, set forth, maintain, or defend, as therein is mentioned, the authority, pre- eminence, power, or jurisdic- tion, spiritual or ecclesiastical, of any foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, theretofore claimed, used, or usurped within this realm, or to put in use or execute anything for the extolling, advancement, setting forth, maintenance, or defence, of any such pretended or usurped jurisdiction, power, pre- eminence, and authority, or any part thereof, and of an Act passed in the fifth year of the said Queen, intituled " An Act tor the Assurance of the Queen's Royal Power over all Estates and Subjects within her Dominions," it is an offence against the law of England, and punishable by the same, by writing, printing, teaching, preaching, express words, deed, or act, advisedly and maliciously to deny the Queen's supremacy, or to affirm, maintain, and defend any such pretended or usurped power, jurisdiction, or authority of the Pope, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate within this realm ? 2. Whether, independently of so much of the said Act of the first year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth as is above recited, and also of the said Act passed in the fifth year of the said Queen's reign, and also of an Act passed in the 13th year of the said Queen's reign, intituled " An Act against the bringing in and putting in execution of Bulls, Writings, or Instruments, and other superstitious things, from the see of Rome," it is an offence against the law of England, and punishable as such, to bring in or put in execution any such bulls, writings, or instru- ments, from the see of Rome ? The Lord Chancellor, after premising that it was his wish that the bill should pass with the general consent of the House, went on to answer the objections of the Bishop of Exeter and assured him that the Acts of Elizabeth first set forth most distinctly the absolute supremacy of the Sovereign, and then in subsequent clauses imposed the penalties it was now pro- posed to abolish, on all who should maintain the spiritual or temporal authority of any foreign potentate. In the present day the common law would be brought to bear on any Roman Catholic who should seditiously deny the supremacy of the Crown, a much more efficient way of dealing with such offenders than that of visiting them with all the rigours of a praemunire. It was important, however, on such a subject to have the best advice, and if the House chose he would agree to take the opinion of the Judges. Lord Brougham concurred in thinking that the common law was sufficient for the emergency, in case the supremacy of the Sovereign were denied, and thought the advice of the Judges unnecessary. After some observations from Lords Denman and Campbell, affirming the supremacy of the Sovereign from time immemorial, Lord Beaumont explained to the House the difference between dogmas of faith and matters of discipline, and denied most explicitly that the Roman Catholic Church at the present day held that the Pope had power to depose Princes or absolve subjects from their allegiance. The Bishop of Exeter again solemnly warned the House of the dangerous breach they were about to make in the Constitu- tion of the Empire, but ended by withdrawing his motion. Several bills were then forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned. TUESDAY, MAY 12. The House sat for a short time, no business of general interest was transacted. HOUSE OF COMMONS^. FRIDAY, MAY 8. The following bills were reported, and the bills ordered to be engrossed :— Electric Telegraph Company Bill, North Stafford- shire Railway ( Harecastle to Sandbach) Bill, North Stafford- shire Railway ( Churnet Valley Line) Bill, North Staffordshire Railway ( Pottery Line) Bill. SUGAR DUTIES.— Lord J. Russell wished to ask when the Government intended to bring forward the Sugar Duties Bill, as his Noble Friend, the Member for Tiverton ( Lord Palmers- ton), intended to submit a resolution to the House respecting sugar, the produce of the slave colonies. Sir R. Peel said that the introduction of the Bill relating to the Sugar Duties must depend upon the time that the debate on the Corn Law Importation would extend to. Perhaps it would be in the course of next week, but it was probable, how- ever, that his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exche- quer would previously bring before the House his financial state- ment. CORN IMPORTATION BILL— Mr. Greene brought up the report on the Corn Importation Bill. On the motion that the report be received, Sir C. Burrell opposed the bill, and moved, as an amendment, that the report be received that day six months. The Hon. Baronet addressed the House at some length in opposition to the bill. Colonel Verner seconded the amendment. Sir W. Jollifte said that he should take a purely agricultural course, and vote in favour of that agricultural protection which had raised this country to an unprecedented height of greatness. Mr. G. Bankes contended that the distress, though severe in some parts of Ireland, was far from universal, and that the fear of famine was already at an end. He called upon the Noble Secretary for Ireland to deny, if he could, the accuracy of that statement; and reminded him, that if he refused to give that denial, the country would infer that the allegation of distress in that portion of the empire was merely brought forward as a pretext for the ultimate repeal of the Corn Laws. The distress of Ireland in 1822 was greater than the distress now prevailing in that country ; and yet it had not been employed as a reason for altering, at that time, all the commercial and financial systems of the Government. If this measure should convert the land now under tillage in Ireland into pasture, it might be for the benefit of the landlords, but it would be seriously preju- dicial to the labouring population, for whom he and his friends felt an honest anxiety. Lord Lincoln admitted that, for all the statements made by Sir R. Peel and Sir J. Graham respecting the severe pressure now existing in Ireland, and the still severer pressure which might soon be apprehended, he was responsible. He now affirmed in his place in Parliament that those statements were not exag- gerated. He appealed on that subject to Mr. Stafford O'Brien, who had gone over to Ireland almost as sceptical as to the existence of distress there as Mr. G. Bankes himself, and yet within 24 hours after his arrival on his estates, had written to him a letter of the most urgent nature on the amount of the existing destitution in his locality, asserting that there was a demand for aid, which, if it were not supplied in a few hours, would render it difficult to maintain the tranquility of the district. He admitted that the distress in Ireland was not universal, but he contended that it was still general and extensive He quoted two letters which he had recently received, one from the island of Valentia and the other from the county of Cavan, for the purpose of showing that the distress in those districts was at this moment very severe and general, and had not been in any respect exaggerated. Mr. Stafford O'Brien gave the strongest corroboration to the testimony of Lord Lincoln, so far as the counties of Limerick and Clare were concerned. As far as he could judge, there was at present great distress in Ireland, and the House must be prepared to hear of its increase. He lamented that Sir R. Peel had made confusion worse confounded in that country by mix- ing up with its distress the alteration of the Corn Laws. He ought not to have applied to a temporary distress a permanent measure.. Mr. S. Herbert noticed the reproaches which Mr. Bankes had cast upon the Members of the Administration, and observed that there was some abuse of which he had rather be the victim than the author. When illogical inferences, drawn from incorrect premises, should be heard of no more— when arithmetical mystification, invented by the political agitator, who had recently appeared on the protection benches, should be utterly forgotten — and when the great pressure of the present emergency should be appreciated, it would be said, not that Ministers had been traitors, but that they would iiave been traitors to their party, if they had led the gentlemen of England, whilst hunger and famine were threatening a portion of their fellow- countrymen, to oppose any alteration in a law of which the object was to restrict the supply of food, and at the same time to advance its price. Lord G. Bentinck denied that he had ever appeared in the capacity of a " political agitator." He had not addressed any meetings out of doors, but had confined the expression of his sentiments to that House, the legitimate place for them. He had not sought the leadership of the party with which he was acting; on the contrary, when this measure was first pro- pounded, he had expected that he should have had the pleasure of opposing it under the leadership of Air. S. Herbert. Lord Lincoln had that night admitted that he was responsible for all the statements respecting the existence of famine in Ireland, which had been made to the House by Sir R. Peel and Sir J. Graham. He was afraid that his Lordship was a very credulous Minister ; for he had stated on the hustings that a compact had been struck between himself and Mr. S. O'Brien, a compact which had no existence whatever. He thought that Lord Lincoln must lend his ear to every eaves- dropper, and that thus we had so much exaggeration as to the prevalence of famine in Ireland. He ( Lord G. Bentick) affirmed, that there was at present greater abundance in Ireland than was ever known before, and charged Ministers with having been guilty of pro- pagating wilful exaggerations with respect to the famine which they professed to apprehend. He should like to see all the reports which they had received on that subject. He should like to see the reports of the Commander- in- Chief in Ireland, of the Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland, and of the In- spectors of Prisons in Ireland ; for he knew something already of their contents, and that something was very different from some of the reports already before the House. He contended that no laws had ever worked better for the public than the Corn Laws, and insisted that they ought not to be changed, and denied that in resisting the alteration of them he was endeavouring to serve any selfish interest. He then attacked Lord Lincoln, contrasting his language at his last election for South Nottinghamshire with his recent language in that House and on the hustings at Falkirk. Who had turned the Noble Lord out of that county ? The tenant- farmers of that district. All regard felt for his private character, all the money which he had spent in bribery or otherwise, had not saved him. His defeat in South Notts, and that of Lord Ashley in Dorsetshire, was a proof that Englishmen hated tergiversation, and did not like to be betrayed, and were opposed to the present alteration in the Corn Laws. Lord Lincoln, after an apology for his irregularity in ad- dressing the House a second time, proceeded to reply to what he called the prepared and elaborate attack of Lord G. Ben- tinck, who had reserved his " envenomed bitterness" against him for the present occasion. He would not detain the House at present by any attempt to explain his hustings speeches, but would confine his observations to the charge brought against hie conduct at the last election for South Notts. The Noble Lord ought to have taken warning by the fate of Mr. Hildyard, who had cut a most miserable figure on the hustings, in con- sequence of having rashly charged him and his committee of bribery, and of having struck, when challenged, from the proof of his accusations. He told Lord G. Bentinck to his teeth that it was untrue that he ( Lord Lincoln) had been guilty of either bribery or corruption. Considering the ordinary legal expenses which candidates were compelled to incur in contesting counties, his late contest for Nottinghamshire had been a cheap contest, and he courted a comparison of the expenses which he had been compelled to incur, with those of any county election which had been recently disputed. Whilst on that subject, he reminded Lord G. Bentinck that a member of his Lordship's family had subscribed largely to the expenses of his opponent, and that he could mention the exact amount of that subscrip- tion, if he was anxious to hear it. Under such circumstances it might have been more prudent, and perhaps more dignified, if Lord G. Bentinck had refrained from making this most un- founded and most unprovoked attack upon him at the very moment of his retaking his seat in the House, and at a period of the debate when he could not regularly reply to it. Sir C. Burrell then asked leave to withdraw his amendment; but was met with a loud cry of" No, no," from the Ministerial and Liberal Members. An animated discussion took place on this point of form. At one period of it, a motion for the adjournment of the debate was made by Mr. Law, but was subsequently abandoned in consequence of the interference of Sir R. Peel. At last leave was granted to withdraw the amendment. The report was received, and the bill was ordered to be printed, and to be read a third time on Monday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the House adjourned. MONDAY, MAY 11. THE CORN BILL. Sir J. Graham moved the order of the day for the third reading of the Corn Importation Bill. The Marquis of Granby moved, as an amendment, that the bill be read a third time that day six months. ( Cheers.) He considered the principle of free trade unfair and dangerous to the best interests of the country. He believed that many of the most intelligent manufacturers in the country were of opinion that free trade would be injurious to the empire. In his opinion, the object of the Corn Laws was much misunder- stood. He believed the object of those laws was to supply food at a moderate and constant price. The Noble Marquis then proceeded to state his objections to the bill before the House. It was said that protection was the bane of agriculture; if that was so, was it not also the bane of manufacture. ( Hear.) Was it bad for one interest and good for another ? It could not be. He thought a farmer who threw off his coat on a cold day in December would act just about as wisely as he who would take off all protection to British agriculture. ( Hear.) He was con- vinced that doing away with the Corn Laws would bring hus- bandry into decay, and leave the agricultural interest to starve. It would be of no use to have corn cheap if the poor had no money to purchase it. ( Hear, hear.) The Noble Marquis read a letter written in 1610 by Lord Francis Roos, showing that the introduction of foreign corn was but another name for the exportation of English money ; that if such importation were allowed it would take away the benefit from husbandry that, if the benefit were taken from husbandry, husbandry would decay ; and that, if husbandry decayed, the poor must perish of want of work, the ill effect of which wouid be seen in the conversion of tillage land into sheep walks, to the great injury of the common weal: under such circumstances he thought that Sir Robert Peel might have continued to defend the existing Corn Laws. At any rate the Right Hon. Baronet ought not to have proposed so great a social revolution as the repeal of them would occasion, on such flimsy pretences as those which he had recently brought forward. He did not believe that the present measures would pass the Legislature, but if they should, he hoped that his anticipations of evil from them would be incorrect, and that the anticipations of Sir R. Peel, however uncertain and vague they might appear at pre- sent, might be ultimately verified. Mr. Gaskell, in seconding the amendment, contrasted the speeches of Sir J. Graham and Sir R. Peel in 1842, in favour of the existing Corn Laws, with their speeches in 1846 in favour of their repeal. He knew that it had been said that the present struggle of the Protectionists was a hopeless one, and that the cause of protection was doomed; but it would be a lasting satisfaction to them as a party to have continued to the last their adherence to a system by which the country had risen to an unparallelled height of fame, prosperity, and power; and that in the performance of their public duties they had not abandoned or betrayed the interests committed to their charge. Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Flover next spoke; their addresses being directly chiefly to the operation of the Poor Law, and the wages of labourers in Dorsetshire. Sir J. Easthope expressed, on behalf of his constituency at Leicester, their obligation to the Premier for daring to break through the trammels of party, and for conferring on the country one of the greatest boons which it had ever received, and from which it would receive incalculable benefit for ages to come. Mr. Miles was surprised that no Minister had risen to reply to the two able speeches of the noble mover and seconder of the amendment. He then proceeded to show by a variety of returns, that the Corn Law of 1842, as compared with the Corn Law of 1828, had proved a moderate protection to the producer, had given food at a moderate price to the consumer, and had been highly beneficial in a fiscal point of view to the Exchequer. He therefore recommended the House to let well alone, and to abstain from adopting a monstrous innovation, under which it would be impracticable for the British land- owner, with his heavy taxation, to compete with the com- paratively untaxed foreign cultivator, more especially when a perfectly free trade was established in corn in 1849. By the course the Protectionists had adopted they hid afforded a great moral lesson to their successors. They had . ot deserted their principles or pledges; they had acted from na selfish or interested motives ; though defeated they remained unshaken amidst the wreck of principles and party. ( Cheers ) ty might be said they had obstructed the present measuie •, but it was because they would not go against all previous prin ciplesand declarations, and because they refused to give their sanction to novel measures brought forward by one who w anted political firmness and constancy, attributes indispensable to ever/ great statesman. ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was at a IOSS to understand what, could possibly have induced the Right Hon. Baronet to turn his back, on his friends. ( Hear, hear.) There might have been difficulties, but those difficulties his supporters were ready to meet. They were ready to relieve Ireland. Ireland, therefore, could not be thrown in their teeth. Recol- lecting the period when, in 1835, with a party of 150, he sat with the Right Hon. Baronet listening to the enunciation of principles which he then applauded, and which he still retained, he could not help feeling that he was placed, as it were, in a situation in which he had been deserted by his leader, and that the whole weight of the argument was made to devolve on those who formerly took but little part in the discussion. ( Hear, hear.) That House, however, might pasi the measure, but it was not the place where the question would be finally settled. The bill had to go through another ordeal—( hear, hear);— it must undergo another ordeal in another House, through which ordeal every bill must pass before it became law. ( Hear.) There it would not be affected by political clamour or by modern notions of political economy. The policy on which Government came into office would there be thoroughly sifted—( hear)— and if it should be found that a law had already been introduced which had already lowered prices, and which at the same time gave protection to the farmer, that circumstance would cause another assembly to pause, and to interpose between the people and that Minister who only held office now at the will of his former opponents. ( Cheers.) Sir J. Graham observed, that though the House was evidently weary of this debate, and though the public was sighing for the settlement of this question, which had now been hanging in the balance for more than two months, he must still out of respect to the Marquis of Granby and Mr. Gaskell, delay the division for a short time by replying to their able and animated speeches. The Noble Marquis and Mr. Miles had both antici- pated that this measure would meet defeat in another place. He would not, like them, make any prophecy ; but his antici- pation was that this question, after the discussions which had recently taken place in Parliament and elsewhere, was com- pletely settled, and that the free importation of corn would speedily be the law cf the land. As one who had a deep interest in agriculture he differed from Lord G. Bentinck, and did not think that either the landlord or the farmer had derived any benefit from these protracted discussions ; on the contrary, if he were asked whom these discussions had affected most, injuriously, he should reply 41 the farmers." There was now in this country an accumulation of 1,500,000 quarters of foreign wheat. When Parliament met in January, all the foreign corn then in the country might have been admitted at once into the market with benefit to the consumer, and without detriment to the producer. But now, he repeated, there was a large accu- mulation of foreign corn in the country, owing to the various importations of it which had gradually taken place in the last three months; and the effect of this long delay would be to cause a large influx of it to pour into the market just at the time of the approaching harvest. He could not agree with Mr. Miles that the existing Corn Law was a good financial measure ; for as a fiscal measure it was not right to levy a fixed duty of revenue on an article of first necessity like wheat. Neither could he agree with Mr. Miles that the producer was satisfied with the existing law; but even if the producer were satisfied he was not the only party concerned; for the great body of the consumers must be considered, and they were dis satisfied. He then proceeded to argue that the laws restricting the importation of corn into this country were not conducive to the welfare of the labourer and the tiller of the soil; and went into what he called the Irish part of the case. He asserted that the report of the Poor Law Commissioner in Ireland fully sustained the assertion of Ministers as to the extent of the famine of that country; but though the Irish case was one of great pressure already, and would force itself on the attention of the House more and more every day, he had never stated that his support of this measure rested entirely upon it. The Irish case had precipitated his decision ; but views of general policy, affecting the commercial, moral, and social condition of the country, had previously convinced him that a repeal of the existing restrictions on corn had become urgently and indispensably necessary. He called upon the House to consider the effect of the existing Corn Laws on our home and foreign trade. The foreign trade could only be sup- ported by articles taken in exchange. Now the high price of provisions prevented the home consumer from purchasing our manufactures. That circumstance paralysed the home market, and the paralysis of the home market served as a stimulus for i foreign exportation; that again led to a glut in the foreign markets, that glut was injurious to our foreign customers, and thus a derangement of commerce took place, which, in its ulti- mate result, was equally injurious to the home and foreign trade. The effect of such a state of things was most pernicious to the comfort and happiness of the labouring classes, first in the manufacturing and afterwards in the agricultural counties. For the first could not be prosperous without inducing the prosperity of the latter, nor in adverse circumstances without affecting the other with their adversity. He then proceeded to contend that it was for the interest not only of the agricultural labourer, but also of the tenant farmer and the landlord, to obtain a steady price for agricultural produce, and that such steady price could only be obtained by a relaxation of restric- tion, and a free importation of corn. He told the Hon. Mem- bers in the gangway that they had no right to boast that they represented the landed interest exclusively, considering that in Lancashire, the seat of the cotton manufacture, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Burlington, and Lord F. Egerton, all large landowners, were in favour of Free Trade in Corn— that in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the seat of the woollen manufacture, Earl Fitzwilliam also supported the same views of commercial policy— and that in Lanarkshire, the seat of Scotch manufac- tures, the Duke of Hamilton, one of the largest proprietors in Scotland, also upheld the same principles. If this measure were passed, he did not believe that any considerable fall below that of the last three years would take place in the price of corn ; hut he was quite certain that the people would find in it a security against any sudden rise in the price of it in future. The real truth of all the arguments on this subject had been well summed up by Lord Grenville in 1815, who first asserted that laws restricting the supply of food could not produce plenty, cheapness, and steadiness of price, and then expressed his belief that monopoly must always be the parent of scarcity, dearness, and uncertainty. Such being the case, he was anxi- ous that this bill should pass unmutilated and unaltered. He believed that it would protect the labourer against dear food— that it would secure to the farmer certainty in his speculations and profits— that it would reconcile the interests of the land- lords with those of the rest of the community— that it would extend our commerce and place our relations with foreign powers on the most amicable footing— and that it would be memorable in our history for securing the prosperity, content, peace, and happiness of the great body of the people, without reference to the exclusive interests of any peculiar class. Mr. Cayley contended that when Lord Grenville said mono- poly was the parent of scarcity he could not have meant to apply that remark to the Corn Laws. They were protective, not prohibitory. With respect to the remark which the Right Hon. Baronet made respecting the Hon. Members who sat below the gangway, he must be permitted to observe that he thought it ungenerous. Those gentlemen did not assume to themselves the exclusive representation of the landed interest; on the contrary, it was given to them from every quarter of the House except their own. The Right Hon. Baronet appeared to attach great importance to the authority of the large landed proprie- tors who had declared in favour of the Government measure, but it should be recollected that they formed precisely the class least likely to be seriously affected by the intended alteration in the Corn Laws. It was the small occupiers who could not pass unscathed' under the terrible infliction which the proposed change would bring with it. If they could by any legislation convert these small landed proprietors into capitalists and men of education he would not be afraid to expose them to foreign competition; but these small occupants were generally men who had risen from the labouring classes, and in education were below many servants of families. The men who had risen from the source he had indicated formed the majority of the farmers, and those who had large capital and education formed the exception. If he could be perfectly certain that a fall in price would not take place, and that the labouring classes would still be able to obtain employment, he would bow to the opinions of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He maintained the opinion which he had hitherto held, that the Corn Law must be regarded not only for the interest of the landlords and tenants, but for that of the labourers also; and he was the more convinced of this when he remembered the terrible results which followed a fall of prices. With regard to steadiness of price, he remembered that the point occupied much of the attention of the committee of 1836, and his impression was that the conclusion to which the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary at that period came was that the Corn Law did produce steadiness of price. Indeed it appeared that the price had varied in this country considerably less than might have been expected. The qaestion had never been fairly put to the working classes. They had only been asked whether they would prefer cheap bread, being left to infer that wages would remain the same. The fact was that it was a dangerous experiment, the perils of which the poor man would have principally to sustain. ( Hear, hear.) The advocates of the measure were loud in their praises of the non- interference doctrine. Why then did they censure the Irish absentee ? ( Hear, hear.) Why did they support a Poor Law? ( Hear, hear.) Why did they restrict banking ? ( Hear, hear.) Why did they interfere with railways ? ( Hear, hear.) Why did they quariel with the Duke of Newcastle for asserting his right to do what he pleased with his own ? ( Hear, hear.) Was not the assertion that property had its duties as well as its rights a direct contradiction of the non- interference doctrine ? ( Hear, hear.) He complained of the factory system ; but he was told that profit, cheapness, and Free Trade were of the greatest importance. So they were; but not all- important, and he was one of those who thought that, important as they were, there were considerations of higher moment still, and these were religion, morality, virtue, loyalty, and patriotism. ( Cheers.) Mr. Newdegate moved the adjournment of the debate, which was agreed to. MR. O'BRIEN— On the motion of Mr. Butler, a copy of the warrant under which Mr. William Smith O'Brien was committed to the custody of the Serjeant at Arms was ordered to be laid on the table. The orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned. TUESDAY, MAY 12. The reports on the following bills were considered and agreed to— North Staffordshire Railway ( Pottery Line); North Staf- fordshire Railway ( Churnet Valley Line); North Staffordshire Railway ( Harecastle to Sandbach); Buckinghamshire Railway ( Oxford and Bletchley Junction). Mr. Spooner gave notice, that on that day fortnight he should move for leave to bring in a bill for the more effectual preven- tion of prostitution, and the better protection of females. CORN LAW— ADJOURNED DERATE.— On the order of the day for the resumption of the adjourned debate on the Corn Importation Bill, Mr. Hillyard denied that he had attributed bribery to the Earl of Lincoln, at the recent election for South Nottingham- shire, and retracted the charge as regarded the Nottingham Free Trade Committee. Mr. Newdegate resumed the adjourned debate, contending that the repeal of the Corn Laws would derange our whole monetary system. Mr. G. Palmer also opposed the Bill. During the speech of the Hon. Member an ineffectual attempt was made to count out the House, which for a considerable time was very thinly attended. A discussion ensued, shared in by Mr. Plumptre, Captain Polhiil, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Hastie, Sir J. Walsh, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. F. Scott, and other Hon. Members. Mr. Colquhoun moved the adjournment of the debate until Thursday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. The Worcester and Weedon and the Hampton and Ashchurch Railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be com- mitted. FACTORIES BILL.