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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOVSE 01r LORDB.—FAWAT, MAT 18. %IA LOAD CAA AAA LON took bi i legit at AVG o'clock. ••• !WM...WV 0 , 10.• ..... MOP IP ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES. Tllll Duke of AKOILL presented petitions from Kin. TOW and against papal agremion, and from the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, to the mme and also against the menmption of the title of "bishop," by any sect or body of Christian.. lle begged to say he could not agree with the latter port of the prayer of the petition. After • few word. from the Ihehop of Ltsnr, ar. Lord CAMPBELL said the Supreme Court of Scotland hod decided that the assumption of titles was contrary to Law. SPIRITUAL PROVISION. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented • petition from the district of Wool, in the diocese of Saiisbury, county of Dorsetaliire, complaining that sinee the subdivi sion of the locality into several parishes, in POI, a great want of spiritual control and general provision prevailed, in consequence of one clergyman (a. the noble marquis was understood) having to perform the duties of the several piri.hes. Ile prayed that adequate spiritual provision should be mule, in order to remedy such • state of things. The Bishop of SALISBURY thanked the noble marquis for the kiwi manner in which he intneltieed the subject. The population of Wool nunalre red about KO, the income attaching to the parish being about 1001. • year. Previous to Dill al rt..ident curate was stationed at %Vail, which was distant some lire or six mike from the parish church. Ile (the Redeli of Salisbury) gave his consent to the formation of Wool into a separate district in 1101, on the representation th it the erekomtical coinmiesioners were pousested of i•mt funds to endow the district. Ile regretted to say be rwe iliwsppointed in that expectation; inasmuch u the fun& et their disptewl went alworbed by previous demands. Ile had owl. :11 , 011T11;11. in the mean time, to obtain the ser vices of a curate in the parish ; and he hoped to he able to I Olititote the miui•trationa ot that umithanan until thc matter should be finally arranged. (Hear, hear) NAV IUATION L. . . The Nonni, prtse .nted a petition. signed lay 41111 of the shipowners of Shield..., who complained that, in con-equente of the repeal of the novigatiini laws, together with the impt duct legidation tl at earned an re-- fan nee to the management of railway., and the charges made by their diracton, they were much di pressed. Ihe traol,• is walsiale nail. particularly, as al,o groat portion of the coa.ting trade of the rountry, were now to a great ca t' sat minopolisenl by the railways. Thu patitionen prayed On if le.rokhiin would eau.: ionic TlltSllllls to he adopted having for their object the placing of all parties, shippers and railway proprietor,. on an rqud footing. The Earl of beei,real to summit to the pi•titioner, that they ware nut entirely destroyed by the pro railways, igthough placed iu a very critical posi tion. Ile ilOtlCti steam swan& would enable them to maintain their competition nab the railway, in the nava ing trails. Indeed, he under.taxad that in Newc..ntle at present there were for staamen, on the propeller prin ciple, preivering to convey coals to bindon, it being calcu lated that the voyage from there to London and buck could he accompli,ll,ll iu lour or live days. No railway would be. ablo to out..trip drat; and, a, the vessels would be freighted with fuel, the cost of .teani would thus be much cheapened. Lord 14..11' MONT said than petitioners complained that proportionate eharg, a on the same article from all lowali ti,.. wen• inn made. The northern line charged higher on rind, going 111 mile. north of London than they did ou owl, going in an opposite dinetion, and the petitioners prayed tkat proportionate ebarge, should be a aeon-el. After • w words from the Duke of Deet.i.seun, which were quite inaudible, Earl tiltAN VILLE said that, whil,t tulinitting the grievance of which the petitioner, complainol, a gnat deal remained to i.e ',aid against any alteration of the law. Lionl 111:1,LADALD: was understood to support the prayer air the petition. The Martial* of LON DON DEDILY said be felt a COttSte• lion that the re peal of Ow Navigation Law, had been of (Aid to gnat iuternit, of the country. However, alter what fill from the noble earl oppenite (Earl taranville) h.. would not then further pre., the matter. So•use Kirate bill. having been wham . ...I :tstituv— The ILtnittis u( LAN•IaoWNII; laid oa the table cert.thl re turn". I he house thcn adjourn.' at u quArter to moren o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FatinT, MAT VI. DA Smuts!' took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Ihll, were read ei third time: —St. An drews 'tailor*, ; l'ttmrtrr to Stoke, near Stone, and Iron NON ieh saitibili 'Turnpike Itoriola !Sill. The reliorta on the li.ot Lane:whirr Itailway 11111, and the Wry sham Inspror, inert 11111 were brought up and rewired. ilcrtriess riaImENTF.D: 111.1(1101'4 Ilioviir.N Lind C. MANNERS, from Human catholic, lir Leici•iiteriihin.; by Sir J. MAN NER, from Malliwell; by Mr. BRIGHT, from 2,1 , 01) Ito min nkthllljea of Mwse the Iteligiou Musa.* Hill; by Mr. 1..1rY, from 14dmin, im favour of this bill. P;s. A1M1tY.4 , 10,1. -By . lint - 'Y., f rom Elgin; by Mr. SPOON lilt (tn). from w'nrwirk.hin•, and other plum.; by Mr. WIII rEsillE, from Enniskillen; by Mr. ti. A. lIANIIIXON. front Dublin; by Mr. FLOVEIt, (min (Monet; Mr. HEALD. from wirral congregation. of Mrttiodistit. altain-4 pupal 111Orr••••ion. licri.lo , l VIM Al. TIT LEA HILL -Hy Mr. P. S. BCTLEIL, from Kilkenny; Dr. COWED, from place. in Cork; Mr. DEVEILECIi, from Weafonl ; Lord cAsTl.Elawilf, ff. the noon,. of Ilona; Mr. Iliitains, (rum place, in Mayo; I oral and SI • ItItEY. from Armagh; Loral N.% AS, from Kiiiktre sir A. AIt)IsTHOND. from KUNO. ('runt y ; Mr. K I-:0611. from the diummi of ltaphoe; Mr. K. It. Ittil.'llK, from Skilitiereem Youghal, tool other iu Cork; Mr. from klanehtater, itgaueit the kieelmiantiear lithu 11,11. l'Ol,L WHIPPERS BILL In Ni.ly to • qui .tion by Mr. II U ME: who laid that he eteil to the principle or the hill no beiug an interfetenev wish die freedom of labour, Mr. 1.A114)t t II kith .aut that the cootie he proposed to tale aimi to hint the tall read a time a., s.iou im pus lOW. and (lien n•&r it to a %diTt .IMI.III SIOILK•4 BILL lln the niiitoin Sir li tillEl, Ill', bill NA. brought in, and frad a 111 , 4 tier. BORNE°. Mr. It. Istlt • llt AN notitr that he wombd more for the proiluctiun ot Ilse I ornsikuldeurr of Sir J. Brooke with the ism rumen*, complaihiug the conduct of evrtain VANcouVEIL's IsLAND. In reply to Mr. Di %16,%., • Mr. GA WES raid that the late novernor resieed his oppoonnient a. Governor of Vanrour vet l*lan4. Ilse ap pnittenent n-4,4 with the s.rretary of State hvr the Colo nies, but on the rrr0W1111.114.111.11 of the Hudson's Bay l'ompany. They had neovoure :Wed ;au individual lathe Seem tary of State for the Colon'. • for the appointment, and he ap prehended tbere would he no olmetion made loth.. person re ri10MM4 . 11.1.1. livol.mi•• Lta) l'ompany Were IMMLIMI to make a r, Writ Crrry two year,. as tv the number of coloneds and the quantity of Lind cold. Findimr that thi. return Um. not made, a kiter had been addremed to the Ilisdron's 1t.., t'mapany for as caplanivtioti ; but up to that moment nu answer itatilleCW Wreilted. 'f 11Y. CASE OF MR. lIILLON. Mr. OTONNOIt put a que.tion respecting M. !Idiom's claim. for the captor• of the AU. rieuu smuggling brig Peru. niquiring w hcthcr hr did not fully carry out the printed treasury instructions to the pn•renttce service, and on what ground the tremor,. refused him hi. claim.. and what more wm requin3l of loin by the instruction. to establiah his claims than what he hail • ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the qu,stioa of th• lion. gentleman went Inyintil the Of dicary hound. of a question. This rm.,• had b e en mummt time* alinmansl upon motion, and unleaa the hon. gentle man ailopted that WWI. . it would la unpoamble fur him to anawer the question. 