The Express. — London, England, 1848-03-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY RyENING, MARCH 30, 1848. order to be sworn and to take his seat, as be ii ballad ett do at the earliest period. He had seat, before been returned during the session of parliament, and was not aware that any different practice prevailed as to wearing members during the session from that which existed at the commence. ment of • new paeliament after • general election. On tee former occasion had he ever been called upon to produce any certificate of return, or to prove he was a member from the return made to the Crown•office. In this instance he had been introduced according to the usual form, and had been admitted to take the oath ; and he humbly contended that upon taking the oaths and his seat he was completely entitled to all the rights and privileges, whatever they might be, which belonged to a member of this house. He 4so entirely admitted that the return was not received at the I Crown-office until the 18th lost. Having raid thus mush, and made these admission', it would be improper ia him to take any further part in the discuasion. lie left the Matta 1 is the band. of the house, but he begged the house to under I stand that in not participating in the discussion ho waived ISO I right and abandoned n privilege, and that whatever m be the decision he should feel it his duty to smart the riEs of the constituents who had sent him there. (Hear.) hon. member then withdrew from the house. Sir G. GREY said there could be no doubt, from the statement m ade by the right hoe. gentleman opposite (Mr Goulburn), and acquiesced in by his hon. friend who had jest quitted the house, that in this ease there had been a His de. pasture from the ordinary but not there h own impression was, that there had been no illegality in the mode in which the oaths had been taken. With respect to his hon. friend IMr. Hawes) having abstained that he had from v after he found the mistake , he begged to say done so out of deference to the house and not in consequence of any advice he bad received. Without entering into the many questions suggested, he (Sir 0. Grey) thought it right • committee should be appointed, in order that the usage should be ascertained, and a general and uniform practice I adopted. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. Gout-nulls in explanation, the motion was put, and agreed to. APPEALS IN CRIMINAL CASES BILL. Mr. EWART said he had understood that the govern ment had eerly in the session declined to undertake the responsibility. of introducing a measure on the subject of ' appeals in eternized cases, and hence he had brought forward ibis bill. tie found, however that since ite introduction a Nomura had been introduc i n to s& the other house of parte', meat by Lord Campleell, which would give an elpp . eal in criminal cases on points of law, but not on questions of fact or evidence. This the present bill sought to do ; and though he had received many suggestions of alterations in it, he hoped that as those alterationacould snore properly be discussed in committee the right bon. baronet (Sir (1. Grey) would not deny the soundness of the principle an which the bill was founaed, and therefore he would consent to its second reading e Sir G. GREY said the bill which bad been introduced into the House of Lords would, he believed, be referred to a 'elect committee, before whom the evidence of the judges would be taken cn its peovisions. From • careful cionside ration be found there were great difficulties connected with the subject ; and he thought the hon. member would exer cise • sound discretion in not prating the second reading untl the provisions of the other bill were knewa, and until the i committee to which he had referred had reported. Mr. EWART was understood to consent to the postpone ment of t ..ii bill for a fortnight, but said he would move the second reading pro forinti. I M r . AGLIONISY reco mmended that the second reading i should not be premed at this moment. ' I After a conversation M r . EWART agreed to postpone the bill until the seeemi l Wedisesday after Easter. ELECTION RECOGNISANCES BILL. Mr. ANBTRY haring poitpoaed the committee on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill until after the other orders, Mr. WORTLEY moved that the Speaker do leave the chair; and the house went into committee on the Electies Recognizance' Bill. Oa the first clause, in which Mr. WORTLEY proposed aa alteration, Mr. NAPIER moved an emendment, declaring the certi ficate of the Esaminer of Recognisances to be final and binding in all caws whaciver. The late poiiey of the legislature had been to lodge this jurisoiction in the examiner, and he saw no reason why it should he changed. It should be remem breed that these procee din g s by petition were not given, but regulated by statute ; and it was not until the act of 53 IGeorge 111., that the provision as to recognisences and costs was introduced. By the alteration proposed the adjudica tion on the recognisances would be deferred till the matter was actually before the committee, and the parties would consequently be kept in doubt all that time. The policy eed intention of the last act clearly was that the examiner's cer• tificate should be binding, and to this be would give effect by a declaratory clause. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL thought it desirable that the bill should be passed in the form which had been recom mended by the select committee. After a few words from Mr. WORTLEY, Sir F. TxzstOxx, and Mr. HAYTER, The committee divided on the proposal to leave out all the words after " that," in the original clause For the motion 40-19 Against it Mr. WORTLEY then moved the words which he pro posed to substitute, the effect of which was to refer the ques tion of recognisances to the committee. The ATTORN EY -0 ENE RAL opposed this provision. Mr. WORTLEY cited an opinio n of Chief Justice Tindal, to the effect that where any defect existed in the recogni sance the whole proceedings were void. Sir G. GREY was in favour of making the examiner's certificate final, but would not raise any further obstruction to the progress of the bill. If the provision of the hon. and learned member opposite (Mr. Wortley) was agreed to, there was n i reason why it sho uld not apply to all petitions in future sessions, as well as those presented before the Ist of March. After a conversation, Sir F. THESIGER said he should have preferred the original bill of the bon. member for Midhurst (Mr. Wal pole) ; but as the committee had in effect expressed an opinion against it, he should support the amendment of the hon. and learned member for Bute (Mr. Wortley). Mr. GREENE thought it highly desirable that some legislation should take place. Mr. HAYTER preferred the amendment of the hon. and learned member for the University of Dublin to that of the right hon. and learned gentleman opposite. Be hoped the house would reject the clause. Mr. NAPIER was opposed to all legislation on the sub ject ; but if they wi re to have legislation, he thought the best course to pursue was to adopt his proposition. The house then divided.—For the cuse .•• . 90 Against it la 5l-30 The clause was then agreed te. The remaining clauses of the original bill were then struck out. Mr. WORTLEY then proposed the second substituted elause, the effect of which "MS to give themmittee power to declare the recognisances void where th e informality was " in any degree attributable " to the neglect or levies of the petitioner. A lengthy discus ion then took place as to the effect of certain words in the clause, and several amendments were emigrated. After which The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should move the i nse rtion of the words "or in an y way occasioned by," in stead of the words " in some degree." Sir It. H. INGLIS objected to any words that qualified the decision. The house divided— A Noes 72-25 The Attorney-General's amendment was consequently re jected Various verbal amendments were then made. On the question that " this clause stand past of she bill," The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, if he did not divide against it now it was not because he did not intend to take the sense of the house at every other stage. The effect of this clause was, in his opinion, so serious that he sh feel it a duty to give it every eppueition in his power upon future occasions. The clause was then aereed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL intimated that, on the motion that the report be received, he should take the sense of the house against the bill. The house then resumed, the bill was ordered to be printed as amended, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday (this day). ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY moved that the house go into committee on this bill. Mr. LAW moved, as an amendment, that the house pro ceed to the othir orders of the day, and, on its being inti mated to him that this amendment was irregular, he moved that the house do cow adjourn. Several members, however, having expressed an objection to this amendment, Mr. LAW witherew it, a nd next moved that the debate on the bill be pe-tponed till the 19th April. The Earl et ARUNDE L and SURREY, however, with. drew his motion, and the committee on the bill was ordered to be taken on the 19th April. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Lord MORPETH, in answer to an hon. gentleman, in ti mated that, in consequence of the position of other pu business, this measure would not be taken on Monday. FRAMEWORK KNITTERS. Sir H. HALFORD moved the appointment of a select committee, to take into consideration the report and evidence laid before parliament in 1914 by her Majesty's commissioner for inquiry into the condition of the framework knitters, and in to make such further inquiries as m ay appear necessary, order to ascertain whether any, and, if any, what legislative measures can be devised for the relief of their lone -continued distress. The appointment of the commission of inquiry had raised, and most materially, the hope' of the unfortunate operatives to whom it referred, and it would an be worse than m ockery were the result of that inquiry— inquiry fully proving the grievances and oppreseions endured by the frame work knitters—to be limited to a mere blue.hoek report. Mr. HUME thought it would be admitted that he had always raanifemata warm desire to promote in every practi cable way the improvement of the condition of the working classes (hear, heir); but he could sot went to any proposi tion which wedt to interfere, by legislative enactments, in the relations between employers wed empoyed. All these govern ment l be left to the parties themselves. The French Rove were at the prevent moment entering upon this most mischievous coardeand a very few months would exhibit bow disastrous were its results. If the slew principle were dontinued there, the result would be the utter proitration of 1 the trade and mum:Lena of France. No legislative meddling could improve the condition of the frame work knitters any more than that of the eandloom weavers. The only mode 1 1 in which their condition could be ameliorated would be by a diminution of their numbers—a remedy gradually in their own hands—or by the improvement of the manufseture I itself—a remedy altoother beyond the capacity oan act of IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDSSIDAY, MARCH 29. The &means took the chair at 12 o'clock. PUBLIC BUSINESS. FETMONS.-By Sir P. &ARSON, from Confection ; Mr. Fitt a, from a town in Suffolk ; Mr. G. Beausas, from the attorneys of the county of Gloucester • Mr. A. SIAM/AD. fre attorneys of the county of Northaanid ' on ; Mr. 'F. &HAWN, from Altrinehem ; Mr. POONSA, from the attorneys n and f Birmingham; and by Mr. AGLIOSAV, from the principal, ancients, members of Stople-inn, Holborn. for the reveal of the stamp duties cm attorneys' certaileates.-By Lord leu:me 0, from the merchants and !shipowner. of Greenock, naiad any alteratioo of the navigation laws-Sir W. JOISCI, from Molter ham, for repeelcf thelegseydety on charitable bequests.-Mr. T. Keine suS, (rote Alttieebarn ; Mr. Sroosea. from the county of Down; Ind by Mr. W. Part as, from the elm', of the droners . of Whalley, ageing the liberal eine Relatione (Courted Rome ) Bill -ie.°. BeanaLas, OMNI the Zi ng fo r of the western thriatm of the county of Gloucester., Rant for further as to the interference of the lord-Rear +sant o f the lest eleetien.air. T. &sews, from Conglewn, MOW Gemini Memos of the Public Health Bilh-The Ertl of M in the oms, trade ' the distillers of Banff, far permission to bond Brih way as iareign spirita-Mr. Amiosinr, from Mr. Thomas Wickham% compl a iring ot the operation of the County Courts Act; and hoe the inhabitants of Cockermouth W favour of the Jewish Mobilities Vii, NOTICES OF MOTION tha t Eiscros.-14r. 0. RUMS:LAY to move to-morrow that the petition presented from the Liberal electors of the wertern divn ot the comas of Glosiceeter foe Blether inquiry as to the interWrenee of the Lord Lieutenant et the last election be printed with the votes, is order to found a motion In selwenee to the watered ordere. ALTRIUTIAII• Or YHA Hosea.—Mr. A. Srarroev. to move to-mOrroW for a select ernmittee on the cabjttt of the propried construed= a the kitchen and esting.roome tor the use of members, and to coniiier whether any am. edmeat could be wade in the present mode of pre siding tefreehmenM for members of this boom RAILWAY COMMISSION.—Mr. Pastes, on Tweeday.next, to move far Rare to bring in a bul to aholieh the railway commodes. I /MCA 0? SAROSAT-AT.ALMIL—I&I.111:1111, SO•AASITOW t his day), to bring the subset of the vacancy In the °lice of Sergeant-Ma Arms before the house, w ;AI a view SWIM' that some +iteration be mate in that office and Sc the office id tor c h oneekeeper. FIRST READING.- Schoolmasters' teuut BM. RETURN °RUE/MD.-AM the motion of Mr. Massie, Mara. showing the name of each railway tor which KW base bees 1116. towed in each of the yeas muchlSA ISM, aid ; the IMO of each railway, end bow f the same is now colagigpit the amount of capital stock, and toe sums au:hernial to be Me rowed wider the several riles of inempiration; the amount of nob 1.11 made by every company, web the date thereof, Mistinguietdag the several years in separate eo-umne, the proportion of each of such calls es have been paid, and die sums remaining to be paid; the date and amount of sums borrowed under the revere! acts, end which remain melee, tuned aao in separate column* for each year, together with balance of esp.:A uncalled for, r od of money which ' each company bare still authority to borrow; and the periods for which any rxitray company may have definitively postponed making farther calls, with the totan of each. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Mr. S. WORTLEY odd that as the general committee it eleettens would meet on 1 nursday to strike further election committees, it was important that the Election Recognisance' Bill should be proceeded with to-day. He therefore, had to oh the bon. and learned member for Youghal (Hr. Anstey) to permit that bill to t..ke precedence et :he measure the bon. and learned member had charge of, viz., the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. Mo. ANSTEY aerie;hat feeling an early decision on the 'election Recogniseaßill would be most cove:dent to the house, he would give way, and concede the precedence asked by his right hon. and learned friend. (lima, hear.) THE RETURN OF MR. HAWES.