— Mr. Fielden moved the resumption of the adjourned debate on this Bill. Mr. Colquhouu supported the second reading, on the ground that experience proved that a reduction of the hours of labour of the operatives had proved not injurious but highly beneficial to their physical, social, and moral interests. He therefore recommended the Legislature to assent to the reduction now proposed, as by so doing it would mitigate the sore and angry feeling existing in the manufacturing districts on the part of the operatives against their employers, who were making enormous fortunes, whilst they were crushed to the earth by diminishing wages. Mr. Labouchere maintained that the proposal then before the House was neither more nor less than one to diminish by one- sixth the productive power of the great manufactures of the country. The adoption of such a measure was fraught with danger to the permanent interests of the working classes. If the House adopted the principle of interfering with labour in our factories, it must adopt it generally in all labour throughout the country, and must turn one- third of the people into com- missioners to watch the hours passed in labour by the other two- thirds. Such a state of things, if possible would be intolerable, and he therefore implored the House not to extend its legislation to matters which could not legitimately be com- prehended within it. A reduction of wages must follow the passing of this Bill; and he was convinced that if the working people could be convinced of the certainty of that result, they would as one man protest against it. Mr. W, Cowper contended, on the authority of the number of petitions presented in favour of this Bill, that the operatives cared more about it than they did about any other measure— ay, more than they did about the repeal of the Corn Laws. Their delegates had published a memorial, in which they had stated the readiness of the working classes to accept a reduction of the hours of labour, and to leave the value and the price of labour to be arranged between themselves and their employers. They were ready to run all risks if this change were but made. The Corn Laws, he trusted, were on the point of being repealed, and therefore the advocates of this measure, acting on the admission of Mr. Henry Ashworth and the Messrs. Marshall, were justified in expecting, that though the money wages of the operatives might be somewhat lower in case it were made law, the labourers themselves would not be worse off in conse- quence of the simultaneous reduction which would take place in the price of food. At the same time he was not prepared to admit that there must be a diminution of produce as a result of the diminution of the hours of work. If the master manu- facturers continued to withold their assent from this Bill, they must expect to be told, as they had told the landowners, that their interests could not be allowed to stand in the way of the interests of the great mass of the people. Mr. Dennistoun opposed the Bill. Lord J. Manners considered that this question was virtually settled out of doors, inasmuch as the affections and passions of the people, as well as their deliberate opinions and convictions, were eniisted in its favour. He then proceeded to examine the facts, figures, and inquiries, into which Sir J. Graham had plunged, in order to vindicate his opposition to this Bill, and pointed out the inconsistency of the master manufacturers, in boasting, on the discussion for the repeal of the Corn Laws, that they did not care for the miserable protection of twenty per cent, upon manufactures, and in declaring on the present occasion, that so great was the press of foreign competition that they could not stand against it, if the protection which they en- joyed in working their operatives twelve hours a- day, were taken from them. He also trusted that the House would not forget the ceaseless ridicule of the bugbear of foreign competition which it had recently heard night, after night from the master manufacturers, who supported the doctrines of free trade. He denied the assumption of Sir J. Graham, that this Bill would reduce the wages of the working man, and treated with some scorn his calculation that it would be tantamount to the imposi- tion of a tax of sixteen per cent, on the working people. He believed that, instead ol' wages falling in consequence of the T H E W O R C E S T E R S H I R E G U A R D I A N , SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1 8 4 6 . adoption of this Bill, they would only be spread more equally over the surface of the whole year's labour; and that instead of a period of intolerable toil, followed by a period of no work at all, there would be an equal flow of laboui from one end of the year to the other. Mr. Trelawney contended that the working classes did not foresee the ultimate consequences of this measure, and that it was as necessary to resist their demands for its concession as it • was when they demanded other foolish and absurd panaceas for their sufferings. They might as well adopt a minimum price for labour as a minimum for labour itself. If they limited the hours of labour in our manufactories, why should they not limit them in the rural districts during the harvest season ; and in London, when the attractions of the fashionable world pressed so heavily on the rest and comforts of its 15,000 milliners ? Sir R. Inglis asserted that the Government had long ago conceded to the interference with labour, and that the point now at issue was, whether we had arrived at the point beyond which interference ought not to go. He contended that he had not, and was therefore prepared to support this bill, which was not the offspring of an enthusiast of the last or present genera- tion, but of a master manufacturer, who had at one time worked up one hundredth part of all the cotton imported into the country. Me then called Sir James Graham to account for having stated that the House had never sanctioned by its vote a ten hours' bill. Sir J. Graham, in reply, contended that in 1844 the ten hours' proposition had only been raised once substantially, and that then it had been rejected by the House. Mr. S. Crawford supported the Bill, on the ground that the prolonged hours of labour interfered with the education, morality, and all the social relations of the community. They were also producing a physical deterioration in the race of men who inhabited the manufacturing districts, as was proved by the constant complaints of the recruiting officers, who formerly got our best soldiers from them, and who now stated that the difficulty of obtaining tall and able- bodied men there was daily increasing. Mr. Duncan was convinced that this measure would prove ruinous to trade, and consequently to the interests of those for " whose benefit it was intended. Sir G. Grey declared his intention of supporting the second reading, but at the same time guarded himself against the idea of being supposed to acquiesce in the details of the Bill. He should be prepared to vote against the third clause, and to support the first clause, fixing the hours of labour at eleven. Mr. Brotherton briefly expressed his reasons for supporting the Bill. Mr. Cardwell opposed the bill, on the ground that it would be deeply injurious to 800,000 hard- working manufacturers, whose subsistence was directly dependent upon the wages which they received for their labour. He called upon the House not to curtail the amount of wages on the one hand, whilst it was diminishing the price of the necessaries of life on the other. This measure, if passed into law, would bring about first a contention between masters and men on the subject of wages, and afterwards a period of common suffering to both. Mr. Ward then moved the adjournment of the debate, which was agreed to. On the question that the debate be adjourned to Monday some discussion took place, which would have been followed by a division had not the Clerk, on seeing that it was ( j o'clock, read the standing order, that the House should on Wednesdays adjourn at that hour. The Speaker immediately left the chair, and the House broke up. THURSDAY, MAY 14. A number of petitions on various subjects was presented. Private business occupied the time of the House until past six o'clock. In reply to questions from Mr. T. Duncombe, Sir R. Peel said he would adhere to the routine of public business which he hati alreauy laid down. He would propose, in the first instance, to go on with the third reading of the Corn Bill; after which he would give an opportunity of taking the sense of the House on the Settlement Bill ( according to the pledge he had formerly given upon some stage prior to the committee. He would then proceed with the remaining stages of the Tariff Bill. He was very anxious to proceed with the Sugar Duties and the Budget; but, in order that the Factories Bill might not again be brought forward on a Wednesday, he would give the earliest Government day to the continuance of the discussion on that question ; and, if it should be the desire of the House, he would allow it to be discussed instead of the Settlement Bill, immediately after the Corn Bill should be dis- posed of. CANADA— COMMERCIAL POLICY.— Lord G. Bentinck, in moving " for copies of the speech of Earl Cathcart, the Governor- General of the Canadas, to the Legislative Assembly of those provinces— of the despatches which he had addressed to Mr. Gladstone, the Colonial Secretary, remonstrating against certain presumed changes in the Imperial commercial policy,— and of any petition from the Quebec Board of Trade addressed to the same high functionary, on the subject of apprehended changes in the Imperial tariff affecting the produce of the Canadas," observed that he considered it very important that the attention of the House should be called to these documents before it finally decided on the fate of the Corn Bill. Earl Cathcart had, in his address to the Legislative Assembly, observed that the last intelligence from the mother country indicated that important changes were about to be made in the commercial policy of Great Britain— that he had pressed on the Imperial Government the necessity of preserving the exist- ing relations between the Canadas and the mother country unimpaired— and that he had recommended the Canadians until they received further information from Great Britain, to antici- pate that their claims to a just measure of protection would not be overlooked. Earl Cathcart had since assured them that in every measure calculated to secure to them that just protec- tion, they should have his hearty co- operation. Surely it was a matter of serious consideration for that House, when they found the Governor- General of the Canadas telling their Legis- lative Assembly that he would co- operate with them against the policy of the mother country. Besides this declaration, there were other indications of the dissatisfaction which was felt in the Canadas in consequence of the recent adherence of her Majesty's Minister to the doctrines of Free Trade. A meeting had been held at Toronto a few days before the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, in which there was a distinct intimation given, that the adoption of our new commercial policy might drive the Canadas into annexation with the United States. Similar language had also been employed by the Attorney- General of the province, and this language he quoted at con- siderable length. It therefore became the House gravely to reflect, whether it would adopt measures which would deprive us altogether of those valuable provinces. Mr. Roebuck seconded the motion, though he could not at all support the opinions upon which the Noble Lord had founded it. Sir G. Clerk said there was no objection to the production of the papers moved for by the Noble Lord, but he would add to the motion the return of the answers to the documents referred to, in order to give the views of the Government also upon the question. The motion was finally agreed to, after which the remaining business was disposed of, and the House adourned. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, MAY 14. ROYAL ASSENT— The Royal Assent was given to- day by Commission to the Exehequer- bills Bill (£ 18.380,200), the Indemnity Qualification Offices Bill, the Insolvent Debtors' Continuance Bill, the Burghs ( Scotland) Bill, the Great Western Railway Improvement Bill, and several other bills. The Bishop of Hereford presented a petition, praying their Lordships to adopt some measure whereby the sale of intoxi- cating liquors might at least be prevented on Sunday, if not entirely prohibited on all days. A vast number of petitions was presented against the Charit- able Trusts Bill, and against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. CORN IMPORTATION— Lord Stanley begged to call the attention of the Noble Earl ( Dalhousie) to the propriety of laying upon the table returns connected with the importation of grain into this country. He wished to have the fullest information on this point. A return had been made of the corn which had been imported from Ireland in the month of February last. He wished this return to be extended to the months of March and April. He also wished to have a return of the number of corn laden ships from the different countries of Europe and America, specifying the proportion of British ships, ships belonging to the places whence the corn was imported, and other foreign ships. In addition to these returns, to which he hoped the Noble Lord would not object, he would now beg to ask for an explanation of certain discrepancies which appeared to exist in the returns already on the table with regard to this matter. The Earl of Dalhousie said he hart no objection to the laying of the returns wished for by the Noble Earl upon the table of their Lordships House. His Lordship briefly explained an error to which the Noble Lord had alluded as having been made in the returns already made. Lord Brougham moved for a return of the quantity of corn taken out of bond during the last two years. Earl Dalhousie said the motion was perfectly unnecessary, inasmuch as that return was already on their Lordship's table, After a few words from Lord Ashburton, the motion was withdrawn. The Marquis of Normanby presented a petition from a res- pectable medical gentleman in Ireland, who said he had in- vented a medicine for the cure of diseases of the chest and stomach, and praying their Lordships would take measures for recommending it; probably he might wish the appointment of a committee of their Lordships to try it. ( Laughter.) On the motion of Lord Mounteagle, a message was ordered to be sent to the House of Commons for papers relating to the taxation of foreign countries, and the income tax of this country.— Adjourned. AMERICA. Important accounts from Washiugton to the 21st ult. and from New York to the 23rd inclusive, were received at Liver- pool on Tuesday last, by the packet ship Liverpool, Captain Eldridge. We learn by these advices that the Oregon notice passed by the Senate had been amended by the House of Representatives. The amended form was rejected by the Senate, then insisted upon by the House, and, ultimately, committees of conference were appointed by the two Houses to compromise the dispute. The amendments of the House of Representatives were as follows :— Where, in the Senate resolution, one object of giving the notice was declared to be, " that the attention of the two Governments may be more earnestly and immediately devoted to renewed efforts for the amicable adjustment of all their differences and disputes in respect to said territory," the House substituted—" be the more earneastly directed to the import- ance of a speedy adjustment of all their differences and disputes in respect to said territory." The word " amicable," it will be observed, is here stricken out. The second section of the Senate resolution anthorizes the President, at his discretion, to give the notice ; the House proposes to authorize and request the President to give the notice,— the phrase " at his discre- tion," being stricken out. Should the Committee of Conference fail to arrive at an understanding, as the Senate still refuse to " recede" from its disagreement, the notice will entirely fail. On the 18th ult. the Oregon Occupation Bill passed the House of Representatives, in an amended shape. Ayes, J 03; Nays, 46. The charge against Mr. Webster had fallen into universal discredit, and had recoiled upon Mr. Ingersoll with most damaging effect. Further news has been brought by the Caledonia, which arrived in Liverpool yesterday ( Thursday) morning ; the intel- ligence augurs well for the maintenance of peace between the two countries. It is our pleasing duty to announce that, the result of the conference between the Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives is the acceptance of the peace amendments of the former body. The Conference Committee were unanimous on the subject. We may therefore now look upon it that the Senate of the United States, which is part and parcel of the treaty- making power, have by a large majority— much larger than is required by the Constitution of America to give effect to a treaty— declared that they advise notice as a means of " amicable settlement." The warriors of the House of Representatives are therefore- completely discomfited. The important proceedings of the Conference occurred on the 23rd. On that day M. Berrien, from the Committee of Con « ference, reported that there had been an unanimous agreement of the Committee, and that the form of notice agreed on was as follows, being a restoration of the preamble of Mr. Crittenden, with some unimportant alterations. The resolution is unaltered. " A JOINT RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE OREGON TERRITORY.— Whereas, by the convention concluded the 20th day of October, 1818, between the United States of America and the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the period of 10 years, and afterwards indefinitely % xtended and continued in force by another convention of the same parties, concluded the Gth day of August, in the year of our Lord 1827, it was agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north- west coast of America, westward of the Stony or Rocky mountains, now commonly called the Oregon territory, should, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be ' free and open' to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two powers, but without prejudice to any claim which either of the parties might have to any part of the said country; and with this further provision, in the second article of the said convention of the 6th of August, 1827, that either party might abrogate and annul the said convention, on giving due notice of 12 months to the other contracting party— " And whereas it has now become desirable that the respective claims of the United States and Great Britain should be defi- nitely settled, and that said territory may no longer than need be remain subject to the evil consequences of the divided allegiar ce of its American and British population, and of the confusion and conflict of national jurisdictions, dangerous to the cherished peace and good understanding of the two countries— " With a view, therefore, that steps be taken for the abro- gation of the said convention of the 6th of August, 1827, in the mode prescribed in its second article, and that the attention of the Governments of both countries may be the mere earnestly and immediately directed to the adoption of all proper measures for a speedy and amicable adjustment of the difficulties and disputes in respect to said territory :— " Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorised, at his dis- cretion, to give the British Government the notice required by its said second article for the abrogation of the said convention of the 6th of August, 1827." Mr. Allen said, if he understood the resolution now proposed by the conference, the part of it which authorised the notice was precisely the same as that passed by the Senate and sent to the House. Mr. Berrien responded that the Senator was correct. The resolution was the same. Mr. Allen— Then the labour of the conferees has resulted in a return in substance, though with a slight variation in the phraseology, of the preamble and resolution, as they were originally reported to the Senate. For reasons he had before given, he should vote against the resolutions reported by the Committee. Mr. Cameron explained the grounds upon which he should vote for concurrence. These were, in substance, that the main thing was to give the notice; and the report agreed on by the conferees did this. His preference was for the notice in its naked form ; but the notice itself was more important than the form. Without further debate the motion was taken, and the report concurred in by a vote of 42 to 10. Mr. Pakenham, our minister, has expressed the opinion that the form of notice which has been adopted by Congress will greatly contribute to bring about an honourable and pacific adjustment of the question. If the President adheres to the spirit in which it was couched, and presents it in that proper form to the British Government, there is little doubt it will be met at once in a reciprocal tone. The solemn responsibility of carrying out the views of Congress faithfully now rests upon the executive. ILocal SnteUirjencs. The Railway Share Market has been improving during the last week. The latest quotations of Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton shares are 8|, being 3| dis. Welsh Midlands stand at lg-, and South Wales 2i. With regard to the Government measure for ascertaining the feelings of the scripholders in the several newly projected railway undertakings numerous meetings have been held during the week, and amongst others the scripholders in the following nearly local schemes have resolved upon proceeding with the several undertakings :— Buckinghamshire, Oxford, and Bletchley. Cheltenham and Oxford. Birmingham and Oxford. Bristol and South Wales. North Staffordshire. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Shrewsbury and Birmingham. South Staffordshire Junction. The following have resolved to wind up immediately:— Midland and Eastern Counties ( Worcester and Weedon line.) And the Companies enumerated below have given the requisite notices for holding meetings to affirm or dissolve : — Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire. Warwickshire and London. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ( amendment Act.) OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.— We stated in a recent number of our paper that the whole of the con- tracts advertised for had been taken. We are now in a position to state that the Dudley contract for works is taken by Messrs. Buxton and Clark, of Sheffield ; the two Wor- cester contracts, by Mr. Henry Oldham, of Southam; and the Mickleton Tunnel contract, bv Messrs. Gale and Warden, of Gloucester. Of course the directors have taken care to bind the contractors to the completion of their contracts within a given time, and they are also bound to commence operations within 21 days from the time of signing the contract. WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER The Standing Orders Committee of the House of Commons on Tuesday decided that the parties to this important line should not be allowed to proceed with their Bill. This extraordinary decision is directly at variance with the precedents set by the Committee itself in former decisions on similar cases. WARWICK AND WORCESTER.— The Bill for this line was on Tuesday thrown out by the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Lords. WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON ( HAMPTON AND BAN- BURY BRANCH). The Standing Orders Committee on Friday decided that in this case the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed with theit bill. BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION.— This bill came before the Committee in Group 31, yesterday. It was unop- posed, and evidence as to its length, amount of capital, & c., having been given, the Committee immediately passed the preamble, and agreed to the clauses without alteration. GLOUCESTER AND HEAN FOREST.— This bill also went into Committee yesterday, in the same group. Mr. Whateley stated that this scheme was promoted by some merchants in the city of Gloucester, and by the Great Western and South Wales Railway Company, and it was intended to make a railway from the Great Western Railway at Gloucester, to join the Monmouth and Hereford Railway at a place called Westbury- on- the- Severn, thus completing that portion of the Monmouth and Hereford Railway, which but for being thrown out in the Standing Orders' Committee, would no doubt have been passed last year. The second object which they had in view was to join the South Wales Railway in the parish of Awre, in the city of Gloucester, thus completing the railway from South Wales to Gloucester, and the third object was to make a branch for the conveyance of coals from the main line at Awre to the Gloucester docks. The length of the line from Gloucester to the South Wales Railway was fifteen miles and a half, the branch to join the Monmouth and Hereford Railway one mile and two furlongs, and the branch to Gloucester docks one mile and two furlongs, and the estimated expense £ 320,000. After the examination of Mr. Brunei, who spake to the course of the line and the nature of the engineering peculiarities, Mr. Crowder, on the part of the Wye and Severn Canal Company was about to cross- examine him, but after some argument it was decided by the Committee, that that Company had no locus standi before them. The Committee then adjourned. BIRMINGHAM AND LEICESTER DIRECT.— The directors of the Birmingham and Leicester Direct Railway, undaunted by the repeated demonstrations of the dissentients, are determined to use every exertion to pass their bill. MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES.— This concern, as above stated, is amongst the list of schemes about to be wound up. A meeting of scripholders in the company was held oil Friday, at the Loudon Tavern, when many inter- esting particulars were developed. The scheme is for a line from Cambridge to Worcester, with a capital of £ 1,525,000, in 65,000 shares of £ 25 each, with a deposit of £ 2. 12s. Gd. per share. Though according to a report of the managing committee the number of applications exceeded the number of shares, only 35,000 were allotted, leaving a reserve of 30,000 in the hands of the directors. 18,160 shares only were paid upon, and out of a provisional committee of 68 persons, sixteen only chose to pay a farthing in support of the undertaking, these sixteen taking amongst them 1320 shares. Without consultation with the shareholders, but on their own responsibility, the directors then abandoned one- half of the line, or that part of it between Weedon and Wor- cester, reducing their estimated capital to £ 750,000. We now come to the expense incurred, surveys having been made and plans having been deposited for the whole line, one- half of which are now, of course, useless. The receipts were £ 47,000, and the expenses ( including engineers and sur- veyors, £ 13,455, and solicitors' bill, £ 13,597,) £ 30,876; but there are other sums still owing, which would leave a remainder of £ 6,240, which, in the event of the concern being wound up, would give a return of lis. 9d. upon each share ! so that the expenditure has been at the enormous rate of £ 2. Os. 9d. a share, the bill not having gone into committee. Very strong observations were made by some of the share- holders present on this subject, and every hand present wits raised for the immediate winding up of the concern ; but the meeting, owing to the omission of an advertisement in the Times, not having been legally convened according to the resolutions of the House of Commons, it was agreed that another meeting should be called for this clay week.— Yester- day this bill was brought before the Railway Committee on Group XXX. Mr. O'Malley, on the part of the promoters of the bill, after the usual preliminary proceedings, proceeded to lay before the Committee the merits of the bill. At present, he said, Cambridge was the. focus of several railways— one of t . ese, connecting Cambridge and Norwich, Cambridge and London, and Cambridge and Bury. The object of the pre- sent railway was to connect Cambridge and Weedon, and by that means to connect Yarmouth, Harwich, and other ports on the eastern coasts with those on the western coasts bv a direct line, instead of having to go round by the port of London, as is the case at present. The line they originally proposed was one from Cambridge to Worcester, and many of the difficulties they had laboured under were occasioned by their connexion with Worcester, for the London and Bir- mingham considered that that district belonged to them. But this was not the only difficulty they had to encounter, The South- Western Company, who at first entered warmly into their interests, after inducing them to alter their course and make, their surveys for a line to Evesham, had then deserted them. They then found themselves obiiyed to give up that portion of their line as far as Worcester. It was then so late that they were compelled to make deposits of alternative lines, thus considerably increasing the preliminary expenses. At present they proposed to construct a line only to Weedon; here it might be as well for him to state that if the London and Birmingham Company should succeed in their line from Worcester to Northampton, so as to meet their Peterborough line, that they proposed to have a clause inserted in the ( Midland and Eastern line) Bill, to carry their line only as far as White Alills, to run then into the London and Bir- mihgnam Railway. From this it would be evident that the bill at present was virtually for a line to White Mills, from a conviction that the London and Birmingham Company would proceed with their line. The learned Counsel then proceeded to point out the advantages which would result from the bill. Afterwards a discussion arose on the subject of the intended wind up, and it was at length arranged to postpone the bill till the 25th instant, three days after the adjourned meeting. FORGERY OF RAILWAY SCRIP. — In our advertising columns appears a notice from the Buckinghamshire, Oxford, and Bletchley Railway Company, requesting all the scrip in that undertaking to be sent in to be verified, it having been discovered that a large quantity of forged scrip had been circulated. On Friday one John Fabian was examined at the Mansion- house ( London) police office on the charge of having been concerned in this forgery. A Mr. Solomons, a broker, deposed as follows :—" In March a gentleman came to my house and brought with him a Mr. Richards, who said he wanted some money upon a quantity of scrip. He produced 500 shares in the Buckinghamshire and Bletchley and Oxfordshire Junction, and I ultimately lent money on these shares. He gave me a letter, stating that I was at liberty to sell, if they should fall to £ 1 discount per share. I advanced Mr. Richards £ 450 upon the shares, which I afterwards sold. I subsequently advanced him £ 200 upon 200 of the same shares. They were then within an eighth of par, and two guineas had been paid upon each of them. On Wednesday last Mr. Richards called upon me with Mr. Fabian, who, he said, was a friend of his, and I said to him," Mr. Richards, you promised to come and settle the former transaction," to which he replied that he had no money at present, but he expected some in a few days, and he stated that both he and his friend wanted money on the same sort of scrip which I had before. We agreed upon the terms, and Mr. Fabian went away, leaving Mr. Richards at my place. He returned in about an hour and a half, and brought me 400 of these scrip produced. I let them have £ 480. On Friday I received information from my brokers that the scrip were all forgeries. I said that I had a large quantity more, and I produced them, and found that they were all forgeries. I went to the office of Mr. Faulkner and Mr. Fabian, at 75, Old Broad Street, and I asked for Mr. Richards. A person in the office said he was not there." The witness went on to state that he nevertheless found Fabian there, and that on seeing witness he ran away, but afterwards gave himself up. The prisoners Faulkner and Fabian were on Tuesday remanded till Satur- day ( to- morrow), and Mr. Clarke, Mr. Richards, and several others were requested to attend. WORCESTERSHIRE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The first of these delightful exhibitions for the present season took place on Tuesday last, at the Guildhall, in this city, and was, we are happy to say, both numerously and fashionably attended. There was a beautiful display of the early productions of Flora, though in the hyacinth, tulip, and auricula departments, the specimens were scarce, owing to the earliness of the present season. There was a goodly collection of stove and greenhouse plants, though not so many as we have seen on former occasions. There were some tempting strawberries sent in by Mr. Walker, of Norton Villa, and the rhubarb was extraordinarily fine. Auriculas were very scarce: Mr. Barnes, of Evesham, took the first prize, and Mr. Brown, of St. John's, the remaining four prizes. Among the contributions sent in by cottagers, those of J. Broomfield were, as usual, most numerous. There was an improvement in the style of the nosegays: the first prize was certainly the most chaste in design, but the second was very curious, representing a garden laid out with walks and beds. The following is a copy of the prize list:— AURICULAS 1st Prize, Barnes's Governor- General, WM. Harnes, Esq. ; 9nd, 3vd, 4th, and 5th, Mr. Brown. TunPS, Stands of six Blooms.