'IIIE CASE OF itoutArr FitsKIN.E. Sir E. BUXTON wished to put a questiori to the hoe. gentleman the Under Serntary for the Colonies respecting the cruel and inhuman treatment which Itobett Erskine, a person of colour, hail esperieneed at the kinds of an officer named Murray, aided by another officer kilned Stewart, oa the coast of Africa in ISE% It appeared that this per son was &vetoed by Murray of stealing some article; that he dewed the charge. but that notwithstanling this denial he was tortured for eleven days, as was admitted by the acting governor of the colony. The acting governor also stated that the account Erskine gave of his sufferings was little if at all esaggerabsl. and that he was several weeks in hospital before he recovered. The article said to be stolen was afterwards fund in the poraerion of a soldier. and Erskine was tried and acquitted. What he wished to ask was whether any prows-dings had been taken against the of Beers Murray and Stewart. and what compeneation (if any) the governmeut would give to Erskine fur the suffering* he had undergone. (Ilear. hear.) Mr. HAWES said that he would nut then go into the particulars of the case referred to by his hon. friend. Whe ther the alleged charge was well or ill founded he was not then prepaid to say. But it should be known that Erskine was in the private service of the °dicers, and if he felt ag grieved he might have sought a remedy from the courts of law. It was not until two rears after the occurrence that the talk' was brought untlei the notice of Earl Grey, and he immediately ordered inquiry to be made on the spot. In eonsequence of the information received. a ease was laid before the Commander-iu-Chief, with whom, and not with his noble friend the Secretary of State, the matter now rested as regards these officers. The opinion of the low officers of the crown had been taken to know if the courts of law in this country could tak e c ogn isance of the matter, but it appeared that they could not, and that any proceedings at law must be taken in the courts in the colony. In the mean time—the occurrence having taken place four years ago—the officers had gone to other parts of the world. With regard to the question of compensation, it was clear that Erskine. being the private servant of the of who were not under the control of the Coloniid *flee, this was not a case in which compensation could be awarded by the government. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. On the motion fur reading the order of the day for going into committee on this bill, Mr. REYNOLDS rose to move an adjournment, but was informed by the Speaker that. bating already spoken, he could not mike that motion. Petitions against the bill were then presented by Mr. IaILYNOLDS, from various places in Ireland; by Mg. SULLIVAN, ham Kilkenny and King's county- by Mr. MEAGHER, from Waterford; by Mr. MOOSE, from Mayo ; by Mr O'FLAHERTY, from Monaghan; by Mr. SCULLY, from Tippentry • by Sir J. GRAHAM. from Meath, Kildare, Down, Donegal, and other counties in Ireland. On the question, that the Speaker do leave the chair, no hon. member rising, there were loud calls of " Divide." The house divided : For going into committee Against it The house then went into committee on the bill. The first clause having been agreed to, and the preamble having been prepea.d, Mr. KEOGH said he hoped the noble lord would post pone the preamble and not trouble the committee to divide upon it that evening. He would put it to the noble lord whether it would not be best to reprint the bill in the form in which he intended to submit it, and then to postpone the discussion upon it. Ile would also ask the noble lord to state what alterations he intended to propose. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was impossible for him to accede to the hon. and learned member s proposal. It was ' a very long time ago since his right hon. friend the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, stated the altera tions which he proposed to make in the hill, and therefore the house must be fully aware whist those alterations were. With respect to any other alterations which might be pro posed, the opinion of the government must in some degree de pend on what took place in the course of the discussion. The hon. and learned member had wished to he informed whether the government had come to any agreement or understanding with the hon. and learned member for Midhurst. Now, he had no he.itation in saying that he had re quested the Attorney-General to communicate with the hon. and learned number fur !slitllstust on the subject of the clauses of which he had glean notice, and to state to him the objettions which either he or the government enter tained to particular portions of those clauses. In this he thought be was pursuing a course which was not only justi fiable, hut was generally pursued by persons who, agreeing as to the main object of • bill, wished if peisible to agre e as to its provision (Hear, hear.) Ile would have been very glad if the result of that discretion of his had been any agreement or understanding with the hon. and learned member for Midhurst ; hut he could not say that it was so. The hon. and burned gentleman did, however, communi cate the objection. entertained by the government to sevend of the proposed amendments. Anything further which might result from the conversatio n which took place, would be matter fur discussion in committee. The honourable and learned member (Mr. Keogh) said the gosernment intended to alter tho whole of the bill. To that he need only reply that in the first clause the government did not, he believed, intend to pro pose any alteration ; they would certainly nut propose any material tilt, ration in that clause. Mr. DISRAELI said that having on two or three occa 'ions abstained from making any observations because he did not wish to postpone the period for going into com mittee, he would nuw make two or three remarks on the proposed amendments. lie could not but feel that the position of the house with respect to the propositions of the government was very much changed by some recent decla rations of the I'rime Minister. Very recently the noble lord had told the house that he had nu hesitation in saying that the rescript of the Pope and the appointment of Car dinal Wiseman were part and parcel of a great conspiracy against the civil and religious liberties of this country. Now that wase,a still large r description than they had before of the evil to be met. (Hear, hear.) lle took that statement as an authentic etatemeut of the government. He could not believe that a minister could make such a declaration with out well weighing— Lord J. ItUSsELL (interrupting) said—Perber the hon. and learned gentleman would allow him to repeat ; what he had said. If his recollection served him, he said it was part of a conspiracy to prevent the extension of civil ; and religious liberty in Europe, and that the influence of this country might be conceived to be favourable to the rause of civil and religious liberty in Europe. He did not state, as far as his recollection served him—he certainly did not mean to state—that there was a conspiracy against the civil and religious liberty of this country. Mr. DISRAELI had felt quite sure that on such a topic the noble lord would nut use an exaggerated phrase,' and that he knew more on this subject than he felt justified in communicating to the house. Even taking the version which was now given, hu doubted whether during this controversy an Lnglish minister had made a more important communication to the House of CWIIIIIOII%. Now, he felt bound to ask himself whether this bill was adapted to meet ; such a danger. It was remarkable that as the bill appeared before them, it bore no reference to the circumstances which occasioned it. (blear, hear.) It did not allude to the grievance which it was proposed to remedy. If, indeed,' there had been a conspiracy, the government ought, first, to heave dealt with the arch-conspiratur himself: and if legis lation were necessary, they should have legislated on vane principle which would have settled the ditfi- ; cultic, that they had to contend with. The go- Tenement might have laid down the principle of , which he (Mr. Disraeli) had spoken before, that the assumption of any title, civil or ecclesiastical, i granted by a foreign prance, by a subject of her Majesty was illegal, and should entail must inconvenient noise- , quences on the party assuming it. That would have been ; a political remedy fur a political evil ; it would have shown that this country was determined to bale with the alleged conspiracy, and to prevent a recurrence of it. The govern ment had unfortunately adopted a course just the reverse of this. In the tint place, they had rolled elan the house to legislate without the slightest reference to the causes of legislation; and, still more unfortunately, the only legisla ; tion which they recommended wore the unhappy semblanc e of petty religious persecution. It was under these circumstances that he had to consider the pro- ' reseed amendments. Those amendments were considerable in number, but they divided themselves