-PRIVILEGE. Mr. GOULBURN rose to cove, puroiant to hie notice for the appointment of " a select cowrie:teed to inquire whether the oaths required to be taken at the table by members of this house had been duly taken by Benjamin Hawes, Esq., and to report their opinion thereupon to the house." The tight Eon. gentleman said that he was sure the hon. member for liensale (Mr. Hawes , would g as him credit for not bringing to:wales this motile under any per sonal or party feeling, but siniely because he considered the caurse which had been punted by the hon. member and by the officers of the house hail raised a very grave question at to the right of the bon. memeer to sit and vote to parliament; and though be (Mr. Goulburt) had not been able to find any case strictly analogous to the present, still it was desir ablexhat a committee should be appointed to consider the subjoin, and to lay down a rule which should govern the house in similar future cases. lie need not inform the house that by the law which regulated the admission of members to either house ef parliament it was review' that they should be sworn at the table, and any omission in that respect involved the incapacity to sit and vete, and inflicted other eenalties. It was important that the home should take care that member. ;home not retain their oats who were not duly entitled ; and it was_ important to the hon. member that he should not be merle ;mem to the incapeeities and penalties which the law i;npcsed on those who bid not duly t :ken the oaths. Instances had occurred in which members so circumstanced had been obliged to resign their seats, and new writs had been moved for the election of members to serve in their place ; and in consideration of the omissions Lavinz arisen from readvertecce or negligence, the house had proceeded to paw eels of indemnity to discharge the offender from the penalties incurred. It had been suggested to him (Mr. Goulbara) that it would be right in this in stance to pursue that course. ectl to move a r.ew writ for Kinsele, in order that the ca..e might be aliecuesed aud tic tided in the booze itself. bct he thought i s there was a distinction between this and the cases to which he had alluded, it would be much better that the dieeussion should be Calmly conducted in committee. (Hear, hear.) The circumstances of the case were simply these : The hon. gen tleman opposite (Mr. Hawes.) had been a candidate for the borough of Kineale at the recent election, which terminated on the 11th of the present month. The hon. gentleman, on the 15th, presented himself at the table to be sworn as member for Kinsale, though. it ap peered, that the return had net been certified to the clerk of the crown until the 19:h-three days after he had taken the oaths at the table. Now, it might be con'ended, that as the hon. gentleman bad obtained the majority of votes at the election, and, as he believed, the returning . officer had made a proper return, that he was a member within the meaning of the statute, and that, therefore, he bad !alien the oaths since the period at which he wee acknowledged to be a mem ber of the house ; but he (Mr. Goulburn) thought it might, on the other hand, be maintereed that the taking the oaths at the table was not a falnlinent of the requisitions of the law until the house had 'he means of knowing and recog nising the hon. gentlemen as a member by the return ceru tied by the cleric of the rfOW/S. There was another point which seemed to him to have a considerable bearing en this question. The clerk at t tremble was only authorised to ad into ster the oaths to persons who were recognised as members : he had no authority to eomie,ster the oaths aneese he himeelt was possessed of the evidence which the statute required vie. • the certificate of the clerk of the crown ; and he (Mr. Lioulburn) need not tell the house that an oath adminis tered by a person incompetent to its administration was, in point of law, no oath whatever, but was absolutely null and void. What was the evidence In this instance at the time the hon. gentleman came to tee table aud was sworn ? None whatever • for if on that er the next day any person had gone to the Crown•office he would have learned that there • they had uo knowledge of the return of any etch member as the hon. gentleman. lie submitted, subject to further inquiry by committee, :het the oaths c eald not be taken betere the return had !rein certified by the clerk of the crown, and, after diegent inquiry, he could find no instance, from the e ar 1696 down to um present time, in which any member had been sworn when the return had not been made to the Crown-office. In the year 1806 the late Sir John Newpor:, on his appointment to the othce ot Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland, had to vacate his seat and to go down ed. re-election at Waterford. The return to the Crown Office was delayed, and though Sir John New: ert was in tweet fir some days, he did not attempt to ties f.n seat. Mr. Fox cOmplaine in the house that Sir Juhn Nessport was thus debarred f rom rom taking his seat by:the conduct oct (A the returning officer, was summoned to the bar, ::t though the government was then most anxious for the presence of Sir John Newport, it WAS not until the return hat Seen made that he was consi dered to be a member, and edowed to take the oaths and his seat. Again, in the mere recent thee of t he f tGoa Grimsby in tw o 3l. the returnimg officer emitted to make eturn of the t members elected, and they did not take their seats until it had been made. The hareship of this was pointed out in the course of a debate upon the subject by Lord Althorp and Mr. Wynn, and it was admitted then, that until the re turn was received at !he Cr+ n Office, the person elected wet not a member according to the statute, anti therefore sot qualified to take the mat, required to lee taken at the t able. It might be sa.d that the return to the frown Office war, a mere matter of t arm, and that there existed o substantial reason why .. member 'Limb; not Le sworn before the return was made. He Mr. Gouleurn r entertained great doubts as to the validity of that argum,nt. There had been many instance , of hide returns teeing made by differ ent persons, each cis ming to be the legal returning officer, end or double returns of Ind ;tido ils who had equal voteson the pull. Now when the return came to the Crovni-offi rule, ce, the house had an ooportunil of enforcing its general that neither member shouel sit until the house had ascer telned which was legally ; bat if the opposite prin emir was admitted, the result would he that the man who could come up from the election quickest by railroad, and Oust took the outre, wouid become the sittmg member iu spite d u al e general resolut,on of the house anal in spite of the eqarights ot another. In the Pontefract Lase, a mem ber duly returned was not edmitted to sit u cue there ntie the return and been duly registered. In the present another strong point to which he (Mr. Goulburn) mutt call the attention of the house. The honourable gentleman oppo ite (Mr. Hewes) warn sworn at the table on the 1 its inst.; but, us wan as he had found the return had not been received, he, acting under advice,eal forborne from voting during the suzeeeding Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday though cn ttreee deers important discussions end of, end though the attendance ot memb ers had been ot the government was :ini,ortant. Now, the member ship of the hon. gentleman had been compete at the time the elsction terminated. why had he not appeared and vo voted d be on those three &ye because, supposing the return correct, he would have been tree from penalties. The li o n. gentleman, however, acting under legal advice-(" (" Ice,, from Mr. Hawes)-hae forborne from doing no. These were the grounds upon which it appeared to him Mr. Goulburn) that, it would be coneenicut to refer the question to a select committee, thoroughly to inquire into the whole matter, and to lay down some role by w hich a principle may be esta blished for the fut ure re g uiations of the preceedings of the house. He therefore mos.. ter the appointment of the select committee. lidr.liAWES did not rit• to oppose the =Aims ; on the eontraiy, finding it wee the general opiuiqu of the hots, Slut an inquiry...hoed be male, ba acquiesced tr. it, but with not the smallest fears !...s to the result. He thar.ked the right Iron. gentleman for karita riven him note ic ot his intention to subm't this motion, and c ured him that he t Itawes, , did ac,t suppose that either p-rsonal or t arty felling ~ .ctisted Lim 4 , -. this occasion. (Hear, bear.) The r;gl.t. hon. gentle man simp . .y wished to try t' .e question of thz usage and peso tine of the house in such cases. He (Mr. }Lewes) had a very short and plain statement to make. Re admitted that on the 11th instant he had been duly elected and returned, and theta" the Ibtla he had presented himself at the table in parliament to achieve. As to infensuition on tholottri die house wo e already in possession of the fu lest know ge ed every feature of it. Sir J. WALMSLEY supported the motion, and urged the danger of refusing inquiry into popular questions. Mr. NEWDEOATE also supported the appointment of a committee. There had, no doubt, been much information obtained