— 1st Prize, Wm. Barnes, Esq.; 2nd, Mr. Brown; 3rd, W. Lewis, Esq.— Single Blooms, Feathered Bizarre : 1st, London Trafalgar, Mr. Boud ; iiui, Due D'Savoy, Mr. Brown.— Flamed Bizarre: 1st, Mr. Brown; 2nd, Mr. Colerick.— Flamed Biblcemen: Ist, Roi De Congo, Mr. Brown; 2nd, Pearson's Prince of Wales, Wm. Barnes, Esq.— Feathered Rose-. 1st, Heroine, Wm. Barnes, Esq.; 2nd, Princess Victoria, Mr. Brown.— Flamed Rose-. Ist, Rose Triomphe Royale, Mr. Brown; 2nd, Mr. Colerick.— SelJ's : 1st, Mr. Colerick ; 2nd, Wm. Barnes, Esq. ANEMONES.— 1st, Captain Ross, Mr. Brown ; 2nd, Rose de Har- lem, ditto. COLLECTIONS NOT IN BASKETS.— 1st, Mr. Cook; 2nd, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. COLLECTIONS IN BASKETS.— 1st, Mr. Bennett; 2nd, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. ORNAMENTAL COLLECTION IN BASKET.— 1st, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. COLLECTION OF SIX GERANIUMS.— 1st, Mrs. Morton. GERANIUMS, SINGLE PLANTS.— lst, Mrs. Morton; 2nd, Mr. Cook; 3rd and 4th, Mrs, Morton; 5th, Mr. Cook; 6th, G. J. A. Walker, Esq. CALCEOLARIAS.— lst, Mr. Bennett; 2nd, Air. Gaunt; 3rd, Mrs. Morton. STOVE PLANTS.— lst, Achimenes Picta, Mr. Cook ; 2nd, Euphorbia, Mrs. Morton; 3rd, Cactus Speciosissima, Mr. Colerick; 4th, Thun- bergia, Mrs. Morton; 5th, Ohio, ditto ; 6th, Stephenotus Floribunda, Mr. Bennett. GREENHOUSE PLANTS.— lst, Zychia Inophylis, T. Hooke, juu., Esq. ; 2nd, Fuschia Hector, ditto ; 3rd, Acliimenes, Mrs. Morton; 4th, Cineraria Splendens, Mr. Bennett; 5th, Mr. Barker; 6th, Fuschia Madonna, T, Hooke, juu., Esq, PANSIES.— 1st, Mr. Ley land; 2nd, Mr. Payton; 3rd, Mr. Bozward; 4th, W. Barnes, Esq. HARDY SIIRUBS.— lst, Rosa Devoniensis, T. Ilooke. jun., Esq.; 2nd, Rose, Mr. Cook. CAVE HEATHS.— lst, T. Iiooke, juu,, Esq.; 2nd, Mr. Hooper; 3rd, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS.— lst, Mr. Ley land; 2nd, Mr. Colerick, NOSEGAYS.— lst, Mr. Colerick ; 2nd, Mr. Payton. PINKS.— Ist, Mr. Bennett; 2nd, Mrs* Morton; 3rd, Mr. Bennett. GRAVES. — Black-. 1st, Mr. Gaunt, 2nd, Mr. Hooper; 3rd, Mr. Gaunt. — fVhite: lst, 2nd, and 3rd, Mr. Hooper. STRAWBERRIES.— G. J. A. Walker, Esq. AI'I'LES DESSERT.— lst, G. J. A. Walker, Esq. ; 2nd, Mr. Hatdy ; 3rd, Mr. Stanton. CUCUMBERS.— lst, Mr. Hardy; 2nd, T. Hooke, jun., Esq. POTATOES.— lst, Mr. Bennett; 2nd, Mr. Cook; 3rd, Mr. Colerick. LETTUCE.— lst, Mr. G. Chamberlain ; 2nd, Mr. Stanton ; 3rd, Mis. Morton. FRENCH BEANS,— lst, Mr. Hardy; 2nd, Mr. Gaunt. ASPARAGUS. — lst and 2nd, Mr. Hardy. RHUBARB, SIX STICKS.— lst, Mr. Barker; 2nd, Mr. Hardy 3rd G. J. A. Walker, Esq. CABBAGES.— lst, G. J. A. Walker, Esq.; 2nd and 3rd, Mr. Cook. EXTRA PRIZES.— lst, Collection, Mr. Hooper; 2nd, Calceolaria, Mr. Stanton; 3rd, Tulip, Brown's Admiral, Mr. Brown; Dish ol' Tulips, Mr. Brown ; 5th, Turban Ranunculuses, ditto; 6th, Heath, Mr. Gaunt; 7th, Stove Plant, Mr. G. Chamberlain; 8th, Pansies, Mr. Leyland; 9th, Cucumbers, Mr. Hardy; 10th, Potatoes, Rev. J. R. Berkeley; 11th, Peaches, Mrs. Morton; 12th, Shaddock, Mr. Bennett; 13th, Collection, Mr. Colerick. COTTAGERS' PRIZES. — 1st, Cabbage, J. Broomfield; 2nd, — Hop- kins: 3rd, J. Broomlield.— Collection of Vegetables: lst and 2nd, J. Broomfield. CITY POLICE. GUILDHALL, SATURDAY, MAY 9. FELONY.— Wm. Dowlan was brought up, on a remand from Thurs- day, charged with stealing a gown from the country Shambles, on the previous day. It belonged to Mr. Randle, of the New Inn, Shambles, and had been hung out to dry. Dowlan was coming away from the place where it was hung, and on its being missed, suspicion immediately fell upon him, and on search being made, it was found in his possession. Committed to prison. MONDAY. FURIOUS DRIVING.— John Gibbons, driver of a fly, was charged, on the information of Captain Hastings, with driving round the corner at the top of Broad Street, at a furiom rate, the wheel of the fly passing over the pavement; Captain Hastings said if he had not been rather expert in his movements he should have been knocked down. He did not press for a penalty, and the driver having expiessed his regret, with a promise of better care in future, the case was dismissed on payment of 5s, Gd. cost*. GAMBLING.— Two ragged urchins named George Richards and Eduiard. Pullen were sent to prison for ten days in default of paying a fine of 2s. 6d. each for gambling on Sunday. DISORDERLY PAUTER.— A singular- looking woman named Ann Bright, whose features indicated that she was anything but a sane person, was brought up on a charge of escaping from the Union Workhouse after a refusal from the Governor, and when brought back behaving herself in a riotous and indecent manner. Mr. JLong- streeth, the Governor, stated that the defendant was subject to fits, and not having any person whom he could send out with her on Sunday afternoon last, he had refused to allow her to leave the house. She thereupon, as was her custom when anything crossed her will, flew into a passion and threatened to destroy herself as soon as she got her liberty. The Governor further stated that she had scaled the large doors of the Union Workhouse, and it was a matter of surprise* to him she had not done herself some serious damage. She had then started oil down a lane leading into the road and fell down in a fit, in which state he found her and carried her back. On recovery she was as violent and abusive as before, which obliged him to lock her up; and finding that she was still in the same disposition, he had thought it advisable to apply to the Bench for their interference. He had frequently applied to the proper authorities for a certificate of her insanity, but he could not obtain one, as she was perfectly sane at times, and would then attend to her business as well as any one else, but her violent temper was a source of annoyance to all around her. The Bench decided on committing her to prison for 14 days. " Then I'll lay me doon an' dee " cried the woman, and straightway fell down in the room, and rolling over on her back, declared she would never stir. Two officers— not medical— were speedily in attendance and raised her, when she said " Ah! you might carry me to gaol if you like, but I won't eat nothing, I'll die first," In this stale she was removed. THREATENING THE POLICE.— An Irishman named Patrick Kelly was charged by Serjeant Chipp with threatening to stab him, while endeavouring to quell a disturbance between Kelly and his wife, whose face bore testimony that a sharp encounter had taken place: It appeared that Kelly at the time was labouring under the double excitement of liquor'aud the ungrounded accusations of his wile, who had hinted that he was not so faithful as an Irishman ought to be, which he had resented. The poor woman said she had been the cause of it all, and admitted provoking her husband. The latter promised not to misbehave himself again, and he was dismissed with an admonition. TUESDAY. William Vaughan and John Allen were sentenced to a month's imprisonment, with hard labour, for stealing coal from Mr. Wilson's wharf, at Lowesmoor. WEDNESDAY, FELONY.— John Green was remanded till Friday on a charge of stealing a pair of trousers, the property of Thomas Evans, of Four- foot- Row, Blockhouse. The prisoner was apprenended by policeman Evans, who also found the stolen property at Walters's pawnshop, where it had been pledged by the prisoner. THIS DAY ( FRIDAY.) Several cases of affiliation and assault came before the bench to- day; they occupied a considerable time but were of no public interest whatever. AN UNPRECEDENTED TREAT.— On Tuesday last, a concert, under Royal patronage, was advertised to take place in St. Mary's Hall, in Coventry. The artistes engaged to appear, according to the programme, were Brahara, Sivori, C. Bland, Miss Homer, the Misses Smith, and in the whole about fifty performers. Admission, by ticket only, 5s., to be had at the Hall from twelve to three. The scheme proved a most attractive one ; tickets were in great demand, both by the inhabitants and the families in the neighbourhood. At half- past seven o'clock the doors did not open, as they were advertised to do :— the Hall was in darkness; and there were no sounds of tuning. The programme did not state that the whole of the arrangements were under the superintendence of one Mr. Jeremy Diddler, which was the fact; and he had disappeared with about £ 70 received for tickets, by a con- venient train. The scheme was advertised as " the greatest musical treat ever offered in Coventry,"— for heat read cheat — and you have a true description of it. THE GREENWICH MURDER.— At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday last, W illiam liichardson and Anne Maria liichardson, charged with having administered arsenic to a child eight days old, from the effects of which it died, were declared by the jury not guilty. The two prisoners stood in the relation of father and daughter, and the infant, there was no doubt, was their own offspring, the result of an incestuous intercourse between them. ANOTHER INTRUDER INTO BUCKINGHAM PALACE.— At the Bow Street ( London) police office on Wednesday, a rough, weather- beaten, sailor- like young man was charged with being found, under suspicious circumstances, in the garden at the rear of Buckingham Palace. The policeman A 119, who detected the prisoner, stated that being on duty in the Royal garden, about one o'clock that morning, he was attracted to a tent which was erected near the porch of the Palace. On going into the tent he found the prisoner lying on the sofa asleep. On being roused and asked what brought him there, he said that he had no money to pay for a bed, and that he had got over the wall from the park, thinking he would find a place to sleep there unmolested. He further said that his name was Alexander Reid, and that he was a sailor belonging to her Majesty's - frigate the Rowley, now lying off Spithead, from which he had run away. The constable added that the prisoner could not have got over the wall in the manner or at the part which he had described to him, and he must have managed very cunningly to get into the tent without being observed by the soldier who was on guard at the entrance. The prisoner, in answer to Mr. Henry, said that he only went into the garden for the pur- pose of seeing the Queen, and being sleepy and without money, he was tempted to lie down on her Majesty's sofa. Mr. Henry, the police Magistrate, was not satisfied with the prisoner's account of himself, and remanded him till Satur- day ( to- morrow,) for the purpose of having inquiries made. An accident of very common occurrence to children happened to his Royal Highness Prince Alfred a few days since. His Royal Highness was leaving Buckingham Palace for an airing in one of the Royal carriages, when his hand got accidentally caught in the door, by which two of his lingers were slightly lacerated. THE MISSES BOSLEY RESPECTFULLY announce to the Ladies of Worcester and its Neighbourhood their return from London, with an Elegant Assortment of MILLINERY, and a variety of other Fashionable Articles for SUMMER COSTUME, which will be arranged for inspection on MONDAY, the 18th Instant. 12, High Street. MISS BYE BEGS to inform the Ladies of Worcester and its Vicinity, that her SHOW ROOM will be OPEN for the Season on SATURDAY, the 16th Instant. FOUR APPRENTICES WANTED. 19, Bridge Street. LADIES' FASHIONABLE MILLINERY AND STRAW BONNET ESTABLISHMENT. S. SHERWOOD MOST respectfully announces her return from Lon- don, with an ELEGANT ASSORTMENT of MILLINERY, and every thing suitable for Millinery purposes- The SHOW ROOM will RE- OPEN on TUESDAY, the 19th of MAY. BRIDAL AND MOURNING ORDERS EXECUTED WITH TASTE AND PROMPTITUDE. Straw Bonnets turned, cleaned, dyed, and altered to the Newest Fashion. 94, High Street, Worcester. MODES DE PARIS, PARIS HOUSE, 96, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER J. M. MURPHY, ( The only Plumassier, Florist, and Direct Importer of Millinery, Flowers, Plumes, fyc., in Worcester, J MOST respectfully announces his return from PARIS, and that the SHOW ROOMS are now arranged for inspection. J. M. M.' s repeated visits to the French Metropolis, and his consequent knowledge of the best and most Fashionable Houses, induces him to hope ( without having recourse to the delusive puffery of the present day) that the Ladies of the City and County of Worcester will on this occasion justly appre- ciate the chaste and elegant Selection of MILLINERY, FLOWERS, FEATHERS, FANCY BONNETS, & c. & c., submitted to their notice. P. S. Every description of BABY LINEN. J. M. M. particularly invites attention to TWO large CASES of LEGHORN HATS, imported by himself, and at lower prices than the common Straws. Feathers, Leghorn and Straw Bonnets, Dyed, Cleaned, and Altered to the newest Shapes. J. HADLEY, COACH BUILDER AND HARNESS MAKER, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, AND EVESHAM, RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he has just completed two NEW BROUGHAM CLARENCE SIDE- LIGHT CARRIAGES, forming Close or Open Carriages, which may be seen for a short time previous to their being sent home. J. H. can confidently recommend this kind of Carriage for private use or posting. For style, lightness, and durability, any Lady or Gentleman will find them worthy of inspection. PATENT GIGS and CARRIAGES of every description Built in the first style, and on most reasonable terms. Old Carriages, & c., re- lined, painted, or taken in Exchange. M NOTICE TO FAMILIES. ESSRS. FARMER & BIRD, Chemists, & c. 53, BROAD STREET, SOLE AGENTS IN WORCESTER FOR G. & G. W. FOYLE & CO.' s PATENT POLISHING POWDERS, PASTES, AND LIQUIDS. INCOME WITHOUT RISK. rjpHE LONDON GENUINE TEA COMPANY are now filling up their Lists of Agents for the present year. By the sale of these celebrated Teas, many Persons during the last twenty- nine years derived very considerable Incomes. It interferes with no business, is easily undertaken, and forms a genteel addition to any. Persons wishing such an appointment may apply to the Company, at their Warehouses, 2, Lawrence, Pountney Hill, London. WORCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY. THE THIRTY- FIRST ANNIVERSARY MEET- ING of the Noblemen and Gentlemen connected with the COUNTY of WORCESTER, will be held on FRIDAY, the 29th of MAY instant, at the ALBION HOUSE, ALDERSGATE STREET. JAMES ARTHUR TAYLOR, ESQ., M. P., IN THE CHAIR. STEWARDS. James Clift, Esq. C. A. Helm, Esq. William Morris, Esq. The Right Hon. Earl Somers. F. Wynne Knight, Esq., M. P J. D. Allcroft, Esq. James Capel, Esq. Dinner at Five for Six precisely. Tickets, ,£ 1. Is, each, may be had of the Stewards, Committee, or Secretary. N. B— The object of this Institution is to apprentice the Children of necessitous persons, Natives of the County of Wor- cester, residing in London, and afterwards to assist them in beginning business. Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., Bankers, London; by the Treasurer, R. L. Jones, Esq., 40, Little Moorfields; by the Members of the Committee, and the Secretary ; by Messrs. Berwick and Co. and Messrs. Farley and Co., Bankers, Worcester; and by Mr. D. W. Nash, Agent to the Society, 7, Foregate Street, Wor- W. JAMES GRANE, Hon. Sec., 23, Bedford Row. HAMPSTALL BOAT RACES. ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17th, will be ROWED FOR, on the River Severn, by Four- oared Cutters, a SILVER CUP, value £ 15; also a Pair- Oared RACE for a SWEEPSTAKES and PURSE, and other Races. The Races to come off in the neighbourhood of HAMPSTALL, about two miles from Stourport and ten from Worcester. Open to all Amateur Rowers. All Boats to be entered with Mr. Proudman, Hampstall Inn, Astley, near Stourport, on or before Wednesday, the 10th June. Conditions of the Races may be learnt at the Guardian and Herald Offices, Worcester, and of Mr. Proudman, as above. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER- HAMPTON RAILWAY. NOTICE is hereby given, that a MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of SHARES in the OXFORD, WORCESTER, and WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY COMPANY, and interested in Shares or Stock to be raised under the Bill hereafter mentioned, will be held at One o'Clock in the Afternoon, on Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1846, at the Offices of the Company, No. 449, West Strand, London ; at which Meeting a Copy of a Bill now pending in Parliament, entitled " A Bill to authorise certain alterations in the Line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto," will be submitted for the consideration and approval of the persons present, personally or by proxy, at such Meeting. FRANCIS RUFFORD, Chairman. NOEL THOS. SMITH, Secretary. Dated lltli May, 1846. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORD AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC. WHEREAS some forged Certificates have been dis- covered among the Scrip presented at this Office : Parties holding the Scrip of this Company are requested to send it in immediately for verification. After verification, the Scrip, stamped, as having been com- pared with the counter foils, will immediately be returned to the parties sending it in. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING. Secretary, 29, Great George Street, Westminster. May 6, 1846. UCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORD AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Parties who have sent in the Scrip of this Company for the purpose of being produced at the Meeting held on the 9th current, are informed that in consequence of forgeries of the Scrip of this Company having been discovered, the Committee of Management deem it their duty, for the satisfaction of their Shareholders and the protection of the public, to verify the Scrip which has been sent in before they return it to the parties sending it in. The Scrip, when examined and found correct, will be stamped and immediately returned to the parties send- ing it in, and the examination will be made with all possible despatch. All parties holding the Scrip of this Company are recommended to send it in immediately for verification. HARRY VERNEY, Bart., Chairman of the Committee of Management. WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 29, Great George Street, Westminster, May 11, 1846. The Bills of this Company were unanimously approved of at the Scripholders' Meeting held on the 9th current. RELIEF OF THE POOR. GUILDHALL, 6TII MAY, 1846. A T a MEETING of the COMMITTEES of the PRINCE of WALES COAL FUND, and of the SOUP FUND, held this day, the following Accounts were ordered to be published :— Treasurer of Prince of Wales Coal Fund. DR. £. s. d. £. s. d. 1846, Jan. 1.— To Balance in hand 25 12 3 14 " Dividend on 351/. 13s. Consols 5 2 5 " Proportion ofSubscrip- tion raised 1846 265 1 0 " Balance 85 10 5 381 6 1 CR. £. s. d. 1846.— By Loss upon Sale of Coal, at 10s. per Ton 350 8 6 " Advertising 11 0 5 " Printing, Filling up, and De- livering Tickets 19 0 2 " Incidental Expenses 0 17 0 381 6 1 Treasurer of Soup Fund. DR. £. s. d. 1846— To Balance at the Old Bank, July 1, 1845 164 16 6 " Proportion of Subscriptions... 89 7 0 " Cash received for Soup, 41,751 quarts, at \ d 173 19 3 CR. Salt 154 lbs. Mustard, Pepper, and " Repairs " Wages " Balance in the Bank of Ber- 1 16 0 £. s. d. 148 8 a 66 15 0 74 9 3 11 2 10 1 0 0 8 17 5 6 18 6 3 19 3 17 2 0 2 19 8 6 18 0 81 8 5 429 18 9 429 18 9 The distribution of Coal commenced on the 5th of January, and continued for four weeks. One cwt. was delivered to each hearth per week, at 4^ d. if fetched from the yards, and at 6d. if delivered at the houses of the poor, a great majority of whom availed themselves of the lower price. The quantity delivered in the several Parishes was as follows :— Cwt. 690 675 207 Parishes. Cwt. Parishes. St. Martin 2928 St. Helen .. St. Peter 1612 St. Nicholas 1495 St. Alban .. St. Andrew 1371 St. Swithin St. Paul 1280 St. Michael A11 Saints 1244 St. George 1014 Total 859 94 13,673 The Soup distribution commenced the 13th of January, and continued until the 4th of March, during which time 41,751 quarts were sold. In the last two weeks, about 1300 lbs. of Rice were given with the Soup to those who had families. This was done, not only to afford further relief, but also with the view of introducing the use of Ricc more generally among the poor, who have not hitherto sufficiently appreciated that cheap and wholesome food. IN the Matter of JOHN BROWN, lately of Lowes- moor, in the City of Worcester, Beerhouse Keeper and Contractor for the Mail between the City of Worcester and Great Malvern, but now of Rainbow Terrace, Lowesmoor aforesaid, Contractor for the Mail only, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that John Balguy, Esq., the Commissioner acting in the matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a final order thereon at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy at Birmingham, on Saturday, the 13th day of June, 1846, at half past ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely, unless cause be then and there shewn to the contrary. WILLIAM PULLEN, Solicitor, Worcester. Agents, MOTTERAM & KNOWLES, Solicitors, Birmingham. WHEREAS a PETITION of JOSEPH PAGETT, formerly of Brettell Lane, in the Parish of Kingswinford, in the County of Stafford, Butcher, afterwards of Wolaston, in the Parish of Oldswinford, and County of Worcester, publican, and now of Cookley, in the County of Worcester aforesaid, out of business, having been filed in the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, and the Interim Order for Protection from Process having been given to the said Joseph Pagett, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament feolden in the 5th and 6th years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said Joseph Pagett is hereby required to appear in TOurt before John Balguy, Esq., a Commissioner acting in the prose- cution of Fiats in Bankruptcy in the said District Court, on the 22nd day of May instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy at Birming- ham. for the purpose of being then and there examined touching his Debts, Estate, and Effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Act. All Persons indebted to the said Joseph Pagett, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. Richard Valpy, the Official Assignee, nominated in that behalf by a Commissioner so acting. MOTTERAM & KNOWLES, Solicitors, Birmingham. s, On and after the First of June, THE DAILY NEW LONDON MORNING NEWSPAPER, AT Twopence Halfpenny. Not to speak of the moral and political rj^ HE Newspaper is the intellectual life of the Nineteenth Century. JL safeguards which it affords, it places all, whatever their varieties of fortune, on a level as to information. By its means only the small capitalist is enabled to contend successfully against his wealthy rival for a knowledge of those changes which affect prices. Without the daily Newspaper, a family might be located as well in the back settlements of Canada as within ten miles of the great centre of European Civilization. Yet it is remarkable, that more than a century since, there were EIGHTEEN papers published in London, daily or three times a week— while now there are only FIFTEEN ! Of a fact so startling, what is the cause ?— PRICE ! That the public know the advantage of having a London Daily Paper is manifest, from the thousands who pay threepence for a paper the day after publication. What, then, are the causes which maintain the high price ? First, the amount of capital required to be invested in a Newspaper speculation. Next, the various talent and experience which must combine to produce the result. The number of the requirements have, in truth, occasioned something very like a monopoly— and monopoly always commands its own price. Thus, whilst capital and competition have been doing good service in all other things, nothing has been attempted, in the direction indicated, for the political and social wants of three great nations; and a Daily Paper still remains a costly luxury, in which only the wealthy can indulge. The experiment is now about to be tried of establishing a London Dailv Newspaper, on the highest scale of completeness, WHICH SHALL LOOK FOR SUPPORT, NOT TO COMPARATIVELY FEW READERS AT A HIGH PRICE, BUT TO MANY AT A LOW PRICE, therefore, after the First of June, THE DAILY NEWS WILL BE PUBLISHED, IN TIME FOR THE MORNING MAILS, AT TWOPENCE HALFPENNY. The Paper will be of the same size as all other journals were within seven years; it will be larger than many of the high- priced daily journals are now : and, in every particular of interest, it will contain as much information as the most successful amongst its contemporaries. But it will be expansive; and double sheets will be given whenever an important Debate, a pres- sure of News, or Advertisements require it. The marking features of the scheme are : lst, THE DAILY NEWS will offer to the reader, in what it is hoped will be a more systematic form, all that he can find in the most approved of its competitors. 2ndly. To the reader who pays Fivepence for his paper, the same thing is offered at half the price. It, then, only remains for the public to justify the experiment. Let him who would support it, subscribe AT ONCE. Where even the reduced price is beyond his means, let him AT ONCE join with a neighbour in subscription. Every News Agent will, it is hoped, supply the paper at Twopence Halfpenny, WHERE PAYMENT IS MADE IN ADVANCE : the same proportionate allowance as with other jpapers— something more than twenty- four per cent— being allowed to the trade. When credit is given, it is a matter of private arrangement, with which the Proprietors have nothing to do. As, however, in an undertaking so bold ancfcvi novel it is advisable to guard against possible inconvenience, the Proprietors of THE DAILY NEWS will undertake to get all persons supplied who shall forward a Post- office order payable to JOSEPH SMITH, DAILY NEWS OFFICE, Whitefriars, London, For THREE MONTHS, 16a, 4d, Excellent HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, including a ROSEWOOD DRAV/ ING ROOM SUITE, of first- rate quality, with a singularly valuable CHESS TABLE ; noble GLASSES, and MAHOGANY DINING ROOM FURNITURE, with Pedestal Sideboards, Telescope, Dining, Card, Pembroke, Sofa, Work, and all other varieties of Tables; Chairs of all descriptions; Glazed Bookcases, Mahogany Sofas, Brussels and other Carpets, expensive Window Curtains, fine- toned PIANO- FORTE, BREAKFAST <£• SITTING ROOM FURNITURE, BED and DRESSING ROOM FURNITURE, prin- cipally in Mahogany, and including Goose Feather Beds, Curled Horse- hair Mattresses, and corresponding Bedding ; Pier, Cheval, and other Glasses, Wardrobes, large and small, double and single Chests of Drawers, with every conceivable requisite; ORIENTAL and other costly CHINA, rich CutGLASS, a few genuine P AINTINGS, fine specimens ; a LIBRARY of BOOKS, composed of the principal Standard Works, superior Plated Goods, Kitchen and Brewing Requisites, capital Four- wheel PHAETON, useful PONY GIG and two Sets of Harness, various Implements, a Cart, Trucks, Wheelbarrows, Ladders, high and low Folding Steps, Garden Tools, a Rick of HA Y, to go off; a quantity of valuable Fancy Woods for Cabinet Makers and Turners, Iron Hurdles, and an immense variety of Effects, at GREEN HILL COTTAGE, WYLD'S LANE, WORCESTER ; TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY HOBBS & SON, ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th days of MAY, commencing at ten for eleven o'clock precisely each day, by direction of the Executors of JOHN MORTON, ESQ., deceased. Messrs. Hobbs can with the utmost confidence claim the par- ticular attention of the Public to this Furniture, Mr. Morton being eminently distinguished for Furniture of the very best possible quality and workmanship ; and this especially having been manufactured under his personal superintendence, ex- pressly for himself, is a sufficient guarantee of its excellence. Comment is superfluous. May be viewed on Friday only, with Catalogues, at 6d. each, which may be had on the Premises, and of Messrs. Hobbs, Foregate Street. N. B.— The Hay, Tools, Ladders, Flower Stands, Iron Roll, and Out Articles, Brewhouse and Laundry, will be sold the First Day.— Books, China, Glass, Plated Goods, Cellar, and Best Kitchen, the Second Day.— Sitting Room, Breakfast Room, Hall, Staircase, and seven Bed Rooms and Dressing Rooms the Third Day.