under two heads. These were amenelmenu which took what he thought the right course, which sought to connect our legislutiou with the causes which had produced it—causes which, in the . Tenement scheme, were carefully concealed, which recognised ;whit hail occurred as a political evil and applied a political remedy. On the other hand, there were amendments of a different kind which attempted to make efficient kgisla- • Lion which were essentially ineffective, and which, following up the fatal error of the government bill, only aggravated the dangers and inconveniences of petty penal legialation. (Hear, hear.) Now, all those amendments, which, in a frank and undaunted manner, declared to Europe the MACS of this legislation, which show. d that this bill was what it ought to be, a retaliatory bill, intended to resent is gross insult, and to prevent a resurrenee of outrages of this description, were amendments which would, he thought, greatly improve the bill, and he trusted that they would have the concurrence of large majorities. The other class of amendments was of a di ff erent kind. Then. was, fur ex ample, a claws.. called •• the informer's clause." This clause was, he observed, extremely popular with those who advocated the non-application of this bill to Ireland, because they said it was impossible that it could be enforced there. Now, he did not presume to ',peak for any one but himself, but he must say, that under no circumstances would he con sent to apply legislation to England on this subject which was not uppl led to Ireland. (Cheers.) Ihe real question before the house was, bow they were to maintain the supremacy of the sovereign of England; and to waive the assertion of that supremacy in the sister kingdom would be: most impolitic and injurious. (Hear, hear.) He should feel it his duty to oppose any amend ments of the government which did not frankly cope with the difficulties which had necessitated legislation ; and, on the other hand. he should support those amendments which in a manner Incoming a great nation declared the reasons why they took the step which they were about to take, which showed that this bill was a retaliatory bill passed to baffle' conspiracy, and to maintain the honour and the civil and religious liberty of this country. Ile repeated he should not deem it expedient to support amendments whose only object was to render efficient a scheme of legis lation which shrank from avowing the Cal/0e of the pro posed law, and seemed to justify the conclusion that the government dare not tell the reason why this country had assumed the position which it now occupied. He ob jected to the attempt to compensate fur the want of frank and manly dealing by a scheme of penal legislation which was vexation. and inefficient, and calculated to produce general disgust, and even disaffection, without baffling con spiracy or vindicating the honour of England. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if he understood the hon. gentleman correctly there were some points on which he had the good fortune to agree with him. The hon. gen tleman stated that he wished to have inserted iu the bill an account of the reason why it was introduced, and the nature of the offence which it designed to remedy. Now in the preamble of the bill, as it was originally intro duced. there was a recital that the attempt to establish, un der colour of the authority of the see of Rome, archbishoprics and bishoprics in this country wu illegal and void, and there was also a recital with regard to the offence which had been committed against this country. But, in order to make the matter more definite, his right hon. friend (Sir G. Grey) proposed to introduce the words " divers of her Majesty's subjects have assumed to themselves the titles of archbishops and bishops of a province and of a pretended see or diocese within the United Kingdom, under colour of an alleged authority given to them fur that purpose by a rescript or a letter from the Pope." He (Lord J. Russell) did not know whether what had taken place could be described more clearly than in those words. If the hon. gentleman thought that a clearer definition could be (liven, that would be a matter for discussion in committee. With regard to another point—a point of great importance, which relating to the suing at law for the recovery of penalties, he understood the hon. gentleman to say he did not think the informer's clause would add to the efficiency of the bill, but that, on the contrary, it would be a source of great vexation. lie (Lord J. Rumen) quite agreed with the hon. gentleman on that subject, but he had already stated that that was one of the clauses to which he did not propose to adhere. There was another point with regard to which be bad made a statement to the house before the bill went into committee. He had stated generally, with respect to the amendments proposed by the honourable and learned member for Midhurst, that the government was not disposed to accede to them, but be observed that there was one of those amend ments in which he catizely agreed in principle, although he wished the hon. and learned gentleman to con sid er whether his object was not carried into effect better by the words of the preamble than by the clause which he pro posed. The lion. and learned member for Athlone lad aids that the assumption of titles was not void and 1.11, and that therefore the recital of the preamble was false. He (Lord J. Russell), therefore, considering that such a statement had been made, and, moreover, that the portion of a ! bill whack was most likely to be consulted would *II AM claw of the act, they had deter THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1851, mined to adopt the words of the hon. and learned member , LAWS OF MORTMAIN COMMITTEE. for Midhunt es a clause instead of inserting them in the Mr. J. O'CONNELL moved that the select committee =r e. (Hear ' hear.) With regard to the hon . and on mortmein do consist of eighteen members. and that Mr. member's other amendments, he would, no doubt, Monsell, Mr. Napier, and Mr. Keogh be added to the eons j= them at the proper time, and he (Lord J. Russell) mince. Ho thought there could be no reasonable objection he prepared to offer his reasons for opposing them. to this, seeing that there were now but tw,o Roman catholic With regard to allowing private individuals free action in members on the committee, and but one connected with these matters, he thought it would be 11:Mien's in practice, Ireland. Of the gentlemen he proposed two were eminent and objectionable in pnnciple, because itte offence was in Irish lawyers, one of them a protestant ; and, seeing that fact one committed against her Majesty's crown and dig- the law in Ireland on the subject differed from the law in nity,andit would therefore be the function of a government, England, he thought benefit would arise from the addition and not of a private party, to vindicate the law. With he proposed. respect to that vindication he certainly thought that if the Mr. HEADLAM considered that no reasonable objection bill passed it would be the duty of government, of course could be offered to the committee as it stood. The inquiry exercising a discretion as to the particular case, to prosecute was not directed against any religious class,and his object had any person assuming the titles which were forbidden by been to have such members upon it as he thought were best the bill. qualified to conduct the investigation. Personally, he had The CHAIRMAN put the question, that the preamble not the slightest objection to the names the hon. gentl e man he postponed. had proposed, and if it was thought right to ext. nil the Mr. KEOGH wished the preamble to he taken first, as number of the committee, he should not oppose the mo he had emotion on the subject. He did not think, how- lion. ever, he ought to be compelled to adopt that course. The Sir G. GREY observed that the house, to prevent a noble lord said he had abandoned his own preamble. serious inconvenience, arising from select committees (" No," from Lord J. Russell.) Then, that he had being composed of too many members, had passed adopted the preamble of the hon. and learned member for au order limiting the number ; and though eaten- Midhurst. had been allowed in some cases, it had been only un- Lord J. RUSSELL rose to explain. What he had said der special circumstances. Ile thought unless strong grounds was, that there were certain words inserted in the pre were stated the house ought not to depart from a rule which amble which the hon. and learned member for Midhurst had been attended with beneficial results by insuring the bad taken as a clause. Ile (Lord .1. Russell) had