on the subject, but that information needed to bo sifted and arranged. Dr. BOWRINO said that a much greater , danger was to be apprehended from raising delusive hopsein the labouring classes than from refusing such futile inquiries as those now sought. The manufacturing chimes themselves were the first to find out the evil, whenever legislative interference between masters end men was introduced. The propomb Lion that you could raise wages by act of parliament would ever be found a most mischievous fallacy. The attempt had been made, for example, at Lyons, aid the only result bad been that after a sanguinary struggle between em. ployen and employed, the latter bad given way, not merely physically defeated, but morally convinced that the protection alleged to have been given them, was in reality no protection at all, but a most grievous evil. Mr. SLANEY said that the amount of wages must, In all cues, be settled by supply and demand, and not by act of parliament. He thought, however, that a committee might devise mesas of preventing many frauds that now existed in the mode of paying the operatives in question, aid might therefore in this, as in other ways, be satisfactory to the working classes. He took occasion to observe that alterations in the Benefit Societies Act were requisite, in order to remove the difficultie s which various sections fittest act presented to the temporary investment of savings by operatives who, like those in question, were at times in ample work, but at other times almost wholly unemployed. Mr. LABOUCH BRE said it was noteswithout much H con e cern that he felt called upon to oppose motion. at once admitted the distress of the operative class in question, and their claim to any practicable remedy for their distress ; but be saw no such remedy in the appointment of the pro posed committee. It was to be borne in mind that previous committees had already thoroughly examined into and re ported upon the whole subject, as that further in cofommitrmation see med scarcely attainable. To appoint another tee, therefore, would merely be to encourage the delusive idea that any legislative act could remove the causes of t h a t distress which had for some time pot af ' flitted the weaving classes of this country. The report of the pow law commissioner appointed to en amine into the subect gave no hope that any remedy could be applied, for ha n d .loom weaving and frame knitting were isecupations of so simple a nature that the moment labour was thrown out of other employments these ocsupations were resorted to, and no wonder could be felt at theunskilled constant com plaints of distress made by these classes when is curers of all kinds, men, women, and children,could fly to weaving or knitting as a means of existence. lithe hon. Dart. would propose a bill to the house, such as was recommended by the hon. member for Shrewsbury, to remedy the evils of which he complained, he (Mr. Labouchers) would give it his best consideration, but he must with regret oppose the present motion. Mr. PACKE supported the motion The house was not aware of the true state of the case. There were 100,000 of her Majesty's subjects who were in the condition described by the hon. member opposite (Mr. Slaney), and it was the duty of the house to inquire into the best means of relieving them. But a blue book would do no good unless relief fol lowed. There were no high tides with he hand-loom weavers and frame knitters. Their wages were always at the lowest ebb, and they coked for ns relief on that ground, but on to be relieved front the frauds that were practieed on them ly , and which bad been referred to by the hon. mem ber opposite. Mr. OARDNER supported the motion, believing that by so doing, be should best consult the wishes of his consti tuents. hon. baronet Col. S IBTHORP hoped that the would di as that would show the vide on his motion for a n in q ui ry , operatives who were their true friends—the hon. members for the West Riding o f Yorkshire and Bolton, backed of do- by the gover nment, or those who advocated the protection mestic manufacturers. Sir H. 11:1LFORD said that the ca se he had made out could not be properly met by a random reference to the »- poet of a single individual, notwithstanding that pe rson might be, as the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. ebere) had stated, an assistant poor-law commissioner. He bad studied the report referred to by the right hon. gentle man with the deepest attention, and he remained of the opinion which he had already stated, namely, that there woe nothing in it to obvinte in the slightest material degree the necessi ty for the inquiry. He should, therefore, persevere in hie motion. The house divided — For th e committee 5l Against 85—M The motion was consequently nevatived. SCHOOLMASTERS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. B. COCHRANE moved for leave to bring in a bill for the purpose of facilitting the removal of schoolmasters in Scotland. He was c er tai n he should be borne out by the Lord Advocate and other bon. members foe Scotland, that the law which related to the sehoolmasters in Scotland re quired alteration. Without going int* the cases which he would bring forward on the second reading, he thought the house would allow him to bring in his bill. He did not peo ples to do away with the jurisdiction of the presbytery, but to institute a concurrent jurisdiction of beritors, and when the charge was examined into, anti found to be sustained by the Lord Advocate and shenffsubetitute, the schoolmaster should be removed. The LORD ADVOCATE did not deny that a great prac tical difficulty did exist in removing schoolmasters in S of the land, and for that reason would not oppose the motion hon. member. At the same time be wished to guard himself against any supposed approbation of the particular measure proposed by the hon. member. After a few words from Forbes, Mackenzie. Mr. Mr. Oswald, and Mr. Hume, the motion was agreed F to. WRIT FOR HORSHAM. Lord MARCH said that be would move for the issue of the writ for this borough to-morrow (this day). Mr. itUblE intimated that he should then state his reasons for not issuiog the writ. The house adjourned at five minutes to six o'clock. "A FRIEND to Sense and Justice," takes us to teak for saying that the upper ranks have an interest in keeping up a large military establishment. We are ready to join issue with him on the question. Our correspondent sets out with informing us that officers pay for their commissions, and that an en sign's commission in the infantry of the line costs 4501., a lieutenant's 75., a capi's 1,8001., a maor's 3,200/., and a lieutenanolt-colonertaen 4,5001. Here j the promoting power of money stops. Our correspon. dent omits to state that, as the officer sells as well as buys his commission, what he de facto pays at each successive step is only the difference between the price of the commission he held and that to which he is promoted. His case therefore stands thus : He pays 450/., and is virtue of this payment comes immediately into receipt of 951. 16s. 3d. per annum, being about 21 per cent. for his money. Some years after, by paying 2501. additional , he becomes lieutenant and receives 1181. 