— The Phaeton, Pony, Gig, Pictures, Drawing Room, Dining Parlour, two Bed Rooms, andi Kitchen, the Last Day. TENBURY RACES, 184 6, Will take place on THURSDAY, the 11 th JUNE next. THE RIGHT HON. LORD GIFFORD, STEWARD. IN THE MORNING, ( Starting precisely at Twelve o'Clock,) THE WEST WORCESTERSHIRE STAKES, a Handicap Sweepstakes of Ten Sovereigns each, h. ft., and only Three if declared on or before the 25th of May, with 40 Sovs. added, the gift of the Hon. Gen. H. B. Lygon. M. P., F. W. Knight, Esq., M. P., and Sir Edward Blount, Bart. Four to accept or no Race. To be handicapped by Messrs. Weatherby. To close and name to the Clerk of the Course or to Messrs. Weatherby, on or before the 10th May ; and the weights to be declared on the 17th May; a Winner of £' 100 in value after the declaration to carry 5lbs. extra. A Winner of this Stake to pay £ 3 to the Fund; the second Horse to save his Stake. Two Miles. ALSO IN THE MORNING, The TALLY- HO STAKES, of Five Sovereigns each, with 20 Sovs. added by the Town; three years old to carry 9st. 21bs.; four, lOst. 41bs. ; five, lOst. lOlbs.; six and aged, list.; a Win- ner of a Hurdle Race, 1846, to carry 51bs., twice or more 71b>. extra. Mares and Gelding allowed 31bs., thorough- bred Horses, 71bs. extra. Heats, about One Mile and a Quarter, with three leaps in each heat, over four feet hurdles. The Winner of this Stake to pay one Sov. towards the hurdles. The second Horse to save his Stake. IN THE EVENING, ( Starting at Half past Five o, Clock,) The WIT LEY STAKES, of Three Sovereigns each, with 20 Sovs. added, the gift of the Right Hon. Lord Wrard and Joseph Bailey, jun., Esq., M. P., for horses that never won more than £ 50 at any one time ; three years old carrying 7st. 51bs; four, 8st. 71bs.; five, 9st.; six and aged, 9st. 71bs. Mares and Geldings allowed 31bs. A Winner of j? 50 to carry 71bs. extra. The second Horse to save his Stake. Two Mile Heals. ALSO IN THE EVENING, The SELLING'STAKES, of Three Sovereigns each, with 15 Sovs. added from the Fund; three years old to carry 8st. 71bs.; four, 9st. 91bs.; five, lOst. 31bs.; six and aged, ' lOst. 71bs. Mares and Geldings allowed 31bs. Half- bred Horses that have never won, allowed 71bs. The Winner to be sold for £ 50, if demanded in the usual way; and if entered to be sold for £ 40, allowed 31bs.; if for £ 30, 71bs.; and if for £ 20, 121bs. Heats, about a Mile and a Quarter. The second Horse to save his Stake. To Name and Enter at the Crow Inn, on Monday, June 8, between the hours of Six and Nine o'Clock. For Rules and Regulations, see Racing Calendar. Steward's Ordinary at the Swan Hotel. WM. GROVE, Clerk of the Races. PERUVIAN GUANO. H. & J. WEBB HAVING purchased the " Glentanners" PERU- VIAN GUANO, imported by Messrs. Wm. J. Myers and Co., Liverpool, will have much pleasure in forwarding any one the Analysis of the same by Dr. A. Ure, M. D., F. ll. S., Professor of Chemistry, London. Dr. A. Ure, states in his Report— " This Guano surpasses in purity and richness of fertilizing ingredients any sample which I have hitherto examined, and it is, I believe, the best which has ever been imported." City Wharf, Bath Road, Worcester, February 13th, 1846. P. S.— Linseed, Crushed ditto, African Guano, Nitrate Soda, Gypsum, Sulphuric Acid, & c. & c. ROYAL FARMERS- & GENERAL FIRE, LIFE, and HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Empowered by special Act of Parliament— Capital, £ 500,000. OFFICES, STRAND, LONDON. DIRECTORS. Chairman— JOSEPH ROGERSON, Esq. Managing Director— W. SHAW, Esq. J. Blackstone, Esq. S. Boydell, Esq. Wm. Clutton, Esq. J. R. Cooper, Esq. John Hudson, Esq. R. M. Jaques, Esq. Wm. Smiddle, Esq. G. P. Tuxford, Esq. J. Workman, Esq. W. Youatt, Esq. Medical Officers.— J. Blackstone and G. W. Blanch, Esqrs. Standing Counsel.— C. W. Johnson, Esq.; W. Shaw, Esq. Joint Solicitors John Rogerson, Esq.; C. Boydell, Esq. Assistant Manager W. Jenkinson, Esq. Secretary J. Hanson, Esq. Bankers.— The London and Westminster Bank. The Proprietary of this Company exceeds 1,960 in numberj of whom 195 are County Directors. The share of Public Favour this Institution has obtained proves the appreciation of its system by a numerous body or insurers. Every kind of LIFE INSURANCE, of Deferred and Im- mediate Annuities, and of Endowments for Children, may be accomplished on terms as low as is consistent with security. A Dividend of Four per Cent, is now in course of payment to the Shareholders in this office. In the FIRE Department, INSURANCES effected at the lowest rates. HAIL INSURANCE Premiums: Wheat, Beans, Peas, Tares, Turnips, Potatoes, and Mangel Wurzel, 6d. per Acre, and upwards. Barley, Oats, and Rye, 5d. per Acre, and upwards. Glass in Greenhouses, & c., 20A-. per. Cent. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office, or will be for- warded, post free, upon application. The usual commission to Solicitors. Agents are appointed in the principal Towns in the Kingdom. W. SHAW, Managing Director. AGENTS. WORCESTER— Mr. CHAS. BIRD & Mr. F. T. ELGIE. Blockley, Mr. T. B. Figgures Bromsgrove, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Mr. W. Welch Stourport, Mr. G. Williams Tenbury, Mr. B. Home Oldbury, Mr. T. Cooper, of Portway Henley- in- Arden, Mr. J. B. Harper Alcester, Mr. Chas. Jones Chipping Campden, Mr. J. Kettle Bromyard, Mr. J. C. Cullum Dudley, Mr. J. Newbold Clifton - on - Teme, Mr. J. W'ormington Upton - on - Severn, Mr. G. Jukes & Mr. W. E. Cooper Evesham, Mr. George Agg Pershore, Mr. G. Lunn Shipston- on- Stour, Mr. F. J. Insall Stourbridge, Mr. J. Perkins Droit wich, Birmingham, Mr; B. Chesshire and Mr. R. H. Tarleton Tewkesbury, Mr. J. P. Tate Ledbury, Mr. Thos. Jones THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FRAMP TON'S PILL OF HEALTH, which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxation, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head- ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, & c., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits; while to those of a full habit and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advan- tages that w ill not fail to be appreciated. This medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its efficacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, with permission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respectable person to its author :— " To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London. " Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. « SIR, I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsolicited testimony to the excellence of your ' Frainpton's Pill of Health,' which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them— very rarely having recourse to other medicine for a long period of years; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as a " friend in need"— certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individual recommendation, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, • •••> » Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is. l^ d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; also by his appointment by Stratford, Deighton, Anderson, and Lea and Perrins, Worcester; May, Evesham; Maund, and Haines, Bromsgrove; Pennell, Kidderminster; Morris, Bewdley; Williams, Stourport; Hollier, Dudley; Wright and Anthony, Hereford ; Nicholas, and Lake, Bridg- north ; Kendall, Stratford ; and by the Venders of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1 8 4 6 . STOCKS.— At 2 o'cl. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Ited Ann. 3 per Cent Cons Cons, for Account.... 3j per Cent. 1818 3 per Cent. Red New 3} per Cent 3 per Cent. 1826 Bank Lou" Ann. India . Stock India Bonds Exeheq. Bills Fill. SAT. MUX. TURS. 205$ 95i 205 205 J 20M 955- 9-) i 96| 9HJ 9fJi 96^ 95s 96J 90j 96J 964 ~ 97ji 97a 10 J 10} 104 34 P 33 1' 27 P 24 l> 27 p 23 p WEI), THURS 204| 205J 95* 965 96j 9 ' i 97J 96J 10J 105 267 33 r- 20 p 24 P SIR! FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1846. LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSEL ON THE SCAFFOLD. " I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon " this nation, and those who advance it will strip at nothing " to carry on their designs; and 1 am heartily sorry that " so many Protestants give, their helping hand to it." WE have little to say this week with regard to the progress of the Government Free Trade measures. Procrastination and delay appear to have become the ruling principle in the House of Commons, and every stratagem which the forms of the House would allow seems to be put in practise to stave off the Bills and to postpone the evil day as long as possible. It appears that Canada positively refuses to accept the Premier's measures ; it behoves him, therefore, even now to pause, ere it be too late, unless he is anxious to drive our colonies in North America into annexation to the United States. He will not pause, however, and it is more than probable that his Corn Bill will be read a third time to- night. Who can foresee all the consequences of its passing ? THE great boast of Popery, in all periods of its history since its origination in a wide departure from the pure and primitive Apostolic faith, has been, and still is, that it is as unchangeable as it claims to be infallible. Popery is a human institution, and as we know that no work of man is perfect, we may safely leave the assertion of Popish infallibility to expose its own fallacy and defeat itself; the question of its unchangeable nature and tendencies, however, touches our national interests more nearly ; and as we are convinced that Popery is now what it always has been, as we see also that our legislators appear inclined to pull down the bulwarks of protection against Popery erected at the Reformation, and to give us— so to speak — a free trade in religion as well as in corn, it becomes a solemn duty stringently incumbent upon us, adopting for our motto, as we do, the memorable words of Lord William RUSSELL, to raise a warning voice against the spirit of latitudinarianism which seems at present to prevail in high places, and which, if carried out to its full extent, would open upon us the floodgates of a rushing stream of rampant infidelity, and admit also the quiet and insidious, and therefore the more dangerous, waters of Popery and Jesuitism. Our readers will, of course, nnderstand that we are now referring more especially to the Religious Opinions Relief Bill introduced into the House of Lords by the Lord CHANCELLOR, the official keeper of the Royal conscience, under the auspices of the Government, and to Mr. WATSON'S Bill, of a similar nature, in the lower House. With regard to the former Bill we must be content at present merely to refer to the able speech of the Bishop of EXETER on Monday night, a condensed report of which is given in our first page ; and to express our regret that the Right Reverend Prelate withdrew the questions which he had proposed to submit to the opinion of the Judges of the land, as to how far the provisions of the Government measure are in accordance with the spirit of the Consti- tution. One of the leading tenets of Romanism, unless we greatly err, is the assertion of the supreme power of the Pope in matters spiritual, and to some degree in matters temporal also; and to plain men like ourselves it must appear as dangerous as anomalous to establish an imperium in imperio, and to confer upon a foreign prince the power of giving territorial titles in this kingdom— as would be the case in the Irish Roman Catholic Bishoprics— and of absolving the subjects of another Sovereign from their oaths of allegiance. We merely throw out this suggestion of the possible effect of the measure, and earnestly request our readers to ponder the consequences. We would recommend all those who are desirous to convince themselves of the unchangeable nature of Popery, to read attentively D'AUBIGNE'S History of the Reformation, a most important and valuable work, a new edition of which is now in course of publication by Messrs. OLIVER & BOYD, of Edinburgh; we would also recommend a perusal of MICHELET'S Priests, Women, and Families, one of the most really important works which has recently issued from the press. We are induced to give an extract, which is a good specimen of this work ; and we are the more desirous of bringing it under the notice of our readers from the conviction that similar devices by the same parties, and for the same objects, are now in silent but vigorous operation :— « Things were coming to a crisis. The Jesuits sadly wanted some popular mjisltine to set in motion, for the profit of their policy. It was the moment when they thought, at least they told the king so, that England, sold by Charles II-, would, in a short time, be entirely converted. Intrigue, money, women, everything was turned to account, to bring it about. To King Charles they gave mistresses, and to his brother, confessors. The Jesuits, who, with all their tricks, are often chimerical, thought that by gaining over five or six lords, the would change all that Protestant mass, which is Protestant not only by belief, but al90 by interest, habit, and manner of living; Protestant to the core, and with English tenacity. " See then these famous politicians, gliding as stealthily as wolves, and fancying they will carry every thing by surprise. An essential point for them was to place with James, the king's brother, a secret preacher, who, i; i his private chapel, might work silently, and try his hand at a few conversions. To act the part of a convener, they required a man who was not only captivating, but especially ardent and fanatical; such men were scarce. The latter qualifications were deficient in the young man whom Pere La Chaise had in view. This was a Father La Colombiere, who taught rhetoric in their college at Lyons : ho was an agreeable preacher, an elegant writer, much esteemed by Patru, mild, docile, and a good sort of man. The only thing that was wanting was a little madness. To inoculate him with this, they introduced him to Mademoiselle Alacoque : lie was sent to Parav- lemonial, where she resided, as confessor extraordinary of the Visitandines ( 1675)). He was in his 34th year, and she in her twenty- eighth. Having been well prepared by her superior, she immediately saw in him the great servant of God, whom her visions had revealed to her, and the very same day she perceived in the ardent heart of Jesus her own heart united to the Jesuits. " La Colomb^ re, being of a mild and feeble nature, was hurried away unresistingly, into this ardeijt vprtej: of passion and fanaticism. He was kept for a year and a half in this spiritual furnace; he was then snatched away from Paray, and hurled red- hot into England. They were, however, still mistrustful of him, fearing he might cool, and sent him from time to time, a few ardent and inspired lines: Marie Ala- coque dictated, and the superior was her amanuensis. " He remained thus two years with the Duchess of York in London, so well concealed and shut up, that he did not even see the town. They brought to him a few lords, who thought it advantageous to be converted to the religion of the heir presumptive. England having at last discovered the papist conspiracy, La Colombiere was accused, brought before Parliament, and embarked for France, where he arrived ill; and though his superior sent him to Paray to see whether the nun could revive him, he died there of a fever. " However little inclined people may be to believe that great results are brought about by trifling causes, they are obliged, howeser, to confess, that this miserable intrigue had an incalculable effect upon France and the world. They wanted to gain England, and they presented themselves to her, not in the persons of the Gallicans, whom she respected, hut in those of the Jesuits, whom she had always abhorred. At the very oioment when Catholicism ought, in prudence at least, to have discarded the idolatries with which the Pro- testants reproached it, they published a new one, and the most offensive of all, the carnal and sensual devotion of the Sacred Heart. Tp mingle ljorrror with ridicule, it was in 1685, the sad and lamentable year of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, that Marie Alacoque raised the first of those altars which overspread the whole of France. We know how England, confirmed in her Protestantism and horror of Rome by the Jesuits, took to herself a Dutch king, carried away Holland in her movement, and by this conjunction of the two maritime powers obtained the dominion of the seas." THE GAS QUESTION.— In other columns will be found a full report of the proceedings before the CoinmiUee of the House of Commons, on the Worcester New Gas Bill. The Old and New Companies yesterday evening, after the rising' of the Committee, came to an arrangement, the precise terms of which have not come into our possession; we believe, however, that the sub- stance, of the arrangement is that the existing works shall be valued, not as gas works, but simply as buildings, plant, and stock; that the New Company shall take to thein at that valuation, and shall also pay a bonus of £ 1000 to the Old Company. THE SALMON FISHERIES BILL.— We were misled by the London papers last week, when we staled that the bill for the better regulation of the Salmon Fisheries in England and Wales, had passed through Committee in the Commons. This ( allhough go reported in the London papers) was not the case: the bill being opposed in Committee very unexpectedly by Lord Gran- ville Somerset. The bill will nevertheless go into Committee on an early day, and we still anticipate that it vvil 1 pass that ordeal safely. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—' The Morning Post has the following:—" The Queen Dowager has concluded terms of treaty for the occupancy of Casliiobury Park, near Watloxd, the seat of the Earl of Essex, during the temporary absence of that nobleman on the Continent." Other papers state the term agreed upon to be two years. Lord Foley gave an elegant entertainment on Wednes- day evening to his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, at his Lordship's residence, Grosvenor- square. The Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, the Earl and Countess of Granville, the Earl and Countess of Desart, Count Louis de Noailles, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Sir Charles and Lady Cockerel!, the Hon. Captain Forester, and a select party assembled to meet his Royal Highness. REPRESENTATION OK MONMOUTHSHIRE.— A requisi- tion, numerously signed, is about to be presented to Capt. Edward Somerset, inviting him to become a candidate at the next election, in opposition to the present Member, Lord G. Somerset, who has abandoned his former protection principles. Lord Granville Somerset, aware of the active can/ ass carried on against himself, has already issued an address to the electors, in which he says:—" I take the liberty of informing you that when the time to enter upon a contest shall arrive" I shall appeal to you to dccide upon my merits as your representative." WORCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY.— The advertisement an- nouncing the usual annual meeting of the noblemen and gentle- men connected with the Worcestershire Society, to be held in London on the 29. h instant, appears in another column. FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.— Yestei day ( Thursday) afternoon, the celebration of the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy took place in St. Paul's Cathedral, before the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Lord Mayor and Cor- poration of the City of London, a very numerous and higlily- fasliionable congregation attending the solemn and interesting ceremony. Among the distinguished individuals present were Prince George of Cambridge, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishops of London, Llandaff, Calcutta, Worcester, Winchester, Hereford, Exeter, St. David, Lichfield, Bath and Wells, & c. The Dean of Lincoln preached an elequent sermon from the 9th chapter of 1st Corinthians, 11th verse. A collection was made after Divine service. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.— At the May meeting of this society the sum of £ 2,000 was voted towards the appointment of a Bishopric iu our Chinese possessions; it being understood that as soon as an adequate fund is raised, her Majesty's Government will consent to the erection of a see in China. At the same meeting it appeared that the society had issued during the year its publications as follows:— Bibles and New Testaments 205,550 Common prayer books 285,044 Books and tracts 4,451,620 PREFERMENTS.— Amongst the notices of preferments inserted in our last was the following, copied from a contemporary :—" The Rev. George Barnston Daubeny, M. A., has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the perpetual curacy of Flaxley, Gloucester- shire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. William Crawley Boevey, Bart., of Flaxiey Abbey." This should have been printed thus:— The Rev. G. B. Daubeny, M. A., has been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol on the nomination of Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, Bart., of Flaxley Abbey, patron, to the perpetual curacy of Flaxley, Gloucestershire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Win. Crawley. TEWKESBURY VISITATION.— The Venerable Arch- deacon Timbrill delivered his visitation charge for this district at the Abbey Church, Tewkesbury, on Tuesday last, when a large number of clergymen and resident gentry were present. The services were performed by the Rev. C. G. Davies, incumbent of Tewkesbury, and the sermon was delivered by the liev. S. Raymond, of Swindon. In his charge the Venerable Archdeacon alluded to the state of the church at the present time, lamenting the dissensions which prevail, and animadverting upon the attempt to revive the doctrines and ceremonies of past ages. In conclusion, he exhorted his hearers to hold fast the faith handed down to them by the fathers af the reformation. The dinner took place at the Swan Hotel, and was attended by between twenty and thirty clergymen and churchwardens. DEATH OF THE HON. AND REV. DR. HOBAUT.— Intelligence was received on Monday evening of the death of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Hobart, Dean of Windsor, who expired on the afternoon of Friday last, at Nocton Priory, Lincolnshire. The late Dean, who was also Dean of Wolverhampton, rector of Nocton, and who held the living of Wantage, in Berkshire, and the vicarage of Hasely, Oxford, succeeded to the Deanery of Windsor upon the appointment of Dr. Legge to the Bishopric of Oxford in 1816. THE POOR RELIEF FUND. — We publish in our advertising columns the annual accounts of tile Committees of the Prince of Wales Coal Fund and the Soup Fund. It will be seen that the total quantity of coal distributed to poor families at the reduced charge of 4jd. per cwt. if fetched from the yard, and 6d. delivered, during the last winter was 13,673 cwt. or 683 ton 13 cwt. At the soup hoKse there were distributed 41,751 quarts of wholesome and nutritious soup at Id. per quart, besides a gratuitous delivery of 1,300 lbs. of rice. The report adds with reference to the distribu- tion of rice, that ,£ this was done not only to afford further relief, but also with the view of introducing the use of ricc more generally among the poor, who have not hitherto sufficiently appreciated that cheap and wholesome food." ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS.— The members of the Loyal Park Lodge, of the Ancient Order of Druids, met on Wednesday last, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, London Road, to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the lodge, by dining together, at which upwards of 40 sat down. N. A. Edwards presided, and V. A. Sanders officiated as vice- president. The cloth being drawn the usual loyal and patriotic toasts - were given, after which several excellent songs were sung, and toasts given and responded to with hearty good feelings. The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens and flowers, and banners with appropriate mottoes. The worthy host catered for them in his usual liberal style. After a vote of thanks to the N. A. for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated, highly delighted with the enjoyments of the evening. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S MEETING FOR 1847.— The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society have now determined to hold the country meeting of 1847 at Northampton. The district will embrace the counties of Northampton, Warwick, Bedford, Buckingham, Berks, Oxford, Huntingdon, and Hertford. CJPTON UNION.— AT this time the Board of Guardians of this union are at issue with the Poor Law Commissioners, with reference to the following matter. At the meeting of the Board on the 6th of March, charges were brought against Mr. Barnes, the governor of the workhouse, by one of the inmates, who accused him of burning some trifling articles belonging to her, of using violent and abusive lan- guage towards her, and of being repeatedly intoxicated. An examination took place, which ended in the first charge being admitted by the accused, while the second was disproved; but he also admitted that he was sometimes absent from the house late at night, and occasionally took a glass too much. He expressed his regret for these errors, and the Chairman having reprimanded him, the Guardians, in stating the circumstances to the Poor Law Commissioners, expressed a hope that they would consider this sufficient, and not take further notice of the matter. The Commis sioners, however, replied that they did not know whetiier they ought not peremptorily to dismiss the governor ; at any rate lie should be requested to resign. The Guardians again wrote to them, stating that as Mr. Barnes was unusually fit for the station lie occupied," and had expressed his determination to be more cautious for the luture, they trusted they would reconsider their decision. The Commissioners answered that they were still of the same opinion ; and if Mr. Barnes tendered his resignation, they expected the Guardians would receive it. At the last meeting of the Board, however, they came to the determina- tion, by a majority of 7 to 6, not to receive Mr. Barnes' resignation. Thus the matter stands at present. CHARGE UNDER THE NEW BANKRUPTCY ACT.— On Wednesday last Mr. J. Miller was brought before H. J. Win- nington, Esq., at Stourport, for not haying duly surrendered himself at the Birmingham Court of Bankruptcy oil the days appointed in the Gazette for his examination. The accused, who was an innkeeper at Stourport, a few months ago absconded from his home, being at that time involved in pecuniary difficulties; he was shortly afterwards declared a bankrupt, but not appearing before the Commissioner, a warrant was granted for his apprehension. Nothing more was heard of him until Monday last, when P. C. Bennett, of Stourport, apprehended him in that town, and he was taken before J. Worthington, Esq., and remanded. The officers of the Bankruptcy Court appeared on Wednesday, and the prisoner declining to make any defence further than that he was entirely ignorant of any proceedings having taken place against him in the Bankruptcy Court, he was com- mitted to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes. The prisoner applied for bail, but Mr. Watson, solicitor, of Stourport, who appeared on behalf of the creditors, strongly opposed the application, and bail was not put in when our Correspondent wrote last night. We understand that the prisoner, previ- ous to his absconding, was greatly respected, and had a great number of creditors. SUDDEN DEATH.— We regret it is our painful duty to annouuee the sudden death of Miss Rufford, only daughter of Philip Rufford, Esq., of Heath House, and sister to Francis Rufford, Esq., of Yew Tree House, Bellbroughton. Miss Rufford? it appears, dined at Prescott, the residence of her aunt, on the evening of yesterday week, and afterwards walked home, accompanied by her maid, being rather indisposed soon after, and complaining of head ache. On reaching home she was seized with vomiting, when Dr. Dudley and Mr. Freer, surgeon, were sent for, and remained in attendance until the lamented lady breathed her last, at an early hour on Friday morning, to the regret of a wide circle of sorrowing friends, who deeply commiserate the heavy bereavement which has fallen on a family universally beloved and respected. SUSPECTED SUICIDE.— On Wednesday evening last, the body of a labouring man named Henry Lloyd, of Knightwick, was found in a brook near to Mr. Walker's, of that parish, in whose employ deceased worked as a farm servant, lie was first discovered by his daughter, and it is strongly suspectcd that he drowned himself, having been heard on the same morning to threaten that he would destroy himself, having had some words with his wife. Mr. Hughes holds an inquest on the body at the House of deceased, to- morrow ( Saturday) evening. LEAD STEALING.— A few nights since about 20 lbs. weight of lead spouting was stolen from the parish church of Salwarpe, near Droitwich. On or about the 6th inst. cwt. of lead spouting was stolen from an unoccupied house in the High- street, Bromsgrove; and on the following night part of the ironwork of a plough was stolen from premiaes of Mr. Jeffery Ince, farmer and miller, of Foekbury Mill, in that parish, SINGULAR PHENOMENON.— On Sunday last, about mid- day, two fine sea- gulls ( Lari) were seen by a number of persons hovering round, at no very considerable height, over Worcester Bridge, and having performed these evolutions four or five times, they sailed swiftly and majestically away. THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADES AT MAN- CHESTER.— The men are coming in by degrees, and as many as from 700 to 800 have signed the declaration required by the masters, and commenced working again during the past week or ten days. It is expected now that the turn- outs will keep going in, and that ere long the shops will be as full of men as may be required under existing circumstances. The masters have been compelled to form themselves into an association, which it is intended should extend all over the country, for the purpose of counteracting the dangerous effects of the combination of these general trades unions; for, unless they be counteracted, the masters think that they will be placed in the humiliating position of having to accede to any, and indeed every demand which the turn- outs may think proper to makenpon them. On the 2nd of the present month there were 600 joiners on the strike, upwards of 100 plasterers and painters, about 40 plumbers, and about 80 or 100 bricklayers ; and it is calculated that there are at the present moment 2,000 workmen who are yet out of employ. COLLIERS' STRIKE.— The Darlaston colliers continue to hold out, and are supported by contributions from the colliers of Dudley. There are upwards of 10U0 men unemployed, perambulating the surrounding districts. In consequence of this partial turn- out of the colliers, the ironmasters of the neighbourhood in which it has taken place have resolved to blow out a number of their furnaces, so as to keep the stocks at the lowest point required by the current demand. The strike of the men could not have been made at a period more favour- able for the employers, as the trade is rather flat, and it will be a convenience to many masters, rather than a disadvantage, to contract their furnace operations. REDDITCH.