said that attendance of members. No such special circumstances had he would accept them as a clause, and that it would be a been shown in this case, and therefore he must oppose the matter for subsequent consideration whether they should motion. retiin them in the preamble. Lord ARUNDEL and SURREY thought there were Mr. K EOGII said it was quite clear that the noble lord such special circumstances in the present case. Though he intended to make an important alteration in the bill on the was a member of the committee he had been so engaged on suggestion of the hon. and learned member fur Midhurst ; other committees that he had not been able to attend. and having announced his intention of withdrawing three This was an inquiry which related to matters important to clauses out of tour , and of willing to reconsider Roman catholic, in Ireland - • spg war, being . & por tion of the preamble, he (Mr. Keogh ) thought it b u t right that the house should know what were really the intentions of the noble lord, and what they could insist upon making the government stand by. (Hear.) The hon. member fur Somerset had said that if no one else moved that the bill be printed he would do so. lle (Mr. Keogh) then put it to the noble lord whether it was right to have a bill in which three clauses out of four had been withdrawn, and the preamble of which no one could make out—(Hear) — submitted to the house in its present imperfect form. Ile proposed, therefore, without any motive of factious opposi tion, that the bill should be printed before any further legislation took place upon the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL said that, in consequence of what had fallen (roan the hon. and learned member for Athlone, he hail a proposal to make to the house. Ile was willing to leave out the clause he now proposed to leave out, to keep the clauses he had announced his intention of keeping, and to insert in the preamble the amendment described by his right hon. friend the Secretary of State. Then, if the lion. and learned gentleman would be willing to go into com mittee on Monday, without raising a fresh debate on tho question of the Speaker leaving the chair, the bill could then be considered as reprinted. The hon. and learned member for Midhorot would also, in that case, be free to Prarhis amendments. KEOOII said that if he rightly understood the noble lord his propeaition appeared to be most reasonable. (Hear, hear.) Ho would nut, however, consent to accept the clause. -.ld as well m in Englanu, and he thought there ought to be another catholic member or two on tho committee, and certainly one or more connected with Ireland. Mr. J. O'CONNELL reminded the right hon. gentleman that the other catholic member on the committee had expressed opinions averse to the interests of the catholic church, and therefore he could nut be considertal as repre senting those interests. As hail been said, there was a different law in Ireland with regard to mortmain from that which existed in England, and lie thought the two legal gentlemen hu had named ought to be placed on the com mittee. Lord J. RUSSELL, had no objection, if the noble lord (Lord Arundel) could not attend to substitute the name of the hon. and learned member no Athlone. After a few words from Mr. HAMILTON and Mr. Mean t...Mt, Mr. KEOGH said he thought it unreasonable to oppose the motion, but for himself he would rather not be on the committee, as he was otherwise engaged. Mr. J. O'CONNELL insisted ou his motion, and The house divided For the motion Against it SIAM AND COCHIN CHINA Mr. HUME moved an address for copies of instructions from Viscount Palmerston to Sir James Brooke, repecting the recent mission to the courts of Siam and Cochin China, together with Sir James Brooke's report to his lordship of the result of the mission ; including copies of all notes Lord J. RUSSELL had not intended so to bind the bon. and learned member. which passed lwtween the 'lnroy and court of Siam ; also, copies of Viscount Palmerston *reply to Sir James Brooke's Mr. 11. GRATTAN ruse amid loud cries for Mr. Wal pole. lie begged pardon, the hon. and learned member for Midhurst was not an Irishman. (A laugh.) Ilr did not like ouch jokes. (Continued laughter.) Did the hon. and learned member mean to include Ireland ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that the words referred to by the hon. member were not to be cm lulled. Mr. GRATTAN.—If the words of the hon. and learned member for Midhurst were accepted it would be impossible for a Roman catholic to exist iu the country. It was well known that every Roman catholic bishop and priest held his appointment from the Pope. C lIA I RM AN —Onler, order. Mr. GIIATTAN—There is no order in my country. (Loud laughter.) His proposal was that they should nut have any further discussion on the bill. Ile wished to know what portions of the bill had been withdrawn ? The CHAIRMAN—The preamble and three clauses. Mr. GRATTAN—What are we discussing? An HON. MEMBER—Nothing. Mr. GRATTAN—WeII, as we are discussing nothing, the house will perhaps allow me to say a word or two upon that point. (Great laughter.) The preamble was to be u lc er's ', and th ree c l auses ou t o f fo u r were to be withdrawn. Was it then worth the noble lord's while to drag the house and the country into sects idsa bog, where armies whole have sunk I Let the noble lord make another omission and leave out Ireland. (Hear.) Let him take warning by the ominous bell they had heard tolling from Enniskillen on the former evening, and not resuscitate the fell spirit of part) in Ire land. The Orange party, there, was again raising its head, ' an instance of whose intolerance had lately occurred in his own neighbourhood. An English clergyman having been buried there, a cross was placed over his grave, hut the Orange party broke into the churchyard in the night, broke the crow, and wrote No popery "on it. They afterwards spent the remainder of the night drinking. To '• with the Pope and all the cardinals." (Loud laughter.) They ' should consider the state of Ireland, instead of such trumpery measures as this. In the north every man who asked for his rent was shot, while the south was a desert. A man had lately ridden twenty miles in Ireland without meeting a human being. (Hear, hear.) Talk of billies, the bullies were the men who had kept down his country with 10,000 armed men. They had driven the people to the grave or to America, hut they should remember Saratoga, General Cornwallis, and Lord Burgoyne. (Loud laughter.) Well, General Burgoyne. Ile hoped that the noble lord would reject the bill. Mr. WALPOLE said that the hon. member had mistaken both the noble lord and the proposition of the hue. and learned member for Athlone. That proposal was so rea sonable that he was willing to accept it. That proposal was to take the committee pro form. in order to have the bill reprinted. The proposal of the noble lord would then contain a recital of the alteration proposed by the Right Hon. the Secretary of State. After which the first clause would contain words providing that such brief, or rescript, or letter apostolic, should be void, and all titles conferred by them unlawful and void. The clauses now known as 2,3, and 4, would be struck out, of course leaving it open to him (Mr. Walpole) to propose his other amendments. At the same time he was not going to deny that there were great difficulties both ways respecting the informer's clauses. (Hear, hear.) But if the hon. mem ber for Meath thought that it was any part of his intention that Roman catholic' should cease to exist in Ireland, or that their worship or spiritualities should be interfered with, lie could assure that hon. member that he was math ely mistaken. (Hear, hens.) If the hon. member could show him in committee that the effect of hi. clauses would be such as he had described, the (Mr. Walpole) would ut once withdraw them. (Hear, hear.) Mr. MOORE acquiesced in the proposition of the noble lord. Mr. M. GIBSON suggested that it was hardly worth while to amend the preamble. He thought it was wholly deficient in two vital elements, boldness and truth. Ile thought the best way would be to abandon the preamble, and pass the bill with a single clause. Mr. NEWDEGATE, who was almost inaudible, called the attention of the noble lord at the head of the govern ment, to the fact that there were, at this moment, in vio lation of the ancient law of the land a cardinal legate in England, and a legate a !Were in Ireland. These ecclesiastics were not at all necessary for the spiritual service of the church, their functions being entirely political and tem poral. Sir F. THESIGER suggested that it would be better to defer these observations until they got into committee, when his hon. friend could call the attention of the go- vernment to the very important point he had raised. He could introduce amendments, if necessary, but at present the best way would be to follow the invariable course, and postpone the preamble, because the preamble usually had reference to the clauses of the bill. 