2s. 6d. per annum, being rather more than 16 per cent. for his money. By paying another 1,1001. he attains the rank of captain, with an annual income of 211/. being nearly 12 per cent. for his money. The pay ment of an additional 1,4001. makes him a major with 2921. per annum, or 9 per cent for his money. And finally, for 1,3001. more he becomes lieutenant-colonel with 3101. be. per annum, which is about 7 per cent. This is not all: there are staff appointments, and sometimes even (as in the colonies) civil appointments to be picked up by captains, majors, and lieutenant - colonels , who have their wits about them, which are " pretty pick ings," in addition to their pay. Higher rank comes in time, if the man survives, without purchase, and with higher pay, to say nothing of , allowances." Add to these considerations that, if disposed to quit the army, the officer can obtain leave to sell his com mission ; or, after drawing full-pay . for many years, he may retire upon half-pay. Leaving for the present the question of service out of consideration, we main tain that even after allowance is made for the chance of a premature death causing the capital sunk in the purchase of a commission to be lost, iu a mere pecu niary rint of view such a purchase is, as times go, a very fair speculation. We do not entertain the unmitigated horror of war in the abstract which some profess ; and we know no class of English gentlemen whose society we would cultivate in preference to English officers—of ripe years. Bat with a few rare exceptions their duties have not for the last 33 years been very . onerous. They have had a good deal of leisure to enjoy them selves. Their dress and rank are a passport to the best ,society in this or any . country. Not only has the purchase of a commission been, since the peace, a I tolerably good investment; the duties have been I barely such as to dispel ennui with those who have resources within themselves, while the status redeemed the holder of the commission from the disreputable character of an utter idler, and placed him in the position of a man entitled to join in the best society without being expected to join in all its expenses. During war the duties of the soldier are doubtless severe; but they are such as daring minds court in youth for the sake of excitement, such as are repaid, even in the estimate of sobered age, by repu- Wien and by little windfalls of a more profitable kind. I These, and not an enthusiastic patriotism, are the con siderations which induce the elite of our young aristo cracy snd the more aspiring (and sometimes the more vain) of the middle classes to join the army. Our correspondent's pathetic picture of men giving their private fortune for leave in the service of their country to encounter death or to be exiled into the tropics, resolves itself on a nearer view into a not unprofitable investment of money, either in so far as pecuidary re turns, or an introduction into society, and the obtaining of an easy pursuit in life are con cerned. On • these grounds we maintain that the upper classes, and those of the middle classes who are ambitious of „being absorbed into high life, h av er an interest in keeping up ti disproportionatel ge standing army in the time of peace. It is a good way of providing for younger brothers. Arty person who wi ll take the trouble to collate the Army List, the Peerage, and the Court Guide, will find this view amply corroborated. 'We have no wish to exaggerate or misrepresent. We are quite aware that this arrangement has not been in times past without its influence in imparting a spirit of gentlemanly independence to our officers. But we feel quite convinced that other influences have now come into play which will enable the officers of the British army to retain this character ELECTION COMMITTEE—YESTERDAY. 130DMIN.—This committee eat for the first time W o rdsworth, Previous to the opening of the p etition, Mr. W o rdsworth, for the sitting member (Mr. Wyld), applied either for an adjournment until the fate of the - Election Re cognisance' Bill bad been decided, or that the committee should at once enter upon and discuss the question of recog nuances. The committee, after some deliberation, decided against adjournment and proceeded to hear arguments of couniel respecting their competency to entertain the ques tion. The whole sitting was taken up with the legal argu ments. is not the only potentate wheel the Poles have had I even when they have °flamed to hold commissions and recourse to. A deputation horn Posen addressed the draw pay as purchased property, and when both come King of Pausaut on the'sause subject. His answer to be held in virtue of services alone. In this age,. to was much more frank than that of LAMARTINE. work honestly for wages has no longer anything "The Poles of the grand duchy," said FREDERICK degrading about it. And the system of purchase WILLIAM, "are game to make a revolution. I can- inevitably leadsthe purchasers to entertain a false view neoanoltdlectinipfrevent you. But I warn you that Russia is of their relation to the state. " Can you make out that of 150,000 men on the Vistula, these men get their rank from the coun rating s sk our yoguadneelsgyyourselves independent ef Prussia, correspondent triumphantly, after enu what the Czar of RUSSIA will swallow you up." is paid for commissions . And this is, and will con- M. Lenerertes does not give to the Poles even such tinue to be, the feeling of officers and their connexions salutary advice. He gives them his blessing, as to so long as CO MBliiiiioOS are peers " Shall ;they a beggar, but declares he has nothing more for them. not do what they like with their own r Is it not He advises them to go to Posen:and to find arms there presumption in pekins to talk of reducing the army ? if they can, but not to implicate France by taking of shelving those who paid hard money fur their cam arms from theta, for it might embroil the French re- missions ? And on this plea the country is expected pp with its very good friend and ally the Czar to submit patiently, year after year, to pay for a far NICHOLAS. larger army and a far greater number of o ffi cers than Now, if the Poles in France follow M. LAMARTINE'S it has auy need for. It pays for many whose services advice, and crowd to Posen, preparatory to Polish re- are not required and as for t h e purchase money for suscitation, it will be impossible toprevent the refugees commissions, not a farthing of that goes into the pub with the Polish population of l'osen, from rushing into lie treasury. the each of IN'arsaw. They will be received there by The army . is one of the principal me by which 150,000 Russians, well armed, and possessed of strong the class (titled or untitled) which me an posed of fortresees, one ass , of which could lay Warsaw in ashes. political power in this country contriv,s to quarter its The Poles of the Russian duchy are utterly disarmed. cadets upon the public purse. A cursory glance over The result of such an invasion would, it is feared and " Dodd's Parliamentary Register " will show how en foreseen, be fatal to the liberal Poles—would in its tirely the preponderating class in the Home of Com consequences provoke the Russians to invade Porten, mons is identical with the families interested in the and would very probably awaken a fierce war be- maintenance of a large standing army. That little twcen Germans and Russians, which might be of long book of reference records 92 members in the House duration and varied fortune. of Commons who hold, or have held, commissions M. LAMARTINE, we are sorry, to say, appears to de- in the army or navy ; 31 sons of military or naval sire this, and seems very sagaciously determined not to officers; 27 husbands of daughters of military meddle with it. And it certainly would be a glorious or naval officers. We have not taken the opportunity for France torecover thefrontiers which she trouble to count the De es phews and grandsons of naval desires to recover towards the Alps and on the Rhine. and military o ffi cers dwe have no means of die - The annexation annexation of Savoy and of the Palatinate would covering how many members of the honourable house be a glorious achievement during the ministry of M. have sons, nephews, or dependents in the army or LASIARTINZ, and would give him a right to hold navy. We cannot follow out all the intricate cross ' his head sa high as Mr. POLK. CHARLES ALBERT, imp of family and connexion by which our ' for the price of being supported in his schemes whole aristocracy politi cal amixed up with the army and ' upon Lombardy, would gladly cede Chambery, navy. And from the nature of Mr. Donn's work whilst the men of Mayence might be induced to hoist there must be many cases omitted. Enough, that the French tricolor. Such pla ne, es p ecially the latter, the facts mentioned sh-.w how little we have to hope could, however, not be carried into effect, unless the for a disinterested, dis passionate estimate of the Germans were engaged in a fierce and all-absorbing amount of military and naval force actually re struggle out heir eastern frontier. quired by the country from either of our houses of As far as toe King of PRUSSIA may chance to be- parliament. ' come a loser by such movements, we cannot say that Our army, no one denies, is much larger than is re he deserves much commiseration. His magus- gaited in