— On Saturday last, at the Magistrates' Office, Redditch, James Bums, an Irishman, and Sarah his wife, were brought before Robert Mynors, Esq., and charged by police constable Humphries with begging on the previous evening, and on being refused abusing the parties refusing to relieve them. The man was a most perfect ruffian in appearance and almost in a state of nudity. On being taken into custody the previous evening he abused and illtreated the policeman in a shameful manner. The worthy Magistrate committed him to the house of correction for three weeks to hard labour, and discharged the female prisoner. DUDLEY PETTY SESSIONS.— On Monday last there was an unusually large amount of business brought before the magistrates sitting at Dudley, viz., T. Badger, C. II. Molineux, and J. Roberts, Esq. John Thomson and John Seymour were committed for trial at the next Worcester Assizes for a robbery committed on the night of the previous Tuesday, Dudley fair day. The prisoners were drinking together with other men, at Mr. Wilkinson's, the Swan public- house, Castle- street, in the afternoou and night in question, and one of the party ( Thomson) got up stairs, but was detected by the servant. As the prisoners were being removed, Seymour struck Mr. Wilkinson a blow upon the side of the head, for which offence the Bench directed that an indictment for the assault should be preferred against him.— Thomas Smith, a lad aged 14 years, was committed for trial at the sessions for picking the pocket of Jemima Storer of a shilling on Saturday night last, in Dudley market.— William Hamlet was charged by Tlios. Edwards with refusing to pay him the sum of 6s. 3d., the amount of wages due to him as a brick- maker's labourer. Hamlet did not appear, and the service of the summons having been proved, an order was made out for the amount due, with costs.— Isaac Yarnold was charged by Pru- dence Timmins with having, about midnight on the 1st of May, burst open her door, no one being in the house but herself and her young child. Yarnold said he had not been iti the house for months, but a witness he called only strengthened the charge against him, and he was therefore ordered to find one surety in £ 10, and in default two months' imprisonment.— James Swin- nington, who was before the Bench on Monday week, charged with neglecting and leaving the employ of Mr. Batson, and who agreed to return to his employ, was again brought up on a similar charge. The Bench therefore committed him for two months' hard labour. Numerous charges oi assault were heard. BROMSGROVE PETTY SESSIONS, May 12.— The following cases were heard before Rev. W. Vernon, G. F, Idduis, and W. H. Ricketts, Esqrs :— Richard Humphries, police officer of llcdditch, charged William Wail with driving a cart, with three horses, aloug the turnpike- road, without having any reins to drive the same, or having any controul over them. The Bench thought it was an aggravated offence, and lined Wall £ 1. 6s. 6d.— Mr. Holmes, churchwarden of Upton Warren, summoned Thomas Davis fox non- payment of 13s. lid. for four poor- rates. Allowed six weeks to pay iu.— Leonora Robins, of Bromsgrove, charged John Holmes, of the same placc, with throwing a stone a! her window and breaking two panes of glass, value 6d. Ordered to pay damages and costs, 6s, 6d.— Mr. Holyoake, of Redditch, charged Job Thomas and William Mealing with breaking the glass in his windows, and doing damage to the window frames of several windows in a house that was recently built, and not occupied. Fined, with costs and damages, £ 4. lis.— Several disorderly and assault cases were heard. Ann Bint, of Redditch, wife of Thomas Bint, charged Eliza Buffrey, of Crabs Cross, with assaulting her on the 2ud of May. Bound to keep the peace, one surety in £ 20 and herself in £ 10.— Mrs. Bint further charged Sarah Jones, of the same place, with using threatening language, and prayed the Bench to bind her to keep the peace towards her. Bound in £ 10, and one surety in £ 10.— Tiios. Lord, boiler maker, on the Birmingham and Gloucester line of Railway, charged John Perkes, of Broussgrove, with assaulting him ou Satur- day night last, about twelve o'clock. Fined 9s. 6d., including costs. In default of payment committed for fourteen days. WORCESTER NEW GAS BILL. [ From our own Reporter. ] The Committee on this bill commenced its sittings on Tuesday afternoon, in room No. 14. The Members present were, the Marquis of Granby ( Chairman), Mr. J. Kelly, Mr. Maitland, Mr. Kashleigli, Mr. Gooch, General Lygon, Mr. J. Bailey, Mr. Godson, Sir Thomas Wilde, and Mr. Benbov/. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Montague Smith appeared for the promoters of the bill, and Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Boothby on behalf of the Old Gas Company, against the bill. Mr. Sergeant Kinglake said he had the honour of appearing that day to promote a bill for the formation of a Gas Company in the city of Worcester. He might state, for the information of some members of the Committee, that Worcester was a large and thriving town, with 30,000 inhabitants, and consisted of 13 parishes. Theie were all the public buildings which were usually to be found in county towns of importance, including a county court, county gaol, public library, and other institutions. It was also a municipal borough, having a city gaol and guild- hall, and was celebrated for its china and glove factories. It was a town of great importance, and he might state that, according to the knowledge of persons acquainted with it, from the circumstances in which that city was placed from the great improvemen in the river Severn, which would now permit the navigation of large vessels, the town would become of still greater importance; it must be remembered also that it would become the principal station of the Oxford, Wor- cester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and also become connected with many other lines. He mentioned these circumstances to show that it was a place of importance, and that it was one of those towns, the inhabitants of which should be provided with cheap gas. The inhabitants of the town were now going to form themselves into a commercial company for the purpose of supplying the town with gas. Their complaints were so numerous, and the difficulties in which they were placed were so great, that they had been compelled to adopt a similar course in many other large towns, that of forming a Company amongst themselves, and seeing if they could not by that New Company get rid of the difficulty, and thus, by the creation of the New Company, become suppliers to themselves. That brought him to what had been the past condition of the people of Worcester. There was a Company established to supply the city with gas in the year 1818. That Company had obtained an Act of Parlia- ment, but which Act of Parliament had been of no substantial benefit to the town. Though that Company obtained the Act, and though ever since they had been vending gas to the city, they had given no satisfaction to the city, but, on the contrary, it was because of their dissatisfaction that the inhabitants were compelled to come forward now for the protection which the bill would give them. Well, in 1818 they got this bill, the capital of the Company to be 12,000/., in shares of 20/. each, but the Company had the power to raise an additional 8,000/., which would increase their capital to 20,000/. They had acted upon the powers given them; they had raised 3000/. by the issue of new shares, and borrowed 5,000/., making altogether 20,000/. This Company then having to supply the town with gas, the question for the Committee would be, had they done so. The first question to which he v/ ould call their attention was the price at which they had supplied gas. Everyone must acknow- ledge the importance of the price at which an article of such general use was sold; but he contended, and should prove to the Committee, that the Company had never yielded to the wishes or wants of the inhabitants until they were actually driven to it. That was not the way in which a town should be treated by a Company which had been formed for its benefit. With regard to the price, it continued at 15s. or 12s. Hd. per 1000 cubic feet up to 1836— a price which was considered high and extrava- gant ; and there appeared no disposition on the part of the Company to reduce it. In that year ( 1836) the inhabitants became greatly discontented, and some of them took steps for the formation of a New Company, ( in case the old one would not reduce the price,) to supply the city at a cheaper rate. The Company then reduced the price to 8s. 4c?., and that he thought was a strong circumstance tending to show that they were not justified in charging such a high price for so many years previous. It was from the threat of the formation of a New Company, and nothing else, that they lowered their charges. The price continued at 8s. Ad. from 1836, down to a very recent period. Of late there had been much dissatisfaction expressed with reference to the supply of gas; it was exceedingly imper- fect, and inadequate to the wants of the town ; and the New Company had been called for and promoted by a committee of the respectable inhabitants, to relieve the consumers from the exorbitant charges imposed upon them. At length the price was reduced to 7s., or a little more to small consumers, and 6s. to large consumers, solely through the fear entertained of the formation of the New Company. Why else should they have been demanding from the inhabitants the exorbitant charges they had made during twenty- eight years. The question now was, should the city place trust in this Company ? The next complaint was, that thesupply of gas was at all times imperfect, and very deficient: in all branches, in all species of trade, it had been found that the supply was inadequate. The reason was, the inadequacy of the works, which, from their position in the town, were unable to accommodate with gas parts of the town where it was wanted. Gas was of a buoyant nature, and the works, it would be stated by scientific persons, should be placed in the lowest part of the town, for by a moderate pressure it might be raised to the desired height. The works of this Company were in an elevated position, and there were parts of the town below the proper level, so that it was impossible for them to supply these parts with economy, because they could not force the gas into those places without additional pressure upon the mains. That pressure would lead to escapes of gas in other parts of the town, and thus the Company would lose by it; and whenever a complaint upon this subject was made, the answer was, that it was not worth the Company's while to supply these parts of the town, for the loss would be greater than the gain. A positive refusal had been the answer invaria- bly given. That being the case, he should call before the Committee several of the most respectable inhabitants of Worcester, who would state the condition in which they were placed. Every grade of tradesmen had suffered, especially the innkeepers, to whom a good mid ready supply was necessary at all hours of the night. Those persons would tell the Com- mittee that it was a grievance of many years standing. The consumption of gas, in reference to the extent of the population and trade of the place, was so preposterously small, that it could only be attributed to the reluctance of the Company to meet the wishes of the inhabitants. The Company had ap- pointed Mr. Hill to be gas maker, collector, auditor, and the person who distributed the amount of profit amongst the shareholders, the latter as well as the town suffering by it. In 1836, the shareholders being dissatisfied with the small amount distributed amongst them by Mr. Hill, entered into an agreement with that gentleman, by which he was to take the works, and pay them interest at the rate of 5 per cent. As regarded the town, this was an unfavourable measure. The shareholders, however, got rid of their works in 1836; and if Mr. Hill be called before you, you will hear what profit he got out of the works, charging as he did 8s. 4d. per 1000 cubic feet of gas. Nov/ it might be said that Worcester was not favour- ably situated for the manufacture of gas; but it happened to be in the neighbourhood of some very prolific coal pits, where coal, of course, could be obtained at a cheap rate, so that if there were a place in which gas should be had cheap, provided the works were suitable, Worcester was that city. The Chairman.— What is the price of gas in any other town in England ? Mr. Sergeant Kinglake.— At Woolwich it is 6s. From the discontent amongst the inhabitants there another Company was formed, and he believed he could tell them that the Old Com- pany had since then flourished to an extent it never did before, although the prices of both had been reduced,— the consumption having increased. He contended that the gas in Worcester was dear and insufficient, and would prove it by the state of the town, the street lighting, & c., which had been a source of universal inconvenience and complaint with the inhabitants. He would now call their attention to a fact, which was the strongest possible evidence in the case. Let them look at what Worcester was. It was a place of great respectability; it had churches, markets, and other buildings, left without gas. If this gas had been supplied at a reasonable rate they would have found that the number of consumers would be much larger. There were in all only 500 consumers, having, to speak in round numbers, no more in all than 1700 jets. Now he had been told by engineers and others that that amount of consumption was not in proportion to such a place, and that it would be much larger if the gas were cheap and efficient. If the gas had been efficiently supplied they would not have heard of the New Company. Complaints of this kind were not built up in a day ; and he could state that out of the 500 consumers, no fewer than 370 or 4- 5ths had petitioned in favour of the Bill ; and also out of the 13 parishes in Worcester, the churchwardens of 12 of them, and one of those in the 13th had also petitioned in its favour. Thus they had the support of those certainly most interested in the case. In addition to those, there were 400 persons, non- consumers, who complained that the reason they were non- consumers was the clearness of the price, and hoped that the Bill for the New Company should pass. Why, if the gas were cheaper, and in better quantity, instead of 500 consumers there would be 1000. In adddition to that, there had been also the united voice of the inhabitants assembled at a public meeting, at which the Mayor presided, when, by unanimous acclammation a petition in favour of the Bill was voted, so that they had the inhabitants generally in their favour. After some further remarks from the Learned Counsel, the following witnesses were examined. Richard Harris, Chief Constable of Worcestershire, examined by Mr. M. L. Smith.— I have paid attention to the state of the town lamps. The burners were very small and the lights weak. I have had an opportunity of comparing them with other towns and found the latter much the best. It is desirable that those in Worcester should be improved. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby— Dudley is one of the towns in which the lights are much stronger. It was in the strength of the light and the size or the burner that I observed the difference. Those at Worcester were the smallest. I have never complained of any deficiency in the lighting. Re- examined.— I have nothing to do with the town. I am Chief Constable for the county. Mr. Alfred Barnett, keeper of the Crown Hotel, at Wor- cester, examined by Mr. M. Smith.— I am one of the largest gas consumers in the town. 1 have about thirty burners. I have had reason to complain of the deficiency of the supply, and of the gas going out frequently, so that I was obliged to burn candles. They have burned for a couple of hours, and then the gas- would be so low that candles had to be introduced. I had a burner which I got from London, put on one of the lamps, and it burnt very well, but Mr. Mill had it taken oft" and another substituted. That did not burn so well. There is a chandelier in one of my rooms which has 10 burners, and we are obliged to light them all to give sufficient light to the room. Matters have been much better since the New Company was talked of. Complaints have also been made by many of my neighbours. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby The New Company held some of its meetings at my house. I am a shareholder in the New Company, and one of the promoters. I cannot now make any complaint of inadequacy of supply—- that is, after the agitation for the New Company. I know Air. Joseph Bennett, hosier, of Worcester. Do not recollect any conversation with him in reference to the state of the gas. Do not recollect that the bad supply once arose from altering the stop- cock. I have never been accused of designedly altering the stop- cock for the purpose of having to complain of the state of the gas. I have written several times to complain of the lights; a week elapsed before I got an answer. I have only made two complaints to Mr. Hill, but several to his servants. Only two complaints have been made by me to Mr. Hill; they were at intervals. Within the last two years I have- made at least a dozen complaints to his servants. I do not recollect a com- plaint I made to Mr. Ilill at Christmas last, nor hovy soon after it was remedied. The new burners were not put on by the Company's servants, and Mr. Hill sent and had them taken off again. I do not know whether those burners were larger than had been bargained for. Mr. Charles Bowyer, examined by Mr. M. Smith— I keep the Coach and Horses Inn. I paid £ 3. 8s. a year for a burner in the kitchen, but it did not light the room sufficiently, and we were obliged to light candles. Complained to Mr. Rowley of the light going out, and he sent a man to see to it, but it was no better. I had more lights afterwards, and a meter, which they made me take from the company; for which they charged me two guineas, and six for fitting it up. I then had six lights, but they frequently burnt so low that we had to light candles. I have a room in which an Odd Fellows' Club is held, and the light was so bad that the Secretary was obliged to have candles to see to write. The streets of the town have been very badly lighted. I have even known them to be in total darkness. I have known the men to put the lamps out at 12 o'clock at night. Complaints have been made to the vestry. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby.-— J have frequently known the gas in the streets to be out at night. It has always happened in winter. I have not observed the state of the weather at the time. My meter was put in in 1841. I do not know whether all companies supply their own meters. Mr. Rowley, I believe, is the brother- in- law of Mr. Hill, and it was to him that I made my complaints. When complaints have been made a man named Blisset has been sent with a little solder to see to the pipes. After complaints were made the lights were no better, and Rowley told me himself in 1844 that there were complaints all over the town. The gas is now in a good state, and has been so since Christmas last The contract for the lighting of the town with gas was £ 4 per lamp from the first of August to the first of May. Previous to Christmas the lights gradually grew weak until they went out entirely. Mr. Thompson, of the firm of Maitland and Thompson, Worcester, examined by Mr. M. Smith— Had been a gas con- sumer in Worcester for the last seven years- The gas has frequently been very low. I have chiefly observed the deficiency on Saturday evenings. We have frequently been obliged to burn candles in order that we might do our work. I should burn more lights if the gas was cheaper. On cross- examination nothing further was elicited. Mr. Presdee, in the employ of Mr. Lucy, of Worcester, examined by Mr. Montague Smith— Went with Mr. Lucy to complain of the state of the gas. I signed the petition of the Old Gas Company by mistake. Mr. J. McMillan, examined by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake— I am the editor of a newspaper in Worcester. I have gas in my room next the office. I have frequently observed that the supply of gas has been very bad, and that it has burnt badly, especially when the other lights in the office were burning. Since there has been a talk of the New Company, there has been a marked improvement. I recollect it to have gone out entirely. I have had frequent opportunities of observing the public lamps in the city, and they were, in regard to light, disgraceful in the extreme. They have often been out. I have been to the Shakspeare Inn, on public occasions, when the room was lighted with gas. The number of burners would have been sufficient, if the supply had been good, to have lit the room well, but it was not so, and it was necessary to burn candies. The Rein Deer is also supplied with gas, but very inadequately. Cross- examined by Mr. Hill— I have been ip Worcester for the last eight years. I think I have not written In any news- paper upon the style of the lights. Beyond expressing an opinion that the New Company's Bill was likely to pass the House of Commons, I think I have written nothing upon the subject. I revised the letter ( produced) which appeared in the Worcester Herald. I have revised many others, all of which were considered advertisements. I am sure that they were not editorial articles ; the editorial " we" was never used. I can- not precisely say that I ever wrote about the state of the gas in the city. Mr. George Burnidge, examined by Mr. Serjeant Kinglake I am the landlord of the Rein Deer Hotel. My gas- lights have burnt very badly. Thesupply has been very unequal. J have made many complaints; not to the managers, but to Mr. Rowley, the collector. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby.— Three years ago the defect I believe arose from corrosion in the gas pipes. When I have complained, a man named Blisset has been sent to see to the pipes. At 10 o'clock, if you put on the gas to its whole extent, there is no increase in the light. It seems to me that the less gas I burn the more I am charged. Re- examined by Mr. Serjeant Kinglake— I have been charged more since I have burnt less gas. I am charged six guineas a year for a lamp which is not burnt by meter, outside my door. Cross- examined The burning of this lamp is a police regu= tion imposed upon all publicans. The Committee then adjourned until Thursday. YESTERDAY, ( THURSDAY.) The proceedings wete resumed at one o'clock. The iVlembers of the Committee present were the Marquis of Granby ( in the chair), Mr. Maitland, Mr. Gooch, Mr. Ras- leigh, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Godson, and Sir Thomas Wilde. Mr. Sergeant Kingslake, Mr. Montague Smith, and Mr. Huddleslou appeared as counsel in support of the Bill, and Mr. Ilill, Q. C., and Mr. Boothby, against it. A sufficient number of members to form a quorum having assembled and some little delay having taken place, one of them asked why the business did not commence. Mr. Boothby said that the parties were trying to settle the case, and probably five minutes allowed now would be no loss of time. After a lapse of a few minutes Mr. Hill said that every thing possible on his side had been done to procure an amicable arrangement. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to state the offers made when Mr. Sergeant Kingslake said that as it had not been carried into effect, and as overtures had failed, it was useless to explain the terms of the agreement submitted. Mr. Hill said he was merely anxious to show that they had tried to effect a compromise, and that they had proposed to put the whole matter into the hands of a referee. The business then commenced by the evidence of Thomas Everton who was examined by Mr. Sergeant Kings- lake 1 am landlord of the Albion Inn, Worcester. I have an Odd Fellows' Club in my house, and wanted four gas lights to light the room. I showed Mr. Rowley the place where they were wanted, and he said they would cost 10/. He said, also, that the house was in such a low situation that the gas could not be forced there without great pressure. It was not put there. I have two gas lights— one in the bar and the other in the tap- room, but they do not burn well. At 8 o'clock they begin to fail. Between 11 and 12 o'clock they are like farthing rushlights. At the bar 1 have been obliged to burn candles. If there had been a proper supply of gas the light v/ ould have been sufficient. 1 have often made complaints, but they were never redressed. They said that they had no power to give me more light, from the low situation in which my house was placed. The public lamps in the Bath road where my house is situate, I have often seen out. When they have been alight they were not sufficient to light the xoau. There were many more houses in the neigh- bourhood, but they had no gas. They would no doubt have it if they could. It wonld be very desirable. I have been obliged to burn an oil lamp over my door, because the gas did not give sufficient light. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby.— It was a year ago that I applied lo have gas in the Club Room. I never spoke to Mr. Ilill on the subject, only to Mr. Rowley. The warehouses are 200 feet below my houses, and therefore could not have gas any more than me. I do not actually know that the warehouses cannot be supplied. I am now well supplied with gas, and have been for the last three months. Samuel Dance, landlord of the Unicorn Inn, in Broad Street, examined by Mr. Huddleston.— I have been a consumer per meter. 28/. per year I have paid for the last four years. I burn the gas in the smoke room, the bar, and the tap room. My bar is twelve feet square, and has one burner. We may see by that when it is first lit, but it fails at ten o'clock, and then we are obliged to put candles on the table. Iu the smoke room I have a light also, but it goes out in the couhse of the evening. I have one burner in the hall, and that goes lower, just like the others. I have not a proper supply of gas. I sleep in New Street, and in going there from the Unicorn I pass through four parishes, and pass many lamps. I have seen them very low. I have seen some of those lights out, and others very low, when I have passed them. It is bad in my shop, in New Street; perhaps worse than in Broad Street. I was a member of the Town Council up to November last. Cross - examined by Mr. Boothby.— 21. 10s. out of the 28/. was paid for my house in New Street. I have often complained to Mr. Rowley of the state of the gas, and Blisset has been sent to look at it. Mr. Hill told me it would be better to have a meter than to burn by contract. Re- cross- examined by Mr. Huddleston. — Mr. Rowley appeared to be the person who managed the business. When Blisset came the pipes were found ail right; but after he had been there the gas burnt no better. Thomas Williams, grocer, in Worcester, examined by Mr. Uuddleston.— I have been a gas consumer for a number of years. Up to 1836 I paid 21.10s. each for my burners, and since then 4/. 10s. for the two. The gas has not been sufficient for my purposes, and every night at eight o'clock I have been obliged to have candles. Some years ago 1 made complaints about it. I made complaints also about the public lights in the lower parts of the parish ; in Easy Row and Severn Terrace they are very bad. Those places are below the level of Foregate Street. We pay 41. for the street lamps. Before 1840 we paid for several years 5/. for seven lamps. That was in Britannia Square where Mr. Tymbs of the Old Company lives ( laughter). That was in 1832. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby I cannot tell the state of the public lights now, because there are none burning. I have not seen them much lately, because I have also been confined to my bed. The lamps for which 4/. was paid are to be next year 3/. I laid the letter in which the reduction was made before the vestry, and the remark that the vestry made was that they had not to thank the Old Company for it. I have not made any representation about the matter since 1840. Re- examined— Our public lights improved very much in February, because I think the burners were changed. The meeting 1 speak of was for the purpose of passing the overseers' accounts, and then an opinion was expressed in favour of the New Company. I have told Mr. George Allies that we have been paying too much for our lights. By the Chairman.— I saw the man with some new burners in his hand, and I believe the whole of the lamps in the street were changed for they burnt much better the next night. Robert Holmes, examined by Mr. Huddleston. I am a baker residing in Broad Street, and have been for 13 years past. I have two gas lights, and until the last three years I burnt by contract and not by meter. It was so bad that I said if it was not better 1 must burn by meter. On Saturday nights I want a great deal of light, but I have been obliged to burn candles. After the meter was put up three years ago, the light was still insufficient. I spoke to Mr. Rowley about my having a meter of my own, but he would not allow me to have one. The light in the bake- house was aiso insufficient. I have been out in the streets at night and think the lights very bad. 1 go sometimes down Broad Street, the great thoroughfare, and find the light bad. One end is lower than the other. The light is bad, or there is no light at all at Dolday, where the lowest of the low live. Greater accommodation and protection would be given to the public if that place was better lighted. Cross examined by Mr. Boothby.— Within the last two or three months the lighting has been much better. James Phillips examined by Mr. Huddleston I am in the Worcestershire County Police, and have been for the last twelve months. My beat has been in Claines parish. J havo had to perform night duty. The office in whicfy we make the reports is in Salt Lane, and we go to it through the Tything. I have had my attention called to the state of the light. The light is bright at first, and then fides away. I have seen 13 or 14 of the lights out at one o'clock in the morning, about the begin- ning of November, I have spoken about the bad state of the lights. My duty commences at Barbourne Brook, and there the lights are so bad that a man might easily conceal himself. At St. Oswald's Chapel there are sufficient lamps to give light enough if they were well supplied with gas. There is a gas lamp opposite the station house, and I have often found it out. There is another near and that I have seen out also. I have named this to the superintendant. I have, however, nothing to do with the city. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby— My beat is between Bar- bourne Brook and the Turnpike. My duty ceases at Barbourne Bridge, At present the lights are better, but they still are not good. Mr. Joseph Bateman examined by Mr. Huddleston.