'Therefore, he thought it better to follow the same course now, and when in committee the objections to both preamble and clauses could be discussed, as well as the point which had been raised by the right hon. member for Manchester. Mr. REYNOLDS, as it seemed to be the general under standing that the bill should be postponed in order to its being reprinted, agreed that it would be better not to enter into any discussion at present. Lord J. RUSSELL thought, with the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Walpole), that it would be advisable to reserve till Monday the discussion of the points referred to by the right hon. member for Manchester and hon. gentle. men opposite. All he asked was that they should on Mon day be placed in the same position as they were now, and that no opposition should be made to the motion for going into committee. Mr. KEOGH wished to observe that it was not, as he believed he should be able to show by a reference to prece dents, the invariable custom in committee to postpone the preamble until after the clauses were considered, and it was his intention to oppose that course.. The house then resumed, and the bill was ordered to be recommitted on Monday. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to a question from Mr. Hume, stated that he proposed to q c, on with this measure on Monday instead of the navy estunatee, which at present stood on the paper for that day. COAL-WHIPPERS' (PORT OF LONDON) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill being read, Mr. HUME said he had intended to oppose the measure as an unnecessary and impolitic interference with labour ; but as he understood some honourable gentlemen who were connected with the coal trade had expressed a wish that the bill should be read a second time, in order to its being referred to a committee up stairs, he would not offer any objection. He would, however, take this opportunity of urging on the government to consider whether the principle of the bill was not altogether a depar ture from the principle of free trade. Ile was favourable to the coasting trade, and, therefore, he was averse to add to those restrictions which were already tending to divert the coal trade from the coasting vessels to the railways. Mr. FORSTER was also opposed to the bill, but con sented to the arrangement. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. VALUATION (IRELAND) SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES. The report of the reaolution of the whole house on this Subject was brought up sad agreed to. report, and of memorials from th • e Singapore Chamber of Commerce, and from merchants of that place, having re ference to the Lame of the said mission. Agreed to. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Lord J. RUSSELL having moved that the house at its rising do adjourn till Monday next. Sir 11. HALL wished upon this question to call the attention of the hon. member at the head of the Commis sion of Sewers to some extraordinary facts with which he had become acquainted in reference to that de para. went. The house would recollect that this com- Mi.4,10n woo one of the most powerful bodies that existed in this country. It had power and jurisdiction over property to the amount of 8,400,000/. The e - roissioners were wholly irresponsible. They bad recently made a rite of most extrairelinary amount. Their liabilities were enormous. It appeared that the act required a record of all their minutes and proceedings to be, kept, which the ratepayers might inspect, in order to np- 1 peal against a rate if they thought proper. He had gonel to the commission as u ratisiy, r, in accordance with the nobl e lord's recommend:it , to inspect the book ; and would the house believe that though this was a court of record—that though the act required records to be kept— no record of any proceedings of the commission could be found at the office of a later date than the 10th of October last. Ile would undertake to say that not a single parish vestry would venture to conduct its proceedings in such a way, and to allow some months to elapse without making any entry in their hooks. During that time they had levied a rate of 110,0001. upon property of the value of 4,000,0001., and his noble friend kuew as well as he did that no entry had beim made cif the order for that rate. lie (Sir D. Hall) when he went to the office asked to see the manuscript minute of the last rate of 6d. in the pound. Ile was shown a piece of paper on which was written a rough 'Manic., but without date or signature, and as to that order for the rate foe the Wkst miuster district of sewers, it had never to this day been entered in the minute boa. He went to the office of the commission in company with his noble friend the member for Bath, who would confirm his statement that this order fiir a rate of 110,000/. was taken out of a mass of loose papers, without any arrangement. Ile asked whether this rate had been asked by the committee, or by the court of , Record, and the answer of the secretary was, that he did not know . • but some time afterwards he said he eon eluded that it was, inasmuch as the papers were connected with the business of the committee. He asked the secretary how they could manage to carry on their business in that loose manlier without any entries or records of their minutes. 'the answer was, that rough mi nutes were scot round to the commissioners, rough notes were taken, and that he had to trust to his memory to enter the orders on the records afterwards. That was the way in which this commission lucted its business. Two hours and thirty-live minutes were his noble friend and himself togamd in examining these papers to obtain the information they wanted, and which as ratepayers they had a right to demand ; and would the house believe that it required the secretary, and the lawyer to the com mission, and eight clerks to produce those papers, in consequence of the disgraceful state of confusion in which they were kept ? (llear, hear.) This was on Tuesday last. From information he had received, he be lieved that this commission had been mi•ing a large sum of money, 10,0001., from a Mr. (teach. He asked the secre tary if such were the fact, and required to see the minute of the order for raising this loan. The house would be as tonished to hear that there was no minute of this circum stance. Thus it appeared that 10,0001. was borrowed by this commission at five per cent., without any entry being made in their book. Ile hesitated not to say that this was a disgrace to the commission. Ile (Sir B. Hal) asked to we the minutes from Jan. 1 to the present time. The secre tary told him that they had not been entered. Ile then asked to see the rough minutes. The secretary said he might see them, but he dill nut think they would make anything of them, as they were so mixed up together and with other papers, as to be almost unintelligible. Certainly he had never seen any public documents in so disgraceful a state as at this office of the commission, and he would advise every ratepayer present to $(0 to the office and sec how , public business woo there conducted. He hoped that what he was now saying would reach the eyes and ears of rate payers out of the house, and that they would, a, they had a right to do, go and demand to sec the minute's and judge for themselves. Many of these minutes were neither signed nor dated ; they were not authen ticated in any way ; yet they were for dealing with and levying rates upon property to the amount of 8,000,0001. of . money. The secretary admitted that from the Bth of January to that time no minutes hail been en• tend in conformity with the act. With a view of being accurate WI to what he should state. ho (Sir B. Hall) made a minute of what he had been told, and read it over to the secretary, who admitted its correctness. His noble friend had stated the other night that it was intended to raise 1,000,0001. on one side of the water, and 1;40,0001. oa the other. That would require a rate of Ts. in the pound ; and these enormous sums were to be levied without any minutes or records. lie wished to call attention to another point. He would not say a fraud had been committed upon the house, but some thing like imposition had been practised, and he felt it his duty to call attention to it, and he