a time of peace. But then we are told in a * mousresolve to aid Sleswig and Holstein in tone , ex p lanatory and apologetic, "we require an ' flinging off the Danish yoke, a quarrel in which army of this amount, lest war should take us by sur his Prussian Majesty has no right to inter:ere, prise." We admit that a standing army is required shows that ambition and expediency, not honesty, in time of peace, as the nucleus of the larger army are the principles of the Prussian King. Whe- that will be necessary in time of war. War is a pro ther the Emperor of RUSSIA will allow this in- fession with ita traditional maxims and organisation vasion of Slesiwig by the Prussians, and whether that cannot be learned in a day. But a compa- 1 his fleet will not support the right of the Danish ratively small and well organised army, with 1 1 crown, to which a near relation of Russia is the pre ample stores, will soon impart its spirit and knowledge, sumptive heir, remains to be seen. Should the Czar to recruits. You cannot make large efficient armies I refrain from occupying Cracow, and from blocked- in time of peace. Whatever discipline could do was, ing Kiel, he will show himself endowed with a pru- done for the Britill army during the peace which dence and reserve, if not with a timidity, that must intervened between the close of the seven years war, utterly destroy all the prestige and influence of Russia and the ;;wandcomcement of the American war of inde- 1 on the rest of Europe. pendence during the peace which intervened The news of the day is, however, the march of between the latter war and the revolutionary wars of CHARLES ALBERT upon Milan, and his address to the Europe. Whatever discipline could do, was done for people of Lombardy and Venice. In deporting, or the Prussian army, between the close of the seven [ despatching his army, his Majesty is said to have an- years' war and the wars with the French republic. ' flounced his intention frankly to the diplomatic body, Yet, in the American war, and the campaigns in the observing that he had no alternative between being Netherlands, the standing armies of England set aside by a republic at Turin, or marching to as- were beaten and ba ffl ed by tyroes in the art some the iron crown at Milan. The representatives military. The exquisitely drilled Prussian of the three great powers (that were) took their de- army experienced the same fate, when opposed patine fiom Turin immediately. to the republican recruits of France. On the other It remains to be seen what will Austria do? It is hand, WELLINGTON implored the ministry of the day still governed by old, experienced statesmen by to send him no high-rank officers, but merely officers KOLLOWRAT and FIQUELMONT, as much the disciples with brevet rank whom he could train in the field ; as the rivals of Merrerte ten. With Tyrol upon and the German army which beat NAPOLEON out of the Lombard flank it might be possible to defend heir he in 1813 was improvised under the fire Venice. But the revolt and the liberation of Hun- of the terrible old guard. gary have probably so paralysed Austria, that it A large standing army in time of peace is a school 1 1 must submit to the loss of its Italian dominions with not of military science, but of military pedantry. A resignation. Nevertheless, CHARLES ALBERT in large standing army in time of peace is merely an seizing Lombardy, and FREDERIC WILLIAM in sup- excuse for awarding young men of good or influential porting Sleswig, only show, that if rascality has families salaries out of the taxes. The country fully been banished from the world, it has at least found understand pol iti c al and is moreover quite aware of the refuge in the breasts of princes. family and connexions. which obtain for this army of " gentlemen pensioners " so many ardent ..... patrons in the House of Commo ns. The majority of . . - , remember this state of That house will do well to popular knowledge whey th e arm y estimates come to be discussed in committee of supply. (From the Daily News WE can submit to be robbed in silence, but to be robbed first and abused after, is something too much even for a journalist's patience. Yesterday morning, as usual, we were many hours before all our rivals in the publication of the important news from Italy, of the war undertaken by the King of SARDINIA against Austria, and his occupation of the Lombard dominions. The Globe, as usual, re-published our electro tele graphic despatch without the least acknowledgment, on the regular , received system of the evening p a p ers, viz., robbery, then murder and concealment. The Standard comes out with the same news, which, though it admits to have been credited on 'Change, it professes to be unbelieved by it, because of similar statements by us, which turned out un founded. The Standard, however, scarcely utters this condemnation, than it reiterates the same news from the Morning Herald, and a further depression of the funds. Pray, good Standard, which of the events of the revolutions announced by us during the last fourteen days, always before the other papers, and as invariably stolen by the evening ones, turned out in correct ? In the present case, the King of S ARDINIA not only 'tent his army into Lombardy, but formally announced his intention to the Austrian as well as to the other ambassadors. In pursuance of this the Sardinians drove the remains of the Austrian garrison out of Milan. If this be not declaring war, and levy ing it, the Standard will perhaps inform us. Yesterday, too, we exclusively published the im portant intelligence that the Senate of Washington had ratified the treaty with Mexico. The poor Standard, as behindhand in news as in everything else, knew nothing about it, heard nothing about it, and published nothing about it. The Standard, ac cording to custom, will call it an imposture one hour, and hail it as undoubted intelligence the next. • GERMANY. PROGRESS OF REFORM. P RUSSIA.—A semi-official article in the AU Pretasische Zeitung of the 27th instant treats as f o llows of the question respecting the assembling of a general German parliament, and states that the contemplated congress will not take place : In the proclamation of the 21st of March, V.'s probability was mentioned that the subject of the formation of a Ger man parliament would he proposed to the Prussian diet on its assembling on the 2nd of April. The formation of the assembly from deputies sent from the diffa..nt diets to a general German psrliament was yet to be considered. The pace where the assembly was to meet remained undecided ; but Frankfort-on-the• Maine was mentioned as the meat pri bable place. Then it was stated that the King of Prussia had icalled the German princes and government' of the confede racy to Dresden or PoJsdam, to select the plue of meetin. This contemplated German congress cannot note take place. But in• the meanwhile deputies from the following German states, Wartemberg, Baden, Reno Daintqadt, and Nassau have come to Berlin with a plan similar to that con. templated by Prussia; and,headed bythe Saxon ambassador, 1 1 have submitted the following points to the government: t. The necessity of the direction of the united confederacy to be taken by one head, the confederacy being represented by a member of the upper and lower house of each state. And, as subjects for the competence and considerations of the as sembly thus formed, the following have been pointed out: — An army of the confederacy, the arming of the people , the establishment of a court of appeal for the confederation, the greatest possible uniformity in the legislation of the con federacy, but, before all, a common law of domicile, of naturalisation, judicial process penal and criminal; as also the establishment of a general system of customs, trade, mint, weights and measures, railways, and care for the . general representation of the confederacy in foreign coun tries. In order to the most speedy consideration of these points, it is contemplated to adjoi n to the assembly of the confederation 17 of the most trusted men of the nation. The assembly, thus strengthened, will come to a decision on these points, which will be pat into execution as soon as possible. The man chosen to act as one of the 17, far Prussia, is Dahlmann. It appears that, in consequence of the state of I matters in the duchies of Holstein and Schleswig, and for fear of their invasion by Danish troops, a corps of the army has been sent to the frontier. 