— I am landlord of the Hope and Anchor, in Newport Street, and have been since 1844. Since January I have burnt five lights. They have not afforded me sufficient light, iu consequence of the insufficiency of the supply of gas. Within the last fort- night I have had better lights. Before January the lights began to fail between seven and eight o'clock in the evening. I have a club room, where from 30 to 40 members meet at nine o'clock. In calling over the roll at that time, I have not been able to see without a candle. 1 have complained of this to Mr. Rowley, the person to whom I have paid the rate, but there has been no good result. I have repeatedly sent to the gas works, but they did not attend promptly. A man was some- times sent, and he looked at the pipes, meters, and burners, and said there was nothing the matter with them. He said that the bad light arose from the low situation of the house in Newport Street, which is lower than the Gas Works. He said that the lov/ ness was such that they could not supply that part of the town. I complained to Mr. Rowley also, and he told me that the pressure was not strong enough to force the gas into that part of the town. The stop cock of my. gas is in a very inconvenient place, and 1 have complained of it, but have obtained no redress. The supply of gas to the public in New- port Street is very bad. The Quay is a very dangerous place, if not properly lighted. The light there is not sufficient for the protection of the public. I know the other side of the bridge running up to the China Works, and the same observa- tions may be applied to that place. I applied for a reduction in the price of my gas, but they said that they could not reduce it in consequence of the additional pressure required. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby. — Both the public and private gas lights have been better lately. A greater number of lights in the neighbourhood of the Quay would be a public accommodation. By the Chairman— We have no public lights now. Mi. Maitland here enquired of Mr. Huddleston haw many more witnesses he had to call. Mr. Huddleston said he had a great many, fifteen or sixteen to show the bad state of the gas, Mr. Maitland said he thought they had heard enough already. They might go on and examine 1000 witnesses without getting further. If it wen{ on in this way there would be no end to the case. Mr. Huddleston said he had witnesses to prove that they would have gas if they could get it reasonable and good. A member of the Committee, as the examination was about to continue enquired how low the river was from the gas works. Mr, Jones replied that it was 26 feet. The Chairman said he did not wish to interfere with the Learned Counsel's arrangements. Mr. Huddieston said he should like to consult his leader before he took any course. For that purpose he had sent to Mr. Sergeant Kingslake, and in the meantime would call a per- son to point out the different places on the map of the town, where the witnesses who had been examined resided. Mr. Boothby said that that was all in the minutes, and it would be useless to do so. The course recommended was, however, adopted, and Mr. Abel Poynton then, by the map of Worcester, pointed out to the members of Committee the places where the different persons, examined resided, distinguishing those in elevated, and these in low situations. Mr. Walker examined.— I am a butcher, residing in St. Paul Street, Blockhouse, St. Peter's parish, and have also a standing in the market house. I have lived in St. Paul Street some time. I have no gas there. There is a gas lamp opposite my house, but I have often found it out or low, so that 1 have been obliged to have a person to watch the cart to see that my meat was not stolen. Other places near are the same. There is no gas in the market house. It would be a great accommoda- tion to the market people and, the public if the market were lighted with gas. The reason there is no gas in the market place I believe is the expense of putting in the pipes. The market house committee would have to pay for that, and not the Gas Company. I have not complained to Mr. Rowley about the gas opposite my house. I asked Mr. Rowley about putting the gas on in my house, and he said I must have the pipe, & c., from him. Cross examined by Mr. Boothby. The Gas Company has nothing to do with lighting the market. I pay 10/. a year for my house in the Blockhouse. Mr. Marcus Smith examined by Mr. Montague Smith. I made these maps and plans ( produced). I know the site of the proposed and the present works, the difference is 26 feet between the two in the respective levels. Mr. Godson.— How high i3 the highest point of Worcester above the Gas Works ? Witness— Eleven feet. Mr. Godson.— And below it ? Witness— Thirty- three feet below. Thai i&; at the bottom of Copenhagen Street. Mr. Godson.— Wljere is the highest place ? Witness Opposite thp Guildhall. Mr. John Cox, ^ n engineer and contractor for the gas works at the Swindon station and other places, examined.— I have made application to examine the works in Worcester, and have been refused. We, however, examined the pipes in the town, and found that many of the streets lighted were below the level of the works. The whole of the town falls from the main street in the middle. The works of the Gas Company are too high to supply the town well. The mains are likewise badly arranged. Great additional pressure is required. The mains are also bad. The great additional pressure required is a great disadvantage. The pressure to force the gas into the low places would be likely to give gas to an excess in the high parts of the town. The mains are, besides, too small; they should be larger to carry the gas down hill. Mr. Huddleston,— You are a gas maker. What do you charge ? Witness.— I make gas for a company at twenty pence per 1000 feet. Mr. IJuddleston.— You have heard that 8s. 4d. was charged ; was that high or low ? Witness.— I think that higher than should have been charged in Worcester. The cost of production of gas varies in different localities. It depends upon the price of coal. Now at Watfcfd I pay 30s. per ton. Mr. Huddleston— Do you think that twenty pence iu what it should cost in Worcester ? Witness No. Mr. Huddleston.— Has the estimate of the new works heen made ? Witness They have been made, but not by myself. Mr. Huddleston.— And what is the estimate ? \ Yitne § s.— Including the purchase of land, it is 14,197/-, and there are tenders from respectable houses to complete the whole of the works for that sum. Mr. Huddleston— What is the quantity of gas consumed in Worcester per year ? Witness 16,000,000 cubic feet, but the new works could, if required, double that quantity. In Taunton the quanlity doubled in five months by the New Company. The works of the Old Company were purchased by the new one. Mr. Huddleston— Do you think the consumption in Wor- cester would be increased by the New Company ? Witness— I think it probable that the consumption would increase; it is not in proportion to the magnitude of the city. Mr. Huddleston.— Has Taunton any manufactures of con- sequence ? Witness.— No. There has been a reduction there in the price of gas, and there is 7A per cent, paid upon the capital of 12,000/. " Mr. Huddleston. — What is the situation of the new works in Worcester ? W itness.— Good. It is the only place from which gas could be supplied with profit. Mr. Huddleston— I suppose the same beneficial results would follow from cheap gas in Worcester as in other towns. Witness.— I suppose so. Cross- examined by Mr. Boothby— What is the position with regard to the Cathedral and the close ? Witness— A short distance from them. Mr. Boothby.— What is the level of the Cathedral above the proposed gas works ? Witness— Twenty- six feet. The Learned Council then examined the witness at con- siderable length to learn the diameters of the various gas pipes in the city of Worcester which had been examined by the New Company. After the examination upon this subject had lasted a con- siderable time, Mr. Godson thought this evidence might be dispensed with. Mr. Boothby said his object was to show that in their ex- amination of the pipes they had gone upon wrong data. Mr. Godson. — Instead of proceeding with this witness you can easily show that your pipes are sufficiently large. After some discussion, Mr. Montague Smith said that nego- ciations for settling the case were renewed, which he hoped would be amicably concluded. The New Company, it was proposed should purchase the old one. It would, however, be necessary to alter the Bill, as new clauses must be introduced, and for that purpose it would be desirable to adjourn until Mon- day next. By that time the new clauses could be prepared. . Mr. Boothby said that this time he really believed the nego- ciatfons would be successful. The terms of the arrangements were handed to the Chairman, but the nature of the proposed treaty was not made known. The Committee then adjourned until one o'clock on Monday next. Sporting, AQUATICS. WORCESTER REGATTA.— The Regatta Committee met yesterday at the Guildhall, when it was finally resolved to hold the regatta on the 9th and 10th of July, the two davs immediately followin" our summer races, and in the week after the Thames regatta. IIAMPSTALL BOAT RACES.— In our advertising columns will be found particulars of the boat races to come oil' at Hampstall near Lincoinb, and which it will be seen are fixed for the 17th ofJuue I he prizes will be open to all amateur oarsman. SHREWSBURY RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Patshull Stakes were walked over for by j\ Ir. J Minor's Augustus. The Great Cleveland Handicap of 25 sovs. each, with 100 added were « on a by neck by Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare ( Dufflo),' Dulcet second, I he following also started :— Morpeth, Lord Saltoun Roderick, Little Hampton, Stream, Reindeer, Valiant and Heir- at- law. „ Tlie County Members' Plate of £ 30 was won, in two heats by Mr. W. smith's Master Downes ( Sly. jun.;, beating Highfield and Thelorest. ° TENBURY RACES.— The particulars of this annual meeting are advertised in our second page. The sports are as usual divided la the old fashioued maimer into two parts, there being twuzacesrun before dinner, and two afterwards. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.— A new stakes, through the exertions of the committee, has been added to these races, in the shape of an. innkeepers;' plate of 50 sovs., to close on the Wednesday evening iia the race week, and to be run for on the following day. £- 1 SMITH FIELD, MAY 14.— Meadow Hay, £ 3 5s to — 8s; clover ditto, £ 1 9s to £ 0 15s; oat straw, £ 1 13s to £ 1 14s- wheat straw, £ 1 Hs to £ 1 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. BIRMINGHAM HAY MARKET, MAY 12.— Best hav, £ 3 15s to £ 4 5s per ton; inferior ditto, £ i 0s to £ i 10s ditto; wheat straw, £ 2 5s to £ 3 15s ditto ; packingstraw, £ 2 5s to £ 210s ditto. CORN AVERAGES.— General average prices of British Com for the week ended May 9, 1846, made up from the returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per imp. qr.— Price; Wheat, 58s 8d; Dutv; 16s Oil; barley 29s 7d, 8s 0d; oats, 23s 5sUd; rye, 33s 5J, 9s 6( 1; beans, 35s 8d„ 7s Od ; peas, 34s 7d, 8a 6it. BIRTH. Lately, in Corvc Street, Ludlow, the lady of William Urwicfc, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. May 5, at Astley, by the Rev. Henry Ct- okes, Mr. Charles Goodman, late of Kidderminster, to Miss Harriet Williams, of Astley. May 7, by special license, at St. George's, Hanover Square, by the. Rev. Edward Willes, Miss Knightley, only child of the late John Wrightwick Knightley, Esq., of Offchurcb, Bury, ire the county of Warwick, to Lord Guernsey, eldest son of the Earl of Aylesbury. May 7, at Zion Chapel, Park Street, Mr. William Bailey, af Lower Henwiek, to Miss Sarah Jane Baylis. May 7, at Holmer, by the Rev. Robert Pearce, Mr. John Howells, Castle Mill, Hereford, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Wainwright, of Shclwick Cottage, in the above parish. May 7, at Credenhill, hy the Rev. Charles John Bird, rector of Mordiford, Thomas, tech mere, Esq., eldest son of the late Capel Lechmere, Esq., of Fownhope Court, Herefordshire, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. John Eckley, rector of Credeahiil. May 11, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Rcdditch, Mr. William Harcourt, printer, to Miss Elisa Mogg, dress- maker, both of that place. May 11, at Dundee, by the Rev. Dean Horseley, James Edward, Esq., to Fanny Georgina, youngest daughter of the late George Watkin Kenriek, Esq,, of Woore Hall," Shropshire* and Mertyn, Flintshire. May 13, at St. John's Church, Margate^ by the Rev. John Streatfeild, M. A., the Rev. R. F. Spencer, L. L. D., to Georgia^ youngest daughter of the late William Eagles Johnson, Esq.„ of Portway Hall in the county of Stafford, and Westbourne Grove, near Dudley. May 13, at Martley, by the Rev. Acton Davis, Mr. George Grainger, china manufacturer, of this city, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late James Turley, Esq., of the Holling, Martley, in this county. May 13, at St. Luke's Church, Birmingham, by the Rev„ J. Q. Oldham, Thomas Smith Darlaston, Esq. of Portway House, near Tamworth, to Miss Ruth Bates, of Hurlastonj, Staffordshire. Lately, Mr. William Pearson, of Mintridge, near Bromyard, in this county, to Charlotte, second daughter of the late" Mr. T. Wood, of the county of York. Lately, Mr. William Cooke, timber merchant, Dudley, to Marianne, eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Cooke, coal and, timber merchant, Nevvcnt. At Whitbourne, near Bromyard, by the Rev. R. Biscoo » Mr. Edmund Soley, mason, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Tl Gummery, all of Whitbourne. DEATHS. March 19, at Havanna, where he had gem. © . foF change of climate, Mr. John Cole, of Colville, near Mobile, Alabama* U. S., and formerly of this city, aged 46, April 30, at Stow- on- the- Wold, Gloucestershire, Mr. John Darby Charles, surgeon, late of Orchard Street, Portmaa Square, London. Alay 1, much respected, aged 72 years, Mrs. Crane, relict of Mr. John Crane, of Astley Town, in this county. May 4, aged years, most deservedly and universally res- pected, Mr. Samuel Marshall Parrisb, of Brettell Lane, for more than twenty years traveller^ and for the last few years a partner at the Dial Glass Houses, near Stourhridge. May 5, aged 35, at. the residence of her brother, Mr. William Win nail, chemist and druggist, Friar Street, Clarinda, relict of Mr. Henry Miles, of Pontypool, Monmouthshire. May 6, at Discove, near Bruton, aged 69, the Rev. John Goldesbyough, B. D., rector of Slymbridge, Gloucestershire, and Perpetual Curate of Redlynch, Somersetshire. May 8, Mr. William Mann, of the firm of Thomas and William Mann, win © and spirit merchants, Eastgate Street, Gloucester. May 8, in his 81st year, Mr. Thomas Davies, farmer and maltster, of Eyton, near Wellington, Salop. May 8, at 14, Bryanstone Square, London, Viscount Hood* in his 38th year. May 9, at his residence, the Hoo Farm, near Kidderminster, William Crowther, Esq., aged 67. May 9, at Heath House, Stourbridge, after a few hours" illness, Margaret, only daughter of P. Rufford, Esq. May 10, at Gregory's Bank, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Mary Taylor, aged 72 years, late of Grendon Bishop, county of Hereford. May 11,0f consumption, aged 19, Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. Rofjgvt Bachelor, Birmingham. May 11, at Lark Hill Terrace, in the 4Cth year of his age,. Edward Oldnall Wolley, Esq. May l3jaged 72, Elizabeth, reiict of Mr. John Smith, Spring Gardens, Tything. SECOND EDITION. Saturday Morning, May 16. STOCKS.— Bank Stock, 205J ; 3 per Cent, lied., 951 ; 3 per Cent. Con., 96| ; New 3} per Cent., 97j; Cons, for Accnt., 9b|; Long Annuities, 10J ; India Stock, 264; India Bonds, ; £ 100( 1 Excheq. Bills, 20. PARLIAMENT, FRIDAY.— In the House of Lords many peti- tions were presented against the Charitable TrustsBiM. The Marquis of Clanricarde moved for a return of the appointments of Clerks of the l'eace which had lately been made. Left sitting.— The House of Commons met at four o'clock, and forwarded several railway and other bills. The Stoiir Valley Railway Bill was read a third time arid passed. A bill was read a first time empowering the East India Company to grant an annuity of £ 5000 per year to Lord Hardinge, and £ 2000 pe'r year to Lord Gough, during the term of their natural lives. The order of the day was then read for resuming the debate on the Corn Importation Bill, when Mr. Colquhoun rose and addressed the House, saying if the measure was carried it would hold out false- hopes to many, and in the end be destructive to the agricultural interests of the country. Left sittiug. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.— The demand for English wheat was limited, but no further reduction was conceded by factors. Ia bonded there was but little business transacted, at our previous currency. A fair supply of English, Irish, and foreign oats. The fine weather and reduction ill the duty to 5s. influenced the minds of the buyers, who continue to act so completely on the reserve, that it is difficult to make progress in sales without yielding to a further reduction in price. In other grain the like dullness exists, and but a few retail sales reportid. SMITH FIELD, FRIDAY.— There was a large supply of stock, but trade ruled dull. Beef, 2s. 6d. to 4s.; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to 5s.; Lamb, 5s. 4d. to 6s. 4d.; Veal, 4s. to 5s. 2d.; Fork, 3s. Od. to 5s. BANKRUPTS. William Bucknell Lemon, Croydon, ironmonger. Luke Whitby* Poultry, builder. Robert Smith, Sussex- street, Tottenham- court- road, cabinet maker. Thomas Showell, Ludgate- street, Ludgate- hill, tailor. William Erick, Hackney- road, baker. George Sex, Stone Cutter- street, Farringdon- street, job master. William Aburrow, Liverpool, druggist. Richard Mills and George Puckle, Southwark and Mark- lane, hop • factors. Charles Murray Williams, Bristol, ironmonger. Philip Vaughan, Brecon, scrivener. Samuel Ilill, Boltou- le- Moors, boiler maker. John tfridgwood, I'orebridge, Staffordshire, butcher. T H E W O R C E S T E R S H I R E G U A R D I A N , S A T U R D A Y , FEBRUARY 1 6 , 1846. [ for the Worcestershire Guardian. 1 DEATH AND DESPAIR. Why should I dwell, In this desolate sphere? Ah ! what dreadful spell Dooms me still to be here? Accursed be the day When I first saw the light! Sentenced to languish In exquisite anguish Amidst the drear dulness of darkness and doubt, Pining for purity, Distant futurity, And the delights of a world that's without. Great is thy punishment, Child of despair ! Greater, far greater Thau thou canst well bear! Torments of Tartarus Torture thee here, Hell's darkest horrors Appeal to thy fear. May thy soul fly away, May thy form die away; Sink into nothingness ; fall into> vnought! Cheated of all That you hoped and expected To God's disaffected, . And drunk with grief's gall; Deceived in the bliss that was hoped for and sought. The sad scenes forsake Of your heart- aches and sorrow, To no dread to- morrow Thy eyes shall awake; Forget in your death Your irrevocable ruin, Your first feeble breath. And the miseries ensuing ! Your birthright in Heav'n, And wand'rings on earth; The source of your being— The hour of your birth! A. M. THE SUN THAT LIGHTS THE ROSES. The dimpled cheeks may give delight, Where rival beauties blossom ; Though balmy lips to love invite, To extacy the bosom. Though sofler than you summer sky Each blushing tint discloses, Give me the lustre- beaming eye, The sun that lights the roses. The voice of love is soft and clear, Exciting fond emotion, How sweet it sounds upon the ear,. Like music on the ocean; But dearer far to lorers' sight The eye that truth discloses, Surpassing with its splendour bright, I• The sun that lights the roses. S. W, BBECKNELU VARIETIES. Distrust the man whose friendship consists in protestations of his friendship, but who has the first time to prove it by any act of a decided character. It is actions, not words, that speak the language of truth. OYSTER OPENING.— It requires great coolness and deci- sion of character to open oysters properly. It is an art, learned only by long practise; like conjuring, throwing at snuff- boxes, and cutting up ducks, and may not be wildly undertaken. And herein do those who send barrels of natives to their friends, cause as much domestic misery, as though they had flung grenades, instead of shells, into the bosoms of families. Every one becomes a Tantalus; the treat is in his grasp, but he cannot touch it; and after pinning his hand to the mahogany table with the knife at least half- a- dozen times, he produces a wretched mass of some anomalous substance, torn in half as it clings to each shell, and tasting something hetween a perriwinkle and a gravel walk.— Albert Smith. THE " DUKE."— No one in London streets attracts greater attention than " the Duke." Wherever he is recognised every hat is touched; and, if he happens to be on foot, he is followed by crowds eager to catch a glimpse of the hero of Waterloo. No stranger who visits London considers that he has seen all the " lions," if he fyas not caught a glimpse of the Duke. In illustration of this remark, I may mention one circumstance. A lady of my acquaintance, on the morning of her intended departure from London, after a short visit, was walking with a friend in Hyde Park, near Apsley House, one morning as early as six o'clock. As they walked along, she said, " Wei), I have seen everything I wanted to see in London except the Duke of Wellington, and I would rather have seen him than all the rest." She uttered this in a loud sprightly voice, little dreaming that any but her friend would hear it. Immediately, however, a gentleman passed her, raised his hat, and smilingly said, " Madam, I am happy to present him to you," and, again bowing, passed, followed at a little distance by his groom. There was no mistaking the personage who spoke— it was the Duke himself, and I need hardly say the lady was, in spite of her confusion, not a little gratified by the incident. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MONEY VALUE OF LIFE.— From the tables of the different Life Assurance Offices, it would appear that the age of 90 is taken as the maximum of human life; and it is interesting to know the simple method by which the com- parative value of life at different ages is ascertained. Taking the age of 90 as the maximum of life, the actuary deducts the age of the individual seeking assurance: thus Maximum age 90 Deduct applicant's age ( say) 62 Half of the remainder is And this added to the applicant's age ... 2) 28 . 14 . 62 EDUCATION— PRINCIPLE— COERCION. Gives a result of , 76 Which is to be considered as the probable age to be attained by the insurer, while 14 years is the average period of future life. Take another example— Maximum age 90 Deduct applicant's age ( say) 18 2) 72 Half the remainder is 36 And this added to the supposed age 18 Gives a result of 54 45, which is usually termed the prime of life, will give the longest proportionate average, viz., 70, or years of future existence. WHITE AND BROWN BREAD.— It may not be out of place to observe, that mistaken notions respecting the quality of different sorts of bread have given rise to much waste in another way. The general belief is, that bread made with the finest flour is the best, and that whiteness is a proof of its quality; but both these opinions are popular errors. The whiteness may be, and generally is, communicated by alum, to the injury of the consumer; and it is known by men of science that the bread of unrefined flour will sustain life, while that made with the refined will not. Keep a man on brown bread and water, and he will live and enjoy good health; give him white bread and water only, and he will gradually sicken and die. The meal of which the first is made contains all the ingredients essential to the composition or nourishment of the various structures composing our bodies. Some of these ingredients are removed by the miller in his efforts to please the public ; so that fine flour, instead of being better than the meal, is the least nourishing; and, to make the case worse, it is also the most difficult of digestion. The loss is, therefore, in all respects, a waste; and it seems desirable that the admirers of white bread ( but especially the poor) should be made acquainted with these truths, and brought to inquire whether they do not purchase at too dear a rate the privilege of indulging in the use of it. The unwise preference given so universally to white bread led to the pernicious practice of mixing alum with the flour, and this again to all sorts of adul- terations and impositions ; for it enabled bakers, who were so disposed, by adding more and more alum, to make bread made from the flour of an inferior grain look like the best or the most costly, or to dispose of it accordingly; at once defrauding the purchaser, and tampering with his health. It is one of the advantages of the effervescing process, that it would put an end to all such practices, as its materials and alum are incompatible. Among the matters removed by the miller are the larger saline substances, which are indispensa- ble to the growth of the bones and teeth, and are required, although in a less degree, for daily repair. Brown bread should, therefore, be given to nurses, and to the young or the growing, and should be preferred by all, of whatever age, whose bones show a tendency to bend, or who have weak teeth. It is believed that brown bread will generally be found the best by all persons who have sluggish bowels, and stomachs equal to the digestion of the bran. But with some it will dis- agree, for it is too exciting to irritable bowels, and is dissolved with difficulty in some stomachs. When this happens, the bran should be removed, either wholly or in part; and by such means the bread may be adapted, with the greatest ease, to all habits and all constitutions.— Literary Gazette. POST- OFFICE REVENUE.— On Friday a return was printed, giving an account of the revenue of the General Post- office for the year ending the 5th of January last, show- ing the gross revenue received, the total expenses incurred for the management or for packet service, whether by the Post- office or by any other department of the Government on account of the Post- office, and the net revenue after the deduction of such expenses. The payments into the Exche- quer from the revenue of the Post- office in the year amounted to £ 753,000, and the net profit to the Exchequer, after deduc- ting the expenses, £ 47,511. 17s. The gross receipt of the Post- office for the year ending the 5th of January was £ 1,927,906, from which was deducted £ 52,469. 9s. 7| d. for returned, refused, mis- sent, and re- directed letters, over- charges, and returns, making the net receipt of revenue £ 1,875,436. 14s. 9^ d. The charges of management, as detailed, were £ 1,114,849.2s. 6d., and payments made, of which £ 10,307. 10s. was for pensions, making the total payments out of therevenue of the Post- officeinits progress to the Exchequer£ l, 125,594.5s. which, with £ 3,157. 10s. 2| d., the difference in the amount of balances and bills outstanding at the commencement and at the close of the year, reduced the payments into the Ex- chequer to^ the amount stated (£ 753,000). Of payments out of the Exchequer, £ 705,418. 3s. was paid for expenses con- nected with the packet service, of which £ 655,418. 3s. was on account of the packet service defrayed from grants of Parliament for naval service, and £ 50,000 to the East India Company towards the expense of steam communication with India by way of the Red Sea and Bombay, according to the agreement made with the Company in 1837, voted in the estimates for miscellaneous services. The several accounts in the returns are given in detail. CRIME IN FRANCE.— The number of criminals con- demned to death by the courts of assizes during 1845, was 55— of whom 35 were for murder; 3 for rape and murder; 4 for a: tempt at murder; 3 for parricide ; 2 for infanticide; 3 for incendiarism, and 5 for poisoning. Out of the above number, 41 were executed, and 14 had their sentences com- muted. In 1844, there were 50 condemnations and 42 executions, being five condemnations less aud one execution zaote tbaa ia the last year, THE RIVER SEVERN.— On Wednesday at a meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Sir J. Rennie ( President) in the chair, the paper read was " A descriptive account of the recent works designed by Mr. W. Cubitt, V. P., for the Improve- ment of the river Severn," by Mr. E. L. Williams, Resident Engineer. It stated that the previous condition of the river Severn, between Stourport and Gloucester, was a succession of deep pools, separated by a series of rocks and shoals, forming comparative x'apids. In the new works the remedy adopted was the removal of these fourteen natural dams, and the sub- stitution of four artificial weirs, placed diagonally across the channel of the river; in connection with these weirs were a series of locks placed in artificial lateral channels, by means of which the navigation was maintained. The general dimensions of all the locks resemble that at Lincomb. It is built of stone and brickwork, upon a foundation of red sandstone rock. The water was admitted to and discharged from the lock chamber in a peculiar manner ; a lateral arched culvert was built parallel to the side walls of the lock. It communicated with the bottom of the'chamber by seven lateral arched openings at right angles to the culvert, and by it 16,000 cubic feet flowed in or out of the lock in one minute and a half, and loaded vessels have frequently passed through in three minutes. The construction of all the locks was described as similar to that at Lincomb. The lock- gates were 33 feet 6 inches in height by 17 feet 6 inches wide, the overhanging portions of the balance beams are cast iron, and although the total weight of each gate was 16 tons, it was worked by one man. Diagonal iron tie rods were inserted in the framing of the gates from the top of the heel post to the mitre post at an angle of 45°, and by this arrange- ment the gates were rendered pex'fectly firm. The weirs, which are chiefly built across the bed of the river, but in one instance in an artificial channel, are constructed of large rubble stone, abutting against a foundation of piling, and vary in length between 300 and 400 feet. The facility with which the freshes are discharged by these weirs was accounted for by their length, their obliquity, and the uninterrupted action of the under- current. The advantage of their length was self- evident; and to obtain that it was necessary to carry the line of the upper sill obliquely across the stream, by which an equal discharge was ensured throughout the whole length of the weir. The free action of the under- current was also maintained to be an import- ant cause of an efficient discharge of the land waters. It was found that the under current was improved by the obliquity of the weirs, and less impediment was offered to the water than by weirs placed at right angles to the stream. In fact, if the area of the section, represented by multiplying the length of the oblique weir into the depth of the sheet of water flowing over it, was equal to the area of the direct transverse section of the water of the river above it, the weir afforded no impediment to the water, and the stream flowed onwards with a regular velocity. As a proof of this undercurrent, it was stated that an old barge, which had been laid up useless, got adrift and sunk in 10 feet water, 20 yards above one of the weirs. It continued undis- turbed during the short water season, but the heavy fresh raised it from the bottom and laid it on the upper sill of the weir, there being not sufficient water to carry it over. Another instance of the free action of the under current was that the channel not only maintained its original depth, but was scoured out in some instances to the depth of 2 feet. A series of experiments made in connection with these works proved that the under current flowed in lines parallel to the surface of the river, till it reached the foot of the weir. As an illustration of this fact, a float, which was loaded in such a manner as to swim at different depths, approached the weir in a line parallel to the surface until it came nearly close to the upper sill of the weir, when it rose and formed a parabolic curve in its passage over it. The fall at low water between Stourport and Worcester was at the rate of 2L inches per mile, while between Worcester and Gloucester it is at the rate of 4^ inches per mile. On account of this variation a different mode of improvement was there adopted, viz., removing the shoals by dredging and constructing a series of embankments for the purpose of equalising the width and depth of the river. The whole series of locks and weirs between Stourport and Gloucester was completed by Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the contractors, in the short space of fifteen months. The works had been satisfactorily tested by the floods of two winters, and the efficiency of the weirs in discharging the flood waters has been fully demonstrated. WORCESTER UNION.