hoped his noble friend would be able to afford some explanation. lie wished, in the first place, however, to refer to a circumstance which had occurred to a gentleman who went to the office of the commission on the 17th of December, wishing to see the minutes. He was told he could nut see the last series, fur the minutes from the 21st of June to the faith of August were in the hands of the binder, those from the 15th of Au gust to the 29th of October were in proof, and the minutes from that date to December, had not been entered up.:(Hear.) He would call attention to another circumstance to show the disgraceful manner in which the commission acted towards the public. For the sth July last a court was sum moned. No commissioner was present. The court is ad journed until Friday, the 12th. On that day no commis sioner was present—(hear, hear)—and the court adjourned to the 19th. On the 19th no commissioner was present, and there was another adjournment till the 26th. On the 26th there was again no commissioner in attendance, and the meeting was adjourned until the 2nd of August. This was the way they carried on their business. (Hear.) People went there to appeal against their rates, to answer sum monses, to make complaints, and when they got there there was no commissioner in attendance. He would now call attention to what took place last Saturday. A court had been appointed, one of the most important courts that could be held. The object of that court was to order works, to hear appeals, to receive presentments of nuisances, to all: the seal to the records, to order summonses and other matters ; yet no court was made, and the people who came there having been advised that this important business would take place found that, though these commissioners were taxing them so enormously, they could not find time to make a court to hear their appeals. Was this system to go on? (Hear, hear.) He came now to the point in regard to which, he said, some thing like an imposition had been practised upon the house. On the 14th of February the commission had ordered a person, a Mr. Joseph Smith, to make a survey of the Vic toria sewer, that from which hon. members had experienced so much annoyance during the last session, by the pure ping up of the soil in th e i mme di ate ne i g hb ours hood. [The hon. baronet here read the heads of the report] It was clear that they placed confid ence i n thi s Mr. Smith, ' but on the 28th of March he was informed of an extra . ' ordinary report made by this person, and he placed a notice of motion upon the paper for its production. An order o was made that it be produced. Three days afterwards the court met, and he understood that they rated their en , o gineer for giving him, as they supposed, information on the subject, and required him to make a report upon the report : of the surveyor. On the Bth of April the engineer pre . seated that report. The house had ordered the original re port, but the report which was presented was this re vised report of the engineer. He wished to know flow from his noble friend whether he would present the original report, and not the concocted one. That report wam in the office it was known. . He trusted that what he had said wondol induce her Ma jesty's government to take some steps with regard to this commission, for that commission was a diegrace to the me tropolis. The manner in which they kept their minutes had led to one lamentable result, which was this—that whereas the liabilities of the former commissioners amounted when they tame into office to M 1,19 5 ,., the lia• bilities of the present commissioners, owing to their misera ble management, amounted now to 135,3121. (Hear.) Ile hoped the right honourable baronet the Secretary for ! ! the Hume D4artment, would in accordance with the ! . wishes expressed by deputations at the Home-offiee, and by certain of the metropolitan members who) had asked ques tion, respecting the commission in that house, bring in a bill for the purpose of suppressing this useless, this extra vagant commiseion, and of pleasing the commissioners of sewers upon a better forting; for, considering that there were eight millions and a half of property upon which these men raised aseeements, it was perfectly monstrous that their powers of raising so large a sum should bent' an irre sponsible character. (Hear, hear.) If his noble friend could deny the accuracy of these statements, let him do so hut, if he denied that, let him recollect that he denied the statements of his own secretary, not *hat he had read, be cause what he hail read had been taken down and authen ticated at the office of the Commissioners of Sewers. (Cheers.) Lord le BRINGTON said he had to solicit from the house that indulgence which they always extended to those who had to answer such charm., as hail been made on the pre sent occasion. (Hear, hear.) With the exception of the last sentence but one of the hon. baronet—that in which he expressed a wish that the commigsion should be placed on a better footing—there was no ether single statement which he should not lie obliged to deny, or give a different colour to, iu the course of his explanation. Now, the first charge which hail been made was, that the commissioners attended hardly at all to the business of the commission. Upon this point - he hail to refer the hon. baronet to the act, which stated that the commissioners should hold one meeting in the month; twelve meetings in the year. This was the total number of meetings required by the act of parliament to be held. The commissioners were only twelve in num ber, half of whom, by the clumsy legislation of that house, were required to be present to con stitute a quorum. 'I he honourable baronet would see, on reference, that the number of courts held bust year was thirty-two, and that the number of committees was seventy seven. (Hear, hear.) This gave an average of rather mere than two courts for every month. These courts were not primarily for the consideration of the bud nee+ of the commission: they passed those orders and deci sions which the commigeioners alter mature discussion and consideration had pros' 1y agreed upon; and, therefore, every single hour ope ort in these courts represented a for greater number of hour spent in the de liberation and consideration of the business of the commis-ion. (11o.ar, hear.) Now, in order to give the house some idea of the mass of business frequently transacted at one single court, it was necessary to state that the printed minutes, 90 and 100 pages in length, had fre quently to be copied with the formal minutes of the pm ceedings of a single committee, and that the same number of pages had to be copied with the original minutes. (Hear, hear.) The commissioners, in addition to their other ar duous duties, were a court of justice also, entrusted with very large and complicated jurisdiction. In the courts at Wcenninster, the few short words of the judges, " For the defendant," had to be translated by the officer of the court into a longer minute; and iu like manner a long translation had also to be made at the office of the Comntissiuners of Sewers. What was the course adopted by a very analogous body to the commissioners---namely, the Court of Quarter which consisted of a body of justices executing important works, to:jug the public, an I at the sante time passing judicial sentences. The hon. member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) knew that in the case of an indictment preferred against the inhabitants of a parish for sou-repair, the words of the court required subsequent expansion on its records; and lie (Lord Eloringtoon) was acquainted with a case in which that record had not been intend for months afterwards, because it was found neces sary to take legal advice as to the manner in which the record should ultimately stand. 