'The same precaution has been suggested by Prussia to be taken on the part of Meckleaburg, Hanover, and Bruilswich. AUSTRIA.—The dates front Vienna are to the 24th. Count Munch Von Bellingh 'mien has resigned his appointment of envoy from Austria to the Ger i manic Diet. Several fugitive Jews arrived at Vienna on IA /Me Orpreo. MAILS. The mails for New South Wales, Van Dianan's Land, and New Z e aland will be made up on the evening of the 31st March. The mails for the West C' oast of Africa and Madeira will be made up on the evening of the ?Lt March. The West India Mails , incl udin g Bermuda, Nieman, Havanna, Honduras, New Orleans, Vera Crux, Tampico, and Porteßic and excluding Mora for Madeira, Jcmel, Carthagena, Santa Mertha, Chagres, Panama, Went Coast o f South AraeriCa, and St. Junn-de. Nicaragua, will be made up on the evening of the tat The overland mails tot Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt,. Aden, Ceylon, India, liong-Kung, and China, ra Southamp ton, will ho made up on the morning of the 3rd April. The mans for the Brazils, the Baer Plate, Monte Vole s o cep on Penmanthe - Mao, labia, Madeira, and Buenos Ayres, will be evening of the nth Apt it. The malls for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar wi ' Ll lb be e o m ve a r d l e an ' cr clued m alls, ''''nun ets ei M th arseilles, e 7th Apri to L the Mediterratean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon , India, Hong -Kong, &a., will he made up on t he evening of the 7th The mails for British North America, and the United States, will be nada up en the evenin of the 7th A riL P NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. The number of STAMPS issued by the authorities of the Stantp.otlice, during 1847, to the DAILY NEWS .......... 3,447,00 9 This, we believe, u within eight per cent of the number issued to the Morning Herald; Morning chronicle, and Morning Poll, ALL Fur TOGETHER. In additien to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS, Morning Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition, THE EXPRESS 778,714 Which was more, we believe, than were issued tither to the Globe or .Standard, Evening Papers. TO OORREAPONDENTS. • Larenlaments lateaded ter Tea Taboos: tondos earaVna paper. must '• M as Me oder, A BOSM.N.lrtreet. by Tao 'clock on Ow Jay a( ptlbllC.o4. _ HIGH WATER IT LONDON NUDGE. Ten nll —Menai,. al We. put 9; Mum.. ;I 9.19. pun 9. To. unser —Menus. II ols. past ; amuses. r Ws. ps.; i. LONDON, THURSDAY, MAR. 30. ALL Paris, and all parties in Paris, are very much astounded by M. LAMARTINE'd very cautious answer to the Poles. It was far more cautions than his re ply to certain Irishmen who came some days back with an address. And we are sorry to learn that his answer to Messrs. SYrrru O'BRIEN and MEAGHER is not altogether what E n g land might have expected. Even the moderates found M. LAMARTINE ultra-mo derate, and ultra -conciliatory towards Russia. He might, at least, have uttered a protest in favour of the independence of Cracow, and of the eastern powers being made to observe the stipulation of the Treaty of Vienna. M. GVIZOT, himself, did this. Why should M. LAMARTINE adopt an humbler language ? We dwell upon this, because there ran through what might formerly be called ministerial circles in Paris,and which we may now designate as the friends of the Provisional Government, a rumour that Eng land heal become suddenly indisposed towards France, and had suggested, either in diplomatic conduct or in document, a hint or a fear of war. We are confident that such is altogether the reverse of truth. But the story circulated, and, whether originating in some actual circumstance or propagated by malevolence, it certainly did exist. And we cannot but think that it actuated the wonderful mildness of M. LAMARTINE wheu speaking to the Poles about Russia. The French Minister or Provisional Governor the 22nd from Preeburg. They announces most fearful persecutionagainsttheJewsas havingbroken out there, and which, if even only a portion of the details be tra e reminds us of the darkest times of the middle ages. The request of Jews to be admitted to the national guard is said to have given rise to this fearful perse. cution. The senate had warmly espoused the cause of the Israelites. From Presborg, under date the 20th, the L4paig Gazette says, that the Siebenburgen have been an nexed to Hungary, so that its deputies will sit in the new Hungarian Diet, which will meet in a few months at Pesth. HESSE DARMSTADT.—A collision took plac e on the evening of the 22nd between the citizens and the Prussian garrison of Itlayence, but no lives were lost. A permanent committee was named on the 23rd, consisting of two citizens, a superior Austrian officer, and a superior Prussian officer, for the purpose of re. dressing all grievances. The patrols were in future to consist of soldiers and civic guards together. DEN M A RK. The Hamburg Borsenhulle of March 23, says : We are authorised to insert the following letter front his Majesty the King of Prussia, to the Dake of Schleswig Holstein Augustenburg Your Ilighnews,—ln reply to your kighness'a letter of to day, relative to the threatening aspect of affairs in the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, I beg to state that 1 have taken spa myself the maintenance of the German cause during ems stormy epooh, not to usurp the rights of others, bu t ensegid., cally to maintain those that are in existence, both at home and abroad. Among these existing rights I include those of the duchies of Schleswig.liolbtein, which, without infringing upon the rights of Denmark are included in the fol lowing clauses :-1. That the duchies are independent states. 2 That they are states firmly united to each other. 3. That the male lin, obtains in the duchies, 1 have already exp . eased myself to this effect at the Diet, and under thus legally existing conditions I am ready, in refereace to the federal resolution of Sept. 17, 1846, to protect the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein agsinat any aggression and attack whatever, with ouch measures me shall be the moat compan. ble. I trust, however, that the nationality of the duchies is not menaced by any serious danger ; yet, should this be the case, I ant persuaded that my German confederation sill follow my example, and hasten for their defence with guars friendship.—l remain, your highneas's friend and cos.., FREDERICK WILLIAM. Intelligence from Copenhagen states that the ag. gressive measures of Denmark are resolved into some pompous words of the Danish newspaper. The troops of Denmark are not more, it is said, than 1,700 in number ; aid the affairs of Denmark ere in so discom posed a state that an attack upon the duchies will cer tainly not be one of the first measures of the Danish government. An open letter patent, which has been received at Kiel from the Schleswig-Holstein deputationtoßerlin, says that all the demands of the deputation have been ranted, includingthe admitaionotSchleowig-Holstein into the German Confederation. A letter from Kiel, of March 24, says :—" The Copenhagen steamer, which left Copenhagen at noon ' yesterday, arrived here to-day, and brought an open letter from the Schlesw ig-Holstein deputation,who were still in audience with his Majesty. In this letter they urgently recommend that no violent measures shall be resorted to, as there was every reason to hope that they world obtain a satisfactory reply to all their demands. That the new cabinet was com poeed of Coaut Molteke, Finance ; Chamberlain Badenfleth, Justice; Count Knuth von Some, Foreign Affairs ; Monrad, Religion ; Tscberning, War; Lehmann and Hoidt, without portefeuille ; Von Please!), German Chancery ; Bluhm, Gene ' ral Customs. The commotion whfch the people manifested on the arrival of the deputies, was put down by the presence of the leaders of the people, and Mr. Hagen, the E en letterngli s ish Vice-Consul. The con usion of this op as follows: Christianaburg, half.past 12.