— From the quarterly abstracts published by Mr. Thomason, Clerk to this Union, we find the following returns for the two quarters ending December 25, 1845, and March 25,1846, collectively :— Total number relieved for the two quarters, in and out door, 3101; being a decrease of 219 as compared with the corresponding half of the previous year. The total expenditure for the relief of the poor ( including 594/. 18s. 7kd. for establishment charges and 50/. 13s. for registration and vaccination fees), was 3143/. 3s. The number of paupers in the house at the commencement of the half year was 221; births during the half- year, 5; admitted, 231; discharged 186; deaths, 3 ; number of in- door paupers remain- ing at March 25, 268. The average weekly cost of in- door paupers is 2s. 71 d.; viz., food, coal & c., 2s. ( id.; clothing 1| d. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— On Friday night last, a woman named Preece alias Morris, a well- known character in this city, was rescued from a watery grave by Policeman Hall, who was on duty near the Bridge, about midnight, when his attention was drawn to the river, by hearing a noise as of some one plunging in the water. He immediately ran down the steps on the side of the Quay, and was enabled to reach a woman who had either thrown herself in or had fallen into the river. With great exertion he managed to draw her ashore, and dis- covering who it was he conveyed her to the station- house, and Mr. Orwin, surgeon, was called in. Although she had been in the water but a very few minutes, and the ordinay remedies were applied with promptitude, it was some time before signs of animation could be restored, as the patient was suffering from the effects of both gin and water, the former being by far the most predominant, and it is supposed that under its influence the unfortunate woman had contemplated self- destruction. The utmost praise is due to Hall, who has within a few weeks rescued two individuals from drowning. THE BATTERSEA- BRIDGE TRAGEDY.— On Thursday morning, the 7th inst., the missing body of one of the ohildrcu, aged seven years, drowned by their mother at Battersea- bridge, was found imbedded in sand at the bottom of a sluice in Battersea- fields. COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS. SHIREHALL, TDESDAY, MAY 12. Magistrates present: Revds. J. Foley and J. Pearson, and J. Williams, J. G. Watkins, and F. E. Williams, Esqrs. Mr. Gardiner, proprietor of an omnibus plying between this city and Kidderminster, was summoned for damaging a number of plants which had been thrown from a wheelbarrow of Mr. Ashcroft, of Claines, by the omnibus driving against it. The case was dismissed. William Taylor and James Hawker, waggoners to Mr. Yeend, of Comberton, were fined 4s. 6d. each, including costs, for driving their master's cart without reins. CARRYING PASSENGERS WITHOUT LICENSE.— Mr. R. Deakin, of Birmingham, lodged an information against several country car- riers, under the 2nd and 3rd Wm. IV., cliap. 120, for carrying passengers for hire on the 11th April last. The first case was against Richard Handley, of Fly ford. The informer deposed that on the above- mentioned day he saw the defendant driving an omnibus or covered cart between Flyford and Spetchley, at the rate of between five and six miles an hour. His name was upon the cart, and witness saw a man get into the omnibus, and at the same time pass a coin ( having the appearance of a shilling) to the defendant. The Bench convicted the defendant in the penalty of Si., with Ss. 6d. costs. The Bench, at the same time that they imposed the above penalty ( being the smallest which they could inflict), unanimously expressed their willingness to sign a me morial to the Board of Stamps and Taxes, praying for a further reduction of the fine, the defendant having endeavoured, before he commenced running his cart, fully to comply with the require- ments of this law, but which efforts had not ( as he represented) been farthered by the local tax superintendant. John Kings, carrier, of Pershore, was next charged with a similar offence, committed last April at Whittington. The in- former deposed that he had frequently seen the defendant receive money from passengers on his arrival at the Greyhound Inn, in this city; and on the day in question he saw the. defendant's horse proceeding at the rate of five miles an hour. He did not on that day see defendant receive any money, and Mr. Pullen contended that no evidence proving the allegation had been given. The Bench were of the same opinion, and dismissed the case. Benjamin Harber was next charged with a similar offence, com- mitted on the 18th April, but the informer was not prepared to go into this case, and it was therefore dismissed. William Johnson, of Evesham, was the next defendant. Mr. Deakin deposed that on the 11th April he saw the defendant at Whittington, driving towards the Spetchley station at the rate of six or seven miles an hour. On the carriage was an inscription stating that the vehicle was licensed to carry four passengers inside and six outside. The carriage was licensed last year, but had not been licensed for the present year. Witness was charged half- a- crown for his ride from the top of Red Hill to Spetchley ( two miles). The defendant knew him, but said he'd be d— d if lie should get down till he had paid the full fare to Evesham. Mr. Pullen made several technical objections to the information, but the Bench overruled them, and mulcted the defendant in the penalty of bt. and costs. James Greaves, of Droitwich, was charged with a similar offence, committed on the 15th April, at the parish of Claines. Mr. R. T. Rea appeared for the defendant. The informer deposed that the van was proceeding at the rate of six or seven miles an hour, and that in reply to his question he told him that his charge for a ride to Droitwich would be 1 « . He did not ride with him. Mr. Rea submitted that this case was incomplete, and the Bench dis- missed it. With reference to all these cases, it was stated that these vehi- cles were not allowed to proceed at a rate faster than three miles an hour. The informer alleged that all the parties had had pre- vious warning, and that his instructions were to proceed against them, for the purpose of protecting those parties who did pay the excise duty. GAME ' CASES.— Mr. William Ockey, farmer, of Broadwas, was charged with killing game without a game certificate, on property of Rev. R. Berkeley, at Broadwas. A thatclier, named Downes, deposed that on the 13tb of Feb. he saw the defendant on a piece of ground in the occupation of Mr. Pullen, at Broadwas, belonging to the Rev. R. Berkeley. He had a gun, with which he shot a par- tridge on the ground. He was about a hundred yards from the bird when he shot. Defendant afterwards showed the bird to Mr. Harrison. Cross examined by Mr. Pullen.— Was tenant to Ockey, who had distrained upon his goods for rent twice. After the distress in April last, before the goods were sold, be went to Ockey and told him that if he sold his goods he would go to Whitelock ( Mr. Berkeley's gamekeeper) and tell him all he knew about his shoot- ing the partridge. The bird was shot in a field called the Broad Leys. It was quite light. Mr. Pullen addressed the Bench, and denounced the case as having been got up by Downes out of revenge. He said he should be enabled to show that gross perjury had been committed by Downes, and he was sure the Rev. R. Berkeley would never have allowed the prosecution had he known the exact circumstances under which it arose. A boy named Gittins proved that on a certain Sunday the wit- ness Downes came to the house of his ( witness's) master, the defendant, and on leaving, said he " would do his ( Mr. Ockey's) business for him for selling his things." Mr. Harrison, of Broadwas, recollected, on the 13tli of February, the witness Downes coining to his house to thatch before it was light. The defendant, Mr. Ockey, did not show him a partridge on that day. The Bench dismissed the case. Mr. Walcot, who appeared for Mr. Berkeley, informed the Bench that the only information which had been given to Mr. Berkeley was the fact that a partridge had been shot by the defendant. William Bough was charged with a trespass in pursuit of game, on the 29th ult., at Lulsley, in this county. Christopher Farr, keeper to F. E. Williams, Esq., of Doddenham, deposed that about half- past, seven o'clock in the evening he was lying in a cover at Lulsley, in Mr. Williams's occupation, when he saw the defendant come into the cover and seta wire. Witness saw a pheasant in the wire in the morning. The defendant set two other wires, and took a hare out of one of them. On this witness weut up to him, and he gave up the hare to him. Cross- examined.— Never sent any game to Worcester. Mr. Pullen submitted that there had been no deliberate act of poaching committed by the defendant, who, passing through the wood, had seen the hare in the wire, and thoughtlessly appro- priated it. The Bench convicted the defendant in the penalty of 1Z., with 13s. lorf. costs. POOR RATES.— The overseer of Onihersley parish brought up several parties, who were charged with non- payment of poor- rates. Some of them pleaded poverty, but in the cases where it was shown that the parties were able to pay, orders were made. With reference to the extraordinary charge of taking game, reported in our last, Mr. Pullen stated, in the course of the sitting, that the parties who had given evidence in favour of the accused, had since been turned out of their lodgings ( in cottages on Mr. Berkeley's property). The Bench deprecated this vengeful pro- ceeding, and repeated their conviction that the charge was the ' most unjust which bad ever been brought before tUem, To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian. Sir,—" Justitia" has conferred a compliment on me, in being so courteous as to refer to what may be my opinion on the subject of Education. It is, indeed, a grave and serious matter to write about, and I much question if I can furnish " Justitia with any opinions as to public Education that would not be deemed a trespass on your valuable space; and indeed I owe an apology to yourself for having on so many previous occasions presented myself to your notice. It is easy enough to express a few obvious and vagrant thoughts on the matter of Clubs, but Education and Clubs ate two things, quite distinct. Since I wrote to you a letter or two about Clubs, it is observable that some strange concatenation of parties has taken place in the political world. At the time to which I recur, the Premier was then in the zenith of his power, basking in the sunshine of influence and popularity almost without precedent, but now it cannot be denied by any party that the pretensions of the Pre- mier have been considerably lowered, and that his sun is making for the horizon. In no other department of mankind is the principle of Clubs more decidedly affirmed than in politics. As soon as men cease to be actuated by party- spirit, or as soon as they perceive no convenience or utility in the habit of following the leader, then it is to be apprehended that the principles of Clubs will be deserted and rescinded, and you will then, with- out any reason or propriety, designate any individual by his adhesion to the principles of any particular body of men. The Premier, as is well known and understood, has, not long ago, made a spirited and bold, and, as some call it, a commendable attempt to put an end to parties in the Legislature, and to extinguish the spirit of party altogether in the Houses of Par- liament. But it is needless to say that this heroic adventure of the Premier has not been attended with success, and besides, that it has signally failed. It is true that Sir Robert Peel has just commanded a great majority for the Irish Coercion Bill, with reference to which we read in the Britannia:—" Sir Robert Peel must, by this time, have made one more discovery than he has chosen to reveal to the public— that nothing can be more injurious and contemptible than for a Ministry to attempt carrying on the affairs of Government without the confidence of the Legislature or the country, and relying solely for support on 112 members out of an assembly of 658!" A few months back, and few people had much opinion of Lord George Ben. tinck, who has come forward to meet the necessities of the times; and his Lordship seems to have inherent qualifications for shortly taking the lead in the administration of affairs. It is a mere delusion to think that the circumstances of the country can be dependent on the volition of any one man, however acute and practical he may be ; and it has been often plainly seen in former periods of our history that men have been raised up who were equal to the demands which the times made upon them. It is observable that Lord G eorge Bentinck has a mind competent to the conception of great principles, for it cannot be denied that it does not appertain to men of weak minds to realize to them- selves the power and the importance of great • principles. It is pretty well known that the principles of the multitude are ever changing, or that in the course of action they are frequently mov- ing from one set of principles to another, just as they may be led by incompetent or unprincipled leaders. But it is the magnani- mous man who has courage enough under all possible commo- tions to stand by his principles, and on no account to relinquish them, because they are the right and proper principles to be car- ried out into action. Burke knew what principles were when he stigmatized the French Revolution; not so Sir Jas. Mackintosh in his Vindiciae Gallicae. It is a true principle, that the land in Ireland ought to support the poor, where they cannot be provided with employment on it. But to approach the question of Educa- tion I am indeed reluctant, and I am quite sure that " Justitia" himself would be far more able to handle this important subject than the Greek gentleman to whom he refers under the sig- nature of $< X « mor. I think myself for one that the lessons of instruction inculcated by the present Government are of a very objectionable and contradictory nature. Education, to be good and correct, must be consistent with itself, otherwise it must defeat its own object; because if Education is in its nature con- tradictory, the pupils must unlearn to- day what they learnt yesterday, for want of a polar star to guide their course of pro- ceeding. It Is observable that the lessons taught by the leading members of the Government in the Houses of Lords end Com- mons do not always agree, although the main defect does not consist in want of a similarity between them. It is remarkable that the Lord Chancellor, although a very great legal authority, is by no means a great stickler for legal forms, or forms of law. He knows that in the ancient writings a great distinction is kept up between the written and the unwritten laws, as, by the way, is to be seen much in the Greek writers, both poetic and prosaic. The Lord Chancellor is for repealing all obsolete statutes, but Lord Lyndhurst, with all his celebrated acumen, is not able to define in what sense the statutes in question, affecting the civil and religious liberties of the Roman Catholics, are obsolete. Granted that the statutes in question were enacted some 150 years back, surely on that account no competent judge will pro- nounce them to be obsolete. To establish the obsoleteness of these said statutes, surely it is not sufficient to allege that not one instance can be mentioned of their being put in force since they were enacted. Granted that the Chancellor has no innate attachment to Protestantism, it surely would have become him, a sage of the law, not to have advocated the repeal of any existing statute on the mere plea of its never on any occasion having been enforced. Jurisprudence certainly will not sanction the enunciation of any legal principle which has been so idly and loosely conceived as this. Without any stretch of the imagination, any man of common sense only, who makes no pretensions to legal acquirements, can understand how a statute may be enacted, well adapted to meet the end in view, and yet the penalties attached to the violation of the statute never be inflicted on the offender, because the administrators of the law were too timid or too corrupt to inflict them. It cannot be argued, on the other hand, that there are no Roman Catholics now, or that their policy is less formidable and aggressive than formerly. Oh ! no, no! Agai n, without involving oneself in the intricacies and labyrinths of the distinctions that are to be drawn between the written and the unwritten laws, a difference which apparently puzzled the mind of Lord Brougham for one, some time ago, with reference to insane culprits, without, I say, getting into the net of this technical difficulty, we may at least advance as far as heathens did, and say that the written laws are but the copy, the transcript, the reflection of those un- written laws which are eternal and immutable. I am far from saying that all written laws are but the counterpart of the unwritten laws; but T say that in a multitude of cases the obligation of the unwritten laws may be so recognized by the human subject internally, and he may be so influenced in his outward acts by these internal monitors, that the written statute is, in point of fact, a dead letter to him, because his conformity to the spirit of the unwritten law supposes or comprehends his obedience to the written statutes. Protestants, sincere Protes- tants, really believe Roman Catholics to be in fundamental error, and they believe that Popery has no warranty in God's Holy Word. But lawyers are great men for putting a case whilst dealing with generalities. It is a curious anomaly to see the Lord Chancellor get up in his place in the House of Lords and propose the repeal of certain statutes, on the simple ground that they have been enacted more than a hundred years ago and never enforced. Supposing these statutes remain unerased on the statute book, may they not serve the useful end of records and testimonies of the Protestant spirit of our ancestors, in degenerate times, when some divines are audacious enough to deny the design and fact of the Reformation ? The very same week, what did Sir Robert Peel say, in order to prevail on the House of Commons to pass the Irish Coercion Bill ? Did the Right Hon. Baronet on the Monday anticipate the sentiment to be propounded with indignation by the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords on the Thursday ? No. " But," says Sir Robert, " let us hope that there will be no practical occasion for the law to be called into operation,— that it will be dormant,—, that the existence of this instrument of repression will of itself be sufficient to prevent the recurrence of the formidable evils it is meant to suppress; that by its dormant energy it will deter men from crime, without inflicting those grievous penalties of keeping persons within their doors, or subjecting a district to the pecuniary penalty the law provides. Let us hope that the knowledge of the law being in existence will be as efficacious as it was before, and that we shall be able, at no distant period,— even earlier than before,— to dispense with it altogether. For that was the case before, that the law was on the statute- book, but was not called into operation for a period of its existence." Surely no member of Sir Robert Peel's Government ought to be forward to pour contempt on any ancient statutes affecting the civil and personal liberties of Roman Catholics, and it is very ill- timed now to denounce the Protestant policy of King William III. towards Ireland, when the indisputable fact is, that her Majesty's Government at this very time are incapable of govern- ing the Roman Catholic portion of Ireland without having recourse to a stringent Coercion Act. William the Conqueror was not, after all, so much of a barbarian as some think him now- a- day to be, when round a cheerful lire they hear the curfew bell. Yours, & c., May 5th. <£,>.<*, rios. DIOCESAN RKTURNS.— There has just been printed a copy of ethe abstracts of the diocesan returns made to her Majesty in Council, for the year 1844, by the Archbishops and Bishops of England and Wales. The total resident clergy in the dioceses of England and Wales numbered 7,246, of which .5,332 resided in the parsonage- houses 5 929 in the house appointed by the bishop's license 5 and 985 within the limits of the benefices, there being no parsonage- house. The non resident numbered 3,451, of which 1,061 were performing the duties. The miscellaneous cases were 427, including 41 sequestrations and suspensions. The total number of bene- fices in England and Wales is 11,127, of which 7,792 have glebe- houses. The diocese of Lincoln has 1,058 benefices, and London 685. Sodor and Man has only 25. The second branch of the document shows the net annual value of the benefices on which the incumbents were non- resident in each diocese. The total is given as 3,462; for 1,272 no value, was returned. The largest number of non- residents were in benefices of the value of £ 60, there being 84. In many of a considerable amount only one was non- resident ; thus in benefices of £ 2,500 a- year, only one was non- resident, but in those of £ 600 a- year 12 were non- resident. From the other parts of the return it appears that there were 2,409 curates serving benefices in which the incumbents were non- resident, and 2,361 assistant- curates to incumbents resident on their benefices. The stipends of the curates are given arranged in classes. One was under £ 10, and 469, £ 100 and under £ 110, in the list of curates of non- resident incumbents, and 696 of £ 90 and under £ 100 of assistant- curates to resident incumbents. Some curates to non- resident incumbents pay for the use of the glebe- house. CURIOUS PHENOMENON.—- The inhabitants of the neigh- bourhood of Longbricklaud, county of Down, have recently observed a very singular phenomenon in the lake, the water of which had for three days, some short time since, assumed a blood- red colour, returning afterwards to its original hue. During the period of this change of colour, a whirlpool was remarked in the centre of the lake, and the commotion may have caused the suspension of a sedimentary reddish earth, thus giving the blood- red hue to the water. The curiosity of the scientific and the wonder of the superstitious have been alike aroused by the circumstance, but as yet there has been no satisfactory attempt either to describe the phenomenon, or to account for it.— Belfast News Letter. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.— According to a Parliamentary return, the number of outrages specially reported to the con- stabulary- office, Dublin Castle, in 1842, was 6,535; in 1843, 5,875; in 1844,6,327; and in 1845, 8,095. By returns from the Chief Secretary's Office, it appears that the number of persons committed for trial in Ireland, in the year 1844, was 19,448, and in 1845, 16,696. Among the outrages reported to the constabulary- office, threatening notices or letters form a prominent feature. They numbered last year 1,944 and in the preceding year, 862. Of homicides, there were 106 in 1842, 122 in 1843,146 in 1844, and 139 in 1845. Outrages in attacking houses numbered last year 483, and incendiary fires, 478. Of the number of persons committed for trial in the second return, it is stated that in 1844 out of the 19,448 there were 8,042 convicted, 10 found to be insane on arraign- ment, and 13 acquitted as being insane, and 11,406 acquitted and discharged. In the year 1845, of the 16,696 committed for trial, there were 7,101 convicted, and 9595 acquitted. STATE OF TRADE IN MANCHESTER.— The market to- day has been suffering under the consequences of two failures in London— one of them of serious magnitude, and both inflicting considerable loss in this town. The demand for goods has consequently been limited, and prices of some articles have been barely maintained. For yarn, however, there is a fair inquiry, and prices are perfectly firm.— Man- Chester Guardian, Tuesday. THE SUPPLY OF SUGAR.— Great anxiety now pre- vails with regard to the supply of sugar. Serious fears are entertained that the importation of colonial and other admis- sible growths will fall far short of the consumption, so as to leave little or none at the end of the year to meet the spring demand. The Government have been disappointed in then- expectations ; our colonies have not increased their production in the ratio that was anticipated, and the arrivals of foreign free- labour sugar have been comparatively insignificant; nor does the future present a more flattering prospect. A drought of unusual severity has visited the West India colonies, and well- informed parties calculate that it will cause a deficiency in the crop to the extent of many thousand tons. The lowest estimate of the deficiency is 15,000 tons, the highest 40,000 to 45,000; it may be safely assumed to be 30,000, or a full eighth of the usual importation from all the colonies. This misfor- tune will not exercise so injurious an effect on the British public as it must have done before the admission of free- labour foreign sugar. It cannot, however, fail to raise prices, and that very considerably ; because the quantity of Java and Manilla, or other free- labour sugar, that can arrive for several months, is so small as to go but a short way to compensate for the deficiency in the West India importation. There were only about 8,000 tons of free- labour sugar imported last year. Even supposing this to be doubled in the course of the presant year, ( a result not unlikely to be attained by the close of the season,) parties versant with the sugar trade reckon upon the supplies, taken as a whole, proving quite insufficient for the now enlarged consumption. Three estimates of the probable importation of all admissible descriptions for the current year have been shown, amounting, respectively, to 220,000, 240,000, and 255,000 tons. The average of these three estimates is 238,000 tons. Last year the consumption reached 240,000. This year it can hardly be so low as 2( 50,000, and may possibly be 270,000— even at present prices, with the probability of reaching 280,000, if, by any means, prices fall materially. It thus appears that the supply is likely to prove 22,000 tons, or about 8 per cent, short of the smallest estimate of consumption. In consequence of this state of the trade, prices have advanced materially during the last year, particularly for sorts adapted to the wants of the country, which have become scarce, so much so, that the stock in London of West India sugar is less than half of what it was at the corresponding period of last year; and there are only about 250 hogsheads of West India, in first hands, at this great emporium, not a single cask at Bristol, and only 93 in the ports of Clyde. The bulk of the stocks now held are East India, a growth most of which enjoys no favour with consumers. The article of molasses is in a still more striking position, the stocks in the country being less than two months' deliveries, and the import, for the year not likely to reach three- fourths of what would be required for the year's consumption, even at the present rates of delivery ! The prices, as might be expected, have advanced greatly, not less than 40 to 50 per cent, on the currency of the corresponding month of last year; indeed, they are higher than before the reduction of duty, which took effect on the 14th of March, 1845. The following figures exhibit the present value, in bond, of West India and foreign sugar :— Good brown for Fine yellow refining. grocery. S. d. S. 38 0 28 0 18 G 42 none 21 Colonial Free labour ... . Other foreign ... . — Liverpool Times. HORTICULTURAL EXPEDITION.— Mr. Fortune, of the Horticultural Society's gardens at Chiswick, who was sent out to China about three years since, and who has been very suc- cessful in exploring the horticultural and botanical novelties of that country, particularly in Hong Kong and the vicinity of Canton, returned to London in the course of last week. He has brought over with him a very large collection, in the finest condition, of horticultural and agricultural products, contained in eighteen glazed cases, which have been trans- mitted to the gardens of the Horticultural Society. DRAGONETTI.— Rumours are abroad that the property of this eminent musician is not nearly so large as was antici- pated— five thousand pounds being much nearer the mark than five- and- twenty thousand. The bulk of what property there is is left to a sister— if she can be found; and the legacies to friends and acquaintances are chiefly in the shape of music, instruments, & c. It seems the old man squandered his means in the accumulation of curious rubbish, to which no sort of money value can be attached by his executor?. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS.— It appears from a report of the officers of the Board of Trade, that the number of accidents attended with personal injury or danger to the public, arising from causes beyond the control of passengers were, during 1844, 10 killed, and 74 injured ; owing to their own negligence or misconduct, 7 killed 9 injured. Personal injury to servants of the companies, not involving danger to the public, 33 killed and 28injured. To others, not servants, but trespassers, 34 killed and 17 injured. In 1845, accidents to passengers, over which they could exercise no control, 10 killed and 101 injured; owing to their own negligence or misconduct, 9 killed and 10 injured. Injuries to servants of tho companies, not involving danger to the public, 36 killed and 24 injured. Others, not servants of the companies, but trespassers, 45 killed and 9 injured. During a period of four years eleven months, 121 accidents occurred which were beyond the control of passengers, 66 persons were killed; 324 were injured, but not fatally; total killed and injured, 390. The number of persons carried was 12,491,192. The average, therefore, of persons killed to the total number car ried is 1 in 1,825,664; and of persons not fatally injured, 1 in 371,896; and of the total number injured, 1 " in 808^ 959". The proportion which the number of passengers killed bears to the total number carried is:— in 1840, 1 in 274,085; in 1841, 1 in 852,073; 1842, I in 4,271,689; 1843 1 in 8,524,175; 1844, 1 in 3,036,305; and in the first six months of 1845, 1 in 8,360,275. CURIOUS INVENTION.— We perceive from Galignani's Messenger that a sub- marine boat, of a novel construction, has just been launched at Paris. It is made of sheet iron; in the form of a regular cylinder, about 33 feet in length, and 13 feet diameter, weighing upwards of 50 tons. Its con- struction enables it to float either on the surface or under water, without any exterior agent. It has a screw- propeller, by means of which the persons on board are able to make it move in any direction guided by a rudder. On each side of the propeller are two paddles, by means of which it is made to sink or float at will. The weight necessary to sink it is about 40 tons of ballast, which may be of lead, sand, or water. The water is taken in, or forced out, by meaus of pumps. The boat requires eight men to work it, and it can remain for hours under water. A quantity of air may be compressed in a reservoir to an atmospheric degree, proportioned to the depth to which the boat is to be sunk. It has also an apparatus which enables the men on board to leave her through an aperture at the bottom, and work outside the boat with a supply of air. It is lighted with bull's eye glasses, similar to those used for cabins in large ships. After making some trials in the Seine, she is to go to Brest, and be employed in endeavouring to raise the Republicain, a ship sunk in that port more than 50 years ago. PARDONED, AND AGAIN CONDEMNED.— Sergeant, the barrister, who was convicted at Dublin of having forged a bill of exchange, was last week sentenced to seven years trans- portation. When George IV. was quitting Ireland, in 1821, this individual was under a similar sentence for a similar charge. His wife rushed into the water after the King's barge, with a petition in her hand, praying for pardon, which his Majesty granted. HORRIBLE DISCLOSURE.— The town of Runcorn has been thrown into a state of great excitement owing to disclosures which have taken place within the last few days, consequent on the apprehension of a man and his wife on a charge of having murdered two of their own children, and attempted to poison a third, by the administration of arsenic. The names of the prisoners are Joseph and MaryPimlett, and the former is a ship carpenter. He was member of a club, called the Weaverham New Friendly Society, which, at the death of a child, paid a small sum of money towards the funeral expenses. About seven months ago he and his family took up their residence in Runcorn, and about the same period the mother entered two of her children, now dead, as members of the Liverpool Victoria Legal Burial Society, which receives subscriptions of 1 c?. per week for children above five years of age, and in case of death contributes 51. for funeral money, and one half- penny per week for children under that age, and pays 21. 10s. as funeral money. The mother it appeared had taken the two deceased children to a medical gentleman, Mr. Pye, who prescribed for them, but it has been discovered that the medicine was never given to the children. On conveying the third child to Mr. Pye, that gentleman sus- pected that all was not right, and had the parents apprehended, the two bodies were disinterred and large quantities of arsenic detected in each. At the inquest the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the mother, but as nothing more than Suspicion appeared against the father he was discharged. MANSLAUGHTER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.— On Saturday last an inquest was held before the Liverpool Borough Coroner, on view of the body of Catherine Martin, the wife of Mr. Edward Martin, licensed victualler, of Green- land- street, in that town, who met her death under such dis- tressing circumstances as to cause the apprehension, and, subsequently the committal of her husband on the charge of manslaughter. The case excited very considerable interest, the court being unusually crowded with the friends and relatives of the deceased. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was on the previous Thursday night intoxicated, and that her husband had, while she was in that state, maltreated her by kicking her in the abdomen and by other injuries, from the effects of which she died on the following morning. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next Assizes. He is about thirty- six years of age, and was respectably attired. CAPTURE OF A DARING GANG OF ROBBERS.— On Tuesday last, the Bristol police made a capture of several members of a daring gang of burglars, who have carried on their midnight depredations in the adjacent villages for several months past, and up to the present time have contrived to escape detection. Scarcely a week has passed without some gentleman's mansion, extensive factory, or church or chapel being entered. On Saturday last, the parsonage at Combehay, Somerset, the residence of the Rev. Mr. Haynes, was entered, as was also the church. From the parsonage the thieves con- trived to gather a rich booty, as they carried off a consider- able sum in gold money, and £ 100 in notes of the Bank of England. In the church, their efforts to possess themselves of the communion plate were, fortunately, less successful. Information 01 fhe robbery was conveyed to Bristol; and, from circumstances within their knowledge, the police were led to suspect a man named Williams, and a Jew of the name of Michael. Williams was secured, and his house searched, and some of the notes stolen from Mr. Haynes found, as were also articles stolen from the mansion of a gentleman named Ireland, at Brislington, and a complete set of housebreaker's implements. Among these was an instrument with which, there is no doubt, the doors and shutters were cut. Since the search two women and another man have been taken, and the police are sanguine of being able to bring home many rob- beries to the baud, who have for a long time been the terror of the villages. CHURCH FOR THE SEAMEN OF THE PORT OF LON- DON.— On Monday last the foundation stone of the church in Dock- street, Commercial- road, for the accommodation of the seamen frequenting the port of London, was laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The site has been well chosen, being very near the London and St. Katherine's Docks, the Sailor's Home, with which there is a private communication, and also in the immediate vicinity of the Seamen's Asylum. From the walls, which have already been raised to the heighth of about fifteen feet, a blue and white canvass awning was stretched and carried up to a lofty ridge, from which the Union Jack floated outside. On a platform erected in the centre of the area, and covered with Turkey carpeting, three chairs were placed, one a chair of state for the Prince ; that on the one side for the Bishop of London, and that on the other for the Lord Mayor. The whole of the remaining space was occupied by crimson covered seats in ascending rows, which were filled by ladies and gentlemen. The clergy, who attended in considerable numbers, occupied three benches immediately behind the Prince ; the seats in front were occupied by the Lords of the Admiralty, the com- mittee and their ladies. The upper and back benches were occupied by seamen and their apprentices, who acted as an excellent choir. Thereligiousportion of the service commenced by the singing of a hymn, followed by the reading of the 84th psalm, the Lord's Prayer, and the dedication. The architect then read the inscription as follows: " This Foundation Stone of the Church for Seamen of the Port of London, was laid Monday, 11th of May, A. D., 1846, in the 9th year of the Reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, by his Royal Highness Prince Albert K. Gr., her Majesty's Consort. The Right Hon. and Right Rev. Charles James Bishop of London; John Labouchere, Esq., Treasurer; Henry Roberts, F. S. A., Architect ; William Cubitt and Co., Builders." The inscription having been deposited in the bottle, and the mortar having been spread by a silver trowel on the lower stone, the upper block was gradually lowered ; and the Prince, having by aid of plummet and level ascertained that all was fair and square, applied the mallet to each corner of the stone, the Bishop saying, " We place this foundation stone in faith and hope, to the glory of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." This was followed by the 122d Psalm, which was chanted by the choir, prayers for pro- tection and strength, and the Apostolic benediction. Before leaving, his Royal Highness desired that three cheers should be given for the success of the work ; which were given by the sailors, and three more for her Majesty and the Prince. His Royal Highness on re- entering his carriage was most enthusiastically cheered by the assembled crowds outside the building. A liberal collection was made at the Church door in aid of the building fund, which, we understand, is still between 2,000/, and 3,000/, short of the estimated sum required— 9,000/. iitultum in i^ arUo. Paris is full of English visitors of rank. A serpent was lately captured at Seebpore which measured fourteen cubits in length and two in circumference. According to a sketch of the battle of Sobraon, the breadth of the Sutlej, where the bridge of boats was thrown over it near Hurrekee, is about 1,200 feet, or about the breadth of the Thames at Waterloo Bridge. Letters from Constantinople announce the arrest ofMahmoud Pasha, paymaster- general of the army, on a charge of em- bezzling the public money to the amount of £ 160,000. Thirty- seven vessels arrived in the Thames and docks in the port of London on Friday, from different parts of the globe. Four were from China direct, six from the East Indies of heavy tonnage, and several from the West Indies. The Bey of Tunis has forwarded to the Queen a present of several horses, lions, and other animals. On Saturday, a little boy was suffocated in a chimney, at Limerick, which he had been employed to sweep. Last week, at Kirk Bramwith, a young man, who is of un- sound mind, attacked his aged father, and beat his skull in with a clock weight. The old man died on the following night. In the first week of this present month of May there were ten thousand quarters of wheat and nearly seven thousand quarters of oats imported from Ireland into tho single port of Liverpool. Mr. William Chambers, of Edinburgh, is now said to be the author of ' « The Vestiges cf Creation." Peaches and nectarines, with a profusion of cherries and strawberries, was offered in Covent- garden Market last week. The number of visitors at the Horticultural Gardens, at Chiswick, on Saturday, was 5022. There are at this moment 11 steam- boats plying on tho Thames, between London and Westminster Bridges alone, at a penny the trip. They make 32 trips an hour, or 320 a day, and the average number of passengers cach journey is 40. Mr. Green, the celebrated aeronaut, made his 321st ascent in his balloon from Ipswich on Tuesday. He safely descended nine miles from the town, but on returning home the cart in which he rode was upset, Mr. Green escaping with some severe bruises. On Tuesday, detachments of the 14tli Light Dragoons and 22nd and 86th Regiments, serving in India, arrived at the Invalid Depot, Fort Pitt, having arrived from India by the John Brewer. Most of the men are afflicted with bad eyes. Five men and eight children died on the voyage. Agricultural Intelligence. CONCENTRATION OF MANURE.— A visit, which may lead to important results, has been recently paid to the Agricul- tural College, at Cirencester, by Monsieur Ouvrard, the cele- brated French financier. He has brought to notice a process for reducing farm and stable manure to a substance resemb- ling guano for portability, but said to exceed it in durability and fertilizing qualities. The subject has been laid before the council of the Royal Agricultural Society, and the farm of the College has been selected for giving the process a fail- trial previous to its being submitted to the public. PROFITABLE MODE OF PLANTING POTATOES.— Ploughin a good coat of manure, Ihen plant with bean- dibber a single eye scooped ou', 6 inches apart and 18 inches between the rows. The scope- bowl should measure one inch in diameter, set on, inclining backwards, and one inch from the handle. A woman can scoop two bushels in a day. The produce I have realised from the above mode has been 226 three- bushel sacks to the acre, heaped measure. In addition to this, more than two thirds of the potatoes remained for my pigs and cows. The experiment I made was as follows; I planted four lands in one field :— The 1st, with two quarters of a potato. „ 2nd, with two eyes ,, „ 3rd, with one eye „ The fourth produced just double the quantity of the first.-— Charles Talmage, Horsepeth, near Wlicatley, Oxon. To TRAP SLUGS AND SNAILS.— The following is given by a correspondent of the Gardeners' Chronicle as a simple plan for the destruction of these troublesome garden thieves : —" I have used for snaring these ( and with good success too), deals, slates, & c., but above all, a good large turnip, with a cavity scooped out, and a few notches made in the edges to admit the visitors. I then melt a quantity of butter and hogs'- lard, and brush it on the inside of the scooped turnip while molten; then lay them down near any herbaceous plants in the borders, & c. I then send a boy round once in the heat of the day, to collect the spoil, which often amounts to 30 or 40 in each turnip." HOPS. WORCESTER, MAY 15.— A better demand for all kinds of hops that are fresh and good; and last year's growth freely obtain an advance in price. The following are the prices :— lS45' s, £ 4. 10s. to £ 7 ; choice, £ 7. 7s. 1844' s, £ 5 to £ 6. 6s.; choice, £ 6. 15s. Older hops, £ 2. 5s. to £ 5; choice, £ 5. 12s. per cwt. BOROUGH, MAY 11.— The finest parcels of new hops in somewhat improved demand, at rather more money. Little business doing in other kinds. New Pockets. £ s. £ s. New Bags. £ s. £ s. Farnham 7 7 10 10 Kent 5 0 7 12 Kent 5 0 9 9 Sussex 0 0 0 0 East Kent 0 0 0 0 Yearlings..... 4 10 5 la Sussex 4 15 6 6 OldHops 0 18 5 0 Yearlings 4 10 6 15 KENT.— The hops have greatly advanced in the past few days, and in many instances have run three feet up the poles. The weather has been somewhat ungenial, and they have been attacked by a blight; but, on the whole, they have a vigorous and promising appearance.— Kentish Gazette. FAIR. WORCESTER,— Our fair on Monday last was well supplied with all descriptions of stock, and a good attendance of purchasers; in fact, it may be considered the best fair this year. The supply of fat beasts was remarkably good, and was readily disposed of at full 6d. per lb. Cows and calves, and fresh barrens, were also much sought after, and sold at great prices, say barrens, £ 12 to £ 16; cows and calves fetched as high as £ 18. The supply of sheep and lambs for the butcher was also good, both in quantity and quality, and mutton readily fetched 6 § d. to 7d., lamb 8 § d. The prices for ewes with lambs were rather lower than at our late markets— those which a short time ago would have realised 50s., did not bring at this fair more than 45s. Tegs in the same proportion. — There is a perceptible improvement in our horse fair, snd good horses of all descriptions sold well, particularly cart horses, which brought very great prices. FAIRS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. Worcestershire.— Kidderminster, Thurs. Gloucestershire.— Cheltenham, Thurs.; Sodbury, Sat. Herefordshire.— Doistone, Mon,; Hereford, Tues,; Ross, Thurs,; Weobly, Thurs. Shropshire.— Wem, Tlmrs ; Albrigliton, Sat, Warwickshire. — Alcester, Mon.; iJunchurch, Mon. Staffordshire.— Leek, Mon. ; Longnor, Mon.; Stone, Tues. ; Burton- upon- Trent, Thurs.; Cheadle, Thurs.; Eccleshall, Thurs.; Abbott's Bromley, Fri, liquid guano may be applied most beneficially.— Pinks: Those grown in pots should never be allowed to get very dry. Tie the plants up as they advance. Seedlings which are throwing up many flower stems ( those, of last year's growing), should have them reduced to at most two or three, in order to get the flowers as large as possible. Attend to other directions as previously given, COTTAGERS' GABDENS.— A row of Cormack's British Queen Pea, in highly manured ground, sown at this period, would be almost all in the Pea way that the cottager will require for the year. This, however, should be well done. It is the habit of this Pea to produce in succession like the Scarlet Runner, and such crops are far more valuable than fugitive ones, which waste both labour and space, agricultural ano otper ftflarfcete. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK- LANE. MONDAY, MAY 11. Although the supply was only moderate, the trade was so cora- plelely paralysed, that but little progress could be made in sales, except at 4s." to 5s. per qr. under the currency of this day week. This depiession, however, did not extend to bonded. The markets in Belgium, report generally higher rates, and there was increase inquiry for export to that country at fully, and in some cases for low qualities rather higher terms. Malting barley almost nominal, the season being over ; grinding, the turn in favour of buyers. Malt steady. The oat trade has participated in the general dullness, and the sale very limited, at a decline of fully Is. per qr. Peas and beans were in moderate consumptive request, without any particular change in value. Per qr. Per qr. Wheat, Essex, Kent, & Sutt'olk Red 54 to 60 White - 58 64 Lincolnshire St York- shire Red 52 58 White 56 60 Scotch - 48 52 White - 50 56 Irish - - - - il 50 White 48 50 Barley, Essex and Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk Malting - 29 31 Distilling 27 29 Chevalier 32 35 Grinding - 25 26 Irish, Distilling- 25 27 Grinding - 24 25 Rye, Distilling - 34 36 Grinding - - - 32 34 Malt, Norfolk & Suffolk 56 60 Brown . 52 54 s. Malt Kingston and Ware 62 Brown - - - 55 Oats, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, Feed - 22 Pota. and Poland - 26 Seotch - - - 26 Devonshire and Welsh 21 Londonderry, Newry, and Clonmel ditto - 21 Limerick and Sligo - 24 Cork and Waterford Black White- Galway Extra Beans, Tick - Harrow and Small Peas, Essex, Boilers Blue 22 - 24 - 20 - 21 - 32 - 34 - 40 - 42 Grey, Maple, & Hog . 32 V. vtrn - 64 56 25 28 28 23 25 26 24 25 21 22 35 36 42 56 34 36 Extra - - .35 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. The show of English wheat at this day's market was chiefly of the left over samples from Monday, which'were not offered under that day's currency, but having only a small attendance of millers but few sales were reported. I11 bonded the transactions were only trifling, without any perceptible change in value: certificates can now be purchased at 9^. to 10s. per qr. In addition to the reported arrival of oats, about half- a- dozen Irish vessels and about the like number of foreign got up this morning. Factors refused to submit to any further reduction in price, but only took sparingly, and the sales were quite in retail for the supply of their present wants. There was a great dulness in other grain, and the turn generally in favour of buyers. SEED MARKET, MAY 11. Although only a limited business is doing in linseed, prices are pretty generally supported. The sale for both red and white clover seed is heavy, yet the holders will not submit to lower rates. Linseed and rapecak. es in moderate request, at previous quotations. In canary, next to nothing doing. All other kinds of seeds dull. cake, English ( per 1,000) £ 10 to £ 10 10s IMPERIAL AVERAGES. Average Price of Corn, per Imperial Quarter, for the Week endin" May 2. 0 Wheat 56s 5d I Oats 23s 7d I Beans 34s lid Barley .... 29s 8d | Rye 32s 5d j Peas .... 33s lOd Aggregate Average of the Six Weeks which regulates Duty. Wheat 55s lOd j Oats .... 22s lOd I Beans 34s lid Barley .... 30s 3d j Rye . . 33s 9d | Peas 33s lOd Duty on Foreign Corn. Wheat 17s Od I Oats 6s Od | Beans .... 8s 6d Barley 8s Od j Rye .... 9s 6d | Peas 9s 6d WOOL MARKETS. LONDON, MAY 11.— The past week's imports of foreign and Colonial wools have amounted to about 1,800 bales. In the private contract market, the demand for ail descriptions of wool, owing, chiefly, to the approaching public sales, is heavy, at barely late rates. LEEDS.— A moderate amount of business doing, at stationary prices. BKADFORD.— The demand for combing wools on the increase, but the supplies being limited, prices were maintained. SM1THFIELD CATTLE MARKET. MAY 11. During the past week, the impor ts of live stock into London, have been large, they having amounted to nearly 400 head of beasts, and 350 ditto of sheep, chiefly from Holland. To- day, there were ou sale 300 beasts and 200 sheep from Germany and Holland, together with 40 from Prussia, which latter— the quality of which was good— were shipped at Rotterdam. The demand for the foreign stock was tolerably steady, yet, though offered at last Monday's quota- tions, the whole did not find purchasers. From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning, were moderateiy extensive; yet, as the attendance of buyers was somewhat numerous, the beef trade was steady, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, Friday's prices. The numbers of sheep were by no means extensive ; while the mutton trade was firm, and previous rates were well supported. From the Isle of Wight, 300 lambs came to hand; while the lamb trade was steady, at our quotations. In calves and pigs— the supplies of which were rather limited exceedingly little business was transacted. PRICES PER STONE OF 8LBS. TO SINK THE OFFAL. d Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 Second quality ditto 2 10 3 Prime large Oxen ... Prime Scots, & c Inferior Sheep Second quality ditto Coarse- woolled ditto Prime Southdown out of wool 3 3 10 3 6 4 4 4 6 4 10 5 0 Prime Southdown in s d s d wool 0 0 0 0 Lamb 5 4 6 4 Large coarse Calves 4 10 5 0 Prime small ditto - 4 10 5 0 Suckling Calves, eachlS 0 29 0 Large Hogs 3 6 4 6 Small Porkers 4 8 5 0 Qr. old store pigs, each 16s a 20s Beasts, 2,538 SUPPLY AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Sheep and Lambs, 22,010 | Calves, 93 Pigs 290 WORCESTER, MAY 15. A fair supply of wheat, which met a dull sale at a decline of 3s. to 4s. per qr. Malting barley flat, and Is. per qr. lower. Oats Is. per qr. less money. No alteration in the value of beans, d t 0 6 8 Wheat, white New ditto Wheat, red Foreign 0 u Rarley, grinding 3 3 Ditto new Malting .. 3 6 Malt 8 0 Old Oats, English .. 36 New ditto 3 0 s d 7 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 3 6 4 0 8 3 4 0 3 6 Old Oats, Irish .... New Oats, Irish.... Beans, old, English Ditto, Foreign .... 0 Ditto new, English .. 4 Peas, Feed 4 6 Boilers, white 5 0 Vetches 7 0 Rye, new 0 0 s d s d 3 3 3 6 3 3 3 6 6 0 6 4 5 0 5 INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY RETURN OF CORN SOLD. Total quan. Av. per qr. I Total quan. Av. perqr. "" "" Rye . . . Oqr. 0bu.£ 0 0 0 Beans , . 35 0 1 16 1 Peas . . 0 0 0 0 0 Wheat 1035qi 1 bu. £ 2 18 8 § Barley 125 3 1 6 11J Oats. .0 0 0 0 0 Horticulture, OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD.— Potatoes of the early kinds have suffered much from the late frosts. Such as have lost their leaders should be replaced by good sets. In small breadths they may be introduced with a trowel. Seakale should now have the superfluous shoots thinned away— about four or five to each stool is amply sufficient. Keep down all blossom- shoots from both Rhubarb and Seakale ; these exhaust the plant much. Stir the ground well between the rows of early Potatoes. Weed all Carrot and Onion- beds as soon as the weed can be got hold of. Those who are short of hands will find this the best economy. Let those who would have first- rate Asparagus see that plenty of manure or half- rotten vegetable matter is dug into the alleys forthwith.— Orcharding and Print Trees in general: Disbud Peaches and Neetarines. Pinch off the foreright shoots in Apricots, leaving a leaf or two at the base ; these will sometimes cause natural spurs to develop themselves. Coverings may now be removed from protected fruit- trees in general. FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES.— See that all Roses budding have due attention : disbudding, stopping, & c., is as necessary here as in fruit- trees- Watch the buds inserted last August. Rub off the stock buds in a progressive way, and let all Roses whether standard or dwarfs, be well top- dressed with good rotten manure if not previously done. The Moss and Provins kinds, intended for forcing next winter, should have a rich mulching, fairly covering the pots. As Crocuses and other bulbs will now be 011 the wane, patches of biennials, which have stood the winter, may be planted close beside them : when the Annuals are decayed, the bulbs, if necessary, may be removed at the same time. One of the most important matters in this department at this period, is the pre- paration of half- hardy stock for the flower garden. FLORISTS' FLOWERS.— Auriculas: In order to prolong the season for these beautiful flowers, the pots should be removed from their frames to a stage having a north or north- east aspect, which may be covered with an awning of calico. As the pips wither they must be extracted, in order that the seed vessels may be fully exposed.— Ranunculuses : Thoroughly weed the beds, keeping the surface as firm as possible.— Tulips : The top awning may now be put on ; this of course must be regulated by the precocity or otherwise of the collections. In the neighbourhood of the metropolis they have been on some time; in fact most of the collections are fast coming into blwm,— Carnations awteiMtw; Alitej w shower, a watering vyitU COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 13.— During the present week the few transactions reported in wheat were at a reduction of 4s, to 5s, per qr. Barley offering Is. and oats 6d. per qr. lower, without finding buyers to any extent. Beans maintained their value. Some fair new wheat has changed hands at 6s- 4d. to 6s. 8d. per 621bs.— Averages: Wheat, 3,046 qrs. 0 bush., 59s. 10jd.; barley, 699 qrs., 32s. 0} d.; oats, 435 qrs., 25s. 6d.; beans, 17 qrs^ 2 bush., 48s. lOjd. GLOUCESTER, MAY 9.— Wheat was much depressed, and though the supply was limited, it exceeded the demand, and all qualities of English 3s, per qr. lower. There were very few sales offoreignr The value of barley, oats, and beans unaltered, with few transactions in any article.— Averages: Wheat, 885 qrs. 0 bush., 57s. 2d. ; barley, 179 qrs., 29s.; oats, 59 qrs., 26s. 4d.; beans, 88 qrs. 4 bush., 31s. 2d. SHREWSBURY, MAY 9.— There was a small attendance and nothing doing this day. The trade closed as follows, early :— Wheat, 5s 3d to 7s lid; barley, 3s to 3s lOd; Oats, 2s 2d to 3s. per imperial bush. HEREFORD, MAY 2.— Wheat, ( new) 6s 6d to 6s lOd; barley, ( new; 3s 6d to 4s Od ; beans ( old) 0s Od to Os 0d; ditto new, 4s to 5s Od; pease ( new; 4s Od to Os Od; oats, 2s lOd to 3s 9d. LIVERPOOL. MAY 12.— A good supply of English and Irish produce. From abroad, the arrivals comprise several cargoes of wheat, flour, and Indian corn. The prevalence of fine weather, com- bined with the exceediug dull accounts from all the leadiug markets, has had a very depressing effect on the corn trade here ; and upon a very languid demand for each article of the trade during the week, prices have continued to decline. Although there was a full attend- ance of both town and country dealers at market this morning, the report from Mark Lane yesterday put a complete check to business, and each article of the trade was offered at the following decline in prices :— Wheat, 6d. to 9d. per 701bs.; sack flour, 2s. to 3s. per sack; Canadian, Is. to 2s. per barrel; oats, ld. to2d. per451bs.; and oat- meal fully Is. per load. The value of all other articles was altogether nominal. Enaolijent anij Bankrupt l& egiater. FRIDAY, MAY 8. INSOLVENT. George Seabrook, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw hat and bonnet manufacturer. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Freeman, Wood- street, Cheapside, fringe manufacturer. Joseph Fearnby, Windsor- terrace, City- road, & late of Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted stuff manufacturer. Christopher Clarke, Goswell- road, and Cranbourne- street, draper. John Joseph Taylor, Tooley- street, Southwark, tobaceouist. James Whitelaw* and Thomas Whitelaw, Lichiiekl- street, Soho, and Store- street, Bedford- square, builders. John Dodsvvorth Abrams, York, tailor. Samuel Shann, Leeds, cloth finisher. Samuel Ogden, Manchester, woollen and cloth factor. William Gill, Warrington, Lancashire, corn merchant. Cutbert Parker, Liverpool, linen draper. Benjamin Clarke, Gloucester, grocer. Robert Foale, Kingsbridge, victualler. Stephen Knowles, Exeter, brewer. TUESDAY, MAY 12. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Chamberlain, East Dereham, Norfolk, grocer. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Fearnley, Windsor- terrace, City- road, worsted stuff manu- facturer. Nathaniel Levy, carrying on business under the name of Nathaniel Levy Nathan, Butcher- row, Aldgate, carcase butcher. John Green, Yarmouth, coal merchant. Charles Culledge Barley, Wisbeach Saint Peter's, Cambridgeshire, grocer. Brookes Hugh Bullock, Nicholas- lane, wine merchant. Charles M'Kiunell, Fenchurch- street, wine merchant. Robert Hearn, Doddington- grove, Kennington, and Wood- street, Cheapside, commission agent. W illiam Wells and John Claxton, Bankside, coal merchants. Frederick Savery, Hillingdon, Middlesex, baker. Charles Frederick Came and Maurice Telo, Liverpool, merchants. George Whitfield, Nottingham, lemonade and soda water manu- facturer. Richard Lees, Wolverhampton, ironmonger. John Andrews, Hill- house, near Huddersfie'. d, commission agent. Samuel Brear Sowden, Leeds, sharebroker. John Bacon, York, carpenter, William Badger, Rotheram, Yorkshire, boot and shoemaker. Edward and Aaron Linley, Sheffield, sheep shear manufacturer. Thomas Hartley and Robert Ingram, Leeds, share brokers. Thomas Rogers, Bradford, Yorkshire, surgeon dentist. John Wllmot, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, coach proprietor. John Page, Walsall, Staffordshire, iron dealer. William and James Fox, Manchester, oilmen. 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