'flue Commissioners of Sewell hail no other object in slew but that of serving the public. ' They were nut sineenrists r e ceiving l a r ge sa l ar i es , but they were a body of gentlemen, almost all of them, having other public or private lousiness to attend to : and he was only astonished at the large enema of time they ! le stowed on the enormous mass of business coming before them. (Hear.) He had already said that the Commission of Sewers WWI a newly-constituted booty acting under a complicated act—an set of no fewer than 116 clauses. They had to frame a new set of laws, fur they had no precedent ander the out law of sewers to guide them. They found the clauses of the act gave them power to do, many things ; still, it became frequently necessary to take legal advice as to the fonn in which the final record was to be entered on the minute... The original record was kept in manuscript, and, whenever any delay ensued from the difficulty of ascertaining the shape in which the formal record should be entered, it was found necessary to de lay the entry of all subsequent matters else. The consequence was that, in cases where 100 pages of manu- I script had to lie inserted from time to time, errors of the sort mentioned by the hon. baronet were unavoidable, and would necessarily continue to he unavoidable. For instance, requisite notices had to be expanded in a complicated legal form, several pages lung. (Hear, hear.) Now, it was not true that minutes were not kept, and carefully kept, 'of the proceedings of the commission. The proceedings of the commission originated in committee. ; in the minutes of the committee were to he found almost invariably all the recommendations on which the proceedings of the court were founded ; and, when these pruceedinge were agreed upon, the minutes of them were again salted to the commissioners, for them to sanction and verify lx fore they were finally recorded and sealed with the seal of th e commission. (Hear.) It was true that the report of the Victoria-street sewer—the report of Mr. Smith—had box received upon the same day that the commis/dotter' directed their engineer to inspect the sewer and prepare a report on that report. The engineer went to the committee of the commissioners, and said he wished to consult thou on some points connected with Mr. Smith's report, and he brought a rough draft with him on the subject. The committee told him to revise the draft, said that they would not receive it in its rough state, but that they would receive his report in its final shape un some future day. He revised it accordingly, and on a subsequent day presented it. 'Thee hon. baronet was, therefore, not justified in saying that the report obtained by the house was not a cornet report, fur, lung be fore the time the order of the house was made—the 10th of April— the engineer's report had been ordered. So much, then, for the impropriety, or fraud, or evasion charged mem the commies' •ro with reference to the order of the house. (Hear.) Now, when he interruptedthe hon. baronet respect ing the alleged financial position of the commissioners, he did so on this ground—that the statement did not contain its financial position at present, though it did set forth accu rately its financial position at the time it bon date.. The liabilities were what they appeared on the face of the papers laid on the table of the house, but, at the present moment, a very considerable reduction had been made iu them, a great part of the rates having been now collected. (hear.) The expenses of management for the former commission, during the eleven months of 1847, averaged tie. Id. percent. on the rental of the district within their active jurisdiction, and the management expenses of the present commission during six months of the past year had been 3s. I Id. per cent. on the rental of their district. The clumsy legisla tion of the house had been such as to prevent persons front lending money to the commission, and they had been obliged to make a rate of Gel. in the pound for the pur pose of carrying on some most necessary works in wretched streets in their district. They hail executed works to the extent of 200,0001. last year ; and their drainage north and south of the metropolis had been done at a less cost than their predecessors had paid. They had nothing to conceal. They invited investi gation into their proceedings; and if the hon. baronet would bring forward a motion in a fair and tangible shape, and take a vote of the house upon it, they would willingly ap peal from the vestry of Marylebone to the Commons of England. (Cheers.) Mr. HUME said that nothing which had fallen from the noble lord who had just sat down would make up for the irregularity with which the accounts were kept. (Hear, hear.) The honourable baronet (Sir B. flail) had not imputed criminality, but he had shown that the accounts were in such a state of confusion as to justify the complaints made by the inhabitant* o f Maryle bone. (Hear.) He (Mr. Hume) thought that Victoria sewer had been executed by the commissioners at an ex pense of SO per cent. above the estimate ; and therefore he sincerely hoped that the government would inquire and ascertain whether the hon. baronet's charges on the present occasion were correct. (Hear, hear.) Lord EBRINGTON cleaned that the accounts were in a state of confusion. The subject here dropped, and the motion that the house at its rising should adjourn to Monday was put and agreed to. The house adjourned at a quarter to 8 o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. IiARWICII ELECTION COMMITTEE. — YCSICIIIay, 011 the reassembling of this committee, Mr. K. Seymer in the chair, Mr. James, Q.C., for the petitioners said they had now disposed of ►ll those votes polled fur Mr. Prinsep, ob jected to on registration grounds of non-residence and in sufficient value, and had to proceed with the more serious I portion of the case, namely, the second class of votes ob jected to, containing the names of a number of voters who were charged to have been corruptly influenced to vote for Mr. Prinsep. The first cue was that of William Pinner, who was charged with having been so influenced to vote by Mr. Attwood or his agents. According to parliamentary precedent in making out a case to disqualify a voter, it was only necessary to prove that he was corruptly influenced, without establishing in proof that it was done by agents of ' the sitting member. Pinner had promised to vote fur Mr. Crauford, and when that qoutleman called upon him, Intimated that as he was in difficulties, he should be willing to receive pecuniary consideration for this vote which he proffered. Mr. Crauford declined, and subse quently he bad interviews with Mr. Attwood and his agents ; and on the occasion of the return of Sir J. C. Hub house, Pinner had joined in a petition to the House of Commons, complaining that the electors hail been unable to exercise their franchise freely and that all the tenant s of Mr. Attwood ran the risk of and ejected unless the voted fur his nominee. Witnesses Baker, Jones, and cl a d: ding _depoail to l'inner's having originally promised to vote for Mr. Cruder], proffering his vote fur pecuniary consi deration, and that, after he had seen Mr. Aftworal, his in tention was changed ; and after the election I'inncr said he should have his bill paid for the repair of a boat either by Mr. Attwood or by J. Pinner, his brother, if Mr. Att wood could nut do it. Mr. M. Smith replied upon the evi dence, and shortly before four o'clock the room was cleared, and, upon re-admission, the committee intimated they would reserve their decision till to-day. GREAT CESTRAL GAS (7oNsONIERS' COMPANT.—Yester , day this committee, consisting of Mr. B. Denison (chairman), Mr. Matheson, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. B. Coch rane, reassembled. The chairman said that since the lust meet ' ing the committee had consaltvsl the Speaker with reference to the decision they had come to of a lowing the City gas companies a locus standi against the bill ; and the Speaker had apprised them that the opponents of the measure were not entitled too locus unless they could first of all satisfy the committee that the works proposed by the bill at Si.! damaged the corpus of their property. Mr. Burke, fur the City companies, contended at considerable length that not only had the pipes and mains of the new company damaged those of the old severely, but that they would con tinue to do so. Mr. Serjt.Wranghatu, Q.C., fur the promoters, replied that if injury was done there were penal provisions in the bill for redress. After considerable deliberation, the committee having decided on granting the city (»wenn s a locus stand), Mr. Talbot, Q.C.. on their behalf, in a long address, called on the committee to dismiss the bill, on the ground, amongst others, that the promoter; of the under taking had, by means ofobtaining the consent of the commis , loners of sewers, already become a self-eonstittited com pany:and had in fact gone to work and established themselves without parliamentary sanction,which was now only sought for the purpose of obtaining limited liability, which with out an act of incorporation they could not possess. The room having been c.eared, after the lapse of half an hour, the public were re-admitted, and the committee declared the preamble of the bill proved. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ASSUMPTION BILL. Order rend for resuming Adpureed Debits on noes' ion (9th May) '• That Mr. eyeelter do now te.me the eheir." tl•a.uon again proposed. Debate resumed. UtLext 00 put. The hutiee divided : Ayes, 111 ; Noes, 33. AVM. .tlrlowilbt. George Ewart, William Mundy, Will:ono A.Mer, Lard Farnham, Edward B. Napier, Jialeah Bailey, J. orph Fargo% Jelin Newdegute, Clue. N. Ratko% George Pennon , sir it A. Nichol Rt. lI.M. J. Baas, Alichml I. ler Patrick, lIn.J.W. Pact; Charle. W. Itenbaw, John learey, line. 11. facet, Lord Alfred Bernath, %Inoue: Forster, Matthew Pallngton, Sir J. Booth, ear Rele.rt G. ' , tiller, AuguMuk E. I'etn, earner: N. Brainridge, !Veined Gilpin, Clout Phillip., s:r Gra% R. Brockman, Edw. D. Glyn, George C. Itaw.lon, Cohan I Brooke, toed Gordon, Adnoral Itepton, Gro. V., J. Brotherton, Joseph Grey, Rt. lion. Sir G. Ricardo, John L. Bruern, ,.. ka!lllant Grogan. Gilead Itieud.•. tlenan Bruce, -., C. L. C. Guest, Sr John Russell, Lord John Sunbury, W. M. Gw• n, Dowel San.lux, George Carew, Wiliam It. P. Hall, Sir Benjamin Mao Sett, Alexander Chandoo, Huron . M Munition. (hinge ,t. Sponer, Itirhoril Chaplin, William J. Harris Richard Sumley, lion. E.II. Cbrugnpher, ltobt. A. Hayes, Sir Edmund Stanton, Wiliam 11. Christy, Son net Ileneage, G. 11. W. Staunton, Sir G. T. t line, ll.'n. Rohl. 11. I teenage, Edward Stu at, Henry Clive, Henry B. Henley, Jo.etill W. Thompson. Coiner, I tbbbold, John C. Illerrils, lit. llon.J.C. Thornely, Thomas Comely, Thomas Heyw o o d, i411.C! Train, I inorge Dalrymple, John llornby, John Tyler, Sir George lSck, tluinan llotham, Lord Verney, Mr Harry ' , Wait, lichjoniin Howard, Iln C.W.O. Veney, Ilion. Thai. Merit, Edw. it Hudson, Morels Wnddir gt, e, I larry S. I louglm, Sir Clus. E. Inglis Sir P. 11. W 4,111.111., S, after 11, Duckworth, Sir Jn.T. !WWI., Sir W. G. 11. Welch, Sir John B. Dancan, Viscount Junes, Capt. Willion.x, John Duncan, lir orge LabourlisreJlLlDEU. Willi iota, William I runerimbe, Hon. A. ,try, It, my C. Wodebouxe, Edmond Minnie; John Lewis, Itt.lin. SirT.F. Wo si, lit. tin. Sir C. Dundox, Iln. Sir D. Lygon, Hon. General Wrightson, Wm. B. l'u Pre, C. George MACkiC. John 'Wyrill, Harrunlulte I.:brutal.), Viscount Harnaghti n, Sir E. Elliot, lion. J. E. Martin, John TEI.I.EII, Evans, Sir be Carey Harmsen, Thomw P. liayter. Hon. W. G. 1:,1111a, John Idulangx, Joseph It. Hawes Benjamin NOES. Armstrong, Sir Sir .%. Forteacue. C. 011.therty. Anthony Arundel and Surrey, French, Fitaatephen Nebel', Kr (1. 11. VAirl of Gibson, Rt. lin. T. M. Purer, :Jr. Barron, Mir 11. W. Grabble, lion. Sir J. Power, Nichols, Bright, John Hume, Jo.epla Sadler, John Cuadereagh. Viveount Krogh, William Soil"), Francia Cobden, Richard Kildare, Marquis of Somers, John P. Colebruelre, Sir T. Z. Lomb'. lion. Ceed. Sullivan, Al ivhai l Denham, lion. T. V. I.l.l,hington, Charles Wall, I. tutees H. Deeeress, John T. Hagan, Wlllisin IL Walrusley, sir J. Huneornbe, T. Meagher, Ti 11162113 ',MAK, EIS., John moron, 11. K. G. Arnold', John Fagan, James O'Connor, Feargus Moore, George U. PAIR A.—On Speaker leaving the chair on Ecclesiastics Title. Bill. The O'Gorman Nlalion, against, with Guern sey, Lord, fur; Butler, I'. S., agaiu,t, with Verner, Sir W., (Sr. Mr. Plowden Wall shut out front the division that the Speaker leave the chair on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bilk having reached the house just as the door clued. lIAyRE COTTON MARKET-MAY 16. The market has been very bri,k upon the favourable ad vice. from Liverpool, and up to two o'clock 2,218 bales ware lii,p(MA of at an advance of from lf. to 2f., fres ordi nain being quoted at KC Arrived : The Adams, from New Orleans, with 2,218 bales of Cotton. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAY. MCWS. Cooper and Davis report a heavy tradent the fol lowing quotations:—('rime Meadow Hay. 72.. t.. 80s.; in ferior ditto, 5.55. to 6.5 a. ; llowen, 4.55. to 70s. ; Cloveir, 70v. to Ws.; second cut, 70a. to 60x.; Straw, 26a. to 30a. CONT.NT-GARDEN.—THIS DAY. Hothouse Grapes are plentiful and cheap, and the same remark applies to Strawberries. Pine-apples are more abundant. Desert Apples chiefly consist of American New town Pippins. Oranges and Lemons are plentiful. Nuts I remain nearly the same as lust week. Vegetables, of 1111 kinds, are abundant and good. Large supplies of Asp a r.e. gus, young Carrots, Fr enc h Deans, and Green Peas hare been received during the week from France, Cucumbers from llolland, and considerable quantities of Potatoes and Asparagus from eomwall, us well as some Gooseberries: the latter fetch le. to 2s. per puttle. New Potatoes may be obtained ut from 4d. to 6d. per pound ; old kinds realise better prices. Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand. The best Mushrooms fetch ls. 3d. per 'Kittle. Cut flowers consist of Heaths, Pelargoniums, Camelia', Mignonette, Double Primroses, Stephanotis floribunda, enter - arias, Muss and Provins Roses. FICIATS. Moe-apples, per lb., gs to 12s ()ranges, per doz., 9d to 24 Grapes, hothouke, p.1b.,5. to lOs I per 100, Co to Ili I -- Portugal, p. lb., Is to 24 Gd *ride, per 110), 11011. PP" per doz., 2s to Si p. 11 , 4, I A to2s6d apples, deoert, p.bu5.,64 to 10* Chestnuts, per peck, 2s to Ss addle*, 54. too per lOU. Sid to 1261 Lemons, per doe., lo to 22 Nuts, Bar., p. bush., 204 to 22s Almonds, per peck, Gs nrsall, p. bu.h., 12. to 14s rent, Ike lb., 2. to Ss I Cubs, per 100 lb., bus to 53s Strawberrto.s, per oz., Gd to Is VEORT Cabbages per do:., 9,1 to Is Omens, Kr des. bunches, 34 to ta CauLiftmen, per dua.. Is 6d to 3. Pew,. i , p. duz. bland., 74 to & French lieuutper 100,2 s to 34 Up:stave% per 100, 34 Gd is Rhubarb, per bond., 4d to 9.1 Potatoes, per ton, Sus to 200 s per Met. 41 to 84 per bush., Is Gd to 3s Turnips, p. dos. bond., le to 2s Cucumbers, each, 6d tots Cid Eadebes, per doz., it to 9d Turuips, perdox., tato Is6d Celery, per bundle, Gd to Is 3d garrote, per duz., Gd to id spinach, per ewes, Is to la rid Oman, per buneb, 3d to 4d "pettish. p. due, la Gd to fa Leeks., per lb,. 9d to Is liballum, per lb., rid to Is Garlic, per lb, 4d to 64 Artichoke., Jerusalem, per half. Mere, la tole 6il Lettuce, Cab., p. score, Gd to to small the, per acorn, Is to l o Is to 1064 zet., p. pun., 2d to Horse Baikal, per ball., Is to Ss Ited Beet, per to is Gd Mu brooms, per pot, 94 to to Sd Sorrel, per hall sieve, 1.4 to 9d ' , cum!, per bunch, 2il to 3d Saeory, per bunch, 24 to 34 Thyme, per bunch, 2d to 3d Parsley, p. doz. bun., la to 3s Root., per bun., MI to I. Hint. men, tee Onsch, 44 to rot Basil, green, per bunch, 64 io 94 Mariorain,do., per bunch, 6d te 91 WrittrCZOVII, per doz. bombes, Gd 0 9d Corn salad, p. hr. sieve, Is to Is Gd Tut: CAPE NIAILS.—PLY*OI:III, MAY 15.—Tho General Screw Steam Navigation Company's steamer Pro pontis sailed this afternoon with a large mail, consisting of upwards of 30 bags, for the Cape of Good Hope. lu conse quence of an arrangement having been entered into by tho authorities, the steamer will in future convey the north of England mails of the same day's date as that of her sailing, whereby she will now leave this port ut a quarter after two o'clock, p.m., instead of at twelve o'clock as heretofore. The I'ropontis takes out Id passengers to the Cape, and one to Sierra Leone. 'f he cargo, which is a full one, consists of general merchandi s e, c ons i gne d t o Si erra L eone, Cape de 's'erd, and the Cape of Good Hope. The ship Bucephalus, from the Cape of Good Hope, lauded three boxes of mails this morning per pilot-boat, and proceeded on her voyage up the Channel. The intelligence brought by her has been fully anticipated. AGENTS 01 TILE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT have, during the last month, been visiting France, Belgium, and England, to ascertain which country could best supply an extensive order for arms. The agents have at last given the order to some establ6hmentsrat Lit*, dO,OOO muskets, of the first quality, a quantity of powerful carbines and conic bullets, are to be supplied.—Galignani. THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT has ordered seven regiments of light cavalry to be turned into lancers, in con sequence of having found that during the late insurrection in Hungary the lancers had a decided superiority over every other description of light cavalry. THE Buoy OF A GAMEKEEPER, named Howe, who had been absent from his home, at Finhaven, since the previous Wednesday, was discovered in a wood near Forfar, on Sunday last. la their faithful attachment to their master, his two dogs were found lying by hi s s id e , one of them having died by protracted abstinence. Th e result of medical inspection shows that poison had been the agent employed in occasioning Howe's death ; but whether it had been administered by himself or not is unknown.— /haulm Courier. I ,