—1 a the audience the dis mission of Schul was notified by the King. A Cabinet Cosa• cil is now sitting, and we are awaiting the result at the Par lace. The taking of the fortress of Rendsburg was yes terday effected by Prince Frederick, with greet adroitness and without bloodshed. Early in the morning, he left Kiel for Rendsburg by an extra train, accom panied by about 3 00 Lunen burg jagers and,3o burghers. They arrived at the station at Rendsburg without encountering any ob. stacle. As soon as the men had left the railway carriage, the prince advanced with them upon the main guard, struck his bayonet, and called upon the garrison to surrender. This being done, the other troops followed their example. The 14th battalion, however, which did not belong to the f ederal contin gent, made , some resistance, but were soon overome, and the prince found hi mself in possession of the fortress, and was in command of the troops beforethe commandant knew what had happened. The taking r of Rendsburg and the formation of the provisional government was made known by the following pro- anmation : Men of Schleswig Holstein,—A Provisional Government ha Leen formed by the King at Kiel for the Duchies, at the head of which is his Highness Prince Frederick Emiel Vn, at Schlesw i g -H o l s tein, Sooderburg, Augustenburg, Hrei and other like-minded men. His highness has just made his entry, at the head of th e Lunenbur g corps. The gun- of son of Itendsburg have capitul ated to iv , . By command his highness, this intelligence is communicated to the people of Schleswig-Holstein. All places and districts are urgently requested to send troops to Rendsburg with all expedium for the defence of the country.—Bendsburg : By command of the Provisional Government, T. W. POND; President of the Assembly.—March 24. LA PLATA. There are dates in Liverpool from Monte Video to the 20th Jan., being two days later than the news brought rid New York. The intelligence via Liver pool, however, is not newer than that received hi New York, of which the following is the substance : The blockade was most rigidly enforced, the French making a complete line across the river with their steamers and other men-of-war, say from Ensenada, on the Argentine side, to Colonia, on the Oriental side. This rigid enforce ment of the blockade had been done by the French in come quence of Row closing the port of Buenos Ayres against ohs trade of Monte Video. Dates from Buenos Ayres to the 13th January had bees received at Monte Video. Business was very dull, and the blockade was kept up with mre strictnem than ever. Oa the 13th two vessels had been seized by the blockadieg equadron—vis., the Argentine schoomer Palma, and the Bre xilian schooner Eduardo, which latter was on her way from Buenos Ayres to Rio Janeiro, loaded with beef. Fo ur other vessels (names not given) ba d been seized at the Ensenada, sad three at Buenos Ayres. The market was very inactive; I doubloons at 394 dollars, and dull. This state of &fain wo attributed to the many shipments expected to arrive, and it was thought that on their arrival the market for the pro duce of the country would improve. Rumours were is eiV calation also that two new ministers—one from France spa one from England—were expected to treat definitely with Rosen. Letters had been received at Monte Video from Corrientes up to the 19th cf December. On the 13th a d ne of w Congo the was installed in that capinsl ; it w a s com p ose same representatives as in 1843, during the admitistration a Governor Cabral, and who had emigrated to Entrerios, in consequence of the reaction in the province. This Congress, on the 14th, nominated Don Bent fit soro governor of the province, and he assumed his offs on the 15th. He had previously been nominated Pron. sional Governor on the lot D,cetaber,Madariaga, and those who took part with biotin the late revolutionary , movemmte, having been complete l y p ut down. The city of Cone. cotes was almost entirely deserted. From the coast of BA' trerme L on the Parana, letters had also been received to the 29th DeCeIntICT. On the 26th vessels had begun to weed the river for Corrientes, the traffic being then efirely free. There was a rumour of the death Madan ;il was certain that both the brothers of that D rum e had ed to Paraguay. , Mlii BRA ZlLS.—Dates from Janeo the Bahia 16th, and Pern am buco 19th Rio February ir havto e bees re ceived in Liverpool, ou but the letters do not mention any t he ils• crest o f importance, except that at Rio ex change was cline, trantactions being dons at 271 d. to 271 d. bt 60Urte The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterdaY morning, at Buckingham Palace. The Duchess ot Cambridge and the Princess Mary Ther Majesty yesterday afternoon. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duches s ht Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clirence -house, James's. The Prince of Prussia dined with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday evening, at Cambridge', house. A select party were present to meet his 8010 Highness, including the Dasher of Gloucester, the P 620111 May, Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Marquis of Anglessfr Vtecount Hirelings, Lord Fitzroy S omer set, Sir J o hn Mao donald, and Colonel Chaplin. The Prince of Prussia held a diplomatic levee, yes teed by morning, at the residi nee the representati of the Prussianves o f the lessuot, which was attended by nearly all foreign powers at our court. Earl Talbot had an interview with Sir George Ore! yesterday. Lord Chichester had also an interview yasv.s. day with the right hon. baroaet, at the Home-office. The Royal Commission or inquiring into the Mee t 'hint Seamsa's Fund,,Aeld. final meeting yestark..y at the {flee of the Board ° were the Earl of Ell, Sir W. Cly, M.F. board sat two hours. Mr. J. Wood, C or riew with the C m i .. Ingham, Seer Commissioners for tl Rasa an interview ye hie official residence Mr. Sparkman had m at their o offi ceinter7iew w t he neasenty of ante Despatches wel office, from the Go Sierra Leone terday DEATII OF SIR officer died on the his age. lie was daughter of E. Co ceeded his father it the daaghter of./ J. in the navy in 18i( twin in the navy it La Reoonartee tery of TOM , de N boarded the Tartu captured twu guns honour of h« tog was also in the nal the r.A. PROFESS] The first annu yesterday, at the a chair. The AtMARY I Although a prriod comphae YeitiolrittiOt rarer of betimes, th , pelves rif this opport them a statement of &eremite approved nexisrarily confined p 847, the date of Ito erkxlof only eight the Milos from the the directors are the extraordinary degree of sumer* for its ultimate user of the first p` tea n my u os of scarcely ele mt income of 1,015/ nweing circurnstan, a nd encouraging. , death, involving a been liquidated. 1 shareholder. that t and distribetid Co affairs uyou sat tilting Ito entire ea the sum of 92,562/ ated and eubeeri deed 'has bean sc unpaid upon, fear respect to the One portion them in promote the inter assistance of the they will at all tin the recornmendat a portion of the upon the p .id-up just and right the' for their several i, the protpretus ar of awe per cent. spectice sharebo' to the reepectat medical refenre, cordially given a results are prom with every beam rZilti"OrL'ttm, all who may des every other wee disastrous come any other email issued by this oept that of ;a reside in distar these mg oft this' office, ach have sec - .red flexion, accomv The directors c , reminding the I time when the I were advertiser the sumoa of public ; and all exidts In inertia benefits embodi to the dircetori efforts or mean anticipations ri semplisbing wl upon the Maw and collectieel, The report printed and o were then re Mr. BAY t the Proteadt connected w was a fund / old age, and hers who re millets. 0 , citor (Mr. I could not b holders the; the stabilit, party had a would beco kingdom. nagernent I wanted to i themselves Thanks solicitor, t been duly': dividend c Scorn of gover!l4 corporatto rne prom meetings conimittel to conside Mr. Willi The quest sequence litany pro dimotrul The seers executor moiety w Mr. Thot his opi upon c that the sion witl would ht formed o years aft. be compl pert and littered otiose, I beards dintribut Roes, re pair the were de, which e of the c Mrs. Re awe, a which certain. taco co might k +Solution Ar / 1 1 li d ii 1 i I . . 1 i I ) '' Tr dered . 1 with lengt se - ien toe. 11/11111 that